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The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-03-03
Triplet Maxims.

Three things to do-think. live and
act.
Three things to govern-your temper,
tongue and conduct.
Three things to cherish-virtue,
goodness and wisdom.
Three things to ,ove-courage, gen
tleness and affection.
Three things to contend for-honor,
country and friends.
Three things to hate-cruelty, arro-
gance and ingratitude.
Three things to teach-truth, indus
try and contentment.
Three things to admire-intellect,
dignity and gracefulness.
Three things to ike--cordiality
goodness and cheerfulness.
Three things to delight in---beauty,
frankness and freedom.
Three things to avoid-idleness, 10.
quacity and fiippant jesting.
Three things to wish for-health,
friends and contented spirit.
Three things to cultivate-good books
good friends, good humor.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-03-03

The various exhibitions of the cleo
trio light, coupled with the recent form
ing Of new companies, have all a
special significance in one direction.
They almost all Of them represent more
or less different applications of cleo
tricity to produce light. and they regis
ter results obtained by different investi-
gators along divergent lines of inquiry
and invention. But taken together
they show that the primal and funda-
mental difficulties have been overcome.
The light has been discovered, has
been subdivided and can be registered.
With these points gained, and with sew
eral sets of skilled inventors working
away each at his own branch, who will
dare to deny that ere long the new
light will be perfected, and its position
established firmly, if not as a successful
rival of gas at least as an active CON-
petitor? York Evening Post.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-03-03
Tame Eels.

A gentleman of Rockport, Mass. has
domesticated some eels by feeding them
in brook, till the largest one. two feet
long, will allow him to take it into hie
hands and treat it as o kitten. When
the owner goes to the brook, he calls
them with a peculiar whistle, and they
come rushing briskly from down
stream. Not long ago he brought them
his usual lunch Of fish and mackerel.
when only the large one came. The
eel waited for q few moments. then
turned down stream, and soon came
back. bringing his tardy family to sup.
per,
We might here mention that the ques.
ton as to the generation of eels Is con.
sidered one OF the most puzzling in
natural history. One ancient author
supposed that eels were born Of the
mud; another that they were produced
from particles scraped from the bodies
of large eels when they rubbed them
selves against stones. There Is popu
lar notion in many districts in the nortl
of England that eels are generated from
horsehairs deposited In springs ant
rivulets. Small eels have been noticed
In the thatch of cottages.
The ancient Egyptians gave the eel
placs among their deities, and tn
Greeks were 80 passionatsly fond Of thi
fish that It was q common saying amoql
them that the dead would return TO lit
II 1t were possible for them 70 taste
morsel of this delicious food. The an
cient Anglo-Saxon tribes had grant
and charters regulated by payment
made In eels, and four thousand o
them were o yearly present from th'
monks Of Ramsay TO those Of Peter
borough. There are several places L
England which derive their names from
the quantity Of eels they formerly pro
| duced.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-03-03
Washing and Care Of Flannels.

THOSE who have their flannels nicely
fitted and made, are of course desirous
that they should retain their freshness
and sOftness as long as possible. Hence
they muse see to it that they are prop
erly washed; otherwise they will soon
be yellow and hard, their beauty gone,
and their comfortableness greatly di-
minished.
1t makes less difference about white
clothes. for if left grimy or grey, they
will boil and bleach out white again
after time. But it takes only few
careless washings to ruin, or nearly
ruin, fannels. In the first place, never
think of trying to wash woolens in 9TH
er than soft water. Soft soap, too, is
preferable. Many, know, think 9TH
erwise; but hard soap, with me, always
leaves hardness and adhesiveness in
the cloth that soft soap does not. The
latter. though, should not be too strong
of lye, or used when new. Again. new
er wash fannels in the soapy water aft
er your cotton washing. The lint from
the white clothes gathers in the soft
surface of the woolens, and renders
them hard and unpliable. Many strain
their suds to take out the lint, but it is
better to throw it away altogether and
get new. l like to have socks and
stockings soft and comfortable as we'll
as other flannels.
Make clean suds of rain-water and
soft soap. Use an abundance of water,
and not too much soap, though the
amount must depend on how dirty the
clothes are. Too strong suds tends to
full the cloth, but enough must be used
to get out the dirt. Have the water as
hot as can be used in comfort. Rub
the clothes through this, the white fan
nels first, and next to these the clean
est~of the colored ones. Do not rub
them too hard, or put soap directly on
the cloth. Keep the suds hot, and add
soap as needed. If they get too dirty,
throw them out and make new. Do
not rub through two suds, unless very
much G0iled. The shorter time the fan
nels remain in the suds, or are lying
about wet, the better looking they viii
come out in the end. Have another TUX
of clear, soft water, boiling hot, and as
each piece Is wrung out of the suds, put
1t into this. Of course the white anG
colored garments should have separate
tubs. Let them remain in this til
somewhat cooled, so as not to injurt
the wringer; then wiring out and hang
where they will dry as quickly as pos
sible. Do not use too hot an iron wher
ironing, as this will also tend to shrink
or full them. If dried In good breeze
all except outside garments will do very
nicely without ironing. Treated in thi.
manner, the white woolens will remain
white, and the oolored ones soft ant
pliable till well worn out.-C0r. Coan
try Gentleman,
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-03-03

The affections which bind man TO
the place of his birth are essential in
his nature, and follow the same law as
that which governs every innate feel.
ing. They are implanted in his bosom
along with life, and are modified by
every circumstance which he encount-
ers from the beginning to the end Of
his existence. The sentiment which,
in the breast of any one man is an in
stinctive fondness for the spot where he
drew his early breath, becomes, by the
progress of mankind and the formation
Of society, more enlarged feeling, and
expands into the noble passion of patri.
otism. The love of country. the love Of
the village where we were born, of the
field which we first pressed with our
tender footsteps, of the hillock which
we first climbed, are the same affection
only the latter belongs to each of us
separately; the first can be known but
by mon united In masses. 1t Is founded
upon every advantage which q nation IL
supposed to possess and is increased by
every improvement which 1t is supposed
to receive,
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-03-03
AristOcratic Idlers.

The men who do no work and yetliv
on the fat of the land, are constantly in.
creasing in New York. do not refer
to the clever fellows who pick up all
sorts of odds and ends by their wits,
but to the high-toned idlers along
Fifth Avenue and thereabout, who toll
not, neither do they spin, and yet dress
In the best, and fare sumptuously every
day, chiefly at the clubs. Most Of them
are the sons of men who laid up fortunes
by Just as hard work as any OF our busy
merchants are doing now. The fortunes
form Of permanent Investment, and now
yield handsome annual returns. We have
landlords In New York whose rent rolls
run from $50, 900 to $50, 900 year. and
In some cases to 100000. These, ]
need hardly say, are exclusive Of the
Astors, Goelets and other heirs to enor.
nous estates. We have scores Of very
rich men. besides, who made great
fortunes in trade or by speculation, and
who rank as millionaires, though their
names are not often seen In the papers.
As q rule, the sons of these magnates,
Of the first class and the second, have nc
inclination 70 work. It was enough fol
their fathers and grandfathers to dc
that. What they live for Il to have {
good time-to dress at the top of the
fashion, drive fast horses, be hail fellows
well met with the nabobs Of the clubs
get invitations to stylish dinners and
receptions, and in q general way copy
the manners and dress of the Englisl
aristocracy as closely as possible. 4
good deal has been said from time {,
time about the growth Of o privileged
class in New York. The class Is Q very
large one. and it includes another class
which may be called the community o
aristocratic idlers. As families requir
large wealth, and set up in the fashion
able wofld. this class steadily increases
Our friends the communists dislike !
greatly, and would like to pull 1t down
but 1t keeps on growing. and will con
tinue to do so. Its existence Is. n
doubt, one of the inevitable oonsequen
ces of the accumulation Of money In in
dividual hands.-Coy. Detroit Ere
Press.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-03-03
A Child's Sympathy

A CHILD's eyes! those clear wells OF
undefiled thought-what on earth can
be SO beautifulp Full of hope, love and
curiosity, they meet your own. Inprayer,
how earnest; in Joy, how sparkling; in
sympathy, how tender! The man who
never tried the companionship Of little
child, has carelessly passed by one OF
the pleasures of life, as one passes rare
flower without plucking it or knowing its
value. A child can not understand you,
you think speak to it Of the holy things
Of your religion, of your grief for the
loss of friend, Of your love for some
one You fear viii not love in return; it
will take, it Is true, no measure or sound
ings of your thought; it win not Judge
how much you should believe, whether
your grief is rational in proportion to
your loss, whether you are worthy or fis
to attract the love which you seek; but
its whole soul will incline to yours, and
ingraft itself, as it were, ON the feeling
which is your feeling for the hour.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-03-03
A HelpfnQ Hand.

Every man's Nemean Lion lies in wait fol
him somewhere-Ruskin.
There was a small crowd of BOYS and
men congregated upon an uptown cor.
ner the other morning and the occasion
of it was q horse fallen in the harness
. respectable-looking horse drawing q
respectable-looking milk wagon, and
driven by boy, who now tugged at his
head. vainly urging him to rise.
"Jerk him up," called man on the
sidewalk with both hands in his pock.
cts. "Give him the whipr'
Each one shouted out some advice,
but no one volunteered to assist the
boy, who was Just far enough away
from his childhood to feel like having 8
good cry; but he coaxed and pulled al
the horse that now lay quite still, and
with horse sense did not try to move on
the slippery ice, but stretched his neck
out in way that brought despair to the
heart of the boy, who believed he was
going to die on his hands.
just then a man came walking brisk.
ly along and saw the PROSTATE horse,
and the disconsolate-looking boy; he
carried heavy piece Of machinery in
one hand but this he laid aside as he
stepped out to the horse and began tc
take off the harness. In a moment he
had run the shafts back and left the
horse free. Then he took the bride
rein, gave n quick, sharp chirrup and
the animal sprung to his feet and gave
himself great shake; the man helped
the boy reharness him, the two ex
changed smile of thanks and welcome
and then the man picked up his ma
chinery and walked cheerfully off Ont
way, as the boy drove on another. HI
had slain the Nemean lion to begin his
day and we may well believe that wheI
evening came he would be one Of th0s,
who can sing:
Something accomplished, something dons
Has earned q nights repose.
An old colored woman stopped at .
corner of one of the most fashionable
thoroughfares the other afternoon, jus
before nightfall, and looked disconso
lately up and down the street; then sh,
appealed to beautiful girl in Raph
aef hat and with eyes like some pictures
saint who tripped along in rich ant
costly attire: /" Please, miss, mough
this be Anthony Street, deary," bu
only look from the beautiful eyes wa
vouchsafed her. Then came some fai
and prosperous mstrdns, all Laughing
and chattering over their Christina
purchases. The old aunty, with he
withered face stood in the way. "Please
honeys, will ye direct me to Anthem.
StreetP Ise done got lost"
We never heard Of such street,
they said, and went laughing on. I
was weary professor going homo fron
instrumental lesson-gfving, with tn
merest breath of life left in him, VIII
stopped and said: You mean Anton
Street, Aunty," and he turned her In th
right direction, and saw that she f0l
lowed it. And so he had slain his Ne
mean lion before he slept.
For the difficulty of moment in th
path Of everybody, Is the small, homely
unheroic duty, which is so unbeautifl
we will not see it. and has so Gttl
grandeur with which to invest US whe
We have performed it. Who Of US care
to be seen assisting an old. woman wit
an overburden of unwashed clothes, q
blind man cropping behind whee
barrow. The fear Of ridicule is stronge
than the creed Of ages.-Detrott FIR
Press.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-03-03

Rsvolutioss come Of necessity. The
massss break only CALLING shains.- II was
zeal wrong that lee our fors-fashsss 10
rebellion. And 10 10 only cruel wrong that
10 gathering The moral forces of this na-
sisn for another and more desperate ssvoi-
uaion. II our fathers suffered . wrong,
We suffer . greater one. II they were
jussi6sd In breaking . British yoke thsir
children will Be- justified In grinding 10
powder that olisaschy that rules this na-
sioa - with rod Of iron. IL oss fathers
we're bousd with cords We are msnacled
With chains. Were they taxed 70 . point
pest ssdurancs? 30 are We. We're they taxed
without representation 30. through cot Of
greedy mooopolisss, arc We. The British
rulers put their stamp Of taxation on Q
few srsicles, and our fathers arose in wrath.
Our oppsessoss have put their tax on
all the products Of industry, and woe 10
the opprsssor whom the people aries in
shsir might. They boldly and success
fully dispsssd the right Of the Briton 10
taz them. We dispute the right Of fran
chissd monopoliss 70 draw the life blood
Of this nation. They resisted . hirslips
press and hirslins pulpit and vs do ths
same to-day. They fought monarchy and
oppression. We 6shs monopoly and leg.
Allied plundss. They, through the short
sighted policy Of Britain, we're driven "a
Try the efficacy Of the bullet, and IL will
not bs the fault Of the msssss II We Dc
NOT triumph through the power Of The
ballot Our fathers pstitionsd the throne
and their prayers we're tsssisd with scorn
We have pstitioasd for . redress of oul
wrongs and the halls OF congress hsv,
been virtually closed against us BY arbi
trasy and unjust rulings The messenger
Of our fathers asking relief, "wsre spurn
cd from the foot OF the throne" Oui
pleas for justice have been met ~ ridi
culs snd contempt. Our English neigh
bors claimed the right TO rule US, as
sacred prerogative which must not be in
fringed. A set Of soulless monopslist
claim the right 70 govern Us, and heal
up their millions out Of the bones snt
muscles Of the people ss q sacsed frsnchis
that no Legislature can disturb. Our ia
theirs demanded justice only, but tn
scornful reply Of British rulers force
them so demand independence. We ss
for Justice ere srrogantly pointed to
series Of unrighisous laws which the vii
ling tools Of opprsssors have enacted, an
are cody told that We must abide b
them. The time has come then, not sim
ply TO ssh for justice, but 70 demand Tbs
the power Of the oppEessos may be take
away. Esglish rulers pointing 70 th
wealth and power Of Britain, 70 the veal
mess and poverty Of our fathers. and
the rseesd, blood soldisss, scorr
I'd their patriotic efforts. And our raj
road hisgs to-day, looking ever thsi
vast accumulation. sod pointing 70 COW
srins judges. 70 lsgislasors and senator
hsvios pockets filed with the retainer
Of monopoly. ssh us with satanic CON
plscsncy. "whas ere you going 10 do abor
it3 Dol Ovsstusn, and stir the yer
oundatiou until the end il reached.
ELB.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-03-03
A Gigantic Sea.Worm.

The Duke of Sutherland has wisely
instituted at Dunrobin Castle, Golspie,
N. B., a museum, to which his tenants
send anything rare or remarkable dis
covered on the property. During the
past week his secretary, Mr.. Wright,
has kindly informed me of a most mar
velously interesting addition to the
aquaria of the museum. namely, a very
rare specimen of a gigantic sea-worm
caught among some sea wrack by some
Golspie. This remarkable worm, when
from eighty to ninety feet; he is capa-
much smaller length. He is as fiat as
ribbon, and only five or six lines in
width, of brown violet color and
smooth and shining like vanished
leather. Very little if anything is known
of the habits of this monster worm, ex-
cept that it turks under stones and the
hollow of rocks, where he coils himself
up into heap of knots, which he is in
cessantly loosening and tightening. He
has, however, the power of undoing his
knots and extending himself in a straight
line. In this way he swims, or rather
gndess tnrougn the water, prOpelI1ne
himself by means of fine cilin. When
he has found new domicile suited to
his purpose he coils himself up again
into knots. His long, dark-colored,
ribbon-like body is Terminated by Q
head which is of somewhat snake-1ike
appearance, only there is no forked
tongue nor teeth, poisonous or other
wise. The Dukes specimen is appar-
emily small one, between four and five
feet long, but perhaps the creature has
not uncoiled himself his whole length.
His scientific name is the 'sLineus Mari.
nus" There is a beautiful figure OF
him in the proceedings Of the Ray Soci.
ETY., 1873. The discovery Of this gigan.
tic sea-worm makes US all feel more
than ever how little we really know OF
the inhabitants of the mysterious depths
of the vast ocean.-Frdfak Batcklaiad, t,a
Land and Water.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-03-03

Professor Won Langenbeck, the
celebrated German surgeon, saved the
life of the Emperor when wounded by
an assassin aud II consequently adored
by tho Berlinesc, He attained his sev.
entieth year the other day, and was over.
whelmed by kilograms and addresses Of
congratulatlon from all parts of the En-.
pire, and by decorations from foreign
sovercigns.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-03-03

The richest men In Germany are the
Rothschilds Of Frankfort, Krupp OF rs.
SEN, and Bleichbroder Of Berlin; Prince
Bismarck IL also reokoned among the
millionaires. The number Of Prussian
millioAaires Ia only 1,195.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-03-03

"A ragged old tramp was arrested
station and subjected to the customary
search, he resisted furieusly. His rsa-
son was apparent whom $3.242 In bonds
and money was found sswed up In his
clothes.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-03-03

tons of the soothsayers will not be able
to darken the sky of 1S81.-N Y. Sun,
Dec 22
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-03-03

KEEP all the seeds saved in dark
place. Many kinds are injured by
dampness.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-03-03

"A woman who goes to church ts
show her ssalskin sacque is sscqus'
religious.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-03-03

There IL aothisg mere chilling to
an ardent lover than the BsauNiful's No.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-03-03

begin, II not to eliminate, in 1881. Be-
cause, as they say, the ravages of the
Black Death in the middle ages fol.
lowed the nearly coincident perihelia
Of four great planets, they predict SINH
lar consequences from the confguration
Of the planets now. But neither in their
premises nor their inferences does sci
enoe recognize any validity.
In truth, however, the astrologers,
not less than the astronomers and all
star gazers, will have plenty of phe-
nomena in the heavens to occupy their
attention for the next twelve months.
The sky will not present such brilliant
| pageants again this century. There will
be remarkable series of conjunctions,
and double and triple conjunctions.
The most interesting of these is the
great twenty-year conjunction of Jupiter
and Saturn in April. This conjunction
is one of the strongholds of the astrolo-
gers. As it occurs in the sign Taurus,
which they say rules Turkey and Ire.
land, they feel safe, on account of recent
occurrences, in predicting very mo-
mentous effects In those countries from
the conjunction. There will also bt
conjunctions OF Jupiter and Mars, Venus
and Jupiter, Saturn and Venus, and tht
isr-awsy giants Uranus and Neptune
will play part In this remarkable plane
tary leTee,
Venus will reach her greatest bright
ness In the spring, and will be SO bril-
liant as to be visible at MONDAY, He
delicate crescent will be favorite OBJ
ject in the amateur astronomers tele
scope, Saturn will open still wider it
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-07-28
i Young Man in Trouble.

Mr. 4. A. Carmichael, a young man from
JeEerson County, had purchased ticket,
and was Just about to take the II o'clock
train at this place yesterday, for trip
West He was intercepted, however, by
Mr. J. S. Monday, of Jefferson County,
who arrived on that train, armed with
warrant and accompanied by
constable J. A, Hickman. who,
with the assistance of Policeman
Nose Smith, arrested Carmichael on the
charge of false pretenses. The charge was
that Carmichael, who is a stock trader, had
purchased a horse from Monday, giving his
note, and representing that he had certain
real estate and property, which he was
found not to possess.
Carmichael was taken to the city hall, and
| being searched while there, pistol was
| found on his person.
He submitted the case for carrying
| weapons before Recorder White, and was
fined S25 and costs, making $27, which was
| paid. Carmichael was then taken, on the
afternoon train, to Jefferson County, to an
swer the charge brought against him there.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-07-28
Valuable improvements.

The Knoxville Foundry and Machine
Company are making some noticeable and
valuable improvements about the premises
of their establishment, which is one of the
most thriving and prosperous of Knoxville's
manufacturing enterprises. A brick build
ing is being erected, 40 by Is feet, in front
of the present buildings, and fronting di-
rectly on Hardee street. Messrs. Middleton
g. Weatherford are doing the brick work,
which will soon be completed This is to
be used as a cleaning room for the foundry
department
The company, in addition, have pur-
chased three lots on the south side of
Hardee street, which will be put to use in
the erection of other buildings, and for
whatever purpose the space needed. A
frame building stands on one of the lots
purchased from Mr.. Stephenson. This as
e learn, will be remodeled and fitted up,
and made use of for the Office. They have
also purchased all of the large
vacant space east of their foun-
dry building, extending to Morgan
street, and contemplate extending then
buildings, or rather erecting additional onef
in that direction. All this is made necessary
by the rapidly increasing business of tho
company, which compels an enlargement
of their quarters. We are glad to notice
such substantial signs of prosperity, and the
progress of such valuable Improvements.