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The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-07-05

ENGLAND, whose Field Marshals had
been reduced by death to the Duke of
Cambridge and the Prince of Wales, has
now three new Field Marshals. They
are General Sir William Rowan, an
Irishman, eighty-three years of age;
General Sir Charles York, eighty-seven
years; and Hugh Rose, Lord Strathnaim,
who is only seventyfour, and was distin-
guished as commander of the forces in
Central India, during the mutiny. He
was raised to the Peerage in 1866, in re-
ward chiefly for his Indian services
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-07-05

A NEW cause for disappointment in
railway dividends wasreporteda at meet
ing Of the shareholders of the Buenos
Ayres Great Southern Railway Com
pany recently held in London. An ex-
tension of the line had failed to fulfill
the expections which had hastened its
construction, mainly because five thous.
and tame Indians had swept the camps
beyond the Azul of about one hundred
and fifty thousand head of cattle shortly
before the opening of the extension, and
thus interfered with the proper devel.
Opment of business.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-07-05

THEbombardment of Rustchuk is sud
denly found to involve great variety OF
points in international law. The Porte
protests against the destruction of Otto
man merchant vessels, the English com
plain that their consulate was not re
spccted, while the Consuls themselves
Of all nationalities, are raising an out
cry against the perforation of their resi-
dcnces with Russian shells. But still
the sport goes on.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-07-05

A YOUNG lady sitting at front win
dow, tossing in her hand what might
have been ball of white yarn, attracted
the attention of middle-aged chap on
the street, whose gallantry prompted
him to hold up his hand for catch.
The interest she displayed in hurting it
down to him was no deeper than what he
showed in catching it, although, as
several who saw the performance charit-
ably remarked, no one could have known
the egg was bad one.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-07-05

AS an instance of the scarcity of
money in the Turkish Treasury it may
be noted that for some time it has been
the method of the government to pay its
custom-house officials with portions of
the goods seized. Thus some luckless
officer would find himself the owner of
bunch of cigars, a sewing machine,
some Manchester prints, several gallons
of American lamp oil, which, having no
use for himself, he would be compelled
to dispose of for what he could get.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-07-05

THE employment of convict labor in
Maryland has stirred up the manu-
facturers and workmen of Baltimore to
remonstrance, and the chances are that
the question of employment or non-em-
ployment will be made an issue at the
next election. Accordingto statement
before rccentmeetingo manufacturers
five hundred convicts in the Maryland
Penitentiary make twenty-three hun
dred pairs of shoes per week,
at a cost Of 81 200, and that the same
number Of shoes made outside would
cost $3.50.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-07-05

The position of Austria in the present
struggle is one of extreme delicacy.
With war in progress along large ex-
tent Of her frontier, and a disaffected
population within her own boundaries,
there is abundantreason for moving with
caution. The Lower House of the Hun
garian Diet has been informed that the
government would not occupy Servia or
mobilize the troops, but that no conquest
of neighboring territory would be al
lowed. This announcement ought to
calm the warlike spirit of Prince Milan.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-07-05

THE Secretary of the Treasury has al
lowed the claim of the Centennial Board
Of Finance for twenty thousand dollars,
which they had advanced to pay salaries
Of special customs officers in the early
days Of the exhibition. Some other
triiling matters were settled, and the bal
ance of thirty thousand dollars was paid
over, and John Welsh, President, re-
ccived receipt in full from the Secre-
tary of the Treasury for the 81 500, 900.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-07-05

A NEW terror has been added to bal
looming. While an aeronaut was careen-
ing the other day in mid-air, on jour
ney from Cheltenham toStanton Priory,
Somcrsetshire, he distinctly heard the
whiz Of bullet through the air, and
the ring Of the explosion below. Had
the shot touched the aeronaut's head or
his canvas it would have been equally
fatal
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-07-05

An eminent Russian physician, DIR.
Bourganof, has discovered use for the
cockroach. Upon manipulating the in
sect with suitable chemical reagents, the
doctor has succeeded in extracting new
substance, which he proposes to add to
the resources of the pharmaceutist. 1t
is to be used in dropsy. The grass-hop-
per, the potato-bug and the mosquito
should now be manipulated.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-07-05

Mr.. SITTING BULL hasdeveloped from
adomestic into an international nuisance.
He has been the subject of diplomatic
correspondence between Great Britain
and the United States, each government
endeavoring in friendly manner to turn
him over to the other.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-07-05

The first submarine cable was that
laid across the Strait of Dover twenty
seven years ago. 1t parted next day,
and the first working cable was la d in
1851 on the same route. The net work
Of cables has now extended so far that
when Asia is united to America by cab
ling the Pacific the electric girdle around
the world will be complete from east to
west, as it now is between north and
aOuth
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-07-05

A GAME rooster near Columbia, South
Carolina, had a fight with woman, who
attempted to drive him away with stones.
He stood his ground and attacked her
right and left, bombarding her shins in
retreated, and the rooster celebrated his
victory by Tapping his wings and indulg.
ng in lusty crow.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-07-05

THB diploma distributed to each Pill
grim in memory of the Pope's Jubilee
is finely Autographed and arabesque
sheet of paper, on the corners of which
are the four great churches of Rome
St. John Lateran, st. Peters, Santa Maria
Maggiore, st. Paurs,-and, in addition,
the portraits of Saints Peter and Paul,
the palm, the dove, and other sacred
emblems, surrounded by Latin words re-
cording the accession of Plus TX to the
apostolic chair. On each diploma the
Pilgrims name and country are written.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-07-05
EDITORIAL OLIO.

PROCEEDINGS are to be taken against
several persons who have lately been
fighting duels near Paris. The seconds,
IA well as the principals, will be prose-
cuted for infringement of the law.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-07-05

THE surmise that many of the persons
run over by railroad trains have been
previously murdered is usually not sus-
ccptible Of proof. An engineer on the
Louisville and Chicago Railroad, how
ever, applied the brakes so promptly that
the body he saw ahead on the track was
not struck. 1t was found that the man
had been robbed, almost killed, and
then placed where a train would be
likely to obliterate all evidence of the
crime.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-07-05

IT isgreatly to the credit of the French
people that their rage for equality has
never caused them to run into personal
extravaganza. A French peasant does
not try to dress like lady but is con-
tent with apparel suitable for her purse
and plight. In this country the maid
must have silk dresses because her mis-
trcss has, and thus the money which
would in France go to the savings bank
goes to enrich the thrifty French.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-07-05
THE bad condition of r

THE bad condition of Roumanian rail
roads recently used for the transporta-
ton of the Muscovite army has renewed
the ire of the Russians against the
builder of the railroads, the famous
DR.. Strousberg. A dispatch says that
the Moscow Court has ordered the i'm
mediate execution of the sentence
against him, and he is about to be re-
moved to the debtors prison instead of
as hitherto being permitted to remain
under arrest in his own house.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-07-05

A NEGRO, being asked for his defni-
ton of gentleman, gave the following:
"Massa make de black man workee-
make de OK workee-make ebery ting
workee-only de hog-he no workee; he
eat, he drink, he walk bout, he go to
please, he lift like gentleman"
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-07-05

THEODORE THOMAS has received the
manuscript of an entire symphony in
five movements by List. New York
expects to hear it in the fall.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-07-05

THE Newport Ne,cs says: "Stand by
the public schools" Yes, when the big
girls are coming out.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-07-05

WHAT man calls his hard luck is
frequently looked upon as laziness by his
neighbors.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-07-05

The crow can fly at the rate Of twenty
five miles an hour.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-07-05

The little fishes have an extensive
correspondence-most everybody drops
line to them.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-07-05

IT is told of the accident to the steamer
Dean Richmond, that while the female
Ellsworth American., 1877-05-03
Plants :: 10. 7::s:o .te Az.

Mr.. Long, the well known florist oil
Buffalo, in his home Florist says:
''There j. notion prevalent that the
presence Of growing plants in the sleep
ing or living room Is detrimental 10 a
healthy atmosphere by their giving out
poisonous carbonic acid gas in the night
time. The investigations of chemists
demonstrate that growing plants do ex-
hale an almost imperceptible quantity
of carbonic acid gas, which, in very
small rOportions, is necessary in the
air We breathe. They also show that
the quantity exhaled al night i but the
one-sixieenth part OF what the same
plants absorb from the atmosphere dur
ing the dav and convert into nearly its
own weight Of oxygen, thus changing a
poisonous gas that derives its origin
from various sources into one of the
principal elements OF pure air. Ii car
bonic acid gas Is emitted from plants in
dangerous quantities. it certainly would
AAot A@A 1As al AA4t ia AZ IAIIAt VI
a close greenhouse heated TO a tropical
temperature and crowded from floor to
raiter with rank vegetation. Yet, in my
experience, have never known The
slightest Ill effects TO be realized from
night work IN greenhouses, neither in
cases that have frequently occurred OF
workmen making the warm greenhouses
their sleeping quarters OF night and
even for an entire winter, which, to my
satisfaction, affords practical proof that
the notion is fallacv; and the fact that
perhaps no healthier class OF men can be
found than greenhouse operators, who
work constantly in an atmosphere where
plants are growing, would prove instead
that living plants exert beneficial in-
fluence upon the air we breathe"
Those who have heretofore dreaded
to keep plants in their houses on account
of their supposed i'll effects may rest at
ease, and even furnish their sleeping
room with flowers.
Ellsworth American., 1877-05-03
Agricultural aleanings.

The English demand for beef is stir.
ring up Texas cattle men. They now
expect drove of over 100000 head for
Northern feeding.
John j. Thomas of Union Springs, N.
Y, is reported to have killed twelve
acres of witch grass in one summer, by
weekly ploughing.
Carrots are excellent for bringing
horses into condition, and they are large
ly used, in connection with other food.
by horse-dealers, for that purpose.
Genuine milk is composed of eighty
seven per cent water and only thirteen
per cent. solid matter. 1t would hardly
seem necessary to add more water.
Norway, whose agriculture is improv-
ing, has a small agricultural school
partly self-suppor.ing and partly subsi-
died by the State, established in every
district.
Lambs that have to be raised by hand
need to be fed with fresh cows milk,
sweetened with about teaspoonful OF
refined sugar to a pint of milk. The
milk should be warmed before feeding.
Pig manure is considered by MANY
more efficacious than COW manure. This
is especially the case with faitening pigs.
II is colder than that of sheep or horse
manure, and does not heat readily.
Ellsworth American., 1877-05-03

poefrp.
Spring Miracles.
BY RLIzABETH AKFEs ALLFN

" heu The iey heart Of nature yearns
FtintsF ia IL wintry stupor deep.
AIas toe pFescieBt Earth. half conscious. turn,
>unwari. smiling m htr frozen Sleep
lI"8 10 Hl5-hroWn tubers. which have lain
in their dafksome prison heaped awa,.
hnoW that >prus eGtfeiis the wosid again.
And begin their struggle toward the day,
No prog lizh, la, touched them where they
Nospring warmth has reached them in their
tomb.
VI they sprout and yeagn AMI reach always
Toward the distant goal Of life and bloom.
Planted in the self same garden he'd.
N0urished BY the self same rain ami light
Whence do roses draw their glowing red:
Whence the lily cups their shining white.
Whence does the refulcent marisold
Gam the gliding for her yellow globes:
" here DO pansie> find. amid he mold
Purple hues TO prank their velvet robes
How 30 ,weet-peas plume their wings with
mnk.
Lavender. and crimson rich and rare<
Na'uTe gives them one and all 70 drink
Limpli cry >tal colorless a. sir.
Little gardener. with vour gol,ien lock-
Bright with sunshine or uncnrled with dew.
MH-ing there among your pina> and phloN.
EIndlaS always something strange OF new -
Trust me. child. the wi>est. strongest brain,
Cobwehi,ed with much learning though it be
Quer1 ng thus. must query all in vain,
Pausing foiled n last. Ike YOU OF me.
>ace- ponder on the mysteries
Hidden close IN petal. root. and stem;
Nature yields more questions than replies
Bate> may AK but who can answer thems
-iQg1.tic M9attly f5r N1y.
Ellsworth American., 1877-05-03
Farm ann houstboIn.
.haaz;az ?aea-s . -ra..a-s.

\ CORE, ,pondent from Tandalia, Mich.
writes: Il have a horse that can pace
in 3:3o. lie il siN wears old, and | want
10 change Lam ~ = trottcr. How can
this be done, ana vii he uot fast, aud
be success sful eampaiguer on the turf"
This question that has attracted
q large share Of attention among horse
man for several years past.
The changing OF PAGERS to trouer, i, OF
comparatively recent date, and i, effect
ed mainly by tie use Of "toe weights, =
or by increasing the weight ofthc shoe.
II has been found that by extra weight
upon the iorc-ieet, most PAGERS will
adopt the citing gait without much
trouble; and with care ana the exercise
Of good Judgment IN the trimming. the
fast PAGER will usually become fast
trot;cr. The experience so far, however.
has not been favorable with those CON
verted PAGERS" A. campaigner> uH tie
troutins course. when they become sore
o. wearied, or from anv cause cut them
selves in race. they are liable at anv
time 20 take their old gait and so loose
race. to the great yex alton ofthe own
cr or driver. Again. the toe weights
are liable to become uniastened and drop
off, or the shoe mas be thrown; in either
of which cases it j. usually "all over"
with the converted PAGER. In all cases
Of this kind the heavy weigh which the
horse IS compelled to carry on his fore
feet Is a great task on his muscular pow
ers, aud is qlite likely to result in the
early breaking down Of the horse thu,
handicapped. 4 horse that i natura!
trotter-clean, level and squarclv gated,
without any artificial appliances is
greatly to be preferred. either for the
Turf or for breeding purposes, a long a.
the maxim remains true that like pro-
duces HSe.n - National Lire stock
,fourual.
Ellsworth American., 1877-05-03

MILK RooMs.-The quantity OF cream
produced by milk depends greatly on
the situation of the milk room. y cool,
airy room in the cellar, if it be high and
well ventilated, and on the north side,
answers the purpose very well. But
the foo: should be cemented, and no
odors of decayed vegetables should be
allowed to enter it. Milk rooms are Of
ten constructed above ground, and
sometimes separate; but they should al
ways be shaded by trees or otherwise.
When the large modern pans are used,
an outdoor room is preferable TO q eel.
lar, especially if the water from a cool
spring can be brought un derground and
made 10 circulate under and around the
pans.
Ellsworth American., 1877-05-03

To PREVENT CHAFING.-An exchange,
remarking on the chatting of the breasts
Of horses, says:s
The common practice of using pads
or sheepskin under the collar is objec-
tionable especially in warm weather,
because it accumulates heat and makes
the breast tender. \ better way is to
take a piece OF thick, smooth leather,
cut it out just the size of the collar, or
little wider, and let it lie Hat on the neck
and shoulders OF the horse. This will
lie still and smooth on the hcrse's neck,
while She collar itself moves about, aud
so it will prevent chatting. In addition
to this, let the breasts of working horses
be washed of every night with clean
water
Ellsworth American., 1877-05-03

SEED GRAIS.-It will pay to sow the
very bes. seed of all kinds. a. know
from trial. | clean it thoroughly,
through the tanning mill, to get all the
weed seed and small and light grain
from the heavy, and have a side spout
for the mill. so that can take out the
heavy. nlump grain and SOW the very
best and keen it tree from weed see1.
There Will always be enough volunteer
weeds without sowing them. a.d il far
m'rs generally would be more pariicu-
lar about seed grain. they would get
well paid inr il. The grain will grow
taller. the heads longer and ield more.
It is just a. necessary tn take the best
grain for seed as it j, lo take the choice
corn or potatoes or to select the best
cattle. horses and hogs to breed from
Now, in the winter. when we probably
will now and then have leisure dav. is
/ very good time to prepare seed grain
and not wait until we are crowded with
spring work. five wait until we want
4 il to sow, the chances are that II will
not he cleansed so well. and perhaps
not at all. Don't put it oG.-Counfrg
Gentleman.
Ellsworth American., 1877-05-03

BLOOD WILL TEIL.-At the late con-
vention Of Shorthoru breeders in kau-
sas. Mr.. John Moler, of Anderson
county. in that State,in an address dwelt
upon the valne of grades and their ad-
vantages over common stock. lie gave
the following instances OF his own ex-
perience:
Last winter he siall-fed forty head of
three year-old steers Thirty of them
were half Durham, or what We call
grades. Ten Of them were good COM
mon steers OF native stock, and OF good
average quality. They were all feb on
the same. and together, and Jared exact
ly alike. lie commenced feeding in
November, and before feeding had all
weighed separately. Aud again after
feeding was over, and thec.attle ready for
market, had ali weighed separately. The
native steers gained on an average 29O
pounds to the head, during the feeding.
The grades gained TO the head, an aver
age Of 40 pounds. which satisfied him
that blood will tell.
Ellsworth American., 1877-05-03

EARLY PEAs.-The following plan for
raising early peas i recommended by
nigh authority. dig trenches in a
warm, sheltered location, soon after the
frost leaves the ground, about one and a
half feet wide and three feet apart; ill
The bottom with old compost and cover
the manure with loan, upon which SOW
the peas thickly. cover them SIR inches
de.p. Ailer the first wedding. insert in
the ground 4 row of sticks on each side
of the trenches or rows, 50 that tie tops
of the sticks shall be at least five feet
above the surface of the ground.-Tne
advantages OF this mode OF cultivation
are. that this vegetable comes mp strong
and vigorous, i, not proved upon by
fowls and pigeons. is not pulled mp, is
not 80 much affected by the drought OF
summer. is more prolific. and iurnishe.
peas for longer season, or about three
weeks"
Ellsworth American., 1877-05-03
How to saise Celery and Cabbage Plants.

l find that the most OF the Information
that am able to give to your readers is
suggested by inquiries of correspondents
who write to me TO help them out of
their difficulties. One of these from
New Hampshire says that he finds great
trouble with his crops of both cabbage
and celery on account of difficulty OF
raising the plants. His hoibed raised
cabbages are often severely hurt by
frosts alter planting out, and his celery
seed, which be cannot in his section sow
sooner irr the open ground than the first
week in NAV, does not give him strong
enough plants to set out inIJuIy. These
difficulties suggest remedy which must
be different from our usual practice in
the Latitude ofNew York, where in or
diuary seasons our ground operations
are i'm full blast the first week in April.
This remedy is the use OF sashes, not as
boi-beds. but as coid-b beds, or, as they
are calico, cold-frames. These are con-
strnered simply OF boards placed parallel
with escn other, six feet apart, or OF the
length of the sashused, whatever 1t may
he These beds should be placed IN
snot as warm and sheltered as possible.
Where the frost is yet in the ground, by
,,se;uo:the sashes on, the spaces under
them will soon be thawed out by the
sum particularly if the sashes can be
covered up at night-Pst~ Henderson.
Ellsworth American., 1877-05-03

DARK STABLEs.-It j. an established
fact that dark stables tend to produce
blindness in animals. y veterinary sur
geon says: Darkness produces blind
ness, because nature is outraged in the
fact that the sight OF the eye is DESTROYED
by want OF light to present objects prop
erly TO the vision, aud thus, by continued
inactivity, producing blindness. Even
so is blindness, or imperfect vision, pro-
duced b. an over-action OF light upon
the retins of the eye, a. is always the
case when light is admitted by win
dow, directly in front Of the horse.
Nothing is worse tl.an this light so adj.
mitted- Nature is outraged, and as
penalty We have nervous, fretful horses,
shyers, cribbers, bakers, runaways, and
anything but reliable. pleasant horse
Ellsworth American., 1877-05-03

DR.. Townsend OK
ygenaiet! Air viii
purify the blood TIA
one-thiTd the time
thAtAnyotherAnown
remedy can. " hyf
bccAti ,etOinhalrBN-
ysenated Airttr1es
direct to tho Liir.s
and pa sc~ tart ugh
{ d Q Tissues arl
mes In direct con
tact with tho blood
as it {. forced into
the Lungs by the ac-
tion oftl.e ,seArt Al
thebloOd inalrNrlrs
returns 70 the heart
every four minutes
ifihe hiuoli- good.
and forced from the
heart to the lungs,
and the more Bxy-
gen You iuhals INFO
the lungs the inure
you purifyihe blood
when Oxygen coues
In contact with the
impurities lu t-t
blood 10 rikes
and burns, causing
the blood be heat
ed 80 that IL warns
every part Of
the body. a. IL E,-s
on Its revolution.
through the -'.g
your hiu--iisf.
you cannot hr
We drive Ntrrs~t
and ailot.cr ll-.'H.H
..sso14toitt-
" e guarantectufG
rifythe bloodin one
third the tineof any
otheranown reruedt
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