BREAD Al WAGES
THE FOLLY OF THE PARR:T CRY
CF FREE TRADE FOR CHEAPNESS.
A Sdr ribe C of 32 000.000
VtotAf ofCwat Britain Who
Have tiled Income Clicap
Corn and Clieap Ibor.
employment in favor of the ill-paid j
lalKr ol KusHnns. roies, .anaiui
ans, or Coolies ? Are shirts stitched
bv starving women at4d. a dozen a
blessing t the community, or the
cheapness of bricks made hy over
tatked children at nominal wajjes.
t.r the cheapness of nails or cable?
made by over-worked women and
children, a buying? Is the waste
nf human life, the mi-ery, and euf-ft-ripp.
and demoralization, and im
ajorality inseparable from cheap la
bor a Unfit to the country ? Is the
cheapness that is caused by chea
Winter Work on the Farm.
The following is the fall text of a
letter to the editor of the Manches
ter, England, Courier, on "Protection
or Kniifration.'
mik- The operatives of Lanca
shire bav. not tar to look for an
example of what their fate will be
if thev follow the advice of the Lob
den Club, and fit still whilst their
markets are .lipping from their
nmcp. Let them turn their gze to
the bister isle. What is the cauatof
.h- rin of Ireland? Why 1. fche
vinana inter open inoa-t by is
she the only nation in the world,
actually tne enlr one, that is tteadi
lv feinting ia the scale of nations
Look at her ; her millions of acres
of waste but cultivable land ; her
ruined commerce and manufactures:
ber bouses uninhabited, ber villages
de-erted discontent, insulKrdina
tion, insecurity, crime stalking un
disturbed through the land her
people crying for work and waes ;
but idle, ragged, pauper-i-tru ken,
d. living a wretched existence from
half cultivated land, flying from
their country like Lot from the cu
lt s of the plain!
What is the cause 01 una preui
ruin ? W by is it that a race of five
or six millions of people, in no de
gree whatever inferior to the other
races of mankind, who formerly
stepped boldly along the great hmh-
.if i ro-rrcss ami civilization, are
new rai.idlv shrinking back U, the wages
wilderness "of barbarism and de-
Wnat i the cause of the ruin of
Ireland? It is very simple. It is
what we false! v style free trade, and
nothing else. It is over competi
tion. It is because Kntland fur lifty
years has been able to manufacture
everything cheaper than Ireland
and "has forced her cheaper goods
into the Irish markets, and al the
same time excluded Irish goods from
English markets. It is by that means
(.he has killed every industry iu Ire
land. Irish industries were destroy
ed, and Ireland was ruined by unfair
",,r-lkli fiunnftition. and this is
exactly what is hnpei.ing to
Kulish industries. English ir.dus
tries are receiving, at the bands of
Europe and Amcru'a. exactly the
same treatment Irisli industries re
ceived from England.
EMiLA Nil's KMX KOKISHADOWKD.
English nianmactories are exclud
ed from American and European
markets, and American and Europe
an manufactured goods are forced
into English markets. What reason
is there to doubt in fact, can there
be anv doubt that under similar
industrial conditions England will
suffer the same industrial ruin that
l:as fallen on Ireland? In t-vsry
country in the world, outof England,
it is preached aloud, as the great
canon of political economy, that in
pn an industrial community the
interests tf consumers and produc
ers are identical both pull iu the
same boat ; both must sink or swim
together. It was for Mr. Bright and
Ins followers to preach the fatal
nonsense, that the interests of con
sumers and producers were not only
not identical, but were naturally an
tagonistic; not only did they preach,
alas ! with ruinous success this evi
dent economic hurty, but they
actually persuaded the producing
classes, those who earn their daily
bread with the sweat of their face,
that iu every case the interest of the
consumer should precede that of the
producer.
In an industrial community there
can be no hard and fast line between
consumers and producers. Itisim
possible. All are, in pome way or
another, directly or indirectly, con
sumers, and all are in some way
or another, directly or indirrctly,
producers. It is folly to attempt to
draw a bard and fast hue letween
consumers and producers, where
such a line CMinwt exist; but if our
economic philosophers will insist
upon drawing this line they can only
draw it in one place between those
who have fixed incorros and those
who have not. Well, then, how
will their theory of the superior in
terests of th consumers bear this
tet? There are in Greit Britain
3ood Cows.
only l.oDO.OOO out of a population of
o4.IQ0,KK) with fixed incomes of over
tl(K) a year, and tlre are 32.700.0 )
without fixed incomes, or with fixtd
incomes of less than 100; and,
therefore, if you compare the rela
tive numbers of those who are truly
producers, and t,'ioe who are con
c tuners, you fiud there are thirty
producers to every consumer. So
mneli for the nonsense of sacrificing
the interests of the producers to the
forin labor a national messing i
No, it is not, and in spite of H the
writings and preachings of the Cob
den Club, I maintain that the more
we examine the meaning of mere
cheapness, the more distinctly we
firul that it means a " low standard
of life." Now, is it desirable to lower
the standard of a nation s nie r it is
a fact, deny it who can, that " cheap
places " in'all fully settled countries
hAve hitherto been those in which
the working pr have been tne
most degraded and depressed, and
che.ip times those in wnicu u'ey
have been the most wreicneu.
THK FOLLY OK "CHEAPNESS.
In the West Indies, for instance,
food for a week can Le grown with
two hours' labor. Are the negroes
of the West Indies prosperous?
They are idle and miserable beyond
belief. Amongst the monjinks ol
the Don wheat used to be so cheap
that it was burned for fuel. The
misery and squalor was w ithout par
allel in Europe. Hut it is not nec
essary to go to the West Indies or to
tiie l)on to illuttrate this argument.
Take America and Ireland. Ameri
ca is essentially a dear country.
where a high rate a very hign rale
of living prevails; high wages!
high expenditure. Ireland is a cheap
foimtrv. where the wages are low-
very low, and the rate of living as
low as possible.
The worker in America gets high
and spends them; be toils,
-ml rows, and crows, tnd worn? anu
buys. The worker ir Ireland does
none of these things; he neither
toils, nor sows, nor grows, nor buys
he does without. Now, which
conduces most to human happmes
the biL'h rate of living in America
or the low scale of living in Ireland ?
Which, again, conduces most to bu
man happiness cheapness or em
nlovinent ?
the Cobden Club tell the opera
tives that wheal is 10s. a quarter
cheaper than it was thirty years ago.
ai d that this alone is complete reply
to any objections against Free Trade.
Suppose it is anu 1 oenev e u is
what does this prove? It proves
that railways and steamers, and tht
development of the great train dis
trict of America have brought t
our verv doors stores of grain that
he fore were inaccessible, or did not
exist; but this has nothing to do
with Free Trade. It is true wheat is
cheaper K's. a ju irtt r than it was
forty years tS' and so it would have
been if Free Trade had never been
heard of. Free Traders make a great
deal of the fact of wheat being cheap
er, but tbey carefully conceal the
fact that meat is 3 ) jh.t cent dearei
than it was forty years au'o, and
fruit and vtetbies and all dairy
produce, milk, butter, good cheese,
are GO to M) per cent dearer !
THE INCREASKP PRICE OF BREAD
STIFFS.
New, it is an unpleasant statement
but it is true, that the lower price ol
wheat is not owing to r ree trade,
but to steam ; but the higher price
of meat, vegetables, dairy produce,
etc.. etc.. is the result of Free Trade,
because tree trade has ttirown tne
land ut of cultivation, reduced our
stock, made it hopeless for our farm
era to cultivate at a profit. Granted
that wheat is 10s. a quarter cheaper
thau it was thirty years ago, and
ineatoU iter cent, dearer, and this is
approximately true in both cases
what is the exact gain or loss to each
individual ? E ich adult consumes.
on an avearge, six bushels of wheat
in the year, so that be saves by the
till in price of wheat s. 1. per an
nutat. On assumption that a work
man in good employ eats three
DNunds of meat everv week, this
would bt an increase of 91. per week
or 'i'Js. per annum, so that bo would
gain s. (1. and lose a net loss
of Uls. Gd.. independently of the
greatly increased cost of milk, butter
una vc'ei-uues.
Owinc to unrestricted competi
tion iii.iny of our manufacturing in
dustries are dead ; many are hope
lessly sick. Our operatives are los
ing their work and their wasies
Owing to unrestricted competition
in agricultural produce the land is
iioinc rapidly out of cultivation
Winter is supposed to be a season
in which but little work can be done
on a farm, but there is much to be
done in the spring that may be fa
cilitated by a previous preparation
tiefore the busy season sets in. une
of the most important matters in
the spring is the selection of gooa
seed. The value of future crops de
pends upon the germinating quali
ty and purity of the seeds. Corn is
a crop that causes greater vexation
than anv other, as the seed is sub
jected to many influences during
the process ol curing mat lnienert
with its early germination and thrift
while growing. A late, backward
spring, which delays corn planting
till June, shortens the growing sea
son, and no time can be lost replant
ing or renewing the hills. It is now
a good time to nitke a thorough ex
amination of the seed, culling out
every imperfect grain, and Using only
that which is sound and wi ll dried.
Such woik done how is a saving of
time hereafter, and the work can be
done more thoroughly in advance
than when about to plant. One of
the earliest crops is onions, and more
failures are attributed to bad seed
and frozen sets than to improper cul
tivation. The 6eed is no easy sub
sOauct to handle, yet it can be im
proved by pood cleaning, lhe sets
may be kept even after being frozen,
by placing them w here they will not
quickly thaw, but they should be
nandle'd as little as possible. Warmth
is to be avoided wilh frozen vegeta
bles for a gradual return to a proper
emperature is n quired in prefer
ence to giving them a warm location.
Peas may be assorted, those afftc'.ed
with bugs discarded if the damage
is serious, but peas are not always
unsound that have Uen attacked by
insects. The object should be to not
onlv assort and clean the seeds, but
to use only such as are sure to ger
minate; and while their soundness
should be made a specialty, the va
riety should also be considered, as
some kinds are hardier and answer
better for early sowing than otn
ers. The winters work embraces the
handling of the manure, which not
nil v assists to mingle ail that may
have beeu accumulated, but also
prevents fire-faiigii.g'' and loss of
soluable and volatile matter, as wll
issi.-ting it to thoroughly decom-
Can any one estimate the loss an
nnally eu'.ai!ed upon the dairymen
of the country by keeping poor cows
Bcantlfal Heat of Hair.
"How do you keep your little
boy's hair such a beautiful golden
shade?" asked a reporter of a fash-
ou tcaut uaeture stinted iu water or iionable New York lady.
compelled to driak from stagnant; "Why, that-is the natural color.g
......I. I .tiirwitwt in inn iroin ma
milking yard, milked by brutal and
rough hired men, the milk manipu-
unvuited for tne
pose and become fine in condition,
rd thus be more easily applied.
Protection from melting snows,
which silently leach away the richest
portions of the manure, is verv im
portant, and tt-ie collection of all re
fuse for addition thereto should
till lie practiced.
The preparation of hotbed frames,
renewal of sash and lights and selec
tion of the richest and best manure
lor tnat use, should be done earlv.
fhe repairs of fences, b:rns and Sta-
I'ls an ott-repeatc.l admonition, is
not out of pi u e; ami the inn-door
work at the ham, in the proper
preparation of food for stock, should
mt cease. Warmth lor the stock,
My providing good bedding and dry
quarters, is a saving of food. A
nun as the around is tit to oe plow
ed the turning upto the surface with
the plow exposes the annoying cut
worm to the frost, and every firmer
hould be on the lookout in that
respect. It may not be actually
necessary to do all that is recom
mended here now, but as such work j
will have to be done hereafter all
that is done during the cold season
is just so much taken away from the
pressure of work in early spring.
Philn. Ilcrord.
nhf a Xeetls Suspenders.
lated in a room
purpos-e by women or girls without
the slightest idea of the art of butter
making, and packed and sent to
market, in an almost unmarketable
btyle? This is something that the
most competent expert cannot detail
in dollars and cents.
Iu regard to the quality of cows,
any farmer can satisfy himself that
while bis ordinary native cows will
not make more than about five
pounds ol butter per week, there are
Jereys thut can mat twenty
pounds in the same time. And
again, while at the present writing
it is difficult to get more than 20
cents per pound for butter as usual
ly made, yet there are "gilt tdgt''
dairies that are sure of 50 to 75 cents
pr pound for the product of their
dairies.
The farmer who has a dairy that
will average from ten to fifteeu
pounds of butter and gets for it from
50 to 75 cents pel pound, most cer
tainly makes a greater profit than
his neighbor, whose dairy only
averages rive pounds of butler per
head, and who only gels 20 ceuts per
pound for his butter. Commence
by discarding all your dung-nius ;
they are unprofitable, lou have
only kept them at a loss, and in
their place get the very best dairy
animals within your reach of any
dairy breed you tuay prefer. Having
done so, then in the niame of reason
and common sense do not treat
them as you did your old-dunghills.
Care for them in a manuer calcu
lated to promote their well being
and productiveness. Improve your
stock by judicious breeding, the use
of welibred males, and make up
your miik, whether iu butter or
cheese, in the best possible manner.
Make an article that will command
a premium iu the market. The but
ter market is most fastidious; it is a
tyraui; do not attempt to rule it.
Subserve your own interest by grati
fying all its demands, especially the
demands for quality. inert'can
Dairyman.
1884.
said the lady somewhat indignantly.
as sue twined a lonjr golden curl
over her finger.
"But doesn't his hair grow darker
as he grows older ?" asked the re
porter. "I have heard that some
mothers can keep that bright gold
in their children's hair all the
time "
"Yes," assented the lady, "that is
so. I kept the color in my little
girl's hair until she was 15, and then
she had enough vanity to take care
of it herself.
"Mow did you doit?"' asked the
reporter.
"Her hair was very fine and long
1 U.. ' .11 u...
vnicu cue was o years uiu, uui ii i m r fT
began to turn dark; so every other) lHE. fcOMERSET HERALD
day 1 washed it in soda and common
soao. and when it was dry bru-hed
it thoroughly and then curled n. j is recommended to all
unce a wee& i run ecu inescaip witn
raw egg."
"Doesn't washing the hair so much
make it dry?"
The election of this
year promises to be
one of the most excit
ing of the century, ev
ery citizen should have
at least one good pa
per to furnish him the
news.
earnest Republicans,
all friends of protec-
"es, if you do not brush it thor- lfinr 1 intprO;t Pfl ill
ghlv, and then it is the best thing. UUI1 tU1 "UtltbltU 111
6 it. .Pit.
iue nevs 01 me nation.
A Governor's Fix.
As the train slowed up at the sta.
tion a commercial looking man, who
had been noticed in earnest conver
sation with another party of tne
sarue general appearance, was heard
to remark :
"Smart? He's the smartest drum
mer you ever want anywhere. Why,
he's smart enough to sell suspender
to a dog."
The other commercial -looking
man nodded his head at this very
happy illustration, and everybody
thought the conversatien was ended
when a lonesome individual on the
opposite side of the car thus re
marked :
"It doesn't take a very smart man
to sell suspenders to a dog."
Even the sleepy passengers arous
ed at this startling remark by the
lonesome individual, and the com
mercial looking man asked in sur
prise :
"Why not?"
"Because it doesn't."
"What would a dog want with
suspenders ?"
"To keep up hi? pants," softly
murmured the lonesome individual,
gazing out acios the snow-swept
waste with a far-away look in his
voice.
Old Governor Mattocks, of Ver
mont, who, when iu Congress, boat
ed that he could beat em all writ
ing bad," wus no speech-maker.
Tne nearest he ever came to making
a political harangue, accordiug to a
writer iu the Lowell Courier, was
once when his fnendi gathered
around him to congratulate him on
his nomination as Governor of the
Slate. He was in a tight place, lor
he was compelled to reply. His
speech was a follows :
"Boys, 1 thank you; and now. if
you will elect me Governor, i will
tell you what I will do. I wriH ap
point two Thanksgivings and no
Fat. Good-bye."
Si ill, be waiiii't often at a loss to
fiud something to say when some
thing had to be said. One New
Year's Day morning, as he was
bathing and preparing for breakfast,
he unfortunately leaned against the
door at the head" of thestairs leading
to the kitchen. The door gave way.
and the maids of the household,
while buy preparing the morning
meal, were astonished t,Q ee, ra'ling
and tumbling into their presence,, a
chubby, fatojd gentleman in a most
Unpresentable attire. But hia wits
were with hint.
"Ladies," he exclaimed politely.
"I wish you all a happy New Year ;"
and then bounded up stairs again,
four steps at a time.
He Preferred Aunt Lizzie and Kisses
ou
for it.
"Your children have very beauti
ful hair," said the reporter to a lady
who sat in her drawing-room, wilh a
half dozen children playing about
her. All of them but two had light
yellow or golden hair, with baugs
and cuils.
"Yes," she replied. "Those two
little children with short hair are
my sister's. I wouldn't have a child
about me unless it had pretty hair;
but my sister thinks differently.
Teddy, the boy, insisted on having
his hair cut when he was G, and he
had the most beautiful yeilow hair,
just like spun silk ; and then Flora,
tiie little girl, cried to have her hair
cut, to be like Teddy, My sister
says it make a boy more manly to
have short hair, but lor my part I
don't see any necessity of being man
ly at ."
"How do you keep your children's
hair so pretty ?''
"O," she replied, "they have a
French bonne who washes their hair
in salt-water and a little potash and
puts it up in curl papers every night.
Their hair does not curl naturally,
you know."
"Isn't the salt-water injurions to
the hair ?"
"No, I think not, although I have
often heard so; bat my coiidren
have heavy hair, and they had it
washed iu salt-water ever since they
were babies."
A lady living on Fifth avenue has
little girl wilh large black eves
and very yellow hair floating over
her shoulders to her waist. The
reporter asked ber it she did not
possess a very unusual sly!, of
beauty.
"O, no, she replied : "but I bleach
her hair. 1 am paitial to dark eyes
and fair hair, so I keen her Lair
bleached."
"How do you accomplish it?"
asked the reporter.
"1 wash it iu lemon iuice once a
week, and the acid makes it light.
My other children have all black
hair, and I krp it cropped close to
their heads, but Ethel is the plainest
of all of them, so 1 thought it was
well to give her some special adyan-laire."
"Why don't you have your bov's
ouris cutoff this warm weather?"
said the reporter to a Brooklyn
lady.
Cut off my bov 8 beautiful hair !
she exclaimed. "O, I wouldn't do it
fr $100 cash."
"But it will have to come off soon,"
said the reporter.
I know it, and it breaks my heart
to think of it; so don't mention it to
me please.
Tbe Cali Torn in Panther.
i the laborers are losing their work
the stock of meat is rapidly dimin
ishing and the price rising. Is there
thtn no thorn to this vaunted rose
of competition ? Unrestricted com
petition in cheapness, such as Free
traders are now forcing on thi
country, must end by making the
conditions of labor unbearable. Mr
Chamberlain says that England has
been described as the paradise, of the
rich, an.i he warns us not to
interests of the consumers. 4 The (allow it to become tin; purgatory o!
wealth ofanntion is the value of the poor.
what it produces, savs common I Can anv means be conceived so
s"Te. Protect, extend, encouraje ' cer:;in of making it a purgatory
production in everv iKible wav. ' of the poor s.s toenc iiiriijf wild, un
has been, and is, the cry of everv restricted foreign competition that
industrial community in the world, deprives our own work people of
except England; but in England 1 their work, and drives them lower
our economic solons have replaced I in the scale of life? Lock at it fro.n
this universal axiom with the fool- any point of view you like, the ques
ish paraphrase, 4 take care of con- j tion resolves itself into protection or
sumption and let production take emigrati n. If foreign competition
carse of itself." For nearly forty i is restricted, if native iudustry is
years the workiug clases have how- j protected, their wages will rise, their
ed their heads to this ridiculous i work will be steady, the laud will
oracle. There are signs, I hope j again be brought into cultivation
that they are at last coming to their stock will increase, and the price of
6eiit.es. .meat will fall. If the present sys-
TftE PARROT CRY OF FREE-TRADERS. ! U''n f UUWtrio or wild does, he will
. eucouragt-d, their industries will dis- encounter and conquer the grizzly
aieapness, cneapness, cneapness . sptiear, more land will go out of i bear. Combats between these two
and competition! These have been ( cultivation, wages will fall, and the
the parrot cries of Free-traders ; and ' nly escae from a lower scale of life
excellent cries they are for the 1,-1 will be emigration.
300,000 lucko individuals with their j Yours, etc.,
fixed incomes ; but how about the; Eihvard Sili.ivav.
oiUU.UUO without fixed incomes? 37 Palace GUr., Kenstnoton.
Whatever may be the habits of
the panther in other localities, we
have the authority of Mr. Living
stone for the statement that those
about the McClovd river will always
run from a dos:, no matter how small
he is. aud when closed unon will
ri'ini; oilo a urr, iti m7 iiniui 01
over twenty f'-et. So intently will
tiie panther watch the barking and
exciie I d-ii! from his position on the
branch that the hunter can come as
cloe ns he pleases and take deliber
ate aim. Near Mount Persephone
panthers' track? were observed to be
" Dad," he announced as he drop-;
ped his gripsack ou the Boston &
Maine depot platform, while the
light of a baleful purpose shone in
his eyes ; "dad, you take the valise ;
I'm going to take a look around the
town."
" Air you thinkin' of drinkin' any
beer, John ?" asked the old oian, sol
em nlv.
" I ain't never tasted any,"replied
John Henry doggedly, "An'z come
here to sue some sights.
" Wal, here's the hull on't,'" said
the old man, backing his son against
a freight shed and fixing him with
his glittering eye, " will you drink
beer, lose yer watch, hev ,yer
clo's stole off ver back, git sent to
I jail, mebbe, an' miss your share of
the farm, or will you come witn me
and walk over the common an git
some peanuts, an then go out to
your Aunt Lizzie's in Uoxb'ry, an
mebbe tumble right into a kissin'
party this evenin'? Speak right up,
Johu Henry.
The kissing party decided John
Henry, and bespoke right up for
boxburv and his Aunt Lizzie.
When the notorious James Rob
inson, or 'Jack Sheupard,' as he is
known to ttie detectives, whs sen
tenced to three years in the Eastern
Penitentiary, he was advised to try
and lead a better life, which lay en
tirely within himself. "Yes," an
swered he, "I worked three years iu
your state prison, and I know as
much about Ehoe-nniking as I do
about watches. Ihey taught me in
your prison to lie dishonest. My
thick at the base of a vertical wall ! principal work was to paste leather
I . . a f .1 .I'm . . ...
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.
Fell the Situation.
Because it always
gives all the local news
without burdenin
lr
A German farmer was on trial in
one of the justice courts the other
day lor assault and battery, and had
pleaded not guilty. When the cross
examination came the opposing
counsel asked:
" Now, Jacob, there was trouble
between you and the plaintifl, wasn't
there ?" "
" 1 oxpect dere has."
" He said something about your
dog being a sheep-killer, aim you re
sented it, eh ?"'
" Veil, I calls him a liar."
"exactly, men he called you
some hard names?
44 He calls me a sauer-kraut Dutch
man."
" Just so ; that made you mad?"
" Oof course. I vas so mat 1 shake
all ofer."
44 1 thought so. Now, Jacob, you
are a man who speaks the truth. I
don't believe vou could be hired to
tell a lie."
44 Veil, I pelief I vhas pooty
honest."
44 Of course you are of course.
Now, Jacob, you must have struck
the first blow. You see "
The other lawyer objected, and
after a wrangle thedefendant turned
to the court and said :
" I doan' oxactly make out how it
vhas. I like to own oop dot I
shtruck first, but 1 haf paid my law
yer fife dollar t brovedeoder vhay.
but 'it Mokes' me feel badt'to lose der I COlinty, tllCrC is
money.
Because it is the me
dium used by the peo
ple of the county 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, and always
for the cause of its
constituents.
You wll save money
your friends will save
money, everyone saves
money that buys their
Drugs of
C.N. BOYD.
He lias the finest stock in
the county, and keeps the best
of everything in his line. Goods
always fresh and nice. No old
drugs dispensed. Private for
mulas, family receipts, and phy
sicians prescriptions a spe
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
carrv a large stock of
LEGAL BLANKS,
STATIONERY,
DEEDS, BONDS,
MORTGAGES
MARRIAGE CERTIFICATES,
Photograph and Autograph Albums.
School Supplies,
"We want your trade,
and will endeavor to
give you good goods
at fair prices. My stock
is not surpassed by
any in the county, and
you will be welcome,
whether you wish to
buy or not.
Because it has the
best Washington and
Harrisburg correspon
dents attainable.
MAMMOTH BLOCK,
SOMERSET PA.
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columns with unmean
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correspondence.
Because its news col
umns present all the
latest news in an at
tractive style.
about twenty feet, forming the foot
of a precipitous mountain side. Once
upon the summit of this rock the
panthers were safe from white man,
Indian or dog. Though the panther
is so cowardly with a dos, erhaps
and pasteboard to make a thick sole
to impose upon the public. The man
having the contract was a Christian,
a member of the church, and at the
time I called his attention to the
pasteboard business he was foieman
from inherited fear of chase by a ! of the grand jury. They sent me to
the state prison to make me honest,
and that is the ay they do it."
Phila. Times.
animals seem to be not unfrequent,
and the Indians have found dead
bears that have been killed bv pan
thers, but never dead panthers that
Stop that cough, by the use of
Ayer's Cherry Pectoral the best
specfic ever Known for all diseases of
The Kic-n ami The Rich.
bears have killed. The panther is j the throat and lungs. It will soothe
how does it affect them? What
does competion and cheapness mean ! Messrs. Hiscox & Co. call special
in their ease? It means this it ! attention to the fact that after April
means that when by home competi-! 1G, 1SS3, the name and style of this
tion a starving needlewoman is found I preparation will hereafter be simply
to stitch stitch shirts at 4d. a dozen, I ParL-er't Tonic. The word "Ginger"
straightway a starving foreign wo- j is dropped, for the reason that un
man is found to stitch shirts at 3d. principled dealers are constantly de
. per dozen, and her work is brought! ceiving their patrons by substituting
over here to drive the English wo- j inferior preparations under the name
man below starvation point! This of Ginger; and as ginger is an un
is competition ! This is cheapness ! j important flavoring ingredient in
And does it benefit the commu-our Tonic, we are sure that our
nitv? j friends will agree with us as to the
The first condition of this much-! propriety of the chanpe. There will
vaunted cheapness, this panacea of be no change, however, in the prep
the Cobden Club, is cheap labor ; aration itself ; and all bottles re
do not let the operatives forget this i maining in the hands of dealers,
when they have dinned into their) wrapped under the name of "Park
ears the virtues of a mere cheapness. er's Ginger Toxic," contain the gen
Is a low price of corn that is secur- uine medicine if the signature of
ed by stimulating foreign production J Hisoox & Co. is at the bottom of the
and discouraging home production a outride wrapper,
national blessing ? Is it a national J
blessing when the English snd ( American school books are said to
JScotch laborers are deprived of their . be the best in the world.
! said to spring on the shoulders of
the bear and cut through the throat
with his teeth.
Ayer Pills cure constipation, im
prove the appetite, promote digestion
restore healthy action, and regulate
every function. They are pleasant
to take, gentle in their operation,
yet thorough, searching, and power
ful in subduing disease.
A Pittsburgh man committed sui
cide because he bet on the wrong
horse in a rice.
Want of Faith.
If C. N. Boyd the Druggist, does
not succeed it is not for the want of
faith. He has such faith in Dr.
Bosanko's Cough and Lung Syrup
as a remedy for Coughs, Colds, Con
sumption, and Lung affects, that he
win give a bottle free to each and
the rough feeling in your throat,
give the vocal organs flexibility, and
vitality, and onable you to breath
aud speak clearly.
A teacher in one of the schools at
East Liberty, Penna., asked the
scholars, 4What is the principal
manufacturing business in Lowell,
Mass ?' One of the little boys jump
ed up and shouted, 'Hood's Sarsa
parilla.' Canse and Effect.
At times symptowis of indigestion
ars present, uneasiness of the stom
ach, fcc, a moisture like perspira
tion, producing itching at night, or
when one is warm, cause the Piles.
The effect is immediate relief upon
the application of Dr. Bosanko's
Pile Remedy, which costs you but
50 cents, and is sold bv C. N. Bovd.
1 - - - I
The Lninese exclusion law has
every one who is in need of a medi- ( given an impulse to Japanese emi
cino of this kind. i gration to California.
Miss Rothschild expecting to be
a bride in a few days to Papa Roth
schild :
4Oh, how sad ! how sad !"
"What is so sad, my pet?"
"Oh, Miss Vanderbilt'a situation."
"Why, what's the matter with her !
my darling ?
' You know she was married last
week ?"'
"Yes; what of it?"
"Why, her papa gave her only
$5,000,000 as a dower."
"Poor thing that is rather
small.''
"Oh, she'll starve, poor thing.
You'll give me more than that;
won't you, papa, my dear old dar
ling?" "Certainly, my precious ; but you
should not feel too lofty, nor should
you exult because you are better off
than your neighbors; for the day
may come when you may be as
poor as tiie Vanderbilts are, so that
when you give a party it will only
be a mere common, begnarly Snor
ter' like the one Miss Vanderbilt's
papa gave the other evening. There
are many strange and unexpected
mutations in life, my dear, and the
man who is worth his hundreds of
millions to-day, may be a poor beg
garly, half millionaire to-morrow."
If you have friends
who live outside the
no
more acceptable pres
ent you can send tho m
than a copy of their
county paper.
VICE'S FLORAL GUIDE
For 1SS4 la an elegant book oflJO pases. 3 Colored
f lares ut flowers .uil vegetables, and more than
U0O illustrations of the Choicest Flowers, Plants
and Vegetables, and directions fur Krwin It
Is handsome enough for tne Outre Table or a
present to a frl n J. -eo I on 7 or n ime and uust
olhce address with lteentt, aud I will send jou a
H'y iiostnife pld. TUU is n-t a quarter of its
cut. It Is printed In both Knllsh anil Oermaa.
II you afterwards order seeds, deduct the 10 cts.
Vick' Seeds Hi-e the lie at in the
World.
Tbe FlokalOuide will tell how to get and grow
th-m
Vlek's Flower and Vegetable Garden, 175 pa
ires, Colored Plates, "00 hnnravmm. For 00
rents In paper covers ; (I 00 la elegant cloth. In
German or English.
Vlck's Illustrated Monthly Mainline 3! pa
ges, a Colored Plate In every naralmr and many
line Engravings Price 1..'6 a yeir : Five copies
for i. speetmen numbers sent for 10 cents ; 3 trial
copies for '2i cents.
JAMES VtCK.
Jan9 4t: Kocbesier, . T.
If you have a neigh
bor who needs a paper
recommend the herald.
1
"I heard." said Mrs. Parvenu,
"that Mr. Willow' sc took the
diploma at Yale last ear. I always
said Yale was an awful unhealthy
city!"
It vour childrenwant
y
a paper, subscribe for
the HERALD.
Subscription $2.00
per year.
Address
Somerset, Penna.
Vi - i.
y est yfel:
Always the Best.
'Nearly a Quarter of a Century Ago'
The olil reliable " Bism" Baking Powder wan
established. It has enjoyed an unparallelled
popularity during that time, and still maintains
ita evtraiinllnMrv nreaedenee, f .itnju m k.
' mases of th- In'elllgent people who detle to se
cure the best end by tbe beat means, and It has
retained tbe eunSdence of the people aVcanse of its
pet feet parity and reliability at all times to do its
work. The essential value ol tbe "Han"
fowder consists In its mbtolult atirifv. the nn.ntl.
ty of earttonie acid It contains, and la tbe gradual
releasing ol the same by the baking process.
PATENTS
rrN k CO.. of th Smirnnc Avcmrair. eon
linutoitct N'iicit'M!i for t'ntent.t. 4'avvatA. Tnd
imrH. Copyrights, ft the I mle I Suite.. Canada.
Knifland, France. Germany, etc Hand H''k tiixiut
l'lienu aent free. Tlnrty-eTen jcnn' eirlHnee.
Pal ems obtained thnma-a HL'NN A CO ei rjotieed
IntheSoiKvrmc Asauav. tlxt lanrest. tett.and
toon widely circulated scientific paper. 3.20a year
Weekly. Pplondid ennTHVtnir and tnWmirir inl
formal ion. Specimen eopr of the sieleutiflr Amer
ican fre. Adilrea ill'N'N & CO.. Minting
iUtciuc.iNUffioe.UtDroadaay, AewVork.
jPssrsOEADSHOrrennnup,
I a ernr cczz for
WORMS
ia the Hamas Body. Price SSe. AH Dnrg'sta.
MARTIN SCHJEPER,
Book Hinder,
Locust Street. (Me St. Mi's Sctooi.
Johnstown Pa.
ALL KINDS OP
Climbln,; theSpira, va,
Invisible Arohi'ectdr l . v
land farHonaS(." Vw".i!
! 4VeS ' shee7urch
f and I sit by our winter fin-1
i we did before the little m,
widen the circle. Life j, Cix"
. like a spiral staircase -."'De!!i';
time coriiiri;? anmnl " I
; we started from, onlv ,
furthtT UOthf' Stnira " Uft
'That is a rrpitir in.,-....-
i maiked her friend. miit;'..';''on
Dl ATz-ircf Itt KnnnH into thp oli.wintr r..'.i h;'&l
J i lea a pleasant heat lrum tl r
... ! wihd.sne'l Move. 'You t',!1
AT lalinMft w.a. cannot rtop toiling Ut l
Olrl Unoks "Re-Bound. 'isurelv we canriOt.nr.fi f. . -
1 1 don't find fault with tl, .. .
. ..Ti. -i. i ... , -"-vuet...
MUSIC BOOKS A SrUJWLIl. ; rrovioeo uie avm,ce m h s
j attended with eahithity ur
for I . have had my share vf
Vi it Int. CI wal Tltf T. tr 1 . 1
Parties desirin books honnd can obtain price i k My vMen.
by dropping me a card. Arrnnirenients have been . " WS !
made wnereby e.re on way will be paid on malaria ; inv Ulgif.nn, I, ti ,.,,
obtalnVd at merset hstiD oSci" UlXOrdt-reU ati,i niv
novi&. j were in a wretched j-tut.
l1..mii.l u I a li tl.. .....I .1. .
i v , ji.i.i., a.ivi ll:a i j
PTilovinir It. ill. It t,:i,l t.i.i. .
"J J . ' . rl:wj!.r,
hourehold duties. Meiika;'
merit failed to reach tiie tt-.t.i
. i !.. ti .i: . .
iruuuie. i iic uist-UKt Willing
mt I tit w.t'uLr,'-. r.f o7l .i
organs jmgre.-sea until l ia,
eral attacks which my )hv;.
i i- i nronnuiiL'Pti 10 ie acute rnr,,
... ... .... Vl .w ,ii-.riniL' .
, '" .. .,,,,.,.,1 ; ni leI I the ctouiach. The lad of tl J
. .
vr.'.v t istilicn a:i 1 It- Kl the engraved Jior
li. ii ; in pla e. ati'l st:..'y strength. The
How Watch Case ere Made.
.. -t jn-.-wris L.tve an ambition to carrr
a it ,1.1 :.t. h t;-.e, an.l yet few jienjile know
i.t -.v a li f a-e U n.a.!e, or the vxst dif-lV;-!
in t!ieftta!ity of them. InaSoLIl
V.' veil 'a--f, aMe from the noces-
s vqihis Li nut only needless, but imdcsira
l if, lvai:?e pol l is a soft metal and rannot
f::rnih the stillness, strength ami elasticity
n -.--.arv to n::ike the case permanently
:-. ii ' and e!'r.e-!'.ttin. The prrfect wateh
i;:-e ::v .-A c.i...'nine pill with some metal
t:. .i will ?':'!'!' th-t in whi' h the gold is
i. This li ts lioeti airomplUlied by
i ;., 1,-ifJ Cmd Watch ( Me.,ct t7 hvx
i.ii ii.i'.LS the iv ast E of need- ,
a desperate struggle and 1 J4 ,
up to die. A? the criMs hd r ..
ly passed my husband litard "
meriU of PAKKEtt a T(M(. a'.
iuvigorant in ju?t.uch ca.-e? a.!
I took it and felt its good
ontw. It appeared to p-rv",
body as though the blessing ,,
life had corue to me. Ta;L
other medicine I continue,! ti ,
prove, and am now in betr h.
than 1 have been for a lo;,, t;iJ
Extract from an interview w-.i
P.. and ivuk.w the solidity and j wiie of . p perrv p,,iir
iaptist church, Lwlabrook. Ma
;i ol lav eat, an.i ai me same uu
rf,..v.? the cust ONE IIAI.F.
S ernl .- I. ay.u. w.ua c ruri, Fll
Jclphla. f. fjr bu.!iH lllaraU4 Fwpk! !
Jibs u4 k.7 Wawk ClM
A Big Kntrrprihe.
(To be continued.)
JRIDGE SALE.
Huntingdon-, January K
circular had been issued c.illin. f..:
meeting in this city at an earlv,''.
for the purpose of memorial;-
congress to order a smvev tu
luitue nr an in if rnaiional r.n r
route frm the caiiitol nf tin- .
, states 10 toe ananas. iiatri -
Th. r.mmtl,.nv of SikOieeflet f;ountv will .. . -
otter to let, at public outcry, on the premises, to : line be drawn troill v :iriiri;-.
th, lowest aud Desi Diuoer, on ; CltV to Uutt.llO, a .,lt Will triuv
.. - . ... I the countii of Franklin. F-.:-
j Huntingdon, Centre and t
: r. . ..... 1
at 2o'cliek p .,hebo'ments for a comoination in I ellllfy I van I t, antl .lnritiiti,f-
bri.tueover stonyereen. at inepoini wnereniooiu , u 1 i'u: .,. , ,
Bcllordand Sloyestcwn Turnpike crises sai l f reoeriC 111(1 atll ngtDI! Cv.Ulit,
stream in (uemahonina; townsnip. nan' ana .Maryland,
spec.licatlons can be seen at the Commissioners' : J ,
ortiee. 1
Warelionsi! Cu.iie.l
SEALED PROPOSALS Lancaster, Jan. 15 At a
! hour last niirht t!ie toiccu n.:.
for a ComMnation Superitrn.-ture rortne anove l0r 0f - It.lwt j ... Ir,..v
masonry, will be re.-eived at tne Ommilnera' " u .It,,7l ' 1 lrr.u
'ver t!:-
hundr d case.s of tine tibm-fft w
burned, together with U :.
papers. Tiie loss on the tohacc
almost t2;J.0!C.i with an insurai.c
Sli,(Xa The building was a mn
story brick, worth S'JJOO ; their-iv.
janctjoit it was) -. . .v vera! fr-.s.
The old structure has been condemned and pro- j build i nilS including t.'ie Ile.l'i;; .
nonnce'i nasate lor travel ine purine isinre:ore ; .1 n, ..,. ... u;l 1
no Irted that the Cmmlswonef s will not be re- IVllIroad Depot, which too.lne;.-
sponsible ibr aociden's i he new structure will n the warehouse were saved bv hi'
..a Mmi.l.ilMi . . t . . ( I. . a . i & . n will ' .
olfl -e uiuil 10 o'ckK-k a Wednesday, Kehruarv 1 was destroyed bv fire,
a If ono hundred and nity leet iroui aoutmem
to abutment, . with a sixteen-lwii roadway.
ADAM S. SHAFr bK,
JWStFH HORN Kit,
Attest: H. W. BKL HAKEK.
I. J. HuesCB, Clerk. Commissioners.
Notice to the Public.
1
pushed to eempletlea as early as the season will
permit
jan2 D. J. HOEN ER, Clerk.
work.
Silt Distillery
'"There is acoolnens between t !
good byt, said the fifh ur.dr tht
ice to the fisherman n top who
trying tj bre;tk through a:.i ca'.c!
him.
I-ocatetl Dl rarely Hitla Llae Pllte- '
Dl. B. at O. U. R.. I tana SbtImc j
Extra Coat er Dray tsiir.
Minrrs CharKPtl With rontplrsi r
Pittsburg, Jan. 16. This morn::
quite a coinm.stion was cau.-ni.
; Kuena V ista, on the Baltimore a:
' Ohio Rtad, by the arrest, on
PTTPT? PVV rriPPH'TJ-TlTs'TTT T PT1 charge of conspiracy, of four
x uuu una uui trill jJiOllUlJja U miners who had been eiBpioyed
the mines of the southwest Oas I r
Company. The mines are own
by Rafferty it Dewees and hvt un
practical lr called closed since tr,
20th of December last, the men hi.
ing refused to mine coal for thr
cents. the price fixed by the proprit-
tors, hince that time thev : .v
been parading about liuna Viti
headed by a drum conn, anJ ha.
been attempting to induce thesevn
or eiht men at work in the niinf-:
join thm. On the 1 1th of t:.
month Mr. De'.vet;s. one oft'i us
hers of the firm, made an ii.f.r:n t
they were arrested and broui!: '
Pittsburg. A i earing w:ii ha 1 t
afternon and the miners gave bi
tor court.
SituateJ on summit of Alleshenies, ilss
tiie water from cnltl niotititain iriti(fs.
This whiskv is maile by the doiiblt'-distilleii
pnx-ess nii'l gtiararitee.1 perfectly pure and
full jmxif.
ORDERS FILLED Sm DY AS RECEIVED.
Special.
In order to eive Hotel Keepers and Dealers a
irrand opp-irtunity never before offered, will eon
tract f r the minuiacture of whi.kv In any ouan
lity, from i to 60 barrels, Klvlng them tbe urivt
leice of letting it lie in bond for three years
ch irrinir but a small sum lor storage.
w-)nhand 3u barrels of Whisky retailing at
f.' per Kallon.
Write for full particulars In regard to larire
quantities to '
Sand Patch. Pa. S. P. SWEirZER. Sunt.
Ann. a. r
: i-p','! '. . Blood Purl
V;.., !,, . j ;ft her-thlsme.licine
J'U-'ii-jJUaQr hlarbly recom.
j JiTS, mended for all
n manner of chronic
r old standing
j. compuinrs, trap.
tiwBe of tne skin.
sucn as pimples.
Ruin Wroi'ght in the Fui:ft
How distrsssing it is to see acres
trees cut down in the miilt of a iw
ble forest. How saddening it is :i
t see that thin SDot in the rni'l-t -
vour otherwise ahund.int hair.
it at once by the use of P.rkur's H '
Dalsaw. Yr actu al efficiency th.-
famous article stands at th hui i 1
its class, rleant for the tui
Ra.thV,R"'delici'us odor, and restores t..
"lllll.ll totur IV S' '1 "r ld
luconomical, as a slight o-ci.-i-application
keeps the hair an I -4'-1-
lan-.
.Worms. Tetter.
hal Kheum. S-ald
Head. Serdula or
CR
' f jPain In the Bone! ln perfect order
siue ana Head, I
. r.
ft.
and all diseases
arislna; fro..: iiu- I
purity of the j
blood. With this j
rare medicine in
y 'ur house y ou I
can do without Salts. Castor Oil. CUr.tef Mag
nesia, senna or Manna, and soon the whole of
them, an.l what is better. It may be taken with
salety and eomlort by the most delicate woman.
as well as by t he robust man It is very pie .f ant I
iu iue lasie. meretore easily administered to chil
dren It Is the only vegetable remeilv existing
which will answer ia pla-e ol calomel, regulati. g
tbeaetlou of the liver without making y..u a Hie
long victim to the use of mercury or blue pills
It will open the Dowels In a proper and wholesome
manner.
There Is nothing like Fabrney's Blood Clean
er for tbe cure or all disorders er the Stomach,
Idver. Bowels, Kidneys and Bladder lor nervous
iseases. Headache, Cstivenea, Indigestion,
Bilious Fever, and all derangements ol the in
ternal vtcera. As a female regulator It has no
equal in the world.
' An ounce of prevention Is worth more than a
pound or cure." Tbe Pasacsa will not only cure
old standing and mall nam complaints, but Irons
or the best preventatives of s ich .Usorder ever
ottered to the world. You can avid severe at.
tacks of acute d Ueases. su, h as Cholera. Small,
poi. Typhoid. Bilious, Spotted and Intermittent
Fevers, by keeping your blood purlned. The
different degrees ol ail such diseases depend al
together upen the condition of the blood.
be sure to ask for Faaaxrr'a Blood Ctaasia.
aa oa Pahacia, as there are several other prep
arations In tbe market, th names ol which are
somewhat similar.
Trading Him ClnlJ for lditn.
IIlwtixudon, Janu ary 1'). ''n
Hycks. of thisc.ty. whose sileoK"-'
in living seems to be to SrjL'''.'
his insatiate d'-sire for li'por.
his little daughter, aed about t'''
years to. a laborer at the Mornut''':
for the consideration of thre drm'
of whisky. The child u :i rf'V
in?; to accede to the inhuman tnr'
action when called for by the p
chaser was mercilessly beaten h h":
brutal and druuken father, fr
community is reatly indiirtuntov"
the fiendish and unprece,lent''l
action of a father who wouU in t-
a commodity of his own tlesha:11
blood.
Tired all Over.
Dr. Geo. G. Shively & Co.,
Successors to Fahrney i Bros, fc Co..
MAXl'FACTCKERS ASD PROPRIETORS
"arai WATiaaaoao, Pa.
GERMAX CARP.
tUt-lyr.
. "w "onk of 1 Pge of lnstrnctiona etc. on
the culture and habits of this wonderful rood dsn
The experience or one who has speit 28 years as a
practical pond and lake maker and ornamenter
and nsb eultunst. A book for th. praetlcal man
K.t ,B Ln"'n' No Pron having spring
brook or isidd on their l.n.i .h.i.i iJ.f .......
this work. Send one dollar and the work will be I
rTEi. ii f t, P0" prepaid, eircuUrand
lT7. ?.?f i'o a"T,' " fee Carp aent to all
J?u ,1. J ' S '.,n COHl r11 ad frewlngweatb-
' ' w winu(iM
"No, it never amounteil to
acute jain, but continued to b
dull weary ache in the small t
back," writes Mr. James Thwua.:
No. 59 Madii.m strtt, Metiip'
Tenn. "This was an old exi-eriem'
and life became dull imi-ic. I w
tired all over, with pain in tne l-"'r
limbs, and a habit of laving
I of nights. Recer.tiv I tried ne ;
i Bensons Capcine Porous Masters ai-
was decidelv relieved within tweu..
four hours. " It may have been Prov
idence that did the work, but I
the credit to Benson's porous p"
ter" Mr. Thomas' reverential i'
does him credit, but Providers
works by ngents arid anionz '-r
Benson's plaster ranks first
. 1 ,1,r It nrU nlllCa..
in relief and healinj;, and renu-,
life better worth living. Prlt'e.-.("'
w t r .1 ....... i i in
Iook in in ine iui" - ...
cents.
nlaster for the word Capcine-
your physician arouiir
Seab'ury & Johnson, Chi:
. 'reol wHter Is anv tiroes uw.re pnSuhle i , , f -he
than i anaeof jMKrj.rt Atmt ODe. Xhe reason why S'me ot
losek of. he labor toearo f.r and eultiva'. th. i..,a l,rn all nat i brt-.lU '
fTeL. n tw., to two sad , half aa.1 hD)P? "rn al , nIg.rl ' . ,0t
tnree to three ami - k. , i ... . i . . :.. ti , j ..fr-.id 10 nv
dr.,.. u., V ei per no- llglil IS BO Biliajl Ik w
uiwa. EMB4 far ejrcul.r anil price list. Addreea . i
ow. fisley, pitubwrgh, t. alone in the dark.
tie
.out