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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-07-14
wo,na,,.. Interest In rsducaticn.

Every one viii admit woman's IN
terest IL education said Ellen II. L.
Price Of Swarthmore, Pa, to a New
York Tribune reporter. "Even the most
conservative VIII grant that the train
ing Of the young is not only her privi-
Iege. but her duty. Does il not seem
strange, then, that in many Of our states
women have been so entirely ignored II
the management Of our public schools?
In the schools. as in the professions,
men have had hitherto the advantage Of
the squatter-men are on the ground,
and possession Is nine points of the law.
in the professions however, we fnd
here and there successful women who
have overcome this disadvantage by their
individual worth and persistent effort,
but in the public schools the matter Is
more difficult, for they are under the
control Of the state, and those who have
possession have the weapon to defend
themselves in this possession.
For instance, the constitution of
Pennsylvania makes women eligible 20
any office OF control or management an
der the school system, yet 1t denies
them the right TO vote fer the people
who bold offices or make the appoint
menis. Experience has shown that so
long as women have TO lock TO the men
Of the state TO place them IN offices Of
control CT management they will not
get the Offices, for in this, the twenty
fourth wear since our constitution went
into effect, We find that out Of a total of
Is, 7S4 school directors only IL are
women.
1.-The office Of director is probably the
most important in the whole list. The
ideal school director should be equipped
with "A literal education, a knowledge
of uB TO date educational methods, in
terest in the public schools and belief
In their possibilities, a knowledge of
child nature and the reeds of children,
the ability to Judge character and to
deal with men, and sufficien. leisure 70
devote 10 the various duties # the officc,
ard the moVs of these qualities and at
tainments school board possesses the
more nearly 1t apprcac hes the ideal
Now. few men. even gSanting them
all the other qualifications, know child
nature or have muld appreciation of
children's needs. and many men have
little OF no leisure 10 attend to the du-
ties of the Office. Therefore beard
composed entirely Of men, even edu-
Gated men, is not likely 10 be ideal-in
fact, is very sure 10 be inefficient and
incapable Of bringing about the best
conditions for the school under its con
troll
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-07-14
THE USEFUL GIRAFFE.
Employed to Get Down Balls Ths; Had
Lodged I'm the Roof Gutter.

Employed to Get Down Balls That Had
Lodged In the Roof Gutter.
Good naturedy' said the old circus
man. why, the best in the world.
When the old mans boy used 20 get n
baseball lodged In a gutter at the caves
Of the houso-this was when we were
of the road in winter quarteTs-he new
er used to get ont az the scuttie and
climb down fhe roof and take the risk
Of falling of and breaking his neck to
get it, He used 10 20 to the barn and
get cut the giraffe. The old Is fcoter
would trot along after the boy-he knew
what WIS wanted-till they came TO
the house and then walk along the side
looking down into the gutter as howent
along until he came 20 the ball, aud
then he would pick il up and bend his
head down and give it to the boy.
lone day when the youngster had
thrown bail up On the roof and had
seen it roll down into the gutter he
went as usual after the giraffe. When
the giraffe looked along the gutter that
day, there was no ball there. BE took
his nose out of the gutter and looked
down at the boy in the yard with a
large Interrogation mark in each eye as
much as TO say:
"'Sure it didn't roll of somewhere?'
"And the boy said Sure, and then
the giraffe looked again, but it wasn't
there, and the giraffe so reported, with
a solemn shake of the head, and was
driven hack IN fhe harm
''They wondered about this, for it
was the first time the giraffe had ever
failed to get the ball, and they knew it
must be there, but it was soon explain
cd. y day or two later there came big
rainstonn. Instead of running a big
noisy stream as usual the tin water pipe
from the roof ran just little bit Of a
stream, and the water that should have
run off III that way overiiowed the gut
tiers and dripped III a thin sheet against
the side of the house. Then they knew
why the giraffe couldn't find the ball.
1t had rolled down the water pipe. -
New York sun.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-07-14

The belts this season are of fine kid.
with silver, gilt filigree CT enameled
buckles. The harness belts with severely
plain buckles are considered very stylish.
4 new style Of belt has two buckles. one
on either side Of the front, TO make the
waist line look smaller. Leather now
may be had in all colors, to match all
gowns Black silk belts are most be.
coming TO stout figures, as they fit close
ly to the form. Slender buckles give a
longer waist apparently. Jeweled and
onameled belts are dressy, but should
never, under any consideration, be worn
with cotton shirt waists or cotton dress
os. Belts CT all kinds are preferred ! a
inches wide-Ladies' Home Journal.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-07-14

great turtle for market, one of the boys,
whose brown body is stripped bare,
stands in the prov Of the boat as it is
pushed from the shore. lie watches in
tently, and presently he sees one of the
big turtles taking nap ON the clear
white sand of the bottom. He dives
quickly, and. swimming down from be-
hind, scizes the turtle firmly by its
shell. OF course the turtle wakes up
and, like bucking broncho, begins to
dash and plunge wildly about, seeking
to throw its plucky rider.
Not succeeding in this, il darts quick
ly TO the surface. where the boy gets his
first breath. Then down again il goes.
tearing through tire water and beating
the foam with its fiippers. But its rider
never lets 90 for moment. nnd-present-
ly the great turtle grows exhausted,
and the boy. by lifting ON the front end
Of the shell forces il 10 the boat, where
il is quickly loaded aboard and taken
away 20 market IL is great sport and
the boys enjoy IL as much rs oGr boys
like lively young pony 10 ride--Chi-
caco Record.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-07-14

There is a sawmill in Grandin, Mo-,
many departments of which are in
charge of women. There is a woman i'll
charge of the engine. One of the rooms
where the big saws are operated is man
aged by women. The latheroom is also
populated with femininity, and the ma
chimes Of all sorts are handled by them.
In the rooms adjoining force of young
women is constantly employed filing
and getting the saws in shape for work
The care Of the machinery is in their
hands, and it is said they are quite rs
adept and as competent to handle it as
any force yet employed III the mill.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-07-14

Miss Lillian Gordon Pym of Bosom
was among the successful students wis
recently passed the examination of the
Royal College of Music il London and
received the degree Of associate. Miss
Pym was born in Boston l6 years age
and has been studying abroad five years.
during which time she has been award
cd a medal for proficiency as a pianist by
the associated board Of the Royal Acade-
my of Music and the Royal College oi
Music and also the degree - liosntiate
from the Royal Academy If Music. She
is daughter Of Mr.. James Fym Of the
Boston Daily Herald.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-07-14
CORONATION SERVICES.
Tenure of Land on Condition Of Personal
Duty TO the Sovereign.

Duty TO the Sovereign.
Florence Hayward describes Queen
victoria's coron ~ roll in The Cen
tory. The write Sss:
After telling how the privy council
was formed into commission "to hear
the petitions of the lords, great men.
mobiles. knights and other with regard
to services. duties, attendances, offices.
fees and rights connected with the cere-
mony of coronation the roll states
what these petitions were. or at least
such Of them as were granted.
One was that the Duke of Norfolk,
who claimed "the right to find for the
queen on her day of coronation glove
for her majesty's right hand and to sup
port the queens right arm on the same
day as long as her majesty shall hold
in her hand the royal scepter. tho petit
toner holding the manor of Worksop
by the aforesaid services. In other
words, if the Duke Of Norfolk bad
failed to provide the glove or 10 support
her majesty's arm at that particular
time his ownership of Worksop manor
would have been invalidatcd and the
property have reverted TO the crown.
Another petition was that Of Barbara,
Baroness Grey de Ruthyn, who, as tho
head of her family, claimed the right 10
carry the great spurs before her majesty
on the day of her coronation and asked
that George, Lord Byron. be appointed
her deputy for the performance of that
duty.
Yet another was that of Francis,
twelfth earl of Huntingdon. The earl
dom of Huntingdon had remained sus-
pended for many years owing to the
tenth earl dying without issue. When,
however. this twelfth in the line of sue
cession succeeded in establishing, as a
descendant of the second earl, his right
to the peerage. he also claimed the right
to carry one Of the four swords of state
in the coronation procession. this, as
well as other duties and services con-
nected with the ceremony, being the
condition Of his tenure Of lands. Small
wonder, then. that in announcing the
omission Of the procession it was inn
portant 10 SIT forth also that the non
performance of duties connected with il
should entail 40 forfeiturCs
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-07-14
Mis- wnder,s Appelntment.

Miss Helen Wilder, youngest daugh
ter Of Mrs. E. X. Wilder, the mis-
tress of large fortune and one of the
most popular society girls in Honolulu
has been especially honored BY the at
torney general by receiving a commits
sion as a humane officer Miss Wilder Is
the first woman in the Hawaiian Islands
TO be appointed 10 such position. The
honor was conferred upon her unsolicit-
ed in recognition of her frequent efforts
10 relieve the sufferings of dumb ami
mails ana 10 bring cruel masters TO pun
ishment.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-07-14
:. .,--,,,T,. ,7----o1 vb1en women Tnem-

AnotnCr reason, when women tnen-
selves vi Ike slow to acknowledge, bnt
which they must recognize, Is that they
delight in the order and method which
iney find in this house keeping done by
men for men. From time immemori-
al women have been the honsclecpers.
the housewives. ard most Of them have
felt the friction, the wear and tear Of
their work. Here. in this sanctum OF
nan 5 ordering. everything moves IN
quiet. methodical way, as If regulated
IL some hidden clockwork. The ques-
tion arising from this discovery may IN
the near futufe ia found hard 10 an
s,ser New Hmk Journal.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-07-14
N.,,,s, w.n,en and Woman suffrage.

Notable Msncn and Woman Suffrage.
one II the grievances Of the suffrage
headers lar III tbs fact that tho literary
women If the country woald express no
svmrathy with their efforts. Poets ano
authors in general were denounced.
Gail Hamilton. " ho had the good Of
woman ia her heart, who was better IN
formed On public affairs than perhaps
any other woman in the United States,
and whose tronchant pon cut deep ard
spared not, always reprohatcd the cause.
Mrs. stowe stood aloof, and so did
Catherine Beecher, though urged 20 the
contrary course by Henry Ward Beech
er and Isabella Beecher Hooker.
In letter 10 Mrs. Cutler, Catherine
Beeeher said: Il am not opposed TO
wolnen's speaking in public TO any who
are willing 10 hear. Nor am l opposed
10 women's preaching, sanctioned as It
is by prophetic apostle, as one OF the
miilennial results. Nor am Iopposed to
a woman's earning her own independ-
enoe in any lawful calling and wish
many more were open 20 her which are
now closed Nor am | opposed 10 the
organization and agitation OF women,
as women, 10 set forth the wrongs suf-
fered by great multitudes of cur sex,
which are multiform and most humili-
ating. Nor am 1 opposed 10 women's
undertaking TO govern boys ard men
they always have and they always will.
Nor am opposed TO the claim that wo-
men have equal rights with men. |
rather claim that they have the sacred
superior rights that God and good men
accord 10 the weak and defenseless, by
which they have the easiest work, the
most safe and comfortable places and
the largest share Of all the most agree
able and desirable enjoymoDts Of this
life. Ny main objection TO the woman
suffrage organization Il this-that a
wrong mode i employed to gain night
object. -" Woman Suffrage and Educa-
ton, " by Helen Kendrick johnson. in
Appletons' Popular Science Monthly.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-07-14
A Hard Swallow.

An eminent barrister, noted as much
for a habit he had of sucking lozenges
as for his eloquence, was once defend
ing a murder case. He was standing
with bullet in one hand and the usual
lozenee III the other, when suddenly. in
the midst of fine burst Of eloquence,
his face fell, and in tone of agony he
cried:
''Gentlemen, I've swallowed the bull
let. London Bits.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-07-14
A Vision of summer.

Among the tea gowns for summer
wear is one of pale pink crepe do chine
tied in with a mauve sash and with a
fluffy bow OF mauve at the throat. One
Of eel blue muslin is all tucked and
flonnced in a loose. floating coat over a
design. 1t is a perfect vision of summer.
4 'tea coat Of old time brocade, with
gold stripes and howery lines of roses
and forgetmenots, is caught i'll at the
waist by broad black sash which falls
Oh one side. 1t opens over an underdress
1f white mousseline with narrow rufiies
If black lace. Exchange
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-07-14
FOR LITTLE FOLKS.
RIDING A SEA MONSTER.

How Florida Boys Catch Tnriies For the
asrket-ft Is Great Sport.
Florida boys have one kind Of oxcit-
ing sport which the young folk of moro
northern lands know little about. Ii
consists in catching the huge sea tur
ties which frequent the bays along the
southern coast Of Florida. The turtles,
from which is made the green turtle
soup so familiar 10 restaurant fare, are
confined by the fishermen in huge pens,
or turtle erawls, consisting Of fences
extending from the shore out into the
water. When the fisherman wants a
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-07-14

---,..sv eIose 10 dentists II you arc
not fond of street music. Itinerant or
gan men carefully avoid playing any
where near the house Of a practitioner
who can effectually stop OF remove all
troublesome grinders. Punch.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-07-14

W.. CEAGAN, Crro HED EuAu,
"a Adams street. A1s- 6. Thirteenth s:Ieet,
theuy. cancer Of lip. Pittsburgh. cancer 81
Yeas breast. years
Nss- Armburst. wesve-'s Old Stand. Westnors
land county. cancer Of leg. years. Mrs James
forsieTs. Coal Mining Indiana county. Pa. cancer
OF shoulder. years Mr.. Roth. corner Thirty-siSi5
stTeSt aud Peun avenue. GAMER Of cheek. , ycara.
hS. Horn. Hang street. Allegheny. cancer of cheek.
5years. Ms. Stewart. So Grace street. Mt. Nash.
hgfcn. fittshHrrh. cancer Of vgcrlb. years Mrt.
J. Kelly, West PIttsbuTgh street. GFeensbg-g. Pa,
tuu-or Of nose. years. Mr.. Stevenson. IS Psrs
Way. Allegheny, turnor on forehead. IS years. MrI
6 Lohde. 65o7 Shakespeare street. + E. Pittsburgh
cancer Of -Teass. years. Mrs. Beghans. cancer q
bseas;, years. Mrs Muller. Cancer OF breast.
year-. hts- H1scdis. cancer of vomt, yesa.
Ars hctst=t, -arcsr oi womb. Yeas. Mrs. lacs.
be-. cancer of womb. year. Mr. Mzivcr. t-ftef %
scse-a7, :, years Ms Egsu. Cancer Ct the tre.zi.
years Mrs. Sfeveiy. cancer Of wcrih, mouth=
g. Robinson street Allegheny City. Pa Alan
E.sek, cancer on lip. Stoto station Beaver county
Pa. SIR. Mcruer. cancer Of return. 81 Forty-fitA
street. Pi.:shuF.a Ia k-s- Aple-. Ca-c.r nose,
ffanksiewu aveEE-. (. E. Pitisbursh. Pa Mri
Asits Cancer OF the breast. 81 years OF age Curry
u4uon. Bcdhel township. Allegheny county. Pa
Mrs.. Muller. cancer OF the lip and toagse a year.
L.Iiicgd' Somerset CoGagy, gs.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-07-14
A Cnrinns Arrun.n,

Ar. Lsbouchere argues as though one
Of the necessary qualifications for the
discharge Of public duty was the posses
sion Of muscles or the power to kill
somebody. That is curious argument
IN the reign Of woman. If women
cannot organize themselves 10 kill other
women, it only implies that men onght
to give up such insane folly, and the
advent of woman will, doubtless. has
ten the day when international issues
will be settled, not by base bloodshed,
but by rational arbitration. AS things
are now, women suffer quite as much
and IN some respects even more from
war than men suffer, and it is a mon
strous injustice that women should have
no voice at all in relation to an unspeak-
able curse Of their sex.-London Meth
odist Times
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-07-14

81 haven't got any case" said the
client, "but have. money"
How mnch?" asked the lawyer.
'Ten thousand dollars" was the re-
ply.
"Phewl You have the best case ev-
er heard of. I'll see that you never go
10 prison with that sum-" said the law
yer cheerfully Boston Ira 'eler.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-07-14

a paper published in Greenland can
boast of the longest name in existence.
It is Arrangagliotio Natinginnavnik
Sysaraminas Sink.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-07-14
CONDENSED SCHEDULE
rains arrive. and depart from the station at
EASTW ARD.

For rates, maps, &C., call on Ticket Agents or
address Thos. L. Watt, 4. A. w. d., $50 Fiah
Avenue, PittSburg, PA.
J. II. Hutchinson. J.-R Wood
Gen. Manager. GenT Pass 4
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-07-14

OstentatiOn has been described as the
way other people "show of. Flown
aud Country Journal
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-07-14

Qaeen Victoria has 60 living de
soendants. Yet it is said that if women
are allowed to take an interest in poll
tics the human race will become extinct.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-07-14

In Melbourne a woman gets two
pence halfpcnny fer making a shirt,
while Chisamon gets flycpenoe for
washing it, says P5aIson's Weekly.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-07-14
IMpORTANr no AnYERrIsERs.

The cream of the country papers is found
in Remington's County Seat Lists shnwi
advertisers avail themselves of these lists, q
copy of which can DO had of Remington
Bros. of New York 4 Pittsburg.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-08-19

Special Washington correspondence;
Considerable excitement has been
caused by the report OF large gold finds
In Siberia. This announcement from
London that Russian expeditions have
discovered gold fields In the vicinity Of
the Sea Of Okhotsk, and that the gov
ernment Is about to send to the PENN
sula of Kamchatka to develop the sup
posed gold region there, creates great
interest here, especially among those
who are following closely the enormous
gold developments Of the world which
have recently occurred. An examina-
ton of the map Of North America will
show at glance that the great gold
field OF Alaska, which Is now being de-
veloped, is a part of the same general
line of mountains which supplied the
enormous gold production Of Califor-
mia, indeed of the same general line
which produced the gold of Peru, of
Central America, of the United States,
and now Of Alaska. Take your map of
the world and follow this mountain
range and you will find that it seems to
cross from the North American conti-
nent to Asia Mt the Behring Straits,
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-08-19

flfty years ago. Had there been no In
crease IN the population meantime,
there would be thus three times as
much gold for each person now as
there was half n century ago. But the
population OF the world has increased
90 per cent. In that time, SO that the
amount of gold for each individual Is
therefore about twice what 1t was mt
that time. This, however, relates to
the gold In bulk, and not gold money.
A further study Of Mulhall and other
statisticians shows that the increase
In the production of the gold which is
coined into money has been as great as
the increase I'm the production Of the
metal itself. Fifty years ago only 33
per cent. of the gold In the world was
coined: now 60 per cent. Is coined mon
ey. SO 1t appears that while the amount
of gold In the world for each Individual
has been doubled in fifty years, the
proportion of that gold which has been
turned into coin has also been doubled,
thus making the gold Of the world four
times as much per individual as 1t was
fifty years ago.
This increase in gold, coupled with
the increase in the percentage of that
metal which Is coined, is one of the
most important facts to be taken into
consideration in the determination Of
the cause of the falling off in the de-
mand for silver and the consequent
falling off in it's price.
A. b. CARSON.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-08-19
Shade for Cows.

The fact that with good pasture
COW Is able to eat as much in few
minutes as she can digest in several
hours is not properly appreciated by
most farmers. If 1t were they would
at least provide shade trees in their
pasture lot, or, better still, have cool,
darkened room where, after eating her
fill, the COW can lie and contentedly
chew her cud secure from the attacks
of flies. 1t is the digestion Of food rath-
er than eating 1t that fills the milk pail
Yet we have known farmers who cut
down shade trees in the pasture be-
cause. as they expressed it, the cows
would lie in the shade all through the
day, only eating at night and morning,
when air is cooler and the grass is like.
ly to be moistened with dew.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-08-19
Sorghum for the Silo.

While no kind of grain as feed can
supersede corn in cheapness and value,
sorghum is formidable rival to it for
fodder, especially when put up in the
silo. 1t stands drought better, which
is likely to make it popular in the arid
portions Of the West, where corn often
fails. The sorghum has too tough a
stalk to feed green, but when cut and
put in the silo there is enough fermen-
tation to soften the stalks so that they
can be eaten. The sweetness Of the
sorghum furnishes carbonaceous nutri-
ment just as does the starch of corn
grain, and in even more palatable form.
Wherever cane sugar is made in the
South the workmen who attend the
grinding always grow fat from the
sugar they eat.