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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-04-18
A CHECKERED CAREER.
Deplorable End of the Author of .
Beautiful Song.
The Ups and Downs In the Life of the
Composer of There's Light IN tho
window for Thee, Brother
Once So Popular.

A few davs ago an old man, dressed
in rags. appeared at the city prison in
Coffevville, Kan. and asked the jailer
TO allow him TO sleep in one of the
empty cells over night. lie declined
To tell his name. but said he had ar
rived on a freight train from Texas
His request was granted. Next morn
ing he was found TO be i'll and, though
properly taken care Of. died four days
later. A few hours before death, says
q Topeka dispatch 10 the Boston Her
aid. he called the jailer to his side and
told him his name was Edward Dun
bar. and that he was the author of that
beautiful HYMN: There's a Light in
the Window for Thee, Brother" He
was buried in the COffeyville ceme-
tery-
When Dunbar was a small boy he
lived in New Bedford, Mass, and
worked in a factory. His mother lived
at the foot of the street on which the
factory vas located, and, as the lad S
work kept him away till after dark,
She always placed a light in the win
dow TO guide his footsteps homeward-
One dav he took notion to go to sea,
and off he went on a three years
cruise. During his absence his mother
fell i'll and was at deaths door. She
talked necessarily about her boy, and
every night she asked those around
her to place light in the window IN
anticipation of his return. When she
realized that her end had come, she
said: Tell Edward that will set 4
light in the window Of Heaven for
him" These were her last words.
The lad had grown 10 manhood ere
he returned home, and his mothers
dying message so affected him that he
reformed and became a preacher. In
the course Of his reformation he wrote
the song: There's a Light in the Win
dow sor Thee. Brother" The song be-
came widely known.
Rev. Edward Dunbar married a
Young woman in New Bedford during
his work in a great revival in ISIS, and
several children were the result Of
this union The young divine soon
made a reputation as brilliant pulpit
orator. and the public was therefore
greatly surprised when one bright
Sunday morning he skipped the coun-
try. leaving his wife and children b9-
hind lie came to Kansas, and after
snatching brands from the burning
in different parts OF the state, he went
TO Minneapolis and began to show the
people the error of their ways. A great
revival followed and hundreds were
converted.
Miss Eunice Bell Lewis, handsome
young heiress o: indianapolis, was one
of the converts She fell in love with
the evangelist and married him against
the wishes Of her friends. Shortly
after the wedding Dunbar returned to
Kansas TO fill an engagement at Leav-
enworth While he was away the
friends of the bride. who had mistrust-
ed the evangelist all along, laid their
suspicious before ". ID. Webb, now
Judge Of the Second judicial district Of
Kansas, and Judge Austin Young, who
were law partners in Minneapolis, and
they took the case. The result was that
they soon found evidence sufficient
10 warrant an arrest, and Dunbar's
ministerial career was brought 10 a
close.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-04-18
WOMAN MAYOR IN NEWzEALANC
Now Filling the Chair Occupied Some
Nears Ago b IEcr Husband.

Now Filling the Chair Occupied Some
Years Ago b. Her Husband.
The colonies have once more stolen
n march on the mother country, says
the London Daily News. While the
house of commons has been debating
timidly whether or not TO allow won.
en- TO sit in various local bodies, the
people in a township in New Zealand
have actually elected n woman mayor
of the borough. The name of the lady
who has thus achieved the distinction
of being the first female mayor elected
within the British empire is Mrs.
Yates; that of the borough which
elected her, Onehunga. ! further cir
cumstance of interest about this cleo
ton is that the lady's husband, Capt.
Yates, was himself mayor of the same
borough few years ago. The mayors
of New Zealand towns are, we may
add, usually-though not, we believe,
necessarily - created justices of the
peace, and in view of the existence of
female suffrage in the colony it is
confidently expected that her worship
Mrs. Yates win promptly be raised TO
the magisterial bench. Meanwhile we
gather from some of the New Zealand
papers that the burning question in
Onehunga is, for the moment, one of
names. Is Mrs Yates mayor or
''mayoress?' On this point there is,
however, little difference of opinion or
difficulty. The lady has been elected
mayor, and mayor she is TO be called.
The person discharging the duties of
this Office is always SO designated in
all acts of parliament from William
the Conqueror downward.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-04-18
ENGLISH WOMEN WHO SMOKE.
They Use Cigarettes Tipped with Rose and
Violet Petals

They Use Cigarettes Tipped with Rose and
Yiole; Petals
Mrs. Grundy viii doubtless be
shocked to hear that smoking Is quite
fashionable among the ladies Of Lon
S1n's upper ten, ' says a late London
f-tter.
Have you many ladies among your
customers I asked n fashionable
Bond street tObaeconist's the otherday.
Quite a number" was the reply.
and they not only venture to have
preferences. but are very connoisseur-
ish. I assure you. 4 little while ago.
you know. If lady came in for box
of cigarettes Ii was always for her hus-
band or her brother This Is our latest
novelty in ladies' cigarettes handing
me sample. 1t Is tipped with vio-
Jet petal. We have another cigarette
OF the same quality, tipped with a rose
petal"
And their price? a fancy one,
suppose"
Fourteen shillings hundred. You
see, they are made Of the finest Turk
ish tobacco"
These cigarettes, may add, were
very temptingly put up in brown, sill
ver-edged cardboard boxes. Another
thing they told me here was that ladies
smoke bigger cigarettes than they
used 10.
have been informed that at the
highest class West End restaurants ne
objection is made 10 ladies smoking.
though at other restaurants mot a
hundred miles from Piecadilly circus),
pauonized more or less by ladies. who.
If they were As strong in virtue as they
are in patehouly, would be models Of
morality. such 4 thing would not Tor q
moment be tolerated.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-04-18
WonpRous EXPERIMENTS.
The servian Electrician. Tesla. Able "a
Furnish Light without Using Wires

The Servian Electrician. Tesla. Able to
Furnish Light Without Using Wires
1t is not an extravagant statement
to say that never before In the history
of the world has there been scientific
discovery about which centered such
magnificent dreams as are being built
up on certain recently discovered elee-
trical principles Among these the
foremost place, according to the
Springfield Republican, must be given
to the astounding discoveries of the
young Servian genius, Nilxola Tesla,
which are SO novel and so extraordinary
that the most imaginative Of inventors
are unable TO foresee what form their
Development will take. Just as expert
menters were beginning to think that
they knew all that could be learned
about electricity, and that further i'm
provement must be in the line of more
perfect mechanical application. Mr..
Tesla shows us the electric fluid under
conditions in which it differs from
ordinary electricity as much as light
differs from heat. a current of two
thousand volts will kill a man in the
twinkling of an eye. but this modern
wizard lets currents pour through his
hands with potential of two hundred
thousand volts, vibrating a million
times n second and showering from him
in dazzling streams of light
The widest dream of the inventor
could not have foreseen that while cur
rents of low frequency are deadly,
these are harmless Mr.. Tesla says
that he viii soon be able to wrap him
self in complete sheet of electric fire
that will keep a man warm at the
north pole without harming HIM
Neither Merlin nor Michael Scott nor
any of the wizards of old ever wrought
a more potent miracle, even in fancy.
The meaning of this is too far beyond
us to be realized at present. We can
no more grasp its significance than
Franklin could discern the electric
motor in his captured thunderbolt.
Equally astounding and with more vis-
ible usefulness is Mr.. Tesla's discovery
that currents Of such enormous poten-
tial and frequency can be transmitted
without the use of wires. A room can
be filed with electricity from copper
plates in ceiling and floor, so that elec-
trie lamps win burn without any con-
Meeting wire as soon as they are
brought in. In the same way intelli-
genee and power may be transmitted
without a eircuit, doing away with the
necessity for trolleys, storage batteries
and subways. When it is considered
that such startling changes as this are
already theoretically possible, it viii
be seen that in the inventions upon
which we so complaeently congratu-
late ourselves we have only timidly
padded along the shore of the great
sea yet to be explored.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-04-18
Rejected suprem. Bench No.nlne...

The record shows that there have
been thirteen nominees for the United
states supreme bench rejected bv the
senate besides Gr. liornhlovver. Those
were John J. CIittenden Of Kentucky
nominated b. John Quincy Adams.
Roger i. Eaney Of Maryland. bv Jack
son; John {. Spencer and Reuben II
Malworih Of New York, Edward King
Of pennsylvania, and John VI. Read of
Pennsylvania, BY Tyler, George y
Woodward Of Pennsylvania. by Polk:
= a bradford Of Pennsylvania. bv
Fillmore: jeremiah :. Black Of Penn
sriyaaia- By buchanan; Stsnberry Of
oalo, BY johnson; Caleb Cushing OF
massachusetts,, I. lockwood Hoar Of
massachusetts,, AID GeorgeH. Williams
Of Oregon, by Grant
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-04-18
NO soeT-HEARTE0 GOVERNORS,
Chinese Pirates Beheaded with Nea:ners
and Dispatch.

IAA-AN.A q AAN7 hGAfAaea nAeh -NNAeh4|Fe
and Dispatch.
Capt John Windrow, an old sailor Of
the Pacific. tells this 10 the Tacoma
Ledger: while ] was in Shanghai
along in 1855 or 80, the ruler of the
city equiaped two steam gunbosts for
the suppression of the piratical traffic.
One Of these he put in command of an
American. The boats had been out on
a cruise for several days. and early one
afternoon they returned towing thir-
teen piratical junks which had been
captured. / went aboard TO see the
prisoners the boats had brought in.
An iron rail led around the gunwale
Of each of the boats, to which were
shackled two hundred of the most vii
lainous-lOoking Chinese ! had ever
seen. Justice to such fiendish wretches
was swift in China in those days, and
the next morning they were led out for
execution. In spite of the horror Of
this wholesale beheading the execu-
ton had streak of the comic in it
Two Chinese assistants of the execu-
toner carried a large bamboo pole.
The condemned Chinese were in a lzneel-
ing posture and the assistants would
clutch a Chinaman's queue and take a
half-hitch around the bamboo pole.
Then, each putting the pole on his
shoulder. they both would suddenly
rise up, stretching his neck away from
The prisoners shoulders. The exeeu-
toner stood ready with drawn sword
and Topped off their heads with as
much indifference As a farmer would
have about cutting cornstalks- Little
baskets we're ready. into which head
was placed, and in this manner the
beads were hung on the walls outside
the CITY Fstes
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-04-18

Pittsburgh, which used to be little
town squeezed down into the narrow
triangle Of tie junction of the Allie
ghany and MonOngahela. has grown
into 4 city Of unusually large area in
proportion TO its population. The city
engineers were cutting streets through
dense woodlands more than twenty
years ago, and farms, miles from the
city hall, were held at speculative
prices. The city line IS now more than
SIX miles from the Ohio eastward, ard
its length between the Allegheny and
Monongahela is between four and five
miles.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-04-18

There is snch tremendous quantity
Of wine in Spain shis year that they
absolutely DO not know what to do
with it Good red wines are being
sold for three farthings quart, and
even at that price there are not enough
Purchasers 10 take it all. and in many
places the wine growers are simply
throwing it away, because they have
no room 10 keep it and cannot sell il.
Near Liria, in Falcntia, a VINEYARD
proprietor put out on the high road
hftle cart with a barrel of wine on the
top of il, bearing the inscription:
~handerer, drink as much as you like.
but do not forget to turn OF the tap
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-04-18

A. B. Hunter, of South Huntingdon
township, Westmoreland county, had a
thrilling experience, few days ago, while
working about saw mill. His foot slipped
and the saw inflicted cash in his ar kle.
He then fell so close to the saw that it rip
ped the coat, vest and shirt away from his
body, but did him no injury.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-04-18

have been suffering with very severe stomach
bladder and kidney trouble and on account of
tnat felt ali broke up conidn't follow my daily
labors on account Of great pains, Wea akness and
headache but nov. after course OF treatment
with Dr. salm- can once more attend 10 my daily
labOrs with pleasure and consider myself hale
and hearty again L X. ASKEST. Indiana, Pa
md certain cure for impotence. lot nauao1i
also for prOsiatitis, veric0eeie. and all private
or sectional fsncti0ns-spee'iiiy and permanent
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-04-18
On Account II 70 Tears Continued SifEsrfuo prrv
Of % nie Enl ~ cnr..f b. u ~.

U ArTUNT q . I1TTs L0nTi1HfT fT5Tl1 PTnII-
of 10 De, Br U1s cured 3g D.. Saiia
For 20 years l suffer- a the most excruciaung
tOrtures. all on account Of kidney trouble. me
pain in my back Was terrible, and many times
when stopped did not know how % Straight
en- up again Ofien had To 90 20 bed for A week
al a time, and in the end could not attend 10 nv
regular labor any more Gradually all the Otbe-
organs became affected my bladder became in
sutn 4 condition thai did BI care whether I
nfeo 9r died indeed prayed for n latter of
en- The home doctors could not cure me - Z
put myself under Or, Sslm's ere aud I bi biesSsd
the day when done .. for 70 day I am quite A
different woman willing ana glad 20 enjoy lie
that the doctor will cure ne in the time he has
Sc. and have come to the eoneiu,iou one
should never give Up hope long a. they can
obtain the services Of this wonderful uhvsician
Mss J. N SH0oE
Spring Mills Centre County IA
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-04-18
DE- MogHl5z Salza, Specialist.
Wonderfully Successful in all Chronic Diseases of the
BYE, Ear, NOSE, THROAT LUNGS and NASAL CATARRH
All Eye Operations Successfully Performed by him.
J SuccessfuIIY Performed hv him

Phyyicians Did Not Do H. Sonaea AHs God
Euf Dr. SIinl Cured Her.
For years have suffered terribly with stoln.
aeh trouble. and all the resrlting ailments such
as headache, neuralgia, rheumatism ete tosuch
bad degree that did lot care how soon /
would die In that time vas tIeated by 6 ar
ferent doctors. hut none Of them did ne auv
good To the contrary. grew worse and worse
70 work was out OF the question I grew weaker
and weaker on account Of not being able TO re-
tain any kind of food on my stomach. ! began
treatment with DR.. Salm months ago. and an
now a different woman. ! have never yomife,I
once since the inst treatment. and 70 make A
long story short, ! can once more, with a good
deal Of pleasure, attend 10 my daily labOrs.
MRs MARY STEvFNs
Gailifziu Pa
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-04-18
THEY CAN'T PSc1pP

IHEI CAN'T ESCAPE -
The liver when active Is the
Watchdog OF the system the
destroyer OF germs and impuri-
ties The truth is: ninety-nine
out Of every hundred diseases
begin with 4 sluggish liver. A
slight cold or chill may amount
10 something serious. IL you
correct the liver you'll cure the s
cold DIR. Pierce's Pleasant Pei ~
lets rouse the liver to vigor- -.
Gus action After dinner.
II yon'ne bilious. take one
OF these tiny, sugar-coated -
Pellets Take them when
You have wind or pain iu
stomach, giddiness. full -
ness, loss of appetite. or
when you suffer from COS
uveness, indigestion, sick h
or bilious headaches. E@
The makers take the r;sk #H
OF their beneiiting you. IfHH
they're not satisfactory. HH
your money Is refunded. O
Can you ask more? ~
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-04-18
/" "For Years." /"

SAYS CARRIE F. STocKwELL, of Chester
field, n. H., II was afflicted with an
extremely severe pain in the lower part OF
the chest Tie feeling was as If ton
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-04-18

Bad Cass q Cai,frrt.
For the last y wears have had a bai ease Of
'ataTrh. with ali is attending symptoms. For
he last years il bothered me good deal hard
y being without 4 cold making me miserable
generally tried different Dhysicisns. but OF
20 avail. and can assslre you il takes Dr.. Salm
o cure Catzrrh FOR do not take cold any more
20 seahs form any more in my nose Is heretofore
nj must say that l consider myself satisfied
Fsth the Doctors trcaimtnL
To~a~uaN Tr--v
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-04-18
SCHEDULE IN EFFECT NOV. ls, 1876.
EASTERN STANDARD TIME
coNDESsED SCHEDULE.
Trains arrive and depart from the station st
JOhnstown as follows
WESTWARD.
EASTWARD

For rates, maps. sc, go to Ticket Agent or sd-
dress Thos. +. Watt. ?. A. W. D.. 10 Fifih Ave
nue.. Pittsburgh. Pa
5. N. PREVOsT j. r. WOOD.
Gen1 Manager. Gen'l Pass Agt'
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-04-18
GEORGE +. WALKER.
MilesbGrg. Centre County, Pa.

8jier II Yoars sugsriaq Dr. Siia Hls Cured Ne d
Bod Cuss Of Cnt.frrt
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-04-18

car ADVERTISEMENT WI Appear twice Before Each Visit

Manhood perfectly restored Quick painless and certain
peraorrse loses weak and debility also
iseae shetherfom mpruien habits Of youth sectional
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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1894-02-10

From Garden City: Water has been
turned into most of the Finney county
irrigating bitches and farmers have been
making good use of it in irrigatine
their wheat fields and orchards.
Ottawa horsemen have been figuring
on the shipments of horses from Frank
lin county and have arrived at the con-
clusion that there have been exported
from the county no less than 1900
head of fine horses during the past two
years and half.
Olathe Mirror: Captain A. g. Car
penter has sold his farm of 294 acres,
near Lenexa, to Mr.. Pryor Yokum, of
Kansas City, for 10000, all cash. This
sale goes to prove that johnson county
land is still considered gilt-edged in
vestment by well informed business
men.
B. F. Smith, the Lawrence "Straw-
berry King" reports that the late cold
snap did not injure fruit in Douglass
county at all. He says that the mer-
curry registered no lower than IA de-
gress below zero, while it takes tenn
perature of Is degrees to freeze even
peaches.
Minneapolis Messenger: Work has
been commenced on the creamery here,
and will be rapidly pushed to completion
as fast as arrangements can be made.
We are confident this will be great
benefit to the surrounding country in
furnishing the highest price for prod
ucts of the farm.
The Wichita Eagle saws that two big
land deals were closed there recently
that are of considerable Importance, in
asmuch as they will not only bring ad-
ditional farmers to this section of Kansas
but will also develop a system Of farm
ing that many people have been looking
for for some time-small holdings. The
first deal was closed with the Chicago
Land and Improvement company for
$3.50 acres of land in Waco township,
twelve miles southwest of Wichita, the
price paid being $4,000. These lands
will be divided into 80-acre farms,
and arrangements have already been
perfected to locate an occupant on each
farm. The second deal closed was for
the McClees, Chambers, Frank, Simon
and Hartman properties, comprising
$3.50 acres. The price paid for this was
an even $4,000. These lands will also
be sub-divided into convenient farms
and occupied by Canadian farmers. The
titles have already changed hands and the
deal is completed in every respect.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1894-02-10
One Item.

The chemical schedule of the new tar
if bill affects the wages of about $4,000
persons, whose wages amount to $40,-
100000 year. The only effect Of this
will be to adulterate drugs and cut down
labor.
The retail druggist is not really af-
fected-for he sells to his customers at
prices they feel free to pay. 1t is the
wholesale product and the wages that
will be affected.
For illustration, writer in the New
York Press took prescription to drug
gists from the Bowery. Canal street, and
other east side places grading up to the
fashionable Fifth avenue establishment.
1t was from simples, the same in ali
drug stores, and the price ranged from
35 cents to $1.25.. So, it is not the re-
tail trade that will be affected, but the
and the wages. To meet
competition one way is to adulterate,
and thus poison the drug taker, or de-
stroy the virtue of the drug, and the
other is to reduce wsges-or both.
Where is the call for reduction?
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1894-02-10
A Waste of Fertility,

We took a long drive through the
country recently during a heavy rain
storm. 1t was not very pleasant
work, but it gave us a chance to OBJ
serve some things One was that
upon the majority Of farms which we
passed the dripping rain from the
barn roofs fell directly on the man
ure. and from that the rich, black
water ran off in rivulets and gullies
until it found an outlet by which it
could get entirely away from the
farm. Probably the owners of the
farms had seen the same thing a
hundred times and had made no ef-
fort to correct it. kbut we had just as
soon leave our pocketbo0k out for
every passer to help himself to a little
change as to see our substance wasted
away in that manner The short
of some men in little
things is one Of the most prevalent
causes Of non-success, and it occurs
as often on the farm as elsewhere.
Now that the busy season is over,
would it not be good idea to look
around and see where there are little
leaks which can be stopped?-Phila-
delphia Inquirer
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stalks were not worth much. But
these Maryland figures call us down
rather smartly. 1t was found that
an acre of corn stover (which are
stalks grown for fodder dlone) con-
tain more digestible matter than an
acre Of timothy hay. and that 81 per
cent. of the digestible matter of corn
is found in the stalk. The men who
have used silos have known for
long time that somehow they got
big lot OF money in butter from a
very few acres Of corn. They could
not see that the siIo added anything
to the corn, although they knew that
it preserved the same in a succulent
and easily digested state. In Wis
consin at least an acre Of good corn
stover will produce from twice to
three times as many tons as an acre
of timothy.-Hoard's Dairyman.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1894-02-10

in these things enormous competition and
demand have reduced the price to very
low charge. It is on custom made clothes,
wines, fine silks and other fabrics, ETC.,
which are within the grasp only of the
wealthy class, that prices are higher.
But wages are ~ per cent higher in fifteen
to say, therefore, that the American wage
Garner is. or was until the popular reversal
last year on the tariff question, at least 20
per cent better off than his English cousin.
The democratic attack on protection is
false at every point Protection has proven
q blessing to American workers. They have
been its greatest benefciaries; and they will
be the greatest sufferers if it is overthrow.