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The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-09-12
Cool Courage of a King.

A story of the attempt on the life of
King George III is worthy to be remem-
bered. On May Is, 1900, the English
Ministers received notice that an attempt
would be made to assassinate the King,
and advised him not to 60 to Drury
Lane. George III replied that he feared
nothing. On arriving, he took care to
enter his box first, and as he did so, a
pistol s.. OF was heard, and bullet lodged
in the ceiling. He turned and said to
the Queen, who was behind him.
"Stand back for a moment. They
are burning some cartridges"
He then advanced to the front of the
box, and folding his arms, called aloud /:
Now you may fire, if you like"
An appeal to the sentiment and admir-
alton of a crowd always produces its
effect. The audience rose to their feet
like a single man, and raised loud accia-
nations. After this, he allowed his
family to enter the box, saying
Now there is no danger."8
Three times "God Save the King u
was sung, and Sheridan, who was pres
ent, added two new verses. When the
King was complimented on his courage
he replied
The life of king is at the mercy Of
any one who is willing to expose his
own. only performed the duty of my
station"
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-09-12

: In Paris a correspondent of the Balti-
more american got up early in the
morning, and rode about the city on the
top Of street car in order to see how
they kept Paris 80 clean. He writes:
1..The housekeepers. bring out all their
rubbish and pile it up in the street, one
pile for every four or five houses. It is
no sooner emptied than the rag pickers,
who swarm the streets with their bags
and buckets and hand carts, pounce
upon it and gather up all the fragments
Of paper, rags, or metal to be found in
the piles. They seem to take away one
third of the rubbish. Servants are
everywhere to be seen with broom and
bucket in hand cleaning off the fronts.
The streets are being sprinkled with
hose, and an army of men and women
with birch brooms are sweeping the
streets. On the boulevards, horse.
brushing machines are in motion, and
the garbage carts are removing the
piles thrown out by the housekeepers
Men with hose are watering all the
roots of all the hundreds of thousands
of trees on the boulevards, and taking
up the gratings SO as to loosen the earth
around them"
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-09-12
Not a Victim.

The Turkish wife is by no means the
unhappy creature we have been led to
believe her. She has a lofty. sense of
her own dignity, and the free ways of
Christian women shock her. She wells
her face with no more regret thana Wes-
tern lady unveils her shoulders. Turkish
women are not shut up. They go out
when they please, attGe6 by their
by the hand; ard !heif p5e vices
fill the bazaars, for ~ ntkS
takers. Whe9ever they pas mon Ql
all creeds stapd aside defere 3 tfal3y II
husband meets his W1fefh the st1eet
he makes noszign of recoQuitiQn. If BE
perceives hefhaltfng before a. adrapers
stall and gazing Big ifcdntly at silks
dearer than he CAM afford, helmus. pos.
sess his soul in resignation, huttering
Mashaliah." This respecb for women
prevails also in the home circle, and il
comes naturally to the Mussulman, who
has beenstaught from his boyhood to be
have conrteously to the softer sex. The
Western .conjugal expression abou,
wearing the breeches has its Turkish
counterpart in the phrase " to live un
der the slipper" and it is to be feared
that not few Turks know the taste oi
this i'm lement of uxorial persuasion
A hamel (street porter) once came be
fore cadi to complain that his wifi
trornced him too frequently. "Se.
what mine does," answered the magis
trate, opening his gown and showing
some weals on his neck and shoulders
"Go thy way, my son, and thank Allal
that thou art luckier than ]"
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-09-12
Her Mother Told Him.

In the big crowd of excursionists sit
ting on the City Hall steps for rest,
the other day, was young man of ex-
cellent length of legs, and a girl with
sixteen auburn curls hanging down
around her head They had scarcely
settled themselves and locked fingers
when she cautiously observed:
az 'spose they have soda-water in this
town.
"I 'spose," he replied, "but the last
thing afore we started / promised your
mother not to let you drink any soda
water. It's the worst thing in the
world to bring on consumption"
She was quiet for moment, and
then pointing to the left, remarked:
81 see that Sarah is eating peanuts.
l 'spose they have peanuts in this
townT'
Wall, yes, but your mother eau
toned me the last thing not to buy any
peanuts for you. The shucks are apt
t e into your windpipe. The Queen
of Holland was choked to death in that
way"
Pretty soon boy came along with
some fruit, and the young woman felt
obliged to say:
"Them apples and pears look awful
nice"
Yes, they do" replied the prudent
lover, {" but promised your mother at
the depot, not to buy any fruit for you.
Them apples look nice, but if you git
the toothache started on you, then the
whole afternoon is busted"
The young man had just commenced
to take comfort again, when she inno-
Gently remarked:
When | came up here last summer
with Jim, he bought morn two pounds
of candy"
eyes, and what was the result of it,
he demanded. You fell down cellar
that very week, and didn't Jim have to
light out last winter for Dustin in the
school-house door?'
She got down to water, and with con-
siderable sarcasm in her voice she in
quired:
I can have drink of water, can't 1 !
Mother did't say anything against that,
did she?'
Wall, no, not exactly" he slowly
replied; "but she give me an appealing
look as the cars moved off-same as to
say that it ought to be kind O warmish
water, if anyl You sot here and I'll
borrow dipper somewhere"
She "sot," and it was all of an hour
and half before he again succeeded in
getting his arm around her.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-09-12
Lost in the Arctic Seas.

The New Haven Journal, in a recent
issue, says: Captain Roach, master of
Messrs. c. A. Williams & Co.'s whaling
schooner, Helen F., of New London,
wrecked in.Oetebsr, 1876, in the Arctic
seas, has arrived in that city. He re-
ports that the Helen F. was in winter
quarters at Cumberland inlet when be-
set by the storm in which she was lost
A heavy gale sprung up, and the ice, in
great masses crowding the vessel, drove
her out to sea. Efforts made to work
her back failed, and, after two days of
toll, an attempt was made to reach either
HannibaPs ,Harbor or Browns Harbor.
was, as last resource, beached on a
small island. No lives were lost in the
perllous operation, and the vessel was
stripped and the provisions landed. This
latter task was just accomplished when
the southwest wind started the crack
ling. grinding ice-hlocks i'll near ford
toward the isle, and they came ON il.
great resistless heaps, and cr"wding and
pushing up and over the schooner's sides
buried her from sight, and lett only her
mast-heads visible. F"l forty feet
above her decks and on all sides of her
1t lay in shining, transparent piles, I'M
prisoning her as securely as though she
were fastened in the bowels of the earth.
1t was not until December 6 t at her
officers and crew could make their way
to the station in Pennies Harbor, where
were better shelter and plentitude of
provisions, and on that day they left the
schooner. When spring came she sank
in three fathop of water close by the
land taat all the winter long had held
her hard and fast. From the station at
Pennies Harbor the crew of the Helen
fshe with fair success until the 10th of
July, when the Scotch brig Perseverance
hove in sight and touk them off. On the
18th she put out to sea, and after
pleasant voyage of twenty-eight days
duration she came into Peterhead, Scot
land. Thence her crew went to Liver
pool by way of Aberdeen. From Liver
pool Captain Roach and his first mate
came to New York. .
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-09-12
The Symptoms of Yellow Fever.

In reply to correspondent, the Chi
cago Journal thus describes the symp-
toms and effects of yellow fever: The
yellow fever commences with chill,
followed by great heat, which increases
in intensity for several days. Jaundice
generally follows the paroxysm of
fever-hence the term yellow fever"
and also the vomiting of blood, or the
black vomit," as it is called; also
urine suppression and hemorrhage of
the bowels or other organs. Convul-
sions and even Inconsistencies attend
the severer cases. After the black
vomit" or severe hemorrhsge sets in,
the case becomes alarming, and gene
rally results fatally. Light attacks are
of short duration, lasting only two or
three days, followed by rapid conva-
lescence. The cause of the disease is
still question, but the germ theory is
generally accepted by physicians-that
is, that the germs of the disease are in
hailed from the atmosphere. Defective
sewerage or drainage and filth are favor
able to the propagation of the disease,
and persons of unclean habits and hard
drinkers are the most likely to be at.
tackled by this as by all other prevalent
diseases of pestilential character. As
a rule, person who has once had the
yellow fever is never liable to another
attack. In fatal cases, the duration oi
the disease ranges from three~to nine
days, the average being less th<n s eek
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-09-12

JOE JEFFERSON, while playing rip
Van Wrinkle" at Chicago last spring,
spent day in fishing, and went to the
theater in the evening very tired. The
curtain rose for the third act, disclosing
Rip" in his twenty years nap; but
instead of waking at the proper mo-
ment he kept on sleeping. The audience
became impatient, the prompter uneasy.
Finally the gallery became uproarious.
and voice inquired if there was go
ing to be nineteen years more of this
snooze business" Then the prompter
tried to start the actor, and at last prod
ded him with pin through a trap in
the stage, and Rip" started up with a
howl
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-09-12

THERE is a generally received but
erroneous notion that the torpedo is a
modern invention, and that during the
recent hostilities in the East it was for
the first time employed in actual war
fare. As long ago as the 18th of Au-
gust, 1777, q boat was blown to pieces
and nearly all its crew killed by the
accidental explosion of torpedo which
had been used in an attempt made by
the Americans against the English man
of-war Cerberus. In 1906 brig, which
had been anchored off Deal, England,
for the purpose Of experiments in sub
marine explosions, was destroyed in the
presence of Mr.. Pitt and a large con-
course Of spectators by torpedo con-
tanning one hundred and seventy pounds
of powder. Previously, in 1897, ma
chine had been designed by which, to
use the inventors own words, he pro-
posed Ito impart to carcases of gun.
powder progressive motion under
water TO a given point and there ex'
plode them," and which, therefore, con.
tanned the germ of the present fish
torpedo
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-09-12

coming a serious one The Citizens Re-
lief Committee has employed a burial
corps of thirty negroes to assist the county
undertaken and his men, and it has even
been suggested to burn the dead if they can
not be buried more promptly, as corpses
are known to have laid unburied for forty
eight hours, burdening the air with foul
odor, and becoming SO revolving that peo-
pie have fed to the neighborhoods, and it
is with difficulty that men can be hired to
haul them to Potter's Field.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-09-12

THE Stockton California; Lndepen-
dent vouches for one grasshopper that
might be almost burden to man
In a very literal sense. The most mon
strous grasshopper we have ever seen is
on exhibition at the Office of F. M. West,
County Treasurer. 1t is preserved in
alcohol, and was captured some time ago
near Copperopolis. It is nearly six
inches long, and its body is an inch and
a quarter in depth, while its head is as
big as mans thumb. The wings when
spread must have measured ten inches
from tip to tip. The legs are as large az
a lead pencil at the body, and about four
or five inches long. The enormous body
Is quite translucent, and its ribs can be
distinctly seen. An army of that spe.
cies would eat mp quarter section oi
wheat az slick as a whistle in about five
minutes, q
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-09-12
Like 1 Vas a Leedle Dog
IBufalo star.l

This morning, in Police Court, de-
cent looking German was placed in the
prisoners chair, while his wife, trim,
nice featured, smart spoken young
woman stood on the witness stand.
"Now, then, ma am" said his honor,
"what did your husband do to your
"He licked me-"
"You hear that, Baumgarten9 What
did you st ike your wife forf
"On aecoond she make me mad"
Chow did she do thatr
"Oh, peaked up her head und said she
would MT let any man boss her.
"Nein! neinl" interrupted his wife.
"I don't put it by dot way. | pc villings
my man shall pc poss. Put ] do MT like
he shall swell up so peeg, und efrey dime
dell me he is. Let him pc poss und do n d
make me find him oud so much, so feel
like vas leedle dog NIT string round
his neck. Vat you dinksH"
On condition that he would let his
wife wear the marital collar lightly, Mr..
Baumgarten was allowed to go.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-09-12
Art I'm Cincinnati-A Leaf from His
tory.
lPittsburS Commercial Gazette

lPittsburS Commercial Gazette.1
The good people of Cincinnati seem de-
termined to make their city the Dresden,
if not the Paris of the Western CONT
nent-at any rate, of the Mississippi
Valley. And to that extent we can not
see that their ambition is at all extrava-
CANT. Even New York can not offer
musical students such advantages as
will soon be provided in Cincinnati. As
the fine arts usually all move together,
the probability is that in the course of
a Few years the city so celebrated for
its connection with the pork trade will
be even more widely known as the
favorite abode of all the muses.. In
truth, however, this musical school in
dicates no fresh departure or novel en-
thusiasm in the Queen City. Fifty years
ago there were good many persons
there who took a genuine, intelligent
interest in both sculpture and painting,
and not many years later Professor
Mitchell found it easy there to awaken
80 lively an interest in astronomy that
the people by their contributions estab-
lished the first observatory west of the
Allegheny Mountains. Their enthusiasm
on the subject awakened in nJohn Quincy
ADAMS really profound interest. II
appeared to him significant of noble
promise, and, as we learn from his diary,
he determined, at whatever sacrifice of
comfort and health, to comply with the
invitation he received to lay the corner.
stone of the edifce, and to use the oc-
casion as an opportunity to encourage
and stimulate SO fine a tendency. In
spite of advanced age and many infrmi-
ties he made the long and in those days
tedious journey, laid the cornerstone
and delivered his discourse on the study
of the heavens. It seems at least curl.
GUS, if not noteworthy, that the CITY
! which afforded Mrs. Trollope the mate.
rials for her malignant book has taken
so prominent and influential a part in
the development of America civiliza
tion.
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The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-09-12

He who told the story of the prodigal
was One who bore the cross in His heart
before the mob laid it on His shoulders.
The only place where a man is free is
with God. With him is freedom
without Him is slavery. To be
without Christ is to be without
God, without hope, and without
home. 1t is to be an orphan in the
world. Many men sorrow over the eff.
fects of sin who care nothing for the sin
itself. Before man returns to God
he must return to himself C. E.
Allison.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-09-12

THERE are 10000 Germans in San
Francisco, and $4,000 more in the States
and Territories of ths Pacific coast.
They take an active int fest in politics
and in stock specYl>fiop. There are
two daily newspaPss published in Ger,
five wet klies, tvS Of the1 illustrated.
A large proportiV2 Of ~ German ole-
ment is devoted to az lture and stock
raising, and many leada q seafarlng life.
Most of the trade with the Mexican
coast, and much of the bay and Sacra-
mento river trade is in the hands of
German ship owners and shipping and
commission agents.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-09-12
TOPICS OF THE DAY.

ALBERT MELLEs, who died recently
at Dallas, Tex, was ordered to work on
the vicksburg Notifications, and when
he refused wepld have been compelled
to do so bybegro soldiers had he not
seized aNhatchet lying near at hand and
struck This own left hand at the wrist.
He waved the bloody stump in the Fed
erals faces, with triumph.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-09-12

DEPLoRABLE accounts of the muddle
and mismanagement prevailing at
Cyprus are given. Utter ignorance pre-
vailed among the authorities as to the
contents of the various transports. The
boats of the squadron were sent to un-
load firewood from vessels laden with
other stores; provisions were applied for
TO vessel containing forage. Cavalry
were ordered TO disembark from trans
ports containing infantry, and contra
dictory orders were incessant. The bag
gage of several regiments was cast ashore
inextricably mixed. Equal confusion
prevailed with regard to the disposal of
the troops disembarked, the want of or
ganization seeming to be complete.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-09-12

TIE introduction of Chinese laborers
into Algeria has for more than u year
been warmly discussed. It's supporters
urge the scarcity of hands for timber
telling, mining, and even for harvesting
the tendency of desertion among the
Spaniards, Tunisians, Moroccans, Ital-
ians and Maltese enlisted for railways
and other public works. and the exac-
tions of the Kabyles. Its opponents in
sist that capital alone is lacking, and
dwell on the weak points of the Chinese.
The society formed to promote the
scheme demand a temporary monopoly,
in order to protect itself against loss in
undertaking the expenses of transport
and repatriation. Governor Chanzy,
the Governor, at first leaned to the
scheme, but now hesitates.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-09-12

WE suspect that the tendency for
the sensual would make the Moravian
Hanak religion, even in this civilized
country, more popular than those spirit
ual religions which only exercise the
refined faculties. Just think of the
Hanak heaven, ye epicures and gour-
mands. II is described as an immense
gingerbread mountain, surrounded by a
living stream of lard, on the banks of
which lie prone the redeemed Hanaks,
holding their chins in their hands and
having their mouths open. In pan
like crater, at the top of the hill, an
gels are ceaselessly cooking doughnuts
and sugar.plups, which are rolled down
hill, gathering a coat of gingerbread
dust; then, having been dipped in the
waves of lard, are conveyed to the
mouths of the blest. When they are
thirsty they turn over upon their backs
and drink in the gentle rain Of beer and
brandy that is forever falling. All the
while angelic choirs discourse favorite
music.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-09-12

The Journal des Debdts has recently
given statistics respecting the number
Of horses possessed by different coun-
tries. Throughout the whole of the
Turkish dominions there are estimated
TO be only 100000 horses, while the
Russian provinces are credited with the
possession of no fewer than 81 $50, 900
Austro- Hungary has about $500, 900,
and Germany S,S52,OoO. France, which
had considerably more than 5000, 600 a
few years ago, has now rather less than
that number, and England stands only
fourth on the list, with 2,255, 900. The
United States has total of $500, 900 /;
Canada, 100000; the Argentine Re
public, 100000; and Uruguay, has
I,60O, 900.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-09-12

The Scotch papers report that Mr..
John Rankin, young Kilmarnock gen.
tleman, has lust completed journey to
London and back on bicycle. He left
Kilmarhock On the 23d Of July, and
reached the metropolis on the 1st of
August, after having made a stay of
two days in Sheffield, and part of day
at Coventry. The distance of four hun
dred and thirty-nine miles was thus run
in about six days, making allowance for
stoppages. Mr.. Rankin left London
for home ON the 9th of August, taking
the east coast route, and reached Glas-
gov on Saturday evening, thence going
TO Kilmarnock that night by tram. The
longest run in one day was from Nor
peth TO Edinburgh, the distance of one
hundred and twelve miles.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-09-12
SINCE Tom Hood wrote
The beadle told the sexton,
And the sexton tolled the bell

And the sexton tolled the bell,"
no one has made wittier pun than the
following: I" / wish you wouldn't give
me such short weight for my money!"
said customer to grocer who had a
long standing account against him.
Sand l wish you would not give me such
long wait for mime" was the quiet re-
joinder.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-09-12

Mr.. EDWARD f. CIRCUIT, of Spencer,
Mass, has just succeeded in completing
a collection of American pennies, con-
tanning specimens of every issue since
the foundation of the republic, some of
which have cost Sl2 apiece. He has
them framed on groundwork of red
morocco.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-09-12

NAUvoo, Ill, is beginning to suffer
for its forcible expulsion of the Nor
mons a generation ago. Mahala Hous-
ton, daughter of one Of the saints killed
at the time, lays claim to large part of
the town and TO four of the best farms
in the county. With legal assistance she
is preparing suits for the ejectment OF
holders of property in dispute, and the
legal rights of the Mormons to their
old homes are likely to be thoroughly
ventilated.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-09-12

THERE isno power like that of oratory.
Cesar controlled men by exciting their
fears; Cicero by captivating their af-
fections and swaying their passions. The
influence of one perished with its author !;
that of the other continues to. this day.
H Clau. & go y - p
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-09-12

THERE was no battle above the clouds
at Lookout Mountain. And now let US
have the facts about Sheridan's ride
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-09-12

The most copious producer of ana
grams ever known seems to have been
one Billion, an advocate, member of the
Parliament of AK, who on Louis XIII
visiting that city met his sovereign at
the gates and presented him with no fewer
than five hundred anagrams of his name
The King was so pleased with Billion, who
had fattered his sovereign in five hun
dred different phrases, that he gave the
courtier-like advocate pension for life
/ "a mark of appreciation which was per-
haps to be expected from monarch
who never did the least thing for Cor
nellie. A complete account of famous
anagrams would include some mention
Of various scriptural ones based on
phrases from the +" Vulgate." Thus
Pilates question, Gould est veritas p
| is shown to contain within itself it's own
answer: Est vir qui adest." Plenty OF
lanagrams are to be found in the devices
of armorial bearings; and not only in
the notices, but in the emblems them.
selves. Thus, in the arms of the house
of Lorraine, the bees are supposed to
have been suggested by Alerion," ar
5anagram of Lorraine"
/ Anagram makers and acrostic maker,
deserve to be classed together; and ol
the former it has been said that these
repverseurs de mots' have apparently
ia tete renversee."
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-09-12

WHEN woman joins gymno1Iux =,
is a sure sign that she is goih< q Be i [f
ried.-Albany Argus.