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TheSomersct Herald.
tDWABD SCC1A. Editor and Proprii-tor.
; WEDNESDAY
April 14. 1W7.
S It Itegins to look as though the Turks
Caml the (ireeks would fight it out while
the powers areo,u4ling about it.
S McKinlkv shrst month brought a
? surplus. The rush among importers
; CJiuseJ it, hut t w a surplus ju-4 the
fittue.
i Thk Kansas wheat crop this year is
"!exof'teiltoruu up to 5H,M0 bushels.
Wliat el- Kansas thiuk now of Mc-
. Kinley titiu-!-?
Alaska's yield of gold this year is es
timateil at f 10M,(Kiil, whi h is eon
M.kraUy more than the big territory
cost the United Stal.-s.
AwHtWMi to IJradstreet's report
there were 500 fewer business failures
during the first three months of this
year than during the same pvriod of
List year.
Te.v of sixteen southern states con
tributed votes in the support of the
protective tariff bill, and Democratic
newspapers and lusiness organizations
commended them for it.
Under an act passed by the last Con
gress a person defacing a gold or silver
coin of the United .States is liable to a
line of ?mi and five years in prison.
This stops the bangle fad along with
other forms of coin defacement.
The Venezuelan congress has rati-lk-d
and President t'respo has Mgned
the twundary treaty negotiated by the
United States and tireat Britain, and
this ends the iucidcut which once bore
a striking resemblance to a war cloud.
Since iss" Uncle Sam has built
twelve war-ships, and each has been
faster than the contract required. The
swiftest of all is the Minneapolis
w hich railed for twenty-one knots and
matte over iwemy-iiirce n nvi uui
trip.
No great tower w ill 1 provided at
the Tennessee Exjosition, but lovers of
the adventurous will get all the excite
ment they desire out of a giant see-saw
with a beam 100 feet long, pivoted 7)
feet aliove the grouinL The ear at each
end will hold twenty-five people,
Tiu: delusion that the Mississippi
river can ever lie banked up till it lie
comes overflow proof is shattered by
the present flood, which is two and a
half feet higher than any previous one
known. This, too, after an almost
century of levee building. The Father
of Waters will have his way.
It looks now as if the United States
Senate will not 1 organized by the Re
publicans. Addicks in Delaware aud
liradley in Kentucky, are the dogs in
the manger, and they both professed
to be liepubliisms yet prevented the
election of liepublican United States
Senators. They are the rankest kind
af Assistant Democrats.
Oxe of the quickest passages of a law
on record was that appropriating $!0,
iKKIforthe relief for Mississippi Hood
sufferers. The President sent his
message to Congress urging such a law
at 12, noon. J5y I o'clock the law had
lieen passed and the secretary of war
was selecting army officers to go to the
overflowed region and distribute the
relief.
Oxe hundred thousand dollars a day
is a neat sum to add to the earnings of
the working people of one state in six
months' time. The lalior bureau of
Pennsylvania rejiorts one hundred
thousand more men employed in this
state to-day than were so employed
prior to the election of McKinley.
This means one hundred thousand dol
lars a day increased earnings by them,
to say nothing of the Increased wages
Iid to those who were employed, or
working on short time.
The New York Sun says that "Mr.
McKinley's selections for the more im
portant diplomatic posts strike people
generally as eatisfactory." This is the
verdict of all the Democratic papers of
the country of a higher class. It con
firms what lU-publicans who knew the
President said about him before his
election. His exierienc in politics,
his large acquaintance with public
men, and his general ioiseaud balance
admirably fit him to perform all the
requirements of his post to the satis
faction of the country. The party has
reason to Indie ve that Mr. McKinley
will furnish an efficient, clean aud
popular administration.
The Grant monument by the river
at New York is built in a general way
upon the plan of the Pantheon at
liome. It is similar, too, to the tomb
of Napoleon at Paris. Moreover, it is
the most massive magnificent
mausoleum hi America. Its great
height does not at first strike the !
holder owing to the ir.at-sivemss of its
pillars and general eoiir-truction. Hut
when he compares it with the largest
structures in its vicinity he will com
prehend how it is WO feet high. From
all nations visitors travel hither to
witness its dedication April 27. In all
time to come citizens of the world's
nations will make pilgrimages to the
magnificent tomb of America's soldier.
Despite the reports that the House
Is not going to do anything further
this session than to wait for the Senate
to pass the tariff bill, there is a chance
that the project for the creation of a
currency commission may he pushed.
The President in his inaugural sug
gested legislation of this sort, and a
bill for the purpose has been introduc
ed in the House. That body will have
ample time to pass it before the Senate
gets through with the tariff. The com
mission would then 1 able to report
its plan of currency reform to Congress
next winter, and Congress wiM have
a chance to deal with it leisurely and
Intelligently in the long session. Some
of the Republican leaders however,
think one question, the tariff.is enough
to "go to the country" on in the con
gressional canvass of IStiS, and this
feeling may post pane action on the
currency Issue.
EX-PoPTM ASTER GEXEKAL JoHX
Waxamaker has finally come to the
conclusion not to become a candidate
for the Republican nomination for
State Treasurer this year and makes
public his decisiou in a letter to the
Executive Committee of the Business
Mens' lieague. The unmistakable
signs of the early dissolution of tlie
' Philadelphia end of the Combine and
the certainty that the friends of Sena
tor Quay will easily control the next
State Convention, doubtless assisted
brother Wanamaker in arriving at the
wke conclusion that this would not he
a he-althy year for him to be a e-andi-eWte.
His declination to stand as a ean
didate prsetically assures the nomina
tion of James S. Iieacom, Esq., of
Westmoreland county, without serious
opposition. Mr. Beacom is a young
man of large attainments, a lawyer of
recognized ability, is immensely popu
lar at home and throughout the State,
and is personally known to almost ev
ery Hepublicau who takes an active
part in .State politics.
Who U Bebuked!
Now York Sun, IX uu
Judged as a reaction, the result
f the munieipal elections on Tuesday
cmics too soon to signify.
Mr. McKirtley's Administration is
making some mistakes, perhaps but cer
tainly it has not had time yet to make
enemies by the hundreds of thousands.
A verdict of popular condemnation, or
dissatisfaction, or desire for change, is
not generally pronouiitfod by the Ameri
can people within less than forty days af
ter the inauguration of a new order of
thing.
lflhcso aiili-Kepiibiican majorities in
various cities and towns of the middle
West, turning in most or many eases up
on local issues and personal considura
tions as remote from the issue of last
November as Oshkosh is from Fire
Island, constitute a rebuke to somebody
or something, who or what is it that is
rebuked?
Major McKinley What has he done
yet, or left undone yet, to start a tidal
wave of hostile seutiment?
The Cabinet? Why, it hasn't got its
coat off yet.
The liepublican majority in the House
of Representatives for passing the Ding
ley bill? The first Tuesday after the first
Monday in Xovemlier, 1S!IS, will be the
time when we shall hear about that, fav
orably or adversely.
The great idea that prevailed last fall,
namely, that the dollar in which this
country pays its debts must be an honest
dollar and not a Bryan dollar? Let Mr.
ISryati cherish the illusion, if he can get
any comfort from the same, that Tues
day's voting in Chicago and else"here
was an irrepressible expression of regret
that he is not in the White House to-day.
Nothing in the world gives the Sun
greater satisfaction than philosophical
deductions from contemporary political
events, illuminating them with the light
of journalistic wisdom and presenting
them in their true relations to the past.
the present, and the future. We read
siK-h essays with satisfaction, and tuck
them away for what they are worth; but
in order to command our respect the
philosophy must lie woven with common
sense and the deductions must fall with-
1 the bounds of reasonable probability,
The current theories of the importance
ami significance of these reeent munici
pal elections seem to us to lie carved out
of moonshine.
Who or what was it. thn, that the
Anieriian voters rebuked on Tuesday,
jiist twenty-eiKht working days after the
new President was sworn into oflice?
Bryan Calls oa McKinley.
The most distinguished caller Tuesday
at the White House was William Jen
nings Bryan, who came accompanied by
Congressman McMillan, of Tennessee,
the I)cmocra':ic leader, and Attorney
Ceneral Smythe, of Nebraska. The com
ing of Mr. Bryan was expected. The big
front door was wide open to receive him,
and there was no delay at the entrance to
the room of Secretary Porter. A numlier
of Representatives were in Mr. Porter's
room, and with each of tbem Mr. Bryan
shook hands and exchanged greetings,
He was then ushered into the presence ol
Major McKinley and found there Sena
tor Hanna, of Ohio, and Senator Thurs
ton, of Nebraska, both of whom with
drew at on-e in order to permit Mr. I5ry
an and Major McKinley to have uniu
terrupted conversation.
The President and the late Presidential
candidate exchanged very cordial fcreet-
ings. They have lieen personally ac
quainted for many years. President
McKinley informed Mr. Bryan that as
soon as the rush is over he hopes to have
the pleasure of reading one of the books
which Mr. Bryan had recently published,
but the si!ver-Iemocratic-Populist lead
er smilingly replied that the President
would not be obliged to punUh himself
in that manner.
After leaving the President's room Mr,
liryan met 1 uici l slier luhois and re
quested to 1 shown through the White
House. The request was immediately
granted. Mr. Bryan, with bis friends
passed through the Kast room, (ireen
room, the Blue room and Bed room
Upon the conclusion of this little trip of
inspection, Mr. Bryan said to Congress
man McMillin: "Four years from r.ow,
McMillin, I may be in a position to grant
you the freedom of the White House. If
not, then some other good silver Demo
crat will be iu this place and make you
perfectly welcome."
A New Santas Mayor.
The allied Free Silver Advocates elect
ed to lie Mayor of Mankato, Kan J. B.
Rea, a somewhat noted character. In
lsftt, at the town of Perry, a few weeks
after the opening of the Cherokee Strip,
Rea shot and instantly killed "Three-
fingered Jack," a noted desperado, who
had terrorized the embryo town since the
opening day. Jack had a playful habit
of killing inolfeusive men "for fun."
Bill Tighlman, the Deputy United
States Marshal, who afterward single-
handed captured Bill Ioolin, the notori
011s lAiidit, was marshal of Perry, am
he fiVl notified Jack that unless he should
remain outride of the Perry settlement
he would tie killed. Among the others
he deputized John B. Rea with authority
to arrest Jack on sight, and to kill him
rather than to permit him to slay more
men.
One night Jack came out of a gambler'
tent, and as he stood in the full glare of
an electric lamp, he drew a dead liead on
a negro, who stood by another tent, which
was full of sleeping occupants. Roa.
from a short distance, saw Jack and fired
first, and the desperado fell dead.
Kea is a rich man and owns a number
or farms iHin wh.ch he raised PUmO
bushels of corn last year. He is a Demo
crat and was in the last National Con
vontiou.
when a person begins to grow thin
there is something wrong. The waste is
greater than the supply and it Is only
question 01 nine when the end must
come.
In nine eases out of ten the trouble is
with the digestive organs. If you can re
store them to a healthy condition you
win stop the waste, put on new flesh and
cause to feel better in every way. The
food they eat will be digested and appro
priated to the needs of the system, and
uor-nil appetite will appear.
Consumption frequently follows
wasting of bodily tissue because nearly
ail consumptives have indigestion. The
Shaker Digestive Cordial will rewtore the
stomach to a healthy condition in a vast
majority of cases, liet one of their books
from yonr druggist and learn about this
new and valuable remedy.
w hen the children need Castor Oil
give them Laxol; it is palatable.
Predicted Death long Aheti.
Altoosa, Pa., April 8. "I shall live
until McKinley comes Into office," said
sged Benjamin F. Burley, an ardent Re
aublican of this city, several months ago;
"and then I expect to die on April ,
1S97." Mr. Burley was ill when he ut
tered this prediction aud he died to-day,
as he said ba would.
"Uncie Ben," as he was familiarly
known, forged the frames of the first en
gine which ran over the Pennsylvania
lines to PitUburg. He was emnloTdd ma.
a blacksmith by the Pennsylvania rail-
roau jot more man lorty years.
MilllOSS SWEPT AWAY.
Value of Property Sabmereed ia Mit.Utiipi
Valley About 865,030,033.
380,000 PEOPLE AFFECTED.
Orer Two-Third, of Tbem Lio ia KUiit
ippi aad Arkanaaa.
WAsniNOTox, April 11. A statement
relative to the agricultural interests of
the submerged districts of the Missis
sippi valley south of Cairo, 111., has boen
issued by the department of agriculture.
The total area under water on April C
was 1",)0 square miles of which 7,!m0
square miles was in M ississippu ,)
aqmu-e miles in Arkansas l,7.it) square
miles to Missouri, 1,3) m Tennessee and
in Louisiana.
This region contained in ISM, so far as
can 13 determined in view of tlie some
what indefinite boundary lines or the
flood, a population of JTD.ttvi. of which
srs4y or alxMit oue-half was in Missis-
piii, I'M,--1-"' in Arkansas, and the re-
uaiuder almost equally divided between
Missouri aud Tennessee.
Taking the entire region the colored
population outnumbered the whites in
the proportion of twelve to seven, the
colored predominating in the flooded dis
tricts of Mississippi iu the ratio of more
than five to one and in Arkansas in that
of two to one.
In Missouri ::nd Tennessee the popu
lation of the flooded districts is largely
white, in the former state in the propor
tion often to one and in the latter in that
of two to one.
The flooded districts contain, it is esti
mated, about S,500 farms of which about
lSooOare in Mississippi, nearly 10,000 in
Arkansas and a like number about
equally divided between Missouri and
Tennessee.
These farms contain a total area of
aU.mt S,NU0.mM, one-half of which is in
Mississippi and one-fourth iu Arkansas
the proportions iu Missouri and Ten
nessee being alxut the same as in the
case of the number of farms.
The total value of these farms with
their improvements eta, is close upon
sixty-five million dollars, and here also
the proportions iu the different states
about the sane as above noted.
Bockwood KormaX
A normal and intermediate school will
lonencd at Rock wood. April 31, W7.
For fUll information address.
O. ). S.VYUlR.
Rock wood. Pa.
She Felt a Wild Beaat's Breath.
Casstox, Pa., April 10. Nettie Wil
liams aged 19 years the daughter of a
wood chopper living in Shunk township.
Sullivan county, had a thrilling experi
ence in the woods the other night. Her
father was at work in the woods several
miles from home, tine of the children
lieeame ill from eating a poisonous root
early in the afternoon, and Nettie's moth
cr sent her after her father.
Nettie failed to find her father, how
ever, and eot lost 111 me wooas. one
kept on until it became dark. The girl
called repatedly, Init there was no re
sponse. She found a ledge of rocks with
a cave-like opening beneath.
She lay down here to rest, and during
the night was awakened by something
sniffing her face. In the semi-darkness
she could discern the form of an animal
about as large as a good-sized dog ; but
she lay as quiet as death, and so, fort 11
nately, hail no occasion to learn the
iieats's actual character. It might have
lieen either a bear or a panther. What
ever it was, it went away although Nettie
felt as if an eternity were passing before
the brute's departure.
At daybreak the still terrified yonng
woman started to find her way home; in
two hours she discovered a wagon road
and not long thereafter had covered the
five miles that lay lietween her and home.
Try Gr&ia-O ! Try Graia-0!
Ask vourtJroct r to-day to show you
package of G R A IN-O, the new food drink
that takes the place of coffee. The chil
dren may drink it without injury as well
as the adult. All who try it, like it.
GRAIN-O has that rich seal brown of
Mocha or Java, but it is made from pure
grains and the most delicate stomach re
ceives it without distress. the price of
coffee. Ijc and 25 cts per package. Sold
by all grocers.
Intnred For a Million.
Sax Fraxcisco, April 9. Mrs. Iceland
Stanford to-day signed the contract by
which her life is insured for f l.fluO.OOO,
Th9 policy which is said to lie the largew
ever issued was written by a New York
company.
By the term of the contract Mrs. Stan
ford is to pay an annual premium of
$17u,ori0 and upon her death fl.duO.OOO
will be paid by the company to the Ice
land Standford, Jr., university. Should
she live ten years and continue her an
nual payment of premiums the universi
ty will receive at her death 2,010,000 in
stead of $1,(iO,O00.
Blow At Office Hunters.
Washixotox, April II. Postmaster
General Gary is credited with the adop
tion of a new M)licy regarding fourth
class jh is t masters in oflices where the
total remuneration in the course of the
year does not exceed flu).
Mr. Gary holds that in such a small
place the postoflica should not be eon
sidered a tiling for political reward, aud
has already declined to appoint several
Kepu lI icans to sueh oflices where the
Democratic incumbent's time has expir
ed, Ixf-ause the applicants had not the
endorsement of anynsiderable number
of the patrons of the ofiii-e.
General Gary has notified several
representative that this policy will lie
strictly carried out, and the result will
be that iu Democratic districts, where
the majority of the patrons of a little
"'""j '" ii'iuurnuH, mere win ue no
change in the postmaster during the
next four years.
Belief For Flood Sufferer.
The President on Wednesday sent
special message to Congress, calling the
attention of that body to the suffer in
and needs of the people in the fl xvJed
districts in the Mississippi Valley
in the hope that the legislative
branch of the government will promptly
reinforce the work of the local author
ities" in the matter of relief. Both
Senate and House acted promptly.
the senate it was d ecided to leave intact
the epidemic fund and a resolution
appropriating $150,000 for purchase an
distribution of stores was adopted unan
imoiisly. In the meantime the House
had adopted a resolution appropriatin
uw,oon, the Rad River of the North
being included in the district in whic
relief is to be distributed. This resolution
the Senate accepted, and it was sent
the President and signed before 2 p. m,
-1 "e S.wretary of War at once made
aetau or army officers to investigate the
condition in the flooded districts aud sup
eriutend the distribution of relief.
Left Her Hnjbaad One Ceat
Wilkrsrarrk. April 10. A curious
will filed yesterday bore the signature of
M rs. Anna Miller. A mong the provisions
was one bequeathing, to her husband,
John Miller, one cent, to be paid him five
years after her death. The rest of the
estate,induding her life insurance policy,
was left to Mary Morrell, who Mrs.
Miller said, was very kind to her in her
illness.
Mrs. Miller held that her husband
lived lor himself and did not help her in
any way to accumulate property.
Therefore be was not entitled to partiei- I
pate in the distribution
The husband
j will not contest.
I mtmt uin kti.t i A A.aaa.a mf hv.io whim y ' ; , 14 i -7-- . . , -. 7 -v
HAXItTOX HUD BILL.
Tfctateatara Will Sire tits Po?l of the
Slate 6325,891.
The Hamilton road bill came up Wed
nesday 011 special order on third reading
and filial passage in the Sonata.
An interesting estimate of the saving to
the state under this bill has been prepar
ed by the department. Under the pres
ent system the roads ot Pennsylvania
cost in 113 $tyEi706. There were that
year Ifci'W supervisors, and each on an
average received a salary approximal-
ngfljO, making the total cost forstier-
ision that year $14,5(10.
Under the Hamilton road bill now be-
re the legislature the cost for supervis
ion would he ! for each township, mak
ing the total cost for the salaries ol the
supervisors for the liJS townships of the
s'atefsl,0"i
There would be in a 1 Jit ion to this the
salary of the treasurer of the Board of
Supervisors. This under the Hamilton
law can not exceed G per cent, on the
amount of money received by the treas-
rcr. If the one-half of the tax is paid in
money, and the maximum salary ofu
Ier cent, is allowed to these treasurers
would only amount to f7o,.V.7 for the
entire state, making the total cost for su
pervision under the new method, fl.'ClO.
Deducting this from f s,.Vt, the cost of
the old system, there will be left; 3.srd
as clear saving to the farmers of the com
mon wealth each year.
When the bill came up for final passage
in the Senate, on Wednesday, quite a dis
cussion was precipitated. Mr. Browr,
of Westmoreland, said that the bicyclists
wanted the bill passed as did the Grang
ers but in his opinion the Grangers have
been misled. "If the farmers knew that
this bill increased taxation from 10 to 20
mills" he continued, "they would be
against iU"
In Mr. Flinn's opinion the bill would
not increase the firmers taxes. "I do
not think," he declared, "that this bill
will lie the cause of building good
roads but it will be a start iu the right
direction."
A vote on final passage was taken and
the bill passed by a vote of -11 to 6, those
voting in the negative being Messrs.
Brown of Westmoreland, Coyle, Haines,
Hertzler, Hummel and Merrick.
Hew Capitol BllL
The bill providing for theerection of a
Capitol which passed the Senate finally
Tuesday by a unanimous vote is the bill
which was recommended by Governor
Hastings and which has lieen endorsed
almost universally throughout the State.
It provides for the construction of a build
ing to bo used by" the legislative bodies
and their com m iltees alone at a cost not
to exceed $.Vi0,n. It is expected that
this bill will pass finally this week. This
prompt action will be a happy solution of
a question which at one time promised to
lie very serious, aud this solution is largo-
Iv duo to the good sense of Governor
Hastings, of the Legislature, aud of the
people generally throughout the Coin
moiiwcnlth. With the examples of New
York and other States in the erection of
public buildings there was some fear that
Pennsylvania might be led in extrava
gance and wastefulness in the rebuilding
of the Capitol. There are so many people
who believe that Pennsylvania is so great
that all things are possible with it, that
the temptation to erect a monstrous edi
fice, costing many millions of money,
would be bard to be resisted. But the
action of the Chief Execution and of the
legislative body has put an end to this.
and the probabilities are now that the
good people of our State will see a build
ing fit for the purpose, erected without
extravagance or scandal and licautiful
and symmetrical in style and finish,
sufficient for all the purposes for which
it is intended, complete and fit for use lie-
fore the assembling of the next Legisla
ture. And the energy and executive
ability of Governor Hastings is an assur
ance upon which the people of the Com
monwealth can safely rely. Harrisburg
Telegraph.
MISEBT OF FLOOD VICTIMS.
Six Tbouiand Square Hilet of Devutaticg
Waters.
Memphis Tenn., April 8. Six thon
sand square miles of land are under water
in the flooded district.
People who have sought refuge in the
towns on higher land are starving for
food. Many of these towns are cut off
from access except by boat, aud the chief
steamers have lieen unable to carry pro
visions sufficient for all the sufferers.
The relief work necessitates light draft
boats aud the bigger crafts are unable to
reach far inland. All crops have been
swept away and live stock drowned un
til, in some place, the famine a!::.oit
equals that in India.
Every effort is being made to alleviate
the sufferings of the people, and the en
couragement given to the relief commit
tees of the different States by the Govern
ment is having iu effect.
Every day different liands of refugees
are being discovered and taken to places
of safety. Several more losses of life are
reported. In some instances, people are
living in trees and in other instances
many families are gathered together liv
ing in common.
The many crevasses are taking the
water off the Mississippi and preventing
a rise iu the river. The breaks along the
banks are of groat magnitude and extend
from below here to above New ( irleans,
La.
Two hundred people have lieen brought
into Greenville, Miss., from Stoneville,
Miss. They were all negroes and hat
fled empty-handed from their plantation
homes threo nights ago to the railroad
embankment of the Valley Road. They
had been more than forty-eight hours
without food, the water gradually nar
rowing the space on which they stood
Tao men passing across the country in
skiff saw them and hastened to inform
the authorities here. It was a most pit
iable sight. The children bad grown too
weak to moan and big men and able hod
ied women were crying like babies.
Many of the children will probably di
irom tne exposure. ben food was giv
en to the rescued ones they devoured it
with the voracity of wolves.
SPECIFIC
for scrofula.
"Since childhood, 1 have been
afflicted with scrofulous boils and
6ores, which caused me terrible
suffering. Physicians were unable
to I.elp me, aud I only grew worst
under their - care.
At lengtlv 1 begUB
to take
AYER'S
Sarsnparilla, and
. very soon grew bet
ter. After using
half a dozen tiottles
I was completely
cured, so that I have not had a boil
or pimple on any part of my hotly
for the hist twelve years. I ca
cordially recommend Ayer's Sarsn
parilla as the very best blood-purifier
in existence," (J. T. Hkixuart,
Myersrille, Texas.
-.J THE 0K1T WOBUTS 1
IFAIB
'Sarsaparilla
Ajer's Cherry Pectoral cures Covghs ud Csi
Looking glasses.! ill tizes in stock or to
order, can be bad at the right price at
i Sxtpko'h Abt Stokr. .
1 ! fl
m r r i n r rn
GREAT 6eal ol
nonsense has been
written and be
lieved, about
blood purifiers.
Vhlt purifies the
blood? m
THE KIDIIEYS
PURIFY TH BLOOD
AND THEY ALONE.
If diseased, however, they cannot,
and the blood continually becomes
more impure. Every drop of blood
in the body goes through the kidntys,
the sewers of the system, every three
minutes, night aad day, while lite
endures.
puts the kidneys in perfect hralth, and
nature does the rest.
The heavy, dragged out feeling, the
bilious attacks, headaches, nervous
unrest, fickle appetite, all caused by
poisoned blood, will disappear when
the kidneys properly perform their
functions.
There is no doubt about this.
Thousands have so testified. The
theory is right, the cure is right and
health follows as a natural sequence.
Be self-convinced through per
sonal proof.
I
la Memory of Grant.
New Youk, April !. Arrangements
have been made for over MyjnO men to
participate in the Grant memorial parade.
In the military division will be i,uw
regulars; New York state will have 11,-
)KK men in line; Pennsylvania, .,ii"u;
New Jersey, 5,0m) and there will also lie
from 8,000 to 10,0m) uniformed men from
organizations of other states ; !0.0m) vet
erans and 10,000 in the civic division.
The head of the column will start at
10:30 o'clock on the morning of the dedi
cation. During the exercises at the tomb
Bishop Newman will deliver a prayer
after which General Horace Porter will
deliver an address and turn the monu
ment over to Mayor Strong, who will re
ceive it on liehalf of the city.
The mayor's speoch will be brief, last
ing only about ten minutes. President
McKinley will then deliver an address
and Itishnp Corrigrm will pronounce the
benediction.
We Have at Last
A purely Art Store in Somerset where
von in tret anvthinc in the wall paper,
fancy queens are, China w are, or picture-
frame moulding lino at prices that are
lower than they can be bought in any
citv. It is
Sxviiku's Art Stork.
Cannot Insure Minors.
IlAr.nisiit Rd. Pa., April 8. Judge Mc
Phersou haudc'l down an opinion to-day
directing judgment of ouster to lie enter
ed against the People's Mutual Life and
Relief Association of York.
The company makes contracts to insure
adults and children, and the question be
fore the Court was whether its rnsurauce
of Minors is legal.
The Judge orders the company not to
issue policies of insurance on infants or
persons below 21 years and direils it to
pay the costs. Tho suit was brought by
the Attorney General.
"To Oae Prayer $5."
Topek A, Kan., April 9. An amusing
fight is leing made against Rev. W. G.
Todd, a Populist preacher, who is a can
didate for superintendent of tho Mind
asylum. Rev. Mr. Tod 1 prayed for di
vine guidance when Gov. Leedy was in
augurated. His enemies now charge that
ho put iu a bill reading: "To one prayer,
jS.00," to the local inauguration commit
tee. Todd made a rerd in the legislative
war of 10-3. He was chaplain of the Pop
ulist house, which met in the same room
with the Republican house. The speak
ers occupied the same stand, and the
chaplains prayed for victory for their re
spective organizations at the same time.
Todd prayed the longest and the loudest.
Now that tho "reformers'' are again in
the saddle, duo largely to his missionary
work, he demands his rew ard.
SALESMEN
WANTED
To H nor hick arade inprrtrA Norwrr Stork.
Mur arw nixriallir otferwl Ihln ruir r t!ie
Orat lime, mm w-ll tb MarnUrd variw or Iruita
and onuuurnuil. N relw experirarc e
rrwaarr. Write for Ii-iidi stniiDK iu.e. etc.
Uiwpea, Bro. a Thorn . Hiale Atraee Xunerica,
Wnt I heotrr. Pa.
DELL
Has the call on lmio Acres
Hardy Shrubs,
Hardy Trees, Fruit or Shade,
Hardy Roses.
Beliable Vegetable & Flower Seeds
oOSSmithfieldSt., PITTSBURG.
The new
Catalogue
and Fashion Journal
No. 21 reedy about April 10 will be
one of the largest and most complete
mail order guides we've ever published
over l.V) pages in the book prices of ev
erything we sell pictures of the goods
on almost every page every suggestion
and bit of information that wilt help
make buying here satisfactory and profit
able to you, no matter where you live.
Send yonr address and we'll mail yott
copy free, postpaid.
Silks..
The choicest wash silks wo ever offered
at sueh prices :
New Crystal Cord Silks, &'x5.
Genuine Ilabutai Wash Silks, ."Vie best
wash silks made.
Kaiki Silks, 25c in handsome stripes
and checks.
New Foulard and India Silks
1 35, 50, 7.V, fl.OO.
500 different pieces designs and color
ings that show an artist's touch splend
id for full gowus and waists.
In the interest of your pocket book have
us send you samples of these ; theu you
can measure accurately, the length and
breadth of the advantages we offer, and
decide whether you'll save most niocey
by buying here. We want to show yoti
by the most thorough test iiossihle, bow
determined wo are to get your orders on
MERIT and we think they have merit
enough more than usual to win us the
preference.
BOGGS, & BUHL,
Allegheny, Pa.
Tm"v.I" "-UIxl lr a Wotnan.
Abnct 5 oV.ot U in the uf icrw t u ct a
muddy d.-.y lL" tLiu jnr.n i )' thu Km k
ery buiitiiiig n.i! et.irt- .1 eoMh ou the
east Bi.'.cff I.x--ulio if.n t. Thu side
walk iu front i f a u "v t'Jhliiig v-"
nearly ankle dwpith uiud. Plaulj
bad been laid across the area of Li n k
paste. TJhj thiu man reached one of
these plants just as a fat wan who was
coming from the direction, cf the board
of trade ftrpped a the t;th r end. Kath
of the weu walked with his head down.
They met sqnan ly iu tho middle ;f tho
plank, aud tach vaihd for the othir to
Btcp asido and let him pa-s.
"Excuse me, rir," paid the ft man
as he made a move to go uht nd.
"Bo caiefuL sir," said the thin man
as he grabbed the fat man's arm to save
himself from biii:g pushed off into the
mud, "cr I'll fall off."
"Well, don't hold on to me, "said the
fa man, frowning, "or I'll fall olf my
self. Can't you etcp aside?
"Ko, sir, I can't," answered the thin
man. "How in the world can 1? Auy
way I think I wa the first ou the phmk. "
"Huh, I'm bet so sore about that!"
returned the fat man.
"Well, what arc yon pnng to do
about it," eaid the thiu man, fol.lii.g
his uruia. "I can't get off to let you
pass."
"Well, eir, don't yon think, dr, that
Vju going to fc t off to let yon pass"
retorted the tat man, with a shake cf
the list. Just then a wt-man with an
armful of bundles stepped on the plunk.
The fat man saw her and stepi d t ff
with his right foot into the mud and
drew his body aside. Tlie woman passed
him. The thiu man limited for what he
thought was a shallow spot and stepped
off with his left foot Tho woman went
on. The men looked at each otlar and
edged past, each w ith one foot in tho
mud and one on the plaiik and the evil
glare in their ryes They seemed to be
thinking, "Obi if it hadn't been for
that woman!" Chicago Tribune.
Organ and Hog In Sympathy.
There is an old adage that "inusio
hath charms to ecotho asavage breast,"
bnt this is not always the case. At tho
comer ti Racou aud Wonut Vernon
streets in liostou may be found almost
every evening jnst at dusk an eld lady
bundled up iu shawls and wrajs turn
ing the crank cf a little papi-r band or
gan. Tho sounds issuing from the in
strument cannot be teniMd sweet, aud
to a hypersensitive car they arc painful.
The other evening, as the observer of
the Boston Post was poking the musi
cian, a Gordon setter cume running
along, lie had cvkkmtly l4 hi mastt r,
for there was an anxious expression on
his handsome face. When in front cf
tho organ grinder he etoppt d. The ab
sence of his owner was trying enough,
but that limbic was the last straw.
Throwing back his head, he gave a howl
that sounded like the wail cf a lost souL
isut once, but time and ugain tho ani
mal poured forth his sorrow. Had tho
observer been a thcosophist iu belief, ho
would have declared that tlie d.g con
tained the spirit cf a musical c ritic. Yet
the. old lady was oblivious to it all, and
the organ played on.
RotlucltUd's ltrukrn Cornice.
One of the features of themagniliccut
Loudon mansion of Lord Rothschild,
which adjoins A.pley House, tho resi
dence of the Dake of Wellington, is the
unfinished piece of superb cornice iu the
great marble halL This is in accordance
with tho Hebrew precept which forbids
any devout believer in the Talnin 1 to
regard his home on earth as anything
bnt temporary and therefore incomplete.
Lord Kothacbild's particular hobby ia
the Jews' free school in the Whitechapel
district of London, which has an aver
age daily attendance cf 4,000 children,
probably the largest roster of any school
in the world. This institution is main
tained entirely by the peer, aud it is
probably tho only school of the kind
where each child is provided free cf cost
with a good breakfast cf hot milk and
bread and butter before beginning tho
day's st utiiea. Euch put:il receives a new
suit of clethea ouce a year, and Lord
Eothschild encourages thrift among tho
pupils by paying them an interest cf 10
per cent per annum on whatever money
they arc aide to save or earn and to put
by. Chicago Record.
The Ideal National Flower.
When a flower is found which can
arouse widepread and genuine patriotic
enthusiasm or baa become associated
closely w ith some great and universally
beloved man or womau, it will teconie
the national emblem without the neces
s:iy cf legislative action, except as a
formal ratification of a universal senti
ment. Under such circumstances culy
will people relegate their personal
floral favorites to a second place. It
will not matter, when this event hr.p
pens, whether it is a plant useful to
man cr a weed. It will become the na
tional flower ju&t the same. It was this
sentiment which made the thistle the
national flower cf Scotland and the
cornflower the national flower of tho
German empire, and it must be a siuii
lar chain cf circumstances which gives
us a national flower. Philadelphia
Ledger.
Self IH-niitl.
Mm. Grace They say that men think
only of themselves, but it isn't so. I'm
sure Charles is the most unseif.sh cf
mortal.
Jlrs. BIojo As for example?
Mrs. Grace Why, lie says ho is never
nappy bat when be is with me, and he
stays out evening ufter evening. There,
isn't that self denial for you? Lice ton
Transcript.
lf DIRECT FROM MILL TO WEARER
fa
yj var Which saves you
') Tks Cotimfssioi Hcute. Th9 Wliolesater. The Jobber and Stir Ksspr.
E. ROSENBURGER & CO. 202-20 jl mm a, KEW YORK OH.
Oar Ort Birii'.v.i e
Ccp's Adonis Suits. vi:c 3 t 15,
with fextra fiW ct Pau;5, 52.93
ThK. Suit, ar GUAR A VI FED to be miJt from import
Wool Cheviot, ia BUck. B!ue, Grey, anj fcrown. in iun from
1 13 9 rear, of g. f'de up dout!-trtnted. with Sulor
r.UUr eoilw fancy embroidered linaj with (st BUck Albert
Twill Salem nd Patent Waist BirxLm. Trimming ami Work
manship the very best. Sim ia Sixei for ages I j to l J yean,
without Sailor Collar. Sec Patura's Below.
S-n I fCM ThbStyleljfv I CJ
WrfX
'mm
iterine, send I'ost U!f':fe, Fi-ve
dee or KegiMerctf. Letters, a!
.birtr.J
.J-iv. and h' !ce o njt M 61
Money
lone chterMy ref mded i! IJ if , J
'. Son.lst.tamrfiirn i jf'JiNj
ore. rwwirinr. r-'nV. er jL i
Jjrtory.
ape measure.
QUEENS
iwenty
Y ears....
tor more than twenty years H
we tave been ttllin? bow
Scott's Exulsjon overcomes the
excessive waste of the sysicin, j
puts oa llzsh, noyrhi.es and
builds up the bocJy, makintr it
the remedy for all wastin? di
seases of adults and children,
but it un't possible for cs to
tell the story in a mrre stick
ful of newspaper type.
7c have had prepared for
us b7 a physician a little boot.
te'IIng in easy words how and
why Scott's Emulsion benefits,
ar.d a postal card request will U
hi cn:ugh to have it sent to
you free. To-day would bz a
good time to send for it.
"COTT A BOWSE, Mr YotJc
IsilOhl.
With a
Successful
Experience extending over
man) )ears in supplying
the wants of our many
friends in
Dry Goods,
Dress Goods,
Ladies' & Children's
Furnishings,
we feel that wc arc now iu
a better condition to more
successfully anticipate and
supply the want3 of our
friends thun at any previ
ous period. We began
months ago to give orders
to manufacturers, importers
and wholesale merchants for
our epring stock of
Dress Goods and
Ladies Furnishings
of all kinds. W'c ltliore
our stock of Iress Goods
is theniOit sty th an I de
siraMc ever shown ia Som
erset; the same applies to
all other kinds of Goods
we carry.
All goods have been bought
for CASH
and are paid for. e are,
therefore, in a position to
offer great inducements to
CASH DUYERS.
All arc invited to call and ex
amine our stock before making
their Ppiing purchases.
MRS. A. E. UHL
4 liis Proiits.
nrm
A CUSTOM titDZ JJ CZDOi
6
Guaranteed ta be miie from A.l Wv,
rancy brown, ej','. Llak or b'.uc
Worsted :o.-drd t.hevhir, male H l.-T-it
styte, lined with ImporT.tl rj-mer S.Tin,
tnmnied and Itnuhrd in ti e br.t ot t u:N-m
Tailor stunner. You ca.ir.t dujwi. :jc it in
your town lor $Hxoo. Sues ,4 10 a.
The same foods made for Youth's, 1-.1? -r
to 18, k Long Pants, Coat and Vrsi,
flow tm
measuns for
Men' and
Youths Soils
Measure
around th.
Breast asd
Waist over
the Vest, and
from Crotch,
to Heel fec
Paau.
W. Pay Ex.
press e.har
es, aad
hould you
not atelsatis-
uea win
refund the ji-V
money.
PiCSCS.ff
You buy
direct frtm
h: of te
brrest CJo
.hir.r, Mim;.
rii I
:j:-jrers ti
Arrercx
THERE IS N0Tri!N j
-4a.
. ........... .u , iwiiir llUtt BUI.1
'limn" to thr -iufrt.hwittiruliit-ui anj
1-ai. phiet than lh- Kitcii o Stove.
T he rruMt f-w rvf : 1 n IT.-nt t.m m
XI, I, I .nl.n In!.. K. , .I.... ....
to the luunufifture of the
CINDEREbbA
am era o kinoes
J tiey Hre. 01111.11 lu-teii lo im ct, ewi-y
rr.turinfiit, ami liotl.itii; Is k-ft un
done t Inn fee tlini rw-irW-t.
Ttiey are Hie, result of ih bint rxiKV
rirncv, muterinl mi l workinHtoliip.
Vu-i Ciimiot flint niiiny rooking ajv
pliHni'ia tbit -!04.-ly in ct-1 every
WHiit of the hous -wifeaa th Cinderella.
NoH-1 for their durability, e!.-.u,u-tUMianil
economy.
GOOD BAKERS. PERFECT ROASTERS
Mlil with mat- untU-rstan'ling.
J.
B. Holderbaum,
8 iniernct,
1
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ffvMMyyHMM4mvfH
Li
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iir:ifl imox iry t K"
aimstriM ti li.
CALL AND SEE THEM.
P. ATSchell.
1847.
Call and
try a
drink of
our
Soda.
r : ' "". ' ' .
A COOKING S-::
stove: 0gML
OUR SUPPLY Or FLAVORS '.V ILL SATISFY THE
MOST FASTIDIOUS.
TAP THlT SODA SPRING.
G, W.
MANAGER,
HELLO !
HOUSEKEEPERS,-:-
IN WANT OF FUBNITURE ?
LOOK AT THESE PRICES.
A Badroom Set for S13 00.
A Couca for - 7 00.
A Ecckins
Cu.Jioard, Tallied, lMi a Is, lha:r -
We are in line for !! ith Use !:i: v '.r i W : an-1 u; t
llatrtl ukm tlie marke-t ami rr'T , th- !r.i-l .1
and uriiiif.l tliit;- lint ar'l iie-iiurti "I: :im t r S,;i:s, V ;
Tallica ami I fining Chairs, S:i lK.tr U. C!:'.:I:' tiler-, 1". k .-C)ur!u-,
warilr'!., t to.
CiKxl jtia!ity, low j'rii-es. You ar-j invitf! t- cn'.l :im !
C. H. Coffroth,
606 M?'n Cross Street,
EVERY DAY
Brings Something New
A Riding or Walking Spring Tootii :.:: :
No drayrdnjr of frame on iho (.
itself of tiah a.s easlh a hay rake, 'ilui. : - :
a man on as otliors elo witliout a 1o;k.
CALL AND SEE IT. WE GUARANTEE IT THE EE?
IN THE WORLD.
Sold onTrisil.
. Holdea-foatiflif
Somerset, Pa.
Final Clearance Sale
Sid ysz u
OF WITiTER GOODS. .
nrPj.sOo.Hts Furs, fjcs, Jucki-ts Chii treii-s -... ' !-,,r''
Millinory. Trtin-in el II um. Kint 1 ;-. . -
r UK
S At half tv.t. Jackets uorth ?!.-
S Muslins, Ciilcces. Ginghams
CU:?IM S,
a
'if
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n
V . A
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1
1897.
PURE
FRUIT
JUICES.
a'-
NFORD,
SC VEFSLT, PA.
A Parlcr Sst f:r ?12Ca
A Lounge icr - 4 a
Chair for 50 cts.
, m j r.iixirt:- na: ;
e- ITle'.
1 i i"..-i
v...i. 11:, i; I !.-t i'-
a J a vj W
CAPL.i5
t s ,. ri.il.iu ' 1 1
and Yarns at !oest prices
Johnstown. Pa
s
'.1 Cf WADE
i- trass '-cf-
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