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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1890-10-08
How Gen. Grant Made Love.

Here from the LGdie1 Home Journal is
Mrs Julia Dent Grants own account of
the way General Grant proposed to her.
They were out driving together on a
beautiful day after storm, Mrs. Grant
says:
We had to cross little bridge that
spanned ravine, and when we reached
1t was surprised and little coneerped
to find the gulch swollen, a most unusual
thing. the water reaching to the bridge.
] noticed, too, that Lieutenant Grant was
very quiet, and that and the high water
bothered me. / asked several times if he
thought the water dangerous to breast,
and told him would turn back rather
than take any risk. He assured me, in
his brief way, that it was perfectly safe,
and in my heart relied upon him. Just
as we reached the old bridge said
Now, if anything happens, remember 1
shall cling to you, no matter what you
may say to the contrary" He simply
said: "All right" and we were over the
planks in less than a minute. Then his
mood changed; he became more social,
and in asking me to be his wife used my
threat as theme
After dinner that afternoon, Lieuten-
ant Grant asked me to set the day. 1
wanted to be engaged, and told him it
would be much nicer than getting mar
ried-a sentiment he did not approve of.
We were very quiet at the hsuse that
evening, and neither said a word of the
secret After supper he went back to his
regiment, and few days later General
Taylor sent him to Camp Salubrity, in
Louisiana. He was too shy to ask father,
so he waited until he was stationed and
wrote to him. Father never answered
the letter.
The next year he came back on leave
of absence, and 1 can remember Just how
he looked as he rode up in his new uni
form. Father was going to Washington
on business, and We were all on the front
porch kissing him good-by and stufFing
his pockets with notes Of things be was
to buy. Lieutenant Grant asked for my
hand, and he, in hurry to get of, con-
sented.
My soldier lover was 10 and about
Mexico for four years, including the war.
Every mail brought me letter, every
ore full Of sweet nothings, love and war,
and now and then some pressed leaves
and flowers. read each one every day
until the next one came. l have them
all.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1890-10-08
A Gorgeous MausoIeum.

After FIVE years litigation, during
which time the interest on the large sum
bequeathed has accumulated, the Amer
lean courts have decided that the gor-
geous mausoleum on the hill overlooking
Sys. in memory Of an American lady
whose maiden name was Sarah Strother,
is to be built. The edifce in question
will be an exact replica Of the chapel Of
the Knights of st. John at Rome, and
the interior viii be composed entirely of
white SiciIian marble and mOsaics. The
bodies of the Strothers will lie under
three tombs in crypt; the garden sur
rounding the church is over four acres
in extent; spaeioos house is to be
erected for the perpetual guardian,
the English chaplain for the time being,
and the whole to cost nearly S2OO, 600.
The rest Of the Baroness Fahnenberg's
enormous fortune is to be devoted to the
construction of almshouses in Kentucky.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1890-10-08
Living in the Dark.

Mrs. Jefferson, the wife of wealth :
gentlemen in New Yo-k, wished one day
to send some directions to a seamstress.
Il viii drive over to see her." she said.
at is easier to explain what l want done
by talking than by writing"
The girl was found in poor little
house by the roadside, just out of the
city. She came out smiling to meet her
customer, and as Mrs. jefferson entered
the house, the father and mother, white
haired old Germans, rose to greet her,
their faces beaming with kindness and
welcome.
The room was bare but clean. An
open Bible lay on the stand fat cat
slept in the sun by the door. But Mrs.
Jefferson's eyes were fixed with delight
on the roses that climbed over the side
Of the house and the plants that filed
the windows.
"How is this, Mary ?" she said. II am
dear lover of flowers, and paw skill
ful florist TO attend to my plants. This
rose never grows 50 luxuriantly under
his care it is actually covering your
roof The plants / have in my house,
too, soon lose their freshness, while
yours run wild with blossoms. Why is
it ?"
1--WE have the sun and air, madam"
said Mary. That is all"
As Mrs. Jefferson drove homeward
these words remained in her mind. She
was annoyed at her failure with flowers.
She had never considered money in the
purchase of the costIiest roses and the
rarest orchids, but their beauty soon fad
ed. Money could not bring sunlight and
fresh air into her stately and dark pal
ace.
ait seemed to Mrs. jefferson, as she
drove on silently, that there were other
flowers which would not bloom in her
house. She and her husband and daugh-
ter lacked no luxury which wealth could
command. They were people of culture;
they had travelled everywhere, and were
well received in society yet there was
little of brightness in their lives. A
laugh was rarely heard, or a look of af
fection exchanged among them.
'The sun, she thought bitterly, "does
not shine in our house. There is no
love there to make US ight-hearted
1t was only too true. Her husband
fretted necessarily about his business
this man had made fortune by lucky
chance; that one had succeeded in poll
tics he was envious and cynical. Her
daughter found gay life unsatisfactory
and hollow yet she sought nothing bet
ter and passed half her time in sleep or
in complaints. Mrs. jefferson herself, in
all her splendOr, wearied Of the monoto-.
nous days.
Yet these poor people, in their meanly
furnished house, were healthy and hap
py. Even in old age they were glad to
be alive.
Then she remembered the open Bible,
and the tears rose to her eyes,
The sun shone into their windows to
make their flowers grow, and Gods sun
was in their herrts to make their lives
bloom and bear fruit Youths Compan-
,on
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1890-10-08
The Democratic Canvass.

The Philadelphia Ingitrr cali atten-
ton 10 the fact that the Democrats Of
Pennsylvania have this year submitted
their canvass to the control Of the British
free traders of New York. Not s move
has been made from first 10 last that has
not been dictated from that city. The
Scranton convention was under the most
positive and direct orders from ex-Presi-
dent Cleveland Mr.. Wallace was beaten
by orders from New York. Mr.. Pattison
was nominated under ike direction, and
the campaign of bilIingsgate and false
hood has its source in the British free
trade newspapers the World, Times and
Esening ,Post
Fer the first time in the history OF this
Commonwealth, Pennsylvania Democrats
are obliged to submit to the politicians
of another State. The campaign has
sunk to such low depth that the sensl-
tional papers Of New York are appealed
to by the Democratic managers to supply
the most disgraceful campaign material
that ever was manufactured TO order.
The home papers either dare not plunge
into the filthy waters, or else are not
trusted by the leaders of the party. Even
Mr. Pattison does not eonfde in the very
paper Of which he is part owner, but ex-
presses his views iia the New York World
which has not stopped short Of the most
infamous methods to further It's cam
paign Of abuse.
The Democratic campaign, inaugurated
and carried on in New York, has the
plainest possible object in view. The
great thing aimed at is the overthSow Of
the organization perfected by the chair
man Of the National Committee. His
abilities as an organizer are conceded,
and to insure free trade victory in 'e2
he must be unhorsed- Pennsylvania is
the first battlefield. If the State can be
carried for the Democracy, free trade
and a Democratic President are expected
to follow. The Republican party would
stagger under defeat in Pennsylvania.
The free traders realize this and every
free trade newspaper of New York is en-
gagged in the work Of turning Pennsyl-
vsnia over TO the Democracy and their
ISLANDERS are sent broadcast over the
State.
1t is great game and is being skill
fully played. But il cannot win. Penn
sylyania Republicans will not allow Pro-
lection to be stabbed by the British free 1
traders in the very house of its friends. /
Ifthey should they would richly merit I
the food of free trade which would al
most certainly pour down upon them.
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SOMERSET. Pa WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER s. 1890

night, from inability to think Of fanything
else. But he was by no means ready to
stop thinking.
He was surprised and overioyed, there
fore, when thecurtains parted and Mol
ly came in, with little exclamation Of
giadness at sight Of him.
He spraRg 10 meet her, and then gazed
at her in alarm
What is it, Molly ? What have you
been crying about ~ he questioned.
Molly sat down on the sofa, and pulled
him to her side. Her eyes were wet and
Redeemed.
"Mrs. Crowell," f" she said, gently, -@did
you not know has nobody told you
She is dead; she had an apoplectic stroke
soon after left her last night, and died
at four this morning. didn't know till
after she was gone
Molly'sI soft lips quiyered. Phil was
silent He could not consientiously say
that he was griefstricken at Mrs. Gro
wells DEATH 1t WAS all that he could do
to repress thrill of something like re-
lief. But he respected Molly's pretty sor-
row and soft-hearted tears, and he press
ed her hand
sand, Phil don't know how to tell
it'll can hardly believe it yet-but her
lawyer called this somebody
teiephoned him-and he says-I don't
know how it can be true-but she has
left me some money. or course, she left
it nearly all to that library she was so
interested in but he says that FIVE
thousand dollars-fve thousand, Phil
comes to me. Can you believe it? And
doesn't it disprove all that people thought
of herr
Phil was dazed. It.does seem 70 alter
the case" he admitted, bewilderedly.
al don't know that it recalls the fact of
her temper a7d her treatment of every
body"
Don't Phil,' pleaded Molly. @Let's
forget it; try, for my sake and hers.
Why, think what We can do with all
that, Phil-almost more money than l
ever heard of We won't have to wait
to get married, will we % she said, shyly.
"For Of course it's yours, too"
~You darlingP' cried Phil in rapture.
"Don't you deserve it all %
And, Phil" she said, edo you know
| think it was all for the best, somehow?
II she had not made you desperate last
night, you wouldn't have proposed to
me and then you might have been too
proud 70 when you knew had the mon
ey. Don't you see Don't you think
there was Providence in it ?"
And Phil kissed her and said he did.
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assumed that such result IS impossible.
The experience Of missionaries IN India
has been that the educated Brahrains
have been most largely influenced by the
simplest and plainest preaching Of the
gospel They have rarely been won from
the intellecsusl side alone. The tes;i-
mony Of converts 10 that GeId shows that
the emotional side Of evangelistic work
has made the strongest sppeal 10 them.
Therefore il nss be that Dr. Psnteeost,
in bis crusade sgsinst Indian heathen-
isal, is not making bis calculations with
out sound basis. II is much to bis credit
that he has asked no aid from the regu.
lar missionary associations, bat goes on
his own responsibility aud st his own
expense.-N ]. Com. Adrerfissr.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1890-10-08
The Girl Who woos.


may as well be frank at once and say
I do not ike the maid who does the WOO
ing, writes Ruth Ashmore in the Ladies'
Home Journal. She is usurping the priv
ilege of her knight. and If / were he
should turn and flee. HBnt," says Ethi-
linda, she needs encouragement Per-
haps he does. But not too much Of il.
When you want 70 give an Invalid some
thing to increase his appetite you do not
offer to eat for him instead, you offer a
dainty bit little spicy, or little acid
that quickens the taste and makes great
hunger come. Treat your sweetheart in
the same way. Let him be conscious
that you are pleased with bis liking. bot
do not for a minute take away his pre-
rogative and DO the wooing.
No man has a true appreciation for
good things too easily obtained. Man is
yet little Bis Of a savage, and the hunt
is always a delight 70 him. Your ewes
may reflect his love, bat they need not
announce yours first, thereby sending
out an invitation. My dear girl, ask al
most any man you know what his favor
ite flower IS, and. after he has thought.
be will tell you either the violet or the
rose One grows surrounded and pro-
tected by green leaves, and TO get it per-
feet-that is, with stem-yeu have to
reach down and pluck it carefully. but
IN determined way.
The other IS guarded by sharp thorns,
and though it stands up in most dizni-
fed way it resists, except by its encoursz-
ing sweetness, the one brave enough 10
take it from the parent tree. You can
learn good lesson in a flower garden
you see the hOllyhOck plants and know
that they are the forward beauties Of the
world of flowers you see the lilies with
their bowed heads, and are convinced
that beauty without faith is of little
worth you are aware Of dainty per-
fume, and know that the little lady
whose qualities slrpass her charms-the
mlglonette-is near; you can see the
masculine girl in Johnnyjumpups you
can see the positive one in the CANDY
suniower; you can see the aggressive one
In the scarlet geranium, and you can took
at them all and conclude this-that the
ones worth having, sweet of perfume and
restful in color, are not the ones that OBJ
trude themselves on your vision, and
say, as do some flowers and some maid /
ems, Take u.s."
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1890-10-08
A Novel Missionary Enterprise,

The Rev. Or. George T. Pentecost, Of
Brooklyn, one Of the most energetic and
successful revivalists Of our time, has Just
set forth upon new evangelizing enter
prise which IS in many respect novelty
in the religious world. DR.. hentecost's
purpose is nothing less than TO convert
the heather Of India by using among
them precisely the methods which he
has been accustomed 10 employ in his
revival work among the people Of this
country and Great Britain. As he him
self said last week 10 his old parishioners
of Brooklyn "a Brahmin asked me to
90 to India and settle down for FIVE
months and preach the gospel as I was
doing in Edinburg. This has never been
done. The high caste Hiadoo will be
ready to 60 and hear sermons in English,
for there are five million natives in
India educated in English schools and
colleges. l propose to 90 out there and
preach the gospel in English"
tits apparent. both from what DR.. PEN
tecost has said and the preparations he
has made, that it Is MS purpose to carry
on his work in India in exactly the same
way as ne managed his Edinburg reviv-
ais. lie has even taken with him the
two revivalist singers who, Initiating the
example set by Mr.. sankey, have been
used to supplement the work ofthe evan
geIist by the public singing Of gospel
hymns The experiment IS one Of very
great interest 1t must certainly strike
one as doubtful whether the high caste
Hindoos, who are usually men Of broad
education and whose customs and dispo-
sitions differ radically from our own, will
be content TO listen 70 revival sermons
such as have been devised for the regen-
Grafton Of the English and American
masses. Yet it must not be too hastily
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1890-10-08
Grant and Can't.

Once, when General Grant was a very
young scholar, he was much troubled
with one of his lessons. A schoolmate
noticing his perplexity, said:
"You can't master that
Can't Ulysses replied. @what does
that mean ~
Why replied the boy, ut means that
that you can't. Therer
Ulysses wens to the dictionary and
tried, unsuccessfully, to find the word
there. Then he went to his teacher and
asked him what was the meaning of the
word Cant" telling him that he had
searched for in vain in the dictionary.
The teacher gave proper explanation,
and added:
Ulysses. if in the struggles of life any
person should assert that you can't do
thing you desire to accomplish, let your
answer be: The word can't is not in the
dictionary"
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1890-10-08
Malaria

Literally means bad air. Poisonous
germs8rising from low, marshy land or
from deeaying vegetable matter, are
breathed into the lungs, taken up by the
blood, and unless the vital fluid is puri-
fed by the use Of good medicine ike
Hoods Sarsaparilla, the unfortunate vic
tim is soon overpowered- Even in the
more advanced cases, where the terrible
fever prevails, this successful medicine
has effected remarkable cures Those
who are exposed to malarial OF other
poisons should keep the blood pure BY
taking Hoods sarsapsrilla.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1890-10-08
LOVE IS LIGHT.



My little girl, 50 brave by day,
Grows timid as the shadows fall.
cannot charm her fears away
My reasons have no fears at all
She pleads with ali her childish might
That she may have light
calm her fears, and stroke her hair;
/ tell her of the angels near
OF God, whose love is everywhere,
And Christ, to whom each child is dear
She hears, but only clasps me tight,
And begs NE for light.
But when / say it cannot be,
And strive to make her understand
Just why she makes another plea
That will stay and hold her hand,
She whispers, as we kiss goodnight,
That's better than light
And thus, content, she falls asleep.
Ny clasp grows closer on her hand
Musing God doth his wisdom keep
In childish lips. understand,
That, in that other, darker night,
'Tis love that makes it light.
], too, have shrunk in childish dread
From that dumb darkness that creeps
And thickens round the dying bed,
And. fearful, felt could not sleep
Without a light, understand,
lis light to hold Loves hand
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HABiT-Is ALL THE
WORLD THERE Is nVr OSE cURE DR HAISEs'
GoLpEN sFEaFIo.

Il can be given In a cup Of tes or sfee without
th,. kuOgiesige OF the person taking il eBecttng
sreedv and permanent ct1re whether the patient
- a uosferafe drinker or Sn alcoholic wreck
Thousands of drunkaris have been cured who
bnve taken the Golden Specd In their coffee
S.ifbout their knowledge, today believe they
o,Iir drinking of their own free VIII No harmful
eser r,-,,lts from IL administration. Cures guar
snteed send for circular aud fuil particulars.
address iD confidence. GoLDES Specific Co.. II,
Race stre.z Cincinnati, o.
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NOTICE.

l.t.te OF Levi Brlbaker. deed, late Of Somerset
Township Somerset County. Pa
Letters teztsmentarr on the above estate hav-
ING ben granted 20 the uate signed by the prop
- Ant horftv notice Is herebs given 10 all persons
Indebted 10 said estate to make immediate pay
Tneut and those having claims demands
against the same VIII present tiein dniy autnen-
ficaf.sd for settlement on Friday Oct 81 1880,
af ne oefict o1 J. .. Kimmeil. in Somerset Boz
Many BRCBAKEK,
senf2t Executrx.
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A UDfToR's NOTICE.

In the matter o. the estate Of Ludwick Knob, late
n Berlin Boreneh, soneFset Co., Pa. DECD
-rheunsiersienea. appointed b. the Court 70 pass
M, the exceftious and report distribution Of the
<4rds IA ne hands of the Exerutor, hereby gives
nofrce thAt hn vii attend a. bis Office - Somer-
e,saf Pa on Friday the efth day Of October, 20,
:, the duties Of his appointment when and where
al fsrfies Interested can attend
- HENRY r. scHELL.
o..s1 Auditor.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1890-10-08

A grand jury at Toronto recommended
the poor families Of prisc ners inczreeras-
ed in the central prison should received
20 cents per day, which is the everage
earnings Of men in the central prison.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1890-10-08

Rachel Hole, who lives with her son.
Prof HOle, south Of Damascus, is 96
years Of age. and reads without glasses.
She IS probably the oldest person living
in Columbiana county
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1890-10-08
TERMS OF SALE.

Onethird TO remain lien on the farm, after
the expenses are deiucted the interest 70 be paid
annually and regularly ~ The widow OF the dec q
during her ife. and At her death the principal
70 the ntirx ofrhe decd One fourth OF The bal
ance cash after deducting the Cover. ol eoniir-
nation OF sale, when int on dover shall Begin
and 70 per cent Of hand money cash on day Of
sale. he balance in three equal animal pay
ments withonr interest payments and dover
10 De securetltby Judgments
Persons desiring further Information about the
farm can essll on the Administrators on the farm
or their attorney, John h Uhl, Ess al Somerset
WI COfTNTRfMAN
K l. COCNTR1MAS
H. l. COUNTRiMAN
serea4 Administrators and Trilseeez
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"It's getting quite dark now, remark
ed CholIy, as they sat on the frOnt pi-
ara
"Yes," she answered with touch Of
scorn as she surveyed the distance be-
tween them. "Ons might imagine you
were afraid Of the dark."
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1890-10-08

The smaH-niinded man who borrows
ideas from others never retnrns them in
as good shape as be finds them.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1890-10-08

Il ain't goin' to say my prayers"
why not, Wiliiey'
whats the user Every blame Thing
ask for amt good f1r me-
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Merit wins, as the marvellous success Of
Hoods Sarsaparilla shows. Il possesses
true medicinal merit. Sold by AL drug
gists-
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Ms Passifier reading = Whiiewash
will destroy the cholera germ.
Pasifer-If meet one III give II q
coat Immediately.
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PUBLIC SALE
Valuable Real Estate.

ny VIRTUE of an order Of sale issued out Of
D the Orphans Court Of somerset County. Pa.
We will expose 10 public sale o. the premises
in Somerset Township. three fOurths Of a mile
west OF Evansville on
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1890-10-08
MoNDAY, OCTOBER p, 1880,

AT O'Clock D. m, the following descIibed and
valuable real estate
certain farm the real estate Of Jacob B.
CcuntryInan. dec a.. situate in Somerset and JEFF
feron townships. Somerset BoQIsty. Pa. only
small part IN Jefferson township. being two con
riguous tracts Of land. adjoining lands OF Joseph
j. Miller, GeoTFe Dickey. John Hay, John Vow
ler n. kring. Alex. COunfrymam. D. Lavan's es-
tate John C0untrynaan. a. Il. Flick aud Others.
in all containing 1s9 anre- more less about iS0
acres cleared. balance well timbered, with
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1890-10-08
SUGAR CAMP

that win set about 375 kerlers two dwelling
houses one large brick hoase-a very large
harm and other outbuiidinFs about five miles
west Of Somerset. near 10 church, schools and
stores. This Is good and beautiful farm in the
highest state 0f cuitivafi0n and produces good
crops Of grass and EFain also. fine frnit tres ON
the farm. with gooi running water. sfso lime
stone. The grain soWed out on the farm / restrv-
ei. Po>session given April 1, lsgi- The purchas-
er has the right r. pi0W and use the farm prepar
atory for the next summers crops.
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A nNlrNIsTRATRIx, NOTICE.

~
Es-ate Of william shaw. decd, late of Crstna
Borough Somerset Co. Pa.
Letters of Administration on the above estate
having been granted TO the undersigned by the
proper authority, notice Il hereby given 70 all
ppersons indebted 10 said estate 70 make imuedi-
Al. PAYMENT. and those having claims against
fha same VIII present them duly authenticated
f1r settlement on Friday. October feth. 1880.
81 the late residence OF the deceased. In Ursina
ELLA BLASCH SHAW,
aurE. Admrx. with the viii annexed
Usii Holbert. Attorneys.