I I 11 i, H. 1. .mi' ' , J The Somerset Herald E0WA.RD SCULL, Editor Mid Proprietor. WEDNESDAY. ....January 25, 1. The ."tute league of JU-publioan (1ul will hold its annual conwutiou ia Pittsburg, i-x-iiteiiiber 7, -S and next. The latest rrei of moonshiners wa.s in a rvntml ward of Philadelphia. Tliey had an exaggerated idea of tiie :ui'tude of life :a that city. Tiiei'.e is a prudual trrowtli of the vote for Judge McCoiuas for United ' BUlea .Senator in tiie Maryland Iitgi. lature, A good man will 1 chosen if he is elected. Tiie auti-Q lay people are very anx ious that there should be a cjuarrrel be tween Quay and Penrose, They iuveut some cause for difference every few days, but abandon it as quickly. The arrival of Cl.OJO barrels of Amer ican apples at Hamburg in one day naturally attracts attention in Ger many. Their quality is unequaled in Europe, and that is why the market abroad is growing. When Great Britain found itseif powerless to control its American colo nies by military force it signed a treaty of peace and recognized their indepen dence. That wxh the s?n'iUe course, and Spain can profitably study the ex ample. The Maryland 'Legislature is fooling around on that Senatorial juetioii, and will probabiy c-jutiiiue to do so until the national leaders of the party force the election of some good man. Hold ing out to make a combination did not win in Ohio, aud it will fail in Mary laud. The Seuale passed the Lodge bill restricting foreign immigration by a vote of i- to 2s. The only wonder is that the vote was not nearly unani mous. It is the most drastic bill jet passed on the subject, aud the opjosi tion to it comes chietly from steamship companies. Senator Hoau'b proiK-d change of inauguration day to the 30th of April will not suit the rank end file, who al ready have all they can d to wait from November to March. To delay the prospect any further would be deferring hope beyond the li outs of reason, to say nothing of endurance. Oxe o" the principal speakers at the State convention of Silver Ik-publicans iu Ktnsas expressed tha conviction that no party ougnt to exist for more than twenty years, and add id the h.ipe that the Silverites would not be led to forsake the cause by the j resent wave of prosperity. A party that is r.fraid of the prosperity of the people is not likely to live twenty years, and ought not to live twenty minutes. The Pennsylvania S'jtte Board of Agriculture is doing a good work. The number of cattle with tuln-reulosis con demned last year in Penu.-ylvai.ia was 1,S39, which was 2J.39 ler cent of the whole number examined. The disease is rapidly decreasing. But while a sin gle case remains human life is in dan ger, and thoughtful men are rather afraid of milk ia large cities. Prompt and radical measures are resorted to whenever these cases appear. The Ohio State Republican Commit tee will meet soon x expel National Committeeman Kurtz from the com mittee and elect his successor. It is claimed that there is a precedent for this action which dates back to WJ7, when a Xat'.onal Committeeman was expelled by the State Committee for countenancing the treachery of Andrew Johnson to t!ie party. Such being the case, Kurtz should be bounoed quickly, aud with more than than the usual de gree of force. The Tammany Democracy of New York serves notice that it wants no more of Bryan. This notice comes through the New York Journal, which was a rabid Biyanite organ in ls!K, but is now soured on the Nebraska boy or ator. The Free Silver Democracy of the South and West, however, still fol low the star of Bryan, and they are likely to ride rough-shod over the De mocracy of the Ivist The average Bry an Democrat would prefer Bryan with c rtai'i defeat to anybody else with po-.- eible success. There should be no change what ever in the Republican position or pol icy on the mouey question. On the contrary, the action of the Senate and other indications that it will be the per manent issue in 1900 make it all the more important that the Republican party should take advanced ground upon it and lose no time in declaring its positioo. The sooner this is done, and the more decided'.v, the letter. The Republicans in the House should act upon the question as if there were no Senate and no Democratic jiarty in existence. bPAlx Las good cause for alarm. She is not frighteutd at the tin thunder of the Democrats, for she knows they have no influence either in the House of Rep resentatives or on the country. But she sees that the patience of the Ad ministration aud the Republican partv which have the jreople behind them, is almost exhausted, and that the move ment of war-ships to the gulf means that intervention and the recognition of the Cubans as belligerents are close at hand. A complete change in the entire Cuban situation may occur at any moment. General Miles, the commander of the army, has informed prominent Sen ators and Representatives in Congress that the coast defences would be utterly at the inercy of a hostile fleet, and that in general this country is entirely uu prepared to go to war. He says that before the necessary munitions coul-I be obtained and the army put in proper condition iO man the forts the war would be over with the stars and strips trailing in the dust. Among other things bis statement coutaius the start ling news that there is no powder with which to charge the huge guns that have been put in position recently by the Government for coast defence. At the present moment the Cuban discussion in the House has diverted attention from the Hawaiian annexa tion discussion in the Senate, The dis cussion continues, however. Cuba may also become American territory this year, but in any case Hawaii is likely to be ours before the present session of Congress ends. It is expected that a vote will be reached on the treaty by the middle of February, arid if the two thirds is not obtained the question will be deult with by loth branches. As a joint resolution or as a regular act of Congress anuesatiou is, of course, sure of the majority vote which would push it to enactment. The morning papers announce a scheme which an Ohio lawmaker nam ed Adams Las concocted. He proposes that the people of his Stat- shall have money cheap. They are going to got :t by issuing a few millions of bonds, taxiug them.selves to pay the interest at three per cent, aud then Itorrowing the money of themselves and payiug themselves six per cent, on the loan. This da.lingly beautiful scheme of li nance doubtless will paralyze J. Fior pont Morgau, lius-ell Sage aud other financiers. It suggests that old plan of lifting one's self over a fence by the boot straps. Ixgi.-lator Adams ha- a genius eculiarly adapted to txpiHriisg the circle and the discovery of perpet ual motion. It is a brilliant wlieme, now isn't it ? The cries of "Down with Blanco!" which are resounding through Havana are ominous. Blanco is the third com mander whom the Spaniards have had in Cuba since the rebellion started. Each has had a different plan of cam paign, and each has been a failure. No other man whom Spain has could do any Utter. Almost three years have passed since the rebellion began, and the reliels are stronger now than they ever were before. If Spain withdraws Blanco she will confess that the rebell ion can not le put down, jet the Cu bans who are loyal to Spain demand his withdrawal. The riots in Havana mean hostility to Blanco and despera tion at the failure to suppress the insur gents, aud the riots at any time may precipitate intervention by the L nited States. Apparently the day of Cuba's deliverance is close at hand. Following are all mentioned as can didates for the Republican nomination for Governor; the State Convention meets early in June: P. A. B. Widen- er, Philadelphia; John Wauamaker, Philadelphia; Col. S- M. Jackson, of Armstrong county, ex-S'.ate Treasurer ; Judge S. H. Miller, of Mercer; Attor ney. General McCormick, of Lycoming county; Adjutant General Thomas J. Stewart, of Montgomery county ; Con gressman William Connell, of Lacka wanna; ex-Congressman John Leisen ring, of Luzerne; William Henry Say- en, of Delaware; Auditor General Amos B. Mylin, of Itncaster; Con-gressman-at-Large Galusha A. Grow, of Susquehanna ; Senator J. P. S. Go- bin, of Iebanou ; Congressman William C. Arnold, of Clearfield ; Congressman Thad Mahon, of Franklin ; General John A. Wiley, of Venango; Congress man C. W. Stone, of Warren, aud Con gressman William A. Stone, of Alle gheny, with ex-Auditor General D. McM. Gregg as the eighteenth. THE FIGHT SET FOR 1900. Senator ftuiy Bounds the Tocsin of War. Washington, I). C, Jan. 21. The issue of the coming campaign is now teing made uu in Congress on the money ques tion. Nothing can come of the measures oflTeriid by either side enrept to sharply draw the issue and clearly divide the p pot:ig forces. Nothing that the Senate passes can pass the House, and nothing that lite House passes can pass the Senate on this question. This is now recognized, even by most of thoi-e currency rerormera whj thought their cainipnigu of education might affect the Senate so powerfully as to enable them to pass through that body any currency reform measure they could get through the House. The campaign of education will possioly pass a bill through the House, and at all events it must be kept up for its effect in the cam paign of nexc fall. All the Republican leaders in Congress do not seem to appreciate that they must face this issue aud that the battle for the control of the next Senate and the next House of Representatives turns upon it and is really already on, for some of them are trying to avoid or at least post pone. SENATOR WAY'S WARNISI1. Senator Quay, the most astute politician on the Republican side, said today: "Tho Republicans talk about meeting the finan cial question; yet they ran away from it yesterday. Those men who made millions of dollars out of the result of the last elec tion imagine that the financial question is a dead issue, and that they are safe from any danger of Cryanism or free sil ver. They will find out thnir mistake when the vote on the Vest resolution is taken. "Those same men who were benefitted by the election of McKinley and the up holding of the gold standard are bolting the party organization in New York, Pennsylvania and elsewhere and doing everything in their power to destroy the party organizUion, which is the only practical safeguard against the danger they most fear. They lelieve they are safe, but they will be badly fooled. "I hold that it is good politics and good business policy to meet the silver men and assist them in putting the question to the front, for it gives us a chauce to reform our broken lines and get together on the St. Lmis platform. We kuow as well as the IemocraU do that nothing of a radio il nature can be accomplished on the financial question, aud if the Dem ocrat desire to make it an issue again we should welcome the effort." M'Ktsaa Confirmed. Washinuton, Jan. 2 Attorney Gen eral McKenna was eonfiruipd yesterday by the Senate a Justice of tho Supreme Court of the I'nited States, in succession to Justice Field, w ith only one dissenting vote, w hich was that of Senator Allen, of Nebraska, the Populist long distance orator, who talked all afternoon iu oppo sition to Mr. McKenna's confirmation, with the apparent result of converting all the other opponeuts of Mr. McKenna to his support. Mr. McKenna will tender his resigna tion as Attorney General as soon as he is noli ied officially of his continuation, and will take his seat upon the Supreme bench next week. He received numer ous congratulations. He was not more pleased than President McKinley, who took the wannest personal interest iu the success of his nomination. Conrt Charged Viti Coercion. Lancastkr, Pa., Jan. 21. An appeal to the Superior Court has has U-en taken in the case of Henry Wilheim, who was con victed of larceny. At the conclusion of the arguments of counsel at the trial of the case, Judge Livingston directed the jury to render a verdict of guilty. One of the jurors wanted the jury to retire to consider the matter. The Court held this to be unnecessary, and directed the clerk to take their verdict of guilty. Counsel for Wil helm hold that the court cannot coerce a jury into rendering a verdict of guilty. Sailed Their Teacher. Anna, UU Jan. 2L John McGowan, who has been teaching the Cauble school in Alexander county, has died from in juries iuflicted by two pupils, Henry and Scott Jordan, 19 and 20 years old. Me- u.iuiiBiruulw an ine pupils to greet each other upon enteriug the school ea h morning. The Jordan boys did not like the rule and disobeyed it. This re sulted in a whipping. The boys waylaid McGowan while on bis way to church and gave him a fata! beating. They were arrested and are held at Jonesborougtu Battl Ship Gmi to Etva&a. Washington, Jan. Within hours, for the first time since the insurrection began in Cuba three rear ago, the Coiled Suites government will be represented in the harbor of Havana by a warship. Or ders were to-day sent to Admiral Si card, in command of the North Atlantic squad ron, which sailed this morning from Key West for Dry Tortugaa, to send the bat tleship Maine to Havana. TLls decision was reached at a special meeting at tho White House this morning between the Preeident, Secretary Long, Assistant Sec retary lay. Attorney Geueral McKenna and Gen. Miles, and. with the exception of the Secretary of the Navy and the At torney General, n-t a meuiWr of the Cabinet knew of the President's Inten tiot to take this radical action. It is not denied that such move has been Ion in ooiuemplaiion, as is evidenced in the lol lowing statement of Assistant Secretary Day, made this afternoon : The sending of the Maine to Havana mej.ns simply the resumption of friendly naval relations with Spain. It is cus tomary for naval vessels of friendly na tions to pass in and out of the harbors ofo:her countries with w hich they are at peace, and British and German war ships have recently visited Havana. This is no new move. The President has in tended to do it for some tune, I it hereto fore somethiug has happened to postpone it. The orders to the Maine mean noth ing more than I have said, and there ia nothing alarming or unfriendly in them Tue Spanish minister here is fuliy in formed of w hat is going on, and, so far as I know, has not made the slightest objec tion to it." Judge Day said that Consul General Lee had not sent for a warship. This statement shows that the move could not have been taken if there were serious ap prehension of its results iu Havana. The general belief here is that in Madrid, rather than in any Cuban town, is trouble to be looked for, if there should be any misapprehension of the purpose of our government in sending the Maine to Ha vana. The temper of the opposition news papers in the Spanish capital has been threatening for some time, and it may re quire the strong band of the news censor to repress utterances that would lead to rioting. The text of the orders to Admiral Sicard to send the Maine to Havana was not made public Memliers of the Senate Foreign Relations committee received with evidout satisfaction the information that the Maine is to go to Havana. Senator Fry said that the action was eminently satisfactory to him. Senator Gray said it was very proper to have a warship in Ha vana for the protection of American in terests. Senator Morgan said that Ger many had shown the United States the way by sending her warships to Havana and was evidently badgering this gov ernment in 'he matter. Senator Foraker said he wished the other vessels of the squadron would be ordered to follow the Maine. Secator Cullom said : "I am glad to hear it. I hope the Maine will be followed by other vessels." Senator Tel i or said Le would like to see the harbor of Havana filled with American ships. Fiend's Harder tf hit Wife. Chicago, III., Jan. 20. James Smith, the companion of Chris. Merry, a ped dler, told the story in court to-day of the murder of Merry's wife. "The truth is, neither Mickey, nor I was there when Merry killed bis w ife," said Smith. "We were across the street. We could bear him pounding her head upon the floor. No, she didn't cry. She couldn't. He was choking her. Then he came over and Ud me about it. "Merry was pretty badly broken up that night. We left P( Uy in the bed and sat by the suve all night. We did not sleep. He thought a gxnl deal of that woman thought too much of her. But he had such a temper." Smith also told about the burying of tho body in a ditch outside the city and journey to Kentucky, where they were captured. Merry, after the murder, took his liaby boy to a ueighlor's, where tho child's prat'le led to an investigation. Ir.sars.nce Paid on Lest Han. F hank fort, Ky., Jan. 21. James W. Tate, the defaulting ex-State Treasurer of Kentucky, who left the State, leaving a deficit of about fs0,0i0, eleven years ago, is now legally dead. There always has been a great deal of mystery con nected with Tate's disappearance, and it has been claimed by all his enemies and many of his friends that he was alive in some foreign country, enjoying the pro ceeds of his ill-gotten wealth. The law in Kentucky i, however, that after a man has lieen missing for seven years and nothing has lieen heard from him during that time, he is legally dead. Under this statute bin heirs recently brought suit against the insurance com panies to recover the insurance upon his life. The insurance companies fought th6 cases bitterly until this morning, when the attorneys for the Connecticut Mutual Life appeared in Court and paid over ftl W on the fi.OuO policy which Tate carried in their company. Special Train For a Bottle. Aiti.ktun City, Kan., Jan. 20. The of fleers of the Missouri, Kansas A Texas Railway sent a special train 101 miles from Parsons, Kan., to Appleton, yester day iu 101 minutes to carry a bottle of auti toxine. Cashier H. Williams, of the Arpleton City Bank, broke his leg by a fall from a horse last week, and tetanus set in. Tho anti-toxine was ordered by telegraph from Kansas City, but by mistake was sent to Parsons, Kan., 101 miles from Appleton. The railroad sent the train to get it, but Williams died. TKT GaAI5-o7"lKY GEAIH-0 ! Ask your Grocer to-day to show you a package of GRAIN-O, the new fooddriuk that takes the place of colfee. The chil dren may drink it without injury as well as the adult. All who try it, like it. GRAIN-O lias that rich seal brown of Mocha or Java, but it is made from pure graitis, and the most delicate stomach re ceives it without distress. the price of cofiee. 2."oLs. per package. Sold by all grocers. Baffled Kisser'i Sage. Lancaster, Pa., Jan. 20. Meeting Al-i-e Buzzard yesterday, William Tuck, a colored resident of the Welsh mountain, attempted to kiss her, and w hen the wo min declined to lie kissed. Tuck struck her on the head w ith an ax. He l!d ami has not yet been caught. The woman was found unconscious on the road and takeu to her home. Dr. Miller, who was summoned, is of the opinion that her skull is fra4ured aud that she will die from her injuries. Oflirs are searching for the colored man, who tied immediate ly after the attack. The Birth of the "Greater" Kew Tork. With the dawn of the new year tho "Greater" New York is ushered into the world a full grown giauL The problem of municipal government in this country is to i put to the supremest Ustontbe grandest scale. Within its limits is con tained a population equal to that of th'r teen of our soverign Slates at the last cen sus, and as large as that of the original thirteen States w hen the union 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 sufferers in New York and else-where can be wrested from the grasp of that agonizing complaint, rheumatism, by the timely and systematic use of Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, which is, moreover, a preventive of malaria and kidney trouble, and asovereign cura tive of liver complaint, constipation, dys pepsia, debility, sick headache and nerv ousness. It Is an admirable appetizer and promoter of sleep, hastens convalescence, and counteracts the infirmities of age. Varyland't Senatorial Deadlock Hnybo Brokra. Baltimork, Md., Jan. tT After a week's Imllotlng iu the Leg slsture fur theelcctiou of a United State" Senator to succeed Mr. Gorman, the opposing forces are still engaged in a hot fight, but it is claimed to-night that the deadlock w ill le broken. The friends of Judco Imis K."McCouia eipross great conllduce in his strength, and even predict that he will le elected. The Judge eonierred with Representatives of the rival factions hare last night, and Postiuatcr General Gsry is renrted lo have brought his strongest intluences to !r upon the Kastern Shore iiiciiiImts, w ho have lsen supporting Major Shaw, the city candi date. The supporters of Major Shaw have tseu informeil that the l'rtxidetit, while not openly expressing a preference, is desirous of seeing Jinlgi McComss elect ed, liecause he now ha the support of all the Slate leaders in the party aud the votea of two thirds of the Republican members of the General Asscir 'y. Mayor Malster has lieen holding the city eleven in line against the State or ganization, but the organization leaders claim that he is losing his grip on them. It is undersUKid that three or four of the Malsler eleven are w illing to compro mise on General Shrock or Mi. Gary, but the McCotnas managers will not lis ten to any such proposition. Ehenmalism Cared in a Say. "Mystic Cure" for Rheumatism and Neuralgia radically cures in 1 to 3 days. Its action upon the system is remarkable and mysterious. It removes at once the cause and the disease Immediately disap pears. The first dose greatly benefits; 75 cents. Sold at Benford's Drug Store, Somerset India Awed by the Eclipae. Bom hay, Jan. 23. The eclipse of the sun was accompanied here by a rapid fall of temperature. An earthy smell perv ailed the air and the scene resembled a landscape under a wintry English sun. The duration of totality w as tw o minutes. with a marvelous corona of pale silver aud blue. The conditions w ere favorable at lioth Profesvior Sir Norman Lockyer's camp, near Viziadroog (on the Malabar coast.) and at Professor Campbell's camp, near Jour- The native astrologers predicted terri ble calamities. The natives sw armed to devotional exercises, and there was gen eral fasting, but no great alarm. The Nizam of Hyderabad liberated M pris oners giving each a gift of money and clothes. THE HOMELIEST HAH 15 SOMERSET, As well as the handsomest, and others are iuvited to call on any druggist and get FREE a trial bottle of Kemp's Bal sam for the Throat and Lungs, a remedy that is guaranteed to cure ami relieve all Chronic aud Acute Coughs, Asthma, Bronchitis and Consumption. Price 2.c Hary Kilea' Crime. Black Ri vf.r FALLs,Wis., Jan. 22. An attempt to wreck a train in revenge for killing a horse, is the charge against Mary Miles, arrested here last evening. Detectives say the evidence against her is positive aud thatot(Torarn.ts will follow, clearing up a mystery of nearly four years standing. The crime with w hich she is charged was committed near Withee. in June, lSiq. A horse owned by her was killed by a Wisconsin Central traiu aud the company refused damages. In revenge, it is alleged, she laid the ties in a culvert to wreck a passenger train. The obstruc tion was struck by a freight traiu, doing considerable damage, but the wreck was attended with no loss of life. WASHINGTON AND BALTIMORE. Special Ten-day Excursion! via Pennsylva nia Bailroad. Washington is a most interesting city. The Capitol, the Congressional Library, the National Museum, and the Monu ment are among the great creations of civilized mau. To afford an opportunity to visit the city w hile Congress is iu ses sion, the Pennsylvania Railroad Com pany has arranged for a series of a low- rato ten day excursions to the National Capital, to leave Pittsburg February 17. March 17, April li, and May 12. Round trip tickets will be sold at rates quoted below, good going on special train indi cated, or on train No. 4, leaving Pittsburg at S 10 p. in., aud carrying through sleep ing cars to Washington ; returning, tick ets will be giod on any regular train ex cept the Pennsylvania Limited. These tickets will also lie cood to stnp elf at Baltimore within their limit. Specinl train of through parlor cars and coaches will be run on the following schedule: leaves Pittsburg at 8 on. Round trip tickets, S!t 00. Leaves Connellsville at 7..T2. Ruund trip tickets, $7.35. I.oavs Johnstown at 10.15. Round trip tickets, f7.35. Should the number of passengers not be sufiicieut to warrant the running of a special train, the company reserves the right to carry participants in this excur sion on regular train. Tickets on sale in Pittsburg, at Union Ticket Office, Fifth Avenue, and Union Station, and st all stations mentioned above. For full information apply to agents or Thomas E. Watt, Passenger Agent Western District, Fifth Avenue aud Smithtield Street, Pittsburg. Sold Daughters for 100. Toi.kimi, O., Jan. 21. At Kelley's Island JeM ph Folk sold bis two daughters for jHn, gi ing them in lieu of money each to satisfy a debt of J.V), which he could n t otherwise meet. A year ago Folk 'a ft his home and family iu Poland to -rek his fortune in America, making his way to Kelley's Island, where found work. Then his wife died, and the sad news came to him that his young daughters were in want. He had not enough money to send for them, but be borrowed $50 each from Feter Mille and Joseph Hi dock, who were earning more than he, to pay their passage across the ocean. A couple of weeks ago they arrived and were warmly received. But the monev loaned by Mille and Hidock was due and Folk could not pay it. They pressed hi-n and finally tho old man said he was afraid he could never pay it, but to sat isfy the debt ho would give oue of the daughters to each as a w ife, and this prop osiiion was accepted. Mary Folk, aged lfi, was choseu by Hidock. and Anne, the younger, by Mille. Yesterday was the wedding day. Those Dreadful Sores They Continued to Spread In Spite cf Treatment but Now They are Heated A Wonderful Work. "For many years I have been a great sufferer with varicose veins on one of my limbs. My foot and liinb became dread fully swollen. When I stood np I could feel the blood rushing down tho veins of this limb. One day I accidentally bit my loot against some object and a soro broke out which continued to spread and was exceedingly painful. I concluded I needed a blood purifier and I began taking Hood's Sarsaparilla. In a short time those dreadful sores which had caused me so much suffering, bezan to htal. I kept on faithfully with Hood's Sarsapa rilla, and in a short time my limb was completely healed and t he sores gave me no more pain. 1 cannot be too thankful for the wonderful work Hood's Sarsapa rilla, has done for me." Mrs. A. E. Gllfiox, Hartland, Vermont. Hood Sarsa- j 5 Darilla . Is tiie best in fact the Oue True Blood furilcr. ' , i Hood's Pllla cure all liver Ills, iesecuta. I Farmers of Txa. Oklahoma and South ern Kansas are ciigsgisl In an unique rail road chimin. They propose to ihum a line by their ou woik and some cash. The stock of the company was taken by th i farmers, w ho worked out Ihnlr obli gations themselves. WIhmi completed the rtvtd will run from Henrietu, Texas through Southorn Kainw, North-teru OKUhoma and ludi.tn Torrilory to a point east of Chctopa, Ksn., on the Southorn Kausso line. Tins nmd will connect w ith Ihn iulf and the Braw-s rout at Henrietta and wiil afford direct communication with ports Yela ami lialvestoli. KN0WlMj0W PAYS! An Engineer on the Ohio Speak on a Per- I Matter. When '.( bccuinc conipulsoiy In the State o' Pciiiu-ylvania for cm:iiwcr ami other olticcra of at.aiu cnift to P up for examination, and take out painT Iiecns- fi.,.. u. I.i.l.l nosi inns, a citmiiiiiii aiv often deceptive, and in lo case the booaicr answered quickly and currecly every juration asked him. One of the examiners, a jr-xid-natured otlieial. joking ly said: ' My num. Jon have done re markably wed. answer this: Siip;e yu were out iu the middle of the Ohio In steam-tiont, and your puius w ere in r kjI working orier, but would not draw water, what would yon do?" The answer c.iuie as quickly as the any of the precedm: "I would look ever the side of the boat, and see if the Ohio was dry." Now this old anecdote has nothing whatever to do w ith Fngiucer Jas. W. Kdgnr, of No. 44 Seventh av MeKeesport, Pa., a ma rine engineer, who has had forty years experience in navigating all of the navi gable rivers or me couuirx. -- "-r' introduce hira iu thU manner, so that if the reader is annoyed in the same way, he will know what to do. Mr. Edgar eavs:"'For several yearsl have had severe trouble with my kidneys; in fact. I had to give up my work on that account. I had se vere pains through my loins and kidneys, and an extreme weakness of the secre tory organs. Headaches were frequent, and geuerally accompanied by dizziness. I got Iloan's Kidney Pills at a drug store, and I am glad to say they thoroughly took all pnins away, and I never felt tet ter than at tiie present time, and I ow pleased to recommend ao worthy a rein ed v." Ooan's Kidney Pills, for sale by all dealers. Price WJ cents. Mailed by Foster-Milburn Co., Ruffalo. N. V.. Me agents for the U. S. Renicniber the ojce 1 loan's and take no substitute. .Horne & Co, f Announce i The Openimg of t New Spring Woolens t Broadcloth at $1 00, $1.25, $1.50, $2 00 to $2.50 a yd. Plain and Fancy Velour Suitings, at $1.50, $2.00, $2.50 and $3.00 a vard. New Popular Priced Suit- ins in very handsome mix- J ed effectd; these include Y the new iilue, brown, green $ aud castor shade3 at o 65c a yard. We are also showing new lines of Fancy Taffeta J Silks in stripes, checks and J plaid".--, at 75c,$!.00 and $1.25 a yard, t Also exclusive patterns in X Printed Foulard and India Silks very stylish print ings, at 75,c $I.C0and $1.25 a yard. Over 100 colorings ia Plain and Changeable Hustling Taffeta Silks, at 75c, 85c and $1.00 a yard. Weotrer the above as represant ing the uewest and best things for the coining season and invite your orders through our extensive Mail Order department. 525-527 Pens Ave . PITTSBURG. PA pMrcth Jlrht hn living Swccicus Mlirrth'-Jti ,hl when dying." It is the Life Assurance zi Policy" that is taken and t p - id tor that lightens the rj; i ad and brightens the s;. pathway of widow and ": orphans. : And a Life Assurance Pol- si ;cy is Ood in propor- si t on to the strength and i .standingof the company . back of it. jj: IV rty-three Million Dol- lars Surplus j Is bark -of every contract :. written by the Equitable ;! Lii;-Assurance Society. ; ! tv-'i- Inn 90 pr rent, ff . line .iitf:r an- J-1 oil u v p t.U of Ucia arc iV. li. ; EDWARD A. WOODS, Manager, J; IS riTTSB.'RGIt. 2: If L FOSDICK, General Agent, f; J Somerset. sj A A A A AAAAA A A i A A A News for your Pocketbook price made t. hurry up the ahelf einptying such determined sacrifice of choice goods an, wheu investigated, w ill show financial advantage beyond any ever experienced in your dry Eoods buying. 32 inch all wind neat mixtures', that were 2.V, are ' l."e 3S inch all wool dark mixture. -JV 40 inch all wool novelties nice elfe-ts,2."ic under price to such fx tent aa -howg we mean to empty thr hclves at once. Novelty Dress Goods and Suititijr, c, .Ve to fl.ff Assort ed lines solid c1or Dress Goods same way half price, and less chauces for good useful gowns and skirt I bat means money saved get samples and let goods at the prices prove it. Rlack Good shelves and Tlaid and Flannel fchelvcs also being emptied with prices. Nice Black Gcods reduced to 2.V, Uoc $.j0,flrtfl worth of choice Silks sacrificed among tbein arelota at .T, ao, Co, 75c to flOOayard. both fancy and plain colored silks values that warrant your getting samples for dressy waists, for gowns and tor lin ings. Not a surplus lot of good spared prices made tot-ell them now V the time to t.uy and save BOCGS & BUHL. Allegheny, Pa presented himself at an ursl. whose boo mer appearance U-tokeu.sl he knew very luUw-itfiout navigation. cd less alioiit l.ie r..,,. i.r m Kleiim-bouL Loeka ' r r ' ' - " fji i? V You can accomplish Groceries, Flour Grain and :Fced from us W ....IN FancyStaple Grocery Department :H Wc carry ncthiV' bat the "Best" brands of goods t K s the markets afford. We know just what you ftf: need and yen will always fir.d our store we.I Ss i stocked with cppetiers T f .i ll iZi iieais, v CTeiaoics J line of f.1 FANCY TOlLIi I bUAl, Cook & A Word With You..... It is worth jour wliile to you should be a reader of the Philadelphia Press. The Press is the greatest Its record of each day's events, in plete than that of any other paper. It has no space for sensationalism or anything tending to lower the moral tone. No other Pliiliolcliiliia pupvr Las ei!ial facilities for ohtainini proir.pt and accurate reports of new event.-, wherever they may (ni-nr. jicp rttrs for the 1'ress are in every section ot i'lui.oieijmu every nay ; Fpi t '.n ( f.rn nnneiii3 oi the I'rcss are stationed at every canity seat and imiMirtapt tou iu lVnn.ylva nta, N'e Jersey, Delaware and Maryland, aud at every news centre in the I'ni ted States and the old world. Xo other Philadelphia paper equals the Press in its special de partments the woman's page; the literary page ; the market page; the pages devoted to church news, school news, society news, G. A. 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HARPER'S m : en'cr thr cominc vnr pr;iarci tojfivc to th-; rei(!in;r public that which h milo it f.!n-. f r f r ' ji'it-r cciiiiTV con sr. but 10114 from irie pn of :he jrreil littnr ne i au-l nhi;ic ( w r! !.:jiri;cJ by tctJukj arn-t. A brief trance over prncctus a:t.o aiic- as 1 OLR PACIFIC PROSPECT ' rr.oi'Tr: rs mi'iiipi o iiml tub (oaouniL iipn.Tiiur or MTiti'.ji ri-;ii r, 11-. i' 1' in rrui-.'K , vjra;.nw c. mi 1 rt.TKii -ihvi;h iid TnK r ii pic thi DE'iuiPniNT nr un rtnric iov:i r, j','..;'.).'..! Ci'.vs.ii 1, iiunt.LS I : trans RODHA'S CORNER THE NOVEL OF THH YEAR 1 - 1! --v Sft-in MF.KRluAie.autl'.'Tr of "'flic Sow-n " Striking novc!:i.s in s-Iiorl fr!i-n f r ri r.lj ie I bv u. h antn.n a V. 1. lliurif!U, kntnri! H.iriii i : l'a.i, I'.ri id?r M nihcui. ) 1 rcii-i.c Uemi..oi, Ku.li Mcr ai.'ry Stuart, and others. XtirK i.l b- A ichc et arl.ee fa A T.i P?.3"R"o3 0- SCIENCE EUH0PE. POLITICAt tSO S0Ci:L AT AND THE rr.'.".l K Mlli MUM- CIli3".E3 Ifi 4M"-t!CAN SOCIETY AMESICM CHASKTC SKETCHES K Vi.'.i" f t; tJ .iV '.-T-V'-x iu th? United Stjitu Ci'iaJi, r.ni !IciU. Su&.S4aje;r. AdJ.-cs: liS'lPEl & CnOTHEES. Pub's, ri.Y.Cir- CckJ for Ires frot?c:!L-; t dtrrir? iSr,5 will nnrMnt to itl icauiion of the world's most f a Hm ,?'.?'. P -CT"Tv. A.lr, P-'J . THE KEWS THAT BECUSES HISTO'.Y National and Inter-j TJ.cWk-lt will conin.ie m national Politics j ' ihe creat ruimcil event, . f ...,r c.'.un. Social and Economic ,rT- . ' " ' he wui an.t r..w Questions 1 "''C qiievii.ij, and oi the rfercurinic il ji S. At. iluiltlt W. O. II -mrlm Art and literature ( ,he ot tbe gri gld dixonZ. LONG SERIALS AMD SHORT STORIES Twnlone vria!s !i appear danntlie J THE ye.ft. va in buted hr authors ol inter- " ' FTT naik.Mi tame, and sU be d!u:ratcd. I l'V.n??n? I 1 "J PJ' t n h' lU c..n.nbute,i,n;i..neit.l,e John Mendrick Bangs ; v h. iv.wU.,t tl.- patres. arj t.Wilkins 'cuiiynchinficiiuo, U.bci fcaiurcire d.e DEPARTMENTS A.'-JD SFECIAL ARTICLES THIS BUST W0R10 FOREIGN K0TCS t, k . .in. e, f.riTMT H,ati.9 LETTERS FROM 10KD0N AMATEUR SPORT ry Ji-...i n ii. tk f: i:i.-;r-iM hitu t A SPORTING PILGRIMAGE AROUND THE V.CRLJ Tn iheintrreM .rf llieW'KEKLr.t'.par Whitney is. n hisKava-oiLid the w.irM. He mut viit .Mm in aemh rfWj tans; nuv i.v h; pniit'MSl Hum Irom l:jn;k..k. Ileiil.,i f miLi .mri tlien prince t to hmoix to prepare articirton llie pon .4 rrm..tiy ajd I rare-. 1 c. aee?rlHjrrrr rctntia. Sust,ifi.j J v.;, f:jr I'jst.iftrtt m tit ImitrJ S1.U11. Cu.i.ii,,tK.t M xu. Addreiw 11 w:rm a ci:iTi:.iisr.i.iiher.rw iiir;ij tgt.-gbS;'5-.W KL.rJZZf:z:J .hwr-iAk4 a thorou-'j! cB-tvdite pcric'al for women. i!l er.ter npoo ks lUirty-irit -l.:m. i 1 11. Iht. is i'i.- it :! be as bcrctUr A T.!I?.ROR O? FASHION Paril ar.J lls:i Tork l FUch i-iue er.n;ai t can-f,.-'! rjt- Fnshinn 3 i I"" t. 1 j t- l- 1 nJ N.-w Vwk. lm.tir,i:h r?" A Colored Fashioi i-e IUik e. tree, a oii..red WrrSi Sjpflcmont ti-hi.i.ii:.p:enern. 1 .hi paper t.itrrnn Y 7 - . B .. cerraM . 111 e.Hir nur.K.r m i ho V Cut Paper Pattern; OKule a leu..re. t llt ,i , . .S A Ci-iVeeitf Pctiem ' "' - ink eacli i-.ue at a n nl.m Ili.iB 11 .!, c. ' : P're. I I!aia vnii alo pub 1 h bi. : iV..-. a-. ,;,!. :...... T. W. Hi;taMrsi ) LON'G SERIALS AND SHORT STORIES T-kci fam4isa :t!-ni lil cm.trib'it-. Li-lj 1 VTLD EaLff 'I i-mir1,..,h. iuj w,.., in.-: t, -j tr;lir m- ne-. iIm ..i'mi i a tmvof a ynii ' RAGGED I.ADY pri, -rviiiI, aid tipKai: Americn. ! ,;- 1 1 1 3 "I ry C Wilicica I I"b -e r;d a eore of itSer eni?i! IlIii! Thiiri I promine it n'er-. - 11. 1 . oponora ,l ;. . " ' " ., ' M. S. br,.: ! fc3tj - tl'":- DEPART7.IENT5 WD SPEOAL ARTICLES OUR PAKI3 LETT .R TH2 LONDON LETTER n k irn itir kf ii ;f-sr e, is.,. r:. i.T.r.y t ;m::s CLUDWOMEy HL'MOR K, 1 itc in 1 ft.: 1 Fit ft rr Jol K.v,-i.'i.v,,j ITwre will be lenri ot arti. lii on Kii-Hwtte. Mu k-. the V.iire, An. iho "jr. Women and l--n. I.rt anx nmcr-, Ciiriimii'i, i-oi-oepms. Lite ini llt-ri.h. luduir lsiU. etc.' ICr. Itt ('Mid l.-r Fret Pro:pctuil f Lb.. i4 a Year V "-er frt! M l.'it i'tlltJ Si.lt. 1, C14M..I, a:iJ ilstuj. , vs. a licHb Carets HAlwT.I & CHOTF . "WS1! V. ?. V. v, a - r - e - VLc W"- --a . . - -if " dollars! I this by ordering your M X -.1. OUR..,. in Pure uroceno, .s- .1 I - .S. (1..a a full ! Also a full anu rruus. fit HIENZ'S KEYSTONE CONDIMENTS, etc Beerits- give attention to some reasons why homo newspaper ot tnc united nates. all parts of the world, is more com AAGAZINE rri!?,.r. fc.-.t-r.,! iniereu g u,d impcriant drain; j I V jjm,; t.udina it' ERS. PLt;ith;rt. Kcss T k Ctii A ::is V w F. R. Muk-ua li--i) J .i.e 0 f.: :, -V M l -r r. ' - i'-.--.",.,. -- a - c m s iVf 7 ' ' ' i S !-i i K . 1 V:(-',;-:, ;, 0 i w fiercer;;'. Well Mad - - : X. I . VVZLL MADE SLED?,- WELL MADE BOB SLEDS WELL MADE Hmm '2i diiTcrcnt stvlca to select from at -to suit every IxKiy. "Wholesale or Hot ail. AT James B. Holderban HARDWARE ST( ) 1 1 K. Somerset, - - Penn 184?. Christmaa is cominj and Holiday presents are numorcia the saying familiar Fine Toilet Cae?, Manicure, SLaving Sets Cuff k Collar Doxe-, Glass Bottles, Novelties in Silver, Sachet Doiley., Palmer's and Tenant's fine rerfuinerj. Fine Cigars of the wo.t .-elect brand. Coiiijikte acrt:i.ecti ol - GEO. W. BCNFORD, Manage: .. .... . 'IJ.l,Hl.t3 a i-'.t-j'liii ... I Ilates uiixler:ite. 5 ?nr2!fM 4 Rrel Prizes. aaah of 1C0 Castl. i 5 EACH rtlfiMTEJ . U1, lauuoon 4 Urrisoa Sii.,Ncw Ymlr. yVtSjll I 1 T-J ii t .; b Y01 :.w.c.rc; A:...!:-.i-vr. l. . t-rf-..: . t,..-s v ... :.;-;.-a- ; 3 . a- Q 7 V I I ...WELL MADE ROOES C GLAr-TS,.. 1897 PHARMACY. DELICIOUS. Oar new and ct iii Ikte assortinent tf tine CorifeftionH. 'ld in the regular package from one-half to Ihe Ilrands cf the nio?t selected choice. Prices Moderate CLctuici'-. T...il-.'t .Vr.ica Suti'i."-'-"' Hum's r . i ' ' -m 'i I".: i. -- a Our t"i-k i-t'lro:;.''-1 ii;;r " Tal'Iet.s and Chew in? Gum. WSacord" " " $100 Pierce Special acjc UUJtatiy THE MOST UAKtrtL . 0 .J -a Attnll.r, n. tlwH-n.-!lt -t i : !.-" L ' I A r -rivnreiiir itivrii l.tr .1 HgVgANUFi:-.; .. STOVES 8 JSV ; 1 utv lire iimiu n n - (i. ' the iiiMlfe ('"' 14 "'" '' ",' l-u"- T ' n. l.:il:i ri. IMTfl-l . . contain trvrrvthiii!: tH'it " J. B. Holderban, Uinlmttt 1 t-in 11 r'"- lwt. M:.t in liul mu- i"'1'' .'.',,.-.iJi r ,! matria! b stil.-i.i. "'f'vp ': lr v.m want a l rf'v'".'l!nEBl'L! 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