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The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1892-09-08

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The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1892-09-08

THOMAS w. HYDE, of Bath,
WILLIAM NJ. NASH, of Cherryfeld.
First District. Z. NJ. dooDALL, of sanford.
Second Dist, NJ. c. WEpGEwooD. of Lewiston
Third District, A. w. WILDEs, OF Skowhegan
Fourth Dist. RODNEY c. PENNEY. of Monsoon.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1892-09-08
MIR. BLAINE;
Writes Il Ringing letter.
TARIFF. RECIPROCITY AND \ sol Nd
CURRENCN THE ISSUES

The following letter from Hon. lame,
6. Blaine to Chairman ManlcH Of the
Republican State committee. WIS made
public Wednesday:
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1892-09-08
Volume 50.

ENTERED AS SECOND CLASS MAIL NATTER,
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1892-08-19
THE DEMON OLE rnE GnRGE. Z.

81 caught the Alaska gold fever last
summer, and left San Francisco with a
small party of fortune hunters bound
Sitka," said w. H. Trowbridge at the
Laclede. 1--WE went up into the
mountains and prospected for some
weeks without much success, and at last
fell in with party of Indians who re-
lated marvellous stories of rich placer
mines some forty miles further on. They
said, however, that the mines were stu
ated in narrow valley, whose only en-
trance was guarded by demon, upon
which neither the arrow of the Indian
nor the bullet of the paleface had any
effect. My companions were somewhat
superstitious, and, despite my urging,
declined to accompany me to the new
Ell Dorado. They promised, however,
to wait a week for my return, and taking
supply of provisions and my Win
chester, set out alone. 1t was just sun
rise when l descended into the valley
Everything was as quiet as the gIave
and there was no sign of the demon
guards, but l felt that 1 was in the
presence of danger. Ny nerves were so
unstrung that shook as with the ague.
sat down on rock with my rifle across
my lap, and kept keen lookout. sud-
denly felt myself thrown from the rock,
there was an unearthly shrek and was
rolled down steep declivity so quickly
that 1 did not get plimpse of my
assailant. l felt that it would never do
to 90 back to camp without the scalp of
the inhospitable brute, whatever it might
be, so scrambled back. There was not
so much as crow IN sight. / walked
around the rock, rifle in hand, and
peered into every nook and Granny, but
could find nothing. Suddenly the thing
leaped upon my back, bore me down and
again rolled me into the shallow gorge,
while the hills rang with its hooking
laughter was panic stricken. l be-
gan to have great respect for the judg-
ment of the Indians and the fears of my
superstitious companions. l had evil
IDENTIFY been assaulted by an invisible
spirit. ] was afraid to rise lest the
terrible thing would again attack me.
While l lay there debating what to do,
grinning, ape-like face peered over the
ledge of rock. In moment my courage
came back to me. The face drew back.
l brought my rifle to full cock and
waited. Again the face appeared. l
fired, and the creature sprang into the
air with bullet through the brain. 1t
was an old Indian-so hideous, so
horribly deformed that Calihan would
have scorned to call him brother. laid
the ghost out, but found no gold.
81. Louis Globe Democrat
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1892-08-19
HIS MASSIVE brow.

The man had broad, intellectua al
brow, and the general shape of his head
indicated unusual mental acumen. He
was a contractor and had called at the
house of the Walnut Hills land baron to
receive final directions for the rebuild
ing and renovation of the house. He
talked with the mistress for an hour,
and now that she had finished he hest
tated to depart.
"Well?''
He started at the sound of the ladys
voice.
Excuse me, am"
He moved uneasily in his seat.
Excuse my boldness, but as a matter
of protection to myself would like to"
He famed himself with his hat.
'To get the approval of the boss"
The mistress showed signs of irri-
tation.
MY husband" she declared warmly,
"has no wish other than my own.,'
The contractor bowed respectfully.
81 haven't doubt of it, ma am" he
rejoined.
Still he waited, while the impotence
of the lady grew apace.
"Well," she petulantly exclaimed,
after a pause, eff it pleases you 1 will
oGnO lOl HILL
Presently the husband came. He was
irritated, too.
II certainly approve the plans" he
said, severely.
The contractor bowed again.
But I'd feel much easier" he
faltered, ''if l knew the boss liked
them"
Man and wife looked at each other in
blank astonishmant
''HaYent you the word of the boss, as
you call him?" hotly demanded the
owner of the house.
The contractor shook his head.
'WhO, then?'
81 saw her in the kitchen, as 1 came"
"The hired girl?''
AS the contractor nodded they could
not fail to notice that his brow was
broad and intellectual and that the
general shape of his head indicated I'M
usual mental acumen.-Cincinnah Com
mercidL Gazette.
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1892-08-19
WHAT A WOMAN CAN DO.

She can come to conclusion without
the slightest trouble of reasoning on it,
and no sane man can do that.
Six of them can talk at once and get
along first rate, and no two men can do
that.
She can safely stick fifty pins in her
dress while he is getting one under his
thumb nail.
She is cool as cucumber in half a
dozen tight dresses and skirts, while a
man will sweat and fume and growl in
one loose shirt.
She can talk as sweet as peaches and
cream to the woman she hates, while two
men would be punching each others
heads before they had exchanged ten
words.
She can throw stone with a curve
that would be fortune to a base ball
pitcher.
She can say "no'' in such a low voice
that it means Eyes"
She can sharpen lead pencil if you
give her plenty of time and plenty of
pencils.
She can dance all night in a pair of
shoes two sizes too small for her and en-
Joy every minute of the time.
She can appreciate a kiss from her
husband seventy years after the mar
riage ceremony is performed.
She can 90 to church and afterward
tell you what every woman in the con-
gregation had on, and in some rare in
stances can give you some faint idea OF
what the text was.
She can walk half the night with a
colicky baby in her arms without once
expressing the desire of numbering the
infant.
She can do more in minute than a
man can do in an hour and do it better.
She can drive man crazy in twenty.
four hours, and then bring him to para
die in two seconds by simply tickling
him under the chin, and there does moi
live that mortal son of Adams misery
who can do it.-PhtLddeLphid Times.
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1892-08-19
NEWS AND NOTES.

Samuel Gompers, president of the
American Federation of labor, has been
in Homestead on a secret mission. AS a
result of his mission, the entire strength
of his organization will be used to help
win the mems fight there. The 100000
members of the federation will be asked
to contribute money, to be vigilent in the
boycott of Carnegie material and to
prevent workmen from going to Home
stead.
Now that the new British Parliament
has assembled it might be well for John
Bull to order several hundred copies of
Tom Watson's campaign book for free
distribution among Queen Victoria's
noble lawmakers. The congressional
Jag is not entirely unknown in old
England.
Congressman Tom Watson of Georgia
is making use of the force bilp' clattel
of the Democrats in way which was
not anticipated by the latter. In a
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1892-08-19

Mr.. Jones has just taken a high de-
gree in secret society to which he be-
longs, and which carries on its meetings
in the still hours of the night and early
morning. 1t was a. m. when he
reached home and found Mrs. Jones,
contrary to custom, sound asleep.
Wake up, Maria" he shouted,
braudishing a new sword which had
been added to his regalia; "wake up and
congratulate me. am now a Prince of
Jerusalem.
Mrs. Jones sat up and looked at her
husband by the waning light of a 3
o'clock moon and the night lamp.
"Jeptha," she said, in a voice that
chilled him like a Manitoba wave in
January, when a man comes home at
this hour of the morning and says he is
Prince of Jerusalem, there is some
thing the matter with him, and he should
be treated accordingly"
And he was.-DetrOit Free Press.
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1892-08-19

speech this week at Thompson, Ca, he
poured derision upon the "force bilr'
issue in these words: "You heard lots
about the force bill am told that the
babies are put to sleep by saying force
billn am told that all the tired mules
and horses in this country are made to
go faster if you will say force bill'
How would you like it if 1 were to tell
you that the Democrats of the North
and East threatened the Southern Demo-
Gratis that if they passed the Free Silver
bill they would help to pass the force
bill on you? 1t has been bitterly denied,
but l stand here ready to prove it."
George Westinghouse, Jr.. the inven-
tor of the air brake that bears his name,
is very much interested in the attempts
of railway companies to increase the
speed of some trains. He said yester-
day: SIT is possible to make locomotive,
perhaps, which can run and draw train
at the rate of eighty miles an hour. That
has been done. But it isn't matter of
getting speed so much as it is a question
of slowing up. The problem of the fu-
ture, so far as fast travel is concerned, is
how to get trains under the quickest
control when they are running at high
rates of speed" Mr.. Westinghouse went
On W Sdy JlldJ III udu Deen ueHOuSlTdJeu
by experiments, conducted under his eye,
that under the most favorable circum-
stances the best that a brake could do
would be to slack train at the rate of
three and half miles minute. "Now,"
said he, 'supposing a train is going at
the rate of eighty miles an hour. The
engineer sees danger signal or an OBJ
struction 1000 feet ahead of him, which
is about as far as signals can be observ-
ed with reliance. He applies the best
possible brake under the best possible
conditions and yet he will be running
when he has passed over that 200 feet
at the rate of about fifty miles an hour.
So far as accident is concerned he might
as well be running eighty. The disaster
which would follow derailment or col
lision to train running fifty miles an
hour could be but little less than to one
running eighty"
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1892-08-19
THE MCKINLEY LAW DID IT.
1t Has Forced the Listers to Make Plush
in This Country The Head of the Firm
Has Moved His Household Effects
From England to jamestown.

1t Has Forced the Listers to Make Plush
in This Country The Head of the Firm
Has Moved His Household Effects
From England to Jamestown.
BUFFALO, August 11th.-Henry r.
Lister, the head of the big Lister firm of
plush manufacturers of Huddersfield,
England, is now a resident of this
country and the famous plush made by
the firm will hereafter be manufactured
in this country, the business having
been removed from Understood and
brought here in consequence of the
Mckinley law. There is great deal of
the Lister plush sold in this country,
where it is so well known that it's asked
for more than the goods of any other
firm. Mr.. Lister has been in the United
States for several months preparing for
the manufacture of the plush, and big
factory will soon be in operation at
jamestown. Recently Mr.. Lister sent to
England for his family and household
goods, and this morning he went to the
Custom House and cleared twenty-five
cases containing his personal effects,
with which he will furnish his home in
jamestown.
1--WE were compelled to come to this
country" said he, because of the in
creased duty on the goods of our manu-
facture. The plush we make is so ex-
tensively sold in this country that we
found we could better afford to bring
the industry here and employ workmen
and do the work here than we could give
up the American trade altogether. Our
foreign trade will be taken care of by a
branch house in Huddersfield. We have
not entirely given up the manufacture of
pushes in England by any means, but
the main factory has come here, and
most of the work will be done at James
town. Just how many people we will
employ l cannot say now, but the
chances are they will number several
hundred.
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1892-08-19

The "funny men," So
called, what vii! they do with
the new Gnteh-a0n0lng
Waterbury watch? 1t spolls
one of their best Jokes. 1t
winds in about five seconds.
Like any good stem-winder.
Coin-silver and gold filled
cases with jeweled move
ment now make it elegant
and beautiful. 1t was always
all accurate timekeeper.
1t is a low-priced- watch
still; far better than any
cheap Swiss watch.
Botn ladies and .:eDIlemen's styles
nre SOLD bS NIL JuSTe!crs. ..
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1892-08-19
HAVE You READ

How Mr.. w. D. Wentz of Geneva, N. Y,
was cured of the severest form of Dys-
pepsia' He says everything he ate
seemed like pouring melted lead into
his stomach. Hoods Sarsaparilla eff.
fected perfect cure. Full particulars
will be sent if you write G. l. Hood &
Co., Lowell, Mass.
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1892-08-19

'Why, didn't you notice it? Just as
soon as that young man began to sing
every other member of the choir stopped.
But he went right through with it, and 1
must say, admire his spunk. Wash
inqtOn Star,
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1892-08-19

When Baby was sick, we gave her Castoria.
When she was Child she cried for Castoria.
When she became Miss, she chung to Castoria.
When she had Children, she gave them Castoria
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1892-08-19
HE WAS A sPUNKY FELLOW.

well" said Mrs. Bruggins after solo
by fashionable church choir tenor, "if
that amt the rudest thing ever sawl"
WHAT" inquired her neice.
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1892-08-19

The New York Herald thinks walk
ing delegates do not wear out as much
shoe leather as the striker who is looking
for job.
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1892-08-19

The highest praise has been won by
Hoods Pills for the easy, yet efficient
action.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-10-13

of modern times is the true Christian
spirit which grows more and more from
day to day. Our greatest wonders are
our good men and good women. In the
ages of the past there was one great
philanthrop!st in half dozen centuries,
and for the next ten or twenty gener-
atoms he was the wonder Of history,
The people placed a halo around his
head and they wQyshiped him and won
dered at him. Now we have great
philanthropist in every town and a
dozen in every city. 1t took five hun
dred years to produce George Pea
body, and Peter Cooper would have
been an impossibility in any other age
than ours. That mans work is the
wonder Of modern times. His institu
ton has mothered a thousand other in
situations. From his example have
sprung hundreds of free libraries, hos
ptals, and schools. and the work of char
ity grows in an ever-increasing ratio as
the times go on.
Look at the men and women Of to-
day." DR.. Talmage went on. There
has never been such generation. Take
our women. A few years ago soft
flesh, a slender waist, polite languor,
q do-nothing- air were the elements Of
the so-called beautiful woman. Now
our girls pride themselves on being
strong. The roses OF health bloom in
their cheeks. They stand firm upon
their feet and swing their arms from the
shoulder. They have strong frames
ana healthy, well-trained minds. They
are the apostles of physical culture. and
every town has it's woman's gymnasium.
1t is the same with our young men. We
are developing stronger race, and
better race. This is mentally and
physically. The old saying that there
is no royal road to learning is a thing of
the past. Our children have such q
road, and it is an asphalt pavement
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-10-13
NUMBER 10.
A PETRlFIED HUMAN BODY.
1t Was Recently Found by Prospectors in
the Hills of South Dakota.

the Hills of South Dakota.
One of the most wonderful discOv-
cries ever recorded in the hills was
made recently by some parties about
ten miles north of Hot Springs, S. D.,
near Wind City, says the st. Louis
GlObe-DemOcrat. They were pros
pecting in the hills, and in coming
down into ravine saw what APP
peared to be a fossil of some kind,
similar to those found down in the
Bad lands, east Of there. They pro-
ceeded to unearth it, and to their
great astonishmentiound it to be the
petritication Of a man. The speci-
men is that OF a man from % to 30
years of age, well-formed and fully
developed physically. In height tits
6 feet i inches, and belongs to the
dolicephals or round-hcaded race or
human beings.
The foot, the left one, the right
foot being missing, must have worn
boot, as the big toe is very much
compressed inward and the toe nails
pressed fiat on the top, the contrary
to those wearing no boots. The left
al III 10 DIoNlSiiU uOWH uliC -SluC Wlbik
the hand resting on the abdomen,
The right arm has disappeared about
three inches from the shoulder, and
it certainly appears to have been lost
prior to the interment, for while the
left hand is securely cemented to the
body from the waist to the. finger
ends there is not the slightest trace
of the right hand in any way having
touched the trunk. Now with the
right foot it is the reverse, for the
heels have touched each other, and
with the disintegration of time the
right heel has carried with it por-
tion of the left on the extreme end.
The calves Of the legs are securely
cemented together. The lips and
eyes are closed.
On the left arm, extending four
inches above and three below, is what
appears to be a huge scar, probably
caused by an AK or cutlass, and under
the left ear is a small inciSion one
and one-ha t inches long, which looks
as If caused by knife or dagger.
The skin is perfect in minute lines,
and, except few peck marks, proba-
bly, caused by insects, is absolutely
perfect. 1t appears that the speci-
men is one of the Anglo-Saxon race.
as all the characteristics of an Indian
are wanting. There can be no doubt
but it is one of the most perfect pet
rfications ever discovered.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-10-13
The Insect-Eater.

One of the most curious and inter
esting plants is the nepenthes, or
"insect-eater." The peculiar forma-
ton Of the flower and the appendage
to the apex of the leaf likens it to a
pitcher-hencet the name. Connected
with the point Of this leaf-by means
Of a tendrll resembling straps a
tube, shaped somewhat like an an
tique vase. This will hold from half
a pint to pint of water. Over the
mouth of this tube or vase, or some
times thrown back from 1t, is leaf
resembling cover or lid. When the
tube or vase is fairly well filled with
a treacle-like fluid the lid opens and
insects are attracted inside by
the liquid, which apparently intoxi-
Gates them at the first taste, for they
Immediately fall over into the vase,
without power to remove themselves
from the gluey substance.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-10-13

every week in fifteen million families!
An author whose books sell by the
hundreds of thousands!
A lecturer who is now offered $4,000
for series Of talks!
An intellectual worker, the gray mat
ter of whose brain can produce from
$500 to 81, Goo a day the year, round!
This is the Rev. T. De Witt Talmage,
who stands before the people Of the
United States in as many different
lights as there are variations OF the
human mind To many he rs sincere,
godly and genuine. 70 others he APP
pears false, sacrilegious and a~humbug.
Ii the former he is most wonderful
|aposte if the latter, he is certainly a
most successful humbug, and in either
case he is by far the most interesting
character in the American pulpit to-day.
called upon him at his home in Brook
lyn the other day, and had three hours
Of most intele 5ting conversation with
him. went with him over his great
tabernacle, and chatted with him upon
. many subjects.
DIR. Tairuage's Home.
pr. TaImaga lives in a big, four story
trwn-stonc house, on the corner of
South Oxford and Calvert streets,
frooklyn 1t is in a good neighborhood,
and the house is perhaps the finest in
hebock. Passing up broad brown stone
steps, you enter a wide hall, the floor OF
which is Orcclain- tiled in blue and yell
low. black walnut staircase leads
rom the right OF this hall to the second
story, and at the left, just opposite this,
tn entrance to the parlor. This par
0T is about twenty-five feet long, and
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-10-13
Thunder Makes Beasts Nervous.

A lion tanner, named Lorange, who
was giving an exhibition of his skill
in a wild beast show at Leyallois-
Perret, some time ago, had a very
narrow escape. The air at the time
was heavily laden with electricity,
and the animals were in consequence
sullen and morose. Lorange entered
the cage, nevertheless, but when he
endeavored to put lioness through
her tricks the beast flew at his throat.
He succeeded in beating her off, but
she took second spring and fastened
on his arm, burying her teeth in his
flesh. Smelling blood, the other
lions became irritated, but Lorange
succeeded in keeping them at bay for
a few minutes, during which he
seized the lioness' throat with his
free hand and released the other arm.
He then beat a hasty retreat, and
was fortunate enough to get out of
the cage without further injury.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-10-13
Australian SOrcerY.

Among the natives Of Finke River,
Australia, if one falls sick or dies
they at once conclude he must have
been bewitched or bitten, or hurt by
the devil. At the same time they
can bewitch Others the old ones and
the medicine men fostering that be-
lief. For this purpose they employ Il
variety of agencies as charms, inclul-
ing implements Of wood and bonc>
which are thrown by the sorcerers in
the direction of their enemy to make:
him sick or kill him, tufts Of feath-
ers of the emu and eagle to give the,
wearers strength to kill their enc.
mics, and little implement, aboutsix,
inches long, Of bone or wood, worn
through the septum Of the nose, by
means of which they also think they
can hurt others.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-10-13

the expense of my congregational
labors and have never tried to make
money for moneys sake. The oppor-
tunit' es and the work have been forced
upon me. / have accepted them, be-
cause, in doing so, | believe that / am,
at the same time able to do good. l
refuse hundreds of offers for literary
work and lectures, because / have not
the time to give to them, and II,
as is often so, my prices for such
things are called high, they are forced
upon no one. and they are fixed
in general. not by me, but by bureaus
and agents through whom such business
is done for me. If | would, / could,
believe, have such engagements as
would net me 81 900 a day the year
through, and have now lying on my
study table ana offer of $150,C0o for Sc
ries of lectures. never lecture for less
than $500 or 81 COCOA night, and the lat
Ter is my regular price for the larger
cities. When charged 81 900 for going
TO Chicago TO lecture, the fact was made
q subject of comment by some of the
newspapers, who said that my action
was a nrercenary one. Why, l cannot
see. | did mot ask Chicago to call me
to lecture. and the receipts or the lee
ture. which was held in the Auditorium,
were. / understand, $4,000 in excess OF
the amount paid me. | get numbers OF
requests from small places offering me
$500 a night to lecture. As it is, l cant
accept NANNY Of these engagements,
though 1 try,to make one or two trips u
year. -
~How Go you do such an. amount OF
work. Doctor? Please tell me some
thing of your weekly labors.
NV weeks wary go that can hardly
do that. was the reply. II am engaged
nearly every day to speak, lecture or
nreaeh somewhere. I'm editor OF the