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where to Plant Trees.

On nearly every farm of considerable
size there are tracts Of land on which the
owner is compelled to pay taxes,
but from which he derives little or no
revenue. The soil may be too broken,
rocky or dry for the purpose Of produc-
ing ordinary cultivated crops. It is hard
to plow, harrow or cultivate, and, when
all the work is performed under extreme
difficulties, the product is small. II
sown TO grass it can only be used for
pasture. Sometimes there is land ON
the banks Of lakes, streams or gullies
that cannot be plowed or cultivated with
advantage. Land constituted or situat-
ed like the above can be devoted to for
est trees with fair prospect of deriving q
revenue from them in q near or distant
future. Trees generally grow better on
the banks Of lakes, streams, or gullies
than in most other places, 40 there Is ex-
cellent drainage, while there is common
ly a supply of water within reach of the
roots at all seasons Of the year. The
roots are of value to the soil In prevent
ing il from washing away.
A fair amount Of forest trees on .
farm improves its appearance and adds
10 its value. Some shade is desirable
for beasts ns well as men. In selecting
trees to plant forest or grove, it il gem
orally best to give preference TO such
ss are indigenous to the section Of the
country where they are set out. Their
adaptability TO the soil and climate has
been shozn, and it is generally easy 70
procure q supply of them at . small
cost. For high, broken and rocky land
there is nothing better than oak, walnut
and hickory trees. They are stately,
hardy and beautiful in all stages of their
growth They are easily propagated
from seed by planting them in the
places where the trees are desired. They
require little cultivation and little prun-
ing. They viii ordinarily pay for the
use of the land they occupy by the nuts
they produce. The Wild cherry and
ash-leaved maple grow we'll in most
parts of the West, and are useful % well
a. ornamental trees. The numerous va,
rieties of ash, the elm and basswood dc
best on land that In quite rich and ct ths
sams time moderately moist Oar,
should be taken not TO plant trees tha
are liable TO be infested by inssots.-
Chicago Times.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-08-25
Table Manners.

~ Nothing is so important oin the train
ing of q family Of children (after teach
ing them reverence and to tell the TRUTH,
as ito give them good table manners,
says an article in Harper's Bazdr, from
which are taken these extracts : Il is
said by foreigners to be great national
defect with us Americans. We do not,
as nation, scomport ourselves well at
the table. In the first place, we eat too
fast, and are apt to make noise over
our soup. Well bred people put their
soup into their mouths without sound,
lifting up their spoon slowly. thinking
about it, and managing to swallow il
noiselessly. LIN the second place, we are
accused of chewing our food with the
mouth open, and of putting too much
in the mouth at once. Again, we are
accused, particularly at railway stations
and at hotels, of putting our heads in
our plates, and of eating with the knife
instead of with the fork. Some people
eat instinctively and with great elegance;
some never achieve elegance in these
minor matters, but all should strive for
it. There is no more repulsive object
than a person who eats noisily, grossly,
inelegantly. DIR. johnson is remembered
for his brutal waysof eating almost as
much as for his great learning and
| genius. With him it was selfish preoc-
cupation. Fish and FRUIT are eaten with
silver knives and forks; or, if silver fish
knives are not provided, q piece Of bread
can be held in the left hand. Fish cor
rodes O. steel knive.s Never tilt q soup
plate for the last drop, or scrape your
plate clean, or drain your wine-glass to
the dregs. Leave something for "man-
ners "a good old rule. A part Of table
manners should be the conversation. By
mutual consent, every one should bring
only the best that is in him to the table.
There should be the greatest care taken
in the family circle to talk of only agree
able topics at meals. The mutual for
bearance which prompts the reat dress,
the respectful bearing, the delicate habit
of eating, the attention to table etiquette,
should also make the mind put ON its
best dress, and the effort Of any one at Q
meal should be to make himself or her
self as agreeable as possible. No one
should show any haste in being helped,
any displeasure at being left until the
last. It is always proper at an informal
meal to ask for o second cut, to say that
rare or underdone beef is more to your
taste than the more cooked portions, to
ask for another glass of champagne or
sherry. But one never asks twice for
soup or fish; one is rarely helped twice
at dessert. These dishes, also salad, are
supposed to admit of but one helping.
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5 C'tAh- there he In, lad,' atrthe plcw; .d q =
~ - He beats the boys for work, e
And whatsoe'er the tnsk mightsbe $40 ia
~ = None eyaf saw hiif -ahirk.
= And heiean laugh, 10, TIL his eyee q =
s. Is Run3 srl with minhful tears, Lts
And sing full many an old-tinae song
In spite of seventy years.
Tias ss4sod ornihg. friends; I'll. taelv. o'caeck;
Time for ahaif-hegr's rest"
II -. And ate it with q zest> =, ..-.- -
Hharder task It is" he sid,
t , ~Than following hp thcse steea 80
- s0f mending fences, far, for1A6 $50 Assn
- = 40 feslny seventy yarsesss ;asSaII
"You ask me why feel so yeIng, u gae
--r I'm sure, friends, ] can't tell, ,,1-r
But think it is my good wife's fault -. -. :.
Who's kept me up 50 well; ss'
For women such rs she are scarce stf1 ioi
In this poor vale of tears; A9g15gfIi
VI She's given me love and hope andlAtfanDthO
~ a98sF For more than forty years 2 isslGJ
q, asa Aaa s ~ Roy Boy. hsss N asss ssa
sss 1AsMr &sithey have tuffess * = hse--at,
- And that thing warns an old mans blood, ss
- /" 5ll And helps him up and on. lis5I4t's3 e3i
My girls have never caused arang, 81 fsa-aI
--,- Or raised up anxious fears; b.'.a.sss..
II Then wonder not that feel young 80 r.'
- And hale at seventy years. agsl
o "Why don't my good boys do my work ., Ed
Il 80 And let me sit and Test? t.rsssf5 "a
H. Ah! friends, that wouldn't do for me;
ly.5 1 like my own way best. s=lu 81 fErfI
sa They have their duty; have mine, l,-,tl
r And, till the end appears, a. s.-r,- +.
E. I mean to smell the soil, my friends," ~ i
GO Said the man of seventy years. ozo 81.
lH4. -t.f ssFF & frr
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-08-25
Sudden TrausifiOn.

Ed. Reines, q negro, some days ago COM
mitted an assault upon Miss Dora Langston,
of Graves County, Ky.,> and made good his
escape for the timebeing. He was pursued,
however, by body of men who were deter
mined to lynch him if captured. Reines was
finally arrested by the authorities in the low
lands Of Ballard County, who started to Graves
County Jail with him. They were met on the
way by mob who immediately took possession
Of the prisoner and lynched him.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-08-25
A Productive Battle Ground.

Hundreds and thousands Of old SOL
diers, both Confederate and Federal, will
remember Missionory Ridge, near Chat
tanooga. It the site of one Of the most
decisive battles of the war-ragged,
rocky, steep, poor in soil as any part OF
the table land, and was until recently
regarded as worthless. For what pur-
pose men held it was not known by
themselves or anybody else. Three or
four years ago its lands would not bring
over SO to 81 an acre. Now the ridge
is covered with orchards, and the profits
are such that no land can be bought for
less than $40 or $50 an acre. It is thus
old ideas give way before new conditions
and new infusions of brains and energy.
.--.S1nd01nh Mems
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Conkltng,s Resrct..

A New York reporter, on the 18th inst, held
an interview with ex-senator Conkliny respect
ing the wounded President, during which Mr..
Conkling took occasion to say: "The more I
think of this fearful tragedy the firmer / am
convinced that our country is passing through
a dangerous crisis, and that Mr.. Garfeld's
death would be one of the most unfortunate
things that could happen to it. / do not in
tend to lesve the city, should the President
grow worse, unless it should be to offer my
services to the bereaved family"
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-08-25

/ A cablegram from Zermatt, Switzerland, an
nounces the serious injury few days ago of
Professor Gilbert, tutor of Indiana University,
Bloomington, Indiana, while ascending the
Matterhorn. He was struck on the head and
knocked insensibie by a dislodged rock. The
party with him-five American tourists
apprehensive that should he collapse before
their arrival at hut, which was some distance
away, they would be frozen to death before
succor could be obtained. They however sue
ceeded in reaching the hut in safety.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-08-25
A Fieudiah Butchery,

A horrible triple murder is reported from
Terrell County, near Dawson, Georgia. Frank
Hudson, a young negro, went to the house Of
David Lee, and getting him away from the
house on the pretext that his fences were burn
ing, murdered him with an ak. He then re-
turned and asked Mrs. Lee for some supper.
She told him they had eaten supper, whereupon
he raised an az he carried in his hand and split
her head open, killing her instantly. He then
assaulted the two negro servant girls, killing
one of them and leaving the other for dead,
after which he ransacked the house and carried
sway $500 in money. As soon as the girl
whom he failed TO kill recovered her senses.
abe raised an alarm, and posse started in pur.
suit Of the wretch.
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Crime Goes Unpunished.

Is it any wonder that murderers are becom-
ing 80 bold? few days ago, near Monroe
City, Illinois, Luke Mosby assassinated man
named Lawson Hewitt, and surrendering him
self, upon preliminary examination, was dis
charged. The murder, q correspondent says,
was the most brutal and unprovoked ever
heard of, but Mosby was cleared because the
inhabitants Of that community were his
friends.
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Capt. Howgate I'm Trouble.

Capt. Henry w. Howgate, late of the Signal
Service, was arrested few days ago at Mount
Clemens, Michigan, by United States Marshal
Matthews, on a charge of embezzling from the
Government while In the Signal Service. The
amount is alleged to be $50, 900 and upward.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-08-25

A. d. wheelock, the confidence clerk Of J. O.
walcott a. Co., New York, who disappeared
with s55,000, was captured on the steamship
Neckr, on which he had sailed, before it
reached England, and is now at Southampton
Jail where he Is held to await evidence of his
crime from America.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-08-25

Csnta.ueA Outr.ses ~ the APaches.
The Apaches have swooped down on small
Mexican village eighteen miles from Rio Purco,
. point on the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad,
and murdered twenty-seven out Of twenty nine
Inhabitants. The two Mexicians who made
good their escape were nearly exhausted when
they reached the railroad, and had their horses
shot from under them before getting out Of
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-08-25
Advnncepen,. OF Science.

The Association for the Advancement Of
Science began their thirteenth annual meeting
at Cincinnati on the 18th, with Prof. Brush, Of
Yale College, in the chair. Gov. J. D. Cox
delivered the address of welcome, and the
association proceeded at once to business.
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TN, Pressa.-ss. v,t.I,,y.

Speaking Of the wounded President, one Of
his attendants a few days ago said " Contrary
to the general impression regarding the Presi-
dents extreme debility, he has, without ques-
ton, great deal Of vitality yet, and can not
justly be said to be extremely feeble.'
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-08-25
The Extradisiou OF Assassins.

At the International Law Conference at Co
logne, David Dudley Field introduced resolu-
ton to the effect that it is desirable that, in an
extradition treaty where political crimes are ex-
cepted, the provision be inserted that neither
assassination nor attempted assassination, as a
means of effecting change Of government or
redress OF grievances, shall be deemed po-
litical crime within the meaning of the treaty,
and that the privilege of asylum be denied the
perpetrators of any such crime. Mr.. Field
said it was the feeling among Americans that
assassination should be stamped out. Several
delegations supported the resolution, which
was carried by acclamation.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-08-25
The Demand for Labor.

No m an need now to be without work. The
demand in the West and Southwest for labor
ers of almost every description, is greater than
the supply. The orders ON Castle Garden, for
immigrant labor, although immigrants are
pouring in by the thousands, cannot be sup
piled. Able-bodied men who may now be
travelling about the country with the complaint
that they can't get work, are constitutional
dead-beats
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BufcherfeA

Some time ago the Mexicans had lot of cat
tie stolen, and it appears, made them very
angry. few days ago, meeting party of
Americans from Tombstone, Arizona, near the
Mexican border, the Mexican killed them In re-
prisal for the theft. 6a3gRla ,..a.1- - e. ina
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-08-25
A Great Powder Explosion.

Twenty-one lives were lost and thirty per-
sons wounded by the powder explosion at Mar
melon, Mexico. Reynaud and Louis Schinick-
ers, owners Of the powder which exploded, de-
stroying also two blocks and o half dozen
buildings, have been arrested.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-08-25

Awsuhhs @ahfsf GATED that 4 bomb has
been found near the jail where! !Guiteau is con-
fined, placed there for thel purpose of blowing
up the police van In which Guiteau win leave
the jail for the eourt-room-,z asre sssrrs-,., 4
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-08-25

Three-fourths Of the town of Yule, British
Columbia, was destroyed by fire last week, en-
failing loas estimated at 100000 to 44O0, ,0o0.
The fre originated in the room Of q drunken
man in the Caledonia Hotel, who 1t ID pre-
sumed, was consumed In the flames.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-08-25

A volanic eruption has occurred in the noun
tains south Of the South Fork of Clearwater,
Idaho, the FIRE and smoke being thrown several
hundred feet into the air. The shock was felt
q distance of seventy-fve miles. Smoke con-
tinues to issue from the opening, but no one
has attempted TO approach 1t. .
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-08-25

A fire originating in Wendover's stable, Lex
ington, Kyy destroyed the whole block of
buildings between the corner of Short and
Broadway streets. Logs, s15o,Ooo. Y i'.i.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-08-25

II is now estimated that the loss at New Ulm,
Minn., by the tornado, will reach %, ,000, 900.
The Germans in New York are raising sub
scription 10 aid the sufferers. Aru-- .i.z
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-08-25

The crops may be pretty good, according to
the Agricultural Department, at Washington,
but prices are going up like a kite, any how.
Kites 60 high.
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Gone to the Kingdom Come.

At Crooked Pond, near Falmouth, Mass, the
Rev. Mr.. Fairly, Congregational minister,
backed his vehicle into the water and proceeded
TO fish. While jerking out fish he lost his
balance, fell into the water, and that was the
last Of him. He drowned.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-08-25

CAN any body tell us why . woman,
emerging from q crowded car, always
makes believe she is going 10 get out at
one side Of the platform, until two or
three men have jumped of in the mud,
and then steps off at the other side +?
She always does it; and we want to know
the reason why.
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a Co.y,cs,pe Clrc.m,t.nee.

Investigation into the cause OF the death of
Miss Jennie Cramer, Of New Haven, who was
found drowned, is developing some startling
facts. Miss Clements alias Blanche Douglass,
the fast woman from New York, was offered
money to escape to Europe. Miss Clements
statement at former hearing that the last
seen of Miss Cramer was at noon on the day
prior to the finding of her dead body, is. also
exploded. 1t is testified to that Miss Clements
alias Blanche Douglass, and Miss Cramer were
seen together near the river in the evening,
talking and laughing, and that they were being
followed and watched by three men, two Of
them the Mallery brothers.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-08-25

The Sioux delegates at Washington, in con-
ference with Secretary Kirkwood, have agreed
to give the Poncas the 25, 900 acres they need
for o reservation.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-08-25
A uOther Comet

A. NJ. Hinston, of Galveston, Texas, has
discovered anothes comet. 1t is in constellation
Ursa Major, and is visible through small
telescope.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-08-25

II is now stated that the number of persons
killed by the collapse of tier of seats at the
Spanish bull fight, at Marseilles, was twenty
seven and the injured number BOG. m 4
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-08-25

McGill, the guard whom Guiteau attacked in
his cell Just as if he we're going to kill him, is
an Ohio man. He used to be in the real es-
tate business at Cincinnati.
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5frnngleA 20 Death.

Charles Stockley was strangled to death in
the presence of a large audience at Batavia,
New York, on the 18th inst, for the murder,
the 9th of April last, of John Walker, for
whom he was working as farm hand. Stockley
desired to marry Walkers sixteen-year-old
daughter, who rejected him, and because
Walker would not compel the girl to marry
him, he shot him down while in his field at
work without word of warning.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-08-25

Leo Hartmann, the Russian Nihilist, re-
aounces his allegiance to the Czar and an
nounces his determination to become an Ameri-
can citizen He further says that by lecturing
and contributions to newspapers he proposes to
convert the American people to his idea-that it
ia right to kill Gar. He is Of the opinion
that the t<oublesin Russia are less understood
in America than i'm any other country ON the
0lobe. 8. -
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The Herald. Crits~rsm.

Recert events in the Presidents condition, it
would seem, justifes the severe criticism of the
New York Herald relating to his medical treat
ment
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-08-25

A Dispatch from San Antonio, Texas, says
an unsuccessful attempt was made to wreck an
excursion train having on board five hundred
and fifty men, women and children, by laying
ties acrosss the track. The train was going at
the rate Of thirty miles an hour The engine
struck the ties, which were thrown from the
track, badly bruising five men who we're riding
on the cow-oatcher.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-08-25

During the progress Of buQ fight at Mar
settles, several tiers Of seats gave way, killing
twelve persons and injuring one hundred and
hftv
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-08-25
uere~ . Ch.u-. for renaer-re.a,

There is considerable excitement over the
rish finds Of gold in the Wichita Mountains,
ten miles west of Fort Sill, Indian Territory.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-08-25

"TIL rrise your wages," said the
thisf TO the workingmap when he lifted
his last weeks pay. from -his pocket and
skipped out with is'-s~"'e"0i''e Her
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-08-25

Rev. DIR. TA11xAoE said that mod
ern young ladies' were not the daughters
Of Shem and Ham. -bnt the daughters of
Hem and sham !. 4 rssr !, 49,,
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Rich depa sits Of silver have been discovered
in Indian II rritory. ga.
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Suspected Murderers Held.

Jennie Cramer, regarded as the most beauti-
full and accomplished young lady in New
Haven, Connecticut, on the 9Th of August,
was found in the river drowned, and at the
time it was supposed she had committed suicide.
She had spent the night of August away
from home-at the hotel she averred-but as
the evidence shows, she did not sleep at the
hotel, but at the house of her suitor, James
Mallery, the son of wealthy merchant. The
senior Mallerys were away from home, and .
brother of James, in the company of Miss
Clements, from New York, who is of bad re-
pute, also spent the night in the Mallery
mansion. For this her mother chided her, and
virtually drove her from home on the following
day (the 5th). As stated, on the 9Th she was
found drowned, and it was thought at the time
that she committed suicide, but evidence sufi-
cient has been developed to cause the arrest Of
the Mallery brothers and Miss Clements. It is
thought that the four again spent the night Of
the 5th at the Mallery house, and that during
the night, while Miss Cramer was perhaps
lamenting her plight and despairing of the
future she was strangled by her seducer and
taken and thrown into the water, where she was
found upon the following day. Her features
were considerably discolored when found, which
effect the water would produce had she lain in
it twenty-four hours, but she could not have
been in the water that long. That accused will
be held to answer to the Grand Jury.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-08-25

II Is stated that 400 Orangemen have enlisted
TO reap the crops in the "Boycotted district
in Ireland. a-''" @-7ii4 -
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-08-25

Nathan Prettyman, Of St Louis, objected to
attentions psid his daughter by Charles W.
Curry, whersupon the latter tnockea him down
and jumped On him to such an exfsnt that he
died. ;r-< & <<--G
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H. win Re one Of Us.

fellows knew how to Do up libusiness in that
sort of style. Ohio men, syoeknow. as
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-08-25
npbaeco In virginia.
The Boyc~rttess Distric1.

The tobacco aop in Virginia this year win b
greatly below the average. '' a" -
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IsvoIanfary Asessae.-ssz.--z-

Four persons were killed By the explosion Of
nitro-slycerine, at Gunnison City, Colorado,
the 10th inst.
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reach of the Indians. 1t appears that TIE
Apachcs completely surrounded the villag&
thus making escape for the doomed inhabit4hf
impossible. The track of the Indians throlH
the wilderness is continually marked with Iiil!l
der and bloodshed. and the justly indignsht
citizens of that country demand that the Gov
ernment put large force of troops n the nead
Immediately, and wipe entirely out IL existence
the red devils who are committing such terrible
slaughter and atrocities among the whites and
Mexicians. . 9f ss' f'-.s'fs5ssi- %s'a =