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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-07-21
The Pennsylvania Railroads Popular Ex.
curiions to the Sershore.


No other summer outing appeals so
strongly to the people of western Penn
sylvania as the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company's popular excursions to the
seacoast of New Jersey. For years they
have been looked forward 10 as the holi-
day event of each summer. The secret
of their great popularity is the phenome-
nally low rate and the high character of
the service. The limit of twelve days
just fits the time set apart for the average
vacation, and the dates of the excursion
are most conveniently adjusted. There
is also the widest field for choice in the
selection of a resort. Atlantic City, Cape
May. Sea Isle City, and Ocean City are
the choicest of the Atlantic coast resorts,
and any one of them may be visited un-
der these arrangements. The list this
year includes also Rehoboth, Del, and
Ocean City, Md.
The dates of the excursions are July Is.
and -, and August IL and 81 A special
train of Pullman parlor ears and day
coaches will leave Pittsburg on above
mentioned dates at s:,5 a. M, arriving AT
Altoona l2:l5 p. m, where stop for din
ner will be made, reaching Philadelphia
ti:25 p. M, and arriving Atlantic City, via
the Delaware River Bridge route, at so
p. M, making the run from Pittsbnrg to
the seashore via the only allraif route in
eleven hours and forty-fve minutes.
Passengers may also spend the night in
Philadelphia, and proceed to the shore
by any regular train from Market street
wharf or Broad street station the follow
ing day.
Tickets will also be good on regular
trains leaving Pittsburg at i:5O and Sl0
p. m, both Of which will carry sleeping
cars through to Atlantic City.
For detailed information in regard to
rates and time of trains apply 10 ticket
agents, or Mr.. Thomas +. Watt, District
Passenger Agent, Pittsburg.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-07-21
Rev. Rr. Swallows Sentence.

HARRIsBURG, July l9.-Rev. DIR. Silas
{. Swallow, editor o: "The Methodist
and prohibition candidate for state treas
urer, who WAS convicted of libeling the
board Of public building and grounds last
April. WAS called for sentence this morn
ing. DIR. Swallow appeared with num-
ber of ladies and members ofthe Prohibi-
ton party, who surrounded him inside
the bar
Judge simonton sentenced him ia pay a
tine Of 500 and the costs. An order was
also made that he pay the costs in the suit
brought against him for libel by the sol
diers' orphans commission, in which he
was found not guilty but directed TO pay
tie costs. As Or. Swallow walked away
from the judge he was presented with
. large bouquet OF white flowers. The
sass viii be taken 10 the superior court.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-07-21
Quay a Candidate.

From the Lancaster Inquirer.
The assurance given by Senator Quay
that he viii be candidate for L. s. SEN
ator TO succeed himself. will he received
with great satisfaction by majority of
the people Of the state. Had he declined
to be candidate, as it was feared he
would, there would have been great diff
Guilty in selecting his successor, aud an
unseemly factional warfare would have
been the result. As il is there will of
course be some opposition TO the Senator's
reelection, but if we are To Judge the
future 10y the past il will be feeble and
inefficient. Senator Quay is easily the
most accomplished and skillfull politi-
elan in Pennsylvania, and his services to
the state since he has been a member OF
the Senate have been most valuable.
With these facts in his favor and his in
innate acquaintance with leading men, 1t
is not likely he viii have any serious
difficulty in securing a reelection. In
deed it would not surprise us if in the
end his selection would be unanimous.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-07-21

The Use Of Schools Defined.

In an opinion handed down by Justice
Fell, Friday, the supreme Court decided
that public school directors have not the
right TO permit the use of school property
for other than strictly school purposes.
In his opinion Justice Fell says: "The
use of school buildings by the communi-
ty at large for public meetings for the
discussion Of subjects of general interest
may be said 10 be in the line of their use
for educational purposes, but II Is not the
use intended by law. If the school
buildings may be used for meetings for
the convenience, pleasure or instruction
of the general public, all other school
property may with equal propriety he so
used, and it would be but step further
to apply part of the school funds to the
same use"
The question at issue was the right to
permit the school TO be used for sectarian
religious meetings.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-07-21
They Fought a Catamounr.

HAZLEroN, Pa July l6.-James Hough
and John B. Hanlon, of Freeland, had a
desperate encounter with a catGnount
yesterday. They were engaged i'm pick
ing berries in Obey swamp, and while
Hough was STOPPING to the ground the
catamount sprang from a tree, alighting
upon his back and iInbedding it, claws
into his neck.
Hanlon sprang to his companions assis-
tance with club and struck the animal
terrific blow, telling it to the ground.
1t again dashed upon the berry-pickers.
The young men made a desperate strug-
gle, and the beast was only subdued after
having torn HanlOn's clothing almost 10
shreds and biting and scratching him in
many places. His companion escaped
under similar conditions.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-07-21
Export Records Beaten.

wAsniNoToS. p. e., July 1.-THE
largest volume of exports recorded in
any fiscal year Ia the commercial history
of the United Ststes i shown by the COM
pleie figures for the year ended on June
30 last. Tho total exports - merchandise
for the year were 81 .e5i .es7, ,O3i.
The largest previous record was in
1892, when the bounty ol the American
crops supplied the deficiency in Europe,
and the whole volume Of exports was
sl.0D,27S,l ~. The volume of exports Of
domestic merchandise a. that time was
g .0l5, ~. OIL. while the amount for 1877
WIS q, ,G}9, 90, $50.
The excess II exports over imports was
a. greater for 1877 than in any previous
year, amounting 10 s2s7.6I3, lsG. against a
balance in 1870 of s25i .G5l ,G6G, in 1881 Of
$50, ,7l2,7is, in 1878 of s257, 7,sl4, ,23I, and in
1891 of seE, 1850. The balance in ls2,
when our abundance Of cereals was offset
by Europe's scarcity WIS only s2o2, ,s75,-
6s,i.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-07-21
The Pennsylvania Railroads Popular Ex-
cursions TO the seashore.

cursions TO the seashore.
No other Summer outing appeals so
strongly 10 the people of Western Penn
sylvania as the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company's popular excursions to the
seacoast of New Jersey. For years they
have been locke forward to as the holi-
day event of each summer. The secret OF
their great popularity is the phenominal
ly low rate aud the high character of the
service. The limit of twelve days just
fits the time sci apart for the average va
cation, and the dates of the excursions
are most conveniently adjusted. There
is also the widest field for choice in the
selection of a resort. Atlantic City, Cape
May. Sea Isle City. and Ocean City are
the choicest of the Atlantic coast resorts,
and any one of them may be visited un-
der these arrangements The list this
year includes also Rehoboth, Del, and
Ocean City, Md.
The dates of these excursions are July
20 and August II and 81 A special train
of Pullman parlor ears and day coaches
will leave Pittsburg OH aforementioned
dates at $50 a. m, arriving at Altoona
ELS p. m. where stop for dinner will be
made, reaching Philadelphia 6:2j p. M,
and arriving at Atlantic City, via the
Delaware River Bridge route, at $40 p.
m, making the run from Pittsburg 10
the seashore via the only all rail route in
eleven hours and forty-five minutes.
Passengers may also spend the night in
Philadelphia, and proceed to the shore
by any regular train from Market Street
Wharf or Broad Street Station the fol-
lowing day.
Tickets will be sold from the stations
at the rates named below
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-07-21
Grasshoppers Eat Crops.

REBFIELD, (. D., July l5.-Ali yester-
day afternoon the sun was clouded by a
swarm Of grasshoppers passing south
ward. Word was brought in from Spring
Greek by farmer that a small section of
the swarm had alighted near his farm.
At the time he left for the city place
about six miles square had been eaten
clean of buffalo grass, and operations had
begun on his wheat and oats fields.
lie stated that the range visited by the
hoppers had been totally destroyed.
Stoekmen in several instances have been
compelled TO move their cattle to new
feeding grounds.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-07-21
Women Prisoners Breaking Stone.

4 dispatch from Kansas City, of 18th,
says: The police department of Kansas
City began this morning working women
prisoners at breaking stone, the same as
the male prisoners. The police Commits
sioners adopted this rule upon recommen-
dation of Chief Quarrels, who argued
that women prisoners kept in idleness
were not sufficiently punished.
They do not object to going to Jail at
all; in fact, they seem to like it," the
Chief said.
The Police Commissioners have adopt
ed regulations for the innovation. The
women will wear coarse overalls, the
same as the men. They will have ne
skirts To impede their work. The work.
ing of the women prisoners will be the
first effort of the kind ever made i'm Kan
sas.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-07-21
WANTS TO KNOW.
Governor Hastings Calls for Detailed State
ments.

Governor Hastings has decided upon
a policy with respect to the items in the
general appropriation bill and the various
expense accounts Of investigating com
mittees which il a distinct innovation.
II is something new in the history of the
State and in the recollection of State ofti-
cials has never before been done. He
has made up his mind not to accept bulk
sums for expenses of officers and en-
ploycs of the Senate and House nor the
lump sums submitted by the chairmen OF
the various investigating committees and
heads of departments. The Executive
wants to know the items which compose
these lump sums and has written letters
10 Jere p. Rex, chief clerk Of the House,
and T.. w. Smiley, chief clerk of the
Senate, requesting them to submit dc
tailed statement Of the items composing
the total in the general appropriation bill
for salaries of officers and employees. lie
has also addressed letters to the ciairmen
of the investigating committees and also
to the members of these committees ask
ing for similar statement. Heads of
departments have likewise been request
ed to call upon him and explain the items
in the appropriation bill for their depart
ments, his purpose being to discover
whether any cuts can be made without
embarrassing the departments. These
letters request the chairmen OF commit
tees and the clerks of the Senate and
House as well as members of the investi-
eating committees to report the itemized
lists within week.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-07-21
L. A. W. MEET, PHILADELPHIA.
Half Rate, via Pennsylvania Railroad

For the animal meet Of the League OF
American Wheelmen at Philadelphia.
August TO :, the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company will sell special tickets from
al points ON its system To Philadelphia
and return at rate of single fare for the
round trip. No rate will be less than
twenty-five cents. Tickets will be sold
and will be good going on August and 4.
and good to return until August 9, 1907,
inclusive.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-07-21
Natures Bar Acquits Him.

LExINGroN, KY, July l7.-City Judge
Gray Falkeuer has acquitted Jacob S.
Harris for killing his wife's lover, Thom-
as III. Merritt, here las. Friday night.
The Court held that the action of
thes man who avenges his blasted
married life and his dishonored
children by striking down the destroyer
after all must be determined at the bar of
human nature. and human nature will
excuse the one who so avenges.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-07-21

SENATOR MCENERY, OF Louisiana,
voted with the Republicans on the tar
iff bill, and mis- constituents are 50
pleased with his action that they are
arranging a grand public reception for
him when he returns home after the
adjournment of congress. This strong
sentiment for protection is in the very
heart of the recent solid south, where
free trade was presumed 10 reign su-
DreInS
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-07-21
Birds on Hats illegal.

BOsToN, July lG.-The new law against
the selling and wearing of birds bodies
and feathers has been officially promul-
gated. 1t provides penalty of SO for
each offense.
The Chief of the state Police has sent
a circular to Massachusetts milliners and
dealers in birds, referring to tine recent
act passed by the Legislature. which pro-
hibits the use of song birds for the pur-
pose of fornamenting hats or bonneis.
Senator Roe, of Worcester. is the father
of the new law, and United States Sena-
tor Hoar is said IN have written the petit
ton, under which the original bill WAS
drawn.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-07-21
Cereal Coffee Drinker, BEWARE

Ii you have been deceived and tried
one of the cheap bran substitutes now on
the market, claiming to be the original
and To have great food value, and you got
a pound of poorly roasted bran for your
25c. and poor, weak, sickish drink
(what can you expect from tran), don't
be discouraged hut try GRAlN-o. It Is
made from solid grain, nicely Drowned
and pounds for DC. Grain-O takes the
place of coffee at ! the price. Get pack
,. yDIrs rocer To day.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-07-21
From Blindness to Active Business in
Twenty-Eight Days.

One year ago Mr.. A. NJ. Cunningham,
Ottawa, Kansas, found himself blind in
one eye from cataract and the other fail
ing rapidly. He had the one operated
upon by an occulist in st. Joe, Mo-, re-
sulting in painful confinement and a
totally blind eye. The other was now
too blind to do business. He then came
to Pittsbnrg for the express purpose of
placing himself under the skillful care of
DIR. Sadler, S0i Penn avenue, whose rep
utation for success i'm cataract has extend
ed throughout the length aud breadth OF
the United States. The result i'm this ease
added another laure; 10 the doctors cred
ii. Mr.. C. never having had any pain
either with the operation or afler IL. In
three weeks he eould read the finest
print, and in four weeks was out on the
prairies of Kansas selling respers. The
doctor has lost but three cases out of the
last ll3 of all ages-a percentage GER
tainly worthy of consideration. No sea-
son Of the year moi re favorable than now
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-07-21

The last Legislature got after the
travelling doctor and made him the
subject of legislation. Hereafter when
a travelling medical practitioner camps
down in community he must take
out = license, even if he practices gra-
tuitously. The bill requiring this
reached the Governor among the last
lot Of legislation sent him by the Leg
islaiure, and he has approved it,
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-07-21

BETTER times are on the way. The
agreement on the tariff bill strength
ened everything. Green Rio coffee
rose quarter, and the roasted coffee
trade was fairly active and excited.
Refined sugar was excited and strong.
and there were enormous purchases.
But the most significant advance was i'm
wheat Il went up four cents, closing
strong at IS. These evidences of ae-
tivi;y mean that public confidence is
getting ready for the period of pros
perity which is to come over the land.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-07-21

"As political issue, the free and in
dependent coinage of silver at the IA
ito of l6 to |, or any other ratio, is as
dead as the institution Of African slav-
cry" said Henry Watterson at the
great meeting in Louisville last week,
and the dramatic exclamation brought
out the greatest enthusiasm Of the day
1t was a great truth eloquently ex-
presSed.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-07-21

VIZ violate no confidence in stating
that General Cofiroth has not yet Civ
on orders for the erection of the con-
teHlplsted barracks The present In
dicstiOns are that the recruits that he
will receive, ss a result of the late
fake" primary will not materially in
crease his fighting force. The few
bushwhackers snd guerillas who have
been fighting between the lines for
years past, are not looked on by the
General as desirable recruits. 1t is
doubtful whether he will enlist them.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-07-21

IT is an old saw that straws show
which way the wind blows. Here are
some wheat straws which are import
ant. The -four output of the flour cen
tiers last week was 81, $3.50 barrels, a.
compared with psf, 40 barrels for the
corresponding week Of 1896 and 49,
0SO barrels for the corresponding week
in lSq1-
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-07-21
A Moral in a Nightshirt.

From the Boston Transcript.
The fact that Mr.. Bryan wears silk
nightshirts is now, thanks to the enterprise
of the press, known from one end of this
great country to the other. We should
not comment upon Mr.. Bryan's taste ex-
oept for the fact that it clearly demon
strates that he is learning that the wear
ing Of luxurious garments by those who
can pay for them he.ps the toiling masses.
4 silk nightshirt involves in its manu-
facture the activity of many skilled hands
at good prices. Last fall Mr.. Bryan did
not know this. He is acquiring knowl-
edge and he has an almost boundless
margin for acquisition still.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-07-21

EVERY dollar of gold in the world
has cost over two dollars, and of
fifty thousand gold mines in the world
only two have paid. These are statis-
ties which ought TO stagger even per-
son who is getting ready TO go TO
laEl-a
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-07-21

THE Democratic organs in this State
have again taken TO naming a Repub-
lican candidate for Governor next
year. Whenever they have nothing
else to do, they start this little game.
II amuses them, and it doesn't hurt
anybody, so they are perfectly well
come TO continue.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-07-21
UNITED BRETHREN CAMP MEETING,
MT. GRETNA.
Reduced Rate. via Pennsylvani. Rsilroa

For the United Brethren Camp Meet
ing at Mt. Gretna, Pa, August 3 to L,
1897, the Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany will sell excursion tickets from all
points on its system east of Pittsburg
ard Erie. and west of and in
Guiding Philadelphia. to Mt. Gretna and
return at reduced rates. These tickets
will be sold August to August IL inclu-
inclusive. For specific rate. conditions
etc. apply TO your nearest ticket agent
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-07-21
The Mt. Pleassn, Institute.

The Western Pennsyl, ania Classical
and Scientific Institute offers exception
al advantages as school for the training
OF the young. There are seven courses
OF study. including Music and Art. A
$500 cash prize. For full information
write the principal, ii. c. Dixon, Mt.
Pleasant, Pa
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-07-21
G. A. R. EYcAMPMENr, BUFFALO
Half Rates via Pennsylvsnia Railroad.

Half Rates via Pennsylvsnia Railroad.
For the National Encampment of the
Grand Army of the Republic, at Buffalo,
August q, the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company will sell special tickets from
all points on its system to Buffalo and
return at rate of single fare for the
round trip. These tickets will be sold
and will be good going on August 2l to
q. and good to return not earlier than
August "a nor later than August 81, 1857.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-07-21

priation bills. Those who have in.
serted items that are dishonest or ir-
regular ought not to complain if the
veto axe falls in their direction. 1t is
evidently the intention of the Govern
or TO hew to the line and permit the
chips TO fall where they may.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-07-21

THE time is rapidly coming when
the fellows who spent five or six hum
dred dollars to hold flake primary
election will be asking themselves what
return they got for their outlay, and
the pause for reply will be 50 prolong-
ed that the silence will be painful.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-07-21
A Compliment Returned.

Miss Matte r. Tyler, granddaughter
of the former President of the United
States, was Thursday appointed post
master at CORTLAND, Va. The selection
ends a long contest, in which Miss Ty-
Ter went to Washington and presented
her claims in person to POstmaster-Gen-
eral Gary and Fourth-Assistaut Bristow.
During the Tyler Administration. the
President, in the course Of 2 trip, picked
mp child in his arms and remarked /:
That's bright little boy" That boy
was the present Postmaster General, who.
after the advisers of the Administration
in State patronage had failed to reach an
agreement, Thursday settled the post
Office case for himself The Office pays
SJ65 per annum. Miss Tyler succeeds
Eugene c. Barrett.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-07-21

For the first time in many years the
Blaekburns, of Kentucky, are all out
of office. Not many years ago the GER
tificate of Joe Blackburn's election was
signed 10y Luke Blackburn, governor,
and attested by James Blackburn, sec
retary of state. But "things have
changed y
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-07-21

Now that Mr.. KoOser has County
Chairman of his own, to say nothing
of ''Vice" Chairman, and an Execu-
tive Committee, entirely apart and dis
tinct from the regular Republican or
ganization, what is he going to do with
il? Or, in other words, how is he going
10 LET loose9
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-07-21

THREE men in Lowell, Mass, who
were caught giving bribes TO a city Of
fetal for a municipal franchise will
pay fine OF 500 each and pass one
year in prison. The popularity in the
case is that they were caught.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-07-21
A sENsATIoN has been caused by the

A sENsATION has been caused by the
Governors attitude respecting the ex-
pense accounts OF the various investi-
eating committees and the salaries OF
officers and employees Of the LegisIa-
ture. He has called for detailed item
lied statements and the assumption is
that unless these statements are salts
factory to the Governor these bills will
not be approved He has the power
under the Constitution to veto any
-ssparaie itrrn in an appropriation bin.
and this does not apply 10 the general
appropriation bill only. AS il looks
now the Governor will slash all doubt
al paragraph, in the various arpro
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-07-21

WHEN the Philadelphia mint alone
coins fifty millions of dollars year,
Americans can keep on believing that
this is a big country, and requires a
big amount of coin TO carry on its bus
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-07-21
Excursion to Atlantic City. Reduced Rates
via e. o.

Excursion to Atlantic City. Reduced Rates
via B. & o.
The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad will in
augurate a series of popular excursions
to Atlantic City. Cape May and Sea Islo
City during the summer season. The
first Of the series is announced for Thurs
day, July sth. The tickets will be good
for twelve days, and allow stop off at
Washington on return trip.
We show below the train schedule
and rate from points in this vicinity:
Rockwood--.....-... 10 80 "a. IN. 1915 n M 81 %
Johnstown ---------- NJ 2lO \. m. >
Somerset .--......-.... l0O2 3.i2 800
Correspondingly low rates from ether
points.
Pullman Parlor Car on Jay train.
sleeper on night train.
For further Information address near
est Il. & O. Agent.