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Coileo jj.aajtiiiSoUKrriKH. ucojord aud aujoin 4 fcunoi". couvejauciii II LBAER, fl Ai"XOBJ E Y-AT-LA W. bouieriKt, Pm. ii rntwt in boiureet and adjoining aukt Ai. tuu euLTUbUKl U UllU Will Bit jtnxuy! iUcluou. llCOfTKyTH. W. H.KCPFKL. iViYKUTH 4 RLTPEL, U AnuK.VfcV6-Ai-iW, bouientt-l. Pa. i-tGUKeutrutc! to their care will be icuil pLiuciiuny alleuded to. Ullioe ( i uv. kiraci, oppoul Mam.nolii la. I W.CA1UTHS, M. D., ti WloiCin N A1 bLHobON, boiuerset. Pa. & as Puio. Street, Oi'poejte U. B, office. US. P. F. 6HAFFER, tiiiCJA AU St'iUiEOS, ISomereet, Pa. Sadtfl h' profoMioaal n'iceft to the ciU auuicrad aul viciuily. UlUoeooruer p.J.M. LOLTHER, " mValv;lAJi a-nu SURGEON, liktc tun wreei, rear of lru4f .tore, H. S. KlililELL, Jtn his proftjiocl services to the cltl cjit ua victuity. Luitas pro ciiii ijt c-jii ot louiiu at hia of "ta U 11 ul luuuoud. U1 :P T L' If ITI T . -- onuiuatr in ix:iiuatry.) 'ww-.'attmtion to the preservation 'inn,! iUi. Aruncml b u inaerved. k H'.'' r "nniiHwi aaULu'tr)'. uttice iLioNrtU a. Uavw A Co atore, i Lru and ivuioi streeta. C H. COFFROTH, Funeral Director. -(. Main Cross St. Ilesidenoe, MO Patriot St. pUXK B. FLUCK, Land Surveyor 5 t 5 S S ? ? 5 -5 V a? 5. 2 2 S 5 c. 15" a s s c a -X Z o o 2 " S g 5 2- 3 1 T rT 1 1! VOL. XLVI. KO. 13 Consumption IS g WiHSCOTPSEKULSION 2 cure consumption t Yes and g g no. Will it cure every case ? v g No. "Wnat cases will it cure i g then? Those in their earlier g g stages, especially in youn 5 ; g people. We male no exag- w j geratei claims, but we have $ ! positive evidence that the " 2 early use ot o s Scott's Emulsion e v of Cod-liver oil with Hypo- 8 phosphites of lime and Soda 8 In these cases results ia t o 8 positive cure to a large cum- A her In advanced cases, how- S ever, where a cure is impossi A hie, this well-known remedy 9, a should be relied upon to pro- y long life surprisingly. 3 2 O 50c nd f 1 .00, I1 druggistl. 9 8 SCOTT & BOWKE, Chenusta. New York. S CCCCCCCCCCCCC f Strongest in the World. JL I How Many I Millions i Has "The Equitable" paid in death claims? What's the difierence j how many. :J It's enough that claims : are paid and in al- J most every instance if paid on the day : proofs of death are I presented ;I And that there's a sur- .1 plus cf $43,000,000 J back of every contract, 4 jruaranteeini; con tinued ability to pay. J EDWARD A. WOODS, Manager, :r Pirrsurkcii. I L FCSDICIC, Seceral Agent, f Somerset. First National Bant or Somerset. Penn'a. Capital, S50.000. Surplus. S3O.O00. UNO 54,000. PROFITS, ocpesiT ncccivc im l.o rdssjali. MOUNT. )f Baxaxw ACCOUNT Of SIKCHtNTt, nr.t mm LM)TIIIIltaueiTID DISCOUNTS DAILY. ROATiTi OF DIRECTORS. CHAJ. O. tH l'LU GEO. B. HCULU JOULN U. HCOTT, ROBT. 8. bC'LLU i iUO W. BIEBECKtB EDWARD RCULL, : : PRESIDENT- VALENTINE HAY, : lUlk r" ? HARVEV M. BERKLEY, CAhHIhR. . . Ar ty,im lant areata ccr.'ly provecujd In a celebrated Ooblims KrK- ALABrHwroAr&. t" lateiv burglar-proot Tie ScmsrsEt Coity Natitmal Bant OF SOMERStl KM. E.uKIUtd UJI. OraUa.iiUo.al,18S0 r'.ti 4 50.000 00 Surplus k Undivided Profits, 29,000 UO Assets, - - 300,000 CO Uhas. J. Harrison, - President. Wm. H. Koontz, - Vice President, Milton J. Pritts, - - Cashier. Geo. S. Harrison, - Ass i msnier. Directors . Wm. Endsley, Chas. W. Snyder Josiab Spebt. "" John U.Snyder, John Statn, JotphB-Davi; ' Jerome btufft, N oah 8. MiUer, 8am. B. Harrison. Cta m.w amount. . , th. United Collections maae nii- State. Oii moderate. AocoonU and depoail soudtaa. "ATiOuisTON, Undertaker and Embalmer. A GOOD HEARSE, and eTeryttta pertaining W funerals ram isbed. SOMERSET - - Pa Jacob D. Swank, Watchmaker and Jeweler, Next Ooor West cf Lutheran Church, Somerset, - Pa- I Am Now prepared to supply the public with Clocks, Watches, and Jew elry of all descriptions, aa Cheap as the Cheapest. BEPA1UI5G A SPECIALTY. All work guaranteed. liook at my stock before making your purchases. J. D. SWANK. CATARRH Ai.V your Dtt JGCJ5T for a (tcnerous 10CKXT TIlIALSIZa Ely's Cream Balm ' li HI rkli tn- n-ury nor any .ih r r i n J u ri o u 1ni It t q a c k ly A b Kir 1. ii'm I'. 't.'f ;il once. COLD HEAD It oimii ami clfler.aea the .al V??"'-, . A'Iivh luO.'uuilion. Utl.anl t'r.it.rta the Vriut.ninff J-Mtore 1 1 "- ,f ail Mine 1- r ull Me Trial li ;ai itrui-:i w t-y " f . . r v iO-V Ui.orHtlUs t6 V.-rr.-n Stre-'t, S- T. r 35. HER BUTTONED KIDS. Whe n I go to ball or Dartv AViih toy blue-eyed eeet heart May, ftne ih always ready, waiting In ber daintiest array ; ' llat and jacket, gown and coiffure, Not a thread nor band amim. But abe hold her band out, naying: "Jack, will you please button this? " Little hand, so soft and dimpled. Nestled closely in her glove. In my own ebe puis sedately While ber white brow frowns above ; Pear, small hand, I softly preea it, (Such thing make a lover's bliss !) Hoar I lore to hear ber ask uie : "Jack, will you pleane button this?" Blue-eyed fraud f She knows my weak, nesa Knows I love to touch ber hand ; And she knows I know she knows it When she makes the dear demsnd ; And although ber glove be roomy. She is not a bit remiss. With a Miiile she always murmurs: "Jack, will you please button this T " Puck. A LUCKY BULLET. "This silver bullet three times has saved my life, and it had a history when it came into my possession. Du you wonder that I wear it as a talis man?" said Seuor Don FatL-tino Orte ga of Siuuloa, Mexico, talking with two friends in the reading room of an uptown hotel. lie speaks excellent English, and as be said this he held up to view the battered silver ball which he carries always strung by a gold wire to his watch guard "It weighs just an ounce," the Seuor Don continued. "It was given me by my grandfather, who told me the story of it when be put it into my hands on his dying bed. He was clear of mind, and I could not doubt a word of his story, strange as it may sound to you. 'It was more than fifty years ago,' my grandfather said, 'that a monster wolf appeared at my ranch on the San Ysidro and destroyed many sheep and calves and colts. My herder chafed the creature with lassos and fired at it to no purpose; it was so fierce that it would not retreat before one man. My major domo sent word of these things to me, and I went to the ranch. Three different t'mes I fired at that wolf, feel ing sure every lime that I must have hit the creature, but It trotted away with no sign of hurt. When after my third trial I found the flattened bullet at the place where the wolf had been when I fired, I gave up trying to kill the beast with powder and lead, and I rode 100 miles to consult with a man who was learned in such matters. He heard my story. " 'Make a bullet from the first silver you find,' he said. Scratch upon it a Christian cross and try the wolf with that. If your aim be true, the bullet will not fall fiat like the others. "The rest of the story I will tell in my own words. My grandfather made the wis: man a present and started back for the ranch. Crossing the ch:in nel of 'he San Ysidro, at that season of the year nearly dry, hit horse stumbled, and where his hoof had disturbed the sand and pebbles there lay exposed a nugget of pure silver, such as often is found in the bed of this stream, wash ed down from the mountains. Dis mounting, my grandfather picked up the cugget, and after his arrival at the ranch, hammered it into the bullet you see. The next night he watched for the wolf, which came with the rising moon, and he killed the creature with this silver bullet. His flocks and herds were troubled no more by any wolf, and he kept the bullet until the last day of his lif-. " 'Keep it, my dear grandson,' were hia last words to me concerning the bullet. 'It has been lucky for me, and it may succor yoa in some bad time,' "For six years I carried the silver bullet in my pocket befoie the chance came to demonstrate that it was a lucky piece for me. The house at my hacienda, like Mexican houses in gen eral, is of one story, so that all its rooms are on the ground floor. My sleeping room opened upon a long, narrow hallway with a door opening upon the CDurtyard. I had occasion one morning to ga into the further end of this hallway to get some busi ness papers that I kept there on a shelf. A snake must have crawled into the hallway the day before when the outer door was open. I pissed where it lay without seeing or aroU3ia it, for the first that I knew of its presence wa the loud buzzing of its rattle behind me as I rummaged among my papers. I turned to see a six-foot rattlesnake coiled between me and both the doors. It Wis thoroughly angry and was ad vancing upon me after tbe fashion of a rattlesnake that means to attack lunging forward with a third of its length and then bringing its coils up the same distance while its rattle in the closed ani narrow passage filled the place with its sound. "I was clad only in nighUhirt, trous ers and slippers, and there was nothing in Bight with which to defend myself. The reptile was all the timj drawing nearer, an 1 had covered half the dis tance to me before I thought of the silver bullet in my trousers' pocket and realized that my one chanco of stop ping the snake lay in my striking its head with the bullet I was in my boyhood very pkiilful in the throwing of a stone, and the art has never left me. A thing that made my chance a little better thin it might seem la tell ing is the rattlesnake's mnner of rnset ing an attack. It does not try to avoid but confronts whatever threatens it, al ways turning its head so as to face the object. I chose a time when, after a forward Iunga, it drew forward Into a coiT and, at six feet away threw tbe bullet at its head with all my f jree. It struclc true, and as the snake half straightened its coils aud writhed upon the floor I stepped safely past it into my room. After that of course it was easy to mike an end of the suake with my pistol . "fne i-ilver bullet bad certainly been my salvation in this case. It was less than two years afterward that it was the meaai of saving my life in another and very surprising way. I was in Chihuahua 7iiiing tbe Las Qaesadas mines, iu which I held an interest, and on the day after my arrival rode la from SOMERSET, PA., the hacienda six miles away, where I was stay! n ar, to see tbe mine superin tendent. He was in the magazine where the explosives used in blasting were kept. It was a stone house, or dugout, built in the side of a hill, and was reached from the foot of the slope by a steep path. I started there to find him, and had climbed the hi'.l to the very step of the house when in taking my handkerchief from my pocket I pulled the silver bullet out and it Ml and rolled down tbe slope. . I turned and ran back after it, keeping my eye on it as it rolled, for I knew that if I once lost sight of my bullet my chances of finding it were small. "I followed it to the foot of the hill and saw it roll into a ditch that onco had been used in draining a min working. The ditch was about four feet deep, aud just as I jumped Into it and stooped to pick up the bullet ther came a roar like the bursting of a hundred cannon and a shock that sent me flat on. my face, stunned, iu the bottom of the ditch. When I came to my senses I found myself half buried in dirt. I got clear of that and upon my feet, so that I could look around U see what had happened. Where the magaziue had been there was a great hole iu the hillside, with smoke float ing about it, and not so much as one stone of tbe building to be seen. "The wreck was caused by the ex plosion of half a ton of giant powder that had been stored there. What had set it off" could not be known for not & trace of the superintendent, the fore man and two Mexicans who bad been with them was ever found. The shock and flying rock wrecked half the build ings at the mine camp and several per sons there wsre hurt. You can judge for yourself what my chances would have been of ever telling this story to you if I had gone on into the maga zine if the bullet, falling from my pocket, bad not been the cause of my turning back down the hill and going into the shelter of the ditch just as the explosion came. "This silver bullet Is the bullet that killed the bandit Toinas Viejada, who, for several years following the fall and banishment of President Lerdo, ter rorized the Sinaloa aud several of the adjoining States of the Mexican re public He had been one of Lerdo's partisans and was very bitter toward whoever was prominent as a supporter of the Diaz Government. The best that one who was so unlortunate as to fall into his power could hope was to be held for ransom. I was on my way to my ranch, a journey of two fullday-t on horseback, carrying money with which to pay my men. lieing delayed by the difficulty in crossing a flooded stream, I was not able to get ou to Iho estaucia the home ranch, American would say by daylight on the second day, but stopped in the early evening at the hut of one of my shepherds for supper and to rest my horse. The man, Antonio Bajada, an old and faith ful employee had something important to tell me. "Tomas Viejada has planned to way lay you in the Puerte del Leon,' the thepherd said, 'to rob and kill you, or hold you captive for a ransom. I learned of it only to-night How I found out? Well, senor, my daughter at San Elizario has a sweetheart iu Viejada's band, and my little son over heard him telling her yesterday what the chief meant to do, and came to night to tell me. He started back for home only a few minutes before you came.' "The Tuerte del Leon was a gap in the foothills four miles beyond through which the road to the estancia lay. I felt that my course was to try to get to- tbe estancia that night "'Antonio,' I said to the shepherd, give me to eat what you can get most quickly, and then I will go on to the estancia by the path round the Venada peak. The bandits will have no idea. of my coming by that route. You shall guide me.' "While the shepherd set out hin earthen platter of frijoles aud a eouplt of tortillas, the remains of his supper, my eye fell upon his gun banging upon, two pegs against the side of the hut It was an old-fashioned, smooth-bore-affair, but I knew that Antonio coula do some wonderful shooting with it " 'You'll want to take your gun along Antonio,' I said to him. 'We may run in with the bandits on the way we're going.' " 'Alas, senor, but it can not serve ur to-night,' said the shepherd, shakinr bis head. 'I have no bullets. Powder and csps I have, but my last bullet 1 fired at a coyote yesterday.' "I thought of my silver bullet The- case was urgent Try this,' I said, and handed it to him. 'Will it fit th barrel of your gun? Just a bit tor large, is it? A little hammering out will make it the right shape.' "While I bolted the tortillas and fri joles as fast I could, knowing that the quicker we got away from the place t be better, Antouio with the back of hi axe, pouuded the bullet out so that iu would go easily into the gun. You can see the marks of his hammering now, and how the ball is lengthened out and not quite round. He had the gun loaded, with the silver bullet upon the powder, by the time I had finished my supper. He blew out the candle before he opened the door for us to stan. forth, for there was no telling who mlght be watching the home. Carry ing my saddle, heavy with the silver dollars packed in tbe cautinas, on hi. shoulder, and with bis gun in hand.. Antonio led the way to where my horse was picketed. He had put the saddle on the horse's back and I was just drawing the cinc'j tight when I heard the shepherd's warning 'Sh-hT and looking in tbe direction In which h was gazing I saw a man on horseback, about fifty yards away. He had stop ped bis horse aud sat looking at us; through the darkness I could catch the gleam of the silver buttons upon bis jacket and pantaloons and tbe sil ver braid oa bis sombrero, and I knew by these he was a caln.llero, a man or pretensions above thoje of a common, cattle herder. Across the saddle born he held a carbine. Behiud my horse Antonio dropped' to one knee and levelled his gun be -neath tbe horse's belly at the horse man. The stranger, perhap detecting; set ESTBLISHXCE) WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 9. 1898. this movement, suddenly raised bis carbine, and with the motion Antonio fired. At the explosion my horse jumped and ran, throwing me from my feet and dragging me by the halter which I had not taken from his neck. I kept my bold on the rope and man aged to bring the horse to a standstill after being dragged a considerable dis tance. When I got to my feet, a good deal shaken up, Antonio was running to me, bringing the saddle and his gun. He clapped the saddle ou the horse and cinched it fast '"For God's sake, senor, mount quickly,' he said, as he helped me into tbe saddle. " 'But the man the man you shot at where is he?' I asked, for the horse man was nowhere to be seen. " 'God knows, senor. He was hit I know, and his horse carried him away. That otballero I am not mistaken, for I have seen him ofen was Tomas Viejada. Heaven preserve us if his men are near.' "With the shepherd running ahead, picking the way, we rode into the shad ows of a spur of the mountain, aud from there nude our way by a round about route to the estancia, where we arrived after midnight without having seen or heard anything further to cause alarm. Next morning I despatched a messenger to the nearest post of the rural guards, and wilhiu 80 hours a de tachment of the rurales were on the trail of the baudiid. They tracked them night and day aud hunted them down, killing seveu and bringing 2ve back, who were tried at drumhead court-martial and shot Not one would confess what had become of their lead er, more than to say that he was dead, aud no searching availed to find his body. Nearly three years afterward, as I visited my ranch, the major domo handed me my bullet " 'Miguel Quintana, the hunter.found it in the mountains,' he said. 'The bones of a man were lying about as the coyotes had left them. The bullet was in the skull. Miguel buried the bones aud brought the bullet to me. We know now, senor, what became of To mas Viejada.' " Robbed the Grave. A startling incident of which Mr. John Oliver of Philadelphia, was the subject is narrated by him as follows: "I was in a most dreadful condition. My skin was almost yellow, eyes sunk en, tongue coated, pain continually in back and sides, no appetite gradual ly grow ing weaker day by day. Three physicians had given me up. Fortu nately, a friend advised trying 'Elec tric Bitters,' and to my great joy and surprise, the firsW'OtUe made. a de cided improvement I continued their use for three weeks, and am now a well man. I know they saved my life, and robbed the grave of another vic tim." No one should fail to try theau. Only 50 cents per bottle at J. N. Sny der's Drug Store, Somerset, Pa., and G. W. Brallier's, Drug Store, Berlin, Pa., 50 cents per bottle. Women's Injustice to Women. The women who teach in the public schools of Boston only receive a little more than half of the compensation which men holding similar positions do. For example, the junior masters In the high schawls and the Latin schools receive a salary of $3,000 a year, while the women who hold similar po sitions receive only $1,0.00. The strange thing about this Is that tbe women of Boston have full school suffrage, and if they were to exercise their prerogative judiciously they could help to elect school boards who would change the existing unequal conditions. But then, it is a fact that women are more heed less of injustices done to women than to men. A woman will more quickly make room for a man in a crowded street car than for one of her own sex. Philadelphia Inquirer. Deafness Can Not be Care I by local applications as they can not reach the diseased portion of the ear. There is only one way to cure deafness, aud that is by constitutional remedies. Deafness is caused by an inflamed con- i dition cf the mucous lining of the Eustachian Tube. When this tube is inflamed you have a rumbling sound or imperfect bearing, and when it Is en tirely closed, Deafness is the result, and unless the inflammation can be taken out and this tube restored to its normal j condition, bearing will be destroyed for- ever; nitie cases out of ten are caused by catarrh, which is nothing but an in flamed condition of the mucous sur faces. We will give One Hundred Dollars for any case of Deafness (caused by catarrh ) that can not be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars; free. F. J. CHENEY 4 CO., Toledo, O. Ciir3old by Druggists, 75c His Wife Won. A Georgia man, who was unpopular in his community, insured bis life for $2,000. He took the policy home to his wife and said : "Maria, here's a life insurance docu ment for $2,000. "Thank you, dear," t aid his wife. "How are you feeling to-day?" "Not well, he replied, "and I don't think I'm long for this world, and I want to say to you that when I die it is my wish that you devote $1,000 of the money to defraying my funeral eX' penses." "Mercy on me," exclaimed the wife, "why do you want such an expensive funeral?" "I'll explain. I'm perfectly satisfied that nobody will attend my funeral, and I want to hire people to go at so much a bead. I'm going out to-day and see what arrangements I can make for attendance on that forthcoming melancholy occasion. If they won't come gratis, why I'll just hire them and give them an order on you for the money." He went forth and at nightfall re turned with a dejected look. "Maria," he said, "it's no use. You can have the whole $2,000. Just go to the funeral yourself." Atlanta Consti tution. Yj !n JL i 1827. Foster tie Screedx-Owla. Prom the Lancaster Inquirer. By sound, at least we all know tbe screech-owl, the little fellow that pro- : .i .i ,.. t i ! uues toe mouruiui luguonoua nut.es frequently heard near our dwellings during twilight's reign. Ovid says : "Screech Owls they're called because with dismal cry. In darkling night from place to place they fly." The notes are not "portents weird," as Virgil makes them, for the "Unhap py Queen of Carthage," for with all their seeming weirdness aud solemnity they are only the curious loveuotes of the owl and are uttered only by the male bird. Tbe notes are heard main ly from February to May though used occasionally as call notes during the rest of the year. The notes form one of nature's harmouies; they are so iu keep ing with the night aud its shadows. There are two phases of coloration in this species, the red and the gray. Many people think them different varieties or species but I have taken both phases from the same nest and find the dis tinction begins with the first plumage. Wilson and all the older ornithologists, of course, described them as distinct species, or regarded the gray phase as the flual plumage assumed by the fully developed bird. He grew gray with age to them. With advancing knowledge it is be ing demonstrated that many raptorial birds exhibit two phases, one a type coloration and the othera black or mel anistic variation from the type. Each of these may be the inhabitant of a cer tain kind of physical region, and ier haps the gray phase of screech owls has been a product of the forests of Amer ica. The plumage, like that of all owls and night-Hying birds, is soft and fluf fy, with the outer edges of the quills soft aud downy. This gives the bird the power of noiseless flight alld, therefore, enables them to obtain their prey without giving alarm. As they obtain their food ouly at night, they must secure a large supply in a short period to furnish nutriment for the twelve or fifteen hours of day light This is especially true when a family of four young owls are being reared. The nest of this owl Is usually placed in a hollow tree trunk, or limb. A careful search would reveal an owl's nest or two in nearly every orchard, where they have been perhaps for years, for an owl in its habits is the very personification of conservatism. No attempt is commonly made to con struct a nest, the eggs being laid on the dead wood at the bottom of the natural cavity or in the abandoned excava'ion of a flicker. Four eggs are laid early in spring, the shape of which is nearly that of a slightly prolate spheroid. Let us now consider the economical side of the question. It is the opinion of nearly every one that owls are destructive, and this judgment is without doubt well ground ed, for their whole organization show s wonderful adaptions for destroying life. But when people say they are in imical to the intirests of the farmer and poulirier the question assumes a very different aspect We are all prone to make inductions from too few fttcts. Nothing in reas oning exemplifies this better than in common inductions as to owls. An owl has taken and eaten some of the poultry we intended for ourselves and therefore man must destroy all owls. We do not stop to investigate the food habits of the birds throughout the year, but from one case .and probably from the actions of one spies, con demn all. There can lie no j ustifl ca tion of such action, for fairness would demand weighing evidence on both sides of the question and then render ing a decision for or agaiust the spe cies. Now let us produce the facts : 1. Two screech owls during the winter of lS-i, inhabiting a hollow ap ple tree within thirty yards of an open hen roost, never disturbed a chicken or guinea, and when they were shot and brought to me, examination of thtir stomachs showed their f.jod habits to be to our benefit Their stomachs were filled with beetles that bore out the life of our forest aud shade trees. 2. During the winter of 1SSS, four specimens found in a hollow snag were taken out one at a time on four consec utive Saturday mornings and though within forty feet of a poultry yard and house, had never disturbed the poultry. Upon examination, their stomachs were found tilled with mice and in sects. In every case their stomachs were crammed with their prey. 3. In the spring of I took the mummy of one of these owls from a house sparrow box. The ejected pel let contained the bones of some bird, and therefore the presumption would be that the owl had gone in pursuit of iU prey into the box and that the prey was a sparrow. Being unable to get out again the owl perished from star vation. 4. During tbe winter of 1S92 many of theee little owls were brought to me by tbe boys of the village. In every in stance I made careful examinations of their stomach contents and always found insects or mice and an occasional sparrow among their food. 5. On the night of January 25, 1835, during a driving sleet storm lasting the entire night, one would have thought the securing of mice as prey almost im possible, yet an owl taken about 3 a. m. bad three mice in its stomach. 5. A farmer living near the village raises a great many grapes and these are injured to a considerable extent by the sparrows. He tells me that screech owls do him a great benefit by destroy ing tbe sparrows. In consequence be endeavors to footer tbe ow Is, providing them with suitable retreats aud breed ing places. 7. Dr. Warren, in "Birds of Penn sylvania," says that In mt of tb specimens he has examined the stom ach contained mice and insects. De tail are given In tbe case of twenty with mice and Insects ; fie, small birds; and two, birds and insects. The birds were probably of the sparrow family, seed-eating, and thtrtfore of little value to the farmer. S. Competent scientists uadcr tLe Vk ire) cTh dirwtion of tha U. S. Denartment of . Agriculture examined 255 stomachs of the screech owl from all sectious of the United States. Of these 4 10 of 1 per ceut contained poultry : 15 per cent, small birds, one-half of which were probably English sparrows ; 03 per cent, mice, and 44 per cent, other inritj. batrachians and fish ; 3H per ceut, in sects ; 2 per ceut, spiders; 32 per cent, crawfish; and 17.2 per cent, empty. This makes about 80 per cent of their food ndce and iw-ects, just what tbe farmer wants destroyed. The pres entation of all these case?, about 310 in all, showing the beneficial character of the screen owl in 8-5 per cent of the cases, and injurious nature in onl 4 10 of 1 per cent of the cases, fullj justi fies our position that this bird should be carefully and constantly protected and fostered. Nor can anyone have any excuse for disturbingor destroying this Interesting little owl, and so w ith nearly all owls. H. JfSTIX IloDDV. Millersville Normal School, Jauuary 22, 1S08. The Discovery of the Day. Aug. J. Bogcl, the leading druggist of Shreveport, La., say?: "Dr. King's New Discovery is the only thing that cured my cough, and it is the bet selk-r I have." J. F. Campbell, merchant of Safford, Ariz, writes: "Dr. King's New Discovery is all that L, claimed for it; it never fails, and is a sure cure for Cousumptiou, Coughs and Cold-i. I caunot say enough for its merits." Dr. King's New Discovery for Consump tion, Coughs and Colds is not an ex periment It has been tried for a quar ter of a century, and to-day stands at the head. It never disappoints. Free trial bottles at J. N. Snyder's Drug Store, Somerset Pa., and G. W. Brallier's Drug Store, Berlin Pa. Why a Swelling Follows a Bb ff. The swelling which follows from a blow is nature's etfort to protect tbe part from further injury and to keep it at rest while repair is foing on. hat actually takes place at the seat of in jury is not even now quite understood. The injury to the smaller blood vessels interferes with the flow of blood through them, aud the white corpuscles, with part of the serum, the watery part of the blood, escape into the surrounding tissues. At the same time the blood vessels in the neighborhood dilate and the Increased flow of blood with the thoroughfare obstructed increases the swelling. It is probable that the white corpus cles of the blood pass into the tissues to assist in the repair, as bees or ants as semble at an injury to their storehouse, but with this dillereuce, thai the sub stance of the corpuscles is probably con verted Into the tissue of repair. From one point of view the human body is only one gigantic colony of individuals, and the swelling that follows injury but the rush of these to repair the breach. Th'j Age of CcaL The importance of the coal pile as a factor iu International complications is constantly becoming greater. Within a few days the cables have brought the news of the helplessness of Priucs Hen ry's battleship, the Deutschland, for lack of fuel, and of part of the Itussian fleet, for the same cause. In tbe days of Nelson a fleet could keep the seas for many months uninterruptedly ; but as some one has pithily remarked, the modern steel man-of-war is tied by one leg to a heap of coal, avers the Phila delphia BuMetiu." The importance of providing adequate coaling facilities has been clearly appreciated by success ive British ministries, and coaling sta tions under the flag cf St George dot all navigable seas. Other nations are badly provided with these bases of sup plies. It is as a coaling station, im pregnable to assault, that Hawaii is of such importance to the United States. With the archipelago in our possession our uaval vessels ami merchant steam--hips would have an enormous advant age in the Pacific. THINK ABOUT YOTTS HEALTH. This is the Time to Give Attention to Your Physical Condition. The warm weather which wiM come with the approaching spring months should find you strong and in robu.-t health, your blood pure and your ap petite good. Otherwise you will be in danger of serious illuess. Purify and enrich your blood with Hood's Sarsa- parilla and thus "prepare for spring." This medicine makes rich, red blood and gives vigor and vitality. It will guard you against danger from the changes which will soon take place. The Yankees Astir. The exodus from New England to the gold fields of Alaska is beginning to as sume pretty large proportion.-, even thus early in the year, scarcely a day going by that from ten to twenty or fifty men do not head In that direction. No less than a dozen expeditions of va rying size will leave Boston within a week, bound overland to Seattle, Port land, and San Francisco, thence by boat to Alaska. They are not all goiug to the Klondike country by any means, for the conviction seems pretty well settled in the minds of many that there s re other places in Alaska bfide the Klondike country where gold is ic be found. The Copper river country is attracting a great mauy New England ers, and the country north of that poiut is also attracting many, says the Bos ton Globe. The different railroad men w ere ak ed as to the probable number that would go from New England during the next six months to Alaska. Their estimates vary considerably, but they all have had to revise the estimates they made three months ago. The highest estimate which the reporter got was 10,000 and the lowest 2,000 ; most of them Incline to about 4,0u0. No one would ever be bothered with constipation if everyone knw how i Price "o cents per rx. or Bale at J naturally and quickly Burdock Elxi N. Snyder's Drug Store. Somerset P-, Bitters regulates the stomach and or G. W. Brallier's Drug Store, Ber bowels. in, P. WHOLE NO. 2428. Corn and Cotton-Seed; Why Price of Corn is Low. the ! About 1H.S3, a canny Celt having the commercial iintiuet well developed, j mistakenly believing that lard was , w ine's fat, and knowing the supply of swine to be defective and the price high, I saw visions of fortune in a lard cor- ner," which he proceeded to "ruu ' on v, , r-i.; .. r.-... i. ........ tn i. ir,. 1 . s , , ., ! tion, he was so successful as to consider ; that he had the great Chicago packers "in a hole"; this satisfactory opinion beiog based upon a knowledge of the number of swine reaching the packing-centres, and upon the fact that of the live weight of an average porker no greater proportion than fourteen per cent, could be profitably converted into lard. Hence the Celt was confident that be knew how much lard his vic tims men who had obligated them selves to deliver j.roperty they did not own could turn in on their "short contracts," all of which were to mature in the "leafy month" of June. But the harvest which the "coroner" was preparing to gather turned to Dead-Sea fruit, when he found that au unending procession of tierces of lard was travel ing from the packeries to his ware houses, and that he was called upon to rtceive, aud pay the contract price for, more lard than he had everdreamed of. An investigation dev-.-l .ped the fact that the packers w ho were the prin cipal "shorts" had discovered that a mixture cf fat of swine, beef steariue, and cotton-seed oil made a lard which would pats muster with all but experts, and serve admirably iu filliug "short sales." Doubtless more or less cotton-seed oil, as a constituent of lard, had enter ed commercial channels before the "lard corner" which culminated iu June, 1-S J ; but ths k-iowle.l e of sue'a ojierations was confined to a very lim ited number of beneficiaries. The fact of s-.ich a uje of the oil proved a veri table reve-latt u to nearly every one the:i engaged in the provision trale. If, as is probable, the ur'ian popula tion of the United States annually con sumes lard, or commercial substitutes therefor, to the extent of 4J,i)0,0O0 pounds; if on au average we have ex ported iu recent years more than 500, U'JO.Ou) pounds, as show n by tie cus toms returns; and if the commercial supply of swiue's fat averages sotue 500,000,1100 pounds per annum then it is obvious that some 450,000,000 pounds per annum result from admixtures im possible without the use of cotton-seed oil, and that, to this extent, cotton seed oil has destroyed the demand for the secondary products of tbe corn-field. The "lard rentiers" have enabled us to palm otl as swine's fat much of it upon Europeans vast quantities cf a cheap vegetable oil, and at the same time hs vc afforded ueedeil employment for our representatives at foreign courts in earnest efforts to f'tiviuce European authorities that they ought not to im pose (he least obstacle to the importa tion of a I tr 1 s "re!i i 1'' that a thou sand lieros contain neither a xingle tri-cl-.iua nor yet au ounce of the fat of w inc. To Oar Customers. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is the best cough syrup we have ever used ourselves cr in our families. W. H. Kii:g, Isaac P. King and many others in this vicinity, have also pronounced it the best All we want is for people to try it and they will be couvinced. Upon honor, there is no better that we have ever tried, and we have used many kinds. U A. BtKE & Sox, G-neral Merchants, Dig Tuuuel, Va. Sold by all druggists. Painted by the Eomms. A dispatch from Bom?, published by the New York Sun, announces that Sig- nor Marucci, an archie d -'gist, has dis covered an imposing wall pairing in the Palace of Tiberius. There is a long Litiu inscription containing the name "Christus," aud it is considered that the painting will prove an heportaut addi tion to Christian history. Tii3 painting represents the prepara tion for the Crucifixion. Around the cross are soldiers bearing lallers, and under eab soldier U written his name. Among the names is that of Pontius Pilate. Th'i fig-ires measure fifteen centimetres ia height The inscrip tion consists of fifteen lid's, of which live have been deciphered. The Pope wn iuru xtiately inform ."! of the discovery. Signor Marucci will shortly publish a p imphlet illustrating his discovery. Many i:ntitutio:is have asked for iufonnation concerning the painting. Catarrh is a Disease Which requires a constitutional reme dy. It can not be cured by local a p plications. Hood's Sarsaparilla is won derfully successful in curing catarrh becau- it eradicate-s from the blood the scrofulous taints which cause it Suf ferers with catarrh find a cure in Hood's Sarsaparilla, even after other remedie-s utterly fail. Hood's Pilis are prompt, efficient, always reliable, easy to utke, easy to operate. The products of agriculture form very large proportion of our ex ports. In lStfJ ihey formed 65 per ceut of the to tal exports of the country, and they constituted fully that percentage of the exports of 1S37. When this Is realized, and when we learn that tbe exports of the United States for last year were in excess of $1,000,000, 000, it will be seen what a vast amount of farm produce has gone abroad in exchange for for eigu gold. Bicklen's Arnica Salve. The Best Salve in the world for Cut", Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fe- ver Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains, Cerns, and all Skia Erup tions, and positively cures Piles, or no pay required. It is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction or money refundev'. AU Around the Farm. Dairy Commissioner Nob'e, of Con necticut, reports that the average yield of milk per cow iu that state In 1 300 was 277.2 gallons, while in it had increased to 425.4 gallons. The proper way to clean a hen rorwt is to first carry cvty thing out doors r Kst pks, Utt U'Xesaud l-w? boerds. Give them a dos of oil and apply the match. If the wood takes fire it can be put out by throwing sand on it Now rake out all the fowl dirt, and give the Inside a good coating cf whitewash. Do this ouce a month. When young men tell you they nevt r read experiment station bulletins, that they take no stock whatever in tho farm institutes, and, at the aame time, they are about to be sold out nnder mortgage on a farm their old father gave them free of debt, there Is some thing w rong in the brain machinery cf r,.... .,..1 ...itul-a j It is not so generally appreciated as i it should be that the breeding sow while she is bearing her young nce!s t ju.-t the kind of nutrition that tbe grow- 'n P'K w 'HI require. Sows fed heavily on com, fatten, and bruig thin, stunt- , . .. , . for themselves. Such pigs will never do so well as those whoce dams were fed milk and wheat bran with some kiuds cf roots while bearing their young. These will have g-xnl diges tion, aud will grow rapidly, while the htuuted pig will nevir fully recover from the iuiproper nutrition it received before it was farrowed. At a reevnt annual eonvcution of the Fruit Growers Association, Professor Fletcher strongly recommended spray ing fruit trees during the winter. Tho spores of the various fungi rest on the limbs and twigs as well as ou the leaves. When the leaves are ou the tree it is imp.)ssible to get spray on to the limbs and t wigs. The best time to do this spraying is during the winter. It could be done any time when most con venient, but the best time is toward spring when vitality is returning. If the trees are sprayed during the win ter better results will be obtained as the result of spraying after the leaves are out Professor Taft, of Michig-tn, and others, aiso very strongly rec m.uead ed winter spraying. A haif-dozen small tubs holding not more than eighteen or twenty quart are best for use in e-arirg fur human excrement A box filled with dry soii near by, with a small shovel to distrib ute this soil over each addition of ex crement, w ill entirely prevent any of fensive odors. When the tub is fihed, or so nearly so that it requires dump ing, its contents should W deposited iu a large receptacle where they will fer ment under the cover cf mre soil. Iu year's time this excrement mixed with soil will be converted into a fertil izer w ith very slight odor, and which may be easily applied to the en pa whose growth it is desired to bitten. Night soil b, however, usually defi cient in phosphates and jiotaah. If these minerals are added to the heap in soluble form they will add greatly to its value as a fertilizer. Whenever the grass seeding fails tbe blame is usually laid upon the weather. But that is not always correct, even iu part Grass belongs to the same be tan- ical family as wheat, only the grain hashed a greater development of its seed. All farmers understand that the w heat crop needs photphate to be grown successfully, year after year, on the same laud. To be i-urc, the soil is cul tivated, and there is a new sete'irg with some manure each jear, for tLe jraiii crop. Yet farmers think that grass, without resecding, and without new supplies cf mineral matter, will continue to grow. The result is that the grass gradually dies out and Is re placed by mosses or other weeds of low organization that can live without min eral plant f.xxi. Not only L the amount of grass lessened, but its quality is also impaired by lack of the mineral. On land that ha long hceu without thrs phate cattle will not thrive, and cows which give milk will tko 'o the eating of old bone- to secure the mineral nu trition they require. People who have learned that ground bone is g'vnl t make hens lay are apt to forget that the more bulky cow has an equally wouderfui operation to jierform. Th;tt is, to take from her grass feed the nu trition required tr make milk, which is less concentrated than the egg, but contains very ueariy the same kind of nutrition. When we began using min eral manures on grain we found thtt the second and third crops of gra-s seeded with the gr..in d.d not run out as they used to do. It is far better to apply the phosphate with the grain. Tbe gnu.- needed with it w ill get the effects cf t je mineral fertilizing for at least two years thereafter. American Cultivator. Bko KtYX, N. Y., Dec. 1, ls:. Mks&rss. Ely Bros. : -I have used Ely's Cream Balm a number of years and find it works like a charm. It Las cured me of the mrst obstinate case of cold iu the head in less t!iin H hours from tha tim I felt the eoid coming on. I would nit 1 w ithout it Bis-pectfuOy yours, 2S.1 Hart St. Fkkk'k Fkiis. Cream B;'.lm is kept by the drug gists. Full size 50e. Trial size 10 cents. We mail it ELY BKOS.. 'y.i Warren St., N. Y. City. A Virginia Republican. Hon. William McXinley, Washington, D. C. Dear Sir: I helped sive the country in 1VJ6 and am anxious to keep it saved, but am now a statesman out of a job and without visible means of support Unfortunately I am too heavy for light work and too light fr heavy work, and unless you hit the civil service a swipe iu the solar plesis aud come to my re lief I am afraid I shall perish. I am in many respects especially en titled to recognition by your adminis tration. I was bru several years ago while quite young, read law part of a while, and have practiced occasionally. I am now the only surviving private of the Confederate Army. Siuce our flag went dowu iu gloom at Appomattox I hav suffered constantly. I have never been married, but have had yel low fever; have been drowneel, burned aiive, blown up at sea, swallowed by a shark and served as Republican county chairman during the campaigu of If you will call at my nffliv, I will confer with you on the problem cou- 1 fronting your administration, or I am willing to corresp nd with yoj regular- ly. Always inclose stamp for reply. If you need me In Washington send ticket, and I will come at once. Your administration will be a failure unless I get "something equally as good." Very truly yours, Frank Wysor. Pclaski, Pulaski coun'y, Vs., Dec. 12.-New York Sun. t ;
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