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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-02-26
He Had Faith.

\ young man about p years old was
sitting in the waiting room OF the
Brush Street Depot, with year-old
baby on his knee, and his alarm and
heIplessness when the child began to
howl were so marked as To attract at
tention. By and by a waiting passen-
ger walked over to him with Il smile of
pity on his face and queried;
~ woman gave you that baby to
hold while she went to see about her
baggage, didn't she ~
"Ycs."
ala ha Ina | tumblcd 10 Othe fact
soon as l saw you. You expect her
back, l suppose ~
"Of course
ala ha ha This is rich Looking
for herevery blAsed minute, amt you?
II think she'll come back"
"Well this makes me laugh-ha ha
ha had woman play that same
trick on me in Chicago depot once,
but no one will ever again. Young
man, you're stuck You've been played
for Il hayseed. Better turn that thing
over to a policeman and make a skip
before some reporter gets on to you ~
''Oh, she'll come back" replied the
young man, rs he looked an Xiously
around.
"She will, eh? Ha. ha ha! Joke
grows richer and richer What makes
you think she'll come back ~
because she's my wife and this is
our first baby
"Oh-um-I see" mIttered the fat
man, who got over feeling tickled at
once, and in his veXation he crossed
the room and kicked a dog which 4
farmer had tied To one of the seats
with a piece OF clothesline.-DctrOh
| Free Press.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-02-26
SOMERSET PA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 26 1896.
ACROSS THE DELAWARE.

The winter night is cold and drear,
Along the rivers sullen How;
The cruel frost is camping here
The air has flying blades of snow.
Look! pushing from the icy strand,
With ensigns freezing in the air,
There sails a small but mighty band,
Across the dangerous Delaware.
O wherefore, soldiers, would you fight
The bayonets of winter storm?
In truth, il were a bitter night,
For blazing fire, and blankets warm
We seek to trap foreign foe,
Who fill themselves with stolen fare;
We carry Freedom as we go
Across the storm-swept Delaware!
The night is full of lusty cheer,
Within the Hessian's merry camp;
And faint and fainter on the ear.
Doth fall the needless sentry's tramp.
O hirelings, this new nations rage
Is something tits not well 10 dare;
You are not fitted to engage
These men from Ger the Delaware!
\ rush-a shout-a clarion call,
Salute the early mornings gray;
Now, reused, invaders, yield or fall;
The refuge-la has won the day!
Soon shall the glorious news be hurled
Wherever men have wrongs to bear
For Freedoms torch illumes the world,
And God has crossed the Delaware!
Will Carleton i'll Eccry Where for Feb
ruary.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-02-26
Cannibal Plants.

1t has been proved time and time
again that the so-called "cannibal
plants" of which the Venus fly-trap is
the type, are much more healthy when
they are reared under netting or in
any other manner which excludes
them from their regular meat diet.
The above is an oddity i'm itself, espe-
cially when we consider the fact that
there is certain school of botanists
which teaches cannibal plants make
no use whatever of the insect prey cap
tured by them, but it is nothing COM
pared with the bold assertion made hy
Francis Darwin. That noted scientific
gentleman bravely meets the "vegetar-
ian botanist" with the assertion that
all kinds and classes Of plants, whether
known as ''meaters" or not, bear moro
and heavier fruits and seeds when fed
ON meat than those that are allowed a
flesh diet. He grew two lots, cOmpris-
ing various varieties of the different
common plants.
One lot was regularly fed Through
their roots of course) with pure juices
compressed from meat, the other with
water and the various fertilizers. The
final figures on this odd experiment
proved that the plants which were fed
pure meat juice bore l6S fruits of the
different kinds, while the unfed plants
of the same number and original con-
dition bore but a. Also, that the
pampered plants bore 2i0 seeds to every
100 borne by the plants that Were not
given a chance to crafty their canni
balistic taste. This is certainly a dis
covery worthy of much careful study
and extensive experiment.-Ciaciaad
| Ii Ea0Uirer.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-02-26
A Naturalist's Fright.

"When 1 was collecting specimens of
plants and animals in Zacatecas,n
said the noted DIR. Maximilian Schu-
mann yesterday, ~ had an experience
with rattlesnakes that came near being
the death of me-"
The doctor had just returned from
Sacramento, where he had been for n
couple of days on a hunting trip. He
is the Belgian explorer and naturalist
who went through Africa, and Is now
bound to Thibet for the Baron de
Rothschild and the institution of Nat
ural Science of ofLuxemburg. In telling
of his adventures he said:
81 had gone n days journey on
horseback from the city of Zacatecas
to the southeast TO examine some old
Toltec ruins there. These are known
as the Quemada ruins. They are very
extensive. | got there late st night.
had shot couple Of doe on the way,
and had thrown them across my pack
animal.
'On my arrival within the ruins |
lit fire to get my supper, after which
/ spread my blankets and lay down.
In the morning when | woke up /
threw my hand outside Of the blanket,
and it almost touched big poisonous
rattlesnake. l escaped by the merest
chance. Looking toward my feet,
what was my astonishment to see
rattlesnakes all over the blankets.
There were no less than six of them
besides the one that missed my hand.
"The reptiles were not the Crotalus
horridus, or diamond crotalus known
in California, but the Crotallus miiarius,
found in the hot regions. They are
very poisonous. When | had lit my
fire in the evening / could not see the
snakes, which, presume, had crept
along the walls.
"The altitude of Zacatecls and the
old ruins is between 100 and 5000
feet, and it gets quite cold at night.
Ny fire was what undoubtedly attract
ed them. When they got out toward it
they found my bed, and discerning the
warm blankets, crawled up on them
and went to sleep. | have always
thought il was almost miraculous that
/ escaped being bitten. As did not
want the snakes, having already all |
wanted, killed them and nailed them
all to the adobe wall, with my card on
each.
"The lizards and other reptiles
which / got there | salted away in
casks and forwarded to Europe. 1t is
a general belief among the Indians,
notably among the Creeks, Cherokees
and Choctaws in Indian Territory,
where l was for time, that if one is
bitten by a rattlesnake all he has to do
to prevent fatality is to eat the snake.
But 1 never discovered any virtue in
this. The best remedy is to immedi-
ately bind thong above the wound
so that the poison can not circulate
higher. Then cut an incision below
the wound and squeeze out as much
blood as possible. Then if to the
wound is made an application of pot
ash or any alkali there is almost no
danger.
''I got the best collection of reptiles
from Mexico and forwarded them to
Europe that has ever been seen there.
The rattlesnakes We're so plentiful that
they could be seen by thousands and
thousands San Francisco CAL.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-02-26
Lincoln as a Dancer.

Lincoln made his first appearance in
society when he was first sent 10
Springfield, Ills, a member OF the
state legislature. 1t was not an i'm
posing figure which he cIt in a ball
room, bat still he was occasionally 10
be found there. Miss Mary Todd, who
afterward became his wife, was the
magnet which drew the tall, awkward
young man from his den. OIe even
ing Lincoln approached Miss Todd
and said, in his peculiar idiom:
Miss Todd, should like to dance
with you the worst way"
The young woman accepted the
inevitable and hob5lei around the
room with him. When she returned
to hec seat, ole Of her eomplnioas ask
ed mischievOIsiy:
"Wsll, Mlry, dill h, dane, with you
the worst way?"
Eyes" she answered, ''the very
worst -
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-02-26
She CO1iln't Z Reach Hin.

Since the death Of ex-Congressmsn
Frank LAWYER, OF Chicago, . number
OF anecdotes concerning him have been
told, especially in Washington, where
he il well remembered. II : related
Of Lawier that on one occasion ne gave
the doorkeeper- Of tue House strict IL
s;ructions Eot to present any more
cards to him, - be was greatly annoy
ed by callers who were taking UP p II
his time in the lOboies. Mrs. Law er
one day approached a doorkeeper, VINO
had held his position bat a short tie
and who did rot know her. She K
ed to see Cong-essman Lawler.
''So-ry, madam" be said polite y,
"Nir. LawIer will see no one
"Oh, yes" said IIrs. L1wler, ''ae
will see me. You just tell him his v le
is ont here"
"That won't do" said the dorr-
keeper. .'that racket i worked on mem
5ers every day. ."-Tcoy Times.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-02-26
Hct Fond Of New Things.

Samuel Spring, chaplain to the eX-
pedition against Quebtc under Bene-
diet Arnold, was ole Of the most ial-
liant and eloquent OF the revOlE-
tionary preachers. He was pastor Of a
church in NewburyPort for 10 years
lie did not like new ways and when u
church near by purchased an organ he
referred contemptuOuSly 20 "our neigh
51r's box of whistles" Once some
dnwise parishioneTs conspired to
m0dernize the music little in their
own church. They did rot tell the
pastor; only, when it came time fer the
first hymn, the tentative, gentle,
prolonged opening wall Of a bass viol
was heard.
Back went DIR. Springs spectaeles;
up came his tall form TO its utmost
height, his black eyes gazed fiercely
toward the choir seats, and he said,
quietly, bat in voice not to he d's-
obeyel:
Remove that fiddle from the house
of God-'
There was 10 farther innovation
while Samuel Spring commanded the
parish of the Ncrth church. lo' ms
Companion
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-02-26
Electric Bitters.

Electric Bitters is a medicine suited
for any season, bat perhaps more
generally needed, when the languid
exhausted feeling prevails, when the
liver is torpid and sluggish and the
need of a tonic and Alternative is felt. \
prompt use of this medicine has often
averted long and perhaps fatal bilious
fevers. No medicine will act more
surely in counteracting and freeing the
system from the malarial poison.
Headache, Indigestion, Constipation,
Dizziness yield to Electric Bitters. soc
and S100 per bottle at j. n. Snyder
drug store, Somerset, or at Brallier's
drug store, Berlin, Pa.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-02-26

This nineteenth century is con-
spicuous in history as an epoch of
marvellous advancement. Steamships,
railways, telegraphs and many of the
achievements we prize so highly are
the offspring of this grand era. Right
abreast with the wonderful improve
ments in science and art is the not less
remarkable progress in the medical
world rs exemplified in so efficient and
powerful restorative as DIR. Pierce )
Golden Medical Discovery accomplish
ing so speedily what formerly was
considered impossible. Ii will not
restore sight to blind eye nor insure
a healthy circulation in a wooden leg
but consumption-in its earlier stages,
yields to it!
Mr.. JAMES III. CHENowErH, of OAK,
NuckolLs Co., Nebraska, wrote DIR.
Pierce rs follows: ain June 1879, | was
taken with the grip and began soon
after to cough up hard substance,
sometimes the Jumps would be half as
large "a coffee berry. The physicians
said 1 had consumption in the worst
form, but they did me no good. | then
took ''Golden Medical Discovery" and
il has now been one year since | cough
ed or expectorated any hard substanca.
Besides / weigh more than l ever did
in my life"
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-02-26
Re, Soup without Stock

l.. two GusTts Of water-iu which
an onion has been sliced and a bunch
Of ce!ery-tops thrown-boii ioran honr.
Remove the onion and leaves, and
add half cup ofriee thai has been
carefully washed and looked over
Cook for three-q quarters Of an hour,
stirring often, OF until the rice Is well
swollen and tender. Just before serv-
ing, beat up in the tUreen itself the
yolks of two eggs with half a tumbler-
ful OF rich rIilk-cream i better-aud
a pinch of grated nutmeg, if liked.
Pour the boiling soup over this mix
ture from a height, beating it still
with a whisk to mix thoroughly, and
serve with toast squares.-N- \. led
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-02-26
New York and Chicago.

"Irs funny how New York likes to
rub It IN on Chicago on every oceas-
ion," remarked travelling m1n at a
Washington hote! 10 a S3ar reporter.
"AnI vice versa replied tbe r.
port r.
81 gas over nt Nes YORK noi bong
ago continued the traveller, passing
unnoiieed the Fcp1fi,r's Latin, ''and
happeued into station house where
one Of the police officers is a friend of
mine. Just n wa on the point of
leaving, "a m7a came rushins, in look
ins a. If he were badly scared.
"'lIcg,, Mc. Ofi,,r, he haif shout
cd, I've been robbed
"'Wherc: inquired the O!lieeF.
q" Just aTolnt the corner
4" How did e happen"
a. thief gra53sc a valuable charm
or Of ny watch chain and ran or
down the alley with t.
"'Did he get the caain?H asked the
officer, with an evident purpose Of get
ting an inventory before be got tie
thief.
'''No, he didn't
"'Nor the watch p
"sNo.'
Nor your money!
'No-nothing the charm
Where's yodr Ttsidence?'
~ done live here. I'm from CHI
cago'
''-Thc officers manner underwent .
marked change.
-'O5, he snecred, from Chicago, a 9
you: Well, wha. are axe you kiekin :
Z about: Do y0u expect 20 be treate
the same way here yOu would hav :
been treated By one Of those Chicago
robbers? You're in luck and the
officer called up q sergeant and turned
tine stranger over 10 him. ~ Udsi,aay-
| ion N}C;r
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-02-26
Kind to all Concerned.

To get rid of a bore try the method
pursued by a certain friend of ours.
When accosted by one, he shakes
hands warmly with his prosecutor,
glances aroIld anxioIsly, ani, drop
ping his voice, conlidentially remarks:
II must be off. There's an awful
bore here that want TO dO1ge-.alk
a fellow to death. You understand,
old boy ?"
The bore with n wink al under
stand, old fellow" departs without
the least suspicion that he is the bore.
boston Gdzstte.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-02-26
An Individual Preference.

'Some fellers as is in terested in sill
yer wants silver money!" remarked
Plodding Pete, thoughtfully, "while
Others thinks gold is right. I've even
heard of fellers thet wanted to deposit
wheat an things an sit currency fur
en-
"Yep," replied Wandering Mike
"A good deal depen's en- yer pas'nal
interests. Now ez fur me, | think q
heap o. time could be saved by gittin'
out orders on responsible breweries
negotiable at all the bars in the eOun-
try Washington StGr.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-02-26
One Drawback.

There's no such thing in this life a.
complete satisfaction. If man has
no money he is miserable, aud if he
has lots of i; il Is Lext to impossible
to invest it remuneratively. There
Is no business which i sure to Jay,
not even the business Of stealing; hut
that's because there are 50 many
persons in it, and there wCuld lie
many more in it if the penitentiary
did not prevent it from being open TO
everybody, and So De utterly ruined
BOSi17 TrG5sScs-i,li.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-02-26
Dry Goods, Carpets, Curtains,
Dress Goods, Etc.,
At
Fifty Cents on The Dollar.
millinery, Fancy Goods, JgEGlFy,
Trimmings, ETC., at
Tw nty-f v Gents on th Dollar.

Not everything in our stock at soc and
25c on the dollar, bat what isn't-even
the newest and staple everyday goods
are marked so low you can come hum
dreds of miles to buy and still save
money.
We haven't room for mention
just a few to give you an idea of the val
ues offered. Thousands of others as
good, and many of them better.
Velour capes trimmed with black Thi-
bet fur and lined with silk, at So rs,
$3.50, $1,000, and $I2.o0; fully one
third below regular price.
Fine Electric Seal Capes, so inches
long, fall sweep and satin lined /; re-
duced from $3.50 to S6.4S.
Ladies' alI-wool Boucle Cloth Jack
cts, shield front, mandolin sleeves and
velvet collar; worth $1,000 for $500.
All-wooI black or blue serge skirts,
lined with percaline and bound with
velveteen measures full five yards; all
finished seams worth $3.50 for 81.
Atwood black Henriettas, excellent
quality reduced from 39e to 25c.
AIl-wool Serge, all eolors; rs inches
wide worth soc reduced TO 25c.
All-wool twO-ply Carpets, best made,
soc.
Colored Cashmeres, 40 inches wide,
reduced from 25c TO 15e.
All our trimmed hats that sold at 81
and IS reduced to Sl.00.
Children's and Misses untrimmed
hats that sold at 25c and Soc for &c.
Real Scotch Lace Curtains, "a to 60
inches wide, 5! yards long, worth
50. so, reduced to Sl2j.
Irish Point Curtains, the regular $50
kind for SO; and the only reason you
get them at this price is that we have a
surplus stock.
Mems $40 suits for 81 SO.
Mems Sl2 suits for 1863.
Mems Sl0.50 overcoats for $.
Mems $3.50 Overcoats for Si0.
BOYS So suits for Sl.9S-just the kind
YOU want for school wear.
Boys S4 suits for $3.50; nice suit for
either dress or everyday wear.
Special values in Linen, flanneis,
Calicoes and MuslIns.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-02-26
PrTTsBURd KELLEY INSTITUTE.

restores TO them all their powers, mental and
physical, destroys the abnormal appetite, ana
Iesfores Them to the condition they were in be-
fore thev INDUCED in stimulants. This has been
donein more than 1000 cases treated here, and
aInong them some of your own nelghbors 70
absoiTte safety and efficiency of the keeley f1re.
IN fullest and most searching investigation is
yited. send for pamphlet giving full inioru,ar
ton. y
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-02-26
Nothing venture, nothing have"

Rev. John II id, Jr., of Great Falls,
Mon, recommended Ely's Cream Balm
TO me. / can emphasize his statement.
at is a positive cure for catarrh II
used as directed. Rev. krancis w.
Poole, Pastor Central Pres. Church, He
lena, Mont.
Ii is the medicine above all Others
for catarrh, and is worth its weight in
gold. I can use Ely's Cream Balm
with safety and it does all that is claim
ed for it.-B. w. Sperry, Hartford,
Conn.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-02-26

Divers in the lake of Nemi, near
AlbanO, have found at the bottom Of
the lake, 81 feet from the shore, the
pleasure galley in which Emperor
1riberius held his orgies. II still seems
to he decorated with bronzes and mo-
saies. They have brought up bronze
heads, a vol and lion. targets with
inscriptions, and rings for the docks.
Cardinal Colonna tried without success
to recover the galley in the 18th eentu-
ry, and another attempt was made at
the beginning of this century, when
some large bronze nails were brought
up.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-02-26

DO you smoke?' asked a Detroit girl
of Boston man. Not at all, he an
swered, loftily, but the tobacco | use
smokes
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-02-26

1--WE had my dyspepsia cured by this
new vibration fad SOP Yes, my
girl gave me the shake aud | got so
mad I've felt all right ever since
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-02-26
ELY
Cream Balm
TWILL CURE
THE KELLEY CURE

Is a special boon TO business men who, having
driftsf uneonsciously into the drink habit and
awaken TO find the disease Of alcoholism fastened
up1n them rendering them unfit TO manage az
fairs requiring a clear brain A four weeks
course OF treatment st the
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-02-26

The soothing, healing effects of Dr.
Woods Norway Pine Syrup are felt al
most instantly. There is no other
cough medicine that combines so many
virtues.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-02-26

The funds and securities of this bank are Sc
cureIy protected in celebrated CoRLIss BUR-
GIAR PROOF SAFE. The only safe made abso-
luteiy burglar-proof-
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DEPOSITS RECEIVED IN LsseE sNcsssti
AMOUNTS, PAYABLE ON DEMAND.
ACCOUNTS OF MERCHANTS. FARMERS.
sTock DEALERS, AND OTHERS SOLICITED
discounts DAILY.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
I.ARUE II. HICKS, GEO. r. SCULL,
JAMES L. PUGH, w. II. MILLER,
JOHN x. SCOTT, ROBT. 5 SCULl1,
FRED W. BIESECKER.
EDWARD SCULL- /: PRESIDENT.
VALENTINE HAY, VICE PRESIDENT.
HARVEY u. BERKLEY, CASHIER
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1896-08-18

Ex-Sultan Abdullah, of Perak, who
il kept by Great Britain at Singapore,
has had his allowance increased 500
month, on the ground that, being an
Oriental prince with more than one
wife, he needs the money to meet his
household expenses. The English
Government has also made him a
grant of $3.50 to meet the expenses of
the circumcision of his four sons.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1896-08-18
Seven Facts.
Courier. journal, Aug. 10, 1861

First. That the decentralization oil
silver which has prevailed up to thi:
writing, both in the United States
and Europe, has had the effect of adj
vancing gold about 40 per cent.
Second. That this has been accom-
plished by depressing the value of all
o.her property to that extent.
Third. That about 40 per cent of
the property and producing resources
of the people have thus been transfer
red to comparatively small class of
men, whose stock in trade is gold in.
vestments.
Fourth. That in the exact proper
ton as property and labor have de-
clined the capacity of the people to
pay their debts and taxes mas dimin-
ished.
Fifth. That the silver discount is
creating bonus of more than 80 per
cent in favor of the farm production
Of India and Asia. which to that ex-
-ent cheapens the wheat, cotton and
various other productions of the
United States.
Sixth. That these lamentable con-
litions have been produced by anti
liver legislation.
Seventh. That they can be undone
md prosperity restored by pro-silyer
egislation.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1896-08-18

gold or silver, as was right, the Secre.
tary of the Treasury decided to re.
deem greenbacks and Treasury notes
in gold alone, thus declaring, as far
as he could, that the United States
did not consider silver as a primary
money. Indirectly, therefore as we
have previously explained, oliver has
been made redeemable in gold. If
the plane Of the gold men are success
full a few steps further will be taken
The greenback will be retired and
destroyed, thus contracting the cur
rency by about $350,O00@00, and
Treasury notes will be retired and de-
stroyed, thus causing further con-
traction of about $150,0O0,000. There
will then be only gold and silver dol
lars left. To crown their achieve
mcnts, the gold men will then bend
their energies toward the fnal and
complete disuse of silver as money by
retiring it'as full legal tender and
making it only token money. To do
this, of course, it will be necessary to
Issue bonds to the extent of about
81, 900, 100000, which, in round num-
bers, we may say is the quantity of
greenbacks, Treasury notes aud sill
yer dollars in existence. Gold alone
will then be money, and it will be so
scarce that the price of everything
and the wages of labor will be de-
pressed to point inconceivable at this
time. The bondholders' bonds, how
ever, will continue to call for The same
of dollars, and the unearned
they derive will be fabulous.
We have reached the parting of
the ways, and the election next No
Vember will determine whether this
shall sink into industrial
slavery, as Egypt has, or whether
he people will arise in their might
md say to avarice: "Thus far shalt
hou come, aud no farther"