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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-05-14

Musical CIab Nssts and Prepares for -
Coming Year.

The f0!iozinz osIcers have beea sisc-
ted 20 serve for the ensuing year "a tbe
musical club: President. LrE. / y.
Clapp. Arst vice president. Afrs. =. ~
Beatley: sec1nd wee prsE1ea;. SIR
Y. 2. Cleveland Tec5rdlaE a~cre-a-T.
Mss Leida Nlir: financial recrs.srr.
MIS- Cyatnla Cleveland. t-sas1rer. ars-
J. L Dyer. lln-a-iaa. Mlss HaKe. 49,
Eistaat Librarian. Ms. I ~ Gu. dire
Tor q ths choral degzrtroent. Elss Jes-
ci@C7zrk. secretary. zfrE II q 3fcf-l ~ Z:
pianist, Mrs. = Higglnsca: 1-se a.
sistant. Elss Gertrude Caf50u-. seocz 4
assistant. Ms Helen isser. ciF~ctor =
the instrumental department. &rs. =
A E-yshe. ant secretary. 1ffzg Ern-r-z
Potts. TIE Instrumental c-.zrtzreas
has disban5s5 foT lie Sumner 5zTsug
gwen fhs last pghi.c - gram E5.ea
the year book 9ToTitsd. TIE eA0-ai c.
partmeat e nov e1Eaxet n Vrelarsnr
20 fhe aznual sz-nrser chorus couc~st
<Aleh vii take pace - Jay.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-05-14

F-eT Fres Panre - Pfrstea. Eaa =
yssstlEs sa res city, sa4 49, asss s ~
esEaf ~ Lss E1zyeT.z Awe 81 l.
sSz-GA
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-05-14
ITS PICTURE TAKEN
PHOTOGRAPHERS TAKE SNAP SHOTS
AT 4 CYCLONE.

Also, the Oklahoma Word-ArtIst Preserves
be Seen Below In Cold Linotype-How q
Cyclone Formed Near oklahoma City,
What shapes it Took, What Capers it
Cut, What Damage 1T Did and How it
Took Gigantic Leap and Disappeared
From on the Earth.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-05-14

Influences Affecting Values Rather Con-
nictins But in the slain Encouraging to
Holders-London Irregular for Ameri-
cans But Figuring on Purchases on This
Side-Burlingto1 Dividend Firms Up
the Railway List-Crop Reports En-
coaraginE-Tobaceost ezdied on Legal
Proceedings-Bonds
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-11-25
No Autographs Tor Her.

4 ccrt~il family whose home Is in
the suburbs Of London have IN their
employ a cook whose ways are invari-
ably so methodical and her cooking so
near perfection that were she 10 leave
her present home one-half of the mis-
tresses IN the district would be eager TO
secure her services. Never by any chance
has dinner been late at Myrtle Villa or
the Joint under or over done, neither has
any policeman crossed its threshold.
Bat, treasure that she Is, she came near
to making a change Of residence at the
close Of her very first mCnth's stay.
On the morning of the DAY upon which
her wages became due her mistress re-
Quested her to step into the study where
her master was waiting TO pay her In
q few moments she rushed from the
study to the kitchen, where she had
left her mistress, and in less time than
il takes to narrate had given that aston
ished lady notice.
But whatever is the matter, Mary:'
inquired her mistress. "What has your
master said or done TO annoy you:"
"He hasn't said nuthin, replied
Mary as she fourished a check in her
mistress face, but he's on'y given me
this fCT a months slavery. Not me. 1
amt no ortygraph collector, 1 amt -
Amusing Journal
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-11-25
A Newspaper Curiosity

Thomas Suith, Jr., who keeps n Sec
ondhand furniture store at 220 Center
street, has in his possession an old
newspaper which Is a real curiosity. 1t
is I26 years old and contains the first
cuts ever printed in newspaper. He
bought it at the receivers sale Of tie
estate of Joseph Low Mason, who was
once a police commissioner. The C1ri-
osity is inclosed in an unassaming
frame and covered by glass or both
sides, so as 10 permit Its being read
without handling. The heading Is:
Boston Gazette and Country Journal.
Monday, March IL, I77O"
OF the two leading articles one treats
of the Boston riots, and the other is an
appeal to all patriotic citizens to with
hold from purchasing goods of English
manufacture. The former is illustTated
with five Hrdely drawn collins, which
are supposed TO contain the bodies of the
first five heroes of American irdepend-
ence.
The paper is extremely valuable as a
relic, and it is SAID that the heirs Cf
Mr.. Mason have offered to buy it for
q large sum, but Smith refuses to part
with it-New York Tribune
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-11-25
Stands at g Eeaa.

August J. Bogel, the leading drug
gist Of Shreveport, La, says: 'Dr.
Kings New Discovery is the only
thing that cures my cough, and it IS
the best seller have" j. +. Camp
bell, merchant of Saffnrd, Ariz, writes:
''Dr. Kings New Discovery is MI
that is claimed for il; it never fails,
ana i sure cure for consumption,
coughs and colds. 1 can not say
enough for its merits" Or.
Kings New Disco er for c0nsunr
ton. coughs and e dds is not IN expe.
iment. Il has been uiei for . qaalter
Of a centur- and to-jas SANDS 1t lie
head. It never dissPr 1iHis. r. e
trisl bottles ii J. \. Savaers GtDs
store, Somerset, or at lT.ll.er'. dr.
store, Berlin.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-11-25
The Uscs of Tectorium.

Recently inquiries were sent out by
the state department to consular officers
in Europe asking for information con-
ce1ning the commercial product called
tectorium, which is described as fol-
lows:
Tectorium consists Of a galvanized
iron web covered with gelatinous sub
stance and is translucent but not trans
parent. 1t is described by manufac-
turer as substance that, first, can be
bent without being broken; second, is
both tough and flexible; third, is not
softened by the rays of the sun; fourth,
is nonsoluble; fifth, is not aIcctsd ~
severe cold; sixth, is bad conductor
of heat; seventh, Is well adapted for
roofs on account of its extreme light
ness; eighth, when exposed to the sun,
it loses its original yellowish color in
time and becomes harder and more dur
able; ninth, can be made, by a very
cheap process, TO initiate stained glass
III such manner that il cannot be dis
tinguished from the genuine article;
tenth, can be cut By shears, nailed to
wood and transported without danger;
eleventh, can be easily repaired in case
it is cut; twelfth, does not break, and
thirteenth, is well adapted for factory
windows and skylights for hothouses,
market halls, verandaS, transpor;able
buildings and for roofing.
The consuls state that it is sold in
small quantities in a few places, Int
that it is not known to the general pub
lie and as commercial product is still
an experiment.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-11-25
THE DIVINE NAME.
The InefabIe Word That Is Never Spoken
by Many Israelites-

The Inenable Word That Is Never Spoken
by Many Israelites-
The Rev. DR.. Wise, president Of the
Hebrew Union college at Cincinnati,
has given his view of the ancient Jew
ism rendering Of the name Of the Deity.
He says that the term Jehovah, " the
ineffable tetragrammaton, Is never pro-
nounced by many Israelites. They use
the word "Adonoi," which signifc5
"the Lord" The translators of the
Bible followed this custom, renderiI z
the word Jehovah" as Lord" In
ancient times the Pharisees replaced the
tetragrammaton by Shem. They used
"Shemo, " which is also Biblical, as
the sacred name, and this name is yet
retained, to some extent, among the
Jews. But it would appear from pas
sages in the Psalms that Adonoi, oI
Lord, for Jehovah was more ancient
even than the times of the Pharisees. II
thus occurs eight times in Psalm lxXxiv.
1t also appears in the book of Exodus,
where Jehovah" had been used III the
original Hebrew. This substitution
would seem 10 be older than any other,
and it Is yet common among all Jews.
DR.. Wise Gays he has found that the
ancient translations testify IL favor Of
"AGonoi =
Looking at the English translation Of
the Old Testament, it viii be fouuo
that the name Jehovah appears in the
books of Genesis, Exodus, Judges. the
Psalms and Isaiah. 1t is not in the New
Testament.-EewY York sun
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-11-25
BIG CALIFORNIA FORTUNES.
BaIf of Those Who Inherited Them Are
Pennilcss.

California has long had reputation
as the home of the bonanza king, and
recently issued document, based on the
records of the San Francisco probate
court. tells an interesting story Of the
contests and entanglements which have
massed about the last testament of many
famous millionaires and the final dispo-
sition Of the vast sums they left behind
them. The document gives the history
of 53 wills, disp0sing of $40, 0OO,0OO
About 400 heiIs divided that vast sum,
and today nearly half Of that number
are penniless again, and only few
have succeeded in adding to their IN
heritance.
The average number of persons pro-
vided for in each viii was ten. though
in number Of instances, the most not
able Of which was the case of Florence
Blvthe. the entire estates passed into
the hands Of single heirs. The compar-
atively small estate of Kate Johnson,
which was appraised at Si.250, 0Oo,
reached more heirs than any other, the
number on the list being %, while the
81. GOO. OOO Of Thomas Blythe went 10
the onechild, Florence, after a oelebrat-
ed trial. The estate of Maria Coleman
was valued at 81, 757, ,000, and 1t went
equally 20 three heirs. Charles Crock
er's SEQ, ,00O, 600 reached SIX persons,
while Mary Ann Cookers SIl, $50, Coz
went share and share alike 10 four Of
the six who got Charles Crocker's larger
fortune.
Peter Donahue's SS,70S, 3l2 went in
equal parts to three heirs. Mrs. Theresa
Fairs 81. .693, ESQ went to three persons
Charles /. Fair, Miss Virginia Fair
and Mrs. Herman Oelrichs-while Viii
liam P. Fuller distributed his Sl,771,-
262 to seven persons of has name.
Emanuel Goldstein's 81, 600, 600 went
to six heirs George HeaUst's IS, 7SS, l31
went IN equal parts to his wife and son,
while Walter S. Hobart's S5,213, 500
went in thirds to his three children
Walter Hobart, Miss Ella Hobart and
Mrs. Winthrop Lester. Mary Hopkins
$50, 694, 762 went to two persons. Rob-
eIt c. Johnson's Sl,9l0, 500 went to IL
/ persons in almost equal portions.
There are a few exceptions to the
general course Of estates, as in the case
OF Lick and stanford. The 5000, 600
Of the Lick estate went chiefly to one
heir and to q number of trusts Of a pub-
lie nature created before James Llck's :
death. Charles Mclaughlin left his
81, 476, 600 to his widow, while Aiexan-
der Montgomery 8, 500, S45 went TO
three heirs Daniel I. Murphy's So,
O4l.61 went to six heirs. William ;.
O'Brien's 50, Coo, $50 reached eight per-
Sons. James Phelan left an even mil
lion, which reached four persons in
shares and a number Of small bequests.
a. J. Pope's sI,660, goo reached four
heirs Washington Ryer LETT 81, 256, 39S
to 10 persons. Leland Stanfurd's $l1.-
GSS,3l9 went to four persons and the
trust for the university Field
and Farm.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-11-25
THIMGLES.
A ErIeS but Clear Description of How
They Are Manufactured.

A ErIeS but Clear Description OF How
They Are Manufactured.
The ,himble is a Dutch invention,
and the first one was made in 1884 by a
silversmith named Nicholas Van Bens-
cisoten. Originally it was called ''thunl-
bell, " because it was worn ON the thumb.
In making thimbles the gold and sill
yer ingots are rolled out into sheets Of
the desired thickness and cut by
stamp into circular pieces of any re-
guired size. These circular pieces are
bent into thimble shape by means Of
solid metal bar that is Of the same size
as the inside of the intended thimble.
This bar is moved by machinery up and
down in "a bottomless mold Of the out
side of the same thimble, and each tine
the bar descends it presses one Of the
circular pieces or disks into thimble
shape.
When the thimble is shaped, the next
work is to brighten, polish and decorate
ii. First, the blank thimble is fitted
with rapidly revolving rod. a slight
touch of sharp chisel cuts a very thin
shaving from the end of the thimbie,
q second cfisel does the same on .he
side, and third neatly rounds off tsP
rim. A round steel rod, well oiled. IS
held against the surface of the reyoiv-
ing thimble, and it is thus given n nice
polish. The inside is Frightened aGd
polished in similar manner, the thin.
BILE being held in a revolving mold.
Then delicate, revolving steci
wheel with raised, ornamental cGee
is pressed against the blank thin oie
and prints the ornament seen JAS exc
side the rim. Another steel wheel GOV
cred with sharp points makes t,ry in-
dentations all over the remaining blanb
surface of the thimble.
The last operation is to wash it thor
oughly in soapsuds, to brush it care-
fully, and it is ready for ny laCy's
workhasket Philadelphia Times.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-11-25
Worlds Oldest Family.

As result of recent investigation
it has been shown that the foundation
of the families of about a dozen of the
400 barons i'm the British House of
Lords dates back to 400, the earliest
being 1854. The oldest family of the
British Isles is the Mar family of scot
land, 1893. The Campbells OF Argyll
began in 1870. Tallyrand dates from
1893, Bismarck from 1910, the Gros-
venor family, the Dukes of Westminis-
ter, 1866. Tie Austrian house of Haps-
burg goes back to 952. AMI the mouse
of Bourbon to s64. The descendants Of
Mohammed, born $40, are all register
ed carefully, and authoritatively in a
book kept in Mecca by the chief Of the
family. Little or no Doubt exists Of
the absolute authenticity of the long
line of Mohammed's descendants.
In China there are many old fami-
lies; also among the Hebrews, ''but,"
says an authority, "there is one gentle
man to whom the rid must take T
its hat, rot as facile y. cps or primus
inter "'res, but ~ the great I'd only
nor Il Nikadc OF
JaTan." plac= = os, fIie,. bv
members o. his family for more than
2, } YEAR The present AIisa6o
the l22d ne. The first one ' rs
temp, p,.ary with Nebuchanezzar,
ooJ : before Chr. # the seven
great religions enumerated by NJ
Miller a pos assing Bibles, the Mika-
do family is older than five.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-11-25
Force of Habit.

IT was a quaint and singularly wise
remark by modern essayist that no
ones example Is as dangerous to us as
our own; for when we have done GER
tain thing once 1t is 80 much easier TO
do 1t again. II is the first step which
counts in evil as well "a in good.
The tendency of human nature TO
form habits, to run in grooves, Il one
of its most marked characteristics.
Fortunately for US it has its good side
as well as its bad side. IL we can only
too easily form habit of petulance, OF
ill-,emper, we can also, by trying, form
a habit of seIf-control, and each fresh
victory over ourselves is easier than the
first.
a habit of application j., IL would be
safe 20 say, of as much Importance 20
any great man as is his genius Not
that any amount of application can
make dull man brilliant; but that
without application brilliant man
might almost as well be dull as FAR -
anything he is likely to accomplish IS
concerned.
Perseverance is genius" several
great men have said, in slightly vary
ing phrase; but this is not true. Per-
severance is only the right hand Of
genius. Something is breathed into
man at his birth-a divine fire, a gift
Of The gOds-which makes great things
pos BE 20 him, while to his brother in
the next cradle they would be impossi-
ble for ever. But having received this
divine fire he must give it fuel. 1t is
the sign that he must work more, not
less, than his fellows; and so there is
no one thing so remarkable in the
history of almost all our great men "A
their habits of prodigiOus application.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-11-25
A CURIOUS OLD LADY.
Pa=simonious In Her Own Affairs, Yet Law
ish with Cibers

Ps=simonious In Her Own Affairs, Yet Law
ish with others.
When Henri Rochefort planned tn,
erection Of a workman's glass works al
Carmaux 10 help the glass workers, ht
received an anonymous gift Of 100. 00C
francs. The doECr VI as Nine Dimborrg,
who has since died at Bouloane, aged
-. She was a curious old lacy, wildly
generous, yet careful 70 miserliDess,
sending Eer gift TO the glass works
anonymously and then complaining
when her name was emitted from the
stone bearing list Of subscribers. She
lived In an unpretentious house, fur.
nished in the plainest fashion, bearded
up every scrap Of paIer and bit Of Tac
she found, We; helped all whose want
came to her ears. she sent eco froncs
here, 3,CC0 there, while her own sery-
ants could scarcely get enough 10 eat,
and their wages were extremely small.
The monoy fov the glass works was sent
IN \ small linen bag. comparatively
worthless, which no one thought Of re-
turning 10 her.
She sent servant to claim It, how
ever, and was greatly annoyed that it
had not been sent back. She was very
fond of cats, but even the feed of her
petswas measured cut with a niggardly
hand, and the youngest kitten had its
milk IN the cover of pomade pot that
II might not drink too much. During
her last illness she scolded the nurse for
rinsing a glass with filtered water.
FILTERED water wears out the filter.
You must be more economical. - Yet
this woman, so parsimonious in her
own concerns. lavished benefits on the
poor wherever she found them and
made p-inoely gifts cut Of life annuity
by 10 means large. - Philadelphia
Tines
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-11-25
Blamed the Climate.

He threw himself on the lounge and
exclaimed mournfully: al guess we'd
better sell out and move"
81 don't think So" was his wife's
emphatic reply. I'VE have made our
home and our friends are here, and
Pm sure there isn't n prettier city any
where.r
al don't like the climate"
Everybody else seems to think it's
as good a climate, take it the year
around, as is to be found in the whole
country
SIT doesn't agree with me. My
health's bad"
"It wasn't bad this moring. You
said you never were better"
That's the worst part of IL. It's one
of these mysterious things. / can't
say just what's the matter with lie,
aud yet know that feel terribly bad 4.
It's the gloomy uncertainty of it that
makes it dreadful Aud he gave a
suppressed groan.
"You don't pay enough attention to
your diet" she said with a quiet en-
phasis which oetrays thorough
knowledge of ones subject.
THAT simply shows that a woman
will jump at q conclusion. / didn't
eat any luncheon till . O'Clock, and
then L discovered that l felt "a littls
played out. knew that II diGn'teas
anything you'd say that was what
made me feel badly. So put my coat
right on and got a o.te or two iust 20
keep you from complaining"
"What did you eat?' his wife inquir-
ed suspiciously.
''I ate a caviar sandwich and drank
a glass of buttermilk."
Nothing else?"
''Yes. | didn't feel just right then,
so got piece u lemon-custa-d pie.
That didn't do mach good, so / bought
some pears at the fruit stand and ats
them. But they didn't help. I feIt
worse than ever. ! ~ Int maybe I
was overheated, so / went back to the
lunch room and got dish oi ice cream
and some angel cake, aud Just bef,
| started home | drank glass of OF
beer. But it was no use. L don't feel
right yet, and I've made up my nina
that if want to keep my health, the
only thing for me to do is to move out
and go to some place where the eli
mate agrees with me-"
His wife looked at him, but did not
try to argue. She merely called the
hired girl and sent her on an e-rand
to the drug store.-Detroit Free Press.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-11-25
Treating Dislooation With n Pulley and
Sfeam EnSine.


Probably as queer piece Of back
woods surgery as has been described. y
SAYS frequenter of the region, was
that performed by a Moosehead lake
suide known as old Sabattus 20 years
ago. The man was not an Iudian, as the
nickname implies, but a Yankee, one OF
those rough fellows formerly character
istic of that locality. This guide was
left on a lake steamboat at one Of the
far up landings while the engineer went
ashore with the company. y man named
Meservey came aboard and IN fOoilng
around the beat managed 10 tumble
down into the FIRE pit and put his shOul-
der out of joint.
Here was a dilemma. The other
members of the party would not be back
for half an hour, ard the injured man
was IN great pain. The guide was a man
Of expedients. he got a rope and tied
his patient securely TO post. Then he
tied another one around the man wrist
and bitched tie loose end Of il TO a pull
lev of the engine. He managed some
how to turn on steam, and the pulley
10 y A4AA4 NAAN ANl'e- - Nv ~
arm cut tight in beautiful shape and
presently the joint snapped back into
its socket. Then SabattuS jumped
around 10 shut of steam while the pUl-
ley kept on winding. Holy Noses,
gasped the guide excitedly, how does
it 90? I don't know where it IS. l can't
stop the blarkod thing And the pulley
meanwhile was slowly but surely pail
nag 1Leservsv 70 pieces. His eyes were
siiclIrg ,lt e their sockets, and he
screamed oad casped for breath.
"S2ba-tcs C3uced around like a wild
man, % au.aing what TO do, when he
hau1euel T. ~ hatchet lying near,
and, ir-, sir- for that, he cut the rope
and ss.ed e dreadful catastrophe. This
was done JEST As the party Of city folks
who had gone GshoIe came rushing back
on to the Ll@t alarmed at Aeservey's
screams. twas some years afterward, "
saws the narrator, that I was present
when q lot OF summer company arrived
at Greenville. Sabai-us was there, too,
and presently distinguished locking
man, one Of tine newcomers, went up 10
him and said with a meaning smile,
Are not yea the man that practices
surgery. by steamT and Sabattus had to
admit that he was that same feler. > "
Lewiston Journal
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-11-25

In sketch of Sir William Martin
Couw&y, tie great mountain climber
and explorer 90 the I.-u.a-syas. The
1rgliza Illustrated Magazine saws that
be hGs tie 'ounbeT's wGlk''-that IS,
= gentle roll of the body. with 10 un-
e4e2l steps, Bat swinging his legs with
rhythmic precision lie l. "a slim man,
but t5ugh, fo-l O. energy, 21d with iron
muscles Wien climbing TIC Lime layas,
lee spent s. G1vs C. snow ard acior.
Dcslr1 t,lt tire he iravorseG Il, a end
so eli the th1ee iauges5 known ..aciers
~ tie word uUts.Ce thc 80 , -gions
and la2Uec Cn tee summit g Pioneer
peak. 2S,oo0 icst h!@h, the creates;
he-ght Yet reaclcd by man. lie has a.
ready IraGc pla1s FOR another expedition
v1-l BE gets t2.z from STitzcercen and
hopcs 10 get -hroreh two CT even three
Eorc bsfo1e contesung . se4t IT. uarlia-
meni. IS lie intends to co at l.. ..l xt
general election.