davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-07-30
West Fef1CEMuR.

In consequence of certain differences of
opinion, two mass meetings were held in
West Feliciana on the same day, both of
which organized, adopted resolutions, and
selected delegates to the State convention.
FIRST MASS MEETING.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-07-30

OFFICE OF SECRETARY OF STATE BOARD OF J
Education for Louisiana. !
New Orleans, July q, 1873
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-05-16
Strength of the Redouins,

A correspondent of Land and Water,
writing from Turin, describes the Bed
ouins as possessing great strength. He
says: Ihave seen a Bedouin put three
bushel sack of wheat upon his head with
his own hands and dance about with it;
but, of course, this was an exception.
regularly lift two three -bushel sacks,
fastened together, by their mouths, on
to the back of the camel squatting down
this>weight is full camelload. Some
of the women are very strong and carry
immense loads. l know one girl of six
teen who carries on her back three jars
of water weighing forty pounds each up
steep hill about quarter of mile to
her husbands hut. The Bedouin wo-
men lead very hard lives, indeed. From
the earliest age they begin to be useful.
The younger children look after the cat
tie and donkeys, of which each camp
possesses generally good sprinkliHg OF
sorry specimens. The older ones draw
water, and bring it often long distances
on their backs; they grind the corn
they make and bake the bread, cook all
the food, generally make and bake the
pots and pans that the former is cooked
in; they milk the cows and make the
butter by very tedious process, that
is, by shaking the milk in goatskin
which is suspended from the roof of the
hut, and under which, in cold weather
fire of dry cow-dung is lighted to raise
the temperature. Women frequently
sit and shake the goatskin eight or ter
hours before butter comes.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-05-16
Advice to Persons Visiting Paris.

As probably some of my readers will
visit Paris this summer, says cores
pondent, | shall commence this letter
by warning them against making ar
rangements for board of apartments too
far in advance. Within the last fort
night, owing to the sudden influx of
foreigners, which was, however, some
what checked by the cold, snowy, and
disagreeable weather that set in last week,
landlords have raised their prices in an
ticipation of a big rush; but l am of
opinion that, while the Exhibition will
be a grand success in every respect, the
visitors from abroad will neither, owing
nor SO reckless in their expenditures. 1t
New York, Philadelphia, Boston, or any
other of our large cities; but after the
opening of the Exhibition it is more
than probable that the cost of living
will be reduced as many landlords will
have empty rooms upon their hands on
account of their present extravagant
demands. An American, stranger in
Paris, would do we'll, before making
permanent arrangements, to consult
some of his more experienced country.
men, whose chief resorts are the New
York Herald Bureau, in the Avenue de
POpera, the publication Office of the
american Advertiser, No. 5 Rue Scribe,
and the offices of the United States
Commissioners at the Exposition
Grounds, ON the Champ de Mars. Oh
course, here as elsewhere, he must looE
out for black sheep and use discre
tion as to whom he confdes in; but moi
to any greater extent than in the ordin
ary transactions of every day at home
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-05-16

into one cup of good New Orleans mo-
lasses, and let it stand until it foams up
we'll then add one-third cup of butter
and one cup warm water, in which one
teaspoonful of cream tartar has been
dissolved; add two and one-half cups of
-four, and bake.
SAVE your beefsteak and roast beef
bones; cover with hot water, and let
them boil slowly all day; if the water
boils away, add more boiling water; you
can have a pint or quart of soup from
this, according to the amount of bones
any tough pieces of the beef can be boiled
with the bones; at night strain and set
in cool place. An hour before dinner,
the next day remove the fat from the
surface; add a small onion, sliced fine, a
pinch of thyme, salt and pepper, and lei
boil half an hour; then add two sticks OF
maccaroni and boil till done. Leave out
the maccaroni, add vermicilli, which re-
quires only ten minutes for cooking, and
you have an .ther soup; put in stewed
tomatoes few spoonfuls hall
teaspoonfui of sugar, and you have an
other soup. Sometimes the soup will bt
jelly, when cold. Do not add watel
to this; it will melt.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-05-16

the score and delivered two heavy blows
on Sullivan nose, breaking it. Sullivan
returned the compliment, when Hyer
clinched Sullivan, threw him three feet,
rushed in and fell on top of him. Hyer's
fall on Sullivan ended the fight; Sui
livan lay powerless, like a reclining
Atlas at rest He was terribly beaten,
and not able to stand up, and Hyer was
seventeen minutes and eighteen seconds,
and Yankee Sullivan brave and gkillful
as he was, for the first time in his event
full career was defeated. The fight was
emphatically a hurricane battle, and
never had the American ring shown so
much severe fighting in so little time.
Hyer proved himself to be capable of
contending with any known pugilist in
the world.
The results of this battle seemed to
give the ring in this country an Ameri-
can nationality. The excitement among
the partisans of each cembatant was in
tense all over the counll,.
Sullivan was so badly injured that he
was taken to Mount Hope Hospital, in
Baltimore.
Hyer was arrested at Philadelphia,
having remained there over night, a
requisition from the Governor of Mary,
land, based on the idea that Sullivan's
life was in danger, being sent after him,
but as Sullivan soon arrived in New
York, he could not be detained.
Yankee Sullivan soon recovered, and
his sporting house, No. Chatham Street
was crowded day and night, while the
Fountain House ewasarranged and lighted
as soon as the news of the great fight
arrived, and large transparency, which
was placed over the front, bore the in
seription, "Tom Hyer Champion Of
America"
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-05-16

Investigators of natural science have
demonstrated beyond controversy, that
throughout the animal kingdom the "sur-
vival of the fittest" is the only law that
vouchsafes thrift and perpetuity. Does not
the same principle govern the commercial
prosperity of man.? An inferior cannot su-
persede a superior article. Illustrative of
this principle are the family medicines of
r. V. Pierce, NJ. D., of Buffalo, N. Y. By
reason of, superior merit, they have outri-
vailed all other medicines. Their sale in the
United States alone exceeds one million dol
lars per annum. while the amount exported
foots up to several hundred thousand more.
No business could grow to such gigantic pro-
portions and rest upon any other basis than
that of merit. 1t is safe to say that no med
icine or combination of medicines yet dis
covered equals or can compare with DIR.
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. for the
cure of coughs, colds, and all pulmonary
and blood affections. If the bowels be con-
situated and liver sluggish. his Pleasant
Purgative Pellets will give prompt relief !;
while his favorite Prescription will posi-
lively, perfectly, and permanently cure
those weaknesses and dragging-down SEN
sations peculiar to females. In the Peoples
Common Sense Medical Adviser, an Illus
trated work of nearly one thousand pages,
the Doctor has fully discussed the princip es
that underlie hea tn and sickness. Price
81 so, postpaid. Adapted to old and young,
single and married. Address r. V. Pierce,
NJ. D., Worlds Dispensary and Invalids'
Hotel, Buffalo, N. Y.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-05-16
Too Old to be Caught with Chaff.

Considerable amusement was created
in one of our stores the other day, by
the antics of an old lady in a frilled cap
and spectacles, over what she considered
strong exhibition of the marvellous.
A gardener friend of the shop-keeper had
recently presented him with a small
meuthed bottle containing large Gu
cumber-quite a curiosity to those
ignorant of how it is produced, but, like
many other mysteries, simple enough
when explained. The bottle is of course
placed over the embryo pickle when
it is small and allowed to remain
beside the vine until the growth is COM
pleted. The old lady had never seen
or heard of anything of the kind, and
she stood before it utterly dazed and
bewildered with astonishment. First
she would get on one side, plant her
spectacles firmly, take long look and
then draw a deep breath. She would
then remove her glasses, give them a
thorough wiping and try it again, re.
marking in high key, with much en-
phasis:
Nobody in this world kin ever make
me believe that is a ginooine cowcum
Der in that bottle-it's jist some kind Of
a scum you've cast over my eyesW
Then she would get over on the Other
side, readjust her spectacles, wink sew
eral times with both eyes in the drollest
manner to dispel the delusion, and ther
take aim at the bottle again, closing frs
one eye and then the other, with the
same result as before, when she woulc
repeat the remark, and shake her head
with increduEty as she slowly expressed
her doubts as to the reality of thu
spectacle.
l mind of being to slight-o'- -hanG
show when | was gal," she went on t.
say, "an' feller come out an per
| tended to be eatin' cotton, belchin' fire
an spinnin' ribbons, besides fryin' egg
in hat, an a lot more nonsense an
tomfoolery, not to speak of his gittin
live chickens out'n loaf of bread h,
had found in mans overcoat pocket
but them as had seen such things befor,
an knowed how it was, all said it wasn'
more nor less nor sham, an all he hae
done was to put a scum over people
eyes, when he could make 'em believe
tree-toad was a bird of paradise, if h,
wanted to. An that's jist exactly wha
L think about that cowcumber. TAX,
away the spell from Off n my eyes, an
dessay the bottle will turn out to b.
empty. It's real entertainin', though
an s'pose there's heaps O. folks jis
fools enough to believe it's all as real a
it pears to be, but I'm too old a bird t.
git choked ON chaff, Mr.. Sanders, an
you can't fool me worth a cent"
So saying she gathered up her parcel
and departed with many knowing nod
ofsatisf action.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-05-16
The GloW.WOrm Bird.

In India it is said that a species of
sparrow builds its nest of grasses, which
it weaves very skillfully into the shape
of bottle, and suspends it firmly to the
branches of a tree, with its entrance
downward, so as to secure it from the
attacks of birds of prey. But the ex-
terror of the nest is not its most wonder
full popularity. Within it is divided
into secret chambers, which, according
to the popular belief, the bird is in the
habit of Illuminating during the night
with glow-worms or fire flies. The story
goes that, after collecting a number of
| these luminous insects, the bird fastens
them to the inside of its nest by means
of a peculiar kind of clay of glutinous
nature; and thus when the sun, in whose
beams it delights to spread it's airy pin
ions, is withdrawn from the world, the
bird can retire to its pleasant couch and
be rocked to sleep, basking in the mild
beams of the glow-worm.
A gentleman who had resided many
years in India, speaking of the nest OF
the Indian sparrow, says that, taking
advantage of the absence of the bird in
the afternoon, he examined four OF
these nests, in three of which he found
| glOw-worms affixed to the interior. Ir
the fourth he found little fresh clay
attached to the side of the nest, evi
IDENTIFY for the purpose of fastening 6
worm to it, but no glow worm. On sub
jecting one of these nests to a SECOND
examination on the following day, ht
found that the first glow-worm had beer
removed and a second substituted in it,
place.
Sir William Jones endeavors to ac
count for the presence of the glow
worms in the nests by the suppositiol
that the bird places them there for tn
purpose of lunching upon them at
convenient opportunity. He, however
grants to the little feathered "Indian,
various qualities which are, if anything
more wonderful than the above. III
says that it is easily tanned, and may b
taught to fetch and carry like a dog
Ii ring be dropped into a well th
bird will upon given signal, Dart afte
it, and, selling it before it reaches tn
water, bear it with apparent exultatio
to its master. 1t can also be taught t
carry notes from one house to another
The young Hindoo women wear YER
thin plates of gold between their eye
brows; and when they pass through tn
streets it is not uncommon for thei
lovers, who amuse themselves with trair
ing these birds, to send them to pluc
the pieces of gold from the foreheads G
their mistresses and bring them in tr
umph to the mischievous swains.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-05-16
GLEANINGs FROM THE. MUSE.
IN ARcA>A sYLvARUM.
BY CHARLES DE KAY.

Harki
What booming
Fainta on the high-strung carr
Through the damp woods (so dark
No flowers are blooming)
hear, hear
The twang Of harps, the leap
OF hairy feet. and know the revels ripe,
while, like a coral stripe,
The lizard cool doth creep,
Monster, but monarch there, up the pale Indian
Pipe.
Your painting
Will scare them from their game,
Let not football crush
Their rites enchantingl
The deadwood's flame,
Bellies of murdered fre-fies,
And glimmering moonstones thick with treas
Shall help our round-eyed gage
Antics unholy 10 surprise
which the ungodly crew round the red lizard
plays
Nowi
No breathing
To spoil the heathenish dancel
Lest from each pendent bough
Poison be seethtng,-
A hair hne lance
Pierce 10 your brain, and slowly slay,
But look your breathless fill, and mark them
Man and maid a-eapering,
Ugly, fair, moroseiy gay
Round the red lizard smooth, crowned for their
wicked king.
Backi
Inhuman
Arc gestures, laughs, and jeers.
on ere we lose the trackl
Nor man, nor woman
Can stand your leers,
Shameless and loose, uncovered creaturesi
Quick, lest we join their orgies In the darkl
Backi For the madness stark
Is crawling through our natures
To touch the lizard vile. spread on the damp
white bark. --Serfbner for Nay.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-05-16
A Guinen for n sixpence.

A firm in New York seems unfamiliar with
the London story of the man who offered to
sell real guneas at trihe, but could find no
buyers. Geo. p. Rowell Il Co., the News
paper Advertising Bureau" propose, for one
hundred p dollars, to put a ten-line adver-
tisement in some thirty standard weeklies,
and to slide it into thousand other weeklies
free. Do thew expect people to take the offer !?
Any one acquainted with the h gh rates Of
these standard weeklies can see that the
thing is ridiculous. Rowell II Co. must know
very well tn at acceptances of the offer would
be SO many items to charge to profit and loss.
We retract our insinuation about their igno-
rance of that London story. They probably
know it too well, and are shrewd enough, by
taking advantage of that human trait at
which the story hits, to make a stroke for
fame as men of startling liberality, and at
the same time run no risk of pecuniary loss.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-05-16

THEY say in Washington, and think
it is reproach to their wives, that the
best broiled steak in the city can be had
at gambling house. Bless you, that is
no reproach to the women. They haven't
the same facilities for getting their hus-
bands SO drunk they can't tell the differ
ence between broiled steak and fried
shoe sole.--Bwlington HdWkeye.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-05-16

AN English nobleman, who had re-
sided two years in Paris, took lessons
in French from a celebrated professor OF
the language. He made very little
progress. On going to say goodbye to
his tutor, he asked him if he could dc
him any service in England. "Oh, u
replied the teacher, the only favor
have to ask is that you will not men
ton that you have been my pupil"
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-05-16
American Exhibits at Paris
PARIS, Wednesday,, NAV 1, 1878.

lBy Cable to the Associated Press.l
The display of scales by Fairbanks 4 Co.,
New York, is very grand, and creditable to
the exhibitors, showing the advancement
made by them over those of any other
American or foreign manufacturers, and re-
fleets great credit on American workman
ship. The exhibit surpasses all others in
merit at the Paris Worlds Fair.
Mason & Hamlin, who took the first medal
for their cabinet organs at the Exposition in
1867, and have won the highest hopors at
every worlds exhibition since, are here in
competition with fine lot of organs. Sew
eral other American makers exhibit, but few
if any of them will venture to compete.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-05-16

The daughters of the Duke of Buck
ingham know how to cook an excellent
dinner, but the truth will and must
come to the surface. They couldn't
tell ceramic from a cow, and they
throw his at people, oh, horrid. This
may precipitate the war, but we can't
help tive need the item.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-05-16

A VIRGINIA Methodist whose CONVEX
sation was noticeable for its repeated
assurances that he "would rather be a
door-keeper in the house of the Lord
than a dweller in the tents of the
wicked" has withdrawn from the
church because the congregation failed
to elect him ruling-elder.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-05-16

THEY have a law in England prohibit
ing the throwing of fruit-skins on the
sidewalks, and when man over there
steps on an orange peel and sits down
on his shoulders, he gets good deal of
satisfaction out of the thought that he
can have somebody fined four chill
lings, if he can only find him and prove
that he did it.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-05-16

A positive remedy for All diseases Of the Kidacya
Blssislcr and URINARY Orxans, also good In
Dropsicnl Complaints. It never produces sick
ness is certain and speedy In its action. tits fast
superseding all other remedies. Sixty capsules cure
In six or eight days No cher medicine do this.
Beware ofamitatious, for. owing 10 its great
success, many hav- offered; some are most
dangerous, causing piles, etc.
DUNDAs DICK Il co.'s Genuine san oaps~les.
cosainiao OF, Of SandaI,Vood. sod al sn ro ssorss.
Ash for orca,ar. or send for 20 - aad ~ Rossas
Skss<. NsS Ysvk.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-05-16
A LOW PRICE
THREE MONTHS CREDIT!


o.
Ney Yor
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-05-16

Light, white, wholesome biscuits, rolls,
bread and elegant cake, crullers, waffies,
doughnuts, mullins, and griddle cakes of
every kind, are always possible to every
table by using DooLEy's YEAST POWDER.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-05-16
oNSUMPTION CAN BE CURED

PULMONA Is ce-tain remedy for the cuRx Of
CONSUMPTION and all diseases Of the Lungs aud
Throat. 1t invigorates the brain. tones up the
system, makes the weak strong, and is pleasant to
take. Price One Dollar per bottle at Druggists, or
sent by the Proprietor receipt of price pamphlet
containing valuable altvice TO CONSUMpTINES.
many certificates of ACTUAL CURES. and full direc.
tons for using each bottle, or will be
sent free to any Address: OSCAR q. MOSES Is Cort-
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-05-16

WORTH KNowING.-One thirty-fve cent
bottle of Johnson's Anodyne Liniment viii
effectually cure bronchitis, infammatory
sore throat, sore lungs, bleeding at the
lungs, chronic hoarseness, hacking cough,
whOoping cough, and lame stomach.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-05-16

How TO MAKE MoNEY.-Twenty- five
cents worth of Sheridan's Cavalry Condition
P wders, fed out sparingiy to a coop of ff-
teen hens, will increase the product of eggs
more than one dollar in value in thirty days.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-05-16
Attention, Merchants Farmers

ssaxerstown Agricultural Umpl~ ment Man.
slfisc, uring 90. Manufacturers Of 2 he Victor
HAY Rakes. with Locust or Iron Hubs Best Force
Feed, Grain and Fertzing Drill Southern 0fee,
No. l28 Matsl street, cincinnati, -. JOHN
W EMMERT. MANAGER Dealers invited 10 call
and examine goods Circulars sent application.
Satsfac ctory discount % trade
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-05-16

WILHoFT's FEVER AND AGUE TONIC
certain, safe and speedy cure for all diseases
of miasmatic origin. 1t cures in few days,
without danger of inconvenience: Chills
and Fever, Bilious Fever, Dumb Chills,
Pernicious Fever, Congestive Chills, Sun
Pains. and all diseases of similar character,
Enlarged Spleens are reduced as if by magic,
and Sun Pains are conquered with marvel
Gus rapidity. WHEELoCK, FINLAY & Co.,
Proprietors, New Orleans.
For SALEBY ALL DRUGGISTS.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-05-16

MOTHERS! Mothers Mothersl Don't fail
to procure Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup
fer all diseases incident to the period of teeth
ing in children. 1t relieves the child from
pain, cures wind collie, regulates the bowels,
and, by giving relief and health to the child,
gives rest to the mother. 1t is an old and
Well-tried remedy.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-05-16
Standard WeekIies.

$1,000
For a ten.Iine advertisement to be
inserted one week in the above list, We
will accept a check, In advance, for
800, and will insert the same .one
week in a list of One Thousand Country
Weeklies gratis.
Will insert two lines in the above list and the eHe
Thousand Country Weeklies for $50 cash.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-05-16

The Greatest Discovery OF the Age is DR..
Tobias'c brated Venetian LinimeutI 3oyears be-
fore the bic, and warranted to cure Diarrhea,
Dysentery, Colic and Spasms. taken internally; and
Group, Chronic Rheumatism, Sore Throats, Cuts,
Bruises, old Sores. and Pains in the Limbs. Back,
and Chest externally. 1t has never failed No family
will be without it after once giving it fair trial
Price, 40 cents. DR.. TOBIAS VENETIAN HORSE
LINIMENT, in Pint Bottles, at Ono Dollar. is war
ranted superior to any other. or NO PAY, for the
cure of Colic Cuts Bruises. Old Sores, ETC. Sold by
all Druggists. Depot-Io Park Place. New York
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-05-16
GEO. p. ROWELL & CO.'S
Newspaper Advertising Bureau,
Homes in Minnesota.

MillGSOa ss,; :::: II: ::$
DOIlarH THIRTY FIVE MILLION bushels OF
Oats. Corn Rye, Barley, Buckwheat, and Potatoes.
worth over Twenty Million Dollars -Four hun
$ &c !si hss fiiis i fSf Product 4 il! E y !!
One Hundred aud Twenty Thous:,no 1a2rse
Pow uer at St Anthony Falls alone LIVE MUN- !1d
GREAT RUSH FOR CHOICE WHEAT L65Ds-
Immense immigration in Enr ] 878.
Nothing like It ever known Twenty phreo
Hundred Miles of Railroad. VA andevery
train crowded. Land offices beseged with throngs OF
applicants. Wisconsin, Iowa and Kansas also COM
ing We invite the world into the. , mpire state
Of the Northwest. twenty-five mIIion
Acres of Land ava fting aetflemenf. l0l1T1 a
Free Homes, Free Schools, Free Lands. I6fi.
Pamphlets Of Eighty Pages with fine ~
Map will be sent, postpaid to LIVERY ArfLa. Arfs:
CANT everywhere, to- every country, the Worfe
'''' '' JOHN w. BOND,