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The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-06-25
Scribner for July.

The contents Of Scribner for July
have been described az follows: "Kearny
at Seven Pines" a ballad by StedmRn,
illustrated by barley, takes the lead in
the July number Of ScribDer. Next
we have a profusely illustrated sketch
Of "The City Of the Golden Gate" by
Samuel Williams, one Of the best known
editors Of San Francisco, who writes np-
parently with discretion, as we'll as en-
thusiasm. Not the least interesting
part Of Mr.. Williams paper il that in
which he describes John Chinaman-
hut his article is lively and readable
from beginning 90 end. Col. Waring's
Farmers Vacation" is this month de-
scriptiye of THE Right Of Ia Manche;"
he gives us a very bright and rncy arti-
Gle, with n great many illustrations. DR..
Holland " "Story Of ScvenoRks" il con-
tinued; Frank X. Stockton writes about
"The Girl at Rudder Grange" Mr.. A.
b. johnson, private secretary Of Charles
Sumner, presents some more "Reeollec-
tiOns" Of the Senator; J. B. Drury has
an essay on Darwinism; Francis Gerry
Fairfield prints an Appendix 10 his pa
per on Spiritualism; and among the
other contributions we note "a story by
Prof. Boyesen, author Of "Gunnarh and
"The Norreman's Pilerimage;" some
thing about "The Middle-Rged Wo-
man." by Mrs. Davis; and n poem by
Miss Houston, a daughter Of the cele-
brated Sam Houston.
In Topics Of the Time DR. Holland
writes about "Oid and New" now con-
aolidated with Scribner; "International
Copyright" "The ParochIal Schools
and an ''American School Of Art" The
Old Cabinet contains "a Confusion og
Terms;" Thought in Arts" "The Plea
of Humility" and "The Pickpocket's
Excuse" Home and Society, Culture
and Progress; The Worlds Word, and
Bric-a-Brae have their usual variety.
The publishers promise that there VII
be no falling of of interest in the sum-
mer months.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-06-25
The Last Act Of the War-The OBJ
ject Of Mr.. LincOln's Visit to City
Point.

A gentleman attached to one of the
foreign legations in Washington, tells
the following interesting story:
81 was" he said, "invited 10 accompa-
ny the party who attended President Lin
coin to City Point a few days previous
to the surrender of Lee at Appomattox.
1t was Iretty generally Understood that
the end had been reached, and that with
in very few days Lee and his army
would be captured or compelled to sur
render; but / was not aware of the pull
pose of Mr.. Lincoln 8 visit to City Point.
A number of prominent gentlemen were
in the party, and among them Senator
Sumner, who, it was understood, was
soon to be made Secretary of State. On
the way down the river we received the
news on board our boat that Mr.. Seward
had been thrown from his carriage, and
that his life was despaired of, and that.
moreover. he had expressed an earnest
desire to see the President before he ex-
pired. / think dispatch to this effect
was received by Senator Sumner. The
boat on which the President was had the
start of ours, and we did not overtake il
until we reached our destination. / re-
member that Mr.. Sumner lost no time
in hunting up the President and inquir-
ing about the message from Secretary
Seward. Mr.. Lincoln replied that he
had received the news of the accident TO
Mr.. Seward. and the message the then
supposed dying man had sent to him;
'but,' said Mr.. Lincoln, 4 cannot return.
] have more important duties to attend
TO here.''
"The day was spent looking about and
chatting, and Mr.. Lincol1u. did not ap-
pear to be very much occupied or con-
cerned about anything, and | was unable
to imagine what important duties he had
to attend TO; but toward evening Mr..
Lincoln excused himself saying tina; he
had some matters that required his at
tention, and taking with him a confden-
tial telegraph operator who accompanied
him, he went to the telegraph station
and was closeted there for several hours.
The party returned that night, and on
the voyage up was with Mr.. Sumner
on board the boat which carried the
President.
In the course of the evening, while the
party was conversing in the cabin of the
boat, Mr.. Lincoln said that he had
piece of news to communicate. 1T will
in all proba bility be known to the world
before we reach Washington; therefore
] can see no reason, said he, why ]
should keep you in ignorance of what
has happened Thereupon, he drew
from his pocket a parcel of-papers and
real the correspondence which had pass
ed between himself and General Grant
that afternoon. From this it appeared
that the President had arranged by tele-
graph through General Grant the terms
of Lees surrender. / remember that
the correspondence between Grant and
Lee formed a part of what the President
read, and the substance of Grants re.
plies were dictated in Mr.. LincOln's dis
patches to him. 1t impressed me at the
time that no discretion whatever was al
lowed TO the conquering General, and
that even the unimpoItant details of the
surrender were looked after by the Pres
ident"
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-06-25
A Bran Bed for Burns.

The Sanitarian says that in cases Of
bad scaIds of children, in which large
part of the body is involved, il knows
of no dressing as good as a bran bed
that is, a bed Of bran in which the epa-
tient may lie, and be covered with a
thick investment of the same. This
dressing has the advantage of not re-
quiring change, for each day as the
moist particles fall off they can be re-
placed with fresh bran without disturb
ing the patient. One of the severest
cases of scald recovered by this treat
ment. A great deal of harm is done to
patients by frequent dressings, and
any method that obviates this is
most desirable. Patients frequently
are exposed for hours to the act
ion of the air, suffering unnecessary
pain by the old and tedious process Of
dressing. The air itself does no injury,
hut the extreme hyperethesia of the
skin produces a state Of nervous tremor
which leads to exhaustion.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-06-25

A singular case of death from care
less use of poision, lately occurred in
Elmira. A blacksmith, named Wilder,
after a season of drinking, went into a
drug store and called for an ounce of
hydrate of chloral, which was properly
labeled and given him. He went home,
put the entire ounce in a glass of water,
and drank it down, with view to have
a good sleep and recovering from the
effects of his drinking. Hardly had he
touched the bed ere his wife noticed a
strange look upon his face, and hasten
ed to his side. Said he: "SallY, it's no
use, I've made q mistake, and am dead
man." In twenty minutes from the
time he took the mixture he was a
corpse. Five grains of hydrate chloral
is safe dose for q person wishing to
sleep. but this man took an ounce, four
hundred and eighty grains at once, and
paid the penalty.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-06-25
A Wisconsin Lumber Camp.

A Wisconsin lumber camp holds from
twenty to forty men, and their work be-
gins in the fall, as soon as the swamps
are solidly frozen over. The rude road
from civilization to the camp is first
made. The force is divided into chop
pers, who fell the trees; sawyers. who
cut the trunks into the requisite lengths;
swampers, who with oxen drag the logs
to the banks of the river, and cooks,
who procure and cook the food. The
logs are put on the ice, with the mark of
the owners cut into them, where they re-
main until the spring breakup. Men
called scalers are employed Jointly by
the buyers and sellers of the lumber,
their duty being to cut into each log
figures denoting its available size for
squared timber. Camp life is rude and
laborious, and affords the lumbermen
little time to enjoy the pastime of hunt
ing, which the cooks must necessarily
indulge in. Upon the first indications
of thaw in the spring the camps are
hurriedly abandoned, because the
swamps are not inhabitable when not
solidly frozen. Driving" the logs to
market down the swollen streams is the
next and exciting WORK, as in clearing
the way in cases of ''jams" the lumber
men have to step from log to log in the
swift currents. At point where the
water becomes deep enough RATS are
made of the logs, and shanties are built
on them to accommodate the raftsmen.
At "the BOOM" near Oshkosh, the logs
are assorted according to the owners
marks, and there is said to be vast
amount of dishonest dealing by men
who obliterate or change the brands.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-06-25

General Sherman made the speech Of
the occasion at the Bunker Hill celebra-
bration. Here are some Of his points:
81 am almost sorry TO hear this called
Breeds Hill. Il is Bunker Hill to me.
[Applause.] will swear it is Bunker
Hill. Tremendous applause 1t was
Bunker Hill when i was a boy, and it is
recorded on that monument in granite.
If Mr.. Breed is about here he had better
go away. Loud and continued ap-
plause and laUghter.1
"Prescotl was the hero here. ZAP
plause.l He worked all night with
spades and mattOcks, and he worked TO
a purpose, and the next day he fought
where he had worked the night before,
and he is entitled to all the honor and
glory. Old Putnam has enough beside
daughter and applause], and ! love to
refer to the old idea of Putnam's riding
down some stairs; where they were j
don't know now, but somewhere.
[Laughter.l / should say the glorious
old soldier and his example are worthy
of a dozen monuments like that, even il
built of gold. [Great applause.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-06-25
AT dH3
Is a sed up man,

ing" during the policaI campaign Vi
1910, in which
Van, Van,
Is used up man,
was so overwhelmingly defeated by
"Tippecanoe and Tyler too" can realize
the excitement of that campain. Not
the illnatured excitement that attended
the Jefersonian era-rupturing social
and religious ties-but the perfect roll
licking furore and efferves cling of en-
thusiasm that make it the hard cider,
log cabin, coon skin, and singing cam
paign. The young people of to-day hear
about that campaign; how Van Buren
was absolutely sung out of office and
Harrison was sung in, yet many who re-
late those incidents that were within
their personal knowledge, have forgot
ten why that campaign was called log
cabin campaign; why a veritable log
cabin in every city or town of considera-
BILE size was the headquarters of the
Wings; why coon skins were nailed on
the logs; why a barrel of hard cider
stood on tap, with gourd hanging
right by it; why the door fastening was
a wooden latch with its string always
hanging outside. In the Elyria Repub-
lican, among "reminiscences of Lorain
county contributed by n. B. Gates, we
find the origin of the log cabin and hard
cider features of that campaign, which
it is worth while to reproduce, as part of
the political history of this century:
"The raising and dedicating of log
cabins was one of the common occur
rences in the Wing campaign of 1S4O.
1t may not be fully understood why the
great Wing uprising of 1910 was called
the 1og-cabin,' hard-cider,' 'coon-skin'
campaign. When Gereral Harrison was
first nominated and the people began to
show signs enthusiastically that he was a
popular candidate, those who were op-
posed to the Wing party began to ridi
cule their nominee, and an influential
opposition paper, in Indiana, / think,
came out in a leading editorial, asking,
Who is this candidate that the Wings
have nominated for their standard hear
er in the compaign, that they are making
such noise about? 1t is nobody but
General Harrison. whom the great body
of the people know nothing of; man
of no military fame, although the Wings
call him General; of modest pretensions
if let alone, and having no political as
pirations higher than log cabin for a
dwelling, with barrel of hard cider,
and few coon skins hanging on the
outside for ornament The Wings of
the nation took the above for their text
and utilized it."
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-06-25
The World Of London.

Here are some curious statistics about
the papers issused by the London City
Mission:
1t covers within the fifteen miles ra-
dius of Charing Cross nearly seven
hundred square miles.
1t numbers within these boundaries
4, 900, 600 inhabitants.
1t comprises 100000 foreigners from
every quarter of the globe.
1t contains more Roman Catholics than
Rome itself, more Jews than the whole
of Palestine, more Irish than Dublin,
more Scotchmen than Edinburgh, more
WelsEmen than Cardiff, and more
country born persons than the counties
of Devon, Warwickshire, and Durham
combined.
1t has birth in it every FIVE minutes,
death in it every eight minutes, and
seven accidents every day in its, 1000
miles of streets.
1t has on an average twenty-eight
miles Of new streets opened, and 5000
new houses bnilt in it every year.
II has 1000 ships and 5000 sailors in
its pert every day.
1t has III 900 habitual criminals on
its police register, increasing at an aver
age of 10000 per annum.
1t has as many beer-shops and gin
places as would, if placed side by side,
stretch from Charing Cross to Ports
mouth, a distance of seventy-three
miles.
1t has as many paupers as would more
than occupy every house in Brighton.
Il has an influence with all parts of
the world, represented by the yearly de-
livery in its postal districts of 23S, ,000,-
600 letters
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-06-25
St. Nicholas for July


Opens strongly and does not flag to the
end. Its list Of contributors IL headed
by three Of the most popular female
writers for children Rose Terry Cooke,
Emily Huntington Miller and Louisa
Alcott. The number has nlso one Of
the liveliest and most natural boys stor-
les that have appeared for months, writ
ten by Rosaiter johnson and entitled
"a Great Speculation" No true boy
will fail to appreciate it. Then there is
an article on "How 10 Make Boat,
which will doubtless set hammer and
saw to going, and introduce 10 the waters
of lake or river many a shapely craft,
built by the same young hands and
arms that man IL. Our patriotic pride
is awakened by the fine portraits and an
ecdotes of american Orators"-and
the Fourth -of-July spirit is addressed
by an historical sketch Of the first naval
battle in American waters one hundred
years ago and by the contrasted pictures
of "Our Flag" then and now. The ac-
count by Nebraska woman Of GLOW
the Grasshoppers Came" thoroughly
proves its authorship by the SAVIOR Of
reality in its vivid portrayal Of the de-
vastation and dismay which followed
the coming Of these small but destruc-
tive marauders. Susan Coolidge and
Sarah o. Jwett contribute two capital
stories for girls. The poems Of the
number are excellent; the illustrations
are mp to the usual standard Of St.
Nicholas, which leaves nothing to be de-
sired; and there are as many more at
fractions in the number az those We
have mentioned.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-06-25
Mrs. Tiiton StiIi Loves Her Husband.
TFrcm the New York SUM-

Fro m tne new ORR oun-
The most extraordinary development
made in the whole course of Judge Por-
ttr's argument thus far is the fact that
Mrs. Tilton still loves her husband
loves him with love that is idolatrons.
Judge Porter says that woman, loath-
ing this man as she does to this hour,
love man. 1t is the strangest anomaly
that ! have ever witnessed in the whole
course of events. The most idolatrous,
and, if / night SO nse the term, abject
love; but it is no longer love which is
absolutely blind, but now it is love
idolatrous, but blasted"
Here we have an entirely rational ex-
PLANTATION why the offer of Mr.. Beach
to let Mrs. Tilton testify was not accept
ed by Mr.. Beecher and his counsel. A
woman who has an "idoIatrous love" for
the plaintiff would hardly be deemed a
safe witness for the defendant. Judge
Porter's admission is highly creditable
TO his candor.
That a white-souled woman should
cling with idolatrous love to conspira-
tor and scoundrel who has preferred
against her false charge of adultery, is
as marvellous as that Mr.. Beecher should
have attempted to keep up friendly re-
lations with Frank Moulton by openly
ealntinp him in court after Moulfon had
given his testimony
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-06-25

Observations regarding the growth of
man have determined the following
facts: The most rapid growth takes
place Immediately after birth, the
growth of an infant during the first year
of its existence being about eight inches.
This ratio of increase gradually de-
creases until the age of three years is
reached, at which time the size attained
is half that which il is to become when
full grown. After five years the suc-
ceeding increase is very regular till the
sixteenth year. being at the rate, for the
average man, of two inches year. Be
yond sixteen the growth is feeble, being
for the following two years about six
tenths OF an inch year; while from
eighteen to twenty the increase in height
is seldom over one inch. At the age of
twenty-five the growth ceases, save in n
few exceptional cases.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-06-25

Here is what TOOK place in a New Or
leans street car a few days ago: A fop-
pish young man, plentifully supplied
with brass and money, entered the car,
the only other occupant being an ex-
ceedingly pretty young lady, an enntire
stranger to him. Presently pale faced
little boy entered with basket of 1ow-
ers for sale. The fop directed him to
pass the basket to the young lady and
permit her to help herself. She took
all the flowers, and the young man
thought he had made an impression.
The young lady waited till the little boy
had got his pay and departed, when she
quietly rose and threw the flowers into
the street. Astonishing how smart these
girls arel
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-06-25
Tae California Climate.

San Franciscans make a hobby Of
their climate. They roll il a. a sweet
mOrsel under thei= tongue. II IL their
piece de resistance in the catalogue Of
blessings. "The derned place seems
shaky on her pins" said citizen just
after the great earthquake Of 1868; "but
there's one consOiation, anyhow, we've
got the best climate in- the world" II
is eccent.ic; il is tantalizing; il IL seduc-
tive. We are piqned at its capricious-
ness, yet il units us for living anywhere
else. Summer hardens into winter; win
ter IL gloritied into summer. Roses and
sunny skies in January; verdureless
waste, cold winds, and chilling fogs in
July.
"Did you ever see snch summer as
this?" said one lrishman to another.
"No, be jabers, not since the middle
Of last winter"
We cry for thick blankets while you
are sweltering in the dog-day heats; we
throw open our doors and windows
while you are covering beneath the
sharp stings OF winter. Not that all
days in summer are cold, and all days in
winter warm; but the general rule is,
that June, July, and August are detest-
able, and the rest Of the year unequaled
for loveliness of weather. There are
not only days, but weeks. when the skies
are indescribably glorious. The Nile
Valley is not 40 sweetly balmy, South
Prn Italy not so rich in mellow splendor.
The golden sunshine permeates every
pore, qnickens every pulse Of life. The
air has an inde6nahe Roftness and
sweetness-a tonic quality that braces
the nerves to Joyous tension, making
the very sense Of existence a delight.
The contrast of temperature between
summer and winter is lesH apparent
than real. The remarkable equability
Of the climate will appear from the fol-
lowing: In june 1874, the highest
thermometer was Sc, the lowest $50; in
January of the same wear. the highest
was 59o' the lowest, $40. In December
the range was between 6O' and sac; In
August IA was between go and CO.,
samuel Williams; Scribner for July.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-06-25

kilograms, by a device founded on
the idea of the jacquard loom, may
now be committed to roll of paper.
punched with holes instead of letters,
and dispatched automatically. The
punched roll delivers its message to
the instrument without attendance, and
the message is printed at the other end
of the line at the same time. The ad-
vantage claimed for this system is a
gain of time, and the liberty to send
messages when the line is in the most
favorable condition without the assist
ance of the operator.-[" World's
Work." Scribner for July.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-06-25
The Inventor of the wheeIbarrOw.


It takes great man to do a little
thing sometimes.
Who do you think invented that very
simple thing called a wheelbarrow?
Why, no less a man than Leonardo da
Vinci.
And who was he?
He was a musician, poet, pain ter
architect, sculptor, Psychologist, engin-
eer, ratural historian, botanist, and in
ventor, all in one. He wasn't "Jack
at all trades and master ofnone," either
He was real master of many arts, and
a practical worker besides.
When did he live?
Somewhere about the time that Col
umbus discovered America.
and where was he born?
In the beautiful city Of Florence, in
Italy.
Perhaps some of you may feel lit
tie better acquainted with him when /
tell you that it was Leonardo da Vinci
who painted one of the grandest pictures
in the world,-"The Last Supper, "a
picture that has been copied many times
and engraved in several styles, 80 that
almost every one has an idea Of the ar
rangement and position at the table Of
the figures of Our Lord and his discIp-
les; though I am told that, without
seeing the painting itself, no one can
form notion of how grand and beauti-
ful it is.
And only to think Of the thousands
of poor hard-working Americans who
really own, in their wheelbarrow, an
original "work" of Leonardo da Vinci!
-lFrom "Jack.in-the-Pulpit," St. Mich
olas for July.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-06-25

Since the success attending the trans
fusion of blood in the case of General
Blair, the operation has become popular
in. st. Louis. Mr.. Edmund Pinero, o
leading lawyer there, was completely
helpless with rheumatic gout three
weeks ago. TRANSMISSION was tried upon
him recently, his partner, & stout, healthy
gentleman, supplying the life current to
the amount of two ounces. He improv-
ed rapidly after the operation, and is now
able to sit up
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-06-25

Sophia Smith, of Hattield, died in
Massachusetts, a year or two ago, and
left some hundreds of thousands of dol
lars to found a university at Northamp-
tob, which should be the "entire equiva-
lent of the male college and university" !"
but into whose sacred precincts no male
should enter. 1t is snow complete. The
peculiarity of the institution will be its
complete Amazonian character. Vassar
College is female concern, but it was
founded by men, is presided over by
men. sustained by men, and its pupils
are taught by men. In Smith College
the banefnl masculine influence will be
excluded altogether.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-06-25

1t should be borne in mind that your
burglar is not only a dangerous but an
exceedingly difficult beast to capture,
and to rush upon him nnprepared is as
unsportsman like as to dash at ferocions
grizzly on the plains with the intention
of catching him by putting salt on his
stump of a tail. In trapping your burg.
lar let every advantage be on your side.
Judge Van Brunt, OF Long Island, who
ended the career Of the supposed alb
ductors Of Charlie Ross, had a very good
idea of the business; but, as he had as
sistance, the case can scarcely be quoted
as one for a model. In the majority Of
cases it is one man, unaided, who must
contrive 70 take in the robher or robbers.
One principle Of the business Van Brunt
understood, though; it was-this: Do not
seek to capture your burglar alive.
There is no occasion TO take a burglar
alive, and such thing is undesirable
from every point Of view. lie deserves
no quarter, for he is n murderer-hi
profession implying the commission Of a
murder, if Decessary.-[St. Louis Re