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The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-08-15

A MoUNTAIN-CLIMBER, T. G. Thomp-
son, describes in letter to the London
Times, a remarkable adventure in the
Alps. On June 10 he missed his way
on the Rothhorn, and climbed up to a
point on the rocks from which he dared
not attempt to descend. That is to say,
he shrank for more than five days from
making the attempt, and submitted to
the agonies of starvation for that period.
az drank water at brook" he writes,
"on Monday, about three p. M, and
again about sunset on Saturday. In
the interval / had only the rainwater /
could collect from my umbrella and my
hat. had nothing of anykind to eat,
and only earth to suck. That delicious
air was food to me-" Yet during all
this time Mr.. Thompson remained COM
posed enough to "write to his wife two
or three times day, telling her how he
Jared and how he felt;" and he finished
his story on the 10th, after his escape
which, singularly enough, he achieved
virtually without assistance. "Ulrich
Gertsch found me by his house, totter
| ing down in the dark to the unfencec
plank bridge of the Alpbach, about al
hours walk from Grindelwald." By thi
man he was taken in and given food
and was helped back the same night tt
his hotel.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-08-15

Dugan, due here little after one o'clock a.
M, was four minu'es la'e, and was running
along at full speed, when she suddenly came
in collision with freight train No. IS coming
east, under charge f Conductor VIM. Ster-
ling and Engineer Charles Graham.
The shock was simply terrific, raising
both engines from the track and dashing
them on opposite sides of the rails, min
gled mass of broken metal, with scarcely a
semblance of shape or form, some of the
fragments going down in:o the creeks some
fifty yards distant.
The crash was sufficient to awaken the
sleepers in dwellings nearly mile away,
and soon the groans of the wounded and
dying added their horrid din.
There were two postal cars on the pas
senger train, one of which was turned over
on its TOP, badly crushed, on the right side
of the road, killing three out of its four oc-
cupants, and badly injuring the other.
The other car was hurled down the EN-
bankment ON the other side, but not being
broken up, its occupants all escaped, with
more or less in juries.
The first passenger coach was filled with
immigran of various nationalities-Eng-
Iish, Irish, Scotch, German, Swedish and
Danish, all being represented.
AS soon as they could do so the train men
procured assistance from Mingo, and went
to work to bring out the wounded and dy.
the darkness and uncertainty, and it was
long after daylight before all the bodies
were removed.
the suffering during the night was terri
BILE, Notwithstanding the efforts for relief
The dead and wounded were brought to the
city, where they were properly cared for,
the citizens yieing with each other in
rendering such assistance to the unfortu.
mates as was demanded.
The remains of the postal clerks will be
shipped to their respective homes.
The cause of the accident is ascribed to
freight train, whose watch was twenty
minutes behind time, and in place of wait
ing at Alexandria Roads for the passenger
train, which had the right of way, he at.
tempted to make Mingo on the
latter's time, supposing that he had plenty
of margin to go on. He disappeared
from the scene of the wreck after
the accident, and was last seen at Alexan-
dria Station with his fireman, Wayne James,
about half past eleven o'clock this morning.
There were thirteen persons killed out
right, and two died this afternoon, making
fifteen deaths. At least one other is in a
dying condition, and one or two others can
| hardly recover.
The wounded will exceed forty in mum.
Der. None of the passengers in the sleeping
cars were injured, although considerably
shocked.
The affair caused great excitement in the
city, and the scene of the wreck was visited
to-day by hundreds.
The wounded here are all doing as well
as could be expected.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-08-15
Shoot High.

"Ish ter Scheneral aroundg' asked
an excited Israelite as the United States
troops passed through Siatku, last week,
in pursuit of the fleeing Bannocks.
Well, my man." said Howard, rein
ing in his horse, what is itf Speak
quick"
al am a rooin man, Scheneral. Dem
cursed redskins, dey murder my boy
Shacob about fife mile from here und
stheal dozen pair of pants he was ped
dim. New pants, so hellup me kra-
cious-right out of my store"
"Sorry for your loss, my man, but
haven't time to talk about it now. If
we catch up with these demons Wen
stop their deviltries for good and all"
Yes, / know, Scheneral, know"
eagerly whispered the bereayed ready
made merchant, hanging desperately te
the officers stirrup. "Dot's all right
but ven you come up mid doze Indian,
vot got doze new pants ON, for kraciou,
sake, Scheneral, tole de soldiers to shoot
| high"
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-08-15
CENTRAL AMERICAN COMMERCE..

CENTRAL AMERICAN COMMERCE.
The United States have scored another
point in their favor in the steeple-chase
which England and this country are
running together, to secure a monopoly
of Central American commerce. An
order has been received in New York to
furnish seven hundred and fifty miles of
telegraphic wire as well as the other ne
cessary material for the establishment
of a telegraphic line from Honduras to
the Atlantic coast. 1t is very natural
besides that the United States should be
more patrenized in business of this kind
than England, on account of its prox-
unity to Central American States, and
also for the reason that those States are
beginning to send here not only their
young men to be educated, but also
their Ministers, in search of matters ne
cessary to the development of these
sister republics. Senior Toledo, Minister
of Public Education of one OF
those republics, has lately been
in New York, purchasing books
instruments and other "Yankee
notions" which can be used to ad
vantage in his country. 1t is to New
York, also, that Columbia and the Cen
tral American Republics prefer to sent
their youth, to be educated according tx
the best method.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-08-15

FREDERICK the Great was peculiar in
dietetics as in other things. A strong
man, he took strong food. To-day" i"
Zimmerman writes, the King had
taken a quantity of soup made of the
strongest gravy drawn from the most
healing things. With it he mixed a
large tablespoonful of pounded mace
and pounded ginger. He then ate a
large slice of beef stewed in brandy.
This he followed up by a copious allow
ance of an Italian dish, composed half
of maize -four and half of Parmesan
cheese. To this he added the juice of a
garlic, and the whole is fried in butter
till it acquires a crust as thick as ones
finger. This is called polenta. Al
length Continues Immerman) the King,
praising the excellent appetite which
the dandelion had given him, concluded
the scene with large plate of eel pie,
80 hot and so highly seasoned that il
seemed to have been baked in hades. u
Then he concludes: While at the table
the King fell asleep, and was seized
with convulsions."
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-08-15

The lecture business is in the main
managed by two concerns-one in New
York city and one in Boston. The
latter makes contracts for concerts and
operas as well. The manager says that
only the most attractive lecturers are
now much in demand, and that dra-
matte readers find more favor than for
merly. Last year Beecher travelled
twenty-eight thousand miles and lee
tured one hundred and thirty-nine
times. He has already arranged dates
for next season. Wendell Phillips
spoke one hundred and twenty times,
and, next to Beecher and Cough, made
more money than any other lecturer.
Mrs. Mary A. Livermore received $l8,-
600, and is travelling in Europe to recu-
perate. Helen Potter, with readings
and limitations, also did well. The
greatest success by a new lecturer was
that of Collector Simmons of Boston.
He talked about "Reform." Burdette,
the Burlington Hawkeye humorist, lee
tured one hundred and thirteen times
James 7. Fields, General Banks, and
Robert Collyer had all the calls that
they could respond to. Theodore Tiltor
had his own agent, and is said to have
cleared $4,000.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-08-15
Cincinnati Gazette.

OF General Lafayette's personal ap-
pearance an old newspaper gives this de-
scription: General Lafayette was one
of the handsomest men in the army, not
withstanding his deep red hair, which
then, as now, was rather in disrepute
His forehead was fine, though receding;
his eye clear and hazel; his mouth and
chin delicately formed, and exhibiting
beauty rather than strength. His mien
was noble, his manner frank and amiable,
and his movements light and graceful.
He wore his hair plain, and never COM
piled so far with the fashions of his time
as to powder"
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-08-15

TIE climate of Cyprus is anything but
equable or salubrious. That scourge of
Mediterranean ports, miasmatic fever,
prevails to an alarming extent, and the
crops suffer severely from devastating
rains and excessive drouth. A large
portion of the island consists of barren,
improbable land, requiring irrigation
or a more constant and gentle rainfall
to render it susceptible of cultivation.
One of the first cares of the British Gov
ernment should be to introduce and
plant upon a large scale that most ex.
cellent rain producer and health bringer,
the eucalyptus globulus, or common
gum tree.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-08-15

The British Medical Journal gives a
long account of a new stimulant, which
has lately been described by the papers
Of Australia. It is called pitcherine by
the natives, and is used by them as we
use tobacco, both for smoking and chew
ing. Its effect is that of pleasant ex-
hilaration; when long continued, in
tense and continuous excitement follows.
II is used when on long foot journeys,
TO invigorate and keep up the strength
OF excite them to courage in battle
large doses are said TO infuriate all the
passions. Some of the natives make g
plaster of the plant and place it back
of the ears, believing they are infu
enced bv IL.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-08-15

A YOUNG Scotchman lately presented
himself in great perturbation of mind
at the police station of the Paris Expo
sition, and announced that he had lost
his wife. A description of herwas given,
and three police agents were sent On a
search. The lady was at last found.
seated on a bench, crying. The young
husband was so oyerjoyed that he drew
from his pocket two notes of five hun
dred francs each and offered them to the
men. They smiled and, Figaro says,
told him that the French police find
gratis ladies who have gone astray. He
should have tried it on them singly.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-08-15

IT is not a new thing to point out the
condolences between individuality in
the novelist, and in the statesman,
Disraeh. Critics have often essayed
that. Now is it strange that an ambi-
tious writer should express opinions
which afterwards in public life he might
reaffirm by action? But it is certainly
most remarkable among biographical
circumstances, that Disraeli's Eastern
views, his participation in momentous
congress of nations, and his triumphal
entry, should have been so precisely
foreshadowed in his own early poems
and travels.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-08-15

"PA, are you in favor of the Bible
in the public scheols7" asked young
ster at the breakfast table the other
morning. "Why, of course / am," re-
sponded the father, pleased that such an
Important subject should engage the at
tention of his youthful offspring.
What makes you ask such question,
my sonw "Oh, nothing" rejoined the
young hopeful; "only / thought may
be you wasn't, as you never had one at
home" The urchin lodged, but wasn't
quick enough,
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-08-15

WHEN a man becomes famous for
good or i'll, anecdotes of his early train
ing are more numerous than reliable. 1t
is related of the family of Modelling. the
assassin, who attempted the murder of
Emperor William, that his father and
mother were 80 quarrelsome that the do
mestics were enjoined never to see or
hear what transpired between the couple.
They were drilled strictly to obey
orders. One day the elder Modelling
ordered his horses put to the carriage,
and told the coachman to take him on a
two hours drive, and not to turn his
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-08-15

WE snuff danger and death in every
breath of air. Even the most innocent
amusements are becoming fatal. At
Lanaconing, Maryland, Mary Pritchard,
aged nineteen, was killed, Robert Dick,
aged twenty, probably fatally injured,
and Abram Lynch severely bruised by
the breaking Of a swing.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-08-15

ALLUDING to delay of Turkey in
ratifying the treaty of Berlin, a Vienna
correspondent mentions telegram from
Constantinople which says intrigues
have been discovered aiming at the over
throw of Safyet Pasha and return to
the San Stefano treaty and Russian
protectorate. The dispatch says the
sultan was at one time inclined to yield
10 the project.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-08-15

WHILE Lord Beaconsfeld and his as
sociate were riding in triumph through
the streets of London, patriotic spec
tator, flushed with enthusiasm, seated
himself between the ears of one of the
lions at the foot of Nelson's column,
when he was informed by constable on
duty that " it was not permitted, and
that he must come down." al amt
coming down from the British lion on a
day like this" said the man amid the
cheers of those around him, and he was
left undisturbed.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-08-15

A PRACTICAL joke was played at
Berryville, Mo-, not long since, which
was followed by fatal consequences
As a man was passing graveyard at
midnight, two men sprang from behind
a monument and shouted at him. He
ran home and went to bed, but was 30
nervous that he could not sleep, and be-
fore morning died in commissions.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-08-15

A WASHINGTON young woman awoke
from her sleep with confused sense OF
somebody standing over her. She
reached out her hands, which fell on the
head of a burly negro burglar. She
clutched the wool firmly and shouted
" Somebody come here quick" The
male members of the family rushed in
just as the strength of the young gir1
gave way, and the burglar escaped.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-08-15

A VERY remarkable incident occurred
ON the voyage of one of the ice ships
lately arrived at Bombay from America.
The vessel was struck by lightning, and
the electric fluid, passing into the body
of the ship through the foremast,
pierced hole some ten feet in diameter
through the ice, melting about thirty
tons and setting FIRE TO and slightly
burning some of the beams of the ship in
its passage.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-08-15
Frightful Accident on the Panhandle
Railway.
[Cincinnati CoInmerciaI.I /

STEUBENvILLE, o., August 7.--Between
one and two o'clock this morning collision
occurred on the p, c. & st. l.. r. r about
mile west of Mingo Junction and four
miles west of this city, which is paralleled
by few accidents of similar nature in this
country, and by none on this road
The fast line going west, under Con
ductor Ed. Morrell and Engineer John
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-08-15

THE ingenuity of the Chinese is not
confined to embroidery, ceramics, and
decorative art, but extends to internal
revenue. One of the latest schemes of
the Celestial statesmen proposes a tax
on newborn infants. The sum is ridic-
ulously small-about ten cents-but as
babies are one of the principal pro-
ductions of the Celestial Empire, and
the market is constantly overstocked, a
handsome revenue from this source is
confidently expected. The tax falls due
when the infant enters the world, and
the happy father, without delay, steps
down TO the captains Office and settles
its passage. Strange as it may seem,
there is no reduction in case of double
entry. This is not in accordance with
natural equity or customs OF morality
The tax for twins surely ought not to
exceed fifteen cents.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-08-15
TOPICS OF THE DAY

r. S. SULsBURG and J. s. Iverson, of
Augusta, Georgia, met ON the Carolina
side of the river, Thursday morning, and
exchanged shots, missed each other, and
the difficulty was arranged. Alas that
we must say it, duels are not the deadly
affairs they used TO bel
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-08-15

A FULL font of Japanese type COM
prises fifty thousand characters; the
compositor has to walk ten miles day
setting up the type; there are no fat
lines, and parsgraphers are unknown.
No wonder Japan can't catch up with
the age in civilization.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-08-15

head whatever noise he might hear be-
hind him. In few minutes the driver
heard sharp report. Obedient to his
orders he did not turn or look, but fin
ished the drive and returned home.
When he opened the carriage door,
Modelling senior lay in the bottom of the
carriage-dead, with his pistol in his
hand. Not very likely story-but that
is the way it is told in the German
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-08-15

Rosa BoNHEUR, while going the
round of the Paris Exhibition, noticed a
fine specimen of the shaggy and pic
turesque Highland breed of cattle, and
inquired il it was for sale. She re-
ceived answer that the animal was to be
sold on no account. On obtaining the
address Of the owner, she telegraphed to
London to ask if it could be hired for a
certain period, so that she might have
an opportunity of painting it. The
owner Immediately replied, and gave in
structions that Rosa Bonheur was to
have the animal for that purpose free of
all charge. 1t is at present at Fon-
tainebleau, twenty miles from Paris,
the studio and residence of the famous
painter.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-08-15

In telling lie it is always best to
look a man straight in the face. Some
people think you can't do this, but with
little practice you will find that you
can, though your left eye may bat q
little.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-08-15

THIS time last year the hands of
Chase, the Fall River defaulter, were
lily white; the fellow is now scullery
man in the Massachusetts State Prison,
and spends his days in peeling and
quartering potatoes. Exchange.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-08-15

ONE Of the pretty fancies of the
French people is to make colors the ex-
preston of sentiment. They hold that
violet is analogous to friendship, blue
TO love, as suggested by blue eyes
and azure sky. A bunch of violets
would therefore tell lady's suitor that
friendship is all he has right to ex-
pect. Yellow is paternity or maternity ;
it Is the yellow rays of the spectrum
which cause the germ to shoot. Red
figures ambition; indigo, the spirit of
rivalry; green, the love of change,
fckleness; black, favoritism; white,
unity, university. In addition to the
seven primitive colors, gray indicates
power; brown, prudery; pink, modesty
silver gray (semi-violet,) feeble friend
ship; pink, false shame.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-08-15

DID any body ever see bull hide in
q leather store?
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-08-15
PASSING SMILES.

Puck remarks that the hand that
rocks the cradle is the hand that spanks
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-05-22
DR.. SABINE'S
INDIAN VEGETABLE
COUGH SYRUP

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Directions for the use of Sabine's Indian yaest.
BILE Cough Syrup accompany each bottle.
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Established 1922
IMPORTING, MANUFACTURING AMI nrs-
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PHILADELPHIA, PA.

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Wnlcn Is the great objection to the use of alcoholic
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ing he SKIM its application on flannel is most EN-
"a And I'D the case of persons predisposed
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MEDICAL.

mmvmpGreaf Book OF French
Secrets for Ladies' & Gents q
Sent free for Stamps. address
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