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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-03-03
Sharp Rivalry, This.

Rival druggists occupy opposite cor
neIs in the mission, and competition i
very sharp between them Not long
ago one OF them hung a plaeard an
nouneing that he wovld give his pa
irons three stamps for a nickel He
gave them two twO-eent stamps and
one One-eent stamp. Bat his rival was
not to be Outdone in making pretense
of generosity, and now he has pla-
card which reads:
Thirteen two cent stamps for cent
and a quarter"
This is no bluff, either. Whoevtr
gives him cent and quarter ,of a
dollar gets thirteen twO-eent stamps
San Francisco Post
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-03-03
SOMERSET, PA. WEDNESDAY. MARCH 3. 1897.
BILL GETS INTO TROUBLE.

I've got a letter, parson, from my son
away out West,
An my cP heart is heavy rs an anvil in
my breast,
To think the boy whose futur' had once
SO proudly planned
Should wander from the path o. right an
come 10 such an end,
told him when he feft us only three
short years ago
He'd find himself a-plowin. i'm a mighty
crooked row
He'd miss his fathers counsels, an his
mothers prayers, too,
But he said the farm was hateful, an he
guessed he'd have to 60.
1 know thars big temptation for a
youngster in the West,
But | believed our Billy had the courage
to resist,
An when he le.t / warned him - the
evor-waitin' snares
That lie like hidden serponis in lies
pathway everywheres.
But Bin he promised faithful he'd be
keeriul, an allowed
He'd build "A reputation thard make us
mighty proud.
But it seems as how my counsel sort O.
faded from his mind
An now the boys in trouble Of the very
wustest kind!
His letters came so seldom that / some
how sort - knOwed
That Billy was a-trampin' on a mighty
rocky road.
But never once imagined he would bow
my head in shame,
An in the dust he'd waller his OF dad
dy's honOred name.
He writes from out in Denver, an the
story's mighty short;
just can't tell his mother; it'll crush her
poor OF hearti
An so I rechoned, parSon, you might
break the news to herr
Bills in the Legislatur', but he doesn't
say what fur.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-03-03
Bueklen's Arnica Salve.

The Best Salve in the world for Cuts,
Bruises, Sores, Ulqers, Salt Rheum, Fe-
yer Sores, letter, Chapped Hands,
Chilblains, Corns, and all Skin Erup-
lions, and positively cures Piles, or no
pay required. 1t is guaranteed to give
perfect satisfaction or money refunded.
Price y cents per box. For sale at j.
n. Snyder's drug store. Somerset, OF
at Brallier's drug store, Beiin, Pa.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-03-03
If He Spake tie Truth He Lied.

Two IriShmen were repairing a well
over on long Island, when suddenly
one g; them missed his footing and fell
to the bottom. The other, greatly ex-
cited, leaning over the edge and ex-
claimed
denny oh, Denny are We dead ~
No answer came. Then he called
again:
denny, il you're dead, speak -
Presently the fellow at the bottom re-
piled
'Sure I'm not quite dead, man, but
I'm spaehtless r'-HaTpeT's Round TS-
ble.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-03-03
Just How 1t Happened

An exchange Is responsible for the
following "Ihere was a young man
from Pauline, who fell into a threshing
machine they rubbed him down with
butterine, rolled him up in bandoline,
they administered kerosene, fed him
two days on paratii le, made him drink
pure gasoline, and on his bread spread
parisgreen, soaked his feet in carbOline,
smeared his clothes with eOttoline,
dyed his hair with maline and nursed
him back with vasaline chueked him
into a magazine and that's the last Of
him they've SEEN
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-03-03

IL contracted a severe cold from wes
and exposure. Bronchitis followed
Doctors failed to relieve ana. Several
of the members of my issslily had died
Of consumption, and thought was
doomed. DIR. Woods Norway Pine
Syrup brought instant relief and per-
feet cure" NJ. Unger, Union Corner,
Northumberland Co. Pa.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-03-03
vi lore

Medicinal value m . bottle Of Hoods s3-sa
paIilia Than n any other preparation.
More s,lill s required, more care taken. more
expense incurred ia is Manufacture
il costs the proprietor and thc dealer
More but II costs the consumer less, as he
gets more doses for ms money
More curative power is secured by its peculiar
combination, proportion and process.
which makes il peculiar 70 Itself.
More people are employed and more space oc-
eupied IA Is Laboratory than anv other.
More wonderful cures Effected ana niore les.
umoniais received than by any other
More sales and more increase year bv Wear
are reported by druggists
More people are taking HOODS SarsapariIla
today than any other. and mere are
taking Il today than ever before.
more and STILL MORE reasons might be
gwen why You should take
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-03-03
Signal Service.

"we won't have any more eoICf
weather"
"HOw do you know"
"The women at our boarding house
have begun 10 quarrel about how deep
to plant sweet peas.-chieago Record.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-03-03

Mr.. Esplanade-I think l could be
more patriotic if were school child
or bank clerk.
Mr. Monterey-How is that?
Mr.. Esplanade-They are about the
only Glasses who get a holiday on
Washington's birthday.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-03-03

SIS it your idea that Gen. Washing
ton was a man who could be deceived
easily?' asked Gasswell of Dukane.
THAT is not my idea at all. Is it
yours?"
at is not. Think that Washington
could tell u lie when he heard one.n
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-03-03

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Inns of Publication.

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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-03-03

The One True Blood Purifier. 81; six for SIS.
mn cure all Liver Ills and
ilOOQ y F1iiS Sick Headache. 25 cents.
The Holly chieftain., 1897-11-26
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Cleaned By Telegraph and Mail
PERSONAL. AND POLITICAL

\ SPECIAL to the Chicago Tribune
from Washington on the 18th said that
Attorney General McKenna's appoint
ment rs associate justice of the su-
preme conrt TO succeed Justice Field
has been formally decided upon by the
president and heartily approved by
the cabinet.
SECRETARY ALGER has made his first
annual report on the administration
of the war department lie recon-
mends the addition of two regiments
to the artillery branch. that the num-
Der OF students be increased at West
Point and that an increase be made in
the engineer corps in officers and en-
listed men in general. The estimates
for the next fiscal year aggregate
500. .25s, ,445.
Col TRENHOLM. who was comptroller
of the currency under President CIcye-
lands first administration, has sub
mitted his views of currency reform to
the monetary commission, He advises
an international agreement among
silver producing countries for steady
ing the price Of silver, recommends
the fusion of the green backs and Shcr-
man notes into one form Of paper. re-
dcemable in gold, and makes man,
other unique suggestions.
The Holly chieftain., 1897-11-26
THE ATLANTIC RACE COURSE
Atlantic Steamers Keep Growing
BtREcr and Faste<.

ht&Ref ahu ruSte~.
The new flyer, Kaiser Wilhelm DIR
Crosse, which, by complication of
genders upon which the inventor of the
German language himself could hardly
have improved, is TO be the queen of
the seas" until the still newer Oceanic
robs her" OF this distinction. brings
up, as each of her predecessors has done
in her turn, the question whether there
is any assignable limit to the advance
on the Atlantic ferry. Is it worth
while to burn 500 tons of coal day,
amounting in the course of voyage to
the cargo OF a good-sized ship. for the
sake of gaining two or three knots OF
speed?
Expert opinion. as evidenced by the
infallible test of willingness TO risk
money on it, seems to be that il is.
Atlantic steamers keep on growing
bigger and bigger and faster and faster
year by year. The Kaiser Wilhelm der
Crosse develops three times the power
that has yet been obtained at Niagara.
and the Oceanic will be driven by
force third greater than that. If there
is enormous expenditure of energy
while the need lasts, the drain is soon
over. The Atlantic voyage is reduced
TO sprint. A twenty-three knot ship
can make two round trips in year
more than one of 20 knots and when she
also carries from 90 to 40 per cent. more
on each trip, there is considerable mar
giu for coal bills.
Twenty years ago the commercially
attainable limit of speed seemed
matter of very simple calculation. Ii
was somewhere between 16 and Is
knots. Unimpeachable ma nthematical
formulae showed that the power re-
quired to drive a vessel increased as the
cube Of the speed, and il was soon evil
dent that at this rate the cost of rapid
transit would soon become prohibitory.
But the builders persistently kept on
until they COMPOUNDED the mathemati-
clans. They proved that the terrify-
ing formulae were accurate only within
certain limits, and that when the
wearying hill between 16 and 10 knots
was surmounted there was compare
lively easy travelling on the other side.
The development of triple expansion
engines facilitated the work and now
the application of the waterwheel
principle to steam power opens an
ilIimitable new vista of inspiring pos
sibilities. What a torpedo boat can do
passenger steamer can do, il it be
made worth her while. A ship as fast as
the Turlinia could make the trip from
Southampton to New York in less than
four days. This feat will yet be per-
formed. and when it is. may it be an
American ship that does it!-N. Y.
.JournaI
The Holly chieftain., 1897-11-26
Fred wittrock Crippled.

LEAyESwoRrH, Kan, Nov. 23.-While
he was shooting ducks from a boat in
the Missouri river near here Frederick
Wittrock's gun was accidently dis
charged and part Of his right foot
was torn off. The foot will have TO be
amputated. Wittrock was the leader
Of band Of train robbers responsible
for notable express robbery between
St Louis and Kansas City about ten
years ago, for which he served several
years in the Missouri penitentiary.
Since his release he has run wood
yard here and had been orderly and
law abiding.
The Holly chieftain., 1897-11-26
boar Against Tiger,

Some English officers in India re-
Gently got up fight between full
grown tiger and two-year-old boar.
A pit was made, with sanded floor and
16-foot walls, and two doors in the
walls served to introduce the animals.
When the tiger saw the boar, its head
and tail ngdown Ikea whipped dogs.
and it tried to get away. The natives
threw things at it, until it growled.
and then the boar charged furiousIy,
The tiger leaped like cat over the
boar, and repeated the act three times.
At the fourth charge the boar ripped
the tigers flank slightly. and then the
great cat got angry. 1t turned on the
pig, grabbed it by the nape of the necl
and shook it like a terrier does rat.
This done. the tiger dropped the boar
and walked away. The boar, recover
ing from its dizziness. made another
trial, got shaken up again, and the offic-
ers then called off the fight and let the
tiger run back to its cage.-Golden
DAYS.
The Holly chieftain., 1897-11-26
War Declared on Footba,l.

CHICAGO, Nov. 23.-The Tribune has
declared war on football, or, as it
terms it, slug ball. In it's issue to-day
it says: Slug ball. as it is now played
with the consent of the college author
tiles, is brutal game, and one which
is hazardous to life and limb; it is an
ungentlemanly game, often character
lied by smuggling, aRd sometimes by
wholesale fighting The deaths and
injuries of severe nature are num-
bered by scores. In some cases the in
juries are presently manifest; in too
many others it is to be feared their
real effect will appear in after life,
The Holly chieftain., 1897-11-26
D...ruc.,,. Fir. q n.itlmor..

BALTIMORE, Md. Nov. 2S.-The en-
tire contents Of the fve-story building,
317 and $40 north Howard street. oc-
cupied by William H. Scott, popularly
known as Great Scott" as a furni-
ture store, were yesterday destroyed
by fire, in which one woman, Mrs
Susan E. Maxon, lost her life. The
interior Of the building occupied by
Mr.. Scott, which is owned by Michael
F. Mccormick, was also completely
demolished, although the four walls
remain standing. The total damage
to that and adjoining property is e.
timated at about 1885,, 900
The Holly chieftain., 1897-11-26

PROF. l.. STONE WIGGISs. of Ottawa,
Ont, believes that the aerolite which
fell near Binghamtou n short time ago
and is alleged to have contained a
piece of iron with hicroglyphics was
a message from Mars He said: My
opinion is that stones have for many
thousands of years fallen from space
upon the earth which contained writ
ten characters. Many nations speak of
their sacred books as having fallen
from Heaven and as the earliest i'm
portantrecords were preserved in stone
it seems probable that the idea origi-
mated with aerolites, like that OF Bing-
hamton.n
The Holly chieftain., 1897-11-26
A PREACHER SUSPECT.
Rev. A. f. Morrison. of Texas. Arrested nj
Topeka Charged with Murder.

Rev. A. r. Morrison. of Texas. Arrested mt
Topeka Charged with Murder.
TOPEKA, Kan. Nov. 23.-The Topeka
police have arrested Rev. A. F. Nor
rison, Methodist. of Panhandle. lex.
and are holding him on suspicion of
murder until the sheriff can arrive
from Panhandle and take him home
for trial. For several months Morrison
had been engaged to Miss Whittelsey.
of Topeka, and they were to be mar
ried here during the Christmas holi-
days From the Information the po-
lice have received, it is supposed that
Morrison is the same person as min
lister of the same name whose wife
died suddenly at Panhandle, Tex. Oc-
tober S, after an illness of only four
hours, under circumstances which
pOin ted to DoiSop
The Holly chieftain., 1897-11-26
AuTuMn's YELLOW AND GOLD.
what n Dotanist Knows About Color
Change of Leaves.

"hat n uOt0n1st hnOwa ABOUT SOlOr
Change of Leaves.
Probably not one person in thou
sand knows why leaves change their
color in the fall" remarked an emf
nent botanist the other day to re-
porter for the Star The green matter
in the tissues of a leaf is composed of
t"o colors, red and blue. When the
sap ceases to flow in the autumn the
natural growth of the tree is retarded
and oxidation of the tissue takes place.
Under certain conditions the green of
the leaf changes to red; under differ
ent aspects it takes on u yellow or
brown hue. The difference in color is
due to the difference in combinations
of the original constituents of the green
tissues and TO the varying conditions of
climate, exposure and soil. A dry, hot
climate produces more brilliant foliage
than one that is damp and cool. This
is the reason that American autumns
are so much more gorgeous than those
of England and Scotland
There are several things about
leaves, however, that even science can
not explain. For instance, why one OF
two trees growing side by side, of the
same age and having the same ex-
pcsure, should take on brilliant red
in the fall, and the other should turn
yellow, or why one branch of tree
should be highly colored and the rest
of the tree have only a yellow tint, are
questions that are as impossible to an
swer as why one member of family
should be perfectly healthy and an
other sickly. Naples and oaks have the
brightest colors.
People should be careful not to touch
the gorgeous red and yellow autumn
plants which are not known to be harm
less. Our two poisonous native plants
display the most brilliant autumnal
colors of any species in our woods and
highways. The poisonous sumach re-
sembles group of young ash trees.
The poisonous ivy resembles the harm
less woodbine. Its leaves, however,
have but three leaflets. while those of
the woodbine have five."-Washington
Star. NF
The Holly chieftain., 1897-11-26
ELoPER ROUGHLY HANDLED.
South Dakota Citizen. Aroused Over the
InrnIng Ioac s,f IA CulnrII.

south DAKOTA Citizens Aroused Over the
Turning Lo.e Of Cuiprit-
Ei-k POINT. 5. d., Nov. %. "A lynch
ing was narrowly avoided here yester-
day evening. Ed Stroud. who eloped
with lG-year-old girl, leaving his
family in destitute circumstances, was
discharged by Justice .smythe. owing
to lack of evidence. and when the fact
became known. citizens were aroused.
I'D Carter, father of the girl, procured
rope and started in search for
Stroud. When he found him he pro-
ceeded to beat him, and in a short time
the streets were thronged with excited
people yelling Lynch him" Strond
managed to break away but was soon
overtaken and again pounded and
kicked. Officers finally arrived on the
scene and rescued the victim just as he
was about exhausted
The Holly chieftain., 1897-11-26

TIE United States circuit court OF
appeals in St Louis recently handed
down an opinion that the boycott was
not legal weapon. Judges Sauborn
and Thayer said that men had no
right to form conspiracy to deprive
n company of its rights to manage its
own business, but Judge Caldwell dis
sentcd from his associates in a lengthy
opinion, in which he said: The only
weapon of defense the laborer can ap-
peal to is the strike or boycott or both.
These weapons they have an undoubt-
ed right to use SO long as they use
them in peaceablc and orderly man
ner"
The Holly chieftain., 1897-11-26
FOUR MEN CAPTURED HIM.
Al Kook-n, who Di.srm-d Three Emporia
Oflicer. and Esct I'D. 1. at Last IAken.

Al kook-n, who Di.arm-d Three Emporis
oficers and ESCAPED. Ia at Last Taken.
WICHITA, Kan. Nov. Ali Kooken.
the cattle thief. who. in being allowed
to put letter into his overcoat pocket
in the Emporia post Office last week,
drew two guns and disarmed three Of
ficers. was captured yesterday at
Cheney. He was discovered on the
blind baggage of the Wichita and
Pratt train at Goddard. The train
men telegraphed to Cheney, and four
armed men covered Kooken with guns
the minute the train pulled in. He
had five revolvers on his person when
captured. kouken's parents live in
Kingman county, three miles west OF
Cheney.
The Holly chieftain., 1897-11-26
Eows Thfsr

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward
for any case OF Catarrh that can not be
cured by Halls Gatarrh Cure.
We, the undersigned. have known F. j.
Cheney for the last Is years, and believe
him perfectly honorable in all business
transactions and financially able to carry
on, any Obligations made by their firm.
West L Trllax, Wholesale Druggists, To-
Waldins. Kinnan 4 Marvin, wholesals
Druggists, Toledo, Ohio.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally.
acting directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system. Price 75c. per bot
tie. Sold by all Druggists. Testimonials.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Holly chieftain., 1897-11-26

THE problem of how convicts shall
be kept at work without competing
with free labor has seemingly been
solved by the law which went into eff
feet January last in New York. This
provided that all state institutions
should purchase their supplies from
the prisons, II such could be manufac-
tured there. Since the law went into
operation acquisitions were received for
over s75O,OOO worth of goods. which
guarantees the continuous employment
of convicts. AS it costs but $500, 900
annually to maintain the prisoners
they are thus made self-sustainiug.
The Holly chieftain., 1897-11-26

A REPORT was recently made by
United States Labor Commissioner
Carroll d. Wright that the padrone
system of Italian slavery, with all its
attendant miseries, is being carried on
rs extensively and successfully in Chi
cago to-day as ever, Notwithstanding
all denials- An investigation has
proved that fully 90 per cent of the
Italian laborers in that city are under
the absolute control of padroncs.
These poor wretches are the white
slaves of the masters lie must vote
as directed, eat what is allowed him
and in every conceivable way do the
bidding OF his owner.
The Holly chieftain., 1897-11-26

WILLIAM A. EDDY, the kite expert
BIenter of Bayonne, y. j.. is satisfied
that by sending up kite to which is
attached n collector of electric sparks
indications of an approaching thunder
storm can be secured. even when the
sky is without a cloud.
The Holly chieftain., 1897-11-26
THE MEXICAN WAY.

Ten Police ufhcers Connected with Ar
royo's Murder VIII he shot.
MEXICO CITY, Mex, Nov. 23.-The
great trial of Arroyo's murderers is
over, terminating yesterday evening
with the sentence of death pronounced
on ten of the police officers and police
men concerned in the butchery of the
hapless wretch, whose audacious at
tempt on the presidents life caused q
profound sensation here. The con-
demned men do not yet seem to realize
their perilous position. Their lawyers
entered an appeal in each case. Pub.
lie opinion sustains the verdict
The Holly chieftain., 1897-11-26

THE New York World recently pub
lished a carefully compiled record of
the fatal and serious il rjurics incurred
in football games in the leading
schools and colleges in the United
States. the record covering the latter
part of last season and the first of this.
There were eight players actually
killed, II manned or injured for life
and l2G other players Jumped on
until they were insemsibIc or other
wise severely hurt There we're also
1875 other casualties. which are elias.
siticd as minor.
The Holly chieftain., 1897-11-26
A LYNCH LAW" PLATFORM.
sensational Political Declaration of b. N.
blackburn. of Atlantis, Ga

ATLANTA, Ga, Nov. 23-B NJ. Black
hurn. editor of the Daily Commercial.
will be in the race for congress to sue
coed Congressman Livingston. Mr.
Black burn SAYS:
| am in favor of lynch Law following the
usual crime ut ail times The safety of
our women IS too sacred to quIbblc over
points OF law When the people have the
right the sooner he is whirled out OF
the way the better. l believe the people of
the south were right during the war and that
thcy would sustain me in that assertion to-day.
l will not yield southern principles ut the die
tation of Maine or of any other state | Will
have ideas Of my own as l move along and
will not hesitate to speak them at all times
The Holly chieftain., 1897-11-26

THE great globe which is to be the
feature of the Paris exposition is now
nearly completed. Elevators and
stairways will run to nine tiers or
floors, from which section of the
globe can be seen. 1t will thus be pos
siblc to follow the equatorial line, the
temperate or the arctic and antarctic
circles and make a thorough study of
the earth's surface, Every place of
any note will be given and all towns of
5000 inhabitants, while larger towns
will be marked according to scale.
Various colors will be employed to
distinguished them.
The Holly chieftain., 1897-11-26

PREPARATIONS are being made for
holding convention of cotton grow
ers of southern states in Atlanta, Ga,
on December IS, for the purpose Of ef-
fecting an organization 10 control the
production and sale OF cotton in the
south and to fight trusts that seek 10
lower the price of cotton.
The Holly chieftain., 1897-11-26
wife. child aud Money Conc.

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Nov. a4.-Charles
II. Warner, who has kept grocery
store at Thirteenth and Cherry streets,
ave up the business yesterday and
announced that his wife had run away
with another man. He said that she
took $1,000 Of his money with her, as
well as their only child, girl OF about
eight wears.