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The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-07-19

The trial of Salvatore Danish, in
Naples, for the murder of the young
girl Giuseppina Gazzara, has resulted in
his conviction and sentence to death.
The trial lasted more than a month
Proof was given that, after poisoning
his victim, Danish cut her body up,
packed it closely in box, put it under
his bed and slept for eight days with it
there. At last he sent the box by rail
way to Rome, where it was discovered
Mt the station. AS soon as the court had
sentenced him to death burst of ap-
plausc rang throughout the hall. The
jury were out only half an hour.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-07-19

The British Admiralty have been
given orders to further strengthen the
Mediterranean squadron by the addition
Of the Shannon, which will be ready in
August, and the Temeraire, which will
be ready almost Immediately, and which
is the most formidable sea-going iron
clad in commission, carrying four twenty
five ton guns. They also seem to intend
to dispatch either the Thunderer or
Dreadnaught. Should the hydraulic
gear for loading guns prove satisfactory,
it is expected that the Hercules, lately
serving as the flagship on the Mediter-
ranean, will be prepared for sea as soon
rs possible.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-07-19

A LETTER from Captain Taylor, of
the whaling schooner Rising Sun, states
that on the Goth of May he was cruising
off the South Keys of Cuba, on the look
out for whales. About nine o'clock
n. m. a school of whales was sighted.
Capt. Taylor and his chief mate, Atkins,
killed two small whales, and were pur-
suing Others, when he was fired upon by
n Spanish cruiser and his chief mate
taken prisoner, and held as hos
tage until the arrival of Spanish gun
boat. The mate was detained five days
on board the cruiser, when the Spanish
gunboat arrived and declared his papers
correct. His detention at this partic-
ular time, in the midst, of school of
whales, was serious loss to Capt. Tay-
lor's vessel.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-07-19

The open revolt in the streets of Con-
stantinoPle is due to the knowledge on
the part of the Turks that they have
been betrayed. The Turks are especially
angry against the English, who. thew
say, deluded them into t..ne war, and then
deserted them. The prediction is made
that the war will. be over before a
months time, ten. .porarily at least, until
Germany gets rcsady to claim her share
by agreement between the powers.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-07-19

CINCINNATI Commercial: General
Sickles's daughter Laura has only lately
heard of the blot on her mothers name,
and the poor girl has taken it so much to
heart that she has entered French con-
vent. Laura was a mere child at the
time of the tragedy. She was carefully
educated, and, when her father was ap-
pointed Minister at Madrid, Laura went
with him and did the honors of her
fathers house. She is very lovely
woman, almost the image of her mother
General Sickles married Spanish lady
at Madrid. Afterward his daughter
went to Paris, where she for the first
time accidentally learned of her mother S
disgrace.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-07-19
OUR INTERNAL CouvEpCr

The Public Printer at the National
Capital has just delivered the first an
nual report on the internal commerce of
the United States. 1t says, among other
things, that the value of the railroads
OF the United States is about twenty
three times the value of the shipping en-
gagged in our foreign commerce, and that
The value OF our internal commerce is
twenty-five times the value of our for
eign commerce; that eighty-seven per
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-07-19

The London Daily Ne,cs of a recent
date says that rumors prevail in quarters
which are usually well informed that
the Earl of Beaconsfeld is about to
Iesgn the Premiership. Although this
report is probably premature, yet we
believe his Lordship is anxious to retire
from office as soon as the state of public
business will permit him, his health hav-
ing been for some time past in an unsatis-
factory condition.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-07-19

AN intoxicated German got on Hud-
son River train at Kinderhook to go to
Troy; and the Budget of that city says:
He threw his satchel down in a corner
of the car, took seat, and was soon
asleep. On awaking he said he left his
baggage at Kinderhook, and asked the
boy employed on the train what he
should do to recover it. The latter, who
had seen the German place his satchel in
the corner, replied: You give me thirty
cents and I'll telegraph to 'Kinderhook
to have the depot master forward it by
telegraph to Greenbush 1t will reach
there before we do" The German paid
the thirty cents and the boy departed,
taking the satchel into another car. On
reaching Greenbush the boy returned
with the bag. "Ah," said the German,
"dot delegraff is vun CRATE dings. Here,
dake anoder quarter, mein poy."
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-07-19
CAPTAIN JOHN A WEpsrrp ",

CAPTAIN JOHN A. WEBSTER, who
commanded the six-gun battery which
rendered such effective service in the
defense of Baltimore against the British
in the war of 1912, has been visiting his
granddaughter, Mrs. w. S. Richardson,
at Bellair, Maryland. A local journal
says that "the captain bears his age,
ninety years, remarkable well, and is
still as erect as an Indian warrior"
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-07-19

DIR. HOOKER, President of the Royal
Society of London, and three other
scientists, are about to make tour of
research through Colorado, Utah and
California, at their own expense. They
will report results to the Government at
Washington. 1t is understood that one
OF the main features of this exploration
will be the botanical department, in
which DIR. Hooker will be aided by DIR.
Asa Gray. The New York Commercial
thinks that these famous botanists ought
to be able to make the fora of the Fai
West as familiar to our people as the
mineral resources of the same region.
have been made by the reports Of
Rossiter Raymond and his co-workers.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-07-19

M
6P. M, July 5.
Green's advance, or the rumor of it, turned
Joseph back, and as I crossed the Salmon to
the enemy's side, he fled to the mouth of the
Salmon and recrossed. I had provided for
this by ordering the cavalry force, with two
Gattling guns, back to the Cottonwood.
Capt. Perry and a portion of the train from
the Lapwai has formed a junction with the
Cottonwood force, or is near doing so.
As Joseph appeared on the road near that
place, the cavalry forced him back
southwark. | am recrossing the
Salmon on the Indian trail and hope he can
not get back to the Snake country without
disaster. His turning the right flank of the
troops with me has done no other harm than
to create alarm in the rear. except the loss
and ten men sent out by Captain Whipple
as his advance. The troops are hearty, and
by making long march [ am confident OF
success. | shall push my infantry and
artillery tomorrow to near Cottonwood
where | am concentrating.
rs;orod7 MAI. GEN. HOWARD.
lsl9neoJ MCDOWELL
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-07-19
EDITORIAL OLIO.

IMMIGRATION, like trade and COM
merce, has fallen off since last year. The
Official returns for the quarter ending on
the Both ultimo show total of 25. 9O3
against 80, 4sl during the same period of
1876. The German element is ahead
again this year, and it is notable fact
that among all the nationalities the wo-
men have steadily decreased in numbers.
Those who would wive will take notice
accordingly.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-07-19

HELEN MAX, of Boston, has invented
and patented union dressing-case,
which combines bureau, dressing-case,
wash-stand, etc, all in one.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-07-19

AUGUSTUS gave his Eveline set OF
Jewelry, and now her envious rivals refer
to 1t as her beau-Gus jewelry.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-07-19

The man who rides high horse in
his youth is very apt to have to foot it
when he grows old.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-07-19

The Turks are reported as having dis
appeared from Promisori, That must be
u place of note.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-07-19

The following telegram was read at
the War Department, from San Fran
cisco, CAL:
CRAIG FERRY, SALMON RIVER
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-07-19
The Story of Young Gentleman that
Speculated.

The wager was, of course, won.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-11-21

orudce her old friend his share, but what
was thrown to the stranger below ana us
tress her nightly. She tried to poke ner
head through the wire-work, following
each morsei in its descent with Wlstlul
ewes. Suddenly she turned with deter
mined air, and began to wiggle her fastest
down the inclined plane. ,m H.,
Fanny! Fanny come back" called
her master; but the only notice fahny
took of his words was to glance back at
him MS she scrambled along.
"No you DON'T she seemed TO say;
THAT fellow down there is getting IL I'LL
and I'm going to see about it." 1t was Il
very funny little scene, and very very
human.
The seals come from the north east
coost of North America, along the shores
OF Labrador and Nova Scotia. Sometimes
lhev wander down to the New England
coast, but are seldom, if ever seen soutn OF
Maine. Neither they nor their cousins
the sea-liuns, produce the fine fur OF winch
coats and sacques are made. That comes
from the species called sea bear, which Is
found chiefly in the North Pacific Ocean
The fur of these animals is course, and is
used for covering trunks and knapsacKss
Perhaps some of you have seen the old
fashioned chair trunks which your grand
father used. There are any quantity OF
stories and legends about seals in all coun-
tries where the creatures abound. 1t Is
said that the belief in mermaids arose
from the fact that sailors, or fishermen,
caught sight OF seals by moonlight, and
mistouli them for sea-maidens. | think
myself, though, that man must have been
Uery much scared before he could make
such II blunder as that.-G0tdeB Hours.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-11-21

BREED FROM THE BEsT-It is exceed
ingly difficult to induce some men to be-
lleve that calf from II ull-blooded bull
will often be worth twenty or fifty dollars
more when the steer is three years old,
than another calf got by grade bull, af-
ter the steer has arrived at the same age.
Most owners of cows appear to feel eX-
tremely reluctant to pay over one dollar
for the services of any bull. Hence. if
one has bull-calf. the sire of which is Il
full-blooded animal and the dam COW of
no particular breed, that calf will be kept
for breeder The same practice holds
good in the management of horses, sheep,
swine and fowls.
The argument in favor of such prac
lice is that if like will produce like, us
those animals seem TO have inherited
every desirable point Of form and symme-
try OF their respective sires, they will get
quite as good stock AS their full-booded
progenitors." But here is an impressive
instance in which like will not produce
like. 1t has been found by long and eX-
tensive practice, that a grade animal will
not transmit his excellent points to his
H'NoN "i'iA th1 otbJlolhSlOlJ
while IL lull-booded bull, or stallion, or
ram, will not only transmit the beautiful
form and symmetry of his own body to
his progeny, but he will transmit also the
poWer requisite to enable his progeny to
reproduce in their stock those beautiful
and valuable characteristics of the grand
sire.
The most important practical considera-
ton is to select the best mares and the
best ewes that can be obtained, and EN-
ploy males that can be relied upon for
transmitting their own valuable character
istirs TO their stock with satisfactory GER
tainty. If the services of IL common stall
lion ut five dollars will secure horse
worth another horse and the same mare
that will cost ten dollars, can be sold for
three hundred dollars when the animal has
become horse, will it not be the wisest pol
icy to make an effort to get stock from more
valuable horses? The care and feed re-
quisle 10 develop horse worth three hun
dred dollars will cost no more than for an
inferior animal that can be sold only for
one hundred dollars. -NUti0nal Live Stock
Journal.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-11-21

BE TRUE TO Notwithstanding hurts
in his own eyes. 1t is shvish FEELING
that degrades the slave. A base ambilin1
makes the man who cherishes it base. No
one can d"base you but Yourself slander
satire. fal, ehood, injustice these can never
rob you of your manhoo Men NAV lie
about you, they may denounce YOU, thew
may cherish suspicious manifold, thew NAV
make your failings the target of their wi,
or cruelty-never he alarmed, never
swerve an inch from the line your iudr.
ment and conscience have marked ont for
you. They cannot by all their efforts take
away your knowledge of yourself the
purity of your motives, the integrity of
your character and the generosity of yonr
nature. While those are left, YOU are in
point of fact, unharmed.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-11-21

have hair Of the same color or the same
taste in dress. So we hope to continue in
the Doctors good book, as he certainly
will be numbered with our personal
friends as among the most valued, an ear
nest worker for what he believes to be
right.
And as to our saying he insulted the
farmers, there could be nothing more er-
roneous than that.
We told just ,Obat we thought was the
insult, and that it consisted in any mans
setting himself up to teach, when his talk
showed his ignorance of the subject.
We cited IN instance in Mr.. Bliss pa.
per, which asserted the future prosperity
of the dairy interest to be dependent on
the education and elevation of the dairy
man, so they could make four times as
much and infinitely better butter-and in
the same paper say that a great danger
was over-production. Now, candidly, Bro
Ho,kins, isn't such talk IN insult to good
common sense and sound logicP and
wouldn't Prof. Senator Patterson s exhor-
talon to virtue and intelligence received
additional force if he had added, profit
from my eXampleP
We cheerfully add our corroborative tes
timony as to the applause with which the
Doctors addresses have been received, and
we know, for we have heard them and ap
pauded with the rest, and the fact that
other farmers have desired to have him
come and speak to them also, should be
taken in proof of their intelligence. But
just where or how we attacked the Doc
tor or tried to excite prejudice by appeals
to low instincts and narrow ideas, will al
ways bother us.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-11-21

A PRETTY HOME ORNAMENT. During
these long evenings many pretty orna-
ments can be made with but little cost,
A pretty picture is made in the following
manner: Make cross of any size you
please, and leave the bottom piece in inch
and "A half longer than you wish it when
done. Paint it white and varnish it. Next
get white pasteboard box, four inches
deep, and large enough TO leave a margin
of an inch and IL half ut each side and
top. Stand the box on one end, place the
cross in the center; then fit thin pieces of
board around it to keep it in place; make
the first piece as large rs the end of the
box, the neXta half inch smaller, and so
on until it is us high us you wish. Tack
and glue each piece, and cover all with
moss. Varnish and arrange autumn
leaves into vine, and Irvine it around the
cross In making the vine begin with the
smallest leaves. Fasten the stems to u
small wire by winding with soft thread.
Have square of glass just as large as the
box, and laslen it on by gluing strips of
cloth to the box, and folding it over the
edges of the glass. Now for the frame.
Get any small scragged limbs, the thicker
the branches the better; place them to-
getller and fasten by winding with thread.
Make it ofan even width all round,as near
AS possible. When done you will no
doubt say, =" What IL looking thing" But
wait until you have dipped it in the fol-
lowing: One pound of resin, two table
spoonfus of Ampblack, and two of lard,
melted together, then with spoon dip it
On every part, while hot. Then you will
,hange your remark, for think you
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-11-21

Col f. D. Curtis in the Rural New
Yorker, in speaking of the Swiss cattle,
says:
As mixers, they will not equal the Jer-
seys,for it must be II physiological fact that
so much stoutness of limbs and propelling
muscles have been developed somewhat to
the delriment of milking functions. The
Jerseys, having short and comparatively
level pasture ranges. or being tethered
(not walking at ally, have very fine limbs
and lank, thin. propeling muscles. The
color of the Swiss cattle is more uniform
Their milk is rich, and from it, in their
native land, the butterry Swiss cheese is
made. We have no doubt but that ms
butter makers, the breed will improve in
this country, and that their stocky, beefy
forms will change to better standard.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-11-21

The calves were taught yesterday to eat
pumpkins in five minutes They were fed
no salt fora week. and then pumpkins
We're carried to them in the fieldand being
broken open, salt was sprinkled on the
halves, and without delay the calves began
to lick and eat them, and never stopped
until they We're all gone. To-day they are
eating them without any salt. We expect
to keep the calves in good growing condi-
ton on the pumpkins and grass until the
frost Injuries the latter, when they must be
brought mp nights and fed some sort of
meal with little hay. Ground oats is
the best single grain to feed to calves; but
Il mixture Of corn and buckwheat, or corn
and wheat bran will do well Never feed
clear corn meal. 1t is too heating for
such young animals, and will surely break
down their digestion. One part corn meal
two parts wheat bran and half part OF
oil meal, is very healthy and nutritious
feed for young calves. This mixture CON
tains all the elements required for vigor-
oIs and wholesome growth. The calves
may be taught to eat meal by sprnkling IL
little salt on it. Put the meal in a pail or
box with the salt on it, and place it by the
calves. Their curiosity will lead them to
smell of it, and tasting and eating will
soon follow. Calves should never be al
lowed to run down in the fall, as they
surely will, if not housed and fed extra
when the cold nights and windy days
Gomez. d. Curtis, in Rural Ncw
Yorker.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-11-21

WHEN DARK COMEs.-A little girl sat
at twilight in her sick mothers room
busily thinking. All day she had been full
of fun and noise, and she had many times
worried her poor tired mother.
" Ma said the little girl, "what do you
suppose makes me get over my mischief
and begin to act good, just about this time
every nighl?'
Il do not know dear; can you not
tell9'
Well. | guess it is because this is sOhes,
the darb comes. You know am little
afraid of that. And then, ma, begin to
think ofall the naughty things have done
to grieve you, and that perIap. you might
die before morning; and so | begin to act
good"
"Oh," thought |, show many OF us wait
TIL The darb comes il the form of sickness,
or trouble of some kind, before we
begin to act good! How much better
10 be good while we are enjoying lfe's
bright sunshine, and then, when the dark
comes, as it will, in measure, to all, we
shall be ready to meet it without fear"
Whispering.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-11-21

WooDCHUCKS-THE SCHooL, IAr-
Observation-Disclosures is u very curiuns m
imal. 1t is made of hair and ewes and ba.
two front teeth, and can see IL man with ;,
gun, when the eyes are shut and bolted
| have seen dog shake woodchuck till
both were black in the face. A woodchnck
can SWIVEL up his nose, and show his teeth
and look as homely as l can without trv'
ing. They sit On one end and eat wiz
the other. A woodchuck can Get homn
faster than gun can shoot. He il ronnI
all over except his feet which are I.ln"t
When eaten they retain the flavor of tboir
nests, and seem to have been cooked with Win
out being pared. A fat woodchuck when
eaten properly, is no laughin' matter ne
They come under the head of " domos,io
animals. and think there amt No nl"nO
like home whena dog goes for one Of ,eN,
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-11-21

Mr.. E. R. Frost Of East Highgave, sent
to Kentucky last spring for seed of the
Golden Millet which he sowed at different
times, but mostly on u light, sandy soil,
without manure. But little else would
have been produced, and it seems pretty
severe test to put this plant to, and es-
pecially in II dry season, still the result
was most gratifying and will justify a
Il more extensive sowing another year
Mr.. Frost is . progressive farmer, and
although somewhat advanced in years, is
still willing to adopt advanced ideas in
farming. Among other things he has
commenced the foundation of an excel
lent herd of Jerseys having at present a
dozen herd in all, at least. One full blood
hefer when TWO years old gave twenty
four pounds of milk day, from which
was made ten pounds Of butter in week,
on grass alone. The COWS hold out their
milk remarkably well, so much rs to rend-
er it difficult to dry them off before calv-
ing, and one has had two calves and not
been dry during the time.
One heifer dropped her calf when only
10 months and 26 days old, and gave birth
to four calves before she was four years
old.
Jerseys are growing more and more in
favor in this State, and occupy promin-
ent position at our fairs. At our State
fair they took the lead in numbers, and
added much TO the interest of the exhibit
ton. Other prominent breeds were also
well represented, and much more import
ance is attached to the raising of good stock
than was formerly the case.-E. r. T., IN
Mass PlOaghnutn.
West Berkshire, W.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-11-21

We are all aware how careful our hor.
SEES are not to drink out of even II clean
pail that has held soap-suds-how they
prefer soft water-that is, water free from
even the salts of lime-to that which, hold
ing these salts in solution, is hard; and
how they reject all waters tainted with
animal matters. In fact, as it is well OBJ
served by an eminent veterinary surgeon,
OF all the articles of diet necessary to a
horse, the most important is water (thrpe-
lourths of the entire body of a horse is
simply water). Pure soft water is best
for him; hard water is apt to produce col
ir and calculous disorders in the ntestines.
The sheep, when living in state of ma
ture, drinks ut a little water, and that of
the purest kind, such as that of mountain
tarns, and other upland springs. 1t is on
ly W hen sheep become domesticated, 10.
Gated ON the richly manfred soils of our
valleys, confined to damp meadows and
marshes full of impure. stagnant water,
that they become d., a,ed. Wes,e ther,
that the construction of our house drains
Is a.question which involves not only the
purify of The air we breathe, but also that
OF tile water consumed by our household
and our live stock.-Cuth6er W. Johnson,
r. r. s., IN Marb Lane Express.