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The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-08-16

RETURNS from all the customs dis
tricts of all the exports and imports dur
ing the fiscal year ending June 80, 1877,
show the total exports (specie values) to
be s602, 2,474, ,5S1; total imports, $54l, :
307, $40; excess of exports over imports,
s151, ,167, ,O32. In the fiscal year ending
June 30, 1876, the excess of exports over
imports was but $79, ,643, ,4S1. In the fiscal
year ending June 30, 1877, the exports
of coin and bullion amounted to $685.
163,237 and imports to $40,774, ,414,
while in the preceding year the exports
were s56,506, 1902 and the imports only
$15, ,936,6S1
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-08-16
JEWELS have meanings of their own

JEWELS have meanings of their own: !:
Diamond, innocence; ruby, forgetful-
ness of and exemption from vexations
caused by friendship and love; emerald,
success in love; sapphire, repentance; /;
amethyst, sincerity; garnet, constancy; /;
topaz, fidelity; turquoise, prosperity; :;
opal, hope; bloodstone, courage; agate,
health and long life; cornelian, con-
tented mind; sardonyx, conjugal felic-
ity; chrysolite, antidote against mad
ness. Malachite is not precious stone,
but its color (green) signifies hope.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-08-16

IN Colorado this years assessment re-
turns show 100000 head of cattle,
valued at IS, 1000; and 100000 sheep
valued at S1,OOO,0OO. The number of
cattle shipped to Eastern markets the
past season was 1000 carloads, or over
10000 head, added to which were some
10000 dressed beeves. The wool clip of
the seven principal countries footed up
ISss.O00 pounds, worth S471 ,250.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-08-16

A CURIOUS custom obtained among the
ancient Venetians. There is in Venice
an ancient palace, and on its panels are
perpetuated the portraits of the doges of
that city of the dead. In viewing the
array of faces graved in the majesty of
time and romance, the eye is startled as
it rests on one vacant space. He who
should have looked out from there in
that sacred list, was found guilty of a
disgraceful deed, and the keen soul of
the Venetian blotted his face, if not his
memory, from the records of their his
tory. His absence is in his darkest
shame. He is even denied place in the
memory of the people.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-08-16

PHILADELPHIA Bulletin: The Piper
family were plunged into mourning a
few weeks ago by the death of Mr.. Piper,
the head of the household. In conse-
ouence of this bereavement, young
Henry Piper, who is taking music les
sons, felt that ordinary respect for his
father required that he should permit
the piano to remain closed. And so
now, during the time he used to devote
to practicing, he goes over to William
sons barn and fights roosters, or strays
off to have stone fight with the boys
in the next street. Filial love that
reaches beyond the grave in this man
ner is holy thing.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-08-16

THRIFTINEss would seem to have
reached its limit in Paris. There the
custom Of hiring meat is growing. Big
pieces of meat, ham, or poultry are or
dered from the shops, and good care is
taken that, in carving, the pieces are not
disfgured. What is not eaten is re-
turned to the shops and weighed, the
loss being charged to the housekeepers.
The returned joints are then retailed in
alices
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-08-16

grain of the metal would cover nearly
four square feet. This is ten thousand
times thinner than ordinary writing
paper, and two million seven hundred
and ninety-eight thousand of such films
together would make only one inch in
thickness
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-08-16

MAX ADELER: "Have the railroads
struckp' asked an excited man, burst
ing into the sanctum like Russian tor
pedo. "They have" we replied gently
and firmly, 1" lots of it; you'll find the
railroads truck over at the baggage
room" And then we smiled our sad,
sweet smile, and the celestial calm of
an angel benediction filled to overflow
ing the depths of our soul with tender
peace, like pound of corn-starch over
whelming the narrow restraints of a
| quart cup.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-08-16
A WRITER in the PHILADELPHIA Bulletin

A WRITERln the PhlIadeIphIa BUHetW,
in series of papers, explains g How to
Improve Old Public Schools" The best
way to improve these institutions of
learning is to have lake in front and
base ball grounds in the rear, so that the
pupils may devote two-thirds of their
time to boat-racing and base ball play
ing, and thus secure a complete educa-
ton, without spending three years and a
lot of money at some one of our leading
American colleges.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-08-16

A MARRIAGE was arranged between
two young people living some distance
apart, near Bengal, India, but who had
never seen one another. The bridegroom
duly arrived at the brides village, and
the ceremonies had actually begun, when
report reached the bride and her
mother that the intended husband was
an incurable cripple. They both de-
clared that they would commit suicide
rather than complete the ceremony, and
as il was a fact that the would-be-bride-
groom was a cripple, he was dismissed.
But according to the prevailing supersti-
ton, eternal disgrace would have at
tended the bride if she had not been
married on that day when matters had
progressed 80 far. So, another bridegroom
had to be sought, and after searching
the highways and byways boy was cap
tured and duly married in the place of
the cripple. The latter being in the
same plight, had also to provide him
self with bride before the day closed,
and thus there were two marriages in
stead Of one.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-08-16

WE have hitherto remarked on the
rapidly-growing use of opium in this
country, and now find it recorded that
during the first half of this year no.
357 pounds of opium (valued at $751;
1907 were received at New York-nearly
$4,000 of which came during May and
June-imported in expectation of a
permanent rise in price, owing to the
war in Europe. But this expectation
was not realized, and many spectators
have been ruined. The new crop is
now being gathered in Smyrna and
vicinity, and is unusually large-proba-
bly, amounting to 5000 chests, or $780,
900 pounds. The annual consumption
in this country is about 100000 pounds.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-08-16

WORCESTER Press: There is perhaps
nothing in nature that better illustrates
the wisdom of Providence than the fact
that the potato bug is not quite as agile
as the flea.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-08-16

Mr.. A. f. OUTERBRIDGE, JR., of the
Philadelphia Assay Office, has recently
given an example of the infinite divisi-
bility of matter, by exhibiting before
the Franklin Institute some thin films
Of gold obtained by electric deposition
upon copper and afterward detached.
These pieces of gold-leaf were transpar-
ent, and gave green color to trans.
mitted light. Mr.. Outerbridge has thus
produced films Of gold so thin that one
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-08-16

CONSIDERABLE provisions We're stolen
during the late riots in Pittsburg, and it
is observed that the newspaper reporters
of that city are becoming unusually fat.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-08-16

Mr.. WILLIAM EARLE LYTroN Bull
WEIR, the head of the Briwer family,
and the elder brother of che late novelist,
has just died in England, age seventy
eight. He was tie owner of large es-
tates in Norfolk, and was a Magistrate
and Deputy Lieutenant for that county.
The Bulwez estates devolved upon his
eldest son, Mr.. William Earle Gascoyne
BnlMcr.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-08-16
On the War Path.

SALT LAKE, UTAH, August 1.-THE fol-
lowing were received this morning:
BIG HOLE, Mon, August 9.
To Governor Potts:
Had a hard fight with the Nez Perces, killing a
number and losing a number of officers and men.
We need doctor and everything. Send us such
relief you can.
JOHN GIBBON,
Colonel Commanding.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-08-16

IT is only within the past year that
oats have been exported to- Europe. Sew
eral caargoes have recently been taken on
French account.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-08-16

THEY are drying fish on the coast of
Maine to feed to sheep this winter,
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-08-16
EDITORIAL OLIO.

The trainmen at Albany have been
chalking the back fences until they have
worked out the arithmetical calculation
that when Mr.. Vanderbilt's one hundred
thousand is divided every engineer will
get fourteen dollars, every conductor
eight dollars, and the brakemen and fire.
men only three dollars apiece.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-08-16

A woMAN's dress is more comfortable
than mans In hot weather.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1877-12-03
Hlarria9es.

At the residence of the brides moth
err, in Middleway, on the 30th of Octo-
Der. by Rev II. A. Wade, Mr.. ELI
PAYNE TO Miss ALMIRA Ii. COYLE
all OF this county.
AT Harper's Ferry, Tuesday, Novem-
Der, Is, 1877, by Rev. Father Vande-
vyer, Mr.. LOUIS T. BENSON, Of
Pleasant Valley, Md, 10 Miss FANNIE
CRAWFORD, Of Ha.pers Ferry.
On the 18th of October, 1877, at the
residence OF the brides father, in Wash.
ington, d. c., by the Rev. Lewis Hay,
assisted by the brides father, CHAS.
Ii. GANZENBACK to Miss TERESA
A. F. SUMAN, second daughter Of
Rev. John J. Su:nan, formerly of Har.
per's Ferry.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1877-12-03

The LATE EDMUND JENNINGS LEE
On Wednesday last Cleon Moore, Esq,
presented to the Circuit Court, Judge
Hoge presiding, the Resolutions adopt
ed at meeting Of the Jefferson Bar on
the 1lth day of August last, expressive
Of the sorrow produced by the death OF
the late Edmund j. Lee, the Senior
member of this Bar, and with appro.
pirate remarks moved the same be spread
upon the records OF the Court. The
motion was seconded by Hon. WIN. II.
Travers, who attesied in bigbes; terms
to the eminent personal and professional
qualities Of the deceased, the names of
whose ancestors are among the most
llustrious in the history of this country
ana the Struggle for its independence.
Pending the motion, Hons. Andrew
Hunter and ID. b. Lucas addressed the
Court and Bar, Darrating their personal
experiences of the worth of the said de
ceased az lawyer, citizen. parent and
friend. The Court, in BETTING eulopv.
endorsed these testimonials from The
Bar, and ordered that the said .Resolu.
tons be entered of record on the Com
mon Law Order Book Of the Court
Free Press.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1877-12-03
. Deaths.

On the 9th Of October, 1877, in Coop
er county, Mo-, Mrs. JANE LlCKLI
DER, aged 81 years, 8 months and six
DAYS, wife of Mr.. Thomas Licklider, and
daughter of the late Thomas Melvin,
Sr., decease, and formerly OF this coun-
I'd. The deceased was consistent
member of the Methodist L. p. church,
and left large family connection to
mourn her loss.
At the residence Of her son-in law,
Mr.. Saml NJ. Clipp, in this county, Sep
TENDER, 27, 1877, Mrs. JANE LESLIE,
aged 53 years, 6 months and 2 days.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1877-12-03

~ GRAND ENrERTAINMENT.-H Henry
Shepherd, Esq, President of Shepherd
College, dined the Trustees and PROBES
sors of that Iustitution, ourself included,
on Saturday last, at his beautiful resi-
dence on bis "Wild Goose Farm, a
few miles North of this place. The
dinner was admirably served, and the
whole entertainment admirably con-
Quoted. After visiting Mr.. Shepherds
lower farm, the old Shepherd Mansion,
the party returned delighted with their
visit, and with Mr.. SIS hospitable at,en-
ton.
For want CT space this week we must
defer an extended description of Mr..
Shepherds beautiful and magnificent
plantations, but We can venture the as
sertion that there are none to compete
with them in The State in any particu-
lar. Mr.. s. and bis family departed for
New Orleans on Thursday, where he
will be engaged until the following
Spring attending to bis extensive bust.
ness relations. His return here win be
hailed with delight by his numerous
friends.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1877-12-03
NOTICE
TRESPASSERS

4 IL persons are hereby positively and
n strictly forbidden from trespassiDg
upon the lands of Henry Ronemous and
John NJ. Hartman, lying in Shepherd and
Potomac Districts, West of Duifields Sta
ton, jefferson county, w. Va, either by
hunting or passing over the same.
Any and all persons found so trcspass-
ing will be punished to the full extert Of
the law. HENRY RONEMOUS,
JOHN NJ. HARMAN.
Dec. I, 1877. 3w
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1877-12-03
RELIGIOUS NOTICE.

The protracted meeting at Liberty
Grove, suspended on account of the in
clement weather, will be resumed, if the
weather be fair, on next Monday night,
December 3rd, at o'clock. If Mon
day night should be Indictment, then the
first fair night thereafter.
J. L. .SHIPLEY, Pastor.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1877-12-03

~ a correspondent of the "Free
Press" who seems to have lost conf
dence in our County Court and to think
that it is losing its hold on the affec-
tons of the people, asks our contempt
rarys opinion of the Court "as We find
it operative at the present day"
To this inquiry the Free Press re-
spends as cand;dly as it can without
making itself liable to the charge Of a
contempt of court, its answer being as
follows:-
We respond 70 the above after the man.
ner of the charitable old lady who was in
terrogated as to her opinion of Jones. She
said: "Why, l don't like To say any
thing about my neighbors, but as to Mr..
Jones, sometimes think, and then again
don't know; but, after all, | rather guess
he'll turn out to be deal such q sort Of n
man as take him now to be |"
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1877-12-03

he'll turn out to be a deal such a sort Of
man as take him now To be"
Mr.. Zittle:-For the benefit OF some OF
your readers who hold TO the idea that
we cannot believe what We cannot I'M
derstand, and therefore, not being able
10 understand the Bible it need not be
believed, please publish the following
'Let me tell you Dutch story right
here &c:
ANSWERING A Fool AcCoRING TO HIS
FoILr.-Let me tell Dutch story right
here because it comes from Dutchman
in the eastern part Of Pennsylvania and
must be true story. The Dutcbman
never was ashamed of his religion. In
his neighborhood there was skeptIc
who said, "You cant believe anything
you can't understand" aud some of the
better elias, of people asked the Dntch.
man if he would not have a conversation
with him. lie said 'yes, if you tink
best"
"Have yG any o'j-ciions to the
neighbors coming in =
mo, SnuSt as you INK Oest.
So they made the appointment and
everybody was there. The old gentle
man came in and laid by his hat and
was introduced to the skeptic, and be-
gan suddenly by saying: "Vell, row
look here. pleefs the Bible-what you
pleefs?'
Said he: 81 don't believe anything l
can't understand
ooh, you must be one very smart
man. was mighty glad meet you
| ask you some questions. The other
day | vas riding along the road and |
meet Won dog, and that dog he had Won
of his ears stand up IN this way and the
odder one he stand down so. Now, Wy
was dat?
Now that was very unh andy Just then,
very unbandy. He either had TO prove
that the dog did not have one ear stand
ing up and the other down, or else say
he did not believe it. So be said, II
don't know"
ooh, then you are not so very smart
after all. ask you anoder question. ]
saw in John Smiths clover patch, the
clover come up 50 nice, and | look over
into the fields and dere was Jno. Smiths
pigs; aud dere come out hair on dere
packs, and in the very same clover patch
vas sheep. and dere came out WOOL on
dere packs. Now w vas dat! =
Now, that was az bad as the other,
because the same perplc1ity arose. He
had to prove there was wool on the
back Of the pig, or hair on the back Of
the sheep, and he couldn't tell why, and
therefore he had no hnsiness to believe
it. Finally he said, 81 don't know"
"Vell," he said, 'you are no, halt as
smart as you tink you are. Now ] ask
you anoder question. Do you pleeye
dere is a God4"
'tNo, ! don't believe apy suOh non
sense"
''Oh, yes, l bear about you long ago.
/ know all about you. Ny Bible knows
about you, for in my Bible he says
The fool says in his heart there is no
God. But you big fool, you blab it right
out
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1877-12-03
- erH5 GsutLs Gw
JNReET, iLE!ss1S LIVER { EIGnA

Ia tho von,lerfui mrdIriIc Ia which The Afflicted
arc airn'f hurc.ct fIr trlci. the dlsro,srsr he
levc, he has ruin hiu- "a h0n,no,iw more Of Ne
furc'S sovereign curative Ir"I'ertiss. which GIL
ing tho sick. tllau were ever tcinre combined IN
~. nc'i,cirr The cvhlenrc ~ this fact 10 found
he great variety 81 mpsi obstinate 'iisrssss which
II las hrcn f0uni iO conquer. In The IS
Bronchitis, severe foughs, snd tho ss'ir
STAGES nf tOnEuni ptiOn. ~ has A.tDnishet iss
medical farult,. AMI eminent pliS sicians pfo-
nnuHcc II tho greatest medical 'iisroyerv' Of tire
age While II cures the srvrrr,t Coughs, 10
Hrcnrthens the svstcin amt purifIas sAs
TuE properties. u cures NIL Hum ora, from ths
N"rSt Scrofu'a 10 u common ntott u, y, ~
pic, Eruption. MrfcuriA dI.ssl<. AibsA.
i'oI-ops, AMI tlie4r encrLs. are srAdiraiel AN!
vigorous health AMI y sound rnNsIItutP,p c~s ~
li-ltcd. Erysipctn.. Sntt-r % on NJ. rsver
Sores. >cnIy or Rough skin, "a snori. al
tie numerous Diseases clu'c'l bv La.i bi"pi. ars
conquered Nv tins powerful. purifying. anal Ia
rIsuraing me'trlnc.
II van feet dulI. drowsv, 'ichiitai~t h,v~ sslisw
color OF skin. yclluwlsh brown sp,ir ou f.,u "f
lstv fire, ucnt hei'tRche or dizziness. bli taie n
mouth. Internal heat or rhills atcrnate~ villa h.<
nushcs. low spirit. mi gloomy forsi--l1st -
regular annette. and tongue cs'afe& rns ~
suffering from Torpid Liver. nr :" etttSss-
piainto onir part al these SYMPTOMS are sr
pcrIcnceL. y. rriuc,v for all soSt .asss. ~.
Picrrc's f;nl,ien Mrlicai discover, nAA ~, ~ ils
rs IL eject, perfect enTeA. icaviaS ths liver
strengthened and healthy.
SOLD eY DRUGGISTS At 81 PER goTnt.
Prepared by IL v. PIERCE, ". ~. s>,s
propricior. al uis woELD's ptsrsSsARr.
Bunalo. ~. !.
The Portland daily press., 1877-08-16

THE famine in Southern India is spread
ing, and threatens to be attended by great
destruction of life. A million and a quarter
ofpeople are now dependent on the govern
ment relief for their daily food, and among
these, weakened by privation discourage
ment and the and epidemic diseases which
always dog the progress of famine
says the London Times, are making
frightful rayages. If the Northwest Prov
inces and Dude are also threatened, as q cor
respondent thinks possible; the difficulty will
be immensely increased. "Not only" says
the Times, s,there "will be no supplies available
from those districts, but the government
will be distracted by the concurrent claims of
North and South" Lord Salisbury, in a
recent speech, expressed the most gloomy
forebodings as to the "terrible calamity, Of
whose recrudescence we have had during
the last few days painful assurance" The
resources of the country will be taxed 10 the
utmost, in the opinion Of the Secretary for
India,to meet the exigencies of such fearful
affiiction. It is pleasing to see that the Brit
ish government is doing It's duty to its Indian
subjects. U
The Portland daily press., 1877-08-16

THE New York Democratic journals have
been trying to mar the entente cordiale which
has been created between us and our trans
atlantic brethren by the very cordial and
handsome reception accorded ex-President
Grant in England, by disagreeable insinua-
tions that on certain state occasions the ex-
PRESIDENT was obliged to accept positions in
ferior to what was due the representative Of
so great a nation as ours. Probably the
quickest method of disposing of the alega-
tions is to call to memory and make appro.
pirate application of the laconicism of the
Scottish chieftain who. when pressed to
make claim for certain position at the table
to which he came as guest, haughtily re-
piled that "wherever Macdonald sat was the
head of the table,"
The Portland daily press., 1877-08-16

M. JoNAULT has just published at Paris a
sketch of the last presidential election in the
United States. 1t is learned from it that on
the 18th of December last, proclamations
were issued by NJ. Abraham S. Newt and
M. e. Chandler, the former claiming thaa
Samuel R. Tilden was elected; the latter that
the president and vice president elect were
NM. Hayes and Wyaler. In this strait and
to pass upon the legality of the work of the
returning boards, the electoral commission
was appointed. 1t stood S67, and NJ. Ruth
erford r. Hayes was accordingly chosen and
installed on the fourth of March.
The Portland daily press., 1877-08-16

REPORTS of recruiting in New York for the
Turkish army are denied by the Turkish lie.
cation. 1t is said that the Porte values high
ly the good understanding which prevails be-
tween Turkey and the United States, and
will scrupulously respect the neutrality Of the
latter Government. As the pay of a private
soldier in the Ottoman army amounts re
about slips per month, with small chance:
for ever getting it at that, it may be safely
set down as probable that recruits from this
part of the world are not coming forward
with alacritv
The Portland daily press., 1877-08-16

THE Democratic authorities of Kentucky
have offered $500 for the arrest of the un-
known vigilantes of Carroll county who
killed Carrie Anderson, a 16-year-old girl, by
mistake, intending to kill her disreputable
father and brothers. The Democratic au-
thorities of Mississippi have notyet offered Is
cents for the arrest of the known murderers
of Kemper county who killed Cornelia CHS
ohm and her young brother Intentionally.
The Portland daily press., 1877-08-16

THE Liverpool Art Club proposes an ex-
hibition of loan collection of fans. All fans
of an artistic character, or of an historic
interest, are eligible, including those of which
the framework is inlaid. jeweled, enameled
or carved. The decorations may consist Of
painting, embroidered, applied work, lace,
feathers, or birds; and the materials of paper,
ivory, silk, pearl, bamboo, palm leaves, metal
The Portland daily press., 1877-08-16

THE persons most severely condemned by
the English, in our railroad strike, were the
governors who parleyed with the rioters,
"and especially that detested demagogue,
Williams of Indiana, who seems to have
sided with the strikers till public opinion
compelled him to make some show of being
on the side of order" Blue Jeans ought to
go to England and show himself.
The Portland daily press., 1877-08-16

THE st. Louis Globe-Democrat remarks |:
The Republicans of Maine will persist in re-
viving sectional animosities. Their first res
olution declares that s'The United States
constitutes nation and not mere confed-
eracy." Why can't they let the South
al0na9
The Portland daily press., 1877-08-16

THE Nation remarks that the British
Islands, protected, like ourselves, by sea from
the danger Of foreign invasion, maintain a
force of not less than 10000 regular troops,
as an auxiliary police for home duty. Their
territory is small and their population com,
pact, while ours are widely extended and
loosely Joined together.
The Portland daily press., 1877-08-16

I whole number of pilgrims to Rome
during the Pope's episcopal jubilee was less
than was expected, being only 1920. The
largest number from France-6,000. The
United States sent 500. The gifts are esti-
mated as high as three millions of dollars.