The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-01-27
MISCELL

Women physicians are TO be admit
ted as members of the Ma ssachIse; t.
Medical Society
A Lewiston (Me.) man has trained
cat to catch squirrels. He takes the
animal in his arms. scouts about until
he sees squirrel in tree. and putting
.he cat up on the trunk, lets her 20.
The cat at once gives chase, capture
the squirrel AMI returns with il Ia heI
master.
"A man OF Northlield. C,an a fes
days ago, with suicidal intent, wiie |
into a pond until the wafer tou,.hed his
chin: no one made any frantic eiiJris to
save him, but on the contrary. some
bo1y told him where h. 80 I'd find
deeper water. After cons i,.'.ng the
matter and taking n drank ,r-..Ii :, bottle
which he hui with him IA ,....i,..h jnd 10
come ashore and po,tpone | his -a',.iie
until another time
The ease with which the h.-.iIimyuN
of ST. Lawrence Island IAN see 1" a
great distance aud the marreious way
in which news is transmitted fr IN the
most distant points il really wonderful.
4 native will deScribe. the dress aud ap-
pearance Of man who is Approaching :
at great distance. A whit. IN -. ,-y,.n
a sharp-eyed sailor. c..n ii-l mt< put
that il is a hnnrAn b rure. -. if tsis rii =
occurs on the coast IL piect. ii src,.H
comes ashore line full t,a I "a ar vii!
be known in a short tim. l.itl mics
from the place where il occurred. lf l.
n wonderful =, stem of fe,. IA ,ily one
native rushing of Ia pas the ti.ws to
another. aud thus .'re,irn . .n q. i-rcn -
over hundreds of mics of terra. ~, in n
single da,
tin a Recent SATURDAY, even ~ II lIIlu
stepped into II grocer, store III NOrtiI
anptOn. Mass with = u in'ilt. cos, aitl-
iDg pair %: boots. wiic't h. a:d down
for moment. Near bv w.r-- several
Holsters. which hal been done up for Il
LADY from urighbpring villa e. making
package similar in size b., Ii,e other
BY some cliince the owners e>cuanged
Dund es, and the gsT'l"n,a1. = t"r htv-
ing hearty reached nome, iuIlId his
. boots >nspiriOusly moist and took
them back to the sore. Bat the lady
went home. placed ;i;e surpassed lob
sterS on the ice in o.Gi..r to ;tep them
in good con iitiou for dinner and did
not q sewer the mistake until u-t be-
! fore dinner time.
There is an establishment in Bos
ton which bears the name of a Faith
Home, and is ia charge of one Dr. Cut
lis. who combines the practice of Ee-
c,Itiar ), stem of medicine with the labor.
Of an evangelist. 1t is sort of hospi-
tai, conducted as TO its finances OH the
plan of George Muller's famous orphan
age in England. Although DIR. Cullis
10 <f f,,r = h,
maintenance of his work. he makes il a
rule never to ask any of his fellow be-
ings for it. He simply prays to God.
and in answer to prayer receives all he
asks for. He has been engaged in thi.
strange method of carrying on business
for about fifteen years, and is much en-.
couraged, though he has sometimes been
in close straits.
The last census of the City of Lon
don proper was taken at night, and it
| showed population of but 20, 900 with
| in the city limits out of 100000 who in
habit the same territory by day. Upon
| the census night there happened to be
as lodgerS from agricultural districts in
| the city inn and hotels forty farmers,
| besides three farm bailitis and twenty
| three gardeners. 50 that in the ratio of
| agricui urists to area London City ap-
| pears us the cham Dion agricultural dis
tricl Of he Kingdom. II also appears
| that out of 5000 merchants who are by
day - something in the city," only $50
habiIu4llv sleep within the city bounds;
and that out of ). 900 brokers only thirty
three breakfast under the shadow of
! St. Paul'S.
A Tanner experiment WAS made