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color, acith the gloss and freshness of
youth. Thin hair is thickened, fall
ing hair checked, and badness often,
though not always, cured by its
use. Nothing can restore the hair
where the follicles are destroyed, or
the glands atrophied and decayed;
but such as remain can be saved by
this application, and stimulated into
activity, so that new growth of
hair is produced. Instead of fouling
the hair with pasty sediment, it
will keep it clean and vigorous. Its
occasional use will prevent the hair
from turning gray or falling of,
and consequently prevent badness.
The restoration of vitality it gives
to the. scalp arrests and prevents
the formation of dahdruff, which is
often SO uncleanly and offensive.
Free from those deleterious sub
stances which make some prepara-
tions dangerous, and injurious to the
hair, the Vigor can only benefit, but
not harm it. If wanted merely for
a HAIR DRESSING, nothing else
can be found so desirable. Contain
ing neither oil nor dye, it does not
soil white cambria, and yet lasts
long on the hair, giving it rich,
glossy lustre, and a grateful perfume.
Prepared by DR.. J. C. Aver & Co.,
Pra~tical and Analytical Chemists,
LOWELL, MASS,
sold By ALL DRUGGISTS EVERYWHERE.
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WOULD NOT BE WITHOUT
" Il GE e TN H


FOR TEN TIMES ITS COST.
The great benefit l received from the use Of
VEGETINE, induces ME to give my testimony IN
its favor believe il to be not only Of great val
ue for restoring the health, but a preventive Of
disc .ses peculiar to the spring and summer sea-
sons.
would not be without IL for ten times its cost.
EDWIN TILDES,
Attorney. and General Agent for Massachusetts
of the Craftsmen's Life Assurance Company
No. 40 Sears Building, Boston, Mass.
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Money Matters are Close.

And / mean TO sell 81 900 worth OF
goods in the next 40 days, at less figures
than ever befo e known in this part OF
Ohio. Call and price my goods, and
see that l mean business.
j. C. CuRRAN.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-02-11

$5 to $50 per day. Agents wanted.
All classes of old, make more money at
work for us, in their own localities, dur
ing their spare moments, or all the time,
than at any time else. We offer EN-
ployment that will pay handsomely for
terms, DC, sent free. Send US your ad-
dress at once. Don't delay. Now is
ness elsewhere, until you have learned
what we offer. G. STINsoN g. CO., Port
land, Maine. -e9 s-A y2n40-1y
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stop THAT Noise,

And "git while you're gitten." an Or
gan or Piano of real merit, at less ex-
pense than is afforded by verbose, itin-
szant yenders, who palm of their
worthless wares To the uninitiated, at
the prices that would afford good lnstTu-
menis The real Eetey, and Taylor n
Fairly Organs. as well as the beat makes
Of Pianos caa be had at Gran0er's
prices Of J. g. CuRRAH.
A7w3w
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-02-11

Skinner q Bro. have just received
large and well-selected stock of Wall-pa-
per and Window-curtains from New
York, which they offer at very low prices
for cash. 40.
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A Perfect Cure.
CHARnEsrowx JuNEiI, =,

CHAREEsTowN JUNEti, -S6I
Mr. ii. II. STEVENS. Dear Sir-~Thisia rti
that Va EGETEHE made perfect cure of fne
my attending physician had pronounced m case
consumption, and said could not survive many
days.
Mrs. LEDsTIox, rs Cook Street.
The facts stated by Mrs. Ledston. are person
ally known BY me, and they are true.
A. ID. HANNRs.
VEGETINE is LOLD BY ALL
DRUGGISTS.
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VEGETINE
Purilies the Blood and Restores the
Health.
What Is Vegefinel

1t is a compound extracted from barks, roots,
and herbs. Ii Is Natures Remedy. Ii is per-
fectly harmless from any bad effect upon the sys-
TEN. 1t is nOurishing and strengthening. 1t
acts directly upon the blood. 1t quiets the nerv-
Gus system. IL gives you good, sweet sleep at
night. II is a great Panacca for our aged fathers
and mothers, for IL gives them strength, quiets
their nerves, and gives them Natures sweet
sleep, as has been proved by many an aged per-
son. IL is the great Blood Pursfer IL is a soOth-
ing remedy for our children. IL has relieved
aRd cured thousands. It Is very pleasant to
take. every child likes il.
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NOtice.-All persons indebted to me
by note or book account, are respectfully
requested to call and make settlement
Immediately, as desire to close up my
business at an early day.
July "a. l5tf JOHN GALLIN.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-02-11

Young Gentlemen, if you want a nj c
styled Paper Collar, call ON Skinner and
Bro. 25
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-02-11

OUR connections with other Real Estate
" Agents is very extensive, and aided by our
advertising arrangements, gives us splendid op-
portunities for buying and selling property.
We will do all i'll our power to secure purcha-
sers, and having found them we will assist them
in getting " hat they want, with just the kind
of title they want
We offer for sale the following property:
27O acres of first class farming and grazing
lard, with good buildings, plenty of water and
Lnnber, also an abundance of good fruit; miles
south east qf Somerset, Ohio, and on very rea-
sonable terms
167 acres miles south of Somerset, Ohio, in
very good repair, good SOIL 100 acres cleared,
balance in the best of timber, all well fenced,
good springs and about 1900 fruit trees; truly a
good farm at a low price and easy payments
16 acres of land in Thorn township Perry coun-
ty, Ohio; very neat "a story house, good fruit
some tim Der, and every thing in the best OF
pair fine little home for some one cheap
320 acres of tlrst class prairie land in o. Brien
county, Iowa, will sell cheap or trade for small
farm in Ohio, or town property.
10 acres of land with good improvements,
good soil, plenty of choice fruit and good soft
water, adj jsining the corporation Oh Somerset,
Ohio Will positively sell cheap.
A desirable property situate in the city OF
of a dwelling house in very good repair contain
ing six rooms and kitchen, good well Of water,
-cistern, necessary out buildings, well set with
fruit trees, in healthy locality and quiet neigh
borhood.
Also a vacant lot situate in said city and in the
same locality the above said lot; is nicely situ-
ated for building in good neighbOrhOod- These
properties will be sold on reasonable terms.
August s, 1873. v1n11
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SOME CUTTING REMA RKs. Sharper
and better penknives, with the margin
cut closer than was ever before offered in
Somerset, at Curran's.
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VIC ks
Floral Guide

200 Pages; 500 Engrayings, and Col.
sred Plate. Published Quarterly, at q
cents year. First No. for 1874 just is
sued. A German edition at same price
Address, JAMES WICK, Rochester
N. Y,
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COrns ar ar

Nar1o q are as useless to the community as
OO4 LIZ misunderstanding old maids, corn
er loafers in large cities, dishonest politicians
no more of luxury than epson salts or castor
Ill, and more desirable for comfort than
hedgehog is for parlOr ornament. Briggs
Corn and BuniOn Remedies, Alleviator and Gu
rative, eradieates corns, banishes buniOns, and
eures ingrowing nails, sore insteps, and other
obnoxious torments of the feet Sold by Skin
1er & Bro, Somerset, Ohio. J. Briggs Co.,
Newark. N -tz 35yI 'e s %zsfs
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Weekly Telegraph.

8 Pages-4S Columns.
On or about the 10th of April We will COM
mence the publication of a WEEKLY EDI-
TION Of the TELEGRAPH, in obedience to
numerous and repeated requests Of friends. The
Weekly Telegraph will complete and eOmpre.
hensive summary of the
News of the Week
preceding the date of its issue. 1t will also have
a carefully and reliably prepared report Of the
Pittsburgh General Markets.
1t is our purpose make the Weekly Tele-
graph complete newspaper in all its depart
ments, that it W II deserve and receive the
support of all intelligent readors everywhere.
ass TERMS:
One Copy one year, postage prepaid. S so
Ten copies, one year, postage prepaid. IL 90
Twenty copies one year, postage prepaid 20 90
Fifty copies, one year, postage prepaid. As 90
One huuered copies, yr., '' q 80 90
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Lungs

o.e, CoNsUMPTIoNl-This fatal and
h111 3 - dreaded disease and has
been cureu. Dr. j. Briggss Throat and Lung
Healer is pleasant, agreeable and sure remedy
for coughs, whooping cough, Group, hoarseness,
bronchitis, laryngitis, sore throat, asthma, con-
SUMPTION and all kindred diseases, of the throat,
lungs, and chest.
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-*ttN}s
Ayers
HairVigor
For restoring to Gray Hair its
natural Vitality and Color.

A dressing
which is at
once agreea-
bic, healthy,
and effeetual
for preserv-
ing the hair.
ut soon re-
stores faded
or gray hair
to its Ori0iu1I
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-02-11
PITTSBURGH
EVENING TELEGRAPH
NEW FORM-EIGHT PAGES.
Cut, Folded and United by a New
Process.

As Easily Read as a Book.
The publishers of the Pittsburgh Evening
Telegraph are now issuing the paper in inI-
proved and more convenient form. We have
placed in our office one of MessIs. Chambers
Bros. d Cos (Of Philadelphial newly patented
Folding and FASTING Machines by means of
which we present the Evening Telegraph to its
patrons the efght-page 70 m, with Ihe leaves
cut and securely pasted together, so that it may
be read as easily as a book.
The TELEGRAPH will aim TO promote the
established principles of the RepubIiean party,
and will in the future, in the past, oppose the
election TO office of men not fully qualified, or
who shall by trickery, any unfair means,
manage to secura place on the ticket. Homes
ty and capacity only will receive our support.
The Telegraph will continue to publish all
the neIcs Of the day at the earliest moment, and
in such shape as to be acceptable to the most
critical reader.
The Evening Telegraph
In all its departments, wi: during ths year
1875, superior to the past extelIent as it has
been by general admission No expense viii be
spared to keep the paper abreast with the times,
AID its managers will exert very effort that ex-
perience may suggest to 1ake it, if possible,
SUBSCRIPTION PRICE.
By mail, including postage, Nine Dollars per
annum
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Our facilities for doing
10Orb of this character,
are the BEST in the
County, and our Prices
are az1Oays 10 YER than
those Of any .othe7' office
in the county.
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STATE OF OHIO
Insuranc D partment,
Columbus, Janury &c, 1874.

" HEREAS, The Farmers Insurance Com
w pany, located at Howard, i'll the State
OF Ohio, has filed in this office a
statement by the proper officers thereof,
showing its condition and business, and has
complied i'll all respects with the laws of this
State, relating to Fire Insurance Companies.
Now, therefore, in pursuance of law, Viii
liam +. Church, superintendent of Insurance of
the State of Ohio, do hereby certify, that said
Company is authorized to transact lis apprOpri-
ate business of Fire Insurance i'll this state in
Accordance with law during the current year.
The condition and business of said Company at
The date of such statement, Dec. 81, 1878, is
shown as follows:
Amount of actual paid up Capital slOO, goo 90
Aggregate am'nt of Available Assets 1S1 ,57j 2S
aggregate amt of Liabilities (eXcept
capiLsO including Reinsurance
only, being fifty per cent. of
Premiums on risks not terminated. III SO
Amount of Income for the preceding
year in cash ............ 80, 74S Is
Amount of Expenditures for the pre-
ding year in cash. 19, 19S 6S
NJ. B. Peterman, District Agent,
Millersburgh, Ohio.
NJ. ]. Bugh, Local Agent, Junction
City Ohio.
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WEST MAINsTREET, SOMERSET, ONO.

WEST TMAINsTREET, SOMERSET, ONO.
Can be found large and good assortment Of the
best selected stock Of Hardware in the town.
Iron, Nails, Builders Hardware such as Locks,
Hinges DC, Table and Pocket Cutlery, Cast
Shear and Spring Steel, Rope, Cords, Wool and
Grape Twine, Sash, Doors, Glass Putty, DC,
Springs and Axles some choice Double Barreled
Shot Guns and Fixtures, Blasting Powder,
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-02-11

GROCERIES.
REAPER AND MOWER

-6uWHEAT.-we pay Cash for Wheat at al
times, for all that is offered us.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-10-13
Horned Men i'm Africa.

A paper by Capt. j. S. Hay, on the
horned men of Africa, was read at the
recent meeting of the British Asso cia-
ton. He also exhibited sketches of
two Africans with horns. Mr.. Hyde
Clarke said it was very difficult to as
sign any reason for the appearance of
the horns, but there is no doubt that
Capt. Hay had seen them. One way
might be that they had been inserted or
inOculated into the face; but Capt. Hay
informed them that it was the object Of
the parents to remove the horns, which
he regarded as natural growth. One
suggestion was that this was class of
malformation, of which there was a
memorable example in the case of the
"porcupIne man." who had horny
plaits on various parts of his body. He
had not heard from anybody any suf-
ficient explanation with regard either to
its being natural phenomenon arising
at birth or its being artificially produced
in the manner to which he had referred.
1t was remarkable that the horns were
peculiar to the male sex. The subject
was very obscure and had not been suf-
ficiently investigated by anthropologists,
because there were great prejudices to
taking it up.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-10-13
More Biy Blasts.

Gen. Newton's next blasting opera
tons will be the completion of the work
already begun at Flood rock, which
stands ont in the center OF the river,
directly off Hallett's reef. This will be
q much more vast undertaking than the
one which has just proved to have been
SO successfully carried out, as Hallett' s
reef is only three acres in extent, and
Flood rock has an area of seven acres.
Already Gen. Newton has blasted out the
shaft, and has begun two headings and
one cross-heading. How long it will be
before we are treated to another explo-
sion it is impossible to say, as it de-
ponds entirely on the liberality of Con-
gressional appropriations. The public,
however, will be more inspired to sup
port expenditures for such purposes,
now that Gen. Newton has been SO sue
cessful, and, having tasted the excite
ment of dynamite explosions, and found
it safe and pleasant, New Workers, at
least, will be apt to banker after more.
Ne,D York Times.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-10-13
Specializing on a Rise.

Talking of millionaires, another New
York celebrity in tn 1T way, AT. Stewart,
made very lucky haul shortly before
his death. He was, in fact, on his death
bed, and was consulted by Mr.. Dale, Of
the Dale Silk Manufacturing Company,
about the purchase of raw silk, which
was then at a low price, but which there
was reason to think would shortly rise.
Stewart and mis- firm invested 81, 900, 900
at SO 25 per pound. In the course of a
few weeks the price of silk exactly
doubled. In this matter they had a
competitor in London who was equally
fortunate. The house in question sent
ont orders to its agents in China to buy
and buy, until they became astonished
and alarmed, and wired back to know if
the instructions were to be carried out.
They were confirmed; and the result
was that the firm had netted GOO, 900
before they had paid penny. A Lon
don financier is said to have made fl40,-
600 by taking advantage of an early
intimation that the United States Score
tary of the Treasury would issue AZ per
cent. bonds. Cor. liverpool
Post.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-10-13
Farming inGreeee. 2

Agriculture is depressed in Greece.
A French traveller says: "The Greeks
assert that they were not born for agri-
culture, and am afraid they are right.
The Greek finds himself in the right
place at the door of shop, or OH the
deck of n vessel. Greeks who cultivate
the ground feel themselves Inundated. T"
Despite the efforts of the Government,
the people will not turn to their rich
soil. The farming classes live poorly.
They have good mules; small, swift and
hardy horses; small and thin, but we'll
shaped cattle, and quantities of sheep
and goats, whose milk they drink. II
costs $500 to establish flock of 100
sheep, which then yields about 800 a
year. Cabbages and onions are the
staple garden vegetables. Apples. pears
and cherries are bad; lemons, oranges
and olives good. The soil ia for the
most part very fertile. One of the chief
evils is the minute division of land.
Although not tenth of the country is
under cultivation, very few farmers have
more than couple of acres, and three
or four persons often have claims upon
different crops on the same farm, the
olives belonging to one, the beans to
another, and so on. Tie farmers have
no ambition, and only care just to live.
One-fourth of the year is devoted to
holidays.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-10-13
A Simple Remedy for Small.Pox.

Edward Hine, correspondent of the
Liverpool Mercury, i'll a communication
to that paper speaks as follows:
81 am willing to risk my reputation
as public man if the worst case of
small-pox cannot be effectually cured in
three days, simply by cream of tartar.
This is the sure and er-failing
remedy: One ounce of cream of tartar
dissolved in a pint of boiling water, to
be drank when cold, at short intervals.
1t can be taken at any time, and is a pre-
ventive as well as a curative. 1t is
known to have cured in hundred thou
sand cases without failure. I have
myself restored hundreds by this means.
1t never leaves mark, never causes
blindness, and always prevents tedious
lingering. II the people would only try
it and report all the cures to you, you
would require to employ many columns
if you gave them publicity.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-10-13
Price OF Two Guns of Coffee.

A frugal old agriculturist from up the
country, accompanied by his wife, re-
Gently took seats in the American res
taurant at the Centennial Exposition,
and called for two cups of coffee. While
the waiter was getting them, the couple
unconcernedly spread OH the table a
large valise-f,lll of lunch, which they
had brought with them from the noun
tains. The coffee made its appearance,
but from above and behind it came
rumblings as of an earthquake not far
distant. Coffee and rations vanished in
short order, and when the waiter pre-
sented bill for seventy-five cents, the
price of two cups of Java and table oc
cupation, the volcanic phenomena
changed its base of operations, and
burst out more terrifically than before.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-10-13
The English Language.

Mr.. Jennings, late editor of the New
York Times, finds, on return to his ma :.
tive country that the language in which
he learned to speak is rapidly disappear
ing, and in its place we have 4" pigeon
English" particularly among the ladies.
1t is "pleasua for pleasure, A" "deah"
for "dear," and so on. Not content
with ages of outrage upon the CIV" and
the "v," the cockneys now transform
the rolling or" into the contemplate
cav" or "ah." Mr.. Jennings must re-
turn to America if he would hear the
English language once more.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-10-13
New Hampshire Farming.

The decay of the agricultural interest
in New Hampshire is attracting atten-
ton. 1t is stated that Z per cent. of the
farms in this State, 900 out of 29,642
are vacant and nnworked. Some Of
them are owned by banks, others have
been bought up and are held by large
land owners, and others, again, are left
to grow up in timber, which is more
profitable than crop-growing. Thepop-
ulation Of the farming districts is stead
lily diminishing by migration to the
West
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-10-13
How an English Farmer Can Work.

The London Ietegr0ph says In
the neighborhood of Newbury, not a
hundred miles from the very place where
John Hampden was born and bred, a
sturdy yeoman has given us specimen
of what can be done even late in the
autumn of life by those who 'scorn de-
lights and live laborious days. Mr..
Charlwood, farmer and miller near
Newbury, and some years past the prime
of his strength made a small bet that he
would, singly and unassisted, cart twenty
acres of wheat between the earliest mo-
ment at which he could see in the morn
ing and the last moment at which he
could see at night. He began his work
on Friday morning last at 3:45
on the farm of Mr.. N. G. Hutchinson,
at Cookham, near Newbury, and by 500
at night he had carted the whole con-
tents of the twenty acres. The ricks
built from his cartiDg were five In num-
Der, three of which were ten yards by
five, one ten yards by six, and one which
was-as the clown says in the pantomime
"a little one in 1t is calculated that
while Mr.. Charlwood was at work he
lifted from 200 to $50 sacks of wheat
duu VI w bOuo Va otAbW, ohu ~ 40
said that it would take three ordinary
agricultural laborers an entire day to get
through such job. The physical power
of the British farmer has always been
exceptionally above the average. But
at the same time it is seldom that we
come across man who is able in the
course of days daylight to pitchfork
into the wagon twenty acres of wheat
1t is too much the fashion at present
to utter mournful prophecies of ma
tional decadence, and to declare sadly
and solemnly that the nation is going
to the dogs. As far, however, as can
be made out, the ordinary physique OF
Englishmen was never higher than it is
now, and where one man swims the
channel, and another, single-handed,
carts twenty acres of wheat in ia hours
of continuous work, there is not much
reason to complain of national degen
eracy."
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-10-13
WOman,s Rights In Peru.

1t is the custom in Lima when any re-
ligious question is debated in Parliament
for the ladies to go to the House of AS
sembly, carefully watch tho proceedings,
and, after way of their own, take part
in them. For example, during the last
debate on liberty of worship, each
speaker who defended the proposal to
separate the church from the state had a
garland of weeds flung at his head from
the ladies' gallery, and the defenders of
the church were hOnored with garlands.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-10-13

Beautiful sunshine. ara beautiful howers;
Beautiful NONE nts that saake mp tbs hours;
Beautiful pictures Of beautiful lands.
Beautiful clouds that are r1nde without hands
Beautiful valleys and beautiful leas;
Beautiful pearls from the sounding seas;
Beautiful forms from beautiful molds;
Beautiful lambs from beautiful folds.
Beautiful dreams OF beautiful things;
Beautiful moons with halo rings:
Beautiful suns with softened light;
Beautiful stars that shine ut night.
Bealtiful eyes with beautiful sight;
Beautiful hair all silvery white;
Beautiful lips with beautiful speech;
Beautiful hands that guide and teach.
Beautiful fingers clasped In prayer,
Grasping the hope OF Over There;
Beautiful love undimmed by clouds
beautiful coffin and beautiful shroud.
Beautiful silence, unbroken by sound,
beautiful angel in glory just found;
beautiful death, to rest meath the sod
Beautiful Heaven and holy God.