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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-03-11
THE REFERS.

THE REFERS.
s5-Black Cheviot Refer. fac-simile of the
natty Coaching Refer the style in London.
The same diagonal side pockets. the same big
bone buttons. the roll collar. the same
neat nj at the back and waist.
60 Black eheviot. braid binding .............s6
s9-Heavy Ribbed Serge Refers. Black and
Navy. braid binding. monster buttons 90
s9-The latest from London-Reefers. Of Black.
Navy and Tan broadcloth. with Norfolk front.
roll collar. lap seams. braid binding ........so
s9-camels Hair Serge Refers in colors and
style quoted sbove..... %
$l0-Mournins Refers Of Black diagonal cloth,
Black silk buttons and binding. ........... $40
e1l-Reefers In marine-Nsvy and Black serye,
with gold braid ornaments. braiding and gold
buttons .e1l
sl2-Tan and Navy Chsviot R<sfers, with slab-
crate gold braid embroidery buttons &C. ef2
el4-Rsefers h uilitaire, Black and Tan diaso-
nal cloth. with Black braid oruamsnts sndfass.
eninSS; Norfolk front. AiA
e14-Biack Cheviot Resfsr three pocksts; larrs
pesri buttons; satin lined throughous ... A1<
e1e-Navy diagonal cloth, sosd braid 1t thfrs
back seams. gold ornaments. bind,ns and but.
S17-Nsyv Canals Hair Rssfer, scsiiopsd sold
braid front. sleeves. Ae gold buttons az
THE CAPES.
The ''Bsrnhardt' b the correct syls. with HsAi
back end falling iooas ever ths sheuldsss. ssschins
below ths vsiss. Pries ranss IRON "a 70 s1a susoa
dos ~ pssmit asesils.
THE PALAIs ROYAL.
4 LfsHER.
Cor. fesh 4. and Penn. sys
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-03-11

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-03-11

SPRING HOSIERY.
A wonderful collection Of Spring
Hosiery for Ladies' and Misses in all the
ideas. starting in price at be. ending
only when the finest quality Silk ones
are reached.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-04-15

Tree and vine Tfuning should be COM
pleted before growth commences. Peas
for an early crop need to be got in as
early as the groundcan be worked. The
wrinkled, or sugar Deas, should be held
until the ground mrms little. Those
intending to raise onions by the new
plan of starting tie seeds in cold frames
should have everything in readiness and
get the seed in eab', and have the young
plants in readineslto set out as soon as
the ground can D put IN good order.
The advantages dsimed by this method
are full rows, a longer season Of growth
and less expense ncultivating and keep
ing clean, the explse saved in the last
item making up ior the extra cost of
transplanting. much greater yield IS
claimed for the rethod. But no time is
70 be lost in prepring the soil for onion
seed to be sowefn the rows where the
crop is to grow The preparation and
sowing cannot y done too soon. The
seeds of lettue and early cabbage,
caulifIower. ceiey, tomatoes and radish
will need sowinaat intervals as required,
and the hotbed and the forcing pits
viii command dsly care.
Seeds Of bienpil and Parental flower
ing plants can be pit in at once. Sweet
peas in the open grand should be plant
ed at the earliest opportunity; they
should make their ,est growth in the
cooler weather of th spring.
Lawns can be seeed to grass as soon
as the ground canbe properly put in
order.
All kinds of workthat can be done in
the garden should / pushed along and
be out of the wa,when the hurrying
time comes later. it surely will
| Vicks Magazine
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-04-15

In America my neighbOr can own a
piece of land adjoining my house, and
can, after long years, build on his Land
in such = way as to take the light away
from every window IN my house which
overloOks his lot. In England. after a
man has had the uninterrupted use of
light and air for sixty years he acquires
an easement, which is one OF Judge
Blackstone's ''incorp0real heredita-
ments. and tins has to be respected by
the owner Of adjacent land, who, ac-
cording TO English, and, for the matter
Of that, Roman law, must so enjoy his
own rights and property as not TO inter
fere with the established right and prop
critics OF others.
In England if nv neighbor sees me
bUilding a house with windows over
looking his property, and IN such a man
ner as to tend to preclude him from
building himself at some future time, he
at once sets TO work to put up an obstruc-
ton against my windows. which forces
me to come 10 terms with him. This
may be arranged by payment of a snail.
in fact. entirely nominal. annual rent of
a few cents III recognition OF his rights,
and this viii prevent my acquiring an
easement over his land. Which of the
two systems Is the more equitable / viii
not venture an opinion. but leave the
reader to judge.-DetroitN News.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-04-15
UneiviI Railway Porters.

All English railway companies are
very particular about ciyility being
shown TO the public, with perhaps one
exception, known TO most railway men;
but even that company has now i'm
proved in this respect. as well as in many
others. A baldheaded director of this
company was travelling with some stran-
gers, and at one Of the stations one of
them asked the name of the place. 4
porter pointed to the name board, re-
marking, Cant you reads' The direc-
tor was somewhat vexed, but said moth
ing. At the next station another of the
passengers asked if they changed there
for A.. "Sit still, and don't bother;
this amt junction, " the porter replied.
The director, who was much surprised
at the incivility of the porters, told the
strangers who he was, and expressed re-
gret that they had been so spoken to. ''I
viii see, however" he said. IF they will
speak in the same way to me-" At the
next station he put his head out Of the
window, but could get no ones attention
till the train was moving off, when a
porter came up and shouted to hiIn,
Keep your bald head in, old buffer, or
you'll catch cold" He fumed with rage.
but the strangers seemed TO eajOy his
defeat.
There was trouble at those three sta
tions the next day, and three faces were
seen no more ON those platforms. Cham
bers' Journal.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-04-15

Il was not the easiest thing in the
world to bring malefactors to justice in
the early administration of the law in
Virginia. as tine following returns. made
to executions. viii illustrate The ex-
tract is from the History Of Augusta
County"
Elm the case of johnson Us. Brown
Q7Ju, Not executed by reason there is
no road TO the place where he (Brown)
lives.
Again: Not executed by reason of ex-
cess of weather"
November, 1752-'Not executed by
reason of an AK (the AK being in the
hands Of defendant. uplifted, no doubt,
to cleave the officers skull).
Not executed because the defendants
horse was faster than mine"
Not executed, by reason Of a gun"
"Emlen vs.. Miller-'Kept off from
Miller with a club, etc: Miller not found
by Humphrey Marshall.
''Not executed, because the defendant
got into deep water-Out Of my reach
November. 1754-'E Executed on the
within. John Warwick, and he is not the
man
August, l7J5-Forty-nine executions
returned Not executed, by reason Of the
disturbance Of the Indians.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-04-15
WHOLE NO. 2O73.
SOMERSET, PA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15 1891.
An rrt-aeralnarr Aarerr,.e,nen..

A few days since a man entered a
lawyer's Office where l happened to be
for a moment. looked around in rather a
cautious and theatrical fashion and slow
~ opened large leather valise which he
carried in one hand. From this he ex-
tracted "A small parcel done Up in brown
paper and. laying it on convenient
desk, said softlyto the clerk. That's for
the boss" Then he tiptOed out Of the
Office. The parcel was at once taken TO
the lawyer, who tore off the wrappings
and discovered a small china breakfast
plate, upon which lay what looked ex-
actly like a fried egg. The egg was
squashed up a little bit on the plate ap-
parently and it was movable. The plate
was bona fide, but the alleged egg was
made of papier mache We all looked
at it carefully, and after a little prying
about it was found that the yolk Of the
egg could be lifted.
Under it lay what was apparently
peanut. This was opened, and within
it there was found a sIagll sheet of white
tissue paper upon which a few letters
were faintly visible. The lawyer went
to the window, with everybody follow
ing at his heels, examined the paper
closely, and discovered upon it an adj
vertisement of a hair reStorer and pre-
ventive of badness. Then he threw the
whole outfit into the corner with a growi
and went back 20 his desk. 1t struck
me as being about the most complete adj
vertisement that have seen Of late. IL
is an illustration of tine extraordinary
length to which advertisers so IN their
efforts to reach the public.-Blakely
Hall in Brooklyn Eagle.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-04-15

We saw TO wlndward a native boat
bearing down upon Us under full stress
Of sail. 4 Fijian boat is made Of hOl-
lowed cocoanut log, sharpened at both
ends. About ten feet on one side of it
is placed a long and slender log of lighter
wood, both parts Of the craft being at
once connected by and supporting a
raised platform of bamboo. Such a
boat floats ON the water like a cork, and
offers no more resistance than racing
shell. a mast set in the center of the
platform supports a triangular sail Of
mating. with the base of the figure up
most. A very top heavy effect is thus
produced, but nothing can overturn the
light vessel owing to the breadth of its
base. and 70 HES through the water Ike
the wind.
The catamaran that pursued us easily
kept up with the launch. although we
drove II at full speed to keep ahead, and
with the huge, misshapen mat sail flap
ping ana rolling like a great bats wing
as the boat thrashed through the pillows,
and sent showers of spray over the glis-
tening bodies of the dozen natives who
stood or squatted upon the deck, the pict-
ure was something fascinatingly strange
and barbaric and never to be forgotten
When the boat was near Us our launch
ran under jutting point, where thickly
clustered palms cut off the wind. and the
catamaran becoming becalrned got out
oars and turned in for the shore.-Cor.
Boston Journal.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-04-15

The Palermo (Nn.l Fruit Growers
association, which recently affiliated
with the Californ State Board Of
Trade. sent TO Sa Francisco a large
model Of the UnioIchurch. which is To-
Gated at Palermo dOny in Butte. The
model has been creed in the board of
trade rooms, and inow on exhibition.
The miniature chuh is an exact model
in every detail of e original, and just
one-seventh its sizl It is 10 feet in
length, 81 feet vie and III feet in
height. The roof, ebles and bell tower
are covered with ranges, some thou
sands of which ar, used, while in the
windows and aroDl the pedestals are
arranged exhibits nuts, dried and
fresh fruits and oier products of the
colony. As the orayes used in decOrat-
ing the church witlr they viii be taken
away and fresh frt substituted until
the orange season over. when other
fruits, dried and fish, will be used for
decorating. making a standing unique
advertisement of thresources of Paler-
mo.-Omaha Bee.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-04-15

The past winter has practically set
tied one thing in New York-that the
literary reception mas had It's day. Two
years ago evenings" were held by all
the well known literary people, but the
practice was abused, and the following
year saw the beginning Of the end. This
past season but a few literary at homes
have been given. and these lacked their
former interest-sO much so that next
winter viii see still a smaller number.
One cause Of theunpopularity into which
the literary reception in New Yorl, HIS
fallen was its shameful abuse. A hter-
ary woman would begin her season with
q small coterie Of her select friends, and
so long as those same congenial spirits
came together all went delightfully."- well.
But one friend brought another. and
after two or three weeks ne would in
turn bring q third, until at the close Of
the season the hostess would find her
rooms overrun with lot of minor liter
arv lights whom she scarcely knew. and
the spell was broken. Then the deaths
Of Miss Booth, Oliver Bell Burce, the
removal Of Marion Harland made diff
ference, and so for more than one reason
the practice has died ont. Perhaps the
change will be for the better, since priyi-
legged friends will be more certain OF
agreeable companiOnships upon special
evenings when the hostess signifies her
intention to be at home for these, and
these alone.-Edward W Bok's Letter.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-04-15

n
Anent bir. TOole IS visit to New Zealand
one or two amusing stories have come to
hand. Just before leaving Napier he had
a difference of opinion with a cabman as
10 fare. The matter arose from a mis-
understanding on both sides, but as
ToOle was determined not to pay the
amount, which he considered unjustiy
demanded. and as the cabman was
equally determined to have it, SUM
mons was the result. The evening pa
pers announced the fact, and stated that
Toole would defend the case in person
IN the resident magistrates court.
\ large crowd assembled at the court
house in consequence, but Toole, having
seen the paragraph referring to the mat
ter, preferred paying the claim to being
made free show. The crowd rapidly
melted away when this was announced,
but the fact of the payment did not ap-
pease the irate cabnan, and when Toole
drove down TO the launch which was TO
take him on his way to Auckland, one
of the cabmen on the stand called out
for Three groans for Toole.'
"Oh, make it four, dor cried TOole,
and four they made it.
It was probably the first time the fa-
nous comedian had ever been groaned,
and he was hugely tickled at the dem
nstration.-London Tit-Bits.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-04-15
Electric Car Heater..

In MANY places where electric rail
ways are in operation the temperature
falls so low in winter as to render the
cars quite uncomfortable. Why not.
under this condition Of affairs, devote a
portion Of the current used to propel the
cars TO heating them as well? The ordi-
nary car stove is open 70 so many objec-
tions that its use Is practically precluded
from the majority Of roads. Electric
heaters, however, can be placed under
meath the seats so that Uniform tenn
perature can be given to the entire car.
Electric heaters have been made and
have met with some adoption. Whether
they would prove too expensive for the
purpose Is q question yet 10 be solved.
They certainly. however. offer advan-
tages over any method Of ear heating
vet employed.-New YORK Telegram
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-04-15
DECORATE THE PIANO.

In small Rooms II Is Now Made Thing
of Beauty and an Artistic Joy.
The magic skill of modern decorators
has vanquished the formidable aggres-
siveness even Of the parlor piano. For
merly piaros were most obstinately,
hopelessly angular objects in a pretty
parlor, positively refusing to lend them
selves to any scheme of decoration. But
even piano has possibilities, and since
these possibilities have been discovered
and realized the piano is the keynote of
the whole decorative scheme. OF course
in all city parlors an upright piano is
used, and instead of being set back
against the wall like a child in disgrace,
it is now turned ont into the room al
most at right angles, which is decidedly
more agreeable 10 the performer. The
back of the instrument is then draped
with some beautiful material, hanging
like curtain to the floor
Sometimes a plain piece OF Roman
sheeting is used. a silken dnnask or
PompadOur velvet, with the main color
in harmony with the room. Some
embroidery III one upper corner, around
which the drapery is hung gracefully. or
clever needlewomen embrOider the
whole drapery in quaint, odd designs.
A scarf of silk harmonizing with the
hanging at the back falls over the top of
the piano, and there are candelabra or
some light pieces of bric-a-brac that will
not rattle when the instrument is in use
Such are the possibilities of piano as
an object of decorative art, hut wonder
fnl indeed are its possibilities in another
direction.
Placed near bay window, it shuts in
the contest lovers nest imaginable.
Soft cushioned window seats that have
room for just two-intuitive seats they
might be called-are hidden thus away
completely from the cold, cruel world.
Smokers retreats with little couches
may be hidden in the shadow of such a
piano when rich hangings fall from a
corner window. Or delightful tea cor
ner is made with a screen for doorway.
and soft divans and dim lights inside.
Miss Georgia Cayvan has such a tea cor
ner in her artistic little house in Harlem.
The back of the piano is hung with a
soft shade of yellow, brOcaded with dull
green lenves and flowers. Against this
the little tea table is placed, with its
dainty belongings, and low chair be-
side 1t where the hostess presides.
A yellow cushioned divan extends en-
tirely around this corner. lighted by the
soft radiance of a lamp with pale green
shade. and piled high with bakers
dozen of pillows-large and small and
medium-with bright silken covers
New York sun.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-04-15

One of the most remarkable historic
relics in Rhode Island is the bell on the
Butterfly factory near the village of
Saylesville. Around this bell about four
inches from the crown is this superscrip-
ton, peter Secest, Amsterdam, Ammo
1868. NJ E. Fecit" 1t is thus set forth
that Peter Secest made this bell in Am
sterdam in the year 1863 The figures
carved on the bell, together with other
authenticated facts, lead to the belief
that this bell was long used on a convent
in England, and was sequestrated dur
ing the Reformation.
1t is also part Of its history that it
was used in the English navy on the ship
Guerriere, which was captured by the
United States ship Constitution Aug. 10,
1872 The bell was subsequently, sold
by the United States authorities with a
lot of captured stores, and thus came
through the hands of the late Stephen
II. Smith to its present place in the But
terhy factory. ry.-Pawtucket (R. L) Trib-
I1Da
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-04-15
sIillionaires and Subscription Ii sts.

"Milionaires are as plenty as black
berries in this town, said a gentleman
who has been active IN pushing the sub
scription for the statue to General Grant.
You just let the right set of men take
hold Of a subscription list for any worthy
purpose and see how rapidly It swells.
Look at the Sherman statue fund. It
viii be completed in a few days, and we
could have passed the so. 900 mark sey-
eral days ago if we had not limited the
highest subscription to$l 900. The pm
cipal drawback about going 70 an ordi-
nary millionaire with a subscription list
is his sensitiveness about making his
name too conspicuous on the list.
For instance, a man worth s., ,0OO, ,O0O
or g. .000. coo will run his eye over the
list, and if he sees the names of Wander
bilt, Rockefeller or Huntington he viii
say, Well, Of course it won't look well
for me to give as much as those men.
People will think that | am trying to at
tract attention to myself Now, If that
man had been asked 10 start the suoscrip-
tion he probably would have put his
name down for $1,000. When he saw
that Vanderbilt had given that sum he
Immediately subscribed for $3.50, with
the assurance, however, IF you need any
more come and see me. New York
Times
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-04-15
,rcn Who Hare,Ied rhl. Year

The death roll OF 81 viii be unprece-
dented should the te Of the first six
weeks be maintainl TO the end Of the
year. Already the it Of great names
includes Bancroft al Kinglake among
historians: Emma bbott and Ceiine
Montaland among pens Of the stage;
Meissonier, Won Make and Jervis Nc
Entee among paints; Secretary Of the
Treasury Window, x-Secretary of the
Interior Stuart and Charles Bradlaugh
among statesmen; Cneral Sherman and
Admiral Porter amg military leaders;
King Kalakaua Of avail, and Abdul
Rahman Khan, amr Of Afghanistan.
among rulers; BarolHausmaun. the re-
constructor of Pari Leo Delibes, the
French composer, al numerous others
of scarcely less fame-Cincinnati Times
Star
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-04-15
Tho Inn In Iiteratnre.

The social Importance of the inn IN
days of old is proved by the conspicuous
position it holds in our fiction and poetry.
The Canterbury Tales" of Chaucer
start from an inn. along with the motley
company Of pilgrim bound for st.
Thomas shrine, to whom the genius OF
the poet has given an immortal life. Its
site and name, the Talbot" or "Ta-
bard" still preserve the memory of the
famous inn thus associated with our first
great English poem. 1t was not, how
ever. until tine reign Of Elizabeth that
the tavern attained to permanent place
in literature, rejecting the important
place it held in the daily life of the
Deople.-An the Year Round.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-04-15
AN AMERICAN STEAMSHIP LINE.
Something about the Famous Steamers
That FIourished Before the War.

Something About the Famous Steamers
That FIourished Before the War.
The most important American rival
which foreign corporations have en-
countere1 in transatlantic steam naviga-
tiOn was the famous Collins line. Mr.. Z.
K Collins had grown ~ In the freight
and passenger business between New
York and Liverpool and in 1871 he began
TO interest New York merchants IN a
plan 70 establish a new steamship line.
Two years later a acompany which be had
organized launched four vesseis--the At
lautic, Pacific, Arctic and Baltic.
They were literally subsidized, the
government paying the company Ss5S. 900
yearly for carrying the mails; conditions
imposed being that the vessels should
make twentv-six voyages every year, and
that the passage from port 10 port should
be better IN point Of time than that made
bv the Cunarders. The Collins line met
the conditions successfully, its vessels
making westward trips that averaged
eleven days, ten hours and twenty
minutes. as compared with twelve days,
nineteen hours and twenty-six minutes
by the British steamships.
The vessels of the Collins line cost up
ward of 500, coo each. This was great
deal Of money to put into a steamship in
those days, and as the largest Of the
feet was considerably smaller than the
smallest Of the steamships that now ply
between New York and European ports,
there was naturally good percentage
Of cost in the appointments for the COM
fort of the passengers. Many features
that have since come TO be regarded as
indispensable on board ship We're intro
duced by the Collins vessels.
Among them none attracted more
comment when the Atlantic arrived at
Liverpool, at tine end Of her first voyage.
May 10, 1919. than the barber shop. En-
glish visitors to the vessel, as she lay at
anchor in the MeTsey. saw for the first
time the comfortable chair, with its
movable head rest and foot rest. in which
Americans are accustomed to recline
while undergoing shaving. Another
novelty was a smoking room IN . house
on the afterpart Of the deck.-John H.
Gould in Scribner's.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-04-15
Pole Pulley for Arc Lamps.

Most of the arc lamps used for outdoor
lighting are hung from a cord passing
over a pulley, and their safety necessari-
iy depends ON the strength of this cord.
Usually there is another pulley fastened
to the pole, and the cord passes over this
pole pulley down toa cleat or a windlass.
As this pole pulley is rarely found to be
in line with the cord. the result is that
the rope scrapes on the edge of the pull
ley and wears out in short time. A
remedy for this has been provided in a
sleet proof pulley, which fits the up
turned end of an ordinary polestep, and
which can swing freely on this support.
It is evident thatsuch pulley is quickly
put up and viii always stay in line with
the cord.-New York Commercial Ad-
yertiser.