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
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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
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wine colored leaves overhead,
and yourself spinning merrily
frost bitten roads id the kind of
in yoor veins.
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...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
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(' '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.
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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
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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
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." 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;
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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
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SOMERSET, PA.