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The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-05-14
The World on Wheels.

The Railroad is a alanderer. Ii
maligns cities. With few exceptions il
sneaks into town; enters It BY the cheap
est end, as politicians say of candidates,
the most available" way. By the way.
is the available" aspirant for Office al.
ways the cheapest 1t comes in bv peo-
pies back-doors; il sees mops swinging
like banners on the outer WALL" it ov
erlooks hen houses; it nanks pigpens; il
manufactures dead ducks and gone
geese; it commands barnyards. Take
La Porte, on the Lake Shore Railroad
one Of the most beautiful little cities in
the whole West, nothing excepted. It's
streets are pictures. It's shade is luxuri-
ant. Its lakes are lovely as any classic
water that ever inspired poets song.
Ask the world that fits by on the Lake
Shore, and never halts 1T all, about La
Porte, and it says, a struggling Hoosier
village, out at the elbows and the heels
withal, fringed with sbanties, mopsticks
and swill-pails. And on he plunges in
his ignorance, knowing as little Of the
Gem of the Prairie as II he had been
born, life Mammoth Cave iish, without
any eyes at all. The Michigan Central
and the Illinois Central Roads, in their
approach to Chicago, are splendid ex-
ceptions. Running on the water side
and out at sea, if you please, they pass
along the city front with its stately
structures, its spires and towers, as If it
were magnificent painting. BY night,
when garlanded with lights, il is as
gorgeous as some Eastern queen arrayed
in all her jewels.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-05-14

A SECREr-William Wirt's letter to
his daughter, on the "small, sweet cour-
tesies of life," contains a passage from
which a great deal of happiness might
be learned:
81 want to tell you secret. The way
to make yourself pleasant to others is to
show them attention. The whole world
is like the miller at Mansfield who car
ed for nobody-no, not he, because no.
body cared for him. And the whole
world would serve you SO if you gave
them the cause. Let people see that you
10 care for them by showing them what
Sterne SO happily called the small court
estes, in which there is no parade, whose
voice is too still to tease, and which
manifest themselves by tender and affec-
tionate looks and little acts of attention
giving others the preference in every Int
tie employment, at the table, in the field
walking, sitting and standing.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-05-14
Labor Tyranny.

The evidence given by Mr.. Johnson, a
builder of Manchester, before the Royal
Commission on Labor Laws, lately print
ed, points to remarkable state of affairs
in some districts in ireland. Mr.. John
son, it appears, is the only builder in
Manchester who makes bricks by ma
chinery, and therefore, he has incurred
the severe displeasure of the brickma-
kers' union, which has not allowed him
to have any but hand d-made bricks in the
neighborhood of Manchester for five
years. For that period also he has not
been able to sell brick. "Any one"
he says, "who has bought my bricks has
had his premises burned down; my own
house has been nearly blown up." His
yard also has been burned down. AT
the time of giving his evidence, he was
living under the protection of the police,
who we're guarding his premises.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-05-14

The Toledo Blade tells story of
married pair who set out on their we'd
ding trip from that city, with the un-
derstanding that on their return they
should board n hotel. When they
got back the husband suggested that be-
fore going in the hotel they should call
upon friend Of his. They were accord
il gIy taken to a neat dwelling, where n
servant nshered them into a pleasantly
furnished parlor, with FIRE burning in
the crate, and everything cosy and home
like. The wife Sc; down and the hus-
band said he would 60 into an inner
room to look for the gentleman Of the
house. He came back shortly alone,
and the lady of the house was also not
forthcoming. The young wife wonder
cd at her absence, and thereupon the
husband informed her that the house
was hers. This surprise party is repre-
scented as having been exceedingly
pieasant
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-05-14
A Great Contest Between Bareback
Riders.

[From the Oakland Transcript, April 2I1
James Robinson, the great champion
bareback rider Of the world, broke his
engagement with Wilson's California
Circus to ride in San Francisco against
Charley Fish, a riding champion fresh
from Europe, for $4,000 side, and the
gold diamond studdei belt of the world.
Wilson has commenced suit against
Robinson. the rider, for $4,000 dam
ages. Robinson is the favorite with the
San Francisco brokers, who, it is said,
have staked over a half million dollars
on the result.
They are riding in Montgomery
Queens Circus and Menagerie, and the
great champion will have his hands full
to get away with Fish. The match is TO
be decided by vote of the audiences. M
chance for ballot-box stuffing on this oc-
casion
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-05-14

Never abuse small talk; nobody does
unless he be a stranger to its convent
ences. Small talk is the change of life;
there is no getting on without it. There
are times when 'tis folly to be wise; and
when little nonsense is very palatabIe,
and when gravity and sedateness ought
to be kicked down stairs. A Philosopher
cuts a poor figure in ballroom unless
he lsRges his wisdom at home Meta
physics is as intrusive in the midst of
agreeable prattlers as a deaths head on
festal board. We have met with men
who are too lofty for small talk. They
would never cOndescend to play with
ribbon or firt fan. They were above
such triainR; in other words they were
above making themselves agreeable,
above pleasing and above being pleased.
They were all wisdom, all gravity, and
all tedionsness, which they bestowed up
on company with more than Dogberry's s
generosity. A man who cannot talk has
no more business in society than a statue.
The world is made up Of tribes; and he
who can trile elegantly and gracefully
is a valuable addition to mankind. He
is a Corinthian column in the fabric Of
society.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-05-14
"sGrass Widow"

Judge Turpie has been reading pa
per to the "Fiat Lux" Society on the or
igin of the phrase, "g-ass widow or
rather "grace widow" for the first has
no foundation in fact, and is simply
barbarism, orifungus which has attached
itself to the English language. "Grace
widow" is the term of one who becomes
widow by grace or favor not of neces-
sity, as by death, and originated in the
early ages of European civilization,
when divorces were granted but seldom,
and wholly by authority of the Catholic
church. When such decree was
granted to a woman the Papal re-
ceipt stated "Viduca de gratia," which
interpreted is, "widow of grace" In the
law Of the French it would read, "Venve
de grace" which in English gives wild
ow," veuve," being translated as "wid-
ow"
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-05-14
'@Miss Simpson, crave" confront

MISS simpson, crave confront
ing Jerusha.
"It's no use craving!" snapped the
irate damsel; 'I've done with you."
"Miss Simpson, implore you have
-" he turned to Melinda.
Have a constable in! 1 ought to!
Your villIany is discovered, sir,''
"And you needn't speak to me"' an
Acipated Alvina; "it's too late now!"
=" You deceived met" cried Jeremiah,
despairingly; "you kept the room so
dark"
"You scandalous wretch shrieked the
chorus; ''you know we'll enough?"
IN spoil your nefarious games with
any one else! I'll denounce you as a de
ceiver, I'll sue you for breach of prom
ise." cried the sisters one after the other,
Jeremiah made three frantic dives
for his hat, the door, and the street,
bringing up in heap in his armchair,
with his housekeeper nearly strangling
him in trying to loosen his cravat, and
asking ''if he had fit, or was crazy, or
WHAT"
what! ] guess" he responded, and
an hour later wrote to inform Aunt Sal
" of his misfortunes. and beg her to
come and take care of him for awhile.
She came, bringing with her a rosy
checked niece, at sight of whom Jere-
miah fled precipitately to his room. Two
days Aunt Sally spent in railing un-
mercifully at her unlucky nephew; and
then, fairly starved out, he was obliged
to come downstairs and meet his cousin.
At first he was dreadfully shy; then
Susie's merry ways captivated him in
spite of himself; and at last accounts he
had found ''balm in Gilead," and the
Misses Simpson were not present at the
wedding.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-05-14

An Irish lecturer thus endeavored to
prove that the late John Stuart Mill was
not a "human" man: "An unnatural
and laborious child, he took no delight
in the proper amusements of youth,
spending the hours that ought to have
been devoted 10 fairy tales in tho study
of Greek grammar and Euclid; growing
up without the hope of relaxation. in
this world or Of enjoyment hereafter;
WORKING out the knowledge of many
sciences, and yet ignorant of men. and
spending what love his shrivelled heart
might have had for women on the love
of abstract ideas"
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-05-14

Andrew Jackson Wilcox, a clerk in
the Navy Department at Washington,
has in his possession a cane which was
presented to his great grandfather. An
drew Jackson, by committee represent
ing the citizens of Tennessee. 1t is Of
the finest hickory wood, and was taken
from tree in the front garden of Gen.
Jackson's plantation, the Hermitage" I"
a short distance from Nashville. The
top is surmounted with cap of solid
silver, upon which is engraved the
names of all the Presidents of this coun-
try from I77G TO 1s4l, commencing with
John Hancock and ending with John
Tyler. Each of the prongs or knots is
tipped with silver, upon which is en-
graved the names of the donors. There
is also whistle made in one Of the knots
which was used by General Jackson in
calling his hounds. Upon the side is
engraved the following:
'And may at last my weary age
Find out the peaceful Hermitage"-lA A friend.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-05-14
REDUCING THE GREENBAcK CT,

REDUCING THE GREENBACK CIRCU-
LATIoN.-In compliance with the terms
of third section of the act to provide for
the resumption of specie payments, the
Secretary of the Treasury on the Both
ultimo issued a request to the United
States Treasurer TO cause legal tenders
to the amount of $l,175, ,14O to be with
drawn from the available currency OF
the Treasury and redeemed and destroy
This amount is eighty per cent. of the
additional circulation issued to banks
during April. Until further redemp-
tions under said act shall be ordered, the
amont of United States notes outstand-
ing to be used as circulating medium
shall not exceed the sum of $378, 8,05l, ,760
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-05-14

Immoderate pleasure shorten mems
days more than the best indictments
can prolong them. The poor are seld-
omer sick for the want of food than the
rich are by the excess of it. Meats
that are too relishing, and which create
an immoderate appetite, are rather n
poison than nutriment. Medicines in
themselves are really mischievous, and
destructive of nature, and ought only 10
be used on pressing occasions; but the
grand medicine, which is always useful,
is sobriety, temperance and pleasure,
tranquility of mind, and bodily exercipes
in this the blood is sweetened and IN
good temperament, and all suPeFHuous
humors are dissipated
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-05-14
An Ingenious Prisoner.

Adolph Lawrence, in the Maryland
penitentiry, whose term Of sentence for
horse stealing expired not long since
and who is now serving an additional
three months for an adroitly planned
and successfully carried ont escape from
the prison in 1870, has proved himself
man of no ordinary talent. When the
keeper came to his cell one morning in
that year, the fgnre of man with out
stretched hands presented the customary
check with which each prisoner is de-
signated, and il was not for some time
after that the prisoner was gone, that he
discovered the figure was a dummy
made of clothing, and that the hand
was an excellent imitation in plaster
paris. He was shortly after recaptured,
and has since been one of the best of
men, and at the same time has turned
his excellent abilities in a direction
which is likely to prove remunerative,
at the same time that an honorable and
useful life in the future is opened to
him. He is employed in the shoe de-
partment and some time since invented
an attachment to shoe-stitching machines
which is very simple and fills want
long felt. Through the board of direc-
tors the invention was patented and
sale of the right for New York made TO
large manufacturing house in New
York City for 5000. The invention has
gained the good opinion of many in the
trade, and it is believed that when the
man is at liberty he will at once secure
competency in the sale of rights to use
and the royalty upon his invention. Ef-
forts TO secure his release are stated to
be strongly seconded by the board Of d.
rectors.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-05-14

As Mr.. James Lick Il manifesily bent
on undoing his great work Of last sum-
mer, and as the trustees seem revolved TO
stand their ground an obstinate struggle
is likely to ensue. The whole matter
may now be regarded as in the hands Of
lawyers. How long they will manage
to keep it in Courts, and where the don
or his seven trustees and his mr gnifcent
property will respectively be when they
come out OF those hands, time alone can
determine.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-05-14

One year everybody plants cotton but
one man, he sows wheat. The cotton
crops fails, and the wheat yields SPLEEN
didly. The next year they all SOW
wheat and he plants cotton. The wheat
crop fails and the cotton Is good. Then
the universal cry IL: "No use in farm
ing; the crops always fall Even 90;
and just no long as you insist on plant
ing one crop at time, just 40 long will
crops continue to fail. Why not divide
your crops, SOW little wheat, a little
oats, plant little corn, and little cot
ton; then, If one fails, you can subsist
uPon the others. Ii is a rare season, in
deed, when no crop yields WE'LL
brownsville Democrat.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-05-14

As they entered dry goods store yes
terday you would have said that love
dwelt in both hearts and that a dove Of
peace roasted on every shingle on the
roof of their abiding place. She saw a
lovely dress, and she begged him to buy
it, but he replied:
81 can't darling. not before next week. +"
"Can'I you, dear?" she smiled. "Well,
l will wait"
They had hardly passed out the door
before he said:
"I'd like to see myself getting that
dressp'
And she answered:
"You couldn't buy one side of it, and
If you cauld, you are too stingy and
mean TO do itp'-[ Detroit Free Press.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-05-14

The Whitehall Times says that as
Dawyer of the Sandy Hill Herald was
standing on the railroad depot platform
at Fort Edward lately, converting with
a friend, he felt something jerking at the
loop Of his congress CATERS. He turned
quickly and discovered the baggage man
trying TO get n check-Strap through his
after loop, which he had mistaken for
the handle Of saratoga trunk.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-05-14

Henry Seybert, a citizen Of Philadel-
phia, has offered to place bell and clock
worth S2OO,oOO in Independence Hall,
in commemoration of the Declaration of
independence, the bell to be rung upon
the 4th July, 1876, as herald of the
festivities. A condition of the gift re
quir.s that the names of Mr.. Seybert's
immediate family be inscribed upon the
bell, which has just been accepted by
the Philadelphia City Council.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-05-14

THE LAND OF FLowERs.-Thirty-
three thousand persons are reported to
have visited Florida during the past
winter, in search of health and pleasure.
The inhabitants of "the land of flowers
have good reason to talk up the climate
of their country, for it is certainly prov
ing bonanza to them. Perhaps the
tradition that Juan Ponce de Leon re-
lied SO much upon we're not all a myth.
If any latitude is allowed in speech, the
balmy breezes of Florida may be call
ed, without exaggeration, perpetual
spring of youth.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-05-14

One of the most interesting articles
that could be added to the Centennial Ex.
hibitiOn next year would be one Of our
0ld-time Conestoga wagons with iis bells
and traPpingS. AS illustrating the ma
tion's progress in means Of tranaporta-
tion one Of the AllegheBey freighters
alongside Of one Of our modern railway
trains would present striking con-
trast.-I Phil. Press.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-05-14

A Tramp went TO sleep ON top Of a
lime kiln near Baltimore, the other
night, but soon woke up with his clothes
on tire. In attempting to escape he fell
over an embankment eighteen feet high,
breaking some Of his bones. Then be
crawled along some fifty yards, leaving
bits Of his clothing and burned flesh,
and reaching bank thirty feet high
being by this time about naked-he
Jumped or fell over its brink. The
shock crushed him badly, but
he afterward erawled several yards and
died, before he could reach stream TO =
ward which he was struggling.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-05-14

The wheat crop of Oregon has not
been a failure since fret settled by the
whites, thirty years ago. What country
on the globe can show better record
than that?
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-05-14

Turtles and tortoise have their skele-
tons partly outside, in place of within
their bodies.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-05-14

Serpents Of all species shed their skins
annually like sea-crabs and HOLSTERS,
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-05-14

'And may at last my weary age
Find out the peaceful Hermitage ~ A friend
The free citizen. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-03-20

MEDICAL ADvERTIsINa.-The medical
profession are out.spoken in their de.
nunciation of the system of medical
advertising, md declare that any medi.
cine TINT is advertised is fraud. How
thoroughly inconsistent and unfair is
such an argument. The men who are
so loud in their criticisms, are those who
advertise themselves as medical savnns
by ostentatious display splendid resi-
dences with massive door plates fast
horses and costly carriages. DIR. J.
Walker, of California, an old practtion-
or, respected alike for his skill and
conscientious independence, dares to
differ and having discovered in his
Vinegar Bitters purely herbalistic
medicine, free from all spirituous pois-
ons-a wonderful specific for numerous
disorders, advertises the same for the
relief of his fellow-man, and is borne
out in his declaration of it's many vir-
tues by thousands Of invalids, who are
being cured of disease by its use.
The free citizen. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-03-20
Essay on Woman,

Women arc like everything clse ir
this world. very mixed up affair
According to our own observation
there are
Women good and women bad,
Women gay and women sad,
Women big and women small
Women short and women tall
Women fat and women lean
Women sweet and womon moan,
Women young and women old
Women bought and women sold,
Women poor and women rich,
And a good many more women eich
The first woman in this world was
Eyo. Eve was bad girl. She didn't
belong to the. good templars. Eve
liked apple cider too well-she wanted
hers dry. We never saw Eve, but they
) say she was II pretty girl. Her fellow
was chap by. the name Of Adam. We
never went to school with him. Eve
was like the rest of her sisters-just
tell her not to do u thing md sho
would be sure to do it. Eve must have
been country girl. She didn't care
much for fashion, and she mado her
own clothes without sewing machine.
She would be rather behind the times
should she visit us now.
Some women are very pretty. We
uoh 1lhS Y1SbtJ "OASu-UucIS are
always, 50 many fellows around them.
molasses stick. We like the molas-
ses, sbut-bother the flies.
Good women are plenty in this coun-
try, y,hbut they! will never tell you of it !;
you have got to trail 'em out,yourself.
Bad women are everywhere. They
are like rotten apples in barrel of
good ones-apt to throw their decayed
influence around them. They will
always try to. make you believe they are
good. Don't take a bad woman. She
is counterfeit treasure. Look out for
trade mark.
Gay women are jolly fellows; always
on laugh. They make you feel good
clear to your sleeve buttons.
AAsad woman ought to wear spectacles
With pink-colored~ glasses in them
That would make her look at the Horl6
in different light. ;I,.- st-G !7Ei T,
We don't know that we like q biz
woman betterthania little one. If she
is SO big that a step ladder is, required
to kiss her, we most, respectfully de-
cline in favor of the small one. AS We
refientiurtber.on this subject, we come
to the conolusion that the small ones
are always preferable. They have c
tendency to hang themselves around 6
fellpy.and weIwant'toi furnish the ma
teriaP for hanging!post.
We hate a mean woman. We fee
like saying S deliver us from evil,
whenever we see one. But give us
sweet woman--one of natures owl
children-with rosy cheeks and loving
eyes. with a noble heart, q high tonet
mind, pure sonl and q healthy body
refined In taste, developed in intellect
be'she poor or rich, young or old, larg
or small-to such one we could say
fly I, unto tf' our arms, darling !; we Low
The free citizen. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-03-20

THE test of time and experience ia the
only sure guide in selecting an insru-
mont. It Is of little consequences that a
man makes one or two fine pianos or
organs for fair and intrigues success.
fully for prize. It is the quality OF
oOe7yday manufacture that concerns
the buyer-:not what exceptional and
costly Instruments have been specially
mado for exhibition. The SMITH AMER.
loan ORGANS are OF high and uniform
excellence, and are the best for actual
use, having been tried and proved for
twenty-five years.
The free citizen. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-03-20

MAUNA oA.-The volcano of Mauna
I,oa, in Hawaii, made brilliant display
on the morning of the 10th of January
before daylight. The action began in the
summit crater of Mokuaweoweo. '"rhe
heavens are aglow ut night, and grand
pillar of cumulouB clouds coronato the
mountain by day." writes an eye wit
ness. The TrhIie summit chimney Or crater
of Mokuaweoweo had beon closed for
about oight weeks, during the latter
part of which time the earthquake
shocks had been increasing in strength
and frequency. This new opening of
the volcano will serve as q safety-valve,
and as long as it lasts there will not
probably be any more severe shocks
nor any other eruptions on Hawaii.
The free citizen. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-03-20
BuRNErr's FLORAL HAND Book. See aduv.

IMPORTANT INvENTIoN.-s'In less thuu
ton years there will not be metal truss In
ueo, was the prediction Of one OF our most
Irnss Of tho Elastic Truss Co., 683 Broadway,
N. Z. The extensive adoption OF these un equal.
cd Instruments, which certainly cure rupture
without torture. will make them the only truss
es used IN much less than ten years. We ad-
wise all sufferers to send to the above company
for descriptive circulars, as these tEusses are
sent to all parts Of the country by mail-Con.
The free citizen. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-03-20

ALIENS LUNG BAIsAM causes the
lungs to throw Off the matter that is collected
over the air-cells, and makes the patient
bfeatie more freely and puriiies the blood,
gives strength to the body and tone to tho
digestive organs, and heals the irritated parts
and give life and health to the system Asthma
is soon relieved by it's use.
generally