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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-12-09

Major c. T. Pieion is manager Of lie
State Hotel, at DenisOn, Texas, which
the travelling men say Is one Of the best
hotels in that section. In speaking Of
Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera aud
Diarrhoea Remedy Major Picton SAYS:
II have used it myself and in my fam
lily for several years, and take pleasure
in saying that | consider il an infalli-
BILE cure for diarrhOea and dysenteTy.
L always recommend it, and have
frequently administered it to my guests
in the hotel, and in every case 1t has
proven itself worthy of unqualified en-
dOrsement. For sale 10y Benford's
Pharmacy.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-12-09
As the Soldier Dies.

\ British army surgeon Is authority
for the statement that the cause IF
death is clearly shown in the expires
sion of the face of a corpse on the Held
of battle. He states that those who
have been killed by sword thrusts have
a look OF repose; while those killed by
bullets usually have pain Of an intense
nature clearly depicted.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-12-09

Eighty-three tests involving 50 hor-
ses were recently made to determine
the relation which the weight OF
horse bears to its pulling power They
were grouped into three classes-gsod,
fair and pOoT. The good group aveT1S-
ed dead pull Of 80 per cent. Of he
weight, the fair group 7O.5 per cent,
and the poor group $50 per cent. Of
their weight. Thus the bes; could pull
nearly four-ffths oftheir weight, while
the poorest pulled less than twO-thirdS
of their weight.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-12-09

II contracted - severe cold from ex-
posure. Coughed all winter. Could
get no relief DR.. Woods Norway
Pine Syrup broke up the cold, and
drove away the cough. Never took
anything that did ME so much gead.'
1. II. Brooks, North HsverhiIl, y. H
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-12-09

Prevent sickness and save doctors
bills at this season by keeping your
bloc rich and pure with Hoods Sar-
.aparilla.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-12-09
Bueklsn's AT1ica Salve.

The Best Saive in the world for Cuts,
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, salt Rheum, Fe-
Yer Sores, letter, Chapped Hands,
Chilblains, COrns, and all Skin Erup-
tions, and positively cures Piles, or no
pay required. II i guaranteed to give
perfect satisfaction OF money refunded
Price > cents per box. FOR sale at j.
y. Snyder's drug store, Somerset, or
at Brillier's drug store, Berlin, Pa
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-12-09

When most needed il i not unusual
for your family physician 10 be away
from home. Such was the experience
of Mr.. J. Y. Schenk, editor Of the Cad
do, Ind. Ter, Banner, when his li-lle
girl, two years Of sge, was Threatened
with a severe attack Of Group. He
says: ''My wife insisted that I 90 for
the doctor, but as our family physi-
clan was out Of town 1 purchased a
bottle of Chamberlain's Cough Rene
dy, which relieved her Immediately.
/ will no, be without it in the future"
p and 50 cent bottles for sale by Ben
lords Pharmacy.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-12-09

Potash plays an important part in
the development of the fleshy part of
fruits and for this rseSon Orchsriitts
would DO well to investigate into the
wisdom Of applying IT TO their trees -
4 fertilizer. This IL an especially im-
portant point wlel applied - 5aoe ~
calities where the soil Is naturally de-
fieient in potash. In some eases this
deficiency can be supplied by wood
ashes-but I'm general, the Use Of the
potash salts muriste, sulphate or
Kainit-will be necessary.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-12-09
All Around the Farm.

Keep 1t III mind that like begetslike
as much so among plants ~ il does
among animals.
Soil brought up from depth OF 326
feet in vault in one Of the Belgian
mines is said to have grown weeds un-
known to the bofanists.
A. sure as frost witbers the grass Il
loses net only its succulence but much
Of its nutritive value, and some other
kind Of food must be given with il Or
the flow Of milk will decrease.
There are two extremes. You can
not let your poultry roost in trees in
winter, nor can you shut them Up m
over crowded houses, and then expect
Success Success docs not lie on either
Of these routes.
The chief reason Of quick decay Of
fall fruit is sinpiy the matter OF the
warm weather to which ii j. expOsed
a. now handled. Fall fruit will keep
all winter if put into desirable degree
Of low temperature Immediately after
packing.
The grower should make the dispo-
sal Of his fruits extend over a longer
time, and change Of method in se-
lecting, packing and style Of packing,
and the keeping Of his fruit at lower
temperature, will make him more IN
dependent Of market conditions.
a Michigan cheese factory has sent
out the following pointers to its IL
irons: Filth cannot be strained from
milk. Milk will catch and hold bad
Odors from stable, wood house a3d
filthy yards. The best milk, If shut
into can tightly when warm, will
spoil inside Of three hours.
When large numbers OF stock are fed
together the stronger will continually
crowd away the weaker ones, who fail
TO procure enough food to keep in good,
thrifty condition. such an unequal
division causes an increase in the cost.
IL is better to divide up into reasonably
small lots, according to size, age and
cOuditiOn.
A number Of breeders complain OF a
peculiar skin disease that is breaking
out on their fall pigs Small scabby
sores break out on the pigs back, and
sometimes back Of the ears and on tn e
neck. Wash them thoroughly with a
solution Of one part common coal oil
and a small quantity Of laundry soap,
and three parts rain-water boiled until
it becomes an emulsion. Apply with a
scrubbing brush
A veteran broncho breaker gives the
following as a sure way 10 cure horse
of kicking: Tie one of his fore legs
with a rope to his hind leg on the oth-
er side. As soon as he starts 10 kick
he Jerks his front leg OFF the ground
and he goes down in a heap. Two or
three doses OF that kind viii cure the
worst case you can tind.'
Grapes need TO De ripeaed wholly on
the vine. They Will not, Ike pears
and apples, ripen in the cellar. Ire
really ripe grapes will endure several
degrees Of frost. II this occurs early,
30 as TO warrant some warm weather
after if, some grape growers leave tie
grapes On tie vines for some time az IT
most OF the leaves have been frosted.
The grapes will ripeu thus, but very
slowly. II is a risky business, FOR a
heavy frost sometimes comes aad
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-12-09

The wife of Mr.. ID. Robinson, prom
inent lumberman Of Hartwick, y. l.,
WAS sick with rheumatism for I've
months. In speaking of il, Mr.. Robin
son says: ''Chamberlain's Pain Balm
is the only thing that gave her any
rest from pain. For the relief of pain
it can not be beat" Many very bad
eases of rheumatism have been cured
by it. For sale at 80 cents per bottle
by Benford's Pharmacy.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-12-09
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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-03-12

his frisky sister-in-law, who is at the
same time his niece and who has been
a source of anxiety and trouble to him
since she became widow.
It will likewise be promoted by all
the reigning houses in any way re-
lated to the Orleans family, such as
those Of Spain, Great Britain, Portugal.
Austria, Denmark and Sweden, all OF
which are exceedingly anxious to see
the duke of Orleans converted into a
reputable ard decent member of So
ciety by a marriage with a strong
minded, masterful woman, who will
have the energy and the power to keep
him in order.
They will make a comely couple, both
of them exuberent with life and vim.
and should they manage to seat them
selves together on a French throne.
there is no doubt that Paris would
witness the revival of such an era OF
hrilliancy and gayety as has been I'M
known since the days of the first en-
pire in the beginning of the century.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-03-12

advisers at his back he could be in
is but twenty-seven years DID, but
talks as if he possessed the wisdom of
patriarch. In some things he is not
unlike Emperor William of Germany,
and If placed in a position of power
he could be counted upon doing things
in a manner equally eccentric. He
has an income of 100000 a year, and
most of it has been spent since his
fathers death in substituting purchas-
able newspapers in France to keep
alive the royalist agitation. Nearly all
these papers are those which circulate
in the rural districts, and they are
chosen with the purpose OF tanning
into fame the peasant. When the
time comes for the duke to make his
attempt he hopes to have at his back
a vast army of the peasantry Of
France, as we'll as all the aristocrats
of the old regime.
The duke has hundreds of artistic
cratic gents constantly at work in his
behalf in France. Nearly every man
and woman of the nobility longs for a
renewal Of the times when their titles
will count for something and not be
the empty hOnor5 they are today. For
many years the officials Of the republic
regarded these noblemen with sus-
picion, but of late they have relaxed
all vigilance, as the time of danger
was regarded as past when the count
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-03-12

Paris, but at the same time he is
acknowledged to be more aggressi re
and to possess certain qualities which
might land him on the throne. Most
of the French kings have not been al
together flawless, and the young duke
can be placed in this class.
In the fall of 1894, at the time of his
fathers death, this interesting young
which clearly explained his future
course in relation to the French throne:
Exile killed MY father. 1 will risk
my head to return to France, and if I
am fortunate enough to reign, l will
risk my head rather than be driven
out"
According to this the young man
who says by divine right he is en-
titled TO lord it over the whole Of
France seems to care very little for his
head. But as yet France has not
deemed it of enough Importance to de-
prive him of it. The time may come,
however, when his recklessness will be
put to the test.
There is little doubt that if anything
like a favorable opportunity presents
itself the duke Of Orleans will make an
effort to mount the throne Of France
He is thoughtless and reckless enough
to do it. His whole life has been
given up to this idea, and with poor
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-03-12

said: Our educational facilities are
equal to those OF any section in the
union, and if, some of the patriotism
in the people of the west had been
possessed by the president and his
friends, the citizens of this republic
would not have been called upon to
witness the national humiliation of
the hauling down of the American
flag at Honolulu, of begging bankers in
Wall street and Great Britain to save
us from financial ruin and, under the
behest of the powers behind the throne,
of denying to the oppressed citizens
OF Cuba the recognition which the die
tates Of humanity and of common
right demands" (Applause.)
Washington, March 6-The house
passed the legislative appropriation
bill which has been under considera-
lion for week. Most of the time,
however, was consumed in the con-
sideration of the amendment to abolish
the fee system in the cases of United
States attorneys and marshals. This
amendment was perfected and
adopted The consideration of the
postoffice appropriation bill came next.
A bill was passed to abolish the cash
payment of pensions.
The house resumed the cor
sideration of the amendment to the
legislative appropriation bill to abolish
the fee system in the case of United
States attorneys and marshals. The
salaries of marshals fixed were
identical with those of district
attorneys fixed Wednesday, except in
a few districts. Under the fee system
both district attorneys and marshals
were allowed fees not to exceed $4,000
and mileage, which, in some cases
swelled the compensation to as high as
$4,000 or 100000 Instead of mileage at
the rate of 10 cents per mile each way,
the amendment allows attorneys and
marshals their actual travelling ex-
penSes. 1t fixes the fees of United
States commissioners considerably be-
low the present schedule. After the
committee arose without completing
the consideration of the bill, the bill
was passed appropriating $4,000 for
the reconstruction of the Rock Island
bridge.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-03-12

Orleans, the banished head OF the
Bourbons, is highly elated at the turn
of public affairs in France. None Of
the politicians who have figured in
the unique battle between the French
senate and the French cabinet have
perhaps given this young man the
slightest thought, but he and his
friends argue that anything which
shakes the solidity of the republic
gives them an opening.
No one has ever said that Louis
PHILIPPE Robert, the duke Of Orleans,
has the good, sound sense which dis
tinguished his father, the late count of
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-03-12
IS THIS TRUE?
Must We Go Barefooted in Order to Be
Healthy?

There is a pedicure in town whose
fortune is on the increase. 1t has be-
come a fad among certain fashionable
women, with unhappy homes, no chill
dren or other diversion, to have him
call on them every morning to pedi-
cure their toenails and otherwise beau
tify their feet, says a writer in the
New York Press. He informs me that
New York women, as a rule, have very
fine feet, and in most cases little at
tentiOn renders them beautiful. These
women have adopted the custom of
the ladies of the court of Dom Pedro,
who never thought of wearing shoes
and stockings in the family circle In
the seclusion of their homes they go
barefooted. Their toes and ankles are
decorated with ribbons and gems, and
their health is marvellous Since they
have become used to going barefooted
at home they find that they never have
colds or fevers. Half the evils of life
are due to confined feet
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-03-12

According TO some foreign politicians,
France is approaching a crisis. A
crisis in France means history. And
it is history Of the dramatic kind. for
the French seem unable to do anything
Of Importance without throwing il a
heavy coloring of the theatrical. Some
of the royalists in France claim that
the republic is doomed. The men who
are forcing the crisis laugh at this
prediction and say that the crisis
merely means the downfall of one po-
litical party and the uplifting of an
other
1t is known that the young duke OF
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-03-12
FOREIGN.

A general war is threatened in Cen
trail America.
The porte is said to intend to expel
all missionaries from Asia.
The story that hansen reached the
north pole was reiterated by a Rus
sian merchant writing from Ust
Yansk
A dispatch from Barcelona, Spain,
states that the excitement in Spanish
cities against the United States has
somewhat subsidized.
An uprising of Moplan fanatics in
India assumed serious proportions
The British attacked a large party
and killed 100.
Officers of the Panama Canal COM
"pany have cabled from Paris formally
denying the statement that a contract
had been made between the Panama
and Nicaragua canal companies.
Torrential rains have occurred in
Mesopotamia, and the river Tigris
has overfiowed vast tracts of land. A
Nomad tribe of 600 Arabs were
drowned and over 10000 cattle per-
ished in the food
According to a dispatch from Rome
the Italian troops under General Bar
atieri sustained a crushing defeat at
the hands of the Abyssinians under
Menelik. They are surrounded at
Asmara.
A correspondent in Panama, Co.
lombia, sends word that the revolu-
tionists in Nicaragua have been de-
feated. Their loss was heavy, and
two Of their generals were killed
The Novosti, in an editorial, says
that Russia will maintain the indie
pendence of Korea and that if Japan
continues intriguing Russia may be
forced to occupy the peninsula. Japan
must consider that, if she wishes to
acquire Korea it means war with Rus
STA.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-03-12
MAKES GOOD HOUsEKEEPERs.

Manchester, England, possesses a
school Of cookery and domestic econ
omy, the sole purpose Of which is to
fit young women to become good house
wives. 1t is argued that a course of
instruction greatly improves young
woman's matrimonial chances, and the
results are said to speak for them
selves, but now the school managers
have taken a step which seems likely
to make their graduates less popular
with the sterner sex. In order that the
girls who contemplate, or who might
eventually contemplate, matrimony
might be instructed fully as to their
rights, lecturer is hired to give a
series Of talks on what was discreetly
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-03-12

From the wells in the Apscheron pen
insula in the Transcaucusus, the Baku
district, the Russians drew 81, 400, 900
pools (thirty-six pounds EACH of naph-
tina oil during ten months of 1895 to
247 100000 pools during the same peri
Cd of 1894 The increase was due not so
much to the boring of new wells as
to the stronger flow from the old ones.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-03-12
THIS CHINESE CONSTRUCTING.

A Chinaman without a queue is not
an ordinary sight in Richmond; a
Chinaman dressed as an American is
still more seldom seen; but a China
man who speaks English without the
pigeon feature, who rides a wheel,
reads his Bible, attends divine SER
vices, writes a very good hand and
does not incur the enmity of the hobos,
is quite curiosity. Such a Chinaman
is Charlie Jung, who established him
self in the laundry business at 802
East Broad street about month ago.
He had his bicycle with him, and when
he put aside his irons, starch and
sprinklers, closed up his shop, and
went out for a spin, all eyes followed
him up Broad street.-Richmond
Times.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-03-12

The trustees of the Boston public
library have decided to set aside a
special room for the use of the pupils
and teachers in The public schools.
This room will contain such books as
the pupils may find of use in their in
vestigation of special topics.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-03-12
ESTIMATE OF THE BOER.

The following little anecdote may be
of some interest, Illustrating the
mathematical capacity of the Beers:
six years ago an Englishman owed a
sum of $500 to a Boer. When payment
was demanded, instead of paying the
whole sum, he paid him $780, On az
irving home the Boer counted out his
money with the aid of Ready Reck-
oner, and found that he had been paid
E2OO short. He Immediately returned
to the Englishman, explained to him
that, according to his Ready Reckoner,
he was goo short. The ready witted
Briton seized the book and replied that
it was last years. The Boer re-
turned satisfied. London Tit-Bits
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-03-12

The president will send to the senate
nominations as follows: To be Indian
inspector, J. G. Wright in South Da-
kota and John Lane in Oregon; to be
agent at the Rosebud agency, in South
Dakota, G. T. McChesney.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-03-12
ORLEANS ON DECK
THE YOUNG DUKE IS LOOKING
THRONEWARDS AGAIN.
ROYALiSTS BUSY PLOTTING.

\ Group that Is Fully Prepared TO
Take Advantage of Any Shift in the
French Political Situation-Peculiar
Engagement OF His Blue Blooded
Nibs.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-03-19
ALLIANCE PRIMARIES.
A Lawyer Who Did Foolish Thing
and Suffered Defeat
For IL,

The primary election at Alliance was
not largely attended Saturday, the re.
publiCans seeming to take as little inter
est as they did in Canton. Mrs. Barber,
the women's candidate, was defeated for
member of the board Of education and!N.
W. Harris and John G. Diehl were nomin-
ated. The other nominees are: City So
licitor, J.W. Craine; city treasurer, Willis
H. Ramsey; marshal, r. Jones; council,
J. X. Russell, first ward; NJ. Trail and
Frank J. Miller, second ward, a tie; W..
H. Morgan, third ward: Charles Y Kay,
fourth ward X. NJ. Scranton fifth ward /;
W. M. Scott, sixth ward; township treas
urer, S. ]. Nell; clerk, James CulbertsoD.
Attorney Rodgers made a neat run for
city solicitor against J.W. Craine. Rodg-
ers made a great mistake late in the can
vass. 1t was said that he once appeared on
the democratic ticket in Portage county.
Instea of allowing this monument to his
good sense to remain, he razed it by deny
ing the story and thus lost the good opin
ion Alliance people had of him, and
Craine was nominated.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-03-19
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.

Editor News Democrat Great misap-
prehension exists in regard to the cost of
supplying books under, proposed free
book system as compared with the sys-
tenn which now exists in this state, This
wrong understanding of the situation is
favored by the production Of most
fallacious statistics.
The price of school books furnished TO
the public schools In this state Is fixed by
law. Under the statutes all books used
in the public schools are purchased by
boards Of education Tor legally appointed
agents Of the board), and are required to
be sold to pupils either at the cost price
or at an advance OF not TO exceed 10 per
cent. This law is in full force, and is
observed uniformly throughout the state.
Should the fee book system be adopted,
and made compulsory, the books would
be purchased, as heretofore, by the boards
or their agents, at the price fixed by the
law, and furnished free to the pupils.
Where, then Is the alleged great saw
ing" to come In. unless, indeed, we are
20 believe that the pupils will take better
care Of the books which are furnished
them free by the state than they now
take OF those viii III they buy aJ their ow
expenset
Under the present system, as above
stated, the books are handled either by
the board, or the Doa-d's agents, ut an
expense not exceeding 10 per cent as pro-
vioed by law that is, the cost for hand
ling Is covered by adding 10 por cent 10
the prioe. Now, should the books be fur
nished free 70 the pupils, they must be