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The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-12-16
NUMBER 81.
An Editors Reasons.

The pioneer editors of Michigan were
frank and truthful lot of men, as can be
proven by an incident called to mind in
connection with the name of Mark Will
Gams, who gave up his life for better
one not long ago. Mark had paper in
Clinton County. It was wee little
sheet with n hundred subscribers, printed
the handiest way, and the office was so
poorly supplied that several different
fonts of type had to be used to set up the
reading matter. One day the paper
came out with fierce attack on State
official at Lansing. He was called a
robber, liar, thief and various other epi-
thets, and no pains was spared to skin
him and hang his hide OH the fence.
About week from that date Mark sat
smoking beech leaves and tobacco mixed
in equal parts, when stranger entered.
He was big broad shouldered man,
with awful fists and wicked eye, and
he got down to business by asking:
"Are yon Mark Williams?'
"Well, yes, I suppose So" was the
hesitating reply.
"And you run this paper?"
"Well, kinder run it, suppose"
every well. am Mr.. -, of Lans-
ing, the man whom you abused SO say
agely in your columns last week!'
"Nor'
eyes, I am, and I propose to give you
the worst mauling Western slanderer
ever received!''
"Say, are you really Mr.. ~" asked
Mark.
II am, of course am, and while am
taking off my coat yon may give me
your reasons for publishing that SANDER
GUS article"
81 had two reasons, sir.
"What are they!'
"Well, in the first place, thought
you were little runt of man, about
four feet high and about dead with the
asthma, and in the next place I thought
the roads were so internal bad you could
never get over here"
The straightforward confesson should
have saved Mark, but it didn't. The visi-
tor made dive for him, took ont hand
full of hair, and when the editor jumped
through the only window in his office he
was followed and chased into an old
slashing, where he had to remain hidden
until midnight. That incident shaped
his future policy, as he one day ex-
planned:
"The editorial pen is an ALFRED big
lever, but have made it rule for the
last thirty years not to abuse man un-
less think can lick him in rough
and tumble fight around the editorial
room. Free Press.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-12-16
Food and Digestion.

Professor Hawkes., IN a lecture before
the Woman's Physiological Institute of
Chicago, gave some palpable instances
of widely different results attending the
disposition of brain nutriment in differ
persons. John Sherman, for instance,
after assimilating the truths Of finance,
evolved the scheme of specie resumption,
while Gen. Weaver, with access to the
same sort of brain food, evolved the idea
of greenbacks, and plenty of them.
Similarly, one man became Republic
an, while another was known as Dem
ocrat, and still voted for Andrew jackson.
Mental digestion was involuntary, and
dyspepsia and diarrhea were not un-
familiar attendants of indigestion of both
sorts-mental and physical The think
ers were affected with mental dyspepsia,
and those who do not think, but allowed
others to think for them, with mental
diarrhea, exhibiting itself wherever they
were afflicted with q rush of words. The
Professor enumerated as the chief cause
of indigestion the peculiarly American
stomachic vice of hurried eating. Good,
perfect digestion might be said to be al
most unknown to the average American.
What with rapid eating, lack of sufficient
sleep, and want of rest, nature had no
adequate provision for such extraordinary
expenditure of nervous force. Ordinarily
some men swallowed as much in ten
minutes as it would require three-fourths
of an hour to eat, and the result was not
only that they ate too much, but the
food which they took into their stomachs
was ENTHUSIASTICALLY masticated, and
the stomach given a duty to perform
which properly belonged to the organs
or mastication. These unnatural drafts
on natures forces must, unless checked,
tell sooner or later on the general health.
The bolting of food was almost universal
in this country, and second to no other
cause in producing indigestion. The
use of liquids during n meal was all
wrong. for the reason that it tended to a
disuse of the organs of mastication,
while plenty Of liquid before and after
meal was not only proper, but beneficial.
Nothing, however, should be taken
into the stomach that was either
than the atmosphere. Unnecessary
dessert, eaten when the appetite was al
ready sated, was another evil, while a
still further cause of indigestion lay in
the growing practice of indulging in
hearty o'clock dinners. The Professor
admitted, however, that for certain
classes of business men, such as bankers,
board of trade people, etc., a MONDAY
dinner would practically amount to
suicide but for people who could eat a
hearty dinner in the middle of the day,
and who were in the habit Of retiring
early, an evening dinner was wholly
inadvisable, for the reason that it al
lowed too little time for digestion.
Coffee drinking was duly deprecated as
both needless and injurious to health,
and reform in the directions indicated
was urged as the only remedy for the
great American evil-indigestion.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-12-16
Did Garfield Name Them?

Mr.. Watterson was in Congress with
Gen. Garfield in 1877, hence the follow
ing anecdote in the Louisville Courier
Journal has special point and value.
During one of the sittings of a joint
session of the Senate and House in 1877,
when members were huddled together,
higgledy- y-piggledy, three or four at a
desk, Gen. Garfield undertook to relieve
the monotony while the Clerk was read
ing tedious document, and to amust
those who happened to be wedged with.
in a narrow compass, with q speculative
Cabinet for Mr.. Hayes. lie took bit
of paper and pencil and divided the
country into geographical districts. He
then inserted in each its appropriate
member of the Cabinet. Thus:
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-12-16
Echo Verses.

The latest good echo verses we have
seen are attributed to an echo that
haunts the Sultan's palace at Constanti-
nople. Abdul Hamid is supposed to
question it as to the intentions of the
European powers and his own resources:
LAngleterre?
Ere.
LAutriohe?
Trichc.
La Prusse?
Russo.
Mes principauts?
Otees.
Mes Cuirasees?
Assez
Mes Pasohas?
Achats.
Et Suleiman?
Men.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-12-16
The Age Of Our Planet.

Sir William Logan and his scientific
brothers declare that the age of our
planet may be placed at about 100, ,0O0.-
600 of years, geologically speaking.
This conclusion is founded on primeval
formations after tho earth had cooled
and begun its sedimentary deposits.
The geological calculations touching the
scdimentary rocks, their thickness and
the length of time necessary to bring
such result, is us follows:
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-12-16

If You want to be sure you're right,
young man, work yourself into tower
ing passion, and nobody can convince
you that you ever made mistake or said
a wrong thing in your life. But then
you'll have to keep in rage all the time
to avoid knowing what fool you are
Hawk-E -Eue.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-12-16

A LADY wants to know why the rail
road companies do not provide special
cars for tobacco-chewers as we'll as for
smokers. Bless her innocent heart to-
bacco chewers are not so particular as
that. An ordinary passenger car is good
enough for them.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-12-16

The Spanish Marshal Serrano's eldest
son, who has lately been residing with a
gentleman in London in order to acquire
the English language, has just married
Mile. Santonta, a young lady with dow
ry of G250, 900; and the eldest daugh-
ter of the Marshal is about to marry the
brides brother, who has a similar fort
nna
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-12-16

The New Zealanders are destroying
their forests in a manner so reckless that
there is a fear not only of a scarcity OF
timber, but that the climate will soon be
changed for the worse.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-12-16

Thus it will be seen that the age Of
the earth is determined only from the
beginning of the aqueous deposits.
How long the new planet was red-hot
ball, or how long was the process OF
water forming, is not taken into the cal
culation of geologists. Fifty or hun
dred years OF human life is but but
terfy existence, after all.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-12-16

WILLIAM SHARON appears on the as
sessment roll of San Francisco for $4,-
40, 900; James G. Fair for 81, 200, 900.
Both Of them claim residence in Nevada,
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-12-16

HARVARD Divinity School has Just re-
ceived bequest of $40, 600 for the edu-
cation of needy students intending to be-
come clergymen.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-12-16

OVER 81, 900. 900 worth of dried yeast
was imported by Great Britain in the
year 1879.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-12-16
Fires in Japan.

A fire in Japan is apt to be disastrous
on account of the unsubstantial nature
of the light wood, paper-windowed
houses. One or two steam engines,
maintained by the joint subscriptions
of the foreign insurance companies who
have agencies here and are interested in
property in Japan, and number of old
fashioned hand engines belonging to the
Japanese Government, and managed by
natives, from the fire guard to the for
eign settlement and native town of Yo-
kohama. The Hong Kong Fire Insu-
rance Company, being nm English house,
provide their volunteers with uniforms of
English pattern-brass helmets for the
officers and black leather helmets trim
med with brass, for the men; blue fan
mel shirts, faced with red, corduroy trous-
ers, top boots and belt, with hatchet
and spanner on either side. The relief
men wear the American fire hat and red
flannel shirt, but in other respects their
dress is the same as the Victoria. At the
sound of the alarm bell the steam en-
gines are not long in reaching the scene
of a fire, and the steady streams from
their hose as a rule soon have a very per-
ceptible effect on the flame, though at
times the men have to work unremitting-
ly from night till morning, and when at
last the fire is extinguished the tired vol
unteers draw the engine back to their
houses and retire to the rest they have SO
fairly earned by their labors. After the
steam engines are drawn off the Japs are
left to play on the smouldering ruins with
their hand engines, which, though al
most useless when fire is at its height,
are sufficiently powerful to keep it from
breaking out again. The Japanese po-
icemen, though brave and quick enough,
are absolutely worthless at fire. They
jabber and shout like parcel of monkeys
struck suddenly mad, give orders where
they have no right to interfere, and chop
at windows and doors with their hatchets.
destroying property unnecessarily, where
in most cases it should be saved with no
other damage than would be caused by
the water pumped from the engine. The
uniform of the Japanese policemen, like
that of all government officials, is of for
eign pattern, and is made of navy blue
cloth, faced with yellow; their caps,
something of the same shape as a navy
cap, have yellow band sewed around
them, and brass chrysanthemum, the
crest of the Emperor, is fastened just
above the peak. At some of the fires
three or four hundred houses are burned
to the ground, and as many poor fami-
lies left homeless.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-12-16
French Way of Washing Clothes.

ETtuCu way VI V0SuIH6 OAUtuCSs
A system of washing clothes in
vogue in some French towns is worthy
of special mention. Its economy is SO
great as to greatly reduce the cost.
This is the process Two pounds of
soap is reduced with little water to
pulp, which having been slightly
warmed is cooled in ten gallons Of
water, to which is added one spoonful OF
turpentine oil and two spoonfuls of am
monia then the mixture is agitated.
The water is kept at temperature
which can be borne by the hand. In
this solution the white clothes are put
in and left there for two hours before
washing them with soap, taking care in
the meantime to cover the tub. The
solution may be warmed again and used
once more, but it will be necessary to
add half spoonful of turpentine and
another spoonful of ammonia. Once
washed with soap the clothes are put in
hot water, and the blue is applied.
This process, it is obvious, saves much
time, much labor and fuel, while it
gives to the clothes o whiteness much
superior to that obtained by any other
process and the destructive use Of the
washboard is not necessary to clean the
clothes from the impurities which they
contain
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1880-09-09
Love on Leather Springs.

DEAN-TRTCKLER this city,
Thursday, Sept. Cd, by ]. G. Damron,
Esq, Mr.. THEoDoRE DEAN, of White
Sulphur, Va, to Miss JULIA TRIcKLER,
Of Addison township.
The above announcement anfolds a
little romance which had its birth In
the Concord coach, carrying the mail
between this city and Pomeroy. The
groom Is q good looking fellow, aged 30,
and q slight cripple. He readily un-
folded to us the details of his courtship.
He met his bride of % three weeks
sgone and when eyes met eyes a
'sstrange feeling came over him." The
four white horses pranced the seven
miles to our city at their own sweet
will, for their master had other thoughts
crowding thick and fast his captured
imagination. Love found many ex-
cuses for travelling and the driver could
depend upon one passenge being gent
ly tossed upon the leather springs of his
coach. They spoke and agreed, and
Squire Damrou has tied the indissolu-
BILE. The lucky driver had caught an
heiress. The eoachman's boom had
struck us, but It was Uncle Sans and
not pspa's coachman. 'Tis said the
bride is possessed of a goodly amount OF
cash, and we know she has 160 acres OF
bottom land and other property. They
will board here and the Gallipolis gents
will wonder how in the dickens some
fellows are so lucky.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1880-09-09

The following appointments OF
speakers have been made:
MORGAN CENTER-Thursday
afternoon, 2 p. M, Sept 9th.
PORTER-Thursday eve., Sept.
9Th.
CHESHIRE-Friday eve.. Sept.
10th.
GALLIPOLIS-- Saturday eve.,
Sept. 11th.
Hon. JOSEPH BRADBURY.
C. w. BIRD, Esq,
Will address the Garfield Club at
Addison Town House, Monday eve.,
Sept. 18th.
Let the Committeeman look to it
to have the meetings well attended.
BY order of Committee,
W. C. H. NEEDHAM, Chair.
T. W. HAMPTON. Sec.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1880-09-09
Executors Sale of
Real Estate.

Daniel L. Elias, executor Of j hr
W. Lloyd, deceased, vs. Daniel
r. jenkins and Edward
S. Jones.
DCRSCANT TO the command Of sn
l. order Of the Probate Court of Gal
lia County, Ohio, to me directed, Will
offer for saIe, at public auetion, on
Saturday, the 18th day of Septem-
ber, 1880,
at o'clock y. m. upon the premises, the
following described real estate, sitnste
in the township of RaccOon, County OF
Gallia and State of Ohio, to-wit: The
northwest quarter Of the southeast
quarter Of Section No. /, Township No.
8, Range lG. containing forty t4O) acres,
more or less.
Appraised at 5000.
Also the northeast quarter Of the
southeast quarter OF said Section No.
7, containing forty 40 acres, more or
less. Appraised Mt $3.50.
Each of the above described tracts
to be sold separately on the follow
ing terms: One-third cash in hand,
One-third in six months, and one-third
in twelve months from day OF sale.
with interest; the payments to be
secured by mortgage upon real estate
DANIEL Z. ELIAS,
Executor of John W. Lloyd, deceased
White & H0icomb, Att'yS.
Aug TO- IsS0-3w
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1880-09-09
Club Meeting.

The Garfield Club of Clay town
ship will hold a meeting at Yellow
town. Saturday evening, Sept. 18th,
at u.
Messrs. G.. W. Bird and c. j.
Switzer will address the people on
that occasion.
Everybody invited.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1880-09-09

Republican Central Committee.
There will be a meeting of the
Central Committee at the Commi ttee
Rooms, Saturday, Sept. 1lth, l0
q. m.
w. C. H. NEEDHAM, Chair.
T. W. HAMPTON, Sec.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1880-09-09

Polka Caprice, composed for the
Piano Forte by HERM AuER. Pub
lished by John Church & Co., Gin
cinnati.
We are indebted 10 our young
friend the author for copy Of the
above production. 1t is dedicated to
Emilio Henking, Of Verona, Italy.
It has for frontispiece the resi-
dence of Mr.. Henking, Gam Garda
See" on the Lake of Garda. Musi-
cal pritics, in whose judgment we
hsye confidence, pronounce the Polka
one of great excellence.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1880-09-09

They had another fire at Eagle Fur:
mace, on Friday night. A large stable
used BY the teamsters was burned, con-
suming IL horses and mules belonging
to the tenants. No cause Is known for
the fire. This was heavy, In most cases
being all the poor fellows had.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1880-09-09

Postmaster Neal has received notice
that mail service on the Railroad will
commence Sept. 10th. The following
offices are 70 be supplied: Union Fur
nsce, Star Furnace; New Plymoth, Gre
ola, Macarthur. Dundas, Oreton, Rad
cliff, Ewington, -vinton and Pine Grove.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1880-09-09
EDUCATIONAL.
SCHOOL EXAMINERS NOTICE.

TNHE Board Of School Examiners OF
L Gallia county, o., will meet at the
Union School building, 4th street, In the
city Of GallipOlis, the frat Saturday in
each month, except August, and also
the third Saturday of the months of
March, April, May, June, September,
October and November, at 8 O'Clock
4. NJ, for the examination of appli-
cants for Teachers Certificates.
NJ. E. HARD,
A. A. MOULTON,
W. Ii. MITCHELL, Cpk.
Examiners.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1880-09-09

Sheriff Blake sold land as follows,
Saturday.
Guthrle's admir- VS.. Nash ct ais. ap-
praised at $340S; sold to Eliza Diekey
ct ais. for a,eO0. Guthrle's admir- vs..
johnson ct ais, appraised at SIZE; sold
to Henry HALEY for $476 "A. Symmes
W. Sandford ct ais; appraised at $500;
sold to VIM. Symmes for $533 81.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1880-09-09

The Gallipots can possess their souls
In patience; they will never be per-
mitied to bridge the Ohio at the Island.
Not much.-Pt. Pleasant Register.
It would be boom for the under
takers for your unsteady ones to at
tempt to cross it.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1880-09-09
Mothers.

or all diseases to which children are
liable, none are 30 alarming In their
approach, so dangerous In their conse-
qnences and so often and suddenly fatal
In their result as CRoUP. The attack is
oftenest in the night. Frequently no
physician is near, and yet that peculiar
hOarse cough, that difficult and labori-
ous breathing, those spasmodic strng-
giles for respiration, mast be retieced M
nediate1y, or the CHILD WILL DIE A
prompt, SAFE and effectual remedy IS
found in DIR. SETH HART'S GROUP
SYRUP, as thousands can testify. For
sale BY all druggists.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1880-09-09

Hon. ]. w. MCCORMICK and
c. W. WHITE. Esq, will address
the people at Kyger School House,
Saturday evening, Sept IS, at 7
o'clock. Come one, come all.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1880-09-09

The JOURNAL will be found on sale
at the Book STORE of W. n. Nit
cHELL, where also can be had, at 8
p. NJ. each day Of publication, the
Cincinnati Daily Gazette, CONNER
ciol and Enquirer, and where also
subscriptions for either of the Dali
lies or Weeklies may be left.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1880-09-09

The Genuine Pearl Shirt for sale
at Brandyberry's, price $I.00. This
is known to be the best shirt made.
Aug. 12, lSS0.--tf
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1880-09-09
Grand Rally.
Hon. GEO. c. STURGISS,
Republican candidate for Governor

Republican candidate for Governor
or W. Vs., and
Hon. JOHN A. CAMPBELL,
Republican candidste for Elector,
Third District, W. Va, will be pres
ent at the Republican meeting at the
Court House, Saturday evening, and
address the people upon the political
topics Of the day.
Let US give them rousing recep-
ton.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1880-09-09

The best Hanging Lamp In the
market, at Bowie, Pitrat & Co.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1880-09-09
July 8, l88O--3m

Sweetest Oranges-Sourest Lem
Ons at Bowie, Pitrat Il Co.'s
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1880-09-09

Fine Candies at Bowie, Pitrat l.
Co.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1880-09-09

The VOltaic Belt Co., Marshall,
Mich.
Will send their celebrated Electro
Voltaic Belts to the afflicted upon
30 days trial. Speedy cures guaran-
teed. They mean what they say.
Write TO them without delay.
Nov. 90, l879-1y
II you want to get the best Flow
Point in the market, call on Killing
Il Dages.
Goods exchanged for old
paper, books and rags at
G.. NJ. FILLMORE u CO.'S
July 90, lSS0.--3m
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1880-09-09

Hutchinson k Baldridge is the on
ly firm that sell the GENUINE OIL
IVER CHILLED PLOWS and
POINTS in Gsllia Co., Ohio, and
Mason Co, W. Va.
In purchasing always look for the
name OLIVER on the beam.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1880-09-09

Is lbs. Prunes for $l.00 at Bowie,
Pitrat Il Co.'S. TT
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1880-09-09

Lovers of Mackerel will find
something choice in the-Deep Sea-
st Bowie, Pitrat Il Co.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1880-09-09

Good Perfumery at G. NJ.
Fillmore & Co.'S. Take your
bottle.
Aug. IL, lSS0-3m
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1880-09-09

Soap and Starch cheap at
G. M. Fillmore & Co.'S.
Aug. IL, 1ss0-3m
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1880-09-09

The best family Sewing Machine
at Moch's Clothing Store.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1880-09-09

Races every day. Do not fall to come
in; you'll then know who came and
who didn't.
Mrs. Elizabeth Butler, of Rsceoon
township, celebrated her s+th birthday
on the 2ad day OF August, She is the
widow of the late Fleming Butler, and
the mother Of Mrs. Stephen Wilcox
Mrs. Hiram Niles, Mrs. N. d. J. Hick'
erson, Mrs. r. p. Porter, Mrs. Sallit
Ratekin and Mr.. W. F. Butler. At the
celebration 80 persons were present, u
of whom were for Garfield.
There are four In jail-Frank koOntz,
assault and battery; George Ritz, in
cest; Alex. Lumsey, fine, and Van
Spence, shooting.
The real estate of the late Joseph Hun,
except the homestead-will be sold al
administrators sale, to-day Thursday
at O'Clock, in front of the court house
The Fall fights commenced In the
City Saturday; all the blood wasn't on
the moon.
Rio Grande College opens Its new
year with largely increased attend
ance.
Theo. N. Wilson, of the Ledger. ant
J. L. Williams, were at the State Fair,
The sidewalks In the old corporation
are 1879 miles in length.
Nye Maguet is selling the Manhattan
sewing machine.
Jas. +. Stuart is on the streets again
The dwelling house Of Jno. II. Clark
of Sandfork, was burned last week
Loss $500, insurance $500 In the Frank
lin, Cadot Agent.
Gallipolls has 800 houses and still
booming.
n. Mollohan and wife are at home
Mrs. n. is much improved,