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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-12-22
A Queer Request.

OF the many freak communications
which reach the Capitol and the depart
ments, one which came to the House
Post Office the other day is deserving
o. the proverbial biscuit. The letter
was addressed to The Congress of the
United States in Washington Assem-
bled,D and came from a resident OF a
small settlementin northeas' era Texas.
II was was written in ali entirely earn
est spirit. 1t said:
"Dr. Mister Congressman: My dear
wife Amanda has just been blest by the
appearance of a healthy young boy.
Me and my wife can't agree on no name
to give the boy and we want you to
help US out. l wants him called Dave
and she wants him called Cy but she
wont give in, neither will /. Now
what we want You to do is to have a
document passed through your body
giving him handle. Please atten' 10
the ematter as soon as possible. Yours. {"
The only person around the House
70 whom the letter could have gone
through the regular system Of dissent
mating the miscellaneous mail was the
private secretary Of Congressman Bal
ey. He communicated the contents of
n .r .s.- r.r crnt the employees
around the House. Yesterday after
noon the secretary sent out a number
II typewriter letters to a dozen or
more employees enjoining them 10 meet
in one Of the committee rooms.
When the clerks assembled he pro-
posed that they, as a substitute House
of Representatives in committee of the
whole, should attend to the very urgent
communication which he had received
aud that a suitable name should be So
lected FOR the growing young Texan.
Accordingly a set of resolutions, stick
lers in their form and precision, were
lrafted, with seal attached and sigma
tures properly fixed, and sent to the
writer. They informed the Texan that
the Congress had taken cOgnizance Of
his communication and had acted ac-
cordingly. "The Congress, exercising
a power which was vested in it by the
law of 1854, said the resolGtions, here
by de-ignates, denomina'es, titles and
names your offspring af er three distin-
guished scions of the Lone Star. Let it
be known that his name shall be Bailey
Chiffon Mills--"-Washington Post.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-12-22
WENT OUT AND HoLLERED.
How a witness In a Pension Case An
Dounced Her Husbands Death

How a witness In a Pension Case An
BOunoed Her Husbands Death.
1t was the trial Of a member of one Of
NorfOlk's foremost families The de-
fendant was woman and was charged
with forgery and completely in pension
fraud As the proceedings drew 70 a
close all the city crowded into the
courtroom. Residents from Ghent and
laafers from the wharfs sat together
On one bench, and the bailiff, not TO
lose so good a chance, manifested his
authority by calling out "order" and
himself aking more noise than all the
people IN the court
The last witness was negress, port
IL and very black Her voice was sin
S1iarly mellow and sweet The govern
nent Was questioning her about the
death of her husband, and her testimo-
ny was directly against the defendant
Tho courtroom was consequently very
quiet and still
Iou say your husband died in Nor
folk" snarlcd the district attorney.
''Yesslh. -
you were with him.
9" Yessah Right dere with him when
be died "
Tell Us about it A"
i member, sab, he got up through
the night He said he was too wa m "
ing down deTe with me and de little
child 'I'ze too wa m, he said IN 20
10 de winduh and lie down dere-'' He
sen ally got upnights anyhow when he
was too VAIN
i don't know now long he had been
lyin by de winduh fore | heard
rus'le gene'ally keeps a lamp burnin
nights hears him say, ole oman /
started mp, and he says, ole oman, get
mp And I jumped up an says, ole
man. He says. What?
Il jumped up and went TO him at de
winduh, and he was like be was strug-
glin. / says, Honey, what's ae natter
and de las wo'd he said I don't know.
said, Lord have mercy, what's de
matter wild your And after said dat he
didn't say no mo- Gen men. he died
right OF. said: Lord Jesus, my hus-
hand gone What am / gwine TO do?'
No one was with me hut dat child. 1
went ont and hollered Some said l
O'Clock at night dey heard me holler /
went ont and hollered for some one 70
come, 70 my husband was dead -
Washington Post
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-12-22
Nutrition For consumptire..

The following is recommended as
food that would be nutritious for one
suffering from chronic consumption,
since ordinary fo5ds had become repug-
nant; One hard boiled egg, which when
perfectly cold Is pressed through a sieve
50 that the albumen and hard yolk may
be thoroughly triturated; then add to
this by thorough stirring two heaping
tablespoaafuls Of perfectly roasted pea
nuts which have been ground or chop
Ted very tine This viii make two in
tcrsac,iiate meals, say one at II a N.
and one at / p n a cracker or glass
Of hot milk viii help the ingestion and
secure perfect nutrition -Hygienic Ga
gette.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-12-22
A Vision of the Future.

Clarence King, formerly chief Of the
United States geological survey. says:
"The time is not far distant when
a man can start out Of Denver and
travel to Klondike. stopping every night
at a mining camp Already two Ameri-
can stamp mills are pounding away on
the borders Of the strait Of Magellan,
and the day IS approaching when a
chain Of mining camps will extend from
Cape Horn to st Michael's l believe
we are about TO enter upon a century
which viii open up vast resources and
Will be the grandest the earth has ever
known. Before the end of the twentieth
century the traveller viii enter a sleep
ing car at Chicago bound via Bering
strait for St Petersburg, and the
dream of Governor Gilpin will be real
ized. :"
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-12-22

DR. Weir Mitchell, lectarIng to a
school Of nurses lately upon the neces-
sity Of self control in emergencies, told
the following incident: lone Of his pa
tients, while In low, nervous oondi-
tion, swallowed by mistake dose from
the wrong bottle She shrieked out that
she was poisoned One Of the rurses
screamed 'Aconitei' and began to cry
hysterically. The other nurse, seeing
that the patient was going into convul-
sions from terror, when relief would be
impossible, said coolly: Don I be fright
ened Look here, taking mouthful Of
the dose herself She then went outside
TO nd her mouth Of il, procured an
enetic and sent for a doctor and a stom-
ach pump. Her calmness saved the life
Of the patient -
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-12-22
The Editor,. own Poetrr.

Editor (to old schoolmate)-It hurts
me, old fellow, to wound your feelings
but really we are SO overstocked with
poetry that it's useless 10 read yours
We can only accept what shows unmis-
taxable genius
Cid Schoolmate-Weu, Just read that
poem and tell me what you think Of it.
Editor (having read the poem)-It is
as feared; the poem shows no promise
whatever Pardon me, but it is simply
absurd
Old Schoolmate with broad GRIM
That's Just what | thought It's a copy
OF some verses you wrote in my auto
graph album while We were at school
together Pearson S Weekly
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-12-22
Slang.

The difference between ancient and
modern slang was amusingly illustrated
in a recent incident at the Chautauqua
assembly. when the teacher Of English
literature asked, What is the mean
ing Of the Shskespearian phrase Go
to- =" aIld a member of the class replied,
"Oh, that is only the sixteenth century
expression OF the modern term Come
of. The two phrases, while appar-
emily opposite, do. in fact, substantially
mean the same thing. ng.-Chicago Chron-
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-12-22

As a railroad train was swinging
around a sharp curve a passenger IN the
sleeping car was thrown against the in
side window Of the stateroOm so vio-
lently that his elbow went through the
glass The Pullman conductor came
promptly 20 the rescUe. asking if be
was hurt
No, I'm not, =" answered the passen-
ger good naturedly, hut the Pullman
company's dividends VIII be cut down
this year by the price Of one pane
suppose the stockholders can stand il,
though.
The Pullman stockholders won I
have 10. said the conductor. "Itoomes
out Of the X, Y. and z Railroad com.
pany, 70 whose train we are attached.
] shall make out a damage slip, the
train conductor will certify il. the re-
pairs VIII be made at the end Of the
route, and the railroad company viii
foot the bill There's mighty little, ]
tell you, except ordinary wear and tear,
that the railroad company doesn't pay
for. II there is a scratch ON the side of
this car at the end Of a run. the Y, i.
and T. pays for il, not the Pullman
eompany--New York Tribune.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-12-22
rss KEW AsAKoriTe.

cut of the deep sea stream.
Info the light and the ar
Rosc ike n grsei0us dream
Verus. the fasr
Row much Of sorrow and rnas
Hor mI,rh q ioy and peace,
S-ranc fhEf dag from thc blue
Waters q Grseeel
Oh, from a Cyclad's verge
or swift ealiey-s prov 70 have seen
Har. the world s wonder, emerge.
Yelled II the sheen
OF her Elorsozs soa d-ipping locks
Fsovaut u limb and as bright
A. the soie star that leads CIT the Cocks
q the shepherdess Night
But what avails if 10 s;gh
Fsr glimpse q that day withdrawal
Eot for long II TIE sky
says she fair c-En-
Oars the ao5icr lot
Under the brad uoonfids.
Gazing. 20 fziter not,
Iin from the wide
OCEAN q life We behold.
Rising in spleador and might
FaiIs-- than Venus q old.
Calmcr than Night
Purer than Dawn OF the blue
Depfhs u ether untTOd-
Nature. the only. the true
Daughter q God
" P. Trent in Dial
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-12-22
LINCOLN AT GETTYSBURG.
Account Of lss~ ne First Wrote AIS
FamOus Speech.


Speaking Of the dedication Of the na-
tional cemetery at Gettysburg and Mr..
Lincoln's famous address delivered on
that occasion. Nov. 10, 1868, Governor
Curtin began BY saying that there had
been much discussion as 70 how and
when that address was written, and he
continued, says The independent;
II can tell you al about that OF
sourse l was there. and the president
and his cabinet had arrived and were
ut the hotel Soon after his arrival, as
we were sitting around in the parlor'
Mr.. Lincoln looked thoughtful for n
moment or two and then said: i be-
lieve, gentlemen. the committee are ex-
pecting me 10 say something here To-
day. If you will excuse me. viii so
into this room here and prepare II
After a time he returned. holding in
his hand a large, yellow government
envelope, on which he had written ms
address
".Here. gentlemen. he said, 1 want
10 read this to you To see if It viii do. ,
And, sitting down. be read it 70 Us and
then said: Now for your criticisms
Will il do? What do you sayF
Several spoke in favor Of it, and
one or two commended il in strong
terms We'll. says the president,
haven't you any criticisms What DO
you say, Stewards?
"Mr. Seward made one OF two sug-
gestions bearing On some slight verbal
changes, which l believe Mr.. Lincoln
Incorporated
Now, if you viii allow me, gentle
men, continued the president. 4 VIII
copy this of And he again withdrew
made copy of the address
"Ah, - continued the governor, ''if i
had had wit enough about me TO have
begged of him that yellow envelope,
what a trophy 1t would have beenl How
much it would have been worth 10 some
of the ladies fairs which a little later
began 10 be held to raise money for the
hospitals and the soldiers But l did
not think of il then 4"
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-12-22

I write This TO let you know what I
would not Dc: / would not do without
chanberlain's Pain Balm in my house, if
it cost s. % per bottle. Il does all you rec
ommenG it to do and more.-J. r. WAL
LACE, Wallaceville, Ga. Chamberiain's
Paiu Balm is the best household liniment
in the world. and invaluable for rheuma-
tism, lame IL e'l, sprains and bruises. Q
ready for emergencies by buying ollie
at SnydCr's drug store.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-12-22

The Japanese wrestlers are race of
giants; they often weigh from IA 10 %
stone At the Imperial hotel in Tokyo
once they brought their champion wres-
tier 10 my room- He was prodigious IN
size and as fat and fair as baby. He
was Hercules IN strength, but looked
like an overgrown cherub Of Correggio
What do you eats'' ] asked
"Rice, nothing but rice "
why not eat meats"
.'Meat is weakening. Beef is 20 per
cent water. Rice is so per cent food. L
ate lean beefEteak once and my strength
left me The other man ate nice and
threw me down
Ny courier said: ''This wrestler is
the champion of japan No one can
throw him Pearson 5 Weekly.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-12-22

There is no medicine in the worldeqnal
% Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for the
cure of throatand lung diseases. This is a
fac; that has been proven in numberless
case Here is sample Of thousands OF
letters received: Il have tried Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy while suffering
from severe throat trouble, and found
immediate and effective relief. L can un-
hesitatingIy recommend it'-EDGAR W.
WHTTENoRE, Editor Grand Rivers (Ky.)
Herald. For sale at Snyder'sdrug store,
Somerset, Pa.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-12-22
Poker In the PossOmes.

Give ne three aces, said a sport
ing man at the stamp window Of the
postoffice. just before noon, a couple Of
days ago
The stamp clerk passed out three l
cent stamps
Now deal me a pair Of deuces
The clerk passed out the 2 cent
stamps
Il see you understand the game, -
said the man
Yep sGid the clerk. ANTE up"
The man placed cents ON the shelf
Ny pot said the clerk as he scoop
ed It ia
The men smiled as they parted. -
New York Commercial
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-12-22

In spite Of being college bred the abil-
ity TO earn a living in the most bust
nesslike manner has been proved by
Miss Anna T. Hayes of Louisville She
is now taking personal supervision OF
her fathers farm Of 200 acres She is
deyoting time and money 70 the devel-
opment Of a special breed of pigs for
the specially cured hams Of which there
is growing demand in the state. The
pigs are fattened on sterilizod milk,
meal and apples and are brought up to
a uniform weight The hams are cured
ON the farm The young woman is max
ing complete success Of her venture
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-12-22
what typhoid Fever Costs.

A correspondent of the Washington
Post gives the following appalling ty-
phoid statistics: Every year in the
United States 400, 600 people are sick
with typhoid fever. Forty thousand Of
them die. They are sick IS days on an
average out Of every S65 days Thus
we have IL, 200, 900 days of sickness
from this disease
Every case Of this sickness means one
month, generally two mouths, of idle
ness. If the wages of the patient are
only 90 cents a day, there is a loss Of
SIS month Generally this sickness
means loss of wages in two months
time of $50 or $50 The average loss Of
wages for six weeks would be $50. Add
TO this the doctors bill, which is any
where from $50 to sI00-we will say
500. If the patient lives in the city and
has trained nurse for only three weeks,
there is another $45. Ten dollars for
the prepared food, ice, milk, etc,
brings this moderate bill up to si65.
Multiply this by the number Of people
sick. and we can see every year in the
United States $50, 600, 600 lost TO pa
tients by the inroads OF this one disease
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-12-22
Rrimminr win Charnr.

Cipollini. a gem Of husband. never
allows an opportunity to slip without
extolling 70 the skies the excellent quail
titles Of his better half My wife, he
was heard 20 remark the other day, sis
50 kind. so indulgent toward everybody.
that, even when speaking i'll of other
people, she does not believe a word Of it
herself "--Settimand
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-12-22

The Missouri supreme court declared
that the law against opium smoking
and opium joints is unconstitutional, be-
cause 1t interferes with the right Of
men to smoke whatever they choose
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-12-22

In France the Christmas dinner in
eludes chicken roasted and garnished
as only the French can do it, and liver
puijing rich with truii = and season.
ing.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-12-22
His Own Master.

I'VE have come. said the chairman
Of the COMMITTEES. ''to ask you to take
this nomination The city needs man
like yOu-strong. brave, self made. self
reliant owning no master, fearing no
man
The great man was yisibly touched
"I'll not deny, said he, that your
kind words have shaken my resolution
l trust that if elected may justify your
confidence and prove that am indeed
strong, brave, self reliant; that / own
no master and fear no man Suppose
you wait a minute TIL see if my wife
viii letme accept tg''-Strand Magazine
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-12-22

"What do Jon consider the most ab-
solutely certain way 10 distinguish
-toadstools from muzhrooms.'
Cook tEem. set some other man to
cat theu and tEsn watch his sylnp-
;oms '-Chicaeo Tribune
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-12-22

In Switzerland a miIkmaid or milk
man gets better wages if gifted with a
good voice, because it has been disoov-
cred that COW viii yield one fifth more
milk if soothed during the milking by a
pleasing melody
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-12-22

did you hear what Whimpton's lit
tie boy said when they showed him the
twins
No; what was it?''
He said. There, mammals been get
ting bargains again % - Golfers
/ Weekly
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-12-22

Ia clses Of burns, sprains, sealds, or
any Of the other accidental pains likely
to come to the human body, nr. T1om-
as Electric Oil gives almost instant re-
lief
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-12-22

AND dollar wheat once again. What
has the calamity howler done that all
of this misery should be saddled upon
him? Poor man.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-12-22

\. Z. Sibley. a prosperous merchant OF
Sheffield, Ia, was shot and killed while
committing a burglary.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-12-22

An east end London clergyman who
cent out invitations 70 a jubilee ban
quet among the poor Of his parish
aud received 20 aceeptanees ON an
nouncing that he would have no beer
lost So Of his guests and was besides
yuyed by the newspapers
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-12-22
Bright valet.

Valet 60 officers fancee)-My lieu
tenant has sent me to bring you this
bouquet of forest flowers, plucked by
his own hands
Fianeee-Oh. how poetici And how
long it must have taken to gather theml
Valet-lndeed, miss, it took me near
j. three hours -Fliegende Blatter
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-12-22

For rates maps. &c. call on Ticket Az, -,
Aadress Ihos f Watt, p. \. W. D., 80 Ff.ss
Hutrh hson. ]. r. Wool.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-12-22

In Germany they have a fat goose
stuffed with chestnuts, pork boiled with
sauerkraGt, sausages. beef with sour
sauce, black pudding, smoked goose,
baked apples and beer.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-12-22

Every seventh person in the United
Kingdom is a Londoner
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-12-22
PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD.
EASTERN STANDARD rImE
IN EFFECT NOVEMBER 20, 1897
coSDENsxD SCHEDULE.

Trains arrive and cepart from the station #
JohnstOwn as follows: 81
WEsTw n
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-01-03
Colored People Hold Celebration o.
Emancipation Proclamation.

The first day of January was cele-
brated by the colored people of Wich-
tia at the Tabernacle Baptist church by
a program rendered which consisted of:
Singing America" by the people; eman-
cipation proclamation read by Miss Ju-
liza Patten; recital ton by Miss n. Thomp-
son, subject Patriotism. A paper read
by Mrs. L. A. Todd on THE Progress of
the Race" after which short speeches
were made by Messrs. Rev. c. A. Sim
mons, Rev. J. II. Van Len, G. w. Lee,
and Mrs Marinda Lane. The principal
Grafton of the evening was given by
Lawyer j. B. Rush on the emancipation
of 1868, and the general advancement
Of the race since that time. His address
was very able and pointed, after which
the following resolutions were read by
DIR. J. c. Williams and adopted being
the wishes of the people who were pres
ent:
Whereas, We, the citizens of Wichita.
Kan, assembled in the celebration of
the emancipation proclamation, the first
in its history.
Whereas, We feel deeply interested in
the object for which we have assembled.
celebrating the first day Of January, 1865,
when through the proclamation issued by
Abraham Lincoln, then president Of the
United States of America. declaring that
the CIdtiiS anu Sittulu 4dll liclft
the hands and feet of little more than
fou rand half million colered slaves.
four and a half million colored slaves.
joying all the rights and privileges that
other American citizens enjoy.
Whereas, 1t is said that we are free,
yet we are outraged, oppressed and
lynched by mob law without redress.
contrary 10 the laws that are inscribed
upon the statute books in a great and
free country like this without judge or
jury.
Resolved, That we bitterly denounce
all such actions in this or any other
country. We do and shall contend for
our rights as citizens in this country
equal TO all other citizens. regardless of
race or previous condition of Servitude,
according TO the constitution. And,
Whereas. The insurgents on the island
CT Cuba are now engaged in battle. and
have been for some time past, fighting
for liberation from Spanish bondage
and oppression, believing that it is the
will of Almighty God that all men should
be free and equal. Therefore be it
Resolved. That they have our deepest
sympathies and greatest wishes. and
they should be free from the great OPP
preston under which they are now suf-
fering.
Resolved. That we deplore the loss of
their great and patriotic leader, General
Antonio Maceo. the greatest general
known in the history of that country.
Resolved. That we urge the passage OF
the Cameron bill asking the congress OF
the United States to recognize the in
dependence and freedom of Cuba.
Resolved, That these resolutions are
the wishes of the people assembled now
in the city of Wichita, Kansas.
The above resolutions were signed by
Dr.. J. c. Williams, Lawyer ]. s. Rush,
Rev. D. Todd. Rev. c. A. Simmons and
Mrs L Todd