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The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-03-27
The Two sisters.

This pair inhabited a single room;
from the facts, 1t must have been double
bedded; and it may have been of some
dimensions; but when ali is said, it was
a single room. Here our two spinsters
fell out-on some point of controversial
divinity belize, but fell out 80 bitterly
that there was never word spoken be-
tween them, black or white, from that
day forward. You would have thought
they would separate; but no; whether
from lack of means, or the Scottish fear
of scandal, they continued to keep
house together where they were. A
chalk line drawn upon the floor separat-
ed their two domains; it bisected the
doorway and the fireplace, 80 that each
could go out and in and do her cooking
without violating the territory of the
other. So, for years, they co-existed in a
b teful silence; their meals, their ablu-
tions, their friendly visitors, exposed to
an unfriendly scrutiny, and at night, in
breathing of her enemy. Never did four
walls look down upon an uglier spectacle
than these sisters rivaling in unsisterli-
ness. Here is a canvas for Hawthorne
to have turned into cabinet picture
he had Puritanic vein, which would
have fitted him to treat this Puritanic
horror; he could have shewn them to us
in their sicknesses and at their hideous
twin devotions, thumbinga pair of great
bibles, or praying aloud for each others
penitence with marrowy emphasis; now
each, with killed petticoat, at her own
corner of the fire on some tempestuous
evening; now sitting each at her win
dow, looking out upon the summer land
scape sloping far below them towards
the firth, and the field paths where they
had wandered hand in hand; or, as age
and infirmity grew upon them and pro.
longed their toilets, and their hands be.
gan to tremble, and their heads to nod
involuntarily, growing only the more
steeled in enmity with years; until one
fine day, at a word, a look, visit, or tbs
approach of death, their hearts would
melt and the chalk boundary be over
stepped forever.-,Stev,' 'sson's Edinburgh
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-03-27
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The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-03-27
On Our Most Distant Frontiers.

As in our busiest and most populous cities
of the seaboard and interior, Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters is pre-eminently popular.
Wherever civilization plants its foot on this
continent, thither the great tonic soon finds
its way. Nor is this surprising, for it is the
medicine of all others best adapted to the
wants ofthe Western emigrant, be he miner
or agriculturist. 1t is an incompatible
remedy for the diseases to which he is most
subject, and which are liable to be brought
on by change of climate, hardship, ex.
posure, unaccustomed air and diet, and
miasmatic atmosphere and water. Among
these are disorders of the stomach and
bowels, rheumatic ailments, and malarious
feyers, for all of which Hostetter's Bitters is
a certain specific. A course of the Bitters
before departing for the new field of labor
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The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-03-27
A story About Pearls,

I will tell you a circumstance that
happened twenty-five or thirty years
ago, when ! was residing in Calcutta.
One morning our friend, the late DR..
Vass, surgeon of the royal army, brought
to my husband, DIR. John Grant, box
containing twelve or thirteen pearls of
various sizes, saying: "Grant you are
q well known man in Calcutta, and /
want you to hear the curious account Of
these pearls, and to take charge of the
box, and let me know any change you
may see in them. Their history is as
follows: About forty years ago lady
at Amboyna gave pearl to each of two
sisters, saying. 'These are breeding
pearls; take good care of them; never
touch them with the hand, as heat
Injuries them, and feed them on rice
One of these sisters has Just come to
Calcutta, and she has lent the box to
me to show to you. In the forty years
she has had it this is the result-twelve
or thirteen young ones" The box was
opened, and there lay on cotton the
mother pearl, q rather large but i'll shaped
individual. The eldest daughter, as I
called it, was lovely pearl about the
size that jewellers generally set three in
ring. The others were perfect in
shape, but gradually decreased in size;
two very email ] called the twins, as
they stuck together, and the last was a
very wee seed pearl. According to in
structions, rice was put into the box,
which was locked in a seer -awer in
the cabinet, of which my HUSBAND alone
kept the key. After some days we open
ed the box, and to our astonishment we
found that every grain of rice had been
nibbled. / cannot think of better
word. How nibbled, I cannot imagine,
hut that one fact / can vouch for. A
few weeks after we had to leave Calcutta.
The box was returned to DR.. Vass, and
what became of it I know not, have
often mentioned it to my friends, and
some years ago / saw in book that Jay
upon my friend table that people in the
east believe in breeding pearls.-Laad
and Water.
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lmpetu0sity Rebuked.

"Your daughter has treated me very
curt and the young man was lifted by
the parental hoof from the door of his
girls house to the middle of the horse
car track. He arose as quick as he
could, and mildly explained that he
hadn't finished the word, which was
Courteous" and Alphonse was taken
under the hospitable roof once more,
had his pants mended, was done up in
salve, and then sent home to his ma in a
hack. Thus is true greatness rewarded,
and impetuosity rebuked.-Bosto1s
Traveller.
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The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-03-27

TafaE has been sudden outbreak of
smallpox in Deptford, England, and the
authorities were puzzled at first how to
account for it. An investigation was
set on foot, and it was finally discovered
that all the mischief was attributable to
a wake held by an Irish family over the
body of child which had died of that
tarrihle diseasa
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-03-27

WE suppose buttoned boots were in
vented that the ladies might utilize the
surplus hairpins of the country.-Un.
knoi0n. We never knew that there were
any surplus hairpins. A woman's hair
is like an omnibus you can never get it
too full of hairpins.-N. Y. Mai.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-03-27

Two THOUSAND Indians dwell in
Lower Canada, one-half OF whom are
Catholics. They join the Kanuck
Christian names to those of beasts and
wear them as family names, viz: Jean
Baptiste Horse, Charles Louis Bear.
They speak French and are industrious,
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-03-27

CALIFORNIA thinks that it is rathe
hard that, while the national banks are
allowed to issue notes equal to 80 per
cent. of the value of their deposits of
bonds, the gold-note banks of that State
can issue notes only equal to 80 per
cent. of their bonds.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-03-27
Cats to be Used as a Substitute for
Carrier Pigeons.

It seems that the Belgians have formed
a society for the mental and moral i'm
provement of cats. Their first effort has
been to train the cat to do the work of
carrier pigeon. The most astute and
accomplished scientific person would
have his ideas of locality totally con-
fused by being tied up in a meal-bag
and carried twenty miles from home and
let out in strange neighborhood in the
middle of the night. The experiment
has, however, been tried upon cats of
only average abilities, and the invaria-
bic result has been that the departed
animal has reappeared at his native
kitchen door the next morning, and
calmly ignored the whole affair. This
wonderful skill in travelling through un-
familiar regions without guide book or
a compass has suggested the possibility of
cats being used as special messengers.
Recently, thirty-seven cats residing in
the city of Liege were taken in bags a
long distance into the country. The
animals were liberated at two o'clock in
the afternoon. At 6:4S the same after
noon one of them reached his. home.
His feline companions arrived at Liege
somewhat later; but it is understood
that within twenty-four hours every one
had reached his home. 1t is proposed to
establish, at an early day, a regular sys-
tenn of cat communication between
Liege and the neiboring villages.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-03-27
How to Thaw out q Dog.

A family residing in the southern part
of the city had pet dog, and said dog
was provided with all the comforts his
canine nature required. But one morn
ing during the late cold visitation he
had got out of doors without it being dis
covered for some time, and then he was
found on his back and frozen stiff in
death as was naturally supposed. The
lady of the house, on ascertaining the
pets condition, and satisfied of his death,
directed her little son to throw the body
over the fence, when the boy suggested
that they should place it by the fire and
try to thaw it back to life; and, placing
the apparently defunct dog on rug, the
little son commenced chafng the paws
and nose. The mother, forcing open
the dog g mouth sufficiently, poured down
his throat some hot whisky toddy, and
signs of returning animation began to be
manifested, and in due time the little
animal was on his legs again, and is
now, it is claimed, as successful live
dog as can be found anywhere. This
may seem rather tough story, but the
head of the family, gentleman well
known on change and undoubted verac-
ity. says it is fact.-iSt. Louis Repub.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-03-27
TO FARMERS,
Gardeners and Agents.

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The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-03-27

AT every great worlds exhibition for
twelve years Mason Hamlin Organs have
been awarded the gold medal or other high
est honor. This year at the Paris Exposi-
ton they have been found worthy of the
gold medal.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-03-27

e"WHAT is worth doing is worth doing
WE'LL" but then few people want piece
Of beef well done.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-03-27

PUBLIC Speakers and Singers will find
"BRowN's BRONCHIAL TRocHEs" ben
efcial in clearing the voice before speaking
or singing, and relieving the throat after
any exert;cn of the vocal organs. For
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The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-03-27
Not Deserving of Pity.

negSdTtu epeuutuFlltS, TO WuOu money
has no exchange value but pleasure.
Persons who will persist in dying by
inches with dyspepsia and liver diseases,
when DIR. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery
and Pleasant Purzative Pellets are unfailing
remedies for these maladies.
Parents who spare the rod and ruin the
child. Fast young men and women are
generally spoiled children to begin with.
People who suffer from catarrh, when DIR.
Sage's Catarrh Remedy is a safe, reliable,
and well-tested remedy for this loathsome
disease.
People who marry for money, and find too
late that the golden glitter is all moonshine.
Women who suffer death every day of
their lives, when DIR. Pierce's Favorite Pre-
scription will effectualiy remove those pain
full weaknesses and impart healthful tone
and strength to the whole system.
People who live beyond their means and
find that style and pride, like everything
else in this world, unless placed upon Sc
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eravitation.
Invalids who do more toward fostering
disease, by living and sleeping in the low,
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| than the best medicines can accomplish to-
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Chronic diseases are especially subject to
| these conditions
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-03-27

THE PROFESSIONAL ENDORSEMENT which
has been accorded by leading medical men
in various parts of the country to DIR. VIM.
HALLS BALsAM FOR THE LUNGS, is a suffi.
cient guaranty of its efficacy in eradicating
diseases of the breathing organs. These
edy, and their concurrent testimony is to
the effect that it is a positive specific for
lung, bronchial and throat affections OF
every description, and a most reliable pre-
ventive of that dreaded scourge, consump
ton. Druggists sell it.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-03-27

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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-07-03
SUICIDE.
A wel-knOwn Physician Ends Ms
Career.

AT BENEFITS Landing, Miss, at an
early hour yesterday morning, DR.. j,
H.. Crews cut his throat with a razor,
making a deep cash several inches
long, %severing the jugular, and causing
death in a very brief period.
DR.. Crews has been a well-to-do
merchant at Benefits Landing, but
owing to an apparent alteration Of
mind he had recently dissolved part
nership and retired. His relatives
and friends were about to have him
conveyed to the insane asylum at
Nashville for treatment, and he
was to have left for that point
next week. Only a few weeks
ago DR.. Crews attempted self-destruc-
ton by taking morphine, but antidotes
timely administered saved him. Since
then he has been carefully watched BY
his brother. Yesterday morning after
a pleasant nights rest together, the
brother rose and left the bed with a
pleasant remark, telling the doctor to
take care Of himself. Upon returning
shortly after he was Mortified to find
the doctor weltering in his blood, he
having in the brothers absence cut
his throat as described.
The remains of the deceased doctor
we're brought to the city this morning
by steamer, and will be inferred at
ElmwOOd this afternoon from Holst's,
on Main street.
Dr.. Crews was reared in Hardeman
county, ia this State, was we'll known
in this city, and was 43 years Of age at
the time Of the tragic affair. He will
be buried in a suit of clothes ordered
a short time since to be used at his
expected wedding. It is vaguely
limited that a rupture between the de-
ceased and his betrothed had much to
do with his insanity. The doctor
made a voyage to Europe last year,
and be never, it is stated, exhibited
traits Of arrangement until after the
heart affair referred to.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-07-03
A BafIIed ReDorter.
Nashville Americana

Naehflilo hueIlcan.l
The diabolism of a bafled renorter
when one is bafled, is one of the sub.
finest exhibitions of pure wicked
ness He is going to have revenge.
and he cares not where. He strikes
blindly, like q snake in August, but
ne always hits something. A ST.
Louis reporter the other day rave an
exhibition Of this sort Of venom. He
was sent to interview Mayor Oyerstolz
IN order Il know from his own. lips of
what politics he is, Senator Vest hav-
ing said he was not a Democrat. 1t is
not often that a reporter fails on a
business OF that kind, if he is allowed
access to BIS victim. The mayor saw
MS IarSntion, and vanquished him
Sqds.fely. What did the reporter
uo2 Retire like a defeated hu-
man being? Not at all. He looked
around for something that hadn't
been dipped in the Styx, and wasn't
impervious, for some human being not
overlaid by Vulcan with triple brass,
which to sweep the Bosom of destrnc-
ton. He detected a grin on the face
OF the mayors private secretary, and
noted him for a dose of blue ruin in
next mornings Globe Democrat. in
which he d~iabolically announced that
when the private secretary smiled it
set the world to wondering how he
could drink tea out of a saucer with
out burning his ears. None but a
bafied reporter could ever have con
cocted so devilish a revenge.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-07-03
VERY ROMANTIC.
The Most Remarkable Love Story Of the
Season.

The most remarkable love story Of
the summer is told by the Port Jervis
Union. -Four years ago, a gentleman
OF twenty-three won the heart of a
lady OF nineteen. She was the
daughter OF pious parents, and al.
though she was not connected with
any church, looked with a feeling
alike to horror on anything approach
ing scepticism. But the time came
when she learned that her lover was a
deist that he had no generation for
the bible, and took no interest in
churches. She was deeply panied by
the revelation. She sent for her lover
and endeavored to convince him Of
his error, but he was not satisfied with
her arguments. She finally wrote to-
him a tear-stained letter bidding bim
goodbye forever. The lady mourned
but tried to satisfy herself that she
had acted correctly. Two years made
her more liberal than she had been.
The more she read the more she dis
trusted her former decision, and she
finally became quite as liberal as the
lover she had discarded. The lover.
too, had undergone a change. Last
winter a revival of religion
took place in the city in
which he was engaged in bust
ness. Suffice it to say that he
united with the church, and in a short
time became a jealous member. He
thought Of the action of his former
sweetheart in discarding him for his
lnidelity, aud wrote her a brief note
the privilege of once more
on her. When she timidly
apologlzed for previous dismissal Of
him, he, to her surprise, defended her
conduct, said she had been in the
right, and in her place he would do
the same. Her heart sank at these
words. She confessed tho great change
her sentiments from being a firm
believer in the bible, she had discard
ed it, and with it her belief in n
revealed religion. He pleaded with
her, urged everything he could think
OF to induce her to change her mind.
She could not, and told him so. He,
felt that he must not be yoked with
an unbeliever, and gave her up.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-07-03

free expressions Of various people II
has beeen strongly limited that no
regulations will be necessary for rail-
ways in ease of epidemic.
To accommodate visitors who desire
to attend the barbecue, races and
other attractions offered by the Shelby
County Grange Association at their
Fair Grounds, on the Memphis and
Charleston railroad, July 4th, the
Memphis and Charleston railroad,
commencing at 10 o'clock am, will
run special trains between Memphis
and the Fair Grounds hourly on that
day. Tickets will be sold at 278 Main
street and at Memphis and Charleston
depot at twenty-five cents for the
round trip. Parties failing to pur-
chase tickets will be charged full fare
ZACH way.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-07-03
Massachusetts immigration Il
Tennessee,

AChhACSoGGs
The Nashville Banner publishes al
extract from a private letter, datec
Lowell, June q, written by commits.
sioner j. B. Killebrew, now in Massa.
chusetts. He says:
| visited Boston, Lynn and Charles.
town, yesterday. | am stirring up q
considerable interest in regard "a
Tennessee. There will be a large
party of excursionists and immigrants
that will leave here on the 9th ofJuly.
We hope to bring down about one or
two hundred. | think by staying here
a month or two | could send down one
thousand persons. They are very
eager to obtain information, and when
we once get a start they will come like
a flock of sheep. They are beginning
to wake up to the fact that in Tennes-
see they can make a living a great deal
easier than they can it Massachusetts,,
and live in a much better climate
They are not at all afraid that they
will be maltreated. | have succeeded
in satisfying them that our people
need them and will sell them homes
cheap. Very few of them will
want more than fifty acres.
That will make a prodigious farm
for a Massachusetts, man. They cult
vate their farms like gardens. Not a
weed, OF a bush, or a brier is seen
about them. All that the soil can be
made to produce they get out of it.
Their houses are very tasteful, and
their barns o. stables are often at
tached to their houses and are painted
and look as well as the dwellings. No
stock runs out here, | have not seen A
hog since | have been in Massachu-
sets, The farmers live with great
~frugality nothing is wasted. Every
particle OF manure is saved and put
upon their little patches of corn, grass
or potatoes. This stock is well proyi.
ded for and kept. The patches of
grass along the highways Are regularly
moved. But, after all, Massachusetts,
lives on the balance of the country.
She levies contributions upon every
State. Her leading men, however, are
beginning to think that many branches
of manufacture must be moved south
ward, as their profits here, owing to
the high price Of living, will not ena-
BILE them to compete with more favor
ed sections.
| have everywhere met with the
most cordial reception. Halls have
been rendered me without nay, and
gas furnished free. A great many are
calling upon me every hour. After
the first ipstallment there will be no
trouble IN getting any number. l am
now thoroughly satisfied that New
England is the place for us to work in.
The people are sober, industrious and
thrifty. Many of them work sixteen
and eighteen hours per day. Every.
body and everything Is In motion. No
loafers stand idly on the streets; no
drunken men or saloons are seen. But
there is great poverty among the lower
class of mechanics, Some of them
get only eight or ten dollars a week,
and out Of this they have to pay for
rent, fuel and water tax, besides SUP.
plying their families.