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III.
The Daily Life Of Admiral Porter.

Admiral Porter is man of the quietest
habits. He, never goes to the Navy De-
partment, and really does little toward
the actual command Of the navy. He is,
Of course, Inspector General Of the navy,
and has board of officers who inspect
every ship when she goes out or comes
in. Examining the reports of his Off
GERS and giving orders constitute the
larger share of his work. He has a sec
retary and q staff officer, who comes
every day to his office, and their duties,
no doubt, are quite pnerous. The Adj
miral is not one of your early risers. He
is much like other good people who live
I long, except III the matter Of early ris-
ing. He generally turns out chow easy
it is to become nauticalD about or. $50,
and by or 10 he is in his Office The
latter part Of the day heis less busy, and
he will smoke q cigar with o friend In his
free and easy office with entire freedom
He sticks close to his house, and is
rarely seen. In the streets He owns
good horses; but when he is out he is as
likely to be In his tdangh ghter's pony phae-
ton as in the dignifed family carriage
he ,entertains handsomely.- but mostly
at dinners, He goes out only enough to
Keep ulI1b0lI III uII0 ClTClc Ol SOCActy. LII
Appearance Admiral Porter has not q
military air and he looks No more like an
old salt than any business man. He is
about five feet nine inches high, with a
figure well, knit and straight and just
stout enough. He weighs about 18O
His full-trained whiskers are. turning
gray slowly; his hair is full and black,
with a few hairs (too many turning gray
here and there. He is not particularly
striking man, but if you talk with him
you viii find that he reads and thinks
and that his ideas are about as near right
as they can BE. He is now sixty years
old, but he looks fifteen years younger
He has been engaged for several years in
writing history Of the navy during the
war Washington Republic. ~
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Ii, as Mr.. Corse and the London Cir
Gus seem to have demonstrated, ele
plants, under proper conditions, may be
brought to breed in captivity, it may be
an open question whether, in view of the
increased difficulty of capturing the ami
mails, the supply In India may, at no
distant day, be wholly dependent upon
their power to produce their. young in
bondage Mr.. Corse's experience en-
abled' him to study the young elephant
from its birth under extraordinarily ad
vantage0us conditions. The precise
period of CESSATION, he says, is twenty
months and eighteen days. The young
animal when born is thirty-fve and a
half inches high It soon begins to nib
BILE and suck the breast, pressing it with
its trunk to- make the milk flow more
readily into the mouth while sucking.
1t has never been observed to use its pro-
boscis in any other way during this act,
but invariably seized the nipple with the
side of its mouth At this period it is a
common practice with the elephant at-
! tendants to raise small mound of earth
about six or eight inches high, for the
young one to stand on, and thus save the
mother the trouble of bending her body
every time she gives suck; for she never
has been observed to lie down for that
purpose. The nipples are two in num-
Der and are between the fore legs.
It is remarkable that the elephant,
having only one young, has by no means
a strong affection for It. Instances. have
occurred of mother leaving her off
spring and escaping into the woods IL a
Wild elephant happens to be separated
from her young only for two days, though
giving suck, she never afterwards recog-
nizes or acknowledges it. nj
81. have been much mortified, Mr..
! Corse says, cat such unnatural conduct,
particularly when il was evident that the
! young elephant knew its dam, and by
f its plaintive cries and submissive APP
proach, solicited her assistance" "sssG
/ During the first year the elephant
grows eleven inches, and is nearly three
feet eleven inches high In the second
year it grows eight inches, in the third
six, in the fourth year five inches; abont
the same il the, fifth year, in the sixth
| year three inches and half, measuring
| then about six feet four inches in height.
During the succeeding ten years the
growth is comparatively slow. The male
is longer in attaining its full growth than
the female, seldom having acquired it
before his twenty sixth year. These
figures are arrived at by Mr. Crosse from
the study Of Asiatic elephants only. The
African elephant does not arrive at the
colossal proportions of his Oriental
brother. But it will be observed that
while Mr.. Crosse only succeeded twice in
breeding during his five years service as
q director Of the company's elephant
hunters, he nevertheless speaks of facts
that could only have been learned fro1n
some one who had studied elephants,
other than the two born within his ex.
perience, from their birth upward; sc
that the conclusion is irresistible that
the birth of young ones among the ele.
plants owned by the East India Com
! pany was not an uncommon occurrence
| --NeU York San.
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amber, and Where 1t Comes From.

- ~ 4
Amber S e hard, almost tfansPafehs
resln, found IN but few places. In me
GERMAN ocean is an isiand commoniy
known as Hasalla. Along ume age, aver
severe storms, tnere were ialee esntiaes
OF amber washed up along the shore, and
Dy the inhabltants gatnered and nseo as
fuel. Inc substance mas exisSeo 1of
ages, put Is dlsappeafmg IN ea ,os.
slllzed vegetable gum, from uees tnat
stood m forests IN epochs OF the past as
the vegetation that formed the coa now No v
6elng mined IN various pieces: Inc lae
Greeas regaroeo ~ WIN sepels';.i ;.pta us s
olo tne homans, VINO penesea . - - Ie ne
possessed o. . scaLl az 1ne plessns llne NC
mere Is pea OF alnper pehe gofAgr 11Sn -
NINE near the coast OF PRUSSIA. ms
peo ID apouu MY ieet peioW tIie SUI. suIlaee;
whlle one hunorea heee oehea'l s.l.s 70 ~ ~
1s anotnef Veih Oa Az on lio eSt Haos u -: .;s
Icaltac oea, N rrusslas nesI Aleilel, ls ~ -
IouHa, ana also at Poins. nor tiieHse "
hon1gsoerg' ie oemaho eomss M pliiei; o.
Rany rom Monfmmeaan o"laa,ss;, counel,ss, ~
x- ai1 ee.il.s1 enal r,': ~. s..sS = d ~ .
pany ii1n IL Gi W. .;.,,d Us araI,os e 90
go II uo Tluan .,..1T, La,s.. -,
oec,areo py uie Aeuvonio Co ~ 1i1e.ei 1913 E
e4ciuslvely GU 70 noyaity, G aIu 1ne s..le y ~
Ior long ame paio une coaIs sAi'eliises. S
Kings guarded IL ana lts 'Ggelng py
strngent laws, Geatn pslne we P.s.llIaSIy sIaS
1or SEEKING or dlgglng IL except @ Ior 1As
use OF Royalty; - Armed n l g9aros paar9ieo
the coast 1or miles, ana = q guard,.
peasans' OF serVane w1S. N'le ~ h.ase ~ ..
.s1olene even sne sass .ha - 9ieSs .ot eslt
Penalty was eeatL ~ lt9 s-Im stso 2 ta,.p. ~
up 1or years on purpose 70 s1rike a 1etlor 1:o
and TO PUNISH mose VINO "o4io aale uis.
regard the nat OF the law. for 'ne past
eighty years those VINO search 1ol !"
pay the Prlsslan Government 1or tne
privilege obtaining 1t. Iaklng Pieee
OF it without permission Is punished with
Imprisonment, while the penaity attach
ing to trespass follows these VINO dare TO
walk within certain limits q the Deacn,
along which it Is found after storms
have washed it up from the depths OF the
sea, where the action OF the waves loosen
it from! the earth that had formed over 1t
ages ago, and which Is disturbed ny me
mighty mass CT water. lhose VINO op-
tain 1t along the coast wade INTO the sea
- ~xI.~I Ia ~ A1UTeI
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NUMBER II.
strasbours's Clock Outdone.

A wonderful clock, said to be superior
In mechanism and the variety Of its per-
fornances 10 The famed Strasbourg as
Economical and apostolic clock, viii be
placed on exhibition in, TaMmany Hall
to-day, and for considerable time viii re-
main there for the inspection of the pub
lie. This clock was constructed at De-
troit by Prof. Felix Meters, gentleman
who has devoted his entire life to the
study of astronomy and mechanics. It
fs called the American National Astro-
nomica1 Clock, and 1t Is probably the
most complex and Ingenious horological
work that the hand of man has ever
produced. This clock is 18 feet high,
feet wide, and feet deep. and weighs
1900 pounds. Tt is wound once in
twelve days, and is run by weights Of
hours, minutes and seconds, and the
time Of thirteen other cities Of the
world, among which arc Washington,
San Francisco, Melbourne, Pekin, Cairo,
.Constantinople, ST. Petersburg, London,
Berlin, and Paris. It also denotes the
movements Of the planets, and, mea-
sures their movements by seasons, years,
and cycles for 200 years, including leap
wears. Concealed IN its interior is d rau-
sic box which plays when Death strikes
each hour, At the ,ame moment the
figure Of Washington, seated in chair
beneath canopy, rises to his feet, hold
ing the Deolaratiof of Independence in
his right hand. A iveried servant sit
ting at the right hand also rises and
opens a door, through which come all
the Presidents of the United States, who
march Ii review before the eff1gy OF
Washington, saluting him as they pass.
The. procession disappears through q
door on the opposite side of the platform,
which is opened and closed by q, servant
in gorgeous livery. The likenesses ot
these figures, including that Of President
Hayes, who is in the rear, are said to be
excellent. As soon as the door is closed
the figure of Washington resumes its
chair Of state, and all is quiet until the
hammer of Death again sounds the houl
on the gong, when the extraordinary
scene is repeated The quarter hours
are struck by an infant, the, half hours
by youth, and the three-quarters by Q
man. The South Church, Boston, has
offered $45, 900 for the clock, the price
of which is $50. 600. 4
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Knew His Business.
A few months, ago a conduct,

A few months ago q conductor on one
of the Chicago street-cars suddenly ex-
perienced religion and Joined . small
flock in the neighborhood Of his resi-
dence. None more devout than he was
to be found in the country around, and
every spare moment from his business
was put into something energetic toward
Strengthening up the little church into
which he had projected himself. Motto
ing his interest, his pastor, to encourage
him, showed him along all he could, and
in short time the new convert was
shining light among his fellow-worship-
pers, and the Christian grace with which
he passed the contribution plate evoked
nickles from what before had been bar
ren pockets. svs easlil 20 vssasag K
One Sunday morning q, hoodlum was
noisy, and the conductor quietly ordered
him out He went, but last Sunday
evening he appeared with mob of dis
solute companions bent on O difficulty.
The conductor kept an eye on the
leader until the disturbance became un-
bearable ,..--.
= "Put on brakes moment, parson, ?
said he, till I look after this fare. I"
Approaching the thug, he went fot
him, and wiped up several yards of aisle
with him, and then stood him on his
legs.
+" Five cents for the kingdom Of God!''
he demanded fsa N4-s
! The hoodlum said he did not have to
pay; IL . a sf
chariot, 3" and he smashed the thug in the
countenance. si&FAi" sta
"But, brother" /" demonstrated the pas
tor, "you cannot compel him TO con
tribute" st-.. f,ss .'se..sE;f, "a
Never You mind that parson. You
dead-head on this orthordo1 through
line without putting up Beside TIM re-
/ sponsible to the company for his fare.
live punched him and he's got 70 show
coin." gsatsa4sa fsasaa
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Why They Blushed.

The Springfield, Mass, ReDubiican
tells this little story: A rather amusing
incident occurred at church prayer
meeting at rWestfield few evenings
since. Near the front sat young couple
who are, quite devoted to each other and
soon to be married. The good deacon
leading the meeting took for his topic
Glove, and, growing warm with the
subject said: !" Brothers and sisters, all
around us can be seen the fruits of love;
aye, right before us tbs seen in all its
godlike beauty and tenderness" Uncon-
sciously the speaker was pointing directly
to the before mentioned couple, and
while the young woman tried to hide her
blushes and her companion to look un-
concerned, the audience smiled, and the
deacon grew embarrassed, and it was
some time before peoples thoughts were
toned down TO their usual placidity.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-06-17
The Wav in Leadyili,.

A matron recently walked from, Gum
nison to LeadviAe to solicit legal advice.
She said that her husband was good,
moral man, and that she had nothing
under the sun against him, further than
that he had refused point blank to live
with his true and lawful wife any more,
and was paying attentions to b mean,
nasty, detestable, cross-eyed, hook
nosed, consumptive woman from Sagu-
ache.
/ 90" Now, Mr.. Lawyer, I've come across
to learn what I'm to do about it. !"
a g"Why, j wouldn' t stand it.
81 won't" sff vsssaeaso51
Indeed, Wouldn't"
"Don't you think it's shame?"
Certainly it is !"
8 esBut what am I to do?''
.Why, have him arrested and locked
up." gss8 SCI.
-"What! have my husband jailed! No,
sir! I'd never do anything of the sort.
He is kind, true man, and all want tc
do is to lfix up things so can marry
somebody else" g4
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-06-17

MILE SARAH BERNHARpT is quoted
rs saying: 81 touch upon everything;
yes, / knew it. I have been reproached
with it often enough. / am an artist,
and nothing that concerns art can be in
different to me. adore the theatre, al
though T consider that the actors art is
less complete than the other arts that I
practice, and I do all I can to succeed on
the stage. i adore painting and sculp-
ture-two creative arts those!-and 1
carve and paint. have been modelling
now for good many years As for the
palette,aI am almost q beginner, but 1
am sure that Ishsll arrive at result I
have got that into my head. As for
music, that is one of the compartments
that is wanting in my brain; I know
nothing about il. I am sorry that such
is the case. eg ssq5 s
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-06-17
rANcIEs FOR THE FAIR.

i A CHICAGO girl tried to run away with
a baseball catcher. Her father became
short-stop..
A M11KMAN at bali, wearing pair of
pumps, is too much for the good nature
of society.
HOLMES says that the years at first
pelt the girls with roses, and after while
with snow balls.
- Nor one American woman in one hun
dred can walk five miles-unless it be on
q shopping excursion.
HONE is the dearest place ON earth
when the wife strives to keep head of
all her neighbors in style.
Why is 1ady's hair like the latest
news? Because in the morning we al
ways find it in papers.
The spots on the sun do not begin to
create the disturbance produced by the
freckles on the daughter.
CoNNEMAUGH, Pa, boasts of twelve
year-old girl who is q mother, yet the
girl is not proud and positively refuses to
lecture. -
Two hundred young ladies in Boston
are learning to play the violin. They
should appear in the newopera of "Bow-
catchio."
OHn H oi 1ne ieaang naa sao1nst;osn nm eHP TPons
" So,..a.,, A.s h,s. a. g th - toLe tha;r korasana a
neasen: puS w u1y Ny. ''1no M..a.e ILL., pao;ose..
CANS ~.a elu-.seD ,... H"1e,s -'eSs0s
WHAT Is tne diHerence petween styi-
lshs young Aaoy craaiu1n anu usa1n-
uoA pnI - = Ieeu paa tAM ~ r;@hts ei,h ,.eo reo
osnel x Sss !" A nneeu ooo- "" 90 -"'
Serveu1
-, All VI zoo WOO Is "a Pos'on Onnislian Na
ls name soanJs sh IKE re. sne ,st sts ~ InS "
NouaA Nne. eno s0.D ouo =. I -. " e.. =
I y, w.4 10 n aintis '''.A ''' No. A''''' -o0'
~ ~ ,1lo y,.'ol.. Jl.,'.o u.
sSia 1HE e fIavloeace fTess se.ts 1sa, 81 Iaay
- slaS o.sy, VIZ a!et a..,. a s'aa 10y,
a,e Gus uus. u w.Dw' t;s TEE eael,S Gyt.o ~
4o, 4unou. al" "A'o "'A' ''''' -'" 9o'''
~"y ""J'
:, AT recen1 T1liaoeiRnla iil e 1, picnic W4en
Y was dlscovereo tnas. tne croqueI arcnes
nad peen 1orgo!Cen, wicked gl!l sug-
gested supplying tneH places Win Inc
Two Dow-iegBeo young men present.
A BRIDE OF montn went 10 married
lady OF aquarter OF 9 year and sald;. my
1aaTng daTnng says lnaS women as .1 :oos;
NeYer lnlnu, saiu s:e oGle ne - oy
Studying nouns. WnC untii ne reacnes
ao!ecu'es'
"a WHEN Boston girls soul reaches out
INTO the minute after an Idea and grasps
1t, she realizes now base ana 1gnopie Is
the convenuonallty that oDhges oe1ng
thus endowed 10 wresue WIN paper
hustle. a e EassA ta''af'
| ABOUT this time expect to see her walk
| into the parlor to say: CAV ye plaze,
num- thought Ia De gong down to the
bache TO the hotel, an me cousins gone
already, mum, and LII be gong to-
morrow.
KENTUCKY girls average one hundred
and twenty-six pounds. ds.-Bostoas Post.
A very comfortable lap full-NeV
Haven Register. See here. young fel-
low, the thermometer is fooling around
the eighties. e
JuDaINa from back appearances:
Small boy Crushing in front of young
lady wearing rather large poke bonnet,
and staring her full in the face)-
you've lost yer bet, Charlie; I told yer
| it war11't an old woman.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-06-17

A orY that is set an o hill cannot be
hid. And it is just the same way with
dirty cuffs.-SS Lo,sis Spirit. 'Tis
true. Even II You take the cuffs off and
stick them in your breeches' rear pocket,
the first time YOU jerk out your handker-
chief they will be thrown twenty feet
into the lap Of young lady on the other
side Of the room.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-06-17

,, GEoLoaIoAL explorations hsve shown
the probability that Russis geontnins
beds OF phosphate of lime Of .spfiaient
extent to supply Europe for an Indefinite
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-06-17

10 PEoPLE always sympathise- with the
under dog in the fight, but they bet their
money ON the other animal,
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-06-17

MAIDEN.
vcathercock the village splre.
With your golden feathers all on ERE,
Tell me, vhst cai, you see from your perch b.
Above there ovsr The tswG 81 the ehurch7
wkxrHERcocx.
I can see . ship come sailing in
Beyond the hsadhnds and harbcr Of Lynn,
And younz man standing on the deck,
With slken kerchief round his neck.
Nov he IA pressing Il n his lips
And nov he is kissing his fnger-tips;
And nov he n lifting and waving his hand,
And blowing the kisses toward the iandi -I
MAIDEx. .e.n 81
All, thlt Ia the ship from over the sea
THAT IN bringing my lover back 10 mel 49,
Bringiag m lover so fsnd and true,
Who does MT change with the wind, like you.
U0ni s..... ..,s s.sTs.,sss z 7: siss.....
II Ia only because thsy made me so;
And people would. .tA1n1 4 wonirous strange
III, weaiherco<k, sn,u14 not changsi
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-06-17

EVERY flower, even the fairest, has its
shadow beneath it as it swings in the
sunlight.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-06-17

A GOOD conveyancer is known by~his
his deeds, and by his vehicles,
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-06-17

WHrN man draws an inference he
Should draw il mildly.
The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1880-03-12
JUST OUT.
HOODS GREAT
BOOK OF THE WAR.
ADVANCE and RETREAT,
Personal Experiences In the United
States and Confederate States Armies:
BY GEN. J. b. HOOD,
Late Lieutenant General Confederate States
Army. Published for #-
THE HOOD ORPHAN
MEM ORAL FUND,
BY GEN. g. T. BEAUREGARO,
Now Orleans. 1850.

The entire proceeds arising from the sale Of
Memorial Fund, which Is invested in united
States Registered Bonds for the nurture. care
support and education Of the ten infants de.
prived OF their parents last summer at New
Orleans (the melancholy Incidents OF which sad
bereavement are still fresh In the public mindJ
PAGES. with fine photograph likeness and q
line steel engraving. made expressly for this
handsome gray English cloth, at THREE DOL.
LARS, or IN fine sheep binding, with marble
edge. THREE DOLLARS AND FIFTY CENTS; ;
Or i2 bet LeYan
On the receipt from any person remittipg by
mall or express of the amount In 8 registered
letter or BY postal order. bank draft or check.
copy will be Immediately sent free Of postage
registered as seeond; class matter.
The volume is published In the best style Of
tions. executed as highest specimens of art.
The author. the subject. the purpose. all alike
render 1t worthy a place In every library-On
every desk-or upon the bookshelf Of every
-. Agents wanted IN every town and county in
given to honorably discharged veterans from
the army.
70 the ladies'. who feel a desire to express
their sympathy with the Hood Orphan Memo
rial fund, the sale ct this book among their
circle OF friends will afford an excellent way Of
cause.
FOR TERMS, RATES TO AGENTS, ETC. AID.
DRESS. WITH FULL PARTICULARS.
GEN. g. T. BEAUREGARD.
The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1880-03-12
COTTON MILLS IN THE SOUTH.

Abiding to the prosperity of the various
small cotton factories that have been started
In South Carolina within two or three years,
the New York Herald says that most North
ern people will rejoice with the South that the
experiment Of working up cotton at home, In
stead Of sending all OF It from one to three
thousand miles away. has been successfully
tried, and they will hope that our manufae-
turing will not be restricted to single va
riety Of raw material. Nearly every industry
which has aourished In the Northern States
and England is practicable In the South: !:
woods, metal, coal and water power are
abundant, and the labor supply, II not suff1-
cient to the demand, would soon become so.
Aside from the heimmediate benefits enjoyed by
q community when manufacture comes to the
aid Of agriculture, the indirect results are In
valuable. Life and property Immediately de-
mand and receive new safeguards wnen capi-
tai and industry are represented by some
thing besides land and crops; occasional con-
centration Of population tends to moro gen.
eral increase Of intelligence; market values OF
all home products are enhanced, and the
"middlemen," who, under one name or
another, keeps many sparsely settled neigh
borhood poor, Is to large extent avoided.
Dur New York contemporary therefore points
The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1880-03-12

There was good deal Of Growing done BY
tho Republicans Of Maine q few days since
over the investigation they were making into
the acts and proceedings Of the Fusionists,
when the latter held control OF the State gov
eminent. The legislative Investigating COM
mittee had unearthed all manner OF rascalities,
they declared. and had evidence sufficient to
indict every member OF the Governors council.
or late, however, the Republicans have, to q
great extent, dropped the investigation and
seem willing to allow the late controversy to
drop altogether out OF notice. The truth is that
they have found such overwhelming evidence
accommodating to prove an attempted bribery
On the part Of White. Hale's young man, that
they saw that II they kept up this investiga-
taon much longer they would injure them
selves far more than the Democrats or Green
hackers, and they are now, therefore, very
anxious TO abandon It.