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The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-06-09
Personnel of Our Earlier Presidents.

The Presidents of the United States
were generally men of goodpersonal ap-
pearance. The extremes in point of
stature were Polk and Lincoln-the lat
ter of whom was six feet four, while the
former was little more than five feet
three. Yam Buren, also, was a small
man. The first four were men of much
dignity. Concerning Washington, moth
ing need be added on this point. He was
the au-ideal of manly beauty, even in
his latter days, and when Stuart under
took to paint his portrait, the artist was
ron that at first he was unable to proceed
with his task. John Adams lacked
Washington's noble stature and gran
deur of mien, but he was a man of much
dignity. jefferson was of noble per-
sonnel-tall, well-built and OF imposing
appearance. Madison had merely a re-
spectacle look, and, being dressed IN
black, presented much the appearance
Of a clergyman. Monroe and Washing
ton were the only Presidents that served
in the field during the Revolution. They
were together at Trenton, where Mon
roe was Lieutenant and received ball
which he carried through life. He was
the last of the Revolutionary Presi-
dents, and wore the cooked hat and
continental uniform, which became him
to a remarkable degree. John Quincy
Adams, like his father, was stout,
thick-set and deficient in point of
stature. jackson was tall and gaunt,
with bristling hair, and nervous but
deficient countenance. Van Buren
lacked personal dignity, and, indeed,
was the most deficient of all our Presi-
dents in physique excepting Polk. Har-
rison was a man of much personal dig
nifty. Tyler was spare-faced man, with
broad, thin nose, which gave him
rather a comical appearance. 1t was
his station as President that won the
hand of the rich woman, Gardiner,
rather than any personal attraction.
Polk was, as has been said, a small man,
with cold, repulsive countenance, and
a hard, staring pair of eyes that were
singularly free from anything like a
kindly, genial look. Taylor was q
heavy-built man with rough visage, as
might have been expected of one whose
| life was passed ON the frontier. He was
bred soldier, and loved the service.
His face had pleasant smile at times,
| but was often impressed with the stern
character of military life. Fillmore had
| lymphatic countenance-dull, except
when Lit up by business or pleasure.
He was agreeable IL. society and interest
ing in conversation, to q degree much
beyond many of his predecessors. He
was of more than an average size, and
of proportions that suggested dignity if
| not elegance. Buchanan was a feeble
looking old gentleman, whose white
choker suggested the clerical order.
His countenance, however, showed that
he was not a man of progress, and
rather suggested the fossil order of in
| tellect.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-06-09
Reward for Lost Property.

One p. lost diamond pin and pub
lished in q city paper the following no
tice: Lost, e26 reward-A diamond
pin. The finder will be paid the above
reward by leaving the same at this
Office" The pin was found by G., who
demanded the reward, which was re-
fused. p. then demanded the return Of
the pin, and, on being refused, brought
action in replevin for recovery. Hald
that the finder, according to the ccm-
mon law, becomes the proprietor in case
the true owner does not appear, and
meantime his right a. finder Is . perfect
right against all others. And he is en-
titled 10 recompense from the owner for
his care and expense in its keeping and
preservation but his status as finder
only does not give him lien. Yet, if
such owner offers Q reward TO him who
will restore the property, . lien thereon
Is thereby created to the extent Of the
reward 30 offered.-Wood vs. Pierson,
Supreme Court, Nebraska.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-06-09
Something About Fans.

Kan ST was the first lady who carried
a fan. She lived In ages which are past,
and, for the most part, forgotten, and
she was the daughter of Chinese man
DARN. Who ever saw a mandarin, even
on a tea-chest, without his fan? In
China and Japan to this day every one
has fan, and there are fans of all sorts
for everybody. The Japanese waves his
fan at you when he meets you, by way
of greeting, and the beggar who solicits
for aims has the exceedingly small coin
made on purpose " for charity present
ed to him on the tip of the fan.
In ancient times, among the Greeks
and Romans, fans seem to have been
enormous they were generally made of
feathers, and carried by slaves over the
heads of their masters and misstresses,
to protect them from the sun, or waved
about before them to stir the air.
Catherine de Medicis carried the first
folding fan ever seen in France and, in
the time of Louis XIV, the fan was a
gorgeous thing, often covered with jew
els. and worth a small fortune. In En-
gland they were the fashion in the time
Of Henry VIII. All his many wives
carried them. A fan set in diamonds
WIS OuCS given " SuOoA A]AANAoS.AA oROH
New Years day.
The Mexican feather fans which Cor
tez had from MonteZuma were marvels
of beauty, and in Spain large black
fan is the favorite. 1t is said that the
use of the fan is as carefully taught in
that country as any other branch of
education, and that, by a well-known
code of signals, Spanish lady can carry
on long conversation with any one, es-
pecially an admirer.
The Japanese criminal of rank is po-
itely executed by means of fan. On
being sentenced to death he is presented
with fan, which he must receive with
low bow, and, as he bows, presto the
executioner draws his sword and cuts
his head off. In fact there is fan for
every occasion in Japan.-Harper's
Young Folks.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-06-09
A SIy Cat.

On the plains Of Nevada, mile from
any house, gentleman noticed a cat,
huge one. It lay on its back, its feet
uppermost, and was apparently dead.
Around it, feeding unsuspectingly, was
a flock of small birds. just as he was
thinking how much easier it would be
for the animal to feign death and catch
a bird by deceiving it than by slipping
up to it, he was astonished to see the
cat suddenly roll over and grab one of
the feathered tribe that was very near.
The other birds flew away a hundred
yards or so, and alighted. The cat only
made one or two mouthfuls of the game,
and then crept around to windward of
the birds, laid himself out again, and
once more successfully played the dead
dodge,
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-06-09
AuecdOfa Of Poe.

Mr.. George FL. Boxer tells this story
about Edgar A. Poe: "One day was
sitting at booksellers, who also pub
lished serial, when Poo came in. If
shabby, he was generally genteel, and
had the inherent look Of man of the
world out of place and ostracised, yet
with a compensating pride in his sense
Of finer intellect. After some little
while, he said to the publisher, Lend
me &c. Il can't do it. He was al
ready in debt to his friend hundred or
two. Lend me $5, then," said Poe.
i can't do'it, Poe / have made up my
mind not to lend any more. WELL
said Poe, will you give me $40 for
poem2' Yes, will be glad to do that
Poe sat down, and almost without hesi-
tation wrote a sonnet, exquisite in its
feeling, He handed it over to the pub
Usher, who paid the money"
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-06-09
How Kentucky Horses are Trained.

A Lexington correspondent OF the
Cleveland Leader says: Zone after an
other beautiful saddle horses were
ridden out over the track moving along
at a gentle, easy gait, flying at rapid
canter. racking or breaking into trot,
as the rider willed. All these horses, 1
believe, were thoroughbred, and their
prices ranged from $500 to $1,000. So
well we're they gated and trained that
the rider had but to touch the name In
a given place or make a certain signal
to have them take rack, canter, trot,
run, or lope. Anyone can learn to man
age these gaits in very short time, as
I found from experience. But the
method by which these horses are SO
perfectly trained 1 could not learn.
Either the trainers do not know exactly
how to impart this information or they
are determined to keep it to themselves.
Some answered my questions by saying:
1T is easy enough. You can make
horse do anything you want to. Only
let him know what you want him to do.
You had better wear spurs in riding,
give him his head freely, and if he takes
one gait when you spur him on the night
side, just spur him again there when
you want the same gait Here horse
passed on a rack, and as the rider
touched him with the tip of his finger on
the head he struck out on square trot.
Now said /, how was that horse
trained SO as to strike trot by that
signal?' Why answered the Ken
tuckian, our saddle horses all learn that
from the time they are colts 1 asked
Mr.. Lindenberger, What is the secret
of the superiority of Kentucky horses?'
There is a combination of causes he
answered. The great majority OF the
horses here have some good blood In
them, and you will find it crossed some
where back in their pedigrees. The
best strains of running and trottlng
blood have been taken from here to other
States, and they there fail to produce
the desired result. There is something
in the blue grass, the water, the atmos-
phere and the genial climatic influence,
and then, as Mr.. Treacy told you this
morning, there is everything in judicious
breeding and training We force our
horses to gait when they are one year
old, and at three years old they are
pretty well developed. The Northern
men, however, always improve them.
'How long have Kentucky horses held
Inelf nlSn place! l. Querrleu. No oue
hereabouts can tell. L know men who
have lived here eighty-fve years, and
they state that from their earliest child
hood they have heard of the superiority
of our horses. Their fathers before
them had the same story to tell. The
fact is, that somewhere in the past there
was brought into this State pure strain
of thorough blood, derived from the
best stock of the mother world, and il
has transmitted its qualities from sire tc
son to the present time. 1t is a lament,
able fact that we have not the exact data
upon which to base history of the
Kentucky horse
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-06-09
SCRAPS OF SCIENCE.

A NEW form Of thermometer indicates
the temperature Of any place at q con-
siderable distance through the agency Of
electricity.
The Uranium in giants is usually small
in relation to their stature, but enormous
in absolute measure, although their in
telligence is generally small. An exam
pie was Broca's giant Joachim, credited
with a very slight amount of sense. Yet
this great imbecile had huge Uranium,
and his brain weighed nearly as much as
that Of Cuvier.
The drawings Of the planet Mars,
made by Prof. Harkness in 1877, have
been transformed from the photographic
representation TO Mercator's projection,
and q map of the planet has been con-
structed. General tables have been
computed which give directly the areo-
graphic latitude and longitude OF the
center Of the disc of Mars and the posi-
ton angle Of its axis as seen from the
earth.
The value Of spongy iron upon large
scale in the filters Of water works is be-
ing tested at Antwerp. The water is
first allowed to pass through mixture
of iron and gravel covered with sand, and
then IL goes into o second basin, the bot
tom of which is covered with sand. The
experimental results have been more
satisfactory than those from ordinary
filters, and there are no indications of
of any necessity for renewing the iron,
which serves to oxydize the organic mat
ters suspended in the water.
DR. SrE,fEss has lately experimented
ON the fusion of metals by means of cleo
tricity and has succeeded in melting
1-l0 pounds into q compact ingot in Al
minutes In melting large quantities this
electrical netbod Ia rather more than
twice as coatlv as the ordinary furnace.
hrt Tor tbo fns;on Of precious or refrac.
torv metals for chemical purposes. and
Tor other applications where the question
M economy is secondary. the new method
ia convenient and practical. In melting
small Quantities IL NAV even prove eco
nomical
-. .,x~;.. ha. baan raod for
- t;,,a =, parSn Tba T.a;nz;o ar
~ettc mentions tbat another German city.
Cbemnitz the manufacturing center OF
Sa~ony With a y,onnlation al about 5r :
oo0 u aiso using a steam car for the
trananort az mercbandise tbrouob the
streets without the nse Of rails, In two
months Il made forty-four trips. CARRYING
4O6. 800 pounds. which were easily dis.
trihnted In ali parts of the citv. ON Grades
and cnrves as we'll. as ON levels. without
cansino anv accident 10 vehicles or pe-
destrians
IT, wa.x,,,,. ...,vord ro,ot;or ,ooe,bo,
.;.t a. ;,s.roaa 30 4. ra.a sro,,, tha ,,oias
W. WI az Sno e,ns.or nS bas - tondencv E 90 tbrnn
s,alu o 80 l.raa,as sna;nst Il o;r ,ra:t
eno a VI arN:a e"s .s -
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-06-09
Cosmetics and COffins,

Paint yous faces, girls, but first let
the undertaken have your measure. Such
at least is the lesson so often found in
the reports of our medical practitioners.
We thus learn that poison is poison,
whether it reaches the vitals through
the stomach or the skin. A well-known
pantomimist who was won't to set the
audience in roar, became paralyzed by
the paint necessarily applied to his face,
and he died in an asylum in untimely
dotage. Such was the fate of the once
popular G. L. Fox, and now we have the
case of Fanny Blanchard, whose death
was also due to cosmetics. Her physi-
clan made prolonged effort to effect
restoration, but it was too late. The
poison had become fixed in in the system
and the poor girl died by unintentional
suicide Utica Herald.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-06-09
Extrayagant but Rather Pretty.

The following beautiful tribute to
woman was recently delivered by a re-
formed man: 81 should like TO propose
a toast tonight, although total absti-
nenceman myself-a toast TO woman. To
be drank, not in liquor of any kind, for
we should never pledge woman in that
which may bring her husband eeeling
home 10 abuse where he should love and
cherish, send her sons TO drunkard's
grave, and her daughters to life o.
shame. oh, no, not in that, but rather
in the hfe-giving water, pure as her
chastity, clear as her intuitions, bright as
her smile, sparkling ~ the laughter of
her eyes, cheering as her consolation,
strong and sustaining as her love-in the
crystal water / would drink TO her that
she would remain queen regnant in the
empire she has already won, grounded
deep as the universe in love-"
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-06-09

In one ef our New England exchanges
we observe that VIM. T. Filly, Esq, of
Pittsfeld, Attorney at law and Asst
Judge of Police Court, and late County
Commissioner, was restored to perfect
health and activity, by the use of st.
Jacobs Oil. He had suffered with rheu-
matism for years intensely; but by the
recent use Of the remedy he was, as
stated, completely cured, and says the
Oil deserves the highest praise. e.-Spring-
field Mass ReDu6Iican.
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THE MARKETS.

CINCINNAT!.-FLouR-F IS 4o@6 90;
pTns Eya family 81 g. S 2s ~ $ s9S 3D.
Corn, White, 5ssass4e.; No: mixed, 47e; No:
41@411zc Rye-No. 2, 81 10. Barley-Prime fall,
81 90. Hay-Choice timothy, SIG oo917 90: Hemp
Rough Kentucky, sioo@11o Hogs-Common,
selections, IS 1906 90. 'PRovIsToNs-Mess pork,
SIG 50917 90. FRUIT AND VEaETABLEs-Straw-
to coice IS ooils 90 per stand
Ties, 81 soga % per bush. & New potatoes, S. ooa
bush. Green peas. 81 o6@I IS per bush. 10
matoes-Bermuda, 75c. @s1 90 per peck. Cucum-
bers, Csc. per doz.
LOUIsvILLE.-Cotton-T market is firmer
and quoted at 1899 Flour-Extra family, g 75@
425; No. 1, IS oo@6 25I choice, fancy, Sc 0o@
Corn-No white, SIG; No. mixed 4sce Oats
No white 4c 7. No; mixed, 4oc Rye-No. 2,
81 %. Hay-Is in fair demand and quoted at $40 90
@21 90. Mess Pork-Is firm and quoted at S17 60
Bulk Meats-Shoulders. &C.; clear rib sides, SIC.
clear sides, $500. Bacon : Is steady; shoulders,
6a4c.; clear rib sides, 9.85c.; clear sides, 934c.
Whisky is steady and quoted at 81 05. Live Hogs
Are steady and prices range from IS 10 to IS 60.
NEW YORK: = Cotton a:Middlng uplands,
ira family. 81 1896 Is. Whcat-1nsrads winter
vnsr 1 a 2s & sos sn's5 s 5sd 81 sAss %
81 1901 2O15; No. 1 WHITE 81 24@I 2415. Corn
Ungraded, 45@57Ic.; No. white, 65L2c. Oats
Mixed Western A@45lSc. Groceries Sqgar-Fair
to good refining. 71a@Sc. Molasses-Refning fair
to good quoted at SIC. Mess pork, SIS 1915 rs.
Lard-Prime steamer, 11@11 .C5c-
heat-No. winter red, 81 241z
@1 24x. Corn Western mixed, $3.50. Rye -
Good TO prime. 81 0091 061s. Mess pork $l8 90.
Lard-Refned, In uerces, 12o.
INDIANAPOLIS.-Whe market is weak /;
No. red, 81 121s. Corn--Is quiet at 441ac. Oats
Are steady; new white, 3S@3s1ac.
LIVE STOCK.
CINCINNATI.-CATTLE- Common, 50 500l3 80:
good to choice butchers grades. 81 1906 so; COM
mon to fair shippers, 81 9095 25; calves and year.
ngs 81 5o613 80; grazers and feeders "a 1906 90.
Hoes Selected butchers' and heavy shippers, So 50
is; fair to good packing grades, IS 25GD5 IS;
mon, 81 95ol6 CO., some culls and scallawags SO 754
42S; stock hogs, "a 25@5 25 sHEKP-Common to
Common to fair, IS O0l6 90; good to choice, SO Is
al rs; some extra, 81 85g7 80.
NEW YORK.-Beef cattle, dressed, s(e91Sc. per
l5 for sides. Sheep and Lambs = Prime clipped
sheep, s. rs per 100 lbs. Lambs-virsinia spring,
90 6p@9 Is per 100 lbs Prime dressed mutton,
80 7b@lo 90 Dressed lambs si2 OOgi7 90, and a
few at $ls co. Hoss-City dressed, 81 821S@7 10.
EAST LIBERTY, PA.-Beef Cattle-Best ship
ping grades So 0o@6 25 per 100 lbs. Common butch
ers' stock, - 6n@5 rs. Hogs-Ph Philadelphia hogs,
SO 1896 rs per 100 lbs Workers, 50 6586 IS. Sheep
and lambs, "a 25@o 90 per 100 lbs.
INDIAN APOLIS.- Hogs-Best shippers, SIS GOA
@ 90 per 100 lbs. Workers, S5 5O15 10. Cattle
Butchers 50 5095 rs; stockers and feeders, IS 500
90. Sheep Common to fancy, 81 1905 %.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-06-09
Lime-PreSeryed Wood.

Lime has been found successful as a
wood-preserver. The method, which is
French, consists in piling the pIanks in
a large tank, then covering them with
quicklime and shaking them with water.
The timber requires about week to be
thoroughly impregnated with the lime
water before it is taken out of pickle
and slowly dried. The entrance Of the
mineral particles into the grain also rem
ders the wood harder and denser than
before. Beech wood, for example, be-
comes like oak, and, without losing the
elasticity that fits it for tool-handles, is
far more durable than oak.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-06-09

WITH great pleasure we can recon-
mend as radical cure for rheumatism,
st. Jacobs Oil. This wonderful remedy
has been extensively used by a large
number of people who daily testify to its
marvellous effects. GouUerneur (N. W
Herald
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-06-09

A MAN in Albany having announced
that he chad a historical pitcher"
fourteen baseball clubs have written
him asking what the pitchers terms
were for the season.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-06-09
Lady Beautiaers.

Ladies', you cannot make fair skin, rosy
cheeks and sparkling eyes with all the cosmetics
Of France, or beautifers of the world, while in
poor health, and nothing will give you such
good health strength and beauty as Hop Bit
ters. trial is certain proof. See another
column.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-06-09

Ho, YE BALDHEADsl-There is just one way,
and no more, by which you may be cured-use
CARBoIINE, deodorized extract of petroleum.
1t will positively produce new hair; there is no
substitute for this marvellous hair renewer.
INDIGESTION, dyspepsia, nervous prostratlon
and all forms Of general debility relieved by
taking MENsMAN's PEPToNIzED BEEF Tonic, the
only preparation of beef containing its entire
nutritious properties. 1t contains blood-mak-
ing, force-generating and hfe-sustaining prop
critics; is invaluable in all enfeebled conditions,
whether the result of exhaustion, nervous pros
tration, overwork, or acute disease, particularly
if resulting from pulmonary complaints, Cas-
we'll Hazard & Co. proprietors, New York.
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We Relieve

there would be much less sickness and misery
in the world; and people are fast finding this
out, whole families keeping well at trifling
cost by its use We advise all to try it.-U & A.
Rochester. N Y
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RESCUED FROM DEATH.

William J. Coughlin, of Somerville, Mass, says: "Ih
the fall of 1875 taken with LUNGS,
followed by cough. lost my appetite and
flesh, and was confined to my bed. In 1877 was adj
mted to the hospital The doctors said had hole in
my lung as big as a half dollar. At time report
went around that was dead. gave up hope, but n
friend told me Of DIR. WILLIAM HALLS BALsAM
FOR THE LUNGS. Igot bottle, when, to my surprise,
to feel better and to-day feel better than
for three past write this hoping every one az
ficted with Diseased Lungs will take DIR. WILLIAM
HALLS BALSAM, and be convinced that CONsUMP-
TION CAN BE CURED. can positively say it has done
good than all the other medicines have taken
ince my sickness" ,.a...---
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GEMS.

THEY despise riches that despair of
them.
TEMPERATE anger well becomes the
wise.
BETWEEN sorrow and joy is but a
single day.
AMBITION is but the evil shadow Of
aspiration.
PREFER truth before the maintaining
of an opinion.
SoHooL-HoUsEs are the republican line
of Notifications.
DISCIPLINE is meant for the making OF
heroes, not towards.
WHO has not mastered himself, by
whom can he not be overcome?
Nor knowest thou what argument
Thy life to thy neighbor's creed has lent.
LITTLE minds are tanned and subdued
by misfortune, but great minds rise
above it.
WORK is the weapon of honor, and he
who lacks the weapon Will never
triumph.
THERE is a positive aggressive work
assigned to each one of us that no one
else can do.
THOSE who have long waited for the
day are much more ready to appreciate
it when it comes.
owe MUST learn" said the great French
painter, Millet, ''to infuse sublimity into
trifes That is power"
Do NOT ask if man has been through
college; ask if college has been through
him; if he is walking university.
If THERE is anything that keeps the
mind open to angel visits and repels the
ministry of i'll, it is human love.
IT'S not wild chorus of praises,
Nor chance, nor yet fate;
'Tis the greatness born with him and in him,
That makes the man great.
Books erected in the
great sea of Time, the precious deposi-
tories of the thought and creation of
genius.-E. p. Whipple.
IT IS wonderful ul-wonderful and de-
hghtful, to think how long good mans
benefcence may be potent, even after
his sdeath-HaaUthorne.
YOUTH is ife's seed time, so the clock
face said. Some took its counsel, as the
sequel showed their wild oats
and reaped as they had sowed-Holnees.
THE battle is not to the strong,
| The race not always to the fleet,
| And he who seeks to pluck the stars
| Will loose the jewels at his feet.
| -Phe6e Cary.
OUR customs and habits are like the
ruts in roads. The wheels of life settle
into them, and we jog along through the
mire because it is too much trouble to
get out of it.
The hills of lofty endeavor and high
achievement lie all around us, and if we
never catch glimpse of the views they
afford we need not complain that it is
because of the insuperable limitations OF
our surroundings.
No ONE should ever be ashamed of his
or her religion or family, nor make OF
his hi altar a god, or his ancestry a worship.
qualities Of learning, good manners,
self-respect, cultivation and perfect sim
| n1icitv
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-06-09

ONLY the genuine axle grease has the name
Of Frazer on every package, and wears longer
Than any other
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-06-09

BEST TRUSS ever used; descriptive circulars free
N. Y. ELASTIC TRUSS CO., $50 Broadway, N Y.