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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-09-03
STRIKE MAY END.
Hanna's Representative Makes Fsvo
able propo-itIou.

Hanna's Representative Makes Favor
able Proposition.
COLUMBUS. Sept. 1.-The executive
board of the United Mine Workers will
meet here tonight and will confer with
a committee Of operators
The strike will likely be settled.
Thomas f. Young. representing Nj.
A. Hanna for the operators, has made
an offer of 81 cents per ton. pending ar
bitration.
Mr.. Ratchford says the resolution
adopted by the st. Louis conference
will give she miners between $4,000, 900
and 5000. 900. and they can now pro-
long their strike.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-09-03
Many Horses Stolen.

Oil City. Pa, August 30-The large
number of horses stolen in this section
during the past two months leads the
authorities to believe that an organized
band of horse thieves are at work in
Western Pennsylvania.
The farmers of Clarion county have
been particularly heavy losers, dozen
horses having been stolen in that county
In every case the animals have been
traced as far as Lickenville, in Clarion
county, where the clue was lost. The
farmers having become thoroughly
aroused and are forming vigilance com
miIteeS
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-09-03

THE Japanese steamer, just arrived,
on the Pacific coast brings news verifying
the reports cabled of severe earthquakes
in Japan on August >, followed by il
dial wave and great floods. A thousand
houses were inundated ami 200 persons
were killed and injured. Sixty-fve
Chinese villages were inundated.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-09-03
DEMOCRATIC COUNTY TICKET.

FORBIDDEN 10 marry by the young
mans : father, because Of their youth
Carl French and Helen Hunt, of Nash
vile, Tenn, entiwned arms and leaped
to their death from 160-foot precipice,
near that city.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-09-03

HIGH tariff and gold standard prosper
ity don't seem to have excited much en-
thusiasm among the Republicans of Vir-
ginia. Their faith has become so weak
that they have decided not to nominate
a state ticket at all this year.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-09-03
Soc. a Yard.
BOGGS&BUHL,
Allegheny. Pa.

This H. Your Opportunity.
On receipt Of ten cents. cash OF STAMPS gem
erous sample will be mailed Of the most popu-
lar Catrrh and Hay Fever Cure (EIy's Cream
BaIm) sufficient to demonstrate the great merits
Of the remedy.
ELY BROTHERS,
So Warren ST, New York city.
Rev. John Reid. Jr Of Great Falls Mont.
comm -nded Ely's Cream Balm to me l can ON
phasize his statement. Il. positive cure for
catarrah If used as directed Rev. Francis " &.
". Poole. Pastor Central Pres. Church. HeIens
Mont.
Ely's Cream Balm Is the acEnoWled ged cure
for eatarrh and contains no mercury any
furious drug Price. 30 cents.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-09-03
B. Sc 3.
New Goods

beginning to arrive
boxes and cases being
rec ivcd every day
we must have room for
them-have IN de
prices on nice, good
goods that will clear cut
out this wanted shelf
space in such vigorous
manner as it was never
done before.
80 and 75-cent all wool and
silk mixed Dress Goods AZ to
As inches wide,
25 md 35C. a Yard
choice seIviceable styles
splendid for girls fall school
suits
Fine Novel'y Mixtures, some
of which were dollar fifty, be-
fore sold at
Soc. a Yard.
for early, fall and travelling
suits. and separate dress skirts
they're moneys worth uuap-
preached
Write for :samples-let goods
and prices show what "A chance
this Is.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-09-15

Southey's story is of a tame fox at
Bridgwater. which had been brought
up from a cub TO run in the wheel as a
turnspit. One day, however, his vaga-
bond instincts proved too much for him,
and he determined TO take holiday.
The fleshpots of his Egypt were as dust
and ashes TO his palate compared with
the chickens of his own selection. I'm
fortunately he chose the hunting season
for his excursion, and soon came in con-
tact with his hereditary prosecutors
He evidently determined TO give them
q good run, for he took them twice
through a stream called the Parrot,
after a grand circumbendibus, which
involved chase Of nearly 80 miles He
made his way back with hounds IN full
CRY, and rc-entering the kitchen re
samed operations in the wheel with as
much uncOncern as though he had never
left it The fat cook. with whom he
was a great favorite. succeeded IN beat
ing the hounds off until the arrival Of
the huntsInan, who humanely assisted
in saving 2 life which, if sagacity and
ingenuity be virtues, well deserved TO
be spared. New Illustrated Magazine
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-09-15
She Won Her Bet.

The efficiency of the employees of the
Jacksonville postoffice was put TO a Sc
we're test recently, when the distribut-
ing clerk came across a photograph with
a postage stamp attached and the only
direction ON it as follows. says the Flor
ida Times Union:
Deliver 70 -. Jacksonville.
Fla
Several of the employees were shown
the picture, which was taken with a
small camera. and which did not show
the face of the person photographed
very distinctly. One of the carriers
named Walter G. Coleman, the general
travelling agent of the F. C. and p. rail
way, was the person. Several of the
clerks and carriers did not think that il
was intended for Mr. Coleman, while
others sided with the Bay street carrier.
Finally wager of 81 was made. and
the carrier started ont to deliver it.
When lie reached Mr.. Coleman's
Office, that gentleman at once claimed
the photograph as one of himself. A
week ago or more, while walking along
Bay street. he met young lady with q
kodak, who took a snap shot at him in
front Of the Gardner building She said
that if the picture was a good one she
wOlld send il to him II also appears
that the young lady won a wager made
with her father On the delivery of the
photograph to Mr.. Coleman with only
the directions above
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-09-15
SAILED IHE cow 10 A FAR.
And This Cape Colder Captain Got First
Prize In n Special Glass;

And This Cape Colder Captain Got First
Prize In n Special cIass-
When was down on Cape Cod,
heard an amusing story about an old
sea captain and his COW. Captain Pat
terson. after sailing the sea for more
than 40 years, finally retired to little
farm near Barnstaple, where be settled
5own, with a horse, cow and two OK
fhree dozen hens. His COW, though
lank and rather stubborn creature, was
said to come from very good stock. and
when the Barnstaple people took 1t into
their heads 20 have a fair Captain Pat
terson determined TO exhibit his cow.
But when the day came for driving
her to the grounds the cow showed that
she had mind of her own and would
not bulge step beyond the farmyafd
gate. Iu vain the old captain tngged at
the rope, pummeied her sides and push
ed her fianks. The cow wanted to go
to pasture and was bound she wouldn {
go 10 the fair.
Captain Patterson's patience was
very nearly gone, when suddenly an
idea occurred 10 him. Though he was
not strong enough himself TO force the
COW to go to the fair his training sug-
gested something that was Tying the
COW 70 the gstepost, he went mp into
the loft of his barn and threw down an
old sail stepped TO dory mast Then
he put a horses blanket belt through an
iron ring. strapped the belt around the
cow, inserted the end of the mast in the
ring and bound the mast 10 the side OF
the cow with some 90 feet of rope.
The wind blew ''quartering, and
when the captain united the COW and
raised the sail the canvas swelled out
over the cows back, and away she went
"sidling" down the road, mooing and
plunging and trying to stop herself in
vain Captain Patterson seized her tail,
and using it as a rudder guided her
skillfully in the right direction With
every fresh puff of wind the obstinate
COW would be hurried along faster,
while the dust blew up in clonds and
the sail tapped and tugged as Captain
Patterson held to the mainsheet with
one hand and the cows tail with the
other
1t was a hard voyage for both OF
them, but not a long one, and when
they came in sight of the fair ground
every body ran out TO see the remarkable
sight of a cow being sailed through the
streets like ship Cheers and laughter
filed the air, and when the captain
finally whirled his COW around at the
gate Of tbe fair ground and brought heI
neatly ''up into the wind the shout
that arose might have been heard two
miles away.
Unfortunately Captain Patterson's
COW did not take one of the prizes foI
blooded stock, but the captain himself
was given a special prize BY the fail
commissioners for ''the best advice foI
getting balky cattle to market Out
look
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-09-15
Meek, but Vigorous.

She was the daintiest of the dainty
face, figure, air and apparel all pro-
claimed it. To be sure he had not heard
her speak as yet, but from the lips of
so pretty a little patrician only pearls
and diamonds could fall 1t was strange
that she should be at the races unat-
tended, but that, of course, was bat the
accident of moment Her husband or
brother could not be far off and would
rejOin her in a moment Time went on,
though, and still she sat alone. Pres
emily something happened One of the
horses stumbled and fell The jockey
was pitched beadiong to the ground.
He lay white and still The man turned
TO look at her. There she sat, the color
flown from her cheeks. her lips parted,
her eyes wide and staring He yentured
20 reassure her. "Oh, / don't believe
he's badly hurt, +" he said HURT" she
repeated quick as a flash 81 only hope
he's broke his neck. / had $40 ON the
little scoundrel New York Sun.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-09-15

There is funny case of international
honesty down IN Arizona, just on the
line between that territory and Mexico
a Yankee farmer lives there, one Anna
sa Barrow by name, and il is his busi-
ness to raise chickens Chicken feed is
cheap in Mexico and chickens bring fine
prices in Arizona, but TO raise fowls in
Mexico and bring them across the bound
ary or TO buy the feed and bring it
across, would involve the payment of a
considerable duty, which would eat the
profits about as fast as the hens could
eat the corn. AS for smuggling, that
was not TO be thought of.
Amass is a Yankee, and he is so hon.
est that his neighbors say he wouldn' t
take adv antage of a man in horse
trade. But be is also full Of Yankee in
genuity, and after deep cogitation he
built long, slim hencoop, one-half Of
il in Arizona and the other in Mexico.
On the line there is a gate. Over the
line there are barns containing feed.
At feeding time the gate is opened, and
the chicken fa1cier Shoes his flock into
Mexico, where they eat their meal
Then he Shoes them back to the protec-
ton Of the American flag, where they
digest this Mexican grain, lay theiI
eggs and carry ON their family affairs.
Mr. Barrow saves about so per cent on
his grain and makes about that much
ON his chickens, and if there is any
smuggling done it is done by the limo
cent and irresponsible biddies.-Wash-
ington Times
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-09-15
STANDARD TIME.
fhe -Four Sections Into which the coun-
try Is Divided.

try IL Ditluet-
Primarily, for the convenience OF the
railroads, q standard of time was estab-
iished by mutual agreement in 1888. by
which trains are run and local time reg
ulated. According TO this system, the
United States, extending from 65 TO l25
degrees west .Jngitude. is divided into
four time sections. each of Il degrees OF
longitude, exactly equivalent TO one
hour. The first teastern) section in
cludes all territory between the Atlantic
coast and an irregular line drawn from
Detroit 20 Charleston. the latter be-
ing its most southern point The sec
ond (central) section includes all tho
territory between the last named line
and an irregular line from Bismarck to
the mouth of the Rio Grande.
The third (mountain) section includes
all territory between the last named
line and nearly the western borders OF
Idaho, Utah and Arizona. The fourth
(Pacific) section covers the rest of the
country to the Pacific coast Standard
time is uniform inside each of these sec
tions, and the time Of each section diff
fers from that next to il by exactly ono
hour. Thus at l2 noon in New York
city eastern time) the time at Chicago
central time) is ii a. M; at Denver
(mountain time), 10 a. m, and at San
Francisco Pacific time). 0 O'Clock a m.
Standard time is l6 minutes slower
at Boston than true local time, min
utes slower at New York, 8 minutes
faster at Washington, 10 minutes faster
at Charleston, 2S minutes slower at De-
troit, is minutes faster at Kansas City,
10 minutes slower at Chicago. | minute
faster at St Louis, 2S minutes faster ut
Salt Lake City and 10 minutes faster at
San Francisco Atlanta Constitution.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-09-15
She Was Prepared.

A certain minister always felt il TO
be his duty TO give each young couple a
little serious advice before he per-
formed the marriage ceremony, and for
this purpose he usually took them aside,
one at time, and talked very soberly
10 each of them regarding the great i'm
portance of the step they were TO take
and the new responsibilities they were
TO assume. One day he talked in his
most earnest manner for several min
utes 10 young woman who had come
to be married TO bright looking young
man.
And now." he said in closing, 81
hope you will fully realize the extreme
importance of the step you are taking
and that you are prepared for it "
''Prepa.edr" she said innocently.
well, if / amt prepared don't know
who is I've got common quilts and
2 nice ones and brand new feather
beds, 10 sheets and IL pairs of pillow
slips, all linen tablecloths, a dozeI
spoons and a good six quart teakettle.
If / amt prepared, no girl in this coun-
try ever was dundee Times
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-09-15
JONES' STRATEGY.
He Got His New Suit at Half Price by
Great Scheme.

He Got His New Suit at Half Price by a
Great Scheme.
Jones' new suit fits beautifully. but
he was $40 shy ON the price. He needed
the suit badly, but his tailor was de-
cidedly disinclined to part with it till
it was paid for After lying awake all
night revolving in his mind various
schemes old and new to get possession
of the coveted attire Jones evolved a
brilliant idea. He put on high collar
two sizes too large for him, went To his
taller and tried on the coat again. OF
course it did not fit around the collar
ana would have TO be let out. The next
day he put on a collar a half size too
small and tried il ON again. The collar
of the coat bulged out i'll the back as if
it had been constructed for the neck of
a pugilist
81 can't wear that thing" declared
Jones "It does not fit at all"
mo. il does not seem to" admitted
the tailor.
You've tinkered with il now till
you have nearly ruined it ! guess i
don't want it. "
well, I'll tell you what I'll do, "
proposed the tailor. who did not want
a misfit left on his hands ''I'll knock
off s. ON the price. "
Don't want a suit that don't iit, I"
declared Jones
"Well, I'll make it S10."
MAKE it $12. 90 and I'll take it. "
IAN right, but lose money on it at
that. "
Jones paid another. tailor 81 TO have
the collar altered, paid for his suit and
had 81 80 with which to "wetit. San
Francisco Post
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-09-15
The Women of Guiana.

The wife Of the cody in Guiana is a
woman who is very much TO be envied.
Every gold or silver piece her husband
receives for his services is beaten into
personal tIinkets TO be worn by his bet
ter half. In this condition it constitutes
the cash wealth of the family. 1t is per
fectly safe, as it is as much as any man S
life Is worth 20 touch the trinkets so long
as the woman wears them. These same
women are also noted for their beauty.
Their features are straight and perfect,
their eyes beautiful in color and their
forms perfect models of symmetry and
grace Dressed in soft, filmy materials,
rich in color and eastern figures, they
presen. strangely oriental and fantastic
appear ances.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-09-15
DR.. Kings New Discovery for Con-
sumption.

This Is the best medicine in the
world for all forms of coughs and colds
and for consumption. Every bottle is
guaranteed. 1t will cure and not dis
appoint. 1t has no equal for whOOp-
ing cough, asthma, hay fever, pneu-
monia, bronchitis, la grippe, cold in
the head and for consumption. 1t is
safe for all ages, pleasant to take, and
above all, sure cure. Ii is always
well to take DIR. Kings New Life Pills
in connection with DIR. Kings New
Discovery, as they regulate and tone
the stomach and bowels. We guaran-
tee perfect satisfaction or return mon
-. Free trial bottles at Snyder's drug
SD r., Somerset, or at Brallier's drug
store, Berlin.
Regular size 50 cents and Sl.0O.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-09-15

A writer in a critical review says
that oDe-haf of the book buying public
does not know what the other half
buys All the books that are published
are by no means TO be found in the
bookstores The most beautiful and
costly books never find their way into
the shops at all. are not sent out for re-
view and are known TO very limited
number of people Immense sums are
yearly spent ON the making Of such
books. which bring from 800 70 81, 600
each. These expensive volumes are not
sold in the ordinary way. but entirely
by subscription, and the business of
selling them IN the United States is IN
the hands of about half a dozen men,
who neither sell nsr attempt to sell
anything else Their season Is short,
but the profits are large, and they live
at the most expensive hotels and drive
about luxuHously in broughams with a
man servant in attendance to carry the
hooks
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-09-15
Make the Most of Yourself.

1t is the duty of every man TO make
the most of himself. Whatever his
capacities may be, he is sure TO find
some place where he can he useful TO
himself and TO others. But ht on not
reach his highest usefulness W thout
good health and he can not have good
health without pure blood. The blood
circulates TO every organ and tissue
when it is pure, rich and healthy it
carries health to the entire sy item, but
if it is impure it scatters disease where
ever it flows. Hoods Sarsaparilla is
the one true blood purifier. It cures
salt rheum, scrofula, catarrh, dyspep-
sia and rheumatism because these dis
eases have their origin in the blood.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-09-15
Caught by a New Game.

What's the matter with youY"
asked the head of the firm when he
came in and found the Junior partner
pacing the floor like Gagged hon.
Understand that this is strictly be-
tween ourselves, came the answer in
an irritated voice. There aN some
things that man wants TO endure
without any assistance or sympathy
from others ] was sitting here an houf
ago looking through the mail A well
dressed man with pleasing manners
came in and asked Cor you, stating that
there WAS an important matter oi bnsi'
ness about which he must talk with
Won personally We bad a pleasant lit
tie chat, when he looked at his witch.
said he seemed 20 have conflicting eu-
Cacements, and asked if he might use
the telephone. OF course l consented
and showed him through the next room
into the booth.
I'm about ten minutes he came out
smiling, skanked me cordially and said
he would be back in half an hour 10
transact his business with you He
WASH Z more than out of the building
when the telephone Jingled and the
main Office inquired whom that message
TO st. Louis should be charged 70.
What message?' 1 yelled excitedly.
"Why, the one that just went over
the long distance. of course.
My knees quaked and my voice
quavered as asked how much It was.
Just SIS. so, came the maddening
reply.
"'Charge it to me, shouted, and
then chased wildly around the block
looking for the fellow. That was an
other fool trick. To think of a man Of
my age and experience being such an
unmitigated and internal chumpl I'll
hunt that fellow TO the ends of the
earth. But don't you say a word Mind
now. Detroit Free Press.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-09-15
A Slick Negro Thief.

One of the most daring robberies ever
known at Bedford was committed 10y
Oliver Keys, a negro, ho is now i'm jail
there. +. 7. Alsip, manager of the Bed.
ford Springs, gave the mail carrier 500 ID
To put in bank. Keys asked the carrier
TO allow him To ride to town with him
Permission having been granted, hc
quietly proceeded 20 pick the pocket o
the mail carrier, who upon reaching tho
bank found the money missing.
Keys took into his confidence another
negro, "Bill" Gray, who. in order to
make the affair pay him. went 10 the
father of the mail carrier, and for a re-
ward of So offered to tell where the mon.
ey WAS Both darkeys were at once ar.
rested, and the cash was found in Keys
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-09-15
Perfection in Cake Making.

HOusekeepers frequently wonder why
il is that they cannot make biscuit or cake
that are light and palatable and that taste
as delicious as the biscuit and cake made
by their mothers and grandmothers, the
delightful memory of which even to this
day creates a sensation of pleasure to the
palate. The trouble arises from the
highly adulterated state of the materials
they have to work with. particularly the
cream of tartar and soda used 10 raise or
aaven the food. Cream of tartar and
soda that are now procurable for domestic
purposes contain large quantities of lime.
earth, alum and other adulterants, fire.
quently from five 10 twenty five per cent.
and consequently vary 50 much in
strength that no person can tell the exact
quantity 20 use, Or properly com bine
them, to insure perfect results. From
using too much or too little, or because of
the adnlterants in them, bitter, salt, yell
low, or heavy biscuits or cakes are fire.
quently made. These adulterants are
also injurious 10 health.
All this trouble may be avoided by the
use Of the popular Royal Baking Powder.
Where this preparation is employed in
the place Of cream-of-tartar and soda. its
perfect leavening power always insures
light, fiaky, digestible biscuit, cakes and
pastry. that are perfectly wholesome and
free from the impurities inyaribly present
when the old raising preparations are
employed.
The Royal Baking Powder, we are in
formed 10y the most reliable scientists, is
perfectly pure, being made from highly
refined ingredients, carefully tested. and
so exactly proportioned and combined
that it never fails to produce the best and
uniform results. An additional aiyan-
tage in its employment comes from the
fact that bread or other food made with it
may be eaten while hot without fear OF
indigestion or any unpleasant results.
while being equally sweet, moist, ard
grateful 10 the palate when cold.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-09-15

The durability of this timber is forci-
bly, illustrated by fallen trunks that are
perfectly sound after lying in the damp
woods for centuries Soon after these
trees fall they are overgrown with moss,
in which seeds lodge and germinate and
grow up into vigorous saplings, which
stand in a row on the backs of their
dead ancestors OF this company of
young trees perhaps three or four will
grow to full stature, sending down
straddling roots ON each side and estab-
fishing themselves in the soil, and after
they have reached an age of 200 CT 800
ysars the downtrodden trunk ON which
they are standing, when cut into, is
found as fresh in the heart as when it
fell John Muir in Century.