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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-08-25
Some vaocination statistics.

Lord Lister, on rising to move the sec
ond resolution at meeting in honor OF
Edward Jenner, said that he would, in
the first place, correct a mistake into
which he had inadvertently fallen in
his address to the British association.
He had said in error that owing to the
compulsory revaccination of recruits
smallpox was unknown in the huge
German army. A great parade had been
made of correcting this statement. If he
had said that fatal smallpox was un-
known in the German army it would
have been the literal truth. In the pc
riod from 1915 10 1867 the only
death from smallpox among German
soldiers was that of man who was
shown not TO have been properly vac
cinated. In 1867 there were seven
cases of smallpox, in 1856 four cases,
and as these occurred among force of
344 900 men, and as the figures Of other
years We're similar, it might be said
that though he had fallen into error it
was not a serious error.
He then proceeded to analyze some of
the statistics quoted against otner Cd
servations he had made in his address
to the British association and show that
after 1884. when revaccination of re-
cruits was rendered compulsory, there
had been a remarkable and rapid de-
cline in the number of deaths from
smallpox in the German army; that even
during the Franco Prussian war, when
the reservists, III some of whom the pro
lection afforded by vaccination might
well be supposed in some cases TO have
worn itself out, were called out, though
there was an increase in the mortality
from smallpox, it was slight, almost in
significant as compared with the raw
ages the disease committed in the
French army, in which revaccination
was not compulsory.-British Medical
Journal
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-08-25

Microbe free oysters, even if we could
get them, are not 10 be desired, accord
ing to a report by Professor W. a.
Herdman Of University college, Liver
pool. Our milk, our bread and cheese,
cur ham sandwiches and other kinds of
food are teeming with germs, most of
them harmless so far as we know, but
some Of them may be just as bad as any
that can be in shellfish. If we were to
insist on breathing filtered air and eat
ing nothing but sterile food, washed
down with antiseptic drinks, we should
probably die of starvation or something
worse. While deprecating extreme
measures by sanitary reformers. howey-
or, Professor Herdman recommends in
spection of shellfish grounds, TO insure
their practical freedom from sewage.
He would also have oysters kept alive
in running water for short time. as
experiments show that the living ami
NAL in clean water soon gets rid of any
disease germs with which it may be in
fected.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-08-25
Insect Intelligence.

''Flies are purity bad" says the man
from Potato Creek.
"They amt nothin' to what seen
'em down in Niggerauger, said the
man with the ginger beard. "Wire
screens didn't do no good at all"
"Pve stood heap of your lies" said
the grocer, waking up, "but when you
tell me wire screens won't keep out
flies, it is too durn much"
"Wire screens would keep out the
pore demented things that tries to get
livin' out Of the stuff in this here
secondhand goods an Goldfish empor-
ium, don't doubt" said the man
with the ginger beard. ''but not the
Niggerauger flies. When put up my
screens they seemed kinder puzzled
an settled"
al wish some folks I know would
settle"' said the grocer.
"And settled on-settled on that
there screen in clouds"
"An got so thick they plum broke
the wires"
"No; they didn't get so thick they
broke the wires. They held some sort
o. convention, an had lot of fly talk
an purity soon they ali flew away to the
woods an come back with-what do
you suppose they come back with?D
"With an axe?" asked the man from
Potato Creek.
10. They came back with a
swarm of these here giant pinchin'
bugs that do abound in that country.
an set them bugs 10 work an had
them wires cut out'n the frames in less
time than 1t would take ole Skinfiint
there 10 get his hand on the scale if ole
blind Uncle Billy Boggs come in to get
two pounds Of eofiee."-Indianapolis
Journal.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-08-25
Merely Expletive.

Representative Fitzpatrick Of Ken
tpckv tells the following story:
John II. Hazelrigg was a lawyer
and editor in my section Of Kentucky.
He was a genius, paet. student and
an orator. lie was what Tom Marshall
would have been had that wonderful
man been q mountaineer. One day he
was making an alignment before a jury
in a common law case and was drawing
a parallel between the party 10 the suit
On the opposite side and one of Dickens
immortal laiscreants Always emphat-
ic and always wrapped up IN his eli
eut's cause, he was more than usually
so on this occasion. IL so happened that
be forgot the name of the character out
of Dickens he proposed TO cite, and
turning TO his associate, very young
LAWYER. he asked in voice of thunder.
What was the name of that - scoun-
drel who broke old Dombeyg A roar
went up frUm the bar and from the au-
ditorium. Even the judge smiled when
ne commanded order.
'Hazelrigg turned to him and made
most eloquent and ingenious apology.
something like this: Your honor, fire.
duently use strong anguage-stronger
than ought 10 employ-but your hon
or viii acquit me of profanity. When
invoke an cxpletive. do it as a matter
of emphasis only, never i'll the sense of
irreverence or blasphemy. If may be
pardoned for the immodesty of connect
ing myself in the slightest particular
with Lord Chancellor Thurlow, would
cite your honor to the occasion when,
in denying petition of committee
of dissenting clergymen, he said, Get
your religion established and l
will be for it. He did not mean TO be
disrespectful or irreverent, only en-
phatic. The committee so understood
him, and ] hope your honor so under
stands me- The judge smiled and took
him at his word. +"
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-08-25

Gustave Dore died at 80. From tho
age Of 90 10 35 be moved in round of
brilliant triumph, and thence 10 the end
down the hill Of disappointment He
cared no longer for designing, and the
art critic did not care for his big pic
lures. He died too soon 10 read the D0re
gallery prospectus, which filed the pa
pers some years ago. Dore spoke Eng
lish indifferently, although he was al
ways meaning to learn Il klanguage.
He liked Britons ami their ways, but
not their dinner parties. at is the din
ner parties that kill me, - be said once.
"How long and how stupid they are"
Dore was one of the race of marvellous
boys, for at the age of 4 he painted
grand hattie piece which, we are told,
displayed "Ere and force and move
ment" At * his father took him to
Paris for his holidays When Gustave
SAW the gay city, he at once said, This
is the place for mc.'' But how was it
to be done; Only by taking his future
into his own hands.
He made l2 comic drawings Of the
labors of Hercules and took them to the
editor Of the Journal Pour Rire. The
editor glanced at them and at once Of
fered the boy a salary of 81, 600 year
On the paper. His father returned home
alone. He then did what many other
ertists would do If their oculists would
permit them-be painted by sunlight
and worked for publishers by gaslight.
a proud and precocious genius, his i'm
agination brimming over with good
things, he could not be bothered with
academic routine, so he entered himself
at no school of art, but made a rush for
the goal with sneer at the trouble OF
training. His illustrations made a book
run through countless editions and
saved at least one publisher from ruin.
He painted number of popular pic
lures, he became the rage, and then he
died. New York Ledger.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-08-25
All Around the Farm.
From the Philadelphia Record.

From the Philadelphia Record.
The old queen goes with the first
swarm and a young queen with each
after-swarm.
BY all means try to pasture TO some
extent all summer, introducing part
soiling with second growth clover,
feeding some grain, aud, later on, sweet
corn, that the flow of milk may he
maintained.
An old sheep keeper says that good
fat sheep never lose their wool. Wool
is lost through lice, ticks or scab, due 10
a mite, and none of these beasts can en-
dure fat. Poor sheep are always their
feeding ground.
If the losses to manure could be rep
resented in figures the result would be
startling. One-half the farmers and
gardeners practice the old-time custom
of heaping manure in barnyards, al
lowing its strength to leach away in
coffee-colored streams after every rain
fall.
The smaller kinds of celery, If quick
ly grown, have a sweet, nutty flavor
that makes them superior TO the giant
varieties that once were most in de-
mand. There are places where the
biggest punches still sell the best, but
to customers who are used to celery
the dwarf varieties that are known TO
be superior in flavor have the prefer
erence.
New Zealand is found to be a remark
able favorable country for apple raising.
So successfully is this fruit grown in
that far-off region of the world that it
can be sent to the chief European
markets with profit, and it is said they
promise to be powerful competitor with
Canada and the United States.
Fine butter has its origin further
back than the churn. The quality
which most affects the price is the fla
vor. Unless this is beyond criticism
there can be no expectation of gilt
edge price. The flavor of the butter
depends upon the milk, and the flavor
of the milk upon the food, the health
and surroundings of the cows.
Midsummer is the best season for
thinning all the larger fruits. Just
before the seed begins to form nature
does good deal of this thinning, and
it is perhaps as well to wait until all
the fruit that will naturally fall has
fallen. Then pick off the surplus fruit
wherever it seems to be superintendent.
In most cases this thinning does not
decrease the amount of fruit because it
so largely increases the size of individ-
ual specimens 1t is the best fruit that
always pays best That always means
fruit that has been judieiously thin
ned.
Mrs. Graham, of Indiana, writes that
she has the best success with gooscber-
ries that are not cultivated. My eX-
perience is much the same. use hard
and soft ashes and cinders rs a mulch,
and find that the bushes treat in this
way are in every respect superior to
those not treated with the cinders.
shall treat all my bushes, both currant
and gooseberry, in this manner as fast
as can get the cinders.-W. B. Hall,
in Green's Fruit-Grower.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-08-25
Useful Hints.
from the ph,laae,p,,l, H.,e,r,

From the PhlIadeiphla Record
The cellar should be kept as clean
and dry and well ventilated as any
other part Of the house.
The air which IS breathed in The first
and second stories Of house l. In no
small degree composed of the atnos-
phere Of the cellar.
Cleanliness, fresh air aud sunshine
are the best purifiers and disinfectants
OF our houses.
The location size and ventilation of
bedrooms is of far greater importance
than OF the other rooms of house.
In fact, no one can maintain a high
standard of health unless he breathes
uucontaminated air into the lungs,
whether awake or asleep.
Only in the middle of oppressive
summer days should the fullest day
light he shut out of our living rooms.
And before doing so, even then a cur
rent of fresh air aud the full rays of the
sun should permeate to the furthest
corner of every room.
If the kitchen has constant venti-
ton put the shade fixtures four inches
below the top of the sash. This allows
the shade TO be lowered without prevent
ing the escape of heated and impure
air.
Large newspapers are better than
heavy woolen blankets for excluding
the air from ice, or pitcher of ice
water.
Avoid the risk of adding ice to drink
ing water by constantly keeping glass
fruit jars filled with water in the ice
chest.
Add two or three tablespoonfuls of
kerosene to the water in which paint
ed or stained floors are washed. IL
will drive away flies as well as give
fine polish.
If clothes closet is infested with
carpet bugs, humor their preference
for bright-colored woolen by keeping
pieces of red flannel ON the floor; ex-
anime and slaughter once week,
and your clothing is comparatively
safe.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-08-25
An Easy Thing.
From the san Francisco Post.

From the san Francisco Post.
An uncouth old ranger from the San
Joaquin Valley was making his weekly
trip to Stockton the other day, and
chanced to be sitting with an imperti-
nent drummer in the smoking car.
The old man helped himself to the
matches from the railroad box and
tried to strike one and then another
"Oh, guess kin strike match, :"
replied the rancher, as he ripped one
across vanished panel of the car
and broke Off the head. The drummer
laughed at his failure and gave him
some more information.
''The only way to light those matches
is to strike them on the box" said he.
''Oh, guess kin scratch em most
anywheres," and the old man tried one
on the sole of his shoe, another on the
arm of the seat, and still another on
the ear floor, while the drummer only
laughed.
az tell you they are made so that
they won't light unless you scratch
them on the box"
''Bet you they will"
"I'll bet 81 they won't"
"Bet you $50 they will"
''I'll take it."
The wager was made, the old man
took one Of the matches, stood up, and,
hitehing his trousers up so as 10 make
smooth surface over his broad thigh,
gave the match deliberate scratch
and it blazed up. Then he deliberately
lighted his pipe and drew down the
stakes.
The smart drummer does not know
that the innocent old rancher pays his
expenses every trip on that trick, for
he has the side of match box sewed
in his trousers beneath the tail of his
long, shiny coat
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-08-25

By breaking open rotten logs one can
end in midwinter the grubs or Larvae Of
many of the wood boring beetles, and
beneath logs and stones near the mar
gins Of pounds and brooks hordes of the
maggots or larvae of certain kinds of
flies may often be found huddled togeth-
CT ia great masses. The Larvae of few
butterflies also live over winter beneath
chips or punches of leaves near the roots
of their food plant, or in webs of their
own construction, which are woven ON
the stems close TO the buds, whose ex-
panding leaves will furnish them their
first meal in spring. New York Com
mercial
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-08-25
The sergeant's Answer.

'At one period" writes General
Adye in his Recollections of Mill
tary Life, :" Z" there was a considerable
dearth of recruits for the artillery
partly due TO regulations as to the
height and dimensions of the men en-
listed Meeting an old recruiting SER
geant one day, l inquired if be had
been successful, but he was by no means
sanguine, and on my pressing him for
the reason of his comparative failure he
replied. Beg your pardon, sir, but the
Almighty doesn't make the mon the
shape you order 'em.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-08-25
Rebellious Memory.

Totsie accidentally discovered doll
that her mother had concealed in a
trunk in readiness for the little Iady's
birthday. The following day at dinner
she remarked: 'rm trying 50 hard TO
forget something / want to remember
that don't feel very hungry. Judge.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-08-25

The other day q ragged rewsboy went
10 the postoffice and asked the price Of
a box. He was told it was so much a
quarter. Quarter Of what?" said he.
after the explanatica Lad been duly
made and impressed, the urchin was
asked for what purpose he wanted the
box. well. said be. I've writ a let
ter. and want box 10 put il in when
the answer comes. Portland (Me. }
Argus
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-08-25

Normalville, Pa, July 81, 1871
was suffering with general debility. |
woke in the morning with dull, tired
feeling which remained with me all
day. Ny sleep was broken and rest
less | read how many had been cur
ed by Hoods Sarsaparilla and | began
taking it. The first bottle helped me a
great deal and when / had taken four
bottles | was cured. Ella Minord.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-08-25
Curious Rise and Fall in the Sea.

a curious phenomenon was recently
witnessed in the western part of the
Mediterranean. During several hours
the level of the sea fell and rose more
than three feet at regular intervals Of
ten minutes. This phenomenon is
analogous to that observed during the
earthquake at Krakatoa. a similar
disturbance was noticed at Toulon on
the same day, but the oscillations there
lasted 20 minutes, there being 10 min
utes of rise to 10 minutes Of fall. 1t
was doubtlessly the result Of either an
earthquake or a seismic disturbance on
the bottom Of the ocean.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-08-25

He-Do you believe in long engage
ments:
She-It all depends.
He-I don't understand.
Shelf he has plenty of money and
is inclined to lie liberal, long engage
ment is the thing, but if he cannot af-
ford boxes at the opera and such things
| always make his regime very short
Philadelphia Leader
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-08-25
She Was Careful.

Spats - That old maid, Miss Van
Shelf, is the most careful and methodi-
cal boarding mistress | ever had dis
turbing my den.
Socratoots-Yes, can imagine when
she goes 10 heaven she will want in the
summer tine TO lay away her wings in
camphor bails.-PittsbuTg News
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-08-25

The queens judgment of pictures has
been Remarkably accurate, and paint
-ncs for which she gave a comparatively
small sum few years ago would now
fa:ci big figures Ths value of her pic
,ures ly Landseer alols is ever $40, 600.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-08-25

Addison fell in love with the Countess
Dowager Of Warwick, but she did all
the courting and gave him DO trouble
in that regard.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-08-25
Couldn't Walk IS Yards at Time. Was No
Earthly Use to any One. Thought
was Going 10 Die, but DIR. Salm
Curpd Me

For years or more / have had n fearful
trouble, began TO get very weak. My limbs
would not carry me any more. Couldn't walk
a stretch of Is yards, and my heart would beat
AT fearful rate at fhe least exertion. IL seem
ed my blood turned TO water. ! gradually be-
came pale as one dead. / was no earthly use
To any one, and all my neighbors and rela-
uves thought was going to die. Home doe
tors couldn't help me. so went TO DIR. Salm,
and to-day, am happy to state, that / am
stronger than ever, can esit anything, do n full
days work and enjoy life as much as any one
and my color, any one may be proud Of
Mrs. sadie Dobbs,
Attested by her father, Frank Richard d. on.
Dunlo, Cambria county, Pa.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-08-25

Among the recent accessions to the
British Museum library is series Of
liturgies of the Church of Scotland.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-08-25

CANCER CURE all the cancer quAck doctors, and
any Ll-iy stepping at hts once the wonderful
cures Of cancer which he has for safe keeping. Re
member that DIR. C. Stein-rt Il the only cancer doc
tor In Western Pennsylvania and has removed = caa
Ger In s TO dzys Patients be ;reated Ia thelI
svs homes. also piles liver, kidney. eczema taps
vsfm and other ailments Of the human family ezxs1
kSnA &C. stamp fsr inforaaia0a-
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-08-25
People Think DIR. SaIm Has Done Another
Wonderful Piece of Work

! have had a very bad ease of catarrh and
sore eyes for more than : years, and conse-
queDtly IL gave me world OF trouble. | was
Obliged TO see DIR. Sllin. under his treatment
the change Is wonderfully rapid. My friends
are astonished, as weil, and think with me
that Dr. Ssiim has done another wonderful
piece OF work. Louis C. shannon
Nhitestown, Butler county, Pa.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-08-25
Condensed SCHEDULE


For rates, maps, &c, call on Ticket Agentsor
address ThOs. +. Watt, z. a. W. d., so Fifth
Avenue, Pittsburg, Pa.
j. Il. Hutchinson, JR Wood
Gen. Manager. GeuI Pass A
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-08-25
Mat,awanna, Mimin Co, 'n Pa. H. A""""'

Catarrh and Eye Trouble Cured by DIR. Salm.
For more than years ! have had a very
bad case Of eye trouble and c=.tarrh. The
eyes continually got sore and grew weaker
and weaker. i always took cold DIR. Salm
cured me.
Cleveland Kimberly.
MeVeyton, Witnessed by A. J. Kimberly.
Mifliin county, Pa.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-08-25
a Case OF Catarrh and Throat Trouble Cured
by DR.. Salm.

For more than years our children have
been suffering from catarrh and throat frOub-
le, also enlarged tonsls. They We're continu-
ally taking cold. Could hardly breathe at
night. Their constitution became undermin-
ed After a short course of Treatment with
DIR. Salm. they have almost entirely recover
ed from their miserable disease.
]. +. Harrison.
Bellefonte, Centre county, Pa.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-08-25

Hoods Pills are the only pills TO
take with Hoods Sarsaparilla.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-08-25
IsIPORTANr TO ADVERTISERS.

The cream Of the country papers is found
In Remington's Courty Seat Lists Shrewd
advertisers avail themselves of these Isis, a
copy of which can be had of Remington
Bros. Of New York & PittsmIry.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-08-25

dyieet
b to N
%. 2cents for
70
d andn a
a iw be
o a OF phySic andp remedies
10 o
kanI certain fnr mpo,en lost
debility:
andua aTuanent yeari
Epilepsy scientifically positively cured by
eve ing me
performed
ions 10 oBox 7so Coumbu ohio
Teo6-s7.
June Aug oc .Novp
Town. Hotel F6 Mai. .ApSLM yAngts
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-08-25

Lived off Bread and Milk 70: Years. 9 Home
Doctors Failed 10 Cure Me. DIR. Salm Sue
ceeded in Curing.
For more than years have had a bad case
OF catarrh, stomach and general trouble. Took
cold continually. For one and one-half years
1 could eat only bread and milk. Tried diff
ferent doctors 10 get nd Of my misery. but got
worse and worse. so went 20 DIR Salm for
can eat anything. and don't take any more
cold, and consider myself cured of this terri
BILE disease.
John II. kaufman.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-10-01
DEPENDING HIS MISTRESS.

present for paying too much atteh-
ton to his wife. AS result the hus-
band and some of the visitors were
soon pommeling each other with their
fists. When the fight waxed too warm
Mrs. McGrath and the dog would sep
arate the fighters. The husband, how
ever, continued to call his wife and
some of the visitors hard names, and
he finally lost his temper completely,
and, picking up carving-knlfe, rushed
at his wife. The dog was sitting be-
side the woman. and as the husband
raised the weapon to stab her the beast
sprang upon McGrath, causing him to
fall to the floor. Seeing the knife roll
toward her feet, Mrs. McGrath picked
it up and plunged it into the left side
of the PROSTATE man.
Several guests told the police what
had happened, and after the wounded
man had been taken to the hospital
the woman was locked up. The dog fol-
lowed his mistress to the police station,
and howled piteously until placed in
the cell with her.
TIE dog was allowed to follow Mrs.
McGrath the next morning into court,
where she was held to await the result
of her husbands injuries.