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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1899-04-12
A Spring Day in BiIlvills.

"Whar is the postmaster at?"
"Under the chinyberry tree, playin'
Of checkers with the mayor
An the sheriH-whar's hep
'Shootin' marbles with the coroner y
"An' whar's the storekeeper ?"
That's him yander, diggin' bait"
rWhen does the next train leave ?"
mo tellin'. The conductor an the
engineer has tied dp an gone fisbin'.
They'll be back, mos lik', fore sun
d,wn- Jest make yerself at homey'-
Atlanta Constitution.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1899-04-12
Working Night and Day.

The busiest and mightiest little thing
that ever was made is DIR. Kings New
Life Pills. Every pill is sugar-coat-
ed globule of health, that changes
weakness into strength, listlessness in
to energy, brain-fag into mental power.
They're wonderful in building up the
health. Only 25c. per box at J. N.
Snyder's Drug Store, Somerset. Pa,
and G. w. BralIier's Drug Store, Ber-
lin. Pa.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1899-04-12
He Should Learn

"Bryan's forte IS speech making y
said an ardent silverite.
"In other words, his forte is his
tongue" said gold bug.
II suppose you could put it that
way
"But he needs to learn to hold bis
forte.n
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1899-04-12

Accidents come with distressing fre-
quency on the farm Cuts, bruises,
stings, sprains DIR. Thomas Electric
Oil relieves the pain instantly. Never
safe without 1t.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1899-04-12

suddenly there was horrible crash
and all was over.
81 recovered, they say. about fifteen
minutes later. My first sensation was
OF some one rubbing my wrists and my
eyes opened upon the faint flashes Of a
lamp held by the shaking hand Of my
conductor. My first thought was of
that sickening crash aud OF the dead
aud my terrible experience at the mo-
ment Of contact. / rapidly recovered,
however, and saw to my surprise that
was lying on the tender of my own en-
CINE and that she was still in her nor
NAL position on the rails. To my in
quiries they told me that the freight
conductor had not changed the lights,
which caused the fearful scare that we
had experienced. My frantic efforts
to stop the engine resulted in bring
ing it to halt after we had rua by the
caboose had expected to telescope, a
distance of seventeen cars. After a
few moments We started again for Bal
timore-
"rhe explanation Of the dreadful
cash which I had remembered at what
l thought was the moment of collision
was very simple. It appears that my
fireman, Rogers, when he saw the sup
posed hind end, made up his mind at
once to take chances on jumping of
the engine. He did not, however, care
to leap from the locomotive at fifty
miles an hour without light and ac-
cordiagiy he made frantic clutch FOR
an ordinary hand lamp which was be-
tween my feet on my side of the cab
and under the seat.
"The seat was an ordinary swinging
affair which when not uP rests against
the side of the cab. II is held in place
as seat by simple prop fitting into
notch. 1t seems that Rogers, when
reaching for the lamp, knocked the
prop from under the seat. Down it
went, with me on top Of him, and Of
course. to my overwrought imagina-
ton, II was the collision.
This was the most dreadful expe-
rience of my life, although il was, as
you see, absolutely devoid Of danger.
We could have passed that freight TO-
600 miles an hour in safety. Il was all
the conductors criminal earelessness
, with those lights. Notwithstanding
his long experience be was Immediate
ly discharged by the inquiry board,
which was no more than just, for had
we had time to jump we certainly
would have done 50 and would have
lost our lives for nothing other than his
neglect. .r-Philadelphia Su nday Times
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1899-04-12
4 s. KIAINELL,

~ {; so-l .a professional services 10 the cii
-. S7.l-efsei lssei and vicinity. Unlezs uro
= = ~ 's.s@sed be can be found at mis- OF
A-1 u. kast Of Diamond.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1899-04-12


Now there Is another rule which
states with equal positiveness that when
the freight train takes the siding to al
low another train to pass these lights
must be turned ia their sockets, allow
ing them 10 shnw green instead Of red,
otherwise the engineer OF the train
laundering down upon them and ex-
pecting to pass in perfect safety would
be uncertain whether the freight was
on the same or another track. IL is
very difficult to distinguish the actual
line Of rails you are upon, particularly
on dark night. or course, after the
train he has waited for has gone by
the conductor restores the lights men,
toned to red again before he pulls out
on the main track. In the case, how
ever, which ! am about TO relate he
forgot to do this and that Is what caus-
ed all the trouble.
"The night in question was some
years ago. was running engine s3j
on train No. 1, the Cincinnati limited,
west to Martinsburg, aud would return
from there that night on train No. 46,
composed entirely of express cars
which ran through via Washington
and Baltimore TO Philadelphia. We
had made the western run all right on
No. 20 Martinsburg, and there re-
ceiyed No. As from the west nearly an
hour late.
ave always tried when late to make
up a few minutes on this run. When
on regular schedule time it was not ex-
traordinarily fast, so when Martins
burg was left about twenty minutes
lateor more il was not matter of great
difficulty to make up the time before
reaching Washington.
THAT night was fearful one. It
was only day or so Of Christmas aud
the weather was very warm. A driz-
zling rain was falling 10 the afternoo n
and the evening was fcggy and dark
When night came it was ushered in as
the blacklist one l have ever passed
through in my career. From the time
when we crossed the Harper's Ferry
bridge on our way to Washington,
with that hard-pulling train OF eleven
cars, never saw one foot aheai OF th {
engine pilot. The headIamp gIeamed
fitfuIly upon a moistnre-laden air SC
thick that It was with difficulty thai
the white light Of the semaphores in
the signal towers could be seen, indi
eating that all was clear. We made
up twenty-five minutes between Mar
tinsbarg and Washington Forty miles
more and we would be home.
AT Washington, as we were TO bring
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-09-02

ing many times to think of proper phrase
ology. Then. watching his opportunity, he
passes the letter across the table with a
deprecatlng gesture and remains with his
head bowed, his soft hands covering his
face. while the traveller reads the letter.
In well-chosen language the letter tells a
tale OF misfortune. In touching words the
writer depicts his fall from affluence to
poverty through circumstances beyond his
control Invariably the letter ends with an
appeal for 81 with which to buy the victim
OF misfortune a days food and lodging and
often the dollar Is quietly slippeu across
the writing table by the traveller, who is
touched by ne silent appeal.
No words ire spoken There is nothing
OF the rough manner Of the uncouth mendi-
cant in the oeggar's appeal. When he re-
ceives money, he gratefully bows his
thanks and leaves the writing room as ST.
lently as he entered.
How long this shabby sharper has been
living OF the stream Of travel In Chicago
| cannot be told, but for the last six months
MOTEL people have been on the lookout Tor
MINI. SO silent and smooth are his meth
9ds' however, that no one has yet caught
MN In the act Of working his peculiar
| game, apd he still passes in and out Of the
| leaqing hotels unmolested by detectives OF
porterS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-09-02
TOO UNREAL.
Said We Celebrate WashingtOn's
Birthday With Tagging Spirit.

Said We Celebrate WashingtOn's
Birthday with Tagging Spirit.
From Golfers Weekly. i'n
How are we to observe the 18th of next
December? Thus far very little has been
said about the day that marks the Tooth an
niyersary Of the death Of George Wash
inpton. If it had occurred five years ago
we might have observed it in a spirit con-
sderably different from the spirit of the
present hour. Indeed. 1t is an odd coinci-
dence that makes this year significant as
the date of our definite abandonment of the
policy that Washington, marked out for u.s.
We cannot be blind. however. to the truth
that washington was the wisest and great
est American of his day and generation
And vet the fact remains that our attitude
toward the father of his country is very
cold 'Of all our heroes" said q popular
Fourth Of July orator a few years ago,
George Washington is the most honored
and the least loved" That statement was
perhaps too oratorical to be exact: but it
expressed, Indirectly at any rate, the feel
ing of many loyal Americans that Wash
ington was hardly human. How much less
real Washington seems than Lincolni Pos
sibly because Lincoln was SO much nearer
to us in the matter of time ard associa ton.
but probably because Lincoln appeals to ms
so strongly as a man that we seldom think
of him as a statesman. Washington is al
ways. the statesman, the cold, wise counse-
lor, the personification of correct demean-
or and inviolable veracity II he had ever
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-09-02
been caught In a few lies, how much moro

been caught in few lies, how much more
human he would seem! And yet, as all
students of history knew, he had his frail-
ties. He had sturdy and virile qualities,
too II heard the bullets whistle" he wrote
in 1874. after his battle with the French at
the Great Meadows, land. believe me, there
is something charming in the sound" Be
meath this rather precious language there is
the spirit of the fighter, the spirit that
makes us warm toward man like Roose-
yelt Only a lover of sport could have felt
like that, and Washington, strange as 1t
may appear, was in his youth fine athlete.
Another reason why we do not love him
more Is to be found in the perfect balance
Of his qualities. He never dazzled; he had
the evenness and the accuracy Of the math-
ematician. who is the least heroic and the
least lovabe of all human creatures. The
precision of Washington amused so astute
a student of men as Thackeray, who did not
hesitate to caricature our hero in 1.-The Vir-
ginians." Perhaps the best way in which
we could observe the forthcoming anniver-
sary would be to reflect on the purely hui
man side Of Washington's character, and
in that way to learn to look upon him less
as an abstraction and more as man.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-09-02
ONE SHARPER'S METHOD.
Sets In Hotel Writing Rooms una
Writes Letters to Guests.

From the Chicago Interocean.
A novel method Of securing hVlhs Win"
nut labor has been described by lhe house
detective of the Auditorium holei'
detective is on the lookout for man VINO
/. sxs+ap,atically working on the sympa-
thies of the guests of the Auditorium ana
other leading hotels for good income.
The men, who is continually seen busily
writing in the writing rooms of hotels, Is
of middle age and slender build. His
clothes show the effects OF wear and
general appearance of the shabby genteel
characterizes him. When his hat is re-
moved a shining, bald crown speaks of
long experience with the world. As he
writes with nervous haste 1t Is noticeable
that he has been used to such occupation,
and his soft shapely hands show no signs
OF hard labor.
Invariably this shabby gentleman seats
himself opposite some prosperous traveller
who is attending to his business CORE
spondsace. He writes long letter, paus-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-09-02
Samuel ROthschud Assaulted.

Sam Rothschid. a drummer for liquor
house, and Pat Raedy. the pugilist, were
together Wednesday afternoon canvassing
Georgetown in a buggy. They stopped at a
sd street saloon, where some words passed
between the two. On the outside Raedy
struck Rothschild several times, knocking
him down, and 1t is said he kicked the
PROSTATE man into the gutter. Quite a
number of people witnessed the affair. A
warrant sworn out by Rothschild
charging Raedy with assault, and this
morning the pugilist was taken into court
but the complainant, it is said. not caring
to figure in the matter, had the case nolle
pressed by the District attorney.
Injured by n Fall.
Athol Seymour, white child five years
of age, residing at 1924 n street, while play
ing yesterday afternoon about 2:15 o'clock
in the neighborhood of his home, fell from
q fence and injured his left ankle. 1t is
said that in attempting to jump from
fence the ankle became caught in some
manner, causing the fall. He was found
by Policeman Saunders suffering from the
injury and sent to the Georgetown
University Hospital for treatment.
Successful Excursion.
An excursion was given Thursday
day by the Ancient Daughters of Tabitha,
No 2, to Lower Cedar Point. Mrs E. Will
son is the president of the organization
and Mrs. NJ Cole the treasurer. The ex-
cursion was under the general management
of Eugene Brown, and was very success
full from a financial point of view. The
committee of arrangements consisted of
Mrs. Julia Bowman, Mrs. Kate Brown,
Mrs. Jennie Smith, Mrs. Lucretia Smackum,
Mr.. John Mahoney, Mrs. Agnes James,
Mrs. Hannah Carter. Miss Blanche Mat
thews, Mrs. Anna Johnson Mrs. Mary Bar
ker, Mrs. Marion Wilson, Mrs Anna
Coates, Mrs. Louisa Jenkins, Mrs. Clara
Mahoney and Miss Alberta B. Wilson.
Home From the Philippines.
Robert E. Smith, a former Georgetown
boy, who made good record in the Philip
pine campaign as a member of Company G,
I'd Oregon Volunteers, will reach his home
in this city some time this afternoon or
evening. Private Smith was among the
first American soldiers to reach the Phil =
by Admiral Dewey, and was in active serv-
ice on the islands for over a year, return
ing to this country only short time ago.
Personal and General.
Policeman Herndon of the seventh pre-
cinct Is confined to his home on Q street by
illness.
Mr.. r. Emmett Smith of 3OO7 street, ac-
companied by his son, Robert E. Smith, jr,
will attend the Grand Army encampment in
Philadelphia next week.
Two Of the handsomest shade trees in
GEORGETOWN, the ash leaf naples at 32d
and O streets, near O'DonnelPs drug store,
seem to be the home and breeding place
of caterpillars. From appearance 1t is be-
lieyed there are more worms on these
trees than foliage, and almost every passer-
by carries away with him one or two
caterpillars, which drop from the branches
of the trees. o., ..
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-09-02

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-09-02
His Little Scheme.

From the Chicago News
Meeks-"My wife never pays any atten-
ton to what 1 say"
Weeks-'Mine does-at tines
Meeks-How do you manage it?''
Weeks"I talk in my Sleep
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-09-02
She Wasn't the Girl.

From the Chicago News.
Denny-"Th' gur-rul thot OF marry must
be loke foine silk"
Nora-"An' how is thot?'
Denny-"Not shrink whin It comes to
washing"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-09-02
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Hazards.

II-H.
There Is no links, however watched and
tended,
But some bad lies are there.
There is no drive, howe'er with skill tits
blended,
But oft leads to despair.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-09-02

From the Chicago Tribune
Don't you know there's a deadly mlcroha
In tobacco?" said the good boy.
Course, answered the bad bow "-7ha+,s
what bites yer tongue when We smoke
stump"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-09-02
Couldn't Understand 1t.

eyes," said the bachelor rehectively, IT
offended her in some way, but don't real
ly know how. You see, her baby was fret
full and she explained that he had been
cutting his teeth. whereupon asked her
why she let him play with . knifep
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The Dickinson press., 1899-07-08
Death Of ueroe, In Fiction.


1t is astonishing what a human in
terest the reading public takes in an
authors heroes and heroines. Mr..
Snowden Ward declares that when
Dickens was writing 1.-THE DID, d
Shop" be was overwhelmed with letters
from the most distinguished men and
women begging him not to kill Little
Nell. They declared it would be too
cruel and waited on his verdict as an
anxious family on that of the physician.
Dickens did not care to do away with
her himself, but it was necessary that
he should do so. Little Nell was a char
acter with too little of the earth earthly
about her to assimilate with those
around her, no matter how we'll mean
ing they might have been Her fine,
feelings would have made her unhappy,
and the little countl4 churchyard wat
the best place for her.
And Thackeray. How he was i'm
plored not to kill Colonel Newcome,
How he was rated for reducing so noble
a man to poverty in his old age, while
the meaner mortals around him LIVED
and throye. Kipling had to give a sec
ond version Of his ::.The Light THAI
Failed" in order to please the public
and who knows but Shakespeare wa
chided for the unhappy taking off O
Lear and Cordelia2 But the public
though soft hearted in the concrete, j
q flint in the abstract. It soaks its hand
kerchief with tears over the consump
tive cough of that shady Partisan Ca
mile and turns a nice homemade nm
.,-study cut on the cold world to ca
snowballso q. oold potatoes. "-Louisvill
Times.
The Dickinson press., 1899-07-08
PLANT OF A
No Fun III Life For n Man Who Hal
Acquired Enormous Wealth.

No Fun In Life For n Man Who Has
Acquired Enormous Wealth.
What is the smallest income on which
a man may live in New York? was the
question ! asked today Of a noted bank
Ell, whose income cannot be less than
500, 900 a year well he replied,
''my household expenses alone amount
to $25, 900 a year. and l do not see how
l possibly could live on less than that
Then a reminiscent smile began to cross
his countenance. and. heaving a little
eigh. he said but the happiest time
of my life was when my wife and I and
two children lived here on So, 500 a
year After all. happiness doesn't de.
pend on the amount of a mans income.
II was quite intimate with William
H. Vanderbilt when he was considered
the richest man in the country l met
him n day in Fifth avenue and said
to him that he ought to be the happiest
man in the world. Il am not, the great
millionaire replied. MY health is shat.
tered. and all the money l possess can
not restore it. l cannot even drive enc
of my fine horses. 1t is painful for me
to sit down. My only possible exercise
is for Inc to walk down the avenue. !
receive threatening letters daily, and
my nerves are so u%nstrung that I am
constantly afraid that some assassin
will waylay me. I am overrun with
people who want to get money. am
the most wretched man in New York,
and tell you that after a persop has
accumulated enough to secure him
against poverty and crafty his reason
able wants every dollar in addition is
a burden and weighs him down. -
Philadelphia Ledger.
The Dickinson press., 1899-07-08

II Docs Fer
Worry is forethought gone to seed.
Worry is ~discounting possible future
SORROWS so that the individual may
have present misery Worry is the ia
Their of insomnia. Worry is the traitor
in Il camp that danlpens Jul powder,
weakens III aim Under the guise of
helping us to bear the present and to
be ready for the future worry multi
plies enemies within our mind to sap
our strength.
Worry is the dominance of the mind
by a single, vague, restless. unsatisfied,
fearing and fearful idea. The mental
energy and force that should be concen-
trated on the successive duties of the
day is constantly and surreptitiously
distracted and absorbed by this one fix
ed idea. The full, rich strength Of the
unconscious working Of the mind. that
which produces our best success. that
represents our finest activity, is tapped.
led away and wasted on worry.
Worry must not be confused with
anxiety. though both words agree in
meaning originally. a "choking," or a
''strangling," referring, of course, to
the throttling effect upon individual
activity. Anxiety faces large issues Of
life seriously. calmly, with dignity.
Anxiety always suggests hopeful posi-
bility; it is active in being ready and
devising measures to meet Ne outcome.
Worry is not one large individual sor-
row.; it is a colony Of petty, vague, in
significant, restless, imps of fear, that
become important only from their com-
bination, their constancy, their itera-
tion.-William George Jordan in The
Saturday Evening Post.
The Dickinson press., 1899-07-08
Carpenter Shop persinnse.

Carpenter Shop Persinage.
The Carpenter had put down his tools
and gone for his luncheon.
"Life with me is a perfect BORE"
said the Anger.
"I'm a little board myself" said the
Small Plank.
"There's no art in this country"
observed the Screwdriver. "Every.
things screwed in my eyes"
"You don't stick at anything long
enough to know what you're driving
at" interjected the Glue.
"That's just it," said the Screw.
"He never goes beneath the surface the
way the Jack Plane and I do"
''Tutl" cried the Saw. II 60 through
things just as much as You do. Life's
stuffed with sawdust."
Irregular grind" said the Grind.
stone.
= 81 agree with you," observed the
Bench. ''It doesn't make any difference
how we'll I do my work, I'm always sat
on"
"Let's strike" said the Hammer.
"That's It'll" cried the Anger. "You
hit the nail on the head that time"
''I'll hit it again" retorted the Ham.
mer, and he kept his word, but he hit
the wrong nail. That is why the Car
penter now wears his thumb in a ban.
dage. 1t was his thumb nail the Ham.
mer struck. -Harper's Bazaar.
The Dickinson press., 1899-07-08
The Doctors Servant.

Calino, the French "Mrs. Parting.
ton," does not amuse SO much by the
confusion of his words as by the quaint.
ness and unintended %plainness of his re.
marks. He entered the service of a well
known doctor, who. after Calino had
been buying hay for his horses for
awhile, made up his mind that the hay
was worthless.
"That is very poor hay that you've
been buying" the doctor complained.
"But the horses eat it. SIR" said
Calino.
"No matter. Its bad hay"
eyes, sir" said Calino respectfully.
''1'll change it. know you are a much
better judge of hay than the horses
are!"
One day the bell rang. and Calino
came in.
ga patient has arrived, SIR. be re-
ported.
can old patient or a new one3"
asked the doctor.
"New one, of course, sir" said Ca
limo. 1.-THE old ones never come back"
Calino admired very much the beau
tiful teeth Of a lady among his masters
patients.
"Ah!" he exclaimed. "Her teeth are
as fresh and sound and white as q new
born baby'sl"