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The Somerset reporter., 1886-11-17

In the German army the fatherland
kindly provides very roomy boots for its
warriors. There is a very serious incon-
venicnce, however, attending the dispro-
portion between the sizes OF boot and
feet In very soft, tenacious ground the
boots are felt sticking, while the man
goes on, casting an affectionate farewell
look behind him, but halt he cannot.
When the Eighteenth army corps, two
years ago, deliled before the emperor mt
Strasburg across u stubble field, which
rain had rendered very sticky and
muddy, the boots of the infantry were
pulled off by hundreds, so that fatigue
party had to be told Off, amid great laugh
ter, to gather up the lost property. This
is no exaggeration, and in military his
tory the occasion is still known as the
"boot parade" Three or four years ago
at the maneuvers near Berlin we saw
thousands of men suffering agony from
boots that wrung their feet. This is
very important matter, and would tell
seriously in caplpaign.-New York
Mail and Express.
The Somerset reporter., 1886-11-17

PERSONS OF PROMINENCE.

Prince Napoleon las gono back to Europe.
on the Goth inst.
Bicyclist Stevens, now In China, expects to
reach home by Christmaa
Tho Oldest voter In New York city is WI
liam Reynolds. He h % years and II months
old.
President Cleveland says that the easiest
part of his days work b shaking the hands of
visitors
Sunset Cox is the only American statesman
who can wear any kind Of hat and still look
natural.
Tho oldest citizen Of Germany Is Marcus
Jordan of Bielefeld. On Nov. 3 he was 107
years old
Henry Ward Beecher says he will not cross
the Atlantic again until there is bridge
spanning its wators
Ex-Governor Berry, of New Hampshire,
although 81 years old, has made some vigor-
Gus campaign speeches Thu year.
Mr. and Mrs George Pullman, with their
two daughters are going through California
on two months trip iii palace car.
During the past year NJ. Pasteur has
treated :. 400 persons who have been bitten
by auialals, and out OF this number only ten
have died.
Emperor William of Germany is said to
| he so economical that no always sends his nm
swers to privy documents in the same Ell
velope in which they were received.
Sig. Succi, who Is now fasting In Paris, Is
to receive, il successful, 0,0O0 francs, half of
which is to be paid to him on the fifteenth
| day Of his fast, and the balance at the end
thereof.
CYRUS w. Field has ordered big cupola
| for the Field building that faces Battery
mark. When finished Mr. Fields visitors can
stand in the cupola and be even with Liberty
out in the bay.
Daniel Pratt the "Great American Trav-
eler,n Is out with new lecture entitled Tho
Political Situation in Prussia and Moheme-
tan. with Glance at the Solar System, and
Remarks Upon Blaine as Poet
Dr. Storrs, the 65-year-old pastor of the
Church of the Pilgrims, Of Brooklyn, will
celebrate on Nov. 10 the fortietb anniversary
of his pastorate. Since he was installed the
city hos grown in population from 10000 to
10000.
Mr.. Swain, the suspended judge advocate
general Of the army, goes about washing
ton now with = cigar In his mouth and a
red flower In his button hole, very much as
he used 10 before no was court martialed
He Is shrcwtl speculator in real estate, and
Is said to he skillful poker player.
The latest remark credited to Roscoe Conk-
ling WAS addressed to red nosed witness
whom Mr.. Conkling thought had lied He
smoke of him thus: Gentlemen, think can
sce that witness now-his mouth stretching
across tho wide desolation Of his face, a foun-
tain OF falschood and scpulcher of rum"
The report of the engagement between
James Russell Lowell and the Dowager Lady
Lyttleton, which has attracted so much at
tentiop. is denied by Mr.. Lowelrs friends.
What Mr.. Lowell has to soy on the subject
will probably not DO publicly known, IA he Is
not likely to say anything more to reporters
The Julian Hawthorne interview seems tc
have been enough.
The Somerset reporter., 1886-11-17

If IN individual receives severe in
jury to the head fconcussian Of the BRAIN,
or is crashed or mangled III railway ne
cident. or Is extensively burned or scalded
the etate Of shock is brought ahout.
The sarf.cc becomes pale and bloodless,
there is sickness ut the stomach, dizzi-
ness, ringing in the ears, lit gets black
before the eyes the breathing becomes
hurried AMI signing. the pulsc quick and
feeble and if this goes Oh to greater eN-
trerles, loss Of consciousness or even
tca.h results Tie blood has left the
surface and the brain and mos: of it has
grayi,atcd to the abdominal cavity. The
effect for the moment is the same as IL
it had left the body by way of severed
artery As some one has said, when a
man is killed by shock he has "bled
to death into his ewn veins. =" When the
blood Is thus withdrawn from the brain,
the heart no longer receives the nervous
force necessary for it to continue beat
ing. The lungs are in u similar starved
condition and the breathing is interfered
with or stops altogether All this, be-
cause the nerves whose duty it is to keep
the blood vessels of the abdominal cavity
in n state of partial contraction are para
lyzcd and can no longer do their work.
Minor degrees of shock are familiarly
known as fainting attacks. Cor. Globe
Democrat
The Somerset reporter., 1886-11-17
Gainesborough's Famous Quarrel.

The recent controversy over the man
agement Of the Royal academy has re-
called Gainsborough's famous quarrel
with that body. 1t was In 1854. He sent
in life size group of some royal person
ages with request that it be hung-con-
trary to r,le-below the line set for life
size portraits, namely, seven feet from the
floor. "If you refuse me this indul-
gence," he wrote, II will never exhibit
with you again; and that l swear by
God" The request and the violent Ian
guage together shocked the academy ter
ribly, and it returned the picture to the
artist. He kept his word, and up to the
time of his death, four years later,
never sent another picture to the acad-
envy. But when he lay on his death bed
he sent for Sir Joshua Reynolds and be-
came reconciled to him, addressing to
him his last words: "We are all going to
heaven, and Vandyck is of the company v
-ChicapO Herald
The Somerset reporter., 1886-11-17
STORIES ABOUT ANIMALS.

In CHEYENNE, Wy. r., there is n Maltese
cat that drives the cows to and from the past
ure as successfully as cowboy could
A Pittsburg confectioncr has dog and
horse that are fond Of kissing each other.
They occupy the same stall, and the two are
inseparable.
A hen whose head and mouth are described
as being in striking resemblance or a SNAKES
is classed among the possessions OF n Pensa-
cola, Fla, man.
A pet deer at Sault Ste. Marie, Mich,
was being worried by dogs. A friend OF the
deers owner fired shot ut its torinentoIs'
He killed the deer.
A. B. Belcher, Of Bainhridge, Ga, has an
OK which, in addition to its regular compile
ment Of horns, has one fourteen inches long
growing out OF his shoulders.
Punxsutawney, Pa, has a crow that Is
fonder of chewing gum than is Boston Ciri'
He steals pennies and buys it from grocery
man who knows his weakness.
A dog belonging to David English, OF
Frankfort, Mich, lay on a bridge an entire
day and could not be driven off. A search
was finally begun for its master. His dead
body was soon found in the water near tue
bridge.
Oscar Caley and viii Jones, of STATIONS
| burg, N. c., were out shooting and saw a
squirrel run into a hole in n tree. viii
climbed the tree to scnre him out, and Oscar
waited for a chance TO shoot. The chance
came for the squirrel popped ont, but in
stead of hitting the game the boy hit BIZ
comrade, who plunged headlonS to the
ground dend.
A remarkable cat, which moves and act
like Kangaroo, is owned by Joe Elley, q pei
animal fancier of New Haven. Besides th'
usual number Of claws on each of its paws
nail grows out Of each front paw, one o.
which is rolled up like key ring, and look
like little rams horn. Its fore legs have nj
extra joint and its tail would do honor to
we'll bred pug dog. The cat sits up after th
manner OF kangaroo and is great ra
catcher. IL In yalued at 800.
The Somerset reporter., 1886-11-17
WILL NOT WEAR HIMSELF OUT


We are averse to bctraying screts OF
the editorial door, but we feel compelled
10 put before the public the curious IAN
puacen and the moro curious doings Oh
Mr.. Wallace p. Reed, an esteemed MEM
Der of The Constitution staff
Mr. Reed saws: "If you will sit down
and stay down you will live forever. 1t
is exercise that wears man out. Inc
man who sits Is the man who lasts
Mr.. Reed has long practised his newly de-
clared philosophy. He has never been In
the Kimball house. Only once In nve
wears has he been in the Union depot. 1t
is six years since he saw Whitehall street
md fifteen since he saw McDonough.
He has been to the theatre once in four
years and never to baseball.
His home, by the air line he takes, Is
300 wards from the Office. Twice day
he v;nlks this. for flTe years he has not
AVERAGED fifty yards day extra walking.
One pair OF shoes has lasted him three
years. He carries an umbrella always
and never looks beyond its bending rim
One day his umbrella was pushed Gside
rudely, and looking cut he saw hall
dozen elephants and some camels cross
ing tho path lie carefully picked ms
way through the unex pected caravan and
OF reaching the office cnarked that there
must be circus in town.
Here, then is the man who sits. For
twelve hours every day he sits at his
desk; four hours he sits at home. 1t
takes twelve minutes to walk S0O yards
four times each day. He sleeps seven
and u half hours. His health is perfect.
His appetite is keen, his brain clear and
his capacity for work remarkable. He
is never sick day or an hour or min
ute. He is genial, fresh, bright and
does not age shade. His knowledge OF
men and things is unusual. The only
character in books that perplexes him is
1.-THE Wandering Jew" ~ cannot
understand" he says, chow he lived SO
long when he was continually moving
about" He has never seen Grants park
or Peters park, and says he will proba-
bly, never see Whitehall street again or
ever look upon the new capitol.
~ do not care to wear myself out," he
SAYS, "thercfore sit down. Col. Thomp-
son, who wrote Major Jones' Courtship,
Yves a nian who sat. For years and years
he never LETT his Office except to go, air
line, to his home. He saw whole genera
tions of fellows who walk perish Of grad
ual exhaustion and at something above
so years, in full possession Of hts facul-
ties, he smiled placidly at the numbering,
young steam engines-in- breeches, who
were at forty running uneven and worn
on their Joints. The best prescription q
doctor can give in nine cases out of ten is
sit down. The men who sit are the
men who stay; the men who fit are gone
in day. You see that poetry even is
not impossible to him who sitsV'-At-
lauta Constitution.
The Somerset reporter., 1886-11-17

Some of the new artificial leather made
in Germany is being applied successfully
to industrial fabrications. The substance
is prepared by mixing with or 10
per cent. of sinews and pressed into
sheets like ordinary leather cardboard.
The materials are made separately.
Pieces Of leather are washed, cut, boiled
in alkaline I've, torn, neutralized with
hydrochloric acid, and finally carefully
washed once more to remove all traces OF
acid. To this are added sinews, which
are treated similarly, but steamed in an
acid bath until they are like glue. After
being thus prepared, the materials are
mixed, pressed into sheets, moistened on
both sides with concentrated solution
Of alum, and the upper surface is at last
given a thin coat of caoutchouc in solu-
ton with carbonic bisulphide.
budget,
The Somerset reporter., 1886-11-17

II one may credit the French press,
fifteen minutes before Queen Victoria
dimes all the guests take their seats in a
semi circle, and band plays 1.-THE Roast
Beef of Old England" Then her majesty
enters, shakes hands with the ladies
salutes the gentlemen, and leads the way
to the dining room. At table all her
relatives sit at her left hand and the
other guests at her right. She always
wears gloves at table, except ut state din
ners. According to the British constitu-
ton, no one is allowed to address re-
mark directly to her, but must speak to
some one else loudly enough for the
queen to overhear. But the queen has
the right to speak to any one. All of
which is implicitly believed by NJ. Crap
aud. -Boston Transcript.
The Somerset reporter., 1886-11-17
LABOR NOTES.

The knights Of Labor Of western Pcnnsyi.
vania have formally espoused the cause oil
twenty -one miners who, by tho decision oil
the state supreme court, have been relnandeh
to servo in the workhouse for nine months
for violating the conspiracy laws. FIVE
thousand petitions, praying the pardon board
to release tho miners, have been sento out
The leaders Of the Labor party in New YORK
will soon issue call for national con
ference.
The clerks and statesmen OF New York pro
pose to carry on vigorous agitation OF the
early closing question. A committee, APP
pointed to confer with the Clerks anu Sales
mems council, reported that they were ready
to work with the association and " do ah
that they could TO try and induce the en-
plcysrs TO close the stores carly on esiur'
dayl ...-----
The Somerset reporter., 1886-11-17

Samuel L. Clemens Mark Twain)
seems to grow nervous with tho advance
Of years, possibly from too much prosper
ity In the publishing business. lie was
in the corridor of tho Murray Hill hotel
q short time ago. He was not still for a
moment, but was moving about con-
stantly in a quick and jerky manner.
The humorist is physical study. He
might be thrown as a strange type upon
canvas by n capable portrait painter with
great effect. He has big headssvith a
great shock Of iron gray hair, beetling
eyebrows md bushy mustache. His
face is big. His nose is large, but is not
by any means a remarkable nose of any
type. It is n mongrcl and mixture.
His eyes are large, black and sleepy.
Somebody once described him on the
lecture platform as looking like q nam
moth interrogation point.-New York
Tribune.
The Somerset reporter., 1886-11-17

lions of which an ordinary mortal seldom
thinks. She must not eat directly before
singing, must guard against even the
slightest draught and must never get her
feet damp or stand in cold place to
sing. Heat makes the voice more flexi-
BILE, and it is said that pretty soloist in
one of the uptown churches runs up and
down the choir loft for u quarter of an
hour each Sunday morning in winter to
get up circulation, and always stands
on warm bricks to sing York
yourpoI
The Somerset reporter., 1886-11-17

Washington Irving's grave in Sleepy
Hollow cemetery has suffered great
deal from visiting admirers this summer.
l. Is trampled down fiat, regular foot
path cutting through it. 1t looks as II 1t
might have been playground for romp-
ing school children all the summer
through The plain white slab that
marks the grave is hacked and Clipped
all around, the work Of relic hunters
Chicago Tribune
The Somerset reporter., 1886-11-17

One story he relates is worth repeating.
He was summcring at foreign water
ing place, and was constantly besieged by
the Countess Somebody to perform some
of his tricks. He pleaded that no was on
his vacation, and that he desired to rest.
Finally she cornered him in a pavilion
overlooking the sea, and in the presence
of large company entrcated him to show
them what he could do. "You have q
beautiful necklace" he said at last;
"please let me have it," The countess
complied, and Hermann Immediately
threw the costly chain Of gems into the
ocean. GLOW dare you do that'' de-
mnnded the count angrily
Without replying, Herman reached
forward and brought forth large bou-
quet from tho inside Of the gentleman's
coat. Handing it to the countess, he
babe her open 1t. ''She did So" says
Hermann, laughingly telling the story,
land right in the bouquet she found her
necklace. Now that was real nice,
wasn't itt''
The Somerset reporter., 1886-11-17

The so called yellow pine is used largely
for flooring. Its cheapness is en- almost
certain guarantee that its quality is Of the
poorest. Yet syndicate of Michigan
pine men are purchasing it heavily in
Louisiana and Mississippi, and its sale
has increased SO rapidly that shipments
of it now go to Maine, the original white
pine centre Of this country. Pioneer
Press.
The Somerset reporter., 1886-11-17

"Stop work the moment you feel that 1t
is telling on you, and take your vacation
on your feet-not ON your back" Such
is the sound sense expressed by Tho
Critic s'iounger" in Q bit Of paragraph
telling Of the discontinue OF some brain
workers who overdid the thing.
Heeald
The Somerset reporter., 1886-11-17
Low Rents In London.

Rents are falling in London at Il re-
markable rate, owing chiefly to the re-
lief of the congested regions through the
suburban extensions and the improved
facilities for reaching these suburbs.
The change is confined chiefly to the
most populous and least wealthy districts
London Letter,
The Somerset reporter., 1886-11-17

Turkey Is full Of railway projects just
now This time 1t is q German com
bination which is trying to get the conces-
sion to build some 10000 miles Of rail.
roads in Asiatic Turkey, from CONSTANT
nople to the Persian gulf.-Foreign Let
ter.
The Somerset reporter., 1886-11-17

The Japanese government has agents
in England negotiating for large pur-
chases Of rails, engines, bridges, and
plant required for her railway develop
ment.-Frank Leslie's.
The Somerset reporter., 1886-11-17

A desolate town in the heart of Ari.
zona bears the somewhat appropriate
name of "Total Wreck
The Somerset reporter., 1886-11-17

A candidate for political office is too
often judged by his cigars. Workers
Statesman.
The Somerset reporter., 1886-11-17

Mr.. 8. g. Cox will return to Turkey on
Thanksgiving day.-Life.
The Somerset reporter., 1886-11-17
A Whoaful Rhyme,

The man who drives a cart may be,
As everybody knows,
A man of happy mien, although
His life Is full Of 'whoa's."
M II
Omaha daily bee., 1886-08-28
A GLOWING PRAIRIE PICTURE
Life in Nebraska as Seen Through the Gold
Rimmed Specs of Tecumseh Charley"
The origin of Short Horn Cattle
Vacations for Willows
as Crop - Farm Hints
and Suggestions.
Como to Nebraska.

johnson County journal: If you are
old, with the fire of life dying out of your
life, and the buoyancy leaving your
limbs; if you are looking at the grey
clouds overhead and longing for a land
where your faded life may pass away in
peace, come to Nebraska. Here the sky
is blue Us the sky of Italy; the air is full
of fragrance and the land echoes with
the voices of thousands who work be-
meath the pale glmmcring of the stars.
If you are a young man toiling on us
your father toilcd, in worn out and barren
deserts of the east; if you would like to
live where the soil rewards the toilcr,
where the grain waves and sparkes in
the morning dew and swells the cribs in
the fail; where the banners of prosperity
wave and the gaunt spectre of starvation
crosses into another state come to Ne
braska. There never was such Il country
for the best brand of husbands; they run
loose on the streets and you meet them
everywhere. If you are n young woman,
full of golden visions and would like to
pick up husband on every section line,
come to Nebraska If you want one put
your best garments on, daughter of the
east! and come to Nebraska. The
country is filling up fast they
come by the rattling tram; they
come atoot and on horseback. Before
many years every quarter section will
have house upon it, and the hills that
now only know the spanglcd COW and
untamcd broncho, will echo to the heavy
tread of the book agent, as cultivation
sweeps onward This is u country where
the sun used to shine through the entire
summer and the earth dried up like brick
in the furnace; where the hot winds
swept up their deadly breath and before
them the winter wheat withered and the
corn tell Now the sun takes Il rest an
hour or two and gives the rain chance;
| the hot winds have gone to New Jersey;
| the face of the earth seems to glow with
| beauty and health. and the people who
| live in this marvellous country 90 around
congratulating each other and try to an
| alyze their gladneSs Even the CoGs are
| so overcome with Joy that they catch hy-
| drophoba and 90 into fits over 1t. Our
| cities are growing; the railroads change
| their time tables every week TO oaccommo-
| date new cities that were not in the last
one issued. There isn't man idle who
! wants work. Farmers pump water for
| the cattle with mills and do their own
| blowing sitting on Il spring seat with
| box of cigars on one side. In the east
| they carry their water from the nearest
| creek, and walk behind the plow until
| they have no distinct idea whether they
| are showing the machine or the horses
| are pulling it. The man who can t thrive,
| prosper and grow rich in Nebraska,
| would starve in bakery. If you want
| to see how this will assay to the line, come
to Nebraska.
Omaha daily bee., 1886-08-28
FREE METHODlSTs.
Appointments by the West Iowa Con-
ference

The West Iowa conference of the Free
Methodist church at its second session
convened on Il camp ground four miles
north of Scranton, la, August is, at . p,
m, Superintendent T. +. Hart presiding.
-Four Slttings of the conference were held,
two preaching services each day at ,
and s p, M. Eight promising young
men united with the conference on trial,
one by transfer from the Iowa confer.
Cncc At the close of Saturdays sitting
the appointments were read. All seemed
satisfied and conSccrated to 60 to their
new field of labor full of faith and the
Holy Ghost.
The conference was preceded by n
camp mccting-and continued till the
close of the conference. Thirty tents
were on the ground, besides a large
tabernacle for services. A correct osti-
mate of the number saved cannot bc
given but there were some ut the altar
for pardon or purity at nearly every ser.
vice. Many souls were converted to
God and santiciicd wholly in the old fash
ioned way. The preaching was clear,
forcible and spiritual. Following are the
appointments:
Bear Grove district J, w. Dake, chairman;
Bear Groyc,G. b. Wellington; Coon Rapids,
jefferson and ChCrrdnn, NJ. u. Myers.
Red Oak district j.. w. Lake, chairman;
Red Oak and Milford, }. NJ; Reilly; bingham,
Glasgow, \. Dowd; Shambough, j. A.
Chamberlain Clarinda W, II. iiolmes; Col
legc Springs. j. &. Stand; Sidney and Walk
ervile, w. B. Nixon; George Booton and
Charles Bullock without appointment; f. j.
Gates, Evangelist
Missouri valley distrct-T. II. Allen, chair
man, Omaha; +. Miller, supply; La Platte,
j. Medd; Poncha, w. IL. llildcbrand; Blair,
Kefunald and Fletcher; j. b. Newville and
+. II. Smith Missouri Valley; George Shinn,
Dunlap: Mary Hills supply; North Bend to
Sioux CITY district-T. II. Allen, chairman;
IIc Mars, Kingsley, etc, j. \. Boveo; Mcri-
den Waslta, w. y. Green; Laurens, &. &.
BoOton: scandinavian mission, 5. A. Andcr-
son
Why suffer the tortureS of billiousness
when Hoods Sarsaparilla will give you
relief Sold by all druggists. 100 doses
One Dollar.
Omaha daily bee., 1886-08-28
'el w. DIR. c. O. BENTON, PROP,
Sold c. +. Goodman and Kuhn u Co.,
18th and Douglas 18th and Cumin

Ida Lewis, famous for her efforts in
resculng the drowning at Newport, is
the only woman in the world who holds
the position of government light house
keeper. Although past middle age she is
always on the lookout for any unfortu
nate needing her help, and would go to
their relief rs promptly as when 1.-the
and active girl.