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, 1876-02-09

Tho debate on tho Queens speech in tho
British House Of Commons yesterday foro-
thadowed tie opposition which may DO OK
pcctcd when the question OF tho Suez shares
purchase comes up for action. Tho Marquis
" HAnr1HoToN, tho Liberal leader, outlined
|he policy Of his party in speech Attacking
D1snAE11's pet mcasure, queHtion'ngita sound
ness commercially and politically, and clai1n-
ing that tho advice Of Parliament should
have beon taken previous to tho closing of
tho purchase,
, 1876-02-09

United states Senator CHn1s7rAScY, of
Michigan, aged u, WINS yesterday united in
tho holy bonds Of marriage to Miss LILLE
LuoEnuEEh, ex-clerk IN the Treasury Dcpnrt-
ment, agod sweet n. The Senator, who be-
longs to the Independent party, Inns certainly
mado very independent choice, and has
shown commendablo courage in relieving tho
Indy OF un.ne which wns certanly not re-
nlarkable for euphony. The event shows
that tho Judge Inns quietly been having IN ill.,
vcstigation Of Ills. own in tho Treasury De-
patment which haa bocu remarkably sue.
cessful
, 1876-02-09

Tho Illinois Democratic Central Con,mittcn
demonstrated tho fact Of its existence by
holding meeting in Chicago yestorlay. It
demonstrated little or nothing else, except
hat in tho present chaotio condition Of
policy and principles the party in Illinois is
Rholly at sea. Beyond M informal Discus
don, tho Committee accomplished nothing,
md adjourned 10 wiser tlan heforo.
, 1876-02-09

Services Of respect to tho memory Of the
tato DR.. SAMUEL g. 1TowE wero held i'll tho
boston Music-11all yesterday, aud wero at-
Tended by a largo concourse Of people, among
whom many deaf nlutes nnd blind persons
Hcre noticed. Addresses and poems by emi-
ncnt New Englantlera made the occasion O
mtrnnrnEla ma
, 1876-02-09

anid OF DOM vna household conndencot In ths
uukoiy cvent TINT Mr. IIENnn,oKs should bo
eiootod President, llavo tho Democracy conatd.
escl Tito fnet ttlat II wilt be necessary to kcou
tho Great American Trimmer out uoorH. ia orde,
to ma1lo iia promises valId md sllnt II shey onot
stretch their legs under Ills mahogany tAoy sss
inot7
, 1876-02-09
THE TARIFF AND EMPLOYMENT or 1AD0

THE TARIFF AND EMPLOYMENT OF LABOR
Tho Tariff bill proposed i'll Congress con-
Times to distress the organs Of tho Protection
Ring They layo made the most frantic ap-
pcals and llnvo published tho most cxtraya-
gnnt statements of facts and u,eoricg.
Tho United States have nll tho elements Of
n grind manufacturing country. They Gill;
brace every variety Of soil md climate; havo
the most abundant supply Of metals, includ~
ing gold and slyor. They have iron, and
copper, and lend, and nickel they have tho
cheapest Of coal in inexhaustible quantities
deposited In oil parts Of tho country they
hnye perfect system Of internal transporta-
tion BY water and rail, rendering the move
mcnt Of raw materials and manufactured
goods easy andcheap. They haro, as no other
manufacturing country has, cheap food and
in abundance; they have tho advantage Of
all rivals to the extent tllnt they furnish
food to other nations. In rcgorl t2 tho great
staple commodity, cotton, we havo almost q
monopoly. We produce it Of the best quail.
ty, and, having but little aso for it, export it,
and tho mon and women who labor in tho
cotton-he1ds nro clothed with goods manufac-
t,,red Of American cotton in Great Britain
Thus, with tho cheapest OF raw mater1al Of ill
kinds in unprecedented abundance, with
cheap fuel in inexhnustib1o quantities, with
broadstuffs and meats produced at tho very
doors Of tho mills md factories, with un-
cqualcd water-powor, and, rs inserted by
tho Protection organs, two millions
Of unemployed laborers, many Of thom
dependent upon charity, and somo Of them,
according to pig-1ron KE1LEy, forced to be
tranlpB,a VIC refuse to manufacture goods
for export! We haro tho factories, tho fur
naccs, the mines. tho mills, and tho work
shops, with tho means and appliances to pro.
duco iron, steel, leather, wooden, cotton,
woolen, md other goods, in quantities and
qualities not only equal to tho supply Of oil
the people Of tho United States, but to sup
ply tho wants Of other countries with o. much
AmcricAn-mmlo goods ns are now sent to
them from Great Dritain. Why is not this
done? Why do we work cotton mills, aud
woolon miI!s, md iron furnaces, threo months
at timo, aud then closo them, to re-
sumo after whilo for brief period and
close again? It Is because we have IN iuad-
cquato maskoti Our factories produce moro
poods in threo ,nontls than can In eo,1 i,
s;x. md ]bave tn closc until tbo s,rn,ua rro1-
uct il tlisposed Of in gomo xov. In thn
meantime, tho labor, being employed but d
short time instend of contin,,onslv in cnoooc1
in chronic striko for wapes higher tl,on am,
ployers can give. These laborcrs and their
families, ont OF tl,oir gcaut and irregular
wapes. have to nav m ouor,no,,s tariff tox IN
nil thnv cpng,1mc, Thu 1nnn hna tn nnv ~,
~ ~ ~ i"J oAA
his boots Tux OF 15 per cent; on his cont.
yast md nnotn1nopr f,f, nav oo,,t t, or III, mi
e''t '" l"oA""oA0' w fsA ett'si w LAB eoe
ton hosiery, HD per cent; on Lis uuueTclOth.
I'M, t:s INV ,o,+ ~, II, In. No., ro
'"bt y" te' 1eA't' ol1 A'e 1'aL or Cup, W per
cent; on every article of fur1lftnrn
HNs"A~
, 1876-02-09

If not rain, then snow,-with slight
majority in favor Of tho for1ncr,-is tho con-
clr1sion to DO drawn from tho meteorological
returns so fnr nR heard from.
, 1876-02-09

These Rhode Island manufacturers in that
memorial declared that ''all Of the above
taxes eahanes Tie cost Of American woolens,
and constitute bounty IN Jauor ef as ,toregp
acooIen n.anAf faetnr<rs EAo ara exempt from
, 1876-02-09

civil life. wns absorbed IN useful and pro-
tluctivo rursslits, md thia did not moot tim
demand. This articlo has been REPRODUCED
by tho anbsitly organ an MI argument to
prove tIlat tho absorption OF 80 macl, tahor in
1861 was duo to tho abundance of badly-le-
proctated paper money, whilo tho want Of
employment for labor in 1874 -5.G ia ditto to tho
want of currency This drlyol il harlly
worth notice. Tho fact TINT lilo panic took
placo at tho moment when tl,cro wns moro
papor money In circulation tlan at any provi-
ot1s timo in tho history Of tho Government,
mud the other fnot tllat there llns not been so
much unemployed anl idle money waiting
investment MS ut present, givo all tue answer
that IL needed to tlis imitation fallacy.
, 1876-02-09
SOCIETY MEETINGS.

GARDEN CITY LODGE, M. i'll, 4. F. md 4. NJ
4 Regular Communication will be held OIL "Wednesday
evening" Fab u, at Oriental Hail. Work on tho II. II.
Degrees. Visiting Brethren frntetnally Invited.
II, +. IIOLCOAIH, ". II.
L. L. NADSWDnTI{, 8ec.
, 1876-02-09

The Chicago produce markets were uery-
Gus yesterday. Mess pork was iu better
demand aud 800 per brl higher. closing at
, 1876-02-09
OBJ (gb1m9u llCribn11t.
"Wednesday Morning, February 0, 1870.

GreenbnckB ut tho Now York Gold e.
change yesterday closed Mt $50.
, 1876-02-09

ADELrHr TnEATRE-Dearb0rn street. corner
Monroe Variety performance. Afternoon and evening"
, 1876-02-09

Mov1CKERB THEATRE-sfa street betwee1
peartorn and atAta. Engagement Of Mr.. and Mrs. II.
!. Florence, " This Mighty Dollar"
, 1876-02-09

IoOLEY'B Notwithstanding street, between
Clark hni IAsalle, Tho California htinstrols. After
uoon and evening.
, 1876-02-09

lA71a or SUBSCRIPTION trA1AHIE III AnvAfcE>.
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TKnNs 70 CITE sunscn1nyns.
Daily. delivered. aunday excepted - ocnu 1er week.
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Hearty Breakfasts.

In large majority of cases, SAYS the
journal of Health. il will be fonnd that
the heartiest meal OF the day should be
eaten in the morning Ifthe closing re-
past of the day has not been eaten too
late, or has not been too excessive in
quantity, or indigestible in quality, the
stomach will be rested and active in the
morning, after the individual has enjoy
ed a cold bath. The stomach will then
respond quickly with the necessary gas
tric juice for the solution of food, and
if fair amount of exercise is taken
during the day, large mass of food will
be assimilated and converted into blood
and tissue With n good, substantial
break fast, no great amount of food will
be required during the remainder Of the
day. One further meal will be ample,
and that might better be taken At from
two or three o'clock in the afternoon
than at any other period, if business en-
gagements only permit it.
| The break fast may be made from any
kind of wholesome food, and the fewer
kinds the better. The dinner should bt
light and readily digesied, il sound
sleep is desired, and strong appetite and
perfect power Of digestion next day. /
hunger comes, bowl Of sweet milk ant
we'll cooked mush of Indian meal oil
other nnbolted grain will allay il, anc
will digest quickly. One square meal
in every twenty-four hours Ia all Iha
can be taken care of by many veal
stomachs and more than this is an ex
cess and induces headache, nausea anC
distress. II dinners were abandoned
and especially late and heavy dinners
myriads Of dyspeptics would be cured
But under the exigencies Of city life
dinner cannot we'll be avoided. Thi
need not be the tremendous meal il i
customary to make it, If the breaK fas
he substa ntial and nutritious-not
thing of slops and biscuits, as it too OF
ten is
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-03-03
A Lawyer Outwitted.

A similar case to that of the Presby-
terian clergyman commemorated in the
Editors Drawer Of the January HarperS
occurred in Massachusetts, town OF
high repute quite a number of years
ago. The town, now a city, maintained
a high school, according to law. A
teacher employed, at a certain salary,
by the year. After while his services
were not found satisfactory to the school
committee, and their chairman, a
smooth spoken menszer of the legal pro-
fession, was deputed to perform the
ungracious task of informing the mas
ter of the state of the case. After the
settlement of preliminaries, the point
was reached and the propriety of the
masters resignation was automatically
and politely suggested. The incum-
bent, if not qualified to teach such a
school, was a shrewd Yankee. He ex
pressed his willingness TO leave so read
lily that the committee man became un-
commonly gracious at the success OF
his mission. "But," said the worthy
pedagogue, "if my services are not sat
isfactory here, they may he in some 9TH
er place; and rs ] must get my living.
presume you will give me a recommen'
dation?"
"Certainly," replied the conmittee
man, thinking only of relieving his owr
town Of an inefficient instructor; and ac
cordingly drew up the paper on thu
spot.
The master read il, and found il high
ly satisfactory. "And now" said he
glancing keenly at his employee. "upoI
this recommendation I am so we'll 6IteG
to teach, will thank you to pay IN
the rest Of my salary for the unexpire'
half wear" The lawyer was caught
and the money was paid.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-03-03
Concentrated Beer.
From the London Standard

-OHl thc A-OhNbh SAdhuaIo-l
At recent meeting Of the Society of
Arts, DIR. Bartlett described, in lengthy
paper, the process of concentrating beer.
The inventor of the process is Mr.. Lock
wood, one of the founders of the con-
densed-milk industry, and the plan
adopted is very similar to the process
employed in the preparation of that ar
ticle, viz: By boiling down the beer at
a temperature of about 1l2 degrees in
vacua until it is reduced to n thick semi
fluid state, with but a small proportion
of the original water remaining. The
alcohol IL previously extracted by gen
tie distillatiOn, and readded when the
process OF condensation is complete; the
mixture being then sealed mp in cans.
A barrel of beer containing thirty six
GALLONS may in this manner it was stated
be concentrated in bulk Of little over
two gallons, and all that is wanted to
restore the beverage to its original con-
dition, is the addition of water to the
eAteHb htfIreu. Oub "ucu ~ iFihiAtu
the beer is necessarily without hriskness.
the whole of the carbonic acid having
been driven of, and TO remedy this the
inventor proposes to stimulate the repro.
duction Of the gas by the addition Of a
little yeast or uncondensed beer. DR..
Bartlett said he had put the remade
beers to the practical test of drinking
them almost daily. and had found them
pleasant to the palate and more suitable
from a die tetir point of view than the
general average OF beer.
The substantial value of the invention
lay, he thought, in its applicability to
the preparation OF beers for export and
for nse on board ships. The .aving ef
fected would be so considerable that he
saw no reason why beers Of the mos
wholesome type should not he 80 suppl
ed at the antipodes at a moderate ad
vance upon home prices. If the con
densatioD of beer was carried on with
energy and commercial enterprise i
could not fail, he predicted, TO become o
National importance as leading to 1
great increase of our exports. now de
clininR. A discussion followed the read
ing Of the paper, and opinions were ex
changed generally favorable to the view
of the author.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-03-03
An Odd Detection.
boston Herald

About 7:30 last evening an elderly
man named James Ryan fell at the cor
ner of Washington and Warrer ton
streets, while intoxicated, and hurt him
self badly. A crowd Immediately gath
cred, but though the man laid there un-
able TO move, no one essayed 10 assist
him up. till young fellow forced his
way through the crowd and made him
self very ofiicious in his efforts TO get The
old man home. Mean lille, another man
in the crowd had seen this young man
counting some money in a neigbboring
doorway and rurpected that he might
have knocked the old man down and
robbed him. Officer MAYNARD was sum-
moned and both men were taken TO the
Fourth Police Station, and on searching
the young man, who gave his name As
Michael Taylor, 1920 were found on hi-
person, which he sAid belonged TO has
aunt, Mrs. Catharine. Mahoney. At No
IL Newton place. Officer Maynard went
10 the house, and on investigation Mrs
Mahoney found that $40 had been Ia
ken from under . certain carpet. and
young Taylor 10 held for taking IL. Thu
an attempt 10 do an act Of kindness 70
suited IN his being detected in q. crime
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-03-03
A Remnrknhle CoIneIdenea.

Yesterday, on the Missouri Pacific
Railroad train which reaches this city
few minutes after twelve o'clock, q
stranger arrived, who sought out the
Lindell Hotel for a comfortable meal
and n few houFs' rest before proceeding
on his journey across the continent TO
California. After his baggage had been
cared for he registered his named on the
hotel register: "FredeTick Modatts
Bangor, Me-" The gentleman was Roon
shown the dining-room and began eating
his dinner.
"A few moments after these events
happened the bus drove mp to the en-
trance Of the hotel and stranger. just
arrived by the X. C., 81. 10 & {. B
Railroad. stepped out and into the hotel
and after divesting himaelf Of overcoat
and wrappings he proceeded to register
his name and location. Much TO his
surprise he found his name, Frederick
Mofatt," already registered. He had
but Just arrived; he was n total stranger
who had written the manner lie could
have almost sworn the writing was his.
He was puzzled, but better look at the
register disclored the fact that Mofatt
No. hailed from Name, while he resid-
I'd in ST. Jose Cal. Mohatt No. 2 wrote
his name on the register and turned to
the clerk and asked for Moffatt No. ].
Having been informed that he was then
at dinner, he stated he would like an in
tervlew with him, and quietly seated
himself by the stove until MOhatt No.
/ returned from the dining .roJm, and
WAS pointed out to him BY the clerk. He
introduced himself and the two men
bearing the same name, who were totally
unknow to each other, sat down TO .
conversation which disclosed the follow
ing remarkable coincidence:
Monatt No. was born in Maine and
was thirty-one years old on the Sd Of
Janurry, 1876. Mofiatt No. was born
III California, and thirty -one years old
on the Sd day of January, 1876.
The father Of each family was named
"Charles." and the mother May
Each has two sisters living and one
brother dead, whose names were
Charles" named after their fathers.-
Both we're proprietors Of livery and feed
stables in their respective places OF resi-
dence, and the residences Of both we're
consumed by fire on the 9th day Of
March, 1875, and we're insnred in the
Etna Fire Insurance Company. These
two men are very similar in appearance.
In height avoirdupois and general APP
pearance they are almost enough alike
to be twins. The only difference lis in
ihe complexion and the color Of the hair.
The Maine mans hair il black, while
that OF the one from California is fiery
red.-[ Atchison Patriot.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-03-03
MISCELLANY.
He Has q Case.

A man with bad looking nose and
melancholy appearance generally (says
the Detroit Free Press) entered Justice
Potter's Office the other day, and slam
ming paper down on the desk he ex-
claimed: 81 submit the docs and de-
mand divorce" The Court looked at
him in puzzled way, and the stranger
continued: Hump the papers together
mighty quick, for she's out after dray
to move the furniture" 81 can't give
you a divorce" answered his Honor.
Here's the cash down, mister?" said the
stranger pulling out small tin box full
of shinplasters, "snd here's charges that
will make your blood run cold!" He
was instructed as to what steps he mus:
take, and in his excitement and confus-
ion he went away leaving the "docs" on
the desk. The charges read as follows
81. Pulling hair, jawing and kicked
me- 2. More pulling hair. 8. Kicked
me Christmas Day, and l can prove it.
T. Tried to pizen me, and then jawed
around. 5. Sitting down cellar and
reading dime novels, and then striking
me when talked to her like a father.
6. Teasing me take her to a circus, and
then getting mad and running mighty
good dish-pan. Z. Jawing, kicking,
lighting, cussing. threatening. making
up faces, and demanding money to buy
ice cream and candy for her darned old
relashuns. And so forth, to- wit, and a
good may other things which can
prove siraighter'n string. Gentlemen,
grant me this disvo-ce, and | will vote
for you If yon ever run for Alderman. "
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-03-03
EXPLOSION or NITRO-GLYCER-
INE.
A Man Blown to Pieces-A Town
Shaken rs by an Earthquake.
[FrOm the New York snn, 2s.h.1

From the New York snn, 26ih.l
OIL CITY. February %.
One of those terrible accidents, caused
hy nitro-Rlycerine. which are so cum
mon to the oil regions, occurred at St.
Petersburg, near this city, to-day.
Abont hundred rods from St. Peters
burg was a small iron safe, in which nj
tro-glycerine Was stored. Safes are re-
quired in which to lock this article, be-
cause of the depredations of the "moon-
light sorpedoists," who are not satisfied
with stealing the torpedoes, but also
make raids on the magazines Whenever
they can get into them. As it is very
dangerous to have a great guam ity of
the stuff stored in . single place, these
safes are scattered about the country
near all the villages. The safe at St.
Petersburg contained about one hundred
pounds of nitro-Rlycerine. James Bar
mum left the village in the afternoon
for the safe, with the intention Of pro-
curing some of the stuff for Use in a
torpedo. A few moments after his de.
parture n terrible explosion was heard.
The houses IN the village were shaken
as though by a passing earthquake;
nearly every pane of glass was shaiter-
ed, and glassware and crockery were
thrown down, while the people fed wild
ly into the street. A cluud of dust Tis-
ing in the direction of the magazine pro-
claimed at once the cause.
A number Of the VILLAGERS at once
ran to the scene of disaster. The iron
safe had been blown To pieces: The
man Was nowhere TO be seen. On the
ground lay his two horses terribly man
Rled, and both dead. His wagon was
blown to many pieces. A large hole.
fonr or Eve feet deep and eight feet
across. showed whore the nitr0-glycerine
had stood. Search was made for the re-
mains of the missing man. After two
honrs' dilligent search, pieces of bones
and fesh sufficient TO ELL small cigar
box were found. VILLAGERS are scOur-
iHB tiIt WOOuN lu All ulTeGtlOIb III rthTCn
Of fragments of the body. The wife of
the poor man WAS short distance from
the place when the explosion occurred.
1t il curious fact that nearly ten
minutes after the explosion occurred the
displaced air rushed swiftly irto the va
CUM toward the center, sweeping up
the dried leaves and loose grass the dffer
ent currents meeting with great furce at
the central point. Another curious re-
sult Of the shock il the increased prodnc-
tion Of an oil well situated only few
rods from the magazine. Since the eK-
plosion it has flowed nearly double the
amount it did before.
The safe, in which about only 125
pounds Of the explosive was stored. was
sitnRted on the hillside, sloping from
the town, else the shock might have been
far greater. and the damage done much
more extensive.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-03-03
Kite Day in Jnpan.

A letter from Nagaski, printed in the
New Orleans Southwestern Presbyterian
says: "On the 18th OF April was the
great kite day for Nagasaki. The
japanese are very fond of kite flying,
and display a great deal Of skill. The
kites have no tails like ours, and are
made of two pieces Of bamboo crossed,
covered with the thin but very strong
japanese paper The people all assem-
bled on the top Of 'Kompira.' a hill
abont eleven hundred feet high, and the
air was thick with kites. Several hun
dred kites were in the air at the same
time, and the great aim of each operator
is to 40 maneuvre his kite as to cut the
string of the others. For this purpose
the first couple 0fhundrei feet of string
from the kite is covered with resin and
pounded glass. Sometimes four or FIVE
kites would get foul OF each, other then
the thing was either to get yonr kite
clear or cut the strings Of the Others.
Then again. having cut kite-string, il
wac wonderful to ace them catch this de-
tached kite, away mp in the air, with
their kite and capture it, the universally
accepted rule heing that kite belongs to
you just 40 long NJ you can keep il out
of somebody el-e's hands. The JaPs
never get angry about such things. IL
would have been hard TO find 10000 or
&c, 900 people anywhere else in the world
to enjoy themselves so much and with
nothin disagreeahie attending IT,"