The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-11-20
NUMBER 80.
GENERAL NOTES.

II Is repOTNSu lhAt 9AES. ONdtihi Hheh
at Chicago, was importuned to cast in
her lot with the Woman Suffragists,
when she replied as follows:
81 am very domestic myself, and have
no inclination to change my mode Of law
ing. was favored daughter, and am
an INDUCED wife. Mr.. Grant says have
my rights and his too"
In this Mrs. Grant represents the SEN
timents of nearly the entir body Of her
country women.
The Oregon Senate has amended the
divorce law so that husbands and wives
having no children may get degree Of
divorce by simply refusing to live toge-
the=.
A Minnesota man makes the Winter
seem short by giving his note payable
in the Spring.
Girls, as you value your lives, don't
get up and get breakfast in the morn
ings. A young lady attempted it one
day last week, and was burned to death.
Show this to your mammas.
The favorite conundrum in Hunting
ton, Tenn, is: "Why is this town like
heaven?" The answer is, Because in it
there is neither marrying nor given in
marriage" There has not been n mar.
riage in the town for over two years. 81
1t is understood there is a rich man
whose eccentric charity consists in pay
ing the postage on all letters that have
been insnficiently prepaid by the send
ers. This keeps them out Of the Dead
Letter Office. Now that this fact is
known we suppose there will be a great
increase in the number Of letters din
sufficiently prepaid"
Europe is discussing the celebration
of one more centennial. This is the
centennial of the potato, or of its in
PRODUCTION to European tables. Although
the potato went to Europe more than a
hundred years ago, its introduction TO
the table of Louis XVI, by Parmentier
in IVA, is the date counted as the begin
ming of its history beyond the water.
Four black bears were killed two miles
west of Waterloo, Ind, Wednesday, the
largest of which weighed two hundred
and fifty pounds. The citizens of Wa
terloo and vicinity turned ont to enjoy
the sport, which they never had before,
or are likely to have again. Fires in the
big forests Of Western Ohio doubtless
drove them out, and forced them into
that locality.
At Englishman in Paris, who was de-
sperately in love with an actress, offered
jeweler 14,0OO francs cor set of dia-
monds on which the actress had set her
heart. The jeweler demanded 10000,
and the actress, fearful that she would
not get the gems, went privately to the
dealer and told him she would make up
the 5000 francs if he would accept her
lovers offer. The dealer agreed, and
next day the Englishman made the
purchase, but on the way to his hotel
met friend who shamed him into start
ing at once for London with the Jewels
as a present for his wife. The jeweler
has since presented his bill for 5000
francs to the actress.
Any number of figures you may wish
to multiply by will give the same re-
suit if divided by Pa much quicker
operation; but you must remember to
annex a 0 to the answer when there is no
remainder, and when there is a remain
der, whatever it may be, annex a 5 to the
answer. Multiply 494 by 5, and the
answer will be 2, ,470; divide the same by
2, and you will have 247, and, as there
is no remainder, you add 0. Now take
$50, multiply by 5, the answer is 1,795,
and dividing this by 2, there is 179 and
remainder; you therefore place at
the end of the line, and the result is
again ], ,795.
Mrs. Laura Williams, who killed her
self by jumping from the fourth-story
window of the Samosett House, in Ho-
lvoke, Mass, seems to have been con-
vinced that she was not wanted alive.
A year ago she went from the city of
Holyoke to live with her son and daugh-
ter. They sent her to another relative
in Vermont, where she became pauper.
The son, while on visit there, was ar
rested for bringing a pauper into the
State, and compelled to take her back to
Holyoke, where he put her in an asylum.
Next Massachusetts, charity agent, de-
Gliding that she belonged to Vermont,
sent her again into that State, and again
she was returned. The asylum author
tiles refused this time to receive her,
whereupon the old woman relieved them
all of any further anxiety on the subject.
But Massachusetts had to bury her.
The Worthington (Ind.) Sun has the
following in regard to the recent FIRE in
that place: miss Leslie Harrah, on re-
tiring to bed on the night of the fire,
was unable to sleep. She arose and told
her parents that something was worry.
ing her--that something was going tc
happen. They tried to dissuade her and
/ told her it was only nervousness. She
laid down again, but soon arose and
told her father that she smelt smoke
The word smoke was sufficient to arouse
Mr.. Harrah, as he had the misfortune to
be burned out two or three times during
his residence in our town. He quickly
dressed, and searched the house from
garret to cellar, but discovered no fire
He then started down town, and ON ar
irving at Commercial street, he saw
smoke issaing from between Taylor
Brothers store and Henry Y. Miller's,
He gave the alarm and aroused the
town. In all probability our merchants
owe much Of what they saved to Miss
Lessie's singular feelings"
Describing colony Of Poles, at La
Porte, Indiana, a correspondents says
"The new Polish arrival has an unpleas.
ant, cringing way Of dOfing his hat that
makes you think of monarchy. The men
shake hands when they meet, and salute