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The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1885-02-18

II Ia claimed that Johnson's Ahodine Ltninlent 10
almost infa be In tn, cure oil dph heriar pneumonia
Influenza bronchitis, congestion VI the lungs, ana
hard dry coughs. This may al be true. we Know II
vii prevent dphtheria and that II VIII cure the Group
instantly.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1885-02-18

The good die young. Tina, is the reason why
woman never grows old. She knows she ID iiaoie 10
die at any time.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1885-02-18

Every mother should have Arnica Oil Linimcnt
scnlds or bruises.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1885-02-18

Costlvene.s can be permanently cured by the use
Of Bakers Mandrake Bilicrs.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1885-02-18

"Mi-s Florence, do YOU 1--we beastsr Am
consider that as proposal. sirs" was the lad,
qu OK rvtort.
The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1885-08-01

ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE Of HALLS.
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FOUND AT LAST.

THE FAMOUS LOST CABIN" MINE
which is surrounded by Il mining di,tric,
the wealth Of which is unparalleled IN the
discoveries Of the age. Miles and miles
Of rich placers and quartz leads, %prensunc-
ed by experts to he the very mecca Of tAe
gold seekers hopes. Full particulars Of
this new and wonderful mineral belt Of
its first discovery; how TO get there when
to go and how to become The pOSsesscr of
a claim. t0yctherWith n eisi Of the laws Of
mining governing the same also q fund
of information of the Western Territories
concerning the mining. stock and a~.-iicui-
turali interests, and authentic data of the
great OIL discovery in Wyoming. will he
sent to any address in the verdi upon re-
caipt OF 81. All questions p~ropounded
will be accurately and reliably answered
References furnished when desired. Ad-
dress, REID y JONES.
ltawlin S, Wyoming.
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TERRITORIAL
To all Whom it may Concern.

NOTICE is hereby given to all whom it
may cOncerN, that tho ground on which
Wayne Il Black store is located, on Dry
GUlch mouth, Belongs TO the undersigned
aad any party or parties trading for it
from other persons or pretended owners,
will %iHvolvs themselves in q law suit, as !
alone can give n good deed therefor.
IN. GEORGE.
NoKal, y N, Jsa'y ~. 1885. "A
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r,rn, lSsi Eresi

SvStsaptiOns Invariably m advance.
&nSIssoPisE : stHts. seesirt,n coyir
frsc.
The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1885-08-01

If you want address cards, cal
ing cards, or any kind Of business
cards, envelopes, neatly printed
letter heads, statements, notes or
any kin Of blanks, call on US,
wen do it. job work done neatly,
quickly, and in 4 manner to suit
all. Do you want posters, dodg-
ers, handbills, programs, or, in
fact. anything that can be done
with type and ink, if you call on
us we will do it for you, tor
VgE ru.VNr
The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1885-08-01
FREE TC FARMERS.

To secure TOO, 600 new subscribers dur
lag next sixty days, We will actually send
the best farmers magazine ia the U. s.
free for ore en- ire Year 10 every ono
sending as at once the names Of Ten farm.
ersand l2 e.ct stamps fer postage, etc
The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1885-08-01

County Commissioners,
Z 7. kToEB A. W. BxrAN, j. A. BROTH
u
County School Sup't.
\. G.. LAM.
Precinct No. s, Directory.
Justice Of tho Peace, .......J. B. COLLIER
Eonstabls. .CHAs. BULL
The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1885-08-01
JOSE MONTANA Y SAlS.
COmersiantes Porr1en0r
LINCOLN, n. NJ.

TIL nf0r working p-opis SsnS 10 ssatS
II I'll Bpustase ami We wiz mail yCu fras. .
ulIlll royal, valuable 5amp pie boy ~ goods
that viii pu1 you - Nps way efmRkt
~ more money In a 1tW daYg taan Won sYeY
thought possible at AM huaiE8Es. aaPitIl zul
required. You can iva at home and vsyE IN
spare time only, or all the Tms. All Of bona
GsNet, or all ages, grandly Yuegsssful. k9GSats
w. " easily earned every evening. ThkB ~
who want work may tsst ths husiLes4. ~s
make this unparalleled oS0r ~ ~ who are
not we'll EatlsnOd We will sand 81 N nay
Tor she trouble OF WrtnguE. Ful partsulArB
directions. ere, sem free VortrrcI will 10
made hy those who silva thsir Whole tins 70
the work. Great sHeSaEa absolutely sure. D.
not delay. start nov. Address SIIHGoE a
Co. Portland Maine.
The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1885-08-01

t- Proof Of Labor blanks 10 be had
fTeshiroln the machine s. this Oaies.
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DISTILLING

o. Ovsnsborc, Ky, hhsn which there 10
sore better made or drank. Al WAC aAvo
partaken of T. J. Nenarch's HAND mELc
sou mash whisky need no inducemsnt to
Try it again, and | ssll none other.
Sample room en- White Oaks Av0nusa,
ally inVitsd 10 drop in,
". J. LITTELL.
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D0WNQ Patent Seif-n0RQgT
Adjusting OOllDGl


Is the ouly perfect fitting. truly comfortable
and hcalth-prcserVing Corset muds. Has an
Elastic Section above and below a Corded Cen
torpitce. Entirely different from any other.
Every Corset IL Stamped and absolutely Guar
autsed in every particular. Bcsure to get the
Downs Patent. Manufactured only by the
6age-DowHs Corset Co. Chicago, and for sale
hy irst-Class dry-goods stores everywhere
Price $3.50.
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I'D V~ERTISEMENT.
NOTICE OF rRE-EMrrIoN PROOF.
Is. LNND OFFICK,
Las Cruces. y. NJ.

Ut IsNTU vi IVIe
Las Cruces, n. N.
July "A, 1855.
Notice is hereby given that the following
named settler has fled notice of his intention
to make final proof in support of his claim,
add that said proof win be made before tho
Clerk Of the Probate Court. at Lincoln, Lin
coin County, y. NJ, on August 3Ist, 1850, viz;
WILLIAM CAFFKEY; on dCclurutOry state
ncut No. 1909, for the s. @ a n q Il ela Sc u sec
3, mt II o Il me- = sec 10. twp Z : = IL e. He
uumci the following witnesses 10 prove his
Continuous residence upon and cultivation Of
said land, viz $. n. Williams. j. y. Nc5oc,
john L. Bolt91. jas. i. Tomlnson, all of Lin
coin County, n. VI.
~ JOHN r. NCFIE. Register
The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1885-08-01
LADY

%TTTJITmors money than 1t anything else by
W takiugHH agency for the bssS selling
" IItbook out. BsEiHnsrs sner'sd sraAsly.
None fail. Terms free. HALHTT BOOK Co.
Maine.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1885-07-10
CHAPTER V.
THE COUNTESS IMPRISONED.

The Countess by an effort recovered
her self-poSsession, and, though pale
as death and trembling. arose.
1T is false, audacious impostor.
How dare YOU cast a slight on the hon
or of our noble famlyP How dare
YOU, vile sorceress, thus insult me? |
will have you logged through the
town at the cart : tail.
"Will you? Indeed, you forget that
it is |, not you, Countess Donati, who
command here"
Would YOU dare attempt to detain
me by force?'
Would | dare? Ha, ha, ha! as
suredly | would, my proud lady; so
you had best listen to me quietly"
The Countess glanced around the
room. There appeared no possibility
of escape; for the door by which she
entered had again closed behind her,
and she could not discern either lock
or handle
She gazed despairingly around the
room, but saw no chance of escape.
Then she again turned to Rudiga and
said
Mysterious woman! | know not
the secret of your knowledge. You
/ have this day told me secrets which |
thought hidden deep in my own breast.
Listen ! will tell you more, if you do
not already know
THE stars never lie" said Rudiga
solemnly. Speak on; can test the
truth of what YOU say by the slecpless
sentinels of night"
"More than sixteen years ago vio-
lent shock brought on brain fever; and
while thus lying dclirious my infant
daughter died. Slowly ! regained my
consciousness and reason My first
cry was for my child. The physicians
saw that should learn the dreadful
truth-that my infant daughter was
dead-it would also cause my death.
Ny husband procured female child
Of the same age as mine and one
morning awoke and found Francesca
nesting in my bosom. For years my
kind husband kept the secret; and il
was not until the child was six years of
age that he revealed TO me the fraud.
But the then tender vine had wound
herself so closely round my heart, that
had she, indeed been my daughter,
| could not have loved her more
And YOU thought not, selfish wo-
man, of the poor mothers anguish
from whom the child was torn.
IL knew nothing on the subject.
"Then know now that the child that
you call Francesca was stolen from
her cradle during the absence OF the
poor fond mother, and that the nurse,
who would have revealed the name oi
the abductor, was murdered-shot
dead ere the words could pass heI
lips
ALAS | knew il not
"Are you prepared to make restitu
ton P''
"RestitutionP'
yes"
"What can I do?" answered tn,
Countess evading the question. Coco
woman. I have told you all. Abou
this money-this hundred and fifty
thousand ducais will you lend it t
meg"
ION conditions.
/ What condtionsP"
THAT YOU give up the girl you false
ly call your daughter"
ITO whomg"
ITO her mother.
al know her not.
I 81 will fird her. Answer, viii yo'
sIye up the girlGH
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1885-07-10
"Neyer,r shrieked the Countess.


"You shall be compelled to do so;
the law will compel you"
al will deny it. You have no proof
no witness"
woman, will you give UP the girl
whom YOU have stolenp
'Neycr, never, neverW
"Then, by Heaven, you shall never
leave thia room alive" cried the sor-
ceress, now wound up to pitch Of
fury"
The Countess ran frantically to the
door. In vain; it was bolted and
barred, nor could she discover where
the fastenings were. The windows
were far above her reach. and she WAS
soon convinced that for the present she
was safely Gagged.
Rudiga regarded her in silence,
knowing how vain her attempts to es-
cape would prove.
So soon as the imprisoned lady was
satisfied that all her efforts must prove
vain she desistcd, and turned with the
intention of beseeching the Woman in
Red TO release her.
But, to her dismay, the Jewess had
vanished, and she was alone -immured
in the dismal old house of the sorcer-
ess."
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1885-07-10

ihE legislature has done commend
able thing in allowing $4,000 for the
erection of n statue of Gen. Lewis Cas-
in the representative gallery in Wash
ington. 'Tis fitting that we should re-
member in some substantial way this
brave man whose life was so closely in
terwoven with the early history of oul
state, and to whose clear foresight we
are indebted for much OF the prosperity
we now enjoy.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1885-07-10

"This casket contains one million
ducats in gold and silver. and the
value of two millions more in jewels.
See, there is yet another; that con
tains an equal treasure.
The Countess clasped her hands,
and gazed with establishment at such
vast wealth.
"Ah! then you can aid me. re-
quirc what is To you but n small sum.
IL know" interrupted the Woman in
Red; ''you require one hundred and
fifty thousand ducats."
"Great hcavens!h said the Countess,
aghast with horror; chow knew you
thlsP How can you tell my inmost
thoughtsP'
"By that art which you despise, "
said the other solemnly. "And now
will tell YOU for what purpose you re-
qulre the money. Your husband. the
Count Donati, writes that unless such
sum can be procured Immediately, he
is utterly ruined"
"Ah! you know all" cried the
Countess in terror. "This is truly
dreadful.
IL know all that you know-and
more. Listen while | tell you. Not
only will the Count be utterly ruined
| if he do not receive the money, but he
will be disgraced, dishonored, and his
liberty probably his life also-pay the
| forfeit -pay the forfeit
"Oh, heavens!" cried the Countess,
"can it indeed be sop
at is So
you can aid me-" she cried implor-
ingly; you can save me. Do so; and
| shall be forever grateful"
"Gratefulv" said the sorceress,
scornfully; will gratitude give me
back my goldP"
81 will pay you literally for the loan
when | return il.
when you return it! That may be
never"
81 have my jewels with me, and my
daughters"
Your daughtcrs. Countess Donati!
You said your daughter, | think?'
The piercing eyes of the sorceress
were on her face, as though to read
her inmost soul.
The Countess quailed before her, I'M
able to meet that fiery, searching
glance.
Il have my jewels" she said, in
humber tones; for now she was thor
oughly terrified at the deep knowledge
this woman possessed of her affairs.
"They will not suffice.
"They are worth more than hun
dred thousand ducats.'
That may be; but they are not
worth Il hundred and fifty thousand,
and less sum is TO you useless"
True. too true. alas!h cried the
Countess. "What can do? Woman,
have you no pity? You know all, and
yet refuse to aid me"
pity, Countess Constanza Donatl!
Is it you who talk to me of pity? Have
YOU any pity ON the mother achom you
hare r0b6cd Of her chiid?"
IL robbed mother of her childr'
gasped the Countess, turning deadly
pale. What mean you? | understand
you not
You understand me well, Countess
Donati. Your daughter-your daugh
ter, whom you call Francesca"
"My daughter! what of her! What
of my dear Francesca
This; your daughter-is-NoT YOU
DAUGHTER.
The Woman in Red rose as she spoke
these words. and stood before the III III
fortunate lady like III ~ enging angel
AGAIN siTt repeated the words, almos
shrieking them forth:
Your DAUGHTER Is NOT YOU
DAUGHTER!
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1885-07-10
Ahoni Widows.

have a vague idea, says n writer IN
the San Francisco Chronicle, that q
widow, TO be natural. should Away
be plump. can't give my reason for
it, have long had a conviction that
grief over a departed husband was fat
tening. notice that stage widows
are always wan and pale and faint at
the sight of any relic of the deceased.
But that is a dramatic license and only
in comedies where true love and devo-
ton are made funny, not 10 say ridicu.
lous. do they make widows plump.
Come to think of it, don't see why .
widow shouldn't be plump. She has
nothing to worry about She Is heroine
of one great battle. with n weakened
world before her TO conquer like
widows. Ii always seems TO me that a
.vidow is a woman who has got the
s5ost Of man. He may have been 4
great deal IF man. or very little of .
man. but she's got the best of him. II
seems TO be awfully hard for a woman
TO survive her husband do not wish
to ask whether matrimony Is, after all.
disease that is fatal to women,
don't say that Q woman should never
marry at all. She should always mar
~ some other man
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1885-07-10

A law proposed in illinois, and favor
cd by the Trades and Labor Assembly,
deals with the problem OF convict labor.
Its object is to devise means by which
conyicts can be kept employed without
underselling the pre-iie,cc t--7-fo of free labor,
and 50 >eIucing the wages of the free
.@S6orer. The bill enacts that the prod
uct of prison labor shall not he sold
Mt less than market rates; that not over
ten per cent of the convicts shall be
employed on airy particular industry,
and that certain percentage OF the
revenue shall be set aside for the sup
port of the convict's family
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1885-07-10

THE following is an example of the
ridiculously silly questions asked in the
examinat' ons of the civil service COM
mission: What is the relation of vol
ume of gases to pressureP State what
you know of the diffusion of gases 1t
would not harm anyone to know all
about pneumatics, but just how such
knowledge is n requisite in business
qualifications it would puzzle a wiser
man than any civil service reformer to
answer
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1885-07-10

TIE. bill providing for an advisory
pardon board is now a law and provides
for board of four persons, one of whom
shall be a physician and another an at
torney, whose duty it shall be to ex-
anime applications for pardons of con-
victs and decide on the same. As an
experiment the workings of this bill
will be closely watched by all. The
executive has been the object of ridculc
and censure every time cony ct has
been pardoncd, and that too, unjustly,
from the very fact that the true merits
ofevery case were not know to any save
the executive and thos, who were di.
rectly instrumental in securing the par
don. Under the new law, the execu-
tive has discharged his duty when he
has made wise appointments ard Other
shoulders must bear the burden.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1885-07-10
lOvEs INFINITE.
HERBERT MosoRovK.

From s,unds Of music, scenes OF mirtb,
We wandered meath the dropping trees
All silent she and silent /
And silent all save am'rous breeze
That floated far from rhythmic seas.
The night was soft and still'd and sweet,
And nsught that holy hour could break;
The air was fragrant as the rose
Through foliage green, fell DER the lake
The loved enchantment the moon can make
10, by the dreamful waters edge
We stroird In all loves mad delight,
Aud trobbing hearts found answer there
Where silent lilies yelled their white
And spotless bos'ms 10 the night
In barque most quaint we glided DER
The sleeping silver of the stream,
And far meath bending shadows glow
Until with souls In fire CLEAN,
We sought each oth'r-the world dreaml
The barQue rose gently, moved at will,
And Purity bent her hea'nly face
And found In Loves triumphant gold
No darkness that II might eirace,
No guile, no tainted thought, nor trace
Love Can meaner beings knowi
All, nay; for thou wouldst seem less dear;
Thy spotless soul would stain and blush
To let earth's jostled herd but hear
Thy melody or know that thou vert near.
y 4
Her head more glorious than the night
Her face more radient than day,
And beating heart, were close to mine
o that our barque would drift away
Ana on, ana life were thus for ayei
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1885-07-10


THERE is growing feeling
all over the country in favor of Sat
urday half holiday, as is tn custom in
England, where it is in such favor with
workingmen that they would more will
ingly surrender any other privilege
possessed by them than this. The sen.
timent in the West In favor of half
holiday is not so strong as in the East,
but it is growing. In New York City,
according to the Herald nearly thous-
and establishments have decided to
close at noon on Saturday, and many
other proprietors have expressed will
ingness to do so providing their compet-
itors in the same business will do the
same. There is no doubt that the gem
eral adoption of the half holiday would
do much to establish more friendly re-
lations between employers and en-
ployes and remove one of the eau es OF
discomfort among the working people
that they have no time for rest or
pleasure. Should t'le practice become
general business would adjust itself to
the changed condition of affairs, as
when the worsiug hours were changed
from ~ TO 10 hoJrs per day,
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1885-07-10

was born at Kingston, Ohio, Sept 6,
1919, graduated at West Point
acadamy in 1912. In 1868 President
johnson appointed him u. S. Minister
to Mexico, but he was recalled soon
after President Grants accession. He
was sent to Congress from California
and was one of the principal opponents
of the Grant retirement bill. His name
was mentioned for Cleveland's cabinet
and also for some of the more impor-
tant foreign missions. He was made
Register of the Treasury, vice b. X
Bruce resigned, June 4th 1885.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1885-07-10
England's Great Bank.

The total number of employees all
told i'm the bank is about | 100, and the
salary list, including pensions is about
f30O.000 per annum, says the Fort
nightly Review. There Is an excellent
library and reading room in the bank,
to which the directors have literally
contributed both money and books.
There are also a widows fund and
guarantee society. life insurance
company. a volunteer company and
club, or dining room. where clerks can
dine cheaplv and WELL connected with
the bank, which owe very much OF
their prosperity 20 the liberality and
kind consideration Of the directors.
The governors apd directors of the
bank divide between them ia, 200 per
annum OF this the governors receive
q, 900 each and the directors $500
each. Beyond the status which their
position gives them they derive no BEN
eft from their Office, while they tax
themselves most literally by their con-
tributions toward the welfare of their
clerks The governor and deputy gov
ernor remain in Office for two years
only, and this short tenure OF Office is,
with considerable reason. thought TO
be detrimental TO the efficient and con-
sistent administration OF the functions
of government. The great blot OF tho
system seems to be the want of contin-
uitv of policy which X cngendered. a
governor, let us say. is an enlightened
iinancicr; for two years his policy is
paramount; but his successor then
comes and perhaps rcyerses everything
and the onus of the change. 80 far rs
the bank customers are concerned, is
left to bc borne by the permanent OIL
GERS of the bank, who have perhaps
never been consulted in the matter, or
whose opinion based on the experience
of many wears. may be ruthlessly ig-
norcd The two year, ~ stem UNI
doubtedly has lis advantages for the
constant introduction OF new blood: it
also strengthens the governors from
above and below the chair. The di-
rectors below the chair give the gov
ernor a loyalty and hearty support,
because they feel that one day their
own turn may come, while those above
the chair, having passed through the
ordeal. know the value or their col
leagues support. But the result of
this j., nevertheless, the institution of
a sort of one man power. which is well
enough when there is a Hubbard.
Hodgsun or Crawford in the chair, or
if there is Barring. Hambro, Roths-
child or Goschen TO follow. but which
NAV have it,, disadvantages.
- -
An ArLansas .hpriN while pVueri.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1885-07-10
AN uNKISSBsD KISS.

SYDNEY HERBERT PIERsoN.
With jingling coins about her waist
And hair down in a Grecian twist,
She came-a dainty little maid
In gown.of satin stiff brocade
And eyes OF deepest amethyst.
All, me it's idle TO resist
The charm Of being on the list
OF slaves TO sirens so arrayed
With juggling coins.
| said / never could exist
Unless | stopped forthwith and ksse,
Her lips. She did not seem afraid,
But when l tried, she deftly laid
Upon my ear little fist
With jingling coins.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1885-07-10

The newly appointed United States
commissioner of agriculture, Mr.. Nor
man j. Coleman, in an interview says
the outlook for crops generally is ex-
ceedingly good with the exception Of
winter wheat of which there would be
but two birds crop This deficiency
would. however, be nearly made up by
the production OF spring wheat which
since the introduction of the roller pro.
cess makes as good if not better -four
than that produced from winter wheat.
He had eve y reason to believe that
there would be large crops of corn,
oats. barley, and in fact all cereals.
Refer ing to the pleuro-pneumonia
among cattle in Missouri Mr.. Coleman
says it has entirely disappeared. al
though he keeps his men there yet to
guard against fresh outbreak.