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The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-08-22
FOREIGN SUMMARY.

A ST. PETERSBURG dispatch says that ar
rests of Nihilists and Panslavists are in
Vulnerable.
AN uprising of Mohammedan fanatics has
occurred at Livno, Herzegovina. The
Turkish commandant was killed. The
troops made common cause with them on
Skoplie.
GREAT distress prevails in India in con-
sequence of floods. Canals and irrigation
works have been preached. Terrible suf-
fering prevails in Cashmere, and the Mahara-
jah is taking energetic steps to relieve the
people, who, in many parts of the country,
are subsisting upon herbs, weeds, and un-
ripe fruit.
IT is stated that on the day of the last sit
ting of the Congress previous to the sigma
ture of the treaty, the Austrian and Turkish
Plenlpotentiaries agreed that Austria should
sign a declaration to the effect that the
Sultan should retain sovereignty over
Bosnia, and that the occupation should only
be temporary.
GEN. ZAPARY, commanding the Twentieth
Division, telegraphs from Doboj that he
was vigorously attacked on the 18th inst,
but repulsed his assailants. Nevertheless,
on account of lack of ammunition, he re.
sumed ON the 18th inst. his retreat to Doboi
and saved all his wounded and train, though
his troops were exhausted and constantly
harassed by insurgent bands, were them
selves obliged to drag wagons over bad
roads.
ENsIL HoEDEL, who attempted the assassi
nation of Emperor William May II, in tn,
avenue Unter den Linden, was beheaded OF
the morning of August 16, in the courtyard
of the new prison at Berlin. The Imperia
warrant decreeing that justice should tax
its course was signed on the 8th of tn
month. HoedePs age was about twenty-one
On the trial he protested that he had no
intended to take the life of the Emperor, bu
sought to sacrifice his life in public man
ner in order to create sympathy for the sui
. fering people; but numerous witnesses tei
tilted that Hoedel leveled his weapon direc
|, at the Emperor.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-08-22
Give Me a Lower Berth.
Milwaukee SUM-

The evening of the third day of the
case an intoxicated man, smelling like a
horse blanket, and carrying dyspeptic
carpet-bag, stopped a street car at the
corner of West Water and Wisconsin,
streets, and stumbled in. 1t was one
of those summer cars, with canvas back
curtains, one of those refrigerator cars,
that makes cold chills run up your
trousers legs to look at them. A colored
barber was standing on the back plat
form, and the intoxicated man hauled
his carpet-bag to him and went in,
reeling up into the corner as though
looking for something. "Gimme a
lower berth in the middle" said he to
the colored man, as he felt around in
the corner for the door-knob to the
drinking fountain. The colored man
laughed and told the man to take seat
in the middle of the car. There were
only few people in the car-an old
man going to the depot, a young couple
coming home from picnic and an old
maid going to-the Lord only knows
where. The drunken man. who was
evidently from the country in attendance
upon the peol-boxes of the races, pulled
off his boots and said to the colored man,
can't yer going to make up my berth ?"
The old maid took out her smelling
bottle, and acted as though she was
going to faint. Well, it was enough to
make her faint. His stockings were old
enough to vote, and his feet could have
been condemned by the Board of Health.
He pulled off his coat and vest, tried to
hang his hat on the b.ll-cord, when the
driver saw him, and, leaving the mules
he came in and took the man by the
shoulder and said, "None of that,
Boss" The man, who evidently i'm
agined he was behind the curtains of a
sleeper, said: "Shay, con(hic)ter, ]
want to be woke up at Camp Dug's,
sure" and he began to make the pre-.
liminary movements toward taking of
his pants. Sliding his suspenders over
his shoulders, his hand had just reached
his waistband, when a scream struck
him dumb, and the old maid pulled the
bell-strap, and as the car Stacked up
she jumped of, yelling for a policeman
The driver reasoned with the man, told
him he was on a street-car, and got his
clothes on and pointed out the depot tt
him. AS he took his carpet-bag ano
went off, with one boot in his hand, try
ing to button up his vest with his othel
hand, he muttered: If that woman
had kept her curtain pulled down
wouldn't have been any tr(hic)oublec
at ALL" And he wandered off into the
night.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-08-22

JOHN BROWN, the trusted servant
of the Queen, is said to owe his popular
ity to the fact that the majority of Eng
lish servants, from the palace to the
plain residence in England, are great
sticklers about their proper duties. The
butler would see the kitchen ON fire
and the cook the pantry flooded before
interfering in saving the property of
their employer, simply because 1t was
not in their department. John Brown
is above such narrow prejudices. If
her Majesty has to go any where, have
any thing done from a cup of tea to the
packing of trunk, from the selection of
horse to the purchasing of book,
John Brown is always ON hand, ready,
able and willing to bound over all the
barriers of red tape and formal depart
ments, and get and do these things, or
see that they are done promptly and
properly. In this readiness and un-
tiring attendance, he has ingratiated
himself with the good Queen, who fully
values his honest energy and integrity
and who has thus made him her favoritt
gillie. He knows his place and keeps it
He earns his pay and pockets it,
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-08-22
NUMBER 20.

disk. Without the aid of a glass the
eye could at this time distinctly note the
simmering of the bright sunlight on
the mountains more than one hundred
miles to the northward. Suddenly we
observed. them disappear, and great
wall of darkness, stretching out on
either side as far as the eye could reach,
concealed them from us. With incon-
ceivable rapidity the shadow swept TO-
ward us, its front clear black line, bor-
dered with fringe of yellow. 1t hid
from sight range after range of the more
distant mountains, and quickly covered
with CHASTITY pail the peaks and foot
hills and plains close beneath us.
When the shadow reached and en-
veloped US, the eye could dimly outline
the nearer mountains, and could single
out with strange distinctness the houses
and farms in the valley below. The sky
overheard seemed heavy and leaden, and
every visible object was pallid and
CHASTITY. The very shadow seemed
tangible and to weigh upon us, but the
horizon all around us was brightly il.
lumined by flashing rays of red and vel.
low lights, like those of the aurora.
While we on the Peak were still en-
veloped in the depth of the shadow, its
upper line passed over the far-off range
to the northward, and the clear sunlight
struck the mountains, and away beyond
and through the darkness they burst
suddenly into view. In an instant other
and nearer mountains appeared, and
then the dimly-shaded parks and the
wooden divide were bathed in sunlight,
and the shadow rushed past us.
During the period of darkness the
view around us was weird and terrible
but the sudden burst of sunlight which
appeared upon the distant mountains, as
they seemed to spring up instantaneously
the most sublime and joyous visions
that it is ever given to mortal eyes to
witness. 1t brought a sense of relief
and delight, and no one who saw it can
forget it.
There was one peculiar phenomenon
of color connected with the approach
and disappearance of the shadow of total
obscuration which may, perhaps, have
some scientific value, and be worthy of
note. 1t was observed that along both
lines of the shadow. and especially along
its departing edge perhaps more dis
tinctlv than its advance line, there was
a well-defned strip of yellow color,
shading off into orange and light red.
This appearance was well defined, and
bordered the dark lines like fringe.
These lines of color were noted by three
or four persons, who all agree as to their
appearance. Will some scientist tell US
why they were there, and what they in
dicate2
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-08-22

The English residents of San Fran
cisco have been talking about sending
Lord Beaconsfeld some token of their
admiration ever since the beginning of
the controversy over the San Stefano
treaty, and now that England's triumph
is an assured fact, their deliberations
have taken practical shape in the form
of a costly casket, richly ornamented
with choice specimens of Californian
quartz in various colors, and bearing
the British coat of arms and several bas
reliefs in gold. One of these represents
an English and an Indian soldier clasp
ing hands, underneath being the words,
Defense, not defiance"
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-08-22

LORD BEAooNsFIELD has been made
X. g., and has obtained the remaining
garter for his faithful colleague, Lord
Salisbury. The Prime Minister received
investiture as knight of the order in
private audience at Osborne, without
any parade or ostentation, and it is un-
derstood that he prefers to remain Earl
Beacons6eld, instead of taking any
higher title of nobility. The garter
itself associates him with some fifty
of the most distinguished personages in
Europe, nearly half of them being royal,
and the other half British mobiles of the
highest rank. As Lord Beaconsfeld has
done much more than most of them,
and has, in the opinion of the Queen,
served materially the interests of the
empire, it is reasonable enough that he
should be admitted into the highly dis
tinguished order.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-08-22

AMONG the most successful copies of
antique pottery, the Portland or Bar
berini vase, by Wedgewood, holds a
distinguished place. The original vase
was found about three miles from Rome,
inclosed in asarcophagus, in sepulchral
chamber. The inscription on the sar-
cophagus shows it to have been dedicated
to the memory of the Emperor, Alexan-
der Severus. The material is glass;
the color deep, dark blue ground, on
which the designs were cut in a layer
of Opaque white glass, in cameo style.
The discovery was made during the pom
tificate of Urban VII (Barberin).
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-08-22

1T is not often that immortality can
be purchased for so small sum as one
hundred francs. The opportunity to
live forever on marble tablet, with the
donors name thereon in letters of gold,
is offered TO all Frenchmen by Monseig-
neur Dupanloup. The tablet is to rest
eternally in the Orleans cathedral. The
Bishops object is to raise one hundred
and fifty thousand francs, in order to
defray the expense of ten painted win
dows illustrative of the life of Joan of
Arc. The Bishop addresses a most spirit
stirring appeal to the faithful, in which
he calls Joan a warrior, victim, and a
saint. 1t is true that the Church burnt
her, but it was done by mistake, or else
in friendly way, in order to make her
a martyr.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-08-22

g. P. SANpERsoN, the officer in
charge of the English elephantcatching
establishment in Mysore, says that ele-
plants travel in herds and in strict In
dian file. When calf is born, the herd
remains with the mother two days; the
calf is then able to march and can cross
rivers and climb hills with the assistance
Of its dam. They are fine swimmers.
Mr.. Sanders says that herd of seventy
nine which he sent across the country
had the Ganges and several of its large
tidal branches to cross. In the longest
swim they were six hours, without touch
ing bottom. After rest on sand bank
they completed the swim in three more.
Not one was lost. Twice around an ele-
plants foot is said to be his height, and
generally this measurement is correct.
The size is generally exaggerated.
The largest Mr.. Sanders ever saw was
nine feet ten inchesh high at the shoulder
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-08-22

SETH GREENS declaration that he
would make the James River SO full of
fish that the water would rise perma-
nently foot higher. has been seconded
by Professor Baird, who has invented
and put in operation a method of pro-
ducing fish by the million. 1t is pro-
posed TO hatch cod in Southern waters,
where they do not naturally belong, in
the hope of keeping them along the
shores, so reducing the hardships of the
cod fshery-a business that is pretty
much all hardship and deprivation. 1t
is believed that Goldfish properly in
structed in international law and the
fishery question would be more likely to
stay at home, in their own waters, than
the uneducated, who make frequent
trips to foreign waters.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-08-22

A CURIOUS parasitic affection of the
hair is said to occur in the province of
La Canca, Columbia. The hairs affected
by it present series of small, very hard
nodosities of knots, invisible to the
naked eye, at regular intervals of their
length. When a comb is passed through
the hair it produces peculiar crepitat-
ing noise, whence the disease is called
L" Ia piedra" (the stone). The disease
is not contagious. 1t can be cured by
greasing the head well. NJ. Desenne has
made a microscopical examination of
those knots, which are resolved into q
number of polygonal elements, etc., and
appear to be the product of some cryp-
togam.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-08-22

some one gives the following table of
the order in which men give up their
luxuries under the pressure of hard
times: Books go frst-the book trade
Aattens under panic; illustrated papers
next, and then daily papers. If the
pressure continues, the trade in pianos
and fine furniture falls off; but the
laboring classes begin to contract on the
furniture from the start. Next it begins
TO cut off fine clothes and jewelry, and
then it's getting pretty tight. Put on
another screw, and tea and coffee suffer
then all the fine groceries; and then the
incest kind of produce. If the screw
still tightens, when the worst comes to
worst, and there is no help from God or
man, the whisky and tobacco begin to be
cut off. But the dogs about dead when
IL comes to that.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-08-22

"TEfRE is nothing new under the
sum-" 1t is now stated that the phono-
graph, or a similar instrument, was
known to the pagan Irish Druids and
the Tuatha-de-danans before the second
arrival Of st. Patrick. He found them
at Tara and at various other places on
his mission. He couldn't understand
the mechanical construction of them,
but, regarding them as objects of pagan
worship, destroyed them whenever
found. The pagan Irish also had some
system of telegraphy, or other means of
rapid communication, which was sub
sequently known to the Danes, who ac-
quired the art during their four hun
dred years sojourn on the island.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-08-22
A Nevada Poet.

We found him last evening, or rather
he found us. He is the coming poet
the rival of the Sweet Singer of Michi-
gan. Said he, "I am poet, and never
found it out till yesterday"
"And you are at least forty-fve years
of agef' said we, as we scanned the
wrinkled and somewhat grizzled face
turned so earnestly upon us.
eyes, forty-six last May. It is
strange, but 1 never tried poetry until
yesterday, and I find I can write it
very rapidly. Here are dozen pieces
that I wrote yesterday, last night and
to-day. I'll read them to you"
"For heavens sake, not all of them !"
cried we.
"They are not tedious. You will find
they don't drag. They are not of the
dull, heavy style. They are rather of
the spicy. Here, now, is one that is
sort of conversation among birds and
animals. l even make fish talk. Shall
I begin with it?"
provided you promise to end with
it."
"Cut me off where you please, but I
am sure you will want it all. 1t is
called
Now listen
" Said the mullet to the pullet,
You'll be shot with bullet
Said the pullet to the mullet,
With a hook
Stuck right in your gu.let.'
"sHootn said the owl,
With terrible scowl,
First on the fish, then on the fowl,
Life is a bubble
| Why borrow trouble?
Both your latter ends
Will be as Fate sendsI
| Then heed what say,
| And be happy while you may
"'No hook goes into my guIlet,'
| Said the confidential mullet,
| But pity the pullet
| Who must die by the bullet
NO need. say; save your pity, pray
| By bullet never shall die;
| But you go to the cook,
| VIII go on a hook,
| Then in pan you'll fry.'
wise old ass that happened to pass
| In going to grass, cried 'Alasl
Hear these creatures of curious features
Discoursing on"
"That will do" cried we, "not an
other line. We can't have itp'
| "But," said the little man." there are
only twenty pages more of this piece"
."Can't help it-can't hear any more" /"
said we.
But-but, I beg, be kind enough to
hear the ass out. The ass is the best
part of it."
"We will hear no more of the ass, ,"
said we in our sternest manner. "The
asses have too much to say in this
world. (Taking the little man by the
army They have too much to say, and
we shall now lead the chief of them to
the door and wish him good speed"
The little man gathered up his paper:
more in sorrow than in anger, and al
lowed himself to be led away.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-08-22
TOPICS OF THE DAY.

The grave Of George D. Prentice, in
Cave Hill Cemetery, near Louisville, is
without a monument. The inventor of
a patent stone has offered to put over
the grave Of Kentucky's great poet, pol
itician, and paragrapher, a monument
made of his material. The sensitive
mind of the citizens was shocked, and
they at once Indignantly rejected the
mercenary proposal.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-08-22

A man clad in new, but poorly fit
ting suit of store-clothes. and bearing q
heavy look of trouble around his mouth
and across the brow, went into Fourth
street restaurant yesterday, and taking
seat apart from all other diners, showed
his hat under the table, sighed deeply,
and called for soup.
The New York herald., 1878-02-27
AN INVENTORS WILL.

George =. Gordon, inventor OF the patent improved
printing press which bears his name, formerly of
Norfolk Va, diod at his residence, No. 1855 Columbia
Heights, Brooklyn, on January ", leaving estate
valued about half million dollars. HIS will, which
bears date OF july 26. 1878, bequeaths to his wife,
Ieonora NJ Gordon 500 0O0 $780, 900 in trust to
invested the interest to be paid to the
OF tue testaior, Mary Agnes Gordon. To HIS sister,
Wealthy Jane Bogar he leaves $4,000, and to
another sister, Adaiino J. GoraRn. $4,000. To
A. Sidney Doauc, his bSphew, he be-
queatbs SlU,0 900 and one-quarter OF the profits
the patents for all improvements IN the printing
presses and OF all the profits all presses
that may be plan under all patents any them
To the Ave children OF hts sister, Mary Ann Doanc, hc
bequcatns $4,000 each; 10 tho three children OF his
brother, Cuthbert Il. Gordon, $4,000 each; TO the
children OF his sister, Mrs. Bogart, S3OO0 TO his
sister-in-law, Mrs. Martha wnslow, s3ooO 10 two
children OF William NJ Cornish, SO 900 each; to the
children OF Sarah G. CORNISH, s500O his nephew.
George o. Hussey, rs 900; to Martina Cornish So 900.
One-iourh interest AL the patents are LETT de-
cedenps brother, Cuthbert O. Gordon. The cxecu
Mcssrs. Henry DUBOIS, Van Wyck and 4. Sidney
Doauc. Mr.. q. d. Newman, who appeared as COUNSEL
Tor NJ. A. Gordon, daughter OF the neceased gave
notice OF his intention TO file objections the will.
Argument thereon VIII be heard Friday next by
the surrogate.
The New York herald., 1878-02-27
A LARGE LEGACY.

Surrogate Calvin rendered decision yesterday in
the matter tho Will Iestameu. of tho lato
Edward Boyle formerly City Surveyor, by which the
House OF the Good Shepherd is adjudged the lawful
egatee OF his properly, amounting. is estimated to
about s35000u The VIII was contested by William J.
Crowley, the only child OF William CT iowley, who was
brother Of Mary Boy mother OF the tesator. Tn
Will execdtod in October 1866 and gave all the
taors property his wife Mary, ana, at 10, death,
10 the House OF the Good Shepherd ON February
4, 1876. being about TO sail Tor Europe with
mis- wife, Mr.. Boyle made codcil which contained
these words ELI my vile and my sell should perish by
the calamity or accident the devise my vito
Mary shall void and that 10 the House of tho food
Shepherd vad.' Mrs. Boyle died IN PARIS on the 18th
OF tho following April and three days later her
band died.
The contest based mainly the codIc, the
contestant claiming that nasmuch the testaior and
wife did not perish by the same accdcnt calamity
the codic void ana the decedont ded intestate.
During the trial John Mex con ana Frederic Smythe,
tho witnesses TO the viii, rebuted the cain Of
sound mno by tsstifying that ho was perfectly sane
at the time OF us execution. Inc witnesses 70 the
codicil were Moses Ely james D. sexton.
In rendering bis decisfon tho Surrogate roviowcd
the arguments oil counsel ut considerable oDgth,
in conclusion held That tho viii was valid
The New York herald., 1878-02-27
CHARGED WITH MUrINY.

Fourteen men, two abreast, handcufed in pairs leo
by a halt dozen deputy marshals. entered the room
OF United States Commissioner Shields IN the Post
once building yesterday. Assistant District Attor-
ney Fiero advanced the desk ana handed an afda-
vii, made by Captain H. o starrett, OF the American
ship Low G. Burgess. plying between Liverpool
and Tybee Ca setting forth that these sailors oil his
crew had mu,inied the high seas in refusal TO
work The affdavit gave the names OF the sailors
follows:-Charies Durham, Dennis Lynch. Charles
Kelly, Charles Iannln, William Pipen, Henry Juice.
Henry Clark, Mcnael Rush, Daniel Donal,
Jann Fleming, Frank Lunt Robert Ander-
sou, Charles Smith and Daniel Rely The
logbook of the snip showed that the re
.iusal occurred the l7th and 18th OF January,
~ laiiiuHe "a deg 80 min, longitude "a deg III min
The entries that tue first act OF lsubordl
WIS by Charles Durham, VINO refused 10 go on deck
ana set the rig gina Ia the afternoon watch When
tod that he would forfeit weeks pay he said he
didn't II it was plonth'A He Was put In irons
by the captain The following day the baiauce OF the
refused TO work, and several were put IN irons
The OF the story told by the sailors IN
a auiet but Impressive manner. SAID 1--WE been
a SEAMAN all my lle and never had such rough treat
ment. did not refuse to Work. said that must
have some steep. was played out "
Another drew from utdcr his coat a huge chunk oil
filthy lat that emitted stunuipg smell.
.,lnls had for breakfast, he saij hold
ing bis and Keeping tho meat at arms length.
.tAiu't IL Inwigoraiin'Y''
The sailors were unanimous Ia the statement that
they had ueen overworked, abused and ill-fed, The
vessel is from Maine, and IS owned by Snow & Bur-
CESS oil South street. She Is at present lying oil the
Battery.
the examination postponed until to-day, the
in tho meantime gong to Ludlow Street jail