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In an article on the relation between religion and crime which Professor Lombroso contributes to the German review, "zukunft," he says: s"rhe re- 1igions which serve as a check to crime are those whose controlling force is a passion for morality and those that are quite new; the ethical influence of the rest is not greater than that of athe- ism''
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FASHION NOTES.
The Wrong Place for Extremes.

An extreme effect of fashionableness is not desirable in house gown, whose chief beauty is that it shall look home- like. A fashion that never is out of date for the house is one with skirt touching in front, dragging the least bit at the back, falling in soft folds all about, the hips being closely fitted and the folds setting towards the back.
 The bodice may seem to be one with
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There are no less than sixteen Demo- cratic papers in Kentucky which have repudiated the Chicago platform
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DELIVERED BY CARRIERS IN THE CrTY. 1S CENTS A WEEK, b0CENTs A MONTH, 8 FOR s1xMoNTHs. $0 A YEAR. THE SAME TERMS BYMAu.
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The commonly assumed difficulty of making petroleum joint that will not leak, when subjected to heat and press ure, especially in the case of naphtha and gasoline, is pronounced an errone- ous assumption by MT. Hiram s. Maxim, the well-known mechanician. He asserts, as his experience, that a joint which is screwed together dry is less apt to leak petroleum than a joint made up of the standard red lead and oil; and to make a good petroleum joint with common iron pipes, a very good method consists in heating both the male and female threads sufficient ly to dissipate every trace of oil, and then make the joint up with thick shellac varnish, which may be com bined with ordinary dry vermilion or even venetian red. A satisfactory joint may also be made with ordinary yellow bar soap rubbed into the threads of the pipe, the grease being first re- moved Treacle, honey, glue, mucilage, or glycerine are quite petroleum proof. A very good flexible diaphragm for a regulator may be made, says MT. Maxim, of closely woven cotton fabric varnished on both sides with a com pound of gelatine and glycerine; about equal parts, by weight, make very tough and elastic compound.
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THECARRINGToN PUBLISHING co.
 OFFICE 400 STATE STREET.
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Courts don't always stand on tech- nicalities. In Florida the defeated party in controversy involving a con- tract for the delivery of saw logs ap- pealed to the Supreme court for re- versal of judgment, because, while the bill of particulars described the logs as round and crude, the evidence show ed that the contract did not prescribe :. that logs should be round and crude. Taking the common-sense view of the matter, the judges said that the objec- ton was "the extreme of technicality." :" All saw logs, the court said, are for all practical purposes considered round and crude, and the point made by the appellant was without substantial merit"
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LICAN NOMINATIONS.

FOR PRESIDENT. WILLIAM MCKINLEY, of Ohio. FOR VICE PRESIDENT, GARRETT A. HOBART, of New Jersey.
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moved by dogs while out riding on his bicycle got up a small bomb for use in defense of his right to the road. It proved So effective that other bicy- clists began to want them and now their manufacture is a regular product of the fatherland. They are small, but extremely noisy explosives, and where once they are used the wheelman is ssare to go on his way unmolested so far as the dog is concerned.
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It is generally supposed that sea air contains an appreciable quantity of salt To test this a series of experi- ments were recently made, in which about thirty cubic feet of air were passed through solution of silver nit rate. Tn every case there was not the least cloudiness in the solution, which proved that the air contained no salt. The air contains salt only when the wind carries salt spray.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-04-08
The Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat

Are delicate organs, and mistake or
short delay often ruins your chance.
Experience in their treatment is more
trustworthy than theory. Consult DIR.
Sadler, s0I Penn avenue, Pittsburg,
Pa, whom you all know or have heard
of, at the same Office for 81 years, and
who has treated more than 2l 900 eases
of every kind and degree with better
results than any man in Pittsburg.
After examination he tells you the
truth in all its bearings so you know
what is best to do. His charges are
moderate and he makes special terms
with those unable to meet the usual
expense. a personal examination is
necessary in ercyy case for reliable
advice. The worst case of crooked
eyes can be Strengthened. When all
others fail, he succeeds in adjusting
glasses that give satisfaction. Mr.. w.
II. Depp, Punxutawney, had paralysis
Of one eye, aud crossed, for two years.
The doctor perfectly cured him By
operation. Mrs. John Dowd. Charieroi,
Pa.-seyere pain in car-heard watch
On pressure-now well and hears watch
10 inches. Mrs. II. ID. Darter, Fee,
Pa--from grippe and measles could
only hear watch on toach-with roar
ings. Now hears it 3 to inches.
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uov -. r,... Juror wa. woa.

DR.. Robert d. Sheppard, business
agent of the Northwestern university.
relates story of how be once won
lawsuit which illustrates the manner in
which lawyers sometimes adapt them
selves TO their juries-
There was no question, said DIR.
Sheppard. "but that / was in the right
Of the case. The evidence was conclu-
siye. the law was ON my side. and
when my attorney arose 10 make his
cpening address he thought he had tie
Ease won be briefly reviewed the evil
dence, stated the law in the case, and
was about to close his argument when
he noticed that one of the jurors, stolid
old farmer, did not seem 10 be with
him. The other IL men had already de-
cided the case in their own minds, but
tho farmer had a sluggish, set express
sion on his countenance which booSd no
good for me or my case. Again my law
yer reviewed the evidence, addressing
his remarks entirely TO this one man,
but no impression was made. The same
stolid expression still occupied the mans
lace, sillu He stt1Deu as ite%o SANO-f " -
moved as the courthouse in which the
trial was taking place The attorney
tried all kinds Of arguments. and final
", when he was about giving up in de-
spsir, happy thought struck him. He
repeated again the bare facts, and when
he came 20 place where the person OPP
posing me had made an egregious error
in Judgment he leaned over 10 the old
farmer and said:
And / want TO tell you, my friend,
that there's where he dropped his water
melon.
"The old farmers face lighted up,
and from that moment the case was won.
The jury was out less than five minutes
and brought back averdict for all that !
had asked. Chicago Chronicle.
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Or. Livingstone noted the odd resem-
blance of the lion S roar 70 that OF the
ostrich. Mr.. Millais says that though
the roar Of the latter is not so loud. it
has exactly the same tone as that OF the
lion. But the ostrich always roars his
best. the lion very seldom. This is part
" because good" roar needs great
physical effort. The whole interior and
muscles Of mouth, throat, stomach and
abdomen are. for the moment, converted
into an organ Of terrific sound, ard the
sound does make the earth tremble-or
eppear to do SO. But the attitude is not
that usually drawn. Unless he roars ly-
ing down, when he puts his head mp.
like dog barking, the lion "emits his
first moan in any position, then draws
in his neck and lowers his head with
extended paws, right down to his fore
paws, as if about TO be violently sick {;
while at the same time the back is arch
ed, and the whole animal bears an ap-
pearance of concentrated strain.
This is Captain Millais phonetic rem
dering of the sound, taken when listen
ing TO three lions roaring their best:
"Moan - roar - roar - Ioar-roar-
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS (dy-
ing away" Why lions roar, when it
ought to pay better to keep silent, isnot
vet explained. General Hamilton was
convinced that tigers hunting in COM
pany roar TO confuse and frighten the
deer. Possibly the lion roars. when
prowling around camp. in the hope OF
causing some of the draft animals to
break loose; at other times it appears TO
be form of conversation with others at
a distance. London Spectator.
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Congressman Baiiey's Dress.

Congressman Bailey Of Texas thus re-
plies TO recent criticisms of his dress:
81 have always held that society had DO
rigSt, by its dictum, TO regulate the
style Of a mans clothes. Ever since /
could afford il, have dressed just as /
do today. / have worn the same black
broadcloth suit, cut in the same style !;
the same style of broad shirt front and
a white tie; the same kind Of collar and
broad black felt hat. / wear these
clothes regardless Of the day of the
week or the hour or of society's dicta-
tion because / believe they become me,
and they please my wife. There is a
rule of society which prescribes that a
dress suit shall not be worn until after
O'Clock in the evening. If chose TO
wear a dress suit, would feel free to
put it on in the morning or evening, or
at noon. just as the fancy dictated. Ii
seems to me that the society rule which
attempts TO regulate a mans dress is
autocratie. The rule prescribing dress
originated in the old customs Of the
court nobility. We are simply initiating
these old aristocrats when we bar a per-
son ont Of society because he does not
dress IL the fashion. If men showed
more Independence IN the matter of
dress, they would soon be able 10 break
over the society restraints, and after
that anybody could wear whatever he
chose to. so long as he conformed TO the
law Of the land and wore something.
So far as am concerned, / shall con
tinue to wear whatever suits me and at
the same time meets the approval Of
NV wife. ="
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1t Was In Hs Bill.

That reminds me of a story they tell
about Rudyard Kipling - indeed,
won't be sure that il isn't he who tells
it. He staid at hotel once upon time,
in Montreal, / think it was, and when
he came TO 60 away he asked for the
landlord. The landlord appeared.
''I wanted 10 see you, !" said Mr.. Kip
ling, because you are a wonderful man.
/ have never known your equal have
sojourned in hotels all around the world.
have never seen one like this. "
The landlord swelled with pride. He
intimated that the thing was really
nothing when you knew how to do it.
He was in a seventh heaven of delight.
Mr. Kipling waited till be neared earth
again. Then he resumed:
"Iwant TO tell You that Of all the ho-
tells under the shining sun have never
seen oDe that for unmitigated, all round,
uncomfortable discomfort could not even
be named in the same day with yours. y
And when Mr.. Kipling's bill was
made out, one item in it read, ITO i'm
pudence, So" But whats So, when one
has spoken ones mind2-Washington
Post
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She Was Not Booky.

They were standing close by one OF
the bookcases up at the library. He
was thin and studious locking, and she
was buxom and brainless, but evidently
bent ca iiGpressing her escort. How
do you like People We Pass:' . he ask
ed as be turned over the leaves Of a
book of stories of life amoug the masses
Of New York city. well, you know,
she began. Il really don't pay much at
tention to them unless see a real hand
some dress, or some man more distin-
guished than another. / expect / am
rather needless, - she added hurriedly,
as she saw tired look come into his
face. Then he picked up another book.
Il am extremely fond of Beauties of
Ruskin. aren't you:' Indeed l am,
she replied heartily, feeling that she was
at last ON safe ground But don I
know yet which / most admire-his
eyes or his hair % And then he said,
Let s 60 Washington Star.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-04-08
Things That Are Told.

A good mixture for lawn grass: One
half bushel kentucky blue grass, one.
half bushel red top. four quarts timothy,
one quart white clover, one quart
alsike.
The fifty-sixth annual fair of Inc
New York State Agricultural society
will be held this year at Syracuse, { ,r-
ing the week beginning Aug. 81.
The Connecticut Sheep Breeders as
sociation will pay $40 for every g
caught killing sheep, or for every q =
against which mutton murder can ae
proved.
There never was better time to OBJ
tain seed of new and improved varieties
at low price.
Probably fewer bogus fertilizers are
sold in Connecticut than in any other
state. This is due to the experiment
station.
The Crosby is certainly worthy the
attention of all who seek to grow the
peach in cold climates.
The Vermont Sugar Workers as
sociation is credited with having done
much during the last two years to
establish the maple sugar trade in that
state on very firm footing.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-04-08
Don't Scatter.

We often hear good old ladies advise
their friends when they are afflicted
with boils and other swellings of a
similar character that indicate a bad
condition of the blood, TO take some
thin to scatter 'em.u This is the worst
advice that could be given, for, if some
thing scattering" is taken, the poison
i'm the blood, which the system is try
ing to throw Off through the boil or
whatever the swelling may be, is driven
back into the system, and so efiectually
scattered through it; and by and by
it is likely to manifest itself in terrible
ways. What should always be done
when boils, pimples, and other erup-
tons of like nature appear, is to give
something that will act on and with
the blood, and help it to relieve itself
of the impurities in it; something in
short, to assist the system in IFS effort
to throw off impure matter which does
not belong there. If swellings and
eruptions increase after beginning to
take such a medicine, be sure that it is
doing exactly what it ought to. IL is
driving out the poison. When the
blood is purified these outward in
dications of inward impurity will cease.
The medicine that does this work most
effectively is DR.. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery.
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Staple, ra-taple.

In knglo-SaxOn the word "stapoi, p"
"stapel" CT "stapuT' denoted a post or
pillar Of wood CT stone In local names
il has various signifcations. Such posts
or pillars were often erected TO marx
places where markets were held, or
where merchandise oCuld be exposed for
sale. Such probably were Dunstaple.
in Bedfordshire, a market on the chalk
downs, and Barnstaple, in Devon
Sometimes the stapel was post mark
ing the place Of the hundred moots
We have hundreds called Barnsiaple
and Thurstable IN Essex, and one called
Staple in Sussex There are seven places
called Stapieton. but as none Of them is
a market town they were probably
merely farmsteads marked by post,
one Of them. called Stapledun in Domes-
day. being hill with a post. So Of the
nine Staplefords none is marked town,
and they were probably fords marked
or protected by piles or posts. Stall
bridge, Dorset. called Staplebridge in
Domesday. was probably irestle bridge
Whitestable in Kent must have taken
Its name from a white pillar, erected
either fer a market or as a guide 10
ships entering the barber, or 10 which
boats could be moored Staplehurst
post, or, like Stockwith. wood where
stumps or posts were left standing. =
Notes and Queries.
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Why He Was Aeitated.

A Scotch iradesman, who had amass-
ed. as he believed, q. 600, was surpris-
ed at his old clerk showing by balance
sheet that his fortune was $4,000. 1T
Gamma tie; count again, said the old
man. The clerk did count again, and
again declared the balance TO be 5000.
The master himself counted, and he
also brought out a clear balance Of &c,
600. Time after time be cast up the col
umns; it was still a G, and>DCt a 4,
that rewarded his labors. So the old
merchant, on the strength Of his good
fortune, modernized his house and put
money il the purse Of the carpenter, the
painter and the upholsterer. Still, how
ever, he had lurking doubt Of the ex-
istence Of the extra e., coo; so one win
ter night he sat down 10 give the col
umns "ono count more
AT the close of his task he jumped up
as Though he had been galvanized, and
rushed out in a shower of rain TO the
house Of the clerk, who, capped and
drowsy, put ont his head from an attic
window at the sound Of the knOcker
mumbling. 'Who's there, and what
d 'ye want?' me, We scouDdrelr' ex-
claimed his employer. "Ye've added
the year of our Lord amang the poons ~
SCOTSMAN
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One day last winter a stylishly dressed
woman stepped from coach in front Of
= big dry goods store in New York and
preceding &c the fur department select
I'd a seal wrap worth $500. In payment
she rendered a check for 81 600, which
tic saieswomen took TO the ofiice a
messenger was dispatched to the bank,
and he was told that the check was
good Meantime the woman pretended
10 be indignant, demanded a return Of
tie check. would accept no apologies
and drove away. Presently she returned
and said she had allowed her temper TO
overcome her and ordered the cloak
wrapped up. She was given 500 in
change and disappeared. a second visit
20 the bank disclosed the fact that the
woman had withdrawn the 81 900 she
bad on deposit there and that the check
was worthless.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-04-08
,rn,.inr ch.nrs Zoe rro rf.y.

Ii was only little 50. 80 goldpiece.
but it is surprising the amount Of trou-
bic little thing can sometimes make
The young man had handed il to the
cashier in the restaurant and was wait.
ing for his change. while behind him
were two OF three other people waiting
for him to get out of the way.
But cashiers are msthodical, and, fur
thermore. nine-tenths of them have one
certain way Of making change that m
wolves dealing in even dollars, as gen
cal thing. No matter what the size OF
tie bill, they take the amonnt Of the
rurchase out Of the first dollar, If il Is
below that figure, and then hand over
the rest Of the money in dollars or bills
Of larger denomination
That was what puzzled this cashier.
"Oh! Two dollars and half" she
said, while she was trying 10 make a
mental calculation. according TO her
usual system.
That's what it is" replied the
young man.
"Of course" she returned, slipping
il into the drawer. CHECK, 40 cents,
and she counted out 60 cents in order 70
get on the dollar basis as soon as posi-
hle. after her usual fashion. zone dol
lar. two dollars. three dohars-no,
that's not right.
She was red in the face as she drew
the money back and began over again,
realizing that the paltry half dollar in
the goldpiece had thrown her financial
system out of order.
She made three trials before she got
the right amount of change ON the coun-
ter, and-well, if you don't believe that
a 50. 30 goldpiece VIII knock out" the
average lightning change" cashier, try
it some time and you will be convinced.
Chicago Post.
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No Chance For the Judge.

At Harrodsburg one day Judge Card
well summoned a negro boy in his court
to testify in case. The following con-
versation then took place between his
honor and the boy:
do you know good from bad?"
"Yes, sir, boss, spec er duz "
"Can you distinguish the truth from
falsehood?"
"Yes, sab, kin extinguish truth or
anything else eff you'll gimme nuff wa
ter. :"
do you know what will become Of
you if you testify TO lie:''
No, sab, jedge. Duz you:"
Where does the devil live?'
You'll neber git 10 see him. BE
lives in heaven. Louisville Courier
,Journal.
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New York Police.

One day saw boy throw an apple
across Ann street at another, but it miss
ed the boy and broke a window. a po-
liceman came rushing across and seized
lad standing in a doorway and the
wrong boy altogether. As he was drag
ging him away the victim appealed to
me and l stepped forward and said:
"Officer, the boy who threw the apple
ran toward Broadway. This boy
"Come along with meP' interrupted
the peeler.
What for?'
"For obstrucring an officer while
making an arrest !"
Iwent with him to the station house,
and it was exactly 40 minutes before
could convince the captain that was
innocent Of any intent TO obstruct and
secure my liberty. You can think what
you will of New York policeman, but
don't try arguments or explanations =
New York Cor. Detroit Free Press.
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An Absent-Minded Man.

There have been great many stories
about absent minded men, where one
forgets his house address, another
what business he is in, and where an
other has to refer 10 the mark on his
handkerchief before he can remember
his own name, etc. There is lawyer
in Fort Atkinson, Wis, by the name
Of Rogers, who possessed a Jersey COW,
which he used to drive, morning and
evening, to and from the pasture, a
few blocks distant from his home. One
morning as one of his neighbors was
passing along the street he met Mr..
Rogers walking i'm the middle Of the
road, his mind apparently engrossed
with some weighty question. The
neighbor called out:
"Good morning, Mr.. Rogers; where
are you going?n
"Why," said Mr.. Rogers, in a sur
prised way, ''I'm driving the cow to
pasture" and he waved his hand to-
ward where the COW ought to have
been.
"Well, where is the cow" asked the
friend.
''Guess forgot TO let her out of the
barn." answered Mr.. Rogers, humbly,
as he realized his position. And he
had.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-04-08
LINCOLN Gave Him a Pass.

Old Michael Malloy, Morris canal
boatman, tells a story of Lincoln. He
said that be had deserted from the rebel
army, and was in Washington in 1854.
His half brother, John Reiley. was a
prisoner in the old capitol prison IN
Washington.
81 wanted TO see Jack badly" F" said
Malloy, "but the provost marshal
wouldn' t let me pass in. Istood near the
White House when / saw Old Abe and
Secretary Stanton walking together ON
the other side Of the street. Says to
myself, IN see what Abe'll do, and j
goes over and bows with my hat in my
haud.
Well, ny good man. says Abe.
what can do for you?'
Il ups and tells him how the provost
marshal gave no the marble heart, and
Stanton moves on while Abe pulls pa
per and rescil from his pocket and
writes:
'sLct Ills In see his half brother.
"a. LINCOLN.
al was - rlad that didn't stop to
thank tie president Eut you bet your
life l passed into the prison. 1t 'ud done
.your heart good to see that provost mar
shal bow and scrape TO me when hand
ed him Old Abe's note. New York
Press.
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THE NAME OF THE NEXT
PRESIDENT Of the united STATES
WILL ANNOUNCED
The new YORK WEEKLY TRIBUNE
OF NOVEMBER 4, 1896.

Public will steadily oihe
turned the
nniaon they elected will campaign
m the history the country.
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Spring Time

Is when nearly everyone feels the need
of some blood purifying, strength in
vigorating and health producing
medicine The real merit of Hoods
Sarsaparilla is the reason Of its wide
spread popularity. Its unequalled
success is its best recommendation.
The whole system is susceptible to the
most good from "A medicine like Hoods
Sarsaparilla taken at this time, and we
would lay special stress upon the time
and remedy, for history has it recorded
that delays are dangerous. The re-
markable success achieved by Hoods
Sarsaparilla and the many words of
praise it has received, make it worthy
of your confidence. We ask you to give
this medicine a fair trial.