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The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-05-31
Dancing Against Time.


ALI the seats were cleared away from
the floor of Tammany Hall in New York
City, the other evening, but few hun
dred people occupied the sides and gal
lery, and watched Prof P. Valleau Car
tier, the votary of Terpsichore, in his
effort to beat former achievement, by
waltzing for six hours, without pausing
for rest or refreshments. Mr.. Cartier is
a young man, probably not more than
thirty years of age, and of slight but
athletic proportions. Dancing seems to
be no exertion to him, and hour after
hour he glided over the smooth floor as
easily as though he had but just COM
menced the exercise.
Precisely at seven o'clock the Profes-
sor, in full evening dress, appeared upon
the floor, and to the strains of violin
and piano commenced his task, with
Mr.. J. Puttick for a partner. The Prof
whirled gracefully around, dancing mile
after mile without appearing to beincon-
veniently heated, or showing any signs
of exhaustion. At the end of half an
hour Mr.. Puttick retired, and his place
was taken by Mrs. P. V. Cartier, wife of
the Professor. With her Mr.. Cartier
was more at his ease.
After the Professor had wearied sew
eral partners his indefatigable wife again
took the floor. Despite her previous
exertions, she danced for thirty two min
utes, when she yielded her place to Mr.
Murphy, leaving her husband apparently
as fresh as when he started at seven
o'clock. Occasionally he drank half a
glass of lager beer, holding the glass to
his lips without ceasing a moment to
whirl around in the waltz, and at frequent
intervals he took piece of lemon from
the hand of au attendant.
Mr.. Murphy was content to rest his
reputation upon ten minutes record.
After waltzing with several other part
ners, the Professor showed unmistakable
signs of WEAKNESS. One of them held
him tightly around the waist, and
allowed him to rest as much as possible
Instead of lemon, Jumps of ice were
placed in his mouth, and towards eleven
o'clock he seemed to get fresh strength
Loud cheers greeted the Professor as he
completed his fifth hour, but he entered
upon his last sixty minutes in very
exhausted condition indeed. All the
springy grace and ease that had charac
terized his dancing early in the evening
had disappeared, and he waitzed slowly
and leaned heavily upon his partner
but with indomitable resolution he
danced on, and, after twenty minutes
with Mr.. Hayes, he threw his ARM
around Mr.. VIM. MacGregor's waist
and started again with apparently re
newed vigor. A lady in another part Of
the hall, who had overtasked her dane.
ing powers, fell from her partners arm
to the floor in fainting fit, and wa
with difficulty restored to consciousness
but the Professor waltzed on.
"He looks fresher than he did al
hour ago." one of the judges said. "He'l
do it." And he did. Mrs. Cartier sue
ceeded Mr.. MacGregor as her husband
partner, and at one o'clock in the morn
ing, amid tumultuous bursts of applause
he completed the unparalleled task Q
dancing for six consecutive hours.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-05-31
Iffftstng the Thieces.

A lady. closely veiled, hired, not long
ago, in the suburbs of Duna, Russian
city on the River Dumburg, carriage,
and dumping box securely corded into
the vehicle, ordered the driver to stop at
a shop where, as she said, she had to
make some purchases. The driver stop
ped and waited; but the lady did not re-
turn. Then he asked the shopkeeper to
allow him to leave the box. Permission
was denied, but on consultation, the
box was opened by the two men, when
the body of an infant was exposed. The
driver did not know what to do, fearing
that he would be arrested for murder.
The shopkeeper advised him to put the
box in the carriage, drive to the market
place, and leave it unattended while he
ate dinner, in the expectation thai some
one would steal the box. Tine driver
took the hint, and the box disappeared
Neither the lady or dead body has since
been heard of
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-05-31
AN Oriental diplomatist writing in tn

AN Oriental diplomatist writing in the
New York Times says the policy OF
Alexander of Russia is not the policy of
Nicholas. The spirit of the govern
ment of Nicholas was repression, that of
Alexander is development. Nicholas
wanted to occupy Constantinople; Alex
ander is only anxious that the Turks
shall hold it no longer. Nicholas sought
the annexation of all the European
Turkish provinces; Alexander only
wishes to disintegrate the Sultan's en-
pire by aiding the provinces to becom
independent states.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-05-31
CiSfe7.n WQte9..

Colonel Waring says in Serabner: In
ing a considerable portion of the year,
the water falling upon the roof of any
house, if properly collected and stored, is
ample for the whole supply of the family
which that roof shelters. This water as
it falls is ordinarily free from any inn
purity that can affect its taste, and from
every source of serious fouling, though
after long continued drought it is we'll
to divert and discharge upon the surface
of the ground the first ten minutes flow
of a showcase that the impurities of
the air and the dust of the roof may be
first removed. After this first dash,
lead to the cistern all that follows. Even
with this precaution the water will be
more agreeable for use if filtered. There
are numerous systems for making filters
in cisterns. but no ether is so simple, nor
80 durable and satisfactory as the separa-
ton of that part of the cistern from
which the suction-pipe leads by wall
of brick and cement. It is simply neces-
sary to build wall of brick set on
edge 1.-TWO and half inches thick)
so as to include about one quarter
of the area of the bottom, sloping
it back SO as to terminate against
the side of the cistern at height of from
four to six feet This wall should be SO
we'll cemented at its joints that wafer
can only pass through the material OF
brick, and for strength its form should
be slight tly bulging. A wall of this sort,
measuring say six feet at its base and
rising to a height of six feet at its high
est point. will transmit an amount OF
water sufficient to supply the demand ot
the most constant pumping that any
domestic use can require.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-05-31

A PARIsIAN and his wife quarreled.
al shall drown myself" she finally cried
out, exasperated. $50, if am all that
deters you," he answered. Still, he fol-
lowed her, and when she threw herself
into the Seine, plunged in and brought
her to land. As he was climbing up the
bank, however, he slipped back into the
river, and, being exhausted by his pre-
vious exertion, was unable to save him.
self. His wife seeing his situation,
plunged in after him, but As she could
not swim, that was of no avail, and both
must have been drowned had it not been
for the timely arrival of some policemen,
who pulled them out. The pair went
home like two turtle doves.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-05-31
NOceI LQtCStsSt.

North Carolina has had a novel law
suit. 1t is a popular opinion that no
American citizen ever refuses an Office.
But one Aaron G. Headen, of Pittsboro,
N. c., was duly elected town constable,
and refused to serve. Thereupon the
town commissioners commenced suit
against him, in Justices court, to re-
cover twenty-five dollars, the penalty
prescribed by statute for declining office.
The suit passed up to the supreme court,
which ordered Headen to pay the pen
atty and costs. A similar case was never
known in that State.
Years ago when John Tyler left the
Presidential chair, he was so unpopular
that his neighbors in Virginia elected
him road-master, as a mark of their con-
tempt for him. Mr.. Tyler accepted the
office. In those days the road-master
was in the habit of leaving the roads to
nature, and only when they became
nearly impossible, he called out the
planters to mend them.
Not thus. however, did Mr.. Tyler dis
charge his official duties. He summoned
the planters to appear by gangs O.
negroes, and worked given number O
days on the roads. Whenever a storm
bloke up road, the nearest planters
were called on to mend it. Never before
had there been such good roads in tina
part of the country, or so much grum
bling heard from the planters whos'
slaves did tie work.
At last tthey sent a committee to Mr.
Tyler, 70 request him to resign. "Gentle
me- ;" he replied, 81 have made it a rul
neyer to decline public office, au'
never to resign one to which l was ap
pointed"
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-05-31
TIE PUZZLED DUTeHMAN.
BY CHARLES +. ADAMS.

I'm broken-hearted Deutscher,
Vots villed NIT Grief unit shame,
l dells you vot der drouble ish-
doesn't know my name.
You dinks 1t ferry vunny, Ell?
Ven you der story hear,
You will not wonder den so mooch,
1t vas so shtranse und queer.
Mein mudder had dwo liddle dyins-
Dey vas me und mein brudder;
We lookt so very mooch alike
No Won knew vich from toder.
Won Of der poys was Yawcup,
Und Hans der oder's name;
But den 1t made no different
We both got called der same.
Veil, Won of us got tead---
Yaw, Mynheer, dat is so;
But vedder Hans or Yawcup,
Mein mudder she don't know,
Und so am in droubles;
CAN'T git droo mein he'd
Vedder I'm Hans vot's living,
Or Yawcup vot is ted.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-05-31

The Arizona Indians have weakness
for cremation. Among them when
husband and wife get at that point where
in civilized land separation in bed and
board is considered desirable, the grand
council of the tribe sits on the case and
condemns the couple to be burnt to-
gether. When, moreover, a mother dies
in childbirth, the offspring is burnt alive
on its own responsibility. No mission
aries.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-05-31

A GAY young wild, " of Baltimore the
other day gave OFT that her sister was
dead and' &C, r,ordingly, the house was
darkened I'd no one presumed to intrude
upon tn % afflicted widow. Several days
eia .,'sed but there was no funeral. Finally
+, che landlord went to condole with his
tenant, but had to climb the back fence
togain entrance to the premises, which he
found totally deserted. The afflicted
widow was in arrears for rent, and under
the protection of black Grape and dark
ness had carried of her household effects
] to parts unknown
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-05-31

How often, oh, how often we find
man who will pay eleven dollars for
box of cigars without n QUESTION or
moments hesitation, who will contract
his brows and start back in speechless
horror and stare for ten straight minutes
at the item, "to one piece of dress braid'
ten CENTS" in dry goods bill that his
trembling wife hands HIM.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-05-31

"EXHoRT and "yeast" are from the
same root, which signifies something
boiling or overdowing.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-05-31

A New HAMPSHIRE paper relates that
at Newton, in that State, mad dog,
after having been wounded, took refuge
in barn, where some of the hay became
soaked with his blood. The hay was fed
to a horse, which went mad.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-05-31

The pound of flesh-making tough
steak tender.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-05-31
PENCIL AND SCISSORS.

LAVENDER felt the spring influence, q
few days ago, but the bad weather con-
fined his muse to the following confes-
sion.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1877-02-10

Mr.. J. w. Allen has blooded calf
he wHs offered a hundred dollars for
wh8u 1t was three days old. The COW
IL d thoroughbred Durham and Jersey
The bull was Pleasant Tayior's i'm
ported Durham bull.
Ar. J. Walker has also SOW,
thorough bred Poland China " hich he
Bought two years ago from scavepEer
lot, for which he paid twenty dollars
lie has since sold two hundred and
forty dollars worth of pigs from, her,
counting one pig which was porked
aud weighed two hundred pounds
at ten months Of age, and has eight
pigs on hand.
TIE HERALD is pleased to note that
citizens OF Dallas county are deeply In
lerested in importing the finest Of
flooded stock. General Ganb aud
Co!ouel Dent have ht ped cur matters
wonderfully with their shcF, horne,
and now we have D.. J. ), Stewart
importing the finest o! Berkshire aud
Poland China hogs The doctor anu
bis partner, MIR. Benson, have their
hogs just north Of lhe city, and from a
personal examination the reporter il
Satisfied that no finer stock has ever
entered the State. The Ocean @ leeb
aud Duke of England are especially
notable animals. From the Kentucky
Live Stock Record We learn that DIR.
Stewart purchased these hogs from
Abram Vanmeter. Esq, of Clark
| county, Ky, and that paper u very
high authority asser that they are
the most famous breed OF Bersshires
ever known in Kentucky or else
where. Mr.. Vanmeter, :. We'll known
breeder of tine stock in Kentucky, i'm
ported the hogs we have new in Dallas
directly from England.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1877-02-10
IN. nn,i.- nir-c,arx.

THE HERALD aeknb Wedges the re-
ceipt of a copy OF the new City Direct
cry for 1877. Accord ng to 1t there arr
one wooien mill, two uudertakers, two
thesters, thirty-fdur liquor saloons,
three stencil variety works and gun.
smiths, four shoe dealers; one solicitor
la bankruptcy, foar sewing mach Nc
agents, four saddiery houses, three saw
and planning niiis, niue real estate
firms, ten restsuri nts, seven printing
and book binding establishments, fouf
painters, seven comm ission merchants
three notaries pabtis, thirty-uine ply
siciaas, four photogr aphers, two pho "
factories, two manuf 4c;urers of mat,
trasses and bedding, ony M nufacture,
of mAc..;ier eleven IA iilinery estab
iishmente, one marble cut:er, eignt
merchant ,aiiofs, three music stores
ute leather aud shoe findings establish
nent, one cigsr, one broom ,oae trunk
Que barrel, cue oil works. one eappe,
| aud brass manufacturers, one sods ,oIas
wagon and esrfiage, enc brick yard
one mercantile agency, four wholesale
iqlor dealers. foar luna Der dealers, 81,
livery stables. four insurance agencies
one intelligence office, niue jewelers.
sixty two lawyers, fifteen hotels, foui
hides, wool and peitry houses. 81,
hnrd"are ijaases, forty groceries, fis,
fur stores, four furniture stores, fnu
| deniists, twelve Trait stores, tire,
talpdaries, twelve druggists. seven ag
ricni,ure machinery houses, u:n,
bakeries, Xix tanks. eight barber si,ope
xix loot and shoe h ouses, six hrok z :
eleven meat markets, three bookseller
aud staiienerie-, four fismr aud girls
mills. eHe china aud : iasaeare house
one Ice depot, one coffee and spic,
ann, three carpenter and bIiiiier.
nine cotton bnyers. five cioti,in,
hoises. ten cigar and ratmeeo hou4 y
Gus. eommerciai college, ten caring
repasitors. four cigar manufacturers
three suetioneers, seventeen dry good
aenisrs. ten architects.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1877-02-10
A SHARP PAINTER.
sac Takes "a CentzArs ana Tai. es ia Sew
eaai ParfsRN

y foreigner ty the name OF Henry
Aiilrr, Who TX The roDiraet frnni
s5eti,.vs & su:Atrs, tue esh rsetsss
s.i,e es@ iiGil lag fhe resided, e for air.
j. b. simpson, represented 80 Getides 4
Caro- fefs, several lays agj, hist he
Intended to buy the material for doing
the job from Mr.. J. Saieid-, aud finish
il himself. He then went to Shields
sho refused To credit him, but iald
him II he would get an order from Mr.
Simpson, or any cue he (Shields)
knew, he might have the material
Miller then went to Mr.. Simpson, and
succeeded ia getting an order on
Shields for seyenIy-six dollars worth
OF paints aud oils, Yesterday moru-
ing, soout hiatt past teu, he offered the
material 10 Hamilton & Myers for sale.
Mr.. Hamilton went up to Milier's
boarding house to see the material,
which was being held for Miller's
hoard. Mr Hamilton paid Miller's
board bill OF ten doIiars, after which
Miller took the material down to Ham
Siton < Myers shop, and they paid
him for il Ioriy-two dollars,
Meantime, Miller had represented To
Hamilton that this material belonged
TO u friend OF his (Millei's1, who was
sick aud wanted TO sell it. In other
words that lie WAS selling 1t for
another party. Miller has not been
seen since Yesterday ut 2 o'clock
Miller is about twenty eight years
old, five feet ten inches in height,
slender build, is either Swiss or Ger
man by birth, possibly French. He
has sandy colored hair and mousts che,
light complexion, blue eyes, a; d Eesi-
tatps when ne talks. He is very SHARP
aud shrewd looking
These facts are gathered by HER
AID reporter from Me-srs. Hamilton,
Gsddes and Shields. Miller n supposed
20 have gone to Shreveport. Mean
/ time, Mr.. Hamilton Is out Si2, Geddes
aud CarGtLers are the victims of mis-
| placed confidence, aud MI Simpsons
| house remains implanted.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1877-02-10
Another Marine DisssIer-AIi 1--we.
Aboard Lost.


New YORK. February Ca St,
johns, New Iioundland dispatch
gives the following additional particu-
lars Of the wreck ofthe steamer George
Washington. She went ashore prcba-
bly, on the night of the S0tb, about
one-half mile vest freni Mistaken
Point, and eight miles south east from
Cape Race. Loss Ct the ste mer re.
manned undiscovered by the inhabi-
tants of The coast, till the 18th. Men
from the shore were lowered by ropes
seventy fathnms over cliff, and found
parts of thirteen human bodies, " hieh
they buried. Features were not recog.
fizable. One hoiy was marked in
India lux, with the letters J. H. s. aud
r. All on board the steamer when
she sunk were undoubtedly lost. No
valuable property was saved. The
lives were lost by the recent sinking
off the coast of India of the steamer
Ambassador, after collision with
the American ship George Il. Manson.
Sr, JOHNS Feb 7.-George Wash
ington was loet at French Mistaken
Port. Men lowered down cliffs found
fragments of bodies broken on rocks.
a large gold ring found on u finger
identified as that Of chief engineer.
Fragments of fifteen bodies buried.
Men lowered of elifis handed in re-
maiDs.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1877-02-10


i may be purely professional, hat it
isu't nerciful or consistent in an attor-
uey TO make as long y speech ~ he
can oftenIimes he might exhaust the
subject in five minutes, but he don't
think he is coming Il wn To bis work
or making that impression he ought,
unless be holds up as long As his minh
will permit.
Then again, fne fault of the average
legal forensic effort is not only in its
length aua general irrelevancy, bu the
noise of it. Snne law ers think that
Il IS necessary 10 war Is hard rs their
lungs will let them Others will 90
ambling along nimhly and softly 10
their mCst endeGriEg and persuasive
tones, and all of sudden viii explode,
y ith q report like Il thirteen inch
monitor shell, throwing the yell of ii
Sioux warrior or cam y m Getting revi-
yaiiet completely in the shade, Roar
ing Is oae thing; law, fact and argu-
ment another. Wind isn't law, l. OF
lungs argument.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1877-02-10
comm re. aud Trade Notes.

Merchants are preparing To receive
their spring goods and a good trade is
looked ior.
we note considerable shipments IN
ouHAio hides Ihe largest dealers in
texas are Operating mere
A number OF our merchants have
gone east for their spring stocks, and
they look for Il good spriag trade.
The reports o. tue condition of the
wheat crop continues favorable, al
though the acreage lie less than las,
year.
The real estate market continues
tirm and steedy, aud the transactions,
although not heavy, have been at good
round figures
Tie banks are amnly supplied with
| funds for the ds mantIs of business. and
| are meeting all the requirements OF
trade.
While the recent failures have had y
decreasing effect. We do NOT see that
they have had disastronsIy lasting
| one. The general iuaprs,sion aInou,,
III. mos, exnsrian.ed and ton,ss,
bea ed business men ia that nov men
Win can;tal Ia do t,,,,i,,,.ss viii nau,
| come in and that the coa,n,.reiaI mr.,
press and standing al D.IIas viii NO,
suffsr n.aterisIIy
The trad. in Agricultural i,nn,eua,t.
mas been good. the demand for nIows
wagons and farm MACHINERY heino
| very euenurasinv ia d.aIsrs Our civ
may naw h.. j,ia,ed th. I.rya., 10.
not in the state n, these .u,ni,as
We have no changes of inn ,rt,nea
TO note. There wasa tair at,o,,, :,
| ,,,.f,,.... ,,,,,, ,.,,..,
fran, ths w..t w.s here io,s,n, ,or
location to establish himseIf i'm mai.
aess
4
| oui eoe'o'' ~ Ae' ,oi tue past &c"
| days has declined slightly. tut no,
proporlionately with the leading mar
| ke.. which have h.sn as,,,r.t,,.d
| :
u'iosr Tue pressure o. hage iecelp's ~
tue ports.
The indications now are that instead
Of ihe great falling or in, re,.eip,s ia,
"hi',' Tue s'ioi' e1'p anu hfeo price
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1877-02-10
The fe.s.raI Anx.ou. ee.t.

There is one thing that the many
aspiraats for federal Office. Ia our city
may as we'll prepare for, and that is u
solid opposition from every other lo-
calily in the district. Elch good sized
town viii have its aspiraats, aud while
none nf them may lac particularly san
guiue Of icing appointed, they Will be
very sanguinary in solid war against
all of the Dallas patriots. The average
town in the district has :. big disgust
and an intense envy and Jealousy of
Dallas. Nothing will give the local
er satisfaction than TO go In an unconi
monty lively manner for our squad of
;nourners on the Federal anxious seat
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1877-02-10

Yesterday afternoon SON of Mr..
E.skridge, the cotton buyer, was riding
on q horse with another toy by the
name of Dent Another boy caught
the animal by the toll. and cur him
with switch. The horse threw this
boys or young Deut fsliing on top OF
Eskridge, who, seriously iojurei Ia
ternsiiy, was pus in an express earl
ana carried home. Df John Caring
ton vas sumInoDea Immediately, ant
found the poor little fellow danger
oosiy hurt. Every attention WAS giyef
the boy, who now lies in very cfiti
Cal state, Ionua Eskriige is ahon
ten years old. and an unusual Lriph
asd promising iad. His parents resid.
In the Cedars. corner OF Park aus
| BfDwder streets
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1877-02-10

"Ail work aud no play makes Jack
. dal boy" The furtitude, patience
and amiabilily of our people has tce,,
severely tested this winter. We have
all had our troubles, and some poor
devils more than they could staggpr
under. Taere Is no reason, however.
Why We should spend the rest of the
winter sitting ia our fire places, pour
ing ashes Or our heads aud moaning
over split milk. Let u Has shake oil
her present dumps and 90 In Ter bit
OF fnB. She needs good laugh; she
needs to be reused up from brown
study. - little nonsense nUss auG
then is reilshed by the ui.est OF neu. IS
let all hands then 90 uto the recep-
ton Of the King OF the Carnival Oh
the ilh of April tooth and nail, and
stop caterwau,ing aud poutiug over
hard times performance. That never
did mend matters.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1877-02-10
The King Of abe Carnival.

The Mystic Revelers, the secret
order charged specially with the
proper reception of bis Most Gracious
Maje7iy Rex, the King of the Carnival.
must be making due preparations fer
the reception OF the King so soon as it
L. known lie may visit bis royei capi
tai, IL We are O judge ~ fke many or.
ders for them Ia meet which appear.
rHE HERALD reporter, departing Of
attempting Ia get any inkliug of Whit
may he the sal jet to lie represented
this year in the night procession, has
long since ceased to attempt o do so,
aud can onty await, like other mortsis,
the coming of the King.