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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1892-05-25
Little Mistake.


The OEicious e0unter-jamper IS AZ tn
mitigated nnisance, but he aoGrishes and
mu.tlplies nevertheless And Of al sea
sons CT the year he IS the most numerous
about the holidays
He 50 rareIv gets his Just desserts that il
IS a pleasure % record one instance where
re did get il To accomnodats the hOli-
day TAie state street drn pat in large
force ofextTas a few days ago
Yesterday the proprietor, while discus
ing the quality ofa piece Of goods with the
aren't Of "a Nsw YORK house, remarked
that the easiest way to prove this point
~o1Id be 10 gst a simple CT tie cloth IN
question
Excusing himself, he walked down to a
counter presided over BY one CT the rev
hands aZ5 asked 70 be shown a certain
Kind Of goods There, that'si' ex-
claimed the prcprietors let me have .
sample Of il Il you please. right away"
We don't do th1- ala Of business
here, ruGsiy rel lied the altituiInous
youngmAn-
What kind OF business don't you DO
calmly asked the unknown employer.
We don't give away samples OF our
goods"
sOh, don't yOU2 That's too bad. Per
haPs then, you wouldn't mind giving ne
a sample Of your hair for remembrance
before I kick you into the street Ifyou
don't want to 90 that @ down to the
cashiers desk, give him this card and ssk
him for a sampleof your salary - Ctic,lgo
HrL
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1892-05-25
Pearls of Thought

Hope Is Sn unjust IsTeL
Justice Is what q iIry ssys-
Right Is matter Of opinion
Death Is the door % eternity
A sinister glance bstoksus an evil Pur-
pose.
Give attention and voc sili ges kuOsi-
edge
Akindly feeling cannot fal 70 toush
the heart
He Who would exert inaasnee must
exercise jllgment-
To-mouov Is the lazy maas beacon
and ihe fools reward
The Ggsy temper Ola pretty woman a.
Ways shOTs through
Never let yo5r curiosity get the better
Of your discretion
In the futter Of excitement the light
Of tine i unheeded-
we find happiness while Se are Pursu-
ing it and lose it after We reach t.
Many shall court distincti0n for whom
the wedding dav viii never be SET
Retrospect brizhtsus existence Ouly a.
Il Is repiete with pleasant memories
Don't fatty refuse % pay a bill and
sordIy cherish the belief that that settles
j.
Some never une0rk the vi4Ls Of their
wrath except 70 pour flrth torrent Of
abuse
The Eronaut IS not the only nan who
has 70 keep his sand proporli0uzts 70 his
gzs
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1892-05-25
Questions for Republicans to
Answer.

In view Of the fact that Republican
patronage has been 50 bestowed as to
build up an excess Of Democratic news
paper circulation il IS tine that : few
Important questions should be pressed
onsheattenton ofaIl earnest Republicans
While Democrats rarely patrOnizs Repub-
lieAn papers great numbers Of Repub-
liesns take Democratic papers regularly
and give them liberal support They
VIII, no doubt. continue 10 dOso. Rspub-
leans are disposed 10 rad both sides
and listen to What the opposition has 70
sag, snd while 10 objection may Be made
10 this practice IN itself il Il certainly
tine 70 protest when such patronage Of
the Democratic press IS accompanied
with neglect Of Republican papers. It
may Be, Of course, that some Republicans
are 50 th0roughly-informed that they can
learn nothing from their local Repub-
liczn papers, bat such instances are
certainly rare. Much Of the ablesf
discussion Of political questions comes
from the country press The papers
nearest 10 the people often speak with
the greatest weight and give the sOOniest
Instruction As the most powerful
agency 70 promote the success Of the party
and 70 inculczte is principles the local
Republican papers IN every locality
merit the generous support Of earnest
Republicans. Take Democratic papers if
you choose, bu. not 70 the neglect Of
those of your own party.
Let every Republican put himself on
the stand and propOuAd such questions
a. these.
IS there a Republican paper published
IN or near your county, the editor Of
which 4 known to be an earnest and
honest Republican, If 50 10 you get
copy Of such paper regularly and do you
pay Tor il promptly
Do you make any effort to induce vour
friends 70 aid in extending the eircula-
ton Of local Republican papers ? Do you
sdFertise in such papers as freely and
fully as your Circumstances and the /
nature Of your business viii permit
Is your frienIship for the Republican I
Press active or passive Are you aware
that the Republican party has beer put
a q great disadvantge through the failure
Of Republicans TO give liberal aid and
support 70 the Republican press.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1892-05-25

an idiot, even If she spends hours talking
baby nonsense to her baby
sDo you hear that, Miss Lizzie2 Nam
ma can call you tootsey-EoOtsey, precious
pet, and sing Mother Goose 70 you now
with clear conscience
And Just then Chauneey Browne, ex-
president, ex-treaS1rsr, ex-libr4riAn, ex
secretary to dozen causes, the calm,
selfpOss=sssd lover, the energetic business
man, entered hastily, asking;
as papa's pretty puPpet better, and IS
is horrid cid tOothy pegs done aching
Oh, Aunt Lizzie. pardon me. did not
see you"
-Yoa are forgiTen- 1 vii leave you
70 comfort the-Ehat IS II, Helen p
little idiot ?"
wow, Aunt Lizzie - PrOtes.sn Helen
~Well, the future president Of the WO-
mans Emancipation from the Tyranny
Man Society then Goodbye, dears-
Be sure you train that youthful maiden 5
mind to be a shining light IN the flturs
70 her misguided sisters who prefer 70 Be
good wives and mothers"
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1892-05-25
A Plain Mans Ideas

"A Farmer" in Mississippi writes the
following lettero1 silver 70 : New York
paper 1t presents an argument in a
style as plain and clear as It Is hOmely
and foreibIe, viz:
4 an a farmer and DC not know very
much about politics, bat DO see some
serious flaws IN the Band bill. The
aim Of the friends Of silver IS 10 raise
the price OF that metal By putting Gov
eminent credit behind l. vow, my
county does not produce an ounce Of si,-
yer nor an ounce Of anything valuable in
The mineral line. 1.-THE price Of silver IS
advanced arti6cialiY, viii Il not take
more Of our timber, more pigs, more
corn, more calves, 70 get it, Are dollars
70 be msde more plentiful HoE2 I
know Of Just one way 70 get dollars, and
that Is TO fi1d some man who has dollars
and who wants something he does not
have more than be wants bis dollars, and
who vii give me his dollars for some-
thing prize less than I DO bis dollars
In other words, I trade ny labor, ny
pigs, Eay cotton, my cows. for the dollars
ofsome L an who needs labor, pigs, cot
ton OF cows, more than he needs his dol
lars
Vow, if two employers are after one
laborer, as IN Montana, wages are high /;
iftEo iaborers are after one boss, a. IN
some large cities Of the East. wages are
low. II two pigs are sfter 81, pigs are
low If - are after one pig, pigs are
high and L dollars reach the point
where they are made by the million 01t
Of silver, and copper, and TN, and repre-
sent nothing bat themselves, pigs may
be expected % hesitate before they viii
trade themselves OF Tor somethiug As
common As leaves in October, and i viii
take I great many more dollars q get
one pig than it would take If the pig had
10 question Of their value. Bu. thess
extra dollars viii 10 the nan who sells
the pig 10 good, because the nan Who
sells spOols of thread and calico viii
want more ofthsn for hisgoOds- Tbs
happens. not because the pig and calico
are worth more, but beoarse the dollars
are worth less respectfully urge that
far mere popular measure VII be the
passage Of = laE making nine eggs 4
dozen
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1892-05-25
The Southern Convict Lease
System

The country Is but IttIe aware Of the
eaormiies Of the Clnvict Lease System
in the south. Kennan, the traveller,
lately startled the pE5lic with the hor-
rors ofSiberian prisons, yet under our
own eyes a system but Z shade less bar
barous exists. The convict lease system
IS maintained IN twelve States It IS
simply q traffic IN human blood and
nusc,e. That a group Of penal systems,
cruel, brutalizing. and deadly By thsir
own showing, should live in the midst
Of cur hurlaue and eharitable inztitu-
tons. seems unbelievable; yet lis truth
cannot be denied The question is, shall
II eontinue2 Our own safety f0rbids il.
What We have Of good, N the way OF IL
stitutions, STATE or National, are the re-
suits Of Vatchfainezs and the Suppression
Of wronz- We have 4 corrector alEays
a. hand, faPpelled 70 and aroused The
sense Of justice. the humane instincts,
are the influences Ia oar civilization that
beat down ail opposition. Enlightened
public opinion Is the death Of every
wong. Aroused, &, dsnolishss the evil
as light overthross ard beats down
darkness. I. Is the High Court Of Ap-
peals to which political parties mus. be
brought, in the lss. resort
Two propositions coun0t Be rsfstsI-
Flrst- ThaE the present coavict lease
system IS the shame and degradation Of
the Slate-a great public wrong. L IS
inhumzn and brutal. Il Is injustice its
ell 7 inhicts a punishment upon the
convici not imposed by the sentence OF
the courts L violates the las O. tn e
land, under the pEeiense of enforcing
iaw. Finiing ilseIfin the possession Of
a human being, il puts aside laws and
humanity, and wriRgs out Of tie con
wet all the profit his life viii bring Il
increases enormously the death rate. It
Is tie surrender of the state OF its trust
and functions for 50 much money. The
Slate, under this system, puts aside the
duty i owes to society = make an efo.t
FOR the eouvict's reformation Il takes
bread out OF the mouth Of the honest
workirg gman and degrades labor. Il
shAmss the enlightenment ofthe age It
IS relic ard legacy Of the cheap slave
labor system
Second. It Is a Democratic wrong kept
in It's place By the Democratic party. Il
Is 4 Democratic allisnce With crime, ~
held by the bsyoust.
The proof Of this Is to be found il the
fact that the system exists 70 day and i
upheld By Democratic States and Demo
cratic ina1encez Ten Dsn0eratie States
oct ef twelve convict lezse S.a,es, stand
soidly behind Il
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1892-05-25
SOMERSET. PA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 25, 1892.
ENTERING IN.

The church vas din ard silent
VITA The hush before he prayer:
only the solemn trembling
OF the organ stirred the air.
"itho1t the sweet, pale sunshine:
Within ths holy calm,
Where priest and people waited
For the swelling Of the psalm
Slowly the door swung open,
And a nftle baby g;ri.
Brown eyes. with brown hair hning
In many q Way curl
VITA soft cheeks dushing holly,
siEg.anees downward thrown,
And small hands elzsped before her.
stood In the aisle alone
stOod haif abAshsd. half friShieasd.
Unknowing where 70 20.
While Ike 4 wind rocked flower
Her form swayed 10 4ad fro
Ana the changing color hursered.
In the little troubled faee,
As frurn side % side she waved,
WIKI mute imploring grace.
Il was but for a moment
What w0oder that We ssaiiesl,
By such : strange, sweet picture
From holy thoughts beguiled-
Up. then. nose some on= soitlY,
And many an eye grew DIM,
As through the tender silence
He bOre the child With him.
And long wondered. losing
The sermon and the prayer.
II. when some tine enter
The many mansions fair,
And stand abaShed and Dropping
In The portals golden sloE.
Our Lord VIII send an angel
To show me where 70 go
-Tls Salscas Sra0sl Ilsi.,
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1892-05-25

Ihave been q great sufferer from ca
ta-rh for over ten years; had it very
bad, could hIrdly breathe some nights
/ could not sleep and had to walk the
aoor. ! purchased Eiy's Cream Balm
and am using il freely. il IS working a
curs surely I have advised several
friends 70 use Il, and with happy results
IN every case Il IS the medicine above
ali others for cat2rrh, and it IS worth its
weight in gold. I thank God I have
foGnd remedy can use with safety
and that does ali that IS claimed for K.
Il Is curing my deafnssz-B. W. Sperry,
Hartford, Conn
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1892-05-25

Deserving Praise

We desire to say 70 oar citizens. that
for years We hsve been selling Dr. Kings
New piscovery for Consumption, Dr.
Kings View Life Pills, Baeklen's ArBica
Salye and Electric Birtsrs. and have new
er handled remedies that sell As wsli- Or
that have given sCch universal sztlsizc-
ton We Do not hesitate % guarantee
them every tine. and We stand ready %
refund the purchase price. If satisfactory
results 10 lot follow Their use. These
remedies have won their great p0pu.ari-
" purely on their merits
J. y. SSTDER, Druggist
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1892-05-25
A Million Friends

A friend in need Is q friend indeed
and not less than one million people
have found Just such q friend IN Dr..
Kings New Discovery for Consumption n
Coughs and Colis--If yoa have never
used this Great Cough Medicine, one tri-
al viii convinee yod that is has wonder
fal curative powers in all diseases ol
Throat, Chest and LHngs- Each bottle
( guaranteed 10 DO ali that Is claimed
for It or money vii be refunded TriAl
bottles free At J. y. sngder's drug store.
large size 50c. and Sle0.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1892-05-25
A Regular Falling Off.

Gilhooly-I can't possibly make oGt
what's going 10 become Of our boarding
house. wanted ham and posehed egZs
the other dsT and eoGldn't get en-
Gus De Smith-Ah. and I wanted
credit there the other day and cOOldn.
get that-Issa Slfia.gs.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1892-05-25
The Hint Direct.

GxendIin-I don't think you love the
music Of the Ginning Of clocks Mr.
Nsrisof-
Mr.. Verisoh-I care very little for Il.
Gwen5olin-i thought 50 YOu q dnt
seem TO remark that our clock down
stairs just struck I2-Jsvelers' Circular
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1892-05-25

The best way to manage = vie = 10
marry q woman Who doesn't need mana
ginz, bat who can manage herself and
you, too, 70 the eonsort and happiness 0f
both.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1892-05-25

1t IS our aim to present at eve
~ season a Line Of Goods Of
the Newest Patterns and Lat
est STYLES. We have labored
hard in selecting a stock for
the coming season, and are glad
to say that we have succeeded
in buying goods that are su-
perb in style, and at prices
that have the magnetic power
to draw and retain trade.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1892-05-25
GENTS FURNISHINGS.

A large and complete stock
just received, and are now pre-
pared 10 furnish all who want
a specially in this line. We
introduce correct styles as soon
as out. We also carry a full
stock Of
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1892-05-25
CLOTHING!

Never before have we bought
such fine styles in Mems and
Youths, Boys and Childs'
Clothing. These Goods are IN
unapproachable III quality and
price.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1892-05-25
CARPETS.

This season We are offering a
larger assortment, better styles
and lower prices in al grades
Of Carpeting, Mating, and Oil
Cloths and Rugs, than ever be-
fore.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1892-05-25
DRESS
GOODS

We are daily gaining trade in
this department, consequently
have bought a large stock,
adapted to Eli the wants Of
everyone
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1892-12-16

gone out to dine. Oh, what an idiot she
had been not to know that he had come
here, for Warren was his best friend! Why
didn't she write him? Why didn't she
with ordinary sense leave letter for him
with Priscilla?
All that was too late now, and she des-
perately went up the steps and knocked.
The door was thrown open and a servant
appeared.
"Tell Mr.. Warren that | should like to
speak with him, said DOrOthea, ma jestic-
ally, and the servant vanished very much
impressed, only to return with the dread
announcement:
"Mr. Warren says will you please step
into the dning-rOom?'
Poor Dorotheal What pen can de-
scribe her sensations at being suddenly
conducted into large room, with twenty
gentlemen, some drinking wine, and all
looking at her She knew almost every
one by sight, and many of them intimate
ly.
"Well?" said Warren inquiringly.
81 would like to see you alone" she re-
piled grandly.
Speak out. We are all friends here"
said John Farden.
So the girl spoke. "The British are go
ing to Concord to capture our stores. l
don't know when, but they are going
A torrent of questions poured out upon
her, in the midst of which she made her
escape. The result of her work was soon
evident The Americans began removing
their stores, and the battle of Lexington
was fought on April 10, 1915.
If John Farden recognized Dorothea in
her disguise, he kept his own counsel.
After the war was over and he had a wife
of his own he said to her one day
"DOrOthea, do you remember that sol
dier who came to us one night at Joseph
Warren's?"
And sweet Mistress Farden looked up
and then down, turned red and then white,
and murmured:
10 John! Who told ?'-Ronldnce
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1892-12-16

In a recent number of the Young Man,
Prof. John Stuart Blackie has an interest
ing article on "reminiscences of his youth.
Like lady's letter, the most important
part of it is the postscript in which he sets
down few of the rules of conduct which
have guided him through life, and which
he has no doubt have contributed largely
to any praiseworthy work he has been able,
in the course of long life, to achieve.
Here are some of the rules:
l. Never indulge the notion that you
have any absolute right to choose the sphere
or the circumstances in which you are to
put forth your powers; but let your daily
wisdom of life be in making a good use of
the opportunities given you.
2. We live in real and a solid and a
truthful world. In such a world only
truth, in the long run, can hope to prosper.
Therefore avoid lies, mere show and sham
and hollow superficiality of all kinds,
which is at the best a painted lie. Let
whatever you are or whatever you do grow
out of firm root of truth and strong soil
of reality.
3. The nobility of life is work. We
live in working world. The lazy and
idle man does not count in the plan of the
campaign. "My Father worketh hitherto,
and work" Let that be text enough.
4. Never forget st. Pauls sentence,
Glove is the fulfilling of the law" This
is the steam of the social machine.
5. But the steam requires regulation.
1t is regulated by intelligence and moder-
alton. Healthy action is always a balance
of forces, and all extremes are dangerous.
9. Do one thing well. "Be whole
thing at one time" Make clean work and
leave no tags. ALLOW. no delays when you
are at a thing. Do it, and be done with it.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1892-12-16
Growing Mixed Grain.

Why may it not be reasonable to con-
clude, asks the Maine Farmer, that mixed
grain, like oats and peas, wheat, barley and
rye growing together, will produce far
larger yields to the acre than any one of
them sown alone. We grow grass mixed
for the reason that certain varieties will fill
out the spaces between the clover plants or
the timothy roots which otherwise would
be vacant, and from the mixture larger
yield is produced than if the ground was
given to any single variety alone, which
goes to make up the collection; also, If an
unfavorable season interferes to destroy
any one particular kind, as the clover, for
instance, the others are there to in part,
at least, fill up the vacancy. No doubt but
these conditions hold good in the grain
mixture, for it is well settled that through
a series of years mixed grain will give larg-
er crops than if any one of the kinds was
sown alone.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1892-12-16

FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
Scientific RatIons.

There is no question but that the results
of science within the past few years have
thrown much light upon the subject of
feeding, but there is danger that farmers
will place too much dependence on figures
and formula. One should have a pretty
clear understanding of the character of
foods and their composition, and then
should watch their effect upon the animals
fed. The likes and disikes of the animal
ought not to be wholly ignored. Prof,
Lawes says: "The question is whether we
are not beginning to refine too much and lay
down rules for economic feeding which our
present scientific knowledge is not compe-
tent to decide upon. Whether or not the
adoption of fixed nutritive rations may be
of use in scientific feeding experiments,
they do not appear to be of much value as
a guide in practical feeding. If we could
determine with accuracy the really digesti-
BILE and indigestibe constituents of the
foods we use, we should be in better po-
sition to speak of the proper nutrltiye rates;
but at present we are far from being able
to do this"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1892-12-16
The True Principle of Religious Liberty

We need not expect, we ought not to
desire, the Roman church to pass out of
the religious history of the world. 1t will
play smaller part hereafter in the civil
history of the world, because it will adapt
itself to the institutions of freedom. But
as great, powerful and national church it
will extend itself on American soil, as it
has perfect right to do. Henceforth
Catholic and Protestant in America must
live together in peace. There will be
struggles for the control of government,
the expenditure of revenue, the educa-
tion of the people; but in America no
church will ever be allowed to control the
state. When all are thoroughly American
lied, no church will attempt to control the
state. The one thing for Protestants to do
is drop all anti-popery agitation. Let them
do their duty, build up knowledge, and
make free their own institutions of religion.
Let all good Protestants by the institutions
of the state. Let them resolutely decline to
commit the state to their form of religion
Let them as resolutely resist all attempts Of
any other form of religion to control the
state. Let all good citizens determine that
the American continent shall be absolutely
free from ecclesiastical control, and then
we may trust that the best will win.
Christian Register.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1892-12-16
Ills Old Vermont Homo.

A Henry county, ILL.,, farmer, sends this
to the Germantown Telegraph
"Having just returned from visit to
my native state (NermonD, | am led to
consider where we, in Illinois, so progress
sive and rushing, are ahead when it comes
to making a livelihood through farming. |
was not in the vicinity of abandoned
farms Il wonder if they are a myth, but
all seemed exceedingly prosperous, having
good crops and their diaries doing extra
well. Land is not held at the high figures
1t is with us; yet dairy farmers get double
the profit from their cows that we do.
They use the separator in ripening or gath
ering their cream. Can that be all the
difference? From close questioning |
could not see that they pay any more at
tention to selection of stock or to feed, so
their pastures, so short, must be ahead.
There is one thing more-markets. How
carefully they husband all their grain, dol
ing out few handsful with pious care TO
their poultry each day, that they waste
not They thresh in their barns with a
two-horse power machine at the rate of
from 100 to 200 bushels day, while the
thresher here in open fields will thresh
thousands of bushels. The fruit crop, APP
pies especially, was prolific and not an APP
pie in Illinois in large orchards"
The Phoenix has never believed, or urg-
ed, that all the advantages in farming are
in Vermont or in the West, or in any one
section of the country,-but there is sug-
gestion in this paragraph, too often lost
sight CT, when times seem "hard" and
work drives relentlessly, that our smaller
and snugger New England ways of farm
ing and living yield a greater percentage of
comfort and of actual profit than those
larger operations, in the broader fields of
the West, toward which some of us so often
look with envious eyes.