davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-12-02
You Can be Well

When your blood is pure, rich and
nourishing for nerves and muscles.
The blood is the vital fluid, and when
it is poor, thin and impure you must
either suffer from some distressing dis
ease or you will easily fall victim to
sudden changes, exposure, or overwork.
Keep your blood pure with Hoods
Sarsapariila and be well.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-12-02
More

Medicinal value IN bottle Of Hoods Sarsa
parilla than in any other preparation.
More skid IS required. more care taken. more
expense incurred in its manufacture.
II costs the proprietor and the dealer
More hut it costs The consumer less, as he
gets more doses for his money.
More curative power is securedby its peculiar
combination, proportion and process,
which makes il peculiar 20 itself
More people are employed and more space oe-
eupied IN its Laboratory than any other.
More wonderful cures effected and more tes-
timunials received than by any other.
More sales aud more increase year by year
are reported by druggists.
More people are taking Hoods sarsaparilla
today than any other. and more are
taking il today than ever before.
More and STILL MORE reasons might be
given why YOU should take
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-12-02
A Bread and Butter Diet.

The newest diet suggested as pro-
ductive of longevity is bread and but
ter. There is in Hythe, England, Il
lady who lives entirely on bread and
butter, and has done so all her life, says
the New York Journal She has new
er tasted meat, game, fish, vegetables,
jam, and only few kinds of biscuits
and sweets. She has never had a days
illness in all her life, and never had re-
course to medicine of any description.
Her friends have tried in vain To in
duce her to eat something besides bread
and butter, but she confines herself en-
tirely to the diet on which she has eX-
listed for at least 80 years. She is
strong and healthy in every respect
healthier, in fact, than great many
people who have lived upon exactly
the food that is supposed to make us
feel as if illness were a total stranger
and always would be.
For earache, put "a couple of drops OF
Thomas Eclectrie Oil on bit of cot.
ton and place il in the ear. The pain
will stop in few moments. Simple
enough, isn't it,
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-12-02

Hoods Pills are the best after-dinner
pill; assist digestion, cure headache.
- cents.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-12-02

IMPORTANT To ADVERTISERS.
The cream of the country papers is found
in Renington's County Seat Lists Shrewd
advertisers avail themselves Of these lists, q
copy of which can DO had of Remington
Bros. of New York & Pittsburg.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-12-02
!, Somerset Herald.
rs1AslIsHED lS27.
.,.,,,s of Publication.

,-v wednesday morning 81
paid in advance, otherwise
,,4-roly be charged -,
...,n viii be discontinued until
s7e paid uP. Postmss'ers ne
80, Us when subscriber dc not
y, n their paper viii be held responsible
subscription ,,,.,o,,,,.. -
,.,,,,t give rs the name Of The FORM
.,,s ,,-sslat Office. Address
rHE sonEEsEr HERALD
SOMERSET, Pa.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-07-16
MANY Miners Made Idle.

An extensive shutdown occurred at all
of the mines of the metropolitan Iron
and Land Company at Ironwood. ana
fully 800 men are forced into idieness.
The Metropolitan group Of mines include
the Norrie. East Norric and Pabst. and
their average yearly shipments combined
are about 1,000.000 tons of ore. The
cause of the shutdown is the slight de-
mand for iron ore. the fact that they have
in stock piles about 100000 tons Of ore
and that the season is so far advanced
with sales of only about 100000 tons.
The forces were reduced about month
ago, and the management has made every
effort to sell its product, but outside of a
few small sales they have been unable
70 place their ore. The furnaces are run
ming upon the productions Of the smaller
mines. which shaded prices made by the
pool to which the larger ones belong.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-07-16
STATE OF MICHIGAN.
occuRRENcEs DURING THE
PAST WEEK. ( I
Geo. king OF Muskcson sues HE At
torneys-BattIe Creek STRUGGLING
Over the Bicycle and bog Questions
MANY Jronwood Miucs shut Down.
peculiar In.urance enit.

George w King. Of Mnskcgon, has be-
gun suit against Francis w. Cook ana
James o. Finra,l attorneys OF Muskegon,
the Grand Rapids Fire Insurance. Com.
pany, the Detroit Fire and Marine, and
the Westchcstcr Fire Insurance COM
pany Of New York 10 recover the amount
of three insurance policies, out OF which
he is alleged to have boon defraudcd.
King is the man who a short time ago
was arrested with Mrs Mary Hughson
in Muskegon on the charge OF numbering
the latter's husband. Mrs. Hughson was
tried and acquitted and King was rcleas-
ed. In his bill OF complaint King alleges
that he turned oyer TO his attorneys, COOK
and O9fnra,, fire insurance ponc'es
amounting to $500. covering his stock
Of drugs, as security for hisGndcbtedness
to them for the expenses incurred for MS
defense. His stock Of drugs was destroy
ed by fire and suit was began in the Mus
kegon Circuit Court TO recover ON the
policies King charges that Cook ana
O'Hara connived with the insurance COM
-panies and accepted half Of the amount
of the policies and discontinued the suit
without his consent and after he had noti-
fled tho companies that he would not con-
sent to such settlement King Gains
that the, policies were given to the attor-
neys as collateral security and that they
had no right to settle with the companies.
He claims the value OF the policies far ex-
ceeded the amount he owed them for SER
vices.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-07-16

Educational Museum of Copenhagen
possesses collection Of prehistoric mu-
steal instruments which are particular
ly interesting in the light of recent re-
search In the field Of musical history.
As these instruments were found with
many other articles OF manufacture
known to have been used by the tribes
OF Angles and fSaxons on the Jutland
peninsula, II may be assumed that they
were among the first instruments Of
music used by .qpr forefathers. They
are horns Of. bronze, their form long
and slender, bent upward and forward
In very graceful curves, and ending in
large bronze 'dfscs, richly ornamented
With curious buckle, designs. These in
atfuhcnfs are called lures" and are
thought to have been made during the
latter part of the Bronze Age.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-07-16
Will BE Enforced,

The new Battle Greek ordinance requir-
Ing all bicycle riders to carry lighted
lamps after dark is now In effect. There
is much interest over the ordinance. AMI
many of the riders have not bought lamps
because they think it only bluff, ana
that the law will not be enforced. Tn
the other hand the chief Of police declares
that he will enforce it to the letter. An
other law that is concerning the public
Is the dog tax law. 1t was passed last
year, and the people universally observed
it, 500 taking out dog licenses. The IL
ccnses should have all been renewed. but
only 10 have paid up and got their tags.
The chief of police now instructs the
boys to bring in the unlicensed dogs TO
the pound and get their reward. He will
also strictly enforce this law. In consc-
quence there will be howl in two ways.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-07-16

records also for three and four
miles in $50 Us and 1851, respec-
lively. After the fourth mile he did not
touch record time again until his elev-
enth, which he registered In 22:29 2-5.
From that on up to twenty-seven miles
he made new record at every mile
post, the twenty-five miles being cover
ed in 81 :33 3-5, and the twenty-seven
in 55:41 %. He almost crowded thirty
miles into an hours riding. his time for
the distance being 1:01:46 Is. In the
hour he rode Twenty-Five miles and 800
yards. being 1,6T4 yards behind Linton.
Little Michael, the Welshman. was
the last Engllshman to go for Chase's
figures, but he failed to equal them.
Other prominent English distance men
are soon to have go Mt the records, but
the marks that have been set by Chase
for England and by Linton for the.
world will be hard to beat.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-07-16

best-not representative, but the best
tree to be found in the orchard from
which IL is taken, though the larger
Gig. II is more nearly representative
than the smaller Gig. y. The tenants
on five adjoining farms owned by one
man, were furnished with hundred
or more trees to the farm. THIS the
trees were all planted at the same
time, in similar soil, and from the same
lot Of trees, so that the only difference
must come as a direct result OF the
planting, and after-care received. In
the best Of these orchards there was no
stinting in digging the holes. The roots
were carefully spread, and the soil,
mixed with stable manure, firmly
packed about them. Every winter the
ground has been covered with manure
taken directly from the stable, few
extra forkfuls being thrown close about
each tree, and during the summer the
soil has been cultivated in truck and
potatoes. These orchards are now
seven years old. and in this particular
one only several trees have been lost,
I'm spite OF the extremely dry summers,
though know of one of the orchards
which has but twelve trees left end
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-07-16
Short State Itcms.

Marinus Remeunes and John Van De-
wall were thrown out of a boat at Kala-
mazoo and lsemeunes was drowned.
Wilson Hathaway, Of Buchanan, a
brakeman on local Michigan Central
freight, caught his foot in frog at Kala-
nfnzoo and had both legs cut off and skull
crushed. He died in one hour.
Rev. J. +. Mccarthy, Of Muskcgon.
has stirred up the people by declaring
from his pulpit that he noticed a saloon
open after hours; but hush, don't say
anything about it, for prominent city
official owns the building and gets the
rent"
The dead body Of Jennie Gray, aged II
years, was found on an undisturbcd bed
in Nelson Hawley's home at Kalamazoo
Sunday morning. How she came there
is mystery. A bottle containing NOR
phine was found on a table in an ada
cent room. The girl had blcd from the
mouth until the blood had run down
through the bed. Miss Gray left the
home of her parents in the country on
account Of family trouble and went to live
with Hawley and his wife, but was room
ing in aAother part of the city.
August Parent, woodsman in the en-
ploy of the Manistee Lumber Company,
was instantly killed by falling tree. His
home was at Oscoda, where the remains
were sent for burial :.
The four meg charged with larceny
from the steamer Nyack on the high seas
were nrraign I'd before United States
Court Commissioner Snow at Muskegon.
The testimony showed that John Green,
who was a member Of the crew, was the
man who broke into the cargo and threw
stuff overheard - He was held to the
Federal grand Jury at Grand Rapids. The
other three were released. -
May Brown. of Grayling, was placed
Under arrest OH charge Of arson. She Is
charged with setting fire to barn on the
place occupied by her. At the time the
fire was set one Jacob Lightner, whom
she married a few years ago under pecu-
liar circumstances, was in the building
and narrowly escaped alive.
The Graham Il Morton Company aban-
doned forever Friday morning the search
for the lost Chicora. The third thorough
search was completed, covering the, lake
bottom from StevcnsvilIe to South Ha-
ven, eight miles lakcward, and to depth
Of 100 feet. Mr.. Graham says the Offer
Of $4,000 to clairvoyants remains good
4 they can locate her.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-07-16
GILBERT BOwiCk.

Man Who Will Head the British Elk.
petition to the Antarctics.
Gilbert Bowick will head the British
expedition TO the antarctics. Mr.. b.
wick is an expert antarctic traveller,
and to his enthusiasm Is due the sue
cess of the preliminaries of the ex-
petition. Ever since the international
geographical congress decided six
months ago that antartic discovery
was a subject of even higher impor-
tance than exploration in northern
fields rumors of this expedition have
been in the air. When Mr.. Goschen
refused government assistance Mr..
Bowick hit upon an ingenious plan Of
combining scientific research with
commercial profit. and secured good
backing in London. A whaler OF 800
fitted out, These will leave Sept. 1
with good Grew and dozen scien-
tific men The experts will be landed
on the south polar continent and the
ships will spend a year In catching
whales and seals. The explorers will
go inland with Lieutenant Peary's dogs
and gather collection of botanical and
meteorological specimens while the sail
ors are landing black and blue whales
and seals which are said to be plenti-
full in the neighborhood of Cape Adair.
A voyage will also be made to the
Campbell Islands, and in December
Of next year the ships will call at Cape
Adair to look after the expedition.
Much interest attaches to Mr.. Bowick's
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-07-16
Orchard and Garden.

Coal ashes are beneficial to clay soil,
Testing seeds will save much time
and vexntfon. IL. I,
Currant and goosberry bushes should
be pruned every year. ="
BE ready at the first opening In the
spring to set out trees. rh
All trees should be transplapted be-
fore the leaves start out 80
1t Is best to cover all wounds made la
pruning with paint or oil.
Bone dust and wood ashes are good
fertilizer for strawberries.
A little salt sprinkled around ounce
trees will be beneficial to them.
All imperfect and diseased branches,
vines and trees should be burned.
Equal parts of rosin and tallow make
a good covering for wounds on trees.
Too much pruning Is as bad as too
little. Both extremes should be avoid
ed.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-07-16
Weetis in the Hill.

Even when narrowing corn over rue
suff1Se Is done there will be OCCASION
al weeds that will escape, and by two
or three repetitions of the narrowing
they will be well rooted. Some of these
will be in the hill, where the cultivator
run through the rows both ways can
not reach them. In our opinion II pays
to stop the cultivator wherever such
weeds are seen and pull them out. It's
true the corn may grow.nearly as well,
but the weed In the hill will extend its
roots to the middle OF the row, and all
the plant food 1t gets will be wasted.
Hand labor with corn has gone out OF
fashion. but 1t pays to do some hand
labor after the cultivator has done all
IL can. ~ ;. l.l
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-07-16
Med icinaI Value Of Food,

Carrots for sufferers from asthma.
Watercress is remedy for scurvy.
Spinach is useful to those with grav-
ell.
Lettuce for those suffering from In
somnia. a4at .fs
Asparagus is used to induce per-
spiration.
Turnips for nervous disorders and
for scurvy.
Honey is wholesome, strengthening,
cleansing, healing and nourishing.
Peanuts for indigestion They ara
especially recommended for corpulent
diabetes.
Celery is Invaluable as food for those
suffering from any form of rheuma-
tism, for diseases of the nerves and
nervous dyspepsia:
Fresh ripe fruits are excellent for
purifying the blood and toning up the
system. AS specific remedies oranges
are aperient. Sour oranges are 1isiiy
recommended for rheumatism. e'
Eggs contain d large amount OF nu-
triment in a compact, quickly available
form. Beaten up raw with sugar they
are used to clear and strengthen the
voice. With sugar and lemon juice the
beaten white Of eggs will relieve
hoarseness.
Raw beef proves of great benefit to
persons Of frail constitution, and 20
those suffering from consumption. II
is chopped fine, seasoned with salt and
heated by placing it In dish Of hot
water. 1t assimilates rapidly and az
fords the best nourishment.
Onions are almost the best nervine
known. No medicine Is so useful In
cases Of nervous prostration, and thera
is nothing else that will so quickly re-
lieve and tone up wornout system
Onions are useful in all cases Of coughs,
colds and influenza, in consumption.
insomnia. hydrophobia, scurvy, gravel
and kindred liver complaints. Eaten
every other day they soon have a clear
ing and whitening effect on the COM
plexion. ~ 49,
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-07-16
M;s. Shirley Ward Wins Honors.

Miss Shirley ID. Ward, OF Decatur. is
the best spcllcr in the public schools of
Michigan, having won that title in State
spelling contest inaugurated by the sup
erintendent Of public instruction. which
has been in progress over year. The
several schools in each township first as
certained their best spellcr. These con-
tested for the county championship. and
to each of the winners in the latter class
was given a selected list Of 800 words by
the several county superintendent of
schools. In the latter contest Miss Ward
mad the largest percentage.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-07-16

A. "A. Chase, holder OF the English
bicycle record for the hour, established
several new marks In the recent effort
that gave HIM his best-earncd honor.
He was trying for the worlds hour
record, and failed only little of ac-
coynplishIng rs much as did Tom, Lin
ton. the little Englishman who went
thirty miles and PA yards In sixty min
utes at the yelodrome, de la Seine In
Paris Chase is one OF the best long dis
lance men In England. and holds some
of the bestsof the professional records.
In his recent ride for the hour record
he failed to accomplish what he had
hoped and kept on in an attempt to
make a record for Atty miles. In this
also he failed, but in his race up to
twenty-seyen miles he set twenty new
marks. f:.e
He went his first mile in 1853 49, and
then let down the English record for
two miles to 1854 Is. He made new
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-07-16
Care of the Colts Feet.

ly work the mares more or less during
the following summer, and for con-
venience they generally shut the coltsin
stables. These have usually boarl cE
cement floors, and the hard. unyicll-
ing surface is often very injurious 10
the feet of the colt 1t does :iot hurt
the feet Of old horses so much, because
they are generally shod. but the colts
feet are unprotected. A run in pasture
is always best. If closer confinement
Is necessary, some small enclosure with
an earth faer not compacted should be
provided. This precaution will add
much to the value of the colt when it.
comes to working age.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-07-16
Th;uk salories Arc Too High.

In many counties in southern Michigan
the grange societies are pctit;oning the
Boards of Supervisors to decrease the
salaries of county officials. The increase
in State and county taxation, together
with the depressed condition Of agricul-
ture, is given as the reason for the re-
quest. In Berrien County the Supervis-
ors have responded by cutting the treas
urer's salary $500 and reducing the rate
for the dieting of prisoners in the county
Jail IF the project is successful the plan
is to be tried in other agricultural re-
gions where the grange societies are a
political factor.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-07-16

The Hamburgs gave more eggs per
day and during July were becoming
fat, while half the Wyandots wanted
TO sit. The Hamburgs continued to Ky
showing no signs Of broodness and
laying nearly as many eggs during Sep
TENDER as in May. During the prcvi-
Gus year the eggs from twenty Ham.
burg fowls sold for $56.35. making 4
net return over cost of feed Of 81. 10 per
hen. This is a handsome fowl with
silver white plumage, each feather end
ing with a most beautiful spangie.
They are a small fowl and very light
eaters, consuming only about half as
much as the larger Wyandots. They
are non-sitters. active foragers and
stand confinement better than any
other breed l have yet tried.-Leslie
Stewart in Farm and Home.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-07-16
Chocolate Cake.

Take two cups of sugar, three-quar-
tiers Of cup of butter, one cup of milk,
three and half cups of -four, the yolks
of five eggs and the whites OF two,
half a teaspoonful of carbonate, of
soda, and one teaspoonful of cream Of
tartar. Mix and bake in exactly the
same way as lemon jelly cake. only
filling and icing with chocolate icing.
Or, il preferred, it may be baked in
one tin, and the icing poured over the
top only.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-07-16
A Homcmadc Garden Roller.

The Illustration herewith shows
handy garden contrivance that can be
made in few moments. A section is
sawed from round log, and its surface
smoothed. Two round bits of iron rod
are driven into the center of each end,
and the roller is ready to take the place
Of the wheel in the wkeelbarrow. the
latter being unshipped for this purpose.
The special value Of this Arrangement
is shat no new frame nor handles Dre
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-07-16
Hints.

Mice love pumpkin seeds, and will be
attracted to a trap baited with them
when they will pass by piece of meat.
Cream or milk that has turned but Is
not soured may be made sweet by STIR
ring into it one teaspoonful of carbon
ate Of magnesia to each quart Of milk.
To keep fiatirons clean and smooth.
rub them first with piece of wax tied
in a cloth and afterward scour them
on a paper or cloth strewn with coarse
salt. a.g,, ~
The best way to remove sand and grit
from small fruit, when washing Is nee
essary, is to lay the fruit loosely in q
clean basket and dip the basket into
fresh, clean water
Currants dried at home for winter
use are much nicer than those that can.
be bought and are easily done. Pick
them over and remove the stems.
spread them on plates. sprinkle well.
with sugar. aud dry them in the sun or
In spslow otSn.
It is said that IL lamp wick Is soaked
tnyinegar twenty hours before be-
ing placed In the lamp clearer fia1ne,
will be insured. Wicks should Do
changed often, rs they soon become
clogged and do not permit the free pas
sage Of the oil. ~
II a cloth Is wet in vinegar and then
wrung out as dry as possible with the
hands and wrapped around cheese and
then the whole put In n large baper
bag and kept In a cool place, the cheese
will retain the moisture and freshness;
Of a new-cut cheese. and will not mold,
Often defective cover will be found
among the fruit Jars and cannot be
screwed down to make the Jars tight.
Put little putty around between tie
cover and rubber, and when the top Is
screwed down as tightly as possible
press the putty In around the crevice;s,
when the putty becomes hard the Jss
will be found air tight.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-07-16
Buckwheat After BUCK wheat,


The buckwheat crop is more often
grown in succession than is any otlier,
In part perhaps because 1t Is often put
on land that cannot be prepared for
other crops earlier in the season. SO
there Is no alternative when the sod is
once broken up but to sow buckwheat
until the land can be resecded. We
have known timothy seed sown with
buckwheat, in July. and making fair
stand when the buckwheat was cut
early In September. On dry uplands
clover Ii sometimes sown with buck.
wheat and gets sufficient foothold In
the soil to endure the winter But
wherever the land Is too wet to allow
any other crop than buckwheat to be
grown on it, there is no use trying to
grow clover. 1t may make show In
the fall all right, but will inevitably be
lifted out of the soil by freezing and
thawing the following winter.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-07-16
silver spangied Homburrs.

After twelve years of breeding and
carefully testing nearly all breeds OF
thoroughbred fowls as egg producers,
1 give my preference to the breed shown
here. have carefully tested them for
twelve years and in one experiment
they showed their superiority as fol-