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The Somerset reporter., 1886-12-01

There is DO Indignation more terrible
than that of an elderly man in horse car
offered seat by sympathetic lady.
when he snorts, "Kup yer seat, nom
Their haint stronger man in this earn
mel"
The Somerset reporter., 1886-12-01

HALE's HONEY is the best Cough Cure, as, s0c., u
CLENN's SULPHUR SOAP heals and beauties, 2bc.
cERMAH CORN REM0vER kills Coms & Bunions. 2Sc.
HILLS RAIR / wHIsKER DYE-Black & Brown. Soc
PiKEs T00THAcHI DROPS cure in Minute. 2Sc
pGAn's RHEUMATIC PILLS are a sure cure. 6oe
The Somerset reporter., 1886-12-01

A new use for the tobacco plant
has been discovered. Its stems and
waste, it is claimed, are equal to
linen rags in the manufacture of
paper. Tobacco waste costs less
than $40 ton, linen rags $40 to
$50. There is no expense i'll assert
ing the former and very little shrin-
kage, as against a loss of one-thirtl
of rags. The yearly tobacco waste
is estimated at from 100000 to
1900, 600 pounds.
The Somerset reporter., 1886-12-01
POETRY.
The Cup OF Cold Water.

The following beautiful original poem r -.it-
lnged for ne ded',,t' ,N,,' ~. - - "a
lit orr 1 by the .,tl,r. Nj ANN sargent
,u, Viii which Mr,. Hunt Is odtaraiis con
ceted and the lady friend wh" t'id the .tafA Is d
tsiden' oi SN'""'t"'
1t wIs only adrelw th-d She i'ia ne
Bat its meu'rN is if'-h 'h my hiha'
And so fast ia its spell d'tn IL hnia me-
am seeking SOME meaning Ia hha'
So, in rhyme J "iI tell N'n 'I' +'eiF
r,,,,,,.j ,b,, il, beam, with die glory
ut..l t..,,i,.,,.,. ,,o,,l5 -,-t,if,,,. lend
nd been thinking She s'id' NhHs ! 4'''7e'
"nt the i'rre"eh'nE "'fN 10 '' '''''e
And that never Tor ca tear tHs'snee-
might the crown '' the victor ne Won.
wa, gficscd that 0@,'di l'sN> Nefe gwen
st,,i,.b, ,,ut Of ti.. heaven
ft,t,...i.,t ,.,,.i, ffff iftlfne.
But it seemed that % voice >A,lns'
Aou are hre'Nlns your i'''' VIM ''i '.a'''
For li@ bidding awaits your ono t"s'
And your hcid is '"tN mccoy anu 'i3'q
Then slept, hui il seemed tat titiea
allied ami, Nv and carried
-,,,,., .,. ,,,,,,, ,t. ,,i,i, ,r tl,. bi,,it.
Then turned me- '"' 100 "h' vs. n''' me-
But heard 900 ihc distance etsf
"l'c bee" Gaming O"' ''' one 10 - ~
And u"''i' 'h come 41'' ''' u5
Why should '"i d H'i"''s'' nc
hih something W11t'a"f 'h a.
While wal'ed' excuses were dega'ea'
But the pleading more PiiiiHi sfe"'
.rA.t, ,,.,. ,,..r, nd ,,bv il. il YOU f,ltars
.-. . - 800.
The Somerset reporter., 1886-12-01

When Baby was sick, We gave her Castoria,
When she WA Child, she cried for Castoris,
Whom sho became Miss, she chung to Castoria,
WHEN she had Children, she gave them Castoria,
The Somerset reporter., 1886-12-01
TAX NOTICE.

OFFICE OF TREASURER OF SOMERSET COUNTY.
November 9th, 1sS6-
The following road taxes remaining due and
unpaid:
Notice is hereby given that the subscriber
Will sell at public auc ion AT the Court House
III Skowhegan on Thursday, Dec. 30. 1886, at ,
O'Clock IN the afternoon. all the right aud title
that the County of Somerset has in the follow
lug tracts of land ON that date,
The Somerset reporter., 1886-12-01

Qniz wishes to have good reason why !,,
the Merrimac river does not run up NIL
The best one the Lowell Citizen can lhink
of is that, having once been throu9nt
Nashua, it has no desire to return.
The Somerset reporter., 1886-12-01

Visitor regarding the baby)-"Oh,
what dear little duck of child! He's
got his mothers handsome eyes and his
fathers hair. Father, (who is bald)-"l
think he must have; | haven't"
The Somerset reporter., 1886-12-01

Lately, in music hall, after the ballad
lady had warbled: "Would l Were
Bird" great excitement was created by
stalwart miner in the audience shouting,
"Would | were a gun.
The Somerset reporter., 1886-12-01

There is no doubt ebout the homes
worth of Ayers SArsaparilla as blood
purifier Thousands, who have been ben
Gifted by its use, will attest its virtues,
This remedy cures liver and kidney com
plants, ana eradicates eyefy trace of dis
ease from the system.
The Somerset reporter., 1886-12-01
MISCELLANY.
MOS aELcuER,s FEMALE CURE
has been known for long years by por-
ton of the community a~


PerTeCt SDPcIJfc KeW'HV
for all disorders of the functional organs Of
women. We here tell all wives, mothers, sis
tiers, and daughters of the most reliable RENE
dy and sure cure Tor all diseases peculiar to
females. Result of nattcntion to this state
ment will be deranged physical condition.
broken health, mental disturbance, and pre-
mature death. For advice or consultation,
address Mrs Linus Belcher, f. o. Box 53od,
Boston. Mass. D0olittle n smith, Agents for
Mrs. Bcicher's Female Cure.
The Somerset reporter., 1886-12-01
Husband (handing

Husband (handing his wife some mon
ey)-"There, dear, is fifty dollars, and il
has bothered me some time to get it for
you. | think deserve a little praise.
Wifc-'Praise? You deseroe an encore,
my dear"
The Somerset reporter., 1886-12-01

II all so-called remedies have failed, DR.
Sage's Catarrh Remedy cures.
The Somerset reporter., 1886-12-01

Backache, aching sides and kidneys,
sore muscles, stitch, crick are removed
by the Hop Plaster,
The reign of sense in medicine is shown
by the popularity of Hop Porous Pasters
for pains.
The Somerset reporter., 1886-12-01

'The single scull race exclaimed an
old lady, MS she laid down the paper.
"My gracious, didn't know there WAS IA
race of men with double sculls
The Somerset reporter., 1886-12-01

He-You are holding that umbrella on
the wrong side to protect you from the
sun. She-I know 1t, but there Is that
dreadful Miss Briggs and intend her to
see my new bonnet.
The Somerset reporter., 1886-12-01

"These are hard times" said the Young
debt collector. Every place Went to-
day | WAS requested to call again, but
ore, and tina, was when dropped IN to
see my girl"
The Somerset reporter., 1886-12-01
LANES PYLE'S PE1RLINE

This preparation, advertised elsewhere, Is
really an excellent article for saving labor
in washing. 1t takes the place of soap
sal-soda and other preparations.
The Somerset reporter., 1886-12-01

CONSTITUTIONAL Cough SYRUP is sold
on the"No cure, no pay principle. /
contains no opium nor anything iniurioub
why suffer with coughs and colds whee
for25 or so cents you get bottle at the
drug store of George Gushing.
The Somerset reporter., 1886-12-01

'Did you ever think what you would
do if you had the Duke of Westminlsters
income?" Village pastor-"Noi but |
have often wondered what the duke would
do if he had mine.
The Somerset reporter., 1886-12-01

SOMERSET, ss,-Novembcr 9th. 1886
Personally appeared Sarah f. Lenfest
above named and made oath that she has used
reasonable diligence to ascertain the present
residence OF Daniel X. Lenfest named in the
foregoing libel but has not been able to do so.
Before me,
J. .. BRADBURY, Justice of the Peace.
Thomas County cat., 1886-08-05
RELIGIOUS READING.
BLIND ATHEISM.

Tho sun shines on the waters; and the waters
to the wall
VI my poor cabin. narrow, dark and small.
Ring perpetual unpurposed TOW
pf luminous pulses dancing to and fro:
'Sno ifom tne wall the many-iickerInG show
Shoots to M eye,
Far Travelled from its fountain in the sky
suppose me born and bred in such small
homo,
Cabined and cribbed, with never a look out
side
Into the heaving tide,
VI upward to the bright, expansive dome
"hlch men call Heaven, what should l say
of Light.
I'd say, belize. it was tangled maze
OF frcakish rays,
fiitting about to feed my wondering gaze,
heoeemed such-wiSe from Chaos and old
Night
"A bright confusion without law or rule,
And for the Sun, the glorious lord OF day
And his all-perneant. ai-plastic ray,
FOR that knew no sun. mayhap I'd say
There is no Sun in Heaven-and be q fool
As Atheists are-blind guides who go to
school
With outward sense. and what mere sense
cOmpes
Alone believe. Be wiser thou, and know,
Behind all shadowy show
Acauseful Substance dweiiS;
Behind all tangled maze
Of crowded things that try the wondering
gaze,
in air, in water and in teeming sod,
A Reason works. which wisely men call God.
John Stuart BJGc!sie. in CGsselts Mdgd,iik
Thomas County cat., 1886-08-05

aurcoie OF sanctity encircled the brow
of sorrow and invested it with mys-
terious charm. 1t is related of an old
Catholic saint that, at the evening OF 4
laborious and well-spent life. Christ
appeared to him as a man of sorrows.
and, commencing his past exertions.
asked him what reward he would de-
sire. Fame, and wealth, and earthly
pleasures had no attractions to one
who had long been weaned from the
things of sense; yet the prospect OF
other and spiritual blessings for mo-
ment thrilled the saint with joy; but
when he looked upon the sacred brow.
still shadowed as with the anguish of
Gethsemanc. every selfish wish was
forgotten, and, with voice of ineifa-
BILE love, he answered.: Lord, that
might suffer most"' Cor. international
Record.
Thomas County cat., 1886-08-05
a HINT TO MOTHERS.

The Home Influences with Which They
Should Surround Their Daughters.
We read and hear great deal about
the importance of making homes
pleasant and attractive for the sons. SO
that they may spend their evenings at
home rather than elsewhere. But we
do not hear so much said about the in
fuence of a pleasant home upon the
daughters. 1t may be for the reason
that the girls are naturally more do
mestic than boys, and so it is
taken for granted that no great ex-
ertion is necessary for father and
mother to make the home q pleasant
one for them. / think the influence of
q home has just as much and perhaps
more to do in shaping the future OF
the daughters as of the sons, for it is
she who has the most important part to
perform in making home for herself
after she has left the parental roof.
Now there is a great difference in the
ideas of what constitutes q pleasant
home. Here, for instance, is young
girl surrounded by all the luxuries and
privileges which money can procure.
She has servants to come and 60 at her
bidding. She has no care put upon her
young shoulders; she is taught to play,
sing, paint and embroider. To be
sure, she does nothing for the pleasure
and happiness of those around her,
but what of that? She is accomplished.
and is that not enough? When
she is of q suitable age she makes
her debut in society. Then, OF
course, her time is occupied with all the
pleasures which society gives. Thus
she grows into wOmanhoOd. Is this
true womanhood? Is she now pre-
pared to fight the battles OF life and
win the victor's crown? If adversely
comes to her, as it is liable to us all.
will she be prepared to meet it as she
should? All no. 1t would have been
far better if she had been taught more
of self-reliance and self-culture.
Put some care upou your daughter.
It will do her no harm. 1t will make
her feel that there is some responsible
ity resting upon her. Teach her that
character is higher than intellect, and
that by practicing little self-denial
once in awhile she will not only make
others happy, but will increase her
own happiness and will become less
selfish. Teach her to work. Let me
not be understood as being opposed to
the teaching of the so-called higher ac-
complishments. l am not opposed to
them, but do not think they should be
taught to the detriment of the more
useful ones. Make a companion of
your daughter. Teach her to entertain
as we'll as to be entertained. In this
way she will be made to think that she
is really of some Importance. in the
household.
Mothers, if you teach your daughters
these things, they will go from your
house into one of their own much
better fitted to make that home what it
should be, and be better fitted to guide
Alright the lives which may be commit
ted to their care Philadelphia Call.
Thomas County cat., 1886-08-05

The Troubles That Do Not Come Nigh
Him Who Has Mado the Lord His Hab-
itation.
Many student, reading the Ninety
first Psalm, has been intellectually puz-
zled by its promises: "Thou shalt not
be afraid for the terror by night; no1
for the arrow that flieth by day: nor
for the pestilence that walketh in dark
ness; nor for the destruction that
wasteth at MONDAY. A thousand shall
fall at thy side, and ten thousand al
thy right hand; but it shall not come
nigh thee" -'How is this?" cries the
rationalistlc critic, '.do not the saints
sicken and die? Is piety protection
from cholera? Does the devout man
not need vaccination in time of small
poX?" Aye! the pestilence that walk
eth IN darkness and the destruction
that wasteth at MONDAY enter the
homes of the godly as of the ungodly.
And yet it is literally true-literally il
we will read both the promise and the
fulfillment with the spiritual percep.
tion-that they do not come nigh him
who has made the Lord his habitation.
Men are hurt only where their life is
and calamity is no calamity if it does
not touch vital interest. A man may
would kill more noble nature will
not cost him an hours sleep or tenn
porary loss of appetite. In like man
ner, a man may live so high life
that troubles which infest anC
torment his less ennobled nigh
Dor will not come Nigh
him. General Armstrong, the unsuns
hero of Hampton Institute, will sit a
the table so absorbed in the converse
ton and in the cause to which he ha:
consecrated himself, and in which he
lives, that he does not know what i!
set before him and eats it in entire un
consciousness whether it is well cooked
or ill cooked; indeed, he would scarce.
| ly know if it were not cooked at all
and burnt beefsteak or muddy coffee
which would spoil the breakfast for {
less absorbed er<husiast, comes not nig}
him. In like manner, it is possible tt
so live IN the spiritual world, SO tt
make the Most High ones refuge, sc
~ wv ClI III LuC SCClCG plehCC Va tIC NAoo
High, that the troubles which infes
the life of those whose life is in earthly
circumstance and relation almost liter
ally come not nigh the God-sheltereG
spirit. He is struck, but feels 1t not
| wounded, but is oblivious. Like the
wounded boy who brought his message
to Napoleon, and then fell dead at hi;
feet, he is borne up by Divine enthu
siasm which makes him oblivious O
and impervious even to death-wounds
In the midst of the bowling mob
clamoring with angry voices and closee
fists for the blood of their victim
Christ stood unmoved, as the sunli
mountain-top by the storm which beat
upon its base The execrations of th'
mob, and later the anguish of the cross
truly came not nigh Him.-CAristia'
Il2i0n
Thomas County cat., 1886-08-05
GRATIFYING RESULTS.
Important and Commendable Action as
to Sunday Observance by the Pennsyl-
yania Railroad.

Important and Commendable Action rs
to Sunday Observance by the Pennsyl-
yania Railroad.
There is no more constant, open, and
by consequence more influential, en-
croachment upon the Sunday rest than
is made by railways and other agencies
of transportation. For these are made
various pleas of necessity, which knows
no law. But that plea is not sustained
by evidence. There is no railroad in
the United States having more extended
interests than the Pennsylvania. This
great company, as we learn from the
Presby.eriaa, has on its own motion,
by the unsolicited action of its manage
ment, made a great and beneficial
change in its arrangements. "a few
weeks ago an order was issued that all
freight trains on the main line Except
ing live-stockl should stop from 6
O'Clock Saturday evening until mid
night Sunday, and the men be sent to
their homes. At the end of the first
week gratifying reports of the expert
ment came in. Some officers COM
mented upon the reposeful quiet which
the day had brought by freedom from
the rumbling and putting of heavy
trains passing to and fro near their
homes But what seemed most sur
prising TO the management was the re-
port of .te effects upon the men and
the business. The trainmen worked
better after their rest. Accidents were
fewer. The percentage of freight
moved was greater. and Better time
was made" There is in this result
nothing to be wondered at All ex-
perience has shown that man needs the
weekly rest and will accomplish more
10y working six days in the week than
by working seven. If there were no
religious sanction for the Sabbath,
economical necessities would demand
il. Wdtchmdn.
Thomas County cat., 1886-08-05
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

Mrs John G. Fremont is writing :
life of Thomas jefferson.
-Adelina Patti kindly takes in as
many as five OF Nicolini's children. be-
coming to them willing stepmothcr.
"A California editor gratefully &C
knowledges the receipt of an invitation
from subscriber to visit his house and
take bath.
-Eev. George F. Pentecost has gone
to England for bicycling tour. Rev.
DIR. Wayland Hoyt, lately of Brooklyn
and now of Philadelphia, is also an
enthusiastic rider of the whecl-M r.
Tribune.
1t is said of Judge Davis that
nothing pleased him better than to
chat with stokers and engine men on
railways when he Travelled, and no man
could tell better story. Chicago
Inter Ocean.
The friends of Miss Yadwiga
Przbylinski are rejoiccd over her mar
riage with Mr.. Wellnitz. as they nc
longer have to tangle their tongues to
pronounce her name.-San francisco
Chronicle.
Mrs. Mark Hopkins. the million
aire, has for her factotum and secreta.
ry young colored man, who manages
much of her business and conducts a
considerable part of her correspond
Chicago Journal.
Miss Joe Anderson, a graduate ol
Michigan University in 1875, and au-
thor of IAN American Girl" recently
met an untimely death by drowning in
Sacramento river, California, while ou,
yachting with the Art League, of San
Francisco.
The Providence Or. I.) Woman's
Club numbers about one hundred and
forty members; it was organized by the
late Elizabeth K. Churchill, in whose
memory it has voted to establish schol
arshipfor girls in some college to which
girls are admitted on an equal footing
with boys.
Mrs. Catherine Wagner, aged
one hundred and eleven. and her sis
ter-in-law, Mrs. Rebecca Wagner
aged one hundred and nine years, live
within sight of each othec, near Bar
tersville, Ky. They have never seen {
railroad, and each has had for fifty
years silk dress laid away in which
to be buried.
The Pocahontas Headlight, week
ly journal of Virginia, has new ed
itor, and he says in his salutatory thai
he does not ''re-enter the theater o.
journalism as the trembling debutant
dazzled by the tinsel glitter of pictured
scenes, nor assume its more sacred
functions as the neophyte, whose swing
ing censer but deepens the awful mys
| teries of the sanctuary"
There were fourteen daily paper;
published in New York City in 1S45, o.
which eight are still in existence
There are now thirty dailies in thai
city, ten of them printed in foreign
languages. There are ten daily papers
in Boston, three of which print morn
ing and evening editions. In Chicago
there are fifteen dailies, six of them il
foreign languages, one German paper
printing two editions each day, anC
one English sending out four editions
IN. Y Mail.
Thomas County cat., 1886-08-05
THE LATEST FREAK.
Dead Birds Supplanted by Beetles ant
Spiders for Head characterization.

Dead Birds Supplanted by Beetles and
Spiders for Head Ornamentation.
The ladies of Paris, tired of wearing
dead birds, are now spending fabulous
sums in procuring all sorts of creeping
things-such as spiders, beetles, etc.
with which to adorn their hair and
dresses. 1t seems the idea originated
with Nine. Judic, who, during her
tour in the 'Golden South Americas. -
was presented by deputation of femi-
nine admirers in Brazil with "brace''
or spair' or ''couple"-we are not
sure of the technical term for two in
sects-of Brazilian beetles, or "gold
bugs" which, it appears, can be
trained, and are tethered by thin gold
chains to hair-pin, and are allowed to
wander about her head at their own
sweet wills. This idea of ladies adorn-
ing themselves with living insects is
hardly original. Not to 60 as far back
as the Egyptians and Etruscans, we
ourselves remember seeing in the Bra
zils party of ladies who. having cap
tured a number of fire-fies, enclosed
them in long tubes of muslin. with
which they trimmed the fronts of their
dresses. The effect in a garden after
dark was quite as pretty as the electric
lights which the 'Iolanthe" fairies
wore at the Savoy. If Nine. Judic' S
beetles could speak they would prob
ably say, with Pascal. "Fashion is a
tyrant from which nothing frees US. "
In the meantime they are the subject
of much comment in Paris, for, as
Pope said in a famous epigram, LA
dies will talk of what runs in their
head. st. James Gazette.
Thomas County cat., 1886-08-05

Che Bible is still, as some one has
said, the latest book ont, and in its
perusl a larger enthusiasm can be
aroused than in the study of any other
literature. We look to see 3 gencrsl
popular Seyival of the consecutive read
ing of Gods word. and without doulx
it will be most beneficent one. The
Old and NeW Testaments can be read
through in one, two, three or four
years of longer or shorter daily read
ings. The plan pursued by the liking s
Household of Haily Readers" whose
headquarters are in Philadelphia. is
perhaps the best They read carefully
and studiously through the Scriptures
in four years. And an excellent four.
years course Of study it iA-Ssaadnrd
Thomas County cat., 1886-08-05

boston Courier.
An original way of answering two
questions at time: ''Here, Biddy.
my darling. what's the time of night
and where's the pertaty puddingP"
..It's eight, sir. Baltimore Ne,cs.
An old Scotchman saw a railway
train for the first time. and was great.
ly surprised. On being asked what he
thought it was, he replied: 81 just
think it's the dell running away with
. row of housesr'-M Y. Telegram.
A Deadwood man named Pott has
achieved gigantic victory for one of
our foremost American institutions.
He has gained his wife's consent to
name their first-bGrn Jack. Think of
Jack Pott of twenty years unceasing
wth.-Binghamton Republican.
Said school-examiner at South
Abingdon, Mass: "When the Pill
grims landed what did they have that
was more precious than home and
friends?" A bright-eyed little boy
answered so promptly as to bring
down the house: "Pop-corn!"-Bos-
ton Journal.
Paul. five years old. had been
poking at the range, and burned a hole
in his sleeve. His mother said: ''You
will surely catch afire, and there will
be nothing left of you but little pile
of ashes. What will say them" AT
once Paul replies: .'You will say:
Kate. shovel up those ashes" To
lcdo Blade.
-."The vulgawlty of Fweddy Fawn-
stock is weally tewible, deah boy. paw
fectly shocking, assuah you" ''What
has he. aw. been doing now?" Doing!
Why, bless me soul! he was at the
WAGES yestawday with weady-made
cane, he was, give you my wawd. -
n T. 7osoa Topics.
Discussing dentists: 81 tell you he
is the most expert man in the profess
sion; you haven't time to howl before
the tooth is OUT '.Oh, that's nothing
to my dentist. He's quite as quick.
and the operation is SO painless that
every time ne pulls out . double tooth,
you have to thank him and CRY EN-
core"
HAS the $3.50 train gone out yet?''
ash. ed an old lady, breathIessly, as she
strus gled into the station, and dropped
her bundles on the floor. mo, fnadam;
it's nA,t two o'clock. yet" We'll.
thank goodness, I'm in time. John
said was foolish. to get up At four
o'clock thu, morning, and come aw ~
without any dinner, put knowed bei-
teE"-G y Post
Thomas County cat., 1886-08-05

An itching for notoriety is not enough
10 secure a niche in the temple Of fame
It'd Bits
Thomas County cat., 1886-08-05

THERE Is A MEANS Of Eradicating local
disease Of the skin that can be relied on,
VIZ: GLENN's SULPHUR Soar. HILLS HAIH
AND WHISPER DYE, Black or Brown, SOC.
Thomas County cat., 1886-08-05

OLD pill boxes are spread over the land
tied by suffering humanity. What mass
of sickening, disgusting medicine tho poor
stomach has to contend with. Too much
strong medicine. Prickly Ash Bitters is
rapidly and surely taking the place Of all
this class Of drugs, and is curing all the ills
arising from disordered condition Of the
liver, kidneys, stomach and bowels
Thomas County cat., 1886-08-05

"ALL the worlds a stage" but tho far
does not suit every body.
Thomas County cat., 1886-08-05

RELIEF is immediate, and a cure SUR
Piso's Remedy for Catarrh. 50 cents.
Thomas County cat., 1886-08-05

If you have catarrh, use the surest RENE
dy-Dr. Sage's.
Thomas County cat., 1886-08-05

WHY is q good base-burner lamp ike q
good husbands Because it never goes out
at night