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The Somerset reporter., 1891-01-08
10 Poetry q Defunct Art?

Sculptors, singers. painters there must
always be; but need there be poets any
longer, since the world has discovered
how to say all it wants to say in prose
VIII any one who has anything of i'm
portance to communicate be likely for the
future, to communicate 1t through the
medium of metrical language? LARGE
number of thoughtful persons at the
present time are, undoubtedly, disposed
to answer In the negative, although a
certain deceny forbids them openly to say
so. Plenty cf clever people secretly re-
gard the Muse IS distinguished old lady
Of good family, who has been . beauty
aud Wit In her day, but who really rules
BY sufierauce only In thee years OF hel
decline. They whisper that she Ia sink
ing into second, childhood, repeats her
self when she convcft 81. and has exchang
ed her early liberal tastes for . love o,
what 10 puerile, ingenious. and fnikin.-
n ToeaA.
The Somerset reporter., 1891-01-08
A Voice from Colorado.

Dear Reporter:
Aud all old friends who msy
chance to read this, l join in wishing YOU
all Merry Christmas and Happy New
Year, and may we all live to enjoy many
more.
noticed in your last paper the amount
OF snow you have in your vicinity and al
up around my old home, Jsckman. | Can
lust imagine how the Christmas bells jim
gle and the sleighs creak over the frozen
snow and think of how MANY pleasant
rides have had there and wish could
enjoy one with you this Christmas. But
as can't must content myself by wish
ing you the pleasure of sleigh riding and
shoveing snow while have the pleasure
of continuously brushing dust, for the
streets here look more like July than
they do like December, and as for the
weather, it feels to day like day would
there in August. Ii is warm aud pleasant
and the children play out doors all dav,
without feeling the slightest coolness.
And the dust, There is no end to it,as
we have not had any snow or rain even
for several months, and when the sprlnk-
Ter don't get around for. day there
is nothing but dust dying when the teams
go along the streets.
Il would astonish some who have
never been out of Somerset Cou
to wake up and find thems out he 4
some morning; they would think the
world was coming to an end to see such
weather at this time Of the year More
than half of this month peop'c have sal
their plants out Of doors through ne day
In the sun, which they seem to enjoy a.
well as the rest of all Co!oraioisn-.
will now close wishing Won all hsp-
py and prosperous New Year aad all the
benefits of the Mckinley bill.
Yours,
W. ], HENDERSON.
Denver. Colo. Dec 90.
The Somerset reporter., 1891-01-08
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The Somerset reporter., 1891-01-08
Fron, ..A,ure's storensase.

Comes all the component parts of 8
s. S. There is no chemical nor anything
which comes from the chemists shop
con tanned in it. S. S. S. Is therefore q
perfectly safe and harmless remedy, yet
20 powerful is it that 1t has never failed
10 cure Blood Poison. Ii always cures
Scrofuls, if taken before some vital part
is so seriously impaired as to render .
cure impossible. 1t relieves Mercuriai
Rheumatism, and cues all sorts of Erup-
lions. Pinples. Blotches, etc, by eliminst-
ing the poison from the blood S. s. S.
mas cured thousands Of cases of Skin
Cancer, and many cases of Scirrhus Can
Ger. 1t is no experiment to take S. S. S.
Treatise on Blood and Skin Diseases
mailed free.
SWIFT SPECIFIC CO,
Atlanta, Ga.
The Somerset reporter., 1891-01-08
POETRY.
What the Chimney Sang.

Over the chimney the night wind sang
And chanted a melody no one knew;
And the woman stopped, as her babe she tossed
And thought of the one she had long since lost
And said as her tear drops back she forced,
81 hate the wind in the chimney"
Over the chimney the night wind sang
And chanted melody no one knew;
And the children said, as they closer drew,
"Tis some witch that is cleaving the black nigh
through
'Tis fairy trumpet that just then blew.
And we fear the wind in the chimney
Over the chimney the night wind sang
And chanted melody no one knew;
And the man as he sat on his hearth below,
Said to himself: at will surely snow,
And fuel is dear and wages low,
And Ill stop that leak in the chimney
Over the chimney the night wind sang
And chanted melody no one knew;
But the poet listened and smiled, for he
Was man, and woman, and child, all three,
And said at is Gods own harmony,
This wind that we hear in the chimney.
The Somerset reporter., 1891-01-08

An elderly lady and her daughter
stood on the elevated station at Twenty
third street awaiting an oncoming train,
upward bound. Don't try to take this
one" the daughter urged, its damned
full" The old lady cast a reproachful
look upon her younger companion and
mournfully remarked: There isn't 6
doubt about it's being full, but all the
same don't see any necessity of swear
ing about it."-New York Times.
The Somerset reporter., 1891-01-08

40, l cant see any fun In playing on
words, said the man in the big mack
intosh g'oonily.
a pm once cost me 500. COO
How vas liz
You nee dn'. gather round me. II isn't
much Of story. A fat old aunt had come
% visit Us. They told me to 20 in the par
ior and pay my respects | vas very
mart young man. went in aid told her
in CHEEKY, off-hand way that I had come
il to make my ooeisance to my obese aunt.
I lat > all there Is of It.
But how about the 500. o0o:''
She left it to her other nephew.n-Chi-
c1go Tribune.
The Somerset reporter., 1891-01-08

"You ray you heard both shots Aredp''
asked . Texas lawyer who was cross ex-
aiming q witness 10 q murder case.
Eyes, sab. b. ard both shots. Deg was
fired simultaneously sah."
"Are you sure Of It'll"
ayes, sab; bcfe OBJ EN- was fred stimuli
taneously. wasn't more dan forty fee,
OF at de time"
but on the direct examination you
swore the shots were 1red one after the
other, and now you say they were fret
simultaneously"
$50 dey was, sab; one after anpudder
Simultaneous like. "-Texas Siftings.
The Somerset reporter., 1891-01-08

Physicians make no more fatal mistake than
when they inform patients that nervous heart
troubles come from the stomach and are Of ..stle
consequence. DR.. franklin Niles, the noted
Indiana specialist, has proven the contrary, in
lis new book on Heart Disease, which may
De had free at II. ". Cushings's, who guaran-
tees aud recommends Dr.. Miles unequalled
New Heart Cure, which has the largest sale of
any heart remedy IN the world. Il cures ner-
Woes and organic heart disease, short breath,
hlttering, pain or tenderness in the side arm
ur shou Der irregular pulse. fsintinz smother
i;.s, 9r1psy, etc. His Restorative Sertine cures
headache, ITS, etc.
The Somerset reporter., 1891-01-08
HapIyV HOLSTERS.

Wm. Timmons, Postmaster Of Idavilla, Ind,
writes Electric Bitters has done more for me
than all ofher medicines combined, for that bad
feeling arising RON Kidney and Liver trouble"
john Leslie, farmer and stockmau, OF the same
place says Find Electric Bitters To be the 5est
kidney aui Liver medicine, made me feel like
a nav man W Gardner. hardware mer-
chant, same town, says Electric Bitters is Just
the thing for a man VINO is ali run down and
don't care whether he lives or dies; he found
new strength, good appetite and felt Just like he
mad new lease on life. Only dc bottle, at
Roland /. ratten 5, Drug Store.
The Somerset reporter., 1891-01-08

1t was in the C., II. and d. depot in
Cincinnati one day when one of the men
employed to oil the cars as they came in
accidentally fell under the wheels of a
moving coach and had his right leg and
hip crushed i'll IL horrible manner. He
WAS picked up and laid on some coats
spread on the platform, and a doctor
was soon on hand, He must have sui
fered intensely, but after the doctor had
examined him he coolly asked:
doctor, how bad is it,
Very bad, indeed"
will live"
Not more than ten minutes; you are
bleeding 10 death.
What time Is it, Jim" asked the man
of fellow employe,
Eleven tifty-five,' was the answer.
The children will bring my dinner at
sharp II. Some of you 81 up and stop
them. They mustn't see me die Poor,
motherleSs children-orphaus now
went to the door with the Others,
and we were just i'll time 10 stop boy
of S and girl of q from coming in. Each
had hold of the handle of basket con
tanning fathers dinner, and they were
smiling in anticipation of the greeting
they would receive. We sent them away
with false story about his having gont
home. and the eyes of both were tilled
with tears of disappointment. The echo
of their footsteps could still be heard OF
the pavement when the father breathet
his last.-New York Sun.
The Somerset reporter., 1891-01-08

Caller-What do you think of the Ber-
lin idea of uniforming reporters?
American Editor-Put reporters in
uniform. Nonsense! Uniformed report
ers would be Of no more use in detecting
crime than 30 many pohceman.-Nev
York Weekly. =,
The Somerset reporter., 1891-01-08

yelled Take Kemp's Balsam, the best
cough cure" | always do when | hear a man
cough, and cant help it 1t saved me and it
wi. cure YOU was threatened with pneumo-
MIA last winter and il broke itup. 1t helps the
children out when their throats are sore, cures
their coughs. and tastes So good. The first dose
helps YOU. SO writes A. X. Arnold, engineer
III the West Shore Ry., at Canajoharie, N. Y
The Somerset reporter., 1891-01-08

THIS is the rrsa: problem in lie which few
satisfactorily solve. some IA. because Of poor
a,-.:1. Others W.r; Il luck, 81 tae ma 6rity
from w4L; @! g-i'-wlut u uerse. Taey are
nervous, irreso.-te, chan <sz5le, easily ge, the
-.les, and take tn spirits down, TO keep the
>P.rl's up, thus wasting money. tine. oppor-
t4uity and nerve ilrce. There Is nothing ike
the Restorative Nervine, discovered BY the grea,
specialist ur, Miles. 10 cure all nervous dis
eases, such headache. TIE blues, nervous
DEo>tr4;.0l, sisep!essuess. neuralgia, St Nitgs'
Dance, nts and tys;eria. Ira. bottles and tine
book Of testimonials fee At Il. W. Cushing's
The dentist is much sough, man. for he als
IN a.-!lg y....
The Somerset reporter., 1891-01-08

Acts on a new principle-regulating the liver,
stomach, and bowels through tie nrr1es A new
discovery. Dr. Miles Pills speedily bilious
UneGualled for men, women, children. Smallest,
nildest, surestl So cssss Is cents Samples tree at
Ii. W. Cushing's.
The Somerset reporter., 1891-01-08

The city Of indianapolis. Indiana ia
flooded with o. counterfeit silver certin-
Gates Of the issue Of 1883. Treasury Agent
Carter has notified the public to refuse Ill
| o. bills Of this eefies mentioned.
The Somerset reporter., 1891-01-08

$ d. Van Buskirk, OF Damer-st, n. J., says:
apr David kennedy's Favorite Remedy, Of Rond-
out, y. Y. has cured our daughter of Brights
Disease alter all ether means had tailed. She
so swollen that she measured IS inches around the
waist and Is inches below the knee. To say that
we feel thankful Tor such boon as Favorite Rem.
edy is but poor expression.
The Somerset reporter., 1891-01-08

The best Sa.ye in the world for Cuts, Bruises
Sores. Ulcers, Salt EEctm, Fever Sores, letter,
Chlpred Hands, Chiaiaiu,, C1rns, and all skin
Erapiions, aua positively cure, piles, or no pay
required. l. Is guaranteed 70 give perfect salts
action. or money refunded. Price p cents per
aux For sale bv Roland I. Pstten.
The Somerset reporter., 1891-01-08

Sometimes man becomes such victim to
drink that even the hopes Of his friends are
liss4pateG.
The Somerset reporter., 1891-01-08
.1Eies, .1e,ye and Ziyey 1Dlik..

The sailor is a generous soul. He is willing
that ANYBODY should take his watch.
The Somerset reporter., 1891-01-08

The most bashful girl ever heard Of was tbs
young lady who blushsd when she was asked II
she had not been counting sleep,
The Somerset reporter., 1891-01-08
Il FdfaI .3IS'0ke.

People are always ready to applaud SUGGEST
especially il j; is their own.
The Somerset reporter., 1891-01-08
He Yelled kemp's saisnm

Never 10 a wrong act, my son, or you may b
tempted 10 lie, and lying IS Il sin.
The Somerset reporter., 1891-01-08
LIoH 10 ,yncceea.

4 hen is Ike the British .rnPire-her son
ret.r ss...
The Somerset reporter., 1891-01-08

Goldfish Quiet" says the market report. Yet
they are represented in many balls on Sunday.
The Somerset reporter., 1891-01-08
Ayers SarsapariIIa

DR.. J. C. AVER & CO., Lowell. Mass.
Price I'll ~ bot,.e-, e.. Worth e. bottle
The Somerset reporter., 1891-01-08
How tc Get the N st Good Out Of
Books.

Denver. Colo, Dec. 80.
The Somerset reporter., 1891-01-08
FOR ERUPTIONs

And all disorders originating III nnpurity Of
the t.4o6. such A. hp!ls eaFhGDc!es. pimples.
h.9tche.. ssli-rhe9ui. scald -ilezd. scrofulo1s
:. l.. I'D LIZ. ILEa t.l.e only
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1891-07-18
Application to Cut Timber From the
Public Domain.

The undersigned hereby gives no
tice of his intention to make applica-
ton to the Honorable Secretary of
the Interior for permission to cut for
the benefit of settlers in the county
and for merchandise purposes timber
growing on that part of the public
domain contained within the territory
bounded by the following lines Com
mencing at a point S miles south of
where Dempsey creek empties into
the Portneuf river, running thence 3
miles west, miles in south carter
~ direction, then 3 miles east, thence
6 miles north easterly to the point of
beginning, all of which is unsurveyed
land situated in Bingham County,
Idaho. NATHAN II. COFFIN,
McCammon, June -, 1891.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1891-07-18
Different Kinds Of Gold.

"Most people suppose" says an as
sayer. ''that all gold is alike when re-
fined, but this is not the case. An ex-
perienced man can tell at a glance from
what part of the world a gold piece
comes, and in some cases from what part
Of particular gold district the metal
was obtained. The Australian gold. for
instance, is distinctly redder than the
California, and this difference in color is
always perceptible, even when the gold
is 900 fine. Again, the gold obtained
from the placers is yellower than that
which is taken directly from the quartz
Why this should be the case is one Of
the mysteries of metallurgy, for the
placer gold all comes from the veins
The Ural gold is the reddest found any
where
Pew people know the real color of
gold, as it is seldom seen unless heavily
alleged. which renders it redder than
when pure. The purest coins ever made
were the fifty dollar pieces that used to
be common in California. Their coin
age was abandoned for two reasons:
First. because the loss of abrasion was
SO great, and, secondly, because the in
terror would be bored out and lead sub
stituted, the difference in weight being
too small to be readily noticed in so
large a piece. These octagonal coins
were the most valuable ever struck. -
New York Tribune.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1891-07-18
Sick Room yaearIe..

at is curious to notice the moral effect
of illness upon people, said prominent
physician the other day For instance
among my patients are preacher who
swears when he is sick and gambler
who prays A successful and well
known business man will not 90 to his
bed when illness attacks him because Of
morbid fear that he will never rise
from it again. A lady of not the prettiest
character has all her jewelry and fine
dresses laid on the foot Of her bed. | sup.
pose to keep her mind from terrifying
thoughts. A hundred other peculiari-
ties are developed, but the most remark
able one to ms is that Of a professional
man who reads up in current literature
when he is really seriously i'll because he
hasn't time to do 1t WIZ: .e's vel. -
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1891-07-18
Unexplained.

In Captain Kings Trial of Staff
Officer an amusing story is told of Gen
eral Upton, who was at one time CON-
mandant of cadets at West Point. The
commandments tent was great place for
fighting battles over again.
One day six or eight of us were gath
cred there. and the floor was held by one
of those blatant gentlemen who, having
graduated before the civil war, and hav-
ing had just as good chance as the gal
liant band of ambitious young lieuten-
ants who rose to be generals, had pre-
ferred the safety, ease and slow promo
ton of mastering and disbursing duty.
and whose only brevet was for the ser
vice of the recruitment of the armies of
the United States"
For some reason or other such men
have often been prone TO disparage the
services of successful men, aud to at
( tribute the promotion over their heads
of such soldiers as Upton and Custer to
political influence. So Major - was
on this day holding forth about luck in
the line, ending with this startling state
ment:
We'll, now, Upton's another instance.
OF course, don't mean to say but what
you fought all right, old fellow, when
You got chance, but you won't deny
that there were fellows who went
through the whole war with the regu-
lars, stuck to their regiments or bat
teries, got wounded time and again, and
only got brevet; but here you are a
lieutenant colonel, and never got
scratchy'
Considering the fact that Upton had
been wounded in three different engage
ments. he might have been excused for
making pointed reply, but he only
smiled quietly. as he sat writing at his
/ desk, and said:
/ well. there are lots Of men who think
i just as you do, I've no doubt"
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1891-07-18
NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that the I'm.
dersigned will apply to the Honorable
Commissioner of the General Land
Office for permission to cut growing
and dry timber from that parJof the
unsuryeyed public domain described
rs follows, to-wit Being situated near
the east boundary OF Oneida county,
State of Idaho, in what is known as
the Mink creek Basin, bound on the
south by what is known rs Dry Fork
canyon, on the north by what is known
us the narrows and Mink Creek Can
yon, on the east by wha. is known as
the Divide between said Basin and
Bear Lake, on the west by what is
known as Trail Hallow and Little Dry
Canyon or Old Mill Fork. Contain.
ing in all about eight (S) sections oil
land for the purpose Of supplying the
settlers in the the vicinity or neigh
borhood of said land with building
material to improve their homesteads
etc, in conformity with law.
NELSON Curtis 4 Go.
Preston, Idaho, June 18th, 1891.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1891-07-18

Fox blades were celebrated all through
the Sixteenth and Seventeenth centuries
for their excellent temper, and mention
Of them is frequent in English drama.
This is their history: There was Ger.
tain Julian del Rel, believed to be a
Morisco, who set up forge at Toledo in
the early part of the Sixteenth century
and became famous for the excellence Of
his sword blades, which were regarded
rs the best Of Toledo. That city had
for many ages previous been renowned
for sword making. it being supposed that
the Moors introduced the art, as they did
60 many good things, from the east.
Julian del Refs mark was a little dog,
which came to be taken for a fox, and
so the 'fox blade" or simply fox for
any good sword. See Henry "" act
w., scene 4. "Thou diest ON point Of
fox" The brand came to be initiated in
other places, and there are Solingen
blades Of comparatively modern manu-
facture which still bear the little dog Of
Julian del Rel. Notes and Queries.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1891-07-18

THE News copies an article to-day
from the Nampa Leader which is a
STARTER if it be true, and, so far rs we
know, there has been no denial of the
allegations therein. We trust that the
charges made are not true. We should
regret to know positively that any
state official of the new state of Idaho
was engaged in filling his pockets
FROM the poorly paid purses of female
teachers of the east maybe widows
with children or young ladies with
aged parents TO help and support. Tx
Supt. Moody and Supt. Harroun should
speak out in this matter and let the
people in TIE back part Of the meet
ing know what is going on in the first
part OF the meeting.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1891-07-18

ONO has been heard from. Gov.
Campbell was renominated ON the first
ballot and placed upon broad and
liberia! platform. The race in the Buck
eye State will scatter its dust ON the
great national race Of 1892 and will
have much TO do with results of that
election. 1t IS the Mckinley bill
against the field Hamilton county in
which Cincinnati is situated opposed
the nomination Of Governor Campbell
but now that he is nominated ell oppo.
sition ceases and he viii he supported
by all democrats with hearty good
will