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The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1888-08-16


Well, we got back to the Daniels house
and went to work to convert 1t into a
House of the Future. he floor was a
beautiful OAK one, aud we SCRUBBED That
first and gazed on 1t with admiration.
Then we took the Dig north room, aud put
an old table in the center, over which we
threw crazy SILK tabie-cloth' hen we
PIT rag rug tPerslan under the mantle
piece, one under each OF the Tour WIN
dows, one before each oil the two doors
ana one on each slue Oh thr table eleven
in all. we couldn use any more With
out seeming TOO crowded. we put n
tWihe lamorelnin on lNe mah'iG-pleee,
ana hung some sorI oI curtain NnaV ol
riooolS underneath mo"u 70 ,'lc hooi
laIlloreluLns o. uiieitn, 9oi1rS an,
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1888-08-16

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To the worst Scrofuln, or blood-poson Es-
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Salt-rheum or letter, Fevcr-sorcs, llip-joint
Disease, Scrofnlous Sores and Swelhngs, En-
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wonderful blood-purifying, invigorating, and
nutritive properties For Weak Lungs, Spit
ting of Blood. Shortncss of Breath. bronchitis,
Severe Coughs Asthma, and kindred alice
IONS II is sovereign remedy. 1t promptly
cures the scvercst Coughs
For Torpid Liver. Biliousncss. or Liver
Complaint" Dyspepsia, and Indigestion. it is
an unequallcd remedy. Sold by druggists
DIR. PIERCE'S PELLETS Anti.
Bilious and Cathartic.
25c. a vial. by druggists.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1888-08-16

A hungry dog aud thirsty horse take NO
heed Of blows.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1888-08-16
SELECTED.
HOUSE the FUTURE.

EVA l.. OGDEN, IN THE HOUSEWIFE
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-07-12
sams pscu,iar Yerdscts.

The duties of those who serve on COR
oner's juries do not ordinarily suggest
anything very funny, and yet some
laughable results come from their work,
particularly if they do not exactly IN.
derstsnd what was expected OF them
says the Detroit Free Press.
An amusing story is told OF verdict
brought in by western jury impaneied
to inquire into the cause of the death oi
q man supposed to have committed sui
eide. The verdict wss brief and to the
point, the foremaI saying simply:
1--WE, the jury, find the deceased gull
ty as charged"
i Another jury examined great many
| Witnesses IN the case of q man run ovel
| by railroad engine. The verdict wss
"We find him to have come to death
by being cut in two by railroad en-
gine, whereby he could not breathe
hence he choked to DEATH
| A coroner's jury in the back woods o
Missouri heard all she evidence in thu
case OF man killed by runaway team
end brought in following verdict.
"The jury finds the deceased to hav
come 10 his death OF the hauds of run
lasay team, tho horses, therefore, beinl
blam eless, they being frightened by
dog
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-07-12
First Publication June IL.
Sharifs Notice of Sale

Territory of Dakota, Second j, dicial Dis
trlct, So.
In the District Court within and for Yank ton
county.
j. r. sanborn plaintiff, VS.. Amanda M. Pratt.
and George w. Pratt sarah [. Hazlitt Will
liam 81. Pratt and Amanda Nj. Pratt, heirs at
law and deviseas Of Truman l. Pratt, de-
ceased. defendants
NOTICE is hereby given that by virtue of an
~ execu ion t, me directed and delivered,
and now in my hands, 10 ued ous of the clerks
ofio. Of the second judicial dis riot oourt, Ter
rlt ~ of Dakota, IN and for the county of
Yankton upon q judgment rendered in said
court in favor of the above named plaintiff
and against the above named defend+nts.
have levied upon the following described real
estate Of said defendants, to wit: The east
one hundred Q00) fectof lot"B" Witherspoon' 8
addition to the city of Yankten, togather wi b
the appur tepances and improvements thereon
situated in Yankton unity, Dakota Territory,
| and that shall on Friday, She 18th day of July,
A. D.. 1883 at the hour of 10 o'clock. u. m of
said day at the front door of the court house
in the clty and county of Yaakton, Territor of
Dakota proceed to SCI all the right, title and
interest OF the above named defen ants in and
to the above descr bed property to satisfy sai d
judg ment end costa, amounting to seven hun
dred and fifty dollars together with all accru-
ing costa of sale. and interest on the ssme from
the 11th day of June, 1888. at the rate cf seven
per cent per annum, at public auction, to the
highest bid for cash.
Dated at YanBton, ID r., June 11th. 1855
FRED KINCEL
Sheriff of the County of Yankton, Dakota
Territory.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-07-12
Dakota , oe in Trouble.

New York, July 9-George Williams,
known In Buffalo Gap, Custer county
Dakota. as ''Dakota Joe," was entrust-
ed by his employer, John SIren, with
$500 about four weeks ago to pay off the
cowboys working for him. This was
too much of atemptation for Joe, and be
yamo std the ranch, going to Nebraska
Search s,as made for him and couple OF
day agu telegram was recelYcd at the
central detective Office here to arrest the
absconder. The detectives had no diff
Guilty in experimenting and securing the
nan. The prisoner was brought into / !
Tombs police court Sunday and attract
ed much attention by his long balr snd
bronzed countenance. He er d he was
a native of Cook county, w omipg. He
acknowledged the larceny with which he
was charged and was held by Justice
Smith until the arrival OF tbe rsquisi-
tion papers from Dakota, where his pres.
ence is so urgently desired.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-07-12
First Publication June 2s.
Notice to Take Dispositions

Notice to Take DepOsitiOns.
Territory of akota, Sc onu Judicial Dis
triCt IS:
In the District Court in md for Yankton
county
Lucy A: Boylan VS.. John Boylsn.
To John boylan, dtfendREt above named:
VOU will take notice that the plaintiff above
named will take the deposition of Mary
Boylan. witness on the part OF the plaintiff,
at the office of L.. q. srnitha United States com.
missioner or some other person duly qualified
to take depositlons at Stockton. in the county
OF Rocks, state of Kansas. on Thurs day.. the
26th day of July, 1888. between the hours of ten
o'clock a. m. and four o'clock p, n.. with
authority to adjourn from gay to day until such
deposition shall have been fully taken. Said
deposition to be read in evidence on the trial
of the above entitled action on the part OF the
plaintiff. FRENCH u SMITH,
Attorneys for Plaintiff.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-07-12

A BARGAIN.-I have one Thousand acres of
A. hrst GLASS farming land In McOook county,
Dakota. which will trade for business, resi-
dence or suburban property in Yankton; also
balance of the fownsite of Bridgewater. win
n ake theso . bargain to any one, either for
cash or e1chni,ge.
Address, Lock BOZ, i5s. siouxCi.y. Ia.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-07-12

Boston Advertisers He viii be n splen-
did candidate, not vaunting himself, not
disturbed. He will be the leader of the
canvass, as he has led the Republicans of
Indiana in many hard fight to their en-
tire satisfaction.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-07-12

Republican of the highest and best type.
and when his record is fairly placed be-
fore the people it will compare favorably
with the best. The nominee for vice
president is the right man in the right
place and halls from the right state.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-07-12

New York Press: While Benjamin Har-
rison was winning heaps of laurels in the
civil war, Grover Cleveland was quietly
practicing law in Buffalo. The famous
apostle of free trade had in those days 6
well developed idea of the kind of protec-
ton which saves the individual, whatever
becomes of the cause
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-07-12

Albany Express: Benjamin Harrison,
of Indiana, for president, and Levi P.
Morton, of New York, for vice president.
make the strongest ticket that was within
the reach of the convention--the ticket
for which Republicans have been crying
and praying ever since the convention
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-07-12

Boston journal: In nominating Benja-
min Harrison, of Indiana for the presi-
dency of the United States the Chicago
convention has made a selection which
will be cordially approved by the Republi-
can party in all states and sections, and
will be ratified, we are confident, by the
country in November
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-07-12

New York Sun: He is straight Repub-
lican, yet involved in no factional ami
mosities. Every body who has ever be-
longed to the Republican party can sup
port him. Stalwarts, Half Breeds, Blaine
men, Conl1ling men, all can take Harrison
without any sacrifice of feeling.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-07-12

st. Louis Globe Democrat: Harrison
and Morton, the ticket, has sonorous
and resonant sound. 1t will undoubtedly
prove strong and popular with the coun-
try. Harrison represents the alert, en-.
terprising and aggressive west, and Nor
ton stands for all that is vigorous, solid
and resolute in the east.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-07-12

Chicago Times: Gen. Harrison is gen
tleman of unstained reputation, and the
scavengers of the party will vainly seek
for material against him with which to
befoul the political atmosphere. Levi P.
Morton, the candidate for vice president,
is an ideal business man, and has in a
great degree the confidence of the people
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-07-12

Troy Telegram: 1t may safely be said
that New York's electoral vote is assured
for the Republican national candidates
this year. Mr.. Harrison not only brings
an historic name, but the record of dis
tinguished services in the field and in the
halls of congress.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-07-12

Boston Transcript: The nominee is not
dependent on his ancestors for his fame,
for his achievements have been honor
ably accomplished by his own services in
the army, in the court room and in the
senate chamber of the United Statest.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-07-12

will give unusual and unrlloyed satisfa;;-
ton throughout New Jersey. He was the
fayorite here from the first and we feel
every confidence that he will carry the
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-07-12

New York Herald: Mr.. Harrison has
served term in the United States senate.
He showed himself there, as in the poll
tics of his state, vigilant and keen, and
indeed a rather bitter partisan; thorough
going high tariff protectionist; man of
strong will clear headed, but somewhat
porrom
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-07-12

New York Press 1t is doubtful if bet
ter ticket could have been nominated 1t
is strong at both. ends. Strong in patriot
ism, strong in craftsmanship, strong in
legal anu business attainments, and long
before election it will be so strong in the
hearts of all true Americans that it will
be elected by an overwhelming majority
next November.
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1888-11-24

A story was told the other day that
admirably eXempliiied the ingenuity of
womankind, says the Buffalo Ne,cs.
It was narrated by well-known dock
man rs he was taking trip around
Grand Island the other afternoon.
"They had no end of trouble in trying
to keep cups for drinking purposes at
the water-coolers on the Periwinkle
last summer said he. THE captain
was in despair" He had tried chain
ing the cups, but the women even
broke the chains. Finally the engineer
hit upon n bright and novel plan. i
tell you what to do he said. Just
prick hole through the bottom of
each cup. That will make them leak
so that it will be impossible to carry
them to the upper deck The captain
was delighted, and Immediately order
ed lot of new cups, which were care
fully bored. Then the engineer made
himself ready to smile ut the passeng-
ers' discontinue. The first person
that tried carrying water up stairs was
small boy, who tested every cup and
finally gave up the attempt.
The engineer chuckled and hugged
himself in diabolical glee at the sue
cess of his scheme. but schoolgirl
fooled him just the same. She came
down humming an air from 'Erminie,'
filled up the first cup she got hold of
and started. The engineers delight
was getting beyond bounds when he
saw the water steaming along the
floor The girl saw it, too, and stopped
short. She sized up the leak, and then.
going back to the cooler. deliberately
rciilled the cup, but her finger over the
leak and carried the cup of water up
stairs in triumph. That was the mad
dest engineer ever saw, but instead
OF getting angry | roared when he told
me of it, and said: Score one for the
girl. Bless the dear things, anyhow.
No matter how hard or how often y
man may try to fool them, it is the
girl who comes out ahead. Say what
You are a mind to, they get there every
time.'n
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1888-11-24
Pluck Will Win.

A novel courtship which has ended
in marriage is reported from Eastern
Maine. The young man was about
eighteen years old. His parents did
not like the match and would not let
him go to see his lady-love; so, mt an
early hour they would send the youngs-
ter to bed and would retire themselves
to dream the dreams of the self-satis-
fed. In the meantime the boy would
climb out of the chamber window and
slip down a cherry tree and away to
his fair blooming rose. At last the old
gentleman got wind of what was GO
ing on and about the time Romeo
came climbing down the father was
there and received the boy in his arms.
Imagine the scene, but the boy even
tually carried his point and none
danced more gayly at the wedding
than the father of the groom.
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1888-11-24
THE STANDARD OF BEAUTY.
Some Points About tho Different Races of
Women.

! Various, says the London Standard,
are the opinions held by a wide divers
ity of races regarding their beauties,
though it is often difficult for people
bred under another sky to share their
enthusiasm. The Circassian women,
who have n sort of conventional repu-
tation for loveliness, are affirmed by
those who know them best to be far
from worthy of their celebrity. Short
| legs, glaring red hair, faces so long
and narrow that their heads seem to
have been squeezed between two boards
and tiattened, noses out of proportion
to the rest of the features, and COM
plexion of dull dead-like hue, scarce
| ly constitute beauty according TO our
standard. The Moors and Tunisian
Jews regard corpulencc rs absolutely
essential to beauty, and the inmates of
| rich mems harems are stuffed with nu-
! tritious food, like Strasbourg geese,
! for the market. The Chinese poets
sing of deformcd feet as golden
lilies and the rocking of their wo-
men III attempting to walk as the
waving of n willow" Other races
have equally odd ideas of what consti-
tutes loveliness, for they improve"
their persons by fiattening their fore
| heads, tattooing their skins, cutting off
their fingers, filing their teeth or dye
| ing them black, blue, or tartan, paint
ing their bodies, Sitting their ears,
compressing their waists, putting
stones, bone, or metal through their
| lips, cheeks, or ears, and in dozen
other ways trying to enhance the poor
| prentice work of nature. A Felatah
lady dyes her hands and feet with hem
nah, stains her teeth alternately blue,
yellow, and purple, one here and there
being left of its natural color, pencils
her eyelids with sulphuret of antmony,
and dyes her locks with indigo. The
Hydah woman inserts plug of wood
or ivory through her lower lip until it
presents the hdeous appearance of q
tleshy shelf over her chin. A Chinese
or Siamese lady cultivates long nails.
A Hotten,ot belle cannot get her nose
| fiat enough or Il Persian beauty hers
high enough. On the northwest coast
| of America no reproach is more bitter
than for one Indian girl to tell another
| that '.your mother was too lazy 10 flat
ten your head" Tattooing is almost
universal among halt-civiiZed or saw
age races; in New Zealand the Maori
women, before they began to imbibc
European prejudiccs, even tattooed
their lips lest they should have the re-
proach of being red. Some races slit
their ears until they hang in loops on
their shoulders. Others insert huge
rings and other ornaments through the
cartilage of their noses. The Louisiade
islanders regard the lid of sardine-
box as IA particularly neat piece of
jewelry; and even European women
have not yet ceased to suspend bits of
stone and metals through the lobes of
their ears. There is. in truth, no pos
sibility of arriving ut any standard of
beauty.
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1888-11-24
Is Marriage u Failure.

Ask the Jewish housewife, the jew
ish mother, whether marriage is fail
ure! She will not understand you.
She will stand bewildercd in the face
OF such question, and if you explain
To her what YOU mean she will tell YOU
that Jewish mother sees in marriage
the acme of happiness. because of
womaniy duty; that all these new
tangled notions are simply the out
come OF the brain of some man or
woman who missed the true mark of
life, and whose life is failure. She
viii point to her children, rs Cornelia
OF old did. She will extol her husband
AS the ideal of her life. She may not
have read rs much rs the girl of the
period, may not be as accomplished,
nor figure rs a speaker in assemblages
for the advancement of woman suf-
tragc, but she will cxemplfy To you
how true woman lives, how Il true
mother, devoted wife, arranges her
life, and you will find that true happi-
ness is found in such family, and that
marriage is the moet sacred bond in
existence, Which to question is to lay
a sacriligeous hand upon the rock upon
which society rests. s.-Hebreio Standard.
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1888-11-24

When the roads forming the line be-
tween Philadelphia and Harrisburg,
Pa. were chartered in 1885, and town
meetings were held To discuss their
practicability the Hon. Simon Came
ron, while making speech in advocacy
of the measure, was so far carried
away by his enthusiasm as TO make
the rash prediction that there were
persons within the sound of his voice
who would live to see passenger
take his breakfast in Harrisburg and
his supper in Philadelphia on the
same day. A friend of his on the
platform said to him after he had fin
ishcd, That's all very well, Simon, TO
tell to the boys, but you and | are no
such Internal fools rs to believe il. :"
They have both lived To travel the
distance in n little over two hours.
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1888-11-24
Old Jones IL Dead.


! sat in ray window, high overhead,
And heard them say, below in the street,
Il supp9asse. ggppas. you know that old Jones 10
Then the speakers passed, and heard their
feet
Heedlessly walking their onward way.
"Dead!' What more could there be 10 say.
But sat and pondcred what 1t might mean
Thus to be dead while the world went by.
Did Jones see further than we have seen?
was he one with the stars in the watching
sky?
Or down there under the growing grass
Did he hear the feet OF the daylight pass?
Were the daytime and nighttime as one to
And grieving and hoping tale that is
A kiss on his lips, or hand on his brow,
Could ne feel them under the churchyard
As he surely had felt them his whole fne
long,
Though they passed with his youth time. hot
and strong?
They called him "old Jones" when at last he
died?
"Old Jones" no had been for many a year:
Yet his faithful memory Time deied,
And dwclt in the days SO distant and dear
When first he found that love was sweet
And recked not the speed of its hurrying
feet.
Does he brood in the long night under the
On the joys and sorrows he used to know;
Or far In some wonderful world of God,
Where the shining seraphe stand. row on
row, -"
Does he wake like n child Mt the daylights
CLEAN,
And knows that the past was a nights short
dreamI
Is he dead, and a cod there down below;
Or dead and wiser than any alive;
Which? All, who of us all may know,
Or who can say how the dead folk thrive?
But the summer morning is cool and sweet
And hear the live folk laugh in the street.
Louise Chandler Moulton.
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1888-11-24

Catching the razor clam is furnishing
an abundance of novel and exciting
sport Just Mt present to those who still
linger in Goose Rocks, the secluded re-
sort q few miles below Biddeford which
Nine. Rhea blessed with her presence
n couple of seasons ago, and thereby
became n worshiped divinity in the
eyes of the rough and warm-hcarted
people of this section who go down to
the sea in ships. Do you know what
the razor clam is? No? Well, it is
nothing like the ordinary clam that
finds its way into our stews and boils
and bakes; on the contrary, it is as
different as black is from white. The
razor clam closely resembles the ham
die of n razor in shape and general APP
pearance, and from that fact got its
name. 1t is found in but few places
on the Maine coast, Goose Rocks be-
ing the only spot in the vicinity, and
ut only certain seasons.
The razor clam is black in color and
is cunning as fox, and it take pa
ticnce and n quick hand to catch one.
This peculiar species of the bivalve is
n good deal like the Irishman's flea,
capture the sagacious little fellow has
made the disappointing discovery that
when he thought he had him he was
not there.
The razor clam, in its season, is to
be found with about half an inch of
his shell showing above the sand, and
ut such time stretch of beach looks
much like cornfield in the fall of the
year after the harvesters have gone
over it. A football upon the sand in
their vicinity will occasion sudden
disappearance of the whole army, and
sometimes whole hour will elapse
before there will be temperance.
First one little bit of black shell will
pop up through the sand, then anoth-
er and another, and so on until the
beach again bristles with them. In
catching the razor clam one has to ex-
ercise the utmost caution. 1t is neces-
sary to creep on 10 the beach on hands
and knees, and when near enough to
the little black object seize it with
firm grip and hold on for dear life.
The razor clam is muscular, and if the
hunter relaxes his hold an iota he is
sure to lose his game, which slips
from MS naHu anu goes INTO the Sand
like flash of lightning, never to be
recovered by any amount of digging.
In this respect the razor clam diff
fers from his sluggish relative, for he
is an adept at digging himself, and
when pursued with the aid of shovel
or clam-rake he works his way into
the sand with surprising rapldity and
is soon beyond reach.
1t is these characteristics that render
the sport of catching the razor clam
intensely exciting and much sought
after. 1t is n laughable sight of
warm afternoon, when the razor clam
is abroad, to see the beach at the Goose
Rocks alive with men solemnly and
cautiously creeping along on their
hands and knees, suddenly making a
dive at a bit of black shell showing
above the sand and holding it and tug
ging away for dear life, and then after
an earnest exertion and the exercise Of
no little strength, pulling n six-inch
black object out of the sand.-Lewis-
ton JOurndk