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The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-01-18

WANTED - SECONDHAND CARRIAGES
w and buggies of all description. Parties
sale by sending the same to No. 35 Oarondelet
street, Also offers large assortment of new
work of every description at very low rates,
MO sot l.. T. MADDUX.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-01-23
FOREIGN SUMMAR Y.

A ST. PETERSBURG letter, dated January
1, says collision occurred on the Warsaw
Railway, thirty miles from ST. Petersburg,
on the 10th inst, by which twenty persons
we're killed and thirty.two injured, twenty
one dangerously.
A DISPATCH from Philippopolis states
that railroad train fell into the river Orda
and that q Russian General and several
other officers and two hundred men were
drowned The accident was caused by the
breaking down of the bridge.
The decision of the Belgium Government
to hold an International Exhibition at
Brussels in 1880, was not arrived at with
out much discussion. 1t was contended
that the proposed Exhibition would follow
too closely that of Paris; bat now that the
matter is decided, the Government an
nounces its intention to leave nothing
undone to make the Exhibition great
success.
| Don BALDMERo EsPARTERo, whose
death at Madrid is announced, was the old
est statesman of prominence in Europe. He
was born in 1892, and began his career as
soldier in 1903. He entered political life al
| the champion OIL lsdDcli6 WHICH lha1 Aoeo
rious woman was babe, and in a few years
became the leader of the Royalist party. HI
was Regentin 1910, was Premier in 1854, ant
was one of the candidates for the crown il
1870.
AsTRAKHAN, where the plague is reported
raging, is province of European Russi'
on the western coast of the Caspian Sea
In extent it is one.third larger thai
the State of Illinois, and is divided
by the River volga into about equa
parts. The province has a population
of about half million, and is one o
the saline districts of Southern Russia
The City of Astrakhan, an island il
the Volga, about forty n lies from ii
mouth, is the center of the Caspian 6s
trade. The province is in the line of marc
of the Cossacks returning from the can
paign in Asia, and it is stated that the
brought the plague with them. A NOR
plausible theory is that it toriginated in tn
dirty streets of the city.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-01-23
PR USSlA'S WEALTH.

The Prussian income tax returns of
the present year indicate that that coun-
try does not possess very large number
of wealthy people. According to the
official record there are only one hun
dred and seventy-nine persons in the
kingdom who have an income of more
than $36 900 per annum, and this num-
ber inclndes two members of the Roth
schild family and Herr Krupp, of Essen,
the famous cannon manufacturer. As
regards income, these three stand in the
order in which they are given, though,
as the names are not made public-the
income and the district are alone given
it is impossible to say which of the
two Rothschild brothers is the wealthier.
On descending scale it is found that
only 1,240 individuals report annual re-
ceipts of over $4,000. Compared with
this country, even in these days OF bust.
ness depression, this is an exceedingly
poor showing.
Twelve thousand dollars is, no doubt
a large sum of money, and it probably
represents more with the Prussians thar
it does with us; but after making al
needed allowances, we are almost forced
to the alternative that income in Prussii
must be systematically underestimated
or else that there is larger number o
fairly wealthy people in Philadelphi,
than in that entire country. Although
there is no way of definitely proving tn
assertion, it cannot be considered an ex
travagant statement to say that proba
bly, 1900 persons in Philadelphia will
this year have an income of not les
than $4,000. 1t should be borne il
mind, however, that a certain income il
most European countries represents, ia
more than it does here, acquired proI
erty from which it is derived. In on
,, case it is the natural, though small, n
!. turn received upon past accumulation
while in the other it may be due, almot
wholly, to the rapid development of tn
!, country and represents little but itsel
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-01-23
THE English post-ofice continues to

The English post-ofice continues to
be used as a means of transmitting
articles of almost every variety from one
part of the country to another. The
following articles, among others, were
observed during the year: A dormouse,
four white mice, two goldfnches,
lizard, and blind worm, all alive;
cutlery, medicine, varnish, ointments,
perfumery, articles of dress, stoat, a
squirrel, fish, leeches, frogs, beetles, cat
erpillars, and vegetables. Many of these,
being prohibited articles, were sent to
the Returned Letter Office. A snake,
about yard in length, which had been
committed to the post for transmission
in box, was observed to be at large on
the floor of one of the night mail sorting
carriages on the London & Northwestern
Railway. After good deal of confusion
and interruption to the work it was
killed. A small box which reached the
Returned Letter Office in Liverpool was
found, on being opened, to contain eight
living snakes.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-01-23

to Thomasstreet, consuming three large
and valuable buildings, with the contents.
The following are the estimated losses: Van
valkenburg & Leavitt, $1,000, 900; Walk
inghaw & voight, $500, GOO; Shuabel Bros,
$3.50, 900; John Slade & Co., $3.50 600; Henry
w. T. Malloy & Co., $4,000; Nonotuck Silk
Co., $4,000; B. S. Smith, $4,000; Forst-
man Il Co., $3.50, 900.
A CONFERENCE was held at Fort Robin
son, between Chief Red Cloud and Lieu
tenant Schuyler, of General Crooks staff,
regarding The propriety of Lieutenant
Dodd, of the Third Cavalry, going to Red
Clouds new location for the purpose OF
enlisting the services of some Sioux war
riors to be employed as scouts in an
expedition against the brave little band of
Cheyennes corraled at Grow Ridge, thir y
miles distant. Lieutenant Schu, Ter asked
Red Cloud if he thought Lieutenant Dodd
could succeed in obtaining the services of
fifteen of his warriors. The old Chief,
in a very grave tone of voice, and wftheut
raising his eyes from tie ground, said:
"My people are sad at heart since their,
brothers were killed here some months ago.
They are very angry with the whites, and l
am nearly certain will not assist them" !"
Lieutenant Schuyler, in as few words as
possible, gave him an account of the
Cheyenne outbreak, how the Cheyennes
fred upon the soldiers in fleeing from their
prison room, killing them, AMI in trying to
punish the Cheyennes bucks, the 50 iaws
we're accidently killed. Lieutenant Schuyler
finally got the old chief to say, "Young
chief, Lieutenant Dodd, can go to my camp
and tell my son-in-law, Young
Of -His-Horses, that it is my wish that he
would try and get some of the warriors to
help the Government in capturing the Chey.
ennes" Lieutenant Dodd, who is we'll
known to Red Clouds braves, started i'm
mediately for Pine Ridge Agency on his
mission
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-01-23
Detroit Free Press Currency.

Twenty-Five Legislatures and Con-
gress are in session, and patents for three
wind-mills have just been issued.
The Legislature of New York will very
likely have something to say about those
fences around Niagara Falls, and it will
be bad for the fences.
A Texas man fills his mouth with
brick dust, announces that he is dying
of consumption, and the way he spits
blood brings him in many quarters.
The Courier-Journol finds that there
are four "oldest newspapers in Amer.
ica," and it mildly suggests that three
of them had better own up to something
or other. sa-
The man who boasts that he has trav
eled all over the world is pretty certain
not to tell how many times he was put
off trains for having no money to pay
his fare.
A Detroit barber shaves his customer
with razor which has been present at /,
murder and two suicides; but tn,
bearded men of Detroit care little fo
sentiment and great deal for clos
shave.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-01-23
Louisiana Investigation.

On the 18th, before the Teller Committee.
Erwin Craighead. of the New Orleans Time .
and Mines F. Gordy. Sheriff of 81. Mary s
Parish, testified regarding the attack on
Newman, and the destruction of election
returns. The testimony was circumstan-
tial, and goes to prove that the object of the
destruction of the returns was to render
the exercise of the appointing power by the
Governor necessity. The object of attack
ing Newman was to quiet him regarding the
visit paid a short time before by Willie
Wilson, who claimed possession of the re-
turns in Newmaf's hands by virtue of a
telegram he profesSed to have from the
States Attorney General.
7. s. Schaeffer, OF St Joseph, was re-
called, and testified to the killing of an
Irish laborer by negro Constable, and the
lynching and shooting of the Constable by
a band of armed whites. No names were
given.
Gaspre De CUR, of Pointe Coupe, MEM
ber Of the Legislature, testified that he
heard severa' negroes were whipped and
beaten by whites, as understood, because
the negroes organized revolutionary bands
endangering the lives and property Of
whites.
Charles DeCong, of Caddo, Deputy Mar
| shall, saw two dead negroes at Caledonia
the day after the election. He understood
the negroes. were killed on Il ~'ion day
Witness noticed at Greenwoo p Ii some
names not counted. Reason given, votes in
the wong, .s.[ = tts.y .4.-..
| c. w. johnson, j. A. johnson, David
Young, Charles Lincoln and NJ. D. Ran
dolph, all colored, of Concordia, testified
to general charges of intimidation and
fraud in the late election. G. L. Walton, of
Concordia, member of the Legislature,
denied in effect The charges made by. pre-
vious witnesses.
f. Kennel, colored, a Coroner of Concor-
dia, said there were seven men killed, all
colored. He held inquests over six; FIVE
were hung, one shot. Some were killed in
November, others in October. The one who
was shot was in field picking cotton.
Some men, mounted, called him to the
fence and shot him. Those hung were hung
at night. Don't know the men who did the
hanging. Some of the outlaws were white,
some black.
Before the Teller Committee on the 10th,
A. J. Bryant, colored Senator Of Tensas,
| testified no Republican ticket was nomin-
ated because of threats of the whites, who
said they would consider such action a
declaration of war. The, light before the
election a party of whites, including
Buckner and Hendsbcro, came to my
house, took me out in my night
clothes, carried me a quarter of a
| mile, and threatened me, saying
l had sold out to the Bland party. l denied
| this; stated had not seen any leader of the
Bland party. They let me go, after promis-
| ing to come to the polls next day and v"te
| the regular Democratic ticket. / complied
| with my promise. The party had rope
with them, and said il they were satisfied I
had sold out to the Bland party they would
| put me through z=---
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-01-23

tE"THE Chinese must gop' is a cry that
Is heard not in California only, but the
whole world over wherever they have
settled in considerable numbers. Such
Is the case in British Columbia, New
Zealand, New South Wales, Australia,
and the Sandwich Islands. They come
10 these countries without wives or
families, live, closely packed together, on
the cheapest food that will sustain life,
save all the money they can with view
10 returning to China with their earn
ings as soon as they can, and, being thus
enabled TO work at lower prices than the
native workmen possibly can, soon OBJ
tain a monopoly of one department OF
labor after the other. In New Zealand
they have been set TO work upon the
railroads, but have been driven away by
the white laborers. In New South VALE,
the cabinetmaking trade has passed en-.
trely into their hands, and they are
taking the place of white cooks and ser
wants in the hotels.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-01-23
Al Ghost Story.


A few years ago removed into d
new and larger house with q young
family. Some nights after my removal
l was awakened in the middle of the
night by a distinct knocking twice or
thrice repeated at my bedroom door.
called out, Who's there?' There was
no reply; but after an interval of few
minutes the knocking was repeated as
distinctly as before. Again the same
question, "Who's thelep and again
no reply; but again came the knocking,
if possible more distinct and louder than
before, and just as if person outside in
the lobby had struck sharply and re-
peatedly with his knuckles on the door.
Isprang rapidly from bed ON its being
repeated and rushed to the bedroom
door and opened it, determined to catch
the knocker. But there was no one out
side, and no one could have escaped
down the staircase, which was what is
called a we'll staircase, brilliantly
ligh ed with food of moonlight, which
streamed through the skylight window.
am not, and never was, spirit-stricken
or superstitious, but will confess my
sensation now became trying; my heart
began to throb, and l returned to bed
with ears painfully awake. Again came
| the knocking, clear and distinct, and
methodically as before. Although feel
ing very uneasy, crept silently out OF
bed and stretched myself on the floor,
with my head on the boards and few
feet from the bedroom door, to find out
the knocking proceeded. Again it came
| q, hoforo ord o1,,lJ !,
to the lowest part or panel of the door.
suddenly opened the door, but with the
same, result as before; and ,agai1
IL lay in my former posi-
tion. Again came the knocking
three or four distinct taps, and now
fixing my eyes steadily on the spo
from which the tapping proceeded,
saw the knuckle-bone of leg of lamb
about the size of a very small walnut
jerked repeatedly against the railin
that lay alongside the door. The skirt
ing was thinner than the soundin
board of a piano, and it was the sudde
tapping of the little bone against tn
sounding board that produced the n
; peated knocking. But how was thi
: tapping produced By mouse that ha
found its way along a hollow spae
, behind the wainscot. 1t had bored
, hole in the very lowest part of the wall
r scot, very nearly on level with th
: floor, had found its little bone, left afte
the children's dinner, and had dragge
it to the entrance of its hole. but coul
not get it through. 1t had dragge
! through the tough bit of sinew, whie
, is attached to the end of the bone
5 popularly known in mutton as the ge
!. tleman's bone-and was trying, by jer
ing it backward, to get the bone itse
through; and each jerk gave bio
. against the thin sounding board, al
a each blow gave out the sound or my
a terious knock,
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-01-23
Laziness as q Disease.

Laziness, says the Ladies Journal, Is
a bad disease, and, like may other
kinds, is often self-imposed. In the case
of many individuals, it is an inherited
malady, and consequently hard to oust
from the system. But it is oftener the
case that the disgusting temper is
brought on persons by their own delih-
crate selfishness by vas ly discredit-
able disposition to shirk the inevitable
burdens incident to living decent II e.
Laziness of this kind is one of the car
dinal sins, and should submit the OBJ
noxious offender to the dicipline Of the
treadmill. More particularly is laziness
offensive to the young and healthy, To
learn to work, and work cheerfully, is
the central lesson of life. Begin to
learn it early-eschew laziness as the
most disgusting of all faults, and one
that will surely end in hopeless misery
fer, depend upon it, none can be so ia-
sensible through lsziness as to be, in the
end, incapable of suffering. Nature is,
| in the event of a non-payment OF hei
demands, stern and meiciless creditor
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-01-23

"FIFTEEN million French people learn
only through their almanacs the desti-
nies of Eur ,pe, the laws of their coun-
try, the progress of sciences, arts, in
dustry, their duties and their rights"
So says one of those almanacs, which
ought to be authority on such a subject,
provided it is both well informed and
truthful. Certainly French almanacs
cover a large ground, social and scien-
tific, cosmic aud comic. There are the
Cooks, Cultivator's, Lady's, Lawyers,
Joker's, Sportsman's, Songster's, Vine
dresser's almanacs; almanacs of Dolls,
Dances, Dreams, Drinking, and Dining !;
almanacs of New Songs, Old Songs,
Comic Songs, Plaintive Songs, Patriotic
Songs, and Wedding Songs; almauacs of
the Garden, the Church, the Restau-
rant, the Theater, the Drawing Room
almanacs of Games, Riddles, Puns,
Jests, Drolleries, Parlor Magic; alma
macs of Health, History, and Contempt
raneous Celebrity. Now, though such
almanacs as the Prophetic and the As
trological do what they can to enlighten
fifteen millions of Frenchmen on the
destinies of Europe, and although alma
macs of Gard Tricks and the Language
of Flowers may show advances in sci
ence, we should be sorry to think that
many millions get their morals from the
Thieves Almanac, or the Almanac oi
Street Walkers. There must, there
fore, be cautious proviso in indorsins
the motto that appears on the title pag'
of one of the almanacs: "Pour instruc
tion into the head of the people; yoI
owe them that baptism"
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-01-23

allowing publishers of newspapers for adj
vertising the delinquent and forfeited lists
of the several counties and the notice of sale,
81; for designating the several
townships, villages, and cities, and
the several wards in any city, twenty
cents each, and for each tract of land, city,
or town lot, or part of lot contained in each
of said lists, ten cents; provided that in no
case shall greater sum than ore.half of the
taxes and penalty due on any tract, lot, or
part of lot, be allowed for advertising such
tract, lot, or part of lot; and no such prop
erty shall be published in said list as
delinquent on which the taxes and penalty
shall have been paid on or before the Goth
of December.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-01-23

The jackson vase, presented to the
General by the ladies of South Caro-
lima in acknowledgment for his services
at the battle of New Orleans, is now
seeking an owner. The hero left it to
the Governor of South Carolina who
should prove to be the best and bravest
soldier in the next foreign war. The
Governor in turn presented it to the
survivors of the Palmetto Regiment,
leaving it to them to "vote it to the
most deserving" 1t was found impos-
sible to make this choice. and the sur
vivors finally decided that it should be
held in trust by the successive officers of
the association, to be delivered to the
last survivor. There are now forty
three survivors, and there is much COM
petition in regard to the ownership.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-01-23

A REMARKABLE example of the &C.
cent, city of the Chinese turn of mind is
noticeable in their schools, where, in
stead of silence being inculcated, as
might naturally be considered as es-
sential, every child is expected to bawl
out the losson that he is committing to
memory at the top of his voice; and the
babel which is the result may be more
easily imagined than described. When
n boy goes up to repeat his lesson, more
over, he does not stand facing his tutor,
but turns his back upon him, and hence
repeating a lesson goes by the familiar
name Of backing"it. This method of
recitation has an excellent effect in
keeping the boy on the qui vsce to avoid
mistakes, for no sooner does he commit
one than he is called to recollection by a
tapon his closely shaven pate, from the
metal bowl of the long tobacco-pipe
which ever, "pedagogue carries about
him.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-01-23

"CAN a man fly like birdsH" inquiries
the New York Star, editorially. We-e-ll,
no, perhaps not just like them, but
when he steps quickly out of the door
on frosty morning, and his feet strike
a bit of frozen milk that the milkman
dropped, and his legs Hy toward the
zenith, and he goes shooting through the
air and over the fence with his arms
Tapping like the business ends of fails,
his appearance very much resembles one
of the feathered songsters.-RocAland
Courier.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-01-23

A RELIGIOUS newspaper will go the
round of the family circle and still look
bright and clean, but when the family
story paper makes the circuit it looks as
if it had served in the capacity of a
hustle and been given to the baby to cut
its teeth on Danielsciiie Sentinel
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-01-23

From returns made up in England
and sent here, it appears for the nine
months of last year, ending October /,
there were imported into England A.
ls2, ,lO2 cwt. of wheat, or about rs, ,OeO,-
600 bushels. The remarkable fact in the
return Is that nearly two-thirds came
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-01-23

THERE is trouble in Blairville, Iowa,
about q ball that was to have been given
by the proprietor of the leading hotel.
He desired to have what he called a
"high-toned" assemblage, but could
not make up his mind how to draw the
lines. At FIRST he thought of inviting
only wealthy families, but it turned out
that some Of the wealthiest of the resi-
dents were very disreputable. He
next adopted the plan of inviting
only the old families of the place, but
that would have counted in an ex-con-
vict. The idea of restricting the attend
ance to the families of professional men
was rejected because it would limit the
company to about forty persons. Finally,
the hotel man offered the tickets for sale
to whoever had the money to buy, and
20 few were sold, in consequence of the
bad feeling already excited, that the
project was given up.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-01-23

rom the United States. OF the AZ. 1872
l02 cwt. 25,l12,939 came from the
United States, as we find by adding the
shipments from the Pacific side to those
from the Atlantic side. Following are
the figures in detail:
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-01-23

THE Chenapgo Telegraph says: v
merchant can get along without adver-
tising: 50 can wagon without grease
but it goes hard and soon wears out.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-01-23

EXPERIMENTS made in Germany show
that out OF two thousand five hundred
and sixty school boys, sixty-seven were
unable to distinguish between colors,
but that out of two thousand three
hundred and eighteen girls only one
was "color blind" A curious explanation
was offered for the fact that the proper
ton Of color blindness was greater
among Jewish than among Christian
children. The sense of sight, it was
said, was less developed among the an
clients than it is today, and since the
Jews have preserved a greater purity of
race and blood than any other people,
an inferiority of vision might reasonably
be expected. 1t Is not, however, true
that such inferiority, on an average,
exists.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-01-23


The much talked of toughened glass
seems not to have come into general use
with that rapidity which was predicted.
The fact is that it is apt to explode, and
that is not only tough on the toughened
glass, but rather tough on the toughened
bystanders. This little defect is some.
what inconvenient. If a jovial party is
seated around the festive board with
glasses in picturesque profusion thereon
they desire to go on a bust themselves,
and are naturally offended if the glass.
ware does so instead. The unhandiness
of having a toughened glass mirror ex-
piode just as lathered man is getting
up the correct contortion to shave with
is evident to the most obtuse under
standing. Taking it all in all, the sue
cess of toughened glass has exploded.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-01-23

CULTIVATE the friendship of those
happy enough not to excite pity-not
sufficiently prosperous to provoke envy.