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Connecticut western news., 1899-03-30

Mr and Mrs Geo. Morrison spent Sun- day with their parents in town.
 Mir Bossidy of the Berkshire Grocery Go was in town Thursday.
 Rev Jesse Alderman held service in the chapel Sunday. His text was taken from Isiah 59, l.
 The schoal children are having va cation this week.
Connecticut western news., 1899-03-30

Nimrods, the trout law is off Saturday but don't any one of you catch more than thirty of tho beauties or you are liable to $50 fine and 30 days in jail.
Connecticut western news., 1899-03-30
THURSDAY, MARCH 30, 1899.

The price of quinine has gone up. Perhaps not so much quinine will go down, The quinine- -whiskey- for colds season is nearly over, however.
Connecticut western news., 1899-03-30

Years of suffering relieved in 8 night. Itching piles yield at once to the cura- tive properties of Doan's Ointment Never fails. At any drug store, 50 cents
Connecticut western news., 1899-03-30
Carpets, M attings
 and Rugs.

You will Ind very large stock in the above department. When in want of carpets do not forget to look at our stock. We can give you some special bargains in Ingraina at Doc that cannot be duplicated st less than 06c yard.
Connecticut western news., 1899-03-30
Wall Papers

The wall paper business is booming at tho Berkshire Store. why2 ist.-Oompare prices, qualities. 2d-Look at the large selection of patterns. all of them new spring patterns,
Connecticut western news., 1899-03-30

s.I suffered for months from sore throat. Eclectric Oil cured me in twenty y-four hours" M. s. Gist, Hawesville, Ky.
Connecticut western news., 1899-03-30
Trimmings

Our trimming departmant is up-to-date and we invite you to call and see all the lead ing novelties.
Connecticut western news., 1899-03-30
Millinery

Our special sale of Millinery is grand suc- cess even the stormy morning did not keep the crowds away. The public know when they get A good thing at the right price. We any that have been disappointed will nnd another lot, prices as cheap as the first lot.
Connecticut western news., 1899-03-30
The BERKSHIRE STORE.
Kid
 Gloves

Do not forget our glove department Our stock Is alsrge one and shining with bright EASTER SHADES in clasp, button and hook
Connecticut western news., 1899-03-30
A CARD.

We, the undersigned, do hereby agree to refund the money on a 50-cent bottle Of Greene's Warranted Syrup of Tar, If 1t fails to cure your cough or cold. We also guar antee 25-cent bottle to prove satisfactory or money refunded.
Connecticut western news., 1899-03-30

No matter how long you have had the cough; if it hasn't already developed in- to consumption. Dr Woods Norway Pine Syrup will cure.
Connecticut western news., 1899-03-30

Jsb printing As the Nnws salos.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1899-05-24
Porto Rico's Prospects.

There are not many opportunities for
investments down there. Lands that
q e owned by the Porto Ricans are COW
cred with mortgages held by the Span
iards, and they are paying from II to IS
per cent. Interest. General Henry has
issued an order putting off foreclosures
for a year. Now, then, there should be
opportunities for buying up these mort
cages and getting control of some Of
the lands since these people have got
10 settle soon, and the Spanish want TO
get their money and leave the country.
But at the present time the people are
holding their lands ridiculously high,
especially in view of the precarious
hold that they have on them, and also
in view OF the fact that their industries
are in languishing condition. They
have notion that the Americans are
going TO make great thing out Of that
country, and prices are quoted now for
everything two or three times in ad-
vance OF anything that was ever be-
fore known. There are probably some
mining interests down there that will
be developed, and there viii be chances
for investments, but ! would advise
any Americans 10 90 down and study
the situation over carefully before they
embark in anything. Winter hotels
aud things that will be needed for the
comfort Of tourists will certainly pay,
AS Porto Rico is going 10 be the great
winter resort for people Of this country.
When it comes TO beauty, it is perfect
dream OF nature, aud the winters are
so beautiful and mild that there is no
doubt that it will be very inviting for
winter trips in the future. There are
great many opportunities for small in
vestments, such as would have to do
with arranging comforts like hotels,
liveries, bathing resorts and excursion
resorts, and things of that kind for
people who are going down there to
make short visits in Porto Rico. Aud
there are also getting TO be a great
many Americans who are connected
with military life, and all that sort Of
thing, who are absolutely without
comforts that ought 10 he supplied.
At the present time skilled labor,
such as carpenters, bricklayers and
plumbers, get about go cents day un-
skilled labor averages about 80 cents a
day. Both of these are estimated on
American money, 50 you can see there
Is nothing inviting in that to our labor
ing men; but when the island is put
on an American industrial basis we
shall need 4. kiad Of skilled labor and
q kind cf unskiiIed labor such as do
not now exist there, and for which, Of
course, higher wages must be paid.
This all means that when the island
becomes Americanized they will sim
ply be Americans and be ike Ameri-
cans.-New York Sun.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1899-05-24
Humble Beginnings.


The first Vanderbilt ran barge.
John w Mackaye won gold with a
pick.
Sir Thomas Lipton, the man whose
yacht is TO race with the American boat
for the cup, was the son of poor parents,
and began life as cabin boy on coast
ing boz,
John ID. Rockefeller, as he followed a
plow in his boyhood days, bad one am
bition, and that was to join a circus.
Later in life he got $50 month as a
clerk. To-day he makes more money a
minnie than he earned in whole year.
Fifty years ago Andrew Carnegie was
working for twenty-one cents day as
a bobbin boy in a mill. Then he got
three dollars week as telegraph boy
in Pittsburg, and thought he was roll
ing in luxury. To-day he counts his
wealth by millions.
Everybody knows the story of Jay
Gould and his mousetrap, which he in
vented while he Was clerk in a coun-
try store. The profits from this and
from lucky purcf aof land laid the
foundation of the me of S60,0O0,0OO
he left.
John Jacob Asst founder Of the
Astor family, had cheap musical
instruments sent hi rom abroad, and
he sold them at ry good profit.
With the 1000 he sde he bought a
plot Of ground on tl.e Bowery, and 1t
increased In value until to-day 1t repre-
sents millions of dollars.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1899-05-24
Pricing a Pair of Trousers.

Lord Brampton was on the occasion
presiding over a case ia which the plain
tiff was giving evidence against man
who had stolen pair of trousers from
his shop.
"How much were the trousers ~
queried Hawkins
"Well," replied the plaintiff, sit de-
pends who wants to buy them. / sell
them to one man for 30 shillings, TO an
other for ., but you can have them for
% and six"
'.Sir," cried Hawkins, angrily, 81
want you to tell me how much those
trousers are worth"
"We!l." replied the plaintiff. 'shall
we say - shiIIings to you?"
Look here" thundered Hawkins,
if you do not instantly tell me what
those trousers are worth Pll send you
to jail for IA days for contempt OF
court"
We'll, well, replied the frightened
plaintiff, eonciliatingIy, you may
have them for guinea. I'm giving
them away; still. you may have them
at that price"
Even the stern aspect of Judge
Hawkins could not stop the roar OF
laughter which broke out on hearing
the reply, a roar in which Hawkins,
after a few minutes, joine1 nimself.-
New York Telegraph.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1899-05-24
A Thousand Tongues

Could not express the rapture of Annie
L. Springer, of ll25 Howard ST., Phil
adelphia, Pa. when she found that DR..
Kings New Discovery for Consunp-
tion had completely cured her of a
hacking cough that for many years had
made life burden. All other remedies
and doctors could give her no help, but
she says of this Royal Cure-''it soon
removed the pain in my chest and I
can now sleep soundly, something l
can scarcely remember doing before. /
feel like sounding its praises through
out the Universe" So will every one
who tries DR.. Kings New Discovery
for any trouble of the Throat, Chest or
Lungs. Price soc. and Sl.00.. Trial
bottles at ]. n. Snyder's Drug Store,
Somerset, Pa, and q. w. Brallier's
Drug Store, Berlin, Pa, every bottle
guaranteed.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1899-05-24
Robbed the Grave.

A startling incident, Of which Mr.
John Oliver of Philadelphia, was the
subject, Is. Narrated by him as follows;
Al was ina most dreadful condition.
Ny skin was almost yellow, eyes sunk
en-, tongue coated, pain continually in
back and sides, no sppetite-gradually
growing weaker day by day. Three
physicians had given me up. FOrtu-
nateIy, friend advised trying 'Elee-
trio Bitters;' and to my great joy and
surprise, the first bottle made q decided
improvement. I continued their use
for three weeks, and am now a well
man. know they saved my life, and
robbed the grave of another victim +"
No one should fail 20 try them.
Only 50 cents. Sold at J. \. Snyder's
Drug Store, Somerset, Pa, and G. w.
Brallier's Drug Store, Berlin, Pa.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1899-05-24
The Nutmeg Tree.

The nutmeg tree is largely cultivated
in the Banda Isles, Java, Sumatra and
Bengal. Itis an evergreen, and usually
grows to height of about twenty-five
feet. The leaves resemble those Of the
laurel and are very aromatic; the flowers
are white, and from two to three grow
on a pedunele The nutmeg grows
from reddish knob in the centre Of
the flower. When matured the fruit is
about the size OF an apricot, and looks
very much like peach; it has a lon
gitudinal groove on one side, and when
ripe bursts into two pieces, thus expos
ing the enclosed seed covered by what
is known to commerce as mace.
The seed itself has a thick, hard
shell, and inside of the shell is found
the nutmeg proper.
Much care is used in drying the seed,
and they are not broken until the nut
megs inside are loose enough to rattle.
To preserve the nutmegs from insects
they are soaked in sea water and lime.
Nutmeg trees begin to bear fruit
when about eight years old, and con-
tinue to bear all the year round forsixty
or more years.
Penang nutmegs are the best; they
are about an inch in length, OF pale
brown color externally, while inter
nalIy they are gray and have red veins.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1899-05-24
Why They swapped Fines.

Travellers in Europe are limited by
the railroads to a small quantity of
baggage carried free, usually about 50
pounds. Ina train in Belgium recently
two fellow-travelers got into conversa-
tion and came upon the subject Of free
baggage, when one asked leave to meas
are the others trunk. The result was
that the measurer said:
..Your trunk is seven and half CEN
timeters too long and has no right to be
in the compartment for free luggage.
| am a railroad Inspector and must fine
you francs. Please give me your
name and address,"
The proposed victim Of misplaced
confidence was, however, equal TO the
occasion.
KINDLY lend me your measure that
| may satisfy myself on the subject"
Then, with a polite smile, 81 am g
director In the royal weights and meas
ures Office. To my great regret I notice
that your measure is not stamped. as
is required by law; so that, firstly, your
measuring is not legally valid, and,
secondly, it is my painful duty to subject
you to fine of so francs. Please give
me your name aud address. New
York Press.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1899-05-24
Boy With a Mercantile Head.

If the lad doe not make a successful
business man all the signs are wrong.
He was asked to take charge Of scme
white mice for the summer and TO name
his own price for doing ii. Alter
mature deliberation he made his propo-
sition as follows:
"For Is cents week I will take
charge Of those mice and care for them
and be responsible for their safe-keep-
ing. Ii any are lost or hurt l will re-
place them. If am relieved Of re-
sponsibility in the matter and will not
be called upon to replace any that are
lost or hurt / will undertake to look
after them for 10 cents week, and l
will take equally good care Of them ~
Chicago Post
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1899-05-24

had been thus engaged about ten min
utes, when the dog got up from the
corner where he had been lying, walked
slowly over to the woman, put his front
paws upon her lap, and without sign
of anger, bit her cheek and then walked
away The wound WAS very slight and
in a few minutes the woman laughed
about il and even urged that the dog
should not be punished and declared
she would tell no one about it for fear
of giving the animal a bad reputation.
I insisted on dressing aud cauterizing
the injured spot at once, and in proper
time the wound healed. After the
woman had left the house l cautioned
the few who knew Of the matter against
ever mentioning hydrophobia in her
presence or limiting at any bad results
or betraying any anxiety about her.
'fTwo years afterwards this woman
went to another place 10 live and I for
got all about the matter until fifteen
years had elapsed since the injury j
witnessed. Then / read of case Of
hydrophobia in another city aud TO my
surprise discovered that the victim was
the same one had treated years before.
As soon as possible visited the attend
ing physician and learned the particu-
lars. He said when he first visited her
she was aeutely nervous and she at
once informed him that she feared
hydr0phObia. On questioning her he
learned that she never was bitten or
even scratched by any animal except
the one time have mentioned, that
experience having made her extremely
cautious. That dog, | also learned,
was killed two years after he bit her,
and he was then and always had been
perfectly sound.
"The wound had not troubled her
and she had forgotten the incident uu.il
a few weeks before her illness, when
a chance remark recalled it and she
told the story to woman friepd. The
friend at once told her all she ever
knew or heard of the effects of dog
bites; how dog had gone mad long
after biting a person and then the pois-
on had asserted itself in the system of
the person bitten, and a string Of such
stories, including vivid descriptions Of
the agonies Of hydrophobia- These
preyed upon her mind to such an extent
that she actually became III. The
doctor did his best to persuade her that
it was impossible that the poison could
lurk in her system so long without pre-
viousiy revealing its presence, and
made her believe the soothing medicines
he gave her were antidotal, but all to
no effect, for she died with every mani
festation of hydrophobia. would
stake my existence that she would never
have been troubled if she had not
heard the other wOman's foolish talk
and firmly believe that if all persons
bitten by animals would give their
wounds prompt and proper attention
and then did not worry about them, we
would never have another case Of
hydrophobia.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1899-05-24
Passing of the Stage Coach.

The last ditch In which staging Is to
die is in Southern California. The line
now consists of double daily service ol
six horse coaches, running between Sur
at the southern terminus Of the Coast
Line division of the Southern Pacific
Railroad and Santa Barbara, Cal,
which is now the northern terminus Of
the Southern Pacific. The filling OF
the gap, now only seventy miles wide,
will complete another trunk line be-
tween San Francisco and Los Angeles.
A days ride through the most en-
trancing scenery j saw in California
brought me from San Francisco to
Lompoe, ready for the stage on the
well equipped line that plies across the
mountains to Santa Barbara.
Promptly at 9 o'clock in the morn.
ing the stage, drawn by six spirited
horses, swung in graceful curve to the
porch of the hotel, its great body toss
ing on its leathern springs like a ship
in a billowy sea The Wells Fargo
Express treasure box was slowed in the
boot beneath the drivers seat, the
United States mail sacks piled up on
top of it. l climbed to the high seat,
beside the driver, Charley jennings
Sharp "cracks-eraeksv punctured the
swish of the long lash through the
mountain air. Twenty four iron shod
hoofs smote the hard, smooth road and
We were OFF in good old-fashioned stage
coach style.
(Which way lies the city of Santa
Barbara | asked the driver as look
ed up long valley that seemed COM
pletely walled in by towering tree and
manzanite shrub covered mountains.
"Up the santa Ynez' Valley" he
said, land over the mountain right
where you see that white cloud up there
that has set down on the top of the
mountain TO rest"
''How is the railroad to get over
these high, steep mOuntains?" [ asked.
"rhey don'tgo over; they go round
them. The railroad will follow the
beach of the ocean most Of the way,
but they have some pretty stiff work in
one canyon. It's deep aud steep and
mighty rocky. When Fremont came
in here from the south with his army
in the forties the Mexicans fortified
that canyon. They thought he would
have to go through it, and they were
prepared to give him battle there.
But he was too cute for 'enl; he came
over the mountains on a trail that this
wagon rold we are on follows very
closely"
Dinner at "Cold Spring Ranch"
perched near the mountain top--fried
trout, fresh caught; hot biscuit, honey,
golden butter aud hot coffee, with an
appetite whetted by the light air of an
altitude half mile above the ocean
was aot TO be desp;sed.e
A dash down the steep aud rocky
seaward face of the '.Santa Ynez" on
road that clung TO the sides OF yawning
precipiees, down, down, the six horses
on a sweeping gallop, down TO the
foothills, clothed i'm yellow mustard
bloom. Down into the valley, on a
broad country road, sixty feet wide,
and then we came to Santa Barbara.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1899-05-24
A Frightful Blunder

VIII often cause a horrible Burn, Scald,
Cut or Bruise. Bueklen's ArDica Salve,
the best in the world, will kill the pain
aud promptly heal it. Cures Old Sores,
Fever Sores, Ulcers, BOils, FelOns,
Corns, all Skin EruptiOns. Best Pile
cure on earth. Only 25e. per box.
Cure Guaranteed. Sold at J. \. Sny-
der's Drug Store, Somerset, Pa, and
at G. W. Brallier's Drug Store, Ber-
lin, Pa
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1899-05-24
here in the kitchenr' They laughed

4
The door suddenly opened, and EN-
cline walk in. They had not heard hel
footsteps. There was silence.
"He amt gone so soon, is he?" hel
mother queried, with nod In the di-
reetion of the parIor, while Julius sank
into chair by his wife's side.
There was bright flush on the girls
young face. HNe; I-that is, can we
have some cookies and glass OF
water?n Her voice was bit distracted.
Her mother jumped nimbly TO her
feet. "0f course" she replied, cheer
fully. "This last batch was extra good,
Emeline, and guess Seth'll like them
first rate. You pump some good cold
water, Julius, and hand down the best
glasses from the top shelf in the closet
there
She hustled into the pantry, and
gave her husband a knowing look as
she passed "Look at that dress, will
you Julius,p she whispered.
When the girl was gone, Marilla
faced her husband.
New dressss" he queried eompre-
hendingly. She looks mighty well in
it, too. She's pretty likeIy-looking
girl, isn't she Marilla?p
"But you didn't notice anything par
ticular about the dress?" she insisted.
Some purple stripes and kind of
lowered, wasn't it?'i
Yes"
"Reminds me of something you had
once, Marilla."
"Really?r
"Kind of. If l was only guessing,
I'd say you had it on one Sunday night
when something peculiar happened
something very particular, Marilla. +"
He looked fondly at the faded wife
by his side, and his hand stole out and
took hers in his, while her thimble fell
from her finger and rolled along the
bare floor.
81 guess / looked at that pattern
long enough. The flowers kept a-gig-
Cling aud the stripes a-chasing each
other. s'pose was nervous. 1 won't
ever forget it,"
al made it over on purpose"
"For Emeiine?''
Yes"
"And you kind of hoped"
81 s'pose twas silly, but 1 thought it
might help them along. 1t did US"
He laughed hearty laugh, which
he tried to suppress. "You are a great
woman, Marilla," " he declared. "Eme-
line won't ever come up to you nohow,
even if she is my daughter"
"Sh."
They listened, and heard the door
close quietly. Then there was long
silence.
al know how she Isels," Marilla
whispered. "Kind of hot and cold,
and glad and cryey, and's if things
were all kind of upset anyhow"
"And he wishes he'd kissed her once
more" Julius added, "and thinks what
an eternal fool he was not to ask her
before"
The girls footsteps sounded along
the entry. Julius began TO wind up
the clock. Marilla picked up her
thlmble. EmeIine entered shyly, then
went straight to her mother and put
her arms around her neck. "Some-
thing nice has happened" she said in
an audible whisper.
Marilla held her close and stroked
the sunny hair, and looked at her hus-
band.
He drew nearer, and put one arm
around his wife, the other around his
daughter.
Something nice happened once be-
fore" he remarked, dryly, lingering a
bit Of the lowered delaine.-By Hsr-
riet Caryl Cox, in Hsrper's Bazaar.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1899-05-24
That ThrObbing Headache

Would quickly leave you, if you used
DIR. Kings New Life Pills. Thousands
of sufferers have proved their match
less merit for Sick and Nervous Head
aches. They make pure blood and
strong nerves and build upyour health.
Easy to take. Try them. Only p
cents. Money back if not cured. Sold
at J. N.Snyder's Drug Store, Somerset,
Pa, and G. W. BralIier's Drug Store,
Berlin, Pa
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1899-05-24
Useful Notes

An Excellent Eye-wash Dissolve IA
pint Of water grains Of alum. and
apply it to the eyes whenever they are
weak or iniiamed.
To Brighten the Light Of Lamps
A pinch of camphor powdered put into
the oil of lamps viii give bright white
and steady light
Cement for Fastening knife Han
dles.-Two pounds black resin, J
pound beeswax; melt, then add !
pound of finely-powdered and dried
brick-dust.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1899-05-24

a nervous system disordered at birth
resists good doctors. but yields to
wheeler's Nerve Vitalizer. II cured
Mrs Lena Cooper, Cleveland, Ohio, OF
st. Vitus' Dance. Her case was pro-
nounced hopeless by the best physi-
clans. For sale at Garman's Drug
Store, Berlin, Pa. and Mountain 4
Sons, Drug Store, Confluence, Pa.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1899-05-24
The Funny Waiter.

''You are too little," ssid the pro-
prietor of the tough beanery. at takes
bigger guys dan you to manage de
mugs dat feed here"
"Ah - said the applicant for job,
II see. None but the brave do serve
the fare here."-IndianapOlis Journal.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1899-05-24
Wen Qualified.

Senator Splurge an official In the
colonial service you will encounter
many difficult problems. What quail
fieatiOns have you for the pOst2
Applieant--Oh, have manned many
primary = Philadelphia North
American.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1899-05-24
ATTHE srrLE.

Adown the grassy lane she came
And l~iiened at the stile-
lIfer grandmamna did jlst the same
There many years erewhiiel-
The soiestile hereabout, wis,
Form are walls to climb;
Yet such goodly style as this.
Why did il change with tlmes
No sl:in slippers then she wore,
No green cahIsh. no shawl,
Ne fiehu primiy crossed before,
No powdered wig az all;
Yetstili she dlmpled on the stile
As grandma did, they say;
Tho styles may change, nlaidenis smile
sjust as sweet 10 day.
Then Mari prie looked Up at me,
And looked down at her,
The while upon the stile sat we
As once her graadfoIks were.
And then l spoke their old, old phrase
And named a sweet, fond name
Tho stiles have changed since ancient days,
One style remains the sanei
-Abbie FarVell Brown, in the woman's
Home Companion,