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FOUND.

A Large Memorandum Book, on Yeslers
wharf, about three weeks since The book con-
tains number of papers of value to the owner,
and can be recovered by applying to this Office
and paying for this advertisement.
, 1877-11-17

HT To ApvERrIsERs.- Book of 100 pages,
complete List of Newspapers and Advertising
Rates. By mail 25c. Address GEO. P. RowELL
4 Co., New YORK.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-06-14
To Glaze Shirt BosOms.

Dissolve two tablespoonfuls of starch in
cup of cold water. pour over this pint
of boiling water, stir it we'll, and let it
boil two or three minutes. Add TO it q
small lump of white sugar, or few shay
ings of whitesssoap and bit of butter, or a
small piece of white wax, or stir it with a
sperm candle. After the clothes are rinsed
in blue water starch them and dry them.
Then ring bosoms and collars from this
cold starch, roll tightly, let them lie
awhile, and iron in the usual way; then
lay the bosoms on smooth board covered
with one thickness of muslin, making il
slightly damp, and polish with a polishing G
iron. This is a small iron with bulge OF
both ends. 1t may be bought at any
house-furnishing store, and costs from sew
enty five cents TO one dollar.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-06-14
To Keep Harness in Order.

Take Meats Foot Oil and Ivory Clack-
the latter well pulyerized, or to be made SO
before using. Mix thoroughly-adding
the black until the oil is we'll colored, or
quite black. In cool weather the oil
should be warmed somewhat before mix
ing. With sponge apply a light coat of
the mixture-only what the leather will
readily absorb unless the harness is very
dry-in which case heavy coat may be
necessary. After the harness is dry-which
will be in from two hours to half or a
whole day, depending upon the weather
and previous condition of the leather
wash thoroughly with soap subs. In max
ing the suds use good CASTLE soap and cold
rain water. Warm water should never be
used on harness leather.) Apply the suds
with a sponge. Rub off with buckskin.-
This will give your harness nice, glossy
surface, and the leather will retain good
color and continue pliable for months. Il
it become soiled with mud or sweat, an ap
plication of soap and water, as above di
rected, without oiling), will be sufficient
to give it bright appearance: Two appli
cations of this oil and black mixture {
year (or once every six months) will b'
sufficient to keep harness, as ordinarily
used, in good order.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-06-14
Try 1t Here.

AT the Perry Co., Democratic Conven-
ton the other day we noticed that the fol-
lowing was posted up about the hall and
the hotels:
"To THE DELEGATEs.-The people OF
this county are paying about two thousand
dollars year for having the legal adver,
tising of the county published, and il
would not exceed two hundred and fifty
dollars if given to the lowest bidder
The public in general ask you to pass q
resolution in favor Of letting the legal
advertising in this manner, and instruct
the nominee of the Convention for Repres
entative to vote for and use his infuenc,
for bill to this effect"
We think it would be we'll for this plar
to prevail It certainly would save
great deal of money to Muskingum Coun
ty. There is no sense in paying twice a
much as need 10 be paid-to take tn
peoples money and contribu it to keeI
party organs in working order.-ZanesrHl
| AdU0cdte
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Tie Pluck of the Reynolds Boys.
[From the Glasgow Times.

There was calm heroism in the conduct
of Tom and Ike Reynolds after being shot
by the United States Deputy Marshals
which is worthy of record, and which
stamps them as young men ofthe tenderest
consideration when in the family circle.
Tom, though shot through and through,
and his bowels and kidneys wounded, and
Ike shot in the jaw and with the bullet
buried in his neck, concealed their real
condition from their mothers and sisters
and sent them back to bed with the impress
sion that they had received no damages.
They went to their room and stripped of
their clothing, and Ike, though badly
wounded, tenderly wiped the blood from
Toms wounds, dressed them as best he
could, put him to bed and slipped out
and started for doctor. The names o.
Tom and Ike Reynolds will go upon record
as two of the most heroic spirits that hayt
lived on Kentucky soil.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-06-14
Testing Flour.

The rise in price of breadstuffs caused
by the declaration of War by Russia
against Turkey, may lead unprincipled
men to initiate the sdultsration of flour
practised in some foreign countries An
easy method of detecting such adultera-
ton, according to Jegel, is to mix the -four
with chloroform. The chloroform exerts no
chemical action upon the flour; but being
specifically heavier than -four and lighter
than the earthly adulterants, the former
floats upon the chloroform and the adul-
terants sinks. On shaking up a sample OF
-four in a test tube of chloroform and al-
10 wing it to settle, a sediment will indicate
adulteration. On decanting the turbid
liquor, the sediment may be washed and
weighed or tested quantitatively.- Scientific
4,ne,,innn
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-06-14
JAWS OF IRON.
A Nineteen.Year Old Boy Lifting Seven
Hundred Pounds with his Teeth.

Morris Wando Of Granville, New York,
aged nineteen years, and weighing 16O
pounds, deserves the title of champion
"Man with the iron jaw" A few days ago
a man weighing two hundred pounds sat on
q heavy table in a saloon here. Wando
stood on n chair and seizing the table on
one side with his teeth lifted il and the man
two feet clear OF the floor, and held them ther
fifteen seconds. He lifted a cask of whis-
key weighing four hundred pounds, astride
of which we're two men who weight was
three hundred pounds more, by seizing il
by the chime with his teeth, holding it out
straight. Three men pulling on a rope
which he held in his teeth could not bulge
Wando from his tracks. He has gone East
TO seek an engagement with circus.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-06-14
The Speed of the Race.HOrse.
from the Louisville Courier-Journal.

from the Louisville Courier-J ournal.l
To simply say that Ten Brock ran q
mile in 1:393 presents rather barren idea
to the ordinary miud. 1t is something to
say that the fastest time ever made before
was 1:413, but even that basis of compari-
son does not convey to ones mind any very
satisfactory estimate Of the tremendous
pace at which this remarkable horse ran
the course at the Jockey Club grounds
We are accustomed to measuring speed in
ordinary travel by the hour, so let US see
what Ten Broeck might do if he could in.
definitely continue the speed which he ex.
hibited on Thursday. He made his mile
in 1892, that is, he ran at the rate O.
SO O42606 miles per hour. Dropping the
decimals, and rating him, in round mum
bers, at thilty-six miles per hour, he woule
make 964 miles per day. He might rur
over the Short Line railroad 10 Cincinnati
in three hours three minutes and nineteel
seconds. He might run over the Louis
vile and Great Southern road to Nash
vile in five hours forty-one minutes ant
thirty three seconds. He might give tn
through sleeping car to New York severa
hours start and get in ahead of it. H
might put girdle round the earth at tn
equator in twenty y-seven days sixteen hour!
and travel the average distance to tn
: moon in two hundred and seventy-six day
and eight minutes.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-06-14

A Texas editor accepted position on a
Baltimore paper, and the first week he was
arrested three times for libel, had striking
arguments with four offended individuals
who came in to hor Sc whip him, and was
stabbed between the shoulder blades one
night as he was leaving the Office. AT the
expiration Of ten days he resigned his pos.
ition. He said editing a newspaper in
Baltimore was too tame work-nol enough
variety and excitement in it for him; and
he had concluded to return to Texas, where
an editors duties were more varied ant
required knowledge of pistol practice.
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Expenses at Black Hills.
TCor. st. Louis Republican |

Deadwood is a pretty lively tewn. I
judge there are about 5000 or 1000 people
here. Boots, shave, cigar, drink, &C., are
25 cents each. Flour Friday was SIT per
100 pounds, Saturday it advanced to S21,
Sunday $25, and to-day it sold for $50 per
100 pounds, or at the rate of $50 per bar
rel There is very little in town, which is
the cause of the rise. Coal oil, when they
have any sells for $3.50 to $3.50 per gallon.
Board is cheaper in proportion, being only
20 cents per meal BY the week, and beds
$1.30 each. The streets are always crowd
ed. Lots of Chinese here, owing to wash
ing being 25 cents piece. There is a
saloon in almost every house. Gambling
goes on publicly. The gulch mines are all
taken. think a person could invest few
thousand very proftably in quartz mining
as there are some very rich lodes here
There are about fifteen quartz mills in th'
country now
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TribulytiOns of Country Editor.
Hudson (Wis.) Republican,

Hudson (Wis.) Republican,
If we publish jokes, people say We are
rattle headed. If we omit jokes they say
we are an old fossil If we give original
matter, they blame us for not giving selec-
tioi.s. If we publish selections, folks say
we are lazy for not writing something they
have not read in some other paper If we
give complimentary notices, we are censur-
ed for being partial. If we do not give
complimentary notices, folks say We are
jealous. If we do not cater to the wishes
of the ladies, the paper is not fit to tie up
a parcel or make up a hustle. If we
remain in our office and attend to our bust
ness, folks say we are too proud to mingle
with our fellows. If we go out, they say
we never attend to our business. If we
wear poor clothes, they say our business is
bad. If We wear good clothes, they say we
never paid for them. Now what are we tc
do ?
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-06-14

He was a printer and labored O. nights.
The War map and Russian and Turkish
names so worked on his mind that he had
an attack of nightmare. When he pulled
his wife's hair and yelled: "Erzeroom,
Kars, Bucharest" she thought he tried to
say, II must get out Of this room and take
the cars before breakfast" and suspicioned
that he was about to take another tramp. Z
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-06-14
1000 for $3.50

Prof. s. s. Yost, first term has just clos
ed, and he will organize another School
commencing on Monday June 18th, now
then citizens; here is a chance to improve
yourselves young and old.
i will offer as a Premium, fine Gold
Pen and holder, to the one, that makes the
best improvement, providing we get thirty
Students. Pen can be seen at Curran
Jewelry Store.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-06-14
No Hone for Turkey.

During the past few days have had in
terviews with number of officials Of the
Turkish government, and also with prom
inent men of all classes well acquainted
with the situation of affairs here. The in
formation received from these sources, and
my own intimate knowledge of Turkey
and the government of the Sultan, enable
me to say that the corruption and bribery
which are rife everywhere destroy all
chances of Turkish success. There are no
horses, no money and no order in the man.
agement of affairs. All the carriage-horses
in the country have been seized by the
government for War purposes. Another
body of the Softas were exiled to-day
They were accompanied to the vessel or
which they took their departure by &
large number of sympathizers. The Sultar
Is a nonentity. With three hundred womer
and five thousand persons Of all classes il
the palace to feed daily, the strain on tn,
treasury is intense. There Is not particl
Of patriotism among the officials to Civ
ground for the slightest hope. Contract
for army stores and equipments are award
ed by means Of bribery of the official
having the matter in charge. The adve1
tissments in the newspapers of contract
open to general competition are mer
shams, and are connived at by the Mini,
Ter of War and those who surround hin
The Constitution of the country is also
sham, and is disregarded in every possibl
manner. The Parliamentry Deputies al
returning to their homes in disgust, an
the laws which have been passed will Re-
er be put in force. The Minister OF Wa
however, informed me that Turkey woul
fight to the last. The Sultan has given L
I all hope of aid from the British Cover
ment.
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A New Swindling Dodge.

The latest swindle is in the purchase of
metallic clothes line. The polite agent in
troduces himself to the farmer, exhibits
his wire, asks him to accept hundred feet
oft as gift but at the same time requests
him to act as agent for its sale. The farm
er consents to it, and is requested to sign
his name and address on the back of one OF
the circulars produced by the agent. In
the course of time 1000 or 5000 feet of the
line Is shipped to the farmer, and few
days thereafter a printed order with the
agreement to pay the retail price of five
cents per foot is produced by another per
son, and the farmers only resource is tc
pay it, as the person presenting the order il
an "innocent" purchaser. Moral: Dom
sign your name.-[W Wheeling Intelligencer
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-06-14

"Clothes cleaned and repaired in the
rear" is Salem sign.
When the editor of the Chicago Tribune
goes to bed ofnights he hangs his ears over
the back of a chair.
The man who imagines that house
painter working by the day can't kill as
much time as plumber has lived in ignor
ance.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-06-14
Keeping Butter.

In recent number of the Country Gen
tleman Daisy Eyebright thus gives her ex
perience in treating butter for long keep
ing: "Wood or stone makes the best YES
sells for packing butter, but opinions differ
as to which exceeds the other White oak
frkins, soaked for two days in sour milk
then washed out and soaked one day in
strong brine, and than rubbed thoroughly
with salt, are the best, according to my
mind. If E. r. will pack the butter in
such vessels, after he has worked out every
drop of buttermilk, and salted by the fol-
lowing recipe, can assure him that he
can keep his butter from June to June as
sweet as when first made: To every pound
of butter add two heaping tablespoonfuls
of the finest dairy salt; the same amount Of
granulated white sugar, and q quarter of a
teaspoonful of saltpetre, pulverized very
finely. These ingredients can be mixed
| together, in this proportion, in large, wide
mouthed bottles, and kept for use. After
the churn has done its work, add the mix
ture, and turn the crank in reversed order
for four or five minutes. The butter Is
thus salted without touching the fingers to
| it, and the housewife needs only to lift it
out with butter paddle and pack it tight
ly into firkin, or else form it into taste
fully stamped cakes all ready for the table
The sugar is quite as essential for the pre-
servation of butter as for the curing OF
hams; and every one knows that sugar-cur'
ed hams are the finest in market. The
saltpetre can be omitted if the butter is moi
desired for winter use."
One of the most important secrets ii
making butter for long keeping is in getting
the buttermilk all thoroughly worked out
In our dairy days it was our rule to ado
one ounce of salt to each pound of butter
, at the first working; after thorough work
ing to remove buttermilk and incorporate
the salt, ii was set away for five or si1
hours in a cool place, and then agail
worked. The addition of salt at the frs
working seemed to facilitate the extraction
of the buttermilk The sugar and salt
petre can be added at the second working;
, half ounce of sugar and half the amour
r of saltpetre named above was our rule. N
salt added at the second working.
!, Mr.. DANIEL F. BEATTY, Of Washing
ton, N. j., is constantly in receipt of th
tmost fattering testimony from all parts c
the United States and Canada, as to tn
r beauty and excellence of his pianos an
: organs. Send for catalogue and list c
testimonials. Address Daniel F. Beatty
Washington, Warren County, N. J.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-06-14

"Oh, heavens, save my wife" shouted o
man whose wife had fallen overheard in
the Hudson River recently. They sue
ceeded in rescuing her. And her husband
tenderly embraced her, saying, "My, dear,
if you'd been drowned, what should l
have done? ain't going to let you carry
the pocketbook again"
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-06-14

There is large stock of goods, at Skin
ner, that will be sold very low for cash..
Consisting in part of Drugs & Medicines,
Wall Papers, Notions, Brushes, Shoulder
Braces, Trusses, Patient Medicines, Teas
Soda, Baking Powder, Pure Wines, Brand
les, Whiskeys &C., for Medical use Paints
Oils, Varnishes &C.. &c. Now is the time to
get bargains.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-06-14

A Massachusetts physician told patient
that the medicine he prescribed would cost
five dollars. The patient said that he was
poor and couldn't afford it. ooh, we'll,
said the Doctor, briskly, "I'll give you
something that will do just as well and
won't cost half as much"
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-06-14

Not one man in a hundred going to the
Black Hills knows what he is going to do
when he gets there, or will do anything.
The great need is for machinery and capi-
tai. Passengers invariably go armed, lug
ging huge navy revolvers and rifles which
load them down, and for which they have
no earthly use, as there are no hostiles tc
be encountered. Most of the personal ar
tillery eventually finds its way to the pawr
shops, and the result is that pistols can be
bought in Deadwood much cheaper tha
here, as the market is absolutely glutted.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-06-14
Madison Academy.

The annual commencement will take
place in Bogle's Grove on Friday, 22d of
June, at 104 o'clock A. M. The Students
will also give a Literary Entertainment on
the evening of the same day at = in the
Hall. The examination of the classes
will begin on Wednesday the Goth, and on
the same day at o'clock, the oard of Di
rectors is called to meet. PRIN.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-06-14

The St. Paul Dispatch says there is nc
good in fretting; but the Dispatch never
went into a jamboree and jumble of house
cleaning and sat down on a succotash OF
arpet tacks
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-06-14

It is perhaps needless to say to tramps
that hearty victuals are not healthy this
time O. year. A cup of water and stalk of
pie-plant are enough for tramp weighing
two hundred pounds.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-06-14

Anna Dickinson says she will not marry
until she attains the highest success, and
Puck suppose her prospective husband ha 8
lust cut his first tooth.