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The Somerset reporter., 1889-08-01
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The Somerset reporter., 1889-08-01
Who the People in Massachusetts
Are

The people # Massachusetts were for.
merly a homogeneous people, aud almost
purely English.
"Ahout one in hundred could say that
his family came from Scotland or the
north of ireland one in live hundred may
have been thu eraudehild of a lluguenot.
Extreme poverty was almost unknown,
and there were few who could not read
and write. Upon religious and political
questions these people Thought very
much alike. Except upon the >ea-coast
nearly all the people lived upon farms
but all along the coast were many vino
lived by fishing and by building ships,
and in the towns dwelt many merchants
grown rich by foreign trade
From this picture of the New England
of century ago, look upon this of the
Massachusetts of the present decade
In place of homogeneous people of com
mon faith and common speech and COM
mon love for the commonwealth and rev
erencc for its traditions, in the factory
towns and-commereial cities dwell great
populations diverse in creed and in
tongue, unframed to liberty and repub-
licau form of government, and with no
respect for the ashes Of the dead from
which has sprung our fatherland out
of population of | ~ l+l, according
to the census of lss.,, the foreign-born
number j2G s677. not including such child
ren of alien parentase As have been born
in the United States There are l22 70
llltcrate persons ten years of aye ami
over, of whom ss.63 per cent are of for
eign birth, aud only G.7s per cent were
born in this State The forcign-born
represent fiiftl of the people employ
ed in agriculture, one half Of those en-
ployed in the fisheries. two-ilfths of those
employed in the manufactures, and two
thirds Of thn>e employed in mining anil
AS laDorers. Prot i. L. BdH'rN in III
lHgHSi EorHiH
The Somerset reporter., 1889-08-01
The Game Laws.

In the following communication from
the commissioners of Fish and Game
calling attention to the laws regulating
close time for taking moose, deer and
caribou, will be found n hint worthy OF
consideration by violators of the law.
"No person shall. between the first
days of January and October in any
manner hunt, kill or destroy any moose
under the penalty of one hundred dollars
for each moose SO hunted, killed or des-
troyed. Chapter 40, section . X. S.
"No person shall, between the first
days of January and October, in any
manner hunt, kill or destroy any deer or
caribou under the penalty of forty dol
lars for each deer or caribou So hunted.
killed or destroyed. Chapter 10, section
10, X. S.
Al! Fish and Game war,Icn- are hereby
directed to rigidly enforce the law against
all persons having animals so captured
in their possession, ,-by taking out warrants
against them FOR bunting in close time.
+ VI SfuWtIt. Fish and Game
llENhA O, SfANtrY. Commissioners
The Somerset reporter., 1889-08-01
The German Boy atLelsure

The manner in wich we spent our leis-
urc lacked freedom and iudetcndt fee.
but il abOunded in regularity and good IN
lluences. The German gymnasia-t d5es
not appear to be as spirited In his plays
a he might he is often charged with
too great seriousness aud dignity, aud
this criticism is not unjust | admit
that he is ON the whole not as boylikc
as We should want him to be But he Is,
on the other hand, apt to be exceedingly
childlike, in the good sense Of the word :
he i, as a rule, reVerental and Submi-s-
i've, simple and uncontamnated hy the
ways of the world, with which he La
come little in contact. In spite Of the
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he is after all a pretty hardy specimen
of Il hoy. The one hundred aud eighth
regiment, Which had enlisted the Hover
Of the Saxon youth from the University
at Leipzig counting hundreds of stu.
dents i'll its lines, eXccllcd by its Yigor.
/ Gus marches and valiant deeds in the
war of $50. In the history of this war
! we read of regiments that marched for
| twcnty-three successive hours only t.
fall in line OF battle at the end of such a
march and the students covered them
selves with glory in this campaign.
| doubt, however, whether the German
gymnasast could do the work he does
and preserve his health, if it were moi
for the judlcious disposition of leisure
hours, during which ne is not unduly in,
dulged, but carefully guarded in all the
details of life Moreover, he is thus lit
ted to withstand the great amount OF
liberty that is bestowed when he is grad
uated and enters the university. Among
the thousands of university students
there are very few who succumb to uni.
verslty freedom The habits according
to which the gymna>ia>t was compelled
to regulate his free hours the self-con-
trol, the sense of duty and love for high.
er aims, which he gained not only in
the classroom, but also during his leis.
ure, prevail in the end, and, as rule, he
makes tlual success of his university
course, and becomes a useful citizen.
For he who has learned to obey in all
things is most likely To command in all
| things. IhghSt 1Hnbfr.
The Somerset reporter., 1889-08-01
TcIograpning on tho Pacific
Railroad.

ON the San 1oaqnin trail the daring en-
gnccrs who had climbed crag and pI &c
ipicc to stretch their wires were outwitted
by the long horned Spanish cattle that
craze in the valley. No timber gracod
the country and llics were trouble. ONE
The cattle were tormcntcd by these wing
cd pests, and to get rid of them crowded
TO the telegraph line. They would ru
against the poles and paw the earth away
from the base. Heavy poles would be
worn out in a few months, causing fire.
quent interruption.
The line could not be fenced in, aud it
did not pay to hire vaqurros to drive
away the stock One of those brilliant
ideas that change the fate of Il nation
suggested cure for the evil Spikes
were driven in the poles, and the ends
Sharpcned so As to tickle the thick hide
of the steers and keep them away from
their daily pleasure.
The theory was good, but it failed in
practice. The cattle actu lily appreciated
the change, and brought all their horned
companions from twenty miles to enjoy
the prickly sensation produced by the in
vcntion. After this twice aS many pe les
were needed, and the spike feature WAS
abandoned.
The Somerset reporter., 1889-08-01
Two Million Railroad Tickets.

An interesting place is the new lire
proof ticket vault in General Passenger
and Ticlet Agent Boothhy'> Office at the
Maine Central general Office building
The vault will be lighted by electric
lights. Ii is one of the finest connected
with any railroad in the country. IN
tending across one side of the vault i a
case containing 900 pigeon holes each
three feet deep. Each pigeon hole Is Mt
ted with neat, white wood drawer.
In these drawers arr 800 different kinds
Of tickets, covering as many different
railway routes to all parts of the United
States, Canada and Mexico. They are
worth thousands of dollars. Opposite
the pigeon holes is a case of 2lo drawers
in which are kept the Maine Central local
tickets. There are tickets here good for
rides between any stations on the Maine
Central system. Each drawer will hold
900 tickets, and when all are full ther.
Will be ON hand q stock Of l.GSO 900 tick
cts enough to last for some time.
The Somerset reporter., 1889-08-01
The State Muster.

Governor Bureigh has received an or
der from the War Department detailing
Capt. William Nick. Dunn. 2nd artillery,
to attend the eucampment of the Maine
Volunteer Militia, in Augusta, Aug. 2t-
50, inclusive, for the purpose of inspect
ing and instructing the troops taking
part in the encampment.
The Somerset reporter., 1889-08-01

dollar per week. Ladies' watches III thi'
Club will be equal in value to those foi
gentlemen, and can be furnished with or
namented diamond cases. In this Club
as in the other, one watch will be drawn
eack week.
We wish it distinctly understood that
this plan has no element of chance in
it AS every member is sure to get his
watch during the Club term. If after
partial payment has been made any mem
ber desires to pay the remaining amount II
full, without waiting for his number to b,
drawn, he can have his watch at once.
In answer to any of our friends who may
think well of this plan, but who has now II
satisfactory watch, would say, that we will
furnish diamonds, silverware, or anything
in our line upon the same plan.
The Somerset reporter., 1889-08-01
Forever.

A little girl came to her mother with
the question (Which is worse, To tell a
lie or stcal2'
The mother, taken by surprise, replied
that they were both so bad that she
couldn't tell which was the worse.
"Well," said the little enc, "lve been
thinking good deal about it, and think
it is worse to lie than to steal. If you
steal thing you can take it back, unless
you've eaten it, and II you have eaten it,
you can pay for it. But, land there was
a look of awe in the little face" lie is
forever"
The Somerset reporter., 1889-08-01

Not mans thoughts about God. hut
Gods thoughts about man, are the charm
and the comfort of all true religion.
Man cannot by searching find out God,
but God can without searching find out
man and reveal himself to him. All of
the mans thoughts about God in all the
ages, amount to nothing In comparison
with single sentence of revelation. such
as "lleIein is love, not that We loved
God, but that he loved us, and sent his
Son to be the Precipitation for our sins. "
Maurice calls attention 10 the fact that
the brightest and busiest thinkers on
earth without revelation make no pro-
gress in religious knowledge or attain
ment He says The lIindoo, in action
the dlest, is In imagining, dreaming
combining, the most busy of all human
creatures" But the IIindoo's thinking
brings only added evidence of the restless
longing of the soul for religious knowl-
edge and of the hopelessness of the souls
unaided search for religious knowledge.
II ask nothing more" adds Maurice
Ethan the Hindoo system and the Hindoo
life as evidence that there is that in man
which demands a reyelation-Nor Is the
Ilindoo thinker better illustration than
the English and American thinker of this
same great truth.-.S. s. Times
The Somerset reporter., 1889-08-01
Occasional Faintness.

DIR. Fl.lNT'S REMEDY, taken when
vertigo, occasional faintness. nausea, loss of ap
petite, and inability to sleep appear, will PIE
vent the development OF inflammation of the
brain, of which these are the first symptoms.
Descriptive treatise with each bottle; or address
Mack Drug Co. n. y. Bixby Buck, Agts.
The Somerset reporter., 1889-08-01

"The thing has gotten away from me,
and now it is lost forever" said a dis
gusted man. who was trying to dine in
restaurant where piece of tough oroil
ed beef he was cutting slipped on the
floor. Excuse me- said the waiter,
THE sand will be wiped from 1t and it
will come up smiling for another custo-
mer. am acting as final stake holder
here. and know my business.
The Somerset reporter., 1889-08-01

The great idea of charity should be
self help. One kind OF charity helps
others in such way As to make them
helpless: either the consequences of their
Ills are shouldered by the charitable, or
no opportunities to labor are offered.
The other AMI true kind Is to provide
those who are not absolutely helpless
with the means and the opportunities TO
produce something or perform some ser
vice, and this Is the true Office of charity.
The Somerset reporter., 1889-08-01
PitZgerald'S Improved IDVigo. atOl

FoR SALE BY ALL DnUGGIsTs.
Price 81 90 per bottle. Six bottles $500
PREPARED BY FITZGERALD a. co. Al
MEDICAL HOME LABRATORY, ALLS-
TON, MASS.
The Somerset reporter., 1889-08-01

Trade journalism has made gigantic strides
Of late, but it was not until last year that a
trade journal for advertisers was started Such
a paper has Just completed its mrs, volume.
II is published at New York, and is entitled
Printers lux. lis object is 10 teach the ar, O
successful Advertising which i, does by plain
comprehensive articles that treat Of every phast
of advertising from the writing OF the advertise
mcnt to its insertion in the proper papers. Ii
is a yeritable store house of information ON
subject that is but little understood, and r
usai of any number would enable All inexper
enced advertiser TO save many dollars i'll adNer
tisiug.
The Somerset reporter., 1889-08-01

The ease If Arthur Elmer Hatch. Of
Lewiston. Maine, should act ~ 4 stimu-
ant upon the encr! Is Of the lagsing stH-
lent. Young Hatch is the son of poor
parents aud i >tone-bliud, having lost his
sight by disease when only two wears old
He WAS sent TO the South Boston Insti-
tute for the Blind for ten wears, and there
received 4 good common school education
aud learned the trade of chair-bottoming.
Then he came home thirStinr for a high
or education He went to the Lewiston
Academy, where he graduated with honor
Notwithstanding the difficulties surround
iug him. The way he learned his lessons
wa. by having his mother read to him
those that We're in English, while his fel-
low-StudentS helped him with Latin and
Greek. To study geometry he devised
an arrangement of pins and strings. AZ
ter leaving the academy he worked at his
trade year in order to earn money to
enter Bates College, whers he graduated
this summer, carrying two prizes OF with
him. There are few such cases of per
severance and pluck on record H9tyer's
Bu-dr
The Somerset reporter., 1889-08-01
ITS ADVANTAGES.


First-By paying only one dollar per
week, the easiest possible method is offered
to secure watch.
Second-rhe watches being purchased
in large quantities from the makers and
sold directly to the consumer, large pro-
lit is saved to the members of the Club.
The principle upon which the goods are
sold is I'M equitable one, MS the members
Of the Club are practically n syndicate for
the purchase of watches i'll large quantities
at the lowest prices, and thus directly bene-
1tng its members.
Clubs now starting under the manage
ment of.
WALTER F. ROBBINS.
No goods will be sold except those of
the very highest quality.
We shall run two Clubs. The first Of
which will be for thirty-tlve weeks. Each
member joining this Club will pay one
dollar per week for the full Club term, and
each week one member will draw watch.
The gentlemen's watch in this Club is to
be a IA X, filed case. either hunting or
open face, richly engraved, warranted to
wear for twenty years, with certificate
from the Crescent Watch Case Co., as to its
quality, and full jeweled nickel move
ment of either Elgin or Waltham make.
The ladies' watches are of solid Ia X,
gold, tasteful designs, with Elgin move
ments fully guaranteed.
We propose to offer in the second Club
shigher grade watch for gentlemen, with
asolid IA X, elegantly decorated case,
and fine full jeweled nickel Waltham or
Elgin movement This Club will run for
hfty-tWo weeks each member payiup one
The Somerset reporter., 1889-08-01
GREAT CHANCE
For the Sick to Enjoy
Good Health.

Pure blood means good health; poul
blood means sickness every time. II is t
well-known fact that nearly all disease,
can he traced directly or indirectly to !
poor st,te of the blood II is now and al
ways has been the study of all practicing
physicians to compound II prescription
that will purify the blood. DIR. Orrin
Fitzgerald of the Medical Home, Alston,
Mass, has In his wonderful medicine, the
Improved InviGorator, furnished the pub
lie with II long needed remedy, and is
pronounced by the best medical authority
to be the leading blood purifier i'll the mar
ket. The doctor hns prescribed this med.
icine for twenty years in his regular prac.
tlce with great success, and for the benefit
of his patients and all who are unable tc
consult linn personally, has placed it in the
hands of the druggists Ask for md take
nothing lut
The Somerset reporter., 1889-08-01

Have you any cash tonight, Ned" Lei
me see. Yes, have dollar and some cents.
"Ah some sense Well that will keep you
from spending the dollar for ~hiskey.'
The Somerset reporter., 1889-08-01
WATCH CLUB !

While watches have, times past been luxury in
these days they have become practically necessity To
watch sometimes inconvenien if the whole
required at once To make it possible every
yes4 IS siy themselves with wgic propose Offering
what know the Club Plan This plan
u operation III OF the larger cities for years.
become popular absolute satisfaction
The Somerset reporter., 1889-08-01
No Rivalin the Field.

There is no remedy which can rival HAM
BURG FIGS for the cure Of habilst cou>tipa
tion. indigestion. and >ck-headache. Their AZ
tion is as prompt and efficient their taste il
pleasant. 2j cents. Dose, one Fig. Maci
Drug Co, y y. Bixby \ Buck, AgtS.
The Somerset reporter., 1889-08-01

Mr.. Ralph Elkins lives at Marionsyille,
Mo. and is "A successful farmer. lie says
that he has been a great sufferer from i'm
purties of the blood, which made h.s
limbs stii and gave him pain in the lungs
hut that ne took Swift'S Specific. and it
soon relieved him entirely.
We have sold Swift's Specific for six
years in quantity lots, and the goods have
been entirely satisfactory, and without a
complaint from single customer.
HUTCHINSON 4 ELLIOTT, Paris Texas.
Swift's Specific has a brisk and con
slant ale with us, and the universal YER
dict is, that as Il blood medicine it has no
rival.
iANkfoRp X ToYMAS, Druggists,
Sherman, Texas.
Mr.. Jas. ]. McCalley, of Monet, Mo
says he had dyspepsia for eight years,
| which made him wreck, sick and suf.
fering during the whole time. After try
ing all the remedies, including all the doc
tors In reach, he discarded everything
and took Swft's Specific. He increased
from IA to lbs pounds, and was soon a
sound and healthy man.
The Somerset reporter., 1889-08-01
Paper,

Few persons Imagine how many d,nl-
ercnt substances huNc been used Of late
years in the making Of paper. Rags, of
course still furnish the bulk Of our pa
per but, says an exchange, large qnan-
Titles are also made of wood, straw aud
Esparto grass (Stipa tcnacssma aud in
various parts of the world successful
experiments have been made with mul-
titude of materials that have not yet
been brought into general use. In
France paper has been manufactured out
Of leaves. which are cut, pressed into
blocks, and then STEPPED in lime water
to reduce them to pulp. In Ireland the
mallow, the hop vine, the yellow iris,
and even the red clover. have furnished
paper pulp, aud in Scotland the stems of
the huilyLaek, peat, hracken hags aud
rushe> of several kinds Sca-werd aud
tan have also been used in Europe, and
in the east ramue, pineapple ther, bam-
boo stalks, and the refuse Of sugar cane.
The Somerset reporter., 1889-08-01
RegtmentaI Statistics.

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The St. Johns herald., 1889-08-15
In All Four Ways.

"Could I get little information from you?" asked a farmer-looking man at the Third-street Depot of officer Burton the other day.
 "Yes, sir"
 "Well, want to know how these confidence men work"
 "In various ways. Sometimes they borrow money and give a worthless check on bank"
 "They do, eh?" gasped the man with a sudden start.
 "Yes, and again they borrow mon- ey and turn over a check to trunk. When you go to look for the trunk it is not to be found"
 By George !" muttered the man.
 "Then again they sell you bogus bond or borrow money on it."
 SaKoS alive
 "And they sometimes hire the victim to boss a mill or factory somewhere, and then borrow money to pay a freight bill."
 -Four different ways" shouted the man as he jumped clear ot the floor.
 "Yes."
 "And I'll be hanged if I haven't been taken in on every one of them in a ride of a hundred miles Say come down and show me the river the deepest spot in the river-the place where I can drop in and no. body can fish up my dough-headed cadaver !'-Detroit Free Press.
The St. Johns herald., 1889-08-15
The Elixir of Life Discovered at
 Last.

Despite the sarcasm, general and professional, with which the recent experiments made by M. Brown Sequard were greeted, there seems to be, after all, some efficacy in the ugly Elixir vit@ invented by the aged and respected physiologist. A young physician, Dr. Variot, who has already been successful in re- moving tattoo marks from skins of several civilized savages, has been induced to test the efficacy of M. Brown-Sequard's "Life Mixture" :" He pestled together portions of the hesh-tissues of rabbits and guinea pigs; diluted them with water, and injected the compound thus obtain ed into the bodies ot three paupers, aged respectively fifty-four, tifty-six and sixty-eight. The men had never heard of NJ. Brown-Sequard's solu- tion, and were merely told that they were to be injected with strengthen ing fluid. We have Dr. Variot's word for it that his three patients, who, before being subjected to the wonderful remedy, were weak, worn, emaciated and melancholy sudden ly became strong. fresh and cheer full took new views of life, and al- together felt as if they had received new lease of existence.
 The experiment failed, however, on two other subjects but the inde- fatigable NJ. Variot is not to be de- feated, and he intends to continue his trials, which, in time, will be communicated in all their precision of technical detail to the Biological Society.-London Telegraph.
The St. Johns herald., 1889-08-15
Terry'S KnOtty Point.

Arguments were yesterday begun in the United States District Court, before Judge Hoffman, on the de- murrer filed by David s. Terry to the indictment against him for the assault made upon United States Marshal J. c. Franks last Septem- Der during the hearing of the fa- nous Sharon divorce proceedings, Judge Terry was represented by Judge Turner of Fresno, ex-Senator Patrick Reddy and w. w. Porter of Arizona.
 The main point relied upon by the defendants counsel was the fact that the reference in the United States Statutes to the section of the State Code making assault crime was vague and indefinite; that the United States Statutes referred to a code of 1866, repealed seventeen years ago, and that "the present statute removes the element of in tent from the offense of assault"
 "How is that?" asked Judge Hoff- man.
 Ut is this way" said Judge Turn CT.
 "The old offense was a felony a5- solutely, and the new offense may be a misdemeanor. The allegation does not warm us whether we are to answer to the laws of 1866 or to the present law"
 "I will think over it," said Judge Hoffman, and the case is still pend ing.-Examiner.