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The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-06-16
Perception OF the Direction of Sound

Lord Rayleigh has made some inter.
esting researches in regard to the facility
with which We recognize the rituation of
a sounding body. In the case of sight
special optical apparatus IL provided,
whose function is to modify the uniform
excitation of the retina, which a lumin.
GUS point. wherever sItuated, would 9th
erwise produce. The action of the cry-
stalline lens of the eye is well under
stood and the Use of lens il precisely
the device that would ut once occur to
the mind Of an optician ignorant Of
physiology. There ia nothing, however,
in the ear corresponding to the crystal
line lens of the eve. II has long been
conjectnred that the explanation Of how
we find out exactly where a sound IT,
turns upon the combined use Of both
ears. The possibility Of distinguishing
voice in front from one behind with
unerrinR certainty seems, according to
experiments made by Lord RayIeigh, to
be by no means sure. II the source of
the sound was on the right or the left Of
the observer, its position could he told
approximately, but it was uncertain
whether for example a low whistle was
i'll front or behind. The explanation Of
the subject il by no means simple one,
and the different appreciation of sounds
through one we are constantly being
sensible OF. awaits further study.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-06-16
II afch That "PassiI. 4"

The oId lady deposited her band box
es ana bundles on seat, and then rush
ed out of the car. But before starting
she requested a stranger in the next seat
to ',je=t watch that ere passil. If yew
please, while | go and get me some cof-
fee" Rain was just pouring down
outside, and seats were scarce inside the
car, which soon filled up. The old lady :
"paS~il'' or parcel monopolized a seat,
and attracted the attention of the brake
man. lie went for that paper parcel
ruihle-sIy. lie bounced it iercely and
let it go a. suddenly as he had seized it.
and rushed ont of the car swearing ter
rihly Then a Young gentleman escort
ed a lady.to the seat and proceeded TO
push the parcel aside. He merely
made one push, and then, with a sup
pressed exclamation Of pain and sur
prise. proceeded to pick something ont
Of his glove. The lady pumped herself
down alongside the parcel, bat bounced
y dSdiH diitNef IMAM IN" iih'i ~ftA
down And with look Of anguish up
on her beautiful face, rushed frantically
away. Next stout old German came
foundering into the apparently vacant
seat and aopped over s1P~a that inno-
cent looking paper parcel. Whew? but
what veil he uttered as he bounced up
out of that seat. Then the other passen-
gers became interested in that vacant
seat. Rhe conductor, too, came with
the snfferirg brakeman to see what the
trouble was about. just as the old lady
came waddling into the car Pushing
her way 10 the seat. she smiled blandy
upon the passenger in the next seat as
She sail:
That's present for my son Ephriam,
in Illinoy. It's the prettiest bunch of
cactus / could find down on the Picket
wire, down in Colorady. Amt it a
heautv?"
And the innocent old soul opened her
"passiI" and displayed TO the amused
passengers the cause Of the brakeman
profanity, the young lady's agony, and
the German 5 snrprise-a fine bunch OF
rrickly pears. But it had kept her seat
for her. Kansas City Times.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-06-16

ed to come 10 him like a revelation; and
before half an hour waAover, the ham
'mer was in the hands of the police, and
Tom Dillon, who was found in his old
corner at the Bag o Nails lodged in
the lock up.
There was no trouble in proving his
guilt, for he confessed to il the very next
day, and it turned out that be had left
the barracks by the very same spot that
Phil picked upon.
Yes, it was lesson to Phil, sir; he
was never the same laughing, careless
Scapegrace afterwards II seemed to So
her him, like. Dillon was hung at
Maidstone for the murder; and Mrs.
Brandon, who had no near relations ex-
cept Mary, gave her consent TO the
girls marriage with Phil, buying him
out of the service first, though; and
when she died. left them the business.
and I'm glad to see he's doing so well;
though a. you say, sir, he looks like a
man who never laughs; and small won
der, too, for that nights work must have
been a terrible experience"
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-06-16
AN ANTIRABIC.
A New Specific Against HydrOphObia.

DIR. Grzyyala. saws the British Meii-
cal Journal, of Krivoc Ozero. Podolia,
for whose trustworthinezs Professor
Gubler. of Paris, vouche=. declares that
after a series of crucial trials. which he
describes at length, he has found that,
after having had opportunities Of treat
ing at least 100 cases Of men bitten by
rabbi dogs with the XdntLium spinasllnl,
he has never in any one of these cases
failed to ward of hydrophobia He
gives some startling examples. During
the Crimean war, a family of twelve
persons had been bitten lay hydropho-
bic wolf Six of them entered his wards
in the hospital of Ol<chanka, Govern
ment of Podnlia, district of Balta. They
of xanthium. and all recovered. The
six Others, who were treated by the aetu-
al caatery and the daily use of Geaista
tinctoria and other drugs, died with hy-
hrnphobia In the course of twelve TO six
~ days. He recounts manv other facts
not less striking. For an adult the dose
Is sixty centigrammes of the dry pow
der, repeated three times a day, and
continued during rix weeks. Children
under twelve take half that quantity.
The dose for animals is much larger. A
herd of thirty oxens had been bitten bv
mad wolf; eight had snccumbed with
symptoms of hydrophohia. The Com
mis-ary of Police came to DR. Grzyvala
for his "antira bic powder" He gave
three ounces of the powder. with bran,
daily to each of the animals; none of
them suffered from the disease. These
sayz he has hundred others. Fiat er-
perimentum We have heard too often
of specifics for hydrophohia not to re-
gard this last claimant with sorrowinl
suspicion. But the herb is at least a
harmless one; its ordinary properties
seem to be mainly sndorifc; and since
animals anffrridg from rabies are only TO
frequently at hand, and the remedy is
one which grows plentifully in the mid
die regions of France a. we'll a. Poiolia,
let us hope that our French colleagues
will lose no time in putting this prophy
lactic to the test. and perhaps the pro-
fe<-ors in our own veterinary colleges
might help to set at rest the hopes which
this positive and detailed statement is
calculated to excite
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-06-16
Caught in His Own Trap.

Yesterday a man who lives on Gest
street, below Freeman. applied in an APP
parently agitated manner at the Office of
the Chief of Police. and reported that
his house had been entered by burglars.
the night before, and $3.50 in money
stolen The money belonged to two
working girls, who gave it TO him for
safe keeping. The man said the roll of
beds, on which himself and wife slept,
and was distracted therefrum while they
were wrapped in the arms Of Morpheus
To inquire into the subject fully, In=pec-
tor Johnson sent Detectives Knshman
and Wappenstein down to the house.
From the general appearance of affairs,
the Detectives concluded that they were
rather suspicious, and SO reported. The
man who first gave news of the robbery
then sqnarely told that it was firmly
believed that he himself had com mitted
it, and was threatened with arrest in case
he did not give up the money belonging
to the confiding girls. He at first firmly
protested his innocence, bnt at length
yielded so far a. to say that he thought
he could recover it, which he did, in
company with officers, at his mothers
house, near his own.
The money of the hard working girls
was the amount an inheritance from a
small estate. They had also in the man +
keeping notes, one for large and one
for smaller sum, which We're not disturb
ed. The funds will he placed in safer
hands Cincinnati Commercial June
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-06-16

1t is no exaggerati0n to say that
health is a large ingredient in what the
world calls talent. man without it
may be giant in intellect, but his deeds
will be the deeds of dwarf. On the
contrary, let him havea quick circula-
tion, good digestion, the bulk. thews
and sinews Of man, and he will set
failure at defiance A man has good
reason TO think himself well off in the
lottery of life if he draws the prize of a
healthy stomach without a mind rather
than the prize of fine intellect with n
crazy stomach. But of the two a weak
mind in hercnlean frame il better than
a giant mind with crazy constitution.
A pound of energy with an ounce of
talent will achieve greater result than a
pound of talent with an ounce of ener-
gy.- Exchange
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-06-16

The St. Louis Republican mentions
some ofthe troubles that will follow the
new money: "When a man walks much
the side of his legs will be chafed raw
When less than dollar is to go by mail
it will have to be converted first into
postage-stamps. When you run for a
street-car mohey will fly out of your
pockets at every jump. When you tell
your wife that have no money she will
say that you lie, for she heard ii jingle.
1t will be difficult to pay a man a quar-
ter by mistake for half When you
are in hurry the storekeeper will have
to weigh the coin in his hand and sound
it twenty-five times on the counter be-
fore he can determine whether it is good.
The baby will swallow dime day. A
boy with quarter will lose il IN a crack
in two minutes, from which no amount
of coaxing with forks and chips can re-
cover it. Sleepy men will put buttons
and lozengeS INTO contribution boxes a.
of yore"
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-06-16

A LEAF FROM THE PAsT.-The Sal
em Mass). Gazette is one of the few pa
pers in the country which can quote
from its own files of hundred years
ago. The other day it printed the fol-
lowing from one of its papers issued in
July, 1776:
NEW YORK, June 29.-Yesterdav v
forenoon was executed in field between
the Colonels M'Dongall and Hunting
tons camp, near the Bnwry Lane lin the
presence Of near 10000 spectators) a
soldier belonging to his Excellency
General Washington guards, for mutt
ny and conspiracy; being one of those.
who formed, and was soon to he put INTO
execution, that horrid plot Of assassinat-
ing the Staff-officers, blowing up the
magazines, and securing the passes OF
the town on the arrival of the hungry
ministerial myrmidons. 1t is hoped the
remainder of those miscreants, (now in
onr possession) will meet with punish
ment adequate to their crimes
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-06-16
What a Chameleon Did With Its
Skin.

\ letter to the Hartford Times.say
Young Tiffany's chameleon shed its
skin this morning. When my attention
was first called to it, thought it was an
posture-for the little reptile looked
just as Of it had on little nightgown Of
fine lavenGer-colored muslin. tied or
tucked in at the neck and top of the tail
This strange garment gradually parted
in openings. While this process was
going On, the chameleon, which was on
the floor, and had thread tied around
it, held at one end by Willie Tiffany,
wonld very unexpectedly and suddenly
make vigorous little rnshes and darts
across the floor, to the length of it's
string. and to the great discontinue of
the ladies who were gathered around it,
watching the shedding process. On such
occasions the ladies would run scream
ing to a conner of the room. the sudden
ness and rapidity of the small varmint's"
movements whenever he started seeming
to deprive them ofall presence of mind.
The chameleon got hold of what he
could of this cast-of garment and tried
to swallow it. Upon examining seq
ments Of the cast skin under a magnify
ing glass, it was seen 10 he full of per-
fectly circular holes, arranged in the
most regular and orderly manner, and
the texture respmhled that of the crown
of bonnet. though not quite 80 close.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-06-16


One ofthe most gratifying testimonies
to the superiority Of the philadelphia
Centennial Exhibition that we have
seen was made last week by Sir Charles
Reed, NJ. p, President of the School
Board Of the City Of London and Brit
ish Commissioner on Education. When
the foreign representatives were received
al the Judges Hall, q collation. follow
ed. II being the birthday of Queen
Victoria, the health of the Queen was
proposed by Gen. Hawley, TO which Mr..
Reed responded, and, in the course Of
his remarks, said:
81 must congratulate you. sir, in being
a the head of an exhibition unparallel-
ed in the history Of international dis
plays. so far as my observation has ex-
tended. ] was npnn the jury at the
London Exhibition, in the year 1851
and have visited every European exhib-
iiion held since that time. and ] say
without hesitation that, so far az ] have
yet been able to examine il, the display
you have made in Fairmount Park
eelipses everything have seen. IL may
be titly compared to great feast, an in
tellectual feast, and believe il will
greatly advance, not only the material
position Of our countries, but that it
will afford to the world a guarantee that
in gathering us together you have the
interests Of peace at heart and that this
will contribute to cement the good feel.
ing at present existing between the ma
tions represented here"
Mr.. Reed will be remembered with
great pleasure as one Of the English
delegates at the great meeting of the
Evangelical Alliance in this city, in Oc-
tober, 1874.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-06-16

The Bpllaire Leader says: while in
the Office 0fthe National Glass Company
for few minutes the other day, we wit
messed a sight hard TO believe. But II
seeing ia believing we can't help but be-
lieve. Mr. Cash. the genrlemanly sccre-
tary, drove an eight-penny nail thro' a
board an inch and half thick with a
glass chimney. This was the fourth
nail that had been driven with the same
chimney. II this doesn't surPass any
thing that has ever been done with a
glass lamp chimney, we'd like to witness
anything that can beat it.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-06-16

Fellnw shot himself at Louisville
on Monday night, and left letter IN
which he said that he should return to
earth if such Thing were possible. and
haunt those who had caused his ruin
We ought To have this thing satisfactor.
lily tested now. Here Is a gentleman
who has shuffied off his coil for the ex.
press purpose Of being n spook end scar
ing somebody. Therefore if he can't
make it work nobody can. We shall,
figuratively speaking keep our eye on the
Louisville gentleman.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-06-16

Five boys took all of Friday to catch
fish. They tramped about fifteen miles,
imbedded hook in most undesirable
part for hooks in one Of the party. had
A.fight in which one boy lost three teeth,
and another two lost their lines. aIso a
straw hat. They were gone eight hours.
Net result of the trip: One fish. three
black eyes. five stone buses, and a small
assortment Of blisiers. This il part
Of the boosted civilization Of the nine
teenth century.-[ Danhnry News.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-06-16

He was a very young man. A few
stray hairs upon his lip attested the fact
that he was engaged in deadly strug-
gle with a mustache. He went into a
variety store on Main street, and said to
the proprietor: Have you Charles
Reade's Lost Heir p" "No, haven't, y
replied the storekeeper. But" he con
tinued, looking into the young mans
face, "I've got something that will
make that mustache of yours start out
like bOils in Spring time"
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-06-16

To make cookies. use one tPacup OF
sour cream, one cup of butter, two cups
of sugar, two egGs, one terspoonful of
soda dissolved in very little water
Mix slightly, and bake in quick oven.
This makes large batch, and will keep
six weeks if desired. The following is
another good recipe: One teacnp of
sour cream, one cup white sugar; half a
teaspoonful of soda. Mix slightly as
above. and roll thin. The beauty of
cookies is to bake quick, having your
oven well heated before putting them in.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-06-16

In 1sI9 Prince Torlonia, the Roman
banker, advanced 100000 francs to q
Neapolitsn on a diamond, 40 large and
limPid and piercing in the polish Of its
many faces that none but the keenest
eonnisreur could distinguish IL from the
famous Regent" At the Hotel Drouot,
in Paris. the self.same precious stone"
was sold early in April Of this year for
twenty francs fifty centimes, or about "a.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-06-16

A Queer procession entered Dayton.
Nevada, the other day. Five China
men, each carrying big stick Of wood
on his shoulder, marched up the princi-
pal street. and a white man. shot gun in
hand. brought up the rear, following the
men 20 the calaboose. The white man
was the watcher Of the Dayton wood
piles, and having caught the Chinamen
stealing the choicest sticks. marched
them before the authorities with the
evidence of their guilt in their posses
sion.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-06-16

Let us see. How does the new anti
hanging law operate in Maine? Page
killed his wife at Chelsea; Finn killed
his child at Waldoboro; and lastly, at
Canaan, Herring killed his son-in-law,
Harmon. Which is one murder month
since the new law went into eIect.-[ Bel
fast journal.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-06-16

That was a somewhat dramatic affair
in the Court house at Providence, when
Thursday. He was a poor man. and
had become estranged from his daugh-
ters because a fortune of $500, 900, n
large part of which would naturally
have fallen to him, was left to them.
He fell once, before the fatal stroke
came, and, as he was reviving, one of
the daughters kissed him, whereupon he
pushed her aside, exclaiming. "How
dare you. with your $15O,0OO, and
haven't got cent! / only want what's
due me. e."-[Springfeld Republican.
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Mormon Mathematic II Discovery.


On Tuesday, May 80, 1876, Professor
Orson Pratt, sr., made a highly import
ant discovery in the Department of
Mathematics. In the history of math-
ematical science it l. well known that,
for ages, a general solution of the cubic
equation, when all the roots are real and
unequal, has been sought for in vain
Centuries ago Cardan slcceeded in Civ
ing a general solution when two oF the
roots are imaginary; but his formula
was wholly useless and irreducihle when
the equation contained three real and
unequal roots. -.
Professor Pratt's genera solution gives
the three real and unequal ROOTS in
terms of the general and co-ef1cients.
with the same rigor and distinctness as
those attending the solution of the
quadratic. In the great army of the
most profound mathematicians who have
embelli+hed modern science some emin-
ent alsebraIsts have pretended to de-
monstrate the impossibility of such solu-
tion. But Professor Pratt's solution has
forever proved the incorrectness of such
pretended negative demonstration.
This general solution will have a very
important and useful bearing upon the
future advance ment of algebraical analy-
GiG
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POETRY.
THE WAVES.

tLared by the love Of the Eenii that move
la the depths e the purple sea
-PERCY BYSsHE SHELLEY.
As the bjllOws are kissing my feet
] lisI 4e h1arse spla- n oI the ocean,
A al Deem :. a mus, most sweet
For In 1utse- tsav Gltter aud beat
AnG Indie SiIL uAulsless emotion.
And Thetif. in fru3y, see.
~ est ii E;gauties' etolE,
Aud her nymphs. singing welcome 10 me,
With tLeiT tn e-ses ali floating and Tree
Fnwraathsd with dank seaweed and hoary
Fuc'4qrr IN en-. arakes al the sonnd
or tLe deep tAa. is restless forever;
And bent with the deaving profound
AID continual dash and rebound,
Is q spell aha I would not tissey9r.
Ana an ocean has gone in ny heart
WITH q - siggT ,--t nothing el- 9a.llsh'
F-hc e wave, ever -bliing. iInpart,
As they thaudeT srd .iunmer and cart,
= jry - never shall vanish
@ zLEs FD5AR SPESCER.
long Branch. June.
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SELECT STORY.
1g..y b THE SNOW.
By An Old Soldier.

and ! always 700 seq AfAl'i-iF out iot
his long blue coat and scarlet collar as
approached the Surrey side of the bridge.
Not always successfully, Of course.
Sometimes he had already left before !
reached the tram way, at others late re-
cruIt claimed his attention and ! was
forced 10 cake my Journey alonc. in
which ease | am bound to say that it was
not nearly 50 agreeable a. when the time
was whiled away by some Of the old
pensioners endless "reminiscences.
I began to fear this one evening when,
having taken my usual seat ontside the
tram car, observed Sergeant Cranstone
still standing at his corner, engaged in
earnestly animated conversation with a
tall, very erect, gentlemanly looking
man, and oblivious of the fact that the
vehicle was about commencing its jour
ney.
'Hir shouted the conductor, who knew
him for constant passenger. Now for
Greenwich, sargeant. Look alive! Times
up
A hasty shake Of the hand, a parting
word with his friend, and Sergeant
Cranston hurried after the car and climb
ed up to my side.
sAn old soldier ! said. ..after we had
I;,;,.I ,h.
49, b.A Iaf,
y .l.i ...v..,I---b. had
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J,r.roa pn,Iras
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-. II. lo.,.,s li,,a man
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,..l. III, ~. ,,.ya- ,o, nr.r ;,-
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~
L;oIf ,.i,b
~ :.
.,..,.
used 10 oe st"no''g Joke ~ ms o"i"oN-
room 10 ASK 'or 'he 'pa'i oi eiii ~ S'i"
oy' win spurs "''rniSiie' IKE Si''e.' an"
S'ery "u.,oii o'' ms 49, -
Snini"s iiNe "S" e","e"
"'iie A'"'i
tnough II must nave oeei' 9Peoi"iy
placed In position Fhll was heId up as
pattern 10 al DIS tr'oprna'eS 'or cie"n1i-
ness ana sinar'he"S'
Not' ihoeeo' 'hal 'ieSe were Ms o"iy
goou qualltles' ne was llghl-hear'eu'
merry lan-Ior you can tell ielio"
more when ne isn't twenty years olo :
when 1 hrst knew him. lie came TO my
troop as lance-corporal In a, "heh ne d
Deen little more thah t"elNe niohtns al
davs, when there was very ilttie oreaK-
ing, and' consequently, very llttle max
ing. But the colonel had got his eye on
Phil, and the hr4t vacancy there was he
told him ne should nave MS step ana
he'd kept his word, too only Tor the lad
own fault. Not that PM ever did any
thing seriously wrong, except in mill
tary point of view, but perfect soldier AZ
he was in all other respects, he had one
falling.
Nothing could ever induce him to re-
me;ub watch citing, that is, as dare
say you know, sir, the honr at which ali
mon. not having extra leave are reopir.
e.! 90 be in seks II night. A capital
cnnraaion. phi1c.uld s,,in a invial emf
fer or sing rclick,rg song With the
best and II he h,.,u4oe,l to he in good
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-06-16

Daily, Except sunday.
THOS. r. BARRY, L. M. COLE,
Ues,ern PGssr Ag'f GeaV Ticket Ag'k
CINCLNNATL BALTIMORE
W. e. QUINCY,
GfDfrGi Manager, COL UHBPN
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IL " &c IL "

n@-In connection With this ustabllshmeut 10
first~clAMa Livery stable, where ~ All times the
public can be accommodated with turm-0um OF
aHVa GRIMM A CALM.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-06-16

Al the Fashionable Fam
Hy Carriages ana bug
gieS, after the Latest De
signs.
ALL WORK WARRANTED AND
SATISFACTION GUARANTED.
Prices a. low a. any other similar establish
ment in the state Cali and inspect work nnd
learn prices, etc.
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CEND 2sc to e.. r. Roweii Co., Nnw NnF&s
- for Pamphlet % 100 pn@mm, containing AHaa
Of 5000 newspapers, and estimates showing cess
Of RdvertieluP.