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Pc n son AL.

The wine most sought after now is the Cham
payne de Montigny.
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the CAUCUS.

= naui payne de Monttgny will be the wine used
tomorrow az the yacht clubhouse.
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BREyITIEs.

Buggy race at the Fair Grounds to-day. En-
try So.
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Machine and Carriage Bolts.
Nuts Washers aud Nails,
Steel Blacksmith Tools Of al description,
Files, sand and Emory Pap ,r, Emory Cloth,
Sugar House and Railroad Lamps and Lam
terms,
Putnam's Polished and Pointed Horse Shoe
Nails,
Worcester Self-feedin Upright Drills.
Morse Patent Twist Drills,
Tank. Coopers' and Boiler Rivets.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-02-20
ITEMS FOR FIELD AND HOME.

RICE pancakes: two large cups rice,
well washed; boil in one quart water; /;
when the water boils off, add one quart
milk, one cup of wheat flour, one egg.
THE wasteful practice of throwing
hay and fodder upon the ground to be
fought over and trampled upon, is far
too frequent. A cheap foddering rack,
covered and protected from the weather,
should be provided in every yard.
WORK should be found for the horses
and cattle. They are all the better for
exercise, and, by looking around, useful
work may always be found. If nothing
better offers, make holiday and take
the children for drive.
WARMTH and cleanliness will keep
the young calves in good condition with
light feeding, while without these, heavy
feeding will do more harm than good.
1t is useless to over-feed young animals
in an effort to make up for the want OF
care.
MILKING COWS should be kept dry
and clean in the stalls, and extra feed
be given dairy cows that fall off in theil
milk. A few quarts of ground oats
linseed oil-cake, meal, or bran stirred ir
the water in the drinking troughs viii
increase the milk-fow.
SMALL arrowroot biscuits: one ounce
of best arrowroot, one of butter, two O
sifted sugar; mix all we'll with you
hands; wet them stiff with part of al
egg in little cream; roll them half al
inch thick; cut them out, and bake OF
tins in a moderate oven.
RUsK: seven pounds OF -four, sever
eggs, three pints of milk, two and
half pounds of sugar, one and a hal
pounds Of butter, one pint of yeast, nut
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-02-20
Origin of Carpets.

Carpets came from the East and were
manufactured by the Babylonians away
back in remote antiquity. Turkey and
Persia had them long before they were
known in England. These Orientals
needed them because they knelt many
times day in prayer, and sat cross
legged upon the floor. Necessity is the
mother of invention, and hence rugs
were manufactured.
The custom in Oriental countries,
copied largely by France, is to have car
pets in one piece, and to only partially
cover the floor, or to use rugs merely be.
fore the principal pieces of furniture.
II is only in the United States, England
and Germany at the present day that
carpets are universally used covering
the entire floor, and where the plan Of
waxing floors, as in France, is almost
entirely unknown.
Those who have painfully walked
through some of the palaces in Europe,
shufiing along in felt slippers, or en-.
deavoring to stand upright without
them, realize the comforts of well-cov.
cred floor, as well as the great addition
to the beauty of a well-furnished house.
It is somewhat singular that the Eng
lish should have been SO late as they
were in discovering the utility of car
pets, for while they did not need them
for the act of worship, the climate
would naturally suggest such an addi-
ton to warmth.
Yet we learn from history that as late
as the reigns of Queens Mary and Eliza
beth rushes were used even in the
palaces, though carpets had been i'm
ported to some extent from the East.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-02-20

Restless nerves, at least those that are
constantly so, are weak ones as well. The
true way to tranquilize them thoroughly is
to strengthen them. 1t may be, nay, it very
often is necessary to have recourse to a sed-
ative CIR even an opiate, in dangerous cases
of nervous inquietude, but the continued
use of such unnatural palliatives is greatly
to be deprecated. Though not, in re-
stricted sense, specific for nervousness,
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters is eminently
calculated to allay and eventually overcome
it, a fact which the recorded experience of
many goes to substantiate. This inestima-
BILE tonic, by promoting digestion, assimi-
lation and secretion, touches the three key
notes upon which the harmony of all the
bodily organs depends, and the result is that
fresh stores of vitality are diffused through
the system, of which the nerves receive their
due apportionment, and grow tranquil as
thew gather strength
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-02-20
A Scotch NObleman on American
Manners.

Lord Ronald Cover thus writes in the
London Vanity Fair: You have asked
me to give you in a few lines my i'm
pressions of the American people. This
sounds to me like asking a fly 10 give his
impressions of the mind of man On
whose head he has alighted. Altogether
[ was but fortnight in the Imperial
City-as | believe New York is now
called-on my voyage to and from San
Francisco; for hurried across the vast
Continent, only stopping on my voyage
out day at Niagara and one at Salt
Lake City, on my way from the shores
of the Atlantic to those of the Pacific.
In New York I saw but little of the
society of that place, not caring for
dining out or for calls of ceremony, and
passing my days in walks about the
town and my evenings at the theater or
in a theatrical club yclept. The
Lambs, in the Union Square, where
poor Harry Montague, one of the best
fellows that ever stepped, had, on the
day after my arrival, entered my name
| as honorary member. Not being a
| parsonage, and not caring to appear in a
| white tie and fine linen every evening,
and having wished to see the social life
in the American city, not as a guest,
but as a traveller, I think / can more
impartially judge of what would be the
| impression made on a cosmopolitan than
had traded on being an Englishman
with a handle attached to my name, as
probably most Britishers with such an
impediment would do. l mixed with
llclasses, in the street car or omnibus
| (Which, in its American form, is as
superior to our London bus as is a
| Partisan Victoria to a "growler "), in
| the Union Club-the Travellers, of New
| York-and in the palatial steamer of the
Hudson River, to which steamer and to
which river we have nothing to compare
in the Old World. Wherever went I
found all classes of the Americans not only
civil, but highly civilized, us compared
class for class with the English not only
amiable, but, as rule, kind and
courteous, and, with rare exceptions,
well.informed, well-bred and having
more refinement of manner than any
other people i have come among.
What struck me especially in New York
was the invariable civility shown by all
classes of men to women, whether the
women rustled in silk or wore linsey.
woolsey or homespun; however crowded
the car or the foetway, room was at once
made for lady. Does not this some
. what contrast with the surly, grumpy
incivility that is shown to the fair se1
in our public carriages and streets
This politeness is not, as in neighborins
country to ours, mere lip and ey'
/ civility, but it arises, / believe, from
i mutual and intuitive good breedin,
{ with which, as said before, the Ameri
: cans of every class 1e endowed.
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meg or cinnamon; rub the -four, sugar
and butter together, then add the rest,
and put it to rise over night.
LEMON cake: three cups of rolled
white sugar, one cup of butter, one cup
of sweet milk, five eggs; beat butter and
sugar to cream; dissolve one-half tea
spoonful of soda in milk; sift four cups
of -four and add by degrees; add juice
and rind of one lemon.
farmers pudding: heat one quart of
milk to boiling, then stir in, slowly, one
teacupful of maizena,. Mix with this
about six good apples, pared and sliced,
and add two tabiespoonfuls of sugar, one
of butter, and little allspice and nut
meg. Pour the whole into deep dish,
and bake until done, which will be in
about forty minutes.
WHY should we expect to have good
poultry and eggs upon our tables if we
dose the poor creatures all the time upon
nonsensical nostrums. Poultry do best
when made to work, that is, to scratch
for their living. Feed them one full
feed of mixed grain every morning at
sunrise, and let them have ample range
the rest of the day. Change the treat
menI from nonsense to common sense
for a mutual benefit. - Rural Ne0
Yorker,
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-02-20

AS in fire the loss greatly depends upon
the time required for efficient aid to arrive,
so the result of casarrh greatly depends
upon the speedy use of efficient remedies
For over quarter of century, DIR. Sage's
Catarrh Remedy has been the standard
remedy. The posi- ive cures it has effected
are numbered by thousands. Each year has
witnessed an increased sale. Its reputation
is tne result of superior merit. If the DIS.
ease has extended to the throat or lungs,
DIR. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery
should be used with the Catarrh Remedy.
These two medicines will speedily cure the
most stubborn cases of catarrh. See tie
Peoples Common Sense Medical Adviser, a
work of over 900 pages. Price, S1.50. Ad
dress the author, r. V. Pierce, NJ. D., Buf
falo, N. Y.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-02-20
The Triumphant Zulus.
Cincinnati Gazette. |

Kaftir wars are no novelty to Great
Britain. The first occurred as far back
as 1898, and fresh hostilities broke out
about 1911 Under coniurer or
prophet, a war begun in 1919, was fol-
lowed by several years of broken peace,
and finally by a fierce conflict in
1834-35. The natives were finally
driven back from the colonial frontiers,
but not until million pounds had been
spent and many lives had been lost In
1916 another war broke out, which
lasted two years, and in 1851 the white
settlements were again invaded. For
the greater part of the time since then
there has been trouble ON what may be
termed the debatable ground. Within
the last year these collisions have grown
into actual war The issues at stake
are not unlike those between our 'front.'
iersmen and the Indian tribes, though
in Africa the home government, as we'll
as the colonists, have united in annex
ing large sections of territory claimed
by the natives. The Zulus, who are
spoken of as the victors in the fearful
contest which has just occasioned such
alarm in England, and has resulted in
the annihilation of a regiment, belong
to the kafflr race. They have hitherto
been regarded as more mild and tract
4 able than their brethren further south,
but they have given fearful proof OF
= their warIike prowess. The Kaffirs are
allied to the negro race, but are in some
respects of a higher type They are
described as tall, we'll made, and hand
some. They are of bronze color, and
their hair is in short, wOolly tufts
Except for special proclivity towarc
cattle stealing, they are regarded as an
honest people. They live in villages
and though polygamy is allowed, ART
not utter barbarians. Their govern
ment is patriarchal, and their chief
have always enjoyed great power, which
they have frequently manifested in op
preston of their subjects and RELENTLESS
hostility toward their enemies. Ii
some quarters missionaries have don
much in the way of civilizing and edu
eating the Zulus, but back from tn
settlements the vast majority retail
their native wildness. The present con
flict is fight for independence. Ever
year the British colonies on the south
east coast have extended their border
further westward and northward, an
the recent aggressions have been on
! specially large scale. This seems t
have reused them to desperation.
course there can be no doubt of tn
final result, but it will be attained onl
by a prodigal expenditure of Britis
blood and gold.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-02-20
SLEANLNGS FROM THE MUSE.
BY CLAUDE DE HAVEN.

WsarF and Tired
Heart and soul and brain
Utter the same sad complaint.
Feel the same dull heavy pain;
Weary Of the ceaseiess struggle,
OF the everlasting strife,
OF the Tired waiting and yearning
That the children Of men call life.
Weary Of list ming Tor voices
That will come again nevermore-
Waiting for the sound of footsteps
That have passed TO the other shore;
Weary Of rejoicing and sorrowipg,
Loving and hoping In vain;
Weary Of endless striving
For that which shall never gain.
Weary Of thinking, thinking
o souli wilt thou never cease?
Worn out and tired and weary,
shalt thou never more know peace3
Weary and tired, so tired
All earth takes up the refrain;
Weary and tired. 30 tired.
Murmur the wind and rain.
oh, for rssti-I must rest,
That heart and brain and Will
Might cease their achiug, thinking, working,
And then for once be still.
Tomorrow stresgth will come TO meet Hfe's
tolls
I'll brayely bear sorrows sting,
And thea the victory will again
Lies pleasures bring.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-02-20

GAPS MADE IN. THE FLESH by abscesses
and ulcers speedily disappear without leav.
ing scar, when HENRY's CARBoLIc SALvE
is the agent employed to heal them. This
standard article cures the worst sores,
eradicates cutaneous eruptions, relieves
the pain of burns, banishes pimples and
blotches from the skin. and has proved
to be eminently successful in remedying
rheumatism and soreness of the throat and
chest. Sold by all Druggists.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-02-20

FOR upwards OF thlrty years Mrs. WIN
children with never-failing success. 1t cor.
rects acidity of the stomach, relieves wind
collie, regulates the bowels, cures dysentery
and diarrhoea, whether arising from teeth.
ing or other causes. An old and well-tried
remedy. Is cts. bottle.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-02-20

An Extended Popularity. Each yeal
finds "BRowN's BRONCHIAL TRoCHEs" in
new localities in various parts of the world
For relieving Coughs, Colds and Throat
Diseases, the Troches have been preUed reli
able 25 cents a box.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-02-20

BEST organs are certainly cheapest when
the price is not much more than those of
very poor organs. Mason & Hamlin Organs
are sold at prices which are not much more
than those of inferior organs. See adver-
tisement.
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STOCK MARKETS.

CINCINNATI.-Beei Cattie---Common, 2Aa3c.;
fair to medium, S14s4c.; good to choice butcher
grades, 3Z14.65c fair to good shippers. 4H@5c.;
fair to good heavy oxen S4@41ac.. and fair to good
feeders and stockers, z19@sLc. Hogs-Common,
good packing grades. S3 9014 10 and selected
butcher qualities, 81 1904 20. Shecp-Common
to fair, 8 s4c., and good to choice. 4a95c. per
ID gross.
EAST LIBERTY, PA.---Beef Cattle Sales mad
of best grades averaging 400 to 15eC lbs at 50 20
@5 so per 100 lbs good grades. averaging 1900 lbs
at "a 7595; common to fair grades, averaging 200
500 to 900 lbs, So 50@3 Is; bulls, cows and stays
u 25@h Hogs-Sales made of Workers at S3 g
10 per 100 lbs; Philadelphia hogs ct $4 S0@4 so;
rough grades, $3 25ss 90 Sheep-Extra, aver
aging 12O to 1876 lbs, at S5@5 10 per 103 lbs. /;
good sheep averaging 100 to ITO lbs, at III COG
80; common to fair sheep, averaging rs to % lbs
at SIS 40 as SO.
BUFFALO.-Beef Cattle--Siles made of choice
shippers steers at 81 91g5 25 per 100 lbs. good
shippers steers 81 40l4 IS; medium shippers
steers SO Sf9l4 10; mixed butchers steers SO 20@
8 65 Sheep and Lam bs--Saes made of fair to good
Western sheep at $4 4o@t 80 per 100 lbs; choice
S. 80. Hogs-Sales made of Workers at s4@i ~
per 100 lbs, but mostly at 81 1904 12sS; medium
grades, "a 1904 Is; pigs were lower nt sS so@3 So.
NEW YORk.-nee Cattle-Sales made of d cent
to extra Illinois steers at sA@llo per lb fair to
| good.grades 9A@9s4c.; very poor d cows dropped
to 7c Dressed beef dun at 7GS1ac. per h. for
city slaughtered, with part of carload of beef
from Detroit at 4afc, sheep and Lambs Sales
Ohio sheep averaging is1 lbs, IA Sc Il per 100 lbs
INDIANAPOLIS, Union Stock Yards Hogs
Choice heavy shippers grades, SS 25as si
WOOL In Boston, comblng and delaine
aeeoes are reported ] scarce Ohio and and
Wisconsin Heeces, si@ss1Sc; comblng and delaint
| heeces, 3s@35c. for coarse, and 40142c. fol
choice; pulled, 25@4oc,
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-02-20

Six thousand persons petitioned the
Swiss government for the restoration of
the penalty of capital punishment.
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No 5Ss now speaks Of the London
TIMES as the "Thunderer."
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FOR TEN DOLLARS Cash

we will insert line advertisement week in
list Of 26s weekly newspapers four lines in diff
ferent list of 37 papers, ten lines two weeks IN
choice Of either Of four separate and distinct lists
containing from 70 to lo9 papers each or four lines
week in all six lists combined, being more than 600
papers, We ALSO have lists Of papers BY states
throughout the United States and Canada. Send for
our 100 page pamphlet. Address GEO. p. HOWELL q
Co. 10 Spruce Street, New York.
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The Markets.

CINCINNATI.---Fiour--- - Winter family is not
easy to buy 81 Is. and choice is held as high as
at S. ls IS du as 7 at g a29
50 60@4; superfne, 81 85@3 25; low grades. 81 Is
@2 60. Rye -four is quiet, offered at s. 90@8 05
pr BARREL the latter price for choice North
Ora n--Wheat, prime to choice white is quoted at
94@9Sc., and is scarce prime to choice red sells
readily at 92@95e and 92c. freely offered for No. O.
demand, but will sell at 91@9ic for prime to
choice: choice mixed sold at CSC. delivered
and three carloads prime white. sold at 96c: de-
livered. Corn, mixed shelied, SO 934c.; No. 2 in
slsvatsr sss Or sac' ear ssgssc Rye No 2 slg
Barley, choice fall. ST O5@1 O8; No. g. 609s0c
choice mixed, Sc 5o@7 so. Mess pork, s1o@1o 25
Lard. prime steam, 614c; prime kettle, 7@@7Ac
Cotton, 71s@11Ac-
NEW YORK. Flour - s1perfne State ano
Western; $3 3O@s IS; common TO good extra West
ern and State, So 7oa 80; good to choice Western
and STATE s. ssga So eom9n On to choice whit: mt
St. Louis extra family, 50 s6@5 IS; Minnesota paten
IS So@s. W arsnnWheat al M sse.@i % liz; rye No.
Westero J, 57a5s15c; barley, 75@79c.; corn, 4s54@
4sc.: oats, soA@5415c: Mess pork, new, 90 621a@
9s77a old, Ss@s Is. Lard, prime steam, 64a@6.5Oc
Cotton. 7-16@9 9-i6e.
PHILADELPHIA. Flour - Western extras, s.
@3 62h; Minnesota extra family, in lots low
grades g; meiiam, g Is: good "a 5oi choice ant
81 80; winter wheats patent process, in lots
s696 IS. Rye -four, 81 621a; small lots, 81 IS
Grain-Wheat, Pennsylvania red, 81 051391 u5N
Pennsylvania amber, 81 OF; Pennsylvania ane
Delaware amber, 81 07@l 071ai No 2, red winter
81 o. Rye, Western, 53@5ac Corn, rejected
42c. steamer, 43@43hc.; mixed and yellow West
ern, 441ac. Oats, white Western, fair, 29929hc.
good, s0c.: choice and fancy, 3o1a@S1c. Mes
Pork-Rump mess, $40 5o@i1. Petroleum. refined
! test, 9Ac.: crude in barrels, 7sa@sc.
Observation-Disclosures s3@S %; extr
family, s. 5Oas IS; A Mol, 81 25@4 80. Grain
Wheat, new red. 9o@s3c. amber and white
96c. Corn, white, a4e.; mixed, Ssc. Oats, whit
Western. 27c.; mixed, 2414c. Rye, new, soc. Hay
common to choice, IS 75@l0 SO per tom Mess PORK
old, 10 So Lard, choiee leaf in derce, 7c.; choic
Leaf, iE kegs, &c. Bulk meats-Shoulders, 34c.
short rib sides, 41ac.; short clear sides 4s4c. Ba
| con-Clear rib sides, new, 51ae. clear sides, new
| $40 Sugar cured hams. large size, s1a@s4e
Cotton. 914c.
| INDIANAPOLIS. - Grain - Wheat. No. re-
| winter, new, 9699Sc. Corn. new Western mixed
| s15sc; May, SS1agsi7ac. Oats, white Western,
e'esr rib sides. 4sze Lard. prime steam, curTen
make, 654c Sweet picked hams, T4a1a7c.
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INDICATED CIGARETTES.

CURE CURE FOR Catarrh, Asthma. Rrou-
- chftis. Cold i'm the Head and all Broa-
claial Affections, for which they are a cure
and instantaneous relief. Contain tobacco -x5
cents per box; five for 81, post paid. Agents
wanted. W. F. WHEATON, New Bedford, Massa-
chusetts, U. s. A.
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"WHAT kind of testimony do you call
that?' said the county attorney to one
of the witnesses before the Grand Jury,
who was inclined to be little evasive.
" Jackson's Best" was the prompt reply.
The lawyers who were in the habit OF
using tobacco saw the point. and smiled
all over their faces.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-02-20

ALL morning toilets for the street
should be short and very dark or black.
The materials may be vigogne, cashmere,
camePs-hair and ali woolen goods, but
the trimmings may be of silk.
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TO FARMERS.

MONET TO L0 AN in Ohio by the UNION
CENTRAL LIFE ms. co in sums from $500 to
10000. TO. five years at per cent interest Al
worth at least three times the amount of loan. ex-
elusive of buildings, For further Information. apply
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Octave Choruses.

splendid stock of these on hand, cost but to
10 cents each, and each contains favorite Anthem
Glee. oEatorio or other Chorus. Quartet . Or Part
for occasional singing. Try dozen? Send for list,
or send 10 cents for our full Book Catalogue.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-02-20

CHEW Jackson,s Best Sweet Navy Tobacco.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-02-28

Baker and Hickory, from st. Louis; John
MM Meal from Evansville; Golden City. from
river Golden City. for Cincinnati. The weather
III cloudy.
:, CINCINNATI. Feb. 2T.--Ths river Is stationary
Grown denarted for New Orleans. with twenty
people and four hundred tons. During the
hght Tor Southern freights rates dec ined to
ten cents. but advanced to-day to twentv-five.
VICKsBURG. Miss, Fsh 27.-To q. Il. Brennan
Agent kountz Line, 100 Gravier street. Steamer
T.. y faegar VIII arrive Saturday and leave Tor
st. Louis Tuesday. March 4
ID. HANEY Master.
V1CKsBURG, Feb. q. To G. G. Wayne Steamer
Guiding s ar will arrive on Fri tav.
W b. MILLER.