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Consumption

Isl e.ea 80
The popular belief in the inc,irability
of consumption now seems to be on the
road to complete overthrow This change
in sentiment has not been brought about
by any new method einl treatm t, mol
has their, been q pereeptible enlargement
in the number of those now. living
who can claim that they have had
and have recovered from this disease; !;
but the evidence upon which the revis.
ion in opinion is basediis even more con
elusive than; that which could by any
possibility be obtained from either of
these, two. sources. Tt is simply this,
that post mortem examinations have re-
vealed the fact that pulmonary phthisis
is a. complaint of much greater lfre7
, quency than has been commonly lslp-
posed, and that multitudes of people
have had the disease, and, have been
practically cured of it, who have never
so much as suspected the cause Of their
illness. Jim series of examinations,
made some time since at the; hospitalat
Edinburgh, it was. found that the lungs
of not less than one-third, of those who
died when over forty years Of age were
in condition that could be accounted
for in no ether way than by the suppesi-
ytion that at some period in their lives
consumption had existed, and had been
afterward checked or cured. Portions Of
the lungs had been destroyed, but the
cavities formed had been healed by con-
traction and adhesion of their walls, or
. the disintegrated substance had been
shut in by the, formation Of tibrous tis-
sue.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-10-09

strangers. 1t is thought he will secret himself
some where and die ofstarvatlon. His parents
are wild with grief.
NEAR Kokomo, Indiana, Alexander Combs,
a wagon-maker, shot George W. Olinger,
farmer, in the breast, killing him instantly.
Cause, jealousy of his wife, whom he accused
of intimacy with Olinger. Combs had secreted
himself near Olinger's and waited until day
light when he had started to his barn to do the
feeding. He shot him without the least warn
ing. Combs, on returning to his work, mar
rated to his partner what he had done, who
replied: " Probably you only wounded him."
Combs replied " No, killed the he-ofa-
saw him breathe his last
4 LAUGHABLE incident has just occurred at
place called Marks Gap, in Texas. A young man
named Joe Pentz, just prior to the advent of his
marriage, received n note from his rival stating
that if he attempted to wed his afianced, he
would shoot him during the ceremony. I'm
daunted by this threat, Pentz took the girl on
his arm and a shotgun on his shoulder and
marched to church, where the minister and in
vited guests awaited them, and in this manner
and with one eye on the congregation and the
other on the minister, the ceremony was per-
formed. The rival did Iot interfere.
The Baptists of St. Louis are having terri
BILE time. Because the minister of wealthy
church there did not observe close communion,
inasmuch as he invited jew to commune with
them, the church was "cut off, "a and then
another congregation, rich in this worlds goods,
went and done likewise--cut themselves off.
Thus the two wealthiest Baptist churches in
st Louis have rebeled. As if to finish matters,
in religious circles, Rev. Sorg, Baptist
preacher, with a huge knife, disemboweled
Frank Gaddy because he would not "giye him
the road" upon which they were both driving.
DISPATCH from San Francisco says: The
schooner Fanny Hyde, which accompanied the
Jeannette with coal and stores to Behring's
Strait, returned here September 80, with dates
from the Jeanette in St. Lawrence Bay to
August s. All were well and the scientific
work was progressing encouragingly. There
is every prospect of open winter in the
Arctic regions. A. I. Conchi, chief, gave news
of Nordenskjold's passage to the south. Two
days after parting with the Jeanette the
Hyde came up with the whaler Catherine
Ward, of New London, becalmed near Point
Champlain. i5
THE world famed acronant, Prof. Wise, who
in company with a young man named Geo.
Burr, made balloon ascension from ST. Louis
on Sunday evening, the 2Sth ult., has not yet
been heard from, and serious thoughts en-
tertained regarding his safety. This was the
463d balloon trip of the Professors. 1t was
their intention to remain up but short time,
and took food enough with them to supply them
only forty hours. Information has been re-
ceived leading to the belief that they have
landed somewhere in the wilds of British
America. The last heard of the balloon was on
the day following the ascension, when, it is
said some persons saw it passing out over Lake
Michigan.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-10-09
Terrible Accident at a Far.

A dispatch from Adrian, Mich, says: This
was the great day of the Lenawee County
Fair. The weather was all that could have
been desired, and the city was early crowded
with greater number of visitors than ever as
sembled here before. This afternoon at 3
o'clock the grounds were a perfect jam of people,
and the grand stand newly erected was packed
to witness the exercises on the track. A class
ofgentleman's driving horses, double teams,
had just been sent around the track, and the
band occupying the front and center of the
grand stand dust begun to play, while the
judges were afixing premium ribbons, when,
with terrible crash, the stand broke down.
1t gave way first in the center then the front
fell outward to the track, and the back fell into
the river. At once ensued scene of indies
cribable confusion. Buggies were overturned,
horses dashed frantically up the track, only
to meet crowd of people focking to the
scene of the disaster. Those who were only
slightly injured came crawling out of the
mass of ruins, showing numerous contusions,
and then began the work of dragging from the
debris those who were more severely injured.
There were in the neighborhood of 2 1000 people
on the grand stand and large crowd in the
space beneath. As soon as possible the Opera
house was opened and many of the dead and
wounded taken there. The following is list
of the dead: M. NJ. Merck, Mrs. John Hub
bard, boy named Hyde, boy named
Mosher, David Piumadore and William
Mutzer. Not less than one hundred and fifty
persons were seriously injured, many fatally,
and the deaths resulting from the accident will
,1oLI kcI I, G,r~
The excitement in the city Immediately sue
cceding the accident indescribable.
Parents were frantically looking for their chill
dren, and children were looking for their
parents. Women went into Mysteries, and
strong men cried on the streets as they heard
the terrible news.
Later dispatches say that the number Of
the wounded will reach 224.
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Weather Predictions.

G. G. Blake, of Decatur, ILL.,, has gained
some celebrity for accuracy as a weather
calculator. His horoscope for next
month, and from thence to March, 1880,
is as follows: i'''-''' @' '.1
October, 1s79--WiH be quite warm
and showerygo tmsIJ 90 delqa b. faa
November, 1871 hardly know what
to say about this month; my calculations
make it sort of q choppy season" "a
conglomerate mixture OF all kinds of
weather; but not very cold. T. FA 'at'-"l
December, 1S79-Will be like Novem-
ber, only more so." 1t will be warm,
wet and disagreeable-cold snaps will be
short and sharp.
January, 1sso-will be rather warm,
wet and muddy, part of the time. There
will be some cold weather, but no steady
cold weather. y sai1sul se ifFr .',s
February, 18S0-Will be much like
January considerable amount of rain
and snow and moderate amount of cold
wea ther { F,u lHfn9b q" sAat
March, 18S0-Will be changeable; !;
rather wet, especially in the middle of
the month, and only moderately cold. Z {
The winter of 1879-'80 will be warm
and wet, with a few cold snaps Of limited
duration; but it will be colder than the
winter of 1877-'7S. 1t will be change
able, peculiar, and rather disagreeable
win ter. ..g.t, ,.t,,,5r, E,a..tst- a{s ~
TT ia human :, k,vrr 70 1r,,> ~ l..
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-10-09
A Clog to Lotteries.

The Post-offce Department at Washington
has made a decision, which has been adopted by
the Postmaster General and will be enforced,
prohibiting the mailing of letters to lottery
companies or their agents; also forbidding
the sending of money to lottery companies by
postal order or registered letter.. This decision
has created good deal of indignation among
lottery agents there, and they say it cannot
stand. 1t is said that lottery companies viii
take the case to the courts, and maintain thei1
right to the use of the mails. The authoritits
base their decision upon the postal laws and
regulations of 1879, which forbid the use of the
mails to swindIe the public, and they claim
that lotteries come under this head.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-10-09

CABUL. the capital Of Afghanistan,
where the massacre Of Cavagnari and the
English Embassy took place, is not city
whose palaces and public institutions
would allure the sightseer to any
heightened stay In its vicinity, for with
out exception more neglected or tum-
ble-down collection Of houses without the
slightest pretence to sanitary arrange
ments, can hardly be found in Asia.
Tue only shops Of any interest are the
leather and iron-workers and Others
dealing IN skins and stufis peculiar to
Cabul. The fruit-stalls In the autumn
are crammed from the ground to the
roof with every kind Of both ripe and
raw fruits. .T4
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-10-09
ID Paper From POPLAR.

1t surprises people to see 1.-The great
logs Of poplar wood go through the pow
erful machine of the Connecticut River
. Pulp Mill, at Holyoke. The wood, as it
is brought TO the mill, is about the size
OF cord,wood used for fuel, and in this
shape the machine eats about seven and
a half cords of wood day, and this
makes between three and four tons of
pulp Aftercoming from the machine
the wood is put into watts and reduced
by the action of chemicals 1t is used
for the manufacture of snewsianrl book
paper The wood is obtained mostly
from Canada. jas1ot ysdi isdI liat '1n@iss
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-10-09
ANRanf ilya Ghost.

A correspondent Mt Louisville says: "scvera
weeks since Capt. Drake, chief of the night
police of this city, while passing vacant lot at
the corner of Spring and High streets, saw what
he thought was man lying on the grass. He
approached it, when the object vanished. One
week later the same operation was repeated.
People began to talk about it. Night before
last a crowd Of about forty visited the spot, and
saw what they are willing to swear was child
which, at their approach, rose into the
air and vanished. Excitement now rose to
lever heat, and last night, between the hours of
and IL, not less than 800 people, white and
black, rich and poor, visited the spot to see the
strange apparition, but it did not make its ap-
pearance. When the sun rose this morning
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-10-09

THE people Of Ireland are ee-oming
resti vc and refuse to<pay the high rents
dsmanded by the landlords. Three hun
dred tenants at TipPerary have form
ally Refused TO pay more tsan fair rent
for their farms, and threaten to raise a
disturbance il an attempt is made to
eject them. The feeling thus showing
itsslf in Ireland exists in England and
Scotland. 1t is very evident that the
land question will soon be the most
prominent issue in the United King
dom.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-10-09
State Of Society In Illinois.

si A woman with the, unheroic name of
Nancy Jane Pratt, in Iroquois county,
Illinois, ordered hunter off her farm on
Wednesday, and received the saucy
reply: s. Oh, you amt in any danger;
Iain'thuntin' old maids" She abruptly
turned, went into the house, came out
With gun, opened fire on the hunter
and Killed his dog. The fool threw up
his hands and yelieds do you mean to
murder me-? 'aQ The farmers wife an
.swered, as she replaced the cartridge in
the sbreech- loader; oh, you amt in
any danger; l amt huntin' for fools"
and she brought the gun again to her
shoulder while the fool yelled louder
! than lbefore. The firing attracted her
husband, who came and kicked the
puppy off Of the grounds, and smashed
his gun. =
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-10-09
Elections 1hfs rear.

In the following states elections are to be
held this year,:
Iowa, October 14--Governor, Legislature,
State and County officers. F' iHi
Ohio, October 14-GoverRor, State officers and
Legislature. ti
Maryland, November 4-Governor and Leg
islature. ?.
Massachusetts,, November 4-Governor and
Legislature.
Mississippi, November 3-County officers and
Legislature. . :'i
Virginia, November 5--Legislature. i ~
NewsJersey, November s. Legislature.
NeE York, November Ex-Governor and Leg
islature.
Wisconsin, November estate officers and
Legislature. -i' -rl{i-=4 -! .-t-ia-i-t- 10
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-10-09

TIE world does not care for the inven-
tioy however novel, that has no useful-
mes or pr mise thereof. The conven-
fence and advantages of the telephone
were quickly recornized.l The result is
that the instrument is brought into very
general usc. The phopogrsph, on the con-
trsry, was soon tossed aside as curious
but useless toy. A sk1t
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-10-09

| SOME Ehg'ish engineers nave, pro-
iected a, gigantic tunpel under the gil
bralter Strait, from Spain 10 Africa.
The length of the tunnel would be nine
miles and It's deepest point about
three-qusrters OF a mile under the
surface of water. 1t seems that the
engineers undertook to realize the dream
Of an oEugiishman who wanted TO go BY
Iand nsf only to France but even to
AfriGs, Benee the projects of two tun;
nels, rope under the English Channel,
the other under The GibralterS Strait
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-10-09

The Supreme Court of Rhode Island
has disposed of the Sprague case by ap-
pointing Robert Thompson trustee Of
the property Of Mrs. Kate Chase Sprsgue
The action Of the court is tantamount to
a enforcement of the parties 80 far as
property interests are concerned.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-10-09
The Oldest and Youngest.

gDr. r.. Il. Brown, of indianapolis, Ind,
was published some time since as the old
est man who ever assembled Pixies Peak.
indianapolis also holds the youngest as
Gender of that mountain in the person of
Hoyt King, son of the Township Trustee.
who climbed to the summit last Septem-
Der at the age of eight years, .tsm -,
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-10-09

DIR TALMAeE has returned. While
absent In Europe be preached and
lectured nincty~ix times in Disety-four
consecutive days. He visited all the
principal townsof England, Ireland and
Scotland i-
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-10-09

WoRK on the long contemplated tuD-
mel under the Hudson ver connecting
New York with the New jersey shore
has been begun at Jersey City by the
sinking of vertical shaft, and it is
understood that the work will be vigor-
ously pushed. The tunnel is to cost
SIC, ,OOO, 900. Its length will be, with
the approaches, 12,800 feet, and the
greatest depth of water it will pass
under is sixty feet. 1t is said to be
the largest OF modern similar enter
prises. Gr.fi CO.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-10-09

GLASS sleepers for railroads is the
latest thing in that line in England.
The glass Is toughened by process dis
coved by Frederick siemens, of Dresden,
the cost per ton being about the same as
that OF cast iron, but there are three
times as many slecpcrs in a ton. sr
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-10-09

there were, by actual count, forty mine people
standing around the lot, having remained on
watch all night. An old house, which the SUI
perstitious claimed was haunted, formerly stood
.pon the lot. Excitement has by no means
abated, and the spot will be again watched to-
night, ia- --t
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-10-09

TIE representatives of the grain in
New York have adopted resolution
postponing the substitution of the
GENITAL for the bushel measurement in
all transactions. from the first of Octo-
Der until New Years Day.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-10-09

THE British in Afghanistan have en-
countered an enemy more to be dreaded
than asy hostile force they are likely to
encounter. Six deaths from cholera
have already occurred in one regiment,
and other cases are reported. ~
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-10-09

IN these days legs are more profitable
than brains. Eleven thousand people
paid dollar each to witness the start of
the Ashley belt match at the Madison
Square Garden in New York. The
total receipts were simp'y enormous.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-10-09

VICTORIA WooDBubL is a candidate
for the Presidency of the United States
and ergo the Richmond Independent
asks: at Victoria Woodruff should
be elected President, what would she do
with Tennes,ee7'
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-10-09

In order to meet the demand for ex-
change Of foreign gold coin and bullion
for American gold, the Treasurer Of the
United States has increased the bullion
fund Of the New York Assay NOiIlce
$15, 100000. n.' - -
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-10-09

GARIBALDI has returned to his home,
on the Island Of Csprera, TO spend the
remainer of his days. He has little
garden there that he chcrisbes, but he
can no longer hobble around 1t even on
crutches.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-10-09
Foreign Patents of American Manufac

] The rapid increase in the number and
value of our manufactured articles sug-
gests the Importance of having them
protected by patents in foreign countries,
as we'll as in eur own There was time
/ - and it was not many years ago when
/ it was not only useless, but a waste OF
I money to procure patents in foreign
( countries on many, Of the Ingenious
articles in use here, for they were not
widely enough known abroad to need
protection by. patents. Now, however,
it is different. aAll, or nearly all, Amer
lean manufactured implements for the
household, for .agricu ufturaf purposes, or
/ for whatever ase, ,..Iibecome known in
foreign countries almost as soon as their
excellencies are established here. The
Centennial did much to bring about this
result - the enterprise of our merchants
and manufacturers, in advertising and
pushing the sale Of their wares have done
more 1t is nova comparatively easy
| matter to build up market abroad for
American goods Hence theimfo mfortance,
as we first suggested, of epfotecting our
sScientifc Anaerieas.l says, .6That Ameri-
can inventors do largely neglect to
secure the advantages offered by foreign
patent laws is evident enough but it is
not due, we think, to any deliberate
balancing of cost and possible profit.
More frequently the American inventor
utterly fails to appreciate the real value
| of foreign fields Of .oper alton : The op-
! portunities offered at home are large
enough to satisfy his ambition; and he
does not know what he could do with
| foreign patents if he had them. The
more enlightened of our inventors, how
ever, are finding out the impohcy of such
| Indifference to European markets; and
before many yearsgt the neglect to take
possession Of them will form the excep-
tion not the rule. 0'' '''-'l'' - - "a
| r Our national redress, therefore,
against the lawful appropriation Of un-
| patented American inventions abroad,
and the consequent loss of our national
income, is rather through the enlighten-
ment of our inventors than through any
attempt at retaliation by the exclusion
| of, foreign inventors, as Commissioner
Paine is reported as favoring,np, np,o.,,aa 81,
IN We learn that it is proposed to hold a
! Congress withinaa few months for the
purpose of securing the adoption of an
International patent code {. and trade
mark law, but it Will manifestly be a
long time before this can be brought
about All nations fhaye their circum-
locution Offices, and when a number of
them have to be passed before adesired
result can be accomplished the eIchances
of delay are greatly multiplied. But in
the absence of a. uniform law in the
4 great Industrial COUNTLESS patents can
be obtained by inventors in the several
countless though sat considerable sex-
pense and waste of, time, Whateyer
| other defects our patent laws may have,
i they provide a comparatively cheap,
1iprompt and simple system for protecting
men, in the possession andsouse of their
mechanical ingenuity, study and labor,
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-10-09

THERE are several sides to the fnan-
cial question, but every man who is able
TO evolve o theory is ready to swear that
he has the only right one, and that the
other felIowsare following deIusions.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-10-09

APERUsAL of the columns of our daily
papers Is sufficient to convince even the
; most cynical that Grant is decidedly "a
bigger man than Hayes" Just at present
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-10-09

The Modern Argo says that In all the
mouarchies in the Old World, women
may be Queen and ruler of the realm,
but in free America, no woman eau be-
come President. ..e LlL
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-10-09

AN effort was made in a Jersey City
church recently TO oust n member be-
caus", being a locomotive engineer, his
duties called him TO business more OF
less on Sunday The effort failed. 81
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-10-09

THOMAS MAST is not only famous as
a caricaturist, but has the reputation Of
drawing one of the heaviest salaries in
the country $425 week u r
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-10-09

PRor. WoNa CHING Foo has located
in Chicago and proposes 10 teach the
doctrines of Confucius to the heather
that abound in that locality.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-10-09

LABOR Is good for body and brain, u
IL be not too severe. Labor sends very
few people to the insane asylum. As
the PhiladelPhia Hem says: rIdleness,
and the broodiDg of lazy, interpretive
souls, do far more to All insane asyluns
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-10-09

GENERAL Cosvzx s&ya that 100 900
negroes will leave the South theeomiDg
winter IL they have 70 travel overland
like the children of Israel. 49, o,.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-10-09

Foun sIobuisr J 4 bsta ness Ike cannon
balls and the base Of an iron column
have been dug out twelve feet below the
surface of Decatur Guy, Col. r., a.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-10-09

IT is saIprisipghov often the peace Of
Europe gstsl saves and how little II
takes 10 save 10. slGsqus bns nafloi5 D.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-10-09

Isit possible for aman 70 speak aftef
he is dead? 1.-The Readvilles North Caro-
lima, Times tells story that ."if true I"
is, to say the least, very strange. "A
citizen of Danville, Va, died, and in
turning him over to shroud him, the
words 40 God" escaped his lipr. An
able philosophers on the spot explained
the marvel by saying that when the man
died those words, almost spoken, were
left in him unuttered by his last breath.
and in handling his body they came out.
Could such acase, asks the local Journal,
ever have happened9 Can there be such
theory7