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

while the absence from the ranks of
labor and production removed compe-
tition from among those who remained
at home, and gave them opportunities
seld:m enjoyed. While the soldieas
were at the frsnt sleeping in swamps
and bitches, standing up to be shot at
or wasting their lives and vital forces
on beds of sickness, OF in the filth and
malaria of prison pens, The Tribune
was coming its millions under the cov-
er of their bodies and arms.
Their compensation was fixed at
$13 month, hard-tack and bacon,
and one chance out of three for death
and captivity.
The act of 1869 which put directly,
$3.50, 100000 into the pockets of the
rich, and entailed a perpetual pension
of $50. .000,0 year upon their pros
perity, WAS called honorable, and
strengthening to the public credit. |.
But the proposition to pay the scar
red and povsrty-crushed defenders Of
the rich and their ill-gotten gains is
styled a "monstrocity. disgraceful to
congress, and should be refused a
hearing" When the rich asked con-
gress for 800, 900 acres Of land to en-.
dow the Joy railroads of Kansas, the
land was granted. When the North
ern Pacific asked for IS, 600, 600 acres
and the Southern Pacific for like
amount, it was conceded, and when
the Union and Central Pacific, more
varacious than the rest, asked for
1S5, 600, 900 acres, and $64, ,0O0, 900 Of
cash, congress acceded to the demand,
while the Tribune sanctioned this huge
robbery of unborn generations, or was
silent on the subject. 1t has come to
pass that the rich, the proud and no.
bic aristocracy, may make almost any
demand on congress for their special
benefit, no matter how much it crush
es, impoverishes and robs the poor, il
is either granted or receives respectful
consideration. But what measure fol
the relief of the poor has ever beer
presented that did not encounter the
bulldozing anathemas of such time.
serving sheets as The Tribune.
The proposition of WeaAer is a mon
strosity because it is a measure to ben.
eft the poor and not the rich, and il
is "exasperating" because it is backed
up by the prayers of thousands of de
serving men whose petitions God vii
hear, although Congress will refuse
to- Chicago Express.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-01-01
A Bout Rubber Boots.

Undue competition between manufactu-
reIs has led TO an extent of adulterstion
and cheapening of material never before
known in the buainess. Crude rubber has
the quality of absorbing or of becoming
incorporated with a very large quantity Of
cheap and bulky substances, like amp
black, chalk, Sc, which cannot be detected
by the uninitiated. and which impair the
durability OF the goods. People call for
low priced goods. not rejecting that low
prices always mean low quality. The re.
suit Ia, they vast money on "wild car'
Rubber Boots, when an extra dollar or two
would buy them pair which will wear TO
their utmost satisfscti a whole season
and more. The "95" per cent. bQoot, de-
scribed in another column, is meant to re.
form this abuse, and ia worth the inspec.
ticn of those in need Of a real good article
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-01-01
Never Tempt q Man.

Among the Mohegans, an Indian by the
name of Zachary, was the heir to the
Chiefsainship. He was . brave man and
excellent hunter, but as drunken and
worthless an Indian % could well be found.
By the death Of intervening heirs, Zacha-
~ found himself entitled to the royal pow
er. In this moment the better genius OF
the man assumed sway, and he reflected se-
rious: "How can such drunken wretch
~ be chief of this noble tribe7 What
will my people say? How shall the shades
of my glorious ancestors look indignant
upon such successions Can succeed to
the great Uncss? Aye, will drink no
more" And he solemnly resolved to drink
nothing but water
One day At the annual election the Mo-
heRan chief dined with the Governor at
Hartford. John, the Governors son, mis-
chieveously thought he would try the sim
csrisy Of the chiefs temperance.
The family were seated at dinner, and
there was excellent home brewed ale upon
the table: John Addressed the old chief
zach, this beer IL very fine. Will you taste
it?"
The old chief dropped his knife, and
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-01-01
Fillal Love.

There 10 not on earth more lovely
sight than the unwsaried care and attention
Of children to their parents. Where flial
love is found in the heart, we will anrwsr
for all the other virtues. No young man
or woman will turn out basely, we sincere
ly believe, who has parents respected and
beloved; . child, affecsionate and dutiful,
will never bring the grey hairs of lite pa
rents 10 the grave. The wretch who breaks
forth from wholesome restraint, and disre-
CARDS the laws Of his country, must have
first disobeyed his parents, showing neither
love nor respect for them. It is seldom the
case that . dutiful son is found in the
ranks OF vice. among the wrstched and de-
graded. Filisl love will keep men from
sin and crime. There will never come Q
time while your parents live. when you
will not be under obligations TO them. The
older they grow the more need there will
BE- for your assidious care and attention to
their wants. Ths venerable brow and fros.
| ~ hair speak loudly TO the love and com.
passion Of the child. II sickness and In
trinity make them st times fretful, bear
with them patiently, not forgetting that
time ere long may bring you TO need the
care and attention.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-01-01

In the whole range of sacred and profane
literature, perhaps there is nothing recos-
ded which has such staying properties as >
good mortgage. A mortgage can be depen-
ded on to stick closer than brother. It
has mission to perform which never let's
up. Day after day il is right there, nor
does the slightest tendency impair its vigor
in the night. Night and day, on the Sab
bath, and at holiday times, without a mo.
ments time to rest or recreation, the biting
offspring of it's Observation-Disclosures
on. The season may change, days run in
to weeks, weeks into months, to be swaI-
lowed up in the gray man of advancing
years, but the mortRagest.nds up in sleep
less yigilsnce, with the interest and peren.
ial stream, csaselessly running on. Like q
huge nightmare eating out the sleep of
some restless slumberer, the unpaid mort
gage reaIs up in its Raunt front in perpetu-
al torment to the miserable wight who is
held within its pitiless clutches. II holds
the poor victim in theralentless grasp of a
giant; not oHe hour Of recreation: not q
moments, evasion of its hideous presence.
A genial savage ofmollifying aspect while
the interest is paid; the very devil of hope
less destruction when the payments fail.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-01-01
Fancied Sights.

A very prolific and constant source OF,
improbable sorrow is caused by fancied
sights or small Misunderstanding. Too
much importance ought never to be at
tached TO these. We should not be too
sensitive for comfort. We should not too
tenaciously watch over our personal digni-
y. The trivial things which destroy our
composure and invade our peace, are pitt
full. An acquaintance is prsoccupied, and
passes US with hurried recognition ON the
street.; another fails to rsturn our call, or
seems 70 prefer the society of some one
else to ours, and we are narrowed or hurt
perhaps bitterly resent the fancied inju-
~. A noble na.ured person will never
resent theI omissions of others, OF falsely
construe their motives. II ia a good rule
never to listen to the suggestions of pride,
suspicion or Jealousy, in regulating our in
tercoruse with the world. Even where in
juries have been received in return f I
benefits, if you would know the happiness
that true nobility of soul confers upon its
poesessor, forgive as far as possible, forget.
The brave only know how to forgive. II
is the most refined and generous pitch OF
virtue human nature can arrive at. The
coward, the mean soul, never forgives. but
waits in smbush for an opportunite to
strike in the dark, or stab in the back
The power of forgiving flows only upon a
strength and greatness. conciors Of its own
force and security, and above all the temp
tations Of resenting every fruitless attempt
TO destroy its happiness. Small minds are
hurt BY small events; great minds see
through and despise them. True self-re
speet is always full of respect towards 9TH
ers, and wastes no thought on petty mean
ness OF the discourtesy that arises from i'll
breeding.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-01-01

It will never do to think too highly of
yourself or to imagine that you have some
special claim on the respect Of men because
of your ancestry. The world which loved
your father because it had good reason to,
will instinctively, for a while at least, lift
its hat to your fathers son, too; but unless
you are the worthy son of your father it
will soon learn to stand in your presence
covered, and even defiant. Therefore do
not look down on people as though they
were nothing, and with the feeling that you
we're made from different kind Of clay
For centuries q morceau has been floating
on the surface IF Hsbaew literature TO the
following effect: A copper penny and a
gold coin were once lying side By eide on q
shelf in mint. The gold coin said scorn-
fully, "Littls penny, get out of my way
| You are intended for poor men, while ]
am the coin that kings use." The penny
moved away TO the other end of the shelf,
simply murmuring, "You can not always
tell what destiny may have in store" AT.
ter while stingy miser came, bought
the gold coin and buried it in the earth fol
safe keeping. The penny was given to 9
poor man whose brother had just been sold
as a slave. He went TO the sultan and
pleaded with him for his brothers liberty
promising to give him his life and all he
had il only his brother could be saved
"Your life and all that you have?" sale
the Sultan. Then the poor man drew thu
penny, the bright new penny, forth ant
answered. "This is ALL have in the world
|, / will willingly give you that and my lif
and my gratitude beside" The Sultan
heart was touched. He took the little coli
and said, "Your brother shall be saved an,
will wear this penny on a golden chai
upon my breast in token of the great Low
, which binds brother to q brother"
the proud gold coin was hidden in til
earth and was lost, while the copper per
ny adorned the breast of q Sultan. 1t
better not to be overbearing and proud {
your birth, for you can never predict til
circumstances by which you may be SUI
: rounded.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-01-01
Three Things.

The following lines we're copied from an
album.
Three things to ndmire: Intellectual
power, dignity and grac efulness.
Three things to love: Courage, gentle.
ness and affection.
Three things to hate. Cruelty, arrogance
and insratitude.
Three things to delight In. Frsnkness,
freedom and beauty.
Three things to wish for. Health,
friends and cheerful spirit.
Three thsngs TO avoid. Idleness, loquac-
isy and fippant jestings.
Three thinge to fsht for. Honor, coun-
try and home.
Three things to govern. Temper, tongue
and conduct.
Three things to think sbous. Life, death
and eternity.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-01-01
The Best Rubber Boot.

The "Ninety FIVE per cent. Sterling
Rubber Boot" is advertised in our COL
umns. There is nothing better for far.
mer or out door man than good rubber
boot, and nothing so exasperating as bad
one. The "Ninety Eve per cent. Rubber
Boot" is all that lie claimed for it. Il is
as nearly pure rubber as can be made, is
made upon honor, and will outlast any
three pairs of other rubber boots. The
manufacturers warrant them for three
months, the date of the selling of each pair
being punched in the top Of the leg. The
heel of these boots is protected with an
iron guard. There are three soles, all
made of pure rubber. Farmers, lumber
men, miners, and all who pass their win.
ters out of fdoors, will do we'll to inform
themselves as to the merits of this really
valuable article. II is the best, and in the
long run, the cheapest rubber boot made.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-01-01
A Bashful Yeunh Man.

This morning says the Virginia City
Chronicle, a strong healthy looking young
man entered the county clerks Office and
gazed respectfully around. Harry Thomp-
son, the chief deputy, stepped up and
blandly inquired Of the stranger if he wish
cd any business transacted.
The young man when spoken to started
back as though dreading an assault, but he
soon recovered himself and said in a whis
per:
"Yes, sir-.I called to see-I wanted to
have little talk--how much is it any
how7"
He had soft cloth hat in his hand, and
kept turning and twisting itabous as he
spoke, his face had grown terribly red, and
big drops of Precipitation were standing on
his brow.
"What is it you want?" asked the clerk.
The man looked at him pleadingly, but
struggled in vain for utterance. His eyes
bulged out, his face grew redder, and the
vhias in his neck and on his forehead
| swelled till they looked like great knotted
cords. He twisted the hat convulsively,
1
then he pulled the new lining out of il,
picked il up all dusty from the floor he
he wiped his streaming face, leaving a
girty streak after each wipe. Finally; it
seemed as though the poor young mad had
quite recovered himself, for he looked
quite cheerfully around the room, and then
turning to Mr.. Thomyson, remarked in a
pleasant and confidential tone:
"Weli, it is real warm for this section,
isn't it2"
"Very warm, indeed" replied Mr.
Thompson.
"It is good deal better than we have il
down in the valley, and somehow I've al.
ways had just the other notion about it
that the higher up you got the cooler
"Yss." said Mr.. Thompson, "but abou,
that business of youra?"
Another fiery blush that looked as if i
would ssorch the collar off his neck fol
lowed this remark, but the stranger held
up bravely. He leaned on the desk in al
eusy careless manner, and began to toy
with a mucilaRe brush.
1.-THE fact of the matter is ] wanted to-
Here he paused again, and meditatively
; jammed the mucilage brush into the ink
stand.
"What the devil are you doing with tina
brush?" asked the clerk somewhat impa
tiently.
"Oh, by George-excuse mel" stammeI
. ed the mas as he withdrew the brush
] spattering the ink all over the clerks shir
. bosom, and, as II it had been molase
] dropping from his fingers, thrust the brus
!. into his mouth, daubing himself with in
e and mucilage, and then bolted from th
8 Office.
n THAT'S about the worst case hav
d seen," remarked Mr.. Thompson, as !
o wiped big ink spot from the star boar
9 side of his Roman nose.
o "Crazy as a bed bug" aaid Alderma
e Orndorf, who had been an interested spe
l. tator of the whole scene. "Yeu onSht
is send policemen after that man."
If "No, he's not exactly crazy" reptile
10 Thorn pson, 81 knew from the start that
:. wanted marriage iicense, and I thougl
I'd have little quiet fun, but he's brol
the line now and gone off with the hook.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-01-01
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The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-01-01

Next Monday the Legislature meets
and we then can all SEQ if that body
is an improvement on the old one.
Certainly itcan't be any worse, as that
would be the next thing 50 an impos-
sibility. There is NO doubt but the
Congressional districts will be changed
to where they were before the Democ-
racy altered them. The contest for
the United States Senatorship will be
hotly contested with the chances in
favor Of Garfield. There is no neces-
sity of the session lasting over two
months and it will not if that body is
as capable oftransacting business as
the average business man. We have
not long to wait hover, until we can
all Judge for ourselves.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-01-01
Heart Heart

A lady writes thus sensibly to a western
paper:
"Make home home and make il one in
every sense of the word. My husband is
great smoker; he loves to play ..cards, DOM
noes and chess; hs is at perfect liberty to
smoke in any room in the house, and am
always ready to join him in the different
games. I endeavor in every way to be not
only helpuate, but q companion to him,
and the result is that have and enjoy his
society. can not understand why women
will run the risk ofloosing their husbands
society and love merely for the sake Of sat.
isfying An over fastidious taste. If they
do not like tobacco, did they object to his
using il during their courtship? And if
they objected then and failed, why did they
marry? If men will not give up such
habits at the solicitations of their sweet
hearts, it il not likely they will be persua-
ded out of shem BY their wives; therefore
I think It unwise for woman to risk her
happiness by quarrsliinR with her husband
over . vensl fault, the existence and ex-
tent of which she knew and perfectly un-
derstood before she took upon herself the
duties Of wife,"
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-01-01


The Chicago Tribune calls the
Weaver bill "a monstrocity, dis
graceful TO congress and it should be
refused a hearing"
1t is not strange that journal that
deliberately prescribes poisoned meat
for starving men who have been rob-
bed and denied employment by q sys-
tenn devised to create and support an
aristocracy of wealth, should be en-
ragged at any moment to check or
countsract the diabolical scheme.
When John Sherman, ten years ago,
introduced a bill to double pay the
bondholders, after they had already
received IL per cent. on the amount
of thoir loan, The Tribune saw moth
ing monstrous in the proposition.
When it was shown and demonstra.
ted that the credit Strengthening act
wsuld perpetuate the public debt, and
constitute it an everlasting source Of
gain and profit to the bondholder, and
a ceaseless pension upon his heirs, as
well as a tax burden upon labor fol
all time to come, did the Tribune
pipes note Of dissent
The proposition was urged upon
congress, simply as q matter of pride
to enhance the public credit, and te
secure the good will and approving
smiles of q class of men whose only in
terest in the Government and the peo
pie was to rob and fleece them. Du
ring the Eve years of war, and the
disbanding and settlement with the
army, citizens who remained at the
rear were offered opportunities to rear
rich harvests. The million Of able
bodied men who stood at the front te
break the wave of FIRE and lead which
threatened to overwheln the republic,
we're deprived Of all the facilities and
opportunities for making money.
which the times and occasions afforded
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-01-01
FLIRTINa on THE STREETS.

Fron the Madison Star.
One Of our exchanges says: "She firted
on the street, and now she 10 mother and
not "a wifs-a sensation in Buffalo" Such
is the significant headlines to . telegram
contained In one of our exchanges the other
day. A sad chapter in every day e1per.
iencs 10 portrayed in these brief words. II
was the old story. A young girl will read
il and say," ,"Ah, we'll. but am not 20 weak
and foolish as other girls. ] can meet and
daily with temptation, and still preserve
my honor unimpaired. can firt on the
street and no harm will come of it, because
people know me too we'll to doubt my
character.
Nine.tenths of the girls who fall from
the pedestal of virtue and lie broken and
ruined In the Stygian water o: vice, solilo.
quize in the same manner. They fee
strong in their virtuous intention: il envel
ops them a. an armor. Like the mother O.
our race, they linger around the tree, gaz,
upon its fruits, inhale its fragrance and
think It strange that any harm could com,
of"a little thing like that" By-and.by II
some way, they know not how, they ar
. little nearer the forbidden fruit. Pres
emily they have touched IL, and feel tha
they are brave indeed, to have beeu So
near and yet 40 far from sin. But Their
will come sooner or later, time when tn,
"sentinel sleeps" and when the enem,
gains advantage.
Flirting on the street is the first step to
ward downfall. Viewing il In the mild
est manner possible there Is no good in II
It savors not of modesty, but Of brazenesl
II attracts not the attention Of the modest
virtuous men, but Of the fast fellows. nc
10 say libertines. It besokens not virtue
but Iooeeness. tits . bid for seduction
IL seduction itself-foT il eeduces youn
men. And finally, young ladies; il is hal
IL that hsrlots practice. II you do nc
wish TO be mistaken for one, do not allo,
yourself TO simulate their action on tn
public streets o. elsewhere.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-01-01

The Chicago Times thinks the sol
dicrs' petition is disgraceful to Congres
and should be refused a hearing. That
is what the land pirates of England
think of the prayers of starving Ire
land, and it is the way Abraham will
regard the prayer of the bondhoider
one of these days when he joins his
brother Dives.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-01-01

Col. N. F. Hitchcock is an appli-
cant for a Dictatorship Of the Peni-
tertiary. He isa man of unimpeach-
able character, and one Of the best bu-
siness men we have. No better man
for the position can be found, and if
he should receive the appointment,
we are satisfied that there will be no
cause to regret il.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-01-01

The Republican press a few weeks
ago said the Greenback party was
dead. Now they claim they have
counted out the Republican party in
Maine. If the Greenback party is
dead, how can they count out the Re
publicans2
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-01-01

l wish to sell my Billiard Hall, consist-
lug OF Novelty table and an Eclipse Pool
table. The hall is in splendid condition
just been painted and papsred. II has .
large run of custom. Address
Ed. KEMPF,
Somaraet O.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-01-01

But a little over week yet re-
mains until Hon. Charles Foster will
be inaugurated Governor. 1t is
to be hoped that the whole sale par
doning of the worst criminals in the
Penitentiary will cease, and that the
charitable institutions Of the State
will once more be put under the con-
troll OF honest and competent men
who will not convert them into ASST.
nation houses and debauchery, as in
certain cases has been the case under
Governoa Bishops adninistration.-
There were tens of Thousands of good
reliable, honest men in the Democrat.
ic ranks that could have been choser
to overseer these institutions and in ,
number Of cases were, but the outra-
ges committed by some Of these ap
pointed officials are fresh in the public
mind. Should the Republican admin
istratron follow in the foot steps OF it
predecessor, it will receive the sam
rebuke that the Democracy did las
October.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-01-01

The Republican National conven-
ton will be held in Chicago on the 3rd
Of June, for the purpose of nomina-
ting Gen. Grant for-President.