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The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-12-26

For the latest styles in hats go to Cox &
Gallin's.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-12-26

am receiving large quantities of goods
almost daily which will sell at the very
lowest cash prices. THOS. JOHNSON.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-12-26
THE GREAT CAUSE
OF
HUMAN MISERY,

Just Published, an a Sealed Eapelope
Price si9 cents
A Lecture on the Nature, Treat
ment, and Radical Cure
OF Seminal Weakness or Spermatorrhea induced
by Self Abuse, Involuntary Emissions, Impotency,
Nervous Debility, and Impediments to Marriage
generally; Consumption Epilepsy, and Fits; Men
tai and Physical Incapaeity, Sc.-By ROBERT ].
CULyERWELL, NJ. D., suther OF the "Green
Book" &c.
The world-renown author. in this BILE
Lecture, clearly proves from his own experience
that the awful consequences of Self Abuse may be
efeetually removed without medicen, and with
out dangerous surgical operations, bouges ms
ruments, rings ,or cordals; pointing out a mode
of cure at once certain and efectual. by which
very sufferer, no matter what his condition may
be, may cure himself eheaply, privately and rad
cally.
GH~ This Lecture piH prore a boon to thos.
sands and thousands.
Sent, under soal, in plain envelope, to any ad-
dress. receipt OF six cents, or two postage
stamps.
Address the Publishers,
THE CULVERWELL MEDICAL Co.,
46lAun st.. New York, p. o. Box, 45s
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-12-26

Fine mixed candy only lac at Kempfl
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-12-26

See Skinner & Roberts for choice Teas
cheap.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-12-26

Not much display but solid facts in the
bullitin.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-12-26
Ayers
Cherry Pectoral

of tn NellouS cures ~
has produced duri. The last half CEN
fury. is a sufficient assurance TO the
public that it will continue to realize
the happiest results that can be desired.
In almost every section of country
there are persons, publicly known, VINO
have been restored from alarming ana
even desperate diseases of the lungs,
by its use. All who have tried 1t ac-
knowledge its superiority; ana Wnere
its virtues are known, no one heSFateS
As to what medicine to employ TO re-
lieve the distress and suffering peculiar
to pulmonary affections. CHERRY PC
ToRAL always affords instant relief, and
performs rapid cures of the milder va
rieties of bronchial disorder, as well as
the more formidable diseases OF the
lungs.
As a safeguard to children, amid
the distressing diseases which beset
the Throat and Chest of Childhood, 1t
is invaluable; for, by its timely use,
multitudeS are rescued and restored To
health.
This medicine gains friends AZ
every trial, as the cures it is constantly
producing are too remarkable to be
forgotten. No family should be with
out it, and those who have once used
it never will.
Eminent Physicians throughout the
country prescribe it, and Clergymen
often recommend it from their knoWl-
edge of its effects.
PREPARED By
Or. }. C. AVER & CO., Lowell, Mass.
- A..l.st..l ~, ax..azss
SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS EvERYwHERk
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-12-26

The ice packers sre ready al Il
warning to FIJI their ice S2an
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-12-26

Large WAX dolls for 10c at Kempfs.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-12-26

A Kempf sells stick candy at lac.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-12-26
For Rent

DEGNybusiness you can engage In. S. to
hFNI $40 per day made by any worker of
either sex, right in their own locali-
ties. Particulars and samples worth S. free. I'M
prove yonr spare time at this business. Address
STINsON & Co., Portland, Maine.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-12-26

Immense stock of goods and cheaper than
ever at THOS. JOHNSON'S.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-12-26
A. Kempfs Bullitin, for the holidays

Fer Can I8, 70 80, ~ and 45c.
Special rates given to Teachers and other
parties buying candy in quantity.
Ny fine large stock of toys | will sell al
per cent above cost.
Butter, Eggs &c. taken in exchange fol
toys end candies at Kempfs,
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-12-26

Cox q Gallin have just received theil
large stock of over coats
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-12-26

The LADIES
attention is invited to line of kid gloves
Just opened at HAMILTON'S NEW
STORE.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-12-26

Raisins only l0c at Kempf's.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-12-26

Breach and muzzle loading shot guns al
Chalfant's.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-12-26

People are getting acquainted-and those who
are not ought to be-with the wonderful merits OF
that great American Remedy, the
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-12-26

will close cut my wool carpets at cost.
THOS. JOHNSON.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-12-26

Have you seen the new Mataline Cloak
ing at THOS. JOHNSON'S.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-12-26

Wheat is selling at So cents per bushel
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-12-26

Go and sse Chalfant on generall Hard
ware.
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Pay up your
subscription.

The quail season ends next Wednesday.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-12-26
Go TO Myers 4 Yarnell for lard cans.

Don't forget Myers q Yarnell is the
plsce TO get Your stoves.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-12-26

The finest line of ladies cloaks ever
brought to this market at HAMlLTON'S
NEW STORE.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1878-07-03
Cremation.
The Body Of an Estimable Cincinnati Lady
Burnt az Warrington, Pennsylvania

TIE Cincinnati Commercial hiss the tollOEing
The cremation OF the body OF 8 woman so
vel ku0En IL Cincinnati very naturally pro-
daces 3 lively sensation, and the subject is ike
y to be fully discussed 10 all lis bearings.
Those who remember The peaceful. gentle face
u the woman a. she went about 10 the basT
days of Der life. would hardly give her credit for
the courage that is seems would be necessary TO
enable her to ask such s disposition OF her re-
mains. Her husband Is fully prepared 10 carry
oat her wishes. Miss Pitnzn has abandoned her
purpose to accompany her father 10 Washington,
PennsyiSgaia- There will be gathering OF The
friends Of the deceased Al Nj. PItnsn residence
today, aud to-Dight the body will be taken By Mr..
Piinan TO Washington. Pennsylvania, where to-
morroH the cremation will take place under the
direction Of Dr. LIE Aoyue.
The PIttsoargh Dispatch, speaking of the
case, says:
a great deal Of interest will attach to this
case, from the fact that the remains of De Palm.
which we're crensted eighteen months ago, we're
merely the skeleton Of man Who had been dead
for abo1I year In The present instance the
death Of the subject is 30 recent that The real
capabilities OF ths furnace EIl D. more thorough
ly tested.
Tie work Of preparing the crematory for
ineinerstion i nos gong 90. sod tie furnace
viii be heated 20 Temperature OF some 1000
degrees This, of courss, Is q work reqninng
tine. Unlike most public entertainments. DR..
lie Aoy0e does not charge al admission Zee,
Considering himself obliged TO populsrizs what
be considers necessary means to enable the
poor 70 dispose Of the remains Of their friends
without Unnecessary cost The furnace is H.
eiosed in ballding OF brick bat one story 10
height, aud i rooted With corrugated iron- Ii
has three chi1neys. one from the reception
roOn and one from one corner OF the baIIding
The lzItsr apparently ornamental. The building
eo.t2ins bat tvo rooms. TIE reception and igr-
mace MONA TIE reception room il devoid OF
Orus1sot and contzins 8 cstafslqBe on EhIeh
bodies are placed. 10 case which contains 3
glass door. through which friends can take last
iOOk at The remains Of the loved one. door
lads IRON this room 70 the efenatorF, winch is
: room Of ten 81 twenty feet, or thereabou,s.
10 The eremston room there 10 nothing except
the rstorf- This i seven feet SIX inches 10
length, IEeoty inches high zod tsenIy-eight
inches vide, inside measurement The retort il
similar TO gas retort. except that its sides are
pefpeodicals-, while those of the former are
terminated 10 Al arch. Coke il Dssd for heat
ing. and The appliances are such that the re;ori
can Dc heated several times hotter than that oi
the potentats Who o0ee undertook 70 crenaie
aliss ShAdraeh, Asshaeh aad Absdnsgo. The
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1878-07-03
aENArIoS ACCOMPLISHED IN HIGHLY sArIsFAc-
TORY MANNER.

luhA AANNhh-
WASHINGTON Pa, Feb l5.-The cremation
of the remaius of Mrs. Benz, Pitman, Cincinnati,
was successfully accomplished This afternoon, the
entire operation lasting less than two hours The
train bringing the remains reached here shout IL
o'clock this morning. and the body was taken
directly from The station TO the crematory. The
casket was made OF cherry. with mn anyarnshed
mahogany cover, beautifully carved, present
FROM The Cincinnati School of Design. OF which
the deceased lady was u member. Ii was lined
inside with white satlu. The corpse was accom-
panied only by Mr.. Pitmau and Mr.. Piympton,
OF Cincinnati, personal friend oil the Ptman
family. All strangers and Newspaper representa-
lives we're rigidly excluded from the building
during the cremation, the parties present being
Messrs. PItmsn and Plymplon and Those persons
in charge OF the furnace. DR.. lie MOyne was
not present. owing to The In6rmites OF age but
his son Julius lie Moyne, son-in-law, H. y.
Harding aud William Blackhurst, Superinten-
dent Of the gas works had charge Of the entire
process, from beginning to end. The estimated
heat of the retoIt ut noon was l 200 degrees
Fahrenheit, and Dr. lie Moyne stated this alter
noon that he estimate the highest degree OF heat
which the furnace has ever shown, at not over
1000 degrees. The arrangements al the erema-
tory similar TO thuse used during the Gre
nation Of Baron De Palm. The remains we're
taken from the casket aud placed IN the iron
cradle. aud q muslin cloth previously soaked 10
alum water was spread over them 10 hide them
from view. At o'clock the cradle was pushed
into the retort and the doors closed. In eighteen
minutes the body was entirely reduced, aud at
the end OF an hour aud three quarters The Gre
nation was pronounced complete and the fiues
Of the furnace were closed and the door sealed
hermeticslly to arrest combustion and allow the
retort TO COOL Thus will require at least thirty
hours. when the door OF the retOrt will be opened
and the calcined bones removed. The result OF
cremation is not ashes, but fragments OF calcIned
bone, white as snow aud entirely odorless.
Mr.. Pitnan expressed himself as more than
satisfied with the cremation. He is undecided
as to what be will do with the remains. but
thinks be will erect monument, 10 the inside
OF which be will place the jar aud contents.
DR.. LIE Moyne says hereafter all cremations
will be conducted 10 strict privacy. none but the
friends being allOsed 10 the baiIding during the
process. aud says that the success OF to-day was
not needed 10 convince him that cremation 10
the quickest. most economical and sanitary way
of disposing of the dead.
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retort can be brought to q white heat in twenty
four hours. When this temperature has been
reached the body. in plain pine coein is placed
in the retort. and in q few honrs the whole of
the ashes, both from the body and eofin. caa be
slowed 10 u small urn. which might be made an
attractive mantel ornament
In the retort a remedy 10 provided TO pre-
vent the dissemination OF poisonous gases aris-
ing from the burning. At the back OF the rstort
there is vent -four inches 10 diameter, opening
into the furnace, and is there consumed. Very
little smoke arises from the chimney, and this is
so disseminated BY the accompanying current Of
hot air rs to be rendered inocuous."
The following special telegram to the En-
qurer tells 10 detail the arrangements made for
the cremation Of the body Of the late Mrs. Jane
Pitman
DR.. LIE Moyne was interviewed by your cor
respondent Mt Little Washington tonight, and
he gave the following statement in regard TO the
cremation OF Mrs. PItman on Friday next:
" Last summer one year ago. while building
my furnace, Mrs. Jane Pitmau, wife Of Benz.
PItmau. wrote to me, saying that she aud her
husband were thorough cremationists, and that
il she should die before furnace was erected
nearer than this. she wished to know il this fur.
mace could be used for the cremation or her
body. | replied that | would willingly consent
TO her arrangements il it became necessary.
About one month ago | received q letter from
Mr.. Benz, Pitman. stating that his wifes health
was declining rapidly. and wishing to know it
the former arrangements could be consummsied
II she died, stating that in her will she had d.
rected her body TO be brought here aud eremat.
ed in my furnace. / replied TO him that there
would be no difficulty. simply for HIN to have the
body embamed in the short process, and tele-
graph me when to have the furnace ready. This
morning received i Telegram from him saying
he would leave Cincinnati Thursday evening
with the body, and another saying that they
would arrive here on the morning train al
eleven O'Clock. We are making arrangements
/ TO light our furnace tomorrow morning, and
will IRE up about niue O'Clock in the morning, in
I order to have the furnace ready Friday il requlr
| Jog tSeuty-four hours To heat it properly. The
body will be placed 10 the retort about two
| o'clock. and the ceremony will be strictly pri
vate. none but friends aud relatives OF the de-
| ceased to be admitted. Her cremation will be
a sample Of the way i. is intended to be con-
/ linued."
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1878-07-03

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The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1878-02-15
A Good Temperance Tale

FROM Ohio comes a capital temper
ance story. Judge Quay, the temper
ance lecturer, in one of his efforts there,
got of the following:
'All OF those who in youth acquire a
habit of drinking whisky. at FORTY wears
will be total abstainers or drunEards
No one can use whisky for wears in
moderation. If there is person in the
audience before me whose experience
disputes this, let him make it known.
| will account for It,, or ACKNOWLEDGES
that l am mistaken
\ tall, large man arose, and folding
his arms in dignified manner across
his breast, said:
"I offer myself as one whose own ex-
perienee cOntradicts your statement"
"Are you a moderate drinker ?" asked
the Judge.
al am."
"How long have you drank in moder-
alton ?''
"Forty years"
"And you were never intoxicated ?"
"Never.n
"Well," p" remarked the Judge, scanning
the subject from head to foot. "yOurs is
singular case, yet / think it is easily
accounted for. l am reminded by it Of
little story. A negro man, with loaf
OF Dreau ana mask OF WHISKY, SAT DOWN
to dine by the bank of a clear stream.
In breaking the bread, some Of the
crumbs dropped into the water. These
were eagerly seized and eaten by the
fish. That circumstance suggested to
the darkey the idea Of dipping the bread
into the whisky and feeding it to them.
He tried it; it worked well. Some Of
the fish ate il, became drunk, and lay
helpless on the water. By this stroke
of strategy he caught a great number.
But in the stream was a large fish, very
unlike the rest. He partOOk freely of
the bread and whisky, but with no per-
ceptible effect; he was shy Of every ef-
fort of the darkey to take it. He
resolved to have IL at all hazards, that
he might learn its name and nature.
He procured a net, and after much
effort caught it, carried it to negro
neighbOr, and asked his opinion of the
matter. The other surveyed the wonder
for moment, and then said: 'SambO,
uud erstand dis case. Dat fish is a
mullet head, it hain't got any brains.'"
'In other words" added the Judge,
'alcOhOl affects only the brain, and, Of
course, those having none may drink
without injury ~
The storm of laughter that followed
drove the moderate drinker suddenly
I from the house.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1878-02-15

girl. the daughter of poor farmer; and
you married me with your eyes open.
Now make the best of itr I said, join
ing Elder and Mrs. Chalmers, and find
ing the former denunciative and the
latter in tears.
'sThe Captain and I have elected that
YOU two ladies are to have no more pri-
vate conversations, as 1 suppose your
husband has Informed you" said the
missionary.
"He said so, sir, and told him I
would do as 1 liked. And If Mrs.
Chalmers has a grain of common sense
she'll do likewise" replied, still un-
controllably angry.
I know. good reader that all this
seems very naughty to you. 1t was but
few hours until it appeared mex
pressibly wicked to me. But let me
analyze little. You know how l loved
my husband, and how he fairly took
my heart by storm with his promises to
love and cherish; and you know how
his conduct disappointed me. Chlld as
I was, l would have been more than
human, or endowed with less than
average sensibility, had l kept my
temper.
Elder Chalmers led his wife away.
Gerald strobe Indignantly away toward
the forecastle, and when L saw him
again it was in our state-room, after
midnight, and he was hopelessly, help
lessly drunk.
"See what comes Of womanly disobe-
dience % said the Elder, purposely rails
ing his voice till l could not help but
hear him.
Ah, me! if had had the wisdom then
that long experience bringsl But il
was not so to be.
ITO be continued.l
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1878-02-15
Didn't Want to Buy.

A small, dapper, biliOus-lOoking man,
with little eyes, long nose, and a
pointed chin, rushed into a wholesale
book store on Court Avenue the other
day, aud asked one of the clerks if they
had a book entitled, "Reveries Of a
Bachelor"
The clerk, who was very obliging as
all the clerks in that store are, began to
look for the desired article He went
over every shelf where il was likely to
be, but could not find it upon any of
them. Then he went down in the base
ment-the biliOus-lOOking man follow
ing him-and down to the bottom of
several boxes Of books that had been
laid by for want of demand for them,
secured the shelves, searched the draw
ers, but found it not. Then he went up
to the second floor and resumed his
search among more old books, unpack-
ing several boxes, and Overturning a
large quantity Of goods. He was about
to give up the search, and told the man
that he didn't believe the book was in
the store. But the man said he wished
he would find it II possible. So the
clerk went up into the third story and
prOwled around again for half an hour,
until finally he fished il up out of the
dust in a little box away of in the cor
ner of the top row of shelves, after
a search of over an hour. He brushed
the dust from the cover and said:
"Yes, here it is, 81 so; you can have
have it for 81 %.
"Oh, don't want to buy it,n said the
biliOus-lOOking man.
Don't want to buy itu' said the
clerk; "why didn't you say so an hour
ago? Why did you make me search so
long for an article you didn't want to
/ buy? My time is valuable, and my en-
plOyer expects me to put it to profitable
usen
"Well, you see" quietly remarked the
man, Il made bet with JEFF. Crandall.
He said 1 couldn't find the book in Des
MOines, and 1 bet five dollars I could,
and l have won the bet; that's all
Sorry to trouble you so much.n
| And the man wended his way down
stairs again. When he was gone the
clerk thought how happy he would be
to get an invitation to that mans
funeral-DeS MOines (IOlUG Register.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1878-02-15
A Light in the Window .

OF the coast of one # the Orkney Is
lands, and right opposite the harbor,
stood a lonely rock against which, in
stormy nights, the boats of returning
fishermen often struck and were lost.
Fifty years ago there lived on this
Island a young girl in a cottage with
her father; and they loved each other
very tenderly. One stormy night the
father was away on the sea in his fish
ermau's boat, aud though his daughter
watched for him in much fear and trou-
ble, he did not come home. Sad to tell,
in the morning his dead body was found
washed upon the beach. His boat, as
he sought the harbor, had struck against
the LONELY Rock" and gone down.
In r deep sorrow, this fisherman's
orphsh did not think of herself alone.
She was scarcely more than a child,
humble, poor, and weak; but she said
in her heart, while she lived no more
boats should be wrecked, no more lives
should be lost on the "LOnely Rock, ."
If a shining light through a window
would guide them safely into the har-
bor And so, after watching by the
body OF her father, according to the Gus
tom Of her people, until il was buried,
she laid down and slept through the
day; but when night fell, arose, and
| lighting candle, placed it in the win
dow Of her cottage, so that IL might be
seen by any fisherman coming in from
sea, and guide him safely into the har-
/ Dor. She sat by the candle all night
and trimmed il, and spuni but when
the day dawned, she went to bed and
slept.
As many hanks as she had spun be-
fore for her daily bread she spun still,
and one over, 10 buy her nightly can
die; and from that time to this, for nifty
years, through youth, maturity and old
age, she has turned night into day, and
in the snow storms of winter through
driving mists, deceptive moonlight and
solemn darkness, that northern harbol
has never once been without the lighi
Of her candle.
How many lives she saved by this
candle, and how many meals she wor
by il to the starving families of tn,
boatmen, it is impossible to say. How
many dark nights the fishermen de
pending on il, have gone forth, canno
be told. There it stood, regular as ,
lighthouse, steadily as constant car,
could make it. Always brighter wheI
daylight waned, the fishermen had only
to keep il constantly in view, aud wer
= safe; there was hut one thing to inter
cept it, and that was the rock. How
ever far they might have gone out 4
sea, they had only to bear down for tha
3 lighted window, and they were sure O
a safe entrance to the harbor.
But what do the boatmen's wive
think of this? Do they pay the poo
woman? No; they are very poor; bu
poor or rich, they know better tha
2 that. Do they thank her? No. Pei
= haps they think that thanks of their
would be inadequate to express thei
gratitude; or, perhaps, years have mad
the lighted easement so familiar tha
| they look upon it as a matter Of course
aud forget for the time the patieu
watcher within.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1878-02-15

DR.. Schliemann's book on his wonder
fui discoveries at Mycene has preface
by Mr.. Gladstone, in which that emi-
nent authority says: "When the dis
closures at Tiryns and Mycene were an
nOuneed in England, my own first i'm
preston was that Of a strangely bewii-
dered admiration, combined with a pre-
ponderance Of skeptical, against believ-
ing tendencies, in regard to the capital
and dominating subject OF the tombs in
the Agora. am bound to say that re-
Election and a fuller knowledge have
nearly turned the scales the other way.
There are, indeed, not only gaps to be
supplied, but difficulties to be confronted
and to be explained, or to be left over
for future exploration. Yet the balance,
l will not say Of evidence, but of ra-
tional presumption, seems as though it
might ultimately lean toward the belief
that this eminent explorer has exposed
TO the light of day, after three thousand
years, the memorials and remains OF
Agamemnon and his companions in the
return from TrOyn