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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1898-05-11
COULD Not EAT.
/ Woman's Strong Consultation Wrecked.
Effects Of a Treacherous Disease.
A Wonderful Case.
From lAs Ballslln, Monroe. Ia.

Pills for Pale People bad effected miracu-
lots cure with the same disease which
neielbor Of mine had in Illinois
On the strength Of this testimonial de.
eided at once TO give the medicine iTlai- 4
accordingly sent for box Of Dr. Williams
pills q thorough trial. / did uoL notice any
change till hnd tried the seeqnd box !
was discouraged little with the result OF
the first box, but knowing that | should not
expect a sudden cure Of such chronic case
as mine, ! tried the second box with the re-
suit that Immediately began getting better
used Eve l,oxes Of these pills and was COM
pletely cured, as you see me to-day, weigh
ing more than ever before
IS evidence Of the truthfniness Of her
story Mrs. Robbins volunteered 10 make
the following sworn statement:
- hereby affirm that the above statement
Is every word exact and true"
!" NIRs. STEPHEN RoBBISs.
Monroe, La, March ?, 1897.
Subscribed and sxorn to before me,
Notary Public in and for the Parish Of Miuns
State cf Louisiana. this the 2d day Of March,
1897. AMOS r. JEssUPs, Notary Iiehifc. =
Dr. Williams Pink Pills for Pale People
contain. in 4 condensed form. all the ele-
Inents necessary 20 give new life and rieh-
ness 10 the blood and restore shattered nerves
They are an unfailing specific for such dis
eases as locomofor ataxia, partial paralysis,
ST. Nitus' dance. sciatiea. neuralgia, rheuma-
tism, nervous hesdache, the aiier elect OF u 3
grippe. palpifation Of the heart. pale and
saliow complications, all forms Of weakness
either in male or female. Pink Pills are
sold by all dealers or viii be sent postpald
on receipt Of price. 50 cenis box, or six
boxes for 50 30 they are never sold IN bulk
or by the 100 by addressing DR.. Williams
Medicine Company, Schenectady, \. !.
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Nothing Is gained and much time
that is very valuable Is wasted BY al
lowing ourselves to become nervous and
unable to be Of the slightest nse In the
sickroom.
Although we may consider person
too III to be aware Of what Is taxing
place about him, be is sometimes faiiy
coenizznt Of the merest trifies and al
wzvs more on less susceptible TO any and
ali things going On For that reason
conversation about tke condition Of the
uatienf carried OF in whispers OF in any
mysterious manner should be avoided
and an air OF quiet cheerfulness always
maintained.
Nothing is 50 annoying as to be con-
tiuualIy asked if we do not wish the pill
lows changed, the bedclotbes straight
ened. the blinds closed or opened, some
nourishment brought. or any small de-
tails attended to. Better by far to see
for oneself and DO quietly without dis
turbina ths patient. Particularly # be
is disposed 70 sleep do not at once get
a newspaper Of the kind that has the
greatest possible amount of rattle in IL
and seat yourself in a rocking chair re-
gardless Of the possible effect it may
have upon the nervous condition OF
your friend.
When It is time for nourishment or
medicine, be prompt 10 give il. but al
ways without talking over it too Tauch,
and if it is the bitter cup that Is to DO
prescribed have something agreeable TO
follow and CHEEKY word II it Is the
food or broth. have it prepared outside
the sickrooln and brought quietly. and.
above all, IN an attractive form. bearing
il mind that little, daintily presented.
will be much more acceptable and par
taken Of with more benefit than larger
quantity. New York Ledger.
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horace Greeley as an orator.

Mr.. Greeley was not an orator in any
scholastic sense. He had a poor and
somewhat squeaking voice, he knew
nothing of gestures, and he could not
take an orator pose, which adds such
emphasis sometimes TO the matter and
Argument 70 be set forth. Not all his
, ,ars of practice on the platform and on
public occasions ever changed his habits
and methods as speaker, aud he ended
as poorly equipped in the respects nam
ed fer the vocation as when he began.
But he had one prime quality, without
which all the others are exploited in
vain. be invariably had something to
say, and he said il in such clear and
wholesome English with such sincerity
that be was an orator in spite of all the
rules.
To state it briefly, of all the eminent
speakers ] have introduced-and more
than once-there was not one who gave
better satisfaction, different and notable
as they We're, than Horace Greeley. As
a consequence, he came to me oftenest
and wore the best. We might or might
not agree with some of his peculiar
premises, as when be says, 1.-THE mo.
ment drop Of alcohol is received into
the hnman stomach that moment the
stomach recognizes a deadly enemy, T"
but be set his audience thinking and IL
Illuminated his theme.-Joel Benton in
Harper's Magazine.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1898-05-11

ssIt was close here," said the opinm
planter. THAT they caught tiger cred
tied with having done to death 900 ma
tivss. Only last week while out for q
walk saw . tiger leisurely pass across
the road. Are you likely to be aftackedg
Well, don't know. Yon may and may
not. but rather think bicycle would
frighten a tiger.
OF course We said it would BE- rather
nice to see a tiger. that it would pro-
vide an appreciated adventurous FLIP.
But, as a matter - fact. we regretted
having talked determinedIy about the
absolute necessity Of getting away with
the noonrisa. We tried TO shake our
hosts convictions that it was at night
tigers were on the prowL But be would
not accommodate Us.
Maybe. we conjectured. the animals
keep close 20 the roadway, watching for
victims. So as our Rovers went spin
ming along in the mellow moonlight
eyes were strained ahead for any prowl
ing object Once there was a quick
steadying down Of pace There was
some beast running along In the shade.
Ii wasn't big enough for q camel, 1t
was too big for dog, 80 it must be
tiger. Never a word was said. Each
pretended not to notice anything. Still
there was an affinity Of funk Now.
wonder what brute that is?" ene Of rs
at last asked in pretended don't care
voice. "Oh. nothing particular-hyena
or something was the reply. AL the
while the animal was behaving in e
distinctly mysterious way. We could
see its dark form in the gloom Il was
travelling ahead at a leisurely pace, oc-
casionally rustling the branches We
settled down to a dead crawl in its
wake Suddenly the brute strayed upon
a patch Of moonlight. 1t was poor lit
tie insignificant donkey.-Travel.
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ouserest Town In England.

The most curious town in England is
Northwich There is not a straight
street nor, in fact, a straight house in
the place. Every part Of it has tine ap-
pearance of having suffered from the
visitation of an earthquake Northwieh
is the center of the salt industry in
Cheshire, England. On nearly all sides
Of the town are big salt works, with
their engines pumping hundreds of thou
sands cf gallons of brine every week.
At depth of some 200 or 300 feet are
immense subterranean lakes of brine,
and as the contents of these are pumped
and pumped away the upper crust OF
earth is correspondingly weakened and
the result is an occasional subsistence.
These subsidences have a pulling ef-
feet on the nearest buildings, and they
are drawn ali ways. and give the town
an extremely dissipated Appearance
New York Sun.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1898-05-11

A story of Lincoln told me by the
man TO whom it happened lsince dead)
is as follows:
At the breaking out of the civil war
Captain Tompkins of the battery Of ar
tillery, state of Rhode Island militia.
stationed at Providence enlisted with
his entire command and left at once for
Washington. Soon after his arrival his
battery, together with other troops was
reviewed by the president in front of
the White House, and Captain Tomp
kins, proud Of his battery, brought it
past the president in the very best shape
be was capable of doing and at once re-
turned TO be presented to the president,
as was done with all the other officers.
When the captain was presented, Lin
coin said loud enough for all near by to
hear, Captain. your battery is certain
ly a very pretty battery-in fact, the
prettiest battery have ever seen, :" and
then in so low a tone that no one but
the captain heard him, "but I mnst
say, captain, have seen very few bat
teries. New York Times.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1898-05-11

Those gentlemen who are attired in
the peculiar uniform that fancy ascribes
to the pirate and freebooter, says an old
time WashiDgtonian, nov known as
the 'ehain gang, do not belong 10 a
modern institution, as it is generally
supposed. While it may be a new Gus
tom in some parts Of the country to
work the offenders Of municipal law on
the streets the custom has prevailed in
this city FOR about three-fourths of a
century The corporation Of Washing
ton established the asylum in 1921, and
the male inmates of the penitentiary
department were ordered TO report for
work on the streets Nov. %, 1928. The
asylum, or poor and work house, was
located then on the square bounded by
NJ. n, Sixth and Seventh streets north
west. and in the early days those placed
in the gang were so small in number as
10 attract no attention. / do not think
that any attempt to place the offenders
in the black and white stripes was made
till long after the asylum was moved
60 the banks of the Anacostia, about
1876. Washington Star.
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can.t Tell Their Husbands Apart.

Jim Hisey, aged 4S, is a prosperous
grain dealer in Yale. He has wife,
twa@ns and daughter. Will Hisey,
aged As, his brother, lives at Sparta.
He is also married. The two men are
twins, and all through life have been
the living duplicates Of each other. So
near alike are they even their wives
cannot tell them apart. They dress
alike, their voices are alike and their
hair and mustaches have the same color
and curls. When boys, they had to be
tagged SO that their parents and teach
ers would know the difference. When
jim gets crick in the back, Will is
liable to have the same complaint, aud
when Will gets the rheumatism Jim al
so gets it precisely in the same place
They were formerly both engaged in the
milling business and served an appren-
ticeship under the same man. They
were born in western Ontario, their
parents being Jacob and Betsy Hisey.
Jim's wife mas only one way in which
she can tell her husband from bis bro,h-
er. He has slight curve in one of his
fingers, which has to be held up in full
view. Then he must give password
before he is received into full fellowship
of the home circle. Many amusing in
stances of mistaken identity are told of
the two. Detroit Tribune.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1898-05-11
How To Dust Furniture,

Dust is always grief Of mind to the
careful housewife, who, like the virtn-
Gus woman of holy writ, looketh well
to the ways of her household.
II hath all seasons for its own, and
tho only way to conquer it is to pursue
it steadily. a feather duster is an
abomination except for the tops of pitt-
ures, etc, since it only stirs up the
dust from one spot in order to allow it
to settle on another, while wiping with
a damp cloth, which in any but judici-
Gus hands is apt 10 be wet one, is too
apt to smear the furniture. All furni-
ture should be busted regularly with
due regard to the corners, where most
of the dust aecumulates.
The best thing for carved furniture is
soft, thick paint brush, which will get
into all the interstices of the pattern.
When these are clogged take another
brush, wet with kerosene oil, to clean
them out. After using the oil rub dry
with soft cloth. Flannelette makes
the best dust cloths, and squares of it
are now sold ready hemmed for the
purpose in our large stores.
For highly polished surfaces use
chamois skin. And be sure to keep
your chamois clean. II can be washed
with very little trouble, only be sure TO
hang it up carefully TO dry, wringing
well, and then putting it into shape.
The bamboo beater is the best thing for
rugs and portieres, but it is useless TO
beat upholstered furniture. a stiff
whisk should be used, and all creviees
should be well brushed out and the
lint and dust brushed Off after this is
done. 1t is wonderful how much dust
tufted chair can hold-no wonder
maid and mistress alike wonder where
the dust comes from, for summer, win
ter, whether it blows in at open win
dows or sifts up through furnace fiues,
like the grass Of the poem, it comes
Creeping everywhere" and finds
lodgment in every inch of space ex-
posed.
Now that bookcases with glass doors
are no longer fashionable, books are
usually open TO the dust and need sys-
temaiic and careful attention to pre-
serve them from damsge. They
should be taken from the shelves at
least once or twice month and wiped
with a soft, dry cloth, which should be
shaken out of the window repeatedly
during the work of busting. Remem-
Der always that in brushing dust from
an object you scatter it, but wiping it
of with cloth you gather it up and
remove it altogether.
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Very Politely Put.

Several clergymen boarded a street
car in Boston ono dass. aad one Of them
bearing that Wendell Phillips was in
the car got Up and asked the conductor
80 point him out. The conductor did so,
and the minister, going up TO the ora
tor. said: II a.
"You are Mr.. Phillips, l am told. "
"Yes, sir.
Il should like TO speak TO you about
something. and / trust sir, you viii
not be offendedl"
There is no fear of ii. " was the
sturdy answer, and then the minister
began to ask Mr.. Phillips earnestly why
he persisted in stirring mp such an un-
friendly agitation in one part Of the
country about an evil that existed in
another part
"why, +" said tbeclergyman "do you
not go south and kick up this fuss and
leave the north in peace:"
Mr.. Phillips was not in the least ruff
fed, and answered srnilingly:
"You. sir, / presume, are minister
of the gospels''
'.L,am.,sir, A" said the clergyman.
And your calling is to save souls
from hell?"
Exactly sir"
"Wen, then, why don't yon 60
thereg'-San Francisco Argonaut.
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where Do You carry Your Money!


The two wives were discussing the
pecuniary peculiarities Of their respec-
tive husbands. and they conceded with
great unanimity until they reached the
point of their own relation to the purse
strings.
"My husband never gives me a penEy
unless he growls about my extrava-
gance, said one.
Mine does the same thing, attested
the other.
'But get even with him" And her
face showed the color Of satisfaction.
"How do you ever do it,"
Il go through his trousers pockets
when he's asleep"
Goodness graciousp' exclaimed the
other. 81 wouldn't do that for any
thing.
"Why not? Haven't wea right TO the
money as we'll as they have?''
"Yes, but wouldn't go through my
husbands trousers pockets for it :"
"Id like to know why?" said the
first, quite indignant at the apparent
reproof
Because" blushed the other, she
carries his money in his waistcoat pock-
ct. ."-Pearson's Weekly.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1898-05-11

Mr.. John Peterson, of Patoutville,
La, was very agreeably surprised not
long ago. For eighteen months he had
been troubled with dysentery and had
tri. d three of the best doctors in New
Orleans, besides half dozen or more
patent medicines, but received very
little relief. Chamberlain's Collie Chol-
era and Diarrhoea Remedy, having
been recommended to him, he gave it
trial and TO his great surprise, three
doses of that remedy effected per-
manent cure. Mr.. VIM. Mcnamara,
a well known merchant of the same
place, is well acquainted with Mr..
Peterson and attests to the truth of
this statement This remedy is for
sale by all druggists.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1898-05-11
rhe rriumnn Of Danny.

Several years before the discovery Of
oil at Pithole an Irishman named Nc
Carthy and his son Dan came to this
country from the Emerald Isle. Dan
was a young man of 30, but his father
looked upon him as a mere boy and
seemed to take delight in ridiculing
him before people.
"Yis, Dan is good BY" Es would
say sarcastically, "bnt, Danny, ne by.
Yell niver set the river on fire. /"
This was his stock witticisn. and 1t
annoyed Dan very much, but he did his
best and soon surprised the old gentle
man by securing a lucrative job.
avis. Danny has a job all right, he
said. "It's $3.50 day, but the b'y'n
niyer set the river on lire. Not he T"
When OIL was found at Pithole, Dan
hurried to the scene and was soon earn
ing unusually large wages as a team
ster. All the petroleum was drawn in
barrels, and teams were in great de-
mand. He saved his money. bought an
acre of land and soon had well drilled
that was producing 100 barrels of oil
per day. at $40 per barrel y g elder
Mccarthy joined him, saw the well, re-
ceiyed liberal gift of money, and then
shock his head ominously.
'Tis a good thing, Danny" he
croaked; '-ye're doin well, but mark me
worruds, yez'll niver set the river on
fire, me by"
a few days later food wrecked one
of Dams small wooden tanks. the oil
ran down the river. and there was great
excitement. AS Dan and his father stood
on The bank watching the oil float away
Dan drew a match and lighted it.
Father" be said coolly, "the next
tonne yez say Oi'll niver set the river
on fire place reminder that Oi had a
chance wanst. and-and didn't do ut,
bedadr'
Then be blew out the match-Har-
per's Bazaar.
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Archhishnn re,nnis-

Speaking Of Archbishop Temple in
the Lambeth conference. The st. James
Gazette says: 1T Is well known that
the utmost good feeling and unanimity
prevailed at that historic gathering, but
it is not perhaps surprising that some
of the exotic prelates were at first lit
tie astonished at the blunt. plain spoken
straightforwsrdness of the archbishop
No doubt sometimes their lordships
were told exactly what they had to do
aud how they were t. d. Is with an alb
ssnce of circumlocution which was en-
tirely new TO them, and one of the
American bishops summed up his feel
ings upon the perhaps rather more than
military decision Of the present successor
Of st. Augustine in a highly successful
epigram. I love that old man. he said,
with the characteristic Yankee drawl
which even bishops upon the other side
Of the Atlantic rarely quite lose, but
II he behaved like that il my country
he would be shct -
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1898-05-11

Colonel Ibbetson, who died recently
in England, was a capital whist player
and an Unsuitable reader. In the inter
val bssween games he invariably plung-
ed into book. never indulging in futile
discussions about the plays He was the
hero Of the last sensational elopemert
to Gretna Green. Forty-four years ago
Le ran of with the Lady Adela Villiers,
daughter of the Earl of Jersey. They
were never fully pardoned, as it was
thought that she had been guilty Of a
grave misalliance. Indeed the story is
told that when they got back 20 town
Lady Adela was reported TO have ex-
claimed to her sister. Il had 10 idea
till ! married that the lower orders
were so clean in their habits.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1898-05-11

VS. Harwood writes of '.Lhe Great
Lakes il St. Nicholas Mr.. Harwood


W. S. Harwood writes Of 1.-The Great
Lakes il St. Nicholas Mr.. Harwood
says:
Ceologisss point out the fact that this
chain nf lakes has not always been az
II now is; that there was time when
All the lakes were blended into one,
having probably the Mississippi river
for its outlet to the gulf on the south
One geologist says;
Every day sees something takeIi from
the rocky barrier Of Niagara. and geo
logically speaking az no very remote
inc our great lakes viii have shared
The fate of those which once existed in
the great far west. Already they baye
been reduced TO less than one-half their
fo-nser area. and the water level has
heea depressed 500 feet or more. The
process Is pretty sure TO COON until they
sre completely emptied. The cities that
staud upon their banks will ere that
tire have grown colossal IN size then
grav with age. then fall into deea-
dence and their sites be long forgot
ian. tnt in the sediments that are now
accommodating in these lake basins will
lie msny a wreck and skeleton, tree
trunk and floated leaf Near the city
sites and old river mouths these sedl-
,uents will be full Of relics that viii IL
lustrate and explain the mingled come
dy and tragedy Of life.
In a certain sense these lakes form
cne mighty river, draining region OF
over 525, 600 square miles and finding
an outIet for their oyerhowing water
through the swift St Mary's river at
the east end Of Superior; through Hu-
roa and the st. Clair river and Lake
ST. Clair and the Detroit river; through
Erie and Niagara and Ontario and the
ST. Lawrence, on 10 the vast ocean be-
yond.
1t is interesting TO note that the bot
tom Of Lake Superior, the highest OF
the lakes, is abont mo feet below the
surface Of the sea at New York harbor.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1898-05-11

The Jains have large hospital for
sick and aged animals at Bombay. just
inside the gate are many sheds devoted
to COWS and oxen. IL the next court are
disabled horses, while in others are
dogs cats, monkeys, sheep, goats, birds,
fowls and reptiles. The Jains, even
more than Brahmans. are transmigra-
tionists There was no hospital for
women in India till the Women's For
eign Missionary society established one
Ia Bareilly.
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Bucklen's Arnica salve.

The Best Salve ia the world for Cuts,
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fe-
yer Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hands,
Chilblains, Corns, and all Skin Erup-
tons, and positively cures Piles, or no
pay required 1t is guaranteed 10 give
perfect satisfaction or money refunded.
Price 25 cents per box. For sale at ].
n. Snyder's Drug Store. Somerset, Pa,
or g. w. BraIlier's Drug Store, Ber-
in, Pa.
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A Big Price For a Ride.

In The Century there is an article on
1.-THE River Trip TO the Klondike" by
John Sidney Webb. The author says of
his trip to the mines:
And here let me make q confession-I,
with others, rode horse. No one can
imagine what sensation this created
along the creek. No one had ever in
dulged in such extravaganza before.
Though a man should wash out $40, 900
in day, be would be content to walk
But rode at 30 cents per pound TO El
Dorado and 30 cents to return, or 1S6
pounds fer $lll.60. They did not, how
ever. put me on the scales like a sack
of gold dust Still. it was cheap, ac-
cording to an Irishman coming over the
summit who remarked that he had had
his goods packed over by Indians. "An
got it chape, said he. "How much
did you pay?'' some one inquired. ~
don't know. said he. "Then how do
you know it was cheap.'' "Ob, any
thing would be chape over that place, "
he replied.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1898-05-11

Mrs. Alec Tweedie, in a recent mar
ratiye of her experiences in Finland,
tells how she and her sister tried to es-
cape from the glare of the six months
day by having their beds made mp with
the pillows at the foot instead of the
head, that they might face fewer win
dows and the high headboard act as a
screen TO their eyes. After several days
the girl who made the beds overcame
her shyness sufficiently to inquire tim
idly Of their hostess:
"fs it part of the English ladies'
religion to sleep the wrong way round?"