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The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-09-27
HO! Farmers, for Iowa

Send n Postal Card for description and maps Of
,an.nU of II. Il. Lands for sale on long terms.
Soil fiTst-class. Tickets FREE to land-buyers from
Chicago and return. Address j. II. CALHOUN,
Land Commissioner Iowa r. X. Land Co. 92 RAN
doph Street. CHICAGO. or CEDAG RAPlDs, Iowa.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-09-27
GIVES
HEALTH, STRENGTH,
AND APPETITE.

Ny daughter has received great
benefit from the use of "Nege-
tine" Her declining health y as
a source of great anxiety to all
her friends. A few bottles II
"Vegetine" restored her health.
strength and appetite.
n. II. T,LDEN,
insurance and Real Estate Agt.,
No. ~ Sears Building,
Boston, Mass.
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CHARLEsrowN, March l9, 1859.
IL. Il. STEVENS:
Dear Sir: This is to certify that
| have used your BLOOD Prepa-
ration" in my family for several
years, and think that for Scrof-
ula or Cankerous Humors, or
Rheumatic affections, il can not
he cxcelied; and as q blood puri-
fer or spring medicine, il is the
best thing 1 have ever ustd. and
l have used almost everything.
| can cheerfully recommend il
to any ono in need of such
medicine.
Yours, Respectfully,
MRS. "A. DINSMoRE,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1877-02-08
Farmer Slack.

| have a few words to say to you,
Farmer Slack. / hear that you are
considerably in debt; that some Of
the storekeepors refuse to trust you
any more; and generally your credit
is at very low ebb. l have noticed
the way you manage your farm; and
l hope you will take it kindly if !
give you a little good advice, and
show you in what some of your great
est faults consist. In the first place
you do not attend to your, business
thoroughly. You lie in bed too late
in the morning. Good farmers are
the first up; then they see that theil
hired men get up, and do their part
of the "chores" in good season. ]
have noticed also that you will stand
by the roadside and talk with any,
body who comes along, BY the hour,
if they would wait to hear youl
yarns" while your crops are suffer
ing for the want of being cultivated
Then you are in the habit of leaving
your mon to work by themselves
while you go to the village "to hear
the news" You are generally ten
days too late in getting in your
crops, and you don't half attend tc
them when up, and all are badly neg.
lected. Not long ago your neighbors
cattle got into your corn, because
you had neglected to repair your hall
of the fence. You say "the times are
hard" But you have made them
hard, so far as your case is concerned,
by the shiftless manner in which
you manage your farm. Your barn,
yard is on 4 side hill, and one-hali
the manure you make is washed
down in the brook. | could tell you
of many other faults, but the cases
have cited will suffice for the present.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1877-02-08
The Folly of Using Flinders.

The barbarous andunphilosophical
practice of using binders on horses
is thus pointedly referred to by an
English Journal:
ave never could see what vice or
deformity lay in horses eye that
should make it necessary to cover it
up, and shut out its owner from at
least two-thirds of his rightful field
of vision. The poets say that old
age looks backward, but we never
heard of such an idiosyncracy
charged upon horses. The theory
that horse is less apt to be fright
ened when shut out from everything
behind him we suspect to bea fallacy,
else saddle horses and war horses
would be duly blinded. Every horse
is as familiar with his own carriage
as with his own tail, and so far as
his personal fortitude is concerned, is
no more disturbed by being pursued
by one than the other. As for other
scarecrows that come behind they are
mostly familiar to the animal, and
the more fully the horse can perceive
them the more quietly will he sub
nit to their approach, Then it is
such pity to cover up one Of the
most brilliant features of this most
brilliant creature The horse has
borne such hand in the civiliza-
ton of this rough.and-tumble world
that it seems not so much of a cruelty
as a discourtesy, as well as disgrace
to hide his form with embarrassing
toggery. No wonder we estimate the
force in the world as horse power; no
wonder the Romans and Germans,
each in their own language, desig-
mated their aristocracy as riders; no
wonder their descendants made chiv-
airy synonym for their highest vir.
tues. Let the horse be given his
due and unblinded,"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1877-02-08
Wealth is not Happiness

The first great mistake which is
made by most men is making wealth
the object of their lives. But wealth,
we know, does not give happiness
Wealthy men do not because of their
wealth get happiness. The Wander
bits, the Stewards and the Astors
have not been our happiest men,
They are not.the typical men in the
home; they are not the typical men
in social life; they are not the typi-
cal men in the delights of life, or in
the progression of learning, which
perhaps, yields the finest joy men
can know, We can go down lower
still, and find the man who has only
one million or so, or a half million,
and they do not type the happiness
of American homes. Go into their
houses. How splendid, how gorgeous,
how gaudy they are, and yet they
cannot rival the little homes in the
joys of husband and wife, in the
reverence of children for parents, in
the parents guardianship over chill
dren, in all the sweet happiness that
affection spreads abroad like n fra
GRANGE through the chambers of our
houses. You know that almost eve y
American gets wealth who chooses
to, though he loses it again, perhaps;
but he gets it. 1t is not great
proof of ability nor evidence of sue
cess for a man to get wealth in this
country and this age. Now, then, it
seems to us if a young man should
picture to himself rather a quiet
house, sunnily placed on some hill
side, with stretch of meadow in
front, through which courses a run
ming stream, shaded by pleasant
trees, with a loving wife, group of
pleasant faced and virtuous children,
quiotude of days and peaccfulness of
nights, health, contentment of mind,
that would be much better than to
set up fictitious standard and strive
inccssantly for it as though we must
reach it or be utterly undone.-Got.
den Rule.
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Fruit rs n Medicine.

The irregular eating of unripc
fruit is we'll known to be unwhole'
some, The regular and moderate
use of wCll.ripenod fruit is not ST
widely appreciated as contributing
to health. Residents in regions
where more or less malaria prevails
have discovered that nothing. is a
more sure preventive of its delete
rious effects than a regular supply Of
fruit.
But fruits will not only prevent
disease, but in some instances it has
proved one of the best medicines to
cure it, Many years ago chronic
cough, which had excited n good
deal of unoasinoss, was cured by
daily eating ripe raspborrics, recon-
mcndcd by a medical writer of high
authority as an excellent oxpccto-
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1877-02-08

The Pittsburgh Commercial in
speaking of the lumber trade says:
The lumber trade of West Virginia,
although comparatively in its infan-
cy, is already assuming important
proportions, Within the past two
years millions of slaves and railroad
ties have been shipped to points in
this State and Ohio, while a large
amount of ship timber finds its way
to the northern seaports, the greater
part of which is shipped to England,
a party of English capitalists being
located in Wheeling for the prosecu-
ton ofthisbusiness, With the open
ing of the spring West Virginia
promises to assume in the lumber
world an Importance which will en-
title her to considerable more attent-
ion from capitalists than is now ex-
tended.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1877-02-08
Toar4 MANS BETORE IHE PUBLIC.
DR.. C. McLANE'S
CELEBRATED
LIVER PILLS,
roR INK euaE or
Hepatitisi or Liver Complaint
prsrrrst, AND SICK HEADACHE


Symptoms of a Diseased Liver.
Acknowledgements, underline edge
l. of the ribs, Increases on pressure
sometimes the pain is in the left side;
the patientisrarely olieonthe left
side sometimes the pain is feltunder
the shoulder-blade, and it frequently
extends to the top of the shoulder, and
is sometimes mistaken for rheuma-
tism inthearm. The stomachisafiect-
cd with loss fappetite and sickness
the bowels in general are costive,
sometimes alternative with lax; the
Observation-Disclosures pain, accompan-
led with adull, heavy sensation in the
back part. There is generally n con-
siderable loss of memory, accompan-
led with a painful sensation of having
lenundone something which oughtto
have been done. A slight, dry cough
is sometimes an attendant. The pa
tient complains of WEAKNESS and de-
bility heis easily startled, his feet are
cold or burning, and he complainsofa
prickly sensation ofthe skin; his spir-
its are low: and although he is salts
fed that exercise would be beneficial
to him, yet he can scarcely summon
up fortitude enough to tryit. In fact
he distrusts every remedy. Several Of
the abovesymptomsattendthedi disease,
but cases have occurred where few of
them existed, yet examination Of the
body, afterdeath, has shown the LIVER
to have been extensively deranged.
AGUE AND FEVER.
DIR. C. MGLANE's LIVER PILLS, IN
CASES OF AeuE AND FEVER, when
taken with Quinine, are productive of
the most happy results. No better
cathartic can be used, preparatory to,
or after taking Quinine. We would
advise all who are afflicted with this
disease to give them A FAIR TRIAL.
For all Bilious arrangements and as
asimple purgative theyareunequaled.
BEWARE OF INVITATIONS.
The genuine DIR. C. MGLANR's
LIVER Pills are never sugar coated.
Every box has a red wax seal on
the lid, with the impression DR..
MCLANE's LIVER PILLS.
The genuine McLANE's LIVER Pills
bear the signatures of c, M?LANE.
and FLEMING Bios. on the wrappers,
FInsist on your druggist or store
keeper giving you the genuine DR., c.
McLANR's LIVER PILLS, prepared
by Fleming Bros, Pittsburgh, Pa.
. Sold by all respectable druggists
and country storekeeperS generally
TothOse wishing to give Dr.. c. MoI;ssE's LIVER !;
PIlIsa trial, We will mail post paid to dny part OF
ths United States, one box Of Pills for twenty-five
cents. FLEMING BROS, PiitseuFg, Pa
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The Losses Of Pittsburgh by. the
Regent I8renlksnD.

Further Investigation reveals the
fact that s1,5OO,0OO, the first rough
estimate, will not by any means COW
err the losses that have been sustain
ed, and the consequential damages
will add nearly another half million
to the total. A prominent operator
gives it as his opinion that it will
require three years to recuperate
from the disastrous effects Of Sundays
gorge and Tuesdays flood, and get
everything in as good working order
as they were Il week ago, The do
molished tipples, docks, boats and
barges must be replaced, which will
require time, particularly with re-
spect to the floating craft, the manu-
facture of which is not carried on
very extensively here, Owing to
the destruction Of great part of
these facilities, it is claimed that
Pittsburgh in general will be a suff-
erer by the disaster, becausoof the loss
of the great part of the spring trade
in coal, which annually brings large
sums of money from the South for
circulation here, But if the disaster
has its dark side, it has a bright side
also. Men must be employed to re-
build these tipples and barges, and
in various ways with other branches
of trade be benefited. The gentle.
man with whom the writer convers-
ed says that the waters have so com
pletely carried away and swallowed
up the property that the extent OF
the disaster is barely visible to the
eye, and perhaps can hardly be APP
preciated by those who do not know
how rapidly money disappears from
view when invested in coal, barges,
boats, &c. If property to the value Of
million and a half of dollars should
be consumed by fire in a thickly
settled part of the city, it would bring
about by comparison better than any
thing else could, a realizing sense Of
the damage that has befallcn the
coal interests of Pittsburgh Gazette,
24thuh.
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FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
Fence Posts Top Ehd Down.


A study Of vegetable physiology
led me to try several experiments,
many years ago, to throw light upon
this question. The sap of moisture
goes up in the sap-wood from the
roots to the leaves of the trees. l
found if the post is butt end down,
the pores are open upward, and wa
ter can go up, and thus keep the
post moist between wind and water,
which must cause q rapid decay. 1t
appeared probable that the pores
were open only upward, and not
downward in the tree. To test this
I cut a small maple sapling, (two
inches through in May, leaving the
limbs all on, and placed the butt-cnd
in pail of brine. In thirty-six
hours the leaves were saturated with
this brine, the taste of the salt being
strong.
At the same time l had cut an
other maple sappling, and cut of
the top branch, leaving the rest Of
the limbs on. After winding cloth
around the butt-end, to prevent
evaporation, l placed the top end in
q pail of brine and allowed it to re-
main several days, but no brine had
been absorbed at the top end. 1t
had not penetrated the pores as far
as the end was immersed in the
brine, for if the bark was scraped,
there was not the slightest taste Of
salt to be found. This being the
case in the green tree, how much
more must the pores of the dry tree
be closed from the top end downward?
| have tried many similar expert
mcnts, and think the question set
tied that if a post is placed top end
down, no moisture can ascend from
the bottom of the hole up the post to
rot it; but when the butt-end is down
the moisture can ascend the pores
very rapidly if green, and slowly if
dry. Seasoned posts are found to
last much longer, because the pores
are more or less filled within the
seasoned wood. l should also infer
that placing the top end down would
make more difference in a green
than in dry post. In pursuance of
the fact that the pores of green tim
Der have been often saturated with
different solutions to preserve it,
by immersing the butt-end, freshly
cut, in the solution to be absorbed, it
will also be noted that burning or
charming the posts only closes the
pores and prevents the ABSORPTION Of
water.-E. W. S. in Country Gentleman.
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ant. Severe colds are more apt to
occur on the first cool and damp
days Of Autumn than at other sea
sons. We have often cured these
diseases on the first attack, By eating
copiously of ripe watermelons. The
beneficial effects of drinking freely of
cold water on such occasions, are
well known. Watermelons supply a
larger quantity than one could easily
swallow in any other way.-country
Gentleman.
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Household Helps.

Pound CAKE.-Three-fOurths OF
pound of butter, one pound of sugar,
one pound of flour, eight eggs well
beaten and very little nutmeg,
ORANGE SALAD.-Cut several oran-
ges crosswise into slices an eighth of
an inch thick; place them upon a
fiat glass dish, one piece half cover,
ing the other, until the surface of
the dish is covered; sift pulyerized
sugar over them, and add a third of
a wine glass full of brandy, or any
good liquor, and serve Peach salad
is made with sherry wine in place of
brandy.
WASHINGTON FRUIT CAEE,-One
pound of brown sugar, half a pound
of butter, one and a half pounds Of
flour, half a pint of sweet milk, four
eggs, well beaten, one and a half tea
spoonfuls of baking powder. Fruit
to suit yourself,
APPLE SNow.-Stew two pounds Of
apples with four ounces of loaf sugar
until tender. Beat the yolks of six
eggs with two ounces of loaf sugar,
and pour over them one pint of bell
ing milk. Put this custard into the
kettle, and cook until it is as thick
as corn-starch pudding. Beat the
white of six eggs toa stiff froth, with
one tablespoonful of powdered sugar.
Put the apples into dish, pour the
custard over them, cover this with
the frosting, place in the oven, and
brown lightly.
STEwED OYsTERs.-The following
is said to be Delmonico's method Of
stewing oysters, "Take one quart Of
liquid oysters, put the liquor, "a tea
cupful for three) in a stew-pan, and
add half as much more water; salt, a
good bit of pepper, a tcaspoonful Of
butter for each person, and tea
spoonful of rolled cracker for each,-
Put on the stove and let it boil; have
your oysters ready in bowl, The
moment the liquor begins to boil
pour in all your oysters, say ten for
each person, or six will do, Now
watch carefully, and as soon as it be-
gins to boil take your watch, count
just thirty seconds, and take your
oysters from the stove, You will
have your big dish ready with zone
and a half tablcspoonfuls Of coldmilk
for each person, Pour your stew on
this milk and serve immediately
Never boil an oyster in milk if you
wish it tobe good.
WASHINGTON PIE.-Two cups Of SUI
gar one cup of siited flour, four eggs,
one.half tcaspoonful of cream tartar.
For the filling; One tablespoonful of
corn starch boiled in one half pint of
milk beat the yolk of one egg very
light, and stir into the milk, flavor
with vanilla, and when cold add the
other half of the milk and the white
of the egg beaten to froth and
stirred in quickly; spread this be-
tween the cakes, and ice it with.the
white of one egg and eight table.
spoonruls of fine sifted sugar favored
with lemon.
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The baby was doubled up with the
cramps and yelling at the rate Of a
mile a minute, US the father and
mother stood over the crib with the
laudanum bottle between them, "No,
Marian" he SAID gently but frmlyj
"you pour it out; shat child is grow
ing so like your mother that + can I
trust myself.n
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1877-02-08

The vices of the rich and great are
mistaken for errors, and those of the
poor and lowly'ror crimes,
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Do not permit. yourself to be led
away by the multitude, for you will
be alone whom you die, and when
YOU render your last account.
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NEW YORK CASH PRICE LIST,

We have IN stock oil our own manulac-
ture, roofing materials, etc, at the follow
ing low prices:
1000 rolls extra Rubber Roofing, at 8
cents per square foot (Or we will furnish
Rubber Roofing, Nails, Caps, and Slate
Paint for an entire new ROOF, at n cents
per square FOOT
1000 rolls 2-ply Tarrod Roofing Felt, at
II cents per square foot.
5000 rolls 5 ply Tarred Roofing Felt, at
p cents per square foot.
200 rolls Tarred Sheathing, at J cent, per
square foot.
5000 gallons fine Enamel Paint mixed
ready for use, on inside or outside work, at
50 per gallon, all shades
1000 Bbls Slate Flour..."per Dbl So 90
1000 " Soapstone Flour. 90
1000 +" Grafton Mineral. 3 90
1000 metallic Paint, dry. 3 90
Special prices per ton or carload lots.
All orders must be accompanied with
the money, or subject to 80 days draft on
well known parties.
N. Y. SLATE PAINT COMPANY,
lO2 & lOl MAIDEN LANE, New YoRk,
nov S0-3m,
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MISCELLANEOUS.
MANHOOD! now LOST, chow RESTORED I!

WAh iUUU HUN lITlluH nlJlulLu !
Just published, a new edition
SNSS8 OF Dr.. CulverWelPs Cele-
5ruted Essay on the radical cure with
out medicineD OF SPERNATORRHGA or Semi
nal Weakness, Involuntary Seminal Losses,
INrorRvcY Mental and Physical Incapaci-
ty, Impediments TO Marriage, etc, also con-
sumption, EPILEPSY and FRS, induced by
self.indulgence or sexual extravaganza, DC.
BJrPrice, in sealed envelope, only six
cents.
The celebrated author, in this admirable
Essay, clearly demonstrates, from thirty
wears successful practice, that the alarm
inc consequences Of seliabuse may be rad
icallv cured without the dangerous use OF
internal medicine or the application OF the
kuife: pointing out mode OF cure at once
simple, certain and efleCtual, by means OF
which every sufferer no matter what his
condition may be, may cure himself cheap
ly. privately and radically
EY-This Lecture should be in the hands
of every youth and every man in the land,
Sent under seal, in a plain envelope, to
any address, postpaid, on receipt oil SIX
cents OF two post-stamps, Address,
the CulreTIUeH Medical Co.,
Al Ann st., New York.
Post Office Box, 1850. Ijan. ll,'77-ly.
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Our BRIGHT RED is the only reliable Slate
Paint ever introduced that will etTectually
prevent dampness from penetrating and
discoloring the plaster.
These paints are also largely used on out
houses and fences, or us printing coat on
fine buildings
Our only colors are CHOCOLATE, RED,
BRIGHT RED, and ORANGE.
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'Iu5p ioJ pas
1ruru "a pr l,Iudrrd aSrd ilyls y q, s7a3HS
10 Iunoir5 . ,U1v ~ 70 nm 20 pD09qD .. yrs
sU Of sylipY T0IIpDID, =, 'suol HN
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SAIL olqrl Sinal
.uo1 'aldoad sunot ioJ SUM am lsnf soul 20
idtjliI no ltpui a. iuSs 'ruJpujq 0l sulpIua5u
'OTIi pun IS " 'sloA 9lulrdos 9 ~ IS 'punoq
Gprou I uI soAe 'uon -lhA11ltH
Ipo dr5V) 'iloOd ND 9,sMN,A
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cRoconATN coLoR,

when first applied, changing in about Il
month to uniform slate color, and is, to
all intents and purposes SLATE. On
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PROTECT YOUR BUILDINGS.

PkUlECI lUUh DUlLDlNuo'
Which may be done with one fourth the
usual expense, by using our
PATENT SLATE PAINT
Fifteen Years EstabIished.l
MIXED READY FOR USE.
Fire-proof, Waterproof, Du-
rable, Economical and
Ornamental.
A roof may be covered with a very cheap
Single and by application OF this slate be
made TO last from 20 TO % years, Old roofs
can be patched and coated, looking much
better and lasting longer than new shingles
without the slate, for
one-third the Cost of Re-shingling.
The expense OF stating new shingles is
only about the cost oisimply laying them.
The paint is FIRE-PRooF against sparks or
flying einbers, as may be easily tested by
any one.
IT STOPS EVERY LEAK,
and for tin or iron has no equal, as it ex-
pands by heat, contracts by cold, and NEW
IN CRACKS nor scales. Roofs covered with
Tar Sheathing Felt can be made water-tight
at a small expense, and preserved for many
years.
This Slate Paint Is
EXTREMELY CHEAP.
Two gallons will cover a hundred square
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TIN ROOFS
BRICK WALLS

our red color is usually preferred, as one
coat is equal to five OF any ordinary paint.
For
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m SToPS EpERY LEAK.

and for tin or iron has no equal, as II ex-
pands by heat, contracts by cold, and NEW
I'm CRACKS nor scales. Roofs covered with
Tar Sheathing Felt can be made water-tight
at small expense, and preserved for many
,snora
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The expense OF stating new shingles is
only about the cost ofsimply laying them.
The paint is FIRE-PRooF against sparks or
flying einbers, as may be easily tested by