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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1898-01-12
Cutting Mountain Timber.

II. C. Huston, of Connellsville, Pa.,yes-
terday attended a meeting in Pittsburg
of the stockholders of several branch
railroads operated by the Baltimore and
Ohio company. Mr.. Huston is the own
er of extensive lumber interests and saw
mills in the Chestnut and Laurel Ridge
mountains, principally in Somerset coun-
ty. For many years he has supplied the
Baltimore and Ohio eompany's Pittsburg.
Wheeling and Grafton divisions, includ-
ing their branches, with ties, besides the
other lumber required for the operation
of these lines. Fifteen years ago all this
timber was cut and put in marketable
shape close to the banks Of the Youghio-
gheny and Casselman rivers, within easy
reach transporting facilities. Now it is
necessary to haul thesawed ties by mears
of steam lumber roads extending from 10
to 20 miles back into the mountains. High
hills and deep valleys are no obstacles to
the little engines used, for they climb to
the tops of seemingly perpendicular
mountains as easily as they rumble over
a short level stretch. The effect the clear
ing of the mountain forests has had on the
rainfall of the district they covered has
been remarkable. Only in extremely
rainy weather or after the melting ofa big
snowfall is the Youghiogheny river now
entitled to the term "Dsre Devil Yough."
At other seasons Of the year a fisherman
can wade it almost any point between
McKeespOrt and Confluence with a pair
Of knee high rubber boots and keep his
feet dry.-Pittsburg Times.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1898-01-12
Invents a Perpetual Light.

LoGANsPoRr, Ind, Jan SIS. b. Nick.
um, who has for seven years kept him.
self in tightly locked laboratory, has al
last satisfied public curiosity by announc.
ing that he has invented a perpetual light.
The light, he says, is sealed in glass
globe, aud will last as long as the globe
remains whole. The globes can be made
in any size and may be carried about as
lanterns.
Niekum has allowed no one but his at
torneys and a few friends to see his in
ventiOn- Those who have seen it say tha,
all that Nickum claims for it is true.
NickGm predicts that stock in electric
light plants viii bo become worthless
when his light is manufactured in sufi-
oient quantities. He promises a public
exhibition this week.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1898-01-12
A MECHANICS VIEWS.
On the Most Important Local Question
We Have at Present TO Discuss.

Opinions expressed publicly through
this newspaper By people IN the commoner
walks OF life who live in some distant
State lack the interest which Is attach
ed 10 opinions held by residents of the
Western part Of Pennsylvania The
former have always a suspicious halo
about them which Is absent in the lat
sooner believe the statement Of man
living in Greensburg. Pa. than the state
ment Of q resident Of WoOnsOcket, X. l.,
and when the Greensburg citizen courts
inquiry, the experience which follows can
certainly be depended upon Mr.. Amos
Eisamanr PAINTER, whose office and shop
IL az SS1 W. OtterInan street, lives on
Brushton avenue, Greensburg, Pa. Write
him II you are in doubt about bis state
ment. anG AJAX him if IL is not true. Mr..
EisAman says: Il can thank Doan's Kid
ney Pills for the good health ] am now
enjoying. / never felt better than have
since l took the pills last winter, 1895.
Ny kidneys have been weak and have
troubled me- more or less ever since l was
boy, out the last few years very severe
ly. The pains through my lOins were
often SO severe that l could not get aroand
10 my business. and 20 do any work ne
cessitating stopping OF lifting was entire
~ out OF the question. The secretiOns
were irregular. frequent and distressing,
aud on standing deposited heavy sedi-
ment. / had docfored great deal. but
without getting any satisfactory results.
When / saw Doan's Kidney Pills rec
ommended go highly, | thought I would
try them, and | got box at drug store.
felt 50 much better after the first box
that / continued the treatment for a time.
until l was thoroughly cured i now have
no more trouble, and I am glad TO rec
Ommend a remedy which has proven IL
self so true TO the claims made for il.
My son also used Deans Kidney Pills,
and had equally good results"
DOan's Kidney Pills, for sale by all
dealers Price 80 cents. Mailed by
Foster-Milburn Co, Buffalo. y. Y, sole
agents for the L. s. Remember the name
-DOan's-and take no substitute.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1898-01-12
Schools For Farmers.

The annual report Of John Hamilton,
deputy secretary Of agriculture and direc-
tor Of farmers institutes, has just been
submitted 10 Secretary Thomas J. Edge.
The cost of holding farmers institutes in
Pennsylvania during the last two years
was $4,000, exclusive Of the directors
salary and travelling expenses. During
1895 and 1897 there were 572 days of insti
tutes, of which 80 were held last year,
at daily expense ofS2G. Theapportion-
ment ofthe time to each county is made
on the basis of two days Of institute 10
every county having not over go farms;
three days to each having not more than
1000 aud not over !. 800; afterward one day
for each ! 500 farms or fraction thereof ad-
ditional.
Mr.. Hamilton recommends that the in
stitute directors subdivide the state into
Institute districts, each composed of sew
e-al counties, and appoint one or more
lsctdrers to have charge Of each district.
These districts should be again subdivid-
e into comparatively small divisions and
establish school in each Of these sub dis
tricts whose members would meet once a
month to hear lecture on some general
agricultural topic, the lecturer being the
teacher. whose duty it should be 30 visit
each school once a month to delivers lect-
ure and to advise in regard to any other
matters relating to agriculture that might
be Of interest 20 the locality.
''They should also, when opportunity
Offers, hold meetings in the fields, orch
ards, gardens and barns of the farmers
adds Mr.. Hamilton, ''and call attention to
nsv. improved and more economical
m sthOd~; point out defects in practice,
su ggest remedies and thus assist the far
mers in meeting and surmounting their
difficulties. This system should continue
for eight or nine months of the year. from
spring until winter, and when winter
clmes advertise for an institute for each
county TO last for one week at which the
whole corps Oflecturers should be present,
! taking turns as instructors and exchang-
ing as soon as one instructor has finished
with another who will take up a different
topic. Several institutes could be in op-
Grafton at the same time in different eoun-
ties, thus keeping the entire force engag-
, ed, the entire program TO be previously
arranged so as 30 comprise a thorough
and systematic course of instruction for
the entire state"
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1898-01-12
No UnifOrm Big Enough.

Congressman Acheson, of Washington,
Pa, has introduced in the House a bill
granting pension of $50 per month to
William p. Bane, of Nineveh, Greene
County. pat" Bane, as be is familiarly
known, is termed the Greene County
giant, being over seven feet high in his
stocking feet.
The ground on which Representative
Aeheson asks a pension for the Greene
County Giant is that Baue contracted
rheumatism while in the Army, because
of insufficient clothing. The fact is said
To be that when Bane enlisted no uniform
large enough 10 cover him comfortably
could be found, 50 he had to get along
with clothing that left portions Of his an
s;omy. top, bottom, and middle, more or
less exposed to the inclemency of the
weather
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1898-01-12
WASHINGTON.
Special Ten-Day Excursion via Pennsylva-
MIA Railroad.
NINE DOLLARS ROUND TRIP.

Washington is a most interesting city.
The Capitol, the Congressional Library.
the National Museum, and the Monu-
ment are among the great creations OF
civilized man, and appeal with peculiar
force to every American citizen. Few
journeys, in fact, are of more benefit
than trip to this city, the Nations Capt.
tai, and the scene OF much Of vital i'm
portazce. To afford an opportunity to
visit il while Congress is in session, the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company has ar
ranged for a series Of low rate ten-day ex-
eursions TO the National Capital, 10 leave
Iittsbnrg February II, March II, April
II. and May u Round trip tickets will
be sold at a rate Of - 90 from Pittsburg.
good going on special train leaving
Union Station at SEQ a. m, carrying
through parlor cars and coaches, and
making same stops as train No. y or on
train No. 4, leaving Pittsburg at S IOp. m.
clrrying through sleeping ears to wash
ington; returning, tickets will be good
on any train except the Pennsylvania
limited.
Tickets On sale in Pittsburg, at Union
Ticket Office. $50 Filth Avenue. and
Union Station. For full information ap
ply 10 agents or Thomas f. Watt, Pas
senger Agent Western Districs, Fiih
Avenue and Smithield Street, Pittsburg.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1898-01-12
0uay's Estimate of Mckinley
Pittsburg Dispatch.

fittSOurs Dispatch,
Senator Quay has been quoted as say
ing that President Mckinley was the first
President since Lincoln who had not
ceased to be politiciA when he became
President.
"What | did say" said the Senator TO a
Dispatch correspondent might, ''was
that President Mckinley Is one of the few
Presidents since Lineoln's time who. in
becoming President, has not forgotten his
political obligations. From my stand
point this put the President on a much
broader platform.
''Some Presidents have seemed to think
that, when they gained the goal of their
ambition, il was their public duty to turn
their backs on their obligations TO their
fellOwmen. President Mckinley takes a
higher and broader view. Moral and po-
litical obligations are as binding as any
other, and some statesmen given to fine
distinctions have put their eonscienees in
this respect into cold storage when they
have achieved power"
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1898-01-12
Taxes and Timber.

The last Legislature passed the follow
ing act which is OF importance TO many
Of our readers:
THAT IN consideration Of the public
benefit to be derived from the retention
Of forests or timber trees, the owner or
owners OF land in this commonwealth.
having on it forests or timber trees of
not less than fifty trees TO the acre, and
each Of said trees to measure at least
eight inches in diameter at height of
six feet above the surface of the ground.
with DO portion Of the said land absolute
ly cleared Of the said trees. shall, on
making due proof thereof, be entitled to
receive annually from the commissioners
Of their respective counties during the
period that the said trees are maintained
in sound condition upon the said land, a
sum equal TO eighty per centum Of all
taxes annually assessed and paid upon
the said land, or as much of the said
eighty per eentum as shall not exceed the
sum Of forty-five cents per acre: provid-
ed, however, That no one property own
er shall be entitled 10 receive said sum on
more than fily acres"
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1898-01-12

TIE Tara of Leonard Bittner and his
son, ;. w. Bittner. in Juniais township.
this county, was destroyed by fire. with
all the contents, on Sunday afternoon
last. \ large crop Of wheat and farm
machinery were consumed The .oss is
estimated at S2,5o0. with less than $1,000
Insurance The barn was bailt abont
tifty Years ago by John Rider. who after
wards used it As church aud preached
there frequently An attempt WAS made
to barn the barn during the late war. by
building fire on the barn floor. but it
was exiingnish'd before The fire made
mn IA headway. = Everett Republican
Mr.. Bittner IS well known in this
comfy.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1898-01-12

s'EvERY old soldier who did active
service should receive a pension" IS a
familiar expression one hears, and it is
not far out Of the way. either. A great
deal is said, both pro and con, with re-
gard to the proposition which has been
made for the publication Of the full
psnsion rolls. On the one hand, it is
alleged that the people At large have a
right TO know who are enjoying tSe
Governments bounty and the reasons
therefor, while, on the other hand, it is
he'd that many pensioners would feel
humiliated if the public knew they
were drawing pensions. We can not
see the force of this last objection. Men
who are fairly and deservedly in the re-
ceipt of pensions, for honorable service
rendered, have nothing to keep back or
be ashamed OF 1t is only those who
have succeeded in getting place on
that roll Of honor by ways not alto
gether above suspicion who will object
to the proposed scheme of publication.
There is also, it may be observed, a very
general disposition to purge the lists Of
those who have been placed there un-
wOrthily, and to this no man with a
clean record can object. The pension
which is being paid TO old soldiers and
their widows now IS money well spent,
and the American people are proud Of
the boys in blue, who fought and gave
their lives for their country, and a
small pittance each month is not be-
grudged the old veterans.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1898-01-12

The compulsory education law went
into effect on the first of the year. A
circular issued by the School Depart
ment says: AFTER January /, lS9S, mi
mons under the age of sixteen years en-
ployed in any manufacturing establish
ment or mercantile industry must be
able TO read and write the English Ian
glage or possess certificate of having
at ended during the preceding yesr an
evening or day school for period of
sixteen weeks duly signed by the teach
er or teachers of the school which said
minor attended" The compulsory at
tendance law eompels all unemployed
children under sixteeiz to attend school.
but exempts from attendance those be-
tween thirteen and sixteen who are en-
gagged in some useful employment or
service.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1898-01-12
Heroic Pursuit of Thieves.

LANcAsTEE. Pa. Jan. s.-Charles and
David Seminar and John aud David
Homsher, long suspected of extensive
chicken theffs, were arrested to-day at the
instance Of II. NJ. Helm, young farmer,
who last night detected the equartst plumb
ering hen roost. Helm suspected them
and, seeing them drive ont last night, fol-
lowed their wagon. That they might not
hear his footsteps he removed his shoes
and in his stocking feet kept them in view
for four miles.
Two other members of the gang are
still at large. During the past few years
thousands of dollars worth of poultry
have been stolen in this vicinity.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1898-01-12
Hastings Asks Helm For cuba

On Saturday evening Governor Hast
ings issueda proclamation calling upon
the people Of Pennsylvania to aid the
starving Cubans. He designates Charles
r. Warwick. Mayor of Philadelphia;
Henry P. Ford, Mayor Of Piutsburg;
JamesT Bailey, Mayor Of Scranton, and
John D. Patterson, Mayor Of Harrisburg,
as depositaries, TO whom money, cloth
ing, provisions, and other necessaues
may be transmitted for sure forwarding
TO Consul General Lee at Havana" He
asks the citizens not 70 turn "a deaf ear
to the pisiful cry which now comes from
our neighbors in Cuba"
Secretary-of State Sherman on Satur-
day also issued an appeal, under direction
Of the President, and appointed commit
tees 20 forward snch money or supplies as
might be entrusted 10 them.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1898-01-12

SOMERSET County's Board of Direct
ors of the Poor received a valuable ac-
oession when Mr.. Manassas Shoema-
ker was sworn into Office. He is one
of the county's best and most progress
sive citizens, and very popular one
We venture the prediction that, as long
as Mr.. Shoemaker is a member Of the
Poor Board, the affairs pertaining to
that office will be honestly, intelligent
ly and economically managed.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1898-01-12
A Partisan Testator.

WILKEsBARRE, Pa, Jan. "a remark
able will is being contested in the Courts
OF Bradford County. George n. Wilcox
left each Of his grandsOns $1,000 on con-
dition that they support the Democratic
party during life. Failing, the money
was to go TO the Democratic National
Committee. One thousand dollars was
left to the granddaughter. providing
they married loyal Democrats. The will
is being contested on the ground that the
legacies are a temptation or bribe for the
advocacy Of particular political creed,
contrary to the genins Of our Govern
ment and institutions.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1898-01-12

THE indianapolis Journal says that
il appears that woman who was once
the wife of a regular army officer who
died years ago without a pension has
married twice since the death Of iier
first husband, but as the wife of the
third is drawing a pension which has
already yielded her 5000. Gases like
this afford the opponents Of a liberal
system of pensions ready weapons for
attack
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1898-01-12

THIS session Of Congress may or may
not be long one, but it seems safe to
predict that Hawaii will be American
territory before it ends. Undoubtedly
the annexation project is stronger now
than it was month ago, when Con-
gress convened The land grabbing in
China, and the disposition Of Germany
and some of the other European cOun-
tries to pick up all the territory not APP
propriated by some other powerful ma
tion, has raised up many new friends
for Hawaiian annexation.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1898-01-12
Secretary Cages ReoOmmendatiOn.

Secretary Cages recommendation that
the order of President Cleveland Of May
G. 1886, be modified by taking out of the
classified service certain officials included
therein does not involve any questions Of
the merit of the civil service law itself
Il raises a question Of equitable and ben
eficial administration. Without making
the test Of fitness less searching, u is pro-
posed 10 give a greater option OF choice in
cases in which the appointing official is
personally responsible for the misdOing
Of bis appointee. This is altogether prop
ct. The suggestion that the custodian
force employed in public buildings, light
house employees not in the clerical service
and other like positions, where no aca-
demic test of efficiency is necessary shall
also be eligible for appointment without
competitive examination viii also be
deemed wise one. Il is said that the
President, who is a thorough believer in
the efficiency Of civil service regulations,
looks with favor upon the suggestions of
the secretary Of the treasury. By remov-
ing minor objections to the rules in cases
in which their operation has proved inef-
fective in bettering the public service, the
law would be strengthened.-Phila =
phia Record.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1898-01-12

In last Saturdays issue the CONNER
cial-Gazette published answers from
fifty- four editors, from thirty eight
counties, a large majority Of which
named Col w. A. Stone, Of Allegheny,
as first choice, with c. w. Stone, Of
Warren, a good second. Among the
letters published we find the following
from the veteran editor Of the Meyers
dale Commercial
Meyersdale, Pal believe William A.
Stone would carry the county ten to one
to-day. Whatever opposition there Is to
him is scattering. Somerset county this
year viii have none Of the pig in the
poke business in lis primary election.
There viii be openly avOwed Stone dele
gates and they viii be elected.
Yours. etc,
Lou. a. SMITH,
Meyersdale Commercial
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1898-01-12
TRY eRA1N.c, TRY GRAND

Ask your Grocer to-day to show you a
package of GRAIN-O. the new food drink
that takes the place of coffee. The chill
dren may drink it without injury as well
as the adult. All who try it. like it.
GRAIN-O has that rich seal brown of
Mocha or Java, but it is made from pure
grains, and the most delicate stomach re-
ceives it without distress. the price of
coffee. p cts per package. Sold by all
grocers.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1898-01-12
Rheumatism cnredinansu

Mystic Cure for rheumatism and
Neuralgia radically cures in to days.
Its action upon the system is remarkable
and mysterious 1t removes at once the
csase and the disease Immediately disap.
pears. The first dose greatly benefits
75 cents. Sold at Benford's Drug Store,
Somerset. Pa.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1898-01-12
The Birth Of the Greater New York


With the dawn of the new year the
Greater New York is ushered into the
world full grown giant. The problem
of municipal government in this country
Is 20 be put to the supremest tcst on the
grandest scale. Within its limits Is con-
tanned a population equal to that of thir-
teen of our sovereign States at the last CEN
sus, and as large as that of the original
thirteen States when the union was orga-
nized. Provisions for the life and health
Of this vast multitude of all nations and
ciimes is an unsoived enigma, but profit
ing by the experience of half a century's
success; thousands Of sufferers in New
York and elsewhere can be wrested from
the grasp OF that agonizing complaint,
rheumatism, by the timely and systematic
use Of HoStetter's Stomach Bitters. which
is, moreoser, a preventive Of malaria
and kidney trouble. and a sovereign cura-
tive Of liver complaint, constipation, dys-
pepsia, debility, sick headache and nerv-
BUSINESS. Iti an admirable appetizer and
promoter Of sleep, hastens eonvalescence,
and counteracts the infirmities Of age.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1898-01-12

SECRETARY SHERMAN says he can
not recall any previous instance Of a
deal between the Republicans aud
Democrats in Ohio. 1t is earnestly
hoped that the example presented may
be the last as well as the first.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1898-01-12

CONGRESSMAN ARNOLD, of Clear
field, says that he will not be candid
ate for the Republican nomination for
Governor, but will aim lower. He will
be a candidate for the nomination of
Congressman at Large TO succeed Ga
lusha A. Grow.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1898-01-12

THE latest returns from Boston show
that John L. Sullivan received ten
votes for Mayor. As John was not a
candidate, this unrestrainable desire to
vote for him leads TO the belief that,
had he formally entered the field, he
might have won out.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1898-01-12

THREE currency bills have already
been introduced in Congress, but there
is little disposition to deal with the
question. Ii is a subject that almost
any statesman hesitates to grapple with
unless he has devoted a great deal Of
time and attention to its study.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1898-01-12

If United States Senators were elect
ed by the people Senator Hanna would
be all right. His candidacy was in the
Republican platform, and the voters OF
Ohio apnroVed il.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1898-01-12

ONE reason why 1898 is going to be a
better business year than 1897 was is
that everybody thinks it will be. The
immediate outlook is much brighter
now than it was twelve months ago,
and the general opinion is that il will
be still brighter six months hence.
There is no room for pessimists in this
country these days.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1898-01-12

HON. HENRY X. BOYER, Speaker Of
the House of Representatives in this
State, has been appointed Superintend-
ent Of the United States Mint at Phil
adelphia, and it is generally conceded
that the President has made wise
and populer selection.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1898-01-12

REPRESENTATIVE PEARSON, of
North Carolina, has declined to accept
the extra mileage voted the other day
on account Of the extra session. He
will get himself disliked-by the other
COngressmen.