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The morning call., 1891-01-14

"A prominent physician calls the kiss an
elegant dissemination of disease" He says,
fever Is spread by it, so are lung diseases"
Out upon the gnarled and sapless vagabondl
Evidently kisses are not for such as he, and
the old fox says the grapes are sour. Let him
devote himself to making our women healthy
and blooming that kisses may be kisses. This
Favorite Prescription, which is simply mag
tcal in curing diseases peculiar to females
After taking it for reasonable length of
time there will be no more irregularity, back
ache, bearing-down sensations, nervous pros
tration, general debility and kindred ailments.
1t is the only medicine for women, sold by
druggists, under a positive guarantee
from the manufacturers, that it will give sat
isfactton in every case, or money refunded.
A Book of 100 pages, On " Woman and Her
TO any address, securely sealed in plain en-
velope, on receipt of ten cents, in stamps.
Address, WORLDS DIsPENsASY MEDICAL
ASSOCIATION, 663 Main Street, Buffalo, N. Y.
The morning call., 1891-01-14
Prosperous sauthenders.

AT meeting of the South End Boat Club,
In Justice Lows courtroom last night, the
following newly elected officers were in
stalled: j. j. Mccarthy, President George
The morning call., 1891-01-14

The alarm from fre-box 326, at O'Clock
yesterday morning, was for $50 blaze
caused by the explosion of coal oil lamp
IN the residence OF Mr.. Owen, 722 Scott
street.
The morning call., 1891-01-14

tributed quite a sum toward the burial ex-
penses, and this morning will send delega-
ton TO represent them at the funeral. The
interment will be at Calvary Cemetery.
The morning call., 1891-01-14

CONFIRMATION OF A SALE.-The sale of a
Placer County ranch belonging to the estate of
General I. b. Van Buren, to Charles GladGlpc.
for $500, was confirmed yesterday by Judge
COffey.
The morning call., 1891-01-14
EMMA ABBOTT.
The Remains of the SOngstress in
Her Narrow Satin Bed.

In the account of the funeral of the late
Emma Abbott, the Chicago Inter Ocean of
last Saturday says, after describing the
scene at the Union Depot and the removal
OF the mortal remains to an undertaker's
parlors:
The ea>ket displayed when the pine box
was opened was a fully decorated metal
casket. finished to represent buried walnut,
and almost overloaded with silver orna-
ments. On the panels of the cover were a
silver wreath and torch in raised metal.
The plain silver tablet bore the inscription:
EMMA ABBOTT WErHERELL,
The morning call., 1891-01-14

Samples upon application.
Country orders receive prompt
free in
The Somerset reporter., 1891-07-23


Tfr. gambling tents we're larzc. lH1
contained not only gaming tIg.es u /
billiard tables At one # tn ! via
once playing billiards with ainau named
IL. 4 few feet from u, raised upon
platform made for the pur1y5se, we're
seated threc Mexican musicians, playIng
guitars, for these place. were alwaqs
well supplied with instrumental muse.
The evening seldom passed without di3-
pute-, and pistols were quickly Drawn -
settle quarrels. Gf9n any outbreak mel
would rush from al parts Of the room.
struggling 10 get a. near a. possible u
the scene u action, and often they pad
the penalty for their curiosity 1y bong
Accidentally shot.
While H ard | were engaged in
our game We could hear tine moaotouoas
appeal Of the dealers, Make yoar game,
gentlemen. make your game Red WINS
and black LOSE. suddenly baug. bang,
bang went the pistols Ia = distant part
of the tent The usual fl.A followed.
Bang, bang again, and TINS tirae the
guitar dropped from the hands Of one Oh
the unohendlng mnsiciaus, who fell for
ward to the ground with d bullet through
his neck His friends promptly under.
took to carry him past Us to the open
Air. Our tabl" was 80 near the eide Of
he tent that only one person at time
could 20 between It and the canvas.
IL WAS standing III the way. just
in the act Of striking the bail with his
cue, when one Of the persons carrying
the wounded man touched linn, with tie
request that he move 10 one side. H
turned, and saw the Mexican being sup
ported by the les and aru-, TIE blood
flowing from lis neck Thrn, with the
coolest indifference, he SD, Hold on,
hold on, boys TIL make this shot.
Then, re-nluius It's former position, lie
deliberately finished his shot -Dr c. b
Gillespie III Century
The Somerset reporter., 1891-07-23
How the Tariff is Working.

1t is only the most reckless and men
dacious of the Democratic papers which
venture any more to assert that the Nc
klnley bill raised taxes all along the
line" The falling off of seven and Il half
million dollars in the single month of
June in our customs receipts is in itself
sufficient proof that the general effect Of
the Mex nley bill was not to raise but to
reduce taxation. The detailed figures Of
our foreign trade for the month of May
contained In the report of the Treasury,
tell the same story, and we will hazard
the guess that no tariff reform paper in
the country will have the candor to print
the summaries of free and dutiable i'm
ports and give them editorial prominence.
The figures show an increase in our I'M
ports for the month of May. as compared
with May, 1890 from so, l3s ,0i0 in the
earlier month to ST. 1913 ,039 d ference
of about $500, 900. The significant
thing ab out the figures for the month is,
however, that they show a very heavy
falling OF in the imports which paid
duty, and a still heavier increase in the
imports which came in on the free list
Disregarding the smaller figures, our i'm
ports which paid duty amounted in
May to $50 600 900, in round numbers, as
compared with Si4 900 GOO in May, 1870;
while the imports which came in without
paying dollar of duty were 81 900 900
in May of this year as compared with
S25 200, 900 in May of last year. In view
Of such figures as these do not our tariff
reform friends think that it is about time
to stop talking about the Mckinley bill as
erecting "a Chinese WALL against the i'm
porsr Even the stupidest of their read
els cannot be long deceived by such talk,
and when they find how they have been
triled with it is more than likely that
they will be angry about it.
The Somerset reporter., 1891-07-23

Too much duubbell exercise Is u wsari-
hess 10 the flesh, and matutiual swing
ing Of the Indian club becomes, sooner
or later, irksolue. The Idea Of relieving
the tedium OF daily exercise whi.e Ill.
crcasinY IS benefits IS = good one, and
II Is now placed at the service Of the
public III practical form. a polished
wooden box contains the appliances III.
cidcntal to the ordinary exercising ma
chine, and is equipped, in addition, with
a magneto-electro apparatus capable Of
transmitting an electric current to ten
or more persons at the same time, or I've
ing graduated 10 the endurance or pleas
ure Of one person, 50 that while the vari-
Gus forms of exercise are being gone
through au electric current Of any re
CURED strength can be impaired
1t is claimed that electricity can thus
be applied under improved and more
pleasant conditions than formerly in
many cases where its use has been
proved to be most beneficial Attention
is called to the fact that telegraph op-
orators, accountants, typewriters, plan
lists, and all whose work Is apt 10 caust
muscular pains and stiffness in the hand
and arm, can by the use Of this exercis,
ing machine reap Il twofold advantage.
The machine has bath attachment
This is placed in bath. and when the
foot is placed upon it an electric shock
of graduated strength is impaired to the
bather.-St. LOUIS Globe Democrat.
The Somerset reporter., 1891-07-23
improvement. in Rolled steel

y protracted series Of experiments
made 1T Sienens' works, IN England,
with the new process Of manufacturing
steel tubes, show conelusively, 1t is
chained, Il remarkable adaptation Of the
system 10 the manufacture Of pipes for
the conveyance of water, gas and air at
high pressure, the manufacture Of steam
boilers, boiler tubes, and especially for
bridge construction. owing t5 the light
ness and strength Of the tubes Of com
paratively thin steel, and which. it i, be
lieyed, will enable the engineer Of the
future to considerably increase the span
of bridges
The simple us well as remarkable pc
culiarity OF this process Of shaping
metals consists in the fact that, instead
Of avoiding any twist of tho tbers. ii by
one operation gives the greatest possible
twist to the fiber with corresponding
stretch OF material 1t moreover may,
assisted by Il inanlrel increase the outer
diameter Of a bar. instead of diminishing
il, rs do all other rolling mills, but the
tube produced by this new method Is
generally greater in diameter than the
bar from which it is formed, and thus
combining. as it docs, all the various
systems Of rolling, it Is claimed to pos
sess the advantage of a construction IN
which all hitherto known rolling proc
esses represent a part. New York sun
The Somerset reporter., 1891-07-23
stairs Were New to Her.

Some of the Immigrants arriving in
this country are wonderfully ignorant of
the commonrSt domestic appliances \
lady who had fit OF economy not long
ago concluded 10 get a fresh arrival from
Castle Garden, hoping by her wise man
agement to train the girl into a capable
servant. Bddy arrived. stout and viii
ing and rosy, and with mouth wide opel
in surprise at the novelties surrounding
her on every side. On being taken /,
the stairs to 20 up to her room sh'
stopped suddenly. And is it up thin
things that oi'll have 10 go:' she said
panic stricken
She explained that il was the first tin,
that she had ever seen a staircase. Sh,
overcame her fear speedily, however, ion
the next morning the entire family were
awakened 10y sound that rr>emhlrd the
prancing Of war horse. fastening Il
investigate the cause. the irIltated MAS
ter of the house discovered Blddy racing
up and down the wooden staircase IN ia,
abandonment of her joy at having dis
covered the hang OF it "Shure. sh,
said. lit is an illigaut amusement. ~
New York Tribune,
The Somerset reporter., 1891-07-23
Leary's Raft

After an eventfu voyage OF - days the
big Leary raft, which left St. John June
18th, in tow of the tug Ocean King, was
safely landed at Leary's basin IN Whale
creek. an arm of Newtown creek, near
New York, without loss of single
stick
This is the largest timber raft which
ever attempted an ocean voyage. Il con-
tains tlmbe enough TO build a small viii
lsge. 1t was built in sections. Each sec
ton Is about Go feet long, 10 feet wide
and 10 feet deep. There were IL sections
in all, and they were linked together with
great iron chains, The raft contained
about %, 900 feet OF timber, or $500 900
feet of lumber. 1t would have loaded 81
schooners. When stretched out on the
ocean the tow was 4, 900 feet.
The raft left ST. John in tow of the
Ocean King. When some distance out it
was Joined By the tug Edgar +. Luken-
bach. Both are powerful ocean tugs.
The towing was done with nine inch
hemp hawsers. Each tug had two of
these hawsers attached to the raft and
kept about 100 fathoms ahead of the tow
1t was an unwieldy mass, but the tugs
m ade an average of the two and half
miles an hour.
The tugs encountered severe storm oil
Mt. Desert, aud they put for Bar Hsrbor.
Before they reached shelter, however,
the raft parted and Is sections drltted
away.
Inc Ocean King started in pursuit Of
the drifting sections, while the Lucken-
bach moved on toward Bar Harbor with
the other three sections. The Ocean
King lowered about the runaway sections
until the storm abated, and then got line
aboard and lowed them safely into Bar
Harbor. Here the tugs remained three
days patching up the raft.
On the arrival at Flushing bay the raft
was divided In three parts. The Ocean
King took six sections, the Luckenbach
six. and the Scandinavian the remaining
four. Then there were tugs Henry p.
Crawford, Alpha. Esir, Active and Imper'
ator, which assisted In bringing the raj,
down the river. The smaller tugs acted
as rudders to the division. They had
ropes fastened to the rear of each tow,
keeping the raft Strengthened out on II.
winding down the East river. 1t was 4
formidable fleet, and the river craft gave
IL wide berth. 1t took several hours Il
get the raft into Whale creek. This wa:
the most successful venture In raft build
ing and towing ever made by MIR. Leary.
The Somerset reporter., 1891-07-23

Librarians are not the only ones who
of persons who hahitually soil
books loaned 10 them by thumb stains
and marginal pcncihns. That habit Is
the heaviest cross imposed on dealers IN
rare and expensive books. 1t is prac-
tice with such dealers to send such books
out for inspection when requested by
those to whom the dealer thinks There is
= chance to make sale. Valuable books
often snifer from the practice. Samuel
]. Tilden, while good buyer of books,
was also great offender in this respect.
lie thought nothing Of keeping book
.or weeks. making dealers send to HIM
or it several times, and finally returning
t thumbed and dog cared. with u mes
agc that he did not want it. On the
whole, booksellers lost nothing through
Mr.. Tilden. for he did not spare money
when book caught his fancy, and his
library contained many treasures, but al
times his whims We're costly and vexa
tious to those who tried to please him
Dealers say that there are many men il
this city now to whom his habits seen
to have been transmitted.-New Yorl
Tina
The Somerset reporter., 1891-07-23
Pulp M achines.

The machine used at the pulp III Il for
cutting the wood into the smallest pieces
before going into the digesters, is now
being placed In position. At most OF
pulp mills, the wood is ground up into
small chips before being treated with acid
In the dgiesters But in the system TO
be employed here, the logs are cut up
into IL inch discs, disc being ] ~
inch section from the end of the round
log and thus the larger the log the great
er the diameter Of the disc. These discs
or round blocks, are taken by an elevator
to the upper stories of the building aud
there fed down into the great cylindrical
iron tanks called digesters. Each diges-
ter holds 20 cords of this wood and the
Edwards machine will make from ~ TO 60
cords of wood into discs every ~ hours
Each machine requires but one man to
I'm 1t. One man with this machine will
do the work OF 20 men working the ma
chine commonly in use. This invention
which accomplishes wonders in It's way,
has been in practical operation since last
March, in the mill of the Mfg. lnvst
Co, al Appleton, Wis. Its weight is ID
tons. The saw arbor is 10 - feet In
length and inches In diameter and Is
made of forged steel, On the arbor is
the gang of saws, II in number, each ~
inches in diameter and run at the rate OF
950 revolutions per minute. On one end
of this arbor is driving pully and fly
wheel, cast in one piece, weighing 5000
pounds. The pulley is "A inches in diam
eter with 20 inch face. The fly wheel il
A inches in diameter and s inch face
The object of the heavy fly wheel Is to
equalize the strain when the machine is
in motion, thus il belt should break
while the saws were in cut, they would
finish cutting through the log before
stopping. just under the saws Is what
is called revolving carriage, consisting
of drum, | . feet in diameter, sup
piled with four sets of grippers of long,
heavy curved iron fingers which sez9 the
short logs and carry them to and through
the saws. There ale Is grippers in each
set and they automatically fit themselves
TO the 2 foot section of log whether it be
regular or irregular in shape. The sides
of the drum against which the log or
large block rests are supplied with sharp
teeth, as also are the grippers which by
means of heavy springs are made to grasp
the log with a force equal to toms
weight The machine cuts Is discs from
each large block, each disc in passing
through the saws being held by finger
bar or gripperof its own, which, after
going beyond the saws, opens and drops
the disc into an elevator which takes
them to the digesters. The drum travels
at the rate of from 3 to ) revolutions per
minute, as may be de .ired, carrying of
the large blocks through the saws, at
each revolution. The machine has vari-
able friction feed which though simple is
quite marvel In itself. Mr.. ID. X. Ell
wards, the inventor, is setting up the
machine. He also furnishes the company
with large machine for cutting the long
logs into . foot lengths
The Somerset reporter., 1891-07-23
POETRY.
Sleep.

come with footsteps light as shadows fan.
And with soft fingers, tender,r than tears
gently drop the curtains ,Ik.n t,jp,,.d
And veil with velvet mulllers yyakrfi,I ..,rs
Pun no ones foe, bat rather. iriens 10 ali.
lmpersonal my viglls and nv rafe.
The Wild beast we'll subdued. the #tlmid bird.
Alike my boundlrss SUPERVISION share.
close the petals of the flowers. while night,
My oft companion We are sister twins
it'll fingers dcit and dainty AS nv own.
Seals last then satin lids with diamond pins
| make the aged forget their leebltncss
Their whitcned lork-, their three store years and
ten,
And over flnwer-sprnkled hills OF youth,
'''' '''''0 NC '''''' 's''''
wipe olt years OF parting and although
Vast oceans roll between, blot out space;
Within my happy portals once AZ ain
give the mother back her long lost child
L en- though deaths valley it has crossed, and
Cradle the infant hush its moaning wall.
The Somerset reporter., 1891-07-23


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The Somerset reporter., 1891-07-23
sKoWHEGAN, MAINE, THURSDAY NOON, JULY 80 1891.

gossip Was fan to lay Its fnger on IT.
lips. AnI after a time Weston came to
hiDk and say indulgentlY that MIR. WI
f0rd was really different from other peo
ole, and could do what no one else woul1
hink Of doing.
The full history Of the house on SeY.
rnth Street has never been written. NJ
record has been kept Of the tempted boy
who have found at Mrs. Witord's al
attraction that was safeguard TO their
unwary feet; Of the homesick girls Who
have there forgotten their loneliness; Of
the heavy hearts its beauty has cheered
of the lives It's influence has made better
But the house on Seventh Street, like 4
city Of old, is walled about by the prayers
hat rise for It daily, from many grateful
hearts.
The Somerset reporter., 1891-07-23
Delays are Dangerous

There ar those WHO are nor5.dly aux.
sous s391t tae.r heath. watching every
symptom sud dosing themselves on the
=. guest prJvJcstloL. I here are others
+" 10 never give me matter thought out
,e:u. te4. symptoms - lapse INTO the
eet,s liz. # l-es.- Between these two
. 1.t-i1es n .se man s.eers-never IN
NV ALAlJus. AMI yet not permitting
Serc lie y n ptJu, - deyrllp. He knows
nat 1e.A.- arr dangerous sld he knows
/ -e'e. tast ne medicine NOS; key TO
3e e1ect.Fe = Lat w-.cE goes straight 70
- sea, II disease, AID tones up the
digestive organs strengthens TIE system
ana par.t=s ;ue p.0o1. he taxes & few
loses u :. ;. ;. and soon du1. ths. all
lie = L Itlus nave disappeared, AMI taat
ae : II Deter CONDITION than ever TIE
ga: 'ezetA-l rsnv1y las no IVA.
The Somerset reporter., 1891-07-23

Interest n the columbian Exposit N Is
growing in England. The London Times
Is not satisfied with the location of the
fair, nut still urges Crest Britain to
make 3 gIeat representation of their in
du,;ries. The Il lyal Commission has
been instituted, charged with the English
exhibit and the ndcstous are thst
Great British VIII mske general aud
di-p,sy 81 the mex Worli's Fair.
The Somerset reporter., 1891-07-23
Bucblens .fratca Satire.

The best Save in the world FOR Cuts Bruises
Sores. U.cers. Salt khe8m, Fever Sores, letter,
ChAppcd Hands Ch!5.tIus, Corns, and ali skin
ErLptiaus, and positively cures piles, OF no pay
required. l. Is guaranteed TO give perfect salts.
action. or money refunded. Price . cents per
box. For sale by Roland T. Patten.
The Somerset reporter., 1891-07-23
Dynamite Is used In Kansas as a sub.

DynHnTte II useu tn NxuS1s u . tuU-
soiler. Light charges are placed In the
ground about six feet apart. The soil Is
not seriously disturbed at the surface, but
Investigation shows that the subsoll is
broken up and pulverized to depth Of
several feet and left In condition to hold
all the water that falls on It. The ex.
pense for dynamite 10 trining. Add to
this the artificial rain that the government
Ia trying TO produce, and what more does
Kansas reed or want?
The Somerset reporter., 1891-07-23

A Georgia farmer has started new in
dustry in growing beavers for their skins.
Since the prospective failure of the seal
fisheries beaver skins are the next best
substitute for sesls. He owns lpOO acres
up and down creek which is natural
home for the beavers In Summer they
scatter each one for the himself, but in
Winter they come together in their homes
beside the streams where they have dam
med the water. He grows corn to feed
them, and finds that they eat 1t as readily
as hogs. Most of the time they forag,
for themselves. but feeding makes then
tame and easily caught. The beave
breeds rapidly, two to six in a litter, ant
often two litters in year. The skin o
the beaver is now worth $40 each, an,
next season he expects to furnish between
200 and 100 skins from surplus males
leaving the young and breeding female
to increase the flock. The flesh of tn
beaver, properly cooked, is an eXcellen
food.
The Somerset reporter., 1891-07-23
Free Public Library.

No Books viii be issued from tn Flee Publ c
library from Monday July - 10 MONDAY Aug.
but It will be open for receiving books DUR, <
that time. Hereafter but two cards VIII he
Issued to one family, and hut two books per
week to each card Fsmilis holding more
than two cards are requested 10 return the
surplus, sw2s.
By Order Of the Tru,tees.
r..1w
The Somerset reporter., 1891-07-23
.,nles' .,e,Ye ana liner 7oj7ls.

Aots on new neutrality-suspicious. tit liver,
stomach, and bowels fsr9As4 Tie neyges.
discovery. Or. Miles Pas speedily cure bilious.
Uneqgailrd tor men, women, children. sA.aI!est,
ms.te>, >ute>t = -:sss = :sa.i. samples tree Al
Ii. W. CUsAlnes.
The Somerset reporter., 1891-07-23

\ man never gets so bad but tia; he likes to
hear somebody say there is still some good in
him.
Ancreme "Wheu the trains struck they
were thoroughly teeseoptd,' skimmlns. You
mean colhde-oseopep.
The Somerset reporter., 1891-07-23

"Why have you got tina, string around your
finger 7" TO remind me that have forgotten
what my wife told me to buy"
A Contribution to the Century Dictionary
She why do you call this manuscript n
spring poem He. Because it alsyas flies
back when it's opened"