WHY BUSINESS IS BOOMING. The Situation as Mewed by a Prominent Agriculturist HOW FARMERS SHOULD VOTE Penn5ylTnUn Most Eoll Up a Big R J publican Majority ana " U Cufui For McKiniey'a Re-eicction. It Is not always the experienced bus iness man that put things In the tritest and most forcible English when he has anything to say. The In telligent, wide awake agriculturist, who has an opportunity to study public questions and to form his own opin ions from well established facts, fre quently has a knack of expressing him self in a manner that leaves no room to doubt his convictions cr to suc-c-ossfully controvert his conclusions. John Hamilton, who is secretary of agriculture or this Ftate. is a practical agriculturist and a ismMstent Republi can as weil. In commenting upon the present political situation he said: 'Government is a business. Business upon a colossal scale, conducted by men delegated to act for the whole peo ple, and these delegated men are In structed by the people to carry Into operation and effect the great leading principles which the majority for the time professes to believe. "In 1SS2 "tariff for revenue only' sup planted as a business principle 'tariff for protection of industry,' and the ef fect of this radical change of an es sential principle was instantly per ceived. Mills that formerly run unin terruptedly began to close their gates, trafSc that had been busy began to fall away. Foreign goods began to jour in upon cur shores; labor beean to be Idle in our streets: building be gan to suspend construction: money, which end been abundant, bewail to grow scarce; mines and furnaces be gan to close out their business; prices Vegan to drop; soup houses began to rise and tramps thronged the high ways; capital grew timid; lenders at home and abroad called for their cash; the sheriff's sales were posted uton very billboard. The whole country was In industrial and social despair. Even the government, to protect it self from utter overthrow, aion? with that which had overtaken her citizens, was compelled to go out into the mar kets of the world and borrow money at exorbitant cost, to the extent of $2C2. OOO.OtK). in time of peace, to meet the exjwnses of the state. Four Ion? years of this experiment, 'tariff foi revenue only,' continued, when again. In IbM. the parties came up before the people for their judgment. THE 1C TO 1 ISSl'E. "The Democratic party, knowing and fearing their record, and that the old cry of a "tariff for revenue only' would cause their overwhelming de feat. Invented a new issue, with which they hoped to overshadow the old one. of 1SP2. and they called it '16 to 1.' The 'free coinage of silver' was the Democratic war cry, and the Republi cans stood, as of old. for 'sound money and the protection of American Indus try.' The Republicans took up as their candidate and leader that noble representative protectionist, William J.VKinley, the author of the tariff act uf 1S90, and the Democrats appropri ated a man up to that time compara tively unknown, but whose record as a leliever in the free coinage of silver, "16 to 1.' was open and pronounced. "The Democrats contended that the Ills which had been endured during the four years of their adminstration, and which could not be disguised, were due to the unsatisfactory condi tion of the currency of the country, and proclaimed that if there could be the free and unlimited coinage of sil ver. '16 to 1," our troubles would bs at an end. and all henceforth would be veil. To this idea they rallied all the factions and all of the parties, north, south, east and west who were opposed to the Republican idea, and the battle vas fought out on this issue as no previous battle had ever before been fought. Foreign nations, as spectators of the conflict, predicted as a result the overthrow of the financial system of the country, and perhaps the ulti mate destruction of the republic, and many conservative, thoughtful citizens at home were seriously questioning whether a free people, made up of such diverse elements as composed the American nation, could govern the..t eelves. "When, however, the election day came, the Republicans had clearly shown that the injury to the business of the country and our other indus trial His were not due to the monev question at all, but that the tariff poli cy of the Democratic party was the cause of all of our disturbances in T usiuess, and promised that if the Re publican idea that a 'tariff for the pro tection of American industry' were re instated prosperity would return and business resume its beneficent sway all over the laud. M'KIXLEY AND PROSPERITY. "Major SIcKiuley was elected; no change has been made la the financial system; no other part of our business has been seriously modified; all is left substatially as before, except two thiugs: One is that the 'tariff for reve nue only' has been stricken off and a 'tariff for the protection of American Industry' has been restored. The other Is that Republican citizens who be lieve in this doctrine of "protection to American labor' have been put in of fice to carry the law Into effect, "What is the result? Listen to these clippings, all taken from Demo cratic papers in a single day of the current mouth. "Here is what the Philadelphia Rec ord says: 'The outturn oi pig iron in July was greater than in any other July since iron was hist made in the United States, but the demand is so brisk that buyers complain of a pig lion famine. But for the fact that the markets of all the rest of the world re in practically the s.-.me condition l under $ur1y the boom In prices ffiijht be esteemed close to the point ef collapse, but the condition of the industry gives no sign of weakness.' STEEL. FOR INDIA. "Here is another from the Harrls burg Patriot of the same day. headed. 'More Steel for India.' 'Thirty-nine Carloads Moved Last Night Rail Shipments. 'Another big shipment ot steel for India was made from Steel tcn last night. Thirty-nine cars of the heavy steel were sent east over the Pennsylvania railroad. Contrary to former announcements this will not be the last shipment made for the big viaduct The 39 cars sent east last night raise the entire shipment made to date to about 100 carloads. This, It Is now announced, comprises but one-half of the metal to be used and will make up the cargo of one steamer. The test will be shipped later, but the ex act date is not now known. The metal viil go by way of New York, thence ueross the Atlantic and east by way of the Suez canal route. This has been a busy week at the works, aud the mills have had difficulty in getting enough raw material to keep them in operation. Yesterday the first instal ment of about 200 cars of iron ore ar rived. It is lake ore and came from Erie by way of the Pennsylvania. It will be turned into iron as quickly as possible and given out for consump tion to the different departments. The rail mill has been busy, but the ship ments during the past few days have been light. Earlier in the week the shipments were heavier, and as high as 26 carloads going out in one train. These rails were of the heaviest type. "Here is still another, taken from the Philadelphia Record, headed. 'Big Cargo of Iocomotives. The Puritan Will Sail Today for Russia With Forty of Them.' 'The British steam ship Puritan will clear today for China and Siberia with the lareest cerm nf railway material that has ever gone ' from any port in the I nited States. Her destination is Vladivostok and New Chwang. She will take out 40 Baldwin locomotives and tenders and 18 ateel bridges for the Chinese East- tern ranroaa, oesiaea several taousano tons of miscellaneous cargo. She will proceed via the Suei canal direct to Vladivostok, afterward returning to New Chwang to complete discharging her cargo. The Puritan will be fol lowed to the Russian Black sea ports by an almost similar cargo which the British steamship Uplands is now load ing here.' "Where In all the long doleful four years from 1892 to 1SH6 could such ar ticles as thse have been clipped? If you were to search al! the files of all the papers, Democratic, Republican, Populist, Prohibition and insurgent, printed lr that time, where could such statements as these be found? But now. every page of every paper is filled with advertisements of business, until one can scarcely find the neag In the midst or the elaborate display. The mills and mines are overwhelmed with orders, and day and night, Sun day and Monday, wet and dry, hot and cold. In season and out, on they go in the wild race to overtake their orders, given from six months to a year ahead. WHAT CAUSED THE CHANGE. "Who did all this? Well, it was not the Democratic party. What did all this? Well, it was not 16 to 1. or the Issue of additional money, either, to inflate or corrupt our currency. "To convince you that It wa3 not the Democratic idea of more money that wrought this change, listen to some facts: In 1SS4. when business was at its lowest ebb, the per capita of money in this country was $35.3!). In on the 1st day of August, it was $33.01, or $2.38 less than it was in 1$&4. The amount in 18S4 in circula tion was $24.28. and on the 1st of Au gust. 1W9. it was $5.31. or only $1.03 more than it was in 1S94. It is. there fore, clear to every reasoning man that the prosperity which is now upon us has not been due to the amount of money present In the country nor to the amount in circulation, for there is less today than tnere was in 1894. when the country was iu the depths of business despair, and it must lc ow Ins to some other cause not directly related to the money question at all. "What chanre was made by the Re publican administration when it came into power In 1S97? Only this one. American industry was protected by a wise tariff schedule. This is all that was done, and to this, and this alone, is due the marvelous prosperity which we now exjierieucc and enjoy. The business management was changed. Experiments with the people"s occupa tions by which their livelihood is secured were abandoned, and the old and well tried and effective doctrine of 'protection to American industry was restored. This is all. and as the Democrats loo's on today and hear the deafening whirl of business around them on every side, and see the ac tivity and cheerfulness of men, where cniy three short years ago all was still and silent as the grave, they explain with astonishment with one accord whenever they suppose that no one can her:r. 'it certainly beats the band.' "'In view of facts like these, are te farmers of Pennsylvania interested In the business management of this country? If they are, then how should the farmers of Peniieylvapia vote? Shall they be guided simply by the In herited tendencies and traditions of their fathers, or shall they awake from the sentimental side of noliri and throw their influence, their voice and their vote in favor of that organiza tion of their fellow citizens which has uniformly and consistently given good government, sound money and prosper ous conditions to the commonwealth, and to the whole nation, whenever they had control, or will they as busi ness men use their Influence, raise their voices and cast their votes in favor of that organized portion of their fellow citizens whica has failed con tinuously and uniformly in their ad ministiation of both state and national affairs, whenever their party has been in power? REPUBLICANS IN PENNSYLVANIA "Wh'.a the Republicans of Pennsyl vania assumed the reins of govern ment in this state the legacy they in herited from their Democratic prede cessors was a debt of over $40,000,000. On the 3oth of November. 1S9S, this debt had been almost wholly extin guished, the balance that was left amounting to but $1,023,981.92. over $39,Oo0.0uo of Democratic debt paid from 1S61 to 1S98, and if the present deficiency in the revenue Is added to this legacy of debt which the Demo crats have left us, the entire debt of the commonwealth will not exceed over $4,000,000. How is that for busi ness management, during all the tur bulent times of war, and the alleged mismanagement of the Republican party In Pennsylvania? Surely no business firm within the limits of this commonwealth can show a better bal ance sheet in all these years than the good old (jmmonwealth uuder the business management of the Republi can party from 1&61. If a lifetime of integrity and business success is a strong endorsement of the capacity and integrity of a business man, is i' not llso true that 38 years of business success and political integrity upon the part of a great political party en titles it to the confidence and respect f all right thinking citizens and busi ness men who love their common wealth and desire only her highest good? With history so recent and with a record so pronounced as these two parties present, no intelligent citi zen can long hesitate upon which side to cast his vote. The Republican party has deserved Bupport, and in view of her efficient and progressive spirit, as manifested in the past, the great body of patriotic, liberty loving and progressive people of this dear old commonwealth will continue as here tofore to give her their very cordial and most enthusiastic support Pennsylvania should this fall roll up big Republican majorities for Colo nel James E. Barnett, the candidate for state treasurer, and his colleagues on the Republican state ticket. The Keystone state shall lead in the movement for the re-election of Presi dent McKinlev next veir " A t'icbliaii Snaa. That a swan will fight fiercely was shown by an exciting struggle be-twe-eu a swan and a park policeman on the upper lake lu Waterlow park, Eng land. Some iudia rubber Balls had rolled into the water, and to get them the constable paddled out Id a punt. This drew the notice of the male swan, which deserted its consort and the brood of cygnet aud went for the con stable with great fury. Onv or twice It almost up-t the punt by causln? the constable to overbalance It In sav ing his legs from the bird's beak. It was only w Itu difficulty and risk that the balls were recovered. The swan then followed the puut to the bank, making vicious darts at the constable. A Fallacy About tkwtt. "Cheese." said some wiseacre long ago. "digests everything but itself." Never was there a greater error per petuated by a popular proverb. It aids lu the digestion of uothing. aud. K-ing almost totally indigestible, simply adds another burdeu to an already over burdened digestive system. The fi-ol lug of comfort produced lu a iierson of robust digestive faculties by partak ing of u li:tle a very little cheese Is due entirely to the exciiatiou of the flow of digestive Uuid provoked by tin Ingestion of a completely Indigestible substance. National Druggist- Straage Tains Sat a Scotia. It was here I met a woman who had never seen a peach, a young lady wb had never owned a box of chocolat aid, best of all, a haudsome. iu:c!ii gent young Mlow who had uever m a drunken man. It was -here I attend ed a concert consisting of songs, reci tations, organ solos and a duet, all furnished by one woman. The duet, she announced, was between herself and the organ, the organ taking the soprano and she the alto. Bay of Fundy Letter In New York Post. vuen a gin gets married, the wo men Inquire how her mother took It. as though It were a funeral. Atchison Globe. Many a turn's tongne works hardest a-hile his brain Is taking a rest Phil adelphia Times. PRINCIPLES THAT THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IK PENKSYLVAHIA STAND FOR THIS FALL Under the leadership of President McKir.ley the Republicans of Penn sylvania look with confidence to the result of the election in November next. They presented the issues bold ly in their platform adopted at the Republican state convention held at Harrisburg on Aug. 24, 1893. when they declared: That we congratulate the Amer ican people upon the results of tne campaign of 1S96, the establish ment of a sound currency, the securing of proper protection to American industries, and the elec tion of that champion of the com mon people. William McKinley. to te president of the United States. The Republican party hae been In control of the national government for little more than two years, and WILLIAM V'KRLEV. during that time every promise made by it has been fulfilled. Business is active and remunera tive, labor is employed at good and increasing wages, capital has an ample field for investment, and an era of unexampled prosperity has been inaugurated. Much of the success of the Republican policy adopted in D'96 is due to the good judgment, wise counsel, administrative ability, far reach ing diplomacy and broad minded statesmanship of our patriotic president. We firmly support and fully indorse his administration and place on re-ord the wish of the Republicans of Pennsylvania that he be nominated to lead our hosts to victory in tne campaign of 1900. and to this end we recommend the election of delegates who will give his candidacy earnest and vigorous support in the next national con vention. REPUBLICAN CHAIRMAN II ANNA. Here Is what the chairman of the Republican national committee says: "There is no doubt that the state elections this fall will be Uken as an index of the sentiment of the Ameri can people upon the Issues of the ap proaching national campaign. It is, therefore, important that every Re publican vote shall be cast In No vember for the candidates on the Re publican state tickets in Ohio. Penn sylvania, Kentucky, Iowa and in other states In which there are local con tests for important offices. All our Republican majorities this year should be as large as possible to emphasize the popular feeling. "Of course. I believe that President McKinley will te renominated. I think that industrial conditions and the Philippine war will prove factors in the coming campaign. The Philippine war will be made an issue by the Democratic party, but we have noth ing to fear. I would as lief have so lalled anti-expanison made an issue rs I would have the silver question, for silver is an old man of the sea. I am not afraid of the outcome among the people. I have reasoned out that the sound judgment of the people Is that they do not want to bring about a change. They will not. 1 believe, by their own act change the conditions of the country. "The United States has entered on nn era of prosperity. The promises of the Republican party have been kept. The commercial conditions of the country are sound, and this prosperity is based on confidence. I am confi dent of sweeping Republican Victor ia." M. A. HANNA. Chairman Republican National Com mittee. Destroy ins Moarjr. Extraordinary precautious are taken by the United States government In the destruction of its worn out and filthy paper money. The fact that this could be used nuiu makes It necessary that Its destruction should bo con ducted with care aud he made com plete. All the paper money that passes through the treasury is sorted, and the old bills arc sent to the redemption I'ivision. where they are searched for possible counterfeits. Then they are carefully couuted and tied up Into buudles of 100 notes each. A great canceling machine then drives four holes through each of these buudles. of which a careful record Is kept. The piles of bills are then cut into two parts, one set of halves going to the secretary's office and the other to the register's offi-e. In each place the halves are again counted, after which they are cIioikh! by machinery into fragments. Not satisfied with this, the bits are then Uilcd iu vats of hot water and alkali until they are reduced to an unrecog nizable pulp. This the law permits the treasury to sell to manufacturers of novelties, who make it Into little mod els of the capitol and the White House, which are sold as souvenirs In the Washington stores. New bills are Is sued In an amount equal to those destroyed. Youth's Companion. A Deceptive DIaah. A writer In the New York Press says cf Hugh J. Grant, ei-iuayor of New York, and Ulysses S. Grant, Jr.: It la not a bit odd tliat they should have been chums at college. Names often draw men together. One day. long after they bad cut their political eye teeth, after Hugh was sheriff. "Buck" said as they strolled down Broadway: "Hugh, why Is It you are so modest 7" With a sly twinkle, the future mayor replied: "Modesty docsu't do a man any harm In politics." Hugh Grant may have an "easy" look about his face, but be can bold his own with the shrewdest. Naturally warm hearted, he Is as cold at business as Russell Sage. At poker he Is rec ognized as pastiuaster. I have yet to see the man who can out bold him. lay 'etn down quicker when he's beat, let 'era harder when he's got 'em. and gather lu the pot with a more regret ful air. His skin being clear aud his blood clean, be can blush like a sensi tive girl still tied to mother's apron strings. But, brethren, don't let that blush fool you. Uatr Water aaa Rata. Flowers know the difference between a rainstorm and a drenching from the gardeu hose. You may deluge them with barrels from the hydrant, aud they will at best simply bold their own. Generally they wither In the long, dry seasons aud that without regard to the artificial wetting they may re ceive from the gardeners. But let a little shower, however brief, fall upon them, aud they brighten visibly. The difference Is that the rain brings down with It through the air or col lects In the air a chemical quality that the vegetation needs. The rainwater may be as like that In the feke as two volumes of water can be, but when It has ridden the upper levels of the at mosphere, when it has traveled through the various stages of vapor and liquid and has tumbled down through that retort of the air, it has become charged with elements that no man can give it. and the flower knows and recognize It. as the first field Cowers recognize It la the beginning. WHAT A BIG VOTE FOR THE DEMOCRACY nr PITISSYLVAITIA IN NOVEHBER MEANS From Pennsylvania's Democratic or ganization, through the state conven tion held at Harrisburg on June 14. 1899. came the first official declaration In favor of William Jennings Bryan that was given in the present move ment to make Bryan the Democratic nominee for president In 1900. The Democratic machines of Iowa. Nebras ka. Kentucky and other states have since fallen Into line and already the opening guns are being fired In the skirmishing throughout the country for next year's great battle between McKinley and Bryan. While those Democrats favoring a state Issue cam paign in Pennsylvania this year fought vigorously to keep Bryan s name out of the state platform, the silverites had control of the party organization. WILLIAM J. EUTAX. and they were determined to place on record their loyalty and devotion to their Nebraska champion. They did this in an unequivocal and emphatic declaration In the first plank in the platform. Since the adoption of thi3 platform, the state organization hav ing been placed on record for Bryan, the state chairman has been trying to make the contest a state issue cam paign in the hope of getting the sound money Democrats for the ticket. A big vote for the Democratic candidates next month will be hailed with de light by the Bryanites. The Pennsyl vania platform says: First The Democracy of Penn sylvania In convention assembled, agaiu renewing our piedges of fidelity and devotion to the sacred rights of the people; true to the faith and principles of our party, as declared in the platforms of our several national conventions (no tice the iniquitous Chicago plat form is not excepted), and PROUD OF OUR MATCHLESS LEADER. WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN, realise that the issues involved in the coming campaign in Pennsyl vania are honest government, clean politics and the redemption of our state from Republican mis rule and corruption. DEMOCRATIC CHAIRMAN JONES. The chairman of the Democratic na tional committee has this to say, in an interview just cabled from Loudon, where he is recuperating from his re cent attack of sickness: "Democrats everywhere, according to my correspondence, are falling into line for the great national campaign of 1900. The vote In the state elections this fall will demonstrate that our party is getting into splendid shape for the coming presidential election. "The Democratic party in the next presidential campaign will fight on a platform of anti-imperialism, free sil ver, anti-trusts and the reduction of tariffs. These are of prime import ance, and I believe will be unequivo cally indorsed by the convention. Other Issues will be met as they arise. "I personally believe in giving the Filipinos alisolute self government and In telling the world to keep its hands off in the Philippines. "Wi.liam J. Bryan will surely be the Demo ratio nominee for president. Goebel is the resular nominee of the Kentucky Democrats, and therefore should be supported. Goebel will win. "MeLean, by his splendid service to the party in 1896. ought to carry every thing in Ohio." J. K. JONES. Chairman Democratic National Com mittee. - KEEP UP THE VOTE. Hppnlt loanM of IVnnxyl vanla Ilava National Duly to Perform This Year. "The candidates on the state ticket." says Colonel A. Nevin Pomeroy, of the Franklin Repository, "represent the Republican party of Pennsylvania and no Republican who has given the matter serious thought will think of voting against that party this year. Even if the candidates were not what they are it should be renicmbered that they represent a party that has brought ho much prosperity to us. and one which has exceedingly grave issues to dispose of. The people -ive placed the disposition of the.-j; matters In the hands of the Republican party, and they owe It to that "party to uphold its bands until the affairs of so much im portance are Dually adjusted. "If ever in the history of the country it was necessary for the Republican parly to rati up a big majority It is this year. No one denies that Presi dent McKinley should be elected next year. His record of the past three years entitles him to a re-election; the future prosperity of the country de mands it. A reduction in the Repub lican vote this ear simply gives en couragement to the opposition for the battle of 1900. The Republican vot; in Pennsylvania this fall should be larger than it has ever been in the past." Harnett"! Welcome. "Colonel Harnett's welcome at the Academy of Music," says the Philadel phia Call, commenting on Harnett's Philippine speech at the Grand Aran encampment, "was a tribute of the old soldier to the heroism of the new and a worthy recognition of Pennsylva nia's rart in the war history of the nresent day." THINK IT OVER. There's a rra on for those pains in your back and sides, for those dull, dragging aches, that listless, "keep-away-from-uie" feeling. The kidneys are to blame. They get sick, can't do their work and the whole system feels the effect, just as a whole town feels the effect of a blockaded sewerage system. Doan's Kidney Pills set matters right quickly and easily. They never fail, even in the most ad vanced stages of kidney disease. Mrs. P. Johnson, of 139 South Mill street. New Castle, Pa., says: "I havr hrea ma apprccuitnr of Doan'i Kidnrv rills for thrcv years. 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Meyer Jonasson & Co., MANUFACTURING RETAILORS Are exhibiting correct and exclusive styles of LADIES' anfl MISSES' OUTER GARMENTS- Dsily'arrival of the latest creations in SILK WAISTS, FURS, FLANNEL WAISTS, SEPARATE SKIRTS, TAILOR SUITS, JACKETS, PETTI CO AT5, TOURIST AND GOLF SKIRTS AT MANUFACTURERS' PRICES. The connection of their Pittsburgh retail branch with their New York factory, gives asaurauce of extraordinary inducements as to quality, ptlce aud design. PITTSBURG, --Sixth and Liberty Streets. ALL fflLUJSE L'P. Pennsylvania Kepublicans Will Giye a Big Majority This Fall. SO SAYS CONGRESSMAN GSAHA1T. All Wsnt to Place the State on Record For McKinley's Administration and Giro Bryanisra a Body Blow. Congressman William H. Graham, of Allegheny, who succeeded Governor William A. Stone in the house of rep resentatives, says a special from Pitts burg, has returned from a visit to Washington, where he met the presi dent and members of his cnbinet on cfTkia&busines3. Congressman Graham says he was surprised at the keen in terest taken in the campaign in Penn sylvania this fall by the McKinley administration. While naturally the contest in Ohio, the president's own state, was looked upon as of the first importance, there could be no mistak ing the desire at Washington for a great Republican majority in the Key stone state in November. The presi dent has manifested an unusual Inter est in the candidacy of Lieutenant Col onel James E. Barnett. whom he so cordially greeted a. Pittsburg, upon his return with the Tenth Pennsylvania regiment from the Philippines, and no doubt believes that vith such an excel lent standard bearer for state treas urer the Republicans of the Keystone State will roll up an immense vote this fall. PEXNSYLVANIAXS FOR M ICIXLEY "I have had occasion to travel over Pennsylvania recently." remarked Congressman Graham, "and in all my CONGRESSMAN' W. II. GRAHAM, experience I have never found such unanimity of sentiment favorable to a 11 administration. President McKinley. by his wise administration of affairs, has won thousands of new voters, and on every hand I heard expressions of gratification at his able handling of the government. There are some anti-expansionists in Pennsylvania, but they exert little influence. Our people understand the conditions that con front the country, and mark my word, will give the president such an indorse ment at the polls as to leave no doubt of their loyalty and patriotism. "The anti-expansionists have really done President McKinley a pood turn by their calumniations, for they have aroused the seutlment of the people and made an Issue that will be settled in the presidential election next year, and settled rightly, as every question Involving American dimity and honor has always been settled when submit ted to the voters. TEST VOTE THIS FALL, "The vote In the state contests this fall will show how the people feel toward the McKinley administration. In Pennsylvania the Democrats, by brlucing Bryan to the front in their state platform, made the issue. Their second thought of running a state issue campaign will not change the result. Pennsylvania Republicans, by standing solidly by their party this fall, mill lead off for McKlnley's re election and give Bryan his first blow In his second presidential coutest." How Ha M antra la faf Some years ago an affray among miners lu the west resulted iu murder, and Senator Thurston, believing the ac cused to have been Innocent lu Inten tion, took up his case and gretily mitigated the lad's punishment. Six months afterward a mau, armed to the teeth, appeared In Thurston's office. "Be you Squire Thurston?" Yes." "Be you the man that defended Jack Bailey at court V The senator, thinking his last hour was come, again auswered. "Yes." "Well. I'm Jack Bailey's p.irdner, and I've come to pay you. I haven't got any money, but I'm a man of hon or. Anybody in town you don't like?" As the senator smilingly disclaimed any thirst for booty or blood, the caller Insisted Incredulously: "Put cn your hat. sijulre, and just walU down the street. See anybody you don't like, throw up your thumb and I'll pop Llni." Youth's Companion. Calavae Iloanct Pert. The Chinese saying Is, "For each pair of bound feet there has lieen a whole kang. or big bath, full of tears." and they say that one girl out of ten dies of foot binding or of Its after ef fects. When I quoted this to the Ital ian mother superior at Hankow, who has for years Uf n head of the great girl school and foundling establish ment there, she said, with tears In her eyes: Ch. no, no: That may be true of the coast towns." I thought he was going to say It would l- .1 gross ex aggeration In ceutral China, but to my horror she went on. "But more bcr more more."-"Intiu!ate China." by Mrs. A. U:tle. x A HARD WON BET. Curry I OB Four nrlk nll a Mil 1 ot an Kaay Task. "The hardest won hot I ever made," remarked the traveling nnn as be shook the ashes off his cl:r. "was to carry four bricks half a mile. That sounds like a simple thins to do, d.H-sn't it? WclL you try It and you will Hud out whether It Is or not. Of course the manner of carrying the bricks Is lmiortant. A man bvt me that I couldn t carry two bricks to each hand from where we were back to the hotel and put them up on the bar. The bricl-s were to le put side by side aud grasped, two In each Iud, between the thumb and Augers, the lingers pointing down. I was not allowed to si up and rest, nor to put the brick down. -Well, thought I. that's 52 easily earned, so I took the bet aud s'.arted. For a quarter of the distance It wa easy and I already felt those two sil ver dollars In my pocket Hut then my fingers began to grow'tlroL The mus cles between my forefingers and thumbs were soon achinjj terribly. My arms began to pain me and to throb like mad. I found myself setting my teeth together and the cords In my neck were In a high state of tension. When I came within a hundred yards of the hotel there was scaiwly an inch In my whole lnxly that was not aching as If I had leen stuck full of pins. I don't know how I managed to go that last little distance. I could no longer stand erect, and I was trembling like a leaf, and yet the other Mlow was alongside. laughing as if to split his sides. And when I got into the bar room. It was all I could do to raise first one hand and then the other and put the bricks on the counter. 1 know that ' I couldn't have gone T0 feet farther. I got tlie ?2. but the next day I could scarcely move, and I didn't get over the soreness for a week. It looks easy, but Just you try IC Detroit Free Press. THE DOORBELL. It Telia What Maaaer af Maa Taa Are by Yaar Ulan;. Doorliells are pretty fair Indicators of character. Probably you have not been conscious of It. but every time you pull a doorbell you register what manner of man you are. Your ring will not tell everything a!out you, from the color of your eyes to your taste lu flowers, but ti those who know the signs the doorbell is as good as a title page. Any one who has had occasion to auswer bell pulls knows how much difference there U In them. One per son's method varies little from time to time, though the difference between that method and somebody else's, while slight, will be sufficiently well marked. It Is seldom that two rings are exactly alike. The housewife recognizes each, the impatient man, who pulls the Nil twice In quick succession and dues not wait long before trying It again; the one of more phlegmatic temperament, whose ring Is slower aud more sub stantial: the hesitating woman, who draws the knob out In a succession of nervous Jerks: the seedy Individual with matches to sell, who stretches the wire carefully to it full length and then allows It to relax with a faint, apologetic tinkle, and the Jolly friend, who knows he Is welcome, and therefore grasps the knob with a hear ty swing that is fairly eloquent with good nature, aud sets the bell t shak ing Its sides with such peals of echo ing laughter that It positively cannot stop at once, but subsides gradually with a merry. Irrepressible little titter. A doorbell Las as Liauy voices as vis itors. llerlia (Md.) Herald. A Toosli Diilim, A letter in a Glasgow paper records a phenomenon much too remarkable to le reserved for Scottish consump tion. The writer says: "An acquaint ance of mine, who lives up north, has among others of the feathered tribe a little bantam cocl;. A few weeks ago he noticed that It was looking the worse for a slight difference of opinion with a canine friend, but did not ex amine It closely till his mother's and sisters' vociferations brought him In a hurry. There was the bantam pick ing away at corn, but the corn was dropping from a rent lu the bird's chest just us fast as It was lifted. Not wanting to kill the bird, my friend got a needle and some horsehair and stitched up the tear, with the result that the bird now is as good as new." To Teat Wall Papers. Arsenic is very often present In the pigment used foi wall papers, and as every oue knows, if one covers oue"s walls with a paper containing deadly polsou one's health must suffer. It Is Important, therefore, to select wall pa pers which do not contain arsenic, aud the method of testing thc-ui Is simple In the extreme. Take a piece of the paper and light it. and If arsenic be present you will notice an odor like that cf garlic. Do not Inhale the smoke. An other way of testing the paper Is to pour over It a little diluted hydrochlor ic acid. If the greens In the pattern become blue In this treatment It Is be cause they, contain arsenic Home Notes. . . Be Camfortable. Devote your energies to iteing com fortable. Nothing will aid you so much as simplicity. Don't try to follow all the fads Invented by fools. In the first place, get a comfortable place to live. Get a good cellar. Get a good cistern. Fix your water pipes so they won't freeze. Fix yourself so that you can le warm In winter and reasonably rool In summer. Have things "handy" round the house. Give tip your mem bership in literary and card clubs and devote yaur attention to your own affairs. If you can't And enough to keep you busy. It Is a sign you don't look very closely.-Atctilsoa Globe. Bora Ea1. a.t X. Free. ' ' "Here la a curious error." said in echoolboy as he laid down bis "Unci Tom' abiu" and turned ta the en- crcloixtlia. The author uses uc " ee and presslon. "11 men are ikiu equal. ..11 --s.t t the matter with that?" inquired the schoolboy's aoce- "Why. the quotation should bo, 'AJ tneu are born equal.' There Is no 'free "Do vou mean to tell me that Jer ferson did not write 'free and equal la the Declaration?" "That's what be didn't." "I'll bet you ' "Don't do It. uncle. Remember, you have a family to support, and they will need all your money. The word 'free does not occur there. Seer And be placed the big book before his mis guided relative. "Oh. 1 know better! I will get a cony of the constitution In one of my old books. I have heard that quoted so often 1 know what I am talklnj about." "You have heard it quoted wrong ev ery time you heard the 'free' In it." fter they had found the good and reliable old book aud all the rest of the authorities the uncle ungracious. cave up. But he uaieu 10 on It seems Impossible to correct thnt wrong . .K nt &trvuw ''" i - .!. Tii luiv was riirbt. Yet lUJfirBsit'u. - j - -- -n. nn indefinitely ma king 7Wj,ir 1 ' a "free" and inaccurate quotation. Chicago Post. Oat is It Ira ay Hla Caaeasoaa. The carriage horses of Chief Justice Marshall were exceedingly tbin, and his family told him that it was cur rently hinted that Jerry, the colored coachman, exchanged too great a pro portion of the horse feed for whisky for personal use to allow the horses food enough to keep them lu a good and creditable couditlon. The Judge went to the stable ami directed Jerry's attention to the joor appearance of the horses, told bim of the rumor about his exchanging oats and hay for whisky and thereby depriving the horses of their necessary supply of food and spoke of the sleek, fat team driven by bis neighlwr Brewer. "Iws. Massa John." said Jerry, "it's the natur" of the animals! Look at Mr. Brewer hlsself. sah. a short, fat. greasy g-n'leman. that ain't seed his boots after his feel was in 'em for yeahs. while you. wih. Is tall and roun shouldered an sees your feet nil de time youse walkin, an look at his coachman, thicker through than he Is long, whiles Fse only skin an bones! Of course bis critters is fat, while yours is thin. It's their natur", Massa John: It's their natur'. They belongs to the fat kin. and we all belongs to de lean kin. It's natur'." "Perhaps that Is so," said the Judge reflectively and walked away as If well satisfied with the explanation. Chia go Inter Ocean. Larsjrat Kmrraltl la the World. A vase cut from a single emerald has been preserved In a cathedral in Genoa. Italy. years. Its dimensions are: Diameter. 1'2'i inches; height. Z Inches. Every precaution Is used to Insure safekeeping. Several locks must be opened to reach it. and the key of each lock Is iu the possession of a different man. It Is publicly exhibited very rarely, and then only by order of the senate. A precautionary decree was passed In 147G forbidding all per sons to approach the priceless treasure too closely. An antiquarian advances the theory that It was one of the gifts made Solomon by the Queen of Sbeba. and has written a book to prove bis assumption. It Is difficult in these matter of fact days to believe so large an emerald had ever been fonnd. and It would 1 Interesting to hear the ver dict of a gem expert after he had care fully examined the vase. Manufactur ing Jeweler. PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD. IN EFFECT JUNE 27, 1898. O03DKX3XD SCHKDCLB. Trains arrive and depart from the station at Johnstown as follows : WBrrwits. Western Exprra Southwestern Kxpreaa .. . Johustown Accommodation.. Johnstown AocuiuiuudaUoD.. Pacific Kiprwu Way IVwnjit" 1'U Ixbury Kxprtmi 4:t8 :( :it TlU M . 4 O SMI 5:41 S-J6 p. lu. van Kant Line Joan town AooomtuuiUUunw KASTWABO. Atlantic Riprws , 8a-uore Kxprrsa Altouna Accommodation-. ly Kiprws Main Line Kxprwut.... Altoona Accommodation.. 4:48 l 5:40 S:J4 tt:W UM5 p. m Mall Kxprma.... 4:13 JohuetoWD Accommo4ation.. 6:50 Philadelphia Kxprea.. 7-11 Kail '' , ..,1, lcj)d SOMERSET MARKET KEPOKT COKKECTED weekly ky Cook & Beerits. (pei bi uried, y vapor bo -240c .40 io I I Appli It . ratrd h. Apple buiier.pcr ial Butter.-! fresh kee,' pvr"k (creamery, per lb tteeiiwax per .country ham. per Ei .Zi'6"toijc Bacon.-! !'Prcur '-"- "Jslde, per ft lioic -mourner, per E iu y. s,. Beans, ( Ti D"vw' bu" a Coffee. Itreen, per Ev. Lie roasted, pi per . 1,A I 1 Cement J n'n'wriand, per bbl.. II.mi to l.iit " T ' r -- ' .m...iU 1J 1 I' . per um lo 4.11c lommeal, per a 1 . Kgs,pei do nnrr r Fish, lake herrlu. S b.b'- perTO fc it 70 l V b'll per oU :Vt Honey, white elover.per ZI1! ...uc . . 7tolir I. in,,, n, kK) -. , IT , f " " - .... . MoIhmw-s, N.O., per gl Onions, per un " Potatoea, per bua T...S1J1 .1. (J ...eoc to KO .40 :to rntciiem, evaporated, per Et K lo IOC N. V Iter KK1 PUUbunc, per bii"J!L.L'IZI Dairy, , boa sacks " " 4 bus iackaZ. rmnnd alum. lu i acka.. .41. Salt, 1.1)0 iTC Sue A . stolue tuapie. per Sugar. '.p.,, jreuow, per D ... 5e M3T m .... .V -sv.e Cube, or piUverUed,'perii ner ml SC ....s.v Syrup. man!., n., .... I --- ... . .40 to tV stoneware, srullon r TV 11... . V BC . u.qj.r, per lea- . M trMk. uumuiy.per ou tl t) eiover. per bos " ertniwo, per boa!' M alfkil, per bus g Seeds. .,, . A js,e, per ou Millet, German, per bua J (J k h'V "tamiewi, per bua, 1M I buckwheat, per bus drain i corn shelled, per bua k.to4c 4 OKU, per bua & u. I rve nr hii. . A Feed I wheat, per bus L. bruit. nr ti st aw "" ... corn and outs chop,""pr Yuo jbsIII rouer pmra.per bul prlnK patent and fancy Floor. I flour, lowerKra'dV"er"lji;;. ( U Mlddliuia. t wtll,e' Tjllu 1 reu, per iuu to ZZ CONDENSED TIME TABLES. Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Somert and Ciirbria Branch. HOITBWUD. Johnstown Mall Expresa. Rock wood 11-10 m-. Nomeraet tt:i4. sioyeatowa ltu. Uoo eravtile 16, Johnstown l.uu p. m. Johnstown Accommodation. Rock wood 5-15 It tn Mitmanu i- iu . . . .. r- - 1 -ri.-. -iujr.iu.Lt.Ui, BOOT- eravihe&lS, Jnlmstnwn lOlTHYiin. Mall. Johnstown 8:W .m.,HooTml!le:i r-u.ve.ujwn :., Homerel llkl Hock wood ltiaA El?'T7Job?'towJ1 2 30 P- m - ooenivllle S:0, Mutyeatown 3:ii, Soinentt 8:j2. Kock wood 4- Lx Daily. V n rvnPDQ'iuin D. B. MARTIN. in.i.i n - . . j&itmmmmmmmmmiKm mmmmmmmi I Snyders Pharmacj, It resaires a srooJ selected stock and a neatly arrant B Optical Goods Call and have your eje3 Trusses Fitted. All of the best and most approved kept in stock. Satisfaction guaranteed. I JOHN N. SNYDER, Louther's Drug Stoi Main Street, Somerset, Pa. This Hcdel Drug Store is Rapidly Bscczizg at. rTRFQIl 5NT PTTRF . tiM Medicines. Bye Stuffs, Sponges, TrJ Supporters, Toilet Articles, Perfumes, &c. TH C DOCTOa Ql VES r EK305 Al ATTESTIOS TOTHEfOairolSDySOOr Loitlier's PrescriplionsIFamily Rece- OKXAT CAM ll!a T1IU TO C8 OSLT FKE8H 45D FCKE AETICLsa SPECTACLES, EYE-GLASSES, &.nd a Full Line of Optical Goods always on hand Fra large assortment all can be suited. THE FIHEST BBAEDS OF CIGAE5 Always on hand. It ia always a pleasure to display om : to intending purchasers, whether tfiey buy from us ox elsewhere. J. M. LOUTHER M. D. MAIN STREET Somerset Lumber Ya- Hard and Soft Wood Oak, Poplar, Sidings. rilt!, Vt Walnnt, Yellow Pine, Flooring, Sash, SUtU, Cberry. Shingles, Doors, llalanters, btJt Lath, While Pine Blinds, Newel Pota, Lie. AEenenUllneof a!leraleof LnmbrandBuiIdlnf aUrtal a2 P-x-rj 'ufrfj OOet and Yard Opposite S.iCB.S. Station, NEARLY l FiftY-eight Years Oi acknowledged the country over as the leading National Family Ne S'ff Recognizing its valu. to too who desire ail the news of the St.ite ami -w' publisher of Tub Somkrnkt Hk.rai.d, (yourown favorite home paper! b into an alliance with '"The New-York Tribune" which enables tbeiu to ; papers at the trilling eoMt of t 00 per year. Every farmer and every villager owes to himself, to his family. b ' munity in which he lives a cordial support of his lix-al newspaper, it "n stantly and untiringly for his interests in every way, brings to Ins ronjr news and happenings of his neighborhood, the doings of his frit n . lbt and prospects for different crops, the prices in ben e n aiket". niJ. ,B ' : weekly visitor which should be found in every wide awake. nigrrivefatJ- Just think of it! Both of theae papers for only 12. CO a year. SendaiiorJera to THE HERALD, sowchsct. pa. IT WILL PAT T0TJ TO BUY YOUR 3Xemorial Work WM. F. SHAFFER, SOMERSET. PKN3TA. Manufacturer of and Dealer la Eastern Work FnniUhd on Short Sotle hmi in mmi rai Alao, Agent Tor Use WHITE BRONZE ! Personi In need of Moan merit Work will And It lo their Interna to call at my alio where a proper showinK will barren them lufmoi t J rtltieeJ in every case,. I rncea very low. I Invite ipecial allenuoa lo tne Whitt Bri, Or Pyrt ZIno Monumarts. pro.ia.-el br Rev. W. A. Rlnj, as a decided Improvement In the point of Material and Cont ruction, and which Is destined to be the pw!r Mimimn fur oar naablecii naW. Give as a call. Vm, F. Shaffer. room to do a brisk business. WE HAVE BOTH OF THEM. Pure Drags JV, fresh and good condition. In the way of ProQrrintinn CoffipandillS' ve 1 1 Cowl 1 jJ Llwll Anything not advertised, v-k f0r we are Bare to haTe it. Yon -are always sure of getting Favorite mih People h Search cf SOMERSET.? ELIAS CTJjSTNXNGHAII, MaJTCVACTVaaB AUD DCALXa AJTD WHOLESALE ASB RETAILIS Of Lumber and Building Materials. took. Also, can tarnish anything In the line of our buninnui Uorlrr ;ta rmtf , bla promptnew, sachji Bracket. odil-klzed.worEt-. Elias Cunningham, SOI- It's a loiip life. l.Ut llrvutli.ll w : iuleresU and prwieriiy ul 'lie A-'; People has won for it new frim' year rolled by and the original lu family passed to tlifir reward. tS -j adu.irera are loyal ai:.l trail: j ith faith In its K-srhiriK, an J the information whi. h it t P ' . homes and tiresidt-st. As a Datura) coiisfqiiw' il r''" old K all the vitality aud vKnf ;!s strengthened and ripened l j tbe W-,; cf over half a ceDtury. i It bas lived on its merit, and oa dial support of progressive Ainer'' ? It is "The New-York Vt.k:yTr- C'DuiSnD BY .-.-f L-l-'. Over 500 Beautiful IP' Designs. aOAiUcNTAL BRONZE C-s . mm sT!:04""" v --""-1 ' hajs&enger Traffic Uaiiager. '
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