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The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-03-27
A Blow at Snobbery.

Representative O'Brien, of Maryland,
has introduced bill in Congress, for the
reform of certain abuses in the civil SER
vice in the District of Columbia, which
will attract some attention. The bill
has whereas setting forth that slavery
has been abolished, and that private liv-
cry is a mark of servitude derogatory to
the dignity of a citizen or soldier of the
United States The bill then provides
that any Government official, of whatev-
er rank, grade or branch Of the public
service, who shall Use for his private
purposes any of the property of the
Government shall be deemed guilty of
embezzlement, and, on conviction there
of,punished accordingly, as already pro-
vided by law, and in addition be remov
ed from his office; that all the necessary
transportation for the departments and
officials in the District of Columbia
shall be had by means of plain, strongly
built wagons, constructed for the pur-
pose, and the use Of pleasure carriages or
family coaches at public expense is es-
pecially prohibited The bill directs
that If any Government official in the
District shall provide himself with any
carriage, laundalette, buggy, or any 9TH
er description of vehicle for his private
use at the pnblic expense, or shall use
the horses belonging to the Government,
or procure or compel any employe of the
Government to act in any capacity of
driver or servant for him, or to wear his
livery, such official shall be held guilty
of misdemeanor, and be liable to impris-
onment and removal from office, or may
be, if found guilty by a Court Of law,
fined not to exceed 800, or imprison-
ment not to exceed one year, or be sub
jected to both penalties, at the discretion
of the Court. The bill concludes with a
provision that if any Government official
in the District shall compel his servants
to wear a black cockade, which is the
distinguishing mark of the menial SER
wants of the British Crown, he shall, on
conviction before a Justice of the Peace,
pay a fine of 800 for each offense, the
money to go to the school fund of the
District.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-03-27

PATENT EXTENSION OPPosED.-The
representatives of the Remington Man
ufacturing Company, the Colt Manufac-
turing Company, and other large private
armories, are at the capital to oppose the
proposed extention of the patent of Rol-
lin White upon small arms, for which
bill is pending. The manufacturers
represent that the inventor has already
derived an enormous sum from his pat
ent, and that the patent has long been
public property. They claim that as
long as 1718 patent was granted in
England to James Punckle, involving
almost identically, the same, principles
as are covered by the Rollin White pat
ent. The House Committee on Patents
are averse to extending any patents, and
have already adopted resolution to the
effect that, in all cases of application
for extension, they will in deserving
cases only, report in favor of extending
the time for the hearing before the Com.
missioner,
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-03-27
POETRY.
a NEW LEGEND OF THE FORGET
ME-NOT.

When Psyche lost her Lord, the Lord OF Love,
Weeping alone she wandered,
Listless by every well-known field and grove,
And on her lost Love Pondered.
Lastly by Lethe's stream her footsteps strayed;
And "Ohi'' she said, in signing,
That I might dip, and my past life BE- made
Like dreams with daylight dying.
The big tears from her blue eyes raining down
Fell on earth's pitying bosom;
sudden there sprang amid the sedgeS brown
Blue as her eyes blossom.
And Ger head, soft resting sweet and low,
As though some birds wing huttered,
In those loved tunes whose loss was all her woe.
'tFOrget-me-not!" was uttered
No more; no sight, no touch; these words alone:
And 'Ahl" she cried, ''forget thee?
Nay, but half Love in our glad life was known;
Half Love is to regret thee.
Forget thee Nay, these flowers my tears begOt
Shall be to me a token
OF Love; they shall be called Forget-me-not,
The name 10 cheer me spoken
50 well, sweet rivers flow, we welcome you
Earth with faint sadness scenting-
Born of the tears from Psyche's eyes Of blue,
For her lost Love lamenting.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-03-27
Senator Sumner and the Sorrows of
Solitude.

The solace of sweet and soothing
domestic life was denied to Mr.. Sumner.
Had it been his fortune in early years
to knit his life to ga heart, the fountain
of sweet tears, and love, and thought
and JOY" he could easily have borne the
ingratitude of his political party. If
faithful wife, whose devoted affection
had cheered his tolls, if manly sons and
sweet blooming daughters had soothed
and beautifed his life, and stood beside
his bedside in the hours ofthe final ag-
ony, his lot had been comparatively
happy But the heart-sinking desola-
ton of death without those tender ASST
duties, makes fame and public eulogies
ain empty mockery of the deep-seated
wants of the human heart.
.fOn some fond breast the parting soul relies,
Some pious drops the closing eye requires
These lines from Grey's immortal ele-
gy which touch the deepest fountains of
human feeling, make us feel how poor
and hollow is any public recognition of
eminent services in comparison with the
fond tenderness of sweet domestic ties,
which it was Mr.. Summers hard fate to
lack, to console him for the ingratitude
and alienation of his political party
How many thousand there are who
would not exchange their home-felt do
mestic joys in life, and the tears of loved
ones in death, for the talents, attain
ments, reputation and eulogies Of a
statesman like Mr.. Sumner. The really
valuable things of life are not the rare,
but the common. AS pure air and pure
water are of more worth than all luxur-
les, so the sweet devotedness of domestic
life outweighs all the glare and splendor
of public life. We cannot repress a feel
ing of deep melancholy that man so
gifted as Mr.. Sumner died with only po-
litical friendships and surroundings,
with no tender loving hand to close his
eyes for the sleep that knows no awaken
ing.-New York World.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-03-27

The Senatobia, Mississippi, Signet
says liquor selling was stopped in that
place a year ago, or at least barrooms
were done away with, and the sale con-
fined exclusively TO medical and me-
chanical purposes. Last week sixty
empty whisky barrels were shipped from
the depot; "and it will therefore be seen,"
says the Signet, "2, 400 gallons of whis-
ky have been sold by one or two firms
during the year" 1t is astonishing how
many people get sick when the saloons
closel
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-03-27

In consequence of the unusually
abundant supply of water in Cali
fornia, the production of gold and
silver promises to be unusually large.
The increase in the precious metals in
wolves an increased demand for quick
silver, the price of which is now quite
oppressive to the miners, having ad-
vanced ten per cent. per pound.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-03-27

Some of the folks in Martin county,
Mimi, have been experimenting on
Matching out grasshoppers. The other
day six quarts Of earth were placed un-
der a stove, and several thousand grass
hoppers were hatched out. After being
subjected TO twenty degrees of freezing,
they were thawed out as lively "a ever.
Another big crop Of these insect pests
for next season is feared
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-03-27

Some years ago, man in England,
who was very thin, exhibited himself a.
u living skeleton. lie made much mon
ey in this way, and as he grew rich he
became Cat, until several years after his
retirement from the show business ho
was as fat as he had formerly been lean.
Lately, having spent his fortune, be at
tempted 10 again reduce himself %
skeleton, with the intention Of retnrninE
TO the show business, but he died from
exhaustion soon after reaching The de-
sired condition.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-03-27

There is a Mormon revival in Brook
field, Mich, through the efforts Of
prophet Joseph Palmasteer. Some of
the wealthiest families of the locality
have been converted, and VIII immedi-
ately take the overland route for Salt
Lake, carrying with them million
dollars. Evidently Ann Eliza Young
is needed in Brookfeld, and we trust she
will 90 there at once.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-03-27

/ did not see Horace for long time,
so that when at last they let me see him
the first bitterness of his grief was past.
He asked me many things about that
day, and told him all-save the horri-
BILE truth that had killed her. / told
him how Elsie had clung to me in her
fear, when that awful wind swept so sud
denly across the sea; but how she had
grown so weak at last and despairing,
that she fell with the second wave and
never rose again. He sat beside me
while told him this, and then it seemed
to grow natural to him to sit beside
me; and at last watching his face
saw its sorrow fade, and the old look of
content return to it. At first it was in
silence that he sat beside me, and this
silence 1 could understand and share;
but gradually he would win me on to talk
to him, and his eyes would brighten as
he listened. So we grew dear friends
again, dearer than we had ever been;
and l forgot that white drowned face
which lay now side by side with my
own mother under the old cedar in our
churchyard on the hill. tH
One night we had strolled there to-
gether to lay sum autumn blossoms on
the grave; and SO long he fingered there
in perfect silence that all my fears and
my despair came back to me in over
whelming force. Why had he brought
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-03-27

be frightened, Horace; you are my hus-
band, and / will not leave you. Did you
dream that | could be cruel? l was not
half so cruel to her as that would be-"
He turned from me, shuddering
through all his frame, and then I knew
that the love which had been my very
life was dead forever / saw in all its
fullest, darkest horror the long anguish
of the life TO which he doomed me; and
standing still l took my burning head
within my hands and atttered shrek on
shrek, until the silence of the winter
night was all alive with sound, and the
beauty of the moonlight vanished in a
great black darkness.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-10-16
MYSTERIES OF NATURE.

A French author thus estimates the
omount of carbonic acid annually
thrown into the atmosphere. He cal
mates the yearly consumption of coal
throughout the world at $50, 000, 600
tons. containing 9S, 900, 600 tons of car
hon. which he assumes is converted
into $50, 900, 900 tons of carbonic acid.
Hc calculates the other fuels and IL
Eliminating substances to yield about
one.ffth of that from the coal, making
in all about 427, 900, 900 tons annually,
TO which he adds a weight OF gas no l:ss
than ten times greater as the product
of volcanic craters and assures, whence,
he SAYS, it pours in torrents. Ii we
take into consideration the amount of
oxygen distracted from the atmosphere
by the respiration of animals, and also
that which goes to form the carbonic
acid above mentioned, it would GER
tainly seem that in parts containing
little or no vegetation we ought ali to
be poisoned. Fortunately, however, we
have winds and plenty of plants to dis
pose of far more carbonic acid than is
here calculated.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-10-16

The Rice Divorce Suit for fraud in age, Is
causing great excitement in Boston. 1t should
warn young men not TO marry in haste. Rice 10
but 2, his bride 81. He swears that she made him
believe she was but his own age, by using Magno-
liza Balm upon her face, neck and handL. Poor
youth He probably found her elbows we emit
qdite SO soft and pretty. Ought Hagan TO be in
dicted3 We know OF many similar cases. This
Balm gives q most wonderful pearly and natural
complexion, to which We don't object. We like
pretty women. To finish the picture. they should
use Lyons KathairSn upon the hair. With pearIy
chin, rosy cheeks, ana soft, luxurious tresses,
they become irresistible.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-10-16

To HAVE good health the liver must
be kept in order. Sanford's Liver Invigor-
ator has become a staple family medicine.
Purely Observation-Disclosures and TOnIc-for
all arrangements of Liver, Stomach and
Bowels clears the complexion. cures sick
headache. Shun limitations. Try, Sdntord's
Liuer InriqOrdtor.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-10-16
GATHERINGS IN THE SourH.-Tb,

GATHERINGS IN TILE SOUTH .-ThsII
has been much written lately that is very
dubious about political gatherings and con-
flct Of races, yet there is one class of gather
lngs all over the South about which there is
not even the shadow ofdoubt. namely, gather
ing for the purpose Of purchasing the remain
ing tickets for the next and last Gift Concert
OF the Public Library Of Kentucky, to come
of November 80. The South has beenimpov-
erished, and a reasonable share OF that S2,-
$40, 900 then to be distributed will be very 40
cepiable.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-10-16
CHILL Cure r-S,FE AND SrPp-Dr

CHILL CURE SAFE AND SURE.-Dr.
"Iihoftis Tonic is curative and protective. 1t
VIII cure Chil's and protect from further at
tricks. Its reputation is established. Its
composition is simple and scientific. 1t con-
talns no poison. 1t acts promptly. and its
effects are permanent. 1t is cheap. because it
saves doctors bills. Il is harmless. speedy IN
action aud delightful in it's effects. Try it and
prove all that's raid. WHEELoCK, FISLAY 4
Co Proprietors, New Orleans.
FoR SALE RY ALL ERUGGIsTs.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-10-16
From the Farm and Fireuds.l

Herewith we present an Illustration of q most
useful little machine, designed to eerye several
useful purpo.e s in the kitchen. such as chopping
sausage meat, pie meat. hash, fish, fruit and vcge-
tables. A glance At the cut will give the reader n
general idea as 10 the mode Of operating the ma
chine. Being com pact, IL takes but little space,
and can be used on n kitchen table. taking ab"ut
the same space as an ordinary ~chopping tray. The
American Meat and Vegetable Chopper has been
long enough before the public to be thoroughly
tested. and the volume Of praise that has been be-
slowed on II from various sources must convince
all that this invention is almost a necessity in
every family. This chopper is made in larger
sizes for the use of butchers, and these have also
become very popular"
These Chur pers ar" made in seven different
~siZes-four sizes for Family use and three sizes
for Rutchets-and are sold bv the principal dealers
in Hardware. House Furnishing Goods. and Agri-
cultural Imnleiu Snts throughout the cOuI try.
For Descriptive Circular and Price List, address
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-10-16

HE HEADQUARTERS IN THE WEST
lor the trade in Cloakz, CIoakings. Trim
mings and Underwear. il J. W. Gr,swold d
10 E, 81 and IS Madison street, Chicago.
twenty-five years experience in their specially
ne- taught them the wants Of Western dealers
AZ 70 quality, styles and prices. There is no
mouse equal to this in the West.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-10-16

lHE Elmwood Collar is the most
peflect-itting collar yet made. 1t is 80 close
a. imitation of linen that it cannot be de-
ecSea' The novelty thai produces this effect
s'ne Jot1ed edges, which, when worn over a
arI or TIE, prevent the shsrr. ray edge from
smoNins as in other collars. 1t il for sale a.
I'll gents furnishing stores.-Brooklyn Union
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-10-16

AN enormous chew-the French and
Austrian governments have contracted
for fourteen million dollars worth q
Virginia tobacco.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-10-16
ID. A. NE q CO..
ITO Chambers Street, New York.
BEST ORGANS for EASIEST PAYMENTS

The MASON 4 HAMLIN ORGAN %. winners o.
THREE II MEDALS and DIPLOMA OF
HOEOR at PARIS. lsG7, and y 1873, and
AWARD IN AMERICA ALWAYS, re-
specially announce shat having greatly increased
;heir facilities for manufacture. they Row oaar
their celebrated Cabinet Organs not only for
cash exclusively. as formerly, but will also
rent them. with privilege Of purchase.
or sell for ~payments running through one To
four years. oae may ren: an Or-an and thor.
oughly test IL before completing It's purchase; IL
paid for Ill the course ~ one year, The cost will be
only five TO ten per cent. more than the lowest
price for cash on delivery.
The following table shows amounts and times Of
payment On several plans. rum tng through one
year. for FIVE-OCTAvE DOUBLE REID IA
style T, with Five Stops, vox Humana, &c. otLer
styles are q; prupUrfiuua;e rates.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-10-16
Fell from n Railroad Car, and nearly

Fell from n Railroad Car, and nearly broke
his neck. Pat picked him up, rubbed hin with
Mexican Mustang Liniment. and sent him on by
the next train. Falls, bruises, cuts. contusions
lamen,ss and such accidents are constantly uc-
curing. There is nothing so sure, safe, cheap
and convenient as the celebrated Mustang Lini-
ment. 1t costs but SO ceIts and Sl.O0 per bottle,
and no Family or owner Of Horses should be with
out it. There is no flesh, bone or muscle aiiment
upon man or animal, Ike Rheumatism, Bruises,
SPAWN and Larneness, which 1t will not alleviate
or cure. Why will you suffer- Beware OF coun-
%terfeits. 1t is wrapped in a stee:. plate engraving,
signed &C. W. Westbrook, Chemist"
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-10-16
A FEW GOOD REASONS:

Ia Eer Inuention, THoRouoHLY TESTED and
secured by Letters Patent.
.-Mak a perfect LOCK STITCH, alike on both
sides, on al kinds Of goods.
i.-Runs LIGHT, SMOOTH, NoIsELKss and RAPID
best combination OF qualities.
Runs for Years without Repairs.
5.-WiH DO all varieties Of Work and Fancy Stitch
inq in a superior manner.
6.-Is aost Easily Managed by the operator.
Length OF glitch may be altered while running,
and machine can be threaded without passing
thread through toles.
7.-Design Simple, Ingenious, Eegant, forming
the stitch ,citaOut the use of Cog Wheel Gears,
Rotary Cams or Lever Arms. Has the Automatic
Drop- Feed, which inslires Uniform length Of stitch at
ann speed. Has our new Tbredd-C0ntrOller which
allows cnsy movement Of needle-b bar aud prevents
INJURY 10 thread.
s.-CossTRUCTIoH most careful and FINISHED. II
Is manufactured by the most skilftd and experienced
mechanics, at the celebrated Remington rmO-
ry, Hon, NY. NewYOrk Office, Noe uadi.
SON square tKurtL's Buiidins). BRANCH
uEFICEs:2 ;7 State ST., Chicago, ILL.,; =
West Fourth ST., C~incinnnii, o., 30 Nj
agar. ST., Buffalo,, n. ", 5 Washington
ST., boston, Mass, $40 Chestnut St.,
Philadelphia Pa, 10 sixth St, Pitts
burgh, PA. 25S West jefferson ST., Lou
tsyiIIe, Ky; Det;ives Opera House, Ma
rietta St, Atlanta, Ga; COZ North
Fourth St. Saint Louis. Mo-; Corner Of
North Pearl I. steuben Sts., Albany, N. Y.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-10-16

aAAiLlAk and necessary az household words
- ~ Sard d Coz cook and heating
s'o'es to Western housekeepers.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-10-16

nm g"LADIrs' FRIESpr cnniains : articles
UUl lreeded by every Lad Patent Spool
XII l!er. Scissors, ThrmaIc, 6c-guaran-
ALE M tced worth $40 Sample Box. by mail,
W n. wv ~ cents Agents wanted. PIUME& CO.,
1t0 W . los S. Sth Street, Philadelphia, Pa.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-10-16

c o r Nh U S K E r.

It Will pick the corn from the stalks. and husk ev-
cry car, large and small. Capacity 600 bushels per
day. It elevates the corn to the crib and the stalks
to the stack. The latter being crushed, AXE
good fodo er. With a . horse power IL Will do the
work Of 20 men. Save your husks; they come out
clean. and are worth $50 per ton in N. Y. Made
and warranted by Wells. French & Co., Chicago.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-10-16

On E~verybody'x Tongue.-Euiogiums OF
the great National Regeneration Of Health, PLAN
TArIos BITrxRs, are on everybody's tongue. This
gratuitous r4uu rJoe advertising is better than all
paid-for pufing 10 which the owners Of bogus
Ditters are Obliged to resort. 1t has a spontaneous
hearti1ess about it which carries conviction to
the mind OF the auditor.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-10-16

Cash Pnce, $40. Time rncc, sii3. Mos., Si4 30
n, Paym'iI l. Threc In SIX In Nine Twelve
Advance. Months Months Months. AU.;t =.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-10-16
Died Suddenly of Heal Disease.

How common is the announcement. Thou
sands are suddenly swept into eternity by this
fatal malady. This disease generally has its
origin ill impure blood filed with irritating,
poisonous materials, which, circulatingt through
thehear;, ~irrItate its delicate tissues. Though
the irritation may at first be only slight, pro-
ducing 3 little palpitstion or irregular action,
or dull, heavy or sharp, darling pains, yet by
and by the disease becomes firmly seated, and
inf or hypertrOphy. or thickening Of
the lining membrane or OF the valves, Is pro-
duced. How wise to give early attention to q
case of this kind. Unnatural ~tLrobbing or
pain in the region OF the heart should ad-
monish one that all il not right, and if you
would preserve 1t from further disease, you
must help it to beat rightly by the use Of such
q remedy as Will remove the cause OF the
trouble. Use DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical
Discovery before the disease has become too
seated, and it will, by its great blood purifying
and wonderful regulating properties, effect a
perfect cure. 1t contains medicinal properties
which act specifically upon the tissues Of the
heart. bringing about a healthy action. Sold
By all frst-class druggists.