The Somerset Herald. EDWARD SCULL. Editor od Proprietor. WEDNESDAY. ek-toW-r 2fl, 1W7. REPUBLICANNOMINATIONS STATE TICKET. For State Treasurer, JAMES S. BEA-COM.- For Auditor Geueral, LEVI MeCAULEY. COUNTY TICKET. For Poor Director MANASSES SHOEMAKER. For Jury Commiasioner-ErHIlAIM COLEMAN. Get out the vote! F.i.ectiox Day, Tuesday, November Keeoad. The voters are iiot beiyiujr Rold bricks ia this campaign. I'kempe.nt McKinley will go to Can ton, Ohio, bis old borne, to vote ou No vember 2d. The voters are eloiug lots of thinking now, and will be ready to cast their votes the right way when the time comm. One of the troubles with the late "fake" primary leaders is that they bite oil huge chunks of political wisdom and never stop to chew 'em. The eyes of the world are upon the municipal campaign of Greater ew York. A victory for Tammany will yive the enlarged city the poorest start conceivable. Ex-Gov. JioiES., of Iowa, says the Chicago platform is "at variance with the whole theory of our form of gov ernment." The Governor hits it ex actly on second thought. Discoveries of gold have been re orted this year in twelve different states and several territories. These, with large importations of gold, give this country a peculiar strength iu re gard to the gold standard. Ax Ixkiaxa man has returned to the Government all the pension money he received daring a number of years le- :aue be says be no longer needs aid from the Nation. This is said to be the first case of the kind on record. If the Ilepublicans bad gone ovcr the county with a fine-tooth comb tl ey could not have found a better candidate for poor director than Manasses Sin e iuaker, one of the best farmers of Som erset township. Vote for Shoemaker, The Republican candidate for Jury Commissioner, Ephraim Coleman, i. honest young farmer of good business lualifications. He will discbarge the duties of this responsible office in a sat isfactory and creditable manner. Vote for Coleman. Candidate Thompson says that be is surprised to find himself libeled by JJrother Swallow. And yet the thing is very simple. Swallow happens to have a large assortment of libels, and if he isn't allowed to use them, then what? Pittsburg Leader. State Chairman Eikin predicts that Heaconi and McCauley will have not less than 1SO.0O0 majority. He places the aggregate vote at 600,0 . Of thi. he gives Thompson from 10,u0 to 13,000, and S wal low not more than 40,000. The chairmau thinks that more Democrats than Republicans will vote for Swallow. The office of Jury Commissioner is an important one. The Republican candidate is a young man of sterling integrity and good business ability. His nomination was a fitting recogni tion of the services of the young men of the party, and they will see that he is elected by a "good round majority." Vote for Coleman. The deficit in the National treasury continues to decrease, and the Diuglcy bill will soon have it wiped out The government is resuming business on business principles. The Dingley bill was handicapped by the heavy imjor tations during its peudency iu antici pation of its highest rates, but it is rap idly making up the handicap. There is joy in the free silver camps over the fact that the Democrats have carried the local elections in Indianap olis and Chattanooga. Inasmuch as lioth cities had purely local fights, and the questiou of good eovernmeut, and not free silver, entered iuto the cam paign, we do not see where the free sil verite can gather any consolation. Ii?ident Mclvinley is going home to vote next month. Therein he is dif ferent from the late G rover Cleveland, who considered going home to vote as beneath his dignity, The voting priv ilege is the highest that can be bestow ed upon any man, and he should avail himself of It at every opportunity. President McKin!ey is an American citizen. The importance of a single vote is illustrated in the struggle for the con trol of the city councils of Atlanta. The councilman who was elected had one majority, and his election gave his faction the control. His one majority was secured through the vote of a rail road friend who was out of the city, but chartered a train and arrived at the polling place a few minutes before the polls closed, yet in plenty of time to cast his vote. Let every Republican vote this year. Iet every vote count. Mr. Hektzoo, the Democratic candi date for judge over in Fayette county, having neglected to file his certificate of nomination in time, bis name will not be printed on the I .allot. The only way he can be voted for is by having his name written in by each votei; Siit, as many of those who are expected lo vote for him are foreigners and can not write English, they will have to take a man into the booth to write for them, which will cause endless delay. There are some rosier things than Mr. Hertz gs chances of election. Manasses Shoemaker, the Repub lican candidate for Poor Director, is a successful and progressive farmer, and a gentleman of the highest personal in tegrity. He will, as a member of the jioor luard, give to the management of the affair of the county home the same careful atteution that he lias al ways devoted to his private business. No man in the county is better qualifi ed for the discharge of the duties of poor director than Manasses Shoema ker. Vote for Shoemaker, no matter to what party you belong, if you have the best iuterests of your county at heart. Dkiuty Attorney General Reeder has given an opinion iu regard to the dispo sition of funds obtained through the collection of fines for violation of the ;ame laws. This opinion, which is the lifst given under the new game law of lS'.C, says that for each oll'ense men tioned a fine is prescribed, and in de fault imprisonment of one day iu jail for each dollar of the jienalty. One- half of the penalty shall go to the in former, and the remainder to be paid to the treasurer of the county in which the offense was committed, the treasu rer, at the end of each month, being required to forward the funds so arising to the state treasurer, jo lie kept by the latter as a fund separate for the use ot the game commissioners. Only two weeks remain until the battle of the ballots will take place. The Republicans of Somerset county should gie a good account of them selves at the polls on NovemUrid. Let every member of the party do bis ut most from now until the contest is over to get out the full vote. There should be not less than 5,000 Republican votes p.illed iu the county, which would mean a majority of at least 3,300. This can readily be done if Republicans will go actively to work. Work for our county candidates, Shoemaker and Cokmati. They are deserving of the support of all the voters of the county, Vote for Bcacooi and McCauley, the State candidates. They are capable, honest and intelligent, and will serve the people faithfully. Justice Stephen J. Fields, of the Su preme Court of the United States, has retired from service ou the bench, where he served with distinction for over thirty-live years, having been ap- pointed by the immortal Liucolu, when the country was plunged in war and strife, caused by the secession of the Southern states. The records of the Supreme Court show that the retiring justice has written t20 opinions, and if to these are added 57 opinions iu the Circuit Court, and 3G3 that were pre pared when he was on the Supreme Court bench of Califoruia, it will bo gen that he has voiced the decisiou iu 1,042 cases. No more fitting tribute of respect could be paid th is much honor ed jurist than to thu9 bring before the jioople the amount of work that he ac complished while on the bench. As was surmised by the Hkkai.d last wwk the "fakirs" backed squarely d 'ii and did not tile their nomination papers as they first intended to do, and, in consequence, the naue of their can didates will not appear upon the oil cial ballot. Just what brought about this change of heart in the "fake" lead ers is not certain, but it is generally un derstood that the matter was submitted to General CY'ttroth, who advised the abandonment of the scheme, and the nomination papers for Messrs. Miller and Shaffer, which had been so labo riously prepared, were reluctantly laid aside. Because the Herald made pub lic the fact that nomination papers for Miller and Shafler were being circulat ed by the "fakirs" and prophesied that they would take water and would not file them, the organ of the "fakirs" charges us with falsifying, and in hi effort to extricate itself from iU fool ish and humiliating plight, loudly squeals: "There has never bpen any intention to noininatesueu a ticket ' And then in the same breath gently squeaks: "A nomination jiaper w prepared to le used in case tli- i'ourt kiiouM det-'ure Ixith certitieatHw of nomination, to which lliere were objections, invalid." How dur-s this accord with the state ment of the leading attorney of the "fakirs" that he would "stake his pro fessional reputation" ou Judge Barker's sustaining their certificate of nomina tion, or the solemn assurance delivered bv Mr. Kooser to his hearers at the "fake" convention: The rules of the party have leen exam ined with the utmost cure, and our entire proceedings, from the tepinning to the end or this nntortunate dillicnitv, are in exact conformity with the rules and the law, and I have no shadow of doubt that th ruling of the question will so deter mine. hen yon go to vonr homes rest assured that what has tx-en done has lieen done honestly; that it has tieen done in the interests of the Repub licans of theounty and that it has been doun under their rules and under the law." Or with the maundering of the"fake" organ in its issue after the regular Re publican county convention, in speak ing of which it said: "Just what was done in this rump moot- inz is not eenerHllv known. 5nt. in f"t, it is of little importance what trauspireit at this rump meeting, for at the most it could only Ie an hour s diver sion for a very sick ring of politicians." In the face of the above and the blow and bluster and swagger of the "fake" leaders before, at the time and since the holding of the "fake" primary, the latter day assertion that "a nomination paper was prepared, to be used iu case the court should declare ftofft certifi cates of nomination invalid," U a par alyser. Is it possible that Mr. Kooser was simply "faking" his hearers when he made bis "fake" convention sjeech that when the "fake" leaders were pro claiming ami protesting that they were right, and that their position would lie fustained by the court, were knowingly imposing upon and "faking" their credulous followers; that the "fake" or gan was all this time willfully "faking" its readers? If not, then why were nomination papers prepared? Were the "fake" leaders honest and sincere in their first position, and were only "faking" when they got up their nom ination papers, or were they "faking" from start to finish? The friends of Messrs. Shoemaker and Coleman were fully satisfied as to the legality of their nomination. They did not get up nomination papers. Had the court decided against them they would have gracefully submitted. They are not "fakirs." The Death of Admiral Worden. Washinhtox, Octolier IS. Admiral John L. Worden, retired, died In this city to-day. He commanded the Monitor during its engagement with the Merri tnac in Hampton Roads during the late war. In he was retired with the full i rank and pay of an admiral, the only in j stance ol the kind. lie also received the ; thanks of Congress for his gallantry in the war. Pneumonia was the immediate cause of Admiral Worden's death. He was eigh ty years of age, and up to last Saturday was in very good health. Then the dis ease from which he died developed rapid ly from a cold, and this morning it was announced by his physicians that he could not live thronghout the day. Admiral Worden was one of the few re maining heroes of the old regime which made the United States uavy so glorious in iu achievement, and helped to make such an indelible mark of prowess and patriotic devoliou upon the pages of bis country's history. For nearly two-tbirds of a century be was a uaval officer, hav ing becu appointed a midshipman. Urging Steel Koads. As has already been mentioned In these columns, the Department of Agriculture is at work upon a series of experiments lo determine the practicability of steel trackways on wagon roads, the object being to furnish a wear-insisting surface which will greatly reduce the expense of maintaining the road and at the same time will provide a smooth, bard surface that will tend to reduce very materially the latxir of hauling heavy loads. For several years the Department has given much attention to the subject of good roads, savs the Iron Age, and the co operation of agricultural experiment sta tions and agricultural colleges through out the United States has lieen secured with a view to demonstrating the import ance, especially to the farming commu nity, of maintaining country roads in the best possible condition. The olnce of Road Inquiry ws reeeu'Jy established as a bureau of the Department of Agricul ture, and (ieneral Roy Stone was placed at its head. The main object of this ollice is to educate public, sentiment into an appreciation of good roads and a desire to build them. Asa part of the work of the ollice of Road Inquiry a sample road has been completed at New Brunswick, N. J., and another at Geneva, X. V., the latter about 7000 feet long, the middle section of which is macadamized to the width of 8 feet with rolled dirt roads on either side, the whole being designod as a model country road. The experiments thus far made have demonstrated the importance of combin ing such a road as has already been con structed with a steel trackway capable of withatauding the wear of the heaviest trade, and it is now proposed to lay at least 2uu feet of steel track as a seotiou of the Geneva road, which will be the first experiment with this track to be made under official auspices. The Department has adopted a design for the proposed trackway after extensive correspondence with the principal steel manufacturers of the country. Some time ago a circular lutter was sent to the leading manufac turers describing the views of the Depart ment and soliciting suggestions, sketches and estimates. Encouraging responses were received from several firms, includ ing the Cambria Iron Works, of Johns town, Pa., the Carnegie Steel Company, the Illinois Steel Company and others. The officials of the Cumbria Ironworks were especially interested in the project, and submitted a number of designs from which the director of Road Inquiry, Gen eral Stoue, and the engineera of the iron iumaiiy, after much discussion, have evolved a plain track which promises to meet all requirements. The track is thus described by Genera! Stone: HNo wood is used in (xmstruetion and no cross ties for support. The track con sists of a simple iu verted trough or chan nel of steel for eaob wheel with a slightly raised bead on the inside to guide the wheel, each channel resting on a bed of gravel, and the two tied together occa sionally to prevent spreading. Special devices for remounting are provided at each joint. The bearing or tread for wheels is 8 inches wide, the thickness about 7- hi of an inch. The weight of the structure is about lofl tons per mile of single track road, and it can be supplied in small sex-lions at the rate of f.'iVW per mile." An ingenious feature of the road as finally devise-J by General Stone and his advisers is the arrangement for remount ing the road in the event that a heavy dray becomes dislodged from the track. The ends of the rails are joined by fish plates of special construction as shown The office of this plate Is not only to join the ends of the rails but to prevent an in clined shoulder by which tho dislodged heel easily travels to the track above. Experiments have demonstrated that even where a macadamized road is in poor condition on either side of the track the shoulders on the fish plates operate very efficiently iu assisting a derailed vehicle to remount the trackway. The Cambria Iron Works have receiv ed an order for?' HI feet of the trackway as designed by General Stoue, and the Department is urging the co operation of all agricultural experiment stations in the hope of placing an order for several miles before winter teU in. In speaking of the development of the Department's plans. General Stoue says "I am con vinueel that such a steel trackway as has been devised could lie successfully built and would prove profitable both as to use and maintenance, especially in localities where road materials are scarce. Con' siderahle expense would alleud the prep aration of the machinery for rolling the special rail, but the Cambria Iron Com pany agree to lear all this if assured of an order for one mile of road. We have not yet succeeded in getting such an order, and may have to ak Congress for an ap propriation. I estimate that for ffM a mile could be built, which would enable us to put down sections in several places widely apart to give best tests. Ifthe manufacturers continue willing to fur nish their machinery free and Congret-s will appropriate a small sum, f-dio to olio for each locality will be sufficient to call out enough local help to build ?JOOU to f IO.iiO) worth in the neighborhood of nearly all the 111! agricultural colleges and experiment stations. A Horrible PanUhmcnt. GitKKNsitoito, X. C, Oct. IS. Syd, the big elephant of Robinson A' Franklin Rros.' circus, on Saturday attacked Keep er Smith and Master of Animals Jenks, seriously injuring the former. As Syd had killed two men before and never been punished it was decided that he must be conquered. With great difficulty he was securely chained to several large trees, and a nuinber of circus employes fell upon him with spikes, pitchforks and clubs. The animal screamed and lunged while the men lcat and prodded him. The forks stuck in the tougu hide, neees sitatiug two or three attempts to get them out. The blood was oozing from a hun dred wounds. With his trunk Syd broke off a large limb and swept his tormentors out of reach, stunning three of them. A fork thrust through one of the animal's ears was pulled out of the handle. The elephant caught the fork and drew it out himself. After the men had belabored him until they were exhausted, the elephant was still unconquered. Then straw was piled under him and fired. As the llames rose the suffering beast screamed and strug gled. Three times the straw was rear ranged, and the llames curled about his boJy. but still he would not give up. Finally, the tough hide began to loosen from the sides, until it hung in t-beets three feet square, exposing the smooth white flesh. But the elephant remained unconquered, and the attempt to sub lue him bad to be given up, gallons of vase line being applied to his scorched and burned sides. One Hundred Fever Vietima. X ew Orleans October IS. Before sev en o'clock this evening the 1K) mark of deaths during the present period of yel low fever prevalence had been reached. When the Board of Health closed Its bks last night, there had been ninety three fatal cases. Between last uight and nightfall today, seven deaths were re ported. This numlier of deaths has oc curred among less than nine hundred cases that have been reported to the board since early in September, when the first case made its appearance in Xew Orleans. A Million for a Look. Xew York, Oct. li Dr. Guelph Xor man, a physician from India, has come from his far-away home to restore sight to the eyes of Charles Broadway Rouss, a multi-millionaire. Mr. Rouss oilers a million dollars to be able sec as other persons do. Intelligence of this princely offer reached Dr. Norman, and his mis sion is to gratify the millionaire's desire. He says the treatment will require almut four weeks. At the fix) of that time Mr. Uouss is to be able to uoa. nigh Prlera In Richmond. General Horace Pirtr, in bis "Cam paigning With Grant," iu Tho Cen tury, deals with tho preparations for tho final campaign. General Porter says: It was mftt that Grant, by his opera tions was rapidly forcing tho fight to a finish. The lm-t white man in tho south bad been put into the ranks Uo ct.iu nimiirations wero trcken, the supplies were irregular. Confederate money was at a fabulous discount, and bc had given place to despair. The next even ing one of our scouts returned from a trip to Richmond and was brought to bemlquartcrs in order that tho general in chief might question him in person. The man said: "Tho depreciation in tho purchasing power of 'gray backs' &s we call the rebel treasury notes, is bo raj. id that every time I go into tho enemy a lines I have to increaso my supply of them. On my last trip I had to stuff my clothes full of their currency to keep myself going for even a coo pie of days. A barrel of flour in Richmond now cost over f 1,000 and a suit of clothes about $1,200. A dollar in gold is equal in valuo to 100 in graybacka. Then, to much counterfeit Confederate money has been shoved in through our lines that in the country places they don't pretend to niako auy difference between good and bad money. A fellow that bad come in from the western part of the state told me a pretty tough yarn about matters out there. Ho said: 'Everything that has a picture on it goes for money. If you stop at a hotel and the bill of fare happens to have an engraving of the house printed at the top, you can just tear off the picture and pay for your dinner with it. " Tom Paine la faris, In 1803, at the Cafe Jacob, in the Rue Jacob, an obscure cabaret in an ob scure street, was frequently to be seen the once redoubtable Thomas Paine, then about C5. Contemporaries repre sent him at this date as not only fallen upon evil days bat dirty iu his person and unduly addicted to spirits. That the general appearance of the author of the "Rights of Man" was "mean and poverty stricken" and that bo was ''much withered and careworn" Raini bach admits, and he moreover adds that "he had suuk into complete iusiguifi canoo and was qnite unnoticed by the government." llut he also describes him as "fluent in speech, of mild and gentle demeanor, clear and distinct in enunciation" and endowed with an "exceedingly soft and agreeable voice" words which, in this connection, somehow remind one of Lord Fopping ton's philosophic enlogy of Miss Hoy den. Certainly they scarcely suggest the fed nose and dilapidated personage who drank brandy and declaimed against religion in his caps with whom modern records liavo acquainted us. Long man's Magazine. Antiarptic Surgery. The medical value of cleanliness has not bei n fully appreciated until within the pat few years. Indeed it is evt-u yet scarcely allowed its full importance. There are yet iu tho medical profession men who sceui to forget that cleanliness is often of quite as ranch importance us surgical skill. One of this sort of men. a dentist, with a tolerable practice, re cently demonstrated his ripht to be called a tack nuuibtr by a mot objec tionable performance, and cue i t wbih be is no doubt guilty every day of bis life. Iu giving cas he nst d a cok at tached to a string to keep the patient's jaws apart while the gas was being ad uiiuititered. The cork was dirty and covered with the marks of goodness knows how many teeth. It was soaked with saliva, and yet this dorter put it precisely in this condition iuto the month of a patient who wished some tee th extratct-id. Such an uct as this should bar any man from practice. L there is no article better thau a cork to ketp the jaws apart, then the cork at least onght to be cleansed in some wa) after each time of using. New York Ledger. Coald Stand the Strata No Lancer. A woman who was traveling alone not long ago wandered one evening iu to a fcotel parlor. A pretty young girl at once rushed toward her and breath lessly ai-ked what time it was. Some what astonished, the woman glanced at the big mantel clock and repeated the hour- "Oh, thank you!" said tin stranger, but without any signs cf go ing away. "I suppose yon think it queer, my asking that," she bnrst out a moment later, "but to tell the truth I didn't want to know the time at alL 1 just bad to speak to somebody. Von see. I'm on my weddng trip, and for a whole week I haven't spoken to a soul but my husband. Why, I've hardly heard the sound of any one s voice but his. It was really a qncstion cf my spraLii:, to some one or going wild." Kansas City Star. School of falntinc. The Munich Jugcnd has discovered five new signs by which to detect the school to which a painter belongs. (1) If he paints the sky gray and the grass green, be belongs to the good old classic al school. (2) If be paints the sky blue and the grass green, he is a realist. (3) If bo paints the sky green and the grass blue, he is an impressionist. (4) If he paints the sky yellow and tho gras purple, be is acolorist (5) If he paints the sky black and the grass red, he shows the possession of great decorative talent. Sarah llrrnhardt'e Tart Income In 25 years Mine. Sarah Bernhardt has, it is announced, been paid f 1,000 D00 for her exertions ou tho staga Ia the last ten years ber averago gains have bee u ft 0,000 a year; in the last five. tlWJ.OOO. Yet in 1872. at the Odeou theater, sho earned only f 40 a ni'i-t!u Welcome, at Lraxt. Young Playwright And what did yu think cf my climax? Clitic It was very welcome. Scot tish Nights. AN ITEM OFINTERELT An Item of Interest from DuBois flay Explain Why the Reader Knows Considerable and Docs Not Know Everything, What we acquire easily, we avneralL part with readily; what costs us a phys ical (r mental effort we, as a rule, hang puto tenaciously. No one is a better authority on this question than our pub lic school teachers. Many a tiuie it must have puzzled tlieni what to do with a great many of their pupils, how to get Knowiciige into llieir Heads is ttie dif ficulty, but ome in, if they examiue the thick-skulled receptacles of their pupils, (hey will find solid and substantial rea sons why the kuowledge cannot get out. t is the same with I loan's Kidney Pills; (tow to account fur the work they do is a tuzzler, but etery man who uses them always eau irive solid aud substantial reasons for his estimate of their merit. Mr. t. L. Luther, cor Luthersburg Road and Wels-r ave., DuBois, Pa., principal of the First Ward school, says: "I had a severe attack of la gripiie, which left lue a victim of neuralgia and kidney trouble, producing a constant itching aud weakuess across the loins, and a severs burning sensation iu the stomach, the latter liiiir sore to the touch aud very piuch bloated. The neuralgia settled chiefly iu the left siile of the head, and when the attack was must virulent, the cufleriiijr was intense. The complaiui developed into a distressing and annoy ing uiiuary ditliciilty. and for 7't days I was conlined tu my Ud. I partially rectm-rcd. but was still unable tu do auy work, when my attention was called to Iktau's Kidney I'iils. mid I gut a mio- Iily at a dm? store. I scon notice their ciieticial effects. Cotitiiii:ii:ir the trvat Dtcnt. I was completely restored tu my uonaal health, ami have since taken eo.ue heavy cxcrcii-c with no indicntlon of the trouble returning. Itoau's Kidney Pills have earned my earnest commendation, and I unhesitatingly advise any and all sufferer to give them a trial." lioau's Kidney Pills, for sale by all dealer. Price 50 cents. Mailed by I Fostrr-Milhurn Co., Buffalo. N. Y soJe genes mr uie e . r. uenieimier me ttama -Doau'e and take no substitute. The June Arnott couipany-25 people will, a; pear at fie Somerset Opera House ! pext week. Tickets at Nell A Case beer's. A Plucky Tencfcer's Shot. Cross Fohks, Pa . Oct. Pi. Miss Lydia Taylor, 91 years old and pretty, a teacher n a public school over in the Kettle Creel; region, wns the heroine in an en counu r with a mounter black bear one morning this week. Miss Taylor, accom panied by one of her littlo pupils, was on her way to school, and to save time had taken a short cut through a hemlock for est. At a turn in her path Miss Taylor suddenly came upon a sight that would have frozeu tho blood in the veins of a less courageous person. A bear, reined on its haunches, was muiichingchcstuiiLs, when it had its attention attracted to the plucky teacher and her pupil by a scream of the latter as she clung iu fright to Miss Tay lor's skirts, begging ber protector to hur ry away. Miss Taylor's first Impulse was to bring from her jacket ocket a trusty pistol that she invariably carries on her way to and from school. Meanwhile Bruiu was slow ly upproaching, and Miss Taylor and her protege were threatened with a hugging, which, however, was averted by a well directed bullet from ber pistol. Miss Taylor reserved her lire until the besr was within four paces. At the first shot Bruiu dropped to the ground disabled. Goiug closer, Miss Taylor fired a second shot, the bullet striking a vital spot. The teacher was an hour late reaching school that morning, but since then her friends bore have leeu feasting on bear meat, and a bear skin is being tanned f; r tho teacher's use as a rug at her dok in the school. Killed by Maked Eabben. Kkmiallvillr, Ind., Oct. li About 2 o'clock this morning two masked burg lars entered the residence of Adam llutl man, one of the wealthiest land owners of the State, living uuar the town of Brim field, for purpose of robbing the premises. A hired man was first attacked and gagged. Theu the thieves weul to Huff man's room, covered him with four guns and'ordered him to give up his money. When HulTiuan refused the men placed the end of a rope around his neck and tho other end was made fast to the bed. They U-gan a terrible two hours' torture by pulling him until ho was almost stran gled. This was continued until the rol bers saw that I lull man would not yield up his valuables, whereiisu they choked him lo death and escaped. A "Sipener'' ia Creamery Batter. Norkistown, Pa., Oct. 1 1. Arrests for an llcuse unprecedented under the Pennsylvania Pure Food law the adul teration of creamery butter with a'Vreain ripener," made of cottonseed oil aud other oleaginous substance have just loeu mado by Deputy Food Com miss ioiier li. M. Simmers. The defendants are J. M. Kee-d of Perkioaicnvillo snd C. Schantz, of Mclxau Station. Both men owu cream eries. Magistrate I.cnhardt held each man uii-dt-r tl"0 f..r a further hearing and Win. Yoeing, w ho sold the alleged adulterant, will toKtify aiiitt them. Twenty-Six in One Family. BnnioKVLi.!-:, I tel., Oct. !(. Five miles i'mui bore lives a colored family consist i; it of A-eron ejuail and wife and 21 e-hil-'ien. T.venty-three years ago ejnail n arried .Martha Ami Hogers ami 24 chil dien were bom. One child died. There we re taree tsof twins. Two years ago his first wile died and one year later (piail married again. ( ue child is tiie re sult of this uuion. AH of the children are it home. Two tables are ucd when a meal is belug served. Fourieeu are at euie table and twelve at the other, t ecite the unlucky 1.1. Blta f Wisdom. A wise woman will have her husband so well trained that when she tells him a thing ouco it will be enough. Men hate to have a thing "dingdouged into them," as some of them elegantly ex press it. I am a very even tempered man, but I think my self praise would suffer a severe shexk if my wife told me to order a barrel of flour v.hen we first got cp iu tho morning aud then repeat ed the command six times at the break fast table, twice while I was putting on my overcoat aud gloves aud then fol lowed mo to tho gato to scream it out aftir me as I turned tho comer. Men bate that sort cf nagging. A wise man will not tell bis wife any lies, not even little white ones. If be mui-t lie, he will bo safer aud wiser if he lie-s to some one less likely to nuceiv er his duplicity. A wife is a regular ferret in a matter of this kind. I never told mine a harmless little fib in my life that she didn't expose me before the sun went elowu. It is wonderful what clever intuition women have in this di rection. It is dumfunndiug to men who are not always absolutely truthfuL The best of husbands often feel that there are things they won't "bother wife with" little complications in their business affairs or littlo extravagant ex penditures iu tho way of a hotel dinm-r or some other little harm lew affair of which they would just a little rather not speak or iu regard to which they may equivocate. But they'd be-tter tedl the truth and hold to it It is always bct-t in the rnd, as men find out the older they grow. I have found it out with, I trust, most of the years of my life still before me. Zenas Dane. Making; I'archmcnt Paprr. The operation of manufacturing parch ment pape rs such as are used for wrap ping butter and other similar objects is a very interesting one. Parchment is produced directly from tho raw paper web in practically one ope-ration. The she-ct to be parchnientized is passed through sulphuric acid and thru thronr.li rollers having a uniform action, which di'harge the surplus acid, thecxprcs-se d liquid being returned to the tank or vessel. Tho paper is then carried and passed through n washing apparatus as a tank, aud also through sprays of water, being led and guided by rolls over which it passes, so that the free acid is washed off or removed as far as possible by mechanical washing. The sheet next passes through a bath of soda solution or alkali aud then through nippers to express surplus alkali, which is returned to the bath. Then the paper is carried thtough an apparatus to be further washed with water. Next it is passed through a bath of bleaching ma terial, as "bleach" or the like, then through farther washing apparatus, again passed between presses and squeezed, and then finally it is passed through a bath of glycerin, after the passage through which the paper ia wound upon a roller cr coiled up in a completed state of parchmentization. Paper Mill. Story of Landwer, Landseer, whose fine stag hunts in the highlands have been popularized by engravings, represents ono of tho most extraordinary examples of the iaresisti bleuess of tho artistic vocation. I have seen a most magnificent deg of his, chained to bis kennel and carried away by floods. The day when, an absolutely unknown artist, be exhibited this pic? ture at the Iloyal academy it attracted considerable attention, and a gentleman hurried off to the painter's to make an, offer to purchase it He rang at the door of the small garden, and, on the wicket being opened, he saw a boy playr ing with a hoop with some other littlo fellows. He inquired of the children: "Does Mr. Landseer live here?" " Yes," replied one of the youngsters. "When can I speak to biic?" , "liow, if you like. I'm Mr. Laud seer. " "But" exclaimed the amateur, "it is your father I want to see. I have called about a picture of bis at the academy." "Well." said the ehild, "it ia I who am exhibiting tho picture." Ho was then 14 years old. IitLrj Eochefort's Memoirs. 0 VEN iililu EACH &V30f2TH (During 1 8$ 7) F Tot partteMin ec-el yn;r r.arw i J fuTl a.ldV3 to 7 DAPPFI?QeW P Lever liro., tt J-, buOson 4 il sr. Wa t-U., Xew Vutk. AV - X J J 1 AUTUMN BICYCLING with the the cri.sp brown oucs beneath, along on a Columbia ovcr the bicycling that puts new blood Col um Bicycles add to the pleasure of riding at all seasons and save a hun- drcd petty annoyances. STANDARD OF THE WORLD g TO ALL ALIKE c: 3 3 POPE MANUFACTURING COMPANY, Hartford, Ccr.n. jj ; If (Viliiiii'jias are not properly represented iu your 5 . vicinity, let uw know. JAMES B. HOLDERBAUM. - Columbia Dealer, Somerset, T?a. "I DON'T BELIEVE IN LIFE ASSURANCE," A prominent business man said to an agent 6everal months ago. His widow and orphans are now dependent on rela- ( tives for tho necessities of life. Yet a policy in THE EQUITABLE LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY Provides, not only for con tingencies of this sort, but protects old age, if the man lives. It is the most liberal assurance contract in the world and the most secure. EDWARD A. WOODS, Maaaget, PlTTSBl'BCH. L. FOSDICK, General Ageu', Somerset, Pa. WANTED AGENTSatiMrEnreK.S Imrxlur lPNf iifn ou eoinnilstiou. A t"l luiiuf for men who thoroughly ranv:s llieir territory. ami re selling or h:v m.I.I :ii;ri rultumi iiiiph-miit. Iiulitiunir nU, mii-iitl Instrument ami fruit in. Kxelu-"ve terri tory ittveu. Aihtrewt File ibiniee Safe A Lurk euiiiany, 1'iu.sburi;, I'u. OHIO SAWED STONE. I have deehled to handle the Ohio Sawed Caving Stone thin m-uhoii. All peronii w Lull ing a niee, goo. I pavement whouhl let their or Mer now. e inters can be left at VV. V. Sha or' Marble Work. JEREMIAH RH0ADS. Somerset, Pa. Wanted BOTH MEN AND WOMEN. If yon atv willinir to irk. w inn irive yo:i employ ment with GOOD PAY, ami you can work all or iirt of the lime. nnl ! home or traveling. The work is LIGHT ind EASY. WRITE AT ONCE for l-rins etc., to The Hawks Nursery Company, ROCHESTER, N. Y. Real Estate ! By virtue of nn onler of Untied out of the Orphans' Court of Soinepie' t 'oiint.v I'a., aiullom ilireeted we will C'le to puhlii Mile on Saturday, Ociobir 30, 1S97, At I o'clock P M., :it tlu-e-ou House, the following tt.-scribed mil eslulcof IVter K. -h:illli. deeeaxtl : l!the following d.-rf-rilM-l reril rm:eit imte In Jellenoit township, somerset county. IVniiyylvaiiia. ttoiinded arid cleeriliedu' fol lows: Ail.ioiiiln-; Units of li.ivi.l eiarl ier, Jaeoh .1. shaiilis' uirm, Kredcriek .--iiaulis, Jaeoh 1 -ivuli, John 11. Moore. Isaiah Wil liams, eieotw Kliek, H. K. Shaulis. V. V. Sliatilis, and others. coiitaiiilinr'JiL'iu-re. more or less, of which there nrv alsmt Ul acres clear, thinner tiinls-r, with su.ir camp of alsitit hlk1 lres : with twostory bouse, Imtik ham, aud oilier oui-huililfiiL's, t!N:l orchard of fruit trees, on a public rd. close to st-insil house and churches. A!s. su::r camp tixt unn, full set of alsiut !:! sugars kivlers, and will la-sold in lots to suit buyers. Alsoune copcr kettle. barn-Is, stands, etc. Terms: Cash, iinhsis otherwlso acn-e-d upon. on etav of sale, of which ten x r cent, must be paid or sccun-d to be paid on day of saie, balance on ron ti rina t iou of sa le. J. H. t ill, r-HIt.IP H. W M.KKIt. Attorney.. H. K. HAfldM. Oct. 6, K17. Adm'nt JL- Trustee. ksKJXEE'S NOTICE. Notice Is hereby riven that eJeorve W. I'hil- llppl and Joanna Phillippi, his wife, of e'on tluenee bomuirh. Somerset county, F".. have made ft voluntary assignment to me of all their estate, mil. personal and mixed, in trust for the benefit of the creditor of said eieonre W. rtiillippl and Joanna i'hiliippi. his wile. All Persons having claims &rntiist said (ieo. V. I'hiliippi and Johanna I h'llippi. his wile, will present them to the undersigned duly iiuthc nitrated, anil p- rsonsowlac said lieorge W Hliillippl nn.l loinnu I'hiliippi, bin wil'a will make immediate pnvment lo JnllN K. Sit ITT, Assignee, Somerset, Ta. PERCH ERON STALLION Will stan. I Jnriii-i the month of Oelobernt Hie (inn ef Y. iletUcy. miir Somerset, at tin low price of 410 to Insure a livlnucolt ten.l.tvn oM. This horse was mirch-isisl at the lung .nee oi iiis weiv.il is-nig nun inany Miuntls. He took llrxt premium at thcMale Isir. Johnstown, th n fall. In short, he Is n Il t-4-liiss Imliviilual. having Ims-ii Import'sl from r'r-.incc. anil rcsiisienil iu fstu-.t ltook both of France ami America. runners' Kto k f'o., AliAM !S. Mil l IR, tsolmiscl, October I, "7. fresnleilL ts. -1 4 First F.'ias, n:b cf $100 Cash. :3 Second " " " $100 Pierce Special Eiejcles. ! UVIU IIWMi FOR J 3 3 3 wine colored leaves overhead, and yourself spinning merrily frost bitten roads id the kind of in yoor veins. 3 3 3 3 3 3 ...FISHER'S... Book Store Iiietioiiarie, why cf eourso, miy price-, from liM-U. e:i-!i l- Webster's I liter na tional at f 10. Hooks, thousands of them. Talk aisiut Klondike, iK'tter c to Fisher's Hook Store, K t a map of Alaska anil a 10 cent magazine tellini; you all about it. The people to to thU store. It ia run by the pniprietor for the uiasMex, the plain peo ple of the land. Kverylsxly lieinj; treat ed alike, the masses Ix-ii g alsve tho clayisfM at tiii-4 "tore. And everylnly i treated ri;hl. School Usiks and school supplies) and Fall liirniU arriving every day. CHAS. H. FISHER. Your Grocer is the man to help you economize. Why? Your einwvry Bill is the larjre4 and most iniHirtant item f expense, liow to re-duc it, therefore, is. the vital iucKtioii. Wcran lessen th- i-o-st of yo:ir hill with- ot't decrer.sinj; tile' amount or quality of the good. How? We are prepared to liel; yon le cntiscof a long an. I iifclul business e-arrer. e-oiubitied w ith the Lest f.u i!iti-i, such as a Ittrge store, complete slock ami a perfect delivery system. Our SttKk of FANCY & STAPLC GROCERIES Is Unsurpassed. Summer g fci II,,.. I,.,.-. ...... I Specialties J NtMi: U!Pr specialties coin. i iso tlic lievt Lrandd of oodd on the market : such as Heinz! Key stone Condiment.-, Murviu's Faney Cakes and Crackers, Queen Olives, Jordan Shelled Almonds, Shelled reaunts, alon? with a full and com plete line of Fancv Confectioner ies, which are always kept FRESH. We also carry a full line of Smokers articles, consistiug of an up to date line of Pipes, "Smoking Tobacco, etc. Our Plroir Dnnm Our flour rooms tminimj are always stocked with the best brands and we high ly recommend them 'World's Fair Souveuier," King's Best," 'Porter's Poss," and we call special atten tion to our latest brand, uGold Heart," which is taking a big lead over the sales of other brands. Give it a trial ! finninv c S Is near at hand Season J? supply your wants with MasonV Jars, Jelly Glasses, Gum Pings tc. Highest prices paid for Country Produce. Goods delivered promptly and free of charge. Respectfully yours, COOK& BEERITS. bia f v4 (' 'A Whenyoiie" 7, Ly,a At FLEL AT ZklXS fllCM 1?.00 10 S75 QD -JTK& - . 1- J I I i si HOUSE rUfcKSSKiNG GOODS &t IS MO ST CC-N!J:TE:A.N- S TLZt Ch LGiV:i i'K'' :siT;'a' w.'L: P. A. SCHELt, SOMERSET, H. mm W Rule in ni old Iniirtry when you can ret :i nc'iV one at r.lmost your ow price nt James B. Holdcrbaum's? I B t -s My tiggtes or Road Wason. Call and to show my line. J. ! 1847. DO NOT FOItGET OUR MOTTO 9 WIIKX IN NK!.ir ANYTHING IN I'l-' LINK "i" Kure urucs, uaemicais, to.iet riicies. c.v 5 o.ua... Trusses and Supporters," pu.trantced to be first in J t quality r.nd durability. prices"moderate. I o Our Stock is coraplet3 throughout r.ai ara glad to S mo anil Dotllx (Jl j I G. W. BEMF0RD, manager, j m i "" . , ." Puli'.ii' i.t;.n fr I:' I:1.iuiij Tt-leji'mtie t a.i r"-:! - - 9 I. S. Ilate-H in" lfiMto. O 3 5 23 503ft 3re 99999 S Z90i A Sensation in Furniture. PnffrntllV A Trade Triumph at LUlilUUl A UNIQUE CONDITION OP AFFAIRS IN A GREAT DisrLA? OF FURNITURE. There Are Stirring Times Ahead' B I t:"i:ii U f.;re '-Su. ;i l'ri.W 01 F.iraimro; iwwr U-f.sv ;. !i ' 1 'j t j liitiire at scch intere-stiiif:!y small jri-". Our new lino U i'' ' j ill e-aj'ture" the tnule. It is sjrow in f!t-r ami U-tt. r. I ;: ""' ,r I to other the-ai!i:uirv4'y e-lu':ij prioe is anotln-r f.n- ful i'r" 1 "i;u.'T. sir.it'n ant e-Iiattp's have taken j-Iuiv. It will eiiily take a a -through enir sjlisnnmw to s-ttle the atve '.jestion. ( Elm P. a 8-it - $'3 $13 $:0 I Ash H. Hand Sjits. - - .-'- 5 ' '.J Oak PU; SuitJ, - - 24 23 30 I Oak Quartered Suit!. - - 4- '' China Case , Chitl'.inie r, fsilt-larils, t'oue-hes, Dininsr K.xnn S:ii!. ' ' Suits, Parlor Suit.s, an.l Kurnitiire of all kinds at StilMati'.ial j Proof ef tl;e nnwuril striile-M of iool t:tMe in iUshs a:il n. -t 'j1' "j.. we.rknianship. This appe'al fr an aesniainfa'uv e-o.nes lirv-t tr.i:i ture', ktieiwiiis that the iatro,l-.n tion will be pleasant ami ir-ii::iM'-- The entire line is p. aw ! Vast in Variety ! Sterling in Cua'J Low in Price! ' C. H. Coffroth, COG Mn Cross Street, nV v: ; iW; 1 . . 1 Comprise cvcrytliii: ii Now, Stylish and U:-t You get the Finish a::.: J::i tv when vou buy fro::: :::c. :: either Surre Phaet---::. V:- examine my stock. X tr '.:l!e B. HOLDERBAUM. 1897. j & J t SOMERSET, PA.
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