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The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-04-27
THE IDOL OF GOLD.

VIII n the Hebrews took their flight
Out frum Egypts land OF night,
A cloud before them went BY day,
By night fire led on Their way;
And when the waters of the sea
Opposed their march To liberty.
Asunder rolled the flowing wave
And unto them a passage gave;
But when the cohorts OF the foe
Likewise attempted passing through,
The foamng DE- WIS backward rolled
o er chariots of gl eam!ng gold,
And Pharoah's host was swept away
Like mist before the dawning dsy;
Then Israers band, with one accord.
Sang grateful praises TO the Lord,
And unto Him alone they gave
The glory of the power 10 save.
And when the trying hour had passed,
Their praises, lessening, ceased at last;
Their gratitude u Him grew cold.
And tn n they made a calf of gold,
And. bending TO that i'm pious shrine.
They worshipped it as the Divine
The drama of the ancient time
Il played anew in many cline,
And we, to-day, but live once moro
The same disgraceful record DER.
When traitorous hands were raised in strife
Against the MAJ ons sacred life;
When Rebellion's Red Sea wave
When darknesss @ clothed US ke a paii,
And hope had nearly fled from all
A Ere by night, a cloud by day,
Through fields unknown, through fields OF
blood,
II was our guide; Rebellion's food
Roll d back at its sublime decree,
And thus IL saw ID our Nation free.
But nov tine traitor of that hour,
The coward G Gold cllims regal power
Demands our no mage at its shrine,
As though IL were indeed divine.
And shall we, then. like Israers band,
Forget once more the stern command:
q Give homage TO no God but me-"
And to tn 8 IDOL bend the knee?
Must we submit yoke to wear
Such as our fathers would not bear2
Shall tyrant's hateful chains again
Be worn upon the limbs of men?
Nayi rather let us rise once more,
As did our sires in days of yore:
Shake on the rule of money rings,
As they shook on the rule of kings,
And prove ourselves once IN )re to be
A Nation tTu y brave and free.
Ayel let US rise, but not in strife,
And fight with words for freedoms life;
The ballot now thqt power doth WELD,
Which once alone tn sword could yield;
Bv ballots, tn hen. W.. II gain the day,
In contest with oppressions sway,
And Gold shall nevermore command
The homage of our ransome1 land.
Mrs. Euen II. BOlles, In Chicago Sentirlel.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-04-27
JEySE JAMES AND JAY GOULD.

Murder Is murder the world over.
no matter with what weapons it is
performed; whether the operation is
instantaneous or dragged through
wears Of torture; whether the death
blow reaches the life center through
the flesh direct, or creeps through the
depleted vein; the starved nerves and
the stuli6sd brain all ruined by over
work and anxiety. This being the
case, il bscomes q question Of some in
terest, which is the greatest murderer.
Jesse James or Jay Gould? If the
question was simply one of robbery
the decision would be easy. Who
doubts that Gould has stolen thous
auds of dollars To every separate dol
lar that James has appropriated?
James has murdered hundred men
20 it is said. Has Jay Gould commit
ted no murder? Why. hsis the active
engineer in a system of murder SO po-
tent in its operation that the coarse
process Of batchery has been almost
eliminated from it. 1t kills its VIC
Tins by slow, incessant and unrelenting
pressure. The suicides occurring daily;
almost hourly, under its operation, are
mere accidents of the system. sugges-
ting the necessity of further improve
msut in the machine. So ubiquitous
is the working Of this intricate, this
almost intangible thing. that its des-
tructive force not only paralyzes, stuI-
tiies and kills the men and women "i
the present. generation, but reaches for
wsrd into the future, cramping, dwarf
ing. distertiny aud numbering the un
born babes Of a coming generation.
So sudden and so overwhelming has
been its growth and its force that our
free government, once the hope OF
every king-curssd nation on earth, has
become its tool aud ally: so that the
faith of all people is shaken, and the
races aspiration for freedom is obscur-
ed by doubt. Is it q matter of sur
prise that despair sometimes seizes even
the most hopeful huniauitarinn' Thai
in projecting his mind backward T.
that.perivd when men were cannibal-
and again bringing it up to the present
he beholds them eannibals still? Sure.
ly the old cannibalistic spirit thai
made men devour each other physic
ally, is still running every institution
in the business world, so that in {
moral sense we are cannibals yet, ia,
Gould 10 the king of the cannibal sys.
TEN, of which jesse James was an un.
licensed bushranger. james has pai'
the penalty OF operating without ,
license. Jay Gould is above licens'
and above law, being the maker ant
protector Of both, 80 that he is as secur'
from punishmens as king on hi
throne. Nevertheless, if he an,
others like him could comprehend tn
enornity of their own iniquity it woul'
be the standing wonder OF their live
that they should escape hanging for
single day. 'n' -
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-04-27

to Run Against Greenbackers, Got
Left Behindi
Reeder Greenbackers routed the COM
bined forces of Democrats and Repub-
licans by complete and handsome ma
jority.
[Stick peg here. occasionally, will
you. you men, who think that you are
not going to hear of the Greenback
party againp @
In several townships in Chase County
the Rag Baby was too much for the
combined forces of the old parties. The
Rag Baby is going to be Big Boy ey-
erywhere this summer. Put that in
your little pipe and smoke it, Messrs.
Democrats and Republicans.
Says the Garnett Journal:
"As the reports come in from the recent
20 sh bad sWpf tSe natter
again. In view of the fact that the Republic
an. took the Pidtndedtcrs advice, and made
strictly party nominations throughout, and
tried to rally ali their forces at the polls, we
may consider that we have achieved hand
some Greenback victory" -1a
A private letter from Louisburg,
Miami County, says that the old parties
combined, and swore to beat the 'fiat-
ists," at any cost. But when the votes
were counted the Greenbackers came
out ahead. a4
Douglas County elected five Green
back Trustees, one Republican and one
| Democrat. Pretty good little funeral
procession, that! BY and by the /" old
ones" will have to call in the Green
hackers to act as pall-bearers, for there
won't be enough Democrats and Repub-
hcans left to perform the ceremony.
With chip, hip, hurrah" headlines,
the Ottawa Journal declares that there
have been Greenback victories every
where. 1t says that in Centropolis o
straight Greenback ticket was elected
the Republicans abandoning their reg
ular nominees, and going in with the
Independents and getting scooped, o
course. The cry up there was, any.
thing to beat Browning! But Browning
wasn't beaten"
Cutler township scores its first victo
ry, and Lincoln follows suit.
The Journal also says that:
"Greenwood continues to be the banne
township-whipping the combined forces o
fused with three Of each party on the ticket
and one Greenbacker who refused to hlv
anything to do with the unholy bargain. Tn
ma1orities are larger than ever. Hurrah TO
Greenwood"
Pottawatomie reduced its opposition
majority from 76 to a dozen; Ottaw,
and Hayes givo straight out-and-ou
victories, while Peoria gives all the mea
to the Greenbackers with the exception
Of the Office of Trustee, which Is a ii
between the Greenbackers and Republi
cans-the Democrats coming out at tn
tail end by thirteen votes.
Such are the encouraging reports tina
come from the humble homes of tn
men who have been getting Greenbacl
ideas into their heads.
On one hand, while we soc colossa
fortunes being made in day, while W
PEE the railroad robbers getting in thei
plumber by the millions, while we see
National Bank lobby in Congress. Will
John Sherman Is playing tricks with hi
y Refunding bill. while the old part
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-04-27
Notice to Contractors.

Sealed proposals will be received at Enos Mid.
iagh, miles west of Somerset up to II O'Clock
noon April 22nd, 1882, to huld a brick Churcl
whore the old OFT rbneChurch now stands. flai
md specifications can be seen at f MiddagIls. II
house TO be finished October first 1882. The Boar.
# Trustees reserves e rigi to reject anv and al
ids, the successful bidder /" give bond with surit,
for the comnietion Of the Contract, Proposals mus
he itnmizsd If pu in FOR mere than part -
the building. stone work, Brick work, Carpenter
work Paintir" and PlaserinC. by ord Of ths
rru tees. The hr,ck in the Old Church to he used
i'll the now one. ENoS MIDpAGH, Clerk.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-04-27
An Honest Advertiser

We can not avnid commanding the hon.
est advertising method. adopted by NJ
A. K~ifer. the proprietor OF Browns Ex-
pectorant. He does not d-lude the reader
with what appear to he a genuine ne -
item To in,pose upon him a patent medi.
cine Advertisement. Mr.. Keifer's method
Of acqusintinz the public with the excel
isuce Of the Especiorsns IL like the RENE
dy itsslf-- honest and legitimate. - Indian
apoli. Ssiur'i,y Review. For saIe at
Hops's. c-ll for Tarsxine memoranda U II
hook free
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-04-27

Tor two abutments for bridge on County limo be-
ween Fairfield and Perry Counties near The Sher-
ran School House in Thorn TIP. Span % feet, also
wo abutments OF 4 bridge in Reading Township,
hear the residence OF James Sweeney, Span 40 feet
iiG to he received by the perch of % feet first
lass sand stone. Also for surcrstruciure for the
bove named abutments. superstructure of Thorn
Township bridge TO be built ''Combination
Jan" and half Buckinghain fey abutments in Read
iLg TOWNSHIP the Board rese YES the ric hit TO re-
ject any 10 all bids, BY order of County
CoMsIIsS. oNERs.
oRRIN THAcKER County Auditor.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-04-27

Here is description of the action
of the three ingredients in gunpowder,
written in 1885, with which modern
chemists will hardly agree: "First,
birthstone, whose office is to catch fire
and flame of sudden, and convey it to
the other two. Second, charcoal pull
verzed, which continueth the fire and
quencheth the flame, which otherwise
would consume the strength thereof.
Third, saltpeter, which causes windy
exhalation and driveth forth the bullet. 81
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-04-27
The Bark From the Trundle Bed.
my bost l. on the shore,
And my bark 10 on the sea-

Rhymes the poet, bu, the "bark" tha
come. up FROM the trpndle bed is onr :"
far more Importance 10 psrents. Brown
ErpecsorsnI will cure that bark, and whe'
there IL 40 prompt and rfficacioua remei
10 be had, ther~ IL no need for the li'tl'
ones, or the older ones either. TO -uffs
with coughs, colds. horseneas, difficnlty l.
brsa,hing, or the dszen other ailments in
ciden,al To the changes Of temperature.
For sale Nv e. H. Hop.. Call for Tar
axins nnsmorspdnm books.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-04-27
Living Witnesses

Tho hunirsd Of hearty. and healsy look
ing men. women and children, that have
bsra rs.cned frpn beis Of pain, sictnrs
and veil nigh death by Parker's Ginger
Tonic are the best evidences in the world
Of i,s sterling merit and worth. You will
aud such in almost every community.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-04-27
A(jlrl's Com ulalnt.

Is was 10 . drug store of course. All in
sssstinR incidents occur in drug siore".-
shss IL nearly slI. She was pretty, with
bine eye. and golden hair, one Of that
I,.d Of beauties the poet would have
called an "angeI." but for the fact that q
calony Of pimples on her fair frontispiece
pr.cisded al ihousbt Of q celestial being
bawina ti'nidIy to the handsome clerk, On"
sshed Tor "Swsyne's Ointment for skin
di.ssss.." snd upon r~csiv,ng il vanish, d
like tho morning due before the summer
mat
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-04-27

"A man dredging for oysters in
Long Island Sound, recently, got hold
of ono that had grown fast to crabs
back. Wherever the crab went Of
course the oyster followed him. He
evidently believed in rapid transit
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-04-27

As a young man in Paris was de-
clared insane for wearing scarlet trOus-
ers, the New York Commercial Adrer-
tiSer thinks young ladies that wear
dresses of the same hue should be ar
rested for causing pink-eye-
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-04-27
How Lost, How Restored!

just published, new edition OF Dr. CulverWeHs :
'eiebrateu Essay on the radical cure of Sperma-
rorrhoea or Senliual ~ ness Involuntary Semi
al L,sscs, Importency. Mental aud Weakness, In
.untary seminal Losses, Impotencv, Mental an,
Phvsirai Tnc;ipacity, iinpediments 10 MarriaEe.
&c also, tefsuInnii1n, Epilepsy and iits Undue
"a by saif-itdulgence or sexual eXtray agauee, exc
The celebrated aeyhor, in this admirable kssa.
cIeaIiy from rty years success
ul practice, hat the alarming consequences o
self abu. may tie radically cured; Eolutihg out 8
nule Of cure at once simple certain, and etlectua
nv means i which every sufferer, no matter wha
his condition NAV be, may cure himself cheapiy
priyateiy, and radically
MsJ This Lecture should be in the hands of every
youth END every man in he land
sent under SEAL in plain envelope, TO any ad-
dress post paid receipt of six cents "f two pos
age. Address.
gUE CULVERWE!L MEDICAL CO..
Al Ann ST, New York. n. \.
Post Office Box, 450.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-04-27
NStice to Contractors.
Friday, MaY 9TH, 1882

NJ Office is hereby given tat sealed proposal
~ will be received by the Commissioners Of Per
Y County at the Auditors Office until
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-04-27
Our Rooster Feels Indisposed!

We, and few others who were Rash Enough
to Run Against Greenbackers, Got
Left Behindi
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1882-06-01
What the Microscope Says.

Insects of various kinds may be seen
in the cavities of a grain of sand.
Mould is forest of beautiful trees,
with the branches, leaves and fruit
Butterflies are fully feathered.
Hairs are hollow tubes.
The surface of Our bodies is covered
with scales like fish; single grain
of sand would cover one hundred and
fifty of these scales, and yet scale
covers five hundred pores. Through
these narrow openings the perspiration
forces itself like water through sieve.
Each drop of s,agnant water con-
tains a world of creatures swimming
with as much liberty as whales in the
sea.
Each leaf has a colony of insects
grazing on it like COWS in meadow
Yes, even the ugliest plant that
grows shows some remarkable proper
ty when closely examined.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1882-06-01
Learn About the Pulse.

Every person should know how 10
ascertain the state of the pulse in
health; then, by comparing it when he
is ailing, he may have some idea Of the
urgency, of his case. Parents should know
the health pulse of each child, as now
and then person is born with pecu.
liarly slow or fast pulse, and the very
case in hand may be of that peculiarly.
An Infants pulse is 40; child Off
about S0,and from 20 to 60 years is 70
beats a minute; declining to 60 at
four-score. A healthy grown persons
pulse beats 70 times minute. There
may be good health down to go, but if
the pulse always exceeds 70 there is
disease, the machine is working itself
out; there is o fever or inflammation
somewhere, and the body is feeding
on itself; as in consumption, when the
pulse is quick, that is over 70, gradual.
ly increasing, with decreased chances
Of cure, until it reaches 10 to 100,
when death comes before many days.
When the pulse is over 70 for months
and there is slight cough, the lungs
are affected. There are, however, pc.
cul1ar constitutions in which the pulse
may be over 70 in health.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1882-06-01
An AffectiOnate Hog.

Monday morning last MIR. W. D.
Johnson, of Atlanta. rode into town Oh
horseback. Following his horse was
half grown red hog. Everywhere 1ne
horse went the red hog would follow
and Of no time would he allow tle
horse to get out of his sight: MI.
johnson says the hog took up WITH Us
horse in Carroll county, and has ioiiG ISo
ed him for over 127 miles. When !L'
horse stops the hog lies down near nm :,
On being turned into a io' :.
stable together the hog talks IN IL IL
srunting language justas If he trough ~
the horse understood everything ~ ~
was saving. When Mr.. johnson IO" aS
off Monday afternoon the hog tonoN 'sS.
lust as a colt would its mother.-FdI'''S
Uille (Ga.) Gazette.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1882-06-01
Land Frauds.

A dispatch from Austin TO tina o.,
weston News states that the coms,;l
sioner of the general land Office bas -
ceived letter from prominent at,os
ney in Sherman informing him Of ~.
presence in that city of powerful ss VIC
dictate ready to file on all the scS.ou,
lands in the Panhandle as soon no ,Sa
commissioner notifies the surveyors ~
Jack county that the valuations bavs
been approved. 1t is also said ss,s
the dispatch, that prominent citi1sn
of Grayson county, who visited Aust;n
during the session of the Legislatn,aA
presented bill providing against tbs
filing of certificates by irresponsible
parties, but the Legislature did NOT "a.
ceive it. The commissioner has bean
written to by prominent land agent
of Wabash, Indiana, to the effect tba,
a farmer to whom he had sold two rail
road certificates, threatens to have him
indicted under the laws of Indiana
He says he will have to go to the pepi.
Tertiary if he cannot establish the fact
that he was an innocent victim of Tho
fraud, which consists in the sale of Ger.
tificates for which there is no land.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1882-06-01
Death.

Addison, on this subject, said !:
"When L look back upon the tombs
of the great, every emotion OF envy
dies in me; when [ read the epitaphs
of the beautiful, every inordinate de-
sire goes out; when meet with the
grief of parents upon the tombstone
my heart melts with compassion; when
I see the tomb of the parents them
selves, I consider the vanity OF grlevlng
for those whom we must quickly follow
When see kings lying by those VINO
deposed them, when 1 consider rival
wits placed side by side, or the noiy
men that divided the world with their
contests and disputes, 1 reflect VIII, WIN
sorrow and establishment on the httle
competitions, factions and debates OF
mankind. When I read the severa,
dltes of the tombs, of some that dlea
yesterday, and some six hundred years
ago, consider that great day when We
shall all be contemporaries, and MAKE
our appearance together"
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1882-06-01
Approving Of China.

There is one custom in the Celestial
empire that we would like to see turn
ed loose here. Boys in China are not
supposed to be responsible until they
arrive at about the age of 20 years, and
their parents are held accountable for
all their crookedness, just Inc same as
the owner of any other dangerous ami
NAL is held responsible for damages.
Surprising bad boy walks up and
throws a stone through your bay win
dow that Skaters q Gala and bursts the
statue If the sweet singer of Michigan,
YOU do not 60 out and chase him four
blocks with an iron rake and club him
till ne gets out of reach, but you just
get an old hoe handle that swings easy,
ard YOU search out the boys patents
and wear them out with the hoe handle
and mix them up with the sand Then
If the boy don't behave himself, you
can go to other relatives of his, and
gradually enlarge the circle of your ac-
duaiutance, until you have mauled the
entire relationship, even including the
old grand parents Of the boy, and if any
Of these people resist, they are subject
to imprisonment
This Law, although apparently strin-
gent, is q good one. 1t makes parents
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1882-06-01
Diplltheria.

DR.. Franklin Staples, of Winona,
Mimi, after an extended corr espond-
ence with physicians in most of the
counties of his state, has published a
report on diphtheria, in which he
classes the disease as contagious and
infectious, and demonstrates that it is
on the increase -afact due, in his opin-
ion, to failure on the part of physicians
in recognizing its self-propagating
properties; to want of systematic nurs-
ing of patients suffering from the dis.
ease; to incomplete disinfection of
premises attacked; and last but not
least to the frequent intercourse of con-
va escents with healthy persons. He
maintains that strictregulations rigidly
enforced, are the only means adequate
TO cut short its career, and since ludl-
vidual power is unable to cope with it,
urges that every city and town should
devise efficient sanitary laws, and let
them be enforced by intelligent med
zeal officers, who shall also make 1t
their duty to instruct the people in
sanitary rules. To guard against con-
tamination, he believes that filth,
whether from dirty rooms, soiled cloth
ing, defective drains and cesspools, ill
ventilated rooms, poisonous inodoroUs
gases etc, should be regarded as con-
ditions which invite the disease; that
the apartment set apart for the patient
should be Invested OF all furniture, car
pets. curtains, and fabrics of any kind
not absolutely required; that discharges
from the nose, mouth and bowels should
be carefully collected and destroyed,
and that all personal clothing, bed
linen, etc, should be thoroughly disin-
fected before being sent TO the general
wash. In case Of death, all clothing and
unimportant articles should be burned,
the body should be Immediately dis'n-
fected and put into its coffin, which
shoIld be kept permanently closed.
There should be no public funeral. BE
prefers distinction by chlorine gas
which is to be set free in the room.
Ventilation for a number of hours
should then be insisted upon. Precau-
tions falling short Of these DR.. Staples
to be useless in preventing
the spread Of the infectioR.-RepOrf OIl
Dipftheria to the MINI. Board Of
Health, 1851.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1882-06-01

take more interest in their children
ami look out for them more accurately
IL encourages parents to know where
their boys are and TO keep their eyes
on them more than they do here III
Laramie. Why, ii that law were TO 60
into force here, some men we know
would have TO take an arnica bath at
least twice day, and they wouldnt
have whole bone in their body. We
| like to see bright, active boy with
good health and sound lungs, but the
thriving blossom that will develop into
Jesse James, We have no use for.
III the Chinese law could be enforced
here against those parents who are
breeding up squad OF hoodlums, we
would not weep. 1t would be pretty
active work Tor the avenger and his
hoe handle, but it would institute are
form at least. AS it is now, building
cannot be left unoccupied over night
before every paGe of glass is broken
and the walls smashed in. Now, If the
owner had right to climb the male
parent of those boys and knock his
shoulder blade through his spleen and
tangle his work all up SO that hereafter
his food wouldn't be any benefit to him,
it might arouse an interest in his chill
dren SO that he would make them an
ornament to society.
You can't do much with strange
boy, anyhow. If you spank him with
an old window shutter, he goes home
and tells his father, and the old man
tells him to go right back and do the
same thing and he will stand by him.
Then the boy returns and repeats, and
you start after him with the intention
of killing him, but as he turns the COR
ner quarter of mile away and puts
his thumb on his nose and waves his
fingers in the air, you control your bru-
tai temper and 60 homer
That is the reason why, in twenty
wears from now, it will be bitter cold
day when the telegraph doesn't give us
the particulars of twenty-seven muir.
ders and thirteen great train robber-
ies.-Boomerang. '...