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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-10-21
A Noble Dog.

As Lehigh Valley passenger train
bound for shamokin approached Raven
Run, SchuyIkill county, Sunday night,
Engineer William Amor stopped the
train upon seeing An object on the track.
Amor left his engine and went ahead to
remove the object.
A dogs savage growl halted him. A
large bull dog was guarding the body OF
q man lying PROSTATE across the track
As the engineer approached the body
the dog jumped for him. Amor ran back
to his engine, but returned with members
Of his crew and passengers.
They found man lying on the track
drunk. He hissed the dog when the
engineer approached the second time.
After the train had been delayed about
half an hour a friend of the drunken fel-
low succeeded in coSxing the dog away
and getting the man from the track.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-10-21
TIE WEDDING JOURNEY


We had talked in murmuring whisper,
And gentle uudertone,
Till the day had died in the darkness,
And the stars came out in the zone
Then my bride, in lsdylike calmness,
And with all her accustomed grace,
Leaned back in gentle slumber,
With q smile on her well-bred face.
As the train rushed on in the dsrkaess,
Like q flashing meteor sent,
took no heed of the present,
Bot backward my memory went;
And thought with feeling Of anguish,
And throb of sudden pain,
OF the lap ofthe murmuring waters.
And the sandy Hampshire lane.
saw I" The Shoals in the distance,
And the blue waves fall and rise,
And a passionate face on my shoulder,
Wish love in her starry eyes;
No calm and weIl-bred feeling,
No decorous modern art,
But f1nd and foolish passion,
A faithful, womanly heart.
But the strength of her love consumed her,
And she sleeps in her early grave
In the scented Hampshire valley,
Near the sound of the sobbing wave.
But here by my side see her,
Pale with passionate pain,
Too true, too deep for earth's trials,
Oh, love of the woodland lane.
shook off the strange, odd feeling,
And saw the sweet vision fade,
And my bride awoke from her dreaming,
=" thought We were there" she said.
Where was Oh, on the journey
That took with my calm, cold bride
And the other was only phantom,
A vision that faded and died.
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grave. Her father, not far distant, dis
covering ner position, FASTENED to her
side. He, too, saw the name, and bend
ing down to comfort her, was touched
lightly On the shoulder. He turned, and
$ familiar voice greeted him.
Sue looked up through her tears.
There stood Charles Barnes, in flesh and
blood before her. His vsrds thrilled
her through; a moment more and she
was in bis arms. Hurriedly she told the
story of her suferings since that terrible
day when she had gone from him in an
ger. 1t is needless TO say that he forgave
her all
The grave was not bis, but that Of his
father, whose name and profession had
both been given TO him.
This story is not an idle fabrication /;
and the 9th of the following November
was a Thanksgiving day, indeed, to Sue
Cornell and Charles Barnes, as they stood
upon Gods altar and pledged anew in
matrimony eternal love each for the
other.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-10-21
No welcome There.

Have you ever been IN house where
there is couple courting? 1t is most
trying. You think you will 90 and sit
in the drawing room, and you march of
there. As you open the door you hear a
noise, as If somebody had suddenly rec
objected something, and when you get in
Emily Is over by the window, full Of in
terest in the opposite side Of the road,
and your friend. John Edward, is at the
other end Of the room, with bis whole
soul held in tbrsll b. photographs Of
other peoples relatives
"Oh," you say, pausing at the door, 81
didn't know anybody was here"
~Oh, didn't you?" SAYS Enily coldly,
in tone which implies that she does not
believe you.
You hang about for bit; then you
say;
'It's very dark. Why don't you light
the gas?'
John Edward says %Oh, I hadn't
noticed it," and Emily says that papa
does not like the gas lit in the afternoon.
You tell them one or two items Of news
and give them your view and opinion on
any current question but it does not ap-
pear to interest them. All they remark
on any subject is, "Ohp as it % Did
he ?" YES" and "You don't say So"
And after ten minutes Of such a style Of
conversation you edge up to the door
and slip out. and are surprised to find
that the door Immediately closes behind
you and shuts itself without yoG having
touched it.
Half an hour later you think you viii
try cigar on the piazza The only chair
in the place is occupied by Emily, and
John Edward, if the language Of clothes
can be relied on, has evidently been sit
ting on the floor. They do not speak,
but give You look that says all that can
be said in civilized community, and
you back out promptly and shut the door
behind you.
You are afraid to poke your nose into
any room in the house now, so after
walking up and down stairs for while
you go and sit in your own bedroom. /
This becomes uninteresting, however, af-
ter time, and so you put on your hat
and stroll out into the garden. You walk
down the path, and as you pass by the
summer house you glance in, and there
are those two young lovers huddled to-
gether in one corner Of it, and they see
you and are evidently under the idea
that for some wicked purpose of your
own you are following them about.
"Why don't they have special room
for this sort Of thing and make people
keep to it?'" you mutter, and you rush
back to the hall, get your umbrella and
go out.-AlbaIly Argus.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-10-21
Fads and FanoIes in Underwear

Strange, isn't If, how fashions run
through all classes of garments ex-
claimed lady who is noted for good
taste and knowledge of everything per-
tanning to dress. "And the strangest Of
all is the late fancy for elaborate and ex-
pensive underwear. don't believe that
the quiet and conservative portion of the
community has any idea to what ex-
tremes these fancies have been carried.
Think Of eighteen, twenty, sometimes
fifty dollars for single undersarment,
which our foremothers would have made
out Of two and half yards of cambric
at hfteen cents per yard, and trimmed
with bit ofSmyrna edging or the tape
trimming made by their own skillful
fingers.
And think Of the number Of petit
coats they used 70 wear recall Fourth
Of July excursion when was a young
ster, and the way one ofmy older sisters
dressed for it. She wore a short under
skirt, a quilted pettieOat and three white
petticoats under her dress Of embroider-
ed cashmere, which was itself lined with
cambric- And now we wear silk union
suit and one cambric petticoat, and some
times not even that"-Nslr York Ledger.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-10-21
french Afraid of Water.


Much has been said in faeetious way
about the difficulty travellers have in
France getting a simple drink Of water,
and some personal experience Of the
kind is one Of the stock anecdotes Of
every tourist. And yet, as matter Of
fact, this difficulty can hardly be exag-
gersted.
In Normandy and Brittany, Norman
dy cider, with a taste like poor Rhine
wine but in complexion a shade darker,
is the exclusive beverage Of the people /;
wine is luxury, as it is not made 80 far
north; tea is practically unknown coffee
is taken solely in the morning, and ehOc-
olats likewise; milk is rarely found at
all, and absolutely unproeurable after
noon; and water, to end the list, would
never be thought Of in this connection.
We stopped at a fine eopiOus spring by
the roadside, and a native passing by
hesitated in curiosity and surprise and
hastened to warn US that water was IN
furious and that it would make Us sick
and every time we inquired for water at
a wayside cottage madame would refuse
to give it TO US and would respond with
the inevitable cider.
We had been about two days on our
road to Paris when We began 10 get des-
perste at this treatment, for we had for
COTTON how water tasted, and as we pass
ed well and saw a woman appear at
door with bucket one ofus rushed upon
her and unceremODiously seized it, and
in another moment we were drinking
defisntly of the interdicted liquid The
woman was still standing in her tracks,
dazed and dumbfounded, as We returned
her bucket fall to the brim, and in her
absence Of mind she refused the sous We
offered her--the first case on record.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-10-21
In a New Role.

He was such a smart-looking tramp
that the woman in the back yard, when
he appeared, thought he was an agent of
some sort.
~Good morning. ma'am, he said, glib
ly, taking of his hat
81 don't wan. to buy anything to-day" ("
she replied, busying herself with clothes
line.
"Pn glad of that, ms'am," be chirped,
for I've got nothing to sell.
Amt you an agent Of some kind -
she inquired, her wonsn's curiosity get
ting the better Of her.
Thank gracious heaven, ma'sm, I'm
no" he replied, fervently.
what are you, thea ?' and she be-
gan to back and fill.
{" I'm collector, ms'am."
ave don't owe you anything" she
said, nervously.
You should be grateful for that,
na'am, but you are mistaken in me
again I'm not that kind Of collector" /"
"Nof"
q No. ms'sm ; I'm collector of vital
statistics"
Going to take the census again ?" she
inquired; anxiously.
Wrong again, ma'am. It's only plain,
everyday vital statistics want
What do you mean ?"
Vital statistics, ma'sm vital statis-
tics bread and meat, and perhaps pie
or cold puddin, ma'am, TO put it in the
vernaeular. That's the only vital Stats
tics I'm afer, and they're very vital
ma'am, for haven't seen one for TWEEN
ty-four hours"
"Oh," she exclaimed, with q sigh Of
relief, and he went away loaded with
statistics.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-10-21
The Threads in the Money.

Ars Helen d. Remington, Of San Fran
cisch, says she invented the paper used
in our United States currency.
AL who handle paper money have mo-
ticsd the two fine threads which run
lengthwise through the bin. How the
thread happens to get into the paper is 8
question which has puzzled those who
have studied paper currency.
THE sheet Of paper on which the bill
is printed is really two sheets Of paper,
Mrs Remington explained to reporter
yesterday. ~The paper used is tough
tissue The threads, which are usually
supposed to be of silk, are Of ordinary
Kentucky basging They are placed be-
tween to sheets Of paper which are then
pressed together by strong pressure.
The two sheets are kept together by a
thin coating Of Rsh glue. cannot say
more Of the process, for it is secret
which counterfeiters have never succeed
ed in thoroughly penetrating.
This process Of mine was originally
devised by me for the purpose of produc-
ing fibred paper Of great toughness and
durability. i bad not then thought of
applying it to the manufacture of paper
for Treasury notes. The patent, as you
will see by the certificate, was issued to
me on May !, 1865 II was not until ten
or twelve years later that the government
began TO use my process in the manufac-
ture Of its own paper.
~The credit for inventing this style Of
paper has been given to Crane, Of Dalton,
Mass, who now manufactures the paper
on which the government prints its notes.
But it is my invention and mine alone.
OF course, the patent has now run out,
but be made use Of it some three years
before 1880. My patent did not run out
until 1888, 30 that the government bene-
fitted by my process for some five OF six
years, during which time was entitled
TO some compensation.
@Did get that compensation? No, /
did not. Do mean to? OF course I do.
The United States government certainly
owes me something. The use Of my pa
per saved great deal Of loss by making
the manufacture of presentable counter
fsits more difficult And have still an
other process by which l can produce q
paper which / will defy the best counter
feiters to come anywhere near initiating.
am keeping the inventian quiet know
the government win want it, and it will
do no harm to keep it to myself for the
present"
"You intend to make your claim for
damages known to the government
soon ?" was asked.
"Most certainly 1 do."-!San Ftaneisco
Chronicle.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-10-21
Good Work Done by Women.

There are said to be 100000 women in
the Christian Temperance union-l35,0 600
Kings Daughters, 100000 Women's Re
lief corps and 5000 Eastern Star, sll Of
whom are more or less enthusiastically
at work for other women less fortunate
than themselves. Many singular incl
dents come to light Of the activity Of
different circles. Now it is to open q
home, where young women can be taken
care Of until they can secure employment
and where those who are not earning
enough TO support themselves can be as
sisted.
Again the work Is in behalf ofchildren
less than six years old, who have been
been found to have been employed ten
hours day. Mr.. Campbell has shown
the state bureau Of labor that there are
actually such instances, the labor per
formed being stripping tobacco, picking
thread and sewing on buttons. A large
number of these women are interesting
themselves in the conditions under
which poor young girls, whose neeessi-
ties leave them no choice Of labor, are
employed.
Others have persuaded women Of
means who own seaside cottages to in
vite one or more deserving girls TO spend
their vacations with them. This line Of
work was started in the spring, when
several women with carriages made it a
duty and pleasure to take some one less
fortunate for an airing in Central Park,
and now it appears that others have gone
30 far as to leave their homes for the
summer in charge of women whose work
kept them in the city, but who could
thus have larger rooms and far pleasant
er quarters than their earnings afforded.
Much of this work is done 50 quietly that
it is only by accident one hears ofit.-
Brooklyn EGSLe
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-10-21
Local Institute.
r. hI. kININGER,
Ch. Committee.

Programme for joint local institute Of
Milford and Black townships and Rock
wood and New Centreville boroughs, to
be held at lockwood Saturday, October
3lst, 1891:
Address Of welcome-G. N. Baker.
Response-H. G. VIII.
Cooperation Of parents and teachers
A. B. Barnes.
Recitation-Miss Hattie win.
Punishmehts their obiect-H. A.
Boose.
PspersESIiss Nina Win and Miss sgd
ney Pile.
should Pennsylvania have a eompul-
sorry school law Grant Boucher.
Essay-Miss Ella Kimmel.
Who should decide what branches
should be studied, the teacher or the
psrent?-J. W. Weigley.
Recitation-NIiss Maud Boucher.
Neatness of school work-Miss Blanche
Evans.
How to prevent whispering-Elmer
Miller.
The duty of School Directors-Hon.
f. d. Miller.
The music viii be in charge Of Miss
Ella Werner and Miss Mamie B. Kim
mel. Institute win open at $50 a. NJ
and continue two sessions The exer-
cises will be einterspeised with recitations,
queries, etc. Directors and citizens Of
and vicinity are cordially in
vited and earnestly requested to attend
and take part in the discussions.
c. NJ. BAKER,
L. r. BACa,
ELLA WEKNER,
Committee.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-10-21
a Yaekes Sheriff Frightened.

A welLkDorn sheriff, who lives in
Maine, had been given up to die with
what his physician called consumption; /;
q friend advised the sheriff to try Pan
Tina Cough and Consumption cure re-
eovery soon followed. much to the sur
prise of the doctor, who now prescribes
it for coughs, colds and consumption.
Price 25 and 80 cents.
Trial bottles free at O. W. Benford's
Drug Store.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-10-21
Knew How to Wait.

Van JOrkins to applicant for position
Of butIerl-"You are familiar with wait
ing ~
John Thonas-"Oh, yes, sir
Van Jorkins-"Where did you get
your experience %
John Thomas-'I was a fashionable
tailor, sir, and gave long credits. The
Epoch.
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Local institute.


Following is the programme for an in
stitnte to be held at Hooyersville. Oct.
Slst, 1921:
Devotional exercises
address by Rev. Noel
Music.
Recitation--Anna Keehler,
Benefits derived from district insti-
tutes-F. G. Fryburg.
Select reading-JOhn Penrod
Paper-Miss Josie Shaifer.
Should teachers be employed foE ope
term only g-PsoE r. N. Rininger. 2
Music.
Essay-Miss Della Shaiier.
VIII the proposed course Of study ft
our ungraded schools 2-S. 5. Schlag.
Select reading-J. VI. Wilt.
Music.
Recitation-C. E. Berkey.
Mental Science-Geo. Kimmel.
Recitation-Lizzie Hsmer
How to prevent tardiness-J. P. Livsn-
good.
Music.
HistOry-G. B. Gardner.
Recitation-Thomas Noel.
Primary teschiDg-Aiss LOitie Kris
singer.
Music.
Paper-Edith Zorn.
How to interest patrons in school work
Prof. Geo. 5. LOhr.
The programme will be interspersed
with queries and reci.ations by the
school. The institute viii convene Fri
day evening, Oct. 80, and continue four
sessions Teachers from distance viii
be furnished meals and lodging gratis.
Patrons and friends Of education are cor
daily invited to attend and participate
in the exercise.
r. NJ. RINrNeER,
Oh Corarniffae
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-10-21

Garnet ornaments are returning to the
foot Of fsshion's throne, and Nine. 6run-
dy has welcomed them with ringing
hospitality. Garnet chatelaine bags and
garnet galoons for edging house skirts
and silk street skirts Of walking length
enliven the most sombre fabrics.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-10-21
Beating Time by Cable.

How he once "bsst time" or, rather,
apparent time, in q remarkable fashion,
is told by Mr.. Archibald Forbes in an
article on his "reminiscences of war cor
respondent life, in the Nineteenth Centu-
~. II is a story Of telegraphic dispatch
from the battlefield. In the early morn
ing Of the 22d of November, 1873 Brit
ish division under Gen. Sir Samuel
Browne occupied the Afghan fortress Of
Ali Musjid, up in the Khyber Pass. Mr..
Forbes rode back ten miles TO Jumrood,
where the field telegraph. was. and sent
the news TO England in a short message
bearing date 10 a. m. THERE'S five hours
difference in time between India azd
England, in favor Of the latter and the
Daily News, containing this telegram
dated 10 g. m, was selling in the streets
OF london at .. am, one hour Of appa-
rent time before It was dispatched, Its
anticipation of time, however, did not
end here.
O"Ah6 W TIC nNc AO4t5 NiACACASS w
tween the clocks Of London and New
York, the message was in time for the
regular editions Of the New York papers
that same morning. It was thence i'm
medistely wired across the American
Continent, and, owing agzintO the differ
snce in time between the Atlantic Coast
and the Pacific Slope, the early rising
citizens Of San Francisco, purchasing bis
noring paper at 8 a. m, was able to read
the announcement ofan event which act
ually occurred over two hours later in APP
parent time, some thirteen thousand
miles away on the other side ofthe globe.
Puck, ss Mr.. Forbes says, professed him
self able to put girdls round the earth
inforty minutes. but this telegram sped
half round the globe in two hours less
than no time at all
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-10-21
What ItDoes

Hoods Sarsaparilla
I. Puriies the blood.
?. Creates an appetite.
3. Strengthens the nerves.
4. Makes the weak strong.
). Overcomes that tired feeling.
6. Cures scrofula. salt rhsum, etc.
Z. InyigOrstes the kidneys and liver.
s. Relieves headache, Indigestion and
dyspepsia.
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A AKnight-Errant Resigns.

Papa Primus-@You have abused my
hospitality. sir, and / shall hold you 10
account for kissing my new typewriter,
against her will, last night"
Young Secundus-"So she is my ac-
cuser, is she ?"
Papa Primus-"Yesi what have you TO
say for yourself p
Young Secundus-"Only this. II was
in the dark, and she mistook me for yon
at the time."-Life.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-10-21

A sequois tree has been found in
Kings River Canon, in the Nevada
mountain range, whose original diane
ter exceeded 40 feet but has been re-
dnced by FIRE to 80 feet. This is larger
than any OF the gigantic trees discover
ed in California by seven feet.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-10-21

Two men cf Jackson, Michigan, bear
odd relstisns with each other, yet they
are no relation Alderman James Mitch
ell and Engineer James Mitchell are
their names. Their wives bear the same
Christian names, both have two boys
and a girl thai bear the same names,
and whose ages are the same.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-10-21

A watchfal Chicago dog last week
q treed burglar on pile Of trunks in
a store-room, and kept him there uatll
the man Of the house arrived upon the
Gene.
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EVERY PATRIOT

should read a good newspaper. In the Sc
lection of q newspaper many considerations
should govern. First, il should be one that
endeayors 10 give all the news without pre-
judice. 1t should be neatly printed on good
paper. Il should be independent-in favor
OF all that is good, upright, clean. Such
neHspaper is
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-10-21

A pair of carriage lamps have bten
made for Major Mckinley, without that
gentIeman's knowledge, BY factory in
Bridgeport, Conn, from American tin
plate.
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The Somerset Herald.
AsLrsnEp isz7.

Terms of Publication
psblisbed every Wednesday morning At y GO
.,sunum. II paid in advance otherwise q 50
n iuvsrisbly be charged
v.subscripaOn VII be Discontinued until AL
- are psid up. POstnAssez neslsctins
- "a when subscribers DO lot take oct theiI
IN Os held responsible for tbs sabscrip-
o..
--,.--sbs-s removing nom one pOstoehce % an
.Aosld dive u the name Of the foznsz -
- :, tse present Otes. Addre@
TEE SoxKEsET HxRALD,
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The Patriot,

printed in Harrisburg Il is under new
management-enlarged handsome, bold in
always and unswervingly Democratic. II is
the only Democratic newspaper at the State
Capital II makes a specially ofDepartment
News. II is the only paper in Central Penn
sylvanis that receives and prints full AssO-
ciated Press Reports, obtained by Il over its
own wires. IL presents each day Special
Correspondence from all points tributary 10
Harrisburg all the Harrisburg, News. Fash
ion Notes, Household Hints, Domestic Re
cipes, Society Gossip, Scientific Humorous
and Political Articles, Short Stories and
Sketches Its Market Reports are complete
both as 10 Finance and Commerce. Its Live
Stock Markets are prepared specially for The
PATRIOT. and have only been successfully
initiated by the other newspapers in the
State The Saturday Sermon Of Rev. DR..
Spurgeon, of London, is great feature.
THE PATRIOT wants the rascals turned out
or locked up. To this end it heartily urges
the election of Wright and Tilden as the
only means to stop the plundering Of the
public treasury.
The Weekly PatriOt 5 pages, is only 81
year II maintains the best features Of the
daily, including the Spurgeon Sermon. First
take your home paper then it. Send for
circulars and sample copies free of either
daily or weekly.
Liberal rates for campaign or otherwise
Address
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