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The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-05-12
-arient Newspapers.

At tx coming Centennial Eewspa per
decided TO display copies of antique
Journals and other curiosities Of news
paper literature. To this interesting
collection all persons having ancient,
quaint, or curious specimens are invited
10 contribute; and should the response
be as hearty and general as We hope to
find it, this gathering of time-worn pub
locations will prove to be not only
leading trait Of the Newspaper Depart
ment, bnt also one of the salient attrac-
tions of the Exhibition as whole. All
having the ability and the will to aid
on the project should transmit their con
signmentS without delay to the Pavilion
of the Centennial Newspaper Exhibit
tinn, Fairmnunt Park, Philadelphia.
addressed to the care of Mr. Geo. P
RoweIl, who has the matter in charge.
While on view, these exhibits will
have attached to them labels designat-
ing by whom they are contributed, and
all consistent care Will be taken to pre-
serve them from damage After the
close Of the Exhibition they will be
again ut the service of their owners. or,
in the absence of different instructions,
will be transferred TO some historical So
ciety or museum.
During the late war there were many
newspap pers issued which illustrated the
straits in which their publishers found
themselves. Pink, blue, and yellow
sheets, wrapping paper, and many other
substitutes were pressed into the service.
Specimens Of these now possess a cur
ious interest.
The advantages TO the public of snch
a gathering are manifest to a degree
which renders elucidation unnecessary.
and the opportunity TO do a very useful
act is placed within easy reach. A sin
gle copy of some senile broadsheet may
not be of much worth to its proprietor,
yet in conjunction with others it will
make up worthy collection. Many
people there are who, having preserved
snch curiosties for years, can turn them
to little or no practical account, and it
is not too much TO hope that the re-
sponse given by such will be ready and
general. Without loss to themselves.
they can materially benefit visitors to
the Great Centennial Exhibition and
appreciably advance patriotic move
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He was a gentleman Of perhaps sixty
years of age; professed Christian of
steady habits. He stood upon the cor
ner of the street for several hours during
Wednesday. "Wednesday was windy
day. Our curiosity, was little excited,
and we ventured to ask why he fingered.
Drawing himself up to a full height, he
heaved a sigh-a real slgh-and said,
ar, there were no striped stockings
in my boyhood days. ! was born too
soon. Sixty summers have come and
gone, my observation has been exten.
sive and varied, but the care that a
young lady takes to show her striped
stockings of the present day exceeds
anything ! have ever seen, and they
look really beautiful, don't they?-
Louisville Courier-J ournal.
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NEW MILLINERY
Nd
FANCY GOODS.

Grnte1ttlto the public TOR
the liberal PATRONAGE be-
StO1ced upon me, / hare
the pleasure Of Offering
tie nelceSt and most ia
UOrtte styles Of Spring and
Summer HdtS, BOHHetS,
Ribbons, &C., and q choice
and select UdyIety Of Fan
en- Goods, 1cllich IJriH sell
cheaper than can be pItT-
chased ia any other eStab-
HShH1e1lt IN Pey7y county.
pa" Give me n call, in Mathews
building, Let door. east side North CO.
lumbus Street.
JENNIE RUDOLPH
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Notice to Non-Resident Defend
ants.

INO MINERVA MOORE, olivia S Moore 81.
serh y. Moore Albert Moore, and thurigs
Moore, children of Joseph Moore, deceasrdi--
also, 90 John Moore, George Moore, hud susan
Huffman. children ii i.luuh Moore decgasTtl.
and --- Hoffman, husband Uf said SHeln
Huffman, all residents of Madison county, lu-
diana.
You arc hcrchy notified that uu The 7Ih day
Of April. 1876 John e.. Moore. executor uf thr
estate " your lBte grandfather. John S Muarr
Of Perry county, Ohio, deceased. tiled iH th0
Court ~ Common rls1s. iB and for said county
u Perry i'm tho state ef Ohio, petition against
you and others, alleging, autanE either thiuEs,
that doubts have arisen as tn thr pFuFtr g1m-
structiun uf the last viii aud testament af she
said John 5. Moore, deceased, we'll as iu regard
te certain questions pertaining To- the disttibu-
tiou TO hc made under said Wili, If the assets ni
the ate Of said trstatur and praying said
court 90 auHe an order o. be utadc giving lhe
proper construction of said uil and directing
hnW the assets ~ said esintr ought tu De- divided
among the several persons entitled o. hu Inter-
est in the SAME.
And you are further natihed e. appear and
answer said petition uu aF hriarc the third SAT-
urtlay after the l2th day ~ May next.
JOHN a., MOORE, Executor
~ John ~ Moure, deceased
Hy WM. SPENCER. his Atty.
April l. 1876. d2WG
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HANGING BY A Thread. -Ofthe five
North Atlantic cables that connect "
with the Old World, four are broken or
injured, and the whole business Of both
continents is now done over one wire,
the direct cable. In ease that should
give out, there would still be round
about connection through Cuba, Jnmai-
ca, Porto Rico, Trinidad, and along the
coast OF Brazil TO Pernamhuco, which T.
connected by cable, touching at the
Cape de Verde aud Madeira i-land, with
Lisbon - Boston Transcript.
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The Parisians extract hilarity from
grave occasions. On Tuesday, at the
funeral of the wife Of LOUIS Blanc. the
great republican reformer, 200, 900 citi-
zens attended out Of respect to the de-
ceased and her husband, and gave vocif-
erons cheers for the Republic aud her
amnesty. This is like the early days OF
San Francisco, where, when fireman
died the whole department used to at
tend the funeral, and at the conclusion
Of the ceremonies return to the house
and have the brass band serenade the
widow Lowell Courier.
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The other day Detroifcr who has n
good record Of army service took down
bis revolver TO shoot cat which had
been hhnging about the honse. After
hooking at him while he fired six shots
the eat walked away While he was load
ing mp for more dr-trnctinn. the shoot
err small boy inquired, Father. did
you ever kill any one while you we're in
the army?' Il suppose so, my son" Az
ter long pause the hoy continued
hen yon must have got near enough to
hit 'em with an axe. didn't vou?" II wa
then discovered Ia he about school time
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SfA&Df
Prof. Orlow was struck with a strange
idea. He reasoned this way: mean
abduction could not have taken place:
the bodies have not been changed; one l.
short, stout and blonde, the other thin,
long and dark; and then, New Westmlns-
ter is 1000 German miles away from
Orenburg. Metempsychosis must have
taken place.
1t must be remembered that on the
22d day of September, at the midnight
hour, both were lying between life and
death. the soul of each one must have
flown into the body of the other, and
thus a complete metempsychosis has ta-
ken place; that at the midnight hour OF
the 22d September begins the shorten
ing of the days; that the inhabitants OF
the two cities are antecians, that il, IT a
spike were driven through the center OF
the globe, entering at Orenburg il wonld
come out at New Westminster, and thai
when at Orenburg it is II o'clock at mid
night the time in New Westminster If
Just u o o'clock noon. fs#
Prominent men of science are now oc-
cupied with this marvellous occurrence,
Prof. Orlow has taken the blonde fnl
dealer with him to St. Petersburg.
whittier the woman Chorkov of Oren-
burg will also be brought, and further
Developments are now expected.
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On Saturday afternoon the dead body
Of young man named Bernard Bailey
WAS found in his room IN St. Louis iii,
pistol shot wound in his side. lie was
very respectfully connected, and was
lately clerk in a large business house
lie left behind him very singular let
ter, in which he described, for the bene-
fit Of medical men and religious and
moral philosophers, the physical, mental
and neral feelings Of suicide, aud also
intimated that unreqnited love impeled
him to Kill himself
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4 road was shoveled through snow
from four To six feet deep "a distance Of
forty rods, at Coventry, Vermont. n few
days ago, and the next morning. the
road was strewn with frogs and lizards.
there probably being two bushels. II is
a mystery where they came from, but
one theory is that nest whore they
were wintering was stirred mp. though
the digeers didn't go down within foot
of the earth.
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FOR SCARLET FEvER.-An eminent
physician of Chicago says he cures
ninety nine out Of every hundred cases
Of scarlet fever, 10y giving the patti ent
warm lemonade with gum arabic dis
solved in it. A cloth wrnng out In hot
water and laid upon the stomach, should
be removed as rapidly as il becomes
rn,I
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MAY BASKETS. suppose the chill
dren of the red school house will be
bringing May baskets to the little school
ma'am and to each other this year as
they did last season. its a pretty Gus
tom, but the birds tell me it is not SO
common as it should be. A May basket
is the sweetest and freshest thing know
of, always excepting the iittlema'ain.
Sometimes it is hardly more than tiny
white paper box with ribbon handles.
filed with violets. but it il always love
Iy, with it's white or blue ribbon stream
ers, and its moss and early wild flowers.
] hope all little lame children, who can I
go out and play, and children in hospit-
ais, will have May baskets sent them
this year. May baskets are such simple
little things, they can be made and filled
in any way one pleaaess and what il
more thay grow like . flower, right ou
of loving heartsI ! : g-TrTg-g. ) u a7e
4
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HUSBAND THE STRENGTH.-Men
break down and become unable to per,
form any regular duties long before
their allotted time because of injudi-
cious management of themselves during
their early yearsNof vigor. II does not
pay to abuse ourselves, because we have
an abundance of strength, for payment
will come for any waste in a manner
least acceptable to a man or his friends.
The man who makes a slave of himself
upon the farm, and works early and
late every day in the year, lacks com
mon sense. BY and by he will be help
less in consequence of the overstrain, q,
and not only burden upon himself but
upon Others. Judicions work is the
thing TO develop vigorous manhood,
but it is wrong for man to abuse his
strength when young and pay for it so
dearly in old age, when he should be in
the enjoyment Of what he has acquired.
BE Dromnt in all vour actions
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newspaper, the following arrested his at
tention.
a. STRANGE CASE

a STRANGE CASE.
in New Westminster an occurrence
recently took place which caused great
sensation throughout the whole territory
of British Columbia. On the 22d day
Of September 1874, fur dealer of said
city was in diving condition, suffering
from typhoid fever. and no one, not eV-
en- his physicians, seemed to entertain
any hope as to the possibility Of his re-
covery. Nevertheless, the patient rallied
and fully recovered But, wonderful to
relate, the patient, who was a N Intelligent
Englishman, had forgotten SMOTHER
tongue, and speaks a language which ls
understood by no one around him. but
which at last ia recognized by an inhao-
liant Of the city to be a jargon OF bad
Jewish German. The patient, before his
sickness. a short, stout fellow and
blonde. is now thin and lean like stick,
refuses 10 recognize his wife and chlld'
but insist he has wife and several
children somewhere else. Tht man Ia
believed to be insane All at once
European traveller arrives, marked with
a genuine Hebrew face, and claims to De
husband of the wife of the fur dealer. He
speaks to the woman in the same langu-
age her husband vas wont TO speak to
her; he gives her, and even his parents
who reside in said city, but who, OF
course, do not recognize him as their son.
the most detailed and minute descrip-
tion of by-gone events, and insists upon
being the woman's husband and the par
ents' son. The poor woman is almost IN
peril of her reason by the effect OF the
trying ordeal - She necessarily asks.
Who is this fellowi How does he come
to claim to be my husband? When she
hears him speak and does not Look at his
figure. she is ready to think that he Is
her husband; bnt soon as she looks at
him the spell is broken, for, surely, this
stranger with the Jewish face cannot he
her husband whom she had just nnrsed
in. his sickness. But the man continues
to press his claim. and tells her the most
secret and delicate facts, evidently
known only to husband and wife"
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Jl@ AcNEs-one mile east pi Somerset uh
/ Usl RehahUth road. li Is adapted tn eltfeT
stock or grain, Is wtii watcred with never lail-
iug springs has choice fruit, consisting nf &aN
apple trees. pears, cherries and uulucea
PLAN orchard - she best varieties of dnmsuna.
Fages etc Also, peach orchard of $50 trees
81 the very beat varieties. Good buildings 80
acres Of good timber. and fences ali in good 10
pair. For particulars, call on or address
GEORGE M. fARMooNt
Oct %, 1875, Rau Somerset. Ohio
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The PHILADELPHIA Times interviewed
the clergymen of the varirns dcuumina.
tions IN that city on the -uljcct nj clos
ing the Exposition on SUNDAY. aud four
ffths Of them declared IN favor If It.
\ correspondent Of the paper suggests
that the Times people now interview the
men in the workshops and facories. and
let the Commission stick to the old Lat
in prnverb, - J'or popuH ror mi" The
Commission have decided by - large
majority to clo~e the Exposition and
grounds against visitors Oh the Sabbath
Il Pitt.bnrgh TeIegraph.
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Alta chment Notice.

Linus u. pittue, Defendant
Hcforo Martin karny, Justice of thc PrHrr ai
NcHdins township, Perry county, uhin.
ON the 9Th day ~ March, A. D. isld. said
" Justice ISSUED order ~ attachment in
the above action. tur the sum If stJ6. au and
costs, ISAAC hN~ls
April :, 1876. 52Wa
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Death i'm the Well.

Always before going into vault, or
well, or deep pit, let down a light; if il
goes out, death is at the bottom, because
there Is carbonic acid gas there, which Is
an mir that has no support for the lungs.
gives no life to the blood, and we a. Ger
tainly die, and az soon, as il We had no
air at all, as IL smoihered, or in the
water, or hung. But If a person has fall
en into the we'll and some one must 20
d""n, the quickest plan a. purify tie
sir. ard II get rid of The carbnnfe acid
gar. j. 10 thrown quick lime into fh.
vail, il there l. any aatef at the bottom:
II hot. thro% rome in: ill- ihrows ont
heat. "hirh Iartfer llc cartonic acid
and -ee.i- il IN ltc toy; ueridcy. The dis
salfing lime ai-nIi,s IT,
lFrgc g"aHtilics of cold water throw y
IN i substitute; nr -et sl.avine= or pa
per On lire and let them fail to the bot
tom; the ff,-h water absprb-. the fame
rarelie- the gases Dr. Hall.
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A PROFESSOR AMAZED.


Prof Orlow listened with astonish-
ment to the story of Abraham's life, and
would not believe that he had been
common, iIliterate. Russian Jew. He
and whence he came, and Abraham re-
piled in the same language: 81 am from
British Columbia, in North America,
my native town is North Westminster.
have there wife and one child living,
and God only knows how came here, or
to this woman"
p 1t il easy to imagine the great amaze
ment on all paris. The Professor de
clared the parties TO be frauds, and that
a mean abduction had taken place. He
called upon the Government 10 have the
matter investigated, and the family ply
sician of Abrah ham, his nei2hbors and
others were officially examined, the ex-
animation lasting for weeks. But moth
ing came of the examination, the matter
remained as deep mystery as ever, and
the physicians eontented themselves with
declaring it to be a psychological puzzle
a revelation of the human soul which
could not be explained. Abraham told
the Professor that although his name i
Abraham, it is not Abraham ChorkOv
but Abraham Durham, and that he haC
no other desire than to 60 back to hi
family.
One morning. when his wife arose, sh
found his place empty-he had disap
peared. The marvellous story sool
reached the ears Of the Russian Emper
or, who forthwith ordered diligent searcI
to be made after the lost one; but all O
no avail, the man could not be found
ard al last il was generally believed tina
he had been insane, and in his insanit
had sought his death in the River New
In the Spring Of the year 1875. Pro
Orlow, OF St. Petersburg, visited PHI
adelphia at the request Of his GoNern
= ment. TO arrange the prelimiDaries 4
the Russian department Of the Center
nial Exhibition. One day, reading
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THE PROFESSOR INVESTIGATING.

Prof. Orlow recollected now all about
the occurrence last fall, and to solve thie
''psychological phenomena" he decided
npon gong 10 New Westminster. IL"
his great surprise, he really found there
the same black Abrah ham whom hall =
year ago ne had seen at St. Petersburg
He asked the blonde fur dealer, in the
Russian language, whence he came, ami
was answered, From Orenburg;" and.
when asked for the name of his wife, he
gave the name of Jewish woman wh''
had called upon him with her husband,
now before him in St. Petersburg
When asked what his name was, he an
swered, They call me here Abraham
Durham; but my right name is Abraham
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HIS PEOPLE .AsToNIsHED.

His wife and parents who had witness
ed this strange behavior, looked at each
other with astonishment, and it now ap-
peared TO them that the man before them
was not their Abraham Chorkov, but
stranger But Abraham's forehead still
bore the black line with which he was
born, so that even the physLc ians who
had attended on the patient for nearly
two months had to laugh at the idea
A Abraham Chorkov looked often out of
the window, and seemed surprised at the
country about him, and one day he made
strong efforts to run away. The family
now decided to call in the. Government
physician and other doctors, who, after
careful examination, pronounced him
thoroughly sane. Although they did
not understand the tongue IN which he
spoke, they recognized it as regular
language, we'll articnlated. Thinking
that he could make himself understood
in writing. Abraham wrote a few lines
on piece of paper. which the physician
read, but without comprehending their
meaning. The writing is in plain,
good hand, in Latin letters, but the Ian
guage was unintelligible to all, and no
one could make out how Abraham
Chorkov came to use Latin characters.
So things went on until it was agreed
to take Abraham to ST. Petersburg to the
Medical University to hear the opinion
of the prominent scholars. As soon as
Prof Orlow heard the language of Ahra-
ham, he recognized it forthwith as En-
eiish. Abraham expressed immense
pleasure at being enabled To make him l.
self understood, and, after some conver-
sation, Prof. Orlow pronounced Abra-
ham to be very intelligent English
man. ~ -.
But, for Gods sakep' cried his wife,
show does my husband come TO be En-
glish, and how did he forget his Hebrew
laupuapeW =-l ...,
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Farnn for Sale.

S5 tO 500 per r., aag 4 p, , hepe. .,i sa@li5, I,
do Portland Mnfnr
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fzz 4 4sittfF 'f,t understand their
aE. aa- - to be angry that
u. .sla. .#r;, ,r-s. lt-4. After week he
cfss ir.nstac lsd, sad his wife gave him
r+ iat'-ez e5r1l l.v him before his
81 HESS -ra us1 habits OF the Russian
DrSs. H@ examined them closely and
laughed ae; rt,iy He wanted to run out.
bnt sae people quickly shut the doors,
fearing he would take cold. He remain
ed in the room. pacing it with mrdita-
tion Passing looking glass. he be-
held his figure IN it. He stopped before
the mirror amazed, touched his
curls his big nose, his long beard, and
burst out laughing. bnt then, all of
sudden, became quiet and earnest in
deep meditation
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T. y
JournaLj
Orenburg is a town of Europesn Rus
sia, situated in the Ural Mountains, near
the Asiatic border. About year ago
Abraham Chorkov, q wealthy jewish
inhabitan Of that town, was lying dan
gerous sick with typhoid fever. On the
22d day OF September, at midnight, a
crisis set in which seemed to take fatal
course; the man suffered and struggled,
and his physicians called it the agonies
Of death. A number of jews were call
ed in, prayers were offered, wax candles
were lighted, and behold the patient,
who was supposed TO be in the last
stages, commenced to breathe freely, OPP
ened his eyes, and looked with astonish-
ment al the surrounding scene. The
man soon after fell into a sleep which
the physicians declared to be a healthy
one. In the morning he awoke, saw wife
and children around him, who, partly in
anguish and partly in joy were waiting
for his awakening. His vile, over
wheI-ned with joy, wanted to throw her
self upon his neck, but by signs he re
PEELED her, and demanded something in
a language which none Of them under
stood
j. 1t should be mentioned here that
Abraham Chorkoy is man of sallow
appearance, tall and lean, looking like
genuine Russian Jew, with long black
whiskers and beard, black eyes, and
long Oriental nose, and that before his
sickness he understood no other language
than Hebrew and little Russian, being
one of those illiterate Jews found in
snch large numbers in that part Of the
world Now the man began TO speak in
language unintelligiOle TO every one
around him. The physician who was
summoned did not understand him
With contempt he pushed away his wife
and children Whenever they attempted
to come near him, and the doctor gave it
as his opinion THAI in consequence of the
typhus the fellow had become insane
The despair of the family lasted many
days His wife had, in the meantime,
L r Z#4 aaa r. iiIs parents, but on
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EaC5E.LLANY.
sFsYt LOGICAL PUZZLE.
Two Strange RecOverfeS From
AppHs eut treatb sickness Men
FORGETTING heir Wives and
>{na ng in Strange
iGHgueS.

IRON the ST Petersburg Medical weekly
J0uTnai.i
The Morning herald., 1876-09-11
THAT INCOME TAX.

The subject Of Governor Tilden's in
come tax for the year 1862, which at first
seemed a comparatively small matter, has
been pushed into great prominence in the
campaign. Mr.. Tilden is charged with
dishonesty, on not giving in his income re.
turn for 1862, charge of $4,000 on ac-
count of professional services rendered the
Terre Haute Railroad company. The SER
vices were rendered prior to 1862, and it
has been decided that income received in
1862 from services rendered prior to that
time is exempt from the income tax of that
year, and Mr.. Tlden is therefore not guilty
Of any dishonesty in not returning the
$4,000 fee with income of 1862. The tax
was only intended for the gains of that
year, otherwise every man who had failed
to receive his dues for series of years
would be compelled to pay income tax on
it. The law did not intend that sarvices
rendered in years previous should be in
cluded in the income Of that year. Ac-
cording to the best authority the income
derived in 1862 frora services rendered
prior to 1852, could be excluded without
dishonesty. This subject which has re-
ceived SO much prominence within the last
two or three weeks should receive quie-
frS