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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1895-08-28
Why Women Prefer Low Chairs.

One Of the things that no man ever
will or can understand is that women
invariably choose the lowest chairs they
can find, usually selecting for solid
comfort one that is about six inches
from the floor. SchOpenhauer's con-
temptuous allusion to them as the
''short-les ged sex'' generally occurs to
him as the final solution of the problem,
even though he be too polite outward
ly to hint at such IA thing. That Is by
no means the real reason, according to
bright little artist. Women, she
says, seem to know intuitively when
they are looking their best, and they
know that rarely happens when they
are sitting on chair sufficiently high
to make the feet dangle stifily down
ward, barely reaching the floor. In
all the celebrated pictures of sitting
feminine figures the line from the
waist to the knee is elongated as far rs
possible, and il is to secure this grace
ful, easy length of line, as well as for
comfort, that women instinctively turn
to the low chair or stool.-Detroit
News.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1895-08-28
The Good Housekeeper.

The Pdi} -Hth Gd-ette, in an article on
housekeepers, does justice TO an Office
which it says requires Of a woman the
same qualities that are necessary 10
make good statesman-cOoliu Judgment,
equable temper, and q grasp Of details,
however small. The average woman,
the Ga-etfe contends, in order 10 devel-
op these qualities, needs To have the
companionship Of man, 10 live with
him in the marital relation. and 10 be
responsible TO him for his daily needs
and comforts; LETT to herself, free from
the discipline of male domination and
needing only 20 provide for her own
wants. She Will shirk the cares of
housekeeping and maintain herself up
on the most meagre diet, mainly one
of toast and tea.
As regards the profeSsiOal houSekeep-
er, who Is held to a strict accountable
ity, and Is called upon 10 provide an
nually l09j appetizing meals for fam
ily and satisfying one for domestics,
70 make the servants do their best work
and To prevent jars and chickering's
among them, she requires an amount
of tact, character and kindlinesS never
found in the second-rate woman that
the housekeeper is supposed 10 be. She
must be cheerful, prompt and calm in
emergencies, gOod-tempercd and pa
tient. The household over which she
has supervision must be - organized
that during her temporary absence or
Illness the whole thing viii go on by
itself for . time NJ least.
That the possession OF such qualities
Is rare i'm any woman the Gazette holds
70 be true from the fact that the Owners
of large town and country houses in
| England are constantly on the lookout
for this ideal houselSeeper. such a wO-
man will easily command an annual
salary of 1000, if not more. She il
treated with great respect, she has her
| own apartments in which her meals
are served, her hours of labor or duty
are reasonably brief. and she Is not eX-
/ pected To hold other than official rela-
tions with the domesties.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1895-08-28
Not So Very Poor.

Over two weeks ago w. Il. NichOl-
son, of New Zealand, arrived here on
the steamer Mariposa and put up at
the American Exchange hotel. He
was so roughly dressed and 50 unique
in appearance, with queer bunch of
whiskers on his chin, that he seemed
walking advertisement of hard luck.
He had arrived i'm the steerage, and
he took one of the very cheapest rooms
in the house. Under these circum-
stances Manager Wiseman was inclin-
ed to keep a wary eye on him. At the
end of three days Mr.. Wiseman brOaeh-
ed the matter of settling the bill.
The queer gnest said he would pay
the bill in the next day or two. He
did not, however, and he was spoken
to again about it. still there seemed
to be hitch, but finally the New
ZeaIander said he would go up stairs
and get the money. After a while
he came down with il and paid the
bill.
Then he explained that the reason
why he hadn't paid il before was that
he had ali his money sewed up in his
vest. On investigation it was shown
that he had a surprising amount.
There was no less than 500 in bills
and English sovereigns, mostly the
latter, besides S4,0O0 in drafts. The
sovereigns weighed the vest down till
it was n heavy as its owner, and all
an able bodied man could carry. They
were skillfully and stoutly sewn in
| from the bottom up, 80 that all around
/ his sides and front there was money,
and the back of the vest had to be
strengthened with leather straps to
/ keep the garment from being pulled To
/ pieces. This queer cOntrivance loaded
with coin, bills and drafts, the man
with the billy-goat whiskers has been
Juggling with him wherever he Travelled.
| There were fears at times that he
would be robbed, but Nicholson has
always insisted that he could take
| care of himself.
y few days ago, after returning from
a warm walk down town with his
load of cash, he threw of his heavy
vest in his room and put on another
one to cool off. He finally stepped
downstairs, leaving the door open.
He sat at desk for long time,
forgetting about his cash. Suddenly he
recollected it, his face assumed an ash
en- hue, and he vanished upstairs like
a streak OF light. His precious vest
was there, though hanging on chair.
He grabbed it and put it on, and since
then he has worn it constantly.
Nicholson came over to invest his
money, but did not find anything to
suit him, so the land of the antipOdes
will get him again. He sailed on
the Mariposa, the same steamer on
which he came.-San Francisco Ex-
| auninar
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1895-08-28

tains, putting brightness and color in
10 all earthly things, and reddening
the masses of cumulus clouds, but
Elizabeth Upton awoke to a far greater
glory.
Under her pillow they found a:large
folded handkerchief which had on it
the crinky spots of many tears. and in
one corner were the embroidered initi-
ais al. H. Myra opened it with tend
er hands and laid il over the silent
heart.
The solemn bell of the church tolled
for the dead, one stroke for each year,
sounding over the village and reaching
far out to the everlasting hills which
had surrounded the scenes of this COM
To pause To count and listen.
The first stroke fell upon the air with
ajoyous ring, as it told the happy year
of babyhoOd. A score more of strokes,
which sent their gladness away off To
the grim hills, carried the little life To
wOmanhood, and then the tones began
to lengthen and deepen with an ON
inous hum. 1t was the utterance of 4
disappointed life, one depressed, and
deprived of the love that makes life
livable. Forty strokes were sadly
reached, and eliminated almost in "a
grOan. After that the knell was slow,
regular, impassive, and at fifty seemed
To say, "Who enters here leaves hope
behind, {" so flat and lifeless were the
tones, with dreary waits between. The
bell struck in accord with the hearts
of women at work in homes where la
Dor and privation were not made en-
durable by love and encouragement,
and awOke in them IA sympathy with
the finished life they had never known
when Elizabeth Upton was a fellow
worker. At seventy-five the gn-
willing bell Jagged feebly, as the added
years had done, and every one in
weariness had stopped counting the
strokes save little boy in school, who
found in them distraction from his task.
And the last stroke of all-it was not a
rounded pecan of victory claiming out
triumphant to the sky; rather it rung
like those preceding it, and hung ques-
tioning in air with an upward tone
an unfinished phrase, awaiting its COM
pletion in the other world.-Helen
Churchill Candee, in Harper's Bazar.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1895-08-28
The Whirligig of Time.

An old country darkey was sitting
on a curb uptown, watching the electric
ears as they swept like u simeon
through the Rosettan Sahara, when
suddenly he started to his feet with an
exclamation of wonder, and then an
expression of pleased surprise as thick
a. the cloud of dust that Obscured
receding ear occupied his face.
The dog cateher's wagon was passing
by, and big negro, who takes in un-
wary CANNES, had just swOoped down
on one, and after brief struggle had
anded him prisoner.
Great Gawdr' exclaimed the old
darSey on the curb. ''Befo' de wah
they ustO hab dogs ter keteh de niggers
now dey has niggers 10 ketch de
dogs" New Orleans Item.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1895-08-28
Llfe,s oftcn lost from mac Ills

Which might be saved by little pills.
That is to say, if you suffer from
biliousness, constipation, dyspepsia or
torpid liver use DIR. Pierce's Pleasant
= Pellets,
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1895-08-28
THE FUN OF 1T.
ny ANNIE DOUGLAS BELL.

How doth the little busy boy
Delight in snowy weather.
With merry mates, and shouts ofjoy,
Climbing the hill together.
"And does ii pay, up hill TO run,
In spite of wind and weather.
''Oh, yes indeed, il is such fun
To ride down hill together
They roam the fields for berries sweet,
The summer sunshine scorning,
Tall nut-trees climb with nimblc feet,
Nor fear the frosty morning.
'And does il pay, my little son,
To work so hard for pleasure
"Why, ycsi You know we call IL fun,
And boys don't stint the measure"
They seek spot the fire To make,
Then reast the ehestnuts fragrant;
With sooty hands, the feast partake,
And clothes like any vagrant,
"And does it pay TO burn your skin,
To wear your clothes in tatters:''
"Why, to be surei When boys have fun,
Those are but minor matters"
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1895-08-28

\ man has, generally, the good or
i'll qualities which he attributes to man
kind.-Shenstone.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1895-08-28

Campbell &
,..,,.,' as.' Store. Smith.
Stock Taking
Over. -.
Our Surplus Stock is much
larger than we expected.
We find many lots Of goods
that must be sold during
August, before the arrival
of our Fall Importations,
September 1st.
Price .....
will be no objective will
not carry these goods into
another season, so look out
for extraordinary values
during August in
Domestics,
Linen Goods.
Wash Goods,
Silks,
Dress Goods,
Ladies' Waists.
Ladies Wraps,
Millinery,
Ladies' and Gents
Underwear,
Carpets,
Curtains,
Upholstery Goods,
Furniture,
Housefurnishing Goods,
China Ware, &c.
Watch the Pittsburs Daily Papers
for Particulars.
Campbell
& Smith,
Fifth Avenue,
PITTSBURGH, PA.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1895-08-28
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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1895-08-28

A dose of DF. FOwler's Ext. of Wild
Strawberry brings immediate relief in
all clses OF eramping pains OF the
stomach or bowels It is natures
specific for summer complaint i'm all
its forms.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-02-15
THE MINOR POET.


I'd rather be simple bard and sing homely
song.
The annals Of PLAIN common folk, their num-
drum right and wrong.
Than stand upon Parnassus with scroll OF
fame unfurled
And, invest my tongue with eloquence TO thrill
waiting world
I'd sing of sturdy farmer lads about their daily
toll
The brightly cleaning plowshare as # turns
the mellow soil,
The wealth OF golden harvests that in barns
and stacks is stored,
And the fruitage Of the orchard, brown Octo-
ber's precious hoard
I'd sing the fall OF twilight as the sun sinks in
the west
The hour when tired mothers luil their sleepy
babes 10 rest;
The bliss OF fond young lovers under evening
skies in June,
And the sweet and foolish nothings said beneath
the yellow moon
The Joys of careless childhood and the pains
and griefs OF age,
The histories and mysteries that I'll LIES
stored page,
The days all glad with sunshine and the hours
OF doubt and gloom
Through which we all must journey from the
cradle TO the tomb
Let others sing of chivalry and deeds Of days
of old,
OF battles grand By sea and land, OF knights
and warriors bold:
The lowly rhymes of present times are dearer
far TO me,
And hold these songs are sweeter for their
simpler melody.
--Myles P. Frisbie. in Ladies' Home Journal
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-02-15
CURRENT COMMENT.

Cleveland is no doubt sorry his
party captured both parties In 1892.
That republican senate added luster
20 his first administration by standing
in the way Of democratic policies
Iowa State Register.
The treasury deficit for January
was trifle less than seven millions, and
yet Prof. Wilson declared the other
day that the governments revegA
were ample to meet its expenditures.
Democratic facts do not appear to hang
together. cleveland Leader.
e. The London bankers may safely
invest in a national loan Of the United
States of America. rhe democratic
congress will be wiped out with the re-
morseless scythe of time in five weeks.
That is to say, the power of the demo
cratic party for mischief is limited
strictly Cincinnati Commercial
sS Yes, times are hard. But it is
not for lack of money. Millions are
piled on millions in the vaults and safe
deposits of every trade center. Il is
waiting to see which way the political
cat will jump. Capital is the timidest
animal that walks the earth. 1t is
often scared at its own shadow.-Chi-
cago Inter Oceas-
g The government obtained over
s116,0OO,OOO in gold from the two sales
Of bonds. Both were made within a
year. The proceeds are all gone. The
bonded debt is greater by 500. OOO, 900
than it was year ago. Further addi-
lions must be made to 1t. The interest
charge is increased s5,OOO,OO a year,
and must be added to. The govern
ment is spending more than its income.
The earning capacity of the people is
less by hundreds of millions than I'M
der republican administrations These
are points of the good times come of
democratic supremacy!-Utica On. "
Herald.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-02-15
MANUFACTURING INTERESTS.
Practical Facts set Forth by Gov. Me-
kiniey.

Practical Facts set Forth BY Gov. Me-
kiniey.
Gov. McKinleys Cincinnati speech
presents the Importance of manufaes
turing industries in very plain and
forcible manner. The vast amount on
capital that they represent, the great
value of their products, and the large
number of people that they employ
entitle them to friendly consideration
in every way. 1t is mistake to sup
pose that their benefits stop with what
they do for those who are directly
interested in their operations They
are materially advantageous to all
other productive forces, and tend con-
stantly to promote the general well
fare. When they are active and pros
porous, good times prevail; and when
they are depressed. we have hard
times. In 1890, they paid wages to the
extent of 1891, 400 for every working
hour of every working day of the
year. They would still be disbursinR
money at that rate for the advantage
of labor if they had not been discour-
aged and embarrassed by the assault
of democratic congress in the form OF
the present tariff law. The favorable
conditions that existed for them under
republican rule were changed in the
interest of free trade, and the result Is
that many of them have suspended,
and wages have been reduced, and
there is much distress where plenty
and happiness so recently existed.
These are the practical facts which
refute all the theorizing of statesmen
who try to make US believe that protec-
ton is snare and a mOckery. A policy
that antagonizes the manufacturing In
terests of the country Is sure to be detri'
mental to all other interests. AS Gov.
Mckinley tersely puts it: III CONS
MERGE would thrive manufactures must
flourish; if agriculture would enjoy
active markets and good prices, there
must be conceded to enterprise and
skill in manufactures just return for
hazard and outlayi il artisans would
receive good wages they must be will
| ing to pay fair prices TO mechanics and
farmers" This is the view of the mat
ter that the people Endorsed in the No.
vember elections. They have seen and
Ielb C0Oubn VI ucI1OCEdGAC luAAh ACACA IL
to satisfy them that it is monstrous
fallacy and a great misfortune. The
contrast between the present situation
and that of few years ago Is an OBJ
| ject lesson that the average citizen can
readily comprehend. A majority OF
the voters of the United States are In
favor of the protective system. There
can be no doubt about that. The ques.
ton of the proper adjustment Of duties
upon given products is one about
which there are honest differences OF
opinions; but the belief that sufficient
duties should be imposed to give the
home manufacturer an advantage over
the foreign one and toinsure the steady
employment of labor at good wages is
a fundamental part of the republican
faith and will never be relinquished.-
| St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-02-15

know what an awful great ghostly
room they gave me, full of closets and
wardrobes and places for people to
hide. | burned the gas all night anu
/ had dreadful dreams" She bowed
her head over the flowers and sighed
again. "Roses make me think of
funerals; do they your
Il am sorry l troubled you with
Them" Oliver said, stifily.
Now you are cross, and you've got
that little wrinkle on your forehead"
She looked at him thoughtfully.
"When you are smiling think you are
the kindest friend in the world. l
guess am cross myself. Do you know,
dreamed Henri came into that room
last night. The bathroom had lit
tie window looking into the room, and
l dreamed he looked through this at
me and made dreadful faces. He used
to brighten me that way once"-she
blushed and hung her head then, and
was silent moment-"when we were
first married, you know. He'd wake
me up by staring at me-testing the
power of the eye, he called it. | was
afraid, anyway, because my mother
had just died, and l had never seen a
dead person before. l can see her yet
in her coffin, so dreadfully waxen and
strange. Henri swore once over the
Bible that if he died first he would
come back and haunt me. After that
dream couldn't sleep, but lay SILVER
ing with fear until daylight. l must
60 away from here to-day. Another
night in that room would brighten me
to death"
She trembIed so at the thought, Oil
yer felt his task doubly difficult.
Don't you think he asked, gently,
"that those fears are very childish?'
"Of course she said, briehy,"I know
l am not sensible; you, Aunt Hannah
and DR.. John call me frivolous; yet l
have tried to do right. / came here on
my way to save your good name, and L
get scolded. tried to go home once, the
time / was so sick; and even Aunt Han
nah said l was brave then. When TiJ-
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-02-15
Be IT enacted by the legislature of the state Il

Be It enacted by the legislature Of the state -
Kansas
Section |. Every person WHO shall either d.
rectly or indirectly bet any money or property
at any common gaming house or at any place
to which persons are accustomed to resort for
gambling purposes. or at any place kept for the
purpose OF being used as place for gambling,
whether such betting be upon any game OF
skill or chance either with or without cards or
dice or by use of any kind OF device or contriv-
ance whatsoever for determining chances,
shall be guilty of a felony. and upon conviction
shall be punished by Imprisonment at hard
labor in the penitentiary for q term not less
than one year nor more than three years.
Sec. p Every person who under circum-
stances not provided for in the preceding Sec
tion shall bet any money or property at or upon
any gaming table bank or gambling device or
upon the result OF the movement OF any wheel
or other device, or the throwing Of dice. or up
on the result OF any game Of skill or chance.
whether with dice or cards or other thing, or
hazard money or property upon chance to be
determined by means Of any kind of device
or bet upon any game played by any kind OF
gambling device. shall be guilty OF misde-
meanor, and upon conviction shall be punished
by a fine of not less than sIOnor more than 800.
or by Imprisonment in the county jail not less
than ten days nor more than thirty days, or by
both such fine and Imprisonment.
Sec. g. Section 240 Of chapter 81 Of the gen.
eral statutes of 1863 is hereby repealed
Sec. 4. This act shall take effect and be in
force from and after its publication in the Of
fetal state paper
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-02-15
CONFUSION GROWING.
The Financial Situation Under Demo
cratic Management.

The Financial Situation Under Demo-
cratic Management.
1t is a striking commentary on demo
cratic administrative ability that, with
the banks bursting with money and
with millions on millions of capital
lying idle, organs of that party declare
that the country is confronted with the
alternative of a suspension of specie
payments or recourse to a merely
temporary relief from third issue OF
bonds.
When the democratic party was last
in power in the executive and legisla.
tive branches of the government, II
forced a suspension of specie payments.
At that time it also precipitated civil
war. But now, in the time of profound
peace and Immediately following O
period of unexampled prosperity, this
grave danger is conjured.
Europe looks on in wonder, as wen II
may, for never was such metamor.
phosis effected with apparent absence
of impelling cause.
Two years ago the credit of the gov
eminent was the highest in the worldi
but now we are told that Europe has
become so suspicious of the United
States that it ia demanding gold foz
American securities
With confusion reigninR and doubt
growing, Mr.. Wilson, the spokesman
for the administration, arose in the
house of representatives the other ds4
and insisted that the administration'F
policy was not only all right, but it had
strengthened the public credit. I'VE
have a flush treasury" he said, land
there is no danger of any default by II
in the payment of the expenditures Of
the government. Ihave always believed
that the original tariff bill as it was re-
ported to the house, with the income
tax features and free sugar, would pro-
duce adequate revenues for the govern
ment, and want to go upon record here
to-day as saying that when the country
gets over its present period of depres
sion the bill will produce ample reve-
nues for all the needs Of the govern
ment. Even now we are steadily NOV,
ing to a surplus. Laughter on the re,
publican side.l suppose the laugh
ter on that side is due to the expecta-
ton that the Lord will give you an
other full treasury to squander when
you come into power"
This was amazing; but when he de-
clared, further on in his speech, that
there was an extraordinary addition
to the available cash from the sale of
bonds and from the surplus Of national
bank notes." the house was struck
dumb.
Is it strange that when such views
as this prevail in administration circles,
the present condition of the govern
ment has been reached?
With the utmost complacency, Mr..
Wilson and his friends regard all their
works. They regard themselves as
wisdom personified. No matter what
else goes wrong, they are right. They
cannot make mistake Albany Jour
nal