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The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-04-01
Sam Patch Outtione,

louisville Dispatch 10 Cincinnati Commercially
Thomas Boyd, young man about
twenty-three years of age, accomplished
the feat of jumping from the bridge
which spans the Ohio at this poin, into
the falls below, a distance of about one
hundred feet.
A skiff was in waiting a short distance
below the bridge, and at four O'Clock,
everything being in readiness, boyd,
dressed only in trousers and shirt,
stepped up on the railing and leaped into
the rapids below. he turned one
somersault, and had partly turned the
second, when his hips struck the water
first, and after being under q few
seconds, appeared on the surface. The
boatmen caught him and he was brought
to shore. The fall did not hurt him in
the least. There was some nine feet
aud eight inches Of water where he
jumped, Although young in years he ID
an old diver, and has Jumped off a
/ number Of bridges in the country.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-04-01

ONE after another the trades unions
are presenting demands for an increase
of wages. Some of the recent strikes
in New York have proved successful,
and the fact seems to be an encourage
ment to oslaey laborers. Those connected
with the building trades are particularly
alert in this direction. The fact is, that
the renewal of business, although general,
has not struck all the trades with the
same force, and there are many working
people who find the increase Of compen-
sation little tardy in reaching them,
although they had as early acquaintance
as any with the fact that the cost OF
living has been more or less increased
As general thing employers are dis
posed to do as well as possible by those
in their employ, and there is nearly al
ways a fair chance of righting griev
ance without difficulty, If the effort il
made in the proper spirit.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-04-01
OHIO GENERAL. ASSEM- BLY,.
Summarized from the proceedings of the past week.
SENATE.

SENATE.
The following bill, were passed: Senate bill re
pealing act of ast session directing the Commits
sioners of Guernsey County 10 sell Certain rairosd
stock and invest the proceeds in county bui dings
House bill making grave-robbing penits ntiary
ofense; House bill repeaiing the act creating a
rpecial school district in Menor Township. Lake
County; House bill to prohibit the pursuing OF
game on another MANS premises. and 70 prevent
trapping and netting d game; Senate bill to pro.
vide for the pa ymeut IT the State debt by the levy
Of six-tenihs Of mill for three years, H@
The Senate bill authorizing the City Of sandusky
to build railroad to Fremont was referred The
House bill of Mr.. Reed, of Ross, providing manner
of vttiug upon the question of purchasing toll
roads and making them free, was pas ,ed The
House bill by Mr. Carpenter for the re ief Of E. w.
Browning and his sureties their oficiai bono as
Treasurer of Lebanon Township, Meigs County,
was passed. The following new hills were intro
County to construct fires turnpike pfovidins for
an AID tional Judge and clerk Of ec,ion vhere a
Justice Of the Peace is voted on in municipal eec
tions in tie spring. The following bills passed
House bill providing for an additional levy in the
cite, of the rst and second grade OF the first class
fve-eights of one mill for sewer purposes; to aid
c,urs In curing defect In Of real
author izirg the Board of Public works to enlarge
culvert in HarI ison Township, Pickaway County
limiting assessments for improvements to Is per
cent Of the value Of the property as show by the
duplicate.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-04-01
The New Danger Of Courting.
[San Fraucicso News Letter.I

E
Young. Smifkins was somewhat sur
prised but highly elated when he re-.
ceived a polite Invitation from old
Scroggins to come up and take crust
winch meant dinner-and that too
when he had spent. the very evening be-
fore in the sweet soc lety of Miss Matilda
Jane Scroggins. 1t was needless to say
that he was promptly on hand.
? Matilda Jane,p said the old gentle
man, when the dinner was over, did
you ever hear the phonograph in active
operationT mo, pa; but should like
to-" answered the, maiden, who wished
to humor her parents scientific weak
ness. s'Well, my dear, you shall |
bought one the day before esterday. You
will find it. under the sofasin the front
parlor. l forgot to take it up stairs last
night when left you and Smiffkins con-
versing on church festivals"
Matilda brought the machine, and the
old man wound it up, remarking that
he had set it just before going to bed.
Tn family circle and one or two Of
Scroggins' cronies, who happened to be
present, listened with great deal Of in
terest as it slowly revolvt d. i'a eiiN
p & Thank God the old DEVILS gone at
last!" exclaimed the .phonograph, in
tones that sounded amazingly like
thoss of Smiffkins. 81 thought the
hateful old thing, would sit up all
night" continued the wonderful inven-
tion, in voice that was unmistakably
that Of Matilda Jane. Well, my own
darling, we'll make up for lost time.
Yum-yum!" ejaculated the revolving
cylinder, with a pronounced SmiGkins
accent. "Oh, don't, darling! yeu
mustn'tl Yum-yumi" it proceeded,
in the tones Of Matilda Jane.
After that the instrument grew inco.
herent and mixed up. as it were. A sub.
dued, osculatery sound, mingled with
deep drawn sighs and occasional
whispered protests in the Matilda Jane
voice were all that could be distin'
guished, till it suddenly blurted out
"Well, suppose old Scrog will be com
| ing down stairs with a club, unless
| clear out" oa s~ esq s' fa sFs
Another silence, broken by yum yums
and then in softer voice concluded
"lThere, you must 60 now. Good--yum
-night-yum-yum. I'll make the ole
beast ask you to dinner to-morrow-yun
-yump ''s8
By This time Matilda Jane had tainted
and Smifkins' face looked like a greer
cheese but old Scroggins gazed upon
them grimly, after the fashion OF I
1 craven image, and the rest of the com
pany seemed to be rather amused thar
otherwise. s .aa vs
Smiffxins bought a mountain howitze
next day, and went East to look TO
Edison.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-04-01

The Chicago Board of Education has
enacted rule that Hereafter the mar
riage of a female teacher shall be con-
sidered as equivalent to the rendering of
her resignation and the acceptance
thereof" 1t received much opposition
from several members of the Board itself,
and the Inter Ocean publishes both
editorial criticisms and sharp letters
from correspondents which made 1T
warm for those proposing the innovation.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-04-01

TaE correspondent of the New York
Tribune now travelling in Ireland, says
that in one cabin he visited, the earth
was the only floor, calf shared the one
room, which was stable, kitchen, nursery,
all in one. An old woman CHASTITY and
yellow, and covered with rags which no
one in America would have kept even in
the ash barrel, lay dying of slow de-
cline. The mother, young woman
with six children, all in rags was in the
room. Nine persons occupied the howell.
1t was a tolerably decent cabin-com-
pared with what he saw afterwards
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-04-01

The Knoxville (Tenn.) Chronicle takes
the following pleasant view of the re-
cent banquet extended by Cincinnati to
Southern merchants: "We have not
seen in our exchanges, nor heard from
those who were present at Cincinnati
last week, single word of criticism,
much less disapprobation, of the man.
agement of the great event. The uni
versal Judgment is, the people of the
Queen City are as hospitable as they are
public-spirited and as sociable as they
are epterprising. Hs
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-04-01

AN, exchange very. thoughtfully re-
marks that the "spectacle of an elderly
Senator from a sovereign State lodging
behind the marble pillars and through
the stately corridors of the Capitol to
keep out of sight of fearful. woman
who claims him as the unacknowledging
parent of musical infant in her arms,
is not calculated to enhance the respect
in which the United States Senate is
he'd by newspaper correspondents and
gallery visitors" in all of which we are
forced to observed there is a good deal
Of fru th... --.--.-----.---- -----------
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-04-01

The failure of the scheme to annex
to the State of Kansas, Kansas City,
has prompted an effort in Eastern Kan
sas to split the State bodily in two,
Eastern Kansas taking the best half, of
course, and going into business on her
own account.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-04-01

SAYS Pecps Sun: Two Congressman
who own paper mill have got more in
fuence in Washington than all the
friends of all the newspapers in America.
A hundred paper manufacturers can
hold this country by the nose, and the
newspapers are as helpless as pulling in
fants. The boasted influence of the
press don't amount TO a row of no headed
pins, and the sooner newspapers quit i'm
agining they have influence the better
it will be for them. Better all turn
newspaper pirates, and when a man
comes for Office prove conclusively that
he has just escaped State prison, where
he was sentenced for numbering his
grandmother. The papers have always
tried to do the fair thing and it don't
pay
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-04-01
Buried Oak Timber.

In deepening a river in the neighbor,
hood of Norrkoping,. says the 1imoer
Trades Journal, in order TO make 1t &C
cessible for ships Of heavier draught,
among several objects of interest brought
up from the bottom, eight oak trees were
found at a depth of seven feet under
the old bottom. The bark was almost
decayed, and when it was taken OF the
wood was found to be hard and black,
resembling ebony. The trees are sup
posed to have been lying in the earth
nine hundred years. The trees have
been sold to a Arm Of joiners, who in
tend using them for cabinet work.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-04-01

The procession of Nihilists and sus-
pected persons which for months has
been vending its way from st. Peters
burgto Siberia, is receiving heavy acces-
sions under the dictatorship of Melikoff.
Private advices from the Russian Capt.
tai representa- state of things that can not
exist long without driving the people
mad.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-04-01

"SEND us $4,000 women at once" is
the cry from Arizona. And the Detroit
Free Press adds that the men out
there have evidently grown tired of
splitting wood and knocking down
tramps.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-04-01

1T is reported that. Professor Smith
contemplates severing his connection
with Dartmouth College in order to ac-
cepta a position at Yale. BE is consid-
cred one of the finest mathematicians
in the country.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-04-01

MR. REDPATH, who is travelling in
Ireland, says that in Sligo the peasants
pay IS an acre rent on lands so poor that
they will bear nothing without manure
and then pay an annual tax to their land
lord for the sea weed which grows on
the rocks, and which Is used as manure.
BY and BY these landlords win make
them pay 30 much per inch for the rain
that falls. -....-' ~
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-04-01

TIVE Duchess. Of Marlborough would
seem TO be drawing Distinctions. very
fine when she says there is destitution
but not famine inIfeiaad It is prob
ably as disagreeable To starve to death in
six nscnthsas insix weeks, and that can
be the only real distinction in Her
Grace's definitions.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-04-01

The National Woman Suffrage As
sociation will hold its twelfth annual
convention in Masonic Hall, corner of
Washington and Tennessee streets, In
dianapolis, Ind, Tuesday and wednes-
day, May 25 and 26, 1880.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-04-01

The butchers console themselves, doubt
less, with the idea that the feeling of
dumb animal is only skin deep; but per-
haps the dumb animals don't give the
butchers credit even for that depth of
fealiuU
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-04-01

TEE ordinance forbidding San Fran
cisco v'eesPesstiops from employing
Chimes 1Ms Rbeen declared nhc5nsfitu-
tionsf y Judss HeAnan, ~ the United
Stairs Court IA that ct y. = II q ssiS the
case win be takeh'to the Supreme Court,
and that Ben. Butler will appear as
champion for the people.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-04-01

The London fog does more than make
the place as dark as a dungeon. 1t is
killing off Londoners with somewhat
alarming rapidity. During the past
winter the fog was very prevalent and
the death rate has correspondingly in
creased In one week last month, the
deaths amounted to 1876, most of them
being caused by diseases of the respira-
tory organs.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-04-01

TIE Ohio Senate the other day passed
bill prohibiting pool-selling on horse
races. A member proposed to include
pools ON elections, but the Senate held
that the line had to be drawn some
where
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-04-01

The New York Mail wants to know If
a lady's hair is something to adore
when it is banged We should answer
IN the afiirma I've. A lady's hair is her
locks, and locks are something to door,
banged or unbanged.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-04-01

ALTHOUGH the Lower House passed a
bill to that effect, the Rhode island Sem
ate rejected theproposed Constitutional
amendment granting to women the
right to school suffrage.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-04-01

ALTHOUGH Miss Jessie RAYMOND is
making IL rather warm for Senator Hill,
in Washington, it is authoritatively
stated that shei rs not of good reputation
in her native State, Georgia.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-04-01

THERE is no reason why an Indian in
this country should hold any more land
than any white man. They did ,not
mako any lit and have done nothing to
improve it.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-04-01

The whipping-post bill passed by the
Lower House of the Kentucky Legisla-
ture some time since was rejected in the
Senate.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-04-01

A REIGN of terror exists in Orange
County, Ind. A band of unknown men
have whipped number of the most
prominent citizens of the county whom
they caught out late at night.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-04-01

The reduction Of salaries of Govern
ment employees is under discussion by
the House Committee on Public Expendi-
tIlrea
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-04-01

THE New York HeraLds Irish fame in
fund now considerably exceeds three
hundred thousand dollars. Nsr
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-04-01

The labors Of the Salvation Army in
New York are not being crowned with
any great amount of success.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-04-01

ACCORDING to the reporter Of the
Chicago Tribune the cattle in the stock
yards of that city are skinned alive;
that is to say, the operation begins long
before the animal has breathed its last.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-04-01

The total subscriptions to the Parnell
Relief Fund, in the United States, is
f151. .032.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-04-01

The Democrats of Rhode Island have
nominated Horace NJ. K;mball for Gov
ernor. saaa- D.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-04-01

The inventor of @ Fifteen was n. P.
Chapman, of Boston, and he holds no
letters patent.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-04-01

The statement has come from Hayes
own lips that Hayes is not opposed to
second term of the Presidency.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-04-01

The Kentucky Senate has passed
bill to strike from the general statute
the qualifying word "white."
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-04-01
TOPICS OF TINE DAY.

Ex-EMPREss EUGENE has sailed for
South Africa, to visit the scene of the
Prince Imperiaps death.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-04-01

Mr.. STORY, of the Chicago Tines,
proposes to manufacture bis own paper
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-04-01

A STREET in Paris is to be renamed in
honor Of George Sand.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-04-01

SENIOR ROMERO has been appointed
Postmaster-G General of Mexico.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1880-10-13
Which is the Best =?

"Oh, Dearl"
| Little Nan opened her eyes and stretch
ed out her arms with sleepy yawn, as
the summer morning, all rosy and sweet,
peeped into her garrett chamber.
az wish I didn't have to get up so
soon wish, l wish the fire would make
itself and Pitcher Fairy would sweep
the kitchen and grind the coffee, and a
good Brownie would bring us a lovely
breakfast already cooked I'm tired of
sitting cinders and washing dishes. I wish
I was lady like Miss Anastasia !"
But she wasn't lady, and Pitcher
Fairies and Brownies didn't grow in her
neighborhood; so little Nan had to shake
off her sleepiness and Jump up to her
work. The sun was Just coming up
over the edges of the rosy clouds; the
robins and the orioles were singing with
all their might the morning glories had
hung out thousand pink, and purple,
and speckled bells, to welcome the sun
shine; and the pinks and mignonette in
the garden were sparkling with the dew
drops. How sweet they smelled and
how lovely everything was in the cool,
fresh, beautiful summer morning
Little Nan came back from the spring
with her cheeks like roses and her ewes
as bright as stars. She danced about as
lightly as any Broom Fairy ever did:
and the fire was made, the breakfast
cooked for grandmother, and the dishes
washed up afterward, before Miss Anas-
tasia raised her drowsy head from the
great, soft, feather pillows. When she
did, the sun was streaming across her
pillow, hot and bright The flowers on
her dressing table dropped in the heat
the dew was dried up on the roses out
side. Miss Anastasia stretched herself
"Oh, dear, how hot it'isl How tire
some to have to get up and dress ones
self
And so she lounged among her pillows,
and drank her coffee and nibbled at her
toast, and had no appetite, and complain
ed Of the heat, and sighed, and fretted
like a person oppressed with grief. She
had nothing in the world to do but
amuse herself and take her ease, and
now nothing amused her; and she tossed
about on her fine bed, and did not find
half the rest there that little Nan took
on her hard cot in the garrett.
Little Nan had the best of it for hon
est work brings a double blessing, and
we serve God best when we do our duty
to all men.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1880-10-13
Little Tangles.
"a little child shall lead them.

Il llllIe CLllu Sldll leau tnem.
Once there was king who employed
his people to weave for him. The silk
and patterns were all given by the king.
He told the workers that when any diff
fculty arose they should send to him,
and never to fear troubling him.
Among men and women busy at their
looms was one little child, whom the king
did not think too young to work. Often
alone at her work, cheerfully and patient
ly she labored, One day, when the men
and women were distressed at the sight
of their failures, the silks were tangled,
and the weaving unlike the pattern, they
gathered round the child and said: '"Teil
us how it is that you are so happy in your
work. We are always in difficulties"
"Then why do you not send to the
king?" said the little weaver; che told
us that we might do So"
q" So we do, night and morning"
"Ah, said the child, "but I send d.
rectty l find | have little tangle."
So let us take all our wants and trou-
bles directly to the Lord in prayer. He
invites us to do so, and promises to help us
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1880-10-13

render. But with face unblanched by
fear and tones stern and resolute still he
answered, Never Never Death rath-
err Again the thunders rolled and the
earth trembled, but above all was heard
the sweet note of Roland's horn, with
which he was won't to summon his
companions and brothers-at-a The
enemy heard it and fed in dismay. But
Roland = brave Roland was dead.
With that last trumpet-blast his soul
went out from that dark valley, on past
the frowning cliffs, and the fierce faces
OF his foes, up to the blue heaven and
his God.
Thus died Roland eleven hundred
years ago. Three centuries after his
death King William, the Conqueror, and
his Norman soldiers, marching to battle
on the field of Hastings, where they
were to win the crown of England, sang
the Song of Roland" that Homeric
song of the Middle Ages And again,
still later, in the far-of East, on the sun
ny plains of Palestine, that song rang
out in the battles between the Saracens
and the soldiers Of the Gross. And
throughout all Europe during the Mid
die Ages, wherever brave deeds were to
be done, the song inspired men with
the courage to do and die"
A noble life, a noble death, and an ex-
ample, which was an inspiration to brave
and generous deeds In others, such was
the happy lot Of Roland, and such may
be for all those who will be heroes.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1880-10-13

quite cheerful during her meal but when
it was over and the father went away,
she said: Mother, you don't know how
tired am doing nothingl Will you
please let me wind your cotton, or put
your work-box in order ?"
Il can't, little daughter, because said
| would not give you any work to-day.
But you may find some for yourself, if
you can
So Bessie hunted up a pile of old
stockings and began to mend them. Her
face grew brighter, and she presently
said " Mother, why do people get tired
of play?"
Because God did not mean us to be
idle. His command is, Six days shalt
thou labor. He has given all of us
work to do, and has made us so that
unless we do just the very work that he
gives, we can't be happy
He has hard work who has nothing to
do
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1880-10-13
A Whole Day to Do Nothing.

eff I could only have whole day to
do nothing, I should be happy" said lit
tie Bessie.
To-day shall be yours" said her
mother. "You may play as much as
you please, and l will not give you any
work, no matter how much you may
want it.
Bessie laughed at the idea Of wishing
for work, and ran out to play. She was
swinging on the gate when the children
passed to school, and they all envied
her for having no lessons. When they
were gone she climbed up into the
cherry-tree and picked lapful for pies :;
but when she carried them in her moth
er said That is work, Bessie Don't
you remember you cried yesterday be-
cause ! wished you to pick berries for
the pudding? You may take them away.
No work to-day, you know !" and the lit
tie girl went away, rather out Of humor.
She got her doll and played with it a
while. She tried all her toys, but. they
didn't seem to please her any better.
She came back and watched her mother.
who was Smelling peas.
Mayn't I help you, mother" she
asked.
No, Bessie that isn't play"
Bessie went out into the garden again
and leaned over the fence, watching the
ducks and geese in the pond. Soon she
heard her mother setting the table for
dinner. Bessie longed to help. Then
her father came home from his work and
they all sat down to dinner Bessie was