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

tennessee virginia, west Virginia, North
Carolina, Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana,
Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia. South
Carehna and tlorlda.-..--.---..--..-... ,4oo,ooo
Of course there has been a considerable
amount paid to other Northern states not above
mentioned.
STRANGE freaks temperance will take some
times. At Westerville, o., small village near
the central part of the state whereat Otterbein
University is located, terrible explosion oc-
CURED at 2 o'clock in the morning. 1t was in
the cellar of the Corbin House, attached to
which is very low doggery of saloon. This
is the third time this explosion has occurred,
but never with such frightful results as upon
this occasion. Two kegs of powder was
secretly placed in the cellar of the inn,
and strange to say, it failed to fatally
injure any of seven persons who were in the
house at the time. However, it left the build
ing mass of ruins, and almost completely de-
stroyed the property of a widow woman who
lives adjoining. The man had been repeat
edly warned to quit selling liquor, but he
would not, and it really now is made to appear
that the temperance community were deter
mined to send him heavenward. Yet it is ex-
ceedingly difficult to believe that any one de-
termined on doing community benefit would
attempt such an act as this at the terrible risk
of life and inevitable destruction of property,
although stranger things than this haze hap
pened in the world.
The return of General Grant to American
shores has been the means of creating more ex-
citement among our people than even his most
sangune admirers could have expected or even
desired. The ovation over such an event has
never been equalled in either the history Of
this or other countries. When the steamship
City of Toxic heaved in sight, bearing the ex-
President and his party, fifteen thousand people
went out to meet the incoming vessel, among
whom were the Generals intimate friends, rela-
tives, committees, etc The city of San Fran
cisco was all ablaze The streets were decorated
in profusion. and with the ringing of bells
the volley of cannon and the continuous
cheering, all was one din of confusion and ex-
citement. Hundreds of carriages and thousands
on foot made up the procession. All classes
took hand in the proceedings, even to Kear-
ney's followers who, two weeks before his arrival
contemplated hanging the General in effigy on
the Land Lots, on his arrival. Grants the first
great military man who ever crcumnavigated
the globe. He received with the greatest
honors by all countries, showing that every
nation was friendly towards-not Grant alone =
but America. His trip around the globe
covered two years and four months. We may
add, that Grant positively asserts that he is
not a candidate for the Presidency.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-09-25
Masonry In France.

The Paris Globe gives the following
statistics Of masonry in France, .declar-
ing that they are the best that can be
oascertained,f ,fand are reliable as far rs
they go: There are 79 grand lodges and
rq9 provincial grand lodges. having
under them I, 900 lodges Twelve high
councils, direct $50 lodges There nre
. eight lodges which are signaliked. as "ili
dependent, ~" isolateds or excluded"
There are thus nearly $500 dodgesaslte-
gether. These included very, bnesrly
SOC, 900 active members. :. 1t is, said that
the number Of members who have with
drawn from further participation, in the
brotherhood, Or may be chafacterised as
7" indifferent" or Inactive, amounts to be-
tween two and three millionA s'sfassg9 sg:I a.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-09-25

.4THE brisk little lady of ~ summers
Mrs. Myra Clark Gaines, has arrived in
Washington. She tells the Post that
she will endeavor to reform Congress-
startling suggestion, truly. Her plan
is to equip large hotel in Washington
where the accommodation and prices will
encourage the Congressman to take their
wives and children to the Capitol with
them. Should the Congressman have
their wives with them, thinks Mrs.
Gaines, they wouldn't be so wicked.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-09-25

If the quarrels between the great coal
producing companies have no other good
results, they will at least be likely to
keep coal down to prices which may be
regarded by retail consumers with a
considerable degree of satisfaction. The
man who has in hand little ready
money will be able to lay in his stock of
coal for the winter at rates which would
not be possible if the producers were
upon friendly terms with each other in
stead of being at war. IL ts
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-09-25
THE New York Herald gives its opin-

The New York Herald gives its opin-
ion very decisively regarding polygamy
among the Mormons. 1t says: 1.-THE
leading Mormons do not occupy sanity
position. Several of them are in the
pen ntentiary. More ought to be there.
The confession by one of the leaders of
opinion that hundred women are anx-
ious to marry one man because they are
moved by an inspiration of the Holy
Gho sounds like an emanation from the
deviI.n 80
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-09-25

The calculation in England is that
$4,000, 900 in gold will soon be trans
ferred from that country to this. 1t
should be remembered that this is
chiefly on account of breadstuffs. When
the cotton crop goes forward, it will pull
still more gold from the vaults of
Europe.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-09-25

Of fabricated specimens of articles pur-
porting to belong to the age of bronze
and to have been found among the re-
mains of lake dwellings and in the beds
Of rivers. He says there is . regular
mandatory OF these things near the
Lake Bienne, and that bronze swords are
being offered at 100 francs each, which
are not worth as many centimes..f "a
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-09-25

EVERYTHING in my life has come
too late. Icould not buy good food and
clothing until my health was ruined.
Now, l have the dearest wife, but can.
not live to enjoy happiness" said the
late Henry Merritt to his young Ameri-
can wife, who was known to Phila-
delphians, as Miss Anna M. Lee, the
painter.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-09-25
oilReverss the Order.

Isn't it about time our humorous
artists stopped portraying Uncle Sam as
r long, lean, lank specimen of humanity,
land sketching John Bull as a fat, round,
Jolly person. weighing about Two hun
edred and fifty poundsY Since Uncle
{ Sam Is sending Bull ship.loads of bread
Ss B1san Sss p s sesp p
that the thing should be cice versa just
now UnCle Sam the fat person. and
John Bull the lean, hpngry7looking in
dividual.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-09-25

The reckless Captain Goldsmith and
wife, who left Boston some months ago,
for Liverpool, in little sailboat called
the Uncle Sam, were picked up off New
foundland, just in time to save their
lives, their boat having been nearly
wrecked, and their provisions destroyed.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-09-25

IF, as Jay Cooke was wont to say, a
national debt is a national bessing, Rus
sia must be one of the most blessed ma
tions of the earth. Her debt is enor-
nous, and rapidly increasing. She owes
France $2,s26, ,l55, 900 England 1868,
SOC, 900; Holland, $422, ,535, 600, or a TO-
tai for the three countries OF So,
100000. Besides this she is floating
s556, ,OS2, ,562 in paper money, a part of
which is interest bearing.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-09-25
Hoine-Keeping.

Even housekeeping, writes Mary Clem
mer, which should be the supreme de-
light of every woman who has one, is to-
day tothousandso of womenian 'expressi-
BILE burden. And this scarcely through
personal fault of theirs. 1t is born of
condition, emulation. inadequacy, am
'bition, custom, the habits of good So
ciety, , 'sthe spirit of the age" This
blight scarcely falls on the simple, com
Portable poor. The loving, thrifty man
and woman, graduated from the contriv-
ing school of necessity and endeavor, who,
under one roof work together, head, heart
and hand, to make all ends meet at the
end Of every year; patient, peaceful, in
-dustrious making the best, the most of
every possibility within their life-these
are moi. the unhappy, worn-out people.
The unhappy ones. are the people of ex-
pensive. tastes, luxurious habits, ungrati-
fed ambition, Inadequate means, whose
life lisa perpetual'strdggle between desire
and debt, ,sor, the fear of it, To them life
is snare, burden, cheat; as it is also
to. the rich, the powerful, who, in all their
getting, lost forever the, charm of quiet
Happiness, the capacity for repose. The
preponderance of the two. last classes in
great cities is What fills the very air we
breathe with disquietude deeper than
the mere numbers which seem tolnake it.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-09-25

ACCORDING to the Leavenworth
(Kan Times, member of the United
States river survey says that the
Missouri river improvement will never
be complete until its banks are rip
rappei from is mouth to the head of
navigation.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-09-25

A WESTERN correspondent says that
Duluth isa monument of fungus growth
and rapid decay. 1t is but few years
since its tremendous cackle made din
that was heard all over the Union. Like
the grasshopper, it sang for a season
and was then heard no more.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-09-25

A CORRESPONDENT of the N. Y. Sun
gives the result of his losses in differ
ent investments for lottery tickets,
amounting in all to $2l4. He drew at
times small sums footing up ss5-out of
pocket $129. He is "about satisfied"
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-09-25

Mr.. EDrsoN's agent in England has
just filed the final specification for his
third English patent on the subject of
the electric light. 1t seems to be the
most important patent Mr.. Ellison has
yet taken out on this subject.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-09-25

CERTAIN public lands in the upper
peninsula of Michigan, heretofore with
drawn for railroad purposes, have been
restored to the homestead and pre- en-
ton settlement, the grant to the rail.
roads having lapsed by reason of non.
construction or change of route.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-09-25

AUTUMN leaves are just now a sub
ject Of interest to those who keep sum-
mer boarders. Ought 'em leave with
out paying their board ibills? they in
dignantly ask. rl...... hmm -yf#-s
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-09-25

The Elmira Adrertiser says that Mr..
Evarts is flirting with the Princess ovei
in Canada. When, oh when will these
horrible scandals cease! And Lorne il
such hand with shotgun, too.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-09-25

BARNUM will never quit the show
business. He stated the outline of q
plan in which he is interested
with several New York capitalists
to give that city vast mu.
scum, aquarium, lecture-room, theater
and gardens, upon a scale of magnifi
cence hitherto undreamed of. The en-.
terprise, If carried out, will cost 81 800.
900 before the doors are opened.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-09-25

THE narrow guage railway has DEM
onstrated its fitness for mountainous
regions and these railroads are increas-
ing rapidly in the Rocky Mountains.
A road across the range is already prom
ised. ...
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-09-25

The first export of apples from the
United States to Europe was made in
1s45, and they brought s6 and IS bar
rel. That country now receives 80, 900
barrels of American apples per year.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-09-25

STRIKES are the rule in Pittsburg at
present, and failures viii be next in
order should there be the slightest fall
ing away Of the demand for iron work
and glass
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-09-25

A CONTEMPORARY says: The princi-
pie busines, of indianapolis &c ms TO be
to try Mrs. Glen. Hear and release,
and hear and fail to agree, are the legal
results in the " celebrated case"
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-09-25

The business of the Patent Office for
the last fiscal year resulted in a net
profit to the government of $l59, ,495.
But once before was there ever so profit
able a year. i
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-09-25

Mr.. NIMMo, chief of the bureau of
statistics, has been invited TO attend the
international statistical congress, which
is to meet in Rome on the Goth of Octo-
ber next.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-09-25

n oSUNDAY-scHooLF TEACHER - Yen
must recollect that all / am telling you
happened one thousand eight hundred
and seyenty-nine Years ago. aoA
10 Pupil = "I,or, miss, how the time do
slip awayp' Gsfi ytaHca cd ai gGiysl
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-09-25

WILLIAM II. VANDERBILT controls
$3.50 miles Of railway and employs
27,706 men, who receive some 81 ,17S, 900
salary, each month. - =
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-09-25

EVEN when a convicted murderer is
sure of going right to heaven the very
moment he Ia hanged, he would rather
have . pardon from the government.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-09-25

been paid by next January. While the amount
has been pretty equally distributed among the
Northern states, more of it has gone South
than would be supposed. There were over
200 Southern white men in the Union
army, and half as many colored. The follow
ing distribution in the states named may be of
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-09-25

The New York HeroH wants Talmage
TO convert Cetywayo. Talmage viii have
enough to do to convert the Presbytery
when he gets back. -..e -o-FP- "a
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-09-25

THE trial Of the Rev. Mr.. Hayden for
the alleged murder of Mary Stannard,
in Madison, Conn, has been stilffurtber
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-09-25

IT is said that Alexander II. Stephen
has received $4,000 royalty from the
sale Of his book on the war of the re-
helIiou -- l.r4
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-09-25

1T Is strange how few political candi-
dates hsve the slightest doubt Of their
election.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-09-25

A MISSISSIPPI market report reads:
"Local securities high priced, whiskey
active, and shot-guns steady" -
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-09-25

TIE Oneida Community has made net
profits of $76, 900 last year. l
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-09-25
LOndOn's Expenses.
The principal officers of the corpora
tion of London are paid as follows: =

The Lord Mayor is voted an annual
sum of $780, 900, free of income tax, to
maintain his position; and in addition
to this he has his robes voted to him, and
has the Mansion House, free of rent, to
live in. s...s i
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-09-25

Half loaf is better than none," as
when told to move on. = =" H''' 's'"p
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-09-25

THE correspondent of swiss paper
warns collectors of antiquities to beware
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-09-25
TOPICS or THE DAH.

ONO has organized State Archery
Association.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-09-25

ennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, North
Carolina, Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana,
Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, South
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-09-25
NEWS OF THE WEEK.

THE Louisville exposition is in full blast.
CLEVELAND, Ohio, has had its third fatal case
of hydrophobia within the last three months.
NATcHEz is again quarantining against Mem
phis.
WHEAT is advancing four cents in one day,
at Chicago.
ELEVEN thousand cotton operatives are on a
strike in England.
EXTENSIVE preparations are In order at San
Francisco, for the reception of General Grant.
CYNTHIANA, Kentucky, has struck "copious
vein of oiI,'' seven feet from the surface.
JOHN CARLYLE, younger brother of the his
torian, Thomas Carlyle, is dead.
The yellow fever is said to have spread across
the river at Memphis and now exists in Con-
,ordia in the most malignant form.
THE report finally comes that King Cetywayo
has been captured by Marter, commander of a
squadron of dragons. rl
The total number of deaths from yellow fever
at Memphis this year up to the present writ
ing is 436.
The paper mill of Shultz & Manning, at
Miamisburg, o., partially destroyed by
fire on the 18th inst.
THEoficial returns from the Maine election
give Davis, (Rep.) 6S,0l2; Smith, (Greenbaek)
Al ,0S8; Garcelon (Democrat) q ,181.
JOHN 7. SHARP, who murdered Elder D. Y.
Benjamin, near Macarthur, September sth, has
been captured lurking in a grove of dense
underbrush.
LEW WALLACE, Governor of New Mexico, is
calling for more troops to put down the "un-
tamed'' Indians. He reports their atrocities
on the whites as something horrible.
CONTROLLER GoLDscHMIDT, at Atlanta, Ga,
has been impreached and disfranchised. The
trial of Treasurer Renfree is in progress; and
others are to follow.
THE school board of St. Louis are having
trouble with the German element. They are
not teaching enough German in the public
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-07-17
Expensive Ducking.

Are you the man who shot those
two ducks here day before yester.
day." asked a farmer Of a young MIN
rod.
Yes, that was me-" said the
sportsman, rather proudly.
We'll, those ducks belonged tc
Int. They want any of your wild
ducks, but were tame ones"
''Oh, pshaw. You can't fool me
/ guess I know a wild duck from q
tame one"
Twill You pay me for the ducks
said the farmer coolly.
mo, sir won't. You can't provo
the ducks were not wild ducks"
"All right" and the farmer start
ed of to the nearest village.
Where are you going? What dc
YOU intend TO do?' asked the 9th
or.
"Well," said the farmer, quietly
IS he leaned against a tree, Il an
going to a squire to make an infor
nation against YOU for killing wilt
ducks out OF SESSION, If you insis
that them ducks was wild it'll cos
YOU five dollars a duck. If yol
come to the conclusion they wer'
tame, it'll cost you So so duck
Now, what'll you do?"
The sportsman struggled with hi
feelings for a moment and then re
married. that the birds didn't seen
very scary. He settled on the tam,
basis.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-07-17
a Base Proposition.

A Detroiter who has the reputa-
ton of being hard pay was waited on
the other day by a man who began
Mr.. Blank, l hold your note for
$75. 1t is long past due, and I
wanted to see what you would do
about it,"
my note? All! yes, yes, this is
my note For value received I
promise to pay, and s o forth.
Have you been to the note-shavers
with this?"
II have but none of them would
have it,"
"Wouldn't eh? And you tried the
banks"
"Yes, sir; they, wouldn't look at
it."
uWouldn't Ell? And l suppose
you went to a justice to see about
suing it?'
II did, but he said a judgement
would not be worth a dollar
"Did, eh? And now what propo-
sition do you wish to maker"
This is your note for $75. Give
me SIS and you can have it."
"Give S. dollarsi No,sir!I have no
money to throw away, sir"
but it is your own note"
.'Frue, sir very trne. but I'm not
such an idiot as to throw away mon
ey on worthless securities, no mat
ter who signs them. ! deal only in
first class paper. sir, and when that
has a negotiable value I will be
pleased 70 discount it. Good day.
sir-lceke like pettled weather.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-07-17
MISCELLANEOUS
OF WORMS.

NIfE c%ountenancc is pale and leadeD
i colored, with occasional tinsheS, o
a circumscribed spot on II or boil
cheeks; the eyes become dull; the pu
pills dilate; an azure scmlCirclc runs
along the lower eyc-lid; the most is ir
ritated, swells, and sometimes blceds
a swelling of the upper lip; occasional
headache, with humming or throbbine
| of the ears; an unusual secretion of
saliva; Shiny or furred tongue; breath
very foul, particularly IN the morning
appetite variable, sometimes voracious,
with a gnawing sensation OF the stom-
ach, at others, entirely gone; fleeing
pains in the stomach; occasional
nausea and vomiting; violent pains
throughout the abdomen; bowels Ii
regular, at times costivc; stools Shiny
not untrequen,ly tingcd with blood
belly swollen and hard; urine turbid:
respiration occasionally di!ncnlt, anG
accompanied by hlccoush; cough
sometimes dry and co~nvulslve uneasy
and disturbed sleep, with grinding of
the teeth temper variable, but gencr.
ally irritable, &c.
Whenever the above symptoms
are found to exist,
DIR. c. McLANE'S NERMIFUGE
will certainly effect 4 cure.
IT DOES NOT CONTAIN ,IfXCURY
in any form it is an innocent prepare
ton, net capable Of .M;aS tic Shtlh5.
injury to the mea hmAy igtdHI.
The genuine DIX. Mcl.ANl'o NuR.
MIrUcE bears the signatures of {. Nc.
LANE and FIrNlNC Bros. ON dc
wroppar --.p.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-07-17
ON. Is:ssnt


lis a always leap gear with frogs
lndulcing in vein hopes-Mi-
ners.
Connecticut people call it "sody
wotter."
4 wife's setret-lier opinion OF
her husband.
What the country wants sum
m.r boarders.
The palm is now accorded 10 she
fan,
Letters of mark-nctes signed
with Il cross.
Genius finds his own road, ana II
carries its own lamp.
An unmistakab.e case Of black
halling-a negro baby.
A pen NAV be driven, but a pen
,fl does best when il is lead.
4. mixed-up boy asked for 'ten
cent bake Of loafer's bread"
Ancient way If rocking a man to
sleep was stoning him to death.
A Quaker never does anything
hurriedly-well, hurriedly evel.
Winter" says y Neveda paper
''is now after summer with an icle.
A pig born in May does not turn
into Mayhogony way you can fix it
\ man who owns q good oil wei
is said to live on the fat of the land
If the planets ever have to give
each other a lift, how mach will the
sun raysl
said D.nis, the Chinese must go,
bl. still does the qncncounber The
land.
VI ,lancholv Suicidc-a little boy
being threatedcd with a whipping
hung his head.
Cne new summer bonnet turn:
the head Of every woman that does
not wear it.
Verdict Of the New York police
regarding the murdered Mrs, HUI
1t WAS the cat
4 Joke is not durable as a church
bell: After it has been tollcd a few
times it IS worn out.
Verify, there is more pleasure il
buviug a new hoe or shovel thar
eve in using the same.
The po5;age stamp, says the New
Orleans Picavune, knows its place
after it has been licked once.
Naomi was five hundred and tire,
wears old when she married, DON
be in q hurry, girls.
A young laay's prayer book is sc
heavy now hal it takes a youns
man to carry it home from church
Young Farner-IIow can we tel
YOU how to cure a ham unless yor
iu",rln us what ais the ham?
Woman adore millinarv opening,
hut nothing short of n beer garden
opening can stir the soul of a man
Hes real tame in front but he i:
awful Wild behind" was a boys DIES
criplion Of a colt with untaimec
heels.
4 farmer on the shores of LAX
Ontario has had nine acres washed
away in the last twenty years. II
is evidently losing ground.
"Well, You'll own she's got a pref
" foot, won't vou?' Yes, l gran
Won that, but then it never mad
half the impression on Inc as the OLE
raD's.'
He said but little, yet. as he gaz
ed on the mutilated edge of his bes
1azor, he mentally vowed neve.
again TO marry woman
with corns.
No comedian can make as laugh
able a face US that made by thu
snail boy when he brings a jelly jal
down from the top closet shelf ant
discovers it to be full Of ten penn,
nails.