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The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1885-08-12

For the past few weeks quiet inveSti-
catten of the operation OF high license IN
Illinois, has been made by The Union Sig
usl of which a full report would be made
II the returns were all made. But As FAR US
we have been able TO learn, high license
has not diminished either crime or paper
ism Questions have been sent to each of
the one hundred and two county j4il> and
almshonses of the state, 10 ind the exact
number OF criminals in jail and inmates of
poor houses, during the last six months of
lsS2 and lss4 Returns have been made
from forty-rwo almshouSes ard the same
plumber If iAils, showing that in these
counties, which do not take in Cook coun-
", the increase in criminals committed to
the Jail, is from 915 in lSs2, to 1852 in lsNf-
The increase OF criminals in the north IN
peuitentiary is from 304 in 1883, to 81 in
1854, or nearly p per cent. \ similar IL
crease is reported in the southern prison.
The number of paupers in the almshouses
in 1882, was 1874. in lssi, 2251; an ln-
crease of over 40 per cent. Edwards
county which has had no saloon tor so
wears, reports no occasion for an aims
house in the county till 1884, when IN six
months thirty-tive inmates were admitted.
COX count almshOnse, to which Chicago
contributes 50 largely, increased from $50
paupers in 1882 to ,39S in 1884, or over so
per cent Peoria county, the seat Of the
largest distilling interests in the United
States has increased over fifty per cent in
its public pauperism during the reign OF
high license. Taken altogether, while
there may have been diminution in the
number of licensed saloons during the asst
two years, it looks very much Us II tie de-
crease had wrought nett err health, wealth
nor right eousness; aud that the evils of
the saloon system, which are the real point
| of temperance attack, bave not been at all
abated by high license.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1885-08-12
The Use of Tobacco.

one of the strouges. arguments against
the use of tobacco is the intense ueusea
and sickDess felt by people in their first at
tempt at smoking. II is natures protest
agaIpst abuse, and it would be weli Tor
millions if they Needed the warning. for
offensive to smell and taste a il Is ut dist,
the dislike often changes TO Intense craving
and the user of tobacco has become its
Slave, the habit being often harder 10 over
come than the love OF strong drink. Aud
OF what use is it?
Very few persons can state distinctly the
effects Of ro9acco upon ,heui, the kind of
pleasure which the use of it gives. I'D
who they continue to use it. Let any user
of tobacco ask himself these questions,
and he will be surprised 10 see how un>at-
is:actary the answers he receives will re.
1t is habit which continually grows
stronger. at the same ii ne weakening The
will, and hually making man its aejsct
slave. is phySio.oI ical effects are sucr AS
10 warrant its abanoonment, even II there
We're no other cor sheraton.
All its i'll effects are transmitted FROM
parents to child, and usually with weak
eued constitution and "a disposition 20 H.
temperance. 1t is q filthy habit Il j an
expensive habit. Il is OF doubtful moral
ity. because its consequences are bad.
King James. in his famous counterb 2ste.
called it Il Precious stlnse, and condemns
the matter as 'custome loathsome To ;be
eve, dangerous to the lungs, and in he
black. stiusing fume thereof neerest rese u
bling the horrible stlGiAn smoake OF the
pit that Is bottomless.'
Smoking TO excess produces nausea,
vomiting aud TREMBLING, with accelerated
motion OF the heart, and il Is an open
question whether the prevalence of heart
disease, which has been attributed to the
rapid, exciting, modern life, should not ne
really attributed to the excessive Use of
tobacco. "smoker's cancer" is Tot az dn-
known disease, as more than one man OF
note has died of it.
1t is with tobacco as with deleterious ar
tcles of diet, the strong suffer compara-
lively little, while those not OF robust hah-
il, or who are predisposed TO disease, FALL
victims to its poisonous operation, nder
such circumstances An article so injurious
/, the health and 81 offensive in its node
of eI joyment shoud be speedily banished.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1885-08-12
STEAM DYE HOUSE,

A>"" Augusta, Me. Established 1857.
K. BARBER co.
.,s,ded frat premium at Maine State Fair 1870.
This well known establishment is conducted ny
NV Kinds Of dress goods in the piece or IN garm-
ent dyed ceansed and ,enshe6 Gents ga %ssr
Gyeu, ~ sce Curtains cleaned. Send for circu.
y, nj mice lit. Velvet trimmings Of sleigh dyed
md restored 70 their primitive color Without
SSuaW r nS q. Old Grape Laces Herrani ana
Esen"Sinss, however soiled OF faded. rehnished.
vsrrsnted equal to new. New Grape greatly impe'-
we'd. s.a.om.,v cleaned At lowest
,.tc.s STEAM Feather Bed Renovating FeaInef
IA. pillows and Curled Hair cleaned oy aesm'
,,u 6EewSsgan, M
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1885-08-12

young man in this city who inherited ahont
S2plOOO ran through II in about three years. This
SHOWS that he must have gone each year ou Fourth
of July excursion to Nantasket,
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1885-08-12
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fThip eoiumn i devoted 10 the interests Inc
W3inanr Christian Temperance Union Of SHOWN ifsn
l. ~ be conducted by them.
The skowtegan ". &. r. U. meets Temperance
Hall. No. CobBru Block, every Tuesday al thfee
O'Clock.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1885-08-12
$1,000

BA HARBoRS WRESTLING GIRL.-A NEST
unusual belle has been discovered at Bar
Hartor, in whistlDg girl. She is de-
scribed a. no more than Is, having made
her hall room debut this season. She
whistles phenomenslly. Her notes are me-
lodious, Clear and correct as those of the
best flutist who ever blew, and the attrac-
tiveness OF the performance is heightened
into positive enchantment by the pouting
pucker of her lips. 1T may be said that
tie pouting is not confined to her mouth,
says an enthusiastic observer, tout extends
the width of her Struggling shoulders to
her corSage, so deprecatory is her pose a.
she steuds before her listeners" She is
the reigning curiosity in her polite circle,
and her personal and family position is so
well assured that she risks no cruel criti-
ciSm as a whistler.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1885-08-12

The idea of the burial OF Genera, Grant
at Washington seems to have very strong
hold hold upon the people OF the Nation.
The Suns Washington special says: 1t i
understood that at the instance of Grand
Army of the Republic men a resolution will
he introduced in Congress next winter de-
claring it to be The wish OF the nation t At
the remains of Gen. Grant be placed in the
custody of the nation ana be deposited
mere at the national capitol in order that
a national monument TO his memory may
be erected The Capital says that Gen.
Logan viii be asked to introduce this res
oution In the Senate and adds The NOV
ers in this matter have a bill which Will
follow the passage of he resolution pro.
posing an extension Of the main building Of
the capitol toward the east, ant they pro-
pose TO have the tomb pl ced in 1t after
the design of Napoleon's in the Invalides.
Another idea is Tor grand national Val
haia to be placed opposite the proposed
national library, to the east of the capitol
, 1885-07-14

w uaniuktru 1ofl imttuclpuAh Ifta7.
Gen. Phil Sheridan is one of the best
story tellers in Washington. Many Of
his best stories are on himself, and he
always laughs heartily at another OF the
same sort. He is the central figure OF
many a good story. One of the best ]
ever heard was about an old army com
rade Of sheridan, who was attacked BY
the scribbling fever, superinduced in
many old veterans o by the demand
for war "reminiscences He rushed in
on Sheridan one day with a query as to
whether he would listen to some rem
iniscences" which he had written out
about a famous fight in which they were
both engaged, and then give him the
the benefit OF his opinion OF them.
Sheridan did not want to listen, as
he doesn t believe in fighting his battles
over, but he said good naturally that
he would. Whereupon his old friend
pulled out a bulky roll Of manuscript
and plunged into a highly exaggerated
account of the battle in question, in
which Sheridan and his achievements
were praised in language so luxuriant
as to te ludicrous. The "Reminiscences
were, in short, of a highly romantic
sort. soaring with proud disdain above
the facts of the fight. At the end Of an
hour, when the last page was reached,
Sheridan made his first comment
John, he said, you know that's all a
lie" and then he turned to his neglected
desk and the old comrade walked sadly
, 1885-07-14
rorl-Lor. q tn. H-ishiaad..

IAA hr AFaA hfhuhfI
Thus, with regard TO the current
superstitions of our peasantry and of the
~Highlanders, it is much more rational
to consider them, as DIR. Robert Cham
bers did, as 'springing from a disposi.
ton Of the human mind to account for
actual appearances by some imagined
history which the appearances suggest.
than as relics OF the old world mytholo-
giles. The untutored mind %disregards
the natural even in these days of ap
piled science.
There is an old weir across the Tweed
which the common people, forgetting
the mill which had disappeared, pointed
out as the work of one OF the imps Of
Michael Scott the wizard. Wherever
there are three-topped hills there is sure
to be a legend of the work of this same
Michael or some other wizard. In the
same VIZ, deep, clear lakes exist in
various parts Of the country, concerning
which traditions survive OF cities lying
at the bottom. submerged for their
wickedness or by the Vaccinations OF
some evil spirit. Old buildings exist in
many parts in such u~nfayorable situa-
tons that popular tradition can only
account for The singularity by the
operation of some unfriendly spirit
transporting them from their original
locality. Large solitary rocks OF the
coast or N hill tops have been deposited
there by witches. Water springing
from n rock by the roadside has always
been the result OF the stroke OF some
magician or saint.
Large depressions on hillsides are
generally the footprints Of giants. like
the mark left by Buddha's. foot as he
assembled to Heaven, which is still to be
seen on a hill in Ceylon. The circular
marks in the fields are the rings drawn
by the fairies for their midnight dances,
and q scaur or cliff bearing the marks
of volcanic action or of lightning is in
variably associated with some tale OF
diaLolical action. Almost every reader
can add instances of natural appear
ances or effects idealized by the work.
ings of the imaginations Of uncivllized
or uncultiyated minds.
, 1885-07-14

Photographers paralysis is tho last ad-
dition to a long category. With plan
lists it takes the form of inability to
strike chords correctly, with violinists
there is loss of power to hold the instru-
ment and to finger, violoncellists be-
come unable to make the nut, " tailors
to use the needle, smiths and brick lay
ers to WELD hammer or trowel, and
compositors can no longer "set' type
The right hand forgets the cunning
which it may have taken years to ac-
quire in some special art or handicraft;
but for all else, even for far moro COM
pick or laborious efforts, it is as obedi-
ent and as powerful as over.
AS Il sufferer graphically described
it: That fingers which could guide
razor or needle, WELD or and musket,
and, though numb with cold, knot and
cast of reef-points on n wet sail, should
yet strike work when called on for tho
familiar characters Of their owners
name, seems utterly beyond compre-
tension" II not unfrequently results
that the mental distress caused by this
incomprehensible muscular alteration
produces n condition bordering on mel
ancholia, and this is the more apt TO bo
the cas- when, as too often happens,
the sufferer is dependent for his liveli-
hood upon the special form Of manual
dexteriiy which is Affected by the dis
ease.
, 1885-07-14
housing the Common People.


A parliamentary commission has
made n report on the housing of the
poor, which is attracting a great deal OF
attention from the radical and reyolu-
tionary character of its recommended
tions. 1t is proposed for instance to
tax heavily all vacant land suitable for
building or cultivation. OF course the
OBJ. ect of a law of this kind would be
to force owners to use their land for the
benefit Of the community, either by
raising crops or for living purposes.
This would be a direct attack upon the
privileges of the very rich, whose parks,
pleasure grounds, deer forests and
game preserves would cost them too
much to hold.
1t is clear that the problem of prob
lens of this age is how to ameliorate
the hard lot Of the very poor. This is
why socialism, communism, and nj
hilism are regarded with so much ap-
prehension by the conservative and
well-to. do classes in Europe. 1t is
feared the problem will never be solved
until after there are social commissions
that will shake society from center 10
circumference.
, 1885-07-14


Rev. Iheophilus Packard, who
preached fifty years at Shelburne, Mass,
was a man Of great ability, aud was
very prominent among the clergy Of his
day.
When his son, Theophilus, Jr.,-who
was afterwards pastor of the same
church for twenty-five years-was old
enough to drive he gave him permission
one day to go to mill with the grist. As
he started of, his father said to him.
Now, Theophilus, you had better
watch Mr.. Peck and see that he don't
take out any of the corn
Theophilus knew nothing OF the Gus
tom Of taking toll for grinding, and
promised to be on the lookout.
When he returned, the doctor asked
him If he saw the miller take any corn.
Yes said the boy, -but | kept
quiet and when his back was turned
put it all back"
The good doctor told this story on all
occasions, but perhaps no one enjoyed
II more than the jolly miller.
, 1885-07-14

The Russian comic songs arc full Of
snap" and yerve; and they always have
a rafting chorus, in which every one
within hearing joins, while the singer
accompanies the strains Of his chorus
with a ludicrously fantastic breakdown,
in which he seems TO dislocate every
joint in his body. Tho plaintive melo-
dies vibrate a strange pathos, that swells
the heart Of the listener, even although
he may understand nothing ofthe words.
And the grand chant, with which the
massive columns moved forward into
the battle, glows with the true fervor
Of fighting ardor. There is a legend of
a battle-song so heart-stirring that it
inspired MennOnites to violate their
tenets, and fight like men possessed
, 1885-07-14
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, 1885-07-14
N 4 ERE STATION
Horses That the Men Are Proud lr-ras-
time for Idle Hours.
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time for Idie Hours
philadelphia Tines
THE alarm strikes, the stable doors
fly open, the horses are out, | jump to
my scat and before you count ten the
fire engine, weighing three and a half
tons, has turned the corner. That's the
way we do things here, said n fireman
to a visitor at one of the fire stations.
"Of course We couldn't make such
time If it wasn't for that ma
chine there that gives tho alarm
and opens the stall doors. Then the
horses, when the alarm sounds, are al
ways on the lookout. Why. they often
show more sense than n man. Now,
there 8 old Jerry who has been here
going on eight years. | would trnst
him TO 20 to q fire by himself, only he
might have trouble in climbing the lad
ders. Just look here" and the
speaker stepped aside and said; Back
up, Jerry; 20 and get a drink" The
horse went to a hydrant at the other
end of the stable and turning the faucet
with his nose waited till enough
water had run in the pail. when
he drank freely. When he was
again in the stall the fireman said:
"Why didn't you turn that water OFF,
For an answer Jerry whisked his tail at
a troublesome ny and his master ex-
planned that he knew enough TO do ii,
only he was a little contra ~ Just then.
Chose horses there, - he said. point
ing to Il well matched team of iron
grays, are MS smart as anything that
goes on tours. You see those harnesses
hanging from tho ceiling with brides
about as high as a horse headl Now
notice how they harness themselves "
With these words the alarm was
struck, the stable doors tiew open as if
by magic, and the horses came t~rotting
ont. zach one sci ed in his mouth the
bit of the ~oserhanging bride and stood
quietly rs the harness dropped in place
on his back. A touch of the hand to
the names and taking up the lines and
all was r ady for a start. 1t seemed as
n the whole action WAS instantaneous.
Now I'll show you how polite they
can lie. Stepping in front of the
nearest one, he said. shake, Colonel "
Immediately the horse placed one of his
fore feet in the mans extended hand.
of course, they can also nod the heads
yes and no-a horse with any style al
all can do that. But true etiquette in
horses, the same as in persons, is being
easy and natural when you are going
through your airs. Now being easy in
these things is where my horses show
their breeding.
Aside from the diversion the horses
afford the fremen is always more or less
playing of games, reading and sociability
by which days of enforced idleness are
made endurabble. Often they are
mt called ont for davs topether and
then may follow fire after FIRE until the
strongest men are taxed almost beyond
endurance. The fireman must always
lie at the station prepared to start on
the second-he cannot wait to start on
the minute. The men in nearly all the
stations do Il little of c%arpentering and
cabinet work, besides in several Of them
no little ingenuity has been developed
in making cathedral clock cases and in
doing other di hcult work. They also
, 1885-07-14

This sort of man generally breaks down
By too much attention to business and not
enough attention to health, He thinks
he has a splendid constitution, and can
stand the racket. He becomes nervous.
debilitated and Respondent Whea he
begins to take Browns Iron Bitters he
also begins to experience renewing strength
Mr.. J. Mitchell Hepp, 62l Market street.
Wilmington, Del, says; For chronic
dyspepsia aud general debility, Browns
Iron Bitten is the best possible remedy.
| suffered horribly for two years. Since
using it l feel as if | had new life and
blood put in me
, 1885-07-14
The WAY Lamps Are Made.

New York Sun
THE way that i~ncandescent lamps
are made is very simple" an electrician
said yesterday. There are different
ways OF preparing the flamcnts, which
are shaped, carbonised and treated at q
white heat. They are then placed in
platinum holders, which are embedded
in glass, and next go into the hands Of
the glass blower. The glass bulbs have
round openings at the bottoms and lit
tie tubes at the tops. The little tubes
all connect with a big tube. This Is
called n fork, aud resembles a cluster of
blackberries. Two or three dozen bulbs
may be on a fork. The glass blower
places hlaments in each bulb at the bot
tom, and Yields the glass about the
platinum holders to the edges of the
opening. Then the air is drawn from
the bulbs.
The open end Of the big tube is at
tached to an air pump, which has forty
pounds of mercury at its top. AS the
mercury drops it carries all the air with
1t, and "a are created in the
bulbs. The operator then takes a Bun
sen burner, and directs its fame against
the little tubes close TO the bulbs. This
closes the bulbs, which are then re-
moved from the big tube. The glass.
blower finishes them of. The ex-
hausting of the air from so many lamps
at nee makes the cost small. The bulbs
can be made by any ordinary glass
blower, but it requires a man of intelli-
genee to make the flament.n
, 1885-07-14
Administrator. Notice.
TERRITORY OF WYOMING,
NOfrNTY Op LARAMIE -

TERRITORY OF WYOMING, 90
COUNTY OF LARAMIE,
Notice is hereby given that on the 22l
day Of June, A. ID. 1885. letters Of ad-
ministration of the estate Of Amasa r.
Converse, deceased, were granted to the
UNDERSIGNED by the probate court in and
for the County of laramie, in the Terri
tory Of Wyoming. All persons having
claims against the said estate are required
to exhibit them to the undersigned for
allowance within six months after the
date Of said letters of administration, or
they may be precluded from any benefit Of
said estate, and if said claims be not ex-
hibited within one year from the date Of
the said letters they shall be forever de-
barred. CLARASCE w. CONVERSE.
TRrMANb. Hicks,
Administrators.
, 1885-07-14

iLAhhNA Fl+AA00A
There Is not the slightest certainty
that any invention, however terrible,
would put an end 10 war. while there is
almost q certainty that, If such an in
yention were perfected, it would griey-
ously increase the miseries Of mankind.
Taken in the lump, men will face any
means of destruction whatsoever, If
also they possess it themselves. Give
two men pistols, and they will fight
across a handkerchief. They are not
afraid Of death, but only of death with
out a chance of victory. King Theo-
dore, of Abyssinia, asked his courtiers,
when the rocket-sticks fell at his feet,
il he oolld DO reasonably expected to
face things like those, and ultimately.
in pure despair Of defeating science
with unscientific weapons, killed hiu-
self, but if he also had possessed rockets
he would have fought on.
No men, not even Prussian soldiers
or English sailors, will face shells with
out shells to throw back, but when they
have shells they face the enemy S shells
as bravely as they did the old 70 nd
shot. The methods of war are changed
by science, but wal is not extinguished.
Suppose it true that able chemists and
hAtAA1hA1tdio Jun Aaf1hN "a ihtAbO0 Va
throwing an ~asphyxiating vapor on a
sleeping army, what would be the re-
sulti First, the adoption of some pro
tectiye covering, such as iron-clad huts
for sleeping in, next, the adoption of a
method of encamping which spread the
army over a surface too great Or too
uneven to be reached; and next, the
Use Of similar mechanicians and
chemists as the assailing force.
Huxley would march with his fisher
men to choke Tyndall with his Alpine
climbers. War would then consist
mainly of efforts to obtain advantageous
positions, from which showers Of death
would be thrown, but war would not
cease. Forlorn hopes would be organ
led among chemists or mechanicians as
easily as among soldiers, enormous re-
wards would be paid to the new war
riors, and nations would fight each other
as briskly as ever.
, 1885-07-14

REV. SAN JONES laughs at culture and
says he'd rather have to learn A d Q in
heaven than to know Greek in hell :"
And vet had it not been for the kind of
culture that Sam Jones laughs at, he'd
have no translation of the Bible to stand
on while he makes a clerical clown of him
self and he'd be blowing com in Georgia
right where he ought to be now instead OF
travelling over the country, assuming an
intimacy with angels and a privy-counsel-
orship with the Creator.
, 1885-07-14

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