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The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-07-22
To Cure Fits of Sneezing.

A correspondent of the British Aedi-
cal Journal says: During the recent
rapid changes of temperature I caught
a severe cold in my head, accompanied
by a most incessant sneezing. Ny un-
fortunate nose gave me no rest. The
slightest impact of cold air, or passing
from the outside air into q warm room,
equally brought on a fit of sneezing.
In vain I snuffed camphor and pulsa-
tilla the light catarrh still triumphed
over me. At length I resolved to see
what the maintenance of uniform
Temperature would do toward diminish
ing the irritabiity of my Schneiderian
membrane, and accordingly plugged
my nostrils with cotton wool. The
effect was instantaneous. sneezed no
more. Again and again I tested the
efficacy Of this simple remedy, always
with the same result. However near l
was to a sneeze, the introduction of the
pledgets stopped it at once. Nor was
there any inconvenience from their
presence, making them sufficiently firm
not to tickle, and yet leaving them
sufficiently loose to easily breathe
through" This is really worth knowing,
for mcessant sneezing is among the
greatest of smaller ills, and it seems
only q rational conclusion to hope that
this simple plan may furnish the most
efficient remedy against one OF the most
distressing symptoms of hay fever.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-07-22
Jewish Tolerance.

The other day Jewish minister-not
In New York city-was sharply repri-
manded by his congregation for his per.
sistent attacks ON Christianity. We ar
plaud heartily their action not only be-
cause Christianity is the religion of the
large majority of citizens of our country,
but because there are other and weight
ier subjects to engage a Jewish minis
ter's attention. Constant assaults by the
Jewish press and pulpit on the beliefs
and traditions of Christianity show poor
taste and tact, and may lead to results
which friends of religious liberty would
deeply regret. There is such quality
as journalistic loudness," which may
react as unfavorably as "social loudness"
on the community. When Judaism is
assailed, let us repel the accusation and
then cease. At least, let not the Jew, in
the pulpit or press, show spirit of big
otry and intolerance toward his neigh
Dor of another creed, which sprang from
our own and may return to it again. OF
all men, the Jew should be the most
tolerant, for he has suffered the worst
from the intolerance of others.-Jeuish
MeeseuOer
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-07-22
Literary Recluses.

Mr.. Ryan, librarian of the Kilkenny
Library Society, made books his idols,
denying himself every luxury and not q
few necessaries in order to add to his
collection; the we'll furnished library OF
which he was custodian being insufficient
to satisfy his literary cravings. He lived
In the upper part of the society's
premises, but permitted no one to enter
his rooms for any purpose whatever. On
his sudden death, in 1866, their privacy
was perforce invaded. His bedroom, or
what passed for such, was found to con-
tain nothing in the way of furniture save
an old sofa, which had served him for a
bed, upon which lay a pair of old
blankets, his sole nightly covering.
Piles of books were heaped up promis-
cuollsly in every direction. So in his
sitting room, there was scarcely space to
move for dust-covered volumes, of which
little use, cOntented, like many another
collector, with merely having acquired
them.
A wealthy eccentric living in French
provincial town was not open to that re-
proach. He dwelt alone in secluded
house, admitting no one but char
"ohhhii, "Ho pTepareu Ills IueaiS, AHu II
news agent, who brought him thirty OF
forty journals at time. One day even
they could not obtain admission, and the
police were called upon to intervene.
Upon entering the solitary bedroom in
the house, room as squalid as it well
could be-the recluse was found dead on
the bed, which could only be reached by
passing through a ravine, the sides Of
which were composed of thousands OF
newspapers and novels, whose perusal
had been the sole delight and occupation
of his wasted life.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-07-22
The Man with q Glass Eye.

As a train ON the Kansas Pacific
pulled away from the Sixteenth street
depot, few mornings since, tall,
angular specimen of humanity took a
seat opposite lady passenger, and, to
all appearances, was intently engaged
in studying her face. At first the lady
treated the rudeness with good-natured
Indifference. But at last it began to
tell on her nerves. It was curious
and astonishing piece of impertinence.
He apparently had the faculty of look
ing two ways at once. One of his eyes
was restless, excited, and roved in all
directions. The other, fixed and stony,
fastened on her with an undertaking
stare. She turned her head away, but
it intercepted her vision. She tried to
hide behind paper, but she felt that
cruel eye piercing through the screen
and creeping with stony look all
over her features. 1t seemed to be
picking them up one by one, and ex-
amining them with care. The thing be-
came umendurable, and she cried out to
him fercely:
"Sir, why do you look at me SO per-
sistently?" =.
"Me, madam why, bless my soul |
L NOA OCC1 1Oonl1lSo ao yOu.
"You have, sir-for a half hour or
more your eye has been absolutely riv-
eted on my face"
"I beg your pardon, madam, but it's
this eye, is it not?" lifting his finger
to his left optic.
"Yes, sir, it's that eye"
"Well, madam, that eye won't do
you any harm. It generally looks any
way it pleases-it gives me good deal
of trouble. A great many complain OF
it. At first thought they were making
fun of me, but I've found out differently
now. I've been knocked down two OF
three times for the impertinence of that
eye. I would leave it out altogethe,
but for the looks of the thing. It's O
glass eye, madam-only glass eye. ]
hope you'll excuse it. But, upon my
soul, I'm not surprised that even glass
eye should feel interested in SO pretty 9
woman" and he brought his other eye
to bear upon her in undisguised admira
ton.
The lady laughingly accepted the ex
planation, and the rest of the journey
was passed very pleasantly to both O.
them.-Rocky Mountain NeWs.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-07-22
Suu SDOtS,

Once in about eleven years, the sun
completeG spot-cycle. Its commence
ment is marked by period Of great
solar activity, when spots for two or
three years are numerous and large
upon its surface. These gradually dis
appear, and the sun remains more or
less quiescent during the remainder of
the time.
A new spot-cycle is now in full action.
Portions Of the huge blazing surface of
the sun are dotted with spots. They
throng the solar territories, appearing
In rows, or groups, or more frequently
the large spots are surrounded by faml-
lies of small ones. They are of enor-
nous dimensions. Some are SO large
that our whole globe might be rolled
into the seeming cavern, and our largest
continents would not cover others, while
many are so small that they can be seen
only in telescopes of high power.
Some of these spots will continue for
months, others will quickly disappear,
and others will break up into small ones,
while new ones will more than fill the
deserted places, and give variety to the
ever-changing exhibition.
Sun-spots, seen through the telescope,
present very curious appearance. The
central part, or umbra, is black; the
border, or penumbra, is usually of a
grayish tint; and, surrounding the spots
for thousands of miles, the suns surface
seems to be piled into ridges, dotted with
groups of small shining spots, called
facule, from Latin word meaning
"sman torches"
The wisest astronomers cannot tell
with certainty the cause of sun-spots, or
give reason for the occurrence of the
outbreak once in eleven years. 1t is
well-established that there is an init
mate relation between sun-spots and
terrestrial magnetism. It is strongly
affirmed that the disturbed condition OF
the sun at this period is reflected ON the
earth in northern lights, waves of in
tense heat, and storms of unusual sever.
ity. The devastating tornadoes and
cyclones at the West, and the display oi
auroral light in Scottish skies, lend theil
aid to support this theory.
A fascinating field of observation is
thus laid open before intelligent observ.
.ers. Three things are to be watched
for, the occurrence of great storms, the
approach of a heat wave, and the ap
pearance of the northern lights. Clear
! headed observers can work at these
problems even if they are not trained
astronomers for, if ever the cause o.
sun-spots and the reason of their peri
odicity are made clear, the work will be
accomplished by close and long-contin
ued observation.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-07-22
The Boy and the Procession.

What would a procession be withor t
the attending escort of boys? Did you
ever see procession with no boys lead
ing the advance or following along by
the side of it? Never, unless it was a
funeral procession. But there is another
procession that he doesn't take stock in.
His proudest position is right alongside
of the drum-major, and he would feel
that a kick from that gorgeous parsonage
or thump from his staff with the big
gilded knob, would be the highest honor
he could receive. The next most desir-
able position is next to the man who
blows the bass-drum, which he will hold
for squares at the imminent risk of hav-
ing his brains knocked out by the big
drum stick. And you can't tire the boys
out, either, no matter how protracted
the march may be. A few may lag
along the line, cheerfully tripping up a
soldier now and then, but their places
are quickly filed up at the head Of the
column. There they go, some white,
some black, some barefooted, some with
out jackets and others bareheaded They
are irrepressible, and it doesn't do any
good for the marshal to shake his sword
at them and order them away, or for
policemen to threaten. They are the
self-appointed advance guard of the pro-
cession, and cannot be discharged or dis
persed.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-07-22
Milk as a Cause OF TuberculOus
Diseases.

It seems that considerable percent
age of the COWS in dairy farms through
out the country are infected with tuber-
culous disease, and the milk from animals
so affected has been found to propagate
the disease in other animals, for example,
pigs Boiling does not render it innocu-
GUS. May not this be one cause of the
spread of tubercle among the human
species, and particularly the population
Of large cities? Children are very
largely fed on COWS milk, and the class
of maladies which have known connec-
ton with the formation of tubercular
deposit in the various organs of the body
is undoubtedly increasing. It is not a
philosophic conclusion that the young of
one species can be safely or naturally fed
on the milk of another. This is OBJ
viously grave question to raise, and we
raise it with full sense of responsibility.
If it can be shown that the feeding of
infants ON milk of the COW, and the ex-
tensive use of that commodity as an
article Of diet is q perilous error, the in
ference must be grave indeed.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-07-22
Fine Words,

Simple language is on all accounts
preferable to high-sounding words when
ordinary matters are discussed. We
wish young people could be taught that
it does not add cubit to the stature of
a house to call it a residence ;" that a
church or even meeting house is as
venerable as the "sacred edifice; )" that
it is no more genteel to say retire :"
than to go to bed that the garment SO
fondly, slowly covered with side plait-
ings, so coldly and quickly frayed out
along the paving stones, is really gown
and not promenade costume !" that
it need not bring q blush to the fair
cheek of even Mr.: Podsnap's young
person to say leg instead Of limb, "
when leg is meant that the supper at
an evening party is not " the entertain
ment;" and that there are well-founded
objections to the use of "nicely" as an
adjective describing ones health.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-07-22
NUMBER Is.
Laying on Fat.

We have complaints from England
that the beef which we send there is not
sufficiently notified to suit the tastes
Of the English consumers, that the fat Is
laid on too much in compact masses,
which has to be cut away for tallow and
thus causing too much waste. We had
supposed that the opposite OS this was
the rule, that the English-fed beef was
much fatter than the American, but now
the tables seemed to be turned against
us, and American beef is charged with
carrying too much tal1ow; not. they say,
that it really contains more fat, but that
it is not distributed as evenly as the fat,
in the English beef, and hence the result
named. The Americans run their stock
along for few years, then commence
feeding heavily with corn, converting
lean animal, in a few months, into very
fat one. Such an animal has a light
muscle, and the corn lays on the fat
heavily, while the English beef is fatted,
in a great measure, on their rich pas
lures, and till the time it is slaughtered
it is kept in fattening condition the
whole time, one object only being in
view-to place it upon the market ready
for slaughter Linseed meal is fed
heavily, but this contains large amount
of flesh-forming matter as well as being
fat producer. It seems that mistake
has been made in this matter. The de-
mand was for fat beef, and without con-
sidering where the fat was wanted, we
went to work and put it in the wrong
place.
Do not let us run into error in this re-
spect and say that it is the fastidious
| taste of the Englishman. for If we intend
to supply him with beef, we must con-
suit his taste: We must not say it is his IS
he is prejudiced we must conquer his
prejudice by meeting his wants. But
| this complaint of piling the fat upon the
animal in humps does not come from
England alone. Our own marketmen in
| the city of Boston, and other cities, make
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-07-22
The Farmer as q Citizen.

think the influence of agriculturists
ought to be increased in public affairs. I
would not like to see a Legislature COM
posed exclusively Of farmers and me-
chanics, nor would it be for the public
good that there should be no representa-
tives of these in that body. There
should be in every Legislature men
skilled in the laws of the State; there
ought also to be there an influential body
of men connected with the leading in
dustries of the State, familiar with the
wants and wishes of the great mass of
the people. II they should draft no
and untried policies, still there would
be that in the very atmosphere in which
such q body of men move which will i'll
fuence benefcially the action of the
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES George StarkUille
MisS
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-07-22

If TAKEN internally with their food,
sulphur will almost invariably keep all
kinds of animals free from lice. We
have made practice for years past of
giving heaping tablespoonful once q
week in the feed of each of our COWS,
and the same quantity to about every
ten hens in our flock, and they have
never been troubled with lice in them.
1t may be given in the same proportion
as to size when required in the food of
poultry, pigs and sheep. Sulphur is a
mild cathartic when desired for this pur-
pose, and in small doses seems to have a
general beneficial effect on the animal
system, something like salt, though, of
course, not of that nature.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-07-22

To REMOVE iron rust or ink spots /:
Moisten the spot and apply salts Of
lemon until it disappears, and rinse
well. Salts of lemon are made of equal
parts of oxalic and tartaric acid, and any
person can make them for his own use.
Another way is to moisten with lemon
juice, sprinkle on salt, and lay in the
sun. II ink is spilled on oolored goods
that will not bear acids, soak them i'm
mediately in sweet milk, boiling hot.
Hot melted tallow poured through ink
stains will remove them.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-07-22
Another Dead City.

st. Joseph, Fla, was once busy sea-
port, had railroad to lola, on the Ap-
palachioola, shipped cotton to the ex-
tent of hundreds of thousands of bales
annually, and was the entrepot of sup
plies for Western Florida, Southern
Georgia and Northeastern Alabama.
Railroads from the Mississippi to the
Atlantic at length deprived it Of its COM
merce and made its own railroad worth
less. The track was taken up and used
elsewhere. The inhabitants gradually
abandoned their homes. Yellow fever
visited those who remained, and the
living were unable to bury the dead.
What few escaped fed, and not soul
was left to claim property or home. A
tornado completed the ruin. Every
house was leveled TO the ground, and
to-day there is not chimney standing
to mark the spot where not long ago
stood busy little CITY.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-07-22
A PROMISING youth recently surprised
his father by asking: Father, do you
like mOther?"

TIE first year a sleeps front teeth
are eight in number, and are Of equal
size the second year the two middle
teeth are shed, and replaced by two
much larger than the others the third
year two very small ones appear on
either side Of the eight; at the end of
the fourth year there are six large teeth !;
the fifth year all the front teeth are
large the sixth year all begin to show
signs Of wear.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-07-22

A ooouETTE came out of fancy goods
store loaded with purchases. .You have
renewed your provision" said rival.
Don't speak Of it, / have quite ruined
myself l have bought thousand things
I do not need, among others, six tooth
brushes" "Ah, one for each tooth, -
said the other sweetly.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-07-22
HOW HE DID Ir.
The Way Hill Made ren Dollars with
Nine.

et. louis Post -Dspstea.l
Charles A Hill, Esq, attorney-at-law.
is just now an occupant Of Cell 80 IN the
City Jail, and with the cheerful prospect
before him Of ten years In the peniten-
tiary. He is the most notable capture
which the United States detectives have
made since the Bieb,lsch case, and the
arrest has caused great deal Of excite
ment throughout the town. In yester-
days Post Dispatch the details of the
collar were given, and within the last
twenty-four hours quite number Of new
facts have developed, enough to make
been in the habit Of clipping one and
two-dollar greenback bills in such way
that ont of each nine he makes ten. The
process is rather complicated one, and
needs diagrams for thorough oomprehen-
sion
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-07-22

WHEN, in the reign of James L, Mrs.
Turner, chief starcher to the Queen and
the fashionable world, was hanged, she
came to the gallows in the peaked style
of hat introduced by Queen Elizabeth,
which sent that kind OF head gear out OF
fashion as effectually as did Mrs. Man.
ning's black satin dress at her execution
that glossy material now again in vogue.
The bonnet worn by Queen Victoria on
the day OF her accession was genuine
coal scuttle.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-07-22
LIVE out of doors as much as YOU can.

LIVE out of doors as much as you can.
It is the place for man to be. 1t is
good for the health. A distinguished
WAS had the air msy q he sashg oa
doors, it is always worse in the house,
It is good for the temper. People who
are always shut up in u house are apt to
grow fretful and peevish. They are
prone to acquire marrow views of things.
and to worry over trials not worth con-
sidering. It is good for the whole char
acter- TOR strength, hope, patience and
fortitude. It expands and softens ones
nature and makes one more charitable.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-07-22

IT Is common now in the English
metropolis to meet with young men who
are prematurely round shouldered and
walk with pent knees and sort of crab
like movement. Riders of the 80 called
''steel horse" may be interested TO know
that this ungraceful appearance has been
named the "bioycle baok," in honor of
the psstime that causes it.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-07-22

A VERY large share Of our social mis-
cries, says the MethoOist, is caused by
scandalmongering and half the scandal
is fruit of suspicious OF meddling
temper, and of neglecting the rule ego
tell thy brother"
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-07-22

MEN who have lost hand or leg in
saw mill now get looked upon as mill
tary heroes by gazing upon towns
wrecked by cyclones and remarkin q th at
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-07-22
Good Words for the Skunk.

A fuller acquaintance with the habits
of the skunk would lead us to consider it
one of our most valuable friends. We
make our first acquaintance with it,
however, through the sense Of smell, or
the death of young chickens and ducks,
of which the skunk is very fond. The
intense ,odor Of the skunk is oppressive,
and it makes its presence known In way
that is unique and searching. While
the fragrance Of the skunk is sui gesaeris
and overpowering, it Is not damaging
as that from sewers and sinks and neg
lected potato hins and cabbage pits.
Judging the latter from odor alone, they
must be condemned more surely than the
odoriferous skunk. We know the uses
of potatoes and cabbages, and think OF
their good qualities. But not SO with
the skunk. Let us see if we cannot
afford to endure them on the farm, and
allow them an occasional chicken or duck
for change Of diet. The skunk is pre-
eminently an insecivorous animal He
diligently pursues his calling at night
when insects are most abundant, and
when his enemies, dogs and men, are
asleep. He devourS even the Colorado
potato bug (decema- -lineat0) and finds a
rich morsel in the strawberry grub
(Iochonestra). He makes hearty meals
on cut-worms, and gorges himself with
white grubs, the Larvae of the May
beetle, which he roots after in the loose
sod, or the decaying hay or straw about
stack yards. He plows through the
litter and leaves gathered in the hooks
and corners of the fields, which are the
coverts and breeding places of the
myriads of clinch bugs He reaches
millions of enemies in secluded places
which man cannot reach with the plow,
or rake, or fire. We may clear the litter
and trash from our fields, but the cor
ners and fence-rows harbor the enemy
we try to destroy. A kind providence
has sent to our aid this half domestic
animal that seems to increase like the
Norway rat in populated districts, and
for the common reason that his food is
more abundant there. We wish we
could see some like compensation in the
presense of the rat, but science has not
yet revealed it, and American civilization
has not, like Chinese, found use for it.
The skunk, unlike the rat, pays as he
goes. We can afford to take care of the
chickens and ducks and let the skunks
multiply. Build the walls of our porches
and dwellings, so the skunks can not get
under them, and they will keep at such q
distance from our homes as not to Of
fend u.s. The old Greek motto, ''Know
thysef," is good one, and it suggests a
good one for us, Farmer, know thy
friends "a Farmer, in Cincinnati
Commercial.
A PROMISING youth recently surprised
his father by asking: Father, do you
like mother?"
Eyes, yes, of course"
"And she likes you?"
"Of course she does"
Did she ever say SOP"
MANY a time, my son."
"Did she marry you because she
loved you?'
Certainly she did"
The boy carefully scrutinized his
parent, and, after long pause, asked:
'Well, was she as near-sighted then as
she is nowl"