i i . 1 The Somerset Herald. JDWA.RD SCCLL. Editor and Proprietor. WEDKKDAY- . Juij- IS, lSSl- The wheat yiell in Cfiy counties u "poor mortgaged Kansas," lying along the Kock Lslanl Road, is estimated at 24,500,000. A Louisvillepreacher the other day exclaimed, "Thank Cod there are no newspaper in Leaven:" Doe. the rev erened gentleman think that preachers will be needed there. The llamsburg T.lrgmph pertinently inquires, "Would it not be better for Chairman Andrews to '.x-tire under re' than that the Republican party of Penn sylvania should be retired under tnT Akk the Democrats mad because the country is prospering? If not, why do they continue to aasert that the Treawury is bankrupt, and persistently oppose the establishment of new manufacturing in dustries? A lot oOllaouri "White Caps," few nights since, attempted to whip a citizen. The man's wife shot two of them with a rifle- and drove the balance away. The -o.t tn tension that woman for her resistance of mob law. The People s party in Kansas has re jected the overtures of the Democrat in that State for an alliance. One alliance with Demcjcrats was enough for the Kan sas farmers. Kansas will long remember the alliance that defeated Inpalls. The Allegheny County Republican Committee, on Saturday last, endorsed the three Judges (one of them a Demo crat) lately appointed by Governor Pat-ti.-on, and it looks as if there was a row on band. A dispatch from Vernon, Texas, says "the farmers are in distress. They had calculated on twenty bushels of wheat to the acre, and it is threshing out thirty, and they have to build new bins and buy new sacks." Another argument for the Alliance party. Fresii.e.vt Hakeison has appointed a grandson of old Ren Wade, a grandson of General Sherman, a son of General Baldy Smith, and a son of Commodore Ramsay as cadets at West Point. There is nothing in blood if tkey don't, every one, make good and true soldiers. Wats the Republicans liret came into Iower a Democratic National Adminis tration had just obtained a loan of ii", (M .000 at 12 per cent ; now a Republi- iTT;n;rfratinn is olaciftz a loan of ,,Kii that amnnnt at 2 rjer cent. The difference between Democratic and IU pablican financeering needs no further comment. Ir Pennsylvania should go Democratic this fall, Governor Pattison will be a leading candidate for the Presidenlial nomination next year, say our Demo cratic friends. Ah ! could that little "if" only be eliminated? Says an oft-told tale, "If ths dog hadn't stopped he would have caught the rabbit" "The Lord intended this for a Repub lican year, and the Lord doesn't make any mistakes. I never in my life saw such a prospect for the farmers in Ohio as at present," says Congressman Knocks, of Iron ton, Okio. Republicanism and prosperity are synonymous terms in this country. It is as imjiossible to make the people vote the Democratic ticket when they are prosperous as it is to make a child cry when it is happy. The Democratic press lets no opportu nity escape to denounce the wasteful and iniquitous pension laws. As there is about a million of voters personally in terested in these laws, it is a matter of much moment to them to know what the Democratic party intends to do about them. Do they intend to wipe these laws from the statute books? If not, then why keep up the howl against laws tbey do not propose to repeal ? Eveby working day in the year they make one hundred boxes of tin at Apollo, in our neighboring county of Armstrong, and yet the tin plate liars insist that we do not and cannot make tin in this country. A score or more of factories for the manufacture of tin are being erected in different parts of the country, as rapidly. as money, skill and energy can rush them to completion. The mak ing of tin in this country is now a cer tainty. Down in Louisiana they are not in love with Mr. Cleveland, the Farmers' Alliance wing of the Democracy having declared against the ex-President be cause, as'one of their ortors announced, be "has succumbed to the influence of Wall street" Notwithstanding the con stant efforts of the friends of Mr. Cleve land to bolster np his candidacy, his chances of success in the next Demo cratic National Convention are not rosy. It is alleged that the Democrats aie passing the hat among the importers in New York to raise money to 'defeat McKinley for Governor of Ohio. Of course, every importer of foreign manu factures is hostile to the McKinley tariff bill and will take a whack at its author ; and also, of course, they are backed by the Democratic press of the country, who in this particular ae fighting the inter ests of the nation. The success of Secretary Foster in re funding the outstanding 44 per cent bonds at 2 per cent has knocked silly the Democratic calamity howlers. So low a rate of interest has never before been reached in this country. While we are being told by the Iemocratic press that money is scarce, that free silver coinage most be adopted to increase the amount of currency needed for business, tbe government finds money so plenty that it has no difficulty in getting over fifty millions at 2 per cent This fact roves also the utter falsity of the charge, coming from the same source, that the Treasury is bankrupt The truth is, and everybody knows it, that the credit of our government is so good that it can borrow money at a lower rat than any other nation on the globe, and because this is the result of Republican financial management the silly attempt is made by the Democratic press to alarm the country with tales of impending bankruptcy and ruin. Democratic organs are already begin- ing to charge that McKinley will make Lis cstnpaifn with boodle furnished by the "protected manufacturers." The iiiiinitabie cheek of these organs can be conceived by reading the charges made the other day in the Stark county Demo- -" i Canton, the home of Major McKinley: "It was openly charged on the floor 01 the convention that the CampHell dele gales were paid ( 1 a day to attend this convention, just as they were paid to go to the polls and vote for Mr. W arwicE last fall ; that 25 per cent of the voters in Stark county were purchasable, and that 2,000 had been hired to vote for Warwick in order to defeat McKinley ; that the five editors of Democratic papers in the county were renegade Republi cans, who had been bought by the Camp bell and WarwL-k wing of the Democ racy. These and other charges were made in Major McKinley a district, not by McKinley's friends but by bis ene mies, and by those who participated in the steal of McKinley's district. These Iemocrat8 did more than make the charges ; tbey o fie red to prove them, and one delegate presented his account book with the names of 2,000 voteis who were paid to vote for Warwick, with the prices, but Governor Campbell's friends would not allow him to read the interesting schedule." Roth factions of the party contributed to this testimony of its venality and corruption. And yet, in the face of these admissions, Democrats have the gall to talk about a boodle cam paign on part of the Republicans ! Wny Hm Runs for Governor. Win. McK'nley, Jr., in New York Eeoorti-r. The Republican party is right, and there fore must win. It has always been right From 1'G to 1-91 it has been conspicuous ly, couivousiy and effectively for tts whole country. It has never been against the country. Never for a moment in the thirty-five years of its life has it ever beet inspected of being against the country. It has obeyed the Constitution, and would have everybody else obey it It believes in that instrument and placed in it the great cardinal principle of equality among men. It baa brought the country to the higbast financial standing and credit. It has, by its industrial policy, secured to I the I'nited States the first rank iu manufact ures, in mining and ia agriculture ; and, to the masses of the country, the largest re wards for their labor, genius and energy. The Conspiracy against Prosperity. Since the federal government was inau gurated no such gigantic and malignant con spiracy against the public welfare has been known as that which is now being waged by the Democratic leaders, the Democratic pres and a portion of the Democratic party. The Rebellion was a war of principle. Con stitutional constructions were in controver sy which could only be decided by the ar bitrament of arms. Rut this new rebellion ha- in it no element of the manhood which caused men from tbe south to .-take their lives on the righteousness of their belief. It is a war on the prosperity of the country, and its effects are as disastrous to the follow ers of Democracy as to Republicans, and strike at all sections alike. It was started with the deliberate intention of breaking down the Republican party, by making times hard, but it would grind the Democrat and the Republican alike if it succeeded. It is the creation of Democratic leaders, is beinff waned in the Democratic press, and is aided and abetted, encouraged, fostered, pro moted and carried on by Democrats only. They cry that times are hard and charge it on tbe Republican party. They a-sert that the people are ground down to a bare living and charge it on the Republican party, They charge that gold is bein g driven out of the country because of Republican financial policy, and that the departure of gold is Ui; astrous to business. Tliey assert that the crops are poor and that prices for farm pro ducts are so low that tbe producers cannot live. They declare that a I'nited States Treasury that has $13.":.tKj0,0ii0 of cab on hand is bankrupt They declare that the payment of pensions is draining money from the pockets of the people. Tbey in-it that the government is grossly extravagant in its expenditures. They claim that mo nopolies are eating up the substance of the people. In fact there is no evil which can come from the admioi-str-.ition of govern ment ailairs which they do not charge has come upon the country or is coming upon it There never was a greater series of lies in vented, told, persistently retailed and repeat ed than has been thrust upon the public through the Itemocretic press along these lines for two years past. Y ilh tbe facts a: to the condition of the country this article will not deal at any length. Every intelli gent man in the United States, by an inspec tion of his own condition, his home com forts, his libertr and freedom, the educa tional advantages of his children, the cir cumstanoes that surround him, can for him self, if his mind is unbiased, refute the charge that there is a dismal present and a more dismal future outlook for the people of this country. The nations of tbe earth present no other such spectacle of a happy and contented and proeerous people as in the United Stales, and this prosperity i both present and prospective. It is the motive that actuates these efforts of tbe Democracy to prove that the contra ry is true with which The rrat is in conflict Every patriotic instinct is violated by the conspiracy to decry national prosperity. The meanest traits of human character are brought out The moet despicable senti ment is conjuied up and nourished. Tbe cry that the country is going to the dogs but merely because if tbe people can be made to believe that it is, until after 1S:2, the Democratic party may elect a President on that issue. It is the cry of "McKinley price " of last fall, put forth again in new shape, but for the saute purpose. There can be no doubt that this broad conspiracy for such a purpose has no inconsiderable effect upon the condition of things. The constant reiteration of such charges makes mea titiiid, conservative to inaction and even panicky. Yet there is no occasion for tbe beief that this gigantic conspiracy will succeed. On every hand evidence of better times and increasing prosperity are accumulating ts such an extent and with such prominence that tbe people would not be worthy of cit izenship if tbey were not suSciently intel ligent to know the truth. New Industries are being created, the crops will be second to those of no year since tbe nation was form ed, prices of products range higher, there will be greater demand for manufactured products, and the general business of the country is improving in tone and healthful ness. Only the wilfully blind can fail to read the signs. Only the malicious can misrep resent them. Rut the answer of tbe people to tbe conspirators who are seeking to de press and repress tbe growth of prosperity for their political ends should be as over whelming as an avalanche and bury them out of sight .V. T. Pro. State Crop Bulletin. The Weatiier Crop Bulletin, issued by the Pennsylvania State Weather Service in co operation with tbe United States Weather Bureau, for the week ending July 19, 191, remarks : Tbe temperature during tbe past week has been considerably below the normal, an ap parent deficiency of from 7 to 10 degrees per day throughout the Slate. The lack of sun- chine and cold has retarded the growth of corn. Rain has been plentiful, and in many placet too much has fallen to be of benefit to crops. Harvesting and haying is progressing. Large crops have been boused and much more is ready to reap. The late rains have delayed the harvest Tbe yield of wheat Is reported as excellent and of fine quality. The oats crop will be larger than was antic ipated. Tbe heavy hailstorm of the SI did much damage to corn, tobacco and fruit in tbe central portions of the State. Tbe storm was very aevere in some localities, and its course extended along the Susquehanna River through tbe Slate. The crops as a whole are reported as being in a Very satisfactory condition, and the sea- cd.jjivijrftnieTon one. - . - . , , rrzrrrzzz Talk With Secretary Blaine. Bab Hasbor, Me.. July 12. ' Dying, eh?" aaid Secretary of State James (J. Blaine, when called upon by a corre-pondtnt to-day. "Well, I fjurss not much. I am feeling first-rate to day. To be sure tbe weather is a trifle too hot and sultry and rather fatigues me, but other than that I am In pretty good spirits and expect to be myself again soon. The correspondent then settlel down for a pleasant chat, and in discussing the vari ous absurd reports circulated about bis health Mr. Blaine said : "There has been a good deal of imagination worked in with a few facts into the reports. "A curious Ibing about newspapers," taid the Secretary, "is that while one gets a thing outrageously wrong on one side, an. other gets it just as wrong on the other try ing to contradict it They like sensation. Tbey will stretch a fact. Tbey imagine that a truth would not be interesting to their readers. Now I have been ill, not as ill to sonie would have me, and certainly not as frisky as others have made out, running over tbe bills, riding horseback and chasing squirrels with my grandchildren. "Mrs. Blaine is kind enough to read two hours a day to me, though I teil ber she will be sick from such action. She reads all the editorials in tbe noted dailies, and once in a while, to fcd my fancy, she turns on to a magazine and sifts the ideas of the literati. "I have had nothing to do with orace ainre I arrived in Bar Ilaror. My physician put his tout right down and said if ever I expected to get well I must stop thinking and rest You are not interested in the political rumors then ?" Not at all. Why should they interest - , . . I. .u. a... Ik M mer J am nappy among vue uc - wife and children. I know they are false and when I am well enough 1 will provs them false. Now I am simply getting my self into shape to deny them and nil my post at the Capital." "It has been rumored that you will be a candidate for President next year. To this question the Plumed Knight gave no reply. He simply settled back comforta bly in his bamboo rocker and laughed a good healthy laugh, which started from his boots and never slopped rising till it reached his cheeks, where that noticeable dimple shook with fun. Jost then Mrs. Blaine entered. She was in good spirits and said she would be glad to contradict any false statement s.h.ui, u husband s health. "He has been very sick, though," said she, "and we were very mucn worried. We have been so unfortunate ot late I feel that any mishap that turns up may prove fatal. But dear me, he is so much better now that he is contentedly set tled at Bar Harbor, that our fears are drawn sway by facts." ' The Curse of Kansas. Washisotos, July 8. Ex-Congressman W. B. Perkins, of Kansas, is in the city on business in tbe departments. Speaking of the situation in bis State, he remarked that the success of the Farmer' Alliance was the greatest curse that ever befell the State. "When we were afflicted with the grass hopper, the drouth and all those plagues, we had the sympathy of ths people at large," be continued, "but since we have indorsed the Alliance by electing its men to Congress, the public has lost confidence in us as a State. Money is scarce, and it is almost im possible to borrow it Tbe money that has been in the market has been withdrawn. The leaders of the Alliance have declared for what is practically fiat money and the repudiation of debts . "Mr. Peffer has publicly said that tbe people of Kansas are too much involved to lsy their debts. Mrs. Lease, one of their champions, is going about organizing so cieties to prevent tbe foreclosure of mort gages and collection of debts. My successor, Mr. B. H. Clover, comes to Congress to se cure legislation on a platform that declares that the residents of cities are supported by the farmers, and it would be cheaper to keep the.n in h noor houses than as tradesmen in the cities." ieferringto the actual condition of busi ness in Kansas, he said : "In all the State. save in a few cities in tbe mineral belt, there is sot a nail being driven or a shingle put on. All improvement has stopped, and the intelligent farmers are beginning to realize that instead of helping them, the Alliance has added to their evils and precipitated additional misfortunes upon them. Much Married. Poet Jbffbrsox, N. Y., July 10. Oliver V. Petty, aged 20, son of a well-to-do mer chant in this village, has brought suit against bis wife Katie for divorce. Katie is locked np in the Riverhead jail on a charge of bigamy. She was tried the last term of court, but the iurv disagreed. Her maiden name was Mott, and she bss bad a remarkable career She never went to school, and at the age of 12 years married a man named Nugent. Four months after she married another man named Gridiey. Two years later, when she was but It years of age, she married a man named Fox. Y'oung Petty was her fourth husband, and ah met h:m when she was 17 years of age at Patacbogue. Petty took bis bride to his father's bouse, and it wss not long before his father learned something of Katie's past life. Her arrest for bigamy then followed, and she was taken to Riverhead jail, where she has since remained. When she was placed on trial the girl tes tified that she did not know what marriage was until she became the wife of Fox. She never regarded herself as the wife of either of the other men. Her counsel claimed that none of the mar riages, save that with Fox, were legal, and the law had dissolved tbe bond which would have been a bar to ber marriage with P..Uy. The young woman does not look to be more than 1C years of age. A Boy Forced to be a Burglar. PiTTssfBo, July B. Little Charlie Snow den, a bright chap of but eight summers, (ell into the hands of the Pittsburg police about midnight last night and told such a blood-curdling tale in such a convincing way that be has been turned over to the Humane Society for safe-keeping cntil the proper authorities can be heard from. Charlie says his father is a professional thief holding forth at Wheeling, and because he wanted to train the lad up a a burglar ths boy tied to Pittsburg. The boy declares that his father, whose name is George Snow dtn, is tbe leader of a gang. It was their practice to use ths lad to crawl through win dows aud coal boles of tbe bouses they want ed to burglarize. If he refused they threat ened to kill him. Recently, when tbe gang supposed Char lie to be asleep, tbey one night planned a desperate burglary near Wheeling. Next day the boy beard that the old man they robbed was killed in the encounter. Charlie wanted to tell ths police, but was afraid, so he did tbe next bast thing be ran away. Inspector McAleese is confident the boy is not telling a fairytale, and he has takes the case in band. Will Try to Get Rain, WasHtKGTOir, July 8. Colonel Dyren forth, of the Department of Agriculture, with two assistants, left here to-day for tbe interior of Texas, where he will make fur ther experiments in the feasibility of pro ducing rain in arid rigions by exploding balloons charged with oxygen and hydrogen at a considerable height in ths air. Tests will also be made in exploding dynamite attached to the tails of huge kites, in connec tion with tbe theory that rain assy be pro duced by ths concussion of explosions in midair. Tbe dynamite is to be exploded in the same manner as are the balloons, that is, by a slender wire leading to ths kites and con nected with an electric battery on ths ground. Colonel Dyrenforth will seek some sequestered spot in Texas where the noise will not disturb any one and then make a thorough and exhaustive experiment as to whether or not rain can be 'produced when needed by means of explosions near ths JElPS Highest of all in Leavening Power. ABSOLUTELY PURE One Shot Killed Both. Norfolk, July 11. A double murder was committed early this morning in Warwick county, this state, Ion McPherson being one unfortunate victim, and" his little girl, aged six, the other. The cause resulted from a feud between the McPherson family and that of Joseph McRay. A abort time before the fatal difficulty the two men had a dis pute over the ownership of certain ground. Blows were j-assed between the two men and a threat was made by McRsy to shoot hia antagonist if he built hia fence on hia ground, which McPherson swore he would do. Nothing more was said until this morn ing, when Leon McPherson took his tools and with materials, proceeded to erect hia fence in spite of his neighbor's threats, and when his work had been nearly completed his little girl, aged about eight years, brought him bis dinner in a pail. He had scarcely opened it when a sound in the shrubbery be hind bim was quickly followed by a loud explosion, and the father lay lifeless beside the dead body of his daughter. A negro laborer at work in the vieinity claims to have known of the difficulty and n the shooting. The negro called for as sistance and the bodies of the father and bis child were carried to the house. The grief stricken wife and mother came to this city to-day. Tbe murderer escaped. A lynching party started in pursuit, but failed to over take the fugitive. The Grasshopper Plague. TorEKA, Kak., July i2. Much alarm is felt over late reports from eastern Colorado and the western line of the State, indicating that the grasshopper plague may possibly reach tbe cultivated portion of the state be fore the corn is out of danger. The grass hoppers began hatching out nearly three weeks ago, and were at first supposed to be confined to a limited extent of country. Now they cover the ground from Bovina to Hugo, 15 miles south ; to Limon Junction, IS miles wet, and for a distance of four miles east. How far northward tbe col umn reaches no one has yet ascertained. Farmers in tbe state are seriously alarmed and are calling on the state government to assist them in heading off the pest Contra ry to rule, tbe grasshoppers appear to be hatcbingout in wet weather as well as dry and are even more numerous than usual. Tbe grass upon which they feed is this sea son rich and juicy, and they seem to gain strength rapidly. As they devour corn and fruit alike, and eat anything green, they can do millions of dollars damage to the state. The prevailing winds at this time of the year are from tbe southwest and if they are not caught in a wind from the west they will pass up into Nebraska, only to be brought into Kansas next year, in whli case ruin would come to all crops. Robbed of S1.30U Usioxtowk, July 6,-Wm. Foster is a far mer living in Franklin township, not far from Vanderbilt Mr. Foster is a hard work ing man aged about 00 years, and owns a small farm. He does not spend his money foolishly ss moet people do, but puts it away in an old sock, believing it to be more safe there than in one of Fayette county's many good banks. This fact becams known to some of our desperadoes, and last night two of them called on Mr. roster. 1 ney aid not ask fur admission to the bouse, but impolite ly walked into bis bedroom, rudely awak ened Mr. Foster, and leveling their revolvers at bis heaiL bade him arise and produce his ducats. Mr. Foeter of course was frightened and of course did not realize what was going on ; but the visitors soon made him under stand what they were after, and gave him only so many minutes to produce what money be bad in tbe bouse. It was only a few minutes until they bad obtained $1,3"U from their host who banded it out without much cemplaining.T he thieves thanked him and left the house, backing out and pointing their revolvers at Foster. Tbe two men were masked, and well disguised in every way. Mr. Foster is one of Fayette county's well known citizens. More Mammoth Caves. Sa Feakcisco, July 12. Tbe discovery of two large caves in Josephine county, Oregon, has been reported. Two openings in one cave were discovered. These open ings look like small fissures in a great lime stone bluff, which extends for miles and ap pears massive and solid outside but is hon eycombed within with cracks and crevasses. Many of the passages within tbe cave are described as of great beauty, containing in them semi-transparent stalaclities, giant milk white pillars, pools and streams of pure clear water. The party spent a week in exploring the cave and found innumerable passeges and chambers and several miles from the en trance tbey discovered a small lake of clear water and a waterfall 30 feet iu height. All kinds of grotesque figures were found in the various chambers. Large numbers of flash light photographs were taken. It wss esti mated that the main body of the cave was l,5u0 feet from the surface of the mountain and the cavern itself appeared to be fully as large as Mammoth Cave in Kentucky. Brother Against Brother. BiTLia, Pa., July l What will likely turn out to be a murder occurred in Jeffer son township last night. For a long time bad blood has exhisted between John and Adam Mininger, brothers. Last night John drove np to his brother's barn and wanted to feed his horse. Permission be'.n refused he advanced toward Adam in a threatening manner, and applied vile epitbeta to both Adam and his wife, who was milking the cows. As John n eared him, Adam drew a 3,-cai-iber bull-dog revolver and openei tire. Tbe first shot struck about two inches above John's heart, who started to run to a neigh bor's houss. He was closely followed by his brother, who succeeded in firing four more shots into his head. The prostrate man was taken into tbe house of a neighbor and a doctor summoned who succeeded In extracting the four balls from his bead, but could not get out the one above the heart He is still living, but tbe doctor says be cannot recover. He is a bad character and has served terms in both pen- tientiary and wotk house. Adam came to town shortly afier the shooting and surrendered himself to the au thorities and is now in jail. The Prohibition State Convention. State Chairman Patton has issued bis call lor the Prohibition State Convention to meet in the Opera House at Harrisburg, on Wednesday, August 2G, 0 30 a. ra., for tbe purpose of nominating candidates for State Treasurer and A oditer General and IS can didates for delegates-st-Iarge to the Constitu tional Convention provided fir in tbe act nf Assembly approved June 19, 18!1. A Remarkable Case. Littie Rock, Ark., July 9. A ease which will attract attention in medical circles is reported to-day from Lamar. Arkansas. Mrs. Eliza Ryan, &) years of age, who has been totally blind A 30 years, had a tooth pulled srom the upper jaw. Tbe root of the tooth was nearly an inch in length. Wben it was extracted Mrs. Ryan com plained of intense piin in her eyes, and later cried out that she could see plainly, her (sight having been restored. jr -t- - U. S. Gov't Report, Aug. 17, i8So lata Honey Bees a Plague. Dakvillx, Ky., July 11. This section in Washington county, near this city, is just now suffering from a honey-bee plague There never have been so many bee trees in the forests, and this spring tbe bees have taken possesion of the houses, barns and churches in Springfield, tbe county sat A number of swarms have occupied the attic of the Court House. A large swarm settled in a lawyers' office and stopped his business for some days until he could starve them out. Two or three swarms, coming from dif ferent direction;, settled on Colonel Tbomas Grundy's house. It Is built of brick, but a crack in one end of it let them in between the ceiling of the lower and the floor of tbe second story. Here they became so trouble some that an effort to dislodge them was made, but failed. Tbe crack in tbe wall was cemented, and tbey crawled sut into tbe rooms wherever there was a crack or space around the windows and doors. The dining room was abandoned by tbe family and given up to the new guests, but as they could not get back to the swarms they perished by the bucketful. Yesterday a swarm alighted on a pedes trian, and he had a struggle o keep from being smothered or stung to death. Entirely too Strict. Kansas Cirr, Jnly 9. There is a serious split in the Hedriekite branch of the Mor mon church at Independence, Mo. A ma jority of the members have withdrawn from the church and are seeking admission to the recognized branch all because Elder Hall, chief of tbe Hedrick branch, tried to insti tute certain reforms among his followers. He required the sisters to dress in plain black dresses and sun bonnets without rib bons laces and frills. He forbade the men to use tobacco. Disobedience, he said, would be punished with expulsion. The frivolous brethren and sisters, however, rather than give up their tobacco aud their frills gave up their church, which now only consists of IT members. A Wonderful Drill. CHieAuo, July 9. -Fulton Gardiner, of this city, has invented an electric drill, which, he claims will bore a hole of any desired depth, doing the last foot of it as easily as the first. The power is applied directly at tbe tip, without the use of shafting, and the only limit to the depth bored will be the depth that the electric current can be con ducted. Gardiner brought his invention to the notice of the mining department of the World's fair to-day. He wants to show it in operation at the fair, and proposes to drill a hole to the center of the earth. Farm Hands Wanted Out West. Faeuo, Dak., Juiy !. There is an unusu ally excellent stand of wheat in Minnesota and North Dakota. The rains have been seasonable and the growing temperature just right The Red River Valley, in which there has never been a general failure, prom ises to beat its best record, when it produced 3o,00u,000 bushels of wheat There is much anxiety among tbe farmers there owing to the scarcity of hands, and it is feared that oaaJMbt Will be loo iknlaao Kelp ta secured. Farmers are offering from $ i to $2.50 per day and board for harvesters. Lancaster's Wild Hog. Lascas-ter, July 9. A wild hog which has been troubling tbe farmers of Lancaster county for some time was caught this morn ing, but not before it gave a posse of 15 men a chase for two long hours. He was caught alive, tied and taken to the village, where scores of people gathered around to see him. He is a long, thin, white animal and can run like a deer. The animal did a great deal of damage to the crops during tbe night and slept during the day, and his conduct be came so bad that the farmers organized a posse with the foregoing result. Ftiehea, Beer and Poison. PiTtsBUBO, Pa., July 12. Martin Farrell this morning drank a pint of beer contain about two ounces of pans green. Tbe poi son is supposed to have been put in the liquor by Mrs. Farrell, who recently expressed a determination to get rid of her husband in a way of her own. Tbe wife sever.it years ago inherited a fortune of over fjO.inO, and the couple have been drinking and quarreling ever since. They got on a spree last night, and when Farrell arose this morning to take another swig of the b er he took the pois.m. The doctors got around with a pump in time to save bis life. Mrs. Farrell's dress was smeared with the poison, and she was locked up. A Whole Town Scared. Wilkzsbahhi, Pa.. July 12. This morn ing at 1 o'clock a disastrous cave-in occur red at the old slope of the Kingston Coul Company, near Larksville, five miles from this city, and tbejuhabitanU of that village, which is built directly over tbe mine are in great fear of their lives and their property. Tbe cave-in was caused by the snapping of the old timbers in tbe slope. For hundreds of feet in all directions the surface is corerei with large seams and cracks, some of them a foot wide and ex tending down into the workr A number of house! in tbe vicinity are damaged. A dozen men were at work in the mines at the time, but they all escaped through a second opening. Torn by a Mowing Machine. Alliance, 0., July 11. J. B. Whipple, a farmer ne-.ir Aiwaer, near here, was thrown from a mowing machine near here to-day, in front of the knitea. lie was terribly man gled and one leg va. severed. ' Tbe two-year-oid son of farmer John Lew is, near Talmyra, went to Uie field to see his father mow grass with a machine. Vnob served in the hih timothy, bis father ran upon him with toe cutter bar, and the child was shockingly nangled, one arm being en tirely severdd. A Dog Cause Trouble in a Church. Beaves Falls, July 13. At the morning services resterday at the Baptist church a dog dodged past the isher and fled to tbe pulpif, where tbe Iter. Mr. Bristol was preaching. The pastor klckeg the dog, and it howled so loudly that half t dozen other dogs ran into the charch to fial out what was wrong. The congregation became excited, but the pastor qnieted the memoers. The man who owned the dog and the preacher are not ou good terms, and there is talk of reporting the case to the Society for tbe Prevention of Cruelly to Amimals. $9,000,000 for Maple Sap. Washib.jtox, D. C-, July 8. Maple sugar growers seem lobe budding by the score from every limb of every tree that looks like either a maple or an oak in the country. The new sugar bounty of 2 cento per pound explains Uie bods. From present indica tions, based npos recent research, the output of maple sugar k to be computed at about 450,000,0OX pounds, the bounty on which will be $0,000,000. Internal revenue officers are beginning to be amazed. 1S91. Highland Stock Farm ! ALHAMBRA. SSs !," , . i', l.lnrf Klark Hak bfbf An.lrcw J k! iln.l !'.. kaliiV. .l-.s .!.. ii.iu iw k. i.,'l.n- Isiand Hlark Hawk, bebv ;.uj'w. AII.U- hi..., w-,d if oeor. VV.lfe.-s aMH-fr. MM. .ml ham.r'iK.'tiullie '.,a'ii-"..H-H.-ii.-ruiai.soa. ill charge lull iuiMirunee. BOSTON. Midway, by iitiMoii th'ro'!vMred, Maud fi.. lioe record, ioi Man fee KSl.tflU Tfcta It Uie t-rtx thai llambu-toniaii and thonui:ubred bo.it.li should ikk be a ln.lt.-r of Dally lie is toe I. nest looking- nor h, iv.r..,u i.ImwI. sister iu ta M.u.1 . I.om r-..rd. iw; M,t nne- i.ll Itwl.y. Also, -lam .rf . t V, " iu, the fee I S1.U0U. This l Uie ri thai pR-iurtsd Sunol i Wi at i yean, o Id Pal" Alw , - - 6am ins llambtetonian an.l thon-Lbr-! or.- t-eked up by M.uibnmXMef blood. 1 .h'VX IbuviJ-h.-u.o sl..ild ik be tn-uer of U DrM .aier.au.l the Pnlu.rofir.J and ta tia. lniu uaily lie i tbe finest looking; boo ia tbetouoiy. Iivuraace, 4t. BELMONT JR, il ami u iroui loiAi iMin, Sue Pud icy, Una - ' . i.-....la.- .ha . ilr.. mhrd It Ilk'. .sr -.,- mtHll.fr. .IJIMIUJ.-I1V . .o....,-. a,.- no CxAief, 1L Tuinl dam iiHlway. lunmtftalnl by noHit Jr Noonday. he bv Aihanibra. 11,10.. Seeond Oaia Jaiuaay oy a" -. "I no Otitif, 1L Tuird dam Midway, UtonwAKbltrad by STRATHEARN lit, pr.-ln.-e sold U-t fll at tlJi : itto-year oM filly, and K-v. a the Pric K Iwmbauld o r a sav, iiae full idi ; the o-t may be a lew dollar ntiy or more dollars above the pnee U cununon 8IIIIIK IIOUSK Gray, Ja-k mm- "V rie. a hone U JL Jl jI JL wtLihiiif two imported bones ever owned In the county, Vt ell bred m area are rarr In my neighborhood. and tolndare men tosrad mare from a '"tanee ave put the lee of my trotUn hors. at about half their actual worth. Mart kP JF J ,Vr week. The above hucc will ttand from April 1st to July 1st at bit barn .two .mil- north I hi cenm ir of SoiuannJfe, TO FARMERS oTnfira And others, of Somerset County ! F. COUNTRY M A X .Veterinary Surjreon and Aoctioneer, Pistered-f eiaht . ,.rs- Veterinary fnactirV and of thontano Veterinary toliert anad offer. , hij rte ii. the praetiee of Veu riuary Metiirine aud Sunrerr. Treat. ll-If. " 2.. Same, aud perform Survieal .erslioua. Castrating and Spaying, Reducing or rai wrea, wlllLf broken hone-t. reducing ol Hernia . Hupturea.) . NEUROTOMY 'eparaiiou of: Nerval) In chronic foot lameness. ,,.. TENDENoTOMY-'"' utraUrriteniu crooked or mry tail, obstructions in cow. teat, removed and Teal .eued up and brook-bl to u proper use. ,av . SCIRRHOUS"' enlarged cord, tumor, biemisbe. Krowth, warts and wind n:Is (puBs) in Tonn .u5 " "rliTnentiy removed. Burl joint injury and lameneste .ad lainene. from rnKln ipavin curb and itpliut, cufe.1 in a few week, and it not of lon? staiulu.K entirety lakes ). it n,phv of "ths iluilea . tdweeuey.aon. and weak eye. cured, distemper, lung fever, chfouie .jaigD. heaves c i in honS. hoven .bloat in cattle, 4c, treated with iuea. Anthrax, (blackleg or b Oo.lv rnurTimil prevention anti reuietiy. ..hi., n, u eVc- mtictry 8teial atlanuou (riven to repairing of horses teeth, wolf teeth. Acnin?,J it and uwd tftiheitrarted. st.arpand uneven ediftnof molars smootned up, invi-a teeth taken "ft Ae The above ron.lli.oa of tbe teeth often cause weeoiiur or cloudy eyea. ouid.linirordn.pi.ui; off.! holding head criM.ked, driving on one line, imperteet lmwlieati.. indigeftion. onl.t.!n. hide Niund.loasol liesh. Ac. all of which are removed by my method of operating ou Uie Icclh. li-nc teeth drvs-t 'l for appearance aud age. OBSTETRICS-l i""kpe :Hl instructions while at Toronto, Canada. In this line of niypro fewdou and am supplied with all of the most improved instruments for the management of. i;fi;cuit ca-es. lhHvehsdeoiisideral.lcprmetit-eiolhisiiueandhavebeensuceeaaf.il. CASTRATION I also took a special course ol insirwcuon at Toronto in ndK.mif and m.ui ralserv.a e-irai! jii and in spa vine, and have traveled wlih and taken Instructions trom and aiaist rd some of the most flierssfnl operators tn this line in the l ulled Slate. 1 have adopted tncirniuat humane and successful uielhti mad am supplied with tbe most approved and safest fat-bole. 1 am read up in anatomy and am supplied ith instruments for anything I meet with in opera ting. hence I am prepared to do letter and safer work than thtaw not bavin bad these advantages. I guarantee saii-niLtioii in mosteverv operation, or make no charge. 1 consult in my practice some of the most eminent vetereuarvs in the I '. R, Canada, and JuigUtntl. i eau in many cases .rive advice and prescribe without seeing the patient, or by letter, by stating reneral svmpt.wns and giving lex, age. o.lor. and of how long siandiug, aud what treauneul, If any, has becu resorted lo. ic. ( hargex Ur this, ft. Invariably w wli'tmrr. I will go some d Mane for a club of ei'hl, Kidgling or Ilennlaed oolta or any other work that wlUiustifv. Write me for circulars, rale, Ac. T Tf""T"Tf 1XT T. VTT? T 1 dw " kinds of auctioneering. Have hail six years ea- AUv X JZ,X-,JXAi VJ periency, and have listened losomeof the best au.-UoneeTs In the 1". 8. and Canada, and caught on to thtlr best ways aud met h.sls of holding a crowd au.l solic iting bids, l'lcntv of talk, life aud euerer. Country and live stock sales a specialty, sobriety, punctuality and satisfaction guaranteed. Charges beyond competition. Give me a call iu this di rection. 1 will save aud make you money. I can be found at home, aud ready to go, at all times during the next three months exoeptlng on Tuesday and Saturdays of each week, at which tunes I ill be at iiendlord ur auyder s ttrug Store. Somerset. ,, In acutedisease and diseases of colts, and ofthe respiratory organs, and in para.ysis, diHieul parturittou, fractures, injuries. 4c. come at ones. A aurplv of best uietlicinea always on band. Charges reasonable, and in case of death I w ill be liberal. Address TP'CTIMnVTAT Q About yearn ago I had a heifer that broke her hind leg be A iVO 1 lVi W. l"lwkJ . tween the knee and pastern. I called ou Mr. Countryinin. He set the leg. baudaged it Lc. and gave directions how to treat It during hot weather. Made several VL-lts. The icggot as well aud straight as ever. JvliS HAY, Jefferson Iwp. Mr. Countrynian did Uiduling castration for me. The operation was skillfully and quickly done, and the animal lived and did welL He also did other veterinary work for me. He is read up in the anatomy and practice of Veterinary M euicine and Surgery. Mr. Countrvman is a useful man in tbe accmunity, and should be liberally patronized. H. H. FUC K, Gettysburg. Pa. G. F. Countryman, V. S., "T-"sSS,.fii.wo-E0 m Jas. B. Holderbaum, HAS Jl'aT RECEIVED Huncli & ALL STEEL FEAME SPRING-TOOTH HARROW which is a wonderful improvement 'n SPRING-TOOTH HARROW. Teeth quickly adjusted ly only TOOTH Ever Invented. The tooth is held in raxilion bv a Hatchet, with which it ran 1 ailing. itl so as to w.-ar from 15 to is indies off the point "of the ta.th, which is four or rive times as niiu-h wear or serviiv as ran I obtained from any Spring -tooth harrow in existence. luu a ii. i examine tins narrow, JAMES B. HOLDERBAUM Have Your "A." SHOWING SPECTACLES Properly fitted to the Eyes. P. L. CASE DEER, NEFF & CASEBEER Has been to Cleveland. Ohin mi a h '- , i t1; T-. 7 under Julius Ivng, M. p., ou how llHIVnASOn A fill! lina vf oil I siatu v auei 1C3 Oi SPECTACLES AND EYE-GLASSES. Also, a complete set of Test Lenses, to test tbe Eyes. Give us a call. We guarantee satisfaction. No charge for testing eyes. NEFF & CASEBEER, JEWELERS AND OPTICIANS. Somrscct, P1 JxPL.1 PaTARRH. Best Ea.irt to uie. rM T.TJf 'At ta """ediaie. A cure Is ctnaiu. lor ( I U i44aamBWOsB H ia an Ointment, or ahM, a noiirils. lTice,5uc iSol l by Adureta, 1891. Brown Stallion. 15.3 i-iirh liJO- Rerort iW. Sim of - r """a" Kir dam ! .V... -ai - --- i,w Andrew jrH. - - ' M- ' . in .auer . ,.. Litrlit Bav. 15 hands high, will weigh .T-T... H,i.m( hi. f -.L ha l.v Maiu'Tino Ilf 11. s-u.l dam to tatty KuMe. aain m R .-h Bay, 2 Years old. ui be 16 hmnS. byOroKjwrt . Record by bel- . . t.rull. '114. Dm o Bl- Boawn. Imported Clyde Draft Hons elhlTH J,to)tinda, ba proved v. . . , : . Mm.r.tt,. mtfr Hia Teax- ieould " wj hr,lnJ would eomins four-yearold. To rro orwiiy. " " more m the start, but U Uwaaiejouw.il rcaoje bred atoek. Insurance $14. weighing i.Soo, got by Invaru s that weighed ZUO. Hn dam was a Nigger mar Th two horw eut more money than an Insurants illX that weighed 2.J0. Hia dam was a Hlgget mare Th two horw euat more money than any luaurants i'.O. A CAU LOAD OF THE JDrumgold lotisoiiing one nut. The best HOLDER Eyes Tested. OF THE FIRM OF luacu a iuu ccsne oi insiniciion to fit Spectacles properlr, and has 1 ' SHOWING SPECTACLES Improperly fitted to the eyes. n an.ii u. . i t droKU V7nb" wail I E. T. Uaui.ti.nc. Warren, Pa. ay il HORSEMEN L. M. Woolf & Son, HAVE ERI.-KTiyK.s- NW IX TDK Boys' and Children's DEPARTMENT ! We arc deep in the work of fitting out the boy and 'in'..' one; fitting them for school, for charch, for play, with bright, mat. Im.Ume and serviceable garment?, all new, Bianufactured for u aud dolivert-d to our Stock room at an original co?t 2- per cent, und.-r price pai l lv i' smaller dealers. This nutans much frcn those who buy from ns Tin., Money, Patience, all three are saved by trading where values arc cons.',, ered. L. M. WOOLF & Son, n KmJ HOW MANY GRAINS OP CORN TH22S k22 C2J FI7TE2:: ZA21 THOMAS, KARR; & OGILYIE, The Clothing Hustlers of Johnstown, give a guess, with every puniia.-o on the number of Grains of Corn their windows, and tho party who to it between now and SEPTEjMBER 1st., will be entitled to the Elegant Tiano Don't fail to TET TOUR LU CK as everybody has the same chance. make the John Thomas & Sons', JOHjSTSTOWjN", pa :z--ULAJSIMOTH STORE, 240 to 248 Main Street, Is one ofthe wonders of Johnstown, Department "A" are Dry Department " A" arpets. Department D, lotmng, Hats, and .burnishing goods. Department u E," Groceries. Department " F," Feed Fcr Good Gccds, Cheap Gc:ds, and Ssasciuth G::is, They cannot be excelled. An " dour-ting Thomas lUEADQTJAKTERS FOR COUNTRY PRODUCE. FOR 83 Franklin Street, TOHITSTOWIT. Cinderella Stoves and Ranges ! --;:s... i - - 4 ii.J.-i , c v. . v t A - ? : S t i 1 i rT7V - W 1 : U i V 1 i' yr -. r . V . CINDER ELLA-A. The best const rute.1 Cooking Stove upon the market, and (il'ARANTKKI) to iiveec tirs satisfaction. Tbe Utp is rucl in four pit-ets", that it -ann.-t crack. Tli cnJ pier is cut in two ami supported by a post, which prevents it from war. in. It !u- " fI' tra deep ah pit with bailed ash pan. and ia so eons' ructeil that the ashes cannot nx-utno-late under the grate, which is the chief canse of so ruaiiy grates burning oat. BRICK OR IROX LISISGS, DOUBLE LIDS ASD VEST RES, EXTRA LAS'-S AXD HIGH OYESS. Examine tbe Cinderella u A" before purchasing. Manufactured by DeHAYE.V i CO, Limited, Pittsburgh. Bold and guaranteed by JAMES B. HOLDERBAUM, Somerest Pa. Thomas' Phosphates are manufactured to produce results. The manufacturers are w:e enough to know there is no better or surer way or increasing sales than by giving their customers saiisfactiun. To this end have tbey al ways worked. All tbe experience that 23 years can bring to bear on tbe suhjtxt, both as manufacturer of Fertilizer, and as a practical farmer are employed in the making of Thomas' Goods. Coupled with this are the extensive works ofthe Company, with every modem im provement. It is beoeuie of these facilities and faew that the Thomas' Bone Fertilizers Are highly recomcoeQeai como so strowcly ftustr . t anteed. Se ou? Kats thrtQghout your county, or aJ Iress, I.P. THOMAS & SON, PHILADELPHIA, PA. 5 t - it en i -L-Uk. on the fifteen ears iu the sealed jar in guesses the correct amount, or nearest now on Exhibition in their windows The farmers, however, ought io best iruesses. with its Several Departments. Ia GfXds In Department li, lioots and buocs. la In examination will convince the most of omerset County. ! Churns, Crocks, Tubs, Pulleys, Baskets, Halters, Glass, Paints, Rope, Cuttlery, Glue, Oils, Tools, Pump, Wire, etc. GO TO Welflin & litiata DE.rt.Ess iy General Hardware, Housa Furn ah ing and Electrical Goods.