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Los Angeles daily herald., 1875-01-27
The Number Of Eggs In a Hen.

A curious point of inquiry among
biologists has been for long time how
MANY eggs there are in the ovary of a
hen. To determine this, German
naturalist a short time since instituted
some careful Investigations, the result
of which showed the ovary of a hen
to contain about 900 embryo eggs. He
also found that some twenty of these
matured the first year, about 100 dur
ing the second year, 1876 during the
third, ia during the fourth, and dur
ing the fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth
years the number decreases by twenty
annually; it consequently following
that after the fourth, or at most the
fifth year, hens are no longer profitable
as layers, unless it may be in excep-
tional instances.
Some interesting experiments were
also made in Germany short time
since to determine the comparative
fecundity of ducks and hens-that is,
from which of the two the larger num-
ber of eggs can be obtained in the same
time. For this purpose three hens and
ducks were selected, all Matched in
February and nourished with suitable
food. The following Autumn the
ducks had laid 225 eggs, while the hens
laid none. In the next February the
laying season began again with the
ducks and continued uninterruptedly
till August. They showed no inclina-
tion to set, but became very thin, al
though they afterward fattened up
somewhat. The total number of eggs
laid by the hens amounted to 257, or SO
eggs each; and 1902, or 13l each for the
ducks. Although the eggs of the ducks
were rather smaller than those of the
hens, yet they proved to be decidedly
superior in nutritive material, so that
the superiority in productiveness was
decidedly with the ducks.
In regard to the means or possibility
of deciding the sex of the eggs, much
difference of opinion exists. But M.
Genin, in a communication to the
French Academy of Sciences, says on
this subject that he is now able, after
having Investigated the matter care
fully for several years, to state that
all eggs containing the germ OF males
have wrinkles on their smaller end,
while female eggs are smooth at the
extremities.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1875-01-27
DON'T RUN IN DEBT.

Don'trun In debt--never mind, never mind
If your clothes are all iaded and torn;
Fix Them up, make them do; II is better by
far
Than TO have the heart weary and worn.
Who will love you the more for the set Of
your hat, .
Or your ruff. or the tie of your shoe,
the style of your boots or shade of crlvat, go
Ifthey know you're in debt for the new?
Good friends, let me beg of you, don't run in
debt, Itgfft4f7i4fsl ..H sfI
Ifthe chairs and the sofa are old; tf.,
They'll fit your back better than any new set,
Unless they are paid for-with gold.
If the house Is too small, draw the closer to-
gether,
Keep it warm with a hearty good will;
A big one, unpaid form all kinds of weather,
VIII send to the warm heart chill.
Don't run in debt-dear girls take hint,
II the fashions have changed since last sea-
son;
Old Nature is out In the very same tint,
And Old Nature, me thinks, has some rea-
son.
But just say to your friends, cannot afford
To spend time to keep up with the fashion !;
My purse is too tight and honor zoo bright
To be tarnished with such silly passion.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1875-01-27
LADIES' HAIR DRESSING
ESTABLISHMENT.
CAROLINE c. BURTON.

r AIDES HAIR DRESSING IN ALL
IL styles. Braids, Curls and Waterfalls
made at the shortest notice. Tangled hair
Strengthened and made into any shape. Per-
umes of the finest quality on hand and for
sale. No. D Spring street, Los Angeles, Cal.
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A splendid assortment of SCRAP-BOOKS
have been expressly prepared for the holiday
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PARTS |, III and III, ARE JUST PUBLISHED
THE ART JOURNAL,

Complete in twelve monthly parts, at 81 each.
Reproducing the best full-page illustra-
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EORMERLY OF ST. LOUIS, MO-,
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M6SE. lie will give his special attention to
~ diseases of the Eye, Ear, Nose and
Throat.
OFFICE: Spring ST., opposite Temple Block.
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The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-12-10
SUSPENSION OF COAL MINING.
Work To Be Stopped for Four
Weeks i'm the SchnyIkill Region
-Thirty-flve thousand Men
To BE Thrown Ont.

PHILADELPHIA, December Sat a
meeting of the Schnylkill County Ccal
Exchange. held to-day at the Reading
Railroad Company's Office, it was decid-
ed, after considerable discussion, to sus-
pend work in the entire region for four
weeks, beginning December 18. The
cause of the stoppage is the over-stocked
condition of the market, and the eontin-
ned depression of the trade The total
production of the region thus far for
1875 has been only 300, 900 tons less than
it was last year, notwithstanding the five
months of enforced idleness. caused by
the long strike of last winter and spring.
The Reading Company, which was re-
presented at the meeting by Mr.. Gowen,
has already closed thirty -one of its forty
collieries, and will close the remainder
next week. The operators deny that the
effect will be to increase the price of coal
and give only the reasons assigned above.
The almost total stoppage of the iron
trade and the dullness of manufacturing
is said TO be the chief cause of the sus-
pension. About thirty FIVE thousand
men will be thrown out of work. The
dullness in the trade also exists in the
other great coal fields, and the Lehigh
operators will hold meetings in New
York next week, to discusss the advisa-
bility of snspending. II probable that
they will agree to reduce their working
time one -fonrth.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-12-10

affidavits of fictitious or Inscriptions
persons. TO have been sustained on small
farms and plantations, are not only far
beyond the possible yield Of those places
for anv one year. bat as everyone knows
who has experience in tiIiing the soil.
and who has visited the scenes of the
spoliaIion, are in many instances more
than the individual claimants were even
worth, including their personal real
estate.
The report of the Attorney General.
which will be submitted TO Congress at
an early day, will contain a detailed
history of the awards made and of claims
pending of the class here referred TO.
THE sHooL QUESTION.
As this will be the last annual message
which / shall have the honor of trans
miiting to Congress before nv successor
is chosen, l will repeat, or reeapitnlate,
the questions which ] deem of vital i'm
portance, which should be legislated up
on ana S6ftie1 at inns session.
First-That the States shall be requir-
ed to afford the opportunity of good
common school education TO every child
within their limits.
Second-That no sectarian tenets shall
be ever taught in any school supported
in whole or in part by the State, Nation,
hxy he r,roaaaAS IF 20 1oufod
on any community; make education
compulsory so far as To deprive all per
sons who can not read and write from
becoming voters after the year 1890, dis
franchising none, however, on grounds
of iliteracy who may be voters at the
time this amendment takes effect,
ThiId-Declare Church and State for
ever separate and distinct. but each free
within their proper sphere, and that all
church property shall bear its own pro-
portion of taxes.
Fourth Drive out licensed immorali-
ty, such as polygamy and the importa-
tiOn of women for illegitimate purposes.
To recur again to the centennial year,
it would seem az though now, as we are
about to begin the second century of our
National existence, would be a most fit
ting time for these reforms.
Fifth-Enact such laws as will secure
speedy return TO a sound currency,
such as will command the respect OF the
world.
Believing that these views will COM
mend themselves to the great majority of
the rieht-thinking and patriotic citizens
Congress. U. s GRANT.
EXECUTIVE MANSION, December Z,
1875,
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-12-10
An Appalling Mine Disaster in En-
gland-14O Lives Reported Lost.

LONDON, December 6.-An awful ex-
plosion occurred to-day at the Swarthe
Main Cnlliery, near Barnsley. Yorkshire
1t is feared that more than two hundred
lives are lost.
The explosion in Swarthe Main Col
liery occurred at half past 9 to-day.
There is nothing new to report, except
that there are hopes that the loss of life
will not be SO heavy as at first given
At the time of the explosion those who
were able rushed to the pit bottom, bat
the drawing cage had been misplaced.
The bodies of the dead and injured are
now being brought to the surface.
[LATER.1
The colliery at which the dreadful
explosion occurred to-day, belongs to
Mitchell & Co., and is one Of the largest
in Southern Yorkshire. It is Joined by
underground workings with the Ed
munds Main Collierv, where, twelve
years ago yesterday, over three hundred
persons perished. The works extend for
many miles. They are entirely worked
with safety lamps, under very rigid dis
cipline, and were considered safe. At 6
o'clock this morning about three hum
dred men and boys descended, and COM
menced working as nsnal-At half. past
9 terrible explosion occurred. The
exact position of the explosion is at
present unknown, but miners in all
parts of the pit were startled by loud
report, followed by large volumes of
smoke and after-damp. Those who were
able to, rushed TO the pit bottom. but
the drawing cage was displaced. AS soon
as possible volunteers organized to
search for the dead and dying. and those
who had escaped. After being down for
some time the volunteers reported about
noon that they met with great difficulty.
They saw many who were alive, but un-
conscious. 1t islmpossible now to give
the number lost. 1t is feared that the
first report 1.-TWO hundred), will be be con-
frmed. though the managers of the col
liery hope that many be saved. Opera
tives in all colIieries OF .he district are
ont on the spot ready and anxious to do
all possible for the relief of the sufferers.
All local surgeons have also arrived.
All those rescued thus far are seriously
burned and injured. Hundreds Of men,
women and children are congregated at
the mouth of the pit, and Ms the dishgur-
ed bodies are drawn TO the surface the
scene is of the most heartrending char
acter.
The latest accounts from the Swarthe
Colliery indicate that the total number
of lives lost is 140. The explosion was
caused by careless blasting operations.
Another disaster of similar character
is reported to-day, in coal mine near
Pentyrch, in South Wales. Twelve per-
SONS were killed and ten injured.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-12-10

Through the persistent efforts of Sec
retary Bristow, the most astounding
frauds upon the revenue have been un-
earthed, and many Of the guilty parties
are being brought to Justice. The Sec
retary's efforts thus far, have been di
rected against the great whiskey rings
and the deepest in crime yet attacked
by him, has or had its head quarters at
St. Louis. This ring succeeded in de-
franding the Government of larges sums
of revenue, but Its. members were so
numerous, and were being daily neces-
sarily augmented by the admission into
full membership Of persons who knew
too much about its workings and were
therefore dangerous in the capacity Of
outsiders" that it is doubtful whether
any individual members have been ena-
bled to lay by very large sums of their
general ill-gotten gains. In the revela-
tions which have been made concerning
this ring. the nameo Of General Babcock,
the Presidents private Secretary. ia
made to appear in connection Herewith,
in manner which is decidedly suspic-
ious for one occupying position 20
near the chief Magistrate. In fact, in
such an attitude have the legal inyesti-
cations placed him-and yet so stead
fastly does he protest innocence of any
criminal alliance with the revenue rob-
be-s--fhat he has asked for trial by
court marshal, "a kind of dernor resort of
persons occupying positions both mill
tary and civil in their nature, who are
charged with malfeasance in the civil
branch of service. The President has
complied with his request, and has des-
ignated the court, as follows:
"Lieutenant General P. II. Sheridan,
Major General w. 8. Hancock and
Brigadier General Fl. Terry to compose
the Court, and they will be ordered to
meet in Chicago on Thursday, Decem-
Der 9. Major Asa B. Gardner, of West
Point will be Judge Advocate. Attor-
ney General Pierrepont telegraphed
District Attorney Dyer, at 81. Louis,
that the Court Of Inquiry was in no
manner to stay any proceedings in the
Courts there in the case.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-12-10


The Presidents Message, submitted
to Congress on Tuesday and printed in
all the dailies of Wednesday, Is the
most lengthy, and perhaps the most in
teresting document of the kind that has
vet emanated from General Grant. The
general apprehension Of war with
S,ain on account of the Caban quea-
tion, and the supposition that the Presi-
dent was anxious to interfere in behalf
of Cuba, led to the belief that his mes
sage would advise such measures as
would undoubtedly involve US in war
with the Spanish Government. But in
this respect it is decidedly conciiiatory,
and leaves no room to suspect that the
President is seeking a quarrel with
Spain. We print such portions of the
message as bear upon this and other
generally important questions. but for
want of room are compelled to omit
great portion of the document. His
suggestions regarding the taxation OF
church property, will be apt to create
very general discussion.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-12-10

Speaking of the cruel treatment OF
children in the trapeze business, an old
circus rider says: at matters not to the
person to whom the child may be ap-
prenticed whether or not it may possess
either the necessary age, physique, or
natural aptitude for the work. The
purchaser or lessee of the child has
bought or leased It in order to make a
trapeze performer or a rope-walker OF
posturer out of it, and it is bound to be-
come such, no matter what obstacle may
intervene. The greatest difficulty gen.
orally lies in the ignorance of the in
structor of the performance he seeks to
teach. and of its requirements, even mp
on a mature muscular and nervous sys-
tenn, not To mention its terrible strain
upon young children. This ignorance
causes the child TO be set to n task which
he can not without injury accomplish,
and when an instructive dread of the
consequences arises it is called Stub
bornness, and prompt measures are TAX
en- TO lick il OUT of the child. The old
style had its faults, but il was paradise
compared to the present state of affairs"
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-12-10


The two Houses of Congress met on
Monday last. Mr.. Kerr, of Indiana,
having been nominated by the Demo-
cratic caucus of Saturday. as their can
didate for Speaker, was duly elected to
fill that important Office on the meeting
of the House. While Mr.. Kerr was
generally regarded as strong aspirant
for the place, it was also generally be-
lieved that he would not secure it with
out rather warm struggle, and the ear
ly announcement Of his election was re-
ceived with more or less surprise. In
the Democratic caucus on Saturday
which met for the nomination of candi-
dates for the various Offices to be filed,
the vote stood as follows:
On third balIott-90 for Kerr, 63 for
Randall, for Cox and for Sayler. On
motion of Mr.. Randall, the nomination
was made unanimous, with enthusiasm.
A recess was taken till P. NJ, when
balloting commenced for other offices to
be filed: On the fifth ballot Geo. M.
Adams, Of Kentucky, was nominated
for Clerk, receiving SO votes, to Sc for
Crittenden, for Dubois, for Banks
and IL for Whitehead. John G. Thomp-
son was nominated for Sergeant-at-arms
on the first ba Hot, receiving 1l3. Cook,
25, McCloskey 7, Fitzhugh 1, Ben. G.
Harris Is. L. II. Fitzhugh. of Texas,
was nominated for Doorkeeper, and
James Stuart, of Virginia. for Postmas-
ter. Rev. J. L. Thompson, of Washing
ton, Episcopalian, was chosen Chaplain.
L. @. Q. Lamar, of Mississippi, pre-
sided, and made speech, in which he
declared himself for hard money.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-12-10

Boss Tweed made his escape on Sat-
urday evening last, from the custody
of the warden of the Ludlow street,
New York, Jail, where he has been con-
fined, occasionally, for some time past.
The Boss, being a moneyed and there
fore distinguished prisoner was allow
ed extraordiary privileges, by the officers
Of the prison. Whenever he felt like
taking an airing, all he had 20 do to
have his wish gratifed, was TO make
known the same to an officer. and forth
with barouche was in readiness to con-
vey him to any point he might desig-
nate. On the last occasion of this kind,
and with the osteRsible purpose of visi-
ting his wife, the Boss, quietly .'lit out"
and left his keepers waiting in one of
the parlors of his family residence, TO
await his return. sand at last accounts,
they are waiting still. A New York
despatch says:
The warden stated he had been din
ing with Tweed at the Boulevard, and
they returned in the carriage to the
house of Tweed's son-in-law, Mr.. Doug
las, on Madison avenue, where Tweed's
wife resided. Tweed asked permission
to go up stairs to zee his wife, which
was granted. Tweed stayed about fif-
teen minutes, and he (Dunham) becom-
ing uneasy at his prolonged absence,
sent Tweed's son after him. He soon
returned and said "Father was not
there" The warden then rushed to the
front door and looked up and down the
street, but saw no person resembling
Tweed Tweed had taken his hat with
him, but left his overcoat in the hall.
Hogan, the assistant jailer. who was
with the warden, says he saw Tweed go
mp three or four steps of the stairs, but
ia not certain that he went mp the full
fight. The house was searched from
top to bottom, but no trace of the fugi-
tive was found The news of 7 weed =
escape, as soon as known, was telegraph
ed to all the police stations, and detec-
tives and police sent out to scour the
city. Sheriff Connor offered reward
of $4,000 for his recapture.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-12-10
Farm for Sale.

10S ACRES-one mile east Of Somerset, on
lUC Rehoboth road. Il is adapted to cit Ier
stock or grain; is well waiered with never fail
ing springs; has choice fruit, consisting of ESQ
apple trees, pears cherries and ounces. A
plum orchard of the best varieties Of damsons,
cages, etc. Also, peach orchard of $50 trees
of the very best varieties. Good buildings; 30
acres of good timber, and fences ali In good re-
pair. For particulars, call on or address
GEORGE w. CAYWOOD,
Oct. 20, 1875, 29tf Somerset, Ohio.