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The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-08-05
The MAKING Of Memories.

These present days, which we are IN
chned to think SO vaguely modern, will
be the "good old times when the
young people whom we daily meet shall
be men and women; it is our fashions
of dress and speech which they will re-
member for their a,laintnesss !; and ours
is not only the possibility but the abso-
lutte certainty of being made the repre-
sentative, IN years to come, in some
ones mind, Of the spirit and character
of a time that is past We know how
unwittingly men and women used to inn
press and influence us. Instead, there-
fore, of passing these memories lightly
by, or thinking that they are wholly a
thing of private importance and con-
Germ, we should make them a constant
reminder of our own duty in the line of
jinfuence. We can never! tell the long
and ever-multiplyi mischief which we.
may work by some wickedness or care
fessness Of speech or action-something
forgotten by us as soon as done. but
treasured up in q little heart as q pos-i
session for a lifetime. And, on the
other hand. we should be far more anx
ious to multiply our wise words and our
kindly acts, if we realized more fully
how long they may survive in places
where we never. think of looking for
them. The memory of a single kindly
deed, or word, or look, quickly forgotten
by us, may be the one thing by which
some person shall longest remember us,
and by which he shall be chiefly in
auenced, so far as any act of ours is con-
earned. -. -. "A .tf.. 1891.
. The making of memories is, not
thing In which we are responsible to
childhood alone Solong as the mental
faculties endure, of all those spersons
with whom we have to do, they are
treasuring up permanent records of the
| whole course OF our words and ways.
| Neither our good deeds nor our bad
| ones die with their performance, nor
does their effect end with us. What
right have we, in great things or small,
to curse mems years to come by adding
to their burden the memory of our
wicked act or our hateful or improper
word We are responsible for the mem
| ories which men, women and children
have of us and our belongings and this
responsibility includes not only the nom
performance of bad deeds, but the do
ing of good ones. Day by day and min
ute by minute we are making memories
which can never change hereafter. Is
there anything more bitter than the
thought that our own evil memories of
ourselves are, through our fault, shared
by others? And is there anything
sweeter than the though that the treas
ured remembrance of kind acts and fit
words is lasting memorial Of ourselves,
which we can increase every day. of our
lives? How we are to be remembered
is question whose answer-at least SO
far as the rest of our lives are concerned
is in our own hand.-Sassday Times.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-08-05

I'VE hardly read Of b Single authoress
during the middle ages In those days
female education was almost entirely
NEGLECTED. except in rare instances. H
women, possessed talent they we're COM
rallied ,toe hide il Nc, female novelist
worthy of the name appeared IN England
nntiI fhe feign Of Geosge IILa The lady
Who first had the courage to, brave public
opinion was Frances Burney, the Trend
of, Garrick and DIR. johnson. Miss
Rurney remained unmarried until she
WAS nearly forty years of age. Romance
Is then supposed to exercise less
dominsas power, but she, nevertheless,
had the imprudence to espouse Monsieur
ld;Arblay. a French refugee, whose IN
come .onsisted only of apreseraous an
nuity of cleo. The marriage. no yever,
proved, very happy one, Macanisy
describes Monsieur dArb.ay as IAN
honorable and amiable man.. with q
handsome person, frank, soldier-hks
manners, and some taste for letters.
The pair did not suffer from poverty; the
wife 1became the bread-winner; and nos
very long after her marriage her tnird
novel, "Camilia, 's was published, oy
which she is said to have realized over
three thousand guineas. Home Jossr'aa"
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-08-05
Preservation Of the Eye.sight.a

A remarkable proof of the harmless
ness of using glasses, even asingle glass,
is furnished by watchmakers, who ap-
pear to enjoy an enviable immunity from
eye diseases. It is uncommon to see a
matchmaker in an ophthalmic hospital.
The habitual exercise of the eye upon
fine work tends to the. development and
preservation of its powers. This is an
analogy to the truth now getting curren-
cy that brain work is necessary to phys.
ical health. This idea is developed in
this remarkable passage from a book by
1 Robert Brudenen Carter on g Eye-sight,
Good and Bad" The man who would
preserve the full integrity Of his func-
tions to a ripe old age must avoid ex-
cesses of every description, and must en-
deavor to employ the higher faculties of
his mind somewhat more, energetically
than is now always customary. A time
Eeones to every one when the physical
powers begin to decay, and then, unless
the brain has been kept active and re-
ecipient by exercise, there is nothing left
! to live, and the man perishes. We say
that he died Of gout, or Of overeating, or
of heart disease, or of kidney disease, or
Of the failure of the particular organ
| which was the first to exhibit symptoms
of the approaching end In reality he
has died Of stupidity, artifciaIly pro
.duced by neglect of the talents with
which he was endowed. That which is
true Of the organism as whole, is true
also Of its parts and the eyes, among
others, are best treated by an amount Of
1 Systematic use which preserves the tone
of their muscles, and the regularity Of
their blood supply The acuteness Of
sight, moreover, is in great degree de-
pendent upon the mental attention ha-
bituany paid to visual impressions and
| I have often observed this acuteness to
be below the natural average in agricult-
ural laborers, who, if able in some sense
to read, were not in the habit of reading,
and who were not accustomed to look
carefully at any small object. ! have
/ even had reason to think that the wives
of such men were indebted to their
household needlework for the mainten-
ance Of q higher standard OF vision than
j that Of their husbands; and I have no
doubt that idleness of the eyes, If ! may
4 use such an expression, is in every way
i hurtful to them, and that proper and
varied employment is eminently conduc-
i've. to their preservation in beauty and
sfdciency. @ ' So
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-08-05

=
~ Preparations for the coming reunion OF
Ohio veterans at Columbus, which occurs
on the 10th, 18th and 18th Of August,
have been completed in every particular,
and all that remains now TO make the
occasion success, Tis a. hearty response
on the part of the soldiers, their families
and friends. s' .
II Fare for transportation has been re-
duced on all roads leading into Column
bus, and on many branches. For the
convenience Of those Interested we give
the following summary of rates, which
were adjusted at a, recent meeting of the
passenger agents Of the respective roads.
The amount set opposite indicates the
full amount charged for round trip, and
win be good sor the 10th 11th. 18th and
I 18th inclusive: - SsS&d4o aa3 55lsts3J
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-08-05

believe that he loves and appreciates her
better than I do-the renegadel if she
can do anything toward, reclaiming that
reckless case-Therel forgotten my
gloves, true as the world must go back
for them. Morning, Peckham. !"
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Wa1ered Milk. 8

4 people care anything about know
have TO do is TO dipa well-polished knit
ting-needle into = deep vessel Of milk,
and withdraw it Immediately in an up-
right position. "a n the milk Is pure some
Of it will hang TO the needle, but, If wa
ter has been added, even in small pro-
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-08-05

The Paris Figaro says "Do not
waste your orange peel, but make an in
cision round it midway, and remove care
fully in two halves. Take the two cups
and place them hollow downward, one
on the grass and the other among the
plants OF vegetables. At the end Of q
few days you will be rid of all slugs,
black on gray. Every morning you will
find that they have taken refuge under
the cups Of orange peel, and can be de-
stroyed."
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-08-05
Albany in the Olden Days.

At reminiscent meeting at Albany,
N. Y, one of the oldest inhabitants gave
avery graphic picture of the old Dutch
town it used to be. He asserted also,
what is quite true, that it is one of the
few cities that have individuality. It.
seems to have preserved in a great de-
gree the staid decorum of its Holland
bringing up. No one ever hears any,
thing very sensational or loud from Al
bany. In the old time it seems, by fair
and profitable dealings in the fur trade,
to have kept on the sunny side of the
Indians; and its merchant waxed great
in purse as well as in person, and built
themselves typical Dutch houses with
the gable-end to the street. Brick fronts
they were, with the sides and rear of
wood. People who complain OF the lack
of picturesqueness in one street archi-
lecture would have been solaced by those
gables running up to the peak in series
of crow-steps, the top-most angle invaria-
bly, surmounted by q wind-vane in the.
f9m of a rooster. - Wooden troughs
long the caves projected two or three
et into the street, sending down del
re on the passer-by in rainy weather,
It'll they were abolished in 1719 Then
fI1ere was the ample porch; where Mein
Herr NIT frou und girls, during the long
Evenings, sat smoking and knitting re-
|spectfully. Through door that was
divided into two, and upper and lower,
there was caught q glimpse Of the quaint
interior. ." A hall twelve feet wide,
great Dutch clock on the stair landing,
the square parlor, with fre-places; stiff
straight backed chairs, sofas without
Springs; queer, crooked-legged tables,
and drawers and brass handles, and cab
inets, with cut glass and Oriental china.
Evident ntlY the, taste Of bfica braci is not
altogether modern There was some Ill.
yer, and oncsI IN p nwh1ega spi1eE 0r
/ harpsichord. The maple iioor never had
/ Ill sincerity insulfed ~ d carpet.ti in the
spare bedroom vac tie great state bed,
a mahogany four posser, with lofty can
opies and valence down, to Its heels,
and standing % high that steps were
necessary to meunt up to it In some
\ such fashion as thia Albany lived in the
.fong-way-off ds1s when her gorgeous
I capital, with tai Neutrality-suspicious.
z decorative art rasnot yet as tangible as
4 cream. 4 49, s.. a
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-08-05
Mirth at Home. !

"A merry heart dUeth good like q medi-
cine, but broken spirit arieth the bones;
declares the wisest of men. IA swift
appreciation of the lndicrous is the happy
birthright of some fortunate people, but
there are those who never see q joke
quickly, and who cannot comprehend why
it makes others laugh even after it has
been duly explained. II, as the proverb
says, laughter is medicinal, they are
much to be pitied They are not cush-
q ioned against the sharp corners and hard
knocks of life There is o coarse wit that
is allied to bufoonery and may decend to
indecency, and the less we have of that
the better The brightness and buoyancy
which makes the day cheerful; which lift
the wearied and the i'll from their depres-
sion, and which impart courage when
disaster seems imminent, are priceless
gifts The merry making the best Of
things, seeing the silver edge along the
thickening clouds, remembering how
much worse misfortune might have be-
fallen, and being CHEEKY when others are
discouraged, how noble are these qualities
/ when put in practice and how brave they
may be. agree, IN measure, with the
brilliant French woman, who said that
''the joyousness of a spirit is an index Of
its power" words true for all time. It
shouldbe matter of conscience with US
to maintain serenity Of outward appear
ance at all times p
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-08-05

THEY were playing game they call
euchef. She held both bowers and the
king, and two aces of other suits, but she
was q novice at the game. A young
man who was teaching her, looked at her
cards and warmly exclaimed: "What
a lovely hand" She looked him straight
in the eye and murmured, 'You may
have it if you want it." All the rest of
the evening he wondered If he was the
victim Of leap year proposal. Norris
totoa Herald. ti ssi -bt s &
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-08-05

A YANKEE came, running down 20 .
pier just as a steamer was starting. The
as he took Jump, and, coming down ON
the back Of his head on deck, he. lay
stunned for two or three minutes. When
he came to the boat had gone the best
partlof quarter of mile, and, raising
his head and looking to the shore,
the Yankee said "GxsaA Jshosa-
phat, what jump" sw = ea
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-08-05

"No, SIR, My 11ofhef died o. cpu6unnpr
died When Z xss 4 Iiefs cSiId yzT
"Humphl Hsvs my lOca fsinss eSuf-
fer from head6che nAafseAf.i = ol,z7 70 ?.
"No, sir; hothhg of thS k1hA lTkere'
seems TO be fear % sen1kfzihgF I'D fhe
time, an undefined spprehension; some
times think 4 may die as mother did.
of consnsnptiDn.sr srF ras - y&sssaDi
:Gd ny refRionss N 9Ss p -
"Why, certainly, doctor. I lshould
hope so am church member, and
have been for years. 4 love ny fsleden,
and quick sympathetic tears affirmed the
truth Of the prompt assertion. ~ 2 ss- 49,,
Ever seen Jesus Christ sick and. .vis-
tied Him, OF naked and clothed Him, or
ministered tothe Thousand and one wants
ofthe 'httleones' forever representing the
Savior symbolized sufferings?"
"Alas, NOT sighed poor Mrs Lacey, 81
have wanted ion years, but this nervous
weakne@ pnd6 me for anything useful
or practicrl \ give regularly to several
charitat 81 objects, and hope some good
is done inflnf wny." !. ...--, -
"HuuPhi Wen, I'm going now.
Don't XIV inst what / shall prescribe,
but feel bonhdsnt can help you. Per
haps I'nxun n ag,in before night with
directiona--hlsss me. what lookina
glovesl Win You mend these for me,
my dearT' f.i1-z- ~ ~ -1-sfta -
Certainly, with. pleasure" laughed
Miss Lacey, and for that instant there
was no trouble in her clear eyes. .-....s
"You see, said the doctor apologetica1-
ly, my housekeeper isn't much ON
Itw.<~ A.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-08-05

Our youthful illusions inger with US
still, to certain extent, world-worn
though we are. The friends Of our,
childhood stand forth boldly in our
memory. None other were half 80 true,
SO kind, SO witty, SO clever. There was
that sweet young poet who might have
become a second Tennyson, if only he
would have condescended to give his
music to the world, but who preferred
instead to. inscribe his matchless gems
in alhnu6 and the Ike -how devoutly
we be1ieved in him how profoundly
We admired him! The other day We
turned up batch Of his 1ucubrations,
and. .rssFssd then yith the light of thirty
year - betwee1E ~ found them sick
n instp1e, fajee q H1irnsnf battling in
-their feet, a13 impure or1emin inc
,rhymes. And ~ ere foolishs enough
ts6n y j fat dl6p
= year had iG
m* modest villaSaI G
Sh nm only ~
Nel1 on on pO-n -nien IHe
a6eir neigl No had go, 90
thought thu S<S poorly comr1 ~
The local E& q our younH ~
would we 1e2TEy me, provo 6z5eln
! to shsve bee4 dressed, Mmpeng,
milliner-iks ySdng person, could Ne
but see her nov 18th 66uR expetieacego OF
what >real. - ul Nh iessed
1sed nssafy 70 7 Il e - ss sss' sss
fessed in Latin and WAS suspected soi
Geek, and whose learning We took to
- deem "a N1a e11F 325S5fd 1f5s5r inf tn
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-08-05

FoR-some reason or other M. Thiers
lswould not have an almanac in his strdy,
md was often unable to date letter be-
cause he could not remember the day Of
the month. Upon one occasion q Gov
eminent clerk, to whom he had prom
ised a letter of recommendation, came
for 1t, and M. Thiers,
sitting down to write it, asked him the
.dsy of the month. For moment the
young man could not remember it, and
NJ. Theirs exclaimed: You are not like
ly to make good administrator If you
cannot remember the day of the month r.
He wrote the letter, however, saying, as
he gave it to the young man !: J" Always
carry pocket almanac, my young
TREND. ...aLazr.. r1vnat.l - !. q.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-08-05

WHEN ladies meet they always greet
with kisses heard across the street; but
men more mild, don't get SO wild; they
meet, then part, when both had smiled. "
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-08-05
DIR. BLUNT'S PATIENT.

It ever mortal man was fitly named,
such was the case with DIR. Blunt, the
name expressing one of the strongest
characteristics. Had he been called DIR.
SkillfIs, the same could have been said
Of him with truth. And then the ex-
preston on his face was faithful index
Of another equally strong point of char
acter, viz. great kindness of heart. So
quick spoken was the doctor on ordinary
occasions, he not only abbreviated SEN
tences, but words themselves frequently
suffered very perceptible clipping. a.
All the vihage Of L. was very much
exercised one morning by the intelli-
gence that the two best rooms in Mrs.
Lowells elegant house, which had been
unoccupied for year or moro because
the rent was so high, had been taken by
q young hdy whowas : real live heiress,
having no one but herself 70 support:
and she was going to furnish the rooms
with no end of costly "pieces. and
lovely ornaments; and furthermore, Law
yer Peckham, who had charge of her
estate, said she was beauty, but in very
poor health, he believed. So the good
natured gossips ruminated a. to how sad
IL was that one couldn't have everything
In this world. III you have wealth, like
ly ms not you have no health with which
10 enjoy it; things are pretty evenly dealt
out, after all and % after the manner Of
newsvenders. tlil stt al-ass ol ar.z
Dame Rumor seems, for once, to have
heard only the facts in the case, for in 0
few days the rooms were really furnished
and occupied, .as predicted, and Mrs.
Lowell was highly elated over the good
looks as well as afiuent circumstances Of
her new boarder, though in describing
her she had said: Ia s,.Ii'..- 100
"But something ails the poor girl; she
is so nervous, my dear-but fresh look
ing as adaisy, and not the least
mite pale IN wasted md nyl the way
she decay CICi1f1IIIEL {,
-Onemorning, as Lawyer Eckham was
coming out Of Mrs. Lorg use, he
met DIR. Blunt going in
Morning, Peckhau - doc
tor, In his quick way.
"Good morning, a - my
eh?" , -
"Yes, ~ Il
lady red
depths q
had 4
EXPIRE
less al
self
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Philosophy on the Train.

sfCain slew his brother Abe" said the
old man in the slack duster, ffbecause
the martyr was so much the better man
of the two, and ever since then people.
who love their neighbors better than
themselves have been called Cane
abels. %l.esa.' - ''',sNa
not So" replied the young u nj man Il,
ia the lean pants; ...there are people who
taste each other to see if they will do to
put up; that is, il, they are Can-ible,
hence canni-a A..s saS.l,5st. ...cff .,=s ed
a'a.sBut they don t put them np." inter
rupted the commercial traveller, sfthey
put them down. +" "sstslzss rsa..ia9 ss5sssss.atg,
te'The. shin bone" said the returned
missionary Sis considered the great lux
ury among those people; hence he is the
happiest man who can nibble--" sass 9x
ST thought, broke in the man in o
zebra ulster, s'that it was because they
always put up the eyes for zthe Western
trade, like the oysters, and so, in the
busy season, the dealers advertise for
men to can eye balls; hences the name
cannib-"tsso al3zl gsEsE@iEg rksgE ,s5sz
a els it not historic fact, = said the
Brown University man, looking timidly
at the missionary, ''that one of the mis-
sionaries broke one Of the islanders legs
with club, excusing the cruel deed by
writing to the American board of foreign
missions that he wanted to make noble
aim in life?" .}i syeg b. siEisass SIS IS 7si
=. Maker" said the; missionary appeal.
1ngly.e sss.safsa,sl Ia aos5as ads ss7 ss5.aaa
sdfsC sCanob1e lame in" began the Brown
man, but just then the brakeman opened
the forward door and shouted .NsSg
Mansfield! twenty. minutes for din
ner!' zuaga e.t. "a Isifss644 *ibazafazg m
p And it was SO awfully suggestive that
none Of the passengers could eat Q bit OF
meal. - -Bu7dette. '''sa@s - N'ia@'
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-08-05

5 THE University of Chicago has recent
y conferred the degree of Doctor Of
Music upon Prof II. r. Palmer.
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A WOMAN bought o circus ticket for
herself, and then, taking q boy fully Is
years old in her arms, she wrapped
shawl around him and started in.
"That's q pretty big baby you have
there, " said the man as she came up.
"Big? Why, You ought to see his
brother i''-Detroft Free Press. ~ I. ~
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JONES says it isn't the color Of her hair
that troubles him In choosing help
mate. The color Of her money is what
interests him vastly more.
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Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-04-01

The ninth annual meeting of the Ameri-
can Fish Culturists' association was held
in New York Tuesday. Robert B. Roose-
welt presided. An appropriate tribute was
paid to the memory of the late Professor
James w. Milner, one Of the most promi-
nent members of the association,
and an exhaustive paper by Presi-
dent Roosevelt was read on "Hybreli-
zation of Fish," A paper was read
yesterday by Prof. Atwater, of Wesleyan
university, containing chemical research
as to the qualities Of various kinds of fish,
comparing them with beef, mutton, pork,
venison, &c. Prof w. K. Brooks, of Johns
Hopkins university, Baltimore, gave his
experience in Matching of oysters by artifi-
cial impregnation. He mixed the fluid of
female and the fluid of the male
and began experiments in an aquar-
ium, but the animals were SO infnit-
esimally small he was unable to
find to them. He then placed the fluid
in a watch crystal, in which half a million
young oysters could readily swim about.
They made shell in from two days to q
week, and could even swim then. BY
computation he found that 125, 900, 600
young oysters would fill cubic inch. The
female oyster would lay eggs in year
from birth in fact the oyster became sex
ually mature in that time. On an average
oysters were marketable at the age of three
years, and sooner if they had good living
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-04-01

Nidney-WOrt in hot weather sustains the
system and keeps up the strength.
m29-lwdSw
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-04-01
FIRE In PHILADELPHIA,
Umbrella Factory Burned-LOss Nearly
100000

Umbrella Factory Burned-LOss Nearly
100000
PHILADELPHIA, April IA fire at Jas
Conoway's umbrella factory, on Twelfth
street, between Noble and Hamilton, to
ward one o'clock this morning, resulted
in the total destruction of his entire stock
and machinery, and that of the other ten
ants, Brown s. Owens and the Novelty
paper box company. The loss is estimated
at about 100000.
Portions of the building were occupied
by the Novelty paper box company,
Brehmer Bros, machinists, and Israel H.
johnson, Jr. Conoway & Co.'S loss is
estimated at 10000, insured for $40, 900.
The Novelty paper box company sustains a
loss of SIS, 900, Brehmer Bros, Sc, 900, and
1. II. johnson, 81, 600, all covered by in
surance.
Large Fire in Houlton, Me.
HoULTON, Me. April IA fire this
morning in Gray's building spread rapidly
up and down Main street, burning the Ex-
change hotel, Burnham's saloon and
stables, Browns dry goods store, and
several other stores and dwellings. Total
loss, about $685.