The Somerset Herali
EDWARD SCVLL, Editor and Proprietor.
WEDJfEbOAY.
Deoeruber 22, ISA
Thkkk are far too many Democrats
in e fliee.
Tiik Herald wishes its reacU-ra, one
and all, a very merry Christina.
The S?nate has actually j,a.-sei the
bill to prohibit the killing of seals.
Tins ought t ) be Ihe busiest, bright
eft aud happiest week of the whole
year.
Tkv the experiment of making 9onie
b:dy beviidt-i yourself happy this week,
and you will enjoy your Christmas all
the more.
Hoke tvMiTii comes to the surface
again to favor the wildcat S-ate banks
of old, when no man feh safe in keep
ing a ten dollar bill over Sunday.
A hill ha bden introdiced ia the
Virginia legislature catting down all
salaries of Slate ol'ieials. This is the
kind of a bill that never bee-. mes a law.
The anti-tj-iay reformers of this State
are rapidly becoming enthusiastic ad
mirers of David Martin. David is not
a politician or bos-; oh, no! Le'a a re
former and a statesman.
Ik the revenue from the Dingley law
gx-s on iucrca-ing, the time will come
when its enemies will be silenced.
Tiny are firing all their ammunition
now for fear that will Lappen.
The Calif iruia murderer, Durrant,
has Imvu sentenced to death fcir the
fourth time. Continuojs capital sen-1-ihss
are not likHy to improve popu
lar respect for the maj-'sty of the law.
This may not be a very merry Christ
mas reason for the Cubans, but they can
have tiie satisfaction of knowing that
the year has brought them very close
to their g-ial of absolute indejiendenoe
ef Spain.
Mit. 1'ErEit Site, of S:iesvillef will
find an appointment as County Aud
itor i:i his Christmas stocking, and ex
Commissi-HM-rs' Clerk Werner will sad
ly reflect that it Is only gnnl Ik'tuocraU
that Santa r members.
Ami now tiie Mugwumps are circu
la'ing the report that I'latt and Q'i3y
are -iiirig'-d in trying to defeat liauna
for ted States Senator, a;id making
opposition I) the aibnini.-' ration. No
falsehoo 1 i ttKj absurd for these people
to circulate.
Congress has voted a large sum of
money for the relief eif the miners who
went to the Klondike and are now ia
listress. Of course the-se men ought to
b heljed, but there call be no denial
of the fact that they were all warned
b-.-fore they started for the Klondike.
Majok St.-kit, of Allegheny, who
succeeds Captain Skinner as Pension
Agent at Pittsburg, is a staunch Re
publican, an old soldier, a man exceed
ingly jopular, and no better appoint
ment could have been made. The re
tiring agent, Captain Skinner, himself
an old soldier, made a most excellent
o:!i ial, gaining the praise of all the
veteran? who bad business at his de
partment Chicago business men have formed
a vigilance committee on account of
the numerous robiieries, and have de
termined to kill footpads on sight This
is a fine showing for municipal govern
ment in one of the largest cities of this
great nation, but it is only the natural
result of a predominance of politics
over business methods in arranging
fr the safeguarding of so large a com
munity. It has been decided by the Ways
and Means Committee of Congress that
no chauges whatever will be made in
the Dingley tariff" bill during the pres
ent session of Congreis. That is right
No more tariff" tinkering. 1M the pres
ent law rest a while, and then we can
S.-C whether any changes are necessary.
If it shai! le found that changes are
needed to further protect American in
dustries, then the changes should be
made; but just at present give the law
a fair chanc, and see how it will work.
The Republican State Committee
will rat-ft in Philadelphia to-day for
the purpose of fixing a time for hold
ing the Stat Convention, and trans
acting such other business as may lie
brought before the meeting. The prob
abilities are that the date for the Con
vention will lie fixed for some time ;n
the month of May. If this is done,
the regular Republican primary for
this county will probably lie called for
some t;me in the latter part of April,
or early in Miy.
Ox the basis of the Oovernmeiit's
revised estimate the Vnited States
wheat yi Id in ls'.'T was-Wu,090,000 bush
els, which is au advance of about to,
Kynij bushels on i!s previous figure.
Private authorities on whom specula
tors have been in the habit of placing
great reliance put the crop at figure
ranging from Ko.oui.ouo to iso.OOO.OiK)
bushels. The ( 'overnment's estimate
is usually below that of private exerts.
Probably it is under rather than over
the true mark this year. In any case,
the wheat yield of"lC has very seldom
lieeu exceeded in this country.
The President sent in the-folloa ing.
among other nomination-, to the Sen
ate on Thursday:
Justice Joseph McKenna, of Cali
fornia, to lie Associate Justice of the
Supreme Court of the United States.
Treasury Charles O. Dawes, of Illi
nois, to 1 Cooipt roller of the Currency.
Interior-John W. Nesbit, of Penn
sylvania, to be Pension Agent at Pitts
burg. Court of Private Land Claims Jo
seph R. Heed, of Iowa, to be Chief Jus
tice; William W. Murray, of Tennes
see; Thomas C. Fuller, of North Caro
lina: Henry C. SI.isx, of Kansas, and
Wilbur F. Stone, of Colorado, to be As
S'K'iate Justices.
TllEKE has been consider!.!.. .1
sioa of late concerning the pensions of
wiuohs, mose who have lieeu married
to old soldiers subsequent to the ar.
Senator Gallintxer, chairman of the
Committee on Pensions, has introduced
a bill declaring that hereatcr "no pen
sion shall lie granted, under any law
of the United States, to the widow of
any soldier or sailor whose marriage to
said soldier or sailor was subsequent to
the passage of this act" Says the
Noi-Ji American: "The plain intent of
this bill is to prevent youDg women
from marrying old soldiers merely for
the purpose of becoming their widows
within a short period and receiving the
regu'ar widow's pension. This legisla
tion is necessary to suppress a great
and growing evil, and is obviously
right and proper. There are pensions
without stint for all who have a just
and legal claim upon the bounty cf the
government, but this effort on the part
of a number of unprincipled women to
hoodwink both the pension authorities
and the men they marry is bo clearly
a swindle that steps should have been
taken long ago to end the practice by
the most stringent regulations. How
ever, it is better late than never, aud
Congress ought to pass this bill with
out delay."
Camirmaa Elkin'e CaiL
Chairman John P. Klkin hu issued a
call for a meeting of the Republican Sute
Central Committee to be held at the head
quarters in Philadelphia on Weduewelay,
J)3ceajber 22ud, at 11 o'clock a. iu. The
committee at this meeting will fix the
ate of the State convention to be held
D?xt year.
It is necessary to have the. exact date
determined because many of the counties
are already arranging for the Republican
primary elections. This is especially true
of i-hiladelphia, where the date for hold
ing primaries for the election of delegates
to ihe convention has been fixed for Janu
ary 11th. A full attendance of the com
mittee is expected.
Dr. Echitffer'i Report.
The annual report of Dr. Nathan C.
Sehaerter, Superintendent of Public In
struction, for the year ended June 1, KT,
shows 24-2 school district! in the state,
with an enrollment of 1,1(X),S72 pupils.
The average monthly cost of tuition per
pupil was in Philadelphia, 1.22 for
the state outside of Philadelphia. The to
tal expenditure was $ !!i,tas,lsT.W, of
which 9-I,0-oi,iX4 3G was disbursed for
building purposes, and ?10,0t,Mitj for
teachers' ages.
The report reviews recent school legis
lation and comcueuds the new method of
distributing ttie Stale appropriation, by
which more money will be paid to the
rural districts. The cities, however, will
have their recompense. Dr. Schaelfer says.
in the fa! that if those who flock to the
centres of population as soon as their
school-days are ended, are well educated,
they lieoome not only better citizens, but
aiso better consumers and better produ
cers.
Annual institutes are commended as an
important factor iu creating and mould
ing public opinion, and, the report says.
more should be done to establish high
schools in rural districts, aud to give com
mercial and iudiistrial education in our
city high schxjls.
The report suggests a more judicious
expenditure of the school funds, and lays
special Mress on the waste of money in
the purchase of maps, gUilies, charts and
blocks, at extravagant pri-s. Dr Schaef-
fer favors legislation fixing the maximum
sums that may be exoeuded for this sort
of paraphernalia.
Judge White't Definition of an Intemper
a'.e man.
1'liihiilHphla In.juinT.
Perhaps no decision of a Pennsylvania
court has been more widely quoted by the
State newspapers than that in which
Judge Harry White, of Indiana county,
defined what, in his judgment, constilul
ed an intemperate man. The definition,
it appears, was invited by the nature of
the case, and it was fairly met. Judge
White said :
"To our mind, then, a man so given to
the habit that he very frequently goos to
the !ar fur a drink, occasionally gets un
der the inlluen.-e, yields to the temptation
forgetting liquor when oTered, or accepts
a treat whenever invited, leaves his em
ployment frequently in working hours to
get a drink, spends his earnings for it
while other responsibilities are neglected.
feeds a growing appetite for liquor with
out any effort for its control, is a person of
intemperate habits ; and when those hab
its become known tc the community in
generator in the neighborhood where he
lives, or among the people with whom he
has intercourse and who see him from time
to time in the indulgence of those habits.
he is unde- the ban of the liquor law as a
person of known intemperate habits."
If this test were applied inall thedrink-
ing places of the State the reduction of
their receipts would be enormous, aud yet
it is not a la I test after all. Certainly the
man who "feeds a growing appetite for
liquor without any eff jrt for its control"
must soon itecoine au intemperate man,
if he is not such already. There are
many who become such in spite of fre
quent effort,
m
A Ecaacce of tie V;'.
A bill introduced in th? Senate by Sen-
ator Penrose unveils a romance of the
war. A brother's desire to save the honor
of the famiiy name has forced him to
keep silence for years. Death has opened
his lips at last and the story is told.
The bill is a simple one. It directs that
the military record of Haruian Francis
shall be changed so that the name shall
read George Fram-is aud thit an honora
b'.e discharge shall be granted to (jeorge
Francis.
Haruian and George Francis weie
brothers. When the war broke out 'lar-
man enlisted in company K, Ninety
seventh Regiment, Pennsylvania Volun
teers. His experiences the first few
months were so severe that he surprised
his family by walking into the home and
telling them that he had grown tired of
fighting and was not going back to his
company. In vain the home folks argued
with him, and poiuted out the fate of a
desertFr. Harinau was determined. At
home he was going to remain. It was
then that George made up bis mind to
save the family name from dishonor. The
resemblance betnet-n the two brothers
was great and George went to too front as
Harinan.
Georce served all (h rough the war. In
iub oiuues ot me i,aerness ue was
wounded. The wound was a serious one
and the name of ilartimoi Francis was
placed on the pension list, since the
war the periston lias leu regularly
drawn by arrangement between the two
brothers. This worked ail right until
lately. A few months ago Hartman died
The pension is still being paid, but fJeorge
wants to appear right before his neigh
bors. He thinks the honor of knowing
that their f.ulier f. sight in the rebellion is
due to his children. Harinan lea no
family and George feels that he has kept
quiet long enough. So he asks that the
record may lie changed.
Carnival for a Karderer.
Tarsons, W. Va., Doc. 17. The saloons
in mis low u were closed this evening
hy
oraerorthe Mayor through fear that
the
respeeti ve friends or Colonel Fist ham
Frank Thompson, of Philadelnhia.
and
the
man he killed in a railroad car, might
into trouble over the verdiii of in vol
get
uu-
tary manslaughter. The Colonel's friends
Mjuieu to celebrate and the friends of the
dead man's family were very outspoken
in their disapproval of the verdict.
Judge Holt to day sentenced Colonel
Kastham to imprisonment in the county
jail for two years. A larje crowd was in
ne court, nonse to hear the sentence
pro-
nouoced. In passing sentence the Ju
said to the prisoner:
dge
"In their mercy, the jury decided to in
fli'-ta punishment of the lowest order.
they d-s-ided that you had no right to the
p ea of self defense,"
Baylor's OjsUr Hone.
Tersons attending court or visiting
Somerset at other tiuies are often at a loss
to know where logo for a good square
meal, without visiting htei or board
ing house, at a reasonable price. All such
are invited to call at Savior's old reliable
restaurant, opposite Iluiol v.. i
their wants will be supplied. Saviors
i- i . . -
" wiuj oi servitor nnisn
in all
siyies or t.y the quart or gallon.
Ham,
egg am cheese sanda i, he, w
ith
the
necessary "trinitnin.." m,e rea(ly ,n
"""UUUCT- ayiors is the best place in
town for a big meal for little money.
FOR GOOD ROADS.
The Author of the Law Passed by the
Last Legislature Lays Blame
Upon Viewers
FOE S7ISELESS BOTTIXS OF PUBLIC
EIGHWATS.
Inasmuch as all reports of road viewers
in most of the districts of the State must
be submitted to the courts for inspection
and approval, Deputy-Secretary of Agri
culture John Hamilton has address
ed a personal letter to every Common
Pleas Judge in the State, requesting that
extreme caic - takeu in the selection
of the Board of Viewers, so that the mis
takes of the past may no longer be pos
sible. He also r.uggests that nose but
lil)era -minded, intelligent, public-spirited
citizens 15 placed upon these boards,
and that the engineer be thoroughly
competent, not ou!y to run lines opon
the ground, bat also to take the levels
and give estimates of cots and nils, with
probable cost of construction.
DUTIES OF THE BOARD OP VIEWERS.
Mr. Hamilton recommends that in their
report to the Court the Board of Viewers
should first of all state their conviction
as to whether public necessity demands
such a road ; that they should present
with their report a map showing the
courses and distances, and also a profile
map showing the contour of the ground,
with the cuts -and fills marked and the
degree of elevation ; that no road except
in extreme cases, shall have over five de
grees grade, and, if possible, not over
three degrees; that the right of way shall
be at least 32 feet wide; that all streams
and ravines requiring bridges shall be
properly marked on the map, together
with the location of crossroads, nearby
houses and property lines, through which
the proposed road is to run, aad there
shall also be marked on the draft the
character of the soil over which the road
is to be built; that all of the drawings
shall be to a scale, aud that there shall
accompany the report the engineer's esti
mate of the probable cost of construction.
Mr. Hamilton has written to the Judges
in the hops that they may consider his
suggestions and unite in insisting upon
a more careful survey on the part of the
viewers of roads than has heretofore been
requireiL
ASK AllVICK FROM 1 HK JUDUE9.
No report should be approved or con
firmed until it is entirely clear to the
Court that the road is a public necessity,
and that its location is the best possible
to secure. He states that he will be glad
to hear from the Judges and receive such
criticism and advice us their experience
and thought upon this subject may
prompt liieiu to oiler, particularly as to
w hether his suggestions are such as ought
to be put into force; whether additional
legislation w ould be needed in order to
carry them into effect, aud, if so, what
points OMght to be covered by such leg
islation. "The loss and inconvenience that Is
caused by the improper locatiou of many
of our public highways are evident to
all," Mr. Hamilton said. "Iu many in
staoces roads are laid out, not on the most
suitable ground, nor upon the shortest or
most practicable route, but upon ground
w holly unsuitable and following a course
both indirect aud meaningless. Fre
quently the viewers have leen induced
to follow the division lines between prop
erties, and thus have diverted the road
from its proper and natural location in
order to gratify the desire of some indi
vidual regardless of the rights and needs
of the traveling public
VIKWKKt TO HLAMB FOB BAD ROUTES.
''Instances of this practice are so com
mon that it is unnecessary to go into de
tail or cite examples in order to prove ila
universality, for almost every communi
ty in the Commonwealth can point to
sections in its own locality where a slight
change in the locatiou of the road would
have avoided a deep ravine, or an impas
sable hill, or a devious course, and have
secured a direct route and an easy grade.
So manifest are some of these errors that
a child 10 years old, if shown the location,
would, wit bout hesitation, point out the
right position which the road should oc
cupy, and yet this road was laid out by
three selected persons, one of whom was
presumably a civil engineer.
"The error iu all such cases originated
with the Board of Viewers and was after
ward fixed upon the community, through
out all future time, by order of the Court;
so that for 100 years tens of thousands of
our citizens have been compelled to suffer
direct loss and much personal inconve
nience from improper locating of asinglo
road, to say uothiu; of the millions of
others who have had like experienceon
the 100,00 miles of other roads iu Penn
sylvania, many of them equally defect
ive. It is, therefore, of the first import
ance that the work of original survey
aud location shall be correctly and wise
ly done, for experience show s that after
a road has once leen opened it is next to
impossible to have its location changed,
no matter bow much the public may be
inconvenienced or bow impracticable it
may be to keep it in even tolerable re
pair." T2Y GKAIX-0 ! TKT GSAJH-0 !
Ask your Grocer to-day to sow you a
package of GRAIX-O, the new food drink
that takes the place of coffee. The chil
dren may drink it without injury as well
as the adulL All who try it, like it,
GRAIN-O has that rich seal brown of
Mocha or Java, I sit it is made from pure
grains, and the most delicate stomach re
ceives it without distress. . J the price of
coffee, - cts. per package. Sold by all
grocers.
Negroes Enfranchised.
A despatch from Columbia, South Car
olina, of December 1 1 says : South Carolina
has just succeeded in effectually disfran
chising liisimonegroes, and with last wee
terminate! all hopes of having the suf
frage clause, under which it w as done, de
clared unconstitutional by the Federal
eourt-
In HO a constitutional convention was
called for the avowed purposeof removing
the negro iu this stale from politics. The
following was made a part of that consti
tution :
'l'p to January 1, 1S:8, all male persons
of voting age applying for registration
who can read any section in this constitu
tion, or understand and explain
wheu read to them by the regist ril ion
officer, shall 1 entitled to register and be
come elec-tors."
That this clause has been effectual in
accomplishing w hat waa intended by it
none will gainsay. I'nder its operations
only 12,li0 of South Carolina's 11,000 ne
groes ot votiug age have becomequaliGed
electors. At the same time, iu operation
in favor of the whites has been equally
effectual, for 90,U have been duly regis
tered. This state's electorate is thus com
posed of fci.OOO w hite and 12,000 negro vo
ters. After January 1 the qualifications for
registration are educational and property.
The Constitution provides:
"Any person who shall apply for regis
tration after January 1, 1SW, if otherwise
qualified, shall be registered : Provided,
That he can both read and write any sec
tion of this constitution submitted to him
by the registration officer or can show
that he ow ns aud has paid all taxes collec
tible during the previous year on proper
ty in this sute assessed at f310 or more.
"My husband had two ran,r i.l
from his lace, and another was comingon
ma up. lie look two bottles of Burdock
Blood Bitters aud it disanneanwf II I.
completely well." Mrs. Win. Kirby,
Akron, Erie Co., N. Y.
Bhenmatiim Cured ia a Day.
"Myntic Cure" for Kheu
Neuralgia radically cures in 1 to 3 days. I
Its ation nnnn lhA ..,... i , . . I
ojbwuj m remnraaoie
and mysterious. It removes at once the '
cause ami the disease lmm,l;.ui. a: '
pears. The first dose greatly beoefita;
75 cents. Sold at Bonford'a Dm,
Somerset, Pa.
Gart Cp a 1 6,000 Job.
Kev. Dr. James Farrar, pastor of the
First Reformed church in Brooklyn, N.
Y., receiving a salary of $i,O0O a year, be
loved by his people,aeu red of that salary
hr long as he cared to draw it, has given
up that charge and chosen to surrender
the salary, leave his comfortable parsou
ge and admiring congregation, and re
turn to his old home near Ligonier, where
he will support himself on a private in
come of fo0". and give bis services free.
The Rev. Dr. Farrar gave this decision
on Friday night before the officers of the
church and the assembled congregation.
It was the annual meeting. Nothing of
the kind was expected. His hearers look
ed bewildered. It is a prosperous church,
always filled when Dr. Farrar preaches.
After announcing his proposed with
drawal from the church in the near fu
ture. Dr. Farrar gave these reasons to the
listening people:
"I have spent seven years of my life
building op a church which has grown
strong and useful. I now desire to give
the remainder of my life to building np
souls without money and without price.
I have fully consecrated my life to the
cause, and I am convinced that the step
I shall take, as soon as the way Is com
pletely open, is in the right direction.
"I hope to enter a field where no one
can impugn the motives of a minister
because of the money he receives for his
preaching. I hope to work in the minis
try entirely without salary."
He has chosen the field for his new
ministry among the scenes of his boy
hood. That community does not believe
in a paid ministry. There be will work
on the principle of the Keswick move
ment in England, that a minister should
devote part of his life to saving souls
without pay.
Sews Items.
Pardee Hall, the pride of Lafayette Col
lege, was destroyed by fire on Friday.
Pittsburg will try to secure the nation
al Grand Army Encampment tor 1900.
Congress adjourned Friday aud Senator
Quay left Washington on Sunday for
Florida, where he will remain until after
the holiday recess.
John Hutton, a Brooklyn architect,
says that one of his wife's front teeth is
loose and that it was loosened by the ar
dent and effusive kissing of Harry Don
ecker. Hutton is suing for a divorce and
has named Donecker as co-respondent.
The best place in the county to get a
X mas present is at
Sxyder's Art Stork.
Thousands of school children are re
ported to be starving in the city of Chi
cago. In cases where the children come
to school hungry they are provided with
a warm dinner.
If you want a picture framed cheap
and well, go to Snyder's Art Store,
where you can get auything in Fancy
Lamps Pictures, Fine China Ware, Ac
Down at Iebanon, Pa,, motormen and
ttreet car conductors have been forbidden
to eat sauer kraut. They say the cars
wve so satu rated with the odor of kraut
that many persons refused to rido on
them.
Disappointed in a love affair thirty
years ago John Fanstermaehcr, of Wilks
barre, Pa., disappeared. Last week word
came from Oregon that he had died in
that far-off state, leaving an estate valued
at gloO.OJO. He lived the life of a hermit.
A oommission appointed to revise the
constitution of Rhode Island proposes to
disfranchise all voters who do not own
uniucumliered real estate or personal
property to the value of A big sen
Ration has been created by the commis
sion's decision.
Young Joseph Leiter, who has cornered
the Chicago wheat market, on Friday
gave Philip Armour a check for ?S.Vy)oo
for a delivery of l,0u0,ouo busheU of
wheat Saturday Armour bobbed up with
l.&'iO.OuO bushels more, and received
another check for $l,nfi2,'i0ta). As every
bushel of wheat Armor has delivered baa
been a loss of from 10 to 20 cents, Leiter
stands to win ;i,2.V),G00 on the deal.
Six murderers died on the scaffold
throughout the South Friday. In view of
the period of lynching that has seemea to
hold sway, this is a record that soin?
Southerners may feel proud ot. Two men
who slew a man for his money were taken
to a scaffold in a field, then clad in white
garmeuts and hanged in the presence of
three brothers of their victim. Another
man tied a great stone to his 3 year-old
daughter by his first wife and. thinking
to please his second wife, tossed the girl
into a river. He died likeacringingcow
ard. The youngest victim was a M year
old negro boy who assaulted a whitegirl.
Atone hanging, the lynching of the mur
derer was feared and troop guarded the
scaffold. There have been but six lynch
ing throughout the South this month,
Indian Says.
On the hillside near the home of W. II.
Cbristinan, one mile west of Laughlins
town, there was once a rock on and
around which a bloody battle was fought
between a white man, one Arthur Forbes
and a bunch of Indiana. Forbes had
come out from Fort Ligonier on a hunt
for game aud while staudingon this rock,
which commanded a fine view of the
narrow valley, was advauced upon and
surrounded by the savages. Forbes saw
bis danger and at once laid low one of
the Indians with a ball from his rifle.
This ended the ooting and a hand-to-baud
"scrimmage" ensued lasting but a
short time, the white man coming out on
top, all the reds, some ten in number, on
the ground, either dead or stunned into
insensibility from blows from the huut
er's clubl led 'ride. Fearing that other
red skius were about aud would soon be
un the trail, Forbes cut loose for the fort,
two miles distant. The next morning a
p-.rty came out from the foil to take in
th:-scalps and bury the dead, but were
astounded at not finding any liodies. The
reck and gro lud all around showed plen
tifdliy of gou and of the big tussle of the
brave Forbes. It was presumf-d that
some of the Inuiaos had only been knock
ed senseless and on coining to bad drag
god away their comrades. They were not
pursued as the miraculous escape of
torlos was considered giin and glory
enough. The aforesaid rock was iu later
days broken up and now forms part of
the foundation wall of the barn of
Joseph Moore near by. Coming east half
a mile is a little valley running north
from iho pike on the present farm of
John Johnston. Here another tragedy
w a enacted, yi hi"h was of all too fre
quent ocitrrrenco in those early days.
The Indians had captured somewhere,
presumably in the valley, a una and bis
wifj and three children and going north
with them aud cowing near the head of
little valb-y they tomahawked the moth
er and dashed to death against a tree the
h Ipkws baliea, the father they kept alive
and Ukmg him on, doubtless kept him
for torture at their Indian village. Near
by was the cabin of one Taylor, whose
daughter Jennie, a mere child then, on
the next day saw the terrible and ghast
ly sight of the slaughtered mother and
clrldreu. Jennie also had personal
knowledge of the knocking out of the
"reds" by the hunter Forbes. The site
of the Taykr cabin is yet knowu and
relios of it are extant. Ligouier Echo.
Jury Defies a Judge.
Lancaster, Pa.. Dec 17.-There was an
exciting time in court yesterday afternoon
in me trial of trank Simpson and A. C.
Giberson, for cock fighting. The testi
mony showed that they were present at
tl e fight. Counsel on both sidos aririiml
tlat a verdict of guilty should be render
ed, reserving the legil point on an appeal
to the Superior Court as to w hether cock
fighting is cruelty to animals. Jud?e
Brubaktr directed the jiry t render a
verdict or giilty without leaving their
seat. Th ?y rof.ised to d so, and it was
only a.Tj.- thj Court give th):n five miu
ntas to do so or be would kno thoreasjn
that they found both guilty.
tit Jute FialOtel.
The annual statement of the State treas
ury lor the fiscal year ended Nov. 3
1W, was issued on Friday by State Treas
urer Haywood. The receipts of tiie gen
eral fund for the year were (I2.4',,7u,17;
payments, f 12,7iV51j,H. '
The receipts include the whole amount
received as state personal tax, three-
fcnrths of which is returned to the coun- ,
ties; personal fees, paid by a jd returned I
to state officers ; fertilizer licenses and
fines received from the department or ag
riculture, the insurance on the old capitoi
building and contents, and one per cent,
of the tax on foreign fire Insurance com
panies distributed among the cities and
counties of the state under act cf 105.
The aggregate of these items Is 2,1jo,
11,H, which is deducted from the gross
amount received, leaves the net amount
whirh was available for the payment of
appropriations $10,319,!fil.71 There is
still due to the commou schools, training
schools, reformatory, charitable and in
sane institutions for the quarter ended
November 30, to coon ties on state taxes
and on su ndry other items about 100, Oi 0.
The balance la the general fund at the
close of the year was l,500,0ti0.
Kidnapper Chief Caoght.
Albany, N. Y Dec. 15. Lawyer Al
bert S. War. er, the leader of the kidnap
ers' gang who last August abducted lit
tle John Conway in this city, and held
him for f'JOOO ransom, was arrested yes
terday at Riley Centre, a village in the in
terior of Kansas.
By his capture the last of the bold con
spirators who planned to engage in the
wholesale stealing of children has been
put in safe keeping. With II. O. Blake
and Joseph M. Hardy he had concocted a
scheme to kidnap the children of wealthy
parents in nearly every city in the coun
try. Among their intended victims, it is said,
was a child of John D. Rockefeller. The
manner in which they designed to oper
ate was a reminder of the famous Charlie
Ross case, of Philadelphia. Fortunately,
the first boy they abducted, John Conroy.
was recovered by the police after he had
been held by the gang for four days.
Blake aud Hardy were then arrested, but
Warner, their chief, managed to escape.
Both of the men who were caught confess
ed their guilt and were sentenced to im
prisonment for 14 years.
A Kew Year's Gift Heralded.
The measureless popularity of Hos
tetter's Stomach Bitters has been the
growth of more than a third of a century
As in the past, the coming new year will
tie ushered in by the appearance of a fresh
Almanac, clearly sf ttiug forth the nature,
uses aud operation of this medicine of
world wide fame. It is well worth peru
sal. Absolute accuracy in the astronomical
calculations aud calendar will, as before,
be valuable characteristics, while the
reading matter will include statistic,
humor and general information, accom
panied by admirably executed illus
trations. The Almanac is issued from
the publishing department of The Hos
tetter Company at Pittsburgh, and will be
printed on their presses in English, Ger
man, French, Welsh, Norwegian, Swed
ish. Holland, Bohemian and Spanish.
Ail druggist and country dealers furnish
it w ithout cost.
Foarta 8 jnteace of Durrant.
Sax Francisco, Cal., Dec, l.V Sentence
of death was passed for the fourth time
to-d.iy upon Theodore Durrant for the
murder of Blanch LamonL January 7
was fixed as the day of execution by
Judge Bahar, of the Superior Court.
Durrant has not yet given up hope.
His attorneys intend to lay the found
ation for another appeal to thn Supreme
Court of the United States. In all prob
ability the lawyers for the defense will
proceed to Washington to make the final
technical fight based on the questions of
Federal and State law.
A Phyeieiaa's Personal Experience With
Ditchargo from the
Ears.
While discussing the subject of special
ties in medicine, and the grow ing con
fidence in Specialists, Dr. A. B. Travis,
Bellevue, Pa., a graduafeof the Cleveland
Medical College, re'ated a personal ex
perience. He said "Wheu I was ten
years old I had sre.rlet fever. As usual
very common I had a purulent discbarge
from one ear. This continued without
relief. I expected, w hen I caiue to attend
Medical Lectures, to obtain relief through
some of the professors. After consulting
with several, and a courseof treatment by
the Professor of Surgery, 1 was told a per
manent cure was impossible. In l-).
thirty-five years after the beginning, I
consulted Dr. Sadler, H Fenn avenue
Pittsburgh, and, to my delight, in four
months he had me cured. I have never
had a particle of the trouble since. Now
yon can see why I believe in specialties
in medicine, and never hesitate to reo-
oramend such specialists as Dr. Sadler."
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paper the ad vertisement of The I ndepend
ent, of New York, which is known
throughout the length aud breadth of the
land as possibly the ablest and greatest
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not only iu the I'nited States but in the
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very w ide attention and lie eagerly accept
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Independent for ayea-, tbeCentury Mag
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price of the three being JM M for only
fT.oO, a saving of $7.00. The "Century
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the most prominent people of the world
whoso pictures havj appeared in the Cen
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is fijxirtj inches; they are put up in a
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room, or would be very desirable for hoi
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SOME POTENT FACTS.
That the Reader Will do Well to C,-e-
fully Ponder Over.
It was kejit a secret for years in a good,
old tjuakcr family. The m-u-libors all
knew about it. an I many a time had rea
son to be thankful for its exisli-uce. Its
fauie spread, aud strant,era who heard
about it, wrote for information coucern-
till it. MIUItint tri.1 if l irla an. I
soiiit'tuues put off a trial for a more eon-
ririfui avuitou. jo tell bow it was drjs
ped from au obscure countrr villa.. n.l
placed before the general public, would
be niterestiiia- readme, but In.-k f nj..
compels us to withhold the irarticulara.
It is suftick-nt to know that over a year
ago it came to Caimnsburg, IV, like it
-. , i,. .j vnj am HI, LI 1 U ill r
orth. nnnr4ftnf tji,M .! nn... : t.
. UHr,uiiiuj(. a,
said: I can do certain tlmum- ii.ii.
gate my claims, try me, if jou have bsck-
afLe. or ki.l,i..ir ..Kn Ml
1U Will
not be disappointed." The above is
a irnenii'iii from thn .:....
Ioan a Klilnow I'm. - .1
. . , . -- J i i-iki latum
wnh-h n a nn i.;
unit , ns wen
as Canoiisburg. to stay. One of Canoua
tiurg representative citinna, who helped
to push the good work al.mg. U Mr. Jas.
JXorstell. watchman at the Canonsliurr
: ."- "oris, living at tfti fcast
., .,u,Sl a. iuai geu-
tleman says: ' Iluring the last year or
' imuoieu with a severe weak-
-uu auAinury organs.
the Kecn-t ions were very irregular, dia-
iv.ri . T u"Vi'"- S1f "ck wits
weak, and I would tire eaiy. and did
ui rigutiv imra my rest.
Different me.li.iues had falVI to give me
nuy r.-!i,-r. when I was advhe.l to u
, j - -- -' a h"i tiifui at a
drug .tore. Tk.-v actc-d promptly, tna
... .... ... umu ruieTeti nw oi lire troutiie.
1 flunk r.. L.!i.i:. . :.. i.:.i i.
:.7. .i. "i.uu in uiiny recommend
liiK them, as th.-y will do. I am sure, for
others what they have done for me "
tltian a Kiih u, I'.n . . ... ..
dealers. I'rut. Sil u.o.i '
Fewter.Uill.n-. f 11 x?'"i:,u
- hu uutejDv tu OnlltUUe.
BABY'S SMOOTH, FAIH SKIM
A Grateful Mother Writes Ciia Let'.er
Telia all about Hsr Troubles when
, Baby Crako cct with Gcrofula Seres.
"At the age of two months, my ly
began to have sores break out oa his right
cheek. We nsed alt the external ap
plications that we could think or hear of,
to no avalL The sort3 spread all over one
aide of his face We consulted a physi
cian and tried his medicine, aad ia a week
the sore was gone Eat to my surprbe la
two weeks more another scrofulous look
ing sore appeared on baby's arm. It
grew worse and worse, and when he was
three months old, I bean giving h:m
Hood's Sarsapariia. I abo took Hooo's
Barsaparilla, and before the fir-t bottle
was finished, tha sort cr. wr'.laad have
never returned. He is r ov.- fo-r years old,
but he has never had any sign of those
scrofulous sorea since he was cured by
Hood's .Sarsaparilla, for which I feel very
grateful. My boy owes his good health
and smooth, fair skin to this great med
icine." Mrs. S. B. Whotem, Farming
ton, Delaware. Get only Hood's.
n-tt are prompt efficient ana
liOOU S PlllS easy iu etlcct. 25 eeuta.
are prompt, efficient and
AAA ------- A A
flaking it pay you
TO BUY HERE
All The Time
this store does'nt do startling things
by spurts every bit of store energy Is
bent on store-keeping in such a way as
will show advantage to your pocket
book any and every time you have Dry
Goods to buy.
Write for samples of Dress Goods,
t?ilks, Flannels, and write for dcfitiite
information aliout Jackets, Capes, .Suits,
Children's GarmenLs, Hugs, Lsee Cur
tains and other uusampleable Dry
Gooels and find oat how important
our way of merchandising is to your
interest.
Plaids
great season for them for waists
and dri'ss skirts and children's dresses
we've a complete plaid More not a
good Plaid missing values at lilc,
and .Vie, that make investigation worth
while.
I'hudslOc to ?1.25.
Washable i-nlk and Wool Plaids
44 inches wide, 65c.
Large lines Imjiortcd Black Dress
Goods, 50c a yard
choice, dressy styles that you'll find
saving on.
BOGGS & BUHL
Allegheny, Pa.
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AUTUMN
BICYCLING
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with the
the crkp brown onea beneath,
gr along on a Columbia over the
5 bicycling that puts new blood
COLUMBIA
Bicycles
add to the pleasure of riding at all seasons and save a hun
dred petty annoyances.
STANDARD OF THE WORLD
S75 TO AH AUKE
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POPE MANUFACTURING COMPANY, HariforrJ, Cim,
If Columbus are not properlv represented in your
vicinity, let us know.
fMmmuimiuaiUiuuuuiUiUiimuiiuimuiuaiiuiiL
JAMES B. HOLDERBAUM. - Co'umbia Dealer
somerset, La.
McCLURE'S MAGAZINE
tor Ttirr ccminq vcar
Soir.e Sotat'.e Features
CHAS.A. DANA'S
REMINISCENCES
a-mf. I.iikoU called him " Tie Ej,,m if ihe iievernmtnt at tk, i-rerf " ,n.h. . W
m,r.....,.r b,., of Secret Hhter, KKelU.t.n, J cMtMem. The,. iZL ,!
.Uu o.uJ mine K.r. d CUnM H t J. SZtZ'
! lie Oiriitm-.t MiCich's contained a complete SJumt Slery
bjr K-Lljri.J Kipluijer.i.iied" 1 nk Tuna or HaAKltlcie' I rs. . ,
t..ct leota7a-ied leer. aa orriter ia tK I Bd.
a re'.el:i;-j lute. We turn in hjad mio a A-m ttUad a
po.nl.l. trim m j.iif onj ol War SeijH. It will be super til r
il.uuted. Mr. Kir b:f .l be a frequent Contributor
I ANTHONY HOPC'S
! NEW ZENDA NOVEL
Am KiAl.mr JP a-tf K tl 'JU.
fm ..fMcttm, Oil 7km4t, 4 fr.
"'7.' 1 '?'lV--Kff u d,ia
t.- .mcCLL Kts duruk iht imii year.
j EDISON'S LATEST
ACHIEVEMENT
l,:pe. h, Ihe mott eonpeienl aulhori., I.vu Zd Kettim char'Iir.'v . " '
a laii bw nb iku emiaeBt icieantt oa aatelecd arobiemt oltcnce. aui.i j, te u
l't.a rriia iheen yetrt' pettoaa! eaperieaeeat brakeraaa .e-
rn ..i ,,,,., by AWW H -,,.. It a ari,e of THE RAILROAD"!
...J diiauioi apiece ol actiea. ' I MAN S LIFE
THE CUSTER I T:t.a.1rf,,i,Uniki,i S,.li
MASSACRE VXZZl'nt1-"""" ZX:ZZl
. . ... ... ----- ....... uppi7,uierairri ef l.ta and
t oortl and plt.turet the ceaditira of l.le of the perfected ctte oi
II e ceamry. by Col. Ceor,. E V,af. j, C.imK, S ,U
s..?e; tltin( Dcpartaieat ol New Vota. "" ol lha
MARK TWAIN
-V b.o..e, of Mr. SAT
ii.e l-Knidnr. o haaua aah.la.roa.
NANSEN I .-te&T!
-r" . jz wr. v'-"."r0' 'V ,ht eapedu. .houid .dr. :
(ie.,.eM aluc to tcieaca. ater, etc. 1 hra koowlcd-e t 1 1 e of the
1?" u ad ilrnttrtton m mVmf ."mire fee i
l-r a U y,e . ,n,en Cx, C. A". Lemtem, W. D. Hevm,. AJreJ ILLUO I KATIQ N S
bremmam, and Otacn. ' J
The November Number sHI ... .t .
ope.i.r.2 rh,pI.r of Diu'i Reaim.iceocea. Mark
. .
Pe fur to fcr
10 Cents a Copy
Tts S. S. HCCLURE CO, -
Karriagt and Sivoree.
Washixotox, Dec to-Representative
Rav, e f New York, has introdueed a
bill regulating absolute divorces, rid de
claring marriages void iu certain cases in
the District or Columbia and toe territor
ies. The oljc-t is to make the divorce
i...-. o. ,,. ,! hv t'oiiL'ifws conform t. the
law of New York, as the highest grsde of
! the state codes, and to instal lbs proposed
we- I.. . IA
uuiform marring ami eiivoreo
obtained by contitutional amendment.
But one cause for al-olute divorce is al
lowed -adultery the icnocent party may
remarry: If gal fceparation, withoc.t per
mission of remarriage, may I granted f r
drunkenness, cruelty or desertion, and
marrisge may be declared void in cases
where a former partner is living, lunacy
at marriage, matrimonial incapacity or
la-'k of legal consent. The law is ictend
ed to cover eases In Oklahoma.
MAGAZI N E
F O R i 8 9 8
A GREAT PROGRAM.
THE STORY OF THE REVOLUTION
by Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, to run
throughout the year. (For the first
time all the modern art forces and re
sources will be brought to bear upon
the Revolution. Howard Pyle and a
corps of artists are making over l'io
paintings and drawings expressly for
this great work.)
CAPTAIN A. T. MAHAYS "The
American Navy in the Revolution," to
be illustrated by Carlton T. Chapman,
the marine artist; Harry Fenn, and
others.
THOMAS NELSON PAGE'S FIRST
LONG NOVEL, "Red Rock A chroni
cle of Reconstruction." Mr. Page has
devoted four years to the story, and he
considers it his best work. (Illustrated
by B. West CiinedinsL)
RUDYARD KIPLING, RICHARD
HARDING DAVIS, JOEL CHAND
LER HARRIS, GEORGE W. CABLE,
aud others, are under engagement to
contribute stories during 1MS.
ROBERT GRANT'S "SEARCH-LIGHT
LETTERS" replies to various letters
that came in consequeiie-e of his "Re
flections of a Married Man"' and "The
Opinions of a Philosopher."
"TIIE WORKERS" in a new field
Walter A. Wye-kotT, the college man
who became a lai mrer, will tell alioul
his experience w i.h sweat-shop labor
ers and anarchists in Chicago. (Illus
trated from life by W. R. Leigh.)
TH E TII EAT RE, THE M I N E, etc.w ill
be treated in "The Conduct of Great
Business" series (as were "The Wheat
Farm," "The New spaper," etc., in '1'7),
with numerous illustrations.
LIFE AT GIRLS' COLLEGES like the
articles on "L'nuergraduate Life at Har
vard, Princeton and Yale," and as
richly illustrated.
POLITICAL REMINISCENCES by
Senator Hoar, who has been in public
life for forty-five years.
C. D. GIBSON will contribute two serial
sets of drawings during '!, "A New
York Day," and "The Seven Ages of
Ameriuau Woman."
Jiit-Tltt full pntxpreta for i,t mall
b'kf'trm (Ji p-igtx), print'd in iiro cul
orx, irilh HHitti ion iilnxtrvti'HA (urer
. lU'c'tratiott by Husjiebl Parixh)
uill be mat upon application, postage
P'tiJ.
Price, flOi) a year, 25 cents a number.
ClIAItl.KS Se'RIBNKR's SoXH, NEW YoRK
wine colored leaves overhead,
and yourself spinning merrily
frost bitten road.s is the kind of
in yonr veins.
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-i ini.niueljr awoo -ted .h I wl,, humon, e;rant, y.,
and heather great men o the Ci.i) . He hart trie to. S
ot the frequent d hit KjeM Wir Secretary, and he . , ..,! on
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STORIES & POEMS
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coftteio:
SHORT STORIES BY
lKE AT AUTHORS
ec'ri!r''fr,J. T uli J Te,.V
coetuat Ubor. Uuiuiii t'oard io dutt .d th. ,,.L
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WELL MADE BOB SLEE
...v;ell made robes & elan aits.
WELL MADE HARNE5
'2'i diflorcnt stvles to select from at ri.-s
to suit ever bo Jy.
TVholesale or Eetai
AT
James B. Holderbam
HARDWARE STORE.
Somerset, - - Per:
1847.
Christmas is coming and Holiday presents arc as n-iaerea
the saying familiar
Fine Toilet Cases,
Manicure,
Shaving Sets
Cuff & Collar Bo.e?,
Glass Bottle?.
Novelties in Silver,
Sachet Poiley?,
ralmcr's and Tocant's
nc PerAniierv.
Fine Cigars of the most select brand?. CoinT-Icte :i-.C!t i -'-
GEO. W. BENFORD, Man
.T'1- I'lllilio st;i!i.ti f..r lr.? UUtwn T.-l.Th.ii( tn a.l I'-
Il-itr menlcrat?.
A Sensation in Furniture, pffi-nt!'
A TradeTriumpli at LUllivU-
A UNIQU2 CONCITION OP AFFAIK3 IN A GREAT V
OF PU2NITURE.
There Are Stirring Times M
N
KVEU U f.in; '-Such I'ricW on ir:iirun; nevt-r l-r"-r - " J'?
riture at such iiiU-re-tin:l.v smal! prset-. Our f"' !'r"' '"''!',.
will oajifure- the tra-le. It is crrowitii; lette r an.l U !. r. T:'' '",.!
Innllmrj i, ... . , h. ..f...M r(",:'
sifjiiirtcant chatij;efi have- taken j.la.f. It v. ill mily t ''' '"" '
llirough our salesroo.iis to settle the? alxve U-.tioti
Elm Prl Sit, . . $;5 j,3 t20 Ash Hl!an(i Si;,,.
0k PU, Suits, . . 24 23 30 Oak Ouir'end Saits.
China Caws, CtiifTunieTs, Hi-l. liOiiriis, Cue-hr-t, Diuinu' 'm
.Suits, Parlor Suits, an.l Furniture or all kinds at Sii!.-iai.'!
Tnnif of the onward strides of g(K.l tase in clisi-ns an l 1" r:r 1 ;
workmanship. This ajuHl f..r an a!-tMaintance c .m-s .lirtvt fr -J" 1
ture, knowing that the iii'.r-vlu.-tion will be pleasant ami ir-'t'ital"-
The entire line is new ! Vest in Variety ! SlcrMrg J
Low in Price!
C. H. Coffroth,
606M?in Cress Street, SO.VEhbt-.
J i'J -If! Pi
is r.ojz-r ccrrjEi'ii a:,-.-j ceo
p A ! QOffq ci
WELL MADE SLEDS,
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Pure Prss
T..!!-t 1"-
Our iie'iv anJ cf::i
iK'te iis.s-ort;iicnt nr
fine Cniif.jction.-', .--il 1
in the regular pacl-.n-..'
from otio i i ii I r t f:vi;
BrainJs of th,? v.-.r-t
relecteil choice.
Prices Moderate
Tublots and Chewing (Jums.
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the certinty, u
eaf.3 i t.to
'J wioa to y
l' enable ineaf.3
! etrcr n'Jt' ,