The Somerset Herald
EDW VRD SCULL, Editor and Proprietor.
WEDNESDAY-
In 1S37 the world's gold production
went ahead of the lsiXi record by about
131,0X1,000. The United SUte led, and
it is a solid distinction to hold.
Ohio Democrats have invited Mr.
KurU to join their ranks, but it is not
likely that he will be iutrusted with
any party work requiring a delkate
sense of fidelity.
One of the pol' Jcstl sk'ns of the
times is the Deui atic eagerness for a
fresh fasion with the Populists. The
Pops will lusist on having all the plat
form next time.
Uov-euxob Blshnell fancied that
be was "a receptive candidate," but the
Democrats disdained to give him a
vote. He snapped at a shadow and
lost an honorable name.
The Chinese expect their luck to
change after the total eclipse of the sun
in that region, January 22. Perhaps
it may if they drop their a-trology and
studv modern military tactics.
The bribery ciiarges are to be inves
tigated by the Ohio Legislature, and
there are hints that it will not be the
Hanna Republicans who will be caught
in the net. There were a few wicked
Ivmocrats in Columbus during the
struggle for the Senatorship.
The rewrts of the loss of life in
Cub, from disease aud famine, are al
most bevond belief. It is stated that
fully half a million deaths have taken
place that are traceable to the policy of
annihilation as practiced by the evan
ish commanders.
Hi'eaker Hexky K. liovEK, ap
pointed superintendent of the I'hila
deh.hia mint, has tendered his resigna
tiou as a member of the State House of
liepreseuUtives to Chief Clerk
Mr. Boyer takes the position that, as
Mr. Rex is the next officer in authority
to himself, he is the proper person to
address.
It oioht not to be a very difficult
matter to break the will of the unre
peutant Pennsylvania Democrat who
left his grandsons $1,000 each on condi
tiou that they should support the Dctu-
ocratic nartv through life. Never was
there a clearer case of unsound mind.
Anyway, the heirs wiJ probably for
feit the money rather than to incur the
awful i(.-nalty imposed.
Senatok Qi'AY is after the lynchers
iu Oklahoma territory who burned two
innocent Seminole Indians at the stake
under the impression that they were
murderers. He has succeeded in hav
ing pissed a bill appropriating SiOHO
with hich to hunt down and punish
the lynchers, aud they will have to
keep under pretty close cover if they
want to avoid (Hinishmeut.
Let the Republicans in the several
election districts of the county see to it
that good men are nominated for office.
The importance of having proper local
officials is sometimes overlooked.
frequently bapien9 that the men who
seek for local honors are the very par
tiej who should not be elected, while
the men who don't want office badly
enough to go after it, will do much
more for the people in case they are
f'.ected.
For at least seven years to come, or
until 1 !".", Ohio is sure of having a Sen
utor who will be an honest and pro
nounced Republican at all times an
under all circumstances, who will stand
up for the policies aud candidates of
his party always, and who has neither
jealousies iior leanings toward disloyal
practiced to hamper him in his devo
tion to his political faith or to his par
tisau associates. Manly men of all par
ti -s will rejoice at the election of Mar
cus A. Hanna.
The members of the It? publican Tip
pecanoe Club, of Cleveland, who went
to Columbus to try to defeat Mark Han
na have been asked to resign. This iu
eludes Mayor McKisson, who was Mark
Hanna's chitf opponent, and Speaker
Mason, of the House of Representa
tives, who was elected as a Republican
and violated hs pledge. A real Re
publican organization has no use f
such men. They tried to defeat the
will of the Republican party, and they
no longer belong in that party. Per
haps, if they are willing to do penance
for a decade of j-ears, they may be re
ceived back into the fold, but they
must take a back seat
One of the most important of the
local district offices to lie filled at the
coining February election is that of as
sessor. The work attached to this po
sition is arduous, and requires a high
degree of intelligence. The remunera
tion attached to it is small, considered
from a standpoint of financial return
This should not prevent the man who
is well qualified from terving when
chosen, as such work well done is
benefit to the whole community. Po
litical parties, in making nominations
for this office, should take especial care
to name their best men. The assessors
elected at the coming Februarv elec
tion will serve for three years, aud will
make the first triennial assessment of
the new century.
Ix Philadelphia elections were held
Tuesday evening of last week to elect
delegates to a convention held the fol
lowing day to nominate a receiver of
taxes. The opposing candidates were
Harvey K. Xewitt, lacked by what is
known as the ward leaders' league, and
m. J. Roney, David Martin's brother-in-law,
backed by the combine. At
the convention Wednesday the Xewitt
forces, claiming that properly accredit
ed Xewitt delegates were not admitted,
bolted and held a convention of their
own, nominating Xewitt. The Martin
c invention nominated Roney. It is
evidently another fight like the one of
a year ago, in w hich Martin's man for
sheriff was beaten by Alexander Crow,
junior.
The disease sweeping off thousands
o Cubans is well named "misery" by
the natives. It is caused by a lack of
ftod, shelter, medicine, and and all or
dinary household comforts. In the
Irish famines a great number perished
from a disease called "road fever. " T je
starving victims wandered off aimlessly
along the roads until they sank under
their utter wretchedness and died be
side the highway. The malady was
identical with the "misery" of the Cu
bans, though less acute, for military in
humanity was not added to the suffer
ing. Secretary Sherman has agstia 1
called attention to the cry of affliction
aud distress from Cuba, aud to the op
portunity to forward nupplies from this
country. The appeal will nioet with a
prompt and earnest response.
Between the hours of one and seven
m. Saturday will 1 held a primary
election which will decide the Repub
lican ticket of this borough. We urge
all Republican voters to attend the pri
mary and vote for noue but the best
men who will offer for the various po
sitions to te filled. Live, capable busi-
ne nitu should be nominated for
members of council, and of vital im
portance to every citizen of the bor
ough is the selection cf proper persons
for the office of school director. A
school director's responsibilities are
such as make it imperative that the
hoice of men to fill the position should
not be subject to the ordinary consider
ations of politics. A school director,
for instance, should be a man who
would seek the oiliee only because of
his love of education and of his desire
to aid in making good citizens out of
he youngsters. Sometimes alas !
there have Iwen men who sought to be
6-hool directors for the opportunities
the portion affords for illicit money
making out of the necessities of book
publishing firms, while others have
sought it with the selfish view of ad
vancing their political interest and for
the opportunity it afforded of reward
ne political friends. ith this class
of men the best interests of the com
munityand the schools have always
een a secondary consideration. There
is room 1- r improvement in our public
schools, and it will be a step in Mie
right direction if proper ersons are
nominated for school directors next
Saturday.
Forty Lives Lost.
Two score of human lives and upward
of $l,mO,G'iO worth of property were da-
stroyed by a tornado which burst upon
Ft. Smith. Ark.. Tuesday night. The
storm tore its way through the entire
city, Icavine its path marked by death
and desolation. Men, women aud chil
dren, peacefully asleep in their homes.
were, withouta moment's warning, awak
eued to inet a horrible death m the fear
ful storm, whileolhera momentarily more
fortunate, aud w ho escaped the furies of
the wind, met a far worse fato a few mo
ments later in the ilauiM which soon en
gulfed many of the wrecked buildings.
The sceue following the first terriuccrash
ol the storm was oue of awful graudeur,
Business blocks, handsome mansions,
hotels and humble cottagos were razed
to the ground and scattered iu shapeless
masses. Several of the wrecks caught
tiro, and the in flammable timbers burned
furiously. The city was crowded with
rural visitors, many of w hoiu ere sleep
ing at boarding houses unregistered. For
this reason the number of victims who
perished may never be definitely known,
Ft- Smith's $."i0,rn) high school building
the finest of its kind in the southwest
was badly wrecked. It was oue of th
few buildings upon which there was any
tornado insurance.
Fiid $15,000 For a Leg.
Shamoki.v, Pa., Jan. 14. Frederick
tiraeber to-day -received ?1!,("U from the
Mineral ltailroad and Mining Company
in settlement for the loss of a leg, an
relatives of the late Miss Maud GolUie
received $ lwiO.
Last January, during the coldest night
of the winter, the young couple, whil
driving home from Klysburg, were swal
lowed up by a cave-in caused by under
ground workings of the Cameron Col
liery. Miss Gothie and the horses were
instantly killed, while Graeber had a leg
Id -ken, which had to be amputated to
prevent blood-poisoning, tiracber lay
ten hours at the bottom of the pit before
being rescued.
Bad $100 Bill fot the Heathen.
New Youk, Jan. IS. Some contributor
to mission work to-day sent a f 10U silver
certificate to the American Board of
Foreign Missions. It was sent to the
Sub-Treasury asking if it was good.
Assistant Treasurer Mubleman exam
ined it closely and then called for a per
forating machine. When he fmihe
with the hill it looked like a sieve. All
over it Mr. Muhleman had perforated the
the word "bad."
This makes the seveuteeth counterfe
so far discovered in the country, twelv
of which were passed in Philadelphia,
three in New York, one each in Chicago
and St. Iyuiis.
Education by Compulsion.
Kaston, Pa., Jan. 14. Kiston parents
are having their first experience with the
Compulsory KJucation law, and it is of
such a character that there will probably
be few willful violations in the inline
diale future.
The Board of School Controllers has
caused the arrest of a number of parents
whose children between the ages of eight
and sixteen have not been attending
school. For the first ottense the violators
of the law are required to pay a fiue of
2 and the cost of prosenitlon.
Shot Three Bear.
Wilmamsport, Pa, Jan. 14. Pierce
Iyentz, a farmer residing at Tomb's Hun,
this county, killed three bears Iu apiece
of woodland on his farm. Lentz, iu com
pany with several other nieu, was en
gaged in cutting down trees when they
spied a mother bear and two large culs
huddled together under a ledge of rocks.
Mr. Lentz hastened to the bouse and se
cure" I his repeating rillft. Returning he
found the bears still there, and taking
careful aim he fired three times in rapid
sucoefbinn. Two of the lears were kill
ed instantly, and the third was so badly
wounded that it was unable to escape.
Landed Among Xoenihiners.
A dispatch from Jeannette, says: Hon.
Amos Trout, an assemblyman from West
moreland county, says that while hunt
ing on the ridge recently be had chased a
rabbit into a pile of brunh. In order to
frighten the game he jumped on the
brush. His leap landed him ten or
twelve feet underground, among a crowd
of mountaineers busily engaged in man
ufacturing mountain dew.
He was treated right royally, but po
litely invited to withdraw, which be did,
after warning the moonshiners to vacate.
The moonshiners have abandoned their
retreat.
Kamed Again.
On Siturday Governor Hastings an
nounced the reappointment of James
Campbell, the well known factory inspec
tor, for another term of three years. The
commission was at once made out aud
the inspector subscribed to the oath of
office.
Mr. Campbell, who is an Allegheny
countian, w as appointed by the Governor
three years ago and his administration of
the office has lieen characterized by vigor
and not a few prosecutions have been
brought ander bake shop laws, whose in
spection laws Mr. Campbell particularly
enforced.
Cleveland' Home Kobbed.
Buzzards Bay, Mass., Jan. lfi. Burg
lars ransacked Gray Gables, the summer
home of ex-President Cleveland, from !
cellar to garret. Jut when it was done
is not known. The robbers threw the
furniture and ornament around in the .
dining room, parlors and sitting room, tive of liver complaint, constipation, dvs
and emptied the wine closet. How-much pepsia, debility, ick headache and nerv
plunder they took away can iiot be told
until some member of Mr. Cleveland's
household arrives and takes stcck.
HITS IS BEET SUGA3.
PUai for EiUbliiting tht Induitrj ia tit
Cumberland Valley.
F2&CTICAL TALE TO FAEXESS.
Publicity was last night given by
Frank C. Bosler, of Carlisle, before the
Fanners' Institute for Philadelphia
Coun'.y in Horticultural Hall, to plans
bich have been far advanced for the cre
ation of a great beet mpr industry in
the Cumlerland Valley, eays a writer in
the Sunday's Philadelphia Record. If
they are carried through to the fruccees
which he predicts, there will be a sort of
revolution in farming in that locality,
w hich will extend to other parts of the
Suitrt. lie stands ready, with associates.
put up a factory for making beet sugar.
which will cost about fuu.ouu, provided
the farmers will co-operate in raising
enough beets of the right quality. This,
be declares, they can easily dis at a profit
far above that which they now derive
from their .ands.
For a period of more than two years
Mr. Bosler las been making a practical
study of th'i beet sugar business in all its
aspects. Cast sammer he bad a score of
farmers in tie Cumberland Valley grow
ing beets as an experiment, and the re
sults were decidedly satisfactory. The
average yield of beets grown from the
lxt seed, ranged from 13 to 14 tons per
acre, ana the percentage or sugar in mem
ran high, as proven by analysis at the
State Agricultural Experiment Station.
As a final tent of the quantity and qual
ity of the beets that can be raised, 500
farmers have agreed each to plant an acre
or more with them the coming season,
and the outcome will be watched with
great interest. The territory in which
the trials are to be made includes parts of
Cumberland. Franklin. Adams and
Dauphin counties. Samples of the crop
from every farm will be analyzed by the
Stat t Agricultural authorities, and the
bulk of the experiment beets will be fed
to cattle, mo that the growers will sustain
no loss. When the value of the industry
has been made evident to all parties, the
erection of the factory will be begun.
The farmers wiil sign contracts to plant
7mO or 80uu acres with beets to keep the
factory going.
Iu explaining his plan? to the Institute
Mr. Bosler said: "The farmers of the
United States are now raising wheat at
small Brent for export, while much of
the sugar they use is brought from other
countries. A large projiortion of it is beet
sugar, w hich comes from Germany. Su
gar beets can be grown almost anywhere.
but last year only 4(l,fin0 tons of beet su
gar out of a total of iCnO.OUU tons of sugar
used in this country was produced with
iu its boundaries.
ONLY OSK FACTORY IX THE EAST.
"There are nine factories to make it in
the l" Li led Slates, all of them iu the
west, butone, w hich was recently estab
liihed with success in New York.
American methods of extracting the su
gar are great improvements over those of
Germany, and the cost of manufacture
has been reduced to a minimum. The
process, simply stated, is to cleause the
beets, slice tbem and then put them in
very hot water under great pressure.
The syrup which results is purified,
bleached and evaporated. The pulp re
maining is excellent food for cattle.
"The fact that the business must be
conducted on a large scale is due to the
very expensive character of the necessa
ry machinery. A complete outnt costs
about ?3nu,0i). and to supply a factory so
fitted up there should be about 7uu0 to
Mio acres planted in beets. Tbequantily
usually to I grown is from 10 to 20 tons
an acre, and the lowest price paid is ft a
ton.
"An essential is that the seed planted
shall be the right kind to produce betts
with a high percentage of sugar and t2
per cent, by weight is a good average.
We do not merely want tons of beets but
beets containing tons of sugar. Another
thing of importance in considering the
matter is that a beet crop is not exhaust
ing to the soil. The elements of the su
gar are taken mostly from the air and
water. The tops are thrown back ou the
land and the pulp returns through the
cattle."
Ho Overture To Gold Ken.
Washington, P. C, Jan. 15. It is as
certain as anything ean be in the future
that no sort of overtures are going to be
made to the gold men who deserted the
Democratic party last year on account of
the Chicago platform. These men are
going to be left to follow whatever course
they want to, but if auy or them come
back into the fold it can be only by the
acceptance of what they call Bryaui-sm.
Te lines on the silver question are be
ing drawn closer than they ever were be
fore, and it will soon appear that the
only way to antagonize the free coinage
of silver is to join with the Republican
party aud work for that party as the gold
men did during the last Presidential cam
paign. A number of talks and conferences have
been held between leaders of the Demo
cratic, Silver Republican and Populist
parties, which have resulted in their get
ting closer and closer together. They
sgree entirely on the no-compromise pol
icy, and have adopted the policy of mak
ing common cause in the support of each
other in the fight for silver. The gold
people who are deceived by reports of
disagreements and divisions are being
simply lulled into a seuse of security,
while the Bryan forces are perfecting
their organization in a manner surprising
for its skill fulness and complete harmony
of purpose. The talk about Democrats
trying to bring back the gold meu of
their party by making terms with them is
simply intended to fool the people.
Eetarned After Eil Funeral.
Daxvim.k, Pa., Jan. 11 A family re
union occurred several days ago at the
house of Mrs. Samuel Smith, at which
the guest of honor was William D. Acre,
w ho was long ago mourned as dead, and
for whom luneral services were held.
Acre's brothers and sisters were present,
and gave him good cause for feeling
thankful that the report of his death was
premature.
Acre left home in bS7i and went to
Chicago, where, oi.e night, he was knock
ed down by a tramp aud robbed of his
money and papers. Some time after the
tramp was killed by a train. On bis person
were found papers; bearing Acre's name.
The body was supposed to be that of
Acre, and word of his tragic death was
sent to his family. A funeral was held,
at w hich a sermon dwelling on the un
certainty of life was delivered, and Acre
was mourned as dead until his recent re
turn to correct the erroneous impression.
The Birth of the "Greater" Kew York.
With the dawn of the new year tho
"Greater" New York is ushered into ihe
world a full grown grant. The problem
of municipal government in this country
is to tie put to the supreraest bst on the
grandest scale. Within its limits is con
tained a population equal to that of thir
teen of our soverign State at the last cen
sus, and as large as that of the original
thirteen States when the anion was orga
nized. Provisions for the life and health
of this vast multitude of all nations and
climes is an unsolved enigma, but profit
ing by the experience of half a century's
success; thousands of sufTorers in New
York and else-where can be w rented from
the grasp of that agonizing complaint.
rbeuruat
j uruiuMism, i'y iuc mueiy auu systematic
j use of Hosteller's Stomach Bitten, which
is moreover, a preventive of malaria
and kidnev trouble, and asovereiirn mn.
ousness. It is aa admirable appetizer and
promoter of sleep, hastens convalescence,
and counteracts the infirmities of age.
Nw Iteme.
The Pennsylvania Sii A"MciaUm of
School IMrrtors will hold its annual oni
v en tiou in Harrisbarg Feb. 9L
The Directors of the Poor of Yoik
Cotinty will erect an asylum for the caie
of the county's indigent insane.
The Indiana Supreme Court has decid
ed that life insurance policies are cot tax
able under the present Iuuiana tax lar-.
Centre County farmers will try to grow
peaches. More than lO.O'O trees have
been planted during the pi-il six
mouths.
The Centre County Fire Insurance
Company, at Bollefonte, conducted by
Patrvnsof Husbandry, has $2,:io,uuu in
surance in force.
On nearly every block in Japanese cities
is a public oven where. Fir a small fct
housewives may have their dinners and
suppers cooked for them.
Logan Carlisle, chief clerk of the Treas
ury Itepartmeut under the administra
tion of bis father, John G. Carlisle, diftd
iu New York, on Sunday. He was 3S
years of age.
The girl wife of General Cassius Clay,
of Kentucky, has returned to him, after a
three weeks' stay at the home of her sis
ter. The old man cried like a child when
be found her in his house again.
A resident of Atlanta, Ga., was so mad,
when on Sunday his wife became the
mother of a boy baby that he swore he
would never look upon the child's face.
His desire for a daughter hsd become a i
mania with him.
Vandals at Williamsport, Md., have '
been destroying monuments in the village
cemetery. As some of the tombstones
destroyed were those marking the graves
of Union fcoldiers it is said that the gov
ernment will undertake to discover and
punish the guilty parties.
It has been decided at Wilkesbarre that
Jail Warden Boland's contract with the
county commissioners to receive 30 cents
a day for feeding jail prisoners is not ex
orbitant. County Controller Lloyd had
claimed that 8 cents a day was sutlicieut
and refused to pay the bills.
Hon. Benjamin Butterworth, United
States Commissioner of Patents, died at
Thomasville, Ga., where he bad been ill
for several weeks, on Sunday afternoon.
Death was caused by an attack of pneu
monia. Mr. Butterworth was a native
of Ohio and for a long period of years had
been prominent in national politics.
The town of Indiana, which had licen
see granted last year for the first time iu
several years, will have one dry month
at least this spring. Judgi White has
announced that he will not decide license
applications until the 1st of next April.
Those granted lal year date from March
lit : hence a month will intervene with
n license, no matter how the decision
may ultimately be.
Jude Yerks of Bucks county last w et-k
seuletictd a gaugnf four burglars to terms
of imprisonment in the Kastern Peniten
tiary aggregating !U years. Charles Ar
nold, alias Chauoivy Arnold, the leader
of the gang, fainted when his sentence of
t'airty years was pronounced. James
Williams was sentenced to twenty-seven
years, Lafayette Young to IS years aud
Charles Harris to bi years.
Senator M arum, of Woodward, Oklaho
ma, a wealthy lawyer aud ranchinau, who
recently became noted all over the Vet
because during a three days' argument
in the Oklahoma Supreme Court he kept
the letter containing an answer -to his pro-
pokal of marriage in his pocket unopened
for fear the reply would bo unfavorable
and unuerve him to such an extent that
he would lose the case, was married
Thursday night to Miss Walton, of Ter
riL The excitemeut caused by the discov
ery of oil tlowing from the ground on the
Botbel farm, near Edgewood, Indiana
county, has not abated in the least, but is
rather on the increase. Doubting persons
are fewer in number in the community,
and interest in the matter is of a more
solid nature than that manifested at first.
The oil continues to (low almost as strong
as ever. Some Standard Oil Company
men have been at the field. The oil has
beeu examined by experienced men.
who, it is said, pronounce it crude of
high grade.
Mrs. Lucille Lane, youngest daughter
of Ken a tor Blackburn, of Kentucky, f-hot
herself in her apartments at a Washing
ton, D. C, hotel Saturday night. Aucord
ing to the statement given out by the
family the shooting was accidental. M rs.
Lane, it is said, opeued a bureau drawer
toget a handkerchief and picked up a
handful of gloves and laces which had
liecu tossed together iu the drtwer,
Under this Unify mass was a tiny pistol.
a gift from Mrs. Lane's father. It caught
In a piece of lace and was discharged.
the ball penetrating her left breast, mak
ing a dangerous wound.
One of the ugliest and most brutal-look
ing tramps that ever disgraced the coun
try walked into the public School at
Whitney, Westmoreland county, on
Thursday, and, compelling Miss Fausold,
the teacher, to take a seat with the pupils,
and cautioning all to remain quiet on
pain of death, began to deliver a lecture.
Two men on the road happened to see the
fellow go into the school, and they follow
ed him for fear he would do some harm,
He sbom-ed fight and the men had to give
the Weary Wraggles a thrashing and
throw him out of the school into a mud
puddle. He then made off. Some of the
smaller pupils ware frightened almost to
death.
Satan ia a Chnrcb.
Born.no-, Ind., Jan. 17. Rev. Mr.
Akin, pastor of the fl ick of Bethel
Church, Sunday night took for bis theme
"HisSantanic Majesty." lie is an elo
quent man, aud he painted the arch
fiend in vivid odors. At the climax of
the description a being, dressed to repre-
seiU a devil, with a large head and switch
ing tail, ambled up the aisle, blowing
smoke from his nostrils and bellowing
"I am tho devil and I want all of you J"
The audience became panic-stricken.
Men, women and children were hurled
to the floor and trampled upon in the
mad rush for the door. In the confusion
the stove was upset and the building
caught fire. Before the horrified mem
bers regained their senses the fire had
gained such headway that all attempts to
save the church were in vaiu.
This morning George Akin, son of the
pavtor, oonfsed that he, with the help
of other boys, rigged up a devil suit,
and, knowing the subject of his fath
er's sermon concealed himself behind
a chair and awaited the arrival of the
audience.
A LITTLE SUFFERER
Face, Hands and Arms Covered With
Scrofulous Humors How a Cura
Was Effected.
44 When five years old my littlo boy bad
scrofula on his face, hands and arms. It
was worst on his chin, although the sores
on his cheeks and handj were very bad.
It appeared in the form ot red pimples
which would fester, break open and run
and then scab over. After disappearing
they would break out again. They caused
intense itching and the littlo sufferer had
to be watched continually to keep him
from scratching the sores. We became
greatly alarmed at hh condition. My
wife's mother had had scrofula and the
only medicine which had hclpd her was
flood's Saraaparilla. We decided to give
it to our boy and we noted an improve
ment in his cae very soon. After giving
him four bottles of Hood's Sarsaparilla
the humor had all been driven out of his
blood and it has never since returned."
William Bartz, m South Williams St.,
South Bend, Indiana.
You can buy Hood's Sarsaparilla of all
druggists. Be sure to get only Hood's.
Hood's Pills IZZEZTSSS?-.
AN ITEM OF INTEREST
An Item of Interest from DiiBols flay
Explain Why the Reader Knows
Considerable and Does Not
Know Everything.
What we acquire easily, we pncra'L
Eart with ri.liiy; what cosla n a piiys
al or nieutal c3ort we, as a rule, nan
onto tenack.iir.ly. N 'ie Li a better
aa!hrity on thi. qne-tion than onr pub
lic school tciu-hrr. Mnny a time it njtist
have puzzlisl them what to do with, a
irreat many f their pupils. liw to v
knwlc!re into their Iculs a the dif
ficulty, but once iu, if they examine the
thick-knlhd receptacles of their pupils,
tliey will tud solid and snltautial rea
mus why (he knowle.li;.? cannot rc! : out.
It ia the aatne wuh Iojn' Kidney 1 Jla;
how to acieunt fur the work they do I
a puzzler, but every man wao u-a them
alwars cai give solid and substantial
reason for his estimate of their merit.
Mr. C. L. Luther, cor Lutiiersborir L'Hia
nod Welsr ave.. HuJtois, Fa., principal
of the Firt Ward school, aays: "I had
a severe attack of la grippe, which left
me a victim of neuralgia and kidney
trouble, producing a constant itchinit and
....... ir nitimi th loinR- and a severe
1.,-rtiiior fcciiKHtiou iii the stomach, the
latter beimr sore to the touch au.l very
much bloutej. The neuralgia settled
chiefly in the left iik' of the head, and
when the attack was most virulent, the
Kiifferinr was intense. The complaint
.u-cl.TNi imo a distressing aud auuoy-
ing urinary ditficulty, au.l for 71) day
t ....... ......(, f., i. ip l-il 1 nirtulIT
recovered, bat was 'still uuai.le to do
any work, when my attention was culled
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ID IttWIl ZVHIIIVJ --, " " r- -
nly Ht a drug store. I iuiou noti-ed tbeir
bcuehciHl effect. Continuing uie irtra.-
. 1 ..l....lv nMlnf.i.1 to HIT
mcill. 1 wn t:oni.-" j " -
normal health, and have since taken soaie
heavy exercise witn no inuicmiuu vi me
r " li.-,,,-. 1.-1.1,,,. Pill.
have earned my earnest commendation.
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gun ere n 10 give um mm.
IfcMn's Kidney Pills, for sale by all
dealers. Price 50 cents. Mailed tf
Foster-Milbnru Co., Buffalo. N. Y., sol
agents for the II. S. Remcii:ler the uautC
ijau' uud take ua substitute.
Seed of a Novel Fiend.
The body of five-year-old Percy Lock
yar, w ho is believed to have been mur
dered on Friday night by fifloen-yaar-old
Samuel Henderson was found Sunda"- in
the bottom of Keddios Creek, Sixtieth
and Catharine streets, Philadelphia, and
there seems little doubt in the minds of
the police that young Henderson is guil
ty of the crime.
The child's skull was crushed in an. I
there was a knife thrust just alsive the
heart and a similar wound on his breast,
side, aud forehead, while on one side of
his fii-e was along cut extending from
below the eye to tho chin. Two stones
tied to the body held it down in the
water. From w hat tho police have been
able to laaru. Ilia crime seems to have
been one of the most horrible character.
and if iLs details are true it stamps young
Henderson, who is a dime novel fiend,
as a degenerate of the worst type, and he
d.es not seem to realize the enormity of
his crime.
lie admits having coaxed Percy Loek
yar aud Willie Addison, sged seven years,
to the wood to "play Indian," but con
tends that the younger !oy ran against
the knife and 'Stabhe-J hiimolf." after
which Henderson claims he hocaiac
frightened and throw the body in tho
creek. The polico assert that Henderson
accompanied Lockyar and Addison to tho
wood", as he stated, but that instead of
any accident happening to either, Hen
derson tied both children to a tree; Ad
(lisou broke away and ran home, and it
was then, it is claimed, that young Lock
Jf.r's death was accomplished.
TSY GBMK-0! THY CBAIN-0 !
A-k your Grocer to-day to show you a
package of GltAIX-O, the new food drink
that takes the place of coffee. The chil
dren may drink it without injury as well
as the adult. All who try it, like it.
GKAIX-O has that rich seal brown of
Mocha or Java, but it is made from pure
grains, aud the most delicate stomach re
ceives it without distress. 1 the price of
codee. i cts. per package. Sold by all
grocers.
Cause ef the Suicides.
Washington-, Jan. 17. The quick sue
cession of suicides here during the lat
month, all being young ladies about the
same age. belonging to the same social
set, aud afilicted with the same mental
trouble, dospoudeucy, has prompted the
question which everyone in Washington
is trying to solve: "What lies behind
these tragedies
The conclusion is that the young ladies,
having liecu intimately acquainted, ex
perienced similar emotions i and that
w hen the first committed suicide the oth-
ersyiiipalbised deeply with her sailer
ings. In this way the idea of suicido was
suggested to the remaining three, and as
the mania developed tbey determined on
their own destruction. The report that
all belonged to a suicide club Is without
f-mudation.
Mrs. Lucille Lne, diughter of ex
Senator Blackburn, of Kentucky, who
shot herself late Saturday night, passed a
comfortable uight, and the doctors an
nounced that she would be entirely out of
danger aud able to sit up in three or four
days.
THE HOMELIEST MAS IN SOMERSET.
As well as the handsomest, and others
are invited to call on any druggist and
get Fit EE a trial bottle of Kemp's Bal
sam for the Throat and Lungs, a remedy
that is guaranteed to cure and relieve all
Chronic and Acute Coughs, Asthma,
Bronchitis and Consumption. Price 25c
Haryland' Senate Bice.
Axxapoi.is, Md., Jan. l'i The interest
of tho country at largo will centre this
week about the Maryland Legislature.
Although the Republicans control the
body, and unitedly could elect a United
States Senator to succeed Arthur P. Gor
man, Democrat, yet there is a serious
split, and eleven Republicans from Bal
timore threaten to combine with the
Democrats, and, if njcessary to assert
their independence, may re-elect Gorman
to succeed himself.
The condition of affairs is somewhat
similar to that seen in Ohio during the
past three weeks and if Gorman shall
not be re-elected a deadlock may ensue.
IN KIW DHESS.
The Seventh Avenue Hotel Hat lately Been
Bemodelcd and Eenovated! One of
FitUburg'i Finest Hottei
ries. After months of "turned-up-sidc-down.
edness," due to the entire hotfl being
overhauled, the old reliable Seventh Ave.,
Cor. 7th Ave. and Liberty Street, Pitts
burg, Pa., (B.C. Wilson A Co., Prop's.)
has emerged a complete, modern, up-to-date
hostelry. Some idea of its new
dress can be bad when it is said that it
has been temodeled, repaired and reno
vated from cellar to roof ; hot and cold
w ater put in every room; steam heat also
added; neat and new artistic iron and
brass bed installed. In fact everything
from cooking utensils to linen has lieen
newly replaced, leaving nothing undone
or to I desired. The dining room comes
from the hands of the decorators, one of
the finest in the city. Its table, always
up to a high standard, is better than ever
before. The Seventh Avenue has be
sides, the advantage of being a comforta
ble "home" hotel. When in Pittsburg
put up at the Seventh Avenue and be
pleased.
A Great Detective Story.
During the long winter evening-t what
is so pleasant to read as a good romance,
and what romance is so absorbing as the
novfl of mystery? The Pittsburg Cbron
icleTelegraph began pubiicxtk n nfastorY
of this kind Saturday, January, 15, and is
giving daily installment. It is em i tied
"Lost Man's Lane," by Anna Katharine
Green, w ho has a world-wide fame as the
hed of this school of li.iion. It is a
thri!li; slory of nivMery. th episodes
of which tx they unfol.l hiir';ten the
reader's interest and the evpluiuion
battles detection until the l-.t chanter
reveal -t it. The adventures of a wnm-m
detective are the thread on which the
incidents of a touching love st-vy are
strung. j
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lJ. stocked with appetizers
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It id worth yoir while to give attention to some reasons why
you should be a reader of the Philadelphia Tress.
The Trcs is the greatest home newspaper of the United States.
Its recor.d cf each day's events, ia all parti of the world, h more com
plete than that of any other paper. It has no space for sensationalism
or anything tending to lower the moral tone.
No other rhiiiidelj.h'm J'sper haseiiual facilities f. r ol.b'.iuinn prompt
and accurate Tt jxirts of new evenl.-, wherever they may cci.r. i-N IU rs fr the
l'ref-t are in every section of l'i,i!:..l. Iphiu every day ; ?eciul corrix..ieut of
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nia. New Jersey, Delaware uud Maryhmd, and at every news centre in the I'ni
t- i States uud tbe old world.
No other Philadelphia paper equals the Press in its special de
partments the woman's page; tha literary page; the market page:
the pages devoted to church news, school news, society news, G. A. IL
news, sporting news, etc.
The Press is an advocate of the principles of the Republican
party, hut it prints the news cf all political events more fully than any
other paper; hence the Press should Lc your paper, no matter what
jour political opinions aie, if jou wndi to be well in formed. In a word,
the Philadelphia Press prints all the news all the time.
Send in your address. Sample copy of the Press will be mailed
free. If you are fainninded you will read it regularly.
Tbe Iaily Press is mailed to subscribers forf;.00a year (50 cts. aiwnthi
payable in advance ; Tiie Sunday Press, Jl' 50 ayetir; The Daily and Sunday
Press, $s 00 a year ( 70 cts. a mouth ) ; Tbe Weekly Prts, H.U0 a year. A liiieml
commission is allowid to ersons who solicit f-tilerij -lions r to jcrsoi:s w ho
will place the Press on sale ia localities w here there are no agents. Addrts
The Press, Philadlphia.
Jos. Home & Co,
la our expei ience, wbii-h covers a
perimi of half a century long
T time isn't it? We never sold so T
T many yards of lress ii.xN J
m and Silks in January. This is
:p-oof of the fai t tliat we are
carrvinir out our promises of
T the lowest prices ever known
T for desirable goo.!. Our re-
nerve HttK'ks of rich H'dkn und
ne liresH tiixxls are now
thrown out to melt away at
these 5
t SPECIAL
i CLEARANCE PRICES
i Brocade Oros De Londre J
X andTaffetta Silks 1
J in a most lil.eral variety of col-
X orinps and chtib.deiKns, oiler- T
X ed now at 55c a yd 5
1 Such Silks usually Inst lnt a
2 short while at S-c and ?1.0O a Z
ynni.
There seem Ui be no cnlor-litn-
it to the line of
X Plain and Changeable T
X Taffetta Silks, J
Such as are most leeoiiiiti(i for
T shirt waists and liuiiiRs for or-
J Randies, irrenailiuew, musline T
X de soie and like fabrics, at X
75C a yd i
Checked and Plaid J
i Taffettas, X
Althonch always pbasiiiRiy
X popular, are re-eivinir more
X than their aivnstomed share of T
X f vr for fHsiiiotial.le waists X
and skirts and whole gowns;
at these special prices,
X The Check at 75c a yd. X
X The Plaids at $!& $1.25 a yd i
X A handsome lot of X
Fancy Mixed Dress Goods in
."n inch t'overt Cloths.
TjI inch Kancr fJranife Cloths, m
4i inch Tri -Colored Checks.
A dollar's worth of gooiliiess to
every yard, J
50c a yd
'Tis hardly necessary to teli you X
that early pickintrs are the choicest 2
and values such as these cannot
last long. A letter request through T
our Mill Order Iepartiiient will T
bring samples of tho above special J
offerings.
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He Wrra 8250.00 Kigbtgowni.
Washixoto.x, D. C. Jan. l.'l Presi
dent McKinley, at the rrquest of Senator
Wolcott, to-day Dominated ex-S!nator
Horace A. V. Tabor, the former million
aire, to be postmaster of Denver, in spite
of the fact that Tabor is a Bryanite, lie
cause at t7 he is absolutely in need of a
salary, having lost even the $K,(KiO recent
ly piven hiiu 1 y oue t,f tbe Colorado
millionaires in an unfortunate mining
venture.
Senator Teller was very much pleased
at tbe appointment of one of his follow
ers, and was inclined lo think that Den
ver ill also be pleased, although there
were ten candidates for the place.
Talior is still reniem!cred here as the
most sensational person who ever came,
to the Sena'e in our day.
During hi short term he was advertis
ed all over the I'niled States by his
nightgowns and other extraordinary ex
hibiliona of bis wealth. His diamond
cuff buttons with whic'a he used to
scratch h'n desk in tho Senate, in order
that it might always be remembered as
Tabor's desk, were never equaled in the
Senate. And neither were the extraor
dinary speeches which he used to make
the Senator, and the personal canvass
he made for tbeir autegrapha for his al
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Its action upon thesysteui is remarkable
and mysterious. It removes at once the
cause and the disease immediately disap
pears. The first dose greatly benefits;
To cents. Sold at Benford's Drug Store,
Somerset
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Pocketbook.
prices made to nnrry up the sbelf
eiiiptylug such ileteriniiieil sacrifice
of choi e g.NHls as, when investigated,
will show financial advantage ly u.l
any ever experienced in your dry
goods buying.
32 inch all wool neat mixtures, that
j were iV, are i,-.
3h inch all wool dark mixtures, -Joe
' 40 inch all wmd novcliics nice elfei-ls.i'ie
under prii to such extent as shows
! we mean to empty the.hclves at on e.
Novelty Orcs tio:ds and Si!i!r-.f4,
I 00c, .Vtc lo (IMi.
Assorted lines solid color Iress;s,l
same way half price, and less chances
for good useful gowns and skirt-i that
means money saved get samples and let
goods at the prices prove it.
Black CosJs shelves and PUid and
Flannel shelves also being emptied
with prices. Nice Black Grods reduced
to ".., 35c
jyl worth of d.oice Niik sacit'iced
among them a-e.lots at So, I-",, T.v t0
Jl.no a yard.
both f.incy and pl;iin colored silks
values that warrant your getting auiples
for dressy waists, for gowns and lor lin
ings. Not a surplus lot of goods xp-ired -prices
made to sell them now 'a tho time
to buy und save.
BOGGS & BUHL.
Allegheny, Pa.
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future.
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The only safe guar- fj
antec of a company's
ability to continue to V
pay dividends is its
surplus.
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Equitable strength. j
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Society." i
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IIVRDWVTIK STOKK,
Somerset, - - Pen:
1847.
Christmas i3 coming and Holiday presents are as nuacrcs
tho saying familiar
Fine Toilet Cases,
Manicure,
Shaving Sots
Cuff it Collar P.c?,
Glass Bottles,
N'ovcltics in Silver,
SacLct Poiley?,
ralmer'sarjilTonar.t's
f.nc Perfumery.
Fine Cigars of the most select brands. Coirj !. t
TuMets ami Clicwing Gains.
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