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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-03-10
Prince and Peasant.

Prince Christian Of Denmark, had he
been only king instead Of prince,
would certainly outrival the story Of
Alfred of old and the cakes. One day
he had to review some troops at BierTe,
country town Of small dimensions.
Riding home, tired and thirsty, he stop
ped at farmhouse to beg a drink. The
old farmer wife bade him welcome and
enter As she was at the moment pam
cake making, she asked him if he would
like some. VERY much, indeed, re-
piled the prince, and soon ne was com-
fortably seated. enjoying his humble
fare at the kitchen table.
Having finished his meal, be asked
the old dame how much be owed her.
Nothing at all, j." was the answer. On
bis persistiBg that he would prefer pay
Ing, she patted his shoulder affection
ately, saying: "You are a soldier, my
son, and soldiers are always hard mp.
never take anything from them" He
suggested be was not quite so 'hard
up" as the generality of them. "Oh, l
know betterlH and with a knowing
wink and a nod she turned to her pam
cake making. 1T is quite true, good
mother" said the prince, laughing
heartily, .'foF, you see, my grandfather
happens to be the king F" What" cried
his astonished hostess. dropping her
whisk and nearly upsetting the frying
pan in her fright. \ second or two she
gazed at him speeohlessly. then remark
ed naively, 81 should have asked yo9
into the parlor, shouldn't I?''
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-03-10
DEPARTMENT STORES.

The Prominent Part That Pr fuse Adver-
tising Plays In Their recess
Aside from departures il policy and
innovations ON large scale, tho original
ity of the department storo is largely
supplied by two departments, to some
extent correlated. These are the adver-
tising department and the window
dressing department One is the htera-
ture Of the great stare. the other Its art.
The shop windows are great stimulus
for the department whose goods are dis
plaved in them. A good showing will
often wonderfully increase the sale OF
the stock as well as attract customers to
the store who are new TO 1t. frequently
the head advertising man Is the general
manager of the store. Whether this Is
the case or not. he is a general supervls-
or Of the establishment, with complete
knowledge of its ever changing detail.
Every day he holds consultations with
heads Of departments to ind out what
particular lines of articles they want
boomed, and about those articles be
writes alluring statements for the shop
ming public to read, sometimes arrang-
ing for illustrations with thcG.
The amount of money spent for adver-
tising is appalling when looked upon as
en- expense. One great store III Philadel-
phia spends On an average 81. coo every
day in the year, and a good raaDy spend
$500 a day. The advertising receives
probably more Of the personal attention
of the head Of the house than any other
department. The head Of the firm which
expends the great sum Just mentioned
personally suggests and frequently
writes the leading lines in the daily an
nouncement The proprietor Of great
store in Brooklyn does this invariably
and thinks the. time well spent which
the work daily requires. The mail de-
partment tends to enlarge this expendi-
ture, as the store reaches out to the ut
most parts of the country. and the fu-
ture will no doubt see an even greater
development in the effort to secure mail
customers in the small towns and in
country places Samuel Hopkins Ad-
ANS in Scribner's.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-03-10
a Welsh Rip.

Every nation has Rip Van Winkle
of its own, but the Welsh story Of Rip
is unique. He is known as Taffy ap
Sion. One morning Taffy heard a bird
singing on tree close by his path. AL
lured by the melody, he sat down until
the music ceased. When be arose, what
was his surprise at observing that the
tree under which he had taken seat had
now become dead and withered. In the
doorway Of his home, which, 10 his
amazement, had also suddenly grown
older. he asked Of a strange old man for
his parents, whom he had left there. as
be said, a few minutes before. Upon
learning his name the old man said:
las, Taffy, have often heard my
grandfather, your father. speak of you,
and it was said you were under the
power of the fairies and would not be
released until the last sap of that syca-
more had dried up. Embrace me, my
dear uncle-for you are my uncle-em-
brace your nephew. Welshmen do not
always perceive the humor Of this some
what novel situation of youth-for
Taffy was still merely a boy-being
hailed as uncle by a gentleman perhaps
40 years his senior. r.-Lippincott's.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-03-10
A Physicians Pigeons.

The carrier pigeon has been put TO a
new use by doctor in Scotland who
has large ana scattered practice. Says
the London Globe:
When he goes on long rounds, he car
ries number of pigeons with him. II
he finds that some of his patients re-
quire medicine at once, he writes out
prescriptions. and by means of the pi-
geons forwards them to his surgery. Here
an assistant gets the messages, prepares
the prescriptions and dispatches the
medicine.
If, after visiting patient, the doctor
thinks he will be required later in the
LAY, he simply leaves pigeon. which
is employed 10 summon HIM if necessary.
To this enterprising physician the keep
ing of carrier pigeons means a saying Of
time, expense and labor.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-03-10
B.g Aillsators.

At the end OF n chapter on alligators
In his book, Hunting and Fishing in
Florida, - Mr.. Charles B. Cory, curator
OF the department of ornithology in the
Field Columbian museum, Chicago,
gives an entry which he once saw in the
register Of the Brock House.
In the cid days, when transportation
was more difficult than it is at present,
the Brock House was about the end Of
civilization and was a 2 hours trip by
tnat from jacksonville. 1t was ut that
tire a great resort for sportsmen. WHO
were attracted there BIZ the fishing aud
shooting TO be had in tine vicinity.
The cid register. which extended
back great many years, contained
some laeer records, some Of them OF
doubtful veraoi,y. Among ct lers, son!e
one had written:
March 10, 1872. killed a large ALI
gator, the largest seen here this year.
The stomach contained boot, "A pieoa
of pine wood, a fisherman's float and
some small fish,"
Immediately beneath this record was
another, evidently added by some wag
March "a, killed a much bigger alii-
gator than the one mentioned above.
The stomach contained gold watch.
$40, 000 in government bonds and a cord
of wood.'
On the next page, written in a neat,
unobtrusive style, was inscribed the fol-
lowing: "Shot the biggest alligator ever
known in Florida The stomach con-
tained the remains of steam launch,
a lot of old railway iron and quantity
of melted ice, proving that it existed
during the glacial epoch.
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Expensive Gratitude.

In one OF the Western States an ex-
citing murder trial WIS in progress. II
hap. en- ed that the attorney for the de
fense had in his employ colored port
er, who naturally became very much
interested In the case.
When the jury retired he awaited
their return with feveTish impatience.
Al last, after several hours, they came
in with a verdict of mot guilty. At
the announcement the negro's self
control deserted him entire.y, and he
cried out: "Thank de Lord.'
The judge Immediately called him Up
and tlned him ten dollars for contempt
OF Court. The poor fellow was nearly
scared to death, but after ne recovered
from his fright he remarked: "Dis
hea am funny country when you hab
to pay ten dollars for thankin' de
l. lrd.u
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-03-10
A Moiel Card Of Thanks.

An exchange gives the following as
the text of card of thanks handed in
by beTeaved woman:
81 desire to thank the friends and
peighbors most heartily in this matter
for the united aid and cooperation
during the Illness and death of my
husband, who escaped from me 10y the
hand of death last Friday, while eating
breakfast To the friends and all who
contributed so willingly toward max
ing the last moments and funeral of
my husband success, / desire 10 thank
most kindly, hoping these few lines
will lind them enjoying the same bless
ing. j have also good milch COW and
a roam gelding horse of eight years old
which will sell cheap. God moves
in mysterious way His wonders to
perform. Also black and " lliie shost
very low"
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Outside Decoration of French Houses.

Outside Decoration OF French nouses.
Ferdinand Mazas. in The Architec-
iural Record. explains sculpture as ap-
plicd to Paris houses. Twenty years
sgo Mr.. Mazas says, "the external or
uamentation Of French houses was, in
general of IA very sober character. " To-
Iay decoration is very much III fashion
and prehaps not always discreet
III. Paul Heneux, having been in
trusted with the erection of the new
town hall at Les Lilas. charming lit
tie place near Paris. conceived the idea
of treating all the sculpture of the
building with lilacs. The capitals, the
balcony, the frieZes and the flower work
placed above the dormer windows rep
resent nothing but sprays, buhches.
leaves and petals Of lilac. The brackets
of the windows are also formed of flow
ers of the same spring shrub. As 10 the
baluster Of the grand staircase, it repre-
sents a trellis with branches Of lilac
climbing over it, Yet the architect has
avoided monotony and has produced
the most graceful variations upon this
single theme adopted by him. We will
also mention mouse designed by NJ.
Paul Heneux. In this case all the sculp-
ture has been inspired by the profession
OF the owner, who is druggist. The
frontals of the dormer windows of this
house are ornamented with garlands Of
mallows and poppies. The frieze is COM
posed of renaissance motives, in the or
namentation of which other medicinal
plants figure. Finally. on the first story
there is an escutcbeon that recalls the
origin Of the fortune Of the owner. who
is the disseminator of some kind of oint-
ment or elixir.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-03-10
They Love Dante.

A magnificent upper chamber of the
municipal palace (the Palazzo Vecchiol
in Florence is set apart in memory of
the great poet Dante. To it each of the
50 provinces and all of the larger cities
and towns of united Italy have con-
trIbuted a banner ip his honor. There
nre over 800 of these banners in all, and
the donors, IN eager emulation, have
tried TO make each Offering more beau
tiful than the others The banners are
Of the differing coiors of the provinces
and bear their arms in exquisite en-
broidery or in paintings by the first liy-
ing artists
The fervor OF the homage paid here to
the immortal Italian poet stirs the heart
Of even the passing stranger. Whatever
the jealousies or estrangement of these
people. beside his tomb they are united.
Youths Companion.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-03-10
March April May

Are the months in which to give espee-
ial attention to the condition of your
physical health. If you pass safely
through these months and find your
self strong and vigorous, on the arrival
of warmer weather, you may reasona-
bly, expect that you will be well in
summer. Now is the time To take
Hoods Sarsaparilla, because BOW is the
time when the blood must be purified,
enriched and vitaliged, and because
Hoods Sarsaparilla Is the only true
blood purifier prominently in the pub
lie eye to-day. Hoods Sarsaparilla
has power 10 make you healthy and
guard your system against disease.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-03-10
Electric Railroad statistics.

Electric railways in Europe formed
the subject Of some interesting statistics
recently embodied in a report sent 10
the United States government by Vice
Consul J. T. Monaghan, at Chemnitz,
Germany. According to these, the num-
Der Of such railways was increased
during the year 1895 from 20 TO III,
while the total length was raised from
about 435 to 500 miles, the number of
cars from / 1,236 to ], ,747, and the horse
power from a little over Is, 600 10 a lit
tie over %, 900. OF all the European
countries, Germany, according to Mr..
Monaghan's figures, stood at the head,
with about 250 miles 70 her credit, and
an equipment Of S57 cars and 7,194
horsepower. The other countries fol-
lowed in the order given below:
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-03-10

Notwithstanding that artificial re.
frigeIation has 50 largely taken the
place Of ice. it is often desirable, even
| in small plants, 20 make some ice for
table and other purposes. In hotels
ard restaurants this is particularly true,
and nothing but the poor results that
have been obtained in the past has pre-
vented this from being done more exten-
sively.
The old method was to put common
filtered hydrant water into cans and
freeze it into white, unattractive ice,
nseful Only for cooling purposes, and
hardly suitable for the table Distilling
and purifying apparatus is found neces-
sary to make acceptable ice by this proc
ess. and the manifold duties of the op-
Grating engineer usually prevent the
giTing OF proper care and attention to
TIE various purifying devices, with the
result that the quality of the product is
quite inferior.
There is now developed, however. a
practical method of making ice in large
or small quantities on the "plate sys-
tem," freezing outwardly from the re-
frigerating coils. excluding impurities
into the residual water, circulating this
water by means of a circulating pump
through filters to remove air and i'm
purities, giving clean, pure crystal ice
from water of almost any reasonably
good quality. The ice is then harvested
By steam cutter. which pushes its
square nose down in the tank and cuts
of a slab of ice whenever required. A
tank of this character. added TO a re-
frigerating plant. is most useful and
profitable adjunct, especially consider
ing that the high quality of the product
is chiefly function of the method
rather than the skill of operation-W.
@. Kerr in Casters Magazine.
The eye of fly is SO constructed as TO
bring the entire horizon within his cir
ole Of observation, fact which explains
the extreme alertness of these insects in
escsping attack
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AT THE END or THE ROAD.
Only a. a last 5;esart Would Ise Tar.
with fi.s Treasures.


4 bers oll man, stability clad, with
n face ]. 10 tLo frcc cf tho poet BTyu1t.
IN The evening txilight ne stands, be-
si,Io the desk Of one wLo is stranger
10 him, in "a little town in northern
California.
al ask you TO pardon me, " III voice
that ircahles aud j. ioT.
comothiDc confused as to illness and
,Eearinoss and tbcs:
III pains rae % seem hagEar, bat L
am rear the end Of the road, AID -
The sentence dies in incrticuiato mur-
mur, aud from under the worn coat
comes n small bundle wrapped in bit
of faded oilcloth.
''It is hard to part with them, even
now." slowly removing the oilcloth'
''but il there is some one here who cares
for rare editions of good books they may
be thought fair exchange for the Price
of shelter and something warm. "
A well thumbe1 Shakespeare, care
fully preserved "Imitafio Christi.
The old man locks at them ;enderiy
as they are exposed to view and places
them revcrcntly on tho desk.
The man at the desk views the books
coldly and denies the plea FOR aid. Not
that he is consciously unkind, but expe-
rience with vagabonds has made him
suspicious, and he interprets the pathos
as new lmPosture.
Next morning, an hour after SUNRISE,
a pedestrian finds an aged man, with
face like that of the poet Bryant, lying
in the shelter Of a cypress hedge by the
roadside. The tired heart is still. Rest
must have come about the time the sum
shine touched the valley. Beside the
sleeper, as Though il had fallen from be-
meath his coat. a well thumbed Shakes
peare, olasped in his gaunt hands care
fully preserved "a Kempis. 3" The
"a Kenpis" has a sprig of cypress for a
bookmark, ON one Of the pages between
which it rests this passage:
80 Father, always to be honored' the
hour is come which from all eternity
thou didst f0resee would arrive; that
thy servant for 3 short time should he
oppressed exieriOrly, but interiorly
should ever live unto thee; that he
should be for little sighted and hum
bled and should fall in the sight OF
men. San Francisco Call
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GRANTS NAME.
How lie Came 20 Adopt "U. s." Gs His
Initials.

Initials.
Up TO the start for West Point, Grant
had heen Hiram Ulysses. or Ii. Ulysses
Grant. The young Traveller required q
trunk, ard Thomas Walker, a local
"genius, twas the man TO make it. he
did so, and, to finish it of. he traced on
the cover in big brass tacks the initials
'H. U. G." James Marshall, Ulysses
cousin, went to help him carry the new
trunk home. Ulysses looked at tho big,
glaring letters. Iwon't have that so. "
he said. at spells hug The boys
would plague me about 1t. " And be
thereupon shifted his middle name and
became Ulysses Il. Grant, and so he
went forth into the world.
He registered at ROe's hotel, West
Point, ON the 29th Of May, as ~. H.
Grant, and the same day reported 10
the adjutant, George G.. Wgggaman,
deposited S4S and signed his name
ULYSSES Hiram Grant. His name IS re-
ported from Washington, however, was
L. s Grant, and the error arose IN this
way The Hon. Thomas Hamer received
before the close Of his term. and, being
much hurried, sat down at once and
wrote to Secretary Of War Poinsett, ask
ing for the appointment of his neighbor' 5
son. He knew the boys name to be
Ulysses, and, inferring that his middle
name was Simpson, so filled in the ap-
plication, and thus ii stood when Ulysses
faced the adlutant.
He asked to have it changed, but was
told it was impossible without the con-
sent of the secretary Of war.
"Yery WELL" he said. Il came here
to enter the military academy, and en-
ter / shall. An initial more or less does
not matter. He was known 10 the Sov-
ernment thereafter as L. S. Grant
Hamlin Garland in McClUre's.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-03-10
Bucklen's Arnica Salve.

The Best Salve In the world for Cuts,
Bruises. Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Pe-
yer Sores, letter, Chapped Hands,
Chilblains, Corns, and all Skin Erap-
tions, and positively cures Piles, or no
pay required. Ii is guaranteed to give
perfect satisfaction or money refunded.
Price p cents per box. For sale al J.
n. Snyder's drug store. somerset, or
at Braliier's drug store, Beiin, Ia.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-03-10
A Bachelors Whims.

y woman will forgive a man for kiss
ing her a good deal sooner than for act
ing sorry for it afterward.
When a girl is saying gOodby to a
man in the hall, why does she stand
up so close and put her hands behind
her?
Before girl gets married she longs
for man when she can worship; af-
ter she has been married year she is
generally satisfied if he doesn't act ug-
ly at meal times.-New York Press.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-03-10

With this showing it is suggestive to
compare the position of the United
States, in which, according TO the latest
available figures, there were ~, l33
miles Of road, with total of 81, 80 1
cars 1t is not without reason evidently
that the United States is considered
the home of the electric railroad. Can
ada comes next in order, with $50 miles
Of road and $50 cars.-Cassier's Mag
azina
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-03-10

For more than u years ] have suffered a
good deal OF pain, in fact, ! WAS in Dishes
and misery nearly all the time. particularly
on sitting down. The misery was in my LETT
side. in the region OF the heart II was very
seldom that could attend To my iaoors-
tried different doctors 80 said. the best in
oar country. but I got worse instead Of better
a last. I went 70 Dr. Salm. who makes regu-
ar visits to Sunbury. aud thanks to his skill
lul treatment, am now entirely cured.
Mrs. l. B. Nunsell-
Dewart. Northumberland Co. Pa.
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ONLY ONE WAY
SettiF t,|Qet Down to Causes
A New Brighton rlan Does So,

Everybody talks back nowadays.
The subject is serious.
Etes. -" ~
Bad backs are so common.
aou Ind them in every walk in life.
they are lame, weak or aching. :
a burden by day. torture at night.
Many remedies relieve, but don't Cure.
ne longer used. the less their effect.
Plasters aud liniment help at first.
but don't reach the cause.
Only one way TO do that.
nat way as through the Kidneys.
he Kidneys are the blood filters.
keep the filters going.
II ciogeed, the back is affected.
Inc a B Of Kidney knowledge d.
Nlne times oat of ten.
bach ache means Kidney achs-
Lame Back Means Lame kidneys.
Weak Back Means Weak Kidneys.
Cure the Kidneys. thus cure the hack
weli-knowD citizen of New Brighton.
Pa. Is Mr. Edmund Disbrow. Chief of ths
Police, capable and efficient officer. III.
says; Kidney trouble has during many
years. been a source Of n great o1nount
OF misery for me. From my back | suf.
Tered most; had such dull. heavy pain
ani soreness in the small Of my back.
at tliics very severe. i would have such
general feeling of languor that | lii
not feel good for anything; the urine
would come very frequently by spclls
especially if l caught cold | heard in
several ways about DOan's Kidney Pils,
and | finally decided TO give them = trial
obtained a box. and commenced their
use. All of the words of praise that have
been said about them does not anv more
than do them justice. feel like a dif.
ferent man: the pain in my back vas
very quickly removed; the urine was cor
rected, and that feeling of lassitude has
ietI me l hope that many others who
suffer likewise viii only give Deans Kid.
ney Pills trial"
For sale by all dealers: price. 80 certs.
Mailed by Foster Miiburn Co.. Buffalo.
N u, sole agents for the L. S.
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Reason.

Look at that foolish Mr.. Baker, out
on a day like this without an umbrella.
Is he crazy:"
I'm afraid he is. Let's hurry on. /
don't want to meet him"
"Why not?"
''He may recognize this umbrella.
It's his. Pick Me Up.
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Car Searchers.

''fhere is class Of people" says a
railroad man, 'who are always last to
leave the cars-for purpose. This is
especially noticed on suburban trains.
They go from one end of the train TO the
other, looking III seats on both sides of
,he car. 1t is impossible for oGr men 70
be always ON the watch, and presumably y
there are many losses that can never ba
reclaimed. New YORK Tribune.
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skeletons with Tails.

A discovery of wonderful interest TO
the followers Gf the Darwipian theory
of evolution was made not long since
near the little village of Sinaloa,
Mexico while workmeD were preparing
the ground of new coffee plantation.
This wonderful chronological find eonr
sisted of hundreds of skeletons of what
some believed TO bs prehistoric peo-
pie Of very low order of intelligence.
Each of she skeletons is provided with
the bones of long, thick caudal Gp,
pendage, which in life turned up, like
a squirrels tail. st. Louis Republic.
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The "FAR CHILDREN" At THE GRAF
TON GALLERIES.

Ave. thoy grew older, queens and earis
And duchesses and kings.
Ti,cv lost their irncceEcc and curls
And put CT childish things.
They lived and died For some the lou
In gOodly ground was cast.
While others nsrred with plan and plot
The record g thc past
Young Master Lambton's arms and legs
That crimson suit outgrew.
Port and experience changed the eharirs
OF jovial Jacly Grove
Thc baby Jol-s1 : Thunder woke
To beilov- round tho arts.
Ana GainsuoFo l-,h's Ccorgiana broke
= score Of haricsis hearts.
a Cochrane.