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The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1885-08-26

A Washington despatch says during one Of the
recent hot days the sparrows aliRhting ON the
asphalt pavement got stuck In tho mixture. nv
not going to get stuck for news in the dull sea.
| son.
"The sharpshooters concealed In the copse kept
up CALLING nre on the snemys siirmish line. read
asked the teacher interrupting him. expect it's
policeman, mA'am.
..Therc Is sothine Ike Dr.Thomas' Eclectric oil to
N. J. Fellows. Bur Oak, ST. Joseph Co, Mich.
An Engshman took dinner IN Danyile. He
ate one whole cabbage head five cncumbers
four ribs OF boiled pork, with other things ~
proportion. winding up with n sliced watermei.
last woris were: Him Frustrated by the eat"
The pine trees. Gays an authority serve as refuge
for more lha four hundred species OF insects. We
easily understand why Mr.. Longtelow was
90 strenuous In advising The aspiring young man 70
1t Ia a dangerous thug " allow the diarrhoea or
uyseDtery to GO unchecked and there need OF It.
A small bottle OF johnson Anodyne Lfninent Will
cure the most stubborn Case that can be producee,
'On, say, EXCLAIMED n bright Hltle girl
at the Holman House while at dinner, hasn't
that man over there got aw full big earsl" Hush,
child, the gentleman might hear yon," caution
ed the mother. "Well, ma retorted the preco-
cious youngster, Iii he couldn't hear me with
those ears, he ought to haul 'em down"
Ny love- what was that you played ust now,''
Home, Sweet Home" with variations. Yon should
have known" Well, thought did know The
variations sounded familiar but blame me II could
hear where the Home, Sweet Home. came In.
New lungs cannot be made by medicines, or the
skill OF Physicians but the Old be strength
ened and preserve ed by the use OF Adamsons Botan-
ic Balsnm, for coughs, cOlds, astoma and
all diseases OF the lungs. Prices IS and 10 cents
Trial bottles 10 cents.
An exchange states that benanas equal to
those grown in the sandwich Island are raised
at YUMA Arizona. Yuma believe itor not, as
you like.
Alonzo dear de you believe lei in ghosts ,,,, she
"Well, Alonzo, that ghosts to show you are
not superstltious." Then they fell into a sweet
calm sleep.
Fever and ague, malarous fever bilious and Uphold
fcvers all originate in producing cause and may
all be easily prevented by Pdrson's Pur0afire rus
These pills act directly and powerfully upon the
blood.
1t is understood that the officers Of the Saliva
tien Army are instructed not to read secular
newspapers 1t liz Just as we'll they do NOT;
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1885-08-26

"The shArpshooters concealed In the copse kept
mp CALLING nre the enemy's skirmsh line" read
the boy, In loud voice. "Whst 10 corpss, Frank
asked the teacher. interrupting him. expect It's
policeman, mAam.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1885-08-26

Arnica & Oil Liniment is very healing and sootb-
Ing, and does wonders when applied to old sores
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1885-08-26

1t Is dangerous thug " allow the diarrhoea or
uyseDtery to GO unchecked and there Is need OF It.
A small bottle OF johnson 4nodyne Liniment Will
cure the most stubborn case that can be producee.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1885-08-26

"Aionzo dear, de you believe In ghostsi" she
asked dreamily. mo, do not, he replied
not snperstltious" Then they fell into a sweet
calm sleep.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1885-08-26

"oh, say, ma. :" exclaimed n bright little girl
at the Ho Gilman House while at dinner, "hasn' Z
that man over there got aw full big earsi" Hush.
child, the gentleman might hear you" caution
ed the mother. swell, ma retorted the preco-
cious youngster, III he couldn't hear me with
those ears, he ought to haul EN- down"
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1885-08-26

An exchange states that benanas equal to
those grown in the sandwich Island are raised
at Yuma, Arizona. Yuma believe itor not, as
you like.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1885-08-26

New lungs cannot be made by medicines or the
skill OF Physicians: but the Old be strength
ened and preserved by the use OF Adamson's Botan.
ic Balsam sure cure for coughs, colds astoma and
all diseases OF the lungs. Prices IS and 10 cents
Trial bottles 10 cents.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1885-08-26

Washington despatch says during one Of tho
recent hot days the sparrows aliRhting ON the
asphalt pavement got stuck In tho mixture. Ev-
identity the man who sent that despatch was
not going to get stuck for news In the dull sea
son.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1885-08-26

NY love, what was that you played just nowf''
Hone, Sweet Home" with variations. Yon should
have known" Well, thought did know. The
variations sounded familiar but blame me II / could
hear where the Home, Sweet Home, came In.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-01-09
Private Hotels in London.

A few London hotels are very dear.
such, for instance, as the elite of the
''private hotels about Piccadilly. In
these, which are small, everything is
s~crupulously neat and intensely En-
glish. There are no public drawing
rooms or parlors, but all guests are ex-
pected to take private ones or whole
suites. The attendance is of the best
that is to say, the walters and maids arc
more like perfect automata than any,
thing which. discipline has ever produced
In humanity. The landlord or landlady
IS the invisible handspring of the whole.
One may live for months in the house
and not be aware of their existence.
Ihese places are, in fact, q sublimed
form OF the Observation-Disclosures il
almost nothing about them which sue.
gests to an American his idea of a hotel.
There is often no billiard or smoking.
ROOM, no table d'hote. In these, during
the season, the aristocracy, pm. sanQ.
a conceal themselves in perfect Sc
cluslon from all save those whom they
wish to see. Many or most of these are
Kept by ex-butlers, who have been for
years in the service of the nobility, and
have while there married ladies' maids,
linus they are perfectly qualified in
their clientele. Life in these places is
perfectly comfortable, in absolutely
good form, bnt unless one has many
friends, 1ntolerably dnl,--Boston al
p27vtser. -
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-01-09
Royal Authorship.

The royal family Of England are all
Of literary or artistic fame. Queen
Victoria. has written several books.
The published diary of the dead Prin-
cess Alice proves that had she been an
author she would have taken a fair
position in the world of letters. The
Princess Beatrice draws and paints
creditably, and now the two sons of tn,
Prince OF Wales, Albert Victor and
Prince George, are about to publish a
book. When cadets ON board the Bac.
chante they kept a daily notebook,
wherein was recorded the strange things
they encountered in the cruises Of thai
vessel in distant seas. OF course the
book has been touched up by the Rev.
DR.. Dalton, who was their coach and
companion on the voyage. Those who
have seen the proof sheets say that the
work will be an interesting one,~-Dens
vests Nom1h.!u.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-01-09
TEA AN lRRlTANT DRUG.
1t Acts Directly and A~bnormally on the
Nervous SNStcln.

~ ~N OSO
Nervous System.
The experience Of every confirmed
t~ea-drinker, when soundly interpreted.
supplies condemnation of the beverage;
the plea commonly and blindly urged
on its behalf being, when under
stood, an eloquent expression for such
condemnation. at is so refreshing'';
Il am fit for nothing when tea-time
comes round until I have had my tea,
and them I am fit for anything" The
''ft for nothing state comes on at 5 p.
NJ, when the drug is taken at the Or
thOdoX time, or even in the early morn
ing, in the case of those who are ac-
customed to have a cup OF tea brought
to their bedside before rising. With
blindness still more profound, some
will plead for tea by telling that by its
aid one can sit up all night long at
brain-work without feeling sleepy, pro-
vided ample supplies of the infusion are
taken from time to time.
1t is unquestionably true that such
may be done; that the tea-drinker is
languid and weary at tea-time, what
ever be the hour, and that the refresh
ment produced by ''the cup that
cheers" and is said not to inebriate, is
almost instantaneous.
What is the true significance of these
facts?
e. The refreshment is certainly not due
to nutrition, not to the rebuilding of
any worn-out or exhausted tissue. The
total quantity Of material conveyed
from the tealeaves into the water is
ridiculously too small for the perform
c of any such nutritive Junction.;
and, besides this, the action is far too
rapid, there is not sufficient time for
the conversion Of even that minute
quantity into organized working tissue,
The action can not be hat of food. but
is purely and simply that Of a stimu-
lating or irritant drug, acting directly
and abnormally on the nervous system.
W Mattie~ Williams, IN Populor Sci
ence Monthly.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-01-09
HOW SILK Is MADE.
The Beautiful Product Of Nothing bu
VVrrr,

The Beautiful Product of Nothing but =
Worm.
Do you ever think, children, when
your pretty sashes and ribbons are tied
on, and you look at them a~dmiringly;
that the glossy, beautiful silk is made
by a worm? Some of you may have
seen silk-worms, but many do not know
what an interesting story their little life
makes.
Last winter there was sent me a tiny
package of what looked like gray seedsa
or beads. 1 had to keep them very cold
until the mulberry leaves were we'll
grown. Then 1 put the seeds in a warm
place. In a day or two there were myr-
lads of tiny little creatures crawling out
from the seeds or eggs. AT once they
began to eat the leaves of the mulberry.
Day after day they ate, and grew, until
they were as large as my little finger,
and longer. They ate SO much that we
were all kept busy feeding them. They
would seize q leaf. and leave nothing
but the veins in a few moments. Ii YOU
ever saw q skeleton bouquet you can
imagine how they left the leaves.
But one morning they did not seem
~ h"i1SLS. AlSN NdlluCLCu uDOltt, tuu
climbed up the bundles of straw I haA
set for them. In q little while many Of
them began to spin the most beautiful
silken threads, very much as a spider
does. Back and forth, over and over,
in loops like a figure s, went their queer
hooded heads. By and by each ona
could be seen inside a beautiful silken
veil, or shell, about the size of q large
peanut. The worm continued to spin
until the veil was too thick for us to see
through; but we could hear his ''click,
click, Click as he worked. The worms
have to be killed in the case. If they
are allowed to live they will break the
delicate threads.
We did not kill them all, however. I
wish you could have seen tie room
when we gathered the cocoons, which
is the proper name for the peanut
shaped home of the silk-worm. All
along the ceiling, behind the. window
curtain, on papa's desk, in baby's rub
ber-which she forgot to put away be-
hind the pictures-on the cord, under
the broom, on the floor, around the
door-knobs -%cocoons, zoe every
where; countless numbers were also
hung, like pretty birds eggs, in the
straws. From these, after a few days,
came beautiful white moths, not at all
like the ugly worms.
From the cocoons in which we killed
the worms we reeled the delicate
threads from which all our silk is made.
Is it not indeed a curious story?-Our
Little Ones.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-01-09
Five Victims Of a Fire,

NEWPORT, Ark, Dec. IA terrible
contlagration, attended by the loss Of five
lives, broke out here yesterday morning. 1t
is not known how the fire started, but in a
short time seven two story brick buildings
were in a blaze. One of these was Wolf Il
Goldman's store. In the upper story Of
this building James Conner and Pleasant
Nc Mutt, OF Independence County. and Mrs.
Devona, and another woman and child from
jackson County, lay asleep. Unavailing
efforts were made to rouse the unfortunate
people, and they all persisted in the flames.
The victims had been in town buying sup
plies. The bodies, all burned to a crisp,
were found in the ruins. The loss will
reach about $50, 600; insurance about half.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-01-09
DIFFERENCES IN EGGS.
Boston's Preference for I:~rahimas-A Rising
Race of Egg Producers.

BOstOn's Preference for TrahimaS-A Rising
Race of Egg Producers.
GA dozen eggs. Pick out the yellow
ones"
The groceryman selected twelve eggs
with yellow shells and placed them in
the lady's basket. The lady carried
her head quite high and wore eye
glasses. -,
elf I'd been selling them eggs in the
town that young woman came FROM"
said the. groceryman as his customer
passed out, "I'd a got seven cents more
a dozen for EN-"
"Where did she come from, was
asked.
Boston" replied the g~roceryman.
''Boston likes the Brahma eggs, and
will pay from five to seven cents a
dozen more for 'em than she will for
white-shelled eggs. On t'other hand,
New Workers like the white eggs the
best, and if they can get 'em are will
ing to pay more for 'em than for che
yellow ones. AS far as that goes, I
don't see why the yellowegg shouldn't
be worth the most, for five Brahma
eggs are equal to sever Of any of the
white eggs. But, then, it is stronger
and coarser than the others, and
that's why 1 can't see the
reason it suits the delicate Boston
taste the best. Maybe it's because
the Brahma egg don't spread all
over when it's turned out of tho
shell sott-boiled, or dropped into the
pan to fry, like all the white-shelled
eggs do. The Boston egg-eater says
there is a richness of flavor about the
yellow egg that the others don't pos
sess, but [ agree with the New
Yorker, and say that the white ones
are more delicate and palataSle. The
Brahma egg is the largest of all
eggs put on the market, and the
Langshan and Houdans come next.
The favorite white-shellcd eggs are
Leghorns. Plymouth Rocks, Hamburgs,
Dominifues, and game.
plymouth Rock and Brahma chick
N make the best broilers, but a
breed called the Wyandotte is crowd
ing 'cm pretty close. A Brahma
youngster will be ready for the grid
iron in eight weeks after cracking the
shell, while it takes the Plymouth
Rock chick from four to six weeks
longer. A Leyhon is hardly b7s
enough to broil at sixteen weeks
old, and SO isn't much use to the
summer hotel-keepcr, 1t is tolcrably
well fixed as to sinew, too, by that
time, and there isn't much juice in it.
The destiny of the Leghorn is eggs.
The Wyandottc becomes u candidate
for the hreiler at II date early enough
to- make it very useful to the seaside
"atcrcr..-N !, San. .
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-01-09
Crime Of a Texas Father.

GREENvILLE, Tex, Dec. ia white
man named Samuel EASEL, at one time in
comfortable circumstances. has been resid-
ing here for a year past. Some
weeks ago he separated from his
family, consisting of a wife and several
children, and took. up his residence with a
negro woman. Monday he called Oh his
wife at her cottage and tried to persuade
her to become reconcilcd. This she per-
sistcntly refused to do. Finally EASEL, as if
about &c depart, called his little six-year-oM
daughter to him and kissed her goodnight.
ASlle did so he drew a revolver and shot the
child in the head. Then he placed the pis-
tol against his own head and sent a bullet
through his own brain. He died instantly,
but the child fingered several hours.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-01-09
- s"--
A COSTLY A
A landslide Wrecks 4 West Shore Train,
and One Man Is Killed.


New York, Dec. 1.-THE Atlantic ex-
press train on the West Shore Road was
wrecked yesterday morning at a point near
Highlands, fifteen miles up the river.
The train was late and running at
forty miles an hour to make up time
when it struck a rock slide and divided.
1t was pitch-dark at the time, and as the
train rounded the rocky hills near
Highlands the engineer did not sec that the
track was buried two feet under shell rock.
There was a crash, a yell from the ensi-
neer, and the train broke up. The engine
turned over on its size, the tender
rolled down the hill sixty feet,
while the body of the baggage car left the
tracks. just then the smoker turned over,
and in another instant both cars were OH
fire from overturned stoves. There were
between IL hundred and sevcnty-tive and
TWO hundred people OH the train, and the
widest excitement prevailed.
The entire train seemed doomed to de-
struction from fire when some OF tile pas
sengers u%ncoupled the burning sleeper and
pushed back the other three cars, thus saw
ing them and providing shelter for the
people. At daybreak it was found that the
fireman had been fatally injured, and that
four others were more or less hurt, among
them Samuel Mack, a deserter from the
regular army, who was en- route to serve
out Il sentence of five years in Fort Hamil-
ton. The damage to the train is estimated
at sos 600
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-01-09
Seizure Of Dynamite.

MONTREAL, Can, Dec. 17.-Forty tons
OF dynamite, valued at $50, 900, have been
seized by the customs authorities in a small
village near this city. The stuff came here
IRON Glasgow, consigned to Thompson &
&C. by the Nobel Dynamite Company OF
Scotland, and %iraudulently passed through
the customs. Since, the information has
been received that it was inyoiced at prices
a third under its value. Complaints are
also made as to the manner in which it was
shipped, it having been placed in the same
cases as the detonators used to explode it,
and secretly stored without the proper az.
tNrizatiol Of the Government.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-01-09
Daring Attempt at Robbery.

New YORK, Dec. 2O.-An Englisllman,
giving the name of James Smith, entered
tlae .jeWelry establishment OF Ferdinand
Graft Yesterday and asked to see some ex-
pansive rings. A tray containing seventy
n valued at ST 900 was displayed, as
a!so was a big diamond cluster. As the
JaWeler held the diamond up to the light to
See The price mark, Smith dashed
Dlto his face a handful of red pepper.
grabbed the tray, and bolted for the door.
Although blinded with pain, Mr.. Craft
.iulnped over the showcase, grabbed The
Tlsief, and a desperate struggle began. Help
arrived as lie thief was on the point of
,hlmicr!ng the jcwcler, and he was secured
end taken to tie Tombs.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-01-09

can,' cried May. And so be did.
pinchinr her round cheeks red, and
teasing her q good deal about get
ting sooty going down Mrs. Days stove-
pipe.
What,fun it was! May went about
the house with dancing eyes. You SEQ
she had q secret, and I'd like to know
if there ever lived a little girl who
didn't enjoy a secret-such a beautiful
secret, too! 1t was just the best sport
to peep into parcels which papa brought
home from the village. Then there
was the corn to pop and string, and the
apples to get ready; and of course this
work would take a great deal of time if
you wanted it to ESQ to bring Christmas
tquickcr), and string a good deal of corn
and tied a good many apples, just as
May did.
So Christmas came, or the day before
Christmas, which is almost as much
fun; and May'spapa went to the wood
tie fir, with dark green, glossy boughs.
He planted it straight and firm in a tiny
tub, filled with sand, which May stuck
full of twigs and bits of evergreen.
$50 nice for Mamie to wash her dolls
ClOluOS III, Sdlu SuC. IL ) JuSt DlH
enough" She meant the tub.
Then she hung the apples and candy
horns on the branches; and the strings
of popcorn, like little snow wreaths,.
and the gifts.
There was a warm shawl for Mrs,
Day, q dress for each of the three little
girls, q doll with red hair for Mamie, q
tea set for Bess and-a pretty work-box:
for Nora.
That night, when the stars began to
come out, Mays papa.took her on tho
big hand-sled, with the tree, and away
they flew down the long hill to the lit
tic black house. Papa set the tree on
the step. Then he knocked gently:
and whisked May away from the door.
What do you suppose Nora and
Mamie and Bess said and did when they
peeped out and saw the trees:
''They just hollered and hollered, and
hoped up and DOWN. cried May to
mamma, when papa had drawn hex
home again. "And then they all took
it in and shut the door; o, mamma, I'm
SO glad / did,"
And, after all, Santa Claus paid tfs.
big white house a visit; of course h9
did. For it wasn't really he who made
the Days Christmas tree, you know-it
was only little MayiDeane.-Ada Garlic
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-01-09
READING FOR THE YOUNG.
GIVING ACCOUNT TO. SANTA.

Dearest Santa Claus: We got them,
Hnrry's gun and Charles ship,
All our books, and dolls, and candy,
Eddie's r%ocking-horse and whip.
But papa says; Santa, darling,
What became OF all III presents
That you brought n year ago.
Let me think: there merc two dollies;
Cousin Ada got one, too,
And within Il drawer She. put it,
Where She keeps it, nice and new:
But VIC couldn't treat our babies
In that cruel, hcartlcss way.
Why, suppose had done So
Santa, Whit would people say!
Ada thinks we're so u%ngratefu.
But we tried our best to be
Little careful. loving mothers,
But-well, Santa Claus, you see.
Babies do make lots of trouble,
And one very stormy day,
Nellie took hers to the fire.
Whcrei it. melted most away.
Ikept mine a good while longer
But her clothes got soiled and torn,
And her hair got all u~nkrinklGd,
Oh! she did oOk so fOrlorn!.
Then mamma rocked ovcr on her, :
Right upon her precious head,
So | cut Off one sweet rinElet,
And pretended she was dead.
Baby's kept her rubber rattle. F.
And. o Santa, It's the truth!
There's Il cunning hole; she bit it
With her very first wee tooth;
I'm afraid we've lost the puzzles,
And / broke my coral ring
slime and change" mamma says, Santa,
"Will affect most everything"
Then that splendid book of pictures
How we little ones did shClt;
But we read, and read, and read it,
Till twas every bit worn ont;
Well, W. didn't 'spect to keep it
But we know most all the stories:
Santa, darling, do you care?
sANTA'S RErLv.
Darling little girls: Your letter
Pleased me more than / can tell,
And l learn with satisfaction
That you use my gifts so well.
Santa thinks that dollies played 1cith,
Stories read and read again,
VIII leave justine right impression
Upon busy heart and brain.
Mother tells me, precious girlies,
That you're growing every day
Kind and patient, sweet and careful,
In n half unconscious way;
Never mind thet treasures broken,
IT was but their outward parts,
If the choicest gifts Of Christmas
o have'treasured in your hearts.
Do not hoard such gifts, my darlings,
Use them, like your toys II books:
~shall know 10Y mucI you prize them
From y$lr actions, words und looks.
Kate Laurence, m Youths Companion.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-01-09

Mr.. n,one Brings His Libel Suit ,Agafrss
tho ludiapauolis "Seuthel" to q Sadden
Terminatinn by Ordering It's Dismissal