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Pointed Paragraphs.

-. The Government loans its credit
to the banks and pays usury on the loan.
The banks loan their credit to the Gov
ernment and receive usury on their
loans. In both instances the people foot
the bills.
.. If capital would strengthen the
Government, let it restore to it the vast
powers it has, without Constitutional
authority, squandered upon National
Banks, railroads and other corporate
monopolies. -.a
-. National Bank and railroad cor
porations. although iliegitimate Off
springs of the Government, have usurped
control of the parental estate, and made
"hewers of wood and drawers of water
of the lawful heirs.
-. The Constitutional right of the
Government to take private property for
public use is ample authority for it to
exercise such jurisdiction over railroad
corporations and franchises as will pro-
mote the general welfare and best serve
the interests of society Cicago EG-
press.
-. An money issued by the Govern
ment. wiping out of the National debt,
adjustment of National Banks, increase
of the circulating medium to at least
fifty dollars per capita, publication OF
elections. undying opposition to oil
forms of oppression and eternal protest
against all that degrades manhood and
defrauds liberty, this is Greenbackism,
pure and simple. .-Nationat View.
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An Italian Breakfast.

At nine o'clock comes breakfast-and
such breakfast! 1t is served table de
hote style. The bill of fare this morning
was as follows, plates being changed
of course, for every article of food:
1. Macaroni, with cheese, in long,
snake-like pieces. The Italians ate it,
lifting up spoonful, catching it with
their lips, and chewing it as they sucked
it into their mouths, the ends hanging
down to their chins at the start. Each
officer took several spoonfuls, and the
whole looked like a pile of white fish
worms on his plate. e
2. A bologna sausage-like mixture cut
into slices, and served with radishes.
The Italians dipped the latter into q
mixture of sweet oil and vinegar before
eating them. -s.f
| 3. The next course was boiled beef
and salad. Idon't know how the beef
was cooked, but it was greasy. The
salad was eaten swimming in oil.
4. Next, cauliflower, much larger and
better than American produce, served in
cream.
5. Chicken, roasted and saturated
with grease.
6. Jerusalem artichokes, eaten raw in
oil and vinegar.
The desert, consisting of doughnuts
fried in grease, cheese, then apples. or
anges, figs and raisins.
Besides these, and in place of coffee,
each plate had bottle of wine beside it,
and all drank literally. A fine breakfast,
indeed, and our dinner will be much like
unto it. The only difference will be
coffee at the end and an extra plate
Dinner comes at five o'clock, and these
two meals make up the days rations
The biscuit and tea at nine o'clock car
hardly be called meal. l don't like
such feeding. The Italians grow fal
upon it; but the grease in it will make
an American liver as torpid as snake
in the winter.-Cor. Detroit Free Press,
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A Thrilling Incident.

A Scandinavian immigrant gives the
following account of a tragedy in the
famous Lofoden m9lstrom, his rustic
pathos of the fiords doubtless being lost in
the free translation of Toronto reporter:
g A few years ago on a delightful July
evening, I saw a body of Goldfish rise
by the edge of the whirlpoors outer
circles, and Immediately after the cod
had risen whale arose among them and
spouted. The columns of spray blown
up like a ageyser attracted the attention of
small fishing boat not less than a half
a mile distant and knowing that where
the whale blew there was cod, they pulled
toward the spot In the boat was a
| pretty old man and his son, lad of about
sixteen They had just come for the
| first time outto the Lofodens, and now
pulled carelessly inside the circle Their
\ boat began to move slowly round, but
they went on fishing unmindful of the
motion. But the movement increased,
as every moment the circle grew smaller
and the swirl moved faster. At length
the truth dawned upon the luckless old
man and the boy. A faint scream OF
their oars ar1 .0.l.el with desperation.
But tLcy were in the meshes. 1t seemed
as if some fiend were dragging them te
the vortex For time they held theil
own against the centerward force, but
only for while. The old man S strokes
became less steady, SO did the lads.
The latter again rallied, and was pulling
with the desperation of dispair when his
oar unshipped ard fell over. In q no
ment ii va, t...rled away. Then the
two set up a wild, piercing cry, put thei1
hands up, praying to God for mercy
they could not expect deliverence. In 9
minute or two it was all over. The boat
was whirled round and round, then hel
stern was seen to rise in the air, then,
with all she contained, she disappeared
forever. * Omaha Bee.
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The man who all this time had given
no heed to what was passing rouses up
with start. and saying in a voice dis
tinctly audible even to the horse outside.
Seven cents! Bless my sonl, don't
believe l have it about me- looking up
with that dazed expression of person.
whose thoughts have gone long jour
ney.
40! beg you will not disturb your
self over such a trifie. Do not borrow
the money, indeed, it is not of the slight
est consequence"
By this time our friend had reached a
state of scarlet misery pitiable to behold
| that stage in which it makes one warm
even to look at them. There is nothing
for him to say, nothing that will not add
to his present embarrassment, so he
wisely takes refuge in silence, watching
with eager interest the game of chase in
which his fellow passenger is engaged
after the required seven cents.
All! at length it is fshed out and
handed to the young lady, and he
breathes again. But now the problem
of how to pay the man suggests itself. 81
Here feminine wit comes to the rescue,
and the unfortunate c...:1s oi al the
trouble suggests he be paid by taking
the fare of the next two passengers who
got in, and by that way he win be the
loser of penny only. This plan is dis
cassed, and finally submitted to the
driver, who giving it his appreciation,
they once more settle down to wait the
unconscious liquidation of the debt.
Pretty soon they get in together. lady
and gentleman. Out of his pocket
comes the six cents and he starts for the
box. Here our friend jumps up, and
extending his hand, takes the fare
which, to the gentleman 8 astonishment
he puts, not into the box, but into the
hand of his friend.
The newcomer looks for moment
dumbfounded, then striding over
catches him by the collar, excidedly
calculating: 'sHere, none of that
That game is too old to go down. Jus
! hand that money overr'
At this crisis the lethargic apathy o
despair settles upon the unfortunat
victim of politeness, and he neithe
moves or utters a sound. The youne
lady and the newspaper man here star
forward as champions, and with the ali
of the driver, who is called to testify a
to the perfect honesty of all persons con
< cerned, an understanding is at lengtl
reached, and the little farce of "Mucl
? Ado About Nothing comes to an end
1t is safe to say a more uncomfor
7 table car load of passengers have seldom
l been thrown together. And as ou
Z friend left the scene of so much miser
e to his credit, be it said, with an i'm
perturbable conference.-the sagel
L made three resolutions: Never, exceE
$ under the most pressing circumstances
!. to act as conductor; secondly, no matte
= how sure he may feel of the value of
e coin, to examine it on all sides befor
Z dropping it into the box, and lastly
4 never under any circumstances to ST
foot again in three-cent bob-tail cal
I-WdShin1to71 Post.
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weak and sicklv oncsl If things were as they
should be, every intelligent, industrious fam
| ily could have all We had and more, too with
o 1T the hard grinding economy we practiced,
| and not treSpaSS on anTOo ~ rights. Some
/ thing is wrong
| Then her voice rose to a strange, shrill
| pitch, and she advanced toward the minister
/ almost screaming-''It behooves you and
| those who have time and opportunity to find
| out why it is that toilers cannot own homes
except at the price Of all that makes life
! worth living. You, sir" and she raised her
! hand as if in imprecation.
| s'Tillie, Tillie,'' said her husband in low
voice, stepping quickly to her side; remember
you are talking to the minister
/ She turned and struck him on the cheek and
poured torrent of denunciation and abuse on
him and the pastor Ellis buried his face IN
| his hands with groan of despairing agony.
/ The pastor rose up in haste, SAYING: 1.-The
woman is beside herself. | viii cal physi-
/ cian.n
] The physician came, but said he could do
nothing. only advise that she be sent to a
place where she could receive proper treat
ment: and in few days the gentle, loving
mother and devoted wife was carried away to
the asylum raving maniac. The doctors
| said: She has overworkei and is suffering
| from some severe mental strain. She may re-
| cover in few weeks
Who can tell the keen sorrow and desola-
tion, the long, heart-breaking suspense of the
i husband and children thus bereaved of her in
whom they had trusted for counsel, sympa
thy and cheer.
The younger children play on the street,
and day by day Ellis Harvey sees his darling
Carrie growing prematurey old with the
weight of the burden on her young shoulders.
And vet his wife is not taking long rest, "
nor learning about finances" She raves
wildly, with little intermissons, and her at
tendants say she cannot last much longer. In
her quiet intervals she accosts every stranger
with: ''Can you figure this out You see
when Ellis had four dollars day We managed
to pay thirty dollars month toward oul
house. 1t took seven and half days work tc
do it. After he was cut down to two dollars
and q half day it took twelve days work. Il
required three-tenths of his wages at four dol
lars day; how could we pay the same amount
with three-tenths of two dollars and half!'
Not receiving a satisfactory answer, she
mutters: ''Fools, fools, fools! can anybody
tell me."
Reader, this is no fancy sketch. The mair
incidents have occurred as here related.
Can a lesson be learned therefrom.--Hrs
Celia b. Whitehead, IN CHICAGO Sentinel.
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Care For the Blues.

whats the matter now?" asked a
fashionable Austin lady of her husband,
who seemed to be depressed.
.'rm feeling very badly. I'm afraid
I'm not long Tor this world,'' was the
reply.
:. Fiddle-sticks."
"No! I'm in earnest. 1t will not be
long before you will be walking to the
graveyard behind my coffin.
That's just where you're fooling
yourself. I'll ride in carriage, or else
I'll not be in the procession at all"
Such heartlessness made him SO mad
that he went to work and chopped up q
cord of wood, and now he feels strong
enough to run for almost any Office in
the Gift Of the people, Teas Siftings
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-05-11
Scientific Advancement.

Scientific Advancement, it has been re-
marked, has been slower and less noticea-
BILE in the care os the sick and the treat
ment Of disease than in any other DEPART
ment Of human knowledge. The life or
death Of patient is too frequently a mere
matter Of accident or cbatce. Some great
discoveries, however. have been made and
certain remedies are known and used with
almost infallible curative results Such a
remedy is Tarsxine where a derangsd
liver is involved, or where diseases of the
Bowels, Kidneys or Spleen prevail. Fol
sale BY c. II. Hope, call for Taraxine
Memorandum Books free.
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Mans Ingratitude.

This is nm ungrateful world to say the
least. A man will act like lunatic when
he has the Itching Piles, and declares that
that he knows he can't live another day,
yet he applies Swayns's Ointment, the in.
tense itching is allayed at once, he gets
cured, and goes down to the lodge without
one whit Of gratitude. When asked why
he looks so cheerful, be lodges the que.
tion by an indifferent answer. Its just like
. man though, isn't il? 0
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-05-11
A Word to Mothers.

Mothers should remember it is q most
important duty at this season to look after
the health Of their families and cleanse
the lalsris and impurities from their sys
tem', and that nothing will tone up the
stomach and liver, regulate the bowels and
purify the blood so perfectly as Parker,
Ginger Tonic, advertised in our columns
Post. See other column.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-05-11

"A Georgia man was struck by light
ming, thrown clear through fence and
lay senseless for two hours. When he
recovered his senses goat was feeding
near by and mule was browsing in the
next field. And he said he'd give 1926. 80
to know whether the mule Kicked him
or the goat bucked him.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-05-11

The famous Watkins Glen property,
lying at the southern end of Seneca Lake,
N. T., was recently put up at auction to
satisfy the claim of certain creditors and
was bid in for the sum of $50, 900 in the
interest of the heirs of William c. Long,
streth, Of Philadelphia
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IMPORTANT TO TRAVELLERS.

SPECIAL INDUCEMENTS are offered you
BY the BURLINGTON ROUTE. II will pay
you to read their advertisement to be
found elsewhere in this issue.
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All Burnett popular Novelty Co will
give one Of their popular Eenteriain-
ments at Music Hall Tuesday evening
May 16, for the benefit of Somerset Cor
net Band.
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Observation-Disclosures is one Of
the convenient words sometimes worked
into verse by German rhymers.
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How Lost. How Restored!

Just PUBLISHED, new edition OF DIR. Culverwell's
Celebrated Essay on the radical cure Of Sperma-
torrhpa or Seniual Weakness, Involuntary SEMI
nal Iosses Inl,nrtency. Mental ard Weakness, In-
voluntary Seminal losses, lmputcncy, Mental and
Physical Ircal,acity lmpediments TO Marriage,
etc: also Consumption, Epilepsy aud Fits, induc-
ed by seIf-indulgence or sexual eXtrayaganc &c.
The cclebrat. q author, in this admirable Essay,
cleaIly demonstrate from tih rty years success
full practice, that the alarming, consequences OF
self al1. may he radically cured; roinling out a
mode of cure. ii, once simple, certain, and eiectua
by meaus ii which every sufferer, 10 matter what
his condition may he may cure himself ehcaply,
privately, and radically - 'ni j.
Es5 This Lecture should he in the hands of every
youth end every man III he land t.
sent under seal. in a plain envelope, to any ad-
dress post paid rtcepro of six cents or TWO post
age. Address. . -
THE .CULyERNELL MEDICAL CO.,
Al Ann ST., New York. n. y.
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;-i $50 Samuel Cassel ~
-
III ~sft5s.ai isaac Weaver eft al t@
b sf (Case No. ESQ.,
DY VIRTUE of an order of sale issued in the
d above case oat of the Court of Common Pleas
OF Perry County, Ohio, and to direc ed. will
offer for SALE at public auction, the door OF the
court house, in the village of New Lexington,
Perry county, Ohio, on
Monday the 9Th day of June
at. Il. ID. 1882,
at o'clock p. III. of said day the following lands
and teneme nts, situate in Perry County, ohio
to-wit:
Part II the south west quarter Section ten, 90
township sixteen, Q6,) Range sixteen, 49, in Per-
ry county, Ohio Commencing at stonez 2 chains
and 6014 links east of stone which stands in the
line CT said quarter Section chains and s21a links
north OF the south west of said quarter sec
tion thence East 2 chains and 33 links, the nee
north ;5S14 east 13 chains and AZ links thence
north 35 west chains and IS links, thence south
51o west II chains and 271a inks, thence chains
and links, thence east chains and 80 links TO the
place of beginning containing eleven acres.
appraised at 81 .375, ,00. i.sst f e=
Terms cash. i.I
MICHAEL. A. CROSBIE,
Sheriff, Perry County, Oil c.
P. H. BiNcKLEY, Attorney
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On exhibition at the sheads OF the American
Heuse Somerset Ohio. Also Agent for all kinds
of Agricultural Implements, such as
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REAPERs, NOV ERS, sUIKY, SUI
KEYS to attach common pLOW, &c.
Sherif's Sale.

Farnars will save money by getting my prices be-
fore purchasing.
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der, and get his best terms"
And so, before the next Saturday night,
each man held in his hand deed of the house
in which he lived and the land on which it was
situated.
Mr.. Peck was putting up large block neal
| the center of the town, and readily consented
todispose of his outside property at the terms
| Ellis had suggested to his wife. Mansfield
| made similar arrangements with his landlord
| by paying what he had laid up in the bank, in
addition to the borrowed thousand. His place
| only cost sixteen hundred.
Tillie bought the washing machine will
| some OF the last months wages. They had al
| ways planned to live on what was earned tht
| month before instead of what was to be earned
| the month to come. The washing and ironing
| for themselves and four children was no trifie
| but love and hope lightened the burdens
| Caroline gave up her music lessons without
murmur She practiced an hour a day to keel
mother: should thin ksthis dish-washins
and wedding in the garden and among tn
| flowers would answer all purposes"
Then her mother, who was quite fttl
scholar in modest way, explained to her tn
nervous ganglfa, SO as to show her that spe
cifc practice Is necessary to fit the fingers TO
specific work.
Tillie and Ellis concluded that Sunday woul
be the best day to live on bread and water a
they had less to do and their Heads would b
clearer to understand the sermons. The chill
dren thought 1t rather hard at first, but see
ing nothing else on the table, and being in ex
cellent health, their hearty appetites enable
them to make out very well; and | have n
doubt they felt all the better for their sell
denial when Monday morning came. Mrs
! Harvey found 1t quite labor-saving arrange
ment In addition to the other benefits.
And how neatly they kept the place. Not
weed nor a loose stone, nor any unsighty oil
ject, was allowed to mar its beauty. A
through the sweet summer Carrie would q
out every morning where the dancing grasses
bright blossoms and dropping vines invite
, her tasteful fingers, and gather fresh bouque
for the breakfast table, often scantily spreat
For this scantiness, as also for the deprivi
tions In the clothing line, the parents con
grapevine they would buy to put in the sum
corner 30 that the grapes would ripen earl,
, the downy chickens that would peep out
Tho shell, or some one Of the little improv,
7 menSs they were constantly making in the
eikue home.
v awe can't afford to let It run down." Ell
would often say, "because, II should be siel
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1882-01-10
A Kings Spirit.

The following story was told me as
an instance Of Carl (Johan) XlV.s
spirit: a Russian man. .ot-war was seen
passing the fort Of Wa1holm en- route
for Stockholm without having given
customary salute. The orders OF the
fort commandant were distinct that in
Q case like this two warnings were to be
given. The first, that Of firing ball
in the rear OF the vessel. II this were
unheeded, another was to be sent In ad-
vance OF its bow. In case both warn
ings were disregarded, ball was to be
sent into the most vulnerable part OF
the ship. In the present instance both
warnings had been given without re-
sponre, and The commsndant, q young
besrdless lieutenant, though shaking in
his boots, cried out to the cannoneer:
"Do you see the wheel-houseT
"Yes."
"Send ball into it, in Gods nameP
This had effect. With crushed wheel
house the Russian stopped perforce. a
moment later two boats were seen SET
ting out for Stockholm; one with the
frightened young commandant in 1t
from Wa1holm. and one from the dis
abled man. .of-war, each rowing with ut
most speed in hope Of reaching the
royal presence first. The Swede arrived
just enough in advance to obtain the
first audience. He gasped out his
story.
"Well," said the king, 1T seems she
wouldn't salute, and you fred%
eyes"
"Where did you hit her%
"Oh, your majesty, be gracious'"
"Did you hit the wheel-houseT
"Ye-es."
"Goodi You're Q major"
The Russian was permitted to rebuild
it's wheel in Stockholm. - HupeTs
Magazine.
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The Lrsend Of Mimir.

II Is beautiful legend OF the Nork
Land. Amilias was the village black
smith, and under thesrresding ohestnu
treekin his village smithopken stood
He the hot iron gebammered and sjhod
horses for fifty cents all round please
he made tin hjelmets for the giodd
and stove.pjipe trousers for the heroes
Mirmir was 0 rival blacksmith. BE
didn't 90 in very much for defensive
armor, but he was lightning on two.
edged bsjwords and cut and SLASH
svrcutlassssses. He made cheeseknives
for the other gjodds, and he made the
great Bjsvestnsen and Arkansaw tooth.
pick that would make free incision
clear into the transverse semi-colon Of 0
cast iron Ichthyossaurus, and never turn
Its edge. That was the kind Of a Bhjair
pin Mirmir he said he was.
One day Amiliss made an impenetra'
BILE suit OF srmor for q second-class
shiodd, and put it on himself to test It,
and boastfully inserted card in the
"Svensska Norderb jravisk jkanaheld
Observation-Disclosures saying that
he was wearing Q suit OF home-make
best chilled Norway merino underwear
that would knick the unnumbered saw
teeth In the pot.metal cutlery Of the
iron mongcry over the way. That, Anne
las remarked to his friend Bjohnn
Bjrobinsson, was the kind OF BdJuccki
he was.
When Mimir spelled ont the card
next morning, he said "Bjijl" and went
to work with charcoal furnace, q cold
anvil, and A. T. Hays isomorphoric
process, and in little while he came
down street with sjvaard that gilt
tered like dollar store diamond, and
met Amilias down by the new opera
house. Amilias buttoned on his new
ajarmor and said:
"If you have no hereafter use fol
your old chyieese.knife, strike"
Mimir spat on his hands, whirled his
akjvaard above his head and fetched
Amilias Q swipe that seemed to miss
everything except the empty air through
which it softly whistled. Amilias smiled
and said, "Go on" adding, that il
seemed to him he felt general sense
Of cold iron somewhere in the neigh.
borhood, but he hadn't been hit
"Shake yourself" said Mimir.
Amilias shook himself, and immedi.
ately fell into halves, the most neatly
divided man that ever went beside him.
eelf.
"That's where the boiler maker was
away of in his diagnosis" said Mimir,
Is he went back to his shop to put uI
the price Of cutlery sixty five per cent.
on all lines, with an unlimited advance
on special orders.
Thus do we learn that a good action
is never thrown away, and that kind
words and patient love will overcome
the harshest nsture.-Harkeye.