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Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1886-11-20
ITO DIE--TO SLEEP

How could we bear the anguish and the
strife
That veX our souls forever meath the sky,
Or how endure the carking cares of life,
Did We not know that one day We should
die.
That some bIest day we shall 6nd perfect
rest,
Far from earth's orments and it's madden
ing riot;
With idle hands upon a pulseless breast,
We shall be Tapped In endless peace and
quiett
Then grief shall come no more, nor care, nor
pain,
To call us forth TO suffer or 70 dare:
No mocking dreams shall break our rest
again,
Telling us Of JOY to rouse US to despair.
No fear of coming loss shall smite US sore,
Making us clasp dear forms in wild dis
may;
The dead alone need never fear death more
Only from them he stealeth naught away.
There is one door through which grief cannot
come,
And care must crave admittance there in
vain;
There is no space within that narrow home
For the grim forms OF misery or pain.
Sleep dwe'ie,h there, and peace and perfect
rest,
And silence sweeter than the song of bird;
The widest wall from burning lips e'er
Lies on the threshold, nor within Is heard.
Fen love must pause without, and can bu,
bring
Pale blossoms with the worlds one sweet-
ness fraught-
Alas, less mortal in their whitening,
The fragile g~arlands than the love that
brought.
A gift God giveth His belored-sleep,
unvexed Ivy dreams, uncursed by sudden
waking,
How soft your shadow DER oar lids shall
creep,
O'er burning brain, and heart well nigh to
breaking!
We can live, and sufer, and endure,
Still saying softly, when Despair is nigh,
"The wav is weary, but the rest Is sure
Bear up, O heart, for one day we shall die"
Lucy II. Hooper in Appleten's Journal.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1886-11-20

OF authority between the county and city came
to the surface to-day. The last legislature
passed IA registration bill, which went into ef-
foot last July. and the late election was held
under the new law. One OF the provisions of
the act was that the city and county should
pay an equal proportion of the expense for all
city, general and special elections. The law
also provides that a new registration shall
be made for each election. Owing TO the
death Of Mayor Chapman a special election
was held IN this city October 4. A r~egistra.
ton was made out for the same, and the city
allowed one-half Of the bill. The other half
was sent to the county board Of supervisors.
but they refused the claim, aud, as the city
will not pay the bin, there are eighteen regis.
trars who worked ten days each without any
mioney,and as a consequence they are red bot.
Several suits viii likely follow. Attorneys of
the city are of the opinion that the county viii
have TO pay.
o%sEsLoosA, Ia, Nov. IA recent decision
Of Judge Johnson in a civil rights case causes
a great deal Of feeling among colorcd citizens
here. The decision was on n demurrer To an
indictment against Ben Han. a colored bar
Der, who was indicted under the ciyil rights
act for refusing TO shave c. Il. Bennett, a col
ored restaurant keeper. The civil rights bill
OF tue last legislature requires BARRIERS, hotel
keepers, common carriers, etc, 80 give
equal rights TO all persons regardless Of
color. The supreme court had decided In The
Cedar Rapids case that the skating rink is
not a public place. and that the proprietors
might exclude colorcd people. Judge John
son in a full oral opinion decided the law 20 bc
valid and constitutional The question In
his opinion turns upon the power Of the leg
%islature to say that a barber shop is such a
public place, and the business Of such a
public character a. 10 empower the legislature
TO control the business. lie holds that the
question is one Of propricty, aud not a ques-
ton of power; that the legislature has the
power 10 regulate barber shops, and a. 10
whether the power ought to be exercised or
not Is q question OF discretion for the lcgi.la-
ture. 1t follows therefore that colorcd men
have the same right To be shaved as white
men. it is understood that the case win 20
20 tic supreme court.
DA,aNPoBT. la, NOV. l&.-Juitc3 states
Revenue Collector Thompson to-day made a
seizure of LOCO pounds OF bogus butter ia a
Davenport commission house. the package,
no., having the required ucH Government
stamp upon thpn, Twelyes samples had pre-
y]iousIy been procured and tested. all but one
of them failing 90 stand the test. II was
disclosed that the commission merchant
l,,,t..l4 al - =, a..y,l ,,..l. 80 ..A.r. A,4
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1886-11-20
Flower Resigns.

NEW YORK, NOV. S.-Roswcll Y. Flower
has resigned from the electric subway com
mission. In his letter to the governor asking
TO be relieved, Mr.. Flower said that he ac-
cepted the position to serve The interests OF
the city and at great personal inconvenience
Now that the work, the commission set to
perform, has been successfully completed, he
desires TO be allowed 10 devote more time to
his personal business.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1886-11-20
Sentenced 10 Hang

Butte, Mont, Nov. Saturday, at Dill
Ion, Judge Gabraith OF the second judicial
district sentenced Thomas =, Harding TO be
hung Dee. 80. Harding was eonvihted yes
terday Of robbing and killing the Glendale
stage driver last spring. The prisoner was
cold and indifferent when sentence was pro-
uounccd on him by the Judge.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1886-12-15

More than half a century esoa French
chemist and surgeon declared that Chlorine
has the power OF decomposins and destroy
ing the deadly poison OF the saliva OF the
mad dog The truth OF that statement has
been rcefFrmsd repeatedly by physician. and
others since it was then published, but is evil
IDENTIFY known by fsw people. The remedy is
prepared and applied as a wash by dissolving
two tablsspoonfuls OF chloruret Of lime in
half pint of water, and with it instantly
and repeatedly bathing the Kitten part Tho
liquid is absorbed and the poison decomposcd
DR.. Worthington, OF Annapolis, recon-
mended years ago the giving Of chlorine in
formally and hypodermioally. lie says: ut
is n stimulant and astringsnt, in the first case
helping to raise the vital powers, and in tho
second case lessening the rapidity OF the cir
culalon, and retarding the dissemination Of
the poison through the economy If chloride
of lime applied to the wound will dccomi1se
the virus with which it comes in contact 1t is
reasonable to assume that some of it will be
absorbed by the vessels and decompose the
virus in the circulation If this is n falr
assumption it is plausible, practicable and
possible to meet tho poison within the system
d destroy it, The remedy above described
50 cheap, readily available and simple in
T., Application externally that no family need
ia without supply ready for instant use, 1t
has been known to be effective when applied
within six hours after tho infliction of the
hl.c.- Chicago Times.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1886-12-15

Cheek is an indispensable quality for a
crook, for often when caught, as say
"dead to rights, they can face it out Sotss
time ago fellow named Theophius George
was working the hotels, and be got into a
room where man was lying ful,y dressed
though nsnop, in the bed. tioor.c proceeded
to go through his pockets, aud as IL was do
ing so tho rlan woke up what are YOU do
ing thcrct he asked. George looked at him
hastily, and then looked again, and rubbing
his hands, half smiled and excused himself
repeating the words excuse me until be got
to the door and ont and away. II he'd lost
his head lie might have been shot or cap
tured, bat his oflroatery raralyzed the man
y cool piece Of thievine during thu festivities
was lhatof the fellow who took n sae hcl from
ladys hand and put n little stick in place
OF tho haadla. She had the stick III her hand
WHEN she went TO open tho sachol for rar
fare. Int could no. tell al what time the
saehel d.sapp oared.-Detectiys Browning III
Globe Democrat.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1886-12-15

Thcr- is nothing really Objectionable in
manicuring wo"'s, as nothing is attempted
beyond thu promotion Of circulation. healthy
growth and careful trimming Yet some
ladies seem terribly afraid Of its being known
that their nails are receiving attention and
creep in as though they thought all their
neighhors cared enough about their move-
mcnts to watch them The most difficult
females 10 deal with are servants who want
to look like ladies' and cooks who have picked
up wealthy husbands and it Is difficult to do
very much for these.
Some ladies consider a professional mari
cure can doeyery ridiculous thing that quac Ks
advertise Thus Partisan quacks profess to
bc able to give fashionable contour to tho
ugiest nose, to round the chin, to alter tho
expression OF the mouth, and to produce m
pies Of the most captivating kind, and ridicu-
lous rs it appears, my correspondence Of tho
last few yeas has shown me that there are
Thousands Of American ladies who would like
to have this. and oven more absurd than this,
douo for them Mary Cobb in Globe-Domo
CIat.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1886-12-15
8kowhegan TEA. STORE
90 Water street,
SKOWHEGAN, MAINE.
Reading to Russian Peasants.

The peasant is very fond of reading, that
is, of hearing some one else read. A vii
lage teacher may be often seen in hut,
surrounded by crowd of peasants of all
ages, reading "Bova Korolevitch, or
some other story about the adventures Of
some hero or other. Great care is generally
exercised by the teacher in selecting
stories for such purposes. They must be
Of moral tone, elevating, and, what is
more important, in popular language |
shall never forget the sight Of lively
crowd of peasants surrounding a village
school where one of the pupils, young
fellow of A. was reading story about the
heroes of the last Crimean campaign,
Both the little hero and his hearers were
in their glory and | am sure many peas
ant s ambition was at that moment to see
his Youngsters possess such knowledge,
Such schools are, however, the excep-
ton. There are parts of Russia where
the population probably never saw book
in their life-S. S. Skidelsky in Phila-
delphia Times.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1886-12-15

Iirard Er9ics;on Iind no thought of writ
in@ stories Via h waali be accepted as those
Of dist net American s, tool. and which
woull carr his namc beyond the Atlantic
He had ben preacher and ceased II preach,
he had come 10 new York from the vest
ard settled down to journalism. Beng tho
editor Of Hearth AMI Homo. one OF its
stoey writer's hal failed to forward manu-
script md y certain amount Of space in the
wceLlF n-c.!el to I've filled with original fe-
ton. Nh."e WAS j; to be procured Nobody
coull tel. II tic last hour the editor was
Obliged to fl The rap with tale, founded
on his experiences in Indiana rLn7 an tin
Grant Methol>t lie finished it in few
numbers ED VIZ amaacd To see that he lad
sNurk oa. a lao-i literary path, end that all
TIN su' seri1srs wer, CRYING for moro. Tho
BIT had come from the want Of cory purely.
Honor and iaiae had actually been thrust
upon him-Chie. ,'ews.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1886-12-15

The following anecdote illustrates the
extreme dclcacy of sentiment among the
Raipoot women. The celebrated Rajah
Jey Sing Of Amber had married a princess
of Haryati, whose simple provincial man
ncrs and dress subjected her to the badin-
age of The refined and superhly dressed
ladies Of the court of Amber one day
the raiah began playfully to make re-
marks about the sweeping iupon
of the princess, and, taking mp n
pair of scissors, said he would reduce
it to the fashionable length Highly
offended ut this playful remark, She
seized his sword, and, assuming threat
ening attitude, said that in the house to
which she belonged they were not used
to such icsts, that mutual respect was the
guardian not only of happiness hut of
virtue, and she assured him that if he
again dared to insult her he would find
the daughter Of lIaryati could use n
sword better than the Prince of Amber
his scissors. -lIindoo in London Queen.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1886-12-15

\ recent number OF Tho Japan Weekly
Mail contains a short account Of a night as
ccat OF tho active volcano Asamayama TIL
party lat karnisawn in tho afternoon, and
commenced Ito ascent from tho eastern So
about sunset: Tho sky was perfectly 81 r.
and the summit was reached an hour BE- p
mi'lni;.lt The wind, flowing from thcso.
carried the sulphurous vapor AWAY 10 g.
n0:thwa.I, and th:s the ascent was mad' +.
uncomfortable. The party saw quito to tle
bottom of the crater, which presented tho ~
pearauco Of furnace filed with glow!1e
coaa Tho sound Of the roarias, Kissing u-.i
buAb.ng Is described as loud AMI awful TpH
walls Of tho crater are OF !. .,ht brown color,
and arc composed of successive layers mark !
out with striking regularity, like the seats il
an nmpithcatrc. Allowing ten OF these Layers
to each interval Of twenty feet, the dcpta
from the surfarc to tbs incandosccn. matter
would appear 10 DO 200 feet The periphery
of the crater is about half nlilc although
the japanese calculate it at two miles and .
half -Boston Transcript.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1886-12-15

Mr. Field is still nj his country house,
but the illness of daughter kept him in
the city for three or four nights last week.
He rises ut ! O'Clock in summer and at .
o'clock in winter. 1t Is his custom to re
tire promptly at l0o'clock unless he is out
for an evening at the theatre or on some
social occasion As his town house is
closed he has ',cen hunting around ut
different hotels to find ont which could
give him the earliest breakfast He tolG
me that he was able ia get breakfast nj
the Fifth Avenue hotel any timc after ,
O'Clock, at the Clarendon any time after
O'Clock, and at the Hoffman amy time
after ! o'clock. Mr.. Field came 10 New
York in 1888. the year Of the hig fire, He
has consequently had about 80 years Of
this early rising and Of his vigorous work
New York Tribune.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1886-12-15
JACKSON CITY AND cy6NTlco.
Two Proposed Cities on the Banks o
tho Potomac.


Two Proposed Cities on the Banks Of
tho Potonsc.
II may not be generally known that there
are on the banks Of the Potomac the sites Of
two proposed cities, WHOSE projectors were
once sanguins that thoy would grow and at
tain a national importance in population
ard trade, but which stubbornly re-
fused to thrive In spite Of all that
was done to push them forward The
FIRST OF these is Jackson City, on the vir-
slnia side Of the Potomac, just opposite to
Washington. The idea Of building this city rs
a rival Of the national capital WAS conceived
By some Of odd lIckory's' friends during bis
presidential term, and such faith did they
have in the name that they did not think
laiiare was possible II they called it jackson
City.
Accordingly, they bought Of Mr. George
Mason, for 100000 large part of which
WIS paid IN bonds OF the company, tract Of
land aud laid it OF III lots, streets and ave-
nass on u magnificent scale. Then, to give
eelat b. this scheme. TREY determined upon a
public demonstration Oh the occasion OF the
LAYING OF 80 corner stone Of the new city
Aeodnciy on tho day appointed a large
crowd assembled on tho spot, among which
cabinet and many other distinguished per
SONS, and after an Grafton had been delivered
bg deufKe Washington Park Gusts tho cor
Her stone u jackson City was laid with i'm
posing ceremonies. But, strange To say, that
was about all that over was laid, notwith-
standing t' mnGnihcent send of with which
it had been inausus.tod Tho traveller w,.o
passes tho site to-day sees only one or two
dliapldated frame houses TO mark the spot
The other dead city is Quantico on the
Potomac some twenty mics below Washing
ton. Sooa after the close OF the lato war, when
tll Richmond, fredericksburg and Poto-
uac railroad N.is extended to that point, tho
cits wss laid ont ON an extensive scale, and
such confidence did its projectors have in its
future that they went to work and built
large and handsome four story hotel, at q
cost OF many thousand dollars. They also
obtained charter comforting upon the COM
pany extensive powers, such as to build rail
roads clio "A banking business, engage in man
niacturlng projects, etc, but, contrary to
their sanGune expectations, the enterprise
never thrivcd, and instead of q busting,
busy city, Quantco is quiet country rail
road station, and not likely ever 10 DO any
thing else Ben: Perley Poore
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1886-12-15

Children born ON Sundays are said to
have the power of second 81 .ht or cairVoy-
ance If II new born babe has II particu-
larly old look you can conclude that it
will not live to grow up. If You have its
picture taken before it is II year old it
will meet with the same sad fate. The
same is said of children who are al
lowed to play with flowers or who are
taken inside n cemetery at this early
period of life.
furthermore, n child under IL months
old must not be allowed to see its image
in the looking glass for fear of its becom-
ing vain later in life. If you look over n
child's head it will not grow any more.
If little children kiss each other before
they can speak they will never learn any
thing. If little daughter resemble her
mother she will never have II particle of
good luck in all her life. ia girl baby is
given its mothers name it will not live
The same is snid of n son who is named
after his fathcr.-Cincinnat Enquirer.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1886-12-15

/ hear from friend lately returned
from Sophia that the government OF Bul-
garia is being most economically carried
on. A project gets only t2f0 per annum
and cabinet minister only twice as much,
unless in the case of the secretary for for
eign affairs, who receives t12O extra to
pay for his entertainment of the various
foreign ministers and diplomatic agents.
The president of the high court of appeal
receives $500 year. while the sum OF
about ESQ 600 is devoted to public oduca-
ton. Bulgaria has its national bank,
which is privileged to issue notes, with its
headquarters at Sophia and branches at
Varna, Rustchuk and Philippopolis.-
London Figaro.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1886-12-15
Naval Warfare Reduced to a Science.


The Selfridse torpedo--that in general ne
is tin can filled with about sixty pounds
of gunrotton. which has tho explosive force
of 800 pounds Of powder. 1t is exploded by
electricity, and makes noise enough to fright
en- an cuemys ship into showing her he Is,
though in the water the sound is of course
subdued and nearly lost Some of tho tor
pedocs however, are far more terrible things
10 see and hear of than this comparatively
simple specimen. They nre made in some
cases twenty-five and even thirty foet in
length, and filled with so much powder, gun
cotton, dynamite and nitro-slycerine, not to
mention various conbustlbles of the s.,ioe
agreeable nature. When it is necessary they
arc set or to spin through the water at 4
frantic rate Of speed, generating internal heat
by tho action of n sort of paddle wheel, until.
just as they reach the i'll fatod vessel viii i
they are intended 10 annihilato, the whole in
fornGl contriyanco goes of without symptom
of warning, and tho unfortunate Liza, Maud
or Ann Sophia, rs the case may be, flies in "A
thousand million pieces up to tho astuniiicd
skies Dear, dear! What horrible vista
ton war is, to be surs, We haven't any
navy, nut we are eettin., raval warfare down
to very fine point, indeed.-ProyiGonee
journal
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1886-12-15

On one of the recent cold nights man
was fastening across the Common with
his oyercoat buttoned up to his meek lie
was rather anxious to know what time IL
was but he was too lazy to inhibition ms
coat in order to get at his watch. just
then he saw man of well dressed APP
pearance coming in the distance. when
he came up the man who wanted to know
what time it was touched his hat polltety
and said: "Sir, do you know what time IL
is9' The stranger paused, removed MS
right glove, unbuttoned his overcoat from
ton 70 bottom, unbuttoned his under coat
and finally pulled out his watch, while
the cold wind beat against his unprotected
chest. Holding up the watch so that the
light would shine on it, he scrutinized II
an instant and said Eyes" And then he
passed on without another word. boston
Reco.d.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1886-12-15

A gentleman in tho book business holds tbc
opinion that cheap literature and cheap pab
LEGATIONS are on the decline. He t:als7 tat
the country has been glutted with tho tel
and twenty cent books, and that the demand
for the next few years will DO for higher
priced books There is a vast food Of novels
constantly going upon tho markets in vel
umes that scll at 81 aud $3.50, The editions
Of such books by the ordinary writer's do rot
exceed ! 800 or . 900 copies each. II the lat
ter number is reached it is considered largo
sale. This docs not refer TO writers like
Howels bu: to many of the story writers for
the magazines. They get first OF ell u fair
price for their productions from the maya
zines in which they nre published. Whatever
they can make by putting them out in book
form is considered Us clear profit, NV York
Tribune.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1886-12-15

Pouisi-Now, speaking Of great men,
what do You think of Napoleon Bona
parte.
Miss PoindeNter from Philadelphia
Pslaa he was nobody. Who WIS his
grandfather
Miss Bunl,erhjll from Boston ! don't
think he could have amounted 10 much;
he had no middle name
Miss Gotham from New NorhA-IIow
much was he WORTH
Miss Porcine drom Chicaso'-nid he
make his money before the fire or since'
Miss Moutcspau from st Louis Did
he belong To one Of our old French lami-
Rambler
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1886-12-15

A recent trial in Paris has disclosed some
of the secrets of the drcssmnkng trade.
Mile. Ierask was First hand nj Mcssrs.
Raudinty's, at salary of l2,ooof per
annum. She was made to sign docu-
ment avowing that she had robbed her
employers and that she was indebted to
their generosity for not having prosecuted
her This document was held over her
head to prevent her from joining any rival
establishment. Finally she left her situa-
ton. and on Messrs Raudinty hearing
TINT She was still in Paris, they prosecuted
her The iury returned verdict of Not
Guilty" and condemned Messr'. Raud-
inty to bear all the costs Chicago Her
aid.
Mustard seed valued at $50, 600 has been
.at-..al lam, L on,noc Cal this SenSnn.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1886-12-15

Ceasn Weeping. child why mourn The loss
OF your druartcd moahcry
Before another year goes by
You'll liEoly have another.
Texas Siftinys
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1886-12-15
Holiday Edition.

We purpos to make our Christmas
number one of unusual attraction, with
story and poem written for the REPoREER
The subscription list of the REroRrEI
has been largely increased during three
months past and fol the sake OF giving
more extended circu alton to our Christ
mas number, we will forward 1t to any
person, who may want it enough to SEND
his or her name and address ON or before
December 18th.