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SOME interesting details are given by
the Cologne Gazette of the amounts col
lected for the sick and wounded during
the late war. The largest collection
was made in Russia, where more than
81. 800, 900 was voluntarily subscribed to
the funds of the Red Cross Society. For
the Red Crescent there was collected al
together, in Europe, in India, and in the
United States, s230,0O0. Of this sum,
two thirds were subscribed in India, the
total amount contributed by Europe
being barely SSO,oOO. Altogether the
amount subscribed for the succor of the
sick and wounded of the two belliger-
ents fell far short of that collected
during the Franco German war of 1870
II, when the subscriptions amounted in
France to ~, 200, 900, and in Germany
to $27, 100000. Although the largest
amount of money was collected in Rus
sia, the management of the Russian hos
pitals and ambulances left much to be
desired, the diet supplied the patients
especially being insufficient.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-05-09

tropolis was carrying supplies when she
was wrecked off Kitty Hawk life saving
station, applied some time ago to the
Brazilian Minister in Washington for
permission to employ several thousand
United States black navvies on the
proposed railroad; but the Minister with
held consent, on the ground that he
doubted the legality of introducing free
blacks into Brazil. The Brazilian Gov
ernment, however, sent a dispatch re-
Gently to the Minister, saying that no
objection is to be made to the import
alton of American citizens in Brazil, no
matter what their color may be. The
contractors are therefore to hire num-
Der of black navvies soon. 1t is ex-
tected that they will stand the climate
better than the whites.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-05-09

AMONG the " Extracts from the
Diary of Lady at Pera," which appear
in the Cologne Gazette, one gives an ac-
count of an interview with Mehemet
Ali. " Mehemet, sayst the writer, Cooked
depressed and melancholy; he had evil
IDENTIFY lost the good spirits which for
merly never used to leave him, either in
good times or in bad. congratulated
him on his appointment as commandant
of the city, but he replied that he was
so no longer. During the last fort
night he said, have been appointed
to twenty different posts, not one of
which 1 have actually beld.' Your
Excellency,' I rejoined, formed part of
the council which discussed the prelimi-
naries of peace. Are they really SO dis
astrous as people sayT IF they are
carried OUT he replied, Turkey can
no longer exist as European power "
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-05-09

ECUADOR has had her Presidential
election, the General Convention at
Guayaquil, by majority of forty-two,
electing Ignacio de Veintenilla to that
Office. There were but five votes against
him, but it is generally thought that the
vote represents rather the wish of the
people. A bill in favor of religious toll
GRAFTON was rejected by the Convention.
The action of that body in both
cases has caused lively discomfort, as
Don Pedro Carbo was the popular can
didate for the Presidency, and the bill
granting religious toleration was re
garded with much favor. A decree ha,
been published admitting, free Of duty
into the port of Guayaquil -four, rice
and other comestibles, the decree tax
ing effect May /.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-05-09

To cover the expenses of the war Rus
sia has been compelled to raise three in
ternal loans aggregating 1000, 900 pa
per roubles, one foreign loan of $780,
900 silver roubles, and to disburse in ad-
dition 25O,000,00O saved from the
budgets Of former years. The whole
cost of preparing and conducting
the war has been sO0,O0n,0O0 roubles
(s576, ,000.000). The estimated cost of
taking the troops home will be 50,0o0,-
900 roubles, or $50, 200 OOO more, making
the total expenditure S50,000,0O
roubles, or $612, 900, 900.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-05-09

LORD EMY-or Little Emily" as
he is more familiarly called, in contra
distinction of his size-is publishing, for
the first time, in the Irish Monthly, some
letters addressed to his ancestor, Wis
count Perry, Speaker of the Irish House
Of Commons about a century ago, by
Burke, Grattan, and others. In one Of
these, dated Rome, Nav, 1878, the Bishop
Of Derry (afterward Earl of Bristol)
puts on record the fact that project
was on foot in Ireland to make as gen.
eral an emigration as possible and to settle
In part Of the Pope's territory which
is within forty miles of Rome, and now
actually preparing for some very exten-
sive colony" History is singularly 81
lent about this design.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-05-09

REPEATING watches have gone out of
fashion of late years, partly, perhaps,
because they were cumbrous; yet they
need not be so. One presented to
George III, was smaller than silver
dime, and weighed only dwt. and p
grs. A repeater is very convenient.
Striking light to see the time often
arouses a person so much that he can
not get to sleep again, while he can fall
asleep again in five seconds after just
pressing a spring and hearing so many
throbs in his hand.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-05-09

A LADY spent the best part Of week
in registry Office in London, enduring
n variety of snubbing from women,
who turned up their noses at her ample
wages and her moderate work. At last
she was taken pity upon by person who
consented to preside over her kitchen.
"You live on a terrace, ma'amT p
said Mrs. Cookie, Modified. 81 have
refused six hexcellent situations because
street and place sound so vulgar
for ones address. But terrace will
look pretty at the top of my letters"
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-05-09

Mr.. and Mrs. Newman have been in
business for long time in Boston as
magnetic healers," processing to cure
diseases by a laying on of the hand.
Their terms were peculiar, and required
the patients to live with them, and sur
render all their property. Several
trustful Spiritualists complied, and one
of them now commences lawsuit to re-
cover a watch and some money. A man
gave the Newmans house and lot; but
he is content, because he believes that
he has been miraculously cured of
rheumatism.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-05-09
A COMMITTEE has been lately assembled

A COMMITTEE has been lately assembled
at the Typographical department of the
German army, in Berlin, to
arrange for the publication of a
uniform military map of the whole of
the German empire. Among other al
terations it is proposed to take some
point to be fixed in the observatory at
Berlin as the zero, to which all the
vertical measurements on the map are
to be referred, instead of the sea level of
the Baltic. Last year the eastern half
of Schleswig- -Holstein and part of Meek
lenburg were surveyed. This year the
western half of Schleswig- Holstein,
Hamburg, and apart of Hanover will
be completed; and in 1879 Alsace-Lor-
raine will be begun. The staff of the
typographical department having been
increased, the work will now proceed at
the rate of two hundred German square
miles year.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-05-09

EVERY good act is charity. Giving
water to the thirsty is charity. Remov-
ing stones and thorns from the road is
charity. Exhorting your fellow men to
virtuous deeds is charity. Putting
wanderer in the right path is charity.
Smiling in your brothers face is charity.
A mans true wealth is the good he does
in this world. When he dies, mortals
will ask what property has he left behind
him; but angels will inquire, "What "
good deeds hast thou sent before%
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-05-09

EUGENE BENSON, writer for the
GALAXY magazine in its early years, is
Aourishing painter in Rome, Italy. An
Englishman recently paid $500 for
one of his Holy Land studies-a small
picture, and gem, glowing and ORR
entail. The last two winters, picture
buyers having been comparatively " few
and far between" the sale made quite a
sensation among the Roman artists.
Mr.. Benson's pictures have had place
in the Royal Academy, London, for the
last three years. His taste is fine and
his brush delicate.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-05-09

the funeral last fall. The lot in which
Governor Morton now lies is at the head of
the soldiers graves, few feet from the
flagstaff, and in full view from one of the
principal avenues leading into the grounds.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-05-09
)MERSET, OHIO, THURSDAY, MAY 8, 1878.

two men out of the wreck and, it is believed,
was trying to rescue others, when the wreck
sunk, carrying him down. All the wounded
are doing well
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-05-09

THE advancing light of science is
rapidly clearing up the dark mysteries
that have so long dwarfed reason and
clogged the mind with perplexing
doubts. AS soon as the savants came
face to face with the startling fact that
the bones of the female contain much
larger percentage of phosphorus than
can be found in the framework of the
male, the world no longer scratched its
head and marveled that all women
should be natural match-makers.-
Breakfast Table.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-05-09

IS recent years there has been a
marked increase in the number of
charms, Autographs, statuettes, Japa-
nese monsters, and cheap bric-a-brac
sent to the Holy Father by Roman
Catholics in various parts of the world.
A writer in the Ultramontane organ,
lie Uniuers, justly rebukes this tendency
and points out that in these days, when
the Holy See is dependent for support
on voluntary contributions, hard coin or
its equivalent is much more acceptable.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-05-09

AN agrarian offense of novel char
acter has, it is alleged, been committed
by a man named Hyfe, now in the
county Jail at Limerick, Ireland. HyAe,
IL seems, rented some orchards at Adare,
but he was, for some reason, evicted by
the owners, to whom his tenancy did
not give satisfaction. 1t was subse-
quently discovered that all, or nearly
all, the fruit trees had failed; and the
prosecutor alleged that the prisoner,
with an augur. bored hole in each Of
the trees and destroyed their vitality by
introducing quantity of vitriol into
their trunks.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-05-09

SOME people swallow the Graphic ac-
count of the phonogrsph. The fools are
not all dead yet.-Centratta Herald.
That's so just as sure as you live
Graphic.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-05-09

THE POPE has at last issued his en-
cyclical. He points out that it is wrong
for society to combat the Church, and
the Roman Pontifcate, especially. Re-
garding the latter's Civil Principality,
which is a guarantee of its liberty and
independence, the Pope renews and con-
firms the protest of Plus TX against the
occupation of this civil principality Of
the Church. His Holiness is confident
that with the aid Of God and the zeal of
the pastors, society will finally return to
the homage it owes the Church. The
encyclical is generally moderate, and
full Of expressions of affection toward
society.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-05-09

"MARsHAL SwAYNE completed Bay
ard Taylor's bust, and it remains in this
country" Completed, is it? Good.
Thought he was going to keep it up on
the other side of the pond.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-05-09

DURING the thirty-six years of its ex-
istence the income tax has brought into
the Golfers of Great Britain and ireland
the sum of EGGS, ,OOO,O 900, or 81, ,o25, ,ooO,-
900 in gold. The highest rate-ls. Id.
on the pound-was in 1867, the years
following the Crimean war. The lowest,
in 1875, was 3D., while the present tax,
including the increase from the six
million F" vote, is only Sd. (about two
per cent. on incomes above ESQ.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-05-09

The bald-headed pargrapher" of a
st. Louis paper was robbed the other
night. When the thief examined his
pocket-book he found nothing but q
receipt for killing flies and the model in
India ink of pair of patent scissors.
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Comparatiye Treasury Statement,

The following is a comparison of the con-
dition of the Treasury May /, 1877, and
May /, 1878:
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-05-09

The contractors of the Madeira and
Mamore Railroad, to which the Me-
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-05-09
PASSING SMILES.

WHEN man is reported missing"
it is because he has been seen with a
Il
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-05-09

1877. lS1S.
81, ,395, 145 ST., 163 140
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-05-09

6,Oo' 900 10000, 600
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Statistics of Commerce.
CONGRESSIONAL.

Total excess of exports over imports,
specie and merchandise.........
Weekly Trinity journal., 1878-12-21

Memphis street car were twelve
ladies. Eleven out Of the twelve were
clad in mourning.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1878-12-21

PREPARED FOR A WHIPPING.-/ion's
Hcrdid tells story ofold.time discipline
Mt Wilbraham Seminary when Rev. DR..
Fisk was presiding officer : "There WIS
one minister's son, now in the New
England Con ference land very faithful
and useful pastor he has BEEN, member
of large ministerial family, who in his
academic days was as full Of mischief a-
the provorbinl minister's son is supposed
TO be. lie taxed tho well known elastic
patience Of DR.. Fisk 10 tho last degreo.-
Finally, the Doctor said to him after n
capital act of misconduct "You must
prepare yourself for II severe whipping"
Whom the appointed time came the Doc
tor was on hand, very much moro effected
apparently, than tho irrepressible mis-
chief maker. After solemn discourse
in that most melting tone Of voice that no
emo can forget who ever heard 1t, the
Doctor drew his rattan and laid it with
considerable JUNCTION upon the boys back.
ANOlullR Dhb hhob tho
The subject OF discipline was entirely at
his case, and evidently quite unconscious
of the stroke. "Take off your cost, sir"
was the next command, for the Doctor
was little aroused. Again whistled tho
rattan around tho boys shoulders, but
with no more effect. Take off your
vest, sir !" shouted the Doctor. on
went tho vest, but here was another Hn-
der it. "Of with the other |" and then,
to the astoDishment ot the administrator
of justice, he exposed a dried Goldfish,
defending the back Of the culprit like
shield, while below there was evidently
stretching over other exposed portions OF
the body stout leather apron. "What
does this mean 2" said the Doctor
"Why," said the rogue, in a particularly
humble and persuasive tone, "you tod
me, Doctor, to prepare myself for pun
ishment, and | have done tho best |
could !" 1t was out of the question TO
pursue that act of discipline any further
at that time. And it is doubtful whether
it was ever resumed again"
Weekly Trinity journal., 1878-12-21

QUEEN VICTORIA IN PUBIC.-Grace
Greenwood writes from London; 1.-THE
Queen, not more than once or twice u
year, grants her Loneon subjects the
cheap treat of sight of her motherly
countenance. TO the vast majority Of
them, she is as near being ruler of the
"Veiled Prophet" order AS may be. Even
when she appears in their midst in full
daylight, she dashes and flashes past like
an unsubstantial vision. When it leaks
out that she is to make one OF her little
unsatisfactory royal progresses through
the West End, the road all the way from
Paddington Station to Buckingham
Palace, or Marlborough House, is lined
with eager spectators hours before the
time set for her advent. At last there
comes, galloping and cling-clanging a
detachment Of the Guards, all red and
white and shining gold above and fiery
black below; then a dash of outriders, a
5obbing up and down of postillions, a
rush of bay thoroughbreds, n bright
CLEAN Of pretty princes, dull vision of
Guelphic majesty, flash Of John Brown,
and she is past,"
Weekly Trinity journal., 1878-12-21
NUMBER 81.

" Why, Tom, you're not going to leave
us, are you ?" she asked
l thought she addressed ME in tone
OF regret. locked in her bright eyes
such beautiful, loving eyes How could
| pain her , How could drive tho
blood from her checks and the light from
her eyes by showing her Joe's letter and
telling her all She camo very near to
me, and said, coaxingly,
Don't go, Tom [ will be SO lonely
here now"
" l csnnet stay, Nell. l regret having
to leave you my words came fast and
almost inarticulately. II ought to be
on my way now, and can only stay long
enough to bid you sdieu."
Z" But, Tom, what will Joe say Surely
you will stay till he comes |" She cried.
No, no cannot, Nellis indeed L
cannot. can never forget the happiness
l have had here this Summer; but I
must leave you new. and fear-i:- is
forever !"
My voice was unsteady, and l claspsd
both her hands very tightly in mine.
" Forever !" she repeated "Oh,
Tom, forever !"
What world of tenderness, of regret,
in her intonatons ! 1t died away us
wall of woe
mo, Nellie, never shall SEQ you
again. Never shall clasp those little
hands in mlne, never hear tho music OF
your sweet voice. | shall never see you
again, never ~
Never |" tho moan diod away. and
the beautiful eyes were raised to mne in
speechless agony that wrung my heart
with pain.
"Oh, Nellie. do not break my heart
My grief, my wretchedness is beyond
bearing now. Your beloved eyes look
ing into mine will haunt mo in coming
years. You know my secret. Recrimi-
nate me if you will, Nellie, my darling"
A light sprang into her eyes-a strange,
dazzling light that spread over her beau
| llIul IuC6 tHo llRhl Ol Inohhuloless
love, OF n transport Of joy. Farowoll!"
| cried in n husky voice, not daring To
stay longer, " farewell" d" and turned TO
go when her fingers closed over mine.
turned to her again, and she threw her
arms about nay neck.
You must not go You shall not go,
for-I lovo--you !" and tie beaming face
was hidden on my breast.
A chuokling noise from behind startled
u.s. 1t broke into a laugh, then into loud
shouts and frightful rosrs, intermingled
with hidsous gufinws and II wcman's
musical laugh, till the hills echoed and
reechoed the sound. Nello's face was
sunused with blushes, and she drew away
from me, but casped her more closely,
light break ing in on my bowildered
| BRAN.
IIa In ha |" roared Joe, while
l.Long ON :tted series Of strange sounds
very unlike laugh. :" lilo no ! hcl
Long-ha ! ha ha wifo-Tom thought
sister Nell was-ha ha ha was my
wife I"
Weekly Trinity journal., 1878-12-21
Weaverville, - December 81, 1878

CoMMUNIsM.-In theory Communism
is in conflict with the laws of our being.
Were it put in practice, it would increase
rather than diminish the evils of which
its advocates complain, and create others
of graver import. AS compared with the
present order of things, it would diminish
production, and distribute what would be
produced unjustly. Says Herbert Spen-
Ger; "A desire for property is one of the
elements of our nature" and :'the right
of private property harmonizes with the
human constitution as divinely ordain-
ed" By denying this right and holding
the produce Of labor as common stock,
Communism takes away one Of the
strongest motives Of human effort. To
labor energetically the iaborer must be
sure Of receiving the fruits OF his indust-
ry in form which he can appropriate
as his own. The Commurlstic idea of
equality is also wholly at variance with
the principles or which labor, to work
OlOStlNClJS iluSI Vo VI SuiilItu anu ull lGCI-
ed. 1t is, moreover at variance with the
principles of equitable distribution.
There is nothing more manifest in the
constitution and course of nature than
the law Of diversitication. In the animal
and vegetable kingdoms there have been
found no two organisms exactly alike. OF
the millions of human beings, the featur-
es Of each one are so unlike the features
of all the others as to be distirgui.h-
able; and observation and experience
prove sim liar diversity to exist in
their mental organizations and aptitudes.
Now to assign to the service of every one
an equal value, and allot to every one an
equal share of the produce of labor. would
be manifestly unjust; and, as Herbert
Spencer says, "tO ascertain the respective
amount Of help given by different kinds
of mental and bod lily laborers toward
procuring the general stock Of the neces-
saries of life is an utter imposs bility.
We have no means of making such a di-
vision save that afforded by the law of
supply and demand" Communism has
no root in the nature Of things. 1t is n
parasite on the body polite, and it is for
the interest of every citizen, be ne labor
er or capitalist, to exterminate it.-At.
idntic Monthly.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1878-12-21
A SIMILAR CASE,
ACrA CoLUMBIANA.

Jack, I hear you've gone and done it.
Yes, know most fellows will.
Went and tried it once myself, sir,
Though, you see, Pm single still.
And you met her-did you tell me-
Down ut Newport last July,
And resolved to ask the question
AT a soiree? So did |.
suppose you left tho ballroom
With its music and its light
For they say Loves flame is brightest
In the darkness of the night.
Well, you walked along together,
Overhead the starlit sky,
And I'll bot-old man, confess it
You were frightened. So was L,
So you strolled along the terrace,
Saw the Summer moonlight pour
All its radiance on the waters
As they rippled on the shore;
Till at length you gathered courage,
When you saw that mono was nigh
Did you draw her close and tell her
That you loved her? So did L.
Well, | needn't ask you further,
And Pm sure | wish you joy;
Think I'll wander down and see you
When you're marricd-eh, my boy?
When the honeymoon is over
And you're settled down, wen try
What? The deuce you say Rejected
You rejected? ? So was |.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1878-12-21

How TO BECOME GIDDY.-A true
theory of the cause of giddyness ought to
explain the following extreme experience,
which deserves record in print. The
method was first told me by friend; |
once tried it myself In mtigated form,
and will assuredly not repeat the expert
ment, and l persuaded a philosophical
friend to try it also, with much the same
result. Stand in the middle Of a soft field
where you can't hurt yourselfby tumbling
on the ground or against anything avoid
having your best clothes on, and secure
appreciative spectators. Then put both
hands one above the other on the top of
your umbrella or walking stick, and bend
down until your forehead rests on the
back of your hands. Thus your legs will
be vertical, your body will be more or less
horizontal. and the umbrella will be
vertical. Shut your eyes. Then get a
friend, by touching your hips, so to guide
YOU that you shall circle three times, with
a sidelong gait, round the vertical UNI
brells as an axis. Finally, raise your
head quickly and try to walk straight as
though nothing particular had happened.
What will occur is frightful gIddiness
and feeling of sickness sense OF the
ground rising up tumutuousy on aIl
sides a wild rush to save yourself, and
headlong tumble.-FTOm NOtHfe.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1878-12-21
Weekly Trinity Juurnal.

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