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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-07-04
Not A Fish Story.

Speaking about forgetfulness, said
Mr.. Gasser, as he mechanically drew n
letter from his pocket that his wife had
given him to mail week before, 81
presume that / am the most forgetful
man that you ever saw. | can't help
thinking, Gilback, of the time | went
blue fishing last year on the jersey
coast
''This isn't fish story, is it," oh
served Gilbaek.
''Oh, no, not at all, " replied Gasser,
although, come to think Of it, we
did catch an almighty big fish; but
that's not 10 the point. You see il was
agreed, that if We had any luck we were
to dine on the boat, with no cook,
was given charge of the cooking outfit.
"Well, sir, you may not believe it
you may think it incredible-but |
came away and forgot one of the most
important things. Now what do you
suppose | forget ~
al haven't the least idea" said Gill
back
"Well, sir" went on Gasser, ~ act
ually forgot the dinner place. Ofeourse
if we hadn't been 80 lucky We wouldn't
have needed them"
Certainly not" chimed i'm Gilback.
"But you did catch fish, you say"
"A fish ~ exclaimed Gasser. "Well,
rather 1t was the biggest fish you
ever heard of. Yes, sir, dressed him,
cooked him, and served him with my
own hands. That, however, is not
what intended TO dwell on. merely
wanted to show you how forgetful II
man can be. The idea Of my not
thinking of those plates ~
''But how in the world did you serve
that fish" asked Gilback, ''if you did
not have any plates To serve il ON ~
Easiest thing in the world,' said
Gasser, a gleam of intense satisfaction
coming into his eyes, IL used the scales
off that fishs back"
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-07-04

To add postscript. When she opened
it she saw il was not hers. She looked
at the signature. II was G. A. There
is only one c. 4. among us-it must be
Mr.. Ashby. She resolutely closed her
eyes To the temptation TO read it and
started 10 find him. He was out in the
yard, lying in a hammock.
III lost letter this morning." she
began confusedIy, "and when went
to look for it / found this. | thought
it was mine at first, but see it is sign
ed c. \. Is il yOurs?n
He took it and recognized il.
''Yes, it is mine; but yours ," He
suddenly put his hand in his pocket
and drew out hers.
'Why that's mine Where did you
get it?''
~ found it and meant to bring it to
you. Then decided to carry it back,
and | suppose / must have put mine
there by mistake"
He looked distressed. Each began
to wonder if the other had read any
part of it.
~ did not read yours" said Macy,
in tone that carried conviction with
it.
''Well, / shall confess to you if you
hang me for il. | caught sight of my
name and 1 read just part of it-no
more. Pm sorry. Macy looked aston
ished.
"Well, you saw what going over
have given YOU" and she laughed mer-
rily.
''Ies but you needn't he afraid of
me, Miss Reeves. Now / ami going to
ask you to do me favor. VIII you
read mine, here and now? 1t is you |
mean all the way through -
He gave her the letter and she began
TO read.
She finished, paused moment, as if
irresolute; then she said:
"Mr. Ashby, don't send it"
"Why not?' 1t Is the truth"
''No, ii isn't either! | am not en-
gagged TO make match with anybody p
"Then what did your aunt say that
to me for? Was it to prevent me from
trying to win you, Macy? tell me now.
Have / any chance with you? Let
that letter speak for me-" He took
har h.u1. n, hi oxt-p
"Well-if you won't make me afraid
Of you any more" she said, with
charming blushes." do care for YOU,
but 1 never suspected you cared for
me-"
"NOw you know" ne said.
"Yes. May keep the letter?n she
asked, little timidly.
"Yes, if you care for it. I shall write
a very different one to my friend now"
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-07-04
Housekeeping Hints.

Heat and damp are injurious to
pianos, - that the choice of a suitable
position is important. They should
never he kept i'm damp rooms, nor al
lowed To stand in a draft. Damp Will
cause the strings and tuning pins tO
rust, and the cloth used in the con-
struction of the keys of action to swell,
80 that the mechanism will be- impeded,
making the keys stick when pressed
the sounding board is also affected, and
the varnish When not in Use the
piano should be closed, to keep out the
dust, and small articles should not be
placed upon il. II Is an instrument,
and not a table or sidebOard. The ivory
Of the keys will keep their color if ex-
posed for "A short time every day tO the
light, and moths art effectually pre-
vented by placing piece Of eamphor
in soft paper inside. New pianos IT
quire more frequent tuning than old
When putting gloves ON, always begin
by buttOning the second button; then,
when buttoned TO the top you can easily
fasten the first button without tearing
the kid. Never remove the gloves by
pulling the fingers, but by drawing the
part covering the wrist over the hand,
and leave them thus wrong side Out for
some time before turning them 10 their
proper shape. Always lay gloves
lengthwise; never roll them.
Piano keys yellow with age can be
cleaned by dilution Of one ounce Of
nitric acid in ten ounces Of soft water.
Apply with brush and wash Off with
flannel.
Nothing will give such polish 10.
glass, even the iissAst, as slightly moist
newspaper % wash il, and dry news
paper to give the finishing touches.
To cleanse glass bottles that have held
oil, place ashes i'm each bottle and inn
merse in cold water, then heat the
water gradually until il boils; after
boiling an hour let them remain till
cold. Then wash the bottles in soap
suis and rinse in clean water.
Steel knives or other articles which
have become rusty should b. rubbed
with little sweet oil, then left for
day or two in a dry place, and then
rubbed with finely-Powdered, unslaek-
Ell lime until every vestige OF Of the
rust has disappeared, and kept in
dry place wrapped up in Bit Of fan
mel
Alcohol will clean hats, but If "A black
one, I would polish with good shoe
dolish.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-07-04
Washing the Month.

If people would wash out their
mouths twice or three Tins day with
an antiseptie solution, there would not
be near - much sickness. In the last
10 years have never had n cold, sore
throat or fever, and aseribe this inl-
muni6y solely to the fact that ! follow
this plan rigidly. There are any NUM-
Der Of proprietary antisepties that are
excellent for this purpose, but many
more simple agents that are a. good or
better. One Of the best of the latter X
carbolie acid. \ very weak solution OF
this gargled and held in the mouth two
or three times day will work wonders.
Immediately after using, one will find
that the mouth feels cleaner. believe
that a great majority Of the common
throat and lung troubles come from the
lodg1ment Of disease microbes within
the mucous membranes Of the mouth.
The free use ofantisepties will Kill these
germs--.St. Louis GiOJe.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-07-04
Sinking an Artesian Milk Well

There comes, in the life of every man
who cannot afford il, a time of burning
unrest. when he i OverpOwcred 10y an
uncomfortable desire to live IN the
country. writes Robert J. Burdette in
an inimitahle article on Making n
Suburban Home in the July Loufics'
Home Journal. \ railroad man, who
doesn't know for the life of him which
end of the plough you hitch the horses
to, is always longing To go ON farm !;
successful merchant, who vaguely
knows that you dig potatoes, although
by that he rather understands that you
mine them, rs you do coal, bankers,
after a certain time of life, for cheap
little place, not too far out of town,
where he can sink an artesian milk
well and raise his own bananas, of
which he is very fond. And | once
knew an able and eminent lecturer,
vino had lectured on ''The Pyramids,
Their Cause and Effect" for twenty
years, and who was far more afraid of
herse than tramp is Of work, and
who thought that cows shed their horns
every spring, from which source the
brass bands renewed their supply Of
instruments. Well, that man left the
platform at last and invested the spoils
of many successful lecture tours in n
stock farm. We cannot help il; out Of
the dust we came back to the soil we
are drawn. We are children of the
earth, and we do love to creep back in
to the mother-arms, and get our faces
down close to the sweet old mother
heart, when the shadows begin to grow
long, when the days the second child
hood come upon Us, and the time draws
near when she will take u into her
arms for the last time, and hush Us To
slepn on her cool breast.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-07-04
Entitled to a Pardon.

Many anecdotes of General sam
Houston are told which shows that
his tongue was by no means slow OF
his wit dull. As General B had
been financial agent to the penitenti-
ary for number Of years and warmly
opposed General HOuston's last election
as governor of Texas, he feared lac
would lose his desirable Office. He
therefore presented a petition in due
time, asking that he might be retained,
his ''long and faithful services" being
urged a. reason for granting the re-
quest of the petitioners.
lit appears from this petition, gener-
al, !" said the governor, ''thai YOU have
been in the penitentiary eight years.
''Yes, sir"
"And you say that you have periorin-
ed faithfully each and every duty I'M
posed upon you during that time:."
"Yes, sir"
'sThen, sir" said the governor, with
twinkle in his eye, ''it seems 10 me |
ought to pardon you out. - YOUTH
Companion.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-07-04
Scared Postal Clerks.

4 group of railway postal clerks,
Just i'm from run, stood i'm the transfer
Office at the Pennsylvania Station the
other morning, waiting for the cable
ear to start up in order to get home.
"Tell you-felt bit scary on this
trip" observed one of the men, a he
knocked the ashes from his pipe and
glanced at the clock.
''What was the matter, inspector on
the ear?" asked one. Flat wheel ."
queried another.
"Worse than that. Forgot my red
Left il in the office. First time in six
months"
"Where did you get yours ~ asked
the tall man with the sandy beard
"Pve had it long time. Cub gave
il to me and he got it from the Fat
Nancv' wreck" was the reply.
Just then the whirr of the cable be
came audible i'm the clear morning air
and the mail-slingers made a run for
the avenue.
Whats a red >" was asked Of a
clerk who was still lounging in the
room.
For reply nc opened his valise and
drew ont a dingy red mail sack. 1t was
plain canvas pouch, such as j. used
for mail matter of the lower classes,
and. save for the color, did not differ
from any one of the hundred thousand
or - that the COVE rnment owns.
''Onee i'm a while we have "A little
smash-up, you know" he said, ''and
occasionally some of the boys get hurt,
or worse. Our ears are pretty danger
Ous places in the event Of an accident,
and if there is any danger, why, it's
usually felt most in the mail or express
ear. IL isn't often that they are seri-
Gus, bat now and then one Of the boys
gets smashed, and then there is natu-
rally some blood around and it gets on
the mail sacks In the old days the
government very CONSIDERABLY used to
ltil SUCH -sttk- Atit ol h-t-r Abi bu NeAiA
yet the stain out. Then some genius
conceived the notion Of dyeing them
red, but that only served tOmark them.
Every business has its supersti-
tions, - he continued, 'and ! guess we
are no exception, for some of Us have
an idea that il i lucky To have "A rel in
the ear. don't know why, I'm sure,
unless it i on the principle that the
same sack will not be i'm two bad aeci-
dents. 30 when one comes our way
We freeze ON to il and try To keep it
handy.
"Of course n continued, rather
shame-face,lly, lit seems like a queer
kind Of feeling TO have a reminder Of
that sort around, bat it's all in the way
you look at il and there are lots of
things just as foolish that other people
dO."- Washington Ncics.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-07-04
HUGE POTATO PLANTATION.
Two Crops a Year, Aggregating so,
900 Barrels, Grown Fer
tilizers Used.

\ potato plantation Of 100 acres ON
which two crops, aggregating about
5000 barrels, or I25,OO0 bushels, are
annually grown, l. difficult To imagine.
such one exists, however, and its vir-
gin soil Is ~ rich that abundant crops
are raised without the Use Of any fer
tilizer This great potato farm i in
AshwOOd Maury county, Tenn, about
six miles west of Columbia, and II
south of Nashville. IL is part Of the
old Polk estate, owned 10y the ancestors
of President Polk. Colonel William
Polk, originally Of North Carolina, a
Revolutionary officer, took up 500
acres of government land in l7S7, and
gave each of his SONS 1000 acres.
Among the SONS was the Rev. Leonidas
Polk, once the Protestant Episcopal
Bishop of Louisiana, who was ii Con
federate general during the rebellion
and was killed nj the battle of Pine
Mountain, Ga. His 1000 acres and an
equal number owned by one OF his
brothers, were secured by ClawsOn X
Stevens, firm composed of two enter
prising young men from Indiana, about
ten years ago, with the intention OF
ultimately using it all for raising pOta-
toes.
= :. ClawsOn, senior partner OI the
firm, was seen recently by reporter,
who gathered much interesting in
formation from him. When Mr.. Claw
son and his partner acquired their
1000 acres OF land il was in a state OF
complete neglect and denscly over
grown with shrubbery and tangled
briars. The native whites laughed at
the young "Hoosiers" and predicted
their complete failure. The partners
set resoIutely to work, however, cleared
the land and cultivated il as fast n
possible. The first crop Of the year Is
form 5000 Ia 80, 900 barrels, and the
second crop, for which only 800 acres
are planted, from 20,OOO 70 1000, max
ing total of about $1,000 barrels, or
l25,O0O bushels year. Claws0n x
Stevens employ about 100 negroes,
many of whom are women, and have
- giant mules. They have a factory
on the plantation in which all the bar
rels used by them will he made. Mr..
Clawson says their present crop Il un-
usually large, but that, n the crops Of
Kansas and Mississippi are short, he
expects to find ready and profitable sale
for his entire product.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-07-04
Surprise Party.

Several weeks ago there was a sur
prise party at StoycstOwn which has
not yet been reported to the papers,
writes a correspondent of Johnstown
paper. a young married man who
lives near Buckstown concluded that il
would be the proper thing To arrange a
surprise party in celebration Of his
wife's birthday anniversary. His bus
iness being in a prosperous condition,
he concluded to make her several hand
some presents. As he did not feel con-
fident that he could select the presents
to suit his wife's tastes, he sent note
to an intimate friend Of hers, explain
ing the situation and requesting the
young lady tO accompany him To
Johnstown and assist in making the
purchases. He received the following
note in reply:
DEAR SIR: / think the presents you
suggest would he grand, and will be
greatly appreciated. ! will he glad 20
accompany YOU 10 JohnstOwn, and that
your wife may have no suspicion, |
will meet you at StoyestOwn Station al
ll:5 on Monday"
On Monday morning the husband in
formed his wife that important busi-
ness called him to JOhnstown. Not
long after his departure, the wife
found his coat on chair, where he
had left it when changing clothes, and,
woman like, placed her hand i'm one of
the pockets and found the above note,
which he had inadvertently left there.
OF course she read it. Well, here was
a surprise sure Could it be that this
man, in whom she had 80 much conf
denee, was 50 basely betraying her?
And the young lady-but she did not
stop to think over the matter. Hastily
arranging her toilet, she also started
for the station, nursing her wrath
on the way to keep it warm, and when
she arrived there il was at the boiling
point. With blood in her eye and u
miniature volcano raging in her breast,
she opened the door of the waiting
room and found her hubby and lady
friend engaged in earnest conversation
She demanded an explanation, produe-
Ing the note she had found as positive
evidence against the guilty pair. II IT,
uuired about half an hour of earnest
denial and explanation, with many
tears, 20 restore peace. In the mean
time, the train had arrived and depart
ed. and the trio returned home. The
surprise party was declared OIL, and il
is safe 10 say the green-eyed monster
will hereafter not enter that household
through any surprise party arrange
ments.
If il is 80 ordained that We should
suffer while on earth, let all manner of
calamities come upon Us. Let the af-
fIietiOns of job be reproduced for our
benefit; let our friends forsake Us and
our neighbors know Us not; let thieves
break i'm and steal our wealth, and city
cousins devOur all our substance; let
our sons be elected to Congress, and our
daughters run away with book agents;
let our nights be made sleepless by bel
ligerent cats, and our days miserable
by an OfiiciOus mOther-in-law; let u bc
blown up by dynamite, or Overwhelm-
ell by an earthquake-yea, verify, let
all these calamities befall Us, but deliv-
er Us, good Lord, from the slanderOus
tongue of the village gossip!
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-07-04
Spry Old Tobacco Martyrs.

Mr.. James Littlefield, who was 81
years old this spring, and his wife, two
years younger, are n phOnOmenally
smart couple for their age Mr.. Little
field, i'm one days work this spring.
covered 1000 hills of potatoes, and
Mrs. Littlefield also has all her facul-
ties unimpaired and, like her husband,
enjoys the best of health. Both of
them from an early age have been ha-
bitual users Of tobacco York C0ardR,,
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-07-04

The question is some times raised
whether it i possible to keep wooden
dairy utensils always perfectly clean
1t is not good policy to let milk stand
for any length Of time in wooden pals
or reeeptaeles, but wooden ehurns and
b litter workers are all right, and can be
kept perfectly sweet and baeteria-proOf
by the use Of hot water.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-07-04

The butter maker who fails 10 put
his butter on the market in a neat,
clean aud attractive form has yet To
le ,rn one of the most important lessons
in successful dairying.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-07-04
sUNsTROKE.


SUNSTROKE.
Anyone overcome by the heat should
be Immediately removed to the nearest
shade. and the collar of shirt or dress
should be IOosened. Send Immediately
for the nearest physician, and give the
person cool drinks of water, black ten
or coffee, if able 10 swallow.
If the skin is hot and dry, place the
person in sitting position against "A
tree, wall, or anything that will he a
support to the hack; sponge with or
pour some cold water over the body and
limbs, and apply To the head pounded
ice wrapped in towel or other cloth.
If there Is no ice mt hand, keep a cold
cloth on the head, and, pour cold water
on it as well rs on the body.
Ifthe person is pale, very faint and
pulse-feeble, lay him down on the back,
let him inhale ammonia for few sec
onds, or give him n taeaspOonful Of arc
matte spirits of ammonia or tincture
of ginger i'm two tablespoOnfulso of fwater.
Use no cold water upon the head or
body, but rub the hands and feet and
apply warm applications to the same
until the circulation is restored.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-07-04
OUT OF SILENCE.
ETHEL LINN.

Elhf-l- Linz
Within a silent land dwell:
How still YOU cannot know;
\ world where footsteps never come,
Where forms, like shadows, go
since years agone. where royal Sound
Kept step with sight TO me;
Before the warier at the gate
OF hearing lost its key.
All day sit upon the porch
And no sweet sounds there be
OF humming, happy summer things
That come no more 10 me.
The cat bird poised on yonder tree,
Quivers his dusl1y throat,
The bee ON vibrant wing goes by
hear not hum or note.
Yonder the workman's brawny arm
Above the gray stone swings
And crashes down. Alas, for me
No sounding hammer rings!
Without the tread of coming feet
To warn me they are near,
Friends stand beside me unaware,
With written words of cheer
But ah, To hear forevermore
No child's clear, merry shout,
No woman's laugh or sabbath hymn,
No church bell ringing out.
No h0mely cricket on the hearth,
No robins cheery call,
No chord of music low and sweet,
No welcome footsteps fall
For this, o Lord, give patience still;
Help through this silent land,
Till on that mystic Sea of Glass,
Where victor harpers stand,
too, shall wake with ear unsiopped,
Where diseord may not dwell,
Where never more "a sound can come
OF signs or fun'ral knell.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-07-04
The Somerset Heral
EsrABLEslIED Is5-
Terms of Publication.

p,,,,.b.l every Wednesday morning at
..a...rannun if paid in advance, otherwise
:, ,ril invariably be charged
:, subscription viii BE- discontinued until
.--..rsgss are paid up Posi'nasters ne
.,-- ,o notify ~ when sub eTibers do not
,..,s, their paper viii be he a responsible
s.- ,l,e subscription.
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.,,,- should give us the name of the form
.,l las the present ofiiec. Address
The s0NERsET HERALD,
soNFRsET Pa.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-07-04
Just What to do in Cases ofsunstrOke

The following instructions for restor-
ing persons overcome by heat and re-
viving those rescued from water have
just been reissued by the New York
Board of Health:
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-07-04

KoFFAiISE cures every type of headache. espee-
iaily that dstressinsly pzinful type Peouilai 70
Iadie. suffering from irresularty uterine iTri-
tation, or whose duties require them 10 stand for
long periods.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-07-04

Hoods Pills act easily, yet promptly and
neiently. on the liver and bowels. sc.
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1894-09-20
wellInrton,s Greate.t Battle.

A hitherto unpublished letter of the
Duke of Wellington written to Colonel
Wilke, one of the garrison of st. Hell
ena when Napoleon was there, contains
the following interesting reference to
the dukes greatest battle:
They used to call me the sepoy gen.
eral. 1t is due to my having been a Sc
poy general that / won the battle Of
Waterloo. 1t tar ght me where to place
men with whom could trust the honor
of England and where to place men
who were not SO satisfactory. / had
troops with me at Waterloo in whose
hands the safety and honor Of king and
country could we'll be placed. had
numbers of others, some Of whom !
could not trust at all, some could bare
ly trust, and others who were not prop
erly trained. 1t was owing to the fact
Of my having learned in the sepoy wars
to place the best Of the men in the parts
Of the field where the greatest courage
and bravery were required, and others
where those qualities were not required,
that I won the battle of Waterloo. -
Westminster Gazette.