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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-01-08

No need to fear the approach of Group
if you have DIR. Thomas Eclectric Oil
in the house. Never was a case that it
wouldn't cure if used at the outset.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-01-08
THE KELLEY CURE

Is special boon to business men who, haVins
drfted unconsciously into tho drink habit and
awaken 70 find the disease Of alcoholism fastened
upon them, rendering them unfit 20 manage ef-
hirs requiring clear brain. a four weeks
course OF treatment at the
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-01-08

A.-"Have you ever heard the s.
year-oId violin player who is creating
such a sensation ~
Bob, yes | heard him in Ber-
lin twelve years go."-Ephemcre
COmiquc
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-01-08

The body must be well nourished
now, TO prevent sickness. If your
appetite is poor take Hoods Sarsa-
parilla.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-01-08
YOUR EYE!
WeWant to catch 1t!

EVERY FARMER i'm Somerset County
who has n cord of Hemlock Bark or a
Hide to dispose of will find that the CON
FLUENCE TANNERY Co.. viii pay the
highest cash prices for the same. Write
for quotations to
WINSLOW (. COBB & co,
Confluence. Pa.
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George Tvs Queer Clock.

London Pail Mall Gazette.
The timepieee ordered Of Boucher
by the Due d'Aumale's grandfather,
Egalite, for George, Prince of Wales,
afterward fourth King of England of
his name, was recently sold in Paris
along with other curios of the late NJ.
Leopold Double. Bauchaumont, in
his memoirs, devotes a paragraph To
this timepiece.
"Every one" he says, ''goes to see
an odd clock at Furet's, of the Palais
Royal. Ii is negress's head, modelled
admirably; jewels are incrusted in the
bronze round the neck to form a neck
lace in the woolly hair, and in the
bust is clasp for the handkerchief.
\ pair Of openwork gold earrings, long,
and delicately carved, hang from the
ears. On pulling one Of them, the
hour is shown on the right eye and the
minute on the left. If the other ear
ring is drawn, set of musical bells,
lodged where the brains should be,
chimes out the time of the day"
"Have you noticed" said a man to
Dumas, "that it is impossible to make
an imbecile acknowledge that he is an
idiot?"
"Of course" replied Dumas "the
moment he admitted he was an idiot
he would no longer be one. ."-Pdris
Figaro.
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4 Soldiers S66f6t
Bv Captain CHARLES KING, Q. S A.

TConvrirht. Isa2, by J. B. Lippincott company
and published by special arrangement Win
them-l
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-01-08

Miss Pert-Is Miss StraightIace cir
cumspect?
Miss Caustic-Circumspect. Why,
she won't accompany young man on
the piano without a chaperon.-.Saicni
G;uzCffo.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-01-08

"Did YOU g TO ciirci yest,rl u, -
"NO slept at hpn;-" Lilo.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-01-08
DENNSYLvANIA RAILROAD.
EASTERN STANDARD TIME.
IN EFFECT NAY 20, 1895.

CONDENSED SCHEDULE
Trains arrive and depart from the station at
Johnstown as follows:
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-01-08

Milk as fire extinguisher was used
with great success in Orr's Island, Me-,
few days ago. 4 milkman of that
place found his kitchen ablaze on re-
turning home at night. He went ia
the well 10 draw water to throw on the
flames, but in his excitement lost the
bucket in the well. Then he ran into
the dairy and got ii big can of milk,
and threw the contents on the flames,
which hal 10y this time gained good
hcadway. He emptied can after can
of milk on the fire, and eventually
quenched it and saved his house Now
the neighboTs are making ungenerous
jokes about the effectiveness OF the
milk as substitute for water.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-01-08

Old ladies are so plentiful and in
dustrious in Maine that there is now
no honor left for any one of them who
claims a record with patchwork quilt
containing several thousand pieces.
The country is covered with phenome-
nal quilts. Bat "A new standard of
supremacy has been set by an inmate
of the Old Ladies' Home ut Bath, who
has just finished a quilt containing
ii,9ll, i62 stitches. She says she has
kept tally of every stitch. Ii any one
doubts her figures the quilt is on
exhibition and the stitches may be
counted by the doubter. The old lady
calls the quilt 'Job's Trouble"
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-01-08

For rates, maps. Re-. call on Ticket Agents or
address Iho>. = Watt, I. \. W. D., Ii0 Fifth
Avenue. Pittsburg, Pa.
:. NJ. Provost JR. Wood
uenl Manager. Gen1 Pass. Agt
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-01-08
OF NOVEMBER &, 1895

Public interest Will steadily increase and the disappointment %
whose turned the scale election under
nnistration they elected will make the campaign intense
N the history of the
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-09-06
A GOOD APPOINTMENT.

Colonel Croker having doubts as to his
eligibility, the executive committee yester-
day appointed D. z. McKinlay on the
Presidential electoral ticket in his stead.
Mr.. Mckinlay is house painter of Santa
Rosa and is an active party worker. In
appointing Mr.. McKinlay the executive
committee give only what was due to
labor. II there is a class of people who
are more interested in the election OF
Major Mckinley than another it is the
working class, and although working
men would have gone right along in the
good work for protection anyway, no
doubt the appointment of one of their
number to the position of elector will
stimulate them to greater exertion.
Mr.. McKinlay has the reputation of q
good campaigner, and he has the confidence
of his fellow workingmen. These are
essential qualities, and the mantle which
was intended for Colonel Croker could
not have fallen upon worthier or stronger
shoulders. The party will expect most
satisfying results from the change, and it
is safe to say that it will not be disap-
pointed. There is much need of better
organization in the circles of working.
men, and no doubt Mr.. McKinlay Will do
good deal in that direction.
All parties lean upon the arm OF
workingmen clubs, especially are such
clubs relied upon to secure good turn
out to public meetings. They are gener-
ally composed of strong and vigorous men
who enter into the spirit of campaign
with a great deal of enthusiasm; besides.
they DO not get "tired," nor are they
afraid of little rain or mud. In this par
ticular campaign workingmen have
every reason to work with will for the
success of the ticket, for upon the cleo
ton of Major Mckinley depends oppor-
tunity to get work at just wages. Should
he be defeated free trade would surely fol-
low, and as that would mean the adoption
in America of the cheap labor wage
schedules of Europe or the shutting down
of our industries, workingmen should
make it matter of personal interest and
do every honorable thing that is likely to
avert such a distressing condition fol
themselves as the election of Bryan would
certainly bring upon them.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-09-06
THE MEETING
DID NOT STAMPEDE.
San Erancisco Post.


The story of how S. NJ. Shortridge captured
night has been told up here and it shows that
the orator kept his wits about him during the
effort that was made to stampede the meeting.
Chairman Henry T. Gage then introduced
Hon. Samuel NJ. Shortridge of San Francisco
The announcement of Shortridge's name
caused tremendous ovation to be accorded
that gentleman, say the Los Angeles Express.
With his vest unbuttoned and wip1ng MS
face with an immense silk handkerchief the
tall orator of the land OF fogs and wind stepped
forward He gracefully acknowledged the
compliment. Shortridge made sally about the
climate which put all the auditors in good
humor. He announced that the presence OF
the great and magnificent assembly assured a
splendid victory for Mckinley in November.
The entire speech of Shortridge's was punctu-
ated with applause and cheering. The lnef-
fectual plan of the Populists to stampede the
meeting was defeated by Shortridge, and he
caught the Organizes on one of the cleverest
oratorical tricks ever heard in this city.
Turning to the part of the gallery in which
the obstreperous Bryanites were located, he
asked:
'You all love this flag above as do. Is not
that so2
Yes, yes, replied the cIacque.
"And you respect and revere the constitu-
| ton of the United States?"
Eyes, we do"
'Then what do you think" Numbered the
| speaker, ''of party that denounces the Presi-
dent for protecting that flag and UNFOLDING
the constitution '
The audience roered its approval of the
| speaker, and he was interrupted no more, and
| when he concluded his peroration there was
| long-continued and magnificent ovation.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-09-06
PERSONAL.

DR.. s. E. VIM of San Diego is at the Lick.
G. c. Freeman, a lawyer of Fresno, is here.
E. D. Horn, the vineyardist, of Napa, is in
town.
Tr. D. Smith, OF the State asylum at Napa, is
in the City.
Ex-Attorney-GeneralR r. NJ. Clarke of Nevada
is in the City.
E. Tubbs, large land owner of Yreka, is at
the Cosmopolitan.
P. Scherbarum, a business man of Sonora,
Mexico, is in town.
!. Dannenbaum, the merchant, of Vallejo.
arrived here yesterday.
Captain ]. ]. O'Connen OF the United States
army is at the California.
(. W. Churchill, the banker, of Napa il
spending few days here.
John S. Dore, the Populist politician of
Fresno, is in the City again.
]. Relay, business man OF Napa, is at the
Cosmopolitan. with his wife.
John L. Hudner, an attorney of Hollister.
San Benito County, is at the Lick.
County Assessor D. F. McPhail OF San Benito
is among the recent arrivals here.
George S. Gould, owner of an extensive cattle
ranch near Imsdale, is at the Russ.
Frank sabichi, wealthy orange-grower of
Los Angeles County, is III the City.
L. A. McCabe, a prominent resident of San
Luis Obispo, is at the Cosmopolitan.
H. A. McCraney of Sacramento, deputy Clerk
OF the Supreme Court, is in the City.
r. English and wife, prominent residents of
Arroyo Grande, are at the Cosmopolitan,
Tom T. Lane of Angels Camp, superintend-
ent OF the Utica gold mine, is at the Palace.
]. p Du Fresno, q mining ana business man
OF Culican, Mexico, is among recent arrivals.
Il. Stafford and J. Striscner, rich lumber
dealers OF Eureka, CAL, are at the Cosmopoli-
tan.
G. B. Hubbard, leading dairyman of Fern
dale, Humboldt County, is quartered at the
Russ.
Librarian H. C. Nash of Stanford University
so long private secretary to Senator Stanford.
is at the California.
Rhys Thomas, the noted comic-opera singer.
who is under engagement at the Tivoli, arrived
here from London yesterday and is at the
Baldwin.
Mrs. Charles NJ. Shortridge and DR.. and Mrs.
Winslow Anderson have returned from High
land Springs, where they have been sojourning
during the past week.
r. c. Chambers, the millionaire. of Utah. who
owns large interests in the celebrated Ontario
mine, and who is proprietor of the Salt Lake
Daily Herald, is among the recent arrivals
here.
United States Minister Macgrane Coke of
Guatemala, who has just been appointed to
succeed the late Minister, P. NJ. G. Young, who
died in New York, arrived here yesterday and
is at the Palace.
c. S. J. w. Pierce, grand master of the Grand
Consistory of the State of California, has gone
on a trip to Vera Cruz, Mex, and New York on
official Masonic business. he will be absent
about two and half months.
John Savage, formerly a hardware merchant
in Berkeley, and of late years miner in South
erD Oregon, is on q visit here. He says his
brother, Joseph Savage, who is we'll known
here, is engaged in newspaper work in New
York.
Z. F. Schumacher, the original locator of the
Bald Eagle mine, fifty miles south of Juneau,
and long the owner of that property which he
recently sold, it is said for $50 600, is in the
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-09-06

The issues are more important than any be-
fore as since the Udr. Then IL tOdS the in
tegr'ty OF our territory that aOas threatened,
''O'o 1t as the Integrity of 0ur National honor
and credit and the preservation of the safe
guards Of our constitutions II as an issue
6ettoeer honor and dishonOr, bettoeen conf
demce and diStrast, between enterprise aud
stdgRGtiOn, bettUeen demand for labor and
enforced adIeness, between the opportunity to
earn good dollar and small chance to earn
any dollar at all, bettCeen good credit and
bad debt, betlceen honesty and dishonesty, be-
tioeen good business sense aud the rdnkest
KIND Of financial heresy and folly, bet,ceen
progress and prosperity on tie one hand and
untold distress and disaster on the other
Senator Proctor.
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edge. to meet bias one ct all the seams, ex.
cepung In the back, where the cores are
stralght through the center with a stay at each
skirt OF Dresden silk in reseda green with
Drlght-eolored flowers and leaves in shadowy
outlines, and narrow stripes of black satin at
intervals OF two inches, was worn with black
satin coat Of the Louis XVI style. This had a
vest OF chiffon which harmonized with the
skirt, having the same design of roses and
leaves woven in. bright green satin
stock with four larger loops at the back fin
full vest front.
A skirt of white taffetas with narrow black
STRIPES mad two-inch band of black satin
rlppon down each seam. This was overlaid
WIN neaYy white band of lace not quite so
w . Inc eject was chic in the extreme,
snis pelng worn with waist to match.
a SKIRT OF black grenadine linenwith tender
seam. F'F- - Wv AA 81 ''eAl
black satin skirt had handsome applioue
ueslgn IN Jet and green spangles, which
crossed the foot of the front breadth and
Isacneu 10 the waist in graceful tapering de-
sign over the seams of the front BREADTH
some OF the new skirts are trimmed with
narrow praid at the foot, set on in straight
rows, or forming q small design at each seam.
f0ur OF the eleven cores in this skirt are
pleats.
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European nations, seeing our Govern.
ment adverse to a movement for the re-
monetization of silver, did nothing, for
the plain reason that nothing of value
could be done without our cooperation.
The pledge of the Republican platform
to promote free coinage by international
agreement which Mckinley cordially in
dorsed in his letter of acceptance is con-
sistent with the Republican statesman
ship of the past Mckinley will take up
the work where Harrison left it off, and
will do that which Cleveland refused to
do. All this is q matter about which
there should be no dispute. and there
would be none if the Democ and their
Populist allies did not believe they could
confuse and fool the people by persistent
Misrepresentation. They argue as If
there could be no international agree
ment simply because Cleveland did
nothing to advance it. They ignore all
that was done by Harrison, make no refer
ence to the Brussels conference and speak
of international bimetalllsm as if it were
something they had never heard OF be-
fore.
There can be no question that an inter-
national agreement for the free coinage OF
silver can be attained by the next admin
istration OF this country if that admins
tration is in the hands of statesmen sup
ported by a resolute and harmonious
party. There is a strong and growing
sentiment in favor of bimetallism not
only in France and Germany, but in
England itself. The statesmen and hnan-
ciers OF the world realize shat return to
bimetallism cannot be accomplished with
safety, if at all, by any single nation.
One must find boy orator, q sllver-mine
owner or shallow demagogue to get an
advocate of free silver coinage at the ratio
of 16 to without the concurrence of other
nations. Business men know that such
action on our part would mean dis
turbance of industry in comparison with
which the panic of 1898 would be as
nothing, and therefore they favor inter
national agreement, therefore they sup
port the Republican party, therefore they
will vote for Mckinley.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-09-06
FARMERS AND FREE TRADE.

1t is shown in the local columns of to-
days CALL that free trade has done vast
injuries to the farmers of California and
OF the Union; that agriculturists fail and
suffer in their affairs when manufacturers
are forced to suspend business, as they
have had to do under Cleyelandism.
A study OF the question shows that the
American producers market is aud must
be at home, and that whatever breaks
down his customers here leads TO hope
less ruin to the producer in every field.
The farmers of the West are beginning
to see that they need protection and that
the Wilson bill is responsible for much of
heir ruin
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-09-06
INTERNATIONAL BIMETALLIsM

In the early stages of the campaign the
Democratic and Populist orators en-
deavored to make the people believe the
Republican party advocated the perma-
nent maintenance of the single gold stan
dard. This effort was easily batfied by the
publication of the Republican National
platform, pledging the party to promote
the free coinage of silver by international
agreement. Fooled in their first attack,
the silver monometallists now seek 10
confuse the public mind as to what is
meant by international bimetallism, and
for that purpose resort to pretty nearly
every form of misrepresentation that in
genuity can devise.
This second form of attack, while more
cunning than the first, is not likely to be
more effective. 1t Will be remem bered
that when Harrison was President an in
ternational conference on the money ques-
ton was held at Brussels, and the work
preliminary 10 the solution of the prob
lem was fairly accomplished. The con-
ference adjourned in the expectation of
being called together again i'll the sue
ceeding year, and everything promised a
successful completion Of the task. Before
the conference could be called again, how
ever. Harrison went out of Office and
Cleveland went in. The Democratic
President not only neglected to take the
initiative in calling the conference, but
actually refused to do so even after Con-
gress had instructed him to call one.
With this hostility on the part of the adj
ministration to the subject nothing of
course could be done by Congress, and
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-09-06

wanted, but sober, frugal and industrious
people will always find hearty welcome.
The country wants home-makers, but it
does not want such as would be a tax
upon homes, nor do we want foreigners
who would not help maintain the high
character of American labor, both in
moral sense and determination to let it
never be said in truth that America is q
cheap-labor country. The standard of
wages and the announcement to home
building in America is not equaled in any
other country in the world, because
American labor will have 1t so.
Inc Republican platform declares with
emphasis that foreigners who can neither
read nor write shall be excluded, but it
means a good deal more than that. 1t
means the prohibition of the introduction
OF any foreign system, wage schedule,
standard OF right or plan of operation that
would tend to lower the American stan
daro OF citizenship. While the Repub-
mean Party would under no circumstances
permit American labor to be degraded, 1t
holds 1t to be its duty to broaden and
strengthen labor's opportunity to so es-
taolish itself that when the rainy day OF
lie comes 1t will find that its own surplus
accumulation is more than enough.
Inc Republican party is party OF wage
earners, and it could not If it would do
that which might in any way iniure one of
It's own. Protection against invasion by
the product of foreign CHEAP labor is in
line with its purpose to protect American
TABOR against foreign cheap labor itself.
The necessity for excluding men who
would come here and lower the schedule
OF wages and standard of living is appar-
ent, but that would avail us very little if
we permitted them to supply our markets
without let or hindrance with cheap labor
products from their own country. The
very essence of opportunity in America to
nave and to enjoy the full of ones labor is
protection against hurtful competition
from other lands, be it IN the shape of Oh
Jecuonable persons or the product of de-
graded labor, and to secure this and to
make 1t permanent is the mission of the
Republican party. That is why all intelli-
gent labor may be found supporting Major
Mckinley. He stands as American labor
accredited representative before the world.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-09-06
CITIZEN WILLIAM M'KINLRY.

William Mckinley is typical American
in every way, but the distinguishing
characteristic Of the man is his honesty of
purpose. In all walks of life he first
assures himself that the cause which he is
invited to espouse is rooted in right and in
justice, then he goes forward with degree
OF earnestness and enthusiasm that invites
cooperation, even from those who are
inclined to hesitate. Not ali public men
are as careful as is Major Mckinley to
make the best interests of the people the
objective point in all public endeavor.
There is no honor nor glory IN public
Office for him unless in the administration
OF the Office the conditions of the people
are bettered. What he is and his high
standing in the opinions of men are his
because his integrity has stood the test OF
war and peace and active political life.
The highest compliment that could be
paid to Major Mckinley would be to say,
which Is true, that he needs no dpologist
TOR any act in his private or public life.
ajor McKinley's nomination was be-
cause the people demanded that he should
lead them. The leaders of the party were
not consulted by the people, and there
had caught the spirit of public sentiment
long before the convention was held. 1t
may be said that as soon as the people
realized how disastrous to their business
interests the repeal of the Mckinley act
was they determined that not only should
the prosperity which came with the meas
ure be restored, but that it should be re-
stored under the leadership of the man
who had demonstrated that his theory of
government was essentially right.
1t is true, therefore, that while Major
Mckinley is the nominee of the Repub-
lican party under and according to the
strict usages of the party's conventions
he Is also the choice of very many who
hitherto have opposed the party he rep
resents. That is to say, he is close to the
people without reference to party ties,
and for this once at least the party he
represents will gather strength from OPP
posing parties, because the people like
and have faith in it's candidate. Never
before in its history did the Republican
party hear leading men of its old enemy
the Democratic party-say to it, al wish
you WE'LL" Nor did it ever before listen
to praises for its candidate from men
whose chief object in their political life
has always been to belittle it's leaders and
to move heaven and earth to- defeat its
candidates. This change IN public senti-
ment aud the rendering of goodwill by
distinguished Democrats is tribute to
the splendid character and lofty manhood
OF Major Mckinley as the highest type OF
the true citizen and the worthy sovereign.