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A Merry Game.

Shadow buff is right merry game, partakingA somewhat of the form of a shadowpantomine A threefold clothes horso is brought up from the laundry, ono about 5 feet high for preference. Across the three panels sheet is tight. ly stretched. and little lady who is to play tho part of Milo. Buff is seated in front of the screen at n distance of few feet. As the back 2 couple Of candles are placed about 8 inches from tho frame.
 The various performers then pass be- hind the screen, disgusting thelnselvea py dress and gesture as much aa possi- ble, and it is tho dnty of Mlla. Buff to guess tho correct name
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ing, vamlshes and special fluids for tax. Ing stains out of satin shoes and ina skins of which house ties are made. Down in ono corner is coi1ed a small rope, loosely woven of every type, color and naterial of laeos q box of assorted buttons, spools of silk and waxed shoe threads, and cobblor noodle, thimble aud scissors, but tho lower tray con taina tho articles of particular interest
 Firat a case lats ont and unrolls, to display gloaming array of silver han died steel instruments, cunningly con trived for every sort of amateur surgical treatment well cared for foot might need --delieate, long handled scissors, files, nippors, kuiges, beveling sandpa- per and what not. Out with the case comes small easel mirror meant, when one treats ones own ten toes, to rest on tho floor and reveal points diffi- cult to see otherwise without great gynanastic efforts
 Besides the instruments are cases of foot soaps, aalves, soothing plasters, box and down puff holding taloum pow der. and not leaat, though last, m array of supports and handages for the neal ing of an injured foot or the helping of one disfgured by many years use of i'll fitting shoes
 Now tho way to derive genuine bene- fis from foot box is to use it every day, aad the result will be not only addi- tional beauty of person. but physical comfort. Evefy morning the foot ought to be slipped In basin of warm suds, dried with crash towel and thon, after the soles have a bit of cold cream or listerine rubbed into thom and the nails manioured, lightly use q puff full of violet talcum powder. At night very nearly the same process ought to be re- peated, and then, if the feet have been really driven out of shape by two small. shoft or pointed shoes. take hint from the contents of the bottom tray of tho foot box and put them in corrective bandages for tho hours in he'd. --Milli- cent Arrowpoint in Chicago Record
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caps Are Resurnine.

Elderly ladies arc slowly and perhaps reluctantly, but surely, returning to the dainty little cap headdresses that wero once so uniform and becoming. Many of tho leading milIiners have pretty lit tle cap headdresses, mostly in lace and mostly with shade of petunia, which ranges from peach to plum and is d. ways 50 becoming against gray hair or any complexion. And little girls--not tho babies. but tho toddlers--are taking to close fitting lace caps tied under their chins.
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OCT ag1 fs1w mY LaDY.
'lae Of the f1atest Toilet Acoessories Is
 Tor Garo nf fha EAAf

aAe sa the f4test zoilet Accessories Is
 For Care of the rect
 4he latest addition to the smart wom. ans belongings is her foot box. This. Ike the perfect manicure case. is of American eontriyance, and ia one of the gifts brides of this season usnalIv ye. Hea1e- rom their mothers To all ap- pearanoes tho foot hox is much like large English dispatch box, only made q leather, and most elegant affair @oere the brides mother is rich and ;n- dulgent. It's stout trunk shaned frana on the outside is mounted in polished yellow pigskin, bearing silver initial disk on the lid, silver hinges. locks and re-enferoements about thegcorners.
 Within tho lining is done in a tina quality of brown French kid. and a woman not initiated in the revived art of caring for her feet would be puzzled at first to know just what to do with tho amazing array of dainty articles disclosed to view Looking to the fine well being of tho foot is a custom TO. yiqod from the time of sandaled Greeks and Romans
 They rightly required that these ex-
  tsemities should be not only correct in shape and without corns or big joints, hut plump, white. with rosy soles, gleaming nails, and altogether as invit- ing members to touch and show as arc the best kept hands. Since the rational round toed shoes and flat heels have come into fashion again the foot is to got it's ancient due of attention. and she who owns foot box puts its contents 10 usa oiioe or twice every day.
 tnsido ths lid she finds, slipped under straps, an ivory horn, couple of big hooks and q little ono, to button fragile evening slippers with, and then the in- terior body of tho box is divided up into a aories of trays. Everything her feet or shoes could need are contained here. First complete set of ebony backed bgnshes for removing dust, putting on lacquer aud blaeking polish, and sorue of hem in the form Of flannel or cham ois covered finishers
 into appropriate nooks fit series of glass boxes. to hold tho various pomades for treating French kid, calfslxin and ino Russia ioather slippers. and tsaese arc accompanied by TOW of silver ttp- ped crystal bottles. full of liquid drafN-
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omciala wlthout an omee.

The queens watermen arc officialA without an office. A waterman without barge must be something like an editor without paper But we must not for. get this difference. that while ono fat tens on the indulgence of tho nation the other would starye. There are alto gether S6 of this admirable body of dc nothings. For performing their task ad- mirabiy they receive 2 solatinm of about e5 year. Exchange.
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Sheriff Triplett wants 1t distinctly understood that on election day he will accept no long tax lists for set tlement, and have the hands Of his deputies tied up as in years past on that day. On that day many people desire to pay their personal and poll taxes. and these will be give prefer ence over large tax lists.
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c2 Ksna If 1s.as,..es-.

Bystander-W Wasn't that pretty stiff price you asked that man for those shoes?
 Storekeeper = Yes; that's business. They're not good for anything, so of course he won't come again. Therefore we might as well get as much as we can out of him. Boston Transcript.
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The sporting fraternity all over the United States got the "hCt end' of the prize fight yesterday. Corbett was a great favorite with them and they placed their money on him free ly at big odds.
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MT. L. Kratzmeier, the manufac- turer of the celebrated Bluff City" cigar, and q number of other excel lent brands, has returned from a business trip to Stuttgart.
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As result of the great prize fight at Carson, Nev., yesterday, laundry tickets of one of Pine Bluffs first class laundries, were slightly below par yesterday afternoon.
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The Funston Marble Company has the contract for gnificent. .monu ment to commemorate the deceased fife of Dr. J. H. Scales, of Pine Bluff. Arkansas Democrat.
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The Grand Jury, on account of the heavy rains and overflOwed creeks and bayous, in this county, is hay ing much trouble in getting wit nesses before it.
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AlI seasons Tor Its own.

Ice is an awfully ruinous thing, # sighed Gholly. 'tIn winter whole towns are bankrupted by ice gorges. and in the summer the young men are bank rupted by ice cream gorges. "-Chicago Tribune
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A Lascerated Hand.

This morning, while atswork in the Pine Bluff Wood and Cabinet Works, Duck Holt, boy about II years of age, got his right hand badly cut. in mnchine
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.syYhat,s In a Name9,

The Swiss name for mistletoe ia don nerbesen--thunder besom-and, when suspended from the rafters, is believed to protect the house from fire.
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J.E. Dodge, represtntativeo the St. Louis Republic, is here in the in- terest of that most excellent paper.
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Miss Eulalie Benton returned home this morning after a visit to friends at Sherrill.
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Every man will find his owi private affairs more difficult to manage and control thar any public affairs in which he may be engaged. Lord Melbourue
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The dance, which was to nave taken place at the Bluff City Club Hall last, night, was postponed until Thursday night.
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Miss Estelle Triplett, who has been confined to her bed for the past week, is reported to be some better today.
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Miss Blaneh Altheimer returned home this morning, after q visit to friends in Little Rock
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Mrs. J r. Quttlebaum, of Sherrill, who SO successfully staged and snperintended the beautiful drama, Fruits of His Folly" at that place some time ago, is in the city today visiting friends.
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Mr. ]. G. W. Powell, the Little Rock life insurance man, came down from the Capital this morning.
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Mr. John Sennett is up from Cornerstone today, and yesterday was mingling in the social circles of our town.
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The charming Miss Ollie o'Kieff came over from Shefrill this morning to spend the day with Pine Bluff friends.
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Mrs. J. M. Barrett, of sherrill, is in the city visiting relatives and friends.
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Theaqnarium of gold fish in the show window at the Anderson Meyer drug store, attracts much at- tention.
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J. s. Mcdonnell, of Altheimer, is in the city today.
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Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Quattlebaum, of Sherrill. arrived here this morning on the Altheimer train.
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Mir. Jules Hellums, Of Grady, is in the city interviewing our business men.
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Miss Edna Tucker. a belle of Tuck CT, is in the city this morning on a visit to relatives and friends.
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Mr. Isaac Dreyfus is confined to his home on account of illnesss.
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Col. J. N. smithee, editor of the Arkansas Gazette, is q distinguished visitor today.
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Mir E. P. Ladd, of sherril, is q visitor tuday.
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MT. Ed. Williams, of Bankhead, came in on on the Altheimer train this morning.
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Miss Trip Lindsay is suffering with a severe cold.
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Bradford < Knox have erected a handsome new awning in front of their place of business.
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Mir. ]. A. Walker, we'll known citizen of Pulaski county. is here on a visit.
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Miss George Triplett is reported to be on the sick list today.
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Brokers and commission men say that for the past week the demand for feed stuffs has been unusually light.
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Mr. Harry Angel, the genial St. Louis drummer, arrived in Pine Bluff from Little Rock this morning.
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Mir. r. II. Head returned home this morning after a business trip to the State Capital
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J L. Clemmons, of Swan Lake, is registered at the Trulock.
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Mir. John T. Boyle, Jr, of the Adams & Boyle insurance agency of Little Rock, is in the city.
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Mir. John c. Harrison, of Fayette. vile. is here on visit to his parents, Judge and Mrs. Wm. NJ. Harrison.
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Go to A. J. Mitchell for your news papers, periodicals and magazines.
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Attorney J. G. Taylor left for Riyes on business trip this morning.
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The Elks did not re-organize last night.
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A full dress german will be given by the Bluff City Club tonight.
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Mir. Jesse D. Bush, of Dexter, is a visitor today.
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Mir. Benton Funnah, a prominent citizen of Little Rock, is q Pine Bluff visitor today.
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Mr. George F. Burchard is calling on his Pine Bluff friends and custom CTS today.
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J. B. Lewis, of Sulphur Springs, is here on business visit.
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Net moro than one criminal in a thousand sertenced for life, or 99 years, by the courts of the United States serves more than 20 years.
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Joe L Altschul came down from Little Rock this morning.
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D M. McGin, a well known business man of Camden, is in the city today.
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Considerable money changed hands in Pine Bluff over the prize fight
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J. D. Crockett, Of Cornerstone, is in the city.
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J. A. Bain, of Redfeld, is in the
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Baltimore svomon's College.

Whenever a man offers you pay 1o7 your vote, he insults your manhood.
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D. McReynolds. of Helena, is at the Trulock.
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From Wednesday s Daily3
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c. VOSS x BRO,
 Pine RIuff. Ark.

PRICES lb. cans. S12,50; s250. S1,25 and 5Oe a package, Largest are Cheapest Mail orders receive prompt attention.
 end stamp for "Hogology, a 94 page paper on swine. tMention this paperJ Jos HAAS. V. S.. Indianapolis. Ind 6m wit
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LFrom Thursdays DaiIyl

D. McReynolds. of Helena, is at the Trulock.
 LA. Bain, of Reddeld, is in the 'city today
 J. L. Clemmons, of Swan Lake. is registered at the Trulock.
 Go to A. J. Mitchell for your news papers, periodicals and magazines.
 df
 J.D. Crockett, Of Cornerstone, is in the city.
 Joe I. Altschul came down from Little Rock this morning.
 A full dress german will be given by the Bluff City Club tonight.
 J. B. Lewis, of Sulphur Springs, is here on business visit.
 D M. McGill, a well known business man of Camden, is in the city today. Considerable money changed hands ill Pine Bluff over the prize fight.
 Mr. Harry Angell, the genial St. Louis drummer, arrived in Pine Bluff from Little Rock this morning. Mr. r. II. Head returned home this morning after business trip to the State Capital
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-11-10
A snllnItor of Pntents.

Miss Edith J. Griswold of New York
city is a solicitor of patents, and she
carries ON her business in a room On the
fifteenth f1oor Of one of the big down
town office buildings Although Miss
Griswold is youthful in appearance she
has been IL her present business for IL
years. After being graduated from the
Normal college in 1888 she took spe-
cial course in mathematics and patent
office drawing. taught mathematics for a
year and studied patent soliciting. Since
she started out in business for herself
she has been very successful. Miss Girls
void not only obtains patents for people
all over the United States and in for
eign countries, but gives opinions on
patents and trademarks, and in what
leisure she secures is studying law, with
the intention of passing the New York
bar examination. With all her work
Miss Griswold finds plenty of time fol
exercise. She rides wheel, is a fine
swimmer and practices several otheI
branches of athletics.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-11-10
A cynie,s suggestion.

Here is an ingenious plan of French
writer ON hygiene TO persuade women
TO adopt loose fitting and therefore
healthier garments: "As long as small
waist is considered elegant and modish
women will lace, /" says this cid cynic
VERY young girls especially are al
most impossible to control in this re-
spect / see only one way 10 effect a
remedy Let ii be decreed that between
the ages q 10 and % floating but be-
coming garment shall be worn that viii
be like the Greek dress, beautiful, but
so adapted as to allow the growing body
20 develop without restraint in the
healthful way nature intended The
very young girls will hasten to adopt
this costume, because they always wish
to attain the dignity Of womanhood
They viii hesitate to quit ii, because it
viii be an avowal Of their age, and un-
til they are 80, at least, they will not
be ready to confess to 25, by which
time they will have found the untram-
meled garment so comfortable that they
could not be persuaded TO relinquisb
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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-11-10

Thers are some points Of difference in
the yaaking of the skirts th;s season.
To begin with, they are narrower. Very
rarely is an exaggeratedly wide skirt
seen, and then il is one that is cut in
Cne piece, circular style only to be
attempted by some genius in skirt
hanging, fewer gores-never more than
five-the front and side breadths much
straighteT, still tight fitting over the
hips and all fullness well 10 she back,
where it is laid in small box piaits
There is still used a narrow facing Of
haircloth. and a stiff rufiied petticoat is
necessary as ever 10 keep the dress skirt
from falling in around the feet. Sleeves
are small 70 the shoulder. In tailor
gowns they are very pretty-a much
modified coat sleeve, with just a little
fullness at the top Almost all skirts
are trimmed or made of some figured
material that gives the effect Of trim
ming. Braid is now sewed on at both
sides, instead Of only ore, like lasilwin-
ter, aud the narrow is preferred Is the
wide unless when the wide braids and
very narrow soutache are combined.
Street gowns are short, to clear the
ground; house gowns are all long, while
dinner gowns etc, are made with
trains For street wear dark ,Solors will
be the most fashionable, but for reoep-
tions aud the house all the light colors
are in style. both for old aud young.
Buttons, buckles and brilliant trim
mings viii be greatly used. while lace,
both black and white, viii continue to
be worn with every possible style Of
gown. Harper Bazar.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-11-10

An Old san Dial.

An interesting story Is told Of an old
sundial in Pennsylvania which is worth
repeating In the first part of the last
century an honest Irish enigrant named
Porter settled near Philadelphia Among
his sons was one named Andrew, whom
he tried to make into farmer and then,
like his brothers. carpenter. But An
drew would have nothing 70 do with the
plow or the plane. he hid in corners,
poring over some mathematical books
that had come into his possession.
One day he found the design Of a sun
dial in one of them and resolved TO
make one He walked eight miles to
soapstone quarry, found a slab and car
ried it home on his back. Full of zeal,
he went to his brothers shop and used
their saws and chisels in his work
When they came home in the evening.
the dial was finished, Andrew was fri-
umphant, but every tool In the shop
was nearly or quite ruined. They drove
him into the street in fury of anger
and contempt
was an idle good for nothing, who
would never fully earn his bread, bade
him go and. fit himself for schoolteach-
ing, that he called the lazy mans
work
Andrew gave himself to hard study
for the summer and then went to the
astronomer David Rittenhouse and asked
him TO lend him a book on comic sec
tons
s'How long have you studied mathe-
matics?'' demanded the great man
Three months y
"And what do you know of comic sec
tions?" Rittenhouss rejoined, with
whitening contempt.
But after asking the boy few ques-
tions he not only lent him the book, but
advised him not to waste his time in
the country, but to 60 to Philadelphia
and open a mathematical school
This poor farm boy was afterward
General Andrew Porter, an officer in
the war of the revolution and an au-
thority on mathematical science in the
young republic.
There are plenty of farm boys now
who dislike farm work 1t wouldn't { be
wise TO infer that because OF this indo-
lent disposition they are Andrew Porters
in embryo An easy basis for Judgment
is to note the use they make of their
idle time Do they give it to comic sec
tions or to baseball?-Youth' S Compan-
ion
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-11-10
Autumn shades.

All the warm, soft shades of red and
brown and yellow are worn this au-
tumn. The old fashioned wallfower. if
it were still in bloom, would be quite
correctly garbed as far as colors go,
and the sunfiower, violet and peony
would not be very far behind the fash
ion All shades of rosy pink. from del
icate anemone to watermelon tint, are
in demand by the makers of evening
gowns and by the trimmers Of smart
little bonnets for evening wear or for
calling
Golden. reddish and russet browns
are sseTtl for the elaborately trimmed
streesas5wns and for smooth cloth coats
Puppies in wonderful shades of iris
and orchid and ''fieur de Russie'' are
cen in ribbons, in dress goods and in
velvet Blues in half a dozen more
shades than are worn usually are shown
for cloth suits--New York Commercial
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-11-10

The recen. sudden death OF Mary
KYLE Dallas of New York was shock
and sorrow 20 Q host Of friends and
admirers. For many years she was q
contributor TO the New York Ledger
at a large sllary. and also wrote short
stories for Lippsncott- Latterly her work
has been seen in the daily papers, and
her essays on women for the American
Press Association commanded wide at
tenfion- Mrs Dallas was member OF
Sorosis. the first vice president Of the
Woman's Press club and prominent
member Of the Hidden Hand club,
whose purpose is 20 expose the fake ad-
vertisenents which prove snare and q
delusion TO 1nsuspecting women Mrs
Dallas was tall. with beautiful. aris-
tocratie face and stately bearing, while
her manner was 50 gracious and her
acts so kindly that she endeared herself
to all who knew her She was so years
of age and began 70 write at the age OF
s, when she composed a play that was
produced in her fathers kitchen In
1883 she estimated that she had written
and sold at least 5000 stories and as
many sketches Boston Woman's Jour
r,al
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-11-10

There is one class of laborers, say:
The Wonnans Journal, which never
strikes and seldom complains They get
up at O'Clock in tho morning and new
er 20 20 bed until 10 or IL O'Clock al
night They work without ceasing dur
ing the whole of that time and receive
no other emolument than food and
clothing. They understand something
of every branch Of economy and labor,
from finance to cooking. Though harass.
ed by 100 responsibilities though driv.
en- and worried. though reproachcd AID
looked down upon, they never revolt,
and they cannot organize for their own
protection. Not even sickness relieves
them from their post. No sacrifice is
deemed too great for them to make, and
no incompetency in any branch Of their
work is excused. No essays or poems
are written in tribute to their steadfast-
ness They die in the harness and are
supplanted as quickly as may be These
are the housekeeping wives Of the la
boring men