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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1895-01-23
Some Fresh Anecdotes

y very ignorant and wealthy woman,
who was fond Of talking about her ''art
gallery" one day met at the house Ofan
acquaintance u lady who had not called
on her, although they lived in the
same town. ''Come and see me, dOr'
| said Mrs. b, the patron Of art, a.
the other lady was talking her leave.
Thank you very much" was the nom
committal reply. 'We've got a new
picture, too. That ought 10 tempt YOU
to come, if / can't" II should be very
glad, indeed, to see it," ''Such a lovely
picture Sometimes it seems TO me
could look at il all day long" 'What
is the subject of your picture, Mrs.
B-?'' inquired the hostess. Jupiter
and tcn," was the reply. 1t was
Jupiter and To-"
He HAD WRITTEN MANY FALSEHOODS.
\ member of the Chamber Of Depu-
ties, much given 10 long speeches, one
day found another Deputy eonversing
in the lobby with man whose face
seemed familiar to him, bat whom he
could not remember. He fancied the
man must he an intruding journalist.
Pardon me" he said to the other man,
'.bIt whom have we here?'' ALLOW
me to introduce to YOU, " answered the
Deputy, "The man who has written
more falschOods and stupidities than
any other man living" Indeed -
said the great man; then my sup
position was correct that he il a journal
ist?" ''NOt at all; he Is the official
stenographer of the Chamber"
a FRENCHTAN's STORY.
Some Frenchmen We're bOasting of
their affairs of honor" when one Of
them, Marscillais, declared that ne
had inflicted upon an antagonist the
most dreadful fate that a duelist had
ever met. "How was it?'' asked every
body. II was at hotel, and | chaneed
20 iusHit total stranger. 1t turned cut
that he was a fencing master. 'One or
the other of IL, he declared, in fearful
wrath, will not 90 out of this room
alive - let il be / shouted in Tt
sponse; and then | rushed out of the
room, locked the door behind me, and
left him there 10 die -
THE WAY To MILBANK-
An American, travelling i'm England,
Oh one occasion happened to b. in the
neighborhOOl Of Milbank Prison, and
iancied that he would like a glimpse at
that famous place ofdetention. ''Can
YOU tell me the way to Milbank ," he
asked of stout trades;nIa whom he
met. cave" answered John Bull
'knocll me down aud rob me pockets,
and you'll soon enough BE- on the
straight road therer' Then, without
vouchsafing any further information,
he passed on with chucl1le
BAKED EAGLES.
"JOhn PaRliX' Lieutenant Darby
was standing on Montgomery street one
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1895-01-23
THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

When we consider that the general
clucation OF the people i essential to
the stability and perpetuiJy Of the state,
we may well contemplate further inn
proycments in our free school system.
Theordinary township or villag school
while filling a most useful place, does,
to some extent, fail in afiording the
means necessary 10 enable boys and
girls to fit themselves into useful places
when every branch Of employment
seems to BE- already overcrowded. We
are living in what i called an age Of
invention. Human labor has been
abridged and human comfort enlarged
by American ingenuity as applied to
mechanical principles, and that to a
greater and more profitable extent than
in any other country or period of time,
And yct the trend OF free education has
been such n TO give very little promi-
nence to industrial training, to the ed
ucltion that prepares he rising gener-
alton to earn living by the joint Use of
head and hand.
y large percentage Of the patrons of
our public schools go from the school
house into the business of earning a
livelihood. The province of the free
school is and should be to assist them
in preparing for whatever lawful en-
ployment inclination or necessity may
bring to them. There isa large de
mand for education of this kind, and
our present school system can readily
be expanded 10 still greater usefulness
in this direction. | hope the time Is
not distant when our great State, from
the abundance of her wealth, viii pro-
vide through her school system the op-
portunity 10 every boy and girl within
her borders to obtain thorough prepa-
ration for any calling or profession rs
free from cost in the higher branches
as the ruiiments ofan education may
now be obtained in our township
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80. sOMERsET. pa WEDNEsDAy LANrApv o. 90,

related interest. The great energies
and industries of The State are rs neces-
sary to labor as labor is to them. Both
should he protected in their rights.
Both should be given equal legislative
opportunity. Labor arises from neces-
sity more than from inclination and is
seldom inviting unless remunerative.
Capital depends upon intellectual force
and direction.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1895-03-15
FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH Is, 1896

like TO hear from you. Your children
there are wondering when father and
mother will come into the kingdom,
and with more glce than they ever
danced IN hallway at your coming home
at eventido they will dance tho floor Of
the heavenly mansion at the tidings OF
father and mother saved. Beside that
the old folks want to hear from you.
They are standing at tho head of the
celestial stairs waiting for the news
that their prayers have been answered,
and that you are coming on to take
from their lips kiss better than that
which how they throw You. Calling you
by -FOUR first name, as they always did,
they are talking about you and saying,
"Thefe Is our son," ers "There Ia ou1
daughter Gown III that World Of strug
gle battling. suffering, SHINING, weep
ingl Why can they not SEQ that Christ
Is tho bnly one who can help and com.
fort and saver"
That is what they are saying about
you. ind If you will this hour In one
prayer of Surrender that will hot take
moro than i second to make decide this
tbeSt swifter than telegraphit dispatch
the news would reach them, and angels
of God who never fell would join your
glorifiod kindred in celebration, and tho
caterers of heaven would do their best,
and saints and soraphs side by side
would take angels food. Glory to God
for such possibility Oh. that this
moment there might be a rush for
hcavonl
The Spirit and the Brido say, Come.
Rejoicing saints rc-ccho, Come.
Who faints, who ihirsts, who will, may come
Thy Saviour bids thee come.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1895-03-15

We have arranged with tho publisher OF the pornlar
Illustrated literary and family monthly, The M us-
trnted Home Quest, to furnish this exec ent
liberal terms quoted above and are also enabled 10
offer to each subscriber Free, large and handsome
Novelettes by Popular Authors" Thus
our subscribers, by taking advantage OF tho above
liberal offer, may secure in addition their fayorts
home newspaper years subscrip ton to one of the
best and most popular literary and family papers pub
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containing twenty complete novelties by twenty %
the most famous authors OF America England and
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The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1895-03-15


''Some years ago . young man came
to New York from the west with high
aspirations aiioat becoming an artist, :"
said Alexander Stfefs Of New York.
"He had beon praised without stint
in his own community and I'D 10 be-
lieve that the metropolis was the proper
field in which to display his talents and
secure remunorative recognition. i
knew his people and met him several
times after his locating there. He was
as proud as Lucifer aud kept stiff up
per lip when asked how no was getting
on, but noticed that his confidence and
enthusiasm were pretty much assumed.
After awhile he dropped out of my
sight, and l saw nothing of him foi
three years. He was sleek and prosper.
GUS looking, and was glad to see that
he had evidently caught ON. Remarked
that art appeared to be agreeing with
him, He colored up and looked discon
certed for moment, and then he laugh
ed and told mo his story.
"He said he had stuck to landscape
and genre work until he had no more
money to buy canvas or paint, but no
customers had over reached him. He
was in despair when he happened to see
an advertisement offering prize for
the best design for wall paper. He
pawned his overcoat for few dollars
and procured some materials and went
to work on design. He submitted il
in person before il was fairly dry, and
it Immediately struck the fancy of the
advertiser wlio was a wall paper man
ufacturef: He had been doing nothing
sase since, he said, and was making lots
of money. understood from him that
new designs for such paper commanded
very high prices, and that a successful
maker OF them could afford to laugh at
the average artist when the financial
returns wero taken into consideration. !"
Washington Star.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1895-03-15
Who Is the "Best Man" In Congresse

Who Il the "Best Man" In Congress?
Who is the best man in congress phys
ically? That was the question a group
of gentlemen were discussing in a snug
corner at Pages, the inquiry being apro-
pos of some recent attempts at fisticuffs
on the floor Of the house. Nobody could
answer with certainty, though it was
regarded as a pretty sure thing that
among 1856 men there were quito a num-
Der who would be able to give good
account of themselves in a scrapping
match.
One gentleman remarked that Mr..
Boutelle Of Maine was the possessor of
a superb physique, and another said that
Champ Clark Of Missouri had been
known to lift $50 dead weight, though
that was some years ago.
II have All idea. y said Mr.. Louis r.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1895-03-15
awards, THAT REPRESENTATIVE de6ssQ

Euwarus' tnat representative George
w. Ray OF Norwich. N. y, is among
the very best men in the present CON,
gress He Is ono of the most powerful
men physically l ever knew. and his
muscles are like steel. He has the ad-
vantage of superb constitution, the re-
suit OF country breeding, having passed
his youthful days on farm. saw four
men tackle him once, with the inten.
tion OF doing him up whereupon Ray
lit ON the quartet and thrashed every
ono OF them till they begged for mercy.
would be sorry for any one man that
would try conclusions with him in
rough and tumble fight. "-Washington
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1895-03-15
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year, and the book. TWENTY CONFLICT Il
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flee. Address all letters to
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The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1895-03-15
Twenty COMPLETE NOVELTIES

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Under the Holly Berries. by Charlotte
The Phantom wedding. By Mrs Emma D. r N
6outhworth
The Gypsy's WARNING BY Mrs Henry Wood.
moonshine and Marguerites. By "Ths Do
chess"
otephens.
The story Of = Life. By Mrs. May Agnes Fleming
Old Rudderford Hall. By Miss NJ & Brsddon.
blanche Of Beaulieu. By Alexander Dumas
Tale OF Three Lions By II. Rider HASgrd
Drama in tho Air. By Jules Verne.
Tho story OF Helen, By Amanda NJ Doueiaa
The Captain OF the POle.star. By A. conss
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The Sailors secret. By Mrs Jan. q. Austin.
Tho Duel in Herne Wood. By wilkis Collins
Tho Heiress OF WhitsOn Grange. By ~ T.
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Nl0ss Farm. By Mary Kyle Dallas.
The Blacksmfth,s Daughter. By Etc " Pfercs
The sculptor OF MOdenA. By Sylvsnus Cobb, Jr
Tho False Diamonds. By Mrs Mary A. Dsnison.
Ashcroft Hall. By Emma Garrison J,nes
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1895-03-15

Long-Are you in favor OF a gold
basis?
Short-Silver is good enough for me.
Have you spare quarter?--Detroit FREQ
Press.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1895-03-15

1t is natural when farmers get tn II
wood up, ready to be sawed to want u
machine that will Beat the World. You
wood sawyers who are in want of such Il
machine will do well to call and examine
my st. Adams Drag and Circular Saw
Machine. nearly new.
JAMES M. TARBELL, Agent.
Londonderry, VT, Dec. 4, '94.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1895-03-15
MAKING WILLS.


Typewritten Testaments Are N It Held In
High Esteem by Lawyers.
Some comment has been caused In
legal circles by tho fact that the will Of
the late ] Hood Wright, disposing Of
aii estate of over So, 1000. 900, is type
written. Tho will occupies more than
ten pages of typewritten matter and is
loosely bound together by silk cord.
1t appears that the highest form of
legal practice in tho matter of wills Is
that these documents, no matter how
long. should all be written by hand.
This is not merely the survival of an old
form still adhered to in spite Of the
greater legibility of typewriting. The
opinion of lawyers who practice in the
surrogate's court and have to do with
the disposition Of great estates is that
tho writing of a will affords added pro-
lection against fraud
It IL s;,id that while it would be
comparatively easy matter TO initiate
typnwriting and introduce bogus sheet
somewhere In the body of the document
if it ram over several pages, yet that this
could not so easily 10 done when all tho
matter was written by hand. In tho lat
ter case hot only would tho handwriting
Of the genuine document have to DO imi
tated which imitation would in itself
be forgery and II crime, but tho ink and
paper would also have to DO initiated
There arc only Il few varieties Of type
writer paper; and tho Inks used oil type.
writors do not nuinbef more than doz.
en-.
J Hood Wright was an actIse EN-
her Of tho firm Of .Drexel. Morgan y Co.
and accustomed to large business trans
actions His counsel was one of the
best known firms of lawyers IN this city,
under whose advice. it is presumed, he
acted when drawing his will. At tho
same timo the files Of the surrogates
office show that tho will OF William II.
Vanderbilt, disposing of an estate of
over 5000, 600, 900, was typewriter, &C.
cupying many sheets of paper.
1t would undoubtedly be an added
protection against frauds in wills if
these documents, when on separate
Sheets could bo bound together and
sealed in such way that ono sheet could
not be removed and another substituted.
The law does not mako such provision,
however and wills Of all kinds have
been probated in this county. One will,
which was long curiosity in the sur
rogates office, was written in pencil on
the inside of II German primer. Another
will. which WAS probated recently in
this county. was between two sheets Of
glass, while many wills disposing of
large fortunes have been accepted, al
though written altogether in pencil.
1t is matter Of frequent occurrence
for wills to he offered for probate, many
of them leaving immense sums Of
money, where the testator did not know
how to sign his or her name and made
mark, or cross. That ''goes" be-
fore the surrogate just as well as the sig
nature which is signed with flourish,
providing the document is properly wit
messed and otherwise complies with the
requirements of the law.-New York
World
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1895-03-15
You've No Idea.

How nicely Hoods Sarsaparilla hits the
needs of the people who feel all tired out
or run down from any cause. 1t seems to
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so that all moves smoothly and work be-
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nervous, Hoods Sarsaparilla is just what
you need. Try it.
Hoods Pills cure liver ills, consti-
patton, billiousncss, jaundice, sick head
ache, Indigestion.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1895-03-15
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Mrs Mary J. Holmes, Charlotte NJ. Braeme, Mrs Ann
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People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1895-03-07
DEMOCRACY A MERE FICTION.
Grover q Mere Figure Head Of the
Money Power.

From Mrs. Digs Letter from Wash
ington.
The fiction Of self-government is re-
vealed in all its threadbareness at
Washington. There was never an alb
solute monarchy more governed by
men Of royal blood than are Americans
by plutocracy. And fat, stolid Grover
is plutocracy's plant tool. Whatsoever
the gold bugs desire of Grover that will
he do, and all in the name of ''the COZ
stitution."
If the tattered American sovereigns
cannot get glimpse Of the great Gro
yer, the next best thing is to see Lady
Frances or Princess Ruth. Then how
they do shout and rave. The sight
compensates for the fact that their own
wives and little ones haven't decent
clothes to go to church in, and no ex-
pectation of ever in their lives being
able to earn enough to enable them to
buy the humblest sort of a cottage
home.
God grant that grand old Abraham
Lincoln spoke truly when he said:
You can't fool all the people all the
time" for then there is some hope that
the next four years will teach the Am
erican sovereigns that their chief SER
want Grover is not theirs at all, but
merely the figure head of the money
power of Wall street and universal
gold buggery.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1895-03-07
Predictions for 1895.

1895 will be an exciting year. Poll
tically there will be much agitation
for human rights.
Many labor strikes.
Working peoples conditions will be
decidedly improved. Among capital
lists and the very rich there will be
great financial losses.
Unusual excitement and discord in
congress.
Two very influential men will be of
great benefit to the cause of labor.
Prison reform win make tangible
progress.
The death of a millionaire will cause
considerable excitement.
Three men in high position will die
by violence.
An unusual number of prominent
people will die.
President Cleveland and his daugh-
ter Ruth will suffer serious i'll health.
Queen Victoria will be very sick; re-
covery doubtful.
CommotiOn in foreign countries
Ireland, France, India and other lands.
Heavy storms on land and sea.
A wonderful year for science, inven-
ton and labor reform.-Light of
Truth.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1895-03-07
AN ALPENA MIRACLE.
MRS. JAS. M. TODD OF LONG RAJ
PIDS DISCARDS CRUTCHES.
Ia an Interview with a Reporter She
Reviews Her Experience and Tells tho
Real Cause OF the Miracle. ~


From Alpena, Michigan, Argus.
We have long known Mrs. Jas. NJ.
Todd Of Long Rapids, Alpena County,
Mich. She has been a sad cripple.
Many Of her friends know the story OF
her recovery, for the benefit of those
who do not we publish 1t to-day.
Eight years ago she was taken with
nervous prostIation, and in a few
months with muscular and inflamma-
tory rheumatism. II affected her
heart, then her head. Her feet be-
came so swollen she could wear moth
ing on them; her hands were drawn all
out Of shape. Her eyes were swollen
shut more than half the time, her knee
joints terribly swollen and for eighteen
months she had to be held up to be
dressed. One limb became entirely
helpless, and the skin was so dry and
cracked that il would bleed. During
these eight years she had been treated
by a score of physicians, and has also
spent much time at Ann Arbor under
best medical advice. All said her
trouble was brought on by hard work
and that medicine would not cure, and
that rest was the only thing which
would ease her. After going to live
with her daughter she became entirely
helpless and could not even raise her
arms TO cover Aerself at night. The
interesting paI of the story follows In
her own wC/Is:
Il was urged to try DR.. Williams
Pink Pills for Pale People and at last
did so. In three days after l COM
menced taking Pink Pills could sit I'D
and dress myself. and after using them
six weeks went home and commenced
working. l continued taking the pills,
until now begin TO forget my crutckes
and can so up and down steps without
aid. l am truly a living wonder.
Now, If l can say anything to in
duce those who have suffered as have
10 try Pink Pills, | shall gladly do so.
If other like sufferers will try Pink
Pills according to directions, they will
have reason 10 thank God for creating
men who are able TO conquer that ter
rible disease, rheumatism. l have in
my own neighborhood recommended
Pink Pills for the after effects Of Ia
grippe, and weak women with impure
blood, and with good results"
Mrs. Todd is very strong in her faith
In the curative powers Of Pink Pills,
and says they have brought a poor,
helpless cripple back to do her own
milking, churning, washing, sewing.
knitting and in fact about all Of her
household duties.
DR.. Williams Pink Pills contain all
the elements necessary to give new life
and richness to the blood and restore
shattered nerves. They are for sale by
all druggists. or may be had by mail
from DR.. Williams Medicine Company,
Schenectady, n. Y. for SOC per box, or
six boxes for $3.50.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1895-03-07
A Narrow Escape.

by the way some folks talks, said
Farmer Corntossel, discontentedly,
"ye'd think thet the life Of q farmer
wus nothin' but loafin'."
1T is certainly an independent ex-
istence."
"Yes; but it has its drawbacks.
An faint ez free from excitement an
danger ez some folks say It's"
Have you been having an adven-
ture?"
Il hev tibet same, an mighty clus
shave it was"
"How did it happen?"
81 driv load Of hay under trolley
wire. -