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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-10-06
Stains on Table Linens.

For housekeepers at loss to know
how to get rid of stains on table linen
and napkins, the following may prove
helpful:
For peach stains Use a weak solution
of chloride Of lime. Linens must soak
for u long time. This is necessary and
important
Grass stains can be removed by using
cream -oi-tartar and water or alcohol,
which never stains the most delicate
fabrics.
For fresh tea or eoff-e stains Use boil
ing water poured on the spots over
some vessel Hold the water at q
height sufficient to secure force while
pouring. In old stains soak in cold
water before boiling.
For wine stains sprinkle with salt,
mOisten with hot water and pour boil
ing water through until the stains dis
appear.
For fruit stains Use boiling water. If
they do not yield Use Oxalic acid, allow
ing three ounces OF the crystal to one
pict of waler. Wet the stained linen
with the solution and place it over a
kettle of hot water or in the sunshine.
Rinse well as soon as the stains disap-
pear; wet with ammoniato cOunteract
the acid. Then rinse thoroughly again
This operation will save the linen,
which would otherwise be injured.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-10-06
A Result of Protest.

The tones of the indignant man who
was addressing the clerk in the gas Of
flee would have been laundering and
impressive if il had not happened that
he had high tenor voice. He tried
to talk so rapidly that he became con-
fused, and when he had started in
three or four times without succeeding
in stating his case with the emphatic
clearness that he sought, the clerk
leaned indulgently over the counter
and said:
81 think understand"
"Oh, you do, do you? | suppose
you're another psychologist. You can
read my mind the same as man reads
the meter merely by standing off and
taking it for granted"
NO" was the good-natured reply.
"But / catch your meaning. What
you mean TO tell me is that your family
were out of town during the month Of
August
L -, Sir- Mics away.
"And during the month Of July you
were at home burning gas every night
and using gas stove to get breakfast
and dinner on"
Precisely"
"And, in the face of these two facts,
the amounts of the two bills were ex-
actly the same"
"They didn't vary penny"
"It's evident there is sJme mistake"
al should think So"
"Yes. 1t must be wrong. I'm ever
so much obliged to you for bringing it
to our attention"
The visitor gasped in astonishment.
''It's a real luxury to meet a man
who honestly tries to keep track of
these things" the affable clerk went
on. sit stands to reason that you
ought to have been charged a great
deal more for July than for August.
You wait here, and I'll have the ae-
count Strengthened out for you in just a
minute. Washington Star.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-10-06

81 thought you said you were never
coming back unless you came with q
fortune?r There was something of a
sneer in the old gentleman's tone.
$50 did," replied the husky young
man whose face showed that he was
tired and whose clothes looked as if
they had been slept in. "Have all the
sport with me you can / deserve it
for thinkin' that knew more than all
my friends put together. I'm back
broke and travelled the last few hun
dred miles on a freight train, but 1
have collection of experience tina.
may prove very valuable"
"I told you that you'd never get there
and that you'd never get back if you
did"
That's right. Just what you said.
| got through to Seattle in good shape,
but there's where | struck the snags.
| met two nice looking fellows there
bright and full of business. They
were going right through to the Klon-
dixie, had engaged passage on the next
steamer and would be glad to have me
join them. We could look after each
other in case of danger or sickness, and
then we could reduce our expenses
by pooling our interests. l was about
to close with them when a handsome,
fatherly appearing old man called ME
aside to put me on my guard. Young
man, he said, we are overrun here
with sharks and gamblers trying
to catch victims as they come and go
to the diggings. Keep away from
gambling dens and see that your mon-
ey is secure all the time | told him
il was sewed inside my drawers and
anyone who got it would have to get
me first. He commended my pru-
dence and shook my hand as l thank
ed him. That night the money was
stolen from my person while / was
asleep. The hotel-keeper furnished
me with transportation to Denver.
was robbed by the old man, the two
young men or by someone else. The
thief knew where to look for that roll
of bills and it's gone. That's all i
know about it except that the Klon-
dixie craze cost me every dollar l had
on earth and l never got out of the
States. Detroit Free Press.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-10-06
To Avoid Taking Cold.

Ii is not always sufficient to point
cut a danger; it is often Of even greater
importance to show how the danger
may be averted.
Most people properly recognize a
cold as avoidable, and think they are
greatly to be commended for the pru-
dence they exercise in protecting
themselves; but if they did but know
it, they are really doing all they can
to make themselves susceptible to
colds by weakening their resisting
powers
a German professor once wrote a
long treatise, with a learned title, on
how to avoid catching cold. After
tracing the history Of colds from the
earliest ages, studying their caus-
es and symptoms, and eataloguIng the
remedies that have been used by the
most eminen. physicians of all times,
he concluded with short chapter on
prevention.
His plan was to inure the back Of
the neck to drafts by having some one
direct current of air upon il from a
bellows three times day.
The writer had the correct idea,
although its practical application was
clumsy, and he was a long time in
reaching it. The best and only way
to escape colds is to meet the CAUSES
that produce them and not to run from
them.
Let the body be hardened by cold
sponge bsth or even a cold plunge,
followed by a brisk rubbing with a
''scratchy" towel, every morning
Let the clothing be adapted to the sea-
son, though always as light as possible,
bat keep the neck uncOvercd-no
TUNED up coat collar, no mufli-r, no
boa. Never let the temperature ia the
house rise above seventy degrees in the
winter. Air every room systematical-
ly every day, no matter what the out
door temperature may be. Always
have fresh air In the OedroOmi there i
nothing poisonous in the might all"
popular belief to the contrary notwith-
standing.
In word, don't always be afraid Of
catching cold; don't cOddle but meet
cold and wet and changes of tempera-
ture like a manor rather, like a
horse, and you will then run a better
chance of being as strong as a horse.
OF course you must strengthen your
armor where it is weak, but if you
recognize in yours III a weak place, a
"coid spot" don't cover it up with
more clothes, but tOughen it, and
tougher your entire body until it is
a homogeneous resistant whole
Youths Companion.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-10-06
MAY KILL ALL LIFE.
Fear That the Big Sun Spot Will Soon
Explode.

Astronomers are now watching with
increa4ed interest the big sun spot
which has been in great activity for the
last two years, and are speculating on
the outcome. 1t is said the molten
mass is likely at any time to burst from
the suns surface. Professor Siverimus
J. Corrigan, director OF the GOOdsell
observatory Of Carleton university, on
this subject says:
"A new planet may at any instant
break away from the sun, and the ter
rifle explosion which will necessarily
accompany this breaking away will
produce great disturbance Of the en-
tire universe, but particularly Of the
earth, perhaps completely smashing il,
and surely destroying all animal life
on land as well as in the waters.
Zine results of my investigations on
this subject indicate that the earth is
closely approaching a critical epoch in
its career; yet the day or the hour of
visitation mo man knOweth, but these
results have convinced me that il is i'm
minent. Look TO the sun.
''Neith, is this tremendous disturb
ance of the earth and the destruction OF
all life upon it completely unprecedent-
ed \ similar detachment of solar
matter by the same means Is known by
scientists TO have occurred $500, ,0O0
years ago, period simultaneous with
the palaeozoic age, at which time all
animal and vegetable life then existing
on the face Of the earth was completely
crushed out"
Commenting on Prof. C0rrigan's
statement, Prof. Garret =. Serviss says:
Every astronomer knows that the
sun is the parent of the earth and Ofall
the other known planets The famous
discovery, two years ago, Ofthe strange
solar element, heiium, in the rocks Of
the earth, was really beautiful proof
of the substantial identity Of the two
bodies, the sun and the earth. Helium
on the earth is mark of parentage,
like peculiar strain in the blood of an
animal. No astronomer doubts that
our globe, and all its comrades, mad
their origin from the sun.
"rhe idea which he suggests, that
the birth of new world should have
the effect of destroying the life of an
oder one, has a peculiar Significance.
Granted that a planet may be born
from the sun in the way he points out,
the consequences indicated might well
result. Life on this earth is possible
only through very delicate balance of
conditions and forces, and the evidence
is daily accommodating that even COM
paratively slight disturbances in the
sun are capable OF affecting that bal
ance in various ways."-ChieagO Trib-
une.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-10-06
There is Nothing so Good.

There is nothing just as good as DIR.
Kings New Discovery for eOnsump-
ton, coughs and cold, 20 demand il
and do not permit the dealer to sell
you some substitute. He will not
claim there is anything better, but in
order to make more profit he may
claim something else TO be just as
good. You want DIR. Kings New Dis
eovery because you know it to be safe
and reliable, and guaranteed to do
good or money refunded. For coughs,
colds, consumption and for all affee-
tions of the throat, chest and lungs,
there is nothing so good as is DR..
Kings New Discovery. Trial bottle
free at Snyder's drug store, Somerset,
or at Brallier's drug store, Berlin.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-10-06
Did You Ever

Try Electric Bitters as a remedy for
your troubles? If not, get bottle now
and get relief This medicine has
been found to be peculiarly adapted to
the relief and cure Of all female COM
plants, exerting a wonderful direct in
fiuence in giving strength and tone to
the organs. IL you have loss Of sppe-
tite, constipation, headache, fainting
spells, or are nervous, sleepless, excita-
BILE. melancholy or troubled with dizzy
spells, Electric Bitters is the medicine
you need. Health and strength are
guaranteed by its use. Fifty cents and
sl.00 at Snyder's drug store, Somerset,
or at Brallier's drug store, Berlin.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-10-06
Injured to the Cold.

When asked if he was not afraid of
a temperature of ten degrees below
zero the late Tolman Wiley, of Boston,
said: "Where I was born, sir, my
father one Sunday took me into a
meeting house which sat on four stone
posts with no other underpinning. /
sat in the church and listened to a
sermon on hell for 90 minutes, with
the wind bowling underneath the
church and blowing 10 miles a minute,
with no fire in the stove and the mer-
curry 10 degrees below zero. Do you
think | was born in sugar box and
nursed on heliotroDes"
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-10-06
500 Reward, s1Oo.

The readers Of this paper will be
pleased to learn that there is at least
one dreaded disease that science has
been able 10 cure in all its stages and that
is catarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure is the
only positive cure now known to the
medical fraternity. Catarrh being a
constitutional disease, req1ires a con-
stitutional treatment. Halls Catarrh
Cure is taken internally, acting direct
ly on the blood and mucous surfaces of
the system, thereby destroying the
foundation of the disease, and giving
strength to the patient by building up
the constitution and assisting nature in
doing its work. The proprietors have
so much faith in its curative powers,
that they offer Oae Hundred Dollars
for any ease that it fails to cure. Send
for list of testimonials. Address
+. J. CHENEY * co,
Toledo, o.
4 II
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-10-06

"Well, dear, come and tell me about
your party. Did you have a nice
timer
''No, not n bit, Aunt Marian. had
a horsid time, because did something
wrong before / went. am very sorry
and ashamed, and / have come TO con-
fess."
And confess she did with a trembling
voice and good deal of choking.
Aunt Marian listened in silence. Then
she gently drew the girl to her and
kissed her.
Don't cry, Muriel; I'm not going TO
scold you. OF course you did wrong
and Pm sorry about the bracelet-but
it can't be helped now. If you had
asked me, my dear, would have lent
it to you"
"Oh, aunt, how good you are! You
ought to give me dreadful scolding.
l am so ashamed of myself, but my
repentance won't restore your bracelet"
''Muriel," called Flo outside the door.
"Oh, Muriel," she whispered eagerly,
as the latter appeared, "here is note
from the Howards, and / do believe
the bracelet is inside of it."
Muriel tore the envelope open with
nervous haste; out fell little heap of
gold links and a paddock. Flo caught
il joyously.
''What does the note say?''
at is from Clara" said Muriel. "She
picked it up last night after We had
gone and put it in her own jewel-box
for safety. She was asleep when | was
there, you know, and so could not tell
me-"
Muriel went back to Aunt Marian.
"Oh, aunt, here it is safe and sound.
/ am so thankful and relieved, And
truly I'll never feel tempted TO do such
a thing again. / know what it makes
"A person feel like, and am sure 1 have
learned a wholesome lesson"
81 think you have, DEAR" was all
Aunt Marian said.
And she was right; Muriel was cured
of one folly, and she set herself reso-
lutely to work to root out the rest.
When her birthday came, Aunt Mar
ian gave her a pretty pima golden
pansy with a pearl in the centre
Muriel thanked her, and said:
"I'll wear it as a reminder, and
whenever / feel tempted to envy any
one, or to fret over what / can't have,
or to do anything that my conscience
does not approve OF, I'll look at it and
remember the gold-link bracelet"
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-10-06
Bucklen's Arnica Salve.

The Best Salve in the world for Cuts,
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fe-
yer Sores, letter, Chapped Hands,
Chilblains, Corns, and all Skin Erup-
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 at j.
y. Snyder's drug store. Somerset, or
at Brallier's drug store. Belin, Pa
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-10-06
The Successful Suitor.

II don't say as how yo've went back
on yer word" he said, as he sat down
on the stump in front of the log house,
"but the fack stan's thet ye've gone
an married another man,
The woman took off her sun bonnet
and handed it to one of the barefoot
children who were hanging about.
Take that into the house." she said;
FAN the rest of you all run an play"
Then, turning to her visitor, she ex-
claimed defiantly: 'Thar amt nobody,
man or woman, as kin say that oncet 1
gin my word ever went back onto il
l told you long ego, when fust they
was any prospect of my gittin' ter be
widder, thet thar want no use of yer
hintin' around about what / might do
in case anythin' happened"
"Ye said, though, thet / stood as
good show as anybody else"
"An' so We did-then."
"Whut you was skeered about was
thet you'd git somebody as wouldn't
be good to the children"
THAT was jist the pint"
"Ain't i allus been ez p'lite an
agreeable to 'em ez anybody eould?"
"Sure."
"Ain't 1 bought 'em candy an gin
gerbread hosses an tin wagons?"
"Most liberal"
San on the Fourth of July didn't |
buy 'em shootfh' crackers an sky
rockers an roaming candles an lot
of other things?"
"You done all that. But you didn't {
stay ter see 'em touched Off"
"'Cause halter go ter town, right
back ter town, that same afternoon"
at was that day / made up my
mind ter marry Jake Spicer."
"And him man weth a wooden
legr the other murmured Indignantly
"Yes, an you'll. be surprised ter
know how much them fireworks an
that wooden limb had ter do weth it.
i knew how much store Jake sOt by it.
He took jist as much pride in that
wooden leg ez do in my marble top
bureau. l give you credit fur bein'
good natured most of the time, but
children is pesterin' an there amt no
tellin' how long a mans temper is
goin' ter hold out weth them ez amt
his own. When / seen the patient an
accommodatin' way Jake Spicer rolled
up his pant leg an helt out that wood
en- limb fer the boys ter tack pin
wheels onto, said to myself, There's
"A man ez kin take sass an disObejine
an not git riled; ef any body'll make a
second father ter them young 'uns, it's
him. "-Washington Star.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-10-06
Eternal Vigilance

Is the price of perfect health. Watch
carefully the first symptoms Of impure
blood. Cure boils, pimples, humors
and scrofula by taking Hoods Sarsa-
parilIa. Drive away the pains and
aches OF rheumatism, malaria and
stomach troubles, steady your nerves
and overcome that tired feeling by TAX
ing the same great medicine.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-10-06
Much too Good-Natured-

"My wife has the most exasperating
temper" said the wiry little man.
81 am surprised to hear it, said the
other man. AZ had an impression that
she was very good-natured."
That's just what's the matter with
her. She won't get mad when she
ought to. The other morning / went
to the hydrant to get drink and the
water was almost thick enough to
carve. And I began saying things.
Never mind, dearie, said she. Just
think how nice it will be to scOur the
tinware with indianapolis JOurn-
al.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-10-06
Growth Of Human Hair e.

Authorities differ as to the rate of
growth of the human hair, and it is
said to be very diSsimilar in different
individuals. The most usually accept
ed calculations give 6! inches per
aunum.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-10-06

Travellers are frequently troGbled
with dysentery, diarrhoea or other
bowel complaints brought on by
change of water and diet. One dose of
DIR. Fowler's Ext. of Wild Strawberry
will bring relief.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-10-06

That a teaspoonful of powdered alum
mixed with stove polish adds greatly
to its brillianey when applied to the
range.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-10-06

Palermo, Sicily, has an average Of
l67 eIoudless days year, and 81 days
of partial cloud and partial sunshine
which elsewhere would be classed ~
fine days
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-10-06

Hoods Pills are the best family ca
thartic and liver tonic. Gentle, relia-
ble, sure.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-10-06

That an old silk handkerchief makes
an admirable duster for fine cabinets
and bric a-brae.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-10-06

Many failures occur with clover from
the use of poor seed Crimson clover
has also caused disappointment from
the same cause, and at this season,
when it is being seeded down, lSrge
magnifying glass will serve admirably
in assisting to detect the foreign seeds.
All clover seeds are miniature beans
and each kind has its characteristic
appearance, which is easily recognized
after one becomes familiar with the
shapes and color by exam ination Of
the several varieties
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-10-06

Many people are surprised to learn
that milk which is liquid has larger
proportion of solid contents than have
many articles of food Milk averages
s. per cent. of solid matter, of which
considerable part is albumen- 1t is
this which eoagulates with heat, and
still more when rennet is used. POta-
toes are 50 per cent. moisture, though
when the potato is cooked the starch
in il expends, making il seem much
heartier food than it is. The solid of
the potato is mainly starch. That of
milk is divided between eaSeine. butter
fats and sugar, the last of which is
found in whey, which, even though it
be soured, shows by that fact that il
has had some sugar in it.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-10-06

A calf dropped in the fall should be
a good one to rear, that is, of course,
providing it has good blOOl and is Of
likely appearance. The calf begins
life in warm world, and one in
which flies are not troublesome Is dur
ing the summer months, and the little
animal has plenty of time to begin TO
grow, and become weaned and aeeus-
toned to hay and grass by the follow
ing spring, when it is in first rate con-
ditiOn to go to pasture grasses The
fall calf has much to recommend il,
and there is good reason TO expect it to
make a fine COW.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-10-06

Those who intend to keep any smOk-
ed hams and shoulders for next sum-
mer's use, should Use salt for packing.
Ii is more cleanly, and better in every
particular, than ashes or other articles
commonly used. All that is necessary
Is to 50 place the meat that the pieces
will not touch each other, covering
well the top pieces The salt will not
be wasted, as it may be used over
again, or taken 10 make brine. Hams
packed in this way will not be musty
or dirty on the outside, nor will they
take any more salt than had been ab-
sOrbed before packing.
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A Klondike Victim.

rD Sold by Druggists, 75c.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-10-06

LOwland pastures should always
contain redtOp in some Of its varieties.
IL makes the eleanest, incest looking
and sweetest turf Of any grass. The
tine-leaved varieties should he selected
for cultivation in pastures. Meadow
feseue is a valuable pasture grass,
where the soil is good, and on sandy
soils red fescue is perhaps one Of the
best species We can cultivate, assOeiat-
ing with it English bluegrass.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-10-06
Farm Topics of the Season.

Feed grain now IL you have not done
it before; eottonseed meal and wheat
bran are profitable. II IL is only
cents worth day it will pay.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-10-06

A poor COW in the dairy is like a dull
tool in carpenters hands-requircs
the expenditure Of large percentage
Of energy to obtain small percentage
Of result.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-10-06

For many reasons fall planting Is
preferable to spring planting. There
Is much more time to do the work
properly. The roots get firmly estab-
lished during the winter. The tree or
shrub is then in condition for imme-
diate growth on the opening Of spring.
Nearly all deeiduous trees and shrubs
can be shipped and transplanted in
autumn to advantage; also, roses in the
open ground, when slightly protected
with suitable mulching.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-10-06

1t requires but a small amount Of
capital to get start with sheep, and
in opening up new farm they will
help materially to commence the in
come, consuming much which would
otherwise go to waste, both in the pas
tures and in the stablss.