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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1889-10-09
DON'T MARRY TO REFORM
Hing.

Don't marry q nan TO resorzn him
To God and your own self De tine
Don't lsnk 70 his vices Jour virtue.
You Il rue 1t, dear girl, If you do.
No matter how ferveuf his pleadIngs.
Be not by his promises led:
Ifhe cant be a nan while a-wooiBg,
He'll never be one when he's wed.
Don't marry a man &c reform him
To repent IL. alas. when TOO late
The mission of wives least successful
Is the making Of crooked limbs straight
There's many maiden has tried 1t,
And proved it failure at last:
Better tread your LIES pathway alone, dear
Than wed with lover that's fast"
Mankind's much the same the world over;
The exceptions you'n ind are but few.
When the rule is defeat and disaster,
The chances are great against you.
Don't trust your bright hopes for the future,
The beautiful erown Of your youth.
To the keeping Of him who holds lightly
His fair name Of honor and truth.
To honor and love- you must promise
Don't pledge what you cannot fulfill.
Irhe'lI have no respect for himself dear,
Most surely you, then, never viii.
'Tis told Us the frOwn ofa woman
Is strong As the blow ofa man
And the world will be better when women
Frowa on error as hard as they can.
Make virtue the price OF your favor;
Place wrong doing under ban;
And let him who would win you and wed yoJ
Prove himself Ia full measure a man
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1889-10-09

A middle-aged woman who had just
slipped into seat in a street car, made
vacant for her by gentleman, having
neglected to thank him, was asked by
her little daughter, who was with her,
why she had not done so.
My dear" whispered her mother,
people don't stand on ceremony in
street cars"
~Oh see how it is remarked the
little one, quite audibIy, the gentlemen
stand anyway, without the ceremony.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1889-10-09
ALL ENTIRELY NEW DESIGNS.

Administer, Wilton, Moquette, Vel
vet and Body Brussels Carpets.
Tapestry Brussels Carpets from so
cents per yard up.
Ingram Carpets, 25 cents a yard up.
Rag, Cottage and Hemp Carpets.
China Mattings from s4.00 per roll
up-40 yards in roll.
Linolcums, Oil Cloths, Rugs and
Art Squares
Lace Curtains, Chenille and Tur.
conan Curtains for Portieres.
Cornice Poles from 25 cents up.
Window Shades mounted on best
Spring Rollers, at so cents each
anybody can hang them.
ECountry dealers supplied at the
same rates as in largest Eastern
houses, thus making qnite an item
in saving of freight.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1889-10-09
/ Had Stone in the Bladder

And nv kidneys were affected. None
of the means taken produced any benefit
until began the use Of Or. kennedy's
Fayorite Remedy, of Rondout, y Y. The
pain ceased--the stone having been dis
solved by the action Of the medicine
am ready in public or in private to testi-
fy that my recovery is due to DR.. Ken
nedy's Favorite Rsmedy.-E. D. W. Par
sons. Rochester.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1889-10-09
Malaria

Literally means bad air. Poisonous germs
arising from low, marshy land, or from
decaying vegetable matter, are breathed
into the lungs, taken up by the blood,
and unless the vital fluid is purified by
the use of a good medicine ike Hoods
Sarsaparilla, the unfortunate victim is
soon overpowered. Even in the more
advanced cases, where the terrible fever
prevails, this successful medicine has ef-
fected remarkable cures. Those who are
exposed to malarial OF ether poisons
should keep the blood pure By taking
Hoods Sarsaparilla.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1889-10-09
WHOLE NO. 1904.
sheet, disclosed the pallid face Of an at

sheet, disclosed the palll1 laHc "a 81 ~
teBusted corpse.
"There,y she exclaimed proudly, ssshe
turned to Michael, 'there Is the man
came from"
Dead r be said. falling backward
'syou are fooling me, Ella This Is some
trick Of yours. What had you TO do
with this corpse p
Il viii tell you, Michael I'enza,' she
replied. ~That Is the corpse Of the man
who beat and insuIted me, until for my
own safety was compelled to separate
from him. He has killed himself by
drink and debauchery, but he was none
the less the Inan whom once swore 10
cherish. When his landlady appealed
to me some weeks ago for money to bay
him the actual necessaries of life / did
not feel justified in refusing It. How
couid have lived in luxury and content,
knowing that this wretchsd creature was
dying without one comfort TO smooth his
passage to the grave2 Yesterday he
passed away, and the money asked you
for this afternoon was to pay for his
funeral expenses was wrong, perhaps
not to contide in you before, bat was
afraid the subject might worry you and
cause dissension between Us. That has
been all my fault. leave you to judgs
whether l deserve the imputaiion you
have put upon my absence"
She passed proudly down the stain
again as she spoke, but Mieheal DENIS
had caught her before she opened ths
hall door.
ELLA, forgive me-" he whispered =
was mad don't know what possesset
me, but evil thoughts had been put int
my head, and the idea oflosing your con
fidence and affection was unbearable.'
"And was it all about money! sh'
said, was it because never accounte'
for how l had spent the last checks :?
Il am afraid it was" he answered will
a sbanad look = E7ors7r. Mrrrfalf
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1889-10-09
ShortsWork of a Troublesome
Case.

One day | was taken with Paralysis
of the Bowels The stomach and other
organs lost all power Of action. Although
opposed to proprietary medicines, tried
DR.. David Kennedy's Fayorite Remedy,
Of Rondout, " Y. To make long story
short, it saved my life. 1t IS the best
medicine in the world for difficulties Of
the kidneys, liver and bowels.-A.J- Gif-
ford, Lowell, Mass.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1889-10-09

An English explorer has discovered a
river which opens route for ordinary
steamers into the Zambesi delta and the
Lake Nyassa districts. The discovery is
of great importance to the developement
of trade in Central Africa 1t is called
the Chindee river and is forty-ive miles
south of the Quaqua river, on which
Ouillimane row stands.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1889-10-09

@Blood tells We may not be able to
infuse royal and noble blood into a mass
veins; but We can d7 better We can ex-
pei from them all impure and poisonous
humors by the use Of Ayers Sarsapyril-
Ia. Pure blood is the best kind Of royal
blood
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1889-10-09

''Do you know the reputation Of Mrs.
F. for truth and veracity p asked law
yer down east Of the witnessOn the stand.
well, Squire, ] guess she'd tel the
truth but about her versciiy-well. now,
some say she would and some say she
wouldn't
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1889-10-09

There is stone elephant in Inyo
County, California. The rock that has
taken the form Of an elephant is dark
gray granite that is almost the color OF
the skin of an elephant. The first travel
ers in California, it is said, on catching
sight OF it thought that they had found
a petrifed mastodon. A Piute Indian
on being asked if he had ever seen the
stone elephant replied Yasth me
see him many year go. Long time lnjun
no sabe him now see him all same IN
big show up in virzinny City
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1889-10-09

silence in COURT Numbered a Ken
tucky Judge the other morning. -iiaif a
dozen tnen have been convicted already
without the courts having been able 20
hear a word Of the testimony"
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1889-10-09

Prof Hazen, stationed at the Mt. Wash
ington signal station, has maize a new
and careful compilation Of the height Of
the mountain and finds that it has
a height of $500 feet above mean low
tide. This is seven feet higher than pre-
vious measurements made it.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1889-10-09

When you need good, safe laxative,
ask your druggist for a box Of Ayers
Pills, and you viii find that they give
perfect satisfaction For indigestion, tor
pid liver, and sick headache, there il
nothing superior. Leading physicians
recommend them.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1889-10-09
National Bank Notice.

TREAsCRr DEPARTMENT.
9FF7cE or CoNfrEoLLERiOF The CURRESCN.
NAsHISGTON, ID. C.. Aug. 70, iss9.
w HEREAS, By satisfactory evidence pre-
w scnied 70 he under igned L has hceu made
% appear that Ihe First National BAN b Of som
erset,s Ia she Borough OF Somerset in ihe County
OF somerset. aud state af Pennsylvania. has com
Piled With all the provisions Of the statutes Of the
United states required 10 be complied with be-
fore an associafion shall Be authorized 70 cOr-
llencc the business Of Ban king
NOW EREFORE, Z, Edward : Lacy,
Comptroller " the Currency. do hereby certify
that The firsf National Bank Of Somerset" in
the Borough Of somerset. in the County Of S0Iner-
set and SsaIe Of Pennsylvania. l. authorized 70
commence the business " Banking a. provided
IN section Fifiy-One hundred and sixty-utDe Oi
the Revised Statutes Of the United States.
IL testimony uhegssf witness my hand
sraL and seal Of o1icc the 36th day OF
August. 1882.
z : LACY.
mo. 4lOO.l Comptroller Of the Currency
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1889-10-09

The coal cart with portable chute
may increase the size Of the cart, bot it
does not.materially increase the weight
Of the averaee ton
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1889-10-09

An indianapolis lumber dealer says
that the inhalation Of the odor Of pine
lumber is the reason why lumber-yard
horses are 80 healthy.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1889-10-09

A miner of Hassayampa district, Cali
fornia, found bee tree some tine since,
cut down one afternoon, went next day
to get the honey. and found that three
bears-two old ones and a eub-had been
there and taken every thimbIeful Of the
sweet stuff
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1889-10-09
DEAL ESTATE
AT
PRIVATE SALE.
INTENDING TO co WEST. I oFrE7 FOR
SALE FIRST. nv
DWELLING HOUSE AND boT,

On-aain street Somerset, Pa. the house being a
Two story Brsck House Of eleven mons, well
built and finished in good style. Good water,
cellar ci.terns aud outb1.ldings-
SECOND. A Brick StDTe-hogsse on Main Crofs
street. the first floor being rsed for a sIrocery.
the s..fond story has three rooms, and the third
i used hy ". u Welfey es Photograph Cal
lery There Is also on the premises good Brick
Warehouse
THIRD, A desirable Bnilding Let on Main Cross
STREET and Cafharine street. This lot has on II
about sixty fruif trees, IN bearing
FOURTH, Twelve Building Lots situated N said
borough on Race, East and sanner streets.
FIFTH, A two-story Frame House, and Lot, In
Crsina Borough containing seven rooms.
House on q corner lot formerly occupied By Dr.
W. $ Kuh Imam.
SIXTH. tract Of land In Cook Township, West
snoreiand County, containing &c acres, more
or les SO acres are cleared Situate near Wez
vers Mil
SEVENTH, ofsr one pony, buggy and harness
The PONY Is kiud and gentle. These properties
wiz Sc sold for part cash, and on psynens 10
HENRY 2. SCHELL,
sp,sz-srn. SOMERSET, Pa
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1889-10-09

A pious obi lady at Toronto devo'es
the profits accruinz from the sale of ell
the eggs laid by her hens on sunday to
the missionary eanse
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1889-10-09

One Of the interesting experiments in
popular chemistry IS when youth feels
his fame on ice cream.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1889-10-09

1t does not necessarily follow that 4
sailog IS small man because be soue-
times sleeps on his watch.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1889-10-09

Emma Your hat Is perfectly charm
ing. and It suits you so WE'LL" Marie
q ~Oh, yes, but if you only knew what a
earful fainting fit it cost me :"
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1889-10-09

A man must be pretty sick Of work
when he throws up his JOB.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1889-10-09

In ppultry circles theold hen generally
proves her good standing BY her setting.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1889-10-09
A DMINIsrRAToR's NOTICE.

Esfate oS Chambers Huston deed late Of sofner.
bet Borough, Somerset County. Pa
Letters of ADMINISTRATION on the above estate
having been granted to the undersigned By the
proper authority, al persons indebted % said e.
tate are requested TO make payment sno ,norc
Lavinr claims 70 present Them duly authentics-
fcd for settlen1e ON saturday. the 18th day OF
October lss9 q late residence Of deceased
JOHN II HUSTON.
,eptfi. AdmfnistrHtor
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1889-10-09

A Cadmus, Michigan, farmer fed a flock
Of swine several gallons Of cider which
was not soft The hogs went on a gloTi-
Gus old drunk for three days, and a few
Of them passed peacefully away, never
realizing that had touched them.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1889-10-09

The fands and securities Of this bank
are securely protected in Accelerated Cor
liss BuFgiar-proof Safe. The only Safe
made absolutely Burglar-proof.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1889-10-09

to yet. let me throw oct one for your Il.
zestinn- 1t : this; Tive everything a
fair show.' '--Xsr York S,ta-
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-06
CASH FROM HIS OWN POCKETS.

A Chicago Man Wins Mt the Card Table
Without Making Money.
Chicago Herald.l
On one of the roads which runs through the
southern suburbs there is gay conductor
who has charge of the morning and evening
trains. He makes about FIVE trips day
and has lsy-o # of about three hours along
at noon time. He knows some of the good
people in the heart of the city, and with
them it is delight to indulge in quite game
of pedro during his leisure hours. Usually
he does this every day. One afternoon last
week he fell in with the regular party, and
the cards were shuffled up. 1t was quito
warm, and the conductor removed his coat
for comforts sake. In one pocket of this
coat he kept the pennies which he gathered
up on his trips, and in the other pocket the
nickels.
On this occasion he wondered why the
other players should get up to attack the
lunch table so often, but he gave the matter
no serious consideration and thought moth
ing of it when he was given his winnings in
pennies. His luck with the cards was
phenomenal and he won everything. At
last, when duty called him, he arose and
put on his coat. Incidentally he felt in his
pockets and found no coins there. Then he
realized he had been winning money
belonging to his own employers, and 1t cost
him good portion of it to induce his friends
to keep quiet about the matter.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-06
DAVY CROCKETTS COMMAND.
Origin of Saying That lie Known All Over
the World.

Origin of Saying That is Known All Over
the World.
New England Magazine.I
In Jackson's campaign of 1872 originated
the now worldwide motto, "Be sure you
are right and then go ahead" The fact was
given me personally by General William
Moore, in these words: "I was q Captain,
but very young man, in that command.
Davy Crockett was in my. company, quite
young and awkward. had trouble with
my men and told them I would go and lay
my complaints before the General. did so,
and young Crockett oficiously went along.
When had stated my case. the General
said: Captain, don't make any orders with
out needing them, and then execute them,
no matter what it COSTS
Returning to camp the boys wanted to
know what the General said, when Davy
Crockett. with big laugh. said: The
General told the Captain to be sure he is
right and then 60 ahead" General Moore
informed me that the next day Crockett's
words were in the mouth of every soldier
in the regiment, and they were used all
through the campaign. ''Be sure you are
right and then go ahead" is a common
saying now wherever the English Ian
guage is spoken.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-06
HE SUED HIMSELF.
How a Lawyer Secured Business While
Paying OFF n Debt.

How a Lawyer Secured Business While
Paying Off n Debt.
Some years ago, when Judge G. b. Hicks
was not as prosperous as he has been in late
years, says the Minneapolis Tribune, he
owned little bill OF SIS to a well-known
firm and one of the members came to see
him about it. The Judge, then a plain
Colonel lately returned from the war,
frankly confessed that he was "busted" and
asked tor an extension of time.
'Can't do it." said the gentleman, eff
you don't pay it we'll have to sue you.
"How can pay when 1 haven't got the
money!" asked the Colonel. All 1 want is
little time"
"Well, we'll have to bring suit" said the
gentleman, as he started off.
"Hold on" said the Colonel, as bright
idea struck him. eff you must sue me why
not give me the case? You will have to en-
ploy some lawyer"
That's so,'' said the gentleman; call
right, bring the suit"
Colonel Hicks brought the suit, confessed
Judgment. sent in his bill for $50 attorneys
rees, collected it, then settled the judgment.
From that time on ne had all the firms law
business.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-06

One or two unimportant ocean voyages
were attempted during the following 20
years, but it was not until 1888 that another
attempt was made to cross the Atlantic by
steam. On April of that year the Sirius
left Bristol, England, and made the voyage
to New York in II days. Two years after
ward the Cunard line was started by the
launching of four large side-wheel steamers.
Meanwhile the late John Ericcsoe had
been experimenting with the screw system
ofpropelling steamers, and on July 13, 1886,
he obtained patent on spiral screw some
what similar, but much longer than the one
now in use With 1t he succeeded in attain
ing a speed of ten knots an hour. Francis
P. Smith, farmer in Hendon, England,
was also experimenting in the same line at
the same time and accidentally discovered
that short screw would increase the speed
of the vessel being propelled. Acting upon
this idea he built the Archimedes, which
was launched October Is, 1888,
and made her trial trip to Ports
mouth May, 1889. Six years after the
voyage from New York to Liverpool, but
her speed proved no greater than that of the
side-wheel vessels. Her maiden trip DEM
onstrated, however, that screw steamers
could be run with much less expense than
could the other kind, because of the reduced
consumption of coal.
MAKING A RECORD.
In 1850 the Collins Line, the first and
only American line between New York and
European ports, was established. The YES
sells Of this line were the Arctic, Baltic, Pa
cifc, Atlantic and Adriatlc. A year or two
later the Pacific startled the world by max
ing the trip from New York to Liverpool in
9 days and 20 hours. The next vessel to
reduce the record to any appreciable
extent was the old Inman Liner the
City of Paris, which was built and
launched in 1867. In August 1859, after
having been in use something like two years,
she succeeded in covering the distance be-
tween Queenstown and Halifax in days, 10
hours and minutes. and to New York in
days hours. In December, 1859, the City
of Brussels, of the same line, ran from Liv-
erpooI to New York in days 20 hours %
minutes. and this record stood unbroken
until 1873, when the Baltic, of the White
Star line, broke it by covering the same
distance in z days 20 hours minutes. The
next racer was the City of Berlin, which in
1875 reduced the record first to days 18
hours, then to days Is hours and eventu-
ally to days IA hours. By this time the
question oil speed had become vital one to
steamship companies, among whom the COM
petition was very great and all their interest
was being concentrated upon this one point
Transatlantic travel had increased
greatly, necessitating a like increase not
only in the number, but in the size of the
vessels engaged in the traffic. From the
300 tons of the Savannah the growth in size
had been gradual until in 1870 vessel of
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-06
An Autumn R.ver,s.

Was it betterf Did Tom mean ali that he saidf
Twas good chance-a hasty word spoken.
turned and the poor boy grew awfully red
When said our engagement was broken
He was in earnest, and I thought 50, but then
someVowlove without rhyme. without reason.
There is always something deceptive in men
discover it so every season.
Every season-let's see. why. this is my fourth
But such short years. and why should i
marry7
Though papa this year Is exceedingly wroth.
He is right-'t1s long time to tarry.
And Toms not so bad-ah, no, many are worse.
He is jealous. but wealthy and clever,
Though l wish he Wouldn't address me In
verse
Were we parted, as I said. foreYsr7
Foreveri see him now turning away
For he loved me-wlll love change to hatfugf
No, no. pray not. What, a card, James, you
say?
Why, it's Toni Is the gentleman waitineP
will be down at once-but why did he callf
bad almost expected letter.
Do love him? Well-yes-perhaps after all
viii take him for worse-or for better
-FtGUet Scott Afns&
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-06

But He Was More Familiar With Stakes
Than With Horses.
Chicago Trfbune.1
An insurance broker on La Sale street
says: recently advertised for coachman.
Among the drivers who applied for the
place was a man OF rather seedy appearance,
but possessing decidedly interesting face
which caught my fancy, notwithstanding
the fellows wearing apparel was somewhat
below par. We talked few moments and
1 decided to give the man trial. We went
to my residence. hiMhed up a team, and
soon were spinning along the boulevard.
the applicant driving. The man did not
prove to be quite as clever with the lines
as he was with his manners, and the fol-
lowing conversation was started. said to
him:
"You say you have been driving for the
last ten years?"
"Yes, sur; ten years"
"Let me see, did I ask you the name of
your last employer
1.-THE last man I driv fur wus Fore
paugh."
What! Adam Forepaugh. the circus
MANI"
"That wus the man."
"Ah, hal Drove the 16-horse band
wagon, I suppose?"
"No, sur; driv stakes"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-06
TIE OLD MAN PLAYED OK.
How n Maine Tcamster Proved That He
Knew His Business.

How a Maine Tenmster Proved That He
Knew His Business.
Lewiston Journal.l
The first Colonel of the First Maine Cav
airy was bluff John Goddard, an IRON
sided old lumberman. Before the war he
used to take gangs Of men into the Woods
every winter.
Late one fall in the "ffties" tall, lank
Yankee came into Colonel Goddard's Office
and asked for employment as teamster.
"Do you know how to drive oxen?" asked
Goddard.
ri rather reckon d." was the bashfd
response.
Suppose I was a yoke of oxen" said
Goddard, getting down on "all fours," on
the office floor, ''and suppose I would not
haul, let see what you would do to make me
come up under the yoke"
The Yankee objected at first, but when he
was told that his winters work depended
upon the trial, he took the long-bradded
oaken ox-gosd and began to flourish it over
the kneeling Goddard's head.
"Hish, Bright; getup, there, Golden. Come
here, Star; gee of, Liru, he yelled in turn,
but never move did old Goddard make.
Finally, getting weary. the teamster in
serted the steel brad into Goddard trousers.
The coming cavalry Colonel got up in a
hurry, and the Yankee hired at his
own price, proving the best teamster in the
gang. When the cavalry regiment was
organized the humorous teamster went to
the front as private, and when he fell
fighting under Grant he had set of Lieu
tenants epaulettes on his shoulders.