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Evening journal., 1898-04-21
DIED.

BDNSON.-On April IS, 1898, Alfred
Leroy, son of Samuel p, and Mary
L. Benson.
CONNER April II, 1898, William
Conner, aged 80 years.
GOULD.-On April 20, 1898, Joseph
Could aged IS years,
KELLEHER.-In Christiana hundred,
on April 19, 1898, Patrick Kelleher,
aged 40 years.
KELLY.-On April IS, NJ Eleanor,
daughter OF Francis e. and the late
Mary b. Kelly, aged s years and IL
months.
Relatives and friends are invited to
attend the funeral from her late resi-
dence, No. 11H Adams street, on
Thursday afternoon at 3 o'clock. In
terment private. Please omit flowers
KLAlR.-In Christiana hundred, on
April 49, 1898, Kate c., daughter OF
Frederick Klair, aged 30 years.
LYNAM.-At Newport, Del, on April
20, 1898, l. Stephen Lyman, aged 81
years.
Relatives and friends are invited tC
attend the funeral from his late resi-
dence, Newport, Del, on Saturday az
ternOon, April %, 1898, at o'clock In
terment at st. James Cemetery, New
port.
Evening journal., 1898-04-21
FRANCE AND DEPOPULATION.

While European Russia will need
only fOrty-ive years or so, Germany
about sixty-flve years, Austria Hungary
seventy years, England eighty years,
Italy 10 years, It will take France over
$50 years to double its population
What signifies the loss Of iAlsace-LOr-
raines 100000 souls compared with
the loss France suffers every day? In
the last five years the German popula-
ton has increased by 5000 900, who are
every one fully German France, mean
while, has increased her people by only
175000, who are not even of French ma
tionality. The increase of a nation is
Of the utmost Importance to the success
of its country. 1t has meant much in
the nineteenth century; it will mean
more in the twentieth. England, Ger
many, aye, even Italy, have millions
OF representatives on foreign soil
France has none, or too few to signify
The Gallic race has felt it, and will in
the future learn more bitterly still the
truth of the proverb. THE absent are
ever in the wrong. Humanitarian
Evening journal., 1898-04-21
MARRIED

COLGAIN-BURSLER.-At Asbury M.
e. parsonage, No. 222 Walnut street,
on Thursday, April IA, 1898, by Rev.
Ezra Tinker, LII. D., Samuel G. Col
gain to Miss Ida NJ. Bursler, both of
Wilmington, Del.
the resi-
dence Of the BRIDES sister, Mrs.
Thomas W. Jakes, No S25 Adams
street, on Tuesday morning, April 49,
1898, by Rev. John ID. c. Hanna, Dan
iel o. Hastings and Miss Cara L.
Saxton, both Of Wilmington.
MOORE-FRANCIS.-At the Union M
e. parsonage, No. sos Washington
street, on Tuesday morning, April
10, 1898, by Rev. John d. c. Hanna
John G. Moore and Miss Margaret
Francis, both Of Elkton, Md.
QUAILL--BRIGGS.- the Union M
e. parsonage, No. sos Washington
street, April IA, 1898, by Rev. Joh1
ID. C. Hanna, We're de We're Quail
and Miss Katie Wills Briggs, both o
Philadelphia.
Evening journal., 1898-04-21
wiImington's Wonderful Cure

Prof. Townsend's Electric and Massage
Treatment and his Electric Appliances
have made these cures in this city for
the last five years: Lumbago, rheuma-
paralysis. spinal and hip disease. weak
eyes. deafness and other cures. Come
and read testimonials OF these cures In
treatment and electric appliance office
in Delaware, G15 King street, a. m. 8
D. m.
Evening journal., 1898-04-21
Br0 You Aware

We use the finest equipments
known to Dentistry?
All Of the latest Electrical
Appliances, such as Electrical
Dental Engine, Fountain and
Spittoon.
The newest and most COM
Portable chairs.
Prices always satisfactory.
Call us up by Delmarvia
Phone No. S62 making engage
ments.
Evening journal., 1898-04-21
HENS pEcLARATIoN ON WAR.

A member OF the New Castle county
bar, OF retiring disposition, is credited
with having in his possession an ulti-
matum issued by a hen OF this county.
The Wayfarer Is told that upon the
shell Of the egg the word WAR" is
plainly apparent
Evening journal., 1898-04-21
INTERESTED PEOPLE

Advertising a patent medicine in the pc
culiar way in which the proprietor of
Kemp's Balsam for Coughs and Colds
does II, Is indeed wonderful He authorizes
all druggists to give to those who call for
It, a sample bottle Free, that they may
are 25 and SOC. We certainly would advise
a trial. 1t may save you from consump-
ton.
Evening journal., 1898-04-21

place Of employment, ETC., usually
found with each name In q directory.
This expedition Is due to thorough sys-
tenn rather than to the employment of
a multitude of men. Twenty-Five men
are usually employed in hewOrk. There
are about sixty-eight election districts
in the city. Each man is supposed to
do one district a day. That makes it
possible under the scheme to secure all
the names in less than three days, but
in some OF the districts the houses are
so scattered as to render ii impossible
for a man to do them within the ten
hours allotted and that brings the time
up to about four days. In the quarters
OF the city inhabited by the foreign ele-
ment interpreters are employed to in
sure accuracy. AS an additional safe
guard against errors and omissions the
men are shifted about after the first
canvass and go over the city again,
each having an entirely new territory.
The duplicate findings are compared,
discrepancies noted and a third man
sent out to decide any differences
which may be found in the returns.
The names are then arranged in alpha
betical form and sent to the printer,
who sets them up as rapidly as the copy
is supplied. The special features of the
book, such as the national, state and
city government, churches, schools, Sc
Fcret, beneficial and charitable societies,
ETC., are made up largely from the di-
rectory for the preceding year, and
then verified and corrected. The great
source Of profit to the publisher of the
directory is the advertisements. While
the sale OF the books brings in a good
sum Of money, it is upon the liberal ad-
vertising patronage that the publisher
chiefly depends.
The work of compiling the book can
not be commenced until after moving
day, which is March 20, and il must
be out sometime in May, the earlier the
better, as an old directory is not at all
| reliable after moving day Is passed.
There is a great deal of painstakine
work in getting out a directory, and
! but little time in which to do it. The
publisher must be careful to have none
| but competent persons employed, for
| the reason that the public resents a di-
rectory which is full of errors and mis-
/ leading and the man who got it out ie
soon made acquainted with his short
4 comings.
Evening journal., 1898-04-21
DYSPEPSIA,

ders positively cured. Grover Graham
dyspepsia Remedy Is a specific. One dos
removes all distress and permanent cur
OF the most chronic and severe cases 1
guaranteed. DO not suffer. A 50-cent bot
tie win convince the most skeptral
Agent. N. b. Danforth. Druggist
Evening journal., 1898-04-21

There are others on the island. but
they do not give you the value for
your money that the Grand Union Tea
Co, 600 King street, does. Look at
their special with one pound Of baking
DOWder
Evening journal., 1898-04-21
CRuMBs FROM THE ARCTIC.

Mr. JensOn. native of Denmark,
who resides on West Eleventh street,
near Washington this city has in his
possession some crumbs of bread which
he prizes exceedingly. Mr.. Jenson' s
father and Dr. Nansen, the celebrated
Arctic explorer. were close friends, and
upon the return of the latter from his
great search for the North Pole, in the
Fran, Mr.. Jenson, of this city, received
from his father the crumbs Of bread
which went to make up part Of the
Fram's stores.
Evening journal., 1898-04-21
sYsTEM AND FXPEDITION.

To a person who glances through a
directory Of a city of this size it seems
that 1t must have been an enormous job
to get all the names and data contain
ed therein, and that several months
must have been consumed in the work.
They will be surprised to learn that
the city is canyassed in from four to
five days and the names turned in in
that time, together with the residence
Evening journal., 1898-04-21

Inasmuch as the Illinois militia has
begun to shoot strikers again, we may
as well admit that the Old-time pros
perity is restorsd.-Detroit Tribune.
Evening journal., 1898-04-21
WAYFARER' S NOTE BOOK
Things, Pleasant and Unpleas-
ant, Caught on the Way.
sKITs ON PERSONS AND THINGS

IF YOU READ THEM BEFORE SUP
PER THEY WILL AID YOUR d.
GESTIoN, BUT THERE is NoTH-
ING PUT IN THEM TO IULL YOU
TO SLEEP.
Evening journal., 1898-04-21
TO BURN"

Our Coal is carefully screened,
is free from dirt. and we think
it will be economical for you to
use. We have free burning Coal
and a harder Coal that will
kindle up and burn in an en-
tirely satisfactory way. II your
coal supply is running short let
us send you some OF ours.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1898-11-30
How Porto Ricans Shave.

The natives of our new territory
Porto Rico, have no need to buy soap,
saws the Chicago Times-Herald, for
wooded country ab1unds in plants
whose leaves and bulbs supply most
fully the place of that indispensable
article. Among the best Ofthese is the
soap tree, so called, though it is more a
bush than tree. Its bulb when rub
bed on wet clothes makes a snow-white
lather, which has an OdOr like old
brown Windsor soap.
The Porto Ricans, who are ali, from
the highest to the lowest, great dandies
in their way, make soap out Of eocanut
oil and homemade lye-and afine soap
il is. smooth and fragrant. This coca
nut oil soap is used for shaving. When
a man wishes to have a shave in the
morning he starts out with his eocanut
sheIl-cup, and his dOnkey-tail brush
and bottle. 1t is never any trouble to
find an empty bottle in Porto Rico,
Aund. IdIli1Atttt VI aAIApoe ehg " NN~
larger West India Islands, even in re-
mote spots in the mountains. At least
twenty generations Of thirsty people
have lived there and thrown away the
bottles. The man carries no mirror
he is too poor to own such a luxury.
Not one house in twenty in Porto Rico
has even the very cheapest looking
glass. But generously rich nature pro
vides the mirror as well as the soap.
The man goes to some convenient pool
in the mountain stream where the water
is quite still-there is his mirror. He
breaks his bottle on a stone and deity
picks out sharp piece Of suitable size
Then he fathers his face prOfusely and
begins to serape away with his piece ol
glass, which in his hands works as well
as the best steel razor. A cut, or even
a slight scratch, is extremely rart
as a result of this al frescO form oi
shaving.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1898-11-30
Glorious News

Comes from DIR. d. b. Cargile, of
Washita, /. T. He writes "Four
bottles Of Electric Bitters has cured
Mrs. Brewer Of scrofula, which had
caused her great suffering for years.
Terrible sores would break out on her
head and face, and the best doctors
could give no help; but her cure is
complete and her health is excellent 7"
This shows what thousands have prov
ed-that Electric Bitters is the best
blood purifier known. It's the supreme
remedy for eczema, tet.er, salt rheum,
ulcers, bOils aud running Sores 1t
stimulates liver, kidneys and bowels,
expels poisons, helps digestion, builds
up the strength. Only so cents. Sold
at ]. \. Snyder's Drug Store, SOmer-
set, Pa, aud G. w. Brallier's Drug
Store, BeriiD, Pa Guaranteed.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1898-11-30
Discovered BY a Woman.

Another great discovery has been
made, and that too, by lady in this
country. ''Disease fastened its clutch
es upon her and for seven years she
withstood its severest tests, but her
vital organs were undermined and
death seemed imminent. For three
months she eoughed incessantly, and
could not sleep. She finally discovered
a way to recovery, by purchasing Of US
a bottle Of DIR. Kings New Discovery
for Consumption, aud was 50 much re-
lieved on taking first dose, that she
slept all night and with two bottles,
has been absolutely cured. Her name
is Mrs. Luther Sutz. "rhus writes w.
C. Hamnick & Co, Of Shelby, n. c.
Trial bottles free at ]. n. Snyder's Drug
Store, Somerset, Pa, and G. w. Bral-
Her's Drug Store, Berlin, Pa.
Regular size soc. and 81. Every bot
tie guaranteed, or price refunded
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1898-11-30
George Vanderbilt's Castle.

''The people Of Asheville are very
glad to get young George Vanderbilt
back among them once more" re-
marked William p Hill, Of that noted
mountain town, to q Washington Post
reporter. He came back to his grand
estate, BiltmOre, after long absence,
and his coming was all the more inter-
esting because he brought bride along.
A special train brought the pair and a
big company of invited guests, aud
BiltmOre has ever since been a scene
Of unlimited festal pleasures. While
its owner was away sightseers were al
ways given permission to view the
glories of the place, but now it is sacred
from intrusion, and the tourist, though
not shut out of the grounds completely
can get no nearer than half mile of
the house itself.
9Th is is rather hard on the stranger
who would like to view Mr.. Wander
bilt's palace in North Carolina noun
tains, for truly it has no match either
in America or Europe. By the side of
Biltmore the grandest castle on the
Rhine looks cheap. Ii IS without donbt
the most magnificent private residence
in the world.
cit is estimated that Mr.. Vanderbilt
has spent in the neighb0rhOod Of S.
100000 on this property, which, of
course, includes a vast amount Of land,
the whole tract comprises 3O,000 acres
He continues to sell chickens and eggs
anu butter and the like from his farm,
and do not suppose he will ever get
back one-half of the cost Of the same,
although the idea Of making any profit
from his place probably never entered
his mind.
"His coming to Asheville was a
blessing to the town, and its citizens
will ever put George Vanderbilt first in
their category of good things. May he
live long and prosper"
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1898-11-30
Her Courage Failed.

A young woman. accompanied by
two men, one young aud tall and thin,
and the other old and stout and gray
haired, arrived at the city hall bust be-
fore L o'clock to-day and asked the
way to the marriage bureau, says the
New York Evening Sun"
This way" said Martie Keys, and
he led the way.
Just as the party reached the Office OF
the bureau the girl stopped short.
"Oh, George" she cried. 81 can't
1 won't and then she picked up her
skirts and darted out into the City Hall
park.
George ran after her, but when last
seen she was 50 feet in front of him and
bound for Brooklyn. The old man did
not follow them. He swore twice, re-
fused TO give their names and then
swearing again, disappeared in the di-
rection of a Park Row saloon.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1898-11-30

Everybody is perhaps aware that the
large scales upon which entire freight
cars with their loads Of many tons are
weighed are considered immense, says
the Washington Times, but with all
Immense il seems that they are meagrs
n he eyes n Uacss ssr, vho has
gone ali ths ,sllsosa rasgnstss n
The county, ors re.2t he.ter r -
stalling at the navy yard in this city
one Of the largest scales in the country.
This machine can outweigh the larg-
est railroad weighing machines oy 30
tons, and when il is considered that lis
results must be accurate to the weight
Of pound, while railroad scales are
considered good if they approach any
where near 80 pounds Of being correct,
1t is to be marvelled at the advances
that have been made in scale manu-
faeture in recent years
At hurried glance they are not un-
like the ordinary platform or hay
scales. Closer investigation reveals the
fact that they are As feet long and Il
feet wide, and that they rest upon
cement base built upon long piles
The ground is somewhat low, and it
was necessary to utilize the services Of
piie-drivers to secure stable founda-
ton, which is one Of the requisites OF
an accurate weighing machine. The
cost was about Sl9OO.
In order to illustrate the accuracy OF
the eounterpoise Of the machine to
reporter the superintendent of yards
and docks picked up balf brick which
was lying on the ground nearby and
tossed it on the huge platform Of the
machine. He then consulted the long
brass lever in the reading box along
the side of the scales and found that
the record of the brick was just a
pound.
Turning to the reporter, he said that
the machine is 50 sensitive that ii can
weigh anything from pound of sugar
to trio of l2-inch naval gyms, and
weigh them accurately, though II will
exc out long existence at the famous
gunshop without having the chance to
weigh an ounce Of the former. The
capacity of the new scales is $50 tens,
or double the capacity Of the old scales,
which have just been replaced by the
new ones. a Is inch gun weighs about
50 tons, and it msy be readily seen that
the new scales can weigh two Of the
monsters, reclining on 4s-fOot ear
truck, and not tax its capacity to any
great extent. All the big guns Of the
new navy will be weighed upon these
/ colossal scales.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1898-11-30
Physical Recreation

The aim of physical education IS to
bring the body to its fullest develop
ment and vigor. Such education is
always good, bat its effect varies with
different persons. Every one receives
by inheritance certain tendencies and
peculiarities. Naturally q narrow
chested, under-sized youth cannot be
expected to become a perfectly devel-
oped athlete. Yet il is precisely those
whose physical endowment IS below
the average that derive the greatest
value from a careful physical train
ing.
As nearly as can be ascertained, ply
steal improvement includes an increase
in height, il a course Of training IS pur-
sued before the age when growth
ceases. An apparent increase in stat
ure after this period is to beattributed
to Strengthening Of the spine and a
more erect carriage.
Physical education, in order to be
most effective, should be systematic,
carefully graded, and in all respects
adapted to the needs and capacities OF
the individual.
Its results are apparent not only in
increased ability for physical exertion,
but 10 freedom of muscular action and
in gracefulness Of movement Prop
erIy trained muscles perform their
work with less expenditure of energy.
While physical training may have
been unduly emphasized in some GUAR
tiers, college athletes are rarely among
the drones of their classes in mental
work.
The stimulation Of the circulation by
systematic exercise improves the quail
ity Of the blood provided to both the
muscles and the brain. Greater con-
eentration and more continuous aPpli-
cation in mental employments are
possible because Of physical training.
The hours of study are not the only
ones that teachers and parents should
supervise. The child should have his
hours of recreation properly filed,
with no time for obsolute idleness-
As has been said already, physical
exercise should be 50 planned as tc
suit the needs Of the individual eonsti'
tuition.
Ii has been the custom OF one In
structor to prescribe fencing, gymnas-
ties with apparatus, and lessons in a
riding school for all ''those idle per-
sons whose brain languishes for lack OF
work" But for child over-worked
in school, or for one going through the
mental strain of examinations, aero
batie feats are not appropriate. Walks
and rides offer the simplest and besl
forms Of relaxation.
To the sedentary brain worker the
easily mastered exercise of rowing is 8
profitable 2astime, while theold game:
of leap frog, prisoners base, and tho
like, VIII always be Of iRestimabl'
value among lie exercises Of child
hood. Youths Companion.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1898-11-30
SOMERSET PA, WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 30, 1898
A LAUGH IN CHURCH.

She sat on the sliding cushion,
The dear. wee woman OF four;
Her feet, In their shiny slippers.
Hung dangling over the door.
She meant 10 be good she had promised,
And so, with her big. brown eyes,
She stared at the meeting house windows
And counted the crawling flies.
She looked far up al the preacher.
Bat she thought OF the honey bees
Droning away at the blossoms
That whitened the cherry trees.
She thong ht of a broken basket
Where, curied in a dusky heap,
Three sleek, round puppies with fringy
ears
Lay snuggled and fast asleep.
Such soft, warm bodies 10 cuddle.
Such queer little hearts TO beat,
Such swift, round tongues to kiss,
such sprswling, cusbiony feet:
She could feel in her clasping fingers
The touch OF the satiny skin,
And a cold wet nose exploring
The dimpies under her chin
Then sudden ripple OF laughter
Ran over the parted lips
SO quick that she could not catch Il
With her rosy fngertips.
The people whispered, "Bless the child"
As each one walked nom nap,
But the dear, wee woman hid her face
For shame in her mothers lap.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1898-11-30
He Fooled the Surgeons.

All doctors told Renick Hamilton, Of
West jefferson, O., after suffering Is
months from Rectal Fistula, he would
die unless costly operation was per-
formed but he cured himself with five
boxes Bucklen's Arnica Salve the sur
eat Pile cure on Earth, and the best
Salve in the World. 25 cents a box.
Sold at j. n. SDyder's Drug Store,
Somerset, Pa, and G. w. Braliier's,
Drug Store, Berlin, Pa.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1898-11-30
Skaters Old Horse.

Old Club, the horse ridden by Gen.
eral Shafter in many hot chase after
the Indians during the seventies, is
still alive, says the New York Herald,
and in his old age earns his daily al
lowAnce of oats by drawing a delivery
wagon for ST. Louis Jean, French
man, who runs a small grocery in FL
PasO, Texas.
Old Club was General Skaters
mount while he was lieutenant colonel
at Fort Davis, Texas, and carried the
gallant soldier into the midst of many
murderous bands of Apache warriors
without faltering. Astride Of Old Club
Shafter led his regiment to San Felipe,
then the rendezvous Of the Apaehes,
up 70 Live Oak Creek and up and
down both sides Of the Pecos river,
where he earned the name Of Pecos
Bill. Old Club aud his master drove
the Indians out of Texas back to the
reservations in New Mexico, and Shat
A7A h-AAAAr| DNNAu4 q NlAAOA " NA~ A@N
skins aud his reputation as fighter
was made.
The war horse was condemned at
Fort Davis in 1852 as being too old for
work. he was then believed to be l3
years of age and must now be at least
%. After he had been condemned as
unfit longer 10 serve his country on the
battlefield Old Club was retained by
Shaftsr for a saddle horse. He was
subsequently sold to a man named
Houston aud brought to FL PasO. He
was afterward sold to transfer COM
pany and used as draught horse.
Since that time Old Club has been
used in livery stable, but for the last
ten months has been owned. by the
French grocer, JEAN
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1898-11-30

All the right, title. interest, claim and de
nand OF John N Saia, defendant and VIM
j. Sala, terre tenant. OF, in, ana 10 the ioi-
loving described real estate 20 wit.
No. l. 4 certain tract Of land situate IN
Conemaugh township. Solnerset county, "a.
containing 80 acres more or less. about -
acres clear balance timhered, adjoining lands
OF Levi Berkey, Albert Mitzlan, JACOB l.
kaufman. Daniel Hershberger, and " M } d.
SaIa. having thereon erected a one and hTif
story plank dwelling house, bank barn and
other out buildings.
No >. 4 certain piece or parcel OF land
situate in Conemaugh township, Somerset
county, Pa containing , acrtsss. more OF less,
an cleared adjoining lands OF Daulel Hersh-
berger, jeremiah Livingston, Harry X.
Blough, Elijah Stahl and john " Sala, hay
ing thereon erected a tw0-~ioTy plank dwell
ing house stable and other oct buildings with
the appurtenances.
Taken in execution and u be sold as the
property Of Iohu ~ -ala defendant and Nm-
! Sala iere tenant respectively. al the SUIT ol
Isaac l.. loder administrator OF Jose pm kauf
man. deed.