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The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-10-17

A PRELIMINARY report shows that
drunkenness is more frequent in the
north than in the south of England, al
though public houses are more numer-
GUS in the south, In the south and
southeast cases of drunkenness reach
the proportion Of fifteen to twenty-three
per cent. of the population, and in the
towns forty-four per cent. In the north
the proportion is seventy-two per cent,
and in the towns lowing to repeated of
fenses by the same parties), one hun
dred and fifty per cent.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-10-17

WHAT are called the Princess Mary's
Village Homes, at Addlestone, England,
were established chiefly for the benefit
of the infant children of female felons.
The children are carefully trained for
industrial occupations, and large pro-
portion Of them turn out remarkably
well. They require exceptional care in
training, from the fact that so many Of
them have had drunken mothers, which
often produces in the offspring what has
been termed moral insanity.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-10-17

EMILY MoELLER had for many years
been a devoted nurse in the St. Louis
Female Hospital, receiving no pay for
her services, but winning the respect Of
everybody connected with the institu-
ton. Alice Wood, a patient, had nearly
recovered from severe illness. Miss
Moeller was ordered by the physician to
give Miss Wood a dose of sulphate of
magnesia, but by a blunder she gave
corrosive sublimate, causing death after
several days of intense suffering. She
persistently staid by Miss Woods bed
side to the last, and then committed
suicide with poison. She left letter,
in which she said: at is impossible
for me, a murderess (what terrible
word) to live longer. Since the unfor-
tunate accident have been living con-
tinually between fear and hope. Oh, it
is fearful life to be constantly wit.
ness to her agony. If it is Gods will
that she must die, then l, too, shall be
with my victim at the same time. "A
life for a life.' This is my atonement
May God have mercy upon and for
give me-"
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-10-17

ON the suppression of the Commune
In Paris, five hundred boys were among
the prisoners taken, and it was proved
that large numbers of the murders and
incendiaries were committed by them.
They were sent to a reformatory at
Rouen, and on being carefully inspected
by two eminent physicians, it was
found that three hundred and thirty
seven were Of very delicate form and
stunted growth. They were, however,
among the most mischievous, and all
the children of drunken mothers.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-10-17

A GOAT has taken possession of an is
land in San Francisco Bay-at least the
NepsL Letter says so-and practically iso-
lates 1t from civilization by butting off
everybody who attempts to land there.
There is also family living on It, which
has displayed distress signals for weeks
past, and is supposed to be starving to
death, but no boats can 60 to its assist
ance. On the other hand telescopes re-
veal the fact that the only boat on the
island is lying ON the beach, with its
bottom stove in by the goat. The matter
has been before the Supervisors three
times, but they have been unable to de.
eide what TO do.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-10-17

The attention of the authorities in
England is seriously directed to the
subject Of infant mortality. The returns
of the Registrar-General have told year
after year a shocking story. Putting the
thing plain, the horrid fact stands forth
that vast proportion of British born
infants are murdered for the sake of the
burial money, and infanticide now is as
common on the banks of the Severn as
IT was in days of old on the banks of the
Ganges. Patent child food is the chief
means by which this slaughter of limo.
cents 10 carried on.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-10-17

A PLEASANT little anecdote of the
Crown Prince of Germany is told by
Mrs. Hooper. 1t was at the beginning
of the Franco-Prussian war that the
King and Prince passed through HON.
burg on their way to the field. A Ayoung
American girl, staying with her parents
at one of the hotels, hung large Ameri-
can flag from her balcony, and as the
royal couple passed waved an enthusi-
astic handkerchief. The King and his
son looked up and bowed, and, like the
courteous gentleman he is, the Prince
summoned an aide-de-camp and gave an
order which was passed down the line
an order for each regiment as it went BY
to salute the Stars and Stripes.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-10-17

MERCHANTS in Annoy, China, say that
they have discovered that the last har-
vests tea has been adulterated beyond
all precedent. Leaves of the willow are
prepared for the purpose, and mixed
with true tea. The consular body has
laid the matter before the Chinese au-
thorities, and the Governor of the prov
ince has published a proclamation offer
ing reward for information leading to
the conviction Of offenders.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-10-17

THE Japanese are the only foreigners
allowed to enter Corea, where they are
four hundred strong, and have organ
ized a municipality on European
model. The seven streets of their settle.
ment at Fusan are very clean, and
the natives are beginning to initiate their
customs. The Queen of Corea lately
died, and, white being the sign Of
mourning, the Japanese sold off all their
English frabics of that color.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-10-17

THEway to tell the age of dog ap-
proximately is to examine the upper
front teeth. Until twelve months old
these are rounded on the edge, at the
end of two years they begin to square
OH, and gradually wear down and shorten
until, as the animal enters his sixth
year, they are nearly even with the
gums. The lower teeth usually wear
out earlier. The appearance of the
eyes is also an indication of age, and all
dark colored dogs show their years by
the growth of white hairs about the
muzzle.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-10-17

EVEN in articles of seemingly trifing
importance, American manufactured
goods are in demand in European mar
kets. A Boston house has just received
q 100000 clothes-pin, 100000 broom
handle, and 5000 ream sand-paper
order from Great Britain. Any opening
that will develop our manufactures thus
increasing the home markets for farm
products, will yield more remunerative
results TO the farmer for his labors.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-10-17

TREASURE hunters in Hayti are very
desirous of finding about thirty millions
of dollars buried by Toussaint L'Ouver-
ture, the negro insurrection leader, to-
ward the close of the last century, when
he was on the point of surrendering to
the French. He caused the coin to be
placed in sacks and carried to place
near Port-au-Prince in three wagons,
guarded by ten soldiers. He ordered
ten men to dig the hole for their recep-
tion, and, after covering them, to return
Immediately with the wagons and escort.
After the work had been accomplished
the party returned, but were fired on
from an ambush by battalion of SOL
diers under the command of Toussaint
himself. All we're killed, and the secret
of the treasures location was lost with
Toussaint's death. An officer connected
with the battalion had received intima-
tions of the intended burial, but OBJ
tained no knowledge of the spot. The
luxuriant vegetation of the tropics
speedily covered it.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-10-17

The Orientalist has long laughed at
European antiquity, and the title "eter-
nal," ms given TO the city on the Tiber.
He has pointed with pride to Damascus,
and asked If it was not founded before
the Ilium Of history, before Carthage
and before Tyre? Whether it was not a
city of power and beauty in the days of
Abraham and the Prophets2 In spite
Of conquest and pillage which have Wis
tied her In almost every age, her COM
merce with the wide country along the
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-10-17

The artificial production of minerals
throws the greatest light On the natural
production Of mineral substances. Ru.
bies and sapphires have been produced
that have the adamantine luster, hard.
ness, density and form of natural rubies
that scratch quartz and topaz, and like
natural rubies lose color on strong ig
milton, and regain it on cooling. Lapi
daries have found these products quite
as hard as the natural stones.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-10-17

Tigris and Euphrates has persistently
maintained her supremacy. Modern
science, however, promises to do her
more injury than war rand rapine were
able to do. The Suez Canal has been a
serious blow to her prosperity. The
pilgrimages to Mecca have fallen off
one-half. and trade of every kind is tax
ing the new route to the South and en-
riched the city that gave the name to
Damascus blades, is falling into the
hands of Port Said.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-10-17

AMONG Stanley's competitors in the
field of African travel is an elderly
schoolmaster of Steglitz, Germany. On
the principle of doing at Rome as Rome
does, he left home (having started
secretly with one shirt, one pair of
stockings, and an old overcoat.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-10-17

A SAN Francisco paper says that the
convicts in the State prison have con-
tributed more to the relief of the yellow
fever sufferers than the State officers at
Sacramento; the newsboys more than
the railway officers, and the theaters
more than the churches.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-10-17

a mistake when he killed Deputy Sheriff
Thomas, the old man believing him to be
one of party who had threatened, before
night came on, to kill him if he did not di-
vulge where his son, one of the accused, was
hiding; and that he would have submitted
to have his house searched by the proper
efficprs
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-10-17

ONE Chinaman out in Gold Hill has
already taken Kearney's advice to go.
He bought five hundred dollar shares of
Bodie stock at forty cents, and when it
was booming along up sold it for fifty
three dollars, and bought Nevada at
nine dollars. This he unloaded after it
had reached one hundred and ninety
dollars, and putting the proceeds in
United States bonds, started for China.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-10-17

A CITY ordinance of San Francisco
makes IL a misdemeanor to sleep in
room containing less than five hundred
cubic feet Of air to each person. IT is
enforced against Chinese only. Last
month many were arrested for violating
IL, and ninety-one were squeezed into
sells that gave them twenty-three feet of
air to each man. What netion this
must give the heathen of the justice of
Chriatians
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-10-17

A Boston lawyer has letter written
in 1914 by New York firm, saying that
they had placed in the hands of Daniel
Webster bill of collection, and asking
that the financial standing of Webster
be inquired into, as they could not OBJ
tain any settlement from him.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-10-17

The most important piece of Roman
sculpture ever found in London was
lately excavated. It is believed 10 have
formed part Of mausoleum. London
was a large city, with mint and other
metropolitan institutions, even in Ro-
man days.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-10-17

DURING the year ending in May last
fifteen slave ships were condemned on
the west coast of Africa, and sixty
slaves set at liberty. The traffic in slaves
between Mozambique and Madagascar
continues, although the Queen of the
latter country has considerably dimin-
ished it.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-10-17

The wonderful vitality of Loman
Griffin, who has lately died in Lsdi, o.,
aged LOG, was shown by the fact that he
breathed several days after his limbs
were lifeless, although he had not eaten
for a week.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-10-17
TOPICS OF THE DAP.

FRANK BUcKLAND, the naturalist,
declares that babies swim naturally. A
friend put one into warm water, and it
took to IL like duck, swimming briskly.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-10-17

LIGHT blue stockings are going to be
the favorite color this fall, but lady
who doesn't intend to fall out of a
cutter is not obliged to invest.-Detroit
Free Press.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-10-17

A VIENNA firm is now manufactur-
ing glass slippers. One objection to them
is they will not run down at the heel.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-10-17

EVERY country church has its stare
way.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-10-17
POLITICAL INTELLIGENCE,

FULL returns from the town elections in
Connecticut, show so towns Republican, 55
Democratic, and 80 evenly divided; last
year, 20 Republican, SO Democratic, and 26
divided. Net Republican gain 10 towns,
Democratic loss IA towns.
THE latest status of the Indiana Legis-
lature shows that the Democrats will have a
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-10-17
I PASSING SMILES.

IT is above all in love that feast is
not as good as enough. A wit insists on
revealing himself where he is only asked
tn show himself ss.l7ss
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1878-08-22
List or DELINQUENT LANDS.

Lis: OF Lands and Town Lots situated
IN the County Of Leavcnworth and State
of Kansas, upon which the taxes have not
been paid for the year 1877, and are sub
iect TO sale therefor:
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1878-07-25

the seed /; and they are working like bea>
vers, tell you"
| The next afternoon, when the hern
was blown, Mr.. Moore was waiting at tlif
rate Az the wagon came along, Mr..
| Tbvson saw him and didn't feel at al
like Just bowling and passing ON. No!
he felt like stopping, shaking hands and
getting out to see how his men were
DOING.
"tGod bless you, sir" said MIR. Moore.
8" You have given me the best medicine
1--we had. 1 believe Its going to save
nv life. q DON'T know now to thsnk You
hut i know i feel like new man."
ESQ do ], friend Moore So do Il,
But don't thank me. Its all Tom g
doing. i thought was teaching him q
great lesson, but, bless you'll he was
teaching me a greater one, all the time,
Well, the Lord has great surprises m
store for us sometimes, hasn't hef .
And, with q fsrvent shake OF the hand,
MIR. Thyson got back into his wagon ano
drove home.
From that time, MIR. Muore's health
steadily improved, and from THAT time
also MIR. Thyson was another man. lit
was tine beginning, but not the end OF his
kind deeds.
A few years later, when Tom and Bes-
sic commenced housekeeping on their own
account, and Glover lowed contentediy
in her new home, Tom remarked, with q
merry laugh:
You see, father, i was longer headed
than you Thought. Twas all in the
family after all"
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1878-07-25

bone of some large mammal than 49,
thing else; yet never for q mUment ~
] believed thEt they existed in -. sa
countless numbers These are not ~ I'm y
confounded with centipedes. for ha+a ~ =
the two there is no resemblance. oero CO.
that they both seem DO have more liz.
than they know Whist TO do w;thsp
Some species of tropical centipedss -.
tain the size of the worm deacr;i.s.ss ~,
above, which was probably membe s''. ~
this groupoo anneiids.
The incident narrated above. to,ol,
ing upon the lower tribes of the an;ra1
kingdom, leads quite naturally 10 ! ~.
cnmstance related by Capt. Gillmors
in which caterpiliars bear q prom;na,s
part. While in the land of the Massara
he was accompanied by number u
bushmen with their wives and chilaren
who were glad to serve him as athena
ants IN return dor their food and te,
trivial articles of use and ornameut
One of the party was q young gin VITA
q beautiful figure and pretty face. WIN
had lately been taken as the third wis
of an old Mascara. She was intellioert
and graceful, and attracted the espec;al
attention of the traveller. In ltiescfibips
her savage accomplishments, amone
which were wonderful Heetness and en-
durance as q runner, Capt. GiImo,e
writes: "She lis q miscellaneous younp
lady, too. The large caterpillars--ime.
mense things, longer than your middle
finger, and beautifully marked with
purple and green spots along the side--
are deemed by the Mascara great deli,
cacies;; they eat them an matnad or
parched, the latter being the favorite
method. Having found q quantity Of
them, she brought me some alive, and
when she discovered that j had even
repugnance to taking them in my hand.
she commenced eating them one by one
in front of me. j shook my head, and
showed by my gestures that 4 disliked
exceedingly to see the belle of the party
guilty of such unladylikc conduct So
ever after, when she CHANGED to find any
.caterpillars, she would come close up 10
me, hold the wrigghng thing aloft be-
tween her finger and thumb, aud theE
place it in her mouth. "-i[ Chicago
Tribune.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1878-07-25
BVys' Rights-By q Boy.

Talk about the women aud the dar.
kies, and the--she--an the ret of 'em;
none of iem all are half 80 badly used as
boys are. i knowa lot and can give you
all their names. Ask iem all. THEY'LL
tell you, to be q boy is to be somebody
without right in the world
You're TO take all the sass that g given
to you, and give none back, cause you're
@ boy. Yeu are to pay full fare in the
cars and omnibuses, cause you're boy,
and not O child, and never have O seat,
cause you're boy and nota man. Fat
lady gets in after it's sill tut, and looks
about her; everybody looks at you.
Old gentleman says, my son!" re-
IproyingIy. Conductor says, ''fCome
now, you boyi" You've paid your six
pence. No matter, that's nothing You
have been on your legs with bundle
all day. Who cares? you're 9 boy
Now q horse has such q load given 10
him as he can carry, and q man won't
take any more than he can walk under.
Ask boys what grown folks think they car
carry. There is no limit to it.
Who doesn't know a boy who does q
maIl's work, and does it well for tenth
of what man would get for it? Who
hasn't seen an advertisement for a boy
who writes q good hand, understands &C.
counts, is willing to make himself useful,
boards with his parents, is trusbworthy
no objections to his sitting up all night
noIimpudence sbout him, the best recon.
mendations required, and two dollars
week wages?
AJAX boys whether old folks don't make
as much fuss about such places asst they
were doing you a favor that would set
ysu up in life.
Who wants O boy anywhere? Your
sisters don't in the parlor. Your father
don't; he always asks if yeu are not
wanted to do something somewhere. You
make your mothers head ache every
time you come near her. Old ladies
snap you up. Young ladies hate ibpye
Young men tease you, and giveit togou
if you tease back. Other fellows, its
because theylre aggravated, always want
to fight, if they don't know you; and
when you get o black eye and torn
Jacket, you hear of it at home.
You look back and wonder if YOU ever
were that pretty little fellow in petit
coats that everybody stuffed with candy;
and you wonder whether you'll ever bea
man, to be liked by the girls, and treated
politely by the other fellows, paid TOR
your work, and allowed to do as yel
choose. And you make up your mind
every day not to be q boy any Longer
than you can help it; and when your
grandfather or somebody complains thai
there are mo boys now" you wonder \
he remembers the life he led, that DC
don't consider it as o su6ject,of rejoicing
There is only one comfort in itall i
boys will grow up, and when they 90
they generally forget all they went
Through in their youth, and make the
boys of their day suffer just as they did
--tOrphan's Friend
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1878-07-25

a PLAINTIFF suing an English EalE
road company for damages sustained "
an accident, was observed to make very
frequent reference to a note iboek, whlcp
at length was handed to the opposing
counsel. lnterspersed with menorapsiss
bearing en- his case were frequently fonpa
the figure (lD, (2). Sargt. Ballanslns
l(for defense) desired to know the naeap1
ing of these fgHrea, and also TO whoesI
the words, n Never mind him. TnlcfI
also 4reguently occurred, sapplleVl
Whereupon the plaintiff explained tlal|
he had these insertions to remind mn
TO keepeool. (i) Meant g gake iteass'
tG, "Den't get hurried - as to q Neyea
mind him. Y" the him means yOl,
(ballantlne) he said. he won lbs slii'
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1878-07-25

BELIEyE not ill OF q brother till i
proved beyond doubt.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-03-17
NEW ORLEANS SUNDAY, MARCH Il, 88-TRPLE SHEET

each member. of the, Committee on .Postoflces
oonsssr sns sa he otsr das he
could not be made to believe that this was not
an attempt to repay, claims that had already
been paid by the Confederacy.
This statement involved the honor of every
man on the Postoffice Committee who was in
the Confederate seryice For himself he de-
tleman from Michigan were enacted BY the
Confederacy. he was a soldier in camp, where
newspaper seldom reached him. and therefore
declaration made any reference to him. per
sonally, bis statement was absolutely and totally
Mr.. Conger. said that when the gentleman
he supposed that the gentlemen b had some Sc, 90,
that his speech was made only for effect, ~
any view fTs he please Mr. oo1ger w1ud
day he a'e said It did ia seem e"faS 10 him inn that ea
law which appropriated ssoo.ooo. Of which bali
could not have existed without this bill bring
ing u to the kn?wled dge of his friend. the Post
81 h ths Gongess q o
@ ssa ns.
did not belleye that the subject could have so
far escaped the memory of the gentleman. as
not to have been awakened BY This subject
!naueI. Lie ESAMSmdh if9M Ia mlSsissipPi poiIg
in the army. therefore spoke only for himself
He held in his hand a paper which showed that
ct eighteen contractors who were paid by the
Confederecy, and whose claims were audited by
the Confederate Auditor, and paid by the Con-
federate Postmaster General, fourteen had
claims fled here. demanding payment from the
United States government
He was. therefore. just ifed In saying. with all
the intelligence, knowledge and good memory
of the gentlemen on the other side, they should
have called attention to the matter, ii for no
other purpose than to correct an error.
Mr.. Reagan OF Texas, said 1t was provided In
the bill that no man who had be zen once paid
should be paid again.
Mr.. Conger-That was In the original bill, but
the pending bill abrogated that clause. Heidi
not blame the contractors for making those
they entered into pledge and agreement that
if they ever. got money out of the United States
they would reimburse the Confederacy, and
they are therefore purchasing this money.
Mr.. Young. of Tennessee, made point of
order that the gentleman had only obtained
permission to reply to Mr.. Money, and he was
going into the merits of the case.
ly. He never sroke ON this question but he was
stopped by point Of order, and the supposi-
tion. therefore, was that he was doing some
damage. He said that If he could have an op-
portunity to reply. he would let the gentleman
The House then again went into committee
OF the whole on the private calendar. Mr.. Cox,
were passed. viz: For the relief of James j.
Waring, of Savannah, Ga and for the relief of
NJ G.. Harmon. OF Fredericksburg. Va.
The ommittee then rose, and it's action was
concurred in by the House. which Immediately.
at 410 p. M. adjourned.