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Th AlU&rae Jo3?e in Kansas who
nTer read law and overruled tke Su
preme Court of U, fcUte, bu been called
down by the Utter body acd is now
feasting on LumWt; pie. He ys be
didn't know the law wa ain"him.
Govntsoe Cami-keu. La tbe lirelie-t
gbt on lit b.ndi tLat ever an Oak)
Democrat faced- He not only bu Mc
Kinley to meet on the Uriff L-ae, bat
Fherm& on silver, Fotr on the Nation
al expenditures, and Foraktr on State
beat. Each of these i an expert and
knows the whole history of hi specialty,
and no jack-of-all-trade will be able to
Und cp before them very long without
exposing kia weakness.
Th Secretary of the Kansas tut
Board of Agriculture re porta that the
wheat crop of that Siat will exceed u5,
00,000 bushels. Jf th'm is correct,
Kansas had better call home Sockk-ss
Jerry, ere he destroys the credit of the
rotate by insisting that her people are
all paupers and enable to pay their debt.
This year's crops will convince the Kan
ansthat it pays better to raise w heat
than to go into politic under the k-ad of
each aaen as her now famou ion, Jerry
Simpson.
Aerosol; to the Report of SecieUry
Edge, of our State Board of Agriculture,
Pennsylvania is blessed with the largest
wheat crop it has Lad for many years,
lie put this remarkable yield at over
22X0,CXI bushels, which, with wheat
Loverisg around the dollar mark, is
equivalent to that many millions of dol
l&ro in the pockets cf our farmers. Add
ed to this, there will be a good yield of
Oils and hay at least, an average crop
w bile corn and potatoes are most prom
ising. Take the crops all around, and it
is evident that our farmer friends are in
great lack and can take things pretty
easy the coming wintar.
Thi Democrat ef Ohio realize the
hopelessness of their ght against Mo
Kinley and are trying to g4 op as a side
issue a fight between Sherman and For
aker as to which fha'l be elected to the
Senate. Bat Sherman and Foraker both
refuse to make a scramble for the office.
Sherman has served Ohio too long and
too faithfully to now make a fight for his
place. The State will honor itself more
than it honorj him now by returning
him to the Senate, There will be no
Bide issue in Ohio this fa!L McKinley
will lead a united party against free
trade, free silver, free whisky, and an
income tax.
'What a vast difference it makes as to
whose ox is gored: When John Eards
ley said that he received interest on the
deposits of public funds made in the
bank of which Governor Pattiaon was
then President, and the Governor dtnie 1
it, content', content! cried the Govern
or's friends ; he has denied it. Put when
Auditor General McCamant was charged
with receiving from Eardsley a portion
of the money paid by certain newspapers
for public printing, and be denied it,
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prosecute him ! prosecute him ! It is
very evident that political capital, not
even-handed justice, is whs', these virtu
ous gentlemen are rtriviaj for, and to
them it matters much whose ox is gored.
If there was any one thing that carried
horror to the heart of the downtrodden
Alliance men, a brief time since, it was
the unholy "trusts" enginered by specu
lators and monopolist. Sad to say, the
virtue of the Alliance men has given way
to the temptations of bad example and
filthy lucre, and now comes the an
nouncement from St. Paul that "circulars
are being sent out for the purpof of fur
thering a national movement by the
united Farmers' Alliances of the country
to 'corner' the entire wheat crop of the
United State." In other words, the
Alliance people are attempting to unite
the farmers of the country -in a gigantic
wheat "trust," Of course, every farmer
in the land is justifiable in procuring the
highest price he possibly can for the pro
duct of his farm, but we advise them to
beware of entangling alliances with a set
of men who loudly denounce in others
what they themselves propose to prac
tice. Ot a Democratic friends have discov
ered, or rather invented, new argument
against the McKin'ey bill, which is that
France will not send exhibits to the
Chicago Fair, because our tariff law
make Tery diflicult ail trade between
France and the United States. What a
terrible infliction this would be! The
product of the world w ill be exhibited
at the fair, and if France refugee to make
an exhibit, w hose loss will it be, hers or
our s ? Bat these free trade, anti-American
gentlemen, who are down on their
bellies crying to France not to punish by
ignoring as because of our tariff, are
themselves ignoring the Hct that France
protect her own industries by a tariff,
and that she absolutely prohibits the
importation of American pork, one of
our greatest product. The imbecility of
these free trade Democrat, a well a
their contempt for the intelligence of the
American public, could not have been
more glaringly displayed than by thi
illy attempt to alarm our manufacturers.
Uos. B. W. I'eekiss, bate member of
Congress from Kansas, gives the follow
ing reason for being a Protectionist :
"I am a Protectionist because I am an
American. We should have Free Trada
among ourselves because we honor one
flag and are citizens of a common coun
try Bat the mac who builds no house
here, who pay no taxes here, who em
ploy no labor here, ho doe nothing
to contribute to our growth and to
our prosperity ; but who lives abroad be
yond the oceans, whence he desires to
bring his product, either farm or manu
factured, into this great American mar
ket in competition with ours he should
pay for the privilege ; and when he has
paid for the privilege we will cover the
money into the Treasury of the United
State, and with It we sill cancel our
obligations and carry on the concern of
government And I would do thi in
the name of patriotism and my country,
because I believe it right."
Th Ohio Democrat "put their foot in
it" when they placed planks in their plat
form in favor of the "unlimited coinage
of silver" and of an "income tax." The
Mugwump and Democratic papers in the
East are now busily employed in at
tempting to prove that they "didn't mean
it" The fact of the matter is, the Itemo
crai of the West and South are saturated
with the free silver craze, and those of
Ohio were afraid to stem the current
DoubUoss, too, they are relying to a great
extent upon the silvei kiosts to farnirii
them with ih sinews of war, and they
ere constrained to the openly avow
their approval of the specula5:rs' scheme
to debase the ctirrency. Ohio is to" be
the battle-ground thia fall for position ia
the great rtrugiie of next year, and the
people of the ectipe country will watch
with absorbkig interest the result of this
"feeler" of public sentimeat in favor of
incorporating in the Democratic National
platform of 15?2 a declaration in favor of
unrestricted silver coinage and a re
enactment of the odious income tax.
Governor Campbell is already attempting
to dodge the it&oe, bat he will discover
before the campaign ends that he and
Lis party friends cannot blew Lot and
cold with the name kreath, and that free
trade, free silver, and an income tax are
a top-he ry load.
Facts and Fres Trade Don't AaTre.
Tna tbe X. T. Pre.
The intt-rt centos bn.I.-tia announces that
we have SC.25 panpen in a total population
of 62 or one pmcper to svery &43 in
habitant. Consul General N'ew reported,
nnjer date of December 30 last, that the
Tniicd Kingdom of Gnat Britain and Ire
land had fyu.LM paupers, or one in every
38 pertoos in the population of 57,740,2S3.
Somehow the gam don't seem to agree
with what the free trade orator say when
be teas tlie American workiegman that the
workingtuaa in free trade England can live
as well on free trade wages as our people
can on protection wag. But facta and free
trade never did airree.
"The Billion Congress."
From the X. V. Ftw.
Our liemocraiic and Anglo-Mugwump
contemporaries are making or trying to
make a great deal of the alleged tad that
the appropriations of the late B-pcbUcan
Congress amounted to more than fire hun
dred millions of dollars for each of the two
years of it-- existence. As a matter of truth
a considerable fcbare of this money was ap
propriated to pay cp arrears of the former
Dtiri ocraiic administration.
But setting that a-ide, there is not a pre
text, hint or intimation by Iemocrat or
anybody e!se that any of the money thus
appropriated has been stolen or is to be ex
pended dirhoDes'Jy. The great bulk of it
goes out in wagf to mechanics, soldiers,
sailors, pensioners and so forth, makes com
fort in the families of the poor and keeps
money in circulation among businessmen
in the South and North. One of the largest
appropriations was made for the much
needed improvements in Galveston harbor,
the important seaport of a State which
gives something hse 'Ji),') Iemocnuic
m jority.
And the bulk of this money, thus circu
lated among wage eanurs, is collected
through the custom houses, from men and
womhn who are rich enough to wear im
ported clothes, indulSe in imported jewelry
and fill their houses with uroan bric-a-brac.
Such U the truth about "The Bil
lion." An Unprotected Industry.
AmerH-an Kcju.:n:5t.
Bricklaying is undoubtedly unprotected.
There is no duty on any style of brick ma
sonry mentioned in the Tariff, and briuk-
layers, stonemasons, phiners, carpenter-,
I plumbers, roofers, 4c., are told that Frotec-
! lion is Of co value to them ; that on the con
trary, as it increases the co-t of what ttiey
consume, it is detrimental to their interests.
In the coarse of an article on "Glass and
the Tariff"' by the Hon. R. G. Horr in the
TnljHue, it is mentioned that the new glass
factory at Irwin, Pa., required for it con
struction 4.C1.'X red brick, I,5u0,i) fire
brick, and i.t ton of fire-clay blocks. Ail
masons and builders know that between
murtar making, tending and bricklaying
ts.MJ days' work were required in laying in
red brick, and nearly the same amount of
time setting the gre-elay bricks and block' ;
so that this one fictury must have given
13,000 days' labor in bricklaying and 10,000
The numerous gia-s works kciit in this
country heve forced "the prioe of plate gia
down, so that now a purchaser can bay
better plate glass, made in the Unite! States,
for 75 cents per square foot than be couid
have bought when the manufacture of it be
gan in this country for $2,25 per square
foot," according to Mr. Horr.
And although everyone knows that there
ha been a great fall in the price of glass since
the duty was rais-d m-irly 30 years ago, so
that, in lact, any one can now go into a store
and buy half a du&.n tumblers, Aiding each
one to see that it is sound, at a less rate per
doz-a than j'jbbi n paid by the ckage on
foreign count, with no allowance for break
agein spite of lliis fall in price, the brick
layer's wife will be told that the tarifTin
creases the cost of her glassware.
The Chinese Outrages.
s Fatsnsoo, July 4. Lieatenant Com
mander Marthou, of the United States steam
er Palue, writing from King Kia.ng China, to
his wife in this city, under date of June 8,
says the Faloa reached there June 6. Learn
ing that a riot had taken place at Wusich
the night before, be immediately proceeded
np the river to that p'ace, where he received
information from the Chinese custom clerk
of the killing of two men by rioters. Mar
thoa visited Sione, accompanied by guides
from Chinese gunboats, and found the body
of M issionary Argent lying where be fell in
the gateway at the door of the church,
which had been pillaged by rioters. The
body of Customs Officer Green was found
lying in the street several squares distant
The body had been covered by mats. Mar-
thon requested permission to take" the bod
ies aboard the Palos, but was told that the
iftfjuest bad not been held. He alien Jed
the inquest next morning and describe the
peculiar method of Chinese officials in such
mailers, the inque-4 being devoted chi8y to
the beating of drams, explosion of fire
cracVers and other ceremonies.
The cause of the riot, be stated, was the
fact that Missionary Argent bad picked up
four little orphans in the country and was
convey ing them to Hangkow in the usual
fashion in baskets borne on the shoulders
of coolie. A street lounger asked one of
the coolie what was in the basket. The
bearer refusing to answer, the fellow raised
the lid, disclosing the children. The crowd
which had gathered raised a cry that the
missionary was taking the children away to
dig their eyes out, and or this attacked the
church, killing Argent and plundering the
place. Customs OScer Green was met by
the mob and killed while on his way to as
sist the wives of the missionaries.
On the return of tlx Palos from Wnsich to
King Kiang, word was received of an at
Uraj4ed riot in the city. Men were landed
from the Palo, from the F ranch frigate In
constant and German ship Otas to protect
the settlement, but at th request of the
Cbincee General, wbe informed the respect
ive consuls that he would protect the place,
the sailors were withdrawn. o outbreak
followed, but the American residents with
drew ffosa the city at Lieutenant Command
er Marlbou s suggestion.
In closing his letter, be says the Chinese
don't want reJig'-on, and that be has yet to
meet the first Christian Chinese. The na
tives appear to be troubled wherever the
missionaries happen to be stationed, no
matter whether church, school or hospital is
located, and there is also a sort of general
outbreak against foreigners.
Concerning the reports of the Lilihood of
a riot at Honkow. Mart boa writes that the
gunboats rorpoi-e and Viper art there, and
assUud by these, the Urge foreign popula
tion should defend the place without diffi
culty. Death In a Bee' Stlns;.
Aujjuks, July 27. The 11 -year-old son
of John Johnson, who resides a few miles
south of this city, was stung the other day
on the calf of the leg by a bee. The limb
sweilfd to CDormous proportions, and, in
i-pite of the best med ical attendance, the boy
died this evening. H had been in good
health, and his death undoubtedly resulted
from the bee sting. .
A Farm r" Wheat Trust.
gr. Pti u Miun, July Si. A gigantic
st-berae to -cotwt"' tl en fin? wheat tp of
the whole ewintry Las beta irrttd by t!.e
leader of the Fanrtrs' AHiar.re of t!i
I'n.ttd State. If ibe plan ucceds lis most
stupendous Trut of the it will he forcud,
and the price of beat will be forctd up to
an onparaiSeied figure.
Tbe scbeine involves .O.'aO bubels of
wheat, and is smiply tc bold back the great
er ef lbs until hutger ccnpeis the con
aumers of the world to pay the enormous
prk demanded. Circulars have alrea!y
bven bsued by the Alliance to 4-".X farm
ers since the beginning of 'Me mocth, and
.0ti more win b aeiit out this werk
Bcfore the mccth is out ever l,t'O.0fv of
these eirettlars will bsve been on broad
casa over the land.
The AHisact leaders hsve before this de
nied that tbey ware Uy iog to form a Wheat
Trust, but their circular is a powerful refu
tation of tbr denials. At the same time
these Alliance prophets have been predicting
a rise in the prkeof wheat, and have been ad
vising itfloentisl farmers in all sections of
the country to bold back their crops until
fall or early winter, in order to secure the
benefit of this predicted advance.
After proving that the wbeat crop in the
United States is goirK to be enormous this
year, the wily Alliance leaders hart pointed
oat the lact in their circular that the crop
in Europe has been a great failure. It is ex
pected that farmers will listen to Ibe siren
song that the wheat sharps are singing, and
make few and small shipments until late in
the season.
The circular, which was fettled by tbe
Alliance's pn-s bureau is an oracial docu
ment reads in part as follows :
" In at harvest time the condition of
winter wheat was report--1 at S snd c
sprisg wheat as V.K This year the condition
of winter wbeat is SC d and that of spi ing
wheat tri 2, or about 3 per ctcL less than
the final report of 154.
" As tha harvest cf 14, the largest we
ever had, was 511000,000 bushels, the last
Government report would Indicate a crop of
iOtriO.TO bushels, say 500,.t,tH) in round
numbers.
"The home consumption bas increased
with the population, and is certainly over
&3,0o0,0U bushels, probably 3-am',000,
which leaves us 1 Kv0o,oO0 tor expert.
- Daring the but ten ytsrs we cxportol
127.Ou0.0uO bushels yearly in average, of
which Europe received lo7,000.'. ?, and the
West Indies and South America 2 ,mpp.
This year we may have 13,000,000 more to
spare, which, however, will go to South
America on account of the reciprocity treat
ies, and Europe will receive tbe averr.e
quantity of about $107,000,000 bashels and
no more, as we have no reserves to draw
upon.
the caor xrr be "ooeyExro."
"This would make both ends meet there
if Europe had a good average crop, but
Europe has not a good average crop; in fact,
it has the worst crop failure of the century.
"That the crop di-aster is not local or
moderate or exaggerated can be clearly seen
by tbe action of the diderent governments.
Russia appointed a commission to investi
gate tbe crop damages, which reported whett
17 per cent, below the average and rye much
worse.
'There will be very few, indeed, unwil
ling to bold off to see what wiil become of
this move, a? in view of the situation prices
could never be lower ; but even if cne-haif
or more of the farmers should be persuarded
by the arguments of railroad and elevator
men to rush their wheat into tbe market
the rwuit would be tbe same, for if a con
siderable number of those who are in the
habit of marketing early bold back a little
while, the farmers' deliveries would fall
short of the requirements, and tbe effect
would be tbe same as if no wheat had !'--"en
brought in at a'.L
'There is, however, little danger that any
considerable number of farmers could be
induced to market their product in hot haste
at preent prices, as resolutions adopted hj
know their enemies.
"Tbe American farmer is ' Intelligent
enough to know that whoever markets his
products late in a year like this receives the
bett prices, and there is really no danger
that many wilt show enough sympathy with
the speculator to come to bis rescue."
BXSILT or TBI TKUST.
Tbe figures touching upon the crops of
this country and Europe are based npon
official estimates derived from tbe Agricul
tural Department The present price of
wheat is so lew that it seems highly prob
able the farmers wiil keep back their wheat
for a bigger figure.
This Wheat Trul will thus not only affeot
the farmers themselves but wiil push up tie
price of flour the world over and make itself
ftlt from San Francisco to St Petersburg.
.Weather for August.
Kev. Irl TL Hick's prophecy for Augnt,
to be printed in the forthcoming i-uo of
H'Waau Wjrti. is as follows : Atmospheric
and electrical disturbance doling the closing
days of July will have subsided, leaving the
weather fair and moderate during the open
ing days of August. A xtorm period is cen
tral on tbe 1'h, calling for rising tempera
ture about the 3d, which will grow in inten
sity until tbe beat is modified by tbe pas
sage of northwesterly storms on the 4th,
5th snd f.ih. The new moon on tbe 4th will
tend to precipitate -tbe disturbance within
3C hours of noon on that date, increasing
any earthquake tendencies otherwise ex
isting. Normally, fresher, cooler air should
follow until we approach the 10th, which
with th 11 lb, call for very high tempera
ture, with reactionary storms, reaching east
ern sections into the l.'th. Lower tempera
ture should follow.
Tbe loth is tbe central day of the next
storm period. Five days is tbe sverage life
of a atom period, tbe temperature always
rising and tbe wind current shifting to east
erly and southerly during the first half of
tbe period By tbe central day storm con
ditions, a rule, are ripe in the Wot, and
during tbe last half of tbe period they move
across this continent to the East. Low tem
peratures and high barometers break down
in front of advancing storms and follow in
the reverse orJer in their rear. Storms, there
fore, with very high temperature, may be
looked for from August ISth to 17th. After
this cooler oiys and nurbts will follow to
3 Kb, on which date and,the 2Lst reactiona
ry temperature and storms will aipar.
Cooler to about the a-ih.
The last storm period for A uguM is from
the rth to the ii.b. The 27tb is tbe cen
tral day. Many parts suffering with beat
and drought may look far partial relief
through lbs disturbance at this period. The
month will esd with a fair, bright day and
cool night
Jaly ap to the date of this writing bas not
brought as severe general heat and drought
as wss expected, bat very serions complaints
are reaching us from numerous extremes.
Many parts of the country havs been graci
ously favored, but by the end of August all
will feel the drought and beat that have
brought many parts of the eastern hemis
phere to the verge of famine and want
Very Costly Jealousy.
Zajufvuai, o, July 23. A drunken
teamster and tbe jealousy of bis wife have
cost C W. Underwood, of this city, about
1000. Mr. Underwood lost bis packetbook,
containing a number efpapvta, among them
many of w bich be bas no copy. They were
found by a teamster, who at once got drunk.
After showing bis find in ataloon. and lying
ia a haymow several boors to sober np, he
started for home and fen into a drunken
sleep. His wife went through his mrknta
and having fouad tbe pockstbook, which
also QOBfened several rest receipt!! and a
picture of Mr. Underwood's wife, the woman
at once arrived at th conclusion that her
husband was speadinz bis meani In snnnort-
- r
tug another woman under a fictitious name,
and In a fit of jealousy threw the pocket
book and its content into the Ere.
Highest of all in LeaveniES rower.
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ABSOLUTELY PURS
Death Ends a Prize Fight Near Mon
orgahela City.
Mo.voroaBrLa, Crrv, Pa., July 23. John
Myford lofet his hfs to-day for love of a pret
ty young woman, asd for tbe same reason
Heir Boyd is to-night an inrui'e of tbe Mo
Bonrahet City lockup, and to morrow will
be taken to Waahingtno to be tried at tbe
next term of court for felonious killing.
Myford and Uoyd were young miners em
ployed at B'airk Diamond, a few miles be
low Monongahela City. They were noted
for their industry and were leaders of the
young men of the neighborhood. It was
natural that they should be rivals at work
and in the sports of tha hamlet but their
rivalry was good natured until each fell in
lore with the same young woman.
That Boyd and Myford loved the same
girl became apparent to the goips of Black
Diamond some time ago, and it was not long
until it was generally known that whatever
friendship had existed between the men bad
disappeared, and that in its place was haired
and jealousy. Tbe young woman seemed
unable to decide between the two if, in
deed, he cared for either and there are
none in the community who find fault with
her.
Last evening Boyd and Myford met with
some friends. Some -erson mentioned the
name of the youn women, with whom both
were in love. This led to a dispute between
the men, and finally one challenged the
other to a fight, according to prize ring rales
to settle their quarrel. The challenge was
quickly accepted, and to day the men, ac
companied by eeconds and a iVw friends,
met for tbe Cght
Neither Boyd nor Myford was skilled in
the tactics of the prize ring; consequently
there wss no science. But it was evident
from tbe beginning that both men were ter
ribly in earnest. They rained blow after
blow on face, neck and body, and at the end
of the third round both were terribly pun
ished without either having gained material
advantage.
The fourth round ended the fight and
My ford's life. After a few blows bad been
exebangod Boyd struck Myford a heavy
biow on the Jugular vein. Myford fell in a
heap unconscious, and died a few minutes
later.
Boyd and the little crowd of spectators
were terror-stricken at the awful ending of
the fight They ced every means in their
power to re-tore Myford to consciousness
and worked with him long after life was ex
tinct. Boyd 1111 among the most active in
these efforts. When it became eviJent that
Myfjrd was beyond help the crowd separat
ed a few carrying Myforl to his home and
the otbera returning to their homes. No at
tempt wss made to arrest Boyd, but he
promptly surrendered himself to the nearest
constable. He has nothing to say, save that
be did not intend to kill Myford.
Forests Laid Waste.
MoMA.vrowif, W. Va., July 2!. The
West Virginia Agricultural Experiment
Station at this place has just issued a bul'.e
tn in report on the black spruce forests of
the State. These forests exceed 5- .
acres, and cover SO0 square niTes of terri
tory. The document deals especially with
the terrible destruction of late indicted by
in?ts. Tbe report states that the first in
dications the entymoiogist. Prof. A. D. Hop
kins, noticed of the ravages were in Ran-
Uiat county twice for the purpose of inves
tgi.ting the queer disease that was killing
thousands of trees on the Cheat Mountains.
In Tucker county, also, great numbers of
the dead spruce were noticed, bat the pe
tacle presented by the formerly magnificent
side of the Cheat Mountains was something
remarkable. Thousands upon thousands
acres of what was once valuable and hand
some timber now stands a dry, withered
and dreary waste. Some 73 1 J acres of this
land were leased to the Cheat Mountain
Sportsmen's Cinb, and the decay has eet in
right in the midst of their reservation. One
of the dead trees, at a height of 4,310 feet
above the sea, was at once attacked with a
hatchet Qd the Crct stroke thst laid the
bark open showed distinct traces of insect
life. The insects were found to be the dr
s'ructive scoIyti i:i-, hark and timber beetles,
which are known to have caused such great
d(irjcti'jn to the timber of France, Ger
many and Canada, and which arc now
thought to have laid so many thousand acres
waste here.
Years ago this dark, dismal section was
named "cjaJes of Death,' and to-day its
appearance makes the name sttm prophetic.
A small tree, abjut eight inches in diameter,
not quite dead, was next can-fully ex ami n
ed, when hundreds of insects were found io
have mined through the bark from every
side snd into the wood, thus checking the
flow of sap and ultimately killing the tree.
This had been going on for the past three
years, but had lately waned, and trees in
some places seemed to be recovering their
original health.
Toe entymoiogist wss amaze 1 to unex
pectedly find the cause of the stoppage of
the insects' work of destruction in the very
first young tree encountered. Hundreds of
small gnats were noticed hovering over the
trees attacked, and these u-ry same gnats
were found in the mines in the bark made
by the borers. The gnats were preying on
tbe borers, and un loul.elly this wise pro
vision of nature in increasing the number of
gnats will delay, jf not entirely stop, the
killing of the spruce. Tbe gnats, or para
sites of the scolytidic, were captured in great
numbers and are being carefully propogated,
Mr. Hopkin stating that there is no doubt
they can be successfully propogated and in
troduced into infected districts.
The value of tbe dead trees i; estimate! at
the very lowest as il,500,(Mi, and every effort
will be made, both by natural and artineial
means, to prevent the spread of the disease.
Miraculous Cures.
Kasxakik, III., July 27. The little vil
lage of St Anne, in this county, is tha Mec
ca of thoutands of devoted Catholics annual
ly, who come here from all parts of the West
to worship at tbe magic shrine of their pat
ron oaibt To-day over 2,500 pilicrims walk
ed through tbe dui'y streets to the stone
church, wherein msny miraculous cures
are reported to have been effected. Since 5
o'clock this morning priests bsve been sing
ing dim and offering prayers for tbe con
stant stream or worshipers. From Chicago
came over 1,000 of these pilgrims, among
whom were the lame, sick and blind, and
many of tbe afiiictcd claim to have received
great benefit.
Tbe altar was elaborately decorated. On
the level with the main floor was placed the
figure of St. Anne, with Ibe infant before
her, representing her in the act of giving aid
to all who sought it The shrine is proba
bly visited by 10,000 person annually, and
pilgrimages will be qnite frequent during
tbe coming month.
Cheap and Good.
I have twenty tons of Dissolved 8. C Bone
Phosphate, Standard goods, for sale at $13
per ton, for a short time. Must be sold.
Call at my store, see samples and leave your
order. ANo, fine bone meal.
G. W. Erailim, Berlin, Ta.
Fertilizers for 189:.
I will furnish any person at their ra'lroad
station fine Grouud Bone Meal at 31 per
ton, and course for $1.9. Send orders for
these goods early, and if the amount sold
justifies, they will be sold at a less price.
A. C Davis, Somerset, Pa.
U. S. Govt Report, Ang. 17, 1S39.
Fatal Shoatng Affray.
Wav5cssi's, Ta., July 23. In Washing
ton township, Greene county, yesterday two
farm bands, LeMorne Moore and M.ke
Thompson, employed by Mrs. George Keig
ley, bad returned from tbe cornfield and at
once went cpstair to wash and shave for
dinner. Moore sat down to rest and Thomp
son took a revolver from his trunk, pointing
it jokingly at Moore. The weapon dis
charged and the ball entered Moore's facs
immediateiy under the right eye. and pars
ing down through the bead, struck the ver
tahrae, thence lodging in th muscles of the
back of the neck. Moore fell to the floor,
apparently dead. Tbe young man is still
living, bat no hopes are entertained for his
recovery.
The Farmer Rejoicing;.
Wr-r Chute. July 23. Tillers of the soil
in Chester county almost to a man are united
in tbe belief that tbe present season is the
most bounteous in the way of crops that
they have experienced for a number of years.
The wheat hss been harvested and now the
osts are claiming attention, although some
farmers are ern through the oats harve-t.
The grass, while not so heavy as hist year,
bas made remarkably good bay, free of dust
and very nutritious- A few farmers have
threshed their wheat and tbe average yield
to the acre so far is about thirty-fire bushels.
Oats, potatoes, fruit and vegetable will be
far above the ordinary average.
A Liberal Proposition.
Who bas not beard cf that paragon of
family papers, tbe enterprising and popular
VFeet!.i Drtrvti Frrt Vew For a generation
its name bas been a household word, and it
has become a synonym for all that is excel
lent pare and eicvaiingin journalism. It
is delightfully entertaining without resort
to cheap sensationalism, instructive without
being prosy or iwiantic. Combining the
literary qualities of the expensive magazine
with the bright breezy characteristic of the
newspaper, it leaves nothing to be desired
by the sverage reader. It is looked upon as
welcome visitor by every family who reads
it, while thousands regard it as indispensa
ble and would on no account go without it.
An enormous circulation of 12.y copies
per week attests its wonderful popularity.
Recognizing the fact that there are those
who are unfamiliar with its surpassing
merits as a borne paper, the publishers offer
to send Tf.t Frrt Pro to them for the bal
ance of this year tover five months; for only
'ifi cents a club ofu- for ii 00 or a club of
In for iiCj. All our readers should sub
scribe st once. Send for free sample copy.
Take No Chances.
Daring the present heated terra, surroun
ded by impure wster and subject at any rxo
raent to epidemics, why risk your health
your happiness, and probably your life
when a simple, pleasant and most effective
preventative to human afilictiun, is at your
command. Physicians everywhere, and
nurses, will promptly aware you of tl.e ad
vantage of good, pure liquor, such a Klein's
"Silver Are," or "Daquesne "pare ryes,
goods that are without a compeer in the mar
ket nd tbe boa-t and admiration of every
one testing them. Ask yourr druggist or
dealer for them. The " Silver Ae " sell
for $1 50 per full quart, and the "Duquesne"
for $1 2. If they do not keep it, send to the
MtlaHt wm!pft'4 honor hon nf Max
kiein, 82 federal street, Allegheny. Vuu
find pure Gtxkenbeimer, Finch, Overholt,
and Gibson Byes, either at $1 per quart, or
six bottles for 1.00.
A complete catalogue and price list will be
mailed on application.
A Pas to Heaven as a Bribe.
Bi ffalo, X. Y, July 23. Claiming rela
tionship to tbe Prince of Wales and tbe
ownership of land in Pennsylvania, nobby
young John D. Clarke has been arrested in
this city chargt J with various small forger
ies. Philadelphia, he said, was his home,
and Pittsburg the residence of his richest
uncle. Incidentally young Clarke offered
Police Justice King "two free passes to
Heaven" if he would 1st him g-. Clarke is
evidently insane.
Johnson's Universal Cyclopedia.
Kev. W. F. Ulert : Having paid consid
erable attention to the matter of cyclopedias,
and having spent days in comparing the
Johnson with the Appleton, the Peoples and
others, I have no hesitancy in saying that I
decidedly prefer tbe Johnson as a general
book of reference. It bas proved a store
bouse of information to myself nd family
on all sorts of subjects. With a number of
cyclopedias ia my library, I consult tbe
Johnson a dozen times more than all others
corcbinej. Pet 11 Vogel.
Somerset, Pa., July 21, 101.
For ti-veral ytars I have teen examining
encyclopedias with a view to selecting one
that would be comprehensive, accurate, and
at the same time r.ot too voluminous. John
son's Cyclopedia Seemed from the first exam
ination to be what I wanted and in every
cax; in which I have referred to it since pur
chasing I have been satisfied, and consider it
tic best, because the most practical.
R. P. Millie.
Homestead, Fa Dec 4, 190.
The Select Seashore Excursion via
Pennsylvania Railroad.
Thursday, Augut C, is the date of the nex
tonr to Atlantic City, Cape May, Sea Isle
City, or Ocean City, and the rate is the same
for each.
The excursion tickets good for ten days arc
to be oUI at a rate of $10 00 from Pittaburg,
anLat correspoedicgly low rates from other
stations.
A special train of Parlor Cars -and Day
Coache will leave Pittsburg at t;oO a. m.,fr
Philadelphia, stopping at all important
junction points, where connections will be
made with trains from branch lines. Pas
sengers wiil spend the night in Philadelphia
and proceed to the seashore by regular
trains or tbe next day,
Tickets will be sold from ststions named
below, and train schedule wili be as follows:
LEAVE
Johnstown.. .
Creawnn
AlUxxma..
Hollidaysburg
Bell wood
Clearfield
Philifsburg
Osceola
Bellefonte
Tyrone
Cumberiand
Bedford
II un tingdon ....
Mt Union
McVeytown..
A. M,
.11.03
..11.52
-11.10
.9.
.-102
..-10.4.1
...10.25
..-S.13
-0.49
P. M.
RATE
;.25
X.'iO
8.00
12.55
LOG
8.:0
8.15
8.25
SIS
1.13
7.65
850
8.5
7.10
6 so
20S
2 23
6 50
J ust at this season of tbe year a holiday as
prescribed by this tour is beneficial beyond
estimate.
Sutherland Convicted.
Eris, Pa., July 23. Be. Henry K. gutn.
erland, of Hazleton, has been convicted in
the United States Court cpon a charge of
sending obscene matter through tbe tnaila.
So confident was Sutherland of acquittal
that be started for Hsiletou last evening.
When the verdict came in bis attorney
moved for an arrest of judgment and a new
trial. Ilev. John Donohne, tbe Presiding
Elder, wbo alleged immoraitiea. the de
fendant was exposing through the offensive
circulars, wai to-day in attendance at Court,
and leading rnt. r,f 11 1
arrayed for anj against Sutherland. j
TO FARMERS, STOGKMEI JOBSEMEI
And others, of
J.Vf 9T9t v - "
f l-, inrusH".
i ix tie,, euro ai 1 r
h.Vs cifiein n W-o .bkt ia c-liloAe., Wv-aUd wiU .uer. A-ians. I -a 'f
&:jn r. i r-inlT,
n E N Tl STfl Y-fil ptflltSlwnMMiMTVl vt.. .0,1 irr.r.. u.
l?t,r.i.,.rJK1.; ,,.. ,,..n.! BTM-rvD tv'-.-...t wor ?! '. '-;n esi
hile b..U.s,J ,. Ac . a;; of ah... -are reawved by ciy rsU-t of oei.Jg w. u-.tb. Hns
OeVriCS-1-- i.-k.
feaKi -u.iajn .i.&l with ail rfine
I t,,oe h.t "merah! vnettt in u-.
tcTDinnN I ; t' -ivimi
wni I V: ..rl, .,,.4 1
si of -l.r mo-! -i-fH r.peraiar IB mil. l:.e in tr. Vi.,t-1 vju-. I toae ; t .,;t.r.)M
T n rrwi upiBai.ai.iyan-ja.i:i'pi!.luh inMrmi-f.i t a-vtl-n. 1 . iiii ia of. -Hi
r krw I am ;.reisJ w bvlter and frr . I baa lhwe u.4 a-ini l.ad ti" a.t
l.ri!ie l-!c:i. in m-t evrry oi-eralue. or .ken- -fcrev- l6.lnajfrLi
i CAO in ulu v cfc,T. 1; u,K-eU'i (iratTi -.. r ' ...... , - . -
rrarrai xmra'-ui'! --tn wx. t-e. fuior. acof ! i.-cif .:.I 5. aud I -ai U .J.
beet'reMted . 4e. 'hanr. (.ethi.. !. iarariaUr , . .v tht
I will tru U!jp t fcrf a tiu ef eitru, dri.! ur uerun-d eoJ any o-ior wort tal
wlj-t.iT. Vi r:- me ft cir-uir, ratu, , .
Altl It 1;,K.1N Li ,r,rii.T, aiid hTt L,u.d wff ire iat ac;-i
In theC. 8. n-(anaia. aad raiisht 00 to tarir brt way. and Kb.,l, of W. -tn.i
iiaiebi.K 1-l. ntv of ,. lte and enenrv. Country ad live .to. k -te. st-.ia.l.v.
jMir.ctaaUty an ! ;!far:a miariit5 Charge Uyond camllkia. Un mt aau iaaa
1 iii mrt and mace you vumrj.
t..i-l mi Vrfn-. ad rt-a.ir to
loan be found at home, asd r.ly wpttt
on Tu-.!y i eatonlay of eacu wetk, at w
1 Nttoruan of ear a wi, ai
"Ta t.r"irT''-a. tzi d;-a of coiu. and of tbe nvtraor ors. aa.'. in r r:r. d.SI
r.nuritioo. fraz-ttirvs l:i; ir-.rt. r.iT at aora. A au;f. ij bv--i d.t a.-4ji on eaud.
Caargot reaauuaula, ao.1 iu e w of dcaih i iiUix tibrr. Al !rr
wpCTIA f nVT A T C . Aboot 'mnufoX hadatteler that trr-xe her Mad
I C.O 1 l.ML.M.-.,0 - tn the n atd i-:era. tcar.rdoo Mr. C.mnfyma.l lie
at the )- liidad It A .. and cave .lirwti.jtu hue u uxat a dar.nx -rwthe-. Mrt erai
ii IhegmMWrUaudu-tMTer. JuHS SAi',-BttaIia
Mr. fount ry man did Ridding "cawtra'ion for n The operation was skuifully and
iuickiv done, and tbe animal hved and did well, lie iJ dt 1 other vetenr.ary work for
roe. He ia rva.1 up in the anatomy and practice or Yeter.iisry Medicine and Sundry. Mr.
Coantrvnian is a usefal man ia the commnniiy, and shoti!.l t l:h-ra!:y i-atn.rnzt.
H. II. FLICK. tiybirp. Pa.
Gr- r f O LAVAN5VIT1E, Pt P C. Bx, 21ft.
. F. Countryman, V. b., idaily mailaj
Jas. B. Holderbaum,
JIA3 Jl'sT r.Ef 'ElVED
Hencli &
ALL STEEL FRAME
SPRING-TOOTH HARROW
wiuca is a woiKu-n.il i:i.r)4-iiH-iu in
SPRING-TOOTH
iiAKKUVV.
Teeth qnitily a-!j'tte.l ' y only
TOOTH
Ever Invtiiti -1. The t..t'n N 1..-1.1 in p'ition hy a Ratchr. wiih wh;, 1; it can ailj'j?t-
A si f , . vu. r-.r,, 1, f,, S ,,.. , ttV J ; f, Tl,fc , V , -l.i4k fM ( , . tt W UMM
asni j. ii w-:r .r s. r iv us i-n be is.Uu-.l injm ai.y s.prin,r-Krth hrrvw in existence.
Call and examine this H-rrow,
JAMES B. HOLDERBAUM
Have Your
'A." SIIOWIXGr
SPECTVCL1IS
Properl-fitted to the Eyes.
P. L. CASEDEER, OF THE FIRM OF
NEFF & CASEBEER
lias lecu 10 Clerctad. Olio, and bicn a a fH ceurw of kiuaction
SPECTACLES AXD EYE-GLASSES.
Ahu, a complete set of Test Lenses, to Uat the Eyes.
v - j 1
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Give us a call. We guarantee satisfaction. Xo charge for testing eves.
NEFF & CASEBEER,
JEWELERS AND OPTICIAXS, Somrscct,
Pn P'T3 REMEDY FOR C ATA R'nJI. Bet. Is:sst to n. ir-J ,
t I rn''' '" tt- I it has no sii,l. I j
II It i
1 ao Oimnu-nt. of (hu h
ri Price, one. Sold hr
Aairea.s
J nos:
Pain's Marvelous Spectacle!
THE FALL0F POMPEJI
Kccreation Park, Pittsbursb, Pa.
I'rery Tnesday, Thundir and Saturday, llegiuulug
SATURDAY, July 25th,
And Continuinjfvr FIVE WEEKS.
Pour Hundred Performers,
Magnificent Costumes,
A Stag 100x200 Feet in Size.
',
TIkj eruption of Vesuvius and tLe tlcttruction of Fompeii. to be
followed bj a magnificent display of firewoiks eucli ettnin r ,
Cheap excursions on all railroads, ' r ?
Tickets good two and t.hreedaj according to distance.
W,?1il cb !U
taja. Children take it
Somerset County !
u i.itrac-.-oM ews.teai
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i It. a.--1 is ")-..? ;r.ng t.nzij&r.
ir -rr'.ii'! rtta. or iri(.t.u:
wmi Hi-mjto. mum-. -r.
while at TVmnto. W la tbi. uf rrr p-.
tr-t Iritni2. nt th-rn.uMcen.eitt of i icuil
and ha I n i r.nl.
iir t,l vi-irw M ivl-i -!u ' auj id,ui-
. : r. A i::r'ut.flLi Ir KT1 A-.'l .!-
all bases dorr e w ra,'lu1".,'rII":'
wiuca unnn 1 11.1 at 1
- .ck Ddki
A CaU IXAD OP THE
Drumcrold
n o a
k$$$H$tkr
1 eiiin; otw nut. Th.- U it
HOLDER
Eyes Tested.
afvy..:; i v.-ti j j
VN J
&IIOWIXG
Improper- fitted to tbe eyes.
a r.r.., 1. 1 . .
drurri - t. ,.r m,i"
t. t. Iiazu.ne. Wairen. Pa.
- Heaaant and srpeabie to the l-
withoot biecaon. Br Jrnr-sta. i
L: M. Woolf & Son,
HAVE Clklri TIMES NOW IX THE
Bovs and
. - - y' ....
Children's
DEPARTMENT !
"We tre deep ia tLe wort of Citing out the boj. z-i ,.
Citing them for school, for charch, for plar, with Lri-'.t. :.. a:. ;.Us ,
and Eem'ceaLle garments, all new, maaafuctured for a. a:..i
our Stock room at an original cot 2-5 percent. und?r priv i a; ..
smaller dealers. This aicaos much from tLo?e who lay f;
Moner, PatienccaH three are saved lv traiin- where va!i . ...
a7 3 " - .
ered.
L. M. W00LF & Son,
HOW MANY GRAINS OF COF
THOMAS, KARR & 0GILV1
The Clothing Hustlers of John-town, give a guess with evorr t :r .
on the number of Grains of Cora on the fiiteea cars in t!:-i :! j ';
tLeir windows, and the partv who guersea the correct aniium:. r zi
to it l-etween now and
SEPTEMBER 1st
will be entitled to the Elegant Piano now oa Exhibition in their wis;
Don't fail to
TET YOUR LUCK
03 everybody has the same chance. TLe unacr?. however, a:::.
ciaie the let sr-iesses-.
John Thomas & Sons
JOHlSrSTO WN, PA
240 to 248 Main Street,
Is one of the wonders of Jhn-town, with it.. Several Pvpartaenti. '.
Department "A" are Dry Goods In
Department " B,'' Boots and Shoes. 1
Department " A" arpets. In
Department 44 D," lothing, Hats, and Furnishir.g :cxxl
Department 44 E," Groceries. Department " r ,' Ied.
Fcr G:d G::ds, Cheap G::ds, and Ssrczalh G:::
They cannot be excelled. An examination will convince ti e z
u doubting Thomas ' of Somem-. Countr.
JSTHEADQUARTEES FOR COUXTEY FRODUCE.
FOR
83 Franklin Street,
JOH1TSTOW1T.
Cinderella Stoves and Ranges
a " j V i V':7:T.i
ain .ui."ii "'" ' -' - " T "--" j - ,
v; . saw,,. s.-j 1 .... ; ,' : :
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CINDERELLA A.
The hrst const rKtd Cookine Suve upon the market, and (it'AR VNTKK.i.' ';n
tire satisfaction. Tbe top is mail id tnr ao thai cantivl c-a 1 v
piece is cat in two an.J iipportfi by a p-t, whico prevents ii frvm w-.i-.ir.'. it
tra dp ash pit with bai:d ash pan. and is to consiructrd that tbe iir.::'.'' vt'
laU onUer the (rate, wiuch is the chief cauae of so many grab burun i.:(.
BRICK OR IROX 1LXLSG3, DOUBLE LIDS AMD CESTRES. EXT 2.1 L
AXD 1IH1U 0TESS.
Examine the Cinderella "A" before parchaaiag. ManciactareJ by DeUAV"1'
Limited, Piltshargh. Sold and guaranteed by
JAMES B. HOLDERBAUM, Somen-t. P:
Kri
inj:er k Kurtz, Lerlin. Pa
i p. TiiorxVS sox & co.
For the same reason you don't tie np noar horse t ;
emjty manger for months at a time, you don't wan! t .
in jo;ir wheat this fall without an ample .quantity o!'!'1'
enough to grow a full crop of wheat and smvcedi:
grasa. To supply this plant fool in the proper sl:are
oar basine??. We say prr shape Lvcause mo?t a:iyl.i'
can mli a little South Carolina rock and Kainit tr-jretif
and call it fertilizer.
Bat 23 years experience, with oar complete f.u iliti'.j.
enabled n.i to make fertilizers that will produce the 1
results ; there's no question about it. You'll say so. t'"'1- i'
you've used our poods and if you haven't, you can n-t t!i :
and all desired information from our aireuts. Tlie TLoH.a
Phosphates are standard, and thoroughly guaranteed.
FOR SALE BV
J. II. SOUPER, Johxstowx, Pa.
feTEVAXUS & MA UST, Ti b, Pa.
J. J. ZIMMERilAX, StoyesOwx, Pa.
J0XAS STEVANTS, Etnux, Pa.
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