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The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-10-16
A Hundred Dollar Advertisement.


Apropos Of the coming circus, the
agent of the company, while in this city,
related his experience with a country
publisher in Iowa, whom he approached
for the price of a. column display
advertisement. The price was $l00.
"How much for two columns?" "One
hundred dollars" was the reply. "How
much for half a column? i" One hum
dred dollars "That's very singular" !"
said the agent "Howsmuch for Il single
square?' g One hundred dollars re-
piled the publisher unmoved. "To tell
you the truth, he continued, "the day
your show gets here I've got note for
500 to meet in bank. l We been waiting
for you to come along, and seeno other
way to pay it. You can have the whole
paper or ! single inch, just as you like,
but it win cost you just 800.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-10-16
A Hen Changes Her Colors.

Z
Mrs. Frank Patterson, of the Rock
field neighborhood, owns curiosity in
the shape of a hen. She is of the black
Spanish variety, and six years ago her
feathers were jet black. Having taken
the cholera at that time, she was thrown
under rosebush by the children to die,
but in few days recovered. Her
feathers began coming out, and, to the
surprise of every one, the new crop that
took their places were a pure white.
Each year she sheds her feathers, and
now, with a beautiful snow-white coat,
she struts the barn-yard, in striking con-
trast to her lord and master, who swells
with pride at the thoughts of having never
changed his color.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-10-16

A sensation was created in Atlanta,
Georgia, Thursday, by young woman
meeting a prominent young lawyer on
the street presenting him with two
weeks-old child, alleging that he was the
father of it. He refused to accept it and
walked off, but she followed him down
the street, carrying the baby. A large
crowd Of interested people followed in
the wake of the principals, and alto
gether the young lawyer had very un-
pleasant time. of it, as
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-10-16

The new insurrectionfin Cuba has re-
ceived an impetus which thousands of
royal troops cannot overcome, and from
a quarter, too, which may always be de-
pended on 10 furnish assistance at the
proper time and place. Seventeen
officers who served against the govern
ment in the long and bloody wars which
were, to all appearances, brought to an
end few months ago, and who had not
again taken up arms, were recently
butchered in their homes by Spanish
soldiers acting, il is claimed, without
orders.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-10-16
Retaining Titles,

There is curious sort of modesty pre-
vailing among the owners of great man
sions in London which induces them to
retain the name of the original owner
even when his successor is ten times as
distinguished Thusev the Duke of
Wellington was satisfied that his famous
mansion at Hyde Park corner should
continue to bear the name of Lord Chan
cellor Apsley, its original tenant, al
though it was entirely reconstructed by
the Duke; and. Mr.. Holford, who owns
the most artistic mansion in London,
built on the site of what was known as
Dorchester House, retains that name.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-10-16

THERE can be now no doubt of the
brilliant future of Deadwood. OF course,
it can hardly ever be as brilliant as it
was for few hours the other day, but
it is well-known axiom in relation to
American cities, that they never amount
to much till they are burnt to the
ground. Examples of this truth are the
cities of Chicago, Boston, Portland, New
York, st. John and many other places.
Now, that Deadwood has been cleaned
out, it can go right ahead, sanguine of
success. Ft
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-10-16

inasmuch as he invited jew to commune with
them, the church was "cut off," and then
another congregation, rich in this worlds goods,
went and done likewise--cut themselves off.
Thus the two wealthiest Baptist churches in
st Louis have rebeled. As if to finish matters,
in religious circles, Rev. Sorg, a Baptist
preacher, with huge knife, disemboweled
Frank Gaddy because he would not "give him
the road" upon which they were both driving.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-10-16

The enormous emigration westward
the past couple of years, has had no little
to do with the recent sharp advance in
iron. By settling up new territory, a
demand has been created for railroad
facilities, and this has been met with
great energy by the old companies. just
now another strong factor in the ad-
vance in iron is the dearth of ore. There
is, literally, an ore famine, and this
more than lack of furnace facilities, is
boosting the price.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-10-16
Horrible Railroad Accident.

The news comes from Detroit of a painful
accident on the Michigan Central railroad near
that place. The accident occurred at o'clock
at night, produced by passenger train bound
west colliding with switch engine. Twenty
five persons or thereabouts were killed and not
less than fifty were more or less injured, many
fatally. The Pacific express had left Detroit
forty minutes late and was going at the rate of
thirty miles hour when the collision
occurred. The baggage and express
cars telescoped, while the remaining
coaches, eleven in number, piled on top of each
other, The first coach was filed with emf
grants, most of whom were either killed or
seriously injured. Beyond thoses-sslies were
emigrants among the injured and Killed, SO far
as identified, were persons whose residence is
Canada and the east. Willie Rice, little fell
low four years old, who sustained a broken leg
and cut face, had his father, mother and sister
killed. The details of the disaster are appall-
darkness of the night, and the walls
and groans of the torn and crushed human
beings, indescribable. A correspondent who
visited the scene, says: "The force of the
collision be better seen where the engines
came together. They lay in a tangled mass
that renders it almost impossible to recognize
portions of either with any degree certainty.
One of the cylinders was thrown back dis
tance of sixty feet, clear over the wreck, and
landed between the track, while the smoke
stack lies at still greater distance from the
point of collision. The trucks of all the
wrecked cars were forced backward, and the
spectacle presents itself of cars but little
damaged otherwise, with compact mass
of wheels under their entire length.
"The train was made up of seven Wagner sleep
ers, four passenger coaches, and mail and bag
gage cars, making a very heavy train, and the
force with which such mass would come in
contact with such an obstacle while under a
high rate of speed, made especially necessary
from the fact of the train being late, can be
better imagined than described. The shock
came with the suddenness of an avalanche,
leaving death and destruction in its remorse-
less path. The ground around the wreck is
one mass of kindling wood, intermingled with
broken baggage, ruined express matter, and a
chaotic mass of debris. A somewhat singular
fact, is the large amount of passengers bag
gage remaining intact, though not more so
than the fact that some escaped alive from the
wrecked cars.
The caboose, which was attached to the
switch engine, was driven back some sixty OF
eighty feet from the locomotive, the tender be-
ing thrown clear off the track. horrible
sight presented itsclfat point where the end
of the baggage-car came in contact with the end
of the telescoped coaches. There a mass OF
some five or six human beings, including one OF
two females, were jammed together in a crushed
and mangled mass heads, arms and limbs pro-
truding in a-sickening manner, telling only toe
plainly the awful force of the collision
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-10-16

ONE of the thirty-five or forty per-
sons injured by washout on the Read
ing Railroad, brought test suit, and
was awarded $3 500 damages. The case
is to be carried up, and IL the lower
court is sustained, the prospect is that
the Pennsylvania and Reading road will
have avery handsome bill to settle.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-10-16

1T appears that the Howard Associa-
tion of Memphis has received but
sl7 900 in donations this year, of which
Jay Gould contributed $4,000. Appar.
emily the need of contributions in aid
Of the yellow fever sufferers in Memphis
Is now quite as pressing as it. was last
year, but a smaller amount is needed.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-10-16

A DoUBLE-HEADED steel rail was re-
Gently exhibited by the Western Rail-
way Company, of France, which is GER
tilted to have been in use for eighteen
years, during which time 256,000 trains
have passed over it. 1t has been used
only on one side, and is not half worn
away. The average age or life of an
iron rail is given as about seven years,
and, as prominent railroad manager
said, recently, there are now few rail-
roads which can afford touse them.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-10-16

SIDNEY SMITH was man who could
not let slip chance to make Joke, and
he did it even when the subject in hand
was Of the gravest. John Bishop Sclwyn
departed for New Zealand. Smith teak
him warmly by the hand and said
though there was the tremble of sad
memories in his voice: ''Good-bv, nv
dear Selwyn; l hope you will not dis.
agree with the man who eats you."
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-10-16

KING ALFONSO, of Spain, getsa dowry
Of "A, 900, 900 with his Austrian bride.
This, it would seem. is not enough, and
the Cortes has been summoned to meet
on the 3d of November, when an ap-
preparation may be expected from the
representatives of delighted and CRATE
fui people.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-10-16

FROM April until last week, 21,000
cabin passengers left this country for
Europe. It is estimated that these
people spend on an average 81 900 each /;
In fact, taking into consideration the
the proverbial open-handedness of the
Americans, this estimate is rather low.
Thus it appears that this country has
spent $2l 100000 in gold In the one
item Of European amusement this year.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-10-16

visiting every section of the country within the
past month to learn the sentiment of the work
ingmen in regard to hostile movement against
capital, that fully 100000 laborers of all
classes are ready, willing and anxious to take
part in a strike. The prevailing local labor
struggles are but the premonitory symptoms
of the greater and more fully organized up
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-10-16

The depth of the water in the gorge
below Niagara Falls has just been meas
ured for the first time, the swiftness Of
the stream having bsffied all previous
efforts. Theaverage depth from not far
below the falls to the swift drift, where
the velocity Of the water Is too great to
admit of measurement, is 1853 feet
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-10-16

AMATEUR newspapers can not be ad-
mitted to the mails as second-class mat.
ter, because they are not issued from a
known office of publication, are not
published for the dissemination of new
of a public character, and have no legit-
innate list OF Subscribers.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-10-16

THERE are 284, 900 assessed voters in
Virginia, but of these $1,000 white and
$4,000 colorcd persons are delinquents
and cannot vote. OF the qualified
voters l47 900 are whites ana 5000
colored. -.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-10-16

The Farmers Emigration Society is
n reality in London. 1t sent batch of
eighty men, with their families, to
Texas, the other day, and it is organ
izing second and larger expedition.
The first colony carried with it more
than $3.50, 900 in cash. This would not
give far from S2, 900 to each emigrant.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-10-16

IssaAs fen tuF6l lof Anstriisns prison disci-
pline Aalie epsa e9ck bfacempelling the
eonvie 81 si2lsst upsmhis aHense 1t is
Isin the disefesionefl ske -Jasaees on pass
Fling scntenceoe fzinlprisohmenf, to pre-
scribe Aiso cenipuis5fy fsstmgat stated
lsfitefvAis very year, oRndi tosIdirect, in
|saddftion to- hbsaention from food, "A
I per1od Of solitary. cohfineniens on eaSh
I ahni3ersary. i0f the commission of the
\ crime. l, fmljrfsdiinent for twenty years,
With these sdd ifional rigors to the sem
t.fence was. recently imposed upon q
lsyouthfiif nfnrd Ter in Pragde.,ss The fast
| Ing yng. and solitary .coi,fpemeh are believed
BY Gefman jGriststo have@a valuable
| reformatory influence.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-10-16

Owing to the smallness of the gold
dollar, the New York Herald says: If
the Treasury Department wishes to pop
ularize the dollar of the fathers, let
them coin the gold dollar freely; it is
easier 10 lose than good idea"
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-10-16

ALL kinds of crops flourished in the
West this year, according 20 returns TO
the Department Of Agriculture, except
the potato crop. The partial failure OF
potatoes is due chiefly 10 resumption
the resumption OF active work on the
part Of the potato bugs.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-10-16

The Detroit Free Press says that
Rowell, the pedestrian, is said to be
worth $58, 900 i'm cash, while American
ciergymen are supposed to be rolling in
luxury when they get salary of $500
per year. 80
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-10-16

New YORK hasa phenomenal BABY
u weighed at birth doniys aeyeAii and
three-q quarter ounces, and was hut five
inches long and two and one-haf inches
across the shoulders. The little fellow
is perfectly formed, and the promise is
that if he lives he will surpass all other
midgets in diminutiveness,
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-10-16

Snow began falling on the Alpine
submits two weeks ago, unless the fact
mentioned by the cable should have
been produced by an avalanche. The
St. Gothard Pass is reported to be COM
pIetely blocked with snow, and traffic
cannot be resumed for some days. This
Is one more evidence of the necessity of
Fastening the completion of the famous
tunnel. ~
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-10-16

- THIS is an age Of benevolence. An
investigation has shown that the psupers
in the Franklin County (Ohio) Poor
house have been supplied with $500
worth Of whisky and tobacco since JAN
uary /.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-10-16

TENNYsoN will secure that handsome
property for his family, after all. He
could not afford to change his name,
but his son Lionel has no objection to
taking the name, which his uncle
Charles accepted, for the purpose of se-
curing an annual income of over $10,-
900. The young man was married a
few months ago. Heresfter he will be
known as Charles Tennyson Turner.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-10-16

The American demand for pig iron
has thrown the English market into a
state of unprecedented activity. I'm
mense quantities Of metal are, being
shipped from marlborough direct to
American ports. VI tsEN0 10 Ht'E&
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-10-16

A CORRUPT and unscrupulous ring,
with everything to gain and nothing to
lose, can resort 70 methods and perpe-
trate acts which Respectable citizens
would sooner die than commit.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-10-16

PAAcE reigns throughout the whole
Republic Of Mexico" says a dispatch.
~ There are no political disorders any
where" The statement is a tribute 10
the genius of President Diaz an ruler.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-10-16

ALL the mills at FAN River are now
running in part or in full, except tie
Borden City Mill Many-of the old
hands after q strike of three months,
are at work again.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-10-16

~ The eldest man who attended the late
meeting OF the veterans in Indianapolis
was w. 4. Dewitt, of Steuben county,
who is I04 years old. r.rsr. as 7,
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-10-16

has lost his Lille in the same way and in
the same place IA the youngeG Prof.
Wise had made 463 trips before this
one, and his companion, who is some.
thing Of scientist, had made two.
Both gentlemen have. families, the Pro-
fessor's living at Louisiana, Mo. l,la
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-10-16

'THE more the cause of the Indian
outbreak "a inquired into, the blacker it
looks for the white man, and the whittier
Tor tie red. .ls rs. as onf.-s1-
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-10-16

GEN. HOOP had lost leg and an arm:
and a Charlotte, N. G, negro, who is in
the same condition, contributes II to the
Hood fund.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-10-16
TOPICS or the DAY.

LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR TABOR, of
Denver, Colorado, has an income of
$1,000 week. 81
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-10-16

PROF. WISE and Donaldson used to
be partners, and it will be rather a
strange coincidence if the elder man
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-10-16

AMERICAN cloth is i'm demand i'm
India, to the exclusion of the English
article. +.--''- ~
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-10-16

Is Macon, Ga, no child will be al
lowed at the public school unless its
father has paid pcll-tax. 9rss --rs
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-10-16

MAMMOTH CAVE is to be made light
as day by being illuminated by electric
light.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-10-16

A CIGARETTE is not nearly so good Is
cigar smoked,
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1879-01-22
A Faithful Companion.

Mr.. Stanley, in his expedition through
Africa, took five dogs with him, but no
one of them survived the journey. The
last one of them. noble bulldog, called
BALL." travelled over 1900 miles, and
died at length from sheer exhaustion.
He was faithful to the last.
'Though he had often staggered and
moaned, he made strenuous efforts to
keep up. but at last lying down in the
path, he plaintively bemoaned the weak
ness of body that had conquered his will,
and soon after died, his eyes to the last
looking forward along the track he ha
so bravelY tried to follow"
"Bull's' grief was almost human when
he lost his last companion, Jack, ayoung
dog killed by vicious COW.
"Grave and deliberate from years and
long travel, he walked round the body
two or three times, examining it careful
", and then advanced to me with his
honest eyes wide open, as it to ask:
what has caused this?' Receiving no
answer. he went and sat down with his
back to me, solemn and sad, as though
he were Eliminating despondingly on the
evils which beset dog and man alike in
this harsh and wicked world"
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1879-01-22
A Touching Scene in New York Court

In these days of frequent marital dis
turbance and conjugal infelicity, when
the course of married life seems to have
been transferred from paved street to
corduroy road with very disagreeable
holes in it, it is pleasant to read of in
stances in which affection triAmphs over
the worst obstacles, and forgiveth all and
endureth the worst. A case of this
sort occurred in one of our courts last
Saturday night. A young and pretty
woman was brought before the Judge for
being found helplessly intoxicated in the
street. The judge hesitated to send such
a woman to the island, and asked if any
one in the court knew her. A young man
thereupon came forward, and, in voice
low and hoarse with emotion said: "She
is my wife, sir. It is not her first ofense,
and, God, forgive me, had determined
to let her suffer this time I find my
love for her will not allow of my quietly
seeing her punished, however much she
may deserve it. Forgive her, your honor,
as now do. She has been, and will
perhaps again be, as good wife as ever
man was blessed with" The Judge pro-
nounced the woman free, and turned his
face to conceal his emotion. The two
went their way, with blessings following
them, hundred times happier than most
people who parade their domestic mis-.
cries in the divorce courts. Such episodes
do something to keep our. faith in human
nature. Love is good thing to have in
family after all.-New York Erpress.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1879-01-22

of untold value. Miserable fatalists re-
gard it as an immovable rocks either OF
danger or of protection. Lazy mortals
call it an angel in disguise about to min !,
lister to their wants as they idly stroll
along the beach of life. The Ignorant
are certain it's land fertilizer, to be
spread over the ground of events from
which may spring every plant of occur
renee. Others vow it to be faithful
dog, that will come and go, wagging its
tail at every angle of circumstance. And
now what is it, this luck, chance or tates
1t is no bird to fly in and out OF homes.
No guilty creature, if it has been cursed
at. 1t is only poor scarecrow for the
fields of the mind, to frighten and cheat
us silly creatures out of the land Of faith
and promise, or better still will.o!the-
wisp, which gives light and hope to the
benighted traveller only to lure him
farther from the beaten track of reason
CnJ.,'Se Ramirez.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1879-01-22
Put to the Test.

Not long since, says Peck's Sun, the
following utterance of Bob 1ngersoll went
the rounds of the papers: Col. Ingersoll
says ne keeps "a pocket-book IN an open
drawer, and his children 60 and help
them selves to money whenever they want
to. They eat when they want to. They
may sleep all day if they choose, and sit
up all night if they desire. I don't try
to correct them. I never punish, never
scold. They buy their own clothes, and
are masters of themselves"
A gentleman living on Marshall Street,
who has boy that is full as kitteny as
his father, read the article, and pondered
deeply. He knew that Col. Ingersoll was
a success at raising children in the way
they should go, and he thought he
would try it. The boy had caused him
considerable annoyance, and he made up
his mind that he had not treated the boy
right; so he called the boy from the
street, where he was putting soft soap on
the lamp post, IN order to see the lamp
lighter climb it, and said:
ssMy son, I have decided to adopt a
different course with you. Heretofore
have been careful about giving you mon
ey, and have wanted to know where every
cent went to, and my supervision has
no doubt been annoying to you. Now
am going to leave my pocket-book in
the bureau drawer, with plenty Of money
in it, and you are at liberty to use all yor
want without asking me. want you t.
buy any thing you desire, buy your owr
clothes, and to feel as though the none,
was yours, and that you had not got tt
account for it. Just make yourself a
home now, and try and have goot
time"
The boy looked at the old gentleman
put his hand on his head as though h
had "got 'em sure" and went out to Sc