The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-07-24

p The forage for the cavalry horses in
Zululand is. sent from England, as
colonial food doesn't at first suit the
English horses. .19dmsIqs2 iEs
. THERE is believed to sbe-mere snow
on the Alps in SWitzefland at present
than has ever before been known at
this time OF the year.
Y WIN. GALE, Of Cardiff, has Just COM
pleted at Bradford, England, the unex-Dl
ampled feat ofswalking 2,500 miles in
1000 consecutive hours LlsasgF $40
The last accusation against the Nihi-
lists in Russia is that they have taken
! to The issue of counterfeit1 bills of the
bank, and to the coinage of false
money. ,a3z-rf .... -,...,
= THERE are seventy cigar factories in
Florida, all making imported Havana
cigars, which are considered very fine
by smokers, who think they are getting
q smnggled article. I szH sd4 15 r
{ GEN. GARIBALDI has taken the trouble
to execute formal notaria1 act renounc-
ing Capreraas his recognized residence,
and declaring his domicile permanently
established in Rome.
4 In accordance. with the order of the
Governor General of st. Petersburg,
arms can be sold only to persons who
furnish special permit from the Mayor,
and the permits MUST be preserved BY
the dealers in arms.
I The Chicago Common Council has
voted that Sunday drinkers may enter
the. fbar-rooms by the front doors, in
stead of going in by the side doors.
That is to Say, the Council have resolved
not to attempt to- stop the Sunday
iqnor traffic ss5Issu - s5t II vs
A DEEP well at Stockton, Kan, has
run dry, and is emitting sulphurous
fumes Mr. Dapping firmly believing
that the bottom has fallen into hell,
maintains position day and. night at
the opening, with an ak at hand, ready
to kin the devil when he energies. sd
THE saying of an old philosopher,
that if he had a lever long enough he
could move the world, leads a country
correspondent to write TO the Wheeling
Pa.}o Leader that, if he had q dried
apple big enough he could soak up the
Pacific ocean.
/ One more impossible thing is to be
growing man by looking at your posi-
ton in society for iafiuence, instead of
bringing influence to your position.
Therefore prefer rather to climb up the
/ MH With difficulty to be steamed up by
q power outside e1yourseM. OBJ sw IT .99
b The existence of coal was known to
the ancients, although very little use
was made of it., Theophrastns, the pu--
pl Of Aristotle, in o treatise on stones,
speaks Of "a fossil substance called
GOALS" Probably, even before this, coal
was used by, the Chinese, for their mines
are undoubtedly very ancient. The
| old Britons are supposed to have used
coal in q very small way. y.ag4ad ib ssi.
l. TIE scholars in aBinghamton school
having been given the dangerous priv
ilege of writing about any person in the
room, one little chap was smart enongh.
to get hit at the teacher in behalf of
his fellows in this wise Miss - is
q small woman, about half as tall as
Baxnums egispt9 She Jerks. the boys
around and thinks she's smart, but she
don't get there.Y The privileges has been
resclnnaneeo'g nnneo.g egtii[ adi Eafsildrq sw uof
f. THERE is a notion entertained by
some doctors that alcohol may be an
antidote, oore at least antagonistic to
/ Ediphtheria, as quinine is to malaria. In
IAsqpportipg this view, one practitioner
| gives the results Of fifteen years ex-'
penence, extending over four epidem-
les, in which he treated 125 cases, and
lost on1y, one patient, while the mortality
under ordinary treatment was from 20
to 80 per cent,5Aaiw sdi dgnosdi baii
Ip The island of Caprera viii know Gar
! ibaldi nomore. He has executed formal
notariaI act by which he renounces his
| recognized domicile as being there. and
declares it permanently in Rome. . He
has possibly done this in 4, order effect
lsively to contradict the statement given
! forth, like thousands of others from this
| spot, with all the assertion of anthem
,ticity,, that, Disguised with his visit so
Rome, he intended returning to Caprera
| as speeitily as possible alo1 yGiNf