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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-08-18
Getting Wild on Wheat

NEW YORK, August I2--The farmers
dream of dollar wheat is within 10 cents
of being realized.
India has had plague and a drought,
Russia's crop of wheat is small, Aus
tralia has not yet recovered from the
most disastrous drought in her history
and the Argentine Republic crop is
smaller than usual. The farmers of the
United States, on the other hand have
wheat in abundance. Such a condition
in the worlds production of this grain
has not existed previously in great
many years. Wheat has brought higher
prices many times, but they have been
commanded by spectators, who at va
rious times have "cornered" enough OF
the visible supply to force brokers who
had contracts to deliver certain amounts
of wheat at a certain price 10 buy the
grain of them and pay whatever price
they demanded.
But none of these bOoms benefited the
! farmer. He threshed the wheat, and,
perhaps, mortgaged his farm. To get II to
market. He had to sell at 10 cents a
bushel. The wheat the farmer sowed
last fall, however will yield handsome
profits to him. The continent of Europe
wants il for bread. Thousands of bushels
are going out of the country every day.
The railroads coming to the Atlantic sea-
board are choked with it. Agents OF
foreign buyers are going among the
firms and paying substantial prices for 1t.
They are paying for it in gold, too.
If dollar wheat is reached, however, il
will be after the spectators have made
the market play many capers, conserva-
tive men say.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-08-18
War on the Cattle Ticks.

ST. Louis, Mo, August 1.-THE ap-
pearance Of cattle in large numbers with
Texas fever or ticks has caused the State
Board Of Illinois to established a rigid
quarantine against them at East st.
Louis, III II was discovered that about
six carloads of the ''tickers'' had been re-
ceived within the past eight days. aver
aging about 43 10 the car. The quaran-
tine was applied 10 all of them that could
not be Immediately shipped back To Ar
kansas and Tennessee.
In Texas great results are expected
from the dipping of hundreds of cattle in
chloronaptholeum as a means of Kidding
them of ticks aud thus destroying the
germs of Texas fever.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-08-18

NOBODY can tell what will be the fate
of the administrations currency reform
bill. 1t certainly will pass the House,
which is the only branch of Congress
the Republicans control. Probably il
will be defeated in the Senate, but if il
is defeated the Republican party will
not be responsible. The way for the
gold Democrats to get the currency re-
form they want is for them to pitch in
and help the Republicans to carry the
Senate as well as the House.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-08-18

Two reforms are badly needed in the
administration of our penal system.
Electrocution should be substituted fol
hanging as a mode of capital punish.
ment, and the current practice of max.
ing heroes and martyrs out of brutal
murderers 10y injudicieus sentimental
lists ought to be sternly stopped. Bru.
tality should he eliminated from al
treatment of criminals, but there i:
positive danger to society in going tC
the other extreme and sympathizing
with these criminals rs mere unfortu
uafeS
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-08-18
What Do the Children Drink

Don't give them tea or coffee. Have you
tried the new food drink called Grain-O7
IL Is delicious and nourishisg and takes
the place of coffee. The more Grain-O
you give the children the more health
yon distribute through their systems.
Grain-O is made of pure grains, and wi hen
properly prepared tastes like the choice
grades of coffee but costs about ias much.
All grocers sell it. l5c and 25c,
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-08-18
DELIGHTFUL VACATION TRIP.
Tour to the North via Pennsylvania Rail-
road.

Visiting Watkins Glen, Niagara Falls,
Thousand Islands. Quebec, Montreal, Au
Sable Chasm, Lake Champlain and Lake
George, Saratoga. and the Highlands OF
the Hudson. Leave Philadelphia by
special train August IL. The tour will
be in charge of one of the company's
tourist agents. An experienced chaper-
on will also accompany the party, hav-
ing especial charge of unescorted ladies.
The rate of 500 from New York,
Brooklyn, Newark, Trenton, Philadel-
phia, Harrisburg. Baltimore, and Wash
ington covers railway and boat fare for
the entire round trip, parlor-car seats,
meals en- route, hotel entertainment,
transfer charges, carriage hire-in fact,
every article of necessary expense.
For detailed itinerary. tickets, or any
additional information. address Tourist
Agent, Pennsylvania Railroad Company,
1876 Broadway, New York; SO Fulton
Street, Brooklyn; or Geo. w. Boyd, AS
sistant General Passenger Agent, Broad
Street Station, Philadelphia.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-08-18
Lively Shower Of Frogs.

BRrDGEvrLLE. Del, Aug. I2.-Tbere
was shower of frogs here Tuesday night.
II was raining hard when some one
noticed a number of frogs on the ground.
They continued to increase, and it was
discovered that they were coming down
with the rain. For more than Is minutes
the frogs continued TO fall. They were of
all sizes and colors. After striking the
ground they would be dszed for little
while. and then they would jump about
in lively fashion.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-08-18

'GOLD is appreciating ~ shrek the
silverites- Oh, no. A gold dollar will
buy less wheat or other farm products
and fewer commodities in general than
it did six months or year ago. A gold
dollar will buy less labor than it for
merly did. Commodities and wages
are "appreciating," and not gold.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-08-18

WHEN farmer can not help being
prosperous, he is bound 10 cease being
POpulist; and this is the situation Of
thousands of American citizens who
voted for Bryan last year on account
of the depression Of agriculture.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-08-18
A Great Surprise is in Store

for those who will go to-day and get a
package of GRAIN-O. Ittakes the place
of coffee at about the cost. 1t is a food
drink. full of health, and can be given TO
the children as well as the adult with
great benefit. 1t is made of pure grains
and looks and tastes like the finest grades
of Mocha or Java coffee. Ii satisfies ev-
eryone. cup of Grain-0 is better for
the system than tonic, because its bene-
fit is permanent. What coffee breaks
down Grain-O builds up. Ask your gro
Ger for Grain-O. l5c. and BE.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-08-18

SECRETARY SHERMAN has made two
points in this Japanese-Hawaiian busi-
ness pretty clear. He has shown that
Japan has no intention of interfering
in the annexation matter, and also that
her interference would neither prevent
nor delay annexation.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-08-18

THE Harrison administration, under
the Mckinley tariff and Sherman re-
sumption, was in full career of pros
perity when there was a change
wanted, and after the Democratic cleo
tion in 1892 that came fast enough, and
stuck to the people like burr.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-08-18

The more the perils Of Klondike life
are pointed out, the more people want
to see those perils for themselves. In
this case, as in many others, the gener-
ality will decline to have any other
teacher than experience, and will be
sorry only when the cost of the lessons
is Presented for payment.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-08-18

Tickets will also be good on regular
trains leaving Pittsburg at 40 and $ 10
p. m, both of which will carry sleeping
cars through to Atlantic City.
For detailed information in regard to
rates and time of trains apply to ticket
agents, or Mr.. Thomas Z. Watt, District
Passenger Agent, Pittsburg.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-08-18

SILVER has reached the lowest point
in its entire history. But Director
Preston, of the United States mint,
says that it is to go still lower. This
fall, he says, is simply the lack of de-
mand by the world for silver as mon
ey metal
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-08-18
Convict Labor.

The superintendent of the Huntingdon
Reformatory has asked the Attorney Cen
ersl for an opinion upon the question of
the proper construction of the act of As
sembly passed at the recent session of the
Legislature limiting the number of in
mates of penal institutions who can be
employed in the manufacture of goods,
wares and merchandise in such institu-
tions.
The act of Assembly provides that only
five per cent. of the number of inmates
in penitentiaries and other penal institu-
tions can be employed in the manufacture
of articles such as are manufactured else
where in tho State. Some of these insti-
tutions took the ground that they can EN-
ploy in each institution five per centum oi
the number of inmates confined in all OF
the institutions.
Deputy Attorney General Elkin has
given an opinion in which he holds that
this is not proper construction of the
law. He holds that each institution must
be treated separately. and that the per.
| NNAANSS tl4C AT vi 2ASoCiitbAN
must be held to mean five per centum ol
the number of inmates confined in each
institution. He also holds that the third
section of the act prohibits the use o
| power-driven machinery in the manufac
ture of any kind of goods. wares and mer
chandise manufactured elsewhere in the
State. This law was advocated by the la
Dor organizations of the State, and was in,
tended to prevent competition between
convict and other labor.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-08-18

SINCE the beginning of the year s40,-
100000 of Indebtedness has been paid
off by the farmers of Nebraska. In
view of this fact it should not surprise
any one that the tide is turning against
Bryan in that state.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-08-18
Binder Twine! Farmers Look Here!

We have just received carload of bin
der twine from one of the best manufact-
urers. Quality guaranteed.
will sell while this car lasts at follow
ng prices for cash =
Sisal, per pound, cts
Standard, per pound, cts.
Manila, per pound, cts.
Ifcharged or in less than bales, cent
per pound advance.
Twine open for inspection at our store.
J. Il. HoLDERBAUM,
Somerset, Pa.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-08-18

THE Bryanites are deeply mortified
at the continued rise in the price OF
wheat 1t disrupts all their theories,
upsets their plans and destroys their
hopes for the future. But the farmers
smile
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-08-18

JACOB 5. CoXEY was on Wednesday
nominated for governor by the Ohio
Populist State Convention at Colum-
bus. The anti-fusion faction were in
control.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-08-18
The Mt. Pleasant Institut.

The Western Pennsylvania Classical
and Scientific Institute offers exception
al advantages as a school for the training
oi the young. There are seven courses
oi study, including Music and Art. A
$500 cash prize. For full information
write the principal, II, c. Dixon, Mt.
Pleasant, Pa.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-08-18

THE treasury figures show that there
has been an increase of nearly s. per
capita in the money in circulation in
the United States during the past year.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-08-18

THE argument in the case to test the
right of the State TO tax foreigners three
cents day has been held in Pittsburg,
and pretty soon the Hun and Dago
will know where he is at
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-08-18

A bill passed by the recent Legislature
and signed by the Governor, places a
premium of e on wild cats, 81 on red or
grey foxes, and fifty cents on minks. In
order to secure this premium the animal
itself or its entire pelt from tip to nose,
must be presented to Justice or Alder
man and affidavit made where and 10y
whom the animal was killed. The officer
will then cut off the ears and burn them,
giving the person certificate of the
amount due him, who. upon the presen-
tation of the same to the County Commits.
sioners, will receive an order for the
amount upon the county treasury. Any
person who shall willingly and fraudu-
lently collect any premiums shall upon
conviction thereof pay fine not exceed
ing $500 or undergo an Imprisonment in
the county jail not exceeding one year or
both. This law is now in effect.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-08-18
How?

summer. SUMMER I Our line of sum.
spseeoo..S mer specialties com
prise the best brands Of goods on
the market: such as Heinz's Key
stone Condiments, Marvin's Fancy
Cakes and Crackers, Queen Olives,
Jordan Shelled Almonds, Shelled
Peanuts, along with full and COM
plete line of Fancy Confectioner-
les, which are always kept FRESH.
We also carry a full line OF
Smokers articles, consisting OF an
up-to date line of Pipes, Smoking
Tobacco, DC.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-08-18

The best Republican campaign doe
uments this year are the daily reports
of increasing business and the general
revival of prosperity.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-08-18

THE agitators of the next free silver
campaign will, doubtless, be very bitter
over the treachery of wheat 10 the
party.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-08-18

with the best brands-and we high
ly recommend them-"World's Fair
Souvenier," Kings Best" @Porter $
Boss" and we call special atten-
ton to our latest brand, "Gold
Heart" which is taking big lead
over the sales of other brands.
Give it a trial
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-08-18

For Sale or Exchange for Somer-
set County Propertysss
Ten (lO) lots in various suburbs of the
city of Johnstown. Address,
GEO. c. MULLER, Somerset, Pa.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-08-18

Highest prices paid for Country
Produce.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-08-18

Canning - -. Loua
seeeeeeeeee and we are able to
supply your wants with Mason )
Jars, Jelly Glasses, Gum Rings DC.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-10-23
COAL AND IRON.
The Important Relationship of These Two
Valuable Minerals.

The Important Relationship of These Two
Valuable Minerals.
Statistics show that, whereas Great
Britain in 1910 produced 70 per cent Of
the worlds supply of coal, at the pres
emit time it produces only Sd per cent.
| Atlantic liners no longer carry coal
from Great Britain for the return jour-
hey. They now take in American coal,
and no less than 1900, 900 tons Of
American coal were thus consumed in
| 1895. The condition of the iron manu-
featuring industries has always exer-
cised most important influence on the
production of coal, so that large de-
mand for iron draws with it a large de-
mand for mineral fuel. During the last
25 years the worlds production of pig
iron has increased from 1000, 900 to
Great Britain has fallen from 49,. 8 per
cent to 80 per cent. while that of the
United States has increased from ID.
per cent to 49, per cent, that of Ger
many from ia per cent to ala per
cent, and that of Russia from per cent
to A. per cent. Indeed, iron is now be-
ing imported from the United States
into this country, and. incredible as 1t
may seem, the railway station at Mid
dlesbrough, the center of the iron trade.
is built of iron brought from Belgium.
Surely, then, the author of "Our Coal
Resources at the Close of the Nine
tenth Century is hardly right in
thinking that British coal and iron still
hold their own. He argues that other
countries of Europe are exhausting their
coal supplies just as Great Britain is.
yet the figures he gives show that Ger
many has in reserve, within a depth of
5000 feet, 100, 900, 900, 900 tons of coal
as compared with our (England'sl
81, $50. 900. 900 tons within a depth Of
a, 600 feet. And this estimate does not
include brown coal, of which Germany
raises rs, 900, 900 tons annually.-Na-
ture
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-10-23
On the High C's,

Ellen Beach Yaw, the phenomenal
soprano, went on yachting cruise re-
Gently in southern California. The
waves grew high, and she soon took to
her berth. One Of her friends, going to
inquire how she was progressing, heard
her humming lullaby in most pecul-
lar tone of voice. Her maid came to
the door and explained that Miss Yaw
was sick. "But she is singing" the Wis
itor exclaimed. eyes, 1 know" an
swered the maid, ''but Miss Yaw means
in tune that way SO it won't disturb
any one else. kansas City Journal.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-10-23
LeipsiO.

Mrs. Isabel 9. Barrows, in an article
in the New York Independent on "Plain
Life and High Thought" as exemplifed
at Leipsic university, says:
Leipsic is one of the great flower
rnarts of Europe. 1t is a joysome sight
to 60 through the early morningmarket
and see the flowers of all kinds in masses
beyond conception. There is no student
so poor that he cannot add to the beauty
of his room the charm of flower when
for 2 cents he can have a big bunch of
mignonette. This very morning the
expenditure of "a cents gave one literal
~ an armful of mignonette, large and
fragrant; forgetmenots, bluer than the
sky of rather gray Leipsic; great golden
buttercups like those that grow on the up
land meadows of the Rigi; kornblumen,
the old emperor's favorite flower, and
lilies of the valley in profusion. Plain
living, amid flowers, with music, ma
ture and friendship at command, may
easily lead to high thinking, and the
student who is here to strive for &C.
quirement of truth may we'll scorn the
trappings of wealth, since wealth is not
needed to command the highest and
hest
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-10-23
CITATION.
STATE OF GEORGIA,

COUNTY OF GLYNN,
To whom it may concern and to the heirs and
creditors of John p. Lamb, late of said county,
deceased:
Notice is hereby given that Thomas W, Lamb,
administrator upon the estate Of said John p.
Lamb, late of Glynn county, deceased, has in
writing applied to the ordinary. of said county
to the estate of said deceased, namely, one tract
of $50 acres, another tract of 263 acres and a
third tract of 1l9 acres; all in said county, and
which are separately and particularly described
in said application, now Of file in the ordinary
office and which application and petition for
leave to sell will be passed upon at the ordin-
arys court, November term, 1897. This October
s, 1897 HORACE DART,
Ordinary Glynn county, Ga
THOMAS W. LAMB,
Administrator of the estate of John P. Lamb, late
of Glynn county, Ca, deceased.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-10-23

The omnibuses of one London compa-
ny cover just about 90, 900, 900 miles in
the course of year-half as much as is
covered by the trains of the London and
Northwestern railways distance suffi-
cient to take them nearly three times
around the world every day.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-10-23
MARSHAL SALES.

leasehold interest in and to that certain
lot or parcel of land. lying and
being In the ty O. county
described in the plan of said city as
the southern one-third of town commons lot
No. II between Lee and Gordon streets.
Levied on as unreturned property, under
and by virtue OF a tax f-fa, Issued by L.
G: Bodet clerk of the mayor and council
Of said city, against said lot for taxes due
the said city for the year 1897.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-10-23
CHEMICAL FIRE ENGINES.
They Have Done Much to Reduce the Loss
From Water at Fires.

They Have Done Much to Reduce the Loss
From Water at Fires.
Mr.. Charles T. Hill writes of "The
Fire PATROL In st. Nicholas, the final
paper in his series on the New York fire
department. Mr.. Hill says:
The chemical engine" used consid-
erably In the fire departments of several
cities, has aided materially in lowering
the loss by water at small fires. The
preparation carried in the tanks of these
engines has double acknowledgement
only does it extinguish large body of
fire with the use of a small amount of
water, but the liquid itself evaporates
quickly, leaving very little drip in
the apartments or floors underneath the
fire.
The tanks of these engines are charg-
ed with solution of bicarbonate of So
da (baking soda) and water, with a
small cylinder of sulphuric acid sus-
pended at the top. When the tank is in
verified, this acid is emptied into the
soda and water, and the mixture at
once generates carbonic acid gas at
great pressure. Charging the liquid
with this gas gives it the necessary pres
sure to drive it considerable distance.
The hose is coiled around reel on top
Of the engine, and always connected
with the tanks, SO when the firemen ar
rive at a fire all they have to do is to
run off as much hose as they need, dash
up stairs with the line, give the order
to dump" one of the tanks (there are
two, carrying go gallons each), and they
are all ready to go to work. The chem
ical engine has extinguished more than
rs fires Of considerable size since it has
been in service in the New York depart
ment, little over year 1t is station
ed on the upper west side of the city,
where there are a great number of
dwellings and fats, and it has aided
materially in keeping down the fire
losses in that part of New York.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-10-23

Also at the same time and place, the
leasehold interest in and to that certain
lot or parcel of land, lying and
being in the city of Brunswick, county
and state aforesaid, and known and
the southwestern one -fourth of town commons
lot No. SO between Gordon and Johnston streets.
Levied on as unreturned property, under
G. Bodet, clerk of the mayor and co1ncil
of said city, against said lot for taxes due
the said city for the year 1897.
Taxes SIC. Costs -
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-10-23

If horse racing were abolished, it is
estimated that over 20, 900 people would
be thrown out of employment in Eng
land.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-10-23

Also at the same time, and place, the
lot or parcel of land, lying and
being in the city of Brunswick, county
and state aforesaid, and known and
described In the plan of said city as
town commons lot No. 1853 between Barlow and
G eburne streets
Levied on as unreturned property, under
and by virtue of g tax ti-fa, issued by L;
of said city, against said lot for taxes due
the said city for the year 1897
Taxes SOC. Costs -
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-10-23
MARSHAL SALES.

lot No 81 between Amherst street and Cochl an
Levied Levied on as unreturned property, under
and by virtue of a tax h-fa, issued by l..
q. Bodet, clerk of the mayor and council
of said city, against said lot for taxes due
the said city for the year 1897.
Taxes Si.40. Costs -
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-10-23

Also at the same time and place, the
Ieasehold interest IN and to that certain
being in the city Of Brunswick, county
and state. aforesaid, and known and
described In the plan of said city as
town commons lot No. l55 between Barlow and
Cleburne streets.
Levied on as unreturned property, under
and by virtue of tax ti-fa, issued by L.
9. Bodet, clerk of the mayor and council
of said city, against said lot for taxes due
the said city for the year 1897.
Taxes SLIP. Costs -