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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1898-02-09
women's Injustice to Women.

The women who teach in the public
schools of Boston only receive a little
more than half of the compensation
which men holding similar positions
do. For example, the junior masters
in the high schools and the Latin
schools receive a salary of So, coo a year,
while the women who hold similar po-
sitions receive only 81, 900. The strange
thing about this is that the women OF
Boston have full school suffrage, and il
they were to exercise their prerogativs
judiciously they could help to elect
school boards vino would change the
existing unequal conditions. But, then,
it is fact that women are more heed
less of injustices done to women than
to men. A woman will more quickly
make room for a man in a crowded
street car than for one of her own sex.
Philadelphia Inquirer.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1898-02-09

direction Of the o. s. Department OF
Agriculture examined 255 stomachs Of
the screech owl from ali sections Of
the United States. OF these 4 10 Of
per cent. contained poultry IS per
cent, small birds, one-half of which
were probably English sparrows; 80
per cent, mice, and A per cent. ether
mammals about 3 per cent lizards,
batrachians and fish 80 per cent, in
sects; 2 per cent, spiders; 81 per
cent, crawfsh aud 17.2 per cent,
empty. This makes about 50 per cent.
of their food mice and insects, just what
the farmer wants destroyed. The pres
entation Of all these cases, about 80 in
all, showing the beneficial character of
the screech owl in IS per cent. of the
cases, and injurious nature in onl' 4 10
Of l per cent. of the cases, fully justi-
fies our position that this bird should
be carefully and constantly protected
and fostered. Nor can anyone have
any excuse for disturbing or destroying
this interesting little owl, and 50 with
nearly all owls.
II. JUSTIN RODDY.
Millersville Normal School, January
-, 1898.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1898-02-09
Why a Swelling Follows a Blow.

The swelling which follows from
blow is natures effort to protect the
part from further injury and to keep it
at rest while repair is going on. What
actually takes place at the seat Of in
jury is not even now quite understood
The injury to the smaller blood vessels
interferes with the flow of blood through
them, and the white eOrpuscles, with
part of the serum, the watery part Of
the blood, escape into the surrounding
tissues. AT the same time the blood
vessels in the neighborhOOd dilate and
the increased flow of blood with the
thoroughfare Obstrueted increases the
swelling.
II is probable that the white corpus
cles of the blood pass into the tissues to
assist in the repair, as bees or ants ss-
semble at an injury to their storehOuse,
but with this difference. that the sub
stance of the eorpuscles is probably con-
verted into the tissue Of repair. From
one point of view the human body is
only one gigantic colony of individuals,
and the swelling that fellows injury
but the rush of these to repair the
breach.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1898-02-09
WHOLE NO. 2428.
Corn and Cotton-seed; Why the
Price Of Corn is Low.

About 1883, a canny Celt, having the
commercial instinct well developed
mistakenly believing that lard was
swine's Fat, and knowing the supply Of
swine to be defective and the price high,
saw visions Of fortune in "lard cor
ner,D which he proceeded to "ruap on
the Chicago Exchange. In imagina-
ton, he was so successful as to consider
that he had the great Chicago packers
sin a holeu; this satisfactory opinion
being based upon a knowledge of the
number of swine reaching the pack
ing-centres, and upon the fact that OF
the live weight Of an average porker no
greater proportion than fourteen per
cent. could be profitably converted into
lard. Hence the Celt was confident
that he knew how much lard his vic
tims-men who had obligated them
selves to deliver property they did not
Own-could turn in on their "short
contracts" +" all Of which were to mature
in the "leafy month" of June. But
the harvest which the coroner was
preparing to gather turned to Dead-Sea
fruit, when he found that an unending
procession Of tierces of lard was travel
ing from the packeries to his ware
houses, and that he was called upon to
receive, aud pay the contract price for,
more hard than he had ever dreamed OF
An investigation devel ped the fact
that the psckers-whO were the prin-
eipal ''shoris"-had discovered that a
mixture Of fat Of swine, beef stearine,
and cOttOn-seed oil made lard which
would pass muster with all but experts,
and serve admirably in filing 'short
sales"
Doubtless more or less cotton-seed
oil, as a constituent of lard, had enter
ed commercial channels before the
''lard corner which eliminated in
June, 1888; bat the k1owledge e of such
operations was confined to a very linn
tied number Of beneficiaries. The fact
Of such a use Of the oil proved veri-
table revelation to nearly every one
thea engaged in the provision trale.
II, as is probable, the urban pOpula-
ton Of the United States annually con-
sumes lard, or commercial substitutes
therefor, to the extent Of $4,000. 900
pounds; If on an average we have ex-
ported in recent years more than 500,
coo, 600 pounds, as shown by tie Gus
toms returns; and if the commercial
supply Of swine's fat averages some
SOC, 600, 600 pounds per annum-then it
is obvious that some 45O, O,OOO,O 900 pounds
per annurl result from admixtures i'm
possible without the use Of cOttOn-seed
oil, and that, to this extent, cotton-seed
oil has destroyed the demand for the
secondary products Of the eorn-feld.
The 'tlard refiaersn have enabled US
to palm oil as swine's fat-mueh of it
upon Europsaus-vast quantities Of q
cheap vegetable oil, and at the same
time have afforded needed employment
for our representatives at foreign courts
in earnest efforts to convince European
authorities that they ought not to inn
pose the least obstacle 10 the impOrta-
ton of 4 lard 80 ''ref lsi| that . thou
sand ticrces contain neither single tri-
el,ina nor yet an ounce Of the fat of
swine.
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A Virginia Republican.
5s Warren St, n. Y. City.


Hon. William Mckinley, Washington,
d. G.
Dear Sir: l helped save the country
in 1896 and am anxious to keep it saved,
but am now statesman out Of job
and without visible means Of support.
Unfortunately am too heavy for light
work and to light for heavy work, and
unless you hit the civil service a swipe
in the solar plexis and come to my re-
lief am afraid | shall perish.
am in many respects especially en-
titled to recognition by your admins
tration. was born several years ago
while quite young, read law part Of
while, and have praeticed occasionally.
l am now the only surviving private Of
the Confederate Army. Since our flag
went down ia gloom at AppomattOx
/ have suffered constantly. / have
never been married, but have had yell
low fever; have been drowned, burned
alive, blown up at sea, swallowed by a
shark and served as Republican county
chairman during the campaign Of
1886.
Ifyou will call at my Office, I will
confer with you on the problems con-
fronting your administration, or I am
willing TO correspond with you regular
iy. Always inelOse stamp for reply.
If you need me in Washington send
ticket, and l will come at once.
Your administration will be a failure
unless get something equally as
good" Very truly yours,
FRANK WYsOR.
PULASKI, Pulaski county, Va, Dec.
| 12.-New York Sun.
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Painted By the Romans.

a dispatch from Rome, published by
the New York Sun, announces that Sig
nor Marucei, an arch@olcgist, has dis
covered an imposing wall paining in
the Palace Of Tiberius. There is a long
Latin inscription containing the name
"Christas, and it is considered that the
painting will prove an important addi-
tion to Christian history.
The painting represents the prepara-
ton for the Crueiixion. Around the
cross are soldiers bearing Ladders, and
under each soldier IS written his name.
Among the names is that OF POntius
PLATE. The figlres measure fifteen
centimetres in height. The inscrip-
tion consists of fifteen lines, Of which
five have been deciphered.
The Pope was ilamedialely informed
of the discovery. Signor Msrucei will
shortly publish a pamphlet Illustrating
his discovery. Many institutions have
asked for information concerning the
painting.
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The Discovery of the Day.

Aug. ]. Bogel, the leading druggist
of Shreveport, La, says; "Dr. Kings
New Discovery is the only thing that
cured my cough, and it is the best seller
Ihave." J. +. Campbell, merchant Of
Stafford, Ariz writes "Dr. Kings
New Discovery is all that is claimed for
it; it never fails, and is sure cure for
Consumption, Coughs and Colds. l
cannot say enough for its merits" DR..
Kings New Discovery for Consump-
ton, Coughs and Colds is not an ex-
pertinent Il has been tried for quar-
ter of a century, and to-day stands
at the head. 1t never disappoints.
Free trial bottles at ]. n. Snyder's
Drug Store, Somerset Pa, and G. w.
Brallier's Drug Store, Berlin Pa.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1898-02-09
HER BUrroHED KIDS.

When I 20 TO ball or party
With my blue-eyed sweetheart May
She is always ready, waiting
In her dainfiest array;
Hat and jacket, gown and cOiffure,
Not thread nor band amiss,
But she holds her hand out, saying:
Jack, will you please button this? +"
Little hand. so son and dimpled,
Nestled closely in her glove.
In my own she puts sedately
While her white brow frowns above
Dear, small hand, softly press it,
(Such things make lovers bliss y
How love TO hear her ask me:
Jack, viii you please button this?"
Blue-eyed fraud! She knows my weak
ness
Knows / love to touch her hand;
And she knows / know she knows it
When she makes the dear demand;
And although her glove be roomy,
She is not bit remiss.
With a smile she always murmurs;
Jack, will you Please button this 4"
Puck.
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SOMERSET PA. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY g. 1898.

this movement, suddenly raised his
carbine, and with the motion Antonio
fired. At the explosion my horse
jumped and ran, throwing me from
my feet and dragging me by the halter
which had not taken from his neck.
kept my hold ON the rope and man
aged to bring the horse 10 a standstill
after being dragged considerable dis
tance. When got to my feet, good
deal shaken up, Antonio was running
to me, bringing the saddle and his gun.
He elapped the saddle on the horse and
cinched it fast.
"'For Gods sake, senior, mount
quickly he said, as he helped me into
the saddle.
But the man-the man you shot
at-where is hep asked, for the horse
man was nowhere 70 be seen.
"'God knows, senior. He was hit
know, and his horse carried him away.
That cslballero-I am not mistaken,
for / have seen him ofen-was Tomas
Viejada. Heaven preserve US if his
men are near
"With the shepherd running ahead,
picking the way, we rode into the shad-
ows of a spur of the mountain, and
from there made our way by round
about route TO the estancia, where we
arrived after midnight without having
seen or heard anything further TO cause
alarm. Next morning despatched
messenger to the nearest post Of the
rural guards, and within Sc hours de-
tachment of the rurales were on the
trail of the bandits. They tracked
them night aud day and hunted them
down, killing seven and bringing Eve
back, who were tried at drumhead
court-martial and shot. Not one would
confess what had become of their lead
er, more than to say that he was dead,
and no searching availed to find his
body.
Nearly three years afterward, as l
visited my ranch, the major domo
handed me my bullet.
"'Miguel q uintana, the hunter, found
it in the mountains, he said. The
bones of a man were lying about as the
coyotes had left them. The bullet was
in the skull. Miguel buried the bones
and brought the bullet to me. We
know now, senior, what became Of To-
mas Viejada.'"
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1898-02-09
Catarrh is a Disease

Which requires constitutional RENE
dy. 1t can not be cured by local ap-
plications. Hoods Sarsaparilla is Won
derfully successful in curing catarrh
because it eradicates from the blood the
scrof1lous taints which cause it, Suf-
ferers with eatarrh find a cure in
Hoods Sarsaparilla, even after other
remedies utterly fail.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1898-02-09

The Best Salve in the world for Cuts,
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fe-
yer Sores, letter, Chapped Hands,
ChilbIains, Corns, and all Skin Erup-
tions, and positively cures Piles, or NO
pay required. 1t is guaranteed to give
perfect satisfaction or money refunded.
Price . cents per box. For sale at
n. Snyder's Drug Store. Somerset, Pa,
or G. W. Brallier's Drug Store, Ber-
in, Pa.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1898-02-09

The products Of agriculture form a
very large proportion of our exports In
1885 shey formed So per cent Of the to-
tai exports Of the country, and they
constituted fully that percentage Of the
exports Of 1897. When this is realized,
and when we learn that the exports Of
the United States for last year were in
excess Of 81 900, ,OOO. 900, it will be seen
what a vast amount Of farm produce
has gone abroad in exchange for for
eign gold
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1898-02-09
To our Customers.

Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is the
best cough syrup We have ever used
ourselves or in our families. w. II.
King, Isaac P. King and many others
in this vicinity, have also pronounced
it the best. All we want is for people
to try it and they viii be convinced.
Upon honor, there is no better that we
have ever tried, and we have used many
kinds.-R a. BLAKE & SON, General
Merchants, Big Tunnel, Va. Sold by
all druggists.
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THINK ABOUT YOUR HEALTH
This is the Tina to Give Attention to
Your Physical Condition.

Your Physical Condition.
The warm weather which viii come
with the approaching spring months
should find you strong and in robust
health, your blood pure and your ap-
petite good. Otherwise you will be in
danger Of serious illness. Parity and
enrich your blood with Hoods Sarsa-
parilla and thus prepare for spring. ="
This medicine makes rich, red blood
and gives vigor and vitality. 1t will
guard you against danger from the
changes which will soon take place.
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BRO KLYN, \. Y, Dee. 10, 1896.
MEssRs. Ely Bros. Il have used
Ely's Cream Balm a number Of years
and find it works like a charm. 1t has
cured me of the most obstinate case Of
cold in the head in less than 4S hours
from tine time felt the cold coming
or. 1 would not be without it.
Respectfully yours,
2S3 Hart ST. FRED'K FRlEs.
Cream Balm is kept by the drug
gists. Full size soc. Trial size lOcents.
We mail it.
ELY BROS.
55 Warren St, y. Y. City.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1898-02-09

No one would ever be bothered with
constipation if everyone knew how
naturally and quickly Burdock Blood
Bitters regulates the stomach and
bowels.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1898-02-11
LEAF.
Atlanta, Ga,

Mrs. c. II. Engleman has been quite
sick for several days.
Most of our neighbors took advan-
tage of the cold snap and filed their
ice houses.
W. Ii. Adams, OF this place, was mar
ried to Miss Cordie Bus.le, of Rock
castle, on the Sd.
Ell Adams, of Eldorado, Ark is buy
ing car load o. saddle and harness
horses to take back with him. He is
paying from $50 to So FOR them.
There is talk of a sunday-school be-
ing organized here soon. That is a
move in the right direction for there
are a good many children in this vicin-
ity that ought to be going every Sun
day.
Sam Pullins, who has been grad
ually declining for some time, died on
the 4th. Uncle sam, as he was called
by everyone, was we'll liked by every
body that knew him. He had lived a
christian life and was perfectly will
ling to go. The poor old fellow felt
that he was in the was here and pray
ed for the tim, to come.
For Sale.
l will sell my farm of % acres sit
uated in Garrard county, 2 1-2 miles
northwest of Paint Lick station, on
the l.. IL n. Railroad. 1t has ON it a
new house with six rooms, u new barn
and other necessary buildings and also
Il good tenant house. There is well
OF water at the door, the best in the
county, not failing during the drouth
last summer lie water is so cold
that we never hive to use any ice in
the hottest weather. The farm is un
der good fence aud is very productive
and will produce anything that grows
in this country. 1t is supplied by q
spring pure running water thai
never has been known to go dry.
My reason for selling: My physician
advises me to change climate on the
account OF my health. Address
{. Ii ENGLEMAN,
Paint Lick, Ky.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1898-02-11

The Indiana Farmer tells of home
made stalk breaker" which is con-
structed as follows; Take square
beam Of hard wood 6xs, feet long; at
the middle let in two 2X4 pieces. one
inch deep, like the hounds on wagon:
fasten down with lead screws, put in
the wagon tongue, bolt on piece
across the front end of the hounds
over the tongue to prevent breaker
from dipping: bolt a 2x4, Is feet long
harl wool piece on under side of
beam, which can be replaced when
worn. I his will break three rows of
stalks at time. does the best of work,
and does not scoot around like the
pole and chains; it makes fine nipple
ment to run over the young clover
while frozen, it breaks down weeds
and stubble, and insures crop of hay
free of trash.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1898-02-11
Loss Satisfactorily Adjusted an
Money Promptly Paid.
BRYANTSvu.LE, Ky

BRYANTsvIILE, XII
To the members of the Kentuck
Growers Insurance Co, and to whom
it may concern:
Owing to the many inquiries rela}
tive to the loss of my dwelling by 6rel
l wish to say for the benefit of those
interested, that the amount due md
under my policy in case of total loss
was determined when made my ap1
p,ication and as shown by my policy
living to my absence in Virginia MY
,ss was not certified by Mr.. G. T.
Higgin botham, Chairman of Garrard
county board. to the company for pay
ment until Nov. % l, and in less than
sixty days thereafter received the en-
tire amount insured for. For solvency
and cheapness every farmer should
consider our company before insuring
elsewhere. Yours truly,
n. NOE.
The above speaks for itself and those
desiring protection to their property
against fire, lightning and wind at a
price in accord with the cost of carry
ing it, should con 'er with d. wv. Dunn,
Danville, solicitor for Boyle county,
Jesse Doty. Hyattsville, solicitor for
Garrard county, III. C Baughman, Stan
ford. H. Il. Kendall, General Manager,
Lexington, Ky. Jan. %, st.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1898-02-11

FRIDAY, February, IL, 1898
PERSONAL.

Capt Gallagher is much better this
week.
W.B. Mason has returned from
trip to Cincinnati.
Miss Lizzie Simpson has been visit
ing Miss Lizzie Thompson.
Col. J. II. McMurty, of Lower Gar
rard, was in town Monday.
Miss Mary Dunn, of Dlnville, is the
guest of Miss Eugenia Bush.
Miss Mle Hughes entertained the
"Cinch' club Monday evening.
Mr. D. Patton, of Nashville, Tenn,
was here on business this week.
Miss Mary Burnside has returned
from a visit to Paint Lick relatives.
Miss Anna King will be the guest of
Mrs VIM Berk ele, the last of the week.
Miss Mary DInn.of Danville, is the
charming guest of Miss Eugenia Blu sh
Capt. 7. A. Elkin has returned from
Atlanta and reports the mule market
dull.
Rev. Henry Faulconer closed a sue
ce 5sful meeting at Barbourville last
week.
Miss Mollie Douglass. is visiting
friends at Lowell and Paint Lick, this
Week.
Miss Everee Wallace, Of Point Leav-
ell, has been the guest of Mrs. Joseph
Robinson.
Quite crowd of boys and girls will
attend the minstrel show at Stanford
tonight.
Misses Mary and LAURA Robertson,
of Elizlbethtown, are guests of Mrs.
+. S. Ows,ey.
Herbert Kinnaird, the popular Mid
dlesb rough express man, is here to
spend few days
| Miss Marie Warren. a pretty Stan
ford lady. is visiting her aunt, Miss
Jennie Duncan.
Tommy Baughman, of Bov.e county,
has been the guest of Lancaster rel
atives this week.
Miss Mary Lear, of Paint Lick, has
been spending few days with Miss
Amanda Anderson.
Miss Eliza Rucker, of Paint Lick,
WIS the guest of Miss Mona and Mollie
Douglass, last week.
Attorney Hunt McMurty is Il e
happy father of another boy, the young
man arriving LIST Friday.
Miss Lula Bitson has improved very
much during the past few weeks and
i, gaining ground rapidly.
Mr.. w. b Jarvis and son, Joe, are
visiting friends at Portsmouth, Ohio,
and will return home about the 18th.
Miss Jane Lusk. after short visit
to her aunt, Mrs Lizzie Denney, has
returned to her home. near Paint Lick.
Mr.. VIM. Fox and bride, of Elton,
Ohio. are here on their bridal tour,
the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob Jt.
seph.
Sam Joseph, the Cincinnati shoe
drummer, was here this week. This
is SANS old home and everybody is
glad to see him
Misses Georgia McMillen and Minna
Crutcher, of Richmond, are expected
this week to make a visit to Miss
Amanda Anderson.
G. NJ. Patterson and pretty little
daughter, Grace HELEN, have retur
ned from Berea. The former continues
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1898-02-11
REDUCTION OF SALARIES.
The Bill Will BE Reported FavOrably

The Bill Will he Reported Favorably to
the House.
FRANKFORT, Ky. Feb. 5.-Thc salary
reduction bill introduced by Hon L.
i. .Weatherford, the young member
from Graves county, will be favorably
reported to the house. Some of the
most important changes proposed are
as follows:
Governor, from Sc, 500 to Sc, 600; Adj
jutant general, from $1,000 to $1,000,
commissioner of agricultural, from
S.. 500 to 1000; auditors clerks, from
SIG 500 to $4,000; insurance commits
sioner, from $4,000 to So, 500; insurance
clerks, from So, 500 to s. 900; secretary
of state, from $1,000 to $500; state
treasurer, from $1,000 to $4,000 The
total saving is $23, 700 year.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1898-02-11
FLATWOOD.

Mr.. Geo. Miller sold sow and five
shoats for SLID.
John Gipson sold calf to Mr.. Thorn
as Collet for $1,000.
Mr.. Ebb Cook sold 4 shoats to Mr..
Sweeney Morgan for Sl5.O5
w. II. Furr sold 80 shoats to Swee-
ney Morgan for tc per pound.
John Jackson who has been very
sick with pneumonia is convalesing.
James Bell had black mare taken
Sunday night and has not heard o; her
since.
M. John White has moved from Mr.
E. III. Walkers tenant house to Lii
coin county.
Mr.. john Merry M n and family are
visiting at Mr.. w. L. Llwson's and
will move to their old home near in a
few days.
Mr.. Jim Worrell sod shoats to Mr.
Sweeney Morgan TO. 81. 1homa S
WORE also sold bunch of hogs to
McCarley & Lawson for 3. per pound.
Burglars entered the residence of
Roy Steward one night some time
back taking about $50 in money and a
shoulder of meat They entered on a
ladder by an up stairs window, leav-
ing all the doors open when they left
1 he family were asleep and did not
awaken until sun up. They think
they were chlori ormed.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1898-02-11
A SENSATION.
Miss Kate Emmai, of MiddIesbOrO, Ky,
MYsteriOuslY Disa ppears.


Mysteriously Disappears.
MIDDLEsBoEO, KY, Feb. 5.-Miss
Kate Emmal, younge st daughter of W..
t. Emmal, of this place, and grand
daughter of w. s. Emmal, the million
aire banker of Lexington, is mysteri-
ously missing. Miss Emmal is a sub
stitute in the public schools, and
Thursday morning she told her mother
she was going to take charge of Miss
Ida llouseholder's room, who was sick
Since then she has not been heard
from. 1t is reported that she was mar
ricd at Junction City to Al. Good, a
promincnt drummer of Lexington.
but this can not be verified. The EN-
mails are very prominent Kentucky
people. They are very wealthy and
connected with the Breckinridge, Bull
lock and McGrathe families. The dis
appearance of Miss Kate has created
q mite a sensation