The Somerset Herali 8CCLL, Editor -aad Proprietor. WEDNESDAY- .August Z, 1399. COUNTY TICKET. till KM FF. JAMES B. SAYLOR, Somerset FKOTHONOTARV, M. I). KKKL, Sha-ie luwnotiip. rmi:ka.m nwoRPKK. JclIN S. MI A r UK. SoinrwO. PETER M'MBAl'LD, Miifnrd twp. -OSMIIO!f ER, JACOB KOONTZ, Quemahonine twp. W. X. MOSFR, Elk Lick twp. Al-PITOR. CO AS. n. SCHM LXKER, Somerset twp. SAMUEL M. SAYL"K, Suuiniit twp. POOR IIRr.TOR, W.'f. J. CiLESSXER, Stonycreek twp. dORHSKR, Ir. C. F. MYENCiOOP, JeimerU p. lltfNTV SURVEYOR, WM. M. SCUUOCK, Somerset. Owinu to his abstemious habit Mr. ISryau will have to say "So, my Col ouel," good many time whfii he goes to Keutucky. Vice Chairman Jokes, of the Dem ocratic National Committee, halts long t-nough between drink to declare that he is for Hryan for President. Tn k winners at the JU-publican State Convention to-morrow are likely to he Harnett for Treanurer, I'.rown for Su jireiiie Court Judge, and Adams fr fa rior Court Judge. Boss CkoKER anuounces that he be came a non-ex pansiouist while in Jvj roe. It matters little where the Boss alMorba his political tips. As for prin ciples he never had auy. Hktai'se Governor Stone is opposed to amending the Constitution so as to practically disfranchise thousauds of taxpayers the Insurgent press accuses him of being "opposed to honest elec tions. The Kentucky ministers are up in anus against (ioebel, the Democratic nominee for Governor, and will work ai'.-iinst him. Goebel has a pretty tough character, aiid the ministers w ill not fctand f r it. The collecting fad may be carried to extremes. A man in Baltimore offered a sailor who nerved with Dewey f 100 for his medal, and was not ODly knock ed down, hut could not persuade a po liceman to arrest the sailor. PororRAT organs in Nebraska are afraid the men in the returning regi ment of volunteers will make them selves prominent in politics. It is cer tain that not many w ill favor the Bryan policy of surrender in the Philippines. Postal receipts are booming, and, by the way, the next session of Con gress ought to put an end to a needless and discreditable deficit. The United States is the only large nation in the world conducting postal operations at a loss. State Chairman John P. Elkix, one of the most sagacious and success ful party leadere the State has ever known, is likely to surrender the chair inauship at the coming State Conven tion, to tie succeeded by a very worthy successor in the person of Gen. Frank Beeder. The people of the State will asseni Me at Harrisburg to-morrow and nom inate a ticKet tnat win be elected :n November by an enormous majority, The people of Pennsylvania have a habit of electing the Uepubliean ticket, and they w ill surely elect the one noni inated Thursday. Oxk of the strongest safeguards against civil war in Paris is the fact that a world's Fair is to be held in the city Dext year. The costly prepara tions, already fat advanced, remind the excitable Parisians that the arts of peace are preferable to public tumult and wild deeds of destruction. There has been some talk of an In dependent Republican ticket in l!K), with Mr. Heed or ef-Secretary Bout well as a Presidential candidate. Such a contingency is extremely doubtful. The ex-Speaker is an orthodox party man. He is not the kind of soldier that seeKs another camp. The new Secretary of War is acting with vigor. He has ordered the enlist ment of ten additional regiments for the Philippines, and he proposes to ex haust all of the authority vested in the Department by Congress. The senti ment of the country is unquestionably in favor of prompt and vigorous meas ures. - The death-rate of the army is the lowest in its history, Wing but two per cent., says the Harrisburg Telegraph. Where are those blatant anti-expan-sionieU who are crying in whining tones that the boys of the army are 'dying off like sheep"' and to keep them in the service is a shame. These loud-mouthed traitors ought to lie im prisoned. They are the copperheads of the Civil War come to life again, and thy are just as treacherous. Last year this country used 87,000, 000 pounds of oleomargarine, and nat urally one asks what became of all the creamery butter manufactured. This amount of oleomargarinee, according to the Agricultural Iiepartmeut, which has been gathering facts and figures, displaces 4,390,000 cows worth l-W each, or altogether $129,270,000. This will give some idea of the great loss to the farmers of the United States. Is it any wonder that the farmers are kicking? Candidate Creasy continues to drift about the State retailing his petty drivel about the State Treasury and the wickedness of the Republican party. Candidate Creasy in time will begin to believe his own lies, for he certaibly tells them as if he were half convinced of their truth. He need have no hope that he will ever be called to adminis ter the affairs of the State Treasury. He is too narrow and too much crip pled under the hat to undertake big things. AN examination of the State treasury reports for last year will shake faith in the Democratic campaign gag that cor porations pay no taxes. The total re ceipts were 12,80.",S74 38, of which 12, 4I,b4 IS of the taxes oa personal prop erty were refunded to the counties, leav ing the net receipts for State purposes f 10,"03,o!0 20. Of this amount corpo rations paid ii,6;S,.rS3 71, considerably more than three-fifths. And the cam paign gag that beer and Lisky are not taxed has a hollow sound, in view of the fact that the receipts for licenses were $SS,&GS 2tt larger than the year before. President McKisutr, la a speech to the Catholic -utamer school at Lake Cbarcplaln, said that while rebellion might delay it could never defeat the mission of the American flag, and the audience cheered for fully ten minutes. At the name meeting Captain Chad wick, of the Maine, remarked that he had no patience with those who criti cised the Government for the war that followed the destruction of the Maine, and again the audience cheered for many minutes. The man who is not an admirer of the administration for its vigorous war policy is very much in the minority these days. Kx-State Chairman Andrews than w hom there is no shrewder .Iiti ciau iu the State, unbosomed himself to a Couinjwvial- Gazette rejorter in Pittsburg Thursday, as follows: "Every thing is lovely. We have harmony to sell, and there isn't a single drop of blood on the face of the moon. The Convention next week will nominate Brown, Adams and Burnett, not be cause they have been slated, but because they are unopposed; the people want them, and, you know, we can not deny the people. This talk of a 'slate is a nightmare. Senator (Juay has made no slate. He never does. He has sim ply waited uutil the sentiment of the people was ascertained and then well, he will go along. That's the secret of his success keeping close to the peo ple." Franc e is on trial rather than Drey fus. The clash of national difficulties and national prejudices is called by the name of Dreyfus, but the causes are far beyond the significance of any individ ual. Defects in the army administra tion and the morale of the troops, prob lems of bureaucracy, conspiracies against the republic, deep-seated ani mosities of race and differences of class against class, all enter into the troubled drama called a re-trial of Dreyfus. It is to the credit of France that the ques tion of justice to one man is a real ele ment in these shifting scenes of general excitement, of ruin to so many lives and reputations, this grim procession of suicides, fugitives, exiles, prisoners and assassins. That there is much de moralization iu France is clear, but that wrong will triumph over right, or dis order over order, is not indicated. I, the French people, as a whole, are still sane and sound, the republic will pass through this fermeutatiou without such calamities as have been known in the past. Capacity of Children. CiiKAiio, August 18. The scientists who are testing by mirbinery public fMjhool children's brain power and pbys iqua have made a partial report, in which they say that the brighter pupils are the larger and stronger ones, and .that the dull children are generally small for their ge'and physically weaker. The tests show ed that op to the age of ten boys and girls iucrease in streDgtb equally, but after that the boys gain' more rapidly. "That leads to the question,1' said Pr. Christopher, "whether after that age the sexes should not be separated, as the girls do not gain in strength s as to be able to perform the same tarks as the boys." Comparison of the height of children of eleven showed' that those in the higher grades were several inches taller than those of equal age in lower grade, and the same was true of weight and endur ance. From this Dr. Christopher and Principal Andrews deduce that there is a relationship between physical and mental capacity, and they think, therefore, that there should le a physical lest not only for admission to the schools, but for each grade. Yanderbilt ii aa Iaventor. New port, R. I., August IS. Cornelius Yanderbilt, jr., for some years in the drafting-room of the rolling-stock depart ment of the New York Central road, is the inventor of a locomotive every part of which was made from designs furnished by him. The engine baa been built, and testa are now- to begin. A special feature of the Yanderbilt locomotive is the fire box, which is arranged so it can be re moved when burned out, or for cleaning, and replaced in one uigbt, the removal of a few bolts being all that is necessary. To-day it takes several days to remove a firebox, and necessitates the driving of over 1,(MI0 bolts. Major Harrison Stricken Down. Santiaoo de Ccba, Aug. 20. Major Russell B. Harrisou, inspector general and son of ex-Presideut Benjamin Harri son, is critically ill with yellow fever. The case is the first to occur at Cristo, whither headquarters was removed last month to escape iufection. Of late the quarantine rules have been relax-ed, ow ing to the fact that there- have been no near cases in the city, and officers from headquarters have been in the habit of coining to Santiago daily, returning to healquarters at night. Major Harrison has been isolated, but not brought to the yellow fever hospital. Lynched for a Harder Fi ltox. Ky., Aug. 20. "Squab" Bolin, colored, was hanged last night by a mob. Three weeks ago Bolin and another negro named Henry Stewart robbed Gail Ham ilton of f 13 and then shot and killed him. Bolin escaped at the time, but Stewart was captured aud hanged by a uiob the night fler the murder. Blin was cap tured yesterday at Milan. Tennessee, and brought here last nigbt by officers. Be fore they could place him in prison they were surrouudad by the mob, which lynched Bolin. Anti-Somite EioU in Farii. Paris, Aug. 20. One thousand anar chisu, under the leadership of Sebastian Faure, assembled in the Place de la Re publique this afternoon aud made an attack on the anti-Semites. The police. w ho charged to clear the streets, were met with a severe resistance. A police commissary and an inspector attempted to arrest some rioters carrying a red flag, whereupon the mob beat them down aud pounded them with cluba. A u umber of shots wi re fired by the mob. The commissary was hit by a bullet and the inspector fatally beaten. Four police were slabbed. The police were driven away but returned, arresting Faure. Mobs afterward marched on aud sacked the churches of St. Maur aud St. Joseph. They tore down altars, pulpits, sacred pictures and holy vessels and threw them into l h street. The mob failed in an attempt to burn the churches. St. Xicho hiV church was also sacked and the interior desecrated. Police and cavalry charged the mobs but failed to prevent the assaults on ths churches. There are rumors of further arrets of plotters agaiusl the govern ment. Give the Children a Drink railed Onin.O Tt id ilnKnU,.. . - - 1 . V , . k0- tizmg, nourishing food drink to take the . vuue-v. cvjw uy mil g-rotrs ana liked by all who have used it because when properly prepared it tastes like the ..... .. . .'. L..,. i t ii . . uiiicu uui in nrfl iroui mil its injur- and t-trecet&ens the nerves. It is not a stimulant but a health builder, and chil dren. i well as adults, can drink it with great benefit. CokU about i as much as coffee. 15 and 25c 2,600 Victims Buried. Ponce, Island of Porto Rio Anr. 21. It is now estimated that the bodie of 2,500 viol tins of the recent hurricane liaro been buried, that I.OnO uersoiia w ere in jured during the storm, aud that 2,000 people are stui missing. Charf ed Vi'Ji tttkracert . Washington, Pa., Aug. 13. Sensa tional developments were added to the fatuous Hazlett embezzlement case here when Colonel J. B, R. Streator, of Wash ington. Colonel J. C. Kay, of Pittsburg, and Fred Emery! of Miileboro, this county, were ordered by the court to be arrested on a charge of embracery and conspiracy. Major Hazlett, a banker, who had forty indictments for embezzlement against him, was acquitted on one charge last May. The district attorney, in open court, alleged that the jury had been tampered with. The court ordered an investiga tion, and yesterday, as a result, the grand jury found true bills against Streatoi, Kay and Emery. It is alleged that these uien went to a hotel w here the jurors were stopping aud brought influent to bear on one or more of them whereby Hazlett was acquitted. Streator is one of the best known men in the i ennsylvania National Guard, having formerly been lieutenant-colonel of the Tenth Pennsylvania. AG.A.E. SOTJVXSLR. Everyone Interested in the Grand En campment Should Get Next Sun day's Press. The big t. A. R. encampment at Phil adelphia begins September 4. Xext Sun day's Philadelphia Press'' (August 27.) will be a souvenir edition, dedicated to the heroes of the Grand Army. It will )e filled with valuable information for those who attend the festivities and in teresting matter appropriate to this great event in Grand Army circles. Artists aud photographers will, aid the moat skilled writers in making this edition the finest ever published. Be sure to get uext Sunday's Press. Are you looking for an old comrade, who you believe will be here at the en campment ? Some old frieud perhaps iu a regiment whom you have not seen for years? If so. The Daily Press will help you find him and will print free of charge all personal requests of old soldiers who will take part in the encampment and who wish to learn the whereabouts of old comrades. Write to The Press and give names, regiment and other details, and address simply The Press, Philadelphia. G. A, B. EKCAXFXEST, PHILADELPHIA. Eednced Rates via Fenniylvania Kail road. Ou account of the Thirty-third Annual Encampment -ct the Grand Army of the Republic, to be held at Philadelphia on September 4, 5, C, 7, 8, and S, the Pennsyl vania Railroad Company will sell ex cursion tickets from points on its line to Philadelphia, at rate of siugle fare for the round trip, except that the fare from Xew York Mini Baltimore will be i; from Newark, X. J., fiKS; from Elizabeth. X J., $2 75, and proportionate rates from intermediate points. Tickets will be sold on September 2, 3, i, aud 5, good to return Septemlier 12 in clusive: but by depositing ticket with joint agent at Philadelphia on September 5, C, 7, 6, or II, and the payment of fifty cenUt, return limit may be extended to September .10, inclusive. sidktkips. Tickets for side trips to Washington, Old Point Comfort, Gettysbu rg, Antietam, and Virginia battlefields, will also be sold at greatly reduced rates. Grain-0 Brings Belief to the coffee drinker. Coffee drinking is a habit that is universally indulged in and almost as universally injurious. Have you tried Grain-O? Itlsalmost like coffee but the etl'ects are just theoppite. Coffee upsets the stomach, ruins the digestion, affects the hart and disturbs the whole nervous system. Grain-O tones up the stomach, aiiis digextion and strengthens the nrrves. There is nothing but nour ishment iu Grain O. It can't be other- Ue. 15 and 25c. per package. Dewey's Thirty Chinamen. Xew York, August 19. A bill is to be introduced in the next Congress to give citizenship to the thirty Chinamen em ployed by Admiral Dewey at Hongkong to work on the war vessels as cooks, mess men and general all-around kitchen-men. Tbey worked faithfully at Manils and are anxious to become citizens of the United States. Some of them have written to friends in Chinatown inquiring whether or not they wii'. be expelled, under the general expulsion law, when Dewey's fleet comes home. Lawyer Diuan said to day: "I do not think there will beany objection to the landing of Chinamen who were on board ships that fought for the American flag. There is no law by which tbey can be ad mitted, and it seems to me that Secretary Long, of the Navy Department, will have all the say in the matter." Boy ef 14 Seres a Train. A Dead wood, 8. D., dispatch says: The lives of teachers were saved from possi ble destruction by 14 year old Manly Bea ver. The teachers liadbeen attending the State Convention at Hot Springs, and boarded an excursion train bound for Spearfish Canyon. Just as the train was about to enter the canyon it was flagged by joung Beaver, who notified the trainmen that the track was obstructed by a horse that had fallen through the ties of a near-by trestle. When the facts were learned by the ex-cuj-siouUts the boy was lionized. Presi dent Brown, of the State Teachers' Asso ciation, made a fitting speech, much to the embarrassment of the hoy, after which be was presented with $10, which he at first refused to accept. Then Doctor Dan iels presented him with a course of edu cation in the State Normal School at Mad ison, Wis. The boy will start there in the fall. Ths Dreyfns trial. The event of the day in Europe is the retrial by court martial of CapC Albert Dreyfus, whose conviction of high trea son by court martial in 1SC4 has aroused the sympathy and excited the interest of the civilized world, because it is believed to have been an atrocious wrong, accom plished by perjury, forgery and out rageous bias by the court against the prisoner. Mobs in France have been making attempts to reinflame the popu lace against the hapless victim of in justice merely because he is of Jewish birth. His leading attorney, Labori, was shot by an assassin on Monday but is living and will probably recover. Swallowed Silver Spoons. Coi.UMBi s, 0., Aug. 17. Eliza Day, col ored, aged tiO, a patient at the Columbus State hospital, received from Marion ten years ago, died from peritonitis, and an autopsy revealed in her stomach the handles of five silver spoons ar.d SO cam bric needles. A bout a year ago the wo man told an attendant she had swallow ed several spoons, but an examination failed to disclose any foreign object in her stomach. She never appeared to suffer any pain. The bowls of the spoons are supposed to have been corroded by the acids of the stomach. lattltflig's Betnrn. Richmond, Ind., Aug. 21. Indiana and Texas will soon be the principals in an event showing decidedly how far the friendly feeling between the North and South has progressed. This event is the return to Terry's Texas Rangers of the battle flag which was taken from them during the Civil War. At the last session of the Indiana Legislature the request for the return of the flig was made by Texas, and it was complied with. The day of the return of the flag, which will be Friday, October 5. is to be cele brated in Texas. Pictures of the flair have been sent there, and badges are now being made in large numbers. It has been deeidei to present two lafg silken ' banners to the Governors of Texas and j Indians in honor of the event. 1 1 macvtci GATHER ON THE HE Great Throng of Enthusiastic Party Men Go to the State Convention S0LDIEE3 E00JIISG BAENETT. Colonel McClnre Gives the Democracy a Shock by Predicting ths Triumphant Election of ths Republican Candidates Before They Are Kamed. Special Correspondence.) Harrisburg. Aug. 22. There Is a great crowd of stalwart Republicans in town, all eager to be on hand when the state ticket is nominated on Thursday next. It is going to be a typical Re- ruhlican gathering, full of enthusiasm party fervor and patriotism. The streets are already thronged with a good natured. cheering crowd, with the Dartisans of the several canaiaaies an an i tons to make a demonstration in favor of their respective favorites. The hotels and other public buildings and many business places and private resi dences are gaily decorated with flags and bunting, and on the sidewalks an.l tn the hotel lobbies and the headquar ters there are many soldiers, some of them in full uniform, fresh from Camp Meade, which is hut a few miles down the road from this city. The presence of these military men, among them are many who served in the Cuban and Porto Rican campaigns and have since been mustered out from the federal service, is full of significance. It means that they Are all interested in the work of the forthcoming convention They expect to see one of their com rades in arms honored by the Repub lican party of the old Keystone state next Thursday. Tbey have heard of the proposed nomination of Lieutenant Colonel James Elder Harnett, tne act ing commander of the famous "fight ing" Tenth regiment, and they are here to show their interest in him and their desire to see him named for state treasurer. The nomination of Colonel Barnett Is now assured. And that he will sweep the state by an immense ma jority is certain. His regiment will reach Pittsburg in a few days, ani there is no doubt that a great ovation awaits them. As to the balance of the ticket, Joslah R. Adams, of Philadel nhla. for the superior court, has prac tically a walkover, and for Justice of the supreme court J. Hay Brown, of Lancaster, is In the lead. Judges Anhiba!d. Morrison. White and Wal- luce and former Attorney General Pal mer are also proposed for supreme judge. STALWARTS IX CONTROL The convention will be absolutely In the hands of the stalwart element of the party. The regulars, with the is sues clearly defined, carried the prl meries by overwhelming majorities wherever the insurgents put up can didates, with tne exception of in about three counties outside of Allegheny and Philadelphia. In Allegheny no ef fort waa made to dispute the power of the Magee-FIInn organization to namo the delegates in the districts which they usually carry, and in the Quaker City there was an agreement which gave to the Martinites a certain num ber of districts without a contest. though this number was much smaller than the Martin men claimed. The outlook for the election of the whole ticket by unprecedented ma jorities is most gratifying. The Demo cratic party is demoralized. The soun.l money men have bolted Creasy, the free, silverite who was placed on the ticket for state treasurer by the orders of Colonel Guffey to please the Bryan itcs. While the disgruntled insurgents have been praising Creasy, in the hope of compelling the stalwarts to show them some consideration at the state convention, they all know that Creasy Is not a rote winner and that he will not have his own party vote back of him on election day. Some idea of the feeling aa to th4 prospects of a sweeping Republican victory in Pennsylvania this fail may be gleaned from an editorial which Colonel A. K. McClure printed in the Philadelphia Times last Friday. While this publication was overflow ing with unusual frankness it was re ceived witn outbursts of disapproval and disappointment from the I)emo cratic leaders and sympathizers. It was the first candid statement of fact as to Pennsylvania politics that has been gotten from a newspaper carry ing the Wanamaker advertisement in Philadelphia for many days. All these journals are Industriously telling their readers what a great man is Creasy, and how the people are falling over themselves to get into line to vote for him. It is the same old story that was heard throughout the campaign for poor old Mr. Jcuks. who, it will be recalled, ran for governor last year, with the full prestige of the advertis ing subsidized newspapers booming him daily and all the other influences of the insurgent Republican organiza tion at his back. Mr. Jenks now knows the value the people place on these bar gain counter organs and what influence they do not possess. M CLURE S CANDID ADMISSION. With this whole choir daily harp ing on Creaseys strength, it is. in deed, refreshing to read Colonel Mc Clure's breezy and convincing way of brushing theru all to one side. In discussing the probable nominees of the Republican state convention Colonel McClure said: "The nomination for state treasuj-ei 6haped itself. It happened to come Quay's way. and in that be was for tunate. The record of the heroism of the Tenth regiment in the Philippines stands out single from all the others alike iu sacrifice and achievement in the bloody conflict with a. barbarous foe and nearly climate in the far easr. Had Colonel Hawkins lived he would likely have preferred to take his seat In the senate to which he was elected two jears ago, but if he had chosen to piefer the nomination for state treasurer no political combination! could have prevented it. His sad deatn left Lieutenant Colonel Barnett aa the only -surviving ofUcer of the gallant Tentli who has had active participa tion in politics, and at no time since the death of Colonel Hawkins has his nomination for state treasurer depend ed upon anything but his willingness to accept it- Some of the Republican leaders wcula prefer anothei. but knowing that they might as well bay the moon as to start a tight against him, his nomination will be made with practical unanimity, and it is most un fortunate for Democratic Reformer Creasy that he has to buck against the buzz-saw record of the glorious Tenth regiment." WILL P.2 A CLEAN SWEEP. "It go without saying." continued Colonel McClure. after making com plimentary references to J. Hay Brown and Josiah R. Adams, whose nomina tions for the supreme and superior courts, respectively, he predicts, "that the Republican state ticket will be elected. The people would willingly Strike a revolutionary blow if the De mocracy of the state commanded the respect it once did as a minority party, but the independent leaders are un willing to develop their lines and strength in an off year battle to aid the Democrats In thsir visible decay. "The election, therefore, will prac tically go by default because the people of Pennsylvania, regardless of factional interests or prejudices, believe that a loyal support Is due to the government In favor of the policy inexorably shapej for the republic by the war with Spain. There can I no Democratic victories in loyal states until there shall be a Democratic party that does not defame its own record of nearly a century in favor of extending our possessions and maintaining honest money." The Pittsburg Dispatch, which op posed Governor Stone in the last cam paign. Is not giving the insurgents much encouragement. Commenting upon Barnett's letter in refusing the colonelcy of the Tenth regiment, It ays: I "The reason which Lieutenant Col onel Earaett gives will be recognized nrnmu tnu nr i ii a U h thoroughly good one. M a-vi brother officers dwirt that th Tenth shall be known as Colonel Kkln regiment during the full time of Its federal service. It may occur to some that Barnett's dwisiwi may deprive him of the ran of colonel only for a short time and that be is certain to attain that position as soon as the regiment is reorganized as a command of the National Guard of Pennsylvania. There is little doubt, however that Barnett has put aside the only chance he will ever have to become colonel of the Tenth regiment. It seems to be assured that he will be made the Republican nominee for state treas urer and that he will thereupon retire from the military service. He puts aside the office for good and his sac rifice is. therefore, greater than that made bv his subordinates of the staff, w ho are Justly expectant of promotion, if tln-v desire it. in the National Guard. "It is one of the pleasing revelations of the latter that, while Colonel Haw kins and IJeutenant Colonel Barnett were considered opposing candidates for the nomination of treasurer, and while politicians here at home were spoliating on the feelings of rivalry that must he animating those two men they remained the most cordial of friends, facing the perils of war as brothers in spirit as well aa in arms The words of admiration and love of Hawkins tittered by Barnett have a rinn of the true metal in them. "Lieutenant Colonel Barn'tt's letter shows that Colonel Hawkins was wounded bv his failure to receive a promotion for hU services in Luzon, such as was gran'.ed to most of the colonels of the volunteer recinients in that campai.Tn. He did not desire this promotion for his own sake, but his failure to obtain it made bini fear that the people of Pennsylvania might be led to think that he had not fulfilled his whole duty in the service of his country. This fear was more bitter to the true soldier than the disappoint ment of a personal ambition. Lieuten ant Colonel Barnett evidently shares in the chagrin resulting from this neglect to promote a deserving officer, for he says: "The laurel wreath came to others, but not to him. It is not yet understood in this state why Colonel Hawkins was 'passed by,' as Barnett puts It. but it will be known some of these days. The people of Pennsyl vania have a right to know, for they have the utmost confidence that it was not by reason of any shortcomings on the part of the Tenth's brave colonel." Art tie xpiorrs Hack. Tromsok, Norway, Aug. 17. Walter Wellman and the survivors of the Polar expedition led by him arrived here this eveuirg on the steamer Capel'.a, having successfully completed tlioir explorations iu Franz Josef Land. Iu the autumn of is: an outpost call ed Fort McKinley was established in latitude 81. It was a bouse built of rocks and roofed over with walrus hide. Two Norwegians, Paul Bjeervig aud Bert Bentzeen, the latter of whom was with Xansen ou the Era in, remained there. The main party wiutered in a canvas covered but called Ilarmsworth house at Cape Tegethotf, on the southern point of Halls island latitude W). On reaching Fort McKinley last spring Mr. Wellman found Bentzeen dead, but Rjoervig, ac cording to promise, had kept the body in the bouse, sleoping beside it through two months of Arctic darkness. Not withstanding his terrible experience the survivor was safe and cheerful. The Wellman party found new lauds north o' Freedom island, where N arisen landed in 1&6. Wellman, while leading the party northward last March, fell into a suow-covered crevasse, seriously in juring one of bis legs and compelling a retreat. Two days later the party was roused at midnight by an icequake under tbeui, due to pressure. In a few momenta many dogs were crushed and the sledges destroyed. The members of the expedi tion narrowly escaped with their lives, though they managed to save their sleep ing bags and some dogs and provisions. On Mr. Wellinan's condition becoming alarming, a- inflammation set in, the Norwegian dragged him on a sledge by forced marches nearly 2n0 miles to head quarters, arriving theie early lt April. Wellman is still unable to walk and will probably be permanently crippled. He found no trace of the missing aeronaut, Prof. Andree. ATLANTIC CITY, ETC. Last Fifteen-day Excursions to Atlantic Coast Resorts via Pennsylvania Rail Road. Thursday, August 17ih, is the date of the remaining Pennsylvania Railroad low-rate fifteen day excursions to Atlantic City, Cape May, Oct-an City, Sea isle City. Avalon, Anglese, Wild wood, Holly Beach, X. J., Ueboboih, Del., or Ocean City, Md. A special train of Pullman parlor cars and day cc.aches will leave Pittsburg ou aliove mentioned dates at 8:55 A. M., ar riving at A 1 loon a lii.i p. M.t where stop for dinner will be made, reaching Phila delphia li:i" P. M., and arriving at Atlan tic City, via the Delaware River Bridtre route, the only all-rail line, at 8:40 P. M. ('asHener may also spend the uight in Philadelphia, and proceed to the shore by any regular train from Market Street Wharf or Broad Street Station on the fol lowing day. A stop-over of ten days will alo be al lowed at Philadelphia on the going trip, if pafoK'ncrs will deposit their tickets with the Ticket Agent at Broad Street Station, Philadelphia, immediately on arrival. Tickets will be sold from the stations at the rates named below : Train leave. lUita. KXM A. M. ss 5ft HHM 7 - i " II (H - l " SS ..Tnve PitUbonr I'oilDcllKVillf JohiiHtown Hvmlman Ml Atlantic Ciiy... Tickets will also be good on regular trains leaving Pittsburg at 4:50 and S:.it) P. M, carrying sleeping ears to Philadel phia, and 7:05 P. M., carrying Pullman sleeping cars through to Atlantic City. For detailed information in regard to rates aud time of trains apply to ticket agent or Mr. Thomas E. Watt, District Passenger gent, Pittsburg. For the Twenty-sixth Annual Inter state Grange Picnic Exhibition, to be heln" at William's Grove, Pa., August 2 to September 2, the Pennsylvania Railroad Company w ill sell excursion tickets from August 2li to September 2, inclusive, good to return uutil September 4, inclusive, at rate of one fare for the round trip, from principal stations between East Liberty and Bryn Mawr ; on the Northern Central Railway north of and including Luther ville, and on the Philadelphia and Erie Railroad Division east of and including Waterford. For information in regard to train service and specific rates application should be made to ticket agents. J'rom ytfrs. Vaughn to 97 rs. Pmcham. lettzi to aaa. rixiata to. 64,58;- "Dkar Friend Two years ago I had child-bed fever and womb trouble in its worse form. For eight months after birth of babe I was not able to sit np. Doctors treated me, but with no help. I had bearing-down pains, burning in stomach, kidney and bladder trouble and my back was so stiff and sore, the right ovary waa badly affected and everything I ate distressed me, and there was a bad discharge. I was confined to my bed when I wrote to yon for advice and followed your directions faithfully, taking Lvdia E. Pinkham'a WtrotaHlo 1 pound, Liver Pills and using the Wash, ana am now able to do the most of my housework. I believe I should have died if it had not hern f,.- , - . j va Weil- pound. I hope this letter may be the result of benefitting some other suffer ing woman. I recomnvnil r. pound to every one." Mas. Mart vaiku, iRiMBLS, ffLASHl Co., Kr. Many of these sick women whose letters we print were utterly dis couraged and life was a bur.l.-n to them when they wrote to Lynn. Mass., to Mrs. Pinkham. and iiW,t i... of any kind received advice that made them strong, useful women again. PARTY HARMONY IN PHILADELPHIA Local Republican Ticket Nomi nated Without the Slight est Friction. mm (ill HE FROST. The Kew Mxyor of the Quaker City Shows Force of Character in Politics and in the Performance of His Official Duties. (Special Correspondence.) Philadelphia. Aug. 22.-Tiie Republi can county conventions were held in ths city today, and they carried out the harmony program to the letter. Wencel Hariuian was nominated for sheriff. Thomas Dugan for coroner, Wildcmore aud Hugh Black for coun ty commissioners and Judges S. W. Pennvpacker and ri. J. McCarthy were named to succeed themselves. T he lat ter is a Democrat, aud an appointee tt Governor . Hastings. Both judges will be named by tue Democratic con vention, so that theie will be no con tests over the judiciary at the Novem ber election. There will, however, be no real s-tr:f:gle over any place on the tlikct. Every man in it will be elect ed bv a big majority. There will be no factional opposition to any one of them and all elements ct the party will unite In working for a large vote at the lee'tion. The tlection of the candi dates waa mad'i after many confer ences or the leaders of the contending factions with Mayor Ashbridge. who has labored unceasingly to bring about harmony in the party organization in this city. He has succeeded in a re markable degree. The prosqective nomination of Lieutenant Colonel Bar nett for state treasurer is well re ceived In this city. A number of the young soldiers of the Spanish-American war. who volunteered from this city, have gone to Harrisburg to work and cheer for ftarnett. Among them are the active spirits in the movement for the organization of the proposed "Barnett battalion," which is to be formed after the adjournment of the state convention and to take part in the campaign. ASHBRIDGE MAKING A RECORD. Ashbridge Is going to make a record for himself as mayor of this city. He has already Impressed his personality upon the community by his independ ence and his businesslike way of going about things, lie will not permit him fcelf to be dictated to by the so-called Republican newspapers that never find anything good in anything that any official dues, unless he is of the David Martin faction In local politics. Now the mayor wants it known that he represents no faction of the Republi can party and that he proioses to con duct his ofllre for the best interests of the people. He has consequently made himself a mark for the assaults of the insurgents, and he is being misrepre sented daily by the same newspapers that go out of their way to attack Gov ernor Stone, and when they cannot find anything in his otlicial acts to eriti clre, they assail him personally. Mayor Ashbridge has served notice on the editors of certain papers that if they go one inch beyond the line of proper and h-gltmate criticism he will proceed against them in the criminal courts. T am not thin skinned." remarked the mayor a few days ago, "but there Is a limit to what I will stand. I do not propose to be bulldozed into doing what I do not think is right, and when I conclude upon a policy I shall carry it out. despite these newspaper attacks, the political character of which the people are fully familiar with." PENNSYLVANIA FIRST IN CHARITY The new mayor Is a worker as well aa a fighter. He showed this In the masterly maner In which he responded to the call of the secretary of war for supplies for the stricken people of Porto Rico. He at once put the full force of his administration to work to have Philadelphia make a prompt and gen erous res;onse to the appeal for aid. He remained at his office until after midnight while this- work was under way. core-fponding with the officials of the war and navy dwpartnients and en listing the assistance of leading and public spirited citizens of the city and state The arrival of the Panther, the transport sent by the national govern ment to this city to take the supplies to the stricken people, found the warves filled with provisions ready to be loaded on board and shipped with out delay. Mayor Ashbridge at once got In touch with Governor Stone and soon had the supplies so kindly ship ped by the residents of interior towns of Pennsylvania, diverted from New York, where they were to go under the first notice sent out, and brought direct to this city where they were started off as the first shipment from the Keystone state. READY FOR THE ENCAMPMENT. Another evidence of the up-to-aate methods employed by Mayor Ash bridge is shown tn his management of mature in relation to the comine na tional encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic. This has Involved an Immense amount of work. It has meant the collection ot lmge sums of money to meet the enormous expense that Is being Incured In the public decorations and the proposed entertainment of dis tinguished visitors. Mayor Ashbridge has been in constant communication with the committees of the Grand Army and has been of inestimable assistance to ttem in many ways In carying put their various plans. He will surely size up to all the require ments of the position of mayor during the encampment next month. He Is a fluent and forcible public speaker, and his patriotic addresses have been heard In nearly every school house in this city at flag raisinss or similar occa sions. IT'S DIFFEDENT THE XORTII AMERICAN (PHILADELPHIA) IT'S DIFFERENT, because It prints ail the news, and all the news It prints Is true. IT'S DIFFERENT, because it s bright and brisk, up-to-date and vigorous, but not yellow. ITS DIFFERENT, because Its only policy is to teil the truth, it has no covert or personal interests to promote. It serves no political ambition, no creed, no class prejudice, no mere partisan purpose. IT'S DIFFERENT, because it advocates equal taxaiicn and battles against the existing system, which favors the rich corporation at the expense of the farmer, tne merchant, the manufacturer and the wage-earner. ITS DIFFERENT, because it stand for Republican principles, and makes war upon all who, under the stolen name of Republicanism, are disloyal to those principles. ITS DIFFERENT because It believes manhood and not money should rule. Therefore it upholds the' rights of all. as against the aggressive power of the privileged few. ITS DIFFERENT, because no boss, no corporation, can control one line of its space. ITS DIFFERENT, because It Is non sectarian snd broad; every party, every faith, every class, and the workingman equally with the millionaire, gets a fair hearing In its columns. ITS DIFFERENT, be cause it upholds faith In humanity, and the pro gress of mankind toward higher Ideals, larger hopes and better living. ITS DIFFERENT. , will continue to be different. Watch Ths North Ameri - can and tee It grow. ONE CENT UA Gentle Wind of Western Birth" Tells n sweeter sicry to fair-'" '- ih A-XKicement fist the hezlh-g.- UZs of the bitlh cf ajx er of g lh- is the one rtlUbU specific for tne curt of Z blood, siorruch And bvtr trjvb'cs. Book Lost ia Battle Found. Ei Ti.KB, Pa., Aug 17.-A. O. Williams, of lhi city, has been notified of Ilia lind iugofabot.k which he lt during the second day's battle of the Wilderness. The book coutin-d a roll of Company I, of the famous Bncktail re:iuint, aud valuable data and notes made by Mr. Williams, who was first sergeant of the ompany. The book was found among the effect-sof a deceased friend of W illiam M.Howell, of Cove Creek, N. C. who notified the potmaster at Kmlenton. where Williams formerly raided. Cenfeisid to a Lynching. Gainksvillk, Ga., 17. Taylor Hamil ton, one of the mob w hich bs k Smith from jail in this county and lynched him a few weeks ago, has uia 'e a confession before the Grand Jury implanting a uuinlwr of prominent inerchaiits. En trance to the jail was effected by an.se. The men, holding a supposed prisoner Itetween them, awakened Sheriff Mon day and told him that lb-y had a pris oner whom they wished to incMrcerate. The sheriff opened the door and the mob rushed in and shot Smith in his cell. Hamilton acted the part of the pretended prisoner. The"" "B."To." TO TIIK 331 Annual Encampment G. A. R. Philadelphia, September 4th-9th. Tickets will be sold at the Very Low Fate of Uie Fare for the Round Trip from all points on the Baltimore A hio R. R. eat of the Ohio River, with tiie ex'eeption that the rale from New York and Baltimore will be $! m and from Washington M for the Hound Trip. Tickets on sale September i it, i and .", good returning until Nepteinlwr VI, in clusive, except liy deposit of ticket with joint agent at Philadelphia between Kept. A and H, and on payment of fee of 00 cents, return limit may be extended until .Sep tenilieT -'JO. Every soldier knows the connection of the "H. AO." with the Civil War. There are so many point of interest on and alxmt its lines tnat special Mi.pover and Side Trips have been arranged for the accomtixxUtion of v in torn to the Philadelphia Encampment. Call on B. A o. Ticket Agents for thi -pecial infor mation. Send o cents iu stamps for the special G. A. R- edition of the "Book of the Royal Blue," containing H-tUlehelil Map. to l B. Martin, Manager Passenger Trallie, B. A O. ii. R., Baltimore. JXECUTOIl'S NOTICE. Kstate of Harriet Custer, late of the borough of Uooversville, somerset county, !".. deceaiMSl. letters test-imentary on the above ette !:ivMiff been emii'wi io the unr)erUi)etl by Hie proper authority, notice Is bcrvl'V given loail p'-rnofiH Intlebl to said enuiie io iimke Immediate payment, and thoe havim; claim niralnHi the Kume to prexeiil them duly au thenticated for payment JAMKS I.AMBKKT. Executor or Harriet Custer, Lam W-rUvilic, 1'a. -EOAL NOTICE. To Elmer E. Baldwin, residence unknown. Yon are hereby not Hied that In pursuance of a Writ of Partilfon isj-ued out of the Or- flmm' I'ourt of Somerset county, 1'a., 1 will old an iiuiuest on the premises on the real esuileof Huich Aunutu, dee'd. ailuat in Som erset township. Somen county, la , on Sat urday, the ninth day of September, fsr.i, wheu aud where you can attend if you lliiuk proper. M H. HARTZF.I.U SherifTa Office. rherirr. July lrW. W A MTP I'll Al'tire, reliable men to solir I lAAIM I LUi It order for nurserv stock; permanent einploymeii: ex peni- and salary to thone who can leave home or roiijmt-s.ston U local men, SI,hs Htriciiy hrst-ela. The busineHM enHiir It-arned. V rite at once lor terms and lerriiorv Slate .life and occupa tion. The It. U. I'HASK COMPANY, South Peun Square, 1'hiiadelphUi. Jos. Home & Co. 1849-1899 Next Monday in Pittsburg. The chances are you'll be in town next Monday to take part in the recep tion of the home coming of the lO.h. The parade will take place early in the day aud after it is over you have so t.e time for shipping. We don't think you can find a store in which there are larger as sortments of new things for Fall than here. And we know positively that you can not hod a store where the cornftrt of its patrons is looked after more faithfully than in this store there's a Restaurant, a Parlor for th general public, a special Parlor for Women, a check room w here your grips and pt;-k be I ft and a public telephone station. By way of brevity we tell you something alxmt new Dress tltsxls for Fall. Plaids are the real thing iu the way of style for the separate skirt, and we are ready to show you new Tweed Plaids, new Vicuna P. aids, new Camels Hair Plaids, as smart as Plaids can l in a range of prices, -tic, 50c, Sjc, 7oc, Kjo on to (l Vl a yd. Another line of desirable gsN is the new Coating Serges in staple color ings. These sergrare 4 1 inches w ide. In the face of a ris-ing market they are marked -M cents a yd. For the dressy school dress we invite your attention to ten color assortments iu 4"i inch new French Poplins -7.5 cents a yard. For the iining of good dresses we hsve vast assortments of Black Percalines in soft, medium and stiff finishes, at 8c, lOcand 12c a yd. Pittsburg, Pa. Freh Seasonable Cut -Floras, Polled Flint also all kinds of Artistic Floral Desigus can be furnixbed on short notice. Bell Telephone at our store. AMf Slahl, Unrist, Johnstown, 1'a. BeayerCoIIege&Musical Instituts BEAVER. PA. On the Ohio Itiver.V. minutes from pitta, buiu. t-uriy aeveulli year. .eW ououuixa ana equipment. lHinmiory for young lu.it. . s 1 xieeu Irueliera. IrnU term ouena xui. iui W ri u; lor i-aUilugue. Rev. Arthur Stapt.. A. fl.. Prcaldrnt. tt- Regular term beirlni Octilr id, lyvto. f K'Viivairut biukI complete siud-in rvt-eived ulioat previou denial training. ti Wumra admitted. Write ftareataloirue PITTSBURS CENTAL COLLEGE, Dept. of Western CrjlTrlT cf Ponr.iyl tania.Tll rna Avoac, fttutrarg. Pa. vW: PLUMBING & HEATING If You Want the Best . . m poods.Aliea call and examine our complete Mink. tnt io the following: j Garlands, J Majesties. j Coumbians, All guaranteed to give satisfaction and at i , 1 ?c . ranging from $7.00 to $o0.00. Call and exaihihe. P. ASCHELlj i V. asmmmmmmmmmm WHEN IN WANT OF PURE DRUGS, CE:' E ICALS AND TOILET ARTICLES, 'S 40S Main Sreet, Somerset, h I Our stock is complete. Ahl goods guaranteed, i 5 Our Specialties: r Fine Box Stationery, "Aloha" Brand. C: Delicious Confections in Original Pad - " Sparkling Ice-Cold SotlS pure aud rcfrt t H with a numerous variety of flavors. 5EE Imported and Domestic Brands of Cigars cucs- J 2r 011 hand. G. W. BENFORD, Muna; Si jr-S-Public station for Long Distance Telephone to ail r. isj : U.S. IUts moderate. Sunday pay station at Hotel Valines. TiiumuiimiiiUMiim FOR SCHOOL DRESSES Odd lots 7oc to $1.00 Dress Goods 35c yard imported suitings among tliem. Odd lots 25 to ' 35c Dress Goods and Wool Suitings, 10j and 15c yd. Lot double width Dress Goods, 5c yd. New season's Dress Goods be ginning to arrive now and tlrere must be plenty of room made for them double quick. So we're hur rying out all the broken and sur plus liues prices, as above, that will make theai go, and give any number of people who are plan ning for girls' fall school wear, and for skirts and splendid every day gowns, good goods at throw away prices. Styles and qualities that all who -get samples and see will say is a decidedly new experience to get for such little money. Handling odd lots of fine sil'cs ju.-t as viorou-ly. Rich Fancy Taffetas 50e yard that w ill be proof thereof. Lot of choice wash goods 5c yd good styles, useful the year 'round. Send for samples. BOGGS & BUHL, DEPARTMENT X" Allegheny, Pa. Somerset.... O ompaiiY, SOMERSET, PA. When you buy a ttuggy.- Waxon, Har UrtMs.ptc.get the best your money will buy Good Top Biigies from $30 up, Call and ee it hat I have and oblige, a. c.Idavis. important to advertiser. The cream of tha country papers U ibnnd la Remington's County Seat LUts. Shrewd kdrertiaers avu3 thecutwlres of thene lisw, eopy of which eaa be had of Remiagtiia BruL. of Xew York X. Pitwburz. X RANGES or COOKING SToVFj tii. ! be prjliul at a pri ce 110 higher than -V I 18 0.1 i PHARMACY. 1 i.iiiiiiuauu. GOOD AND BAD . . . j Stoves resemble p:h-;i mj.; :lo-ely. It's wb.n tm y are pit that they tell tbeir i)e,ii;rH. j pCINDERELLi are made i iu i.t u.,i. .... repent quite a number t iitp;..i. in Htove making. Tbey meet every want uf :b. ; keeper in a satisfactory iLiir moderate cost. i t DIST, W0BZ, WORRY, ir4 Ail Left unL. I :xxl bakent perfect n Sold with that uuJcuci!, ' JAMES. B. HOLDERS;. Gibbs Imperial Plow, ; Iilade at Canton, hin, tit i on enrtb, can now ! i Iloluorbaiun's U.iniiv' Lit; hi to handle and vtr X v SEE OUR. Disc Harrows. Steel Ba I.eief i Spike Toot Ham Steel P.ar I.eer ; Spring Tooth Harrow Wt' Old Sty:e ; Wood Frame Harr. plated front and under fraai' ere to protect bolt k . i Steel Bar I.erer ? Corn and Garden Culth- five, seven and nine tiove;i era and wecJen T Bar Steel Pulverizer U . Corn Planters, j with fertilizing attai'ls Champion Hay Rate Farmers Favorite Grais . McCormick's Mowers aci-- Engines, Saw Mills Threshers. Just Unloaded for Spring ( i. I Car Wire Nail. j I Barbed and Str' i I Imperial Plows. I " Harrow5, I " Kramer Wagon i Spring Wagons. S " Buggies and Carri; . s Call and examine my t''k buy. i I T TT 11- JU" , j. B.HOiaen;. I SOMERSET, PA. f