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The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1893-01-12

Jones calling on Smith i'll the even
ingj-I thought would find YOU al
home. You don't 90 out much al nigh
now:
Smith-Nu l've sivennpall my club-
and societies. | should he glad 10 nave
yon come up and spend an evening with
me occasionally.
Jones But >onr wife might think me
in the way.
Smith oh, shes never home al night
ill late. Tonight she's at IL meeting of
the Ladies' Society for Supplying Thin
bles to the Destitute Poor. Tomorrow
night she goes to The Queens Daugh-
ters. next might 10 The socianle Of lhe
RoNal Women, and so ON every night.
Come up and see u fellow. Its awfullN
lonely to be- married, can tell you.
New \ ork Press.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1893-01-12

On Sept. u, 1892, General Karl Fried
rich Muller, of the Hanoyerian army,
died at Hanover in his ninety seventh
year. The deceased general was present
on the 18th, nth and 18th Of October.
1913. at the famous Battle of the Ma
lions, an engagement that cost Ma
poleon ~. 600 men, 300 cannon and 900
standards.
Karl Friedrich Muller was present at
Qua;re Bras on the 10Th and at Water
loo on the 18th of June, 1915. After the
victory he arched with his battery of
artillery 10 Paris and remained in the
French capital during the whole period
of occupation by the allied armies Karl
Muller. who began his military career at
fifteen, was never wounded and rose to
the rank of n general in the Hanovcri"n
service.
He retired on Il pension not long be-
fore the overthrow of his sovereign. with
whose misfortunes he sympathized. and
to whose cause he remained strongly at
tached On Sept. 80, in presence Of a
vast concourse of people, this distin.
gnished man was buried with full mill
tarv honors, and the id, ltical colors
carried by the brave Hanoverians at
Waterloo We're unflirled around his
grave. Notes and Queries.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1893-01-12
>utlncntcd b, sweti Odnr,.

The Sybaril"s slept on beds stuffed
with rose leaves the tyrant Dionysins
had his couch filled with them; Versus
would travel with garland on his head
and around his neck. and over his liticT
he had thin net, with rose leaves inter
twined. Antiochus luxuriatcd upon a
bed of blooms even in winter days and
nights. and when Cleopatra entertained
Antony she nand roses covering tho hool
to the depth it is said OF an ell.
We are told that Heliogabslus sup
piled so many ut one of his banqu",>
that several of his guests were ,ufforatcd
in the endeavor to extricate themselves
felt of sweet udors, Philadelphia Times
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1893-01-12
The study of phiIatply.

Philalcly i, study, 1t is a pursuit
that adds more To the life of the Young
collector than amy other of his pleas
ures. PhiatelN in the present genera
ton is assuming vast proportions as AL
instructive science and is even now Il
formidable rival OF numismatics, NJ
longer is il called a mania or craze
but a science teaching the geography
history. language and the morals of a
country. Our philatelists are not mert
schoolboys and girls. although they col
lect stamps. but men of mature minds
men well established III business and
prof. s>io,s men of sound Judgment
intellectual and thoughtful men. An;I
it i this fact that gives the young col.
lrctor encouragement. the knowledge
that such men do exist IN the rank, oi
philatclists Ohio State Journal,
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1893-01-12
Ehisin- Canary thirds.

In Germany the poorer classes ar
nearly all engaged in raising canaries
Several hundred Thousand are shippec
every year to all parts of the world
There i, no industry like il in existence
The birds are strong and hardy ana re
quire very little attention; consequently
among the peasaniry every family has
is aviary. which is IA constant source OF
income. independent of the proceeds oi
their daily toll The buyers for tbs
New York houses make periodical trip,
through the country; the birds are bought
and are soon on their way to America
where they quickly become accustomed
10 their gilded cages. --Pittsburg Record
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1893-01-12
Ammonia In Goal.

Some 1905, 900 tons of coal are burned
in London yearly. About d.0U0.o00 art
utilized by The gas manufacturing com
panies; 5000, 900 are burned III house.
hold and industrial fire CRATES. Eacl
ton contains sufficient ammonia to pro
duce. If treated with sulplmric acid
twenty-five to twenty-eight pounds OF
sulphate of ammonia. The total loss ui
this fertiTizing agent is therefore. say
9,9ao tons. As the price of sulphate OF
ammonia is 50 los. the ton. the none
tary loss is E94,905 every year. IF w
were less wasteful we should not be
much obliged to ransack Chill and pera
for artificial manures. National Re
XleM
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1893-01-12
4 IaIe of IMn IiArns.

There was a Nan named HlbbS who
bought a farm, built large, stately
dwelling at the end of a long, shady
avenue of naples aud settled down 10
enjoy the comfort and independence of
a farmers life. He built a coy litle
barn of logs and shingled it with clan
boards.
There was another tuan Of the name
of Hubbs who bought "A farm in the
same neigbuorhood, built coy little
dwelling of logs. shingled it with clap
boards and settled down to the hard,
grinding mouotony of "A farmers life.
This man Hubbs built large, stately
barn at the end of long shady avenue
of naples. At the end of ten years
Hibbs' big house had broken him up, and
Hnbbs' big barn had enabled him to buy
Hibbs' stately dwelling for about half
price and move it over on his OWL farm.
Hubb, has big dwelling and II big
barn and represents his county in the
state legislature. Hibbs has 4 little log
cabin and little log stable and is try
ing to sell out to Hubs. He wants to
quit farming and travel with a pcddling
wagon. Toronto Mail.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1893-01-12
TAKING DESPERATE CHANCES.
The sort of Bisks People Run Every bay
without Getting scared.

WHY don't more people die of pneumo-
MIA. quick consumption and other lung
troubles
That Is what think every night III
upper Broadway There you'll see a
score or two Of men coming out of SUI
perheated theaters between the acts 10
stand in unprotected full dress around
the cold and drafty lobhies or out on
the sidewalk for a chat or smoke
You'll see them at the Madison Square
garden-squarc acres of white shirt
front sitting for hours IN an atmos-
phere suggestive of oyercoat>. They
pour ont of clubhouses and hot restau-
rants at all times of the night, often in
dripping perSpirdtion from exercise
and with careless or no provision agains,
the evils of a sudden change of tempera
ture. You can meet them on Broad
way with topcoats thrown wide open
and the chest exposed from necktie 10
waist band.
Yet II is only u0W and then that We
know Of man who was out around
town III apparently good health the day
before Yesterday who is corpse today
There are more than thousand men
taking such desperate risks every night
during the fashionable season in New
York.
If you were to tell one of these that
he was running greater risk of sudden
death than if he were going into the
heat of an ordinary battle. he would
probably laugh at You. Yet II would
I've the solemn truth.
If he were soldier going into action
it would be with blanched face and
trembling knees and silent prayer
whereas it is now with careless mien
and fippant tongue and spirited devil
try that he dares the awful specter of
death.
If he were confined to his room with a
mortal disease he would he surrounded
by his sorrowiug family and anxious
friends. and his will would have been
made and duly witnessed. But being
blessed with reasonable health and man
~ strength and the sublime confidence
of ignorance he plunges into the danger
without thought on his part or qualm
of conscience on their part
Lungs are not made of chilled steel.
Yet it is wonderful what they are daily
and nightly subjected 10, aud how much
they will stand-sometimes. You must
often feel that they really are practically
indestructible. they are put to such Sc
we're tests and with so little concern,
Pondering upon this, the faces of
scores Of personal friends and acquaint-
ances who fell in the prime of manhood
men of stalwart frame and superb
muscular cnergy-rise before us in
memory. while the way is strewn with
physical wrecks of The mortally wound
ed victims of fashion, New York Her
aid.
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rncon,ciou. Feminine Cruelty,

Let me off ut Thirteenth street. CON
ductor. said woman as she paid her
fare on u Broadway car at Cortlandt
street.
The car was packed. the place just two
miles away and the woman a New
Yorker. From 80 to 100 people would
ge, on and off, half hundred stops We're
10 be made and something like a half to
three quarters of an hour would be con.
s,med before reaching Thirteenth street.
Yet this woman, who bore evidences
of more than ordinary Intelligence in
her face and from her easy self assur-
ance every indication OF bcing able to
take care of herself, expected the con.
ductor to rrmcmber her request and TO
put her off at the right street.
The Broadway conductors are the
hardest worked, most abused and criti-
ci-ed railroad officials IN this city, but
this l. the sort of thing they are called
upon TO endure every hour in the day.
1t is usually at the hands Of women. and
is unnecessary, foolish and cruelty IN
considorair New York Herald,
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1893-01-12

When the world was created we find
it and its surroundings composed of three
elements air, water and land - the
whole lighted by the sun, moon and
stars. Adam had three sons mentioned
by name. and so did Noah the patriarch.
Daniel WAS thrown into den with three
lions for the crime of praying three
times. Shadrach. Meshach and Abed-
nego were rescued from the fiery fur
mace job had three special friends.
There were three Observation-Disclosures,
Isaac and Jacob. Samuel was called
three times; lliiah Frustrated himself
three times ON the dead body of the child:
Samson deceived Delllah three times he
fore she discovered the secret of his
great power, and the Ten Command
ments were delivered on the third day.
Jonah was three days and nights in
the whales belly. simon, lowest thou
me-" was repeated three times, Paul
makes mention of the Three Graces-
Faith, Hope and Charity. The famous
allegorcal dreams of the baker and but
Ter were to come to pass in three days,
Then we have the Holy rrinity-Father,
Son and Holy Ghost; the sacred letters
on the cross were three in number. they
being l. II. s.; so also the famous Ro-
man motto was composed of three words
viz. In hoe signo. st. Louis Republic.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1893-01-12
When ,Jay Gould Was a Bow.

AT one time" said Mr.. Woolhiser,
who as boy worked in the same store
with Jay Gould, while Gould was in
the employ of Durham he fell sick.
Nv father, who was general nurse and
something of doctor. attended him
and brought him around all right.
Not long after he recovered he met my
father and said, you saved my life, and
if at any time Won are in need and ] can
help you shall do So with pleasure.
Fortune has not smiled on my poor old
father of late, and being in absolute
need he wrote to Mr.. Gould. telling him
of his condition and asking for help.
No reply was ever received think
that our letters never reached Mr.. Gould
or he would surely have helped MS.
wrote to him only II few days before his
death for the fourth or fifth time. Gonld
was always Il good boy. and for awhile
we slept together in the same bed in tn'
old store in Roxbury. Jay never missed
saying his nightly prayers before retif-
inn e. New York World.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1893-01-12
BOstOn-Old and New

The original Boston ~ founded by
Governor John Winthrop in 1890 was cs-
tablishcd on rocky thtce-hillcd pen
insula, in whose thickct> wolves and
bears were vet harborcd, and which
was known variou-lv ~ Shawmut and
'Trimouniau. The settlement itself
wa- sort of aflrrllioughl. being taken
as a substitute for Charlcstown, where
a temporary abode had been founded by
Winthrop'> party. There had been
much Hines, there. and so Blackstone.
or BlaXtonr who had for seven years
been settled ON the peninsula. urged the
transfer of the little colony. The whole
tongue of land then comprised hut 7s3
acrcs-an area a little less than that
originally allotted to the New York
Central Park. Boston now includes
1861 actS-iibout thirty times the
original extent Of tn" peninsula.
II has a population of about 100000.
he ccu>u- ni 1870 showing lis,i11 in
habitant>. Be that cru>us il wa- thr
sixth in population among American
cities, bring proceeded by New \ ork,
Chicago. Philadelphia. Brooklyn and 81.
Louis. In lSso it ranked fifth. st. Louis
havin" since oui-lrippcd it. In $50 ii
Ms only seventh. both st. Louis and
Baltimore then proceeding ii. ~ with
most American cities. this growth has
been partly due to the anne King oi sub
| urls: but during the last ten Nrir-.
with u growth of SI,Gt2. there has been
no such annexation. showing llic in
| crease I" he genuine and intrinsic. But
| the tr n-iormation in other Way> has
| been more a>to ishn@ than the growth.
| of the original three hills. one only j.
now noticeable by the stranger. ! my
self can remember Boston III my college
day, ~ a pear--hapcd peninsula. t"o
miles by one, hung Ia he maiulands by
Il neck Il mile Ion" and only a few yards
" idr. sometimes actually covered hy
| the meeting OF the tidc-Watere from
both sides. The water almost touched
| Charles street, where the Public Garden
now j., and it rolled over the flats where
| the coStlrst homes Of the city AT present
stand-T ". HggjnSon in .fapanrg 81.
| Nichoi0S.
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Pen Jottings


4 Harp, Newly ear, to lle ifuc aud
-taunch friends of our good old cause :
A. W cal our eyes over the field AT the
opening al III" year. there arr some
things very clear Ia IL. w need. IN
the first place. more Temperance meet
ing in every community II present
the whole work of spreading temperance
truth i left, in many places. I" the
Women's Christian Temperance mons.
The more honor tu the women, and the
more shame IL the men .1n.t A. soon
might the SUNDAY schools and the church
PRAYER meeting and the cau-e OF For
cign and Home Missions Ia lett Ia our
mothers and sisters to he carried for
ward. The long evenings have come
and il YOU cannot get Some famous
speaker. like Joseph Cooh OF Col. Balm,
ret the best within your reach. HE
Young men WHO are coming forward ON
the stage of action should b. enlisted IN
this most important moral conflict oi the
day. send To our rooms. and gel sup
ply of ammunition.
We need NOR temperance di>cour-">
in the pulpiis. Appeals for eNangelN-
ing thu Chinese and the JAPANESE and
other heather lands are heard continual
": but what about the curse Of strong
drink at our own doors: American rum
and English opium are destroying ten
fold more immortal beings III Africa and
China than all our missionaries are SAY
/ ing \ whole generation OF boys and
girls are growing up in our own land
who have hardly learned the alphabet OF
vital temperance truth
Once more We implorc our friends I"
organize total abstinence societies in
every church. In some congregations
the christian Endcavor' societies have
a temperance wheel in their machinery
and it works we'll The .N Dung Peoples
Association, 3" in Dr. John Halls great
church in New York, has a Temperance
department. and they hold meetings,
and use the total abstinence pledge \
few churches take w collections for our
National society" and = la'ge number
of SUNDAY schools take our excellent
Banner for the children. We never can
create public sentiment strong enough
to suppress the dram shops until Gods
people take hold of the temperance re-
form rs a part of their religion.
Every year increases our conviction OF
the practical worthlc-sneSs of the whole
license system, high" or Glow. We
verify believe that ii would be better to
abolish it altogether H. a CHASTITY farce
II affords no real protection from tho
worst evils OF the liquor traffic All the
law we need Is law that will suppress
the saloon entirely in every community
which Ia, u public sentiment strong
enough To do it. The grog shop ought
to be treated A. yellow fever and Asia'lc
cholera are-put under quarantine. \
license gives legal protection to pub
lie curse. Let the issue be not "llcensc
or mo license but sale or no sale
saloon keeping for everybody or saloon
keeping for nobody. Then moral Sna-
sion will have a clearer fell 10 fight in.
and we can call on tod to help Us win
the victory - Nat'oDW Temperance 1dro-
rHf,.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1893-01-12

Il can tell You of one danger that j.
generally overlooked. said a fiirud.
land that is III letting inhamlnaiory sub
stances fall through the register, The
other day had case of china unpackrd
in the dining room The box was filled
with excelsior packing, and after the
dishes had been taken out | told the
maid TO clear mp the litter on the floor
4 little la:er came into the room and
smelled strong odor Of burning. II WAS
a very cold day, and there was Il hot fire
in the furnace. and rs the smell seemed
to come from the register ! lifted il en-
tirely ont and stuck a bent poker rs far
down the pipe as could reach. With
a lot of dust and rubbish brought W Il
quantity of excelsior shayings which
We're distinctly scorched by the heat. IL
was the first time that had ever thought
of the danger Of 'sweepings' connected
with the open registers. New York
Tribune.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1893-01-12
Detecting Disease by the Eye.

1t is perfectly possible. by means oi
Il e instruments of the Nineteenth cen
fury, to exactly learn the optical condi
ton Of an eve, to decide just what
glasses, if any. are needed for its perfect
working. and it is also possible TO look
in upon it, and by the appearance OF Its
Tissues and its blood vessels to decide as
to the existence of serious disease whel
there are few other symptoms that point
to it, when there may he none besides &c
be found in the body that positively
prove II.
NAV mention two classes of disease
one constitutional and the other local
which illustrate this statement. The
eve mirror opthalmoscope is the instru
ment 10y which such things are settled
Bright's disease, a name carrying dread
to many household. is the cons,itu
tional disease to which ] refer In not
a few cases he diagnosis of it is made
by the examination of the retiua with
the eve mirror.
The expert viii make no mistake II
the eve gives evidence of it, for its signs
are positive in minute bleeding from the
blood vessels and peculiar fawn colored
spots ON the retina. The surgeon breads
10 find them. because they are evidence
of an advanced stage of the malady
which prematurely destroys so many
lives. Bright's disease is in fact de
generation of many of the tissues of the
body, the walls of the arteries being
among them, In no part of the body
can this degeneration be so readily de
tected as in the retina of the eye. Cos
monOlitan
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1893-01-12
pnre Narcotic DcAth.

Under Choroform, as under all arH's-
thetic gases and vapors, there is mode
of death which may be called the final
or natural 1t need never be produced
and never could be except under the
most unskilful management, and 1t Is a
long time in its progress. When death
does occur in this manner 1t Is by the
slow extinction Of the natural animal
zymosis. and is illustrated. as to method
perfectly by the simple experiment OF
gradually extinguishing candle III a
confined space by introducing vapor OF
chloroform into the air that fills tbs
space
1t can he illustrated also by the ex.
pertinent Of stopping ordinary fermenta-
ton by the presence of chloroform. and
even by the simpler process of using
chloroform vapor AS preservatlve oil
animal tissues from decomposition. All
annsthe;ics are open to kill in this man
ner. but that is the safest anRsthetic
which pits out life in no other manner
which does not, that is to say, cause
either of the refexes of spasmodic char
acterduling administration Asclepiad'
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1893-01-12

1t is ptiablc exhibition 10 ST. Chi
cago Directory here with a bill and petit
tions and big lobby to try and make
Congress reverse the verdict after it has
received the appropriation of Two and a
half million, of dollars. II would be
con-id red bad faith in any other class
of men after they had secured the APP
preparation on the express condition
that the gates would be closed. and then
after accepting the money and spending
it so that ii could not he refunded. I"
now come and ask for the passag" OF n
bill to allow them To keep the money
and open the gates. Y. He"rDS IN
Tam, rtnce .tdrocote.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1893-01-12
shanex Inr Fnldiny Napkink.

About 1850 Pierre David published the
"Maistre Il Hostel (which teaches how
to wait on a table properly. ard how To
fold all kinds of table napkins in nil
kinds of shapes,
The shapes were: square, twisted
folded III bands and in the forms OF a
double and twisted she'll. single shell.
double melon single melon: cock, hon
and chickens: two chickens, pigeon in a
basket partridge, pheasant, tw" capons
in PIE. mare two rabbits. sucking lic.
dog with collar. pike. carp. turhot, mi
ter. turkey, tortoise. the holy cross and
the Lorraine cross. = Youths Compan-
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1893-01-12

The tinplatc makers OF the nted
States have met since the election and re-
solved 10 20 forward with their industry.
They doubt if the protective duty viii
he repealed, and if i, is, they think
wages will have to come down one-half'
and in that ease. with their new mills,
new processes and improved machinery,
they think they will lie able 10 compete
with the Welsh makers. In this case,
therefore. IL in most others. protection
is almost wholly question oi wages.
But we hold that it is for the interest OF
all classes that wages should be high. zee
UoHe Hdfhet Bnllctib.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1893-01-12

In certain London restaurants each
customer is allowed to make his Cor herr
own tea. The waitress lights the gas
burner. which is affixed to each table
and sets thereon silver kettle. Then
she presents to the teamaker a silver
caddy divided into compartments and
Offering a choice of Souchong, Ceylon or
green Tea. Any one who is compelled to
restaurants will appreciate the new idea,
London Letter.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1893-01-12
A Man OF MANN Names.

There are almost As many ways of
spelling the name of Columbus as there
are ways of arranging the distinguished
discoveries whskers. On the French
medal he is called Christophorous Co
lo,nb; on the Italian he is Christophorus
Colombo. The new Milanese medal calls
him Cristoforo Colombo. while our own
medal has him plain Christopher Column
bus. AS for Christopher himself he
spelled his name Colon.-Bosion Herald.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1893-01-12

Walter Satterlec. the artist says one
of the greatest difficulties lie meet, is
the lack of models in this country whose
hair is so black that it has blue or pllr-
pic lights in it, He adds that what h.
wants is common in Europe. bu' al
Ieduer
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1893-01-12

Handling book with apparent re-
spect or di>respect is of couse too fan
tasic standard TO be accepted literal
~. since physical awkwardness or merry
BUSINESS may be responsible for harm
rather than a lack of mental grace.