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sia for the coronation in the hope that
Ii Hung Chang will so seriously dam
age his reputation that he may pass at
least an unpleasant hour when he re-
turns TO Pekin.
Though the Transvaal question led
in the parliamentary debates. the Ven
ezuelan dispute came in a good second.
and some interesting remarks were
heard for and against the Beers and
boundary arbitration. The remarks OF
Sir William Vernon Harcourt. the lib
eral leader proved very satisfactory 70
the members Of his party and his atti-
tudc towards the Venezuela dispute has
been strongly commented on by cuIi-
scrvative as well as liberal organiza-
tions.
Mr.. Chamberlain's speech on the
Transvaal question produced an excel
lent effect; but the credit he has gained
by his mastery handling OF the sub
jeCt from first to last has been marred
by what appears To be an error of judE-
ment I'm publishing his message to
President Krucger before IT was deliv-
cred To the chief executive Of the South
African republic. There Is a general
feeling that the imbroglio is in no way
settled and that the International side
OF the question is still susceptible OF
trouble
There has been considerable comment
I'm scientific circles over the announce
ment published in various Canadian
papers that the Prince Of Wales would
visit Canada in 1897 in order TO preside
at the meeting of the British associa-
tion, which is to bc held in Toronto at
that time. a representative Of the as
sociated press has seen one Of the lead
ing officers OF the association. who
made the following statement I'm regard
to the matter: 1t is too early 10 de-
terminc just what arrangements viii
be made for the Toronto meeting. Tn.
association IS cXcrting itself TO make
the occasion a success 1t is probable
that if the Prince of Wales is unable to
accept the presidency OF this meeting.
it will be offered to the Duke of YORK.
Failing in him. either \. J. Balfour or
Joseph Chamberlain will lee asked"
The stories OF the coarse treatment
to which John Hays Hammond. the
American engineer and member of the
reform committee of Johannesburg,
and other prisoners. have been subject
cd by the Beers at Pretoria. have
aroused much interest The prompt
ness with which the seCrctJry of state
for the colonies, Joseph Chamberlain.
obtained the release OF Hammond upon
the representation OF the United states
government has been warmly praised.
and he has been urged Co act likewise
In the case OF the British prisoners.
Tho Daily News and Graphic publish
descriptions OF the BLACK ilol" ot Pre-
toria," In which Hammond and four
others were confirmed. IL is stated TO
have been a hideous hoic. Il feet
square. swarming with vcrmin. having
no ventilation or drainage and present
ink a sICkening scene. heightened con-
sllcrahIY bN the tOrrld heat
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false. but know and I assert the pub
lication of any such scandalous opera
tions against body of gentlemen with
out the designation of the names of the
individuals who had been found so
small and so corrupt and so unfit for
the positions they occupy. was not only
an insult to the congress of the United
States. but a cowardly attack that was
inconsistent with the dignity of any
man who occupied a cabinet position.
(Applause) AS a member of the Fifty
third congress, / resent and denounce
the imputation that that body, or the
preceding congresses of which l was a
member, were addicted to the sale of
seeds which were allotted to them for
distribution. as an infamous slander.
1t has got TO that point where second
veto power is possessed by a mere clerk
whom the lawmakers, by a two-third
ma ajority, cannot reach"
Livingston, democrat, then took up
the cudgel. Morton was the servant of
this house, and he wanted him TO know
that he had said it. "He must either
obey this purpose or we will impeach
him. He must understand that this is
a republican form of government and
no comptroller OF the treasury or sec
retary of agriculture can nullify the
laws passed by the national legisla-
ture."
Meridith, democrat, Virginia, follow
ed in similar strain. At o'clock the
general debate closed and the house ad-
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NEWS FROM NANSEN.
The North PoIo Explorer Is Safe and on
Ills WAY II me.

London. Feb. 1.-THE British consul at
Archangel. the capital of the Russian
government of that name, telegraphs
confirming the report that Nansen is
safe and returning from the North pole.
Later adyices say the first news of
Nansen's safety was sent by kandaroff,
a local Russian official in the Yakutsch
region, who was a member of the Sibe-
ria Koffs expedition. DR.. Nordenskiold,
who is in Christiani. is inclined 20 believe
the news Of Nansen's safety at any rate,
even II IL is not true that he succeeded
In discovering the North pole.
According to the opinion OF Arctic ex
perts here. when the Fran left Kara sea
in 1893 she may have found the sea north
wards free of ice and rushed on until
locked in. She may then have been al
lowed to drift until the expedition came
to the land around the pole and Nansen
and party may have returned in sledges
to the Siberian islands.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-02-16
ICE PALACE.
II u tho Mpst Gorgeous Bliidlng Elks
aud >hrinrrs gI attendance.

Leadville. col. Feb 15-The Elks
and Shriners ~ Colorado. Utah and
wyoming today held high carnival at
the Ice palace. Five thousand persons
were present and participated I'm the
grand U9sque ball and skating carni-
val All the business houses and many
OF the residences were lav.shly deco-
rated. and the streets thr1ugri with
masked persons In grut"slga costumes.
presenting a scene as lurid and pic
turceque as the Nlrdl Gras or the
Yelled Prophets The crystal palace "a
the most gorgeous and beautiful ciI-
flee evs~ erected Of any material In any
aye OF The world. Announcements are be-
ing made for excursions from Chicago
md s. IumI
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TWO DEAD THIEVES
CATTLE RUSTLERS DISPATCH
ED IN a HURRY.
sheriff owen. and Deputy start out to
Capture thr Men and 10 IL In
Generally Approved Style.



Cheyenne Nyo.. Feb. IA tight BE-
tween officers and cattle thieves took
place last evening on South Beaver creek
IN which two thieves were killed and one
wounded and captured. The rustlcrs We're
from the Powder river country. whore
thcv had stolen a bunch OF stock. They
were moving across the country 20 got
out Of the state when Sheriff John Ow-
ems Of Weston county. and his deputy.
Joseph Lafors. started 20 head them on
and secure their arrest. They found the
rustlers In camp. They refused TO sub
NIT to arrest and promptly opened fire
with revolvers upon the officers. Sheriff
owens, who is the quickest man In Wyo-
ming with n gun. returned the IRE and
the fight became general. Il lasted but a
few seconds and when n ended John
Timms and Henry Thompson We're dead
and the third rustler was wounded and
ready 10 surrender. owens and Lafors
were uuiujured.
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II Paso. Tex. Feb. ls.-News sent from
Las Cruces last night that Mlher's eyes
We're Improving so rapidly that he will bs
IN condition 10 enter the ring Monday
was very comforting 20 the crowd walt
ing for the big event Efforts have been
made 20 induce Stuart 20 bring of one
~ the smaller fights before the big one,
hut he positively refuses Wolcott and
Bright Eyes were 20 fight to-day. They
Will weigh IN and demand their forfeit Of
$50
Buck Connolly telephoned to-day from
Las Cruces confirming the report OF Ma
hers improved condition. He says how
ever. DO is doubtful II NIher will be able
20 fZht before next Friday. Subsequens
10 the telephone message a telegram was
received from Connolly saving that Ma
her would Ia In no shape 10 enter the
ring before Friday or next week. joe
EerliS has announced officially that the
reht is postponed until next Friday at II
O'Clock
To-day Walcott and Bright Eyes
weighed in. - Rourke. hacker OF Walcott,
Will not claim the forfeit for the post
pouemert OF the fight. The men will
again 30 through the ceremony OF weigh
ing IN Tuesday.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-02-16
BROWNS CASE.
AIr, Davidson ArraiG Pastor wnI
Ee Tried b. the Deacons.

san Francisco. Feb. 15-Mrs. Mary
Abbott Davidson was arraigned In the
superior court to-day charged with
eNtprting $500 from Rev. DR.. Z. O.
Brown. The defendant moved for a
dismissal Of the case. alleging irrcgu-
IIr.Jy iu the information. The motion
was taken under adylsrment until next
Friday. IL oyerrulJd. the case viii then
De set for trial In -be meantime ur.
Brown viii be tried by the Coagrega-
tional council for his allesed acts OF
immortality.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-02-16
The french Crisis,

Paris, Feb. 15.-The senate to-day by a
vote of 1S9 TO 20 readopted the resolution
passed by that body on Feb. II, after tho
u. ,.nIer, NJ. Bourgeois, had demanded
vote of confidence on the question of the
southern railway scandals deprecating the
Irregularities disclosed and demanding a
searching inquiry. 1t is now rumored the
ministry intends to resign in spite of the
fact that the chamber of deputies Thurs
day last voted confidence I'm the govern
ment on the same question.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-02-16
BowIers's sugar Bounty Action.

Washington, Feb. 1.-THE house to-day
adopted the substitute reported by the
judiciary committee for Boatner's reso-
luton TO investigate the action of Comp
troller Bowler in Withholding the sugar
bounty appropriation. The substitute pro-
vides for an investigation of the power OF
executive officers TO refuse to comply
with the acts of congress on the ground
Of alleged unconstitutionality.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-02-16

Frankfort. Ky. Feb. l5.-The 23d ballot
for United States senator to-day result
ed: Hunter %. blackburn "a. Carlisle 3
Holt 3, McCreary !. Cochran 1. Bate l.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-02-16

New York. Feb. 1.-THE great pacing
stallion. John X. Gentry. has been sold
to William Simpson. a pawnbrokor. Tor
S. 500.
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Ladies'
Belts

PRICE ONLY 50, EITHER IN
GOLD OR SILVER.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-12-02

Peace or war. Russian aggression new
Ir stands still. and it is most character
istio Of her patient and farsighted di-
plomacy that she reaps more in peace
than at the close of her most successful
wars. To explain this ceaseless and
pauseless advance upon all her neigh
bors they tell us that she wants an open
port on an open ocean-that it is absurd
to ask an empire like Russia to put up
with an outlet TO the sea that is blocked
hy ice four months in every year. But
that is no answer 10 the accusation, II
accusation it be, of universal agGres-
sion. The possession of such port is
aot the end, but the means
There is no end to Russian ambition.
Each point Won is a stepping stone TO
the next. Eastern Siberia has no glut
of merchandise struggling for vent at
Vladivostok, nor would ConstIatinople
be any better fitted for the export grain
trade than Odessa. The port may foster
a trade as yet in its infancy, but this is
Just another reason for saying that 1T is
not the goal of Russian aspiration, but
only milestone on the road. If not for
empire and for competitive trade why
seek an open port at all? Stiii less can
the constant absorption of new territory
be explained by any superfiuity of popu-
lation in the old. 1t is nothing, after
all, but the genuine earth hunger, the
lust of unlimited dominion. Black
woods Magazine
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-12-02
TIE Advantages of Rest.

There is no better preventive OF nerv-
ous exhaustion than regular, unhurried,
muscular exercise. If we could moder-
ate our hurry, lessen our worry and in
crease our open air exercise, a large
proportion Of nervous diseases would be
abolished. For those who cannot get
sufficient holiday the best substitute Is
an occasional day in bed. Many whose
nerves are constantly strained in their
daily avocation have discovered this for
themselves. A Spanish merchant in
Barcelona told his doctor that he always
went TO bed for two or three days when
ever he could be spared from his basi-
ness. and he laughed at those who spent
their holidays on toilsome mountains
A hard worked woman, who has for
many years conducted large wholesale
business, retains excellent nerves at al
advanced age, owing. it is believed, to
her habit of taking one day week in
bed. If we cannot avoid frequent agita-
tion, we ought, if possible, to give the
nervous system time to recover itself be-
tween the shocks Even an hours seclU-
sion after good lunch will deprive a
hurried. anxious day of much Of its IN
jury. The nerves can often be overcome
BY stratagem when they refuse TO be
controlled by strength of will.-House-
wife.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-12-02
FemInIne Suicides.

Statistical tables yield curious in
formation to the careful student. For
instance, they show that over third
of the women who kill themselves are
not yet % years of age. They show that
women take poison. where men shoot
themselves, and they show hat the
poor, sick and the infirm are not by
any kind of reckoning in the majority.
A physician who makes "a study Of at
tempted suicide said this:
''Get a girl past %, and she'll 70
through poverty, sickness and desertion
and misery enough to kill ten men.
The more people suffer the more they
cling TO life. I've seen it in hospitals.
1t is not the patients with the incurahle
diseases or the hopeless cripples who
beg to die, but the young, strong, vital
woman, who hates pain and teesn t
want to suffer it, even for the chance
of getting well. 1t is strange thing,
this getting of girl past %, but not
uncommon. Any physician with large
family practice will tell you of dozen
cases in his own circle of knowledge.
Sometimes it is called pyromania. some
times kleptomania, sometimes catalep-
sy, sometimes hysteria, sometimes feign-
ing and sometimes rantrums-it's all
the same thing-nothing else TO do. "
Another physician told of a girl who
committed suicide and who left Eote
stating that her reason was that she
was tired Of doing the same things over
and over every day. The monotony Of
life bad become unbearable to her
PHILADELPHIA Times
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-12-02
The Grandest Remedy.

Mr.. r. B. Greeve, merchant, of Chill
howie. Va, certifies that he had con-
sumption, was given up to die, sought
all medical treatment that money
could procure, tried all cough remedies
that / could hear of, but got no relief;
spent many nights sitting up in ,
chair: was induced TO try DIR. Kings
New Discovery, and was cured by the
Use of two bottles. For past three
wears has been attending to business,
and SAYS DIR. Kings New Discovery is
the graudest remedy ever made, as il
has done 50 much for him and also for
Others in his community. DIR. Kings
New Discovery is guaranteed for
coughs, colds and consumption. 1t
don't fail. Trial bottles free at J. y.
Snyder's drug store, Somerset, or AT g.
W. Brallier's drug store, Berlin.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-12-02
Making Allowances.

"ConfouEd the boy" he exclaimed as
he opened ono of the letters the post
man had brought and spilled haif lis
coffee.
"What IS tie matter, dear? Look c1tl
You viii spoil the tablccloth, " remark
ed the wife Of his bosom.
'Tableoloth be hanged. t'sthat boy
Tom -
''What has he been doing? am sure
he's getting along finely. lie writes ne
that be is OF the eleven.
That's ali very well, bat here i
have a bill from his tailor, and l only
paid one last week.
''But lock at the nice set be is in. F"
eyes. but why the mischief doesn't
he economize? Doesn't the young rascal
know the value OF money!"
but Tom is so young, dear. You
ought TO make allowances for him.
Allowances For heavens sakel
have been making allowarcos enough
for him, and I'll stop his asowance this
month" he cried as he left the break
fast room to go to the Office. Chicago
Herald.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-12-02
A Serial for Girls,

EITUNE'S GARDEN bv Marion Hin. is
addressed specially To girls. and j. b. a
EtvOrite writer ft'is full OF fun, the
- misunderstanding Is strong and the
whole influence OF the story Is inspiring and
uufffffug
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-12-02
No. IL In Rome.

An observing tourist who visits Rome
and walks through the streets is doubt
less surprised that there are very few
houses bearing the ominous number
l3, nearly all the houses that should
bear those figures being marked LIB
or LA. Nor is the superstition re-
garding the fateful 13 absent from sci
entiic and phlegmatic Germany, for
the other day a merchant in Berlin ap-
piled to the magistrate of the district
to have the number of his shop changed
from No. 13 to No. 12b. The magis-
trate, however, refused to grant the Pc
tition. In Frankfort, on the other hand,
the owners Of buildings bearing No. 13
are allowed 10 change the figures upon
a simple application to the proper au
thorities. New York Tribune.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-12-02
The Life OF n Clam.

The CLAIMS body is completely en-
shrouded i'll the mantle, except for two
openings, through one of which the foos
can be pushed out. The other is for the
siphon, or what is commonly known as
the ''neck" of the clam. In some re-
spects the clam may be better OF than
we are, for he has little brain in his
foot and also a gland for secreting
strong fibers. With this he spins q bys-
sus by which he can attach himself TO
whatever he likes He does not even
have TO search for his food, but waits
for it to come to him. He makes a bur-
row in the mud or sand, attaching him
self TO the bottom by the byssus. Their
he thrusts his siphon up through the
mud and water until it reaches the sur
face. The siphon is made up Of two
tubes. the water flowing in through one
and out through the other.
When the infowing current, laden
with minute plants and animals, reach
es the gill chamber, some of these are
sifted out and retained for food, while
the water and waste matter flow ont
through the other tube. Margaret ".
Leighton in Popular Science Monthly.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-12-02
No Election in 0ne County.

ATLANTA, GA, Nov. 22-There Is one
county in the United States that did not
know OF the national election, that Charl-
ton County. Ga. The officials Of the
Office OF Secretary Of state are au.h17ity
for the declaration that the people Of the
county could not have known of the elec-
ton for no election was held there and the
official digest Of the election in Georgia
has been made up with Charlton len out.
The famous okesfeenookee swamp
covers most Of the territory of Charlton
County. which is or thu Florida line.
and indeed. rnns down into Florida
According - the maus there sie several
towns in the county, with Traders Hin
a. the county seat, brt al efforts OF the
Secretary of State - ges returns from
there have proved unavailing. and it Is
claimed a. a certainty that 90 election
MAS hela.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-12-02
Graveyard Literature.

The fashion Of the world changes,
and toe trade of the epitaph maker
grows slack. Here and there, it is true,
some one is still honored after the old
custom, but for the most part text.
apDropriate or the reverse, brief REQ
ord Of birth and death, wer,I o. two of
vngue aud general significance, with
possibly a simple expression Of regret,
have replaced in cur modern cemeteries
those shorthand histories Of the dead,
tracic or humorous, tender or severe,
s3ne stained "a with wine and made bloody,
And some as with tears,
which formerly marked their resting
places.
1t is not that in these later years men
have lost that craving for remembrance
which, as old as life itself. is so vain,
in the case at least of the commonalty
of the race, that il might well be sub
ject for laughter were il not that what,
seen from without is purely grotesque,
assumes quite another complexion when
il is touched by onr own personality.
II is not that the desire TO be remem-
bered is gone, and it is likely enough
that in some fashion or another we
should all still be epitaph makers. for
ourselves or other people, if we had not
lost faith in the permanency Of the
work. But time brings involuntary wis
dom. 'Our fathers find their graves IN
cur short memories, and sadly tell Us
bow we may be buried in our sur
vi-orz. =" "While l live" promises a
lover with melancholy trutEfulness IN
Roman epitaph quoted BY Mr. Paier
--'whilo I live yor viii receive tLis
homage; after my death, who c@n tell:'
And so it comes to pass that. submit
ting 10 the inevitable. men learn TO linz
it their aspirations and 20 content them
selves, by way OF epiteph, with the
Two narrow words, 'Hic jacet, " with
which. says Sir Walter Raleigh, "olo-
oueat death" covers all !. Taylor
IL North American Review.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-12-02
Sure Safeguard.

Among the numberless stories Of the
quick wit and felicitious sayings of DIR.
Oliver Wendall Holmes, is one con-
nected with the breakfast given in his
honor by the publishing firm of
Houghton, Osgood & Co, on the oeca-
sion of his 10th birthday.
Not long after the breakfast he met
friend who had been a guest on that
memorable occasion, and had written
one Of the many bright poems which
formed part OF the entertainment
In referring TO the late festiyity, the
doctor said to his friend:
II knew there would be a good
many things said that would he calcu-
lated TO draw tears. I was resolved
that l would not cry-that nothing
should make me cry; and so | went TO
the breakfast determined to maintain
a rigid upper eyelid."
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-12-02
wI,ere Woman Propo.es.

Between the mountains of India and
Persia is powerful tribe among whom
M extraordinary custom prevails. Wom-
an s rights have apparently received fu.i
recognition. for the ladies of the tribe
can choose their own husbands. I'll a
single woman has to do when she wish
IS to change her state is to sene serv-
ant to pin handkerchief to tie hat OF
the man on whom her fancy lights, and
he Is obliged to marry her, unless he
ean show nc IS too poor TO purchase her
- the price her father requires.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-12-02

One is always expected 10 say some
thing when locking ior the first timo On
new baby, and, as it is neither kind
nor safe to tell the truth and say that
the little. red, podgy creature doesn't
look lko anything, an English maya
zinc gives a list Of unpatented and IN
copyrighted rerl1-.-s to be used on such
occasions:
'Isa't no sweet? He locks Ike you. "
~ thinz he is going to LOOK like his
father"
"Hasn't he dear little fingers? Do let
nc SEQ his dear little toes.
Isn't he lcrge:'
Isn't ne a tiny darling?"
"Eow bright he seems.
Ibid you ever see such a sweet little
MOUTH"
"Isn't he Just too sweet for any
thing?'
THE dear Ettle darling. I never saw
so young "a baby look 80 intelligent. "
"Do, please, let ne hold him just a
minute.
Any 2Id alIof these remarks are war
rantci TO give satisfaction, ius5 as they
have h1er giving satisfaction from time
immeuoTiai until the present Gay. .-Ex-