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The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-10-08
The Latest Swindling Dodge.
lCh C lgo Times-l

/ Some genius of the "Artful Dodger'
stripe in New York appeals to have hit
upon a new and very ingenious mode of
making a living. The modus operdRdi
is substantially as follows: A young
and fashionably dressed man enters a
small shop in Broadway or the Bowery
with every evidence of agitation. "Do
you know anybody who would run an
81 am willing to pay S5 for the service" !"
The Offer IA q tempting one; the. poor
shOpkeeper may not have taken in such
AN amount for two days. 'If it is not
too far" he says, my wife will take
care of the store and l will go myself"
Just the thing, nothing could be BET
ter" rejoins the Young gentleman.
"Here is letter to my father; / want
sum of money-$500 before night.
Go TO othe-Building, aid wait on the
stairs until noon. At that hour the gov
ernor goes to lunch. You will recognize
him at once by his green specracles,
heavy, gold headed cane, and a slight
limp in his gait. do not wish you to
go to his Office, for his partner hates me
and would certainly advise the old man
to refuse the money. Waylay him
therefore, on the stairs" ~ understand" I"
says the shop-keeper, anxious to be of.
The messenger reaches the designated
building. places himself on the stairs,
and exactly at the stroke of twelve
digni6ed old gentleman, with green
%pectacles. gold headed cane, and a slight
limp makes his appearance. The letter
H. presented, and the handwriting on the
envelope is noted with a scowling face.
"No!" exclaims the indignant parent,
after having mastered the contents Of
the missive, Not another cent shall the
young rascal haveI' Hobbling down
stairs, growing to himself, he suddenly
pauses as if relenting, and bids the mes
senger to follow him. He enters a bank
while the other waits outside. After a
few minutes the old gentleman reappears
with an envelope in his hand, into
which he puts several banknotes and
gives them to the shop-keeper. "Who
wouldn't have such a father" thinks
the delighted dupe, and speeds back to
the store, where the grateful youth al
most embraces him. But now a new
difficulty presents itself When about
to pay the stipulated five dollars, it is
discovered that all the money in the en-
velope consists of fifty dollar bills. The
-hop-keeper happens to have just
enough money in his safe to make the
change, and the nice young man, once
more expressing his everlasting graft
tnde with hints of further patronage.
departs.
An hour later the landlord comes for
his rent. The shop-keeper pulls ont his
ffty-dollar bill and learns that it is
clever counterfeit, The scales fall from
his eyes; he has been sold--most ingeni-
ously sold. The venerable gentleman
with the green spectacles and the fascin-
ating youth were accomplices in this
comedy of father and son.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-10-08
Lady C...Oline Lamb and Lord By
ron.

Lady Caroline Lamb ] never saw, but
from friends of mine who were well ac-
qnainied with her, have heard mani
fold instances of her extraordinary
character and conduct. ] remember my
friend Mr.. Harness telling me that,
dancing with him at great ball, she
had suddenly amazed him by the chal
lenge: ''Gueth how many pairth of
ihtockingth / have on" (Her Lady
ship lisped, and. her particular gracious
ness to Mr.. Harness was the result of
Lord Byrun's school intimacy with and
regard for him. Finding her partner
quite unequal to the piece Of divination
proposed to him, she put forth very
pretty little foot from which she lifted
the petticoat ankle-high, lisping out,
"Thixth." j believe il was on the occa-
sion of the same ball that she asked
Lord Byron TO waltz with her, when,
probably irritated to her impertinent
disregard of the infrmity which was al
ways so bitter modification, he not
only refused, saying, "You know ] can
not," but added, land you or any other
woman ought not" His poetical vitu
peration of the dance, then 6rst coming
into vogue, will be remembered.l Upon
this rebuff the lady went to dressing
room, and throwing open a window
rushed out upon the balcony, and ex-
claiming in the words of ST. Preux un-
der the rocks of La MeIlleraie, "La
roche est escdrpee! Peau est TrofondeP
prepared to precipitate herself, not into
the blue waters of Lake Leman, but on
to the hard hearted pavement of a
London street. which travesty o. Rons.
scans tragedy being timely averted by
friendly and firm clutch at her ladyship's
skirts behind, she desired 10 have glass
of water, which being brought her, she
set her teeth in the glass and broke it,
and proceeded to cut her throat with
the jagged edge, but this being also In
terfered with, as injudicious, she was
finally persuaded to postpone her des
pair to a more convenient season, and
go home to bed. / have heard another
version of the above attempted suicide,
which made pair of scissors snatched
from the dressing-table, and about to be
plunged into her bosom the remedy of
the lady for her outraged feelings.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-10-08
Don't Worry About Yourself.

To regain or recover health persons
should be relieved from all anxiety con-
cerning diseases. The mind has power
over the body. For person to think
that he has a disease will often produce
that disease. This We see effected when
the mind is intensely concentrated upon
the disease of another. 1t is found in
the hospital that surgeons and physi-
"ians who make speciality Of certain
diseases are liable TO die of them them
selves; and the mental power is so great
that sometimes people die of diseases
which they only have in imagination.
We have seen person seasick in antic-
ipation ofa voyage before reaching the
vessel. We have known a person 10 die
no cancer or any other mortal disease.
A blindfolded man. slightly pricked in
the arm, has tainted and died from be-
lieving that he was bleeding to death.
Therefore, we'll persons, to remain well,
should be cheerful and happy: and sick
persons should have their attention
drawn as much as possible from them
selves. 1t is by thei- faith men are saw
ed, and it is by their faith that men die.
If he Wills not to die he can often live
in spite of disease; and if he has little
or no attachment to life he will slip
away as easily as child will fall asleep.
Men live by their souls, and not by
their bodies. The bodies have no life
of themselves, but they are resources of
life-tenements of the sonls. The will
has much to do in continuing the phys
ical occupancy or giving it up.-[J jour
nal of Health.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-10-08
Granite CannOn.BalIs.

Some workmen, occupied at the
Chateau of Conde, in Normandy. have
just found some cannon-balls of granite,
probably thrown by the English when
the castle was taken by them in 14l7.
In 1928 stone cannon ball, discharged
from the tower of Notre Dame, at Or
leans, killed the Earl of Salisbury, on
the opposite side of the Lore. Some of
those projectiles used during the memor-
able occasion are still preserved in the
same city; two of them measure over
thirteen inches in diameter, and their
weight exceeds 200 pounds. The jour
nal of the siege Of the place relates that
on the 1st of December, 1928, the Eng
lish batteries threw against the town
balls weighing nearly 200 pounds. On
the 10th of January. 1929, Lancelot de
Lille, who commanded the English, had
his head carried off by a stone shot from
the walls.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-10-08
Boston "reminiscences Of Trade.

The Boston Commercial Bulletin re-
lates the following:
One of the most methodical and un-
impassioned men was Buckram, the
former dry-goods potenrate of Boston.
His manner of discharging one of the
"young men who, after trial, was found
not up to the requirements of the bust
ness" is related as follows: The youth
would be summoned to Buckram's desk
and be thus addressed:
"James, how long have you been with
us?"
"Two years and half, Sir"
1.-TWO years and half? All Have
you had any vacation, James?"
"No, Sir" would be the response, as
James began to entertain more kindly
feeling toward the "old man." who
would terminate the interview by say
ing:
"Well. James, you had better 60 up
home for a while; Mr.. Balance, give
James $40, and James we will send for
you when we want you again."
One of the aforesaid boys, who did
not develop decided talent for the dry,
goods business. incurred the displeasnre
of Babbidge, the partner of Buckram,
and, being found unemployed one morn
ing, was ordered-peremptorily to assist
in sweeping out. The youth did not
obey the order, but sought an interview
with the chief. Obtaining an audience
he said:
"Mr Bnckram, do not think Mr..
Babbidge likes me, and he does not treat
me fairly at all, Sir. This morning he
ordered me to sweep out, and, as I have
been here three years, ! do not think /
ought to be called upon TO sweep out,
and did not"
Buckram settled his head little firm.
er into his stiff shirt-color, and replied;
"Ah is that SO, Edward ? Well, il
there is such a difference between you
and Mr.. Babbidge, we shall have to part
with you or him. Mr.. Balance, won't
you please. to look up Edward 8 account
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NapOleOn's Treatment of His Gener-
ais.

He was born king, if to command
kingship, which may perhaps be doubt
ed. He seems in general to have acted
on the plan of Frederick the Great;
that is, he demanded nothing bat suc-
cess from his lieutenants and was care
less of the means they took to obtain it.
Only failure he wonld never forgive. 1t
was favorite saying of his that he new
er judged men but by results. 1t was to
no purpose that Massena gave excellent
reasons for his defeat by Wellington;
Napoleon wanted victories, and not ex-
plantations. There is foolish story, to
which so eminent a man as Southey
could give credence, to the effect that
Admiral Villeneuve was assassinated by
order of the Emperor after his disgrace
at Trafalgar. There can be no serious
doubt that the unfortunate commander
committed suicide in sheer terror at the
idea of an interview with the stern
master whose plans he had caused to
miscarry. 1t is fair to add that those of
his captains who were successful had no
need to complain that their services were
insufieiently appreciated. Even Mas
sena had acquired an income Of $780,
600 while his star was in the ascendant.
SOult had $4,000 year; Ney nearly
Sl50.00O; Davoust S1S0.OO0; while Ber-
thier, Prince of Neuchatel, enjoyed
princely revenue of some $4,000.
They will no longer fight" Napoleon
once exclaimed in a moment of deiec-
ton, referring TO his Generals. 81 have
made them too rich" :" 1t may be suspected
that it was rather from motives of poll
cy than of gratitude that Napoleon thns
created the fortunes of his Marshals in
a day. He was anxious to establish as
a support to his throne a powerful aris
tocracy. which in sDlendor and Ito do
him juctice) in the brilliancy of its
achievements should rival the old no
bility of France. He forgot, however,
that though monarchy and democracy
can exist and have existed without pre-
scription, an aristocracy TO be venerable
must absolutely bear the seal of antiq-
uity. In none of his projects had Crom-
well failed more hopelessly than in his
attempt TO reconstruct the House of
Lords in England. Napoleon, it Is
true, did not propose to confer legisla-
tive functions on his mobiles as such;
nevertheless he intended them to be a |
privileged classed, and this alone was a
more courageous than wise idea on the |
morrow of 17s9.-CThe Galaxy.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-10-08
Pay Of Americans In the Turkish
Army.

From Frank Leslie's illustrated Newspaper.
The American Colorels in the service
of the Khedive of Egypt receive as pay
forty-six guineass per month, with al
lowances for quarters and duty in the
provinces. Contrarts are made for five
years, with the right of renewal on the
part of the Government. Travelling ex-
penses from the United States are paid.
and in case of an honorable discharge
the return expenses, with SIX months
full pay, are granted. If an officer is
obliged to resign on account of the eli
mate, he receives two months pay and
mileage home. In case of death from
ordinary causes, the widow or family
receives one years full pay; but if kill
ed in battle, or wounded so that death
ensues, his widow receives a pension
equal to half his pay, which is continued
until her death or remarriage, when il
is divided among the children until the
boys become Of age and the girls marry.
All OdbIl VI Hueilty As eAdCtSOJ anu fsAi
American officers are obliged to renounce
the protection of our diplomatic agents
abroad, and trust whatever causes that
may arise to the Egyptian tribunals.
The most prominent Yankee Colonels
as Long, who made the famous expedi-
ton to M'tesa, and who is now visiting
the western countries to complete pre-
parations for another; Purdy, who
reached the capital of Darfur, and found
an abundance of water in the Nile be-
tween that point and his camp: and
Colston, who is now penetrating the in
terror by still different route. Generals
Stone, Gordon and Loring are great fa-
vorites with the Khedive, and exceed
ingly efficient soldiers, while Professor
Mitchell, the geologist, is so entranced
with his explorations that it would be
difficult to draw him away He has
discovered two gold mines between the
Red Sea and the Nile that had been
worked in ancient times, with the shafts
still open, and he is about trying his
hand at mining. Life in Egypt is very
exciting, but there is no opening for
drones
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-10-08
More Child Stealing.

Society appears to have lost rather
than gained ground by the trial and
conviction Of Westervelt. Children are
being abducted in New York and
Brooklyn with impunity. Nothing has
been heard of the little son Of Mr..
Sullivan, who was stolen from his faith
er's store in New York A Brooklyn
paper tells Of an attempted case Of abb
duction. Itsays: "Mrs Eugene Hayes,
of No. $40 Pacific street, j. the mother
Of chubby faced boy, len months old
Abont 3 o'clock ON the afternoon Of the
23d inst, Mrs. Hayes SAT in the parloF
overlooking the avenue, engaged In
work. Her child had crawled into the
dining-room, which IL exactly at the
head Of the staircase, and was out NJ
sight. She called to il to come back
when she heard strange, cluoking
noise, as IL an attempt was being made
to quiet the child. The fact itself would
have created no second thought; but
when she called the child again and fail
ed to hear the familiar sound Of is
shuttle across the floor. il flashed upon
her that something must be wrong, and,
dropping her work, she hurried into
the dining-room. The child was gone.
The door was ajar, and she heard the
noise of feet hurrying down stairs. She
looked down the flight, and saw q man
with the child in his arms, pressing It's
face under his left arm, 10 smother any
outcry it should make, and attempting
to make his way down with as little
noise as possible. Mrs. Hayes screamed
to him to give her back her child, and
fairly few down the stairs after him A
comrade was waiting in the hall on the
second floor, and with an oath he ran
down into the street. The fellow with
the child seized il by it's clothing, and,
-cowling terribly in the face Of the
frightened woman, who was close upon
him, twirled il into its mothers out
stretched hands, and, without uttering
word, fed precipitately after his COM
panion. The lady was too much fright
ened to follow them, and even TO call for
help, and the rascals got away"
Perhaps the inaiction Of some terrible
punishment on Westervelt might have a
deterrent effect. At present, society is
at the mercy Of these mercenary rufiians,
and severe ailments need seyere remed-
les.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-10-08

The more the manufacturer does, the
cheaper he can sell his product. The
only way. by which the agriculiuralist
can cheaper production is TO increase
the capability of an acre Of land 10 pro-
duce crops. A bushel Of wheat grown
in forty. acre field will cost as much
labor as one grown on ten-acre field
both of equal fertility but IL one held
by means Of greater fertility produces a
third more per acre, there is a reduction
Of cost giving fun allowance fcr The cost
Of making the one rich. We look upon
the movement Of organizing the agEicul-
tural interest into commercial agencies
and Of extending these agencies into the
marts Of the world with the deepest in
terest, and believe that vast amount Of
good will come from such organization
in various ways, but they will not in
crease the selling price Of agricultural
produce nor lessen the cost Of produc-
ton or change the laws Of trade. Good
farming crops with a minimum
cost Of labor-will always be the basis
on which success in farming rest.-tDe-
troit Tribune.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-10-08

A SENSIBLE YOUNG MAN.-This sem
sible young man is now living near
Council Bluffs. Iowa. Not long ago he
became involved in quarrel with no
less than FIVE different men, challenged
each one of them to mortal combat. All
accepted and were upon the ground in
time. Then the hero of the affair said
he wouldn't fight them all at once, but
would fight the best man first. The five
began discussing the question of who
was the best man, and got to fighting.
They struggled over the subject for
about quarter of an hour, the champ
ion sitting on a log as umpire, and when
the question was finally settled the ''besi
man" could have been whipped by any
body, and wasn't ready to fight. The
young man walked of with all the hon.
ors and was proud and happy. This il
the story, and is probably lie.
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NUMBER 26.
Interesting Statistics Of the Com
meree OF a Fishing City.
From the Boston Daily Advertiser.l

From the Boston Daily Advertiser.l
The entrance to the harbor is narrow,
and widens when the rocky gates are
passed. On the right OF north side are
the stores. fish wharves and dwellings-
the former skirting the water, 'and the
latter upon the side hills looking down
on the harbor. The try-works for seal
oil are IN the opposite side Of the har-
bor. The length of the main street we
Judged to be mile and one-half. On its
water side stand the stores and ware
houses.
The stores, fish and oil depots, and
wharves are really marvels Of solidity
and neatness-inside as well as outside.
They have a healthy, thrifty look.
While the fishermen are all absent seek
ing fares, the merchants as busy whit
washing their fish stores inside as well
as outside, painting the hand barrows
and scales, also their hundred weights a
bright red, and, when all nice and clean
barrows and cwts. are newly sealed for
the first cargo that arrives. Each firm
keeps all grades Of goods-laces and oil
cloths, silks and ships anchors, each in
a store by iisslf The export of the en-
tire island, of 10000 inhabitants, is
about eight million dollars yearly, and
yet the banking capital to manage this
business is in two well managed banks
of abOnt two hundred and fifty thous-
and dollars capital each, equal to SO 33
for each inhabitant. Some Of the firms
date their houses back to prior centuries
and among their members are those who
hold seats in the British Parliament and
sit at the board of directors at the
Bank Of England (retired home part
ners).
Some of the houses sell $1,000 900
yearly in fish and oil to the West In
dies, Brazils, and Europe. They have
in late years introduced steam into the
seal fishery. These vessels are several
hundred tons burden, well modelled. and
as strong as iron and the toughest wood
that gfows can make them. In the
summer months the necessary repairs
are done, so that the vessel shall be as
strong as the icebergs they are to attack
the ensuing March and April. The
merchants are thoughtful about their
distant crews on the fishing ground.
Steamers are despatched fortnightly
with letters from the firms and from the
families of the fishermen. A physician
is sent among them, and also the mis-
sionary ship with the servants Of reIig-
ion.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-10-08

FREcKLEs.-Freckles, says the Her.
aid Of Health, are not easily washed out
of those who have n Aorid complexion
and are much in the sunshine, but the
following washes are not only harmless,
but very much the best of anything We
know: Crate horse radish fine; let IL
stand few hours in buttermilk, then
strain and use the wash night and morn
ing. Or squeeze the juice Of lemon
into half goblet of water and use the
same way. Most Of the remedies for
freckles are poisonous and can not be
used with safety. Freckles indicate n
defect in digestion, and consist in de-
posits of some carbonaceous or fatty
matter beneath the scarf skin. The diet
should be attended to, and should be Of
nature that the bowels and Kidneys will
do their duty. Daily bathing, with
much friction, should not be neglected,
and tho Turkish bath taken occasional
ly, if convenient.
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A Very Early Seeding Peach.
[Americau Rural Homo J

lAmeficau hural dOmt
Mr.. f. A. Frost, a nurseryman Of this
city handed us a peach sent him from
Bartlett, Shelby county, Tennessee, on
the 23d of June. The peach Is consid-
erably larger than Hale's Early, was
originated by J. X. Folz, of the above
place, aud commenced ripening there
the 9Th of June. 1t was too much de-
cayed when We saw it to form any opin-
ion Of its quality, but If il was ripe in
Bartlett, Tennessee on the 5th Of June,
it must be the earliest peach known.
The Amsden peach ripened last year at
Carthage. Missouri, two degrees further
north, ON the Sd of July, and that is the
earliest peach hitherto known.
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MISCELLANY.
A Mechanical Novelty.
EFrOm the New Orleans Times

Home talent and genins appears to
have another vigorous and worthy inter
prefer in Mr.. Peter johnson, who keeps
'The Light. house." at the corner of the
Levee and Jefferson streets, and who af-
ter six months labor has just completed
work of art which appears to be a
marvel of ingenious mechanism and a
monument to mans perseverance and
patience. This work is contained in
case abOut three feet square, suspended
against the wall, faced with glass, and
showing from within a very picturesque
rural scene in miniature. Ia the back
ground is windmill in active operation
balloon conveying two aeronants to-
wards the clond,, an old fashioned sign
al tower on high hill with a man en-
gagged in transmitting signals. At the
left is shown a handsome church, with
an illuminated clock, marking the
standard time.
In the foreground at the left two villa
gers are seen drawing water from the
well, whence the-watery liquid runs in
spark ling stream. On the green, sheep
are playing their merry pranks, while
below them is a bay wherein full-rig-
ged ship and steamer are ploughing
through the rolling waves. In the ex-
treme foreground a train of cars nlake-
lightning time through the country, and
to the right the picture is completed by
an old country mill in full play. The
effect upon the beholder of this display
of the water, the green hills and the
signs Of animation observed upon every
hand, rs exceedingly entertaining. Mr..
johnson has achieved triumph in the
construction of the work, and it is not
only pleasing as a novel spectacle, but
valuable as specimen of art.
The figures. ships, etc, are separated
by an intricate mass Of machines, which
upon being once wound up, the grand
movement is continued for about an
hour. The work will be disposed of at
a grand rattle, upon a very peculiar plan,
which will prove to be as great a novelty
as the article itself.