The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-02-06
PASSING SMILES.

Is lady's hair something to dore
when it is banged? -.-.t.s'5 @ .5~H
r' NOTHING is so wholesome, nothing
does SO much for peoples looks, as a
little interchange Of the small coin of
benevolence. ....i
You may mend rent in damaged
reputation SO that it may not show, but
you can never make the reputation
quite whole again. s@1a s5sas4 F-efsssz
g BEWARE of prejudices; they are like
rats, and mems minds ARE like traps.
Prejudices creep in easily,s but it is
doubtful if they ever get out. ssa,..s
OWING to the extreme cold weather,
it is expected the next years crop of
New Jersey mosquitoes will be born with
fur collars around their necks.-Phita
Kronikle- Herald. s41ssqz sssf sas
3WAGNER's, new opera will introduce
several new and pleasing features, one
of which will be a base drum beat by a
mule with cymbals on his heels.-&.
Louis Globe ''i sac s1'l5'.- 7=.' 70 +
"To be polished liar, and tell good
Christian lies, a man should possess a
strong memory. says some. one who
appears to speak from experience
s.
In this world even our Affections
prove themselves benefits in disguise.
The man with wooden leg never claws
around in the dark for half an hour
only to find he has got the left boot on
the right foot.-Phila. Kronikle- Herald
THE emperor and empress of Germany
announce that at their coming golden
wedding they do not desire any personal
| gifts. This is a chilling disappointment.
| We shall have to cOuntermand that
| order for solid gold punch -bowl.-Noa-
| sSstown Herald. -isj 81 lss5 u, s--s ia-
A AKENTUCKY divine writes to New
York paper: "Your mention Of che
minister who prayed If Thou remem-
| berest,' ETC., is more than equaled. 1t
was Monday morning prayer-meeting,
and the preacher prayed, Thou hast
seen by the morning papers how the
Sabbath was desecrated yesterday"
IF you are too poor to buy telescope,
but wish to discover planets invisible to
the naked eye, go to the rink, strike out
boldly, and when your blood is up and
heels are also up, look right into the
blue sky, and the planets will come
down and play tag with the end of your
nose. zsA stss rst@S ss3aasa . a.saaaaai
l@ A WOMAN lecturer advertises herself in
| Providence as a (" child of nature, wear.
ing the unmistakable crown of genius,
and doing her share in the ever
appointed work of genius, the work Of
making the whole world kim She
brings with her the electricity of the
north, the brilliancy of the aurors
borealis, and all who meet her are mag
netized."
| THE fre-light listens on the floor
fsa 10 hear the wild winds blow. ia J5 4ft
Without, there siidesthe snow. s-'
Across the flower sea the flake
Pa s, mirrored, mystic, slow.
SD Oh, blooms and storms must blush and freeze,
Il aJs While seasons come and gol 4.- r- ,.te
lift the sash--and live, the gale Fa' g
Comes leaping to my call. as, b. Hssz
L The rose is but painted one -.g sftr 7EI
. "a :.-Elfza6eth START Phelps IN Harps's
A PENNSYLVANIA debating society
! after discussing the question, If
man s wife and mother were both drown
ing, and he could save only one, whicl
should he saver" decided that he shoul,
:, save iais wife. And we think wrongly
for, whereas, a man can generally get
new wife, he can never have but on
mother. RI.
SMITH has good opinion of himself
: He has never done stroke of work, sbu
! lives on hard-working father. Never
= theless he fancies that some credit
= due him for the fortune he enjoys. Tn
: other day, leaning against. the mante
piece, his back to the fire, he said: :"
;. was born the son of poor laborer. b
: fore was thirty years old / was the so
! of one of the richest men in the country,
d WE knew three gentlemen, says
Y cynical writer, and they were yer
O agreeable acquaintance. We becam
d intimate, and considered them friend
r We indorsed their notes, and lost thel
/ all. Friendship seldom survives pr'
g test. Your friend thinks you asfool fc
e. indorsing his paper, and YOU regard hi
Ii as a knave because he does not pay
"a both are right. Moral: have no friend
2 J.. NORMAN LocKYER.. the Englis
q astronomer, has Just discovered tn
q the bright lines of the solar chromosphe
'e are chiefly lines due to the not y
le isolated bases of fourteen so-called ell
T, ments, and that the solar phenomena
% their totality are in all probability d.
% to dissertation at the photospheric lev
A. and association at higher levels. v
ar knew this all the time, but didn't thiI
N it was of sufficient importance to MAJ
% public. Up. S.-A sisolar chromospher,
ID is not q religious weekly premium.
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