The Somerset
EI'WARD SCCLL, Editor and Proprietor.
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WEl'XESDAT.-
aBgust , J"M.
REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS.
Election, Tuesday, November 7th.
FOR E JVDGZ.
D. J. BORNES. of Si-tRcrset Ko.-ot.i.-h.
rOP. f-HERir'F.
EPA'ARIi L'OuVE?.. of Ir',.n Kor.wxK.
f.-u i'i;i;rnoN'.TAKV,
F. r. sAYl.oti. f Sw borwiirri
FOR EEM.-TER NT RETOKI'ER,
JACoB S. !IU.KE,of giini.h'i:unglp.
FOE TEKA-SffcEB.
E. E. PUSH, of ?..Ker-.H Tv. p.
F"R o.;i::-:oELs,
. T". MI'TiKIt, nf Srfrfvl Tap.
HO'KV F. K EN nr. c-f .-.uii-rwl T fc,
f.ik iMoa i:kk:T' 'it,
JA'OB :rJEE'."ii.f f:a.!t!f,
F li At !'iT !;-.
!-AMt"KL C. FCX. fc.rtl)i.
h :;.i.iaM w. isaklp.. t.f f im.-r-: t b.
To years 820 an 1 one year a;o every
man w ho wanted work could g--t it and
rrt well pail fjr it. How is it cow?
1 teriiycraU t:.y it is " the robber tariS""
and "the silver biii," but both were then
laws as well as r. w.
Speakec Ci::w has : ;; ir.ted bis com
mittees and cast:..! glance at the list
shows that tlie c-nti-tiun "who wore the
prey" are on t .;. The Sitttli i.-i in the
saodle and will f.!:h( and cmt'ol the
ieji"lati"n of ;!:! en'Jritry.
Ti House having aispo
,f t'
he sil
ver ;?!e?it;uii, the Senate will dawdle over
it fjra couple of we ks, prubab'y for a
tuoiith, liefore viulng t a vote. Mean
while tiie Democrats of the llon'e will
prepare to z'-'
McKinhv tar: J ila
Wnn.E niiiii -lis of workmen are out of
-:i:p!'.yi!ierd and uiaty of them iookirj
forward to .ir.c!i:fi; poverty during t.'ie
coiuir.? w iiitt-r, tin- h-aderso! the Democ-
rai v are shout'r;: Sri.ash
tne
D-iwn with pmtiv-tior: !
1 e; !e are cry in? f r br-.-j
tarv o:r-rs th't;i p. s:c:;-.
The labrring
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r.c-t t:
all
('nvetiti m
'e..'ne.ia i
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:.' t l-dav
at n-vjn. It is r-neraliy comled thut
Jade Fell, of rhila h-'phia, w ill be the
rorninee fr uprnne Jadjje, and Col. S.
M. .Jackson, of Ars.strini county, fur
Suite Treasurer. This w ill make an ac
ceptable and strong ticket and its election
by a very large msj.jritv is already assur
ed. Is ronking up the coaiiiii'.tcf s of the
Iloue !eaki-r Crisp assiried lion. J. !.
llitksto the 'Coiiimittee on I'atect
and oa Levees arid injprovenie nts of the
Mississippi river." llota, are n'k-e, easy
c-otaaiitteis ti.at K-ldotu do anythir.? but
crpauue.and Mr. Hi: ks will therefore
liave a g'iod deal of time that he can de
vote to the exacting demands of his con-i-tituents.
Iv fonuit'.c the t ouin.lttee on MVays
and Means," from which must emanu'e
ail Lar.;i legislation, Speaker Crisp 1 :.s
rovided arainst all contingencies by
giving as near as he could two-thirds of
the Committee to the free trailers. Ti e
Committee is composed of seventeen
members, eleven of w hom favor f r e
trade or ''tariff reform," and six are l'ro
Urtionists. The "rob!er taril!'" is bound
to be smashej.
Anothm: week has been wasted bv
Congress in tiik ; talk. The bulk of the
fpeerhes male during the week were
ma le to vacant deks and seats. TI ev
were simply male f-r liomeconstmption
to tickle the ears cf admiring c"::titu
enfs. livery in lustrial interest of the
country EV.fr.-r. while their S'-c.-dle.i
''representatives" make buncotu spt-ech-es.
Attion, aeti m, action is what the
country seeds and wants, not talk.
Ir reeds but a glance at the Chairir.na
f'.ip nf trie c jmsiiittees in the House, as
announced by Mr. Speaker Crisp, to sat
isfy the most oltise that the South is
ain in the si 1 lie. The tl -ures canr.ol
be ignored. Ti.e South will shape and
coi,tr-l legislation; fourteen out of liflet-u
S jf.thern States Lave b-en
en Unrtv-
t wo chairmen, while the live Iiastern
and Middle States get eleven and thetive
Western Sta'es twelve. It is not our fu
neral, but the fact is self-evident that the
Northern Democracy is in the same state
of vassi!?.ge to the South that it occnpUd
'"1k-:o the wall."
Wednes lay last Hon. J. D. Hicks
male bis maiden speech in the IK use.
He is a fi.i::t but gouiewLat iiscurs:ve
talker. The sui j- ct l:j:il of ti:e sil
ver purchasing ;!au-e of the Shera.m
Act ha 1 p -evionsly been discus:? 1 at
Iccth inal! its pluses, t;o that our Con
gressuiaa hal but little opport joity to
at.d to the general stock of knowledge i n
that Mir-jecL ' C'f course he announced
himself in line w ith Lis I: -publican col
leagues from this State, in favor of re
peal. We presume the public will Lear
from Mr. Hicks quite frequently as the
Scsssion grows older.
V E are frequently asked, w hat is niear t
by free silver? It means that if, as now,
the government makes acuin contair.ii:,:
grains of standard silver a l-.yal ten
der dollar, while that weight cf silver is
worth oniy sixty-four cents in the mar
let, the goverciuent should also (-on
any ipody's 412 grains of silver into a dol
lar, free of charge, and pive it back to
lum ; thus giving the profit cf coicagt
i '. cents to the man who owns the sil
ver. Any one can s. e what a r.ice spf cu
la'ion this would be to tiie silver miner,
orowner, at the expt nse cf the people
who are compelled to take t "e coin at its
fa.-e value.
fri-Kist.tn, the irrcpressitile Fpringer of
Illinois, who by gra. of Mr. Seaker
Crisp is now C hairman of the House
Committee on "Eur.kir.g and Currencv,"
giv.s it as Lis opinion that the Commit
tie w ill not report a bill in favor of the
ivj-ea! of the tax upon State banks. IVr-
f--ona.lv, he says that he dors cot believe
in "going bact to the days of the old State
banking sjstem and of being compelled
to fcave forty-f,nr kinds of currencv in
thisconntry." All of which goesio show
that Mr. Springer has some sound views
on finance, and spits upon ti.at part of
the Chicago platform whi.-h Jemands
the repeal cf the tax in favor of wild
cat money. True, we have not the most
chiding conudence in Mr. Springer's pre
dictions as witness his assertion on the
assembling of the prt-nt session of Con
gress that it would dispose of the silver
question andai'journ within a month,
but we takecomfjrt from Lis expressed
contempt for one portion .f Lis partv's
piati'onn, hoping that wbeu ot:e plank of
it is knocked out, the w hole rickety and
threatening aSiair w ill tumble to rteces
tboat the ears of its architects.
H I 1 On Monday afternoon t e roach di
LlilHl I ruaseJ mii very imrxirtant Question of
1 tbecnt:nueJ purclmseof silver by the
I government, end a'.so of the free coinage
ill LIlUL UifLft . H mriV.C-M. IW ' sus-
I loose of RfrpresecUtives is concerned,
by very . Wisive voie. The first propo
rtion fr contixioed roinape of s.lvt-r at
the ratio of 1 to 1, for poM, was voted
down, vtas -';, cays 22-". The 17 to 1
emecduieiit ras defeated, yeas l'H), nays
i'iO; trie amendment 1 to 1 was kst,
yeas r.ays 17'; 1-t to 1, by yeas 1'1,
tiays IT.S; -D to 1, yeas 121, nays -12.
The profosition to restore the Eland-Allison
Act was lost, yeas 13s nays 21:.
The bill for the repeal of the so-called
Sherman Act was then passed by 2 -','J
yeas to lit) rinys. There is scarcely a
.l.tubt that the bill will alao pass the Sen
ate, but it will probably le several weeks
Uf.,re that ".V.iiierative body Will take
anal ai tion. As our Democratic breth
ren have pers'io'etitly insisted that the ti
nanriiil dilliculties under hieh the
country is now suTc-ritig are solely due
to the silver purchafclni; clause of the
Sherts;;ia Act, it ;s Miu.-t devoutly to be
hoped that the action of the Ho'iis and
the a'tuoet certain concurrence of the
x-nate in the ab date rejeal of the law
will end the cxifting troubles and lead
to a complete restoration of public conli-uerii-e,
an easement cf the money mar
ket, and a restoration of business to its
norma! condition.
Se.vat.'R Vo-iRUee, of Indiana, is
Cliairman cf the Senate Comniiitee on
lir.ain-e.aiid has hitherto been known as
a blatar.t opponent .f National banks,
an advocate of free silver coinage, and
fuli of ail the other financial vagaries of
whi'-L the West is the pro! hie mother.
Lately, very lately, he has seen a great
light an-1 become converted, an 1 a few
days since paralyzed his former allies and
colleagues by intr. niucing a bill to repeal
ti.e purchasing clause of the Sherman
act an I allow ing National banks to issue
bills to the full par value of the govern
ment bonds de; osited in the Treasury to
Secure the same.
While the political world was still lost
ia won ler over his thorough change of
h-arf, or rather, over his avow ed change
of io!i'"y, the Senator took occasion to
etilighten the Sjuute and the country in
a set speech and then appeared the rea-
s .n for the milk ia the coroanut. Mr.
W-rhees is ijuite w illing to grant what
li,e country (.ie'j.an. is, a stop to the pur
chase and storing away of silver an-1 to
l -t the National banks -s.sue bills to the
Pr value of gjvernment lon Is ow ned
by tiiem, provi led he can thereby secure
th" repeal of the prohibitory 10 per
ccr.t. tax on the circulation of the State
banks. Iaother words he is willing to
pay almost any price that may be asked,
only so the privilege of issuing wild-cat
money 1 restored to the State banks.
This latest position of the Senate's chair
man on finance shows ujion what evil
days we have fallen, and why a.'HOHg
other reasons the country is undergoing
the jtiins and perl's of a financial crisis.
It is a patent fact that a majority of
the I emocrats in Congress arc ia favor cf
continuing the purchase of silver by the
g-ivernment, and the Macedonian cry,
"Come over and help us,v is daily ad
dressed to the Kepublieansby the follow
er of Mr. Cleveland in that body. It is
also patent to the country, as well as to
the Democratic leaders, that the Pole
L pe f'r the . repeal of the silver pur
chasing clause of t ie so-calied "Sherman
Act" rests on the vet s of the Kepubii
c m", and y t with the ss?n ranee, the in
s'ncerlty and the mendacity of Lucifer
himself, these Democratic leaders arid the
press of that party, lirst assuming that
the Sherman act is the sole cause of all
our present financial troubles and admit
ting that they are powerless to repeal it
w ithout Ilepublicau aid, turn around and
w ith partisan Uttene-us denounce it as a
Republican outrage, and w ith the fiest
breath Ins,. ch Uepuhliiaus to lay asid
all partisan feelic.g and ca-t their votes
f r its rejHMh If, hoAtver, li:e Kepuhli
cjii whos" vote is thm solicited dare to
reply, I will vote for the rejieal of the
law, but i lieiieve that our troubles do
n-it originate s-'h-ly from it, but larjely
from f ear of the threat to w ipe out the
protective features of our pre?;Rt tari.T
and tiius .lestroy our in-lustrles, he is im
mediately charged with putlisanshipaml
denounced Lir cousi iering party before
country. In other words, the Ieiyo:rats,
fir partisau purposes, allege as a fact that
which is not true, and then demand thi.t
Republicans shall be muzzled and their
votes delivered. The Democratic ass
.1. i
having fallen into a pit, its owners
Willi.
n it agree to Lave it ex'rlcated unless
those w ho are called to rescue it li ret sol
emnly agree that they are responsible
for the mishap.
Teacners Elected.
fcUXKtefr IoWN.-ll.i-.
The S.hool Ilr-c;or8 ofSjinerii t town
s iip met at the So:uere'. il..:.e, SaturJay
afltrriivyjn ior, the iurjsse of tiuphylz
teachers fur the schools unier their juris.hc- j
tior: fcr the ens ling year. 'Fallowing are I
i:.e r.ames, i-j-aiii:!s a':0 sa-aries ol those
euij l-ocl: l'W::tl li.l!, V.". A. Savior,
j-'- T : Frie-iens A-lvancrd, N. N. C :pp,
r.-teJer.s Primarr, Agne't;i:.1ill, ?."..
': Lls.ie. Aaron HtiL-le, $ T- : Hutbaml.
Clark Stab!, j JT ..-.' ; Lavansville Advanced,
W. II. Tx-pj:i, .'.o.i m ; Lavansviiie Prima
ry. John We:ghy, SJ!o; iirom's. II. S.
Wei'.er, :.i oo ; Wilis, V. S. Stiober, iJS.oo ;
Walker's Grove, J. Lichty, jstno; Ank
er.T, ( alvia P.uwman, J-'t To; Hunter's. J.
C. Schrcck. iS7..: I'iank Load. It. K. Smith,
t-'s .. ; '..'app's James l!!ouh-h. Oo : Shaul
is, A. 1!. HotT.uan, $J7j-; I'uioD, Jurues
Li vi-! g .d, iJt'T'i: I'.jer's, J. G. Luurt,
--:Sj; Saiuiitis. C. J. Hrmluger, yo.
Salaries are ai-out the same as last year.
-"!"! oi-en Sel t- l":h for six months term.
The Directors Will rai-et at the Stimer
set ilouteon Sept. i'lh, w hen they will r
ceive hlil-i for supplying coal f-jrallihe
schools for the ei:su;ng term, and when t.'iey
will enter into a contract fur text-bookn and
s:h.K-l supplin.
JtSXK T".slliP.
Shank, Alton I lunges ; Cover, It. W. Lohr;
Biese- iLtT. Nora Mil.er: Jcinier X lluU f
L. Weighh y ; Pile, M. U Hlfiuan : Hares,
FreJ Mialli-r ; Thomaj.iaie. Pt-rtie O'Coutier ;
lil ju;:h, John D.njges; HujTiuan. Itebecca
Ko-:);Slpe. J. It. Shalh-r; aiaurer, John
Daniels; ilai:is, Annie Sipe: Cooper, John
Milier ; Stutl.', Kmuia Schmuiker ; Waller,
John Griitiih.
Ml 1 VHOmv; T3Hlil!-.
Texas P. K Weiruer ; GreenviSle, Herman
Ehaurer; Walnut Hid. 0-oree S. Ihr ; 3uu.
ler, Virgil Miller; Heoversville, No. 1, S. 8.
Schiag; Koovers-rille, No. i Aliss Annie
Koehier ; Shatler, J. C Ibnitiger ; Bownian.
Charles Miller; Uher, Harry C. Hoffman ;
Spruoiiuwn, No. 1, Pruf. (,ej.-b-e S. tviiume! ;
Sprucetjwn, N'j. 2. Miss Luia Walter; Cati
fornia, Martin 'Wiit; City, Miss Marion
Sieicher; Pine Grove, M:ss Carrie Juhusou.
loMvmua Tl.wxjjHip.
Davidivibe. C. l. Miller; Fish, S. D.
Voder; Plough, M.1I. Meyers; Hochstetler,
Nornian Ploiifli ; Kaulman. lUniel I.
Ksufamn : Miller, J.J. Stahl ; Tire Hill. 8.
G. bUUer; Savior, 11. A. Walker; Wertz,
J. C. W.afsr; Keifer, J. H. I'.boads ; LiTings
ton, J. C. Nrtf Th mas Mill, J. S. Zimmer
tuan. Modern Housework,
ilay be duriemoretasiiy, more convenient
ly and with les excuse .n the Cimlerella
Lang than with many others; all the old
objections to ranges removed. It will save
you time, money auj bard work. It is a
Rood baker and is told with that understand
ing. Sold by J. B. Bo'.dirbaum.
The Shot Was Fatal.
Ditlcb, Aug. 25. The man who was shot
yesterday morning by Robt.S. Henry while
attempting to burglarize bis f tore died in the
jail here last evening. The doctor failed to
recover the bullet, which passed through bis
intestines. Mr. Henry states that while
sleeping in the store' be was aroused by
voices on the outside. Procuring bis revolv
er be wmt t the window end loosened (be
bars.
Then Ending Iiat be might be over
powered, he cried, "'bait, thief," and fired.
His aim was good, but unknown to him
until after the man was found by the road
side. Before dying be gave his came as
Cunningham, but refused to disclose the
names cf his pals and where bis home was.
The only thing found on bis persoon was a
Lradfurl paper. Hundreds cfenrious peo
ple have viewed the remains at the morgue
i dav. but no one seems to have known
him. lie measured 5 feet 7 inch in height,
of slight b-illd, anl weighed about l"sV
pounds. lie had small, soft banils, large
bead, peculiarly ehujied, large ears, dark
bair and hcivy. black eyebrows, with high
cheek bones and smooth face. He wore
double-breasted bine cheviut coal ud bad
the appearance of a sporting man. He was
about 30 years old.
Suspended by His Shirt Collar.
Loo a; s poet. Ind., Aug. 4 While en
gaged on the steeple of the new colored
people's church which is being built near
bere, William Plessing, a carpenter, slipped
and started on the path of death down the
sleep incline. It was nearly ninety feet
from the roof to the ground and Blessing
pave himself np for lost, but as be reached
the ec-'ge cf the steeple a projecting nail
caught hirujast back of the neck and held
him by the collarof his shirt. Here be hung
LaifiUlTocaled and unable to make any
noise loud enough to attract the attention
of Lis fellow-workmen, who bad withdrawn
to a shaied spot near by to eat their dinners,
I'.ltssing having lingered behind them to
finish a piece of work be wss engaged on.
Kinallv one of the men caught sight of
pie-sing's suspended body and the first
thought was that be had har.ged himself,
but on running to the church a companion
tlir.-.hed to the roof, and recognizing what
had happened called to the others to fetch a
rope, as he wa; not strong enough to draw up
the dandling man on so ireearious a footing.
The rope bthig brought, it was with some
d.rhculty thrown with a noose around' Bless
ing's body, and the other end thrown over a
prcjei tion. and the man hauled to a place
of safely.
Death In a Ca!o.
Death and disaster rude on the crest of the
hurricane which swept along the Atlantic
seai-oast Wednesday night and Thursday
morning. Eo far as known 4-i lives were
swallowed up in the storm and three vesstls
were lost along the treacherous New Jerijey
coat. ( The boats that perished in the gale
were .the fishing schooners Kmpire Slate and
Kila M Johnson, of New London, Conn.,
and their crews of IS men, and the schooner
Mary y. Keiley, of New York, and four men.
Part of the crew of the latter vessel were res
cued. Two men were also swept otT the
fishing schooner Chocorua, which succeeded
in wta'hering the storm. Seveuteen men
found watery graves off Southampton, Long
Island, by the foundering of the tugboat
rauther, with coal barges in tow. f
The lerrli'.c hurricane sent the light ship
on Five Fathom Paak. below Cape May,
iioundering into the maw of the sea and live
more lives were blotted out.
Throughout Delaware, Eastern rennsylva
n'a and New York slate the fruit trees suuVr
ed greatly an-1 were denuded of a large part
of their crop.
They Pulled Out His Toe Nails.
PcusKi.Tenn., Aug. 2-1. The news reach
e l here jesterdey of a bold robbery west of
hers en Wednesday night. J. X. Bolles, a
farr ier, drew i-l.iml from bank bere a few
days ago and hid it under the edge of a
carpet. At 'midnight two masked men gain
ed an entrance into bis house covered Bollra
and his wife with pistols, and demanded
their money. Bolles refused to tell where it
was, whereupon the robbers bound and
gugfd him and bis wife and with axuiir of
pincers begin to pull out bis toe nails. After
sude ring the most horrible agony Boiles dis
closed the biding place of his money. The
robbers secured the booty and escaped.
Creat Strike Of Oil.
MassisoTox,- W. Va., Aug. 20. The
Dit mar '; Company to day drilled ia the
biggest oil strike ever made in Pennsylvania
or West Virginia, and probibly the biggest
ilccfeireli prodai-er in the world. The well
w as on the Sharing farm, and since C o'clock
this morning Las been flowing steadily at
the tremendous rate of over 2i0 barrels jr
hour. In H hours it will have put out
nearly J-tooO.
The Wright well of the South Pcnn-
svlvania Oil Com:anv. which is near it. is
.- ..., . . e . -.
uc.eveu 10 oe nearly, 11 1101 quite, i
good.
Half Rate Excursions to the World's
Fair.
The Baltimore and Ohio Uailroad Co. will
run a series of special excursions to the
Worid s Fair for which excursion tickets to
Chicago will be sold at rate of one fare for
the round trip from Hyndman and all sta
tions west of tbtre as far as Braddotk. The
dales selected are August Hist, September 2d,
'-.h aii-J 12-.h. The special trains will con
sist of first-class Vtstibuled Day Coaches,
e-juipicJ with lavoratones and other toilet
conveniences, and an experienced Tourits
Agent and a Train Purter will accompany
each train, to bxk after the comfbrt of pas
sengers. Stops f.ir meals will be made at
meat stations en route. The tickers will be
valid for the outward journey on the special
trains only, excepting that from way points
they will be honored on local trains to the
nearest station at which the special trains
are scheduled to stop. They will be valid
for return journey in day coaches on all
trains leaving Chicago within ten days, in
cluding da'e of sale.
Following is schedule of the special trains
and rates from principal stations in this vi
cinity :
Htminian t iO P. M.
Mi yersii ale .s 10
K. - kuiKi y a) "
JohDMuwo 3.i
H.mrfrsviiii. . ,...;jy,
StnTvli,wilww-. 4.1(1
Co email
NM'iersr 4.-W
co!i:-.u--ni-ew..
lunol'jie lull
Coiii.e.lv.lle low "
Arrive in Chicago next day at i .10
Keniember tbe dates: August 21sf,
2d. (J;h and 12tb.
Slt.iV)
l':.ni
l:i Vi
14. ul
l-Uo
14.-JW
14.10
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p. m.
ScpL
How we Crow Old.
The thread tbst binds us to life is most
firipietitly severest we the meridian cf lite is
reached in the case of persons who neglect
obvious means to renew failing ctrength
Vigor, no less the source of happines than
the condition of long hie, can be created and
perpet uated where ii does not exist. hou
saii'is who bave experienced or are cognizant
inrluiiirg ranny physicians of eminence
of i he e ltVct of Hosteller's S omaeh Bitters,
besr testimony to its wondrous efficacy as a
creator of strength in feeftie constitutions,
ad debilitated and shttered systems. A
st.a ty (rfornisniv of the bodily functions.
renewed appetite, tlvsb and tiiehlly repose
arieoi.tii lur usf ot tins thorough and stand
ard renovait. I se no losal tonic represent
ed 1 1 be skin to or resemble it in etlecti in
itsplace. Demand the genuine, which is sn
ackiiowledt-ed remedy for indigestion, mnls
ria, tiervoii"ness, constipation, liver and kid
ney complain :s ana rheumatism.
Sent His Post Office to Washington.
John Wingler, postmaster at Wskeland,
Ind., to)k a peculiar method of resigning
his office. He boxed np what government
property be bad and shipped it to Washing
ton. He is Democrat and has been post
master for ten years or more. Growing
tired of bit job, be several times sent in his
resignation, but it was never acted upon.
Wingler says tiist his hist method was the
only one that would relieve him from the
cares of ctRce.
Tom Reed's Speech on the Sliver
Bill.
Saturday was a day of the giants In the
House and all Washington nocked to the
Capitol to witness their msjflic plsy.
There were in the arena such men as F.ced,
of Maine, Cochran, of New York, Bland, the
apostle of free coinage, and Wilson, of Wst
Va. Mr. Keedwas never ia better form,
and to him was paid a most striking tribute
at the close of his argument The man who
two years sgo was denounced as "Czar" and
to whom the cowed and conquered Deruo
ocratic minority sullenly refused the custo
mary vote ot thanks for bis services as
speaker, was applauded by the Iiemoeratic
majority as well as by his rty colleagues.
Following is a snmary of Mr. Heed's
remarks :
In the begiuning of bis speech Mr. Heed
confessed doubts of the wisdom of the
House to deal satisfactorily with tiie ques
tion before it, but expressed his comfort at
being able to fail back cpon the well estab
lish J belief in the wisdom of the decisions
of Congress. "Crises Is like the present,"
he said, "were the inseparable accompai.i
ment of ail human progress, which is a
series of upward starts, and of falls of almost
proportionable length. The former may be
cbarscteriied in a word 'confidence; ' the
latter in another word distrust.'
"Thtse fluctuations occur almost simulta
neously always sy rn pathetically so closely
is business allied by the telegraph and rail
road. ''15ecause of tbe fact that the drain of gold
from tbe Failed States since the passage of
the Sherman law, in carried out of
the country an amount equal to tbe value
of the purchases of the silver under the law,
tbe people saw in it tbe cause of tbe loss of
gold, aud distrust was engendered, and a
solutiou of the hoarding and depression set
iu to-dsy; and tbe country is suffering all
the calamities of a restricted circulation iu
tbe midst of an abundant supply of money.
"This, then," continued Mr. Heed, "at
tbe pre-eut moment is the situation in which
we find ourselves. I bave, in thus narrat
ing tbe outward circumstances which bave
attended our present position, failed to state
fully what is, after all, according to my
judgment, the underlying cause of the
present condition of aifairs.
"At the last election the Democratic party
was brought into power by a carious com
bination of circumstances as tbe result of a
bundled causes not with careful and candid
deliberation, but as the tesult, in a large
measure, of the-apathy of the American
people. The vote shows what I declare, and
the recollection of every individual to whom
I am peakingcan be safeiy appealed to.
"While this thing has not been ppecially
manifiated during this discussion ; while
there has been little talk with regard to it
nevertheless the consciousness of this fact
underlies cur entire situation.
"I don't intend, in alluding to this fact, to
in any way refer to partisau politics. I do
not undertake to raise any question as to
whether the system of Protection is a wise
one or not. I do not undertake to dispute
tbe proposition on tbe part of tbe Iemoc-
racy that Protection is a tax, wicked and
iniquitous, for the purpose of discussion
and for that purpose only. I am quite free
to admit that Prelection is a fraud and that
virtue resides oniy in a llevenue Tarilf;
but theie remains, eveu if it be admitted
that the proosilions of tbe Democratic
platform are righteous every one the fact
that the manufactures of the country are
subject to a change. What the Democratic
party purjoses to do with tbe power which
is in their bands nobody can say. They do
not even know themselves, and hence tbey
are not able to impart the knowledge to
others. For mv part I do not expect tbe
IVmocratic party to be utterly bad. I do
not believe they w ill be permuted to be so
if tbey should so dtsire. Such is the re
straining influence of the people, even after
election, that 1 believe they will not carry
out their contemplated changes. You may
be sure the manufacturers of this country
will never dare manufacture more than the
absolute necessities of the people require.
I will not undertake to dwell, at this
present time, for I do not want to confnse
the issue. lean characterize, in a single
phrase, the cuuse of the present condition of
affairs. It is the undiscoverable uncertainty
of the future of both the currency question
and the questions of Protection and llevenue
Tariff. The capitalist has seen his stock ard
bonds, as he will later on see bis real estate,
fall in value far below anything be feared.
And soon the wages of the laboring class-
will be reduced, unless he shows that he
understands these questions so well as to re
fuse to bave them be misunderstood by bis
member of Congress."
I ontinuing, Mr. Reed said: "For the
first time in thirty years the Democratic
party has been lifted from the low level of
criticism of tbote in power to the high re
sjionsibility of power aud action. Flections
can put them in powe, but only lapse of
time can give them the proper sense of re
sponsibility. Tbe time will come when the
Democratic members of Congress, instead
of disputing with each other what the iH-mo-catic
platform means, will be disputing with
each o:her as to what the necessities of the
country demand. I'ntil that period re
sponsibility shall fairly rest on their
shoulders arid also afterward. Tbey can
rely on tbe assistance of the Republican
party in the minority, as tbey have relied
upon them in the msjority, in the direction
of sound government, of responsibility, and
of honest administration of affairs.
"I am sorry we have not been permitted
to exhibit our wisdom in tbe wav of amend
ments ; that we have not been allowed to
take tbe vote of the House as to the various
propositions to meet this affair, w hich would
seem satisfactory to us. I am sorry that
this question cannot be settled, and settled
righteously, within the bounds of the Demo
cratic party. But as I know, and every
man in this country knows, the majority of
the Democratic party would decide against
the good sense of tbe nation.
Passing then to the consideration of the
question of repeal, Mr. Reed said that while
he was in favor of it, he did not think it
would be an immediate cause of a revival of
the prosperity of the country. Neverthe
less be would vote for repeal, fur two
reasons; first, because whether justly or not,
the Sherman law is believed to be tbe cause
of the boarding of currency throughout the
country. In this connection Mr. Reed paid
a compliment to the managers of tbe banks,
generally, saying that in his judgement they
were doing an honorable and patriotic work
and were the mainstay of tbe country against
failure and future disaster. Tbe second
reason was that only by repeal could tbe
nation hope to extract foreign capital, with
out which it were vain to hope for an upward
turn iu the country's business.
"We must put ourselves, "he said." in a
position when the time for that upward turn
comes, to be able to com maud the capital of
the world, which shall assist us on the path
to tbe next period of prosperity and
progress."
In conclusion, Mr. Rd said : "What
then is tbe pathway of duty? The uncon
dltionsl repeal. That will either give relief
or not. If not, then we must try something
else, and the sooner tbe better. It is a mat
ter of regret to all sensible men that we have
delayed so long. Men are to-day praying
for relief; the banks are straiaed almost to
the point of bresking. It is a pity we bad
to waste so much time in this weary welter
oftaik. We stand in a peculiar position
we Republicans to-day. Toe representa
tive of the Iemocratic party just chosen
President of the United Slates, nods him
self powerless in bis first great recommen
dation to bis own party. Were be left to
their tender mercies the country would
witness tbe spectacle of the President of its
choice overthrown by tbe party charged
with this country's government. What
wonder, then, that be appeals to the I t ri
ot ism of another party, whose patriotism
has never been appealed to in vain never,
I ay, in vain V
FraLklin College, New Athens, O., is the
cheapest we know ot Catalogue free.
New Items.
In Great Britain the actual number of per
sons engaged in sgricnllure is i.'iol.fKfi ; in
manufacture, 5.H'J,-; in commerce, 7,-
iSci.oH).
Because Bruce Turdon, of Casey County,
Ky., refused to send his children to school,
Phil Devera, who bas killed three mm be
fore, murdered Pardon
Anthony Sthotts, residing in Highlands,
a suburb of Ienver, Coi- became irsan on
learning that bis pension bad been cut tff.
His pension was a month.
The Kverett. Bedford TcuutT, Furnace
wss blown out Wedr;edsy mornirg, throw
ir.g several hundred men out of employ
ment." Tbe shut-down it indefinite.
Cigarettes killed Thomas (i. O Brien, I
youth of 111 years of Bethlehem, Pa. He
has been smoking shout two packages of
cigarettes daily for 10 ytars. Several day
sgo be became ill and has since suffered the
most horrible inies. His body seemed to
be actually saturated with nicotine .ilson
Wiiiiam (loss, of Roaring Spricgw, Blair
County, got drunk at the Lutheran reunion
held at Martinsburg Tuesday, and ws plsc
ed in the boruuirh hxk cp. Wednesday
night he set fire to the cell ia which he was
confined and was fatally burned before be
im? rescued. The locknt was enure.y de
stroyed.
A dispatch from Morgantown, West Va.
says: Reports received here yesterday and
confirmed to-dav eive accounts of a fright
ful condition of things at the almshouse in
Cassviile. Typhoid fever is prevalent among
tbe inmates, and the superintendent and
family, with the few attendants, are a'l ill
with it. There is no restraint on the pau
pers, and the imbecile and insane go about
the isolated nlace at will. Several are said
to have wandered away entirely, and others
have died in the open country.
The cutting off of pensioners under the
new Administration has thus far atfectcd
about seventy of the three thousand pen
sioners in the Berks County, Pa., District,
By a strange coincidence the suspensions
bave bit a number of Democrats. One of
the latter a few days ago, upon receiving no
tice of his suspension, went home, and tak
ing down a crayon portrait of Cleveland
which hung in his parlor, chopped it and
the frame to pieces with an ax. Jacob J.
Smail, who received notice of suspension
lately, is over seventy years of age and ba3
not been able to work for years, and bis in
come is only $1 a month from a secret socie
y-
Chicago Scourged By Fire.
Chicioo, III., Aug. 21 A fire which
covered a vast extent of territory and
resulted in tbe loss of two lives and 2V
houses, began in South Chicago about 5
o'clock this afternoon. From a three story
brick building at the corner of Ninety-first
street and Superior aveuue, flames which
rapidly grew in volume under a gale from
the west spread over block after block of
small frame residences untill they reached
tbe lake. Within two hours the fire had
consumed at least . buildings and five
blocks of the greatest industrial suburb of
C'hicsgo.
The oOW residents of that section were
panic-stricken. As the pine structures in
which lived the workingmen employed in
the large mills of the Illinois Steel Company,
and in which the smaller merchants of the
plsce made their homes, were leveled by tbe
roaring flames, those whose homes had not
yet fallen tied with their household goods to
t he ot her portion s of t he ci ty .
Cone With $600 OOO.
E. M. Donaldson, of Marion, Kanis, is
missing. He was president of tbe Cnion
Trust Company, of Sioux City, la., which
failed on June 2", and of the First National
Bank, of Marion, which wss closed by a
special examiner last week.
Developments show that Donaldson has
fled tbe country and is probably in Mexico,
a defaulter to the amount of at leat $oou.''0
He is believed to bave most of this niorcy
with him.
The shortage at the Marion Bank is only
$23,ot0. Most of Donaidsoa's victims are
Fistern Capitalists aS l the people of west
ern Iowa. Donaldson was a school teacher
at Marion, and during the real estate booru
from ls.1 to lssS made considerable money.
Pennsylvania ExMbltn at the
World's Fair.
Are ahead of thera all, chiefly amon; them
is the di-play of pure li'piors manufactured
in tbe state. It is conceded that no rye
whiskies made in tbe world rati equal these
made in f'ennsy Ivania, more especially Silver
Atf, Du'iiratrie or Bear Creek, these three
brands head the list of pure lives, and are so
well known that every reputaiiie dealer sells
thera. North, Hist, iimth and West they
lead ail others, because they are pure : because
they are reliable, and because they are
timulanrs that strengthen and inviiMrate
They are sold at prices within the reach of
all, and are soid npon their merits fur purity
and strneth. Silver Ape, fl :": Duouesue,
$1 S; Bear l'rek. $!.. full standard quarts.
Ask your dealer for them ; Insist on having
them, and if you cannot besuppiied. send to
VI Klein. Atleehenv. l a. l'nce list of all
liouors sent on application. All xsils pack
ed neatly and securely. Max Klei.i, Al-
letiueny, l a.
Get a Practical Business Education
AT THE OLD SELlABLE
teTUrbBUSIjNESSCObUESE
No. 5 SIXTH AVE. PITTSBCaiill. PA
And thus secure sn honorable and pmtltaMe
Sioiarn-n. r.verymie ir tins yettr graduau- putt
ed in a rol position.
h nikKeepiiiu. Miorcjiaitd. Typewriting, Tele
graph iiperatin?, etc. UHk'lit by actual hii'iness
erartiee. roouotu fusil; vely liuarautevd. Write
ior irec catalogue.
F
ARM FOR SALK.
The midenicned ofT.-r at private le the farm
oi me laie oenrire w. rue. adjoinm Somersci
noni(eri. on me MuyesTowrn nat'l, cnlinilliuig
1,s,i i-rrn inure er ies. 1 n larui is in an exre
leu; itate of cultivation, all new fences and w.-
walcrrd. Is underlaid ailh a vein of jwod ril
and eii-elient lire nay. An elegant new ham :
alto on tlie premises. For terms aud further pur.
(.KOP.fJE G. PILK.
No. M Somerset St,
Johu'totvD, Ta.
or CUARLE3 E. PILE,
Somerset, Pa
elys catarrh
Cleanses the
Nasal Passage,
Allays Pain and
Inflammation.
Heals Sores,
Restores the
Hentes of Taste
and HmelL
Try the Cure.
HAY-FEVER
A particle l applied Into earn nostril ard I.
asreeaoie. rTlre.KJCellUI at l'ru(glu ; hy ma:l
bnOTH tKs, 58 Warren tL, New York.
Scicntino Americas
Agency for
CAVEATS.
TRADE MARKS.
DESICM PATENTS,
COPTIKHTI. jrl.l
For Information and free Haodhook write to
riwii' Bkoai-wat. Kkw Vohk.
fllilfrt bareaa for wurw, patent m Amonra.
Fvery patent tan out by us is bnnurhl be f pro
Ute puWio tiy a notice given free oi char u taa
rienfific mcrifau
Lsrrrst ftrenlatlrm of any rlst7tm- paprr tn th
world- hpleodidly Illustrate!. No u-teli-rent
nan ahouid be litu it. yrmir, :t.ol a
year; Sl-jumx month. A.Mre It Vv a oo
Piau&uaas, litl liiuauir.i.cw X jf a Ot j.
PureTallowSoap.
Is perfect: In other words U Is all Boan. and
the bCTt for laundry purposes made. Arejlf
wanted to sell to private Ian, ikes, aoao a
general club order avent tn each town.
Address AMERICAN TEA CO.
sxtouc Tilth Ave. PrrrsBCRca. Pa.
m - aw-v
V '"Jr
TVS T 4 w 1
Saved Her Life.
Mrs. C. J. Wooi.nnmr.it, of Wortlinm.
Texas, saved the life ot her child by the
nse of Ayer's t'berry 1'crtoral.
"n of my children hsil Croup. The
e:ie was att mled ty our iMivsh-l.-in. and whs
sttPiiovd tn well ntiiiT control. Hie
riul:t 1 was M.irtle.1 hv the child' hard
lir:ilhintr. and on ?oini; to it found it mm
piinir. It had ne;iriv erased to treatlie.
Ke:ii7.!i:2 that tl.eeliiid's nlaniiine eomlH i
had become lw,liile ill spite of I lie meiln-:lle
given. I neuoneii tint uen remedies would
le of no avail, llavina part ( a ltt i f
A ver'n Cherry Perioral In Ibe hon-te. I g:ivn
the child three iioe. st short Interv .ls. and
aiiiloiislv waited resiiit. Kmni the momei.t
the perioral was inveu. the rhiW's bteathin"
grew easier, ami. In a short lime. !ie was
sleeping qnieilv an-l brcathmz nal'irdiy.
The rhdd Is alive and well lo-ilaY, and I do
not hesitate to ny that Ayer's Cherry Pec
toral saved her hie."
AYER'S
Cherry Pectoral
Treparfd by Dr. J.C. Ayer It Co., Low 11, Mm.
Promptto act, sure to cure
Boiiil at Greatly
Reduced Prices,
to arrive this week and will be
Sold at Prices
Way Down.
iiT'T w'vrv.- -i i i
.iirv ami ui'c.s-i Toons tie
parttuent is loaded with nice new
summer rroods in all the new
shades.
X lIXGIfAMS, challieM, pe reals,
satine liirht and dark prints, we
willhavean ciidl.-saaik'tr toof-
fer at ju ices way down.
ALL the litest tyles in white goods.
cinbroi'lened llounciDrrs, ham-
luinr edL'iiiLrs, laces, ribbons,
liandkerchiels, stoekinrrs, tc
just in.
Anew line oi slurtuiis, ere tones.
tickings, bleached and unbleach
ed intiiliiis.
IX carjets, rtitr porliers, lace cur
tains, and oil clothes, we will of
fer special inducements to buyers
Having purchased a large line of
new goods at greatly reduced pri
ces, we want to give our customers
the benefit of buying new goods
cheap during the summer months,
Parker &
Parker.
$15.
$15.
Fifteen flollars has a power to
draw, if correctly invested, which
beats a lottery. For Fifteen Dol
lars you can draw a nice Chamber
Suite no blank tickets. Every
Fifteen Dollars deposited gets one
Suite SURF!. It's like getting dol
lar for dollar.
You have seen or heard of our
$1 G Suite. What you saw or heard
of in that Suite you can find in this
and more, you save a dollar too,
which is an item to most of us.
One thing sure, ifyon buy one of
thee $15 Suites you get a reliable
article from a reliable firm. The
Suite will stand bv" vou .and we
stand by " the Suite.
HENDERSON
FURNITURE CO.,
JOHNSTOWN. PA.
Cures thousands an no a) It of LlverCom-
piainrs. lsiiionsness. jsnnmce. Drtnui.
sia. Constipation. Malarii. Afore nig
rrsnit Iroraan I'nhsalrhy IJvertbananr
other cstise. Why snTer when yon can
beetiredr Dr. S.-vnfV.riV v; vrr fnvlsiii.
aror in ao1iral f.oilv ro.i in."
wt u4ikvo , iu, a i !;. OL".
IPs
SUMMER GOODS
15
yip)
THE
$150,000
CLEARANCE SALE.
ENTIRE
WHOLESALE STOCK
To Be Cleared Out.
We have decided to entirely do
away with our immense wholesale
department. Commencing Ju!y
lst, we will sell our eutire whole
sale stock over the retail counters
at less than wholesale prices
$I.';.0" worth will bo .-old at pric
es that will attract crowds of cus
tomers from far and near. Why
not you? Here is a li-t of the de
partments :
Wraps and Jackets.
Woolen Dress Goods.
Wash Dress Goods.
Silks and Velvets.
Millinery.
Shoes.
Hosiery and Underwear.
Gloves.
Notions.
Trimmings.
Carpets.
Curtains.
Linens.
Domestics, etc.
This is no buncome, but a genuine
bonalide Clearance Sale of our en
tire wholesale stock. It's a dry
good.- chance unparallelled and un
precedented. The entire contents
of six floors $130,000 worth of
goods to be sold over our retail
counters at practically your own
prices.
Don't miss tbis Sale.
If you can't come, Write I
CAMP3ELL & DICK.
81, 83, 85, h? aud 3 Fifth Ave.
PITTSBURG.
IF
YOU WANT TO KNOW
Or A
THOROUGHLY GOOD SCHOOL
0
Bl-iut-m, ShortUari-1, M'io, .al.-n:.c. nal
for ca a'cgue to
MORRELL INSTITUTE.
rillTcna or-M ItrT. 4. JOHNSTOWN
'PALMS .BUSINESS COLLEGE
In U nva-Orote tt ji.,1in. ITl Hsnot Sl Pr.ila.
m para - HIT Italian. W- amis
" in mnv A ;! -ITI tTIIIN.l irc-nsr
InaltfusaaiuaUijapaiac. Tw,U . faJluaU'rra.
00
e? ?
5
5 25 S
C
5
lJJas. B.
I Has jti.-t ree-ived a car !' t l ofHioe Cdl S-rlu,' !!; g.'i-.-s. tt ,
ntsr Rice Coil Spring Ilti'.iri-s to be 1 .e i.-:t n-lingu:.-; :.
durable nnide in tiiit 'r!d. Try-oi:e. Ti.e sprif-
i:-t be broker, bv heavv l.tadiag or ll-t drivit.g.
IlAVi: IN" STOCK
End Spring, Brewster Side Bar Sprir,
Dexter Queen Spring, Dupel
Coil Spring Buggies,
AT PRICKS TO SUIT ALL BUYERS.
Our line of Ilamers. Whips. Lap Robe-. t., i- omplet- and n
wh-re competition can't rea.-h i"r -.i-.-' .lunlity. Call a:, i
JAM ES B . HOLD E R BAUi,
Z3. Ji., SCHELL,
DEALER IM
STOVES, RANGES, HEATER:
and Kitchen Ftirnishiiitrs.
MANUFACTURER OF
TIN. SHEET-IRON AND COPPER VAF.f
SUGAR PANS. SAP BUCKETS. SCOOPS
AND SYRUP CANS
bot't round and s,-iiare at h-.vo.-: possible prices.
Tin and Steel Roof.r,. Tin and Galva;. : Iron 'Spouting for If -;
and Rarn-!. put up in be-t maiiner.
Estimates furnished for l-eat;nr by sfam, hot water a:. '
air wlt.',!)!;t cl.ar.ro
P. A. SCHELL
MAIN CROSS ST. - SOMERSET. P;
OUR CLOTHING IS
Ki-ht
in
Style,
in
Work man ship,
Kitrlit
in
rriec.
MINTIMIER
122 Clinton St.,
Hi-ht
in
Fit.
More Records Broken ! :
Quirk's Great Furniture Emporium Has Done It! ;
Ye-, exorbitant prices for Red-tea h, Rurea-.--. Pe-ks, TaM-:
Chairs. Mattress-?. Sofa.-, first clas
niure have been knocked in the head
As evidence of the fact call at No.
Pa., opposite t'ie Company Store, where the reate.-t barrains canloi...
on terms to suit purchaser. ""
Six Mammoth Depiirtments
- ' mv . 4 V 111
IV j.t. A ( Kv.-rytbln-?i-r. f.. t-. f..tlu. -n a fl r t ,.;:,-,s J)rv
IV.vt.mU. K t.-tv. M--r.- ;.r.i f-r.-ttt-r ti.n- it-.. t;.:m ev.-'r !,-;-. r-
iv: t. ii i s::-.-s ui.it nTaii.i wi:.u:p:.:.tv- tiie i-et. iv;..-
S-lwi-S. 1 inWc-t !
I .:. C f InCAKI-riTSc'trSjiriti.. iMtfra a- .'. tti-r f -j
I!-Pt..l) I
C'l--ti -rt- t'Tui!
n.t.-iiii- iii
,
a '-' i.utv.
Fiiniisiiir. t us
' vvusan-! nr.ik-.-".
li.-i.-L E-..r.vr:..- -'...,;.. an. (. ,'..;. All n,-w ar.-l fu-h.
lv t. F-FVvi. t-.-l (.:. -,. ry .!, ; :i
W-'U!.try ir-si,:,-i-t..k-. n ia i-xi haii-.u-1'--r ?.-.
r.IAr,I?,IOTH RETAIL. STORE,
JOHN THOMAS & SONS
240-243 Main St., JOHNSTOWN, Pa.
v
Cinderella Stoves
Their
Cleanli
ness
Lessens
Labor. Money
T Twill pay you to examine the QUEEN" CINDERELLA JIANG Ei
for you buy. It has all the latest improvements, and is sold iruara
teed to be a erood baker. It has t!:e direct draft dan rn-r br m) -:,-!i t. ;
?m 'it j
can have a fire ia one-half the timo
TI lit.-
ii.is is a valuable leatiire wnea you want a qui -k b re for early breakfl-t.
TThas an extrf Iarre Litr!. oven, thoroughly ventilated. The vol'in.
-1 of inllowiiiir and outflowing air can be reztdated at will : this in-nrrf
a perfect baker, ai.d no burnini on the ton. It h:is t!- Trii,!,.? s'--:: r
irrati which is the perfection of convenience and cleanliness. It is es
pecially durable, having three separate sides, or the advantage of t'.ree
grates in one, and not easily warped by the action of the fire.
Manufactured t,T PtHAVEX Ji CO.. LiraitcJ. PiluiirKti. s..;,j an.) ff.-.a:i-.t-.l by
JAMES B. HOLDERBAUM, Some rsct, Pa
Kris? injrer Si Kurtz, Berlin, Pa., and
Kr.Mli.MtER "TLLns dons and
Holderbaur
& OGELYIE,
JOHNSTOWN, PA.
Parlor S.'ts. and ' in.! S vA
at ?
IIS WLin.rt on Street J..hr.-t-'.v.-'
Ef.ch tho Largest Storo c:
JWai.-.'V 11.
t;..,,, I;;,,,! ;
i;r f-T -'':'; iM
?.!". nr.t.i :iin!. U.V..:
;..,,.; s ;. t'.'.r sli- i ; .,
- - - -
and
R anges.
Saves
You
reoaired with the ordinary Ha !-'-'
. -
P. J. Corer h Son- Meyersdale. T
nith m care. exetDtt themselves kom
OLUEEIVc) .
?mouah Their
tl;SN Economy