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The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1873-10-24
Boxing Ears.

"Children's ears should never be box
ed," so writes an eminent surgeon in
the Popular Science Monthly. Though
the statement will doubtless be received
by many a juvenile reader in the light
of self evident proposition, there may
vet remain few parents and rural peda-
gogues to whom the reasons for the abol-
ition of this form Of rebuke may be of
interest. We have seen, writes Profes-
sor Hinton, that the passage of the ear
Is closed by thin membrane especially
adapted to be influenced by every i'm
pulse Of the air, and with nothing but
the air to support it internally. What,
then, can be more likely to iniure this
membrane than sudden and forcible
COMPRISING of the air in front of it?
If any one designed to break or over
stretch the membrane, he could scarcely
devise a more effective means than TO
bring the hand suddenly and forcibly
down upon the passage of the ear, thus
driving the air violently before it, with
no possibility for its escape but by the
membrane giving way. So reasonable
are these conclusions that there was not
needed even the high authority of the
writer for the subseqent statement that
many children are made deaf by boxes
on the ear. 1t is unfortunate, however,
that this and many other rebukes of the
same order precede the reason, and hence
safer general order may be issued to
the intent that no child should ever re-
ceive any form of corporal punishment
until the parent or preceptor has stop
ped to reason-frst with the child and
then with himself
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1873-10-24
Honorable Horrors.

In conversation reported in the At
lanta (Ga.) Constitution, duelist named
Colonel Say is reported as remarking;
"I have been engaged in forty-two affairs
of honor as principal and second, and 1
concur with you fully in your sugges-
tions. 1t 10 the duty of second to pre-
vent resort to arms if possible. re-
collect in one of the first duels 1 ever
fought I came very near losing my life
by having a fool for second. He al.
lowed me to fight the best swordsman in
Europe with q rapier. I, at that time,
was not so proficient as am now in the
use of that weapon, and considered my
life as good as lost, but met my antago-
mist, and, after parrying few of his
thrusts, was compelled to allow him to
pass his sword entirely through my
stomach, the point coming oYt at my
backbon AS / stood thus transfxed,
it occurred to my mind to do an act
which have never heard of being equal
led before or since. !, with my left hand
with remarkable presence of mind, cool
ness, and frmness, seized my adversary's
blade, holding it SO firmly that he could
neither turn it nor pull it out, and in
that position plunged my sword entirely
through my adversary's left breast up tc
the hilt, just one inch and half above
his heart; and what is remarkable is that
we both recovered"
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1873-10-24
Poisonous InocnlatiOu with Dead
Blood.

The Lens, in recent number, quotes
NJ. Davaine's experiments on this sub
ject. 1t is well known that medical men
are often seriously injured by accident
ally cutting themselves with instruments
that have been recently used for dissec-
ting purposes The wounded part swells,
and modification often ensues, necessi-
tating amputation and sometimes caus-
ing death. In order to determine the
poisonous properties of this putrid blood,
M. Davaine communicates the result
of several experiments upon rabbits
The liquid used was the blood of an OK
that had been ten days slaughtered
This, by subcutaneous injection, he ad-
ministered to his subjects in varying
quantities, obtaining by successive dilu-
tions with water the most infinitesmal
attenuations. Killing one animal, he
would take its infected blood and force
the same into the veins of another, and
SO on until he reached what he terms
the twenty-ffth generation. On this last
experiment he says: "Four rabbits re-
ceived respectively one trillionth, one
one en-trillionth, one hundred-trillionth
and one quadrillionth of a drop of
blood from rabbit belonging to the
preceding generation, that had died from
the effects of one-trillionth Dose OF
the four, but one animal died-that
which received the one ten-trillionth.
1t appears, then, that the limit of trans
instability of the poison in the rabbit
reaches the one ten-trillionth part Of a
drop of decayed blood"
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1873-10-24

: No housekeeper should be without a
bottle Of spirits Of ammonia, for, besides
its medical value, Il Is invaluable for
/ household purposes. I is nearly as use
{ fHl as soap, and It's cheapness brings it
within the reach of all. Put a tea
spoonful Of ammonia TO a quart OF
warm soap-suds, dip in flannel cloth,
and wipe of the dust and fyspecs,
CRIME and smoke, and see for yourselves
how much labor it viii save No scrub
bing viii be needfuI. It Will cleanse
and brighten silver wonderfully; to a
pint of hot suds mix a teaspoonful Of
spirits, dip in your silver spoons, forks,
etc, rub with a brush, and then polish
on chamois skin. For washing mirrors
and windows it is very desirable; put a
few drops of ammonia upon piece of
newspaper and you will readily take off
every spot or finger mark on the glass.
1t will take out grease spots from every
fabric; put on the ammonia nearly clear,
lay blOtting paper over the place and
ments. A few drops of water viii clean
laces and whiten them as we'll; also mus
lins. Then it is a most refreshing agent
at the toilet table, few drops il basin
of water will make better bath than
pure water, and if the skin is oily it will
remove all glossiness and disagreeabIe
odors. Added to footbath it entirely
absorbs all noxious smells so often aris-
ing from the feet in warm weather, and
nothing is better for cleaning the hair
from dandruff and dust For cleaning
hair and nail brushes it is equally good.
Put a teaspoonful of ammonia into
one pint of warm or cold water, and
shake the brushes through the water.
When the brushes look white rinse them
in cold water, and put them in the sun
shine, or in warm place, to dry. The
dirtest brushes will come out of this
bath white and clean. For medicinal
purposes ammonia is almost unrivaled.
For the headache it is a desirable stim-
ulant, and frequent inhaling of its pun
gent odors will often entirely remove
catarrhal cold. There is no better RENE
dy for heartburn and dyspepsia, and the
aromatic spirits of ammonia is espec-
tally prepared for these troubles. Ten
drops of it in wine-glass of water are
often a great relief. The spirits of am
monia can be taken in the same way;
but it is not as palalable. In addition
to all these uses, the effects of ammonia
on vegetation are beneficial. If you de
sire roses, geraniums, fuschias, etc, to
become more dourishing, you can try it
upon them by adding five or six drops
Of it to every pint of warm water that
you give them; but don't repeat the dose
oftener than once in every five or six
days, lest you stimulate them too highly
Rain water is impregnated with ammo
MIA, and thus it refreshes and WHITES
vegetable life. So be sure and keep
large bottle of it in house, and have
glass stopper for it, as it is very evane-
cent and also injurious to corks, eating
them away
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1873-10-24
Build Good Barns.

4 writer in the Duchess FdrmtT among
otherthings said concerning the advantt-
ges Of having good barns, remarks that
he believes it is safe to say that morey
invested in well constructed barHs pays
from twenty to fifty per cent. every
year, and that all will agree to the state
ment when we take into consideration
the full advantages. The time TO build
platforms and fence stacks every year;
the increased expense of haying; the ten
per cent. in loss Of hay; the half ton
saved on wintering every OK or COW, and
in the IS me proportion as We feed young
er and smaller stock; the increased risk
Of losing stock; the increased cost OF
doing chores; the advantage Of having
stock f1ings constantly in your way, the
continual exposure Of all your stock to
all the winds and storms, and all Of them
liable to great damage, while being
fed out.
BY providing suitable barns and sta.
bles, one can avoid all these loses, cares
and troubles, and feel confident security
as every load Of hay committed to their
keeping, and every animal is thriving
under their kind protection, during the
cold winter.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1873-10-24
ssYOu Ought to Know"

Almost all of US can remember the
friends who upon various occasions has
said to US: Now you must not be of
Tended if say something to you that |
really feel it my duty to speak about.
The most proper thing to do, as rule
is to knock the man down-if he is not
too large;-for after he has finished there
can be no doubt but that you will want
to do so, and propriety, or conscience,
may then prevent There is another
form of friendship quite as common,
especially among women, that leads one
to tell the other some neat little gossip
. about herself or family, not that the re-
lator believes a word of it, but because
the victim Ought to know These Gus
toms among our friends are so common
that we accept them as matters of course,
and even when we are most exasperated
by them, we know we shall forgive them
in time. A sad experience teaches US
that much.
The friends who compliment sincere
ly, or who repeat frankly the pleasant
things they hear of US, are SO rare that
we seldom meet them. Yet if feeling
is looking upon abstractly, if it is re-
garded as feeling founded on mutual re-
gard and congenial pursuits, it is lit
tie remarkable that we are so reticent in
our expression of appreciation and re-
gard.
Friendship means help and support
as well as mere liking, and he has been
a poor friend to us, if in the hour of
need and loneliness we do not, involun-
tarily recall some words of comfort, and
some expression of confidence that
makes US strong to bear the present
trial
1t is not enough to love; we must let
the loved ones know we love them!
There are but few persons leading
earnest lives who do not feel that they
fail to realize even the most limited of
their aims, and if they are unhappy
enough to be sensitive as well as earnest,
it can not be prophesied how much
real good hearty word may do them
in times of mental trouble. Then it is
that true friends will tell them some
thing encouraging, something strength
ening and reviving, that they ought to
w."-iScTi6neT's dMonthLy.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1873-10-24
4 Romantic Young Lady EIOpes with
Piute Brave.
The virginia lScvada) Enterprise.

The Virginia lNcvada) Enterprise.
A few days since the daughter Of a
well-to-do ranchman, residing on the
head waters ofthe Walker River, hand
some and well educated young lady
about sixteen or seventeen years
Of age, eloped with a young man of the
Pinte persuasion, who had been working
about her fathers place. The girl and
her dusky lover got considerably the
start of her father, and, it would seem,
did some tall travelling toward the will
derness and the warriors castle of sage
brush on the Lake Of Walker, but the
father did not let the grass grow under
his feet or his horses boots. He pro-
cured the best horse in the settlement,
and rode distance Of one hundred and
eighty miles in eighteen hours. He
caught his runaway daughter somewhere
between Walker Lake and the Sink Of
the Carson, and snatched her bald-head-
ed. What became Of the gallant clover"
we have not learned. The chances are
that the irate parent made it so warm for
him thai hs will not hereafter banker
after q white father-in-law.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1873-10-24
NUMBER %
The Frost and the Fever.

The coming of the frost at Memphis
is thus described: "Before daybreak
hastily attired men and women, with
semi-nude children in their arms, were
out in the streets breathing the precious
air Of the purifying frost. Here, stoop-
ing down, one gathered a handful Of the
glittering hoar-frost, which, pure and
beautiful, lay upon the earth, and, gazing
on it with somewhat of the gladdening
spirit with which the Israelites gathered
the mamma in the desert of Arabia, e1-
claimed, ooh, we thank Thee for this
blessingp Others came and touched with
revercntial fingers the pure, cold mes
senger Of health, as If to satisfy them
selves, like the half-believing Thomas
Of old, that the savior Of the city had not
Iisea but descended from heaven, 10 save
the people from the destroying angel of
the -pestilence. Groups of men and wo-
men moved from place to place to prove
by cumulative evidence that indeed it
was frost, and not some optical delusIon;
that the wished-for guest had not mere
ly confined its visitations to ono locality,
bat enjoyed the freedom Of the city
Here a pale face, once a handsome wo-
man, with tender babe at her breast,
knelt down on the cold ground to thank
God that the frost had come! Poor,
stricken heart. she and her orphan boy
were all that the pestilence had spared
out Of a once happy family. Strong
men, bare-headed and bare armed, walk
ed excitedly hither and thiiher, rejoic-
ing in the fact that physician had
come 10 whose nosirums the whole fac
ulty must yield precedence as the only
true panacea for the terrible yellow fe-
yer. Windows and doors we're thrown
open, woolen and cotton garments we're
exposed to the disinfecting agency Of
the cold and rareied air, ana everywhere
in the city there was marked enthu-
siasn."
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1873-10-24
A Wonderful Enterprise.

The British Anti-To obacco Association,
says the Pail Mall Gazette, VII be terri
bly, affected by some painful Intelligence
which appears in the Virginia IerriEor-
ial Enterprise. It appears that Profess
or Manlesel, German gentleman, who
has lately arrived in that fity, has in
vented scheme fer layfng tobacco
smoke on to houses like gas, and Is now
engaged in erecting extensive works IN
Virginia for that purpose. The tobacco
is to be burned in large retorts, and the
smoke thus produced will pass through
pipes to large beIl-shaped receptacle of
boiler iron, where il will be cooled, puri-
fed, and 40 scented that it viii have the
flavor of the finest HAVANA cigar. From
the smokeometer main pipe win lead
up into the city, and from this will be
small branch pipes leading TO all the
principal houses in the town. In every
house where the smoke Is taken there
will be a meter, more delicately con-
structed than a gas meter, for measuring
and recording the amount of smoke con-
sumed. Running from these meters
will be pipes leading to all the rooms in
the house, and connected with these
pipes viii be ieng, flexible tubes with
amber mouth-pieces for the convenience
of smokers, who will only have to turn
a small silver thumb-screw, and the cool,
delicious, perfumed smoke will glide into
his mouth. For smokers in the street
the Professor has invented india-rubber
receptacles fitting to the chest, which,
when inflated with smoke, greatly i'm
prove the appearance. Connected with
these bags are flexible tubes ending in
amber mouth-pieces, which may be
tucked into the waistcoat pocket. Smoke
thus provided will be freed from nico-
tine and other injurious elements, and
the expense of smoking will be consider
ably reduced. There can be little doubt
that Professor Manlesel's plan is admir-
ably adapted for the new cooperative
homes we are about to establish, and
except that laying down the smoke pipes
involves taking up the roads and imped-
ing the traffic, there can be no objection
to its adoption in this country.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1873-10-24
POETRY.
By EBEx KExFoRD

The sunshine falls in amber bars
Across the green and swayins grass
And bends to kiss the clover s.ars
That nod TO greet ue as pass
The roses by the garden wall
Drop down shower o. 1fagrant te4Ts'
What sweet, sad memories they recall
From out the far-off, vanished years.
Sweet memories Of ehild's pure face,
With ewes az blue as yiolefs are,
Lit up with youths diginest grace,
The meek pale beauty OF star.
And then a shadow falls Between
That tender face and memory,
The shadow of a grave grown green;
A grave forever green 70 me-
wander down each grass-groNn Ealk
Where often in the happy past
We used to stroll at eve and talk,
OH sweet, glad time. teo sweet TO last
cross the threshold All is stillg
No fo0tstep echoes through the hall;
cannot feel my pulses thrill
With gladness at loved one eaA-
Hook into each empty room,
And see no dear, familiar face,
M smiles to greet me through the gloom
That shrouds each well renaabered place
This Is the room where mother died!
Here is the saddest spot OF all;
We saw her drift adown the tide,
Beyond her children's yearning call
ssMeet me-" she said, "where there Is rest"
Her blue eyes caught heavenly glow,
with calm, sweet quiet in her breast,
She went where Gods beloved 60.
1 Hneer here beside the stair,
And listen for some dear old voice
But all is silence everywhere
No sound to make my heart rejoice
Ho1-truly memory viii repeat
The mellow music Of laugh,
The pattering fall Of childish feet,
When life has lost its brightest half
OH empty house, and empty heart!
Where are the ones you held of yore?
All! am weak why should start,
As faint shadow on the hoor2
Nv eyes fill with unbidden tears,
I cross the threshold with sigh
For the fed brightness of the years
That died. Old silent hopsr. gos'erb.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1873-10-24

WHAT CAUSES BALDNEss.-Dr. Dio
Lewis tells good many old truths in a
fresh and interesting manner. He has
recently pointed out the results of the
habit, so common among business men,
of keeping the head constantly covered
while about their business. He says
low where the hat touches, which is a
statement not strictly true. We have
often seen cases of Sbaldness extending
far below the line where the hat touches
the head. There is no doubt, however,
that wearing of silk hats tends to pro-
mote badness. We do not pretend to
explain the fact, but we think exper-
fence sufficiently demonstrates it.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1873-10-24
A Tragedy Indeed.

One of the most heart-rendering stories
of the year comes from Fond du Lac.
A young lady was passing through a
piece of ground adjoining farm house
with her lover when the girl was attack
cd by a savage dog. Before her escort
could protect her the dog had seized her
by the breast and torn the breast from
her body. When the young man saw
the dog shaking a portion Of the body
of his intended he tainted away. The
young lady, however, did not faint. She
was so mortified that she seized fence
rail and she went for that dog, and she
pounded him until he laid still. When
her lover recovered the young woman
was trying to hide one of the wire screens
that people put over plates to keep the
flies off. 1t seems that the dog didn't
draw blood, owing to the fashions of
Fond du Lac, which. it is needless to de-
scribe However, there is great excite
ment at Fond du Lac, and the young
man has broken his engagement and has
bought the dog-what there is left of
him and is going TO set him again.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1873-10-24
Seasoning Timber.

Experience has shown that the more
rapidly lumber can be seasoned in open
air the better the quality, and the less
liable it is to be affected by the varibale-
ness of the atmosphere. During the
months of June, July, and August the
air is drier than at any other period and
consequently better adapted to seasoning
lumber Planks or boards should be
piled up under sheds open on all sides,
to allow free circulation Of air; in no
case ought lumber 10 be subjected to the
rays to the sun or rain, and it should be
elevated two feet above the ground. If
the shed has a hoori ii will be much bet
ter. AS soon as the moist weather
of the fall months commences the
sheds should be enclosed on all sides,
and opened only on clear, dry days.
Lumber we'll "stuck up" under sheds of
this kind will dry out in two seasons,
and retain all natural strength and elas-
ticity of the timber The bark should
always be removed from white oak and
hickory. The growing scarcity Of lum-
Der necessitates more care in seasoning if
we would prevent price advancing too
RAPIDLY,
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1873-10-24

THE POLAR BEAR.-The bear Of the
Arctic regions does not hug like other
bears, but bites at his opponent; and he
declines to eat his captive until life is
quite extinct. Like a cat, he plays with
his victim. Among the Esquimaux of
Greenland, he plays strange pranks; often
creeping upon the hunter while busy
fencing seal, and tapping him ON the
shoulder with his powerful paw. 1t Is
then the unfortunate mans cue to "feign
dead, so that when bruin retreats few
PAGES to enjoy the prospect Of his intend
ed meal, the gun can be got ready before
! he returns to the attack.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1873-10-24

No FRIENDS IN JoURNALIsM-
''What " asks The London Spectator, SIS
the liability Of an editor to his personal
friends?" Strictly speaking, he should
have none; should attack his own father
If he disapproves his speeches, or lash
his wife's last book if he thinks it run
bish This is, no doubt, abstractly true
TO steal an epigram from an Australian
who once wrote pamphlet on the sub
iectl, that an editor should live in a cell
lar; but in practice men viii not comply
with either condition, and all such de-
mands would drive all the men with
hearts and tempers out of the profession.
II is, nevertheless, exclusively dificult
TO find rule that shall be morally sufli-
eient; for silence, though it will meet
the case of Il book, unless of the FIRST i'm
portance, will not meet that of grave
political action. We suspect that, in
this case, the practice of Parliament Is
still the best guide, and that the journal
ist is bound, as the statesman would be
bound, to do his duty and take the con-
sequences. lie might be little more
gentle in his language, little more
apologize in his tone, but the attack
must rot be deprived of its efficiency
for any personal consideration whatso-
ever.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1873-10-24
A recent dispatch from Bakersfield

A recent dispatch from Bakersfield,
Kern county, California, gives the par
ticulars of horrible affray near that
place, on election day. Larry Watson
asked Moses Gilman whom he had voted
for, and upon receiving q reply struck
Gilman upon the head with pistol, in
ficting wound resulting in the death
of Gilman in few minutes. Robert
Peppard and others attempted to arrest
Larry, when he drew knife anastabbed
Peppard twice, inficting mortal wounds
Peppard got the knife away from Wat
son, and stabbed him. Both fell and
died within two minutes of each other
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1873-10-24
Cheese from One Cow.

/ will tell how d Vermont woman
makes the best of cheese from one COW
or more. Have large tin pan or a
brass kettle ION no account a wooden
vesseI) in which to strain the milk at
night as soon as MIXED, with no cool
ing or warming. Put in rennet suffi-
cient to bring it in thirty minutes Cut
it carefully with a long thin wooden
knife, and let 1t remain until morning,
then put it to drain. Wash your pan
and proceed with the mornings milk
as the night before Carefully drain
the curd so the butter viii not escape
with the whey. The curd can be kept
two, three, or four days by sailing a
little and putting in bag, hanging in
the cellar or some cool place. When
the cheese is to be put in the press cut
it in thin slices and let it stand q few
minutes in water heated to 1902 Let it
drain while cut it in small pieces,
putting 4 tablespoonful Of salt to one
pail or twelve quarts Of milk. When
taken from the press sew on a cotton
cloth bandage Butter thoroughly al
first, turning and rubbing daily until
cured. Every utensil with the cloths
used must be well scaIded and dried IN
the sun every day or the curd will sour,
and the cheese be hard and poor-Hrs
IL. ,SpripgfeId. ",