WASHINGTON' UvTTER. From Our Rwtar Correrjiond'nt, Washisgtox, Jan. 12, 1SS4. The Forty -eighth Congress enter ed Monday upon its perilous career. Orgauization was complete, commit ted were formed, the machinery was all in order for legislation ia both brunches. . , Now for the working eut of the iues of the Presidential campaien. Not only are the measure that prom ise to demand the attention ot ton rre.s important in themselves, but very one is interested to see what w ill be the attitude of parties and of men. The Democrat are following .1.- tr.4itmnBf their party. Family quarrels are now in order. A for03" M.lit in the ranks is threatened land it is confessed by all that the diiler ences in the party on radical ques tions, are serious and open. Ie.ub lican pwpects are even better than tney were several months ao, aud the party will bare nothing to fear so long as the Democrats hold the present' tenor of their way. No doubt an frOort will be made, in the name of harmony and policy, to htop a controversy which is so om inous ol Democratic defeat Demo crats say, whea the party leaders see the danger fully, and can conter as to the best policy to be followed tin der the circumstances, some sort of compromise will be the result But lluudering is proverbial with the party, and it is most probable that it will follow its ancieat tra ditions. There is discord just now between the Houee Judiciary Committe and the Public, lands Committee concern ing the Pacific Railroad's land grant question. Messrs. Tucker, of Vir ginia, and Cobb, of Indiana, are the rival chairmen, each insisting that the matters be referred to his com mittee, and each greatly incensed at the others opposition. 1 could cite a number of such family rows. Considerable work was done in committee during the recess, but most of the committees met for the first time this week aud agreed upon the Lours for their regular meetings. Several of the appropriation bills are ready for the action of Congress, and others will quickly follow. Out side of these supply bills the legis lation that will excite the most dis cussion relates to the revenues and currency. There will also be deter mined effort to augment the military and naval establishmet ; to encour age shipping ; to help the whisky interest ; improve the Mississippi river ; jerfeet the machinery of ttie electoral college; relieve the Supreme Court ; arrange an improved system of dealing with private claims; frame a saticfactory bankrupt law ; alter the postal laws in some particulars ; and preserve the uiif-quandered remnuLt of the public domain firm the rapacity of railroad. So you see enough work has been maped out to make a busy and useful ses sion, but the fact that the two houses are at variance politically will he a serious embarrassment to lvgivlation. During the week over thirteen hundred bills have been presented in the House. The session 60 far lias been marked by an unusual nuinlier of proposed amendments to the Constitution. One of the latest was by Mr. Sumner, of Wisconsin, for limiting the yeto power of the President, by providing that a meas ure may be pasr-ed over bis veto by a majority vote. A bill was offered by Mr. Kobiuson, of New York, call ing on the .Secretary of State for in formation as to whether our minis ters ooey the law. which forbids United States Ministers to foreign countries to appear in public in court dress, and requires them to wear the ordinary apparel of Amer ican citizens. A bill was presented for the im mediate appropriation of a million dollars in accordance with the ur gent request of the Mississippi river commission. In the President's message to Congress he reviews and comments favorably upon the work of this river commission, invites the attention of Congress to the im portance f the enterprise and rec ommends the early passage of a sep arate bill on the subject Tlie extensive arrangements tliat have been, for some time, in progress throughout the Mississippi Valley States for a cen vent ion to be held in this city on the 5th day of February, indicate that it will be the largest gathering of Western citizens ever held in Washington. Its chief ob ject will be to diocuss the subjuct of the Mississippi improvement in all its bearings ; to determine what are the necessities the situation require at the hands of the government and to formulate for presentation to Con gress the representative sentiment of the States most deeply interested in the work. The convention will have a thousand or more delegates. Every State along the Mississippi river, aud every State and Territory ramified by its trioutaries, will be represented. An l'npleaaut Afterthought. 14 Now," said drummer number one, as the train pulled out of Pitts burgh, "I have a bottle of whisky. Ix-tV fit down and have a real gaud time. I only with we had sugar and ice : we could have some tddy." " I've some sugar," aid drum mer number two, unstrapping his Valise. ' " And my brother has some ice," eaid drummer number three ; he's tn the baggage car; 111 just step in ana gut some, and he did. The toddy was brewed and re brewed. The whisky bottle was a large one, the supply of sugar seem ed inexhaustible, and drummer number three made as many visits to the baggage car as the occasion demanded. However, just as they were all leeling good, and were about to compound a farewell drink, number. d'HuItitrs combined with the dead three returned emplv-handVd. i lv nK combined with the deadly " Very sorrv, boys'," he remarked Co,1Cl climate, have an unfavorable "but the baggage man says if L effect upon the health of the Euro take any more ice off aiy brother he PeanB "n8ageJ n the work. Id won't keep." A Whole Tern of Comfort. A tramp who had been hired by a circus to appear as an Oriental knight in the cavalcade fell from grace and once more resumed his ancient call- "'5'ir it . Hello, said a man meeting him one dar,4! thought you were cir- cusirig." I was, but I re quit" j Do you like this business aa well J Mie. Mre.u5?", . r j W ell, I don t know. I may not be awful durn gorgeous as I was.i but I don't have to wash every day (islands, some of which were slight and change my clothes, and there's a ly eubmerged, and all of which whole tou of satisfied comfort in that I were covered with large trees and tven ifl dou't look quit asp urty aa'Iuxuriant foliage. Ia the southern a Oriental knight" glades there was an abundance of Among the Geographer. The Danish expedition under Lieut Hammers has completed the survey and mapping of the west coast "of Greenland from its southern extremity to Upernavik. This work has been in progress for five years, and is of great value to the naviga tors to Baffin's Bay. Lieut Wiseman, who crossed Africa from west to east in 1SS1 S2, some two or three degrees south of the Congo, has been engaged by the African International Society toi command a new expeditiu in the basin of the Congo. ! The ex-dition will be organized on a large scale. Wiseman and his comrade, Dr. Pogge, in their recent j trip found some remarkable tribes i w hose towns contained thousands of paople, and whose knowledge of agriculture, iron, wnrking, and some sorts of manufactures was quite advanced. Prut. Nordenskjold has believed, since he made the northeast passage, that in August every year vessels from Europe oould pass through the Kara Fea and reach the Yenisei Uiver. If this were so it would be a fact of commercial importance : but the experience of Lieut. Hovgaarn in the Dijumphan and of the interna tional polar party in the Varna con firms the older belief that it is not safe to count at any time upon the navigability of the Kara wa'ers. Lieut. Hovgaarn has giyen up his trip along the Sibtrian coast and has returned to Vardo on his way home. James Stuart, a civil engineer in j the employ of theLondon M issionary Society, is building a roau netweou Lakes Nyassa and Tanganyika. He lias completed seventy miles of the road, and, as lie expects to finish it soon, the society has sent to him a steamboat, built in sections for trans portation overland, which he will launch on Lake Tanganylika. The Scottish Missionary Society ha9 two 6teanaers now on Lake Nyassa. (ioods can be taken all the way from Ixindon to the north end of Nyassa by jteamer, except at the rapids in the river Shire, around which they have to be carried by land. The Willetu Barents returned to Holland a while ago after the sixth annual voyage in Arctic seas. This little schooner is supported by pri vate enterprise at small expeus. It has added much to our knowledge of the Barents and Kara Seas. It is the only sailing ves.-el that has sighted Franz Josef Land, and it has established the fact that except in very unfavorable years a wide stretch of water comparatively free from ice extends in August through the Barents Sea to Franz Josef Land on about longitude 4-V east. Arctic enthusiasts now regard this as the most promising line on which to at tack the polar problem. The immense ice fields that bar the way to the Antarctic lands have discouraged south olar exploration for many years. The geography problems in that part of the world will be attacked with fresh vigor next summer by Prof. Nordensk jold, who will try to reach lands that have been seen but not attained by othrexplorer. There is a sud den revival of interest in south polar work. The French will establish next summer a scientific observing station at Cape Horn, and the Ger mans also will station a party on the barren island of South Georgio, only about ii-W miles northeast of the litte known terra firma, Graham's Laud. The colonists who left England on "liristmas to settle in New Guinea will be practically the pioneers in a land that is nearly as large as Eng land, France, aud Ireland together. Next to Australia, it is the largest island in the world. Its soil is very fertile, it abounds in fine natural harbors, and most of the country is healthful. Many of the natives are cannibals, but they have been friend ly toward the whites, as far as their fears have permitted them to be. j D'Albertis, the Italian explorer, trusted himself alone among them for nearly a year, and from his report-? and the records of Baccari, another Italian traveller, is derived the greater part of the information we have of this little known laud. New Guinea is north of Australia, from w hich it is separated by a strait only eight miles wide, and Queensland is still agitating the question of annexing the island. The u n heal t fulness of many parts of Africa is the great obsticle in the way of openin? it to civiliza tion. Nine out of twenty French missionaries have died in two years, and the ranks of the International Society's pioneers have been sadly depleted. The news has just come that James Stewart, C. E., who was huildiug the road between Lake Nyassa and Tanganyika, is dead. Explorers agree that the unsaluhrity ot this country is largely due to the fact that the excessive luxurince of vegetation along the river banks raises them above their proper level, cutting off the drainage from the plants. Dr. Schweinfurth aud the Portuguese explorers Caella and Ivens are convinced that a grat change in the climate can be mad by scientific drainage, and that, in fact, the country drained by some lar'e river can bu made healthful and habitable by the exjitnditure of a few thousand pounds. Stanley's road building from Vivi to Stanley Pool, between which points river navigation in interrupt ed by the Congo rapids, was a work incredible difficulty, and the worst of it is that much of the work has to be done over acain everv vear. ) 1,urIn lne rainJ season the cordu- roj ruaus over me marsny lanas are many feet under water, and the roads are half ruined. On the plains the luxurient vegetation an nually chokes the road with grass weeds eight to ten feet high, and the way has to be cut through again. In the forests alone is the work of road making of a comparatively stable character. These terrible March when the miasmatic influen ces appear 10 culminate, lew ot the Europeans escape the fever. So, with indomitable nertinnrit onrJ great sacrifices, the work eJea an. j the full fruita of which may not be I reaped for generations to come, The New Orleans 27mm Democrat has just printed a deUiled account of its expedition into the Florida Evergladee. About thirty miles from Okcch jbee the party entered the grassy waters of the Eyerglades and encamped on an island. The only trees on this island were the custard, appie and wild fig. Thev nased through thmiB-mla rf err,u wild fowl, deer and fish. No In diana were met, although smoke from ther fires was seen, and they seemed to hover about in the dis tance. Near the head of Sharks River, in the extreme southern glades, the progress was grately re tarded by limestone boulders, which fmrtiwl out fvprv wltere above the surface of the water, and over which it was necessary to carry tne canoes. Th hnH of Sharks River was reach ed on December 5, and the expedi i i j i i i i lion, saueu own, cieioucneu ium Whitott-uter V.av. on the Gulf coast alut thirty miles from Cape Sable The distance traveled from Lake Okeechobee to the Gulf was about 140 mile. The whole distance traveled in canoes was nearly 300 mile-,. There is no special current it. the waters of the Everglades, but an almost imerceptible How toward thp Smith. The exnedition has es tablished the fact thatthe Everglades ! from Lake Okeechobee to Capej Sable are worthless for any purpose of cultivation ; that they contain no 1.4rTe irnrts of land above water: that they cannot be successful drain- j ed, and that the establishment and j m:iint uiiiHtire of & teleirrauh line1 along the route traversed would be impossible. The Everglades, and especially the northern glades, are a vast swamp, irreclaimable and use less. The only portions of the southern peninsula capable of culti vation lie on the Atlantic and Gulf coast with the vast morass between them. The Miseries ot a Mean Man. Sometimes I wonder what a mean man thinks about when he goes to bed. When he turns out the light and lies down. Wheu the darkness cloe in about him and he is alone, and compiled to be honest with himself. And not a bright thought, and not a generous impulse, not a manly act, not a word of blessing, not a grateful look cometo bless him again. Not a penny dropped into the outstretched palm of poverty, nor the balm of a loving word drop ped into an aching heart ; no sun beam of encouragement cast upon a struggling life; the strong right hand of fellowship reached out to help some fallen man to his feet when none of these things come to him as the " God bless you " of the depart ed day, how he must hate himself. How he must try to roll away from himself and sleep on the other side of the bed. When the only victory he can think of is snie mean victo ry, in which he has wronged a neighbor. No wonder he always sneers when he tries to smile. How pure and fair and good ill the rest of the world must lo k to him, and how cheerless and dusty and dreary must his own path appear. Why, even one alone, isolated act of mean ness is enough to scatter cracker crumbs in the bed of the average ordinary mac, and what must be the feelings of a man whose whole life is given u p to mean acts ? When there is so much suffering and heart aches and misery in the world, any hdw, why should you add one pound of wickedness or sadness to the gen eral burden ? Don't be mean, my boy. .Suffer injustice a thousand times rather than commit it once. Burdelle. Care of lAfe. As we come to them they re re ceived, borne with, and passed ovar with no more than a thought if we are in the enjoyment of health, but if suffering with Piles or skin di-ease of anv kind they magnify a hundred fold. " C. N. Boyd, the Druggist has Dr. Bosanko's Pile Remedy, which is an absolute cure for any affection of this kind, and is sold for fifty cents. An Kre-n Thing. "Are you sure that this is a gentle horse?" asked a man of a colored gentleman, from whom he wished to purchase a buggy horse. ' Gentlest horse in this town. A child ken drib? hitn. My wife is a mighty skeery 'oma'n, but she ain't afeered oh dis hoss." '"Sorry to hear it" said the white mao. ''A gentleman who is running against me for ollieegave me money to buy a horse for him. I don't want you to say anything about it, but I want to buy a horse that will run away with him and kill him." "Den dw is da hoss, sah. Tore a 'spress wagon all ter pieces day afore yestidy, an' killed a cullud gen'le men. Jes' suit yer, sah, fur he will kil de oufortunatc while man lessen a week." '"You trifling liar, I wanted the horse for my wife, and merely test ed your honesty. I don't want him." "Who's a trifliu' liar?" "You are." "I ain't no wuss den yerse'f boss ; case yourse'f told a lie jes' ter see et I'd tell one. White man's cot ter iit outen de bed mighty soon in de iiiawnin' ter beat me tellin' ob a lie, lemme tell yer." Causa of Failure. Want of confidence accounts for half of the buiness failures of to day. C. N. Boyd, the Druggist, is not liable to fail for the waul of confidence in Dr. Bosanko's Cough and Lung Svrup, for he gives away a bottle free to all who are suffering with Coughs, Colds, Asthma, Con sumption and all affections of the Throat and Lungs. Women In India. Woman's lot in India is not a happy one according Mrs. L. C. Gntltin, a missionary, who has just returned from the land of tuneless. ! She says: "The government of the land of the lirahmin is strictly in the hands of the man ; of the father during the youth of the family, and of the eldest son when he marries. The 6on al ways lakes his wife home to the pa ternal roof, and as the sons marry additions are built to the house un til it often becomes a village in it self. In this place the women are imprisoned literally buried alive. From the day of their marriage, which is at a very early age, they never see more of the entire world than the narrow expanse of sky and cloud that looks down upon them between the walls of their prison home. No men are allowed to en ter the house but the memhora .f the family and the priest, except on very rare occasions, and then un seen by the women. Married at ten years for epinster bood is abominable .mothers at twelve, thev die of idieer rM t about thirty." The newspaper foreman got a marriage notice among a lot of items neaaeu -Horrors of lSS3,"and when the editor learned that the groom's income was only seven dollars a week, ho said it had better remain under the head. Diamonds for Orllla. "Diamonds are comparatively cheap nowadays." a rock drill man ufacturer said, " and the diamond i set bits used in the diamond drills do not cost as much as thev used to. . j "Are genuine diamonds used inj these drills, or are they called dia mond drills because the steel has an extremely hard temper?" the repor ter asked. u Diamonds are used in the drills. They are chiefly one and two cartt stones. At present they cost about $20 a carat They are in the rough. The diamond-set bit is hollow. It is a steel thimble, having three rows of diamonds embedded in it, so that the edges of those in one row project from its face, while the edges of those in the other two rows project trom the outer and inner pheriphery re spectively. The diamonds of the first mentioned row cut the path of the drill in its lorward progress while those on the outer and inner pheriphery of the tool enlarge the cavitv. " How are the diamonds set in the bit?" The bit is of soft steel, in which holes are drilled. After tht diamonds are fitted the metal is hammered against them so that they remain firm." "Do the diamonds wear out?" " Their edges which come in con tact with the rock get a little smooth and then they are taken out and re set, so that a Iresn edge is pre sented." " Have all the hollow drills three rows of diamonds ?" " No. Some have onlv one row, but these are not very large. The diamonds stand out from the 6teel setting, so that the steel does not come iu contact with the rock." "How are the diamond drills worked?" " By a rapid rotation, varying anwhere from 400 to 1,000 revolu tions a minute. There are different machines used lor different kinds of drilling." " Where do you get the diamonds for the bits?" the reporter in quired. "They come principally from Bra zil. Some come from Siberia and some from the south of Africa ; the latter, howeypr, are more glassy and not so tougli as the Brazilian dia monds, and are much more likely to crush under pressure. Xew York Sun. Persiin inons. "Whit's them tilings, mister?" iL-ked a man of a Fulton market fruit dealer, pointing to a peculiar looking Iruit about two inches iu diameter, of a terra-cotta color, and closely resembling an apple in shape and having a needle-like point at one end and something like an acorn cup at the other. There was a ma licious twinkle in the dealer's eye as he said : " Why, these are the celebrated Tennessee persimmons. Haven't you ever tasted them? Try one." It was not mellow but it looked temptiug, and the man's teeth met beyond apiece the size of a silver dollar. The one piece satisfied him, evidently, for all the astringent qualities of a green persimmon be gan to take immediate effect upon his tongue, teeth and lips. His mouth was growing smaller by de grees, he could not laugh with grace, he could not be angry, he could not articulate ; yet all the time he had the mortification of seeing the dealer and his neighbors well-nigh con vulsed with laughter. With a smothered oath be went away. "These persimmons," said the dealer, "came from a farmer near Nashville, Tennesse, who makes a specialty of growing them. He finds it a profitable business, and has brought the heretofore almost worthless fruit to a high state of perfection. These specimens are green, of course, and were sent to me for comparison with the Japanese persimmon. I find them larger, but cannot judge of their flavor till they art ripe, which they are not till bitten by the frost. Frost mel lows them and removes all their astringency, makes them as sweet as sugar and of a most delicious flavor. "The persimmon, indigenous to the South, grows upon small trees seldom exceeding fifty feet in height and iu a wild state the fruit is small and unattractive, though extremely sweet after frost Children are fond of the persimmon, but they are most popular with the 'possum, who walks forth nightly to regaie himself and become the victim of the boys aud dos who know just where to find him. A persimmon, tree is a 'possum's Delmonico. Some people have experimented with persim mons in various ways, and I have known them to be dried and pressed, in which condition they eataa well the dates of Arabia. The farmer from whom these came has realized as much as ten dollars a bushel for his cultivated variety, and 1 under stand he has devoted a goodiy portion of his land to a persimmon orchard with the intention of show ing the American neoplejust what can be done with a product which grows in everv old field in the Southern and Central States, and has heretofore been looked upon as little less than a nuisance. A". Y. Tribune. Boy Drowned. L.MoxTowx, January 10. This afternoon about 4 o'clock Alfred Wilhelm, aged 5 years, youngest son of William Wilhelm, was drowned in Redstoue Creek. He and several of his little companions were playing on the ice which pave way with him and he wa9 carried under by a strong current. The body was found about Seventy-five feet below the SliOtabout1 an I,...,, c i c . j . ' iicihiu. ocyciai uuuuitu people assisted in the search. j :;r:".;.:7""..ia. auric is Jiciijr ciurj turn uy ai T,o.,., .. I .i I -ciocy iritis", i uuw, vt lieu ! me memoers oi a certain reeiment' were taking leave of their wives and sweethearts on the eve of their de parture for the war, the prettiest girl in the village, observing one brave fellow standing aloof with ap parently no one to bid him good-by, threw her arm around hi teck and said: 'I will kis3 you for the uni- form . Tuia t it JOrm yOU Wear. 1 hlS poor fellow, in thee daVS of Dettv hatrinl nf th luuc.etiajsiii petty nairea OI me SOlU.er, WOUld rather have been kicked for the umlorut he Tribune. Barbara Freitchie's clock ib said to be in existence yet, with its hfind. fixed at 10 o'clock, the hour at wkich its pendulum was shot nway by a soldier's bullet. Its final des tination will Le the Smithsonian Institution. 0m 1 ROYAL MSSJ Jk X! Klll UiHIni Absolutely Pure. Thl powder nTfrvriei. A mmrvel or purity strength no I whuleaiene-i. Mure economic! than the upiltiarr klDio. ami rannut be in competition with the multitude of low tert, fhort welcbt, alum or pboKphale powdera. Sold only t tana Koval Bakino Powdeb Co, 104 Wall ft. N. Y. 7"ALUABLE PROPERTY FOR S-AJLIE ! I will sell at prirate Mlethe Ot,I SWANK TA.NNEKY PKOPKKTY at IMTl.vllle, Ck-e-maoKh tuwn.hi The tannery build Inn aa lattiv destniycil hv fire, liat there are rata In ifooVcondltloV, an1 ih water pluea etc.. area.il in K'Kwi phae. There Is nrarl.v.blf an acre uf un I. on which th ire ia erected a one ami a half story Ira me DWELLING HOUSE. The property l in the midst of a fine baric coun trv. ami the water l of the very nest lor tanning; piirno es. 1 will sell this valuable properly cheap ami on very easy terms, lor lurther particulars call on or address A. KOKHXr.lt. jac2 ou lavidM'ille, fa. 5 J t ess s C3 WtTte They EoruhtG tho Circulation of 1 the ENTIRE BODY. -Prevent Cold FcefQ anoall tro-.il!. nriit!g f r jiaiuiperfoi-tcircuiation, cure Itliia'.lfATIS.Hof the fort and all kindred trouMi-s. a!so!t!t y prevent Catena and Colds. JntoUt f..r l.v ' art. very thin. Hade to ft any shoe. Si !il I v Pru7lst and shoe dealers or si ::t by mn'l p "t -paid. 1'rlre 5ct. per pnir. WUU-nU ilAN KTK : AWI.IANCK CO., KM Jlroadway, Mew York, Y. ociU. KGAL NOTICE. To Rachel Heinhtuxh (wp'ow) James Hcin. bauu-h, ot Lanark, v'.irroll (.'ounty. ll'ineis, Sa rah, liilcrmarrte I wlih JeremUo F"lk, of Llk llek Township Somerset County, Fa., Na'icy, in'vrtnarrie wuh Stephen MeNnir. ot ( nsel mm. Somerset county. I'.i.. Matthias lie in bauich of I.-tnark. Illinois, Jon ts ieinhau li, deceased, leaving a widow, Alary Ann tieln liauiih resMinu iu I .w,i. Hannah, Intermarri d with Hiram k reiser, residi'ox in Iowa, Sarah, intermarried w th Dnvid May, residing at Fi bre, this county, K"S Heintutuirh, Resoling at Fibte V U , Jacob ti ruir I. Ou trdian f Jooaa and IMvid Heibbaub, all of Somerset county. Fa. You are hereby notified t -appear at an Or phans' Court to be held at Somerset on Monday, the 2-ith day of February neit, to accept or refuse to take t he re.d estate ufSainuel HeinbaUj(!i, de ceased at the apprased valuation, or show cause why the same souuld not lie sold. JOHN J. Sl'ANOLKR, SHiRipp'aOpnric. i SberlH. Jatiuary , lsfrt. ( TXECUTORS' NOTICE. Estate of Uitarus Hoehstetler, do-M late of Jeff erson township, Somerset County. Fa. Letters testamentary on the above estate having been granted to the undersigned by the proper authority notice Is hereoy given to all persons in dented to said estate to mike immedi ate payiBoui, and those having claim aga'nst the Sam U present them duly authen leated tor set. tleuini ou Saturday. February i, 10y3. at the ol nee o tue r.x cut-jr, la ew centr5viiie. AAHO.N WiLU dce.2J Executor!. ADM, INISTRATORS NOTICE. Eslateof Michael Lnhr, late of Conemaugh Twp,, Somerset Co , Pa., dee'd. Letters of administration on the above estate having been granted to the undersigned by the proper authority, notice is hereby given t' all persons tn leoted to said estate to niaae Immedi ate payment, anil those having claims against the same win iireeui tnem ouiy aotiientieatwl lor settlement on Saturday, the Jth day ol Fehroary, 1S-4 at the urace ot J. u. awang, uq., la Us. vldsville, KOLSON L'iHR, jan2, Administrator. Es XECL'TOirS NOTICE. Estate of Phebe Marshall dee'd, late of Stoystown Horongh, Somerset Co., Fa. Letters testamentary on the aboveestate having been granted to the undersiicned by the proper authority, notice is hereby given to all persons in debted to said estate to make Immediate pay ment, and those bavins; claims aaitn-t the sauie will present them duly authenticated lorsettle-m-n. to the Kxccu ore at tne odice of Valentine Hay. Eso, , In Somerset. Fa., on or liefore Wed nesday, January iZ. 1-M when and where they will auend tor said purpose. v M. S. MMRO . JOSIAH KtLLtK. dee.lv. 1884. Executors. tOMEKMKT MAKamET. lorracted by Ooos a Ribbitb. DtULIBS IB CHOICE GROCERIES, FLOUR II FEED Apples, dried, Tf 59tie Anplebutler. gal tutjMe Kr.n. ft 1 O as ti-a flutter, p) (keg) (mil) 25c Buckwheat l bush 7.c tneai, loo fca 3(3'c Beeswax V 1 '.be Bacon, shoulders, loc 'ides, country hams. T a lac Corn, (ear) new ff) bushel oSQ;.Sc (sneneit) out " lac " meal V t 3C flail sktns, ) ft c Eggs. y dot 2ic Flour, y bbl ti So-jiT oo riaxseeo, ft ou. (tnin) 7.1 H4DJS. (sngar-etirea) fl ft 17 uani.ft i'u1) ueatner. ren soie, s, 3Mesuc " uper, icnjoc " kip. Tacsmou Middlings, and chop 100 fts 2 uc Oats. Tfi t,u 40c6O Potatoes, fl bu (new) 4"i uc Peaches, dried, f) ft gcluc Rye. V Da TiyttO Rags. ft It Salt, No. 1, $) bbl. extra tl ao4?-J 00 Oroand Alum per sack 1 4ojl 60 " Ashton. per sack 3 40 Sugar, yellow W ft coc white " UTl'Jc Tallow, f) ft Wheat. bu (1 00 Wool, Wft 35c0Oe B RIDGE SALE. The Commissioners of .Somerset tVionly will oiler to let. at public i.titrry, on the premises, to ne iueii iim oesi oiiuier, on TIESHAY. FKBHVAIIY 5, 184, at 2 o'clock p M.. the abutments for a combination nriogeover Stonycreek. at thepoint where the id. I Be.llord and Stoyestrwn Turnpike crosses sal stream tn U'lcmH honing township. Flan and Sc.nratl .DS can be seen at th Commiseioners' "m'x- .sealed proposals for a Comblration Superstructure forth above """T.vi'i n receiver at tne commissionera ( 1884 one hundred and fifty leet from abutment t aoutmeot,, with a, elxteen-loot roadway. ADAM S. SHAFFEK, JWSFPH HOHNK.K, Attett: H. W. BRUHAKER. l J. Hobxkb, Clerk. Commissioners, Notice to the Public. ,. tJ The old structure has been condemned nd pro- ! nooneed uasale lor travel The publle isthereler i DO'"ir' ,h ,h Commlssionere will not be r. Bponsiblef.accldenta. The new stmet.r will h 'pushed to cempleUra as early as the seaaon will r j Iuertnii.. I ian2 D.J. HORNER, Clerk. ry s DEAD SHOT Vsrmifiige, A &VZLZ CC3E FOB ia O n taaa Boo. Priee Ce. All DracBista. i.lyr. IIT 1884. The election of this year promises to be one of the most excit ing of the century, ey ery citizen should have ui it'Ubl Olie OOQ pa- .-- I A. I per to furnish him tbc;! lit b? The Somerset Heiuld lis recommended to all earnest Republicans, all friends of protec tion, all interested in the news of the nation, state or county. Because it is always reliable politically, and says what it means and means what it says. Because its Court re ports are always full, fair and trustworthy. Because it is the me dium used by the peo ple oi the countv when they wish to let their neighbors know when they have a farm or anything else for sale. Because all legal ad vertising appears in its columns, and people are thus kept posted as to what transpires in the management of the af fairs of the Courts and County. Because it is active. aggressive, ana always lways of its lor the cause constituents. Because it has the best Washington and Harrisburg correspon dents attainable. Because it always gives all the local news without burdening its columns with unmean ing and uninteresting correspondence. Because its news col umns present all the latest news in an at tractive style. If vou have friends who live outside the county, there is no more acceptable pres ent you can send the m than a copy of their county paper. If you have a neidi borwho needs a paper recommend the her ald. It your children want a paper, subscribe for the HERALD. Subscription per year. $2.00 Address Somerset, Penna. You avII save money your friends will save money, everyone saves ,1 i 1 lU . money tnai uuvs men Drugs of C. N. BOYD. , i He has the finest stock m always fresh and nice. Xo old I j drills dispensed. Private for- ! mulus- hmiy recciPts anfl PhJ-! sicians prescriptions a &pe- cialty, All the reliable patent medi cines can be had at my store. Any not in stock will be or dered when desired. I also carry a large stock of LEGAL BLANKS, STATIONERY, DEEDS, BONDS, MORTGAGES MA RRIAGE CERTIFICATES, Photograph and Autograph Albums. School 8upplies, Wc want your trade, and will endeavor to it irive vou jroou jroous at fair prices. My stock K.J is not surpassed by any in the county, and vou will be welcome, whether vou wish to buv or not. a. v; mri, MAMMOTH BLOCK, SOMERSET PA. VICK'S FLORAL GUIDE For lsh4 is an elegant b-xik of 100 pages. 3 Colored pU'i'S I flowers ua vegetables a id m re than I0OU Illustrations ol the Choicest Flower-". Plants an.l Venetables, and direct ions lor gr.wlnic It Is handsome enough lor me Outre Table or a present to a frit-n. -end on j mr name and post office address with Wrentt, and i will send you a o'.v, iiostaice ptid. Diii is not a quarter ol its c-st. It is p'iLted in both KnitUsh ami Uennan. II you afterwards order seeds, deduct the loc:?. Viclc's Seeds r th L5et in the Worht. The FloralGcidk will tell bow to get and arrow th-m Vlck's Tlowcr and Te etable Garden, ITS pa ces, 6 Colored Plates. Too KnajravinKH For 0 cents in paper covers ; $i.oo in elegant cloth. In German or Loitllsh. Vlck's Illustrated Monthly Mairmlne 31 pa. tes, a Colored Plate In every nuinler and many dim KinraTlnxs Price 1.;6 a year : Five copies lor S specimen numbers sent for 10 cents ; 3 trial copies for 'li cents. JAMES VlCK, Jn" 4t: Kocherier, K. V. Always the Best. 'Nearly a Quarter of a Century Ago' The old reliable " Kaxxbr" Bakins Powder establishel It has enjoyed an unparalleled popularity dnrins; that time, and toil maintain us extraordinary orrcedence. I a: Deals to the masnes of thn In' elllurnt pimple who desire to se cure the best end by the best means, and It has retained the confidence of the people because if Its pel feet parity and reliability at all time to do its work. The estk-ntisi value oi tne "Kabxve" fowder consists In Its tbtolult puritv, the Quanti ty of earoonlc acid It contains, and in the gradual releasing of the same by th baking process. -7 'a A BtMrlMM Erlarstlrra U th wit prafttafcl, Wut It U i k wt tjartMI. Our aim 1 to prarfJcaMr trala remnm m fa..,. -a. varmuoa. ttrdenu oaa ester at aT Uat Far mm av. atUrraa P. WWW A feOXS. riUMbmtzb. f a, PATENTS UTTNS A CO..ff the fk tKTTiFir AstitmrAiv. con tinue toai'f ttv s-illeitor for 1'arenfa 4'aVHat.4. Trarie Marks. O'pvrurtita. for tne l-iiiled ritat.-. Canada. K"land. rraip.-'. tiermany. etc Hand B..k :i..it l'i -nts sent free. ThrtjT-n Mm'tihrtKe, !t erne til tuned throii'fh dlLNN'ArtV airrotieed InthoH ikvtifm. Ar.n:rA the largest, reu, and li wiuci, .in ui.ini ci in i nur. V-l-A'aVOur Veeklv S?Itm1iU enrai.i-s ai d lntrr.-tinr ln 'vriiiali.i.1. Sf-tsclmenco'iVf'f thes4cleuiln a i.'ivii fr. e. A ddrt M I'M Pf ft Ctt . i. itk ... AJmucta OiDoe. )bl nruadway, Mew T-jrk. s GO j O S3 H o MARTIN SCHJEFER, Book Bindery Locust Slrsst, Opucsits St. Join's Scfcaoi Johnstown ALL KINDS OP -n 1 TVTAl T DOOiiS n can y ru imu AT LOWEST KATES. OId B,)oksRe-Bond MUSIC BOOKS A SPECIALTY. I BIIIC3 wr-D irvaa.,. a.wwa I by dropplnB me a card. Arranements have been wade wneretiy exore one way mi wfi ail larire orlers. All reeled lnfornatln can obtained at Somerset HtuLD oflic. .novla. Continued Jrom List wttk.) How Watch Cases are Made. The many great improvements intro duced in the manuiacture of the Jas. liibs' CJoM Wati-h C';isc, have led to similar i:n-provement.-t in the making of silver easoa. Under the o'd nivthiaL-i, eaeh part of a silver case was maile if several piet-es of metal soldered toctllier, re-iLiriii a j;rcat of theKevstone Silver Watch t ase im i: of one solid piece of metal haiuincrid i:.. shape. Tlie advantages are readily at'; -ent, fur everyone knows that h:tn:n:er!:: hardens the metal while soli'.ering sir texts i:. To tit the superiority of the Kfy.st''ft Silver Watch (W, take one of 3 oi. weight, pre-m it k iiiarely in the center when el si d, and it will not tve, hile a case of :i:::e tttijit of any other make will givecnoth to 1 real; the crystal. Tiie Keystone Silver Watch ( use is made only with silver cap and gold joints. Srfid S et .lawp t Itplew Wairh Cmtm rMtorleK Milta. 4r:y:. ,-. r f ir havlMW lllMMtral r9hlrC taawiscki, i In In tontinuedj ' E t -5 85 2 w u 6 J .5 z.o HI -3 c 5 "a "r3 S 5 U tl 5 5 So 3 s: z tr. . tn r? bi Z tC v J 5 tr 6 S i2 o cc" V US ri Z r. O s 5 i r, ? as o x a: - (j s"'r5t u - 2 j c '..y o - S " Z. 3?-3 .cat;? -3 : sSStieioi 5- O " 5 5 Summit Distillery. Legated Dirwrtiy ttaia Lia piitu- l. fl. A O. R. R., Ibns tmwlmg Extra Coat of Draylaa;. PDBE RYE C0PPJR-DI3TILLSD Situated on summit of Allehetiie. uses the water fnmi cold mountain sprint; This w hixky is made by the double-distilled process ami guaranteed perfectly pure and full proof. ORDERS FILLED SAVIE DM AS RECEIVED. Special. In order to elve Hotel Keepers and Dealers a icrand opponunity never before olf-red, will eon tract for the manu actnre of whiskv in anv quan tity, from 6 to 60 har. Is, (Civlng them the t,riv. lene ol Ifttlnic It II in bond for three years. i- h irvlnv hitt u i-nj 11 ... r. i,,m . . -n hand 30 barrels of Whisky' retailing at wTiten'full particolarf In regard to larf Sand Patch. Pa. Auk. 38. S. P. SWEITZER, Supt. Blood Purl. fler-thismelicine is hlichly recom mended for all manner of chronic or old itandiuK complaints, hruu tlB of the skin, such as Pimples. Blotches and IK ashes. Klna; J Worms. Tetter. .a -7 , -iTN al Khcum. Scald v-f-.--i i n e u m a t ism, - - , -1 Pin In the Bones, .;. i .v iMiie and Head. Ii q and all diseases -rt ariaina froi,; Im purity of the Mood. W ith this rare medlciae in j' ur buu.e y oa can do without Salts. Castor (111. l!ltratenf Maj nt-sia. Senna or Manna, and soon the whole ot tbeta. and what Is better. It any be taken with safety and somlort by the most delicate woman, as well aa by th robust man It Is very pletsant to i he taste, therefore easily administered to chil dren It la the only vegetable teiuedv ezUilna which will answer la plxce of calomel, regulation the action of the liver withou'. making- j- a a Hie iong victim to the use of mercury or blue pills It will open the bowels tn a proper and wholesome manner. There is nothing like Fahraey's Blood Clean er lor the cure nf all disonlers of the S'omach. Liver. Bowels, Kidneys and Bladder; tor nervous diseases. Headache, Costlvene-a. Indigestion, Kllloos Fever, and all derangements of the in ternal vtcera. Asa female regulator It has bo equal In the world An ounce of prevention is worth more than a pound of cure." The Pabacba will not onlv ran old standing and mall nant complaints, hot irone ol the best preventative of socn ilsrders ever ottered to the world. Vou can avoid severe at- iacao acme oi.easet. sab as Cholera. Small !. Typhoid. Bilious, Spotted and Intermittent Fevers, by keeping your bl od ponded. The different degrees ot all such d (eases depend al together npiB the rondlti..aof the Mux! He sure te ask for Fahbxvt'b Blooo Cleans nn or Pasai ba. as there ire several other prep arations In the market, the names of which are somewhat similar. Dr. Geo. G. Shively & Co., Successors to Fahrney i Bros. Co., MAWCFACTUHERS AND PROPRIETORS W a ybbsjbobo. Pa. GERMAN CARP. A new bonk of 140 pages of Instructions etc. on the culture and habits of this wonderful food nsn 1 he experience nl one who has spect its years as a practical pond and lake maker and oroamenter and n.h eulturist. A lok lor the practical man In plain Kngllsh. No pm lBm brook or swamp on their lan.1 should be without mis work, bend one dollar and the work will be Mb-, ito''n."" P""u: prepahl. circular and pr e list of live carp s nt free Carp sent to all erlsthe aafesi time to traasport the carp but spring weather got too warm isg.d than tr..Yr'!' 'a."" more P"1table eVTS v. .e- I'"" ' " n, '"'Ovai. the dred. Send rcu ;r ;nd price lirt. Address OKO. FmLEf.pituborgh, Pb. amount of cuttiiy and soMcnnpr. wukH j up to ,lie A? ,he h : tuftened the natel d gave it lu pnat;.y jy ed my ,,U!tbanJ h cf lead rather than the elasticity ol siter. , ltjerju of PARKER'S 1 O.N le", "' Under the improve.! urtl , iu. it !--t j ;v;tfMrant ,,.,, ...i! S w H X S o tn'.s 2 ? ai3 Climbing thespt,,, s, i Inwiukl.l. . . I 'Yes' she said, 'ouroh:v married and aoi.e.ar..i : ". , (and 1 mi i,. ourwihter,;: n'V. we out .elt.rethe lmie 0, I widen the circle. Life il ra"'' i like a niral . 9iJ'-:- . j time comiLg uround over va"t: ; e started from, only Zn further up the stairs " 'That is a preity illustrat:. . aiked her friend, ruuiitlP1v"ri' ? ! mail J . .. . e giowing co;.u wicV .! pleufant heat im. .i r- i.dwwel stove. -Y.. , cannot stop toilin- nn .H0 :th.,ui:h." r uie i: : ' surely we cannot, ;iIlf,jr ! I don t hud fault win, that,- ; provided the aivui.r j,. i..- v i attended with calamity ur .J'1 'for I have hii.l n,,- J u"tr'. Not lhg smut "are r, ruv In... It L IlILlkr Ell V II l ! ti. ( u",r"J"u' s'!U w4s j Lrtke uwu. - ' ntuiai 1,1 , uiv uigs.loti ht b . i ,i,..,i.. i 'fan. i' vi-..i., uitoiunru ai.U j wer in a wrttuhtd jlatiKuid, ate li.tlf, ami tlat - e. enjoying u, ami tiad liO strer j household duties. MtMit:;,';' I uietii luneti to reacn the stat v. j trouble. The diseasewhich s' eu to ne weaKness of all th . organs iirogre.sea untii I hud erai auacKS wnicn my phv pronounced to lie acute "cono ! thu f tomach. The lu.t of it ... i i toon n anu n il us good tf . '. jonce. It appeared to ptrvai-.V; i hody a.i though the bles.-irg i . i . i . i . n:e nau come to me. Ta;L, . other medicine I ciiihuu.il ,j orove, and am now in beCer v.. ,'.:' than I have been for a loi,- t;;J' Extract from an interview wif wife of Rev. P. Perry. pator of.";"' Itaptiet church, t'l'Id'brook. Ma." A Chicago man claims that . courted a woman of that citv t:C years before he knew tdie w"is ried. Thp interesting jur?tior. , whether he quit when l;efuut.,'. out Messrs. Hiscox k Co. cull attention to the fact that alter A- lu, lj.N, the name and stvle oi" u.; preparation will hereafter" be siaTs rarLrr's Tonic. The word "(.iii.f is dropped, -for the rea.-on that principled dealers are conMuiitiv ij. teivinar their patrons bv t-ul't:r"i" inferior preparations under the n,,: of (linger ; and as ringer is an uv important flavoring mredieut our Tonic, we are sure that i.;: frieiuls will a;ree with us as tu -;e ropriet y of the chance. There ; l.e no change, liowever, in the aratioii itself; ami all bottle r luainiiiir in the hands of ileaiT wrapped under the name of 'Taks kr s Oi.nuek loxic, contain the -u-uine melicine if the signature Hist -ox it Co. is at the bottom ofti.e outside wrauuer. A weekly newspaper in Ne York, edited by a woman, is callri Man. This, however, is nottUouiv man edited bv a woman. Rax Wkoioht in the Fit.k-t-How distressing it is to ?ee:icr- .j: trees cut down in the rniiNt of a ih Ue forest. How saddening it -d to see that thin spot in the nii'kof your otherwise abundant hair. S;. p it at once by the use of Parkers H.;r Balsam. For actual efficiency famous article standi at the head cf its class. Elegant for the toilet. delicious in odor, and restore the original color to gray or faded ha:r. economical, as a slight occasion! ! application keeps the hair and scalp ' in perfect order janl I Journalists are noble men ; ther 1 B I 1 always go in for the write. Tired all Over. "No, it never amounted to an acute jain, but continued to t a dull weary ache in the snmli df my back," writtg Mr. James Thomas, (if No. 59 Madison street. Mernpliis. Tenn. "This was an old experience, and life became dull mu.-ic. I ws tired all over, with pain in the Iut-r limbs, and a habit ofl:iyins of nights. Recently I tried i r e Densons Ca peine Porous Piaster? x-. was decidelv relievetl wiihin tw-r.'v- ' four hours. It mav have been I'r'V ' ''eriC that did the Work, but I me cretin 10 lienson n porou ter." Mr. Thomas' reverential n does him credit, but Provitl-iit? works by agents and ainontr theic Penson'u plaster ranks find as m external remedy. It act quickly in relief and healing, and rentl.-r life better worth living:. Price .' cents. Look in in the middle nl'ti-r plaster for the word Ca peine. A-k your ph Vcician about it. ' I?eabury & Johnson, Chenii;-'. New Yuri. A L - I - . . TV AYER'S Cherry Pectoral. No other complaints are so insidious in tht ' attack as those affecting the throat and liu none so trifled with by tbe majority of saHar era. The ordinary cough or cold, result; perhaps from a, trifling or uncotuc: posure, is often but the beginning of a !'' sickness. AVER'S Chersv Tzciokkl t-J well proven iu efficacy In a forty years' 6:-' with throat and lung diseases, and should taken in ail cases without delay. A Terrible Congh Cnred. "InlK.'I tonk a severe eold, which nitff' niy iuiiga. I bad a terrible couh. a.J -nilil aitr aight without sleep. Tl.e.i. ft " Kve me nn. 1 tried ArEK'a Chkki.-v l i" fUAL, which relieved my lnngs. ii..!s si-op. :ui l a Ifonitd me the rest W""? lor the rrwntcry of niy strength. ! '-l I'l'iil i ii-ii u.-uj of the i'Fi TOKAL a ;-rn -lo-iii cure was etfected. I am now t' onl, hale and heartv, and am salisacl u OiKKiii 1'i.truR.ti. saved uie. 1irai-k FAinnnoTHLi:.'' lUiCAinIiain, V U, duly 15, lsrJ. C ronp. A Mother's Trlbnte. " Wh'le in the eoimlry last winter wy lit; biy. tiire years old.wai taken iliwith ctouf; i. nied as if he would die from strai-i:--Intton. tmenf the family sunitestrd tlie u-"' id Aim's Chekrv 1'nriiKtL. a bnt'' wiuch was aiw.ivs kept in the houe. V..; was trid in small and frequent d-s. ''' tootir ilelight in lesa than half an h' 'ir t littie patient was breathing easily. 1h'- u--e-tur Mnl that the t in r.KV 1'kitobaL tad sired my ftirling's life, tan you ioml at our gratitude'.' Sincerely yours, .Mks. rM fitrT. 139 West UNth St., ci York, May 1. I"-- " I Ii.ive rweil A VFg's CBKHRT PErT"Rt in my family for several years, and do hesitate to pronounce it the Biost effectual remedy for couglu aud eoMs we have eyr tried. A.J.CBASE. Laae Crystal. Minn., March 13, 12. ' I suffered for eight years from Bmncliiti'j and after trying many reniedit-Siwith no suc cess, 1 was cured by the use of Avkk's l "f ItV r-E" T.lRL. .Insr.rH W'AtDE. ByUaiia, Miss April S. lwti I ennnot snv eomih 1 praise of A t fb's Ciikrrt Pectoral, believing aa I do but r its use I should long since hae of fnon lung troubles i. iSRA.i"- I'alestwe, Teias, April ZL, IteZ. No case of an affection of the throat er ImicB exists which cannot be greath re;'''1 by the a of Aver s CHF.RRT rtcTt baL. and It will aVays cure when the Uiae is not already beyond the control of medic" rarPARED bv Dr. J. C. Ayer 4 Co., Lewell, Ma- SoU by aU DruUti. ' a desnerate Ptriip1 and I - .
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