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The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-12-12
ITEMS FOR FIELD AND HOUSE.

RICE cakes: One pound of rice -four,
one pound of butter, eight eggs, and
half nutmeg; bake the same as griddle
cakes.
For oiling walnut furniture: Raw
linseed oil rubbed with flannel cloth,
then polish with dry piece of flannel
be careful not to put too much on.
LEMON butter: Six lemons, twelve
eggs, two pounds of sugar, one-quarter
pound of butter; crate the rinds, add
the juice, beat the eggs; simmer over a
slow fire fifteen minutes, stirring all the
while.
RUSTY stovepipe may be made to look
nearly as good as new, by simply rub
bing it over with bit of cloth moist
ened with sweet oil. By coating the
entire pipe, joints which are unlike in
appearance will be made uniform and
display nice luster.
LEMON cake: Three cups of rolled
white sugar, one cup of butter, one cup
of sweet milk, five eggs beat butter and
sugar to a cream; dissolve one-half tea,
spoonful of soda in milk; sift four cups
Of -four and add by degrees; add juice
and rind of one lemon.
IN boiling beef and vegetables, says
an exchange, put a cup of vinegar into
the pot when the water is cold, and the
beef will be much tenderer, and cabbage
and beets better favored, and will mo-
fill the house with unpleasant smells
The vinegar will not affect the taste O
the food.
TAPIoCA pudding: Cover cup o
tapioca with water for several hours
add the yolks of three eggs, a cup o
sugar, half a teaspoonful of salt, and
quart of milk; mix well together, ant
bake in quick oven half an hour; thel
, lay the whites of the eggs beaten to
froth on the top to be eaten cold wit
favored Germantown telegram
| PLANTS, unless they have a green
, thrifty appearance, are not worth house
room; therefore they should be stim
2 ulated gently once or twice week
4 Rain water, so refreshing to summe
4 flowers, always contains ammonia, whic
4 also abounds in all liquid manures.
r you take an ounce of pulverized ca
1 Donate of ammonia, dissolved in one ga
o lon of water, it will make spring wate
+ even more stimulating to your plant
than rain water. If you water your plan
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-12-12
Face to Face with Disease.

How often it happens that although we
have witnessed the ravages of disease in the
case of others, we disregarded his warning
signals in our own. 1t is only when we
find him face to face with us that we really
perceive how grim he is. Then, perchance,
when it is too late, medicinal aid is sought.
His avant courier, his forerunner, is phys
ical weakness. Fortify the system, and you
are armed against him. The finest topic for
this purpose is Hostetter's Stomach Bitters,
which renders digestion easy and complete,
nourishes the system, increases the appe.
tite, gives strength yielding sleep, counter.
acts biliousness, and keeps the bowels in
first rate order. Leanness, and unnatural
wanness and sallowness OF the face, are ob
waited by it, and so genial and benefceni
are its effects, that not only is the body in
vigorated and regulated by its use, but de
spondency banished from the mind.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-12-12
Who Invented the Steamboat.


Everybody who has visited the Ma
tional Capitol has heard of Brumidi, the
fresco artist, whose work ornaments and
enlivens every part of the building.
One day, while Brumidi was engaged in
painting a picture over the door
of the Senate Committee Room on Pat
ents, a gentleman entered, and after
looking at it for a few moments, asked:
"What is that you're painting?
A picture of Robert Fulton, the in
ventor of steam power" replied Brumidi.
g But he wasn't the inventor of steam
power" retorted the stranger somewhat
earnestly.
Brumidi, who occupied a platform
that raised him almost to the ceiling,
stopped his work, laid down his brush,
and turning towards the stranger asked
in his quiet way, Didn't Fulton invent
the first steamboat"
No, he didn't" answered the gentle
man.
"Well, then, who did,"
why" replied the stranger, John
Fitch did. He was long ways ahead
of Fulton. l know that, because I've
been in Fitch's workshop myself"
Well, you're an old man." replied
Brumidi, respectfully, "and won't dis
pute your word. Ive always thought
that Fulton made the first steamboat,
but if you say he didn't its all ri ight.
Have you got picture of your man
Fitch -
No, | haven't got his picture, but
I've got book that tells all about his
life and his works"
"Wi11 Won send me that hook ~
"Yes, will, Just as soon as l get
home" answered the gentleman.
Well, you do that, and I'll paint a
picture of Fitch, too,' said Brumidi
"I won't decide who made the first
steamboat. You send me that book and
! I'll paint pictures of both the men anC
leave the public to decide who is en-
titled to the honor. Pm a painter my
self and don't bother about inventors.
The stranger left, and in few days
Brumidi received a small book contain
ing personal sketch of Fitch and al
account of bis works. From this sketch
the artist painted q portrait OF Fitch
representing him in his workshop en-
gagged upon the model of stern-whee
steamer with three paddles as motive
| power. Those who visit the Capito
now will see picture of Fulton looking
| upon his first steamer over the commit
tee room on patents, and on the opposite
side of the hall is the representation O
John Fitch in all his glory. As Brumid
said, the people are left to decide which
of the inventors is entitled to the honor
The artist does not bother himself abou
the question at all.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-12-12
Railroad Across the Sahara.

NJ. Duponchel, Engineer-in-chief of
the Ponts-et-Chaussees was lately sent
out 10 Algeria to examine the geological
formation of the land to the south of
the colony, with view to the establish
ment of trans-Sahara railway, and to
explore as far as practicable the borders
of the great desert. He has now made
his report, from which it appears that
the projected railway would run from
Algiers to Timbuctoo, distance of
about fifteen hundred miles. M. Du-
ponchel states that the principal por-
ton of the line-that which would pass
by Laghouat and Taguin, crossing the
oasis of Jouat and terminating at Tim
buctoo on the Niger-would rest during
deposits, layers of sand, and, toward
the end, on primitive volcanic rocks,
granite, gneiss, etc. No mountainous
distractions would have to be encoun-
tered. The Sahara has always had the
reputation of being an exceptionally
hot region. Such is really the case, al
though the thermometrical observations
of late explorers, particularly NM. Du,
veyrier and Vattone, reduce to reason.
able figures the exaggerated statements
of former travellers. The average heat
does not appear to exceed seventy-three
to seventy-fve degrees Fahrenheit, but
account must be taken of the great vari
ations which occur in the twentyfoul
hours. For instance, occasionally q
very cold night succeeds temperature
of one hundred and four degrees Fab
renheit in the day time, That, how
ever, is not considered any great oh
stacle. The great difficulty to be over
come is the want of water. M. Dupon
chel considers that this even can be SUI
mounted. He calculates that, 70
three trains daily, the amount of waite
required would be four thousand cubi
metres, and believes that the engineerin
science of the day is quite sufficient t
supply even much greater quantity q
the requisite points.
, |
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-12-12
The Times that Try a Mans Soul.
New York Express )

When he pops the question.
When his wife wants to talk and he
doesn't.
When he writes to his best girl and
has to wait two weeks for reply.
When hash is placed before him FIVE
successive mornings at his boarding
house.
When he pokes his head through his
last clean shirt, and finds no button on
behind.
When he buys new pair of shoes and
discovers two big nails sticking up in
the heels
When he hurries around the corner
and lands square in the arms of a man
who holds his /. o. U.
When he takes his girl out and dis
covers that he has left his pocket-book
at home in his old trowsers.
When he comes home early in the
morning and his wife wants to hold a
little debating society in the lower hall.
When he goes home at night, finds a
house full of company, and his wife
blissfuly ignorant of the fact that dinner
is not ready.
When in his dreams he is standing
upon the verge of precipice, and his
wife suddenly reminds him that he ism t,
but he is jerking her banged" hair all
to pieces
When the dominic makes q call at
his house and tries to make him believe
that twenty-five dollars will purchase
new red flannel petticoats for all the
little colored girls in Africa.
When he dives down into the bottom
of his trunk, jerks out what ne supposes
an old table napkin, with four white
neckties, put away for next summer.
When, after waiting in barber-shoF
for an hour, and hearing the welcome
word "next," he sees a little fellow
shoot up from behind paper and slide
into the chair like streak Of CREASED
electricity.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-12-12
GLEANLNGS FROM THE MUSE.
TIE CRICKET.
BY HENRY C. eoRNwELL.


Blithe minstrel Of the fading yearl
love thy song OF cory cheer,
And though my cell be rude and bare
with thee my lonely hearth share,
Nor would I thy thin pipe forego
For sweetest reeds that man may blow.
Without, Govember's tempests roar;
The maniac wind assaults the door,
And shrill through mountain gorges bleak
The writhen hemlocks sigh and shrek;
But what care / how wild Il be
So Fate sends comrade such as theeH
Estrangsd, unvisited, forlorn,
I give the falss world scorn for scornl
Remote from man, TO hear at night
Thy faultIess treble's crisp delight,
And warm my old bones by the FIRE,
Are the sole comforts desire.
When on my ruined past brood,
And maddening memories 1ntrude,
Then, welcome guesti thy cheerful strain
Dtverts and solaces my pain,
And makes me for an hour forget
All, save thy tiny clariOnetl
Whom sleeps soft fingers close my eyes,
And chiidnood's fairy pictures rise,
Thou art my sleepless sentinel,
Whose watch word tells me all is we'll
Whose sudden silence warns my ear
II auyht Of evil wanders near.
Thou art the hermit's closest friend;
And when my mortal day shall end,
And my cold hand at last shall tire
To light at eve the fagot-hre-
Though none are left TO weep for me,
Thy song my requiem shall bel
-Scri6ner for December.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-12-12

PUBLISHED TESTIMONY establishes the
fact that SCovILL's BLOOD AND LIVER
SYRUP is sterling remedy for scrofulous
and syphilitic disorders of formidable
type Also that it cures white swelling,
carbuncles, eruptive maladies of all kinds,
gout and rheumatism. 1t moreover pro-
notes secretion and flow of healthy bile,
and directs it into the proper channels.
The deplorable ailments produced by mer-
curry are also remedied by it. Druggists
sell it
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-12-12
Cause of Stunted Trees.

The stunted, scraggy growth of the
underwood in forest is generally at
tributed to the fact that the smaller
trees are overshadowed by the taller
ones, and thus deprived of the light
and air necessary to their development.
But M. Grandeau, Professor in the
French School OF Forestry, says this
stunted growth is caused by the larger
trees acting as conductors, depriving
the smaller ones of electricity. To test
this view, he tried an experiment.
In April, 1877, he took two tobacco
plants, each weighing three and one-half
grammes, and having four leaves.
They were both planted in boxes con-
tanning mold of identical quality, and
placed side by side in position favora-
BILE to their growth.
But one of them had placed over it a
cage, consisting of four iron rods, one
metre fifty centimetres high, joined at
the top and covered with wire gauze
which permitted the free circulation OF
air, light and water, but completely pro
tected the plant from the action of at
mospheric electricity.
They were left uninterfered with
until the middle of August, when the
results obtained were as follows: The
plant in the open air had obtained {
height of three feet five inches, while
the other was only two feet four inches
the former weighed two hundred ant
seventy grammes and the latter one hun
dred and forty-four grammes; whe1
dried, their respective weights wer'
thirty grammes and fifteen and one-hal
grammes.
Similar experiments made with maiz'
and wheat gave precisely analogous re
suits, so that M. Grandeau has come tt
the conclusion that the electricity of tn
atmosphere is equally necessary to veg
citation as sunlight and air.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-12-12

The attention of all our readers is called to
the attractive advertisement of J. L. Patten
& Co., AZ Barclay-street, New York, who
generously offer to send a beautiful Chrome
Motto, 6xl7 inches in size, to all who send
% cents for a three months subscription to
their new illustrated magazine.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-12-12
Pimples, Freckles, etc.

The most wonderful discovery yet known
Mrs. DIR. L. K. Shaw's Moth and Freckle
Lotion. May be had of your druggist. Price
only S1.00. Forparticulars, address Mrs. DIR
L. K, Shaw, 140 East 2sth-street, New York
Mrs. Shaw's Liver Pill. Best In the world
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-12-12

THE exposure of the utter worthlessness
OF the large packs of horse and cattle pow.
ders has saved our people a vast sum.
There is only one kind now known that are
strictly pure, and these are Sheridan's
Don't throw away your money.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-12-12

AN Eastern paper says: "Every man who
goes into the lumber woods this winter
should take with him a supply of John
sons Anodgne Lininoent and PorSons' Purgd-
the Pills. This little precaution may save
months of labor and much suffering.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-12-12

FoR upwards of thirty years Mrs. WIN.
SLOWS SOOTHING SYRUP has been used for
children with never-failing success. 1t cor.
rects aeidity of the stomach, relieves wind
collie, regulates the bowels, cures dysentery
and diarrhea, whether arising from teething
or other causes. An old and well-tried
remedy. Is cts. bottle
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-12-12

For an Irritated Throat, Cough or Cold
"Broacn's Bronchial Troches" are offered
with the fullest confidence in their efficacy
They maintain the good reputation they
have Justly acquired % cents a box.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-12-12

NOT lowest priced, poorest and dearest;
but highest priced, best and cheapest this
is what is claimed for the Mason & Hamlin
Cabinet Organs.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-12-12

IF you want the best fruit and flower paper
send one dollar to the Fruit Recorder and
Cottage Gardener, Rochester, N. Y, now, for
1879, and you get last three months of 1878
or beautiful fruit or flower chrome, I3 by
16 inches, free. Specimens free. Liberal
terms to club agents.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-12-12
FRANK LESLtE'S
Chimney Corner

Occupies field that no other journal
attempts to fill. 1t is essentially paper
for families. Avoiding all politics and
questions of the day, it devotes its col
umns to healthy fctiou for the enter
tainment of its readers, and well-written,
agreeably-instructive articles for the
home circle, biographies of the good
and great, anecdotes, art, invention,
travels, curiosities of foreign life, the
tastes. of the day, the marvellous in nature
and art, essays, attractive reading for
the little ones at their mothers knee,
and for those of large growth, COM
bined with pictures that attract the eye
and fix impressions vividly on the mind
1t is issued every Monday, and can be
had at all news depots; price 10 cents
Annual subscription, 81. Three months
81. Postpaid.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-12-12

ORANGE flowers are cure for sleep
lessness. In the south of France
they are served with tea as an antidote.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-12-12

WE beg to call the attention of our readers
to the advertisement of Horace Waters &
Son, of New York City. They are offering
special inducements for the Holidays. Their
Pianos and Organs can not be excelled for
purity of tone and elasticity of touch Catalogues
and prices will be mailed free on application.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-12-12

Subscribers can remit direct, by P. o. Order.
Drafts New York. or Registered Letter, at our
risk. Those who find it more convenient to sub
scribe through agent can DO SO at their own
risk. but should first assure themselves of the
agents responsibility. Address,
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-12-12

The Evangelical Mennonites have re-
solved to expel members who get their
lives insured.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-12-12

To cleanse and whitep the teeth, to sweet
en- the breath, use Browns Camphorated
Saponaceous Dentifrice. 25 cents a bottle.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-12-12

Hon. c. R. PARSONS mayor of Rochester, was
radically cured of Bright's Disease by Craig's Kid
ney Cure. Depot AZ University Pl., n. Y.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-12-12

THE French theaters, during the Ex-
position, have received 100000 francs
larger receipts than in 1867, during the
previous exhibition.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-12-12

CHEW Jackson's Best Sweet Navy Tobacco
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-12-12
FOLKS.

900 Prominent Persons-Meu and Women
Analyzed steel Portraits of A. II.
STEWART yANpERBILT, BENNEII. etc:
y CVHhiy The Sensation of the season Nov'
is the time for AG ENTS to secure ier.itory-
Address .for agency circulars and terms. AMEhh-
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-12-12
Cincinnati Musical institute.

Fdcukv-InstrumentaI, Miss Fl. Z. EVANS, Miss
Rose F0rtman, Miss Roma Gilman; Vocal, Miss
EMMA CRANCH Miss Annie E March. Piano, Organ.
Vocal Music and Theory taught. Prof. H. G Andres
system followed. Arrangements for boarding pupils
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-02-03
FOLLOWING A TRAIL.

One of the most remarkable features OF
uncivilized life is the power savages show
Of tracking men and beasts over immense
distances. Many travellers have spoken OF
this as something almost miraculous, yet it
Ia only the result of careful observation OF
,ertnin well known signs and we have hero
Before us collection of very common sense
hints on the subject. In countries like ours
every trace of Footprint or whcel-track OH
roads and paths is soon oblitcrated or hope
lessly confused, but it is otherwise in tho
wilderness, whero neither man nor beast
can conceal his track In Isafirland, when
cattle arc stolen, if their footprints arc
traced to n village, the headsman is held
responsible for them, unless ho can show
the same track going out. A wagon-track i'll
new country is practically indelible. g Moro
especially says our author, this is tho
case il fire sweeps over the plain immedi-
ately after, or if wagon passes during or
after prairie fire. We have known q fellow
traveller recognize in this manner the tracks
his wagon had made seven years before, tho
lines of charrcd stumps crushed short down
remaining to indicate the ysssagc of the
wheels, though all other impressions had
been oblitcrated by tho rank annual growth Of
grass fully twelve feet high" SomGt times
The original soil being disturbed. n new vega
sation will spring mp along the wagon track,
and thus mark out tho road for miles.
Even on hard rock mans bare foot will
lssvc the dust cakcd together by pcrspira.
ton, SO that n practiccd eye will see it and
ssen if there is no track, II stono will be dis
:urbcd here and there, the side of the pebble
Which has long lain next the ground being
turned up.-C Chdnl5eTS's Journal
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-02-03
FOREIGN COLONIES IN NEW YORK.

Concerning the representatives of the
Slavic race now residing in New York, O
writer in the Tribune says:
The Bohemians, who number about
$4,000, live together in large tenement
houses along Avenues B and G, and be-
tween Stanton and Sixth Streets, and the
majority are cigar makers. The peculiar
ity among the Bohemian immigrants here
is that the women, and not the men, come
first to this country and prepare the way
for their families. Most of the men in
bohemia nre farmers or peasants, while the
women work in the tobacco factories.
Whenever any number of families deter
mine to emigrate, five or six of the wives
come TO New York together, rent a room in
tenement house, occupied by Bohemians,
and sock work in the tobacco and cigar
factories.
The dream of the Bohemian is to possess
fam and home in the West, and, with
this object in view, he works patiently and
tndures many privations. The Bohemian
Is heavily built. with short neck and high
check bones. He is usually of dark com
p!eXion. He is good father and husband
and devoted to his denomination whether
Catholic or Protestant. Another Slavic
family represented in fair numbers is the
Polish. OF genuine Slavic Poles there are
hardly 1000 in the city, although nearly
io,OOO immigrants claim that nationality.
The majority are artisans, but there are
also n number of merchants, professional
and literary men. The Pole, like the Bo.
1einian, is very fond of music and dancing
itr is, however, more slender in form, more
agile in his movements, and usually has a
fair complexion. I.l is impatient, dwells
much on the past of his nation, and is not
so providemt as the former
The Sluvonic Russians in this city mum
b-r $50. The reasons attributed for thi.
are the opposition of the Russian Govern
ment TO emigration, and the reluctance
of the natives to leave their country. Sew.
sral Russians have visited this country
sith the object of studying the industrial
and agricultural institutions of America.
There arc Russian artisans. clerks and n
Few business men ia the city. The number
If Grecl; residents is also very small. Most
Of them are engaged in trade, principally ir
'otton expectation, and the importation Of
'porgcs from the Grccian Archipelago.
The Greeks here are somewhat exclusive in
their associations, not from any disinclina-
son to minglc with others, but from forco
ss habit. They adopt, however, man,
American customs, and one OF the princi.
pal features of American life which Greeks
Admire is tho greater freedom of woman.
Hcncc the children become almost entirely
AmcricaniZed.