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Knots and Splinters.

Cowartlice is worse than the night
mare.
Kindness is never entirely wasted-it /
will tell even on a mule.
The man who is pleased with every
thing is generally satisfied with nothing.
There isn's bigger fraud in this
world than the hypocrite, who travels
on his humility.
Death is the onlv thing that can beat
a miser.
Men are always in hot water until
they get married, and quite often in
boiling hot water afterwards.
There is nothing go easy to satisfy as
our necessities, or nothing 30 difficult
to satisfy as our desires.
What a huge joke it is that all the
peace the world has ever enjoyed it has
got at the point Of the bayo1et.
The best cure for blunder is to own
il at once, and avoid it the next time.
1t is very easy to gain notoriety in
this world; all you have got TO do is to
head mob or steal horse, and the job
is done.
There never was an estate yet so large
but what the prodigality of its possessor
could run through with it.
Too much Of anything is worse than
too little.
The best relief for the old rheuma.
tism is to find some fellow who has got
the gout bad, and then fall to pityinR
, him.
The more vice there Is in a man the
. less virtue he can see in his neighbor.
Bad luck generally shows the strong
: spots in a man, while good luck reveal
u the weak ones.
o know of people so fond of contra
. diction that it would not surprise me Q
II all to hear them disputing with guide
n board about the distance to the mex
town.
le The man who trusts TO luck will &c
70 beat just thirty times out OF fort]
10 have often thought that the concei
~ ed fools were the happiest persons liz
D ing.
had rather work on tread -whe
ef and be fed on sour milk than keep
o. district school for living.
OF Fame much oftener overtakes me
!" than men overtake fame.
~ There is nothing men are so vain
as their judgment, and nothing in whi'
they differ from each other 80 widely.
o'' Liars begin by deceivins others, Al
'at end by deceiving themselves.
lei never have found cunning and no
me esty living together yet.
io' Guessing 10 better than prophesyiI
10 it is more modest and i. just ascunniI
ea Young man. do yonr best, and lea
BILE /, to Others to beat !, if they can.
my Everybody trims their sails to cat
me the wind, whether on sea or land.
en- We are promised seed time, and h
vest, but we ain't satisfied unless we I
dictate the quantity, Of oats we are
~, ~. ing to get TO the acre, and what
As1 prices are going to be.--tJoah Billir
10 New York Weekly.
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JEFF. Davis arrived in New YORK from
Europe Saturday. ...-.-........
The official vote of Arkansas is: TIL
den, 50,0S3; Hayes, 3S,669. fs Hl
There is nothing mean about Georgia.
Tildens majority, 81, l,1S1..
Mrs. J. F. Fricke, aged sixty, suicid-
ed by hanging, at Detroit, Saturday.
Hon. II. r. Morrison, Of Missouri, ia
mentioned az candidate for Speaker Of
the National House Of representatives.
Dayton distillers claim that they car
not manufacture highwines ut presen'
prices, and will be compelled to Close
up their business. sFA a3ts4 $
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Arcadia Under the CannOn's Mouth

The correspondent of the London
News writes: Immediately under the
cannon of the redoubt, on the side of
the camp next to the Morava, there
lies the struggling hamlet of Deligrad,
collection rather of farm houses and
pheasants' houses, than a village in our
sense of the word. For the last six
months the camp of Deligrad has con-
tanned an army varying from 10000 to
10000 men, the mass being Servians,
but there being among them Russians,
Austrians, Montenegrins, and Italians.
In the village of Deligrad, close to this
accumulation of idle soldiers, the civil
ian inhabitants remain unmolested in
any way, and pursue their ordinary
vocations in the most perfect and we'll
founded confidence of peacefulness and
safety. The place is full of cattle, sheep,
and poultry; thefts are unknown. AT
night the Servian Mary calls the cattle
home across the meadows OF the Morava
and she and her sisters sit with father
and mother in the cleaning outside the
cottage doors spinning and chatting in
contented serenity The women earn
money by washing for the army; the
men sell their milk and garden produce
The we'll whence the soldiers draw thei
drinking water are in the villages, :ane
all amicably gather around .th
fountain. / ask any man who know
English or French armies what woult
be the state of morality in a village sit
uated in this close proximity with them
Here harbor none of those unfortunate
who are known under the euphemisti
appellation of camp followers Th
village of Deligrad is as quiet, as ur
tainted, and as simple In its sleep
primitiveness, as g any rural village il
the whole of Servia. There are som
English surgeons here just now, waitin
for the impending fighting, and an a
Is tache of the English Consulate Gener'
in Belgrade, absent on leave. The
% gentlemen to-day, in an interval of Il
l. rain, / took. on peregrination throug
l. the village Of Deligrad. We enters
y the houses, where the contented fami
les seuatted on the floor at their midd,
l. meal, from the old mad down the hum,
la gamut to the baby. showed them Il
,e cows in the sheds, the sheep pasturi
in the paddocks, the poultry in the farl
Ill yards.
ut We passed the modest village gil
at passing to and fro among the groups
Is soldiers, or waiting for their turn at t
we'll; We Joined queue of soldiers wa
ing outside a farm house to purch,
milk-and very dear does the Servi
y. father sell his milk--and my comp;
Ia. ions owned to profound surprise at t
he aspect of this village, lying under
,ct cannon's mouth of a fortified car
swarminp with soldiers.
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If you cannot speak well of your
neighbors, do not speak Of them at all.
A cross neighbor may be made kind
one by kind treatment. The true way
to be happy is to make others happy.
To do good is luxury. If you are moi
wiser and better at the end Of the
day, that day is lost. Practice kind.
ness, even If it be but little each day
Learn something each day. even If ii b
but to spell one word. Do not seem tc
be what you are not. Learn to contro
your temper and your words. Say moth
ing behind ones back, that you woult
! not say to his face. = s.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-12-01

~ am willing to risk my reputation as
public man," wrote Edward Hine to
the Liverpool Mercury, "if the worst
case of smallpox can not be cured in
three days simply by the use of cream
of tartar. One ounce of cream of tartar
dissolved in pint of water, drank at
intervals when cold, is a certain, never
failing remedy. 1t has cured thousands =
never leaves a mark, never causes blind
ness and avoids tedious lingering"
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The haad that holds the plow and
scatter= the seed may be hard and brown,
but there is whole in its grasp; the face
that has been showed upon and rained
upon and blown upon is neihter marred
nor SCARED, but grave and gentle; it
shows in every lineament how ennob
ling is close communion with nature.
The eye that sees the first tiny bud on
the trees, the first blade of pale green
grass, the FIRST frail blossom of the woods
watches the covert approaches of spring
with a glow and lustre that We do not
often see in the dissipated town.
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Asea
NUMBER "a
MOOn-StrOke.

An Indian correspondent writes to
Nature:
"There is popular belief that it is
dangerous to sleep in full moonshine, as
it is supposed to produce some injurious
effect called moon-stroke. A clear sky
admits of rapid radiation, and any per-
son exposed to such radiation is sure to
be chilled by rapid loss of heat. There
is reason 10 believe that under the cir.
cumstances paralysis of one side o: the
| face is sometimes likely to occur from
chill, as one side of the face is more
likely to be exposed to rapid radiation
and consequent loss of its heat. This
chill is more likely to occur when the
sky is perfectly clear and in full moon.
! have often slept in the open air in India
on clear summer night when there was
no moon. and although the first part Of
the night may have been hot, yet to-
wards or o'clock in the morning the
chill has been so great that / have often
been awakened by an ache in my fore.
head, which as often have connteracted
by handkerchief round my head
and drawing the blanket over my face
As the chill is likely to be greatest on q
very clear night, and the clearest nigh'l
are likely to be those on which there i,
bright moonshIne, it is very possibl,
that neuralgia, paralysis or some or SOM
other similar injury, caused by sleepin,
in the open air, has been attributed I,
the moon, when the proximate caus
may really have been ihe chill"
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-12-01

It is the wish of the Board to make
school work the business of the pupils,
and the earnest cooperation of parents
and guardians is solicited in securing to
the young. and through them to the fu-
ture citizen, habits of business like at
tentton, promptness, and accuracy-a lega-
cy, as business men know, far richer than
cold
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2. Second bells shall ring long
enough for pupils to reach their rooms
from any part of the school grounds.
8. Pupils coming in after second
bell has ceased ringing shall be marked
tardy.
4: Pupils are required to attend reg
ularly, unless prevented by necessity.
5. Pupils tardy three times, or absent
twice without good excuse, shall be re-
ported to the Superintendent.
6. Pupils, on arriving at the school
grounds in the morning, shall 60 imme
diately to their respective rooms and re-
main until recess, unless excused by the
teacher.
Z. Pupils shall leave the grounds i'm :
mediately at close of school at II NJ,
and 4:l5 P NJ, unless permitted to re-
main for special reasons.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-12-01

A young lady while riding to Leba.
non, Pa, the other day, in the stage, no.
ticed a peculiar sensation at her neck
but could not divine the cause. After
arriving there she complained to a young
lady, who made an examination, and
found a mouse had secreted itself in her
dress.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-12-01

VEGETlNE acts directly upon the
causes of these complaints. 1t invigortes
and strengthens the whole system, acts
upon the secretive organs, allays inham
nation, cleanses and cures liberation
cures constipation, and regulates the
bowels.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-12-01

1t is reported, on goood authority that
WiRRinton viii contest Pscheco's elec-
tion, In the Fourth District In Califor.
mia. ssg e1 1sfsasa - aae Fssl
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Has Entirely Cured Me.
Mr.. STEvENs.:
BosToN, October, 1870.

Mr.. STEVENS:
Dear Sir-My daughter. after having
a severe attack of whooping cough, was
LEFT in feeble state of health. Being
advised by friend she tried the VEeE-
TINE, and after uring few bottles was
fully restored to health.
I have been q great sufferer from
Rheumatism. have taken several bot.
ties of the VEGErINE for this complaint,
and am happy to say it has entirely cur
ed me. i have recommended the VEG.
ErINE to others, with the same good re.
sulta. II is a great cleanser and puriil'
er Of the blood; it is pleasant to take
and can cheerfully recommend it.
JAMES MORSE. s64 Athens Street.
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Give US call and examine our stock
particularly our Stovss. We feel war
ranted in assuring all comers that we
can supply all their wants ranging with
in the circle of our legitimate business,
and that our work, wares, prices, etc.,
will be found satisfactory.
MYERS g. YARNELL.
Sept. %, 1876. %
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-12-01

Mrs. James Ashbrook died at Lam
caster, Ohio, Saturday, aged ninety five.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-12-01

smAlispoE ispfsvsilins to an alarm
Ing szisas, among shs lcelaadic settlers
On Lake winnipss.
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Roofing and Spomtia,g

Specialties, and all wo-k of this nature
entrusted to us completed with the ut
most care, and warranted first-class in all
respects.
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conDodors Pauishiflsy, ofths United
siAiss NAHyy an roais- -io- Msmphisr died
At Columbus, Ohio, Saturday. or
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-12-01

A revolution in Lower California
with Diaz a. the leader, seems probable
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-12-01

A statue of Daniel Webster was un-
veiled in Central Park, New York, last
Saturday.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-12-01

Adam Weaver. q pioneer settler Of
Day ton. Ohio. died Last Saturday, aged
sigbty-seven. & -
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Six criminals were publicly whipped
at Newcastle, Delaware. on Saturday.
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j. w. Brutone, comedian, died in
New York Saturday morning.
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Vest Mai. Street,
Somerset, Ohio,
Manufacturers of and dealers in
Tin1Oare, Sheet-iron 1care,
SpoutizeS and Roofing,
And also dealers in
And also dealers in
r COOK AND PARLoR STOVES,

OF the most popular patterns in the
country--among- which will be found
the celebrated Red Gross" parlor stove
honored with the prize medal at the
Vienna Exposition), and the justly cell
ebrated Monitor Coal Cooking Stove.
Full Stock Of 1Stoues, Tin ,rare, etc.. noW
on hand. Special orders promptly at
tended to with care and at reasonable
| charges.f
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School Regulations.

l. The bells calling to work shall
ring promptly as follows:
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O. H. HODGE, Police Office
Station 6, BosToN, Mass, May 9, 1871.
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/ Clay Ward, but Mr.. Curtis said he could not

Clay Ward, but Mr.. Curtis said he could not
answer the question.
Mr. Christian presented an ordinance fix
Ing the salary Of the Mayor at $500 per an
mum. Referred.
Mr.. Pullam presented resolution trans
ferripg $500 from the account OF discount
and interest to account Of contingent fund.
Agreed to.
By Mr.. Purcell: joint resolution appro.
priatiug 5000, 900 in six per cent. bonds to
be issued In sums not exceeding 100000
having thrty.four years to run from 1st
July, 1876, for the purpose of erecting a
city hall and preparing the lot for the same.
Referred to The Committee on Finance.
By MIR. Babcock: A resolution instruct
ing the City Engineer to lay sidewalk on
the west side Of Seventeenth street from the
scaie-house to the fish market. Agreed to-.
By Mr. Metzser A resolution for ordi-
nance to prevent depredations on shade
trees. Referred. --.--
By Mr.. Straus: a resolution instructiug
tue Auditor to pay the salaries of city off.
GERS for January, &C.. and charge same to
salaries account from appropriation of 1876
when made. Agreed TO.
By Mr.. Whitlock (Charles E.) A resolu.
ton as to whether the present valuation of
the real property Of the city is fair and just,
and whether the same can be relied on for
the purposes of taxes in the future, &c.
Agreed to. .............
On motion of Mr.. Davis, of Marshall Ward,
the Council adjourned. 1.
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POLICE Court, YEsTKRpAY.-rhe following
parties were fined: John Edwards, james
Edwards, and Tim Gcff, 81 each for drunk.
enness John James and Belle Goodwin, 81
each for fighting in the street; james Nal.
lory and George Rawlings, disorderly con
duct-Mallory q, Rawlings SO; Rober,
Combs (colored), $3.50 for cursing and abus.
ing Denis O'Neil. .,,t. .,lt...
Henry Quarles (colored) was sent to jail
for forty.eight hours for stealing coal from
the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Com.
pany. ....s
The case of Philus Blunt and Edward
Sims (both colored), charged with assaulting
and beating William Johnson, was continued
until tomorrow. M
Miles Cbiholms and Kate Jackson (both
colored), arrested for fighting and creating
a disturbance In the street. Miles was fined
two dollars. Kate Jackson, btiug an old of.
fender, was sent to Jail for SIX months in de-
faultof security. ~. 'sts
S. W. Price was sent to jail for five days
for vagrahcy. ,''
Joe Robinson, Edward saiie, and Walter
Scott (tbree negro boys) 'rrasted as vagrants,
were sent to Jail in det.ult OF surety.
William Boswell and George Hancock,
deserters from the United States arm7, were
sent to jail 70 await the coming OF their
officers.
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COUNTY REGISTRARS APPoISTED.-ln the
Henrico County Court yesterday Judge MI
nor entered an order appointing the following
registrars for the county:
1uckahoe Magisteriat Distrtct.-Old Toll
house precinct, Frederick Lynn Ridge
Church precinct, John Sinton Short Pump
precinct, B, III. Leake.
Brookland Magisterial Distrtct.-Bruns
precinct, L. Ii. Jeter; Hungary precinct, T.
R. Darracott.
Fairfield Magisteridl District. cid
Tavern precinct, B. +. Carr; Chaddick's pre-.
cinct, r. Fl. Kuhn; Blker's precinct, Warner
A. Guy.
Varina Nagisterial DiStrict-Carter's
Store precinct, c. 81. A. Clay; Four.Mile
Greek precinct, Thomas j. Yarbrough ;
Whitlock's Store precinct, John 7. Whit
lock.
The day was consumed in the trial of civil
cases; and the court adjourned for the
term.
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,,,,itot Notes.

.....s.,~. II the senate Committee on
'. srl I.lac,ions are bound TO Sc.
r Vquv 2lu.S.. bNt tc". IL anS, o"tr
H.. -..t- wbi: wiH be the cnarac'et Vi
..,.- -.,ar; To thc senate.
r,. smcu,iiug the charter ol the az
-.'.,.r society w2s reported. amcnueG,
..r.sn.atrd in IN" >e0a'e Yesterday. II
".'.' 49,. mat thr state will not give the
,...., IL ar.
r. r. -. proposition in relation TO the
.-a,nn,.s Was made in the House by
4. ,...t.u, r.mp5clI, Yesterday. lie wants
'.,., ,,n:r.! 80 that The President OF the
,,.r....l, r4e speaker Of the House Shall
....... NH ard the members 500 for each
.........i,U. Tua, will be equal TO pres
ninety days. Should his plan be
1I','I ~. IL m:ier. muS do their work
:, ,.r.,y Gll. or consent 10 serve the extra
".,. ,,.r.s,,H compensation. lie also pro-
,...,. 10 reduce miic5Ge one ball.
w,., ;, r,rone> evident that the State
y, ro, appropriate any money 1enera'
I.nn..r viii Introduce series ol reSoiu-
,+,,,rr,lrin-, IN" >'ate'> hearty sympathy
~ r,.' vowed o'J cts OF the centennial Gel
cn-s,joH.
,,-r1 E.yggl.ion Yesterday morning beard
,,..rmru,. from hr. =. V. Daniel and MAJOR
t.n,. U,0,ry in relation 10 the latter's OIL
,.ra,,,.rr.. to ,cll the >iate's interest 10 the
r.imo,d. fredericksburg aud Potomac
railroad The committee took no vote on
.alr>tlug.
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pxNTF Or Nix. HCGH NJ. STASARD.-The
ANNOUNCEMENT OF the death Of Mr.. Hugh NJ.
S,.uarI, formerly Of this city, will be read
wts dep regret by his many friends in
R5ylmonu aud elsewhere in Virginia. Mr..
H!AuArd had been in rhilade|phia for some
tUc ra,' for treatment al one Of the instltu.
ton, in that city. About eight or ten days
a-u he Wvut into the bathroom TO take a
bath, and while there received severe scalds,
which gave >nch Il shock 10 the system that
n died ~ saturday last. Four or five hours
before t!> death his consciousness returned,
and DC ave The sweetest evidences Of his
souls salvation, and then he passed quietly
away 10 rest.
He was son Of the late Mr.. Robert G..
H'uuart, OF this city, and was, we think,
abou; iAlrty->IX Years OF age. Not many OF
h> associates are now living in Richmond.
some were kiIied during the war, while
Others Aave removed beyond the limits oi
Virgins. Few young mea have ever started
out III life with brighter prospects than
young >lauard, and not one who was more
generally beloved. He was kind, gene
To0>-Gcarlcd fellow, with noble'impulses, and
youu. mAn ol tiue education and talent.
hul disease overlook him just as he was en-.
ir'iH- ine prime OF life, and now he has
passed away
Ills remains reached this city yesterday,
ana Were hurltd irom ST. Paul's church 1T 1
/. NJ. EeY. Charles MiDnigerGdc, d. D., otfi-
.auN-. large number Cf friends attended
'br funeral aud followed the body to its last
resting S'iIatc, Ill Shockoe Hill Cemetery.
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TEXT Books Used IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS
LETTER OF DB. RUFF Err I'm response TO q
resolution OF the Senate DIR. Rutfner says :
"Taking the whole range Of our public
schools, there are more than twenty different
subjects taught, and the Board of Education
has not prescribed books for more than seven
branches. No action has been taken in refer.
ence to books on music, physiology, compc-
sition, drawing, TIE history Of foreign coun-
tries and ancient times, American or foreign
literature, rhetoric, elocutioD, dentistry, ma
tural philosophy, algebra, geometry, ancient
or modern languages. All these subjects are
taught, more or less, in our public schools,
and vet no attempt has been made By the
State Board TO interfere with the liberty of
county and city school boards In determ'n.
Ing what books should be used in these
branches.
8. All that has ever been done in this direc-
ton was done during theeariy part OF 1871,
which year the Board OF Education pre-
scyibed books on spelling, reading, writing,
arithmetic, grammar, and geography; and
afterwards on American and on Virginia
history. The board adopted two books on
each of the six elementary studies frs.
named. and allowed to the school trustees Of
each county and city tie liberty Of choosing
one or other of the two books on e,ch sub
iect: and after the selection was made the
trustees were required TO confine all the
schools TO that one book, and TO allow no
other book on that branch TO be used. They
were forbidden even to change 70 the alter.
native book on the prescribed list without
first applying TO the Board Of Education for
permission to do so. ,sis ,.....,,-sy &. !.
- Soon after this time Holiness History OF
the United States was adopted and ordered
10 be used In all the schools OF The State 70
the exclusion of all others. Tbs require.
ment was afterwards relaxed By the Board
of Education so far as TO allow the cities OF
Richmond, Petersburg, and Norfolk TO use
Blackburn aud SIcD DoEaid's History,
aIn 1873 Miss MagilPs School History oi
Virginia was put on The Stsse iist.o
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BUSINESS EaBARRAssMENTs-THE TIRED

BUSINESS EaBARRAssMENTs-TH The TREDE-
GAR COMPANY AND CALICO MANUFACTURING
CoMPANY.-General j. r. Anderson informs
us that "the Tredegar Company, having lost
largely BY the failures of other parties during
the monetary revolution of 1873, has finally
been compelled, In consequence of these
losses and of the continued depression of the
iron trade, to suspend payment. It is hoped
that the suspension Of operations will only
be temporary. Before the panic the COM
pany was worth million and half of dol
lars over its liabilities"
The embarrassments of the company have
thrown six hundred men out OF employ
ment. -. .H .~t. -as
Many reports are .afloat concerning the
CALICO Manufacturing Company. Upon
inquiry at the office of the company here
Yesterday our reporter was informed that
the concern had TO ask some indulgence OF
persons who held their checks, but that fur
ther than that they were in no trouble.