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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-12-22
III. Stat. Finances.

The annual statement Of the State treas.
ury for the fiscal year ended Nov. 80
1877. was issued on Friday 10y State Treas
urer Haywood. The receipts Of the gen
eral fund for the year were Sl2. AZ. .O70, IL;
payments, So, ,76s. .5I5,s4
The receipts include the whole amount
received as state personal tax, three
fcurths of which is returned TO the coun.
ties; personal fees, paid by aid returned
to state officers; fertilizer licenses and
fines received from the department o. ag.
riculture, the insurance on the old capitol
building and contents, and one per cent
of the tax on foreign fire insurance com,
panies distributed among the cities and
counties OF the state under act of 1895.
The aggregate of these items is s2,l55.-
llS,H. which is deducted from the gross
amount received. leaves the net amount
which was available for the payment o
appropriations Sl03l9,95L73. There is
still due 10 the common schools, training
schools, reformatory. charitable and in
sane institutions for the quarter ended
November 30, 10 counties on state take:
and on sundry other items about 81, 100. 600
The balance in the general fund at the
close Of the year was q, 5000
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-12-22
SOME POTENT FACTS.
That the Reader VIII do Wei to cale-
fully Ponder Over.

Ii was kept a secret for years in a good,
old Quaker family. The neighbOrS all
knew about il, and many time had rea-
son 10 be thankful for its existence. Its
lame spread. and strangers who heard
about II, wrote for information concern
ine II, sometimes tried its yirtaes, and
sometimes put of trial for a more con-
weren't season. To tell how it was drssg-
ged from an obscure country village and
paced before the general public, would
Oe interesting reading. but lack of space
eompels us to withhold the particulars.
IL IS sufficient TO know that over a year
ago II came TO Canonsburg. Pa, like il
nad gone TO every city and town in the
North, unpretentious and unassuming. IL
said: Il can do certain things: inVesti-
gate my claims, try me, If you have hack
ache, or kidney ache, ard you will
not be disappointed" The above is
fragment from the history Of
Doan's Kidney Pills, preparation
which has come to this locality, as well
as CanOnsburg, TO stay. One of Canons-
burg representative citizens, who helped
", 70 push the good work along. is Mr. Jas.
MOrsteii, watchman at the Canonsburx
Iron & Steel Works, living at 9G East
IKE street. Canonsburg. Pa. That cen
ueman says: During the last year or
more was troubled with a severe weak
ness OF the kidneys and auxiliary organs
Inc secretions were very irregular. dis.
tressing and annoying. My back was
weak, and / would tire easily, and ,Iid
not not seem to benefit rightly from my rest
DiiIerent medicines had failed to give me-
any relief. when l was advised to usz
poah , 5 hIdney Pills, and got them az
arug store. They acted promptly, snd
~ short time relieved me of the troubie
4 nave no hesitation in highly reco,ntaend-
ing them, as they will do. / am sure. for
DINERS what they have done for me-
Doan's Kidney Pills. for sale br all
dealers Price 50 cents. Aailci Inv
foster- Milburn Co., Buffalo. n. Y solo
agents Tor the u. \. Remember the ulnls
loan s-and take no substitute.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-12-22
News Items.

Pardee Hall, the pride of Lafay cite Col
lege, was destroyed by fire on Friday.
Pittsburg will try TO secure the nation
al Grand Army Encampnent tor 1900.
Congress adjourned Friday and Senator
Quay left Washington on Sunday for
Florida, where he will remain until after
the holiday recess.
John Hutton, Brooklyn architect,
says that one of his wife's front teeth is
loose and that il was loosened by the ar
dent and ELUSIVE kissing of Harry DoI-
ecker. Hutton is suing for divorce and
has named Donecker as correspondent.
The best place in the county to get
Xmas present is at
SNYDER's ART STORE
Thousands of school children are re-
ported to be starving in the city of Chi
cagO. In cases where the children come
to school hungry they are provided with
warm dinner.
II you want a picture framed cheap
and well, go to Snyder's Art Store,
where you can get anything in Fancy
Lamps, Pictures, Fine China Ware, &c.
Down at Lebanon, Pa, mOtormen and
street car conductors have been forbidden
to eat sauer kraut. They say the cars
were so saturated with the odor of kraut
that many persons refused to ride on
them.
Disappointed in a love affair thirty
years ago John Fanstermacher, of Wilks-
barre, Pa, disappeared. Last week word
came from Oregon that he had died in
that far-off state, leaving an estate valued
at $4,000. He lived the life of a hermit.
A commission appointed to revise the
constitution of Rhode Island proposes 70
disfranchise ali voters who do not own
uniBcumbered real estate or personal
property to the value of $500. A big SEN
sation has been created by the commits
sion's decision.
Young Joseph Letter, who has cornered
the Chicago wheat market, on Friday
gave Philip Armour check for $4,000
for delivery of 100000 bushels of
wheat. Saturday Armour bObbed up with
l,250.0OO bushels more, and received
another check for Sl,O62, 5000. As every
bushel of wheat Armor has delivered has
been loss of from 10 to 20 cents, Letter
stands to win 81, 10000 on the deal.
Six murderers died on the scafTold
throughout the South Friday. In view of
theperiod of lynching that has seemed to
hold sway, this is a record that some
Southerners may feel proud OF. Two men
who slew man for his money were taken
to a scaffold in field, then clad in white
garments and hanged in the presence of
three brothers of their victim. Another
man tied great stone to his year-old
daughter by his first wife and. thinking
to please his second wife, tossed the girl
into river. He died like cringing cow
ard. The youngest victim was a Il year
old negro boy who assaulted a white girl.
At one hanging, the lynching of the muir
derer was feared and troops guarded the
scaffold. There have been but six lynch
ings throughout the South this month.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-12-22
Kidnappsr Chief Caught.

Albany, n. Y. Dec. 15-Lawyer Al
bert s. War .er, the leader of the kidnap-
ers' gang who last August abducted lit
tie John Conway in this city, and held
him for 5000 ransom, was arrested yes
terday at Riley Centre, a village in the in
terror of Kansas.
By his capture the last of the bold CON
spirators who planned to engage in the
wholesale stealing of children has been
put in safe keeping. With II. G.. Blake
and Joseph NJ. Hardy he had concocted q
scheme to kidnap the children of wealthy
parents in nearly every city in the coun-
try.
Among their intended victims, it is said,
was child Of John d. Rockefeller. The
manner in which they designed to oper-
ate was reminder of the famous Charlie
Ross case, of Philadelphia. Fortunately, v,
the first boy they abducted, John Conroy.
was recovered by the police after he had
been held by the gang for four days.
Blake and Hardy were then arrested, but
Warner, their chief, managed TO escape
Both of the men who were caught confess
ed their guilt and were sentenced to inn
prisonment for IA years.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-12-22
A New Years Gift HsraIdsd.

The measureless popularity of Hos
letters Stomach Bitters has been the
growth of more than third of a century
As in the past, the coming new year will
be ushered in by the appearance of fresh
Almanac, clearly setting forth the nature.
uses and operation of this medicine OF
world wide fame. 1t is well worth peru
sal. Absolute accuracy in the astronomical
calculations and calendar will, as before.
be valuable characteristics, while the
reading matter will include statistics,
humor and general information, accom-
panied by admirably executed Illus
trations. The Almanac is issued from
the publishing department of The Hos
letter Company at Pittsburgh, and will be
printed on their presses in English, Ger
man, French, Welsh, Norwegian, Swed-
ish. Holland, Bohemian and Spanish.
All druggist and country dealers furnish
il without cost.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-12-22
Gave Up a Sc. .ooo JOB.


Rev. DIR. James Farrar, pastor Of the
First Reformed church in Brooklyn, \.
", receiving a salary Of 5000 year. be-
loved by his people. assured or that salary
rs long as he cared To draw it, has given
up that charge and chosen to surrender
the salary, leave his comfortable psrson-
age and admiring congregation, and re-
turn to his old home near Ligonier, where
he viii support himself on a private in
come Of 500. and give his services free.
The Rev. DIR. Farrar gave this decision
on Friday night before the officers Of the
church and the assembled congregation.
1t was the annual meeting. Nothing Of
the kind was expected. His hearers look
ed bewildered. It is a prosperous church,
always filled when DIR. Farrar breaches.
Affer announcing his proposed with
drswal from the church in the near fu-
ture, DIR. Fsrrar gave these reasons 10 the
listening people:
81 have spent seven years Of my life
building up church which has grown
strong and useful. | now desire 10 give
the remainder of my life to building up
souls without money and without price.
I have fully consecrated my life to the
cause, and am convinced that the step
shall take, as soon as the way is COM
pletely open, is in the right direction.
81 hope to enter a field where no one
can impugn the motives of a minister
because of the money he receives for his
preaching. hope to work in the minis
try entirely without salary"
He has chosen the field for his new
ministry among the scenes Of his boy
hood. That community does not believe
in paid ministry. There he will work
on the principle of the Keswick move
ment in England, that minister should
devote part of his life to saving souls
without pay.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-12-22
ARomanne Of he VI

A bill introduced in the Senate by Sen
ator Penrose unveils a romance of the
war. A brothers desire to save the honor
Of the family name has forced him to
keep silence for years. Death has opened
his lips at last and the story is told.
The bill Is a simple one. It directs that
the military record Of Harnan Francis
shall be changed so that the name shall
read George Francis and that an honora-
bic discharge shall be granted 10 George
Francis.
Harman and George Francis we've
brothers. When the war broke out Ear-
man enlisted in company X, Ninety
seventh Regiment, Pennsylvania Volun-
teers. His experiences the first few
months were so severe that he surprised
his family by walking into the home and
telling them that he had grown tired Of
fighting and was not going back to his
company. In vain the home folks argued
with him, and pointed out the fate of a
deserter. Harman was determined. At
home he was going TO remain. 1t was
then that George made up his mind to
save the family name from dishonor. The
resemblance between the two brothers
was great and George went to the front as
Hartman.
George served all through the war. In
the battles Of the Wilderness he was
wounded. The wound was a serious one
and the name Of Hartman Francis was
placed on the pension list. Since the
war The pension has been regularly
drawn by arrangement between the two
brothers. This worked all right until
lately. A few months ago Hartman died.
The pension is still being paid, but George
wants to appear right before his neigh
bors. he thinks the honor of knowing
that their father fought in the rebellion is
due 10 his children. Harman left no
family and George feels that he has kept
quiet long enough. So he asks that the
record may be changed.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-12-22
eAsus SMOOTH, FAIR SKIN
A Grateful Mother Writes this Letter

A Grateful Mother Writes this Letter
Tells all sbout Her TrouSIes whea
Baby Broke oct with Scfofuia Sores.
"At the age OF two months, my baby
began to have sores break out on hisright
check. We used all the external ap-
plications that we could think or hear OF,
to no avail. The sores spread all over one
side of his face. We consulted q physi-
clan and tried his medicine, aud in a week
the sore was gone. But to my surprise IN
two weeks more another scrotulons look
ing sore appeared on beby's arm. II
grew worse and worse, and when he was
three months old, began giving HIM
Hoods sarsaparilla. also took Hooa' 5
sarsapariIla, and before the fret bottle
was finished, the sores wer- vel ana have
never returned. lie is Eoss four years ola,
but he has never had any sign OF those
scrofulous sores since he was cured by
Hoods sarsaparilla, for which feel very
grateful. My boy owes his good health
and smooth, fair skin TO this great med
icilse." Mrs. s. S. WRoEES, Farming
ton. Delaware. Get only Hoods.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-12-22
A Physicians Personal Experience With
Discharge from the
Ears.

While discussing the subject of special
ties in medicine, and the growing con-
fidence in Specialists, DIR. A. B. Travis,
Bellevue, Pa, a graduate of the Cleveland
Medical College, related personal ex-
perience. He said. when was ten
years old had scarlet fever. As usual
very eomn.on-I had purulent discharge
from one ear. This continued without
relief / expected, when came to attend
Medical Lectures, to obtain relief through
some of the professors. After consulting
with several, and a course treatment by
the Professor of Surgery, was told per-
manent cure was impossible. In lSSO,
thirty-five years after the beginning. /
consulted DIR. Sadler, SO4 Penn avenue
Pittsburgh, and, to my delight, in four
months he had me cured. have never
had particle of the trouble since. Now
yOu can see why believe in specialties
in medicine, and never hesitate to REQ
ommend such specialists as DR.. Sadler' -
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-12-22
Carnival fOr a Murderer.

Parsons, W. Va, Dec. 1.-THE saloons
IN this town were closed this evening by
order of the Mayor through fear that the
respective friends OF Colonel Eastman and
Frank Thompson, of Philadelphia, the
man he killed in a railroad car, might get
into trouble over the verdict of involun-
tary manslsughter. The Coloneps friends
started 10 celebrate and the friends Of the
dead mans family were very outspoken
IN their disapproval Of the verdict.
Judge Holt to-day sentenced Colonel
has,ham to Imprisonment in the county
jail tor two years A large crowd was in
The court house TO hear the sentence pro-
nouueed. In passing sentence the Judge
said to the prisoner:
"In their mercy. the jury decided TO in
fiiet punishment of the lowest order.
They decided that you had no right to the
p p'ea Of self-defense."
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-12-22
Judge Whites Definition of an Intemper
ale man.
Philsdelphla Inquirer.

Philadelphia Inquirer.
Perhaps no decision of Pennsylvania
court has been more widely quoted by the
State newspapers than that i'm which
Judge Harry White, Of Indiana county,
defined what, in his judgment, constitut-
ed an incorporate man. The definition,
it appears, was invited by the nature of
the case, and it was fairly met. Judge
White said:
ITO our mind, then, a man so given 10
the habit that he very frequently goes 10
the bar for a drink, occasionally gets an
der the influence, yields 70 the temptation
for getting liquor when offered, OF accepts
treat whenever invited, leaves his en-
ployment frequently in working hours to
get drink, spends his earnings for it
while other responsibilities are neglected,
feeds growing appetite for liquor with
out any effort for its control, is person of
incorporate habits; and when those hab-
its become known &c the community in
general or in the neighborhOod where he
lives, or among the people with whom he
has intercourse and who see him from time
TO time in the indulgence Of those habits,
he is under the ban of the liquor law as a
person Of known intemperate habits"
If this test were applied in all the drink
ing places Of the State the reduction OF
their receipts would be enormous, and vet
it is not bad test after all. Certainly the
man who feeds growing appetite for
liquor without any effort for its control"
must soon become an intemperate man,
if he is not such already. There are
many who become such in spite of fire.
quent effort.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-12-22
cbairman Flkin,s Cal.

Chairman John 2. Elkin has issued a
cali for meeting of the Republican State
Central Committee TO be held at the head
quarters in Philadelphia on Wednesday,
December 22nd, at II o'clock a. M. The
committee at this meeting viii fix the
date Of the State convention 10 be held
psxt year.
1t is necessary to have the exact date
determined Lecause many Of the counties
are already arranging for the Republican
primary elections. This is especially true
Of Philadelphia, where the date for hold
ing primaries for the election Of delegates
70 the convention has been fixed for Janu-
airy llth. A full attendance Of the COM
mittee is expected.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-12-22


regular widows pension This iegisla-
ton is necessary to suppress a great
and growing evil, and Is obviously
right and proper. There are pensions
without stint for all who have a just
and legal claim upon the bounty Of the
government, bat this effort on the part
of a number Of unprincipled women TO
hoOdwink both the pension authorities
and the men they marry is so clearly
a sWindle that steps should have been
taken long ago to end the practice by
the most stringent regulations. How
ever, it is better late than never, and
Congress ought to pass this bill with
cut deIay.n
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-12-22

MAJOR NEsBIT, Of Allegheny, who
succeeds Captain Skinner as Pension
Agent at Pittsburg, is a staunch Re
publican, an old soldier, a man exceed
ingly popular, and no better appoint
ment could have been made. The re-
firing agent, Captain Skinner, himself
an old soldier, made most excellent
official, gaining the praise of all the
veterans who mad business at his de
partment.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-12-22
Marriage and Divorce.

WASHINGTON. Dec l6.-Represent-
alive Ray. Of New York, has introduced
hill regulating absolute divorces, snd de-
elsring marriages void in certain eases IN
the District Of Columbia and the territor-
les. The object is 70 make the divorce
laws enacted by Congress conform to the
law Of New York. As the highest grade o.
III. state codes, and to install the proposed
uniform marriage and divorce law. 70 DC
obtained by constitutional amendment
But one cause for absolute divorce IS al
d-adultery-the innocent party may
remarry: legal separation, without per
mission Of remarriage. may be granted iel
drunkenness, cruelty or desertioD, anc
marriage may be declared void in cases
where a former partner is living. lunaey
at marriage. matrimonial ineapacity OF
lark of legal consent The law is irtend
ed TO cover cases in Oklahoma.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-12-22

CHICAGO business men have formed
a vigilance committee on account of
the numerous robberies, and have de-
termined to kill footpads on sight. This
Is fine showing for municipal govern
ment in one OF the largest cities of this
great nation, but it is only the natural
result Of predominance of politics
over business methods in arranging
for the safeguarding Of 50 large a CON-
munity.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-12-22
A Wonderful Offer.

There will be found i'm this issue of our
paper the advertisement of The Independ-
ent, of New York, which is known
throughout the length and breadth of the
land as possibly the ablest and greatest
religious literary and family newspaper
not only in the United States but in the
world. The Independent in this adver-
tisement makes an offer which will attract
very wide attention and be eagerly accept
ed by great many people. 1t offers The
Independent for year, the Century Mag
azine for year, aud the Century Gallery
of one hundred portraits"-the regular
price Of the three being Sl4 JO-for only
$50, a saving OF 500. The Century
Gallery of One Hundred Portraits in
cludes the best likeness of one hundred II
the most prominent people of the world
whose pictures have appeared in the Cen
tury Magazine. The size of these pictures
is 93xi3I inches; they are put up in a
handsome box and are delivered free by
express. Every one is valuable for franz
ing and would decorate the walls of any
room, or would be very desirable for hol
iday gifts. Orders and remittances should
be made to
THE INDEPENDENT,
$50 Fulton Street, New York.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-12-22

OK THE basis of the Governments
revised estimate the United States
wheat yield in 1897 was $50, ,O00, 600 bush
els, which is an advance Of about 67.
100000 bushels on lis previous figures.
Private authorities on whom specula-
tors haze been in the habit Of placing
great reliance put the crop at figures
ranging from $4,000, 600 to $50, 900, 600
bushels The Governments estimate
Is usually below that Of private experts.
Probably il is under rather than over
the true mark this year. In any case.
the wheat yield Of 1897 has very seldom
been exceeded in this country.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-12-22

THE President sent in the-folloWing
among other nominations, 10 the Sen.
ate on Thursday;
Justice-Joseph McKenna, Of Cali
fornia, to lie Associate Justice Of the
Supreme Court Of the United States.
Treasury-Charles G. Dawes. of Hi
nois, to be Comptroller Of the Currency
Interior-John w. Nesbit, Of Penn.
sylvania, to be Pension Agent at Pitts
burg.
Court of Private Land Claims-Jo-
seph R. Reed, Of Iowa, to be Chief Jus
tieei William w. Murray, of Tennes.
see; Thomas c. Fuller, of North Caro-.
lima; Henry c. Sluss, of Kansas. and
Wilbur F. Stone, Of Colorado, to be As
soeiate Justices.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-12-22
Jury Defss a Judge.

LANCASTER, Pa, Dec. l7.-There was an
exciting time in court yesterday afternoon
in the trial Of Frank Simpson and A. c.
Giberson, for cock fighting. The testi-
mony showed that they were present at
q fight Counsel on both sides argued
TIA verdict Of guilty should be render
ed, reserving the legal point on am appeal
to the Superior Court as to whether Geek
fighting is cruelty 10 animals. Judge
Brnbaker directed The jury t. render a
verdict of guilty without leaving their
seats. They refused to do 50, and il was
only a:tsr tho Court gave them Eve min-
utes 70 do 50 or be would know tho reason
that they found both guilty.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-12-22

THE Republican State Committee
will meet in Philadelphia to-day for
the purpose of fixing a time for hold
ing the State Convention, and trans
acting such other business as may be
brought before the meeting. The prob
abilities are that the date for the Con-
vention will be fixed for some time IN
the month Of May. If this is done.
the regular Republican primary for
this county viii probably be called for
some time in the latter part of April,
or early in Nay.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-12-22

THERE has been considerable discus.
sion of late concerning the pensions of
widows, those who have been married
to old soldiers subsequent to the var
Senator Gallinger, chairman of the
committee on Pensions, has introduced
a OIL declaring that hereafter mo pen-
sion shall be granted, ander any law
OF the United States, to the widow of
any soldier or sailor whose marriage to
said soldier or sailor was subsequent 10
the passage of this act" Saws the
Nor,b American: ''The plain intent of
This bill Is to prevent young women
from marrying old soldiers merely for
the purpose Of becoming their widows
within short period and receiving the