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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1898-03-30
Cruelty and Trsaohsry.

DR.. Frank Chado, who for two years
has served with the rank Of colonel in
the Cuban army under Gen. Caiixio
Garcia, and who was present when
young Gomez committed suicide on
seeing Gen. Msceo fall is in New York,
coming from Havana.
lie elude,l the vigilance Of the Span.
ish authorities aud travelled under an
assumed name he says:
II have hearo something Of the
stories published in this country of the
distress in Cuba and Of the thousands
who have died and are dying Of starva-
ton. Nothing that has been publish
ed, nothing that could be published,
could tell the story as il Is really.
know of my own knowledge that In
many sections of Cuba they are dig
ging up tie earth for the worms that
they may find. 1t is not everyone who
Is able to dig. Most OF the people are
so weak that they are unable TO move.
They are dying by the thousand, not
the men who are doing or hope to do
the fighting that eventually must end
in triumph, but the poor women, the
children and the ree0neentrados. Ruin
is everywhere visible. Spain has been
guilty of acts that must make eiviliza-
ton stand appalled,, and the fact is that
they are infinitely worse of to day
than at any time since the war began.
Victory is certain for the Cabans In the
near FUTURE
OF the present + cling among Span
iards at Havana, Col. Chado said that
it was becoming more hostile to Amer
leans every day. There is a feeling
among them" he said, ''that the Unit
ed States is afraid 10 fight, and that
they can do anything they please. I
am as firmly convinced as a man can
be that the Maine horror was not due
to any submarine mine This belief Is
shared by all Cubans, that the Maine
was blown up by torpedo. Further,
| believe that the torpedo came from
the Spanish warship Alphonso, MI.
As to our reasons for thinking so: First,
there is the fact that the night before
the Maine explosion the AlphOnso,
which had been anchored near, was
moved to a safe distance away; second,
the fact that not once since the day Of
the explosion has any seaman or ma
rine from the Alphonso been allowed
to go ashore. The only inference is
that the officials are afrai.t the sailors
might become intoxicated and talk too
much.n
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1898-03-30
Fashionable Hours in the Past.

The fashionable folk of Edward Tvs
court rose with the lark, dispatched
their dinner at IL O'clock, and shortly
after were wrapped in slumber, says
Tit Bits. In the Northumberland
House Book for 1912 it is set forth that
the family arose at 6 in the morning,
breakfasted at :, dined at 10 and supped
at in the afternoon. The gates were
all shut at 0, and no further ingress or
egress permitted. In 1870, at the Uni
versity of Oxford, it was usual to dine
at IL o'clock, and sup at ) in the after
noon. The dinner hour, which was
once as early as 10 O'Clock, has gradu-
ally got later and later, until now it
would be thought very eccentric in the
fashionable world to sit down TO table
earlier than half-past o'clock, while
others extend it TO o.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1898-03-30
Some Amusing Hibernicisms.

Sir Boyle Roche is best known to
fame as the man who smelt rat, saw
him floating in the air and nipped him
in the bud; but a writer in the current
COrnhill las unearthed some less fami-
liar bulls from the same eminent source.
For example, diseoursing on the rela-
tiOns between England and Ireland.
Sir Boyle declared that che is an enemy
to both kingdoms who wishes to dimin-
ish the brotherly affections Of the two
sister countries" This is, however, no
better tan the benevolent wish Of the
governor Of Georgia, in his speech at
the last Atlanta Exposition, that the
occasion might be an interesting wedge
which would bring about more per-
feet unity between North and South.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1898-03-30
A Clever Trick.

1t certainly looks like it, but there is
really no trick about it. Anybody can
try it who has Lame back and Weak
Kidneys, Malaria or nervous troubles.
We mean he can cure himself right
away by taking Electric Bitters. Tais
medicine tones up the whole system,
acts as stimulant to Liver and Kid
neys, is blood purifier and nerve
tonic. 1t cures Constipation, Headache,
Painting Spells, Sleeplessness and
Melancholy. 1t is purely vegetable, a
mild laxative, and restores the system
to its natural vigor. Try Electric Bit
ters and be convinced that they are a
miracle worker. Every bottle guar
anteed. Only SOC a bottle.
At J. n. Snyder's Drug Store, SOM
erset Pa, and g. w. Brallier's Drug
Store, Berlin, Pa.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1898-03-30
Millions Given Away.

1t is certainly gratifying to the pub
lie to know of one concern in the land
who are not afraid to be generous to
the needy and suffering. The proprie-
tors of Dr. Kings New Discovery for
Consumption, Coughs and Colds, have
given away ever ten millions trial bot
ties of this great medicine; and have
the satisfaction of knowing ii has alb
solutely cured thousands of hopeless
cases. Asthma, Bronchitis, Hoarse-
ness and all diseases of the Throat,
Chest and Lungs are surely cured by it.
Call on ]. N. Snyder, Druggist, SOM
erset Pa, and G. w. BraIlier, Druggist,
Berlin, Pa, and get trial bottle free.
Regular size soc and Sl.0O. Guaran-
teed or price refunded
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1898-03-30
Speaking of Trees.

To speak offs stree" without men,
tioning its name appears as strange to a
forester" as if he spoke Of horses and
dogs only under the general name OF
quadruped, or as if We included chick
ems and men under the term biped.
In truth, we ought TO know more about
the trees than we do, and to take every
opportunity for learning 10 distinguish
them at sight. 1t is not enough to dis
tinguish them by their leaves, for
many Of them are swept bare in win
ter. a bOtanist says that the peculiar
ities of different trees are more readily
distinguishable in winter than in sum.
mer.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1898-03-30
A Chapter on Man.

Man that Is married 10 woman is of
many days and fall Of trouble. Ia the
morning he draweth his salary, and in
the evening, behold! it IS gone. 1t Is a
tale that Is told. 1t vanisheth, and no
one knows whittier 1t gOeth.
He riseth, clothed in the chilly gar
ments Of the night, and seeketh the
commandment paregoric wherewith to
soothe his infant posterity.
He cometh forth As the horse or OK,
and draweth the chariot of his Cff-
spring. He spendeth his shekels in
the purchase of fine linen to cover the
bosom OF his family, yet himself is seen
at the gate of the city without sus-
pender.
Yea, he is altogether wretched.-Rob-
ert j. Bdrdette.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1898-03-30
The Original Blue stocking.

According to the Golden Penny the
appellation ''blue stockings; originated
in the dress Of a Benjamin Stillingieet,
grandson Of the Bishop, as he used 10
appear at the parties of Mrs. Montague
in Portman Square. He used to gen.
orally wear blue worsted stockings, and
he was a very amiable and entertaia-
ing man. Whenever he was absent
from Mrs Montague's evening parties,
as his conversation was very interest
ing, the company used to say "we
can do nothing without the blue
stockings" BY degrees the assemblies
were called "blue stockings clubs, y and
learned people "blue stockings
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1898-03-30
He Loved and Won.

Tom-"That friend you introduced
at the club last night seems to be mel
anchoIy sort of fellow. What's the
matter with himF'
Jack Disappointed in love, 1 be-
lieve."
Tom-"Too bad got the mitten, /
suppose"
Jack-"olr, no. he got the glrl.-Chi-
eago News.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1898-03-30
Our Moderation-Iet Spain Beware

From the Chicago Post.
While we strive to keep cool and
wait" in accordance with the excellent
advice of our superiors in diplomacy,
we confess that we are greatly stirred
by the reports in the morning papers
of the "insolenee of the Spanish Press" !"
We have learned that it is the custom
of the Madrid and other Spanish jour
mails to refer to Americans in the most
sneering and eOntemptuOus manner
that they have no hesitation in charae-
terizing us as yankees Of the most
abandoned type, and take delight in
applying 10 US such OpprobriOus epi-
thets as are never heard in the very
best circles. When we recall with
what courtesy it is the habit Of our
journals to speak of Spaniards, how
scrupulously polite We are in all refer
ences TO our Castilian friends, how stu
diously we refrain from saying any
thing that may be construed as indecO.
rous or ungentlemanly, our indignation
at Spanish ''insOlence" is with diff
Guilty restrained. We warn the Span
ish press that it must not count too
much on our forbearance and that if il
persists in its course of abuse we may
be tempted to throw consideration to
the winds and utter few well-chOsen
remarks concerning the ungraciOu4
dons. We congratulate our brethren
of the American press on their custom
airy politeDess and it pleases Us that in
this unhappy controversy they have
mildly spoken of the children Of Spain
as nothing worse than sharpers, trick
sters, towards, murderers and poll
troOns, but we freely admit that unless
the tone Of the Madrid journals is
changed, they will be justified in pro-
ceeding to harsh epithets. For human
nature is fallible and human patience
may be exhausted.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1898-03-30
The Song of Gagged Birds.

have never yet seen Gagged bird
that wanted-at least, not on account
Of its song-or wild flower that I de-
sired TO transfer to my garden. A Gagged
skylark will sing its song sitting on a
bit of turf in the bottom of the cage /;
but you want TO stop your ears, it is so
harsh, and sibilant, and penetrating.
But up there against the morning sky,
and above the wide expanse of fields,
what delight we have IL IT, 1t is not
the concord of sweet sounds; it is the
soaring spirit Of gladness and ecstasy
raining down upon US from heavens
gate" Then to the time and the place,
il one could only add the association,
or hear the bird through the vista Of
the years, the song touched with the
magic of youthful memories.
A number of years ago friend in
England sent me a score of skylarks in
cage. gave them their liberty in
field near my place. They drifted
away, and never heard them or saw
them.again. But one Sunday Scotch
man from neighboring city called
upon me, and declared with visible ex-
element that on his way along the
road he had heard skylark. He was
not dreaming; he knew it was a sky
lark, though he had not heard one since
he left the banks Of the Doom, aquarter
of a century or more before. What
pleasure it gave him! How much more
the song meant to him than it would
have meant to me! For the moment he
was on his native heath again. Then
told him about the larks had liber-
ated, and he seemed to enjoy it all over
again with renewed appreciation.
Many years ago some skylarks were
liberated on Long Island, and they be-
came established there, and may now
occasionally be heard in certain locali-
ties. One summer day friend of
mine was out there observing them; a
lark was soaring and singing in the
sky above him. An old Jrishman
came along, and suddenly stopped as if
transfixed to the spot; look Of ming
led delight and incredulity came into
his face. Was he indeed hearing the
bird of his youth? He took off his hat,
turned his face skyward, and with
moving lips and streaming eyes stood
a long time regarding the bird.
"Ah," my friend thought, ''if |
could only hear that song with his
earsri
How it brought back his youth, and
all those long-gOne days on his native
hills! The power of bird songs over US
is so much a matter of association.
Hence it is that every traveller to other
countries finds the feathered songsters
of less merit than those he left behind.
The traveller does not hear the birds in
the SAME receptive, uneritical frame of
mind as be does the native they are not
in the same way the voices Of the place
and the seasOn.-Jobn Burroughs in the
March Century.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1898-03-30

Washington Star.
General" " said the excited officer,
"the insurgents have cut Off our retreat
on the south and east"
"Then we'll go west.n
"But they have been for long time
lying in wait for US in the west and
north.p
as there no loophOle?''
"None. What shall We do?p
"offer them autonomy
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1898-03-30
DON'T LEAVE THE FARM.

Come boys. 1 have something to tell you;
Come near, would whisper IL low.
You are thinking OF leaving the homestead
Don't be IN a hurry To so.
The city has many attractions,
But think OF the vices and sins;
When once IN the vortex OF fashions,
How soon the course downward begins.
You talk OF the mines OF Australia.
They are wealthy in gold, no doubt,
But an there is gold on the farm, boys,
II only you will shovel it out.
The mercantile life is a hazard;
The goods are first high and then low;
Better risk the Old farm little longer,
Don't be in hurry 70 go.
The great, busy West has Inducements,
And 50 has the busiest mart;
But wealth is not made in a day, boys.
Don't be ina hurry to start
The bankers and brokers are wealthy,
They rake in their thousands or so;
Oh think OF the frauds and deceptions-
Don't be in hurry to go.
The farm is the safest and surest,
The orchards are loaded today;
You're as free as the air Of the mountains.
And monarch Of all you survey
Better stay on the farm a while longer,
Though profits come in nther slow;
Remember you have nothing to risk, boys,
Don't be in a hurry to go.
Mrs. Norris B. Slack in PhOenixvine Mes.
senger.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1898-03-30

For some time, have suffered with
rheumatism and tried every imagina-
BILE remedy, without effect. Mr.. F. G..
5. Wells advised me to try Chamber
lain's Pain Balm, telling me that il
had cured many cases Of long stand
ing like mine. have used four bottles
and feel sure that one more bottle will
make my cure eomplete.-A P. KOntz,
Claremore, Ark.-Sold by all druggists
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1898-03-30
His Action.

Mrs. O'Hoggarty-"Phat is yure hus-
band doin' fer his rheumatism, Mrs.
MeLnbberty
Mrs. McLabberty-"Domming livery
Ting ilse brooklyn Life.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1898-03-30
An Opportunity You Now Have

Of testing the curative effects Of Ely's
Cream Balm, the most positive Cure
for Catarrh known. Ask your drug
gist fora 10 cent trial size or send 10
cents, we will mail it. Full size so
cents.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1898-03-30
ELY BROS,

Sc Warren ST., n. Y. City.
My sou was afflicted with catarrh.
induced him to try Ely's Cream Balm
and the disagreeable catarrhal smell
all left him. He appears as well as
any one.-J. G. Olmstead, Arcola, LII.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1898-03-30

Men aud medicines are judged by
what they do. The great cures by
II DDS Sarsaparilla give it a good name
everywhere.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1898-03-30

Meat may be kept sweet several days
by covering it entirely with milk. Sour
milk or buttermilk is as good as swee.
milk for the purpose.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1898-03-30

Group instantly relieved. DIR. Tho
mas Eclectric Oil. Perfectly safe.
Never fails. At any drug store
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1898-03-30
J. D. sWANK.

IMPORTANT TO ADVERTISERS.
The cream Of the country papers is found
il Resningtonis County Seat Lists snTewd
advertisers avail themselves Of these hsss .
coov of which can be had Of Remington
Bros. of Ncw York s Pittsburg.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1898-03-30
AN OPEN MOMENT.

Something in the behavior, possibly
also in the appearance, of a woman
coming up the street, arrested John
Stewards attention. He was approach
ing his own door and was not in a
particularly receptive mood, for a sense
of the nearer recurrence of those slight
fits of shivering which had been
troubling him all day warned him un-
comfortably that he was not in his
normal health.
The woman had turned the corner
out of the adjoining thoroughfare, had
halted with what can only be describ-
ed as jerk, and hurried across the
road in a spasmodic way that some
how, as he thought the matter over
afterwards, conveyed to Selward the
impression that a recognition of her
whereabouts had occasiOned her a sud-
den shock. So might stare one who,
wandering heedlessly in an unknown
city, sees that an unnoted turn or two
have brought him to dark byways where
turks the assassin's knife. Explorers
in an Eastern town may have come to
as dead a pause, followed by as palsied
a run, when their zeal for research has
taken them unwittingly into the heart
of leper quarter. Akin TO such mani
festation of nerve-panie is the muscu-
lar twitch of sleep walker awakened
in unfamiliar places.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1898-03-30

And so John Sel~ard felt. But
towards evening his restlessness re.
turned. Mrs. HoIlick broaehed the sub
ject of doctor. Selward declared that
his indisposition was nothing. and that
a day or two would see him well. Mrs.
HolIick visited his room in the night,
aud was not reassured by his condi.
ton. In the morning she sent for
doctor (eunbeknown," as she explain.
ed to him outside the door Of the sick
room on his arrival), with the result
that nurse was installed in hei
s.ecpnd dor bAsk" in the course ol
the anne day.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1898-03-30
Wasting


can be overcome IN almost all cases
by the use of Scott's Emulsion of
Cod-Liver Oil and the Hypophos-
phites of Lime and Soda. While
it Is scientific fact that cod-liver
oil IS the most digestible oil IN ex-
istence, IN
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-03-13
CORNELL SLANDERED.
New York Voice Declares that Ithaca
Is "a Gigantic Den of Vice.

ITHACA, N. Y, March 12-There has
been nothing in long time that has at
tracted so much attention at Cornell Uni
Versity as an article that appeared in the
New York Voice of March /. This organ Of
the Prohibition party reached Ithaca to-
day. and there is yet no end to gossip over
it's article on "Cornell's Drunkeries." The
two-column scare head lines thus epitomize
the article: Cornell nearly as bad as
Yale.-How the new jurisdiction attitude Of
faculty and the example Of beer guzzling
Cornell professors who vote that saloons be
licensed have fastened drinking customs
upon the undergraduates in spite of the
manly attitude of a minority of the faculty.
and club functions.-How the Raines law
has multiplied the number of student sa-
loons-SociaI evil rampant = President
Schurman habitually antagonizes temper
ance meaSures.-An eX-keeper of blind pig
opening a 81, 500 students bar and President
Schurmann expresses great glee at the OUT
look"
The article then proceeds to attack every
one connected with the institution, and en-
deavors to raise an cutlery against Cornell
second only to the one recently raised
against Yale. So exaggerated and utterly
false is the larger part of it that it is re-
garded as a good joke by some, while 9TH
erS are much wrought up over the harm
that it will do the university. President
Schurman refuses to discuss the matter,
but several members of the faculty are very
outspoken in their denials of its truth.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-03-13

referring to statements that the United
States, although acquitting the spanish au=
loss of the Maine. Intends to declare spain
responsible by imposing upon her TWO pun
ishments - indemnity and Cuban indepen-
dence, says: And all this for an event
with which we had nothing to do. What
would happen to us IL by negligence We nau
really incurred this responsibility?
The Pals, revolutionary, or date CONSIDERS
that the ministerial organs have treated the
archbishop of ValladoliGs pastoral in tine
weak and cowardly manner bentting the
supporters of weak and coWardly govern
ment." 1t is also of the opinion tnat the
press has made great deal more OF the
pastoral than it deserved, and that tne
monarchy must be indeed i'll served when
a bishop dare attack it with impunlty.
The Heraldo to-day does not agree with
those who see in the pastoral pronounce
ment in favor of Don Carlos, remarklng
that Cardinal 'Cascajares history prcJecJs
him from such a suspicion AlthouSh nnu-
ing fault with the asperity OF some q ms
expressions as whole, the Heraldo APP
proves the pastoral.
The Globo, government organ, to-day says;
1--WE consider the pastoral has fallen nat.
In Spain when the voice OF prelates IS
raised on behalf of the government some
attention is paid it, but when raised 70 at
tack a government it has no power what
ever. This is entirely the fault OF the
clergymen themselves, who nave ever psen
in opposition TO liberal institutions. Ke-
ferrng to the international relations the
Globo remarks that ''even the Jingoes APP
pear to be discouraged and are losing an
hope that Mckinley and his government.
will lend themselves to a dangerous game.
The Globo also takes an optimistic view OF
the situation in Cuba, congratulatlng Gen.
Castellanos on his recent successful opera
lions in the island"
The Liberal gives the following as the
present strength of the Spanish navy; FRO
tecteo ships, II; unprotected, 20; gunboats,
so; torpedo-boat destroyers, IA; torpedo
boats, IA; transports, 25
Placards have been posted throughout the
city setting forth that the national candi-
dates whom all good Spaniards should sup
port are Generals Borrero and Sigura me
piacards end with Long live the father
iandn' Long live the army!" These cam
didates are nominated by the Weylerlsts.
The Republican and Carlist newspapers an
nounce that they will support them.