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New Styles i'm ParasOls.
New York Post,

An exhibition was made yesterday by
New York establishment of their
parasols designed for the coming season.
A distinguished feature of their new
parasols is the reduction in the number
of the ribs-twelve now being used in
place of sixteen, as last year. The ribs
are red, and the lining, which is either
of plain or changeable colored silks, is
placed between the ribs and the cover.
Much changeable colored silks will also
be used in the covers. One of the pref
,tiest of these silks is called "sunsetn .
shade. Tn, colors are of bright rich
hues to match the new materials in
dress goods. In place of an elastic for
securing the parasol when closed, an
ivory ring is provided. A ball tassel
serves as an ornament. The parasols
are trimmed with rich chenille fringes
or with cashmere laces, in which colors
to match the cashmere shawls are used.
The sticks are mostly Of carved natural
woods, but some very rustic ones are
unvarpished and have beetles or flies
resting on them. Owls heads are a
design for carved handles made of black
or gray Siamese horn. Novel handles
are made of metal or China, in Japanese
designs. Some beautiful hand-painted
China handles were shown which cost
as much az 81 each. Many of these
parasols have ribbon rose:te tied to
the handle and another to match at the
top of the parasol. The goods exhibited
showed excellent taste.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-03-25
The Widows Of the Turkish Officers

The day was, I think, Monday, the
time 8 p. M, the locality large public.
building. The space in front had been
filled for hours by throng of patient
women and children-the widows and
orphans of Turkish officers who had
fallen during the late War. They had
come to receive their pensions, period
ical dole of few piasters, hardly suffi-
cient to keep body and soul together.
After hours of wviting, a door was
opened, and good looking man in
handsome uniform appeared. The
throng rises respectfully and hopefully.
Each will receive or hear something
about her pittance at last. The officer
begins to address them. No other
sound is audible but his voice, SO sus-
pense is the silence. He tells them
there is no money in the Treasury
wherewilh to pay them their pensions.
As soon as the terrible news is heard,
there arises a great wall of despair, a
few passionate appeals, and then fol-
lows a stupefied silence. Soon one by
one, or in groups. widows and orphans
move sorrowfully away, to weep, and
starve, and .-Blackaooods Magazine
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-03-25

At the Academy of Science in New
York, before the section of biology, DR..
Edward G. Spitzka read paper on the
points of resemblance and the points of
difference existing between the human
brain and that of the anthropoid ape,
which brought on an animated discus
sion. OF resemblances, DR.. Spitzka
finds thirteen, one of which is the pres
ence of septum iucidatna, and sums up his
conclusions with the opinion that the
specific differences are not such as to
justify any broad distinction in classii-
cation. He thinks it will hereafter be
shown that. the anthropoid apes and the
human race are descended from a COM
mon ancestor, and believes tha. such
ancestor was nearer human in its type
than the anthropoid ape now is; in other
words, that the anthropoid ape is to be
regarded as a degenerated man. In
comparing the brain of the Hottentot
with that of this animal, DR.. Spitzka
notes that the plan and general arrange
meut of the cony olutions are the same
in both, and that the gray matter form
ing the gyri is composed oil the same
number of layers in each. arranged in
the same order, and having the same
intimate structure. The profound diff
ference between the human brain and
that of the ape at maturity DIR. Spitzka
explains by reference to post partuna
growth: the Europeon brain, as he be-
lieves, advancing in weight and volume
until the age of twenty-one to twenty
i've, and that of the Hottentot until
fifteen or sixteen, while that of the an
thropoid ape attains its maximum
weight and volume when the animal is
five or six years old. In a very brief,
but pertinent criticism on these views,
Prof. Benjamin N. Martin, of the Uni
versity of the City of New York. cited
the remarkable but half-forgotten con-
clusion Of Sir William Hamilton, based
upon accurate measurement of fifty
skulls-a conclusion which, the Pro-
fessor said, he had never seen success
fully impugned. Hamilton, by skill
full use of dry sand to measure the in.
ternal capacity of cronia, found abund-
ant grounds for believing that the
human brain attains its maximum
weight and volume at very early age,
and ventured to assert that the brain of
a boy seven or eight years old is, on the
average, as large as it ever will be. The
skull thickens, and the integuments of
the head become thicker and denser as
the organism advances toward physical
maturity. This gives larger external
measurement of the head, without ma
terial alteration in internal capacity.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-03-25

CINCINNATI.-Flour-Wi family, IS 75@
Co., fancy, Sc 25@6 rs; patent Sc s5@s; sprngs5 Is
@6 e5; extra s5 s0@5 80; superfne y So@4 75 Rye
Hour, "a 75@4 80. GRAIN.-Wheat-Choice red
sold at 81 301z for prime and No. graded at 81 %
and for No. amber 81 %. Corn-Mixed shelled 42c.
ssa ne,a m IN a SIe
at 75@SHc; extra No. at 7S@8c Choice spring sold
At 7I@75c Hay-good a. to prime timothy sl6@
steam, 7.25c. Cotton middling I25sc.
NEW WYORK.-Flour-Supertin State and West
ern, 81 @5 10; common to good extra Western and
State IS as co; good to choice Western and State,
s5 659S 90; common to choice white wheat Western
extra, SIS S5a6 81; common to good Ohio extra
family, s5 1907 SO. GRAIN-W WheaI-Ungraded spring,
81 40; No. spring. 81 50; ungraded winter red West
srn, 81 37(9I A; No. winter red Western. 81 46@
| Al. Rye-NO.2 2 Western and State 92@96c. Bar
5Sta6Oc.; No. white, Western, 59c. Oats-44@47c.
Lard, prime steam, 7.6r@z70c. Cotton-The market
squiet middling uplands, 13 3-16c. middling Or
BALITMORE.- Flour Western superfne, "a rs
@5 Western extra, IS 5O@6 90; Western fam
26 60 %isss %ssdrn szc winter red
White Western, 47@4sc. mixed Western, 45@46c. !;
Pennsylvania, 47aSsc. Rye Good to prime s2@s5c.
ny, medium, So 90; and choice to fancy, Sc SO.
Rye -four, So 90. Grain--Wheat, No. Western red,
81 "A; Ohio amber, 81 Al. Corn-steamer West
SIC. yellow Western, on track, 54@55c. Oats
No. white 4sc.; choice white, 49c. rejected West
ern 1}f hrf s9ss sGss So family
s. 5o No. ], Sc; fancy, 81 70; patent Sc 5o@7 So
G Grain-Wheat, red and amber, 81 2,@l 2s.
oats-white, 39@4oe.; mised, Sse. Rye-No 2, s5c
Hay-common to choice, s17@1s per ton. Pork, is
firm at $3.50. Lard, choice prime steam nc; ;
choice in kegs, sM@s5sc Cotton, 1896.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. heat is steady; No.
red 81 2G@1 271a. Corn-Is firm at 371a@3s1ac
Oats-Are firm at 35@37c 80
STOCK MARKETS.
CINCINNATI.-BeefC Cattle Common, 2.oo@2. 75c.
fair to medium, s@3 75c.; good to choice butcher
grades 49460c.; fair to good shippers, 4.254 Soc.
fair to good oxen, 3.5o@4 46Oc.; common to good
.tockers, 2.5o@s;soc. Hogs-Common, s.5o@4 25c. |;
fair to good light, 4.3'g4. .55c fair good packing
grades, l25@46oc, and selected butchers qualities,
l60@4. 4.75c; Sheep-Common to fair, 3.5O@5.O0c., and
good to choice, 5.25@625c. r..
NEW YORK.--Beef Cattle-Dressed beef 70
SIC; Texassides, 714@sc. Sheep and Lambs-Mar-
ket rmer at per lb. for sheep, and 1850
s3ie. for lambs Hogs-hve, - 1896.
EAST LIBERTY, PA.-Beef Cattle-Extra cattle
at S5a5 % per 100 lbs Sales made Of fair to good
cattle At 81 1904 30; common So 25@sso per 100 lbs
Hogs--Sales made Of Workers at "a 50@4 70 per 100
lbs Philadelphia hogs, sA.so@5oo Sheep selling at
IS 00@6 Is per 100 lbs.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-03-25
The Hero a BuIl-Fighter Is, in Spain.

The Hero q Bull-Fighter Is, In Spain.
Speaking of the fete recently held in
Paris for the relief of Murcia sufferers,
a correspondent of the London Truth
writes:
"Of all the innumerable lions at the
Hippodrome, the espadas, or profes-
sional bull-fghters, were the most lion
lied. In Spain their yearly earnings
range from s4, 900 to $4,000 year, and
no prima donna receives handsomer
presents from male enthusiasts and fe-
male admirers. If it were customary
for them to go in their bare feet, they
would, / dare say, wear diamonds on
their toes as well as On their fingers,
which are covered with these spark
ling gems. They have double but
tons of diamonds, large as marrowfat
peas, to button their shirt-collars, ard
rows of smaller ones fastening their en-
broidered linen breast-fronts. In the
rosettes of their shoes there are stones
of the finest water. Spanish ladies of
rank are not ashamed to write love let
ters to espadas. The espada is dandy
without being fop. If he chooses, he
can pass his evenings in the company
of grandees If he is ill, the King sends
daily to inquire after the state of his
health, and he must be caseless dog
if he is not able to retire. in the prime
of life from the arena on good
forfunav -
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-03-25
What is Needed.
[Detroit Free Press Il

What this country yearns for is a
writer who will visit Chicago and not
begin his letters. Forty years ago,
where this city stands, there was how
ling wilderness, while now" etc. 1t is
also out of order to tell that story about
the man who could have bought this
city for pair of boots. There may
have been time when there could have
been found q man reckless enough to
have made such an expenditure for the
city, but that was before it was so
heavily mortgaged. No sensible man
would think of giving new pair of
good boots for the city now, if he were
forced to pay the taxes.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-03-25
ConsumptionCurcd.

An old physician, retired from practice, having had
placed in his hands by East India Missionary the
formula of simple vegetable remedy for the speedy and
permanent cure of Consumption, Bronchitis, catarrh,
Asthma, and all Throat and Lung Affections, also q
positive and radical for Nervous Debility and all
Nervous Complaints after having tested its wonderful
thousands of has felt it his duty
to make it known his suffering fellows. Actuated by
this motive, and desire to relieve human suffering,
will send of charge all who desire it, this recipe,
German, French, English, with full directions for
preparing and using. Sent by mail by addressing with
stsmRI stan ma mal1sg Rab ,ns w yort i1S
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-03-25

In Powder Form.
Vegetine put up in this form comes within
the reach of all. By making the medicine
yourself you can, from so cent package con-
tanning the barks, roots and herbs, make two
bottles of the liquid Vegetine. Thousands
will gladly avail themselves of this oppor-
tunity, who have the conveniences to make
the medicine. Full directions in every pack
age.
Vegetine in powder form is sold by all
druggists and general stores. If you cannot
buy it of them, enclose fifty cents in postage
stamps for one package, or one dollar for two
packages, and will send it by return mail
ii. e. Stevens. Boston, Mass.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-03-25
How to Get Sick.

Expose yourself day and night, eat too
much without exercise; work too hard
without rest; doctor all the time; take
all the vile nostrums advertised; and
then you will want to know
How to Get Well,
Which is answered in three words
Take Hop Bitters! See other column. -
Eapress.
WHEN exhausted by mental labor take
Kidney-Wort to maintain healthy action
of all organs.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-03-25
AHousa hold Need.

A book on the Liver, its diseases and their
treatment sent free. Including treatises upon
Liver Complaints, Torpid Liver, Jaundice,
Biliousness, Headache, Constipation, Dyspep-
sia, Malaria, etc. Address DR.. Sanford: l62
Broadway, New York City, N. Y.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-03-25
The Boys Discovery.

We have ''the" smart boy in Centre
vile. To explain all, l must first tell
you of his father. Like many gentle
men here he takes his cod liver oil and
whisky each morning. Of course such
an opportunity of impressing temper
ance principles upon the youthful mind
could not be lost. So-each do went
down with shiver, terrible frowr and
exclamation, "Boo! I could stard the
cod liver oil, but this whisky"-another
shiver-"is is dreadful" @ ~
Our boy listened and stored it all up
in his youthful mind. The other day
he was cleaning out the top shelf of a
closet for his mother. "Ma, what's
this p
Mother looks cautiously and smells.
ooh! rancid cod liver OIL Soon
another bottle is handed down, another
and another; contents varying from a
teasp onful to half a cup, all "spoilt cod
liver OIL" At last the youngster raised
his eyebrows and gravely remarked:
Ma, it's furry that pa let's all this
good cod liver oil spoil, but never drop
Of the whisky!'
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-03-25
Vegetine.
z@A 1s
One Package in Powder Form
Cured Scrofula. a-p
HOW TO REDUCE YOUR DOCTORS BILLS.
s6 BRx,TxN ST., East Boston, Mass,
74 kfst Rant m 1870

ee BRxMKN ST., East Boston, Nass.,l
-w~s- ~ Sept. 80, 1879.
Mr. H. R. SrEvENs-Dear Sir: My little daugh-
ter Stella has been Afflicted long time with Scrof-
ula, suffering everything. employed different
physicians ia East Boston, but they helped he
none bought some Of your POWDER FoRM YEaK-
TINE and my wife stepped and gave TO the child
according to the directions, and were surprised
in fortnight'a time to how the child had gained
in flesh and strength. She is now gaining every
day, and I cheerfully recommend your remedy
to be the best We have ever tried.
Respectfully yours, J. T. WEBB.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-03-25
Acme Library
Of Biography,

Twelve standard books, time published at 81 5
bound volume for orr S0c and postage. 81 conainng;
BY cheyalier Bunsen Mary Queen q Scots BY Lamar
Arnold nC@sar, ,, BY Lddell; "cromwell," by fam,,
The Literary Revolution, free and mention this
when you write. AMERICAN BOOK EX-
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-03-25

The VOlfaic Belt Co., MarshalI. Mich,
Will send their Electro Voltaic Belts to the
afflicted upon 80 days trial. See their adver-
tisement in this paper headed, "On 80 Days
Trial"
PREVENT crooked boots and blistered heels
BY wearing Lyons Patent Heel Stifeners.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-03-25
The Markets.

A MAN without enemies is like bread
withuot yeast-he never rises.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-03-25
In Powder Form.

STOP coughing at once by the immediate use
Of DR.. Bulls Cough Syrup; rs cents bottle.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-03-25

stood, 4 caught glimpse of Madame,
with her arms about her mares neck,
and the bystanders said she kissed her
in the face. But poor Kitty. She
stood for moment, very still and then,
as / approached, shuddered and
staggered towards me. / caught her BY
the bride, as she fell on her knees.
Then her muscles relaxed and her body
came heavily to the ground. Her dull
eyes turned upon me for an instant, as
sat down on the turf, with her head on
my lap. She seemed to say Il have
done my best, Jim, l die trying.'
Another shudder, and Kitty was dead.
"The tears, gentlemen, fJwed fast.
l have never wept 30 freely since-I
never expect to again. Kitty was dead
my friend-my lover. My 'osses were
heavy-ruinous, but didn't think of
them. 1 had lost my companion. Her
friends and mine gathered around us
with sad faces, and the quiet that reigns
about the dead body of a human.
Among them stood the woman with
the veiled face. looked up, when she
said, in musical tones and marked en-
phasis, Pm sorry. / didn't mean nv
Revenge should kill Kitty Wells =.
-" looked up-I saw, and knew her.
Madame Descartes was Kitty Wells, and
l thought of the words that she uttered
years before: You'll rue it, if live.'
But she was gone in an instant. / saw
her enter her carriage and drive rapidly
away. Then l got up, and one Of my
friends said: Gentlemen, the truest
mare that ever passed under a line is
dead, and If TO be kind aud gentle, and
to do her whole duty always are christian
virtues, and if to know more than some
folks, entities her to respect, we'll bury
her respectfully o.
The suggestion was no sooner made
than its execution was proceeded with.
Permission was granted to bury her in
the middle of the cOurse, on which she
had made many splendid score.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-03-25

Clean Cattle Stables.-Keep the sta
bles clean. Clear out tine manue every
morning and scrape or card off all
filth from the animals. The stables
should be made so warm that the
manure will not freeze at night. A
lower temperature will either demand a
larger amount of food or the animal will
fall off in condition.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-03-25

Save the Ashes.-Farmers who do
not carefully save their ashes to apply
to their farms make a great mistake.
They. are very valuable to scatter over
old pastures. But the best place to use
them is in the orchard. - -
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-03-25

Experiment.-Baren Leibig says: The
only method by which you can possibly
advance and develop agriculture is by
experiments: that is the only plan, for
there is no branch of industry so COM
pletely built up by experiment as agri-
culture.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-03-25

Wire Worm Remedy.-Buckwheat is
recommended as the best remedy for
the wire worm. Two or three crops
sowed in succession will completely
starve them out, as they will not eat it
to any extent.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-03-25
TOPICS FOR THE FARM.

1nctibatfon.-Do not put too many
eggs under the hens at this time of the
year; from seven to ten ate enough.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-03-25

A Mistaken Idea.-Some people make
The mistake of giving the broods hatched
by two or more hens at once to a single
hen to nurse. If each hen hatched but
one or two chicks, then, of course, it is
right and proper to give them all to one
hen. But if each hen has hatched five
or six chicks she should be allowed to
rear them,
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-03-25

Drain Protection. = The tile gate,
which is among recent inventions, is in
troduced for the protection of drains
The gate is adjusted by being securely
bolted in the tile of the next largest size
than the tile in the drain and placed at
the outlet'as barrier to vermin large
and small.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-03-25

Why Is H!-Why is..the product of a
Dorking cock and q Cochin hen quite
different to the product of a Cochin cock
and Dorking hen? 1t is so; and re-
mark that the difference, though more
or less various in quantity, is constant
in quality, ~
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-03-25

The Virtue of Bones.-Prof. Hilgard,
of California, says the simplest way in
which a farmer can obtain the flu
benefit of a moderate quantity of bones
is to mix them in che hot, fermenting
manure pie, provided the pile is kept
in proper condition of moisture.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-03-25

Buckwheat Straw.-Buckwheats straw,
which heretofore has been considered OF
little value, bas of late been utilized by
some of the Western farmers by chop
ping it fine and adding meal to it. A
small quantity fed to stock occasionally
would De reiished, no doubt.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-03-25

Wheat Acreage.-The San Francisco
journal Of Commerce says that three mil
lion acres of fall wheat have been
sown in California the past season. The
early and abundant rains enabled the
farmers to put in full crop-a thing
which has not happened for years.
Towanda daily review. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1879-1921, 1880-02-11
BUSINESS LOCALS.

Call in and see our stock of spring Hst2aoa
Caps at NJ. f. ROsRNFIELD's.
Parties are continually asking how can
groceries be sold so much cheaper at Ross
1st Ward Store than they can in the heart of
town. Because he buys his goods for cash
and can afford to sell them low.
LOsT.-In the Borough of Towanda, on
Thursday, January 29th, a Diamond Earring.
The finder will receive q suitable reward by
leaving it at this office.
WANTED TO PURCHAsE.-A good tract of
timber land. For particulars, call or address
this Office.
NoTICE.-You can buy fresh Irish Dat
Meal, sealed in 15lb tin cans, manufactured
by John McCann, in Drogheda, near Doubin,
Ireland, at GEO. Ross 1st Ward Store.
G. W. JONES is prepared to mend rubbers
on short notice, in the best manner. Shop
corner Main and Pine streets, in rear of RE
VIEW office. Charges reasonable, and work
guaranteed.
Country dealers will find it to their advant-
age to buy their candies at FITCH'S.
O. A. BLACK has fitted VI, >n offiye on the
second floor of the building lately occupid by
the crockery store, where he will confine him
self to the Sewing Machine and Insurance
business.
Choice Hams and Smoked Beef. at
MYER & DEvOE's market, Bridge Street.
NY- Geo Lynchcome has opened new
Barber Shop over PowelPs store where he ia
always ready to wait upon all those who may
favor him with their patronage. Shampooing
hair cutting Ladies' and Chidren's hair al
their residence no extra charge.
Towanda daily review. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1879-1921, 1880-02-11
Personal. .

ISAAC MARSH and daughter, of Orwell,
made us pleasant call yesterday.
Mrs ALBERT LONG, who is undergoing
treatment at the Elmira Water Cure, spent
Sunday and Monday at home with her family.
Mr. and Mrs. BREsEE, of Cooperstown, n.
Y, are visiting the families of their son and
daughter in this place, w. j. BREsEE, and
Mrs. A. ID. DYE.
The large circle of Miss LEORA OsBoRN's
friends here will be gratified to learn that she
is meeting with good success in her young
ladies school at Towsontown. Md.
w. r. MAFFETT, Esq, who was superin-
tendant of the North Branch Canal, nearly
thirty years ago, when that improvement
was in the hands of the state, was registered
at the Ward House Monday.
Towanda daily review. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1879-1921, 1880-02-11
Frightful Accident near Troy.
One man instantly killed, and two
others seriously injured.

LESTER G. VANHORN, of East Troy, own
ed steam mill at Mcintosh Hollow Armenia
township, and while he was engaged firing
the engine, Yesterday morning, the boiler
burst, instantly killing Mr.. VANHORN-his
body was blown in pieces, so that he was
completely unrecognizeable.
Two other men employed in the mill, N.
NJ. LUTHER and Mr.. CAMPBELL, were so
Mr.. VANIIORN, was an active business
man, and quite politician. Two years ago
he was the Democratic nominee for the
House of Representatives.