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The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-01-26
Postal Cards.

A treatise on the history of the pos
tai card has been published in Berlin.
The originator of the idea is said tC
have been German State official, Dr.
Stephan, who wrote an ESSAY upon il
in 1865. Austria was the first tc
adopt it. beginning in October. 1862
passage of 2, $50, 900 cards through the
mails. Germany followed suit in 1870,
and on the first day after the introduc.
ton OF the postal card 45, 46S were
sent off in Berlin alone; and within
two months over 2,0OO,00O were used.
Other countries soon initiated the same
step. During the Prussian war
the postal card system was great
boon to both armies. Over 10000, 600
cards passed through the campaign be-
tween the German soldiers and their
friends and homes. The greatest
proportional consumption of postal
cards occur unquestionably in the
United States. The whole of Europe
is estimated to use annually $50, 900, 600
while the consumption in the United
States alone will probably not fall short
of 230.0O0.000. Germany consumed
in 1879, l25, TAI, 200. The use of the
postal card is. moreover, constantly
increasing, and, to some extent, Mt the
expense of the letter correspondence.
There are now said to be seventy-three
countries in which it is introduced.
| Austria, which has the honor of first
putting the idea into practic i execu-
tion, is now said to have cards of the
poorest material and most incon.
venient form.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-01-26

Labor will continue to be oppressed
until every laboring man, white and
black, has the intelligence. hones.y
and virtue to unite and vote for the
best interests of labor. te. r-..
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-01-26

New 10 the time TO be ON YOUR ensrd =
The frequent and rapid changes In the
weashsr 20 which shi climate IL subject
rsquirrs your utmost cars and attention 90
Che wants Of the system caps-d by the
vsssss Of frsqusos colds and fsvers al Of
shIeh ssusdiss can Be found ct Robsrss'
.Dyue Store.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-01-26

i-Buttered Apples.-Peel, slice and
core ono pound Of spples, put into a
frying-pan about two ounces of butter ;
add the apples, and cover over with two
ounces of pounded sugar; put them into
the oven until done. A very nice dish
for children,
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-01-26

John Godfrey Smalley who has had
fvs trials for murder and perjury III
Muskingum county has finally been
acquitted.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-01-26

The trial of Morgan Richards for
the murder of Mrs. Terrell will con-
mence on Friday next at Logan. The
defense will set up plea of insanity.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-01-26

"A carelessly kept coffee pot will i'm
part rank flavor to the strongest in
fusion of the best Java. Wash the cof-
fec pot thoroughly every day, and twice
a~eek boil borax and water in it for
fifteen minutes.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-01-26

The small pox has spread at rap
id rate throughout the country. No
case has occurred in this C urty.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-01-26

-Cephas Thayer, Of Medway, Mass.
now in his ninety-third yoa,, attended
the funeral ceremonies of President
Garfield. He also attended the funeral
Of President Washington in 1899. being
then eleven years old, and is still vig-
orous, both mentally and physically,
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-01-26

Dresback, who was found guilty of
murder in the second degree has been
sentenced to the penitentiary for life.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-01-26
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the DAILY TIMES-STAR,

Eight pages, Jorty.etoM columns. Only six
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Tor three nnOnihs, Has the largest circula.
ti0n Of any paper In Cincinnati. Is the best
advertising medium and thu best paper for
readers who would know of the world b
doinan aa promptly az the news can be tnl-
parted. Address Tfmes-Star, Cincinnati q.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-01-26
GILMORE & Co.,
Law 4 Collecting House
sac F Street, Wa hington, u -

al hu siness confded ta them. LAND Scafp, sol
dier's Additionoi Homestead Rights, and ane
Warrants bought and sold, s st.aq 10 ,f.s{ y
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-01-26

Vinegar should be kept In glass or
wooden Jars. The acetic acid acts on
stone or earthen vessels.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-01-26

Red clover stands drought better
than any other grass. n'1- 1'.4 G.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-01-26

,s.r week Iu your own town: Terms and IS
900 outft free. Address h ghALAkfr So''
Portland, Maine.
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West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1882-01-06
The New Year.

! am the little New Year, no, no!
Here come tripping it over the snow,
Shaking my bells with a merry din,
SO open your doors and let mein
Blessings | bring for each and all,
Big folk and little folk, short and tall:
Each one from me treasure may win,
SO open your doors and let me in
Some shall have silver asd some shall have
gold
Some shall have new clothes and some shall
have DID,
Some shall have brass and some shall have
tin,
SO open your doors and let me in
Some shall have water and some shall have
.milk,
Some shall have satin and some shall have
silk;
But each one from me blessing may win,
SO open your doors and let me in!
Youths Companion.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1882-01-06

on her shoulders" Her eldest
daughter was an idiot, her aged
mother partial paralytic, and her
husband, though trained by reli-
gious parents, was addicted to strong
drink. The money that went out
of his wages to indulge this appe-
tite, she was obliged to make up by
washing. To do this, and care for
the feeble and the little ones in
her home, she toiled early and late.
One day | spoke to her of the work
OF the missionaries in Africa, and
the great opportunities for doing
good which that new field offers.
at just harrers me up to read
about the missionaries, and how the
fields is all white, and so few a-reap-
in of EN-" she replied. "If l could
give even a little, but you see /
can't. don't see how Sam can
read it SO cool. | most wish he'd
skip it sometimes. If | only had
money do you s'pose I'd tighten my
purse strings and turn away my
face? I'd Jest rejoice to send em a
good round sum-"
"There is something you can
give" | said. "Never you wish
that Sam would skip any, but when
you are longing to give, lift up your
heart to the Lord and ask him to
bless the missionaries and help on
their work. If you give a prayer,
1t may do more good than some peo-
pies money. | would put in pen
ny, if | could do no more, every
time | got the chance. One leaf of
the Bible with the Holy Spirits
blessing on it might lead soul to
God, and that.soul might lead 9th
ers, and a penny will pay for more
than one leaf"
$50 l will; cheap as books are
nowadaysw she said with happy
smile. ppm glad l had this little
talk with you. have my health,
and earn my own money, and |
know | can spare one cent now and
then"
She went away smiling and
grateful. One day, weeks after
ward, | had occasion to 90 to her
house
II want you to look in here a
minute" she said, motioning me
away from the family into the bit
of bedroom where she slept. When
we were alone, she drew out from a
hidden corner small bag made of
Striped ticking.
That's my missionary bag"
said She give saved five cents out
of every washing and put it in
there. SO little we never missed it,
but you see it counts up to quite
sum. Thirty-fve cents! shouldn't
have thought [ could give that
much, but here It's, and no worse
off Thank the Lord Tve got it to
give. | want you to take it to meet
in for | can't go tomorrow, and |
hear there's to be a collection"
took the money, and as | drop
ped all those fve-cent pieces into
the collection next day, wondered
if any like sum was ssgiven at any
thing like the same COST Watch
| man
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1882-01-06
The Power of Habit.

A writer in the Youths Compan-
ion, whose purpose is to point out
the power of good habits as well as
Of evil ones over the soul, says:
A well-known fnancier in New
York, who died lately, was noted
during life for lavish and unceasing
liberality, as well as for the wisdom
with which he gave to individuals,
to charitable and religious purposes
in word, to every worthy cause.
On one occasion, when friend
spoke to him of his generosity, he
said, bluntly:
"You mistake. | am not gener-
Gus. am by nature extremely av-
aricious. But when I was young
man | had sense enough to see how
mean and little such a position
was, and forced myself to give"
cat first, 1 declare to you, it was
torture to me to part with a penny,
but | persisted until the habit was
formed. There is no yoke like that
OF habit. Now I like to give"
at is a singular fact that preach
ers and moralists, while they urge
upon young people the power of bad
habits, they say comparatively lit
tie of the equal force of good habits.
Every young man has heard of
the strength which the habit of
smoking, drinking, or card-playing
will have to drag him down, but he
is apt to underrate the resistant
power which the habit of reading
the Bible, Of prayer, of frequenting
the society Of pure, good women,
will give him. Goodness must come
to him, he thinks, in sudden waves
of emotion, of pious aspiration. He
will go down the easy descent to
ruin by steady, impreceptible steps,
but rise to heaven only in spasmod-
ic flights.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1882-01-06
WHAT SHE COULD.

My washerwoman had finished
her days work, and | had given her
her money and seen her tie it up in
the corner Of her coarse cotton hand
kerchief, and still she fingered.
She rolled and unrolled the little
bundle containing her apron, and
looked with dissatisfied air at the
paper [ had given her to wrap it in.
L wondered what could be the mat
ter.
"That was a wonderful good pa
per you gave me last week." She
said, at length "My father used
to take that paper when | was
girl and lived at home. [ can't
never get out to meetin' in the
forenoon, what with the dinner and
the baby; and my man amt no
hand to 60. But he read that pa
per out loud to me all the forenoon
last Sunday, and though couldn't
hear it quite all, bein so busy, I
heard enough to know it was won
derful improvin' most as good as
Il sermon. | prayed in my heart
that the Lord would make it a
means of good to Sam, and Pm sure
if it only just kept him at home,
'twould be worth while. If 'tisn't
askin' too much, could you give me
another"
We had all finished reading the
last religious weekly, and as l had
had that very morning occasion to
use some paper in packing away
furs and woolens, to keep them from
moths, I had rather thoughtlessly
appropriated that. A twinge of
conscience was felt at that time, for
| commonly try to put good news
papers in the way of somebody's
reading, after [ am done with them.
1t was some trouble to get it for
Mrs. O'Hara, but [ went up to the
attic, opened the great cedar chest,
and substituting a daily for it,
brought it down to the poor woman.
"Pm afraid I've made you a heap
of trouble" said she, looking dis
turbed and uncomfortable as she
took it. ~ wouldn't have asked,
but [ thought like enough you
would just as soon I had that as the
other, if you knew | wanted it."
"To be sure | had! !" said l. "You
shall have iteverY week in future"
She smiled, as she wrapped it round
her apron, and said in meek way:
II amt able, you know, to take it
myself, with all 1 have on my shout
ders, or [ would, and not trouble no
body"
She went away gratifed, and [
took care, afterwards, to save my
paper for her every week, Often
IN the intervals of her work we
talked over some of the subjects of
interest we found there, for though
llliterate, she was Christian and
woman of excellent sense. Well
enough l knew "all that she had
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1882-01-06
The Advent of Christ.

Softly he cometh,
This King.
No sound on the mountain affair:
No herald save one silent star;
Nor highway with triumph to ring.
Lowly he cometh,
This King.
No robes of bright purple and gold:
No pageantry royal and bold;
No banner its glory to fling.
Meekly he cometh,
This King.
To sit in our earth shade of woe.
To wear our humanity, so
That souls in their sonship may sing,
Quickly he cometh,
This King.
Lord, even so-longing we wait
Outside of The peari-builded gate,
Outside of the glory so great
Till thou our glad welcome shalt bring,
Thou, Brother and Saviour,
And King.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1882-01-06

STOP on signal.
Accommodation Train No. leaves Chilli
Gothic ,00am., HillSboro S,05, except Sunday,
arrives at Cincinnati II, Joan, stopping at al
stations.
Nos and stops at all stations.
Freigb. Trains Nos. Is and 20 will carry
passengers between Cincinnati and Chilli
Gothic.
Train 30 will carry passengers be-
tween Chillicothe and Parkersburg.
Trains Nos 30 and "a will carry passengers
between Athens and Chillcothe.
Accommodation train leaves Athens at
6l0am, arrive at Parkersburg at :30am. Re-
turning leaves Parkersburg at :00pm, arrives
at Athens at 7:40pm.
Trains No. has Palace Sleeping cars to
Washington, Baltimore
Train No. has Palace Cars to Washington,
Baltimore, Philadelphia and New York.
Trains Nos. 2, 10 and G2 have Palace cars 10
Cincinnati.
No trains on Hillsboro or Portsmouth
branches on Sunday.
THos. p BARRY, Gen'l Pass d Ticket Ag't
J. i. ROSE, M. Oft.
JOHN ADAIR, Agent.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1882-01-06
Laurel Fork 4 Sand Hill Railroad.
w. Va. Transportation Co.. Lessee.

VOLCANO, W. Va, May "a, 1880.
an an after this date trains will run as
Ofollows:
No. leaves Volcano at a:l5am, connecting
with Express mail West.
No. leaves Laurel Fork junction at 10 :l5am.
No. leaves Volcano at 5:l0pm, connecting
with Express mail East.
No. leaves Laurel Fork June. at 6:l5pm.
ENtfa.-Monday mornings only. Leaves
Volcano ut :i0am. Leaves l.. +. junction at
S:25am.
No. will wait 30 minutes for delayed Icx-
press from the East.
No. will wait hour for delayed Express
from the West.
NJ @ q i,DIIRCII Secondary
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1882-01-06
Marietta e. Cincinnati Railroad.

TN effect November 20, 1881. The Shortest,
IQuickest and Best Route to all points WesL
and Northwest.
The popular line to St Louis, Chicago, ON
aha and Kansas City.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1882-01-06
THE FREEMAN.

The temperance Newspaper OF West
Virginia,
Is Independent always, and always ready to
speak for the Right and the People. Gives
the Local and General News, secular and re-
Hgious-and advocates the cause of Temper
ance under all circumstances. Send for spec
linen copy free. Address,
FREEMAN, Parkersburg, w. Va.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-01-30
A Odnsoience-strioken Animal.

The moral responsibility of some am
imals seems less doubtful than that of
intermittent 1unatics.'' If it should
become the duty of public attorney of
the future to prosecute q homicidal
monkey, the following case Quoted in
Brehm's ''Thierleben'1) would furnish
an ugly precedent against the counsel
for the defense: A few years ago DR..
Schomburg. the Superintendent or the
Botanic Garden of Adelaide, Australia,
took charge of a select corps ofmonkeys
and kangaroos, 'shappy family" he
might have called them, if it had not
been for the deprayity of an old babui-
ma, or female Bhunder baboon. If she
had not been the only representative of
her species, he would have tried to get
rid of her, for her only object in life
seemed to be to make herself as disagree
able as possible. Solitary confinement
made her wildly obstfeparous, but in
the family cage she kept the marsupials
in a delirium of terror, and IN the even
ing when her younger relative yentured
to enter the sleeping-bGx she seemed to
consider herself divinely ordained to re-
move them bv force. But one day she
attacked her own keeper, and without
any apparent proyocation lacerated his
wrist in q shocking way. ScLomburg
at once ordered her TO be shot. The
next morning the assistant keeper ap-
preached her cage with shotgun
which had often been used To shoot the
rats that infested the menagerie build
ing. The other monkeys seemed to ex-
peet another razzia, but the Bhunder
knew better. The moment she saw the
gun she made a dash into the sleeping
cage, and when the keeper tried toopen
the door she yelled IS if she hoped to
get of on a plea of insanity. Meaning
to try her, the keeper waited I'LL break
fast time, but the babuina did not show
herself She kept out of sight full
hour, till the mess-boy brought an ex-
ira lunch of sliced pumpkins, when she
made 3 r.l<h for the bucket in hopes of
securing q portable piece. In that mo-
ment the keeper bolted the door of her
sleeping-eaee. and went back for his
shotgun. as 500. as the babuina
caught sight Of him she flew toward her
place of refuge, and. finding the door
locked. made mad attempt to squeeze
herself through the interspaces Of the
front railing. But the bars proved IN
flexible. and. after another desperate
pull st the sleeping eage door, the ba-
buina flung herself intoa corner, closed
her eyes. and Was asrareatsy dead with
fear before the bnelsisot struck her
Fsons Tie !. Es7ssegsutaifsg Varieties. IN
Pof1sf.ssfr Science Monthly fa5 january.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-01-30

means alone. One of the best, and one
which ought always to be kept in the
house, is alum Nix aeaping table,
spoonful Of alum in four tablespoonfuls
of molasses. and give q teaspoonfu1 of
the mixture every five minutes until free
vomiting occurs. Then wrap the child
In blanket and place him in a warm
bath. After removing from the bath he
should be placed i'm bed enveIoped in
warm blankets. The room should be
filed with steam by placing an open
boiler on the stove and allowing the
steam to escape in the room. mhala-
tions OF steam produce great relief in
the more advanced stages of the disease.
Those may be given by means of an in
strument made for the purpose, or, if
that. can not be procured, one may be
extemporizsd. Make tent over the
child.s bed by hanging from the ceiling
q hoop shirt covered with blanket.
Have the teakettle or coffee pot boiling
on the stove, to the nozzle of which at
tach piece of rubber tubing, the open
end of which is to be within the FONT,
which is to be kept as tight as possible.
Apply warm cloths to the throat. The
spirits OF turpentine applied by means
OF q flannel is useful in some cases.
b Group sometimes terminates fatally
In tw9nty-feur hours, but it usually
continues with intermissions some four
or five days. IF the first attack passes
off, give the following: Tartrized anti
mony. one grain; syrup of ipecac, two
drachmsi syrup of senega, two ounces;
syrup of tolu, two ounces. Give tea
spoonful every three hours to child
three years old. For younger children
give half a teaspoonful.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-01-30
Southern Ohiyalry.

Probably no man fought more bravely
on the Southern side in our civil war, OF
with a firmer faith in the justice of his
cause, then Colonel Ashby, or, as he
was called throughout Virginia, Dick
Ashby. The flower of the young men
of his State pressed eagerly into his
regiment; once in. they caught the fiery
daring of their leader. Not one of them
died the death of a coward
An aneedote which is told of this not
ed Confederate soldier, and which we
believe has never appeared in print,
shows the courtesy to have been as fine
as his courage.
Immediately after John Browns ar
rest, and while the State of Virginia
was on fire with smothered-exciteme
young lawyer of Philadelphia visited
Winchester. He was entertained With
cordial Southern hospitality, and among
other festivities was invited to ball
given at the house of Col. Ashby.
The supper-room, late at night, was
crowded with young men, heated with
wine, and bitter in their perjudices
against the North and Northern Aboli-
tionists. He was the only Northerne1
present. Out of courtesy to him, the
subject of politics was not mentioned,
until son of a leading Southern poll
tician grossly insulted him as s'a cursed
Abolitionist,' and was promptly knock
ed down.
A challenge instantly followed. The
young man present insisted that the af-
fair should be settled at once, and the
stranger and his antagonist were taken
to a chamber, placed in position, and
their pistols loaded.
Our young Northern friend disapprov-
ed theoretically of duelling. He had
one or two helpless women dependent
on him at home But he was young,
and he had blurred idea that his own
character, and that of the North, would
be forever disgraced if he did not stand
up among these, his enemies, and bean
himself like g. man.
81 had" he said, in telling the story,
"no feeling of anger against the drunk
en- fool that was taking deliberate aim
at me. / thought of the girls, and
confess, grew sick at heart. I raised
my pistol, intending to fire in the air,
when the door was burst open, and Dick
Ashby, pale with anger, entered and
jerked the weapon from my hand.
This is my quarrel, sir,'' he said.
'sThe man who insults my guest is re-
sponsible to me. I regret beyond meas
house Take your place, sir!'' he thumb
cred to my opponent, as he took posi-
zion and raised the pistol
The fellow whined, cringed, and final
y escaped after an apology to both Col
Ashby and the Northerner. A greai
deal of nonsense was talked during the
war about Virginia chivalry and honor,
but there was a solid reality under it,
which yet exists.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-01-30
.Ianan Ladies'.

Woman have good time in Japan.
Gentleman approach them with the
greatest ceremony and veneration, while
the ladies are not obliged to acknowl-
edge the courtesy offered them, by so
much as a bow or smile, if they do
not choose. It is their due, and SO
much a matter of course, that the deep
est reverence is scarcely observed by
them. They have the place of honor
upon all occasions of ceremony, and in
all grades of society are treated with
uniform respect as socially superior
Ogkiz
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-01-30
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