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The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-03-22
Locomotive That Does Its OsC1s
F{rinQ.

An English mechanic has contrived to
make a steam engine do its own stocking.
A large sheet-iron hopper is set above
the mouth of the furnace and in front
of the boiler. This is the receptacle for
Goals. Below the hopper steel crusher
is made to run somewhat rapidly, and
as the Goals fall by reason of their own
gravity upon this grinding apparatus,
thew are reduced to the uniform size OF
cob nuts by the action of the crusher.
Thence the equalized fuel drops upon a
pair of iron disks, or fans, inclosed in a
box, and running in opposite directions
at high velocity. The fans are, In fact,
the furnace-feeders, for, as the box has
but one opening, and that leads to the
fire, they literally blow the Goals into
the latter and distribute them equally
over the whole surface of the hre-bars.
The feed is regulated in quantity, ac-
cording to the heavy or light work the
engine may be doing, by means OF a
single adjusting set-screw. This is the
automaton stoker. The furnace fires are
fed and steam is kept up in the boiler
without the turning of shovel.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-03-22

The royal state coach in which Her
Majesty rides to the house of Parliament
has just had complete overhauling and
been regilt. 1t was constructed in l761.
The builder was Sir Thomas Chambers,
and the paintings were executed by
Cipriani. 1t is richly ornamented with
laurel and carved work, the whole being
elaborately gilt. The length of the body
is twenty-four feet. 1t is eight feet three
inches wide, and twelve feet high. Four
large Tritons support the body by four
braces, covered with red morocco leather,
ornamented with gilt buckles. OF these,
two support the drivers seat in front of
the carriage. They are represented in
the act Of drawing by cables extending
round their shoulders, with cranes and
sounding shells to announce the ap-
proach of the Monarch of the Ocean.
Two Tritons at the back carry the
Imperial fasces, topped with tridents.
The drivers footboard is large scallop
shell ornamented with punches of reeds
ohu o1AO1 "dlliiO pldutSs Aut pOlo
represents bundle of lances, the splin-
ter bar being composed of a rich mold.
ing issuing from beneath voluted shell,
the ends terminating in the head of a
dolphin. The wheels are limitations Of
those of the ancient triumphal chariot
The body of the coach is composed OF
eight palm trees, which, branching out
at the top, sustain the roof, and foul
angular trees are loaded with trophies
abusive to the victories obtained by
Great Britain. These are supported by
four lions heads. On the center of the
roof stand the figures of three boys
representing the genii of England
Scotland and Ireland, supporting tn,
imperial crown of Great Britain, ant
holding in their hands the scepter, swort
of state, and ensigns of knighthood
Their bodies are adorned with festoon
of laurel, which fall thence toward tn,
four corners. On the panels and door
are painted emblematical devices.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-03-22

The rumor that Brigham Young, jr.,
is to plant colony of five hundred Nor
mons in the Mexican State of Sonora is
not improbable. Last spring recon
noissance was made by the agents of the
Mormon prophet into Arizona with the
avowed purpose of fixing some perma.
nent settlements there, and number OF
families from Utah have since settled in
that Territory. There is now chain OF
Mormon villages extending from Bear
River south-westward to Arizona. 1t
has long been foreseen by the leaders that
the resources of Utah are insufficient to
sustain so large population as their
hopes and ambition lead them to an
ticipate, even in the present generation.
They must have more room. The bleak
and barren region of the north of Salt
Lake presents no inducements: the
south offers good climate, rich soil and an
abundance of water and timber.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-03-22

THE commission appointed by the
French Academy of Science to lnvesti-
gate in regard to the phylloxera Qnsect)
report that twenty-five departments
have been ravaged, and in many districts
poverty, privation and misery have re-
placed affiuence. In consequence OF the
destruction of the vine culture, trafhc
on railways and canals has diminished
and the public taxes do not yield enough
to pay for collection. Besides the dam
aged already done, the districts OF bur
gundy, Champagne, Loire, and Cher are
now threatened. The commission recon-
mended various measures TOR the lso-
lation of the infected districts, and the
destruction of all affected vines.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-03-22
NOW ELLxDA CAUGHT THE
R0BBER.

was at schoolin Lausanne, when one
evening, which was very cold and
gloomy, we girls could not amuse our
selves in the garden as usual, and so had
recourse, not without some grumbling, to
our customary pastime on such occa-
sions.
We gathered in a ring around the
empty stove, and We'd with each other
in relating the most fearful stories which
we could recall. Ours was a Swiss
boarding-school, and my schoolfellows
came principally from Finland, and
many tale could they tell of terrible
sledge-drives over the snow and of
fights with wild wolves and robbers,
Huddled close together, and scarcely
daring to look around, we listened to the
following narrative, related by one of
the Finlanders, a girl of some fifteen
years of age, who had been requested by
general acclamation 10 open our meet
ing:
"When my mother was living" COM
menced Ellida Ruhlfeldt, speaking in
bad French, with a strong Finnish ac-
cent-"when my mother was living, we
were still in the old house at Tornea,
close to the saw-mill which was situated
in the middle of pine-forest.
"The house was only little distance
from the saw-mill, which stood in the
same yard; but as this corner was nearly
filed up with piles of sawn planks
awaiting shipment to England and
France, it took some time to cross it to
reach the mill.
"0n one occasion my father had gone
10 Uleaborg to remain for week, in
order TO transact his business, and my
mother was left with only myself and
the maid-servant in the house. My
mother had been always noted for hel
courage, but this time she felt anxious
and fearful.
"At the time there was band O.
robbers collected together in the north
of Finland, headed by a man named
Peskof, and they were not pleasan
neighbors, as may be supposed, especially
in our poor Finland, where there are 81
few police.
Anyhow, one dark, stormy evenin,
in the time mentioned, which was tn,
early Autumn, /, from my little bed il
an inner room, heard my mother say t,
the maid, 'Gerta, if any one knocks a
the door tonight, slip out directly by tn
back way, and run as fast as you Cal
across the deal-yard, and summon two o
three of the saw-mill workmen.'. i
Finland, during the summer season, th
saw-mills know no rest by day or nigh
"Gerta passed her word, and m
mother went, for perhaps the fifth tim
that evening, into the study, where sh
knew my father had locked up larg
sum of money in his bureau.
al thought my mothers proceeding
very strange-she and Gerta place
flaming candle-ends in every one of tn
seven tall windows Of the saal, or grea
saloon, and the inner room adjoinin,
Then she closed the door, and, like
good housewife, went into the kitche
and busted herself with chopping IL
sausage-meat which was to be made I'M
savory sausages for our Winter use.
Il retired to bed, and think i w
asleep when heard laundering knoc
at the kitchen door. Our rooms, as
most Finnish houses, were all on Il
same hoor, 80 / quickly stole to Il
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-03-22
She ,Uas Equal to the Occasion.

Mrs. Mary Patton, of Brooklyn, died
of heart disease, aged forty-one. Mrs.
Patton was the daughter of a well-to-do
retired shipmaster of East Boston. Her
education was as thorough as liberal
means could procure. At the age of
seventeen she married an old schoolmate,
Captain Patton, who at that time had
command of the newly launched clipper
ship Neptune's Car, then bound on a
circumnavigation of the globe. Mrs.
Patton's wedding tour was therefore an
extended one. 1t comprehended seven
teen months tour of the universe, dur
ing which, under the tuition of her hus-
band, and to beguile the tedium of long
voyages, she learned navigation. Upon
the return of Neptune's Car to this
country, she (the vesseD was put into
the California trade between New York
and San Francisco. In August 1856,
he cleared from New York with about
$SOO,000 worth of cargo. During the
voyage out, and while still in Atlanta
Capt. Patton deposed the first officer fol
an attempt to incite disaffection among
the seamen. The other two officers were
i'll, and the care of the vessel devolved
entirely upon the Captain, who was, soon
after leaving the harbor, disabled by q
malarial disease contracted in the East
Unwilling to trust the per6dious mate
with the command of these vessels, Mrs
Patton determined to assume control Of
affairs herself. She first called the crew
ogether and briefly explained the state
of things to them, at the same time
avowing her resolve to command the
ship. Thereafter she took all the obser.
vations, kept the reckoning, shaped the
courses, and in short, brought the vesse
into San Francisco on November 13
1856, delivering the valuable cargo
safely into the hands of the consignees
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-03-22

SINCE the first of February until the
close of Congress, the widow of Presi-
dent Tyler has attended every meeting
of the Commission and the joint sessions
of the two Houses. In person, Mrs.
Tyler is short, plump, well-preserved
brunette, and still wears the deep
mourning and widows cap for her hus
band. BY special act the franking
privilege was once conferred on her, and
all the repeals and reforms on postal af-
fairs have left this courtesy unques.
toned.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-03-22
Sugar supplies.

There is thriftless negligence in this
country, in failing to provide abun-
dainty an article so necessary as sugar,
and in leaving the demand for it un-
supplied to the extent of one million
dollars annually, which has to be sent
out of the country to procure the deficit
in production to meet home consump-
ton. All our applied resources with in
considerable exceptions, are from the
cane and maple-producing districts,
south and north. Still an enormous de-
6ciency exists, which can be met with
out risk and with certain proof, by
means that have been thoroughly tested
and proven to be efectual. We refer to
the beet culture and manufacture, which
is thoroughly understood in Europe, and
known 20 be reliable resource for sugar.
Ali the processes have become as familiar
and certain as in any other industrial
department, so that as a new business in
this country, it is a matter of plain and
sure calculation to be entered upon with
the usual prudence.
A meeting of Californian and Northern
men who propose to move in the matter
was held in Philadelphia recently, and
the testimony of leading foreign agri.
culturists collected, which sets the under.
taking in a most favorable light. Ac.
cording to Mr.. George M. Powell, from
ten to twenty tons of beets can be raised
to the acre, which, at six dollars per ton
would pay the farmer twice as well al
wheat. He also stated that the refuse
from the factory using five hundred
acres of beets would be equal for stock
feeding to five hundred acres of hay
Such factory should produce abou
eight hundred and twenty tons of suga
and one hundred tons of syrup. Capita
invested in this way should pay abou
J, 20 per cent.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-03-22
A MEMORY.

II he had come 10 the early dawn,
when the sunshine flushed the earth,
/ would have given him all m heart,
Whatever that heart was worth.
II he had come at the noontide hosr,
He would not have come too late,
would have given him patieRt faith,
For then l had learned 10 wait.
II he had come in the after glow,
In the face Of the even-tide
1 would have given him hands and brain,
And worked for him till died.
n he comes now, the sun Is set,
And the light has died away;
will not give him q broken fife,
But will turn and say him Nay"
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-03-22

ILLICIT tobacco making has grown
enormously in Canada. 1t is estimated
that in 1871 there were grown in the
Province of Quebec, by farmers, one
and a quarter million pounds, and In
1S74.5, nearly five million pounds. In
the first named year but $4,000 pounds,
and in the last bat ten pounds were re-
turned for duty.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-03-22
OLD sWEErHEARr OF NINE.
BY !. W. RILEr.

A. one who cons evening DER an album all alone,
And muses. on the faces Of the friends that he has
known,
10 turn the leaves Of Fancy, I'LL in shAdowy de-
aud the smiling features of an old sweetheart Of
mine.
The lAmplisht seems to Slimmer with flicker of sur
prise,
A,I turn Il low to rest me Of tn. dazzle In my eyes
And light my pipe in ,ilenee, save sigh that seems
Its tate with my tobacco, and TO vanish in the
smoke.
It's fragrant retrosPection, for the loving thoughts
thst start
Into being like perfumes from the blossom Of the
heart;
And to dream the old dreams over is a luxury di-
vine,
whom my iruant fancies wander with that old
sweetheart Of mine.
Tho hear beneath my study, like huttsring of
wings,
The voices Of my children and the mother as she
sings,
I feel no twioge Of conscience to deny me any
theme
When care has cast her anchor in the hsrbor Of a
dream
In fact, 10 speak In Garnet, believe it adds a
charm
To spice the good tribe with little dust Of
harm
For I and an extra favor in Memory's mellow
vine
That makes me drink the deeper to that old sweet
heart Of mine.
A face Of lily beauty and a form Of airy grace
Floats out Of my tobacco the geni from the vase
nd \ hrf he ola of air of
eyes
As glowing as the summer and gentle the skies.
can see the pink sun-bonnet and the little check
She wore the time kissed her, when she answered
And her written declaration that, "as surely as
the vine
Grew round the stump" she loved me-that old
sweetheart Of mine.
Again feel the pressure Of her slender little hand
As We used to talk together Of the future we had
planned
when should be q poet, and with nothing else
TO do
But write the tender verses that she set the music
to;
when We shall live together in a cozy little cot,
Hid In q nest Of roses, with fairy garden-spot;
Where the vines were ever fruitful and the weather
ever 6ne,
And the birds ever singing for that old sweet
heart Of mine;
And should be her lover forever and day,
And she my loving sweetheart till the golden hair
was gray;
And We should be 80 happy that when either's lips
wers dumb,
They vOuldnt smile in heaven till the others kiss
had come.
All, well my dream is broken by step upon the
stair,
And the door is softly opened and my wife is stand
Ing there;
Yet with eagerness and rapture all my visions re-
sign
To greet the living presence Of that old sweetheart
Of mine.
Indianapolis Journal.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-03-22

The infantile fatality in the City of
New York has been gratifyingly re-
duced during the last ten years, accord
ing to the mortuary statistics. The ratio
of mortality of children under five years
of age to the total mortality was 81 80 in
1867 and 48. "a in 1876.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-03-22
The Future of the Telephone.

The Future of the Telephone.
The Boston correspondent of the New
York Sun gives the following account of
an interview with Mr.. Watson, of tele-
phone fame:
81 haven't the slightest doubt" Mr..
Watson said to-day, "that in a few
months things will be so that man can
make lecture here in Boston and be
heard by an audience in any part of the
country"
"Do you expect that the telephone
will entirely supersede the present sys-
tenn of telegraphingp Iasked.
eyes, we expect it will, eventually. A
company is now forming for the purpose
of manufacturing and introducing the
instrument. In time it can't fail to re-
place the old dot and line alphabet sys-
tenn entirely. We expect, at first, it
will be used mostly on private lines and
for city business. 1t will probably take
the place of the present district tele-
graph companies and the like, as it will
be especially convenient for that class of
business.
"Won't the receiving operators have
to learn short-hand?''
eyes, I suppose they will. In our
experiments we have paused after say
ing sentence, go that the receiver had
time to write in long hand"
MIR. Watson remarked that the intro
duction OF the telephone would probably
have the effect of increasing the tele.
graph business to such an extent that ii
would hasten the time when the wires
would have to be laid under ground in.
stead of being strung on poles. Apropos
to singing by telegraph, ask if it would
not save deal of expense to our Ameri.
can opera managers. can American
audience could hear Nilsson, Patti, OF
any European prima donna, without
bringing them across the Atlantic"
suggested. "Just place the receiving
machine in the Boston Hall, for instance
and let the songstress put her mouth
close to the mouthpiece in Paris, Lon
don, Vienna, or st. Petersburg, and the
effect would be the same as if the prims
donna herself were present in the flesh
Certainly" said Mr.. Watson, smil
ing, "and it would be curious to observe
what the presence of the voice and alb
sence of the person would have on the
critics. Homely singers would proba
bly, advance in public esteem, while some
of the beautiful cantratrices might suffer
a corresponding set back when theil
voices were judged on their merits"
No trial has yet been made, however
of the transmission of sounds so great 8
distance as across the Atlantic. Mr.
Watson said that as far as they had been
able to ascertain, there seemed to be q
limit to the distance over which the
sounds could be made to travel; but he
expressed himself as confident that il
due time any given distance can be an
initiated. "We have, in fact" he
added, " talked through wire arranged
to give an artificial resistance equal to
10000 ohms, which is more resistance
than the entire length of the Atlantic
cable would offer. But there are other
obstacles to overcome in order to transmit
the sound of the voice correctly to such
a distance as that. Professor Bell and ]
are constantly at work here perfectine
the system, you see. When a favorable
opportunity offers, we shall try and have
| a practical test over one of the trans.
atlantic cahlesn
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-03-22

"IN the spring the human fancy
lightly turns to lamb and peas" And
in the spring the bummer's fancy
strongly turns TO beer and cheese.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-03-22
PENCIL AND SCISSORS.

AN empty purse fills the face with
wrinkles.
He who has lost confidence can lose
nothing more.
REpRovE thy friend privately, COM
mend him publicly.
SEVERITY breeds fear, but roughness
engenders hate.
WHY they call a sensational report
canard" is because one canardly be-
lieve it, you know.
WHAT word of five syllables is that,
from which, if you take one syllable
away no syllable remains Monosylable
no syllable.
BAYARD TAYLOR says: cit is a
whitening commentary upon our modern
costume that no sculptor has dared, or
ever will dare, to model statue wearing
stove-pipe hat"
"WHY is it, my dear sir" said Wafies's
landlady to him the other day, " that
you newspaper men never get rich 2" 81
do not know" was the reply, except it
is that dollars and sense do not always
travel together"
AMAN innocently spoiled a sermon
and prayer by exclaiming, while the
tears rolled down his cheeks, "Lord, Thou
knowest [ have been an awful sinner
the chief among ten thousand and one
altogether lovely"
BUT no enjoyment is transitory; the
impression which it leaves is lasting, and
what is done with diligence and toll
imparts to the spectator secret force,
of which one can not say how far the
effect may reach.-Goethe.
A COUNTRY paper, in an obituary
notice of subscribers son, says: he
was an uncommon smart boy. He had
little too much curiosity, perhaps, or
he wouldn't have peeped into the muz-
zle of his fathers shotgun.
FAME is feeting and short lived. The
laurel wreath OF glory and respect is
fading from the memorable brow of the
man who discovered America, and
settling on the man who gives the most
chewing tobacco for five cents.
WILL PASS AWAY.
Touched with the delicate green of early May,
Or later when the unveils her face,
The world hangs glittering in star-strewn space,
| Fresh as a jewel found but yesterday,
| And yet it's very odd what tongue may say
How old it is? Race follows upon race,
Forgetting and forgotten In their place
Sink tower and temple nothing long may stay.
We build on tombs and live our day, and die;
From out our dust new towers and temples start;
Our very name becomes a mystery.
What cities no man ever heard of lie
Under the glacier, in the mountain's heart,
In violent glooms beneath the moan 'ng sea!
Atlantic.
A MAJOR GENERAL of the Belgian
army who fled, after killing man in
duel, six months ago, is now waiter in
New York hotel. Already he can
worm half dollar out of your pocket by
the deferential manner with which he
puts chair under your legs.
THE Christian Union some weeks ago
printed the lines
Pas de lieu
Rnone que nous,
and requested translation OF them. Mr.
John Habberton rashly made them out
to be Not 80 far from the Rhone as
we.n and was mortified on hearing that
they should read in English, "Paddle
xour OWN canoe"
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-03-22

WE are sure to be losers when we
quarrel with ourselves.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-03-22

and requested a translation of them. Mr..
John Habberton rashly made them out
to be Not so far from the Rhone as
we.n and was mortified on hearing that
they should read in English, Paddle
vour own canoe"
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-05-02
Afraid Of the Devil.

A painful scene appears, by the ac-
count given of it in the Stirling Journal
to have occurred on Sunday. last week,
in church near Gartmore, in that
county. The minister, who is in the
habit of warning his congregation on
special occasions against the machina-
tions of the evil one, was delivering a
discourse on his favorite theme, when
suddenly a large window blind and roll
er behind the pulpit lost its hold, falling
right over the preacher and completely
concealing him for time from his flock.
In its descent the roller smashed a
number of window panes, and the clat-
ter of the falling glass added panic to
the already terrified condition of the
enshrouded preacher. Ignorant of the
cause of the sudden darkness and horri-
BILE noise, he thought he might have ex-
ceeded the bounds of discretion in his
denunciations of the devil, who had
thereupon arrived hastily in person
bent upon retaliation. A frightful
shrek of 81 am gonel" echoed through
the church, and the maddened preacher