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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-02-07
Value of Vaccination.

The state board Of health, in order to
impress the value Of vaccination as q
preventive Of smallpox upon the public,
has issued circular in which the state
ment Of the deliberate decision of the
medical profession OF the entire civilized
Wosld % this sat jsei. IS epilomizsd in
the seso.1iion .d7ptsi o. the receEt in
tssEaiiouai e3rsfsss OF public health az
Chissgo. that the saii c9rgress, desires
90 affirm. in ibe strongest possible man
ner, its belief in the yalse of vaccination
a. q preventive Of smallpox, and also.
Of the grounds on which this decision
rests The board presents the following
as the embodiment ofthe experience and
views Of the medical faculty in reference
to the subject:
First Successful vaccination with gen
uine virus does exert a protective power
against smallpox.
Seeond-Aher a successful vaccination
there is a period Of some months or
years in which its protective influence
is far greater than that Of previous at
tack Of smallpox itself would be.
Third-That following this period Of
weli-nigh perfect immunity, there is a
very SLOW and gradual diminEtiOn Of the
protective influence which renders sub
sequent re-vaccination advisable.
Fourth-This period Of partial protec.
ton, in the vast majority Of persons, lasts
throughout life.
Tilh-Smallpox, in yaccinated per-
sons, nearly always takes the form Of
"variolOid - the attack being less severe
far less dangerous and Of much shorter
duration than the disease in unyaceinat-
ed persons. The mortality among those
who have taken smallpox 4 second time
is i've times AS great as that Of varioloid.
Sixth-ESery widespread epidemic o.
smallpox shows that vaccination not
only vastly diminishes the number Of
cases, but also greatly lowers the NOR
tality among those actually attacked BY
the disease.
Seyenth-The operation Of vaeeina-
tion, ike any other wound Of the skin,
may, theoretically, be the means of in
PRODUCING disease Of more or less serious
nature. But practically such accidents
are so rare that the vast majority Of ply
sicians scarcely witness a single case in
a lifetime.
Eighth-The very exceptional cecur-
renee of an occasional case Of disease
caused by vaccination, simply argues
the necessity for care in the propagation
and selection Of virus, and during and
after the operation, but furnishes not
the slightest reason against the universal
employment Of vaccination as precau-
ton against the far greater Perils Of
smallpOx
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-02-07
Rules For Watering Cows

There is a difference Of opinion among
miixmen as to whether it pays TO warm
the water for cows in winter. Some
think that where steam Is at hand Il
pays TO warm the water 10 about seven
ty degrees others say that cows DO quite
as well with water Of an ordinary tenn
perature Of the well, which is about
forty y-fye 10 fifty degrees. But all agree,
SAYS the Massachusetts, PlOaghman, that
it is better not to give ice water to the
COWS. The tub or trough should be
either upset after watering, to drain out
the water, or should be provided With a
plug in the bottom for this purpose, then
let the water be pumped fresh from the
well or turned on from the cistera while
the cattle are not drinking, and not al
lowed 10 cool or freeze by exposure be
fore they can satisfy themselves Cows
accustomed to drink warm water will
not drink cold water, hence the import
ance Of regularity in warmi ng when
once it is attempted.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-02-07
They Never VIII.

A woman stood at the corner Of Baker
and Twelfth streets and waved her para
sol for the car to stop.
The driver nodded his head.
She waved parasol in one hand and
a shopping bag in the other.
The driver nodded and pointed and
stopped the car on the other side Of the
street.
She came liuiping over the pavement
with swapping eyes and flushed face, and
as she put her foot on the lower step she
exclaimed
@Are you all blind and deaf on this
car ?"
The conductor rang two bellsand made
&C answer, and when she had taken a
seat inside a passenger asked:
"Why didn't you explain that she was
on the wrong side Of the street for the
coming down ear?"
"My dear man, it would have been
breath thrown away" he replied. That
woman lives around here and has bee n
riding on this line for five years. I've
explained and explained, and 50 has
every other conductor, but what good has
il done? Not one woman in p will ever
get it through her head that a car can't
stop in the center Of a crossing and
block street, and 50 We must put up
with her sass and look for our relief be-
yond the stars"
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-02-07
The 3 pianist.

P4nsies should be covered in winter
with nothing heavier than leaves, as
they need free circulation Of air
Not only do the forms and character
OF the blossoms Of the chrysanthemum
vary greatly, but there is wider yAria-
ton in the color than in any other
flower.
Fhe British scientific expedition to
the Philippine islands is said to have
discovered $500 feet above sea level, on
the sides Of the extinct volcano Apo,
a fiower5l feet in diameter.
One extra good winter blooming
fuchsia is speciosa. Given a large pot,
light fbrous soil OF leaf mold and sand
good drainage and plenty Of water at the
roots and overhead. it will make rapid
growth and f)Eer sbundantly from
January TO April without cessation.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-02-07
Emsrga ICY satcheIs

The Pennsylvania railroad company
has recently put in the hands ofe1ch Of
the forty physicians NV employed as
medical examiners in connection with
the employees relief department, hand
bag thoroughly furnished with such
instruments and appliances as a medi-
cal mAa may need when called On - Te-
lieye snfsring. These emergency satch-
ell" as they are called, are intended TO
be carried on the trains by those having
them in charse when travelling, 80 that
they can at once respond to any sudden
call for professional aid to passengers or
employees
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-02-07
Winter Rations for Cows

The daily feeding STANDARD for milk
cows Of 1000 pounds weight Is given by
the Wisconsin Experiment Station, IS
follows:
Corn silage, % pounds; clover hay, s
pounds wheat bran. q pounds; corn, )
pounds.
Another Is S.lAge, 80 polIls hay. 10
pounds; corn M sal, 3 pounds; cotton
seed meal, 6 pounds
Another is; S.l1gs. b pounds hay, 10
pounds; cJrn meal, pounds; cotton
seed meal, pounds; gluten meal, 2
pounds.
The bulletin says that it cannot as
sert too emphaticAlly that heavy fsedin z
pays. other conditions being right A
COW producing q full how Of milk should
receive over 20 per esnt. more food than
il required for the maintenance Of her
body it is the excess over maintenan CO
that brings profit 70 the dAiryman- Keep
only cows that respond 70 good feeding.
Feed literally, bat not to waste. Select
such feed stuff as will supply a fair
Quality Of protein. Riiss more ensilags
and clover; bran and shorts and oil meal
whenever needed, and when obtainable
al reas enable price.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-02-07
BABY WHITE.

NY baby white will sleep tonight,
/ heard the watchers say,
No more his tired little moan
Is heard both night and day;
And the patient mother folds her hands
To softly weep and pray.
The little crsdie empty stands,
The little carriage, too.
The tiny hat is laid aside,
The Tiny half worn shoe,
And the mothers erms, o. aching arms
Are empty, empty, too.
o, little half oped bud, how sweet
The fragrance that you shed.
You DO not heed the tears that fall
Upon your low green bed,
Like balm pressed oat from wounded hearts
From whence all joy has fed
You are not there your angel wings
Brush soft your mothers face,
Your arms about Der neck are wound,
She lies in your embrace;
0not afarl Close, close to her,
That is your dwelling place.
-Helea A. KsSll. "a Ohio Fsumer.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-02-07
Wearied

The young man had been there sever
al hours, but be was one Of those who are
oblivio0s Of the passing of duration
The girl had yAwned behind her cam
brio handkerchief until il actually had
a nap on l.
Still he stayed on and talked.
The girls evident WEAKNESS at last sp-
pealed % him.
@Bles my soul, be exclaimed, what
time Is il ?"
She shook her head hopelessly.
Zine r she asked. ct must b sssq
! nifty"
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-02-07
Remedy for Round Shoulders.

Alyb1iy c1l ere round shoulders By
a very simple system Of exercise, Te-
marks a contemporary. The round
shouldered man should % into the open
air three or four times day, let his
hands drop T. his sides, and then while
inhaling fresh air, raise Himself on bis
toes a. high as he can. The filing Of the
lungs pushes the shoulders back to their
normal position. and II the practice IS
steadily followed for couple Of months
the worst pair Of stoop shoulders IN time
will become as straight as 4 drill GER
geant's.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-02-07

A Wagner or . Pullman car costs
about SIS 600. and yet there are men
who, when they have prid g for a seat
in one, act as if they owned it all.-SOm-
syv;H< Journal.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-02-07

How lie Died-Mrs. Mule4hey-
shure, docther, and is il thrue that lit
tie Jimmy O'Toole bit yoore termomty
in two and swallowed the mercury
Doctor-Yes. my dear madam, it is
and the boy is dead
Mrs M--Shure. docther, and it were
q cold day for Jimmy, when the mer-
curry went down.
Doctor-Yss, madam, be died By de-
grses-
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-02-07
ARETIRED BUSINESS WOMAN.
a PAGE From Her History.

- U oSC ! Osii IlCi tNioAOt y
The important experiences OF others are
interesting. The following Is no exceptions:
Il had been troubled with heart disease %
years, much Of that time very seriously. For
Ave years / was treated by one physician con-
tinuously. ] Was In business, but obliged 10
retire on account Of my health. a ply
sician told my friends that could not live a
month. Ny feet and limbs we're badly swol-
len. and was indeed in a serious condition
when a gentleman directed my attention TO
Dr. Miles New Heart Cure. and said that his
sister who had been afflicted with heart dis
ease, had been cured by the remedy, and was
again strong, healthy woman. purchased
a bottle OF the Heart Cure. and In less than
an hour after taking the first dose / could
feel decided improvement in the circulation
OF ny blood When had taken three doses
could move my ankles something | had not
done for months and my limbs had been sWO!-
len 30 long that they seemed almost putrihed-
Before ] had taken one bottle OF the New
Heart Cure the swelling had all gone down.
and was 50 much better that did my own
work On my recommendation six others are
taking this valuable remedy. Mrs. Morgan,
So ". Harrison st, Chicago, III.
Hr. Miles New Heart Cure. a discovery OF an
eminent specialist in heart disease, ssold by
all druggists on positive guarantee, or sent
by the DR.. Miles Medical Co, Elkhart, Ind, on
receipt Of price. q per bottle. six bottles for
&. express prepaid IL i positively free from
81 Opiages or dangerous drugs.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-02-07

Fifteen Dollars has a power to
draw, if correctly invested, which
beats lottery. For Fifteen Dol
lars you can draw a nice Chamber
Suite-no blank tickets. Every
Fifteen Dollars deposited gets one
Suite SURE. It's like getting dol
lar for dollar.
You have seen or heard Of our
SIG Suite. What you saw or heard
Of in that Suite you can find in this
and more, you save a dollar too,
which is an item to most of US.
One thing sure, ifyou buy one of
these sl5 Suites you get a reliable
article from a reliable firm. The
Suite viii @stand by" you and we
. stand by" the Suite.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-02-07

Hoods Pills cure Constipation BY restor-
ng the PcTistaluc action Of the slimeniaTy canal.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-02-07

All new styles and fashionable goods, but
our approaching change in firm makes Us
sell everything without regard to COST or
value Daring this sale no samples can be
senton approval. but money viii be refund
ed on all unsatisfactory purchases.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1894-01-04
GRAINS OF GOLD.

Right is might, but might is not right
The next door neighbor to pride Is
shame.
Love can live where all other good
would die.
Spiritual dyspepsia is harder to cure
than the other kind.
We cannot always oblige, but we can
always speak obligingly.
You can always be happy if you are
willing to rejoice with others.
If some of our heads were not so big
our hearts would grow faster.
1t never makes the day any brighter
to growl at the cloudy weather.
When people are hired to be good they
will stop as soon as the pay stops.
When you want to walk straight your
self don't watch some one else's feet
When you want a friend don't choose
a man whose children are afraid of him
Truth needs no policies nor stratagems
nor licencings to make her victorious
The man who seeks his reward in this
world never gets price that suits him.
Some temptations come to the indus
trious, but all temptations attack the
idle.
Some people who are overly sensitive
in feeling are underly sensitive in con-
science.
1t is well to remember that cheerful
ness is health; its opposite, melancholy,
is disease.
A solid and substantial greatness OF
soul looks down with neglect on the cen
sures and applauses of nultitudes.
Trust for the overcoming of Difficult
Guilty, not to long continued study after
you have once become bewildered, but
to repeated trials at intervals.
The gifts of nature and accomplish
ments of art are valuable, but as they
are exerted in the interests of virtue or
governed by the rules of honor
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mo, no. That is out of the question.
Mrs. Westmacott herself says that a
woman's first duty is to marry. Mar
riage, however, should be an equal part
nership, as she points out should wish
you both to marry, but still should like
suggestion from you. Clara, as to what
should do"
But there is no hurry, papa Let US
wait. | do not intend to marry yet"
DR.. Walker looked disappointed
''Well, Clara, if you can suggest moth
ing, suppose that must take the ini
tiative myself" said he.
Then what do you propose, papa?
She braced herself as one who sees the
blow which is about to fall,
He looked at her and hesitated. How
like your poor dear mother you are,
Clara" he cried. LAS l looked at you
then it was as if she had come back from
the grave" He s@oped toward her and
kissed her There, run away to your
sister, my dear, and do not trouble your
self about me. Nothingis settled yet, but
you will find that all will come right"
Clara went up stairs sad at heart, for
she was sure now that what she had
feared was indeed about to come to pass,
and that her father was going to ask
Mrs. Westmacott to be his wife. In her
pure and earnest mind her mothers
memory was enshrined as that of saint,
and the thought that any one should take
her place seemed terrible desecration.
Even worse, however, did this marriage
appear when looked at from the point of
view of her fathers future.
The widow might fascinate him by
her knowledge of the world, her dash,
her strength, her unconventionality-an
these qualities Clara was willing to al
low her-but she was convinced that she
would be unendurable as life compan-
ion. She had come to an age when hab-
its are not lightly to be changed, nor was
she a woman who was at all likely to at
tempt to change them. How would a
sensitive man like her father stand the
constant strain of such a wife, woman
who was all decision, with no softness
and nothing soothing in her nature?
1t passed as mere eccentricity when
they heard of her stout drinking, her
cigarette smoking, her occasional whiffs
at a long clay pipe, her horsewhipping
of drunken servant and her compan-
ionship with the snake Eliza, whom she
was in the habit of bearing about in her
pocket. All this would become unen-
durable to her father when his first in
fatuation was past. For his own sake,
then, as well as for her mothers mem
ory, this match must be prevented. And
yet how powerless she was to prevent it!
What could she do? Could Harold aid
her? Perhaps. Or Ida? At least she
would tell her sister and see what she
could suggest.
Ida was in her boudoir. a tiny little
tapestried room, as neat and dainty as
herself, with low walls hung with Imari
plaques and with pretty little Swiss
brackets bearing blue Kaga ware or the
pure white Coalport china. In low
chair beneath red shaded standing
lamp sat Ida in a diaphanous evening
dress of mousseline de sole, the ruddy
light tinging her sweet childlike face and
glowing on her golden curls. She
sprang up as her sister entered and
threw her arms around her.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1894-01-04

Not long ago the Prince of Wales was
one of a house party, his host being
well known peer. After dinner the roy
al guest, the host and the other male WIS.,
itors repaired to the billiard room. On a
table at the side were two or three boxes
of cigars, and the prince was helping
himself to one, when an ambitious mil
lionaire approached him, and taking
from his pocket cigar case held it ont
to the prince, saying, II think, sir, you
will find these better.
Mr.. -" replied the prince, "if
a mans dinner is good enough for me.
his cigars are good enough for me. "
The millionaire was unexpectedly
called away to town next morning on
business. Free Press.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1894-01-04
[TO BE CONTINUED.
Two Convincing Reasons.

Lord Peterborough, who lived in the
reign of Queen Anne, was very frolic-
some, and one day seeing from his car
riage dancing master with pearl col
ored stockings lightly stepping over the
broad stones and picking his way in ex-
tremely dirty weather he alighted and
ran after him with drawn sword in or
der to drive him into the mud, but into
which he of course followed himself.
This nobleman was once taken for the
Duke of Marlborough and was mobbed
in consequence. The duke was then in
disgrace with the people, and Lord Pc
terborough was about to be roughly
handled. Turning to them, he said:
Gentlemen, can convince you by
two reasons that | am not the Duke of
Marlborough. In the first place, have
only 5 guineas in MY pocket. and in the
second they are heartily at your serv-
ice ''-Sala's Journal.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1894-01-04

She pushed forlUdrd his chair and ran to
fetch his slippers.
Dear old Clarai Come and sit down
here beside me. have not had a chat
for days. But, oh, what troubled face!
What is it them" She put up her fore
finger and smoothed her sisters brow
with it.
Clara pulled up a stool, and sitting
down beside her sister passed her arm
round her waist. 81 am so sorry to
trouble you, dear Ida," she said. "but
do not know what to do"
There's nothing the matter with Har-
old?"
''Oh, no, Ida"
Nor with my Charles?"
mo, no.
Ida gave sigh of relief you quite
frightened me, dear" said she. "You
can't think how solemn you look. What
is it, Them
Il believe that papa intends to ask
Mrs. Westmacott to marry him."
Ida burst out laughing. What can
have put such notion into your head.
ClaraT"
at is only too true, Ida. suspected
it before, and he himself almost told me
as much with his own lips tonight. |
don't think that it is a laughing matter. {"
Really, could not help it. If you
had told me that those two dear old la
dies opposite, the Misses Williams, were
both engaged you would not have sur
prised me more. 1t is really too funny"
Funny, Ida2 Think of any one TAX
ing the place of dear mother"
But her sister was of more practical
and less sentimental nature. 81 am
sure" said she, THAT dear mother would
like papa to do whatever would make
him most happy. We shall both be
away, and why should papa not please
himselfY"
'But think how unhappy he will be.
You know how quiet he is in his ways
and how even a little thing will upset
him. How could he live with wife who
would make his whole life a series of
surprises? Fancy what whirlwind she
must be in house. A man at his age
cannot change his ways. l am sure he
would be miserable"
Ida's face grew graver, and she pom
dered over the matter for few minutes
II really think that you are right, as
usual" said she at last. 81 admire Char
ley's aunt very much, you know, and
think that she is very useful and good
person, but don't think she would do
as wife for poor quiet papa"
But he will certainly ask her, and
really think that she intends to accept
him. Then it would be too late to in
terfere. We have only a few days at
u,re nost. ana what can we do2 How
can we hope to make him change his
mind?"
Again Ida pondered. He has never
tried what it is to live with a strong
minded woman" said she. IF we could
only get him to realize it in timel Oh,
Clara, have it, have it! Such lovely
plaur' She leaned back in her chair and
burst into fit of laughter SO natural
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1894-01-04

and so hearty that Clara had to forget
her troubles and join in it.
''Oh, it is beautiful!' she gasped at
last. "Poor papa! What time he will
have! But it's all for his own good, as
ne used to say when we had to be pun
ished when we were little. Oh, Clara, ]
do hope your heart won't fail you."
Il would do anything to save him,
dear"
That's it. You must steel yourself
by that thought"
.'But what is your plan?"
"Oh, | am SO proud of it. We will
tire him forever of the widow and of
all emancipated women. Let me see,
what are Mrs. Westmacott's main ideas?
You have listened to her more than L.
Women should attend less TO household
duties. That is one, is it notq'
"Yes, if they feel they have capabil-
tiles fer higher things. Then she thinks
that every woman who has leisure should
take up the study of some branch of
science, and that as far as possible ev-
cry woman should qualify herself for
some trade or profession, choosing for
preference those which have been hither-
to monopolized by men. To enter the
others would only be to intensity the pres
ent competition.
"Quite SO. That is gloriousw Her
blue eyes were dancing with mischief,
and she clapped her handsin her delight
What else? She thinks that whatever
q man can do woman should be allowed
to do also-does she not?'
"She says So"
and the divided skirt are what she be-
ieves in"
"Yes."
I'VE must get in some CLOTH
"Why?"
I'VE must make ourselves a dress
each. A brand new, enfranchised, eman-
cipated dress, dear. Don't you see my
plan? We shall act up to all Mrs West
macott's views in every respect and i'm
prove them when we can. Then papa
will know what it is to live with wo-
man who claims all her rights. Oh,
Clara, it will be splendid"
Her milder sister sat speechless before
SO daring scheme. But it would be
wrong, Ida!" she cried at last.
"Not bit. 1t is to save him."
81 should not dare"
"Oh. yes, you would. Harold will
help. Besides, what other plan have
your"
at bova popo
"Then you must take mine"
"Yes. Perhaps you are right. Well.
we do it for good motive"
You will do it3"
Il do not see any other way"
"You dear. good Claral Now will
show you what you are to do. Wemust
not begin too suddenly. 1t might excite
suspicion"
what would you do, thenY'
Tomorrow we must go to Mrs. West
macott and sit at her feet and learn all
her views"
"What hypocrites we shall feel!'
1--WE shall be her newest and most en-
thusiastic converts. Oh, it will be such
fun, Clara. Then we shall make our
plans and send for what we want and
begin our new life"
81 do hope that we shall not have to
keep it up long. 1t seems SO cruel to dear
papa"
"Cruell To save himi'
II wish was sure that we were doing
right. And yet what else can we do?
Well, then, Ida, the die is cast, and we
will call upon Mrs. Westmacott tomor-
row."