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The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-03-29


Revolts are constantly put down and
constantly revived in Japan in these
times, and hardly steamer has arrived
from Yokohama during the last twelve
months without bringing the news of a
fresh insurrection. This is so much
more to be regretted, because Japan was
entering into new line of policy of in
dustrial progress, and because the United
States was the country especially called
to profit by the development of that
Eastern brother whom we lead by the
hand in the path of civilization. Revolts
are breaking out in Japan at the very
moment when the Government continues
to labor zealously at the work of internal
reform. 1t is now giving much atten-
tion to sheep farming, and has again
sent the Superintendent of the estab-
lishment formed for that purpose, Mr..
Ap Jones, to the United States, where
General Saigo recently acted as Com
missioner to the Philadelphia Ex-
hibition. New lines of railway are to be
begun this year, great mineral treasures
have been discovered by the German
traveller, Won Richtofen, and the treaty
concluded with Corea has already
proved very advantageous to that State,
as it has enabled large stores of rice to be
sent there at time when the popula-
tion is suffering from famine. Is all this
progress to be delayed by the revolt,
which has recently broken out again, and
which is said to be led by the celebrated
statesman and soldier, Saigo, elder
brother of the recent Commissioner at
our Exhibition 1t appears as quite
certain that the insurgents this time be.
long, not to the agricultural classes, but
to the old feudal nobility of the
samourais. These people have been de-
prived of their former privileges, through
the reforms operated by the Emperor
after the downfall of the dualistic sys
tenn of the Mikado's and Tycoon's Gov
ernment. Japan will have no rest a,
long as the Samourais shall not have dis
appeared, either through the process O
law, or through their committing hari
kari, since they consider that mode O
suicide as one exclusively reserved fo
their noble caste,
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-03-29
PENCIL AND SCISSORS.

How to take life easy-be careless
with petroleum oil.
ROBERT CoLLYER calls a misanthope
6" a man who dies before he is dead"
A. WIFE full OF truth. innocence and
love is the prettiest flower a man can
wear next to his heart.
SENATOR DAVIS, of Illinois (weight
four hundred pounds), has just been
surveyed for new pair of spring pants.
WHEN Mr.. Sword took the witness
stand in St. Louis trial the other day,
the lawyers at once proceeded to draw
him out.
OIL CITY Derrick: A photographer
who can make mole on a lady's cheek
appear like dimple in her picture has
achieved the highest standard of his pro-
fession.
WE grieve that our days are SO inhar-
monious. Our hearts are continually
going in and out. Yesterday jostles
to-day, and tomorrow will carry them
both away captive.
"Of all the pins that from my hair
drop unheeded ON the floor,
And never miss or see them more %
"My DEAR" said Darwin, " they all 60
Into our mother earth below
There their development begins,
And ending they are terra-pins.''
-Butab Courier.
ASTONISHING cure for consump-
tion!" as the old lodging house keeper
said when she sprinkled her pumpkin
pies with cayenne pepper before putting
them before the boarders.
A DIscoNsoLATE lover in San Fran
cisco on his way to the dock to drown
himself was struck by ray of light re-
fecting from strip of blue glass in
front of store, and was instantly cured.
WHEN the sea-shell is held up to the
ear there is a peculiar vibratory noise
which children assure each other is the
roar of the sea, however distant they
may be from it. Hold an old wash-dish
up to your ear and the effect will be
the same.
The sugar season brings to mind the
saying of John q. SAKE, that Vermont
was noted for four staple products-oxen,
maple sugar, girls, and horses:
The first are strong,
The last are feet,
The second and third exceedingly sweet,
And all uncommon hard to beat.
"MADAM, did you ever lift dog by
the tail?" "Why, no, you cruel thing,
you" "J didn't know, because l just saw
you carry your little child across gut
ter by one arm. A dogs tail is a good
deal stronger than the ligaments of a
baby's shoulder"
EMINENT statisticians have calculated
that the amount of ingenuity and labor
expended by impecunious topers in get
ting free drinks would. if devoted to
any honorable and useful pursuit, pay off
the National debt in little less than six
years and eight months.
DENTISTS have now learned to work
around a sensitive nerve without the
nerve having the most distant suspicion
that any thing is going on, and can ex-
tract throbbing molar so dexterously
that the tooth sometimes keeps on ach-
ing a day or two before it finds itself
| out.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-03-29

LORD CHIEF-JUsTICE CoLERIDGE, of
England, in addressing a jury at Dur
ham, recently, remarked that his expert
ence had shown that crimes of violence,
almost without exception, originated in
public houses and were traceable to
drunkenness, while he was convinced
that if England were sober she might
shut up nine-tenths of her jails. During
the past sixteen years crime had greatly
decreased among the higher classes,
which, he thought, gave great hope for
the future
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-03-29
" Gomez

A man calling himself Abel Storm,
and claiming to hail from Chicago, reg
isterel at one of the Detroit hotels five
or six days ago, and gave out that he
wanted to buy house and lot. He was
supposed to have cash, and to be a
square man; but finally the landlord
was convinced to the contrary. The
guest slid out at an early hour without
being seen, and an old suit of clothes
was stuffed up and laid across the bed in
his room to deceive the chambermaid.
She was deceived until noon, when the
clerk went up and discovered the cheat.
An old paper collar was pinned to the
effigy, and the clerk read the penciled
message:
Use this man gently. He can't
stand grief. For further particulars
see small bills"
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-03-29
A Curious Coin Found fn an GGk.

While chopping on white oak tree,
says the Warrenton (Mo.) Banner, in the
pasture of Mr.. Joseph Guggenmoos, in
the edge of town, Mr.. August Antimiller
found a silver piece imbedded eight
inches in the wood. The piece of money
is either French or Spanish, and was
made in the year 1774. 1t was about
three feet and half above the base of
the tree, and had been put there by
hole being bored into the tree and after
ward plugged up. The money was
wrapped in paper, on which there had
been writing, but as it crimbled to pieces
Immediately after being removed from
the wood only two or three letters on it
could be distinguished. The coin had
evidently seen much service before 1t
was ever placed in the tree, as 1t was
almost smooth from use, though 1t had
evidently been buried where it was found
for many years. Why it was there and
who put it there is mystery that will
perhaps never be known.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-03-29

THE pleasures of the world are de-
ceitful they promise more than they
give; they trouble us in seeking them:
they do not satisfy us when possessing
them, and they make us despair in
losing them.-Madame de Lambert
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-03-29

If fireplace have good chimney
the smoke will escape through the fue,
and the room will have the benefit of
the warmth and the ruddy light. Social
circles need chimneys as well as do
bn,aaaS
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-03-29

Why are red roses red?
For roses once were white.
Because the loving nightingales
Sang on their thorns all night
sang TN tho blood they shed
Had dyed these roses red
Why are white roses white?
For roses once were red.
Because tho sorrowing nightingales
wept vhen the night was fed,-
Wept till their tears Of light
Had washed the roses white
Why are the roses sweet7
For oace they had no scent.
Because ons day the Queen OF Love
Who Is Adonis went,
Brushed them with heavenly feet
That made the roses sweet
-Scrt6nT for april.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-03-29
EVER YEAR.

The spring has less Of brightness,
Every year,
And the snsw n ghastlier whiteness,
Every year;
Nor do summers flowers quicken,
Nor autumn's fruitage thicken
Az they once did, for we sicken
Every year.
II 10 growing darker, colder,
Every year,
As the heart and soul grow older,
Every year.
care not now for dancing,
Or for eyes with passion glanciDg-
Love Is less and less enhancing
Every year.
OF the loves and sorrowH blended,
Every year;
Of the joys Of friendship ended,
Every year;
OF the ties that still might bind me,
Until time to death resigned me-
MY inhrmities remind me,
Every year.
OH how sad TO look before US,
Every year,
While the clonds grow darker DER US,
Every yearl
When we see the blossoms faded,
That to bloom we might have aided,
And immortal garlands braided,
Every year.
To the past go more dead faces,
Every year;
Come no new ones in their places,
Every year.
Everywhere the sad eyes meet us,
In tho evenings dusk they greet US,
And 10 come TO them entreat US,
Every year.
A" You are growing old" they tell us,
every year;
You are more alone, they tell us,
Every year.
You can win no new affection,
You have only recollection,
Deeper sorrow and detection,
Every year"
Thank God ! no clouds are shifting,
Every year,
O'er the land to which we're drifting,
Every year.
No losses there will grieve us,
Nor loving faces leave us,
Nor death Of friends bereave us,
Every year.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-03-29

WHICH is the easiest of the three pro.
fessions, law, physic, or divinity? Do
you all give it up? Divinity-beeause
it is easier to preach than to practise.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-03-29

Mrs. PARTINGToN says that just be-
fore the late war circumstance were
seen round the moon nightly, shooting
stars perambulated the earth, the desk
of the sun was covered with black spots
of ink, and comics swept the horizon with
their operatic tales. Every body said
that it profigated war, and sure enough
war did come.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-03-29

PROBABILITIES: "When you see
man going home at two o'clock in the
morning and know his wife is waiting
for him, it is likely to be stormy"
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-03-29

A MACHINE has no remorse or pity.
1t is better to be foolishly careful than
carelessly foolish.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-03-29

A BABE is mothers anchor she
cannot swing Jar from her moorinas.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-03-29

A PIECE of burnt stone resembling
slate coal, with white sparkling specks
on it, fell at Ecclefechan, in Scotland, on
the End January. Two men walking on
the GLASGOW road heard a noise behind
them, and on turning found this stone
imbedded in the ground an inch or
more. One of them attempted to lift
it and burned his fingers. The frag-
ment, which measured about four
inches by two, and weighed nine ounces,
took twenty minutes to cool. A volume
! of smoke proceeded from it.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-03-29

OPINION is, as it were, the queen Of
the world, but force is its tyrant.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-03-29
A ROSE EONG.

Br RIcHARD HENRY SMITH.
, 1877-01-24

the C~ontext~the soil would have fallen
into the hands of American capi alists,
aud the demand for negro labour would
have been so great, that any community
OF negroes oppressed in America would
have been able to emigrate thither. and
the whole race would have remained
" masters OF the situation" as far as their
~laboaFsaas concerned. This apology
reads very much ike an a~ftesthought.
The Union already possesses territories.
such as Florida, which will grow every.
thing st. Domingo grows, or Cuba either
without adding to it's difficulties q
new crowd OF black subjects who do
not speak English. If sugar or tobacco
will pay 80 we'll 10 st. Domingo that
negroes could demand high wages, why
can they not demapd them in Louisians,
where there 10 no competition as there
would be in the island from the labourers
already settled theref
The American Senate has agreed to o
resolution appointing q joint COMMITTEES
OF the Senate and the House of Repressn-
tatives to frame q measure for settling the.
Presidential difficulty. We do not see
that the House has coucurrsd. but If it
has, the. Joint committee has ample time
before March to propose q Bill which
shall settle what votes the President of the
Senate, Mr.. Ferry, shall count, and what
reject. The quarrel is gradually narrow"
ing itself down to that, the general opin-
ion being that the candidate whom the
officer in question shall declare to have
most votes, will, as usual, be President,
and will be installed in the White Houss,
even though the result should be the
secession OF large bodies of Republicans
to the Democratic side. A large number
Of lawyers seem to be of opinion that,
failing legislation Gd hoe, Mr.. Ferry must
count all votes, however traudulently OBJ
tanned sent to him by the legal returning
officers Of each State, and that bis declara-
ton Of the poll is legally FINAL, and must DO
obeyed by the Executive. The fact that
be happens to be o Republican hes
nothing to do with the matter. He 10 not
Judge, but only al officer with q def.
mite and very limited ministerial junction.
The Austro-H Hungarian Government ap~
pears anxious to pick o quarrel with that
Of Servia. A Servian sentry, it appears,
fred upon an Austrian monitor before Bel
grade, and his bullet exploded o she'll )
whereupon his comrades, f~auoying the fire
returned, fred again. The Austrian Go
vernment demanded redress. The Serviau
Government made q full apology to that
Of Vienna. and dismissed the officer who
gave the order, and who fancied and says
he fancied, that tho monitor Maros' had
transgressed the limits of the fortress.
Prince Wrede, the Austrian agent in Bel.
grade, being still dissatisfied, the Ristich
Ministry resigned, and the Servian Agent
in Vienna was summoned to form Q
Cabinet, but the Austrians still threatened
demands for further satisfaction. The
accident 10 almost inexplicable, except by
the excited condition Of the Hungarian
mind.
.-rF - ~ ae -
, 1877-01-24
E 0 u S.
from the SpsetGtor.)

The diplomatists assembled at Coustan.
Sinople in informal conference have
agreed upon q seheme,-a Commission to
be escorted by a foreign force of not more
than 5000 meD,-as a basis to be submit
ted to the formal Conference which should
meet to-day dec. 23), and in which Tur-
key would take part. 1t 10 reported. how
syer, and we believe upon good grounds,
that Midhat Pasha, the new Grand Vizier,
has conveyed to the Ambassadors assur-
snces, IN which they believe that the
Porte will give 10 guarantees whatever,
and that as to concessions TO the Chris.
tians, they will be. made in the form OF q
Constitution, t be Immediately promul-
gated. As no Constitution can secure to
the Christians more than is already secured
by Imperial DEGREES, none of which are
observed, this amounts only to o non
possumns, and unless Russia openly retreats,
must be followed by war, for which the
Turks say they are prepared. The chan
ees of q Russian retreat are small, as the
Emperor would be considered. TO have
failed in his pledges not only to the world,
but to his own army, aud the week there
fore closes with wal in the near future.
The silent struggle between Midhat
Pasha and Mahommed Rushdi, the Grand
Vizier, has ended in the fall Of the latter.
Dfidhat Pasha has been elevated to the
Grand Vlzierat, and the new Constitution
tor Turkey which he has elaborated will
be published at once. There can be no
doubt that Widhat Pasha is a far ADLER and
more ~resolute man b IN his rival, but it is
a mistake to suppose that his elevation
indicates q disposition to compromise with
Europe. He is believed to have sanction.
ed the terrorising Of Bulgaria. and his
policy may be to defy Europe if necessa-
~, TO limit the power of the Sultan, aHd
to grant to the Christians OF the Empire a
right of being represented In the govern
Ing Council at ConstantinopIe. thus taking
from them, as he thinks, all right of appeal
ing to Che foreigner. The Constitution
will probably die still born, or end in a
Council appointed by the provincial
there can be no doubt that as long as
Midhat. remains Grand Vizier, Turkey
will be ruled by q strong man, intent on
keeping the Porte independent Of Euro
pean dictation. In the decree appointing
him it Is stated that he will attend spe-
eially to finance, and it is possible that he
may try to conciliate England by some
more promises to the bondholdsrs.
Az we expected, the fall Of the Comon.
douros Ministry ct Athens did not end the
struggle about Greek policy. M. Delige-
orgis accepted power, but remained in
Office only for q single day, and q govern
ment was at last formed by a coalition
between Comondouros and Zaimis. They
have q clear majority, and have carried
through the Chamber a vote authorising
them to raise q loan and equip a force Of
100000 men. This 10, of course, quite
impossible, but the vote enables the Greek
Government, when Thessaly and Epirus
rias. to take all insurgents into their nomi-
nal service. appoint their commanders, and
aid them by using the, few Greek regulars
40 non. commissioned officers. This will
greatly increase the tenaeity Of the insur-
fsotionsry force.
, 1877-01-24

The German Government and the liberal
party have been qusrrelling over the
Joudicature Bill upon what 10 this ,eoup.
try we should call the "liberty-of-
the-subjeet' clauses. The Liberals desired
permission to prosecute officials, like
other persons. for misuse of power.
without the previous consent Of the, Ad-
ministrativs hoard; to prosecute Offenders
whom the Public Prosecutor has. ,eRxoper-
ated , and 70 3. trisd for al Press oftsnsss
tCSs;sssd 1. 'a* apass:1
National Republican., 1877-01-24
Securities. Buying. selling.
Commercial.


NEW York, Jan. 23.-Cotton quiet and steady:
sales OF $50 bales at i35-i6c. Consolidated
ceipts. ,ooi bales. Exports-Great Britain, 6 oot
bales; France. 8,6i3 bales; Continent, san bales.
Channel, 4,s7s bales.
Flour rules quite strong. with, however, only a
a9asTals .Sds er a2r sSpSrs and home s Ss =
SSSs S SSSSS Sra sSS se
o' sSas. q gSOa As efs 6a o9
psicntSIinD@so,a. Extra good 10 o. prime, ssgs Is:
choice TO double extra, ess@i0 75. soatliern aoaf
s"G Sssy so%S% o T. r Rye Ssrs oae S
5O&s2o FOR snperhps; GornnsHI qsist and steady;
dyTSInS g SsSa IS; BsI,Imors $; %hs.t asls,
iSE SpE r snRPsss sosn sRs s sSS
&? SS SatSSEs 5%'S sf St%!'s ss. sss
ssc for Wes.eTni @Ss Sc for Jersey stase and
sass { SS SD SaSsds; 'sf Is for
No, iCanads; light six:rowcd state, 7ec. Barley
sssrssy 3 sirons; o3 P aSvs HFs dEsa ss
' SIc for new steamer % mSctt Gc@Si9s for S.o oS
new %hs ana ID SS on
dull; prime Arm; other Minds hravy; f295t4c for
arm and in iair demand at " Tor shipping Hops
anS ss or SnTnS Sf Is% % c% Sr Sf.
2a@2ic. for new California. Codee-Rlo quiet aud
iots. igSaaSc. gold sugar quiet and steady; sES
pAc for fair to good reclining: phc. for prime new
Centrifugal lo9@iohc; melado, &c. Refined un-
changed and moderately active. Molasses quiet
and nncanspged Rice Ar, hrm;r and nd fair demand At
troleun dull and nominal crude, lie; refined, 25lc.
Tallow steady at hf0dstc, latter choice. Resin
unchanged at q sO6e2SO for strained. Turpeptiue
steady, at ie@1Sc ior spirits; Eggs duli and un-
Tor Western. Pork dull, and closei heavyi new
mess, si7 rs Beef quiet. Beef hams quiet; choice
Western held at Us %, Ticrce beef quiet. Out
mCats-Western quiet; middles unsettled and quiet; I;
clear, 0iac;, Dressed hogs unchanged. Lard closed
heavy and lower; prime steam, ~ gt9ll 64. But
dull and irregular at i2o ~ for Western, 10
GI35c for State. Chees, quiet and steady ritc
foI commen 70 prime. Linseed quiet whisky los
Cotton. per Sail se,2d: compressed, per steam,
iO-ei@5I6d.; wheat, per SAIL A@7d; per steam, Sd.
and nominal.
BALTIMonE. Jan. ~. - Cotton steady and arm;
mlddBP. Bc.
duli aud easier; No. 2 Western winter red, 81 u
al II; Eo2 Chicago spring.u 4o61l q; PcnnsylyAnla
red, HDl 55 Maryland red, prime, sl 5spt CO., do.
amber u u: do. white, 81 6aI CO. Corn-Southern
quiet and Arm; Western quiet and lower and closed
yellow, 69Sac: Western liked new and spot, SOC
fchruary, 5gAc; March, 60Nc; April, 6iSc; May,
t21(9s2kc. Oats steady and hrm; southern prime,
900 &C.; Western white, il@i3c. Rye hrm and de-
mand fall, at 75S. Cloverseed quiet ,'.eiIfe. HaL
Pork, sls. bulkmrats- shoulder SAC; clear rib
clear rib Sides Whs, Hams ii@i5lsc. Lsrd-re-
nnsd iIc. Butter quiet and steady and nncha hanged.
Coifec dull, weak and unchanged Whisky dull and
ReceIptsIFlour, $50 barrels; wheat q. 900 bu,s-
els; corn lOi, 800 bushels; oats, = 800 bushels.
National Republican., 1877-01-24
rJ,HoMAs BOWLING, AuctIonecr.


CHANCTRY SALE OF DESIRABLE PROP
ERTS VN THE NORTH SIDE ~ N sTREET
TEESTH sTREETs N6RTH.
= by virtue OF decree of the supreme Court Of the
District OF Columbia, passed December II, 1870, In
Equity cause No. 4y22, Docket ID, VIII oifer for
sale at public auction, In front Of the premises, on
O'Clock %, M. all the following described real
tate, to wits Parts of Iots and tn square l9f, be-
ginning on North NJ street, iOrty-two feet west OF
the southeast corner OF lot thence west ID feet TO
apolnt two feet six inches west of lot 0: thence
north 100 feet 10 Inches to the line Of said lots;
thence east W ith said line y feet thence south
Ice feet 10 inches to the place Of beginning together
with the In provements thereon, consisting OF q
twO-story Frame Building,
Terms Of sac: One fourth of the purchase money
which shall be paid as deposit at the time Of sale
and the balance OF said purchase money In three
equal installments, In six, twelve and eighteen
months from day of sale, notes TO he
interest at ., per, cent. per annIm; or the
purchaser at his option. may pay all the purchase
money In cash, or greater sum than one fourth;
The title 10 the property to he retained until all
the purceAse money and interest thereon Is paid.
Said purchase money to he secured also by policy
trustee. All convey anclng at cost OF the pur-
chaser. If the terms OF sale are not complied with
In ~ days the trustee reserves the right to resell
the property at the risk and cost Of the defaultnB
purchaser. 49,, =. .,o,. ,,.
Ie DrcIt Building, SO Eighth St. northwest.
Janii-dSds tLaw Reporter.1
as-THE ABovE SALE IS POSTPONED TO
SATURDAY, January q, 1877, same hour and
JOHN Ii, COOK, Trustee,
ja23.t t. BOWLING, AuctlOncer.
National Republican., 1877-01-24
AUCTION SALES.--FUTURE pays.
IL J. SWEET, Auetioneer,

TRUSTEES SALE OF A NEW Two.sroRY
hNp BAsEMEST BRtGk DwELLlNa, ON
flfTTENTH STREET WEST, BETWEEN q
AND STREETS NORTH.
by virtue OF deed oftrust, dated January ~, A,
y. 1870, and duly recorded In Liber No. sib, tolio
lis, ofthe land records for the District of Column
ha and at the request of the party secured thereby
shall sell =, public suction IN front Of the prem;
o'clock p. m, the following descrlbed real estate,
situate In the city OF Washington. District Of CO.
lrmbt, TO wits Lot eghty-six, go. IN Charles T.
Davis recorded subdivision of square numbered
one hundred and nHety-threc, (igJ, together with
the improvements thereon, consisting Of a new and
handsome two.story ana basement brick DWELL
inE.
able IN six. 6) twelve (i and eighteen (is) months
from day OF sale with interest al the rate Of eight
(s) per cent. per annum, to he secured by deed of
trust on property sold. deposit of 800 will be re-
qulte1 at the time OF sale. All conyoyancing at the
cost Of pprchaser u the terms Of sale are not COM
be retoid at the risk and cost of defsultng pur-
chaser. CHARLES t. DAVIS,
Jal7 Trustee.
RD-THE ABOVE SALE Is POSTPONED UN-
III SATURDAY, FeDruary8 3 at same hour and
la24-WHds Trustee.