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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-12-01
CONGRESS NEXT WEEK.
One Of the Most Important Sessions in the
History of the Country.

One of the Most Important Sessions in the
History Of the Country.
In view Of the many questions of vital
importance which are certain to come be-
fore the forthcoming session of Congress.
those persons who desire to be well in
formed concerning national affairs will be
interested in the news that "The Phila-
delphia Press has made arrangements 70
publish more complete reports from Was
hingtOn than have ever been furnished by
any daily paper heretofore. 'The Press
maintains regularly at Washington spec
ial bureau in charge of one of tee best
known writers on national affairs. The
working force of this bureau has been liz
creased so as to leave no doubt of its abil
itv to adequately and promptly report
every item Of Washington news. As Con
gress will meet next week it will be well
TO begin reading "The Press" Washing
ton reports at once.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-12-01
Barely Saved Her Life.

CUMBERLAND, Nov. 2s.-While Caleb
Whitefeld, who operates the coal roller
mill in Bedford county, Pa, was down
stairs Saturday afternoon attending to
the rollers he noticed that the large draw
ing belt suddenly Stacked. He ran up
stairs to investigate and was Mortified to
find his wife wound up in the cog gear
ing, where eight wheels run together.
Mrs. Whitefield was unable to move a
muscle and was being choked until she
was black in the face.
Her husband Immediately stopped the
machinery and it was some minutes be
fore he was able to extricate his wife from
her perilous condition. The woman had
been passing through the mill and her
clothing caught. A minute more and she
would have been ground up. As it was
she was seriouly injured and may not
recover.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-12-01

IT Is little curious that those who
protested most loudly against the Ding,
ley protective tariff should Oe the first
TO send a commission to Washington
10 plead for reciprocity and a general
understanding by which trade relations
under the new law should he made as
compared with those under the old law.
The Canadian government, in sending
its chief official to Washington to open
the way for negotiations in this line
showed that all Of its complaints about
our tariff and its proposed retaliation
were only for effect.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-12-01


SENATOR CHANDLER does not rank
high among political soothsayers, but
his prediction that the Hawaiian treaty
viii be ratified stands an excellent
chance to prove true. There is neither
pertisanship nor sec,ionalism in this
question. Republicans and Democrats,
the North and the South, the East and
the West, are divided on the issue, but
an overwhelming majority Of all part
les are probsbly for annexation. The
question will call out good deal OF
discussion in the Senate, but, as it has
already provoked long discussion in the
press, not many new points on either
side are likely to be developed. That
two thirds vote which the friends ol
annexation confidently count on viii
undoubtedly be had.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-12-01
Tbe Apples Won't Cook Soft

Says The Kansas City Journal
"a peculiar feature Of the apples grown
in this section the last season is that they
will not cook properly. Many a house
wife has been surprised that the best var
ities Of cooking apples cannot be cooked
AS usual They are tougS and stringy
an' when sliced for cooking retain their
shape. no matter bow long they may be
kept on the stove, instead Of cooking TO
pieces as they should. Grocers and ap-
plemen have been flooded with complaints
about the apples they sell. The unusual
condition Of the fruit, explained an old ap-
pie grower and handler yesterday, is due
To the dry weather that came just when
the fruit was filling and maturing.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-12-01
A Preacher Gets q Divorce.

INDEPESDENcE, Kan, Nov. 24.-In the
District Court here to-day a divorce was
granted to Rev. Willis Jordan, pastor of
the Christian Church at Candy, from his
wife, Ada Jordan. The case appears on
the docket under the peculiar title of
Willis Jordan VS.. Ada Miller, called Ada
Jordan Rev. Jordan caused a sensation
by publicly denouneing his wife from the
pulpit on Sunday. He declared in his
speech that he had been vietimized by the
bold adventures with whom he had be-
come infatuated. He said he had mar
ried her, bat had since found out that she
was at the time married to another man;
that he had been deceived and would sue
for divorce.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-12-01
LOOKING BACKWARD"
A Physicians Personal Experience With
Discharge from the

While discussing the subject of special
ties in medicine, and the growing con-
fidence in Specialists, DIR. A. b. Travis,
Bellevue, Pa, a graduate ofthe Cleveland
Medical College, related a personal ex-
perience. He said: "When 1 was ten
years old had scarlet fever. As usual
very common-I had a 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, l was told a. per-
manent cure was impossible. In 1881.
thirty-fye years after the beginning, 1
consulted nr. Sadier, 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 rec
Ommend such specialists as DIR. Sadler."
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-12-01

Mr.. Anthony Hope Hawkins, the au-
thor of ssThe Prisoner of Zenda," proves,
on the closer acquaintance which his visit
t. this country is now yielding, no less
attractive a. nlan than as writer. his
public readings from his own works seem
to give his large audiences the highest sat
isfaction; and in the busy course OF friend
ly dining through which he has been put
since he landed he has shown himself the
kindliest and most unassuming OF guests
of honor.
Mr.. Hawkins is now thirty-fOur years
old. He began life as a lawyer, and IN
1892 he made vigorous but unsuccessf ul
canvass for Liberal seat in Parliament
While waiting for clients he began to
write stories. He made his way but
slowly at first he had been writing four
or five years before he achieved pro-
nounced success in "The Prisoner OF
| Zenda." ''The Dolly Dialogues" followed
and confirmed his popularity. IL Is an
| interesting fact that while he : visiting
/ in this country an American magazine
| will begin publication of sequel 10 the
story which was his great success Nc
| CluTe's Magazine for December VIII con-
tain the opening chapters of "Rupert OF
/ Hrntzan," new Zenda novel which con-
tinues the history of the love and advent
/ ures of Rndolf RaSsendy!l and Princess
Flavia. They were extremely engaging
people as they presented themselves IN
! 'sThe Prisoner of Zendan but those
who have had the privilege OF reading
the new story say that they are still more
| engaging in it, and that the series OF ad'
ventures through which it carries them
is one to keep readers sitting up ell night
| The story has been illustrated ~ Nc
| Clure's by the author : personal friend
| Charles Dana Gibson.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-12-01

MANY Senators appear to think that
the coming Congress will not dabble
with currency reform, and be ready to
adjourn about the first of May. Vice
President Hobart does not coincide with
this view. He says: "rhe people de-
mand currency reform, and that at
once. ! believe that their representa-
tives will pass a currency law that will
meet the temper, the tone, the require
ments of the people of the United
States.n
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-12-01

THE frightful losses Of the Spanish
troops in Cuba are for the first time au-
thoritstively revealed in the report OF
General Blaneo TO the home govern
ment. OF I82, 900 soldiers of the regu-
lar army sent to General Weyler, only
5000 now remain fit for duty. In the
hospitals are to be found 1000, thus
leaving $1,000 who have perished Of
wounds or disease. When we remem-
ber that this appalling loss of life has
been suffered by an army which has
never fought a pitched battle worthy
of the name, in a struggle with an en-
einy who probably never mustered
more than 1000 rifles in any on'
place, we get an idea of the stupendoui
task which confronted Spain in th'
suppression of the Cuban rebellion.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-12-01

IT Is understood ;hat the Commits
siOner Of Pensions, in his forthcoming
report, will recommend an amendment
of the law, by provision that the wild
ows Of soldiers shall be pensioned only
in cases in which the marriage took
place before or during the soldiers term
Of service. The practice of marrying
old soldiers chiefly with a view to secur-
ing widows pension, is becoming al
together too common, aud has too
much of the character of graveyard in
surance. 1t can at least be checked by
provision that no woman hereafter
marrying a soldier shall be entitled to
a widows pension, upon his death.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-12-01


THE fifteen Republican majority in
the Ohio Legislature on joint ballot
which the revised count rsveals, shows
that the Buckeye State did well in the
recent canvass. 1t was in the contest
for The Legislature that Mclean put in
his most skiilful work. Every Repub-
liean was confident that his party
would have a long lead on Governor,
but no Republican supposed that the
majority in the Legislature would be
as great as it is now known to be. TAX
ing into the account the rascality in
many shapes which the Republicans
had to combat, and keeping in mind
the tendency of the party vote in that
State to shrink in the year Immediately
succeeding a presidential election in
which the Republicans were victorious,
the victory of 1897 is seen to be one OF
the most notable in Ohio's history.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-12-01

EXPLORER NANsEN denies the report
that be has engaged to make another
expedition to the Arctic regions. The
American dollar is attracting his atten-
ton just now, and his lecture tour is
winning a great many Of the dollars.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-12-01

THE health authorities of Indianap-
oils say that diphtheria and other con-
tsgious diseases are spread in that city
by the use in common by school chill
dren of penholders and lead pencils.
These are gathered in a box each even
ing and re-distributed the next day to
different pupils. In this way a pencil
finds its way into the mouths of scores
of children.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-12-01

PoPULIsTs are showing such deci-
ded tendency to leave the silver issue
and return to their first love, the fiat
currency, that Mr.. Bryan may be called
upon to again abandon his Mexican
tour and devote his time to missionary
work among his late supporters.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-12-01
ny GRAND, TRY eRA1N.o

Ask your Grocer to-day to show you
package Of GRAIN-0, the new food drink
that takes the place of coffee. The chill
dren may drink il without injury As well
as the adult All who try it, like it.
GRAIN-O has that rich seal brown of
Mocha or Java, but it is made from pure
grains, and the most delicate stomach re-
ceives it without distress. the price Of
coffee 25 cts. per package. Sold by ali
grOeers.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-12-01

OUT IN Iowa more than three hun
dred students who are sons of farmers
are enrolled in the State University.
This is so different from a year ago that
the press of the State says the cause of
it is very clearly traceable to the pros
porous conditions of the agriculturists
of their commonwealth.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-12-01

THE new tariff lGw is beginning tC
be felt in the Increase in wages as well
as an increase in employees, which i'm.
mediately followed its enactment Nat
urally the frs: noticea5ie effect of the
adoption Of protective tariff W.,Pllc.
be in the resumption of work by the
manufacturers and the increased num-
her of employees, and this became ap-
parent before the new law had been in
operation a month. Now follows the
next step, the increase in wages. In
cueases are being announced in the iron
territories of the country, for furnace
men and other branches of the indus
try, and in various other lines.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-12-01

MARK TWAIN was one of the men
expelled from the Austrian Reichsrath
during the recent riot. He was struck
on the head, but it is safe to say that
the famous American will have some
thing very clever from the same head
when he gets to welding his facile pen
in describing the uproar.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-12-01

THE United States Government has
already received SIS, 100000 Of the sum
realized from the sale of the Union Pa
cific Railroad, and there is about S4O,- :
1000 yet to come. The investment
was not so bad, after all.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-12-01

THE season of Holiday shopping is
at hand, and the people of Somerset
need go no further than the HERALD
advertising columns for suggestions.
The merchants of Somerset are offer
ing splendid assortments Of desirable
goods at low prices.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-12-01

POSTMASTER GENERAL GARY will
favor the establishment Of postal saw.
ings banks, in his annual report 70
Congress, next week. He thinks that,
sooner or later, perhaps by the coming
Congress, a safe and satisfactory plan
viii be developed and put into effect.
If practicable, postal savings system
you'd be most desirable; and il Is being
demonstrated, by the many letters lie
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-12-01
Dynamite Wrecks a House.

CUMBERLAND, Nd, Nov 26.-Twenty-
three pounds of dynamite which Henry
Diehl had placed in his smoke house at
koontzvilie, Pa, 10 be used in digging a
well' exploded, tearing the building to
spiinters and greatly damaging his resi-
dence- Members of the family were Gu,
by flying glass.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-12-01

receives in ifs favor, that the people
want 1t; and that II has been his expe-
rience that what the people want very
much is usually pretty nearly right,
and is also very likely to be realized in
course Of time, and sometimes without
much unnecessary delay, as may hap
pen in the present case.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-12-01

SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR Bliss
emphasizes the need of legislation on
behalf OF Alaska at the coming session
of Congress. Gold discoveries and the
grand rush of prospectors to the gold
fields make the present provisions en-
tirely Inadequate for the needs of the
territory.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-12-01

THE Connecticut Legislature appro-
priated sIO0 900 for improved roads pro-
vided the towns would furnish SINH
lar amount. A prompt acceptance was
the result, and the work of construe-
tion is under way.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-12-01
Two Men Divide One Wife.

HAMILTON, Mo-, Nov. 27.-Judge Broad.
dus yesterday promised a divorce for Mrs.
Mary Dice, but because she married Rev.
jacob Z. Dyer before the decree was en-.
tered the Judge set il asidean dismissed
the case, leaving Mrs. Dice in the pre,ic
ament Of being Mrs. Dyer also.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-12-01

WOMEN make an outcry against the
slaughter Of birds, and yet wear feath-
ers on their hats. A woman is not un-
like a man in some particulars The
personal point of view sometimes makes
a thing look different.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-12-01

THAT new Government srmor plant
will cost over three million dollars, but
it soon may be worth much more than
that. There is nothing like being pre-
pared TO do business when that busi-
ness must be done.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-12-01

Now that Thanksgiving IS past,
Christmas is looming up. There are
plenty of pleasant milestones along
the path of the year, if people would
but make them 50.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-12-01

CANADA contains a population OF s.
OO0, 900, while that of the United States
is 1900, 900. The ambitious diplomats
of the Dominion are apt TO forget this
difference when they talk Of recipro-
..ifr-
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-12-01
BABYLAND.
tEsrABLIsHED 1919


THE BABIES OWN MAGAZINE.
a wonderful heIp 10 mothers in amusing
and instrueting the children
so Gents Year ceats Copy
The little ones look eagerly each month
for Babyiand because IL is full of bright,
pretty things designed especially for them.
The 1s9s Volume contains:
"Ladybird and the Bold Knight" by Alice
Dana Knox dainty serial about a
dear little girl and her piaymateS.
'sMOre About BuZ-Buz," by Charles
Stuart Pratt, continuing the interesting
adventures Of a houseny.
A Characteristic Serial. by Margaret
johnson, prettily illustrated by the au-
thor.
Original Nursery Rhymes and JingIeS, by
Miss +. &. Sylvester.
Special stories, by Albert BigelOw Paine.
Quaint Fairy Tales, Poems, Bright Illus
trationS, and host OF other good feat
ureS, by nvOrite contributors TO child
literature.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-12-01

Diseases often lurk in the blood befor
they openly manifest themselves. There
fore keep the blood pure with Hoods Sar.
saparilla.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-12-01

THE Democratic presidential eandi-
dates in the field for 1900 thus far are
Bryan and Sovereign. neither of whom
voted the ticket in 1892.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-12-01

Famous "old Tom,'' OF Allegheny,
Comes Out in a Strong Interview
Declaring In Favor of the Congress
man For the Republican NOmina-
tlon For Governor-The Fight on
Sfartin and Magee.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-12-01

Tbs fight that is being waged against
the Martin and Magee machines in
Philadelphia and Pittsburg continues,
and the performance is being watched
with unabated interest by the people
Of the commonwealth. who can be fooi-
ed some OF the time. but not all the
time. In other words. mere perfunctory
exhibitions Of harmony on the part Of
Senator Quay or any other leader are
not sufficient to reconcile the voters to
either Mr. Martin or Mr., Aagee, Sem
ator Quay evidently realizes this im-
portant truth, and will learn in time
that the Republican party is much
safer without the aid OF such men than
1t is with their help or assistance.
7. n. A.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-04-04
MYSTIC SBRIyERS TO SEE THE SHOW.

The Mobiles of the Mystic Shrine contemplate
breaking the record for big theatre parties on the
occasion OF their formal annual visit TO barhum q
f2stley's Greatest Show Earth, on me evening
NJ Thursday April s. In prompt response 70 tne
drrnan Of their potentate. the mobiles have areauy
.acured boxes and seats for themselves emo thelr
families to the number Of nearly four thousand
and when the night arrives there Will piooaoiy %
Jew places In the vas. auditorium not occupied oy
,psrnbars of the order and their friends Tho nopies
are such conscientious and consistent opponents OF
deadheading that every one Is compelled 10 nuy
hateyer tickets he requires and even the dozen or
more members OF the managerial stan OF inc snow
will have to pay for their admission on this occa-
sion tust as II they outsiders this being one
of the infexible laws of Mecca Temple. The Nopies
of the Shrine will wear their scarlet fezzes and tiger
claws and the extent TO which these emDiems are
In evidence will give the general public an ioea OF
q social demons tration. Several entirely new leas-
ures some spectacular and others OF mystic sgnin-
canoe Will be included in the programme OF inc
evenings entertainment in recognition OF tno 'isi
tors who will especially appreciate what lne I'M
initiated will only be able to admire and ENJOY Inc
BABY white camel boru in the menagere ten months
ago and christened Mecca In honor OF the Shrlners
will be utilized this occasion in certain rites that
mobiles will understand, whether outsiders 40 or
hot ,-..,.a - ..,ou
row night in all departments of tho show that VIII
make The programme for this week even more al
fractye and entertaining than II has been, all the
smnortant features already exhibited being retained
and the novelties squeezed in 10 make more multi
farious and continuous interest
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-04-04
NOTES OF THE 7TH REGIMENT.

The parade and review Of the '7th Regiment on
Thursday evening will long be remembered by
those who were present and IT is doubtful whether
there have been many more impressive ceremonies
In the armory than the review OF the organization
by the veteran Colonel Bremner. Despite his
eighty-fve years. the veteran made the tour Of
the line with and soldierly step. and his black
civilians clothes and high silk hat In striking
contrast with the martial form of Colonel Apple
ton who walked at his side and lowered head and
shoulders over the Colonel Of fifty years ago.
Cheers greeted the old soldier all along the line,
and the strains of Aud Lang Syne" and Home,
Sweet Home" brought suspicious moisture to
the eyes OF many Of the grizzled veterans who
stood about the outer circle, and lump in his
old commander. Stories were told OF things that
were said and done before the war; and on all
sides there were heard regrets at the absence OF
General Emmons Clark. who. II thought.
would be able to assist at the review, but who
too Ill to attend. The ceremony OF saluting the
colors was never more striklngly executed than at
the close Of the parade. and people in the galleries
and on the floor who had never witnessed II were
loud In praise Of the inspiring The few men
who kept their hats on while the oolors car
Red out became conspicuous, and their lack Of re-
spect was loudly criticised one OF the veterans
far ahead Of the old one; We thought just as
Of h aSns Star sn
nerS and ali that have a good effect on the rising
generation and stimulate p airiotis,%S Yes the
mat left no doubt thai he and his comrades were
glad TO be beaten; a..
TN Regiment s making active P repdIFs'!ons for
Der Of The sth Company under who's. direction
same company last Year viii have the sags ms sne
agoment again, and the members are satisfied that
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-04-04
THE RECEPTION FOR MRS. TIYGLEY.

The TneosophiSts expect Madison Square CARBON
Concert Hall 20 30 crowded tonight at the public
reception 10 be given for Mrs Katherine A. T1ngiey
and her band Theosophical crusaders on the ter
minaton OF their tour around me word Many
roronent 1yeosoph!s;s are arriving in the city 10
he present Among them Herbert Crooke, Of
Liverpool deputy vcepresident Of the Philosophical
Society In Europe. and Official lecturer for Eng
land; Basil crump. OF London secretary OF the
Theosophical Society in England; Miss Constance
Eargrovo. OF London. president OF Lotus Circles
funsectarian Sunday -schools) in England Dr. J. d.
Buck and Mrs Buck. OF Cincinnati: b. Harding
fheosophical lecturer for the United States; X.
Crosble president Of the Boston Society.
Following is the programme: Largo" for strings.
plano and organ Handel: chairman's address; adj
dress OF welcome. A. II. Spencer; Permanent Work
OF the Crusade" H. T. Patterson: characterization
p r Hargrove: Roma nee" ,Svendsen); Reality
OF brotherhood" Mrs Alice L. Cleather; Divine
Teachers" the Rev. W. Willisms; v"Intermezzo"
Katherine A. Tingcy; "Lohengrin." prelude. string
quartet Wasnss3.