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mainuuealleuror.iine
!Ub Barkhwmer. Wal-
bile eneeed Thursday
f.ir lhsfam-
,L.C and Coke ootn
Ulo, met with an ac-
ilikrly deprive bun oi tne
t-'-'Terts- J! alft0 other
5fl,T i,yuiuitthat was put io
'ode. Foik went down Into
'J to drill it out, when
nod at her residence
"f '"at6 o'clock Wednesday
the : h Tfr of her 26' 8he
a drlicsie heUh for some time,
b'U neart to her appro-
dtb. Ph had been very
sim the d"410 of hT
f 'rera The surviving chil-
. i F John, of Johnstown,
repirt of Factory Inspector
V .,t!l f t tne n-x-1 yr n1d
ifV.- th advance sheet of
m ....... im issued, show that
more (wnciu oiunv -
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of tne factory in-
Mr. Camp-
...aprviiiion
' - ,.jjt!,a in K.
.'. :r .h demand for skilled
a uil Itbven oould be suppliod
a-ionibipg how the Etig
':, rt is chopped up by these
mho Sb-kespefire
, . morUis
afateJa little lower than the
following letter received by
" . periuiendeut of one of the
r,!? chiefly illustrates this fact:
Crsir,-I ,u tbe mn wbo was
T injjitj ou your road August 3.
reaJy ui settle. If yon do not
' t T :..t.n.1 rrnyncr into the
-J --Fa.! Creek Sun.
ri:nevn. Pa., last week. Major
Hzleit. the ex-bnkerT whowaa
wiofemW.enient as a banker
-i k:rj'? JUI7 sfter trial lsstinK
Csdf. ' sentenced by Judge
"irpivi tine of J777 W, twice the
reicfjlfed ia the loss to tne prose
'fVrthe lf tbe prosecutor,
a"cts of the prosecution, and
jl-j in :mpriunment of one year
'nii-n:h in the West Penitentiary.
iiCiffd u:i nJ bAi 10 b811?
to tbeeurt-roo.ii by his aan to
ii cttnce.
naib talked of Curtin monument
C uiu!y erected in Ilellefonte
rla ciuing year. At the instance
. a ijnveruors Iit-aver and Hastings,
fTnijary Ut week approved a pe-
Sfi ua.'r:iing ttie louDiy wmmis-
appropriate a sum not to el-
c t.j, w he ad. led to the fund already
J tr pnvaie suoscription. ine
r.:xtf:X aiofeinent will now be push
T tiie 1 1. A. U. committee in charge
ible, and there is little
Kitiitihe memorial will be erected
i-.TMit wi turner.
JiiJa tiluistea 1, of Potter county, ha
rM that all mea convicted of illegal
iirsellinjsball be compelled to work
eAs Ba ftt cracking stone at 1 1
leiir. There are twelve now in Potter
KCrjiil for illegal liquor selling, and
cSt'jrday Slienff Farnsworth started
tf uae ourt's order into e.Tct. Four
mh rtfded to go to work, declaring
:yr bid never d me any work and
ii;tpripsa U beio. The judge,
mf-.it, ordered them placed on a bread
c::e: diet until they changed their
iit'ou: working.
Ii X'.ah Hiiruer, aged about forty
i jears, was seriously injured one
wjI las: week at hi home near the
1 fc-hKi!hiuse, in Jenner township,
?S.:::j kicked on tbe head by one of
k r mug torses. The animal bad been
cisedto tbe barn for some time and
I-. E-iroer decided to turn him loose
fete K iiaj taat evening. Theowner
&'iis: ti tbe side of tbe the barn to
c the beat "cutting some capers,"
'mlu animal made a jump at him,
fesb;m on the left side of his face
c:oL:dacrk i tit j his heii near the
Mr. Horner was unconscious
ttt'KLaie.
lnd Weaver, son of Mr. and Mrs.
lw Wwiver, of near Iividsville, was
a-J iijjred aiut7 o'clock Thursday
2ihi!e getting ready to go into
uis to hunt pheasants. Having
iliGhts gun which he was un
y:riet, he decided t put some
5r ic tbe pivot hole and blow it out.
ie bttuuier was pulled the gun
"ki, a pin striking young Weaver
frlherjat eye, cjtting an ugly gash
"?Les long, aim st tearing the eye
"-and btMtkinj the cheek bane. Dr.
IS. WltSii,i. of Johnstown, was sent
bicidrsd the wounds putting about
".&!! in the lai's face. Young
:er tteea years of age.
J,rit'f in the Philadelphia Press
d,Jrenoe of opinion among tbe
P-'fewasW w hether teachers' ins'.i-
P'-iu-.-e rw-ulis commensurate with
'-Pri The Chester Democrat, for
answers, "emphatically, no,"
mk opposite, me ioy iei-
..:tDcer l'Mks upon the teach
iacii ealtierini, as nr.fitilA"
'wr "r 1!1'"ey investment, a
'7ukBucka eontribu-.es the use of
"n-brtjse and fJO per year, tbe
j?Mprii'iin being in pursuance
A4 ji to ibis is the pay allowed
"! duriaj institute week, or atwut
bi,-b am mnt comes out of the
tari treasury. The other ex-
ar defrayed by the sale or ticket
KE:ig etitertaimuenta.
and Mrs. Jscob Witt, two
jtBeo residing a short distance
Jeantru.a-n, ere lad!y injured re-J-1
ty heing thrown out of a buggy
, him 0f Mr. joll Spangier.
7 er kd their way home from Jen-
. a M1 were followed
w t'T a Tourer (ii.ii . a ,n tA
from tbe
- & wmu usujcsi miller,
a dr'.vinR " WtD of ncrses at a
I:t in an empty hay wagon,
"aaeiuptiug to pa,s the 1 idies tbe
U gn frightened the borse
ivitig, which leoame ao-
Thk animal attA...nla sa
tejlKsep l,ank along tbe roadside
lpnU ere thrown out. They
t Kdi by Dr. Charles Liveogood,
wuwn. Yoang Miller claimed
fc; ' WS!n unmanageable while
"t the huEgy down the road.
lt the robUry of J.iseph
"wi'ltuo, reported last week,
'?rvl'e Commercial gives the
er'it!Mer f,rti,!U,:- The sum of
if0'0 " lull over onehun
ir 'ir,of which there was an ex-
fct !"f aUUl forty dollars, pay
U "'cl as prompUy stopped
,rt""8 by I. D. Leydig. of
lUc.T T, TemX Ios be less
thrl Ur rrM known now.
aj"lLl1 in th Wnity
kfia,, p,v' Monday, one of them
d,,8111"'11"- an:l !1 bobja. They
hif 1!mj J people from their
ti in tlle'Jj''ng rooms,
Vir !T t,)nure theiti. unless tying
W U fBel" h torture. Mr.
6- u t m'J0y roueb Nelson Bitt
'Ohewaa a Utj endorser.
non. oeorge t. Baer and wife, of
Re.-xling, spent aeveral days last week
with relatives In this plsce.
Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Miller, of PltteHorg
at their Thanksgiving dinner at the reel
idence of the former's brother, C. C. Mil
ler, in Somerset township.
Mr. Milton E. Baughman and Miss An.
na M. Shaulia, both or Stonycreek town
ship, were united in marriage on Wednes
day. November 29th, Rev. A. R. Kremer
officiating.
Mr. Harry W. Boyta, of Somerset town
ship, and Miss Agnea, daughter of Deputy-Sheriff
and Mrs, George M. Baker,
were married Sunday, December id, at
Rock wood, by Rev. Ball let.
Joseph Berket, aged about 40 years, a
miner empioyoa in tbe- Well's Creek
mines, near Lfctie, was Instantly killed
by a fall of slate Thn rsday. Berket was
a native of Ciearfield county.
J. C. Beam, the Uooversville man, who
had been missing siuce November SI,
has returned home. He claims that he
was kidnapped and taken to Cleveland,
O., w here he was kept a prisoner until
he made his cacape.
A few Somerset people wbo should have
known better Invested part of their sav
ingw in tbe "Franklin Syndicate. a
"blind pool," the manager of which
promised to pay 25 per cent., and who is
n ow a fugitive from justice.
The first touch of genuine winter
weather reached here Sunday evening,
when snow began falling and covered the
earth to a depth of four or five inches be
fore Monday morning. Snow has fallen
at intervals since then.
The Somerset Lutheran church, which
has been cloaed fur several weeks, while
repairs were being made to the heating
apparatus, will be reopened next Sun
day evening, when tbe pastor, Uev. J.
Stewart Hoover, will conduct the regular
services.
Minuie, tbe twelve year-old dan e titer
or Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Will, of near
Will's Church, Somerset township, died
at a late hour Friday night from diph
theria. This is the second death from
diphtheria in the Will family duiing the
past ten days.
Mr. Edward S. Kimmell and Miss An
nie Meyers, popular young people of
Brotbersvalley township, were united in
marriage Friday evening, November
17lh, at Pittsburg, where both were visit
ing with relatives. The groom is a eon
of Mr. aud Mrs. A. O. Kimmell and the
bride a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. David
L. Meyers.
A. Bruce Co ff roth, Esq., of Washing
ton, D. C, is spending a few days with
his father. General A. H. Coffroth, at the
Somerset House. Mr. Coffroth and
Comptroller of the Treasury Daws were
former law partners in Terre Haute, Iud.,
and after the former eutered upon his
present official position be persuaded Mr.
Coffroth to locate at the National Capital.
There should aud doubtless will be a
large attendance at Friday evening's en
tertainment in the Opera House, when
the famous Park sisters, assisted by C
Edmund Nell, inpersonator, will occupy
tbe boards. The Park sisters are dis
tinguished throughout this country and
England. Every lover or music should
attend. Tickets now on sale at NeflT 1
Case beer's.
A report has been circulated in the
neighborhood or Pngh postoffice that
little Nannie Hunter, who recently died
at tbe home of ber uncle, E. L. Coleman,
was a victim of diphtheria. This is in
correct. Tbe attending physician. Dr. W.
R. Krissinger, certifies that her death did
not result from a contagious disease, but
from inflammatory rheumatism, as pre
viously stated by tbe Her alp.
Thomas McGacn, an Englishman, aged
about 53 year?, was run over and instant
ly killed by a light engine between tbe
Niverton mines and West Salisbury on
Than k;-giving Day. McGann was em
ployed as a car shifter at Niverton. He
was silling on the nd of a croastie about
five o'clock that afternoon when a rapidly
moving engine caught him. It is report
ed that tbe unfortunate man was intoxi
cated, lie leaves a wife and family in
England.
"Our old friend Stein," otherwise Mr.
John Stein, of Rock wood, who is build
ing a fine hotel at Meyersdale, finds it
profitable to visit Somerset frequently,
where two or three of tbe best built and
most handsomely equipped county seat
hotels in the State are to be foand. Mr.
Stein is determined that Meyerndale
shall have a hotel commensurate with
the business standing of the Metropolis,
and will incorporate many of tbe ideas
gleaned here into his Meyeradale prop
erty. Windber has a fairly good supply of
professional men of ail callings except
attorneys. Not a single rosn or law
dwelleth here nor a married one, either.
We should think there is business enough
here, continues tbe Journal of that place,
for one of the legal persuasion. The town
has a population or about five thousand
people and there is considerable business
iu that line. Should an attorney locate
here, he would, no doubt, get the busi
ness that now goes to Somerset, Johns
town, and A 1 toon a lawyers.
Miss Florence Picking, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Jacob S. Picking, gave a
reception Friday evening in honor of
Mr. and Mrs. Dorsey Griifith. The par
lor of tbe handsome Picking residence
on Union street, wa tastily adorned
with flowers and palms. The hostess
and Mr. and Mrs. Griffith stood in tbe
bay window, where tbey received tbe
throng of guests, numbering one bun
dred and fifty of tbe elite of Somerset.
Mrs. Griffith, nee Clark, was formerly a
resident of Johnstown.
Dr. J. H. Gardner, or Stoyelown, and
John O. Raueb, E.-q., f Jt-i;Lti lown, last
week effected a sale of options held by
them on coal lands aggregating between
14.000 and 17,000 acres in Lincoln and
Quemahoning township. The name of
the purchaser or purchasers have not
bt-en made public, but are said t be
the same parties wbo recently purchas
ed tracts in Quemaboning, Shade and
Storycreek township's aggregating about
0.000 acrea, from Mahlon W. Keiin, of
Johnstown.
Prof. C. C Case, instructor in music at
tbe Teachers Institute, is just from Kan
sas City, w here he was engaged conduct
ing the singing at the Moody meetings,
held in the City UalL seatiug IG OOOpeo
p.e. Prof. Case had 1,000 voices in bis
choir. He fcas been associated with Mr.
Moody for 12 years and ia tbe author of
several cborch music books. W. II.
Ruppel, Esq , has invited Prof. Case to
remain here next week and bold a mu
sical convention, which b feels satisfied
will be largely patroniaed by lovers of
good music
Stewart, tbe eight-year-old son of Mr
and Mrs. Charles S. Keifer, of near Will's
Church, Somerset township, died at a late
hour Sunday night from diphtheria. Up
to this time five deaths from that dread
diM-a.se have occurred in that immediate
neighborhood. Tbe disease is confined
so far to three families and every possible
effort is being made to keep tbecmtagioo
from spreading. The Keifer child was
bright and promising and the parents
have the sympathy of a large circle of
friends in tbeir bereavement. lie was a
grandson of Mr. Levi Walker, of Somer
set township, and of Mr. Michael Keifer,
of this place.
Tie iiil.lic ftbc.is of tbe county are
represented here this week by an array of
21" out of a total ff227 teacher. We doubt
if any other county in the Stale can equal
this record. Tbe teachers are a fine-looking
body of young ladies and gentlemen,
with a sprinkling of veterans wbo have
been iu tbe ranks for upwards of 20 years;
all are in cTcc-lleni health and fully
awake to the important trust reposed in
them. Not only are tbe teach era nearly
all bere, but tbey have attracted hun
dreds of school directors and friends of
educat'on from various sections of tbe
county. Somerset is always glad to wel
come and extend to tbem the freedom of
tbe town.
TEACHERS' INSTITUTE,
Forty-third Annual Session Now
Beinx Held.
321 0UI Of 327 TEACHERS FRESE5T.
The forty-third annual session of the
Somerset County Teachers' Iustitute con
vened at 1:30 o'clock Monday afternoon
with an attendance that occupied every
eat in the court room. In fact a number
of persona who were unable to find seats
were compelled to stand throughout tbe
session. It is possible that Superintend
ent Pritts was more or less concerned to
learn how the general public would view
the Innovation of charging an admission
fee to all save teachers and directors, but
if the crowd at the first session can te
taken as an Index, this manner of regula
ting admission baa solved a problem that
has been a source of annoyance lo Insti
tute patrons for a number of years. The
absence of children and persons who at
tend institu e through curiosity, or be
cause tbe crowd is there, was almost as
noticeable as tbe excellent order and
close attention paid to the lecturers. A
pin-drop could have been heard all over
the large room at any time during the
session.
Upon calling the Institute to order.
Superintendent Pritts said that he bad
exerted bis tost efforts to provide an in
teresting program and bad procured tbe
best talent obtainable, and that it de
volved upon the teachers to take advan
tage of tbeir opportunity to secure the
benefit of the instruction and help the
instructors were prepared to give them.
He expressed regret that A. L. G. Hay,
Esq., wbo was on the program to deliver
tbe address of welcome, was confined to
bia home by sickness, but congratulated
the teachers upon the fact that W. II.
Ruppel, Esq., who was present, had
promised to perform that pleasaut duty.
Superintendent Pritts then introduced
Prof. C. C. Case, who will have charge of
tbe music during the week.
Prof. Case lead in singing "All Hail
the Power of Jesus' Name," after which
Rev. D.Stuart Hoover, of the Lutheran
Church, conducted brief devotional ex
ercises. Mr. Ruppel's welcome to tbe teachers
was a happy five minutes' effort. He
voiced tbe sentiments of the people o'
Somerset when he extended a most cor
dial welcome to tbe teachers of the
county. Mr. Ruppel, very properly, said
that tae annual sessions of the Teachers'
Institute are of inestimable value to tbe
residents of Someraet, as through tbem
the Somerseters are able to enjoy an an
nual intellectual treat, which otherwise
they would have to forego.
Prof. J. C. Speicher, of the Meyersdale
schools, replied in a timely fifteen min
utes' address. Tbe speaker referred to
tbe pleasure the teachers experience in
spending a week here, where tbey are
made to feel that the welcome extended
them is as sincere as it is roreial. He
then directed the attention or tbe audi
ence to the institutes or twenty-five years
ago, when tbe daily sessions were occu
pied with the discussion or such mo
mentous (?) questions as "Should spit
toons be provided for the use of the
pupils, or should the pupil be encouraged
to spit on the floor?" and ooniratd she
early institutes with the institutes of the
present day, when men occupying emi
nent positions in tbe educational world
are brought here for the purpose of di
recting and instructing teai-hers how to
conduct tbeir schools; h jw they can beet
impart knowledge to the children placed
under their care, and, incidentally, edu
cate the growing generation to spit in the
gutters when they find it necessary to
expectorate. Prof. Speicher takes a
roseate view of the future of tbe teachers'
profession, and before concluding painted
a word picture or the Somerset County
Teachers Iustitute or fifty years hence,
attended by an audience of 10,000 people,
with reserved seats on the stage for 200
superannuated wielders of the birch
pensioners of a grateful public.
Dr. W. W. Black, or Champlain, I1L,
talked for thirty minutes on "Organic
Nature or the School." The Doctor sim
ply paved the way for a series of lectures
he will deliver during the week on that
subject, and judging from the interest
manifested in his introductory address
be is likely to be the star lecturer of the
Iustitute. He tegan at the foundation
of school work, pointing to the investi
gating and inquiring nature of tbe child
mind and tbe possibilities or its develop
ment when properly directed and nur
tured. He was followed by Dr. A. E. Maltby,
or tbe Slippery Rock Normal School,
w ho delivered a capital address on "Na
ture Study in the School." Dr. Maltby
emphasized tbe points be aimed to im
press upon his bearers by producing
familiar objects, such as bluebirds, blue
jays and shells of various sea animals,
the careful study of which Inspired poets
to some or tbeir most notable efforts.
Prof. F. H. Greene, of the West Chester
Normal, who was on the program for an
address on "Medicine for tbe Mind,"
does not believe in homeopathic doses.
He crowded aa much intelligent instruc
tion into the thirty minutes allotted him
to discuss the study of literature as the
average institute lecturer manages to
impart in a day.
EVKMSO ESTBBTAIXMEXT.
There were very few vacant seats in
the Opera House at the evening enter
tainment. In fact, the audience wrs
much larger than nsual on the first night
of Institute. Tbe lecturer. Dr. Thomas
McClary, who wa billed to deliver an
address on "Mirth," proved to be any
thing else than a laugh-provoker. The
lecturer, however, seemed to regard the
placidity of bis hearers as a mark of ap
preciation and talked for two hours.
When he subsided the audience arose
en masse and rushed from tbe bouse iuto
the crisp winter air, as though glad for
an opportunity to get something fresh,
leaving tbe speaker alone with his Inani
mate "white rose."
TUESDAY SESSIONS.
Both morning and afternoon sessions
were well extended yesterday, and the
interest manifested in the program Mon
day afternoon was well sustained. Dr.
Henry Houck, Deputy Superintendent
of Public Instruction, will arrive this
morning. The Doctor has not visited
Somerset for a number or years, and he
will be given an enthusiastic teception
by tbe U-achers, with w hom he is justly
popular.
BomsUiiar for tbs Saw Tear.
Tbe world-renowned success or Hostel
ler's Stomach Bitters and tbeir continued
popularity for near hair a century as a
stomachic is scarcely more wonderful
than tbe welcome that greets Hosteller's
Almanac. This medical treatise ia pub
lished by tbe Hosteller Company, Pitts
burg, Pa., under tbeir own immediate
supervision, employing sixty bands in
that department. Tbe issue of tame for
1900 will be over eleven millions, printed
in nine languages. Refer to a copy of it
for valuable and interesting reading con-
! cerning health, and numerous testimoni
als as to the efficacy of Hostellers Stom
ach Bitters. Tbe Almanac for 1900 can be
obtained, free of cost, from druggists and
general country dealers in all parts of the
country.
Xatical laitrxaaau aad stria fa at
Fiaktr's lock tiara.
Violin, mandolin, guitar and banjo
strings, mandolin picks, violin bridges,
pegs and tail pieces and rosin, acnordeoos
and harmonicas. Instructors for violin,
organ, guitar, banjo and mandolin. Sheet
music ordered and promptly secured.
Ckas. U. Fisher.
A movement baa been started at Seda
lia, Mos, to get 100,000 persons to contrib
ute twenty-five renta each for the widow
rp.nt.ln fl riil 1 at who oommanded Ad
. v-i - j .
! miral Dewey's flagship at the battle of
Manila. Miss nelen Gould is selected
' for Treasurer.
Baking Powder
Made from pure
cream of tartar.
Safeguards the food
against alum
Alum baking powden arc the greatest
mm arm to health oi the present day.
BMtfWt OMtt OQl , IW VOtC
Fornsr Somerset Xaa Shot Himaalf.
Word was received here Saturday
from Sabetha, Kan., that Mahlon Miller,
a former well-known resident of Somer
set township, who removed to Kansas
nineteen years ago, bad shot himself at a
Sabetha hotel. Later in tbe day a dis
patch was received announcing his death.
Mr. Miller was a son of the late Jacob D.
Miller and a brother or Daniel S. Miller,
or Somerset, and C. C. Miller, or Somer
set township. He was 57 years of age,
and served as a private in tbe Union
army. Mr. Miller was married wben a
young man to a Miss Shultz, of Hunting
don coucty, and to them were born fifteen
children. Lastsummer Mr. Miller spent
several months visiting Somerset rela
tives and friends, and while here told
several parties that his domestic relations
were unpleasant, his wife and children
having turned against him. Recently, It
la reported, his wife secured a divorce,
and it is llieved that this affected his
mind. Miller's family is sal J to be promi,
nent in social and financial circles in
Sabetha. One of his-ons wsa a Captain
in the Volunteer Army, but only got as
far as Camp Alger on the way lo Cuba.
Many years ago Mr. Miller was a candi
date for the Republican nominatlou for
SberilT of this county: He was a man of
genial address and excellent habits and
was well liked about Somerset.
ThaaxagiviBg at Jaaatratowa.
Thanksgiving Day In this pretty hilltop
town was most appropriately observed.
Every one appeared to be imbued with
the spirit of tbe occasion and were seem
ingly desirous of takiog part. Rev.
Hutchison being in Johnstown engaged
in church services there, and Rev. Barlot
also being engaged in good work in other
fields, Rev. Long held the religious ser
vices of the day in the Presbyterian
church to a large and appreciative au
dience. The afternoon exercises at the borough
school under the direction of its instruct
or, Mr. Coffin, were most excellent, the
bi-Oory reading being taken from the
early settlement of Ner England, Mas
sachusetts in particular. Those old Pur
itans were great sticklers for reverence
ana thankful return to Him from whom
come all our blessings, and from them
comes the custom so called of our annual
Tnanksgiving Day. The recitations,
speeches, essays and singing were all
most excellent. "Thanksgiving Day,"
by Miss Marion Witt, aged 11, would
have done credit to one much older and
longer in school, also, to her and Miss
Nellie Wiand, same age, should much
credit be given for the songs rendered
appropriate to tbe day.
Among tbe visitors present we noticed
the Misses Laura and Binnie Hay, Es
tella and Etta Ankeny,Edna Raucb,
Messrs. Irving Miller, John Hay, George
Stewart, John Sacks,
Miss Annie Djng.M, of Stanton Mills,
was the guest of the day with her friend
Miss Nora Hutchison.
All present seemed imbued with tbe
tpirit,seuse and meauing of the wishes
expressed by tbe President and Governor
in their proclamations calling for general
observance of a day of thanksgiving. It's
not so every where. Much D raise is due
this community, for it is truly a good
abiding place. Looker On.
Conatablea' F Bills.
Constables must recollect that tbey are
losing money by not having the new Fee
Bills. I have them now for sale. Also
Constables' Guides, and a complete line
of Legal Blanks at Fisher's Boor Store.
Repairs for Fouutain Pens.
Cbah. II. Fisher.
Death of Xri. Z. T. Btbcoak.
Word bas been received of tbe death
of Mrs. Emma Connell Babcock, wife of
E. V. Babcock, President of tbe Babcock,
Lumber Company, of Ashtola, which oc
curred Friday morning at the home of
her parents Mr. and ilri M. V. Con
nell at Fulton, N. Y. She was aged
thirty-five years and was the only child,
being survived alone by her parents and
husband.
Mrs. Baboock's home bas been for
some years in East Eud, Pittsburg, and
she was on a visit to her parents wben
she became ill. Her husband spent
Thanksgiving with her and thought she
was improving, but wben he arrived in
Pittsburg Friday evening he found a tele
gram apprising him or her death, which
had ree' lted from heart disease.
A Woman Zillt a Dear.
Mrs. Ezra T. Shoupe, of near Saltillo,
Huntingdon county, while alone in her
home with the childrsn, on Saturday a
week, saw a fine buck deer feeding in a
grain field. Mn Shoupe knows how to
handle a gun, and taking her husband's
rifle, a 32 calibre, she took careful aim
and shot the deer in the right fore-shoul
der. The buck at once attacked the wom
an, who, seeing her predicament, grasped
a large carving-knife she bad with her,
and fought valiar tly for her life. The an
imal was somewhat handicapped by a
broken fore-leg, and at intervals would
stumble and fail.
On one of these occasions, M rs. Shoupe,
who had already received several paiuful
cuts from the buck's uninjured fore loot,
planted thn knife squarely in tbeanimal'a
throat, and, giving it a sudden twist, cut
the jugular vein. The deer expired al
most instantly, and now Mrs. Shoupe
finds herself famous. The buck, which
carried five-pronged antlers, weighed one
hundred and forty-three pounds, Ia ber
encounter with tbe buck Mrs. Shoupe
painfully, but not seriously, injured.
Aaotymeai LttUr Writiag.
Editor Herald:
Anonymous letter-writing, intended to
traduce and destroy, is despicable at all
times, but when, like a vile veno-ii'Mi
serpent, tbe anonymous writer se?ks to
injure a woman wbo bas never giveu the
writer any cause, one who attends strict
ly to ber own business, it becomes a
vocation only fitting the noisome slum.
Such a wretch now pollutes the air of
Somerset, casting slanderous emanation
under tbe doors of the friends of tbe wo
man traduced, and thereby attempting
to scatter slime all over the community.
It is to be hoped that the wretch will soon
be within the clutches of tbe law.
Com.
Tbtre is a Claaa of Ptople
Who are injured by the use of coffee.
Recently there bas been placed in all the
grocery stares anew preparation called
liRAlN-O, made of pure grains, thit
takes the place of coffee. The most deli
cate stomach receives it without distress,
and but few can tell it from or (fee. It
does Dot cost over as much. Children
mir drink it with ereat benefit 15 cts.
and 25 cu. per package. Try iL Ask for
UKALS-U.
NOTICE TO STOCKHOLDERS.
Tbe annual meeting of the storkholdera of
the Klml Satloo il Bana ot oomeraei, ri, ior
th rlrrtiaa of dirwtoaa for tbe year A. 1)
ma will bfl betd Id tbe dtreruira' room. Id
the Klmt National Bank butldloc. Somerset,
Pa., on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 1JU, between the
hours of l ana ao ciora p. m.
ii. M. BERK LET.
Cashier,
JOS. HORNE & CO.,
PITTSBURG. PA.
HORE ABOUT CHRISTMAS GIFT THINGS.
1 ERE is a list that may help you along ia your tribulations over what
to present aa a gift. If there is nothing in tho list to suit your
fancy, if you will only takoa few moments to ask our Mail Order De
partment about anything that you have in mind, we can probably be of
assistance to you. Write for any of the following immediately, and you
will get the goods a3 prompt as the mail can bring them to you.
Christmas
Handkerchiefs.
Our orders for these Handker
chiefs were placed last March, and
therefore the makers had plenty of
time to put on extra touches here
and there. They are all imported
and aa they come direct to us, we
save you the importer's profit. Not
one but what is the purest of linen.
White Linen Handkerchiefs, hem
stitched in different widths of hems
be. lOe, 12 l-2e, 85o, Sia eacb.
Handkerchiefs of pure Irlwh linen
with printed borders 10s and 13 1-2
cents each.
Scalloped and Kmbrolderied Hand
kerchiefs, medium and heavy cloth
He, 35a, 69e up lo fl.00.
Linen Handkerchiefs with lace edge,
embroidered in a irreat variety of
patlerns-25c, 63c, 74:, SI 00.
Linen Handkerchief with lace eel ire
and lace iuaertiou to match 25c,
60o, 75o, 1.00.
French hand-loomed Linen Hand
kerchiefs, acall',H1 aud hemstitch
ed edgnn, embroidered bv hand
1.25, $1.60, S1.75, S2.03 each.
IriMh Linen Initialed Handkerchiefs
sheer and heavy cloth, tmbrulder
ed by band 25e eacb.
Linen Hemstitched Handkerchiefs
with script initial embroidered in
dainty colored combination spray,
all by band SJo each, or $2.00 per
box of six.
Mourning Handkerchiefs with print
ed hems, sher or heavy cloth 25c
and 69c eacb.
Heal Ducbesoe Lace Handkerchiefs
63e, 75o. L00, L60 each.
Children's Pure Irixh Linen Hand
kerchieft, with printed borders, 10s
and 12 l-2c each.
Children's Pure Irixh Linen Initialed
Handkerchiefs, aber and heavy
cloth, embroidered by hand 25c
each.
Men's Irish Linen Handkerchief,
unlaundered 12 1 2e each.
Men's Initialed Handkerchief, nn
laundried l.'xj each. Finer quali
ties Uo-; eacb.
Men's White Japanese Silk Hand
kerchiefs, hecnalitcbed 3jc, SOc and
jc each.
Silk Initialed Handkerchiefs for men
5tc and 5j eacb.
Silk Bandanna Handkerchiefs for
elderly men 75c to 12 00 eacb, ac
cording to size and quality.
Men's
Smoking Jackets.
Nothing pleases a man as much
as a neat House Coat or Smoking
Jacket We have an immense as
sortment of these and we sell thous
ands of them in a Christmas seasou.
Send the measure and get one.
A neat plaid cloth Smoking Jacket
11.5a
Reversible Cloth House Coats, plain
outside, with plaid lapels, pockets
and cuff fairings So 00, rt 00 up.
Tricot Jackets, satiu bound t-i SO.
Trioot Jackets, satin faced J.j.00.
Winter Gloves for Men
These are the kind that are just
right for a winter's day. Prices are cor
rect, too. Those Angora gloves mention
ed in the last paragraph are surprising
for their warmth giving qualities.
Men's Walking Gloves, fl. f I 50 a pr.
I. A K. Norley'a heavy English Walk
ing Gloves, made of rain proof
leather $1.75 a pair. This is tbe
Imtt leather glove made.
Heavy (Scotch Wool Gloves, 50c, 75c,
uplofl 25 a pair.
Angora Glove, very thick, very soft,
warm aa fur gloveo, all colors that
are fashionable, $1.75 lo H 50 a pair.
CHRISTHAS PERFUflES
Here's something that will please
women and children, and ia a gift sugges
tion for men.
1 ounce Bottles of Perfumes in neatly
decorated box 35c
2 ounce Bottles of Perfume in a hand
somely decorated box 50a
A neat box containing one bottle of
perfume, one cake of soap, one
package of sachet 25c.
Neat box containing one bottle Co
logne, one bottle Tooth Powder,
Cake of Soap, stick of Shaving Soap,
box or Talcum Powder, something
that will be pleasing to men $L. ou
Here are some quotations on atoml-,
xers that make pleasing gifts :
No. 1 crystal bottle, gilt top and net
ted bulb 25a.
No. 2 tine Bohemian glass bottle,
gold top, silk netted bulb 35a
No. 3 Bohemian glass, gold tracing,
gilt top, bolile rtts on gilt aland,
silk netted bulb 5oa
HOLIDAY SILKS
Here are soi.e Silks for making
Christmas fancy work. The colorings
are principally evening tints.
Plain Satine 50c a yard.
Plain India Silks 50c a yard.
Brocaded India Silks 75c a yard.
10.000 yards Plain Taffetas, Plain Sat
in Duchesse, Plain Poplins, new
light colorings 7.5c, 65c, $1.00 a yd.
Perm Avenue and Fifth Street.
f mm m
jgc. Lr. Simpson.
The Great Sale and Exchange Place for
ft
55 Robes,
Carriages
Buggies and Wagons.
Immense Stock of
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Blankets, Harness, Bells, i;
Whips, Etc. icj
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7 Car-loads Just Received jp
ifi Of the very latest 'Portland" and "Swell" Bodied Cutters S
sf: and Bob-Sleda. Call at my wareroonw on Patriot ?js
fit street and be convinced.
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OPEN DAY AND NIGHT.
$ Somerset, Pa.
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Home-Stewart Co.
DRY GOODS
MEN'S
FINE UNDERWEAR.
We like to serve the men who
enjoy having the finest und
derwear that they can buy.
We've plenty of just such that
sort of underwear right here
in this big stock of ours.
Fine French Balbriggans
soft imported Merinos,
and the finest of flat and
ribbed silks.
Garments that cost all the way
from $3 to $15 each.
All the sizes are here all
styles a remarkable stock to
choose from.
233 Fifti Avenue, PITTSSU23.
THE
CLEANSING
AND II EALING
CURE FOR
CATARRH
is
Ely'sCreamBalm
Easy and pleasant
to nse. Contains no
injurious druar.
It la quickly b
sorbed. Gives leliif
at once.
It open and
Cleanses tbe Nasal Passages. Allays I n
0anamat:on.Heajs and Protect the mem
brane. Restores tbe Senses ot Taste and
Smell. Iartre Hire, 50 cents at Druggists
or by mail; Trial size, 10 cents by luaiL.
ELY BROTH ERS. 5ti Warren Street,
New York.
:atarrh
New Goods.
1899 PACK,
. Now arriving daily at oar
"Headquarters Store."
Counters aud shelves loaded down with
new Figs. Evaporated Fruits, Pro new.
Raisins, Mince Meat, Cleaned Currants,
and Seeded Raiains. We are just receiv
ing oar Fall Packed Canned Goods. Our
line will be the best selected and cooalata
of tbe greatest assortment ever shown on
this market. Nothing but the very best
brands do we handle.
OUR STOCK ia always kept moving,
because oar trade ia large, on account
of having the BEST of everything in our
line and selling it at PRICES as low as
you are asked for gooda not equal in
quality.
OUR FLOUR ROOM is always stock
ed with tb highest arrades of Floor.
Pillbbury's Best and Porter's Rosa ara
our leaders, and they are winners. Try
tbem, yoa win have no others.
We want
500 tons
straight timothy hay.
Can load in any part of the county,
Writ or call to see us.
Apples, Potatoes, Wheat and Oats
are also wanted.
Yes! We are Headquarters Your
trade, correspondence and calls solicited,
COLD1 HEAD
thtak
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Vanted-An Idea sr
Prourt roar Mk: tker ma tort" 7 Hk.
Wrtla JOHN W vOIiKKBtajl ft CO- Pl ta
ra, Wasbiacws. . C t rr taatr al.0 arts otar
aidust X huafacsa kuTaaituaa wawt.
COOK
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BEEBITS
FreK
Seasonable
Cut Flora, Polled Plaife
Mrs.A.E.Uhl
Xma:
Gift
For Children.
DOLLS Jointed and Tivoted.
Bisque, China, Wax,Unbreakable.
DOLL FURNITURE Beds,
Bureaus, Waahstands, Ward
robes. Doll Slippers, Caps and
Nursing Bottles. A complete
line of Children's Dishes. Great
variety of toys suitable for both
sexes.
For Young Ladies
and Gentlemen.
also all kinds of Artistic Floral Designs
can ba furnished on short notice. Bell
Telephone at oar ster.
Adolf Stall. FlorUt,
Joknstotcn, I'a.
Ebony and Sterling Combs and
Brushes; Combs, Hair Brushes,
Tooth Brushes, Clothes Brushes,
Military Brushes, Hand Mirrorc,
Sterling and Pearl Paper Knive?,
Sterling Novelties in Manicure
Seta and Dresser Articles, Purao
and Card Case Sets, Mufliers,
Silk and Linen Handkerchiefs,
Initial Handkerchiefs ranging in
price from 5 cents to the best of
Bilk.
For Sister or Mother.
A fine Dress Pattern, Jacket,Golf
Plush or Cloth Cape, Fur Collar
ette, Boa, Collar or Muff, pair
Towels, Table Cover, handsome
Damask Table Linen and Nap
kins to match, Kid Gloves, Silk
and Kid Mitts, Skirts, wool and
silk, Tailor-made Suits, Woolen
and Cotton Blankets from 50
cents up, single and double wool
shawls.
Millinery Stock.
Millinery Goods to be closed out
at low prices. Complete line of
Children's Jackets, Infants' long
and short Coats and Capes.
Mrs A E Uhl
Paiter& Pfullips.
HOLIDAY GOODS.
A few sugsrestions for suitable and
seasonable Holiday Gifts.
J. fi. Sifford &. Co.
We have Santa Claus with us.rresenting a variety of Christoiaa Novel ties,auch aa
IRON TOYS, G AH ES, DOLLS, Etc.
We invite you all to inspect this department. This will no d.Mibt please t!)
little ones.
FANCY NOVELTIES
Center Pieces, Bureau Srf4, and many new thinir under this heat!. Some
beautiful open work which will draw particular attention. Fine
and Kaucy Handkerchiefs now displayed in our wiu
dows and upon our counters. Don't fail to
examine these. Lots of bargaios.
' DRESS GOODS, ALL COLORS AND PRICES.
Coat Department.
We have been quite buy ia this brauch of
business, and are selliDg daily cumbers of Coats,
alao Collarettes, Capes and Shawls. Now would
be a good chance to get a Dice Coat, they have not
all gone, and this weather requires something to
keep you warm; aL makes a neat appearance.
DCNT OVERLOOK OUR WINTER GOODS.
Fascinators are ia demand. Can show a pret
ty line la all colors and at prices to pleaae each one
who may be in want. These gooda are very at
tractive aud useful.
Umbrellas
For Ladies and Gentlemen, would make a nice gi.t
for Christmas. Many new things for preaenU.
OUR UNDERWEAR
(li.ing rapidly. Some special bargains are offered a low a 12 cenU per vest for
boys, sizes from 24 to 3t. Men's 3i to 40 at 02 eeoU.
J. H. Sifford & Co.
DON'T BUY
Low Prices
Best Goods.!
Holiday Umbrellas.
Nothing more sensible as a gift
We have hundreds to select from
"or women, men and children, and
include many exclusive Novelties
not obtainable elsewhere.
Handkerchiefs.
Hundreds of new Handker
chiefs to choose from for men,
women and children in Linen, Hem
stitched, Lace Trimmed, Lace and
Embroidery and in Swiss Embroid
ered. Price from 5c to 50c.
Gloves
of every description to choose
from in men's women's and children's
also a full line of Kid Mits, Silk
Mits and Wool Mits.
Sterling Silver Novelties
In S!ioe Horns, Tooth-Crushes,
Combs, Curlers, Knives, Thimbles,
Paper-cutters, Hair-brushes. A great
variety of 25c Novelties in Sterling
Silver.
Pocketbooks anJ Purses.
A large assortment of nice,
new goods ia Sterling-trimmed at
2 cent.
Jewelry Novelties
Of every description. Buck
les, Lace Pins, CuSf Buttons, Slick
Pin3, Collar Buttons, Studs, etc
Biskets.
New and exclusive line of In
dian Baskets, Pin Cushion Baskets,
Wall Pocket Baskets, Note Paper
Baskets, Hair Pin Baskets, Uand'f
Baskets, Glove Baskets, Scrap
Baskets, Baskets of every descrip
tion for fancy work, which are very
handsome, made by the Indian
Basket Co. of Indian Sweet Grass.
Ribbons, Etc.
New Ribbons, Lace3, Embrold
eries, Napkins, Towels, Blanket,
Skirts, Comforts, Outing Flannels
and Table Linens.
We have succeeded in purchas
ing 20 dozen more all-wool Skirts in
Stripes and Plaids to sell at 50c
Having already sold 25 dozen.
Dress Goods.
An endless variety to choose
from for Holiday presents.
Just received 40 pieces of
Gingham to sell at 5c regardless of
the advance.
Gents Furnishing Goods
Department full of nice, new
Neck Wear, Shirts, Collars, Cuffs,
Underwear, etc
New line of Trunks, Satchels,
Telescopes and Dress Cases.
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Until you have seen oar One Hundred elegant and fancy J
trimmed single and double Sleigh?, and Sixty of the best quality
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t Farm and Lumber Bob-Sled. These you will find by inquiring at
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and are kept in the Carriage Repository in rear of Hardware
Store. Our Robes, Blankets and Bells yoa will find in the
Hardware store. j
I J B Holderbaum
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FURNITURE.
CO--Toour mammoth store
TO z;Buy up-to-date furniture of all kinds
COFFROTH'SllG00 are shown as the best values,
PORlThe style, construction and finish
COG DEnough for the rich, cheap enough for the poor
1Y2 Of J E Y-Saved for the p urchaser
S A V I N G:To all clas ses of people
P R I C ES Are correct
SUITSnThat we are pleased to show our customers
SIDEBOARDS, CHAIR S Unsurpassed in price
ODD FURNITURE Kind that stays together a lifetime
CUT CARPETSNo charge fur waste .
C. H. Coffroth.
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wants of the boue-keeper at a moder
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SOLD WiTH TH1 UHDERSTAHDIHG.
JAMES. B. HOLDERBAUM.
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