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The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-09-25
The Hair We Wear.

The South of France and Brittany con-
tribute to the human hair market the
largest amout of the black hair. Thither
each year agents Of the Partisan whole
sale houses go to gather an average crop
of more than two hundred thousand
pounds weight. From one to five francs
is about the usual price ola head, Of
hair The dealers are provided with rib
bons, silks, laces and jewelry, which they
often succeed in exchanging for black OF
golden tresses. They attend allthe. fairs
and merry -makings, and at a Breton fair
may be seen a number. of them sur
rounded by peasant girls ready to be
sheared like sheep as they stand in row
one after another with their caps in
their hands, ready. for the scissors, and
their long hair combed out and falling
like veil about them. Sometimes it is
a man and sometimes woman who cuts
off the hair, placing it in a large basket,
provided for the occasion and into which
every successive crop of hair, tied up in
q wisp, is thrown by itself. AS it is the
fashion in those parts to wear, close cap
which thoroughly obstructs, the view OF
coils or braids Of hair, it can make nc
difference whether they have them OF
not Hence, ,it is said, theigirls seem tc
bring their hair to market asregularly as
they do peas and cabbages and eggs, and
that peasant girl parts with her hail
as readily as the stern uncle in oldfash
ioned plays parts with his guineas in the
last act. For choice heads of hair, like
choice old pictures or choice old ch ina,
there is no limit in the price they may
command, hEiHY sHStlliils ; s3' 20 f'dl
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-09-25
The PenDsyIyuniu Murderers.

A special from Harrisburg, Penn, says
" The Boardsof Pardons have..refused to recon-
mend the murderers, Peter McManus and Jno.
O'Neil, Mollie Maguires of Northumberland
county, and Andrew Tracy, of Mexican, to the
favorable consideration of the Governor, and
they will be hanged on the 9th of October.
McManus and O'Neil on December IS, 1874,
with a club and hammer, beat to death Fred
erick Hesser, then Coroner Of Northumberland
county, and a watchman at a collier near
Shamoken. The murderers were arrested this
year. Tracy, who was a lawyer of Mexican
county, murdered Miss Mary Riley, his cousin,
September 1s, 1878, by shooting her in the
head while she was walking with companion,
the assassin approaching from behind. Tracy
had been in love with the girl, and his friends
assert that he shot her in a fit of insanity,
caused by the obstacles interposed to the inter-
marrying of cousins in the Catholic Church,
of which Miss Riley and himself were members
Counsel for the Commonw ealth before the Par
don Board asserted that the crime was inspired
by jealousy, resulting from pleasant relations
existing between the girl and a man named
Thomas Carroll, who says they were engaged
to be married."
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-09-25
Z The Small Boys Corn Essay.

Corns are of two, kmds--vegetable
and animal. Vegetable, corn grows in
rows; animal corn grows on toes. There
are several kinds of corn; there is the
unicorn " capricorn, corn, dodgers, field
corn, and the corn which is the corn you
most feel Tt is said that gophers like
corns; but persons having, eorns do not
like to ego fur ," if they can help it,
Corns have kernels, and some Colonels
have acorns. Vegetable corns grow on
ears, but animal corns grow on the feet
at the other end of the body. Another
kind of corn. is the acorn; these kind
grow on oaks, but there is no hoax about
: the corn. The acorn is a corn with an
indefinite article indeed. . Try it and see.
Many a man when he has corn wishes
it was an acorn, Folks that have. corns
sometimes send for doctor, and, if the
doctor himself is corned, he probably
won't do so we'll iasif he isn't. The doctor
says corns are produced by tight boots
and shoes, which is probably the reason
why, when a man is tight, they say he is
corned. If farmer manages well, he
can get good deal of corn on an acre,
but I know Of a azfarmera who has a corn
that makes the biggest acher onhis farm.
The bigger crop Of, vegetable corn a man
raises, the better. he likes it; but the
bigger crop of animal corn, the better he
does not like It. Another kind Of corn
is the corn dodger a'The way it is made
isvery simple, and is as follows that is,
if you want to knows, 4 You go along, the
street and meet man you know has a
corn, and a rough character; then you
step on the toe that has a corn on it,
and see if you don't have occasion to
[ dodge. YsiI % mAa ieuhlIlLha ~ .AfnN
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-09-25
".White squaw Heap Brave.
IHo, Springs, Cor. Charlton Leader.


Miss Maggie Foreman came few days
ago to the Springs, which are situated
twenty-eight miles above Fort Steele on
the head waters of the. North Platte,
with her sister. Jim Adams, a noted
hunter and scout, accompanied the party
as guide and general protector. Adams,
who is Miss Foreman's ibrother-in-law,
was raised in Mount Pleasant, Iowa, and
came West, in the. early days of the
Union Pacific Railroad. He is a brave
scout. On Tuesday last Adams started
on broncho to ride to surveying party
on Medicine Bow mountains, leaving his
trained horse with us. Adams had been
gone but little while when Miss Fore
man expressed a desire to. ride, her
brothers horse She galloped around
the camp for a while, and was about to
dismount, when shot was heard about
five hundred yards up the river, and a
moment later an enormous black. elk
came dashing out of rayine, with Jim
Adams in full chase. The elk was
wounded, but vet able to run at great
speed. The writer handed to Miss Fore
! man a large army Colts revolver 81
Miss Foreman took the weapon and
started toward the elk. The. horse had
Ue6u luOIOuSuly OidiHCu AOl SuCh WIN
by MI: Adams and dashed forward with
frightful speed Adams urged his horse
in vain naendeaxor to- overtake her. but
| the, little broncho which he Ibestrode was
no match for his own favorite steed. The
elk started for the mouth of a canon
about mile distant, through which it
could reach the higher mountains. Miss
Foreman was seen to fret revolver at
the elk. Two, three, four shots were fired,
and yet, the speed of the elk was not
1essened, but at the fifth shot it was OBJ
served to waver,, stagger, and in "a mo-
ment fall heavily to the ground Then
Miss f. was seen tc halt and fire another
shot into the animal as it lay struggling
near the horses feet The elk weighed
about one thousand pounds, "A number
of Yuma Jacks band of Yute' Indians
who witnessed the chase, gazed upon the
| heroine with amazement, one Of them
remarking: White squaw. heap. brave
ride all same like wind in storm De-.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-09-25
Murder and Its Penalty

The "boy murderer" Louis Guetig, was
hanged at indianapolis, on the 10Th inst, the
anniversary Of the murder of the young lady
Miss McGlew at his hands. There was never
a more deliberate murder than that of which
Guetig was guilty. The cause for the rash act
was Jealousy. The girl who was employed in
the same hotel in which he was clerk, and who
had been receiving his attentions, had rejected
him on account of his dissolute habits and in
protection of her own good name. He became
furious, procured revolver, and shot her. In
the presence of two companions she begged
pteously on her knees for him to spare her life,
saying she would promise anything he
asked. Needless and heartless he shot
her, first in the face, then in the abdomen,
and then in the head. When arrested he said
with an oath that he had intended to kill her
and was glad he had done it, He has paid the
penalty of his crime paid it in the same stole,
and even fendish manner that he has, all
along, betrayed over the murder of innocent
Mary McGlew.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-09-25
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King AlfOnsO's Bride Elect.

The Archduchess Marie Christine of
Austria, who is, to become the. wife. of
King Alfonso XII, of Spain, is a lady
twenty -one years Of age. Her traits are
grace and youth, but no one wouldt think
of calling her pretty. Still, in converse
tion she is charming, and her eye is full
of vivacity. She, is very fond of danc-
ing, rather too much SO indeed to meet
the views of Journalists who think that
such an inclination is mot quite the
thing in an abbess, the young Arch
duchess holding that digniheda position
in relation to the Church. She is Abbess
of the Noble Chapter of Prague, and has
under her jurisdiction twelve Chanoi-
nesses. Her charge under the statutes
established by Marie-T -Therese, give her q
revenue Of 10000 'forins per year, the
SChanoihesses having a salary of 1900
forms each. sItreqilires certain degree
of nobility to secure admission to- the
Chapter, and as the title of Archduchess
is necessary in order to secure the title
of Abbess in the Chapter of Prague, that
position will remain vacafitEa long time
If the present Abbess becomes Queen of
Spain. a .1iTiquax .-i5ls4}.s "a IL
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-09-25
When Women Become Sensible.


The man who meets and loves the
woman of twenty-five is truly fortunate,
and she is equally fortunate in meeting
and loving him, says writer in a femi-
nine journal. At that age she seldom de-
ceives herself and is, seldom deceived.
She may not have, She is not likely to
have then, her first sentimental expert
ence; but such experience at such an
age is more than sentimental and rarely
everfeeting. She looks back at the youths
she, imagined she was, enamored of be-
tween sixteen or eighteen, or even twenty
two, and they are worse, than Indifferent
or.repellant to her they are ridiculous,
and in some sort she, as she then was, is
ridiculous. to herself. She cannot but
think what she escaped; she cannot but
be grateful to her destiny that her SYM
pathies and affections have been re-
served for worthy object and a higher
end. At twenty-five, if ever a woman
knows and estimates herself She is
less liable to, emotional or mental mis-
takes; she is far surer of her future, be-
cause she feels that her fate is, to Ger
tain extent, in her own hands. Not only
is she lovelier and more loveable, broader
and stronger than she has been, but her
welded happiness and powers of endur-
ance are in manner guaranteed.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-09-25
The Mule and the Small Boy.

A boy, apparently very much agitated,
rushed into house yesterday and said to
the lady:un,I siJI riis1.i :, aas4g.
II don't ter alarm yer, but I've got
big news. The man sent me up from the
livery stable to tell yer.H o. n1.Js32
Good heavens, what is itT' ..-,,
,"Why, you know your little boy
Afeck, what the man can't keep outen
the livefy stable round the cornerg'. i
Yes, wellf' 4 r........, .f.....I t.,.s,,
'ssI told Aleck Just now not to 60 inter
the stable eamong the horses, but he
wouldn' t. mind me "-a.,E <...lsr5.f
"Oh, dear!, What has happened?'
q He said he wanted to see what q
mule 'ud do when yer tickled its heels
with straw q L.,,., -.oui,,.,19 ~.
aOh, heaSens!" gasped the lady, and
chung to- the mantel for supportbHa all
Llif 'Wen, sir, yer boy Aleok got straw,
snuck up, behind sorrel mule, hckled
4 him on the heels, an " .-- aSi''' @
D The lady started for the door, aas
90. An, the blamed critter never lifted
a hoof, called the, boy. Never as
much as switched its tail. lisa mighty
good thing for Aleck thathe didn't toe;
and thought I'd come up and tell yer
And he dodged out the side entrance, p
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-09-25

This country seeks for nothing more
than is its proper due from other coun-
triTs. What it gets in the way Of priv
ileges from others it is willing to pay
for. But having paid for privileges, it
wants them. ) o This undeniable right
seems to have been wantonly refdsed by
the Dominion aGovernment, under one
protext or another, in the Fortune Bay
affair, and not only that, but positive
damages were visited on friendly Amer
lean fishermen. OF course the United
States cannot tamely put up with such
treatment of our citizens, and all par
ties will sustain the Government in any
proper diplomatic action to obtain re-
dress for injuries done, in violation tof
the Treaty of Washington, and to pre-
vent the repetition of such wrongs.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-09-25
Singular Conduct Of a Swan.

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Three years ago a young child Of T
L. Ellsworth was buried in Pine Grove
Cemetery, andia rocking horse place dbe-
side sthe grave The lot lis one of the
most conspicuous in the cemetery, and
is located neara miniature lake in which
several white swans, disported. Soon
ALTERS the interment one Of the swans
mounted the Ellsworth lot, and has ever
since kept watch over the grave of the
child, scarcely leaving the smppnd even
! to eat, Any one who attempts.a near
approach of the grave is greeted with ths
birds shrilP cries and preparation for I'm
at tack, which aiss msde if the grave or
rocking-horse is touched, aud the bird
invariably drives eff strangers. The
swans mateendssvoredi for Esome time
to induce her companion to return to the
lake. hut without success and deventually
died Of grief. Hundreds ofpsople have
visited, the cemetery TO, witness tho
', ',singuhsr conduct Of this self-statiohed
isefitinel. hlpoda ,ssAgfS4 hGn oii8a4 sass2
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-09-25
Mesmeric Matrimonial Miseries,


The Rev. Mr.. Munson, who performed
his own marriage ceremony before the
Adventist congregation at Worcester,
Mass, and is now in Jail on the charge Of
horse stealing, has finally lost the syn-
pathy of his wife, formerly Miss Eaton.
She says that he controlled her by mes
meric influence, and absence from him
has broken the spell. Their union was
brought about by correspondence. Nun
son, who then lived in Missouri, wrote to
the Dansville, IN Y.) Laans of Life that
he wanted a hygienic wife," The editor
published the following comments:
"This gentleman wants to, get married,
wants a 'hygienic wife, and wants me
to introduce him. Now, I don't know
the gentleman, except as he states his
own case; but, if there be any girl or
woman who herself wants to get married,
and would like to be, addressed by
a man who claims to be a good
Christian, but does not want to
marry one who has not a conscience
toward, and an intelligent love for, the
laws of life and health, she can address
this person as above. I give this notice
at his request, and trust that he is sin
cere in making it." Miss Eaton an
swered the clergyman's appeal, large
number of letters passed between the two,
and at length he went to Worcester to
see her. She did not like him at first,
but gradually he gained complete control
of her, and she did all that he told her
to do, even to cutting off her uncom-
monty beautiful hair ia-A }'s-A
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-09-25
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Do Men Resemble. Animals Z

g A writer in the Boston Irdreller7 in
-quires, What animal am / like? and
then proceeds to Gas others have done
before him). the close resemblance not
only In the faces Of men with those of
beasts, but similarscharacterist in their
mental and moral composition No man,
he thinks likes to be told he looks like a
dog; no woman that she resembles a sheep,
and yet there are men and women who
look like both. The niser has his proto-
type to the rodents,p whose two narrow,
gnawing teeth are .eternally reproduced
in humanity. The proud peculiarity Of
the strong gray boards, is to look like a
lion and Longfe1low has that distinc-
ton. Christopher North looked like a
noble mastiff; but other menahad a more
ludicrous resemblance to dogs of an in
ferior, breed. A ch-whiskered .indi-
vidua1 driving in a Victoria down town,
with hts Scotch terrier asked a witty
lady what she thought Of them. Whyp'
said she 81 thought YOU were beside
yourself!'' A. man of. the sDundreary
type can look very like a terrier. The
bulldog finds his manly prototype in Bill
Sykes, and we have all seen slender,
greyhound looking men, and little,
mean, ferret faces, > oni the lookout for
game. Men of ssardonic temper and
smooth outlines, who are. wise enough to
wear a white, straight mustache, have a
grand resemblance to a Bengal tiger.
Theyzlook cruel, 1butiitlis "a handsome,
strong cruelty. No one can help respect
| ing Bengal tiger, although his traits
are scarcely amiable. 4-.ItsstK..t
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-09-25
Miss Thurston'sS Adventure.
b sea watertown Times. 3


81 Probably the handsomest balloon as
,cension, that ever took place in Northern
New York was made by Miss aThursten,
at Carthage, on Friday, the 18th inst It
was witnessed by !, thousands of people,
The people of Eowville saw her as She
passed over that place, since which time
nothing has been heard from her, a.
telegram from Port Leyden told moth! !!
ing of her whereabouts had been heard
there. Messages from Lowyille and
Carthage stated that no tidings have Yet
been received there. Greatanxietyabout
this brave lady existed all along the
route, between. this city and Utica, Final
ly, a dispatch from Lowyille, on Satur-
day night, says that Miss Thurston came
out of the woods, arriving there at 6 o.
clock Saturday evening, haying spent the
previous night sitting ona log The bal
loon got away from her, and carried
ssssafyth,ng T,sP shs aer e,e,hes Te5s
not seriously hurt. t.H4t1 TJaF ssBa : 20
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-09-25

RELIGIOUS revivalism in England has
taken a curious form. outside the estab-
lished church. The converts join what
they call the Salvation Army, the
leader of which is styled General, and
the idea of warfare against sin is car.
ried out in numerous ways. The differ
ent congregations are crops" and are
designated by numbers; the word SOL
dier takes the place of brother" :" and
"sister;" and before each meeting a
procession moves through the streets Of
the nejghborhood with drums, flies and
banners. The meetings are of the
American camp meeting sort, the fer
vor being so 9nstratiye as To- startle
staid John Bull.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-09-25
The Boston Holocaust.

Of the Boston holocaust, it said that when..the
fire was discovered by the policeman at II AS
flames were breaking out of the first floor,
having burned through the stairs, making
them impossible. Smoke was rolling up the
narrow stair-cases and awakend the inmates.
Before the iremen could arrive with their lad
ders they had either leaped from windows, gone
to the. roof in hope of safety, or dropped suffo-
Gated in the halls. The list of dead comprises
five, which number may be increased to seven
or eight. The old couple on the first floor
made their escape and were not heard of dur
ing the night. The Gillespie family escaped with
the exception of the wife and mother. The latter
fifty years old, might have escaped by walking G
only about six feet, but became bewildered and
swooned in her room. She was found by the fire.
man in an apparently dying condition, and
taken to the station with other victims of the
fire. Her injuries are terrible burns, external
and internal. Rose Pfeifer, aged twenty three,
was found in the hall of the second floor. Mrs
Pfeifer and two children jumped from the win
dow and were but slightly hurt, but Pfeifer,
the father, was lost. Meroth, ON the third
floor, lifted his son Charles, aged fourteen, out
of the window and allowed him to drop to the
ground, distance of forty Feet, then instructed
his wife and daughter Rosie to jump, which they
did. Last of all he himself jumped to the
ground, and in falling. met instant death.
Mrs. Meroth is at the City Hospital with frac-
lures of both legs and one arm and her face
bruised beyond recognition. The daughter
Rosie sustained no serious injury, but Charles
is badly hurt. Heldred took his wife to the
roof, and then went down stairs, where he was
caught by the flames and burned, probably ia
tally. Mrs. Heldred's body, charred beyond
recognition, found on the roof. Charles
Heldred, the son, is at the hospital internally
injured from jumping to the ground, with an
arm broken.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-09-25

The Chinese in California have or
gauized- branches of the Masonicserder,
and are-turning the organization and
its secret methods to considerable practl
cal use. To counteraet the influence OF
this fraternity, mutual protective socie'
ties are being formed by nom Masonic
Cinnamon, who assert that the Masonic
order is antagonistic to the present en-
peror of China. All of the rival associ'
ations that characterize Chinese life in
California are noted for the bitter ami
mostly existing between them, and these
secret fraternities are not exceptions.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-09-25

CAPTAIN WILLIAM H., PLACE, who
spent fifteen years in the capacity of a
public carrier over the old Vanderbilt
route across Nicaragua, speaks in glow
ing terms ofthe projected canal across
that country. According to the Cap
tain's statement-and he should be
familiar with the subject-there is
water communication at present from
the Gulf of Mexico to within five miles
of the Pacific ocean. The work of max
iog canal over this short span. he
says, presents no intricate engineering
problems, and labor is plenty on the
Pacific coast.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-09-25

THE Hudson river grape crop, all ac-
counts say, is very large. The bulk of
the crop is grown on the western shore,
between Esopus and Cornwall. 1t is
stated that in the aggregate, the vines
will yield three tons 70 the acre. Dur
ing the last three years large quantities
of cuttings have been planted. This year
many vineyards will yield a fun crop
for the first time. The principal va
riety grown Is the Concord. The Della
wares and Hartfords are cultivated in a
few places to limited extent.