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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-02-03
The Walls OF Cur Dwellings

When walls are to remain simply
lime-washed or kalsomined. thew
are much more effective and prettier
if left with what the masOus term a
rough finish. On this the tint ofthe
wall shows bright and clear. with ef-
fective shadows. and II has nothing
Of the cold hard look of a very
smOOth surface, or of hard finish.
No doubt the healthiest surface that
living and sleeping rooms can have,
Is whlte-wash OF tinted wash.
often renewed. We cannot all con-
many in fact. of our old fashioned
farmer-folks adhere 20 the old Gus
tom of regularly cleaning house
twice. and. as the special healthful
effect of the lime lasts only a few
weeks al most, we should not regard
this feature to the exclusion of 9TH
ers. If one has a mason to do it,
only the pictures and decorations
need be taken from the walls, and
the carpet or floor covered near them
Rough finished walls are treated
with thin washes, tinted of any
desirable color. The masons, now
s-davs, have ways Of preparing
these washes, using dry colors in
them. They slake the lime very
smooth. md thicken it with smooth
flour paste. and add salt, and per-
haps other things to it. 1t does not
rub of, nor peel. like kalsomine, nor
does it perceptibly alter the rough
surface Of the wall. When kalso-
mine is used. the wall. if an old one.
must have all the loose lime well
scraped of, and he sized thoroughly
with glue water, before the wash Is
applied. Kalsomine is made OF
glue. Paris white, and dry colOTs inr
tinting. In selecting tints for par
lor. sitting room and bedrooms,
delicate or warm neutral tints
should be preferred especially avoid
grays, which are cold colors.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-02-03
Use or Milk.

Wherever milk Is used plentifully
there the children grow into robust
men and women. Wherever It's
place Is usurped by .ea, we have de-
eeneracy swift and certain. DR..
Ferguson. a factory surgeon, who
has devoted large share of atteD-
ton TO this subject. has asceTtsined,
from careful measurements Of nu-
merous factory children. that be
tween thirteen and fourteen wears Of
age they grow nearlv four times as
asst on milk for breakfast and supper
as on tea and coffse-a fac: which
shows the benefits OF proper diet
No diet is so suitable for growing
children a. well-cooked oatmeal
porridge and milk long the staple
food in Scotch families, but now. in
many instances. abandoned for diet
verv much inferior Owing to its
easy digestibility, il IS Of equal ben
eft 10 invalids. and more especially
dyspeptics, who oiten regain health
and pick up flesh at a wonderfully
rapid rate on milk or milk and good
bread = Chambers Journal.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-02-03
Ethics of Rest.

Let every woman who finds her
vital forces failing, who is growing
nervous, as well as always weary,
whose chief longing Is for rest of
mind and body, who begins to feel
that lite l. not worth the living, stop
now and here. Cut of all expendi-
tUre Of effort that Is not an absolute
necessity, and curtail that necessity
as much ss possible l do not mean
that you should give up your worthy
aims and purposes, but be sure that
you can devote yourself 10 them
safely.
Remember this: Il Is as import
ant that YOU should keep a reserve
provide in a money way for SICK
ness. accident or declining years-
So long as youth lasts YOU do not
greatly feel this exhaustion OF the
phvsical forces. that i, your powers
Of recuperation are greater. vet ev-
erv time you draw upon vour
strength to excess. YOU are obliged
to 90 deeper and deeper into your
vital resources in order to make re-
pairs. And you never do get quite
back to the old place, even though
YOU are not conscious at the time Of
the fact. You find that after a while
that nights sleep does not make
YOU as good as new again, after
OVERRIDING" but it takes another
dav Of rest ard night Of slumber tn
enable you to get back your usual
vigor.
You can not help it? know that
/ is true Of some Of you, that there
are duties so absolute in their de-
mands that you are compelled to do
them so long as YOU are able to bear
the strain. but bv far the greater
I part could. an ye would diminish
your burdens by a third Social
ambition in some eases-the fear Of
not doing as vour neighbOr does-a
false idea Of duty in others. desire
( To accomplish much that would be
pleasant 10 be able to do. the inabil-
itv 10 say no to demands made up
on time and energies. all Of these
things, singlv OF together. cause
women TO apply the lash when they
find their physical powers lagging.
and on they 90 until they fall down
in their tracks.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-02-03
Wild Beasts of India

More than % coo persons are an
nusllv destroyed in British India by
wild beasts. The tiger alone. in
1883, killed 9s5 people, besides 40
600 cattle.
Venomous serpents DESTROY i'm
mense numbers OF wayfarers. Ow-
ing to the heat Of the climate. poor
persons travel mostly by night and
walk bare-iooted or wear only q
sandal that does not protect the ar
kles. The deadly cobra IS seldom
active in the daytime. but he may
be trodden upon IN the darkness by
uncovered feet He attacks the
traveller. who Is found in the morn
ing dead by the roadside.
Often the shortest path between
two villages lies through a jungle.
where in the daytime. the heat viii
rise to $50 degrees under the blazing
sun of India. The temptation TO
defer the journey IN til after sunset
is, to most natives, irresistible, and
in the tropics darkness quickly fol-
lows the departure Of the sun. The
natives walk in Indian file in
the narrow track, and loiterer falls
an easy prey to tiger erouching in
ambush.
In many parts Of India, despite
the efforts of government, wild
beasts render life hard indeed to the
people, for one pair Of full grown
tigers, with cubs will destroy from
four to six bullocks each week. OF
ten in pure wantonness, tiger will
kill two or three cattle when he
wants only a small part OF one. A
family OF tigers will kill in week
more animals than a family of far
mers can eat in a year.
The panther and the leopard are
also terrible cattle eaters, and the
leopard has a particular habit OF
carrying of the dogs which are ex-
peeted to guard the herd from his
attacks. The Indian wolf Is noted
for his audacity in seizing children,
In India, animals have a character
of ferocity which makes human life
in some districts well-nigh insup.
portable.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-02-03
Personalities and III Reports.

Keep clear of personalities in gen
ersl conversation. Talk of things
objects, thoughts. The smallest
minds occupy themselves with per-
soDalities. Personalities must some
times be talked because we have to
learn and find out mems character
istics for legitimate objects but it is
20 be with confidential persons Do
not heedlessly report i'll of others.
There are times when we are CON-
PEELED to say. Il do not think BOunc-
er true and honest man" But
when there is no need TO express an
opinion. let poor Bouncer swagger
away. Others viii take his measure
no doubt. and save you the trouble
Of analvzing HIM and instructing
them. And as far as possible dwell
on the good side Of hurasn beings
There are family boards where a
constant process Of depreciating, as
signing motives, and cutting up
character goes forward They are
not pleasant places One who IS
healthy does not wish to dine at a
dissecting table. There is evil
enough in man, God knows But it
is not the mission Of every young
man and woman to detail and re-
port it all. Keep the atmosphere as
pure as possible, and fragrant with
geptleness and charity
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-02-03
She Fumigated.

A woman went down into the
Grand Trunk depot the other day TO
see about some freight expected
from Canada, and after looking over
bis files the sgent informed her that
the goods had arrived in Windsor,
but were being fumigated.
"What business have thev TO open
nv boxes over there?" loudly de-
manded the woman.
"Oh, they won't open the boxes at
all. They will simply fumigate
them"
"Well, / won't pay for nothing OF
the sort, and l want you to under
stand it now"
"There will be no charge, madam,
no charge"
"And if they 60 and mark my bu-
reau and bedsteads with paint OF
chalk I'll have damages 7" she said
as she pulled on her mittens.
They won't do it, ma'am. The
Law requires fumigation. 1t is SIM
ply fumigation."
She went out shaking her head
and on the next block stopped ths
driver of an express wagon, and
asked.
DO you know what they fumi-
gate goods for in Windsor"
well, ma'am, l can't say for GER
tain, but it has something to do with
small pox."
"Yipw she screamed, as she
jumped foot high. They are go.
ing TO fumigate the smallpox all
through 'em to revenge on me fol
moving out of the countryl Show
me to the nearest police station p
Detroit Free Press.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-02-03
Wordsworth and Tennyson.

The difference in manner between
the two poets is considerable. If
Wordsworth carried his head in the
skies. he too often allowed it to be
seen that his feet walked the base
best. or so bad at his worsI anu Oils
criticism. which holds good of the
mass of his work. is particularly true
of that portion of it which has po-
litical bearing. He could transmute
his matter into the purest gold, or
debsse it by a most inordinste mix
ture of ALLOW. The sonnets are mag
nificent. and, after those of Milton,
superior to any in the English Ian
guage: but the political reflections
strewn through the Prelude-that
unfortunate experiment to epicise
If the word may be allowed) the
moral and intellectual history of an
individual-are often presented in a
form as bald and unpoetical as their
matter is really pregnant and sound.
On the other hand, Tennyson as a
statesman is invariably at his best,
for not only does he bring to bear
upon his subject a broadness OF
conception and an elevation of tone
not inferior to the sonnets of Words
worth. but his splendid powers OF
imagery, and his unique mastery OF
diction are here seen in their fullest
perfection. An anthology of Tenny-
sons political utterances would be
no unfair test of his poetical ability.
These differences, however, of man.
ner and surroundings, are balanced
bv a similarity of opinion which is
quite extraordinary. Passages from
the two poets can be set side bv side
covering the entire field of politics,
and exhibiting. often with an ap-
proximate identity of expression an
absolute identity ofthought. Firstly.
in the domain of Foreign affairs,
Wordsworth and Teunyson have
Jointly advocated q foreign policy in
strict accordance with the best tradi-
tions of conservatism. Its four dis
tinguishing notes are the love OF
country. the preservation of freedom
the suppression of tyranny, and the
maintenance of empire The Ma
fi0ndl RerietC.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-02-03
Drirlng az Night.

How to illuminate a road in front
of the horses in driving at night Is
an important matter A Philadel-
phia physician suggests the attach
ing of the lantern 70 the breast col
lar ofthe harness, which he says be
has tried with perfect satisfaction
+" NV light is common tubular Ian
tern. with a reflector and a spring
for attachment to the dash. In place
of putting it on the dash, / slipped
the spring over the middle of the
breast-collar, directly in front of the
horse. Every part Of the road in
front Of me was plainly seen, so
could drive with a. much confidence
as in broad day light. The eondi-
tions necessary 10 success are lev
el-headed horse, with fair breadth
of chest, and shoulder strap attach
ed to the check hook. to prevent the
lantern sagging down between the
horses legs when, for any reason the
traces slack. II would be well &c
have q short strap sewed to the IN
side of the breast-collar to ship the
spring thro', SO as to prevent motlon
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-02-03
A Fine Chicken.

What are you doing there?" ex-
claimed a grocer, angrily turning to
an old negro who had just slipped a
dressed chicken under his coat.
Jes' but'nin' up nv coat, sab
Feels er slight change in de wedah.
Hump" be said. when he found be
could not button his coat. Use git
tin so fat dat I'se outgrowin' all my
cloze. Wall, | mus be goin'."
Say, before you go take that
chicken out from under your coat
and pereaps you can button it.
"Whut chicken p
"The one you've got under your
coat"
Il declar'. boss, yer's de mos
'spicious pusson l eber seed in my
life. Puts me in mine o. er genie
man | knowd oDct-
Never mind about gentlemen
you have known. Take that chicken
from under your coat or III call a
policeman"
"Whutl ies' fur er little bit Nv Ell
chickin like dis?" he asked. remov'
ing the chicken and throwing it into
a tub. IVY, boss, I'd hate mighty
ter be as close as yerse'f is. Dat
chicken ain much bigger'n er snow
bird. nowhow."
Now. pet ont of here"
"Whut fur?"
Because you are a thief"
"Yer ought ter be er shamed o
yersef ter talk dat way ter ez ole er
pusson ez / is. | wouldn't cuze er
pusson o. stealin' till | had dun
prubed it on i'm. Boss, ez yer ain
willin' ter trus' me. please. sab, step
back dar. by de stove an git my hat
fur me-
When the grocer had turned his
back, the old rascal took up large
chicken and hid it under his cost
"Thankee, sab,' he said, when the
grocerer had given him his bat. "Or
ful sorry dat yer 'spicioned me- Say
boss, de truf is, Use one O. desc yert
kliptermaniacs.
"Yes. you're. one of these kliptel
thieves
Wall, / won't argy wild yer, boss
Good night. ! tell yer whut it is,
he said 10 himself when he had gon,
out, "er pusson bez got ter pay f,l
call me names. puts er fine or
'em right dar Huh. whut er mon
strous fine chickin dis is"-Arkan
so,r 1rarelter.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-02-03
THE MOTHER-IN-LAW.
Dhere vas many queer dings in dis land of

! Dhere vas many queer dings in dis land of
der free
neffer could quite understand
Der boobies obey all seem so deefrent to m,
As dhose in my own fsderland
/ Obey gets bleniy droubles aud into mishap.
/ Mitoudi der least bit of a cause;
Und, would you peleaf it? dhcse meau Yam
gee snaps,
Obey fight NIT dheir moder-in-lavs
Shus; dink off a white man so wicket as dot
Why not Gift der old lady ashow?
Who vas it gets CUP ven der nightit vas hot
Nit my baby. shust like to know
Cnd dhen, in der winter. ven Katrine va.
sick,
IND der mornings vas shnowy und raw,
Who made righot away CUP dot FIRE so
quick
Why, dot vas mine moder-in-law.
Id vas Off dhose vonan's righdts yellers I
ueen,
Dhere vas noding dots mean Rboubi me
When der oldt lady wishes to run dot
mashsen,
Why, shust let her run it, you see.
Uni when dot SHY Yawcab vas cutting
some dricks
A block off der oidt chip he vas, yaw ,
Eef she goes for dot shap like some dousand
off bricks.
Dots all righdt, She's mine moder-in-law
Week oudt undt week in, it vas always der
same,
Dot yomsn vas boss of der house;
Budt, dhen nefier mindt I vas gladt dot
she came
She vas kind to mine young Yawcob
Strauss;
IND When dhere vas water to yet from der
spring,
Und frewood to sphlit CUP und saw,
She vas Welcome TO do If. Dhere's not any
ding
Dots too good for mine muder-in-law.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-02-03
A Good Reason for H.pn,u...

~F0- msny years had suffered from q com
plant which the physicians call Gravel I had
employed some Of the most noted doctors without
obtaining any permanent relief, and Tor lang
time my case WAS regarded az hopeless. All who
knew the circumstances aid must die inally
my wife induced me TO try bottle OF Dr. Ken.
nedy's Fav0rIte Remedy which she had some
where heard Of or seen advertised. Without the
slightest faith in il, but solely 10 crafty her,
bought bottle Of druggist in cur village. !
used that and two OF three bottles more, and-;o
make long story shori-I am now as healthy a
Inan a. there is in the country.
Since theu l have recommended 'Favorite
Remedy % others whom knew 10 have suffered
from Kidney and Liver complaints; aDd l assure
the public that the 'Favorite Remedy has done
It's work with similar completeness in every
single Instance, and l trust some other sick and
discouraged mortal may hear Of it and try the
Favorite Remedy, as I did, Washington Mon
roe, Cafskiu. Ny
Don't Let a Foolish Prejudice against
Popular medicines stand between you and the
health OF your wife, child or baby 1t is always
right 70 advertise blessing DR. Kennedy's Ia
vorite Remedy, Is a blessing II ha saved thOus-
ands, and il viii help you. II you are sick from
troubles Of the Kidneys, Bowels, Liver and Blood,
spend one Dollar for this King OF Medicines.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-02-03
Uncle Sam and His Millions

Uncle sam has s400O0O,OO0 in his
strong box and in this respect is no;
hard up.-But be owes 81. SIS. 600 :
600 and is, therefore, 81, ,44S0O0,OO0
behind the world. Fifty five mil
lions of bis people are his indorsers,
however, and his credit is pretty
good the world over. He can get
trusted for anything he wants.
I Uncle Sam looks pretty carefully
after the welfare Of his subjects who
GO down to the sea in ships. He
maintains more than 300 liesaving
stations, the cisWs of which saved
more than 2,00O lives during the
year, losing eleven
Uncle Sam is now practically at
work upon eighty-fve new structures
scattered all over the country and
designed to cost from s35, 600 TO 81,
5OO00O.
Uncle Sam paid out during 1885
million week for interest on the
public debt. Even at that he got off
easier than he has in any year since
1869. In 1867 he paid out for this
purpose s144,000GO0, sum nearly
equal to his present total expenses, /
including interest and sinking fund /
Even as recently as 1880 the inter- I
est burden was S65,0O0,OOO
Uncle Sans expenses during the 4
last year were almost a million for
each business day. That this repub- /
ilc Is not ungSateful Is shown by the
fact that the pensions item leads the
list with s56,O00000; next is mis-
celianeOus, including public build
lngs, lighthouses. collecting the rev.
enue, etc, S54,000,000; interest on
the public debt S51,0O0000: the
fund, $40, ,GJOUO0: military.
rivers, harbors and ar
ssnals, 100000; civil expenses
Congress, Judiciary, etc s24000.-
900; navy, 100000; Indians, So
10000; foreign intercourse, IS, COO
200. and District of Columbia, So
10000.
Uncle Sam takes 10 a good deal of
money IN the course Of a year. We
Ire all tax payers and We ought to
Know where these 1920, 100000 come
rom. Ninety per cent. of the rev.
.nues. OF s294O00000, are from
.ustoms and internal revenue taxes.
'lSl,O0O coming from the custom
iouses. Sales OF public lands turn
q $5,500,000 ; profit or coinage, etc,
100000 and fees Consular, pat
nts and lands, s4.O00O00.-Dela-
rare COunh5 american.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-02-03
A Discriminating Train Boy.

What made you think I'd want
to purchase that book p asked a re-
porter On the West Shore road Of a
tTsin-5oy, who had Just deposited in
his lap volume giving a complete
history oI all the notable encounters
N The pIlzt ring within the last huL-
dred years. The reporter IN qus=-
uoH, DC It observed, although Ol Tn
fortunately somewhat pUgnaeious as
pect. takes especial delight in report
ing sermons, and is as ignorant of
the Marquis of Queensbury rules as
OF the diferential and integral cal
culus.
| thought you was sport, re-
piled the train-boy. taking a rapid
inventory of his interlocutor. He
was shrewd looking lad with pierc-
! ing eyes, and a nose which Is gener-
ally supposed to indicate that the
owner knows thing or two.
Then do you always Try to select
books TO suit the character Of each
passenger
"0f course | does. hits it right
generally, too, tholgh | sometimes
get lett. But 'tain't half as bad 10
mistake a religious man for a sport
as 10 mistake a sport for q religious
man. The sport'll get madder'n a
wet hen every time, and sling all the
euss words he knows at you-that Is
II he's in the smOkin-car.H
" Do you find much variety Of
taste among the ladies on the
trains ?"
Cert. When | see a woman who
wants to be thought q fine lady. but
amt, ldrO ps her some novel about
iukes and bloated aristocrats, where
all the men has plenty of stamps and
women folks lots OF iewelry. When
/ strikes lady what's the genooine
thing / ilOps her down q book that
aIn got no darned nonsense in it
some book that's been running ever
since I've been in the business, and
40 tellin' how long afore"
I" How about the men ?n
You 'ye got to study them Just as
hard. Them dudish feIlers Is the
worst feilers They'll Just set and
suck their canes ali day, thinkin'
about mashin, or some such rot, 1
suppose. l man watts full Of busi-
less and looks worried, don't often
'uy books. He can't keep his
thoughts on 'em. Young men that
.In't dudes anC amt got no more
money n they know what to do with
make the best customers. And old
nen wot's takin' life easy an con-
ented like and amt everlasting
themselves about money,
'uy good many books on the train.
railroad train is a mighty good
lace to study human .natur' IN
What's your favorite reading?H
" ike to read how poor boys got
n IN the world Till they got to be
sal big bugs ike that feller Edison,
iOt used to sell books on a train,
ame as [ do
Let me have that book of Far
ar's sermons, AID don't take me for
port again.
~ You can bet l won't"-N. I.
ribUae.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-02-03

Uncle Dart look silently around, bu
forbore all comments, while Harry
watched the door with eager eyes
Presently it was swung open, ane
! in walked a tall. beautiful girl, witt
black eyes, and a wealth of raven
hair, a smile dimpliDg her cherry
| lips, adding new charm to bel
lovely face.
"Olive,n said Harry proudly, as
he advanced TO greet her, this Is my
uncle, Mr.. Dart, and
He stopped short in astonishment,
for Olive shrank back, coloring red
der than the reddest peony In all
the gaudy carpet patterns. They
had recognized each other mutually
the little man of the House TO
let" and the tall, shrewish girl. who
had boasted of 1.-The rich foo" trap
ped in her tolls, and who vituperat-
ed her mother so mercilessly.
"Aha!" said MIR. Dart, plunging
both his hands In his pockets. Il
think we've met before !"
Met before echoed Harry Field.
When? 3? Where 2"
olive Melton, remembering the
very fee use OF her tongue che had
made, was too near the verge OF a
fit OF mysteries to reply coherently,
so Mr.. Dart, watching her as a skill
ful surgeon watches the face of his
patients as the keen scalpel rends
It's torturing way through flesh and
fibre, calmly narrated the brief in
terview they had that morning.
Harrys brow darkened as be lis
tened.
"A rich fool !" he muttered, "and
completely under her thumb Olive,
is this uae?"
She could not deny it-she dare
not, with the cold light of Mr..
Darts glittering eyes upon her.
Uncle" said the young man, ris-
ing, Il am glad you have disenchant-
ed me, although | had learned to
love that women very dearly. Good.
by, Olive-we shall never meet
again. have at last learned your
true character, and it has opened a
wide gulf between US"
Olive Melton tried to call them /
back, but the syllable died away on |
her parched lips-and the next in
stant she was alone
Mr.. Darts house was "let" the /
next day to a cozy widow, and the
two best apartments are occupied
by the uncle and nephew, who keep
bachelor hall" in fine style.
And / believe" the coy widow
says, in reference to her two favor
tie boarders, that the old gentle
man really means to live and die
bachelor but as for Mr.. Harry
ong as there's youth there's hopew
But Olive Melton's chances are
gone, now and forever.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-02-03

Tde other dav a precious young
ster was asked if be was papa's boy.
He answered YES" "And are YOU
mama's boy, too?" Yes" replied
Willie. "Well. how can you be pa
pas boy and mamms's boy, both at
the same time?'' "Oh," be replied,
indifferently, "ean't a wagon have
two horses? ?" That settled the ques-
toner.