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New-York tribune., 1896-10-31

COFFEE-The market was without special intrest
contracts. although trading quite fair volume
The opening October sold on 'a2' points and later
opened unchanged TO o points decline. Havre
steady but without special interest. Hamburg closed
done by local traders Havre did OF the selling
oW toward noon Baltimore sold little. During the
morning 20 bags March exchanged for 80
May and 10 points paid exchange $50 bags
y 80 600 bag. including 2l00oO bags Brazil against
Uio0 and i7S.0oo bags. respectively Las, week The
public reported Rio No exchange 12f4OO;
exchange Sd: Rio receipts 1000 bngs and clearnnces
ior United States. 10000 bags and for Europe 500
bags. Rio stock POS O0O bags; marke, frn. Santos
receipts 21 900 bags Santos stock 48s 900
kr strong. good average Santor 13f700. The marke,
was queter In the afternoon. and closed steady. with
price, unchanged 10 points lower than
cay: Total sales 30 bags.
The local market for Brazil coee Is quiet but steady
With Rio No spot quoted at I03sc and No AT 1Oc.
MID coffee rules steady. but not very active Good Gu
eu;s quoted about l6c We note sale OF 900 bags
Naracaibo private terms.
The following shows the highest. lowest and closing
Prices today contracts:
New-York tribune., 1896-10-31
CENTRAL RAILROAD Of new JERSEY
tAnthra lite coal used exclusively
Four tracks. Automatic Block signals
On and a. err Oct. H. 1870

O0 8nd AZ er OCT. II. 1SG
TraiLs leave station foot Of Liberty
For Easton bethlehem, Allentown Mauch Chunk &c.
43o. 7:Ia 91o d,:45 70 Easton) A. NJ. l:Io 100 ldS
4Io r';iS & to Easton' IN; NJ; loo $50 900 n :,
1910 1880 t;l5 P. ": sundays. 4:3o A. NJ:
E Tor Reg R.sdns % at 90 90 @ s;io 1000 !, 20 ~ i:iH
days 4aO A NJ. 100 ZOO $50. 600 P: NJ. i2I5 night
For Harrisburg az 4:30. 500 o:lO 11:3o A. NJ. ITO
1880, ago 500 5;sS A. p NJ i2;l3 might: Sundays. 40
For sunbury, Lcwisbuw. and wlliIamsport at l:so
soG & M oS 200 4 P NJ ia0 iao 300 NJ Sundays 4:'S
-on ,oxtA ALI I, EAyL R2ryE ES,o,.r
For Red Bank. Lorg Branch Asbury Park. ocean
Gr9ye and rNaa,s ssh * oin ss Psacan eis 4s1 $50
days tstop at !nerlaken for Asbury Park and Ocean
Grove) 300 A. NJ. 400 p NJ
For LAKEWOOD.
43o $40 A. NJ. 1:45 $40 p. NJ
Barnegat. 4;3o $50 a, NJ. LAS. 4.4O p NJ
For Atlantic City. Vneland and Drdgeton. <30 A. H..
1:45 p NJ
For Monmouth Beach scabright md Highlands oe
Navesink 40 $50 II 30 A. NJ. 80. l;+J 4;l5 4:40
H3S Z NJ SUNDAY. roo A. NJ. i.0O p NJ
New-York tribune., 1896-10-31

DRCCS-The market for opium is without special In
s ,srre The tone however. steady. with single cases
Sso " sogt3 10 said that the price in London has
e.uced 70 gi.d per for large tins by me Asso-
m ssrSr N Morphine is & nns ana quoted at at
ann. n but without material change In prices. and the
-ne may be said Of roots
h,sstsUI AND MEALr-The market for -four was he'd
I0s 80 ,-cay and quotations advanced from oc 10
me rise in wheat There but little disposition;
trade VA 70 pay the advances asked sna 'ns volume sf
si;sS ~ bSIs winter patents s. 60; loo beis s,rasn @ =
a saS ~ bbls superHne. 80 o. 523 bbs city patents
CITY sx.r. =i9o bo:s city clears ~ oGs So 1 @ i ppis
81 d. ~ loers4 10 4sy0 bbs spring patents - ivu
"a. v bbls clears. IS ZjQs3 TO- 600 sacks extra -
WITt .;Vp racks no grade. export. 81 90. BuSk.
spoi T, cELsead, receipts small quoted a. "a dos ~
Tss 'cokNMEAI-Easiers sales 200 bbls at & 20
Wcsis,, quoted Brandywines 81 20 sagamors: ~ ~
ouo,ssan and and southern s.as2 20 DAG MEAI--Dull
spa ERe ygs ud,s as 'soS 90 a. end 1Sgssc 3 h. sss
;ac: iw No. 0oF63e; feed. 50Q52,sc; shaTps. STAG
u ea,s: Oh meal. ssA@occ: city feed 57isao2Ssc
euIs, ,"GlSE DRIED FRCrTThe market presents q very
norarence buyers not being In the market for
n n. pending the election. Price. fairly steady and
ihonS lines OF dried frait Arm Nuts In steady al.
Ssc ,nsa., request We quote: Valencia rasns. Sha
GsSn.c psns. c.sDs tS1Ss ss;s sg e
nyoas n,oa I@eIsc: Brazil nuts Ils0SNc: wanuts 0Md10c;
-'is,ss Ty,p ~, a,.yss: lgs. ,5Na20c
N siUsSLiuT GREEN FRrIT--There 10 very quiet trade
nsss are ss ous a ssgsIes keep the market very ss'aa s
sssss = sosss; ssasaa. saSs @at sosSt fsriss
0~'sA Sasis: eoc0anuts ssA0SsS srapss. si0slo 20.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-12-09
A Toncat on the Roost.

An Opelika, Ala, Dispatch in Phila-
delphia Times. III. G.. Henderson, a
farmer living near here, owns a hen
concerning which he tells the following
interesting fact:
About year and half ago the hen
went to setting, stealing her nest in q
corner Of the carriage house. Not
wishing to encourage q migratory pro-
pensity among the poultry. HeRder-
son told one of his children, a bright
little boy named Tom, to break the
hen up and Coax her back to the fowl
house. Tom made repeated efforts to
carry out his fathers instructions, but
it ID easier said than done, TO break up
n setting hen. Day after day the hen
went back to her nest in the carriage
house till Tom was in despair, and he
hit upon the following novel plan to
oust her from her chosen abode:
There chanced TO be litter of kit
tens on the place that. needed dispo-
sing of, and Tom thought to combine
business with pleasure by putting one
Of the mewing young things in the old
hens nest. This would seem to be a
very etfectual way, not only of break
ing up the hens housekeeping, but of
getting rid of the kitten as well, as she
would no doubt turn upon the disturb
er of her peace and destroy it. This
was Toms idea, al least, but the plan
did not work
Instead, the old hen, in lieu of some
thing better, hovered over the kitten
until it passed beyond the stage of
adolescence, thereafter caring for it as
dutifuily as it had been the most low
ing of chicks. In turn the kitten
seemed well pleased with its new quar-
ters and its strange fOster-mOther, and
would follow at her heels, answering
her clucks with dutiful NEW, picking
up pcrumbs and stray bits of meat that
found their way into the chicken food.
The strange affection thus engendered
between the hen and the kitten contin-
ues undated, though the latter is now
full-growu cat, and Henderson says it
is worth its weight in gold in keeping
rats out of the fowl house. OF course
the rodents are not prepared to find a
cat perched upon the pole among the
fowls, and when he pounces down he
bags his game every time.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-12-09
New National Park.

DIR. +. B. Fernow, chief of the diyis-
ion of forestry in the department of
agriculture at Washington, is in Crooks
ton, Mimi, in consultation with Super
intendent HOverstad Of the state ex-
pertinent station. One object of DIR.
Fernow's trip to Minnesota at this time
is to lay the foundations for some ex-
tensive experiments in the line of for
es:ry which will added to the varieties
of trees indigenous to this country,
many of which grow in other countries
where similar climatic conditions eX-
ist. The main object of DIR. Fernow's
trip at this time, however, is believed
to be far more important one. He
will go to the country east of Crooks
ton, and will, it is said, look up the
forestry conditions As they apply 10 the
natural growths.
1t is believed, however, that DIR. Fer
now's trip to Minnesota and his jaunt
into the wilds of the Indian reserva-
ton lands is for the purpose of investi-
eating and reporting to the govern
ment upon the feasibility and practical
bility of establishing a national park
and forestry reserve which shall in
clude the head waters of the Missis-
sippi. This has been urged by leading
citizens of the state and by the princi-
pal newspapers very strongly during
recent years, and the opportunity is
ripe to do this at this time, when the
Indian reservations are being parceled
out and sufficiently large tract of
country is obtainable. The great
slaughter of deer and other large game
at this time emphasizes the fact that a
game preserve would be a feature
which would probably be added.-St.
Paul Pioneer Press.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-12-09
Stood For Her Rights.

The woman lawyer slammed pile of
briefs down before the judge and said ::
81 move TO discharge this prisoner,
on the ground that the prosecution
have not proved their case, and that
the evidence is irrelevant and imma-
terial."
"Motion granted" said the judge.
"No more dastardly outrage was
ever perpetrated,n began the lawyer,
ethan the Incarceration of this, my in
nocent client. He was engaged in the
pursuit of his daily vocation, when
the stong arm of the law descended
upon him. He"-
Madam" said the judge, "have 1
not already told you that your motion
was granted ? The prisoner is dis
charged.
"He was man without guile" con-
tinued the fair counselor. "He sup
ported his family as best he could. He
was in the midst of his family circle
when a minion of the law entered and
demanded his immediate incarcera-
tion.r
~ have already decided in your
favor, madam, as / have told you
twice." drawled the judge. what
more do you want?"
"What more do want, indeed ?"
cried the woman lawyer, her face flush
ing toa crimson hue. "Why, | want
to argue this ease. stand upon my
constitutional right rs woman to have
the last word, and | mean to have it,"
And she did.-New York Herald.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-12-09
The Value of Apples,

If the girls understood the advanta-
ges of apple eating there would proba-
bly, be quite huge run upon the
market for the fruit. Doctors say that
apples act directly upon the liver, thus
strengthening the digestion, and, as a
consequence, improving the texture of
the skin and the color of the complex
ion. Raw apples are the best, but baS
ed ones may be substituted for a
change, OF il the fresh fruit should be
found unpalatable or difficult of di-
gestiOn. The old rule that fruit in
the morning is gold, in the afternoon is
silver, and in the evening is lead, is
quite exploded. Many people find
that a light meal Of fresh fruit directly
before getting into bed induces comfort.
able sleep, and in every way is an i'm
mense success.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-12-09
A Sparrow's Fall.

\ New Orleans dispatch in Philadel-
phia Times says:-I chanced to see a
queer little episode yesterday, in which
a party of English sparTows were the
actors. At the back door Of little sa-
loon down on Royal street bottle of
champagne had been broken, the
sparkling stuff running out and collect
ing in puddles on the broken stone
pavement. Just about the time ]
cl anced along a ubiquitous young
sparrow, perhaps not exactly upon
pleasure bent, hopped down upon the
sidewalk and stuck hi. investigating
beak into one of these wine puddles.
This young fellow was, no doubt, TAX
ing his first drink, for the stuff flew TO
his head instantly, and pretty soon he
was done up completely.
1 watched him for few moments
Hopping and toppling about on the
sidewalk wondering what next would
happen, when down fitted two other
little sparrows, who evidently came to
see what was up. They lost no time
i'm taking in the situation, either, for
between ehattering and chirping st
their tipsy friend and smelling the
champagne puddle, they appeared to
comprehend matters. The two held a
caucus for few moments after their
investigations ceased and then with a
mighty fluttering of wings and peck
ing of beaks they drove the tipSy bird
to the banquette and dumped him
over in the gutter. At first / thought
they were numbering the poor, help
less little fellow, but it soon became ev-
ident that they were taking the only
means in their power to resuscitate
him, for presently he came up again
dripping, 1t is true, and somewhat the
worse for wear, but on the whole petty
steady on his legs.
Thinking everything was over
went on down to the French Market,
attended to my business, and came
back, having been about two hours
gone, to see the three little sparrOws
standing on the pavement just where |
had left them. Wondering what they
could be up to / waited, and was pres
emily rewarded by seeing another spar
row fly down and join the Others.
Then came a mighty chattering and
pecking at the bird that had been
drunk and smelling at the wine pud-
die, and the bird number four flew
away. By and by still another one
came, the same process being repeated
for him, and by this time l was con-
vinced that the first three had taken
up their station by the dangerous liq-
uor to warn others against falling into
temptation.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-12-09
Household Hints.

A little water i'm butter, when used
for frying, will prevent it from burn
ing.
Grease spots i'm cloth may be taken
out by applying a solution of salt in
alcohol.
y glass of pure cream or glass of
fresh milk, with salt cracker or a
crust of fresh bread, is a good lunch
between meals for hungry GONZALES
cent.
Liniments and Ointments should al
ways be applied to the patient with the
hand; if applied with cotton or a cloth
the good effect obtained from friction
would be lost.
Tea should never be boiled. 1t
should be made in a china or porcelain
teapot, for the chemicals in il will act
upon tin, not only causing the bever-
age to lose its flavor, but making it in
furious to the system.
Coughs and sore throats may be much
alleviated by glycerine and lemon
juice diluted with water, taken at
night. Hot fiaxseed tea with lemon
juice, sweetened with rock candy, is
excellent also.
Pans and kettles will last much
longer if they are placed before the fire
few minutes TO get thoroughly dry
inside. If put away in a damp cOndi-
ton they soon become rusty and in a
short time quite unfit for use.
a remedy for reaches can be obtain
ed by mixing gum camphor and pow
dered borax in equal parts and scatter
ing it around freely, but in small guam
titles, which must be swept up, unless
replaced, until all have disappeared.
No apple pie baked with the sugar
in it is so delicious as one sweetened
afterward by removing the crust and
adding sugar, a very little butter, and
nutmeg or cinnamon as you wish.
French and German cooks use CHINA
mon, hut the New England apple pie
il usually favored with nutmeg.
One of the best household remedies
for bruises, where the skin has not
been broken, is arnica and sweet OIL.
ColOred centre cloths are no longer
used by people of good taste. They
prefer something that can be washed.
White linen or wash silk is all that is
permitted. These may be as elaborate
or plain as occasion demands. But in
any case they should be made to con-
form TO the shape Of the table they are
intended TO fit, square for square, OBJ
long for oblong, round for round and
oval for oval.
Oyster shells laid on the hot Goals in
a stove or range will loosen clinkers on
the fire brick so that they may be TAX
en- off easily, and stove that is rubbed
off with newspapers after each meal
will not need polishing 80 often.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-12-09
GRANT AND WASHINGTON.
Two Serials Which The Century
Magazine" Has Secured for 1897.

One of the best friends that General
Grant ever had was Horace Porter.
Their first meeting was at Chattanoo-
ga in the autumn of 1868, and soon AZ
ter General (then Captain) Porter be-
came member of Grants staff and
served him constantly until Lees sur
render. When Grant became Presi-
dent Horace Porter was made his pri-
vate secretary, and until General Grant
breathed his last at Mt McGregor the
two men Were close friends. Nor did
General Porter's love for his chief cease
with death, for to him is due the success
OF the movement To raise the half
million of dollars which the Grant
monument in Riverside Park will cost
Tie Inauguration of the tomb will take
place next spring, on General Grants
birthday, and General Porter will be
the orator of the occasion.
During these years of intimacy with
Grant General Porter kept a diary and
in his moments of leisure he has ar
ranged his unique stores of anecdote
and memoranda into a series OF twelve
articles entitled campaigning with
Grant," and the Century Magazine has
secured all rights in the series and will
print it during the coming year. Since
the famous Century War Series" for
which General Grant himself wrote
four articles (the beginning of his
''Memoirs"), no magazine has had
such treat to lay before its readers.
Another great serial in the Century
is novel of American Revolution,
written by the well known Philadel-
delphia physician, DR.. 5. Weir Mitch
ell. The story is supposed to be the
autobiography of the hero, "Hugh
Wynne, Free Quaker" who becomse
an officer on General Washington's
staff, and the characters in the story
include Washington, Franklin, and
Lafayette. 1t is said that the readers
of ''Hugh Wynne, Free Quaker" will
obtain a clearer idea of the Revolution
AIRY War than can be had from any
ether single source. 1t is believed that
pr. Mitchell has written "the great
American nover' for which We have
been waiting so many years.
These are only two of the features of
the Century for the coming year. Few
of our readers will be without it in
1897. 1t costs 400 year-not too
high a price for what the Century
gives; but many people are arranging
to club together in groups of four, pay
ing one dollar each, and securing the
reading of the magazine one week in
the month. The publishers advise the
making up of clubs early. Send 500
TO the Century Co., Union Square,
New York, with the name of the per-
son to whom the magazine is to be
sent. If you begin your subscription
with the December (Christmas) num-
ber, the publishers will send you copy
OF the November number free, in
which the two great serials here de-
scribed begin.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-12-09
There is Nothing SO Good.

There is nothing just as good as DIR.
Kings New Discovery for consump-
ton, coughs and colds, 50 demand it
and do not permit the dealer to sell
you some substitute. He will not
claim there is anything better, but in
order to make more profit he may
claim something else to be just as good.
You want DIR. kings New Discovery
because you know it to be safe and re-
liable, and guaranteed to do good or
money refunded. For coughs, colds,
consumption and for all affections of
throat, chest and lungs, there is Moth
ing so good as is DIR. Kings New Dis
covery. Trial bottle free At Snyder's
drug store, Somerset, or at Brallier's
drug store, Berlin. Regular sizs soc.
and $l.00.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-12-09
Aching Joints

Announce the presence of rheumatism
which causes untold suffering. Rheu-
matism is due to lactic acid in the
blood. 1t can not be cured by lini-
ments or other outward applications.
Hoods Sarsaparilla purilies the blood,
removes the cause Of rheumatism and
permanently cures this disease. This
Il the testimony Of thousands Of peo-
pie who once suffered the pains of
rheumatism but who have actually
been cured by taking Hoods Sarsapar-
lila. Its great power to act upon the
blood and remove every impurity is
the secret of the wonderful cures by
Hoods Sarsaparilla.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-12-09
The Pious Robin.

Here is story of an orthodox robin.
Some time ago / attended morning
service in Ely cathedral, where during
the prayers a robin kept fitting about
the building, joining occasionally in
the service with a modest chirrup.
When the clergyman assembled the
pulpit and began to speak, the robin
deliberately perched himself on one of
the pinnacles of the chancel screen
quite close TO the orator, and the louder
the pastor preached the louder the robin
sang, much to the amusement of the
congregation. / have no recollection
of what the sermon was about, but the
robins singing made a deep impress
sion upon me.-London Telegraph.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-12-09
Pine Cone Fires

Few dwellers in the city, even ifthey
enjoy the soul-satisfying luxury of an
open fire, know how TO make IT yield
them all Of the aesthetic pleasure which
it Is capable of yielding to those who
have found which of the woodland
treasures make richest fuel for the
flames and the prettiest pictures in the
Goals.
The pine cones that fall from the
trees in autumn and are now strewing
the ground make a very beautiful fire
when laid upon the burning logs of the
fireplace or on the anthracite in the
CRATE. They flare up with a bright,
steady flame until burnt to a glowing
red cinder, each cone preserving its
shape and outline, and remaining a
thing Of beauty till it finally falls into
Kaleidoscope fragments.
As pleasing diversion for an in
valid one could not do him a kinder
little service than to collect lot of
these cones from under the trees in the
park and send them with an apprO-
pirate line or two.
Last winter tie holidays brought
nothing that pleased one hopeless con-
sumptive so much as a large burlap
bagful of selected pine cones for the
fire that made the beauty of his wan
ing days. The donor wrote on the bag:
"Give me of thy balm, o fire tree" bat
a beautifully suggestive verse to have
written under the circumstances would
have been this from Lowelrs 'Singing
Leaves"
''But the trees all kept their counsel,
And never word said they.
only there sighed from the pine-tOps
music Of seas far away.
There are many apropos quotations
about the pines that will occur to every
one. The lettering may be done with
a pencil and then outlined with heavy
brown cotton or wool on an ordinary
bushel bag and tied when filled with a
yard of brown ribbon. IL would sure
ly give pleasure to "a weary one.
Small branches or twigs of lichen-
covered oak or hickory also make de-
lightfdl top fuel for the open fire, the
tiny mOsses emitting many cOlOred
lights and the cheery cracking trying
ia vain to drown the singing of the
pixie" or fairy in the wood, as the
legend has it, but which peculiarly
soothing sound cold science attributes
to an imprisoned insect.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-12-09
INTERRUPTED.

have sat for an hour at my table
And tried % get on with my WORK
There's poem 10 finish-a fable
About the Unspsakable Turk.
1t ought 10 be PAT To theminnte,
A fortunate mixture Of fun,
Witha a spice OF the serious in it
But l can't geti done.
My thoughts are all thronging and fighting.
feel them at work in my brain,
But as soon as l want 10 be writing
Them down, they are vanished again:
Gone-hidden, like mites in "A Stiiton
or needles in trusses of hay;
wonder if ifShakespeare or Milton
Were bothered that way.
O for one ray OF light 10 Hume
The fancy and warm II To life!
Just chat with friend, and the gloom in
Ny heart would be gone. As the fife
Urges on the young soldier to battle
When he would be skulISing or worse,
so Jones's agreeable rattle
Compels me to verse.
There's footstep, wonder now. is it
The pOstman. "A client, a dun,
or some fool come TO pay me a visit,
Just when had fairly besunI
lis my door he is humping on. drat it.
suppose | must 90. sure as fate,
Here's Jones with his gossip Hard at its''
We'll. verses must wait
Pail Mall Gazette.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-12-09
An Historical Discussion.

"What are the Dark agss" asked
the governess at the morning lesson.
'That must have been before specta-
cles were invented" guessed May.
"Oh, nor interrupted Cedric: 'I
know why they were called the Dark
q ,es. Because there were more knights
tlen. n.-Harper's Round Table.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-12-09
Did You Ever

Try Electric Bitters as 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 wonderful direct influence
in giving strength and tone to the or
gans If you have loss of appetite,
constipation, headache, fainting spells,
or are nervous, sleepless, exeitable,
melancholy or troubled with dizzy
spells, Electric Bitters is the medicine
you need. Health and strength are
guaranteed by its Use. 50c. and Sl.O0
at Snyder's Grug store, Somerset, or at
Brallier's drug store, Berlin.