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The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-06-05
FOREIGN SUMMARY.

THE six-day swimming match, which
commenced Monday at London, England,
ended Saturday night. The first prize was
won by Captain Webb and G. Eearne took
the second prize.
A Calcutta dispatch says: The British
India Steam Navigation Company's steamer
Ava was sunk in a collision with another
vessel, and sixty.six of the crew and four
passengers drowned. The Ava was an iron
screw steamer of two thousand six hundred
tons, built in 1873. ... ..
AN official dispatch from Port-au-Prince,
Hayti, says NJ. Roche Mouart, French Min
lister, died of yellow fever two hours after
he was attacked. His Private Secretary
and First Secretary of Legation are dead of
the disease, and the Second Secretary of the
Legation is sick with it.
THE volcano of Mount Ktna is in full
eruption. Three new craters have ap-
peared near the town of Randazzo, at the
northwest foot of the mountain. Streams
of lava are flowing down the western slope.
Several villages are threatened with de-
struction, and there is great alarm among
the inhabitants.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-06-05

use of navigators when approaching a
coast Knowing the height of any dis
tant object above sea level and its angu-
lar elevation, as determined by sex
tant, little trigonometry enables the
sailor to calculate its distance, and thus
ascertain the position OF his vessel. Mr..
Bayer's diagram dispenses with this cal
culation. Entering the diagram on the
left with the height of the distant object
and on the right with it's observed angle
of elevation, the intersection of lines
drawn from these two points referred to
the base line, gives by mere inspection
the required distance. The Diagram
has been approved by the Navy Depart
ment, and is now used on government
vessels. 1t lie sound in principle, simple
in use, and well adapted to the wants
of the prastical seamen.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-06-05
A BAD ROnd.

GolleyBond eloped with neighbor's
daughter in Bartlett, Tenn. Her father
pursued them on horseback, and, as
they travelled in heavy carriage, soon
overlook them. Bond refused to give
up his bride, and, when the old man
tried to take her by force shot him
through the heart. Then he mounted
the dead mans horse, seated the girl
behind him, and fed; but she insisted
ON returning to where her ather's body
lay, and he permitted her to do SO, him
self escaping to Texas. He was subse-
quently captured, but the tragical end
of the elopement had crazed him, and
he goes to an insane asylum instead of
to trial.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-06-05
Chinese Doctrine.

Moy jim Kee, Chinaman, addressed
a Methodist Sunday-school meeting in
Harlem, N. Y, the other Sunday.
Among his remarks was a comparison
of the religion of his nation and that of
the children before him. "We worship"
said he, zone Great Spirit and many
Josses; you Great Spirit and His Son.
But the Americans could learn some
thing of my people. Confucius said
that drink was worse than rattlesnake
-rattlesnakes don't abuse their own
children. The Chinese think drinking
very bad; but they do something very
bad, too-they smoke opium. But the
man who smokes opium doesn't abuse
his children-he only hurts himself"
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-06-05
HOW CHILDREN'S GAMES IRA VEL
FROM LAND TO LAND.

Travellers, observing the likeness OF
children's games in Europe and Asia,
have sometimes explained it on this
wise: That the human mind being alike
everywhere, the same games are natu-
rally found in different lands, children
taking to hockey, tops, stills, kites, and
so on, each at its proper season. Butt
so, why is it that in outlying barbarous
countries one hardly finds a game with
out finding also that there is civilized
nation within reach from whom it may
have been learned? And what is more,
how is it that European children knew
nothing till few centuries ago OF some
of their now most popular sports? For
instance, they had no battledore- and
shuttlecock, and never few kites till
these games came across from Asia,
when they took root at once and became
naturalized over Europe. The origin of
kite-fying seems to lie somewhere in
Southern Asia, where it is sport even
of grown-up men, who fight their kites
by making them cut one-another's
strings, and fly birds and monsters Of
the most fantastic shapes and colors,
especially in China, where old gentle
men may be seen taking their evening
stroll, kite-string in hand, as though
they were leading pet dogs. The kite
appears thus an instance not of spon-
taneous play-instinct, but of the migra-
tion of an artificial game from distant
center. Nor is this all it proves in the
history of civilization. Within century,
Europeans, becoming acquainted with
the South Sea Islanders, found them
down to New Zealand adopts at flying
kites, which they made of leaves or bark
cloth, and called manu-, or Bird" fly
ing them in solemn form with ac-
compartment or traditional chants. 1t
looks as though the toy reached Poly.
nesia through the Malay region, thus
belonging to that drift of Asiatic cul-
ture which is evident in many other
points of South Sea Island life. The
geography of another of our childish
diversions may be noticed as matching
with this. Mr.. Wallace relates that be.
ing one wet day in the Dayak House, in
Borneo, he thought to amuse the lads by
taking a piece of string to show them
caes-cradle," but, to his surprise, he
found that they knew more about il
than he did, going off into figures thai
quite puzzled him. Other Polynesianl
are skilled in this nursery art, especiall,
the Maoris of New Zealand, who call i
J maui, from the name of their nationa
J hero, by whom, according to their ira
} dition, it was invented its various pat
terms represent canoes, houses, people
, and even episodes in Maui's life, such Al
his fishing up New Zealand from tn
8 bottom of the sea. In fact, they hav
. their pictorial history in cat's-cradle,
e and whatever their traditions may b
i worth, they stand good to show that tn
n game was of the time of their fore
d fathers, not lately picked up from tn
! Europeans. In the Sandwich Island
. and New Zealand it is on record tbs
the natives were found playing kin
OF draughts which was not the E,
ropean game, and which can hardly /
+ accounted for but as another result
q the drift of'Asiatic civilization dow
% into the Pacific.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-06-05

The Chief of the Bureau of Statistics,
In his tenth monthly statement for the
current fiscal year of the imports and
exports of the United States. says the
excess Of exports over imports of mer-
chandise was for the ten months ended
April 30, 1870. s241, ,44S, ,62S; do. 1878,
s227, ,042, ,0s7; for twelve months ended
April 30, 1879, s272, ,2l5,77O do. 1873,
1921, ,6SO.013.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-06-05
Robins.

Jack-"Just look at that sneak of a
robinl Wouldn't catapult him if I
had a chancep
Clara-"Catapult a robin! For shame,
Jackp
Jack-sOh, it's all very well; but, if
there's bird I hate more than another,
it's a robin. They come sneaking up
to you in the winter when they want
crumbs, just like the fellows at school
when you've got hamper; and then in
the summer, when they've got their
hamper, they won't look at you"
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-06-05
Light In q New Light.

Among the guests at one OF our
houses of summer resort last season
was blind man who could not "see
hole through ten-foot ladder" When
the hour of retiring arrived the landlord
said to him: Heres your light, Mr.. b."
"What do you suppose I want with a
light 2" was the reply. "Oh, thunder
rejoined the astonished host, u dldnt :
suppose you would so to bed in the
dark. / thought You might feel round
your room better if it was lighted. y
Portland (Me.) Transcript.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-06-05

A SECRET society of malefactors called
Fratuzzi has recently been broken up at
Palermo. 1t was duly organized under
one chief, with subdivisions of labor,
council Of directors, and its own ply
sician, notary, councillors and apothe-
cary. An oath bound the members to
mutual defense and succor, and all in
fringements of the rules were punished
with death. The rites of admission were
horrible. The finger of the candidate
was punctured, and with the blood is
suing from the wound the image of
some saint was sprinkled, and the image
was then burned and the ashes were
scattered to the winds. The neophyte
was afterward conducted to hill
wherein was placed crucifx. The
candidate was stationed opposite. A
pistol was put in his hand, and he was
required TO fire at the crucifx. It il
supposed that the man who shoots at the
image Of the crucifed Redeemer will
have no scruple in killing his father. sor
or brother at the will Of the society, anC
after this proof of his courage the can
didate is dubbed Fratuzza, and made
full member of the craft.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-06-05

TOBACCO is largely cultivated in
Russia, and the seed used on the planta-
tions is from the United States and
Turkey. According to the official report
for the year 1877, there were raised in
twelve southern provinces about 3,0O0,-
900 pools (or 12O, 900 pounds; in
Caucasus, $4,000 pools (or 5000, 900
pounds); and in Siberia, $1,000 pools
(or 1,0s0,oO0 pourds); or, altogether,
about 3,102. 900 pools. At the rate Of
two roubles per pood, the revenue from
tobacco is over &c, 100000 a year. All
the Russian tobacco is consumed by
Russians.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-06-05

fore retiring, one of which took effect be-
tween the shoulders, to the left of the spine.
Price had been employed by Mr.. Black
for about eight years. A short time ago
three hogshe eads of tobacco were stolen from
the firm. Suspicion rested upon Price
among others. The matter was put in the
hands of detectives, who soon proved posi-
lively that Price was the guilty parry, and
told Mr.. Black he ought to prosecute him.
This Mr.. Black declined doing out of feel
ings of kindness to the mans family.
Price was discharged, and it is sup
posed for this reason alone he sought such
terrible revenge.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-06-05

THE marriage of the parents Of the
new Bulgarian ruler Is said to have been
very romantic. Prince Alexander, Of
Hesse, the favorite brother of the EN-
press Of Russia, when visiting his sister,
saw and fell in love with one of her
lsdiesin-waiting, Mile. de Kenck. When
their affection was made manifest, great
was royal displeasure-and when the
Prince and the beautiful -oung woman
ran away and got married, the Gar was
so angry that the disobedient pair were
for many years forbidden to enter his
dominions. The Empress, however, took
her brothers. part and gave him her
charming country seat of Jugenheim,
near Darmstadt.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-06-05

The "FoRTY THIEvEs."-A Yankee
who had never paid more than 25 cents
to see an exhibition went to New York
theater one night to see the "Forty
Thieves" The ticket-seller charged
him rs cents for ticket. Passing the
pasteboard back, he quietly remarked
keep it, mister; don't want to see
the other thirty-nine," and out he
marched.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-06-05

WALTER TEEvALYAS, the late English
advocate of temperance, willed his $780,
900 stock of wine to the Royal Society,
for scisntifc purposes. Now, says the
Troy Times, If the temperance men of
England keep 1000 stocks of wine in
their cellars, will somebody tell how
much the red-nosed bibbers of the tight
little isle generally lay in?
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-06-05

AN honest man is wanted for Treas
urer of Brown county, Wis. Van
Straclin was elected by the Republ-
cans, although his record was bad, and
he stole $4,000. Burkart, Democrat,
absconded next with 100000. Then
Republicans and Democrats united to
elect Ellis, whose probity nobody
doubted, and an investigating commit
tee now figures up his theft at $4,000.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-06-05
An Extreme Test.

Arthur Gilman tells the following OF
an old lady at Concord: "Have you
gi ven electricity a trial for your COM
plsint, madam p asked the minister, as
he took tea with the old lady. "Elec-
tricityi" said she. SWELL, yes, / reckon
IL has. I was struck by Ii, htning last
summer and hove out the window, but
il didn't seem to do me no sort OF
good" Boston Trdvelier.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-06-05

JOHN SwNToN, New York editor
and Communist, said, the other day,
that three-fourths of New York's popu-
lation are sunk in squalor; that wretches
souander the wealth seized from the
grimy masses; that industry and busi-
ness are in chronic agony that religion
/ is the mask of wrong, and that there
are signs Of the approach OF some
dreadful catastrophe.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-06-05

AN ancient mound resembling the
Aztec mounds Of the Mississippi Valley
has been discovered in Japan. A
scientific examination of the remains
that have been dug up from it furnishes
reason for believing that cannibalism
was practised by the Japanese in pre-
historic times. The human bones that
were found among the bones of beasts
evidence that the flesh upon them
had been cooked, and the marks still left
upon the joints are such as could have
been made only by human teeth. 1t is
from Just such evidence as is furnished
by the Japanese remains that archeol-
ogists came to the conclusion that can.
nibalism had been practised by some OF
the ancient inhabitants of North
America.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-06-05

THIS has been good season for the
Newfoundland seal fishing. 1t is
roughly estimated five hundred thousand
seals have been taken, giving about one
hundred and six thousand cwts. OF oil.
Such q number Of seals must make a
large impression on the oil market.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-06-05


NEWSPAPERS are used in many public
schools of the West, instead of books,
for reading lessons. We are afraid this
is untrue, but the idea is a good one.
The introduction of newspapers in
higher classes, two or three times during
the week would add to the interest OF
the pupils, and would assist much in
opening to them the wide world around
them. Then the very errors that more
frequently creep into type in newspapers
than in more carefully printed books,
could be made to teach their lessons.
One OF the very successful teachers of
English grammar is said to devote an
hour or two every week to the detection
of grammatical and typographical er-
rors In newspapers, and his pupils take
greater interest in this than in almost
any other feature of their exercises or
studies.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-06-05

EDWARD RICHARDSON, of jackson,
Miss, probably is the wealthiest man in
the South. He is reputed to be worth
from three to five millions of dollars.
He owns nineteen plantations, and
markets about forty-fve million pounds
Of cotton every year.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-06-05

A TROUT which had become petrified
in the root of tree has been found in
Nevada mine. The fish is about six
inches in length and shows very plainly
the spots on its side and back. It must
have run into hole in the root of the
tree for hiding pl,ce and there been
caught and petrified.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-06-05

NuRsr-"Did you put that nasty mud
on the doorstep, Master Charles9 y
Little Master Charles" No, nurse
Nurse (artfllly)-" But Isaw you from
the window" Charles (more artfully)
That You didn't, for I looked up at
all the windows before ! did it."
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-06-05


The General Omnibus Company of
Paris has for some time past made use
of electricity for subduing vicious horses.
BY the process adopted, intractable
animals given to biting, rearing and
kicking are rendered inofensive, and
submit peaceably to be groomed and
harnessed. To obtain this result weak
current Of electricity is passed into the
mouth Of the horse each time it becomes
restive. The will Of the animal seem,
almost annibilated. The current is pro
duced by small induction machine oi
the Clarke system, the wires of which
communicate with the bit of the bride
The employment of electricity is said tc
produce sort of uneasiness or torpol
rather than pain, and is much less bar
barous than many tanning methodi
hitherto adopted. Fff rr
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-06-05
TOPICS OF THE DAY

Dunno the year 1878 the Chicago
water Works pumped the enormous ag-
ereeate of 11,145,S70,232 gallons of
water TO consumers in that city, at a
cost of s6. IS per million gallons.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-06-05

Mr.. ii. Won BAYER, of the Hydro
graphic Office, Washington, has just is
sued "diagram for finding heights
and distances, specially intended for the
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-06-05

IT Ia decided that W-ster's die
tionary is the best.-Philadelphia Times.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-06-05

AT Cincinnati, prominent business man
and honored citizen was shot down in cold
blood while writing at his desk by negro,
who evidently deliberately planned the
deed. The victim was Mr.. Willie Black of
the firm of Willie Black g. Co., the we'll
known tobacco dealers. Their place of
business is on the north side of Front
street, nearly opposite the Suspension
Bridge. 1t was in the warehouse where
the bloody affair occurred. At eleven o'clock
in the morning Mr.. Black was sitting at his
desk in his Office in the second
floor of the warehouse, quietly writing,
when the murderer, George Price, entered
the Office door, not ten feet away from the
| victims desk. Price had q covered basket
on his arm. Without speaking word to
any one, he put his hand undsr the cover Of
the basket, and drawing fsgth large re
volver, deliberately pointed 1t at his victim
and began firing, and fred three shots be
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-10-17

~ TeriinEton Goddin.
Real Estate Agent and Anct
corner az E1erenth audsB Bank streetS.

SALE OF LARGE BRICK
a. PaE sonTH sib SIASIE gETWEEEs
KNOWN asS rs THE ERa sE lem s,ds, IN
virtue OF deed g, 9, truss
Is75 duly recorded In Richmond Chnrcery Court,
in Rock q. mage 469, we shall In further execution
& Isl &
9ssss HI ;st GhKF VaL e FRI REAL
EsT located as above The LOT has front Of
1s fsassE Ss 1if E1ss
ING three sees a9oIs BRCK
erectrd By The late H. r. LefeDvre tor boarding.
and asoaeer abo i thirty
ending two hand ,ome pariors, reception. rooms,
T e eniS e ae eT naVns on Grace
street Of about soxl So feet to said alley.
The foregoing real estate L. located on GraS Grace
Uses were originally designed by Mr. LeIeoyre Tor
Grst.cIass residence anu boardiDe-scl ana nave
been used as such by ne e r hat
for a boarding-house or u large 1amllS 'nes nave
h TEnMs The Said real estate being subject to a
prior deed of trust executed by the same parties 70
W. Goddin and A NJ Kelley trustees: IL VIII 6e soia
eas to denY sale and to pay
balance OF the debt represented. BY us. WHICH Is
644O6.95, with interest from 4th August, 1873.
Second. TO discharge the debt secured by the hrst
deed to Messrs Goddin Kelley. trustees, payable
isl 5937l on fhe 26th December next; the Ike
sum OF s159 81 on the 26ih March next; the IKE
sum of 1887 on the 2eth June next; and also
ON that day the principal sum of $1,000. AS to the
residue Of The proceeds OF sale, upon such terms as
the SAID debtor may prescribes ami direct Or on bs
failure TO give any direction, Then or credt Oh one
wear, the whole credit payments being secured by
Negotiable notes aud decd OF trust on tie pro-
perty. 49,
part fcularly called 10 this sale.
49, - ]. II. CARRlNGTOS.} Trustees.
oc +. j. LEVY, H''>-S'
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-10-17

u 4, hon,as 4. Griffith, OF Utica, - said 20
Z, Me- srst rreenback issued by the unfteo
Saves i3oyarnmert. He has refused an onei
"a sava,, hundred dollars for 1t. II IL 10
Ithntisand dollar erecnback ne is sensioie'
hat ii Ii il q one dollar bill Thomas mas low I.
sred himself In our estimate lon - ZONE ioen'
tiTes.
they were coming home from !. I ,is
afore. Said she,s"ft was JUST splsnussu'
but II made me mad when they prougnt , sna.
silly hardly ever into 1t. oa Don . pea.
anything else nowadays, and saoula sn.n !,
they coaid get along without orinsins =
| into Pinafore.'
An exchange has an article osa 81 HOW 70
p1,, !. Newsnaper.r This should be reau
anly 10 editors, as every other person IN
the world knows Just how newspaper
ought TO be run.-Du cay;
1rta barberos razor took hold OF bis beard
wsth a vengeance, when he locked up ana
said. apolosetically, ".My dear sir, came {,
| In TO ret sbaved--net TO get tooth puiieo.,
Turner'S Falls Reporter.
What is the difference between q DAIRY
maid and a stormy petrelr One Skins tne
milk and the other skins the water Netc
Hnpen REGISTER. We don't, even now, quite
ses the difference. Boston Post.
aThe very soil OF France" says recent
writer, A sprouts immortality" But France
| is not peculiar in this regard. You can
find loose earth in every country.--Asoany
Joarnas.
An Indiana medical student wears pair
OF shoes made OF human skin. HOW Apply
| does Hamlet exclaim: !" To what pase
shoeses NAV we come s1s-ss Il - e..
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-10-17

III Il 49,
SCHEDULE OF TRAINS,
~ TAXING FFREGT OCTOREp1 ,n..

~
~ TAKING EFFECT OCTOBER !. 1870
PASSENGER TRAINS.
800 r. II: Leave Richmond dar texce,, On
dayl. connecting a, West p"i,, nn-
TUESDAY: THURSDAY. and d. ss IN
EhDA1: win steamers for al lans
!ngs on Inc YORK river and for Bail.
THROUGH FREIGHT TRAINS.
300 a. NJ Leave Richmond daily fcxce,,. o.
1000 A. N. day., connecting at IVES. Pom, snn-
s! s ss5L.n for Baltimore on MOEDHYa'
3THHt TksbhY, w sSd F s XXfErsf3%??;'
with steamers for New Ysrt !:
Mo Nd Y, WEDNESDAY,. ap p1
tklDAf; with STEAMER. Tor rr"srIi
f FRfDa a9e Boston on TUESDAY and
LOCAL FREIGHT TRAM.
CLIO A. IL. Leave Richmond MONDAY ur,
aEsDAY. and FRIDAY. Lie
PASSENGER TRAINS.
1000 4. u. Arrive at Richmond daily h.x....
sunday. connecting al Wa.t ~
ISSESRAY, THURSDAY, and AT T'
y wmnAi Win steamers from f:anI.
THROUGH FREIGHT TRAINS.
500 r. 81 Sunday. connecn 9' at a'i,y !eTcsp:
%. WIN, s' S.n,.i from Baltimore, Nrs'
LOCAL FREIGHT TRAM
1855 P. ~. AEr,yes az R!chmonn MoSn,v
WEDNESDAY, aad FKTn,Y"Ai,
No transfer Of freight At f;lcnIlr', -, j.
couthsrn Points. Cars run through be:weer 6,l''ta
Careful handling and dispatch, With !owe.. ,..
guaranteed. '''Fss rates,
Through bills Of lsdi1g. WITH s@ar.nees -,o.
For ir formation. apply 1T Office OF ,tn ,.
Twenty-tbird and Dock streets. Richmond V ,pa!'
oc4 II. DOUGLAS. >sr-.rinte,S.,,