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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1898-08-17
THE coLoNEL,s STORY.


xow Slsr Adkins Went 70 War. Got Buried
and was Rrsurrected.
"Talking about war times. said the
old colonel, did any Of you ever hear
the story Of Jim Adkinss"
mo"
well. I'm surprised Everybody in
the settlement knew it. Jim was no
count sort of fellow, and the cd man
vas anxious to get rid Of La, 50 when
the war broke out aud tiN were look
ing around for men the old man gave
him away"
.Gage him away"
YES. jim was in the hayloft, and
they were about TO leave without him
when the old man winked and pointed
to the barn
THAT was enough, and they got him
and marched him 10 the frunt.
The old man was sorry after Jim
was gone and his conscience hurt him
bad. But he hoped for the best until
one day be got message that told him
Jim had been killed and buried on the
battlefield
''Then he packed his grip and started
right OF 10 bring Jim's body home, if
possible, for the grief stricken mother
would have nothing else and made life
miserable for him with her reproaches
'He went to Virginia, and was there
informed that it would be impossible TO
remove the body. So he stood over the
spot where il was buried and wept for
three days. Then he went sadly home.
And, 10 and behold, the first man
be met as he neared bis gate was Jim
safe, sound and right aide up with
carel
"It was some time before the old
man could say word, but when he
found it was really Jim-in flesh and
blood-that they had got Jim mixed up
with some other Adkins, and he hadn' {
been killed at all, the old nan was
hot He slowly divested himself Of his
coat, then rolled up his sleeves and
made for himl Il was the liveliest scrap
You ever saw-the old man ON top, and
the two Of 'em wallowing in the dust
at took the old lady and the three
girls and two stout darkies TO pull the
old man of.
'He never did explain why he did it,
and Jim didn't ask any questions, but
the next morning he told his mother
that while his furlough wash out still
he knew his country needed him and
he couldn't stand to stay at home under
those circumstances, so he left his
blessing for the old man and took the
first train for the front. atlanta Con-
stitution.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1898-08-17

sJust before Grant started on his IA
nous trip around the world-in fact.
Just three days before he left-he walked
into store in Philadelphia and very
quietly. Just as il he was asking moth
ing unusual, said that he wanted full
dress uniform Of the generals grade fin
ished for him before he left. As he ex-
pressed it, he couldn't appear in civil
ian S dress at the various courts which
be would visit, and he didn't like the
idea Of the knickerbockers and silk
stockings Of the regulation court cos
tune.
'.It was a rush order" I" said the mer-
chant who received il, land we had to
furnish everything except the sword,
but we managed to finish it in time
and made what Grant considered the
best fitting uniform he ever wore. The
epaulets hadn't arrived when the day
for trying ON occurred, and our filter
told Grant, adding that he was sorry,
but that he would have TO come in
again. Then Grant made a remark
which showed his great good sense, one
Of his predominant characteristics.
There must be somebody here. he said,
who is about my build. Just put the
coat on him and fit the epaulets that
way. And so it was done. New York
Times
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1898-08-17

The late Mr.. Davis, the biggest beok-
maker of his time in England, probably
laid the largest bet ever recorded when
he wagered $500. 600 to So, 600 against
three horses owned by Mr.. Clark and
entered in the Derby Of 1896.
There is also a bet recorded of $3.50,
600 to slh0, 600. the big amount being
laid by Lord Glasgow and the smaller
by Lord George Bentinck, who lost.
In 1885 a young lordling bet SIS, 600
to $3.50 that st. Simon, very cele-
brated race horse, would win q. race IN
which but one other animal was TO
start. ST. Simon was so hot favorite
that 100 20 / was laid on his chance,
such odds, Of course, being very unusual
and meaning that there is hardly any
betting being done. That lord, however,
actually bet his SIS. 600 against book
makers $3.50 as coolly as if he had
been accepting and not laying tre-
mendous odds. St Simon won in a can
ter
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1898-08-17
sPAIN's LOSING GAME.
Things which Have slipped From Her
Grasp In Three Hundred Years.

Things which Have slipped From Her
Grasp In Three Hundred Years.
Macaulay drew this picture of the
power of Spain 500 years ago:
The empire Of Philip IL was undoubt-
edly one of the most powerful and
splendid that ever existed in the world.
1t is no exaggeratiou to say that during
several years his power over Europe
was greater than even that of Napoleon
In America his dominions extended ON
both sides of the equator into the tenn
perate zone There is reason to believe
that his annual revenues amounted, in
the season of his greatest power, to a
sum ten times as large as that which
England yielded to Elizabeth. He had q
standing army of 1000 troops when
England did Lot have a single battalion
in constant pay. He held, what no 9TH
er prince in modern times has held, tho
dominion both of the land and the sea
During the greater part of his reign he
was supreme ON both elements. His sol
diers marched up 90 the capital Of
France; his ships menaced the shores Of
England. Spain had what Napoleon de-
sired in vain-ships, colonies and COM
merce.
She long monopoized the trade Of
America and OF the indian s,>s..s. All
the gold Of the west and all the spices
of the east were received and distribut-
ed by her. Even after the defeat Of the
armada English statesmen continued
TO look with great dread on the mari
time power Of Philip. - Whoever
wishes TO be well acquainted with the
morbid anatomy of governments. who
ever wishes TO know how great states
may be made feeble and wretched,
should study the history of Spain. .-Ex-
change
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1898-08-17
A Famsas Apple Tree.

The American Cultivator says that
the original greening apple tree is still
standing on the farm Of Solomon
browne at Mount Hygeia III North
Foster, r. l. The tree was a very old
one when the farm was sold in 1901.
The seller informed the purchaser that
it was pity the old tree was going
into decay, as it produced the best fruit
Of any tree in the orchard The pur
chaser determined to see how long be
could keep it alive, and it still survives.
after almost another century has been
added TO its venerable years. But it
shows signs Of final decay. and the par
ent of all the famous Rhode island
greetings, which has set its gratis ON
the orchards Of almost all the world.
viii soon be but a neighborhood memo
ry. 1t is doubtful if there is more ia
nous apple tree to be found in all Po-
mona's groves from end to end of the
earth.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1898-08-17
Rcmenyi Pound = .-GaynIoos.- ?

TIE late Edouard Remenyi appears
TO Lave been the 'discoverer" of Jo-
hannes Brahms. who was a boy Of l9
when the Hungarian violinist found
hiEl in Hamburg in 1883. They went
on concert tour, so the story goes,
and fetched up at Weinar almost pen
niless. List invited Remenyi to stay at
the Altenburg.
Il have plenty of room for you. . be
said "You have perhaps a servant
with you?'
"oh. moi fhave gaynioos" (genius).
"a whatg''
Master, | have here with me she
greatest composer since Beethoven, and
/ have come to solicit your protection
for him."
Very we'll Bring along your gay
nioos. and we will see. "
Liszt saw. and after him others also
found their vision cleared
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1898-08-17
The Devil Tree.

The devil. dragon or octopus tree, as
il is vaTiously called in the different
stories told of it, is one of those travel
ers' myths which by dint Of repetition
have worked their way into public be-
lief. The man eating or devil tree is,
recording 10 the story, huge plant
somewhat resembling palm, save that
the central fronds are provided with
sharp teeth, which, when the leaves
are folded over toward the center, grasp
with death ggip hs b, m m94 81 animal 4
in. In some of the stories this tree is
also provided with long arms, which
reach out and seize unwary travellers,
raise their bodies in the air and drop
them into the center of the circle Of
devonriBg leaves
Ii is hardly necessary to say that
there is no such tree and that the story
has its origin in the dangers of travers-
ing a tropical thicket, where travellers
have received serious injuries from fall
ing over vines and among thorIly plants,
where men are frequently attacked and
killed by serpents. TIE devil tree is To-
Gated by various story tellers in Borneo,
in Sumatra and in the forest recesses Of
other tropical islands and whenever
inquiry is made for it it is 70 be found
somewhere else st Louis Globe Dem
ocrat.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1898-08-17
HE WAS A HuMBue.
BIS wife Was Disguised When She Learn
ed the Author OF the Article.

BIS WIFE W As DleSueteG " men cue AcATD-
ed the Author OF the Article.
Scribbler had come home from the
Office in the evening quite played out, +"
because Of the output Of his pen and
brain that day. He was lying on the
couch in the sitting room after supper,
when Mrs Scribbler, who had been
reading magazine, said:
See here, George Scribbler, here is
something that fits you to a I. and l
want you to read it.
Whats it abouty"
''It's about these funny kind of men
who must have everything just so in
their homes, no matter how hard IT
makes it for others You know that you
are one of the funniest men alive. Every
rug and chair and book must be exactly
in its place, and little dust sets you
10 scolding. You must have clean
napkin every meal, and you cannot eat
if there is a tiny spot on the tablecloth,
and everything must be served inst ex-
actly so or you get grumpy Now, is
not that trues''
"A man likes TO see things in order
in his own house, said Scribbler.
''Of course he does, and Try to keep
things in order. but 1 defy any woman
to maintain the degree Of order you ez-
pect with four or five children in the
ha-.sa Now this article refers TO inst
such unreasonable, fnssy men as you
are. and it is not one bit too severe even
when it says that they are small spirit
ed and lacking in true manliness. do
wish that you would read the article. "
II don't need to, /" replied Scribbler,
sitting up TO stretch and groan-
I'D like TO know why You do not
need 70 read it, George Scribbler?"
Because-well, the fact is, my dear.
/ wrote that article myself Denver
Post
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1898-08-17

Il may be said that the little word
my" placed before the word dear
has significance of its own. When
used between the ladies thus Ny dear
Mrs A." il is to devote an extra
amount of cordiality and friendliness.
and again when a gentleman so writes
70 a lady of his acquaintance it has the
ame reading. On the other hand. MY
dear Mr.. b I" is seldom or never writ
ten by ladies to their men acquaintance
Dear Mr. B. being considered suffi-
ciently affectionate. Elderly ladies.
however. are outside Of this rule and
write MY dear Mr. b" to men whom
they have known as boys.-Philadel-
phia North American.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1898-08-17

Hon. George Russell, in his Recol-
lections and Collections. tells the fol-
lowing story Of Jewett. the famous
master of Balliol college:
The scene was the masters own
dining room, and the moment that the
ladies had left the room one Of the
guests began most outrageous conver-
sation. Every one sat flabbergasted.
The master WINGED with annoyance. and
then. bending down the table toward
the offender. said in his sbrillest tone,
Shall we continue this conversation in
the drawing room?' and rose from his
chair. 1t was really a stroke Of genius
thus both to terminate and 70 rebuke
the impropriety without violating the
decorum due from host to guest.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1898-08-17

A little story that appeared not long
ago in Spanish comic'paper is sent tC
us by correspondent TO show how Span
iards thought Of their navy before the
present events A Spanish admiral
touching at some foreign port in the
natural course Of events calls on the
governor of the local fort, and on the
return call the governor sees the one lit
tie gun of the Spanish man-of-war run
out to fire a return salute, but at the
critical moment the Spanish admiral
rushes up and throws the gun. carriage
and all, into the sea.
WHAT" exclaims the distinguished
visitor why do you throw your gov
ernment's guns overboard:"
Because, " replies the admiral, ''if
the gun had gone of. it would have
blown this whole ship to piecesl That
means another decoration for mer'
"How's that?''
''For my courage in saving this ship
fr8m destruction. London News
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1898-08-17

There was once a poor boy who
while walking along saw pin on the
Pavement before him. Quickly the lit
tie lad staid his steps and picking up
the pin stuck it carefully and securely
in his coat
A rich ran CHANGING TO pass at that
time saw the action. and was much i'm
pressed by it, so much so that he took
the boy into his bank and finally adopt
ed him.
Thirty years have passed and the
erstwhile poor boy is a South African
millionaire The other day he drew a
check for -. 600 and gave it TO for
mer schoolmate who had not prospered
in the race Of life.
''All that l am now owe TO you.
John, . said ths millionaire.
but don't understand, stammer-
ed the beneficiary.
Simple enough. If | hadn't hated
you SO at school, | slould never have
picked up that pin to put on your seat "
Pearson s Weekly.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1898-08-17
WILLING ExILEs.


The Engiish snd Americans Are fmpor-
tant Factors In Paris Life
,Oa and after this date" wrote
Napoleon / to Fouche. ''see that the
English are expelled from Paris "
Such an edict would seem very
large order at the present day. but 1t
was by no means small enc in Napo-
Icons time. What would the Hsris OF
today BE- without its Eaglish colony
From Sir Edmund Monson, our embas-
sador, to the pale boy who files the
English journals at Meals library in
the Rue Castiglione the English are
very important factors in Parisian life
There has been an English colony in
the French capital for many centuries,
yet one might search in vain for sim
liar French colony in London The
Leicester and Soho sqGare districts, al
though owning 10 large French popu
lation, possess hardly a trace of the
flavor OF mien that distinguishes the
quarter the English frequent in Paris.
and it is not fifth the size
To speak broadly, Paris has within
its walled borders q little London OF
many thousand persons-not squalid
and impoverished. but boasting splen-
did mansions. fine shops, hotels,
churches, hospitals and Libraries, and
all these to such an extent that it is
difficult to believe one is not IN the
British capital itself
The inhabitants of this colony might
roughly be catalogued as follows: Re
tired people and gentlefolk who have
seen better days. those who desire TO
have their children educated in the Ian
guage. business people, authors, artists,
students, journalists and professional
men, those who have the best of private
reasons for living out of England and
cranks, which term includes certain in
dividuals who for some cause or other
have developed a feeling of hatred for
the land Of their birth. Nearly all are
exiles Of their own accord
On Sunday the elite Of the English
colony turns out to the Church of the
Embassy in the Rue 'Aguesseau- Here
for number Of years DR.. Nayes. who
was formerly Leytonstone incumbent,
has preached, and here collection bag
goes regularly round. and is as regular
ly returned in condition of compara-
tive emptiness. For your Englishman
Of the English colony is either in con-
dition to help largely support the church
and does or else gives nothing at all
One thing must be said about the
English and Americans who go to Paris
They support the city. Without their
patronage there is scarcely big shop
ON the bouleyards that would not close
its doors within few months. London
Mail.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1898-08-17
Her CAT IN HER POCKET.



A woman walked into the breakfast
room Of one Of Chicago's swell hotels,
dressed in travelling costume and carry
ing ON her ARA cape Of plaid cloth,
which she hung over the chair next at
table. disposing of it with some care, as
If it might be Of value
Then she gave her attention 70 the
menu and discussed a service Of fruit
while she waited for her order. She was
roussd from pleasing stndy Of her plate
nv a series Of "Ohsp' and "Ahsi2 and
What a darIingr, and a hasty glance
showed her big white Angora cat seas-
ed gracefully on the vacant chair at her
side.
"Oh. Bismarcl,, you dreadful cat"
she said. as the head waiter approached
with a look in his eye that boded no
good to the cat
al mus put him out madam, ne
said. with the assurance that goes with
head walters
But his mistress clicked her fingers
and the cat disappeared Every eye was
uDon him. vet no one saw him go. The
waiter looked on the chair and undsr 1t,
hut pussy had vanished like dream
..Find the cat--he is in the picture
somewhere. " remarked the owner Of the
net as she buttered her toast But the
cat did not come back, and II was not
until the woman had finished her break
fast and was leaving the table, with
her travelling cape thrown over her arm,
that the mystery of the animals disap-
pearance was explained, and pussy S
head was allowed TO peep from ca
pacious inside pocket in that cape.
HE has Travelled in that pocket from
the Pacific coast, and this is the first
time he has given away his hiding
Mace. - said his mistress. 'He viii not
pur for fear of being found. but be is
near his journeys end now and IS get
ting tired This cape is his exclusive
property, and the pocket is his private
car. Chicago Times-Herald
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1898-08-17

Foot bridges in Morocco that are used
for heavy traffic have been the subject
of much concern 10 the engineers Elm
pianks on oak stringpieces We're the ma
terials employed. but these wore cut 50
rapidly that return to the old style OF
building was proposed This consisted
Of cables made from the fiber Of the
aloe These cables are plated and twist
ed from fiber and are nearly two inches
thick and SH inches wide. They are
saturated with tar and firmly nailed to
oak planking. The ends are fastened by
iron straps. These cables make most ad-
mlrable footpaths They are sufficiently
elastic TO be pleasant under the feet
and experience has demonstrated that
they are far more durable than any ma
terial heretofore applied for this pur-
pose.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1898-08-17
sluDder. In Songs and Programme.

suppose all composers have had a
laugh over the extraordinary mistakes
which sometimes occur in the first
proofs Of their songs remember, years
ago, writing a very sentimental love
song in which the line occurred:
rye never once regretted the vow made that
day.
My feelings may be imagined when l
found they had printed
I've never once regretted the row made that
day
And once the following amusing mis-
take occurred in the programme of one
Of my own concerts. A we'll known
singer and very good friend Of mine
was down to sing my two songs. ITO
Mary" and Grabbed Age and Youth. 4"
But the newspaper announced some
thing very different Not content with
drawing mp a programme of my concert,
it drew up programme of my future.
for read as follows:
Mr.. Blank
To Marry Aaude Valerie White.
Grabbed Age and Youfh-
-Cornhill Magazine.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1898-08-17

Theodore +. Seward, the organizer
Of the Don't Worry clubs, tells a good
story of little boy who had reached
the multiplication table in the course OF
his education One night he was sitting
anxiousiy over paper Of figures. when
his mother came along and said. John
nie. do you find your arithmetic very
hard?' Yes. indeed. mamma. do. .
was his reply. 1T was so awful hard
that prayed to God to help me, but
he's made three mistakes already. -
New York Tribune.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1898-08-17

Only stern sense Of duty induced
Mr.. Gladstone in his seventy-seventi
year to endeavor TO bring about the pa.
cification Of Ireland. II shall win. he
said when be appealed TO the country,
''or be hunted out of public life. "
What do you think Of Mr.. Gladstone
now:' asked Liberal NJ p of Mr..
Healy at the close of Mr.. Gladstone,
speech introducing home rule. "a
think, ;" replied Mr.. Healy, that be
has elected to be crncified for ireland. -
Birmingham (England) Post.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1898-08-17
Breeders.

Ny Arabian Stallion will make the sea-
son Of 1888 at the following stands on the
dates given below:
Somerset, at 2eigler 4 Parsons barn, Nav
3 and 10. u and a, June l and 2, lS and IA. a
and IS, JuiyI and ?.
sipesville, a. George Fritz's, May u and u,
q and "a June and 4, Is and 10, ana r.
Jenner X Roads, AT Joseph J. Aishler's ;. Ma 7
2and 3, lS and Il, IS and IS June oand 7, II
and Is, and y.
Friedeng, nj Nathaniel Diekey's, May snd
S, l6 and II, zand n June and =, Dand q,
and
Somerset Township, d. P. MeAlister, May
and !, IS and l9, % and 81, June 10 and H. =
and b and 30.
VIII be at Lavansville thomel with my
horse on Saturday evening 1sS O'Clock ana
so O'Clock Monday morning Of the following
dates, May andS, q and ., Jrne II and u
sS-I win leave all stands AT $50 p m on
second day. Persons coming nom distance
]. II. COUNTRYMAN,
Owner and Keeper.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1898-08-17

lyon are daisy. is used by Dick,
ems in David Copperheld'' in the sense
Of calling person a daisy in the way
TO express admiration and at the same
time to laugh at ones credality. Steer
forth says TO young Copperfeld: ''Ds-
vid. my daisy. you are so innocent Of
the world Let me call you my daisy, as
it is 50 refreshing to find one in these
corrupt days 50 innocent and unsophis-
ticated- Ny dear Copperfeld, the daisies
Of the field are not fresher than you"
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nae Earls ana -. Scar. ANA s,rin,

i should like to call attention to one
Of our London churches Little Trinity.
in the MinoIiss. though very interest
ing 10th TO English and Americans, is
not | think. so generally known as il
deserves The church in question has
been the burial place Of the Dartmouths.
Before the Washingtons left England
these two families were united by mar
riage On the wall of Little Trinity
church may be seen the stars and stripes
as the coat of arms or banner Of the
Dur.smouths. and the eagleas the coat
Of arms of the Washingtons, afferward
to become the flag and the emblem Of
the great nation across the Atlantic
.pectator.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1898-08-17

The Ostrich, an English paper that
aims 10 say nothing disagreeable in
speaking OF building that burns down
in which out of 400 persons 277 perish,
does not mention them, but says, Not
less than 1913 were saved Very sad
news is printed in the smallest type. so
the experienced reader is warned. No
unpleasant details are given After
mere statement the paragraph ends
with Continuation ON page IS j"
There is no thirteenth page.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1898-08-17
Keenr,. ouarter cigar.

Tom KeeEe was good story teller
"For ten years. - so went one of his
tales. II bought all my theatrical cos
tunes from one dealer. and as during
much of that time was playing many
new parts in the old California theater
stock company Of San Francisco my
trade was matter of considerable inn
portance. When ] was about to leave
the slope and come east, Invent to make
a final order and bid my costumer good
by I'm very sorry you're going, he
said. Here. Jaker calling to a clerk
Run ont and get Mr.. Keene good
quarter of dollar cigar
''As Jake started my costumer whis.
pered behind his hand. Two for a quar-
ter, Jake; two for quarter. -