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The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-08-23
A CASE OF CLRCUMSTAN7IAL EVE
DENCE

Il CASE OF CIhCUMSJANIIAL II y l.
DENCE.
At the fall term, 1857, of the Supe-
rior Court of Guilford County, North
Carolina, James R. S. Chipman was con-
victed of the murder of Martha Pinnix
and sentenced to be hanged. A few
days before the time appointed he broke
jail and escaped.
In 1868, Paris Stewart, from the same
county, was conscripted in the army of
the Confederate States. He reported
for duty at Greensboro, and was assigned
by the enrolling officer at that place to
the command of guard of twelve men
stationed at Deep River bridge, near
jamestown, on the North Carolina Rail
road. On his return from Greensboro
to his home, in company with his
brother, on the day of his enlistment,
he made the following startling dis
closure. Said he:
"Ihave now entered the army, and in
a short time | will be dead. There is a
secret / wish to communicate to you.
am the murderer of Martha Pinnix.
l was betrothed to her, and knowing the
marriage would be an unhappy one,
killed her, and by strangely fortuitou'
circumstance the crime was fixed upor
Jim Chapman. When I am dead yor
can tell Chipman's sister, for whom
have a special regard, that it was me
and not her brother, who murdered
Martha Pinnix."
The next day after this conversation
Stewart took command of the guard a
the bridge. That night, half hour be
fore the passage of the cars over tn
bridge, he approached the guard on tn
bridge, told them to go to their quarter
that he would watch till morning. H
{ took his seat on the bridge and pei
{ mitted the train to run over him
) plain case of suicide, and so reported a
. the time.
Recently, the sister of Mrs. Chipmar
t who dwells in Texas, visited the Go7
: ernor, and exhibited the affidavit {
1 Stewards brother, and each of the guar
f on duty at the bridge at the time {
: Stewards death in corroboration of tt
e above facts. She also had petitio
f signed by the most influential men I
e Guilford County, praying the pardon
r Chapman. The Governor did not hes
e tate, but issued the pardon at once.
n Chapman is in California, but as SOC
e as he learns of his pardon will return
= his old home,
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-08-23
Kellogg.

Parties bearing the above name will
be interested to learn that work is now
in preparation giving the genealogy of
the family in this country from the mid
die of the seventeenth century to the
present time. All interested will confer
favor by communicating with the pub
Usher, Rufus B. Kellogg, Green Bay,
Wisconsin, who will send, to any, circu-
lars with the outline of information de-
sired. Persons of other names, with
Kellogg ancestry, are particularly re-
quested to write.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-08-23
Deadening the Roar of Steam.

Everybody that travels has experienced
the annoyance of having his ears
deafened when on board steamboat by
the roar of steam. Sometimes accidents
have occurred during the racket of
"blowing-off" simply because the cap
tain cannot make his orders heard, and
everything is to be done in dumb show
while the disturbance lasts. Happily an
invention called the spiral exhaust noz
zle, is destined to choke off this noise. II
operates by breaking the waves of sound
the escaping steam being surrounded
with wire helix. A report adopted by
the Committee on Science and Arts of tht
Franklin Institute says: "In view O.
the annoyance, fright and danger arising
from the roar of escaping steam, and o
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-08-23

The ian line in British India threatened
by th's lack of rain and consequent
iaiirAre Of the crops, has begun its fear
i'.h work among the Hindoos. Already
a million and half of people are being
fed at the public expense, and it is said
that half million have died of want,
but we think these last figures must be
much exaggerated. There have been
several years of scarcity since the
present decade began, and their lack OF
railroads and canals renders transporta-
tion to many of the provinces very slow
and precarious. Everything possible in
the way of relief will be done, but
great suffering and loss of life can hardly
be avoided.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-08-23

OIL CITY Derrick: SIS the Snake
Editor in?"
"Amid the slings and arrows of out
rageous fortune he never forsakes his
post. Behold in me the Snake Editor"
"Well, 1 killed rattle"
Glow long was it?'
"Nine feet four
"W-whatI less than ten feet, This
paper is no receptacle for miserable fish
ing-worm Stories" and the exasperated
editor seized the visitor by the throat
and shut off from his insides the breath
of heaven.
"Yaas, gurgled the poor wretch, "but
it had eighty-seven "a y
"No back talkr' yelled the editor;
"we want no rattlesnakes less than from
ten to twelve feet in length" and the
snake-killer was dashed to pieces on the
flinty pavement below.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-08-23

The British Parliament has been
prorogued until October Both. This
fact and the tone of the Queens sr,eech
ordering the prorogation show tho there
is little or no apprehension of complica-
tions arising out of the Russo-Turkish
war. The speech indicates that all is
satisfactory as far as England is con-
cerned, but promises dat the national
honor, ii ever assai' ed, will be duly vim
dicated. 1t also promises friendly in
PREVENTION if an opportunity is afforded
in the future.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-08-23

The Central Council and Committee
OF Safety of the Labor League of the
National Capital have presented resolu-
tions to the Commissioners of the District
of Columbia, setting forth the utter
'destitution prevalent among white and
colored workingmen of the district, the
lawful and orderly manner in which
they conducted themselves during the
recent strike, and earnestly requesting
the Commissioners to raise loan of
$3.50, 900 instantaneously, and set two
thousand men to work at once on public
improvements; and the league further
pledge themselves to use their influence
with Congress, when it assemblies, to pay
the loan and deficiency, with interest
The Commissioners say they will give
the subject prompt attention.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-08-23

the completeness with which the nozzle
destroys this roar, we are of the opinion
that Mr.. Shaw has done a great service to
the community, and especially to the
transportation interests, in overcoming
an obnoxious and dangerous feature in
the use of steam; and we recommend the
award to him of the Scott legacy
premium and medal for his spiral
exhaust nozzle"
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-08-23

"A COLONY of twenty-five families, in
Guiding about one hundred and forty
persons, has been enrolled to emigrate
from Baltimore to Kansas. The men
are all working men, and all are married.
They propose to take up one hundred
acres of land, and the earnings will be
placed in a common fund until every
family has house and separate piece of
land. The ground is taken under the
United States laws.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-08-23

CoLERIDGE, when a young man, was
lecturing to critical audience, and was
violently hissed on account of some of
his novel propositions, but, nothing
daunted, he retorted: "When cold
stream of truth is poured on red hot
prejudices, no wonder they hiss.'
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-08-23

In olden times superstitious persons,
when about TO choose a name for a
child, lighted number of torches of an
equal length and thickness, to each of
which they gave name, and the name
OF the torch which burned the longest
was that which they choose for the child,
imagining by this means to insure it a
long life
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-08-23
EDITORIAL OLIO

The London Lancet calls attention to
the danger of disease the causes of
which are sometimes concealed in ice
which is used for cool drinking water in
summer. tbs mistake to suppose that
water purifies itself by the act of freez-
ing; it often spreads the germs of
disease.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-08-23

Mr.. JOHN SMITH, living near Harrods-
burg, Kentucky, has pigeon which
follows the hounds in the chase, seeming
to enter into the sport with as much zest
as any of the pack.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-08-23

HAYES looked at the horrible abortion
of picture recently published in
New York contemporary as his likeness,
and murmured; "This is the unkindest
cut of al, :"
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-08-23

MR.. GARLIcK is running for School
Superintendent in California, and the
Vallejo Chronicle rises to remark that he
would prove strong candidate.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-08-23
EFFECTS OF THE INDIAN FAu1Nr,

The London Times's Bellary correspon-
dent, describing the awful effects of the
famine in Southern India, says the great
bulk Of the people are now emaciated,
their ribs are sticking out in painful
prominence, and theirskins covered with
a dirty looking disquamation of cuticle,
described in the Irish famine of 1846-7
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-08-23

So good is the promise of crops in
Iowa that writer there says Iowa will
revictual the world after the harvest.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-08-23

WHEN should you apply a sovereign
remedy to your tooth? When It's
a-king.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-08-23

THE great strike cost Uncle Sam one
million dollars in internal revenue,
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-08-23
But suddenly with it blending

But suddenly with it blending
Came cries of childish woe
Came the sound of a slipper descending
In measured cadence slow
I" There's a squall out there said a lounger:
"Out there on the moonlit seas"
"Oh, no; not squall," said the other;
"'Tis only spanking breeze"
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-08-23

They sat on the broad veranda
0'erlooking the moonlit sea,
And from out on the dancing waters
Came floating sound of glee.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1877-01-06
Exposure Of YeuBg Children to the
Cold.
We should sayt

We should saythat no child too young
to walk or run should be taken oui
when the external temperature is below
SO degrees; that the rooms in which
they live and sleep should never be be.
low So degrees; and the day room
should be three or four degrees warm.
or. The practice of wheeling children
about in perambulators, sitting or re-
Ginning in one position without exercise,
is particularly harmful. We would
earnestly appeal to mothers to- put
aside all feelings of vanity, or what is
sometimes miscalled natural pride, and
cover the arms, neck and legs of their
children as simpl. sanitary precau-
ton. High frocks, long sleeves, and
warm stockingSshould be worn out of
doors; hats which cover the head, and
boots which keep the feet as dry and
warm as possible. On coming in from
our streets, nearly always damp, both
boots and stockings should be changed;
and, if the feet be cold, a warm foot
bath should be used for few minutes.
The exquisite pain Of chilblains could
be saved to many children by this use
of hot water for hands and feet. We
see that flannel has yielded to merino,
chiefly on account Of the greater con-
venience of ready-made Undertaking;
but there is nothing equal to flannel in
the property of preserving warmth
British Medical journal,
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1877-01-06

Next come inclined planes expressly laid
down on substantial foundations, and
near the top Of mountain, in order to
collect rain-water on large surface
with q basin to purify it, and cisterns to
preserve it. This was done to provide
the town of Segpi with portable water.
Then follow contrivances Of the an
clients for turning the water filtering
through porous ground into the aque-
ducts by turning the clayey strata to
account. They used also to rid water
of its carbonate of lime by boiling and
then cooling it again by applying snow
to the outside. They likewise had an
ingenious way Of cooling their aqua te-
pula, which wss too warm for drinking
after it had been brought over to the
Capitol. Father Secchi has discovered
the spring whence it came, and found
that it marks Is deg. centigrade "a
deg. Fehrenheit) in winter. The Ro.
mans used to mix it with water from
the Julia, which only marked II deg.
The other spring, now called Preziosa,
issues from an old volcanic crater.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1877-01-06
Hydraulics Of the Anclents.

Father Secchi has written letter to
the Academy of Sciences on this curious
subject. The monuments he mentions
have been mostly discovered by him in
the environs of Rome. The first men
toned by him is an aqueduct built at
Alatri, 200 years before the Christian
era. It is an inverted syphon, its low
est point being 10l meters below the
orifce from which the water flowed in
to the town, so that it sustains at its
bottom a weight of at least eleven at
mospheres. The pipes Of this aqueduct
are of earthenware, buried in a thick
bed of concrete; they were very firmly
joined together along q length Of seven
and half miles. This work seems to
have been the model on which Vitru-
vius founded his description of syphon
aqueducts. The second remarkable
relic of antiquity found at the same
place is a complete system of drainage
composed of enormous porous stone
ware pipes, a meter in length, fourteen
centimeters in diameter, and only two
in thickness. This was done to dry up
a plain intended for military maneuvers.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1877-01-06
Hev to Treat Mischlev.us Children.

Here is q little child, who is q great
tease and trouble. He is always asking
to do this or that impossible or upper
missible action. He bursts in abruptly
upon the conversation of his seniors.
He destroys all peace in the house by
shouts and screams, imperious demands
on the time and attention of every one,
endless Interruptions of every ones af-
fairs. He is an imp Of mischief, break
ing furniture, overturning inkstands on
the carpet, setting fire to valuable pa
pers, driving nails into the furniture.
How shall you abate this nuisancep
You may try to destroy these bad habits
by scolding him, by rebukes, by lee
lures, by punishments. That is one
way, but not the best. These bad habits
often spring from an instinct of activ-
ity, an intense desire to do something,
which the Creator has given the child
as q means of mental and moral growth.
In trying to pull up the tares, you are
in great danger Of roofing out the
wheat, also. II you succeed by force
in changing his disagreeable torment
of perpetual activity into a dull quiet,
you have changed bright boy into q
dull one. A better way than destroy
ing this tendency is to fulfill it by Civ
ing him plenty Of occupation of an in
nocent kind. Give him . heap Of sand
to dig, blocks of wood to build houses
with, q box of tools and boards to saw.
Set him at some work useful and inter-
esting, or, at least, harmless. He will
like all this better than he likes mis-
chief. All his irregular activity was q
cry for something to do.-Rep. James
Freeman Clarke.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1877-01-06
A Woman who Wanted Damages for
Being Kissed.

An amusing case was tried before
Judge Hulett, in the County Court,
this (Friday) morning. The plaintiff
was Mary Schaup, who resides on Gibbs
Street. The defendant was Adam
Most, who, like his ancient ancestor of
the same name, is gardener by trade.
He resides on Bay Street. It appears
that one day Mrs. Schaup was in the
house of neighbor named Mrs. Stehle,
when Most entered. After fooling
awhile with some lettuce that was in
the house, and being in a somewhat
risky mood, seized Mrs. Schaup $50
she says), and though somewhat hin
dered by a game leg, waltzed her
around two or three Zines and then
kissed her-yes, actually kissed her
twice. For taking this liberty she now
sues for damages. Judge Chumasero
advocated her case with his usual elo-
quence, while Mr.. Stull, who appeared
for the defendant, made some quota
tons about the "man that layeth his
hand on a woman" which he said was
from Shakespeare, but which Mr.. Chu.
masero said was from Cowper, while
the Judge thought it was from the BIZ
BILE. All this on account of q couple of
stolen kisses. The Jury returned ver-
dict for the defendant. Rochester IN.
~ Express. !''.'
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1877-01-06
Can Owls See In the Daytime.

Yes; to be sure they can. We know
they can. Owls are denounced as noe
turnal marauders. Yet that fact does
not signify that they can not see by day
light. Many beasts of prey that can
see better by dayightthan in the night,
always 60 forth from their lurking
places at night. There was an owl on
the purlin beam of our barn at midday.
We were pitching sheaves of oats from
the NOW, at the opposite end OF the
barn, about forty feet distant. As a
sheaf was lifted with the fork, there sat
a large mouse. But before we could
throw that sheaf aside and get the fork
released to strike that mouse, the owl
darted from his position at the further
end of the barn and swooped up the
mouse and returned to the beam where
he had been sitting, holding the little
captive in his sharp claws. As soon as
the mouse was dead the hungry owl
tore his flesh to fragments and swallow
ed them. One of the Ithica papers
states that recently in the daytime four
owls we're received at the laboratory of
the Cornell University. One of the owls
is kept alive. He has disposed of parts
of several fish, a chipmunck and q live
snake two feet long. The encounter
with the snake was quite amusing.
The owl, on spying him in glass case,
evinced desire to form q closer &C.
quaintance, and SO the snake was placed
on the floor ofthe laboratory. The owl
with one fell swoop came down upon
his snakeship, and, striking its claws
into his back, raised his head to its
mouth and instantly smashed it. Then
commenced the process of deglutition.
The owl proceeded to swallow the
snakes head first, and proceeded bad
ly enough, until, after a minutes strug-
gle, all was swallowed but two inches
of the tail. At this point the owl stop
ped to take breath, and stood with its
eyes slowly blinking, while the two
inches of tail, still visible, was wiggling
vigorously. At last, summoning up
courage, the owl gave a last struggle,
and the end of the tail disappeared, still
wiggling, down his throat.-Neu York
Herald.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1877-01-06
Footprints On the Sands Of Time.

The Eastern scientific world is sgi
tated over the discovery of human foot
prints in the sandstones Of Connect
cut. The tracks of birds, pterodac
tyles and prehistoric animals have beer
long known to exist in those rocks
later Investigations have led to the dis
covery of human footprints. 'o
In New Mexico many ancient ruins Of
an ancient race of inhabitants are
found, and also veritable footprints in
the solid rock. II the traveller en- route
to Santa Fe from this city will take the
trouble he can verify the fact. On the
stage road near the ruins of the old Pc.
cos Pueblo, ledge Of sand-rock just
out across the road, on the left hand
side, an examination of the surface OF
the rocks will reveal human footprints
in the solid rock. The impressions are
perfect. Some are large, evidently
those of grown persons; others are
small, the tracks of children. Some
were made by the naked foot, others
by feet .encased In moccasins. There
is no mistake or fraud in the matter ;
footprints are there in the solid rock.
Who made them and and how were
they made? We did not have time or
take the trouble to determine the geo
logical period to which this particular
stratum of rocks belongs. Undoubted-
~ it was fashioned at the bottom Of the
sea few million years before Adams
time. We do not think the footprints
were made few hundred or perhaps q
thousand years ago. The rocks eyi.
IDENTIFY formed, at one time, the bed Of
a small creek flowing near by. At that
time the footprints were made. The
water softened the surface Of the rock
sufficiently to take the impression from
the feet of the Indians playing in the
water; or else the tracks were made in
a layer of sand and mud. The creek in
time cut a new and deeper channel,
leaving these rocks high and dry. They
again become baked and hardened, re-
tanning the footprint. The action of
the elements has not been able to erase
them. A track in sand-rock would be
more lasting than in many other kinds.
Sand is but slightly soluble, and if the
surface was sufficiently hard to prevent
washing away, it would not be dissolved.
Las Yeas IN. MY Gazette.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1877-01-06
HONE INTERESTS.

MUFFINs.-1 pound of flour, size of
an egg of butter, 2 tablespoons Of su-
gar, 2 eggs, 8 tablespoons of baking
powder, salt, enough sweet milk to
make stiff batter. Bake in rings.
DoUGHNUrs-6c cups of flour, Ii cups
of sugar, 8 teaspoons of baking-pOw-
der, 1 teaspoon of salt, butter the size
of half an egg. Mix thoroughly. Then
add eggs we'll beaten, and moisten
with sweet milk until soft dough.
Flavor with nutmeg or cinnamon.
EGG PUDDING.-4 eggs we'll beaten,
tablespoons of fonr; add to the eggs
until smooth mass, then add pint of
milk slowly, pinch of salt. Beat all
smooth together. Put in well butter
ed dish, and bake about twenty min
utes. Eat with sauce made OF butter and
sugar beaten together to cream fla
vored with vanilla. ."i,.f.i
ORANGE CAKE. Il cup butter, IL cups
sugar, eggs (beaten separately, 81
cups of -four, 2 hesping teaspoons of
baking-powder, cup milk. For FROST
ing: l orange, CRATE the rind and
squeeze the juice and pulp, and ] cup
of sugar, and then the orange juice. l
make two cakes of three layers.
RAISED MUFFINs.-4 pint, or little
more, of sweet milk, warm little and
melt in it butter the size of half an
egg, add l beaten egg, little salt, 4
teacup of good yeast, and flour to
make q stiff batter. Let it rise over
night, or half day if you wish them
for tea, and just before baking add
very little soda dissolved in warm
water, and stir briskly. Drop in
heated irons and bake.
SWEET POTAToEs.-Bol your pota-
toes until tender; then slice several
times the long way of the potato; place
a layer of the slices on the bottom of
an earthen dish; sprinkle lightly with
white sugar, and heavily with Jumps of
butter Git is the butter that makes it
nice); then another layer of potatoes,
and so on, until you have the sugar and
butter for top layer. Then bake 80
or 40 minutes.
TAPIoCA CREAM.-Soak 1 cup tapi-
oca over night, or soak it by pouring
quite hot water on it. Take / pint Of
milk, 4 teaspoonful salt; when the milk
boils, stir in the tapioca, and the yelks
of eggs beaten we'll with a cup of
sugar; let it cook about 10 minutes,
stirring all the time. Take off the
stove and stir in the whites of the eggs,
beaten to a stiff froth, and small
piece of butter. Flavor to suit the
taste.