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The Elections.

The Republicans have carried Ohio,
by msjorities ranging from 5000 to TO-
600. They have also made a gain Of
Eve Congrssmen.
The Democrats carry Indiana BY .
majority Of 1000 to 5000 for the State
ticket, while the Republicans gain four
OF Eve Congressmen.
West virginia is claimed for the De-
..ocranw
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-10-13

The vine disease is spreading in
France more rapidly than ever, and de-
hes all attempts at remedy The Cham
her of Commerce of Bordeaux has ap-
piled to the Government for assistance
in devising measures for extirpating the
disease, and states, in its application,
that, in the Department of tho Gironde,
the phylloxera has assumed a character
Of much greater intensity, and that in
consequence the price of land has fallen
ohe-half, and in many vineyards the
product of wine will not he one tenth OF
what it used to be. The Chamber has
no specific to suggest, but simply asks
that the Government use its means for
getting and publishing the results OF
all experiments and Investigations thus
far made in search of cure.
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A Monster Balloon to Carry Up Fifty
Persons.

TParis Correspondence New York worldl
M. Clifford has devised the construc-
tion of balloon for 1873 which will far
surpass any effort hitherto made in this
direction. This new balloon will be
formed of resisting material, solid,
absolutely impermeable to hydrogen
gas, manufactured of alternate sheets Of
linen and caoutchouc, protected exter-
nally by several layers of varnish, and
coated with white paint to diminish
the effects of the suns rays. This bal
loon will have a capacity Of nearly
10000 cubic feet, and will form an i'm
mense sphere, the greatest ever construc-
ted, the diameter of which will not be
less than 112 feet. When moored to the
ground the balloon will form monu-
mental dome 166 feet high, exceeding
by Is feet the height of the Arc de Tri-
omphe. The balloon itself will weigh
$500 pounds, and to join the pieces to-
gether of which it is composed will take
nearly four miles Of sewing, with q
miles of thread. The car of the balloon
will form gallery so feet in circum'
ference. A circular cpace in the center
Of ten feet in diameter will be reserved
in the center of this space the cable, {
powerful rope of ten inches in circum
ference, will be Joined to the upper cir
Gle by means of an apparatus which viii
constantly indicate the ascending powe
of the balloon. This aerial machin
will be held to the earth by eight cables
attached to iron rings fixed securely il
masonry, and will be suspended abov
a vast conical basin. The car will b
reached by two movable gangways, an
from forty to fifty persons will be take
on board at each ascent. The able vii
descend to the bottom OF the conicsl bs
sin, and by means of secure system {
: wheels will be carried along tunnel
be worked by an engine Of 200 hors
power. This cable will be 1870 feet j
length. The captive balloon will b
placed in the center Of circular il
, closure, 333 feet in diameter. 1t wi
tower above the beautiful gardens, an
will form the most elevated dome in Ii
Champ de Mars. With this balloo
i. will be possible to raise more tba
: 200, 900 visitors l $3.50 feet above the ear,
during the continuance Of the Exhib
tion. They may contemplate from th
height, surprising that Of eleven Ar
de Triomphe, the fine tableau of Il
city of Paris and its surroundings. \
!. Clifford proposes to contruct this emo
nous machine entirely at his own e.
:, pense. 1t will cost several hundr,
thousand francs.
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The heirs of William Penn now re-
ceive from the British Government, and
are to receive forever" $4,000 year.
in compensation for their proprietary
rights TO Pennsylvania. The London
Echo suggests that, considering the
very dubious claim the old Quaker ever
had to the State which bears his name,
and that it is now the Great Republics,
it might not he impertinent to suggest
that the United States Congress should
take over the liability for the pension,
with the other privileges attaching to it."
The daughter Of famous Attorney
General or Florida when a Spanish
colony received until this year pension
of $3.50.
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NEARLY BLIND,

H. r. STEVENS: Dear Sir-In ex-
pressing my thanks to you for benefits
derived from the use of VEG ETiNE,
and to benefit others, will state:-
When eight or nine years old / was
afflicted with Scrofnla, which made its
appearance in my ewes, face and head,
and | was very near blind for two years.
All kinds of operations were performed
on my eyes, and all to no good result
Finally the disease principally settled in
my body, fmbs and feet, and at times in
an aggravated way.
Last Summer | was, from some cause
weak in my spine and kidneys, and it
was at times very hard to retain the
urine. Seeing your advertisement in the
Commercial, | bought bottle of VEG.
ETINE, and commenced using accord
ing to directions In two or three days
! obtained great relief. After using four
I or five bottles noticed it had wonder.
full effect on the rough, scnly blotches or
nv body and legs. still used VEG GE.
TINE and the humorous sores one after
another disappeared until they were all
gone. and | attribute the cure Of the two
diseases to VEG GETINE, and nothing
else.
If I am ever affected with anything
of the kind again | shall try VEG f.
TINE as the only reliable remedy
Once more accept my thanks, and be.
lieve me to be- Very respectfully,
AUSTIN PARROTT.
Dec l, 1872. No. 81 Gano Street
Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Better Times In New England.

fBo.ton Correspondence Chicago Journal.l
Two-thirds Of the cotton and wooden
mills In New England, and quite all OF
those In Massachusetts, are now run
ming on full time. In some instances, in
view Of the auspicious times. the wages
Of some Of the operatives. have been re-
stored to somewhat near the figures that
we're in forcs before the dull period set
in. Here in Boston, as well as at New
York, tho dry goods trade may now Be
sald TO be in the height Of activity. All
staple goods are selling freely, and gen
orally at higher prices than were realiz-
cd a month ago. There has been IN
usual activity IN prints and print cloths
at an advance during the week. Al
Providence the sale Of print cloths last
week reached 100000 pieces; and at
Fall River 100000 pieces, all a, an ad.
vance Of fully one quarter Of cent, per
yard. The fact that these goods have
tOuCntu uNo Sthts eaN 80 '-N- -
considerable importance. 1t assures the
thousands Of Fall River operatives oi
the restoration Of their last reduction oi
ten per cent, which has now been IN
force over two months. The English
weavers have been going home for soms
time, A. the rate OF wages in England
was last quoted at a rate considerably
higher than that paid by Fall River
Good authority has it that the state o
manufactures is not as hopeful in Eng
land ne here. So far as Boston 10 con
cernsd, at least, the distributive or hom
trade during the week has been tn
largest Of the season, so far rs the lead
ing manufactures are concerned. Ie
prices are low and profits small, compel
ition being very sharp. Missing contid
ence seems to have returned at last.
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vOLTAIC
PLASTERS


For Local Pains, Lameness, Soreness,
Weakness, Numbness, and Inflammation Of
the Lungs, Liuer, Kidneys, Spleen, Bo,c-
els, Bladder, Heart and Muscles, are
equal to an army Of doctors, and acres Of
plants and shrubs. Eren in Paralysis,
Epilepsy, or Fits, and Nervous and In
uolumtcry Muscular Action, this Plaster,
by Rollying the Nervous Forces, has ef-
tected Cures ,chen erery other kaoun rene
dy failed.
Sold BY All Druggists.
PRICE 25 CENTS
Seut on receipt Of price, % cents for
One, $1.25 for Sir, or 1926 for 1uelre,
to any part of the United States and
Canadas. by WEEKS & POTTER.
Proprietors, Boston.
Consumption can be Cured.
Schencks Pulmonic Syrup
Schenck's Sea Weed Tonic,
Schenck's Mandrake Pills,
Are the only medicines that will cure
pulmonary Consumption.
Frequently medicines that will stop a
cough will occasion the death of the
patient; they lock up the liver, stop the
circulation of the blood, hemorrhage
follows, and in fact they clog the actions
of the very organs that caused the
cough.
Liver Complaint and Dyspepsia are
the causes Of two.thirds of the cases of
Consumption. Many persons complain
of a dull pain in the side, constipation,
coated tongue, pain in the shoulder
blade, feelings of drowsiness and rest
lessness. the food lying heavily on the
stomach, accompanied with acidity and
belching up of wind
These symptoms usually originate
from disordered condition of the
stomach or a torpid liver.
Persons so affected, they take one OF
two heavy colds. and if the cough in
these cases be suddenly checked, will
find the stomach and liver clopged, re.
manning torpid and inactive. and almost
before they are aware the lungs are a
mass of sores, ard liberated, the result ol
which is death.
Schenck's Pnlmonic Syrup is an ex.
pectorant which does not contain opium
or anything calculated to check cough
suddenly.
Schenck's Sea Weed Tonic dissolve,
the food, mixes with the gastric inices o.
the stomach, aids digestion, and create,
ravenons appetite.
When the bowels are costive, skin sal
low, or the symptoms otherwise of hill
ous tendency. Schenck's Mandrake Pill
are required.
These medicines are prepared only b.
J. H. ScHENCK & Son,
n. E. corner Sixth and Arch Sta., Phil
And are for sale by all druggist ant
: dealers.
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A Paris fashion writer describes
ball-dress made entirely Of flowers
The garment is really an over-dress, al
though it is 80 long as nearly to cover
the other. From beneath the edre falls
some dropping flowers, like fuchsias,
and covering the upper part, generally
made of muslin, are flowers of one spec
les, or mixtures of all kinds.
Mr.. Mcdonald, of Michigan, lef. his
family and went to California. Eighteen
years after he returned and found his
wife was Mrs. Munsell When the
quandom Mrs. Mcdonald recovered
from her Mysteries her first question was:
"What is to become of Mr.. Mnnsell?"
why, shall leave him alone" quoth
the degenerate Enoch; IL was married
myself little over seventeen years
ago."
John Look, soldier under the FIRST
Napoleon, died in Detroit last week, at
the age Of ninety. He lost finger at
Wagram, and served under Marshal
Soult in Spain, taking part in the battle
of Corunna, at which the English COM
mander, Sir John Moore, was killed
Mr.. Look had more than one conversa-
tion with Napoleon, and noted with
great pride that the Emperor always re-
membered his name.
The Rev. DR.. Dix, in the October
number of the Church Review, examines
critically the music of Moody and Snak-
ey. He finds that their melodies are
derived from the old school of ballad
and parlor-song music, which forty years
ago, before the introduction of Italian
opera, was most In vogue. They have
been revived, with all their characterlst-
les and methods; land now, adapted to
sentimental verselets, are sung in hippo.
dromes, and in Gospel tents, and in par.
lors and boarding houses on Sunday ev.
enings, under the name of Sacred Gosp.
el Hymns!'
They have little hero in New Bruins
wick-Fred. Bergman. aged twelve
who saved his mother from drowning
the other day. He had been rowing hel
across the st. Croix to Calais, Maine
and in trying to climb up the wharf she
fell into the water. Twice he dived ant
brought her up, and twice she sanl
again; but the third time he succeeded
in getting her arm over the edge of tn,
boat and kept her there till help arriv
ed.
/ APPRECIATION OF SUAvITY.-Ther.
are some who affect a want oeaffectatior
and fatter themselves that they ar,
above fattery; they are proud of being
thought extremely humble, and woult
60 rouud the world to punish those wht
thought them capable of revenge; they
are no satisfied of the suavity of theil
own temper that they would quarre
with their dearest benefactor only 70
doubling it. And yet so very blind ar
, all their Acquaintance to these shei
numerous qualifications and merits, tha
the posseasors of them invariably dis
cover, when it is too late, that they hav
! lived in the world without singl
. friend, and are about TO leave it withou
. single mournsr.- Lacon.
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BAYLIES

Great Mercantile College, Keokuk,
Iowa, on the Mississippi. Prof. VIM.
H. Miller, General Manager. Nine
teenth year. About Sixty dollars pay
all expenses, for Membership. Board
and Stationery. Bookkeepers. Penmen. .
Reporters, Operators, Architects, Sur
veyors and Teachers thoroughly fitted.
English branches free. Free Lectures
by Eminen: Orators. Free Festivals
with Brass Band in College Hall. Free
furnished rooms for self boarding. Tel
egraphing free. Short hand writing free.
Good boarding clubs, and family board
Railroad fare deducted: Immense busi-
ness in Keokuk. No vacation. Address
Baylies College, Keokuk, Iowa. State
where you saw this advertisement.
v3n8y1
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-10-13

Diseases of the Kidneys, Bladder, ETC.,
are always unpleasant, and at times they
become the most distressing and danger
ous diseases that can effect the human
system. Most diseases of the Kidneys
arise from impurities in the blood, caus-
ing humors which settle on these parts
VEGETINE excels any known remedy
in the whole world for cleansing and
puriing the blood, thereby causing a
healthy action to all the organs of the
body.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-10-13

The following story is vouched for by
well-known auctioneer. Some year
or more ago the auctioneer had for sale
a large lot of homeopathic medicines,
the little white pellets of which the
patients dissolve six in spoonful of
water to dose. When the sale occurred
all these medicines were dumped into
one pile, and disposed of in one lot, there
being various kinds Of medicines in the
mass A boarding house keeper bought
the lot, and some days after the pur.
chase the auctioneer asked her, "What
did you want with that homeopathic
medicine, Mrs. - ?" She replied: 81
thought I could use it, and it was cheap
so crushed it under the roller aud then
filled my sugar-bowls with it. The
boarders seemed to like it, and especial
ly when powdered over pies"
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Western Land Owners

Willing to trade for lands in this Sec
ton of Ohio, will do we'll to inform me
by mail, or otherwise.
/ have several farms to exchange for
Western lands and some ready cash.
Also, Western lands and ready cash
to exchange for real estate in this sec.
ton of Ohio.
desire to increase both my list OF
Western lands and lands in this section
ready for fair exchange.
MARTIN KAGAY,
20 Real ESTATE gent
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The locust can be heard sixteenth of
mile. An ordinary man will outweigh
$4,000 of them Were his voice proper
tional to his weight, in the ratio of the
locust's, he could be heard over 1000
miles. A flea weighs less than grain,
and leaps yard and half Were man
Of $50 pounds weight possessed Of equiv
alent agili,y he could spring from the
dome Of the capitol to China and almost
go round the world in two jumps.
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Sir William Thomson ON the Center
of the Earth.
From the London Spectator. !

From the London Spectator.
A remarkable address has been deliv-
cred by Sir William Thomson, in the
Physical Section of the British Associa-
,ion, on the subject of the fluid Or solid
nature of the earth's kernel.
While not denying that certain por-
tions of the earth interior are in mol
ten or fluid state, Sir William Thomson
maintained, on various more or less re-
condite grounds, that no large proper
tion of the earth q interior can, by any
possibility, be in the condition of molten
fluid. 81 may say, with almost perfect
certainty, that whatever may be the re-
lative densities of rock, solid and melt
ed, at or about the temperature Of lique-
faction, it is, ! think, quite certain that
cold solid rock is denser than hot melted
rock; and no possible degree of rigidity
in the crust could prevent it from
breaking in pieces and sinking wholly
below the liquid lava. Something like
this may have gone on, and probably did
90 on, for thousands of years after solid
ifcation commenced; surface portions of
the melted material losing heat, freezing
and sinking Immediately, or growing to
the thickness of few meters where the
surface would be cool, and the whole
solid dense enough to sink. This pro
cess must go on until the sunk portions
of crust build up from the bottom a
sufficiently close-ribbed skeleton OIL
frame to allow fresh incrustations to re-
main, bridging across the now small
areas Of lava pools or lakes"
This is striking picture of tn.
growth of the "round earth," which wa
once supposed to have been made from
the first $50 fast that it can not be NOV
ed" We are rather sorry to be robbed
Of the belief in the central lava oceal
| after all.
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Flowers-Beautiful Flowers.

Lovers Of flowers are respectfully in
formed that all my towering plants are
now in bloom. snd.shat the same are
offered for sale At the lowest prices At
my Greenhouse on Columbus street,
Somerset, Ohio. p. G. NATTHiEs.
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A Smart Book.keeper.
Atlanta Constitutional

Atlanta CONSTITUTION.
We asked Amos how his boy was get
ting along at school.
"Pleg take dat boy; done tuck him
away frum dat skoolH"
"Why, what for?"
"Uh oh! he was gettin' mos too smart
down dar wild dat book larnin. 'Twont
do fer some niggers to be rdgikated."
"Why not, Amos?"
"Well sah, jess take dat boy, frin-
stance. put dat boy to keep books fer
me, bout de seIlin' OBJ de guarding truck
dis summer. Well, sab, he jess rit down
charges dar in de book fer all de truck
dat | took ont de gyardin' an charges
fer all dat I sole, an charges fer all dat
we eat in de house, and den credit him.
self wild de little mounts dat let him
hab long at odd casions, and den he GO
an add dem all up an struck er balance
he say"
"And how did you come out?"
"Come out? Fore the Lord Master
didn't come ont at all ! Dat boy done
stuck me fer bout thuttyfbe dollers
sides his wages as de book keepah-now
dat's what the fggers sed"
"Well. what did you do?"
Il jess burn up dat book right dar
an den 'scharge de book.keepah ant
hire him ober agin to saw wood for hi
borde and close!'
"You did?"
"Yes, sab, did dat! Why boss, i
dat boy had KEEP dat book on me til
now, he'd done own dat house an gyard
in patch, an bin chargin' me an his ol'
nanny fer bed an bred! I tell yer di
hyar book larnin' is ruinin' dis youn
breed OBJ niggers-'tis, shore"
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"Speaking of bathing" said Mrs.
Partington, from behind the steam that
arose from her tea, "some people can
bathe with perfect impnrity in water as
cold as Greenland's icy mountains and
India's coral strands; but, for my part !
prefer to have the water little torpid" I"
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Each package contains Dr. Sanford's "a
Improved Inhaling Tube. and full di-
rections for use in all cases. Price 81 90.
For sale by all wholesale and retail
druggists throughout the United States.
WEEKS & POTTER, General Agents
and Wholesale Druggists, Boston Mass
COLLINS,
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WANTED.-$1500 from parties whose
accounts are past due. We are selling
now strictly for cash at greatly reduced
Idseo and desire a speedy adjustment of
all past due accounts at once.
Respectfully, &c.
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A Detroit man, just home from the
Black Hills. being interrogated as to
their richness, answered: There's lots Of
gold there, boys, but il costs hair"
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-10-13

The largest, finest and best selected as
sortment of gold and gold plated chains,
for both ladies and gentlemen, ever Of
fered in Somerset, at J. G. Curran's.
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THE BEST MEDICINE.
JOSIAH H. SHERMAN.
PRONOUNCED INCURABLE.

BosToN, May 80, 1871.
H. r. STEVENS, Esq: Dear Sir-I
have been badly afflicted with Kidney
Complaint for ten years; have suffered
great pain in my back, hips and side,
with great difficulty in passing urine,
which was often, and in very small
quantities, frequently accompanied with
blood and excrutiating pain.
have faithfully tried most of the
popular remedies recommended for my
complaint; have been under the treat.
ment of some of the most skillnl physi-
clans in Boston, all Of whom pronounc.
ed my case incurable. This was my
condition when ] was advised by q
friend to try the VEGETINE, and
could see the good effects from the first
dose took. and from that moment
kept on improving until ] was entirely
cured. taking in all, l should think
about six bottles.
1t is indeed valuable medicine and i
I ahonld he afflicted again in the sam,
way, would give dollar dose, if
could not get it without.
Respectfully, J. NJ. GLE.
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What every person SAYS must be true.
1t is fact, Dittoe & Hall sell goods
cheaper than any other house in the
county. 33
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KIDNEY COMPLAINT.

Probably there is no complaint that
affiicts the human system, which is SO
little understood at the present time, as
some of the varied forms of Kidney
complaints.
There is no disease which causes such
acute pain or more alarming in its re-
suits than when the kidneys fail to Sc
crete from the blood the uric acid, and
other poisonous substances, which the
blood accnmulates in its circulation
through the system.
If from any cause the kidneys fail to
perform the functions devolving upon
them. the cumulations are taken up by
the absorbents and the whole system
thrown into state of disease, causing
great pain and suffering, and very often
immediate death. Hence the import
ance of keeping the kidneys and blood
in a healthy condition, through which
all the impurities of the body must
pass.
PAIN IN THE BACK.
There is no remedy to medical science
which has proved itself more valuable
in cases of Kidney Complaints than the
| VEGETINE. 1t acts directly upon the
secretions, cleanses and purfies the blood
and restores the whole system to healthy
action.
The following extraordinary cure o
great sufferers, who had been given uI
by the best physicians as hopeless cases
will speak for themselves, and should
challenge the most profound attention o
the medical faculty, as we'll as of rhos,
who are suffering from Kidney Com
THE BEST MEDICINE.
EAST MARsHFIELD, Aug. %, 1870.
Mr.. STEVENS: Dear Sir-I am sew
enty yone years of age; have suffered ma
ny years with Kidney Complaint, weak
ness in my back and stomach. | was in
duced by friends to try your VEGE
TINE, and / think it the best medicin
for weakness of the Kidneys / ever used
I have tried many remedies for this com
plant, and never found so much relic
as from the VEGETINE. 1t strength
ems and invigorates the whole syatem.-
Many of my acquaintance have taken
and I believe it to be good for ali tn
complaints for which it is recommend
ed. Yours truly,
=.
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Flower and Vegetable Garden

is the most beautiful work Of the kind
in the world. IL contains nearly $50
pagee, hundreds of fine illustrations, and
four Chrome Plates of Flowers, besuti-
fully drawn and colored from nature.
Price S5 cents, in paper covers; 65 cents,
bound in elegant cloth.