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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1898-12-07

The woman who likes to keep abreast
Of the times, even in the little accesso-
ries Of social life, looks into the subject
of stationery at least once or twice in
tine year.
These autumn mornings are propitiOus
for overha1ling desk drawers and re-
stocking them smartly-for the shops
have got IN their autuDn showing
by this time and there is no danger Of
making false selection
Tinted papers are now coming into
favor; not thosa intense coloTs which
scorch the ewes snd on which ink is
lost. but pretty shades of blue, lavender,
sage green, pearl gray, etc. a charming
choice IN these tints Is 4 pale blue paper
with border of white. The border is nor
tzore than an eighth Of an inch wide,
and until you have seen il you can't
realize the whole daintiness of the
effect. The little circular monogram il
placed in the upper left hand corner OF
the sheet
The envelope which fitted this sheet
was built to 60 right to \ woman's
heart. 1t is obions in shape-like a bil
bet doux or valentine. The Zap is es-
peciaIiy long and broad. covering al
most the entire surface of the reverse
side. The envelope Is outlined. of
course, with the narrow edge Of white.
Circular moHosrarls in well chosen
combinations &Ie still FIRST favoIitoe.
Another chic is 10 have your address in
small. neat type in the upper left hand
eorner or at the head Of the sheet
Carte de visite note paper IN pretty
tints is lovely fo- sending an acceptance
or a regret when only a haif dozen
words are needed.
Something very new f5s the woman
who loves novelties Is &eSgwosd pa-
per. intended fer wedding Invitations
small note size, with place cards to
match. Across the top Il ,a, > outer
sheet runs a Wedewood fIseze copied
from that lovely ware.
On the flaps Of the envelopes IS q
group Of Cupids, while en- the left hand
corner Of the narrow card is similar
group. The price Of The cards is co
cents per dozen, while the paper and
envelopes are 9s cents per qnire.-fa.ia-
delphia Press.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1898-12-07

Mrs Oscar Stanley Of Anderson,
Ind, gave birth to oaby boy nine days
ago. When it was placed in care of the
nurse, she found a rather peculiar PIN.
pie ON the inside of its thigh. Sha
thought nothing Of it at first, but il be-
gan 10 get very sore and also became
very large. Yesterday when she was
bathing the child her hand came in con
tact with sharp projection. She called
physician, and he found that there
was needle in the child. 1t was final
ly extracted and proved to be two inches
in length. 1t was in the child when it
was born. He thinks the mother swal-
lowed it probably many years ago. The
child is sound as a dollar today and
will never be bothered because Of the
fact that be was born with a needle in
him. Post.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1898-12-07
A Cnre Of snohherr.

II Thaokeray were writing his Book
CT Snobs" today and here. there's one
woman in town to whom am sure he'd
give at least a chapter. She beaIs n
name you viii find in the list of our na-
tion's great men, and she, like hundreds
Of geDtiewomen-purjsts who would
have me insert the word "other" IN
that phrase don't quite catch my mean
ing-she Is employed IN one Of the de-
partments, but she is, oh, so very ex-
clusivel She doesn't permit her fellow
clerks 10 speak 10 her outside the Office.
and she listens 10 them there only when
they talk Of the work She lives in a
fashionable apartment house and heard
her telling an acquaintance about il.
just few days ago.
ITS somewhat expensive, " she said,
but it has one very great advantage.
am the only departmer. r'ell. II tut
house. don't associate with depart.
men; people "
The reply the acquaintance made was
net in the slightest degree clever, but
the venom Of it was 50 candid. the we'll
deserved contempt so unveiled, that
remember it with the keeDest pleasure.
"No. she said; "no. / suppose you
don't I've heard they are very ex-
elusive set here in Washington. -
Washington Post.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1898-12-07
rrnrre.. d raual surrage.

II J. sometimes said that the equal
suffrage movement is losing ground.
Few except those who have made a
study Of the subject realize how fast it
is actually gaining ground. On this
point let the facts speak foI themselves;
Sixty years ago women could not
vote anywhere. In 1888 Kentucky gave
school suffrage to widows In 1861
Kansas gave it to all women. IN 1863
England gave municipal suffrage to
single women and widows, and Wyo-
ming gave full suffrage TO all women
Sc'.esi --ffrage was granted in 1873 by
Michigan and Minnesota. in 1875 by
Colorado, IN 1873 by New Hampshire
and Oregon. in 1879 by Massachusetts.
in 1880 BY New York and Vermont. In
1851 municipal suffrage was extended
10 the single women and widows OF
Scotland Nebraska gave school suffrage
in 1883 ard Wisconsin in 1885. IN
1856 school suffrage was given in Wash
inctcn and municipal suffrage to single
women and widows in New Brunswick
and Ontario IN 1887 municipal sui
frage was extended to all women in
Kansas and school suffrage in North
and South Dakota, Montana. Arizona
and New Jersey. In the same year Mon
tana gave taxpaying women the right
TO vote upon all questions submitted 10
the taxpayers. In 1883 municipal suf-
frage was extended TO single women and
widows in the province Of Quebec. In
1891 school suffrage was granted in Il
liaOis. in 1898 school suffrage was
granted in Connecticut and full suffrage
in Colorado and New Zealand. In 1894
school suffrage was granted III Ohio,
bond suffrage in Iowa and parish and
district suffrage in England to women
both married and single. In 1895 full
suffrage was granted ~ South Australia
10 women both married and single. In
1896 full suffrage was granted in Utah
and Idaho In 1897 the legislatures Of
Washington and South Dakota passed
rull suffrage amendments, in each case
BY more than two-thirds vote In 1895
municipal and county suffrage were
granted to the single women and wild
9ws Of Ireland, and Louisiana gave tax
paying women the right to vote upon
all questions submitted 10 the taxpay-
crs.-Woman' Journal.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1898-12-07
rrou,.le nt the nah, sho,,

The secIetaryship Of baby show Is
not always sinecure, sagely remarks
a Philadelphia exchange. This was eyi-
aeroed hy the termination Of baby
show recently held III SydGey, Austra-
LA. Three hundred children were ex-
hibited. each infant being accompanied
" ite moi1er. Various prizes were
Jfiered. rarging in value from $500 to
a for the i.ne children. Upon the last
day Of the show the awards were decid-
I'd by committee Of y medical men.
The first prize was unanimously given
TO a very handsome baby girl 10 months
old, hut after the presentation had taken
place and the committee was about 10
retire 10 TIE supper prepared for il, 10
its astoni Lment and alarm it was as
saulted T. an army of 200 or 500 in
furiated women. each of whom declared
that tho Judgment had been an unfair
one and Tat her darling deserved the
first prize.
The secretary in particular suffered
severely. a. he was held down in COZ
ler by two energetic mothers, while
third belabored him with hairbrush,
with which she had prepared her son :
toilet
The director Of the exhibition was
hurriedly sent for, and Immediately or.
dered the gas 10 be turned of, remark
ing that it was no good trying to fight
women. but that the sudden darkness
would divert their thoughts from their
prey. The plan answered admirably.
As soon as the lights went out the 300
babies began TO scream for their moth.
ers, aud each mother was compelled to
devote her entire attention TO finding
her particular baby and TO cropping her
way along the dark passages out Of the
building. An enthusiastic vote of thanks
was passed by the committee in ac-
acknowledgement Of the directors : presence
Of mind
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1898-12-07
she was n Navigator.

Mrs. Elizabeth S. Newcomb, who died
recently at her home in Maiden, Mass,
was in many respects a remarkable wo-
man. She was one of the few women
that mastered the intricacies OF nayiga-
tion and was able to navigate one of
the old time clipper ships across the
ocean when her husband was too i'll TO
do so himself. She made great many
voyages with him, he being one Of the
old line Of sea captains that has passed
away with the advent Of ocean steam
ers With him she crossed the Atlantic
A times and saw a greater part of the
world. Her eldest son, Lieutenant Frank
r. Newcomb of the United States rev.
enue cutter service, was the hero Of the
battle of Cardenas on May II last. He
was IN command Of the Hudson, which
towed the gunboat Winslow cut Of the
range of the deadly fire Of the Spanish
batteries, for which signal act of bray-
cry he has received the thanks Of con-
gress and a special gold medal of honor.
Boston Woman's Journal.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1898-12-07
A Tough Pudding

Some time ago, writes a volunteer,
spent week with a garrison battery il
south coast fort. On the last day Ihe
sergeants sat down to an exceptionally
fine dinner, the erowning glory OF
which was a large plum pudding.
had made the pudding two days be
fore, had it boiled, and now, cheated.
it made its appearance, amid the well
come shouts Of my brother warriors,
and I naturally felt bit proud Of it,
for | hadn't been a ships cock for moth
ing.
Seems mighty hard, remarked the
sergeant major as he vainly tried to
stick his fork into it. Have you boil
ed US a cannon ball, Browney ?'
"Or the regimenIal football - asked
another.
Where did you get the flour from Z? !
questioned Sergeant Smith.
"Where from?" l retorted. From
store No. 5, of course"
''Tbe deuce you did - roared the
quarterAsster sergeant. "Then, hang
you, you've made the pudding with
Portland cement"
And so it proved. That pudding is
now preserved in the battery muse
um.-London Telegraph.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1898-12-07


"A human vampire Is always an 1ncar-
nation Of selfishness. His or her lit is
usually ber) trials and discou.forts blot
out the sun in heaven. spreading ever
tbs skies ike \ pail Of blackness-or
Qrayness az the very least.
II your own matters draw your atten
tion a little from the dreary recital,
then You are looked upon as an unfeel-
ing creature. and the vampire says re
signedIy, Il see ] am troubling you.
but. Oh. mnst talk to somebody or ]
shall dis,' II would. Of course. be =
very inhnnau act 10 turn squa-ely and
frankly around and say. We'll. die
them It's come 20 question of sur
vival Of the fttest. and honestly be
lieye am Of more use in the world than
a whining cat like you.''
What a-revolution in this world there
would be if people 0nce in awhile said
exactly what they thought
A whining wife can kill the ambition
Of the best man that ever lived by draw
ing upon his nerve force and upsetting
mis- mental poise, and the poor, wretch
ed little fakes think they are more in
teresting aud lovable when they demand
a mans constant attention and solici-
t0de.
The grandest couples in the world are
those who help and sustain each other
on occasion and yet who can carry on
individual plans and purposes indepeDd-
Christie Derrell in Housewife.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1898-12-07
She Had Her Way.
Il shall have to ask you for ticket
for that boy, ma'am."
AZ guess not.p


Il shall have to ask you for ticket
for that boy, ma'am.n
az guess notp
HES too old to travel free. He oe-
cupies a whole seat, and the cars
crowded. There are people standing
up"
That's all right
Il haven't time to argue the matter,
ma'am. You'll have 10 pay for that
boy
I've never paid for him yet, and
I'm not going 10 begin now"
You've got TO begin some time. If
you haven't had to put up fare for him
you're mighty lucky, or else you don't
do much traveling.n
THAT'S all right"
you'll pay for that boy, ma'am, or
I'll step the train and put him off,"
That's all right. You put him off
if yen think that's the way to get any
thing cut Of me-"
"You ought TO know what the rules
of this road are, ma'am. How old is
that bOy?"
II don't know. / never saw him
before. If you want ticket fer him
you'd better ask that old gentleman
down the aisle. He got on with
him."
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1898-12-07
N0MAN7S WORLD.
CHICAGO womAN's NOVEL Trade
AND HOW saE LEARNED IT.

Latest Fad In Note PaPer-The HUI
man varaps-e-I'rosress ofthe Equal
Suffrage cause-Trouble at the Ba-
by show
Alta watchmazer's lathe in West
Madison sirest jeweiry store sits and
WORKS daily the only weman watch
maker 10 Chicago. Beside her ars the
etrance little tools Of the trade and the
magnifyine glass, and as she stoops over
her work many a passerby stops TO
gaze at tie girl and wonder who she is,
hut few know. for Miss Mamie Frey is
TOO busy to answer idle questions and
disIikes customers to evince any curl
ositv in her occupation. In Miss Frey's
case matchmaking probably was bred in
the bone. for he1 father before her was
= Matchmaker. learning the trade in
Switzeriand. where his father and his
fathers fsther were watehmakers.
Miss Frey has worked at her bench
for over two years, but long before that
time sho began 70 master the conpli-
Gated art Of setting alright the small
wheels and cogs that go 10 make up the
modern tilnepiece. Her father emigrated
10 this country over 20 years ago aud
opened a small jewelIy shop in New
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1898-12-07
me Thrend nna NeeaIe.

Fhe order Of the Thread and Needle
formed a year ago. with New York as
headquarters, reaches out all over the
country by establishing guilds or circles
Il children who wish 10 learn to sew
TheEe receive at certain times an out
line ior a course Of lessons or practice
in sewing. There are but few in each
circle, which meets at regular times at
the houses Of the members under the
direction Of friends The sewing system
il simple, but pleasing, and the children
learn TO patch, darn, 10 cut and make
clothing. Often an overworked mother
who is obliged TO be out all day is re-
lieved of care. a great part Of the fam
lily sewing and mending being under
taken by circle One of the lessons
given for the order includes six different
kinds of patches. each one illustrated
and accompanied with advice as to whai
particular kind Of hole or tear the
patch viii best mend.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1898-12-07
ane.tion. ta Answer.

Most Of US would be very much puz-
zled if we were asked to explain some
of the commonplace happenings Of
everyday life. For instance, suppose
some one should ask, "What makes
cheese get moldy and what is the mold?'
The following questions relate to
matters within the experience Of all Of
us, but see if you can answer them
without considerable investigation, and
your eyes can only find part of the an
swers for you, for some Of the questions
deal with an unseen but exceedingly
important part of nature. Talk over ths
questions with your parents, friends
and teachers. II you have access to any
books cn natural history, seek in them
for the necessary information. Here are
the questions:
What are terments? Where are they
found? What is fermentation? What
produces fermentation in fruit juicesf
Why do fermenting liquids appear to
boil? How many kinds Of fermentation
can you fndg What causes the foam On
top Of beer: Why do jars filed with
preserves sometimes bursts What is
doue to prevent this? How does yeast
make bread rise? How does the yeast
plant multiply? What causes animal
ard vegetable substances TO decay? Why
is it necessary that these substances
should decay:-CLicago Record
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1898-12-07

Nine. Patti has in the current Lon
don Gazette officially been announced as
q naturakzed British subject. This step
has probably been taken in order to
clear up doubts as to the great prima
donna nationality. Born in Spain OF
Italian parents, brought up by an
American stepfather in the United States,
twice married leach time in England)
10 French subjects, but for many years
resident in Wales, Mime. PATHS ma
tionality is a puzzle which would be
the delight of the lawyers.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1898-12-07

In an address at Harvard the other
night DIR. Edward Everett Hale told
the story of james Russell Lowell's
first client as Lowell had told il to ham.
He had hardly opened his law cfIice
when a stranger appeared. Lowell def
erentially offered the visitor chair,
took out his notebook, talked Of the
weather, and when he finally came to
business found that the stranger was a
bill collector.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1898-12-07

Miss Elva Hulburd Young Of Spring
field has recently won the distinction
Of being the first woman in western
Massachusetts, to secure admission to
the ban. Miss Young is Wellesley
graduate and has studied law at Cornell
university.
Miss Margaret a. Richardson was
recently sworn as az attorney and ad-
mitted 10 practice at the har in Mont
gomery county, Pa. She is the first
womaB attorney ever admitted in that
county. and she was Earmly congratu-
lated.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1898-12-07
FOR LITTLE FOLKS.
AMUSING FACTS.
Natural History nv Il Was Taught TO
Our Grandmofhers

Natural History nv II Was Taught TO
Our Grandinefhers-
In these days Ct nature Study for chill
,lren, when buds and flowers, chrysalids
and caterpillars, are kept in school
roams, when the dates of the coming Of
rhe birds and the blooming Of wild
flowers are noied en- the blackboard and
when such outdoor classics rs the writ.
ings Of John Burroughs and Mrs. Olive
Thorne Miller are used for supplement
tary reading in schools. il is entertain
ing indeed 10 turn back TO the instruc-
tions in natural history commonly ac-
corded TO our parents and grandparents
IN their schooldays It was often strik-
ing. but il was not always accurate.
One lady Of middle age remembers
well being taught that among the wild
beasts inhahiting Africa the most terri
bic was a great ape, whose habit it
was to hide in trees and when an un-
happy native passed below to let down
a long and s;newy hind leg. seize him
around the throat with the handlike
foot thereon, strangle him and pl.,l him
mp into the branches TO be devoureo.
Another lady, somewhat older. ~
members with horror poem which 81 9
had learned to lecite, Of which one
verse ran cheerfnlly:
The crocodile upon the Nile
For chii3TcI lies in wait
His jaws have caught the boy at sport
And dragged him 10 his fate
So strong was the impression upon
her mird that it was long before it oc-
Cured to her than any food other than
innocent infancy would be acceptable 10
orocOdiles. Less grewsome, despite its
opening line, is the verse from a once
popular schoolbock quoted by recent
writer in the Boston Transcript:
The spotted tigers fond Of blood.
The pigeon feeds on peas,
TIE duck viii gobhle in the mud.
The mice viii eat your cheese.
A iohs. er' : black. when boiled, he's red I:
The harmless lamb must bleed
The Goldfish has clumsy head.
The goose on grass viii feed
Simpler even than this highly un-
scientific catalogue was geological
alphabet which a pupil. now many
years out of school, was trying the 9TH
er day to remember:
A for the ape that so artfully grins,
for the bullfiDeh tsat warbles and sings,
it opened, with an easy disregard to cor
rect rhyme, and it rapidly proceeded TO
G is for grizzly wiih terrible growi.
H il hyena with hideous growl.
is for Ibis that iligant fowl
Beyond that recollection would not
carry her, and she admitted reluctantly
that. although the ibis may really be
''iligant" in his native haunts, that al
literative Hibernian adjective was a
substitution of her own in place Of a
forgotten word.-Youth's Companion.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1898-12-07
wirlin= 10 ohlIrr.

Smoking cigarette the other night
IN the north heard n story which, so
far as ! know, is new A proud old lady
swept Indignantly up to the door Of a
railway carriage at York station. 4
schoolboy was leaning iaIf way out Of
the compartment, refiectively making a
cigarette, and, after the fashion Of tie
English schoolboy. net caring for any
ocdy :" Is this a smoking compartment
asked the dame, with scathing voice
" No. Il adam, +" replied the boy polite
ly. raising his cap IF yon want a
fmoling compartment you viii find
Dre little lower down. London FL
garo
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1898-12-07

"Ono who lives by rreyin2 On others'
this is one Of the figuratiye definitions
given by Webster.
Yet there are many human vampires
weo rob others neither of goods, nor
gnid. nor rich, red blood-only Of that
precious nerve force which is life itself.
The fretfnl, discontinued. complain
ing creature, man, woman u child, who
airs grievances continually in the pres
ence Of any one who viii listen is as
true aobber, though an unaeknowl-
edged one, as the cutpurse OF the high
Ioed or the burglar who makes Of With
the family spoons
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1898-12-07

The recent sale in Boston of the es-
tate of Jernegan-who organized the
company and engineered the scheme
for extracting gold from sea-water-
showed that he was not only thrifty,
bat imposing" in more ways than
one. 1t is said that psrlor set sppa-
rently of inlaid rosewood was but imi-
tatioD, and-that hardly any of the Jer-
negan furniture proved 20 be what it
purported 10 be.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1898-12-07
Women with the commis.iou

Miss Marie MeNaughton and Miss
Sarah Atkinson accompanied the United
States peace commission as stenogra-
piers and typewriters. Miss Atkinson
acquired her knowledge of Spanish
through residence in South America,
where she was connected with the nor
mai schools. After her return she en-
gagged in translatiDg for ID. Appleton &
Co, devoting her attention chiefly to
textbooks. Miss McNaughton is skilled
in the French language.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1898-12-07

The popular rating of the command
ers who figured most promins ntly in
the recent war as shown in the naming
of new postofiices now stands as fol-
lows: Dewey eighteen, schley five,
Shafter and Sigsbee four each, and
Sampson three.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1898-12-07

George jones, Who died in wythe
county, Va, a few days sga, at the sge
of eighty five sears, bsss.td tLat lie
had voted seventy Iirics cnnrg his
life. and thai every vo.e had b en- DEM
ocrat:c.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1898-12-07

The girl with the pompadour hair is
all over town, says New York CORE
spondent- Over faces of all treadths
and lengths the bulging. biilowy. puffy
crown Of real or purchasable hair is
proudly displayed, no matter whether
it becomes the wearer or not 1t is the
fashion, and looks don't cut any ice,
inore's the pity.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1898-12-07

Ny sailor OF seven. your ship be clipper.
And sturdy the heart OF its dear little
skipper,
Remember. lest later you learn 1t with
wailing,
The oceans of life are not always plain
sailing.
If just be your cause and the foes in the
offiug
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1898-12-07
That Throbbing Headache

Would quickly leave you, If you used
DIR. Kings New Life Pills. Thousands
OF sufferers have proved their match
less merit for Sick and Nervous Head
aches They make pure blood and
strong nerves and build up your health.
Easy to take. Try them. Only % cents.
Money back # not cured. Sold at J. n.
Snyder's Drug Store, Somerset, Pa,
and g. w. Brallier's Drug Store Ber-
lin. Pa.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1898-12-07

The queen Of Holland recently re-
eeived by parcel post herring from one
Of her royal subjects A note explained
that it was the first herring Of the sea-
sons catch and was the gift of some
Dutch fishermen. Her majesty prompt
~ had il cooked and ate it.