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The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-04-09
POmpeii-ROOms in which the Veal
thy Inhabitants Feasted.

Pompeii, that beautiful and i'll fated
city, buried underneath the shower of
ashes, pumice and stones cast forth from
Nesuvius, A. D. 20, and first rediscOver-
ed in 164S, and now a ruin of worldwide
interest. is said to have derived its name
from the word pompe, with which Her
cules, its founder, celebrated his victor
les. The frescoes, which have outlived
1869 years concealment, are brilliant
yet in the forum and temples. he art
of freseo painting is still with us in prac-
tice, but the records of medium of pre-
seryation so durable as to withstand the
fire and damp of centuries is lost with
the people. cunning and rich, whose
hands wrought the beauties of Pompeii.
In the houses of this excavted city the
dining hall is always found most beauti-
fully decorated In these noble rooms
the Romans reclined at feasts, at which
small fortunes were expended. 1t is
said of Luculius that once wishing to
deceive Pompey or Cicero when they in
sisted upon dining with him en- taHliue,
he simply sent word home that he would
dine in the room called "the Apollo" &"
where he never gave a supper for less
than a sum amounting to $4,000 of our
money. In the house of Scaurus the
most marvellonsly rich frescoes adorned
its walls, and lamps of bronze gave brill
liant light. The tables were citron wood
resting on ivory feet, and were covered
by plateau of solid silver, chased, and
carved, weighing 500 pounds. The
three couches were of bronze, overlaid
with ornaments of silver. gold and tor
toise shell; the feather cushions were OF
stuff OF silk and gold threads. Pliny
says of the tables of citron wood that they
were made of the roots and knots, and
priced for their veins and marks, which
resembled a tigers skin or peacock's tail.
In further description of this dining
hall of Scaurus, in Pompeii, 1t is stated
that the floor was finished in mosaics re-
presenting the fragments Of a feast az
though just fallen from the table-hence
/ 2. IL
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-04-09
Studying Geography.


From the Detroit Free Press.
While a newsboy was hanging around
one of the depots yesterday gentleman
engaged him in conversation and in
quired:
"Do you go to school, bub?"
ayes, sir, and I'm in Geography, A"
was the answer.
"Ah, ha! Where does the sun rise?'
"In the East"
Correct. Where does il set?"
ain the West"
"That's right. What is the earth s
surface composed OFF"
"Land and water, sirl"
Fright again. Is the world round OF
flat?''
LESS see," unused the boy, sitting
down on bench. "Well, l know dad
and mann had fight about that very
thing, but forgot which lickedP'
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-04-09

AN EXTRAORDINARY Advertise
MENT.-The Glasgow News says. "The
change of proprietorship of the Evening
Star, and the issue of the paper from the
Office of the Glasgow News, were an
nounced by 1,O25, 900 little handbilIs,
which were printed in the incredibly
small space of half an hour. Such a
feat of rapid printing. we believe, has
never before been performed, and il
would have been impossible to per rform
it but for the Walter Press. The pro-
cess was interesting. The small hand
bill, measuring three inches by two, was
reproduced by stereotyping to the extent
of 1856 times, and by 1000 revolution Of
the Walter Press the million bills we're
printed. 1t occupied ten hours to cut
them up with steam guillotine machine
and they were distributed throughout
the town from the windows of two car.
riages"
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-04-09

SINCERE CoURTEsY.-Another kind
Of coarseness and dullness than that of
rakes and libertines and all selfish peo-
pie calls courtesy insincere. There are
those who are fond Of asking. "Why
not call spade a spade?" and who
would have, or who say that they would
have, everybody say what he thinks of
everybody else. Pelham entering the
home Of Mrs. Fungus, who has invited
him to her balls, is to refuse to bow to
her, but is 10 say: II don't bow to you
because / don't respect you. You are a
hideous old woman. Your cheeks are
plastered with paint; you wear ridic-
ulous wig; your are stuffed and padded
to give yourself a figure; you are a grin
ming, wriggling old witch, grimacing
and lying and backbiting your neigh
bors." This is what is fondly called
dwelling in the palace of truth. 1t is a
kind of truth-telling which would turn
human society into bowling wilderness.
Truth-telling? How does he know that
it is the truth? 1t is his opinion, his
impression. What then? Are his opin-
ions and impressions synonymous with
truth? Is he the Roman Pope that he
should be infallible? How many of our
Judgments of each other prove to be COR.
rect? How many are not modified or
susceptible of infinite modification Il
you lay down exact truth Of statement
as the rule of your conversation aDt
manner, very we'll; but spare US you
whims and prejudices and guesses. Giv'
us the pure truth in intercourse, or Civ,
US courtesy. Who can give the pur'
truth? Butwho cannot give courtesy?-
Editors Easy Chair, in Harper's Maga
zine for April.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-04-09

AN INVENTION FOR FIREMES.-ln
a paper read by captain Shaw, of the
London Fire Brigade. at a recent meet
ing of the Society of Arts in that city,
an ingenious apparatus was described
for enabling persons TO breathe in dense
smoke or poisonous vapOrs. IL consists
essentially Of a close-fttinR hood with
a respirator holding n filter-the inven-
ton Of Professor Tyndall-whieh con-
sists of a valve-chamber and filter tube
about four inches long, screwed on out
eide, with access TO II from the inside by
a wooden mouthpiece. The charge for
the filter consist of the following mater
ials, which are put in with the tube
turned upside down and the lower valve
removed: One-half inch deep Of dry
cotton wool, one inch deep of the same
wool saturated with glycerine; a thin
layer of dry wool; one half inch deep
OF fragments of charcoal; one-half inch
deep of dry wool; one-half inch deep Of
| fragments Of lime, and about an inch Of
| dry wool. The whole can be put on and
adjusted in few seconds by the welrer.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-04-09
Profitable Boys.

The Waverly Uowa) Republican tells
how w. w. Bailey, of that place, has
fallen heir to 100000 by the death of
his uncle, Joshua Bailey, of Cohoes Falls,
New York. He had but one child,
son, at whose majority the old gentleman
gave $4,000. A few weeks afterward
the young man died. leaving him child
less. He adopted an orphan girl. and
at her marriage gave her $4,000 and
check for $4,000 to take g trip to Europe.
He had one brother who had three SONS,
of whom w. w. Bailey is one-and to
these nephews he said he would will his
property, and to the one raising the lar
gest number of boys, two thirds of it, in
order that the name might he preserved.
1t was w. w. Bailey's good fortune to
have five boys; in consequence he re-
ceives, according to the will, two-thirds
Of the estate, the whole of which is val
ued at $3,000,000. w. W. Bailey, adds
the Republican, has been a resident of
Waverly for ten years. He has follow
ed painting for living, or doing any
| lob that he could find. He has little
home near the depot; which is about all
the properly he owns. His large fami-
ly of boys has kept him busy to feed,
clothe and educate them, but he has
worked faithfully and earnestly to do so.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-04-09

There were the great Scripture giants.
Goliath and Og. The former was six
cnbits and a span high Il Somuel. xvii,
A., variously estimated to be from nine
feet, six to twelve feet. Og is supposed
to have been even taller from the fact
that his bedstead is mentioned in Deut-
eronomy iii, 2. as being nine cubits long.
During the reign of Augustus Caesar
were read of two giants, Indusio and
Secundilla, who were each ten feet high
and after their death their bodies were
kept for long time as wonder. Dur
ing the reign of Vitellius he sent Dar-
ius as a hostage to Rome with presents,
and among these was Jew by the name
of Eleazar, who, was ten feet two inches
high. Gabara, the Arabian giant, was
nine feet nine inches high. The En-
peror Maximus was eight feet and six
inches high. Jacobus Damiun was
eight feet. Walter Parsons, seven feet
four. William Evens, seven feet six
inches high.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-04-09

Mr. George Darwin writes to the Ion
don Times Co correct n mistake in ita
report Of his paper on cousin marringca,
recently read before the Statistical No.
eiety. IL IL made 20 appear that out Of
S,l7O lunatics and idiots in various aay-
luna in England aud Wales, 4,30s are
offspring Of first cousins. IL should BE-
that the parentage Of 4,3OS OF these g.
ITO was ascertained with more or less
accuracy, and that about ~ per cent, OF
these were Offspring Of fret cousins.
Similarly, out Of 6l4 patients In Scot
land 81 per cent, were found to be oh-
spring OF first cousins.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-04-09

A London dispatch Of April 1st says:
Mr.. Childers, speaking at PoAtefrac last
night, gave an account of his late AmerI-
can tour. He spoke in terms of high
eulogy of America. The United States,
he thought, was probably the most pros
porous country in the world. He esti-
mated that in 60 years it would contain
l5O,OO0,O 900 inhabitants, while the pro.
gress of England was necessarily limited
lie forcibly presented the reasons why
England should seek the friendship and
alliance Of the United States.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-04-09
A Deer Story.

The Logansport Ind Pharos is respon-
sible for the following story, and as the
gentlemen named are all living, and
men of high standing. it must certainly
be true: "In the spring of 1S43 D. d.
Pratt, W. Wright, Judge Blddle,
George w. Blackmore and John w.
Wright were practicing at the bar of
Cass and nearly all the other counties
in Northern Indiana. As they were go.
ing from Winnimac to Rensselaer, to at
tend court they fell in with nerd of
deer numbering about one hundred.
The gentlemen supposed that all the
deer in the country were congregated
then and there. They put spurs to there
horses, and the chase was exciting for
about five minutes, when the herd dis
appeared from sight. The gentlemen
were well mounted, but they couldn't
catch deer. They kept on until they
reached the Monou, where they met in
with herd of from three to five thous-
and. Judge Wight contends to this
day that there were one hundred thous-
and deer in that herd Mr.. Pratt has of.
ten tried to induce Judge Wright to fall
one hundred, and make the number
ninety-nine thousand nine hundred, but
the Judge refused to concede a single
deer. And even at that early day the
old hunters picked their flint and went
West where game was plentiful. All
the gentlemen mentioned above are liv.
ing and occupy prominent positions in
the community. The story was told us
this morning by one of the party, and
we can assure our readers that the num-
Der of deer-between three and five
thousand-is not exaggerated"
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-04-09

A Horse Thief was arrested in Oswego,
last week, with n horse in his possession.
The description, however, did not quite
answer to that of the lost one, which
had white star in his forehead. But a
bright thought struck the officer. Or
derins basin Of warm water and some
soap, he began washing the forehead Of
the horse. ..and was soon rewarded for his
trouble by seeing nice white star APP
pear. The head had been painted
TROY Times.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-04-09

The Paterson Guardian Gays: There
is boy in the employ of one of our
Main street grocers who has considera-
bic difficulty in obtaining board at any
reasonable rate on account of his enor-
nous appetite. For breakfast he has
frequently been known to eat thirty
buck wheat cakes, besides large piece
of meat Not long since he was seen
to visit three fairs in succession, and eat
hearty meal at each. He said he did
this to help along the fairs. but it look
ed very much as though he did it be-
cause he was hungry. He takes out
part of his wages at the store eating
crackers and sugar. And now he wants
good board at SIS week. Who'll take
him? Don't all speak at once"
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-04-09

Apropos of the mining disturbances
the Philadelphia Times puts the case
strongly and well in these words;
"The laborer may work or not at his
will; Ire may remain idle and beg or
starve, if he shall choose to do so, for
there is no civil law to command him
not to do such wrong to himself. But
he is not his brothers keeper, nor has he
right or title or control in any degree
over the arms and sinews or lawful will
of his fellows. Every attempt to COM
pei others to accept idleness or suffer the
penalty of violence or murder is not on
ly palpable violation of law, but as
clear a violation of reason as we'll. And
lawlessness is lawlessness, and murder,
not only in the eye of the law, but in the
estimation of every honest judgment,
whether committed under the orders OF
organized and chosen leaders of associat-
ed laborers, or by the deliberate muir
derer who takes life for revenge or gain
And being so, no government can toler'
ate it-no just public sentiment can eli
ther defend or extenuate it,"
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-04-09

The Scientific American tells Of a
flower frequently described in the writ
tings of Pliny, which hourished one
thousand FIVE hundred years ago, but is
unknown to modern science, the teeds of
which were discovered in clearing away
the refuse from the ancient silver mines
in Lauaium in Greece, and exposed to
the suns rays took root, grew, budded
and blossomed, bearing extremely beau
tiful yellow flowers, thus terminating af-
ter repose of over one thousand five hum
dred years.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-04-09

A tramp applied at house in Nor
folk, Canada, the other morning, for
food. He was generously supplied, but
as sson as his hunger and thirEt were al
lAyed he accused has entertainers Of hav-
ing attempted to poison him, and aeiE-
ing n hatchet which lay near, made .
vigorous onslaught on the fret person
within reach. After severely wounding
the only man In the house. he was Sc
cured and taken TO prisOn, where he Is
now awaiting trial for Rurderous as
sRnlt
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-04-09

In the lives of the saddest Of us there
are bright days when We feel as IL We
could take the great world into our
arms. Then come gloomy days when
the FIRE win neither burn on our heaTths
nor in our hearts, and all without and
within is dismal, cold, and dark. Be
lieve me, every heart has its secret sor-
rowa, which the world knows not Of;
and oftentimes we call man cold when
be is only sad.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-04-09

Over ffty.fuc thousand millions of dol
lars passed through General Spinner's
Office during the time he held it, and the
losses on all kinds were less than one dol
lar on million. He goes outlof office, it
il said, in very moderate circumstances.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-04-09

The other evening little three year
old attended revival meeting. The
next morning the little fellow, while
playing on the floor, suddenly broke out:
Mamma, don't want to go to heaven"
"Why not, my little sonp because the
preacher said we must give up father
and mother, brother and sister, II we ov-
er expect TO get there, and don't care
about doing that"
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-04-09

The locust can be heard a sixteenth
of mile. An ordinary man will out
weigh fifteen thousand of them; were his
voice proportional to his weight, ns that
of the locust, he could make himself
heard over one thousand miles.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-04-09

A widow was weuking bitterly az
the loas Of her husband, and the paraon
tried to cOnsnlo her enc, nc" said ahei
''let me have my cry 0ut, and then
shant care anything more about -.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-04-09
2.

those of the Granite State were furnish
ed from from this providential stock
[Geo. ]. Varney, in St. Nicholas for
Av,ril
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-04-09

There we're mined last year in Ohio
one hundred and ten million bushels Of
coal.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-04-09

The man in debt for his shoes cannot
say that his sole is his own.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1875-12-23
sIOlTN CITY TO CHICAGO
Mi;hou, Change Of Cars.

Commencing Dec. 9th, 1871,
A paily Express Passenger Train Will leay,
Sioux cay, Sundays excepted, on the artiN'i b
tEtilf .t *
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1875-12-23
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY

:
FEDERAL OFFICIALS.
Governor John l.. Pennington. .Yank,on.
Secretary Geo H. lInnt ....... Y0nk ton
Dclega te to Congrcss--J. T.. K,ddcr .Ncrmillion
Surveyor Gcnerul--W. =. Dewey .Ynnkion.
collector Int. Rcv.--W. *. .Ilo!lcnbcck . Finlay,
JUDICIAL.
ChiefJusticc p G. shannon .... Yankton.
SG G. Bennett \ Ncrmilion
eeoefFte ~ A. II. isarncs Fnrro.-
Il. s. Marshall H. Burdck Ynnkt0n
H. S. Attorney Vim. Pound Yunkton.
Clerk Supreme Court-B. S. Williams Ynnk,on
-Crku s. CT is, Dist-S w Kiddcr.. VcrmiIlion.
.. g 2d Dist-AA j. Faulk YunktOn
8. 3d Dist--Gco. L. Foster. Fargo.
LAND OFFICES q laR6tdn DtstrtctD
Reg cr=z =zoscnrsWhitncy. 2Rccciver--L. S. Baylcss
Springfield District.
Register Il. N. Judd Rccciycr--r ~ n poorc
is.n,,uian n;s,.I.., ln,,a,' y, 'o's
!. naI WS,.G, Nv.sc ~ sl1"X rh,,s.l
lscs ID y ''n'pocii nec yr-'. Nj Washhurhe
Fargo District.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1875-12-23
HAIIEOADS.
Illinois Central Railr'd

.
.s;.orte,, ,.anG II ,4.t isossse To cHt0a:.o.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1875-12-23
NEG1ioN.s

l.. .ltM 7; Transfer with Union Pacific Raj.
road for Omaha
q A.hConnel Bluff, @atl Kansas City, St. doe
and Council Bluffs Railroad for st. Louis anu all
points sonti
g. AT Missouri Valley with Chicago & North,
western Railway for Chicago and all points east.
I. AT SiouNCity with the Sioux City and 81.
roads. Steamers foruppcr Missouri river, during
navgation and with stages for all points In tho
Northwest.
8. Az Blair with Omaha and Northwestern II.
r.. for Omaha and Southern Nebraska.
q. AT Fremont, Ncb, with the Union Pacific II.
II. for all points west and the Pacific conrt.
Z. Al Wisncr, with stages for Norfolk, and n,
points in Northern Nebraska.
str BE sure your tickets read via SC. " Pr
F. Q. HlLLc, Gcn'l Ticket Ag't,
6. 6. BURTON, Pass. Agt. Sioux City, Ia.
L. BURNETT. Superintendent.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1875-12-23

FEDERAL ofrICIAls.
Governor John l.. Pennington. ...... .Yankton.
Sccrchry Geo. II. llnnd. ........... .Yankton
Delegate to congrcss.J +. Kddcr. Ncrmllion,
Surveyor Gcnernl-W. =. Dewey. .....-.. Ynnkion.
Collector Int. ReS.--W. X. .Ilo!cnbcck. !. Finlay,
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1875-12-23
E,isONI N.ANIlTON.

Leave Sioux City ii $40 y: M, aud arrive at Chi
cago 1T l.u5 p. in,
Sleeping Cars run ihronghfrom sieax eg.ity7,ol
frccpor'
Passengers leaving Chicago, bound west nj o.eb
y. N via the Illinois Central railroad, wilarrNe
NJ sioux city the mex. day at lilo n. nj.
Trains going east connect NJ Chicago with all
trans for Detroit. Cleveland, Bunalo, Niagara
Fails PHI sbnrg. Philadolphi.. Baltimore. Mash,
,nEton' New y oFk, 'ostgn and all paris OF The
East.
Ihisitain cOnnGets'at W;ttrrloo with trains on
ihe Cedar l'ntlspnt Minnesota ty,.,,t.t,t
Waterloo nj l22O n. NJ, aud arriving Mt Mona al
go II. m, connecting With Milwaukee Il ST. Paul
railroad trains, and arriving at ST Pail nt G.5S y
m, and Minneapolis ut s30.p M
CONNECTIONS are made AT Frccport with trains
ON ihc Illinois Central railroad main line leaving
Frceuort at 9.iIp. M. anrivin. AT Galcshurs nj
ii5 III: peociabpm; Burlington Al y m; Rock
Island al go IN; Qnncy NJ $50 pm; ST Louis
AT :. 10 n nj. and Cairo at il5 p m; connecting =.
cairo with trains for Memphis, Nashville, Nick-
bnrg, Mobile, New orleans. and
Ail Parts OF: tho South
Connections are also made at Frcepq. with
Western Union trains. leaving Frccport NJ 30 i
IN. and arriving at Racine AT 900 p nj and Mil
watIkccnt 7.25 pm.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1875-01-15
Frrd unchanged -niddIipgs lax; net
receipts 1,596; ShisAeeb l.0lI3 sales

receipts 1,5S8; SdeA Aeah /. .0ll3 saIes
1900. NAsSS ssa9 3 / t,sxA sss-J
BosroN, January 14.-Cotton quiet
-midditDgs151S net rscsi pts 90, gross
oil; sales 262, stock %. .72l.
ST. Louis. January 14-Flour IN.
changed. Corn steady-No. 2 mixed
k@68H. Whiskey quiet-94. Pork
declining-18.75. Bacon fiat. Lard
nominal-l3I.
LIVERPOOL. January 14-3 p. M
Cotton hardening-uplapds 736; Or
leans 777SS; sales 18, 900, including 4, 900
speculation and export; sales basis
middling uplands. nothing below good
ordinary. deliverable March or April,
1A; nothing below low middIing, de.
liverable February. March or April,
Z 1l-16, z 1915; sales basis middling
Orleans, nothing below good ordinary,
deliverable February or March, TX;
sales basis middIing uplands. nething
below good ordinary, shipped Janna.
~, February Or March, "a; deIiyera.
bio January or February, 756; sales
basis middling Orleane, nothing beIo "
low middIinR, shipped December OF
January, 715-16.
PARIS. January IL -Rontes 62f. zoo.
PARIS, January 14.-Specie de-
creased 1000, ,000f.