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The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-04-07
Rich and Ignorant.

1t is the fashion among people who
have nothing but money to recommend
them, to affect artistic and literary
tastes, and the consequences are some
times direful. As an example, take the
following story, which comes to us from
one of our large cities. There is So
cial Art Club in that city whose mem
bers are supposed to know such subjects
as architecture, painting, sculpture,
house decoration, lace, etc, from their
foundations in eternal truth to their
topmost heights of poetic significance.
Into this club, however, have crept
some rich, fashionable people. One of
these, not long since, demanded of his
friend over the dinner-table:
flames, whats the meaning of this
new word that is in everybody's mouth
aesthetic P''
James, thoughtfully, Ah-really,
ah, don't know. Not a new dance,
eh?'
"No, not that, l think
'.Send William for the dictionary -
William is sent, but the dictionary is
mislaid. Another member enters, and
they appeal to him.
Frank, we're little bothered
What's the meaning OF the word
esthetic'?''
Frank, after moments grave reliec.
ton, "Esthetic - 'thetic2 Pom my
word, I-oh, l see! You don't pro
nounce it right! The accent should bt
on the first syllable aesthetic. il
means person who does not believe in
the existence OF a Godn'
Another story which is vouched fol-
as true is told of one of the leaders OF
the literary world who was present at q
reception one evening where friend
arrived late, who apologized for hi
tardiness by saying that he had been tC
hear Emerson lecture.
Emerson? What Emerson?"
Ralph Waldo.'
"Oh, yes, | remember. He is moi
much of success. He is never called
upon by any of the old families in the
| CITY when he is here"
In justice to the city mentioned, how
| ever, be it said that there are many
students OF Emerson there, and peopl
who have learned the meaning of tn
word aesthetic .by heart" and proba
bly, as far as decorative art is con
cerned, have learned it by pocket, too
not wisely, but too we'll. YOUTHS Com
| DaniOR. . Bar.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-04-07
The WrOng Parrot.

1t may be possible for man to have
anything to do with a parrot and main
tain his reputation as a gentleman, but
Mr. Ragbag doubts it. Ragbag is en-
gagged to a young lady at the South
End, and at Christmas time proposed
to present to her little brother one of
those birds. He explained to his pros
pective mother-in-law that it would be
perfectly safe for the child to have the
bird, as it was q very moral parrot. He
stated that ne got the bird when very
young and had brought it up himself,
and nobody but him had been allowed
to 90 near the fowl; so he was sure the
bird would not indulge in profanity, for
of course he never did, him self, and SO
how could the bird know any? The
gift being approved, Ragbag took the
parrot down to a bird store to get new
cage for it. There was none that just
suited, and he had to leave the parrot
for couple of hours while a cage was
fixed. When he went for it. they by
some mistake gave him parrot OF the
same breed and looking just like his
own, but not the same parrot by long
way. 1t was a bird that had belonged
to Ma jor Dash. who was not only very
profane man but a great masher. Rag
bag sent the bird to his sweetheart S
house. The next day he called. Her
father and big brother met him. His
reception was warm if not cordial.
After they had thrashed the lite half out
OF him, his mother-in law that was to
be bounced into the hall where the Cir
Gus had taken place, and gave him a
tongue lashing as the most prOfane vii
lain and worst tiirt in the nation. She
wanted to know who Estelle, and Leo
nora, and Theodosia were, and, When
! he swore he didn't know, the old man
and big brother sailed in on him again
| and threw him out of the house. And
when he got home, nearly dead, he
found all his letters and presents to his
| girl, together with the parrot, returned,
and notification that the engagement
! was off. And few minutes after the
| owner of the bird store came in to tell
Ragbag that the birds had got trans
posed, and Major Dash was wild be-
cause they had sent him a bird that
wouldn't swear. Ragbag saw it all.
He assaulted the bird man and after
beating him, made him 90 up to the
girls house and explain. That fixed
brother have apologized to Ragbag, and
the girl has cried with her head on his
shoulder and said she never would dis.
trust him again. But Ragbag won't be
happy till he gets some of the bruises
healed up and he has wrung his poor
innocent parrots neck, and swears he'l
kill anyone who mentions the breed o1
| birds to him.-B0StO71 Post.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-04-07

Hammer out your gold shirt-but-
ton and try to pass it for one dollar.
Why can't you not do it? 1t is gold
and is it not money? You fail to pass
the piece as one dollas. Now take it
to the government mint, get it stamp
ed as one dollar. 1t passes. Why?
Not because it IS gold, but because the
government has placed us dollar mark
on the piece. Now take n piece of
silk paper, cut it the size of a dollar
bill. Pass it for ore dollar if you can.
Aaing you fall. Hand the piece OF
paper t. the proper treasury official at
Washington. He passes it through
the usual process and hands it back
bearing the government stamp of one
dollar. Now try to pass it. 1t goes
readily. Why? Not because it is
the kind Of paper out Of which the
government makes dollars, but be-
cause it bears the dollar mark of the
government. You therefore have 9
a gold dollar and paper dollar, be
cause the government has said so.-
indianapolis Sun.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-04-07
Cheap Goods.

Do not buy cheap clothing; it is not
an economical plan. A strong. ine-
textured. well-made article will out
wear at least three Of poor material,
and il does not really cost as much,
consider NJ the amount of wear, to say
nothing OF the shabby appearance Of
faded cloth--the vexation of having the
garments continually breaking to
pieces, the necessity of daily repairs,
with the unsafe feeling when one steps
"A little h gh, or puts on an unusual
ttrain. A scarcity OF means is the gen
eral excuse for buying such goods as
this, and we know II is harl one to
meet. But it is better g make
the old coat last little longer,
and put all the money into the
rest of the suit, and when The
money one will soon have to end 10 SUP
ply another cheap suit Is Mt hand, get q
good coat. As wise and economical
rule. one should never purchase any
thing but a good article. The care oi
clothing is a very important matter. 1t
makes great difference in the looks
and wear of hat or cont whether it is
thrown down on the lounge or chair
when taken off, or carefully hung up.
Properly brushing and cleaning clothes,
and nlending them as soon rs required,
rather than waiting until the threads
rayel out, or the tear has grown toe
large to be neatly repaired, add greatly
to their durability. .-EIchan9e.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-04-07

1t is understood that a bill will be
introduced in the next Congress, with
the approval Of the President, to
change the form of government Of
Utah, as n foundation for the radical
reforms for which he has declared.
The bill will abolish the present form
Of appointment of governor and judge,
and will provide commission of
probably seven persons, who will ad-
minister all the affairs Of this refrac-
tory Territory, backed by all the
power necessary to enforce the reform,
they will institute. The commission.
ers will be named by the President,
and will be men who are know to be
sound on the polygamy question
There terms Of office will be contin-
uous under the pleasure Of the Presi
dent. In This way it is believed tha
the evil can be reached. 1t is pro
posed to pass the law disfranchizinl
polygamists, men and women. Tn,
woman now vote, and the Utah Law
is such that sn Indian or Chin'
woman. ifa Mormon's wife, can vote
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-04-07
ELECTION THROUGHOUT FHE;SFAFE.

The elections in the different parts
OF Ohio passed off quietly on Monday
and the vote was generally light.
The Republicans met with heavy loss
es in Cincinnati, Columbus, and a
number Of other cities. The Ohio
l. gisluature did good service for the
Democracy. Below we give the vote
as far as heard from up to the hour
Of going to press; which show the Re-
publicans were worsted in the engage
ments.
Cincinnati elects a Democratic
Mayor by large majority.
Columbus gives Democratic ma
jority of six hundred.
Cleveland has gone as usual Re-
publican.
Urbana goes Republican by its usu.
al majority.
Chilicothe Republican by 300.
The Republican and Citizens ticket
carries Steunvenvtlle by nearly 300
of a majority.
Wooster gives Republican major
ity Of 18 on Mayor.
Massslon gives Democratic gain.
GAINESVILLE goes Democratic by an
increased majority.
Fremont elects Republican May
or by SO Of a majority.
Defiance elects the entire Demo.
cratic ticket.
Gallon elects the Democratic tick
ct throughout.
Ottawa elects the Democratic tick
ct by an increased majority.
GAINESVILLE elects Democratic NAV.
Newark has given her usual Dem
ocratic majority.
London elect, Republican, Mayor
by small majority.
Toledo. The Greenbackers made
agallant fight and elected their can.
didate for Mayor by over 600 majori.
ty.
Lancaster elects her entire Demo
cratic ticket. Hon. T. B. Cox, WI.
elected to the school Board.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-04-07
FACTS AND FIGURES.

Fair brswn.sagar mas been manu-
tactured from Louisiana cIne in Drew
county, Ark.
Out of n total of $4,000 railway
EN- ployes in Great Britain and Ireland
400 are either killed or injured every
year.
San Francisco has been in the habit
of importing the Goldfish consumed on
the Pacific coast. 1t now appears that
in lieu of deriving her supply from the
East she will soon be in q position to
export the article. In 1865 seven YES
vessels caught j0l,000. while during the
season of 1880, Just closed, eight ves-
sells conveyed to San Francisco the
large number of 1.206,0 fish. The
chief source of the supply are the
Choumagin Islands and the Okhotsk
Sea.
Prof L. Sterry Hunt, estimating
the production of pig iron in this coun-
try during the past year at 1000, 900
tons, expresses the belief that the full
realization of the country's possibili-
ties in iron manufacture will not be at
tanned until iron shall be found side by
side with the coal and limestone needed
for its manufacture. From his expe-
rience in the valley of the Hooking, in
Ohio, he is of the opinion that that sec
tion will be the main. place of supply
of both pig iron and steel, the ore, coal
and lime being found there in close
proximity.
The projected ship canal across
france, from the Atlantic to the Medi-
terranean, will have q uniform depth of
274 feet and width of from 1l5 to 250
feet. The great majority of the French
iron-clads will, therefore, be able to
pass through the canal in sea-going
trim, Thoughts few OF the heaviest ar
mored ships will have to be lightened
before making use of it. The total
length OF the canal from the neighbor-
hood of Narbonne, on the Mediter-
ranean, to Bordeaux. will be PIG
nautical miles, and it is calculated that,
Including the time taken to pass
through the locks, a ship will be able to
traverse the whole length of the canal
in forty-eight hours.
"A paper-manufacturing firm pur-
pose converting 10000 acres of timber
land in Somerset County, Pa, into
paper. A large gang of workmen has
been sent to the tract to begin improve
ments. There will be erected shanty
fifty feet in length, twelve feet in width
and eight feet high. The shanty once
completed work will be begun on a
large store building, thirty dwelling
houses and an enormous digester, for
the cooking and steaming of wood in
the manufacture of pulp, and a huge
building to be used in the manufacture
of paper sacks and wrapping-pap
All these preparations are preliminary
to reducing 10000 acres of forest to
news, book and fine writing papers.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-04-07
Youths Department.
HIS ROYAL HIGENE SS.

His kOyai Highness 5 out of town. -
The blinds "a e cl Sed. and the shades are down,
And silence reigns i'll the house where he
Was wont tUfrolIc with merry 2lee.
Lonely and drear as desert-plsce
Is the home that misses his merry face;
And even the skies appear to frown
When His Royal II ighness is ont of town.
His Royal Highness will give command
As if he fancied he owned the land,
And all his vassalS his laws fulfil,
As if deiigh,ei TO do his will.
So sweet and winning his royal sway
His slightest wishes they all obey:
With smiling face, on errandS 20
When HIS Royal Hignness says thus or 50.
You'd hardly think that the rosy chap
Sitting up there in his mother : lap. .
Sweeu and SuI4iiU-. dim lpl ell ami faJ-
Was very much of an aiuuocraJ:
Yet never 81 king on MS throne could be
More determined to rule tn N he,
And merry hubbub he's sure to make
When His Royal Highness is wide awake.
Some days he's merry: some days he's sad;
And none are troubled when he is glad:
Sometimes he's cross, and they re sure to say
His Royal Highness is sick to-day.
They strive to humOr mis- every mood,
And now the noises are all subdued;
On tip-tOe lightly his vassals creep,
For His Royal Highness Is fast asleep.
Joseph ne Pollard, in Nursery.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-04-07

SAYS Mrs. Craik in the Bazar: 1T is
bad enough for man to marry bad
woman; but, still, if she is not too bad,
he can sometimes reason with and con-
troll her, or, at the worst, he can get
rid of her. But for the man who
marries a feeble woman there is no
hope. She can neither take care of him
nor of herself; he cannot rule her, for
the hardest thing possible to manage is
fool-and, saddest thought of all.
what hope has he for the future? A
bad mans children often turn out very
good-perhaps rs said the temperance
lecturer who led about u drunken broth
OF, IN consequence of his shocking eX-
ample But what chance, either by
inheritance or upbringing, have the
children of foolish, feeble mother,
who, however sweet she may be, has no
notion of the frmness which is rs nee.
essary as tenderness, and of the wise
authority which results from truest
loyep'
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-04-07
Death Of a Pioneer Heroine.

The announcement of the death of
Mrs. Jane H. Long, at her home near
Richmond, Fort Bend County, on the
30th of December. 1880, says the Gal
weston NeUs, recalls some reminis-
cences of her life that are as full of ro-
nance as most tales of fiction. She
had been for sixty years the widow of
Colonel James Long, pioneer of the
days when Texas was part of Mexico,
struggling for independence of Spain.
A meeting of the citizens of -Natchez,
Miss, was held in January, 1919, and a
company of volunteers raised to assist
the patriots in Texas in their efforts to
throw off the Spanish yoke. The COM
mand was given to DIR. James Long, of
Tennessee, who had been surgeon in
the army of General jackson at and be-
fore the battle of New Orleans. This
little force of Is men did not reach
Nacogdoches until early in the follow
ing November, when the number
swelled to some 800. On his arrival at
Nacogdoches, Colonel Long united with
the patriots there in establishing pro-
visional Government, and declared Tex
as a free and independent Republic.
They established a printing press and
issued a paper, perhaps the first ever
issued in Texas, though one was
issued about the same time on
Galveston Island by the Nina expedi-
ton, an enterprise similar to that under
the command of Long. David Long, a
brother of the commander, was sent on
an expedition among the friendly In
dians ON the Trinity. Major Smith,
who had come by way of Galveston
| from New Orleans, also proceeded to
| the Trinity, and Captain johnson, with
! small force, went to the Brazos, near
the site of the old town of Washington.
Colonel Long, the commander, came to
Galveston to secure the cooperation of
I.afitte and his followers. who then had
possession of the island, but Lafitte
tried to dissuade him on account of the
desperate character of the enterprise,
and declined TO join in an expedition
toward the Rio Grande. Before autumn
the Spanish forces had driven the whole
of Longs parties beyond the Sabine.
In 1921 Long, with the famous hero
Milan, and small body of men, re-
turned to the island just as Laftte and
his followers were taking their final de-
parture under theA persuasive influence
of an American man-of-war, sent tC
break up their piratical rendezvous.
Shortly after the departure OF Lafitte
and his followers, Colonel Long, with
his force, sailed down the coast to the
mouth of the San Antonio River, and
then marched for La Bahia (Goliad)
where they took possession without op
position, though in a short time
they were captured by force of 30(
Mexicans, who were also at war will
Spain. The Americans were detained
as prisoners, and their commander SEN
to the City of Mexico. He never re
turned, and it was long time before
his fate became known. 1t appear
that he was liberated at the instance o
the American Minister, and in few
} days assassinated. Colonel Long haC
left his young wife, the lady whose de
cease is now announced. at Point Boil
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-04-07

var, then peninsula Just east of Calves
ton, to await his return, where she re-
manned with the force left 10 hold the
place. Hearing nothing from their
commander. the little force dwindled
away, and finally abandoned the post,
but the heroic young wife of Long, with
her infant child and father and negro
slaye, refused to leave, and remained
until her friends came from louisiana
and carried her away. She kept the
Indians at bay by firing cannon at inter-
walls and creating the impression that
troops were still there. IN 1922 she
learned that her husband had been
murdered. She settled or the Brazos
with Austin's colony in 1922 or 1928,
and has remained in Texas ever since.
Her dau yhter. who was the infant at
Bolivar, was afterwaFd the first wife OF
Judge j. 5. Sullivan, now citizen OF
Galveston.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-04-07

The hostile action of the banks in
their attemps to benefit themselves at
the expense OF the industrial and busi-
ness interests of the country has shown
that the control of the volume of mon.
ey in their hands is dangerous pow
er ane should be restored to the gov
ernment. where it belongs.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-04-07
Gold Dust. .vWhat IL IN

The question 10 answered b , stating that
ss l. a powder for Horses, Cattle, &c, and
not only has an extensive recommendation
abroad. but has proved % be the best pow
der ,n use M n,t-.led by many horsemfn
cot olher. Who Fave tried !, during tie
past six IHoath- in this communitg. Sold
st wholesale ssd retail by. c. A. Roberts
o. 25 cspu for pound packages at retail
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-04-07

1t the present degree Of prosperity
can be maintained, the public debt
will melt away before the energies of
the American people like the melting
glacier on the mountain side before the
rays of the summer sun. A grandual
permanent rise in prices will wipe out
the public debt, and with the public
debt the banks must go.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-04-07

The Election in Michigan on Mon
day resulted in the State going Re-
dublican. No important Offices was
filed. AT this writing no estimate
can be made Of the majority.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-01-03
A Real Estate Boom,

There are Indications so strong as to
almost amount to assurances that the
spring will see revival in the real estate
market such as Washington has perhaps
never known before. As rule, when
money is as cheap as it is now, and when
no one doubts that three per cent. loan
can readily be floated, it is next to an
axiom to assert thai zeal estate is good
investment, and is bound to appreciate in
value. This is the condition of matters at
present. Washington rentals are better
investment than three per cents, which
the public are eager to get. But another
feature in the consideration of this mat
ter is found in the fact that real estate
here is cheap when compared to its price
in other cities. Such a thing as fancy
prices are almost unknown to us, and yet
if there is any fact more patent than that
Washington city is entering upon a
wonderful career Of increase in popula-
ton and wealth it is not known to u.s.
1t will only require one to go over the
West End carefully and to note the sud
denness of the recent improvements that
have been made there, and to appreciate
their character, to conclude that there is
hardly choicer bit of land on this earth
for residence purposes than isfound there.
This because of the kind of people who
are building for their own permanent use
In that section, and who know good
thing when they seeit. And the increase
in this grade of property carries with it
a proportionate appreciation of other
available property in other parts of the
city.
And yet another probability may be
suggested. As the new administration
promises to act justly and wisely in the
matter of the civil service, our citizen
clerks will naturally be attracted to the
advantages ofreal tateinvestments, both
in the city and in the suburbs. The latter,
especially, will appeal to those who
have limited means and have families
to support. 1t is quite wonderful that
with the advantages that Washington
efferS in the way of railway accommoda-
tions to near and beautiful country places
that the price of such property is so low.
That it will speedily increase there is lit
tie reason to doubt. In fact all the indi-
cations point to boom in Washington
real estate, and those who buy soonest
will be the luckeist.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-01-03
The ue.I,br.Ine., orPeac

To the Editor Of The National Republican:
SIR VIII you allow mean humble member
Ofthe medical professional word through youI
columns on a subject of great Importance? My
studies in hygiene forces the conviction that no
durable or efficient hygiene can be laid other than
on the foundation of durable universal peace.
The time, place, and circumstances of the great
International Health Commission, now in session
are grand for the inception of so glorious work
Next to the ministry the medical profession is
worthy, and entitled to recommend or inaugurate
it, the memory of which would live in grateful
remembrance to the latest pOsterity.
We repeat there can be no commensurate prin-
ciples of world hygiene on any other basis less
narrow as such we take the liberty of Offering the
mere suggestion. We know the people every
where are ready for the great reform. What say
those who govern? What say the profession?
MEDICITS