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The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-09-10
A Youthful SpeculatOr i'm San Fran.
cisco.

San Francisco stands aghast at the
audacions stock operations of one Charles
Kuchel, youth of nineteen. This ad-
venturous and enterprising individual
a mere brokers' clerk, with no capital
except his native audacity and craft
actually rivaled in the magnitude of has
stock transactions the veteran million
aires who are popularity supposed to
control the market, make corners, and
send stock up and down, according to
their pleasure. His operations thus far
ascertained, during the first two weeks
of last January amounted to $157, 900,
while during the months of May and
June they figured up to the incredible
sum of $4,000. His transactions from
the beginning of the year to the 2lst of
July amounted to more than 81, ,100,O 900
But these figures, stunning as they may
seem, only cover his sales and purchases
through two brokers. He is known to
have also operated through others, and
the full extent of his stock dealings
has not yet been ascertained. While
carrying on business upon this magnifi-
cent scale he drove high-spirited trotters
on the Cliff road, and is said to have
been the owner of no less than three
dashing double teams. He was gorgeous.
ly appareled, Jared sumptuoualy every
day, and had the best of everything 60
ing that could be obtained for money.
There was nothing niggardly about this
precocious prodigal. If he lavished his
money freely, it was not all expended
upon himself and his individual pleas.
ures. Only few weeks ago he sent his
mother and sister off on a European
tour, and his main solicitude when ar
rested seemed to be lest they should
bear of his disgrace. The fact that the
boy was able to continue such a career
so long undetected, using the stocks and
credit of his employers on such an ex-
tensive scale, seems inexplicable. The
defrauded broker, when friend applied
to him asking the situation made vacant
by Kuchel's detection for another youth
made answer: IF You have a boy you care
anything about, set him at anything but
the stock trade. Put him into a gamb-
ling den if you like, set him to dealing
faro, but don't make brokers' clerk Of
him. The real gambling will be less
trying to his morals than the base Cali
fornia street imitation"
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-09-10
Fast TrOtting.

The trotting horses of the country are
getting over the ground faster and faster
every year, and the time is not far
ahead of rs when a horse that can't
make his mile in two minutes will be
considered fit to be used on funeral oc-
easions only. Every year produces the
fastest time on record " GoIdsnith
Maid has long been considered the
Qneen of the Turf, but she abdicated a
few days ago, in the nineteenth year of
her age, and the young Princess. Lula
was crowned in her place. That was not
the fastest trotting on record, when Lula
bore away the crown and scepter As
Qneen of the Turf, but 10 il pronounced
the greatest on record, all the four heats
having been made in remarkably auics
time. The first heat was won by Gold
smith Maid in 2:154, the second, third
and fourth by Lula in 2:l6A, 2:l5l and
2;l7, respectively. Next year, il not
this, the chances are that Lula will
yield the crown to some rival, and an
other Queen Of the Turf will receive the
homage Of the lovers of fast trotters.
Mr.. Robert Bonner must be growing a
little ashamed of the hiscrowned Dexter
by this time.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-09-10
Headache and Its Causes.

Headache is complaint of very CON-
mon occurrence. Some persons are hard
ly every free from il, while others are af-
ficted with it periodically. There are few
diseases with which headache does NOT
occur automatically, and it is prom
nent symptom ir all fevers and in6am-
nation and in many nervous complaints.
1t occurs alphabetically, either from
weakness or exhaustion of the nerve
power of the brain, or from a disordered
state of the digestive apparatus. Some
times the pain extends over the whole
head, with sense of heaviness. and the
sight is often dim, and the hearing dull
ard the memory defective This is pro-
duced by irregular circulation of blood
in the head, by mental exertion or by
violent mental passion. Headaches arise
from so many different causes, that it is
in many cases very difficult to cure, and
sometimes il battles the skill of the very
best physicians. To cure headache you
must remove the cause.
Not unfrequently it is a difficult mat
ter TO ascertain the cause, and after you
have learned il you may not be able to
cure the patient. The pains are nearly
as various as the causes. Bilious head
ache, or such as arise from disordered
condition of the stomach, usually affects
one side of head only, most commonly
over one eye, and increases TO an acute
and often throbbing pain 1t is often
accompanied with feeling of sickness
and vomiting, producing languor and
depression of spirits. Rheumatic head
ache is commonly caused by exposure
to cold, and the pain is of a shifting ma
ture, shooting from point to point, and
is felt most at night. All kinds of rem
edies have been used for headache. For
headache arising from a weak stomach,
bitter tonic is usually prescribed,
among the favorite medicines, and one
that very frequently proves effective If
persevered in a month or two or three
is "quassia," the wood and bark of a
plant that grows in some parts of South
America, and was prescribed by a negro
az specific. The chips are soaked in
water, and few sips of the bitter water
are taken three or four times a day.
Where the headache proceeds from ner-
vous irritability, soothing and strength
ening measures and outdoor exercise are
to be adopted. In some cases of head
ache cold applications to the head,
leeches to to the temple, or cupping of
the back of the neck, with spare diet
and active aperients are effective. A
very fruitful cause of headache is bad
habiis-being out late at night and over
loading the stomach with food and
Liquids of various kinds. Some persons
are afflicted with pains in the head when
ever they drink malt or spirituous liquors
to excess. To keep in good health and
mental vigor a person should be indus
trious and regular IN his habits.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-09-10
American Horses to Run in England.
[From wilkes Spirit. I

FROM wilkes Spirit.
We learn that gentleman, who is in
every sense fit and worthy representa-
tive of the turfmen of this country, NJ.
II. Sanford, Esq. of this city, is about
to visit England with a stable of Amer
lean bred race-horses, and meet Euro
pean turfmen on their own ground. He
takes with him the veteran Preakness.
by Lexington out of Bay Leaf, horse
that is now eight years old. has been on
the turf for five seasons, has run thirty.
six races, many of them heat races, and
is now as sound and clean on his legs as
the day he was foaled. We do not
think that of the hundreds of horses on
the English turf there can be found one
of the same age as Preakness who has
been on the turf 40 long and ran 20 sue
cessfully. We presume that. in taking
PreakneRs over with him, Mr.. Sanford
has an eye to the Goodwood Cup of 1876.
for which his weight will be 119 pounds.
American-bred horses receiving an al
lowance Of seven pounds in that race.
This glittering trophy has been won be-
fore by an American horse, and it il by
no means improbable that Preakness, in
1876, may repeat Starke's achievement
in 1861. He also takes with him the
chestnut yearling colt, Bay Eagle, by
haywood Ia son of Lexington, and full
brother to Preakness) out of Earring,
by Ringgold: the bay yearling colt by
Lexington out of Britannia by Flying
Dutchman (both entered for the Derby,
st. Leger, and Grand Prize of Paris, of
1877; brown yearling filly by Glerelg
out of Stamps, by Lexington; bay colt
by Glenelg out of Madame Dudley; and
perhaps two or three others. Charles
Little6eld goes out with them as trainer,
and the experience he had in England,
in similar capacity with Mr.. Ten
Broeck's stable, will be invaluable. Mr..
Sanford's executive ability, keen intelli-
gence, and long experience in racing
matters, which have coDduced to render
his turf management 80 successful, COM
bine, to render him well adapted for the
direction of such an enterprise as he is
now embarked in. We heartily wish
him success.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-09-10
A Colossal Image.

In "Jaunt in Japan" by Mr.. Bas-
sett, of the United States Navy, We find
the following interesting account Of a
statue of Buddha: Threading the mar
row streets our guide led us up deep
wooded ravine by broad, leafy path.
Suddenly there burst upon our view one
of the most remarkable works of man
that il has been my fortune TO see. Sc
curely embowered in the tall trees, in
sight of the waves of the Pacirc, is
erected an enormous statue, in bronze,
of Buddha, the Japanese divinity. 1t
is in a sitting posture, with the arms
resting in the lap in front. and is fifty
feet in height from the stone platform
to which fight of nine stone steps
leads. Around the head are rows Of
enormous cookie shells, exemplifying
the tradition that these animals shelter
ed the divinity from the heat Of the sun.
As an art expression Of the ideal, the
execution is wonderful. The typical
state of complete rest and contempla-
tion, which all good Buddhists hope TO
attain, is we'll suggested in the majestic
repose of this colossal statue. OF all
the wonderful works of this curious
people this is the most remarkable. To
get an idea of it's comparative size, we
climbed the front of the image, and
stood in the palms of the hands. The
tallest of our partSwas hardly longer
than the thumb of the hand exposed to
viewi From this station we could see
the bay four miles away.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-09-10

A Melbourne widower, with something
of a family and a goodly bank account
advertised for wife over o fctious sig-
nature. Several answers were received,
among which was one shat particularly
pleased him. The chirography was de-
licate and graceful, the language chaste,
and the signature, like his own, fictitious.
After brief and mutually agreeable
correspondence, a time and place were
agreed upon for meeting. At the ap-
pointed hour the gentleman was waiting
in a private parlor at certain fashiona-
BILE hotel. and shortly afterward lady
entered, thickly vailed. She came in
trembling. and did not venture to look
up until she voice of the gentleman, in
respectful greeting, fell upon the ear. at
which she Started convulsively, raised
her eyes to the face of her swain, and
then uttered q suppressed cry-a cry the
tone Of which struck upon the gentle
mans ear with a sound not unfamiliar.
He lifted the vail and looked npon the
scared face of his own daughter, whom
he had supposed industriously pursuing
her studies at school in a town some
distance westward from Melbourne.
The young lady has since been installed
as house keeper in the paiernal mansion
and her papa is not likely to sdyertirs
for . wife again until his daughter d
married.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-09-10
The Most Powerful War Vessel fn
the World.

The British ironclad InfeEible is now
about one-iourth completed, work hag-
ing been begun npon her in February,
1874. Unless the progress Of invention
results in the projecting Of n still more
formidable engine Of marine warfare
before the InHexible ia launched, she
will possess the thickeat aFmoE, the
heaviest guns, the largest displacement
in tuns, the most machinery in The
world, and probably prove more expen-
sive than any other war vessel hitherto
constructed. She will have engines for
steering, for loading guns, for hosting
shot and she'll, for ventilation, for NOV
ing turrets, for lowing boats, and for
turning the capstan as we'll as for pro-
pulsion. The vessel is little more than
a floating castle, rectangular above wa
ter, 100 feet long, by rs feet in width,
and protected by "a inches total thick
ness Of iron. The two turrets which
are placed within the citadel are formed
Of iron OF a single thickneEs Of l8inchea,
and within each Of them are two 60
tun guns, which can be trained 20 anv
point of the compass.
The main engines work up to 5000
indicated horse power, and the bunkers
carry 1900 tuns Of cosl. The total cost
Of the vessel is placed at 2,6O5, 900 dol
lars Scientific American.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-09-10
A Remarkable Bird.

One of the most remarkable birds we
we have ever seen or heard of is now
in the possession Of J. z. Conant Of this
city. The bird is an Australian magpic,
and was brought TO this country by a
brother Of Mr.. Conant only a short time
ago. The biped is very sagacious, and
knows almost as well as q human being
when people are speaking about her, and
will give evidence of it by cooking her
head in listening attitude and giving
vent to her satisfaction or displeasure in
peculiar cries or words.
Yes, words for a magpie can give the
best parrot we ever heard points and
then beat her talking.
Her vocabulary is quite large, and she
frequently asioniahes the family with her
peculiar use of il. She Ia quite tame
never flying from the house. and will
play hide and coop almost any hour oi
the day with certain members Of the
family.
A pugnacions disposition does the
bird also posseSs, and woe be tide the un
fortunate feline or canine that gets into
the yard where the bird ia. for she car
whip ten times her weight Of either ami
mails. Her amusing ticks and tall
would All q volume. II Ia needless :,
say the bird 10 highly prised, and Ia
owner could scarcely be induced TO par
With it.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-09-10
The Romance of an Opal Necklace.

Marietta Remy, beautiful girl, who
had led rather gay life, died in Paris
the other day. She was known among
her friends as Opal, from the fact that
she always wore a very handsome opal
necklace. This necklace was given her
by her first lover, who, at the time, said:
"You know that opals are gems which
live. My fate is inseparable from these.
When you see them become dull and
die, ], too, shall be at the point of
DEATH" One day they thought they
were weary of each other, and they sep
arated. But after he had gone, Marietta
found that her love for him was still ar
dent, and she sought to recall him. It
was too late, he had left the country.
She consoled herself, however, by look
ing ut her necklace and saying: "The
opal still lives. I shall see him again. !"
But about a month since the opals began
to grow dull; then, one by one, they lost
all their lustre and became dead. A
few days ago but one remained, and that
gave only faint reflection. "She fell
into profound melancholy, and said:
"Then ], too, must de-" And when one
evening the last opal gave its las. CLEAN
she took poison and died. The hame
day this telegram from London reached
Paris: paul Borday, i'll here for some
time, died yesterday" Paul Borday was
Mariette's lover.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-09-10

lFrOm the Canon city Times,l

From the Canon City Times-l
Part Of this forest seems 10 have slid
from the range and damned the stream
forming the lake. We pass a great band
OF perpetual snow, borlered with car
pet Of Tarest Howers and stand on a
knoll looking into the mirror Of the
grand and beautiful, this secret Of the
mountains. This is a new world This
IL nature This IL the wilderness a
tent springs up on the nowerhAnk Of ev
ergreens, overlook ing the waters; > big
ere IL not nnwelcome, wood " furnished /,
the circle Of trees make good rests for
tired backs, saddles nro lifted into their
limbs, and the ponies find a plentiful
supply Of mountain grass. Description
cannot bring this picture before ths
mind. IL IL n lake Of elOnda and mead =
ows; Of winter snow banks, aud summer.
yes, tropical. flowers; Of wild rock and
velvety lawns; Of dark forests and noun
tain peaks, catching lights earliest and
latest rays. The ladies walk around the
lake. Al 5 o'clock each of the party
comes with keen appetite 10 = table
apread In the wilderness, q table Of spring
chicken and large new early potatoes
from the Lake House ranch-of bread
and butter, and coffee made with the aid
Of this deep pure water BY our side.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-09-10
MURDER WILL OUT.
Arrest of a FeIOn Eight Years After
Committing "a Murder.
[FrederieEtown 90, Farmer and Miper.l


[Fredericktown (Mo.,) Farmer and Miner.l
There lived at Paducah. KY, in 1867,
two families, named Stone and Summer.
The heads of these families lived not in
brotherly unity, and the malice that ex-
listed between Washington and James
grew and waxed warmer and hotter, un-
I'll the fall of the year above named,
when that enmity eliminated in Wash
ington Stone taking the life of James
Summer. The author of the terrible
tragedy fed to parts unknown, and all
attempts TO find him proved futile. A
reward of 81 900 was offered for his ar
rest, and every lynx-eyed policeman and
detectiYe in the land kept a sharp look
out for him during those years. Stone
located IN the most secluded portion Of
this county some years since, and hav-
ing made up his mind az TO the safety Of
his retreat, had his family come TO him.
How they succeeded in evading the eyes
of the ever-watchful detectives is not
yet known, but their success in this
particular was but a stay Of coming re-
tribution. Stone owned property near
Paducah, from which he received rent,
and which proved the key that opened
the way TO his whereabouts. On Friday
last, modest-dressed individual might
have been seen walking around town,
par: of the time in company with our
worthy Constable, Thomas Giboney. All
inquiries as to his business here by
street-loafers and bar--oom hangers-on
were in vain, and about dusk, Tom went
out of town on his old bay dressed in
blind bride and a played out saddle.
He was on business, and after coming mp
TO the detective, who was waiting for the
purpose, the twain proceeded to Stones
residence, about ten miles out, where
Constable Giboney made the arrest,
brought Stone TO town, and turned him
over to the detective. who started i'm
mediately with his prisoner for Paducah.
The man who stands charged as a muir
derer, and who has so successfully
thwarted the attempts Of the whole
army of police and detectives for the
past eight years, is iorty-fve years Of
age, and has wife and two boys, nearly
grown. Mrs. Stone was terribly affect
ed at this sudden eruption Of the peace
fnl relations of domesticslife, but is
probably not yet aware Of the fact that
her husband has been taken back to
Kentucky.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-09-10
Music I'm Germany.

Among the amusements of German
life that bore the so-called musical
party" is unknown. People who love
music come together, they play their
trios or quartets; sing their duos and
solos, madrigals and glees; stop, take
this or that passage over again, discuss
the composers intention; try it one way
and another, enjoy it, and pass on to
fresh enjoyment. There is no yawning
audience bored to death in the back
ground, longing to talk; guilty, perhaps,
ofthe indIscretion, TO the fury or despair
of the performer, and the mute misery
of the hostess. There is no showing of
and forced acciamations, no grimace,
and no vanity in the German evening.
These lovers of music meet together
with the reverence and simplicity of
primitive Christians reading the legacies
Of the evangelists, and having interpret
ed their beloved masters to the best Of
their abilities. go their quiet way rejoic-
ing. Of the absurdity of gathering a
crowd Of unmusical people together,
calling it musical party" and paying
a professional person to bore the assem-
bly,. the sincere German mind is, haPPi-
ly, lncapable.-[Frazer' Magazine.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-09-10

The duel between Alexander Hamil.
ton and Aaron Burr took place At
Weehawken, New Jersey, on the bank
of the Husdon River, Immediately be-
meath the Palisades, at spot some 600
to 800 feet north Of the northernly line
of the Delaware and Hudson Canal
Company's dock. The branch road Of
the Erie Railway Company has obliter-
ated all trace thereof Shortly after the
duel, the Sc. Andrew's Society, Of the
city of New Nork, erected 9 monument
to the memory Of Alexander Hamilton;
but the visitors TO the spot coon destroy
ed il in their eaRerness to obtain me-
mentoes. The tablet, with. inscription
was, however, saved, and Is in the pos-
session of the family owning the proper
ty on which the dueling ground was sit-
uated d.-[New York Sun.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-09-10
The Dangers Of Tainted Atmospheres.
From the Atlantic Monthly j

IrTOEA tnS Atlaut1c mummy u
While we know, thus far, compare
lively little of the exact causes of dis
ease, our knowledge at least points to
certain perfectly well-established truths.
One of these is that man cannot live in
an atmosphere that is tainted by exhal-
ations from putrefying organic matter,
without danger of being made sick
sick unto death. It is true that not all
of those who live in such atmosphere
either fall sick or die from its effects;
but il is also true that not all who go
into battle are shot down. In both
cases they expose themselves to dangers
from which their escape il a matter Of
good fortune. Fewer would be ehot If
none went into battle, and fewer would
die of disease if none were exposed to
poisoned air. Our adaptability ia great,
and we accustom ourselves TO Withstand
the attacks of an infected atmosphere
wonderfully well; but for all that, we
are constantly in the presence of the
danger, and though insensibly resisting,
are too often insensibly yielding to it.
Some, with less power TO resist, or ex-
posed to q stronger poison, or finally
weakened by long exposure. fall sick
with typhoid fever, or some similar dis
ease that springs directly from putrid
infection. OF these. 8 portion die; the
community loses their services. and it
sympathizes with their friends in mourn
ing that, "in the wisdom of kind bnt
inscrutable Providence, it has been
found necessary TO remove them from
cur mifst."
In tLis way we blandiy impose upon
Divine Providence the responsibility Of
our own shortcomings. The victims Of
typhoid fever die, not BY the act OF
God, but by the act of man; they are
poisoned 70 death by infections that are
due to mans ignorance or neglect.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-09-10
RAILWAY In . PoelIeaI Counsry.

A petition 90 the H0ure Of Commons.
appealing for protection for the Lake
District against railways and factorire,
has been prepared. II states THAI thiu
district iN publicly used for relaHatiun ~
mind aud body by thousands of the
public. and that u iu uxPediont % pre-
serve it from an encromchment that may
tend 20 destroy its natural beauty %
open the way 10 such destruction. The
eEordium or circular accompauying this
document states that, what with Faiiwaye
coal, iron, and chemical works, great
tracts Of country have been Fo7doFsd
srightful, and the multiplication Of
smoking ereciions viii make u WoFse.
Unless We are prepared 20 turn the
country into a amoke-daFkensd shop
some check must sooner or later, Be pas
on this process. An example Of neW
danger, and Of need for check, occurs -
the Lake Districs, Ambieside Being
threatened. 4 Athanram.