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The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-05-13
4 Story Of Brick Pomeroy.

There is q rumor in circulation to the
effect that Brick Pomeroy has made a
lucky hit and secured about 500, 900,
and those who tell the story claim they
got it from good authority. The story
is very romantic. Last summer, readers
of his Democrat will remember, there
was published in that paper an article
from the pen OF Pomeroy, reciting the
terrible snfferings of an Animosa (Col. }
man, who, though wealthy, had been
turned out of doors by his family, to
whom he had decided his property on
condition that they would support him
in his old age. According to the arti-
Gle the ungratefIl family, by false
swearing, caused the old man to be in
carcerated in an asylum for the insane,
and then proceeded to enjoy themselves
upon his savings. This is where Pome-
roy's tale ends, and where Dame Rumor
takes it up. 1t is said that on his recent
visit to Colorado, Pomeroy gave atten-
ton to .he case and succeeded not only
in getting the poor old man out of the
a-ymm but in putting him again in pos
session of his property. 1t is then said
that in his gratitude the old man has
decided his property over to Pomerey
upon the same conditions as it was first
gfvSn to his family. 1t is fact that
PoTneroy has q remarkable faculty of
satisfying ignorant people of his great.
ness and it is not improbable that this
yarn may be true.-La Crosse RepubH
cQn.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-05-13
The Cats Love Of Luxury.
New York Times. /

New York Times
OF all the domestic animals, the cat
is remarkable for her love of luxury
and display. The dog cares very little
about his personal appearance. He
never washes his face, and rarely if ever
EarTanges his hair. The cat, on the con-
trary, is constantly occupied in dressing
her fur and lavishes excessive care on
her complexion. She is always in full
dress, and to rub her fur the wrong way
is resentel by any cat of spirit with as
much vigor as q fashionable lady re-
sentsI the rudeness of the man who steps
on her train. -
Then the cat is averse to all labor, and
deli shts in the luxuries that wealth
commands. She loves to lie in the most
costly chairs, and on tbs softest pillows,
and lis never so happy as when she
walks on Administer carpets, and is sur
rounded by Queen Anne furniture.
Love of luxury and elegance is the
strongest passions of her nature. She
has all the instincts of leader of fash
ion, and is the only animal that is thor
oughly aristocratic in its tastes The
cat that has once been received into a
Fifth avenue mansion scorns the vulgar
cats of boarding houses, and associates
only with her particular "set." So far
as possible, she apes the follies of fash
ion, and her ideal is the Angora cat
who resides in an aristocratic quarter oi
Paris
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-05-13
A Leadville Incident.
iLeadville Letter in Chicago Times.


There is one happy man in Leadyille
to town ragged, dirty and penniless,
after q summers prospecting. He man.
aged some way to get liquor, however,
md, not feeling in the best of humor,
~ q fit of desperation he went on big
.drunk. He consequently got arrested
md was fined, as drunk and disorderly,
'S15 and costs. Having no money to
pay the fine, he was sent to the city Jail,
and thence to the chain-gang, to work it
out on the streets of Leadville. He
had served-a part of his time when he
received a call from party of capital
lists from the Clarendon Hotel. A claim
in which he owned an interest had
struck it rich, and these gentlemen had
called to offer him the sum of $50, 900
for his share. 1t is needless to say that
the offer was accepted. He signed pa
pers already prepared, then and there,
and received the money, paid his fine,
visited the bath-bouse and clothing
store, and slept that night at the Clar-
endon. The next morning, clothed and
in his right mind, he ordered carriage,
visited the scene of his late humiliation,
and paid the fines of his former COM
panions in misery, and sent them on
their way rejoicing. He is happy and
10 are the capitalists, as they think they
atruck splendid bargain, but the fact
does not yet disturb the serenity of the
imam, who has come up out of the depths
land leaped, as it were, in the twinklinp
of an eye, from the chain-gang and
7 fpepury to competency for all times tc
come. "Truth,o in Leadville, is often.
times stranger than fiction"
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-05-13
improvement of Noses.

The improvement of noses has become
an art, if the Cincinnati Enquirer is to
be believed. ga lady of my acquaint-
ance," the writer says, "was given by
nature nose that was fat-a sort of
pug, with wide nostrils. Meeting her
a few days ago, 1 did not at first recog-
nize her. She was immensely inn
proved. 1 asked the cause. Can't you
see 2 she asked. scrutinized her face.
yes / exclaimed; 'it'syour nose, and
it has grown out. Well, ! never! What
did itf' Her nose stood out to a proper
length, and was as shapely as could
have been desired. Eve got an ex-
tensorf A metal lining, or form,
which / wear in my nose to give it q
good shape. Pll show it to you when
we get home She did show it to me.
1t was simply two forms of silver, col
ored red ON the inner surface, to be
prt ssed up into the nostrils. They ef-
fectually lifted the end of the nose out
from the face, and were not uncomfort-
able or discoyerable.'' These articles
are further declared to be an article OF
common manufacture by fashionable
dentists.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-05-13
A Chance Acquaintance.
kansas City Journal, ]

! gsts lhansas City journal, j. 1
i Two men called at the Union depot
last evening for tickets to st. Louis.
One was a well dressed, business-ike
man of forty.five, and the other some
thirty years of age, and having bad
makeup in appearance. 1t developed
in their conversation that they were
chance acquaintances going east on the
same train. The older man concluded
to buy a ticket to New York, and after
doing SO questioned the agent about
routes, etc. Another clerk noticed that
the younger man, who had ticket to
st. Louis, only pretended to be looking
at the New York ticket, and then re-
turned it TO the envelope. In moment
they went to the train, but the brake
man demanded to see their tickets, when
the elder man found that he had only a
st. Louis ticket. Returning to the of
fee he was told that doubtless his friend
had stolen it. The friend was found
and the ticket was found on his person,
but he claimed it was mistake. The
alderman then examined his pockets,
and found that an envelope in his inner
pocket was missing, which contained
some valuable papers. About his person
he had $9, 900 in drafts and "a 900 in
bonds. They we're to have taken a
sleeper together. The younger traveller
was eager TO board the train, and did so.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-05-13

IL lawyer should be asked to tell the
secrets of his cIient oF Il 4 doctor were
asked to revesl w6at he learns in the
sick room, by, parties who, only seek to
crafty curiodty, such parties would
very likely meet iwithsa frn reproof.
Why is it.thens thafs Nheh ~ artiGls :ap-
'pears in newspaper, ss correspondence
or when something editorial attracts
more than the usual attention, there are
/ perpons who win ask the editors of that
paper ssNho Wrote this article e. on
who wrote that article2" And yet
such Questions ae asked every DAY. : II
editors should "giye away" their cor.
respondents, or should tell the sources
of their information, they would verv
soon lose the confidence of such per
sons, who would very likely thereafter
take no pains to serve them. ~ b.. q.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-05-13
Husbands and Wives.

A good husband makes good wife.
Some men can neither do without wives
nor with them; they are wretched alone
in what is called single blessedness, and
they make their homes miserable when
they get married; they are like Tomp-
kinss dog, which could not bear to be
loose, and howled when it was tied up.
Happy bachelors are likely to be happy
husbands, and happy husband is the
happiest of men, A wellmatched
couple carry a joyful life between them.
as the TWO spies carried the cluster OF
Eshcol. They ARE brace of birds OF
Paradise. They multiply their joys by
sharing them, and lessen their troubles
tic. The wagon of care rolls lightly
along as they pull together, and when it
drags little heavily, or there's a hitch
anywhere, they love each other all the
more, and 30 tighten the labor. ~ =
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-05-13
The Difference.

n" And / can't understand this doctor
business at all, one of them was say
ing, Is two women passed into the post
oz6ce yesterday. ~
|" What's the trouble now3" ,1.se.s,
y Well, the old man groaning around
again"
{" With what7" si'5. -
g Heaven only knows, but it has cost
me fifty cents for the prescription.
That's where the mystery comes in.
Every time my old man is bit ailing
the doctor he comes. and looks at his
tongue, counts his pulse, and orders
gin-slings and chicken soup"
~ Is it possible7" @ s4.f5 4s3sas
27" And when I wake up with chill, q
backache, a bad mouth and a dizzy
head, and faint away over the break
fast, the doctor ne comes in, tracks up
my clean floor, scares my canary into a
|5ft, and gees away saying: You don't
exercise enough; maybe you'd like to
wash for our familyp l tell you I be-
lieve them doctors is all one-sided, and
after this my old man has got to put up
with smelling at the camphor bottle,
while I drink the slings!"
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-05-13
How an Indian Runs Down o Deer.


When sufficiently near, the hunter
takea his aim, and making slight noise
Mith his foot ON the ground, which
causes the deer to look toward him. has
o geed chance to hit it in the middle of
the fofehead. But if he misses the
mark, or his gun misses fire. then the
fun begins in earnest, and one OF the
finest races in the world can be wit
nsssed-a naked Indian and fright
ened deer at full speed. If the deer
should happen to be not more than a
year old, it is of no use following it, as
it viii then outrun any Indian. and run
longer without giving out, but If two
or three years old, or older, go run
sner W II bring it down in q few hours,
Or certainly within fifty or sixty miles.
{The narrator Jose Msndivil, here insists
Mat good runner among the Apaches
can run one hundred and twenty-five
miles in twenty-four hours easily.) The
deer starts at full speed, making long
leaps of from ten to thirty feet. At
first he gains rapidly On the Indian, 51t
the latter follows, every now and then
uttering frightful yells, but never for q
moment halting or losing the trail. The
deer when out of sight, halts and looks
back, but soon his pursuer comes in
sight, when he bounds on with longer
leaps than at first; finally he makes for
water, a spring or stream, and when be
gets there halts and drinks all he wants.
I Now there is no hope for him, for after
he drinks he cannot run so fast or leap
50 far. Pretty soon the Indian comes
in sight again, while the tired deer rests
a moment, but the tired hunter never
halts to drink, not if his mouth is as
dry as ashes, for by so doing he not only
loses time, but cannot run so fast after
ward. @- -s=S
On he goes, never resting, either on
the. hill or ON the mountain. If the
deer takes to the top of the highest
mountain, right on his track the Apache
follows. By and by the Indian sees a
blood stain on rock, where the deer
has stumbled and skinned his knee or
struck his nose. He knows now the
race will soon be ended, and runs faster
than at first, while the deer loses ground
every minute. When the deer sees the
Apache Gloss upon him he stops suddenly
by a rock or bush and turns. Sometimes
as soon as he stops he drops down faint
ing, or even dead from fatigue. If not
dead already when the Indian seizes
him by the head and hind legs he makes
but1ittle resistance and is dispatched
with the knife. The hunter now cuts
out a fine piece and eats it, taking not 9
moments rest for fear of getting stiff,
but puts the deer on his shoulders, or,
if 100 heavy, a part of it, placing the
rest in q secure place, and then trots
back to his camp, having travelled per
haps a hundred miles without resting
The next day some one will take his
back-track for the balance of the game
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The POstal-Card Fiend.


Where is the postal l-card fend Where
is the man who can write nine hundred
thousand words, more or less, on q sim
gle postal? He doesn't seem to be as
numerous as he was few years ago. He
has very likely succumbed to the fifteen
puzzle. His attention is merely called
to the fact that he Is hopelessly dis
tanced.a Thereeisyto be an exhibition at
Dusseldorf, which opens on the 9Th of
May. A post card win be on exhibition
there on which is written in the Gales
berg system of shorthand the first three
books of Homer's Odessey and part
of a very 1eng debate that took place IN
the German Parliament notslong since.
The whole, if put in print, would make
nine closely printed pages of the FREE
Prsss. Let the American postal fiend
grid himself, take his trusty steel pen
in hand, write q card that will beat
that, and send it to-Dusseldorf.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-05-13
The Intelligent Messenger.

Talk about your political economists
and your fnanciers. The fellows who
have read up on the silver, gold and
greenback, and yus1ry duestionsi Stand
them out in q string until they look like
a picket fence on athousand-ac farm,
and in ten minutes Iwill siip around to
some of our Wheeling banks and tr0t
you out man who knows more about
finances thau-the whole escabeed]e.sz.And
he is only the messenger s5sg SIS
You may. sllort and swallow your
Adams apple three or -four times; and
lay down the paper to think awhile, but.
Istick to my assertion. IL; ,s
sa Who is, it that knows when you are
overdrawn fifteen cents in your account
and comes up to apprise you of the fact
ten minutes after the bank closes?
1t is the bank messenger.
Who is it that knows the financial
standing of every man in town, and
whether he meets his notesor NOT:
The bank messenger again, my child,
and you had better lot down the fact in
your diary. - 2 .sss< 70 1s& 20
who il IT sthst slowly enters your
Office with the CONSCIOUSNESS of having
the awful secret in his possession. that
some one has drawn on you at sight, the
while he enjoys your trepidation that
comesfrem surmising whether the slip
of paper he is fumbiing for is g an nm
honored and unusing" check; an over
due nete, protest, or piece of spring
poetry that his wife wants published7
Echo answers again, as regular as a
piece of clock work, g it is the bank
messenger"
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-05-13
Responsibilities Of Heredity.


Son and heir (suddanly dissatisfed
with his stature, his personal appear
ance, and the quality Of his intellect
"Aw-what on earth evan could have
induced you two people to mawwy?"
Sir Wobert and Lady Mawish-"T The
old, old stohwy, my dear boyl We fell
in love with one anothsh-aw-aw-i"
Son and heir" "Aw-well-you're both
such awf'ly good old deaws, that for
give you. But you weally should have
had better taste, you know, and each
have fallen in love with difiewent kind
of person altogethah, and given a fellah
a chance! You, see, it's all OWN to
your joint intefeawence in my affaaws
that Pm under five foot one, and can't
say bob to goose, and-a-justly pass
for being the gwestest guy in the whole
county-aw! Just look at me, confound
it'll" They look at him, and then at each
other-and haven't word to cay. @
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-05-13
Naming the Baby.
little Rock Gazetfe.T

AsoS> NaNSe.SsJ
"My wife hez jes' presented me wild
de fines boy in dis country" said Black
Bill. entering magistrates Office.
taking off his hat and singing perspira.
tion from his brow with crooked fore
finger. eyes, gen'elmen,' he went on.
" de fines chile T eber seed. An Pse
jes' got twenty dollar gold piece right
heah to gin ter de man what can guess
what bez named him. Ter keep yer
from spreadin' ober de wbcle universe
oh names, I'll. state dat hits a Bible
name. ,'F'11 7s'ila A. }a6a '1'7 '1l77
"Abraham,' = guessed some one. :,
Nor sah." sa as3
nPaul." -, 90. -,ss.. 1.
"Nor sah."
"Job."
"Guess again. s
Nicodemus."
Keep er comm" a
"Abemleich."
"Try me agiu."
The Guessing ceased after = time and
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-05-13
NUMBER g..
Facts About Hair.

Hymeneally there ia an item of great
interest connected with hair coloration,
for we find that greater portion of
hght-haired women live and die unmar-
rieds and without offspring than dark
haired. Blondes in the matrimonial
market stand three chances of failure to
compls te life contract to two chances
OF failure on the part of the dark-haired
sisters. In careful examination kept
of seven hundred and thirty seven
women who applied at the Royal In
frmary 81 per cent. of the fair-haired
were single, whilst but % per cent. of
the dark-brown, and OILY Is per cent.
of the black haired remained unmarried.
It is q notorious fact of history also
that the blondes are disal pearing from
the Caucasian race. In Caesars time
the Britons, Celts, Saxons, Gauis, and
Germans were blue-eyed, and had either
red or faxen hair. At the present
time the Celts are a dark-haired race,
and among the Anglo-Saxons darker
type of hair and much. darkereyes are
| the rule wsab&g.w os baxiisp n@ya -.
The hygienic properties OF. hair are
| made use Of in the following classi6ca-
ton: Black-haired people are most
prone to consumption the brown
haired the least So. To- the brown
haired are aseribed accute rhsumatism.
he art disease and eczema; to the red
| haired, pleurlsy, spneumonia, ague and
neuralgia. Individuals with light hair
are most prone to skin dieases. fs r.
In matter of disposition, as rule,
those having blonde or auburn hair. are
tenderihearted, and easily imposedsupen.
Red-haired people are firm in their col.
victions, and are great lovers of country,
and people, and church; notably SO sre
the Scotch. such people are cIassed as
of sanguine temperament. When the
hair is coarse and harsh,s brutal sty and
sensuousness mark the character OF. the
possession. ack-haired individuals are
positive, powerful characters, and hence
are either very good or very bad; there
seems to be no midway ground with
them. The coarser and -straighter the
hair the more noticeable is the charac
teristic of revenge. You see this dispo
sition marked in the Indian and Malay
They represent the bilious temperament
The midway tint between1the dark an6
the light, as the brown-haired individu
ais, have combined in themselves the
strength, in agreat measure, Of all tht
black haired, and the exquisite sens bill
| tiles of the light-haired.' From thi
/ class come philanthropists, painters
musicians and authors. those WHIT
unite the tender feeling of, the woman
with the stronger will force of the man
Of this class were Homer, Virgil
Raphael, Titan, Handel, Mozart, Tasso
Chauser, Burns, Keats, Longfellow
Lowell, and Whittier. The dark
haired races, are usually people of tn
torrid zone itself; the light-haire'
races belong to the cooler countries o
the temperate portions of the continent
Taking the world all in all, it is people
mostly by the sdark-baired races. 81 So.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-05-13

: AaRICULTuRE is receiving some pro-
lection and encouragement IN this coun-
try. Delaware passed State bounty
for growing sugar beets, and now the
New Jersey Legislature is not behind in
its recognition of q proper encourage
ment to this most important calling.
1t has passed an act to encourage the
cultivation of fibrous plants, bya system
of awards as follows: For every ton of
iute; stalks grown in New Jersey MOI less
than three feet long, $500. For every
ton of marsh inaliows not less than three
feet long, $500. Forevery ton of ramie
stalks not less than TWO and one-half
feet long, $1,000. Fer every ton of fsx
stalks, for fibre, $500. Fer every. pound
of cleaned fax Of first quality, three and
one,half cents. For every ton OF hemp
stalks, $500. For every pound cleaned
hemp of best quality, three cents.-
Cincinnati Grange Bulletin.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-05-13

A COUNTRY preacher pictured the
horrible torments awaiting those who
yielded to the weakness es OF the flesh 80
wildly that mar y l.ersons In his con-
gregation gave way to emotions OF alarm:
A pallor overspread their sfacea and
their eyes filed with tears. frightened
himself at the effect which he had pro-
lduced. the worthy person leaned over
his pulpit and said: 81 exaggerste
little, my hearers, l exaggerste."
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-05-13

ANTONY" said Cleopatra to her
lover, II attended Mrs. Pharaoh's ket-
tledrum this afternoon. Now, how do
you think they started the wheel of con-
versation theref" 9" Nt7t4s-''A
"Sone fellow spoke" suggested An
tony, as he placed his feet on the mantel.
"k. K.-kwite korrect," added Cleo
patra.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-05-13

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The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-05-13
ONLY a WOMAN.

Oriv a woman shri rivelrd and old
The prey Of the winds and the prey Of the cold.
Cheeks that are shru uken,
Eyes that are sunken,
Lips thai are ever oerbod, f-
Only a woman forsaken aud poor,
Asking for sims at the bronze church door.
Hark TO the organi Roll upon roll
The waves Of the music 20 over her soul.
silks rustic past her
Thicker and faster;
The great bell ceaseth its toll.
Fain would she enter but not for the poor
5vingeth wide open the bronze church door.
Only a woman-waiting alone,
Icily cold, on an ice cold throne.
What do they care for herI
Mumbling prayer for her;
Giving not bread but a stone
Under old lace their baughty hearts beat,
Mocking the woes of thar kin II the street.
Only a womxnf In the Old day
Hope caroled 20 her happiest hays;
Somebody minsad her,
Somebody kissed her,
Somebody crowned her with praise;
Somebody laced up the battles OF life,
Strong for her sake. who was mother and vile.
Somebody lies with a tress Of her hair
Light ON his heart where the death shadows are;
Somebody waits for her.
OPENING the gates for her,
Giving del ght for despair.
Only woman n Deverinore pOor-
Dead In the snow at the bronze church door.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-05-13

A RAILWAY in the Holy Land will be
a new thing under the sun. Yet such a
road ia already projected, and ike many
other wonderful Ehings in this aye Of
ours, will probably bs builtin the course
of a few years.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-05-13

BROTHER" said the Dean of East
minister to the Dean of Westminster
"what does the PRAYER book mean by
whirled without end ~ g.1-t i1 .5.t
Externally gyrated, L suppose" was
the response. : ,isg : ,g .19irfizai '
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-05-13

AN eminent physician once wrote
this prescription for patient suffering
from imaginary ills: "Do something
for somebody"