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The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-11-15

ALTHOUGH the late M. Theirs was not
himself man of science he was anxious
TO possess some knowledge of the several
science as an aid in the writing of a
work on philosophy on which he was en-
gagged during a number of years. His
teachers were chosen from among his
academicians; NJ. Leverrier being his
instructor in astronomy and M. Charles
Saint Claire Deville in chemistry. He
began to write his work under Napo-
Icons rule, desisted when he resumed
his political career, and worked it up
again when he resigned his president
ship. 1t is not yet known whether il
will be published in its present imper-
feet form. AT the time of his death he
was revising what he had written in
order to bring it up TO the level of new
scientific discoveries.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-11-15

GOVERNOR ZEB. VANCE tells of a
New Orleans man who died and left the
seventh article in his will as follows {:
Whereas, II seems that my son John
seems inclined to play poker, which is a
dangerous game to tinker with, unless
you know what you are doing; there
fore l leave my son John $40, 900 that
he may go to Halifax, North Carolina,
and learn how to play the game" 1t
was in the same county in which cir
Gus man wagered large sum that the
Numidian lion in his possession was the
king of beasts, but Halifax man tax
ing up the bet, introduced a Roanoke
turtle into the cage, and in short time
the turtle seized the lion by the nose
and caused him to give up the ghost.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-11-15

1T is related that when Andrew Jack
son was military commander in Florida
he had tried at drumhead court martial.
sentenced and hanged, two Englishmen
who had tried to incite insurrection
among the Indians. President Monroe
feared that Great Britain would be in
dignant, and summoned Jackson to
Washington to be reprimanded. Secre.
tary Adams defended jackson and made
long argument, in which he quoted in
ternational law as expounded b,
Grotius, Vattel and Puhendorf. Jackson
listened in sullen silence, but that even
ing, when asked at a dinner part,
whether he was not comforted by Mr.
Adams's citation Of authorities he ex
claimed: "What do care about thes
old musty chaps? Blast Grotius, bias
Vattel and blast the Puffen-chap. Tbi
is fight between Jim Monroe and me
and ] propose to fight it out"
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-11-15

LITTLE Mary had ride in an eleva-
tor, and when she reached home the fol-
lowing interesting conversation took
place: Little Mary, (breathless with
excitement, )-Oh, mammal ] had ride
in a crocodile. Mother-In what, my
child9 Little Mary In crocodile.
Mother-Why, what do you mean, my
dear? What kind of a crocodile was it ?
Little Mary-Oh, it was a little house
with string tied to it; and it had seats
inside and was elegant; and we went
into it, and the man shut the door, and
then we went up and down. Mother
(smiling WASN'T it an alligator. "
nv dear? Little Mary, (thoughtfully,
oh, yes. The man did call it an alli-
gator, and then thought it was a croco-
dile. A short maternal disquisition
upon phonology.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-11-15
How a Dialect Actor got a Costume.

In conversation with reporter of the
San Francisco Chronicle the other day,
Mr.. Joseph Emmet, the actor, described
his difficulty in securing the costume he
wears when playing Fritz, the German
emigrant:
at was in Buffalo, New York." said
Mr.. Emmet, that / succeeded in get
ting SO excellent dress for Fritz Up
to the day / was to play the part for the
first time l had nothing suitable to wear
in the character. had seen many emi-
grants, but none of them were attireG
Enthusiastically enough to suit me.
I rehearsed for the last time, and felt
much annoyed at the deficiency. But
I trusted to Providence, and started
once more for the railway station, where
the emigrant train wasexpected- place
| had been visiting previously for some
time. When there five minutes heard
the whistle. In came the train and of
jumped the emigrants-one, two, three
and none had clothes to suit me. But
number four wore an unique costume of
the Fatherland, just the thing / wanted.
approached him and addressed him in the
best German / could command. He
knew too much Dutch for me, and when
got out words he simply looked puzzled.
/ tried English and he seemed worried.
I took hold of his coat and pointed at his
boots to show that they were the things
] was after. That settled it. He thought
/ was rogue or emigrant runner, and
tried to edge out of the depot and get
away from me. / took his arm and
invited him to have a glass of beer.
Neinl neinp he exclaimed, and rushed
away from me as if were robber. /
was not to be so defeated. I wanted
his clothes and must have them.
"I rushed into an adjacent lager beer
saloon and called to the barkeeper:
Emmet-Here, Peter come here
quick.
Peter-Vy, vots de matter, 70? You
looks oxcited.
Emmet-Don't stop there. Come
here, or it will be too late f
"Peter-My Gott, man, you looks
frightened of yourself. Vas a house on
a fire? .i-.-
Emmet-Do you see that emigrant
two squares up going into that lager
beer saloon?
Peter-Yah; I sawn him.
Emmet-Run after him and get that
suit of clothes he has on. must have
them or can't play Fritz tonight.
Veil; gots you an odder one.
Emmet-No, no; shall make 8
failure in any other dress but the one he
has on. Go and get it at once. Buy il
at any price. One hundred, two hun
dred dollars. must have it..
Peter-Vell, vait; gots my hat.
Emmet-never mind your hat. Yor
will lose the fellow. I'll lend you one
So Peter rushed up the street at &
full run without his hat and entered the
saloon. He stayed good while.
became anxious, and leaving the beer tc
take care of itself 1 rushed after him
Going into the place found the emf
grant surrounded by half doze1
American Germans who were reasoning
with him. / called Peter, and renewed
my comedy with him. According tc
Peters account he wouldn't sold ZEN
because he wanted them to hang up il
his house in memory of Deutschland.
Money couldn't induce him. l ordered
keg of beer, and the Germans pu
themselves outside of it and became yer,
| happy. | renewed the offer, and finall,
obtained them for thirty dollars"
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-11-15

A RECENT letter from the Custer bat
tle-ground on the Little Big Horn River
states that the graves of those who fell
in the battle are now in good condition.
When Colonel Brackets force examined
the field in September they found twelve
human skulls and some bones above
ground. These had been dug up by In.
dians or wolves. They were collected
and reinterred. Bones were scattered
over the field in every direction. But
they are not human bones. The soldiers
remains seem to have been inferred with
care, and the writer of the letter, who
went over the entire battle-ground
says 1T is unseemly for people to sa,
that the bones of these men lie bleach
ing in the sun and without decen
burial" because such was not the case
and is not now.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-11-15

The story is told of a woman who
freely used her tongue to the scandal of
others, and made confessions to the
priest Of what she had done. He gave
her ripe thistle-top, and told her to 90
out in various directions and scatter the
seeds one by one. Wondering at the
penance, she obeyed, and then returned
and told her confession. To her amaze
ment, ne bade her go back and gather
the scattered seeds; and when She OBJ.
jected that il would be impossible. he re.
pied that it would be still more d;ff;cui,
70 gather up and destroy all evil reports
which she had circulated about others
Any thoughtless, careless child car
scatter a handful Of thistle seeds before
the wind in a moment, but the stronges
and wisest man cannot gather then
again.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-11-15
UnexDected Missiles.

Passengers on the deck of large
pleasure steamboat, running through the
narrows of New York Harbor, several
years ago, were amazed and greatly
alarmed by seeing large cannon ball
pass over the boat. The ball was from
cannon in Fort Hamilton, which the
gunners had supposed was aimed at a
target nowhere near the boat. The resi-
dents of the quiet village of Minton, in
England, have also had an experience of
bombardment in time of peace At
midday, sixteen-pound shell fell in
the middle of the main street, and
plowed up the turf long distance.
Another shell fell into garden near by,
and third entering the roof of barn,
utterly demolished the building. The
frightened villagers fed from their
homes to the open country. 1t was soon
ascertained that the Royal Horse
Artillery were practising gunnery upon
a lofty eminence some two miles dis
tant, and that the gunners had put
their targets in a line with the village
A mounted messenger informed tn,
officer in command of the village catas
trophe, and the firing ceased.
THE man who said he was out on
| 1o RI
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-11-15

A LITTLE chap had dirty face, and
his teacher told him to go and wash it.
He went away, and after a few minutes
came back with the lower part of his
countenance tolerably clean, while the
upper part was dirty and wet.
"Johnny," said teacher, "why didn't
you wash your faceY'
81 did wash it, sir"
You didn't wipe it all over then"
"I did wipe it as high up as my shirt
would go."
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-11-15

THE death of the "Anstrian woman J"
Marie Antoinette was remembered this
year in the performance of solemn
mass every hour, from seven o'clock till
noon, on the eighty-fourth anniversary
of her taking Off" The first was per-
formed on the spot in the chapel in the
Rue d Anjou, where the unhappy Queens
body lay for twenty-one years.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-11-15

A FOREIGN journal says that the war
in Bulgaria has had one very curious
effect which will greatly interest natu-
ralists. The swallows which left Raab
and some other places more than two
weeks ago, have come back in a state of
great excitement, and retaken possession
of their old nests with much clamorous
indignation. 1t is generally supposed
that they have been frightened back by
the noise Of the artillery.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-11-15

THE body of man named Trout was
recently recovered from the water near
Olympia. Mr.. Loring Pickering, the
famous tombstone poet, has written the
following epitaph on the deceased. Mr..
Pickering's severest critics will confess
that it is written in his happiest manner
Here lies the remains of the late Mr.. Trout,
Who fell in the water and couldn't get out,
The fact that Trout was unable to swim,
Surprising to others, was fatal to him..
As he sank to the bottom he bubbled wish
To dwell with the angels, a fying-fsh.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-11-15

1T was little hard on the boy, for he
meant we'll, and had sincere admira-
ton for the girl. They were sitting at
the table with company of Others, and
AS he passed her the sugar he murmured
in an undertone, "Here it is, sweet,
Just like YOU" The compliment was a
little awkward, to be sure, but he meant
it, and it seemed more than cruel when,
in a moment later, she had occasion to
pass the butter to him, she drawled,
here it is, soft, just like you.n
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-11-15

The greatest man is he who chooses
the right with invineible resolution /;
who resists the sorest temptations from
within and without; who bears the
heaviest burdens cheerfully; who is
calm in storms, and most fearless under
menace and frowns; and whose reliance
on truth, ON virtue, and in God, is most
unfaltering. 81
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-11-15

A MAN and wife at New Britain, Con-
necticut, made an agreement some time
ago, by which he was to stay at home and
care for the children while she went
away to work at mill. Things worked
satisfactorily for some time, the man
getting goods on credit for the family
use and his wife settling the bills
monthly. Recently, however, the
monthly payment failed. The man was
sued by the storekeeper, and Judge Beach
has Just decided that he is not liable for
the debt.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-11-15
EDITORIAL OLNO.

The quantity of herrings caught this
year on the Danish coasts is said to be
enormous, and it is hoped that these
fish, which suddenly deserted the Danish
waters about three hundred years ago,
after having for centuries represented
the chief source Of revenue to the coun-
try, may now again direct their migra-
tions 10 the Danish coasts.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-11-15

IT would seem that not only is the eli
mate Of Iceland growing so cold that
grain cannot ripen there, but that of
Scandinavia and Western Europe is be-
coming more severe. This is due, it is
supposed, TO the steady descent of the
ice Of the far North upon the shores of
Iceland. IL has been ascertained that
the temperature of Greenland was once
much more mild than at present. Plants
have been discovered in fossil state
there which cannot now present a sign of
of life. In the Atlantic, also, ice has
been found much further south than
formerly. Is another ice age slowly max
ing its approach?
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-11-15

A WELL KNOWN girl of the period
En- Bezzle.-Nep York Weekly, Her
near and dear relative-D Fault.-Nor-
risto,cn Herald. And the pet name by
which friends salute them both is p. X.
Dillo.-Grdphic.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-11-15

WITHIN ten years, no less than IL,
000,00 acres Of forest have been cut
down or burned over in the United
States. Much of the timber is used for
fuel, twenty-five cities being on record
rs consuming from 5000 to 10000 acres
each. Fences use up much timber, and
railway sleepers require the product of
10000 acres per annum. The amount
of pine and lumber timber yet standing
in the fcres.s Of the timber States, is
estimated at 225,OOO,' 10000 feet. The
sum Of sl44,tOO0O0 is invested in the
timber industry, employing 200, 900 men.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-11-15

DURING the late combats before
Plevna the Russians left scattered about
the field large quantity of bank-notes,
which Turkish money-changers buy from
the Mussulman soldiers at the rate of
seven cents rouble, the roubIe being
worth seventy-fve cents. Russian mus
kets gathered on the field sell for ten or
twelve cents each, and revolvers for
about the same price.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-11-15

A NEBRASKA judge decided to give
horse thief one more chance to reform.
As the fellow left the neighborhood to
begin newer and better life he took along
the Judges horse to help him.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-11-15

The Rochester Democrat is capable OF
wicked ambiguity when it says: "Tne
public will be panied to hear that George
Wilkes, who is in Paris, has been seri
ously ill-and has recovered"
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-11-15

THE man who said he was out on
lark was really out on swallow.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-11-15

80. ....SLoV
1t allows, however, no margin for ribbons,
laces, gloves, handkerchiefs, perfumery,
nor any of those small items of personal
expense, such as stationery, which social
life involves; nor does it mention furs nor
gifts of any description for birthdays or
HOLIDAYS
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-11-15
I'm left here with me sorrow
This dark day;
That may die tomorrow
T shall pray'n

shall pray"
"Poohp'
cob! you may make light of this
aching heart, sir, but I'll soon be under
the sods."
You'll soon get that red color out of
your face, your hands washed, your hair
combed and a job for sixty days." he
replied.
eff you send me up I'll choke meself
to death with stringW
"That is nothing to me, Mrs. johnson.
If lend man my snow-shovel and he
breaks his back by falling over it the law
can't hold me- Go in and sit down.
There's pan of snow apples, a dime
novel and a good fire in there"
IGNORANCE Is BLISS.
Josephus Irving, a village blacksmith,
was found at midnight in a doorway
trying to rout up a grocer's clerk. He
would shake the door, and when an
officer came up Irving inquired:
Shay, you, / wa shum shugar."
''I will sweeten you," remarked the
guardian as he clutched his collar and
took him down.
"Don't you know any better than tt
be calling for sugar at midnight ssolemr
hourw sternly demanded his Honor
as the meek-eyed smith was brough
out.
"No, sir"
"Don't you know that you wer'
drunk? ?"
"No, sir"
"And that you raised disturbance p
No, sir"
"Don't you know that your cenduc
was reprehensible, to say the least ?"
"No, sir"
"Well, Pll educate you up to tina
point in one York minute, Mr.. Irving.
r fine you five dollars"
e "That's 'nuf education for me-" sal
the man, as his hand went down for tn
4 cash, and after getting out doors he $,
y cured ten dollars worth of revenge b
throwing mud on BiJah's clean doc
e step.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-11-15

often the fear of being
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1877-07-28
EDUBEE n O. %

Keber's Block, Bank-st., Lehighton.
Notice. To the Public.- A, ],
DURLING's Family Drug and Medicine store.
Tin DR.. Rebers Block,, is OPEN on SUNDAYS
lr"m 5 to 10 O'Clock, A. NJ, to 2h & 5to7P.
hosidence-ist door above NJ. Z. Church. d.,
"A. j. Durling, our popular Drug.
gist' having dispensed with the services of n
clerk" is behind the Counter Dealing ont and
Compromising Nice, Pure. Fresh, UnaduItersted
Medicines for the Sick and Afflicted at Keduc.
ed Prices. 4"- XXX. -"
AT A. j. Durling's Drug Store,
you can get your Prescriptions and Family
RecipesCompoundeda accurately & scientifically.
AT A. j. Durling's old established
DRUG and PRESCRIPTION STORE, you can
rely on getting a Strictly Pure Article. No
mistakes from incompetent assistants as he dis.
penses and prepares with his own hands.
1t is just splendid What? Why
that New Perfume 1 got at DURLINGs,Drug
Store. His own make up-he calls it ANY
OWN" 25c. and 5Oc per bottle ,..i - .i,w
1000 lbs. Pure Caustic Soda, or
Salted Potash, for SOAP MAKING, lust receive.
ed at A. ]. DURLING's Drug store, and selling
at a very low price,
Wall Paper Wall Paper Wall
Paper At A. ]. DURLING's Drug store. /.
NEW STYLES Just received at Greatly RE-,
DUCED PRICES. Call and Examine. d.
"A. j. Durling, our popular Drug.
Gist, having an experience OF II Years, knows
whereof he speaks, when he says he guarantees
that EVERY ARTICLE bought at his DRUG
STORE is of the PUREsT and BEST that can
be found in the Markets.
"A. j. Durling, the Druggist, has
Just received a Fresh Invoice Of Fine FRENCH
and CALIFORNIA BRANDIES, OLD Hof.-
ed PORT and SHERRY WINES Domestic
CLINTON and other GRAPE WINES for
Medicinal and Sacramental Purposes. =.
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Glenn's Sulphur Soap

is Il SPECIFIC in those OBNOXIOUS DIS
EASES, which have been treated heretofore
with "Sulphur Ointments" having the advall-
taGe of beng CLEAN, lNOFFENSIVE and
UNINJURIOUS 5 to CLOTHING.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1877-07-28
July 81, 1871.

n, y n day at home. Agents wanted. Outfit
p = and terms free. TRU e & Co. Augusta,
Maine
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1877-07-28

DIRECTIONS.-For Diseases OF the Skin
battle freely ana aEpl, o thick aher before re
tirIng allowing II to r,maln over ngnL For
moved immediately. For GOut, rheumatism,
SIralus Brui>es and cuts apply c.Oths VOL
sIturated with strong solution. For Oli
Sores and UiceIs 1t Is tnValua0ie. Use freely
as Il lOtOa. fUr a preventive in Obnoxious
Diseases use q strong suds aS u wash, external
ly ana by injection. IT NEVER FAILS,
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