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The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1890-01-02

A correspondent of The London Globe
gives a most interesting account of Moro
dom, king of Cambodia. one of the king
doms of lndo.C China. His majesty, it
seems. has adopted a style of dress in
vogue in Europe seventy years ago. He
wears blue tail coat with gold buttons,
satin knee breeches and pumps. No
traveller who has had an audience Of his
majesty in his palace of Pnon-Peuh has
been able to suppress smile at the
sight of the Asiatic potentate in the
evening attire worn in the reign of
George w.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1890-01-02

Read the following Mr.. c. II. Mo-iis, New
ark, Ark says: "Was down With Abscess
Lungs, and friends and physicians pronounced
me an Incurable ConsumptiNe. Logan taking
DR.. Kings New Discovery foT Consumption, am
now on my third bottle, and abe 10 oversee the
work Oh my farm. 1t is the finest medicine
ever made
Jesse Middlewart, Decatur, Ohio, says Had
i, not been for DIR. Kings New Discovery for
Troubles. Was given up by doctors And now
in hes, of health" Try it. Sample bottles free
al Roland L. Patterns, Drug Store.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1890-01-02

The January number of the North
American Review will he rendered mem
orahle by one of the most brilliant fea-
lures which have ever appeared in sn
American periodical. This is discus
sion between the RI. Hon. W. Z. Glsd-
stone aud Hon. j. Il Blsine on the Tariff.
Mr.. Gladstone advocating Free Trade ant
MIR. Blaine Protection. Whatever can be
said on one side and the other of this
subject will he said in these articles in the
most telling and impressive way by these
Two great masters of controversy. Mr..
Glad,tone'S article will occupy between
rwentv and thirty pages of the Review,
ard NJ. Blsine'- reply will be about the
same length, if not longer. 1t will be a
battle of intellectual giants
The articles will be polished stimuli
taneorSy, by Mr.. Giau-toues consent,
and as they take up so much space, this
issue Of the Review will be enlarged to
admit of the usual number and variety of
papers on important and timely topics.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1890-01-02
The First Step.

Perhaps you are run down, can't eat, can't
sleep can't think, can't do anything TO your
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The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1890-01-02
After Church on Christmas Day.

TIE RhcroR. You seem unusually
happy this morning, Miss Alice-thc JOY
of hrstmas, pre-ume?
Miss ALICE Yes, the JOYS Of Christ
mas. | received twenty more presents
than | gave, Isn't that rcougu To make
me feel gay''-Hnper'S MgaztN..
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1890-01-02
RuckLen's drnica Sa{ce.

The best Salve in the world for Cuts, Bruises
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The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1890-01-02

She-And now that we are engaged,
John, dear, how long shall the engage
ment be for?
He ian absent minded lawyer who has
just drawn up railroad lease)-Oh.
ninety-nine years, ! se.-Epoch-
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Piles! Piles! Itching Piles!

SYMPTOMS Moisture; intense itching and sting
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MEsr stops the itching and bleeding, heals ulcer,
ton, and In most cases the tumors. A
druggists or by mail. for SO cents. DIR. Swayne
Son, Philadelphia.
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she-"Yeu have never taken me ont to
Woodlawn Cemetery" He tdreamily) mo,
that i. a pleasure, my Dear. am holding in
reserye"
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tis c'llun = irso;ed ~ he interest y The
y nFHss3s CttSts-Iss TE1ggp.4rz t-.4a. AZ
skpNhesAa and Is cond scted ~ thea.
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4tfli5' u earh ninth, 4. thrtc a'sifes T. "
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1890-01-02
Wants tc Speak a Good Word.

After suffering untold ssonie, for three
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rheumatism,
JOHN MCDONALD.
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ohst.nats lndlaeetion

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The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1890-01-02
Is Covs,t,uDfi0n IncursLfe?

The devil has particularly hot Are Tor the
mother who wants to send her daughter
husband hunting at sixteen.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1890-01-02
DANA'S SARSAPARILLA.

For severe colds, Johnson's Anodyne L-iniment
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Hard Drinkers

DIR. FLlNTS REMEDY is the only safe
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ABSOLUTELY CURE DISEASE.

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Ma
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The claim to cure all diseases. may at first
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and reading our tssimOUials, winch prove
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No person suffering from any blood. chronic Or
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The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1890-01-02
A Duel Between intellectual Giants

JOHN MCDONALD.
MIDonald Hi, Ga.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1890-07-19
An important Official.

A most important parsonage in mag.
zine work is called the reader" To
him is submitted all manuscripts sent
for publication, and his opinion of their
merits largely influences the editorial
decision. The editor may occasionally
read some of them, but he has little
time for such work; so the manuscript
under consideration goes first to one
reader, and then to another, and per-
haps third. They do not sit together
like legislative committee, or a jury.
They may not be known to each other !;
but the editor receives from each writ
ten opinion about the article, in which is
embodied usually a graphic description
of its plot, style, and various qualities, to-
gether with an account of its upshot or
hand he can decide whether he wishes to
use the article, and decide intelligently
without having read himself a para
graph of it. If he has, as it frequently
happens, a marked division of opinion
to reconcile, he may allot it to special"
reader, stating or Withholding, as he
chooses, this fact; or he may think it
important enough to dip into it far
enough to see for himself why any diff
ference in judgment should exist. But
whatever is done, he is himself the
court of appeals. and no doubt balances
sometimes by a mere ounce of evidence
or persuasion the fate of the article.
This careful scrutiny is observed mainly
when manuscript is submitted by writ
ers unknown to fame. When a story
comes from the pen of a well-tried au-
thor, the readers JUNCTION is merely
formal, as the editor has committed
himself in advance to use the story
ordered, and knows its writer's name
alone will make it successful. The
reader calls at the Office for his bundle
of manuscripts to read, or has them
sent to him, But he keeps as shady"
as detective, and makes quite as many
discoveries as one of that fraternity
does. Many articles sent for inspection
have no merit whatever, and are not
even shaped to presentable form; for
there is a mass Of would-be writers al
ways arising who do not consider au-
thorship a profession, and who suppose
that ink and paper being given, they
can surely prepare what the editor is
eagerly waiting for. 1t is only the
writer who does and can get his work
printed, who feels any doubt of his
ARTICLES acoantaDaa
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1890-07-19
Just q Triae Too Late.

will you be my wife, Jennie ?"
queried the rustic lover.
Il am very sorry for you, James" re-
piled the blushing maiden, "but you are
Just one day too late. am engaged to
your brother George"
Engaged to my brother! Why,
haven't ! courted You for seven long
years 2
Eyes, James. But IN all that time
you never asked me to be your wife be-
forel Your brother George was here
last evening and he said to me: Jennie,
it's none of my business. but has Jim
proposed to you yet? OF course I had
to say MOI Then he said: We'll,
Jennie, l have never courted you, but
want a wife. Will you have me 2
Then said 'Yesr and it was settled.
So you see, James, there's no use of
feeling disappointed in regard TO the
matter. 1t Will do no good now.
You've no one to blame In this matter
but Just YOURSELF"
Then James crushed his hat down
over his beetling brows and meandered
forth into the pale moonlight, a.wissr Il
not Q sadder man.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1890-07-19
One WAY Out Of It.

Mr.. Sampson Ito Parson Johnson
What am de meaning OBJ de command
ment dat says something bout not Gov
citing de belongings oh yo' neighbors?
Parson Johnson-It means preZactly
what is writ. If yo'neighbor's got some
yaller-dog pullets yo' don't want for to
covet 'em."
Mr.. Ssmpson-But s'posen yer neigh
boris got hkesome daughter, am it a
sin to covet dat er gal?
Parson Johnson-I done tole yo' dat
yo' doesn't want to covet muffin belong
In to yo' neighbors.
Mr.. Sampson-Well, s'posen dat 8
man lubs his neighbor's daughter so
berry much dat he can't help covetin'
her, what's pusson gwine to do to get
ober dat covetous feelin', Ell?
Parson Johnson-Marry de gal, oh
course.-St Louis Star Sayings.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1890-07-19
A Strange Adventure,

%The strangest adventure of my life,
says a traveller, happened to me in
Mexico, near Vera Cruz 1 had been
riding all day on a mule, and was very
tired when L put up for the night at q
small hotel kept by Don Tivurcio.
After supper, 1 retired early, but could
not sleep. The night was sultry, the
apartment poorly ventilated, and there
seemed to be thousand creeping things
on nv body. I bore this as long as
possible, and then, Selling my blanket,
rushed out in the open air. After walk
.ng about for q while, I spread nv
blanket under a stunted palm some dis
lance from the house. and lay down,
determined to sleep as much of the
night as possible. I was doing of
nicely, when there came q breezy,
whistling sound, and something passed
close by my face, I looked around, and
seeing nothing, lay down again.
Scarcely were my eyes closed before
he rustling noise was heard again, and
his time saw what took for a large
bird pass by. Back and forth went the
bird, its wings tanning me with delight
tul GOODNESS. First / was amazed, then
rather pleased, and finally dropped
Of to slumber. Fortunately, am an
extremely light sleeper, and it did not
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1890-07-19

seem to me . minute before I wss
aroused by pain In my neck. With :
tremendous effort, I threw on the
strange lethargy which had seized me,
and rose to sitting posture. To my
horror, / realized that was being ct
tackled by the dreaded vampire batsl
One Of the creatures had already fast
ened on me, and two more were hover
ing around, and they became quite saw
age when they saw their prey escaping.
But beat them OF, with some diff
Guilty, and returned to the house with
all possible speed. Next morning when
I related my adventure, Don Tivurcio
assured me that would never have q
narrower escape from death, and be-
lieva him"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1890-07-19

Wall. who. then. since you are 80
smartT
~Morg Atcherson."
-Ho, ! wouldn't speak to him If I was
to meet him In the road"
But you'd speak to some people If
you was to meet them IN the road,
wouldn't your"
Yes, of course would"
Who would you speak to-"
oh, lots of folks. Did you see that
bird almost hit me2" she suddenly
exclaims.
Il reckon he lowed you was q
flower"
ooh, he didn't, no such of a thing.
You ought to be ashamed of yo'sef to
make fun of me thater way"
/ want maxim fun of you. -Ho. If I
was ter ketch anybody maxim fun Of
you it wouldn't be good for him"
What would you do?"
I'D whale him"
you air awful brave. amt you?"
Never mind whut am; know that
If any man was to make fun of you he'd
have me to whup."
A number of people have stopped at
Uncle Johns house. They sit In the
large passageway running between the
two sections of the log building, and
the men, who have not heard the ser
mon, discuss it With the women who
were compelled to hear it from halting
start to excited finish. The sun is blaz-
ing out in tho fields and the June-bugs
are buzzing in the yard. It is indeed
day of rest for the young and old, but
is it q restful time for the housewife
Does that woman, with flushed face,
running from the kitchen to the dining
room and then to the spring-house for
the crock jar of milk, appear to be rest
ing? Do the young men and women
that are lolling in the passage realize
that they are making slave Of her?
Probably not, for she assures them that
it is not bit of trouble, yet when night
comes-when the company Is gone
she sinks down, almost afraid to wish
that Sunday might never come again,
yet knowing that it is the day of her
heavy bondage. Old labor has been
soothed aud young love has been
encouraged, but her trials and anxieties
have been more than doubled.
1t is night and the boy sits in the
door, taking off his shoes. Tomorrow
lie must go into the hot field. but he
does not think of that. His soul is full
of a buoyant love-buoyant for the girl
with the gaudy ribbon has promised to
be his wife.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1890-07-19
ny WIFE.
81 nEAxDEH THOMPSON.

I sat by the IRE one winters night
In my room so cosy and wsrm and bright.
1t stormed, and the rain and sleet
'Gatnst the windows heTcely beat.
By my side, my wife in her rocking chair,
She never looked more sweet, more fair,
Though forty years Of time had fed
Since the night when We were wed
thought Of trials of life we had,
OF hopes and JOYS and feelings sad,
OF loves first kiss on the stairs
1 stole from her, ~unawares."
Into the past have sped those days,
But the love remains, and its rays
In nv heart shine bright
As sit by the side of my wife to-nish'
As branches grow out Of trees,
AS foliage of Yerdant leaves,
As buds on twigs appear,
As blossoms when fruit draws near,
And fruit that in sunlight CLEANS,
So the love for my wife, in purest streams,
Flowed out, like beautiful leaves,
And buds and blossoms and fruit on trees.
from Heaven, to US, revelation came,
L babe. No heritage of fame
From deeds Of others could it claim.
Filled was my heart with JOY Of love
Paternal, like dove, from skies above
Came our boy. Others shared our JOY,
And love fraternal, without alloy,
Leaved out, like foliage on trees,
When sunshine SINNERS through the leaves.
Pure were the thoughts that stole,
Softly as shadows over my soul
love / had never known before,
Crossed the threshold of our door,
And ! knew that winters night,
Nv wife was my beacon light
Whose rays revealed that friend
Where she and shall part 40 M
-NelO YoTlE Ne1Cs.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1890-07-19
One Kind Of Human Nature.

An Ohio man, the father of seven
manageable girls - some of whom
were in danger of getting somewhat too
far along to be manageable been
practicing recently with a little ordi-
nary everyday human nature, such as
may be found in the makeup of all of
US. This Ohio man had put up patiently
with all the young men of the county
around for years. They came to see
the girls every Eight, sometimes three
or four night, and on Sunday nights
there was always as much as one young
man for each of the seven girls. They
just had their steady company, as they
say in Ohio.
All this was very pleasant to the girls
and boys, but it was expensive for the
old gentleman, and it ultimately became
very tiresome. AS none of the boys
showed disposition TO take any of the
girls off his hands by marrying them,
he ordered them of. He felt that
things we're altogether too convenient,
and that the girls were rated too
cheaply. Some of the young men
showed their utter worthlessness by
giving heed to these orders aud treat
ing them in good faith. Others con-
tinued their visits, but did their best to
avoid the old gentleman, and always
enjoyed themselves the more when they
knew he wasn't around.
He was not to be deceived, however.
and saw that he had not much improved
the chance of getting his girls married.
He created more obstacles. He bought
a number of usually ferocious dogs, and
borrowed shotgun of a neighbor. and
gave notice that the first young man
that came fooling around the house
could have his choice of being shot at
or eaten up by the dogs. This scheme
worked admirably, and it had an almost
immediate effect. Within three DAYS
two of the girls had run away and got
married This so encouraged the old
gentleman that he bought an extra dog
and an increased supply of ammunition
for the shotgun.
The greater the difficulties, however,
the more determined the young men
were to have those girls, and the
undeniably truthful statement is made
that within q month not one of the
young ladies remained unmarried. They
had all got away In spite of the dogs
and the shotgun, just as the old gentle
man had doubtless foreseen would be
the case when they were made hard
to get they were In demand. That Is
merely kind of humGu nature that
most people understand, but it isn't so
effectively practiced by everybody.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1890-07-19
A Slip Of Coleridge.

Has any one ever called attention
to the extraordinary blunder, in de-
scribing natural phenomena, which oc-
ours IN the Ancient Mariner of Coler-
idge? At the moment of the terrific
apparition of tine phantom ship we read
how
The western wave was all ahame,
The daY was well-nigh done;
Almost upon the western wave
Rested the broad bright sun
Then comes the awful game Of dice,
then the sunset, and then the instan-
taneous tropical night and the miserable
efforts of the steersman, when
-Clomb above the eastern bar
The horned moon, with one bright So
Within the neither tip
But if the moon rose In the east and
gradually climbed the sky, she was at
or near her full-opposite the sun.
Hence she could not be horned, or have
star within either tip. The crescent
moon, with her horns, is of course seen
In the West, at or near sunset, and the
crescent moon is steadily setting and
getting lower in the sky from the in
slant of its appearance. 1t may also be
crescent in the East at sunrise, but this
has no application here.
The significance of this error is two
fold First, Coleridge is one of those
authors whom his admirers generally
will not allow to be criticised; he IS
supposed to be justified by a kind of
inspiration in anything he ever wrote.
In such circumstances, there is some
satisfaction for those whose taste is for
a wholly different style of composition,
and who consider Coleridge a peculiar
proper subject for criticism, to find the
sort of mistake in him which, if made
by Scott, Byron, or Moore, would have
instantly brought down on the offender
swarm of harpies.
But there is much deeper signif-
canoe In this mistake. 1t shows that
poet of undoubted genius and skill in
composition, who has planned and COM
posed poem with profound thought
and care, may in the course of forty
lines admit an impossible incongruity,
unnoticed by himself, and as time has
shown, unnoticed by three generations
of readers. Yet it is precisely such in
congruities that cause the various Ger
man critics to cut up the Iliad and
Odyssey in into separate poems and de-
clare that no one man could have COM
posed either of them. Coleridge tells
US himself that he is indebted to Words
worth for two lines Of the poem. Lach-
mann would undoubtedly argue that
one of these two poets must have
stopped his hand soon after describing
the sunset, and then the other have in
serted the description of the moon
Atlantic
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1890-07-19
JOhnny's Prayer.

Sister Lizzie was to be married In .
few months, and she was getting In the
interval of leisure by preparing for
the ceremony IN the way of dress by
experimenting on her family In the
cooking line. Little John was going to
bed, and went through his usual pray
ers up to the point of saying, Give us
this day our daily bread" when some
depressing memory struck him and he
added, But don't let Lizzie bake II =
Philadelphia Times.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1890-07-19

mfr. Digby told me he didn't enjoy
his wedding tour. Queer sort of state
ment, wasn't it ?"
Why, no, Auntie; not under the cir
cumstances."
What do you mean?7
Well, you see Mrs Digby had such
horror Of people taking Digby and her
for bridal couple that she took a
chaperon along.-PlEck.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1890-07-19

WHEN man succeeds In saving slO,-
600 he regards himself as q rich man,
but after that he gets poorer all the
time.--AtchisoE Globe.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1890-07-19

The finest fruit earth holds MP to tn
Maker Is Q finished man