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The Somerset reporter., 1889-08-08
A Governor Of Russian Prison

From bcoTge kcuuAa- illustrated ac-
cunt u STAT. Criminals a. ~ Kara
u me-, In ihc midsummer Century, We
qg9t III following 1 fegret - have %
~ that he Wa virtually ariYeu cut u
5eria Nv the wort tn most corrupt
ela-s u russian bureaucratic eei a.
He VA called weak AMI -eu'meutsl' ;
he Vas accused II being socialist he
Vas said n pe 10 sympathy "lth the
view. u the political cosylct- and the
i-praFnik u Nerchinsk openly boosted
In the official club Of ,ha. city that be
would yet send Colonel kon9noYich ~
the province Of YAknt6k Nth yellow
diamond On hi BACK How really even
hign onicer- II the Siberian adminl-tra-
ton were - entertain the most trivial
charges against him may be Inferred from
the following an cdote During the Ia,
year Of his service a. Kara there came "
the mines political convict. hardly ont
Of his teens named Bib.kof Bee oee-kof
A. con sequence Of long-contlnued sun
eriDg and iil-treatment On tie road, 'ar
young man was as wild, suspicious aud
savage a trapped wsf He seemed %
regafd al the word a. ai- enemies, aud
glared az every officer a. II h. eIpectd a
blow, was half afraid II It. but Wa. pre-
pared u die fighting Colonel kJnpnO-
vlch received him courteou-ly and kindly
sent the wife Of one ~ ~ r,Uli,iral ~.
lies to him with clean fr..b upderclo,b.
ing; attended generally - H. nby-icai
needs, and finally said t. him kemem
Der that nobody here Wi. insult you W
II. treat Won The yanng coayic, wa.
greatly snrnri.4d nv sueb = ,ecention and
! in a lett.r hist he consequently wrn,e ~
a friend in Furonesn Ku.sia he sid lam
glad To know from tbe u,tle acon.irt-
ance have had win k9nonnyicI Nat a
Russian colonel il MOI nec...arfly a
bea.t.' This letter fell into - hnni- 81
the police in Enronean R1.s;s va. f,,r.
warded through the Ministry Of tho Int.
rior to General nva.hev{rh fTn.vsh..h.v.
witch. the Governor Of the Tran. paikal
and was sent hy that orie.r Ia Colnn4'
k0n3novich with a request for an .eY.
plapatiop.' I, seemed To- "a, r.osrted q.
documentary evidence thar ne yorarnor
of the Kara nri-ons wa an sn.5;cion.Iv
friendly terms with tho ,alI,fcsl r,r,.ic..
The Somerset reporter., 1889-08-08
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The Somerset reporter., 1889-08-08

Barnum 4 Bailey's mammoth show will
20 to London the middle of October.
Two big steamers have inst been char
tered to transport the show at cost of
upwards OF S3O0,0O0, All the animals
and 500 performers will be taken.
The Somerset reporter., 1889-08-08
edatlve Influence.

DIR FLINT'S REMEDY by its sedative in
huence over the nervous system, is one of the
best remedies that can be used to control and
cure incontinence Of urine. Descriptive treat
les with each bottle or address Mack Drug Co.
N. Y. Bixby 4 Buck. Agts.
The Somerset reporter., 1889-08-08
A h amburg Fig.

There in no longer need to force children TO
take castor oil for constipation. A HAMBURG
FIG which is like preserved fruit. will be taken
with relish. - cents. Dose one Fig. MACK
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The Somerset reporter., 1889-08-08
Ills Drspepsia Gene.
CAMpRIpGE. ME-, 1883.

CAMBRIDGE, Me-, 1883.
J. SPRINaALL < Co.
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the doctors that l applied to did me no
good, and called ii common humor of the
stomach.
The Somerset reporter., 1889-08-08
WATCH CLUB !

While watches have, past considered luxury in
these days they have become practically necessity To provide
good watch is sometimes the
required at To make possible every
youth supply themselves with good watch propose offering
is know This plan has been in sue
cssu operation the larger cities for
become very popular absolute guaranteed
The Somerset reporter., 1889-08-08

have used S. s. S. for debility result
ing from chills and fever and have found
1t to be the best tonic and appetizer that
ever took. 1t also prevented the return
of the chlls.
A. j. ANYLIN, Eureka Springs, Ark.
Dick Hornbooker is respected and
well-to-do colored citizen of Springfield,
Mo. He says that one bottle of Swifts
Specific cured both himself and wife of a
troublesome eruption of the skin.
Mr., W. c. White is engineer on boat
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Little Rock. He says that S. s. has re-
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chills and fever by toning up the system
lie takes 1t in The spring and summer
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Mr.. l.. NJ. Geuella, OF Ficksburg, Miss.
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co In smoking cigarettes. He could not
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which drove out the poison and made q
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The Somerset reporter., 1889-08-08
Read What This Gentleman Writes.

DIR. FITZGERALD:
Dear Sir; Alter suffering II long time with
Nervous Dyspepsia, which seemed to he be
You'd control of everything ! tried, | was
COnpieteiy cured by using FiTZGERALD'S In
PROVED IAvIGoRA1oR. | regard II rs pre-
paratlon of intrinsic worth
Respc ctfuly yours,
T.. NJ. HERSEY, Bangor, Maine.
The Somerset reporter., 1889-08-08

Hon. Hannibal Hlmlin, on his return
from the court of Spain, brought back,
besides some very entertaining anecdotes.
a few cions of various Spanish fruit
trees. Three varieties of pear cions Mr..
llamlin gave to Jarvis c. Marble. ESD o.
Paris Hin, and they were grated into
Mr.. Marbles fine orchard. These yarie-
ties Mr.. Marble has named the Hsmlin,
the Paris and the Marble The liamlin
pear has come into bearing this year for
the first time. and it is the first of the
three to fruit. The fruit is small and
grows in clumps or clusters and in great
quantities. The oxford Democrat has
sampled it, and reports it like its dis
tinguished namesake, of sterling quality.
The Somerset reporter., 1889-08-08
Cui'ed Sc,V/Hla.
DEXTER, Me-. 1883.


DEXTER, Me-. 1883.
j. SrRISGALL & Co.
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For SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS.
Price Sl.00 per bottle. Six bottles $500
PREPARED by FITZGERALD & co. AT
MEDICAL HOME LABRATORY, ALLS-
TON, MASS.
The Somerset reporter., 1889-08-08

dollar per week. Ladies' watches In this
Club will be equal in value TO those for
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
Der desires to pay the remaining amount III
full, without waiting for his number to be
drawn, he can have his watch Mt 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., 1889-08-08

kent Madison H
F. Ian M4
The Somerset reporter., 1889-08-08
AWoRD ABOUT damon DIS

While it is true that diamonds cannot be
classed AS among the necessities of life,
they are becoming more popular from year
to year, and IN investment in n diamond
well brought is a judicious one.
We have recently made satisfactory mr.
rangements with one of the largest i'm
porters of these gems in the country,
whereby we can supply the choicest stones
at less prices than ever before, and we
will sell them at corresponding low prices
on the Club plan. Anything different in
this line from what we carry i'll our stock,
that may be wanted and we can show in
large variety at from one to two days
notice.
We unhesitatingly agree to meet any
competition, where quality of goods IL
considered.
The Somerset reporter., 1889-08-08

ITS ADVANTAGES.
Firstly paying only one dollar per
week. the easiest possible method is offered
to secure a watch.
Seeond-'rhe watches being purchased
in large quantities from the makers and
sold directly to the consumer large pro-
fit is saved to the members of the Club.
The principle upon which the goods are
sold is an equitable one, rs the members
of the Club are practically n syndicate for
the purchase of watches in large quantities
at the lowest prices, and thus directly bene-
fitting its members.
Clubs now starting under the manage
ment Of.
WALTER r. 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 n watch.
The gentlenen's watch in this Club is to
be a IA K, filed case. either hunting or
open face, richly engraved, warranted to
wear for twenty years, with a certificate
from the Crescent Watch Case Co., as to its
quality, and full jeweled nickel move
ment of either Elgin or Walthsm 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
ahigher grade watch for gentlemen, with
asolid IA K, elegantly decorated case,
and fine full jeweled nickel Waltham or
Elgin movement. This Club will run for
6fty-two weeks, each member paying one
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-08-09
HALSTEAD HUMRLED.

When the GLOBE suggested that
MURAT HALsTEAD's rejection by the
senate was good foundation for SEN
atorial canvass we did not imagine that
the Cincinnati editor would take the
suggestion seriously to heart. But he
did. 1t struck him broadsides, and he
is now in the field as full
fedged candidate. If the senator
ial election in Ohio had come
off within month after the senate'S
shabby treatment of Mr.. HALsTEAD
there was no force that could have re-
sisted the tide of popular sentiment
which would have swept him into the
senate. But he has had to wait too
long. The tide has receded, and to all
human appearances Mr.. HALsTEAD
is stranded. Instead of staying at
home and carefully nursing his
boom to keep life in it, Mr..
HALSTEAD went abroad and allowed
it to perish from neglect. While
he was gone FORAKER and the other
Ohio politicians were industrIouSly at
work smothering out what little vital
ity there was in the HALSTEAD boom.
They crushed the martyrdom all out of
it. and that was Mr.. HALsTEAD's strong
point. They revived the stories of how
HALsTEAD had Wickedly assailed the
LINCOLN administration, and how he
had played traitors part at the
time when LINCoLN's retention in
the presidential Office was the
any salvation of the Union. They told
how he had been in the habit of digging
GRANT under the fifth rib every chance
he got. In fact, they pictured HAL
STEAD to be such a desperately wicked
fellow that the people of Ohio got to be-
lieve that the senators who voted
against his confirmation were real pa
triots, and now there is just about as
much chance for JEFF DAVIS being
elected senator fIcm Ohio as MURAT
HAI,STEAD
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-08-09
A SENSELESS VAIL.

The newspapers that are trying to in
cite war with Great Britain because
the Black Diamond escaped from the
custody of our revenue officers must
have very poor opinion of American
common sense. 1t was the duty of the
revenue officers, when the Black Dia-
mond was captured, to have brought
the vessel into an American port.
1t was equally the duty of the Off
GERS of the Black Diamond to escape
from their captors, if they got the
chance, and to put themselves under the
protection of the British flag. That
they were smarter than the American
revenue officials is no reason to hold a
grudge against the English people. The
commander of the Black Diamond did
only what any sensible mariner would
put one man on board of the
captured vessel with instructions to
take the vessel to Sitka. 1t was really
an insult to the British nation to sup
pose that the whole crew of British
vessel could be held in custody by a
single American, and, smarting under
the insult, the officers of the Black Dia-
mond unfurled sail and set out for the
nearest British port, where she arrived
in safety. That is all there is in it, and
the less we have to say about it the bet
ter it will be for all parties. Still, the
incident may be improved by both our
own and the British governments to
come to some agreement relative to the
fishery question.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-08-09
IMPERATIVE LAWS.

The utter futility of attempting to leg
islate morals into a people finds an apt
illustration in the inability of the au-
thorities to enforce the new law which
makes it crime for man to fail to
provide for his own household. The
law provides that person who shall
willfully refuse or neglect to provide
food. shelter and clothing for his own
family shall be guilty of misde-
meanor, and upon conviction shall
be subjected to fine or Imprisonment,
or both in the discretion of the court.
Doubtless the legislature imagined that
when this law was enacted great pro-
gress had sbeen made in establishing
the morals of the people of the state,
and that happiness would be secured to
every humble household. An apparent
necessity existed for such law.
A number of worthless husbands
and parents were neglecting their
families; that they merited pun
islIment was conceded. Yet it
seems never to have occurred to the
legislature that it was impracticable to
SIllOlCC puCu q law. lOl JllC Dill pic ilCuoUil
that the parties who suffer from the
neglect are not benefited by the enforce
ment of the law. The neglected wife
and children gain nothing by having
the faithleSS husband and father shut
up in a prison for a whole year,
consequently they find no induce
ment 10 prosecute the offender.
Then again, the offense belongs to that
peculiar class of dereliction which the
law is unable to reach. 1t is crime of
omission rather than of commission,
and the function of statutory law is
practically exhausted when it has pre-
scribed negative duties. The law can
restrain, but performance it can compel,
but in a very limited class of actions.
1t is not within the scope of statu-
tory law to give Suggestian of
either morality, justice or good feeling;
it acts mainly by way of restriction
upon some of the tendencies of man
kind. Statutes amount to little more
than restraint upon the actions of in
dividuals, and tina upon very limited
number of their acts. and possibly point
out the formal execution Of few others.
If our lawmakers would remember that
this idea is fundamental to the whole
structure of statutory law, our statutes
would not be numbered with so many
useless laws.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-08-09
THE BALL PROBLEM

The most difficult problem in the ma
tional game of base ball is to put the
ball over the strikers plate, or deceive
the umpire with all impression of that
sort. 1t is reported that retired
pitcher is devising an automatic ma
chine for delivering the ball. When
adjusted it will throw knee, hip, or
any other elevation desired with as
much certainty as the cannon ball is
sent, and with regulated velocity.
There will be no bases taken on balls
when this apparatus comes into use,
and the interest of the game will be
greatly enhanced for the visitors, as the
batter will hit the ball and the catcher
will have light work The felders will
have the main Work to do. The eXcit-
ing passages of the game are chiefly in
the field. There will be economy in
saving a high-priced pitcher, as a boy
can probably work the machine. The
suggestion of an automatic umpire
also should be discountenanced, as
much of the life of the occasion would
be lost if there was no umpire that
cou Id be hooted at and pelted.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-08-09

nader to marry on the fourth and a
widow on the fifth day of the week
not earlier.
In Jewish marriages the woman is
set on the right, but throughout Chris
tendon her place in the ceremony is on
the left.
In Roman marriage the bride was
purchased by the bridegroom'S pay
ment of three pieces of copper money
to her parents.
The Russians have story of a widow
who was so uncOnsolable for the loss OF
her husband that she took another to
keep her from fretIing herself to death.
The custom of putting vail upon
the maid before the betrothal was done
to conceal her bushes at the first touch
of the mans hand, and at the closing
kiss.
Kissing the bride the moment the
marriage ceremonial ended, though not
now prescribed by the rubric of the
Western churches, formerly was an i'm
perative, act on the part of the bride
groom.
The early marriage ceremony among
the early Angl0-Saxons consisted
merely of hand fastening, or taking
each other by the hand, and pledging
each other love and affection in the
presence of friends and relatives.
|; ID An old adage thus lays down the
proper days for wedlock:
Monday for wealth, Tuesday for heslth,
Wednesday for the best day of all:
Thursday for crosses. Friday for losses, Sat-
urday no luck at ALL
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-08-09
AMERICAN sENTIMENTALrrY.

English sentiment is more conserya-
tive than American and less subject to
emotional fits, or else Mrs. MAVERICK
would never bave been sentenced to die
on the gallows. Such verdict could
never have been secured from an Amer
lean jury under similar circumstances,
and ii such thing had been possible, ten
to one the emotional judge would have
set the verdict aside and have granted
a new trial. But our English cousins are
better educated in the law than we are.
With them crime is crime, and a GRIM
inal criminal, regardless of sex. The
face of pretty woman doesn't disturb
a London jury. The fact that she is
accomplished and we'll bred, only adds
to the enormity of her crime. And it is
also notable fact in Mrs. MAYBRICK's
case that the judge who presided
over the trial held that the proof of her
adultery should weigh against her, in
other words that the woman who is lost
to sense of virtue is capable of COM
hitting any crime in the calendar.
Over here that would be regarded as a
ridicuously strict construction of law,
and yet it has been by adhering to that
policy of strict construction the En-
glish government has attained its sta
ble condition. If there were less senti-
ment and stricter adherence to the
law in the trial of criminal cases in this
country, the stability of our institutions
would be better assured. The verdict
of the Liverpool jury in the May
BRICK case is in healthy contrast with
the popular movement to release JOHN
l.. SULLIVAN from the grasp of the
Mississippi authorities.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-08-09
TEN HINTS ON BATHING.
Invalids, particularly in the Northern
states, should not indulge in surf bath

Invalids, particularly in the Northern
states, should not indulge in surf bath
ing between Nov. and March 1.
The best time for the bath, if you
have no bathing suit, is between 9
o'clock p. m. and o'clock a. m.
Bathing before breakfast is not rec
commended, unless you have been out
all night with the boys. n
Never neglect to protect the head
while in the water. A silk hat should
not be used for this purpose, as it at
tracts the suns rays. a
In case you are seized with cramp
while in the water, rub the affected
part vigorously for ten or fifteen min
utes with chloroform liniment. Many
valuable lives might be saved every
year If this advice were more generally
followed. ..c
Children should never be permitted to
battle except in the company Of their
parents. They are apt to become nui-
sances, and may require spanking at
any moment.
Should you become seasick from the
motion of the waves. repair to the near
est drug store and give the soda water
clerk the usual wink.
Do not become frightened if you
swallow a little salt water. 1t is not
poisonous even to bathers from the
Blue Grass region.
Ladies should not wear corsets when
bathing, unless they happen to be cor
pulent and there are men about.
FaSt-color bathing suits are recon-
mended for ladies who expect to wear
decOllete gowns in the evening.-Llfe.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-08-09
BOARDING HOUSE HASH.

ScientiSt-Bring me a decoction of
burnt peas, sweetened with glucose,
and Iightened with chalk and water.
Waiter (vociferously)-Cof for one !
Grip.
First Guest-Hi! waiter, open that
window, please. can't stand this heat.
Waiter-D'rectly. sir! "opens the
window.
Second Guest "a little later)-Waiter.
there's draught enough to give you a
death Of cold. Do shut the windowl
Waiter-YeS, sir [ShutS the window.
What have you closed the window for?
Open it again this minute!
Waiter-Very good, sir! Goes to the
landlord. Herr Lampert, one of the
gentlemen wants the window oren and
the other wants me to shut it. What
am I to do?
. Landlord-Do what the gentleman
says who hasn't dined yet.-BadiSche
Post.
Il Boa1der-The Chicago trunk mystery
is dreadful. isn't it?
New York Landlady-There was a
trunk mystery in my boarding house
when 1 kept boarders in Chicago, ten
years ago. Chicago is great place for
trunk mysteries.
"Was it man?"
"YeS, and he was rising young jour
nalist, and as nice young man as you
ever see. One day he didn't come home
to supper, and that struck me as being
little peculiar. although he had left
his trunk in his ROOM"
t'His mu tilated body was found in his
trunk? Horrible! horrible!"
mo; bricks were found in the trunk.
He owed me 81 for board. Oh, I'm on
to them Chicago trunk mysteries. -
Texas SiftingS.
Boarder-What is the reason 1 don't
have napkin any more?
Hostess severely Because before
you eat you always take it to wipe your
plate, cup, saucer, knife, fork and spoon,
and that makes the napkin so dirty that
have to give you fresh one each time.
Wasp.
BaIdheaded Boarder-Here's hair in
my butter!
Landlady (graciously)-Keep it, Mr..
Nillypaite.
Mrs. Neutrality-suspicious. of the board
ers object to the house being next to a
graveyard. Do you, Mr.. Easygo?
Easygo-Oh, no, indeed. 1t is so
handy, you know.-Lawrence Amer
lean.