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The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-07-07
Science and Imagination.

Science can never extinguish the i'm
agination nor that thirst which human
nature feels for something more juicy
than facts are apt to be. think that as
long as the human race lasts, wonder
and delight in certain things which, per-
haps, are not useful, and which are GER
tainly not scientific, will be born into
the world with every child. Wonder,
which is the raw material of the imagina-
tion, will exist us long as the race exists.
do not believe that imaginative htera,
ture will ever become thing of the
past. Goethe, in the 'Walpurgis Nacht,
makes one of the characters say to the
wild shapes that are dancing around
him: You still there? Why, this is
something beyond belief. Disappear,
all of you. The light, so to speak, had
been let in, but the figures persisted
and would not disappear. James Rus
sell Los0eN.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-07-07

AConstantinople dispatch says the Court in
the cases Of the prisoners, Midhat Pasha, Nah
moud Pasha, Nouri Pasha, Ali Bey, Nedjib
Bey, Fahri Bey, Hadii Mehmer, Mustapha the
Wrestler, and Mustapha the Gardener, con-
victed of the murder of Abdul Aziz, passed
sentence Of death. Izzet Pasha and Zyda
Pasha, implicated in the murder, have each
been sentenced to ten years penal servitude.
The prisoners have eight days to appeal.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-07-07
COUNTRY CHRIS.
Up early in the morning,

Up early in the morning,
Just at the peep of day,
StrainiDg the milk in the dairy,
Turning the cows away
sweeping the floor in the kitchen,
Making the beds up stairs.
Washing the breakfast dishes,
busting the parlor chairs.
Brushing the crumbs from the pantry,
Hunting for eggs In the barn,
Cleaning the turnips for dinner,
Spinning the stocking yarn
Spreading the whitening linen
Down on the bushes below,
Ransacking every meadow
Where the strawberries grow.
Searching for " fxings" for Sunday,
Churning the snowy cream,
Rinsing the pals and strainer
Down in the running stream
Feeding the geese and turkeys,
Making the pumpkin pies,
jogging the little ones cradle,
Driving away the flies.
Grace in every motion,
Music in every tone,
Beauty in form and feature,
Thousands might coyet to own
Cheeks that rival spring roses,
Teeth the whitest of pearls.
One of these country maidens is worth
A score of your city girls.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-07-07

The estimates Of the Treasury Department
this year come out very nearly right. The es-
innate for the military was S41, ,OO0, 200, and
the expenditure falls s105, 900 short of it. Es-
innate for the navy was s15, 100000, and the
expenditures $500, 900 over the estimate. For
the Indians was $3.50, 900, and the expendi-
lures were $110,0 900 less. Pensions ran $780,
600 over the estimate, as is usual with this
branch of the public expenditures.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-07-07
The COryxiu Heard From.

A letter has been received at the Navy De-
partment from Capt. Hooper, of the revenue
steamer Corwin, at Ounalaska, in which the
route Of the vessel is marked out along sthe
northern coast Of Siberia. A sledge party will
be sent to the northwest from Cape Serse, to
look for the Jeanette.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-07-07
Vennor's PredIctious.

Prof. vennor, in q letter to the Canada pa
pers, written the latter part of June, predicted
that July would not widely differ from July of
1880, except in minor details. He said there
would be heavy rainfalls and considerable
thunder and lightning. Between the 10th and
18th it will be exceedingly hot, and about the
9th or 2sth q cool wave will occur, carrying
frosts into Canada.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-07-07

DIR. Peters, of the Litchfeld Observtory,
Hamilton College, New York, says the dark
line through the center of the comet is the
shadow Of the nucleus. He thinks this is the
comet seen by Lord Crawford, about thirteen
degrees from the sun, in Europe, June 9, and
on account of the position of the node it can
not be the comet of 1912, and still less that of
1907.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-07-07

Baron Magnus. late German Minister to Co
penhagen, has so brooded over the affair which
has caused his abrupt withdrawal from Copen-
hagen that he has become insane 1t will be
remembered that Baron Magnus was present
at the banquet given to Sarah Bernhardt who
cherishes deep anti-German feelings, and his
dismissal was in consequence of that incident.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-07-07
They met ON the stairs.
H~II4tp

"HelloI"
"Say, old boy, you are growing
mighty careless.
"How?"
"why, just now I found the door Of
your room wide open"
"That's all right. 1 haven't been
gone minute"
"Well, / knew you'd do the same by
me, and 80 I shut it"
"Thanks. The first time find your
door open, the spring-lock set to catch
and the keys on your desk III return the
favor. Please send me up burglar and
q crowbar as you go down"
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-07-07

The dead lock in the New York Legislature
stin continnes and the probabilities are that
SUCCESSORS to Conkling and Platt will not be
elected by the present Legislature. DR.. Mary
E. Walker has addressed letter to the Legis-
lature setting forth her claims for recognition
as candidate for the vacancy. She believes
she is peculiarly fitted, intellectually and
morally, for the position.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-07-07

Stephen Franklin, of Philadelphia, testified,
the other day, before Examiner Lovejoy, that
Emil Giro, the chief witness against Mrs.
Christiancy, was man of disreputable char
acter, whose performances had been the sub
ject Of an illustrated article in police papers of
New York, in 1879.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-07-07
They SffII DN H.

The Sanderson stage, running between Lake
City and Alamoza, Colorado, was stopped at
midnight by two masked highwaymen and the
passengers-ive men and one women-robbed
of between $500 and 5000. 1t is not known
how much they got from the mail and treasure
box Of the coach
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-07-07
Fatal PIeasura Trim.

A yachting party of seven, from New York,
on pleasure excursion up Long Island Sound,
were capsized and five of the number wer Q
drowned-four young men and one young
lady.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-07-07
France Sett,u< u.r,.,r D,.,,kea.

The irritation against France is spreading in
Spain. The French journals and authorities
are accused of concealing the fact that 1,700
spaniards perished in Oran, in the Arab raids,
and many Spanish refugees are arriving from
oran and Spain, demanding compensation for
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-07-07
Earthslide I'm swIa.erIand.

great earth-slip is in progress near Sigris-
wen, Canton of Berne, Switzerland, above the
Lake Of Thun. A stretch of land, on which
are meadows and houses, is gradually slipping
down toward the lake. Thirteen hundred
sheep, with their shepherds. have been over
whelmed by an avalanche near Bugels, Canton
Of Grisons.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-07-07

The President has appointed r. s. Foster q.
s. Marshal for the District of Indiana vice VIM.
W. Dudley, appointed Commissioner of PEN
sions, and Robert G.. Holley, of Vermont, U.
s. Consul to Barbados, uice W. II. Polleys,
suspended.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-07-07

A Constantinople correspondent, speaking Of
the trial Of the assassins of Abdul Aziz, says
that Immediately before the trial began, of the
persons concerned in the murder Of Abdul
Aziz, the President of the Court had long
private audience with the Sultan, and received
certain instructions as to how the proceedings
should be conducted. The correspondent
points to this NJ confirming the impression that
it was absurd to expect impartiality and indie
pendence In the Judges. Midhat Pasha con-
Quoted his defense with much spirit; and evil
IDENTIFY had the sympathy of some of the audi
ence. He asked that the Embassy Doctors
who examined the corpse of the Sultan, should
be called as witnesses, so that their reports
might be contrasted with those of the Palace
Physicians. The Court refused the request.
In reply to Midhat Pasha's request to be al
lowed to cross-exanine witnesses, the Court
intimated il any witness committed perjury it
rested with the Court to punish him hereafter.
Midhat Pasha replied, 1t would be Of little
practical advantage to him when in his grave.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-07-07

On the thirty-second day of his fast. Girls
com, the Chicago faster, weighed 163 pounds
q loss of 3416 pounds since the beginning Of
his fast.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-07-07
A Mime Accident.

A dispatch from Dortznund, Prussia, says
that an explosion occurred in the Luise Tiefbau
Colliery. Seventeen persons were killed and
five iniurad.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-07-07

Although Mr.. Edwin Booth has returned to
this country with his invalid wife, the New
York Post says there is absolutely no hope Of
her recoYery.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-07-07
4 swiss Village Rurue.,.

A village in the Valais, Switzerland, consist
ing of about 300 houses, has been entirely de-
stroyed by fire. One of the houses was set on
fire by lightning, and the flames, under a high
wind, rapidly spread to the whole village.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-07-07
Obituary.

Hon. Henry stanbury, formerly Attorney
General under Andrew johnson, and his life
long friend and defender in the impeachment
trial, died in New York City June rs, aged
sixty-one wears
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-07-07

Charles s. Martin, aged twenty-nine years,
confidential clerk to George W. Brown, Brook
lyn, was charged with defaulting to the amount
of o., 500. He protested his innocence but
without effect, and he went home and killed
himself.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-07-07

The number of post-ofices in the United
States, June 80, is A, 496 established during
the year, 1884; discontinued, LAOS; post
masters commissioned, 1O,441.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-07-07

Coinage at the mint in Philadelphia for the
fiscal year ending June 80: "a, ,7s6, All pieces,
valued at s59, $40, $50. Total gold, 1875, ,926
pieces, value, s49, 800 274; total silver, 9,174,-
$40 pieces, value, S9,125,966.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-07-07

General Grant says he will avoid newspaper
men hereafter, and that most of the matter re-
Gently published interviews with him was
untrue.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-07-07

A Geneva dispatch says Aarbury, a large
village Of the Canton of Berne, has been de-
stroyed by fire. Several of the inhabitants are
reported killed
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-07-07
LAW student at Cincinnati h

rendered deaf by smoking cigarettes and
blowing the smoke through his nose.
The nicotine collected ON the ear drum
and at first acted the same as the strings
ON the head Of snare drum, but finally
the drum was paralyzed, and now the
fellow can't hear anything but q request
10 take something.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-07-07

WHEN boy walks with q girl ss
though he were afraid some one would
see him, the girl is his sister. II he
walks SO close to her as to nearly crowd
her against the fence, she is the sister of
some one else.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-07-07

The German Postoffice uses postage
stamps whose colors can be Cancelled by
water. This prevents fraud, for as soon
rs the stamps are washed the color IL
pbiterated.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-07-07

Saturday Afternoon q Holiday
New York workmen are now agitating for q
half holiday ON Saturday.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-07-07

The man who is accused unjusty can
afford to maintain silence, but the man
who is Justly accused must make as great
pother as possible, in order to throw
people off the track.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-07-07

WE KNOW lady who never hurries
her dressmaker. She waits until all the
neighbors get through with her. This
lady, by the way, is the best posted on
village news of any person in town.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-07-07
Our Weafern Pets.

The Pahutes and Navajo Indians in Colorado
threaten very serious outbreak. number of
murders have already taken place.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-07-07
Enaerpri.e An Mexico.

The saloon-keepers of New York have form
cd Union for manufacturing their own beer.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-07-07

The record of the proceedings in the Whit
takdr Oourt-mArtial case covers 1900 pages Of
foolscap paper.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-07-07

President Garfield signed the commission Of
William H. Robertson, as Collector Of Customs
for the port of New York.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-07-07

Gen. Ord says that steady Improvement
has begun in all directions in Mexico
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-07-07

President Garfield will attend the unveiling
OF the Mcpherson statue at Clyde, Ohio, July
q
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-07-07

Eva schafer got caught in a cornsheler and
was ground to death.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-07-07

1t was Christmas eve, and Goskin, ac-
cording to his custom, had decorated
his gambling house with sprigsof NOUN
tain cedar, and . shrub whose crimson
berries did not seem bad imitation Of
English holly. The piano was covered
with evergreens, and all that was want
ing to completely fill the cup of Cos
kin's contentment was man to play that
piano.
''Christmas night and no piano pound.
er," he said. ''This is nice country
for Christian to live in.'
Getting piece of paper he scrawled
the words:
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-07-07
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Yellsw Feveu

Yellow fever is reported to be raging at Pam
anna.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-07-07

dare to make trial of his strength after
the rules of harmony had suffered SO
many years of neglect. So the fiddler
kept on with his jigs, and the greasy
Mexican paved his discordant guitar. but
no man had the nerve to touch that
piano. ,.-
There were doubtless scores of men
in the camp who would have given ten
ounces of gold dust to have been half an
hour alone with it, but every mans nerve
shrank from the jeers which the crowd
would shower upon him shoald his first
attempt prove failure. 1t got to be
generally understood that the hand
which first essayed to draw music from
the keys must not slouch it's work. -
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-07-07
Asiatic Cholera.

James Murrow, of Philadelphia, Past Grand
Master of Masons Of Pennsylvania, died last
week of malignant form of cholera, which
In its development, lasting scarcely eight
hours, betrayed all the symptoms of the most
contagious and fatal type of Asiatic cholera.
The purging and vomiting which had set in
early in the evening we're followed by the pecu-
liar rice water discharge, which, in the earliest
cases of Asiatic cholera, was regarded as the
destructive sign of tha disease. The breath
ing Of the patient was labored and the power
of articulation entirely gone, while an inces-
SAINT twitching in the muscles Of the limbs
were the only evidence at times of prolonged
consciousness. The suffering of the patient
was intense all through the night, and toward
O'Clock in the morning, death ensued from
exhaustion and without any visible struggle.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-07-07

Says Columbus (O.) dispatch of June 27
ssWon Koon, better known as Ben. Hope Lee,
Chinese laundryman, who has been in bust
ness here for several years past, was married
tonight to Miss Laura Cleary, an American
girl, of this city. The ceremony took place at
Western Chapel, in the presence Of about 100
guests, Rev. DIR. Hirst officiating. The bride
is the daughter of James Cleary, respectable
and well-to-do mechanic, who has resided here
for over thirty years. Won Koon is an exceed
ingly thrifty laundryman, who has bank ac-
count Of several thousand dollars and other
property, s'alee samee likee Mclean man. At
the wedding tonight his bride received from
him as wedding present handsome cluster
diamond ring. Jow Hong, another Chinaman,
presented the bride with a set of diamond ear
rings and pair Of gold bracelets. After the
wedding banquet was served, at which about
fifty guests were present, and at which some
rare old Chinese viands figured among the
chief luxuries."
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-07-07

To a Compliant Pianer Player.
The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1881-06-25
Words of Thanks.

Capt. and Mrs. p. johnson and Mrs.
Lizzie johnson, wife of deceased, desire
US to express their heartfelt thank
fulness to the many ladies and gentle
men of Astoria, old time friends and
citizens, as sell rs TO the fraternity Of
Odd Fellows, for kindness and SYM
pathy in tie late sorrogs incident To
the sickness, death and burial of Mr..
Benz. johnson it is a great consola-
ton to family, stricken as has been
the family of cur friends Mr.. and
Mrs. johnson, in such Affections as
this, to feel the cords of sympathy
so strong as they have felt upon this
occasion. a loving son, an affection
ate husband and brother, bids
the world adien. Many were
the sorroWing hearts that coll
gregated to pay their last sad re-
spects ON the day Of the burial OF that
son, and all respond To the wish that
the flowers that surround hIs bed
shall flourish. That the earliest buds
Of spring unfold their blossoms there;
and that natures choiresters, the
charming wild birds Of his native
Oregon, which he loved 50 well, may
chant their sweetest melodies over
his lowly resting place. Death is the
common fate Of all. and Is too fire.
quent an incident 10 justify more
than the briefest mention, bnt in this
case, where similar sorrows have so
often visited the same home, in the
brief space of eight years, all hearts
turn in sympathy, and we offer these
feeble words Of consolation in connec-
tion with the thanks of the bereayed
ones, 10 all who offered them comfort
ing attentions.
The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1881-06-25
Letters From the People.
The NrhaIeIn Enad.

MIsHAwAKA, June lSth.-The
people of Nehalem valley think, in
regard TO the Klaskanie road and
Mr.. W. H. GRAY, that we have got
the right man at the bellows now.
Mr.. Gray Is the very-man that we
want. He has done splendid
work, and we believe that he will
continue to do the same. If the
people will give him a fair chance.
We hope that the county, or the
citizens Of Astoria, will take him
up at his offer and give him $3.50
to complete the road 20 the Wal
luska. Mr.. GRAY Is deeply inter
ested in the road, as well as any OF
US. and will do what he says hc
will. We are greatly in need of a
road from Astoria To klaskanie. so
that we can drive stock TO that
market. We hope that the County
court will not hesitate in giving
Mr.. Gray the power to make that
change that he spoke about in his
letter In The AsroRIAN. Yours,
respectfully, j. {. PoTE.
The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1881-06-25
Peruvian BitferS.
CinchOna Rubra.


The Count CinchOn was the Spanish
Niceroy i'm Peru IN 1870. The Countess,
his wife. was Frustrated by an intcTmit-
tent fever. from which she was freed 10y
the use Of The native remedy. the PERU
Wan bark. or. as il vas called in the
language 0f the country, ~Qninquina.
Grateful for her recovery, on her return
tO Europe iI 1tri2, she introduced the
remedy i'm Spain. where il was known
under various names, until I.innRuS
called IL CinchOna. i'm honor of the lady
who had brought them That which was
more prcciOuS than the gold Of the lncaS.
To this day. after a lapse of Two hun
dred and fifty years, science has given
uS nothing to take IFS place. Ii effectu-
ally cures 4 morbid appetite for Stimu-
lantS. by restoring the natural tone OF
the stomach. ID attacks excessive love
of liquor aS il does a fever, and destroys
both alike. The powerful tonic virtue
Of the CinchOna i preserved in the
Peruvian BittcrS. which are a. effective
against malarial fever To-day aS they
were in the days of the old Spanish
NiccrOyS We guarantee the ingrcdi-
EMS of these bittcrS 10 bc absolutely
pure. and of the best known quality.
4 trial Will satisfy YOU that This i the
best bitter in the world. The proof Oi
the pudding i i'm the eating and we
willingly abide this test. For sale 10y
all druggists. grOcerS and liquor dealers
Order IT,
The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1881-06-25

The damage done by fire in the
grain fields of California on the
22d, is variously estimated AT from
$4,000 TO $4,000. The losers
being renters, lose about all they
are worth. Another large fire
started near Drytown on the 23d,
which spread rapidly. At one
time the town was in great dan
ger, but the fire was finally sub
dued.
The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1881-06-25
The Central HeteI.

One of the finest. clcanest and best
kept hotels i'm Astoria, situated near the
steamer landing. with first class, airy
rooms. good board and very reasonable
rates. Bar and billiard rooms. The
best of wines and liquors, and an excel
lent glass of san Francisco beer.
ANTON BIELOH, Proprietor.
The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1881-06-25
The Weekly AsIOrIan

Is a mammoth sheet, nearly double
the size of the Daily. Ii is just the pa
per for the fireside. containing in addi-
ton TO all the current news. choice mis-
cellany, agricultural matter, market re-
ports, etc. 1t is furnished 10 single sub
scribers at - 90 per year in advance.
a limited numDer Of small adyer-
tiSementS inserted al established rates.
The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1881-06-25

Mr.. VIM. Burnell, formerly of
the United States engineers Office,
Portland, is now in the commission
business with Mr.. John M. Leavens,
under the firm name of VIM. Burnell
& Co. They are young men and have
the pluck, tact and sense to build up
a good trade in -four, grain, etc.
The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1881-06-25
THE CITY.

THE DAILY AsToRIAN ICU Dc sent bB
mail at - cents a month. trccof postage. Read
ers iUhO contemplate absence from The city can
haze THE AsTORIAN JOII0lU them, DAILY
or WEEKLY editions 10 any p0St-Oficc lrith-
Ouf additional erpenSe. Addresses may be
eaGRged as often as desired. LeGe orders at
the counting room.
The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1881-06-25
Attention 70 Beer Drinkers.

The celebrated san Francisco Ma
tiOnal Beer. Max Wagner agent. is away
ahead. The men who appreciate and
are we'll pleased To furnish il for their
customers are Mr.. Beiloh and Mr.. Louis
MalOt i'm Astoria. and Mr.. W. W. Ward
and w. b. Hayden in IlwacO. And
don't take the horse shoe away from
fbpir doors
The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1881-06-25
wiIIIamsport Property

Great bargains are now offered in the
city Of WilliamSpOu Tor amy persons
wishing io locate from one lui To live
acres. II j. well adapted for gardens.
dairy ranches or pleasant homes: we'll
elevated. situated one mile south Of
Astoria on NOungS hay. with 4 good
graded road 10 the place. For further
information call n: nay residence near
the cemetery. .IOHN WILLIAMSON.