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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-06-17
He Obeyed Orders.

Decoration Day brings to mind no more
heroic soldier son Of Pittsburgh than
General Alexander Hays, and it was only
the other day that met in far-awsy
corner of Arkansas one Of his aides-de
camp, John S. Sullivan, who told me
many tales Of which General Hays WIS
the hero. Mr. Sullivan, who married n
daughter of General Hays, by the way,
and is one of the most substantial citi-
zens of Jefferson City, No, dwelt with
peculiar delight upon the first time he
met General Hays. on the morning Of
July 3, 1868, the final day Of the terrible
three at Gettysburg.
~ was ordered on that morning by the
colonel of my regiment to tai e up a GER
tain position with detail of men," said
Mr.. Sullivan, "and l had written orders
TO that effect, with the added proviso
that l was not to move at anyore's COM
mand, not even generals.
II was First Lieutenant then and
had clear idea of obeying orders at all
events. Well, had not been there long
when certain Major Hammond, Of the
regular army, came up and wanted me
to move my men further to the right
declined to do it, and told him Of my
orders He got angry. So did l. lie
said something abusive, and l told him
that if he did not clear out I'd cut hi:
ears off. He went away in a towerir 3
rage. held my position all day, but in
the evening was summoned to General
Hays headquarters. He va In com
mand of the briagde. When l entered
the tent, General Hays, WHO I had
never met before, said IN an 5wer to my
situation This is serious charge Ma
jor Hammond makes against You Lieu
tenant Sullivan. He says yolI threatened
to cut off his ears
Let me read my writer orders first
General 1 replied and he giving me
permission, | read the orders, and ex
planned why 1 had threa tened to take
liberties with the majors ears. Genera
Hays didn't take long to decide, but al
soon as had finished said with grea
emphasis:
Lieutenant Sullivan, you did perfect
ly right, and if that major bothers yoI
again, cut his ears Off
Il never saw him again till I receive,
an appointment on his staff. After tina
1 was with him till he fell in the Wilder
ness. - Pittsburgh Dispatch-
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-06-17
Remarkable Pieces of Cutlery.

Yes" said a Main street hardware
dealer. athat is the largest knife in Amer
lea. Il was made to order by firm in
Germany. One man did the whole job,
and it took him just year.
The knife in question IS known TO al
most every person in Cincinnati, and
perhaps for 100 miles round. IL has 81
blades and is a tool chest in Itself, con-
tanning everything from a slender tooth
pick or a cigar punch to 9 pair Of scissors
or bandsaw. The handle is Of tortoise
shell and the movable parts are plated
with gold. It weighs thirteen pounds,
and a modest card attached says-"F0r
sale, $500.
That Is not the largest in the world,
though continued the dealer. -Jona-
than Crookes invented and made a
unique and superb specimen Of cutlery
/ in the shape Of knife with .s2l blades,
which has been the wonder Of the world
of cutters. He then worked for Joseph
Rodgers, of Sheffield, England, who now
has the big knife in his possession. But
Crookes has since started up in business
for himself. and with bis old employ
and George Wostenholm has made Shef-
/ field famous for its cutlery - Cncltnqt
I Tsmes-SlGr.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-06-17
instantaneous Deaths in Battle.


The fact that man is down and out of
the fight is about all that friend or foe
can take account of for the time being.
1t is reasonable to suppose, however, that
some deaths are instantaneous, the men
being literally killed in action. One
such case had an opportunity to study
with unusual care at Fort Haskell in the
Fort Stedman battle in front of Peters
burg The action there was defensive On
our part, the scene very small and the
fight prolonged hence many things were
observed that would escape notice on an
open field.
At one time, just in front Of me, as l
looked toward the enemy, there was a
soldier of our garrison firing his musket
from gun staging who raised his head
above the parapet. He was the oldest
man ever saw in battle, and for that
reason, doubtless, | observed him closely.
His hair was white and his form mad
reached the stage of unsteadiness. He
fired very slowly, and after each shot he
would scan the enemy's lines as though
catching the result Of his last ball or
spying out target for the next.
Finally, when l had my attention al
most wholly fixed on him, he half
turned to reload, and / saw his cap fly off
smartly without any visible help, and
the large and bony frame shrunk togeth-
er and sank down into heap. There
was no spasm, no agitation whatever 1t
seemed to me that he simply sat down
slowly until he rested on the legs bent
under the body, his head going down TO
his knees or to the trail of the cannon,
A little stream of blood ran from his fore
head and made a pool on the plank, and
this blood reached the plank about the
time that his frame settled down mo-
| tionless.
From the time that his hat flew off IN
/ til the blood appeared on the staging and
the motionless body caused me TO say
"He is dead" it could not have been
more than thirty seconds. The fatal ball
had penetrated the left temple or near it
This is the only case that l ever saw
where a man was killed $50 quick he
never knew what hit him, as the say ing
is.-N I. Sun.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-06-17
The Disappointed General

A general Of the frst Empire, as brave
as his own sabre but caring as little FIR
hgmpollion as fish for an umbrella,
heard one fine morning that his aide-de-
camp was setting cut for Egypt
@You are going 70 Cairo? Much good
may it do you Beastiy country But
want you to do me favor, There has
been so much talk lately about mummies,
and 1 have never seen one. That bothers
me it makes me look 50 foolish, dye
seer Do you mind bringing me one back
with you -
'Most happy, General.
A year later the officer returned to
Paris and called on the general
@And my mummy ?"
at IS below"
Some soldiers carried up a sareopnagys.
The first and second shells were rsmov-
ed, while the general looked on in anx-
ious expectation. At last there appear
ed the mummy, swathed IN bandases.
The general leaned over with eager curl
osity. then suddenly drew himself 70 his
full height and exclaimed. while darling
q savage look at the unhappy alde-de-
camp:
awhy, man, its dead rs
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-06-17
Cattle That VIII Sell.

A firm Of cattle brokers that have been
in the business for twenty-six years in a
large city report one certain week in last
October to have been about the dullest
they have ever known. The cause OF
the dullness was partly that there were
brought 10 the city in that week 5000
head of beeves to be disposed Of But
the prime cause was that the cattle sent
in were not fit to sell. They were not
fat enough. The dealers recommended
their customers near home to keep their
beeves a couple Of months longer and
feed them heavily, so that when the far
western cattle had come in and been
disposed of, the home beeves could be
brought in and their owners get scme-
thing for them"
The kind of cattle that are a drug in
the market, that pull the price Of al
down, that are always with US and YET
that nobody wants, are described thus
"The hardest 70 sell, and the greatest
decline en-, are steers OF eleven hundred
to fourteen hundred pounds average, hal
to three-quarters fat-what good many
shippers call fat before shipping. There
has been just one load of prime cattle
on the market this week out Of ss,0O(
cattle, and they brought 81 cents"
Cattle raisers will learn from the above
what kind Of cattle not to ship.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-06-17

he half fell into rustic bench at his
side, and covered his face with his
hands. She could not resist the impulse
which led her to his side. He raised his
head and started.
Miss Peppard -
The pleading tone and the look Of pain
on his face appealed to her more earn
estly than all of the words he could have
summoned to his aid. Before she could
speak, he said
Forgive me was angered l was era
zy and knew not what l said. l had
no right to speak, much less to speak as
/ did. II wish you joy-but-I had
rather you had killed me. was acci-
dentslly passing and was riveted to the
ground by your last words. You have
driven dagger into my heart Have
you no love for me No pity Oh, you
know not what you do and be took her
hand and looked pitifully into her eyes.
Cruel, cruel eyes, no, no, not cruel. Ber-
tha, my angel, speak to me Do you love
this man as you say Let me hear II
again and shall go, never to return"
Harold, It's who needs forgiveness.
You misunderstood me. II ann so
sorry l wounded you So" she said be-
tween her sobs. I" How can l tell you
l have made mistake you eanot know
how love you. love You, Harold and
you alone. Fatal moment that / accept
ed your attentions. / thought / loved
you years ago, but that was another mis-
take That was nothing to the love l
now bear you-but-I have plighted my
word to another, WHOM idle fancy made
my hero. thought that was love; it
was romance, and / am doomed to pay
for my folly. He is noble, and all that
you heard me say of him, and ] was try
| ing 10 make myself feel love for him
which is his due, but which | cannot
give him. My vehemence was the result
of 1.-The battle waging between my con-
science and my heart. ike him, but
do not love him. | love you alone, and
when came home and learned of your
constancy, and found you 80 good to ne,
/ knew Ihad made mistake. When you
asked me to be your wife this morning l
was frantic, because l thought | could
rot break ny promise to him l thought
it wicked l thought myself wanton to
allow your attentions, but | could not
keep away from you. When l said what
you overheard my heart was breaking,
for was trying to make myself believe
the words my mouth was framing, but in
vain the effort love you, and now l
knowI have loved you all the time" and
she laid her head on his strong breast
and abandoned herself to the tears ofjoy
she could not restrain.
Harold, would it be as great crime
to break my promise to him as it would
be to marry him without love ,"
And the answer came:
Leave that to higher Judge, who
made you as you are think not, !" and
eel. ..sAavn ss1ged Love to he a---rsi
cious and powerful master.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-06-17
Leave the Bees Undisturbed.

The necessity for leaving bees undis-
turbed as far as possible during the sea-
son in which they cannot gather honey
or pollen is not understood BY beginners
as well as it ought TO be. Quinby ad-
vised many years ago what most modem
beekeepers now practice. lie said:
aIf it were not that an occasional ex-
animation is needed to see that rats or
mice have not effected an entrance or TO
ascertain if the room is not unduly damp
I would advise locking the door of the
wintering apartment and not opening it
till spring but I advise making these ex-
aminations and all needed changes as
quietly and as seldom as possible. All
ventilators should be so arranged as to
be regulated from the outside, and means
for ascertaining the temperature without
entering the room for the purpose should
be provided"
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-06-17
An Ioiole 1000 Feet Long.

On Monday last loud noise and slight
shaking of the earth caused no little
wondermens among residents near the
hills. Investigation proved the cause to
be an ice slide. A small and innocent
spring issues from the side Of one Of the
mountains, its waters spreading and flow
ing over a steep incline Of rock. During
the past winter months ice formed against
this wall of stone, increasing in size un-
til one vast icicle, fully % feet in thick
ness and 900 fee. in length, projected
into the valley below. From the warmth
of the sun and its own weight it released
its hold and Numbered down the noun
tain side carrying everything With It even
trees three feet in diaIaeter- Those who
have visited the place say that the foot Of
the cliff presents q mass Of broken ice,
trees. limbs, and earth fifty fsetin height
This IS a repetition Of occasional similar
occurrences in previous years, but on a
grander scale.-Seatile, Wash, Tslegrgph
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-06-17
UNCLE WILLIAMS PICTURE

~ JAMES wRsro5xB RnEy.
Uncle William. Last July.
Had his picture TOOK.
Have it done, Of course says I.
s.Jz' the way you look -
Can dressed up. he was, for the
Barbecue and jubilee
The old settlers heltj So he
Last he had it took
Lde she'd eoaxed and begged and plead,
Since her mother went;
But he'd cough and shake his head
AT all argement
Aebby clear his throat and say,
What's my likeness mount 70. hey,
Now, with mother gone away,
From Us. ike she went %
But we'd proiick'd round, TIL we
Got il figgcred down
How we'd git i'm, LIde and me,
Drivin' into town
Dragged how wen he looked, and heshed
Up around the face and forehead,
f'-t-- e-.N --NAA-At a4A anu 9At-AAC4
His cost-collar down.
All so providentiAl Why,
Now he's dead and gone.
Picture pears 20 lifelikeI
Want TO start hiIn on
Them old tales he nst 10 tell
And old talks, 80 soeiable,
And old songs he sung so well
Fore his voice was gone
Face is sad to Lide and they's
Sorrow in his eyes
Kisses It sometimes. and lays
il away and cries.
! smooth down her hair, and low
He l. happy. anyhow,
Bein' there with mother now,
Smile and wipe my eyes
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-06-17

An Italian, recently landed, paraded
the str>ets of new York the other day
wearing Grand Army hat and decora-
tions.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-06-17

After all, the best way to know the
real merit of Hoods Sarsaparilla, is to try
il yourself Be sure to get Hoods.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-06-17

"a The status Of women in the United
States is an optional study added 70
the course Of the University Ct Kansas.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-06-17

The property left BY the ATE Sir Rich
ard sutton, the owner ofthe Genesis is
estimated at over e7,OO0O00-
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-06-17

The 1880 record Of British life-boats
shows saving of 555 lives.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-06-17

4 cyclone made a complete wreck o
the town ofHazel, South Dakota, We'd
nesday. Three persons were killed, and
a dozen are missing.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-06-17

The prospector for gold doesn't know
his claim is loded, but hopes it Is.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-06-17
THURsDAY. JUNE is, Iss1,

at O'Clock p. n, the following described real
real estate
A tract Of land situate in jefferson Township.
on the top Of Laurel Bill. being on both SIDES OF
the mountain and on the West Newton Plank Road
in Somerset and Westmoreisnd Ccunties, con
taininr 2o41< acres. more or less 100 acre clear
and the balance wei timbered, adj2ining lands
ofDavid shanlis Harry Baker, Jacob Beck, Nm
Koring PhilipBeck Gideon ishsulis, ana others.
with a large twossOry frame
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-06-17
John Stenger,
EWING & GWYNNE.

WHOLESALE COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
ers.al Produce and Fruits, VEGETABLES and
Game.
Consiguments soiicited-Bes. Prices snd PIoInpt
Returns Guarxnteed. Correspondents invited
y OHIO ST.. ALLEGHENY, PA.
fnslsnhnne ssl5l
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-06-17
TREspAss NOTICE

We. the undersigned farmers Of Addison Twp,
somerset Co. Pa. do hereby give notice that all
persons trespassiEe on their premises Tor tne Pur-
win ae1oorsfing 70 law. Thst they have in past
vesrs suffered much by cattle running Ct large,
breaking into grain fields, meadows, etc, .no
mai IN lie future suit viii be instituted zgeinst
She owners OF such cattle for any damage % sus-
NAHJoN LIyESGOOD,
~ B. NcCLINTOCk,
JAS. +. COVER
JACOB McCLiNTOCK,
ISAAC ID. LESLIE
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-06-17
|. nMINIsrRAToR,s NOTICE.
ExEcUToR's NOTICE.

rsts.e or Jo=eph Irwin, late Of Somerset Dor
o1gh. Somerset Co, Pa, decd
Ietters testanenfary having been issued 70 the
,. rs,o nosice Is hereby given &c all
rsrties indebted 20 said estate 70 make immedl-
sfs payment, and sl parties having cl1ims EsiIst
- css,.fe 10 r,resent them duly authenlica-
"a - sst3e,',erif an Thursday. June A. D. 1881,
81 he ofsce OF Cofirosh a Euppel, in somerset
borough JACOB LENHART,
-, Rxecutoor.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-06-17

RY VIRTUE Of the authority contained in the
IaSt will snd testament OF Ludwick Gardner. lafe
OF jefferson Township. Somerset County. Pa, oe-
ceased, viii expose 70 public sale, on the prem
isez on
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-06-17
DWELLING HOUSE

Rsuk Barn. stable and other outbuildings there
on erected The farm Is in good state OF cult
vsfian with an abundance Rhinestone and past
1lre for grazing cattle young apple orchard
Also.a Sugar Camp. with sugar vesselE that VIII
10 with he fsrsn ffdesired, at sale This proper
~ viii ard Tlrst be sold 70 satissy credito-s in
na rs or ss whole. 10 bring the most money
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-06-17
TERMS.

1na-thiri cash. The balance in three equal an
n,ssi avrntnts from date OF sale without interest
II, due aus no dover. Payments 10 oesecured
bv Judgment bonds on the premises 70 per cent
~ ssIe or secured 70 be paid.
Fgr further Information address the uiderssn-
ed a; BakerSvfllc Pa, or John H. Uhl. her Attor-
nss' - HARRIET GARDNER.
-.ris Executrix 8.
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aWhy, man, ii's dead 2
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-04-29
A Money Making Woman.

"That woman is capable of making
money was never more fully demonstrated
than in the case of Mrs. Francis Zeep, OF
Atlanta, Ga, who died recently said
Mr.. Calvin Mcclure, of that place, who
is stopping at the Southern.
"Mrs. Zeep was poor woman O few
years ago" continued Mr.. Mcclure, "and
by hard labor had saved up few dollars.
In looking around for good investment
she concluded that she could make money
by going into the dairy business, and
forthwith she bought a COW and began
business. 1t was on small scale at first,
but she prOspered, and after a time she
bought few more cows, and IN that way
kept adding to her stock according as
her means and business would Justify.
She was up early and late. After milk
ing the cows she would prepare the milk
for market and deliver it to her custom
ers. In two years after Mrs. Zeep en-
gagged in the dairy business she was
known by nearly every citizen. She was
strictly business, and went wherever hey
business called her, no matter where that
was. She invested her money as fast as
she made it, and her investments invsri-
ably proved good ones. At the time of
her death she left an estate ateapproximately
valued at $40, 900, including dairy farm
of seventy-eight acres, well improved
and stocked, near Atlanta.
"Mrs. Zeep was widow, without any
children, and had no heirs except
young niece, who but recently attained
her majority, and who Mr.. Mcclure says
will get possession of the estate.-d.
Louis StdySayings.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-04-29
Mysterious Tricks Of Steam.

Notwithstanding the many years the
steam boiler has been under observation,
there are conditions of steam making
which play strange tricks, as Indicated
by the steam gauge, the pressure, with
out any discoyerable cause, at times in
creasing forty or fifty degrees in as many
seconds, and not inirequently leading to
disaster. In a big electrical light station
IN Philadelphia there has recently oc-
CURED a series of mishaps to tue boilers
extending over period of twelve or
fourteen months, the strongest bolts be-
ing inadequate to teep The bends and
headers intact. Experts have examined
and studied, but without being able TO
agree upon the cause, and though a coro-
ners Jury, made up of boiler makers and
engineers, called toinquire into the cause
OF an explosion which Killed one man
and frightfully scalded two others,
brought in verdict against the eleclri.
cal company, it VAS unable 10 explain
wherein there had been want OF precau.
tion or point out the safeguards required
to prevent similar occurrence. Soies-
tiHc AmerieQn,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-04-29
What "MOdus YIYendio Means.

Under the treaty of Utrecht, and 9TH
ers following it, the French claim that
the right of catching and drying fish on
the west shore of Newfoundland was
given them, and chat it includes the
right to catch and can Holsters, as we'll
, as other marine animals. The colonists,
on the other hand, maintain that the
treaties cover only the cod fishery, that
being the only one then known. The
French right to land at any time and
anywhere on the west coast during the
fishing season is established by Brit
ish proclamation of 1868, which con-
tains no limitation as the kinds of fish to
be caught. France is opposed to British
occupation~of the west coast, because,
even though there be room for both ma
tions, there is no possibility of limiting
such occupation. The colonists are op-
posed to arbitration in the matter, know
ing that it must result in recognition of
French territorial rights, even though
the fishery rights be denied; and the
recognition of the French rigl is as ex-
elusive would deprive the colonists OF
the west shore industry. British pur-
chase of French rights seems, therefore,
the only remedy. At the opening of the
fishing season of 1890, modus vivendi,
arranged in March, gave the colonists
equal rights with the French for the
present season; and provided that the
canning factories built last season should
remain, but that no new ones should be
built without consent of the British and
French naval commanders. The modus
vivendi was maintained only by the pres
ence of British and French cruisers.
Delegates were sent both to Ottawa and
to London, to impress upon the authori-
ties the hardships due to the modus vi
vendi. Two bills aimed at restriction of
French fishing operations were passed by
the local Legislature; but under instruc-
tions from London, the Governor with
held his sanction, unless clauses should be
introduced exempting the French
shore from their operation. Protests
have been made against the attitude of
the home Government and threats of an
nexation to the United States have been
uttered. The modus vivendi has been
prolonged, and the islanders have been
Informed that England and France must
ccmc to terms of settlement, irrespective
of colonial opinion.-DetrOit Free Press