The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1878-11-27
OuR PHILADELPHIA LETTER
By Our Own Special Correspondent.

10 out. Dus ~ 10 Shtc W Suy tuet poS
lie expectation was great for the new
paper whose first issue was last Sat-
urday, the 10th. 1t is owned and
edited by John w. Forney, the jour
nalist per excellence of America.
This paper will Gil a long required
need for q first-class literary journal
which will furnish the best of articles
on all subjects and in short take the
position Of the leading paper on all
the higher planes ; become an au-
thority as reviewer, dramatic, critic ;
discusser of public questions, dissem-
inetor of useful knowledge and edu-
Gator Of public taste in furnishing the
best poems and stories as well as
ESSAYS and criticisms, besides the
current topics Of the day. Mr.. For
ney win do well if the wishes of his
friends and the full appreciation OF
the public can aid him. The letters
which this gentleman has been send
ing from Paris during the exposition
uniyerselle have added a luster to
his already brilliant reputation, and
it was a pleasure to take up one of
his letters and read it and compare
it with one ofthe long dissertations
en- dry-goods and jewelry, written
BY the most of our Paris correspond
ents.
In person Mr.. Forney is q large,
well-built, handsome man, of about
forty-fve or perhaps fifty, though !
should incline to believe the first
mentioned number the correct one.
His hair is abundant and silvery,
and his side-whiskers are also quite
gray. His rudy complexion. how
ever, shows that it is not from age.
His forehead is high and noble, and
his mouth expressive of much sweet
ness of disposition. His manner is
just a biz stately, but full of kindness
withal, and his conversation is
smooth but concise and direct to the
point. He is greatly esteemed in
private life by all who know him.
His son John Forney, Jr., assists
with the Progress, and his daughter,
Miss May Forney, will take charge
of one department. This young Ia
dy, whom | never have had the good
fortune to meet, is one of the finest
lady writers of this city and her arti-
Giles are widely copied. The whole
family seem to be wonderfully gifted
with talent, something which is very
rare.
While speaking of journals l will
say something which | have intended
to say for a long time, and that was
to speak OF the "Woman's Words
q sort Of monthly magazine. of gen.
eral literary character, designed tc
show what women have done anc
are doing in the worlds work, and
what they may do when they ain
high. Mrs. Theresa Juan Lewis j!
proprietor and editor, and the maya
zine is very ably edited, as Mrs
Lewis is a lady of rare ability in lit
erature herself. She has some of thc
best writer's as contributors, and eacl
number is replete with interesting
and readable matter. Her husband
Col. juan Lewis, a regular contribu'
ter to a leading New York paper
furnishes q beautiful serial novel.
In personal appearance, Mrs. Lew
is is very pleasing. She is petite
a0d mos: charming in manner, ant
has a sweet sympathetic voice tina
has a peculiar softness, and she at
tracts all who come in contact Will
her. She Gas had q hard struggle
to make the magazine pay, but now
success has crowned her steadfas
endeavors and her book is of itself {
proof of what woman can do.
Our streets and stores are begin
ming to take on a holiday appearance
and some prudent ladies are already
making purchases in anticipation o
the time when the stores shall b.
crowded and prices high, but there
is one place here where prices never
get above q fixed scale, and that very
low. ! allude to what has long beer
known here as the dollar Store
T There are several in the city, but tbs
one | refer to is the real simon pure
one, or rather | should say two, fol
recently the proprietor was obliged
TO take another one on account o
the increase of business. This is no
one of those places where everything
costs q dollar and where nine-tenthi
of the goods are not worth ten cent
and the rest not over %, for some o
the articles are marked up to SIG
while others are sold for a few cents
The idea here is to sell the goods a.
their lowest cash value, and s%ellin!
as Nj. ID. Young does into the iv'
and six hundreds of dollars q day, o.
perhaps more, be can afford to ask
very small profit on each. There
fore, new, good and late designs il
everything are constantly arriving
, and no che has to take old shelf-worI
or faded goods.
In the old store, 704 Chestnut st.
there are toys Of all descriptions, va
ses, oil paintings, chromos, frames
toilet articles, ladies undergsrment
and beautifully embroidered infans Is
cloaks, absolutely cheaper than w
can buy the material and mako then
up ourselves, slS 10 end to beauti
fol triple plated silver ware, cake
baskets from 50 TO $3.50, pickle Jars
butter dishes, best Rodgers knive;
and forks, triple plated, and csstors
and in short everything possible u
imagine in that line, ali at the loves
figures and less than halt what they
COST elsewhere
In the new store, also on Chestnu
street, sl4, where the rent is at less'
$4,000 per annum, they have tb'
most exquisite stock of jewelry, bp
they make a specially Of Black Hill
diamonds. These are set in solit
gold, warranted, and placed side b,
side with the real stones it is impos
sible to distinguish the true from til.
false in broad daylight, while a
night one is as brilliant as the other
and These are set in the same man
ner as the real. These cost from
sl.50 to sI.00, for rings. studs, etc
| saw a pair of earrings and delicst'
brooch, set in gold and black ename
so exquisitely that it would hav'
been utterly impossible to even i'm