Somerset Herald . Oi'lublication. Im1 i . Wednesday in.ming 1 if vaii iu aavauce, otherwise !"'' " ...t.vbecliaored f"'1"'"'' !' - qi fe discoDUnued until .,s nrf pa.u "r" . .. ...Liroieni do not .,1 noi ,., IT urn r- 'v!" -U ' ... i . 1...M r.,iwlMe - i'! . IHt. tj .fill ' lit f a Uslhcliaiueortlieforui- ScMKKSfcT, 1 A. " hti NOTARY PL'BUC omenet. Pa. h7;:u-i to Ui care wiU be at- . t i I A'IC;.:-Bl-1'll-buri:1, KVLV.Ai-LAW. t .. .HUTki't auuieracl, Pa. 1-V AiiUlt--J '-AT-LAW, I- , Mc.4r;tolilol'k'tt,sU1- y boiiienset. Pa. ' 1 ;ii W JUt'SLCKER, Somerset, Parr- Uuuk; opposi! tXurt ""ifioUNEY-AT-LAW. p. EY-AT-tAW. 1K0U.NTZ. J.u.uui All VW ' fcuiiierei. Pa. ! 2 huLae A. L. O. HAY. iVA HAY. , bout-reel, r. S H. UHL, Ail-'i.--Y-AT-lA v i-xjiucreel, I'a. ijiLS 0. KI11MEL, S A.iiuiiU-AT-UW. fcSuuitrbet, Fa. 1 .-itrta!; l.a-ju iVuUl v M l CiwrlM-l UJ na.ollilutt CUUi.I-CJi. 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LoniiKK, , riii.-.iA.N AMir-fUuKON, )-H.S. Kl MM ELI j, Vti-.... . tt '" ":"tn: wiowtotit citi t. ,"i"-rl kJC Mi ;u.'y. I'uit pr- tj j'i MILLEX, 1 v'"i.''J U"lu' Art.i.i-ii K.U iixM-r.wl. '-sn.iitvi t;i,.-ur-. OCice :V,"',i' 1!- !. -o fclore. 1;. FLIXK, t. . Laud Surveyor C'UUTIVE MITUAL FIIiE -nT'E'' We ill,iljre T,,wn 1 r.v. Writ.-for j!,f.,ni!aiiya. J A--;. J. ZORN, w Secretary. ' c . :.r ' ":,)'-ru ini.r.).-iM1i. i ' '-'"I'lUi.rl.n, i,.u -"liu Murray. and Embalmer. GOOD HUARSE, - Pa 1 X . 1 n 1 1 -i -ii C3 VOL. XLYIT. XO. 50. GRANDMA HAD CONSUMPTION and I am afraid I have in herited it. I do not feci 7eU ; I have a couh ; my lungs are sere ; am lcsln flesh. What shaH I do? Your doctor says tako cars of yourself and take plain cod -liver oil, but you can't take it. Only the strong, healthy person can take it, and they can't tako it long. It is so rich it upsets the Etomach. But you can take SCOTT'S EMULSIOH It is very palatatb ts1 easily digested. If ycu will taks t l;nty of fresh air, and exercise, ud SCOTT'S EMULSICII stcauiiy, there is very littl3 doubt about your recovery. There are hypophosphites in it ; they give strength and tone up the nervous system while the cod-liver oil feeds and nourishes. Sot. nd $;.oo. U drjrktv SCOTT & SXJWSh, Chtausti,'Srm York. THE First liil Bank: Somorsot, Penu'a. Capital, S50.C00. Surplus, 537, GOO. UNOIV'DED PROFITS S.3000. OCPOftIT "tCClVC iNUUSt DiomtLt mounts, paraai-c on c(d ACCOUNT OF MCRCNANTI. atP, STOCK DOLtKl. aflO OTHERS SOLICITCO -DISCOUNTS DAILY. - poari) of DiP.y.rrons. ejus. o. scfi.t, iiE. k. Ht.1 i.i, JMh U. H i.tl, W. H. MII.I.KK. JOHN K. -oTT. l'.i'KT. K SL tl.L, KkKU BIfci:.KtK. EDWAK1 SCL'I.L, : : PKrIVNT V U.KNTINK HAY, : VICE P1L1-- J 1 -KNT. HAKVEY M. I.KKKLEY, t ASHlr::-. The fuD!s and ?i'ro-ari't'n "t thin isne af -csreiv pni'.n-td iu a ct-U bn.t-U t'oin.'-J Hl'K gj.ar Pkhip Sae. Tar only (tile in:. tie H'wxf Jicob I). Swank, Watchmaker and Jeweler, Next -Door West of Lutheran Church, Somerset, - Pa. I Am Now preparpd to mijily the public with Clocks, Wak-hrs, and Jew elry of all dtsitrriiitiona, as Chep as the Cheapest. 11EPAIIUNG A SPECIALTY. All work gu&rantct-d. Lo:k at my etock lfore niAkicg ywir purchases. J. D. SWANK. KEFFER'S HEW SHOE STORE! KEN'S BOYS'. WODEN'S, GIRLS' ard CHILDREN'S SHOES, OXTOEDS md SLIPPERS. r,l.i. k ami Tan. I.nU-t StyldH and Shapes at lowest CASH PRICES Adjoining Mrs. A. E. VUl, South-east corner ff square. SOMERSET, PA. :jss.-- L-L3 g v- ri? 35 w?t a v v ll l-CTt f 7 I'1-1'' t:'t e-.lc-.ntl. ever ii L-.- w.isca ji..;r:. n 'T.i'J tut ! 'f!; J n H.-auiy's clu.rci, l:ut -.c: '.ic 3 I I taiiljcd lch lo U c or;.v. i: - & 1 roo u or Cu.irx w r.:, U.c S.,11 in co'crs u.d '.c C to lur-:io:ii s;lh try lnu-ncr i JIaiv.:fn-tiir J ty c-ta.ito rt f, For vi-yv i;-r. .l Get nn Education Th. tHMt on.t tn lir. r nxhort. t CENTRAL STATE K3P.IML SCHOOL LOt Ik B4VLJV aM C.), I'A. Rtmnr frvUyt Tnd wtm, crl liWrary, modern ppM'tn :n iatorwn7 nd train vim, Dn l-vme bid-iinr, pAtntw frroaada. hf'rlM tun', iM iMaM, Stfct d to to dnt la d1iti.to to rtjB McnaTM, i:rwork i'.1t4 in M3ic,hriirtTind,Typ imitrir Sid I iiia-t-rfct-l rttou. iABU KUrul. Pfc.., Mulfi, LHi Mb. IV 50 YEARS' V tArtttitnvt MIITI irrwrl i 1 rf" - . - . rw 0 Designs A 'r Copyrights Ac. Ar.TOti. rrt)n A dll nJ rtMOrtpttui n.r Qul.-klr ivilBm mr i..nt'n fiee wtiethw ail lUimliirt. l jiTofiii 1 jn.f it .hi.. cHirHititil. tK.ti5.iniiTCm0.liitii. H.nil-" -jb 'iU n-i.i lrv lii1trl -l-J, U rrrnrmt il.ii. i'aicni. lalrn thrvuvlt Mann t Co. rii pn-uti twtlcj. llh(i th '.'. W UlO Scientific Jiitiericam A hn!in!f mntrr.?1 wtfilf. Jurwt it. mlHtlf.u . HI-' J'Kirn.1. 1riu. I- T"-r: f.mr mnnllu, L 15til4 bj.ll Mwnl'iili-M. itraucb us&cv. Ci F (it., WMtUitua, U. U AT THE STILE. A down thf jrrasy lane Oieejnie And l..l!fred at tlie stllt-(Hi-r fMaJiiuiniiu did Jat th ume Tin-re many ymrs ir:wlii!) Tli i!rile heritxHit, I wis, Kr now are w.Uix to olinib ; Yt t Kui h a g.yjijly Ktyle aa thin, W'li.v did it cliiuix' wiih time? , Ni satin sIi'TS tlin she wore. No grttn culiish. n-j shan i, Noflcliu prliiilycrixsed iM-fn.-e, No powdcriM wig nt all ; Yet Mill sli liliupk-d on the stile Ax gntndiiia did, tliey any ; Tho' Ktyies may change, a iiuildfu'a omiic 1 Just as KWtrl to d iy. Then Mar) -ri? looked up at me. And 1 l-xik.-i down at htr, Thp wliile upon tlie stile Kit we As once tu:r graadfolhs were. And then I spoke their old, old phrase And mimed a swet t, fond name Tiio' n Um liav.-hnn-od since ancient Any, One kt yie remains the name ! AUiie Far ell Brown. In the Woman's Home Companion, BEST DELAINE. Mrs. Xewoomb leaned forward a second arid listened intently, tben she smiled a satisfied Hinile as she heard the gentle closing of the front door, then the creuking of the parlor door, a movement of chair, and tht BuUluel murmur of voices. "lie's come," she nodded across the table to her husband. He looked up from hi paper some what blankly. "Who's he?" lie que ried. She dropped her Hewing into her lap and gluueed at him reproachfully through her glares. "Julius New comb, you don't mean to aay you ain't never noticed ' that Beth Reynold's leen coming here steady ever since last Iviter-time, when he came home from the concert at the church with Eme line? Every Sunday, and holidays too. You don't mean to say you ain't never noticed that, Julius? and your own daughter, too. It seems to iuj you don't seem to show much interest in such things. Maybe you've forgot you were young once.'but I ain't" The touch of asjwrity iu her voice died out, as his clear blue eyea rested on her, '"Why, bless you, Marilla," be replied," dropping the paper and breaking int- a smile, "how you do go o.Thalf cock just same's you u-ed to when you was young and I was ourt ingyou, and you used to goon at noth ing, just like you do now. You ain't changed oue mite."' "Well, if you ain't interested " she began. " 'Taiu't that all," he went on, good naturedly. "Here I was a-readin a piece alxjut expansion, aud you suddenly say, 'He's come.' Now how ou earth was I to know who 'he' was? I warc't a-listeriing and I expect you was, of course," as she nodded assent. "That's all right aud natural. You was expecting him, and I was wy ofF in the Philippines. That's the diller euce." "Well, did you know it?" she insist ed. "I ain't totally blind," he retort ed. "And I guess there doesn't any man come here to see our Emeline without me knowing it, even if I am stupid. Maybe you think I didn't know that Joe Btlcher was ctmilg here once pretty steady, then stopped short? Well, I did, 'cause I sent him home one night." "You did?" Marilla leaned her eliows ou the table and her eyes spark led. "Well I never !" "I don't tell everything I know," ber husband continued, but I guess I keep sharp enough lookout on our girl, Marilia. She's too much like you to have fellows who ain't worth wliile a callicg round, bo I just followed that young Iielcher out one night and told bim be didn't need to call any more. And he hasn't, has he?" "Xo, tever once," Marilla answered excitedly. "Aud I'm glad of It. Only I wouldn't have wanted to say any thing about it, 'cause, you know, she might feci iLtcreVted iu him. Its nat ural for young girls to like to receive attention, Julius, and I wouldn't want to ba responsible." I5ut it's different with you, Julius you're the head of the family, of course." ".She didn't care nothing about him," Julius replied, hastily. "She had too much sense.. Emetine's dreadfully like you, Marilla. You couldn't never abide flighty sort of men, could you, Marilla??" His wife laughed consciously. "You're kind of praisitg up yourself, ain't you, Juiu?? Just as if you were the only likely fellow I bad a chance to get. I gue8 you forgot about the others, see ing 'tis so loLg hgo." She glanced at him coquellishly. "But you didn't forget it then. You was about as per sicU'iit a fellow as ever J did see, I gu -ss I liked you for that pretty welL I never could abide folks who didn't kuow tht-irowa mind, aud when they did, eouldu't stick toil." - "You can't Kiy that about me, Ma rilla. I kuew frsm the very first time I ever st t eyes t-u you. I just said to myself. 'Tnere she is'jLnd I remem ber I thought how nice you'd look sit ting down oppus-ite me at the table all our own. I ain't never changed my mind since." He I'siked at her acrosa the table; tbeu he rose clumsily and walked around aud leaned over her. 'You're ju.-t as pretty now as you was then," he declared, as be passed his rough hand over over her hair with its broad streaks of gray. "You've grjwn older, I s'pose, Marilla, seeing Eaieline's old enough to have a b-au, but it don't seem so, does ll?" "So, ll don't, she replied, pressing her cheek for a moment against bis grizzly one. "It don't seem no time at all. I cau rmeuilier sa well all about how kind of proud I felt a-walkiug out with you that first Sunday, aud won dering, if the other girls didn't wUh they'd got you. You wtre a pretty likely fell iw tben, Julius." There was a silence for a moment, while the Corner clock ticked loudly. "We're dreadful foolish, ain't we, Julius?" suddenly drawing awsy from him, and trying to subdue the gleam in her eyes. "Emeliue a beiDg courted I n the parlor there, aud her father and ujjtbiT, like two old fools, a-spooclng Somerset SOMERSET, PA., WEDNESDAY. here in the kitchen !" They laughed together. The door suddenly opened, and Era elina walk in. They had not heard her footsteps. There was a silence. "He ain't gone so soon, is he?" her mother queried, with a nod in the di rection of the parlor, while Julius sank into a chair by his wife's side. There was a bright tlush on the girl's young face. "Xo; I that is, can we have some cookies and a glass of water?" Her voice was a bit abstracted. Her mother jumped nimbly to her fet. "Of ourse," she replied, cheer fully. "This last batch was extra good, Kmeline, aud I guess Seth'll like them first rate. You pump some good cold water, Julius, and hand down the best glasses from the lop shelf la the closet there," She bustled into the pantry, and gave ber husband a knowing look as she passed. "Look at that dress, will you Julius," she whispered. When the girl was gone, Marilla faced her husband. "Xew dress?" he queried campre heudingiy. S'ae looks mighty well ia it, too. She's a pretty likely-looking girl, isn't she Marilla?" "liut you didn't notice anything par ticular about the dress?" she insisted. "Some purple stripes and kind of flowered, wasn't it?" "Yes." "Ileminds me of something you had once, Marilla." "Iteally?" "Kind of. If I was only guessing, I'd say you had it on one Sunday night when something peculiar happened something very particular, Marilla." He looked fondly at the faded wife by his side, and his band stole out and took hers iu his, while her thimble fell from her finger aud rolled along the bare floor. "I guess I looked at that pattern long enough. The flowers kept a-gig-giing aud the stripes a chasing each other. I s'pose I was nervous. I won't ever forget it." "I made it over on purpose." "For Emeline?" "Yes." "And you kind of hoped " "I s'pose 'twas silly, but I thought it might help them along. It did us." He laughed a hearty laugh, wuich he tried to suppress. "You are a great woman, Marilla," he declared. "Eme line won't ever come up to you nohow, even if she is my daughter." "Sh." They listened, and heard the door close quietly. Then there was a long silence. "I know how she f.els," MarilH whisjtered. "Kind of hot and cold, and gUd and crycy, and's if things were all kind of upset anyhow." "And he wishes he'd kissed hcronce more," Julius added, "and thinks what an eternal fool be was not to ak her before." The girl's footsteps sounded along the entry. Julius began to wind up the clock. Marilla picked up her thimble. Eoicline entered shyly, then wjut straight t" her mother and put her arms around her neck. "Some thing nice has happened," she said in an audible whisper. Marilla held her close aud stroked the sunny hair, and looked at her hus band. He drew nearer, and put one arm around his wife, the other around his daughter. "Something nice happened once be fore,'' he remarked, dryly, fingering a bit of the flwered delaine, Hy Har riet Cary! Cox, in Harper's Bazar. Porto Rica's Prospects. There are not many opportunities for investments down there. Lands that a e owned by tlte Porto Itieans are cov ered with mortgages held by the Span iards, and they are paying from 12 to 18 per cent, interest. tJentml Henry has issued an order putting off" foreclosures for a year. Xow, then, there should be opportunities for buying up these mort gages and getting control of some of the lands since these people have got to settle soon, and the Spanish want to get their money and leave the country. But at the present time the people are holding their lands ridiculously high, especially In view of the precarious hold that they have on them, and also in view of the fact that their industries are in a languishing condition. They have a notion that the Americans are going to make a great thing out of that country, and prices are quoted now for everything two or three times in ad vance of anything that was ever be fore known. There are probably some mining interests down there that will be developed, and there will bechances for investments, but I would advise any Americans to go down and study the situation over carefully before they embark in anything. Winter hotels sal things that will be needed for the comfort of tourists will certainly pay, as Porto llico U going to be tlie great winter resort for jieople of this country. When it comes to beauty, it is a perfect dream of nature, aud the winters are so beautiful and mild that there is no doubt that it will be very inviting for winter trips in the future. There are a great many opportunities for small in vestments, such as would have to do with arranging comforts like hotels, liveries, bathing resorts aud excursion resorts, and things of that kind for people who ar; ging djwn thereto make short visits in Porto Rico. And there are also getting to be a great many Americans who are connected with military life, and all that sort of thing, who are absolutely without comforts that ought to be supplied. At the present time skilled labor, such as carpenters, bricklayers aud plumbers, get about 60 cents a day ; un skilled labor averages about 30 cents a day. Both of these are estimated on American money, so you can Bee there is nothing inviting In that to our labor logmen; but when the island is put on an American industrial basis we shall need u kiud of skilled labor and a kind t f unskilled labor such as do not now exist there, and for which, of course, higher wages must be paid. This all means that when the island become Americanized they will sim ply be Americans and be like Ameri cans. Xew York Sun. Passing ol the Stage Coach. The last ditch In which staging Is to die is in Southern California. The line now consists of a double daily service of eix horse coaches, running between Surf at the southern terminus of the Coast Line division of the Southern Pacific Riilroad and Santa Barbara, Cal., which Is now the northern terminus of the Sjuthera Pacitii The filling of the gap, now. only seventy miles wide, will complete another trunk line be tween San Francisco and Lts Angeles. Aday'srida turojg'a the rant en trancing scenery I saw in California brought me from San Francisco to Lompoc, ready for the stage ou the well equipped line that plies across the mountains to Santa Barbara. Promptly at (I o'ebx-k in the morn lug the stage, drawn by six spirited horses, swung in a graceful curve to the porch of the hotel, its great body toss ing on iu leathern springs like a ship iu a billowy sea. : The Wells-Fargo Express treasure box was stowed in the boot beneath the driver's Seat, the United States mail wks piled up on top of It. I climbed to the high seat, beside tlie driver, Charley Jennings. Sharp "cracks-cracks" punctured the swish of the long lash through the mountain air. Twenty-four iron shod hoofs smote the hard, smooth road and we were otr in good old-fashioned stage coach style. "Which way lies the city of Santa Barbara?" I asked the driver as I look ed up a long valley that s-.-emed com pletely walled in by towering tree and mauauite shrub covered mountains. "I'p the 'Santa Yntz' Valley," he said, "aud over the mountain right where you seetiiat white cloud up there that has set down on the top of the mountain to rest." "How is the railroad to get over these high, steep mountains?" I asked. "They don'f go over; they go round them. The railroad will follow the beach of the ocean most of the way, but they have some pretty still" work in one canyon. It's deep and steep and mighty rocky. When Fremont came in here from the south with his army in the forties the Mexicans fortified that canyon. They thought he would have to go through it, and they were prepared to giva him a battle there. But he was toocutefor 'em; became over the mountains ou a trail that this wagon ro.id we are on follows very closely." Dinuer at "Cold Spring Ranch," perched near the mountain top fried trout, fresh caught; hot biscuit, honey, golden butter and hot cotre, with an appetite whetted by the light air of an altitude half a mile ah ve the ocean was not to bo despIJr A dash down the steep aud rocky seaward face of the "Sinta Yuez" on a road that ctunj to the sides of yawning precipices, down, down, the six horses on a sweeping gallop, down to the tooth ills, clothed in yellow mustard bloom. Dowu into the valley, on a broad country road, sixty feet wide, and then we came to Sauta Birbara. - Humble Beginnings. The fir&t Vanderbilt ran a barge, John W. Mackaye won gold with a pick. Sir Thomas Upton, the man whose yacht is to race with the American boat for the cup, was the son of poor parents, and began Hie asacabiu b jyoti a oust ing bor. John I). Rockefeller, as he followed a plow in bis boyhood days, had one am bition, and that was to join a circus. Later in life he got $-'0 a month as a clerk. To-day he makes more money a minute than he earned iu a whole year. Fifty years ago Andrew Carnegie was working for teuty-oue cents a day as a bobbin boy in a milk Then he got three dollars a week as a telegraph boy in Pittsburg, and thought he was roll iug in luxury. To-day lie counts his wealth by millions. Everybody knows the story of Jay Gould and his mousetrap, which hein--ented while he was a clerk in a coun try store. The prrts from this and from a lucky purer of land laid the foundation of the me of W,0X),(Xi) be left. John Jacob Ast e founder of tl.e Astor family, bad i cheap musical instruments sent h.' Tom abroad, and he sold them at f ry good profit. With the gl.OOO he ade he bought a plot of grouud ou t. Bowery, and it iuerea.-d In value until to-day It repre sents millions of dollars. A Thousand Tongues Could not express the rapture of Annie E. Springer, of llii Howard sL, Phil adelphia, Pa, when she found that Dr. King's Xew Discovery for Consump tion hail completely cured her of a hacking cough that for many years had made life a burden. All other remedies aud doctors could give her no help, but she says of this Royal Cure "it soon removed the pain in my chest and I can now sleep soundly, something I can scarcely remember doing before. I feel like sounding its praises through out the Universe," So will every oue who tries Dr. King's Xew Discovery for any trouble of the Throat, Chest or Lungs. Price 50c and 11.00.. Trial bottles at J. X. Snyder's Drug Store, Somerset, Pa., and O. W. Brallier's Drug Store, Berlin, Pa, every bottle guaranteed. Boy With a Mercantile Head. If the lad doet not make a successful business man all the signs are wrong. He was asked to take charge of s me white mice for the summer and to unrae his own price for doing it. Alter mature deliberation he made his propo sition as follows: "For 15 cents a week I will tnke charge of those mice and care for them and be responsible for thtlr safe-keeping. If any are lost or hurt I will re place them. If I am relieved of re sponsibility in the matter and will not be called upon to replace any that are lost or hurt I will undertake to look after them for 10 cents a week, and I will take equally good care of them." Chicago Post. Monarch over pain, Burns, cuts, sprains, stings. Instaut relief. Dr. Thomas' Eclectrlc Oil. At any drug store. MAY 2-1. 1899. HYDROPHOBIA. BARE. Very Few Cases as the Result of a Bite of a Dos. There Is no disease more dreaded or horrible, and none, perhaps, less under stood than hydrophobia. It is gener ally supposed to be the result of being bitten by a mad dog, yet only one dog bite In many thousauds results in hy drophobia, and that one sometimes has been playfully inflicted by a perfectly healthy animal, says the Philadelphia Times. According to the consensus of opinion of a number of physicians, however, there is no need of a single case of it among human beings if three simple rules are followed. The first, naturally, is to avoid being bitten if possible. Take no chauces with any dog, sick or well, a pet or a stranger, as the germs of poison may exist where least suspected. Second, if bitten, go without delay to a reputable physiciau a:id Irtvo the wound, however slight it may be, thor oughly treated and cauteriz nl, and con tinue uuder bis care until it is healed. Third, and highly important: Do not be alarmed about the result. Fear and worry are deadly accomplices of the disease, and cases are known where fatal results are believed to be due solely to these agencies. The subject has been very frequently discussed ainiig physicians, and it nat urally furnished the prhiciHil topic In a gathering, some time ago, consisting of six well-known doctors and two of their unprofessional friends. During the last few days each of the six had talked on the subject aud exchanged experiences and opinions with other physicians, so in the course of the even ing the views of at least thirty medical men were given. Tlie experiences of a few practically covered those of all so far as cause and results were concerned. Several cases were mentioned of per sons who were bitten by animals un doubtedly rabid, where treatment was not given until the poison was well es tablished in the system. These invari ably proved fatal. Of others whose wounds were of a similar tiature, who received prompt atteution and proper care, and there were many of these, all recovered except several who were among those who le!ieved from the start that fatal results would ensue aud whose fears could not be removed, al though some of these experienced no serious effect in spite of their alarm. Yet the percentage of fatalities is really very small. One doc-tor summed it up as follows: ''Hydrophobia is so rare and so hor rible in effect that every case attracts atteution, and there is tel.lom one in lbs Uniied Slates that we do not hear of it. Yet is seems that not more than a dozen or fifteen cases are known in a year. Among 70, I),!) people there might easily be lOO.O1) bites from dogs alone. This would b au average of one bite a day in about fiV,iO people. It is probable that comparatively few peo. pie who are bitten lake any treatment whatever, beyond simply washing the wound. Doubtless it is only infre quently the bite is at all iisouous, and even when it is if the wound bleeds freely the virus may all le washed out. There may be persons on whom the bite of a rabid anim il would have no serious effect, but it seems to Iks estal- lished beyond doubt that when the dis ease of hydrophobia is developed it has so far been incurable." "In over thirty years' practice," said another, "I have come iu contact with but two ra-e, and one really should be called likiphobia, as the disease was Cirtaioly superinduced by the mental condition of the patient. She was a colored servant, bitten by her mistress' pet dog iu Xew Orleans. She received prompt and careful treatment from the leading physicians of the city, and it was apparent that the Animal was in no way diseased, but tlie girl insisted from the begiuniug that sht would die 'like a mad dog,' and it took her only ten days to work herself Into a condi tion which usually takes six to eight week to develop. She died in fright ful agony, with all the symptoms of hy drophobia. The other was a child. I saw bim one day teasing a puppy, and warned him that be would le bitten if he diil not desist. Xeurly two months later I was called to attend him. His mother said the boy had not beeu feel ing well for several days, and she thought a dose of c istor oil would len efit him. After looking at him I ab ruptly octie i the w indow, allowing a draught of air to sweep over the bed, and the boy was seized with a slight convulsion. The muscles of his throat contracted and exhalation caused what people call the barking sound. On in quiry I learned that the boy had been bitten on the day I saw him, but the wound was so slight, only one tooth just breaking the skin, that the child did not complain of it, aud even forgot to mention it until the next day. His life could not be saved. In one of these cases death was certainly due to fear, but in the other the mental condition had no part whatever." Auother case mentioned was that of an Irish laborer, brought into a SL Louis hospital with unmistakable symptoms of hydrophobia. To the physician iu charge he sUeuuously de nied ever having been bitten by au an iniaL Then a slight war over his eye brow was noticed and he remembered that a pet dog had bitten him there eight months before, but he insisted that it amounted to nothipg. He was not allowed to suspect the nature of his trouble, but, nevertheless, he died of hydrophobia. Xervous or meutal con dition clearly had nothing to do with this case. The power of the imagination in de vilopiog the disease, and the result of needless and crimiually foolish gssip about the matter in the presence of a person who had been bitten by a dog, were strikingly i.lustrated in another of the anecdotes. "Years ago," said this doctor, "I lived in an Iowa village, and oue day was calling at the home of some friends. They owned a young bulldog, who was very affectionate with all the members of the family, but would uot be famil iar with strangers. This day the young daughter of the family was seated on a low stool and a woman, who lived near by, was seated on a ciiair behind her, combing the little girl's hair. They F 1L had been thus engaged about tea min utes, when the dog got up from the corner where be had been lying, walked slowly over to the woman, put bis front paws upon her lap, and without a sign of anger, bit her cheek aud then walked away." The wound was very slight and in a few minutes the woman laughed about it and even urg--d that the dog should not be punished and declared she would tell no one about it for fear of giving the auimal a bid reputation. I insisted ou dressing and cauterizing the injured sp t at once, and in proper time the wound healed. After the woman bad left the houne I cautioned the few who knew of the matter against ever mentioning hydrophobia in her presence or hinting at any bad results or betraying any anxiety about ber. "Two years afterwards this woman went to another place to live and I for got all about the matter until fifteen years had elapsed since the injury I witnessed. Then I read of a case of hydrophobia in another city and to my surprise discovered that the victim w as the same one I had treated years tefore. As soon as possible I visited the attend ing physician and learned the particu lars. He said when he first visited her she was acutely nervous and she at once iuformed him that she feared hydrophobia. On questioning her he learned that she never was bitten or even scratched by any animal except the one time I have mentioned, that experience having made her extremely cautious. That dog, I also learned, was killed two years after he bit her, and he was then aud always bad been perfectly sound. "The wound had not troubled her and she had forgotten the incident until a few weeks before her illness, when a chance remark recalled it and she told the story to a woman frierd. Tlie frieud at once told her all she ever knew or heard of the effects- of dog bites; bow a dog had gone mad long after biting a person and then the pois on had asserted itself in the system of the person bitten, and a string of such stories, including vivid descriptions of the agonies of hydrophobia. These preyed upon her mind to such an extent that she ' actually became ill. The dot-tor did his best to persuade her that it was impossible that the poison could lurk in ber system so long without pre viously revealing jts presence, and made her believe the soothing mediciues he gave her were antidotal, but all to no effect, for she died with every mani festation of hydrophobia. I would stake my exi.-teuee that she would never have been troubled if she had not heard the other woman's fooiinb talk aud I firmly U'lieve that if all lersons bitten by animals would give their wounds prompt and 'Ttroptr atteution anil then did not worry alout them, we would never have another case of hydrophobia." The Bf ntmeg Tree. .The nutmeg tree is largely cultivated in the Banda Isles, Java, Sumatra and Bengal. It is an evergreen, and usually grows to a height of about twenty-five feet. The leaves resemble those of the laurel aud are very aromatic; the flowers are while, aud from two to three grow on a jieduucle. The nutmeg grows from a reddish knob in the centre of the flower. When matured the fruit is about the sizo of an apriot, and looks very much like a peach; it lias a lon gitudinal groove on one side, and wlieu ripe bursts into two pieces, thus expos ing the enclosed seed covered by what is known to commerce as mace. The seed itself has a thick, hard shell, and inside of the shell is found the nutmeg proper. Much care is used in drying the seed, and they are not broken until the nut megs inside are loose enough to rattle. To preserve the nutmegs from iusects they are soaked in sea water and lime. Xutmeg trees begin to bear fruit when about eight years old, and con tinue to bear all the year round for sixty or more years. Penang nutmegs are the best; they are about an iuch iu length, of a pale brown color externally, while inter nally they art gray and have red veins. Why They Swapped Fines. Travelers In Europe are limited by the railroads to a small quantity of baggage carried free, usually about o pounds. In strain in Belgium recently two fellow-travelers got into conversa tion and came upon the subject of free baggasre, w hen one asked leave to meas ure the other's trunk. The result was that the measurer said: "Your trunk Is seven and a half cen timeters too long and has no right to be iu the compartmeut for free luggage. I am a railroad iuspectorand must fine you 5 francs. Please give me your name and address." The proposed victim of misplaced confidence was, however, equal to the occasion. "Kindly leud me your measure that I may satisfy myself on the subject" Then, with a polite smiie, "I am a director iu the royal weights and meas ures office. To my great regret I notice that your measure is not stamped, as is required by law; so that, firstly, your measuring is not legally valid, and, secondly, it is my painful duty to subject you to a fine of 50 francs. Please give me your name and address." Xew York Press. Robbed the Grave. A startling incident, of which Mr. John Oliver of Philadelphia, was the subject, narrated by bim as follows: "I was lu a most dreadful condition. My skin was almost yellow, eyes sunk en, tongue coated, pain continually in back and sides, no appetite gradually growing weaker day by day. Three physicians had given me up. Fortu nately, a frieud advised trying 'Elec tric Bitters;' and to my great Joy and surprise, the first bottle made a decided improvement I continued their use for three weeks, and am uow a well man. I know they saved my life, and robbed the grave of another victim." Xo one should fail to try them. Oul y 50 cents. Sold at J. X. Snyder's Drug Store, Somerset, Pa,, and O. V. Brallier's Drug Store, Berlin, Ta. 541 . n VLALI -1L O WHOLE NO. 2195. The Cut in the School Fund. Philadelphia Inuuiffr. Politicians and newspapers of the in surgent order will roundly ahuse (Jov eruor Stone for leaking a small cut in the appropriation for the public schools of tlie State. In fact they are at it already. They are denouncing him for at tacking the public school system. aud are holding a Ouay Legislature re sponsible for not affording a large revenue, forgetful of the fact that they have been congratulating each other for many mouth that the Legislature was opposed totjuay, and proviug it by the fact that it did not elect (Juay to the Senate. Sensible men who can not be misled by the partisan harangues of the Insurgents will have only praise for the Governor's action. Their sober thought will I that Governor Stone has done exactly right; that he could uot have done differently, and that he strikes the keynote of the situation when he says: "A Slate, like an individual, cau not continue to pay out year by year more money than it receives, aud remain in a solvent condition." The ( iovernor gave ample warning to this Iegislature. He said that there was au actual deficit of between $3,000, (W0 aud f 1,000,000 on account of the un paid appropriations, and he urged upon the legislature that it should either cut down the appropriations or increase the revenues. It did neither one tiling nor the other. The unfortunate slitical entanglements engineered by the Flinn bolters and the Democrats played such havoc during the session that necessa ry legislation was not passed, and no new revenue bill of any importance was adopted. The Governor has cut wherever be could cut, and the only place left for him to go was the school fund. The appropriation is for -,"iJV 000 a year. He has reduced this amount to .j,oon,jO. That is all. It must be taken into consideration that the State of Pennsylvania is far more liberal In school appropriations than any other State In the Union. Xew York does not even begin to touch our figure. Before the new constitution was adopted in 1ST4 various amounts were appropriated under $1,000,000. The constitution placed the minimum sum at t,00,iii)." From 174 to lss7 this sum was religiously appropriated. Then the Legislature laised the amount to $l,."oo,0iio, where it stood for two years. In l.W.) the amount crept up to $2,C)0,0ti, and ic lsiH up to $ :,000,UW. In IsU'J the free school book question came up, aud the sum of $500,000 was appropriated for free books. From that year to the present time the entire ap propriation for each year bas been $5,- 5t).H00. In lopping off the VjO,000 lbi Governor bas but taken off the free book account, and if by this lime there are not enough school books in the State to pull through for another two years then there must have been terri ble waste and terrible destruction. The annual income of Pennsylvania is about $ll,ln.000. It is impossible to run this great State, and give more than half of this sum toasingle object. We think the people of Pennsylvania will understand this, and they will dis cover that no one is re.illy banned by the t-light red.ietion in the school ac count As a matter of f.tct we are rather glad that the Governor bas tried this experiment. We think that the schools will be better conducted on tlie whole with this Soulier amount for the reason that county after county iu the State bas diverted its school fund into other channels. Schools have been run for only six mouths iu the year in many couuties, poor salaries have beeu paid, aud m jcii of the money used for other purposes. Instead of In coming self-reliant iu school matters, a-tcommunitiesshould be, the tendency has been in many of them to become dependeut entirely aud then to skin the money received by the State and use it elsewh.re. Much money has gone, too, into the capacious maws of t oe book trust and into the pockets of directors, who were willing to make all sorts of changes for whatever financial dicker there might le in them. Tlie Governor declares his readiness to uphold the full appropriation in the future shall there be sufficient revenue when the next Legislature meets, but we fancy that this break haviug once been made, the legislature will not care to return to the figure. In any event, the Governor has acted w isely, and we have no doubt that when his reasons are fully understood he will not be criticised by any persons whose crit icisms are worth anything. Pricing a Pair of Trousers. Lord Brampton was on the occasion presiding over a case iu which the plain till was giving evideuce against a man who had stolen a pair of trousers from his shop. ' How much were the trousers?" queried Hawkins. "Well," replied the plaintiff, "it de pends who wants to buy them. I sell them to one man for .10 shillings, loan other for 25, but you can have them for it and six." Sir," cried Hawkins, angrily, "I want you to tell nip how much those trousers are worth T' "Well," replied the plaintiff, "shall we say shillings to you ?" "Look here," thundered Hawkins, if you do not instantly tell me what those trousers are worth I'll send you to jail for 1 i days for contempt of court" "Well, well, replied the frightened plaintiff, conciliatingly, "you may have them for a guinea. I'm giving them away; still, you may have them at that price." ?ven the stern Apct of Judge Hawkins could uot stop the roar of laughter w hich broke out on hearing the reply, a roar in which Hawkins, after a few miuutes, joini-i himself. Xew York Telegraph. A nervous system disordered at birth resists good d.K'tors, but yields to Wheeler's Xerve Vitalizer. It cured Mrs. Lena Cooper, Cleveland, Ohio, of St Vitus' Dance. Her case was pro nounced hopeless by the best physi cians. For sale at Ganuan'a Drug Store, Berlin. Pa. and Mountain & Son's, Drug Store, Confluence, Pa. Memorial Bay. General ) Haado uarters !ep't Pnn'a Or.1tr. rtintnd Arinv S" the Kepohll. No. IX ) .S.W. Tor. KitlU Jl CUtuut Ma. raiL.PK.PKi., May t- fsiw. 1. The bliMsoooi of spring kiiue remits! us that Memorial It is again at hamL Our Me'uorUl Day is oo of sacred mem ories and Is to be devoted toth loyal dead of the land; a day la w hich a grate ful people pay lov ing tribute to the men who died that the Nation might live; a day sl apart by the Grand Army of the Republic to fittingly commemorate the gloiKxis deeU of heroto meu w ho tell de fending one country and one R. It i oir hallowed duty to participate tu the olnervaocM o( tb coroiuouoM of tho th of May, ami no consideration Vjould turn us aide fro in our sacred obligations. Tet all tho eoiurdta nnite in the privi lege and dtitien of the day; none should fail to join the .column of those engaged in loving and patriotic aervi.-ee to the memory of our dead comrades. The grave of every comrade should be mark ed w ith rt.gs and llowora, and not one of these mounds should be neglected. If those not of our organization desire to join with you bid them welcome, yet let none but loyal hands touch the hallowed ground. Let us all nuite in these othees of love to the memory cf our comradae in arms whose lives were cut off by the fratrici dal dartrt of tre.von, or haviug passed through the fire of battle and the barbar ism of retxd prison-pens, have since join ed the Grand Army Encampment in the shades of the other shore. Wheu we make our annual pilgrim-? to the silect cities of the dead we will lind many new mounds marking the final batting places of comrades who have fall en out by the wayside during the year, and who are now at rest under the sod and the dew. The new-made grave of soldiers and sailors rising so rapidly in our cemeteries a liiionish us that we are on the western slope of life and that our grnat organiza tion is fast grow-iiij smaller in tnuiibors, and that many of our comrades w ho have hreUl'ir assisted in doing honor to the in miory of the dad are now in the ranks of those who have passed on be fore. I, et us continue to keep our patriotic Memorial Iay bright before the Ameri can people. "Let ns so number our days that we may apply our hearts unto wis dom," so that when doue with the toils and duties of this life our Dames may be found among those ho have been faith ful to the end. The roll of the mustered out will con tinue to increase until ere long the entir. membership of our magnificent Order shall be at rest in the bivouacs of the dead and the Grand Army of the Repub lic wili live only in history. "Step by step our ranks are tbimiiug, me by one they pass away. Here the loyal blue are falling. Yonder fall the vanquished gray ; Ami the solemn heHs are tolling bust to dut and clay to clay." II. As part of our duly it is directed that Posts atteod DtviDe Service on Sun- lay, May iSth, to unite in praise and thanksgiving to Almighty God for the many ilessingt vouchsafed to our belov ed country. Kvery church will gladly welcome you, and arrangements should be made with the clergymen aa to the sep. moriM to be preached and the music to be sung on the occasion. The sermon abould b based on the theme "ot the results of the war for the I'nion to mankind and humanity," and Ihe music in addition to being devotional should be patriotic. Kverv P'ist must take part in these church services aud so far as practicable every comrade should wear the uniform and badge of our orgtuiz itiou. III. Ilia urged that comrade be de tailed to visit the Public S.-hools on one or more days of the week coinmeneirvr May ii I, to instruct the boys ami girls In the great lessens of the War of the Ke tmUion, and Pot Commanders shouid improMS upon tUo comrades the grave re- , spousibiiity of this duty because children are keen critics and scan actioita more than words. Comrades of the war should remember that they are the living epis tles of patriotism and that they are teach ing the yimth of the land not only by pre cept but by example. IV. In plai-es where there are two or more Posts a division of Memorial Day work will be arranged for by the oihcers or Committers from eaeh I'ot acting in concert. V. May Kh is Memorial la" and not dec.ratioii iay. Those who use the day for pits, rive, gHio, ele. , apply to it the Utter term. The only name whieh the Grand Army lia for it is Memorial Hiy. and it is hoped that the comradw and their friends, the general public, and t lie newspapers throiigVvt the State, will on every occasion insist ou the only proper and authorized name Memorial Day. By command of Department Coun mao Jer, VV. J. Patterson. Chas. L. Lkipek, Assistant Adjutant General. Thit Throbbing Headache Would quickly leave you, if you used Dr. King's Xew Life Piils. Thousands of sufferers have proved their match less merit for Sick and Xervous Head aches. They make pure blood and strong nerves and buiid upyour health. Easy to take. Try them. Only 25 cents. Money back if not cured. Sold at J. X.Snyder's Drug Store, Somerset, Pa., and (J. W. Brallier's Drug Store, IWrlin, Pa. The Funny Waiter. "You are too little," said the pro prietor of the tough beauery. "It takes bigger guys dan you to manage de mugs dat feed here." "Ah!" said the applicant for a job, "I see. Xone but the brave do serve the fare here." Indianapolis Journal. A Frightful Blunder Will often cause a horrible Burn, Scald , Cut or Bruise. Bucklen's Arnica Salve, the bet in the world, will kill the paiu and promptly heal it Cures Old Sores, Fever Sores, Ulcers, Boils, Felons, Corns, all Skin Eruptions. Best Pile cure on earth. Ouly 25e. per box. Cure Guaranteed. Sold at J. X. Sny der's Drug Store, Somerset, Pa., aud at G. W. Brallier's Drug Store, Ber lin, Pa. Useful Notes. An Excellent Eye-wash Dissolve in J pint of water 4 grains of alum, and apply it to the eyes whenever they are weak or inflamed. To Brighten the Light of Iinps. A pinch of camphor powdered put into the oil of lamps will givea bright white aud steady light Cement for Fasteuiug Knife Han dles. Two pounds black resin, ' pound beeswax; melt, then add pound of finely-powdered and dried brick-dust Scrofula, salt rheum aud all diseases caused by Impure bhssl are cured by Hood's Sarsapar.lia, which is Ameri ca's Greatest Medicine. Well Qualified. Senabr Splurge As an official in tho colonial service you wili encounter many difficult problems. What quali fications have you for the post ? Applicant Oh, I have manned many a primary ! Philadelphia Xorta ' American.
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