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The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-02-13
Alaska.

All that was necessary to bring Alaska
more prominently into notice and secure,
it share~of emigration was to find gold
there,san this has been done, A para,
graph from Washington says that Ma
jor William Governeur Morris, Special
Agent of the Treasury Department, has
been called to San Francisco to superin-
tend the publication of his report on
Alaska. He says the resources of that
Territory are beginning to be appre-.
ciated on the Pacific coast, and that
there will be a large emigration thither
next spring. attracted by the premise of
rich gold discoveries. just before Major
Morris left San Francisco he saw at the
Mint eight hundred ounces Of placer
gold, which had been recently received
from that country, one nugget of which
was worth about $3.50. He says quartz
mill has been built at Sitka, but the en-
| terprise has not proved a success so far
on account of bad management of the
mine, though some of the ore yields 1925
a ton. The water power at that point
he says, is sufficient to drive four hun!
dred stamps. A revenue steamer isate
be built to, protect GovernmeHts prop
erty There is now no Goyernmentves
sci on the coast which can carry enough
coal to take her to Sitka and back; anC
as no coahDg station exists there,it i
fimpracticable to do anything to preven
infraction of the revenue laws, or re
press any outbreak that may occur
The chief industry developed thus ia
on the mainland in Alaska, he says, i
the canning of salmon, there being no,
two establishments employing one hur
dred and fifty men EACH About thre
hundred and thirty-six thousand pound
of canned salmon were shipped to Sa
Francisco the past season. rsga,,..;s
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-02-13

THE new vault in the sub-treasury at
New York, which has been prepared for
the storage of silver dollars, is forty
eight feet in length, thirty feet in
width, and twelve feet in height. If
every available inch should be packed
solidly with 412l grain dollars it would
hold not far from $4O,0OO,O0O. A bag
of $1,000 4l2s grain dollars weighs
59316 pounds avoirdupois. Accord
ingly 100000 of these dollars weigh not
far from three tons.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-02-13

J. NJ. STEARSEs, of Brooklyn, points
out a source of danger possible with the
electric light-namely, its effect upon
the nervous system. He says, in the
light of an electric arc, one is to be sub
jected 70 very powerful stimalant,
from the obstruction which his body
affords. Our eyes cannot bear it, and
there is no reason to doubt that every
nervous tissue viii feel its use.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-02-13

TEE Geneva correspondent of the Lon
don Tines writes : Another instance of
transatlantic enterprissis the presence
at Geneva Of a locomotive brought ex-
pressly from America to test its capacity
for producing steam from the anthracite
coal found in the VaIais, and which
Swiss and French locomotives, as at
present constructed, are quite unable to
use. The experiment appears to have
been 4 an entire success. The furnace
arrangements Of the American loeomo-
tive are admirable, Tt can run with
fuel which would bring the ordinary
continental Locomotives toa standstill.s )
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-02-13

THE consumption of foreign sugar in
the State on the Pacific for the past
year was considerably larger than for
1877. The increase il the importation
of duty-free sugar from the Hawaiian
Islands at San Francisco is something
remarkable, being 16,452 tons in 1878,
against 9,575 tons in 1877, with some
increase in the receipts also from
Manila, ETC., swelling largely the sup
ply; prices in San FRANCISCO ruled much
lower than usual, and Consumption re
ceived thereby a stimulus. &
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-02-13

THE feature of a recent legislative
session in Dakota was the effort of D. D..
w. Fitch, member of the Lower House,
from the Black Hills district, to evade
duty as legislator. Upon several pre-
vious occasions he had absented himself
from his seat, and been brought back by
the Sergeant-at-arms. He repeated his
attempt to remain away, and under a
call of the House the Sergeant-at-arms,
and, finally, three clerks and a messen-
ger were sent after him. The posse ran
him out of saloon, chased him over
into Nebraska, chased him back to Da-
kota, and finally ran him into his room
at his hotel, where he yet remained, and
refused to come out. After waiting
four hours the House adjourned, on a
report of the Sergeant-at-arms that he
could not secure the runaway member.
As there was no measure pending upon
which the Black Hills member desired
to avoid voting, the inference is that he
wished to get rid of Legislative work
that he might have more time to devote
to the card-room.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-02-13

THE stage puff is a recognized institu-
! ton in Paris, but it sometimes fails to
connect, as this incident shows: In a
piece by Melesville and Dumanoir, re-
Gently brought. out at one of the thea
ters, scene occurs in which an actor
reads the name of halter in the top OF
hat. Melesville, who made the first
draft of the play, wrote in this place the
name of his halter. Dumanoir, in look
ing the piece over, substituted the name
of his own halter. On the nightaof, the
first representation, both the hatters
were IN the house, each one awaiting
with feverish anxiety the passage which
should render him celebrated. Oh, de
ception! The name which was read out
was a third one, that of the halter Of
Sainoille, the actor who played the
part!
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-02-13

A sUBTERRANEAN forest of oaks has
been discovered in Germany in valley
watered by the river Fulda. DIR.
Maesta, a Government geologist, who
made the discovery during an official
exploration, pronounces the trees to be
of enormous size, and to date back in
their origin to a remote period. They
are entirely buried beneath the surface
of the valley, but several hundred OF
the outermost trunks that border on the
banks OF the Fulda have been laid bare
by the gradually encroaching current OF
the stream. The wood has acquired a
deep black color, and has become
exceedingly hard. tits believed that ii
will make excellent material for sculp,
ture. One trunk that was found in the
bed of the river has been removed to
Berlin to be placed in the national
geological musem. Whether these trees
are of species now in existence or OF
one that is extinct has not been
determined.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-02-13

The population of what Is called
registration London" is 3,62O,S7o; but
the population of "greater London"
the metropolis and its suburban dis
tricts, is estimated at 1854, 900 persons,
showing ali increase Of s4,O25, or 1879
per 600, upon the population for the
middle of 1873
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-02-13
.-'F THE DA Y.
COMEE--

AMERICAS Goals are beginning to be
cold in Switzerland. They are brought
from Philadelphia to Marseilles by sail
ing vessels and thence to Geneva by
rail, distance of two hundred and
seventeen miles. They are sold at ten
dollars ton-a trife less than German
or French coals-and are liked.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-02-13

A NEW YORK paper says many Of the
samples Of coffee from New York and
Brooklyn groceries, sent recently for
analysis, are found to contain chicory
pure and simple, or chicory and cereals.
The most disquieting discovery thus
far made is that blue clay can be so
ground, nodded, and roasted as to pre-
sent a perfect semblance of the coffee
bean. Fancy beginning the day by
swallowing d,coction of blue clay.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-02-13
lTHIs bit of common sense RELATING.

This bit of common sense relating to
the study Of geography comes from
the Philadelphia Le,iger: 2 The fewer
names and figures the scholar remem-
bers the better, provided, in place of a
mere lumber.room of facts, his mind is
impressed with the leading and charac-
teristic features of any country, and
especially of his own. Instead Of a
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-02-13

burdensome array of figures, let there
be a simple method of-c omparison and
the scholar who, taking his native
country as a fixed basis, can measure
its greatness by contrast with the extent,
the population, the wealth, the manu-
features of other countries, has really
learned much of what geography ought
to teachs
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-02-13

IMMGRANTs are thronging into all
parts of Texas.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-02-13

THERE is a dominant feeling in Italy
in favor OF continuing the national task
of colonizing the southern province of
South America, rather than of turning
the tide of emigration into Africa,
which, in spite of the current praise
lavished on it, is, they say, I" inhabited by
a population quite unlike themselves" !"
Yet there are certain portions of Italy
where an African might pass for white
man as to color.
, 1879-09-04

wings attracted his attention, 1t en-
tered the pigeon cote. Unable to con-
troll his curiosity, and anxious to ascer-
tain the cause of such peculiar pro-
ceeding, he procured ladder, ascended
to the cote, and there, to his surprise, he
found that the carrier pigeon had already
returned, and with a message. He read
it, summoned his neighbors, and arrived
just in time to bag the fellows.
The old bird is dead now, but while
it lived there was not money enough in
our town to buv it from me.
, 1879-09-04
A Dissatisfied Tramp.

A gentleman attired in clothes which
had seen better days called at the
Tribune office on Saturday with slip
cut from the paper, and asked to see
the editor. When his request had been
complied with, in measure, he said with
q whitening sneer
''Wot are givin' us, young feller, heyl
Don't you seewhat you're printing in the
paperl Look here !" and he rendered
the reporter printed scrap, which the
reporter took between the points of a
pair of scissors, and scrutinized at q re.
respectful distance.
''This, my FRIEND" said the reporter
to the representative of the Hendrick
B. Wright interest, "this, my friend,
seems to be an interesting item about an
impecunious gentleman in Winona,
Mimi, who weeded cucumber bed for
his dinner and sawed o cord of wood for
his supper, and whose demeanor so I'M
pressed the woman of the house that
she at once wrote an account of the af-
fair to the Winona Republican. Are
you the industrious gentleman referred
to- Do you want to correct the re-
port ~
"Na-aw," said the visitor, Indignantly.
"Do l look like a man who would weed
a bed of cucumbers OF the ground for a
small plate of hash Do you think L
could so far forget myself as to split
menial wood for the cold buckwheat
cakes that iall from the rich mans
table p
swell, What do you want ~
"Wantl This is what l want, and |
speak as the representative of about
100000 American citizens. I want you
to stop publishing items like that, which
are only calculated to increase the evil
of contraction and the suferings of the
DOOR, If the impression once gets
abroad that US fellows are in the habit
of wedding the cowcumbers upon
thousand beds and making sawmills of
ourselves for the sake of our bread, we
will be ruined. That's what's the mat
ter. If you want to find reading that
will interest your readers and benefit
the struggling poor, just you give them
some stories about disguised Dukes and
Italian Marquises and tramps, who
were given square feed of roast chick
en- and ice cream, with l5-cent cigars
and a nip of good whisky as grace after
meat, and who, fifteen weeks afterward,
left their generous benefactors $780,
900. That's the sort of literature you
fellows want to print. Your readers
cry for it, and the farmrrs sit on the
fence for hours waiting to get their
mail"
The reporter thanked his visitor for
this communication of his views on
journalism, and the visitor left, having
inquired if the Congressional Labor
COMMITTEES was still in session.-Chica-
90 Tribune.
, 1879-09-04
lightning Strikes Temperance
Lecturer.

The Lake House, on the road ascen d
ing Pixies Peak, was struck by lightning
lately, but was not seriously damaged.
DR.. w. @. Gibbons, who was descend
ing the Peak during the storm, had
very narrow escape from death. His
wife, who was with him, describes the
incident to the Colorado Springs Ga
zette as follows GAS we were riding
along place where the wire was about
two feet from our heads-my husband
about ten feet in ADVANCE suddenly
heard what L first supposed was pistol
shot, then / saw stream OF fire run
from the wire to his head; his horse
reared on his hind feet; my husband fell
to the trail, and the horse bounded off
down the mountain. All this occupied
but second; then my horse bounded
from the ground and threw me back
wa~d, so that my head struck the ground,
my foot still in the stirrup. His second
bound tore the stirrup loose from the
saddle, his hind feet striking me in the
forehead, while at the next bound his
feet struck my husband, and then my
horse also left. For some time the
doctor ,remaiued unconscious. / raised
him up, found the mark of the lightning
Just above his left ear-which fol-
lowed q zigzag course back of his head,
down his back to his shoulder l finally
got him to his feet, half carried him
down the trail for half mile, where we
found our horses. helped him on his
horse. mounted mine, and slowly we
made our way to the Lake House, mile
further on."-Denver Tribune.
, 1879-09-04

People call you dear when they would
fawn upon you
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-07-22
'.The FURRY In Stocks

Always means an /, opportunity for
some shrewd and lively operator to
make q handsome profit. Messrs.
Lawrence & Co, Bankers, n. Y, have
established the new combination sys.
tenn for operating in stocks. so that
capital in any amount from SIS to $50
900 can be used profitably at any time
that may suit the customer. By pool.
ing the Oruers of thousands of patrons
into one immense sum, and operating
them as a mighty whole, under the
most experienced skill, vast profits are
made, which could not be gained In no
other way. These are divided pro
rata among -poontflIy.
An investment of $40 returnsS5O. or
per cent. on the stock. 500 paws $3.50.
and so on, according to the market
A st. Louis patron made over three
hundred per cent. on an Investment in
October by the combination method
Messrs. Lawrence & Co.'s new circular
(maiIed free) has 1.-TWO unerring rules
for success" and full information &C
that any one can operate with profit
Stocks aud bonds wanted. Govern.
ment bonds supplied. Apply to Law.
renee & Co., Bankers, 81 Exchange
Place, New York City.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-07-22
The Hog q Samaritan.

Mr.. EDITOR: Would it not be wiser
for our City Council to pass and en-.
force an ordinance positively forbid
ding watermelon and other garbage
from being thrown into the streets
and cutters, than to invite disease by
the permission and the development
of it by the aid of the flthiest animal
that could be selected ?
1t is something new to sanitary
science to call in the services of the
hog as measure" to health. It has
generally been supposed that the odor
of this animal was the most unhealthy
as well as the most disgusting, and
that no source of disease was more
prompt and facile in developing it
than the rapidly decomposing remains
of material that the hog has worked
with tusk and hoof, with its own ad-
ditions.
1t is impossible, with any agent, to
purify the earth where the animal has
held his feast, even after the
human scavenger with his hoe and
shovel has removed the IedViYlqs ofthe
beastly, "Sanitarian," nor any more
possible to arrest the emanations, as
| the experiences of the last two or three
wears verifies. And if it were possible
even if, in addition, it were not disease
breeding, is not the prevention of the
foul oder far better than the introduce
ton of the hog upon the street to in
tensify it, to the disgust of all decent
people and to our disgrace.
SANITAS
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-07-22
The CakdaEe Iron Works.

Mr.. John G. Scott, jf., of st. Louis,
arrived in the city Saturday night, and
yesterday the Board of Directors of
the OAkd Iron Works, consisting of
the charter members, held a met ting
and organic by electing Mr.. Scott as
President. The charter was accepted
and the necessary steps taken to get
the works under Roadway. Mr.. Scott
was authoriz ed to go to RoaHe county
at once aud receive the property, pros
yided the titles are found to be all
right, make the first payment and take
charge of the works. It is expected,
as We understand, to get them into
operation just as soon as practicable.
Mr.. Scott thinks they will be able to
turn out fifty tons of iron per day, as
soon as the works are fully under head
way. It is expected that railroad
connection will also be made with the
Cincinnati Southern, and altogether,
the prospects are very bright for that
region of country.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-07-22

The fair reader shoulders when she
thinks of the settlers wife watching,
from the door of her rude hut, the re-
treating form of her husband going
out 10 his daily toil-going out per-
haps to return not again, fer before
nightfall a savage hand may have laid
him low among the prairie grasses.
Or it may be child, bright-eyed
daughter, is snatched away in an I'M
guarded moment, to grace the next
war dance. When we read the heart
rending details of these savage depre-
dations, we are apt to blame the gov
ernmeut for not making more strict
precautions to insure the settlers pro-
lection. But we daily read of that
arch-fend, consumption, with scarce
~ thought of the terrible inrOads it
is making in human life. Tens of
thousands of homes are annually DESC
lated by consumption to one by Indian
outrage. Like the Indian, consump-
ton oftenest comes steaIthily, and no
danger is apprehended until the vic
tim suddenly finds himself ensnared
and Deaths fatal arrow ends the scene.
DIR. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery
a powerful Alternative, or blood-purifier,
and tonic, has restored thousands o.
consumptives who had tried every
other remedy recommend to them,
without obtaining any relief, and are
willing to testify to its powerful reme-
dial powers.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-07-22
A Partial Blockade

Of the main avenue for escape of refuse from
the human system is utterly subversive of regu-
larity among the other organs. Let constipa-
ton become chronic. and. leaving out the i'm
minent danger of Inflammation of the bowels
and their total obstruction occurring, .undice il
almost certain to ensue, the liver is liable to be-
come engorged, the blood and urine are poisoned
by the bile, which also vitistes the juices of the
stomach. and other unhappy conse quences follow.
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, a prime tonic alter
alive. prevents or remedies these results and
their cause. as the case may require, and is also
signally eficacious in overcoming fatulence
heartburn, and variable as well as canstipated
action of the bowels. It renews nerve power.
improves the appetite. stays the progress of
early decay. relieves the il frmities of age. and
is pleasant appetizer.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-07-22
Obitua AIRY.

Elizabeth Matilda Houk was born
in Burke county, North Carolina, DC
tober 18th, 1885. Her father. Barnett
Smith, removed to Tennessee while
she was an infant, and settled on
Beaver Greek, in this county, thirteen
miles from Knoxville. She was
raised ty Christian parents. On the
18th day of February, 1858. she was
married 10 Hon. L. G. Houk; She
was not a woman of the world and
had no taste fer the gaieties of life. 1t
was at home around her own fireside
that her virtues shone brightest. She
was a wsrm.hearted frieId always
ready to help those in distress. She
was exceedingly kind to the poor.
Not protesting to be more than nom
inal Christian, she was always ready
to contribute to the cause of Christian
ity. Her house was the preachers
home, and it gave her great pleasure
to entertain the ministers.
| She was the mother of nine children,
| six Of whom are living. She was a
| faithful and dutiful wife and more
devoted wife was never known. She
was absorbed in her children. She all
most idoliZed them. Human language
could not express the solicitude with
which she looked after them. Several
of her family died with consumption.
Two years ago symptoms of the dis
ease were manifested. To her friends
Ill of If hIIt 0nI1IH
scarcely believe herself that it W as so,
but her strong judgment taught b, I
soon that the final struggle was al
hand. She was woman of few words
and a murmur or complaint was
scarcely ever heard to escape from her
lips. The disease gradually under
minded her constitution and finally
Frustrated her upon bed of stt1 C.
lion.
For years she had sought communion
with Christ. She had sought Him
as her Savior. Her friends a-e con
soled to know that she gave abund
ance of evidence tina she died trust
ing in His atoniDg blood. She called
her older children around her and tolC
them how to live. She had many
conversations with her HUSBAND
during Il last two weeks Of her life
about family matters AID the question
of her death. In these her hopes and
prospects for future life were PRESENTED
Her sympathies had entered into anC
followed her husband in al
his struggles in life. Her advic'
was always the best, and. as fal
as possible, unprejudicial. This inter
est continued through her sickness
Among the last words she spoke wer
ia reference to her children, express
ing her confidence, and asking then
to meet her in heaven. She main
tained her consciousness to the last
She breathed her last on Saturday, III
10Th inst, about half past 10 o'clock il
the morning. Her death was lik
! falling asleep. Not struggle, not
groan. She simply ceased to breath
and was dead.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-07-22
We have removed our
Drug Store 10 the South
east corner Of Gay and
Clinch streets.
HUNTER & CO.
Tribute of Respect.

At the recent session of the Teach.
ers' Institute, for the Eighth Congress
sional District, held at Huntingdon,
in Carroll county, Tenn July II 1S.
the following resolution was unani-
mously adopted
That we record our deep regret at
the death of Prof. r. L. Kirk patrick.
of the University of Tennessee, who,
by his long and honorable connection
with education in Tennessee, by his
interest in the public schools, by his
eminence as a scholar and teacher
and by his pure and benevolent char
acter had endeared himself to his fel.
low-teachers and conferred honor
upon his profession.
JOHN w. PAULETT, Secretary.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-07-22
Deputy Collector Lindsay ReaE'
pointed.

Deputy U. S. Revenue Collector,
VIM. Lindsay, who held the position
under Gen. Cooper's administration,
has been reappointed under the new
administration OF Col. Melton, to the
same position. 1t will be remembered
that he was at first replaced by Robt.
A. Turner, Esq. Mr.. Lindsay made
one of the most faithful and efficient
officers in the service, and is besides a
perfect gentleman, and very popular
wherever known. He received a very
serious wound in the arm while on 8
raid into Monroe county few months
since, which has kept him confined
ever since. He has been in Knox
Vile for q fe Y weeks under skillfu
treatment, and we are glad TO know
that he is improving, though he will
never recover the use of his wounded
arm. He will have his former dis.
trict with headquarters. His reap
pointment is certainly but meriteC
recognition of the services of faith
ful officer. and just what would be ex
pected. His salary dates back to anG
from the date of the transfer.