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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-10-24
YOUR EYE!
We want to catch It,!

EVERY FARMER i'm Somerset County
who has a cord of HemlOck Bark or Il
Hide to dispose of will find that the CON
FLCENCE TANNERY Co., will pay the
highest cash prices for the same. Write
for quotations To
WINSLOW =. COBB ~ co,
Confluence. Pa.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-10-24
A AUDITORS NOTICE.

In Re-Estate } In the Orphans Court
OF -of Somerset County
Sarah and Jacob Wei Pennsylvania
gle. decd
Th. undersigned aditOr appOintd by the
Court September 18th. lSsi. tO lind the facts,
naSS upon exceptions and distribute the funds
In the hands Of the Executor and Trustee to
and among those legally entitled thereto here
hv gives notice that he will sit at his Office III
the borough Of Somerset Pa. on Tuesday No
vembes 9th. 1874. at 10 O'Clock a. IN. for the pur
pose of attending the duties Of said appoint.
mcnt, when and where all persons interested
can attend. ,.
FRED W. BIESECKER,
Auditor
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-10-24

William Stoddard and Ed. Jones ..bar-
ged' a wild turkey i'm the woods south OF
Confluence Saturday morning.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-10-24
.BRAHAM ZINMERBIAS.
NOTICE

To AZ Whom Il Nay CoaeerH-
Whereas. my wife Margaret stanton, has
len nv bad and beard without any just cause
or provOcatiOn. Therefore all persons are herr
hv notified not To trust her for any goods
whatever from this date. as / will not be re-
sponsible for any debts % her contracting
hereafter JOHN STANTON
Confluence, Pa Oet- $, ~
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-10-24

Mrs. Jennie c. Miller left last week
for Frostburg, Md, where she expects to
spend several months visiting at The home
of her sister. Mrs. +. G. Beall.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-10-24
L EGAL NOTICE.

Public notice l. hereby given that the un-
dcrsigned having been appointed auditor To
pass upon the exceptions to the confirmation
OF the account and report "a distribution Of
the balance in the hands Ol tie aduiui>tr.t
tor oi jeremiah l.. Hartman, decd, will meet
the persons interested AZ his office in SOIner-
set borough. On "Wednesday, the .lh day OF
November, lSii all claims must be- presented
on that day or be dcharT,.,i from claiming any
Auditor
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-10-24

Mrs. Catherine Ielman, aged seventy
seven years, died on Wednesday last at
her home halfway between Somerset and
Berlin. She had only been III a few days.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-10-24

\ syndicate Of Butler county capitalists
are securing options in the neighborhood
Of Confluence for the purpose of boring
for OIL For many years past the opinion
has prevailed in certain quarters that the
country back Of Confluence II good oil
territory. and only a few years since
prospestors started to boring in that
vicinity. After well had been sunk To
a depth Of several hundred feet and the
prospects for striking oil were said TO be
encouraging the parties doing the drilling
gathered up their tools and took their
departure without giving any excuse for
their strange action. 1t was alleged at
the time that they had been bought of by
one of the powerful oil companies.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-10-24

Mr.. and Mrs Charles woy. of Phila-
deiphia, are visiting relatives at Frie,lens.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-10-24
Newest Style

cloth coats and capes for ladies and
cloth coats for misses and children at low
est prices
Mrs. \. T.. UHL-
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-10-24
Republican Meetings.

Meetings will he held at the following
times and places, when the issues involv-
ed in the great political battle now being
waged will he presented and discussed
by able speakers:
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-10-24

We have received a copy OF the souvenir
edition gotten out last week by the Johns
town Daily Democrat. II i brim full of
historical, statistical, biographical and
other information concerning that busy
industrial city and the people who helped
to make and re-make it. The paper j.
handsomely illustrated and neatly printed
and speaks volumes for the ability and
enterprise of the Messrs. Bailey.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-10-24
E'XECUTOR's NOTICE.

Estate OF David Dickcy. late Of Brothrr>vaI-
ley township. somerset county. PA. deed.
Letters t.>tamcuiary on the above estate
having been granted 10 the undersigned bv
the proper authority, notice j. hereby given To-
all persons indebted To said estate to make.
immediate payment, and those having claims
against me same 10 present them duly au-
thentctted for settlement ON saturday. Nov.
Il, ls9i, at the house ofdcced.ut
MORGAN DICKEY
j. J. BRUBAKEI:
EXecuIorS.
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eFns t:
NOTICE.

NOTICE j. hereby given that an application
will bt. made 10 the Governor of the state OF
PENNSYLVANIA. ON Tuesday, October 10th, lsyt,
by William e.. Mccormick. Albert Inks. -. J.
Siurgis. james A. Setright and Robert +.
HopwOOd, under the Act Of Assembly cuti-
tied AN Act To Prov ide for the lnCOrpprsI-
ton and Regulation of Certain Corporations,
approved April 18th, 1874, and the supple
nirnts thereto. for the Charter Of AN Intended
Corpar.ltiOn. To be called Home Telephone
Company OF Fayettc Co. the character and
object Of which i the erection and operation
Of n telephone line a. one system from Mon
town, Ia the county Of Fayette, along the
public road Ia ScottdlIle in the county Of
WeStInorgland, with branch line To- the bOr-
ough Of Dunbar. in the county Of Fayettc;
frsifn bridgeport, in the county Of Fayette,
along the National Pike to SOmerfeid, In the
county uf $omersct, with branch lines To Con
fiuencc in the county OF somerset, and Ohio
pvle. in the county of Fayrtte. from Union
Town aforesaid Ia Ioint Marion. in the county
of Fayette. with branch lines To New Geneva
and Cheat Haven. and from JniOntOwn ator,-
said to GrlyS Landing iu the county OF Pay
etfe: and for these purposes To have, posses
and enjoy all the rights. benefits and puNi-
Ieg,s Of the said Act Of Assembly and IL sup
BOYD & UMBEI-
Solicitors.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-10-24
JONAS L BAER,

"THE HUSTLER"
You turn here for the correct things.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-10-24
A DMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE

Estate Of Catherine Border Late of Come
EEugh township, Somerset county. Pa
deed.
Letters OF administration Oh the above g.
tate having been granted To the undersigned
by the proper authority. notice j. hereby civ
en- To all persons indebted to said t~t:ft,. to
make immediate payment, and those having
claims against the same will present them for
lyHcnt OE saturday, Nov. Sd. iS-i. AT the
residence OF the administrator In said town
ship.
4. J. IAJMAN.
Administrator.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-10-24
CRITCHF|ELD NOMINATED.

The Republican Senatorial Conference Re-
County candidate.-Bedford County Con-
ferees Bolt the Conference and Set up Ash
com.-The Matter will be Settled by
Judge simonton. of the Dsuphin County
Court.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-10-24
Thursday, Nov. 18th, 1894,
Dwelling House,

w.lsh house stable ana other outbuildingss
beins the homestead 81 said DECEASED
No. , \ tract Of hand situate A. afOpss.si-
bounded ON the north by the road lsadins
from Stove<tuwn to Stantou's Mills; ON the
SOuth by Mary J. Nct'lclIaud'S land; ON tnc
east by land Of MARY j. Met LELAND and Geo.
Csardn.r's estate. ON the west by land Of JOkn
n. Stahf containing fourteen ucrtS. more or
les having theron erected "A two-StOry frame
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-10-24

ouf Democratic friends think they have
the Horn of the dilemma.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-10-24

rs ACRES AND Ioi PEacEEs
Dwelling House,

bank barn and other OutbuildingS.
This farm j. a very desirable one in every
respect. being situate ia on, Of the richest az
riculturil sections of the county, in "a good
community. convenient la SchODiS and
churches. IL j. only miles from the borough
IL Brns.In. which i on the :. 4 e. r. r., and
miles from DetVidSyIllc.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-10-24
Terms.

One-thiri ~ purchase money. after pay
Iient uf all debts and legal cxpensss, To r.
main q lien in the lands In lieu ~ dover tp
the widow Of said decra>sd, and balance in
three equal annual payments, with interc.i-
the firSf payment Thereof on confirmation of
sale. 10 pr cent ot Ptirrls'sc money - d
secured by bond and mortEagr on the prcfni-
WILLIAM n MILLER
Fred W BleSccker. Administrator.
Attorney.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-10-24
Orphans Court Sale
UaIrable Real Estate 7

BE virtue OF an OFrfrs
the Orphans Court nf SOnerSet .v--.----
and 10 the undersigned administrator of VIE
liam Holder. late of (ueinahoning town~hi p.
somerset county. Pa. directed, will offer a.
public sale AZ the late residence 81 the dcce.S-
a. On
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-10-24
ermS

10 per cent. of the purchase money 10 BE-
paid in cash on day of sale. and the balance
Of one-thiri on or before the confirmation %
the sale: One-third in six months; and one
third in one year from confirmation Of sale.
Deferred payments Ia bear interest from con
firmatiou of sale. and to he secured by juds-
mcnt bond ON the premises.
JACOB u. SWANk.
r. W. Bie-scker. Assignee OF Israel Snably-
Attorney.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-10-24

Musical instruments at snyder's drug
store.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-10-24
tuesday, November 18th, '94,
ATiOCIOCk PN.

the following described real estate:
A tract Of land situate in Quenlslh hOniug
township. Somerset county. Pa. adjoining
lands Of John Stuift. Benjamin stern, Josiah
Miller, Hiram Gardner, Jesse CrlSt and = T.
McStollsr, containing - acrS. more or less,
Of which about - acres are clear and in a
good state Of cultivation. balance well tim
hsr-t. nderlalt with coal and limestone
well wafered. good orchard Il apple tres and
all kinds % fruit. Being the homestead uf
said deceased Having thereon erected a OBe
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-10-24
STORE HOUSE,

and other Outbuildings.
This b,ing a good Iosstti0n for a general
store at StIutOn'S Mills. and in good coAIi-
munity. Ahout i've miles froIu StoyestoNn
aud four miles from HOoVcrsVilie, having
been the location 81 the pOStufilce for said
place until within the Last fcW years.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-10-24
A DMINIsTRAToR's NOTICE.

Estate Of joel l.. King, late Of Upper Turkey
foot township, deed.
Letters OfadministTation having been grant
ed by the proper authority, to the undcrsign-
Ell, notice is Hereby given To all persons in
dcbted To said estate To make immediate Ieiv-
mcnt, and those having claims against said
estate viii present them duly authenticated
for settlement, ON saturday, Nov. l7th. \ D..
lSli, at the residence Of the Administrator in
said township.
B. r. SNYDER,
Administrator.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-10-24
Dwelling House
Two-Story Frame
TermS t:

stable and other outbuildIngs thereon erect
ell. This farm has about t0 acres cleared. 10
acre. In bottom. and balance well tiInbcrcd.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-08-16
HURTING UP LURES.
Why Verdicts in District Courts Are Ren-
 dered Without Delay.

Why Verdicts in District Courts Are Ren-
 dered Without Delay.
 Give jury of six or twelve restful men a comfortable, well lighted and cool room, plenty of tobacco and ice water, and there IS nothing by which the judge or the counsel on either side can guage the time of deliberation. Under such circumstances, says the Newark Sunday Call, juries have been known to remain out twelve hours on a case involving one dollar and forty nine cents, and then come in with disagreement. There is such thing, however, as forcing speedy verdict by making the retiring room uncom- fortable. Freezing the jury is said to have been practiced with success in Minnesota, where the counsel for the defense ''saw' the janitor, and it is just possible that windows have been nailed down to stew jury into nasty action in warmer climates.
 No such precaution is necessary in the new quarters of the district courts in this city. The jury-room is nar. row apartment, situated directly over the boiler room, with one window opening upon narrow and breath less alley, fanked by the dead wall of the next building. It has not been in- sinuated that any lawyer has encour- aged the engineer to put on extra steam when jury was deliberating over case, but it is said that of late no jury has taken more than five minutes to fry the fat out of any case which has required discussion in this room.
 It is used by both courts, and is the only apartment accessible. Of course, the doors must be shut when the jury is deliberating, and then the window does not admit the smallest of the zephyrs which may by accident have found a playground in the alleyway.
 It is said that one lawyer announced his intention of appealing case be- cause the jury found verdict four minutes after the doors were closed. One of the jurors says, however, that there was heated discussion over the case during the short time the jury was out.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-08-16
LANGUAGE MADE seY WOMEN
Their Influence Much Greater Than Is
 AGrdinariiy Thoaght.


 The influence of woman on the 1an- guage of each generation is much greater than that of men, says Max Muller in Science of Language.
 We very properly call our language in Germany our mother tongue, with all its peculiarities. faults, idioms, ac- cents. Cicero said:
 Ut makes great difference whom we hear at home every day and with whom we speak as boys, and how our fathers, our tutors and our mothers speak. We read the letters of Cornelia, the mother of the Gracchi, and it is clear from them that her sons were brought up not in the lap, but, so to say, in the very breath and speech of their mother"
 But this is not all. Dante ascribes the frs attempts at using the vulgar tongue in Italy for literary compost tions to he silent influence of ladies who did not understand the Latin lan- guage.
 Now this vulgar Italian, before it became the literary language of Italy, held very much the same position there as the so-called Prakrit dialects in h. dia: and these Prakrit dialects first as stunned a literary position in the Sans krit plays where female characters, both high and low, are introduced as Prakrit, instead of the Sanskrit em- ployed by kings, noblemen and priests.
 Here, then, we see the language of women, or, if not of women exclusive ly, at all events of women and domes- tic servants, gradually entering into the literary idiom, and in later times even supplanting it altogether; for it is from the Prakrit, and not from the literary Sanskrit, that the modern vernaculars of India branched off in course of time.
 Through a thousand smaller chan nels the idioms of women everywhere find admission into the domestic con- versation of the whole family and into the public speeches of their assem- plies. The greater the ascendency of the female element in society the greater the influence of their language on the language of a family or clan, a village or a town.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-08-16
IGNORANT SPIRITS.
They Had Not Kept Up with the Latest :. Obituary News.

They Had Not Kept Up with the Latest :. Obituary News.
 A friend relates to me an incident that occurred on Che evening of the day when the news of the death of Preston $. Brooks came to Massa- chusetts, says the Boston Herald It was at a spiritualistic exhibition held in the town of North Bridgewater, now the city of Drockton. A com mittee of citizens had been chosen from the audience to sit at the table on the platform with the medium to ask questions and otherwise represent the audience in the interest of candid investigation. Jacob W. Crosby, wel-known citizen, was one of the committee. He was to do the question ing. After few introductory in- quiries, to which replies were made by the regulation one, two or three raps, Mir. Crosby astounded the spirit world by the query: ''Is the spirit of Preston $. Brooks present."
 There was no reply and the question was repeated. Then there were some hesitating raps at the table, but it could not be determined whether the answer was in the affirmative or the negative.
 You know that he is dead, don't you?" shouted the committeeman.
 The answer by raps was now dis tinctly mo"
 ''Well, he is, thank God!" yelled "Uncle Jake" who was wrought up to great excitement, as he struck the table with his ponderous fist; ''and you had better make a note of it.''
The St. Johns herald., 1894-08-16
Old Mexican Mines.

Whenever a cave is newly discovered in New Mexico or Arizona the finders first hope is that he has unearthed an old Spanish or Mexican mine, but this seldom or never has proved to be the case. Generally these holes in the mountains are natural caves in lime stone or sandstone formations, but sometimes they lie between walls of hard rock, which perhaps contain mineral deposits, indicating that the primitive civilized Indians may have dug their way in following a soft streak in search of tale to use in pot tery making, with no thought for precious metals. Stalactites, snowy white, hang from theirroofs, and where mineral water has percolated these crystallizations take on gorgeous me- tallic hues. Human bones ere some times found in these caves and other evidences of human work or former occupancy. The Coffee cave and Rob- inson's cave, in the Black range, in southern New Mexico, have been eX- plored for several hundred feet, and other large caves in that region remain to be exDlorad
The St. Johns herald., 1894-08-16
National Peculiarities.

It takes seven days after death, ac- cording to Siamesc belief, for the soul to reach Heaven, and prayers are kept up during that period to help it on it's way.
 In Dutch Guiana the women carry upon their persons all the family saw ings in the shape of heavy bracelets, anl.lets, necklaces and even crowns of gold and silver.
 The Spaniard, however courteous he may be, never invites g guest to din- ner. n Italy, too, the privacy of the family is seldom invaded at the dinner hour. The members eat in silence.
 The king of Assam has two hundred wives, who are divided into nine grades. When one of them dies her body is lowered from the roof of the palace to be buried; the law in Assam prohibits tie carrying of a corpse through t.:c doors,
The St. Johns herald., 1894-08-16
A sfiiPwRECxEo CREW.
The Terrible Night sn:; Day Passed on
 tho Northern Ieehc--s.


 the Northern Ieebc-gs.
 A sealing brig, immersed in the densest fog and driven by the gale, was running down a narrow lane or opening in the ice, when the shout of brealse~s ahead and the crash of the bows upon reef came in the same moment. The crew sprang overheard upon the hcaving ice-feld. and almost immediately saw their strong and beautiful vessel sink into the ocean. The adventure is related in: After Icebergs with a Painter"
 Without food or extra clothing the forty men were remote from all help. To the west lay the precipitous shores of Cape BOnavista, and for this, the nearest land, in single file, with Capt. Knight at their head, the men com menced at sunset their dreadful and almost hopeless march.
 All night, without refreshment or rest, they went stumbling and plung- ing on their perilous way, now and then sinking into the slush between the ice-cakes, and having to be drawn out by their companions. But for their leader and few other bold spirits, the party would have sunk down with ia tigue and despair, and perished.
 At daybrealz they were still on the rolling ice-felds, beclouded with fog, and with nothing in prospect but the terrible cape and it's solitary chance of deliverance. Thirsty, famished and worn, they toiled on, more and more slowly, all the morning, all the fore noon, all the afternoon; and then, be- wildered and lost in a dreadful cloud travelling along parallel with the coast, the poor fellows passed the cape with out knowing it.
 The captain looked back from time to time on the worn-out and suffering line of men, the last of them scarcely visible in the mist, and thrill of dis couragement passed over him. Unless there was some change in their pros poets, he knew that few of them would live out another night on the ice. They had shouted until they were hoarse, and looked into the endless gray until they had no heart for looking longer.
 Suddenly, just before sundown, they came to a vessel. A few rods to the right or left, and they must have missed it. ''We were led by the hand of Providence" said Capt. Knight, in telling the story.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-08-16
The Young Idea.

The reasoning of children is fre- quently based on imperfect knowledge. What on earth was that whistle blow ing for all night?;' asked a girl of twelve years of her mother while on a sound steamer. That is fog horn, my dear," was the reply. The little girl, of course, wanted to know what a fog horn was. and her mother ex- plained that when there was a heavy fog the steam whistle was blown while it lasted. ''But why?" persisted the young inquirer. ''I should think that anybody could see there was fog, and what is the use of blowing a whistle to tell them about it, when there it is if they want to look at it?" The poor mother sighed and gave it up.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-08-16
ALL SORTS OF SERMONS.
Bishop of Wakefield's Classification of
 Pulpit ElOQuence.

Pulpit ElOQuence.
 One does not look to a prelate for frank fun. but the bishop of Wake field, unasked, has vouchsafed some genuine hunor on the subject of preaching, says London Black and White. He has clearly made a study of the art, and he divides the modern sermon into seven species. Thus we have:
 "The Sesquipedalian-Big words hid ing little thoughts
 "The Wishy-Washy-No explanation required.
 ''The Pyrotechnic - Blazing with brilliant metaphors and illustrations, and finishing with faint odor of gun powder.
 ''The Notwithstanding with sto- ries-some of them good enough once, but gone bad by keeping.
 ''Ihe Flowery-In which rhyme is of more importance than reason.
 ''The Mellifluous-Wit calm, un- broken flow.
 ''The Paregoric-Against which the powers of wal1efulness fail; like roll 
 that a yard can be cut off anywhere" Who does not know each and all of these? This is form of pastoral which congregations, as a rule, do not disap- prove.
 In connection with this severe epis- copal utterance there is a story on the other side going the ecclesiastical round. A clergyman prepared to preach few Sundays since, and gave out as his text: ''The devil, like roaring lion, goeth about seeking whom he may devour." In the same breath, before beginning hls dis course, he continued: My friends, you will probably have heard that the bishop of Manchester has announced his intention of visiting every church m his diocese, and consequently we may very shortly expect to see him among us." -------=-