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The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-12-31
A High Old Passenger Conductor

A few days ago freight conductor on
one of the railroads went 10 the Super
intendent and said he thought he ought
to be advanced, having served on the
freight for several years. The Superin-
tendent agreed with him, and told him
that the change should be made the
very next week. And il was made.
The Superintendent day or two after
took seat in the rear end Of one Of the
coaches to see how the new conductor
would take to business. and pretty soon
the official danced into the door. cap on
his ear, sleeves pushed up, aDd half
acre smile on his face.
sect out yonr Pasteboards!" he shout
edr"f-m the high mucky muck thai
runs this train" and then, turning righl
and left, he continued:
Fright bowers this way-play lively
pass or order up-how's trumps with
you-slide you right into Chicago-hur
ry up there-trnmP this ace-what
kind of hand do yon hold old MANI"
There was something novel and ex
hilarating in his style, but yet the su
perintendent call the conductor mp stair
the next day and told him that he wa
the best man in America to run freigh
train, and that he should have to pro
mote him backwards. He was too tai
ented for passenger conductor.-GDe
troit Free Press.
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Fnr i. descrihed as fnlInms.


Rain Is a spendihrift " no casts about
his substance in every direction. fog is
miser who holds together all ne has
Rain is invariably in motion; fog j. al
ways ind~lent and lazy. Rain is active,
violent and noisy; fog is stagnant. sulky
and sill .nt. Fog Is manifediy jealous Of
his broIher-gets into his way as much
as possible. and seems to try fallacionsly
to prove that, as their common mother.
cloud, can descend to earth entire in the
shape of her second son, il Is altogether
needless for her to tumble down there in
pieces under the name of the elder one.
Unfortunately. however, for the preten
sions Of fog, it is of no kind of use to
US, while ils liquid relative is indi~pen-
sable. IL seems, indeed, TO know this.
for it likes particularly to stop in inac-
cessible places, on mountain tops. or ont
at sea, where scarcely any one can look
tion. 1t is true that il does visit us oc-
casionally on dry land, but in a nasty
hesitating sort of way, as it rarely pre-
sumes to show itself among US in broad
daylight. Most of the other members
of the family Of weather with all their
faults-have some redeeming qualities;
hui fll, Is hnpelsssly objectionable: il il
ugly, useless. stupid, and dirty"
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-12-31
Harvey's Examination of the Heart.

In the time of Charles I. young no
hleman of the Montgomery family had
an abscess in the side oflis chest, in con-
sequence of fall. The wound healed,
hut an opening was left IN his side of
such a size that the heart and lungs were
still visible, and could be bandled- On
the return of the young man from his
travels the King heard of the circum-
stance, and requested DIR. HAvery to
examine his heart. The following Is
Havery's own account of the exam,na
tion:-"When had paid my respects
TO the young nobleman and conveyed to
him the Kings request, he made no
concealment, but exposed the left side
of his breast, where ! saw cavity where
I could introduce my finger and thumb.
Astonished with the novelty, again and
again explored the wound, and first
maryeling at the exiroardInary nature
of the case, | set about the examination
of the heart. Taking il in one hand,
and placing the finger on the pulse
of the wrist, satisfied myself that il
was indeed the heart I grasped. then
brought HIM 10 the King, that might he
hold and touch 40 extraordinary thing
and that he might perceive, as | did,
that unless we touched the outer skin,
or when he saw our fingers in Ihe cavi.
ty, this yonng nobleman knew not that
we touched the heart. t."-[ Mather's
Monthly.
A Randnorshire (Eng.) lady recently
paid visit to her father in Yorkshire
who, before she was married, had kept
two or three sheep dogs Of which she
was very fond. Since then he has re.
tired from business and disposed of all
but one dog. This one met the lady
with great demonstrations Of delight up.
on her arrival at her fathers house, and
and that night the dog went a distance
of seven miles to a flr.n-house where
one of the other dogs had been sent (tht
latter was blind, but kept as being ar
old favorite). In the morning, wher
the lady went to the DECOR, she saw no
only the dog which had given her sucf
a glad reception the day previous, bu
also the old blind one, which had evi
IDENTIFY been brought by the other dog Il
welcome her. When the second nigh
came, the old blind one was taken bacl
, to his home by the same dog, which al
terward returned. having Travelled
/ distance of twenty-eight miles to Civ
: pleasure to the old blind one.-L Ian,
and Water.
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MISCELLANY.
STAY Where You Are.

One of the greatest drawbacks 20 pros
perity is the restive, rowing and unset
tied spirit of the people. Each one i'm
aeines that there is an FL Dorado some
where, or that some section ia more pros
porous than his own, and that he must
get to il before he can accomplish any
thing. The idea unsettles him, and II
he does not "pull up" and emigrate at
once he is forever thinking about it, and
neglects to improve his present home
and farm. The delusion has been wide
ly spread since the war. and much indi-
vidual disaster has been the result. The
curse of Reuben seems 70 rest upon the
people. u fsa great mistake. Content
ment is the great secret Of life- Old
Horace struck Ghe right key when he
said: Happiness depends on no place
nor climate, bur-on the state of ones
mind" Rolling stones gather no moss,
and the experiment of selling oct and
moving, in the hope Of bettering the
condition, often ends in bitter disaP-
poinrment and irretrievable loss. Bet
ter stay where you are. If you are in a
good community. and your lands have
bottom, drive down your pegs and locate.
Remember that there's more in the
man than the land !" a. old Jones said
on returning from Texas after terrible
failure. to the worn out homestead he
had sold, and found il blooming like a
garden. Brighten up the old dwelling.
renew the outhuildings, paling fences
and barn, spend few dollars in white
paint, and give the premises an air of
cheerfuInsas. Cuttivats fess ground.
and make il richer every year. Make
plenty to eat aud some TO cell, and let
your crop be clear profit. Plant fruit
trees, have your rye, oats, barley, wheat
and clover patches; hne horses. fat cows
and rich butter. Give your wives and
daughters Aower gardeas, and assist them
in collecting good ASSORTMENT of roots
and cuttings. Do these ihings, and your
homes will take new hold upon your af-
fections, and instead Of the rickety, di-
lapidated establishments, and solemn
hungry looking countenances so common
in our country, we will 6nd comfortable
and inviting homes, where all is love
contentment and happiness. It will Be
like CoIchin enchantress infusing new
juices into she veins for the prolonga
sion Of life and youth. Try il. Turt
over new leaf and begin anew. FeaI
God and love your neighbors, YouI
wives, your children, and don't try q
get rich in one year.-ESacramento, Cal.
AgricuIfuraliss.
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In Scribner for Decenlber ia an inter-
esling paper by Major Powell. des rip
tive OF the Province Of Tusayan" In
Arizona. We take from the article the
following account Of Indian worship at
daybreak.
Al Tie dawn Of day the governor of
the town gees up TO the top OF his house
and calls on the people 60 cUine forth.
ln H few moments tbe upper story Uf the
town j. covered with men, women, and
children. For "A few minutes he haran-
guea them on the duties Of the day.
Then, ~ the sun IL about TO rise, they all
sit down, draw their blankets over their
heads and peer out through little OPEN
ing and watch for The sun. A. the up
per limb appears above the hurizon ev-
FRY person mnrninr~ PRAYER, and con-
tinues until the whole disk il seen, when
the prayer ends and the people turn 10
their various avncations. The young
men gather in the court about the deep
fountain stripped naked, except that
each one has "a belt 20 which are attach
ed bones, hoofs, horns, or metallic bells,
which they have been able TO procnro
from white men, These they lay aside
for moment, plunge into the water,
step out, tie on their belts, and dart
away on their morning races over the
rocks, running AZ if for dear life. Then
tine old men collect the little boya, some
times with little whips, and compel
them to 20 through the same exercise.-
When the athletes return. each family
gathers in the large room for breakfast.
This over, the women ascend 10 the tops
Of their houses to dress, and the men de-
part to the field or woods, OF gather in
the kiva tn chat or weave.
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atbs San Francisco Chroni


Yesterday morning at o'clock, while
Officer Courneen was patrolling Mont
gomery street. he stumbled upon two
mites of humanity, who were aimlessly
toddling along with their lirtle hands
imbedded IN tiny packets and their lit
tie faces blue wi h the cold. The officer
was considerably surprised at the un-
usual sight, and reveled m roar of
laughter. 81 say, you specks. does your
mother know you're out?" One of the
specks affected dismay at the glitter of
the police star, and would have seamper-
ed off had not his wee companion re-
strained him with the conssplatory an
nouncement: "Hold on, Harry; he won't
hurt ns." The little man then straight
ened up and almost disloeated q miHia-
ture neck in attempting TO gaze the Off
Ger in the eye unfinchingly. We hain't
got no mother" "Where'z your father,
your home? Whai're you doing ont at
this time O. night. anyhow" questioned
the officer The little fellow replied
readily but quiveringly: "Hain't got
no father neither, nor no home, ana we're
looking for box to sleep IN" The ofh-
Ger made mental note on the innocence
of childhood, and tucking speck under
either arm, sped with extravagant steps
into the presence OF Captain Douglass,
at the police Office. With the single
4 81 ,ff1o
from each arm, wiped tear from each
eve and retreated in confusion The
little spokesman gave his name as Amos
Axton, and that of his bother as Harry
Axton, and related that their mother
had died In Santa Cruz three months ago.
Their uncle, William Kirby, brought
them to this city, and on Thursday al
ternoon had left them at the corner oi
Eddy and Powell streets, promising to
| return in a few minutes, and bidding
them await his reappearance. They
fingered there until nightfall, but the
uncle failed to return, and the youngsters
wandered about the city until a late houI
when they found an empty dry goods
box, and in il made bed for the night
For the past two nights and days they
nave lived in an adventurous manner
subsisting on crackers. They were dress
ed in excellent clothes and presented Z
neat appearance, albeit that their shirt
were somewhat crumpled from service Al
nighIgowns, and their little faces streak
ed slightly with dirt: it was manifes
that they had been accustomed to care
fnl and kind guardianship. One of th'
little fellows from time to time exhibit
ed mourning handkerchief, with which
he effaced an obstinate tear. The Cap
tain directed an officer TO convey tn
children into the prison, where the.
might be fed. They had declared tha
they had eaten nothing all day.
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A Chinaman Paid TO Serve Out q
Sentence.

A correspondent at Deer Lodge, Mon
tana Territory. writes about retnarka-
hle criminal case, as follows: Consider
nile interests was excited here in the win
ter of 1928 by the theft OF Mr.. Mel
lens safe in Pioneer the safe, small
affair, not difficult to move. having been
taken from the building where it was
stored, removed to the neighborhood,
broken open, and its contents abstracted.
The officers worked up the case, suspic-
ioned some Chinamen, and the grand
jury. at the April term Of 1873. indicted
Lung and You for larcency. In the
subsequent trial Lung was acquitted
and You found guilty Of larceny, and
sentenced, April 25fh, 1873, TO three
years imprisonment in the Penitentiary.
He was incarcerated as ordered, has at
tended strictly TO the business Of being
a prisoner, and hes risen TO the prefer
meni Of assistant in the kitchen where
he behaves himself unexceptionabIy and
revels in dishwater like Naiad among
coral groves. There is nothing very
singular about this. But il now turns
ont that You il innocent, and, with FIX
ed and eontented purpose has become
rne scape goat Of the guilty parties,
whom he knew-for a consideration
How it was fixed mp, or where. is not
Communicated to the writer, but not
improbably during the trial As stated,
You was guiltiess of the deed. bnt knew
the guilty parties. He accepted his
sentence and is serving out the time on
condition that the guilty parties shall
paw TO a person designated by him SO
per day for each and every day Of his
Sentence, aggregating 10 the three years
3,2S5. He has now served two years,
and over 81. 100 mas been placed TO his
credit as directed-S21 each week-with
pnnctuaIity that would be amazing in
hard times, were not the circumstances
calculated To induce it. The theory oi
You is, probably that he could not carr
S21 per week more easily, and the hn.
initiation of peniientiary service set,
easy on his conscience. When his tim,
Is ont he will have sufficient capital to
invest in the washee business, store oi
n visit to China, and he hasn't had :
very hard time or had To spend his earn
ings for gum boots and stone-whisk,
either. Ii would hardly strike AZ
American as good speculation, but :
Chinaman may Look il angulary and
take a different view Of the project
Anyhow, Yon seems 10 be content, anr
the real thieves are probably more pun
ished by the constant drain npon thei
excheqner and the apprehension of fn
ture revelations and punishment thar
they would be if in his place.-[ Den
yer News.
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II must have been q very touching
saene in the Tweed mansion, the other
day when the news was communicated
TO the family, in such an abrup: and un-
seemly manner, that the eminent states
man had oozed away. "Whatl Gomez"
they all said, with upiifted hands and
staring eyes-hands that went up and
eyes that bnlged with such perfect sim
ultsneousness and uniformity that il
seemed as thongh the movement could
only have been perfected by practice.
Then one of the sons, with sudden
realization Of the terrible blow to the
reputation of the family, uttered the
exclamation: "We are ruinedw Anoth-
er member of the family, in dramatic
attitude before a mirror-belonging 70
the city of New York-gasped: Ruin
edl" A sOn-ln-law of the statesman who
had oozed caught the retain and, ago.
nizing away into the en- brace ofa luxur'
ious arm-chair-belonging to the city
of New York-moaned: Ruined
All over the mansion, the princely man
sion-belongiug TO the city of New
York-there were noises of sobbinG
and wailings of distress, and everybod,
said, with unanimity that could no
have been surpassed even if the ole
man himself had made ont the returns
"Ruinedl" Then the Sheriff's efficer
began to take on in the same way, anG
say they were ruined; and the hack-dri
yer round the corner doubtless joined
in the general chorna with the renIarl
that he was ruined; and Sheriff Conner
when he heard the news, immediaiel.
dropped his face into his hands ant
said audibly that he was ruined. Fo
a little thing like that we have Deve
known such large and pervading conse
quencea in the way of ruin. Wei
might the Sheriff and his deputies NEE
each other with the melancholy remark
"What ruins we are and what ruins W
pursuep'-TN New York Tribune.
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A Japanese Legend.

A certain white fox of high degree,
and without a black hair upon him,
sought and obtained the hand nf a young
female fox who was renowned for her
personal beauty and her noble connec-
tionS.--rhs wedding was 10 re n 0rapd
affair; but nnhappTIy, TIE families Of the
betrothed pair conld not agree upon the
kind of weather 10 be ordered for the oc-
chsion. The parents Of the bride thought
il good luck that a showers honld fall on
a bridal procession. The bridegroom
and bis friends obiected 10 having their
good clothes spoiled thus. and 10 the
damper which rain would put upon
their merriment. There was danger that
the match should he broken of, when a.
very astute old fox suggested a com
promise. They might have sunshine
and rain together. This happy thought
was received with acclamations. and the
order was given accordingly; the brides
palanqnin or norimon WAS horne 10 the
house Of her future husband with hliss-
ful satisfaction on all sides IN Japan,
snu-ahower is called "The Foxes
Wedding" In New England. the ma
fivea mvsterionslv remnrk: "The devil
is whipping his wife with "cod fsh
tail.-[Noah Brooks; Soribner for De-
cember
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-12-31

this third term treason, for treason il is,
of the baldest and boIdest kind il means
nothing more nor less, than a change of
the government from republic TO mon
archial, and that without so much as
saying, 'by yonr leave TO she people.
To save the republic: to maintain and
perpetuate the government we have had
for q hundred years, is the mission and
theIark o. the Democratic party. Else
where there is no hope. The republican
party is thoroughly debauched and be-
sosted, The slave ofthe criminal ambition
of Grant and hi- minions, and will offer
no epposition 10 his scheme. The task
sherefore falls to the Democrscy, and
right willingly they accept it. with full
confidence in their ability To perform it.
The mask will fall. and the designs Of
Grant, and the republican leaders who
have nursed him up to that pitch of
pride and insolence, will be revealed,
and the people will not fail in the emer
| eency. Grant and his crew will be smit-
ten down to political perdi,ion. The old
constitution, once more fixed in the firm
and faithful grasp of the Democratic
party, will he placed high and supreme,
and this time forward. as On- country
glides into the second century of its ex-
istenee as free nasionaiiIy; and the
policy which shaped its destiny for al
most the first century. will control it,
future, and make the great republic,
what il was in the past, the crowning
glory of the human race.
With this view of the mission of the
Democratic party, il is needless to say,
/ that we shall at all times aim to make
the Herald firm defender of these
| Principlrs, and an active assistant as far
and "a fully as it may be, in the estab-
/ lishment and maintenance of the policy
above indicated Whatever is in confor.
nifty with these views of the right and
the true in government and policy, We
will advocate and support with sucf
power as is ours, whatever in purpose ol
doctrine We find out of harmony there
with, we shall denounce eunconditionally
and aid in hunting down and off the fac'
of the earth.
], With this declaration Of principles
from which we declare our purpose nev
er to swerve, we salute our readers, con
fident of meriting their hearty approva
and not doubling they will give il, with
their earnest cooperation back of it all
And here we pause.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-12-31

From the New York World.l


Dynamite, or "giant powder" was in
vented by NJ. Noble, Swedish chem
list, in 1861. II consists of nitro-gly
cerine absorbed by some porous inert
solid. The hest material for an absorbent
is a silicious infusorial earth found in
Hanover, Germany, and known "a kies-
sci guhr. 1t will absorb and retain about
three times its weight Of nitro-glycerine
and has the appearance ofdamp Graham
-four. This form prevents the transmits
sion of ordinary sndden shocks, except
under pressure in a confined space. This
pressure of the inert mineral constituents
serves also to absorb heat, SO that high
temperature can not be easily impaired
to the whole; bu: wiuen impaired this
temperature effects a great expansion of
the gases and increased effectiveness of
explosion. Ignitei in the open air dy-
Mantle burns quietly with nitrous flames.
Exploded usually by means Of fulminat-
ing fuse or cap), it gives carbonic acid,
nitrogen and hydrogen, and leaves
white ash, with little or no smoke. Il
has been regarded as the safest of all ex-
plosives, not being affected BY prolong-
ed temperature of one hundred degrees
centigrade, nor is it as dangerous az
nitro-glycerine when il solidifes at eight
degrees centigrade. Neither light nor
electricity nor ordinary shocks cause it
to decompose or explode. The principal
dangers connected with its use are those
Of the strong Illuminating powers used
in the percussion fuses to explode it.
Dynamite, if carelessly made, contain
ing an excess of nitro-glycerine, may by
the latter overcoming the capillary force
of the mineral particles. collect in drosa
and settle from the mass. and become a
source of aerions accidents. Moreover,
it may be that freezing, or thawing after
freezing, has tendency to segregate the
oil.
Professor Draper. in one of his works
on popular science, has il that Noble
was led to the experiment. from which
resulted dynamite by the fearful explo.
sions of nitro-glycerine at Aspinwall
San Francisco, Sydney and elsewhere
years ago. After reference to the usnal
means of exploding, Professor Draper
adds that NJ. Guyot, French chemist
has shown that the nitro -glycerine may
soak out from the mixture with sand
and. satnrasing the paper ofthe cartridg
es and boxes, reassumes the state in
: which it is readily exploded by sligh
blow.
Dynamite was used for time at th'
government works at He'll Gate, but th'
detonation was found to be too great, anC
il was abandoned. The effect was t.
! start the seams IN the river bed abov
and threaten the flooding of the mine.
The experience in this country Of &C
cidentsl explosions ofdymanite are yer.
rare, and the age of the compound wheI
nitro-glycerine will exude from il, an
in confined places ignite by spon'aneou
: combustion, is matter ofspeculation.
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A wonderful invention has been pat
ented by the Victoria Printing Machine
Company, in a machine which can turn
out, ready for the reader, four thousand
copies of a work, containing twenty-four
pages, bound together, without any ma
nipulaiive aid. The machine has cost
about twenty thousand dollards, and re-
qnires no feeding" as it regulates its
own supply, taking in a sheetat one end,
and in less than a second, ejecting it at
the other, printed, and with the pages
stitched together, and ready for the
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The FIeeting Fame Of Great Lawyers.

No fame is more heeting in The public
mind than the fame Of the dead advo-
cate, unless IL be that Of the dead actor.
The same srd lot Of oblivion befalls
every lawyer however illustrious IN his
day, who does mount The beach or else
combine other pursuits with bis proles-
sion. Not twenty years have passed
since the death Of Rufus Choate, and
his memory already IL as vague as the
memory Of Talma. Filed away among
the records Of judicial tribunals here
and at Albany and Washington. never
10 be seen Of mortal eye save by the
legal Dryasdust. are proofs Of intellectu-
ual exertions of Charles O'Conner,
whose singular research, keen wit, and
admirably logic would secure almost an
immortality to his name had they been
expended upon ph ilosophy or literature.
Il N Y. Tribune.