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The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-04-07
ALMOST A TERRA INCOGNITA.
A Land Where the People Live on
Coon Meat and Wheaton Cakes.


Capt in Randall has made four sue.
ces-ive voyages with the Kentucky dur
ing the past winter. To Dustre Landing,
2S5 miles above the mouth of the ST.
Francis, close to the Missouri boundary
line. and far enough north 10 reach the
high hill region beyond the famous sunk
land country. The settlements Of the
locality referred to are SO sparse that
postofices are in many places more than
twenty-five miles apart, while the wild
and almost unexplored woods re 40 free
from human tread that game abounds in
pr"fnsion. More than 5000 cOons alone
have been sent to Memphis and Hiacent
markets from that section during the
past season, and coon meat il a delicacy
INDUCED in by the people mp that way
with as much relish as roasted dog IL
among the Arickaree and Blackfeet In
dian- of the Upper Missouri. In fact,
Captain Randall himself has had hia
meat in raiions reduced to plain coon ON
several occasions since he has been trad
ing in the Upper ST. Francis, and he
really learned to like It very we'll. The
same country il thick with muskrats,
otter, mink these in profusion), bear,
elk, deer, beaver, turkey. ducks, swan,
geese and other water fowls. Itis, in Iced,
perfect hunters paradise. The inhabi-
tants engage largely in trapping and
hunting, and they live happy and con-
tented. seldom being worried by news
papers or other outside peddler+ Of gos-
zip. The Belknap and Babcock bu-i-
ness is unknown there, and even Beecher
has been heard Of by hut few. An
abundance Of wheat and corn was pro-
dnced last year, and the people are sleek
and fat from feasting on coon meat snd
wheaton cake, while corn can be pur-
chased in abundance at 80 cents per
bnshel. On the last down trip Of the
steamer Kentucky. Capt. Randall
brought out l56 bales Of Cotton at the
rate Of $3.50 per bale. which he tranship-
ped on the steamer Ella TO this port for
HN'' MT" n IHH EIlduCe Ior border IIfc
and solitu'e is here offered close 10 onT
very doors. One delightful spot where
no interlopers. not even Government
Surveyor, have ever yet penetrated in
tie " PR st. Francis, IL an island in
the snnk land- territory. II IL several
miles long and above ovrrflnw, covered,
too. with small and we'll titled farms.
Each occupant lays claim TO his patch
o. the ~qnait~r principle, and when he
wish~~ 10 sell out does the same a. IL
aiding horses, merely giving bill Of
sale, their being M boOl-. maps, plate,
dee'l- or records At the county seat. pub
lie land office, or elsewhere. This sunk
lands country enjoyed a lively shaking
mp abont 1911, when the great earth
quake turned itself loose. Many places
covered by water since then we're pre-
vionsly dry land, and large sections Of
s~amps were so npheaved that it has
since not been wet except by rains
There are many other interesting fea-
lures connected with the region referred
TO. the details Of which would make
long story.-[ Memphis Avalanche.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-04-07
MISCELLANY.
A Romance.

The Dayton (Ohioj Journal publishes
the following interesting article: The
cracked bell Of the engine s. p Chase
las been noticed by all who live within
hearing distance of the Atlantic and
treat Western Railroad. Beneath harsh
and rugged exterior incidents of deepest
paIhOs are hidden. The bell of the S
f. Chase il a vivid illustration. Once,
md but few weeks since, its tones, SO
iiscOrdant now, were the most mellow
and musical on the line. The story is
>imple, short and affecting. One of its
engineers has been charmed with the
Si<inn OF a lovely girl along his route
lie made her acquaintance, and there
vas every prospect of its happy and
prosperous termination through life
One day the engineer was gradually
Slackening up at the depot Of the town
in which she lived. Several unforeseen
events had prevented him from seeing
her for nearly month. A church bell
Of the town was Ginning merrily, and a
wedding party entered the depot. As
the bride drew near to enter the car the
engineer, who was holding the bell-rope,
suddenly gasped for breath. The hand
holding the rope grew stiff and rigid
What followed he did not know; his
irsi consciousness was when the fireman
emptied over him bucket of water
Ills right arm felt numb and sore, and
when the train started the bell gave
forth that fiat sound which now distin-
Inishes it; subsequent examinations
howed it 10 be cracked. Just now it
anne about has not been satisfactorily
Explained. The most plausible theory,
'ntertained by the railroad men gener-
lily, and by the engineer himself, is that
when he saw the bride, who was the girl
previously mentioned, the shock that
followed possessed some of the proper
some fortunate mischance, entered his
right side, and instead of rending his
heart, which was not located there, it
passed along the rope to the bell and
cracked it. The numbness of his arm
and the sensations, as he remembers
them, go to sustain this hypothesis.
which, if correct, suggests also that love,
80 long puzzle to the prOfoundest phil
osophers, is made up in great part Of
eIectricitv or of some force not unlike
in its nature. Be that as it NAV, the en-
gineer retains this bell as a reminder Of
his own narrow escape. He has foreswron
faith in women entirely, but the tones of
this bell, so hard and grating to the ears
of others, are never heard by him with
ont fervent gratitude when he recalls
how nearly he was himself becoming
still more fat ar d senseless.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-04-07
WOnld 1t BE ANY Harm.

1t il leap year, and If the tidy girl,
with red cheeks feels a palpitafion of
the heart for some worthy yonng man,
would il be any harm to call upon hi-
father and speak about the weather, the
bad roads. the hard times and the bad
stale of socieiy, and then remark:
"Mr. Quincy. I have an affection for
your son George, and | think / conId
soon learn to love him
Quincy would look at her from the
corner Of his eye, and she would con-
time:
II can wash, bake, cut overclothcs,
sew, play the piano, manage a servant,
DO embroidery, ring. speak good gram
mar and make a home happy"
Quincy would look over the corner OF
his other eye, and she would go on:
IL hear that he, is home nights, il saw.
ing, well educated, sensible has no bad
habits. AMI is just the kind of hus-
band | want. don't expect any money
with him, hut will do my share Of the
work, planning and saving to help him
secure home and bank hook With
your permission should like to pay
my addresses To him"
Mr.. Quincy wonld tell her to go ahead
if he were sensible man, and would
there be anything wrong about it?-[De
troit Free, Press.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-04-07
The Cause and Cure Of Sick Head
ache.


DIR. w. w. Hall writes thus in the
illustrated Christian Weekly, concern
ing sick headache: This complaint is
most liable TO effect thUse who have
dark skin, black hair and eyes, and are
troubled with n confined condition uf
the system; it is brought on usually by
cold feet, too mnch eating, and too little
exercise; it is often brought on by bad
cold. il Is not confined to age, sex, sea
son or constitution; il sometimes is in
herited. "runs in families" The excess
of bile in the liver il always the fnnda-
mental cause of the disease. Its preven
lion ia az follows: Cultivate constant
CLEANLINESS OF the whole skin from toe to
crown; sleep in well-ventilated chamber-
dress So as never TO allow a C, Id chill 10
come over you; never allnw the feet To-
remain uncomfortably cold for five min
ntrs; spend three or four hours every
day in the open air, never allow con-
fined condition Of the system for a sim
gle day; eat regularly thrice a day NJ
not less than FIVE hours interval, not an
atom between; avoid cnfTep. sweet milk,
porter, pork, fat- and sugar--for these
all tend to engender a bilious state Of
the sysIem-and confne your eating to
fruits, berries, grapes, melons, Coarse
lean meats and vegetable.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-04-07
Friends.

There are friends who are friends only
for the hour, friends for the noontide
and the flood; they have no real roofing.
as you discover if your horizon gets
clouded over and foul weather comes in
place of fair, if your rushing waters run
dry and your goodly vessels are stranded
on the beach. These are the parasites
of life, the clineing growths which
twine round the stronger trees and, may
be, strangle them before they die. And
there are the real friends, who, if you
get into trouble, stick closer to you than
brother, and who only need to be test
ed to show that they are of pure gold all
through. But this kind is apt to be a
little stiff and stately when things go
we'll with you, and you feel it rather
hard that you must be in SORROW or dis
tress before you can get the starch out OF
them, and would rather they were more
familiar now, if less devoted then-con-
tent to discount the chances of the fn-
ture for the advantge and pleasure Of
the present.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-04-07
Married After Thirty-fOur Years Of
Separation.

The Louisville Courier Journal Of
Tuesday says: A wedding of very
romantic character occurred in this
city yesterday morning. Il was the
denOuHment Of courtship thirty
four years ago--a happy consumna-
ti0n Of youthful love-showing how
incurable are the wounds invisible that
loves keen arrows make.
DIR. Joseph X. Smith now on visit TO
Louisville, is a wealthy merchant and
Influential citizen of EIyton, Alabama.
When quite a young man he loved a
young lady in another State, and in re-
turn received the most undying assur-
ances Of her affection toward him. But
fate interviewed. Circumstances Of n
peculiar nature prevented their union,
and after the first pangs Of disappointed
love were passed, both were married and
went their separate ways with their COM
panions. A few years later they lot
sight of each other, but never forgot
their vonthful attachment.
The lady married gentleman named
Fitzpatrick, with whom she moved 10
Missouri. A few years ago her husband
died, and about two years ago DR.. Smith
became a widower.
few weeks ago he resolved to take
trip north in search of his boyhood
sweetheart. whose place ofresidenee WAS
unknown to him. His frat stopping
place was Louisville. Arriving here in
the early part of last week he took
room at the Fifth Avenue Hotel, and
commenced looking after some business
among the merchants.
Two days after his arrival, while look
ing over the hotel register. DR.. Smith, TO
his great surprise. read tile name Of MrS.
- Fitzpatrick from Missouri. He
sought an interview At once, and for the
first lime in thirty four years beheld his
"ld-lime sweetheart. The rest Of the
story Is Of necessity brief and already
anticipated.
At nine o'clock yesterday morning DR.
Smith and Mrs. Fitzpatrick quietly left
the hotel in a back together and drove
10 Chestnut street Methodist Church,
where they were married in the presence
Of few friends, who had gathered
there by invitation Of the groom, Rev
DIR. Lynn. pastor Of the church, per
forming the ceremony.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-04-07
Let us Help one Another.

This little sentence should be written
on every heart and stamped on every
memory. 1t should be the golden rule
practiced not only in every household,
hut throughout the world. By helping
one another we not only remove thorns
from the pathway and anxiety from the
mind. but we feel sense of pleasure in
our own hearts. knowing we are doing a
duty to a fellow creature. A helping
hand, or an encouraging word, is no
loss to lis, yet it is benefit to others
Who has not felt the power of this little
enience? Who has not needed the en-
conragement and aid of kind friend?
How soothing, when prrplexed with
some task that is mysterious and bur-
shoulder and to hear kind voice whis-
pering. DO not feel discouraged.
see your trouble-let me help you
What strength is inspired, what hope
created, what sweet gratitude is felt, and
the great difficulty il dissolved as dew
beneath the sunshine. Yet, let us help
one another by endeavoring to strengthen
and encourage the weak and lifting the
burden of care from the weary and OPP
pressed, that life may glide smoothly on
and the fonnt of bitterness yield sweet
water; and He, whose willing hand is
ever ready to aid us, will reward our
humble endeavors, and every good deed
will be as "bread cast upon the waters
to return after many days" if not to us,
to those we love.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-04-07
True Love Gene Out Of Fashion.
[From ths Albany -

The country never posseaaed aomany
beautiful mArriageable young women as
it does at the present time. And why
do we not have more maFriaRea2 We
answer because marriage for love ia the
exception aud not the rule. The young
err people Of the day have gone fashion
and money mad. II the dandy back
clerk who pays One-half Of hir income
for board and the other half for clothes
cannot improve bis condition be will
not marry. The shop girl who earns
good wages and cannot be distinRuished
by her drers from the bankers daughter
certainly will not plunge into matrimo.
ny unless she can better her cor dition in
life. II a man is fortunate enough 60
posSess money, il matters not how old or
ugly he may be. hundreds Of intelligent,
handsome yonng women can be found
only too willing TO become his wife
Love il an after confederation. They
marry to he supported and dresa eHtray.
aRantly. How often do we hear the re-
mark, Better to be an old mans darling
than a poor mans slave" Alaal too
many Of them are not satisfied to be
darlings. They will persist in loving
other men after they are married.
il cannot be denied that great num-
Der of the unmarried men are adventur-
ers looking for wives who can keep them
without working for living. The pence
and contentment Of a happy home Il not
taken into confederation. They are viii.
ling to suffer hell upon earth n they
can be kept in idleness. II our young
people do notabandon this eKtravagance
Of dress and greed for money our eoun-
try will be filled with oil bachelors and
old maids. We must have more genuine
courtshIps and marriages 70 have pros
perity and happiness in this world. Too
many marry Tor money only 10 be disap-
pointed and unhappy the rest Of their
lives.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-04-07
Too Poor to Fake a Newspaper.

The editor of the Barnesville Enter
prise discourses as follows:
We always have feeling of sadness
and commiseration for the mistaken one
who comes in and says he can't afford
any longer to expend four cents week
for paper which Is source of delight
to the entire family. We know that he
is putting out the light of the household.
suppressing the happiness of the family,
and doing such an act as will call down
npon his offending head the just rebukes
of wife and children. We yearn for
him and would gather him tenderly un-
der our wings-but he will not. He is
determined on saving that two dollars,
though not a cigar shall be sacrificed
nor one plug of tobacco ahated. He will
hold on To his expensive, filthy habit of
smoking and chewing, which costs TWEEN
~ thirty dollars a year, and is no Use 10
a family of half dozen must be forced
to give up the paper to save two dollars!
Such a man has no business with fam
lily. and don't know even how to supply
himself with cheap happiness. But he
stops the paper. Life becomes a burden
The wife is sad-eved, the children snarl,
even the head of the house feels an emp
~ void in his heart and home.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-04-07
To Prevent Sweet Potatoes From
ROtting.

have noticed for the last few years
various plans for preventing sweet po-
tatoes from rotting after being gathered
and banked or housed. 1t was my faith
er's plan to wait until the frost had kill
ed the vines, and dig on good open
day-throwing in heaps, and afterwards
dividing the large from the small-turn-
ing all about-then hanl up to place
rather sloping, and the earth dug out to
the hard neutrality-suspicious. put down
on the ground and covered with corn
stalks long enough to go from bottom Of
trench to top of bank, with small ones
to fill up cracks so that you could not
see the potatoes at all; then commence
at the bottom with good thick layer of
dirt, so there would be a good thickness
of dirt all the way up-using no straw
or barely leaving open at top and good
shelter over, to cover entire bank.
never knew of any potatoes being lost
under any circumstances, managed as
above. Now let all make trial of this
plan, and see for themselves, if it is not
a good plan.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-04-07

The diamonds sent by the Khedive of
Egypt to General Sherman's daughter
still lie in the New York Custom house
for want of somebody to pay the duties
on them. In June they will be in the
category ofunclaimed goods, and will be
sold for duties and charges. Congress
gave Lieutenant Fitch permission to re-
ceive the gift TO his wife, but did not re-
nit the duties. The duties amount to
10000 sum General Sherman is un-
able to pay, while he ia unwilling to ask
release from payment of the Government
claim. The revenue officials are not dis-
posed to grant a free permit for the
diamonds, and the Turkish Embassador,
who might receive them. will not ask for
their re turn, because the Khedive is on
ly a vassal Of Turkey.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-04-07


Why shonld il be easy to break into
an old mans house? Because his gait
is broken and his locks are few.
II has been found that in nearly every
civilized country the tree that hears the
most fruit for market is the axle-tree.
While WIN. Hogan, wife and four
children were crossing the bridge noross
Big Sandy Creek, three milea from
Winchester, ILL.,, on Saturday. the wng-
on ran of the bridge, which wac cover
ed with water. Mrs. Hogan and three
OF the children were drowned.
The scouts who make up parties to 60
to the Black Hills are real benefactors.
BY the time they get you 10 Cheyenne
they have sized your pile and taken
charge Of it. The walk from Cheyenne
back to Omaha is 500 miles, which IL
200 miles less than the regular line Of
retreat. Join Coyote Hanks party, and
save 400 miles.
Senator Jones baby els ns bald as q
walnut and has comical resemblance 70
Jones" At the last reception il was kiss.
ed by Olive Logan and General Buller.
Mrs. Jones WAS attired in velvet, with
an overlress bordered with cloth Of gold
wrought in startling culurs. She abuo-
lutelsA looked weary and heavy laden
with precious stones and pelf
Mrs. walpurga wackerle has arrived
in Connecticut, after travelling thoua-
Ands Of miles, much Of the way on foot.
in search Of proofs that her husband was
killed in 1879 on the Texas and Pacific
Railroad, in order that she may collect
$4,000 on q policy from the Htna Life
Insurance Company, Of Hartford. The
Company resis,s payment.
This month Of March has been an
awful bad month ON peaches and Preai
Dental candidates. Our lamentations
are altogether for the peaches.-[Tell
City (Tnd) Commercial.
Train has nominal assets Of thirty
nine million dollars, and vet he has %
meet his wife with a smile every Satur-
day morning and borrow ten dollars 10
pay his board bill Yes. the poor are
the haPpiesi.
The destruction Of small birds has
been 40 thorough In the north Of Italy
and in parts Of the Tyrol that their
protection has been made the subject Of
a diplomatic treaty between Austria and
Italy. These countries are also endeav-
oring to agree with France and switEeF.
land for law forbiddinR the dcatruo.
iion Of swallows, nlghtingalea, and tho
like, ealerpillAFa and insects have in.
creased TO an alarming extent
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-04-07
The Well-pOsted Boy.
detroit Free Press

lDetrolt Free IreSS.
History never jump pa over Detroit
There are too many old battle. grounds
around here for the histori an to get
past without at least few paragraphs.
The fight at Bloody Run has been wide
ly read of, and strangers often ask to
have the locality pointed out. Yester-
day a man who dropped off street car
at the Jefferson avenue bridge to look
around and let memory carry him back
to Indian days felt anxious to know how
the fight came to be called Bloody Run
By and by boy came slamming along,
and the stranger beckoned to him and
asked:
Sonny, is this Bloody RUM"
"You are bloody right it is" was the
rejoinder.
Fright around here is where the Brit
ish troops were, is it?"
Eyes, sir; and down in the gully there
were the bloody Iniuns."
"And they Fought"
"Blo>dy sure. They didn't come here
to play, yon bet"
"Was there much loss?"
"A bloody big one"
"Can you tell me-" continued the
stranger, looking around why they call
it Bloody RUM"
"Yes, sir; cos when them soldiers
r
white man they run so bloody fast that
you can find old boot heels around here
yeti"
The stranger may have taken some
away as relics. He was seen hunting up
and down the street.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-04-07

"Your charming vile can doubtless do
that better than | can"
"Oh! as for that, no. Her wooden
leg prevents her from gadding a bout and
dancing, 80 she has as a resource given
herself up to cards and scandal. There
is no possibility of living alone with her;
in other respects she is good enough
woman"
"What! was right, them" exclaimed
fne surgeon.
"Oh, thousand times, nv dear Le-
febYre; but say nu more on that subject
! was an unutterable fool. If had my
leg back again, | would not part with
the pairing of single mail. Between
ourselves. | must have been crazy; but
keep that To yOnr=elf"
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-04-07

They also live TO a ripe old age in
Canada, the war pensioners upon the
Government They, too, are survivors
Of the War Of 1912. The total force in
service was $4,000, and they eft into"
81 battles, skirmi-hes, and engagements
Of some sort, out of which they figured
up SO victories. OF the 10000, 1854
survive to receive their pensions regu-
larly. The two youngest have attained
the age Of but "A years. and have pros-
pect of collecting their pensions for the
next dozen years. Then there are 500
aged 80; 25O aged 81; $50 aged s5; 1l9
aged SO, and over 100 years old. 4
study of our own pension rolls would go
even farther to prove that, to be made
sure Of the longest life. it is only mecca
sary to 20 into the army. II you fall,
you will he enrolled among "ihe immor-
tai few" etc, and shnuld you eScaPe
that immortality you will gain the next
thing to il, in living on the pension rolls
to the ripe old age Of 80, 100. or some
where thereaboutS.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-04-07
A Mystery OF Perfume.

No one has yet been able TO analyze or
demonstrate the essential action Of per-
fume. Gas can be weighed, but not
scents. The smallest known creatures-.-
the very mOnads Of life-can he caught
by a microscope lens and made to deIiv-
er up the secrets of their organizations,
hut what il is that emanates from the
pouch of the musk deer that fills a
whole space for years and years with its
penetrating OdOr-an odOr that an Him.
liable number Of extranpOna substances
can carry on without diminishing its
Size and weight-and what is il that the
warm summer air brings to us from the
flowers, no man has yet been able To de.
termine. So fine, 40 imponderablp, it
has elnded both our most delicate
weights and measures and onr strongest
senses. II we come to the essence Of
each odor, We should have made an en-
ormous stride forward both in hygiene
and in chemistry, and none would profit
more than the medical pro fession IL II
conId be rs conclnsively demonstrated
that such an odor proceeded from such
causP, as we already know of sulphur,
-ulphate hydrogen, ammonia and the
like