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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1890-04-16

THE NEW SPRING ASSORTMENT
IS NOW ALL N.

Il is a great pleasure to US to offer this
seasons productions, because they are
the most elegant and'satisfactory for the
prices we have ever seen.
Our Nail Order Department will cheer
fully submit samples by mali, and vour
order will be filed at the lowest ii es
and as satisfactorily as though you ere
here TO do your shopping in person. Have
you tried il?
Special mention is made Of few items
only:
A very large assortment of all wool I'm
ported Suitings, 3S to 10 inches wide,
in large assOrtments of stripes, plaids
and mixtures, at 80 cents. This is
the most comprehensive offering of
80 cent Dress Goods ever made by
any mercantile house.
100 pieces 40 inch Imported Plaids, 40
cents
Also. at 80 cents, large assortment of all
vol 30 inch Scotch Cheviots.
New and stylish Cloth Bourettes, IS inch
es wide, at 80 cents.
A 80 cent o.ieriDg--the most for the
money ever ofiered-Imported Tail
or Suitings. in large variety Of styl-
ish stripes, 3S inches wide, elegant
quality.
At So cents, 36 inch Wool Suitings. new
stripes and plaids.
500 pieces extra fine Satines, Is cents !;
y cent quality.
Anderson's Ginghams. 40 and - cents.
Challis-Largest variety in all qualities,
mp 10 the imported all-wool goods at
80 cents.
Our large Spring and Summer Fashion
Journal and Catalogue will be ready
April lst II costs nothing but your
name on postal card to get it.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1890-04-16

was a very little way from tine convent
and in il he had found an immense wolf
frozen, and stark dead, for the cold OF the
night hsd been intense.
| went down myself to see the poor old
fellow. and declare he looked as large
as calf, and as for his fangs, l think
they would have gone through deal
board.
/ begged his body Of the monks
brought the skin home and had it stuff
ed and l can tell you, when | come into
the room where he lies, and the sun Is
shining on his glass ewes, ] often md
myself giving start, as if he we're siili
alive, aud as i'll were still lying under
nav terrible blanket.-lSseeqed.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1890-04-16
Farm Notes.

Much judgment should be exercised in
removing the winter covering from ten
der roses.
Baskets and boxes for shipping fruit
should be new and clean and ofthe whit
est wood obtainable.
Peonies in large clumps should be ii-
vided and new varieties set out as soon
as the weather allows.
The worst place 10 set young trees, ac-
cording TO Country Gentleman, is timo-
thy and clover meadow.
The necessity of warming the soil in
frames depends upon what plants are to
be grown. Lettuce and eucumbers must
have bottom heat dandelions, parsley
and rslishes are more hardy, says Will
lam Philbrick.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1890-04-16
The Weakness of Tai Men.

Tall men, as rule, have bodies out of
prOporti IN to their lower lmbs-thdt is
smaller than they ought to be-with Il e
natural result that they are unable to
bear fatigue, or to compete in the strug
giles of life with lesser men more harmo-
nlously proportioned. Army experience
bears out these observations. In long
and fatigueing march the tall men usual
ly fall out first or succumb TO campaign
ing, unless, as is very rarely she case,
the case, they have well knit and sym
metrical frames. A soldier between fve
feet FIVE inches and five feet eight or nine
inches, is usually the man m 1st capable
of bearing the strain of life.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1890-04-16
Bumblethorpe and the Bull.

Gen. Bumbletlsori e Is certainly big
nan--big in stature and bigger still in
his own eonceii, brimu,ing over, as be
constantly is, with his own importance.
Gen. b nnblethorpe Was never in the ar
my ne never was even ia the militia.
But he was Surveyor General once,
good while ago, and has of course worn
the title Of General ever since, and has
always insisted npon it. He has been a
shade more ovcrs,esring since he became
General in this way, though he was
sufficiently overbesring before that.
Que tine affernoon last summer Gen.
Bumblethorpe was Iakirg walk through
the outskirts of the country town which
he had honored by choosing it as his
place of summer soiourn. In the course
of his wandcrings he came upon pair
of bars leading into grassy and invit-
ing meadow. The bars he let down and
walked into the meadow.
lie had but half crossed the meadow
when he saw to his horror a great black
and white Holstein bull emerge from the
dark shade of an apple tree and ad vance
toward him. Gen. BumbIethorpe is not
an active man, but the steady advance Of
this enormous animal stimulated him for
moment to great activity. And mis-
own rapid flightalso served to stimulate
the bull, who lowered his head and
charged furiously, believing the while.
1t was mad chase, but ten. Bumble-
thorpe had some good rods of advantage
in the start and the opposite fence of the
field was not far away. The General ran
wildly and succeeded in turning a SOM
ersant over the fence just in time to es-
cape the infuriated animal.
And then it was General Bumble-
thorpe who was infuriated From the
safe side of the fence be storned and
ragged at the bull, and, seeing farm
house not far away he stalked over to it.
The farmer was choring around the barn
when the General rushed up to him.
Is that your bull over there, sir ?' ex-
claimed '1em. Bnnblethorpe.
Wal, guess It's, said The farmer.
DO you know what it's been doing p
Chasin' ye mebbe"
+" YES sir, chasiDg me; and ii Is an out
/ rage ~ct ta.sr.s oairt- ed
you, ...-- 80 au
initiated - s.a,
Wal, says the farmer, it's a thing
tina: bulls will DO; he can't help it, "
know.
"Help it, said the General, blacl
with indignation, "do you know who
am?7
Well, sir, am Gen. Bumblethorpe ?
Is-that-so? ~ said the farmer, witt
great deliberatlon. Is-that-so p
Why in thunder didn't you tell the bull
General ?"
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1890-04-16

All medical authorities agree that ca
tarrh is no more nor less than an infiam-
nation of the lining membrane of the
nasal air passages. Nasal catarrh and
all catarrhal affections Of the head are
not diseases Of the blood, and I'll Sc
rious mistake to treat them RS such. No
conscientious physician ever attempts TO
do so. 1t is held by eminent medical
men that sooner or later a speciic will be
found for every disease from which hu-
manity suffers. The facts justly us in
assuming that for catarrh at least, pos
tive cure already exists in E'y's Cream
Balm.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1890-04-16

Aunt Coupon-And now, George, how
do you like the fine gold watch / sent
youon your birthday tseorgie-I liked
it pretty well Aunty. Alter me an Billy
Smith got tired hearin' it tick we busted
it open an took out der works. Ailrs
got der string tied onter his dog. Its
bully dog too.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1890-04-16
Couldn't Garry $4,000 a BLOCK.

CHICAGO, April "a package containing
$4,000 in bills belonging to the National
Bank of Illinois disappeared on Saturday
morning from the custody of a United
States Express messenger who was taking it
in little safe from the bank TO the express
Office. only block away The package was
put into the safe, for the clerk wLo
put il in there holds the messengers receipt
for it, but how it got out no one can tell
The express people have detectives at work
on the case
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1890-04-16
The idaho Bill Passed.

WAsHENGroN, April 3.-The House to-day,
after heated discussion, passed the Ihaho
Admi ssion bill by vote of l20 yeas to no.
The Democrats refrained from voting and
Speaker Reed counted quorum. The Dem
o,rats say that they intend to make this a
test case and to have the courts pass upon
the constitutionaliiy OF the rule allowing
the Speaker to count quorum. It had
been intended TO make one of the contested
election cases a test case, but as ihis could
be done only by a suit for salary brought in
the Court of Claims, this course was aban-
doned and the present action decided upon.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1890-04-16

Litewaite-" In mourning, Awthaw ?.
POnsonby lmournfullyl-a Yaas; my
Uncle Benjamin-" Litewaite-
"The rich East nabob? Is il possible ne
- POnsonby lgloomily)-~You have
guassed IL; he has recovered"
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1890-04-16

A little girl was sitting on the floor
when the sun shone in her face. go
way go way, she cried, striking out
at it. =" lou move, dear, and it won't
trouble you" said her mamma. Il
amt; dot here first, said the little
one.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1890-04-16

Bobby" Ma, is the church raising a
fund 10 send our minister TO Europe ?''
Mother" Yes, dear" Bobby-"And
viii the church be closed while he is
gomez Mother Yes. Bobby-"weIl
ma, can't give that dollar I've savea up
TO the fund ?"
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1890-04-16
A Talking Canary Bird.

A rare curiosity is owned in Phoenix,
r.. l., by Miss Ida Colyin. 1t is IIartz
Mountain canary which talks. 1t was
brought to its present home about the
same time young parrot was purchased.
The two birds hav0 been in their respec-
tive cages, side by side always, and while
the parrot has caught some of the sing
ing notes Of the canary, the latter has
learned to enunciate plainly from its
feathered friend. 1t has learned thus
far only two sentences, which are "Sweet
little Dickey bird" and 80. poor Billy.
but they are spoken with startling dis
tiHctness and intonstion.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1890-04-16
cona,,nntion aureIx CURED.

To The EDTroRs- Please inform your readers
that have positive remedy for the above named
disease. By its timely use thousands OF hopeless
cases have been permanently cured. shall be glad
10 send two bottles ef my remedy FREE to any Of
your readers who have consumption il they viii
send their Express and p. O. address. Respect
fully, T. A. sLoCUM, II. c., Isl Pearl ST., y. Y.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1890-04-16
CUPID,s HARNESS.

Most women naturally look forward to
matrimony as their proper sphere In life. hut
fair. rosy fscc. bright eyes. and a healthy.
wcll-oeVcoped form, are the best passports
- a happy marriage. 4 n those wasting dis
and atfrRctivenesS and make life miserable
An unfailing specific for these maladies Is to
b. found in Dr. Pierce's favoritc Prescription.
IL is the only medicine for women. sold by
druggists. under positive guarantee
from the manufacturers, that IL viii give
satisfaction in every case. or money will be re-
funded. This guarantee has been printed on
ont for many years. Sl.0o per Bottle, or Six
Bottles fer 500.
Copyright. Isss. by WORLDS DIS. MEn Assn.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1890-04-16

Appearances are against some people.
and ;, are the disappearance.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1890-04-16

sl;s Psssengers f,r east and west change cars ia
LOCKWOOD ACCOMMODATIONS. se.t
Ledrss Ar,ircs
Passengers leaving on this train ran rake cen
leetiOn az lockwood with night Exprt IS train
sast and west.
Daily. Daily except Sunday.
B1LTLaORE d: OHIO RAILROAD-
PITTSBURG DIVISION.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1890-04-16
MA1L-No. es.
soaERsEr AccoMMoDATIoN-vo. 8. :
soUTHBoUND TRAINS.

Passengers for Somerset from the east and west
on the Pittsburgh Division, change cars At Rock
wood.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1890-04-16

Nail Trains connect az lockwood with trains
Hnd nom Somerset and Johnstasn, al Hynd.
nan with trains 70 and nom Bedford at Garrett
With trains to and from Berlin al salisbury June
Ion with trains TO and from Salisbury.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1890-04-16

Smallest. Cheapest, Easiest TO take.
One tiny. suvur-coated Pellet dose. Cures
Sick Headache, Bilious Headache. Constipa-
tion. indigestion. bilious Attacks. aud all de-
ranVemcuts Of the Stomach and BOrcls
25 cents a vial, BY druggists.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1890-04-16
WEsrBoUND 1RAENs.

Passengers from Pittsburgh change cars for
points on the Somerset & Cambria al lockwood.
THE time given is Eastern Standard Time.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1890-04-16

W. " CLENFNTs. Manaeer.
CHAs- o. sCULL Gen Pass Ag't.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1890-04-16
BALTIMORE MAIL-No. %. +

at RockWtof.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1890-04-16

Al 1rlfns stop for Rqseenge-s tolere Tine Girer
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1890-04-16

Some men are kept SO busy blushing
for others that they have no time LEFT to
bush for themselves.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-03-06
Natures Remedy for Diphtheria.

1t is said that nature has her own
remedy for every i'll to which flesh is heir
Some of her remedies have not yet been
discovered and some that have been
found out have not become generally
known. Medical science has long sought
for sovereign remedy for the scourge of
childhood, diphtheria, yet the colored
people of Louisiana, and perhaps of other
localities in the South, have for years
known and used cure which is remark
able for its simplicity. 1t is nothing
more nor less than the pure juice of the
pineapple.
"Thc remedy is not mine, said a gen.
tleman, when interviewed, " it has been
used by negroes in the swamps down
South for years. One of my children was
down with diphtheria and was in a criti-
cal condition. An old colored man who
heard of the case asked if we had tried
pineapple juice. We tried it, and the
child got well. have known it tried in
hundreds of cases. have told my friends
about it whenever l heard of a case and
never knew it to fail. You get a ripe
pineapple, squeeze out the juice, and let
the patient swallow it. The juice is of
so corrosive nature that it will cut out
the diphtheric mucus, and if you will
take the fruit before it is ripe and give
the juice to person whose throat is well
it makes the mucus membrane of his
throat sore"- Chicago Tribune.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-03-06

General William M. Charter of the
Spring Brook Ice Company, and Mr.. Will
liam w. Taintor, Secretary of the Hart.
ford Ice Company, are experimenting the
putting up of large ice houses on the
shore of tifty-acre pond, near the village
OF Williamsville, Mass. They took from
Hartford four carloads of horses, ice cut
ting tools, and many of their men, as
well as general materials to be used in
their work. For some time theseScom-
panies have been looking for place to
cut ice, and the present purchase is the
result of the examination of several
ponds in Massachusetts. The companies
pay the owner So, 900 for the privilege of
cutting ice on the pond from now until
April l, whether they get any ice or not.
The ice at present is about ten inches
thick, and it is estimated that this will
yield from so, 900 to rs, 900 tons.
Mr.. Taintor, in speaking of the ven
ture, said: ''The companies will have
to expend about $40, 200 before they get
ready to work. They pay S., 900 for the
privilege of cutting the ice, and the seller
guarantees nothing. The first work we
shall do is to build an ice-house with a
capacity of 10, 900 tons, to be followed
by other houses of about the same size as
as fast as they are needed. 1t is a big
undertaking" The pond in question is
about eighty miles from Hartford and
thirty-three miles from Palmer, on the
Ware River Railroad. 1t is estimated
that at least 1000 must be expended
before the housing will be complete, be-
sides the first cost of the ice. The COM
panies will hire other men from Williams
vile and push the work as fast as possible
while the ice lasts.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-03-06
An Ancient Stone.

An elliptical-shaped gray stone, prob
ably two feet in length and about six
inches in diameter, was recently received
at the White House, accompanied by a
letter from Governor Prince, of New
Mexico. He stated that the stone was
of the idol age, anterior to the arrival of
the Spaniards in the western continent
and it was known to be over 300 years
old. Among the Pueblo Indians the
stone was venerated as household god,
and examination showed that with some
rude tools an attempt had been made to
depict eyes, nose, and mouth on the
upper fiat portion, while in the centre
crossed hands are easily discernible. 1t
now rests on a shelf just above Private
Secretary Halford's desk, and as COM
panion piece there is primitive gourd,
which was sent to the White House by q
North Carolina man.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-03-06
NOTES FROM CONNECTICUT.

Charles S. and Frederick, sons of Police
Commissioner Smith, of New Haven, have
opened a brokers' Office in Melbourne, Aus
tralia
The Hon. L, A. Woodward, president of
the South Norwalk Club, who was accused of
selling liquor at the club rooms without
license, was acquitted by a jury on Thurs
day.
In the city court of New Haven Wednes-
day, former school. teacher and lawyer of
the city was fined SIS for begging and 81
and costs for drunkenness. Drink caused
his downfall.
The Hartford operator on the longdis-
tance telephone spoke to Savannah last
week. conveying a lengthy message clearly.
By the route of the circuit obtained, it was n
distance of about l 200 miles.
Engineer Hiram Hinckley, who was re-
Gently discharged from the Consolidated
road on account of the "Gilt Edge" express
accident, has been placed in charge of the
engine house and engines at Belle Dock, New
Haven.
The breach of promise case of Miss Lillian
X. Dolph, of Madison, against Augustus W.
Hillard, of Clinton, is before the superior
court. She claims 5000 damages. Mr..
Hillurd proposed to rim 1886, was accepted
but refused to marry her after learning that
ut the time she accepted him she was en-
gagged to another man.
Two years ago Wah Lee, Chinaman, who
had attended services at the South Park NJ
Il. Church was married to Ada Spaulding,
his Sunday y-school teacher. The couple
shortly removed to New Haven, where Lee
worked in a tea store until recently when he
moved to Pttsfeld Mass. Wednesday a
son was born to the couple
The Peoples Fire Insurance Company of
Mddletown, which was organized in 1865
with a capital stock of 5000, 900, has de-
cided to rensure its risks with the Connecti-
cut Fire Insurance Company of Hartford.
The company has about So, 900, 600 of risks
and surplus above liabilities of $1,000 0.
tits one of the many smaller companies
upon which recent excessive competition has
worked unfavorahly. Business was not large
enough. nor were returns, to leave any con-
siderable profits. The company is absolutely
sound financially, and its business is of
good class. But the opinion prevailed that
its risks would yield much better returns
incorporated with those of u larger COM
pany.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-03-06
Soon Over.

A sudden thaw in spring is COM
mon enough cause of the swelling and
overflow of rivers, but few people have
experience of what might be called
magic rivers" which disappear almost
as suddenly as they are born One such,
however, is described by w. Fl. Mallock
in his account of Cyprus, entitled "In
an Enchanted Island"
On certain evening there was q
succession of thunder showers, and
then, all the night, a heavy and cease
less downpour. "This," said my host,
in the morning, "ought to bring down
the river" / asked what he meant by
this, and he answered that the river
below us was rarely anything more
than dry bed of pebbles, just as it was
now.
But generally once-sometimes three
times-in the year, it would suddenly
fill with water, flow for an hour or two,
and again become dry and silent. I felt
that the sight must be curious, and
wished that 1 might be able to wit.
ness it.
About four o'clock in the afternoon a
servant came to my bedroom, and asked
LILO ~ lHOo oio Sulucu. Iu6Io lOuilU
my host with an opera-glass, standing
on the bank.
"Look" exclaimed he, pointing; at
is coming. Listen! you can hear it,. =
1 hastened and looked. L at last
caught sound, faint and uncertain, as
leaves rustling in dream. Then, sud
denly, far away on the plain, / saw
something flash, like the head of 0
pointed spear. Gradually this pro
longed itself into slim, shining line,
which presently took curve. For o
time its course was straight; then il
curved again.
In ten minutes, over the brown sur.
face of the fields the water had stretch.
ed itself like long silvery snake, and
the sound 1 had heard, growing every
instant more distinct, explained itself to
the ear as the voice of the stirred peb.
bles. The river channel skirted the
bottom of the garden, and thus, as the
flood went by, we had every opportu.
nifty of observing it. 1t pushed itself
forward, headed by mass of bubbles
and scum; it split itself into fierce rivu-
let's, which, moment later, were
drowned in the body OF the stream; ii
gurgled against banks; it circled into
transitory whirlpools.
Gradually, as we watched, its volume
seemed to diminish, and in an hours
time there was only trickling rill,
over which child five years old might
have stepped.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-03-06
A Queer Sight at a Funeral.

"Well, said the undertaken as he en-
tered his office, placed his plug hat in cof-
fin box and placing his feet upon casket
stool, commenced polishing a name plate
with his silk handkerchief, 81 have just
seen one of the strangest 81 ghts that ever
met my eyes. I had charge of the funeral
of a woml m, and as the time came when
the relatives were to take last fond look
at the face of the deceased two men
and little girl approached and, bending
over, kissed the lips of the dead woman.
These two men had been husbands of the
woman and the little girl was her daugh-
ter. The first husband was colored
man and the girl was his daughter, while
the second and present husband was a
white man. The woman was white.
doubt if there was ever similar case re-
ported, at least never heard of one be-
fore. There is no mistake, it was a
strange sight. p Minneapolis Tribune.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-03-06
An Abrupt Resumption.

1t is expected that Henry NJ. Stanley
will visit America next winter and resume
the course of lectures which his mission
to Africa three years ago abruptly termi-
mated. The resumption of lectures after
a three-years' intermission reminds us of
the anecdote celia" tells of one of the
masters in the Bluecoat School, London.
There was a greater row than usual in the
classroom one day before lesson time, and
the master, who was great mathemati-
clan, burst into the room from his adioin-
ing den with a cane in his hand All the
boys got seated but one before the magis-
terial eye spotted any of them, and,
advancing with savage air up to that
unfortunate one, the master, raising the
cane, roared: 'I've mind to give you
thrashing-;" but thought having
struck him the while, he retreated into
his den and devoted half an hour to the
solution of a mathematical problem.
Re-emerging after that time, when every
body had forgotten the incident, he came
up to the same offender, and, piecing out
his litany aforesaid with the words:
"And l will, too" he administered q
sound fogging to the delinquent.