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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-12-08
Caught While
Herdilng in Colorado
clung to Him While Commercial Traveller 70 iie niaaio
Vest, Notwithstanding all EffcTts to Der k!a ca Ii
Hot Springs Of ARKANSAS, OF no avail
F-sn &c c.rsase.e. c.sss9o. II

y anil r,;i. and al bIcat left ne. Then the
rbc,5,saii>m and rain in the region OF the
he..rt vent. iay liver is ciired, aal may -
I am Is w-il as ever was u ! h4a Only
Lnnwu cT H.. Williams Pink Pills lew
vears bet,rc. | should be = good nisHy thoa-
sand dollars richer.
AZ us.Isi. when such tesfimonia-s az =
ceived al i.,c oaicc Of Or. Williams Mtat-
cine Co. t..-y are sent for vcr.heailon 10 me
leading tsucgists IT the vicinity or otaer
persons ia good staEdinc- he above Vas
not an exception. Notwithstanding Mr. iciii-
cnt,s excellent reputation, and the reiurnl
reports certified that all Of the foregoing
statomeats nale 10 the reporter ~e-e s'fieuy
true. ns,,.
Al saalysis Of nr. Williams Iink lllis
shows thar they contsin, in a CONDENSED ioFI,
an the elements necessary % give new ilic aiie
richness 10 tie blood and restore shattered
nerves. They are an urtiiiias sFecile ior
Such diseases IS lOcomotcr aiaNia, Parilai
usrqIyris st. Xitgs' dance, scasi,a, nei.raisl'i,
-heuTaatis-n, nervous head,sche. the aiier
elects OF n grippe. palpitafion Of the heart,
male anil slli0w eompiexions all iornis ei
weakness either in male or female, ana Oh
diseases. resul lf:n.r f-om vitsated humors ~ the
blood. Pink Pills are sold by all dealers, or
will be sent post paid on receipt of priee, %
cents a box. or six boxes for S2-0-(they are
never sold in hulk o. by the l0o} by address
ing Or. Williams Medicine Company, Seae-
ucctady, y. y.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-12-08
HOMEMADE ELECTRICITY.
Some Simple Methods BY which Il May
n. C.u.-~faf


II has beer discovered that If Z steel
knife and a silver fork be inserted in
large orange an electric current VIII be
generated. II the end Of the fork and
the end Of the knife sticking from the
orange be connected with an electric
measuring instrument. quite percepti-
bic current win be found 10 pass The
same kind Of battery may be made BY
substituting a cucumber for the orange
In fact, any acid fruit may be used
In order 10 make voltaic pile it is
only necessary to procure ten or more
pieces of zinc about an inch square. the
same number Of pieces Of copper and
like number of pieces Of paper The
paper should be thoroughly soaked ID
vinegar
First take a piece Of zinc On il
pI1ce a piece Of vinegar soaked paper
then put on a piece Of copper, then
piece Of paper, then another zinc and
then paper, and so on until al the
pieces Of zinc. copper ana paper have
been used II is important that piece
of zinc should be on one end and a piece
of copper on the other After the pile Is
completed again soak the whole slight
IL in vinegar; then clean ii Of on the
outside
If the forefnger Of one hand be held
against one end and the forefnger OF
the other hand be held ON the other end
OF the pile, quite q perceptible current
will be felt If several persons clasp
hands and the persons on each end Of
the line touch the voltaic pile, the cur:
rent viii flow through the bodies Of all
those IN position
The thermopile is another electric.
current producer that may be made IN
any household at a trifiing expense
The electric current is generated in this
case By heat. and anything from can
die TO a live coal may be used to pro
duoe the heat Take lot of German
silver and copper wire and cut it into
six inch lengths Then take German
silver length and copper length and
twist the ends together You viii have
a Y shaped Arrangement Of wire Take
another length of German silver wire
and twist one end Of it tightly around
the copper end of the V Continue the
process until you have long succession
of what might be called WIS OF double
VS. arranged with alternate pieces OF
copper and German silver wire.
Now take two large curtain rings
Bend your string Of wire lengths until it
has assumed the position of star and
clamp it between the two curtain rings
One end Of the string of wires should
be copper and the other German silver
You will find when these are clampeo
between the curtain rings that the in
ner points Of the star form a small cir
Gle in The middle of the rings The
rings shoCld be placed on uprights and
a candle should be lighted. so that the
fame will play between the inner
points Of the star-New York Herald
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-12-08
Mixed Encllsh.

American and English tourists who
visited Ischl, III Austria, recently were
confronted with the following notice on
a signboard over the door Of one of the
hostelries of the place, ITO the gentle
mans Englanders and Americaners, here
you become asses Upon inquiry it
was learned that the purpOrt Of the sin
gular sign was that the proprietor of the
place had dOnkeys to let which We're
used for excursions into the neighboring
mountains A much Travelled cobbler.
who professed to be able TO master the
English language, was responsible for
the unique wording Of the sign He had
translated the German sentence, An
die Herren Englander und Amerikaner.
hier bekommt ihr Esel, the latter four
words meaning here you can hire
as,eS "
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-12-08

Architects in these times are opposed
20 any rooms in a house that are not
living rooms The prim and usually de-
serted parlor of former days has been
bantshed. and that old fashioned ice
house known as the spare chamber sent
TO keep IL company through modern
heating and housekeeping improve
ments
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-12-08
Too uucb salt

The New York Journal of Hygiene
says that many people eat altogether
too much salt The result is that the
skin and kidneys are excessively taxed
80 get rid of the salt and both are iu-
jured by it Few people have healthy
skins and IT is believed that many
cases Of arrangement Of the kidneys are
due TO the salt habit
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-12-08

"In London, - said the returned tour
list bssostfUlly. Il appeared at court.
"i0w much was the fine?" queried
his cynical friend. Philadelphia North
American
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-12-08

"Isn it strange the way people make
Iaountains out Of molehillsy''
"Oh, don know When -Ou aren't
big enough to see over them, there isn't
much difference Chicago Journal
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-12-08

Coal mines have been discovered in
Java, but the veins are generally thin,
often faulty. and lack Of transportation
facilities adds another obstacle to de
yelouueut
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-12-08

The Oldest National flag in the world
is that of Denmark, which has been in
use since the year 1919.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-12-08
rations.

Rabbits are increasing so Il pid y in
some parts of Connecticut that they
are a nuisance, because Of their depre-
rations.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-12-08
EASTWARD.

For rates, maps, &C, call on Ticket AgeBtsor
address Inos e Watt, p. a W. D., SO Flffh
Il. Hutchinson. ]. r. WeOd,
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-12-08

Having put in a new and complete
line of Machine Tools, are now
able to do all class Of work, such
as Re-boring Cylinders, Planning
Valve and Valve Seats, or any kind
of Engine Work that may be re-
quired. We earnestly solicit your
work and will guarantee satisfac-
ton.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-12-08
PENNsYLvANIA RAILROAD.
zAsTrRH STANDARD TrNE
IN EFFECT MAY II, 1897.
CONDENSED SCHEDULE.

Trains arrive and depart from the station at
Johnstown as follows: 80
WESTWARD
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-12-08

Office and Works near the R. R. Station.
The herald., 1897-12-24
POMONA

POMONA, Dec. 23-(Regular Cores
pondence.) The residence of Patrick
O'Neil, on the southwest corner of Fifth
and Congress streets, burned this after
noon. Nothing in the way of furniture
was saved. Mrs. O'Neil was sick in bed,
and it was with difficulty that she was
removed without injury. 1t is said
that there was no insurance on the con-
tents, and but a small sum on the build
ing. The origin of the fire is not known.
Manager n. C. Pedley of the opera
house has arranged a row of seats so
that mothers ca< bring their children
when desired without extra charge for
the reserved seats. This row will be in
front, and for the exclusive use of chill
dren accompanied by their parents.
Warren Paine has gone to San Luis
Obispo county. where on December 29th
he will be married to Miss Maude Lat
tin, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Milton
Latin, formerly of Pomona. They will
return to Pomona for residence, and go
to housekeeping on the corner of Second
street and Towne avenue.
The marriage of George c. Phillips and
Miss Irene Dudley will be celebrated on
next Wednesday,.
Pomona's new street sweeping ma
chine has arrived and is now in use
c. j. Balfour has been sent by the
Southern Pacific company to Turock to
aid their agent at that point.
Sylvester Loucks has returned from
the mining districts of the upper part of
the state.
A. D. Oliver. for some time an en-
ploye of the Peoples bank here, has ac-
cepted a position with Wells, Fargo &
Cos. bank in San Francisco.
w. r. Bagley is temporarily filling the
place of C. j. Balfour at the Southern
Pacific depot
Several A. o. L. W. members went
from Pomona on Wednesday evening to
help initiate some twenty new members
into the Covina lodge. After the exer-
cises banquet was enjoyed.
G.. II. Marshall and family left today to
take up their residence in Los Angeles.
The herald., 1897-12-24
SOUTH PASADENA

SOUTH PASADENA, Dec. 23.-(Reg-
ular Correspondence An alarm was
caused this afternoon by smoke rising
from the yard of Howard Longleys resi-
dence. 1t proved to be from a brisk
fire caused by the burning of a row of
pampas bushes. The flames We're soon
under control, and the buildings near by
saved from damage. Mr.. Longley, who
is an invalid maintained a reason
able degree of composure during the
excitement. He and his wife are to take
trip to Phoenix, Ariz., Sunday morn
ing, by advice of his physician, if he con-
tinues to improve until then.
The new pastor Of the Baptist church.
Rev. Taylor of Pasadena, surprised his
congregation last Sunday morning by
announcing that he had paid off the
mortgage which had burdened them for
a long time, and that he hoped they
would take courage and renew their eff
forts to presevere in their Christian
work. He had succeeded in raising the
money by appealing to friends, not only
resident here, but elsewhere. and to some
who were not even members of the Bap-
tist denomination. 4 vote of hearty
thanks was rendered the efficient pas
tor
The herald., 1897-12-24
DowNEY

DOWNEY, Dec. 23.-Regular Corre
taken a warm turn, and danger from
frost seems to be over for the present.
the fruit growers are making a thorough
investigation of the damage done by the
recent cold spell. 1t seems an assured
fact that some damage has been done
to the budded fruit, and perhaps a few
of the Seeding groves are slightly
touched. but the reports first given out
as to the damage seems to have been
considerably exaggerated. Probably
not more than one-third of the fruit in
the most exposed portions is damaged,
while in the majority of groves little
harm has been done.
A. l.. Ball owns two fine navel groves;
one about one and a half miles above
town, the other one being on his home
ranch in Downey. This latter orchard
is as fine as any in the locality, and Mr..
Ball says that little damage has been
done in this grove, although the former
orchard has been considerably damaged.
owing to the fact that the thermometer
always goes lower there. it seeming to
be more exposed locality
This valley has always suffered much
less from the occasional freezes than the
foothill localities. and the fruit grown
here has found a ready sale at good
prices when other sections We're less
fortunate.
B. D. Neighbors has returned from
Wilcox Ariz.. at which place he has held
a position for the past year.
T. G.. Stout cut off the end of his
thumb this morning while cutting feed
for the chickens with hatchet.
The herald., 1897-12-24

ley and family, came near being de-
stroyed by fire this morning. caused by
& leaky gasoline stove. Mrs. Mobley was
severely burned about the face. neck and
arms.
N. Bundy was knocked down by a
runaway horse this afternoon. He fell
face downward, receiving several bad
cuts in the face.
The steamer Alcatraz has finished un-
loading a cargo of 4300 ties from Point
Arena, and the Surol, from Little Rivers,
unloaded 1l,4S6 ties.
On her last down trip the Santa Rosa
landed sos tons of merchandise and SO
passengers.
Captain Tomkinson, lately returned
from British Columbia, will sing bass
solo, The Holy City" at the Episcopal
church services on Christmas morning.
Programs and Christmas trees will be
held in the Presbyterian and Congrega-
tional churches tomorrow evening. Ser
vices VIII; be heldin the Episcopal church
on Christmas morning at II o'clock.
The public schools close tomorrow
evening for a two weeks vacation, re-
opening on Monday, January 4th.
Mrs. j. p. Jones, Miss Marian Jones
and Mr.. A. C. Hamilton returned today
from the north. Senator Jones is ex-
pected to arrive tonight from the east.
The herald., 1897-12-24
SAN DIEGO COUNTY
SAN DIEGO

SAN DIEGO, Dec. 23.-(Regular Cor
respondence.) The case of the People
VS.. the Linda Vista Irrigation district.
suit brought to dissolve the district, has
been disposed of so far as the superior
court is concerned. On motion of the
attorney for defendant, Judgment was
entered for the district. dismissing the
complaint. This conclusion was
reached by the court upon the filing of
defendants demurrer, which set forth
that the action was barred by llmitat ton
on confirmation proceedings. Judge
Torrance also made an order granting
defendants motion to strike out the
complaint in intervention of the Consol
idated Water company, with the proviso
that it should be without prejudice to
the right of that company to renew its
application for leave to intervene in case
his decision on the demurrer to plain
tiff's complaint should be reversed by the
supreme court and the case remanded
for further proceedings in the superior
court.
Mrs. Margaret A. Thompson, aged 73,
and resident of this city for the past 2S
years, died yesterday from apoplexy.
She was a native of Tennessee and came
across the plains with her husband and
children in 1854 A daughter, Mrs. Wal
ter w. Collin, resides at San Jose.
Andrew T.. Cash of Los Angeles and
Mrs. Sadie e. Hickson of this city were
married at sea last evening by Rev. c.
S. Perry, pastor of the methodist church,
South, though the couple had secured
license at the county clerks office.
A marriage license was issued this
morning to Louis r. Bidford, resident
of San Bernardino, and Dora E. Hawes,
a resident of San Marcos.
The herald., 1897-12-24
BOOTHS COMING
May Heal Breaches in Salvation Army
Ranks

NEW YORK, Dec. 23.-General Will
liam Booth, Commander-in-Ch Chief Of the
Salvation Army, is expected to arrive
in New York on January 8th. His COM
ing will be of especial Importance at this
time, owing to the recent developments
in affairs of the Volunteers of Balling-
ton Booth and the Salvation Army here.
General Booth will at first only remain
a few days in New York. Afterwards
he will go to Canada to inspect the Sal
vation Army's work there, returning
here for a more extended visit after he
inspects the army in other parts of
America.
It is probable that his interview with
his son, Ballington, will not occur until
after his trip to Canada and the West is
ended.
Mrs. Ballington Booth is dying of
aneurism Of the heart at the Presbyte-
rian Hospital in this city.
The herald., 1897-12-24
Nobody Hurt

STOCKTON, CAL, Dec. 23.-The city
and county officials were badly scared
this morning by the explosion Of natu
raj gas stove in the County Clerks office,
on the second floor of the Court House.
The gas had been burning, but owing to
a momentary intermission in the flow,
the flame went out The gas then con-
tinued to escape for some time, but as
it Is odorless 1t was not detected. r. c.
Minor, an attorney. started to light the
fire again, and when he applied match
near the stove terrific explosion, which
was heard all over town, occurred. The
stove was blown to pieces, but fortu-
nately no one was injured.
The herald., 1897-12-24
SANTA MONICA

SANTA MONICA, Dec. 23.-Regular
Correspondence) The request made of
the public school children by the Benev-
olent society, for groceries, clothing.
toys, etc, yesterday, received generous
response, and two farm-wagon loads of
the above were donated for distribu-
tion among the poor e. II. Carpenter
gave the use of an empty stureroom.
from which point distribution will be
bade.
Work will be begun tomorrow on i'm
proving Linda Vista park, by the plant
ing of grass, shrubs and flowers.
"A little cottage ON Third street, owned
by w. l. Hull, and occupied by L. Mob
The herald., 1897-12-24

All Lew, Chinaman, was arrested this
afternoon by Deputy Marshal Kelsey for
peddling Christmas goods on Orange
Grove avenue without license. He ap-
peared before Recorder Rossiter and
paid fine of SIS.
PERSONAL
Floyd James has accepted a position
with W. ]. Pierce, the jeweler.
Mr.. Belfour, son-in-law of Andrew
McNally, arrived yesterday from Chi
cago.
Willis Hayes, John Dagget. Ray Con-
ger, Walter Hale and Yer Picher ar
rived today from Stanford.
Ross w. Smith of Los Angeles was a
visitor in Pasadena yesterday.
Mrs. c. p. Browne returned yesterday
from Boston.
The engagement is announced of Miss
Laura B. Packard and Mr.. George A.
Daniels.
The herald., 1897-12-24
CoINERs CAUGHT
Two Skillful Counterfeiters Arrested
While at Work

CHICAGO, Dec. 23.-Captain Porter of
the United States Secret Service and as
sistants, Gallagher and White, broke
into a room In the building at Curtis
street last night and arrested George
Holden, alias Reilly. and Charles DAILY,
who, it is alleged, were making counter
felt 5O-cent pieces. The men were taken
by surprise and offered little resistance.
When the officers entered the room. Hol-
den and DAILY, 1t is said. We're both busily
engaged in the work. DAILY, it Is alleged,
was seated at table and In front OF him
was a stack Of silver pieces which he was
finishing with a small file. A quantity
Of molten metal was in pot on the stove
and the officers say Holden was running
the fluid into a mold. In one Of the
bureau drawers was found $50 of the al
legged spurious coins. The money, to-
gether with the mold and metal found
in the room were confiscated. The pris-
oners were taken before United States
Commissioner Pickard and placed under
$1,000 bonds. The men were unable to
furnish bonds and were taken to jail.
Captain Porter said that the money
found in the room was so well made that
it could easily be passed on an unsus-
pecting public.
The herald., 1897-12-24
ONTARIO

ONTARIO, Dec. 23.-(Regular Core
spondence) One Mr.. Mallet, who has
been a conspicuous figure about the
Home restaurant, is seen no more. His
wife landed in Ontario yesterday and
induced him to return with her to Au-
burn, Cal, and resume the responsible
ity of assisting her in the care of their
three children.
H. X. Shields, one of the wealthy men
Of this vicinity, will move with his family
to Los Angeles.
Investigation proves that the citrus
fruits in Ontario colony were not injured
by the recent heavy frost 26 degrees
above zero being the lowest point
touched by the mercury.
F. H. Marsh, who is SO years old, has
just arrived in Ontario from Topolo-
bampo, Old Mexico. Mr.. Marsh is a
Massachusetts Yankee, having become
stockholder in the Credit Foncier COM
pany, left his home in Southbridge,
Mass, five years ago. He Joined the
colony on the Mochs tract and became
a citizen Of the experimental co-opera-
tive commonwealth. Mr.. Marsh says
that very few have made anything out
of the experiment. All have braved
dangers and hardships and suffered pri-
vations. At one time 500 people were
united in the peculiar experiment under
the leadership of one Owens who proved
to be incompetent for such a position.
The land was irrigated with waters con-
Quoted from the Sinaloa river and corn,
small grain, vegetables, berries and
bananas were successfully grown, ex-
cept that about every third year the
bananas We're killed by FROST There
are now about 100 people in the colony
A few of the strongest have seized upon
all the property and appropriated it to
The herald., 1897-12-24
ORANGE COUNTY
SANTA ANA

SANTA ANA. Dec. 2S.-(Regular Cor
respondence.) II. X. Snow, a prominent
citrus grower of Tustin. reports that the
orange crop in this vicinity Is not dam
aged at all by the recent freeze. while
lemons are only slightly injured. A
leading shipper Of Los Angeles, who had
contracted for the crop, was down yes
terday and made thorough examina-
tion. and finds that our oranges are In
good condition. and not frozen.
All of the churches in the city, with
the exception of the Episcopal, will hold
Christmas services tomorrow night.
The Episcopalians will have their fes.
tivities Saturday morning. Trees and
appropriate exercises will be given at
the other places.
The regular semi-annual examination
for teachers certificates will be held in
this city, beginning January 3rd. 1t
will probably be held in the kindergarten
building on East First street.
George McPhee of Corona is the guest
of his brother, Horace McPhee, in this
city.
The Spanish Sunday school had q
Christmas tree and exercises last night
in the Congregational church. An ad-
dress in Spanish was made by Rev. Case
Of Pomona and short program rem
dered-also in Spanish.
Mrs. G.. p. Barnett Of Pomona is WIS.,
iting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. c. l..
Foster.
The Shaw company are drawing big
houses at the Grand. A souvenir matt
nee will be given on Christmas day.
Bishop Montgomery Of Los Angeles
will hold confirmation exercises Sunday
at the Catholic church in this city, when
fifty persons will be confirmed.
Clyde Wescott of Tustin is home from
Berkeley.
Officer j. S. Phillips of the reform
school at lone, arrived in Santa Ana to-
day for the purpose of taking the two es-
capes, Harry Carter and Charles Koise
Lack. to the school. They will leave this
evening for lone.
Mrs. N. p. Greeley and Mr.. Nehemiah
Smart, mother and uncle of ]. p. Greeley,
arrived in Santa Ana yesterday from,
Belfast, Maine, and will spend the win
ter here.
A marriage license was issued today to
John Martinez aged % years. and Ninfa
Neibla, aged %, both of Santa Ana.
A daughter was born yesterday to
Mr.. and Mrs. Sam F. Sherwood of this
city.
Mrs. II. X. Snow. jr., of Ventura cour-
ty. is visiting relatives in Tustin.
Mrs. Mollie Davis of Wilkesbarre, Pa,
is the guest of her relatives. Messrs. r..
NJ. Mitchell and II. a. Allen, of Tustin.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles A. Hunt have
returned from an extended eastern trip,
Several relatives accompanied them
home, and will remain here for some
time.
H. c. Kellogg and family went to An
telope valley today to visit Mrs. Kel-
logg's father.
William White left Tuesday for Chi
cago to receive medical treatment. He
is in extremely poor health.
Mrs. Emma Smith of Vanderbilt, CAL,
is visiting her aunt, Mrs. Clara Sharp.
who is very ill with paralysis at her
home on West Fourth street
Mrs. +. p. Foster and Mrs. ]. E. Deuel.
went to Los Angeles today to spend
Christmas with relatives.
The Sunset telephone office has been
moved from the Santa Ana Book store
into the building on Main street, for
merly occupied by w. o. Clayton.
Miss Josie Yoch will return today from
Stanford to spend the holidays with her
parents