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The Somerset Herald.
BDVARD BCCLL, Editor and Proprietor,
rEDESl)AT
Wheat has Lit the dollar mark now,
nd that dollar bas no llryan stamp
Uwn it.
Thkrk's no nire truub!oa the farm
er's mind when tip goes the Tice of
wlwaL
The Graud Army veteran will this
week capture the greatest Buffalo in
the country.
Ix.teai of running three jartie tliL
year tlie I'.ipncratu find that they nwt
fiplit tliree parties the Ilepulilioans,
the IVpuRsN and tin- cold Ih-m-ratt
OtK eijiorU lat month were?.'Ji,M ,
27 and only f",W,M: in July, lv.J.
The WiLn law was not a success in
getting hold of the markets of the
world.
The people who voted for McKinley
last year now realize that they made no
Mistake, but did their fchare toward
bringing better times to a land that
Badly needed them.
Paris ia to have a pendulum bridge
which will swing passengers over the
Heine without exertion on their part.
The human race never tires of working
at the problem of rapid transit.
fcx-SKVATOR Hill w trying to find
a place where he can re-enter politics.
He nii.-d the let opjxtrtuuity of his
life last j-ear when he decided to say
nothing during a great political crisi.
France is the first of foreign gov
ernments to come iu out of the wet.
Ilealiring the futility of kicking against
the tariir law, the French government
is taking steps to secure the advantage
f a reciprocity treaty under the pro
visions of the law.
The lieauties of the free silver doe
trine are receiving a practical illustra
tion in Mexico,' where gold is now at a
premium of 14" per cent. The govern
ment which must accept silver is hav
ing a lovely time paying its foreign ol
ligalions in gold.
Hiimst money ami protection were
the two chief planks of the platform
of the Iowa llepuMieaiis. They are
the two great principles of the llepub
lican party, and by their maintenance
that larty has been instrumental in
bringing Luck good times to the coun
try. The number of Democratic papers
which are saying that the Democracy
was never a free trade party'' is omin
ously large. The Louisiana and Texas
Iemocrats who vted for the Dingley
law, and the Democrats from other
states who supported certain of its high
ly protective features, are not as lone
some as they would have been for a few
years after Cleveland's message of IsfC.
The Populists are in sad straits now.
Changed conditions have left them
without arguments. One of the speak
ers at their convention in Iowa warn
ed his hearers not to lelievethe reports
they heard of a return of prosperity.
He tried to argue with them that these
reports were manufactured by a parti
san press. What arrant nonsense was
that? Is it any wonder that Populism
is rapidly dying out, when its orators
are driven to such extremes in their
liojie to save it?
As was anticipated, the bankers of
the country gathered iu convention at
I)etroit, added their testimony to the
fart that business conditions had taken
an upward trend, and that there w
every prosjiect of a continuance in that
direction. More than this, they declar
ed that sounder business methods had
liegun to prevail, and that shaky and
uncertain enterprises were becomiug
fewer in number. Testimony like this
is well worth having, for it comes from
men who know whereof they speak.
Commander Booth -Ti cker wants
to estahlif-h a "poor man's paradise."
When he knows more of human nature
than his project implies, he will find
that the same thing is required for the
success of an earthly paradise as for a
social Utopia, and that no system or
institution can I devis-.-d whereby peo
ple can be regulated into happiness and
oontentmeut. The motive is philan
thropic, but the scheme is visionary,
and, in this practical age, motives art
judged strictly by their results.
The splendid success of the Tennes
see Centennial at Nashville gives ahun
dant testimony that the Houth is fully
up with the procession. Though the
Centennial has about run the length of
time usually allot d tosuchexpositions,
the attendance ke s up well, and the
managers are confident tha. the sub
scribers will be paid not only the full
amount of their sto k, but a small div
idend besides. This is an unusual
showing, and sjieuks volumes for the
success of tlie Kxpoiiioti and the en
terprise of Its promoter--.
What does Senator Teller mean in
saying that the McKinley administra
tion wants to retire the greenbacks and
make all debts payable in gold? Does
lie not know that all debts have been
virtually jayable in gold ever since
ivr? Htewart, Altgeld, Pennoyerand
4her silver leaders found this out a
good while ago, as is shown by the care
which these individuals took to stipu
late that all their mortgages should be
payable in gold. If Bryan has any
money due him, it is safe to say that it
is made payable in gold or its equiva
lent In fact there is a pretty close
correspondence between the shrillness
of tlie PojtocraLic leaders' shriek for 41
-ent dollars for other people and their
precautions to extort 100 ti nt dollars for
themselves. As a man of intelligence
and observation, Senator Teller ought
to have noticed this phenomenon. Un
doubtedly he has noticed it.
Some of the Popocratic new papers
are attempting to minimize the eHU t
of high prices for wheat, says the Pitts
sirg Chronicle-Telegraph. Tley say
that the grain is in the Lauds of specu
lators, and that the farmers will derive
little or no benefit from the remarkable
advance in the value of tlieir product
The Cincinnati Enquirer, for example,
remarks that "the rise in wheat is a big
thing for the speculators who bought
tt Bp at 65 1-2 cents a bushel."
The Idea that the fanners are not
rcr j by the advance is fallacious.
'7 uv v.J some wheat since it
t he
1 1 j rt t t they have sold none
at
(to
' i f : for Uiey bad none
' . . i Ld not advanced sufil-
: 1 sales. The farmers do '
unt sell "future!"," nor are they in the
habit of holding m heat for a year.
The flour manufacturers of Minneso
ta are certainly able to speak authorita
tively on this point W. D. Wash
burn, of Minneapolis, says: "A large
proportion of the winter wheat crop is
still in the hands of farmers, while the
entire crop of spring wheat is iu their
hands, harvest having only just begun.
I look for continued high prices for
wheat"
Charles It Pillsbury is even more em
phatic He says: "Substantially none
of the present wheat crop has been
marketed. A very conservative estim
ate is that 13),0,00rt bushels are just
lieing harvested in Minnesota and the
two Ihikotas alone. Previous crops arc
alsolute!y exhausted. Tlie present rise
means fJ0,U,CM) extra for the farmers
of these three states. The farmers of
the United States must be holding "j0,
KIO.OOO bushels of the crop just harvest
ed. This advance in price means over
f I.V),000,00 for the farmers of the Uni
ted States on wheat alone,"
This explains why the fanners of the
West are faying off their mortgages,
and have ceased to listen to the wail of
tlie calamity howler.
SOW FOS A F ASKEW TEAR.
Earop Already Clamoring for Oar Wlt
From the Sew York Sua.
There seems to be no doubt that this is
going to le the farmer' year in this
country. The world's eye is upon the
United States looking for its wheat sup
ply, and there is every indication that
we will have wheat enough to sell to
make us feel rich and happy. Besides
the great ships of the regular transatlan
tic lines, which in the aggregate carry
more m heat from this harbor than the
entire output of some of the other big
grain shipping ports, there were nearly a
dozen steamers under charter and load
ing here list week. Their total capacity
was 2L,l'fc! tons estimated burden, and as
every vessel can carry from two to two
and cue-half times this iu grain, their
cargoes amounted probably to aliout I,
jrt,i liMshels.
Thi. however, is only the beginning of
tbft Isisiiiess of wheat moving at this
lort. Late in August aud Septemlter the
heavy movement begins, and thereafter
the erain eoes from here to huniiie in a
constant stream, amounting in ordinary
years to about !j,o,f bushels, and it
has run tip to l.tSi!i,3:J lKishcLs during
this period.
It has tieen said frequently that Xew
York was hating her hold upon the grain
business, whi.-t was going to othr ports.
This is true only in a measure. Former
ly, when nearly all the grain came to sea
board by canal. New York did practical
ly the entire shipping of it Now that all
the great railroads have taken to hand
ling grain in competition with the water
ways. Now York ships little more than
one-half the total export, but this half is
vastly greater than the total was in the
oid Jays. The canals brought to us in
'! over 14.'M) bushels, while the rail
roads brought 7.1,77 bushels, and
coastwise vessels brought enough . more
to bring the total up to fe7,'J.Jl,WS bushels
for the year.
In the phenomenal year of 1HM our
shipments amounted to i:!.s.'iO,3.'9i out of
a total export for the country of about
Z;,i",f tsishels, and in into New York
handled H,,4Vl Imshels out of a total
of lZ,' '),. It would not sup rise any
of the more experienced of our wheat op
erators if the United States were called
upon this year to supply to the world
something like ari.Wrt.ft bushels of
wheat At SJ) cents a bushel this would
bring into the country $ltj0,oj0,i0 in gold
or ts equivalent Such enormous sums,
however, are not earned without an
enormous amount of labor. ' Part of this
is tb&t of the fanner, but another part,
ar.d one that forms a large share of the
total cost to the consumer, is tbu of
transportation.
Ancient I ouie was for a long time de
pendent upon the wheat fields of Africa
for her supply, but that is perhaps the
only important example until very mod
ern times when any large section of the
world was dependent for fKxl supplies
upon foreign countries and upon com
merce. To-day the w heat fields of Ku
rope (all so far short of feeding the peo
ple aliout them that hundreds of millions
of bushels are drawn from sources thou
sau.lsof miles distant. The three great
w beat fields for this supply are our own,
those of southern Kussia, and the new ly
developed ones of the Argentine Repub
lic The total exports' from these three
countries last year were 27'),W,0i)0 bush
els. This was 2,"i, bushels less than
the average for the last six years. In our
great export years of lsifi and l-fi we
had crops to draw upon of (Sj,'X,)
bushels grown in lJOl. and isn.ijOO.OK)
grown in Ht Last year our crop was
47'i,af"i.ai bushels, and this year it is be
lieved to amount to ii7.'i,U0i),M) lsishels.
From the moment this crop leaves the
hands of the farmers it is the subject of
the oerations of a set of clever men,
whose calculations are made upon such
sn accurate lis that the manner in
which the wheat is handled, the lines
upon w hich it shall reach tho aealmard
and the ports from which it shall be
shipped waild be determined by a dif
ference of I-l'i of a cent a bushel. As a
result the method of gathering and for
warding the grain has been reduced to a
science, and the cost bas been brought to
the lowest possible figure. Preparations
for buying the grain are now begun
months ttfjre it is cut Every buyer
knows not only the exact acreage planted
i:i tho section of the country which he
operates, but also the entire acreage it
would !e iKissible to plant there. From
week to w eek, as the crop matures he
gets t-lgniphic rejorts of its condition
on each farm, and w hen it is ready to sell
he is on the ground informed to the
hour.
Formerly the operators were often
hampered for cars in which to receive
the grain, and this is so in some localities
yet, iMit within a few years there have
sprung up thousands of small elevators
thickly dotting every feeder, as well as
the main stem railroad lines in the grain
regions. Koine of these are mere road
side bios, where the farmer may drive
up upon an incline aud shovel his load
out but many of them have a capacity of
.Trt, "0 to ),c0 bushels and have an end
less lielt elevator, bins for different quali
ties of grain, and big hopper scales for
weighing it It is chiefly from these
way-side store bouses that the grain finds
its way into the enormous elevators at
Chicago. Ihiluth, Superior, St Paul. St
Louis, Buffalo, and other railroad cen
tres on the way to the seaboard, east or
south.
The bizgest elevators are those at Chic
ago aud Buffalo, aud the greatest of all
grain routes is that over the great lakes
to Buffalo. From Buffalo half a dozen
trunk line railroads carry the crop to the
sea. In addition to New York wheat is
shipped from Boston. Philadelphia, Bal
timore, Newport News, Norfolk, Now
Orleans, and Galveston. At each port
are elevators in which the grain is receiv
ed, graded, stored, and finally passed out
to ships which take it across the ocean.
New York harbor has four railroad ele
vators, each of which will hold about
one and a half or two million bushels
and there are besides a dozen or more
private grain storehouses along the
Brooklyn water front, which will bold in
the aggregate seventeen or eighteen m il -lion
bushels.
Wheat is shipped in only one kind of
car the box car for it most not be ex
posed to the weather. The Standard size
holds 1,010 bushels or W,0i pounds A
few cars are made which hold SO.OoO
pounds. Regular grain cars have an in
side door of light planking which is bung
on hinges that slide down rods set in the
car, one on each . side of the doorway.
When this door is not in us it ia raised
to the ceiling, where it lies flat and is
hooked fast When the car i to be load,
ed it is run along aide a grain bin and a
telescopic chute is lowered into one door
way. The grain doors are closed, a valve
ia opened and the grain pours into the
car until it is two-thirds full, the regular
load. The railroad contracts to bring the
grain from Chicago and deliver it along
side a vensel anywhere in the harbor at
3) cents a bushel. The car U ran into the
elevator structure here on the ground
floor. A man w ith a crowbar pries up
the grain door and the wheat comes rush
ing out and falls into a pit beside the car.
There are gratings over the pit to keep
nut coarse objects and for tho workmen
to walk upon. Down at the tttom of
the pit is the open end of an iron shaft,
inside of which works an endless belt
faced with steel nips set a fot apart
When the telt starts the grain is caught
up in the cups and delivered in an al
most unbroken stream at the top of the
building, where the caps tip over as they
start to return. In half an hour a ear is
unloaded and the last vestiges of the
grain are swept ont and another car takes
its place. All over the elevator floor are
other cars unloading.
Before, when the cars came in, an in
spector appointed by the Produce Ex
change viewed the grain and fixed its
grade. Now, as it arrives at the top of
the elevator, it falls into one of the two
hopper bins fixed on scales and is
weighed. One man watches from 4 to 6
sets of scales He sets his scale at 5,flu
or tV0 pounds and every time the bar
lifts he marks a record of its weight
turns a valve which directs the stream
into the other hopper, and turns another
valve, which lets the weighed grain run
out and through a chute into the great
bins From that moment the identity of
a shipment of grain is lost It is now
simply so many bushels of such a grade.
From the bottom of that same bin there
is running a stream of w heat which has
been sold and is going aboard. It goes
down into one of the same pits where it
first fell from a car and it fills the place
w ith dust Every bit of that dust costs
the railroad money, for it was all weigh
ed w hen the wheat came in. Now, the
elevator belt picks it up again and again
it goes to the weighing hoppers
No wheat is loaded directly from the
elevators into ships at this harbor, Isit
goes to them in ijargns. Beside the ele
vator lie tiers of vessels built like canal
Itoats. From the scales grain comes
pouring down li fW-t or more through
chutes which end with steel telescopic
piitcs a foot in diameter. There are two
or three of the chutes, and two pipes to
chute, and the pipes are pouring the
grain into the hold of the barge at every
hatchway. If a man were to hold his
arm under one of tiioso streams of grain
it would be cut off as by a saw. In each
hatchway of the barges is a man with bis
mouth and nose protected by muslin to
keep the dust out Lie is armed with a
big wooden butter bowl, mounted on a
handle. You think at first that he is go
ing to shovel the wheat with this but he
knows a letter trick. lie places the but
ter bowl under the stream of w heat and
this stream turned, by the smooth round
ed inside of the bowl, shoots off to one
side just as a stream of water would, and
the trimmer, by turning the bowl from
time to time, sends the wheat wherever
he wants it A barge holds about Sco
bushels. In an hour or less this is load
ed, aud then a tug takes her off to the
ship.
A floating elevator lies alongside the
latter. The liarge tie up beaide the
floating elevator, a leg of an endless belt
is thrust down into her hatchway, and a
dozen men shovel the grain up to the ele
vator to keep it supplied. In about an
hour and a half the large is emptied.
The elevator does not deliver the wheat
direct to the ship. Midway is another
set of weighing hoppers, and it passes
through these and Is weighed before a
second elevator carries it to a chute
which scuds it into the ship's hold.
If there is a discrepancy between the
railroad weights and the floating elevator
weights, the railroad pays in cash for
what is short or collects in cash for what
is over. A loss of more than two tsisb
els to a thousand would, however,
require ai explanation. The dis
crepancies: re usually losses aud these
aggregate b tween Chicago and the ship
about 1J pe' cent The floatiug elevators
get about 5 cents a Isisbel for putting
the grain aboard ship from the barges.
Good Timet ia Kaaiai.
Topkka, Kan August 1!. State Bank
Examiner John Brendeiithal in t semi
annual statement says: A nn4 extra
ordinary financial condition exists in
Kansas. The surplus in the banks of the
State is larger than ever previously
known, and the cash in circulation among
the pe iple seems undiminished.
"The tianks cannot loan their money
and are worried to know what to do with
the enormous deposits on which they are
payiug 4 per cent interest
"The grain is nishing East rapidly, and
all farmers are making improvements on
the lands and have plenty of money.
The situation is annoying to liankets of
Kansas very much. The extraordinary
situation is attril sited to the wave of
economy w hich tho hard times of the
pat t;w years developed. The farmers
were fcrced to got along without borrow
ing money, and mw they find it easy to
continue in that line "
A remarkable feature of the situation
is that the bank examiner w ho submits
Ibis rcjKirt ia a Populist and a free silver-
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A Xr. XeXialcy Bsc It
Hotel Champlaix, N. Y., Aug. 23.
President McKinley, when asked to
gives his views on the return of prosper
ity to the country, said :
"Tlie cause of the present boom in the
West is undoubtedly due, in a great
measure, to the large cros and high
prices caused by the failure of crops in
other countries but the fact that prosper
ity has set in in the East cannot be ac
counted for in any other way than by the
w ise policy of the Republican party in
restoring a protective tariff.
"The present boom is not spasmodic,
but will continue to increase, and n-H
only the manufiu-turers but the people
generally, will soon realize that it is only
with a protective tariff and sound finan
cial principles that the country will be
prosperous and remain in that position.
With the restoration of confidence will
come a restoration of prosperity."
OoU Haaura Hang Him Up.
Vaxcuiver, B. C, August 22. The
steamer Coquitlau arrived from Dyea
yesterday morning. The captain states
that no one was anxious to come back
with him. There were -Tun) men at Ska
guay and GoO at Dyea, which is being de
serted for the former placa.
The day the Coqnitlan arrived the body
of a white man was swinging to a tree,
lie had been caught going through the
baggage of some new arrivals
The trail from Skaguay across the
mountains is very bad and dangerous
Many horses have been drowned in the
quicksands and bogs The government
has men working on the Dyea trail, but
the White Pass trail is considered best
It is now blazed all the way.
Saif Fbahcisco, Cat, August 2 A
special to the Bulletiu from I 'yea, A tas
ks August 14, tells of the pitiful condi
tion of many of thesearcbers for gold who
were then stopping at Dyea, unable to
proceed farther on their journey, owing
to the lack of funds or provisions
Many of those now at Dyea are physic
ally unable to make the trying trip, and
there are many who will suffer great
hardships before the winter is over.
Many of those who arrived on the steam
er Willamette are absolutely without
shelter, seemingly having come to this
cold region depending on the opcu
bearted disposition of the others to keep
them living.
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X02I XILLIOXS IS GDtD.
Printable Xiaiag Ertry Day.
Kkattlk, Wash., August 24. The
steamship George Starr arrived in the
city this morning from Dyea. There
were on the vessel three passenger fresh
from the Klondike gold fields who
brought with them about -V,tJ. They
were Edward M. Thomas of this city,
19 years old ; John Stewart, 3) years old,
of Sumner, Waslu, and Scott Winter
home. These men said that gold disooveriea
continue every day, aud it is reported
that when the Portland routes down front
Alaska there will be millions on Istard
of.hor. Ia addition to the Portland's
cargo thousands of lollars worth of gold
are ls?ing taken out of the Klondike daily
that will not be brought here until next
spring.
The gold that the trio on the Starr
brought down does not represent their
wealth. They are partners and they ex
pect to be millionaires in a year. A year
ago they were poor. They had searched
for gold iu Alaska and failed to find any.
They then coin-eived the ioea that more
could he made by shipping cattle into the
far north. They got a cargo of cattle,
took them north anil drove them over the
pass. They sold them for cents per
pound.
Just about the time they arrived the
Klondike began to give signs of great
gold beds nd they formed a partnership.
They secured claims and since that time
have been taking ont gold. They have
four of the finest claims in the Klondike,
which they will not sell, they say for $",
uO.OOu. AH miners who make strikes
refuse to take the risk of coming over the
pass, but return by way of St MichaeL
Thomas said to-day : "We are coming
out to get food. We fear famine in the
Klondike country this winter. Trading
corn pau lea have shipped in plenty of food,
but it will never satisfy the thousands
who are pouring in from all over the
world. Thero will surely be starvation
in the Klondike this winter, so we deeid
d to come out and get four tons of food.
Now we find we cannot take it in, and
we are at a loss w bat to do.
"We thought that we could get Indians
to pack our stuff over as soon as we gi
it ; but at Dyea, w here we tried to make
a contract with Indian packers, we were
laughed at and told that we would have
to wait until all others w ho are ahead of
us have len served."
"I never talked to so many determined
men as we encountered at Dyea. They
say that each man must take his turn,
aud a man who attempts to raise the
rate or get in ahead of others already
on the ground will be summarily dealt
with."
Boy's Mixed Rslatiosihip.
Whits Plains X. Y.. August 21-A
transaction in County Ju IgeSmith Lent's
court yesterday results in making a ly a
brother to his father and a son of his
grandmother. It was the adoption by
Mrs. Julia C Stivers of the son of her sou
Harold M. Wise by a former hus
band. These parties figured in the Suprem
Court here last winter, in an action
brought by Mrs. Stivers to have th9 mar
riage of her son with Miss ElizxbKh K.
Sawyer declaied void, on the ground
that when he was married by Mayor
Strong to the young woman he was under
age. The case took some lime to try be
fore Justice Dykman, and resulted in the
favoring of the allegation of the mother,
that he was under age at tho time of the
marriage, although he said he was older
at the time. A son was horu to the young
couple, but the decision of the c u rt an
nulling the marriage left the young fel
low without legal parents
Now, the mother of the young husband
come to the relief of the young woman,
who was keeping the boy at her father's
borne, and adopts him. This act accord
ing to the law of 1V7, puts him on the
same fiMting as to rights and iuheritanue
as her own son, and he is consequently
now the brother of his father.
These parties all live in New R jchelle
the young woman w ith her father, who
keeps a billiard and pool room, and the
young man w itb his parents as he is not
yet twenty years of age, and is doing noth
ing to support himself. At the time of
the suit to annul the marriage, the young
womau's father opped it as strongly as
possible, but law aud facts were against
him.
War Ships Xay Barn Oil.
Washisotox, D. C, Aug. 2i The sec
retary of the navy has ordered Lieuten
ant Nathan Sargent to proceed at once to
the oil fields of Pennsylvania, where Le
w ill make a careful investigation of the
various grades of petroleum produced in
that region with a view to its use as fm 1
for marine engines. Upon the conclu
sion of this work he will report to the au
thorities in charge of the Newport torpe
do station and plans will be drawn for an
oil engine which will be placed in one of
the new torpedo boat uow being built
by the Herreshoffs. This will 1 the fifst
attempt to use petroleum as fuel for the
torpedo fleet but from tbesucces that has
been attained with this motive force iu
sw ift steam launches owue l by private
parties both here and abroad, the navy
department looks very favorably on the
experiment Some of the advantages ex
lccled from the new fuel are economy of
mat-hine space and, consequently, great
er fuel carrying capacity; economy in
the cost of fuel aud the ability to develop
extremely high steam pressure nnder
forced draught The plans for the new
engine are not yet laid aud will deend
largely on the reitort on the varsms
grades of petroleum at command. It is
possible that with this innovation in fuel
will be combined the use of the steam
Turbin engine, whose succca in the En
glish torpedo Imat Turbina has marked a
decided epoch in the development of these
fleet-footed destroyers abroad.
Tha Smiths Xatter 4,000.
Altoosa, Ps, August !!. The Smith
family reunion occurred at Lakeuiont
Park to-day. The attendance was more
than 4,0mu. Never since the lieautiful
park has been thrown open to the public
has there been such an enormous family
gathering.
The county directory h ws that there
are Ktu Smiths within tlie precincts of
little Blair, and they were all present
w ith their families It is estimated that
including all the collateral relations, the
family can muster li'KM individuals
w hich is about one-sixth of the popula
tion of the county.
Dr. (ieorge W. Smith, president of the
association; William C. Smith, of Erer-
ett; Senator James Smith, John Philemon
Smith and Rob't T. II. Smith, of Altoona,
delivered addresses. There was music
by the Smith Quartet, and vocal solos
aud recitations were given by several of
the Misses Smith. The Smiths gave a
ball this evening.
Preacher Stoned U Death.
PARKtR-snrao, W. Va., August 21.
Rev. II. II. Burgmyne, aged flu years, a
Methodist minister, of llulings was
murdered on Thursday. Coleman PUaer,
a young laborer, was committed to jail at
Parsons and yesterday made a confession
to Sheriff Harper, charging bis brother
Lewis with the crime.
Coleman held a bill against Rev. Mr.
Burgnyne. He asked the preacher to
pay it and when the latter saie he had
no money and asked Pitrxr to wait it is
alleged, he was assaulted by the Pilzers
with stoues, one of which struck him on
the back of the neck, breaking it
Farmers Paid SI 03 for Wheat
Yonic, Ps, Angnst 2k Dealers hereto
day began paying fl.02 per bushel tor
wheat, an advance of eight cents over
Saturday's price. Farmers have lieen
hoi. ling back their w heat and the sup
ply at the mills ran low.
VWI Satisfied with
"Nearly forty years a.?t. aftrr
some Tvc-cks of sickneys, my hair
turned gray. 1 U-yin using Ayer"
Il:tir Vigor, and was so well satis
fied with the results th;it I have
never tried any otlur kind of dress-
in?. It requires only
an occasional appli
cation of
AYER'S
Hair Vigor to keo;
my hair of gx)
v color, o remove
JdaJidnifr. to heal
itchniir imuiora. and prevent the
hair from falling oL 1 never hesi
tate to recommend Aver" medicines
to my friends" Mrs II. M. Haight,
Avoca, Xebr.
flU .
L-J Hair Vigor
Prepare J by Dr. J.C A yer fc Co., Lowell. Sfcas.
Tiit Ajct'i Sru?iri!U fir tts CsasJexiea.
A WILD CHASE AT SIGHT.
Horse Thieves Fanned For Xtlat by Farm
ers New Castlk, Ps, Aug. 23. There was
great excltomeut out In the neighborhood
of New Galilee, Just on the edge of the
Beaver county line, about two o'clock
this morning. Two young men were
driving through New lialilee when they
saw two men riding from a by-road, one
on a horse owned by Kev. Savage, and
the other on Homer Brown's horse. They
at once concluded that something was
wrong and so aroused the town.
In a very short time a dozen or more
men and horses were after the two men
on horseliack, w ho by this time had su
tf !l in getting perhaps a mile's start
They were riding hard, but throe of the
pursuers gained on. thorn, w hen the two
horse thieves w heeled and tired bulh t
at their pursuers. The rai kept up un
til a bridge on the Not Castle road was
reach L The bridge was being repaired
an J the two men a. unities mougui iuai
it was impassable, for they turned aud
rode towards Petersburg.
By this time fully fifty people were en
gaged in the pursuit and the thteves
w ere but a short distance ahead. Several
ofthe farmers and others In the pursuing
party we-9 armed and they shot several
times at the two men, who in turn tired
Itack, Isit so far as is known none of the
bullets took effect. The rave tsk the
party over six miles until a small clump
of w.mmIs was reached. Bullets were fly
ing back and forth for quite awhile, and
those In ih.i rear thought there was a
battle to take place, but the two men
jaoipcd from the horse and took to the
woo.!a.
The animals were nearly fagged out
and were, easily recaptured. An effort
was made to find the two men, Isit it was
without avail. In the past two months
several f.irmers iu that part of Beaver
and Lawrence counties have teen miss
ing horu-, and il is tielieved that the two
men who were operating this morning
are the ones wh i have been committing
tho depredations.
Feaiioa Claims Increased.
Waiiix!Tox, Aug. 19. Coiuinissioner
of Pensions Evans has had a atatemeut
prepared of the applications for peusions
filed since July, 1S.KJ. The comparison
shows that in Julyi 1-ttf, applications for
pensions aggregated 2.SLH, while in June,
WC, there were ),lfc, largely for in
creases and for widows and minor chil
dren. CoinrtiisKioner Evans attributes
this large increase to two reasons. He
said the bird tiins hit inila in my men
apply for pensions w ho bad not previous
ly needed them, and the other reason is
the existence of a general feeling
throughout the country that the
ctiimsofpeasioneM would b3 given more
favorable onsi loratlon by the present
administration than by the last "Many
soldiers" he stated, "felt that the Demo
cratic administration would not allow
enaions however just they might be,
and in this way thousands of applications
were held back until now. We are simply
getting the accumulation of a long ieriod,
and the work of receiving these applica
tions aud filing them away keeps many
clerks busy. I believe the high water
mark of pensions has been reached, and
that now the number of applications will
begin to decrease."
Inoculated With Glanders
Bi'ti.kr, Aug. 2X The authorities here
are much concerned over the death of two
yHing people in the fauiily of James V.
Duncan from what the dortors pronounce
to lie a clear case of blood poisoning,
thought to have beeu contracted from a
glandercd horse.
On Monday of la week James H. Dun
can, a young man, was brought home
from the oil cuutry, where be worked,
suffering from what seemed to be fever.
On Wednesday he died and the doctors
pronounced his disease blood poisoning.
To-night his W-year-old sister, Nellie,
who was taken ill about the same time.
died from blood poisoning, and tho doc
tors think she contracted the disease by
riding behind a horse that had the gland
ers.
Tho diseased horse that caused tho
trouble was owned by James II. Duncan,
w ho used hint to drive liack and forward
to his work in the oil country. The ani
mal was suffering from some disease of
the glands when the young man bought
him. It is thought that iu trying to doc
tor the horse young Duncan became in
oculated. Cat Like a Ball Dog.
SYRACfsK, N. Y. Aug. 2k In trying
to capture a vagrant cat to-day, George
Fry, of No. brji Iasli street had an ex
perience that he will long bear the marks
of, even if he recover from it The cat
was a large grey animal that had annoy
ed the neighlsirhood by killing chickens
Mr. Fry decided to capture it and give it
to a man who lives in the country.
When he scixrd it and undertook to
thrust its head into a lg the cat set its
teeth (irmly into the index finger of his
right hauiL, All bis efforts to shake the
brute off were futile, and he called for
help.
An attempt was made to force the ani
mal's jaws open, Isit this did not succeed
and it was finally thot w hile clinging to
Fry's finger. Its jaws wero set so that
it was only with ditticuily that the finger
was released. It was terribly lacerated
and the wound is considered very dan
gerous Xineri Seize a Traia.
Welstox, Ohio, Aug. 2X Seven hun
dred miners headed by three br .as
bands flagged a mixed freight and paa
semrer train on the Cincinnati, Hamilton
aud Dayton railroad this morning at a
crossing in the southern part of this city.
The train came a stop aud was boarded
by the miners.
The trainmen refused to proceed and
backed their train to the depot where
they were ordered by officials of the road
to proceed. The miners were eu route to
Oak Hill where there was a mine in full
operation. Arriving at Oak Hill the
strikers inarched to the mine and de- !
manded that the men come out This J
the latter did. I sit not before Is-ieg as
sured that no harm was intended if thry
conducted themselves riht
rsa3rrMa
All Jtw Xaglaad Aitir.
BosTox, Mass., August 2X DWpitehc
from different New England manufactur
ing centres to-day announce that msny
cotton mills which have been idle re
sumed operations to-d ly. During a purt
of July and August Ih usands of "piud'es
were not operated iu this section, ojvicg
to the unnatUf ictory condition which
prevailed, either in Ih finith g-ls or
new cotton market or to the need of re
pairs In addition to this, several other
mills cloned for two weeks in ac-rd.rico
with their annual iiiidtuiiiinr custom.
Many ofthe Kail Itiver mills resumed
operations last week, and re vera I started
to-day.
Several ofthe Lowell mills resumed to
day, and reports from that city indicate
that the outlook is promising.
To Bjat the Caraegies
Altoona, Am. 2k The Pennsylvania
railroad is building at its Juniata shops
in this city a gigantic ninety -six ton
freight engine which will h-ivo about
double the capacity of the stm lard
freight engine now in use. It will carry
210 pounds of steam. In connection with
lii.itl pound ears, it will htul ore from
the la:es to Pittsburg over thrt Eri and
Pittsbnrg road iu competition with the
Carnegio line.
The train will lie equipped with air
brakes aud will crry no crew, the whole
duty of managing the train devolving on
the engineer. When the big engine with
its specially constructed train of cars lie
gins to run on the Erie and Pittsburg
road, the rate on ore- w ill ba reduced to
twenty five cants a ton. The Carnegie
road now charges forty cents a ton.
Protecting Fern ioneri.
Wasiiixoto. Aug. ). The Commis
sioner of Peiious has notified all pen
sion agents that il bas come to his atten
tion that checks, vouchers and certifi
cates are being mailed to pensioners iu
rare of attorneys. In the order Issued to
them he s iys : "Mail cannot be d liver
ed to parties iu bne care it may le ad
dressed, and to aid the postal authorities
in the proper delivery of mall for pen
sioners you are requested to see that no
mail from your of?i.s to a ensioncr is
addressed in the care of another person.''
A Great Surprise is ia Store
for those who will go to-day and get a
package of K IN-0. It takes the place
of coti'ee at aissii I the ct It is a food
drink, full of health, and can i given t
tbecbildrenaswe.il as the aduit with
great benefit. It is mado of pure grains
and looks and tasUi like the lii:e.t grades
of Mocha or Java coffee. It satieties ev
eryone. A cup of irain-0 is letter fr
the system than a tonic, because its I !--fit
Is ermanrut. What eoli'eo brvks
down liraiu-O lsiil.li up. Ask your gr
cer for irain . ... and Zi:
04,
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New Goods
lieginning to arrive boxes and casts
being received every day we must
Lave room for them have made prices
on nice, good goods that will clear out
this wanted shelf space iu such vigor
ous manner as it was never done le
fore. o0 and cent all wool aud silk mix
ed Dress (lootls 42 and 4H inches wide,
25 and 35C a yard
choice serviceable styles splendid
for girls' fall school suits.
Fine Novelty Mixtures, some of which
were a dollar-fifty, being sold at
50c. a yard
for early fall and traveling suits,
and separate dress skirts they're
money's worth unapproached.
Write for Kim pics lot goods and
prices show what a chance this is.
BOGGS & BUHL
Allegheny, Pa.
For Sale or Exchange for Somer
set County Property
Ten ('0J lots in various suburbs of tho
city of Johnstow n. Address,
t!K. C. Mi t.i.KR, Somerset, I'a.
MOUNT UNION COLLEGE,
ALLIANCE, OHIO-
Callesa Cours23 t-Classical, Scientific, Philosophical, Literary.
Other Departments : Preparatory, Normal, Commercial, LTasio,
Art, Elocution. Short-hand and Type-writing, etc.
Fall Term Opens Aug. 31, Expenses Lew. Send for Catalogue,
1 r
Merchants,
Hankers,
lawiren,
fhvsiriana
anil all
ecuDomlcal
men wear
W. I Doarlaa
Shoe tccaiua they
an the kat.
Far aaU hy Sj
J. D. MILLER & SONS, Agents,
EOCIVOOD, P.A.
E GIUEfJ 4 First
& 20 SflCflBd
E rlttt 0Third
EACH MONTH
(D-rias.aST) III lgflt SOAP
Tor particalara lend yoor naTsa and fall addicm to 1 Tf A Ia Pi r
Uta W,UiL,UudallanioaSta..SewVk. VVKArrCK3
Jos. Home &Co.
A few very gooJ offers
J list as we cm mention in this
spaco. A p tal card will tell all
alout fifty other just as good, if
y.Hi w ill i:tiin for w hut particu
lar thing you arc looking.
SELLING TABLE LINEN'S at
.i i't-s w hich ysi w ill lift see mi
tl.ein ain;at any r ite n' t 11:1
td lb tariff rhatigi once mora.
The old price are maintain.!
here, in spite of a rise of over
per cent in the tariff. Send for
sample and prices
SELLING INDIA SILKS the
heavy rich kinds which can be
worn clear into snow -time, for
Vi t yard.
A week ag they cost 7V. and
ft.".-, a yar'L Very handsome
pattern Sen I for samples.
SELLING SillltT WAISTS the
Star" and F.k, Clark and
I'i-t J'i's make, a lot f alsmt six
ty cl...en, in excellent patterns
at ?l " each. We reduced these
the first of ihe week, Iroin $Z
ami f l .'o.
SELLING BICYCLES a lot of
xl I wheels Isitall new, at very
much less than half-price. Write
alsHit these, they are fine bar
gains 525-527 PENN AVE-,
PITTSEURC.
Your
Grocer
is the man to
help you economize.
Why?
Your liroccry Bill is the largest and
nit important item of expense, how to
reduce it therefore, is th vital tpientioo.
We can lessen thcott of yo:ir bill w ith
out decreasing the amount or rju.tlity of
the goods.
How?
We are prrpart.l t h-lp ?"u be
cause of a hsng and MiffpHsfuI business
career, combiriei! w ith the lst facilities.
such as a lar-e More, complete stock and
a perfect delivery system.
Our Stock of
FANCY A STAPLE GROCERIES
Is Unsurpassed.
Summer .
i I.- X Our line of sum
mrtp cruwti'lhii.a crTl
prise the best brands of goods on
the market : such as Heinz's Key
stone Condiment.-!, Marvin's Fancy
Cakes and Cracker?. Queen Oliver,
Jordan Shelled Almonds, SLclIcl
Peanuts, along w it!t a full and com
plete line of Fancy Confectioner
ies, which are always kept FRESII.
We also carry a full line of
Smokers articles, consistiug of an
up-to date line of Pipes, Smoking
Tobacco, itc.
Our
Our fhicr rrkonw
Flour Room.
MtHea' are always stocked
with the best brands and we high
ly recommend them -World's Fair
Souvcnier," King's De?t." uForters
IJos' and wc call special atten
tion to our latest brand, -Gold
Heart," which is taking a h' lead
over ihc sales of other brands.
Give it a trial !
Canning
a
Season
3at and wc are able to
supply your wants with Mason's
Jars, Jelly Glasses, Gum Rings Ac.
Highest prices paid for Country
Produce.
Goods delivered promptly and
freebf charge.
Resjiectfuliy yours,
C00K&
BEER ITS.
30UGLAS
.00 SHOE
23
The Style, I-It mma wear
cetild m b Improve! tor
Double th rrtt.
V. L. DougUs $150. $4.00 and $5.00 Snoes are the
productions of skilled workmen, from the best rca-
tettal possible to cut into shoes sold at tnese prices.
We make also $50 and S125 shoes for men. and
$20, $2X0 and $1.75 for boys, and the V. L.
Doug Us yxx r 01 ice shoe, very suitable tor
letter-carriers, policemen and others having
much walking to do.
We are constantly aIlin; new style to oar
aireaily tare varivty, aut there 19 no iva
atm wby mu rannot ls auiteit. to init on
hatini; V. l boustoa 5taoc fruin )uur
We nae only the lieat Calf. Rnaaia Talf
(ail etilonk). t rvnch latent I'aif.
'rcn h Knauiel. VU I Kid, etc.,
gra)-l In onresiKuU with iricva
vi IIM auoes.
If dealer cannot supply jou,
w"i! DOUGLAS. Brockton, Hass.
Prizes, sach of $1C0 Casb.
" " " tlfin Plana Snaolat Rllo
' " fc$2SGoldfatchM.
Why
Hide in mi
,Lrct ii now one at almost your mV!
price at
James B. Holderbaum V:
i r ,s . - -s t i i
X V 1 ,7
X A. i - a A
My
uggles
or Road Wagon. Cull and
to show my line."
J.
u naii '.
- - , ' ' ' '! -
A COOKING
STOVE
With a mjsiare ovi n and a'.l the advanta
ge of a range itU.'Ut tf siw
draft necessary to Krge
construction.
CALL AND SEE THEM.
P. ATSchcll.
1847,
r :
Call and
try a
drink of
our
Ice Cold
Soda.
B
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c
vJ2
OURSUPPLY OF FLAVORS WILL SATISFY THE
MOST FASTIDIOUS.
TAP THE SODA SI-RING.
G. W. BENFORD,
MANAGER,
HELLO !
HOUSEKEEPERS, I
IN WANT OF
LOOK AT THESE PRICES.
A Badroom Set for S13 00. A Parlor Set for S12 00 j
A Coucn for - 7 00. A Lounge lor - 4 1 0-
A Rocking Chair for 50 cts.
Cutbard., Tallies, lV-d.-traI, t'liairs,
stee
We are In line for !'T u the nwt cni'lvte :ml up-t-l.:e line of Furni: .:rf
platvd UjxMi the market ami jr-pan-l ti hIiow the tnnle a I:tre variety el'
and original design- fine and imiliniii CIkiiiiUt Suits, Tarlor Suit. Fx'.' -'"a
TabK-H and Dininvr I'liair, S:leU:ird, t'hitrnier-, rkea-,s, filing t'i-t
Couches, ward nil, etc.
(tood ijuality, low prievs. Ym are inviteil to call aud inspect our .-t.K k.
C. H. Coffroth,
606 M?in Cross Street, SOMERSET, PA.
SNYDER'S ART STORE
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Wc Arc Offering the Hest Possible Investment for Your
Dollars
We ar ffiir t show th pwple of Somerset the largest and n.t e ii' r-1
l!i7ele ever shown m city.
We aie e..:n U.sell tli MON Alll'lf ltlCYCI.K at f-UM) per yenr eV":'.'''!'
eltoii if anv enamel. ill aln have a line of i's) WAr Kl-
t'l.KS at .tz:l. l) net I uy until jcu l.ae seen our a hie!.. W xi1'
in yeeral tiaya.
old bngzy when von car
J
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Comprise everything t'.u. is
Ne-.v, Styliih and Up-: -;-.?.
You cet the Finish and ( ) ,''.
ty when yc-.x buy from r..:, ;'3
either Surrev, Phaeton. I;- - -
examine my stock,
B. HOLDERBAUM.
We -re i.-. .
i.rtt- i ,.t
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STOVES an 3
RANGES.
Th -y Art-
Vt'lTHO'JT A V5J ;-M
in B.iki: - "
v I.a!:it! s
-erfe t ::i -rr ;
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1897.
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IC .VIERSET, PA.
FURNITURE?
Ac, at pniHirtiti:ite price. Ce'iie ami f
i ne.
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W-tjL PURE
V0&-i;Z3 FRUIT
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