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The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1885-12-16
Josh Billings and the Yale Boys.

1t is told Of Josh Billings that once
tramping with a yellow dog as his COM
paniou, he fell amoue some Yale boys In a
Connecticut village. They took him for
a farmer from away back, and set ont to
have some fun with him. On their inquir-
ing with affected interest after the health
Of his wife and children, Josh, with couu-
terfeited simplicity, gave them graphic
account Of his family and farm. "Of
course you belong to the church," asked
one Of the boys. eyes, the Lord be prais-
ed, and my father and grandfather before
me-" Snow, suppose you would not
ell q lie," said one ofthe students. "Not
for the world" "What will you take for
that dog2" pointing to Josh's cur, which
was crouchiDg beneath his chair. ~ won't
take $50 for that dog" "Twenty dollars !
Why he's not worth twenty cents"
assure you l would not take twenty dol
lars for him." "Come, my FRIEND" said
the student, who with bis companions was
bent on having some fun with the cd man
"Now, you say you won't tell lie for
he world. Let me see If will not do 1t
for twenty dollars. I'll give you twenty
dollars for your dog" 'I'll not take 1t. "
"You will not? Herel Let me see II this
will not tempt you to lie," added the
student producing small bag Of half
dollars, which he built up in small piles
on the table. Josh Ma sitting bY the
table with his hat In his hand, apparently
unconcerned. There" added the stu
dent, "there are twenty dollars all In 81,
yer, I'll give you that for the animal"
Josh quietly raised his hat to the edge OF
the table, and as quick as thought scrsped
all the money into it except one-half dol
lar, and then exclaimed: II won't tab
your twenty dollarsl Nineteen and half
is as much as that dog is worth; he Is
your property"
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1885-12-16
The Nominal Governors Of Mexico.

Mexico is nomiually governed BY con.
gress' first called Sept. IA, 1918, which
has probably seen as many vicissitudes as
any assembly on earth has ever seen 10
the same time. 1t has been chased hero
and there, dissolved, expelled, recalled
and remodeled, until 1t has finally settled
down into an establis: ed institution. 1t
now consists of a senate Of about sixty
members, which meets In . room In the
national palace, and 4 chamber Of deputies
Of some 220 members, which meets In the
old theatre Of Iturbide, over half q mile
from the national palace.
In appearance this congress could hard
ly DO distinguished from that OF tho
United States. Fully nine-tenths OF its
members are OF pure white blood,
and the other tenth have no more color
than fashion demands OF stylish bruu.
ette. No traces Of rusticity, coarseness,
ignorance or stupidity are visible, nor Is
there any sign Of what is generally known
a. military costume. Both bodies are
composed Of eminent soldiers, scholars,
lawyers and members of other pl DECISIONS,
with young mem whose talents have at.
tracted notice; and the members show Q
degree Of politeness and dignity that
would improve many OF our state legfsla'
Weekly.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1885-12-16
Tho Inventor Of lucifor Matches.

The European papers are busy paying
tlibute to one IF bepefa0ora Of the
race. As usual in such cases, the object
Of tbeit tender regard is dead. About
1880 one Ironyi was a student OF medicine
at the university Of Pesth. While there
he gave much time to experimenting and
the result was the invention of the lucifsr
match. He was too poor to procure .
patent, but others soon learned his secret
and made fortunes out of it. Ironyi re.
turned to his native village to s,arve.
"Pale hollow-eyed, and with long floating
hair, he was an object Of ridlcule TO al
the boys of his village. He was, however,
an inveterate smoker; and it is related OF
him that though he had deluged the world
with matches, he was obliged to walk
round the village order to procure
light for his pipe His death was a. his
life-a striking example VI Illustration and
disappointment. Feeling himself at the
point OF death, be thought he would like
to indulge 10 one more pipe- With no
small difficulty he succeeded In filling it
But there was no match 10 the house. A
child went to the Deighbors to procure one
for him, and returned with 1t. But
lronyi was dead, With the pipe still In his
band"
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1885-12-16

IT WAS CoLD.-neredith Read has
some interesting anecdotes concerning
Governor Morgan and Horace GreeI in
the MDgazine Of AmertcDn History. Among
others he tells the following:
With all his apparent GOODNESS, Cover
nor Morgan has keen sense Of humor.
distinctly recollect that at meeting of
the trustees Of a certain learned uni
versity the secretary failed to arrive, and
|, being the youngest member of the
board, was called upon to act as secretary
pro TEN. In the course of the subsequent
proceedings Horace Greeley handed me
resolution which he had prepared with
great care at his hotel. After vain ef-
forts to decipher the extraordinary HER
oglyhics, handed back the paper with
the request that Mr.. Greeley would read
1t himself. Turning in every direction,
with most perplexed count nance, he
suddenly exclaimed, in his high, piping
voice: plague take it can t; it's cold |"
Whereupon Governor Morgan, who was
sitting next to him, burst iUto a tempest
Of laughter which carried with it every
one in the room.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1885-12-16
CLIPPINGS.

During the last decade cattle have In
creased 10 the United States more than
threefold. Ours Is the greatest cattle pro-
ducing country on the face OF the earth.
There are about 40 million head on the
farms, and about ten million on ranch and
range property west OF the Mississippi.
Boards are cheaper thau grain. And
without even tho expense Of boards and
nails, stock may be kept comfortable by
free use Of straw over and around sheds to
exclude the cold. This is temporary
expedient, but 1t will pay its cost 10 one
Winter In saving Of food and superior
condition Of stock. The carbon In grain
required to maintain heat wasted BY ex-
pOsure 10 the dearest fuel q farmer can use.
A sample of wheat from India was ex-
hibited in Chicago last week. Wheat of
which this was a sample sold in England
Sept %, for eighty-nine cents q bushel.
The latest wheat crop of India has been
estimated at 1856, 900, 900 bushels. The
quantity Of wheat exported from that
country is increasing from year to year,
and already menaces the American whea at
crop in foreign markets.
In Germany wheat -four costs from $5
to sc per hundred pounds, beef and
mutton from II to 20 cents, pork 16 to
20 cents, white sugar IL cent?, and most
OF the other necessaries of life 10 tho same
proportion, while the wages Of GOOD mo
chaDics In Berlin range from o. II to 47.28
per week. The wages Of farm labor are 8
cents day 10 Silesia, 20 cents 10 Prussia,
80 cents in Saxony, IS cents in pomerania,
SO cents in Wurtt mburg, and "a cents In
Alsace and Lorraine.
Tho common lilac, ifkept headed down
for few years, makes a dense hedge, and
behind . low stone wall makes an sxcell-
ont fence. There are many other shrubs,
such ~ the snOwberry, the buckthorn,
tho alder, tho strawberry tree and tho
barbcrry, which makes fne screens for
the concsalment Of unsightly objects
about ones premises. Climbing shrubs,
such " the prairie rose, the clematis, the
Virginia creeper and the deciduous ivy,
look well on porches and arbors, but ex.
hibit their graceful foliage 10 the best ad.
vantage on trees, which are their natural
support.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1885-12-16
Old Papers and Magazines.

Upon this subject have long Intended
TO say something, but cheerfu'ly give
place to Anna Barrows, In Good House,
keeping. She says:
"In these days, when, with good rea.
son, there Is much said anout perniclod
literature, aud con sidering that which 5
wsak without bein really wicked, how
muca good might be done II the pa
pers and magazines which have served
their turn In one household, could be re-
distributed 10 families that cannot afford
such reading hrst hand. There are homes
where every weeks papers are sorted over
and bundles sent to country homes,
ranches in:tbe West, or to hospitals and
other charitable Institutions. 1t costs
only little time anu trouble, and few
postage stamps, but who can estimate the
good results A shortsighted persnb
might think such a course would tend to
diminish the circulation OF papers, but
II boy has grown up on good reading
will he not supply himself with tsnfold
more than II he had never known Its
WORTH This matter calls for individual +,
work and discrimination must be used In
order to attain the best results; don't
send fashion magazine to western far
mers, or q society paper to a country
housekeeprr; although certain class OF
literature Is suited TO all occupations, any
speclalities should oe sent to their own
place"
Something of this kind Is done In q
household with which l am acquainted.
Upon the list of those to whom papers
are sent are several children In the coun.
try, who receive picture paper with de-
light. A psralytic, who has been con.
nned to his house for some years, Is glad
to get a religious weekly, and has good
deal of fun over the pictures In the hum
orous paper that is occasionally despatch
ed to him. The scientific paper, the
youths paper, the agricultural paper, are
sept, each upon different Journey. And
assurances that they are acceptable have
been frequent.
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The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1885-12-16

4 UNIQUE rowN-No LIQUOR TO BE SOLD
WITHIN TEN NILES.

The town of Whittier which is built five
miles east Of Charleston, on the Western
North Carolina railroad Is attracting no
little attention. DR.. Clarke Whittier Of
California, the founder, has recently pur-
CHASED 1000 acres of land In Swain and
Jackson counties, and he has options on
about 10000 acres more. This land he
proposes to cut up into small farms. In
order to do this successfully, the building
Of live town somewhere near the centre
Of this land was an absolute necessity
hence the starting of Whittier. The main
part of the town will be on what is known
Is the Stallcup farm. A long bench ris-
ing twenty or thirty feet above the road
bed, afford ample room for large town.
About eight new stores, besides other
buildings are to 60 up at once.
The unique features of the town, are
the provisions made against the sale Of
liquor. Arrangements have been made to
prevent the manufacture and sale of spir.
ituOus aud malt liquors, not only in the
town, but within ten miles Of it in every
direction. There is q clause in every
deed Of land sold which provides that If
at any time spirituOus Of. malt liquor shall
be manufactured, sold or given away on
the land, the said land revert back to DIR.
Whittier or his heirs, upon the payment
Of the original purchase money. This ap-
plies both TO village lots in Whittier and
to the 10000 acres purchase. The people
In the vicinity Of Whittier join heartily in
with the Doctors plans.-Blue Ridge En-
.eyprfee Wlbster, N. C..
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1885-12-16
TIE Vtcsjsss Of Cocaine.

Dr.. Charles D. Bradley, the Chicago
physician who was sent to the Washing
ionian Home the other day mental and
physical wreck from the immorderate use
Of cocaips, called on Wn. J. Evans Of st.
Louis, while that gentleman was at the
fremont In Chicago, and asked him to
assist 10 arranging combination Of man
ufaeturers % = to secure large quanti-
" OF the drug and hold It until the world
Was shown that this asesshstic, used BY.
podsrmioally, would replace choloroform,
Whe0 b. wss % receive twenty per cent
Of the advaace Ia price for tho time and
monay = had spent in making bic discov-
srisc. The next morning be called upon
had juse barnod on his wrist with piece
Of red-hot iron eftsr injecting cocaine, 70.
narkiny: "Thsse y evidence enough In
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1885-12-16

The Peruvian General Iglesias has sur
rendered TO the insurgent leader aceres,
provisional president has been named,
amnesty has been declared for al, and .
consultation hAs been named 70 take COM
1and Of TIE governmsnt and to Issue or.
oegs1og holding elections.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1885-12-16

Apples Lost ,ur drst parents their homo
In Eden. and brought tho Trojan war, and
started the sravitati0n theory. But the
greatest exploit has just occurred 10 WIN
imantic. The CAroaicle OF that town
says: "WilliAm r Fenner Loaf . COW
shoald have killed . euw b . 0vslssy.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1885-12-16

Gen. Grants book is published. 1876,
600 copies have been sent to the agents in
various parts of the country. The book
is sold ct q for two volumes, and Mrs.
Grant receives on GA ~ .et II per cent Of
the pr0hts-which are large.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1885-03-14
RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL.

A school in Smiths Valley, Hunt
ington County, Pa, contains thirty
pupils named Smith.
when you have learned to sub
NIT, " says Prof. Riddle, Ito do faith
fully, patiently, duty that is most dis
tasteful to you, God may permit you to
do work you like. "
The common-school system intro
duced into Utah by the various religious
denominations is said to be slowly but
surely undermining the system of polyg-
amy Chicago Times.
"A large Buddhist temple is now in
course of erection at Kiota, Japan. All
its timbers and pillars are put in place
by ropes made of human hair. The
devotees of the god they worship offer
their hair on its shrine. The hair is
then cut off and is twisted by the priests
into church ropes.
The Turin Royal Academy of Sci
ences will award a prize of $2,400 in
1866, to the author of the best work on
physics, chemistry, physiology, natural
history, geology, history, geography, or
to the author of the most brilliant or
useful discovery. The competition is
open to all countries. Chicago Cur
rent.
By the last annual report of the
Commissioner of Education it appears
that the relative number of women
teachers in the United States is on the
increase. From the territory which
has reported, the sex of teachers there
are given the figures of 1O6,676 men,
and 166, 705 women. Eighteen States
show an increase in the average salary
of teachers Y. San.
-"Only five colleges in the country
have adequate endowments, says the
COiIegian "These are Columbia, with
s., 900, 900; John Hopkins University,
SS,000,000; Harvard, 100000; Cor
nell, $2,000,000; Princeton, $1,0Q0,000.
Less than half a dozen mole have even
tolerably liberal endowments: Tufts,
S750,000; Brown, $720,000; Lafayette,
S6OO,0OO; Cincinnati University, $780,
600. So far as we can ascertain, no
other college has an endowment of
over $3.50, 000."
Prof. Tarbell an educator of high
rank, has declared the great work of
the public schools of to-day to be the
preparation of the pupil, by technical
education, for those employments in
which skilled hand is necessary. Ac-
cording to his view, it only remains for
the public to express a decided senti-
ment in favor of industrial education,
in order that the schools shall respond
earnestly and readily to the demand.
This sentiment seems to be particularly
strong in New England, doubtless due
to the existence of so many manu-
factories in that region. Current.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1885-03-14
WOLVES IN FRANCE.
The Number Destroyed During the Year
1888.


1888.
France is still infested in some parts
with wolves, and although these formi-
dable animals do not generally cause
much loss of human life, it only re-
quires a really cold winter to render the
wolves dangerous and destructive to the
poor husbandmen and villagers of the
Meuse and the Vo>ges. Formerly,
many French departments were pro-
vided with louvetters, gentlemen who,
in return for the title and privilege of
wearing a gallant and most piquant
uniform, undertook to keep the district
free from louvine incursions. A short
time back, however, these honorable
and venerable dgnties were suppressed,
the Minister of Agriculture being con-
tent with setting aside annually sum
of money, out of which prizes are
awarded for each wolf killed. The
Minister of Agriculture has just issued
the official returns of the wolves de-
stroyed during the year 1888. No few
er than 1888 wolves were killed in one
way or another OF these, 80 were
with young, and 493 were cubs; the re-
mainder being full-grown animals,
Nine well authenticated cases of per-
sons being attacked by wolves were re-
ported, but it is not said whether any
lives were destroyed or not. One hun
bred and three thousand seven hundred
and twenty francs (f4.14S los. SD
were distributed as rewards, which
varied according to the Importance of
the capture. But perhaps the most in
teresting part of the report is that which
tabulates the number of animals de-
stroyed in each department The Peri
CORD and eastern counties suffer most
from the ravages of these animals. The
Dordogne heads the list with 49, the
Meuse, 122; Haute-Meusc, 80; Meurthe-
et-Moselle, 81; Vosges, Il; Haute-
Vienne, Il; Charente, Go; Correze, So;
Grouse, 43; Aube, 40; other counties
following with lesser totals. During an
exceptionally severe winter exciting
sport may be enjoyed either in the
Vosges, the DOrdogne or the Cote dor;
local guides and attendants are readily
obtained, and the poor peasantry are
ready thankfully to render any assist
ance to the hunters who help to rid
them of their treacherous and destruct-
! i've enemy.- Chambers Journal
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1885-03-14
WIT AND WISDOM.

1T isn't considered good form for
a physician to tell butcher-patient
that something is the matter with his
liver
An Illinois man sneezed bullet
out of his nose the other day. Those
fellows who will persist in looking into
the muzzles of their guns to see if they
arc loaded must suffer the consequences.
Harrington Free Press.
-Burdette has evidently worked on
farm. He remarks: "Where the
zephyrs dimple the fields of golden rye,
/ hear the song the harvesters are sing
ing clear and high. 1 hear note that
rises above the reaper's hum; know
the drivers tried to clear the cogwheel
with his thumb"
He stood corrected: Boston girls
are not ignorant of geometry. A young
Bostonian handed his girl lozenge
shaped like a heart the other night.
"What is thisP'' she asked. "It is
kiss" he replied. "a kiss is not heart
shaped" she said. MOP" "No, it
is elliptical. "-BOSton Courier.
The wealthest heiress that any
man ever married did not bring him
riches to compare with the eyes of dia-
monds, teeth of pearls, hair of gold,
cheeks of rubies, and voice of silver.
The fair sex can acquire most of this
wealth if they will begin young enough.
1t will attract better man than dol.
lars. Chicago Journal
The hero.
o you who linger in the night of TOLL
And long for day,
Take heart. The grandest hero is the man
Or whom the world shall say
That from the roadside of defeat he plucked
The flower success,
BraVey and with a mOdesty sublime,
Not with blind eagerness.
W T. Talbot.
III see, said an Englishman,
"that Richard Grant White declares
that no matter how long Cornishman
or Yorkshireman lives in this country
G carn't get rid of the peculiarites of
speech which e took up in hinfancy.
This is mistake. ave only been
ere ten years and can deceive any one
as to the place of my native ONE"
" Probably Mr.. White did not think of
you,n some one replied. "Yes, but
what right as e TO make such asser-
tons? If White should talk to me, I'd
simply say: Mr.. White, git h'out
You don't know good English from an
hole in the ground - ArkanSaw
IrdUeler.
What is the population of the
world, papa" asked six-year-old
Edith, who was making up sums for
herself on new slate. You must
not interrupt me now, Edith, said her
father, who was writing at the same
table. $50 to Miss Smith," referring
to her governess. Her father was not
so busy, however. but that he heard
and was amused by her saying in low
tone soon after: Il know how l can
find out myself. I'll look in the back
of the geography for the United States
and for Europe, and then | can add
Aunt Mary's baby and Aunt Jessie'S
baby, and that will give it to me ex-
actlv.-ExchdRge.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1885-03-14

care you crazy?" calculated old
Braun, cor have you been drinkingP"
And turning to Schmidt No 2, he said:
"You are here already You can't well
come a second time. can you?n
Schmidt No. did not know what to
say.
Tell him to come in, ordered Capt
ain Braun.
The orderly drew up his shoulders
and cast look towards Heaven, as il
he was going to pray, and stumbling
over his own feet, he opened the door.
Lieutenant Schmidt No. entered.
The orderly snea&ed in also. He
wanted to see how this thing was going
to end
"Why, Heavens preserve u.s. You
are, also, Schmidt No. 2" said Braun.
"How many of you are thereP'
Captain, you will excuse me, but
l am Schmidt No. l."
Old Braun put both hands to his head
to steady his brain, then said: "But
that is not possible. If you were
Schmidt No you would be your own
ldullCI anu IuC ldJucI VI OCIlllliuJ M.
2 also, and even if you are your own
father you are dead, and then you
could not be here. My poor brain
needs a rest"
In the meantime the two lieutenants
looked sharply at each other.
Father" said the son, "where did
you get all the black hair from?n
"Black hair?' exclaimed the father,
and then looked in the glass; he said:
well, who ever heard the like. The
cursed stuff in the bottle is to blame for
this"
Old Captain Braun laughed right out
$50 you have been dyeing your hair,
and for that reason supposed you
were your son, and asked you what your
father was doing. No wonder you were
astonished. 1t is the best joke of the
season. But you told me your father
was dead. How did you know all this, :"
said he, turning to Schmidt No. 2.
II met Lieutenant Scholz."
$50 did t. said old Braun. "Well
that is good joke. "
And the red-faced orderly so far for
got himself and military discipline as to
eXclaim:
Eyes, that is a good joke. "-TranS-
lated from the German for TEXAS SJt-
ingS.