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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-03-13
Washington Society in 1925.

The circle of what was termed ''good
society" at Washington has been, and
was then, very limited in its extent and
simple in its habits. Few Senators or
Representatives sought their wives to
cheer their Congressional labors, and a
parlor of ordinary size would contain
all of those who were accustomed to at
tend social gatherings. A few diplo-
mats, with the officers of the army and
navy stationed at headquarters, were
accompanied by their wives, and there
were generally few visitors Of social
distinction. The most friendly and
cordial intercourse prevailed, and those
who met at dinner parties and at even
ing entertainments were like members
of one family, in general sympathy.
The costume of the ladies was classic
in its scantiness, especially at balls and
parties. The fashionable ball dress
was of white India Grape, and five
breadths, each quarter of a yard wide
were all that was asked for to make a
skirt, which only came down to the
ankles, and was deliberately trimmed
with dozen or more rows of narrow
hounces. Silk or cotton stockings were
adorned with embroidered clocks"
and thin slippers were ornamented
with silk rosettes and tiny buckles.
Those gentlemen who dressed fash
ionably wore BOLIVAR" frock-coats OF
some gay-colored cloth, blue, or green,
or claret, with large lapels and gilded
buttons. Their linen was ruffied; their
"Cossack'' trousers were voluminous
in size, and were tucked into high
Hessian' boots with gold tassels.
They wore two and sometimes three
waistcoa ats each, of different colors, and
from their watch pockets dangled arb
bon, with bunch OF large seals. When
in full Dress, gentlemen wore dress
coats with enormous collars and short
waists, well-stuffed white cambria
cravats, small-clothes, or tight-ftting
pantaloons, silk stockings and pumps.
March Atlantic.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-03-13

The authorities of Gotha have made
their report for the year 1879 on the
subject of cremation. The first body
was treated on the 10th of December,
1873, since when fifteen others have
been similarly disposed of. The aver
age time required for the complete in
cineration of the bodies was about two
hours, and it Is regarded as most salts
factory that not only has no complaint
as to the result been made at Gotha, but
that a number of other German towns
are preparing to follow its example and
build crematories.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-03-13
TO CORRESPONDENTS.

ll communications for thus paper should be accan,
amed by the name of the author necessarily for
publication, but as evidence of good faith on the
part Of the writer Write only on one side of the ma
per BE particularly carefulin giving names and dates
20 nave the letifs and figures plain and distinct Prom
ernames are often difficult to decpher because Of tx
careless manner in which they are written -
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-03-13

-Burdette has overheard poor but
earnest Iowa tramp say: "Build low
roosts and put out the moon, and I'll
never beg for another morsel of food as
long as l live."
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-03-13

THE silver and copper mines OF
Maine have opened up new source OF
industry in that State, which is likely
amply to reward her people.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-02-26
Chances in the City.
1Scribner's Magazine.l

) osum up what the city man really
feels in regard to the coming of his
country acquain tance to the city it
would be not:fa from this, viz: 'ns
First-The chances for wealth are as
great, practically, in the country as in,
the city, and the expenses of living and
the risks of disaster much less. -
Second-The competitions of city life
and the struggles to get hold of bust
ness and salaried work are fearful, No
man should come to the city unless he
knows what he is going to do, or has
money enough in his hands to take care
of himself until he gets a living position
or becomes satisfied that he can not get
one. Even to-day, with the evidence of
renewed prosperity al! around us, there
are probably ten applications on file for
every desirable place, and no man living
here could help friend to place un-
less he could create one. .4t-Hao a.t
Third--That the social privileges of
the city may. be greater, while the OPP
portunity for social distinction and the
probabilities of social consideration are
much less than they are in the country.
Fourth-That in many respects there
is nothing nthe city that can compen.l
safe for the pure pleasures of country
scenery and country life and neighbor-
hood associations. s.. 49,, ..,se.. ~.
Fifth-Thata city mans dream of the
future, particularly il he ever lived IN
the country, is always of the country
and the soil. He longs to leave the
noise and fight alt behind him and 60
back to his country home to enjoy the
money he may have won.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-02-26
a Pearl Divers and Sharks.

The pearl divers of the Coromandel
Coast are not unfrequently attacked by
ground-sharks. As rule shark will,
leave a man with dark skin alone; but
when hungry, it rarely makes a differ
ence between European and Hindoo.
Knowing this, the divers of whom l
speak frequently arm themselves with
stout bamboo, in the shape of d cross,
with the extremities made sharp. With
this four pointed dagger they will dare
any shark to seize them; for, as the,
monster turns on his back and opens his
mouth for the bite, they dexterously
thrust the bamboo cross betweenits jaws.
Great care is taken for the strength of
the bamboo; the .consequer ceis that the
shark, on closing its mouth to obtain the
first taste of its anticipated meal, drives
the spikes we'll home between its jaws.
Fishermen say that once shark has, a
sturdy, well-pointed and placed bamboo
cross fixed in its distended mouth, no
efforts of the creature can aid it of the
wood. It's efforts are described as being
often furious and comic. The diver, as
soon as he has impaled. his enemy, has
to get out of the way as fast as possible,
for blow from the tail of an infuriated
shark is no joke. As for the comic side
Of the picture, 1T must be ludicrous
sight for little fishes to witness, to see
their dreaded, but now impotent, arch
foe,. wildly tearing about, hither and
thiGher, in the deep, with cross bar be-
tween his distended jaws!
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-02-26

A LADY makes a suggestion entitled
to consideration. She thinks the discus
ston of polygamy in the National Con-
gress would be disgraceful to the coun-
try. Her remedy is to SO direct the tide
of immigration flowing to our shores
that in a little while powerful anti
polygamy party would be formed in
Utah. She would have the expenses Of
intelligent emigrants paid to Utah; she
would place the Mormons in the minor
ity; she would establish able Gentle
newspapers; and she would send there
eloquent lecturers, not forgetting to in
clude among the latter several strong
minded sisters. Have the battle," she
says, fought out in Utah. and then
bring Utah into the Union as State
quietly, as if polygamy had never been
thought Of"
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-02-26

TIE Detroit Free Press wisely OBJ
serves that it is not the newspapers
which are alone interested in keeping
the price of paper at moderate figure.
The price of cheaper school-books will
be affected by the high cost of paper.
So will all hand-bills, posters and other
job work of the common sort, which
naturally affects the interests and purses
of the greatest number of people. 1t is
blow at the poorer classes of the
people of moderate means, and touches
the pockets of the masses rather than
the wealthy.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-02-26
The New Kind of School.

The dicipline of the Quincy schools
of Boston ,astonishes the old-fashioned
teachers. While it was being explained
by one of the committee, the other day,
an old teacher objected, but-this is
very noisy" +" Precisely, madam this is
a workshop, not funeral. You can
have beehive without a buzz
/" And" continued the critic, that
little boy in the plaid jacket whispered
to the little girl in white" /" Quite
likely, madam 1--WE can readily find an
excuse, for bright-eyed. curly-headed,
rosy-cheeked little boys will whisper to
little girls in white. We, once had a
tendency in that direction ourselves,
and we do not see any occasion for pound
ing him or shaking him, or standing
him in the corner, or putting him in a
dark closet, or even appearing to notice
it ALL" Teachers make greas advance
in school government when they learn
how not to see. .5..-r. = - ,y,5
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-02-26

A COMPANY with an invested capital
of $4,000 has been in operation in
Maine in the manufacture of beet sugar.
The quantity of beets used last year was
5000 tons. The sum paid for the beets,
freightage.and storage was $4,000 The
amount realized from the sale of sugar,
molasses, pulp and lime waste was SILL
900. The total expenses for buildings,
machinery, ETC., were s10s,OOO, leaving
less than $4,000 profit. So no dividends
were declared. This, however, is the
first years operations, and better results
are looked for in 1880. 1t is probably
the beginning of a profitable industry in
the Pine Tree State.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-02-26

APRoPos to the completion of the
Cincinnati Southern Railroad, the Gin
cinnati Gazette takes occasion to say:
" An intelligent woman, who has been
much Mt the South and much at the
North, remarked that she could not see
how the two peoples could come to a
fair understanding until they got better
acquainted. There is good deal in
this. The Southern Railroad will serve
to extend the acquaintance. Our neigh
bors at Atlanta may jump onto train
in the evening and be here the next
morning; spend the day in Cincinnati
and return home the next night. We
shall call the Georgia people our neigh
bors, and they may call us neighbors.
We do not mean by this that the South
ern people will be expected, to make
short visits. We want the visits to be
many and long. The latchstring is
| out - ae k%
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-02-26

THE New England manufacturers and
merchants who favor the re-enactment
of National bankrupt law have made
good progress in creating sentiment in
favor of the movement, and at a meeting
held in Boston, it was announced that
the business community generally APP
prove of it. The State laws differ, and
all of them are cumbrous The need Of
National law, purged of the errors of
the former one, seems to be recognized.
Leading merchants of New York have
petitioned Congress for the passage of a
suitable law. The movement in the
East seems to be general in this matter.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-02-26
OHIO GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
summarized from the proceedings ofthe past week.
SENATE.

s-FAge -a - = L5 SENATE. s>is sssi .fsszl
Local option and other petitions presented. A
resolution was adopted instructing the Committee
made in the printing of Senate documents. The
following bills intro 1uced: Dividing Washing
s'agks ss y
County to distribute among the several townshap 2
thereof certain stocks of the Central Ohio Railroad
locate voting precincts in any place in the
township was reported back aad passed. Mr..
Rsa hs. Ssen into
and xists among the paper manufacturers OF this
country, whereby the price OF printing paper
" Be it resolved BY the General Assembly Of the
structed and Representatives requested to vete
in favor OF the pas age of the bill now pending In
Congress, to remove the duty on paper imported
into this country TO be used In printing books,
periodicals and newspapers" Laid on the table and
ordered printed. The Senate bill by Mr.. Beer au-
,horizng the Village Council Of Ashland to issue
bouds, was passed. The Senate bill by MIR. Curran
authorizing the Commissioners of Guernsey County
to levy additional tax Of $4,000 to complete a
court-house was p tssed. II -T saf q
Mr.. Moore introduced bill repealing the Law
creating loan and bulldog assoctations-Mr, VII
kns offered resolution requiring the Attorney
County, Tor dhe sum Of s2,7,7.Oi, alleged to have
he u obtained from the State Treasury by fraudu-
1elt c1st bills. II was referred to the Committee
on Judiciary. Another resolution relative TO the
datorin. 81 OF the state printer IN the publication
OF Senate documents was offered calling on the
Standing Committee on Judiciary to investigate
a,d report. The following bills were passed
Senate bill to authorize tho Commissioners o.
Brown County to construct certaia free turnpike
roads; Ssnate hill TO amend an1act to enable the
Commissioners of Montgomery and Warren
counries to purchaye toll roads and to convert the
same into free roads, ssos FnH4,84 Fits4s
+. The following bill were passed: Senate bill "a
add an additional member to the SIX county officials
who Consti tGte beard to pass upon court-nose lm-
proveinen.s; Senate hill for the relief Of Exekie
Arnold. A bill was introduced 10 prevent The ,lst
OF gill nets on the reefs Of Lake Erie ard TO peven
to create an additional judges in the Har son-J eff
serson District was passed Tho bill authorizinl
the Comm issoners of Belmont County tn distribut,
between the several townships thereof certain stock
in the Ohio Central Ra'lroad Company now held b,
said county was passed.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-02-26
She Made 1t Warm for the Doctor.

A good joke was unconseiously got off
recently on a local physician In ar
ranging a patients broken leg he con-
nected with it tackle having fat-iron
as compensating weight, and told the
mans wife to let it stay there until his
return. She wanted to use the iron
next day badly, and che used it. While
at work she saw the doctor coming, and
in her fright replaced the iron glowing
hot on the tackle. He came in,
examined the leg and took up the hot
iron. It dropped like lead, and tho man
of physic went on an impromptu can
can. equaled only by the vigorous use
he made of his tongue. There was
music there for half an hour, and he
thinks yet thatthat woman put up job
on him ei a7 9a 81
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-02-26
The Fisk Estate.

r
The ghost of James Fisk, Jr., will not
be laid. The perturbed spirit will still
haunt accustomed places in unpleasant
memories The latest appearances is not
a reassuring one for his representatives.
1t came out in the Surrogate Court on
Saturday that the estate of the "mur.
dered millionaire" is too small to satisfy
claims against it. This, at any rate, is
the report of Mr.. Willard Bartlett, the
auditor in the matter. Mrs. Lucy ID.
Fisk appears t. be the sufferer, because
of a woman's carelessness respecting
preservation of vouchers for payments;
and among the curious features of the
sreport-curious as coming from . law
yer-is the rather startling one, too,
that Mr.. Bartlett holds that the law does
not authorizes the executrix to charge
the estate with payments TO counsel for
services .in the criminal prosecution OF
Edward s., Stokes. These payments
amounted to $4,000. dsaasa aag
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-02-26

SOMERSET OHIO THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 2e, 1880.
fsll at the FIRST ire. and the Remainder retreated,

fell at the first fire. and the remainder retreated,
carrying the wounded man with them. As
soon as safe, the officers left the county, carry
ing out one prisoner. In HaraIson County,
also, Deputy Collector Post, attempted to seize
distillery. When within few hundred feet CT
the distillery, he heard men running to the STILL
and, with much cur.ing, calling to those within
to get up and get their guns. Post had but one
assistant, and the firing of guns and the yell
ing of the moonshiners now forced him to leave
the country. He telegraphs the collector, stat
ing that there are ten stills in the vicinity, and
asks for a dozen well armed men to assist him
in taking them In another county, Deputy
Collector E. NJ. Brown also seized two stills,
after encountering armed resistance.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-02-26

THE reason why the rise in the price
of paper is so oppressive is that all jour
mails of repute have spent the money
saved by the cheapness of the paper
either in improving the character of the
journal or in decreasing the subscription
price, Naturally they are unwilling, for
the purpose of enriching paper makers,
to step backward twenty years.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-02-26
/, Whole Menagerie in Herself.

A correspondent at Strikerville, N. r.,
writes as follows to the Cincinnati Times:
I am acquainted with lady sixty years
old, hale and hearty, who was never
forty miles from home. The stage goes
by her door every day, and she was
never in the stage. She never saw
train of cars and never was in city or
town in her life. If any one knowssa
person of her age who can say the same
let as hear from him. sseggfW
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-02-26

In is said that there is growing feeling
in China against an extension of foreign
intercourse. The viceroy Shen, who
recently died at Marking, left memorial
in which he strongly argued for Chinese
exclusiyeness, and this memorial is now
being secretly circulated, and is produc-
ing great effect.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-02-26

The better a man becomes, tke
stronger does the hope of the glory of
going on /" take hold of his nature, The
instructive expectation of E!e beyoad
the grave strengthens with the increase
of virtue in the soul. The man who
lives best most keenly feels that life is
worth living, most resolutely turns
away from the thought of its extinc-
tion. @ A ss'ff
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-02-26

AN Illinois school-mistress was unable
10 chasti e the biggest girl pupil, and
called in young School Trustee to as
sist her. The Trustee found that the Of
fender was his own sweetheart, but his
sense of duty triumphed over his love.
and he whipped the girl. Not only did
this result in losing him a sweetheart,
but her father sued him for damages,
and got a verdict for $50.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-02-26

place called Boyce Station, distance of
five miles. Something less than a mil
lion dollars is asked for the purpose. A
contemporary suggest that 100000 is
sufficient to build railroad that dis
tance
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-02-26

II appears from the statistics of last
year that the export Of agricultural i'm
plements from this country has been
oyerdonc, but the domestic trade
lively and the demand for improved
methods growing. The present and pros
pectfve call for American cereals is
stimulating a great industry.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-02-26

"a CANNON was placed in front of the
Governors residence in Cheyenne, Wy
oming, on February 18th. The Ameri-
can flag was displayed thereon; also two
placards, reading "The Governor must
be protected at all hazards" Women
must be respected regar rlless Of color"
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-02-26

A CONTEMPORARY jocosely remarks
that, judging from the list of killed and
wounded soldiers in the Winter Palace
Mt St. Petersburg, there was no notice
able negligence in providing sufficient
military force in that quarter.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-02-26

TRcLY by the time the Rev. Mr.. Cow
Icy has been subjected to trial upon the
twenty y-three remaining indictments for
cruelty to the children confined in his
Fold, he will be thinner than the most
emaciated of the little sufferers.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-02-26

.TaE South Carolina General Assem-
bly, has passed bill for the settlement
Of the debt Of Columbia. The debt is
$1,000, 900, and thirty-year bonds are to
be issued, bearing two, three and four
per cent.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-02-26

Mr.. w. w. CoRcoRAN's desire to add
national portrait gallery and school of
art tothc "Corcoran Art Gallery" in
Washington, is defeated by Admiral s.
p. Lee's,persistent refusal to sell, even
at an exorbitant price, the necessary ad-
iacent lots. s....-...~.. .-. al.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-02-26

Ar meeting at Syracuse of the State
Committee Of the National Greenback
party, the Chairman, Thomas p. Saund-
ers, was charged with selling out to the
Democrats. He will be tried for the al
ledged offense at Albany, March %.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-02-26

IT is ordered by the Postmaster. Gen.
eral that all persons receiving mail mat
ter under fictitious names shall be iden-
tilted at the postoffie ee before the mail is
delivered TO them.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-02-26

If Professor Proctor is correct in his
theory, the sun is engaged at intervals
in bombarding the planetary system and
all surrounding space with matter sew
eral thousand times hotter than the fiery
furnace.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-02-26

ABOUT one hundred Mexican veterans
met at Columbus Ohio, recently and
adopted resolution, calling on Congress
to pass the bill for the relief of soldiers
Of the Mexican war.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-02-26

The New York Produce Exchange is
trying 70 effect reduction in freight
rates, 80 as to reduce prices of grain,
witha view of creating better export
demand.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-02-26

AN Englishman writes to the London
Times that there was not total l.abstainer
among the Episcopal Bishops who at
ended the Pan-American Congress.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-02-26

THEY are getting up a Tay Bridge relief
fund in Britain and the latest Scottish
journals announce that it has reached
the sum Of s25 300.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-02-26

A LAW has just been enacted in Rhode
Island that will prevent pigeon shooting
for sport or test Of craftsmanship.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-02-26

THE receipts Of the State of Wiscon-
sin last year were 81 ,s12,6s5, and the
expenditures sl,627, ,l46. That is a
pay-asyou-go State.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-02-26

FIXING iuries in Ohio has been a
growing evil in all large counties, but
this is 20 be avoided in the future. All
struck jurics are hereafter to be selected
by the Judge OF the court without con-
sultation withanybody. The bill max
ing'this provision passed the Senate and
Is now law. fr
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-02-26

CONGRESS seems to have abandoned
all thought Of improving the laws for
the counting Of the vote for President
and Vice-President.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-02-26

ROWLAND f. TRowBRDGE, of Michi-
gan, has been nominated for Commits
sioner Of Indian Affairs.