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The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-10-07
A Lecture to Young Men
On the Loss of
MANHOOD


Lecture on the Nature, Treatment,
and Radical cure of Seminal W eafness or Sperma-
torrnea, induced by Self-Abuse, Involuntary
Emissions, Impoteney, Nervous Debility, and Inn
pediments to Marriage generally; Consumption,
Epilepsy, and Fits; Mental and Physical Ineapaci-
ty, &c.-By ROBERT J. CULVERW ELL, Al. D.,
author of the "Green Book" &c.
The world-renowned author, in this admirable
Lecture, clearly proves from his own experience
that the awful consequences of Self-Abuse may be
effectually removed without dangerous surgical
operations, bouges, instruments, rings, cordias
pointing out mode of cure at once certain and
effectual, by which every sufferer, matter what
his condition may be, may cure himself cheaply :,
privately and radically.
~ THIS Lecture ,riH prore boon TO thousands and
thousands.
Sent, under soal in plain envelope, to any ad-
dress post paid. receipt of six cents two pos
tage stamps. Address the Publishers,
THE CULVERWELL MEDICAL co.
Al Ann ST., NewYork, n. y.
Oct. 1, 1880. Post Office Box, 45s6.
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The Sawyer Electric Light

Several of Sawyer's electric
lights. intended for household use,
have been practically tested in the
Mercantile Library building In
Philadelphia. The pencils of
carbon are inclosed in glass globes
and the current is regulated by a
water regulator, supplied by a
stream from hydrant, so that
one light or a dozen in the circuit
can be lighted or turned out with
out affecting the others. The light
of each lamp can be turned up or
down at will with as much ease as
the light given by a gas burner
Two of the larger lamps, with
from two to three hundred candle
power, or five or six of the smaller
ones, with thirty candle-poWer,
can be maintained with each one
horsepower of the engine. The
large lamps will only require re-
newal of the carbons in from one
to three months, and the smaller
ones from three months to year,
The cost of the lamps will range
from four to six dollars, but can be
manufactured in large quantities
at much less rate.
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BUSINESS LOCALS. |,
GLOWING BARGAINS f!
WV w ANU DAksUAANcs
During the Next 90 Days.
at the Reliable Boot and
Shoe Store of John Lyons,
East Burke Street, Mar
tinsburg, w. Wa.

WILL BE SOLD cnEAP FoRcAsH.
AS my place of business is small, ]
want to make room for Fall and Win
ter Goods, l have for sale LADIES' and
Misses Fine French Kid and Goat
Shoes, Ties and Slippers. Mems Cali
Caters and Low Shoes of different
Styles, all of which are brand new,
having been purchased the present
season. give the best goods for the
money, and that they satisfy my GUS
toners, is evidenced by the liberal pa
tronage I receive. When in need Of
Boots or Shoes, they come from the
West End of town to East Burke St.,
opposite Wysong Hall. Boots and
Shoes made to order. Repairing neat.
~ done at short notice. Give me a
call. JOHN LYONS.
aug7.3m.
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Two Eccentrfc Hen.
Detroit Free Press.

One day last week. as Girls
void street lawyer had finished
lacking up sigh of "Shut the
door" where he thought 1t would
do the most good, an oddish man,
having sour expression on his
face, came up stairs. The instant
he saw the sign he said:
"All bosh, sir-all bosh. / new
er pay any attention to such signs
but other people do" replied
the lawyer.
"Let 'em do 80, then. am Just
eccentric enough to leave your
door open when / go OUT
And so he did. He walked once
or twice around the room made a
few inquiries, and left the door
/ wide open as he walk out. When
he had reached the street a boy
overlook him and asked him to re-
turn to the room on important bu-
siness. He climbed back upstairs
and the lawyer asked him
"Did you leave your sold head
cd cane here %
mo, sir-here it is" replied the
caller as he held it up.
"Ah so it is. / was just eccen.
trio enough to think that the stove
poker was your gold headed cane.
All right-no harm done--good
bye !"
When the stranger went down
stairs he left the prints of his heels
on every step.
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Sure Sign

If you see lady drop her gloves
and a entleman by the side OF
her, kindly telling her to pick it
up, you need not hesitate in FORM
ing an opinion that they are mar
ried, and If you see a man or wo-
mans face all covered with blotch-
es and pimples, you must not hes
iTate but tell them to use Spring
Blossom. Prices, soc; trial bottles
10c. For sale by E. Q. Williams
& Bro, druggists.
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HIS TRUE LOVE.

Ralph Chauncey had lived to be
forty-three years old before he saw
woman he cared enough for to
ask her to be his wife, and, walk
ing up and down the wide piazza
ofhis splendid country seat. that
warm, starlit July night, with the
waves of the Pacific FLASHING
si.verly through the fragrant
dusk, and the answering music of
southwest breeze stirring in low,
mysterious melody, through the
trees in the park, he was living 1t
all over again-all the only life
worth living-and 1t dated from
the minute he first saw Christie
Layne's bewitching face.
It had happened so accidentally
-Chauncey had many a time
felt almost terrified to think how
nearly 1t had come to not happen
ing at all. He had been late for
his train-something that did not
occur once year, so regular and
methodical was he in his habits
and a dainty young girl, with
big velvety- brown eyes, and car
nation pink cheeks, and mouth
like twin strawberries for luscious
ness of tint and temptingness of
beauty, was belated, too, and the
two met, fate ordered, on the
ferry boat, three seconds after the
gang-plank had been hauled
aboard.
"That is exasperating to say the
least" he said, as he turned with
a half vexed smile toward his fell
low miserable.
Then when he saw the radiant
exquisite face, in all its girlish
bloom and beauty there went
feeling over and through and
about him that was strangely un-
like anything he had ever before
experienced in his forty-three
years.
She made.her broad, white FORE
head pucker up in a charming lit
tie frown as she glanced from the
receding boat to his plain honest
face--just such face as woman
would instinctiveiy trust out of
thousand faces anywhere.
Il am very much disappointed.
/ wouldn't have missed the train
for anything; my friends will
meet the train and wonder
what has become Of me-"
She turned back, disconsolately
toward the ladies' waiting room.
"If you will allow me to be of
SERVICE" he said, gravely, with
that delicious strange sensation
thrilling all over him, II will tel
egraph for you; and as l have
also to wait for the next train, /
will be most happy to see you
safely to your friends"
Thanks, very much! Please
do telegraph for me to Mr.. Seth
Adrain. at Patuna,-Broadway
and explain. / am his niece,
Christie Layne."
Chauncey's face suddenly
frightened.
"Mr. Adrain is a valued friend
of mine. | am quite sure he would
trust you with me-" and he smil-
ed. my name is Ralph Chaun-
cey-my place Of business-Wall
street, city.
That was their very inform
al introduction; and four
hours later, Mrs. Adrian repeated
it, tremendously, in her par
lor. And then
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with a lady friend-a bright, viva
cious young lady. in black satin
and Jets. who sat facing him, while
Christie's pretty black hair and
sloping shoulders were presented
/ to his admiring gaze.
Another minute and he would
have acted on his first impulse
and joined them; but fate had ar
ranged il for him, and instead of
obeying the impulse he heard
himself spoken of in Chrisiie's
own sweet voice, in way that
hushed him into a strange, mo-
tionless silence.
"Of course you wouldn't have
Mr.. Chauncey, Jennie-you need
not tell me that. Neither would
/, if ne hadn't money!
"But-so has Phil Devlinton
money, and you know he is dis
consulate because you broke your
engagement with him on Mr..
Chauncey's account"
"My middle aged adorer has
more than Phil, anyhow Chris
tie asseverated tightly. "He's
horrid, and there's no use dissem-
bling the fact. He's old as Me-
thuselah, and grim as a church,
owl, and whenever he kisses me
I-wish it was Phil. Oh, / do
Jen, and you needn't look shock
ing about it,"
Jen laughed.
You are an awful girl Christie
Oh, you were going to show me
his photograph! Let's see it. OF
course you carry it next 20 your
loving heart, 4as
"Of course !" Christie said,
sneeringly, as she produced pic
ture of him he had given her a
few weeks before, over which she
had gone into such pretty costa
cies, that he had felt a thousand
fold repaid. There 1t does seem
ridiculous that / should marry
such a looking object. doesn't it !?
See here-the contrast !"
And to Jennnie's establishment,
Christie produced locket-picture
of Phil Devlinton.
"Christie, you are incorrigible.
Let's have good look at your
adorable. Great Heavens I" and
che leaned her face close to Chris
ties, "the original of that photo
graph isn't three feet away. Right
behind you-look !"
With a little exclamation Chris
tie looked, her face paling to ashes,
as Mr.. Chauncey stepped forward
and dropped his head low enough
to prevent any one but they two
from hearing his words.
II am very fortunate in having
made this charming discovery in
time, Miss Layne. Permit me to
claim my property and TO wish
you good-day. Good.bye! and
better success with Mr.. Phil Dew
linton than you have accomplish
ed with me-"
| Well-Christie went home and
cried herself sick. and almost the
first piece of gossip brought her
was that Phil Devlinton and J en-
ME Corraney were engaged; and
somehow, her spirits were broken
and her beauty faded, and she
grew dull and ill-tempered, and
ceased to be favorite, and in all
probability, will die and old
maid.
While Ralph Chauncey-
Well, 1t made life very bitter
thing for him for many a long
day. But he was not the man to
sit down and let himself become
the toy of destiny. He fought
down his grief as best he could,
and the time came when he was
almost as content as ever.
And-wonder of wonders-St.
Elmo never once said:
81 told you sop 4
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The VOltaic Belt Co, Mar
shall. Mich.

Will send their celebrated Electro
Voltaic Belts TO the arrIIcteu upon 81
days trial. Speedy cures guaranteed,
They mean what they say. Write to
them without delay. nov22l79-1y.
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BEFORE THE BATTLE.
soRRowFsLLY TEscRIBED TO MI FRIEEDs, To-
GAN, BOILER, BAKER, HUGHEs

GAN, RoLLRR, BAKER, HUGHEs
Behold, the day of vict'r 6awnsl
A change will soon be here;
Our Democrats forces move
These public cribs to clear.
This day will tell the story,
And twill end our every care,
The nation moves to purge itself
In answer to our prayer !
The day is so suspicious,
IT'S an augury of success,
The very heavens seem to smile, -
The lovely earth TO bless.
For twenty years we've famished,
We're hungry poor and thin;
Ye Gods but won't we fatten quick
Whenever We get in.
Roll up your votes, ye Mortimer,
Ye Southron tallies swell;
Our States are true and solid,
No wavering in our ranks;
The blue is on the picket line,
The gray is on the TANKS.
AFTER THE BATTLE.
Friends, has there been battle?
Have we met the naughty Zoe
What means this desolation?
Pray tell us if you know.
We dreamed of war and conquest,
There was yict'ry in the air,
Our forces marched to conquer
Where are they now-oh, where?
We're cad almost to sickness,
And our day has turned to night;
We're wounded, sore, disheartened,
There must have been fghtl
There's Grape upon our garments,
And there's gloom upon each face,
While upon each warrior frontlet
Stern Defeat has left a trace.
Farewell to dreams of Office
To all Democratic sway,
Farewell to every public meal
We've feasted on to-day.
Henceforth we'll be Republicans,
They only can succeed;
A Nation with mighty N
Shall henceforth be our creed.
Oh.
WARRINGTON, D. c., Nov. 6, 1880.
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WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY,

NINE departments of study; text books
furnished at cost; calendar arranged TO
suit TEACHERS; expenses for one year from
$l75 TO $500; non sectarian, liberal, tho
rough. Fall term begins s. ptember lst,
1880. Attendance last year from twenty
Jour counties of West Virginia and fro m
eight States and Territories.
@r For catalogues and other informa-
ton, apply to the President, j. R. THoMr-
son, Morgantown, w. Va. jun26-3m.
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Have you read about the celebrated
Deep Rock Water, of Oswego, New York;
If not, get circular, which will tell you
of its wonderful medicinal virtues, and
then try IT at JLW BAKKRs.
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The BLUE FRONT is the place to
buy all kinds of Gents, Ladies, Misses
and Childrens boots and shoes, best
quality and make at lowest prices.
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Mems fine CATERS, the best quality
and make in town, at the BLUE
FRONT.
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TIE Best Assortment of Spring field
Watches in town, at w. L. JONES'.
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Harvest shoes, in large variety, and
cheap, at the BLUE FRONT.
The silver state., 1880-08-26
BLOCKED THE TRADE.

A citizen OF Cass avenue having s
residence worth about $4,000, has a
sign ''For Sale" on the house, and the
other day an old African, driving a
stone-blind old horse to an old wagon
that wobbled all over the road, drew
up in front Of the place just as the
owner came out.
'Boss, am dat place fur sale in
quired the darkey, rs he dropped the
reins.
Eyes, sir" was the reply.
whats your very lowest iggers,
sah?"
"Sixteen thousand dollars.
"Dat incloods de back yard an all, I
'spose."
Eyes, sir."
The old nan got down, looked over
the fence and peered around, and final
ly said:
"How much would ye low me on
dat hoss an wagin ii we made trade?"
"Oh, about five dollars.
The querist settled his hat with a
jerk, climbed into the wagon and was
driving away without word, when
the citizen asked:
"Well, what do you Think"
'What does | fink, sah Why, sab,
| fink de trade am blocked Ize will
ing to knock oil sumthin', but [ can't
take no five dollars fur dis outfit. De
hoss alone cost me six - Detroit
Free Press.
The silver state., 1880-08-26

The celebrated pure Fairbanks Lard
can now be found at +. G. RoBIN's,
who makes it point to secure only
such brands as will stand personal
Snspectioa. sult
The silver state., 1880-08-26
A CLEVER TRICK.

The Japan Mail describes a clever
trick which was being exhibited by a
native juggler at Joshida bashi. The
performance takes place III snaall
room about twenty-six feet long by
twelve feet wide, half of it being al
lotted to the spectators, who are ad-
mitted on payment of the moderate fee
of two cents. The properties" consist
OF deal table and sword, etc. After
the usual soul-stirring flourish on
drum and samisen, a man and a woman
appear from behind screen. The man
binds the woman's head in a cloth, and
she then kneels down close to the table
and sideways to the spectators. The
man then draws the sword, makes a
violent blow at the woman's head, and
she falls forward, arms extended and
limbs twitching. He then, having first
wiped the sword on a gorylooking
piece of rag, takes up tarparently) the
woman's head, wrapped in the cloth,
and places it upon the table. To all
appearances it is human head. The
eyelids and features have convelsive
motion. Presently the eyes open in
dreamy sort of way, and, to the &C
compartment OF the everlasting saali-
sen, the head sings a mournfrl song
y curtain is interposed between the
audience and the performers, and when
again drawn back the woman is dis
closed quietly seated alongside of the
man. When it is recollected that ali
this takes place within three feet from
the spectators, and that the proper
ties" are of the simplest description,
some idea may be formed of the won
-derful excellence of a performance
which has excited attention,
The silver state., 1880-08-26
NEW GROCERY STORE,
FRESH GROC

which she offers for sale at
BED ROCK PRICE
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1880-11-17
Mortgage Foreclosure
Sale.

Default having been made in the conditions of a
certain mortgage executed by Joseph Hilburger and
Barbara Hilburger his wife. mortgagors, to Chas.
and recorded in the office ofthe Register of Deeds in
and for the county of Brown in the State of Mime.
sofa, on the 23d day o. May, A. D. lS7S at O'Clock
in the afternoon, in Book III" ofmortgages on page
42l; by which mortgage there was conveyed and
granted the following described real estate situate
in the county of Brown aforesaid, to-wt: TheSouth
West quarter of Section twenty four (24) in Towri-
ship one Hundred and Nine (1oe) North Of Range
thirty (3O) West to secure the payment of the sum
oftour hundred and fourteen [4i14.oo) Dollars with
interest at the rate of II per cent. per annum till
paid, according to the conditions of q pr0misso1y
note bearing same date as said mortgage, made by
said Hburger to said Chas. Mansfield, and there be.
ing due and unpaid upon said note ana mortgage at
the date Of this notice. the sum of Eighteen and g.
100 $lS.Ge) Dollars and the further sum of forty.
seven and 95-lo0 (4795) Dollars taxes paid on the
above described land on the I'd day OF July, 1880
and interest thereon since that date, which taxes
the said mortgage paid and has the County Treas.
&ser receiptthercfCs, making the total amount d q
at the date ofths notice the sum of sixty seven and
S5-100 ($67. e5) Dollars. -.
And no action or proceeding ut law or otherwise
having been instituted to recover the amount OF
said mortgage debt any part thereof; Now there.
fore notice is hereby given that by virtue and in
pursuance of power of sale in said mort gage con-
tanned and Herewith recorded. and of the Statute
in such case made and provided, the above describ
ed premises will be sold ut public auction ut the
front door ofthe Office of the Register of Deeds in
and for said county of Brown and at the city of New
Ulm, therein on Thursday the I'd day OF December,
A. D. 1880, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon, to satisfy
the amount of said mortgage debt then due and un.
paid. together with the costs and expenses Of sucn
foreclosure proceedings, including twc"t five dol
lars attorneys fees as stipulated in said mortgage;
and the sli: mortgage will lie thereby foreclOse1.
D"tcd, October ~, 1850.
CHARLES MANSFIELD, Mortgagee.
O. o. plTHER, Attorney for Mortgage.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1880-11-17
Miners Measurement Of Water-Power,

A miners inch of water is quantity
that will flow through IN inch aperture
with free discharge, and under con-
slant pressure of six inches above the
>op of the opening. An aperture of
twelve and a quarter by fifteen and
three-quarter inches. under pressure of
six inches above the top of the opening,
will discharge two hundred inches, and
is the basis of all measurements where
water is retailed in small quantity in the
States of California and Nevada. 4
miners inch will discharge a quantity
of water equal to twenty-five hundred
and fifty cubic feet. or about seventeen
thousand gallons, weighing one hun
dred and thirty-nine thousand five hun
dred pounds, i'll twenty-four hours. An
inch of water (miner's inch) having q
grade of four inches to the rod, will
carry off in twenty-four hours, a dis
lance of ten miles, ten tons of heavy
quartz, sand and iron. At one gravel
mine in Nevada County, CAL, twenty
five cubic yards, or forty tons of detri-
tus or tailings, as the waste material is
called, are moved from three to fifteen
miles every twenty-four hours. One
hundred miners inches of water. con-
Quoted through iron pipes and falling
three hundred and fifty feet vertically
and applied by means Of a nozzle against
a hurdy -gurdy wheel sixteen feet in d.
ameter, will furnish sufficient power to
run an eighty-stamp mill, beside carry
ing off all the ore which it has furnished
tue power to crush. -Mining Revtew.
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them. They are young, and were &C.
companied by their families. Hundreds,
they said. were at Bremen when they
sailed, awaiting passage to America,
and the desire to emigrate prevailed
among all the laboring classes.
Scores of mechanics and laborers and
servants have been provided with en-
ployment through the agency of the
Labor Bureau connected with Castle
Garden, Scandinavians usually being
preferred. Superintendent jackson re-
ports that $4,000 of the fund in the
hands Of the Commissioners of the
Bureau Of Emigration have been ex-
pended within the past five months in
sending destitute emigrants to different
parts Of the Union, where employment
was secured for them. While this sys-
tenn was somewhat expensive, it was a
great saving, since if they remained
they would become burden on the
Commission, , ~
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1880-11-17
STOLEN

from the premises Of the undersigned,
in Nicollet township, Nicollet county,
on Sunday evening, Oct. 3lst, 1880, the
following described notes: y
One for $3.50 dated Jan, 1880. ).
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1880-11-17
SEEKING NEW HOMES.
Unprecedented Arrivals at Castle Gard
Who the Em1grants Are.

Who the Emisrants Are.
A recent number Of the New York
Graphic contains the following informa-
ton relative to the large number Of
immigrants arriving at that port:
, The tide of emigration from the old
world to this country. which fairly set
in during the middle of the past winter,
continues, and already is expanding to
the proportions Of an exodus. Three
large ocean steamships-the Devonia,
of the Anchor line; the City of New
York, of the Inman, and the Zealand,
of the Red Star Ene-arrived yester-
day, bringing upwards of 1000 steer
age passengers, which, with the 1886
which arrived in the Celtic, State of
Alabama, Egypt, Holland and Rhein,
on Sunday and Monday, aggregates s.
456 for the week. From cable reports
from Europe it appears that fleet of
thirteen large steamships sailed from
Liverpool, Antwerp, Stockholm, Havre
and Bremen for North American ports,
with an extraordinarily large number
of steerage passengers last week. New
ly-arrived immigrants say that when
they sailed the shipping Offices at
Bremen, Stockholm, Cork and Copen-
hagen were crowded with people who
were purchasing tickets for America in
steamships advertised to sail a fortnight
and a month hence. From the 4th to
the 18th of the present month (April)
$500 emigrants lett the port of Bremen
for New York and Baltimore. The de-
parture of such an extraordinary large
number of the bone and sinew of the
German peasantry in such short time,
and the great movement of mechanics,
farmers and laborers toward the great
Republic of the West, produced pro-
found impression among German off,
Gals, and already steps have been taken
to stay the tide, as it is claimed that if
emigration continues at this ratio it will
materially interfere with the work of
the recruiting officers of the Kaiser's
army.
The total number of Storage passen-
gers landed at Castle Garden from the
LIST of January Of this year to the Goth
of this month foots up 5G,4O4. This
young army, according to the reports
of the Superintendent of the Bureau
of Emigration, is 50, 844 in excess of the
arrivals for the same period last year,
and surpasses any previous record in
the history of emigration to this coun-
try. Compared to it is the arrivals for
corresponding dates from 1876 to 1880,
as follows:
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1880-11-17
DIRECTLY
on THE KIDNEYS,

BLADDER and Urfsosy Organs by .aosor0tns
all humors, every traceof disease and forcing into
the system through the pores of the skin nourish-
ing and strengthning vegetable tonics, giving it
ar0ndefffxk u0lre1. to cure ut once. -