if a Sl SE A ¥A¥™Y—nanS BERKEY & SHAVER, Attorneys-at-IL.aw. SOMERSET, PA. Coffroth & Ruppel Building. ERNEST 0. KOOSER, Attorney-At-L.aw, SOMERSET, PA. R. E. MEYERS, DISTRICT ATTORNEY. Attorney-at-Law, BOMERSET, PA. Office in Court House. W. H. KOONTZ. J. G. OGLE KOONTZ & OGLE Attorneys-At-Law, SOMERSET, PENN’A Office opposite Court House. VIRGIL R. SAYLOR, Attormney-at-I.aw, SOMERSET, PA. Office in Mammoth Block. E. H. PERRY, Physician and Surgeon, SALISBURY, PENNA. Office corner Grant and Union Streets B.& 0.R.R.SCHEDULE. Winter Arrangement.—In Ef- fect Sunday, Nov. 27, 1904. Under the new schedule there will be 14 daily passenger trains on the Pittsburg Di- vision, due at Meyersdale as follows: Kast Bound. No. 48—Accommodation ............ 11:02 A. M No. 6—Fast Line.................... 11:30 A. M No. 46—Through train.............. 4:41 P. M +No. 16—Accommodation........... 5:16 P. M *No.12—Duquesne Limited........... 9:85 P. M No. 10—Night Express... IBA No.208—Johnstown Accom. THE P.M West Bound, *No. 9—Night Express............... 3:28 A.M No. l1—-Duquense.................... 5:58 A.M +No. 18—Accommodation .......... 8:42 A. M No. 47—Through train. verre. 10:08 AlN No. 5—Fast Line. trsiienannes 4308 PUM No. #—Accommodation rssineaavnss 4:50P. x No.207—Johnstown Accommo....... 6:20 A. M Ask telephone central for time of trains. &W=*Do not stop. = +Dally except Sunday. W.D.STILWELL, Agent. A Horse Knows the Difference between good and bad food. German Medicated | Stock Food Will save your Horse and save money. It is the best food on the market. Also for Cows, Sheep and Hogs. No more Hog Cholera. pe — : For sale by dealers. Send for Circulars. GERMAN STOCK FOOD CO., The eldest Stock Food Co. in the World, Minneapolis, Minn. i, Sed — The Patent Bent Rung LADDERS Strongest in the World. fhe Single and Extension Bent Rung Lon Ladders are light, Strong and penn Hii easily andled. The Columbia Step Ladders are made with Basswi or Norway Pine sides, oak steps and a Bent Hiskor. ry Rung, securely rivited under each step and to the sides fl with wrought iron annealed nails | making the lightest and strongest Step Ladder ever offered i for ihe money. %) We fso manniiiie i other hig] e Ste) § Ladders, 2s reli as 2 pi complete line of Single i and Extension Straight I Rung Ladders Send for descriptive “DIR BENT RUN RUNG LADDER COMPANY, Inthans, Penn. DeWitt gig tie a name to look for when I ; y Witch Hazel Salve. whe Woh Hazel Salve is the original and only genuine. In fact DeWitt'sis the only Witch Hazsl Salve that is made from the unadulterated Witch-Hazel All others are counterfeits—base imi- tations, cheap and worthless — even dangerous, DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve is a specific for Piles; Blind, Bleeding, Itching and Protruding Piles. AlsoCuts, Burns, Bruises, Sprains, Lacerations, Contusions, Boils, Carbuncles, Eczema, Tester Salt Rheum, nd all other Skin Diseases, SALVE PREPARED BY E.C. DeWitt & Co., Chicago SOLD BY E. H, MILLER. _vania and West Virginia, THE PRODUCTION OF MAPLE SUGAR. The Bureau of Forestry Seeks to Develop and Extend the Industry. The Bureau of Forestry has been studying the maple ‘sugar industry with the view of securing a larger use of the maple forests. Since 1850 the area of maple sugar farming has great- {y changed and shrunk. In early days maple sugar was commonly made, even in many parts of the South, because cane sugar was virtually unobtainable. No longer is there even a limited pro- duction in South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Arkansas. This is because cane sugar can now be bought everywhere at a low price, and is preferred to maple sugar for sweetening. In Indiapa, Michigan and Illinois the maple trees have been extensively cut for lumber, thus reducing the opportunity for tree tapping. In those States also the markets are glutted with imitations, which removes the incentive to extend- ing the industry. In other States, as in western Maryland, West Virginia, Ohio, New York, and in New England, the maple sugar industry has held its own or been increased. The best sap flow is secured in the cooler northern States, yet good results can be expected in most of Pennsyl- in werstern Maryland, all of Indiana and Kentucky, eastern Tennessee, and western North Carolina. At present the largest pro- ducers of sugar maple products are Ohio, Vermont, and New York. The sugar and black maples yield the most and the best sap, although some other species of maple may be worked to ad- vantage when neither of these is avail- able. The maple is a hardy and vigorous tree and readily reproduces itself, so there need be no fear of failure of sap supply. For sap production the all im- portant consideration is for the tree to have a full and heavy, crown. Yet it should also grow under forest condi- tions which maintain a ground cover of litter and humus. a8 a result of the study recently made, definite directions for the man- agement and improvement of existing groves, and for the establishment of new ones in suitable localities and un- der different conditiong, have been pre- pared and will soon be published. Many valuable data regarding the profit in making maple sugar were also collected. From these it appears that a farmer can easily clear about $3 an acre from a sugar grove. The expenses in this estimate are placed at a maxi- mum ; all the labor and hauling are charged in at market rates. though us a matter of fact the sugar season falls at a time when the farmer has little other employment for himself or his horses. In actual practice, for the farmer who can do most of his own work the profit should be considerably larger. And the land thus utilized will yield little or nothing under any other use. The old method of collecting the sap by making a diagonal cut in the tree was abandoned long ago because it in- jured the tree so that it could be work- ed for but a few years. The approved practice now is to bore a hole one inch deep and three-eighths of an inch in diameter into the sunny side of trees over 12 inches in diameter, and to make but one hole in each tree, except pos- sibly where the trees are especially large and productive. Vast improve- ments have also been made in appli- ances for handling the sap and boiling it down to sugar and syrup. Maple trees now furnish bat a small per cent. of the commercial maple syrup and sugar. While the demand for both these commodities has constantly in- creased, the output from maple trees has decreased during the last twenty years. The trade has been supplied only by radically adulterating the pure goods, or by manufacturing a product encirely from foreign materials. It is conservatively estimated that seven- eighths of what is sold as maple syrup and sugar is a spurious article. Most of the fabrications are entirely harm- less, but they are not the real thing. Those fortunate enough to have eaten the genuine article will always demand it, and conditions should be such that they may get it, if they are willing to pay the price. The fault does not lie with the pro- ducers, those who tap the trees and re- duce the sap to syrup and sugar, but with the middlemen who buy the sugar and mix and adulterate it most profit- ably for themselves. The extent of this adulteration is illustrated by the fact that while the amount of the raw product has decreased, the whole quan- tity sold has largely increased and its market price has been reduced. Of late years the price has fallen in direct relation to the decrease in the price of cane sugar, The most common substitutes used in the adulteration of maple sugar and syrup are other sugars and glucose. Much of the so-called maple syrup on the market is nothing but a combina- tion of sweets with a little maple mo- lasses added to give the maple flavor. There is also a maple syrup which con- tains no maple at all, but the flavor is | obtgined by adding to the compound | an extract of hickory bark. | tensive adulteration forces This ex- the pro- ducers of pure maple syrup to compete with cheap imitations. The price of their raw product is kept down, and the forests of maple are not as profit- able to their owners as they otherwise might be. The consumer is entitled to pure goods, and the producer is entitled to have his syrup and sugar bought and used for what it is. The remedy is in the hands of the producers, and they can effect a change for the better in two ways. They can associate them- selves in State and large local com- panies, and, by selling direct to con- sumers, cut out the middle-men; and they can also put their product on the market in the form not of sugar, but of syrup, which is the most in demand. The publie will not object to paying a little higher price for guaranteed pure goods. The cost of making and hand- ling syrup might be a little more than that of sugar, but the net returns would be larger, the public better served, and the maple sugar industry profitably extended. The association plan has been adopted in Vermont with excel- lent results. Annual meetings are held, through whose influence improved methods of production have been adopted, a central market established, and a registered trade-mark created which is a guarantee of absolute purity. In this way a trade of good propor- tions has been built up. A DAREDEVIL RIDE often ends in a sad accident. To heal accidental injuries, use Bucklen’s Ar- nica Salve. “A deep wound in my foot, from an accident,” writes Theodore Schuele, of Colmbus, O., “caused me great pain. Physicians were helpless, but Bucklen’s Arnica Salve quickly healed it.” Soothes and heals burns like magic. 25c. at E. H. Miller’s drug store. 5-1 REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS. Francis Freidline to Karimier Srew- cry, Boswell, $675. Boswell Improvement company to Francis Friedline, Boswell, $350. Leonard Maust to Harvey E. Sturtz, Garrett, $1,500. Andrew Coughenour to Charles N. Flanigan, Confluence, $500. Maggie Floto to Bedford and West- ern Railroad company, Stonycreek, $150. Ellen Knable to William S. Kimmell, Milford, $1,150. John A. Beaghley to Samuel Meyers, Brothersvalley, $7,580. Samuel Snyder’s heirs to John Mey- ers, Brothersvalley, $418. Herman L. Hay to Ellwood Zerfoss, Milford, $200. Richard F. Pollard to William H. Miller, Garrett, $600 Thornton Menser’s administrator to James B. Holderbaum, Davideville, $1,100. Austin Weller to Andrew J. Coleman, Somerset township, $414.37. Jacob Bowser to Joseph 8. Miller, Summit, $158.50. Christian Barkley to Josiah Barron, Middlecreek, $150. Elias Hemminger to Hiram Barron. Middlecreek, $100. Catherine Dively to Edgar O. Dively, Berlin, $300. Jennie Armstrong to Orville Fike, Confluence. $800. Cevilla Davis to Sarah Weehtenheis- er, Somerset township, $25. Cevilla Davis to Sarah Wechten- heiser, Somerset township, $35. Henry I. Marsden to Simon Krebs, Somerset borough, $1,250. William H. Stoddard to Irvin H. Long, Somerset borough, $1,260. John L. Barchus to Charles Wagner. Salisbury. $235. Lewis Kretchman et al. to Charles Wagner, Salisbury, $835. George W. Schrock to Spangler, Milford, $750. Perry O. Miller to William H. Wable, Summit, $80. Perry O. Miller to William H. Wable, Summit, $150. Perry O. Miller to William H. Wable, Summit, $185. Ella M. Reidt to Augstus G. Hinkin- son, New Baltimore, $550. John M. Peter Had a Hard Time of it. The following interesting item was published in the Johnstown Tribune, fifty years ago: FIVE DOLLARS REWARD.—Ran away from my house, on Tuesday even- ing last, my son Peter Dishong, aged 18 years, taking with him his clothing and a double-bitted axe, belonging to me. All persons are hereby cautioned not to harbor the said Peter, as I am de- termined not to pay any debts of his contracting. The public are also cau- tioned not to hire the said Peter, as 1 will demand all wages due him in such event. And I also caution all Clergy- men and Justices of the Peace not to marry the said Peter, under the pen- alty prescribed by the law. ‘A reward of Five Dollars will be paid to any per- son who will apprehend and lodge in jail the said Peter Dishong. I am de- termined to punish an unruly and un- grateful son. L C. DISHONG, Jackson Township. RHEUMATIC PAINS QUICKLY RELIEVED. The excruciating pains characteristic of rheumatism and sciatica are quickly relieved by applying Chamberlain’s Pain Balm. The great pain relieving power of the liniment has been the surprise and delight of thousands of sufferers. The quick relief from pain which it affords is alone worth many times its cost. For sale by E. H. Mil- ler. 8-1 THE WAY WITH HANNAH Was Not a Girl For Style Yet Quite Sot in Her Way. “Got anything fur a gal?” he asked of the girl behind the counter loaded with Christmas toys. “How old a girl?” was asked. “She'll be 20 next spring if she gets over the measles all right, and the doctor says she's gainin’ on ‘em ev- ery day.” “And do you want to buy her a Christmas present?” “I dew. I'm goin’ to marry her in May If sumthin’ don’t bust, and I want to make her a mighty nice present. Poor Hanner! She jest lays right thar and moans and sighs and fights the measles, and 1 want to prove my love.” “How would something in jewelry do?” asked the girl. “She don’t keer fur jewelry.” “You might buy her an umbrella. A lady’s umbrella always makes a nice present.” “She never uses one, except to hit the dog or cat with. She’s no gal to put on style.” “An album or some book would be a suitable present.” “Yes, but she don’t keer fur ‘em. I bought her an album once and she used it to prop up the leg of the kitchen stove. She’s no reader, either. When she ain’t workin’ she likes to git and hold hands and eat candy. I'd ruther not buy anythin’ ’tall than git sumthin’ she don’t want.” “How would a comb for the hair do? queried the girl, as she looked about. “She don’t use 'em,” replied the young man, as he fondled a ready made elephant which could move its trunk. “She jest makes her h’ar all frizzy and let's it go at that. Kin that mewl be used as a pincushion?” “She could fix it for a cushion, but you wouldn't buy a mule for a young woman, would you?” “I dunno. Mewls they?” “I think so.” “Well, that's the way with Hanner. ar’ sot, ain't . She gits sot every week or two, and it’s the hardest kind o’ work to unsot her. What's the price?” “Twenty cents.” “That's about my figger. She kin fix it up and stand it on her buro. Whenever she sees it she will think o’ me and her sotness.” “It don’t seem to me that you are selecting the right thing,” returned the salesgirl. “That's ‘cause you don’t know Han- ner,” he replied. “While she has the measles she kin keep it on her pillar and pull the string and make him kick. That'll take her mind oft her sickness. When she gets well she kin make it into a pincushion or stand it on the parlor organ fur bric-a-brac. I'll take the mewl. He looks sot and vit he looks humble. Mebbe his hum- bleness will melt her heart a leetle.” “You evidently love your Hannah very much!” “You've hit the bullseye, sis! I've stood by Hanner through chicken pox, whoopin’ cough and sore eyes, and I'm with her four times a day while she’s down with the measles. Love her! You bet your life I dew, and though she’s sot in her ways and needs new teeth, she returns my love and is mine agin’ the world. Here's your cash and give me the mewl, and sumthin’ tells me I've struck it right and the blamed thing in goin’ to bring two loving hearts so clus to- gether that thar won’t be room- fur ribs and vest buttons between!”’—The Idler. “Nobuddy” Answered. The average small boy’s opinion of himself is none too high, but the reply of a small stable-boy in Chicago may scarcely be taken as the average. A woman whose husband kept the driv- ing horse in one of the many ‘board- ing stables” in the city, telephoned the other day to have the horse and carriage brought to the house. A strange voice answered the phone. “Is this So & So’s stable?” queried the woman. “Yes,” came the answer. “Well, who is this?” “Aw, ’taint nobuddy. Wait a min- nit and I'll call somebuddy,” came the answer. “Were you ever in love, Edwin?” “No, but I have a brother who's had measles an’ mumps an’ most every- thing.—Harper’s Bazaar. Opportunity. “What is its name?” asked a visitor when shown the statue with its face concealed and wings on its feet. “Opportunity,” replied the sculptor. “Why is its face hidden?” “Be cause men seldom recognize it.” “Why has it wings on its feet?” “Because it is soon gone, and once gone, cannot be overtaken.” A Jab at Him. “Oh, my!” complained Mrs. Diggs, “I never had such an unsatisfactory day’s shopping.” “Huh!” snorted her husband, “I sup- pose you were trying to get some- thing for nothing.” “Yes, dear, I was hunting for a birthday gift for you.””—Philadelphia Press. 10 cts. a copy. zine for the family,” every month. “The says one Best and Charles Wagner. by taking advantage of this Special McCLURES MAGAZINE is “the cleanest, most stimulating, It is without question at Great features are promised for next year—six or more wholesome interesting short stories in every number, con- tinued stories, beautiful pictures in colors, and articles by such famous writers as Ida M. 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Made only by the MAPLE CITY SOAP WORKS; Monmouth, lil. MAPLE CITY A trial will convince 8 you Is a pure, oduct. Use any small quantity of soap aS a for cleanin The most wonde: here, 5 Cents. Notice in Divorce. Amanda Bowser by her next friend, Eman- ual Lape, vs. Henry N. Bowser. 1n the Court of Common Pleas of Somer- | set County. Pa. No. 60. February Term, 1905. Alias Subpoena in Divorce. To Bowser, respondent above, you are hereby | Pleas, at Somerset, Pa. on Monday, 1th May, 1905, to answer the libel, Subpoena, and | Alias subpoena in Divorce above stated, and | to show cause why a decree of divoree from | the bonds of matrimony should not be made ngainst you. ANDREW J. COLEMAN, 5-4 Sheriff. (COURT PROCLAMATION. WHEREAS, the HoN. FRANCIS J. KOOSER, President Judge of the Court of Common Please, of the County of Somerset, being the Sixteenth Judicial district, and Justice of | the Court of Oyerand Terminer and General ! Jail Delivery, for the trial of all capital and | other offenders in the said district, and | HoN. A.F. DICKEY, Associate Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, and Justice of the Court of Oyer and Terminer and General | Jail Delivery for the trial of all capital and other offenders in the County of Somerset, have issued their precepts, and to me directed, for holding a Court of Common | Pleas and General Quarter Sessions of the | Peace and (General Jail Delivery,and Courts of Oyer and Terminer at Somerset, on MONDAY, MAY 15, 1905. 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