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The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-08-04
Grass and Leather.
From the Detroit Free Press. |

A citizen of the Cass farm has va
cant lot fenced in to preserve the grass,
and notwithstanding his many signs of
"Don't touch the grass" posted up on
the fence, he yesterday morning found a
man moving away for dear life, while a
boy was loading the grass into wagon
"Who gave you permission to cut
that grass?" shouted the owner.
Nobody" replied the man as he rest.
ed from his work "Grass is natura1
product of the soil, nursed and cared
for by nature, and it is as free to one an
imal rs another"
Leather is preparation made from
the hides of grazing animals" said the
citizen rs he stiflened the muscles of hi
legs. at is made by tanners, worked W
by shoemakers, and I'll give you all yo,
want for nothing"
The old man kicked back, but righ
and justice must ever triumph, and wheI
he went over the fence his eyes had ,
wild expression, and he yelled TO hi
boy:
"Git that hoss on u gallop, Sam, o
well never see home again"
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-08-04
Marx Twain on the Indians.

When Mark Twain, in 1867, resigned
his clerkship to the United States Sem
ate Committee on Conehology, it was
partly caused by his tender of the fol-
lowing advice concerning the treatment
of the Indians in the West: Il next
went 10 the Secretary of War, who was
not inclined to see me at all until he
learned that I was connected with the
government If | had not been on i'm
portant business, | suppose l would not
have got in. l asked for light (he
was smoking at the time), and then told
him had no fault to find with his de-
Tending the parole stipulations of Gen
eral Lee and his comrades in arms, but
I'could not approve of his method of
fighting with the Indians on the plains.
l said he fought too scattering. He
ought to get them more together-get
them together in some convenient place,
where he should have provisions enough
for both parties, and then have gener-
al massacre. ] said there was nothing
SO convincing to an Indian as a general
massacre. l said the next surest thing
| for an Indian was soap and education
Soap and education are not as sudden as
massacre, but they are more deadly ii
the long run; because a half massacred
Indian may recover; but if YOU educate
him and wash him it is bound to finish
him some time or other. 1t undermine
his constitution; it strikes at the foun
dation of his being. Sir l said, 'th'
time has come when bloodcurdling cru
city has become unnecessary. Infic
soap and spelling book on every Indian
that ravages the plains, and let then
die.'"
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-08-04
Lightning in Steam.

II would startle many people who
happen to-see locomotive blowing off
steam in railway station, if they were
told that there is electricity enough gen
Grated in the discharge of steam to blow
the whole train of carriages to atoms, if,
instead of being dissipated, it were col
lected. The fact was first accidentally
noticed by an engineer at Newcastle
who perceived sparks which proved to
be electrical among the escaping steam
The discovery was confirmed by the con.
struction of hydro-e electric machine
in the shape Of boiler set on glass legs
The steam, as it rushes out of the es
cape valve, is received on series O
metallic points by which il is gathered
and accumulated in the conductor, as il
an ordinary electric machine, in which
the electricity is generated by the fric
tion of glass plate or cylinder. vii
engineers ever come to appreciate tn
fact that every locomotive carries tn
means of lighting itself far better an,
more cheaply than any lamp?
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-08-04

A Scotch paper gives the following
instance of practical sympathy: A poor
man who had large family broke his
leg, and as he would be for some time
destitute of the means of grace, it was
proposed to hold prayer meeting at
his house. The meeting was led by
Deacon Brown. A loud knock at the
door interrupted the service 4 tall,
lank, blue-frocked youngster stood at
the door with an OK goad in his hand
and asked to see Deacon Brown. Gath.
er could not attend this meeting," he
said, "but he sent his prayers, and they
are out in the cart" They were brought
in, in the shape of potatoes, beef, pork
and corn. The meeting broke up with
out the benediction.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-08-04

A few days since man by the name
of Burke. in the employ of Alfred Arth.
ur, of Martinsburg, n. Y, was attacked
by mad bull, and was badly bruised
while battling his enemy with stone,
which he held in his hand, while being
paved and hooked underneath the AMI
NAL; he so accurately sent his blows into
the eyes and face of the bull that he al
last extricated himself and finally escap
ed with his. life, with clothes torn &c
! shreds and many bruises upon his body
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-08-04
Pioneer Preaching.

Extract from Colorado Preachers Report.
Our toll and exposure have been
more than somewhat shattered consti-
tuition was able to endure. For seven
months of the year our weekly ride over
as bad roads as can be found in the
county, was from fifty to sixty miles.
This was accomplished on horseback,
and in the buggy when it was possible.
l have preached usually two sermons
every Sabbath, and taken part in the
exercises of the Sabbath school, either
as superintendent or as teacher, or both.
This gentle exercise and ten or twelve
miles ride between appointments, in a
Colorado snow storm, is enough to test
the material of which the tabernacle is
composed. For the well-being of my
trusty and intelligent beast, / have US.
ually carried with me, on my weekly
round, either sufficient corn or oats to
guard against possible and certain suf-
| X.
er hay nor corn, nor any other feed.
This was not their fault, but their mis-
fortune, caused by three successive years
of whole or partial failure of crops
When our heart would have failed, and
our soul been discouraged, We have beer
cheered by the many moral sunbeams
that have fallen upon our path as we
journeyed along the highway of duty
The ex x,.ressive chirp of the chick wher
basking in the beams of the sun is thu
voice of contentment and gladness. 81
has our hearts reioiced when we hav,
received the cordial shake of the hand
and the hearty welcome to their homes
1t is pleasure to toll and suffer priva
tions when hearts are made glad, and il
turn gladden. your own by affectionat
! smiles.
Being human, our wants have beel
, the common wants of humanity. II
; keep span of horses, buggy and har
ness, a home as warm, neat and cosy a
s any, a wife tempered in sweetness IN
3 changing, requires both courage, ski
D and muchsgrace from the Head of tn
D Church. In addition to grace a few lIt
g tie items of an earthly nature are neec
ed The shoemaker, the tailor, tn
U grocer, all and every time will tell yo,
e "no cash, no trade" Now any Method
g st minister out here ought to live ,
:. cheaply as any of our good bishops
: any Eastern city. Though many thing
e here are much dearer than in the State
W yet with rigid economy, an averal
le minister's family, including n span
II horses for needed travel, ought TO ket
G. out Of debt on So per week. AS Il
- farmer needs constant supply of too
so the minister who would not fall b
10 hind the people must keep posted on {
- matters pertaining to human progre
For food for the brain must be furnis
:. ed, or the intellect will be dwarfed a
untitled for any high grade of usefr
ness.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-08-04
One of the Vices.

One of the great evils of the day and
generation is the love of personalities.
Instead of discussing questions, we dis
cuss people; instead of elevating princi-
Piles, we elevate heroes; and instead of
condemning measures, we condemn men.
We are in danger of becoming race of
gossips. Our curiosity concerning every
body's affairs, especially if they would
hide them, is always feverishlv on the
alert. Bits of news are vital to us, and
we revel in a scandal. In our cities, we
run 'lion" into the ground; in our
newspapers, the personal items are those
most in demand. We require new
excitement every morning in the news
papers, and experience sense of moth.
ingness if reputation is not ruined in
the evening journal. In order to KEEP
their heads above water newspapers
have to pander to this vitiated public
taste This is not the fault of the pa
pers, but of the people, and we hop'
! they will set themselves to work to rec
| tify If
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-08-04
Formation OF Granite.

We know that quartz requires high
er temperature to melt it than does eth
er the feldspar or the mica, and so, had
the granite been formed as are regular
volcanic rocks in the ordinary way of
igneous fusion, we should certainly have
found that the quartz would have crys-
tallized before either the feldspar or the
mica, and IL would have been seen in
definite crystalline form, and ITS crystals
would have interfered with and pene-
trated those Of the other mineral consti-
tuents Of the rock. Again, if we look
carefully at the quartz with a moderate
ly high power, we shall see in it certain
small cavities, and some OF these will be
seen to contain certain amount of liq-
uid, and also an air bubble, which will
move as the specimen is moved. This
liquid has been proved to be water, and
from the fact Of its not entirely filling
the cavity we learn that a reduction oi
temperature has taken place since the
water was FIRST caught up by the quartz
causing the contents Of the cavities to
contract. Sometimes we shall find other
cavities, which, instead Of containing
water, contain crystals, or even air only
Now, from these facts it appears tolera
bly, certain that the granite was formed
under peculiar circumstances. 1t hal
never been such purely molten rocl
as is the lava Of volcano, which i
poured out from its crater to the light o
day. We gather that it was rathel
formed at great depths in the earth
where it may have been partially melt
cd, partially subjected to the action o
both water and steam, charged with var
ious mineral subastnces, and subjecte,
10 enormous pressure. What the origi
nal condition Of granite was we canno
tell; some have gone so far az to thin
that IL may have been that Of a sed
mentary rock which has been metamoi
phosed by the forces just alluded I,
But, whatever the primary state of graz
ito may have been, its present conditio
shows it to belong undoubtedly to-. II
igneous class Of rocks, but to have bee
formed under conditions differing fro
those which have given rise to Law
reaching the surface. As far as can
gathered, the granite rocks, az sue
have never seen the light Of day uni
exposed by denudation, ETC.; their orig
was deep in the central portions OF a
eient volcanoes, where, by partial me-
ing and slow cooling, under inten
pressure, and in the presence Of sor
water, the various minerals came
gether and orystallized into granite.
[Rev. J. NJ. Mello, in Popular Scier
Monthly for August.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-08-04

BLACKBERRY WINE.-The following
is said to be an excellent recipe for the
manufacture of superior wine from
blackberries: Measure your berries and
bruise them, to every gallon adding one
quart of boiling water; let the mixture
stand twenty four hours, stirring occas-
ionally, then strain off the liquor into a
cask, to every gallon adding two pounds
of sugar; cork tight, and let stand until
the following October, and you will have
wine ready for use without any further
straining or boiling, that will make lips
smack as they never smacked under
similar influence before.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-08-04

ga writer in the ST. Nicholas says:
What do you say to flower bigger than
dining plate, and weighing three or
four pounds? What a button hole
bouquet that would make-especially if
you added one of its leaves, over eight
feet across! This is the giant flower OF
the world-I'm sure--and it is water
lily which grows in South America,
near the giant river of the world.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-08-04
Dyspepsia.

Americans are particularly subject to
this disease and its effects: such rs Sour
Stomach, Sick Headache. Habitual Cos
tiveness, Heart burn. Water brash, CON-
ing up of the food coated tongue, disa-
greeable taste in the mouth, palpitation
of the Heart and all diseases of the
Stomach and Liver. Two doess oi
GREE's AUGUST FLDwE will relieve
you at once. and there positively is not q
case in the United States it will not cure
If you doubt this go to your DruRgis
SKI FIR & BRo. and get a Sampa,
Bottle for 10 cents and try it. Regular
size 75 cents.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-08-04

BLACKBERRY CoRDIAL.-To half a
bushel of black berries, well mashed
add a quarter of pound of allspice
two ounces of cinnamon, two ounces OF
cloves; pulverize we'll, mix, and boil
slowly until properly done; then strair
or sqeeze the juice through homespun OIL
flannel, and add to each pint ofthe juice
one pound of loaf sugar; boil again fo
some time, take it off, and while cooling
add half gallon of the best Cogna'
brandy. This Is an excellent remed,
for diarrhoea and other diseases of tn,
bowels.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-08-04

Among the richest gold ores known
are the combinations Of tellurium, gold,
silver, and lead with sulphur or antimo.
ny. Pennsylvania and Virginia were
the most noted localities until they were
discovered in Colorado, where they have
been found in greater abundance and
forming more perfect veins than in any
other region. Recently ores Of this kind
assaying two hundred and seventy three
dollars per ton were found there
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-08-04

The General Assembly of Ohio last
winter passed a law making it unlawful
for any surgeon, physician or dentist. or
any other person, to administer chloro.
form, Gather, nitrous oxide, or any anes-
thetic, without the immediate presence
of some third person Of sound mind
and above the age of fifteen years, dur
ing such administration, and all opera
tions connected Herewith while the pa
tient is in whole or in part in condition
Of anesthesia.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-08-04

Can you change this William for me?"
said young man who presented fifty
dollar bill at the counter of the Glouces.
ter (Mass.) National Bank, recently
"Yes," said the cashier; "but why do you
call it William" "Oh, Pm not familiar
enough with this kind of a thing to call
1t Bill" was the quick reply.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-08-04

Dom Pedro's departure deprlves
America of the only royal guest it ever
had who managed, throughout an ex-
tended visit, to escape ridicule. The
quiet persistence with which he has
minded his own business and insisted
upon other people minding theirs is the
kew to the situation
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-08-04

The habit of exaggeration, like dram
drinking, becomes a slavish necessity
and they who practice it pass their lives
in a kind of mental telescope, through
whose magnifying medium they look
upon themselves and everything around
them.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-08-04

A New Haven carriage ge-maker has
just finished a cabinet for missionary
in India, with an extension top so that
it can be converted into a covered couch
at night. 1t will be drawn by sacred
white oxen; box for the driver is pro-
vided where the whiffietree usually is,
and he guides the oxen by dexterous
twisting of their tails.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-08-04

A correspondent of the Edinburgh
Scotsman, writing from Russia, says
"Nine.tentLs of this vast country pro.
duces little else than frewood."
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-08-04

The London Lancet says that no wo-
man dies of fright. Her corset is laced
so tight that she can do no more than
utter one veil and fall over
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-08-04

How melancholy the moon must feel
when it has enjoyed the fullness of
prosperity, and gets reduced to its last
quarter.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-08-04
Geological Record of Time.

While astronomy reveals to US dis
tances in comparison with which the
sun light pass for next door neighbor,
geology opens up tracts of time, as COM
pared with which the whole historic per-
iod of the world has a claim to antiqui-
ty hardly exceeding.that!of the day be-
fore yesterday. Who shall calculate
the number of ages since the tropical
trees We now burn as coal were waving
in the sun, and casting a shadow over
the landscape? yet the coal measures are
very far from being old, geologically
speaking. According to the most re-
cent lights, the most venerable forma-
tion in the world is the system of Laur-
entian rock, in the neighborhooi of the
river ST. Lawrence, in Canada. At one
point where the river Saugenay inter
sects the range, they attain an elevation
of some 1000 feet including the depth
of the river bed, which amounts to one
hundred fathoms. Their antiquity re-
duces the age of the Alps and the An
des to little more than that of last years
harvest Fossil remains of animal life
were first discovered in those rocks with
in these twenty years, of the little archi-
tects who reared the mountain range
from the sea salts, as similar little build
ers are at this hour elevating the coral
reefs IN other seas.
One of the citizens of Danbury, Conn.
who had just returned from the West,
was telling in Merrill's grocery store of a
narrow escaped he had from terrible
death. He was crossing long railroad
bridge on foot, when he was surprised to
see locomotive coming at a terrific
speed. The bridge was too narrow to
allow of escape on either side, and he did
not dare to jump into the yawning abyss
below. In flash he took in the situa.
tion and formed his plan of action. He
started on a swift run toward the on-com
ing locomotive, and when within a few
feet of il he concentrated all his nerve
and muscle into one effort, and leapet
straight up in the air. The fearful mon
ster shot under him, and hes.. came dowr
on the bridge, saved from death, bu
fearfully shaken up by the descent
There was moment Of deep silence up
on the close of this narrative. Thei
one of the company sighed, and shut "
his knife, and unexpectedly said: :"What'
the use of presence of mind when ma
can lie like''that?"
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-08-04

rENp ase. 10 q. p. Rowen 4 CO., New York,
y for Pamphlet Of 100 pages, containing lists
Of 5000 newspapers, and estimates showing cost
Of advertising.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-08-04

W. c. QUINCY,
General Manager, COLUMBCS.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-04-07
National Colored Convention. Z

NASHVILLE, Tenn, April G.-The Ma.
tional ColUred Convention was in session
over four hours to-day. Tho attendance
Of spectators, both white aud coloredl
was very large, the galleries aud lobbies
OF the HouEe Of Representatives being
packed to their capacity.
The Committee on Resolutions not
yet being able TO retort, the proceedings
we're unimportant, except two speeches
from Pinchback and Smith Of Alabama.
Pinchback did not take the new depar-
ture cx pected, but his speech had u strong
flavor Of Independence. He said that the
culored people were beginning to think
for themselves, and would never again
vote the Republican ticket in solid col.
umn as heretofore. He said tho South
could not prosper while party lines were
race lines. He wanted no more color
line in politics, but the division OF parties
on other than race lines.
Senator C.s Smith followed Pinchback,
making a powerful speech in favor Of
the new departure. He advised that the
blacks no longer remain IN the Republi'
can party but make terms with their white
Southern friends and hereafter vote tor
honest and competent men without re-
gard to party.
His speech made profound impress
sion and was received with great applause
by both whites and blacks. There ia a
strong element In the Convention in fa'
vor OF this departure and the caucusing
is very hot.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-04-07

EAsrER.-The Pittsburgh Catholic Jour
nal explains tho fact that Easter this
year leviates from the common rule OF oc-
curerce on the first Sunday after the first
full moon happening upon or after
the vernal equinox. "But ifthat day (of
tho first full noon should be Sunday, as
happens this year, it should be observed
the Sunday following. The ecclesiastical
day commences on Saturday afternoon
and hence were we to observe the follow
ing Sunday, April 0th-we would coinc-
ide with the Jews in the celebration OF
the paschal time, which coincidence the Ro
man breyiary adduccs as n reason for
transferring the feast to the Sunday fol-
lowing, i. e, April 10th. The chief rea-
son, as far as we can gather it from the
circular Of the Emperor Constantine, the
letter Of Pope Leo to Marian, and the
"prologus paschalis" of ST. CYRIL, was
that tho Council was determined to have
nothing in common with the Jerea 1t was
the last deciding blow at the JndNi1ins
Christians Of the East"
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-04-07

TIE Pittsburgh ChriStian Advocate COM
plains Of injustice done to it by the West
Virginia Conference in passing the fol-
lowing resolution at their late session:
WHEREAS, We learn that tho Pitts.
burgh Christian Advocate is the property
OF a private corporation, and therefore
the proceeds do not 60 into the treasury
Of the Church, therefore,
Reso'red, That We respectfully ask The
General Conference 10 instruct the Book
Agents ut New York to purchase said
paper, il II can bc done on reasonable
terms.
The editor says that the passage OF this
resolution is calculated to do his paper
harm and thinks it very uncalled Tor
He thus refers to the history Of the Ad-
rOcdte:
"The paper was begun in 1884, on the
responsibility Of a few individuals, act
ing provisionally for the Pittsburgh Con
ference. They offered the paper 10 the
Conference at its next session. II was
accepted as a Conference organ. 1t con-
tinued az the organ Of the Pittsburgh and
Erie Conferences (the Erie meanwhile
having been set off) ill 1910, when it was
offered to the General Conference. The
General Conference accepted the gift, and
has ever since elected the editor, and tor
great part, If not for all the time, has
appointed the Publishing Committee
This Publishing Committee is the agent
Of the General Conference. and the paper
belongs 10 the General Conference, al
much so as the New York and Cincinnati
papers, though published by little dif
ierent machinery.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-04-07

WE publish communication this
morning that comments in an interroga-
tory way on some views expressed by Col
EN-. Norton through these columns the
other day. We presume We shall have
the pleasure OF presenting something
from Col. Norton by way of reply 10.
morrow. The topics treated upon are
those which now interest a large number
Of people. Indeed there is no question
that more intimately concerns the busi-
ness welfare OF the community than the
subiect.mattcr OF this discussion. Col
Norton is agentleman who has studied it
by the light Of rough and tumble expert
encc throughout the course OF long
and active business life, and his views are
interesting and easily Understood. He
has in his career served in tho relation OF
both employer and employed,an has not
only seen but felt the embarrassments
that beset the question OF capital and
labor in both these relations. For this
reason we shall hope to hear further
from him in answer to the communities
ton which We publish this morning.