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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-12-19

oieo1srgarins Act Declared Constitutional.
The supreme court has affirmed the
validity and constitntionaiity of the law
passed 10y the State of Massachusetts,
prohibiting the manufacture and sale in
its territory of oleomargarine, colored 50
as 10 resemble butter. pure cream or
milk. The case came mp on appeal by
Benjamin Plumley from the judgment
OF the supreme court of the state in rofus-
ing 70 release him on a writ OF habeas
corpus from a term Of imprisonment i'm
posed by the municipal court of Boston
for alleged violation Of the statute.
The opinion OF the court was read by
Mr.. Justice Harlan. Ii was lengthy
exposition of the law as related Il the
questions raised in the case, the principal
one OF " hich. he said, was whether or not
the statute was in violation If the consti-
tutional right OF Congress II regulate
commerce between the states. The justice
announced that in the opinion Of the
court The statute was not such violation;
that Congress, by the act Of lsSi. did not
intend to interfere with the exercise Of
any authority or power that the states
might lawfully use or impose in regIlat-
ing the sale Of articles within their bor-
ders; that no one could or did acquire by
that act a right or power to commit fraud
upon society. The judgment of the Mas
sachusetts court, IN refusing to discharge
PlumIey, was. therefore, affirmed.
a VIGOROUS DISSENT.
Mr.. Chief Justice Fuller, for himself
and justices Field. and Brewer, read
vigorous dissent from the opinion of the
court. He said that, irrespective Of the
terms in which statute is couched, its
force must be judged by the natural effect
of its provisions. In this case, said the
chief Justice. the effect OF the statute is TO
prevent the sale OF oleomargarine. be-
cause. whether in is natural state or col
ored, il looks like butter. He denied the
power Of any state TO prevent the sale of
any article OF commerce not vicious in
itself, because its appearance might tend
to deceive a purchaser. The record in
this case. he said, shows olenmargarine 10
be meritnrious article, free from any
dalelerious substances, and Ia prohibit is
sale iS in violation % tie freedom Of COM
merce between states.
Yacillatine DECISIONS on such grave
questions, the ch;et justice said in conciu-
sion, we're greatly 10 be del,l5rod.
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The Tax or incomes.

NAsHTSGroN, Dec. I3.-The income
tax regulations were approved yesterday
by Secretary Carlisle. Every citizens of
the United States, whether residing at
home or abroad, aud every person resid-
ing or doing business in the United States
who has an annual income of more than
sf0l. Is required to make return, under
oath, before the first Monday OF March OF
each year. The first return is to include
all income received in the year 1874. Per-
sons having less than $500 annual income
are not required 10 make return. All in
comes of 5000 and over are taxable two
per cent. The tax on incomes for the
year lS94 viii be due and payable on or
before the first day OF July next. In the
house to-day Mr.. Cochran, of New York.
moved % strike out OF the Urgent Def
cheney bill the appropriation for the col-
is-tion Of the income tax, but ii was lost.
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Dahs Gefs Sig Month.

Friday, at Chicago, Judge Woods SEN
fenced Eugene V. De;s, the leader Of the
American railway union strike, to Six
months IN the county Jail, as punish
ment for violating The injunction issued
by himself and Judge Grosscup. July ,
last. 70 the rest OF the men. with the
exception OF NcEesn, he gave three
months IN the case Of McVean sen
tence i suspended. Sentence IS not Gu
mulative. covering the eases of the gov
erument AID the Santa Fe railroad
against the men. The sane sentence i
imposed in each ease, but botl sentences
begin and end al the same time. begin
ming December n The defendants are:
f. V. DCbs, president: g. ". Howard,
vice president: Siigerton Kellihar. secre-
tary; L. ". Rogers. ". !. Elliott. James
Hogan. William Barns. J. D. .IcVc.n.
Leory VI. Goodwin. The sentence j.
generally considered light enc. The
case VIII be appealed.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-12-19

THE verdict of the people al the polls
last month WAS not only a cOndemna-
ton OF the Democratic tariff policy,
bit an equal condemnation Of the
financial views of the leaders Of that
party. Notwithstanding, however, the
President and his Secretary of the
Treasury are fully bent upon forcing
obsolete Democratic financial theories
upon the country and bring back wi d.
eat state banks TO displace the National
banks and curse the country with al
unsafe and rotten currency. In accord
anee with the Presidents theory, See
retarv Carlisle has framed a bill which
has been adopted by the Committee n
Banking and ordered TO be reported 10
the House, where preparations have
been made 10 rush il through with in
decent haste and without proper dis
cassion. The bill is of two-fold ma
ture-National and State-and eontem-
plates the issuing Of notes by both Ma
tional and State banks, but is 80 adjust
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-12-19

The cnornoUs circulation OF the ) Sew
York Tribune, now the largest o. auy
political weekly in the United States. un-
doubteGly did much 10 influence The
country in the right direction in the late
clmpaign. Having sharpened is arrow
ard spear afresh, the Tribune has again
taken the trail for big game. To secure
the presidency IN 1895 for the Rcpubli-
can party, Is now The object Of its iab3rs,
The Tribune is 2 great paper and i COM
mended 10 our readers. Roswell G.
Horr's articles on the Tariff, Coinage and
Labor. are alone worth the price of the
paper. Frienllr 70 the old soldier, de-
voting mach space - Agriculture. and
printing every week superb and a1,o-
iutely unequaled Market Reports. eiito-
rally able and entertaining. the T,.bWae
is worthy place in every home. Il IL
lGstra;es the news OF the day profusciy
Thousands Of Democrats take Il for il
articles on pubiic affairs and it, purity.
deoeacy and freedom from smut. The
T.+5uae stands ike rock against The re-
actioRary policies Of the Democratic par
". Every Republican Should have il.
The T.1bg9c Almanac f0g Is35. oui in
January, ana > cents a copy, viii be wall
uahle on account Of its f,iIi returns OF the
phenomenai elections OF lS,4
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The Best Morning Paeer.

The Pittsburg Commercial ,ss-effe i at
tracing a great deal of attention because
OF the very large amount Of exclusive
news and special departments il is run
ming. IT. neY price, 10 cents a Week, or
y q year, puts Il within reach oi all. Be
tween it and the l-csnl papers there is no
comparison as it rams three times as much
reading matter daily IS they, while the
quality i mach superior. 1t i 4 paper
that not one member Of family viii read
bat every member, for il contains some
thing for every y5)dy, no matter his cir
clmstancos, age or mood. The Weekly
CJmmarciaj gazette contains the best feat
own. 1t compares very favo rably with
the New York weeklies, while at the
same time containing news Of this region
that the others do not have. Il costs only
81 a year. II you want all the news ofthe
world, all the local and state news. the
fullest and best market reports, the ablest
editorials, the breezie>t sporting columns
aud miscellaneous reading you will find
them inthe Piitsburg C0sasiercigI ssdzeftc.
Besides It has one of the best equipped
newspaper plants in the country, and
never before has it been 50 general and
welcome visitor in the homes ofcity and
country as now. The aim of the publish
ers is 10 give better article for less mon
ey than At the old price. and much better
than can he procured elsewhere, and they
are succeeding. good judges say. Begin
the new year right 10y subscribing for the
Commercial gazette.
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Tests a. the Pennsylvania Experiment
Ctztiol.

The PENNSYLVANIA Experiment Station
has made several valuable experiments
this year. the farmers throughout the state
ere furnished with reports and bulielins
of the operations at any time. on applica-
lion. inquiries on agricultural subjects
being also answered, free of charge. one
ofthc experiments was O. les. the value
of food known rs ''cottonseet feed
composed of one part cOtt9nseed meal
and five parts coitonsccd nails by weight
The station found that while the chemical
composition OF the feed correspondent with
the claim In its favor its digostibi.iiy was
compara,iyely low, being somewhat io-ss
than that of clover or timothy hay, but
greater than that of corn fodder. 1t the
prices Of the feed in the market a pound
of digcstible food was found 70 cost 81 per
cent. more than in timothy or clover hay,
and - per cent more than in earn. II is
to place such facts before the farmers that
the station engage in experiments of the
kind, in order to enable them 90 select
the least costly foods.
rEsT WITH DAIRY cows.
cows, and found that = ration OF cotton
seed feed and bran produced IS per cent
less milk and Ia per cent. less butter than
one of corn fodder, mixed hay, corn meal,
and cottonseed meal, containing the same
amount of dry matter. The estimlted net
profit per dag was l. per cent less on the
c,tt6nSeci feed ration than on the hay
and fodder ration. IN second eEPeri-
nent ration of cottonseed feed. bran and
gluten meal produced II per cent less
milk and per cent. less butter than g
ration OF clover hay, corn meal, bran and
gluten meal containing 2 pounds more
grain aud three-fourths of apoGnd more
coarse fodder. The net profit per day
and head in this ease was per cent. less
OF the clover hay ration than on the 9TH
er. bu. it is probable that the cowson the
clover hay ration were somewhat ovoried.
PROFIT AND cosT,
The results ofthe experiments lead to
the conclusion cat,oaseed feed is too cx-
pcnsiyeia proportion t. the amount Of food
contained to Successfully comPe;eon e9uai
terms with ordinary dairy foods al average
prices. An incidental result OF The oxpe-
rimenls is to illustrate the possibilities Of
profit in dajry;ng. The net profit above
the cost Of feed and care ia the expert
merts ranged from - to - per cent. of
the cost of tie feed. While there are
other elements OF expense IN dairying not
included in these estimates, the results
nevertheless make very good showing
tor the profits OF dairying and particular
~ OF butter production.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-12-19

We presume the public has not for
gotten DEBs, the fellow who stirred up
the railroad riots 3t Chicago last sum
ner, which stopped the transmission
of the mails and required the United
states troops To suppress.
Wei, DEBS has just been sentenced
II six months imprisonment for con-
temp: Of court in disobeying an in
junction restraining him from further
lawleSsness. This sentence seems very
inadequate for stopping the whole rail-
road system Of transportation through
ont the country and causing untold
losses 10 the business interests of the
entire community, simply because Mr..
Pullman and some Of his men disa-
greed upol the question Of wages. 1t
viii stand as an object lesson, however,
Tor contemplated strikes on interstate
Railway lines.
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s:crele- OF me Rigbvay.

II your horse isn't used - q bicycle and
gets scared ~ one, rdns away and smash
e. up things, make the best Of il. The
supreme court decisions are for the BIZ
cyclists. Judge Back, of the supreme
court OF Minnesota, decides thl; since
hicyclas ''are vehicles used nov eNien-
sivo'y for convenience and recreation,
pleasure and business and the riding of
them upoa the public highways in the
ordinary manner as i now done, Is nei-
ther unlawful nor prohibited. and they
cannot be banished, bacause they are not
ancient vehicles or used in the Garden Of
Z len by Adam and Eve" Bieyeiisis
should avoid The abgsc Of the legal pro-
lection given them and exercise the
greatest care when meeting or passing
horses and avoid accidents. The swift
ness of the wheel and It's sudden and an
expected appearance before a team has
caused runaways. sometimes with serious
results
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-12-19
Grangsrs Elect Officers.

HARRIsRURG, Pa, Dec. l3.-At this
mornings session OF the State Grange an
address on -'TubercsIlosis'' was delivered
by Secretary Edge, OF the State Board OF
Agriculture, and Professor Rodgers. ofthe
New Jersey Agricultural Experimental
Station, also made an address.
Some routine reports were presented
and considered this afternoon. but the
most Of the time WAS devoted to the elec-
ton of officers. Worthy Master Rhone
was reelected. and Colonel II. III. Thomas
was defeated FOR re-eieciiOn a. Secretary
by J. T. Altman. OF Juniata County, late
Populisi candidate for Governor.
Other officers elected are Wallace Chase.
Tioga County, gate keeper; u. Il. Me
Williams, member THE Finance COM
mittee; :. L. Nevin, treasurer.
Resolutions were adopted favoring for
estTy legislation; another edition OF Dr.
Warren's work on the birds and mann
mails ofihe State, aud recommending a
change in the school law, making il q
for school directors TO elect
their children and near relatives leaeheFs
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-12-19
Dr.. sadler's Holiday Proposition 70 Those
Blind Prom Cataract.
You Get Your Sight or Your Money!

You Get Your Sight or Your Money!
In every ease of Cataract he operates
upon. he viii restore useful sight or re-
flnd the Zee, which in no ease shall be
greater than the usual fee of reputable
oeeulists. In his % years of extensive
practice AZ Sol Penn ave, Pitts5urg. his
Catarac: operations have been successful
above the usual average. especially in the
last Eve years. he has not lost a single
aasa,-eyery one up to - years Of age
having seen 20 raad he proposes 10 give
the benaiit of that sllili On the above
terms. 10 all wao ars ready, and make an
engagement with linn before Feb. lst.
lSa5. II you are unacqgaintcd with has
work. send :oy list OF names Of those who
have had experience. also pamphlet Of
information or Cataract. lie is glad 10
have his resllts compared with those OF
others. Please send name and address of
sii you may know who have Cataract.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-12-19

Goo1 News.

Everybody in Somerset county will hail
the news that Parker n Parker's "An-
nual Red Letter Sale will begin on
Wednesday, December 26th, when their
entire stock of goods will be sold at first
cost, and in many lines less than cost.
Those who have heretofore looked for
ward to the RED Letter Sales of this
firm will have keener interest this year,
when they learn that owing to the hard
times Of the past season their counters
and shelves are ladened as never before
with choice goods. All mast 90. IL il
their custom to annually dispose of all
goods remaining in their store unsold
and this year will prove no exception 20
the unbroken rule. You can afford to
wait for their ''Red Letter Sale" because
il means money saved.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-12-19
Another Pension Euie.

The pension bureau wilI hereafter re-
Gass pensions 10 widows whose income
from other sources. added 70 the proceeds
Of reasonable effori on their part, affords
them comfortable support. ibis policy
i provided for in a ruiing Of Assistant
Secretary Reynolds. based on the act Of
June -. lS.3. In his decision the assist
ant secretary says:
1t was evidently the intention Of con-
greSs - supplement the widows means
of support from her own labor and all
other sources by the pension only when
such means were insufficient for her com
Portable support. Under ordinary cir
eumstances. without intending 20 lay
down an arbitrary and infiexible rule.
when a widow Is shown to have an in
come considerably in excess OF the pen
sion provided by the third section Of the
act from sources independent Of her daily
labor. she does not occupy Pensionable
status Hereunder"
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ssicide Of an Hsiress.

Fred Droege, one Of the richest men
in Campbeli county, Ky, recently gave
his beautiful l7-year-oid daughter Evan
geliue s50GD. She left her home in
Carthage. six miles south of Newport.
Wednesday. saying she was going 10
visit a ueighbo-. Her body was found
Friday in . creek half a mile from the
Droeee residence. Thewater in the creek
Is 50 shallow that the girl. who un-
douHcdly committed suicide had to hold
her head face downwards 10 accomplish
her designs.
Miss Drcege was of 4 cheerful dis
position and was the light Of her home.
It Is impossible to assign q cause for her
seIfdeSlruclion.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-12-19


\ portion Of the unwrittcn history cf
the Scull-Greevy Congressional election
contest came TO the light of day in the
county court at Hoilidaysburg, last week.
The ease in point was a suit brought by
Frank c. Fletcher. Esq. Il member of the
Bedford county bar, against Thomas III.
Greevy, ESD, 10 recover fees for profess
sionaI services rendered the defendant in
the contest of 1890, to determine who was
the rightfuily elected Congressman for
this district. Mr.. Fletcher was Contest
ant Greevy's gcneralissimo in Bedford
county during that contest. He devoted
ihirty-four days of his time to Mr.. Gree
vy's political interests, and valued his
services at $50 a day. lie also claimed
reimbursement for 81 expenses paid out
OF his own pocket, making his entire
claim $3.50.
Mr.. Fletcher during that contest de-
SPARED OF success long before the work
OF taking the testimony was completed
and advised Mr.. Greevy to quit the use
less fight. But SIR. Greevy. while COM
plimonting Fletcher's efficiency as his
lieutenant, encouraged him ''to stick 10
IL Fletcher desired some assurance
that his fees and expenses would be paid.
He and Alr. Greevy once had Il conference
on this subject .. the Logan House. The
plaintiff was promised a fair dividend Of
the allowance OF 2.OD0, to which Con-
gressional contestant is entitled ont of the
National Treasury, but up TO date he had
not received one cent.
Hon. Robert c. Mcnamara, of Bedford;
\. V. Dively, another attorney who had
represented Mr.. Greevy in the contest,
and W. =. Hammond, Sculrs lieutenant
in Blair county, testified that Mr. Fleteh-
er's bill OF fees was not excessive or eNor-
bitant in view of the services rendered.
Joseph Tate, Esq, of Bedford, who had
performed the clerical work Of the con-
test for Mr.. Greevy in the neighboring
county, testified that he had received Sl25
for his services.
Mr. Greevy was the only witness for
the defense. He claimed that ne had ff-
teen or sixteen attorneys in the fight, and
Fletcher was the only one who demanded
payment for services. Mr.. Fletcher would
have controlled the patronage for his
district had ti,e contest proved successful.
Mr. Greeys- testified thal tho comics; had
cost him a cool 81. .1J3, and Bedford coun-
" had come in for a good share Of the
Spoiis.
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RiaisuIe Of tAe FopuIsts.

The venerable Senator Morrill,, OF
Vermont. in reporting from the coR-
mi1ee on finance on Tuesday adversely
upon nine bills, introduced chiefly by
Mr. PETER, referred 70 .hroe others now
lying on the table, half born. like Nil
toms King Of Beasts, paving 20 g;
free their hinder parts" He said that
these hungry bills called for nine OF ten
times more money than was now in Use
in the whole world, and he tersely
added: 'No one who reads these bills
viii need to be bored by further argu-
ments for their condemnation, without
benefit Of clergy Nevertheless he
proceeded 10 analyze them with an an
sparing hand. denominsting them
cranky oysr1ures,' eclipsing those Of
Absalom when ka sought the life OF
David. his father.
This party continued Mr.. Nor
rill. ''needS to be reminded, While fight
ing against Israel, that the mule under
Absalom rode away And We must
not forget that this party has not pre-
sented its measures anywhere ~ bash
fIil jeSts. but has paraded them - the
crOwniug wisdom of modern states
manship for which those like Governor
Waite are ready to ride up 10 their bride
bits in blood
He concluded as follows, Mr.. PETER
having moved alongside the speaker,
lust as he began his remarks, ia order
n bnar px-1--y word. ssNab.ly i re
sponsible bEt myself for the opinions
] have expressed. and, ifthey have any
value, they must rest solely on their
truth. l have mainly considered the
bills adversely reported in group, and
in terms rs gentle "A, possible. Il VIII be
obvious, I hope. that | have little respect
f5r political quack nostrums. and while
Others may be bound to have mere, I can
only pray for their early deliverance.'
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THE deficiency bill carrying an ap-
preparation for the expense Of collect
ing the income tax has passed the
Hoase and unless halted in the Senate
the collection Of that obnoxious tax
viii soon follow. There is no excuse
for the levy Of this tax on the people
IN a time of profound peace, except
that the free traders have 80 diminished
the country's income from tariff reve-
nues that this direct tax has TO be in
posed to make good the deficiency.
The folly OF the people in again trust
ing the Democratic party with power
Is once more brought home to their
pockets and their daily business avoca-
tiOns.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-12-19

WHATS the matter with Cleveland? q?
I; i telegraphed from Washington that
'-the severe labor u preparing a long
message has impaired his health and
that he Is going 10 South Carolina for
the purpose Of Incorporating his health.
This i stuff and nonsense. ANY news
paper writer about Washington, fur
nishel with the department reports a.
yas the President, could have compiled
and written the message in twenty-four
hours, and not have though; himself
oyertaxed II Mr. Cleyeland's health
Is 80 impaired that he : compelled 10
seek recuperation after - siighta men
tai ex1--1a the country ought TO know
-
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ed as to substitute state hank bills for
National currency, and one of the IN
sir,Inents 70 he used is To compel Ma
tional banks 70 contribute To a guaran-
tee fund. whereby the solvent banks
would have 10 guarantee the issues OF
badly managed and insolvent institu-
tions. but state banks would not have
to put up a dollar in guarantee of the
bills of other banks This would viz
tually prohibit National bank bills, and
encourage State banks 10 put out their
bills. Further. il does not limit ISSUES
of state banks. but does limit issues OF
National banks to denominations OF SO
or more. thus depriving National bat
not state banks of this kind Of circn-
latioa. Ii does not tax State banks, n
il does National banks, to the extent OF
/ per cent. on their circulation. II does
not require State banks TO keep their
deposits of legal tender notes in the
Treasury. but allows them TO deposit
with anv official the several states may
designate. These are the salient points
Of difference made in favor of state
banks. The CLEAN Of the wildcat :
eve Is discernable throughout the en-
tire bill, and ii might properly be des-
ignated "a bill 10 overthrow the Ma
tional banking system and substitute
therefor an irresponsible wildcat cur
rency.n
This bill has Rot been favorably COM
mended By single b8nkeror iinancier
who has been called upon to state his
views before the committee Of the
House, but notwithstanding Mr. Cieve-
land and his Secretary assume 10 know
more on this question of banking than
the men throughout the country who
have given lifetime 10 the study of
the subject