The Boomerang Element. In Latter Day Personal.tiea. tsT usheou::. ot Publication 1 rffi W edaesiay snoralnt at 12 OS is advance otbenriw O 54 1 CAT?4- wiU be (SiKoctauwI ctta aU FoauaaMers EeglecUaf hcridoiiattak.anitiiti -& ' serial Pw to aa- i r M PlntoSoa. .Address Scksbut Kmi,n, SoxxBsxT, Fa. rs t't V b-SET AT LAW, L ooMaasrr, Pa. -v f BERKLEY ilk' ArioSi.V-Al-LA T. ,v-t' u b inoR-vrr-AT -law, oisenet,Pa. somerset, TV r-titl B opposite Court IB - ? r K. h.TLL. l' -r. .k"tV aT LAW. T poiaernet. Pa. J. G. Ogle. s.T i t .utNEY AT LAW . somerset, Pa. r i ENIl.EY. T AnvKSET-AT-LAVT. i somerset, ra. c I 'IA1!?-. , U" .tt.-.EVEY-AT-LAW, ir-c is 'tr.t:vt and adjoining eoun- A". H. RcifEL. 'rva.TH r.lTI'EL, s.rti.ervt. Pa. cntr::tS to their ' are mil be - j fin- tn.iy to. oa... ou "suwa. &-4Mur Mammons Bloia. A 1 : MKtl 5- A I iS . 1 AUufc-S'ti'-AT-LAW. f.aicwt, Pa, rstrcwrp: a::rir.ioD to tuii:: entritid r: ii-iurt iww, oi.tsr.e Court 3' 0. KIM MEL, Allutt'-AT I.A'.V, so.jerset. Pa., lire U' 11 b'7i..S er.trU-sltd W . tart .a.: :.-o.a;ti- tsjuutief. .(A tip-L- vfl.'t: l:a crite oin-et. ATiuiCNET AI UW. wnterst-t. Pa. ,j StarjiAh Ef k. up .rs- tawtiC .. rla2UBd. uJ m.i Ifin OUaiMi at- L. C. OLSoim. 3.'EX A COI.KOKN, A rKifc t il-A i-LAW, fvmorwt. Pa. . jxnn rciralJ w our car t .". be :"SY. F. SCHELL, AZTUKNtl-Al UA. r.tnerft. Pa. .7 at4 Pci' Agr;at doe m Jtacuaota LESTISE KAY, iiWUtl-Ai-LAn. socsenirt. Pa. T: - T. a" r J ir i tn all lai m " .. m nurMri 10 Li cart W!ta prucipUieM AITUK5ET-AT LAW. twtaert. Pa. a koo7 a Ivaacrti oa colu--:uiifi, Ac KH- .P. F. SHAFFER. T.rARUTii m. i. FU1 lA AM stK-.K"X. H4.'a nrv. i- a" l'jt w LuUin No... fj v. .1 EL S. KHLMELL, I -w. tlci vi. .-;.?. I ; rr-fe-i'!'.a:':T cv. D tuiii at L.s ..iiLtv. Oli Vaiu M. J. L L 'L'TKLli, niv; :A; and trK'.KOK, fied prmnt-ntly in Sarprt for the (IJ-S-iFMlLLKX, " pra atidan to tfae piwrrrin of -M M.Trvntf.ii More, corner -wRTIS K. GROVE, SOMERSET, PA r3e- 8LEK.HS, CARRTAfiES, 5. AM.-N-, PC K WAGON. Ei.TtS ASX.' WErTLKX WOEK tiij Done on Short Time. th : i-t, .".."laut-Ally ,J';rl Snl.T Ki::-iv. aod f-r-7 27 rirst Class Tcrinei All .z.'i in vr Lirt, T-one on vot. rr.tn i.t..K ABLE, and Work Warranted. Hf"1'2' rj Vl' k- -n1 Lni PrVet " T-,. ii fOTib ivvrnr Wind '- tb place, aca call ia. CTfiTISK. GROVE, !Ea of (.rt toie) SOMERSET. PV LUMBER. - c '"KITE IX1IEER CO., riil"i:ial Liainsat I 2rui-, Sprains and a. "kl-p. ... W., and II, 1 Uii. 'H Mr8., AHeaheity, Pa. F 1 VOL. XXXIX. NO. 30. Executors Sale OF- TEE fM'ERSlGXED tsmiwrf Ibe ian wil! and it.meninf SiA-Hm n Hammer lace of -nnr TnwDh!p, tier .. mil eipo to tle t-n itf jwnisw la Jcuuer Tuwuilup, by public outrr. on SATCBDAV, JANUARY 31, 91, ih f ltov;ot icrrhei renl e?tc. laie tb Iro- A rerrain farm or irrt of enTinhif acrw ia;.re or aloijt 1 ar r rirr. kif i rb tw'aa well tiraboid. bviiig tnervt'ta erected a DWELLING HOUSE, fA. k rri.s.nd other mthuiM'i jr ; pnntam m Itt-vt- n-iir-'4 of i-ouif !rtiii !-arv tlii:un. ai;i a' a-a. The i.tna '; kn rn I :e " t.t-n --Tary r i'htii," i eiuUJ mi ruih f i-iait'"nMi. on a x-imi r.;a-i it-s '.;iijc to it.tu t'n. -tti.i- h of M niariitM i turn j-nu- in thi; it.. Ti- tirm i' c--t"R-i i l ; htii f!jur :t-.i i (n trt'7 'y r '-? ii'-'.-ur-li- j.ro:" i It u- wc 1 uTi-lt-rKid Hii m u r'. in hi Peiii licit ione. Tiicie i- iLaiet ai'tarn itnii uc it TKKMS X t known on day of of 1AVIIjM. HAMMr K. TUI5LIC SALE OF Valuable Ileal Estate ! BY T3RTTE o(n rVrof fiM v:t oflhe at r.b::'- fia"t or, the jrfinii. in J flt-ri Tp-, ?v rn-.-r t r.mmy. , -or ai he r.arA4t hoae al jo Uiiiir ihe :aiii . on SATl'nDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1S!1, at ikw oW k p. in., on day, the property of Kin W. Hy. O" d. A iwaiii pi-e t-r ua-t ot land dituat in thf Tuw tift Lip lcniy an-i S-aie afori-sa.4. jj.niiis btu ( Aara Hv, Siiina Yvii. e u:?. Jub levari and (..ifier. nitnirnu Uwrn nn-re r U-s f artiM-a tiiTf w atHi A a r (i-ar, balance eU uia't rvl. 1'ntt cartd iDi u in a iNi via'.e of c-uli.v alion Alo. a mirar t-anst f tiut 4 tre4 and frooti i riiie alr on ine 'iav1 i an i if la Irw-atel in a iieik-iilrtKi. Tfn is a (itfiraliie r-'perty ai: i must W TERMS. t ttte-thirl rah one-tl.irr in -n yr. d1 alj" in lu mr lrf:i dk 4.ii. T a- unpa'tl n;r-ba lUMUf-y u be m um1 oa the iajjd by FETV.n F ?HAfI.H. AJi.iajiraur ani InMee. J. II. I hi, AUfraey. "JXECt'TOE'S N'.iTICE. In ilu-matt r of itw etTeof MiT Fir'ne. lat f l pi".T Tu: kt-Tt.it .p.. -uitTM-t Fa. ii:-m etuw itrr on Uie -tKte having Yn-r-u R"Dird i tne uu lk-rx jr!;rd by Ute pmpi-r at.UH.rjv-, lioiioe i heri.y ;ivt--n ii aii rtrii ir-iefffi m estate to maji iDrnjiai fay-tD'-nt and thr-r baviiur c.aiirii aifaint fh wama n .11 pre-m Thm d .ly a;ithfn:'-i-d fw ettle mttit on atnrtMT the il-t iay if January, 111. at the iale rtitlcio of Al4 d - -a.1. JjHN HKE?TONE. Kxeraitor. Fnd W.Biecker, AttoriKT. A DMIXI-STEATOR'S NOTICE. of LW1 T. 'TiifTt. 'ate of Jecner Tarp , Ni:-r1 1 ., Fa., 'ie- L Lftien r4 A'lraininrmtU'B on ihr alre estate avir, Iwii rra:itii to liw iin.Irr:rin-d by tiie prt.T-r a'Utin:r. uotire is h.'rt-tiy if.ven to ai Toii imii-btt-t v wil l eo.ie t" luaie immli aie Nimrul, and Inn haviisi! ra:n tneme ail prw-at ibrm iiiy auiiwfii iraul fir paviartit to tnf UK.iv'r:i:iiM. luv m PTrrrr. dfcl. AdmiQUtratrix. A DMIXISTnATX'K'S NOTICE. lu too Etate of Eira" UlUt. iau- of Cmcnia-Jgh hinQ.b:;i. mtX'l ..ViiintT. pa. Letters ot a.im 1 1. i-t rat 10:1 .ti tbe at ve wtate har twrt jrrh.i;'.rl u tiif u:.-lcr-FTie.l t-j itie t'f'prr aiilh.r.tr. iii: b- hvretiv :.i-n Uia'.i rru iu.iri iej to ttave u mke i-crni;te ty-m-ut ami in. La. :rt ciaiiu ai- unt s::e luutie will prvMot them dwW aotiienu. attd iVit (w.i.e rv m on or t-i..re F-vU. Jaa'y i!, 11, at U. U" TX IL SILLER. Frvd. W. E:t-e ker. AU.-m-jy. A imixiti:atiks notice. In ;!ie r.iiT'i-r of lite E"'c f. 't..-..rsre I'Umtor. dee ! lie ot -.-nia! Tr. HH--t o. ht":!.'.H-.l ?w:t! t"l. e .i-':;'.;.. i i v ti: j;.' -r -i- h , Ti.n 1 li-rw y i.v.'Li t a 1 r . . i. i i 1 t-iH'.e o. iit- i-na :.rtvrv ;'t, th-vt :-v.: ; cmin'S r 'i.- riii:.;. i;:H'li-; l1'..' Mirn- m:i ?T-VJI ti.:a in'y a :the:it rau-fl fr aettietiiot on Fn-iay, .'L"y S-;li. l 1 at live !a:e re-i '. -i. e 'i;-'! '!. JirlAH 1. il. Adniitirawr. Frtd. W. Biewker, A!t.n.y. FACTS g That I ell the th very low year, oJJ Pure Kye f.- 00 rr gallon. Tr.rv z K..rir - i1" Sl. i o - T-n " fifteen " " - "-'' " Twhuiy-me " ISO " " All from tbe bet known dinti'itra. Talifomia 5 Tarjid pure Wic, all at ItT raiioB. tune. Mi)el. I iaret. Hui.nnaii. cherry au on W:ne. rt:r" t !trjpora;ios.. in Puie trtrtel Brao-lxn. o.nn. at tie !. fi(rire. ail or neud for iI ori e iiM. JIaii orders iTotuptly attecded to. So eatra charge tr k inf aud boini. A. ANDRIESSEN, 72 Federal Street. Allegheny, Pa. B. fe A3. o A CLEARANCE SALE In every tlerartnu-nt of ll.ese stores. A nale tliat means much in tbe way of pains f.r careful buyers. c-iYi (yx) worth of Iry Cool to be sold before our Annual Inventory, Feb. I. WRITE FOR SAMPLES Of these pecial- 1I.K IF-PARTSEVr 1 inch extra heary whip ccr.l iurahs, all colors and black, OiVx, reruiariy sold at 75c. 21 inch Black Faille Francaie, 90c. 23 inch Black iro Grain Prts Silks, 9V. 2:1 inch Black Oro tirain Prws i-ilks, $1 (X. Wkh I'ksss Fabbk 4S inch Ilain colored Wool Cheviotts, ut redu.-ed from f-V. and 7V. j.cch lteiV. -W inch Astrakan Flails TV, wen f 1 2." and ?1 M. Ijirge variety of AH Wool Dress Fabrics, ia checks and stripes, at Wc, that sold freelr all season at V, TV. SV. 50 ;nCh ENGLISH SUITINGS, l!aid and Ktripe effects m !ar assort ment, at .Vjo, tof,V,rxls that batre sold all seaaon at f and 1.2.") a yard. Ofl l'OR KAKUAIXS. Vt'riie f-r yan.j.lts, f -r prices or for a CitaWue. Mail w Ursa specialty. Boggs & Buhl IITIH1. an t 121 F-k-ral Strctt, TalHaDlB RealEs late JANUARY JLLEGIIEXr, 1L e STANDARD REMEDIES. S IT" UK. ACGt ST laOUUCB Hanbnrg ' Breast Tea FOB COUGHS end COLDS. COUGHSjRd VJcrJd t Drner! and r At Drner! and Pea!"r, or t" 'aentlT ciaiK n receipt of 25cta. 15 r"krpes fl.f. in sltinps THE CHARLES 7o6ELEI CO, alter, M. DIAMONTJ VERA-CURA DV3PEPSIA 1D LI STOMACH TKOrBLES. ' rnicc '' ai'd r!rr. or i ri.-c' ' r.-.l''f-'.''ets. . ..... 1 ' i'i tnil. irujj. P :- t . '" ' ... ' Sip. t w. f i F CO eaR.am, at. Cough-Cures Are abundant ; btit t!ie one beat known for itt extraonliuary awalyne and eipectotaut qiialinea u Aer Ix-rry pectoraL For nearly Lalf a century th prepamtiun has been ill greater demaud Uian any otber rem edy lor cold, eouirfjs. bmiebiiia, and pul nionary eotiiilaint In generaL -1 sullered lor 100 re tlun rigbt month front a severe coupli aecompunied a :th bem onl.zt:e ol Ui lunc and U;e eieeuraUon 01 mutter. lite pdjh-iaut Fate me up, but Bi) drug.'iit prevailed on me to try Ayer's Cherry Pectoral. I d:.t fco. and mod becn to imfwtTe; my luiipt healed, tlie cmiuh eeasnl, and I be ram UM,ter and IieaUliU-r Uian I have Ter lf n before. I would stigpeM that the name of Ayer'a rherry Pectoral be ehaneed to l:i 1 1 ir of Life, for it eerwinly sared my lil-'-" 1'. J. oliilen. ftailo, l'.uetKW Ayres. -A lew jes iso I took a wry bad eoM, hi' h settled on my Itms. 1 had w?tit forali. a rackinc eouirb. and trreat soreness. My doctor's medk-ine did me no suod. I tried many rvmetllA. hut received no liene tl: every Iwdy driirvd t4 my reeovery. I a kdvUed to use AyeTa l"herry I'ectoraL and. aa a last resort, aid o. Kr -i the first i.ew I ol kilned relief, and. alu r ic iir n o liottl.- of it. v completely rest in u ta heiitli." K. Adams, New t.retna, X. J. Ayer's Cherry Pectoral, rr-Eraam r Dr. J. C. ATEB Sc CO., Lowell, 3asa. bctd by all Lraiia;a. Price ! ; aii boi:, $. -THE-FIRST NATIONAL BANK - '-0F Somerset, Penn'a. DEPOSITS KECCIVCDIN LARGE AN DSN ALL AMOUNTS. PAYABLE ON DEMAND. ACCOUNTS MERCHANTS. FARMERS, STOCK DEALERS. AND OTHERS SOLICITED. DISCOUNTS DAILY. BOARD OF DIRECTORS: LaRcb M. Hit ts. W. H. MiLiEB, Jxe L. Prc.B, Cha. H. Fl'her, Johs R. Si-ott, Geo. R. Stll, Feed W. Biesei keb. Edward Sctll, : Valentsxe Hav, AMiKW Pabkeji, : : : rRi:i'iExi Vice Irsiient : : : Cashieh. Tlie fnnds and cecnrities of this wnk are securaly protected in aceVebrated Or-Burglar-proof Safe. The only Safe made absolutely Burglar-proof. Somerset Coualj National Bank Of Somerset, Pa. Established, 1877. Orfuind as 1 MalicaaL, 1830 CAPITAL. $50,000. Chas. J. Harrison, Pres't Wm. B. Frease, 'ice Pres't. Milton J. Pritts, Cashier. Directors: TVm IT. Eoonts, Sml 9nrdcr. Jiiviah Speebt. J"a M. Tcok, hn a. Snyder, JuhDSu9V. J lb B. Win. Harrwin snyoer, Jerome Stufll, J'n Miller, Wm. Elt ley. rurmers of thia Bank wCl recelre the moat libera; treatment consisiem wuinafe banking. Parties wishicr to end mooer or we can be aeoomnidated by dralt for any amount. Mooer and ralnahlea arenred by oae of Pie hoid a celebrated Satea. wiui aaxt approred tune locU Collectiona mad. in ail parta of the United SwtoL Charrea BOderaic Aecoanu and Iepusita aoUcted. mr:in STILL IN BUSINESS ! Ifley's Photocraph Caller . My patrons are informed that I am still in the And am at all tiroes prepared to take all kinds of pictures, from a TlB-trpe r Cablset Photograph, To a Lile-eixe Craron. Instantaneoas Pro ceae used, and all work guaranteed to be aalis&ctory. -Gallery np stairs, next to Vonght's rrore. WJI. H.WELFLEY. A pla k. -. Tre.n i PITTSBURG FEMALE COLLEGE . -AXD- Conrvtory of Muwic" Alr, eboolof Kortititvn and Ktfie Arta. AV, Ki,i cure4 of wit. Central. Healthful. 2x Teeb r. jkiperw feim enmioetv an-1 rare f t yu:'(( U-liea. eit fcni npen Jannary 'i7U. p.tw mo.lerale. Send t taialojpi. atxt fsll in lumuii. to U: Piwadent. Hev. A. H. JUECK083, Pittsburgh, Pa. Somerset SOMERSET, PA., DRIFTING DOWN. Oone the ripple and the rushes Of tbe loe aoncs of the thrushes. Gone the roses in the closts of the girden and Sliebiushes Of the shy ?erbena creeping By tbe old south wall and steeping All its sweetness in the a.inshine of the a'.eepy summer hushes. And ever o'er Si all. in a gjlj and crimson .!! Oyer mien onet'e gnrn Lawny, and o'er the Itrass a bron2.n brown. With a ruHle and a whir, and a sad and solemn s.'ir, , ' The leaves are drif.in:; down. d.ar ; ob, the leaves are drfiaig down. ' t'otue tbe n)rtrr.'ui(rs g-ay and chilly. Come the niijhts serene and stilly, Cvmes an airy ni.i:.--ht fairy, tracia f-Tn ai:.! rr.f a:..! O l the ia-l 1 jines that glblfn, Viii)e in dieitiii t be child reo listen Titl:e !Tn7 f .fc;;! 3 tl.al ring and huts that ec.'-v-1 i.r.Tv. wl Wir. evtr in t!:e hollow, on the hill. Bv (he roa j'i.ie, where the s'Hill.iaer lifts sU'fl a Ti.ir.td imsu, Like thedcar o'.d dreams of youth, dreams of honor, fame and trith, Forever faliir; from tts do the leares keep drif.irig il.jwti. I.'t the Slimmer set in p'endor, ei the summer tribute rrndr Bri'.iclike beauty, bridehke duty, every charm divine and tender. T j li e conquering king, who loudly All in truniisft tones and proudly Tei'.s the story ot bis captive, aod her pas- tinate surrender, And with the leaves that fall, iu a rich and royal pal!. O'er the rose heart's crumpled crinison, and the gras grown dull and brown Let the bitieruess, the strife, all the little ilia of life, Go drifting, drifting down, dear with the leaves go drifting down. AVtr Turk Lttljtr. GOV. BEAVER'S MESSAGE. HLS LAVT AUDUE TO THE LKl.ISLATl'RE OF THK KEYSTONE STATE AS ABLE PAPER IN Willi If MANY" THINI.S Of INTER- . iX TO THE PEOPLE t,f TnlS ftiM 3IOXWL.1LTH ACE MixlM-EU riMM A W1K STATEsMAJi' STAMUMIST. tiENTi.EMr.N : The latter part of the year just closed has been marked by financial di'.joiet and uncertainty, serious!- affecting the people of the Com monwealth in common with those cf the entire country. Unfortunate, and distrea einij as this conditi'ivf affairs has been.it ia nevertheless gratifying to note the fact that our staple industries have not been seriously injured thereby. Although all classes in the community hav been more or less) affected by these financial disturbances, tbe origin of and the causes which led to them are of auch a character as to lead to the belief that they may not be long continued and that nospeciiU measures of relief will be re-" qnired at our bauds. ". With the excep tion of this moneyed stringency, which u is hoped will be merely temporary in its duration and effects, the material affiirs of tae Commonwealth are in good condi tion. Soon after the adjournment of the pre ceding Legislature, to wit, on tbe 31st of May. 1?. the Commonwealth was visit ed by a calamity which haj no parallel in its hist- ry. Throughout the moun tain rfion of the central part of the State a rain storm of unprecedented duration and severity rrevailed which so increas ed t! - uiu:n- of water that theordinary chiict '? i Minnas'1 were 0 liable to carry it away. T..e r- .-a t was widespread deso lation a'id ruin, extending over some twenty of tlie sixty-seven counties in the Coraxonwea'Sh. Thou.-iands of lives were lost, an 1 property, municipal. corpo rate and individual, atreregating many mil'.iuus of dollars, was destroyed. The people inhabiting the regions drained by the West Branch of the Sus quehanna, aod Juniata and CoBemaagh rivers, were tbe principal sufferers. Many tillages, townsand cities on the eastern slope of the Allegheniea were, for the time being, rendered utterly helpless; and their people prevented from pursu ing their usual vocations. In addition to the loss of life and property sustained, the public health was greatly endanger ed, and municipal officers deprived of the power to exercise their authority, or to furnish the means by which the situa tion could be relieved- On the western slope of tie mountains, Johnstown and its neighboring boroughs were almost obliterated. In some cases the officers of municipalities were lost ; whole communities were swept sway; streets and other boudaries utterly ob literated, an 1 municipal government gen erally broken np. The people were for a time thoroughly helpless. Food and clothing were furnished by these who were charitably disposed, and a. relief committee from the neighboring city of Pittsburgh commenced the work of re-morir-g tbe debris which had collected at the confluence of the Conemaugh and Stonycreek, so as to relieve those who remained of the danger of peetilesce which serionsJy threatened them, It is impossible to describe the charac ter and extent of this disaster. The world knows what was done for tbe relief of the people of this devoted community. Charity unstinted, and such as has prob ably never before been equalled, did all that could be done for the alleviation of the suffering. Although the medium through which much of this charity was ouveyed to tbe suffering people of our State, it is not my purpjse to dwell upon it at this time in an onicial communica tion to you. It is perhaps proper to say, however, that in order to avoid the per sonal responsibility of the distribution of a fund consideiabiy exceeding one mil lion of dollars w hichcame into my hands as well as to prevent uncertainty and toe possible duplication of charity, com mission known as the Flood Relief Com mission was appointed by me with the expectation that all the funds provided for the relief of the flood sufferers of the State mi;ht be distributed through the one channel. The moneys collected by tV,- PhihulelohU and Pittsburgh relief commi'ties, a well as those which had bepn entrusted to me, were finally placed ;n iK . ban Is '.f this cornaiission, where- bv a fun! agtvg.in nearly three uil lious of dollar was ilistribated to HjoA sufferers in nil parts of the State, more than nine-teutiis of this amount having teen paid in the immediate vicinity of the Conemaugb. Valley. A report of the ESTABLISHED 1827. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY. 14, 1891. operations of this commisor has teen made public and its experikures audit ed by a committee of gent ren cetify ing to the correctness of itsu-tount. A small balance remains in he ha.dsof this commission awaiting he develop ment of the necessities of crtin jeedy class of sufferers, or exigencia -fa more general character which nia igitinate ly demand relief from a fual ieditated by tbe donors to pure cbariV- The calamity in the Conemjh valley was so startling and overwhelming tbr.t tbe Pittsburgh relief comra'ttebega its work of alleviating euthrin at ence, making no distinction leteen that which was purely charitade and that which was for the general eatre if tbe community. The living vit fe4 and clothed, the dead were Kxverei and buried. Iu order to do lit, woik was commenced upon the niss f lebris which covered the entire v.-iiey in some places and blocked the strets -f Johns town and the othr inaniciptites osncb an extent as to prevent irtea-ourse among them. The State Cord of Health was early upon the ground n Uuk im mediate and energectic stepl.wards the preservation of the public htlh. On the Sth of June, after aiicg a for mal proclamation to the pt?(!e of the world appealing for their chrialle help for tbe distressed within or Ctmtuoa wealtb, and arranging f r tb noiDtand careful account of the charit;hith was sure to follow the appeal, I lade a per sonal visit to Johnstown au k tbo'ough inspection of all its surrounings. The Pittsburgh relief committeeiras practi cally in charge of the diribution of charitable reliefVof the buruof the dead and of the abatement of nui.aces which seriously threatened and Jected the public health. Although thetate Board of Health, under tbe proviong oflhe sixth section if the act of tbr51 of June, ISSo, had powder and aihority ' in cities, boroughs, districts nl places having no local board of rait!:, or in case the sanitary laws or relations of any place here . boards o health or health officers existed should inopera tive, t order nuisances or te cause of any special disease or roorfiity to I abated or remored, and to er rce quar antine regulations as said boal of health shall direct," and the power tus confer red seemed to be absolute anmn'iiuiited yet no appropriation having een made by the Legislature in view f uch an overwhelming calamity, and suiiicietit funds being available for eibrciDg the authority conferred by thesaid act, it was practically helpless. Ta authori ties of the Pittsburgh relief omrniltee. however, recognizing the fx that the State was bound to abate thesnuisances, j which not only threatened th health of the entire eornnjunitv, bufcibsolutely blotted out municipal author y, and La some case municipal exi-tenc, demand ed that .work should be nnortuksn at once by the State Board of Htlth. The jasttce of this demand w as xugnUed and the only question in the n.cof the Eaevutive was as to the manner oh;. U it could be done most speedily w effect ively. It was urged that it would reaire at least three mi'lions of dollars to tear the valley of these threatening nuu&ces, and that in order to pruvida te funds for this purpose the I,egishitir should be immediately assembled in spcia! ses sion. A careful examination ol the dis trict convinced me that the a:runt re quired to discharge the duly w ich the State owed to the cnminanity w s great ly exajrjerated, and that the wck eonld be done for abyutw hatit woul cost to assemble tlie Logislature in sj;;ai ses sion and secure the neceisary li;islaticn therefor. The work was of itaieiliate and cf pressing importance. Ti1 fl,hls hal i interfered with te'egraf.ie and railway communication that i was not then possible to reach some purtxT Penn sylvania and the Legislature onld nrit have teen assembled in tiineto afford the nee.le.1 relief even if it h t been deerae.1 desirable to provide for t ia this manner. Upon the representation of be State Board of Health that nuisances prejudi cial to the health and safety of tb people existed n various parts cf te State, proclamations were issued requiir.g them to be abated at tbe expense of te Com monwealth. In a personal conultatioa ith members of the 1 itts-irg relief committee and of citizens of J.anstow n, I agreed that the State would tae charge of the strictly sanitary work a Johns town on Wednesday, the 12th of June, lSS9,and in order to carry out tSs agree ment authorized the Sute J.iarl of Health to take charge of tbe wrk, and to employ such means as were leeessary to carry il into effect Tbe Adjutant (ienerai of the State, who wisupon the ground, was authorized to .-o-operate wirh the fctate Board oftletlh as my immediate representative. As a mode of providing f 11 li for car rying on tnis work, it was at int propos- el that the State Treasurer sould de posit with me whatever sun of maaey might be necessary for tliat pt-pose upon my giving him a bond signet by citizens of the Commonwealth, ia 110 not ex ceeding one million of dolars, for the return of the mony whenever it should be required.. Although this vis in strict accordance with law, and lundretls of j the most reputable and respnsible peo ple of the Commonwealth reponded to my appeal for bondsmen, th public dis cussion of the question le to a wide spread belief that the law vas to be vio lated and the funds of the reasury used without leal warrant. Beliying that it would be unwise to carry ott this plan, in view of the popular beief as to its illegality, I abandoned it an secured the money frotu the People's Bnk of Phila delphia, Upon aa obligate drawn by the Attorney General, speciying the ob ject for which the money w to be usel, and pledging the faith of te Common wealth for its return. Tnis constitutes a personal legal obligation of.be maker as well as a pledge of the credt cf the Com monwealth, but under ordhary circum stances it would probably rut have been re jarded as marketable comnereial paper By th timely and generois aid of Mr. Wm. H. Kemble, of Phila.eiphia, how ever, I was enabled to carr; the plan in to execution by the pledgirg 01 his indi vidual securities as collateral Tor the obli gation. Ia this way the a of three hundred thousand dollars, fcieo. deemed to be suiSdent fr the putjose, was se cured and at a later aate aa additional sum of one hundred thouaiad dollars making four hundred thousand dollars ia all advanced by the bank and secured by the pledge of Kemble's peraonal se curities. The sum originally borrowed would have been sufficient, under ordinary cir cumstances, for the amount of worlfdooe but it became necessary to render assist ance, to a moderate extent, in other parts of the Stale, an d the extraordinary and dangerous character of the work to be done increased the wage rate over whit was ordinarily paid to each an extent that tbe entire amount borrowed, with' the exception of a small balance, was expended and the vouchers therefore have been carefully audited by the Audi tor Ceneral. This money, under the terms of the pledge or obligations given therefore, waa not to bear interest. I respectfully rec ommend, therefore, that an appropria tion be immediately made to reimburse the b-ank making the advancement, the fail amount advanced by it, so that the repayment may be made at the earliest practicable date: such appropriation to be surrounded by the usual safeguards as to vouchers to be furnished for the ex penditure thereof. In the conference with the Pittsburgh relief committee, demand was made for the return of the money expended by it ia work which was considered as legiti mately belonging ta the State. Having n j authority, under the provisions of the a.1 of Isso, to return money already ex pended, no such return could be made ; but it was promised that the matter should be called to the attention of the Legislature and a recommendation made by me for an appropriation to repay so much of the money as had been expend ed in work which should have been done by tlie State. The amount then alleged to bave been expended by the committee in the general work at Johnstown, was one hundred and twenty thousand dol lars. No account of that work has ever been furnished me, nor has there been any detailed statement with accompany ing vouchers showing what portion of said amount, if any, was properly charge able to charity and what to work pnper to be d one ender the direction of .the State Boar! of Health. The lines of railway and telegraphic communication east of Johnstown were so srTioa-iy interfered with that it was difficult to reach that region with sup plies for several days. Tbe iia running westward were soon restored and early succor was brought to the atllicted people of the region from that direction. Gov ernor Foraker, ef Ohio, responded to the cry for help immediately by sending a large quantity ef tents belonging to the State, under charge of the Adjutant fen eral. These tents remained in use for a considerable time and were of great bene fit in affording shelter- to the homeless people of the community. Appr jpriations in money.forthe bene fit of our flood sufferers, were made by one or more of our sister States, acknowl edgment of which has been made in de tail in the report of the t icon lieiief Commission. The people of Johnstown and its neigh boring boroughs, aitaougn utterly cast down and apparently dismf.ted for a time, gradually recovered their tone and hope took the place of despair. The community has in a surprising degree recovered its wonted activity and proe ixsrity, anil will in time become more firmly established and prosperous than ever before. As one of the immediate results of the obliteration of municipal lines and cor.Sicrinz interests, the ques tion of consolidation was submitted to th-? people La aoc-ir-iance with the pro v;sions of law govering that subject, and as a consequence of their vote upon it the city of Johnstown was duly organized and established, and the fiaal result de clared by Ictters-pateut under the hand of the Governor and the seal of the State on the lsth of Iecember, IrVSO. This municipal organization will, it is belie v- et, enable! the people to control their domestic affairs much mjre efficiently than was the case prior to the time of the flood, and is one, of the good results indirectly brought a' -out by that disaster. STvTE BOARI . 1IEAIT11. The necessity fr, and the work done by, the Sute Baard of Health through out a large partion of the Commonwealth for many months succeeding the floods of lss;, demonstrates the necessity for the existence of the board and the wibdoni of enlarging its power. The water-ways of the Commonwealth are becoming more and more the source of water sup ply to all our cities and larger town. The purity of the water therein becomes, therefore, a question of vital importance. The investigations of the Board of Health prove conclusively tha? in many classes of epidemic diseases, prevention is easy if the w ater can be controlled and puri fied. The time has come when the Leg islature should take decided grounds and prompt action upon this subject. It may become necessary to revolutionize cur entire system of sewerage for cities, towns arid public invitations. Instead of emptying this mass of corruption into our streams, carrying disease and death to those who dejatnd upon them for their water supply, it will be necessary U de vise and carry into execution some effi cient system of disposing of the sewerage of dense communities. I recommend that the authority of the State Board of Health over such subjects be increased, with such safeguards as may be neces sary, and that the appropriation for their general expenses be so increased as te enable them to make careful and thor ough investigation and experiment as to the best means cf avoiding tbe dangers herein recited, and at the same time af fording au efficiert and healthful system of sewerage. I commend, also, to your careful con sideration in thia connection the subject of the preservation cf the forests sur rounding the headwaters of our princi pal water-ways. Whilst it ia true that the disasters following the Hoods of 1S?9 niight not have been entirely avoided under the atct favorable condition, it is nevertheless true that their annual re currence in the future may be prevented to some extent by the rehabilitation of our denuded forests. It is very difficult at this time, when the Commonwealth has practically parted with all her lands, to reveet the title in her ; and yet, with out her actual ownership of the waste lauds of the centra! mountain belt of the t-uite, it is difficult to see how any effi cient plan of reforesting those lauds, or of allow ing them to reforest theraelvea, 'a can be adopted, tens of thousands of acres cf waste lands, not worth, for any commercial purposes, the taxes that are annual' y levied upon them, and which, tinder our present svsteru of tax sales of unseated lands, are used by the unscru pulous to deceive and defraud the un wary, might be made productive of the common weal, if held and controlled by tbe Common wealth. An Allegheny park, which could be made to include a Urge portion cf the mountain regions of the State, might be so formed as to pro tect the headwaters of our streams, and by a gradual process of reforesting would retard the disastrous flow of water in the spring when the snows melt or when there is an v unusual rainfall. This sub- . .. .. 1. t... ject is one of unusual autieuiiy, ou ia ol so much and such practical importance that I feel compelled to call it to your attention and to invoke for it your most careful consideration. KEVKM'ES AN TAXATION'. The question of the manner in which our revenues are to be raised continues to be one of absorDing interest to the people of the Commonwealth. A com mission, appointed under a joint resolu tion approved the 25th day of Slay, IS!), has given careful consideration te this subject and prepared a report embracing the views of all its members, showing a wide divergence of opinion as to to the principles upon which and the methods by which taxes are to be levied and col lected. The majority of the commission a areed upon a bill which provides for tlie levying of county and municipal taxe upon tbe several kinds of property there in specified, the principal object of which is to bring corporate and personal prop erty within the taxing power of the mu nicipality, with a view of relieving real estate from alleged excessive burdens. The minority of the commission dissent from the views of the majority as ex pressed lu this bill, and state their views at length in three several minority state ments contained in the report. The w hole subject of taxation is very ably discussed in this report and is eompjended to your careful consideration. It is to be regretted that this commis sion has not been able to gather data upon which an intelligent conclusion can be based as to the inequality of the bur dens of taxation borne by real and per ianal property reflectively. It seems to be admitted oa all hands that there is inequality in greater cr less degree, but the extent of that inequality is an uncer tain quantity, and there seems to be no reliable means of ascertaining what it is with anything like a definite degree of certainty. Until this difference is defi nitely ascertained it is impossible to ap ply a remedy, even if it be conceded that a remedy is needed. The report of tbe majority leaves the entire question of the collection of the State revenues to be governed by the laws which now exist. This is well, in asmuch as our present revenue laws are better understood and are being more satisfactorily enforced thin eer before. Tko revenues raised nndex them are con stantly increasing and it is believed that the provisions of the act of 1st of June, !, will yet more largely increase the revenues which will be collected under it. The final settlement in the Supreme Court of the I'nited States of what has been known aa the "loans tax cases," has largely increased the revenues for the present year, and insures a definite in come from this important source. In view of the revenue which may to reasonably relied upon from thia source in the future it seems to me entirely fea sible to divert a portion of the revenues) now flowing into the State Treasury, un der the provisions of the act of the 1st of June, 15.', to the county tieascry. I recommend, therefore, that of the State tax upon personal property collected under the sixteenth section of said general revenue act, the one-half part thereof be returned to the several coun ties of the Commonwealth in which the same is collected, instead of the one third part as provided by the said section. I recommend, also, that the laws relat ing to licenses for the sale at retail of liquors be so amended as to authorize the entire amount raised from the grant ing of said licenses to be paid into the treasury of the moniHpality within which the privileges conferred by the same are to be exercised. I am also of the opinion that if careful discrimination and reasonable economy be exercisM in the matter of appropriations to so-called charitable istitations,the annual appro- nriation for common schools may be in creased from two millions of dollar? to at least two and one-half millions. These changes will provide an additional fuad of at least two million dollars annually iu relitf of local taxation, and will do 30 at once and with a certainty based upon well settled principles. In order to replace the amounts thus recommended to be applied in relief of local taxation, I respectfully recommend that the amount of the tax on corpora tion stock to Ire paid into the sinking fund under the twenty-eighth section of the general revenue act of Jane 1st, l?vi, lie reduced from the one-half to the one fourth part thereof. This amount, it is believed, will be amply sufficient to pro vide for the interest of our small remain ing debt, and tlie assets in the sinking fund ate amply sufficient to provide for the payment of any of the loans of the Com men wealth which can, under the provisions thereof, be paid for several years to come. It may be proper lor me to state that in these recommendations both the Auditor General and State Treasurer, who have given careful consid eration to the subject in tbe main con cur. Mistakes In Print. " Did you ever notice," said a newspa per man tbe other day, "what strange mistakes writers will sometimes make ? Why, a day or two ago, in one paper, a. column was devoted to a discussion of tbe seal fisheries question, in which Sir Julian Pauncefote was repeatedly called Sir John Pauncefote. Was it ignorance, or temporarry aberration, or what? Prob ably what. There is an old story of tbe ne perfect book ever printed, after al most infinite paina had been taken to make it typographically correct. When it was finished the word ' book ' was found on the first page printed with three o's." X. Y. Iritsnr, She " Why don't Mr. Mollins go out in society more T He " Because socie ty is alwas cut itself when he calls." e 1 T S3) . (T d. o WHOLE NO. 2060. Reduced to Figures. There is an linglisli literary man who. at the end cf each year, penetrates into the published fiction and extracts there from very often some exceedingly inter esting figures. The results of bis re searches into last year's fiction ore enter taining. Of tl heroines portrayed in novels he 1'n.ls 372 were described as blonde, while l:X were brunettes. Of the 5o2 heroines w were beautiful, 271 were married to the men of their choice, while 30 were unfortunate enough to be boend in wedlock to the wrong men. The heroines cf fiction, this literary stat istician claims, are greatly improving in health, and do net die as early as in pre vious years, although consumption L still in the lead among fatal maladies to which they succumb. Eirly marriages, however, are on the increase. The per sonal charms of the heroines included !?0 "expressive eyes," and 7'J'2 "shell like " ears. Of the eyes W had a dreamy look. "ft Hashed fire, while the remain der had no special attributes. Kyes of brown and b lie are in the ascendant There was found to be a large increase in the number of heroi dimples ; were blessed with sisters, and 342 had brothers. In 57 cases moth ers fig-ired as heroines, with 112 children between theci. Of these 71 children were rescued from watery graves. Eigh teen of the husbands of these married heroines were discovered to be bigamists and seven husbands had notes found in their pockets exposing " everything." And thus is the romance of a year reduc ed to tigares. T'ue Mrtripvifrm. The Forgetful Employe. A successful business man says there were twothir gs which he learned when he was 1 wh.ch were afterw ards of great use V) him, namely: "Never to lose anything, and never to forget any-thin-" An old lawyer sent him with an im portant paper with certain instructions what to do w th it. " But," inqiired the young man, "sup pose I lose it. hat shall I do then V " You m-.st cot lew it" " I don't ia -an to,'" sid the young man but li'ipfsxe I s'lould happen to T " But I say you must not happen to ; I shall make no provision for such aa oc currence. Yjii must not lose it." This put a new train of thought into theyaung man's mind, and he found that if be w as determined to do a thing lie could do it. lie made such a provision against every contingency that he never lost anything. He found this equally true about forgetting. If a certain mat ter of importance wiisto be remembered he pinned it down in Lis mind, fastened it there, and made it stay. He used to say : " When a man tells me he forgot to do something. I tell him he might aa well have said, 'I do not care enough about vour business to take tbe trouble to think about ffOCrT. i t again.' " A mrrJyzn Kissas and Caramels. " You must not do that, Charley Bus ter r The moon peered through tbe Yeni- tian blinds of the front parlor window, but his great broad face was three-quarters hidden with proper modesty and be coming rueio. He did not want to spoil the fan. but he wanted to keep one eye at Wst on fiddy Charley Buster. "Sock," and the offense. ?; was repeated. "Charley I'.uster, don't you know that that is prohibited?" " No, Cla-ispa Jajube. I do not know that, and when you ass-ail my knowledge of national matters I must rise to defend myself. Kisses are not prohibited. Shoes may be prohibited, and clothes may hang LeyoLd our reccb, but I have scan ned the Tariff bill from beginninz to end and I have failed to find any tax on kiss es. Sufar, too. mark you, 1; grade, and Iutch Kan lard, is free. We may be re duced to the tig-leaf style of apparel, but we can aWays kiss and eat caramels. And kisees and caramels, Clarissa, is love." Young Fruit Trees. We have never found a better way to judjeff the bearing of young fruit trees, and to decide whether they are bearing too little or too much, than to observe the lei.jth of the annual shoots. Th treatment is then to be given in accord-an.-e w ith tlie result of this examination. If the growth is slow, mellow culture or fertilizers will be necessary. If.as gener ally happens, slow growers bear too much, thin out most or all the fruit when small, which will aid in riving the trees more vigor, and what little fruit there is will be wrrth more than the numerous srer." anl scrubby specimens. Small growth and too much small fruit go to gether, and thrifty growth furnishes a few large and fine one. If the annual shoots are not over a foot long in the early yeats of frail trees, more vigor mut be given the-n. Nothing is better than top-drew'.ng with bara manure late in autumn cr early in winter, says a -correspondent in f .'- it-uilnuan. Julian Hawthorne. Julian Ilawtiwre staa is six feet high, and looks Lie a short haired, moderniz ed edition of his father, who wrote "The Stariet L-tter." He ia a broad shoulder ed, genial mannered man, with a pen dant f r yachting in a blue pea jacket. He lives at Sa? Harbor, is a brotherwn law of fieove Parsons Lathrob and the father of a Iar.'e family. Withal he is only four-and-forty, and he has studied civil engineering at I'resden and written novels in the south of Ireland. Harvard is responsible for his education, and he is ! a point blunt refutation of the theory that the isjns of grja. men ase generally nobjdies. Allow mc to add my tribute to the ef ficacy of Ely's Cream Balm. I was suffer ing from a severe attach of inlluenza and catarrh and was induced to try your remedy. Tbe result was marvelous. I could hardly articulate, and in lees than twenty-f.ur hours the catarrhal symp toms and tny hoarseness disappeared aad I was aHe to sing a heavy role in Grand Opera w la voice unimpaired. I strong ly recommend it to all singers. Wm. H. Hamilton, Leading Basso of the C. D. Hese Grand Opera Co. A book that is like! to maks "aoia stir "-U ctttk-tsyck. Preoccupation with personality is cer tainly an American possibly more or less a generally modern trait ; but our present orey of compliment is, I think, a new variant of it And it cannot be that we are becoming FrencLLiieJ to the point of social Insincerity for the mere saks of moral perversity. The truth probably ia tiiat as we progress ia s-xns! ciriliiatieo cr t-eihar better, as stxiaa civilisation sprta-fs xncrrwuz'? and penetrates our beildei.ng and encc?iri ing succeasion of mnl o-"-' tns desire to make one s self agreeable, in stead of merely important, is increasing proportionately. ow, amenity as an art sa difficult one. To suo'eed ia it de mands either the "certain felicity" which Bacon affirmed to be necessary to the painter who would improve upon nature, or that long course of social civi'.i2At:on whereby tradition secures the sinking of effort in unconsciousness, and the substi tution of inherited for acquired capaci ties. In the absence of either of these advantage it ia the abortest rather than the wieest road to the end of being agree able that is pretty Inure to be taken, and the yroo m-jL pursuit of, as I said, the line of least resistance results in an amount and degree of perona! Sattery at tbe present moment which are ait .gfther notable. We have probably not yet wholly emancipated ourselves! from the wish to be appreciated, aa well as to be agreewbie. On the contrary, when we pra-s ocr friends for their qualities or their prr-fo-maaces in the blank and stark way sanctioned no doubt by our unquestioned sincerity, but dictate.! perhaps by an im pirfevt taste, it is probable that with onr nvrtive of being agreeable is very subtly associated a desire to be deemed discern irg. We act on the assnmption o tacit, to be sure, as to be unconscious that the fact of our appreciation of them attests to them acuteness in cs Our well-known and universally acknowl edged genuineness that heir!xru in herited from the savages of the Elbe and Weser marshes prevents our perspicac ity in these circumstances fr-m being distrusted. From ""The Point of View,'' in January Srribnsr. He Sizes Up the Cranks. Captain Densmore. who has cumntacd of the White House detection sq iad, is reckoned the most expert judge of cranks in this country. His first lieutenant his an upper arm that is as big as an ordina ry man's thigh, an ! Lis fellows are ail athletes. The squad has plenty to do. Dozens of persons affiicted with one form or ancther of dementia are turned away by them from the Executive Mansion every day. Tha moment an individual appear whose aspect i not entirely sat isfactory, he is asked what his basinet is and unless his reply is reasnriuit he ia not admitted. A few days ago a man called to see Mr. Harrison with a tin box undcrhisarm. Tin boxes are suspicious articles, and he was pressed elooety as to his errand. Finally he said that h ha I a new kind of religion in the box to show the President. Of course that set tled hira. Buf'ito f 'wmeT-ii. Some Startling Facte. The official returns from Boards of Health show that nearly three-fourths of all deaths are from Consumption. When we think over this fact it is really fni. thongh every case started with a simple Cough or cold. Uealize how im portant it is to check this terrible mala dy, which can be done by using Pan-T.na Cough and Consumption Cure. Price and 0 cents. Trial bot'!es free at O. W. Benford's Drwg Store. Points of Interests. Corn is good for poultry, but see tl at you do not feed them oa corn alone. It is like staffing a man with nothing but corn bread. Ion't feed your sheep on the ground. They will waste as much aa their necks are worth. The average weight of fleeces in the United States has doubled in tlie past thirty years. Hen houses may be warmed perfectly with hot water pipes. The pipes should bel inches in diameter. The fixtures necessary may be bought of dealers in steam heating apparatus. lr. W. F. ICoth writes that the man who says clover is a valuable food for poultry because it contains so much li ne is away off. A chemical analysis of clo ver shows no carbonate of lime at ail. A ponltry house should always hae a thoroagb.lv dry cellar undernea'u. for hatching. It should be Iiu'ht. Don't feed a dry cow through the ter. A Strange Ceremony. The funeral of the l'eyear-old Ja;nese girl Toeki Nitze occurred at Columbus, Ohio, recently. She was a member of a Japanese troupe, and died on arrival at that place from Louisville the preceding even:r.f.-s soon as tlie girl died, in cense of some kind was burned, aad a sword placed across her brea.-t to keep evil spirits away. The tron; were taen to the Coroner's orhce the next morning, wearing their best garments, the feet bein covered with a kit.d of white ci'd'n stocking, having a place in it for the big toe. and wearing wooden shoes about two inches high. As the party filed into the mom, they gathered around tbe casket and, at a sign, all reverently put their hands to gether, placing the ends of the lingers on the lips, and offered a silent prayer, which was continued about one minute. After this simple ceremony the sister cut a lock of hair from the head ot the de ceased, the four men carried the casket to the hearse, and the procesnion pro ceeded to Greenlawn Cemetery. Does Experience Count? It does, in every line of bns'nes. and especially in compounding and prepar ing medicines. This is illustrated in the great superiority of Hood's Saraparii'a over other preparations, as shown by the remarkable cures which it Las ac com plished. The head of the firm of C. I. H xsl it Co., is a thoroughly competent and expe rienced pharmacist, having devote-! his whole life to tbe study and actnal prepa ration of medicines. He is also a incrr.be of the Massachusetts an l Amen.aa Pharmaceutical Associations, and con tinues actively devoted to 3upet?is:ng preparation of, aad managicg the busi ness connected with. Hood's sarsara riila. Hence the superiority and pecu;;.tr merit of Hood's Sarsapariila is buiit upon the moat substantial foundation. Ia its preparation there iit represent! all the knowledge which modern research in medical science has developed, combined with long experience, brainw'jrk and ex periment. It is oniy necessary to give this medicine a fair (rial to reiiz its great curative va'.ue. A loafer is a g-xid deal like a cork tiiat has been pushed into a bottle. It doe no good wiiere it is, ani isn't warji f ?y iaf oat '
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