1 Ri The SersctHera!d. EDWARD SCCLXh Editor an! Proprietor. . - serf-. WKDNEfiOAY. .June 2S, 1ST. "Affidavits Made to Order," is ut an attractive luisine- sign. "No, nny, the hand that played at the MeKiiiley ratification mooting didn't ride in a postal wroii." " You pays your money ami takes your choice," is usually the rule, but the combiners want to mak a choice without paying. The newspaper that charges a cus toiucr ft for spaee iu its columns which it afterwards aduiiU was only worth f 2 is a fakir of the rankest or der. ClIAIKMA.V ItKllKLKY is esteemed liU-ral man, but w hen it comes to pol itics he don't care about paying cani paigu expenses of aspiring candidates out of his own pocket. The Senate having disponed of the spirits, wines and beverage schedules, let us hope that it will now be able to proxed more soberly and more expe ditiously with its work. It is altogether likely that Charles F. Cook's ambition to sit iu the State Convention is to cast a vote for the Combine, believing that it would le 'in Kooser's interests." AnvEKTisEMEXTS in our hysterical contemporary are dear at any price, as a number of candidates who have availed themselves of the useof its col umns at per announcement can tes tify. Candidates, like other practical business men seeking to attract favor able public attention, prefer to have their announcements apjiear iu news papers of high character and general circulation. The hekald has no desire to make advertising rates fr any other news paper. Our liberally patronized col umns fchow what advertisers think of the ii::kaij as a medium for com manding public attention. '.No, my ftn, that peculiar noise you just heard was not the incipient rumb ling of an earthquake; it was only the Associate Ju?ge clearing his throat preparatory to delivering an opinion on the primary election laws." The candidates for Delegates refuse to fneez when Mr. Kooser takes snuir. I n other words, that astute joliticiaii is not a glittering success at intimidat ing IU-publicaus like E. D. Miller, J. V. Mostoller and James M. Cover. The guerilla sheet last week, as usual, published a lot of "hoiler plate" Ktutr, express prepaid, from "Our Own Correspondent," sent by the Wauua- makcr-Conibiue literary bureau, at tacking Senators Quay and Penrose. Ever since primary elections were adopted and newspapers were utilized as a means of announcing the names f candidates the invariable charge for such service has leen ft, as all of our readers who have been candidates can t-slify. The guerilla sheet says a primary will lie held. "Well, "there's now law agin it," but we take it that few loyal Ik-publicans can be induced to enter an Independent organization managed by Messrs Kooser, Ilerkey Slmlier, Kiunru l, et a!. Ik Mr. Kooser's candidatefor Chair "iliiiii ol'llie County Committee J. A. lierkey, Kso,., had ocmpiel that posi tion last fall, do the Itepubliean voters of the county think that this district would have a Republican representa tive in Congress to-dav. Ik our memory serves us correctly one of the would-be-eandidat-s for delegate to the Stats' Convention en-g:g-d iu the affidavit business just lie fore 1: st year's primary, when he deemed it necessary to swear that lc had always been a Republican. Messrs. Iterkey and Rarron, the feather-weight affidavit makers, have squared o.T again, but contests like this don't seem to have much interest for the general public They are lth coneeeded to lie professionals in that particular line, but as to whether brother-iu-law Iterkey can lest brother-in-law liarron is not a matter of con suming concern at this time. Fii the past fifteen years the same old band of party disorganizes who are at present engaged in the harmless amuse ment of wrecking the organization, have been striving to elect anti-Quay delegates to the State Convention. Foiled in their attempt this year they pass judgment rp":i the sterling Re publicans who have voiced the senti ments of the eople of this county at Harriisburg in the past by assailing the characters of lioth dead and living. Now that it has been conclusively shown that the Republican Primary election fund has been honestly and economically handled, Messrs. Shober and Kimmel have lost much of their utock in trade as political rooters, and can now turn their attention to prepar ing to show to the people, that under their administration of tlie County Commissioners' office, the affairs of nie ronnty were as honestly conducted and the monies of the tax layers were as carefully and scrupulously handled. O.ve J. A. Rerkcy has at different times in years past made unsuccessful efforts to break into the Chairmanship of the liepublican County Committee but has each time found the doors se curely locked and barred. Uudatiuted by his lack of success in the- past he has made another futile attempt this year. And, now, if rep..rN re to be relied Uoii, his cllorts arv at last to le rewarded by his being made Chair man not of the regular oraniz-ttioii lwt of an Indeiiendent Republican County Committee to be composed of ins dupesand aoetters. The great number of letters received at this office during the fiast few days from prominent Iiepuhlioans in differ ent sections of the county, commend ing Chairman IV-rkley for the firm stand he has taken in enforcing the lKtrty rules, and congratulating the Herald ou its successful exposure of the political tricksters who have been attempting to wreck the party organi zation for years past, would indicate that a gratifying majority of the Re publican voters of the county Join with a large majority of the members of the County Committee in upholding the hand, of lint Chairman. CovMTTTF.r.rN htittiM riot be ' led in regard to their duties by thre.1t cf prosecution and other abhorent me-ans indulgett iu by the luind eom posed of one or two county officials anil a half-score of ex-county ollicials, who are riding up and down '.he coun ty endeavoring to disrupt the organiza tion in order toaceomplish their own selfish ends. Is regard to the affidavit of oue William I. Huston, published in the last issue of the "personal organ," the conversation which he alleges he overheard took place iu the store of Kantner A Piatt, W-twceu Chairman llerkley and Committeeman Edarard S. KantneT, of Somerset Imrough. Mr. Plait declares that Mr. Berkley did not make the declaration attributed to him, that "there would be no Primary elec tion held iu Somerset county," and Mr. Kantner, when approached to make an alliduvit to that ctn.fl declin ed to do so. His uncle William was more accommodating. We believe it was only last fall that several prominent attorneys took the Mtion that Mr. Kooser was nomina ted for Congress, he having received but three votes in a conference compos ed of twelve, but the Judge of the Dauphin County Courts held that the g uilemeu were iu error. These same attorneys are now advising their jiolit ical clients that they can hold a pri mary election regardless of the rules of the party entirely free from the iarty organization, and still maintain their standing iu the party. They know that they erred in their judgment last fall and they know that they are giving unsound advice now. The Republican voters of the county, we think, are not lst in admiration of the political acumen of these same at torneys, and will be neither deeeived or milled by them. The primary elec tions have been called oil' by those hav ing the authority to do so; the effort to hold one by a few hotheaded would-lie-politiciaus can only result in taking those who participate in it squarely out of the iarty ranks with their face's turued toward the Popoe-ratic earn p. A meeting composed of the Comity Chairman, the members of the Execu tive Committee and the nominees for eounty offices was held in the court house early last fall for the purpose of fixing the assessment, according to par ty rules, that each candidate should pay toward defraying the campaign exjienses at the approaching Novem ber eleftion. The only candidates present who "kicked"' at their assess ment was If. F. Rarron and Oeorge F. Kimni'-I. The former was assessed $7" and the- latter fiTi, a less sum than any of their predecessors had ever been as sessed for a like purpose. Sulisequeiit to this meeting they lioth promised the Chairman to pay their assessment, knowing that unless they did so, un der the party rules, their names could lie dropiie-d from the ticket and names of the candidates receiving the next highest vote substituted. Chairman Ik-rkley accepted their promise to pay and their names were duly certified along with the rest of the candidates. The election is long since passed but neither gentleman has as yet paid. Is it to lie wondered at, that when these same parties tried to play the same game on the County Chairman this spring he demanded that they pay the uiiney down before he would incur the expense of a primary election. And these are not the only two; there are others; many others. It was only last fall that the late Mr. Edwii: II. Werner shook the Jt.-pul.li-can dust from his sandals and departed with bag and baggage f-r the Popo cratic camp, where he was received with ojie-n arms. It looks nor as though his eld "side-partner' and sev eral other of his earst while co-lalior-ers and friends are alout to hike the same "step. If 'brother'' Werner were still in the ilestV tie could well imagine the unfeigned deligiit with which he would greet "brother" 15erfc ey, "brother" Kooser, "brother" Sho-U-r, "brother" Rarron, "brother" Kim el and other of the "head men," as they march into camp and handover their swords and side arms to (ieneral Coffroth and ask his permission to serve in the ranks; and the joy of the ('literal, at receiving recruits to help fill up his painfully depleted columns, can lie U-tte-r imagined than described. Hi only regret will lie that the new recruits were not taken from the fight ing force of the enemy, but rather from those who iu critical moments gave him aid and comfort while ostensibly in arms against him. The fearful castigation administered to the lying and canting leaders of the local combine by the Herald lat week it seems has had a wholesome effect, leastwise they have turued their venomous pens over to weaker and less skilfull hands iu a vain effort to escape responsibility for the vicious and un warranted assault on Chairman Irk-l.-y. PerSijijis they realized the truth of the maxim, "figures won't lie," and in view of their complete exposure by the publication ,f the receipts and expen ditures cf the last Republican primary campaign fund, resolved to, let one of their less cunning and more unscrupu lous imitators lie them out of the em barrassing situation to which they had been consigned by an iudignaut public. With the aliandon of a latter day Thomas this unscrupulous side show "barker" after admitting that the statements of Messrs. Riescker and Berkley are correct, exclaims : "Then we eome to two Item tlutt nrcrvrctc f IXUM. and I hi. is the rhl.f oulritf.- B,wu ,v Die KMb-tiunt. Thin miii. ..mi, ttmil. wiu mWt Uillir rtne orvun mid its onr.ui-1le for lui.i.iliUig tUr anuouncctneuMor Hie! cun ul1:itii. "TJilokof it vot-rR.$,.00 ea. h to two pn fr fi.r publishing tlannounvtn-iit uteL-h an.il.lHl.. wiien any uhliKli-r trf anv cmin-lr- ii -.-. x-r ouclit to consider nu. h" -rvlc rll lor at 12M." Could a more humiliating statement than the above eminate from other than a diseased brain, placing as it does the owners and publishers of the guerilla sheet in the jiosition of knaves au.l blackmailers? Reailers of the guerilla sheet need not lie remiuded that in Iss; the publisher inserted in i s columns, without authority of the Chairman of the County Committee. the names of all candidates at the Re publican primary election that year, and when refused payment, heat once brought suit against the Chairman and Secretary of the County Committee to recover ft for the name of each candi date announced. Seven years ago some twelve or thir teen candidates for nomination among them Isaiah tiood and A. J. Hiletnan announced their names as candi dates through the columns of the gu erilla sheet and iid the ostensible ed itor t-i each for the service rendered. At other times other candidates taid to each to the editor of the Salisbury War for announcing .heir names in "T JurnaI- ftjTii .h- L .- undulates of the the Democratic ,rty who avail them- selves of the Use of lis cvJuriitis for tiic puroe of announcing their names, with the exception of Jury Commiss ioner and Poor Rirec tor, when a charge of f 3 is made. The editor of the Rerlin R-?cord lias also received ft for publishing iiolllical announcements in his journal. We refer to these facts simply for the purpose of showing that ft Is the-customary charge for announcing politi cal candidates iu all of the newspaper oftlecsin the couuty, and so far as our knowledge goes the same amount is exacted for similar se rvice by newspa pers throughout the State and Nation. If the owners of the guerilla she-c t have liecn wrongfully attracting money from the pockets of their cus tomers they should make prompt re-s-titutiou, meanwhile the reputable journals of the couuty will continue to fix and maintain their own advertis ing rates. No Primary Elec ion. It would have Uen worse than folly to hold a primary eleftion this year, with only one re-gularly announced candidate for each position to lie filled, and we are glad to note that Chairman Rerkley and his Committee have call ed it off. It would have been a useless and unnecessary expenditure of mon ey to have held a primary under exist ing conditions, and the three or four hundred dollars thus saved will come handy to help defray the expenses next year, when there will he more import ant offices to be filled and a primary will lie a necessity. It must be very gratifying to the Couuty Chairman to have his action iu adhering manfully to the jwirty rules, in the fav of abuse and villification, so strongly endorsed by so large a majori ty of the memliers of the County Com mittee. If the little baud of disorganizer and party wreckers carry into effect their present threat, and hold a primary of their own, they cannot 1 prevented from doing so, and, if they do, we hojie they will find the amusement lioth healthful and diverting. Jlut, to every earnest Republican in the county we would say : do not in anyway partici pate In this proposed rump primary, no matter what others may advise you; for if held, it will be held entire ly free from the party organization and in fiat Hutagouisiii to the party rules. Those of you who followed the Herald's ad vice iu IsSJ, and on a number of simi lar occasions, when the same men were attempting to disrupt the party who are now trying to destroy the par ty organization, have newr had occa sion to regK-t having done so. uor will von iu this instance. Chairman Berkley Snstained by Law. The tiosition taken bv Chairman llerkley and a majority of the mem Iters of the Republican County Com mittee in disjiensiiig with a primary election where onlv one candidate has legally announced his name for each oflioe or position to lie filled, is fully justified by the following Act of As sembly, jnissed finally last week and approved by Governor Hastings yes terday afternoon, June '22, lv.)7. AX ACT r,ovithng for certifying nominiilioiiH in cim w.cre there i.t no opHitiiti"H ton C'inlil(ite tr citn'tiiittti: Any convention of delraitc or primary m-etinp'of eUTtorsorraucus lit-hl undr the ruK of a political (tiny or any Ixmr.l imlli.ir-i- to certify nominations n-prwwntiin; a h lilical parly which at the rl.vtum next pin-fslitiL- poll"cri :it Utmt two pvr ctiitum of the i ir-sl entire v1e lor any olticc cast tn the SuiUMiriii the cit-chir.-.! district or division th. r-of for which such primary im-etiii-r cau-cii-. con von ion or Imtir.i d.-sins to iii'jke or c-rtily nominal ions in:.. v nutninMb- one calf lltliili' for each olli.-c w i.irll is to In- tilled 111 the State or in I In- said district or division at the next ensuing ch-ctioii hy fa using n cer-ill--atetif nomiaaii.iu ! In-drawn up and lil.-d as hcrctnaiu-r pni cl.sl. Kvery Mieli -r:i!i-cateof noininaluiii shall Ik-sia ned l.y th.-pn-si.lmir 4lti.i-r ami I lie s--r-;jiry or s-cr--uu i-s ill the i-onvt-niion or proiur me-tii or -:oi-ciis or loir.l who. shall add thereto tin Ir p'ai-t-R of residenee and shall In- sworn or iit!inm't ti l.y them U-fore an ilis-r u.ai!i 4 ndllliiiisleriKillis to In-true toltiels-st of their kniiwlcilin- and Is ii.f and a -crtirt-.ile iftheoth sltall Is- annex-d to the certiti citin of nomination. I'l-ovidi-d, Tliat if any slitir-al irty has hy lis rules provided for a riiristnmon of cainiifiaU-M for noniiiuiif.r:s and at the time Iiiint-1 for su. l iegistnition orat any siiOMouent time l-y reason of wilh drawal or oilier cause tMire siuill Ik? no more candid. ilea for j;7iy oili-e ni-islen-d or rt- iiiaininii in-:,, ure to tM-elecl'si u sm-n onice the ts"Tx.-ii ir tM-rsinj so registered orivmain- inz shall lie dtvmed the nominee or nomui.-es with the same effect as if he or they had heen nominated hy a convention or primary nieel im; or caucus or liard. Andoneor moiv or all of the otlieers of the committee of such pis lith-al mrty with which stn-h registration shall Ih- made or the i-lliii-r with whom it is madeshall nmki- a i-ertiri.-iite of such nomi iiati.in iu the same maitfier and t-ith ttic Kiltie e(ht as if then-hail ln-cii iiomiuitioii hy a convention or primary meeting or cau cus or bneiixl." Who Are They and What Are Their Recordi ? "Ijist year the !tep:;b!ic-in voters of the county r.-e up. and throci-h the tuidtit Istx miiiti-1 these po!itical adventurers tiiat th-ir utijuM dotuinauou must cetLse, and that they iintst turn the management of the jKirtys at fai is into other lu.!iils." I-'i-h I'm xi.ae.nM ttO'i Jf v wutJt; jnirt fAr .V VI rTM'. Where, we ask, does this vociferous demand for a change of party inanage meiit arise from? Is it not a fulmina tion from the bruins of three or four as piring Hilitic-ians, working under the leadership of the mourrJfuI prophet, wiio wish to fasten their clutches ujkiu the county ojlle-e-s for the purpose of further fleecing the tax payers? Who are the leading representatives of the kicking faction who have leeii elevated to office and what are their re-cords? Rut lew of them have siiccce-dcd in hoodwinking the people by their sham cries of reform. One of them, howev er, Mas successful on two oecasions,iiid his desp tic rule for six years in the County Commissioner's office has nev er been eipialed since the formation of the county for disregard of the rights of the people, profligate expenditure of public money and general misrule, and if the contemplated investigation of the management of this oflica for the past six years d;ies not show a con dition of allairs little dreamed of by the honest tax payers of the county we shall miss our gue-HS. Klected ou the plea of economical management he was instrumental in raising the valuation of taxable real estate '2't per cent, and with the revenues of the county thus increased retired from of fice at the expiration of six years leav ing the treasury penniless and the county in debt iu a sum of something like (3),(!U0, as appears by the Audi tor's Re-jiort for the year 1mm;. The year ls'.W was one of the hard est the fieople of Somerset county ev er experienced. Prices of farm pro ducts reached their lowest figure aud labor went begging for employment. Farmers, business and professional men were compelled by dire necessity to resort to the most rigid economy in order to supply food and clothing for those dependent upon them. Unnec essary expenses were cut oil in every direction possible and "retrench men IV was the watchword of both rich and jioor. The stringency of the times made taxes, always hard to liear, unu tually heavy on the shoulders of fann ers, aud the ieople were earnestly praying for relief. How was the situation viewed in the office of the gentlemen charged with levying the taxes and making public exeuditures? We have already stated that they had increased the valuation of all farm lands, in order to avert in- 'C luilbge, which would have amounted in the end to practi- c - ally the same thing. With the co - temjituousarrogHnceof the late Com modore Vanderbili they virtually exclaimed- "the public Iv d d," or in the less expressive language of Ross Tweed, 'what are you going to do about it? since we hold the purse strings." We have not the space to enter into a detailed statement of the profligate expenditure that characterized the Commissioners' office last year, or dur ing the five years preceding, and will, therefore, at this time, point to only one of the most flagrant instances. I'.arly in December, lyjti, a force of foreign workmen began tearing out the fixtures in oue cf the vaults in the l'rothonotary's office, all of which was tn splendid condition and thor oughly adapted to the demands of that ollice.only to replace them with a lot of patent metalic file cases (or tin loxes as they are commonly called) at a cost of $2,000. The l'rothonotary did not ask for this wasteful expenditure of public money, nor so far as we have been able to learn was a demand made for it by a single member of the bar or any considerable nuiiilx-r of the general public. An order for f JK), signed by ComissionersSholHT and Harnett, part payment on the job, was rejected by the Hoard of Auditors and that amount was surcharged against these officials. It is but just to add that Messrs. Sho ber and Rarne-tt have apvaled from the Auditor's report and that it is more than likely that the entire matter will be thoroughly ventilated in the courts. The previous board of County Com missioners, refitted a second vault in the Prothonotary's office with the same character of metal furniture at a cost of alsiut f l.'JOO, whereas the expenditure of one-tenth that amount would have fully met the demand for at least 100 years. Similar furniture was provid ed for the Commissioner's office at a cost exceeding $luoO. We submit to an intelligent public whether there was any necessity for spending this large sum of money, approximating HiOO, for supplying furniture that was altogether unnee snry for the conduct of public business, at a time when tax puyers were put to extreme measures to provide bread for their wives and children? (Khor glaring examples of extrava- gunce ami shameful expenditure of public money characte-riz d the admin istraiion Of this shun economic reform er, but wo will withhold further com incut until a future lime, believing that me people oi m imerset county were never lietter or more economically served in the conduct of their public all'iirs than they were during the terms of the long line of honorable men who preceded the in-5i i.luaU referred to, Pi. T.r .t mis is tine oi me party wreckers, who under the leadership of more cow nr.lly men, have I. -ecu traversing the county from end to end diiringthe past few weeks trying to sow discord among the voters in order to advance their own selfish schemes. In liehalf of the Republican voters of tne county the Hkiiai.Ii hurls liack the vile slander that the "management of the party's affairs mu-t be turned into other hands." Le t the hands of all our officials tie clean. EYE, EAR, N3SE AHD THROAT. When yon consult Ir. Sadler, sol Pcnn avenue, Pittsburgh, you get the skill of Z years experience with 2!,(iU0 different cases, the results of which have not lieeu surpassed by the Ut in the professiou ii lu re, ne nas even restore 1 many who have lcvn pronounced liojielv.s. Cataract Hums and Injuries, I lisease of ili; Nerve, Iritis, Crooked Kycs. ; rami lalcl Litis. i atarrliai liealnesx. Iisei:ir-s from l-.ars-even when In to-JOyrs. stan-Hng, Tumors in Kars, Catarrh of Nose, Catarrh of Throat, Hoarseness, - I 'leers and I ipa.-ili.-s i the lornea. Tumors in I. ills, " ceping Kye, ikw yi ri.-. are an curahle; Hie earlier tretl tha Is-tter the rlL Sieilac!es a.ljuste.1 Artificial eyes i-iserted. Victoria's Sight ii Cone. -New lork, June IS. Tho Sim's Lnr- dou correspondPiit confirms the previous rejwrt of2iieen ictoria's blindness, and says there is unfortunately little hope of even a partial restoration of the im paired faculty. The cause of the troiil.le is a peculiar lilm over the retina, U liev csl to l due to a gouty condition of the IiIocmL The Sun has also received a letter from Sealiriglit, in which ihe writer savs the fact of the cjticen's trouble has bcn knon n in rurt ein-les for Nome time, The writer saw a letter written by a lady in Hie circip, in wni'-h she sairt: "The poor tj'ieen on her Jubilee will hesr tho shouts of the crowds as she drives to St. Paul's, but alas! poor lady, slio will not l! alile to see her people, for she is prac tically blind. Thr i a Clait of Feoplo who are injured by the use of coffee. Re cently there has been pla-ed in all the grocery stores a new preparation railed CilCAI.V-O, made of pure grains, that Ukes the pla-e of coffee. The most deli rate stomach receive it without distress. and but few can tell it from coffee. It does not cost over as much. Children may urniK tl wan great lienetit, 15 cts and 2." cts per package. Try iu Ask for (.ItAIX-O. Greek! Mdit Pay For Fun. Constantinople, June 1!. Tho negotia tions lietwecn tno renresenUitivos of tho Powers and the Porto for the establish ment of peace latween Turkey an .reece nave been lirunght to a 8atisfe- lory conclusion. All of the points involveJ have been settled except the method of guarantee ing the indemnity to be paid to Turkey by l.reerc, which lias been fixed at $,- (W,( Turkish money. Cheap Sate i Via the P. R. K. to Xilwankee. Tho Pennsylvania Hailroad Company announces that on account of the Nation ill h lucMtionil AsKM-lalioii, at Milwau kee, Wis., July G t 11. it wilj Hell contin nous passiio tickets from all points on line -:ist if Pittsburg and Krie to Mil wankoe at the r:de of single faro for the round trip, plu f!0J mouiltership fee, Tickets will be sold and will bn good goiiis only on July 2, 3, and -I, and will le g.xal to return, leaving .Milwaukee July 10, II, an-1 12, ISr, only, except that by dcHsiting ticket with joint agent at Milwaukee on or Is-fore July 14 and on payment of fifty cents, an extension of return limit may be obtained to leave Milwaukee until August 31, I.sjiT, inclu sive. Flirted From the Scaffold. Ztiit uoN, ;., June is. Tom Delk, the outlaw, was hanged this afternoon in view of fi.fkJD persons. On the way to the gallows Tom wod to the men, and smiled as he took off his hat to the wom en. He was in a very good humor, and said: "This looks like it was election day, don t it?" Republican Convention. " Hauri.mii no. Pa.. Juno IS. -The State nepuiilican convention will be held In this city Thursday, August SI. State Ch iirai tn K km to d iy lixsd tho d de, after fitsnltSiig with party workers over the S'.tn. Cstidid.iliw fiir S'nto Treas urer and Auditor tidier! will be named. Tho State Commuted will meet the day U f..re tho coin ciituui fi arrange the pro ii:ni.:a; ics of the campaign. Dova at Harriibarg. Senator tay spcnt M.i!ii:fc- in Ibu rU lnirg and h a result i.f his visit it is be lieved Uiat the legislature will a-lj-mm as near July 1st as p-siblo. He f iys it can bo done if every body gets to work. The Senator thinks the proper thing for tlie State to do islo cut down expeu.ajs, and not levy any additional taxes, and go home by July 3. It Is thought proper to take off tho extra f "o0,mi.l given to schools annually for the purchase of tiooks. The schools have etijoywl this for four years, aud have gotten ?2.0iH,ii00. This is plcn - ty to buy all the text books needed by the schools for some time. Tho sclcsils will continue to get tho usual appropria tion which is five millions yearly. The million gotten in this way, the fsui.ono from the direct inheritance tax, together with the revenue bills to bo passed, will do much toward wiping out tho deficit, u hich by the way, has lieen widely cx aggnrutod by sensational statements. Tho Slate charities must be cared for, but at a time like this tho institutions will bo willing to get along upon much le-ss than they usually res-oive. Governor Hxslings has signed the Cainpliell bill im)uiiig a tax of three cents a day on all employed unnaturaliz ed foreigners. The tax i.s to Ik) dudiietod from tho wage 0f thi.s class, beginning July 1 next. Due-half goes to the school fund on the basis of the uu in ler of schools and the balance for the general exponsei of too Counties. This proposition was lirst in troduced in the house by Mr. Campbell, of l-'ayetle, in 1WI, and he has since been working to have it become a law. . The elo-trio light snake, requiring municipalities before establishing public lighting plauts of their owu to purchase, through tho cuttrts, the property aud franchises of existing lighting companies, was passed by a vote of 10S to 70. Three of tho reform measures intro duced in the senate at the iK'iuuing of tho session by fieueral liobin to carry out the pledges of the stato republican plat form in the campaigns of lO and 1M will be sent to Governor Hastings next Tuesday. The report of the conference oommilloe on tho nuii-politlnil iuler fercuee, uou-assMiuent aud poll tax bills was utianiinoimly adopted this morning by the Hcuate. It will be taken up by the house next Tuesday aud adapted, after which the bills will go to the governor. TI.e bill to tax pleasure carriages and bicycles one dollar per year, and traction engines three dollars, w as ibil'cate d hy a viHe of 70 to Ki. Governor Hastings has approved the follow ing bills: Pro iding for tho n-giiiatloii of the uian iir.u tuic and salt- of incgats U prevent adiiilerali'.n. I.imiiiiig the niiicScr cf inmates of Slate prisons, peiiilenliaiics. State re f ii'ttialoi ics and otli r pt lcil tustilnlioiis to be employed in ni iiinf.i.-tui ir.g ;;i.als tlc-ieiu and prohibitipg tin- i;s: f t;ia cliiiicry in maui.i, Uirmi: saiil g.s.ds. It provi li s that tu.t m ire than live per .-et:t. of the whoio number of ium.tti's shall Ihj employed in the manufacture of brooms and not iieiro than ten per cent, in the manufacture of any other kind of goods thai aro inn u u fact u red clsewhcie in the Stato Cixccpl mats and matting, iu which forty per cent, of the w hole num ber of iiiiuules may be employed. Applying the pro isi.ms of tl-e act to prevent the spread of the contagious di-sf-jiscs know n as yellows, black kn il, peach rosette aud pear blight anions peach, plum, cherry, prune, almond, apri.-ot, necUrinu and pear trees to tho "San Jose scale" when found on any vine, plant, shrub or fruit tree. Tossed on the Foaming Billows. You may never have been, but if you cross tho Atlantic, no matter how smooth tho watery expanse, w ilhotit sea sickness you aro well, a lucky, voyager, that is nil. old tars who have spent their 1j-.es on the ocean waves, wh. were almost lmrn, so to ypeak, wjfh their "sea legs on," snfty-r ii'j and then from sea sick ness very tempestuous weather. Sea captains, tourists, commercial traveleis and yatchsmen say that there is u liner safeguard against nauset than Hosteler's Stomach Kilters, and it has Iss-n equally reliable as a preventive for invalids who travel by steamlioat and railroad, and who sometimes s-.tifor as much in these conveyances as envan travelers t in steamships. Biliousness, constipation, sick headache and disorders of the stom ach caused by oppressive climatic inllu ences or unwholesome or unaccustomed f.iod or water, alway yield to the Iilttcrs speedily. This popular medicine also remedies rheumatic, kidney and nervous disorders, and the infirmities incident to increasing years. Wool Wanted. Farmers I'ring your Wool to our Fac tory 'ir.o mile South of Somerset, We w ill trade you g-vwls f.-r it or pay you the highest cash price. Carding and spin ning done on short notice. GiskI work guarantee!. K ASTJtKR iV ( O. Woolen Manufacturers, Somerset, Pa. Death of Father Kaeip. Mcmcii, June 17. Hev. Selmstun Kneipp, known throtigliout the world as tho originator of th-) oi l water cure, died at Woerishofon this morning, at tho ageof'.x As alioy he was apprenticed to a weaver, but be was taken with an affection of the lungs- and sent to the Cat Ik die hot-pital at Augtislherg. The ISishop, impressed with his intelligence. induced him to study fir the priesthood. Hard study, however, resulted iu a sa- vercattacit of nervous prostration, and ho returned to the hospital. While t-jrning over tho pages of an an cient print one day be chanced to read a paper on the ciJk' icy of cold water as a cure for disease. All hope had then b"cn given up for his comtdctu recovery. Ho legan experiments upon his owu ease, acting upon bn newly-formed theory, ami effected a complete cure. Forty-two years ago ho was sent to Woerishofen, one of the prettiest towns in Bavaria. He continued to hcsl tho sick, and as his reputation grew hundreds cauio to him daily. He made no charge, but the vol untary contributions have built sanitar iums and provided Woerishofon with all modern municipal improvements. Many distinguished patients were t rested. They are compelled to walk barefooted in the snow in winter and in wet grass iu summer. A Back and Bear Fight. Woow.ANn, X. Y., June !!. Frank Lano, who lives on the panther Hill, near the foot of Panther Mountain, in the Southern Catskills, w itnessed au in teresting tussle between a big buck deor and an old boar one day last week. Lane was eating his looming meal when the heard a tremendous rumpus outside the rjoiti. He grabbed Ins gun, whistled to his dogs and ran out. The battle was a royal one, but the ad vantage was w ith the buck, which was more agile than bruiu, and as the bear rose time and again to seize the buck in his claws the deer gored hitu with his terrible forked antlers. Lane held his dogs, as he was afraid they would attack the doer, which would have brought him in conllict with the law. He watched the battle until the buck with a bound jumped clean over the boar, and liefore his antagonist could meet his now move, impaled him upon his antlers and tissed him iuto the air a dozen feet. The liear fell to the ground, and as he struck the buck was upo-i him with his four sharp hoofs stamping hi:n like a battering rain. This it appeare I, was I too much for tho liear, anj picking him sftffup be beat a hasty retreat, Tho deer I gave a snort of triunip, and sejiti the ' d gs, which were togging at their leash, bmiidtid away and was s ki l lotc, in tha forest. LatJvri-i Canity Schooli' Fittns'.sitso Ccvjtlon Ec?ouiagicg S:-porl. The- Somerset County Lutheran S-n-day School C-:iver.tii.:i. of which i tU ( rop irt was given iu t.irsn cn'mmus i.vt week, continued its ftessioiis at K-ica-wood lat Wi;dt;td-.iy and Thursday. The committee ou organization present ed the follow ing report which was adop ted, viae, ;hers for JHJ7 tH, Pres. Win. II. ltuppel; Vice Pres. llov. K. M. Johns ton; H-jc, Sw., M. P. Ituol; Cor. Sue, J. It. Iloose; Troas., Hev. Calvin F. Gop hart, Tho Uipic, "Sunday School Work or, (a). Pastors and Sujierintoiidents, h). Teachers, (c), S-holat. ( I). Parent-," was well ilisciissisl iu essays and ad drosses by the Mioses Ida and Helen Hchaff, Prof. II. S. liii ..ids Kvs. G. J. Taylor, A. 11. Milb.r, G. J. I'lri.-k, Messri. W. A. Weaver and Goo. S. Iiohr. The topic "Sunday School Attractions" was well ventilated in an essay by Mis Hortha Davis, and an address by lt"jv. It. B. Collins. Another topio "Sunday School Libraries" roeoived marked at-U-nti ni from Kov. Scifert aud lr. M. I Young. Tho discussion on Wclm'sday evening was opened by Kov. C. K. Gup hart iu the alMiuice of tho essayist and Hev. It. W. Flick continued tlie discus sion on the timely topic, 'llctieli'-enco in the Sunday School." Tho lei-turo that evening was by Kev. lr. F. W. K. Pas chaw, pastor of the Lutheran church, Groensburg, Pa. His sulj.s-t, "The Sons of Issachar," w:is -ertaiiily a good one, and tho loeturo was aci-outito I a splendid effort. All who heard the lr. were highly pleaseL W. II. Kuppel and Chus. F. Vhl sang a duet very well. Also the Misses Minnio Pile and Knims Walter, of Somerset, reiulero.l a nong lieautifiilly. The discussion on "Siind iy Sclnxd Workers" by Kjvs. Aiuig and llunlnp was interesting on Thursday morning, after which tho commitlesM gave in reMirts. It was ordered that at tho next annual convention there, shall boa Superintend ents session, an 1 that hreafr the Sup erintendents of each Sunday .School be regarded as one of tho delegates from Schools entitled to delegate. The convention a vpry sticcossful one. Tlie parochial report v. ill appear in these columns next week. Anrr Cevoiioiial set vices ou Weili.es d.iy in., ruing lite closiu buKiiuMS of the conveiili, oi was transacted. Tin fint in ordr w.ut th.i payment of the annual omitriir.i'.ions or Uifs into the hands ol tho Treasurer, K iv. C. F: ;ii hart, from tle vi-.riotis S.ind.iv S.-hiiols. The aiii iuut rtss-ived was ii 1.75. The report of th Co niu:ti-'i on :,il- iiti.ms was prt'.-ulisl an 1 a i p;.-d jn which th'i p is'.or, S, in lay N-iio-ii, and eongregatiiHi of the litheran i .'iiir'-h and llie ixs'ple of il v-k vc s 1 in gne.-jil were thanked for I lit-ii-k :ndm--s .m l g 'tier Ms hospitality s'ei-.vn to the im.m Ik-is and visili.rs ' th"- c i.-i entioii. It v.hs o.-l -red t i It !i -n-art-r the S t;i erint: :id ;t.s f.f ;ur S-in-1 y S 'i . 1 ; I.. e!iiv.d;is i!;;.-g:i!.-s ti t!:.i niiiiiil .'.' vcntiiins , ihi S. S. A -' i i.iti-u:, and further, thai on'..-scsi. ii of t!i-i c uivcn lion lo set apart fir a superintendents inference. in deports of S'-hrwiU the comiiiitto- reporttd Scalp Ierv 1 Sunday S.-hcx l as again entitled to the banner, yet that School g: neroiisly donated tho same tr ibe U'M-kwood Lutiieran Sunday S- li-vil for the year KI7-M. Tlu statistical re port is as follows: mmlier of schools 51, n-mrted Pi, officers iVi. teachers -I t: scholars t Cil-jiaiu l"."., Augsburg S. S Ixtison Literature .wis, co'iiiii'iiin-anti in school lJiis, re-eived tir-l csiuiiuuiii.in l'.7. Total amount contribution f .-is ,.:;s of this for missions flisnii.tfi. f,.r S. S. sep plies fi:i7.sl, for other purposis, Jliit.l.i, gam over last year m,, muni t-r of young Lutln-rai:s t's"), last year ('s. On the ere loulials tiio final report of tiie committee showed that II clergymen and Lis delegates besides many tsitors alien, led the winvw.i.m-i. Messrj. V.'ui. Ituppel and Chits. I'hl, president and secretary respectively last year, sang a duet w ith g-iod effect, Uevs. Amigaud Liuiilap then discuss ed interestingly and ably Iho topic, "Sunday School Work," -a lit closing topic. Words of praise were spoken ly members of the connection regardint: Ihe success of this meeting after w hich the interesting 21st Annual Convent ! n of the Somerset County Lutheran Sun day School Convention came to a close. The Only One To Stand the Test llcv. William C'opp, whose father was a physician for over fifty years in New Jersey, and who himself sjient many years preparing for the practice of medicine, but subse tpicntly entered the ministry of the M. K. Church, writes: "I am glad to testify that I have had analyzed all the sarsapanlla prepara tions known in the trade, but AYER'S la the only one of ; iV, m com mo ml us a . 0i KocMbpurilitT. I have piven nwny hundreds of bottles of it, as I consider it tlie safest a well tn the hct to Is; hatl." AVm. Corr, Pastor M. n. Church, Jackson, Minn. VtSi-A 122 0HIY WOHLD'S TAia toarsa p anil a V hen in doubt, ask 1 or Ayer's Pills mm V. L. Dougtai productions of terial possible Merchants, bankers, IjwTrra, l'livsinaua an.i all economical men wear W. I 11... I.. Shor iM'tuM lUej aw the best. For sato by W.LD J. D. MILLER & SONS, Agents, EOCKWOOD, PA. ;gtftiiiigirnmfijeeiiBiiii:; 20 Second 40 Third EACH EVSONTH (Oufiitg JS97) Tnr psrtlcilin aend yonr naroe and f ,U1 aiWreas " "J . IiuJoo JJaribon Sit, New Sntac In T.'cntan't S'.oma. 'l. ki V t:i,i snuto. Pa., Juno l.s. At Strpy Fork tide utility, y.siierlay an pera tii.n whs perf.rmid on Mrs. John llalll day tor w h-ii. was supposed to to i-aneer f-f tho stotiiai-h. Instead the Mirgeons fotin-l ti live water snake nearly tig!:t Inch, h leitg in her stomach. Tho reptile was us active as though it were In its natural placo. Mr. Halliday thinks she s allowed (he Kii.-ke while drinking from a inoiiuUiii spring, after dark l ist S(-plomter. ThocxM.rt of butter from tho I'tiifed Slates to K.irop-J rs in is fr.mt ! 1: , tlll'l potifiits to 21, ' A THOUGHT I sHA -v KILLED A MAN! T : 1'.:r.:.i ihut l.o ici.U tril-0 l' v.Lh diicaso. tls va-s ii'ti Jan i.i litwiih, f-:t tir.-d r.n-l worn on , coT.plaiitc J i f J.7i r.o.ss, bl.ijusr.ess, tarkJC.s r..j h-icrtes. t'.ls l;cr i.r,l hidncys were out cf crJ.T. i!o tfioii-.Tht f yet wc'l by dain hir.isto vith cheap icmciiii's. Ai-.d tnen ca.-rc tho ending. l!2 fe: a victim to i:r!,-rht's Ulseascl The money he ouht to Lave In vested 13 a safe, rclraUo rtir.'.dy went for a tifi-bsUr.c. Is V..3 or-Iy standard remedy t ii U'.i wwrtd for kidney and :i'r ccip'.iiiits. It is the -.:iv rcr-eiy v.Kc f.hy&iclans :;::lVsT5ii:y frccriDe. It Is l.'Oi..)T . ... . cJ bv thj tc.Umo.iy ct litou- i i 'C EL TKATCiW Ti'F T PLACS 'Jos. Home & Co. JUNO BARGAINS. Jtin.-i h.w tn",mrtiiinx more thiol lri,!e and roses to a- f un .in for. It is ger.or ally, in e more practical s-use, memora ble to l!ri!'iy people for the an?i:l:l priec ciillin of spring a:.. 1 sutniiier K'smIh. Wo li-c.T liltlo pric't c..l!in. f-.r our luyiiii; ujis Jo-v emei t in ike e." "ry pit- in t!,: t . hariin price. 1I : Is a sau i- -i i . : nXm Sirica Wash Silks - K.eki :i:;.'. Ilje'.ai W.;-h Si .i iu the popular Uoiuan stiipis and otiu-r J-a'-terns, ini !u iiiiif some new nn-1 brilliant p!ai is, From 25c to 45c a yd. CLACK SILKS.- A lot of Pl u-k ludias, I'.riH-adcs and Clrt; tJrains at 50c. a yd. BLACK TWILL SERGES. Wo Irivo lsiii?ht 10 picrs-H of tine French Tw iil Series. Tn.-y are in a er-fis-t l.la' k and the kind u hi.-h you usu elly puy a d-iliar a yard for, marked at GOc. a yd. IMPORTED SUITINGS. These arc in silk a:id r.-o-d mixtures, checks and fancy w.iol prpundine. Former pri. .- were f 1.(10, tl.2." and 1..") a yard. Now the entire lot at one prict, C5c. a yd. SAILOR HATS. We have reccivrd a h-p;i:ct:t if il:e tines', lot of trimmed sd, r 1. it . . r .-' ti in these cities. All the new I t-.-ks and liows are included. The pri.-- u e have put on this lot are ."io.-, , TV- and fl.co. 525-527 PEMN AV PITTSBUHG. 'twa$ a Mas FASTER Who sskl : " No use fixin the leaky mf in line weiilhtr too wet to tlx it when it ruins. ACOOD Treat Life A?urr.nco l hp n'.e way m-rrlect it i.. j . . por ous times, and then when the hrearlwiiurer is cor.e ami tho storms of a.h ersity lieat down on the family there's nothing; but a broken and battered roof overheat!. Tla new cash pimr.ir.tee policy of The Kqtiitahle Life A-mr-ance S-:e:y riivi.li s fcr every coiitirjjency i; tU fr.ttiu- is the he.-t life S:vc.rati.v i.-stu-d. EDWAKU A. WOOI S. Manner, PlTTSMt ll.ill. L. FOSDICIv, Ooncral AcrJ, Somerset, Pa. OOGLAS sho E The Style. Fit and Wear could not be improved for Double the Price. $150, $150 arft $5.00 Show are the skilled workmen, trom the best ma to cut into shoes sold at these prices. We make also JZ-Xland shoes for merit and $240, $2.00 and 51.75 for boys, and the W. L. Uouglas fohce shoe, very suitable lor letter-carriers, policemen and others having much walking to do. We are constantly a.l.linc new styles to nnr airea.lv luru-e variety, and tlirro Is mi rea en why Y.tt raniHit Iw suited. insist on hamnz W. L. Douglas Sboca fruiu yuur Jcidcr. We rise only the lest Calf. Russia Pair lall coMirs., French lalent t alf, French Knaim'l. ici Kid. etc., prailed f.i cerrcsisiuiiwith fjincca vi mo aiioca. If dealer cannot supply vou. irrita W. L DOUGLAS. Brockton, Kui Catalooib Fklu 20 Second" " 41 $1(50 Piarce Special Biejcles. ' $ 25 Gold Wzic&es. FOR Sunlight SOAP to WRAPPERS 2 urk. i y a lii'lo in an old huiriry when yon c;q get it new one at almost your r, ! price at j ames B. Holderbaum's? I J My or Road Wagon. Call and examine my .stock. Xo tr-.',!-to"shov my line. J. B. HOLDERBAUM, STOVE With a square '.v-n and ail li e :(!-. ;i:.ta j;es of a roi'te with - i.t t i -. s'.- draft necessary lo K.:i ;;e ist.structii.ii. CALL AND SEE THEP1. P. A. Scliell. 1847. Call and try a drink of our Ice Cold Soda. V--" ' ; . OUR SUPPLY OF FLAVORS WILL SATISFY THE MOST FASTIDIOUS. TAP THE SODA SI-RING. G. W. BEDFORD, MANAGER, SC MERSET, PA. HELLO! HOUSEKEEPERS, IH WANT OF FURNITURE ? LOCK AT THESE TRICES. A Bodroom Set for S13 00. A Parlor Set for S12 00. A Coucn for - 7 CO. A Loungo for - 4 0 A Rocking Chair for 50 ct3. Oillioarils, Tablt-s, IWtlstetuls, Chairs, at itrtjHirtinii:ite j-ri.-e.-s. Conif :i:il e-.' me. We are in line for itli tl;t most iMinpU-te ami uji-tn-ilate line of Furni: ;re plaitsj upon the market ntul pn-jmrisl to show the tr.i-li' a Iare variety of i.e ami original ilt-ii;ii-i tine atnl ttusiium ('hamU-r Suits, Tarlor Suits, r.xU-u-i"i TuhleM anil Dininir (.'hairs, Siilelnuiri- Chitrimiers, K sikcases, i'liin- t'I-''. C'oui-hes, wanlroln-ji, ete. (iiwxl imality, low jiriei-si. Yon are invited to mil and insptvt our stin k. C. H. Coffroth, G06 M?'n Cross Street, SNYDER'S 113 O u 5 We Are Offcrin.t tho Best Pos.ib!e Investment for Your Dollars We ar ir-iicr t show- the pe.-lo of Somerset the largest an.I most eomjilete line l'.u-j eli-M eer shown iti t-ity. We tin tr -i iiar t- sell tho MOV A IC' BICYt'T.E at S.'i.'fcOO jier years piimrantee. t. r ele.ieei.f mi v ricuiit 1. We will ii!i h.iv a line of (''.kl) WAVKK1.Y l!Il'-ri,K-s Ht f U.rjlL not tuy unul you liuve teii our wheels. We ext--t setrn? in several lay. 5 iWil i t r - Cor.:pri.-:e everything t:;:.t s New, Stylish and LVt'M1- You (ct the Finish and ( )-.-. ty v.r.cn yo:i hny from i::-, n either Surrey, Phaet'di, Ii::- - We are a-nt f, this eelehrati-d !. . STOVES and RANGE 3. Th-y are WrOJTAHEV::; i'l Pas it, z. '- A I-iii ' . . pei ei t iu every An ??t:- sr-l S:j f-rf A Th r7.n a'l lf- 1897, --!---- V-Vls V - i r-. .-i - - -a i PURE FRUIT JUICES. SOMERSET, PA. ART STORE. 9 I i .y AmWJz4 MADE &f$i& FROM V ) A r ft:- n
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