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Nmirrvn and vicinity, uliice urai
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& CUFFKOTII,
Funeral Director.
W Patriot SL
P'K B. FLU K,
Laud Surveyor
jEXmXEEtt. UUe."pa.
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tal Estate and Collecting
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bonieraet, Pa,
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VOL. XLIV. NO.
vry5ap
It Floats
"Though lost to sight, to memory dear" is the motto for
ordinary soaps.
Ivory Soap is always in sight and is not wasting at the bot
tom of the tub.
Tmc Paocm & (Until Cc- Cia-n.
-THE-
First National Banlc
Somerset, Penn'a.
Capital, S50.000.
Surplus, S2O.000,
OCeaiTSRtCCIVCDIN LAMGC ANDSMALL
AMOUNTS. PAYABLE ON DEMAND.
ACCOUNTS OF MERCHANTS. FARMERS.
STOCK DEALERS. AND OTHERS SOLICITED
DISCOUNTS DAILY.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
LaRCE M. HICKS, GEO. R. SCULL,
JAMES L. PCGH, W. H. MILLER,
JOHN K. SOOTT, KOBT. B. SCULL,
FRED W. BIESECKER.
EDWARD SCULL, : : PRESIDENT.
VALENTINE HAY, : VICE PRESIDENT.
HARVEY M. BERKLEY, . CAJSHIER.
The funds and aeon ri ties of this bank are se
curely protected in a celebrated Cobliss Bca
glak Proof Safe. Tbe only safe made abao-
lately burglar-proof.
The taet County National
BANK
OF SOMERSET PA.
Etib iihaa, 1S77. Orgtnlzti u a NitioRal, 1890,
CAPITAL,
$50,000
SURPLUS AND UN-
DIVIDED PROFITS iy,OUU.
tO:
CLas. J. LTarrison, - President.
Wm. II. Koontz, - Vice President
Milton J. Tritts, - - Cashier.
Geo. S. LTarrison, - Ass't Cashier.
Directors :
Sam. B. Harrison, Win. Endxley,
Jowiah Spei.bt, Jonas M. Cook,
John H. Snyder, John StuffL
Jowph B. Davin, Noah S, Miller,
Harrison Snyder, Jerome Stuflt,
Chas. W". Snyder.
Cnntomern of thin bank will iwl ve the most
librral treat nientconsifU-nt witbaufcbatikiiiit.
Ianira wUhinir to aend money east orwwt
can be accommodated by draft for any
amount. . .
Monev and valuable aeenred by one or Ile-bold-
celebraU-d anfeis witU mont Improved
lime lock.
Collection made in all part of tbe United
SLut-- Charge moderate.
Account and deposits solicited.
Wild & Anderson,
Iron &. Brass Founders,
Engineers and Xaehinists and En rib
Builderg.
Manufacturers of
COAL CAR WHEELS and AXLES.
New and second-band Machinery,
Shafting, Hangers and Pulleys,
Injet-torn, Lubricators, Oil
Cud, Etc
ERECTING OF MACHINERY A SPECIALTY
StrieUy Firt-Cim Work Guaranteed.
Shop on Broad St, near B.AO. Iepot
Johnstown. - - Pa.
A. H. HUSTON,
Undertaker and Embalmer.
A GOOD HEARSE,
nd everything- pcrtalninf to funeral furn
ished. SOMERSET - - Pa
HERMAN BAI1TLY,
134 Clinton Street,
JOHNSTOWN. - " PA.
DEALER IN
Builders and Other Hardware,
GbASS, f AINTS, 01 b, VAR
NISHES, ETC.
Our Large Stock of
Sleiohs. Bos Sleds. Sleioh Bells.
Robes. Horse Blanrets, Etc
PBICES to suit the times.
23.
Campbell
& Smith,
THE PEOPLE'S STORE,
Fifth Avenue.
It will jiay 3 0U to come to PittxUirg
and do yor shopping at this store. You
know how we have donelUMiiest tint
Ia;t twenty-five years. Mazij' womeu
who have now homes and families of
their own came to this store when lit
tle girls, with their mother to do shop
ping. You first knew this store under
the firm name of Campbell, William
son & Dick, then Campbell & Dick,
now Campbell & Smith.
The management, however, has al
ways been the same and so have the
methods of doing business. One price
to all, goods marked in plain figures;
no misrepresentation of good and sat
isfaction guaranteed. Buying goods
here does not dcKiid upon skill or
knowledge of the goods your ten-year
old girl eau buy as well an 1 as cheap
as the most experienced shopper; and
when we advertise a thing, we mean
just what we say. While our princi
ples of doing business are the same,
this has lieeu a progressive store. You
can get everything you want.
Is it a Bridal Outfit?
Everything of the very latest and best
styles, from the white Slippers to the
VeiL
Doyou Want an Infant's Outfit ?
Everything from the Diapers to the
Christening Robes.
Is it a Boy, Youth or Husband ?
Everything in ready-made-Clothing
and underwear.
Is it a Lady or Child ?
Everything iu ready-made Dresses,
Shoes and Underwear.
Do you want to Furnish your House?
Everything ready for you not only
ready made Bedding, Table Linen,
Lace Curtains and Carpets, but all
kinds of Furniture and everything in
the way of Granite, Tin and Wooden
Ware for your kitchen; also Oil and
(Jas Stoves and Ranges. One entite
floor filled with China and Eartheu
Ware, embracing the useful English as
well as the genuine Haviland French
China.
As our Men's Clothing Department
has leeii ojicned but a short time, we
will give you a few extraordinary
valu-s.
Men's Black Cheviot Overcoats, $5.00
Men's Dark Cheviot and Dark
Union Sack Suits, - - - $4 00
Youths' Blue and Black, Dark
Gray and Mixed, single and
double Breasted Suits, - - - f 5 00
Boys' Dark Gray Scotch Tweed
Suits, - -- -- -- -- $3.50
Between Wood and Smithfieid St's.
Jacob D. Swank,
Watchmaker and Jeweler,
Next Door Wett of Lutheran Church,
Somerset, - Pa.
I Am Now
preiKired to supply the public
with Clocks, Watches, and Jew
elry of all descriptions, as Cheap
as the CheapesL
REPAIRING A
SPECIALTY.
All work guaranteed. Look at my
stock before making your
purchases.
J. D. SWANK.
ARTISTIC JOB PRINTING
A SPECIALTY.
HARRY M. BEXSU0FF,
MAMUFACTUR1NQ ST AT 10 HER
AND
BLANK BOOK MAKER
HANNAM BLOCK.
Johnstown
Pa.
omer
SOMERSET, PA.,
LITTLE BOY BLUE.
Tbe little toy dog I covered with dust '
Hut ntnrdy and staunch he stands
And the little toy soldier in red with rust
And bis musket molds lu his hands
Time was when tbe toy dog was new
And the soldier was pa-suing fair
That was the time when our "Little Boy
Illue,"
Ki.-sed them and put them there."
"Now don't you go til I come" he said.
And don't you make any noise
So, toddling off to his trundle bed,
lie dreamed of the pretty toys
Ami lie win dreaming, an angel song
Awakened our "Little Boy Blue."
Oh ! the years are many, the years are long.
But the little toy friends are true.
Aye, faithful to "Little Boy Blue" they
stand,
Kach iu the same old place
Aa-aiting the touch of a little hand.
The smile of a little face.
And they wonder as waiting the long
years thro '
In the dust of that little chair
What lias become of our "Little Boy Blue"
tsiiu-e he kissed them and put them there.
Eugene FirliL
OUR BEST7jUST0M VAX.
"I low well I remember the day our
best customer first came into the tiny
shop where I sold pins and needles and
'notions" of every kind, to support my
self and my dear mother, w ho was par
alyzed and almost helpless. She could
use her hands, but her feet were so
slirTand heavy that she could scarcely
hobble, with my help, to the chair from
the bed, or back again.
"The profits of the business were
small, and my brother Fruuk, who had
been studying medicine before father
died, earned only a small pittance; and
so we struggled on starving ourselves
to keep out of debt, and perpetually
tugging at the "ends" that would not
meet. As stion as mother was able to
sit up iu an arm chair, she began to
anit for the store pretty infant socks,
tidies, trimmings of various kinds, and
all sorts of pretty fancy articles, aud it
was a pincushion top that attracted
Miss Mitchell.
"She came into the store one winter's
day, when I had been crying softly be
hind the counter, aud it was as if the
sunlight lad streamed into the place,
with our lest customer.
"Her face was indescribably lovely,
with the most lieautiful dark eyes I
ever saw, and I caught the glauce of
compassion that rested on my tear
swollen face, aud softened her own to
such teuder sweetness as I had never
before seen. She made no comment.
asked no questions, but one quick i
glance about the store seemed to tell
her the whole pitiful story of poverty '
and struggle. She bought the pincush
ion top and ordered two more, only, as
they were to be finer, larger and more
trmible, she would expect to pay dou
ble. "Only a few dollars were needed to
make up the mouth's rent, but it was
the apparent imiossibility of having
them ready the next day that caused
my tears. My new customer bought
taje, buttons, ribbons, pins, cotton
everything her quick, bright eyes rest
ed upon, until a formidable pile was
heaped uin the counter.
'"If you will let these things stay
here for an hour or two,' she said, 'I
w ill call again for them. Mamma is
at the dressmaker's on the next street
and I was tossing to make a purchase
at the drug store on the corner, when I
saw this exquisite piece of knitting.
How can you manage such fine cotton?
"I told her then about mother, and
her soft, dark eyes were full of sympa
thy as she listened. An hour or two
later a handsome carriage drove up to
the door, aud she called for her pur
chases. "In a few days she came again, buy
ing as before freely, and leaving an
other order for knitting so that my
spare moments were filled, too, with
work ! Little by little she became
friendly and she nuide an excuse to see
mother by ordering some work for
which she wished to leave secial di
rections. After that she always ran
upstairs for a few moments to brighten
the day for mother.
"We knew very little about her ex
cept her name; but with all her bright
sweetness, her apparently large wealth,
I was sure she had some sorrows in her
life. It was not natural for one so
bright and young to be so sympathetic
unless she bad some grief oranxity
herself.
"In a long year that she was our best
customer I learned to love her as I
loved no one else but my mother and
brother. It was winter weather again,
when one evening, as.I was closing the
shop, a little figure, in a close, dark
ulster, crept in. Shivering with cold
or distress, she sat down upon the one
stool the shop boasted, and lifting a
brown veil, showed me the face of our
best customer, white as death, the great
brown eyes dilated with some sorrow
too deep for tears, the sweet, sensitive
mouth quivering.
"'Miss Donaldson,' she wispered,
"will you hide me for the nighL Will
you let nte stay here?"
'"Gladly," I said. "But, oh, my
dear, what is it?"
"I was only a few years older than
herself, but in her distress she seemed
such a child that I could not resist the
temptation to take her in my arms,
kiss her, and try iu my poor way to
comfort her. And when the tears
came aud she soblied and clung to me
as a child to her mother, I was sure the
crying helped her poor, sore heart, and
did not try to cheek it.
"Mother was asleep, and I made a
lied on a wide lounge in our little sit
ting room for Miss MitchelL Before
she lay down she said to me :
" 'I have left my home, and I cannot
return. Will you shelter me aud hide
me for a few days until I can find
some employment by which to earn my
bread? And will you do this asking
no questions, but believing nte when I
tell you I have done nothing w rong,
nothing that would make your mother
deny me the friendship of her child?"
'Very solemnly, even as she spoke I
made aswer.
" 'While I have a roof or a crust, I
"will share them with you as with a
dearly loved sister.'
"And no sister could have been more
to me than Nettie Mitchell became as
the days passed that followed that win
ter evening. She had some money, and
she asked me to buy her necessary
set
ESTABLISHED 1827.
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1895.
clothing and the additional furniture
that was needed to turn a tiny room we
had used for lumber into a bedroom.
Then I taught her what1 1 had learned
of housework ; and while she insisted
upon paying a third of our expenses.
she took care of mother and shared in
every detail of cooking and cleaning,
With some difficulty I procured em
broidery for her, and she went out ouly
after dark, heavily veiled, to carry
home her work and bring back a fresh
supply.
"But it gave tier a pleasure that, al
though she would not go out except as
I have said, her being with mother gave
me greaterjfrcedom. Esjiecially on Sun
day, when Frank came, I could go with
him to church, aud, after din ner for a
walk.
"Yes it was not long before I saw
that the day time passed more slowly
for my brother than the evening when
Nettie Mitchell, with her low, sweet
voice, her merry jests, her bright ani
mation, made the hours fly past, and
gave to our quiet room an added charm
for Frank. He told her more than he
had ever told us of his hope to one day
take up his profession, and of the
study he crowded into all his leisure
time. She had that rare sympathetic
interest, as far removed from curiosity
as it is from indifference, that won con
fidence from every one with whom she
came iu contacL And with his confi
dence she won his love.
"I, who loved him so dearly, soon
read that secret, and the hopeless, long
ing pain it caused. Paupers, all, as he
once bitterly exclaimed, working cease
lessly for mere food and shelter, what
had we to do with love and hope, and
bright dreams of marriage !
"It gave me keen pain to see that
Nettie did not discourage Frank's love,
though she mast have known its utter
hoju-lessuess. Ever her sweetest smile
was for his greeting, h?r merriest jest
to win his smile, her closest attention
given to his confidence. And when I
timidly spoke to her she closed my lips
with a kiss.
'"May I not love him?" she whis
pered. "Will you not trust your broth
er to me ?"
"And I fearing she read some doubt
in my hesitation, earnestly assured her
that I could not imagine a brighter fate
for my brother than to win such love
as hers.
" 'Only,' I said, tearfully," it seems so
hopeless. How can Frank marry, bur
dened as he is?'
"'Hope, Jessie? she said brightly;"
I am a fortune teller, though not a
gipsy, i lorsee mat wnen r ran mar
ries his burdens will be lifted.
" 'But howr
" 'Oracles never answered a second
question,' she said, laughing merrily.
"And so, when the words that could
not te restrained, broke from Frank's
lips, aud in spite of his poverty he told
his love, she gave him softly the answer
his heart craved.
" 'How could I deny my love Jessie?
she said to me ; think, dear, of his lov
ing nte, knowing I am penniless and
hiding. He does not know but I have
fled from the consequences of some
crime. And he loves me ! So true a
son, so fond a brother must be a good
man. Some day, when he is a great
physician, and we live in grandeur,
we will laugh to recollect rice pudding
without eggs, and rye coffee, in the
little rooms over the store.'
"Then she told me that the wedding
day was set, aud on the twentieth of
June she would be my sister.
"Trust me, Jessie. All will be well
dear."
"As the time drew near she became
gay as she had never been before, mak
ing the hours fly for mother, working
with restless fingers, breaking into
snatches of song.
"On the morning of the wedding day
she left us, promising to return at the
appointed hour. For several days she
had gone out for hours together closely
veiled, always coining in with her face
full of soft sweet happiness. Not a
fear or doubt crossed my mind, for no
guilty eyes could have held always the
cheerful brightness of Nettie Mitchell's.
The fear and grief that had driven her
to me for shelter had left her long be
fore the June day when she drove up
to my door In the carriage I recognized
at once, and walked into the store,
richly dressed as of old.
"Frank's eyes spoke his amazement,
but she gave him no opportunity to
speak, chatting in quiet pleasure as we
drove to church. There were no crowd
of friends to meet us, but after the cere
mony an elderly lady leaning on the
arm of a much younger man, advanced
to meet us.
" 'You have chosen your own wilful
way,' she said, coldly ; "aud I nave no
power to check you."
"'None,' Nettie said gently; so I
thank you, mother, for coming here.
"Then she Introduced them her
mother and her step father and at the
door they left her. From the church
we drove to a large brown stone bouse
on a wide streeL My first gasp of
amazement was for the sign under the
window "Dr. Frank Donaldson."
Then, In a large, beautiful room, sat
mother, and Nettie opening a door,
said :
" 'And this U your bedroom and hers
Jessie. All your treasures are here,
dear, dear, little sister. Welcome
home.
"Then turning to Frank, she told us
her story. Her father had left her
wealthy, but she could not control her
money until she was of age. Her
mother had married a man who had
determined to win Nettie's money for
his brother, and had compelled her
mother to commence a system of perse
cution to gain the girl's consent, trying
to force her into marriage. She had
escaped, to come to us, and the rest we
know. On the first of June she was
twenty-one, and taking her trustees in
to her confidence, she had bought aud
furnished her house, our happy home.'
Sore ThroaL Any ordinary case
may be cured in one night by apply
ing Chamberlain's Pain Balm as
directed with each bottle. This med
icine is also famous for its cures of
rheumatism, lame back and deep
seated and muscular pains. For sale
by Ben ford' Pianuacy.
SPEECH Of GOV. HASTINGS.
Delivered at the Atlanta Exposition
Tfluriday Penniylvaaia Day.
IahIui and Gentlemen.
This is Pennsy'vania day in Atlanta,
and the Cotton States and Internation
al Exposition. We are here by your
invitation and we find on all sides the
evidence of your hearty welcome and
your well known hospitality.
Pennsylvania comes to Georgia to
day to renew her sentiments of good
will, and to reaftirm that spirit of com
ity and fraternity which should always
exist between sister States.
Georgia and Pennsylvania, two great
sovereign States, to-day meet in fra
ternal association; they offer in friend
ly rivalry the products of their native
resources, wealth and development.
Their State flags to-day are inter
twined in hearty good will, and above
them Uth waves iu peace and in glory
the beloved emblem of our common
country.
In our journey here we passed
through rich and historic States, but
we have crossed no sectional lines.
They have been obliterated. They
should never have marred the map of
the United States.
We have seen, as we have never seen
before, the new South, not in bud or
blossom, but in that full and radiant
bloom whose fragrance permeates the
whole land.
There is much of similarity in the
two States united in these ceremonies;
a similarity in the hills and valleys; in
the fertility of the soil; in the abund
ance of their crops; in their stores of
mineral wealth; and value of interna
tional commerce; in their "mountains
that point to the heaven, and the riv
ers that run to the sea."
The early settlements of lioth States
was composed largely of the same jhs)
ple. Much of your imputation in early
days came from Pennsylvania, al
though many of them, after leaving
the Cumberland Valley, may havestop-
ped for a generation or two in Virgin
ia, the Carolinas, or other States, be
fore reaching Georgia.
In th struggle for freedom Pennsyl
vania and Georgia stood side by side.
Georgia's representatives came to
Philadelphia to take council with the
patriots. Their names, with those of
ours, are signed to the Declaration of
Independence. With us they heard
the first defiant ring of freedom from
yonder Liberty Bell. Your Georgia
patriots fought side by side with those
of the Pennsylvania Line at Saratoga
and at Monmouth. They stood at
Pennsylvania's side and crimsonel
Pennsylvania's soil at Brandywine
and Germautown. They went down
into the gloom of despair with Wash
ington at Valley Forge, and they were
with the conquering hosts at York-
town.
I proclaim to you that the patriotic
heart of Pennsylvania beats as warmly
and as steadfastly for Georgia aud her
sister States to-day as when they first
united to found a government uiioii
the rock of freedom. -
Your great exposition gives to the
world abounding proof of your indus
try, your busiuess expansion, and your
surprising growth and development.
Every day with you during the term
of this exposition is a Georgia day. In
your welcome to the several States and
to the great otganization representing
the patriotism and material wealth of
the country and in your welcome to
the representatives of other countries,
so much is your time occupied that
Pennsylvania, with the others, can be
accorded only a single day, and by
your leave, I would improve the occa
sion to tell you something of our State,
something of her relations to the Na
tion; the jiart she bore in the forma
tive period, her growth and develop
ment; her relations to the emergencies
and struggles through which we have
survived; aittl the development of the
great natural wealth planted by the
Almighty in her hills and valleys; the
moral and mental advancement of her
people, and to the relations which she
proudly claims to bear to all the peo
ple. The history of Pennsylvania is a
part of that of our common country.
On every page may be seen the Key
stone Suite identified with every move
ment for its development and upbuild
ing. In MS3, before our ancestors had
covered themselves from the weather,
and while William Penn, our great
founder, wus still a young man, a
school for the education of children
was opened in Philadelphia. This
was the first free school in the Aestern
Hemisphere. Within four years from
the time our ancestors landed in
Penn's woods, a printing press had
been successfully working in Pennsyl
vania, rue nrst newspaper was pub
lished in the province of Penn in 1719
by Andrew Bradford and was called
The America Weck-fy Mercury. In
1700 there were five weekly papers pulc
lished in the province. There were
more books printed in Pennsylvania
prior to the Itevolution than in ail the
other colonies together. The first
general hospital in this country was
founded in Pennsylvania in 1701, and
in the same year the University of
Pennsylvania, the pride of our Com
monwealth, was established. The
first medical college in America was
founded in Pennsylvania. Education
was advanced by the first public libra
ry iu the land- And in this connec
tion I call your attention to the fact
that recently a private citizen of our
State voluntarily contributed, of his
own means, the sum of ,0OO,0O0 for
free libraries for the use of our people.
The first vessel propeled by steam for
the transportation of passengers and
freight sailed from Philadelphia. The
first experimental railway was operat
ed, and the first insurance company
organized in Pennsylvania. Pennsyl
vania erected the earliest institutions
for the care of the insane, the blind
aud the deaf and dumb children of the
Commonwealth, and one of our good
ladies has brought here to exhibit be
fore you some almost miraculous suc
cesses in the education of the deaf and
dumb children.
Pennsylvania was one of the earliest
provinces to throw her weight, her in
Lerald
fluence, her fortune, her honor and her
future in favor of a free and independ
ent government That historic bell
which you see at my right, for more
than twenty years rang out a warning
to the mother country against the oj
pressions visited upon our people, and
Georgia and the Carolinas and Virgin
ia and Delaware and Maryland stotxl
round the cradle of lilierty when this
same bell rang out its triumphant
notes of Lilierty and Equality to the
Western world and the inhabitants
thereof.
While calling the attention of Geor
gians to those things of which wetioast
iu Pennsylvania, let me avail myself
of the opportunity to direct the atten
tion of Pennsylvauians to some distin
guishing features in the history of
Georgia. No State, no section, can
successfully boast of much more than
its proportionate share in the great
work of national upbuilding.
Georgia's versatility of climate and
soil induced her law makers to estal
lish the first State Department of Ag
riculture in the- land.
Georgia was the first and only free
and anti-slave colony iu America.
Iter ctHle of laws of Ii'.rj was so wise
and symmetrical that it was after
wards approved and to some extent en
grafted ufxin the venerable body of
English jurisprudence.
The first steamboat that ever crossed
the ocean sailed from Savannah.
The first female college in the world,
the Wesleyan Female College, was es
tablished at Macon, ( teorgia.
The cotton gin was invented iu 1703
by Eli Whitney near Savannah, on
the plantation of General Green, of
Revolutionary fame.
The first sewing machine was in
vented by a Georgia preacher, F. IL
Goulding.
Georgia Is the second State in the
production of cotton, and the first in
the South in all general lines of manu
facture. The State of Pennsylvania comprises
44,215 square miles, and contains a
Imputation of 5,"4-'i,OO0.
Within her borders there are erected,
by the voluntary contributions of her
people, lO,f24 churches of all denomi
nations. Her people worship in a
larger number of churches than thosi
of any other State in the Union.
Georgia comes fifth in order of preced
ence with over 7,OHO churches, accord
ing to latest statistics.
The total value of church property of
all denominations in our State amounts
to over fs0,917,.'570.
Mind training is an established in
dustry in Pennsylvania. It Is the
most profitable investment within our
Ixirders. There are no dividends so
great as those that come from the
church, the school house and the col
lege. Free education has become as
necessary a part of our government as
our legislature and our courts. No tax
is paid so cheerfully as the school tax.
No expense is met so readily as that
for the education of the boys and girls
growing up around our family hearth
stones.
In Pennsylvania to-day there are
14,7n"5 school houses and 22.S.V) school-:
rooms. 1 he value of our pulilic school
property in lsi.) was $4i,i,0J.). We
have JJ.JiK) school teachers instructing
an army of l.OlO,!) Pennsylvania boys
and girls for future Usefulness and hap-
pin.-s. Our school teachers have re
ceived in salaries in the iwst ten years
$73,14'i,.'00. I was informed only hit
week by our Superintendent of Public
Instruction, who, at my request, made
a careful estimate, that the total ex
penditure for the public schools of our
Commonwealth from lss.-; to 194, in
clusive, was $1SS,7."s),0(i).
The total expenditure for the supiiort
of public schools in Pennsylvania is
more than the aggregate of expendi
tures for schools in the States of Dela
ware, Maryland, Virginia, West Vir
ginia, Noit'i Carolina, South Carolina,
Georgia ami Florida.
Pennsylvania's school expenditure
exceeds that of the Suth Central divi
sion of States, which includes Ken
tucky, Tennessee, Alaliama, Missis
sippi, Louisiana, Texas and Arkansas.
The. expenditures for her public
schools exceeds the combined exjK'tidi
taresof the Western division, which
includes Montana, Wyoming, Colora
do, New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, Neva
da, Idaho, Washington, Oregon and
Calfornia.
Agriculture, the chief occupation of
our people, which, in every adjustment
of legislation, has always received our
first consideration, has kept pace with
the development of all other branches
of industry.
I.ast year we raised 2,710,0)0 tons
of hay, 23,000,000 bushels of pntatocs,
2b,22i,740 bushels of oats, 3,7"i0,UX)
bushels of rye, 1S,S4S,70IJ bushels of
wheat and 30,73:1,370 bushels of corn,
which yielded to the Pennsylvania
husban. linen a total of $-Sl,730,407.
These products were raised by 300,000
farmers on 2J0,00O farms, whose assess
ed values is 2.000,000,000.
You of the South who are particu
larly interested in the production of
sugar may la? surprised to learn that
one of the numerous refineries in Phil
adelphia uses more raw sugar every
year than the States of Louisiana and
Texas produce, indeed more than the
I annual production in
the United
states. The one to which I refer has a
capacity of 7,000 barrels of refine. 1 su
gar per day.
The average annual production of
pig Iron for the past four years has
been 3,914,939 tons. During the same
period the average annual production
of crude steel has been 2,83I,9o7 tons,
and the average production of rolled
iron and steel has amounted annually
to 3,120,002 tons.
Pennsylvania occupies the first rank
in the manufacture of combined tex
tiles. Since 1S00, the capital employed
iu the textile industry increased nearly
eight fold, and the valu of its products
nearly seven fold, while the amount
paid in wages has increased nearly five
and one half times. The capital in
vested is $95,66,227. More than 100,
000 skilled workmen are employed,
who have received annually during
the past five years an average of $30,-
236.0J0, while the total value of the
textile products is $157,337,500 annual-
ly. These remarkable figures have
been prepared and tabulated by tbe
WHOLE NO. 2312.
State B'.ircnii of industrial Statistics.
I have contemplated with much ill'
torest your vast cial fields, aggregating
a"eording to your official statistics, an
era of 17") or more square miles.
Whether the quantity or quality of
your coal Is greater and superior to
ours, I do not presume to say, nor am
I familiar with the annual production
of your mines. We emnlov in Penn
sylvania l'.'T.lOl coal miners, payiug
them annually $0,im,m:.. they pn-
duced iu Isit.I, an average year, 41,221,-
WiH tons of bituminous coal, 47,17!,.'V3
tons anthracite coal, the price of the
former at the mines U-ing $0.77 per
ton; and the Litter $1.77 er ton. And
in addition thereto 5,549,296 tons of
coke.
Petroleum Is ta-euliarly a- Pennsvl-
vania pmducL While it is true that
a part of the crude material Is produc
ed in some of the adjoining States, and
a considerable proportion of the refin
ing is done outside the boundaries of
our Commonwealth, we can justly
claim that the coal oil industry has
been, and still is, in Pennsylvania.
Scarcely thirty years have passed since
the first barrel of refined oil was offer
ed for sale, and now the exiorts exceed
all else excepting cotton, bread-stuffs
and provisions. To-day our exports
amount to owr 700,Uon,WJ) gallons per
year, and the last census rejsirt esti
mates the total capital invested in the
oil production in our State at $3nO,K,
(II). I have but a moment more to speak
of the other great prophecies of the
Keystone State. To lie sure, we have
the greatest locomotive works in the
country, we have the greatest saw
manufactory in the world, the greatest
ship building yards in the world, and
it was in Philadelphia that the first
United States mint was established.
These things that I hav:- t Id you
have inspired our pisple to a greater
measure of loyalty and devotion to our
beloved Commonwealth. We have
gathered a few testimonials and have
brought them here to lay them as an
offering of friendship at your feet.
They testify U tter tlwn our briefly
spoken words of ihe g-xxl will whi-h
we bear to the people of Georgia and
her sister States of the S-mth. We are
but one of that great constellation of
fmraud forty stars which comprises
the only government founded on the
rock of freedom, blessed with every
gift of nature, now so peaceful, so pros
perous, and homogenous.
The starry banner designed, woven,
and first flung to the breeze in Phila
delphia, now flouts iii peace and in
glory over an undivided nation. We,
in Pennsylvania, believe in one flag
and one countrv. We. believe in tUe
union of States. We believe in a com
mon country, a common flag, a com
mon Ami-rieanism, a community of in- .
leresi auu patriotism.
"oil! stay, the maiden rviid. mid rest
T.iy w.ry h-'sid Ujxin tM.s breast,"
"I can't siij he. "I muit r!ii:ib tbe hi'ls.
Th- sa:iini"r is pat. 1 now svll pills.
Not t!ik iiii1 of o'vl ias!iio:K-J illume
Tl.it cause J a d-vad.ul omaeii aeli
L.it ws? il. 'e tli;ps,hat you e't n can Mi. lie
As .hi - i.en.!y remove heir enen bi'e.
Wlu use tticiu oiiiv, tiieivn e'are Zi-ulots,
la p.ai e of - " .e's I"V isitit I'e l-.s."
Vucy re.;u'.ate the bowels, aud cure
sick heaiLtche, l"ie result ofoiistipati'in
or biUoUs"ess, without disturbing the
liet or occupation of the patient.
Sugur-emted a child can take them.
The Tobbacca Habit
As is the case with whisky and cofl'ee
tobacco is not dangerous to heath if
used in moderation. It is, however,
unhealthy for a grow ing boy to smoke
toicicco if his father catches him at it.
The man who swore otf smoking
tobacco and didn't think he had broken
his promise when he sm iked five cent
cigars was a chap of pretty g:Kl judg
ment. Talk ab.nt your cigarette smoking !
Here is a man over in Connecticut who
has just died, that smoked over 2,(J
herrings a tlay. It was his business.
There is a growing conviction in the
minds of smokers generally that a fel
laws vtst pR'kct ought to be deep
enough to entirely hide a cigar from
the scrutinizing gaze of the man who
never has one.
There are half million nun iu this
country who daily enter a cigar store
and ask : "Have a good cigar"."' And
not one of them has ever found a
tobacconist honest enough to reply in
the negative.
An Arkansas man made a bullet out
of a piece of plug tobbacco and shot it
through the body of a wild caL The
animal died. Here we have another
illustration of the evil effect of tobacco
oa the system.
We frequently notice lengthy articles
in the tapers warning the people of the
evil effect of tobacco and whisky. One
reason why these warnings do not pro
duce the desired effect is that in evory
cm:uu:iity there is one man who
neither uses tobacco nor drinks intoxi
cating liquors, but who is utterly use
less. It is also alleged that smoking is the
prolific so j roe of cancer; but a few years
ago John K lach, the ship-builder died
of the came cancerous affection at the
root of the tongue that killed General
Grant, yet he never smoked in hislife.
Mr. Kxicli shouhl always be remem
bered gratefally by the numerous old
smokers who have had Grant' case so
frequently thrown up to them.
Two Valuable Frieadi.
1. A physician cannot lie always had
Kheumalism, Neuralgia, Sprains,
Bruises aud Bums occur often and
semetimes when least expeted. Keep
handy the friend of many households
and the destroyer of all pain, the
famous Bed Flag Oil, 25 cents.
2. Many a precious life could be
saved that Is U-ing racked to death
with that terrible inigh. secure a
good night's rest by investing 2 cents
for a bottle of Pan-Tina, the great
remtdy for Coughs, Colds aud Con
sumption.
Bottles of Pan-Tina sold at G. W.
Benford's drug store.
Land for oats may be plowed now, if
it can tie done, and well-rotted manure
applied and harrowed into the soil.
Comparisons of methods show that six
tiecks of seed per acre, drilled in to the
! depth of two inches, has given the best
i results when oats were seeded in early
a during the spring.
There's Money in Farming.
Farmers claim that there is "no
money in farming." Compared with
other oci-tipti! ions, it U us ct-rtain as any
of them. There is not a merchant in
this couutry, or manufacturer, who
lues not meet difficulties in his busi
ness. The fanner make more money
in proportion to capital and labor in
verVd than is derived in m my other
elitt rprls-s. All classes of business
nit ii uiu-l rely on the cost of raw lna
teri its and the future dein.in-U of the
markets, and it may Is- :d) t, that,
like tlie fanner, their profits or !osvi
depend largely on the weal her also.
To cave lalmr with slusp take a
young ewe Iamb and raise her as a pet
near the house. When the ewe is
grown place her with the ll'k. She
can be called aud the other sL- p will
fl!ow her. If pnqs-rly trained, she
can lie made very serviceable, and
should a dog attack the flock she will
run to the house. She may also carry
a bell, if the owner so prefers.
Iite frosts and severe win'ers will
not kill iu-sfts in the ground. It is
f ivorable to insects and pa.iiMtcs when
the ground is hard ami froen through
out the entire winter. When the
ground Is plowed, however, late in the
fall or early in the spring, so as to sul
ject insects to dampness, as well as al
ternate warming aud freezing weath
er, they are then destroyed. It Is the
exposure to the surface which they can
not endure.
Tiie farmer with a limit: l area, who
ha succeeded iu keeping out of debt
and supported his family during the
year, including clothing and all neecs
sary supplies, may find himself with
but a few dollars in money, but he wiil
have accomplished more than thou
sands in the city, who have worked as
hard, had fewer luxuries and are not a
dollar richer than when the year U-gun.
How to keep potatoes and prevent
them from sprouting is an important
matter, as it will largely influence the
supply next spring. A French experi
menter ktvis the potatias for 21 hours
in a mixture of two quarts of sulphuric
neid iu 12 galloi' of water, then dries
them. Another method is to l;i-t rat h
layer of potatoes w it li lime when they
are put iu the bin. The cheapest and
best method is to excise the t-tatoes to
the fumes of burning sulpliiir in a close
chamlxT or box, for half an hour. Such
potatjes are not suitable f r seed, how
ever.
Mrs. W. B. Mis-k, who resides a
Camptouville, Cat, says her daughter
was for several years troubled at times
with severe crimps in the stomach,
and would le ia such agony that it
was necessary to call in a physician.
Having read about Cl:anil-r!ain's
Colic, Cholera and Diarrlniea Iteincdy
she concluded to try it. Mie found
that it always gave prompt relief. It
was seldom liecc-ssary to give the second
dose. "It has not c-uly saved us lots of
worry and time," she says, ''but also
doctor bills. It is my opinion that
every family should have a bottle of
this remedy in the hojv.." For sale
bv Benford's Pharmacy.
To Preserve the Hair.
1 Avoid tight-fitting hat and collars,
also close fitting cajs, unless these bei-f
some porous material. The two fonner
prevent a due supply of blood to the
parts, hence the hair papilla- are put.
as it were, on short common all the
time the hats aud collars are worn.
The caps enginuer caloric, which sets
up irritation, and ultimately that most
stubborn form of dandn.ff, namely,
pitytiasis I i. e., a branny jaiwder. )
Note that ali headgear viii'-li is not
orous should lv venliiiut- 1 ai top and
sides to allo w a frc" current of air.
2. Never sit tr stand, with the top of
the head near a gas light or lamplight.
The heat thrown out is apt to paralyze
the scalp tissues and dries up the hair
itself.
3. Don't wash the head ofteiier than
one a fortnight, when tir-t rub in the
yolk of an egg, and thoroughly rinse
out with wann water, into w hieh has
been thrown a pinch of borax. Dry
carefully and apply a little pare olive
1.
4. IVware of the c j:mn n practice of
dipping the comb in water when ar
ranging the hair. It promotes decom-
positi in and rancidity of the natural oil
and so leads to "rotting."
"If the hair I ; naturally dry, apply
a little olive oil occasionally. If nat
urally oily occasionally wash away the
excess of sebaceous secretion by means
of a lather or tepid water anil soapUtrk
quitlaya saponara .
. Salt water is nufc-t injurious to the
hair, for which, reason when sea bath
ing wear an oil cap.
7. Always treat the scalp as if you
loved iL Take to heart Dr. Godfrey's
dictum that "Every touch affecting
so delicate a texture as the scalp should
Ik; soft and soothing ; every application
bland and mild." Dm't use stiff-
bristled or wire brashes, and in all cases
brush gently. A!s, always brush out
the hair before attempting to comb it,
and use the comb as little as .ssilile.
S. Have the ends of tiie hair clipped
once a month, if only t' prevent them
from splitting. But doa't close-crop.
Mers. C. F. Moore & Co., Newbcrg,
Ore., say: "We sell more of ChamU-r-laiu's
Cough Kemedy than &H others
put together, and it always gives satis
faction." Mr. J. F. Allen, Fox. Ou,
says: "I believe Cham' .-r'.iin's Cough
Iteme.ly to be the b. 1 have bandied."
Mr. W. II. Hitchcock, Columbus
Wash., says: "Chamberlaiu's Cough
Kemedy sells well a:id is highly prais
ed by all who use :u" For sale I y
Benford's Pharmacv.
Wood Outlasts St jas.
During repairs in the royal castle in
Berlin an interesting discovery was
made quite recently. Along the court
facade of the so-called. E isauder w ing
of the structure, whica was built dur
ing the days of the t ireat Elector, more
than 20 years ago, there are a numtr
of Corinthian columns, who-? capitals
are still in excellent condition, show
ing up the beautiful leaf t!-.ign to per
fection. The columns themselves
however, appear to lie worn out badly
by the influence of the elements. An
investigation of the facade has recently
explained why the capitals wn i:i
good order, w hile the columns needed
repair badly. These cipitals were
carved of oak wood, the shaft of the
column running through the centre of
a solid oak block; U-ing painted aud
then covered with s-md of tin' exact
color of the column, the capitals were
given such a deceiving apjiearance that
only a nn.si careful examination could
lead to the discovery just made.
ThJ soothing, healing effects of Tr
Wood's Norway Pine Syrup is felt al-'
most instantly. There U no other
cough medicine that combines so many
virtues. Sold by all dealers.
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