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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1895-06-26
b Balloon to the Pel..

''The plan OF reaching the North Pole
by balloon i, ia my opinion, the only
practicable one" said Professor H. ~
Hazen, Of Tie Weather Bureau, to 8
New York EoriI correspondent. 81
see tha; King Oscar of sweden has con
tributed 33,vJ) kroner to help out the
project Of NJ. Andree, VINO proposes 10
star. on his ;er.al Journey from the
islands 70 the northwest of Spitzbereen.
HAZfN WANTS r. Tgy -.
"Our problem" con,inuc'i Mr. Iiaz-
en-, ''i~ To- reach the pole by balloon. It
is q proposition wholly different from
what i. would nave been few years
ago. What wouid have been a suiciI-
al project then may be considered
practicable now-simply because We
have learned how % make gas bags
which will not leak. To speak more
accurately, we know how to make bal
looms - near 10 absolute tightncss as to
lose only oue-half Of per cent. of their
contents per day. Until recently u
silkcn gas bag for aerial navigation was
considered 10 be well made if it lost
only > per cent. per diem. The i'm
provement has been brought about by
employing goilbeaters' skin, which is
obtained from the iutestincs OF the OK,
as material for the envelope.
'.Iet some rich man furnish S3)0,0O0
for the purpose, and will guarantee
to reach the pole.
STEERING, Is NOW EASY.
"The tremendous strides recently
made il The science Of aeronautics are
not generally realized We have learn
ej for tine first time how b. make q
2as-tight ialioon-obviously . prime
requisite for success in navigating the
atmosphere. Next we have demon
s,rated the practicability Of prupeliins
the air-ship Propulsion once accom-
plished, there i 10 diilicultSS about
steering. Y0I cannot steer "a balloon
that j. merely drifting with the air
currents. For .he same reason, sou
cannot exercise with a rudder any con
trol over boa, that is drifting with
the current of "a stream.
"But give TO the boat even IA little
power Of propulsion, and You can steer.
The same proposition applies TO an air
ship. For want of better means, /
would equip my pole-bound balloon
with propellers, which could bc work
cd with the feet like bicycle. To %
straight against the wind would be too
labofiols. buJ / could tack. i'll could
20 only two miles an hour, my rudder
wosld act.
"Thc distance to be travcrsed from
the Islands OH the Lena Delta to the
pole j. only a few hundred miles Go
ing a; the rate Of only two mile, an
hour, it would be practicable to reach
ihedestinatiom aud return within thirty
days. But, with . strong and favoTing
wind, wc might e.; there in couple
81 days or even Ic-s. Having attained
tie goal, any wind woIld carry u
southwark, for We should be obliged to
20 back 10 our original point Of depart
s.rs
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1895-06-26
Gries y = Disease.

\ medical authority says that grief
is a jseasg, ,aud mast BE- treated a. such.
II can not be ignored, neither can il be
cousoled away. 1t must be accepted,
and allowed t. wear itself out. A. .
rI,e, rsIiiIst.a Il, cJM = slowly. Sl--
row, grie: aud the emotion caused by
All great mi~fortunes -hoaid he re-
gardej - akin % acate infectious dis
eases, which they resemble in result;
and later, a. eaavalyscence from such
diseases. II this class Of iila ~, scclI-
sion, rest, sleep, appropriate fool, fresh
air, sunshine and interests that tax
neither mind nor body, are required.
After extreme sorrow, the nervous sys-
tenn needs, above everything, complete
rest. The poison Of grief i more than
nImc. II urge wDrG. s,u Il, trIv-
Il, the vain search for anuScmentS,
Is, both useless and dangerous. For
time the whole organism ! Overthrown
and temporary seclu-ion j imperative
for proper readiusjment. Recent med
ieal observations show that the physi-
cal results Of depressing emotions are
similar 20 those caused BY bodily acci-
dents, fatigue, ciili, partial starvation
and loss Of blood. Birds, nioles and
dogs, which apparently died in con-
sequence Of capture and from eondi-
tions that correspond in human beings
to acute nostalgia and "broken heart, "
were examined after death as to the
condition Of their Internal organs. 1t
was found that the nutrition of the
tissues had been interfered with, and
the substance proper OF various vital
organs had undergone the same kind
OF degeneration as that brought about
by phosphorous or the germs Of infec-
fiotl- li-ea-4
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1895-06-26
He Curiosity Aroused.

Clarence is an acute and observing
little Fellow. He Is full Of curiosity and
l. continually asking the why and
wherefore Of al he sees and hears.
His usual query j. "What for?" and
this he will repeat until he ne receives
al answer that appeals 10 his sense or
imagination.
He has frequently seen his father de
capitate a chicken, and ''to kilP' to him
meant the same ~ Ito chop the head
Oft"
Recently he came 10 see Us, his
neighbors, while trunk was being
packed, and the following dialogue
ensued:
Big box, What for!!''
$50 pack in my clothing and books
'Nyhat for?''
'.-To take il away To a big city
'.lyhat for,?'
$50 that can Use the things in it,"
what for,''
''To study
'.W'hal fore.1
..To be doctor"
"What for:e1
what fpy. Why, isn't that reason
cncugL?'
Again he repeated his ''What for:'
and humoFously >ome one replied, ''To
Kill people
That settled il. That was the all
sufficient reason. He looked up know
in-iy, and naively remarked:
"Chop their heads of. "-IRdiGH0l3-
OTIS NstrS.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1895-06-26
Edwin FORESTS Indian Auditors.

Prom the Washington Post.
THAT picture reminds me Of one Of
the most thrilling incidents ofmy life,"
said venerable white-haired gentle
nian, Mr.. Il. B. Simms, of South Car
olina, pointing To the magnificent and
much admired portrait Of Edwin For
rest that adOrns the walls Of the Hotel
Page ''It certainly is a splendid like
ness of thc great actor, and carries me
back to celain memorable occasion
many years before the civil war, when
be was d'irc an engagement "a
CEariestoG playing nightly 10 large
and enthusiastic audience. / wa
mere lad, and was wild with delight
when the night c;,ntc that could 90
Ia hear him.
''In the audience was the celebrated
Indian chicft;in, Osceoll, and half
dozen ef bis braves, who were then
eaptives. Tney bad been pining in
confinement, aud, prompted BY the
humane motive OF afIOriing them
some diversion, the authorities took
them to hear Forrest play. His grand
looks and majestic figure caught the
coyper-haed auditors at once, and they
Appeared cntranced from the very out
set Forrest soon observed the strange
groGp and m,sliaiely formed a design
TO interest them particularly, for sud-
denly, in the midst Of a stirring scene,
he emitted an Indian war whoop. 10
fairly electrified his audience, and the
effect on Osceola and his party was
magical. Jumping to their feet in
simultaneously they gave back an ans
wering whoop that rent the air with its
mighty roar, and fairly chilling the
blood Of many nervous hearer. Two
or three ladies tainted.
"The whole thing was 50 sudden, -
strange and startling, that it made a
vivid aud lasting impression on every
soul in that assemblage. Forrest was
frequently heard to recall the episode,
and me was wont to declare that the
action of those untutored warriors was
the greatest compliment ever paid to
his powers Is an actor
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1895-06-26
Four Big Successes.

Having the needed merit to more
than make good all the advertising
claimed for them, the following four
remedies have reached phenomenal
sale. Dr. Kings New Discovery, for
consumption, Coughs and Colds, each
bottle guaranteed-Electric Bilters, the
great remedy for Liver, Stomach and
Kidneys. Bucklen's Arnica Salve, the
best In the world, and DR.. Kings New
Life pills, which are "A perfect pill. All
these remedies are guaranteed to do just
what is claimed for them and the deal
ar whose name i attached herew tn
will be glad to tell you more Of them.
Sold at ]. y. Snyder's drug store,
Somerset, Pa, OF at Braliier's drug
store, Berlin, Pa,
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1895-06-26
Sinking f5r Cold Water.

aro,H NoI.l's Coupsrioa.
From the steam launch Frolic, al
anchor ou >e5tc Lake last August, said
Ncw York man. telling of some
events OF his summer vacation, We
were sinking for landIocled salmon in
q hundred feet Of wafer. some Of our
party, being thirsty, complained that
the lake water was too warm for pleas
ant drinking.
Il can easily get yoI water - cool as
YOU like, said the captain. Just sec
how DO it."
He took from the locker a heavy
quart bottle that had contained ginger
beer, tied stout tishing-line 10 its neck
aad lowered it, uncorkde, To the bottom
If the lake. There he allowed IL to re-
main few minutes, then drew Il rap
idly ~ ;Le surEac, and took Is ahoaFd
sae launch. From the bottle he filled
a glass and passed it to "a passenger,
who found the water Is clear and cool
80 hi'a't H-H 'AAIA- 20 tsNfA- Ills NttAANs
uot have improved il 70 tae taste of
any member of the party.
1T trick which every fresh-water
sailor oJsh; 20 know" said the captain,
'.and yet people who nave sailed on
inland waters all their. life haven't
found il out. The water AZ the bottom
in deep lakes Is always cold, and on
rock or clay or sandy bottoms Is clear
er and purer than at the surface.
'As the Jottlei- lowered, the air inside
Keeps the surface water oat, and e.
cape, slowly at the lakes bottom. ~
the bottle Is hauled up, the warmer
water near the surface can not diSplace
the colder ard dcnser water which it
contains. With depth OF water, over Il
hard bottom, and q heavy bottle, no
fishermen need lac,, pure cold drink
Ing water In any inland lake.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1895-06-26
Mind and Matter.
sDE. HEINRICH HENsoLDT.

=
One Of the greatest triumphs of the
human mind, and beyond comparison
the most important step hitherto taken
toward the solution Of the world enig-
ma. was the discovery that an object
implies a subject, i. G., that any given
object. for instance tree, can not by
any possible stretch Of Imagination be
said To exist, unless there be NJ the
same time an eye to see or a hand To
touch it-in other words, a mind 10
conceive It. In extension Of this dis
eover1 it easily follows that the entire
external world can have no indie
pendent existence, viz, can not be
real. except ~ a mental phenomenon,
and that if mind should ever be de-
stroyed or cease to exist, the world, as
a matter OF course, would cease to exist
also.
This discovery was made thousands
Of years ago by subtle rea~oners in far
OFT Hind1stan. and IT. deductions are
given with marvellous acuinen IN tie
Upani>hads, which are philosophical
trea;ises appended to the NedaS, treas
ure house Of wisdom which has no
equal, and in comparison with which
the logic of our foremost modern lu-
minaries sounds like the veriest child's
prattle. In those glorious treasures We
have an epitome Of the wisdom ofsages
who pondcred over lfe's riddle long
before the first pyramid was built, long
before Abraham roamed the plains of
Chaldea with his cattle, treacherous
and savage Bcd0uin. And, likca IA gold
en thread running through the Upan-
ishadS, j. the ever-rccurring lesson:
Matter Is an illusion; mind alone i
,.,.,f 49,
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1895-06-26

she made mental calculation, "sGh-
tracing your months holiday snd the
day you wore your white hat uucXPect-
ediy, and allowing for leap year, 5.i.'
and this" heexelaimcd, twas your
filial solicitGde. You have disgraced
my name"
81 changed it yesterday"
''Whal:"
For the first time for twelve months
he saw her smile.
ALLOW me, she said, "to introduce
;hc Hon. Mrs. Guy dc Wokins, aud at
least, dear father" she added, ''for a
whole year you have never gone out
without your siethoscope." - Baltimore
I,fcgr0m.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1895-06-26
When I Tuck in seauty's Sleeves.


!, who OF at freaks OF fashion,
~ the marveis Ia mode,
Have inveighes, in prose aud verse, too,
Now prefer a palinode;
who've shot ~ Folly nyiBc.
And pokcd f,in az all Of Ewes
Foolish daughter, cry .Pcccsvfr'
When tacl. in 8eauiy's sleeves.
Tho the worst OF al the horrors
Fashion ever did design
To dis:crt the fair proportions
OF the human form divine
These baioons and LEGS OF mutton
Each exereSccncc now ruccivcs
Something like "a hcne.Iiciion.
Whcu :ucS in Bc.u.y's sleeves.
Tho I've vog-cd they AREA ugisouee
We must manage tostato--
Growing evils -eainst whose menace
We were bound TO legisiaic-
Vow that Ruiaor says they're sentenced
Really doomed, my heart fcprievos
Each bi.e. bold, pGii'-i-up offender.
When tuck la Bc,uty'- sleeves.
When she cries out: 20, pray help nc -
A. She struggles hard within
One big sleeve 80 tuck another
And try to- begin
To sce hOw I've been bcir.enaea
Ty the fashion. Love believes
They scre made for him TO hide in,
When tuck in Beauty sleeves.
Docs She ever hear. wonder,
How my heart goes Fit-a-pst
When I SLOW away frs thi> one
OF her gi-ots and thcn that:
Dos her own heart ever warn her
What fond dreams my fancy weaVes,
How my arms just ache 20 hug her,
When tuci, in Bsauiy's sleeves.
-fsgsisa Glsbc.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1895-06-26
SOMERSET, PA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 2e, 1895

lsins's caution about the horse, drove
down the avenue.
The horse, like all knowing ones,
felt the recklessness in the drivers
heart.
Faster and faster he went, until with
taste Of the turf in his veins, Prince
put Dorothy's life in jeopardy. She
saw the trench in the road too late,
and, with a piercing cry, she was dash
ont upon the drive.
Alas for a worldly marriage,
Gentle hands carried her home, and
DR.. Morton tied MP the bruised head
aan washed the blood from the cuts
upon her face.
Dorothy was brought to conscious
ness by the severe pain and startling
words.
scared for life -
Did she dream il?
70, Tor when she asked for a mirror
She was fatty refused, and that was
conviction Of Itself.
Jacks words had come true. There
She lay, shorn of her beauty, aud Mr..
Wyville, the millionaire, waiting for
his answer.
Then like wine ccursing through her
veins came The great and ovcrpowering
love of her life. She tried TO keep il
back, bat il flooded herheart and soul
with sunshine. 1t drowned the agony
of her wounds, and she sank into deli
rium, from which she did not wake for
many days.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1895-06-26

Ii was the third week after the acci-
dent. Dorothy was sitting near the
library window. Now and then she
glanced at letter lying upon her lap,
and read some of its Passages with con-
tempt.
SO sorry 10 hear Of your sad acci-
dent was one, and another: "Im-
portant business calls me TO Paris"
Not a word about his devotion. Not
4 word about his wild desire to make
her his wife.
Her beauty was gone and with it
Wallace Wyvilie's love.
Every day Jack Dallas had inquired
AT the house, and with boyish emhar-
rassment left his flowers
To-day Dorothy had sent word he
might see her, and sine could hardly
wait for his coming.
40 last she heard his voice saying
something merry TO old Perking. Then
the door opened, and Jack, in his haste
70 reach her, upset everything in his
way.
"Wish me luck, Dorothy - he cried
To-day have entered the firm of DaI-
las 8, Dallas. Uncle Dicf las taken me
into the firm. We are to have tie
house ia Baxter square, and yosare to
furnish it jus, - you like, and do with
me just as you please. only say yes,
my darling"
BY this time he was quite out OF
breath and waited for her 10 speak.
She drew the lace closer about her
face and her voice laltered:
Did You tell him-my accident
Jack? Did you tell him was ugly
and no fit wife fer you?"
For answer he kissed the lace where
hc thought the sears might be.
As if by magic it slipped from its
place and lac gazed at Dorothy in
-pccchless astonishment.
y face n beautiful and sweet a a
May morning, and pair of laughing
brown eyes met his own.
Gene, lit me up,n she said, 81 am
tired OF playing the invalid. Don't look
like that. 1t was trick, Jack. have
no scar. Can't You understand. The
doctor and / fooled aunt, then Mr. Wy
Vile and you.
"And he-I mean Wyville:" Jack
managed to ask.
ale ran away! Well, are you not
glad, Are you not delighted: No one
seems To care for me now
Her voice treInbled between tears
and laughter.
.'Iack, do say something" She was
becoming hyster.cal.
My dearest. the question is, can YOU
care Tor me? God knows how / love
YOU"
Two arms steal around his neck. \
kiss, quicl; but sure, he feels upon his
forehead and the sweetest toice in the
world says:
Jack, it was love versus ambition,
and love won.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1895-06-26
His Majesty was willing to Please.

I
His satanic majesty sat upon his
throne, tanning the mugey air with his
flanboyant tail.
Presently new arrival III those parts
was announced, and he was forthwith
ushered into the deyilish domains.
lie shifted the heavy air as if it were
. familiar dose to him, and bowling To
his majesty he observed the peculiar
motions Of his tail.
'Three strikes and out" ne said after
contemplating them for about min
ute
"What's that? p inquirad satan, rest
ing his caudal appendage across his
leg.
"Ah, there, safe, old boy" greeted
the visitor. a was 50 attracted by the
way you handle yourself over the home
plate that l didn't see you. How DO
you do?"
"who are you?" Numbered his ma
jcsty.
"Me?o asked the visitor, with guile
les grace.
"'Yes, slave"
"Comc OH. I'm no slave. I'm an
American citizen"
'In these domains, sirrah, you are
my slave"
.'Yes, am, don't think" and tine
visitor stuck his thumbs in his vest
armholes and strutted up and down be-
fore the throne.
1--WE shall see,r said hi- majesty,
with an ominOus shake Of his locks,
and bec,loned TO . host Of imp,.
The next minute the American citi-
zen was wondering what had become
of the Monroe doctrine, and lie threw
up his hands.
"Give man chance, won't you -
he said hotly.
Answer me = thundered his majes-
ty. "Wherc are You FROM
Chicago, OF course" responded the
visitor.
His majesty rose to his cloyen feet
and bowed
- beg your PARDON he said has,i-
~. "Come and take a seat by me. I'm
afraid You will find it tame here after
what you've been used to, nay dear fel-
low, bat don't bc too hard on Us, and
well try 10 make you fecl ~ much AT
home IL our facilities VIII permit
seating himself beside his majesty,
the gent from Chicago kindled a cigar
cite and waved his hand for the per-
formance 10 begin.-Ac,- York Sun.
Il was troubled with quin~y for i've
years. Thomas Eclec;ric Oil cured
me. My wife and child had diphtheria.
Thomas EclectEic Oil cured them.
would not be without il in the house
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1895-06-26

\ piece of Berlin Gobelin tapestry of
the seventeenth century Kept in the
HohenzolIern Museum has just been
repaired and hung in the Royal Palace.
II represents the Great Eiector ut the
siege of Stettin, Is - fec; ly L and i
valued at So, 90. The m0th-eaten
pieces were replaced by nvw ones, and
the tarniShed silver by new, in the
Berlin factory.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1895-06-26

said Nature to Phy<ic what pltyithat- Nc
Who ought to be friends should 50 seldom
agree.
Ny strength j. exhausted, my energy dead,
From the voiIey OF blue pills discharged ia
my head"
II is not strange that Nature should
remonstrate against the Use of those
grinding and drastic blue marbles, with
which old fogies OF medicine persist in
dosing their patients. They are not
only revolving in appearance, bat oft
times actually injurious in their effects
Yet Nature needs some help in over
coming obstinate dyspepsia. constipa-
tian aud liver troubles, and fortunately
she has very valuable assistant in DR..
Pierce's Pleasant Pellets, which, small
~ bird seed and sugar-coated, never
fail u act effectively though soothing
IN.
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AND
Smith.

Do You read our advertise
ments in all the Pittsburgh Daily
Papers? If not, do so. 1t will pay
you, and the inducements offered
will persuade you either to visit
our Great Dry Goods Establish
ment, or order by mail.
You will find we always have
the goods Just as advertised and at
the price named.
We have 90 DEPARTMENTS
all up to date in style, and contain
ing goods at lower prices than you
can find them elsewhere.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1895-06-26

y plow in Germany has been worked
successfully with electricity and in this
country an electric weed killer has been
tested which Kills the wseiS, the cur
rent being generated on the car, passing
ont through brush and from thence
it is brought in contact with the weeds.
The eirclit Is completed through the
wheels Of the car and the ground
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1895-06-26
Nearly a Million for a Joke.


Samuel p. Schuckers died recently
at Wooster, o. He was Il brother of :.
W. SchuckerS, private secretary oi
Salmon 2. Chase, and br0ther-in-law
Of John II. Oberiy, ex-Civil Service
Commissioner. An interesting Incl
dent, says the Cincinnati CJmmcrciqi
Ga-e1c, i recalled by -chuckers' death,
which has never found its way in the
newspapers The incident occurred a
number OF years ago, and during the
time of the sale OF the Lake shore
Railroad at Cleveland il happened that
Schucllers and John McSweeney, the
great criminal lawyer, met at the sale.
McSweeney had but short time be-
fore made "a great hit by his political
speeches at Cleveland and Philadelphia
and was attracting attention all over
the country. At this particular time
he was trying Il ease al Cleveland.
Young Schuckers was in these days 4
veritabie dgde and very sprucy.
lie went to Cleveland 10 have time,
as he always left Wooster 20 celebrate,
and was having good, glorious time
on this particular occasion. lie was
small and wiry i'm stature and always
carried silk umbrella. it happened
that lie met McSweeney in the rotunda
Just - he had finished an argument
and while the sale of the I.ske Shore
Railroad was going on. They stopped
for moment at the edge OF the excited
crowd bidding on the road. There
were a number of syndicates represent
ed-foreign, Nanderbilts, Goulds and
others. The bidding had reached S.
100000. In Il spirit Of devilishuess
young Schuckers bid S..,j00,GGJ. In a
moment rush was made toward the
new bidder and demand waS made
To know what syndicate he represented.
His only reply was, with wave Of his
silk umbrella. "Go away from me"
The excited representatives ofthe other
syndicates asked for recess, which
was granted, and in twenty minutes
they came back. when the bid was
raised 70 Si,0OO,O1 and sold
Mr.. Schuckers' sprucy appearance
and being in company with the great
criminal lawyer had led them 10 believe
lac represented some secret syndicate
which was trying 10 gain possession Of
the valuable railroad property.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1895-06-26

All the stac,l ol farm mist bceirJ-
fully observed. Each animal should
bc kept uni,r careful watch 80
n 70 guard against disease or redue-
ton of flesh or product. The loss of
appetite by one animal may b. due To
some cause that can effect the whole,
aud by attending To the matter in time
there may be q great saving in prevent
iug ailments among the other members
OF the flock or herd
Hobson-What do You suppose a
dogs pants are made Of
Wigwag Probably Of a sort of very
light bark.
That scrofuiOus taint which has been
in your blood for years, will be expel-
led by taking Hoods Sarsaparilla, the
great blood purifier,
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1895-06-26

ID no. overl loE 5uc.lwheat as Il sum
mer crop. Ii grows on poor land, but
yields more largely if the land is rich.
II is considered profitable crop for
blowing under in the fall, being used
for renovated poor land. Its blossoms
afford excellent forage for bees at a
time when they can find but few hon
ey-psoiuging plants oR which to wOtk.