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Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1892-12-18
AFTER his THE DEUCE

/: has become evident that no;kins
can ccme OF the Monetary Conference
which uill aid the cause Of bi-metal-
ism in the slightest deg-ee. Enclapd
remains obstinate in her aitachmen,
TO The single gold standard ard her
influence dominates the Continental
1at'ons'n a very great degree.
What, then. 10 the next step! Silver
Is alTead, feeling the influerce OF The
Coming failure Of negotiations and is
dropping 10 all th. monetary ceniers
Of The world Senator Hill. OF Ses
York, has introduced a lii for The
absolute REPEAL oi tie silver purchase
hill OF 1850, aud the probabilities arc
that !: will pass, ard the purchase OF
silver 1y the United States Govern.
meDt lie done AWAY with.
When this happens the eyes Of The
gold mono. melallists ia England will
10 opened aod their ideas OF Hnarce
will receive a very rude shock The
situation, crudeIy expressed, will Le
this: Eoglaud has The whole world
10 debt u her, in one way or another.
and insists upon being paid in g old.
and 10 nothing else. There is rot
enough gold in the world TO pay these
debts, and Eugland refuses 10 take
silver. Abe consequence will lie that
che will STAND a chance VI getting
nothing.
1t is very Obvious that a creditor
sbo holds the notes Of n bankrupt 10
40 better OF il those notes are payable
in geld than II payable in any other
metal or currency. and that 10 the 20
sitioD in which tho creditor claes Of
England must fird itself. The United
States has kept silscr on it's lpgs rs
money, ~ least u y certain extent,
but ae have played catpaw for Eng.
laod long enough. Let the d.luge
rome. for there is no country in tho
world that can stand il rs we'll as the
United States, aud none where II will
he 60 disastrous as 10 Great Bri,aiu.--
rs. +. Post.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1892-12-18
Frozen TO Death.

Samuel Hunt, a Gold Hill prospec.
tor. ras frozen TO death, wednesiay
night, 10 Palmyra, An old miniug
camp in this Como mountains east OF
Dayton. Hunt and q Companion left
Dayten Wednesday noon on foot With
supplies TO do some assessment work
on the summit There vas about
three feet Of snow on The ground and
Hunt gave out when within n milo
and n hall Of Palmyra, but his CON.
pauion went on aud gave out also
nesr o cabin occupied 10y two miners,
His cries attracted their attention
aud they went 10 the relief Of tbs I'M
fortnnsis uen. Hunt wns found
along the Trail s,iil nlise but uncon.
scious and died soon after being taken
10 shelter, lie was well known ON
the CoDstock a e a sober, aod indus.
Lrjons mintr. He left no family.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1892-12-18
1HE

The Hawthorne Bulletin says that
the 6nt act OF the coming Assembly
will b the r-psal OF the act passed
b. The isst Legislature limiting the
session 10 forty days and the adoptioa
W 4 ,oiut resolution TO adjourn on or
before 10 day from the date ot meet
Jog. After this there will 10 a nuii-
Fcdtio1 Of tie State Board OF Eauali-
zltion Law and the consideration Of
proposed Constitutional Amendments.
The editor o! the Bulletin will 10 a
nsnber OF the next Assembly and
will have al opportunity 70 labor for
the REFORMS be advocates. II the
mobilization az the State Board OF
Assessors and Equalization Law is all
that the ueIt Legislature does with
that unjust measure, it will prose 70
the people u this part u the Stat.
that tho Silver party With its over
NhslmiuS majority q 10th branches
- under the same influences and o
trolled by the same powers that have
made other Legislatures a stencil in
she nostriIs Of the decant people Ut
tho State Nothing but the wiping
OF that COOPERATION law from tho
statute books will convince the PIX
pie that the railroad attorneys, pro-
mo.ers and lacksys who iocked 10 the
Silver party as soon as its banner Vas
raised. do not control il as absolutely
as 1t did its predecessor, the RepuU.i
can party.
The Bulletin also SAWS:
There is no need VI a bi ennial
session. The sagebrush pArliarnsr,
should MT meet oitener than mecca.
sary 10 elect a United States Senator.
The number OF county governments
should DO diminished. this Sat
ought u b, divided into seven coun-
ties and thereby dispose with oue-tal.
OK tho present eIp+ns-. The Stale
shouil assume ths various equity
Indebtedness and force the present
counties 70 contribute their share To
wards its payment"
There will be 20 saving 1 the peo
PIE o! the State by reducing the NUM-
Der Of countieA- The excuses OF a
citizen in going To a county seat tao
or three hundred miles distant 10
transact his Necessary business would
IN meat cases amount 10 macy time
more than the reduction IN his taxes.
made by the consolidation OF coup-
::es. This scheme uas before the
people OF the State two years ago and
Eas almost universally cundenred.
IL reirenchnent in State sad Courty
governments IS a. BE- the zaich~orj
o; the next Legislature, il can D.
better accom-. Iish-d By amending
tie Constitution 81 as 10 abolish ali
useless Offices and reducing salaries
than i: Cen by Consolidating c1un.ies-
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LAcKwEL DURHAM TOBACCO CO., Durham, N. c.
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"Your Work In Life"

A series Of 10 articles by ruccessfui
men in ne many pursuits 10 ole OF the
many strong groups " articles which
are announced in The Youths Com.
pdnion for 1869. "II,e BraYeet Deed
ever Saw" is the ,opic VI another
series by United States Generals.
The prospectus FOR the coming year
of The Companion is more varied md
generous than ever. those vino sub.
scribe ut oncc will receive the paper
Ire. to Jan. !. 1850, mud for n full year
from Tint date. Only sl.75 a year.
Address The Youths COMPANION,
Boston Mass.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1892-03-24
The Ne gro's Humor.

FROM an s,,icl. bv G,loraI Rfcbs-3 "
J7hns,nr on .tNiddje C,sa-ets Rnrs1 10 =,
IN In Cen,nTy for Nsre1 w4Sn1te =.
lows
Among the old. time negroes in the r..
gion thAt W. bsye been considering vs..
mnch Of s burl1r verv interesting Tb4ir
sneecs. nv constant con,sct win tae
whit. mst'. which il sought to jrits,e.
hsd cnr,nfss snd yiyaci,y rry4r bes-d
ON la-oe .-srosr1 sr8 riyt- rlsn,s,ions
In Inc uph.ne.s of tn negro. hes-t
win an Imagination tbst never sousbt IA
ne cur6ed, Lls words and III l-oor.me-
often bsd a fun a. rscy a. spy lover q
mat article rea,oasbly could y..b 10 So
Even his coupIsiutugs. ofteDer tLsp
otherwise. were put f5rth w..a resent.
nlent 20 peculiar IS - provoke a. We
laughter as sympathy. Witness the fol.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1892-03-24
Spare Ribs vs.. Poetry

"Hepzibsh Mehtsble," he said. looking
down on the fair young girl who stood
by his side and in a modest and refined
nature was family showing like the warm
tipge that spreads itself over the petals of
q rose that opens to genial sunshine of
June morning. "Hepzibah Mehitable,
will you marry ms2"
I'm So"
Pause, sweet one, and consider before
and reply. Think how admirably our ma
lures are suited to each other. You are
all soul. So am l. Be mine. and let mt
create for you an earthly paradise. where
you will dwell secure from all the care:
tina. fret and weary the lives Of thos,
who know not loves gentle ministrstions
Existence is not fairer in the Gardens OF
the Hesperides than yours will be. As
sociatiug with mind forever Quiverins
under and responding to the highest poet
ic impulses, your own nature will expanC
and blossom and bloom with new
beauty"
I'm sorry, but I've promised TO MARI,
the butcher"
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1892-03-24
Lifting an Elephant



London has been enter-sined lately by
feats of strength that are certainly re
markable and probably unsurpassed in
modern times. First there was man
named Ssndow, who was an enormously
powerful man; he was succeeded oy
Sampson, and he II turn by al Irsh.Am.
ericsn named Sullivan. Curiously, the
three names begin with the letter 5,
which is also the initial Of strength
and of the Greek word for strength
(sthenos} sullivan the latest conner, is
thirty years of age stands feet : iuches
III height, and weighs lbs pounds HI
appearance presents little thai is unusual
in the way of muscular development, and
hi- hiceps are 1t Their very large nor won
derfullg rigid. 1t Is in MS neck and jaw
that his strength chiefly lies, and the ma
jority of his tests are such as bIing this
popularity into special prominence At
an exhibition given in London. he fsstep
ed chain to 80 pound weight, and the
other end being gripped between his teett
swung himself round and round until tn
twlrllng chain assumed nearly hollZ u
tai line. The feat was repeated with tn,
weight doubled, and as the performer
with both bands to his hips, and usinl
every sinew IN his frame, swirlei rounC
and round, the audience wondered witt
anxiety what would hsppen If one of the
links should fly asunder. The most re
msrkable feat, however, that Sullivan
performed was the lifting of an elephant
by his teeth. 1t was "paby,' It's true
but it weighed about lso0 pounds, and
was lifted clear three inches from the
ground. its whole weight pendent from
the jaw Of the man above. Sullivan was
not succ, s>ful in sn attempt TO oresk q
chain with his arm, having injured this
limb en- the previous night. He succeed
ed, however in proving thst his proves
was not entirely confined 10 tests with
his teeth, by lifting barrel Of water
weighing $50 pounds, with the middle
finger of his right hand.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1892-03-24
Resolutions of Respect,

Whereas great Ruler of the uni
verse has. in his infinite Wis ION. remov-
ed from our midst our estet med brother.
Milford A. Goodrich, worthy secretary of
Bingham Grange. and
Uhereds-The intimate relation held by
him with the members of this grange,
makes it fitting that We record cur ap-
probation of his worth, therefore,
RtSolred-Thst the removal of such s
man from our grange, ana from the com.
munity, lesyes vacancy that will long be
felt by all.
Resolred-Thst with deep sympathy
with the attl cted relstiv, and friends OF
the deceased, We express our earnest hope
that even so great bereavement may be
overruled for their highest good.
R,solr d-Thst copy Of these resolu.
tons be spread upon our records, copy
be sent to the family of our deceased
brother. and one each be sent to the
Maine Farmer, Lewiston Journal and So
MERsET REPORTER, for publication.
ALBERT BtRkE
c. NJ. HILL Committee
DAVID WHIrPLE
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1892-03-24
The Baby S Guardian

A gentleman in Connecticut took not
long ago q collie from the Lothisn Ken
nels at Stepney. The dog, sitter the fash
ion OF his kind, soon made himself one
of the family and assumed special re
sponsibilities in connection with the
Youngest child, girl three Years OF age.
1t happened one day in November that
the father was returning from drive,
and, as he nesred his house, he noticed
the dog in q pasture, which was separated
bv stone wall from the rosd. From be
hind this wall the collie would spring up,
bark and then jump down sgsiu, con
stsutly repeating it. Leaving his horse
and going to the spot, he found his little
girl seated on a stone with the collie way
gng his tail and keeping guard beside
her In the light snow their path could
he plainly seen. and a. he traced it osck,
he saw where the little one had walked
several times sround su open well in the
pasture. Very close to the brink Were
the prints of the baby shoes, but still
closer on the edge of the well were the
tracks of the collie, who hsd evidently
Kept between her snd the well. | need
not tell YOU the feelings of the father as
he saw the fidelity of the dumb creature,
walking between the child and what might
otherwise have been s terrible death -
Our Dumb Animals.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1892-03-24
DANA'S ABSOLUTELY CURES DlSEA
Padet ewski's Childhood.
March Century

Our artist passed the early years of
childhood in the country. lie was
motherless, hut him by the hand kind
Nature took" She showed him her grs-
cious silence, her sounds of forest. tt II
and brook, her stir of living growth, her
various skies and motions. To this first,
best music lesson his Imagination owes
much of its objective material.
From earliest Infancy he could "hesr
At three he stole to the piano to touch the
keys and to listen. AT six he began to
study The teacher was fiddler who
helped out his living by giving lessons on
the piano, which he could not pisy. II
did not even occur to him to bestow upon
his pupil that peculiar treasure Of his own
instrument, the power of recognizing
tones. But it was not necessary. Young
Ignace knew the pitch of every sound he
heard. He could identify not only the
notes in every chord, but each separate
set of vibrations that goes to make up
that variable compound We call tone. Il
must hear them because try to color my
Tone said he, when the writer put the
question: and added, Il do that largely
with the pedal
The creative instinct was alive in hin
as soon as he could think al all. de die
not long to stir his fancy by singing snc
playing the literature of music, but tc
make the music himself-to express his
ideas aud emotions through his own mu
steal forms After year or two another
teacher was engaged, an old man who
came down into the country once S
month. He had as little notion of tech
mic as his predecessor He thought il
sufficient to bring with him collection
of four and six-hsnded pieces, pot pour
rs from popular operas,-which the lttl,
boy and his sister played at sight. There
his instruction euded. The children wer,
left to find their own way among tn,
keys, and to stumble as they went Blu
though genius may stumble, it does no
stick in the bog. art" says Emerson
sis the path of creator to his work,
aud certainly genius is the faculty o
making a short cut thither. Within. /
possesses the image of the object to b'
arrived at clear and bright; and 1t hs
the woodmsn's instinct by which
threads the jungle of ways and mesns
The young student always knew what h
wanted to do; he played, listened, com
pared, and thought till he found tn
right way.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1892-03-24
SKOWHEGAN, MAINE, THURSDAY NOON,

hands with him And he said he wanted
to come up and see you
D0rry peeped through crack and saw
the fierce scOwl Oh Ken's face.
well, that's what / call cheek - said
Ken. He'd better not come near me
IN getting 80 strong | can soon be q
match for him or any other fellow"
Ken held his hand-which was far less
white and transparent than 1t had been
up to the light. But Dorry, watching,
saw his face soften. She hoped it would.
Every thing seemed different since her
feeling had changed SO about Phoebe
Pringle.
Aunt Betty, who was also an invalid,
and liked to hear the news, called to her
from her room
Anything new, DorryS"
80, Aunt Betty everything new, . cried
Dorry, out OF her full heart new and
beautiful. The newest thing in the world
Spring
Ken's face, seen through the crack of
the door, frightened.
"I-I-ssy, Burr, that fellow can come
up If he wants to-
And then, as Burr looked wonderingly
al him, Ken evidently grew little shame
faced. Ken Was boy still, in spite of
suffering.
at isn't as If l couldn't get square
with him again soon, you know-now
that the Spring Is coming he said
Miriam Barstow, In March Wide Awake.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1892-03-24
A story About Stewart 8.

/ A number II persons serted 10 he PSF
Tor Of Hal n house were taking about
New York. rica men. both The dead al d
living, dividing mem INTO two cla--r-
the philsnthropie aAi the other KIND.
When they came - A. ! Stewart there
Wa quite al srpumenf. Fibs ly The host
ess -aid
Il didn't know Nj Ste9art per-snslIy
and am not In Procession u faet- ~
which 10 base al op.r.o T. ~ b. ms0-
ner Il tres'ibg person- sud irs'lt1t on
deserving Of financial a. -tstce. nj /
can say that once had a valuable pre-.
ent from the house Of A I S.evsrt -
"A present. What was Il. q Aalf
dozen demsnfed.
&C me win me aud T. sh1w = ~
you " said the ho-t's- and -te ID III
way upstsir- INTO what s8e called nsr
spare room. l. wa= al old fashioned
room, with tai -fo-'ed msAogsny bed
stead add other furniture 70 match. Up
on The floor Wa q velvet "a pct viii
such figures in il as used % De fashion
able back 10 the early seventies.
Here it H. said the ho-tess, po n
ing to the carpet This carpet. that hs-
about 40 yards in it, came from Stewards
and it q .dn't cost me cent
Every body wanted 70 Know right away
how il al came ABOUT
"Well, I'll til you" said the hes'e,s
~ wss this way; / weuttJ Stewart
and selected the Carpet. au1 ordered 5em
to send W spd measure he room srd
then TO maze The CARPET suf cut + down
and was 10 pay for Il c. . D. II Gu,
time the carpet ws- made ard laid, sLd
when The las, TICK had been driven ihe
men started 70 20 away.
II " about the biz | s-ked. 4
WAS 10 pay for thIs carpet cssa Oh dell
very.
We amt got 10 bin. said he men.
They II send the bill from the house
"Well, ! waited and waited, uut DO 81
came. Then the thing Il pped out II ny
mird, and s.syed out for ABOUT taFee
months. One day it came into my head
that l hadn't paid for that carpet, sud 50
went down to The store snd asked for
the bill.
We've no bill against YOU they
told me
Il insisted that there should be bill
and they went to work hunting over tie
books. Presently they told me tina, !
paid for thu carpet when | ordered It.
81 declared thst | didn't 90 anything
OF the sort, and then they got mad.
Madam, they said, our books show
that the carpet is paid for, aud We prefer
to go by our books Father than b. your
recollection and, do you know, they at
solutely refused to take my money. They
wouldn't admit that they could have
made an error"
II wish | could buy some carpets IN
the same way, murmured young man
who has Just rented fat in One Hun
dred ard Twentyfourth street in which
he is soon to set up housekeeping.
But such good thugs do not come to
everybody new York Times.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1892-03-24
POETRY.
Blue Hills.

Years ago, in the land Of my birth,
When my head was little above the earth
stood by the side Of the grass blades tall,
And quickest hedge was a mighty wall
And medsureless forest | often found
In swampy acre Of rush.'lad ground
But, when l could see il, the best IF the view
Was distant circle, the Hills u hue.
Higher we grow as the long years pass,
And now look down on The growing grass
see the top where saw the side
Some beauties are lost as the view grow,
wide;
see over things that ! could not see through
But my limit is still the Hills u Blue.
As child | sought them, and found them mol
Footsore and weary, tired and hot,
They were still the bulwark Of ali could see
And still at fabulous distance from me,
| wondered il age and strength could teach
How to traverse the plain, the mountain.
reach;
Meanwhile, whatever a child might do,
They still were far and they still were blue.
Well, I've reached them at last, those distant
hills,
I've reached their base through world Of ills
| have toied and labored and wandered far,
VIM my constant eyes on a sitting star,
And ever, as nearer came they grew
Larger and larger but ali less blue.
Green have found them, green and brown,
Studded with houses, Exchanging town;
Feeding the plain below with streams,
Dappled with shadows and Frightening with
beams,
Image of scenes | had left behind
Merely group of the billy kind;
And beyond them prospect as fair to view
As the old, and bounded by hills as blue.
But | will not seek for those further hills,
Nor travel the course of the outward rills;
| have lost the faith Of my childhood's day;
Let me dream Otis dream, know while
may,
| will put my belief to no cruel test.
AS doze on this green deceptive crest;
| will try TO believe, as ! used 10 do,
There are some Blue Hills which are really
blue.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1892-03-24
All From One Pig.

She was a pretty little thing, and 1t WAS
plainly to be seep that she had not been
married long. She tripped in to a Mon
roe avenue grocery store, and said to the
proprietor My husband (there was a
great emphasis on the word husband)
bought couple Of hams here some time
ago"
yes, ma'am," said the grocer.
They were very nice indeed"
Eyes ma am assented the grocer.
Have you any more like themp"
Yes, ma'am," said the grocer, point
ing to q row Of ten or a dozen hanging
suspended from the ceiling.
Are you sure they are from the same
p'g9"
"Yes, ma'am," said the grocer without
culver.
"Then you may send me two more of
them" and she tripped out of the store as
she had tripped in, and the grocer laugh
ed q wicked laugh.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1892-03-24
"DANA's IS GUARANTEED TO CURE

The simplest and most elementary
truths may be stated in such way as u
possess something OF the charm of novel
ty. "Why" said Mrs. Bronson as the
clock struck. otis only o'clock.
thought 1t wss2
mo, num-" said Bridget, dts nivel
later than at this time of day."-Har
per's Bazaar.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1892-03-24
Coughing Leads to Consumption.
kemp's Balsam will stop the cough at once

The well known firm Colby u Preble OF
Bingham takes large contracts in connec-
ton with pulp material and lumber. They
have contracted TO supply the Madison
pulp mill with 1000, 900 feet of material,
also contracted to furnish a million feet
of lumber for Elias Milliken. They sup
ply white birch also for the shank factory
at North Arson. Last year they took the
contract for driving 100000 of logs
from The Forks to Solon, distance of
81 miles. About l25 men are employed
by this little business firm.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1892-03-24

A little three year.old girl was taught
to close her evening prayer, during the
temporary absence Of her father, with
land please watch over my papa" 1t
sounded very sweet, but the mothers
amusement may be imagined when she
added land you had better keep An eye on
mamma"
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1892-03-24

Surely nobody can always know what
is right. Yes, you always can for to day.
and II you do what you see Of 1t to dav,
you will see more OF 1t and more clearly
o.morrow.- John Ruskin.
If you want to be miserable think about
yourself; about what you want, what you
ike, what respect people ought to pay to
you, and what people think Of you
Charles kingsley.
There can be no real fear or revelation
or seriousness of heart until man has
come to understand, at least, in some
measure what he is-that Is, to realize
his own awful structure and destiny
Cardinal Manning.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1892-03-24

Cauly-'t. tw, hsah ina, thiEourette thuok-
i.h eu the Nv. decline. Do ytu, aw, believe II -
sens b4.l-"Well, know its true enough Of
the cigarette smokers themselves
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1892-03-24
RiicEIpus 4rnicl iSalUe.

The best Saye in the world for Cuts, Bruises
Sores. Ulcers Salt Rheum, Fever Sores, letter,
Chapped Hands, Chiolains, Corns and all Skin
Eruptious, aud positively cures piles, or no pay
required. Il is guaranteed to give perfect salts
action. or money refunded Price p cents per
BOZ. For sale by Roland 7. Patten.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1892-03-24

A Nevada hunter ,pen, three months looking
for a srllf'y bear and the man 5 relatives have
speut tnret months looking for him. They think
he must have found the bear.