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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-10-28
Passing OF the Brakeman

The rapidly progressing disappear
ance of the railroad brakeman a. a nee
essary adjunct Of the handling of
train has been a natural result Of i'm
prOvements that have made the work
he performed practically automatic.
II Is curious, also, that largely 10 the
same agency is attributed the marked
decline in the number OF casualties to
these brakemen and other railroad en-
ployes. Reports 20 Congress BY the
Interstate Commerce Commission
show that during the last yeaF l. .s23
employees of American railroads were
killed and ., 412 injured, while during
the previous year the number killed
was :, 100 and the injured B, coo. The
commissioners admit that some OF the
decrease is due to greater efficiency
among the men, but the larger portion
by far is accounted for by the increased
Use of these automatic appliances.
The government has officially recog-
nized the effectiveness of these i'm
provements in reducing the dangers OF
operating railroads to the lowest limits
by including in the Interstate Com
merce law mandatory provision that
all railroads must ''equip their ears
with automatic and continuous brakes
and cOupiers, and their locomotives
with driving wheel brakes" In obedi-
ence to this regulation nearly one-hslf
of the 10000 freight and coal ears in
use are provided now with these appli-
anees, and all, with few exceptions, of
the 5000 passenger ears and :, S,COO mail
and baggage ears are similarly equip
ped.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-10-28
a Judicial Forecast.

New York World, Anti-Bryan DEM
First-Mr. Mckinley election is GER
tain. As the World showed over two
months ago in its nutshell illustration
and map, he is reasonably sure of the
seventeen Eastern and Middle States
New England, New York, New Jersey,
Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland,
Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wis
con=in and Iowa. They cast 229 cleo
toral votes-five more than majority.
Second-Mr. Bryan is reasonably
sure of seventeen States. He will get
every State that fully or partially en-
tered the Confe eracy-South Carroll
ma, Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia,
Florida, Alabama, Tennessee, Missis-
sippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, Missouri
and Texas. He will get every silver-
mining State-Nevada, Colorado, Utah
Idaho and Montana Those seventeen
States cast l45 electoral votes.
Third - OF the remaining eleven
States, four = Kentucky, Minnesota.
West Virginia and North Dakota
also certain for Mckinley. They cast
81 electoral votes. They were not iIi-
cluded with the seventeen Mckinley
States because their votes are not need
ed, and the simplicity of the compari-
son is greater without them. They
will increase Mr.. McKinley's vote from
229 to 26). This leaves seven States to
be accounted for-California, Oregon,
Washington, Wyoming, South Dakota,
Kansas and Nebraska The probabili-
ties are that Mr.. Bryan will get the
most OF their Il electoral votes.
FoIrth-The next Senate will have a
small but secure majority for sound
money. The next House of Represen-
tatives will have a working Repuhli-
can majority, The Mckinley admin
istration will therefore have the power
TO make law.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-10-28
Free Silver and Pensions

Uncle Sam paid out in 1895 Sl40, ,959,-
900 TO 970, ,524 pensioners. OF these 750,-
95l were invalid soldiers and 2l9,56J
widows, orphans, etc. The pensions
averaged sl45 each.
Pensions are paid in the dollar" the
law knows. If the law called 81 cents
a dollar the pensioner would get AS
such dollars" If the law called 10
cents q dollar, the pensioner would get
I45 such dollars"
30 matter how cheap" the dollar
might be, the pensioner could get no
more dollars. That is a sure fact
But the cheap dollar would buy less
the cheaper it got. With half-price
dollar the peDsioner could buy only
half IA much with his dollar. Cheap
money would cut pensions in half.
Every pensioner who receives dol
lar ought to vote to keep that dollar as
good as gold.
Every soldier who fought In the war
for the honor of his country ought to
vote for the honor OF the country now.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-10-28
Did You Ever

Try Electric Bitters as a remedy for
your troubles? Ii not, get bottle now
and get relief. This medicine has been
found to be peculiarly adapted to the
relief and cure Of all female complaints,
exerting a wonderful direct influence,
giving strength and tone to the organs.
III you have loss Of appetite, constipa-
tion, headache, fainting spells. or are
nervous, sleepless, excitable, melan-
eholy or troubled with dizzy spells,
Electric Bitters is the medicine you
need. Health and strength are guar
anteed by it, use. Fifty cents and sI.00
at Snydfr's drug store, Somerset, or at
Bralliers drug store, Berlin.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-10-28
Shameless Appeal To Dishonesty.


From the New York sun DernL
The president of national bank in
Indiana sends us a copy of circular
issued by the Bryan managers to some
OF the farmers in certain districts Of that
state. The farmers who receive the cir
cular are those whose names appear in
the county records as debtors; that is to
say, farmers whose farms are mortga-
ged. Here is the document:
"a BUSINESS PROPOSITION. Is THERE
4 MORTGAGE ON YOUR FARM?
care you in debt? IL 80, vote for
Bryan. It II quite simple 10 prove that
If We sell in Europe for gold or a two
hundred-cent dollar, We can exchange
our gold for silver and pay our debts in
the cheaper coin. Your wheat and corn
Will bring yOu twice as much Of the
cheaper dollars. It is true IL will double
the price of everything you have 10 buy.
but il will be made up by the price Of
what you have to sell. IL will not
double your debts, but on the other
hand reduce them one-half. Think Of
this question seriously, and on election
day vote for Bryan,
HUMANITY AND PROSPERITY
In this shameless appeal to dishon-
esty, the Bryan equation is reduced to
its simplest terms. There is nothing
else in his argument for the fifty-cent
dollar. 1t is fitting that in the last
weeks of the campaign his Cuisines
should be presented to the
farmers Of the West, without attempt
at palliation, and stripped stark naked.
The Indiana farmers are requested to |
think Of this question seriously. They |
will do so, never feari The farmers Of |
Vermont considered it seriously, and |
gave their answer. The farmers of
Maine studied it, and replied with EN-
phasis to the authors of the Cuisines
Honesty is not a matter of latitude
and longitude. East or West, mortga-
yed or free, the American farmer, in
he vast majority Of cases, is an honest
;itizen, and will vote as such.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-10-28
Have People so Soon Forgotten the
Panic Of 1892

Most men have short memories, but
it can hardly be possible that the Am
efiean people have forgotten the great
financial panic Of ls93. Whatever the
original causes may have been, and on
this point there are different opinions.
it is agreed by all authorities that the
long period of business depression, fail
ing banks, closed factories and idle
workers which began in that year was
precipitated by the imminent danger
that, owing to the operations Of the
Sherman silver purchase law, the coun-
try would be unable TO maintain the
gold standard. Timid investors had
seen With alarm the growing volume
of silver certificates, based on bullion
which was steadily falling in value.
They began to call in their loans and
deposits in banks. Some weak banks
were unable to respond, and failed.
This increased the demand for money,
and more loans were Withdrawn. 1t
soon became almost impossible to Sc
cure money on any terms; depositors
rushed to the banks, which in turn
were compelled to suspend cash pay
ments, and Widespread disaster follow
ed. These things should be fresh in
the recollection of every man who will
vote in November.
In 1895 the sound money representa-
tives Of both political parties in Con-
gress worked together to repeal the
Sherman law. There is much greater
need this year for a union of all who
are opposed to the financial delusiOns
of the free silver and fiat money advo-
Gates. The issue Of limited amount
Of silver certificates brought ruin and
Far worse results would
follow the opening of our mints to the
free and unlimited coinage Of all the
silver OF the world.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-10-28
To Irrigate the Desert.

From the Boston Courier.
Jones-"What do you think of that
project of the Enterprise Brewing
Company"
Robison-''What is it?''
Jones-''They propose to establish a
branch In the Desert of Sahara and
open beer saloons at each oasis"
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-10-28
Stand up, Mr.. Bryan.

Mr.. William j. Bryan and the other
gentlemen named, or any other advo-
cate of free silver coinage is now chal-
lenged to answer these questions:
First.-If those who now oppose you
will support you in legislation for open
ing the mints of the United States to
the free coinage of silver bullion at the
ratio of l6 to l, coupled with a repeal
of the legal tender provision 10y which
these dollars are now given forced cir
culation, will you accept that measure? :?
If you do not accept, then
Second.-Is not your advocacy of the
free coinage of silver bullion at the ratio
of l6 to wholly insufficient for your
purpose?
Third.-Do you not intend to MAIN
tain an act of legal tender under which
you and your supporters intend to force
the people of this country to accept
standard silver dollars at the ratio of
sl.29 in gold whether you succeed or
not in raising the bullion value of sill
yer to that price in gold?
To Mr.. Bryan certain questions must
be put in yet more distinct terms. You
have been a conspicuous advocate of
personal liberty and of free trade in
goods. On what ground do you and
your supporters propose to deprive the
people of this country of free trade or
free choice in money? On what ground
do you deny the right of private con-
tract? On what ground do you propose
to deprive tie workman, who can not
wait, but must make contract for the
future payment of wages, of the right
TO demand good money made of gold, or
money which will buy the greatest
quantity of goods in this or any other
country? By what right and on what
ground do you force any one to take sill
yer dollars at sl.29 whether their bull
ion value is equal to that or not?
In other words, the writer does not
hesitate 10 assert that any man who
supports the free coinage of silver at Is
to without explaining that in addition
TO legislation TO that effect, his purpose
can not be accomplished without legal
tender act forcing those dollars into use,
is misleading the community. He is
therefore keeping back an essential part
of his plan, and is not entitled to credit
or support for that reason.-Rdward
Atkinson.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-10-28

shot until the very last-mustered out
July 20, 1866, after more than four years
of continuous service, never missing a
days duty or fight. He was but -
years of age even then, yet a veteran
of two score and ten engagements, dis
tinguished among the bravest of the
brave in the greatest war the world has
ever seen-as a private soldier; know
ing how to follow and obey; as an Off
Ger, how to lead and command.
Honored and breveted by the fiery
Sheridan, when after his ride from
Winchester town, he came on the field
and found Captain Mckinley in the
storm of the battle calmly ralIying the
disordered troops and facing them to
the front.
General George Crook says : ~ have
the honor to earnestly recommend Cap
tain William Mckinley, Twenty-third
Ohio infantry, for appointment to a
higher grade than his present rank for
bravery, gallantry, soldierly conduct
and distinguished services during the
campaigns of West Virginia and Shen-
andoah Valley"
General Philip III. Sheridan, ''the
whirlwind with spurs," as Hancock so
aptly named him forwarded the recon-
mendation of General Crook with the
following endorsement:
"HEADoUARTERs MIDDLE MILITIA
RY DIVISION, February |, lS65.-Re-
spectfully forwarded to the adjutant
general of the army approved. The
appointment recommended is well de-
served"
The recommendations of Generals
Crook and Sheridan were endorsed and
approved by Lieutenant General Grant,
and the Private Mckinley of 1861
came home with the leaves of a major
on his shoulder straps.
No wonder that now, thirty years af-
ter the echo of the last gun has died
away among the hills, and the smoke
of the last battle has been lifted from
the valleys of our land, that all the
glories of the old days come vividly
back u the veterans when one of their
own comrades is again in the front.
With him they again get in line, touch |
elbows, guide right and march to |
feeling that one who stood |
with them in the ranks in the fire of |
the battle, offering his life for his coun-
try, can well be trusted to take COM
mand and lead the republic to still |
more exalted position among the ma
tons of the earth.
Hence the remarkable spectacle that
we now witness of the old soldiers all
over the land spontaneously and unan-
imously uniting to elect their comrade,
Private William Mckinley, soldier,
nero and statesman, TO the highest
office in the gift of the people, and it
; most gratifying also TO observe that
he former foes, ex-confe6erate soldiers,
nave, by the thousands, voluntarily
to him their loyal support in
his campaign.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-10-28

The Darlington, Wis, Journal SAYS
editorially of popular patent medi-
cine: ave know from experiences that
Chamberlaiu's Collie, Cholera and
DiarrhOea Remedy is all that IS claim
ed for It, as on two occasions il stopped
excruciating pains, possibly saved us
from an untinlely grave. We would
not rest over night without IL in the
house" This remedy undoubtedly
saves more pain and suffering than
any other medicine in tire world
Every family should keep it in the
house, for il is sure 10 be needed soonsr
or later. For sale by Benford's Prass
macy.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-10-28
ALSO READ TIIIs.

MEcHASICsvILIE, II. Mary county,
Md sold bottle Of Chamberlain's
Pain Balm to man who had been
suffering with rheumatism for several
years. 1t made him well man. A.
J. MCGILI- For sale at 30 cents per
bottle by Benforis Pharmacy.
II your children are subject
to Group watch for the first symp-
tom of the disease If
Chamberlsin's Cough Remedy is given
as soon as the child becomes hoarse il
will prevent an attack. Even after the
eroupy cough has appeared tie attack
can always be prevented by giving
this remedy. 1t Is also invaluable for
colds and whooping cough. For sale
by Benford's Pharmacy.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-10-28
If Troubled With Rheumatism Read
This.

ANNAPoLIS, Nd, April l6, lS94-I
have used Chamberlain's Pain Balm
for rheumatism and found il to all that
IS claimed for it. 1 believe ii to be the
best preparation for rheumatism. and
deep seated muscular pains on the
market and eheerfully recommend il
to the public. JNO. G.. Brooks, dealer
in boots, shoes, etc, No. Is Main
Street.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-10-28
Couldn't Be Done.

The orator was anxious for an honest
opinion as to his speech.
''To be frank with you," said the
friend to whom it had been submitted.
al think it is too long. Now, ifyOu
had cut the nonsense out of it"
"Cut the nonsense out of ii ~ roared
the orator exeitedly. impossible.
'But why ?"
why? Why? Hang it all, it's
a free silver speech, aud what do you
suppose would be left ?''-Chicago Post.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-10-28

The soothing, lung-healing virtues
of the newly cut pine are ali embodied
in DIR. Woods Norway Pine Syrup,
the sovereign remedy for coughs aud
colds, and lung troubles Of all sorts.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-10-28

Catarrh is constitutional disease
and requires constitutional remedy
like Hoods SarsapariIla, which puri-
fies the blood.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-10-28

Under the free coinage at Is to l, the
'In God We Trust" should be added
for the other A. cents.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-10-28
upoErAsr To ADVERTISERS.

The cream OF tie country papers is found
Ia Remington's C1urty seat Lists Shrewd
advertisers avail themselves Of these lists.
copy Of which can be had OF Remington
Bruz. Of New York & Pjasburg.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-10-28
CATARRH

Healsf ne < ,reS. Protects the m IN
brssne from Colds, este rel the senses OF ta>ss
and smell. The lla' i quickly absorbed
and gives relief at once. Price % cents. at
Druggists or by ma i.
ELY BROTHEES, 80 Warren Street. y. \
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-10-28

Is q special boon 70 business men who, having
drifted consciously into the drink habit and
awaken TO fr d the disease Of alcoholism fastened
upon them, rendering them unfit TO manage al
fairs requiring q clear brain A four weeks
course Of Treatment at the
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-10-28
DIRECTIONS

Apply n pa rficie o
the Balm directly
into the noStrils.
Draw strong breaihs
through the no@e-
The three times a
day. after meals pre-
feTresi. and before
retiring.
Ely's Cream Balm,
opens and clcanses
the Nasal Passages
Aliays Pain and IN
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-10-28
PfTTSBURd KELLEY INSTITUTE,
~. nae rxe.A s-..

resfores 20 them all their powers, mental snd
physical, destroys the abnormal appetite, and
restores them 10 the condition they were in be
fore they INDUCED in sttmulants- This has been
done in more than 1e0e cases treated here, and
among them some of your own neighbors, 70
whom we can refer with confidence as 10 the
absolute safety and efficiency of the Kelley Cure
The fullest and most searching investigation Is
tion- n
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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-01-19

trail and its people, in the February
convention had declared against leav-
ing the Union, the sleeping fires Of re-
volt blazed UP ali over the state. The
strategic point of North Missouri lay
in Shelby and Monroe counties, where
the three forks Of Salt river pass be-
tween precipitous banks Of silurian
rock. On the banks of Middle Fork,
in an almost impregnable retreat, the
confederate general. Harris, estab-
lished a recruiting camp, and thither
companies of Missouri's home guard"
were fiocking when General Lyon,
early in July, ordered Colonel Smith to
break up the camp. Smith was bun
gler at best, and in so treacherous a
country, with a foe who knew every
foot OF the ground, he soon found that
the faster he retreated from Salt river
the better it would be for him. AT
Monroe City he entrenched himself in
the Seminary building and there en-
dured a two DAYS siege. while the
surrounding country swarmed with
those who had cast ", +heir lot with
the confederate cause The news of
the siege was telegraphed to Wash
ington and both Grant and Palmer
were ordered to the rescue. At that
time Grant, then colonel of the
Twenty-f1rst Illinois infantry, was en-
camped on the Illinois river. waiting
for steamer that was aground on
sand bar. to convey his regiment to
st. Louis.
He proceeded at once to Quincy and
thence over the Hannibal & St. Joseph
road to the scene of the battle; but
when he arrived there on the after
noon of July IS the sport was all over.
Governor Wood and Colonel Palmer
had both preceded him and had put
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-01-19
RARBBR-sHoP LITERATURE.
College Professor Complains of the
.ssportx,, STYLE of NeMspapers.


why is it," asked mild-mannered
college professor of friend by whose
side he sat waiting his turn in a
barber shop-"why is it that barber
shops, of every grade and in every To-
calfty, always provide for the delecta-
zion of their patrons the most lurid of
sporty publications? 1 don't look like
a sport, do II" And the friend looked
him over, and with a drop of the cor
nerS of his mouth and an elevation of
his eyebrows agreed that he didn't.
Yet" continued the professor, when
ever I sit down in a BARRIERS chair
the barber Immediately thrusts into
my hands a sheet of pink prurience,
or some less highly colored or more
openly indecent illustrated abomina-
ton. Some few hotel barber shops
have a stray copy of daily newspaper
lying around, but have yet to find a
barber shop where sporty papers are
not the chief literary entertainment
provided patrons with which to be-
guile the tedious waits for chance at
the chair. Is there any reason for it,
or is it just a trade custom for BARRIERS
to subscribe for such publications
when they open their business, just as
they order soap and shaving papers =?
Is it that all the thousands of mild
hammered everyday citizens who are
not sports shave themselves, and
there is therefore no need Of catering
to the literary taste of the casual Gus
toner of that kind? But if, as I i'm
agine is the case. the BARRIERS custo-
mers are men Of all classes and cali
Ibers, why don't the BARRIERS provide
something to balance the spectacular
effect. at least. Of the sporty papers
that stare at one from every chair? A
copy Of some good monthly magazine
would not cost as much as a sporting
weekly. for instance, and would be re-
ally treat for dozens, of customers
where the superabundance of pictorial
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formed adjutant. On the way they were
joined by a group of citizens to whom an
invitation was extended to come down
and visit the camp. Among the NUMBER
were two Florida bellies, Lucy Young and
Eliza Damerel. Here are couple of
little rebels, Colonel" said Doctor Good
Ter, playfully. Don't you think you ought
to arrest them?"
II don't know but that is a good sug-
gestion," Grant replied. Il am very fond
of ladies' society and l miss their REIN
ing influence in the camp. Don't you
think girls that L ought to make you
nv prisoners?"
You haven't power enough in your
whole Union army to arrest me-" re-
torted Miss Eliza. 'If you like to be
with ladies, go back to your wife and
enjoy her society. am sure we can get
along without you here"
Grant watched the snap of her black
ewes with smile of admiration and when
they reached camp, conducted his guests
from one object of interest to another
explaining the working of the artillery
and the details of the drill, while the
band, at his orders, played Dixie's sweet
strains.
That afternoon the regiment marched
back to the North Fork and resumed its
guard duty at the blockhouse, and there
in the tame occupation of guarding a
body of bridge builders, the man of
whom Lincoln said, Wherever Grant is,
things move'' found his first service in
the civil war.