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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1900-02-28
One Way to Thread a Needle.

An ingenious Lady has suggested an
Improvement in the method If hOlCiug
a needle for the purpose of threading a.,
says the Cincinnati Enquirer. Ii is tO
be held between the third and little
fingers OF the left hand instead Of by
the thumb and forelinger, palm upper
most.
Tue advantage of this is that the
thumb and first finger can be used to
grip the smallest end of the thread as
soon as it protrudss from the eye, u
method preferable 10 that Of letting go
the thread and endeavOring to get hold
Of the end with the right hand. This
prevents the weight Of the cotton from
dragging the end out of the eye gain.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1900-02-28
Training Shepherd Dogs.

w. d. +. wants instruction for train
ing a shepherd dog. My way IS, first,
to have pure bred pup, not mongrel.
As soon as it old enough, put it 10 work.
If you have no work for him to do you
have no business with shepherd dog.
They must have something to do. Take
him with you among all kinds Of stock,
and he will soon get accustomed to the
different duties that belong to him, and
he will become eager aud anxious TO co
it. II he is headstrong, or wants 10 go
too far, or 90 to the head instead OF
heels, make close fitting halter of
wool or binder twine, and have enough
string to let the dog go just as far as
you want him TO go and no farther.
Make him stop at your command. Be
prompt and resOlute, but never whip or
abuse; ehastise, if necessary, by pulling
the ears and culling little, but be care
ful. Teach him to have confidence ia
you and in himself.
AS soon as you make him understand
what you want him to do, help him to
do it as near right as possible, and ca
ress him, TO let him know that he has
done right. Always tell the dog what
you want him to do and make him un-
derstand, if possible, before you start
him out, and il you are careful you can
work him by the motion Of the hand if
he is too far away TO hear your voice
The main thing is to be patient, and,
above ali, keep your temper. Have but
one boss for the dog.
have two as fine bred sluts as there
are in the State, well trained, and one
dog, but he is too old now for much
good. / can take either Of them aud
drive more stock with less labor and
with less friction than if had six boys
or that many impatient men about. Ii
you will come and stay with me one
week and see what g good shepherd
dog can do, and is willing aud glad to
do, you will be surprised. l can work
them half mile away if they can see
my m1tions. They mind me at the
first bidding. II horse, COW, hog or
sheep gets out of place he must go back,
whether l am around or not. They
know what is right or wrong almost as
well as human being does. A good
deal depends on the breeding of the
dog and the patience of the owner.
The shepherd dog is given up to be the
best farm OF all-around dog that lives
+. b. Mather, in Ohio Farmer.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1900-02-28

like the fullness beneath 1t. And ths
wrinkles-thev look bad.r
Polly eyed the picture critically
ayes; think they do. What kind
OF chin do you think you'd prefer?''
what kind OF chin do I want? l
suppose you carry a stock ?" she asked,
sarcastically.
"Anythingyou want Polly picked
up pad Of sketching paper, manipu-
lated pencil rapidly for minute, then
held up the pad in such way that /,
as well as Mrs. Smith, could see the
handiwOrk. The pencil had traced a
rounded chin with just the least sug-
gestion of matronly fullness beneath it.
How'll that do?n asked Polly.
"Just what want That'll look far
better. Now, don't you think you
could do something of the kind for the
nose?'
You think it's too-it doesn't come
out far enough?"
Not in the picture. l hardly think
my nose is as fiat as you have made il. Z"
She drew herself up with ponderous
majesty, and turned about on Polly.
This movement Brought me into her
range of vision. She had glanced at
rue casually when she entered. She
now looked at me fixedly for an in
stlnt.
"Apcther paiuter?" she asked, in a
whisper.
The question caught Polly unpre-
pared. Yes no-he's a-he's a-a
model"
"Ah, a model" she said. aloud, star
ing at me in a very superior fashion
through her lorgnette. "He has very
good nose. / like his nose. You may
give me one like it."
Polly gave start and looked dazediy
at me. Then the faintest of smiles
came into her eyes. "Very well, his
nose" she said. "Now what else?"
Mrs. Smith surveyed the picture
again. "The eyes are bad. Can't you
take away some of the flesh beneath
them?p
Certainly" returned Polly, with ex-
cessive politeness. Anything else?"
"No; that's all. But you can touch
it up wherever you think it can be im-
proved. I'll come up and see it in a
couple of days
She closed her lorgnette and started
for the door. Polly gave me a wicked
look and followed her.
II can put some color and dimple
in each cheek, if you like" she sug-
gested.
whats that?" Mrs. Smith turned
and eyed Polly suspiciously. "More
color and dimples?" ?"
"Yes," returned Polly, with nothing
Of guile in either voice or face. "The
dimples will come extra, but / won't
charge you half as much for them as
good dermatOlOgist would"
The suspicion died out of Mrs.
Smiths eyes. She could not distrust
such innocence as Polly had assumed.
II don't care for then," she said. "I
don't think they'd look we'll"
When the door had closed behind
her Polly took a stand in the center of
the room and looked wearily down on
me.
"It's an awful life, isn't it?p she
sighed.
sit seems so. But surely you're not
going to give that woman another
face? ?"
I'm not? Well, just am! she's
going to pay me for it, isn't she?" Polly
looked almost indignant. II suppose
you wouldn't do anything Of the
kind?''
shook my head.
"Well," said Polly, decidedly, ''that
merely shows that you don't know the
first thing about portrait painting. -
Chicago Journal.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1900-02-28

There is no better medicine for the
babies than Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy. Its pleasant taste and promEt
aud effectual cures make it a fayOrite
with mothers and small children. 1t
quickly cures their coughs aud colds,
preventing pneumonia or other serious
consequences. 1t also cures Group and
has been used in tens of thousands Of
cases without single failure so far as
we have been able to learn. IL not
only cures Group, bat when given as
soon as the croupy eOugI appears, will
prevent the attack In case Of whoop-
ing cough it liquefies the tough mueus,
making it easier 10 expeetorate, and
lessons the severity and frequency OF
the paroxysms Of eoug 1ing, thus de
priving that disease of all dangerous
consequences For sale by all drug
gists.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1900-02-28
An Editors Life Saved by Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy.

During the early part Of October,
1896. [ contracted bad cold which
settled on my lungs and was neglected
until feared that consumption had
appeared in all incipient state. L was
constantly coughing and trying TO ex-
pei something which | could not L
became alarmed and after giving the
local doctor trial bought bottle of
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy and the
result was immediate improvement,
and after had used three bottles my
lungs were restored to their healthy
state.-B. S. EDWARDS, Publisher of
The Review, Wyant, Ill. For sale by
all druggists.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1900-02-28
Some Good Anagrams.

The following is list of very re.
markable anagrams:
Astronomers, no more stars; eata-
logues, got as a clue, elegant neat leg;
impatient, Tim is pet; matrimony,
into my arm; melOdrama, made moral;
midshIpman, mind his map; old Eng
long, golden land; parishiOuers, hire
parsons; parliament, partial men; pen
itentiary, nay, / repent it; Presoyte-
rian, best in prayer; revolution, TO love
ruin; sweetheart, there we sat- tele-
graphs, great helps.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1900-02-28

The heliogTapb, 50 ofseu mentioned
in newspapers in connection with
British military operations in South
Africa, has been termed ''she trump
card Of visual signaling" since it pos
sesses four essential military virtues
portability, rapidity Of action, ease Of
range and secrecy. Through lis me-
ehanism, the suns rays can be reflect
ed upon any desired place BY mesas of
a movable mirror attached to q tripod,
and messages, in the dot aud dash
method of telegraphy, readily trans
mitted. The signals can be read only
in the direct iine upon the which the
rays are transmitted, 50 that its secrecy
in opsration is pa-fsce. Tae ''helIo" IS
easily porlsbie-@eigling with is ae-
eessories, no more than soldiers
riff
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1900-02-28
The Savage Bachelor.

"But how do you account for 50
many couples being happy, II married
life be such torture?" asked the Sweet
Young Thing.
II DON'T" answered the Savage
Bachelor. "And that reminds me. L
had au uncle who had rheumatism for
eighteen years Then he got cured
For long time, he was the lonesomest
man imaginable. Indianapolis Press
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1900-02-28
The Ruling Passion.

"And now" said the minister, 1--WE
will sing old Hundredr"
Just as the announcement was made
a brother in the ',amen eOrner'' com
menced singing ''The Ninety and
Nine"
"Hold on there brother" said the
minister, '.you ain't in the store ,lsw--
there's no one-cent-osr on these ,ssas-'
Atlanta ConstiNsioo-
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1900-02-28
Not Interesting,

"Did you study the high, zt msthe-
MATES ?" asked the friend.
IL looked into 'em little,'T answer
ed the strictly business ms n, "but 1
soon lost interest 1t seer led such q
terrible waste of time 10 line up al
those big figures without any tiollar
marks in front of them w 'astiagton
Star.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1900-02-28

4 Missouri paper says that Senator
CocbrcH keeps in closer touch with the
people of his state than any other man
In the senate. One of his habits. ac-
e0rding To capitol gossip. is to read in
the senate the name OF every con-
stitupnt who sends him a petition.
Other senator's content themselves
with presenting petitions II an indeh-
uite bunch. and in this impersonal
fashion they are noted in The Congress
s.oual Record COckrelrs way is diff
fereut. and when The Record appears
there are the names Of his cOnstitu-
ents. looking very large Forthwith To
each person thus distinguished goes
a copy OF The Record. which is shOwl
with much pride at the country store
or postofice. and the voter is friend
Of COckrcll FOR life.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1900-02-28
How He Got Even.

Some people are philosophical enough
to accept defeat gracefully; Others nurse
their wrath and waste much time in a
mistaken effort to ''get even" or one
of these latter Chicago paper tells an
amusing story.
A man came to a Chicago hotel one
day, and took his dinner outside with
a friend. When he came 70 pay his
bill he found himself charged with a
days board, dinner and all. He pro-
tested. The clerk tried to explain that
the American plan was based stTictIy
upon time, and that if he chose to eat
elsewhere it was his own look out, but
the man would not be pacified.
He paid the bill under protest. Then
he asked IL dinner was still on, aud
was Informed that il lasted until nine
in the evening.
Then I'll go and tackle itr' be ex-
claimed. 1--WE eaten one dinner, but
I'm going to get my moneys worth
pul va tuAc hOuSCf VI pCAAoh III thC a
temptr'
He rushed into one Of the dining
rooms, seized bill of fare, aud order
ed everything he could think of. When
he finally got 10 the end Of his tether,
the waiter handed him check for
four dollars and ten cents.
whats that for ?'' he asked in sur
prise.
"Your dinner, sir"
"But / have already paid for my
dinner ia my bill" he protested, "I'm
staying here on the American plan"
Then you should have gone to the
other dining room," said the waiter.
This is the European plan cafe"
The man paid the bill aud walked
out. His feelings must have been
heavy, both in body and in mind
Youths COmDanion.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1900-02-28

Little Jack prays every night for all
the different u'cmbers Of his family
Ills father had been away at one time
for short journey. and that night
Jack was praying for him as usual.
Bless papa and take care Of him." he
was beginning as usual when sudden
ly he raised his head and listened.
"Never mind about II now. Lord, :"
ended the little fellow. Il hear him
down IN the hall"
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1900-02-28

Somewhere there il a tap loose and
your health Is on the decline, your
nerves are wrecked, life is losing its
rosy tint. Stop the drain on your
health by using Wheelsr's Nerve Vital
izer and enjoy life again.
We have nanv kinds, but only one
Brant's Cough Balsan, tha, We war
rant to be the bass-25 eents. For sale
at Garnan's Drug Store, Berlin, Pa,
and Mountain & sons Drug Store,
ConEaeuc Pa
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1900-02-28

II think I would go crazy with pain
were it not for Chamberlain's Pain
Balm" writes Mr.. w. H. Stapleton,
Herminie, Pa '1 have been afflicted
with rheumatism for several years and
have tried remedies without number,
but Pain Balm is the best medicine l
have got hold Of" One applieatie'
relieves the pain. For sale by all drug
gists.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1900-02-28
A Street Incideat.

Quick as flash the man snatched
her purse and was Off with it. Directly
behind her, not twenty yards away,
stood a policeman, who had witnessed,
the crime. She turned to him, crying
frantically: 'sRobber! robber"
In a few moments the policeman
stood beside her.
''SayT' he cried. Don't you yell
rubber at me-"
His indignation was quite natural,
for was it not his duty, after all, TO set
Just such ings?-PhiIadelphia Press
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1900-02-28

The driest OF all fishes is perhaps
the river eel Yet. according to an
analysis by a German chemist. GO per
cent OF its substance is water. Salmon
comes next. with 61.4 per cent.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1900-02-28
"a Heart as Sturdy as an Oak.

But what about the blood which the
heart must pump at the rate Of 20 times
minute? II the heart is 10 be sturdy
and the nerves strong this blood must
be rich and pure. Hoods Sersaparilla
makes sturdy hearts because it makes
good blood. It gives to men and wO-
men strength, confidence, courage and
endurance.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1900-02-28

Scald head is an eczema Of the scalp
very severe sometimes, b1t 1t can be
cured. Dosn's Ointment g1 ck and
permanent in its results. Az II. y 6Dzg
store, 50 centz
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1900-02-28

Cadsby - Ny wife win raise Cain
with me II she discovers that I've been
drinking.
JagSby-All you've got TO do is 10
hold your breath when you go near her.
That's all right. but I'm afraid it's
too strong to be held. Brooklyn Life.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1900-02-28

Hoods Pills are non-irritatiDg and
the only eathartic to take with Hoods
Sarsaparilla.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1900-02-28

= BAER,
d, AIn0RSEI-AT-LAWs
Somerset Pa
.ases II Somerset anu adjoining
-. A. UlslleSs entrusted 70 n1AA VIII
.uzgI sllsuuo1.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1900-02-28

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- .i.ul.-sE1-AI-l--A" ~
somerset, IA
g5 -ae4a W All u = -ess ..'. en-
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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1900-02-28

Good Friday was called Long Friday
by the Saxons.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1900-02-28

AbG,h.E5.''s, s,l-LAw.
Ai' .smsrses, Fsan'A-
y 1o5l- -, n. ~.
ss-.- 81. - ..l.lss : .-l4 naeii'S.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1900-02-28

, o. y H. 3 NOTARY PUBLIC.
ssi.SSi s.,merssl. IA
IA & Rappe4f
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1900-02-28

ss.i'ANr r>h1-AI-LAM,
soalerssI Pa
1888. DoOA store
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-08-28

superstitious complacency, believing
the scarcity of food to be q visitation
of their gods, calmly saw starvation
approaching, and made little or no eff
fort to avoid it. They have learned
one secret of living upon nothing, but
when that nothing fails them it is the
old. old story of famine and plague and
want. Millions of these people live
upon l cent a day. But they are so
thickly settled that they swarm over
the plains of India like insects, and
where in other countries one or two
might die of want a million must suffer
here. U~nreasoning apathy for modern
farming implements handicaps the ma
tive in his farming, and his indiffer-
ence and fatalism heighten the diff
culties of the Anglo-Saxon reformers
who have been laboring for the uplift-
ing of ths black in that country. Al
though their sufferings are beyond
imagining, they accept plague and
famine without stirring a hand. Even
the wealthy rajah of a famine district
Will squander a fortune for his person
al qualification with a thousand moth
ers starving miserably outside his pal
ace walls. The mob does not stone
those walls, but takes what it can pick
up and accepts its sufferings as the
gift of the gods. The English govern
ment has done a great deal to mitigate
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-08-28

Tax-weary people are offered a haven
of rest in the good old shore town of
Guilford. No resident will be asked to
pay any taxes the coming year, for
the voters decided in town meeting
that they have more money than they
need and 1t would be extravaganza to
hire a tax collector and assessor to
gather taxes. which would have to lie
idle in the bank II they were collected.
Since the vote was passed letters have
poured in upon the town officials ask
Ing for complete information Of the
towns resources, its past municipal
history and It's reasons for emitting the
tax levy. Professors of political econ
omy in colleges all over the country
outnumbsr the other investigators. The
town had $4,000 debt two years ago.
Last year this had been reduced to
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-08-28

gion" Of 10000 men was formed. Two
years later the force was increased by
5000 men. Besides Germans from all
the petty states, there were also en-
listed French royalists expelled by Ma
poleon, Corsicans. Greeks, Italians.
Turks, Portuguese, Belgians, Hungari-
ans and Swiss. At Waterloo, yelling
toms army of $1,000 was made up of
only $4,000 British, and the rest were
Dutch, Brunswickers, Hanoverians and
Nassaumen. When peace came in 1914
there were no less than $4,000 hired
foreigners forming corps in the British
army. The Crimean war was the last
time Britain had to go a-hiring SOL
diers. Thirty thousand men had been
Sent to the Crimea and more were
wanted. SO the government went To
parliament with a bill authorizing the
enlistment of 10, 900 Germans. 5000
Swiss and 5000 Italians, at British
rates of pey.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-08-28
KoREA's cLosED'pooRs
Afford No Field for American Enter
prIse.

Afford No Field for American Enter
prise.
In pursuance Of the policy now pur-
sued by the consular service of ascer-
tanning the state of foreign fields as
opportunities for American labor, cap
ital and enterprise, Horace w. Allen,
consul general to Seoul, Korea. writes
for the consular reports under date of
January % that Korea now employs
no foreign military officers as advisers
or instructors in it's army, and is not
likely to do so, owing to an agreement
made with Russia when a large staff
of Russian officers were allowed to
leave. By this agreement Korea an
nounced her ability and intention to
dispense with further assistance of that
kind. The many requests from young
men who have recently left the service
OF the United States asking for posi-
tions in connection with the Korean
army are futile. There is no demand
for their services in Korea. There is
no demand for foreign advisers to the
Korean government. Although two
Americans who held such positions
have recently died. their places have
been filed, and there is no further de-
mand for assistance of that kind. The
newspaper report that one of these
advisers had been receiving a salary of
100000 gold per annum is entirely
misleading; such positions pay from
$3.50 to $3.50 per month. There is no
demand for employees on the railroads
in Korea. Japanese control and OPP
crate the steam railroad, and Koreans
and Americans are employed on the
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-08-28
Make way for the Lad,..

Whenever I meet a wagon or a car
ilase on the road driven by a woman ;,
saiu d morse owner to a Washington
star man, Il give an extra grin 70 h
reins' brace my feet, hold INV breath
ana watch her like a hawk. Wbv9
because there is not in a woman's ma
eure mat element hat goes to make
up = driver and they are just as likely
pun the right rein as the left. The
inn sex nave discovered that by pull
Jug at a horse's mouth he can be made
70 move more rapidly. This is because
tne snort, quick jerks that a x,onan
gives accompanied usually bv 4. sharn
Get up!' hurt the animals mouth snS
ne moves for relief. But most ai ~,
them drive that way and always vii
Inc only exceptions are those vho
lave oeen taught by professional drIy-
ers In a riding school or on tbs roadn
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-08-28
THE FAMINE IN =

Unhappy india is once more with
Ing In the throes of famine. Had Eng
land needed the advice OF that little
hero who is now leading her troops in
South Africa there might have been no
starving millions in the Indian empire
at the present time.
Ten years ago, when Lord Roberts
was the military administrator of the
great Asiatic colony of England, he
foresaw the ever-threatening danger Of
q failure of the food supply among
those teeming millions of blacks and
suggested a means of obviating. or at
least diminishing, such a danger.
The plan Roberts suggested was for
the government to establish a large
number of emergency hospitals and
food distributing depots, The hospitals
were called for because %pestilence al
ways walked in the wake of famine.
Although Roberts was at the time one
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-08-28

large, and perhaps save a few annas.
But II the rain holds off they have to
face starvation. Having no homes and
10 hold upon the soil. the first in
stinct of these poo? creatures in a
time of famine is to descend on the
large cities. In the famines of 1876,
as in that of the following years and
that of 1878, this was invariably the
case. The roadsides swarmed with
emaciated men and women and starry
ing children.
Although the English government is
sued imperative orders that all cases
of restitution be reported to the proper
authorities and fixed fines up N mayors
and councils permitting deaths by
starvation in their districts, the
strange apathy of the native of India
in such emergencies actually defeated
the good intentions Of the governing
officials. The natives. with a sort of