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The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-03-20


The Providence Journal says. $50
far as tho Rhode Island statntes are con-
cerned, there is absolutely no limit Of
age at which parties may contract mar
riage. 1t is not unfrequent that chill
dren Of fourteen or fifteen years Of age
are married in this State, and for all the
laws to the contrary, even more tender
babes than that may be united in mar
riage without the knowledge or consent
Of their parents. In a State report Or
registration we find the marriage mem
toned, in a single year, Of couples Of
the following ages: Eighteen and four
teen, seventeen and fifteen, sixty-one and
fifteen, seventy-six and thirteenl And
yet such outrages upon common decency
and public veal are strictly in accord
ance with the laws of this State. This
defect in our marriage laws has had the
effect to make Providence Gretna
Green for runaway matches Of minors
from all the surrounding States, as well
as from our own State. Scarcely a
week elapses that applications are not
made for an examination Of the records
by distracted parents from this and 9th
er States, to ascertain If their minor sons
or daughters have been married here.
Much too often they find their worst
fears realized.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-03-20

FEMALE COOPERATIVE MANUFAC-
ToRY.-The strike of the female opera
tives employed at a certain firm of shirt
makers in New Haven, Connecticut,
about week ago, against reduction of
the shamefully inadequate wages they
were then receiving, has excited the
sympathy of observers in such a shape
as promises permanent relief to these
poor girls, as we'll as the satisfaction Of
founding formidable rivalry to their
former employers. As soon as the in
formation Of their strike and its cause
became known, they were advised to
form a cooperative shirt factory of their
own, and pecuDiary assistance was pro-
missed. Since then over 81 400 worth of
stock has been taken by well disposed
people, and operations will soon begin.
But the best Of all is that the Sovereigns
of Industry are to contribute $500 to
the fund, and take their pay in shirts
Under sthe circumstances it is hoped
that an organization has been started,
which will not only inure to the steady
benefit of these peculiar girls, but will
also furnish an example for other girls
so situated to follow, ard for close-isted
and parsimonious employers to avoid.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-03-20

CHOLERA REMEDIEs.-It is stated
that as a rule, French physicians hold to
the fungoid theory of cholera, and one
of their number is said to have expert
mented with carbolate of ammonia in
cases of this disease with encouraging
success. 1t even appears that DIR. Declat
looksupon carbolie acid as a prophylatic,
to be used in the ordinary way of diet
during epidemics-that is, taken in the
form of syrup. When patient is at
tackled with cholera, the syrup, accord
ing to this system, is to be administered,
and dilute solution Of the acid inject
ed. In severe cases, DIR. Declat employs
a syrup of carbolate of ammonia, with
subcutaneous injections of the same, and
he is so confident as 10 the efficacy Of the
remedy that in cases where dirsolution
is impending he injccts a solution Of the
of the carbolate of ammonia directly in
TO the veins,
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-03-20
As OTHERS SEE Us.-The following

As OTHERS SEE Us.-The following
is the way writer in the last
number of the Edinburh Review speaks
of the people of the United States. at
appears to be now acknowledged by the
most competent American authorities
that nothing can be more corrupt than
the representative bodies in that country,
whether Federal Congress, State Legis-
latures or municipal corporations. No
body can have watched the course of
events in the United States during the
past dozen years without having been
painfully impressed by the varied mass
of evidence of the marked deterioration
that has taken place in the personal
character Of their public men. Moth
ing that we could say on this subject
could be stronger or more injurious to
the party in power than the statements
which have appeared without the con-
tradiction in the most respectable organs
of the press in New Nngland, or indeed
than the evidence taken before the
American courts of justice in several
memorable cases."
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-03-20

MARvELoUs.-Among other wonders
of Brazil is the wonderful pottery tree
of Para. This tree attains height Of
100 feet before sending out branches; the
stem is very slender, seldom much ex-
ceeding one foot in diameter at the base.
The wood is hard, and contains large
amount of silica-not so much, how
ever, as the bark, which is largely en-
ployed as a source Of silica in the man
ufacture ofpottery. In preparing the
bark for the potter's use, it is first burn
ed, and the residue is then pulverized
and mixed with clay in varying proper
tions. With an equal quantity of the
two ingredients a superior quality Of
ware is produced. II is very durable,
and will bear almost any amount Of
heat. The natives employ it for all
culinary purposes. When fresh the
bark cuts like soft sandstone, and the
presence of slick may be readily ascer-
tanned by grinding piece Of the bark
between the teeth.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-03-20

I
Pierce NJ. B. Young, now a representa-
tive in Congress from Mississippi, was a
Confederate General and graduate Of
West Point. He came TO Washington
soon after the war, seeking 10 have his
disabilities removed He Is a fine. NAM
ly fellow, and seems to have accepted
the results Of the war IN good faith. lie
went 40 Thad Stevens, who was Chnir-
uIan Of the Election Committee. and
Thad. began TO play with him, ~ he
sometimes with those whom be intended
to make his victims. lie said: "You are
graduate Of West Point, ! believer
"Yes, sir"
Educated at the expense Of the Uni.
ted States, believe, which YOU swore
faithfully to defend?'
"Yes, sir"
"You went into the service for the in
fernal rebellion"
"Yes, SIR"
"You were brigade commander in the
raid into Bennsylvania, which destroyed
the property Of so many Of my eonstitu-
ents?"
"Yes, sir.
at was a squad Of men under your
direct charge, and under your personal
command, that burned my rolling mill2"
ayes, SIR"
Young thought he was gone, but see
ing that the old veteran had come into
the possession Of the last fact, which
Young did not dream he knew, il was
impossible to deny the truth Of hisques-
tions. Thad. roared out, "Well, like
your id impudence. will see that
your disabilities are removed Good
morning." And the next day the bill
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-03-20
NUMBER 40.
A Startling Metamorphosis.

Some one who has been viewing the
Siamese juggles says;
zone trick which Minhman perform
ed was very superior version Of the
mango-tree feat of the Indian jugglers.
He took an orange, cut it open, and pro-
duced a serpent This he took down in
to the audience, and borrowing a robe
from one, cut the snakes head off and
covered il with the robe When the
robe was lifted again a fox was in place
of the snake. The fox's head was cut
of, two robes borrowed, and when they
were raised there was a wolf, which was
killed with sword. Three robes, and
a leopard appeared; it was slain with a
javelin. -Four robes covered a most saw
age-looking buffalo, that was killed with
an axe. Five robes covered in part, but
not altogether a lordly elephant, who,
when the sword was pointed at him,
seized Minhman by the neck and tossed
him violently up. He mounted feet fore
most, and finally clung by his toes to the
capital of one of the columns. Tepada
now leaped from the stage and alighted
on the elephants shoulders. With a
short sword he goaded the beast on the
head until, shrieking, the unwieldy ami
NAL reared upon his hind feet, twined
his trunk about one of the great col
umns, and seemed trying TO lift itself
from the ground and wrap its body
around the great pillar. The music
clashed out barbarously, Norodom fash
ed forth dazzling frework of some sort,
and the elephant had disappeared, and
Tepada lay upon the stage writhing in
the folds of great boa constructor and
holding up Minhman upon his feet.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-03-20
POETRY.
WAITING.
By MARIE LIE BARON.

Down at the old farm-gate she stood,
A rose-maid blushing 10 womanhood,
Fair and slender, and sweet with grace,
With promise of love in limb and face
Long she gazed at the western sun,
Clasping with gold its day-book done
Gazed, and dreamed in q listless way
Till twilight fell with its dew-mists grey
The pale, new moon was born on high,
4 crown-jewel for the summer sky,
And stars, of angel feet the marx,
Burned through the veil Of earthly dark
The whip-poor-will, from distant marsh,
Drowned the croaking Of frog-note harsh,
And katy-did, in the locust tree,
Piped on his strange, brief melody.
Dews fell deep in the roses heart,
The feet of the insects cleft apart
The lily's cup for place of rest,
And the night-bird pruned his rufded crest
Still blushed the maid at the olden gate,
While evening hours, by the moon, waxed late,
And the coil of her hair fell down with dew
And its mist cTept in her eyes of blue.
Rose-Ieaves sighed: 'sThe maid is alone"
And breezes stirred in the vine their moan;
And the elm tree swayed its great grey limb
In a solemn, weary, prayer-like hymn
The young moon died in bed of Clouds
And the black of night, that mid-hour shrOuds,
Drowned star and rose, and made at the gate
Keeping sad-tryst with cruel fate.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-03-20

\ Chicago parson, who is also school
teacher, handed problem in mathemat-
les to his class the other day. The FIRST
boy took it, looked at 1t awhile, and said;
~ pass" The second boy took it and said
II turn it down. The third boy stared
at it awhile, and drawled out: Il can't
make it," "Very good" said the par
son, "we will proceed to cut for new
DEAL" and with this remark, the leather
strap danced like lightning over The
shoulders Of those depraved mathema-
ticians.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-03-20
Relative Weights Of Men and WO-
men.

A recent writer offers certain interest
ing facts regarding the relative weights
Of men and women, from which we con-
dense as follows: The average weights
of boys at birth range a little over six
pounds and half while girls fall lit
tie below this figure. For the first
twelve years the two sexes increase ia
weight in about the same ratio, after
which time the boys take the decided
lead-the result being that young men
of twenty average about oHe hundred
and forty-three pounds, while the aver
age for young women Of the same age IL
twenty-three pounds less. Men reach
their heaviest bulk at the age Of thirty
five, their average weight at that tine
being about one hundred and ffty-two
pounds. The maximum Of weight il at
tanned by women at fifty years, and is
about one hundred and twenty-eight
pounds. The weight Of the average man
or woman at full growth is about twenty
times that at birth.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-03-20

A MUSHROOM CITY.-The prize
municipal mushroom of the country is
Texarkana, in Texas, a town which
about three months ago was an uninhab-
tied wilderness, and now numbers more
than two thousand residents with several
hundred buildings already erected and
in process of erection, two railroads,
two express companies, two telegraph
lines, and last, but unfortunately not
least, forty taverns. Texarkana is too
barbaric name to suit the luxuriant
Imagination of its population, and so
they have rechristened it for familiar
conversation, "The Enchanted Village
of the Lone Star State" and fondly
hope that the example of their rapid
growth will be followed in many other
localities along the line of the Southern
Pacific Railroad-when that has been
completed.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-03-20
About HOrse-ShOes.

Who made the first horseshoe? We do
not know, and doubt if any one does.
We can get pretty good idea of what
the first one was like from the kind now
that belongs to farming is at the present
day very much as it was in the time of
"Moses and the prophets" The corn is
trodden out by oxen just as it was in
Scripture times, and if Adam ever did
any plowing he probably used the crook
ed stick that at the present day turns
soil of the Holy Land. A gentleman
attached to the Oriental Typographical
Expedition-which is engaged in sur
veying the Holy Land-recently brought
us an Eastern horseshoe. The shoe
seems to have been beaten out of a
piece of iron, and beaten so thin as to
make hole in the middle, which is left
of an irregular shape. The shoe at the
edges is not thicker than ordinary paste
board. OF course, horse with so
much fiat iron on his feet would not be
very sure-footed, SO the nails by which
the shoe is fastened to the hoof are made
with very large heads. The Spaniards
are not much in advance of the Orien-
tails in their farm implements, and in
those parts of America settled by the
Spaniards we find no improvement has
taken place for centuries. The Mexican
shoe is rather ahead of the Egyptian
affair, but looks very odd in comparison
with those we use. The Mexicans do
not, as general thing, shoe their horses
and mules, but in rocky country they
are obliged to, and this is the kind Of
shoe they use. The nails by means OF
which the shoe is attached, have heads
which project from the surfaces of the
shoe about half an inch.-American Ag
ricuLturist.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-03-20

The Ottumwa, Iowa, Courier has abol-
ished the belligerent rooster as indica-
tive Of triumph at an election, and sub
stitutes an ear of corn, sandwiched in
the sentence, pretty near = clean shuck
ing" The Grangers consider il an i'm
provement.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-03-20

UTILIZING A CALAMITv.-In Saxony,
at place called Niederplanitz, near
ZwickAn, there is a coal mine which has
been in extinguiahably on 6re for more
than three hundred years, and ahrewd
gardener who has utilized a section Of
the ever-warm ground above u - q
nursery, Is able to cultivate there all
the year round the most sensitive tropi-
cal plants and fruits.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-03-20

A DEsPIcABLE FATHER.-The father
Of Miss Mowbar, Of Pittston, n. Y is
a nice candidate for a visitation Of Di-
vine Providence or human vengeance,
Enraged at her persistent purposes 90
marry young man he didn't like, he
beat her 80 terribly that she had just
strength to reach her sisters'ss where she
met and married her lover, and then
wont 70 his mother,s honse and died.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-03-20

The Missouri State Grange is discuss
ing the utility of establishing exchange
and discount banks, to assist farmers in
holding their products, as well as manu-
foctories of agricultural implements,
and depots and warehouses where grain
can be stored until the market justiies
a sale
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-03-20

Acoustic CoNDITIoNs.-Proiesaor
Tyndall's latest experiments in physical
science 60 to prove that fog ia far more
favorable than O clear cir 10 she trans.
mission Of sound. Probably, then the
density Of the atmosphere gives Il
reverberatory or repeaiingp peWpF not eH-
isting In rarefed medium.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-03-20

Superior men, and yet not always vir-
tuous, there have beon, alas But there
never has been a mean man, and at the
same time virtuous.-[Confucius.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-03-20

Never take your boots TO be mended
by a cobler whom you have offended.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-03-20

Down at the old farm-gate she stood
A rose-maid blushing 10 womanhood,
Fair and slender, and sweet with grace,
With promise of love in limb and face
Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1874-10-23
SOEcsERS'
WAR CLAIM RGEHG Y
No. - Montgomery UiocE.
SAN FRANCISCO. CAL.

wv II AIKEN. ATTORNEY NJ
W Law :nd {, r.ard,r Of tLc Grand
Amy a The i,lLl;!r ~ Ciiiiorris AMI Nova.
Ia, viii give rrcinrt attention 10 the collection
oi Additional lIHyol lay. ron due California
sI.i Nevada Volunteers discharged nor. tha'.
three hundred i..ilts from hume. sclditrr ear
5,pcnd flii deG'iIg. Information given
fr,o Of cha-ic. When Writing enclose stamp
for reply ard STAT, cCniaiy sEd rg!n.obt, t!a
whether you have discharge. gtugrCEs has
cNt,fst,,d th. tine fer alinE claims FIR Add.
;i,rsl Bounty under Act II Ju'y ~. lst6. to
January, lt,Se&> III such claims must b. maze
" fore tttt iimc. .~~<ris maj E0uai. a SlOU h' .
be- itSt ali Volunteers Lo g lihttd b, foIe
July 2.d, Iofl tor three .efrs. If rot raid ihu
same 9icn lie harg,d. Irrd Warrants cun he
obtained fer services pnd, ed be ,ore ls6A hut
not for strN Ices n the late war. Pensions fgr
late ~aI and waf ~ 1872 oJialIi,d hnd increased
when alloNea for luss thta disability warrants.
tut 10 pensions are allowed TO NcAi,aL ard
Florida y Er soldiers. State Of Texas has granted
Iensit rs to suIsisilg veterans tf Texas lCvo.
luton. New Orleans and Mobile lr:2c Mercy
is now due ana beng paid. w. II. Aiken alAo
AT. de TO General Law aud ll,ctioa Business.
sts-2Gw6p
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-06-05
Minister Wehh's Case.

The unanswered charge Of fraud against
James Watson Webb, late L. S. Minister
to Brazil, furnishes another of those too
frequent examples of what may be called
the corrupting influence OF the Republican
party The accusation against Webb is
that OF having kept back $4,000 of a claim
for 500 which he had collected from
the Brazilian governments claim, by the
way, which he had been instructed not to
demand, since it was an unjust one. The
facts were stated on the floor of the House
short time ago by Mr.. Hoar, Of Massa'
chusetts, who moved an appropriation IN
the civil and diplc matte appropriation bill
to reimburse the Brazilian government for
the extortion. Minister Webb was the
proprietor of the old New York Courier and
Enquirer of fifteen years ago, AMI at that
time no man in the profession stood higher
| and fairer than he. He had been an old
| Wing, but at the outbreak of the war be-
came a Republican, and was Mr.. Lincoln 5
first Minister to Brazil. On his retirement
from that post he went to Europe per.
haps to avoid the scrutiny into his otflcla
conduct-and is there now. His friends
ask for suspension of public opinion
till all the facts shall be made known bu
it is not probable that when all the fact
are all known he will appear to any bette
advantage than now.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-06-05
IMPERIAL GPANUM,
THE GREAT MEDICINAL FOOD.


This iustIy celebrated DIETETIC Preparation is
in composition, principally the GLUTEN derived
from the White Winter Flint Wheat Cerea, solid
extract, the invention of an eminent chemist,
1t has not only been highly recommended. Init
certified to by large number of CHEM SITS and
notwithstanding very high degree of
medical sCience-as the
Safest. Most Acceptable and Reliable Food
for the growth of Infants and Children, and for
Mothers lacking sufficient nourishment for their
offspring.
Unlike those preparations made from animal or
vinous matter, which are liable to stimulate the
brain and irrtate the digestive organs II embraces
in its elementary composition
THAT WHICH MAKES STRONG BONE AND MUSCLE,
That which makes good Flesh and Blood
That which is easy of Digestion-never
constipatng,
That which is kind and friendly to
the brain,
And that which acts as preventive of those Intes
final disorders incidental to childhood.
Aud while it would be difficult TO conceive OF
anything in Food or Dessert more creamy or deli
cous, or more nourishing and strengthening as an
aliment in
Fevers, Pulmonary Complaints, Dyspepsia
REGISTRATIONS OF TIE SYSTEM,
OR GENERAL DEBILITY,
its rare medicinal excellence in all Intestinal Dis
eases especially in Dysentcry, hronic Diarrhra
and Cholera Infantum, has been incoutestibly pro
ven. See circulars for testimonials Sold by drug
gists generally and at the Wholesale depot by
earle & STRONG,
| 18dmwf1y 153 Water street, New ork.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-06-05
SPECIAL NOTICES.
STANDARD IoTTA BusTLE.

DIPLOMA AWARDED
BIZ THE AMERICAN IN-
sTITUTR each year. A.
W. Thomas, Patentee
and Manufacturer, for
.tha Lightest, Strong
est and most comfort =
able B a st1 9Th 9
Standard Lotta-thst
can be worn. Sizes
TO SQit evaru sfuIa nj
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-06-05

DR.. sharp.s Specific cures Dyspepsia, Liver Com
olaint Constipation, Vomiting Of Food Sour Stom-
ach, Water Brash, Heartburn, Low Spirits, &C. In
thirtyaye wears never falling TO cure the most OBJ
stinate cases Sold by druggists generally. Depot
las Eighth street, New York. Circulars mailed on
applicatfon Sold by ELL K9hler- i113d&w6m
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-06-05
ghe 9ailg Arans,
independent az Eeergthi7aq.
INDEPENDENT STATE coNvEN,
TON,

I. The farmers mechanics, and other la
boring men, as we'll as other citizens of IL |
llnols, who believe, as declared by the |
State Farmers Association, at Decatur, !
on the 18th day of December, 1873, that |
through the departure from the primary |
principles OF our government, as pr0mul. |
gated by its founders. and through the i'm
prudent exercise of the highest preroga-
tive of the freeman, the right of suffrage, |
we, the farmers of Illinois, as we'll as 9TH |
err industrial classes, have, by their past
action, acquiesced in a system of class leg
islation which makes the great majority
slavishly subservient to minority: that
this condition is clearly traceable to the
fostering protection which has been ac-
corded by our legislative bodies, both state
and national, to the financial, mechanical,
manufacturing, and transporting interests,
enabling them to accumulate an undue
proportion of the national wealth, and en-
couraging them in the exercise of the cor
rupting influences which have become as
sociated with our legislative system that
the preservation of our national life impor-
tunately demands that all American voters
shall attend with care all preliminary NOM
nations and elections so as to insure the
election of competent and honest men to
all offices in the gift of the people that
the recent record of the old political par
ties of the country is such as to forfeit the
confdenceand respect of the people; and
that we are therefore. freed from all allie
glance to them, and should act no longer
with them and counties are hereby lnylt-
ed to send delegates in the proportion OF
one delegate to every 5000 inhabitants and
fraction exceeding half that number, I'M
der the census of 1870, to a convention to
be held at the
STATE HOUSE in SPRINGFIELD, on WE'D
> NESDAY JUNE 10th.
; for the purpose of nominating candidates
for State Treasurer and Superintendent O
Public Instruction, and the transaction OF
such other business as may be brought be
fore the convention.
In each county where County Farmers
Association exists. the President of such
! Association is requested to immedlatelN
call county convention of delegates from
the various townships or precincts, on such
other basis as after consultation, he ma.
find most expedient, of the farmers
mechanics, laboring men and other citizen
: |of said county, in sympathy with the opin
ions expressed in this call and such con
y vention is requested to appoint delegate
RE- to the state convention, to take such othe
o. action as may be necessary to perfect tn
's' organization, and nominate and elect thei
candidates.
r. In each county where County Farmer:
j. Association does not exist, the vice pres
dent for that district Of the State Farm
ers' Association is requested,i in coniunctio
and consultation with the officers of ii
:, industrial organizations of that county,
DC, call convention in like manner, for lii
be purposes as aforesaid.
t. to This gives Rock Island county six del
in gates.