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The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-07-03
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.

JUNE 23.-House-Under call of States for
bills for reference, many, were introduced, :,
mainly of a private character. The Presi-
dents secretary delivered the message in
writing vetoiDg the Supplementary Judi
ciary Bill; also announcing that he had
signed the Army Bill. At the conclusion
of the reading of the veto message, which
was received with a slight demonstration of
applause on the Republican side, the House
proceeded to vote on the question whether
the bill should pass notwithstanding the
objections of the President, and it was
decided in the negative-yeas 1O4, nays rs;
not the necessary two-thirds in the affirma-
tive. Adjourned......S ...Senate-Mr. Wallace,
from the Committee on Appropriations,
reported House concurrent resolution,
fixing the date of final adjournment with
an amendment substituting Wednesday,
the 25th day of June, at o'clock p. M,
| instead of Tuesday, the 18th.
The resolution submitted by Mr.. Mcdonald,
| directing the Secretary of the Treasury to
furnish information as to the action of the
National Board of Health. under the act
| authorizing the contract for the purchase
and construction of refrigerating ships, ETC.,
wastaken up and adopted. On motion of
Mr.. Garland, the House bill concerning the
apportionment for members of the Legisla.
tive Assembly of the Territory of Montana
| was taken up. An amendment in the nature
of q asubstitute, reported by the Committee
| on Judic iary, extending the provisions of
tie bill to all Territories, was concurred in,
and the bill passed. After passing few
| uni nportant bills, an executive session was
held. When the doors reopened, the Senate
adjourned.
| In the Senate, June "a, Mr.. Beck sub.
mit,ed concurrent resolution providing
for q joint Committee, composed of five
Senators and seven Representatives, to
report at the mex session what changes, If
any, ought to be made in the mode of guard.
ing or collecting revenues, either
| from customs or internal tn xation, or in
the management of tie various departments
and bureaus of Government, with view to
the efficiency of the service and economy
in appropriations of public money, and
whether changes from permanent TO annual
| appropriations would be advantageous or
not. Placed on the ecalendar.......In the
House, the Speaker made the announce
ment of Mr.. Briggs as a member Of the Com
mittee to investigate election frauds in Gin.
Business on the Speakers table was dis.
posed of as follows: Senate amendments
to the bill relating to the Territorial As
sembly of Montana were concurred in
Senate bill for printing twelve Thousand
extra copies of the report end proceedings
of the Paris Monetary Conference passed
Senate bill for the benefit of the
widow and children of the late Gen
eral James Shields, ana an increase of the
pension of Caroline s. Webster, passed
The next bill on the table was the Senate
bill relative TO vessels not impelled wholly
by sail or by internal motive power O
their own. Without dispOsing OF the bill
adjourned.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-07-03
Eouine Eccentricities.

At Wards Corners, Delaware county,
Iowa, Alfred Bush owns a French stallion.
Since he purchased the animal, the lat
ter has shown a most vicious temper,
and is unsafe and dangerous to handle.
Mr.. Bush has a son about 2 years old.
for whom the horse has formed great
attachment, and the two frohc together
strangely. The boy will put his little
hands in the horses mouth, pull out ms
tongue, seize his tail and swing with it,
climb up his legs-in TACT, do whatever
his childish freaks prompt. For hours
they thus play together, the horse ap
parently enjoying it as well as the boy,
and, what is singular, the horse will
allow none to come near while the boy
is with him, and is especially cautious
about iniuring the boy himself.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-07-03

PETER HENDERSON, the veteran gar
-deper, made a very significant statement
during the course Of his remarks at
Cleveland before thee Con gention of
nurserymen and florists. This statement
embodies the remarkable fact that If
garden seeds, when planted in the spring,
are firmly pressed when under earth by
the bsiI of.the foot at. the timethe gar.
deners are putting them in the ground,
they will invariably grow, drought or no
drought, and, what is still more impor-
tint, they win spriDg up earlier and
grow faster,A and mature better than
any Of their kind which have not been
subjected TO this discipline The same
rule of pressure, he says. holds true in
regard to transplanting trees, shrubs
and plants. Henderson said that though
he had been extensively and steadily
engaged in the business of gardening for
more than quarter of century, yet
he had not made and proved this dis
covery until few years ago.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-07-03
The wise and the Foolish Man.

The foolish man payeth Sc year for
his daily newspaper. The wise man
star1deth and readeth from bulletin
board and obtaineth his information for
nothing. 5.a
The foolish man ruineth his health by
lying abed mornings until the sun hath
arisen high. The wise man getteth up
at the growing of the cock. He walketh
the streets, getteth an appetite for his
breakfast, and cometh home minus his
watch. i
The foolish man entereth his hotel
and leaveth his hat in the ante-room.
He eateth his dinner. When he would
depart he discovereth that some unprin-
cipled reptile hath decamped with his
hew silk hat, and hath left in its stead a
weather. beaten aO-cent tile: The wise
fnan, I'd avoid stich contretemps,
taketh his hat into the dining room, and
sitteth upon it. .-- -..s.-.-..... .
The foolish bachelor on cold after
noon cometh home, and there being no
fire in the fooih he shiveteth With the
cold. The wise man closeth the win
dows to keep out the draught; he lighteth
the two gas burners; the room warmeth
up, and his landlady footeth the gas bill.
The foolish man loseth his money in
stocks, and straightway he telleth his
friends OF his impecun1osity. The wise
man 1oseth his money, but holdet., his
tongue about it, and from thenceforth he
eateth at coffee-house and picketh his
teeth at the Palace Hotel.
The foolish man catcheth a counter
felt half-dollar, and he mourneth long
oyer his loss, The wise man goeth to
6httrch, and when the near-sighted
deacon passeth TIE contribution box he
droppeth in the half and chuckleth to
himself.
The foolish man telleth his wife he
viii 60 into The country, and doeth as
he hath said. The wise man telleth his
wife ditto, and then he hideth himself,
and when midnight hath come he let
teth himself ii and gueth up stairs in
his stocking-feet, but he hath no pleas
ure for his pains. - ''.' 1'. To
The foolish man waketh up in the
middle of the night, and walketh the
floor with crying baby. The wise
tnah before lie goeth to bed wrappeth
his offspring tip nice and warm, and
leaveth him in the woodshed.
The foolish young tnat maketh his
habitation at d high-toned establish
ment, and for his board he payeth 500
q week. The wise young man marry
eth the landlady's daughter,
The foolish man taketh his wife to a
church seeiable,, and spendeth s5 for
loweth his wife to serve on the refresh
hent committee, and when the evening
eometh he goeth to that church sociable
with a market basket. If his wife has
improved her opportunities, he cometh
away ahead of the game.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-07-03

or tn the merchant who supplies him on
ere iit with seed corn and corn for his
household, to tie paid with exorbitant
interest when his crops are ripe. The
merchants, for the most part, are Euro
peans and are always ready to make ad-
vances to the needy peasant, provided
the interest is high enough; the fellah,
called upon to pay his taxes at a moment
when his crops are still unripe, is COM
pelled to borrow and is not in a position
to wrangle about interest.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-07-03

AaENTLEMAN travelling in Sicily, in
describing the black rain" that is
poured from Mt. EtDa, says the "whole
face of nature was black, the hills and
plains were black, the seashore was
black, the usually dazzling white roads
were black, the roofs of the houses were
black. My garden is just now mass of
flowers, but every leaf, every petal, every
cup was loaded with black, the edges of
the petals giving a bright line of the
color of the flower. If breath of wind
passed, a black shower fell from the
trees, and still the black rain went on.
The effect upon the mind was most de-
pressing. This ash penetrates every
thing; IL is found in closely shut linen
drawers, in close boxes; it is all among
my paper as | write, and it seems to
take delight in inserting itself in one's s
ood-for two days I have been chewing
grit. The effect of trees and figures in
this universal black is very strange, the
colors standing out with startling bril-.
liaDcy."
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-07-03

EVERYTHING is proceeding in very
satisfactory manner in the Republic Of
san Domingo. The Dominican Con-
gres has authorized the Government to
conclude treaty of commerce with the
United States; gold miues have been
discovered, and new lines of American
Dominican steamers have been author
lied. The only dark point is the ques.
tion raised with Spain in relation to the
forcible seizure and the shooting of
Dominican political exiles.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-07-03

Much interest is felt by arcbeologists
over the fact that the Chinese Embsssa-
dor at Berlin, ii Fangpoe, renowned in
his own country as great scholar, has
read as Chinese the inscription on vase
found by DR.. Schliensrr in; the lowest
stratum ofhis excavations at HissarIik
and figured on page fifty of the intro
ductiou Of his E Troy and it's Remains"
Six years ago the eminent French
Orientalist, Emile Burnouf, made the
same discovery and was greatly ridi-
culed for his pains. The inscription is
to the purport that at a@given time
(corfesponding to about 1900 B, C.)
three piecesof linen gauze were packed
in the esse for Inspection This vase,
therefore, seems to give fresh proof of
the active commercial intercourse which
the Chinese carried on with Greece and
Ana Minor. l11J 81 - -ar --
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-07-03
5oW cHIsEsE PAPER rs MADE.

HOW CHIHESE PAPER rs MADE.
Everybody is familiar with those
brilliant, quaint pictures of insects,
birds and flowers, printed upon thick,
soft, translucent material we haye
always called "riee paper" This is not
made of rice. 1t is the thin slices of
the pith of plaut or tree of the Aralia
family-the FaIia papyrDera of mod
ern: botanists. The tree grows about
twenty fee. high, and its pith is an ex-
tensive article of commerce in China;
for it is used in the manufacture of
many articles, especially toys and ,artifi-
cial flowers. The cylinders of pith ex-
posed on removing the barkand woody
fiber are rarely an inch and half in
diameter, and as the substance is deli
cate and tender, rare skill and practice
are required to cut the whole stick, from
circumference to center, into one. con-
tinuous sheet. A long, thin, very sharp
knife is used for this operation. The
largest sheets that can be obtained. in
this way are about fifteen inches long by
ten wide. As soon as the sheets are cut
they are spread out, all little holes care
fully mended with bits of mica, and
then they are pressed under weights
until dry. The refuse scraps, ETC., go
to make pillows; the ordinary sheets
are dyed brilliantly and sold to the
flower makers, while the largest sheets
are destined for the foreign market,
after being carefully painted by skillful
native artists. There is yet no sub
stance yet discovered that SO well repre-
sents the delicate texture of the petals
of flowers as this paper of pith, and il
is exported to some extent by artificial
flower manufacturers. The tree could
no doubt be grown here, as our climate
is much like that of China. One of the
most interesting things to see in Chins
is the flower fair in certain street in
Pekin. Stretching along the narrow
street for more than half mile is {
grand exposition of pith, paper, and sill
flowers. Foreigners stand fascinated
before the stands, watching the skill o
the flower. makers. Each one is pro
vided with an assortment OF pincers
some wire, a pot of glue, knives, ant
some with pith papers of many hues
In short time, while his deft finger
move with bewiidering rapidity, he will
counterfeit the dahlis, aster, or what
ever real flower lies before him as
J model. His skill in cutting leaf, caly:
and petals, is equaled only by his MAJ
velous eye for delicate differences O
tint. Here the peddlers get their SUI
ply for the day. 1t is astonishing to Sc
how fond the people are of those beaut
full counterfeits of nature. The Chimes
women wear no bonnets or hats, but d
, their hair up in elaborate fashions an
wear flowers instead. In some parts
: the kingdom you may know if woma
! be maid, widow, or matron, by tn
! color of the flowers she wears in he
$ hair. The parasol, where the wome
: wear no hats, is of course AN indispens'
|, BILE article for any outdoor excursion
n and the whole family of parasols an
IS umbrellas in China is marvel. The
o are generally made OF silk or paper, an
n are often chets-d deuvre OF art.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-07-03

The scene OF the Mountain Meadow
massacre is now the very picture of
de. .olation. Before the Mormons muir
dered one hundre and thirty-one inno-
cent men, women and children there in
1857, the meadows were known far and
wide as paradise in a desert, with an
abundance of grass, crystal streams and
ever-Aowiug springs. To-day the grass
is gone, the water courses dried up, and
nothing but dreary waste marks the
once beautiful spot. 1t is said that the
earth is also sinking, and the bones
which were collected after the massacre,
though thrice buried, continue to reap
pear, while settlers in the vicinity shup
the spot as haunted, and say that the
winds from the meadows bring piercing
cries for help to their ears.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-07-03
Kerosene.

A kerosene lamp is not suitable
light for the sick-room, for it should
never be turned down low, on account
of the disagreeable odor which results.
A scientific man once said: There is
nothing in the would that will produce
diphtheria sooner than a bad kerosene
lamp" Be that as it may, If your kero,
sene lamp emits disagreeable smell 1T
shows that something is wrong-the OIL
may be of an inferior quality, the burner
may be poor, or it is clogged up, or the
wisk needs to be evenly trimmed.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-07-03

The latest old thing which every
fashionable London lady thinks she
must have, if she is to remain anybody
at all, is an old watch. 1t is not for the
hands, or face, or works, that these are
priced, but for the case. These are
taken off their hinges and converted
into shoppers for the glass bottles on
the dressing table. .
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-07-03

The Association of Housekeepers !"
in Vienna now numbers one thousand
five hundred and forty-three members,
among whom are ladies of the best
houses in the city. Nineteen officials,
women, look after the store-houses. the
bookkeeping and the sales. The super.
vision of the whole is done voluntarily
by the ladies whom the association ap-
points. In the shops all is activity and
order; the work in the register Office is
no less brisk; everywhere there is evil
dence of women learning to live
honestly and independently by their
own labor, whether as servants, artists,
workwomen, or teachers.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-07-03

A PHYSICIAN, of extensive quarantine
experience, says that persons who
thoroughly wash their heads every day
rarely take contagious diseases, while
those who allow their hair to become
dirty and matted are peculiarly liable
to infection. Washing the head in
water containing a weak solution Of
soda frequently relieves nervous head
ache, and is said to be beneficial in
cases Of severe colds. Morning is said
20 be the best time for such .ablutions,
and the head should be thoroughly
dried afterwards and draughts of air
avoided.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-07-03

ALMOST every year European pill
grimages are accompanied by disasters
and loss of life. While We have still
fresh in memory the sinking of the ferry
boats laden with pilgrims on an Austrian
stream, we hear that during a recent
pilgrimage of sixty thousand Poles ia
the miracle working picture at Cren'.
token, fifteen pilgrims were killed in n
thunder storm.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-07-03

still toiling away painfully, and with
rather poor success, to convince the lit
erary world that Bacon was the author
of books known as Shakspeare's works.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-07-03

Mr.. BAIRD, the Famine Commissioner
who went TO relieve the distress in Up
per Egypt, reports that even in ordinary
circumstances the Egyptian peasant
leads life which has little that is at
tractive to European eyes. His food
con.ists of coarse maize bread, with
beans, lentils and onions and various
weeds. He wears scanty clothing OF cot
ton or rough homespun woolen cloth,
and sleeps in mud hut or in the open
air. The worst feature in his life is his
chronic state of indebtedness, either to
the government for arrears Of taxation
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-07-03
Hen Becomes a Rooster.

Six years ago next July there was
Matched in this section female chick.
With the exception of the usual adven-
lures with hawks and owls, this interest
ing fowl reached the age of pullethood
without creating any unusual excite
ment. She quickly won the hearts OF
the lords of the barnyard, and more than
one pitched battle was fought for her
favor by rival cocks. In time she de-
veloped into steady, ma:ronly hen.
and not only proved a good source of
eggs, but sat upon and Matched five lit
ters of chicks, and one of geese, from
which feat she was known in the neigh
borhood as the "gosling hen" Last
February, however, marked change
was observed in the subject of this
sketch. First, The roosters ceased to wor-
ship at her shrine. A change was also
observed in her general bearing, she
assuming decidedly masculine airs
growing with The voice and tone of a
thoroughbred chanhcleer; spurs com.
menced to grow from her heels; the
tail feathers lengthened and curved
her comb grew in length, and now this
remarkable fowl has developed into 9
full. fledged rooster--Ogletho'pe (Gd.,
Echo. .st
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-07-03
TOPICS OF THE DAY.

HENRY VAN ANBUReH, of Howells,
n. Y, sold his wife to Joseph Wood for
ak dollars, and that would have been
the end of the matter, probably, if the
woman had not, while drunk, been
killed by railroad train. Both hus-
bands claim the right to sue the rums
seller under the Civil Damages Act a.
her husband.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-07-03

PERHAPS Mr., Edison can invent some
plan for running supply pipe from a
distillery to the moon, so as to keep it
continually full. This might not do
away with ga' altogether, but it would
save the expense of lighting the streets
at night. rt'Ea ri
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-07-03
REVIEW OF DOMESTIC NE WIS

FIVE thousand miners have begun a
strike in the Lehigh region.
RELIABLE reports fro m numerous South
ern cities and towns show better health
than usual, and no symptoms of yellow
fever.
THE Republicans of Maine in State Con.
vention nominated Hon. D. F. Davis, of
Corinth, for Governor, and indorsed the
vetoes of the Presidert
A JURY in the Hull murder case in New
York have returned verdict: "Mrs.
Jane L Deforest Hull came to her death by
violence at the hands of Chastine Cox on
the morning of June H."
The seventy-fve- hour walk at Chicago
between O'Leary and Grassland was won by
OLeary, who made two hundred and fifty
miles, Grassland doing two hundred and
twenty-five miles.
SATURDAY afternoon AIopzo Carbangle,
aged seven, was bitten by rattIesnake near
Fort Wayne, Indiana. He was taken home
his body swelled up and he passed through
succession of terrible convulsions. -
Mr.. GEORGE C. PERKINS, the Republican
candidate for Governor of California, Is a
native of Maine, forty-one years old, and
has been among the leading business men
OF San Francisco for fifteen years. He has
served in the Senate of California.
ATERRIFIc cJ clone swept over Baltimore,
Mo-, Saturday afternoon, and, though Of
only few minutes duration, caused great
destruction Of property, and it is expected
later reports from Chesapea ake Bay will
show numerous wrecks and serious loss of
| life.
! GENERAL HOWARD hes returned to Port
land, Oregon, from the Indian Country
He feports the tribes express a willingness
to go on their new reservation, only one
chief, Garry, of the Spoksnes refusing.
Many will occupy lands under the Home.
stead Law.
THE June report of tee Agricultural De-
partment shows the acreage of oats has
decreased four per cent. there is the same
decrease in the acreage of rye; corn is back
ward; barley is low; the condition Of
clover is very iowi the fruit prospect is
very gloomy.
| THE latest Grant news indicates a de-
parture from the prograrinae sntotpeea
| few days ago. tits now thought that the
| ex-President will add to his wanderings a
trip to Australia. This would, of course,
occupy several weeks, and postpone his
arrival In America perhaps until winter.
Tts excess of exports over imports of
merchandise for the twelve months ended
May 81, 1879, $3.50, ,7O9 ,s76; twelve months
ended May 81, 1878, s24l, 1856, ,s3s; excess Of
exports over imports of gold sad silver coin
and bullion was twelve m Dnths ended May
81, 1879, So, ,284,615 twelve months ended
| May 81, 1873. 81. .243901.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-10-01

"a soung lady at certa:f place In
wayhe county asked the prayers Of The
congregation because she could not set her
eyes upon certain young tian in her Neigh
borhood without feeling as :horgh She must
hug him."
"There is a knave travelling in the North
ern counties, who finds II no trouble to get
fifteen or twenty subscribers to Ne. York
fashion paper which is never received,
though the subscription, $500 in advance,
is PAID. The salae ladies' never think sof
subscribing or paying for local paper"
The Harrisburg Telegraph says a gen.
titnsn in this city who WAS instrumental
last spring in sowing wild rice In the Sus-
quehanna from Sudbury to McCormick's
island, says that the g ain is growing finely
and III time the ducks will have a splendid
feeding ground. Considerable opposition
was manifested to the project by people ho
resided along the rivsr bank, many them
having become possessed with the idea that
the rice stalks grew TO the thickness Of a
telegraph pole and would change the river
bed SO as TO run the water over their farms.
Some of the rice was sowed along the Con
odoguinet creek, about a mile from the
mouth, and it is said to be growing :rst."
Turn out at the polls and vote for Kelly and
Cayeny. .
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-10-01
DIED.

OSWALD-Sept. p, 1879, Mrs. Sophia
Oswald, at the residence of her son-in-liw
: ANIMAL Rictenbaugb in Mexico. aged =.
:.
m S,tvrd,v. in the PRESBYTERIAN graveyard
,,-,,.
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VIII YOU know me, will Won love me,
In that fair immortal lani
Will YOU kiss my lips in welcome,
And extend your loving hand
Will you know when AM coming,