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The Somerset reporter., 1885-06-03
"PriUate" ADVERTISING.

Our esteemed contemporary, the
Commercial Bulletin, directs atten-
ton to the fact that what may be
called private advertising, through
the distribution of cards, circulars
and pamphlets, does very little good,
and that business men become more
and more firmly persuaded of this by
experience. There can be no doubt
i'll the minds of all who have tested
and studied the subject enough to
know anything about it, that the
newspaper is by far the best medium
Of business and quick business is the
object of the advertiser. His an
nouncements in newspaper, in
stead of standing alone, are set side
by side with news that everybody
wants to read. Instead of being
nine cases out of ten thrown aside
unread, and in the tenth case excit-
ing disgust as often as curiosity,
they are read and re-read by num-
bers and pass from hand to hand,
since each copy of newspaper is
perused, in general, by many differ
ent persons. Private advertising
has been very thoroughly tried, and
the deliberate Judgment Of sagacious
and well-informed men is as positive
that it does not pay, as that judi
cious advertising does pay.-N. I.
Commercial Advertiser.
The Somerset reporter., 1885-06-03
An,fre,p Jacks0n's Nerve.

While Jackson was Presideht ne
olyvays retired at 10 o'clock at night.
Mrs Andrew Jackson, IT., who was
mistress of the White House, went
with him to his chamber, where the
General read chapter OF the Bioie
and they had prayers together.
Then he would say, Good night, my
daughter" and she would go OIL and
attend the parties of the evening
while he Immediately went to bed
and asleep. One night during the
United States Bank war the Presl.
dent ruptured blood vessel and
the opposition reported that it was
done in one of his paroXysms OF rage.
This report was believed, and 1t is
current to this day. The facts were
that Gen. Jackson carried a bullet Ill
his body, the result of the Tom Ben
ton difficulty, in Nashville, many
wears ago. This bullet had Away S
caused him trouble, and continued
to do so to the day of his death. On
this occasion Gen. jackson had re.
tired as usual. Mrs. Jackson had
lust left the room and gone down
stairs when "Old Dick" the Gener-
als body servant, ran in crying
sMassa Andrew dyingw Mrs. Jack.
son ran up to his room. She found
him sitting in his chair, very pale
but conscious. The first thing he
said was: "Don't be frightened my
daughter. 1t is nothing serious
Send for doctor but do not arouse
the house, The accident had oc
Cured in undressing, Dick in tax
ing off the Presidents coat had
strained the arm holding the bullet
and this had caused the rupture OF
one of the minor blood vessels. II
healed easily, lbut the pain at times
must have been very great. Inc
Generals action in this case was
characteristic of the man. One oil
the great secrets of his success was
his Derfpct self control.
The Somerset reporter., 1885-06-03
Blu Nye's Carving.

Ny carving is like my dancing.
If is not conventional. tits extreme
" original, bold and audacious. L
try to introduce joints where nature
did not intend to have, and | seek to
make shot cuts across a fowl IN a
way that is productive only OF char
Gin. yexation and fragments of hen.
Man is a weak fallible creature, and
he ought not to seek to monkey with
the anatomy of fowl or to improve
Joints and aperatures where they do
not belong, for at such time as you
think not the knife will slip, and 1T
will tip over the celery glass and fill
the bosom of a warm personal friend
with gravy.
To distract attention and keep up
the spirits of the company, there
fore, make it kind of business, as
it were, to fill the air with harmless
amusements. at the same time that L
shed stutiing through the atmosphere
and mulilate the bosom of the hen.
This gives me an opportunity, occa-
sionally to gather the sage, bread
crumbs and gizzards out of my lap,
and return them to the platter with
out exciting remark.
A few weeks ago on an occasion OF
this kind, a cousin of mine, young
lawyer connected with the Omaha
road, young man of good parts,
and whose business it is to stand be-
tween the Omaha road and substan :
tial expenses, was present.
| had just said something smart to
keep the company good natured
while | asked a young lady at the
other end of the table to please re-
turn the duck which | had inadver-
tently presented to her with the
carving fork stuck in it. Every one
was Laughing joyously and trying to
conceal it by putting their handker
chiefs to their mouths. When my
cousin turned to my little daughter
and said
"Bessie, haven't you got funny
papa though y
"Ies, indeed said the ungratetul,
untilial and irreverent heir apparent
to a great name: "lou better be
lieve he is funny when we have com
pany"
And yet people wonder why | an
not the same genial host that | used
to be, and why the children do no
eat at the first table, and why there
is sound of kicking against thu
door of an adjourning room, and the
occasional wall of hungry child "a
the meal progresses.
The Somerset reporter., 1885-06-03
The Cuban FYiiibusters-

The unexpected announcement of
the landing of a Administering expe-
dition on this Island considerably
excited the entire population The
expedition was commanded by Linn
bano Sanchez, a colOred man, who
during former Instructions won rep
utation as an able and brave leader.
The expedition is supposed to thave
been organized at st. Domingo from
whence the filibusters sailed, landing
at Punta Calctus, on the south side
of the province of Santiago de Cuba,
in the very heart of the sugar pro-
ducing district of Guayantanamo.
Limbano Sanchez, following the
methods of his predecessors, has
commenced an indlscriminate use of
the torch as his most powerful weap-
on and destruction follows in the
wake of his marches. Several bat
talions of government troops imme-
diately started in pursuit, overtak-
ing the fiibusters and in the first en-
gagement routed and dispersed
them, killing one man. Among the
articles captured were several pack
ages of printed proclamations signed
by Sanchez and Varona urging the
inhabitants to join the invaders in
expelling the Spaniards from Cuba.
The expedition is said to number
only fourteen although at first the
tilibusters were supposed to be more
numerous, it being asserted, and in
the first excitement gen orally be-
lieved, that several hundred men
had landed from two large three
masted American schooners which
had been seen lowering in the vicin-
ity. Among the first measures
adopted by the Governor General
was the issuing ola proclamation de-
claring the entire province of Santi-
ago de Cuba in a state of seige. 1t
is said that LimbanO Sanchez and
his followers, instead of advocating
Cuban independence, proclaimed an
nexation to the United States.
The country is completely ruined
and tired of adventures. As peace
is the chief desire of those threaten
ed by hunger, they will treat as en-
emies all who disturb the public
tranquility.
kilograms have been sent by con-
sentative leaders TO the ministers
and their deputies at Madrid asking
an immediate settlement of the Gu
ban debt and . reduction of the bud
get to 31S, 00O. 900.
The Somerset reporter., 1885-06-03
The Professors Cat.

Last Monday morning, says the
San EanciSco Post. as lot OF up
towners were waiting on the wharf
for the China steamer to get in, old
Professor Guffy drove up in the office
buggy and solemnly lifted out an
apparently heavily weighed bag Sc
curely tied at the month.
"What have you got there, pro
fessor 7" asked friend.
"a cat -fiend,' replied the professor
gravely.
"a cat-fishin repeated the crowd.
"No, gentlemen; l said a cat
fiend,r exclaimed Guffey. "That
sack contains four cobblestones and
a cat that has made my life a burden
to me for three years. She steals
everything in the house all day and
yells like a pirate walking the gang
plank on the back shed all night.
i've made one attempt after another
to assassinate the beast, out 1
failed every time"
"You know that cats have nine
lives, professor"
"Nine! Nineteen times have |
given that creature poisoned meat.
j threw her off the roof twice, and
I've shot at her four times-just fill
ed her full of quail shot, and the
next DAY she's round on schedule
time, drinking the milk as soon as it
is left by the milkman. Last week
| borrowed a 800 bull-terrier to eat
her up, and she killed him in eleven
seconds. Why, l blew her clean in
to the next street with dynamite
cartridge yesterday, and l hoped to
die if she wasn't on deck reaching
for the canary this morning without
a hair singed.'
"Going to fix her this time, ell r
"You bet I ann said Professor
Guffey, emphatically. "T'm going to
throw her off into forty feet of wa
ter, and if that don't finish her she's
the devil himself"
"Come, take drink first, Guffey,'
said his friend Boggs, and the
crowd followed into a saloon on the
corner. While the beer was being
drawn Boggs slipped quietly back
and united the bag. As soon as the
indestructible cat had skipped up
the street Boggs retied the bag and
hurried back to the saloon. Pretty
soon the crowd emerged, and helped
Guffey to carry his heavy load to
the extreme edge of the wharf, from
which it was soleLnly dumped.
~ hate to kill even cat" said
the old professor sadly, "but the
fact is l haven't had square nights
sleep in two years.
Yesterday Boggs was coming off
the ferrybOat when he beheld the
professor coming on a top of a four
horse load of furniture.
why, you are not moving Cuff
feyf7
The professor moodily descended
from his perch and drawing Boggs
aside whispered huskily in his ear E:
eyes, l am Boggs-I am moving
over to Almeda. That cats come
back"
The Somerset reporter., 1885-06-03
Preservation of our Forests.

There are reasons entirely indie
pendent of economic value which
make the preservation of our forests
matter of prime Importance, and
would make their ruin national ca.
lamity. 1t is not that they have
much influence on the rainfall
Those who hold that they do so mis-.
take effect for cause. The rain pro
duces the forest, and not the forest
the rain. A forest growth may not
of necessity follow on adequate sup
ply of moisture, but the supply of
moisture is an indispensable condit-
ion Of it. The utility of forests.
aside from their marketable value,
lies in their power not to cause the
rainfall, but to regulate its distribu.
ton. In this they are of incalculable
bene fit. When they cover the ground
about the sources of great rivers and
their tributaries, the porous soil.
with its MOSES add its accumula-
tons of fallen leaves, acts as a vast
sponge to retain and slowly deliver
the water that falls from the clouds
in the form of rain or snow. When
the sheltering trees are destroyed
and the ground is laid bare, all the
water runs off at once: the brooks
that had flowed continuously and
with comparative regularity become
roaring torrents in spring and dry
channels in summer, while the rivers
that depend on these sources of sup
ply swell into freshets at one season
and shrink into significance at an
other.
The recent destructive floods in
the north of Italy, and notably
along the river Pc, with all the mis-
cry they have brought, are ascribed,
and no doubt with truth, to the par
tial denudation of the mountainous
country about the sources of the
streams. The arid and comparative.
ly valueless condition of certain
parts of Spain is due to similar
causes. 1t is for us to see, while
there is yet time, that wonderful re-
gion of the West known as the Great
Divide gives birth to the Missouri,
the Yellowstone, the Columbia, the
Colorado, and the North Fork of the
Platte. The preservation of its shell
tering forests is of vital interest to
all the regions watered by these riv-
ers. The same is true, in differ
ent degree, of the sources of many
lesser streams within our national
territory. Sometimes, as in the case
Of the Hudson, the source of the riv-
er and its whole course lie within
the limits of one State, and the local
government is therefore master of
the situation. If New York should
should permit the Adirondack for
ests to be destroyed, she, and she
alone, would be answerable tor the
consequences. But, in most cases,
our great rivers rise in one or more
States or Territories, to flow through
or by the domain of others on their
way to the sea. Here the state au-
thorities are powerless, and, if the
remedy is to be applied at all, it
must be applied by the Federal gov
eminent. Momentous interests are
at stake, and the welfare of the
whole nation demands careful con-
sideration of them.-Jnne Atlantic.
The Somerset reporter., 1885-06-03
HOWARD!


HOWARD is mahogany bay black ponte stahds
IA l. weighs ab 1ut 1000 lbs. sired by CONSTIPATION
dam Nanny Marders bred by Gen. W. ;. Iilloh III
Topus Me- foa ed June o, lS19. CONSERVATION ny
Almont by Aexander's Abdallah by Ryskyk'r lam
blttonian Nanny Marder'- sire was Clark ohlIl'
son OF Mambrino Chici dam Fanny by illot, ~;
second dam by Lewis Sterling, thfd dam oy son 1'
Woodpecker. Nanny Marders was bred ny Johit s ~
Marders, { ark county. Kentucky, Foaled III iSoo'
She il n mare oil great su stance ana Dolu ACTION
Had much speed hut unsteady 10 company
Clark Chief the sire Of Nanny Marco, got ne a4m
OF Phallas ana IA, Jessie Kirk the Jam @, Ma!oli,
ca Kentucky Prince. Croxy ? ~ 4 "ooaio '1
chief, 222 IL, at years. Black Arnory, ~
John E. AIS "a Chieflaln. 2.29 Lady Prewil.'
$40 and Governor, 2.30. Nanny Marders il record
ed and standard. Daughters Of Pilot. Jr proouce1
Msud :, 2I0 ~; Mambriuo Git, 2,20; Nut"ood
21S - Nnontde, ~ Ia Jay Eye See; 10 -
How ard has u sple did gait and shows great speeo
Ills form, substance, teaper and color are adhlr
able all OF which qualities should recommend hln
TO breeders.
The Vermont Live Stock Company offers the str
wees OF this horse the above eary terms 10 ca9
ont the de ign for which 1t was formed. Inc Com
pany also owns and breeds Trotng Bred toIts
Thoroughbred Atwood Merino sheep and Jersey anc
Short Horned Cattle. For further information al
dress
THOMAS SANDERS. President;
3no20 Birchbrow, Haverhiii Mass'
The Somerset reporter., 1885-06-03
Death of ". s. Gilman.

W. S. Gilman, OF Houlton, Name,
editor of the AroostOok Pioneer, died
Wednesday last. He was fifty-four
years of age. He was born in Read
field, Maine, and served his appren-
ticeship in the Office of the Maine
Farmer, Augusta. In December,
1857, he, in company with Joseph B.
Hall, started the Pioneer at Presque
Isle, the first paper in in the county.
He soon became proprietor, and in
1868 moved the paper to Houlton.
Success attended his efforts and in
March 1884, he took his son George
H., into partnership, and this son
has conducted the paper since the
sickness of his father, Although
never healthy man, he was never
theless diligent business man, and
OF wonderful endurance. He leaves
a lite insurance of $4,000, besides
other property, 20 his wife and four
children.
The Somerset reporter., 1885-06-03

The Wrmps is the latest for Mug.
wumpS,
The Somerset reporter., 1885-06-03

viii stand at the stable OF D.F. Hobart, q
Madison, the season of losj.
You've VOLUNTEER Is bay Stallion. stands
hands, inches high al " ,hs 1if0 LIS. He
bought in New York b. ipll II lay OF AugnsA
Young Volunteer was sired by Volunteer, he
Rysdyke's Hambletonian, his dam by seele
American Star.
Volunteer is the sire of twenty one horses, VI
records below $50, and five with records below
making him the greatest sire in the world for III
lers
Young Volunteer had record OF 2.36 when .
years old. This horse has the Sire. Speed and bio
combined in him which will make his stock very
liable to breeders. Young Volunteer is the slrs
Jersey Boy, record 22ll
Terms:-Season, $40 Single Service, s.
Colt. holden for service OF hors :. Mares at OF
ers risks, Season commences May |, 1885
All mares not proven with fold can be returned u
season free.
D. F. Hobart p,onr,
2mlS Cnas. Thompson. 'Yf
The Somerset reporter., 1885-06-03
CARRIAGES.

l wish to inform the Public that
have in my Shop lot of NEW FIRST CLAs
CARRIAGES, made by myself of the be;
Stock, and Warranted. All in want 81
Good Carriage are requested tc CO. 'r
examine my Stock at Shop in real CT Pa
porter Office.
Repairing promptly attended to.
Having secured the services of ISAAC v
DAVIS, FIRST CLASS BLACKSMITH 81
prepared to do all kinds of Repairing in
Workmanlike manner at Reasonable Prices
E-Tire Setting Specially.
B. -. FOSS.
The Somerset reporter., 1885-06-03
1885 SEASON 1885,
HEMLoCK
Bark Notice

On account OF the large amount Of Bark receNa
1t my Tannery during the past winter shall coni's
lie business here another year, and will pay w
per cord for all good Hemock Bark delivered
good condition at my Tannery during this sumn1
aud fall, aud the same price during the winter
lSsh Il Sc, and more il business will allow.
WIN continue o buy Bark delivered at Athens
price price One Dollar pr. cord L. IS than the PlNI
paid at my Tannery. These prices only oncas
for Bark that is well cured kept flat and delSeTs|
IN good merchantable condition and do not maxi
any price for Bark delivered In any other form aH
nothing less than FULL STOCK received u1
year will induce me to run here another year.
CD. SHAW.
2ml7 Hartand. May, lat 1889
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lSan Francisco Call, November Dist
4esterGly dispatch was received by l..
ID. Mchisick, one Of the ATTORNEYS for the
railroad company, from Judge Sandersou.
the Ieauing counsel FOR the company. now
IN W2shin stOD, iii which the latter saws
on the Question Of cquity only one dis
crimiEauun was claimed on the part Of the
railroads, which was that a different board
was created Ior the purpose of assessing
railroads than those which asses. other
property. The Court holds that that is not
repuSnant 10 the fourteenth amendment.
but, on the contrary, falls within the rule
OF Miss0ur; ". Lewis. lUl c :. Oar
chances of success are not weakened in The
slightest by the decision / will send a
copy OF the opinion by mail to-day. |
heard the argument and decided the ease
against tue railroad companies III my own
mind long before the Court did. The fact
that Justice Field cCncurred in the opinion
ought 20 satisfy every one that there is
nothing in it which initiates again i tie
carefully considered opinion of Judge
Sawyer and himself in the San Mateo and
Santa Clara cases"
This dispatch was shown TO Attorney
General Marshall last evening, who. after
reading it, said Judge Saudersor's dis
patch expresses exactly the view take. 1t
Is the true view and the only view any SEN
sible man can take 1t IS the view | have
always taken and the one expressed in the
opinion given Gyme and published already
in your paper. Dunn and lot Of these
fellows are making great hulloballoo
about nothing. There are two or three
points in these Kentucky cases decided for
the people, and SO far they are good. but
they don't affect these cases, as the real
issues in the cases here are not raised in
the Kentucky cases: and the iSsueS in The
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ground that before the filing of the infor-
nation the detendaH; had not been legally
committed by a magistrate. Argument
was set for Saturday, David Mcclure for
the prosecution, being too i'll to proceed.
Examinations of the records show that
insanity in this State is on the increase.
Daring the fiscal year ending June 80, 1885
there were 427 insane commitments from
this city. Up to date during the present
iiscal year there have been lT3 examina-
ti9ns' giving monthly average that will
DflhG the number up to 500 or over.
\ Washington special announces that
PRESIDENT Cleveland has appointed r. z.
hammond, Jr.- 10 succeed W. II. Brown as
Surveyor-General for California The new
SSurVeyor-General is the youngest son of
Mayor Il. z. Hammond, the Police Com
MISSIONER. He is young man of rauch
abliity. and has many friends here He is
q clVli engineer and contractor bv profes-
sion, and at present member of the firm
OF Newbury u Hammond He is a MEM
Der OF the Third Regiment, \. G. c.. rank
ing as Lieutenant on Colonel Tobin's staff.
lie was the Democratic nominee for Citv
Surveyor ut the last election, but was de-
ieated by the present incumbent, c. S. Til
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ViticulturaI Leaislation.

A preliminary conference between the
officers Of the State Viticultural Commits
sion and the California Congressional dele
cation was held Saturday al Senator Stan
tord's Office in San Francisco, for the pur-
pose of discussing legislation necessary for
the further encouragement and develop
ment of the yiticultural industries There
were present COngressmen Morrow and
FELTON, and the President and executive
officer OF the commission. The conference
ELECTED the fact that so far as could be
ascert&ined the Congressional delegation
would work unitedly to accomplish what
was reasonably demanded. Mr.. FELTON,
stated that a reasonable protective tariff on
raisins, prunes and nuts would be demand
ed. Mr.. Morrow is at work with the Com
mittee of Producers on bill relating 10
the fertilization of sweet wines and further
privileges in bonding brandies and the
commission IS endeavoring to devise a
suitable and just law to prevent imposition
on the public of fraudulent compounds.
Senator Stanford said that if new law
could be devised to secure consumers
against innocently purchasing aduterated
wines and liquors, great public service
would be subserved, which he would be
glad TO support. He thought that the dele
CATION, with the representatives of the in
dustry, might devise such bill Mr. Hen
ley has been invited to confer with the
commission on these matters before he
goes TO Washington. and similar invita-
tons are extended TO other members of the
delegation. The executive officer will meet
the delegation also in Washington as soon
as the necessary details are arranged.
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MONEY TO LOAN.
THB +" HOME SEEKER. !"

The Immigration Association of North.
ern California is now preparing to issue
the November number of the "HOlIE
SEEKER" 1t is to be enlarged, and
fully illustrated with photographic views
of Northern California. twill contain
practical information of the resources
and advantages of the Northern Coun-
ties. All the proceeds of this publication
will be devoted to the carrying on OF
immigration work. We appeal to the
business men of the Northern part of the
State to give it their advertising sup.
port. BY so doing, the work Of bring.
ing an increase Of population to the
State will be carried on. AT Ogden a
copy will be put in the hands of each
incoming passenger. In addition to this,
several thousand copies will be dis.
tributed ON the trains leaving Chicago,
in order to attract the settler intending
to settle in other States and Territories.
Give the HOME SEEKERr your sup
port. .--szss..@za ap7-tf
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HANDKERCHIEFS!

No Lady'S Toilet can be complete with
out HANDKERCHIEF, and what lady
does not wish to secure the latest novelty.
You will find gathered here the cream of
the Largest Markets. Linens or Silks,
Fancy Border or Plain, Embroidered or
Brocaded, and such a variety Of qualities
and styles we have never before been
enabled to show. If you can spare the
time. we believe you can spend pleasant
hour among the new corners.
Our lines Of GENTLEMEN'S LINEN OR
SILK HANDKERCHIEFS will also be
found unusually large, and very much
more attractive than at any previous date
this season. Certain it is our prices are
the lowest ever named by our House.