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The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-06-18

with my feet on the hearth. / do not
know how long I sat there. Suddenly I
became aware that was not myself
was losing my senses. If an unseen
hand had been clasped about my neck,
and an unseen knee had been pressed
against my chest. my sensations could
not have been different.
A thought of the evil spirit which my
friend had suggested family struggled
into my mind. As l staggered to my
feet noise like the roaring of the sea
was in my ear. The fame of the candle
turned to a great yellow blue. barely
retained strength enough to stagger 10
the window and fling it open. The fresh,
cold winter air rushed in at it. 1t gave
me intense pain, but it relieved me. In
a moment more | was able TO Chamber
out of it upon the shed below.
There / remained until day dawn.
With my returning senses, the truth
came to me. That which had murdered
the three men who slept before me in
the blue chamber was nothing more or
less than the coal stove.
1t was provided with what is called a
damper, and this, being caught in
manner which closed it, sent the poison
Ous gas into the room. 1t had heen
kindled, as wood fire would have been,
at the time of retiring, by some one
ignorant of the danger possible from
coal gas, and they had slept never to
awaken. Had | thrown myself upon
the bed, also should have been found
dead at daylight, in all human probabil-
ity.
As for the fact that neither doctor nor
coroner discovered the truth, have but
to say that they were not deeply scien
tiic men, that coal stoves were scarcely
used in the place, and that it had not
been mentioned that the blue chamber
was thus heated.
OF course l rejoiced the household BY
my discovery, next morning, and equal
ly, of course, Madame Matteau, who was
not only freed from suspicion, but be-
came the object of universal sympathy.
She was always grateful to me, and she
proved her gratitude by giving, what /
soon asked for, the hand of her daughter
Gabrielle in marriage.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-06-18
MISCELLANY.
Preparations for the English Arctic
Expeditions.


= London Correspondence New Y ork TiIncs.I
THE EQUIPMENT OF THE SHIPS.
The preparations incidental to the
due equipment of the Alert and the
Discovery are we'll nigh completed. The
enormous amountof provisions and stores
to be shipped has necessitated the greatest
skill in packing, so that no space might
be wasted. Every hole and corner
which could be made available have
been utilized. All the provisions are on
board save that of flour, which is to be
of two kinds. One sort is called raw
flour. This will be the first to be used,
as it will keep only for one year. But
the rest, being of better quality, will be
fit for use for three years. OF the two
sorts of -four nearly forty thousand
pounds weight will be put on board, the
best kind, which takes up Less room
thar the other, being slowed away in
large iron tanks, and the other in barrels.
The Alert will carry FIVE tons of spirits
of wine for cooking purposes, ten tons
of bread, eighty-fve tons of beef. pork,
bacon, coffee. sugar, -four, and preserv
ed meats. All the meat on board, ex-
cept that which is salted, will be pre-
served in small round tins of two sizes
six and four pounds espectively-and
will comprise beef and mutton, both
roast and boiled; rnmp STEAK, bacon, oys-
ters, and French haddock, supplemented
by pickles of all sorts and preserved
fruits of every kind The total weight
of provisions on board the Alert will
he $40 TONS The Discovery will carry
Il little less Of everything, or about 440
tons in all. Considerable provision has
the crews during the leisure hours of
their long days and nights passing in
the Arctic regions. Dresses are provid.
ed for the use of the men when getting
up theatrical entertainments, one of the
chief recreations of all ice-bound voy-
ayers. Some of the men have shown
considerable ability in the histrionic
line, and it is certain that more than
one of the sailors is a fine amateur
singer. A piano has been placed on
board the Alert, and an organ on the
Discovery. Both ships are also provid-
ed with good libraries by the Admiral
ty, largely supplemented by presents of
books from all parts of the country. AL
ready the "crows's nests" have been fix
ed at the top of the mainmast. This
"crow's nest" is a receptacle for the man
on the lookout. In shape it resembles
barrel, and the sailor enters it through
the bottom, by a sort of trap door,
which is closed when the man has got
inside. He is thus completely shut in
and protected from the Weather. He
has hole through which he takes OBJ
servations, also through which he re-
ports to the officers below. The day
fixed for the departure of the Alert and
the Discovery is to be a half holiday.
This will enable the dock yard men who
have done so much to fit the vessels for
the voyage to witness the sailing. A
farewell tea party has been given the
several crews. Each one of them has
received double pay for one year in ad-
vance, a Testament and sailors's text
book; also some good advice as to the
evils of intemperance. Thus do these
two ships start out with a God-speed
from all mankind.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-06-18

We have in our office small stand in
which We keep our private papers, and
erybody that comes in is sure to sit
down on it, and it is weak in the legs
already. The other day we took a piece
of zinc, and driving it full of sharp
tacks, nailed it on the top of the stand,
the points Of the tacks up Our friends
began TO sit down on il not so much any
more, but yesterday while standing by
this stand talking 10 an old lady, who
wanted the paper for dollar and eighty
cents in artichokes, we forgot oursclf
and sat down on it; but we weren't tired,
and got up so suddenly, that the old la.
dy snatched her umbrella and went
down the steps six steps at a jump, and
there's been a vacant chair at our table
for the last three meals.-[ Lancaster
Gazette
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-06-18

The following address was recently de-
livered at the funeral of San Francis
co type-setter: "Our brother Mr.. John
Harlan, is dead. His last letter is die
tributed, his case is emptied, his stick
is full, the last line is spaced out, and
the clicking Of the type Is 10 Diore
heard by his hand. a paragraph IL
made, period put in, his last proof is
taken, his galley cleared. lis form is
made up, and lies upon the cold impos
ing-stone, silent, lifeless. His faults
are set in diamond and pied, so that no
more proofs can be taken. His virtues
are set in six-line plea, colored, framed,
and hang on the walls of memory, new
er to be forgotten. BE warned and be
ready. Correct your proof"
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-06-18

A surgeon has lately published the re-
suit Of experiments tried by him which
have proved TO his satisfaction that the
application of white-hot iron to the
body is Absolutely painless, while when
only red-hot it Is an extremely painful
operation. When operating with red
hot iron on men their screaming was
fearful, whereas when the iron was
white-hOt not mnrmuF was heard.
When lac operated ON horse with
white-hOt iron, the animal seemed scarce
ly to be aware OF what he was DONG.
\ tornado sweet over portions of Ken
lucky, Indiana and Ohio an Tuesday
last causing considerable damage to
property, and some loss of life.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-06-18

When you wish to know what the
weather is to be, go ont and select the
smallest cloud you can see. Keep your
eyes upon it, and if it decreases and
disappears it shows the state of the air,
which will be sure to be followed by
fine weather; bat if it increases in size
take your great coat with you if you are
going from home, for falling weather is
not far off. The reason is this: When
the air is becoming charged with elec-
tricity you will see every cloud attract
ing all lesser ones toward until il gathers
into shower; and, on the contrary,
when fluid is passing off, or diffusing it.
self, then a large crowd will be seen
breaking in pieces and dissolving.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-06-18

The Columbus (Ga.) Enquirer tells
Of two families in Stewart county whose
lives were saved by gentleman obey
ing presentiment he could not resist.
He had foreboding that storm would
visit that section, and that his house
would be in its path. He told others Of
it, but they only laughed at him saying
he was frightened from reading and
hearing the accounts Of the late cyclone's
He gave credence TO the thought, which
wsnld not 60 down at the bidding, and
ding hole near the house. He had no
sooner finished il than the storm did
come, and barely had he and his family
sought refuge therein than the tornado
tore his house 10 pieces. All in the
hole in the ground escaped.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-06-18

George Pepper, of Somerville, Mass,
was recently stabbed 10 death by his
wife. Peppers life had been memora-
BILE for its accidents. and he had received
hurts enough 10 kill half a dozen ordi-
nary men. He was on board the Con-
gress in its fight with the rebel ram
Merrimae during the war, when his
skull, nose and jaw were broken, the
teeth of his upper jaw knocked out, a
hole made in his side 80 that his intes-
tines could be seen and his thumb and
one eye carried away, while be also re-
ceived a shot in one arm and leg. Subse %
quently a circular saw took of the four
fingers Of the hand from which he had
lost the thumb, and by the fall Of pile
Of lumber, a leg and three ribs were
broken.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-06-18

A story is current in Paris, az follows:
Nicompte de H-was seventy years
old but retained the freshness Of youth
mentally az well az physically. This
WAS the result of an odd theory put into
long practice. He lived always mOder-
ateiy, Systematically reserving proper
tiOnate share Of entertainment for his
old age. Certain books, plays and places
were avoided by him until the time pre-
scribed for them arrived, when he would
enjoy them all the more because of the
long anticipation. His appetite was re-
gulated in the same cool manner. His
object, he said, was to escape tiring Of
life, and to use the worlds pleasures IN
the wisest and most ratiunal way. In
the realization of his plan he only reach
ed opera short time ago. "The Fu-
guenots" was the one selected, and be
was in a state Of high excitement on the
night of his first visit to the Grand OPP
era Housc. He had whole box, and
being an ardent lover Of Meyerbeer's
music, he was entbnsiastic in his admir-
alton of the entertainment. At the end
of the first act he fell from his chair,
and instantly died. The undue ngita-
tion had induced an attack Of heart dis
ease. In his desk was found a carefully
prepared programme Of pleasures that
would have lasted until his eightieth
year. 1t includes a tour Of America.
the reading of Dickens works, etc.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-06-18

The service rendered by carrier-pig-
cons during the Franco Prussian war TO
beleaguered Paris has decided the
French Government to keep n number
Of these valuable birds in the various
fortresaes Of the country. An instance
of the strength Of their home-attach-
ment and faculty Of memory l. shown
in an anccdote told by French paper
A pigeon taken from balloon which
fell into the hands Of the Germans dur
ing the siege Of Paris, was sent by Prince
Frederick Charles 20 his mother NJ a
present. A short time ago the faithful
bird escaped from it's captivity, and re-
turned TO its lawful owner in Paris.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-06-18

The destructive effect of waves il
strikingly illustrated in a statement
made by Mr.. Stevenson, an eminent en-
gineer, to the Royal Society Of Edinburg.
He states that he found on one of the
Shetland Islands, exposed 70 the waves
Of the North Sea, or German Ocean,
masses'of rock weighing nine and half
tons and under, heaped together by the
action Of the waves, at the level Of no
less than sixty feet above the sea-and
others, ranging from six to thirteen tons
were found to have been quarried ont
of their position, in situ, at levels Of
from seventy to seventy four feet above
the sea; another block, Of seven tons
and fraction. at the level Of twenty feet
above the sea, was found 20 have been
quarried out and transported 20 dist
ance of seventy-three feet, over opposing
abrupt faces as much as seven feet in
height. Mr.. Stevenson thinks, as the
result Of his observations, that the pres
ence Of mud on the sea bottom, at any
depth, is proof that the agitation origin
ating at the surface has ceased to be ap-
preciable.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-06-18

Two rather intrusive acquaintanees Of
NJ. G.-de,ermined to take him by
surprise by going uninvited to spend n
week with him. They had just arrived
and in talking Of the journey one Of
them remarked to their host that they
had passed through some beautiful
cornfelds on their way. "You wall see
some much finer ones on your way back,
tomorrow" replied the host.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-06-18

"My dear brethren" said a Nashville
orator, at u public meeting" it has been
usual TO testify by appreciation by the
clapping Of hands one against another,
bat let me recommend 90 You, in pericr-
ence, the gentle mode Of Clapping your
hands, not one against another, but into
your breeches pocket, and thence with
drawing them. would further advise
you to put the money into the eollec-
tion-b boxl" The audience clappcd their
hats upon their heads, and retired.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-06-18

The most singularly named man An
New York is Walter r. T. Jonos-the
middle initials standing for Restored
Twice. His parents frat had son
called Walter, who died. Another boy
was born to them, and christened aitor
the first, with an addition, Walter Re
stored. He died, and a third male child
was born, and received the name he now
bears, Walter Restored Twice Jones.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-06-18

The cows of Alderney, according 10 a
recent visitor TO that island, are milked
three times a day, and the milk IL
churned without skimming. They are
fed on grass and vraie, the latter being n
ea-wee'l, aud are kept much Of the time
in the shade. \ pound of butter a day
is not an uncommon yield for n good
COW. The breed is defended against
admixture by stringent laws, and no cat.
tie are allowed TO be taken into the is
land except to be slaughtered.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-06-18

"Does wood form from the batkg'
ayes" said President Clark, Of the
Massachusetts Agricultural College,
"For the bark Of an elm was quartertd d
and slipped aside in MAY, the wood was
covered with sheet Of tin, and the bark
replaced and covered with waxed cloths.
The section was cut this fall, and shown.
The tin was covered with a wood depos-
II laid on from the bark. Sap goes mp
in the wood 70 be utilized in the leaves
and comes down in the bark"
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-06-18

For loss Of cud, horn all, red water in
cows. loss Of appetite, rot, or murrain In
sheer; thick wind. broken wind, and
roaring, and for all ohstruetions Of the
kidneys in horses use SheridRn's OavRl-
-, CoDdition powdeFF
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-06-18

A rosebud is like promissory note
Matured by falling dew
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1875-09-01
NEW YORK.
7 FL E S T n
WEEKLY AND DAILY FOR 1875.

|H,HE APPROACH OF TIlEPRESI-
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NE wv r. q w n !!

THIS THOROUGH "A
bred Stallion will GIaN 10
make the Spring sea- \ TI
sou in and around --aAssassz,.as..as
ALEXANDRIA. He will be allowed
to some Mares, by the season, at SIS
cash, or s25 payable on the LIST of Oc-
tober next. Note in every instance to
accompany mare. All possible care
will be taken to prevent accidents, but
I will not be responsible for any that
may occur.
INEWTOWN Imp Imp Knight Knight . Of
st. George, his dam was by Zenith,
who was by American Eclipse. Sec
nnd dam by Eaglette, by Grey Eagle.
Third dam by Tiger, who was by
Cooks Whip. Fourth dam Lady Robin
by Robin Gray, son OF Royalist. Lady
Robin was the grand dam of Picayune,
who was the dam Of Doubloon, Florin,
Louis Dor, Miss Darby and several
others. Lady Robins sire was the
G &C sire of Lexington, ON the dam
side. Fifth dam by Quicksilver. Sixth
dam by old Cellar.
NEWTOWN is grey, l6 hands
high, 10 years old, and one of the finest
looking horses to be found anywhere.
s. CULLEN.
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