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The MOther-in.Law Defended.

My boy, don't blackguard your
mother-in-law. Even the worm will
turn" and if you open fight with your
mother-iu-law she, too, will turn, and
the turning won't be healthy for you.
Your misdoings are, as to hers, in about
the ratio of one hundred to one, on an
average. You may set that down as a
fact, because you are a man and she a
woman, and that is about the general
ratio between the sexes. You will
please to remember another thing, my
boy: your mother-in-law is also a wife,
and your wife may have son-in-law
some day. Then you will know how it
is yourself. You may not like some
things in your mother-in- law, but she
did you one good turn, anyhow she bore
for you the child who is now your wife,
and knows more about her ten times
over than you do. She has suffered
more, done more, cared for more and
lived more unselfishly for your wife ten
times over than you have (unless you
are remarkable exception to Natures
rules) and you owe her good sum OF
back pay for that service. She has
given the best years of her life in
tenderly nurturing the bud which has
blossomed for your benefit, and she asks
in return from you, nothing but respect
and such puny portion of your selfish
male hearts love as you can stingily
spare to an ageing and care worn
woman, whose love power grows bigger
as her living powers become less. And
remember another thing, my boy, she is
the grandmother of your child, and will
love it, perhaps, more dearly than
you will. She may humor and
tend to spoil it, but that is easily
thwarted, if you go about your duty in
the right way, through the me iium of
love and thoughtfulness. OF one thing
you may be assured; she will never do
to your wife and child an unloving act,
and you may be included in the same
category, if you will. If there have
ever been any ill-feelings between you,
don't waste your time in analyzing her
conduct, but study with care your own,
and you will soon fnG what caused the
trouble. Rest assured, that when you
married her child, she, your mother-in.
law, wanted to love you as she would a
son that wss her hearts desire, and you
know it. Your course is very simple
Treat her with the same respect and love
with which you wish your wife to trea,
your mother, and the thing is done. She
is not hard to win, not half so hard al
your wife. She does not ask for much
she does not desire much close atten.
tion; neither is she jealous. 1t is a very
/ difficult thing to make her your enemy
and it is the easiest thing in the world
to render her your lifelong friend anc
sturdy advocate. Win her as sh,
deserves to be won, and she will do mucl
to make you happy, for she is woman
pure, loving and good, and you ma,
need a second mother some day, whel
the hand of fate shall lie heavily upol
| yOu
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-01-22
How to Read Books.

Edward Everett Hale wrote a New
Years article on how to read books. He
has been investigating libraries and he
finds that the first volume of q series on
history or science is generally pretty
we'll worn, the second less so, the third
not so much damaged as the second, the
fourth in better preservation still, and
the last volume generally as good as
new. Mr.. Hale detects in this state of
things series of good resolutions
broken. Many attempt the course of
suggestion given in this article is for a
club of saw three to take up, for in
stance, one of Macau'ay's Essays.
Each is to read the essay and jot down
on slip of paper anything that is not
underst ood and these iottings can be
conned over and discussed at weekly
meeting of the three.
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scientist. May Dinsr

About the pathology of rheumatism, its origin
and whether it be hereditary, but irrefragable
testimony proves that when q tendency to it
develops itself, Hostetter's Stomach Bitters is
a reliable means of subduing that tendency.
Some of the pre-: cribed remedies for the disease
are decidedly Questionable from the danger
attending their use, others are utterly inef-
fectua, the best, the safest check is the Btters.
This very obstinate malady, the more effectu-
ally to overcome it, should be grappled with at
the outset. Every ono knows what terrible,
what ceaseless pain it can infict. Why then,
should this atrocious, often fatal complaint be
allowed to gain headway through indifference
to its earliest symptoms, when rate, long
tested and strongly recommended medicine pre-
sents itself. In addition to suggesting this Q
means of relief it seems not inappropriate to
caution the rheumatic against exposure.
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fuses life into sluggish blood. Another
is medicsted soap, melted and made into
balls, with Underground oatmeal. Oat-
meal and buttermilk together possess
wonderfully beautifying qualities, and
oatmeal by itself now occupies a place
on m3ny washstands, STEPPED in water
in small quantities. It's balsamic quail
ties and glutinous oiliness makes the
flesh beautifully soft and white. A lit
tie lemon juice may be added advan-
tageously."
SCALLoPED OYSTERS. Roll several
handfuls of crackers, put layer in the
bottom of buttered pudding dish; wet
this with mixture of the oyster liquor
and milk slightly warmed; take layer
of oysters sprinkle with salt and Pepper,
and lay small bits of butter upon them; !;
then another layer of moistened crumbs
and 80 on, until the dish is full; let the
top layer be of crumbs, thicker than the
rest, and beat an egg into the milk you
pour over them; stick bits of butter
over the top; cover the dish and set it
in the oven; bake half an hour: if the
dish is large, remove the cover; and
brown by setting it upon the upper
grating of the oven, or by holding hot
shovel over it.
To make a lambrequin for shelf,
take smooth board the exact length
and width of your shelf, and make case
for it in the manner following: Out Sf
a piece of cloth, of color to match or
contrast with the furniture of your
room, cut strip eight inches long, and
four inches wider than the piece of
board. CUT second piece, the same shape
and size, out of some kind of lining, and
tack the two together. Sew one side
with over-and-over stitches. and decorate
the other side and ends in any way you
like. The one first made was of green
cloth, worked around the edge with gold
colored floselle, and tiny vine and
leaves of the same color above. After
the edge is finished to your liking, cut a
slit in the lining of your work large
enough to admit the board, and bind
this opening with braid. Then slip in
the board and lay it fiat On the shelf,
and if you have followed directions you
will have a smoothly-covered shelf,
with drapery four inches in depth in
| front and at the ends.
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by it. The resemblance between the
twin brothers had always been remark
able. In fact, when they were boys
Henry always wore red ribbon in his
button-hole to distinguish him from
John. Little by little diabolical plot
developed itself in Johns mind. An
ticipating that Henry would write to
his wife by the return packet, John
planned the intercepting of the letter.
While the boy who bore the pacsage of
letters to Mrs. Hawk was away for the
supposed pocket-book, John opened one
of the letters, and by its perusal, found
that his brother was to return by the
next packet in October. He induced
the boy to allow him to deliver the let
ters so that he might explain that Mr..
Newall had opened the letter by mis-
take. For a time he was in great
suspense, as the carrying out of his
plans required that the packet should
arrive after dark.
As soon as he found that the tide
would exactly suit his purpose, he made
his arrangements. Disgusting himself
and procuring a boat, he boarded the
packet on her arrival in the Tay, and
induced Henry Hawk to go ashore.
MIDWAY between tnc VeSSel ana the
land, he drove knife into his brothers
heart. Then he carefully stripped the
body and flung it overheard. Securing
the money and valuables, in the clothes,
he tore them in strips and cast them on
the waters. Landing at a secure spot,
with his brothers portmanteau in his
possession, he went to a :silors' board
ing-house and dressed himself in the
dead mans clothes. Then with bold
ness and wickedness sunparallele he went
to his dead brothers home and received
a kiss of welcome from the woman
whose husband he had slain.
On trial witnesses were produced who
stood by the dying bed of the murder
Gus wretch and heard his confession of
his crime. These consisted of DIR.
Nimmo, prominent physician, Mr..
Sims, distinguished surgeon, Or. Car
ruthers, Presbyterian clergyman, and
Ann Mackay, nurse. The confession
had been reduced to writing bv lawyer
and duly signed and witnessed.
The Court adjudged James Hawk to
be illegitmate, but entitled to succeed
to his mothers estate, which was con-
siderable
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-01-22

There is nothing better for a farmer or out-
door man than good rubber boot, and nothing
SO exasperating as bad one. Composition
among manufacturers has led to such cheap
ening of quality that until lately it was hard
thing to hnd q rubber boot really worth the
money asked for it The Candee Rubber Co.,
of New Haven, CT, however, has lately put on
the market boot designed to meet the call for
q real good, substantial article, and to denote
its freedom from adulterative mixtures it is
called the "95 Per Cent. Sterling Boot" It is
made, on honor, as pure rs can be made, and is
warranted three months. By an ingenious con-
trivance = space is provided at the top of the
leg for recording the date of the sal. b, unca-
ing holes in the spaces provided--like railroad
ticket--so that there may be no trouble about
the warrant. The upper and leg of the "s5 "
Boots are doubled, and the soles are one half
inch thick, of solid rubber from toe to heel.
Ordinary rubber boots are barely quarter inch
thick in the thickest part, and only one-eighth
a: tho shank. A descriptive circular can be OBJ
tanned by sending postal direct to the com
pany; or the "95" Boots can be found at
most of tho stores
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Willing to Accommodate.

]
Jennie Dare" whoever she is, has
come out with new song, Love me
a little while the roses bloom. Well, it
isn't exactly the thing, SO long as we
are legally out of the market, but we'll
do it. And then, when the roses peg
out, we'll love you a considerable
through the verbena season, and then
we'll keep it up while the-how do you
spell those flowers that sound like Xenia,
Ohio 2 Zinnia? thank you, while the Tin
Mas flame out, and then we'll hire a
conservatory and keep the old thing
going till along about Christmas. Bess
you, there's nothing mean about us,
and if the young men of this country
have got so slow you have to make ap-
peals of that nature to the public, we'll
discount all the roses between here and
the vale of y ashmere.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-01-22

GLOUCESTER, MASS, is town of
widows and Orphans place of sigbs
and tears Last year the sea swallowed
up thirty of its vessels and 240 lives;
and those 240 deaths made thirty-eight
widows and 219 orphans. Since the
year 1880 the losses of Gloucester have
been--vesse;s, 406; men, 2,118.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-01-22

For one cent purchase postal card and
send your address to DIR. Sanford, 162 Broad
way, New York, and receive pamphlets by re-
turn mail, from which you can learn whether
your liver is out of order, and if out of order
or is any way diseased, what is the best thing
in the world to take for it.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-01-22

VEaETINE-When the blood becomes ifeless
and stagnant, either from change of weather or
of climate, want of exercise, irregular diet, or
from any other cause, the VEGErINE will renew
the blood, carry off the putrid humors, cleanse
the stomach, regulate the bowels, and impart
a tone of yigor to the whole body.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-01-22

VIRGINIA has 675 colored schools
taught by 415 colored teachers. The
male teachers salary averages $40
month, the females S24.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-01-22

IN. ANARCHISTS UTERINE CATHoLICoN will posi-
lively Female Weakness, such Falling Of the
Uterus, Whites, Chronic Inflammation liberation OF
the Uterus, Incidental Hemorrhage Flooding, Painful
Suppressed and Irregular Menstruaon, &c. An old and
reliable remedy Send postal card for pamphlet, with
treatment, and certificates from physicians and
patients, to HOwARTH & BALLARD, UrIcA, New York.
Sold BY all Druggists 50 per bottle.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-01-22

De. G. e. SHOEMAKER, of Reading, Pa, is the
only aural surgeon in the United States who
devotes all his time to the treatment of deaf
ness and diseases of the ear and eat'rrh es-
pecially running ear. Nearly twenty years ex-
perience. Thousands testify to his skill. Con-
suit him by mail or otherwise. Pamphlet free.
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The Great Blood Purifier
Or. w. ROSS wrItes.

ScrofMIa, LtUes. Complaint, Dyspep--
sta, REeMnsatisnI, Weakness.
H. r. STEVENS, Boston:
have been practicing medicine for % years,
and as a remedy for ScrofuLG, Liuer Com
piaint, Dyspepsia, Rheum attsm, Weakness'
and all diseases of the blood, have never
found its equal. have sold VEoETINE for
seven years. and have never had one bottle
returned. would heartily recommend it to
those in need of blood puriner.
DR. w. ROSS. Druggist.
Sept. Is, 1873. Wilton, Iowa
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Wanted.

SHERMAN & Co., Marshall, Mich, want an
agent in this county at once, at salary of
500 per month and expenses paid. For full
particulars address as above.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-01-22
THE DEAF HEAR THROUGH the TEETH

Perfectly, all Ordinary Conversation, Lectures Con-
certs etc. by Neo Channels the Nerves of Hearing
by means of recent wonderful scientific invention
the DentaphOne. For remarkable public tests on
the Deaf, also the Deaf and Dumb, see the NeiD
York Herald Sept. g; the Ne,c York Christian Adpo.
cate, Nov. ~, etc. Every deaf person should send
for FREE illustrated descriptive pamphlet to the
American DentnphOne Co., Cincinnati, Ohio.
If other remedies have failed, try Pso's Cure for Con-
sumption for your cough. -sss
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81 am all Played Out"

Is a common complaint. If you feel 60,
get package Of Kidney Wort, and take
it and you will at once feel its tonic
power. 1t renews the healthy action of
the Kidneys, Bowels and Liver, and
tlu- resteres the natural life and
strength to the weary body. Get box
and use il at once.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-01-22

THE habit of running over boots or shoes cor
rected with Lyons Patent Heel Stifeners.
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Father is Getting Well.

My dau shters say, How much better
father is since he used Hop Bitters?
He is getting well after his long suffering
from disc ase declared incurable, and We
are so glad thalh u.ed vour bitters. "A
lady OF Rochester, N. Y Utica Herald.
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NATURES REMEDY.
|YEGETINE)

WILL CURE
Scrofula, Scrofulous Humor, Carcer, Cancer
GUS Humor, Erysipelas, Cairker, Salt
Rheum, Pimples or Humor in the
Face, Coughs and Colds, Ulcers
Bronchitis, Neuralgia, Dys-
pepsia, r. eumatismy
Pains in the Side,
Constipation,
Costiveness, Piles, Dizziness, Headache, Merv~
BUSINESS, Pains in the Back, FaiDtnees at
the Stomach, Kidney Complaints, Female
Weakness and General Debility.
This preparation is scientifically and chelni--
caliy combined, and SO strongly concentrated
from roots, herbs and balks, that its good ef-
fects are realized imme lately after commence
ing to take it. There is no disease of the hu-
man system Tor which the VEaErINE cannot
be used with PERFECT SAFETY, as it does not
contain any metallic compound. For eradi-
eating the system OF all impurities OF the blood
it has no equal. 1t has never failed to e1ect
cure, giving tone and strength to the system
debilitated by disease. Its wonderful effects
upon the complaints named are surprising 10
all. Many have been cured by the VEGET1NE
that have tried many other remedies. III can
well be called
NIL 1-sG av~
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Dnuehter.. wive. and Mother,

C. G1LpERr's Pat. Gloss Starch for laces, etc
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Choosing Stock For Farm.-This is
a very important matter. The great
variety of soils and of stock enables us
to make close adaptation of the two,
and here is the foundation of profit. The
kind of stock must be governed also by
che variety of feed economically attain
able, by the ability of the owner to
house and care for them, and by the
market to be supplied. If for beef, milk,
butter, cheese, the breed must be ex-
actly suitable to these points, as we'll as
those referred to above. Many serious
mistakes are made from want of due
previous consideration, and changes can
not be made without great loss of both
time and money.
1G is better to aim at some one point,
some especial market, and then select to
suit as near as possible; but one point
is essential-an animal that will utilize
the most food. To secure this the stock
must be healthy, hardy, quiet and of
large frame, so that when necessary to
be fatteued off there shall be room for
meat. If this is not provided for, final
loss-more than covering all previous
proft-isa sure thing. A quiet animal
will eat more, will assimilate closer, re-
tain flesh easier, and fatten much
quicker than one of an uneasy disposi.
ton.
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Measuring Hay.-To find the number
of tons in long or square stacks, the fol-
lowing is the rule: Multiply the length
in yards by the width in yards, and that
by half the altitude in yards, and divide
the product by Is. To find the number
of tons in circular stacks: Multiply the
square of the circumference in yards,
by four timesithe altitude in yards, and
divide by 10. The quotient will be the
number of cubic yards in the stack.
Then divide by Is to get the number of
TONS
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forgotten. 1ts-
Things went on smoothly for many
years, and Mrs. Hawk bore another son.
In January, 1898, Henry Hawk fell
from q horse and broke his leg. Morti-
fication set in, and amputatiOn proved
Of no avail. He died on February 1st,
leaving a will by which he divided all
his property between the two boys,
Edward and James, and gave each an
equal share in the business His funeral
was a very solemn one, and for years
afterward the Hawkhill mansion was like
a tomb. From the day of the master 8
death to the day of her own death.
which happened in 1898, Mrs. Hawk
was never seen out of her dwelling.
On May 8, 1906, Edward Hawk be-
came of age. He was a strong, well
favored young man, but of very sullen
disposition. Two months after he
reached his maturity he began an action
in the high court to declare his brother
illegitmate, and TO recover the property
which had been willed to him. From
the records of that remarkable trial this
narrative is compiled, and the facts
necessary TO explain what has already
been told will be given.
When John Hawk received from
Henry the sum left him by his father
he went to Antwerp m agent for the
firm. With all the money he could get
on the letters of credit of the firm, he
went to Paris and London. There he
spent all in riot and debauchery. Worn
down and ruined, he returned to Dun
dee; and though he went to the gate of
his brothers residence, he had not the
courage to enter. Before he knew that
his brother had gone to Antwerp he
forged his name and got the money
from Dewar. When he found that
Henry was out of the country he set
his wits to discover how he could proRI
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TOPICS FOR THE FARM.

Top-Dressing in Winter.--Some far
mers think that top-dressing with ma
nure is best done during the winter.
In the fall the manure, unless very fine
and evenly spread, will cover up injuri-
ously much of the plant. When spread
in winter, on the contrary, it acts as a
mulch and protection while the plant
is dormant, neutralizing the effect of
freezing and thawing. An authority on
the subject advises that artificial ferti-
lizers be spread on grain lands IN the
fall, and the barnyard manure after the
snow comes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-01-14

MESSAGE OF GOVERNOR McCLELLAN-The New
Jersey state legislature met yesterday Gov.
Mcclellan. in his message. says the state debt
was now reduced 10 81 800 300 and as this was In
the form OF bonds accruing at the rate of $780,
eco annually. and could not be called In or re-
funded, and as the state fund now aggregated
so-an increase OF 1896, $685. 5 within the
Eear-and was sufficient 10 meet state expenses,
he advised the abolition OF the state tax Alto
gether. The school tax amounts 10 S6l ,00a and
ne advises an increase of the district school
taxes There have been 5I2 cases OF pleuro-
pneumonia IN the state. Three hundred and
niteen stricken cattle have been killed, and
there are now 25I cases on hand The disease
Is under control, and the only danger is from
ease has not been attempted, although 1t pre-
walls TO an alarming extent. AS there are
$50 100 cattle in the state valued ut s2S 922-a
large interest to be at Stake-the governor adj
viseS continuance of the rigid rules now In
force, and an increase OF care on the part OF the
farmers,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-01-14

ANOTHER GRAVE ROBBERY IN OHIo.-The peo-
pie OF Logan county, Ohio, are greatly excited
over a case Of grave-robbery A few days ago
the body of Theodore Jones was buried on the
farm of William Caland, one mile from Spring
Hills. On Thursday, while tending his sheep,
Mr. Calland discovered that the grave had been
disturbed, and the next morning party of citi-
zens, on examining the spot, found that a hole
had been dug at the head of the grave, The
coffin smashed In, a hook inserted in the jaw,
and the body drawn from its resting place The
clothes were then taken off and replaced in the
grave, which was not filled up, after which the
body was dragged over the rough ground dis
lance OF half a Iaile to the road. All along the
way, pieces Of flesh were found sticking. to corn
stubs and fences, showing plainly where the
body had been dragged through the mud Two
vehicles had been hitched to the fence, from
which place the tracks diverged, one going
toward Spring Hills and the other toward Ur-
bana. The neighborS are Mortified. Mr.. Amos
Hunter has offered reward Of $500, and another
gentleman one Of $780, The carriage used for
the purpose was hired at West Liberty livery
stable One of the men who engaged it has been
identified as medical student from that place
who is attending the Columbus Medical Col
legp,