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, 1876-04-15

BrGAur.-Jndge Murray, of one of
the police courts in New York, de-
cides that actual or written proof Of
legal marriage is required in erimi
nal prosecutions in case Of bigamy.
T The case in question was one where
the complainant, a woman, who
charged abandonment, and the accas-
cd agreed to live together as husband
and wife seventeen years ago land until
recently they So lived as faithfully as
if regularly united By minister OF
the gospeI-seYeR children graclng
the union. y ring was given by the
woman to the man he wrote 10 her
as his wife, and introduced her as
such in society, and their most lntl-
mate friends were always under the
impression that they had been marrl-
ed 10 due form. The sO-ealled hus-
band recently placed his affections on
another, and deserts the woman who
has been to him faithful companion
and ,be mother Of his children, and
vet Judge Murray refuses the appiiea,
ton for a warrant Of arrest. The
court of appeals Of the same State has
. decided, however, that it was saaicl-
! ent for an Indictment to have q couple
! agree to live together as husband and
wife, ard cohabit as such, and the
woman, if preseveIing enough, may
! yet gain her point and punish her
| fai,L!ess mate for b;gamy.
, 1876-04-15

Mr.. EENDiIsoN, IN reference 10 the whis-
key frauds, testified that PIrrrrpoat iutouned
him while he allowed no one 70 have access
to the flies of has Office, be frequently com
municated wha- evidence be had against
babcock TO The President himself; but he al
ways found that the President kuew more
about il than he did. The more this Bah
cock matter Is understood he more diicredi-
table it makes the aston Of both the Fresi-
dent and the Attorney General il their con
u,cti0n with IL
, 1876-04-15
Ta kuyEKEE,FRS.

TIE Walla WEIla SrArrs,.ts las tIErh .ar- p
circulation than any otheT paper i7l5-i'' 10 ''s
rerTlt0ry Of Washington, 1sij Ernrs nT- -'If.r.1r
ird1oeuonts 10 advertisers VINO would i-.tru t"-
very hest class of paying c--t-ii-s-'
, 1876-04-15

THE only place in the country
where people have not been compelled
during the past three or four years, to
cut down their expenditures as low as
possible, and economic IN all pracii-
cable ways, is Washington. Incomes,
salaries, and wages have been largely
reduced everywhere else. Rjch men
have had to retreuch ; so have bust
ness and professional people; So have
clerks, and also the working classes.
Pr, tho fI-,.--,--,-., r--.-.''---. 20; =,
Washington have been saved from
the experiences of the rest Of The
people of the country. Their salaries
have been kept up, while the cost Of
living for them have been going down;
and now, when any attempt is made
to reduce their incomes, they struggle
against it, and complain a. il they
were badly used. They seem to think
that they ought to be 4 privileged
class, whatever happens.
, 1876-04-15

BELEyar says, aud probably with
some show Of truth, that the initial
steps in the Fort Sill post-tradership
business were taken by members OF
his family wilhou. his knowledge. II
49, --~r - ,'., '.,.'.''~--e -
morally worse than that ofIhe Scerc-
tary OF War, for The former furnished
his brother Oryil wIth the information
necessary to enable him to make mon
ey by pedd!iug out post traderships,
the President knowing the use his
brother was TO make Of this inioTma-
;ion, BY the by, when the .ePubli,
cans we're engaged in impeachiug An
drew Johnson, how they would have
rejoiced 10 find facts in regard 70 john
son and 4 member Of lis family Ike
those brought ont before Ciymer's
concerning the Grants.
, 1876-04-15

THE Grass Valley Union describes
the difference between mining in the
olden lines and tie modern style.
Tue old tine miner did not stay
aroand The stove and play pedro. he
worked. Now the miner does no;
risk his health in pursai; OF gold. lie
Is more Philosophical lie now
knows that the cLief chi Of man is
not to accumulate the yellow dross,
but that pleasurable afternoon can
pe spent wnl.e The fall sIajce heads Of
water are running 10 waste. Ore
reason of this reform is that there is
not now as much gold IN the gravel
as there used to be. Hence the swap
Of pedro toT s!uiejpg. II the oil day S
when the gold had Lot been ali taken
fom tue grass roots, The finding Of big
diggings was the more exciting sport.
, 1876-04-15

An EXAMPLE FROM Bosroy.-Tbe
telegraph announces that Abraham
Jackson, Of Boston, has been senten-
ced to ten years in prison, Badly in.
formed people may jump 1T the con,
clusion that Abraham jackson is
probably a poor wretch who has stol-
en- ham and Is now the victim of IN
diguant justice. We have been 50
used to these indignant manifestations
Of outraged justice against ham steal,
ers in general ihat any such conclusion
is natural. But is all wrong. AbTa-
ham Jackson was a lawyer, a L" good,
pious man." who prayed in season
and cut of season. We DO not know
if there is a bar association in Boston,
but it is certain that Abraham Jack
son is member if there is. We do
not know if Boston Is blessed with A
reform party, hut if so Abraham
jackson Is sure TO be q distinguished
member. In fact, Abraham Jackson
has been all that q lawyer could be.
And now he goes to State Prison!
, 1876-04-15

f1tNS CHALMERS, a member of the
s srl q. Trade of Chicago. has ab.
Seoi.ie'i .oasiag the payment for some
S'A A"al-3 thousand bushels OF wheat
urrtoV.ded TO- The wheat lad 70 be
thrown ell ga he mlske, Tor imme
diate sale, which caused rapid de
cline.
, 1876-04-15

c. +. FARwEII., rsp. b'ican from tn
Third Congressional District Of Illinois,
who's Sc has b On contested by AIr. LefI.ayac
den rat,wal be eIasted 70 prapa e % vlca
as The committee on elecJ;ors, 70 whom the
matter was referred, ,haT e determined the else
favor of I4smaYne.
, 1876-04-15

OSE Of the Investigating commit
tees in Washington struck quite A
bonanza recently in the person Of Mr..
Whitley former chief of the secret ser
vice, who !; seems was allowed $780,
GOO from the treasury and had the
privilege Of c1Pendipg the same
without vouchers or accounts Of any
sort, He employed ana paid men for
the business Of prosecuting and in
timila,inS the Southern whites, but
took 30 trouble 10 learn details Of
their Transactions, aud no questions
seems to have been asked by bis EN-,
ploycrs, who we're entirely content to
receive liberal supplies Of home. made
outraCaS, whish served every political
pnr2sSe quite u well 9S il there had
been fraction Of truth mixed IN them
, 1876-04-15

i WANING TO MONAICHIEs.-it has
been predicted for some months that
should French Republic be establish
ed on a fm basis, with a President
at small salary, sni universal equal
ity, the people Of neIghboring nations
would begin to ask themselves wheth-
er they also could not do without
kings and queens, civil lists and gor-
geous sinecurrs, useful for nothing.
Aud now, since the French Republic
has been consolidated, ih!s legitimate
effect on other European countries is
being produced. In I,aIy, particularly
the Old home Of AIIzziui, ihe republI-
can spirit is I:fe. The new Italian Mn
islry formed from the parliamentary
parry OF The Ief, ten days ago, an
noauceI a ,,or1a~. honsira scheme Of
electoral and administrative Ieloim-
an extension uf the right Of suffrage;
popular election Of Mayors; the aoo-
lition Of forced Paper currency, and
system Of compulsory cdncation- Is
views iii many points resemble those
Of the French Republican Ministry.
The ,retecls Of half = duz.a Italian
cities st q later day, iiuding tie gen
tl2mau King expressing full faith IN
his Ministry, male a viriure Of neces-
sity by resiguiu@. saying lhey would
Dot serve uadar jue. party Of the left
At the date cf our last dispatch the
Italian Chamber had adjourned 10 the
18th instant 10 enable ihe new Minis
try To examine the b:IiS introduced by
their predecessors. That State VIII
likely sooG beas Republican as France,
which must prove 4 butter nal Tor the
courts AMI cabinets pf The rest OF
Europe TO crack.
, 1876-04-15

GENERAL BANKS earned the thanks
of all the strong minded sisters Of
America by his speech showing thai,
Ms. Abigail Adams was the iirst ad-
yoeate Of suffrage for women in this
country. If this fact does not give
women the ballot We fear the sex viii
be compelled to wait another hundred
years before being welcomed to the
rolls
, 1876-04-15
PryysYLvAyrA DEMoCRArs.-Thc

i EnN~l LII ANA bLDOAiNA L liC
democrats of Pennsylvania have two
planks in their platform touching cur
reucy, which are construed according
as the writer desires, to represent
PENNSYLVANIA as hard or soft money
State. The sixth resolution declares
" that the statute for the resumption
of specie payments on the first of
January, 1879, is impossible to exc
cute. II is a deliberate proclamation
that on that date the United States
will 60 into bankruptcy" This Teso.
luton answers the purpose Of repub.
lican opponents who desire to repre-
sent the democrats Of Pennsylvania
as opposed to specie resumption. But
when TIE hard-money democratic
papers discourse on the Pennsylvania
democratic platform, they base their
comments on the seventh resolution,
which reads as follows:
THAT gold and silver are the only true
basis for the currency Of the republic, and
that Congress shoald take steps for the IT,
sumption of specie payments as viii most
surely and speedily reach the result without
destroying the business interest Of the peo-
pie"
There is no absolute conflict be-
tween these resolutions, bat they are
susceptible Of conflicting interpreta,
tions. The first is opposed to re-
sumption law which does not provide
for resumption, and at the first
glance seems to condemn any mea sure
TO arrive at resumption within the
psriod mentioned but is not really
inconsistent with the second, that
O old and silver are the only true
basis for the currency OF the republic.
The question remains as to the time
that may properly be taken in bring,
ing about the resumption in gold and
silver. Compared with the Pennsyl-
vania democratic platform Of last
year, the present One is q decided gain
tor the hard-money wing OF the party.
, 1876-04-15

CATION & NASH,
Attorneys Tor Estate
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-12-22
Hunting in Texas.


s The Galveston News says: "James
of Tennessee, has been hunt
ing buffaloes in Callahan county. He
was crazy to kill one of the beasts, and,
riding a fleet horse, left his companions
in pursuit of herd. He shot at an an
telope; the bullet struck the ground,
was DETECTED from its downward course,
and penetrated the antelope's body. 1t
fell dead on the plain. He failed to hit
the flying buffaloes, but. driving them
into gorge in the Guadalupe noun
itains, the herd went down a perpendic-
nlar height, and when James came to
the spot he, looked down, and the buffa-
10 he sought to kill lay dead thirty feet
below. He had both the antelope and
the buffalo; but, while he was on the
ground to fire at the buffaloes. his horse
escaped and fed to the encampment, and
caused CONSERVATION by inducing the
belief that he had been slain by red
men,. He has had enough of life in tn.
West, hut declares the mountains and
plains, and streams of Callahan the mos
attractive in the world .
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-12-22
An awful Moment.

Last night man who had been play
ing for four or five hours at fare table
in Virginia, said in quiet determined
tone to the dealer, as he laid his last
dollars's worth of checks on the tray and
five: "IfI lose that I'll blow my brains
out" There was hush in that small
room where souls are banered nightly
for the chance of winning gold. Youths
fevered with the excitement of the haz-
ard, drew back at the awful threat, and
old gamesters cast an eye of dread upon
a card. The gay murmur which almost
al "ays rises from group of gam blers
was hushed. The long, thin fingers Of
the dealer trembled. His colorless face
twitched nervously. The jaw Of the
attending waiter dropped. and his tray
was held mechanically by the nerveless
hand. Slowly the cards were thrown
from the little silver box. The five
lost! The money of the ruined gambler
was added swiftly to the dealers
hoard. The features of the lost gamb-
Eler was fearful to behold. With one
swift gesture of despair, he turned and
said in husky whisper, "Bob, Hem ms
dollar" "Go to blank" replied the
faithless friend, as he laid four-b bi
check on the king. Then the relentini
suicide passed OUT and stood Fatt,
Evans off for plate of oysters.-EGolt
Hill New News.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-12-22
Apple Dumplings.

For boiled apple dumpiings, ] make
paste of pound Of beef suet, chopped
as fine as possible, to two pounds of
siftei -four; two teaapoonfuls of salt and
wetted with a. little ice-cold water as
possible. For baked dumpiings the
paste should be made of -four, two
pounds, one tea-spoonful of salt, one
half pound lard, wetted with very little
ice-water; then rolled out in rather thin
sheets, and spread over with one-half
pound Of butter; then rolled up and
pieces cut off for each. dumpling. You
should have tender, juicy apples; pare
them, take the core out with an APPLE
corer, and fll the cavity with eranulat
ed sugar, small bits of lemon, and lemon
juice squeezed into it; or you may fill
them instead with raspberry jam, or any
sort of marmalade you prefer; or you can
put the apple in plain. Roll out the
paste to moderate thickness, and take
two circular pieces for each dumpling,
wetting the edges with water, using a
paste brush, and pinching the edges to
gether with thumb and finger. Boil each
dumpling separately tied in coarse
cloth, previously dipped in boiling wa
ter. Tie them very tightly, leaving onl,
a small space for them to swell. Hav,
ready pot of boiling water; boil steadi
ly for one hour. Serve as soon as taker
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-12-22
The Foot.

A perfectly beautiful woman's- foot
should be in length little less than one
seventh of her height. 1t should be
arched on the top so that the line is one
half Of Cupid bow, and underneath 20
that il it is wet and set upon the floor il
will leave the middle only slender wa
ter mark. 1t should be broadest across
the ball, and the rosy toes; of which the
second should be the longest, should
spread fat upon the ground at every
step. Tne heel, which should also be
rosy, should descend almost, in straigh
line from behind the ankle, and should
be delicately rounded. 1t should be as
white as ivory, and marked upon the
soft and cushion-like instep with faint
indications Of blue veins. 1t is remark
able that there seems to be some very
fascinating idea connected with wo-
mans foot, and particularly with it's
i! length; for to "know the length of n wo
mans foot" has long been according te
an old adage, to enjoy the highest degree
| of her favor.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-12-22
A Remarkable Silver Story.

The Portland (Oregon) Bee has the
following story: "Rumors are rife on
the streets concerning most remarka
BILE discovery of silver in Wasco county.
The stories floating about tell Of moth
ing less than acres of boilding springs
which, instead of water, flow streams of
chloride of silver. Ship loads Of prec-
ious metal are represented to be in
sight, in the shape of aoapy, gray sub
stance, somewhat resembling quicksil-
yer. The moulton masses bubble and
boil with escaping gases. The substance
is so heavy that stone will not sink in
it, but stick or crow-b bar may be forced
down into the pools Of wealth several
feet, when the immense gravity of the
mass will throw it back into the air like
an arrow shot from an Indians bow. At
least hundred and sixty acres is Gov.
ereoS~ith these springs, ranging from a
few feet to a hundred yards across.
Each one is surrounded with rim of
crystalized silver. The depth has not
yet been measured, but the vast wealth
in sight is enough to make every man
in Oregon q bonanza king. All you
have to do is to back cart up to the
edge Of your spring and load 1t with
money. Some people may think we are
drawing our own imagination for theae
statements, but such ia not the case. We
merely tell what we hear. Some Of the
silver amalgam, said TO be from these
fabulous springs. has positively been Al.
sayed by a gentleman in this city, and
pronounced to he precipitated chlorid,
of silver, worth $4,000 per ton. II thi
should he true. the Comstock lode woult
not be worth working. Nevada woulc
be deserted, and the silver springs o
4 Oregon become the wonder of the world
! The original discoverers are said t.
a have been in the city purchasing sup
plies, and to have departed by the Dal
q las boat this morning, while rival pa,
, ~ has been itted cut by others, wh
. claim 10 know the Whereabouts Of N
'6nd.' who 60 by pony sxprsss BY III
4 way Of Albany and the Mimic Pass, I
get In ahead ofths sthsrs.'" >"
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-12-22
MISCELLANY.
Fatality Of Kissing.

The Rochester Union condemns the
promiscuous kissing Of children, and
styles it pestilent, if not murderous.-
Addressing an imaginary person, the
Union goes on to say:
"Do you remember calling on your
dear friend, Mrs. Brown, the other day.
with strip of flannel around your neck?
Then. when little Flora came dancing
into the room, didn't you pounce upon
her demonstratively, call her a precious
little pet, and kiss her? Then you
serenely proceeded to describe the dread
full sore throat that kept you from pray
er meeting the night before. You had
no designs on the dear child's life, we
know; nevertheless, you killed her
killed her as surely as you had fed her
with strychnine or arsenic. Your care
lesness was fatal. Two or three days
after the dear little pet began to COM
plain of sore throat, too. The symptoms
grew rapidly alarming, and when the
doctor came the single word 'diphtheria
explained it all. To-day little mound
is the sole memento Of your visit"
The Union concludes with the follow
ing:
"a single kiss has been known to affec
a whole family, and the most careful
may be in condition TO communicat,
the disease without knowing it. Beware
tthen, of playing Judas; let the babie
alone.D
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-12-22
MAKE 1T PUBLIC.
SOUTH BosroN, Feb. 9, 1871.

SOUTH BosToN, Feb. 9, 1871.
H. R. STEVENS, ESQ.
Dear Sir-I have heard from very
many sources Of the great success Of
VEGETINE in cases of Scrofula, Rheu-
matism, Kidney Complaint, Catarrh,
and other diseases of kindred nature. ]
make no hesitation in saying that
sno,U VEGETINE to be the most reliable
remedy for Catarrh and General Debili-
ty.
My wife has been troubled with Ca
tarrh for many years, and at times very
badly. She has thoroughly tried every
supposed remedy that we could hear. of,
and with all this she has for several
years been gradually growing worse, and
the discharge from the head was exces.
sive and very offensive.
She was in this condition when she
commenced to take VEGETINE; could
see that she was improving on the sec.
ond bottle. She continued taking the
VEGETINE until she had used from
twelve to fifteen bottles. lam now hap
py informing you and the. public q
you choose to make it publicl that shs
is entirely cured, and VEGETINE accom-
| plished the cure after nothing els,
would. Hence feel justified in saying
that VEGETINE is most reliable RENE
dy, and would advise all suffering hu
manity to try it, for believe it to be-
good. honest, vegetable medicine, and
shall not hesitate to recommend it.
am, &C., respectfully,
LC CARDEVI.
Store 351 Broadway.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-12-22
Dicken' Imagination.

Dickens followed lin the Pickway Pa
pers, the method Of bis favorite novelist,
Smollett. In the adventure" of Rod
erick Random and Peregrine Pickle the
interest is purely biographical; there is,
properly speaking, no plot, e Certain
things occur in the experiences of those
acapegraces, and are recorded as they oc.
cur; still there is no attempt, as in the
Tom Jones of Fielding, to make each
incident or occurrence an important ele-
ment in the main design of the story
But the humorous incidents in Dickens
narratives are distinguished from Smol-
lett's by the absence of coarseness.-
Smollet doubtless representa- the man
ners of his age in depicting scenes which
make us laugh, and at the same time
make us somewhat ashamed Of the cause
of our laughter. The more literally
true his descriptions are, the more he
repels the taste. Besides, he had a mis-
anthrope's delight inhibiting human be-
ings in situations which were as degrad
ed as they were ludicrous. Dickens
immense animal spirits and his sense o
comic situations might have been ex
pected to drive him at times into viola
tions of decorum if not Of decency; bu
hIs imagination was 80 beautiful and hu
name that it allowed free course to hi
humorous spirit and invention, and still
contained both spirit and invention
within proper bounds for the produc
tion of humor at once beautiful ant
benefciept.-[ Atlantic.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-12-22
Death Did Not Part Them.

Says the Fort Worth (Texas) Demo-
crat: "Mr. VIM. Walker, a farmer re-
siding in Tarrant county, fifteen miles
northwest Of here, on the Trinity river,
discovered two large buck deer within
half mile Of his farm, on the open
prairie, with their antlers securely lock-
ed together. He walked up to them, and
with the aid Of his dogs succeeded soon
in exhausting the infuriated animals,
who, from appearances, had probably
heen fighting for hours. Taking his
pockst-knife he cautiously approached
them, and was successful in cutting q
deep cash in the neck ofone, from which
| he soon blsd to death. The other wal
easily dispatched. The antlers of both
were taken of, and 20 completely wsr'
they wsdged tegethsr shat il il inpsssi
Bile 70 separate them. Oss was . AM
the other Q years cid"
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-12-22
The e.: iginal Man Who stHeid the
Fort"
He furnished the foundation for sa

He furnished the foundation for San
keys little song, which the religious
people sing and the irreligious people
whistle, and was General, John NJ.
Corse of Chicago. 1t was in the last
year of the war, when Sherman was at
Atlanta, preparing for the famous march
to the sea. Allatoons Pass was gap in
the mountains of great importance. Its
possession was indispensable to Sher-
man, for to lose it would have involved
not only the success of his campaign,
bat the safety of his army. Corse knew
the responsibility which rested on him
and his men, and the brave fellows
knew it, too. He told them there must
be no surrender, and il was left out of
their calculations. The bloody work be-
gan with desperate assault by General
Hood; desperate butunsuccessful. After
hours of lighting, Corse began to com
municate with Sherman through the
signal station on Kennesaw mountains.
The smoke of battle delayed the pro!
gress Of COMPENSATION. but finally it lift
ed, and the signal officer slowly read to
Cor.e the Inspiring words: Hold the
fort; We are coming" The contest went
on. Hood, too, knew Sherman was
coming, and be increased the energy Of
his attacks, butto no purpose. In the
afternoon Corse signaled this message:.
"ALLATooNA, GA, October 6, 1864
2P. M.-Cdptain L. M Dayton, Aid d
Camp: ! am short acheek bone ant
an ear, but am able to whip all hi
yet! My losses are heavy. A fore,
moving from Stilesboro to Kingston
gives me some anxiety. Tell meFwher
Sherman is"
Of course, rybody knows. Cors
held out till help came, and the Pas
was saved