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Brilliant, But a Failure.

Macaulay of memory, as recorded
in his biography, have astonished read
ers. He could repeat the whole of Par
adise Lost and several other long poems.
But one of his school-fellows, William
Grant, an idle fellow, who preferred 60
ing about the country to getting his les
sons, far excelled him in memorizing.
Lord Teignmouth, also Grants school
fellow, says in his "Reminiscences" that
he knew him, when but fifteen, to repeat
the whole of the Iliad, the Georges,
three books of the Enid, and the most
of Horace's Odes. Gifted as he was in
this respect, he failed at Cambridge Uni
versity, and in everything he undertook.
His constitutional Incidence prevented
his rise.
An incident which occurred while he
was private secretary for his brother,
Lord Gleneig, President of the Indian
Board, shows an inveterate incapacity to
attend to his work. Macaulay was the
public secretary of the India Board, and
one day was attending the sitting. Some
urgent affair was being discussed, when
Grant entered the council chamber and
whispered to Macaulay that he was
particularly wanted outside. Macaulay
replied that he could not then leave his
post. Grant, however, hovered about
and renewed his request until Macaulay
followed him out of the room. Going
TO door, the idle fellow threw it open,
and pointing to Yorkshire pie, ready
to be eaten, said,-
"This is preferable to business"
Macaulay, who had a clearer appreci-
alton of the Importance of public bust
ness, somewhat Indignantly turned on
his heel, and returned to the council
chamber
The career of this brilliant memoir
izer adds another illustration to the
many which teach that no mental abil.
ity will compensate for the want of III
| dustry,
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Remarkable Accident.


A most remarkable accident happened
at the Hale & Norcross mine last night.
A cage with six men was coming up the
shaft at IL o'clock-the hour for chang
ing shifts. When about 600 feet from
the bottom, at point where there is an
irregular place in the guides, the cage
the men to the other. Patrick Holland,
who was on the outside, was crowded
off Instead of falling to the bottom
and being dashed to pieces, he was safely
lodged on wall-plate. The other men
ON the cage supposed he had fallen into
the sump, of course. When they
reached the surface they got the usual
sack and boxes and started back to the
sump to gather up the fragments of the
body. As they approached the place
where the man was thrown off, they
heard voice below them telling them
to go slow. They did not know what to
make of this strange discovery, never
supposing it possible for Holland to be
anywhere else than at the bottom.
When they saw him safe on his narrow
perch they could scarcely believe their
eyes.
Any one who has assembled a saft
knows how rapidly the wall-plates fit
by when the lantern is held SO as to
bring them to view. The cage from
which Holland was thrown was coming
up at the usual rate of speed. How the
man could possibly have been lodged on
one of these pieces of timber without
being jammed by the cage or knocked
off as it went past him is a wonder. The
wall plate is square timber, fourteen
by sixteen inches, so that there was very
little standing room for Holland while
he was waiting for the cage to come
down and rescue him. If the shaft had
been so light that he could look down
any considerable distance of the 60C
feet between him and the bottom, he
would scarcely have had the nerve to
cling to his narrow footing. The dark
ness of all mining shafts is point in
favor of the miners, preserving theil
GOODNESS when placed in ticklish posi-
ton. A couple of pumpmen will throw q
foot-wide plank across shaft 1000 feet
from the bottom. The darkness of the
shaft prevents the thought of the awful
abyss below from being constantly pres
ent
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-11-20
Suicide in France.

A certain Petrus Borel once stupefed
the legislators of King Louis Philippe
with strange proposition. 1t was pc
tition tending to encourage suicides and
proposing to establish at Paris and in
the chief town of each department a
large works or machine moved by water
or steam power in order to kill by gen.
tie and agreeable method people weary
of life and desirous of committing sui
eide" In dry countries Petrus Borel
suggested that wind-mills might be used.
AS suicide was as incurable as dueling
he suggested that the government should
get a revenue out of it by taxing each
person who desired to make an end of
himself. This method the petitioner
went on to show would answer all re-
quirements. (1) There would be no
longer any bad smells. (2) Foot pas
sengers would not run the risk of COM
ing into contact with the pendant legs
of suspended corpse or to receive on
their heads desperate body precipitated
from the fifth story. (3) Suicide, by be-
coming a common and industrial affair,
would soon fall into desuetude. Not
withstanding these arguments, however,
Petrus and his idea did not gain hear
inp
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whole, allspice, and mace, each two
tablespoonfuls; of cloves, two dozen.
Drain all the liquor from the oysters,
add the spice to it, boil fifteen minutes,
skimming carefully, then put in the
oysters and boil till they are done, which
will be when they are nicely pumped.
CORN BREAD, No. 3.-Take two quarts
of corn meal, wet with three pints of
warm water; add a tablespoonful of
yeast, the same of salt, two of sugar; let
it stand in warm place five he urs; then
add one and half teacupfuls of flour
and half pint of warm water; let it
rise again an hour and half; then pour
it into a well-greased pan and when
light, bake it in a hot oven; it is best
cold.
CABINET PUDDING.-One-quar of a
pound of butter and one and half
pound of granulated sugar beaten to
a cream; add the well-beaten yolks of
five eggs and one-half-cupful of milk; :;
then half a pound of flour, with the
whites of five eggs; lastly half pound
of seeded and chopped raisins, with a
quarter of a pound of well-washed and
dried currants. The fruit must be
Toured before mixing; use a buttered
mold or Toured bag; boil three hours;
then plunge quickly into cold water;
turn it out at once to prevent sticking;
serve hot with sweet sauce.
PRESSED CHICKEN. Two chickens
boiled until the meat leaves the bones
easily; then pull to pieces and chop fine,
letting the liquor in which they were
cooked, boil away until only cupful re-
mains. About half as much ham as
chicken is then added, roll two soda
crackers, season highly and pour the
stock over. Mix all well together, put
in deep, long pan, pressing down hard
with the hand. Fold a napkin several
times over the top and put on a weight
This should be prepared the day before
J using, when it will slice down easily.
examined my pickles which are cucum
bers made sweet, after the following
recipe. To one gallon of vinegar, add
one quart of water, five pounds of sugar
a tablespoonful of salt, one stick of Gin
namon. Pour over boiling hot, let stand
ten days, then pour over the liquor and
boil again, after which they are ready te
be set away for use. found them al
| right.-Mrs. Endicot,
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A Well Governed CITY,

Paris is the last place a runaway
criminal would wish to go to. Such IS
the vigilance of that city's government
that no rogue can possibly hide there -
and no honest man lack protection.
The population, floating or permanent,
of every arondissement or ward in Paris
is counted officially every month. Be
your abode at hotel, clearinghouse or
private residence, within forty-eight
hours you are required to sign a register,
giving your name, age, occupation, and
former residence.
This, within the time mentioned, is
copied by an official ever travelling from
house to house with the big blue book
under his arm. The register gives, also,
the leading characteristics of your per-
sonal appearance.
Penalty attaches itself to host or land
lord who fails to get and give to the Off
cial such registration of his guests.
There are no unmarked skulking holes
in Paris Every house, every room, is
known, and under police surveillance
every stranger is known and described
at police headquarters within few days
of his arrival.
Once within the walls of Paris, and
historically, SO to speak, your identity
is always there. In case of injury to
any person the sufferer is not dependent
on the nearest drug store for a tempo
rary hospital, as with us.
In every arondissement may be seen
the prominent sign, Assistance for the
wounded, asphyxiated or poisoned .
Above always hangs the official tri-color
I say, "official" because certain slender
prolongation of the flagstaff denotes
that the establishment is under govern
ment supervision, and no private party
may adopt this fashion.
The French flag is not flung to the
breeze like the Stars and Stripes, SO thai
none can tell whether it indicates 6
United States government station or 8
| beer saloon.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-11-20
The Wakeful Hour,

There is one stirring hour, unknown
to those who dwell in houses, when a
wakeful influence goes abroad and all
the outdoor world, animals and men
who sleep in the open air, are on their
feet. 1t is then the cock first crows
Cattle awake in the meadows, sheep
break their fast on the dewy hillsides
and change a new lair among the ferns;
with the fowls open their dim eyes and
behold the beauty of the night. Shep
herds and old country folk, who are
deepest read in these arcana, have not &
guess as to the meaning and purpose o1
this nightly resurrection. Towards two
o'clock in the morning they declare the
thing takes place, and neither know nol
inquire further.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-11-20

A GIRL that can cook a good square
meal is better than two that can person.
ate Josephine in "Pinafore. ."-Dr. j. G
Holland.
Corn BREAD.-Take two quarts of In
dian meal, one pint of bread sponge,
water enough to wet it: mold in half
salt. Let it rise, and knead second
time. Bake an hour and half.
CORN BREAD, No. 2.-Take three tea
cupfuls of corn meal, one of wheat -four,
two teaspoonfuls of cream of tartar; mix
well while dry. Dissolve one teaspoon
full of soda in warm water; mix to a
thin batter, and bake in quick oven
three-fourths of an hour.
SINGLE cream is cream that has stood
on the milk twelve hours. 1t is best for
tea or coffee. Double cream stands on
its milk twenty-four hours, and cream
for butter frequently stands forty-eight
hours. Cream that is to be whipped
should not be butter cream lest in whip
ping it change to butter.
CUsTARD PIES WITHOUT MILK.-Boil
together five eggs, five tablespoonsful of
sugar, and little salt; pour one pint of
boiling water, stirring briskly while
adding the water; flavor with spices most
pleasing to the taste, and complete the
pie the same as other custards. The
quantity is sufficient for two.
CORN FRITTER PUDDING.-zA teacup-
full of milk, three eggs, pint of green
corn grated, little sugar, and as much
-four as will form batter; beat the eggs,
yolks and whites, separately. To the
yolks, add the corn, sugar, milk and -four
enough to form the batter; beat the
whole well; stir in the whites, and drop
the batter a teaspoonful at time into
hot lard.
BUCKwHEAT PANCAKEs.-Mixa large
cupful of lukewarm milk, with about a
quarter of pound of buckwheat -four;
add to this three eggs, and a little more
milk to form it into a smooth batter; let
it stand in a warm place for an hour
add teaspoonful of baking pow
der, and fry as usual; serve rolled up
with sugar and lemon juice.
PIcKLED OYsTERs.-Take of oyster.
six quarts; salt, four tablespoonfuls;
vinegar, half pint; of black pepper,
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-11-20
Why the Law is Uncertain.

Language is an imperfect instrument
for the expression of IDEAS Not few
of it's forms are ambiguous; that is, they
speak in two ways. Reader and hearer
are left in old Isaac's perplexity. The
voice is that of Jacob, the hand is that
of Esau.
Many of the terms of language are
equivocal. They have two meanings, so
that the reader is in doubt as to the
mind or intention of the writer.
Those who draft statutes know how
difficult it is to frame law which shall
be free from ambiguous expressions or
equivocal terms. Judge Story once told
a personal incident, which illustrates
this difficulty.
He was employed by Congress to draft
an act. So important was it that he
spent six months in trying to perfect
the phraseology. His purpose was to
make the statute so clear that the most
astute lawyer should not be able to cast
the shadow of doubt upon its mean
ing.
The draft proving satisfactory to the
lawyers in Congress, became law. In
less than year, suit, involving the
Interpretation of this very law, came
before the court over which Justice
Story presided. Having heard the ar
guments of the able attorneys, the
Judge confessed that he was unable to
decide upon the meaning of statute
which he himself had framed.
He of course, knew what he had
meant to put into the law. But the criti.
cisms of the two lawyers showed him
that he had used such ambiguous ex-
pressions that it was doubtful if he had
said what he meant to have said
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A Second Messiah.

Mrs. Mix, who has a Connecticut rep
utation for working miracles, travels
through that State protesting to cure
diseases by laying on of hands, and
crowds seek her wherever she goes. The
most wonderful stories are told of her
powers. She charges nothing for her
services, and accepts only food, lodging,
and conveyance from place to place.
She is of pure negro blood, uneducated
and deyOut MethodiSt
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Tossing upon u Bed OF Agony

Tortured in every joint with inHammatory
rheumatism, ts prospect which may become
a melancholy fact if the twinges of the dread
disorder are not checked at the outset. Per-
sons Of a rheumatic tendency find Hostetter's s
Stomach Bitters a useful remedy, nor do they
encounter the risk in using it they do from re-
sorting to that active poison Colchicum, which
is often employed to arrest the malady. Tho
use OF the Bitters is equally as affective in its
results, and is attended with no risk. There
is ample testimony to provo that tho medicine
possesses blood depurating qualities of no COM
mon orders, besides those Of n tonic and gen
eral alternative. 1t stimulates the action of the
kidneys and promotes the removal from tho
system of impurities which develop disease,
and fraught with serious danger. Fever
and ague, dyspepsia, debility. nervousness,
constipation, etc., are remedied by it.
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nj ROBERT BuRDErrE


Twas even, and Fatims, old and gray,
And M the tarbooeh tolled the close Of day,
She heard her faithful Bah-wow whimpering.
= kooftah; the dog Is hungeriDg," she said
And too stuck up reckon, to eat bread"
etrnightway she oped the ke-yew-ubbahrd door
while Boh-wow sat expectant on the noor,
But she put on her khalfadon, and said,
There Ia no meat; by-nings; you mus eat bread"
She took the wsdy Hadjr In her hand,
And sought the Beled Yemen down the street;
while the low sun across the dessrt sand
To peak her hunger quick she touched her throat,
fokoob el Hated, haoen sic auch brodY"
Then raised her finger In the air. and smiled.
Hoop-la" she said; .' just put on the slate"
And hornerard fed, while Hated, hat riled,
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-11-20

An old physician, retired from practice having had
placed in his hands by East India Missionary the
formula of simple vegetable remedy for the speedy and
permanent cure Of Consumption, Bronchitis, catsrrh,
positive and radical cure for Nervous Debility and all
Nervous Complaints, after having tested its wonderful
thousands Of has felt his duty
to make It known his suffering fellows. Actuated by
this motive, and desire to relieve human suffering,
will send free charge all who desire it, this recipe
in German, French English, with full directions fol
preparing and using. Sent by mail by addressing, with
stamp naming this paper. w. W. SHERAR, l49 Pow.
ers' Block, Rochester, New York.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-11-20

THE quantity of gold minted in Vic
toria. from the discovery of the precious
metal to Dec. 81, 1873, is estimated at
e192, ,05O,6 ,6S2. This production has shown
steady decline of late years.
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How n Young Lady Should Dress.

Curious directions for a young lady's
dress.-Let your earrings be attention,
encircled by the pearls of refinement.
Let the diamonds of your necklace be
truth, and the chain of Christianity.
Let your bracelets be charity ornamented
with the pearls of gentleness. Let your
bosom pin be modesty, set with compass
sion. Let your finger rings be affection,
set with the diamonds of industry. Let
your garb be virtue, your drapery po.
liteness. Let your shoes be wisdom, Sc.
cured with the bucklet of perseverance,
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-11-20

He was a new man in the big music
store, she was a delicate blonde. She
entered, and approaching the young
man, timidly asked, "Have you Rocked
in the Cradle of the Deep7'" He an
sswered with a slight blush and some
hesitation, gazing far away toward the
horizon, WE'LL really couldn't say =
] must have been very young at the
time, if did"
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French mode of killing poultry: Oper

French mode of killing poultry: Open
the beak of the fowl, and with a sharp
pointed, narrow-bladed knife make an
incision at the back of the roof of
the mouth, which will divide the
vertebra, and cause instant death, after
which the fowls are hung up by the legs.
They will bleed perfectly, with no dis
fgurement; picked while warm, and if
desired, scalded. In this way the skin
presents more natural appearance than
when scalded.
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Wanted

SHERMAN & Co., Marshall, Mich, want an
agent in this county at once, at salary Of
800 per month and expenses paid. For full
particulars address as above.
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Tx.Irfla and Hnnnr

Query:-What is the best family med
icine in the world to regulate the bowels,
purify the blood, remove costiveness and
biliousness aid digestion and tone up
the whole system? Truth and honor
compels us to answer, Hop Bitters, be-
ing pure, perfect and harmless. Ed.-h-
deDendent.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-11-20

EACH of Queen Victoria's journeys
from England to Scotland costs $1,000
on account of the excessive precau-
tions taken that no occidents may befall
her.
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STOCK MARKETS.
DIVCIA 1NZkIsINIIIDs
(TN(slNN ATT -Raof CaffJa-

CINCINNATI.-Beef Cattle--Common, 1.4o62c. ;
fair to medium, 2.10@2. &c. good to choice butcher
fair good dairy cows ss5@3 25c fair to good heav
oxen, 225@3c0c.; fair to good Texas and Cherokees
2A@$r:; common to fair stockers. 2@2.65c., and
$40; fair to good light, 3.40@3 65c., fair to
good packing, grades 345@s:75c, and selec-
good stockers. 50 t6a3 35 sheepSCommon to- to fair r,
1s4@224e, and good to choice, 8@ss4c and fair to
good stockers, 2@3c. per lb. gross. Lambs
a. 6tc. per lb. gross
NEW YORK.-Beef Cattle-Dressed beef, a@
&c; Texas sides, 51a@7ac Sheep and Lambs-Mar-
ket steady at 3@5c. per lb. for sheep, and 4lsm
534c. lambs, and fair to good lambs at 4.S0t. &c.
per lb. Hogs-Prices nominally quoted at So 7ta
4 co. ~
EAST LIBERTY, PA.-Becf Cattle-Extra cattle
at 81 50@4 rs per 100 lbs Sales made of fair to good
cattle at So 75@4 25 common So ga so per 100 lbs
Hogs-Sales made OF Workers at So 50@l3 65 per 100
lbs Philadelphia hogs IS so@3 o. Sheep selling al
a. bOM4 90 per 100 lbs
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-11-20

PREVENT crooked boots and blistered heels
by wearing Lyons Heel Stiffeners. Can bt
applied at any time.
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Consumption Cured.

YOUNG mon 60 west. Learn telegraphy. Ad'
drcss R. Valentine, Manager, GAINESVILLE, Wis
CHEW Jackson's Best Sweet Navy Tobacco
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The Markets,

CNcINNATI.Flour-w Winter family, s. sSg
fancy Sc 25@s z5 patent 1S@a SS spring $Sg
Sour, To- 70 = sosS IS ' s5 G red sold at
81 24@1 25, and very choice car load Of No. 2
brought 81 a. but this grade of red be bought
at 81 81, and fair carload sold at 81 15
White sold at ,saS 81 22l the 1,s1 a"s ,Sed
4oe. Rye-No. 2 is held in elevator at SOC:
34c and rejected are quoted at sc. Barley.-No is
Spring is quotable at es@aec. Hay1goOd to Prime
prime steam. s7oc. Cotton 16A@1sA.
NEW WYORK.-Flour--Superfne State and West
ern, 81 s5@5 10 common to good extra Western and
State IS 2095 81; good to choice Western and State
81 65@7 rs common to choice white wheat Western
extra, IS 75@6 Is; common to good Ohio extra
family S. 50@s oo Minnesota patent process good to
prime and choice to double extra, 81 o0@s so. GRAM
Wheat-No spring s. 2s@i 2s; No North, at1,
No. winter red Western. 81 80; No. q;
st. NS ambsS ss 81 5e@ s Ho
Thte s' Rye H. western and State &c. s Bar
Sss @o ~ete Sb Western este eo 6ats
Lard prime %si steam 7Agzlze Cotton i@2e
| Ohio red, 81 81; No. 2 Western red, track
81 So; Ohio amber, 81 s6. Corn, steamer West
ern, on track, 57@5sc. Western mixed, on track
| Sc; yellow Western, on track, 60c. Oats
musty and stained Western, 41@42c.; white West
ern, 4sc Lard Western tierce. 71a@7Ac.
LOUISvILLE.-Flour-Ex So; extra family, $4
No /, IS; fancy, S. 25@6 So; patent, s6 5o@7 so
GrainWh heat, red and amber, inferior to choice
81 %. Corn. white and yellow, 47c.; mixed. ACC
Hay, common to choice, $l4@16 per ton. Mess pork
old, 50 25 Lard, choice leaf tierce 7c choice il
| kegs, SIC Cotton, 10IInl1c,
| NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. heat. No. red win
| ter, new, 81 21@1 25. Corn. new Western mixed
| 36Ia637c. Oats, No. white Western. 31@33c
Bulk Meats-Green shoulders, 314@31ac.; clear ril
sides 513c. Lard, prime steam, current make, SIC
Sweet picked hams, 71@7s4c. per lb. Hogs, good t.
| choice, 81 1893 IS.
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Pork! pork! pork! is what many
farmers live on the whole year round.
Poultry can be raised and fattened as
cheaply as pork Why not pay more at
tention to the fattening Of poultry, for
the table; it is much healthier to have
changes of food. If farmers would fat
ten young steer or sheep, the change
of diet would be much healthier. If all
the meat cannot be used by one family,
exchange with neighbors.