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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-09-29
SOMERSET. PA. SEPTEMBER 30. 1886.

There's nobody !" she cried. There's
nobody I'd ju,t as lief you knew it as
not IL love him , But oh, the worst
of this Is, deserve it But can't let
these people see. | must go ON just the
same. I'll put a little rouge on NV
hearts broken I'm dead, dead. dead.
dead. shall look in the glass while I'm
doing ii, though, and say TO myself And,
Bette, give this cheek nuch of red !;
one need not, sure, look ugly, though one
Is dead But let me hide here this
morning. | can't see anybody this
morning. Have you got any rouge ?7
Nobody would have dreamed that
Bette was disappointed, broken-hearted,
dead, OF anything of the sort that night,
She was recklessIy, desperately gay
Dancing on the edge OF a volcano, she
called it, And so she was the next night
and the next, and for week running,
till all the chaperons in the house were
getting wild about her, and expostniating
with me-and that was the way | learn
ed that | was supposed TO be her ehape-
end. And then she went to bed sick for
a couple of days, and | said TO myself
that this was the end, anyway And
then one morning. when | thought she
was in bed still. and was Just getting,
ready to 90 and see her. she burst into
my room, radiant, rosy as a peach, fresh
new-blows flower, and caught me. and
covered my old face over with ea-
resses-
oh, l must kiss somebody she
cried And he isn't here And must
tell you. can't let anybody see ii. actu-
ally see it its too precious
And it was a letter from Mr. Dunrobin,
and in it he told her frankly that he had
run away from her, if she chose to eall il
50, because he felt there would be no
happiness for him, or her either, in a
marriage with such difference in age, and
taste and temperament. And now he
had discovered there could be no happi-
ness without it. And ne was coming back
TO learn his fate
OH she cried, bursting into tears,
8 its perfectly dreadful that I'm 50 wick
ed. I'm not fit for him don't deserve
him | ought 10 be punished shall
tell him everything | shall tell him just
how manceuvred and schemed, and
plotted, and
Bette, il viii finish evrythingr
II ought to can't help it, if ii does.
won't let him take me. believing I'm
all I'm not if there's another world, he
wouldn't know me in it, And oh. I'm
afraid he wouldn't want to Oh. isn't it
too bad | should be 80 wicked when
love him 80, and would die to do him
good And perhaps the best good can
do is to die"
But when that night came she came in
from the beach, dripping With dew again
and hanging on Mr. Dunrobin's arm, her
fare pale and shining as q star, she stoop-
ed and bent over me, facing lot of an
cry mammals, and kissed my fore
head
Well, what did he say, Bettie?4
whispered
He loves me; he loves me" murmur-
ed Bette ;: He said-he said he didn't
care - H,rner's B1-o,r
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-09-29
The Old GentIeman's Coffee.

An honored and elderly member Of
the Boston bar, who j. very fond of boat
ing, Is the pos-essor of a little sloop III
which he makes venturoUs VOYAGES u
distant parts frequently going as FAR a.
Roekport in one direction and Duxbury
in the other He always takes with him
when they can 20 his two sons-One a
young business man. and the other a
dawning light o. the law They sail the
boat themselves, and the boys serve -
a. cooks. They find the old gentIeman's
taste easy enough 10 please except in the
matter Of coffee.
When the party sailed this summer the
old gentleman started in on his usual
complaints about the coffee 1t wasn't
strong enough. The boys made il strong
er. Still the old man complained about
the watery stuff that the boys furnished
him.
at seems 10 be that can never teach
you boys how to make coffee said he.
The next morning one of the boys
said
How would it do, jim to leave the
old grounds in the pot, and try the effect
of that on the GOVERNOR"
Good enough lets try it.
They tried it. and when the old gentle
man drank his coffee. he exclaimed:
An, this Is better, boys Perhaps I
shall get You 80 you can make coffee after
all.
They never cleaned out the pot after
that. and the old man kept exelaiming.
Better and better. boys,
But the old gentleman drank his coffee
alone.
Finally toward the end Of the trip, one
Of the boys said at table one morning
How 90 you think it would do father,
70 leave the grounds in the coffee pot for
once
Never DO in the world said be.
Twould spoil the coffee. of course
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-09-29
He Had Hunted Woodchucks.

When the Lake Shore switchmen first
went ont the company brought into Chi
caso all the grangers they could find
along the line. and set them to work.
Among them was an old fellow who
di Int look or act a. If he had ever seen a
railroad before, aud appeared more like a
backwoodsman from way up the woods
than anything else Tho engineers and
fireren did not relish the idea Of max
ing up trains with green men. and -cabs'
at that. and 80 one afternoon an engineer
says 70 his fireman
When We make up No. Il I will pull
up and get a good run on him, and Wen
mash that old cuss just to make an exam
pie Of him
The fireman nodded assent, and they
both laughed at the thought of what q
good joke they were goingto have on the
old man. They got several cars started
back, and then. a the old co,lger went in
to make the coupling, the engineer put on
steam and came up with rush and a
bang that was heard all over the yar'is
Then the engineer told the fireman To
jump down and run back and see how
badly the old man was mashed Just a.
the fireman got back the old granger
came out from between the cars. looking
a. eDoi a a watermelon on lee.
Thunder and lightning exclaimed
the 6remcn; did you make that
coupling .
You bet your boots did, replied the
old man. ~ I've hunted wOodchucks too
hong 10 be fooled on findin' a hole ike
that. - Chaclge Her,ld
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-09-29
In Danger of Tipping Up.

During the war il was the had It for
delegations Of prominent citizens to
visit Washington to consult with Presi-
dent Lincoln upon the conduct Of the
war. Sometimes during the darkest days
dozen OF more Of the leading business
men Of Wilmington, Delaware, called
upon the President They told him that
they represented the solid men Of
Delaware. and that they had come to dis
cuss the situation, and the means Of end
ing the struggle. After the chairman Of
the delegation who l. still in active bus
ine~s in Wilmington had finished his
speech. the President asked
20 YOU are among the solid men Of
Delaware -
Yes WIS the reply
All from New Castle county ~
Yes. all from New Castle
% All from Wilmington, toogr
- Yes. all from the same eity.- replied
the gentlemen. in a chorus.
WelI.r replied Mr. Lincoln. a. hi-
ewes twinklesi. did il ever Ocrur % YOU
gentlemen that there Wa danger Of your
little state tipping up during your abb
senee2v
The delegation returned home wiser.
but 80 full Of appreciation of the Joke that
their friends were not bong in hearing
Of II
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-09-29
Copper Distilled Whiskey
GEORGE AUNAN.
September Bargains.

wewant 10 reIuce stock ia an Departments
during the month Of July, and have made
great reductions throughout our stor>
Readers Of this paper. no matter where they
live, viii find il greatly 10 their advantage to
send for samples forthwith
We keep Black silks, Colorei silks aud
velvets Wool Dress Goods. SUMMER weights;
Cotton Wash FabricS. Hosiery. Cnderware
Gloves. Embroideries. Collar and cuffs,
Handkerchiefs. Laccs. Thin White Good,
Linens Lace Curtains, Millinery Dress
Trimmings, Buttons. Ladies and Children-
salts and Wrap. aud Mems and Boys Fur
niSliing 6oods.
Five big storynooms iu one
our Mail order business extends over all
the States and Teiritori,-- North, West and
south
Satisfactory dealings guaranteed, a all
business &, dome an progressive ideas.
silks and Dn-,- tield> our great specially.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-09-29
Well Hitched.

One of the walters Of the hotel in Gre
made, Miss, told Us that Il colored we'd
ding was coming off that evening, and
several white people went over to the
house designated to witness the affair
The happy couple finally stood up before
the minister who said
Samuel, you an Lucinda am shortly
to be- jined together. Does yer desire u
back out7''
No. ssih.''
How am it wild you, Lucinda Does
you want to funk afore all desc white
folks ~
No, sab =
Den YOU two jine hands
They hitched.
Samuel, does you take her for bettah
or wuss ? Am you gwine to do de far
thing by dis yere gurl, whese fadier was
killed ON the railroad up nigh Jackson -
Yes. sab"
Lucinda, does you realize de serious
ness OBJ dis oppitunity Am YOU gwine
to stick to Samuel clean frew to de jndg-
ment day, or am you gwine totrifie roun'
arter odder men2'
lie gwine to stick
Den, chil'en, in de presence of desc
we're white men from de Norf, one OF
whom subscribed two bits yesterday to
help build up de meetin' house dat was
blowed down by de sighelorne, de-
nounee you as hitched, jinesi and mar'd
'eordin' 10 de law an gospel Now, you
90 long an behave yerselves."
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-09-29
WHOLE NO. 1887.
A Convincing Argument.


During one Of senator Van Wyek's
cslnvass..s in New York state for Congress
long before he ever thought Of being a
senator from Nebraska. and when he
Was not - handsome a. he i now he y a.
walking along a country road TO farm
house, when he met small man and a
big woman, evidently husband and wife.
or wife and husband, n you please.
Good morning be said, with candi-
date coryiiaIity.
Good morning responded the wO-
man, crowding iier husband to the rear.
Seen any candidates around lately :
continued Van Wyck. iokingly.
More'n the dogs kin bark at, respon-
ded the woman
Have you seen one they call Van
Wyek ?r
No, but heard tell on him. an my
husban' here, kinder wants 10 vote fer
him. she said. jerking her thumb over
her shoulder
All ?" and the candidate smiled.
Yes but I don't think he Will I've
got my mind on the other man
But, niasl:tii, demonstrated the can
dictate, = why don't you want him TO vote
Tor the man he wants to vote sor2"
Wei. amt never saw Van Wyck.
an I saw the other man, an he suits me,
an | eaIkilate ez don't think my hus-
band hert viii vote fer Van Wyckr
Sc You say, madam. you never saw Van
Wyck?r
- Not ez I remember
Well, madam, I'm Van Wyck,r and
the speaker striightened himself up a.
straight a. the natural circumstances
would permit.
Land slkes!7 she exclaimed 50 you
are Van Wyck and she looked him
over from head to foot very carefully.
Well now ] know he'll vote fer the
other man.
The candidate tried to argue, but she
wouldn't listen and hurried away taking
her husband along
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-09-29
Too Busy to Study Nature.

An said the summer tourist, lean
ing over the fence and addressing the
farmer. may make bold to inquire
what that great quantity Of green yegeta-
ton growing over there l.
g Cert My mister that's corn
All, thanks. And those large animals
over beyond the fence. they are, err
Cows. my friend, overy one of en-
cows. say you don't seem 10 be very
well posted on these ere things
q Perhaps not, the fact Is. my business
has kept me 80 closely confined that this
is the first chance I've had to get out in
the country"
Running a baak or something like
that?-
No. sir, am an editor of an agricui-
turaI paper. have held that position
for thirty years
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-09-29
Wasn't English.

s. I -ay, ehappie, you know Guy Simp-
kins0n.T
= Yaas, know him quite we'll"
Well. what do YOU think I've just
heard about him ~
don't know. I'm sure. Something
dweadfuI ?7
q 'Dweadfill am going TO bwing up
changes against him 10 expei him from
ouah set
: " hat for?T
Why. he was heahd to say 'molas-es'
veal plain the other day"
well, what Of il? There isn't any
thing 80 vewy bad in that, i there
-Why, don't you know, the English
always say 'tweacie'.'
~oh, the howwid thing Let's expel
him wight away
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-09-29
The SUMNER MAN.


In summer. af the mountains biue.
Where life i fair. bat meu are few.
lie gaily sE-orts. he has his d4y
And by the -ad sea wave also
He i + much admired bean
until the season fafssss away.
He dresses in the height of style.
There's fascination in his smile.
He's niml,se IN the giddy dance:
He pienics plans wiih ready skill.
Win loVe-makines he plays at viii.
But ! no, hurt By ,sITdd's lance
He wins the goodwill OF nlammss,
The dark suspicious OF isapas
ae valves away with graceful tact
He sings lpFe songs with graceful power.
He always wearS little flower,
He knows b.th how to speak and acr.
AT archery, in tennis court.
He rivals all IN the gay sport.
But plays 20 that the fiirest wins
And yet, through some most subtle arr.
The vanqgisheti bellies still take his part.
And leave him with unpublished sins.
Bur summer JOYS, aias are brief;
He's cut down ike the tender leaf
When hlushing tields grow sally hrown
Mammas and splendid girls no more
Admire him a. they di..of yore.
He's but a y-sezcds clerk in town.
And ali who smiled in sweet July
IN duh September pass him By;
Now he's quite Of another elan
And though be wears fanitless hat
And just a. stylish a eravat,
lie only j. summer man.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-09-29
An Earthquake Spoils a Million
of Acres.

In the southeastern part Of Missouri,
the country, which was once capable Of
cultivation, became, after the earthquake
Of lsIl-l2, marshly. This distIict con-
tains, on estimate, ,5l7-2s7 acres, and ex-
tends south from the neighborhood Of
Cape Girarieau into the northern portion
of Arkansas. distance in Missouri alone
of los miles, and westwar,ily as far as the
river St Francis The land l. well locat-
ed as regards facilities for transport, :
and the greater portion can be, and at
some not very distant period viii be.
reclaimed The probable cost of
reclamation is estimsted at one million of
dollars.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-09-29
He Was Afraid of Ananias.

There i little boy down in Lynn
who i giving to the telling Of very large
stories. and who often has 70 b. chasten-
ed for untruthfulnss.. Not long since his
father. 10 try the effect of a new treat
ment gave over the usual method of pun
ishment, and toId.the boy the storyl Of
Ananias and Sapphira with an the i'm
pressiyeness that he could master The
boy seemed 70 be much e,liied by the
narrative.
The very next evening, when the iath-
er came home. he found his wife leaning
over the boy with tear in her eyes.
What r the matter - the father az
ed
~Oh, Willie has been telling another
great big lie" said she.
Yes. papa. said the boy. ani God
didn't dead me. either,
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-09-29
Johnny's Ambition.

Do you 70 to school, Johnny IN
quired a lady.
9 Yes'mr
And do you study hari2r
:. Yes'm
g 1 suppose you want to be a great man
when YOU grow up2
-Ye~'mr
. And what DO you think you'll be-"
:. / know what I'm gOin' 10 be-
What Is it. J0nny2 Tell me"
. I'm goIn' to be the man that wears
the big fur hat and throw the stick
around IN front 0f the band
Never 1T the bottom Of your purse OF
your mind be seen
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-09-29
AN OPEN LETTER.

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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-09-29
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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-09-29

Why does young man embracing his
girl at the garden gate just as the old
man approaches. remind you Of a love
scene at the theatre Be,ause he Is hug
ging the girl before the footlights.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-09-29

Mrs Cleveland Wa the recipient Of no
less than five pendants A. wedding gifts
to wear with the diamond necklace gwen
her BY the President.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-09-29

FOR SALE ,l.i srEa a., ,.s zSsLNks s.s,.i x
en- and shees-iron Work seesGsi hand Engines
and BailerS on hand Hosting EnEine< and Ma
chinery speciairy. fHoAl> fARLiSs
desc 's5-lyr 4Lsgheap ttts. "a.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-09-29
DRH BRUBAKER
DR wM RAUCH

Tender. hi, professional services 70 the citizens
a. ~,Hnrr-gf and vicinity. Once IA residence on
nam street west 0f Diamond
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-09-29
nR f W BLoUGH.

Tender. hI, professional services % the citizens
ai somerset and vicinity. Ofice IN Post orhce
Building
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-09-29

VALENTINE HAY,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAN,
Somerset. Pa.
Also Dealer Ia Real Estate. VIII attend 10 all
da.ine.s entrusted to bis care with prolnptness
- --L-----u
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-09-29

EINWPATHIC PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
Tender his services % the people Of somerset
and vicinity. Calls in town and country prompt
+ attended to Can be found 81 Office day or
night unless professionally engaged once on
-1fs -iura
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-09-29

5. Oh tuLBuEN. l. =
|a0LBORN * COLB0RN,
I ATT0RNENSAT-LAW,

AL husiu.-s entrusted % onr cslre VIII be
r7lruily and faithfully attended -. Collections
made M somerset Bedford and adjoining eoun-
Ha. surveying aid cunveyaucing ooHe on rei-
.rat.c terms
Connecticut western news., 1886-05-05
Casting Steel Rails.

In the center of the steel house IS circular pit, whose center is occupied by hydraulic crane. The ladle of steel is pulled from the track beneath the converter, swung round to the edge ot the pit and there tapped. Out of an orifce in the bottom of the ladle runs white stream, filling mold after mold. 1t is hot work, particularly in mid summer, but the grimmy pit men look the seeth- ine stream in the eye, as it were, whereas the way-faring man holds his hat before his face at distance of ten paces. In few moments the molds are sufficiently cooled to permit their removal. Nothing that steam can do is performed by man in these works, and hydraulic hoist strips the molds off the ingots and leaves standing in the edge of the pit row of steel posts, eight or nine in number, all red with heat, each five feet long and fourteen inches in diameter and weighing from 2,OOO to 5000 pounds. The molds are placed upon flat cars and pulled outside by locomotive to coal. Another loco- motive brings in cool molds and draws away the hot ingots which another hydraulic crane has placed upon the iron surface of more flat cars. One of the other converters has by this time snorted the carbon out of the pig, the pig has been toned up with spiegel, and the pit men run another ladle of liquid steel into three taper shaped molds. Thus the work goes on, night and day: The little locomotive is always busy between the blast furnace and the converter; carbon sparks illumine the heavens, and the spiegel ladle plies back and forth; the great lifting cranes move about, up ol down, this way or that, an inch or foot
 quite as obedient to the will of theil master as his own right arm, and carload after carload of red ingots is hasteneo away to the rolling mill.- Chicago Herald
Connecticut western news., 1886-05-05
THE NEW YORK RAILROAD STRIKE.
All the Roads Running Except the Third
 Avenue Lines.

Numerous trade organizations in New York have passed resolutions to boycott the Third Avenue Surface Railroad while the strike lasts. day or two ago men were to be seen along the line requesting intending passengers to take the Second and Fourth avenue cars. The cars were comparatively empty-that is, compared with what they were before the strike. Some of the trades organizations have decreed fine of from $1 to $5 for any member who rides on the Third avenue cars family to ride. Watchers have been appointed to see that the unionsts carry out the order.
 The strike on the Third avenue is develop ing all the resources of both sides. The com- pany is slowly but steadily adding cars to its working equipment, but the strikers claim that the patronage is decreasing. Chairman ODonnell and others went to Albany for a franchise for stage line to compete with the cars.
 majority of the Railroad Commissioners report that the Third Avenue Railroad Con- pany has not violated its charter by it's failure to operate it's road fully during the strike. The Board blames the Empire Protective Association for ordering general strike on Monday the 19th on the ground that there was union among the roads, the weight of evidence being strongly against the truth of that statement.
 Commissioner ODonnels minority report says that public sentiment is with the Third | avenue strikers, aud that their. bearing has | been proverbialy admirable. The road has not for thirteen days run its cars as it's charter | requires, and corpol atons should be held to | strict performance of their contracts. There
 has been no unlawful duress for week past,
 and the means are at hand-that is, the re. | employment of the strikers.
 | The officials were more hopeful and cheer | ful Friday than they have been at any time | since the strike commenced. About one hun
 dred and twenty cars, President Lyon said
 had been run during the day, and larger
 number of passengers per car had travelled
 than at any time since the labor trouble be | gan. Fourteen cars had also been run on tht | cross town road to 125th street and ten on tht | cable road in Tenth avenue.