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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1900-05-23
HAVE EYES AND SEE NOT.
Everyday Matters That Some People
seem Never to Notice.

Everyday Matters That Some People
Seem Never to Notice.
'Can you tell me if collections Of the
mail are made todayy" asked an elder
ly man OF a young man in Pennsyl-
vania avenue news store last Sunday.
Yes; there are several collections
made in this city on Sunday" was the
answer.
DO you know the hour?"
my friend. IN front of this store is
mail box. and on the front of it is to
be- found a card with the hours of dai-
Iy collection neatly tabuiate.' Ex-
anime H..
Thanks"
This Is an example why some Of
the old men are pushed TO the wall iu
the struggle for life and why it is not
always the old practitioner who is the
best" said the young man. For a
man of apparently 40 to ask In the
city Of Washington such question as
that gentleman just addressed TO me
is little short Of criminal and well eA-
emplIfies how wOefully deficient some
people are with reference to matters
OF common knowledge which ought to
be in the possession of every sehOolboy
At the age of 10.
There are certain wrinkles Of met
ropolitan life that some people seem
never TO grasp. The running leeway
of the street cars, their termini. the
streets through which they pass and
the districts they zap. the running
time between Washington and the
principal cities of the railroads. thor
ough knowledge Of the environments
Of the city. the major questions OF
the mail service and thousand and
one matters which. if not directly ac-
quired by learning should Ds by alb
sorption. ought TO be at the finger tips
of every person who enjoys the priv
ilege Of metropolitan life."-Washing'
ton Star
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1900-05-23
Not nm Indian.

Mrs. II. S. Boal, daughter Of VIII
liam F. Cody buffalo Bid. lives at
a place in Wyoming which bears the
strange name CT B.'X. Ranch. Slack.
Among the curious questions put to
her by visitors are these:
Il suppose you have large eoilee-
ton of Indian scalps"
"Have you ever been scalped your
selfY'
do you keep buffaloes as domestic
petsT'
Once, on the ranch. while she was
entertaining q foreign stranger, her
father rode by. and she said:
There goes Colonel Cody now"
The man looked at the horsaman
long and anxiously.
Are You sure about itT'
Certainly. | know him very well
indeed"
well. declared | was never so sur
prised in my life. Why. that man is n
gentleman and not an Indian at all"
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1900-05-23
THE HOSPITAL DOCTOR.
why He Did Not Visit the Patient
Who Was Dying.

Why He Did Not Visit the Patient
Who Was Dying.
Hospital doctors were under discus
sion Every man in the party had had
hospital experience at some tine or
another. and each had a good word for
his particular doctor when the dis
eOrdant man came In. II tell you what
il is said he; there are some mighty
cold blooded men among them ! was
in one Of the big hospitals not long
ago. visiting q doctor friend Of mine.
1t was night and there was not much
going on. There were four or five doc
tors besides my friend around. and
some one suggested n game Of poker.
I'VE hadn't been playing long when
nurse knocked at the door and said.
Doctor. think the patient in No. is
dying; won't you come DOWN. Yes.
right away said the doctor IN draw
three cards He filed his hand and
played ii. and he kept right on playing
for about - minutes. when there came
another knock At the door and the
nurse said: Really. doctor. that mans
GbluiAiOu Is hAOh
dying; won't you eomeY The doctor
said: Yes. yes; oh, l forgot. III be
there in just a minute-I'n raisS you a
quarter. doe
"weIl. he played that hand out and
the next one. and then he said he
guessed he'd go see the patient The
nurse met him half way down the
stairs and told him the man was dead
Now, what do you think Of thatY'
'Well, they get hardened, they see so
much suffering" said one Of the party
apologetically.
IF he'd gone when he was first call
ed. he probably couldn't have don,
anything to save the mans hfe." said
the second
Yes" said the discordant man, ''bui
Just as a matter Of form he might have
quit after he filed that first hand"
HE might" assented all the party
But the man was going TO die any
way Nov York Sun
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1900-05-23
..e s.u woman naunt even ruEueu

.ae o.u woman HaunI even ruEHsd
pale
.was-was il a b'ary ! asked as
she took OF her sunbonnet an began TO
clatter the stove.
-,Of co'se.' she keerlessly replied.
".An what did yo' do with himY
s-Jest dumped him outdoahs- Pears
to me yo're hin heviR heaps OF fun
Most Of yo'r clothes hev bin clawed OF,
the bedqults chawed to rags, an 20
ar blood from head to heel. Mebbe
20 was learniL that bar a lot Of
tricksT
Il tried to git out Of bed to hug her
an praise ber spunk." explained Zeb to
me. s.but ] was so weak that ] fell
down She never let on to mind me.
an had to help myself up Bimeby ]
got over TO a cheer an dropped into L
an asked:
Ibid 20 fad the preachin. an vas
il goody
Powerful good she answered. but
it wasn't bout cOons or bars Any
thing wantin of me hefo' puts the kit
tie onY
I'm wantIn 20 to help me doctor
up bout fo' hundred scratches. an I'm
also wantin TO be forgiven fur my re-
marks bout coons.'
-'How is il. ZebY she said as she
turned on me. When the LaWd dun
put a long tail on a coon. was it fur
the likes OF pore human critters TO kick
about itY
Reckon not-not skassly.'
-.An how bout bars, Mebbe 20
find fault bekase the Lawd made 'em
bobtailed?
~ haven't a word to say ag'in it.
Jest goin to let the long tails an
the bobtalls ramble around as the
Lawd made 'em to rambler
That's it,
"'An goin 10 hear preachin when
thar is preachin at the skulehouseT
Fur suah.'
"'Then III warm up some cOon's fat
an grease yo'r hurts. an yO' Jest let
this be a powerful warnin 10 yo' not to
find any mo- fault with the Lawd's
way Of doin things. II was fur him 20
put long tails on coons an foxes an
bobtails on bars an wildcats. an 20
Jest keep yo'r CAB stilI bout il an reck-
on 10 consider that it was all fur the
hest" NJ. QUAD.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1900-05-23

Large portions Of the stomach may
be excised, or even the whole may be
removed. with no very great mortality
and in successful cases with wonder
fully little effect on the patients di
gestion. The stomach hardly occu-
pies in our present opinion so impor
tant place in digestion as it formerly
held We know that 1t is rather pre-
parer for the exercise OF the digestive
powers Of the pancreas than an active
digestive agent itself and that one OF
its functions is TO render innocuous
many Of the micro-Organisms which
enter with the food. So we can
understand to some extent the small
amount Of interference with digestion
produced by even considerable resec-
tions of the stomach--I-ancet-
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1900-05-23

The long. solemn gentleman with the
piercing eyes tapped gently on the
shoulder of the encore fiend in front Of
him.
ALLOW me to present you," said he,
handing the applauder a small paper
package.
what does this mean?" asked the
recipient wrathfully as he opened the
package and found about 81 in dimes
and nickels.
at means this" replied the solemn
gentleman: Il have noticed your ear
nest efforts to have everything twice.
Therefore have taken up this small
collection in order that you may come
tomorrow instead of trying to get your
two performances in one evening"
Indianapolis Press.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1900-05-23

The Buffalo Commercial relates thai
at a recent political meeting in the
North of England the usual resolution,
in support of the Government were fol
lowed by the enthusiastic singing ol
"Rule Britannia" and ''God Save the
Queen" Some ardent patriots then
caught sight of a uniform, and, despite
the wearer's protests, carried him tri-
umphantly round the hall. Finally,
having deposited the exhausted burden
on the ground, and not recognizing the
uniform, they asked him his regi
ment. Regiment? Regiment" gasp
ed the breathless hero; "baud your
whist. What's wrang wi We a.? Pm
the doorkeeper."
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1900-05-23
a SPELLING TEST.
Here Are Some Tongue Twssser
Kffh Ihish 70 Grnpple.

Eere Are some Tongue Twisser'
WITH Which to Grapple.
III you can spell every word eorrectl,
IN the following rhymes-all iegitinlatt
expressions-yo may consider yourself
qualified TO enter spelling bee:
Sand ur ye sf-Ilerz. now and spell
spell pherskisioscope AID krSiI;
or take some simple word as chilly
Or gauger Or the garden siy.
To sell such words as syIiogisn
And iachrynlose and synchronism
And Peutateuch and sacchzrine.
Apocryphs and celaoiDe,
Jepnine and homeopathy,
pzrsiysis ard chlor0form.
REinoosFos and paehycern.
Netempssc chosis. gherkios. basque.
is certainly no easy task
kaleidoscope and Tennessee.
Ezrntch1iks and erysipeias
And rtienetts and szssafrzS.
Inlaiiible and Fsyaiism,
Aliopafhy and rheDu.stism
And oaiaclysm and belezgueF.
Twelfth. eighteenth. rendezvous. intriguer,
And hosts Of other words al found
On Engiish sni On classic ground;
JLus Bering strait and Nichaeiras.
Thernsopyls. jaiap. Havana
Cinquefoii and ipeoacuznha
And RappaiiznnOck. Shenandoah
And schuy,kili and th0Eznd more
are words some prime good spoilers miss
In dicfiosary lands like this
Nor need ore think himself scroyle
d some ff ti-se his efforts foil
Mr. 6ecn hiInsclf gndone forever
To mis- the name Of either river,
Tie Dniepcr. Seine or GuzdalqgiTir.
Lewiston fNe1 Journal.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1900-05-23
MAnoEaEp ELePhANTs.
The Greas Brutes often Driven Wild
h. Fearful Tusk arAss.

Ef taEl01 1nA @AAtrs
Zanzibar said Robert Crawford.
: Is the greatest market for South Afri-
can ivory, which is brought there in
large Quantities from the Interior.
This livery is placed in large ware
houses from which IL is either sold at
once or else held therein for better
market. The man In charge of these
warehouses was a very interesting
character, an expert in ivory. He told
me many curious things about Ii and
among others propounded the following
theory as an explanation Of why ele-
plants go mad and occasionally run
amuck-
-In the warehouse were a pair OF
magnificent tusks. measuring fully II
feet from tip 10 tip, which In life must
have been carried by veritable Co
liah among elephants. The expert in
showing me these tusks pointed out the
fact that while one was complete and
fawless the other was broken of at
the point and showed deep scratches
and abrasions throughout its length.
Vow said be. If you viii look
near the base you will find hole
s,ade by decay that had strut into
the nerves and given that elephant
tOothache. And think what tooth
ache of soothaches a Il foot tooth must
have held. In his effort to relieve this
pain the elephant rubbed bis tusk
against rocks anu trees and drove 1t
into the earth. which mutilated il in
the manner you see here. ] have fire.
auenfly come across places where an
elephant has ripped up great spaces In
the forest and torn down the trees. and
| am positive that toothache was the
cause of this frenzy.
"'An elephant In a circus going sud
denly mad and killing his keeper IS
not an uncommon thing. but III wager
that in nine cases out OF ten if they
would properly investigate the matter
they would find that tie brute's sudden
frenzy sprung from so ordinary cause
as common. everyday toothache. =
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1900-05-23
Don't Rnrrnrr-

Only the other day Boston firm OF
sharks charged a man So for making
out the mortgage on loan of $40 and
then charged him interest. Lowell
shark recently loaned a man $50 and
charged him So for making out the
mortgage. and every month he causes
the man to sign a new mortgage and
charges him So each time. besides the
regular rate of interest. thus bringing
the interest up to 500 rer cent per
annum. The several mortgages are
not recorded since the first one. and
every So the borrower pays goes into
the lenders Boston Traveller.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1900-05-23
The Two sides.

What the employer said: THANK
heaven. I've got rid Of that nuisance
at last had given him hints enough
but II was of no use. and finally actin
ally had to kick him out OF the place"
What the paper said. ave hear that
Mr. Benson Harding has severed his
connection with the Brownssone In
prOvemVn; company.|-Bosion Tran.
script.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1900-05-23

DIX want to congratulate you.
Nixon what2
DIX understand you are the father
Of fine bog.
Mlx-Oh. that was about three
months ago.
Dix-BGt ii is matter of eongratu-
lation just the same. isn't it?
Mix-I dent know about that |
only got about Il minutes sleep last
uight. Free Press.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1900-05-23
Men Meritea R.tnrt.

Ex-Assis;ant United States District
Attorney Sutherland TenDey Of New
York was graduated from the Colum-
bia Law school In 1915. when he carried
OF the drst prize Of $500. A disap
pointed competitor congratulated him
and added:
Il suppose II was because your thesis
was illegibse. as usual, and the judges
gave you the benefit OF the doubt"
Mr.. Tenney. unrufiied. replied, ..uow
much better you would do II you
adopted t'iat practice In all your
workF'-Sssurday Evening Post
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1900-05-23
A CATHEDRAL.

he minister's mystic walls uprear
In times rich Eu.s aiHst She SKY,
Fair senlincls thar year b. tcar
Have watched s'ow eeutnses 90 BY
Within such periect cain doth reign
As by no wurd pay be expresti
For, though <il 4 men var Nith pain.
Here weary sol : awhile may rcEti
And, resting. gather strength ane"
Mid dim memorials Of the past
The faith our fathers held holds true
Ger diverse vass loves light 10 cast.
C. A. Paine in Chambers Journal.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1900-05-23

The asparagus beetle is now doing
damage. The best remedy is to cut
the shoots as soon as they appear above
the ground, as the beetle attacks the
tips. Many persons prefer the green
tops of asparagus, but the best stalks
are those cut when the tips are white,
as they are then tender from tips to
butts.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1900-05-23
Benny. status.

Papa" said Benny BlOobumper. a.
saw two bad boys dipping cents. ani
after awhile they went away. and
when they had gone found a penny
did you play yourself. BennyT
asked Mr. BIoobumper.
"No. papa"
Then you were an in-a-cent bystand
-Karpers BaZar.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1900-05-23
Load voiced Bird.

A story runs that on a certain day
two men. one Of them very deaf. were
walking by the railway Suddenly
an express train rushed by. and as it
passed the engine emitted a shrek that
seemed to rend the very sky.
The hearing mans ears were well
r'gh split. but the deaf man struck an
ecstatic attitude. Then, turning to his
suffering friend, he said. with pleas
ed smile:
That's the first robin I've heard
this springr'-Kansas City Independ-
ent.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1900-05-23

Cassava and fish form the chief arti-
cies OF food of the Caribs OF Guatema-
Ia. and the former is cultivated only in
sufficient quantities for their daily
needs. as vegetable to eat with their
fish. 10 make their strange bread and
to make the cassareep. which forms
their only sweet.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1900-05-23

A Lebanon man tells the following
for fact: One day a Linn county
farmer bought a banana at his store
the first one he had ever eaten. After
finishing 1t he threw the peel on the
foor. After gazing at it a moment be
picked If up and wrapped it in piece
Of paper and remarked:
Guess III take that home to my
wife and let her see what a banana
looks like. She never seed one"
And the man had an income Of sew
eral Thousand dollars a year.-Portland
Orpgnninn-
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1900-05-23

What" exclaimed the crator-"what
two things are helping mankind TO get
up in the wOrldg"
The alarm clock and the stepIad-
der. answered the dense person in the
rear OF the halL-Baltimore American.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1900-05-23

A brass plate in the Alabama capitol.
in Montgomery. marks the place where
Jefferson Davis stood when he took
the oath Of Office as president Of the
Southern Confederacy.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1900-05-23

In Japan handkerchiefs are made of
paper. cords are twisted froU il and
limitations of cordova leather are skill
fully contriyed from it.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1900-05-23

When one woman has secret to tell
another. II always makes her mad to
discover that the other knels :. first
Chicago News.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1900-05-23

The contented man is never poor, the
discontented never rich.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1900-05-23
CONDENSED TIME TABLES.
Baltimore ard Ohio Railroad.
Somerset and Cambria Branch.
Wednesday Eeb. 2Sth.

SORTHwARD.
Johnstown Mail Express.-RockwOod lI:45 a.
To-, Somerset l2t7, StoycStoWn i2.f3 HOOy-
ersvilie l2'f2, Johnstown i;s0 .. m
tJohnstOHa sceoInnlodation.-Rock tn
p. m, some rset 5.02 Stoyestown 5.Sl, HOOv-
erEviile 5:f3. JOhustOvrrS $50
SOUTHWARK.
fMail-Johnstown SO am. .Hooversville a.O9
Stoyestown 9:es, SOrneret gs52 lockwood
l0.I5-
Express.-Jchnstowu 80 .. m, Hooversvflle
2,;s5. StOvestown 297, Somerset g.f5 Rock
wood $40.
sally.
=. d. UNDERWOOD.
D. B, MAkIlN GeneIal Manager.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1900-05-23

The Possu-a Hunter Tells How He
Came TO Have n Lively Bear Fer
BedfeIIOxs and the Result IL Had
On Certain Opinions of MS.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1900-05-23
Wanfed-An Idea 2. ). Is: = a. q.

Write JOHN wFDDERBcRS 4 CO. Psfras 49,. ss--
sSa ss s e.sessg = U sI,: p q rSs .sss go prize osr
New-York tribune., 1900-07-10
ILLINOIS AND STEVENSON.
GATE TO THE CONVENTION WHICH
PUT HIM ON THE TICKET.

Chicago July (speciaD.-Now that Adlai f.
Stevenson has been nominated for Vice-President,
Illinois Democratic leaders are sorry they turned
him down so coIdly for deegate-at-large. For the
first time on record Mr.. Stevensons furnishes
an instance of a man being denied admttance TO
Convention which was give him place on the
National ticket. The Illinois managers kicking
themselves for their grevious blunder and devoutly
wishing that Mr.. Stevenson will forget their unkind-
ness at Springfield and remember only their
support Of him Kansas City.
The Springfield episode is delicate topic with
the Democrats just now but in the light of what
happened at Kansas City it has an added interest.
Stevenson was Il candidate for delegate-at-Iarge
vention met June 23 There was a lively hght
the four places. and the man who was vice
President in Cleveland s last term, and who hopes
be during Bryan'S first term. was beaten. what
is more he was badly beaten. Stevenson ran sixth
in field of seven straters. He got only ten votes,
and down at the foot of the list the only can
It pretty severe setback for an eX-Nlce-
President, and 10 make amends the State ConVen-
ton offered make him an alternate-at-large, but
Stevenson wouldn't have II. It was TOO much OF
COme-dOwn. Stevenson stayed at home, and
the thing he heard that he would prob
ably he nominated for ce-President. Ten min
utes before the Convention adjourned-the same
Convention he denied admission to a dele
gate-he got the second place on the ticket, and
now he and his friends have their time to laugh.
The Democratic managers who kept him off the
delegation wish they had shown him more consid-
The Illinois delegation really had little to do with
the statement of a prominent doWn-State
Democrat to-day. 1t is true Illinois the first
State 70 declare for Stevenson, but mis- boom
the principal thing the Nice-Presidential hor-
izon long before the caucus. The State which
turned him down for delegate-at-large would not
be likely 70 launch his candidacy for place
he kpT
New-York tribune., 1900-07-10
TO NOMINATE IN WEST VIRGINIA.

Charleston, w. Va, July S.-The capital is rapidly
filling up tonight with Republicans from all over
the State for tho State Convention, which con
venes here Wednesday noon. Senator Elkins who
is to be temporary chairman, will arrive tomorrow
from his home at Elkins. He left washington to-
night Senator Scott will not be here. Among the
arrivals are ex-Congressman Warren Miller. who
is candidate for Supreme Court Judge; ex-Con-
gresham c. P. Dorr and James A Hughes the
Republican nominee for Congress in the IVth Dis
trict.
A. B. White of Parkersburg. Collector of Inter
nal Revenue for the District of West Virginia has
no opposition for the Governorship and will he
nominated by acclamation. The principal fight Is
oyer the Auditorship for which there five can
dldates-L II. Latollette, the present incumbent:
James h Hall of Wheeling: A. c, Scherr. of Key
GetzandaEner, of Charlestown Scherr is appar-
entity in the lead. with Hall second For the minor
offices. Treasurer. Attorney-General State Superin
tendent and Supreme Court Judge there is an
array of candidates, nearly every county being rem
resented. There will he a spirited contest for the
permanent chairmausip of the Convention Among
those mentioned are Governor Atkinson CongTessee
man Freer and State Treasurer Kendall To7mor-
row morning the lid District Republican Congress
Convention will nominate United States District
Attorney j. H. Gaines. of this city. by acclamation
New-York tribune., 1900-07-10
w. Ii. TEN EYCK CHAIRMAN
CHOSEN TO HEAD REPUBLICAN COUNTY
EXECUTIVE COMNITTEE-CONT
vERSY LIKELY OVER CAM
PAIGN COMMITTEE.

William H. Ten Eyck. Aqueduct Commissioner
was yesterday afternoon elected chairman Of the
Executive Committee of the Republican County
Committee at a well attended meeting of the Execu-
tive Committee at the County Committee headquar-
ters. No l Madlson-ave. General F. V. Greene. the
president of the County Committee presided
and George R. Manchester. secretary OF the County
Committee, secretary.
Prior to the meeting there a long conference
in Secretary Manchester's office the appoint
ment of a campaign committee and the raising OF
campaign funds. The conference attended By
General Greene, Mr. Manchester Mr.. Ten Eyck,
Collector George r. Bidwell Frederick S. Gibbs,
John Sabine Smith and others.
The appointment of a separate campaign COM
mittee is looked upon a rather delicate matter.
In all probability Senator Platt and State Chair
New-York tribune., 1900-07-10
MURRAY HILL CLUB MEETING.

The members of the Murray Hill Republican
Club had arranged 10 have n banner raising last
night. hut. as the banner was not completed in
time the ceremony postponed for a day or
two The banner which will cover the whole
upper front of the clubs premises at No. 675
Sixth-ave., is said he the largest that has so
far been made in this city.
The large number of members who gathered at
the club were addressed by John Sabine Smith In
the course of his remarks he said he was sure
that both Croker and Hill would be very glad
If Bryan buried the bottom of the sea
They had no use for either Bryan or his silver
platform. Mr., Smith said, further that he did
not think 10 per cent of the population of New
York was in favor of the 16 to l doctrine DR.
patriotism and craftsmanship of Mckinley and