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The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-06-30
Nominated ON Friday.
From the Chicago Times.l

Mr.. Hayes has reason to congratulate
himself upon the day of the week on
which be was nominated. Friday is re-
garded by some vulgar people as an un
lucky dav, whereas-for Americans, at
least-it has proved itself to be the most
fortunate of the seven. il was on Fri
day, the Sd of August, 1892, that Col
umbus sailed from the harbor of Palos
for the New World. 1t was on Friday,
the 18th of October, 1892. that he first
saw the land, after sixty five days of
navigation. 1t was on Friday, the 4th
day of January, 1893. that he started on
his return to Spain. TO announce to their
Catholic Maiesties the glorious result of
his expedition, and on Friday, the 18th
Of March, 1893, that he disembarked in
Andelusia. 1t was on Friday, the 18th
of June, 1894, that he discovered the
American Continent. On Friday. March
5, 1497. Henry. VII. of England, gave
to John Cabot his dispatch for the voy-
age which resulted in the discovery OF
the continent of North America. On
Friday, September 6, 1865. Mendez
founded st. Augustine, the oldest town
| in the United States. On Friday, No.
venber 10, 1920, the Mayaower first dis.
embarked few emigra nts on American
| soil at Province town, and on Friday
December %, 1920, her passengers final.
! ly landed at Plymouth Rock. 1t was
on Friday. February %. 1882. thai
George Washington was born. 1t was or
Friday, June Is, 1875, that the battle o
Bunker Hill was fought, and on Friday
October 7, 1777. that the surrender O.
I Saratoga took place, which event decid
ed France to give her aid to the Ameri
cans. I he treason of Arnold was dis
covered on Friday. Yorktown surren
dered on Friday, and on Friday, june
7, 1776, Richard Henry Lee read the
Declaration of Independence to tht
Continental Congress.
1t will be seen that Mr.. Hayes has nC
reason TO fear ill-luck in his canvass OF
account of the day of his nomination.
On the contrary, he could not have Sc
lected day for the event which coulC
promise so auspicicusly for the issue o
| the campaign.
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PREPARED By
H. R. STEVENS, BOSTON, MASS.

What is NEGETINE?-It is COM
pound extracted from barks, roots and
herbs. 1t is Natures Remedy. 1t is
nourishing and strengthening. 1t acts
directly upon the blood. 1t quiets the
nervous system. 1t gives you good,
sweet sleep at night. 1t is great pan
acea for our aged fathers and mothers;
for il gives them strength. quietS their
nerves, and gives them Natures sweet
zleep,-as has heen proved by many an
aged person. 1t is the great Blood Puri-
fer II is a soothing remedy for our
children. 1t has relieved and cnred
thousands. 1t is very pleasant to take:
every child likes it 1t relieves and
cures all diseases originating from i'm
pure blood Try the VEGETINE. Give
it fair trial for vonr complaints; then
Won will say to your friend. neighnor
and acquaintance. Try ii: it has cured
me-"
VEGETINE for the complaints for
which il Is recommended. is having a
larger sale throughout the United States
than anv other one medicine. Why:
Veqetine uiU cure these complaints.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-06-30

from their primitive trellises-the forest
trees-and now it il seldom you meet
with a bearing vine Nature refuses to
recuperate in these early forest fruits,
and as a punishment, We are forced to
take to 'hog and hominv, and such like
rough fare.
IL were to undertake 4 trace uui
the "Old land marks, OF in 9th word,
to give the early setllers or lar T. around
Somerset, should r. ~er get through
with these letters Bat sill mark cut.
say a mile square. on either side of
Somerset, and give the 1cclpisrs Of Land
from about the year 1920 to 1880.
On the north side, Judge Hood was
at that time permanent fixture on the
farm he SO long occupied. The next
farm North, now owned by Andy Leach,
was entered by man named Miller.
The next farm North of that was the
"Stoker farm" ;" and the farm still north of
that was the Funderberz farm. We will
20 back now, and take another Tier. The
I
constituting part of the Gongloff farm,
was occupied by John Deal, on the north
side of which stood n still-house, run in
I 1872 to about 1920 by man named
/ Skunk Next east, the farm of Conrad
Snider was owned by his father, one of
the first settlers. Next east. the farm
long owned and occupied by David
Church, was owned by David Boyer
On the south side of town, about the
year 1925, the farm of John Moore, was
titled by Joshua Green, afterwards pur-
chased by John F. Moeller. The
Thomas Scallan farm was owned by John
front. The farm further south-after-
wards the Caywood farm-was owned
bv James Mcdonald, and little before
that time by Leonard Ream The farm
west of this, was the farm of Michael
Mckinney. The tract of land east Of
the Scallan farm, on which Mrs. Seal
Ian now resides, was owned by John
| Beckwith. There were still earlier pro-
prietora Of most all of these lands, but
my recollection cannot reach them.
Thus We see how time changes, not
only the face of nature, but also the
land owners. think am safe in say
ing that there is not likely single tract
of land in Somerset, or within ten miles
of it, that is in the same hands to day
that it was forty years ago; and indeed
very little of it but what has changed
ownership within the last twenty years.
MAN continueth not in one stay" The
child is born, and passes rapidly in sue
cession through youth, manhood, and
old age, and where is he? And this
brings up the problem which interests
us all, and which has been discussed in
every age of the world, "If man die
shall he iiUe again." These early impress
sions which cling so tenaciously to our
memories, are they not the beckoning
sprites to draw us to long for that youth
full land of Immortality which we al
most impatiently wait for as our frame
work of flesh begins to grow weary un-
der the decline Of age? SEMEN.
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Impressive Burial Services.

The father-in law of Col. Robert G.
Tngersoll died at Peoria, Illinois, last
week, and was buried on Wednesday,
June 21, from his residence. The body
was coffined in splendid metallic cask-
ct, upon which were many beautiful
floral pieces, the last tender mementoes
of loving friends. There was a large at
tendance of friends from near Grove
land, as we'll as many from the city
Col. Ingersoll made the following re-
marks:
FRIENDS AND NEIGHBoRs: To fulfill
= promise made years ago, it is necessary
for me TO say a word. He whom we are
about to lay in the earth was gentle,
kind and loving in his life. He was
ambitious only TO live with those he
loved. He was hospital, generous and
sincere. He loved his friends and the
friends of his friends. He returned
good for good. He lived the life of a
child and died without leaving in the
memory Of his family the record of an
unkind act. Without assurance and
without fear we give him back, as it
were. to Nature, the source and mother
of us all. Friend, husband, father, fare
thee we'll
At the conclusion of the remarks,
when the friends had been given the last
opportunity to look upon the face of the
departed beloved, the casket was closed,
and the funeral procession, in charge of
Mr.. Vance, was formed. A long line of
carriages followed the hearse to the fin
al resting-place of the dead in Spring
dale Cemetery. Colonel lngersoll, in a
most earnest and affecting manner, made
the following remarks: "WIth morn.
with noon, with night, with changing
clouds and chanGeless stars-with grass,
with tress, and birds, with leaf and bud
with flower and blossoming vine, with
all the sweet influences of nature, we
leave our dead. Again, farewell !" Af-
ter this the coffin vas lowered, the grave
received the Iamented dead, and the bur-
ial, simple but impressive, was complet-
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-06-30
VEGETINE
Purifies the Blood, ReROTates and
InyigOrates the whole System.
ALTERATiYE. TONIC. SOLVENT
AND DiJRETIC.

NEGETINE i made exclusively from
the juices Of refullv-~eiecied barks
roots and heruS, and - strongly cuncen
tra.ei. tina; it III e.fccs8alIy eradicate
from tIt- -y>Ieru every iu:Ut rf NcTefafa
.ScsFsisas iaaar. Ig.4o.-- Cancer. Ceacs-
cas HaH,r. E.--ip-'as, Sal fsi-a". Sgs5
little I5~suSt, tuakes, fHE,te.s o., t5-
>'pa5ocL uad al diseases thai driSe from
impure blood ->ciaficG. !afaauuf95y and
Chronic Rheumatism, N5iH-Jigig, G9at and
Spinal Complaints, can only be efectual
ly cured through the blood.
For Ulcers and Erapfire diseases Of the
Skin PestuIes, Pimp'es, BIotehes, Boiis,
TeteT, SeGidLoad and RiHgUofm, VICE
TINE has never failed 10 effect perman-
ent cnre.
For Pains IN the Buck. Kidney COM
plants, Droysy, Female UeatHe~S. Lsg
c0y1hosG, arising from internal liberation.
and uterine diseases and General De5iH-
V, NEGETINE acts directly npon the
causes of these complaints. II invisur-
atea and Strengthens the whole system,
acts upon the Secretive organs, ailayS in
tiammatinn. cures liberation and reEu-
lateS the bowels
For Cafarfh, Dyspepsia. >Habjtuaf Gus
tireHess, Pdlpit1ti0H Cf the Heart, Head
ache, Piles, Nervousness and General Pros
tration Of tie Nervous System, no medicine
has ever given such perfect satisfaction
A. the VEG ETINE- 1t puriies the blood
cleahsez all Of the organs, and posses Is
a controlling power over the nervous
system.
( The remarkable cures effected by
VEGETINE have induced many phvsi.
clans and apothecaries whom We know
+ to prescribe and use it in their own fam.
lilies
In fact. NEaE'rIN Is the best remedy
vet discovered for the above diseases
and i the only reliable Blood Parifcl
vet placed before the public.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-06-30
VALUABLE INFORMATION.

JOOSION, Dec Il, lCOJ-
Gentlemen-My only object in giving
you this testimonial is to spread vnlua
Bile information. Having been badly
afflicted with Salt Rheum, and the whole
surface of NV skin being covered with
pimples and eruptions, many of which
caused me great pain and annoyance,
and knowing it TO be blood disease,
took many of the advertised blood pre-
paratiOns, among which was any quanti-
ty of Sarsaparilla, without obtaining
any benefit until | commenced taking
the VEGETINE, and hefore had COM
pleted the first bottle | saw that ! had
got the right medicine. Consequently,
followed on with it until ] had taken
seven bottles, when ! was pronounced a
well man. and nv SKIN is smooth and
entirely free from pimples and ernptinns.
| have never enjn4ed so good health he =
fore. and attrihnte it all to the use of
VEGETINE. To benefit those afflicted
with Rheumatism. I will make men
tion also of the NEGETTNE's wonderful
power of curing me- of this acute COM
plaint, Of which ] have nffered so in
tensely.
c. II. TUCKER. Pas. Ag't.
Mich. c. r r,
GO Washington Street, Boston.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-06-30
Lord Derby on the Turkish Situa-
tiOn.

LONDON, June 26-In the House Of
Lords. this evening, Lord Derby. in re
ply TO a question by Lord Delaware,
said undoubtedly affairs were critical in
Servia. in the sense that great military
preparation werr making The militia
reserve mad been called nu:, and every
thing prepared .Er an Immediate COM
ul.nceinert nf campaign Whether II
was Servia : Intt ni..n la make wars=sa-
beyond hi province 10 answer. OF
conrse it waS open to those who made
preparations to ray neither the unset
tied state of their surroundings justified
such measures for the purpose of defense.
This was all the information that be
could give.
He saw no reason to doubt that all
the great Powers, without exception.
would be glad to terminate a qnarTel
having so many elements of danger
England's line Of action is clear. We
would gladly reconcile the Porte and in
surgents, but We have no right or wish
to take the part of either in purely in
ternal quarrel That is a rule on which
we have acted in times not remote, and
in civil wars far more extensive and
sanguinary We are in communication
with the Porte and other Powers, with a
view Of offering such counsels as seem
/ useful. We have been charged IN some
quarters with favoring the Turks. The
charge ia utterly unfonnded. No one
aupposes the maintenance of the Otto
man Empire possible if The Christians
become permanently disadected. The
problem il TO reconcile their reasonable
wishes with the maintenance Of the sys.
tenn. which can not be overthrown with
out a general convulsion.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-06-30
The Presidents Centennial PROCLAIM
alton.
The following was issned on Monday
by the President of the United States of
4 pcrioo.
A PROCLAMATIOS

by the President of the United States of
America:
A PROCLAMATION.
The Centennial anniversary of the
day on which the people of the United
States declared their right to a separate
and equal station among the Powers of
the earth seems to demand an exception
al observance The founders Of the
Government, at its birth and in its fee
bleness, invoked the blessings and pro-
lection of Divine Providence, and the
thirteen colonies and three millions of
people have expanded into Nation OF
strength and numbers commanding the
position which then was asserted, and
for which fervent prayers were then
offered. 1t seems fitting that on the oc-
currence of the one hundredth an
niversary of our existence as Nation a
grateful acknowledgment be made 20 AL
mighty God for the protection and bount
les which he has vouchsafed TO our be-
loved country.
I therefore invite the good people of
the United States on the approaching
4th day of july, in addition to the
usual observances with which they are
accustomed 10 greet the return of the
day, further, in such manner and at such
time as in their respective localities and
religious associations may be the most
convenient, to mark its recurrence by
some public religious and devout thanks
giving to Almighty God for the blessings
which have been bestowed upon Us a.
Nation during the century of our exist
ence, and humbly to invoke continu-
ance of His favor and of His protec-
ton.
In witness whereof ] have hereunto
set my hand and caused the seal of the
United States to be fixed. Done at the
city Of Washington, this 26th day of
June, in the year of our Lord 1876, and
of the independence Of the United
States the one 'hundreth.
q. S. GRANT, President,
By HAMILTON FISH. Sec, of State.
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BAYLIES

Great Mercantile College. Keokuk,
Iowa. on the Mississippi. Prof Wm.
teentn year. About Sixty dollars pay
all expenses, for Membership. Board
and Stationery. Bookkeepers. Penmen.
Reporters, Operators, Architects, Sur
veyorz and Teachers thoroughly fitted.
English branches free Free Lectures
ny Eminen- Orators. Free Festivals
with Bras iasni Ia Csll,g - Hall Free
furnished T..alu- tuT -c.f boarding. Tel
ecrauisinE free. Short hard writing frce.
Good has5'i#@ cl.sh-. nd Family board
Railroad fare Ietacte..: Immense busi-
ness in Keokus-s ~ vacation. Address
Baylie- College, keokuk, Iowa. State
where you saw this advertisement.
v3nSyl
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Effect Of Centennial Travel on Rail
road Earnings.

Judging from the prices of bonds and
stocks the last few days, it seems TO be
accepted on the street that the in
creased travel of this summer, conse-
quent on the Centennial and low fare,
will show at least as we'll in income as
last wear. We are having half fare by
accident, and this will start out hundreds
of thousands of travellers who would 9th
erwise remain at home. The interests
that will suffer most by the railway war
in freights are the canal and lake for
waders. The low rates prevailing on
the railways are most damaging to them,
and it is believed among shipping men
that the chief objects of the war Ia TO
destroy them as competitors; that the
policy of the roads is to break down
rates IN summer and advance them in
winter.-[ Witness.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-06-30
VICK'S
Flower and Vegetable Garden
Yiek's Floral Guide.
Flowers Beautiful Flowers.

Lovers Of flowers are respectfully in
formed that all my towering plants are
now in bloom, and that the same are
offered for sale at the lowest prices at
Somerset, Ohio. 7. G.. MATTHIEs.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-06-30

Mr.. Jefferson Davis arrived at Liver
pool on Monday, the 18th inst, in the
mississippi and Dominion line steamer
Memphis from New Orleans. A small
party of friends went of in steam-tug
to welcome him, among then being his
brother-in law. the Chevalier de Stoess
Vice Consul for Germany, the managing
owners Of the line and other gentlemen.
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Picture cord, tassels, window shades
any kind you want. at Skinner's.

Flngsl Flags! Centennial, Washington.
Lincoln, and Ameriean-of all sizes,
ranging in price from one cent to two
dollars, AT p. G.. Matthies 4 Co.'S
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-06-30

The tall men of Burlington, Iowa
petitioned the City Council to have the
shade trees overhanging the sidewalks
trimmed up.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-06-30

Young Tyson Tea, new and sweet.
The best in the market, at 81 per pound,
NJ Hamilton's store.
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TO WESTERN EMIGRANTS {?

For Maps, Railroad Time Tables, Land
Circulars; Land Exploring Tickets, Low
Rates on Household Goods and Stock,
and Reliable Information relative TO the
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-06-30

$5 will buy No. clock at p. G..
Matthies & Co.'S.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-06-30

vegetine is Sold by all Druggists.
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We employ frst-cl0SS me-
chd71ics and guarantee
sGtiSfacHOR! !
1ER. BOWNAN

Has an experience Of y years, he IS determined
to turn out as good work rs good material and
mechanics make.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-04-29

her; few struggled moment in the
mighty vortex, but were carried down,
and the next wave effaced every bubble
of the mass of human life SO terribly and
instantly quenched.
"Down with the boats from the quar-
ter-launch the long-boat" The COM
mand, though it could not have been ut
tered or executed sooner with safety,
came too late. The aim of Seth had been
too fatally sure. His own boat narrow
ly escaped being sucked into the whirl-
pool made by the sinking schooner, and
not one of the Frenchman's crew rose or
again saw the face OF day.
Seth entered the cabin and, walking
up to Jethro, said: "The Grampus is
saved, but it had been less costly if thou
had been wiser at Nantucket. Hereafter,
in times like these, arm thy ships; the
best way to be at peace is to show thyself
ready for war;"
And, bowling his head upon his hand,
Jethro answered nothing.
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THOCGUTS FOR SATURDAY MONT

| To bear is to conquer fate.
The sweetest pleasure is in impartin,
| it.
Choose such pleasures as recreate mucl
and cost little.
Poverty persuades man to do and sui
fer everything, that he may escape from
it.
Devote each day to the object then in
time, and every evening will find some
thing done.
Pride is vice which pride itself in.
clines every man to find in others and
overlook in himself.
Suffering becomes beautiful when one
bears great calamities with cheerfulness,
not through insensibility, but through
greatness of mind.
Lost wealth may be replaced by indus
try, lost knowledge by study, lost health
by temperance or medicine, but lost time
is gone forever.
There is no less merit in keeping what
we have got than in first acquiring it.
Chance has something to do with the one,
while the other will always be the effect
of skill.
Socrates, when informed of some de-
rogating speeches one had used concerning
him behind his back, made only this face
tious reply: "Lethim beat me, too, when
am absent"
Over the time thou hast no power; to
not been given thee; solely over one man
therein thou hast a quite absolute I'M
controllable power; him redeem, him
make honest.
1t is at the approach of extreme danger
when hollow puppet can do nothing
that power falls into the mighty hands of
nature, of the spirit giant born who listens
only to himself and knows nothing of
compacts.
The skeptic, when he plunges into the
depth of infidelity, like the miser who
leaps from the shipwreck, will find that
the treasures which he bears about him
will only sink him deeper in the abyss.
am convinced, both by faith and ex-
perience, that to maintain ones self on
thisearth is not hardship, but pastime,
if we will live simply and wisely, as the
pursuits of the simpler nations are still
the sports of the more artificial.
Man is subject to fate solely in himself,
not in others; he soon hardens his mind
against all fear, and prepares it for all
events. A little philosophy enables him
to bear bodily pain, or the common in
firmities of flesh; by philosophy some
what deeper, he can conquer the ordi-
nary reverses of fortune, the dread of
shame, a: d the last calamity of death.
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HOW TO WIN Il WOM4N'S FAVOR.

1t is very easy to make yourself pop
ular with the ladies. Dou't stand back
and tremble, and think because you
haven't the figure of Adonis or the face
of Apollo you stand no chance at all. 1t
is not mustaches and straight noses that
do the business. Women, bless their
souls! do not care fig for such things.
Only remember few little preliminaries,
and you can make them like you even if
your hair is red and your mouth wide.
When you 20 to make an evening call
don't start too early. Ladies are not
well pleased to be caught before their
curls and basques are arranged. Be par
ticularly careful not to sit down on the
cat or kick the dog across the floor; the
girls are sure to appreciate any one who
knows how to be polite to their pets. If
there's a piece of worsted work, admire
it; don't mistake the artificial flowers in
the vase for real; if the young lady is
doing crotchet work ask her if she can't
teach you. Beyond everything, don't
tip back in your chair; for every crack
in the fragile furniture there'll be
worse fracture in your friendship. And
when she begins to yawn behind her
handkerchief take up your hat and go.
"Short and sweet, long and bitter" is
the motto. When you are out walking
with lady don't go striding along until
she has to run to keep up with you-the
first thing you know she will run off
home. Notice just how she walks and
modulate your gait accordingly. If she
meets feminine acquaintance and stops
for nice little chat, it is essential that
you should not manifest impotence by
balancing on one foot and then on the
other. If she wants to look into a shop
window stop and admire, too, though
you may not know ribbon from rail-
way station. When you come to cross
ing give her the whole of it, and go
meekly into the mud. Tell her how be-
coming her bonnet is, and implore her
to wear it the next time she goes to the
opera with you. If you meet rival
young gentleman at her house, don't be
rude to hint is the worst policy in
the world. Be as polite as possible to
him; crush him, if you can, with cour-
tesy. Never laugh loud in a parlor, and
remember to speak low. It's just as well
not to talk much yourself; let the ladies
have the preference, and they will prefer
your society accordingly. Be blind and
deaf to whatever they propose to keep
from your sight and hearing. Nothing
| is easier than to be favorite with the
ladies.
Humcr them, wait on them, study
their little peculiarities, be always ready
to escort them anywhere, amuse them
when they are dull, and laugh with then
when they are lively, and though you
may be as homely as a hedge fence they
will like you ten times better than the
handsome blockhead who thinks his look.
are going to do everything for him.