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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1893-08-23
SOMERSET Pa WEDNESDAY, AUGUST %, 1898

the lad and carry him back to camp"
They yielded to the forcs Of discipline
which is so strong as to become nearly
an instinct, and raised the half uncon-
conscious form Of Charlie Hilton. The
latter understood only dimly what was
going on, or he himself would have been
the first TO protest against his friends
heroic sacrifice.
"Goodby, Charlie" the sergean. said.
Il shan't be able to keep my promise to
you, but when you get back to England
tell Mary Ashford that I, Noel Easter
brook, did my poor little best to send you
safe home to her."
And as the two soldiers, with their
burden, walked silently and sadly away
over the white desert plain, Noel Easter
brook sank again heavily upon the
ground and rolled over once-sank this
time never to rise or speak again.
Charles Hilton returned safe home to
be united TO Mary Ashford, and there is
tender place in both hearts for that ST.
lent hero, whose bones ere whitening in
the Russiane Chers0nese-the man who
met hisldeath to save her pain, for it was
indeed, TO send her lover back to her
that the brave sergeant had thus courted
his DOOM Erckdge.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1893-08-23
Borrowing Trouble.

1t has sometimes been said that a
business house which does not borrow
money cannot be prosperous. In other
words growing business necessitates a
certain amount Of borrowing, and in such
business, borrowing is not only safe but
commendable. On the right basis,
borrowing means progress, advancement,
enlargement Of enterprise, and pos
sibilities Of greater profit. Bot there is
one thing which ought never to be bor-
rowed under any circumstances, and that
is trouble. Every man and woman
under the conditions Of life has a suf-
ficient capital OF trouble without adding
TO it by the process Of borrowing.
The chief business of the successful
man or woman is to diminish trouble by
meeting it courageously and dealing with
it strongly. There is neither wisdom
nor wit in adding to ones stock by boz
rowing it, and vet this lack Of wisdom is
so widely diffused that people who refuse
to borrow in the market Of trouble
are notable exceptions. At this instant,
when Ominous clouds hang on the busi-
ne - horizon, the business men are fsw
who are not wasting strength and energy
in anticipating possibilities of trouble
against which they cannot in anywise
provide.
To foresee trouble and get ready FOR it
is not TO borrow trouble. The foreseen
trouble actually comes to US; the bor-
rowed trouble is unnecessarily added
At this moment when so many are unable
to borrow money on what would ordinari-
ly be considered good security, every
man finds himself able to borrow trouble
without putting up any collateral. Troub-
le is 10 be had in every market, and
every man can take IS much as ne
chooses. The more he borrows, how
ever, the less likely will ne be able
successfully TO deal with what actually
comes 10 him.
It is fact Of experience which we are
slow to learn, that the trouble We bor-
row never would have been ours in any
other way. We appropriate what would
never come 10 Us otherwise. The real
troubles Of lifsare numerous and hard
enough, but they constitute a very small
proportion eff its trials in comparison with
imaginary trouble. To deal successfully
with the real trouble we must refuse to
consider the imagin ary ones
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1893-08-23
Ha rd Head Work.

It is one of the advantages Of life at a
summer resort that people Of different
sorts are brought together. Men may
live side by side in the city for years
without ever speaking 10 each other, Dut
when they meet in the mountains or on
some seaside piazza they will very likely
become mutually communicative at very
short notice The New York Pfess re-
ports an instance Of exactly this kind.
Yes" remarked the stranger to the
editor, as the two sat on the veranda sip
ping lemonade and looking out upon the
rolling sea, yes, head work is very try
ing, and the man who earns his living
by it needs a vacation now and then.
Yes" said the editor, head work is
very trying. find it so, especially
when the hours are long"
How many hOursa day DO you work."
asked the stranger.
4" Four" said the editor.
Heavens l work ten"
Head work ?"
Yes, every biz OF it."
Newspaper or general literature ?"
Neither. I'm a barber.
Then the editor-for editors are not all
wise-shut himself up as close as the
sun umbrella which he earried-B0cles-
fer Times.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1893-08-23
Wanted. A Liar.

! was sitting on salt barrel on the
shady side of the depot while waiting for
the train on the other road, when
farmer drove up in his wagon. He went
around and talked with the station agent
for few minutes and then returned to
ask
Stranger. do you want to make so 600
as easy as rolling off log ,"
Il do"
"Air You a religious man?'
'Not exactly"
"Any scruples ag'in lyin'?"
That's according to circumstances.
State your case"
The case is Just this. 1 own 100 acres
ofland right around here. As it stands
it's worth about S an acre. split her up
into city lots and each one will bring $50.
You can figure on $1,000 an acre"
"Bnt this is no site for a c:ty?" l pro-
tested.
That's whar the lyin' will came in. 1
should calkerlate on your maxim the site"
"Fhere's no fuel, no water on agricult-
ure."
scot to lie about 'em p
you've got to have natural advantages
to make city"
More lyin'."
you've simply got railroad junction,
one house and one hundred acres Of
mighty poor land to start on" said, as l
looked around on the lonesome prospect.
That's whar the lyin' will come in
he answered. "Tve known twenty towns
out here to start OF a heap less. Is it a
bargain or no? You do the lyiE' and
the advertisin' and do the sellin' and
in year we'll clear up carload Of
money. Best chance in the world fur a
risin' young uan. Knocksa silver mine
all boller."
"I-Tm afraid I couldn't accept your
liberal proposition"
"All right: no harm done Tm lOokin'
fur liar. He's got TO be a good one. As
you seemed to be out Of a Job and dead
broke, I thought Ia tackle you. All the
same, however, III hit the right man
inside of a week and he'll make his for
tune here. Best of schools, plenty Of
churches, six railroads, rich country,
future Chicago, ten factories, cultivated
society, purest Of water. public parks,
come with rush, sold again If you
happen to meet liar send him down"
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1893-08-23
"SmaIl, But My Own" "

This Is the legend on very tiny house
in Switzerland. The owner Of that dom
icile thus announces to the world that he
does not pay rent that he is his own
landlord that no one has any right to
give him notice TO leave Every i'm
provement he puts on his dwelling en-
hances its value and is his own. He
does not have to illustrate the proverb,
three removes are as bad as a fire"
There are multitudes who i've in other
peoples houses that might live in their
own if they only had thought so, and
were willing 10 pay the price. The price
isn't all in money, by any means. A
large part Of it is in grit, pluck, enter
prise, faith, economy, and a great deal in
going without and in waiting.
My neighbor lives in an unpainted, IN
furnished, unfinished house. For eight
years he rented and paid in rent what
would have easily put him in house Of
his own like the one he now inha5its
In a year or two bis present abode will
be paid for. and then be will finish his
house, as he is able, and furnish il and
paint il per haps add another room to
it if that seems desirable. Meantime it
is rising in value steadily.
Il takes courage to undertake building
a house when one must 90 in debt for IT,
But if the debt is for the bare necessities,
and the builder is content TO begin small
and grow; if he is willing and his fami-
ly is willing, to foSego style, and work
and wait" be viii in time ow7 bis own
house with neither rent nor interest on a
mortgage TO pay.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1893-08-23
Old Knapsacks

The following beautiful extract is from
a letter Of a Woman in Washington:
Il saw pile Of knspsacks, the other
evening. at the cottage on Fourth Street
knApsaeks and h4yersacks LEFT behind
for safe keeping by the boys who went
70 the front and never cane back. Ths
elOquenCe Of the worm-eatsn and mould
&c bags cannot be written. Here VISA
piece Of stony bread uneatsu, the little
paper oi coilee, the smoked tin cup in
which it had been boiled 50 often over
the hasty IRE on the field Of battle.
There was the letter. sealed, directed
and never sent; for the soldier could not
always get a stamp. Here letter half
written, commencing, Dear Wife How
| want to see you, Dear Mother My
time is nearly ont The rusty pen lust
as it was laid down on the halfhlled
sheet, by the gallant and loving hand
which hoped so soon TO finish it here,
tinted with red, white ald blue. Here
were photographs Of the favorite General,
and photographs Of the loved ones at
home. Here were letters Of heart-breax-
ing love, and holy faith and cheer, writ
ten at home and here was the Testa-
ment given by the mother he loved, but
soiled and worn for the American
soldier, if he rarely reads il still would
carry his Testament as a talisman 10 save
him from harm. Here were those
mementoes of the brave, loving life gone
out They never came back The
monrners at home do not know where
they fell, or whether they were buried.
To one unfamiliar with the soldiers life,
these relics mean little To me they
mean all love, all suffering, all heroisn.
look on them, and again seem to see
the long lines of marching men fle past,
dust-covered and warm, on their way 10
the 'front.' | see the roads of Virginia
shimmering in the white beat, lined
with exhausted men lying down to sleep
and die, after the last defeat hear the
cry of the wounded, the moan Of the
dying. see the half filed graves the
anburied dead. All the awful reality Of
war comes back Peace walks amid the
flowers, and already our soldiers seem
almost forgotten. Days Ofwar and deeds
of valor seem like dreams gone by
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1893-08-23
THE oLDLovE SONG.


Play i slowly, sing it lOWly.
old familiar tune
once il nan in dance and dimple,
Like brook in June
Nov il sols along the measures
With sound Of tears;
Dear Old voices echo through IL
Vanished with the years.
Ripple, ripple goes the love song
TIL. IN slowing time,
Early sweetness grows completeness,
Floods rs every rhyme
Who together learn the music
Life and death unfold,
Know that love is just beginning
Until love IS Old.
Play i slowly. ii j. holy
As an evening hymn
Morring gladness hushed TO sadness
Fills it 70 the brim.
Memories come within the music,
Stealing through the bars
Thoughts within is quiet spaces
Rise aud SCI Ike stars
-Tis Cuagus.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1893-08-23

Physicians generally fail TO recognize.
the Importance OF this fact. but treat the
organ Itself instead OF the cause OF tha u9ubic
The noted specialist, Franklin MieS. 4. D..
IL 3. has given the greater part df hi- iife
TO she study Of this subject. and he n p u ID
discoveries concerning lt are due e. Li- .ft lt-.
Dr. Miles Restorative NerKInp. lhe uari-
vailed brain aud nerve food. Is prepared on the
principle that all nervous and many other
I'll .hcuIues originate from disorders Of the
nerve ceuters. Its wonderful sUcces, inc -siug
these disorders Is testified 70 by thousands ia
every part OF the land.
Restorative Nervine cures slecpiessne -,
nervous prosrration, dizzingsS, lys-cria. sex
uai debility, =. Nitus dance. CpiierSy. etc is
Is free from Opiates or dangerous drugs IT,
j. sold uu a positive guarantee hy all drug
Eists OF sent direct hy the Or. Miles Medi al
Co. Elkhart. Ind. on receipt Of nrlce- Il pr
bo-tle. six bottles for - express preDald-
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1893-08-23
Mrs john what time isit?

Mrs John what time isit?
John half fasleepl-Ugh?
Mrs J. twenty minutes laterj-JOhn
what time is il?
John-Ugh?
Mrs. ]. lone houlr ater)-John what
time is it,
John-Seven o'clock
Mrs We'll, Why couldn't you say so
an hour ago?
John-Because it WASH t seven O'Clock
then.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1893-08-23
The Sly Granger.

Tickets, please said the conductor
of train on line running east out Of
Detroit, as he entered the car
There was a very general response in
the shape of pastebOards until he came
TO a farmer who was very earnestly look
ing out Of the window.
Tickets, please said the conductor.
The man paid no attention.
Il will take your ticket, If you please"
The man looked up at him. Hain't
got any" b. answered slowly.
Well, the mos ey then. Where are
you going ?"
Hain't got any money"
Well, then, what are you on here
for If don't get either the money or
the ticket l must put you of the train"
~You wouldn't stop an express train
Just to put one man of the train"
Wouldn't /? You'll soon see wheth-
er will or not Vow want your ticket
OF the cash without any more fuss"
Nary one"
The conductor paused for a moment or
two and then called the brakeman
Now are yOu going TO get OF without
a fuss or will We have 20 throw you Oh2''
The man sighed and said ne would 20
OF quietly. When they got out on the
platform and the conductor his hand on
the bell rope the passenger east his eye
over the flying landscape and said;
Amt there no way We can fix this
upe7
Certainly. A ticket or the money"
After another look the man shook his
head. Let her 20 captain"
The conductor pulled the rope. The
air-brakes srruDehed and the train came
10 a stop. The man stepped of, and then
handing the conductor a bit Of paste
board said
Il don't cheat no railway company,
captain. Here ye are
why in thunder didn't you give me
this before You can ride five miles
further on this ticket. Step aboard live
ly, now"
Never mind captain. would have
to walk five miles back if I did; l live
just over yonder. So long, captain"
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1893-08-23

DoctOr-Your mother should take you
out Of the city if she desires to see you
robust Did you ever su ummer on a
farm2
Little Chino, sir; but springed and
failed on a fzrm.-Good News.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1893-08-23

Professor Potterby-"Any letters for
me"
Delivery Clerk-@What name. please ?"
Professor Potterby-~Why-er-bless-
ed If have not forgotten it. am always
forgetting something. If my wife were
here--Mrs Socrates Potterby. you kno "
she could tell you in a minute, but I
can't think Of it to save my life."
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1893-08-23
Temper.

Starye your temper. Give it nothing
to feed on. When something tempts you
to grow angry, DO not yield to the temp
tation- 1t may fol a minute be difficult
to control yourself, but try it. Force
yourself to do nothing, to say nothing,
and the rising temper will be forced 10
20 down, because 1t has nothing TO hold
1t up. The person who can and does
controltongue, hand, heart, in the face
Of great provocation, is hero. What Is
gained by yielding to temper? For a mo-
ment there is a feeling Of relief but soon
comes q sense Of sorrow and shame, with
a wish that the temper had been con
trolled. Friends are separated by bad
temper, trouble is caused by it, and pain
given to others as well as TO self. That
pain, too, often lass for days. even years
sometimes for life. An outburst Of a
steam boiler it is impossible to tell be-
fore what will be the result The evil
done may never be remedied. Siarve
your temper. 1t may not be worth keep
ing alive. Let it die.
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vitality necessary 70 IN
sure their health. The
pnaumGrastric nerve. as
sh1an here. may be said
10 be the most important
OF the entire nerve sys-
tera. as 10 supplies -he
heart lungs, stomach,
bowels. etc, with the
nerve force necessary 10
keep them active and
healthy. A will be seen
hy the cut the long nerve
descending from IA c
base Of the brain and
terminating in the bow
els l. the pncumo-ast
while the numerous lit.
tie branches supply theI
heart. luugs and stOm-l
aeh with necessary VI
tally. When the brain
becomes In any way dis
ordered by irritability
or exhaustion, the nerve
fo-re which it supplies
Is lessened. and the Or
Eaus receiving the di-
mnished supply are con-
ea1upuflV weakened.
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The Human Electrical Forces
How They Control the Organs
Of the Body.

Tho electrical force Of the hur--a BODY. IS
the nerve fluid may be termed, + n c12e-
cialy attractive department of science, IS 70
exerts so marked an influence on the ll-cl.h
OF tine organs Of the body. Nerve fore Is
nroduced by the brain and conveyed b.
means II the nerves TO the yaTiuJ- Crz18s ri
az. f.l1v rhtlS al5urf Viru the latter Wf. ID Ist.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1893-08-23
"Ere Won afraid ?'l

"Yes," the elder man answered, with a
sad, quiet smile. Il don't believe there
can be man living who does not feaI
death-aye, the bravest Of them it goes
along with the fear Of God"
"But if anything happens to me,
Charlie persisted.
"Oh, you'll be all right youngster."
at is not because I am youngster
am any safer. Those eonfOunded Rus
slams don't pick out whom they'll hit.
/ want you to promise me, sergeant, that
when all is done tomorrow fyou should
find me among the dead-you will take
this letter that is inside my jacket. The
other fellows might laugh if they knew,
and she would not like it. But you know
her We are TO be married if come safe
out Of this. III don't think she would
like to know that fell with my face to
the enemy -
This time the young fellow fairly
broke down.
'You say know her. May l ask who
she is?"
'Yes don't mind telling you. 1t is
Mary Ashford"
Mary The daughter of Farmer Ash
ford"
"Yes."
Then there was dead silence between
them, during which, as the fiiekering
freight danced upon his features, any
one who had been watching him would
have read a world of unspoken thoughts
upon the sergeant's face-a short but pa
thetic history of human woe. Such an
observer would have read his secret,
would have understood that Noel Easter
brook loved Mary Ashford too. That he
had imagined and hoped that his love
might some day be requited, until these
words came to dispel his dream-words
spoken in all innocence, but which pierre
cd his heart as fatally as could have done
a Cossack's lance thrust.
It was Hilton who first broke silence.
"You have not answered me sergeant" /"
he said. won't you promise me what
I asked you?7
ayes, Easterbrook replied in quiet,
subdued tone, which betrayed no emo
ton, Il will do you this little service if
you should require it, and if 1 am in a
position TO perform it."
Thank you SO much. And you will
take the letter back TO herr"
"Yes," with some hesitation. Il will
take it back to her if live"
At this momen. an officer came among
them, and the soldiers rose and saluted.
Eve want some men' said he, to go
forward and reeonnoiter the enemy's
outposts. The duty may be dangerous
one"
"TII go. it you please, captain" Ser
geant Easierbrook said, stepping for
ward.
~very well. Take three men with
you.
"rll come with you" said young Hill
ton.
@No, not you, youngster," the sergeant
exclaimed hastily in strange tone
''Let him 90, since he has VOLUNTEERED,
rejoined the captain, who was a strict
disciplinarian. Let the lad learn his
duty. 1t is just this sort of daring pluck
which upholds the honor of the union
Jack !"
Easterbrook was silenced, since be
must needs yield to his superior officer,
and few minutes later the sergeant,
Hilton, and two other soldiers were pass
ing over the snowclad plain, with their
muskeis upon their shoulders, fitting
like four shadows in the twilight out o.
the British camp.
Not word was spoken. Everyth ing
depended upon silence and discretion.
The snow was falling faster now and Oh
liberated the mems footsteps as they walk
ed on. The country was bleak and open.
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A runaway darkey, before the war,
was on his way 70 Canada, and was met
by a eountryman, Who questioned him as
TO the treatment he had received at the
hands Of his master.
Didn't you have enough to eat?" the
countryman asked.
Yea
"And enough to wear p
Yes"
And a warm place to sleep
Yes"
Well, then, what did you run away
forP7
Say, boss" the darkey replied, "f
you t'ink dat you'd like de place, why
it's open 10 yo.7
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Caughtin a WifeIy Trap.

"Do you like pie dear ?" asked Mrs.
Mcbride to her husband at the dinner
table.
That is quite fair pie replied Ne
Bride. still it's not at all up to the
standard Of the pies my mother makes
You should get her to show you how
Pm afraid your mother doesn't make
as good pies as she used ID"
"Why?r
~Well, she WAS here all day giving me
instructions, and that identical pie is the
one she made herself"
QIilpin-"I fear 1 shall never get on
in literature"
Fiend-@Cheer up; you will get some
thing accepted before long"
Quilpin-"Oh, you don't know how
Tm handicapped The editors feel for
me, but they are pOweFless."
Friend-"what is the trouble?"
Quilpin-"Alasl l have no middle
name"