The Somerset Herald.!
EIVVARD SCULU Editor and Proprietor.
WEDNESDAY-
April J 1S36
Senator Andrews says tlure will le
in ftht f;r State Chairman f the llc
imMiean party, and if Senator Quay
desires to remain at the head of the or
ganization, he can do so without any
opposition whatever. Tliat is the opin
ion of a majority of the Republicans of
the State, who would prefer to wee Sen
iit'ir Quay remain where he U, unless
he should 1 nominated for President
at St- Louis, in which event the cam
paign in this State would run itself.
The Hekai.I reiterates its declara
tion made in its last issue that it favors
the nomination in the district eonfer-cm-e
of Mr. F. J. Koser for Congress,
iot 'iihsianding the fact that his ma
jority obtained at the recent primary
was largely augmented ly Democratic
volt's. It, howewr, in the vindication
of truth, is impelled to expose the un
justifiable conduct of himself and his
friends at the meeting of the Republi
can Return Judges.
A dispatch from Indianapolis says:
The Indiana Republicans will soon
throw otr all disguise and declare their
purp ose to siipjort Harrison at the St.
Iuis convention should his name 1
suggested by the delegation of any other
state, anl it is understood that they
have Iwii advised that such a presenta
tion will le made in the convention.
For two weeks past some of the party
managers have been in correspondence
with Republicans in several states, and
the letters rei-eived in reply to inquiries
uniformly express the sentiment that
Harrison can be nominated if his Indi
ana friends will show a desire for his
Domination.
Th K agents of the pure food depart
ment of the Department of Agriculture
in this State ought to go for the manu
facturer of adulterated articles and
thus protect the retailer, who is igno
rant of the fact that the goods he buys
to sell again are not pure. Arresting
the retailer is all right, but he should
In-made acquainted with the fact that
he is not selling pure goods, and warn
ed not to sell an- more. If this were
done, the chances are that no retailer
would disregard the warning, and the
selling of impure food would at once
cease. The dealer only knows what he
is told concerning the impurity of what
he sells. It is quite probable that the
law will le amended in some way to
protect the innocent dealer.
Ix event of the retirement of Senator
Quay as Chairman of the Republican
State Committee the Republican State
Convention, which meets in Harris-
bunr on the 23rd inst-, will do well to
promote Mr. Frank Willing Leach,
'hairman of the Executive Committee,
to that responsible position. Mr. Leach
has demonstrated on former occasions
that he is one of the best organizers in
the country and liossesses executive
a bi Ii t y of rare q ual i ty. 1 1 is elect io n as
Chairman of the State Committee
would be especially gratifying to the
interior counties for the reason that he
lias, since his advent in joli!ies, kept
in close touch with the Republican
sentiment of the farming communities.
Mr. Leach would make an excellent
and creditable State Chairman.
No sooner were the results of Satur
day's primary known than the pro
fessed friends of F. J. Kooser set to
work to capture the County Committee
and elect a man of their own kidnev
Chairman. Runners were sent to the
four corners of the county, every pre
cinct was invaded, and every effort was
made to influence the members of the
Committee to vote for the candidate
slated by this select band. Democrat.
aud so-called Independent Republicans
worked hand in hand. One of the
llemoeratic leaders in this unholy alli
ance loudly proclaimed on the public,
streets shortly before the assembling of
the convention: "We've got a majority
of the committee captured," and evinc
ed a willingness to liack his claim by a
let of fifteen dollars to five.
Whkx Eli Perkins the other day
asked Senator Cullom if he really had,
as reported, said mean things of Mo
Kinley, the Senator made this reply:
"Pshaw, no! I admire and resjievt
Mi lvinley too much for that. The
Democratic boys made that up. Rut,"
continued the Senator, "I should like
to say one thing about Governor Mo
lvinley. I like to say that, in my opin
ion, if you should take the smallest
Iriir on McKinley's head, punch the
pith out of it with the little end of
n tilling, and then ram into it all the
brains of G rover Cleveland and his en
tire Cabinet, throw ing out Olney, and
the brains of all the iMmK-ratic candi
dates in sijrht, excepting Whitney, Cal
1 5 rice and irman. and then shake that
hair, it would rai tle. This is my sim
ple opinion."
"Who will le the Democratic candi
dade?" was asked.
"Well. I think they will select Hor
ace Greeley, the way they did when
they weut to pieces before."
4 Rut Mr. Greeley is dead, isn't lie?"
"So is the party," said the Senator
solemnly, "lit they don't know it.
What the Democrats want nuist now,
as Rill Nye said in W", are some hon
est jriiiciples, and a car-load of brains
left over by some Republican female
.miliary." J.'Woa (7.7.) J'mnm'.
Pksiiai's the most outrapwis olitl
nl event that lias transpired iu tle
-.unty simv tlie memorable couventiou
of lssj was the proceeding at the Re
publican County Convention, or, more
projnTly sjeakiiig, the meeting f Re
publican Return Judges, lield iu the
- i:irt house Tuesday afternoon of last
Mkeck.
Rjle of rules governing the hold
tu'of Republican primary elections of
S ia.-rs.'t county, provides:
Iti'I.R !!. The Judse of election of the
iveral precinstH shall &sscinli:e n
eiiliii in the court -house, in tholioroiigh
f Somerset, on the Tuesday following
tiie election, at one o'clock P. of said
lay, at which convention the Chairman
of the '-Hinty Committee shall preside.
Li-islci by two Vice President, elected
5'roin the judgos present, ami fourC'erks,
j!:id hfter the convention shall have lieen
orga:iizd, the JudgtH shall produce the
return from their r-sr-iive precincts,
which shall I opened an 1 counted, and
the candidates having I lie highest number
f vrts for any office fhaii tie declared
I tie nominee, of the party for such office.
Provided, that in ease there is any -legation
of fraud in any precinct in the
inii!y the result shall not announced,
if the fraud alleged would affect the same.
An I Rule 1 provides:
Kn.K 1. The principal officf-r of tho
republican party of Somerset county shall
Chairman and a Chairman pro tern,
of the County Committee, w ho shall be
4-;..-Ui by the Committee, whwe term of
iiice shall lasl f-r one year, commencing
immediately after the linal adjournment
if tlKomvefitiot; and continue until his
i,K-MMr i e!-tl, and whose residence
an J offiw ha'l be at the county seat.
Thte two rules, It will he. observed,
r iver the whole dulse of thefonveu-
. I .1. li.
tion, namely: to count am. .,r
vote ca-t at the preceding primary, ana : ,
elect officer of the County Commit.
for the ensuing year. -
These are simple duties, easily dis
charged, and presumably afford no oc
casion for political excitement or inter
ference by parties not niemters of the
convention, yet the court room Mas
filled by a whooping, howling crowd,
composed largely of Democrats and so
called Independents, who interfered
with the business of the convention
with the evident intent of influencing
and bulldozing its momU-rs in the
transaction of their legitimate business.
Re it remembered that this was simply
a meeting of Committeemen or Return
Judges, in which no one had a voice
but duly accredited members, and yet
F. J. Kooser, J. G. Ogle and J. A. Rerk
ey, none of whom were niembersof the
lxdy, egged on by their noisy follow
ers, persisted, time and again, in ad
dressing the convention, and interfe
ring with and delaying it in the dis
charge of its duties, frequently inter
rupting the proceedings and interject
ing remarks in reply to suggestions of
uieuiliors of the convention. Would
any of these gentlemen presume to
claim that they had any rights iulhis
convention, except as mere spectators,
or attempt in any way to justify their
conduct? The fact that Mr. Kooser
had been a successful candidate at the
preceding primary in no way justified
his interference with or apiearanoe on
the floor of the convention. As to the
irrepressible Ogle and ISerkey, their
-al is known to exceed their discretion
at all times. The whole aim and object
of the row appeared to centre on the
congressional nomination and the selec
tion of a chairman. M. II. Hartell,
Capt. V. 11. San iter, Hon. W. H. Mil
ler, and other successful candidates,
whose nomination is equivalent to an
election," they not having to submit
their claims to a district conference,
were present with their friends as quiet
spectators, and in no way intruding
themselves upon the convention.
We reiterate the fact that never in
the jiolitioal history of the county was
there so disgraceful a proceeding witnessed-
All rules of decency and deco
rum were so flagrantly violated as to
disgust all well disposed citizens pres
ent, regardless of their political affilia
tions. No excuse, no defense, no apol
ogy can le offered in justification of
this unseemly conduct, and it will re
main as a blot upon the good name and
fair fame of the Republican party of
the county. As is apparent, the aim
ami object of these disgraceful proceed
ings failed, yet they are none the less
to le censured, denounced and reineni-
lered in the future. .
At Their Old Tricki.
New Orleans April 3. The St,
Landry difficulties, growing out of the
approaching election, were renewed at
Washington to-day, when the tow n was
occupied by a body of armed men and
the supervisor of registration refused to
ojien the office. The white supremacy,
or Fontenot factiou iu the parish, have
declared their purpose to allow no
negroes to register or vote, and wherever
the registrar has gone they have sur
rounded his ollice and have frightened olf
the negroes or whipped those w ho tried to
register. Yesterday the registrar reached
Washington. The opjxising (Thompson
faction turned out in large force there.
thoroughly armed to protect the negro
voters and allow them to register, w here
upon .the snpcrtiaor f regit nttnn.
alarmed at the situation, closed his office
and departed, preventing all citizens.
w hite as well as black, from registering
and thus practically disfranchising them
Most of the voters went before a justice of
the peace and made affidavit and w ill de
mand to vote at the coming election.
Tossed Her Baby From a Window.
New York, April 3. Crazed by drink.
Mrs. Annie Hayes, living on the third
flixir of a Harlem tenement, threw her
baby loy out of the window to-day. The
chihl fell on the ledge of the show win
dow on the ground lloor. A sign pro
jecting aliove the window prevented it
from rolling off, and although it had
fallcu ten feet, the baby was apparently
not hurt
llefore the baby could le taken from
its perch the mother threw herself from
the third-story window, but her skirts
caught on a shutter which had just been
opened by the occupant of a second
story room, wh: was t( aching for the
baby, and she was suspended in the air.
After the baby had leen rescued the
woman's skirts were cut loose, and she
was hauled in the adjoining window-. She
said she wanted to get the baby christen
ed, and had dropped him into the font
and jumped after him lo expedite mat
ters. She was apparently not injured by
her experience, and had to le bmnd, lie
cause of her struggles while leing re
moved to the hospital.
Constipation is the cause of all s.irts o
serious disorder of the blo.d. Strong
cat hart ics arc worse than useless. Il'jr
dock Wood Hitters is Nature's own
remedy for troubles of this sort .
An7 Km Would See Ghosts Tnder These
CircumsUasec.
New York, April Frightened by
what he claims was a pr-x-ession of
ghosts, lustave Hreneisen last June left
Williamsliurg and tramped through the
w est and south. He had just married a
w idow, who hail lost three previous hus
bands. Yesterday he returned and was
arrested.
The woman had three children, one 1 y
each of her three dead husltands. The
day Ureneisea married her he learned
that her first husband hanged himself,
her second was crushed to death and her
third died suddenly of heart disease.
ISreneisen says that not long afterward
he was sitting with his new family w hen
he suddenly saw the ghosts of his three
predecessors pass rapidly before his eyes,
so he fled from the city. He had not
lieen back many hours yesterday when
Court Officer Short arrested him on a
charge of abandonment.
After Quit's Documents.
Wi-iiiiuioN, April 4. Senator Quay's
Committee room on Public Iiiiildiugs and
Grounds was broken into last evening
and an unsuccessful attempt made to
break into his desk. The iron Uilts fast
ening the d'or at the top and liottom
were pried out of the sockets showing
that stroi'.g tools w ere employed.
It is lielieved by the Senator that an
attempt waa made to get possession of
his political papers, but even if the desk
had l-een opened the papers would not
have been obtained, as they had all in
removed to Mr. Q jay's house a week
ago.
Nothing else' in the room was :is
turlied. About a year after the election in 1ms
Senator Quay's desk was t itled of all his
political papers it then contained, and
tbey never have lieen recovered. They
were not important, as they were w hat
the Senator termed "trash left over,
which might as well have been de
stroyed." The latent result of pharmaceutial
scieuce and the best modern appliances
are availed of in compounding Ayer's
; Sarsaparilla. Hence, though haif-a-cen-
j tury in existence as a medicine, it ig ful
: ly abreast of the age in all that goes to
make it the standard blood- purifier.
HolmM Tall it All.
Philadelphia
April 4. Holmes
rtext IllimK.r(.rof modern time.
mle a rnlijy.SM0,1. i it he tell
how and why he put to death no Icks than
20 men, women and children. He gives
nil the facts. He writes as calmly and
coolly and remorselessly an he murdered.
He neclects no detail. He even give an
account of six murders which he planned.
but was prevented from carrying them out.
It was well known that he put 11 per
sons out of the world; so, wlwn his con
fession is printed, there-wiil Ih accounts
of the violent death of nine people whose
alvence from their homes and their
friends has hitherto been unexplained.
He deseriles in detail the murder of
the Williams sisters, of ijuiulan, the jan
itor of the uastle, who "knew too much.
of Pietzel, the murder lor which he is to
bang, and of the rietzel children.
In fact. Holme, silling in the shadow
of the fallows, with the but hope gone.
with thetime and place of his death fixed
leyoud change, bus given way to hi
vanity as a craftsman, aud has written
his life.
He, of course, cannot tell the truth, but
he has told it as nearly as possible for a
man of his stripe to tell. He will add
something to.the know ledge of bis lite.
but he will add nothing to the knowledge
of his character.
His little book will have a shelf all to
itself in the library of criminology. He
announces himself as a professional mur
derer. Kach of his murders was deliber
ately, carefully planned, executed with
calmness aud precision.
He has written aliout them as a great
scientist would w rite of a series of val
uable experiments. He was a profess
ional murderer. He has studied mur
der as a fine art. He pursued it to earn a
living, but also for its own sake. He
used the w hole of bis very considerable
brain power in planning and carrying
forw ard very subtle murder plots, in de
vising new means oi anting niiuwu
lieings.
He "points with pride" to his work.
He thinks he has fairly earned immor
tality, and ha could not die without letting
the world know what a great man it has
produced.
He deliberately chose a career of crime
when he was a fnnii lxy up in Vermont.
He attended medical college to equip
himself for the taking of life, just as
other men go to college to equip them
selves for the saving of life. He w as not
tisane in the ordinary sense of the word.
He was simply a monstrous pervert, a
criminal degenerate, with a moral sense
exactly inverted.
Killing Innocent People.
Havana, April 1, Via Tampa, Fla.,
April 2. .lose Ramon del Valle, a
Spaniard, w ho has !ecn aha-te lor some
time of the important town of Jov ell alios,
province of Matanzas, has resigned hfs
position and brought his family here. He
sails for Mexico to-morVow. He states as
a reason that he can no longer stand the
excesses committed by Spanish troojw.
Senor del Valle is a man of culture and
intelligence and has no leaning toward
the insurgents. His testimony is there
fore unbiased. He says: "Spanish troops
are killing innocent people right and
left. The people of Havana have no
idea what atrocities are being commit
ted. "In many parts of the island, the
troops pillage stores, residences and re
lates and kill unarmed men. Unques
tionably they are more to lie feared than
the insurgents. There "is no safety for
life or projierty outside of the cities and
large towns. While Colonel Vicuna's
column was at Jovellatios three weeks
ago, they met three men on the outskirts
coming toward the tow n on the main
highway. The men were unarmed.
They were halted and asked for their
papers. . They had none and were im
mediately shot Colonel Vicuna resrt-
ed this officially a victory over a party
of insiirgeii'.ai in w hich the enemy had
three dead ami the troops no looses. Ten
days ngo a detachment of mounted
guerrillas under Lieutenant Paula, w hile
foraging near Jovellanos, came upon ten
lalxrers at work iu a fiehL The laborers
shouted "viva Kspana" as the lroo
approached but the latter fired a volley,
missing the lalsirers, w ho threw them
selves on their faces on the ground, but a
Chinaman who was standing near by
re-eived a bullet in the leg. He went to
Lieutenant Paula and showed his wound
to him, com plain h.g at the action of
Paula's men. Paula said: "You are
going to tell tales are you," and, drawing
his sword he killed the Chinaman. These
instances came under my personal
ot iso r vat ion while I was mayor of the
tow n of Jovellatios."
Bobbers Didn't Get $50,000.
W HtTi.vsTii.i.E, Mass., April 4. The
lioldet-t m!U nipt at a bank robliery of any
magnitude that has occurred in "Massa
chusetts since the famous robbery of
the Northampton Rank was made short
ly after midnfght this morning, when
four or five cracksmen vainly endeavor
ed to get jf.VMMl which was stored in
safe in the Whitinsvillo National Hank.
They used dynamite1 and nitroglycerine,
but they could not get into the safe.
The robliers, Is'fore forcing an en
trance into the banking institution.
overpowered Joseph Ueauregard, night
watchman at the Whitinsville Cotton
Mills, after a desperate encounter. They
hound and gagged him and then pro
ceeaeti lo the name, with a jininiy or
large chisel, the robbers forced the outer
door and then with skeleton keys work
ed the lock on the inner disir.
It was aliout ten minutes past 1 o'chick
when they succeeded in getting into the
banking room. Two safes occupied po
sitions at the far end of the counter in
the rear. I'.y the use of a jimmy an
opening was made at the top of the door
of the first safe. Into this aperture
nitroglycerine was poured and fired. The
explosion that followed was a terrilic
one, blowing one of tho dxrs from its
hinges and shattering the other. The
contents of the safe, consisting of liooks
and a few unimportant papers, were
strewn almut the floor.
After securing fim) or over-from the
steel lox in the interior of the shattered
safe, the robliers tackled the second safe,
w hich was of liOftii pounds weight. -
It is estimated llint it contained at least
?.Vl,0oft. With their tools the outer plate
was removed and then dynamite was
used without effect Another attempt
was made, and this time nitroglycerine
was used, but this did not work, and the
roblers finally gave up in disgust.
Thousands Sid Penance.
CixrixxATi, O., April X At 7 o'clock
this morning i,t3 Catholics were waiting
at the foot of the l.i7-step stairway lead
ing from Third street t the sidewalk op
posite the door of the "Imtiisieeuta''
church, to perform penance for sins and
seek cure for disea-es, in the belief that,
on Good Friday morning, by beginning
at the liottom and climbing on the knees
to the top. offering prayer on every step
and tho "Iird's prayer" at each of tho
platforms relief from illness and other
great blessings will come.
Young and old, rich and poor kneeled
together. The strong and the feeble
moved slow ly and painfully in the same
procession. Some wept softly, and from
lips more often young than old came
groans and cries for forgiveness. Several
of the penitents seemed exhausted, and
some would have fallen but for tho rail
ing. How many will find relief noone
will know. ,
Easy to Kanage.
The Cinderella Range is easy to man
age, many oilier ranges are not. The
construction of tho Cinderella admits of
plenty of air under the grate, which pre
vents it from burning out, and every
provision is made for cleanliness. Ex
amine it before you Imy. Sold by
. JAS. H. II.II.I);p.BAt'M,
.Somerset, Ta.
PaotyWaUi Arbor Day.
Friday, April 10, and Frid ay, 24. have
lieen designated in a pr.tclamation issued
by tlovernor Hastings as arbor days.
The selection of either of these days is
left t3 the choice of the people in the va
rious sections of the commonwealth to
the end that -that day may be selected
which Is deemed most favorable on ae
countofclimaticconditions. The proclamation states that although
Pennsylvania was once wholly covered
with a dense growth of valuable timber,
to-day scarcely one-fourth of that area
remains; that tho timter supply has
fallen off to such an extent that the com
monwealth is unable to produi the tim
ber required for its inhabitants. Cf the
regions, which, when timbered, were a
source of wealth to their owners and to
the state, not less than 2,ritX),0n0 acres are
unfit for agricultural purposes
Most of this vast area has little or no
mineral wealth and Ls now an unsightly
and practically abandoned territory.
Fires sw ecp over it year after year, de
stroying the younger grow th and burn
ing out the fertility of tho soil so that this
area is passing into the condition of a
desert, liecomiug poorer each suecewdve
year. Governor Hastings says it .is not
only KMHi lle, but also practical, to re
store the forests upon this desert waste,
which would lieproducing a crop of great
value to the state and would restore the
fertility of the soil, would save the riv
ers and streams by the lieueficial influ
ence of the forest and aid iu furnishing
homes and stipimrt the doubling popula
tion in this commonwealth iu genera
tions to come.
"As it was pnee a necessity to remove
the trees in order to obtain ground to
plant grain," adds Governor Hastings,
"and for other purposes of civilization, it
appears that this necessity produced a
tree-destroying insect which should lie
counteracted as speedily as itossiblc.
This is the first generation of the com
monwealth ever brought face to face with
the danger and disasters of a timlerless
country.
'To change the current of national
thought from tree-destroying to the tree
protecting policy, to add to the beauty of
our mountains and valleys, to ornament
the grounds of our free schKls and other
educational institutions, to add comfort
to the traveler on public highways, to
preserve the shores and banks of our
rivers and smaller streams are objects
worthy the intelligent attention of our
citizens."
An Old Bible.
Lomkx, April .1. The Daily AVtrx says
ma dispatch from Constantinople that
an ancient and beautiful manuscript of
tho gospel, dating back to the sixth cen
tury, was recently found in Asia Minor.
It is written on the finest and thinnest of
vellum, which is dyed purple. The let
ters arc silver, except for the abbrevia
tions and sacred names, w hich are in gold.
Representatives of Knglish and American
universities have unsuccessfully sought
to obtain possession of the precious
manuscript, it having lieen secured by
Russia.
Important to Pensioners.
Rulings of the last Administration are
reversed in a decision rendered April 1st
,y Assistant- Secretary- of- the - 1 titerior
Reynolds in a pension case having a
ls?aring favorable to a large numls-r of
claims now on file.
The ruling holds that where a w idow
and minor children under tuxteen years
of age survive a soldier the children may,
after attaiuing the age of sixteen, and
where the mother concurs, thereafter,
without payment to her of any part of the
pension, apply in their own right and re
ceive the same pension as the father
would have beeu entitled to had he lieen
totally disabled. This pension is to com
mence front the dale of his death and to
continue until they resicctively arrive t
the age of sixteen years.
This holding entitles those w hose rights
to apply did not accrue until after they
had passed theirsixteenthyear, tola? pen
sioned as though their rights had accru
ed while under the age of sixteen, as
held by the Department a year ago, am
hence not subjeti to any litigation.
Shot Down ia Conrt.
Carth aok, Tenm. April 4. It S. Wil
liams Clerk of the Circuit Court, to-day
shot and proliably fatally wounded Clar
ence W. Garrett, a lawyer of the Carth
age liar, and a prominent Populist poli
tician. Williams was drinking hard and
went into the court rcsun, where Garrett
was engaged in a case. He sat down and
waited until the court adjourned, w hen
he walked up to Garrett and began fir
ing. Garrett was shot three times, twice
after he had fallen to the lloor.
The cause of the trouble is Garrett's
statements relative to the relations al
leged to exist lietween Williams and his
sister-in-law. Williams is dangerously
HI from nervous shock and Imi1i men
may din.
Of Interest to Dairymen.
secretary or Agriculture Jvlge is
collecting data for a bulletin to lie is
sued by the department on food rations
in dairies. He has addressed a circular
letter to the leading dairymen of the state
asking them for the exact weight of each
kind of food in daily use in their dairies.
whether feeding for milk or for butter
and the effects resulting from a change of
feed. Mr. Edge will employ an expert
to calculate each ration, compare it w ith
a properly ljal.ineed ration and note the
surplus or deficiency on either side of
the ration. The information derived
from the replies to these letters will lie so
arranged that dairymen may lie able to
compare their different rations and note
w here changes may lie made to an advan
tage to the feeder.
Important Deoikion.
Judge McPherson, of Dauphin eonnly
handed down an opinion in favor of the
Pennsylvania Packing and Provision
Company, of Philadelphia, which was
defendant in a Commonwealth suit for
tax ou capital stock. Counsel for the
company contended with argument re
cently that it was a manufacturing con
cern and therefore exempt from taxation,
The company was chartered in 1S1M for
the purpose of manufacturing hams, ha
eon, lard and other products of the
slaughter of hogs aud packing and stor
ing the same. The Court says the com
pany was organized for manufacturing
purposes and during 13(15 its capital was
actually and exclusively employed in
carrying on manufacturing within the
State. He holds that the Commonwealth
is not entitled to recover.
Quire
Prove th J merit of Hood's Sarsapanlla posi
tive, perfect, permanent Cure.
Cures of scrofula in severest forms, like
g.Stre, swelled neck, running sores, hip
disease, sores In tlie eyes.
Cures "t -S;'!t I; Ileum, with Its intense Itching
ami burning, scald head, tetter, etc.
Cures Uoils. rimpk-s and all oilier erup
tions due to impure Mood.
Cures "f Dyspepsia and other troubles where
a (rood stomach touie was needed.
Cures of ttlieunutlsm,w'bcre patients were un
able to work or walk for weeks.
Cures of Catarrh ty expellin; the Impurities
which cause and sustain tlie disease.
Cures t Nervousness by properly toning aud
feeding the n.-rres upon pure blood.
Cures of That Tired Feelins by restoring
strength. Send lor book of cures by
Sarsaparilla
To C I. Hood A Co- Proprietors, Lowell. Mass.
, ., rtMi are the best after-dinner
llOOU S PllIS pills, aid digestion, sse.
(DJ
"Saved Kly Life"
A VETERAN'S STORY.
" seve ml ye:trs :tgo, while in Fort
Snclling. Miniu I caught a severe
cohl, attended with a terrible rough,
tltit allowed ine no . rest . day or
night. The doctors after exhaust
ing their remedies, pronounced my
case Jmek's3, say
ing they could do no
more for me. At
this time a bottle of
AYER'S
Cherry Pectoral was
sent to me by a
ZJ' friend who urged
me to take it, which
I did. and soon after I was greatly
relieved, and in a short time was
completely rurcd. I have never had
much of a cough since that time,
and I firmly lK'licve Ayer's Cherry
rortoral saved my life." AV. II.
Vk'xnv, 8 Qiiimby Av Lowell, Mass.
AYER'S
Cherry Pectoral
Highest Awards at World't Fair.
AVER'S PiLLS cire Indigestion and lit idacbf
Boads Heed Moisture.
To keen irood roads in good repair.
moisture is often the one thing desired.
The four months of continuous drought
last summer was trying to all kinds of
roads. Sand roads became almost im
passable, gravel and dirty roads dissolved
into dust, and stone roads manifested a
strong tendency to disintegrate on the
surface for want of moisture to cement
tho binding material with the stones.
Rut where the surface of stone roads is a
part of shaded avenues, there was uone
or little disintegrating, reorts Road
Commissioner Build of New Jersey, thus
emphasizing tho experience and prac
tice of European road builders that mae-
ademized roads should le set with shade
or fruit trees, so that the silent forces of
nature may steadily provide the moist
ure that is needed without expense, be
side adding lieauty to the landscape.
and pleasure aud comfort to the travel
er. .1 mtrienn A frirxlliiritif.
Impor.at ti Pensioners.
Captain tieorge W. Skinner, pension
agent at Pittoburg, has sent out the fol
lowing circular:
'lly an act of concress approved March
'5, is:!, sei-tion Xo. 4,74 It. S., U. S., has
ls?eti rejiealetl. The art repealing said
section ahdishes personal pay incuts of
every character, and revokes the authori
ty of pension agents anil of clerks
designated by them for the purpose, to
administer oaths in the execution of any
pension vouchers, cither at the agency or
elsewhere. It is operative immediately.
and will 1 strictly enforced. A pension
check cannot, under any cireumstanceM,
be delivered to a pensioner, except by
mail.
The justice of the peace and aldermen
who execute the pension vouchers must
have a certificate of theiroflieial character
on file at the pension agency, and the
notaries public must usethciromcial soal
ou the vouchers they execute. Attention
is called to the fact that the ociision
certificate must in every instance lie
exhibited to the officiating magistrate.1
Sick stomach means sick man (or
woman ).
Why not lie well ?
Sick stomach comes from poir food.
poor nourishment ; means poor health.
poor coibfort. Shaker Ihgcstive Cordial
nieaim health and a well stomach. ' .
If we could examine our stomach we
would understand why it is that so little
will put it out of order.
Hut, unless we aro doctors, we never
see our stomach. We only teel it. We
would feel it less if we took Shaker l)i
gestive Cordial.
Shaker Iligestive Cordial makes your
stomach digest all the nourishing food
you eat, relieves all the symptons of in
digestion, acts as a toniu and soon makes
you well and strong again.
The more you lake, the less you will
feel of your stomach.
At druggist. Trial bottle ten cents.
Poor Indeed!
There are degrees and kinds of sverty.
just as there are differences of opinion
among those who compute and measure
poverty and riches by ditferent atatid
ards. Some men deem themselves poor
liecause they are less ri-h than other.
again there are eimp:ir.itively poor
people who are satisfied with a compel
encc. There is a kind of jioverty for
which no amount of wealth can compen
sate, namely, a poverty of bodily stamina.
evinced by nervousness and a derange
ment of the functions of digestion, bilious
secretion, and the biwclt. To re-t.re
vigor upon a permanent basis there is
one remedy that fully covers the require
ments, "fills tho bill," and this Ls
llostettcr's Stomach Hitters, lly restor
ing digestion, giving a healthful impulse
to the action of the Isiwels and liver and
tranquillizing the nerves, it fulfills the
condition necessary to a resumption of
strength hv the system. It also over
(Mines malaria and rheumatism.
Settle Up.
Our looks ot accounts we w ill do away
w ith entirely from date of April 1, ln.
We therefore notify all person indebted
to us to call promptly and settle either
by cash or note, as by the alsve date we
want all accounts closed,
Fkrxkr linos.
first of April Settlements.
The first of April is rapidly approach
ing, which ia the Great Annual Settle
ment Pay for Somerset county people.
You w ill want judgment notes, promis-
ory notes, receipt liooks, bonds, leases,
deeds, mortgages and all sorts of legal
blanks; you will want envelopes, blank
books, tablets, pens, pencils, fountain
pens and other goods suitable to the sea'
son, and the place to get this sort of goods
is at
Fisher's look Store,
where a foil and complete line of legal
blanks law books and everything usual
ly found in a first class book. Stationery
and Hook Store, can at all times be
found.
CUAR. II. KlSHER.
Cash Shoe Store.
From date of April I, ist, we w ill do a
strictly cash business. Relieving it to lie
to the best interest of our customers am
ourselves, to boy ami sell for cash, there
by enabling us to reduce prices and in
crease our already extensive trade,
Feksek ItttOH. .
Mrs. W. II. Carroll is visiting friends
in Philadelphia.
The Hockwood Normal w ill open April
77, and continue, for nine weeks.
P. S. Wii.i
Kockwood, Pa.
HEfJCH
& DROMGOLD'S
SA7raiUu"EUei:iES
A OTHlprft:l inprovemrat In Frtrilnn VrrAm and
.lK-liark. bark moOunof t'rria: limes afiu4
wunyotiTcr in ilia market. FrW-tina ( Utrb krt,
rausiug all loef -) avariug lo.aut till bile t k
mx: creat uvimc In power nmd wear. Krnd
IwnuioBUUuiafurliuw'i.htaloa'urajfelpriiva. am
Spring ilarrawa. Hay Kakrs. ('Oivatars,
('rn rinatera. Shelter, rtc. M nitun ix );.
UESCU tP&UMtiCiJ), Mfra., York, Pa.
1 VrV.'iN
i3n
1872 1896
rjoOK & MERITS.
Gwcre,
Flour, Grain & Feed Dealers,
April 8, 'mi. SOMERSET, PA.
Grass Seeds
Are In demand and we have In stock a
large supply of
Fancy
RECLEANED CLOVER & TIMOTHY
at bottom figures for cash or country pro
duce in exchange.
Always anticipating the wants of the
Fancy and Staple
GROCERY TRADE, : : :
we carry in stock a line
Unsurpassed in Somerset County,
and you will never find yourself in
want if you buy your supplies al our
II KA ixjt'A KTKI'S STQHK where
you will tind our shelves and coun
ters well stocked with a full lino of
the most desirable ioods and Pore
Vood Products.
"1 1TE desire your special attention to
tho end that vou mar try our lead
ing brands of colfee, namely : .
"Chase Sanlxirns" Inose Roasted
lo-.wda. and their S-hI Hraml.
$ToeTHod .lava, in two muui lin,
wlTieTrvTairserved exclusively at
the World's Fair. Also, Pilworth's
hrunswick High Grade, together
with a full line of Arbiickles, Lion,
Jersey and Knterjirise package
colfees.
With a Full Line Of-
Scrub Brushes, Brooms, Buckets,
Dust Brushes, Scouring Soaps, Ac.,
we are prepared to supply you, with
the necessary articles for
Housecleaning.
JUST received a lurjje tthipment of the
v-w usu a we a wua p iru aiu n f
which we will sell 7 Bars for 23 Cents, or
by the Ikix 100 Three-quarter Found Bars
for $3.25. Competition don't figure at
these prices, which may not hist long,
therefore the trade can't afford to miss
this bargain.
Just Unloaded
300 BARRELS SALT.
Which w e will sell at a price unpre
cedentedly low. lm't buytntil yon
have ascertained our prices.
W7K are reeeh Ing and aelling the larg-
est shipments of Lake Fish that
come to the town simply lieeause our
prices are Low, Iower, Ixiwcst,
"TTE always have iu stock a full line of
Assorted Feeds, Oil Meal, I.ime,
Cement, Plaster, Hair, Oil, Ac, together
w ilh the follow ing well-known brands of
Flour at the very lowest prices :
WOKLIVS FA 1 11 SOl'VESIEK,
PILLSBURY'S BUST,
and his latest brand,
M-M'MF.T, which is unequaled.
POUT KP.S BOSS,
J F.N KINS V1KNNA,
. SCIICMACHKKS FAMOUS.
FKKNCII FhAi,
And a number of the Is-st and most pop
ular Home Brands.
Seeing is Believing. Call and See.
COOK & BEERU5.
New
Spring
Goods
ARE NOW
On
Sale!
And we are now prepared to show
the lanrest aud most desirable
stock of New Spring
DRY GOODS,
NOTIONS,
CARPETS,
RUGS,
PORTIERE,
LACE CURTAINS,
ETC.,
In the County at prices that can't
be compared.
Our New Spring Stock of
Ladies'
Silt & Feresa Vaists.
Capes & Coats,
are very desirable and at prices to
suit all.
rJR CARPET DEPARTMENT
is full of new Spring Goods
in all the new and desirable pat
terns and best makes. Also a
handsome line of
RUGS,
PORTIERS,
LACE CURTAINS,
WINDOW SHADES,
Etc.
Of every description are now on
Fa'c. and we -are prepared to offer
grtat bargains in every department.
Parker &
Parker.
New
Sprin
Ms
lfIrs.A.E.Uhl,
NEW SPRING GOODS. New
est styles in all kind. of
goods and lowest prices. A full
line of Catflnicre and Verges' in all
qualities, i-'plendid assortment of
Clack Wool, Worsted end Mohair
Dress ia IJrocaded and Novelty.
Styles, suited for dretses atd skirts
A big stock of newest styles of
Novelty Dress Goods, ranging in
price from 12 1-2 cts to $1 a yard.
GREAT variety of ilks and
Silk and Wool Plaids, Ac, for
waists t dresses. Wash Goods for
desses and waists, including Swisses,
Lawns, Percales, Dimities, Crepes,
Moire, Chintzes, Chcviotte Prints,
Ginghams, Seersuckers, Ac. Splend
id values in Table Linens, Towels,
Napkins, Table Covers, Ied
Spreads, Portiers, Furniture Da
mask Silk and Silkolinc Draperies
and Cushions.
LADIES' Dress Skirts and Miirt
Waists. Ladies' Spring Capes
in Velvet, Silk and Cloth. Ladies'
Night Dresses, Corset Covers, Skirts
and Chemise. A handsome assort
mcnt of New Lace Collars and
Dress Yokes. Infants Long and
Short Dresses, Long and Short
Coats and Sacks. Great variety of
Children's Mull and Lace Caps and
Hats.
NEW Style Enttons, Silks.Gunps,
Ribbons, Laces, fcc., for dress
trimmings. A large variety of
Cambric, Swiss and Xansook Em
broiderv in white and color?.
Linen Sheeting, Stamped Linen and
Embroidery Silk. A large assort
ment of Lace Curtains cheap.
Also Curtain Swis3 and Scrim.
LARGEST stock of new .Millin
ery Goods. All the latest
styles. A lanre ai-sortment of Lace
and Rutton Guaranteed Kid Gloves.
Fast Colored Stockings in Clack
and colors for Ladies', Misses',
Children, Men and Coys. Rest
dark, blue and light calicoes, 5 ets.
Wool and Cotton Carjiet Chain.
Mrs. A B. UIIL.
Jos, Home & Co.
SUGGESTION.
Indies at a distance of hundreds
of miles will find equal satisfac
tion as to quality, style and low
price in first class, up-todatc
merchandise, should they wih to
shop by mail as do city patrons
find over the counters. First-
class mail order service coupled
with the principles of giving val
ue in many instances when
we vc done fortunate baying
more than value received for
every dollar expended here, has
e.-tablUhed this department in a
basis not to be overthrown.
The department stands ready to
serve yon on shortest notice.
Write our Mail Order Department
for samples of
New Dress Goods.
SPECIALS:
MOHAIR SUITIX GS. Matelasse
and Damassc effects-grey, brown,
green and blue mixtures 4
inches wide 50 cents a yd.
STYLISU MELANGE SUITINGS
brown, pink, urey, blue and green
mixtures, 45 inches wide, 50 cts
The above and any other piece
goodi will be sent upon request.
Also new Spring and Summer Cat
alogue FREE.
PENN AVE. & FIFTH ST ,
PITTSBURG, PA.'
: Facts About :
FURNITURE
We can inform the trade and pnMic a
large that we have mine out victorl
ou in our deal with the furniture
manufacturers of Mk-hipin. We p
all we asked for in the way of lmr-
gams, consequently all we expected,
what more do we want? We only want
the trade to know that our line is bet
ter in every rype t now than everle-
fbre and that wr are troiny to eontin
ne selling Furniture" on a yery low
baia.
$25 and $28.00 win bny a aoi
id
Oak Suit for the lied room, contain
ing
six pieces, made and finished iu
very latest styles.
the
$18 Slid $20.00 takes from our fl.
a nice suit, either in Antique or
itation Walnut finish.
Iru-
on onrf con nn
.v vou.uu pays ir aniecover
HtufTod or wood-frame suit for the par
lor, nphoKtered in Kroratclle, Silk
Tapestry and Plush.
10 ana YiV.VV takes one of the
same style suits upholstered in Tap
estry.
I.BU, I.3U, Z.UU. Xice Reed Rock
ers lfith century finish very orna-
menial tor tne porch.
$9 and $15.00 Lnys a solid Oak Side-
lioard.
C. H. C
OFFROTH
606 Main Cross Street,
Somerset, - Pa.
EVERY DAY
Brings Something iew ,
A Riding or Walking
". . S3a" w
Xo dragging of frame on the ground. The lighte.-t -h .fi. V; '!
itself of tra.sh a3 ea.-ily as a hay rake. Uui a li.-.r ":,
a man on as others do without a load.
CALL AND SEE IT. WE
IN THE WORLD.
Sold onTrial.
J. B. Holderbaum.
7
Somerset, Pa.
OUEEfVo)
viiumiuiimittmummimiUiiUuiitiuiu
The New Capello Rance.
WE fell the NEW CAPELLO RANGE, guaranteed the la:.- a:.!;
Range of Jts class on the market. It has very large .r. i I '.h rr.
ens, heavy grates, linings and tops. Baking and Roa.-t::. .
the highest as thousands, of
the best huy a
USTIEW CAPELLO.
: : ALSO A FULL LINE OF :
GRANITE, COPPER & TINWARE.
Milk Cans, Screen Poors and Windows, Ice Cream Freezer.-. 0:1
Gasoline Stoves. Call
A CHANCE TO
QUljSTiSr'S,
134 & 136 Clinton St.,
. Are Selling
2,500 Fur Capes for S12.50.
1,000 Ladies' Jackets for S5.00.
And Other Winter
James
1847.
(jet it at
Reliable Drug Store.
Your Wants Can Be Supplied With
PURITY, ACCURACY AND DISPATCH.
Our large stock of goods is complete throngliout. Any Si
wanted we will
Physicians' Prescriptions Carefully Compounded at -all Ite
Pure Wines -and Liquors,
FOR NcIICINAL FURP0SES 0KLY.
Benfcrd's Drug Store,
G. W. BEDFORD, Manager.
rerOirifcof Pr. S. M. nIl !n n-ar i.f SUre, iun h will wait "I ; '
Saturday of eac h week.
Kfm.Miilr that we are Iloa.lniarters
Tor 1VkU.. Shws. ItuMit'rs, Slij
prsanl everytliing in the shoe
line fn.m the sniullot artii lu up
to the largest all of tho r.-linble,
never-rip, water-tight nort at the
lowest prices.
OUR MOTTO :
PERFECT
FITTING SHOES
AT
PERFECT
FITTING PRICE3.
REPAIRING ASPEC!ALTY.
Ceorge P. Stein & Co..
7iX MiUu CroMA St.,
Spring Tooth Ha-r , ,
GUARANTEE IT THE EEST
IT 13 A GREU CCMFCRT
to a tily !, ... . . -
Th Cindw'a S?cvi jri ?.-- ;
riT.-rs.
N..r.-I f..r ti.. r -
- .UV.-lii.-Il.-- : . .
r.verythii: i t !. r. 5
I'KKIkm i:, ma i : i:: v. ,'.A
SKILI
Thf-ir cI-:in!iii- ;-... -
T'.K-ir -,-n.,itiv ;-. . : ... 5
J. B. Holderbuj, 3
SOMERSET.
dailv users can testifv. I: v ..; w-
and see us. Respectfully.
P. A. SCMELL,
SOMERSET. Pi.
MAKE MONEY-
- - JOHNSTOWN, FA,
Goods in Projrtivn. I j
Quimi
Benford's
order with promptness.
Wanted :Vr "l
iilility ti r jr 'in Nm.x ; ,. , ,.
1-iiV' iihiintritv i'o?iimiiy. l! !."' ' 't
A.v.-r-. i. n Ril Af iil. T. ' ''
burv'i. V-jl.
Make Cows Tay.
Twenty a
one Little Giant
Separator will -ake
1 T more butter t::on .3
. j cows and no scrara-1-
tor. Five cows will
bring $00 to $300 aud one
separator will cot ?i25
Five, cows w ill eat a let cf
( feed ; a separator eats notn-
ing. Moral: Make the cov.
business pay by using -i
arator. Send for circulars.
. .i-. . f .r.
: r. .'1 . MIAKFLEI, c . '
I Butfcuid, Vt.
. SOMERSET. PA.