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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-04-11
HORSES. HOGS AND SHEEP.

Government crop Report Indicates ThA.
Prices OF AatmaIs Have Declined.
The estimate Of farm animals fol
January, 1898. indicate a decrease in
the number of horses as compared
with January, 1898, OF little less than
eight-tenths Of l per cent, an increase
in mules Of about nine-tenths of l per
cent, an increase of milch cows of
nearly four-tenths Of per cent and OF
oxen and other cattle of a little less
than per cent Sheep in the interval
between these dates have suffered
numerical loss Of nearly per cent,
and hogs have fallen off in numbers
nearly per cent In prices horses
have declined , 10 per cent, mules
l. per cent, milch cows have re
mained almost stationary, but with
increasing tendency, while oxen
and other cattle have lost three
eighths per cent. There has been a
decline in the price of horses through
out the country, excepting in the
states Of Rhode Island and Idaho. The
range Of prices is from $3.50 head in
New Mexico. to S95.43 in Rhode Island,
the average being S47.S3. The price of
milch cows has advanced in some sec
tions, but the decline in other parts of
the country has no nearly offset the
increase that the average for the coun-
try remains at about the figures of
1898. The decline in the price of sheep
has been considerable in the last year,
Notwithstanding the decided decrease
in numbers. Hogs have also fallen in
price, but there is every appearance of
rapid recovery. Aggregate numbers
and values of farm animals are as fol-
lows; Number of horses, l6.OSl. lS9,
value, SOS, pa, 599; number of mules.
S52, ,25i, value, sl46, ,2S2, ,sl1; number of
milcE cows, l6, as, 400, valRe, S35s, PCS =
46l; number of oxen and other cattle,
SC, SOS, los, value, 1856, ,5s9, 547; number
of sheep. 45.o4s, ,ol7, value. SS9l, ,lsG. l1O;
number Of swine, 45,2OS. .49s, value,
Sa-O- -3s4 6a6
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-04-11
STORY OF MARK TWAIN.
tie was willing to Play Dog But WAnte,
the PeroufsIfa.

tie Was Willing to Play UoS But Wanted
the Perquisites-
A traveller now in town on a visit
heard new story about Mark Twain
from an old Mississippi river pilot with
whom Mr.. Clemens once worked for
awhile in a pilot house on that river.
says the New York sun. 1t seems that
he came up in the pilot house carving
an enormous and expensive black Ha-
vana cigar which excited the envy Of
the master pilot. Where did Won pet
that cigar, Sam?" the pilot asked. a
gentleman in the cabin gave it To me
said the budding humOrist- We'll. do
you think you ought to keep that
cigar and ought to go without it9-
the pilot asked
Now, look here. said Mark Twain.
Il know am only your helper ar.a I'm
willing 70 play dog to you. You can
throw sticks in the water and let me
jump in after en-. IN do whatever
you sav, blt--and here ne drawled
IN his peculiar way do think /
onght = ?, - -----,~ nernrliei.sS
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-04-11
100000 Stars

can be seen with a powerful telescope.
The number is vast, but so are the hours
of suffering of every woman who belongs
70 the overworked, -worn-out." run
down." debilitated class. DIR. Pierce's
Fsvorite Prescription cures nausea, indi-
gestion, bloating, weak back, nervous
prostration, debility and sleeplessness.
In fact, it is the greatest of earthly boons
to women. Refreshing sleep and relief
from mental anxiety can be enjoyed by
those who take it.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-04-11
THE cup oE GOLD
A Be@utlful Flower That Is the Floral
Emblem OF California.

A Be@utlful Flower That Is the Floral
Emblem of California.
Strangers visiting California are at
tracted by the great splashes of gold
that appear in the pasture lands and
by the waysides, says the London L.
lustrated News. 1t IS the eschscholtzia
tesh-shOlts-i-al, (which Is now the
flower emblem Of California. The ap-
propriateness Of this selection is seen
IN many ways i is the wild wine
goblet Of the state, suggestive, in
color, of the orange and the precious
metal The Spanianis. indeed. called
II el orc de-eOPo-the cup OF gold. In
the month of October. lsl6. the ship
Rurick entered the bay Of San Fran
cisco. The naturalist Adalbert von
thamissO was on the Ruriek, aud
named the poppy for his companion of
the voyage, one Herr Eschscholtz.
The latter may have been a good eiti-
zen, and his name may sound euphoni-
Gus 10 his nation; but to the Anglo
saxon the word is a mOuthful.
Californians should be thankful.
however. that the flower was not
ehristened with his full name OF
Johannfriedriehesehscholtzia. II win
never be known how many California
school children have barely escaped
strangulation in attempting TO pro-
nounee the botanical name Of the
poppy. This flower has a wide dis
trloutlon; il Is found from Oregon to
the central highlands of Me,.ieo, from
Nevada and Arizona 10 the islands OF
the coast
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-04-11
A Japane.e cIrl OF the Perioa.

Another incontestable proof of the
rapid advance of the Japanese in civil
ization of the west is the following
advertisement, which appeared in a
Toxic paper recently: "a young lady
wishes to get married. She is very
beautiful. has a rosy face, which is sur
rounded by dark curly hair. Her eye
brows show the form of the half moon,
and the mouth is small and pretty
She isalso very rich, well read enough
10 admire the flowers in the daytime
at the side of a life companion, or at
night to sing to the stars in heaven.
The man whom she will choose must
also be young, handsome and well ed
ueated, and be ready to share the same
grave with her"
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-04-11
CIPHER CODES WELL GUARDED.
Nevertheless an Occasional Leak Develop
IN DIplomatic Correspondence.

Nevertheless an Occasional Leaf Develop
In diplomatic Correspondence.
There visited New York recently an
emissary from the state department
whose mission was the investigation
of what is diplomatically called leak.
The dispatches received by the gov
ernment are, as is well known. sent in
cipher. This cipher is guarded with a
secrecy meant to be awful, but it was
suspected that some unauthorized per
son had obtained a clew to it. This
suspicion was sufficient TO start rigid
investigation, and the trail led to New
York an facts bearing on these mat
tiers are carefully hidden, and the mp
shot of the New York visitors trip
was that there did exist a suspicion,
but no certainty. When he got back
TO Washington there was a change in
one of the codes So quietly was the
business managed that not a soul in the
state department, with three exccp-
tiOns. knew what was afoot. This in
cident. related by the Washington
Post. illustrates how wary the depart
ment i with its codes. One of them
- sly AtA l44c pink III - ~ 2 AaAAi-
ed. The slightest reason 10 believe
that code clerk may be responsible
for leak results in his suspension
However, our government has been
far more successful than some foreign
ones in protecting its ciphers- The
''sphinx" was devised by New Yorker
now in the state department, and it is
as susceptible TO changes as the COM
bination lock of a safe. Hundreds of
messages have been sent in II, and it
has never leaked. The Hawaiian cor
respondence with Willis is carried on
entirely in this cipher. and it is never
employed except upon urgent ocea-
siOns. while those intrusted with the
mysteries of Il must be absolutely
above suspicion; yet even should there
be a leak. the alteration of a key let
ter would destroy every elcw to an
outsider The brazilian correspond
enee Is not written in this mysterious
code. Indeed. il is doubtful if the ad-
miEistration would consent TO its use
on an extensive scale, as the most ex-
pert in its mysteries must spend an
hour or more in the deciphering OF a
single paragraph
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-04-11
PhycisIans Say So.

The only way to cure salt rheum, ecze-
ma, pimples, boils, blo.cles and ulcers is
by the use of DR.. David Kennedy's Favor
ite Remedy. II used numbers Of So
called blood purifiers, writes Mrs. Belin-
da Hodsdon, of Haverhill, n. H., without
benefit, until l began 10 take Favorite
Although suffering from an
sore leg, few bottles entirely
cured me-"
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-04-11
Suffered With Dyspepsia.

q was tfoubled with dyspepsia for
eight years. could not sleep, had no
appetite, my stomach would not digest
food. l had spent many dollars for
medicine but thought l would give
Hoods sarsaparilla a thorough trial. l
have taken eight bottles and find myself
almost cured. Conrad Bonheimer, Berk-
ley, Pa.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-04-11
PecuIIarItie. Of a Tond.

Force n toad's mouth open and hold
it in that position and he will suffo-
cate. This is because he has no ribs
and no way of dilating his chest, there
fore must literally swallow air as
though it were food. FOrcibly keep
ing the creatures mouth open causes
the air to pass into the stomach in
stead of the lung. Another Oddity is
its tongue, which is hung in the mouth,
just the reverse of the human tongue,
being attached at the front of the jaw,
the loose end hanging back and down
the throat.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-04-11

The Agricultural Department has issued
q circular to be sent TO all railroad presidents
in the United States offering suggestions
for cooperation in the movement for i'm
proving wagon roads. Il is suggested that
whenever general road improvement is
undertaken the railroads carry materials at
cost. The method Of computing the cost
could be defined, and a board constituted
for adjusting the rates to be granted, in ac-
cordance with local conditions. such
concession would he OF great value to the
public, and its bare announcement would
do more to advance the road movement
than years Of purely educational work"
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-04-11
BuckIen's ArnIca save.

The best SalYe in the world for Cuts,
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, salt Rbeum, Fever
Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hands, Chill
blains, Corns, and all Skin Eruptions,
and positively cures Piles, or no pay re-
quired. 1t is guaranteed TO give perfect
satisfaction, OF money refunded. Price
% cents per box. For sale by ]. n. Sny-
1ar
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-04-11
A Million Friends.

a friend in need is a friend indeed,
and not less than one million people
have found just such friend in DR.. Kings
New Discovery for Consumption, Coughs
and Colds. Ifyeu have never used this
Great Cough Medicine, one trial will
convince you that it has wonderful cura-
tive powers in all diseases fthroat, chest
and lungs. Each bottle is guaranteed to
do all that is claimed or money will be
refunded. Trial bottles free at ]. y
Snyder's drug store; large bottles Scots
and 81.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-04-11

The census statistics show that there are
"a AS oonvicts in the penitentiaries Of the
United States who know where they were
born. OF these 1878 are natives of this
country and Il. rs were born abroad. SINH
lar statistics show that 81 per cent, of the in
mates Of the poor houses in the United
States are foreign born, and "a per cent, of
the inmates of benevolent institutions. such
as insane, deaf and dunno and idiotic asy-
ems. These statistics are used to justify
and sustain the rigorous inspection that is
now being made of all immigrants.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-04-11
Deserving Prase.

We desire to say to our citizens, that
for years we have been selling DIR. Kings
New Discovery for Consumption, DIR.
Kings New Life Pills, Bueklen's Arniea
Salve and Electric Bitters, and have new
er handled remedies that sell as well, or
that have given such universal satisfac-
ton. We do not hesitate to guarantee
them every time, and We stand ready to
refund the purchase price, if satisfactory
results do not follow their use. These
remedies have won their great populari-
ty purely on their merits.
J. n. SNYDER, Druggist
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-04-11

A field roller weighing 500 pounds ran
over Artemus R0senbeIger Saturday in
Berks county. He was rolling bis land,
and in endeavoring TO stop bis team he fell
in front Of the machine. His body was
crushed fiat in the soft earth, and the only
injury he received was that his false teeth
were broken.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-04-11

A Berlin trade journal announces a
new German invention - viz, paper
stockings Ii is told that the stock
ings are made of a specially prepared
impregnated paper stock. which has an
extraordinary effect on pe-spiring feet.
The moisture is absorbed by the paper
as rapidly as it Is formed, and the feet
remain dry and warm. while the con-
stant temperature maintained in the
shoes IS said TO be a great preventive Of
cold.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-04-11

The secret service of the Treasury Depart
ment has discovered that there are two new
counterfeit government bills in circulation.
One is of the two dollar treasury note and
the other is oftheone dollar silver certificate.
This is the first counterfeit ever found of
the two dollar treasury note. Many Of the
counterfeits have been found in Pennsylya-
mia.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-04-11
Hoods Pills cure sick headache.

Pittsburg and Allegheny negroes have
organized to compel the appointment OF
oolored teachers in public schools and legal
ly enforce negroes rights in theatres and
hotels
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-04-11

to their sex Health is regained, after periods
Of dizziness, nervous proStTafion and excita-
bility, or other manifestations of derange-
ment or displacenent of the womanly organs.
when the . Prescription is used. Besides.
its sold on its merits The proprietors take
the risk
Il IS guaranteed b benefit or cure al the
disorders. Diseases, and weaknesses Of women,
OF money Is refunded
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-04-11

For rates, maps. &c. go to Ticket Agent or ad-
dress ThOs. L Natt, 2. A. ". D., Ii0 Fifth Ave
nue. Pittsburgh, Pa
S. NJ. PROVOST. J. R. WOOD.
Genl Manager. Gen'l Pass. Agt'
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-04-11
DENNsYLvANIA RAILROAD.
SCHEDULE IN EFFECT NOV. l9, Is9a
EASTERN STANDARD TINE
WESTWARD.

Trains arrive and depart from the station at
JohnstOWn As follows:
The herald., 1894-06-30
In Pomo.a City.

l5s45 Hawley and F W Shaw. in
re.subdivision Of Turner
tract in division B, San Ga
briel Orange Grove sssocia-
ton, lot I1.................
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\ Name and Description. Amount
san Gabriel Orange Grove
esscctation, bounded north
b. Center street east by land
oil collier and Collier a Ora
hams addition, south by
land cf n. Graham, west BY
Glen svenas and land OF
The Irish standard., 1894-05-19
T..H..E
THE
YAKIMA COUNTRY.

JUST ACROSS THE COLUMBIA
RIVER, ALONG THE LINE OF THE
NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD
IN EASTERN WASHINGTON, rs A
REMARKABLE VALLEY. ONLY A
FEW YEARS SINCE TT WAS GIVEN
OVER TO SAGE BRUSH AND JACK
RABBITS. NOW 1T IS ONE OFTHE
MOST FERTILE AND PRODUCTIVE
VALLEYS IN THE WORLD. IRRI-
CATION HAS DONEIT. VAST SUMS
HAVE BEEN SPENT UPON LONG
LINES OF IRRIGATING CANALS.
AND LARGE AREAS ARE NOW
PLANTED IN SMALL FRUITS AND
ORCHARD PATCHES, IN GRAIN
FIELDS, AND ALFALFA PASTURES.
THE YIELDS OBTAINED ARE SO
GREAT THAT LITTLE FARMS OF
10 AND 20 ACRES ARE ABOUT AS
MUCH AS ONE MAN CARES FOR
OR NEEDS TO OWN. If YOU THINK
OF FINDING A NEW HOME, LOOK
INTO THIS REGION, WERE THE
CLIMATE IS AS PILE ASANT AS THE
CROPS ARE GOOD.
Send to Chas. S. Fee, Gen. Pass. g.
Ticket Agent, Northern Pacific Railroad,
St. Paul, Mimi, for maps and inforn1a-
tion. -:
The Irish standard., 1894-05-19

marshal. y Mccormick. Jr; sentinel Johr
sweeney; o charm e9 sick committee. FL Walsh
Div. No. !, Watertown-fereside j J Con.
molly; vice, president, James Murphy; rec sec,
Ma ReS9nGs an Sec qsyen as,s zee
Campbell; sergeant alarms. Dan Heron; SEN
tinel. e NJ Boyle; chairman sick committee.
Dan Heron; meet 3rd SUNDAY Of month at
wAroNwAN COUNTY
| County Delegate, Rev Ell O'Connell.
Division No. !, Madelia. .Minn.-President,
Thos Rooney; vice. president. Jno Griffin; rec
sec. O 2 Mccoy; fin SEQ, A. Russell: lbs sec
shall, John Bohan; meet first Sunday of mouth,
| In our hall at Madelia, MINI.
CARLTON COUNTY.
County Delegate, Andrew Gowan.
Div. No; l, Cloqaet-President, John Ryan:
gu m; I'm sec. N n'Mars; treasurer. n & snli i
van; sentinel, D McCashen: meet 2nd and 4th
Saturdays o month at Knights Of PVT las hail.
MOBILES COUNTY.
County Delegare, r B Mcguire, Ellsworth.
DIV. NO. ], EllswGrth-President, M dolleran;
Moe president s Fssan: rec sec, NJ Muir
BaTi sss 6 paasy ns James
ward Egan: sergeant.at- arms. Fogarty; sem
nnel, Il r Carey; chairman sick Committee. ]
Asn; meetings ls6 LIST sunday IL month when mass
m, Ia of P hall. 90 Wv
WAvERLY. WRIGHT COUNTY.
County Delegate, Vim. Quinn
President. John Kelly; vice president, T E.
Kelly; rec sec, G Nolan; fin sec. " Walsh;
treasurer, c OHara; doorkeaper, J 81 OT0n-
nell; sergeant st-arms,.J Gioain. u; ms sec,
RICE COUNTY.
County DELIBERATE, 3 J Kelly, Faribault.
Division No Faribault-President. SHEER
1dan; vice,president, J r Co1nford; treasurer.
G Moore; rec sec, P Conghlin; fin SEQ p
CooRan; door-keeper, D W Comford; sergeant
alarms. Murphy; marshal, J q NiRhtinRale:
ms sec, Geo w Murphy.
Division No 2Shieldsville-M Lea Ion. presl-
Gent; Shields, vicepresident; Martin Cor
man, treasurer. ~
ROCK COUNTY.
County Delegate, j NJ Lloyd, Luverne.
da DIVISIONS No Luverne-John Coveny, preai-
sec; Ed Malouey. fin sec; Vim Ryan, treasurer.
ROCHESTER,. oLMsrEAD COUNTY.
* Seaman, County Delegate.
NV FRANK Chute, president; Waiter Nor
s ESQ vlee7president; John McGovern, rec
treasurer: Con Kennedy, ms sec.
The Irish standard., 1894-05-19
A TERRIBLE. CRIME.
Gus Meeks. His Wife and Two Children
Killed by Fiends In Missouri.

Gus Meeks. His Wife and Two Children
Killed by Fiends In Missouri.
MILAN, Mo-, May IA most afro
cious crime was committed Thursday
night near Browning. Gus Meeks, his
wife and two children were murdered
outright and another Of the children--a
girl years oldwas SO badly in ured
THAI she may not recover. The circum-
stances leading up to the crime are
about as follows:
There are mum Der Of criminal cases
pending in Lynn and Sullivan counties
against William Z. Taylor and George
Taylor, brothers. the former being
banker OF Browning and the
latter farmer: The charges
against them are forgery, arson and
larceny. William p. Taylor, Gus
Meeks and others were jointly indict-
ed and Meeks pleaded guilty at the
last term and was sent to the peniten-
tiary. About a month ago he WAS par
doned by Gov Stone in order to use
him as witness against the5Taylors,
who were in conseq dence anxious to be
rid of him.
The little girl recovered sufficiently
to describe some Of the parties, and
upon her evidence Sharon Mccullough,
of Gould, and George Hewlett, Of Lime
county, have been arrested as par
Elephants in the crime. A party of citi-
zens from Milan and Browning found
at the place of the murder the revolver
and stone with which the murderers
had shot and killed the father and
motner and beat out the brai MS of the
two children.
The Irish standard., 1894-05-19
"a TEMPT e BURNED.
Flames Once More Destroy Or. TalmsEe
ro I,>rna ~. a, r9,n<,1~tvv,,,n,

!, Flames Once More Destroy DR.. Talmago'p
Tabernacle In Brooklyn.
y BROOKLYN, May 81 ust after serv~
/ ices at noon SUNDAY and while DR..
Talmage was shaking hands with mem
bers of his congregation fire burst out
!, between. the pipes Of the organ and with
in ten minutes the big tabernacle was
doomed to total destruction. Adjoin-
| ing the church was the Hotel Regent.
eight stories in height, with frotage
of 30 feet on Clinton avenue and ex-
! tending back 200 feet to- Waverly ave-
nue.. The fire spread from the taber-
] nacle to this hotel and then to the
dwelling houses on Greene and Waver-
~ avenues, opposite the tabernacle.
The wind carried the blazing cinders
in such quantities in southeasterly
direction + that dwelling houses
in Washington avenue, two squares
away. and also the Summerfeld Meth
odist church were set on fire by them;
but the greatest loss on any one OF
these structures did not exceed $4,000.
The total loss, however, reaches over
81, 400, 900. DR.. Talmage said that he
thought electric lights caused the fire,
as it did that which destroyed the last
tabernacle on Schermerhorn street.
1t was decided that DR.. tTalmage's
tour around the world should begin to-
day, as arranged. He will start in the
evening for Philadelphia and proceed
from there to Atlanta, Ga. After visit
ing some southern cities he will 60 to
San Francisco and sail from there to
Honolulu and afterward to New
Zealand, Australia, India, Spain, Eng
land and other foreign countries.
1.-THE Brooklyn tabernacle, which was burned
Sunday, is the fourth church which has been
occupied by the congregation over which
DR.. Talmage has been pastor for twenty.
five years. The original church stu STANDS
In ScherrnerhOrn street. and has been used
for many years as public school This
unlike tlse three which have succeeded 1t, and
which have been burned one after another, was
not called the Tabernacle" strange coin
cidence is that the original tabernacle was
burned Sunday morning, December 81, 1872; the
second tabernacle was burned Sunday morn
ing, October 10, 1889, and the newest and great
est tabernacle was burned Sunday.
The entire cost OF the building and site was
about $3.50. 900. OF this sum about one-half was
secured from the insurance the burned
structure the sale OF lots on which it stood
and the subscriptions received. The remainder
was covered by mortgage, part OF the secur-
1ty for which, while the building was not yet
completed, ms trance policy On DR.. Tai"
IMAGES life for Ss5ooo The mortgage is held
by Russell Sage.]
The Irish standard., 1894-05-19
SENT TO JAIL.
! The Leaders OF Train Stealers in tire West
Are Punished.

The Leaders OF Train Stealers in the West
Are Punished.
HELENA, Mont, May Is. - Judge
Knowles in the United States district
court on Monday disposed Of the $50
Coxeyites who stole Northern Pacific
train in Butte early the morning of
April "a. Hogan, the man in command
of the army. was sentenced to six months
in the county Jail; the engineer and fire
man who ran the train and the forty
captains and lieutspants were given
thirty days each in the county Jail. The
other 500 will be brought into court in
squads of thirty and upon pledging
their word not to engage in any more
such proceedings the Judge will turn
them loose.
The Irish standard., 1894-05-19
Revolution. Are Expensive.

BUENos AYREs, May lin his mes
sage to the Argentine congress Presi-
dent Saenz Pena put the cost Of the
last revolution at s6,OO0,0o0 and de-
clared that peace had been solidly es-
tablished and that there would be no
compromise with persons who attempt
ed to disturb it.
The Irish standard., 1894-05-19
ElectrOcuted.

AUBURN. n. Y, May 15.-Lucius p.
Wilson, aged 30, died in the electroou-
tion chair at the penitentiar yesterday
for the murder ofuDetective Harvey on
/ July 81, 1898, in Syracuse.