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Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-06-19
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popular establishment in the Interna-
tional Hotel, c street, Virginia, can be
found the finest assortment OF genuine
Havana cigars, meerschaum pipes
cigar holders, fancy cigar cases, cut
lery, etc., at wholesale and retail, at
the most reasonable cash prices. Also
all the most approval brands of manu-,
featured tobacco, scotch snuff and
other goods pertaining to a first class
cigar and tobacco store. Saloons and
general dealers supplied. m25"
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-06-19

A NEGLECTED. cough, cold, or sore
throat, which might be checked by a
simple remedy. like Browns Bronchial
Troches, If allowed to progress, may
terminate seriously.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-06-19
TO MILLMEN

WE HAVE FOR SALE AT THE GOLD
w MN NEWS Once hrf Q ton OF superior
TTSgs H 4, for tO oar. C,s p %1Pf - IN, ~ S s,s
tueed priocs for cash.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-06-19
WESTERN DISPATCHES
FROM SAN

ESPECIAL TO rnx ooEo HILL DAILY szws.l
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-06-19
BiIIiards-P Preparations Tor the Tout
uamCnf.

At a secret meeting of the Police
Commissioners yesterday. 1t Is said n
resolution was adopted that the claims
of colored citizens be recognized by
the appointment of % able bodied men
as patrolmen OF the police department.
Tn. Commissioner will not say yet
whether the resolution was adopted or
not.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-06-19

Coed R..'o..'sjy:ss : Agents Wanted
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1873-12-26
Mind Your Own Business.

To tell man to his face TO mind his
own business would be considered about
equal to knocking him down. Yet It Is
one Of the simplest rules of conduct, and
the most useful that mankind can adopt
in their intercourse with each other.
There is a great deal Of Paul Pry spirit
in the human heart, or wonderful in
quisitiveness in regard to the personal
affairs of friends and neighbors. The
spirit makes more mischief in the com
mu1ity than almoet any other cause,
and creates more malaee, envy, and jeai
ousv than can be overcome in a century
Let every man mind his own business
and there win not be half the trouble
in that there is at present.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1873-12-26
Persian Resources.

A correspondent writes that no coun-
try can be more thoroughly undeveloPed
than Persia is at present. That great
mineral wealth exists is beyond ques-
ton. The forests of Mazanderan abound
in timber of great value. Walnut trees
of gigantic size cover the country; oak,
teak, and lockwood are found in appar-
emily inexhaustible quantities. But of
what use is all this wealth while no
roads for wheeled carriages exist, except
in the immediate neighborhood of Te-
heran, and when all the traffic and trade
of the country is carried on by means OF
pack animals? The great highways OF
the country are in miserable state even
for mules and horses, and many of them
are worse than Highland deer-path.-
Occasionally a--spasmodic effort at road
making is attempted; five or six miles
of carriage road are constructed, but as
this piece of good road can only be ap-
preached by paths only fit for mules, its
value may be readily imagined. Yet
time and labor are constantly so wasted
in fact, everything in Persia is spas
modic.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1873-12-26
Horticultural Hints.


/. When fruits trees occupy the
ground, nothing else should-except
very short grass.
2. Fruitfulness and growth of the tree
cannot be expected the same year
8. There is no plum that the curculio
will not take, though any kind may
sometimes escape for one year in any
place.
4. Peach borers will not do. much
damage when stiff clay is heaped up
around the tree foot high.
5. Pear blight still puzzles the great
est men. The best remedy known is to
plant two for every one that dies.
s. If you don't know how to prune,
don't hire man from the other side OF
the sea who knows less than you do.
7. Don't cut off big lower limb un-
less you are renter and don't care what
becomes of the tree when your time is
out. 14
8. A tree with the limbs coming out
near the ground if worth the trees trim
med up FIVE feet, and so that they are
not worth anything.
9. Trim down not up.
10. Shorten in, not lengthen up.
IL. If you have an arm cut off, you
would, feel it at your heart-a tree viii
not feel, but rot to the heart.
/
II. When anybody tells you of gar
dener that understands all about horti
culture, and that he can be hired, dom
belive word of it, for there are NJ
such to be hired. Such man can af
ford to give him; and if he has enough
sense to understand the business, he viii
also have enough to know this.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1873-12-26

THE Governor of Wyoming bore un-
qualified testimony, in his recent mess
age, to the favorable results of woman
suffrage in that Territory during the
past four years. He said: Il have hitherto
taken occasion to express my views IN
regard to the wisdom and justice of this
measure, and my conviction is that its
adoption had been attended only by
good results. Two years more of obser-
walton of the practical working of the
system have only served to deepen my
conviction, that what We, in this Ter
ritory, have done has been well done,
and that our system of impartial suff-
rage is an unqualified success" The
privilege in danger, however. The
Democrats who originally gave the La
dies the right to vote, partly to please
them and partly to advertise the Terri
tory and to bring in settlers more rapid
Iy. have discovered-to their sorrow that
the woman can not be reconed among
their constituents. They are too lnde'
pendent to be led and too much on the
side of good morals to be good Demo
Gratis. So the power that has made the
woman full fedged citizens proposes t'
reduce them to SLAVERY" again. Revo
Iutions should not be suffered to g
backward on Rocky Mountain soil
Ioz.ffa
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1873-12-26
Switched on.

A good joke is told Of little TOUR
wear old fellow who having disobeyed
his father, was about to incur the penal
ty-a switching. The father deliberate
ly prepared rod, while his son stood a
fad and silent spectator. As the parent
approached to the unpleasant duty, the
boy started at a brisk run toward a
neighboring hill. The father pursued,
and for time the youngster increased
the distance between them; but gradual
ly his strength began to fail, and wen
he reached the hill and began to ascend
he soon lost his vantage ground. Near
er and nearer the irate father approach
ed, and just at the top of the hill wa
reached, and as he came within arm
length of the little fugitive, who wa
ready to fall with exhaustion, the boz
quickly faced about, dropped upon tn
ground, and with an undescribable cas-
of countenances exclaimed; Papa
that-makes a fellow-blOw--don't itf'
This changing Of the subject was so e1
tremely ludicrous that the father laugh
ed heartily over the strategy which nj
hopeful son exhibited and the rod wa
not used.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1873-12-26
P1ow MAKERs AND PLow DRIVERS,


PLow MAKERS AND PLow DRIVERS.
A new controversy has broken out in
the West-a dispute which Is
branch of the one which the Patrons
of Husbandry are carrying on against
everything to tending to decrease the
farmers profits. This is described as
war between the "plow-makes" and the
"plow-drivers," and it has broken out
chiefly in Iowa and in Illinois. 1t ap-
pears that the plow companies have re-
solved in Illinois to sell no plows to
farmers's clubs or grangers, excepting
at retail prices This affects Iowa as
we'll as Illinois, and in the former State
the manufacturers of harvester have ta-
ken somewhat similar action. In retail
iation the Illinois State Grange has re-
solved to buy no more plows of either
the makers or their agents, while IN
Iowa the State Grange has determined
to 90 into the business of manufaetur
ing harvesters for itself. This contro
versy is good deal similar to that con
Quoted in behalf of "cheap transporta
tion,n
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1873-12-26

Among the great engineering teats OF
which this age is to prolific, must now
Le included the Hoosac Tunnel, the work
which was completed on Thanksgiving
dav. This stupendous enterprise, by
whose means the Deerfeid and the Hoo
sac valleys are to be brought down to
tide water has taken twenty years and
about S1O,OOO,OOO to accomplish. The
commercial and economical advantages
which Boston and all New England will
reap from the tunnel, can hardly be ex-
aggeratad, for it opens new highway
from the Lakes to the Atlantic. As
the Boston Post justly observes;
"Through the opened Hoosac the tides
of commerce are to flow without cessa-
ton. 1t is to be the road to the West.
The products of the prairies will come
down 10 the sea forexpors through its
massive gateways, and The wares of Eu'
rope, as we'll as the results of New Eng
land manufacture will return by the
same way for distribution over the con-
| tinent
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1873-12-26
Nebraska Romance.

A projected elopement in the West
the other day met with an interruption
which must have made its successful
termination all the more agreeable to
parties. The San Francisco AhG tells
the story: "a young couple entered the
cars at Omaha, and were assigned to the
section designated on their tickes. So
far, it was only the ordinary case of
bridal party on the5--usual tour. The
bride (for so the young lady was at once
classi6edsby the other lady passengers)
was progressing, complaisant, and evil
density devoted to her liege lord. The
groom was young, tolerably handsome,
and very proud of the trusting young
woman nesting by his side, and SO they
passed the very delightful hours that
intervened before reaching Grand Island,
but here the dreme of ofhappiness was sud-
denly disturbed A midde-aged' man
busseled into the car, and as he confront
ed the young couple there was look of
establishment on the part of the young
man, and a scream of terror on the part
of the young lady. The intruder was
the .tep-father of the young lady, who
not yet bride, but hoped TO be on
reaching the first station where an officer
could be found to perform the ceremony
that would unite her to the man of her
choice A few threatening words from
the irate father caused the brave young
knight to succumb and leave the train,
his weeping affianced giving herself re-
luctantly to the charge of her father.
But though defeated, the young knight
was not subdued, for he silently stole
away to tbe baggage car, told his sad
tale to the sympathetic baggage master,
was permitted to ride concealed among
trunks, and when the train reached Sac
ramento he managed to apprise his
sweetheart of his presence in time to
whisk her away and get the knot tied
before the parent discovered that the
young man had heen fellow passenger
all the time that he supposed him to DC
in the neighborhood of the Missouri
! river ~ --e
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1873-12-26
A Strange ProcliVity.

There is more truth than poetry IN |
the following from the Catholic Advo-
cate:
One the hardest things honest men
have to bear in this world is to see pre-
ference given in matters of business to
rogues and rascals. The best men and
women are the most easily gulled. This
is seen every day. In nine cases out of
ten, when truly good man wishes to
invest his money in lands or stocks or
merchandise, he asks advice where he
should not, and if not proffered, con-
demns the advice he should take. We
have seen 80 many instances of this
that we have ceased to regard it as ana
lagous. The truly good of our day are
as simple as doves" but they are sadly
lacking in that other concomitant OF
wisdom, the cunning of the serpent" !"
They are slow to confide in their friends
and they betray most wonderful alac-
rity of disposition to falls into the
lures of charlatans and time servers.
The honest and painstaking trades
man, the artifcer who would feel degra-
dation in palming off on his customers
an inferior or inspective specimen Of
hard work; any one, in fact, who has
lands, or stocks, or merchandise to sell
and who is not sharper. has precious lit
tie chance as things go to compete with
the empyrics in trade. Polish and show
! varnish and veneering, shoddy and tin
f sci, these bear off the palm in the worl'
. of trade.
1t is an indisputable fact that the bes
b meaning among. men and women are tn
v most readily gulled. We are incline'
, to think it is a dispensation of Provi
: dence to keep them from falling int
n the sins of pride. If this be not tn
e case; we are at a loss too account for tn
4 phenomenon.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1873-12-26
Marriage in California.

An interesting decision as to what
constitutes lawful marriage has lately
been made by Judge Myrick, of Califor-
MA. The circumstances of the case are
thus detailed by the San Francisco BuI-
Ietin: elizabeth Titcomb petitioned the
Probate Court for homestead TO be set
apart to her as the widow of A.sH. Tit
comb. The creditors of the estate resisted
the petition, claiming that she was not
the wife and is not the widow of the de-
ceased. She came to this State in 1854
as Elizabeth Mcguire, single woman,
obtained employment in a laundry.
While there she became acquainted with
Mr.. A. H. Titcomb. He proposed mar
riage to her and was accepted. He then
prodosed to furnish a house, they to re-
side together and she to take care of the
house and rent furnished rooms TO lodg-
ers. This proposition was accepted by
her, and they entered into those rela-
tions. The same relations continued ur-
til his death in 1870. They resided to-
.gether as husband and wife. He
took her to places of amusement; rode
out with her, INTRODUCED her to his frinds
as his wife, and, as far as hfz 3oEnestic
life was known, they were regarded as
married people. Three children were
born to them, two of which died very
young; the other survives. Some years
ago Titcomb purchased lot on O'Fer-
rel street with funds earned by himself
in business and by Mrs. Titcomb in
renting rooms, all their funds being in
common. He built a house upon the
lot, and the family resided there togeth-
er until his death, she continuing to
rent rooms. No ceremony of marriage
by clergyman or officer was performed
The foregoing facts were elected during
the hearing of the case. Judge Myrick
concluded that she was the lawful wife
and is the lawful widow, and that The
child was born in wedlock and is legiti
mate. In rendering his decision, the
court stated that, under the Constitution
of this State marriage is a civil contract
and may be entered into by parties al
other contracts, without the Intervention
of a ceramony by a third person. In tn
statute concerning marriage there is NJ
provision that any marriage not in con
formity shall be void. Persons compe
tent to contract marriage may max
that consract.. themselves. If a man anC
woman live under contract or MARI
: age not for lewdness but for honesty, AM
E conduct themselves honestly as man an
wife, it is the opinion of the court tina
J; the law throws around them and thei
offspring the shield of marriage and le
gitimacy, and the only risk'that is take
is the criticism which invoked from
community jealous to protect its pur
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1873-12-26
The Book, the Key, and the Slander
Suit.

There has been queer SANDER sult
in Davenport, Iowa. A family named
Kuack had $50 stolen from the house
nearly two years ago. An old housewife
suggested as means of discovering the
thief a trial of the book and key. An
old prayer-book and key were procured,
the KEY inserted between the leaves OF
the book. and handkerchief tied around
the center Of the book The book was
then held up by the key while the names
ef the neighbors were repeated, the the
ory being that the book would drop
whenever the thiefsname was pronounc-
ed. At the mes4jon Of two names, Bart
cher and NaumanD, the book invariably
dropped in repeated trials. This soon
became town-talk, and So unpleasant to
Messrs. Naumann and Barcher that they
brought suit against the Knack family
for $4,000 damages, on account Of defa-
nation Of character. When the case
came to the jury eleven were in favor Of
ssessing damages at the figures claimed,
but the other juror, who probably be-
lieved in book and key, held out, and
verdict was given for the defendants.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1873-12-26

They manage things differently down
in Arkansas: On Tuesday, November
25th, the prisoners in the Clarksville
Jail overpowered the guard, took posses
sion of the arms and defed law and or
der citizens to capture them or the build
ing. They had full sweep of the streets
from the upper windows of the Jail, and
killed Dave Winters, wounded Thomas
Paine fatally, besidls shooting Woolum,
Nicholson and one or two others
When Woolum held up white hand
kerchiefth the criminals fired upon him
and ran up black flag, shouting that
they did not expect and would not give
quarter. About midnight the citizens
succeeded in placing six kegs of powder
beneath the walls of the Jail, and laying
a train to a convient distance. with the
intention of blowing up the building il
the prisoners refused to surrender. The
besieged then gave up.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1873-12-26
Egyptian Corn.

Among the many novelties embrased
in the wide range of agricultural pro-
ducts of the State, one which bids fair
to assume prominence, is the Egyptian
corn, which has already been raised in
considerable quantities in the vicinity
of Sutter, and is now being introduced
extensively about Vallejo. Its capabil-
tiles are not yet fully understood, but as
its growers have got acquainted with
it, it is found at least to be an excellent
food for poultry, and all kinds OF stock
even preferable for these uses to either
wheat or barley. 1t yields as much as
seventy bushels TO the acre, and, 1t is be-
lieved can be relied upon for two crops
per annum. The manner of planting 1t
is similar to that employed with broom
corn, which the stalk somewhat resem-
bles, while the head in shape is more
like the sorghum or Asiatic sugar cane.
Instead of growing straight up as that
does, the Egyptian corn always crooks
at the head, and turns down when ma
turing. The grains in size and shape
bear some resemblance to broom corr
seed, but on crushing a grain, it is found
to be more of the nature of Indian corr
than anything else. The seeds from
which this corn was grown were taker
t from the wrappings of Egyptinn mum
E mics; and that they grow after beinI
laid away for two thousand years, show
: that this variety of cereal possesse
0 wonderful power of reproduction. l
e has been suggested that it might b
e found to advantageously replace barle
for the use of malsters and brewers
Doubtless the experiment will soon b
made.-Sdn francisco Chronicle.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1873-12-26
NUMBER 81.

are TO be made glowing and elective
The elder Booth was once asked to re-
peat the Lords Prayer. The great ae-
tor waited few minutes to gather him
self up to the requisite height of feeling,
and then prayed so that every heart IN
the house was hushed and every eve was
wet; and the gentleman who made the
request said, 81 have heard the words
thousands of times, but never heard
the Lords Prayer before" Sentences
are but reeds; il is the skillful prayer
tl:at makes the music. 1t is question
whether some ofthe religious eloquence
that lies all about loose and useless can
not be appropriated and used with
heightened effect, and whether such
plagiarism is very sensurable. But the
Chicago divine was exceedingly unwisej
for, while reporting makes verbal Pia-
giaiism dagerous business, he must
have found it exceedingly hard to carry
off the robes Of borrowed rhetoric as his
own. The clothes must have i'll become
him. He should have gone one steF
further and plagiarized Chapin tC
wear them.-Daily Graphic.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1873-12-26
Congress is warmly in favor Of re-

Congress is warmly in favor Of re-
trenchment. That is to say, the mem
bers collectively are convinced that re-
trenchment ought to take place at once
but it must not affect them. The same
curious unanimity prevails in all the
departments of Government, each one OF
which, while confident that no retrench-
ment can be made so far as its own ex-
penses are concerned, believes that all
other departments ought to retrench--
The result will, of course, be that nc
retrenchment will take place in any
branbh of the Government-unless il
may be that the wages of few night
watchmen in the Custom House or mail
carriers in the Post-office may be slight
ly Graphic.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1873-12-26

A curious mode of fish Matching is
said to be followed in China. Having
collected the necessary spawn from the
waters edge, the fishermen place GER
tain quantity in an empty hens egg,
which is sealed up, with wax and put
under a setting hen. After some days
they break the egg and empty the fry
into water well warmed by the sun, and
there nurse them until they are sufii-
ciently strong TO be turned into lake
or river.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1873-12-26
The Sheep Pulling the Shepherds
Wool.

A curious case of clerical misfortune
has lust been developed near Preston,
England, in which vengence was COM
pounded with desecration. A dissent
ing congregation had, short time ago,
taken on a new minister, who, disregard
ing the injunction of Paul.--"He shall
be the husband ofone wife"-neglected
to inform his flock that he was already
married, and proceeded to select from
among his charge the handsomest young
woman of the congregation. The lady
was fattsred, and the course of true love
ran smoothly for spell; but "sPat1
occurring between the pair, the tickle
fair one permitted the address of anoth-
er and younger lover who somehow be-
came aware Of the fact that their shep-
herd was very Lothario-haying vile
| already-aho was over forty years OF
agel The young lady was appalled, by
| the narrowness of the escape she had had;
che waxed irate, and planned consPira-
tey into which she had no trouble IN
drawing her new lover. The lady OF
forty (but still fair) was also admitted
into the plot, and the trio having deci-
ded on their plans, awaited the opPor-
tunity of their execution. The time
chosen was on the Sabbath morning, just
when the denure eelebrant should be
placing his foot on the first pulpit stair
The programme was carried out to th'
letter, many members Of the congrega
tion being let into the secret beforehand
The morning arrived, all the eonspira
tors were in position, and victim aP
preached his fate. Just az he truehet
the first that led to his sacred perch, III
found himself the object ofa triangula
and most furious assolt. The younl
lady used her nails, the old one WIN
for his hair, the masculine member 0
the militia truimvirate going "squar
from the shoulder" Having thus beel
scratched pulled and Pummeled 10
some time, the three avengers took tn
eood-bad man by the hair and dragge
clear out of the church. And thus wa
the fold cleared Of another false shep
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1873-12-26

Near Knoxville, Tenn, it is said there
is a mule which has been but one time
outside of its stable in twenty years,
and then it was taken out by the soldiers
during the war, and as they could not
use the animal, it was Immediately re-
placed. 1t is said that it's hoofs have
grown to the length of about twelve
inches, turning up at the ends, while its
name reaches to the ground