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

A good story is told Of a reverend
gentleman of Bristol in connection with
the present distress, and some of the
worthless characters who trade upon it.
Itappears that an old woman called upon
him and told him such an affecting story
of a daughter and grandchildren re-
duced to the utmost want that he gave
her half crown. Soon after leaving his
house, he passed the recipient of his
charity talking to another woman, and
overheard their conversation without
being observed by them. "Well, have
you been to old c." Yes and he
gave me this" lshowing the half-crown)
upon which the other replied with glee,
"come along, then, and we'll have some
thing to drink out Of it." They accord
ingly proceeded to a neighboring public
house, followed, still unobserved, by the
charitable c.. They had two glasses
of hot gin and water at the bar, gave the
half.crown and the change was put on
the counter. The old woman was about
to take it up, when Mr.. c. put his
hand over her shoulder and possessed
himself of it before she could prevent
him. "No," said he, as she turned
round to see who it was that interposed,
"the change belongs to old CO u
And he took it and went his way
Bristol Times.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-03-27

Captain ". H, Andrews, and ". L. Greene
at Fieksburg, Miss. Andrew and Greene
were killed almost instantly, and Fitz
gerald was dangerously wounded. The
difficulty originated about a Hibernian
meeting, at which Andrews was elected
President. Fitzgerald claimed to be Presi
dent of the Hibernian Society, and de.
nounced the election of Andrews as farce.
Greene took exceptions to Fitzgerald's re-
marks, and attempted to draw weapon.
Fitzgerald drew first and shot Greene
through the heart. Andrews then shot
Fitzgerald and Fitzgerald shot Andrews.
Andrews was the head of the firm of w. Fl.
Andrews & Bro, and was President of the
Howard Association after Rockwood's
death last summer. W. L. Greene was clerk
of Andrews & Bro. Fitzgerald is promi-
nent lawer, once Republican State District
Attorney.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-03-27

A LOCOMOTIVE travelling at the ordi-
nary rate of thirty miles an hour, PER-
forms forty-four feet per second, and at
seventy miles an hour one hundred and
five feet per second. Two objects near
a traveller, yard apart, pass his eye in
the thirty-ffth part of second. When
two trains having this speed pass each
other the relative velocity will be seventy
yards per second; and if one of the
trains were seventy yards long it would
fash by in single second. To accom-
plish this, supposing the driving wheels
to be seven feet in diameter, the piston
must change its direction in the cylin-
der ten times in second. But there are
two cylinders, and the mechanism is so
regulated that the discharges of steam
are alternate. There are, therefore,
twenty discharges of steam per second,
at equal intervals, and these twenty
exhausts divide second into twenty
equal parts, each puff having the
twentieth of second between it and
that which precedes and follows it The
ear, like the eye, is limited in the rapid
ity of its sensations; and sensitive as
that organ is, it is not capable of distin-
gushing sounds which succeed each
other at intervals of the twentieth part
of second.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-03-27

NOTHING would seem, at first view,
more unlikely to furnish any wondrous
revelations than piece of chalk; but
let us see. We will take small frag-
ment and soak it in water, and when
softened, with a fine brush, we will
gently reduce it to a powder, and then
place a small quantity of it under the
microscope. And now what do we see2
To our amazement we find this fine
powdered chalk composed Of the per-
fecny-formed shells of myriads of mi
mute creatures, so small that billions of
them are necessary to make single
cubic inch. These animalcule existed
many thousand years ago, and, on dying,
they sank to the bottom of the ocean,
and their shells alone are now found
condensed and changed into the SUBJ
stance known as chalk.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-03-27
Hasslar's Eccentricfties.

Hassiar was hampered and embarrassed
continually by limited appropriations.
His operations were tof that character
easily seen; Congress wondered continu-
ally what he was about. While he was
systenlatizing methods and training as
sistants, congress was struggling its
shoulders and clamoring because results
were inadequate to all the expenditure.
Hasslar was an eccentric man of irascible
disposition and great independence of
character. On one occasion committee
from congress waited upon him in his
Office to inspect his work.
You come to 'spect my work, eh !?
Vat you know bout my vork7 Vat you
going to 'spectw
The gentlemen, conscious of their
ignorance, tried to smooth his ruf1ed
temper by an explanation, which only
made matters worse.
"You knows noting at all bout my
work. How can you 'spect my work, ven
you knows nottingf Get out of here;
you in my way. Congress be Won big
WOOL to send you to 'spect my work.
I ave no time to waste With such as knows
noting vat am bout. Go back to con.
gress and tell dem vat I say"
The committee did go "back to con-
gress" and report, amid uproarious
laughter, the result of their inspecting
interview.
When Hon. Levi Woodbury. was
secretary of the treasury, under Jackson,
he and Hasslar could not agree as to the
compensation to be allowed to the
superintendent, and Hasslar was re-
ferred to the president, at whose dis
cretion the law placed the settlement of
the dispute.
$50, Mr.. Hasslar, it appears the
secretery and you cannot agree about
this NATTER remarked Jackson, when
Hasslar stated his case in his usual en-
phatic style.
No, sir, We can't"
"Well, how much do you really think
you ought to have?'
"Six tousand dollars, sir"
why, MIR. Hasslar, that is as much
as Mr.. Woodbury., my secretery of the
treasury, himself receives"
"Mr. Woodbury. screamed Hasslar,
rising from his chair and vibrating his
long forefnger toward his own heart
Plenty Mr.. Voodburys, plenty
Mr.. Everybodys, for secretery of de
treasury; v-o-n-e, v-o-n-e Mr.. Hasslar fol
de head of the coast surveyl" and erect
ing himself in naughty attitude, he
looked down upon jackson in supreme
scorn at his daring comparison.
President Jackson, sympathizingSwith
character having some traits in com
mon with his own, granted Hssslar's de
mand, and at the close of the next cabi-
net meeting told the joke, to the great
entertainment Of the gentlemen present
Martha j. Lamb, in Harper's Magazine
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-03-27

TIE interior of Greenland still re-
mains n closed book to the geographer.
Last summer some Danish sarants at
tsmpted TO penetrate that mysterious
country, and agreed to ascend high
mountain, inland about forty miles.
They started on the 14th of July, and
for three-and-twenty days struggled
axninst storms of snow and hail and thick
fogs. On the 31st the weather cleared,
and the mountain was ascended. But
the explorers could penetrate no further.
Ice In all forms extended as far as the
eye could reach, and the travellers will
ingly left the shore of that Greenland
where not a bit of green could be de-
arried
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-03-27

dure, but he who teaches how health
can be best preserved while body and
mind are devoted to the busy vocations
in which the useful portion of humanity
are engaged day after day, with almost
no insermission. There is no mistaking
the fact that intervals of leisure in
American work-day life are too few.
Such confinement is productive of race
of invalids. It is useless 10 advise less
labor. 1t is not among the possibilities
for an American business man to cease
work as long as he can find work to do.
Some sanitary regimen is therefore
necessary which can be followed in the
Office, at the desk, about the place of
business; but the "great illustrators of
physical culture" are not the persons to
solve this enigma.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-03-27

THE Hartford correspondent of the
Springfield Republican tells some inter
esting stories of the Mitchell family
of Hartford, ancestors of Donald G.
Mitchell eek Marvel"). The best is
the reply of one of the old danes of the
house, century or more ago, to the
clergyman who, preaching in Wethers-
field on the sinfulness of man, suddenly
asked, in a most dramatic way, "Who
of you, o, my brethren and sisters, can
stand UP here and dare exhibit yourself
as one who knows that he or she finds
nothing of which to be ashamed? ]
pause for such an one to stand up"
Hereupon the old lady calmly rose and
looked about moment or two, until all
eyes had been fastened upon her, and
then quietly seated herself without a
sign of perturbation. Without word
of comment from the preacher, the ser
mon was very quietly finished, but no
man or woman present ever dared to
hint to Mrs. Mitchell that her conduct
was other than any true Mitchell should
have taken under such circumstances.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-03-27
The Precious Metals.

The annual statement of precious
metals produced in the States and Ter
ritories west of the Missouri river, in
cluding British Columbia and receipts
In San Francisco from the west coast of
Mexico, shows decrease of ST., ,267, 1872,
as compare d with the aggregate product
of 1877, the falling off being for the
most part in Nevada, where the bonanza
mines have fallen far below their aver
age of last year. Nevada still leads the
list in point of productiveness, the fig
ures for that State being $55, ,1s1 $40,
against $1S,920,461 for California,
$9,763,G40 for Montana, &c, ,232, TAT for
Colorado, $2,2S7, 1888 for Arizona,
$2,215,S64 for Dakota, $1,S58,18 for
Idaho, $l,213,724 for Oregon, etc,
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-03-27

The State eff Georgia owes the Gov
ernment about two hundred thousand
dollars under the assessment for direct
tax ON lands imposed by the Federal
authorities in 1564-5. The assessment
was three mills on the dollar, and is the
only land tax ever levied under United
States law: The recent Congress ap-
propriated seventy-seven thousand dol
lsrs to Georgia for the amount advanced
I'm suppressing and removing the Cher
okees in 1885, and the Treasury officials
refuses 30 pay it, but insist upon placing
the amount as credit upon Georgia's in
debtedness. The question will event
ually have TO be decided by Attorney
General Devens.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-03-27
An English Confidence Game.

An English confidence man, once a
country gentleman, and well known at
the cover-side and in the betting ring,
contrived an ingenious way of making
dishonest living. He watched the papers
for the deaths of noblemen and wealthy
gentlemen, and dispatched to them, as
if they were still alive, confidential let
ters, generally running in this way:
"My Dear Bob: You know I am now
down in the world, and nothing but the
pinch of poverty compels me to ask for
the settlement of that small debt of
honor standing so long," etc. This pre-
cious letter, of course, was opened by
the executors, and in many cases the
swindler was successful in obtaining
large sums.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-03-27
TOPICS OF THE DAY.

Now that the President Of the French
Republic ia a civilian, the black coat
rsiEns supreme. The height of courtesy
and delicacy consists in avoiding uni
form. There Is, too, a great and grave
question as to whether the white cravat
ought not TO give way to the black
crsvat. The old men prefer the latter,
and the young men the former. There
are, therefore. two camps. In many OF
the crack clubs, however, the black
crsvst has been adopted exclusively for
dinners.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-03-27

IT is always possible in looking up the
origin of reigning fashion to find a
reason for it; cause and effect 60 hand
In hand even in fashions vagaries.
This winter we hear of the prevalence
of pearls as fashion; a recent traveller
notes the finding of new pearl bank in
the Persian gulf early last year; there
fore some one stood behind the crank
that turns out the Paris fashions who
was interested in some "corner" in
pearls. At recent English high life
weddings a bunch of pinks from the
village of Celarine in the Engadine has
been much-prized wedding gift; above
price because it needed all the persuas-
ion of tourists TO make the peasant yield
up his cherished flower, and ithad lately
been much famed.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-03-27
An Unpleasant Joke.

A familiar but not diverting joke has
been repeated lately by French soldier
at Nancy. After instructing recruit
in the management of his rifle, he leveled
the piece at him, exclaiming at the same
time, by way of jest, "Now, Team going
to shoot YOU" The conscript, lending
himself to the joke, put his forehead
against the muzzle. the soldier touched
the trigger, and the gun suddenly going
off nearly severed the young soldiers
head from his shoulders. A blank
cartridge had been left by mistake in
tho l,orlnl
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-03-27

placing it beyond the lady's power to
engage him. He reckoned without his
host, as by the return mail the invalid
accepted his terms. The doctor reached
England recently, and when he returns
will pack up along with his English
clothes and Sangster umbrella s125, 600
of British gold Patients treated on
the same terms at this Office, says the
Cnstyiar
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-03-27

THE Independent, of Constantine, in
Algeria, contains an account of an ex-
traordinary act of courage and presence
of mind by mail guard. A passenger
writes that he was in the coupe Of the
diligence which runs from Algiers to
Setif, and the vehicle had just passed
the bridge over the Oued-el-Xir, when
the horses stopped suddenly and at
tempted to swerve round, but were kept
in with difficulty by the native position.
A large lion was seen quietly walking
along the ridge on the right side of the
road at distance of less than fifty feet.
The situation was critical one, for on
the other side was deep ravine, down
which the diligence would have been
precipitated had the horses started off
The guard, Joseph Borge, was inside
the vehicle, and seeing the cause of the
alarm, he opened the door and de-
scended, and, going to the heads of the
horses, seized the brides and patted the
animals on the neck to tranquilize
them. The lion, in the meantime, con-
tented itself with giving a sidelong
glance at the carriage, and then entered
the brushwood and was lost sight Of
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-03-27
Recreant Turks.

Not few of the Turkish officers talk
en- prisoners during the late war have
accepted service in the armies of their
conuuerors. The terms offered them
were liberal and they felt no scrurla
about accepting them. Most of chem
are to be sent to the Caucasus. Moth
ing, however, could induce the Turkish
privates to follow the example of their
chiefs. The inferiority of the Turkish
officer to the Turkish private soldier in
soldierly qualities has always been in
sisted upon. ....-=
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-03-27

A MAN about thirty-fve years old
was arrested for burglary committed
at the store of Robbins & Marsh, at
North Chester, Vermont. At his
trial he gave his name as John Ham
mond, or California Jack" and proved
himself quite an interesting character.
Although young attorney was assigned
him, he conducted his own case. At
the impaneling of the jury he inquired
of each of them whether he would have
any conscientious scruples against ac-
quitting prisoner should it be shown
that he had been ironed, hand and foot,
and dragged all over New York and
Vermont. During the progress of his
trial he would interrupt witness with
" You need not answer; object" etc.,
and when overruled by the Judge, who
was member Of the Supreme Court,
Jack would take exception to his rulings,
and upon these he appealed to the Su-
preme Court, recently held at Wood
stock, before which he won his point and
obtained new trial. His versatility,
shrewdness and legal knowledge are a
subject of much comment among the
legal fraternity. California Jack has
been confined in the Windsor State
Prison, as no other prison was deemed
safe against his experienced efforts to
escape.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-03-27
FOREIGN SUMMARY.

THE village of vernet, near Vichy, France,
containing one hundred houses, has
been totally destroyed by fire.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-03-27

The Kolnische Zeitung announces
that during the night between 18th and
18th Of February, Herr John Palisa,
Director of the Observatory at Pola,
discovered new planet Of the eleventh
magnitude, the position of which is
given ms follows; Mean time at Pola,
Februaryl7, 13h. Aim; right ascension
1lh. 1om.s 20s. north declination, 50 54.
Should this really prove new planet, 1t
will increase the number of the kne wn
small planets to 1872, of which 1913 have
been discovered in Europe, 50 in
America, and g. in Asia, and of which SO
have been observed only once. Accord
ing to the Astronomische Nachrichten.
one of the leading astronomers in
Vienna has declared that probably a.
planet near the sun passed across the
suns disk during the forenoon of We'd
nesday, the 18th of March.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-03-27

ABAsHFuL and timid young Toledoar,
in love, wants to know if it wouldn't be
a good thing for him to secure the SER
vices of the Teller committee? Well.
well, well!- Toledo Commercial.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-03-27

WHILE the British barque Lutter-
worth, which recently arrived in San
Francisco, was becalmed in the tropics,
a large shark was observed swimming
around the ship. A large hook with a
chain attached was baited with a four
pound piece of pork. The shark made
Tor 1t, and bolted it, but in hauling him
mp the chain parted, and he coolly
swallowed the hook, chain, and pork.
Another hook was then baited, which he
instantly seized, biting a three-inch
rope In twain, and also swallowing il
with another four-pound piece of pork.
Another hook was then baited with a
similar piece of pork, and with this the
shark was caught and landed on the
main deck. When at last he was killed
and cut open, the large hooks, chain and
rope, together with the eight pounds of
pork, were found in his stomach.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-03-27
Why Chinamen's Coats Have Five But
tt sN# tons.

Why does the mantle of our national
costume have five buttons, neither more
upon capriciously, nor because of fashion.
We Chinese wear it solely that We may
keep in sight something to remind us of
the Ave principal moral virtues which
These are: jen, y, ly, tche and sin; that
is TO say: jen, humanity, y, justice; ",
order ,tche, prudence, and san, rectitade,
uprightness- You will perceive that
humanity stands before all the other
virtues. When one has humanity, he
knows and feels that the unfortunate
are, to be respected; he does not add
trouble to trouble, sorrow to sorrow, or
misfortune to misfortune.-SMnday
.xfte7Weon ,or March.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-03-27

A PEN picture of Lord Beaconsfeld
says ne Ia to strangers an amiable old
gentleman, who converses with a laneuid
interest about music and painting, with
some animation about turnips and cattle.
ana with no fire at all, but rather a
demure composure, about politics and
the spread of Roman Catholicism in
England. He has loud, grating voice
which only grows tuneful when he is
warmed. He likes flowers, perfumes
and fruits. He eats a great deal of
champagne jelly, and drinks a great deal
OF black coffee. He never smokes. He
dresses to perfection, knowing exactly
what style Of clothes best suits him.
Into newspapers he hardly ever dips.
sometimes when sitting alone he rests
nishead ON his hand and gazes into the
nre or out Of the window. No one can
boast that ne has obtained glimpse of
the Sphinx'sp true mind.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-03-27

PROBABLY the largest medical fee
ever paid has just been landed by
Phiiadelphia physician. He is the in
ventor OF a peculiar system of treat
ment, under which the patient is not
allowed to see any relative, friend, or
stranger, forbidden all exertion, and
kept in perfectly passive state. Sue
cess seems to have followed his system,
~ an English lady of wealth wrote to
engage the doctor to come to England
and treat her. Not desiring to leave
this country, he wrote and named
k65,000 ss the fee, for the purpose of
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1879-12-10

len. Darauf lsudtete er tsm 5remosn
binaus burh ben buntlsu Tlur unp per-
rissslte iorsiam bic Saustbar bintsr i'm,
aus ber furs aupor cine etpae 9s'tHnleaeltf
nlannliae Bieur mad einsr lsioenlhaTt'''
den 9iebeslesne nit 1ila sntplfpfn war.
Satte @ruter cine Nbnuns oapen
! Sm ,lmrpsnoen mar bic Maste Der pof-
'lihfeit pom Geftt Ses JabriEieitsrs absf.,
fallen unp ,stste Den iam sissnsn brutal
oenusladtisen, Nusorud iebt, rcd TN ssr'
Ifharitsn Waee. Die, esbritte ieinss
{ds fam gum 8orltetu. -
@siue Gohter, scidmeieis pie eine 81
ssdls aus bent s@artsn h,, ben SausEur
fdlip|eas, iabanit porasbosnsm Salls uno
anaflid selpanutsr Niisns, pis er ben
@ens entlass itr ndbsr itampfe. Damn
ser(dwaup Re unbemerft In Der bumpfsen
@pbnifuts, no auf Dem runbcn Tamllfn'
ti@d eiHe tief berdteetrannts Iaigter3s pas
bier brrrihs,ibe GbaoS3 bon abssworfsnsr
8inoeraaroercte, bsrbsn SnabenitisIsln.
,errilIenen 5uheamtiSlsrn amberseItreu>
/ TEN @piel,sus ;wildsn @5hultudsrn uno
saebrauhten, geselhirr In ibren moblmet'
heneen Analm tallts..
;asglts der 5ausherr NIT Der Sanpe In 0er
Nanp bic @hwcae fielss 9usculums lber'
Mritt, fanb er pie Sohtsr eifris aufraa-
meub, NIT ssrStbstsn Wansen unp luhsln'
ben .Qippen itm supinfenp. als Ob oas cro'
btnse llasrmitter aui leinsm @sfdtta,br
burdaus teia 8anseu psrurlaas. Qtns
gEeils Frirte erl lie idusiaeno. 9Orf'
,Mdnely bstontessy eann, cine 6auit teasnp,
llahgldm, Ia pia' Bit rattcn, eeine' gisbs
niht au,u psrweaen ausauwsrfsn uno Del
ne WFtdten beisr 3u erfiiusn. gSf's siu
gBunper. bab man fold elmer ps'psnDirtb'
laaft germ ben Nuden fsbrt unp prauBeu
fein Bebagsa ludt? @ollteR tifb nal ls
in peinem @ranatl lhmud unb ben Sirenen'
lltcdtu ,piiGfn lptn serriliensn @amii0lsrr
uup iamuBissn Stisieln psiner armsn 9e'
| lhwilter bier berumpasiren leben. Yfu
5eufel Gin setptiisr Semanb parbs stob'
Mueen maiden ,unp bier fiji. isine rotber
@uualase fardtsn, empianst ibn oarnn
,ipcetj aud peistih prauBsn untsrm Stsr'
nsntimmel - tpie.
fstDri{etuhi folat. o.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1879-12-10
gipe bSd(f ieltene Operation soll

= -s gine h1d{t ieltene Operation soqr
,os rpie bic .,Oitpr. g." 'beridtet =
prof. SdSntprn in bet dirnrgiiden iali'
nit in 8Suissbers All einem W5anaen per
ben Srebs in Der SpeilerShre bat ,uno
baber ben, fdern baloisen Epo burd
gerbunserl1 entsegeniab. SdSntcrn
Iibrts ibm cine Sefinuns in ben Wfasen,
burd melde bem &raafen nun bic SpeiIe
lpirett in tenielten eingebradt tprn., II
Dieis gtabridt sebt iett curd uae
sr06eh eurcpdiIden 3ei!nnaen. @ans
6ielelbe Operation BAT tiirstid, osne 10
Ppiel 9arm uub Bufierei, elm einfader
Milfrurier qanbarst in peer Bel Sprins
fielo an einem liebeniibrisen Mdoden
semadt. Das ainb, pprher falf gum
5felett absemasert uno benz 2obe nate,
BAT ieitbem tpSdentlib fuit I'M ein balbes
bpfunb 3nsenpnlmsn nnb ipielt lsbt lufis
init ieinen Nlterssenuiltunen. @
EAStiae Mittbeiluns entnebmen mir
benz uanseiser ses Deiiens," bic mir
hermit eaAin beridtisen, bab es ni9t
eiu 2anear3t in ober bel SprinsfielO mar,
Der obne srosen sdrm pieIelbe Operation
| pernabm, ionpern@ ,oag hefaste Operation
rell 81. s. 5erii in Gan s(ntcnic mil
@rIcle an einem febenidbrisen @ioden
auss,fiibrt purbe.