The Somerset Herald
EUTAtl) Sf'CLL, KJitor od Prcprlet.iT.
WEINESiAY.
D.-nileT la, K-1
A Ficn-ii cWiiue iu the pries of sil
ver is ntd ou the day that wheat ad
vanced several cents a busheL The re
latiou of i'rtc coinage to the price of any
commodity may 1 iu .rked at zero.
Those of our Republican friends who
were espe ting rianta Claus to pat a
Couity Au 'itor appointment ia their
Ch.-U:ns tOocking are cow writing
him letters saying they irefcr some
thing else
P.rttnu'ii BLANKEXiiiii and his
I$usiiKti Men's Leajrua have eoiue to
thft rescue of David Martin in the i:n
pendiiig contest in Philadelphia. This
is what every well-in formed man cx
IecU(l. Mr. Whabt ISarkek, of Penn
sylvania, will be a presiJectial candid
ale before the middle-of-the-road Popu
lists, w ho expect to hold their National
convention next April. It is not un
derstood that Mr. Barker agrees to carry
Lis o' a Slate.
llKl'KESKN rATiVK Ac-iiesin, of Va.ib
ingtou county, th:-j St-it, has iutro-d(if.-d
a bid in Congress rroviding for
the taipWaient of letter - carriers at
-v ry ioft-otliew which produced a
pr.kr.s rev:-:nM f r the previi;i
vcar of ix-t Ie Ih.-wi -
li-caJ
Armlet ;exki:.u. Mvli.v has cn
ter.d the gubernatorial rao and his
home-evjuty of Lino.tster is expected
t endorse hiai. Uj tc this time nearly
one-ball of the counties in tlie tiite
have trotted out Republican candidates
who are ambitious to succeed Governor
Ilas'.iiiirs.
Kkai:n;, Pa., wi'l le one hundred
and fifty years old in June next, and
arrangements are already being made
to properly celebrate the event, and the
city oilkiais of Reading, England, from
wh-c'i the Berks county capital took its
n.inic, have been invited to 1 present
as tin; g'j'-fs of honor.
Some of the guerilla journals, which
claim to le Republican, are already
threatening that unless a candid- te for
tiovcrnor is Darned who will suit them,
there v- ill be an independent candidate
run to U'f-.-:it tlie n-gular ticket Well,
there is no law to prevent it, and it
might a'i well come next your as r.iiy
other time.
Each country has its distinctive
Christmas di.-hes. In America it is
turkry aid mince pie; iu England
roust W-t-f and plum pudding; in
France roast chicken and liver pud
ding; in Spain rou-t fish and almonds;
in Russia roast pig with boiled buck
wheat, and ia Germany stuffed goose
with chestnuts.
The Republican campaign for muni
cipal reform was opened iu Philadel
phia on Saturday night, w hen Senator
Penrose addressed an audience of five
thousand people. The Senator plainly
riemonst rated that the managers of the
political affairs of that town, under the
lead of Secretary of the Commonwealth
Martin, have not been doing so solely
for their health.
The latest addition to the "sky-scraping"
buildings in New York, now in
course of erection, will stand twenty-svv-u
stories alove the street, and its
two towers will coutain two additional
s'ories and an observation tower over
th-s,-. From the sidewalk to the bot
tom of the flag-po'c the distance will
In? two hundred and ninety feet A res
taurant will occupy the twenty-sixth
story.
"RmxhTom," the phenomenal negro
p'anist, now- over fifty years of age, is
living in poverty at Rochester, X. Y.,
though he preserves his cheerfulness
ainl do-s what be can to support biiu
self. Tom enrich'-d his old master, a
(J.sirgia planter, end also the planter's
son-, for his attachment to the family
v.- is r.-ry strong. A tenth of his earn
ings would Lave lu-eu a competency.
Rut, ULfortunately for himself, no per
manent provision was made for his
future.
The Baltimore Amerii-an says there
has been during the lat two years a
very marked movement of the West t J
the South. Hundreds of industrious
and thrifty men, after a hard and ld
suceessful struggle iu the West, have
giveu it up and come to the South, to
find good homes and splendid oppor
tunities to make a living for themselves
and their families. They are pleased
with the change they have made, and
the success of the new Maryland colo
nies has far exceeded even the fondest
hopes of their projectors.
Skcketary L-n.., of the Navy De
partment, has come out tlat-footed iu
favor of e-ivil servie? reform, claiming
that besides the relief it affords the
hsids of departments and members of
Congress, it has resulted iu vast im
provement to the public service. A
civil service reform law, honestly ad
ministered, is all right, but there is
something radically wrong with a law
that permits meu to remain indefinitely
in ofiice who are confessedly unable to
stand the examinations prescribed for
those who seek to enter the public ser
vice. Ex-PkksuiExt Hakkiso.- takes
nisv iim eu me situation, jte w as
a.ked the other day tether ho saw
any improveme nt iu the business con
ditions throughout the country, and
promptly answered as follows:
"Yes; there is a marked change in the
feeling from what it was before the
return f the Republican party to
power. There Is a much better tone,
aud the business interests are more
confident than they were that times
are to improve. Of course, the Chris
mas shopping will create a 'nrireamount
of business for the time U-ing; but there
is a general improvement all along the
line, and the fanner and the agricultu
rist now feel it the most"
The calamity howler can now shake
his fist at the ex-President
The Dingley tariir has not yet sup
plied the deficit which the Wilson act
created. Receipts under if, however,
are increasing steadily. Tlie revenue
for each mouth siuce the Dingley law
went into operation has been larger
than in the month preceding, and, as
exienditures do not increase, it is only
a question of a few months when the
income will equal the outgo. This is
an eneou-aging condition. In time of
peace all governments should pay their
way. A continuous treasury shortage
is an embarrassment and a discredit for
the party responsible for it The pros
pect is that the preseut shortage which
began under the late administration,
will soon be abolished.
Dollar wheat, extraordinary gains
in earnings reported by the railroads,
the convening of Congress, and the
outline of the adauniSiRuion 8 policy ,
contained in the Fresu'ent b message,
and the report of the Secretary of the
Tn-aury, were among the prominent
events of the week, says the Pitts
burgh Chronicle Telegraplu At Chic
ago wheat sold at 1.0! for the Decem
ber option, the "lighefct price, with one
exception, in nine years. That the ad
vance was jiartly 1 ae to manipulation
w as apparent In the fact that the price
was 6 cents above the figure at which
the same grade of wheat was selling at
t lie seaboard; but that it is largely due
to the strong btatiriica! position of the
markets throughout the world may
also be seen ia the record of exports
and the visible supply. The effect has
been extraordinary activity among the
farmers to get their grain to market,
and extraordinary earnings by the rail
roads hauling the traffic. The reports
of many of the most prominent sys
tems of roads throughout the country
for the month of November show gains
running up to nearly a million dollars
over the corresponding month last
year. Judging from the course of the
stock market and the great activity in
investment securities, the papers sub
mitted to Congress are more satisfac
tory to the financial interests than had
been exjcted, and there is an almost
ectire absence of apprehension over the
probable action of Congress this winter.
A Kew Year's Gift Heralded.
The measureless popularity of IIos-
tetter's Stoinaca Kilters lias Deen me
growth of more than a third of a century.
As in the past, the coming new year will
I ushered in by the appearance of a frch
Almanac, clearly setting rtb the nature.
uses and operation of this medicine of
world wide fame. It is well worth peru
sal. Alwoluteaoeuracy in the astronomical
calculations aud calendar wiil, as before.
be valuable characteristiea, while the
reading matter wia inciuue 8iau.s.i,
humor and general information, acooin-
pmiicd by admirably executed illus
trations. The Almanac is issued from
the publishing department of The Hos
teller Company at Pittsburgh, and will be
printed on their presses iu Knglish, Ger
man, French, Welsh, Norwegian, Swed
ish, Holland, Bohemian and Spanish.
All druggist and country dealers furnish
it without cost.
A Singular Law.
Among the other acts, good, lmd or in
different, passed by the last legislature,
was the following, meant to reduce the
snow- drift nuisance to a minimum. It
provides for the removal of board fences,
whereas in many sections of the country
the drifting snows are halted by just such
fences. Here is the law-:
Section- 1. Be it enacted, etc.. That in all
cases w here any of the public highways
n ithin this commonwealth are so located
as to render them liable, on account of
high wind during the winter season, to be
so filled with snow au to cause them to be
impassable, and where in the judgment
of taesuperrii-ors of roads of the several
townships in which public highways are
sit.iau ,1. such drifts of snow can be
avoided by the removal of any board, rail
or other fence that may be erected along
either side of such public highways and
replacing the same by a fence constructed
of posts, wire and boards, or rail combin
ed, it may be lawful forsuch supervisors
to agree w ith the owners of such feuces
upon a plau for the erection of posts, w ire
aud boards, or rail combined. And it
nmy be lawful for supervisors to pay the
owners of such fences a sum not to exceed
the first cost of the wire used in the con
struction of such fences: Piovided, That
the wire used in the construction of such
fences shall be without barb; Provided,
That this act shall not apply to any stone
wall, hedge or ornamental fence that is
now or mar be hereafter const! ucted.
A Wonderful Offer.
There will be f 'un 1 in this issue of our
paper the advertisement of The Independ
ent, of New York, which is known
throughout the length and breadth of the
land as pxsi'.!y the ablest aud greatest
religious literary aud family newspaper
not only in the Uuited States but in the
world. The Independent in this adver-
tisement makes an offer which will attract
very wide attention and be eagerly accept
ed by a great many people. It offers The
Independent for a year, the Century Mag
azine fir a year, aud the "Century Gallery
of one hundred portraits" the regular
price of tlie three liring JU 50 for only
JT.'i, a saving of i.M. The "Century
eallery of One Hundred Portraits" in
cludes the lst likeness of one hundred of
tlie m st prominent people of the world
w hose pi.-tures have appeared in the Cen
tury Magazine. The size of these pictures
is !ijxl'! inches they are put up in a
handsome lix and are delivered free by
express. Every one is valuable for fram
ing and would decorate the walls of any
room, or would be very desirable for hoi
idaygift". Ordersand remittances should
be made to
THE INDEPENDENT,
I SO Fulton Street New York.
Seven Deathi te Explain.
Nkw Yokk, Dec 10. -The extraordinary
career of Charles Znnoii, the barber, w ho
has had five wives, has collected insur
ance upon the lives of four of them, and
upon the life of the m rthar-in-law of his
first wife, upon the life of the daughter of
his second wife, and finally upon his own
life, burying a dead journeyman barber
under the name of Zinoli, has created the
most profound astonishment in New
York. Zinoli's step-daughter is missi ng,
and it was discovered to-day, that al
though his fifth wife wis still alive, he
had made arracgeiueuts to marry a sixth
woman, when his schemes w ere cut short
by his arrest. None of his four dead
wives survited their marriage to him an
entire year.
This amazing swindler has been arrest
ed upou a tochuioal charge of forgery and
larceny, but the police are working upon
evidence w hich is expected to convict him
of four or five murders, perhaps more.
CALIFOBJTIA.
Feraoaally-Coadncted Tour via Pennsylva
nia Kailroad.
America is a great country.' In variety
and grandeur of natural scenery it is un
rivaled. Its wooded heights, its fertile
valleys, its lKiuudless plains its rugged
and rocky mountains, its great lakes, ts
balmy slopes are the admiration of all
mankind. To traverse this great coun
try, to behold its diversities and its won
ders, is a liberal education, a revelation
to the immured metropolitan "citizen.
The Personally Conducted Tour to Cali
fornia under the direction of the Penn
sylvania Railroad Company w hich leaves
New York on January 8, l.sys, affords a
most excellent opportunity to view the
vast variety and boundless beauty of this
ra trvelous land. The party w ill travtl
westward in special Pullman cars in
charge of a tourist Agent and Chaperon,
stopping en roHlt at Omaha, Denver, Col
orado Springs, Manitou, Garden of the
Gods, Gleuwood Springs, and Salt Lake
C.ty. In California visits w ill be made
to Monterey aud the famous Hotel iHd
Monte, Santa Cruz, San Jose. Los Ange
les, San Diego, Riverside, Bernardino,
Redlands, aud Pasadena. The party will
return on the "eiolden Gate Specia.," the
finest train that crosses the Continent
leaving Los Angeles February 2, and
stopping at Tucson, El Paso, and St
Louis. Eighteen days w ill be spent in
California, Round trip rate,' ic,,,..ff
allntvrMaryexpHM s daring entire trip,
35 from all poiuts on tho Pennsylvania
Railroad System east of Pittsburg; $110
from Pittsburg. For itinerary and full
information apply to ticket acents. or ad- '
dress Geo. W. Bovd a;,.,o i
ITT,?'111' nr0aJ ln1 Stlion 1
Philadelphia. '
PRESIBENPS MOTHER DEAD,
Hf CaaUa Eoal, mt 2 .30 Snnday
' Horsing.
Cautou, O., Iec. 12. Mrs. Xaucy Alli
son MeKinley. mother of President Mc
Ki'i'.ey, died at iSI o'clock this moruing.
Almost two weeks had elapsed since
the stroke of paralysis which was at once
pronounced fatal. The demise of Mrs.
MeKinley was painless. All nightlong
the members of the family were watching
.nd waiting for ths time ot diswtlution.
Shortly before midnight the attendant
discovered what were thought to be cer
tain signs of death. The fact was com
municated to the inmates of the household
w ho had gone to their rooms but had not
retired for the night. Around the death
bed w hen the final scene was enacted
w ere President MeKinley and his wife,
Abner MeKinley, Mrs. Dancan and Miss
Helen MeKinley. children of the aged
woman. The aged sister was there, Mrs.
Abigail Osborne, the only one of the Alli
Bon family now living: Mrs. Bowman of
Iiorraine; the Misses Grace and Mabel
MeKinley, James MeKinley, Miss Dun
can ami Jack Duncan, grand children,
were in the i,vl party that witnessed the
Ust scene in the gentle life. The Presi
dent and his w ife remained at the bedside
f r an hour after the end but by 4 o'clock
every member of the family had retired.
Mrs. McKicley was distinctively a home
loving woman, and the two-story frame
cottage on West Tuscarawas street in this
city, where she died, and w here she nal
lived for many years, was dearer to her
than anv other soot on earth. There she
spent her declining days with her dsugh
ter Helen and her grand-children Grace
aud James MeKinley, receiving occasion
al visits from her other children, seldom
going out except to church where she
could be found every Suuday morning
uiilT. prevented by iilness.
While showing a deep aifoction for her
other children, she had followed the ca
reer of William w ith pride aud solicitude.
With foiid motherly admiration she
watched him rise from the position or
prosecuting attorney of his own county.
by successive stag to congress, governor
and Lcally tome presiueucy. l'uriuKiuc
memorable campaign of last year for the
nomination and afterward for the election
Mrs. McKiuley was one of the most in
terested observers. She was always given
the place of honor at the home of her U
lustrious son and on the day that his nom-
iuation by the St. Louis convention was
announcea sne ceara iue uew as a
he did. It was then William MeKinley
showed the deep love he bore his mother
by kissing her as soon as he had received
the announcement of the result at St
Louis. All through the trying campaign
that follower she watched after her son
w ith deep interest She was a frequent
caller at his house and was greeted by
many of the Viiiting delegations of Re
publicans. She actompamed the presi
dent to the inauguration, riding in the
special train, aud remained in Washing
ton until Mr. and Mrs. MeKinley had be
come settled iu their new home. Then
she returned to Canton, w ith expressions
of gratitude at getting home once mora
Nancy Allison MeKinley cameof afam
ily which was transplanted from Kngland
to the hills of Virginia. The Allison 1am
i'.y subsequently removed toGreenecoun
ty. Pa., where Abner Allison, Nancy's
father, was liorn and where he married
Aun Campbell, of Scotch-German descent.
Karly iu the present century Mr. and
Mr. Allison came from Pennsylvania to
Columbiana county, this state, traveling
by pack horses. In WW, near the present
city of Lisbon, Nau-y Allison was born.
Her girlhKd was passed on the farm and
in 1"J7 she married William MeKinley, a
young iron manufacturer. The couple
lived first at Fairfield and afterward at
Niles and Poland before removing to Can
ton. Nine children were born to them.
They were David Allison, deceased; Anne,
deceased; James, dee-eased; Mary, deceas
ed; Helen Minerva, now livingat Canton;
Sarah Elizabeth, now the w ife of A. J.
Duncan of Cleveland; William, the pres
ident; Abigail Cecil, deceased, and Abner,
whose home is iu New York.
William MeKinley, Sr., died Nov. lie,
ls!c2, aged S.", years.
KfNERAL AKltAXOEMKSTS.
Funeral services over the remains of
Mrs. Nancy Allison MeKinley will be
held in the First M. E. church of this city
I at 1 o'clock Tuesday afternoon. Inter-
mor.t w ill follow in V est IJiwncemeiery
just west of the city, and Tuesday evening
President MeKinley and wifeandofficials
from Washington w ho attended the fun
eral will leave for the eapi'al, reaching
there a'xuit noon Wednesday.
Fail bearers have been selected from
among the older members of the church
and those who for years have been close
ceighliors of the doceasod.
The first M. E. church is the one in
which Mother MeKinley worshipped dur
ing her resilience in Canton and in which
she was found almost every Sunday morn
ing, only serious indisposition or import
ant circumstances keeping hex away.
Three weeks ago she was iu her pew- as
usual and though she was nearly Si years
years of ago, her attendance had been
regular all the w hile. This is alsotheeon
gregalion with w hich the president has
aiways been associated.
It is a coincidence that Mrs. MeKinley
died at almost the identical hour of the
day as did her husband, on Thanksgiving
five years ago.
In the afternoon the president and
Abner MeKinley drove to the beautiful
West Lawu cemetery, about a mile west
r.T the home, to attend personally to ar
rangements for the interment which will
le made in the family lot where lie the
remains of the husband and father.
Messages of condolence are pouring in
to tha telegraph office from all quarters
and many friends have already called at
the house to offer sympathy,
Lee Sayi Cuba it Starving.
The statement that Captain General
Blanco was able to provide for the desti
tute population in Cuba without outside
aid is met with a refutation from Consul
General Lee, who, in a report received at
the State Department says that the sit ua
tion has not improved. On the contrary
the condition has grown worse. General
Blanco, sara General Lee, is absolutely
unable to cope with the w idespread des
titution which exists in all parts of the
island, owing to the fact that he has not
the necessary funds to do it
General Lee adds that if foreign aid
does not come very soon that many thou
sands of non-combatants must die. Con
sul Barker, at Sagua La Grande, in i
report which was received at the Depart
ment states that a mother and her infant
had died of starvation in front of the
Consulate the morring he wrote his re
port. "T-OOXIXG EACKWAED."
A Physician's Personal Experience With
Discharge front the
Ears.
While discussing the subject of special
ties in medicine, and the growing con
fidence in Specialists, Dr. A. B. Travis,
Bellevue, P a graduate of the Cleveland
Medical College, related a personal ex
perience. He said: "When I was ten
years old I had srlet fever. As usual
very common I had a pu rulcnt discharge
from one ear. This continued without
relief. I expcied, when I came to attend
Medi.-al Lectures, tooUaiu relief through
some of the profeswors. After consulting
with several, and a course of treatment by
the Professor of Surgery, I was told a per
manent cure was impossible. In lsso.
thirty-five years after the beginning, I
consulted Dr. Sadler, tM Penn avenue
Pittsburgh, and, to my delight in four
months he had me curtsl. I have never
had a pirticle of the trouble since. Now
, you ran see why I believe in specialties
i! ndieiue. and
. ,
hesitate
to rcc-
; oiumend auch suecialiats as Dr. Sadler." j
Taatt Aetira Baker Heir.
The ninth ananai meeting of the North
Central Ohio Associilion of the Jacob
Kak'r heirs has just been concluded at
the residenv of Homer Lee, near Fre
mont The delegates. It Wadsworth
and A. S. Baker, w ho had just returned
from an Eastern investigating trip, made
their report Thry visited Pittsburg,
narrisburg and Washington D. C, and
picked up much valuable information.
Ia Harrisburg they found warrants from
the State of Pennsylvania to Jacob Baker
for lands to the amount of 2,1 acre and
14 lots or parcels of land in the city cf
Philadelphia. Tuiise hinds are located
within the counties of Northampton,
Bucks, Bradford, Berks, Luzwno aud
Mitllin, and are supposed to be mostly
coal and timber lands.
No evidence nas been found as yet that
this property was over sold, deeded or ia
any way transferred, and the supposition
is, supported by an old tradition, that it
was 'eased for 'JO years, that the leases
have expired and the estate reverted to
the lawful heirs. They also found w here
KOoO.OuO had been deposited by the
courts of Pennsylvania for the Jacob
Raker heirs when they shall have proved
np.
THE E3XELIESI MAS 15 SOXEESET.
As well as the handsomest and others
are invited to call on any druggist and
get FREE a trial bottle of Kemp's Bal
sam for the Throat aud Lungs, a remedy
that is guaranteed to cure and relieve all
Chronic aud Acute Coughs, Asthma,
Bronchitis and Consumption. Price 23c
and 00c
Baked and in Iroai.
A case of shocking maltreatment of an
insane person has been unearthed at
Ohio's Hollow, Westmoreland county,
by Humane Agent O'Brien. The victim
of inhuman restraint is Franklin Pierce
Cline, aged 4J, who for 11 years has been
chained to an iron bar with a chain that
will not permit him to move in any di
rection more than six or eight feet He
is a raving maniac and during his long
period of incarceration has been kept
constantly in a state of nud ity in a small
outhouse constructed especially for him
The room was in a tilthv condition and
there was not a vestige of a bed or cot
Cliue's estate is abundantly able to pay
for his maintenance, and he will probably
be taken in charge by the county author-
ties.
Penasylvaaia Bailroad Company will Issue
Clerical Orders for 1833.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company
announces that the issue of clerical orders
will be continued for lOi ou tue same
lines as iu effect at present
Application blanks may be obtained of
ticket agents, aud same should reach the
General Ollice by December 20, so that
orders may be mailed December 31 to
clergymen entitled to receive them.
Orders will be issued only ou individual
application of clergymen, to be made on
blames furnished by the Company and
certified to by one of its agents.
Liquor Prescription?.
In his charge to the grand jury at the
opening of criminal e-ourt in Fayette
county. Monday, Judge Mestrezat said
that it had come to the notice of the court
that druggists aud physicians in some
parts of the county are violating the
liquor law by abusing the privilege ot
prescribing and selling liquor on pre
scription.
The law, he said, gives them tho an
thority to do this, but only for medicinal
purposes and in case of necessity. The
druggist, however, cannot soil more than
once on the same prescription and the
physician, the court declares, who pre
scribes liquor for a beverage, is violating
the law, .md both he and the druggist are
liable to prosecution. Judge Mestrezat
instructed the constables to investigate
the matter and make au early report.
Jury Service.
If you aro deaf, you don't have ti serve
on a jury. If you are under 21 or over (!
you are exempt If yoa have ever b' en
convicted of felony you are dishonorably
exempt. If you e-an't read or write the
English languages and thoroughly under
surname procoe.linjrs orjinarily uvt in
courts you arc exempt If you area min
ister, physician druggist lawyer, profess
or, dentist, oculist, artist, uespiper
writer, clerk or ollieer of any court, post
master, road overseer, constable, miiier,
judge of any eotirt of r.ir.rdorsupertend
cnt of a eo-mty firm yoi d m't h ive to
serve, and if you are a person of bad rep
utationor w ithout visible nisans of sup
port, you c-iuldn't s-.rvo if you wanted to,
Ifew Patent Sales.
Word from Washington savs th-it new-
rules issued by the U. S. Pattent Oili
provide that no invention submitted sfte
January 1st is patentable if it has boon des
eribed in printed publications two years
before the filing of the application
Heretofore, if a foreign patwt has been
taken cut boforo an Amoricau patent t
term of the latter was limited to the ex
piratiouof the foreign patent The new-
rules do not make this limitstion, but i
tho period between tha two puents is
over seven mouths u Amenein patent
wdl be granted. One year is named as
the period within which failure to prose
cute will be held to constitute an aland
onuient of the application for a patent
Saylor'e Oyster Honse.
I'ersons attending court or visiting
Somerset at other tiuies ar9 often at a loss
to kuow where to go for a good square
meal, w ithoul visiting a hotel or board
ing house, at a reasonable price. All sue
are invited to call at Savior's old reliable
restaurant, opposite Hotel Yancar, w here
their wants will be supplied. Saylors
make a specially of serving oysters In all
styles cr by the quart or gallon. Ham,
eg;? and cheese sandwiches, with the
necessary "trimmlns,' are made ready i
s!i"it order. Saylor's is the best place i
to '.vn for a big meal for little money.
An Art Exhibition at Somerset.
One of the special features of The
Ladies Homo Journal, and w hich has
helped it to its phenomenal success is its
artistic course, and picture. The illus
trations which adorn the Journal are re
productions from the best known and
popular artists. For the privilege of
mere reproduction of these pictures the
Journal paid one thousand dollars foi
Abbey's famous draw ing of "Tho Puritan
G irl at Church," for Lynt-he's beautiful
Faraiidole" six hundred dollars, and so
O'l.
Two years ago these Journal pictures
were exhibited in Philadelphia; more
than eighty-six thousand people attended
the exhibition. The Journal selected
fifty pictures out of the number, and ad
vertised i- sell a certain number of sets, at
prices which it claimed were bolow cost,
for educational and benevolent purposes
ouly. The whole number was exhausted
in two or three mails.
Somerset was fortunate enough to be
on time, ami secured one set of these
picture. They will be ou exhibition
and sale at Odd Fellows Hall on the af
ternoon and evening, of Thursday, De
cember Pfcu. In the evening a short pro
grain w ill be given, consisting of a short
sketch of the artists whose work is dis
played, music, and recitations. The pro
ceeds all to go to the Young People's
Mite SiMjiety of tho Disciple Church.
Don't buy your Xmas gifts until you see
this display.
Little Girl Killed.
Johns-town, Dec. li Mamie Jones,
the 11 year oil daughter of Fred C.Jones,
was instantly killed Saturday night by
George fierriuger, a Salvation Army
loader.
The latter was carrying a target gun
from a room to put it out of the reach of
the child rem Little Ma.-nie ran up be
hind hi.n an i give hiiu a push. The
hammor of the gun struck the door and
th g-n dis;Uirgl. Ths billet
iruUntly.
cmh. into tha fiirl's hna-1 killing t
p v ,
SOME BERKS COOSA 0
Most
of Tieai ars Equally Well
ksowa ia this County-
THE VITE3 KASE3 MAST
Asi i Paixled by Some Expreioai Waiea
are Merel literal TraaalaUoa
Troa & Cermaa.
A R-jading, P-, correspondent of tho
Philadelphia Times writes as follows:
As dianiond-hs- k Urrapiu is to tha
American gourmet or caviare to lue
aesthetic Russian, so is "scauitx and
, n , i .. t ; .-V. m PanrvsvlVI lia
l" " v th formula of
its preparation ; you may make substitute (
JC1 Uiau a ce ui4j j
coarser for finer iugredients ; yon may ;
mat of it a dish for the gods or lor
meaner mortals.
according as you play
upon those variations, but so long as you
adhere to dried apples and dough and
. .! r I
serve under its own seductive title ol
sehnitx aud knepp it appeals to every
palate that has boon constructed to cope
with the language cf tho Pennsylvania
German. In which as possibly in other
points it is unlike the rose which Shake
speare tells us had intrinsic mflrit and
may be called by ayotaername without
losing its sweetness.
To achieve sc-hnitz aud knepp sweet ap
ples are cut iuto seeuons s:id dried. They
are then stewed, and to the compote aie
added little bill's of leavened dough
which hat s been pinched from bread
when it is ready for baking. To give
richness and suavity sweet butter must
be used liberally. This is pronounced
delicious. When other forms of richness
are substituted, such as sausage or pork
of any sort, as i sometimes done in the
provincial preparation of sehnitx and
knepp, it is doubue-s leas appealing to
the foreign appetite.
A local touch for the menu that is less
mysteriou is fried nooillef , being what
the name implies, the originality consist
ing in frying tho noodles, whereas they
are generally used in soup. The use of
noodles in soup is as distinctively German
as that of vermicelli is Italian. This is a
standard dish, but less startling than
sc-huitz.
As for Bauer kraut it is simply indi-
sp-'nsablo to the well-beiug of every
Pennsylvania German. The virtues of
this item for the delectation of the inner
man have been so generally recognized
that it has been freely ad pted almost
everyw here, and its nature need no ex
planation. A mrictly Gorman touch to
this very savory prepara'ion, however, is
the dumplings, which are made of milk,
eggs and flour, and added at the last mo
ments of cooking, w hen are also added
some Frankfort sausages. Of the propor
tion of beer to saner kraut ecential to a
well - regulated Pennsylvania - German
banquet of this description, perhaps the
least said the better.
How easily we are impressed by "local
ism," whether of speech or customs, is
apparent if we aro removed but a few
miles from our accustomed environment.
Differences, rather than resomblaoces,
strike us in the habits of people who have
not been moulded by precisely the same
influences as those to w hich weareo ir
sel . cs su'.jectoil. Like strangers iu a
stia.it''' land, we note idiosyncrasies that
are of tneiiiselves not sufficiently forcible
to be felt, contrast ouly giviug this ap
pearance. Tue people, in tho eastern section of our
stale arj characterized by an inflection of
the voice that is most striking. There is
a sort of carve in it a rising at the be
ginning and a falling at theeud of every
sentence. The fail at the conclusion is
not decided, but rather tentative, as
though the end were suspended.
This modulation is soft and mil 1 In its
effect in itself not unpleasiug, though
very monotonous to ears not accustomed
to it from long intercourse. When this
characteristic inflection is adapted to one
of their idiomae-tic expressions, the
"local" effect is decidedly eiihauced.
They say "come in a little," "wait a
little" beii-s an abbreviated way of con
veying the idea of a short period of time;
while, ou the contrary, and without ap
parent logic, they use a reduudaucy of
adverbs when a single one would express
the samo meaning and say "now ready,"
"any more yot," "u:id ;r below," "over
above," etc.
They tell you in Be: ks that a thing was
"brought" w lieu it was taken away, for
which there would appear to be no ex
planation beyond a lack of discrimina
tion in tho selection of words.
Tuey say they do uot caio to hate a
lliii.g in the sense that they do not object
to having it, of desiring to have it. This
contradictory expression being quite mis
leading, often-time-s involves a would be
recipient iu tha embarrassing pre-lic.-ment
of having lioeu interpreted nega
tively instead of affirmatively, ifaddres
ed to one not familiar with the peculiar
turn of speech.
Ia the country district of the county of
Berks there is a use of the verb cook
which has to lie acquired by one not
versed in the lore of the idioms that are
peculiar to the locality. This verb entire
ly usurps the functions of the verb boil.
They have "cooked potatoes," while the
misguided world at large would consider
them boiled, "cooked" meat signifying
also the process of boiling only. Iu its
broader sense of converting from a raw,
natural state into an artificial one by
means of subjecting to heat the word
cook is never used.
"Cooked meat" by the way, involves
another restricted use of a word. When
the people of Berks have "meat" they
mean pork only. Other viands would be
specified, as, for instance, beef or veal.
There is pathos in this use cf the word
meat, proclaiming as it does restriction
of diet as well as vocabulary.
An amusing variation from the gener
ally accepted use and significance of words
is the employment of "make" to do duty
for "cook." They make the meals and
each and every item of thorn, from the
steak, which is made w hen cooked, to the
eggs, which they also "make" by cook
ing. Just why these samo people tell you
that a dish is "all" when they desire to
convey the idea that there is no more of
that dish, is not quite apparent, though
the use of "all" in this sense is universal.
Whether there is not leisure to beex
plantory and prodigal of word to be ex
plicit is not clear. Possibly the use of
the word in this sense of finality came
from explaining w ith praiseworthy frank
ness at the beginning of the feast that
what was visible was the sum total
' alt" From being "all" when it existed
came to be "all" when exhausted.
When the moat is ''all," then are they
driven perforce to the butcher or the
barnyard, though ingenuity has made
the meat season enduring indeed. By a
process of curing and smoking it can be
made to survive for six months' use.
Even the sausages are subjected to it to
defy the ravages of the lupso of time.
The hams are guarded as a delicacy, a
luxury and rarely used until the summer
season. That is probably the only ab
normal feature about the hams. In sum
mer they become the piece de resistance
of every festive Dec ision.
Gnilty Conscience.
On Saturday, a man giving his name as
James Lenhart appeared at the B. A O.
ticket office and told agent M. B. Mara
that he had repented and wished to pay
for riding he had recently dono on B. V
O. freight trains. H had figured out the
number or miles he had ridden, at the rate
of three emu a mile, and handed Mr.
MaraOoctut. Mr. Mara informed him
tha: ho could not take the money, but
would sell him tickets lo that uti ouiit
This was satisfactory and the penitent
wax given a ticket to Connellsvi-le, 75ceuta
and one to Scitt Haven, 13 rem, making
J cent worth of tickets, which he tore in
to piooas in the presnc of the ag. M and
1-ft seemingly in a more peae -ful frama
of inimL-Weat Netou Times.
Kevt Items.
Secretary Gage has decided that here
after new vessels of the revenue cutter
service shall be named after tribes of In
dians. Ths invitation to President MeKinley to
attend the SOih anniversary of the disv
ery of gold in Califorcia, will tie engrav
ed ou a slab of quartz, show ing veius of
gold.
The Court of Appeal of th j District of
I Columbia in an opinion by Justice Shop-
herd hold that "trailing sUitnos arc i! !
al withiu the meaning of the act of Con
gress prohibiting lotteries aid gift enter
prises. Philip Hill, a negro murderer, w ho was
sentenced to be hung on Wed'ies lay, ia
Pittsburg, is legally d.ad and yet he lives.
Sheriff Lowry refused to execute him iu
spite of the death warrant that had been
Pittabarg. U legally d.ad and yet he b ves
: Lsued by Governor Hastings. The stay
I . . .
ot execution was caused t-y an app;.
I or mil s attorneys u me nupreuio iuuh
lor. stay or execution, u is now c.ami-
. (hut Hill p-innot be executed.
A strange wedding party assembled in
Philadelphia, Wednsday night when
more than one-half of the loo guests were
unable topak a word or hear a sound,
to witness the nuptials of C. W. Water
house aud Miss Ijisaaua I .air J, both of
whom are deaf mutes. The ceremony
was perfoTiisd in the sign language, and
the respousea were made by the princi
pals in th9 same wsy.
AU of the Kentucky Colonels an 1 all of
the blue grass society belles are iu a tur
moil as to whether M iss Harriet Richard
son or Miss Bradley, daughter of the iiov
eruor, shall have the honor of break ing the
bottle of champagne at the christening of
the new baOicsuip "Kentucky." Miss
Richardson declares that she wa- Invite 1
to perform the duty by Secretary Herbert;
meanwhile the Governor has designated
bis daughter. Both sides have presented
their views to the public through the
papers.
Because her l'J-year-old son refused to
break stone on the sume pile con
ducted by the Poor lV'ird of Williams
port, Pa., for which they pay lalrers 1
per day, 00 year-old Agnes Boatman took
her son's place on the pile w-ith a score of
men and hammered until she became so
weak she could w irk no longer. The
foreman of the laborers attempd to dis
suade the woman from going to work, but
she said she wanted to shame her son.
Nathau Carey of Smyrna, Del., it is al
leged went to the graveyard and tore up
the tombstone which beaded his wife's
grave, throwing it out in the road. The
explanation giveu for bis conduct is that
he had iong been displeased with thj in
scription upon the tomlwtone, which read
that his wife was resting in heaven. The
trustees claim his con-.uet was disorderly.
It was his first wife's tombstone and was
erected by her sisters.
The next Pennsylvania legislature
should pass a law giving county commis
sioners the power to establish trui.iipg
schools for election boards. Clearfield
county is not an exception, we know, but
soaieof the returns m i le to our courts
of elections hel l are a disgrace to a civ
ilized community. Men who ran barely
write their names, sit on election boards
and others who know as litt'e as possible
about our laws are chosen as judges, and
these men pass npon the qualifications of
voters. As long as election officers are
chosen without regard to fitness, the
only remedy lies in establishing training
schools. Clearfield Republican.
Those Dreadful Sores
They Continuad to Spread in Spite
of Treatment but Now They aro
Healed A Wonderful Work.
"For many years I have been great
aafferrr with varicose veins on one of my
limbs. My foot and limb became dread
fully swollen. When I stood np I could
feel the blood rushing down the veins of
this limb. One day I accidentally hit my
foot against some object and a soro broke
out which continued to spread and was
exceedingly painfut I concluded I
needed a blood purilicr and I began taking
Hood's Sarsaparilla. In a 6hort time
those dreadful sorts which had caused
me so much suffering, bean to heal. I
kept on faithfully with Hood's Sarsapa
rilla, and in short time my limb was
completely healed and the sores gave me
no more pain. I cannot be too thankful
for the wonderful work Hood's Sarsapa
rilla. has done for me." lias. A. E.
GlLbOS, Ilartland, Vermont.
ood's parilla
Is the best in faet tlie One True Elood Purifier.
Hood's Pills ur all fiver ills, aoceuts.
mmmnmnmmmnmnmmmmnmmmu.
1 AUTUMN
BICYCLING
with the
the cri.sp brown ones beneath,
1.
along on a Columbia over the
bicycling that puts new blood
CO
add to the pleasure of riding at all seasons and save a Lun
drcd petty annoyances.
STANDARD OF THE WORLD
S75 TO ALL At IK?
1
B POPE
MANUFACTURING COMPANY, Hartford,
If Coluuibias are not properly represented in your
vicinity, let us know.
TiituuiuuuuiuuuuuiiUiuuimiiuiuuuumuiUMuuuuU
JAMES B. HOLDERBAUM, - Columbia Dealer,
bomerset, T?a.
HARPhR'S
M es-w the cnmin; rnr prtrare.1 to pe to th rea-an? pblic tkit which Ku na il f ,mrc '
ll- .M iluoncr .4 cl.u-T-cunlr.bu.... iron ihe pem ol t jrft Ulemrv
w si ... biiutweJ by itidmi itimx.. A brid g!aa ocr ui ,! aouai j, ',
VVK FAUr -
t, it-m. itj i iu ti urix
tmut :srit ib Tsr ririrw
RODEN'S CORNER THE NOVEL OF THE YEAR
t It .tt r.-row M.ia..!hnr l "The Sow. Strike nmxh h A-r- -:
..:r. ...... U,t .u.h j..t i W.. Howc.ls kurrt JUta.1- I Mvi., Ilrr V
l i.e.iiuijtoi. k:h .VcKoerjr Miuin, aad ollr. Tbcre l v:r; ,4 --c
t : : r-r n::3 o- scsemce Europe, politicsl nriai aar -e-i I
fi
Nl t:-.-i3 CIUDIES IM AMERICAN
.snjtr. Mrt.-ta a uaumtHS. fuf. . y. Ci!,. j (of ,M .res-,"-
ftK ft'r
feWi.'Ti tekrti, r-V3 fr-) lj-i
i. . . i.! I. . . , V.'. D.
A GOOD RIDDANCE.
5perlntenJent M. Hutchinson, ol
Irwin, Pa.. Ejects an Unde
sirable Tenant.
m . I. in I V
ot i ft -ft I oi iruiu it
in In Uiid and
the cany
. ii- ,.( t)-i ir"-nt
century.
and uikl.ne pari . l.
It is a harl-tiip r auj ". "in.
snnimariiy unn..ed on a roads hp. with
2" 'friend, or werdtb. Mt failed and
half-clad, but sum ejee-iiui-ui- - .
Uos art n... hj any ux?u nedjo
the Pritish Isles,
in free America
,-siveiy a . i
without similar cases
heitii recorded.
and often in inaie m
BTt.-nlim: cratuimus synipattT across i.ic
aS;. eooUnnd undant
tuuitU-s t lavish it at hcnie j".""
Jefl.!.-!.t H- Hutchinson, of th t
moreland Coal Co. 'a shops. In M
Third and street. Irw V.
came iorolred in an eviction a she rt t.mc
5s. Sometime the reader may f '1
to adopt the same measures K ; iiu
how Mr. Ilutchinnoo rfocevucu - - -
Pill
. Hrnsr store, and they fixed me up in
.VcrvXrt 'tnne. I would not be with-
" . .v .nr nrlv. a I COaUT tneui
.H-m anv price, as ivu
kidn-r remed" kuown.
tad a
household -Jyi-" . ., by til
dealers. Price 50 cent M
. f:ti.r-n rv T.nflal.
ed by
Y.. sole
T. S." leniberth nam.
Jboan's-and lake no substitute.
njIMEAL'T) LINSEED mi
inu VfiJV CHFtPJ AND
Kci(i f'T Iti-TS..-Mil" (Mini
ui-t
. . . . . ii,.:. lor vim r
HorsB
"- '"ri. '".- ',.--. ... i.-.... VII,
Fowls, etc. iimiin, ion.' i
trvnthp I pr.im-t-l s.iuls are ilouMl.il
ive iHiw.-r l iri:rrui!..iii.ijM . ,, " -
i t,.l"w fresl iu th. r:l.r..ir .-,rt u.ar.
mret For Pure l.i..fd oil or -,"
W hiii- I-ead. k lor "Thompson s, oraa.re3
manufacturer.
TH0lS0H j. CO . W D;ionl St-, '!efiiiy.P.
SCRIBNER'S
MAGAZI N E
F O R i 8 9 8
A GREAT PROGRAM.
THK STORY OF THE REVOLUTION"
by Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, to run
throughout the year. (For the first
time all the modern art forces aud re
sources w ill be brought to bear upon
the Revolution. Howard Pyle and a
corps of artists are making over 100
paintings and draw ings expressly for
this great work.)
CAPTAIN A. T. MAIIAX'S "The
American Xavy in the Revolution," to
be illustrated by Carlton T. Chapman,
the marine artist: Harry Feun, and
others.
THOMAS NEL-5MN- PAGE'S FIRST
LONG NOVEL, "Bed Rock A chroni
cle of Reconstruction." Mr. Page has
devoted four years to the story, aud he
considers it his best work. (Illustrated
by B. West Clinedinst)
RUDYARD KIPLING, RICHARD
HAP.DINU DAVIS. JOEL CHAND
LER HARRIS, GEoRGE W. CABLE,
aud others, are under engagement to
contribute stories during lst'S.
ROBE FIT GRANTS "SEARCH-LIGHT
LETTERS" icplir-sto various letters
that came in consequence of his "Ite
rlections of a Married Man' and "The
Opi-iions of a Philosopher."
"THE WORKERS" iu a new field
Waiter" A. Wyckoff, the co'.lt s;o man
who became a la!orer, w ill tell atout
his experience with sweat-shop lalmr
en and anarchists in Chicago. (Illus
trated from life by W. K. Leigh.)
THE THEATRE, THE MINE, ete.,will
be treated in "The Conduct of Great
Bu.sints-s" series (as were "Tho Wheat
Farm," "The New spaper," etc., in !"),
with numerous illustrations.
LIFE AT GIRLS' COLLEGES like the
articles r n "Undergraduate Life at Har
vard, Princeton and Yale," and as
richly illustrated.
POLITICAL REMINISCENCES by
Ser.ati"- Hoar, w ho has been iu public
life for fort -five years.
C. D. GiftSOX will contribute two serial
sets of draw ings during 'tts, "A New
York Day," and "The Seven Agis of
American Woman."
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tn ,v,.i;:.-
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t) a vear.
nts a ni!:;ils-r.
Ca.R!.fs Si-Kinxi:ii"s SnN, Nkw You:
wine colored leaves overhead,
aud yourself ?riiiiiicg nierrilj 3
frot bitten roads is the kind of
ia roar veins.
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A1AQAZINE
IC PROSPECT
tax t-siaitu-tiL ivrtirriont r ti inrini t
WuKruixvrwt c. Ktxn "
TBI Mrimratrr or oi k ru iMc Cmm
tf c.tis I- XI 1.1
SOCIETY aXESI'l C:iR' ICt ' -I.r -
llwwtu
L- "For several Vear. Vast 1 bad been
EitbenVwiTb attack. ftff?J$
.1..WU. aching pam througa me
lara ano
UMBIA
J A t,v ifiC ft
Aim SC ih-V-Z;?: - .. -.: vj A M t
Fvn at rs:ces r-eri ko.oo 10 $ 55.00 L
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Suitable
HOLIDAY
a l L,i-i t. a a-
Wc arc not going to make a "hvzt,
but when people want to buy presents sii'l
for the holidays, as well as of intrin.-ie si
thev will iro to
James B. HolderbauE
where the choicest line of the following'
goods are to be found.
1847.
C!uistraa3 is coming and Holiday presents aro as nun:crc:-
the saying familiar
-.5
Fine Toilet Case?,
Manicure,
Shaving Sets
Cuff & Collar Boxe?,
Glass Bottle?,
oveItic3 in Silver,
Sachet Poiley?,
I'aluier'd andTonant'd
fine Ferfumery.
Fine Cigars of tlie most select Irandu. Comi-lete a-c.' tn..e-;
Taldets ami Chewing Gums.
GEO. W. BENFORD, Manar
,?'Public stati n f.,r I,nng I)i jiiice Telephone to nii in "
Kates luoilerate.
A
A
Sensation in Furniture, rffi-ntl
Trade Triumph at LUllIUlli
A UNIQUE CONDITION OF AFFAIRS IN A GREAT
There Are Stirring Times Aliea
KVKK fre ".Such PrW on Furnitun?; never U f -r- sj.-h
I r.iture at such interestingly sr.i ill price Our new line i- "' '
V will capture the tra.lo. It i.s growing letUr ami U-tt-T. T!.--
I toothers lliun,,.-,;r,,.l., ,.l .i ... ,,...t';!! Tip"'
through (ur salesrotuns to settle the atwve question.
t!m Pta Sulh, - - 1S Sia t?a I 1,1. Hi:,t s;tt.
Oak Ptaia Suit,
, Jf .. ini, cimi'iii's, i'iiuu . .
Suits, I'arlor Huits, and Furniture of all kinds at SutisMi.:
Troof of the onward 9thJe3 of goo.1 taste in ilcsins ami I'1'1 "
workmansliip. T,U appeal for an acquaintance e-o.u.-s .lirect fr '
turc, knowing that the intnieluctjon will be pleasant ami pr 'HUi''-
The entire line is new ! Va t in Vsrittv ' Sterttrg i
The entire line is new ! Vast in Variety !
SILYERWAP:
CUTLERY,
CANDELABS
SKATE5.
TOYS, Etc.
189
f.i V
DEUCI0U5:
Our new anJ com
plete assortaient of
fi:ie Cotifectior.?, s-)IJ
in the resrnlar jc.'kage
from one-half to five
CranJ.-f of the nio.st
belecttd choice.
(!.:.:-:
Toil' ! A.::
Horn'?
n.-accs- a
Our rt'X'k !;
t!.ro:::.'-
Prices Mode rate
OF FUENITURE.
i, ,j i:iraji -riee is auoiiiei '" i , .
significant cli.ire! hain t..kn t,!...-. it i't ,.n!c iki-a i"' '
'm
24 28 30 j 0k Qjarteml Suits.
Low in Price!
C. H. Coffroth,
SOMERSET.
CC6 M?n Cross Street,
ctiu ri
'lies,
-L... r i nrty in I w T ,t tl TitrJ.