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The Somerset reporter., 1894-07-19


In spite of it all, we believe that there are
still some honest and good citizens in New
York.
THE USUAL treatment OF catarTh is very un-
satisfactory as thousands can testify Proper
local treatment is positively necessary to sue
cess but many. il not most, 81 the remedies in
general use afford hut temporary relief \
cure certainly cannot be expected from snuhs,
powders. douc1es and washes Eiys cream
Balm which is so highly commended, is a
remedy which combines the important requis-
ites of quick action, specific curative power,
with perfect safety and pleasantness to the
patient. The druggists all sell IT,
For most riders there was no necessity for a
law limiting bicycle travel 10 ten miles an
hour.
Aberdeen, O.. July 81, 1881.
MEssRs. LfPPHAS Bros, Savannah, Ga
DEAR SIRs-I bought bottle OF your p. p.
p at Hot Springs. Ark. and it has done me
more good than three months treatment at
the Hot Springs.
try or let me know how much it will cost to
get three or SIX bottles from your city by ex.
press.
JAS. NJ. NEWTON,
Aberdeen, Brown County o.
NEwNANsvILlE. fGA June s. 1891
AiEssRs LIPPMAE Bios savannah Ga.
DEAR SlRs-i wish to give my testimonial IN
regard to your valuable medicine. p p. F., for
cure of rheumatism, neuralgia dyspepsia, 81 J.
iousuess etc In 1861 was attacked with bill
ious muscular rheumatism, and have been a
martyr to it ever since. tried all medicines |
ever heard OF and all the doctors in reach, but
found only temporary relief: the pa ms were
so bad at times that did not care whether
lived or died. My digestion became so i'm
paired that everything ate disagreed with
ma. My wife also suffered so intensely with
dyspepsia that her life was burden to her:
she would be confined to her bed for weeks at
the time; she also suffered greatly from giddi-
ness and loss of sleep. Some time in March
was advised to take P. P. P, and before We
my wife and L had finished the second bottle
OF P. p p, our digestion began to improve.
My pains subsidized so much that have bee n
able to work, and am feeling like doing what
haven't done before In a number of years.
We will continue taking = P. P. until we are
entirely cured, and will cheerfully recommend
il to ali suffering humanity.
Yours very respectfully
j. s. DUPRIsS.
The Somerset reporter., 1894-07-19

The man who died with his boots on resem-
bled a coored coon-skin. Died game.
The Somerset reporter., 1894-07-19

HAS that horse pedigree?" asked the
tourist Nope" replied the honest farmer,
"nothin' but the heaves."
Vast fortunes are said to lie buried and for
gotten in the Mex'au mountains. Has the
promoter been thefef
The Somerset reporter., 1894-07-19
Am Married or Not??'i

A skirt divided against Itself cannot star
1t must ride a bicycle.
The Portland daily press., 1894-02-09
Had a Duplicate Check.

Springfield, Mass, February s.-A
drummer's trunk belonging to H. G.
Barnum, commercial traveller for
Schaefer &. Douglass of New York and
containing large amount of valuable
iewelry samples, was stolen from the
baggage room of the Boston and Maine
railroad early this morning. Barnum
arrived in this city last evening from
Northampton and left his trunk checked
at the depot. This morning man APP
neared at the station and offered check
for. the trunk and it was delivered to
him, He tried to get it on the Z o'clock
train south, but was too late and had it
sent to the. Glendower hotel, where he
registered the previous evening as II. G.
Boyd Of Boston. About s o'clock Mr..
Barnum arrived at the. station to claim
his trunk, but it was not to be found.
Investigation showed that the thief had
duplicate check. After getting his
booty into the Glendower he forced the
trunk and ransacked it of several hun
bred rings and diamonds and putting
them in a black leather case left the
hotel. It is supposed he left town on the
I. so train, but before doing SO he ex-
pressed his pack age to Worcester. Boyd
IS thought to have been following Bar
mum ever since he left New York, evil
IDENTIFY knowing the value of the contents
of the trunk.
The Portland daily press., 1894-02-09
sHEFoUGHT THE ALABAMA.
Wreck of the Famous Corvette kearsarge
on Roncador Reef.

Washington, February s.-The old
corvette Kearsage was wrecked on
Roncador reef February 2. en- route from
Port au Prince, Hayti, to Bluefields,
Nicaragua. The officers and crew were
saved. This news reached the navy de-
partment this morning in a cable
message dated Colon and signed by
Lieutenant Brainerd of the Kearsarge,
who reached Colon this morning.
Immediately on receipt of the cable
gram, Secretary Herbert sent message
to Lieutenant Brainerd directing him to
charter a vessel at Colon and proceed
at once to the assistance of the ship
wrecked men. 1t is presumed that they
are yet on the reef.
Secretary Herbert later in the day re-
ceived an answer from Lieut.. Brainerd at
Colon. Lieut. Rrainerd informs him that
the mail steamer City of Para. is avail.
able and she will proceed to the relief OF
the shipwrecked crew of the kearsarge.
Commodore Ramsay, chief of the bureau
of navigation. who knows the neigh Dor
hood says the off GERS and crew would be
in no danger on the reef except in very
heavy weather and they could easily
reach old Providence, an island between
the reef and the Nicaragua coast. IN their
boats. No fears for the safety OF the
ships compny are entertained at the
NAVY Department in view of Lieutenant
Brainerd's despatch.
THE Kearsarge was the flagship OF the
North Atlantic station, to the command
of which Acting Rear Admiral Stanton,
who was detached from the command
of the South Atlantic station for saluting
Admiral Mello in Rio de Janeiro harbor,
was assigned. He recently Joined the
old ship at Port au Prince and holsted
his flag on her.
The Kearsarge has been continuously
in naval service for thirty two years. She
was commissioned the next year.. Her
great claim to fame. of course, is her
defeat of the Confederate cruiser Ala
bama, off Cherbourg, France, on Sun
day, June 1, 1864. She was recently
assigned to the duty of blowing up
derelicts between New York and the
West Indies, but news that American
dangered by threatened revolution
caused Secretary Herbert to direct the
Kearsarge to proceed without delay to
that country. The alleged revolution,
like many other similar affairs in San
Domingo, proved fzzle and the Kear-
sarge proceeded to Port au Prince.
The Kearsarge had complement OF
The following are the officers: Com
mander, OF. Heyerman; Rear Admiral,
Oscar F. Stanton; lieutenants, Charles
T. Forbes, Charles H. Lyman, Burns T.
Walling; lieutenants, (junior grade) John
Hood, Friedrich R. Brainard; ensigns,
Herbert G Gates, Thomas B. Magruder;
naval cadets Cline division) Leon S.
Thompson, Thos. l.. Stitt, Thomas S.
Borden, Benjamin B. Mccormick. Walter
Ball, David B. Allen; passed assistant
surgeon. George P. Lumsden; assistant
surgeon, Merritt W Barnum; paymaster,
James A. Ring; chief engineer, Burdett
c. Gowing; first lieutenant of marines,
Clarence LA. Ingate.
The Portland daily press., 1894-02-09
MRS. PIKE GETS $4,000.
Maine Woman's Interest in Case Heard
by Judge Colt.


Boston, Mass, February 8. Judge
Colt, in the United States Circuit Court
today, rendered an opinion in the case of
Charles A. Gregory of Chicago VS.. Fred
erick A. Pike of Calais, Me-, ct al. The
suit was brought by Gregory for the pos
session of promissory notes for $40, 1874
and $4,000 against Pike and William c.
N. Swift of New Bedford, Mass, the lat
ter being the maker of the notes. John
c.. Kemp Vance of London, England, and
George w. Butterfeld of San Francisco,
claimed interest in the notes and were al
lowed to come in as parties defendant.
During the legal proceedings the notes
were paid by Swift, and the proceeds are
now in the registry of the court. Pike
died in December, 1886, and his interest
is represented by his executrix, Mrs.
Mary Pike. The notes were given But
terfield and Kemp Vance by Swift for
100000 shares of the Great Sierra Con-
solidated Mining Company. Judge Colt
held that Kemp Vance is entitled to
$500, or half the $15, 900 note, that Mrs.
Pike has lien on the fund for S25, 900,
with interest from January 1, 1884, and
that Gregory is entitled to the balance in
possession of the court. if any.
The Portland daily press., 1894-02-09
MARTHA's PENSION.
Government OniciaIs Allege That She
sSwore Falsely to Obtain It.

Boston, Mass, February Sin the
United States District Court today, Mar
tina Burns, alias Martha Morrison, alias
Martha Morris, was tried on a charge of
perjury in falsely swearing to an applica-
ton. The Indictment alleges that she
swore before pension examiner that she
was the widow of Pat Van, known dur
ing the war as Washington Burns. 1t
also alleges that she swore that she did
not know that he was married previous
to meeting her. She kept house for him
at Eastport, Me-, and at Charlestown,
Mass, before their marriage. An appli-
cation was made out according to the
pension laws and signed by her. After
wards the Washington officials became
suspicious as to the truthfulness of some
of the statements made in it. Examin-
ers were ordered to make second ex-
animation, which differed materially
fromsthe first one, and the pension Off
cials became convinced that it was case
of perjury, and the woman was arrested.
Witnesses were present from different
parts of Maine to testify for the govern
ment in relation to Van and his first wife
who, the government claims, is still liv-
ing. The case went to the jury, and a
sealed verdict will probably be rendered.
The Portland daily press., 1894-02-09
MURDER AND MuTINY.
An English sergeants Crime-Trouble on
the War Ship Canada,


New York, February "A Halifax, N.
S., special says: Before the west
Riding regiment left Halifax two years
ago, Staff Sergeant Grant married
Halifax girl, who accompanied him to
Jamaica. She returned to Halifax soon
afterwards. A short time ago, she re-
ceived word from Jamaica that her nus
band had married another woman. This
woman was also from Halifax. Mrs.
Grant wrote her husband that she would
go to Jamaica and prosecute MIN. A
short tiine ago, Grant was missed. HIS
quarters were broken into and the deaa
bodies of himself and the woman ne nao
married in Jamaica discovered. Ihe
woman had been,poisoned and Grant mad
shot himself with life"
Another Halifax special says; There
is trouble, amounting almost to mutiny,
on the British warship Canada, now in
the West Indies. 1t manifested itself
since the ship was commissioned. Inc
matter was kept as quiet as possible
The admiral visited every ship OF the
squadron Christmas day and was received
on all the ships in hearty manner by
the men, with the single exception OF the
crew of the Canada. On board OF that
snip DucIC WClO AO CcCot ooAOiS - esAlJ
thing to indicate the festive season. On
each mess table was a tin cup Of water,
and plate of ships biscuits. The ad-
miral was received in silence by the
men and could get no answers to his
questions. On December 16, the royal
naval sports took place, but not one of
the crew of the Canada entered any con-
test. 1t is rumored that the admiral has
asked the admiralty to order the.Canada
home
The Portland daily press., 1894-02-09
SHE DECEIVED HIM.
But When She Swallowed Her False
Teeth He Learned All.

New York, February S.-Vanity led
Young bride of ultra-fashionable New
York society to retire Tuesday night
with a magnificent set of gold-plated
false teeth in her pretty mouth. She
awoke with choking sensation in her
throat, and startled her husband with a
series of hysterical gasps and signs of
distress, accompanied by frantic whole
arm gestures and movements not down
on the Delsartian code. The man finally
made out that she was in pain, and when
her mouth flew open with spasmodic
jerk to emit shrek, he discovered that
all his wife's upper teeth were missing
on the left side. He jumped to the con-
clusion that it was case for a ply sician,
and called in DIR. F. A. Sternberg. When
DIR. Sternberg arrived he found great diff
ficulty in ascertaining the cause of the
Trouble. The husband did not know,
and the wife. being unable to articulate
distinctly, could not tell. The doctor
finally made out that his patient had
swallowed her false teeth, and after
about an hour work with pair of for
ceps he succeeded in extricating plate
with seven false teeth in it. The hus-
band was astonished, not to say grieved.
The wife looked abashed, and she admit
ted that she had retired without taking
out her teeth because her husband adj
mired them so much she did not want to
let him into the secret that they were
false
The Portland daily press., 1894-02-09
BRIEFLY TOLD.

The late George W. Childs bequeathed
his entire estate to his widow.
A Calcutta despatch says the Indian
money market IS on the verge of panic.
The Pennsylvania railroad has sent
two doctors in special train over it line
to vaccinate all the employees.
The executive committee of the
National Association :. of Democratic
clubs met in Washington yesterday. The
sessions will be private.
A dispatch fre m Valparaiso SAYS
several Balmacedists have been arrested
in Santiago and state of siege pro-
claimed in that city.
Captain Delargy of the British steamer
Iran has been given gold watch and
chain by the United States government
for rescuing the crew of the American
schooner Frank S. Warren.
Serious religious riots between Moham-
medans and Hindoos have occurred at
Yeola, near Nasstik, ninety-five miles
from Bombay. The Hindoo temples and
Mohammedan mosques were destroyed.
Many of the combatants were injured.
Troops were summoned and quelled the
disturbances.
Judge Gibbons of Jacksonville, has
decided that Col. S. +. Houston, manager
of the Duval Athletic club, is guilty of
keeping ulSorderly place and has I'M
posed fine of $3.50. The club was raided
by the police some time ago and lot of
ambling implements seized Several
men who were arrested in the club house
were fined $50 each.
The liabilities of the Cooley Publish
ing company which assigned yesterday,
are about $4,000 of which $40, 600 are for
regular debts and $4,000 on contracts
made by the former publisher. he
assignment was made to get rid of these
contracts which are very unfavorable to
the company, and which are turning up
all the time
Michael Carey of South bridge, Ma IS. !,
indicted at the late session of the grand
jury for the murder of his wife, Octo pef
IL, was arraigned in the superior crlml-
nal court in Worcester, yesterday ne e
pleaded guilty of murder in the secoh u,
degree, and as this was accepted by the
district attorney he was sentenced to con-
inement for life in the State prison.
Carey is about 10 years old.
The Portland daily press., 1894-02-09
WOMEN OF THE FUTURE.
A Darwinian Philosophers Views on Com
ing Natural Selection.

A Darwinian Philosophers Views on Conn
ing Natural Selection.
Ibelieve that improvement will be effect
ed through the agency of female choice in
marriage. AS things are, women are con-
stantly forced into marriage for e bare liv
ing or comfortab BILE home. They have
practically no choice in the selection of
their partners and the fathers of their chill
dren, and so long as this economic neces-
sity for marriage presses upon the great
bulk of women, men who are vicious, de-
graded, of feeble intellect and unsound
bodies will secure wives, and thus often
perpetuate their infirmities and evil hab-
its. But in a reformed society the vicious
man, the man of degraded taste or of fee
BILE intellect, will have little chance of find
ing wife, and his bad qualities will die
out with himself. On the other hand, the
most perfect and beautiful in body and
mind, the men of spotless character and
reputation, will secure wives first, the less
commenda BILE later and the least commend
able latest of all. As natural conse-
quence, the best men and women will mar
ry the earliest and probably have the larg
est families. The result will be more
rapid increase of the good than of the bad,
work for successive generations will at
length bring the average man up to the
level of those who are now the more adj
vanced of the race.
On the whole, then, it is probable that
in the society of the future the mortality
of males will be less, owing to preventive
measures in connection with dangerous
and injurious occupations, SO that the
number of marriageabl BILE men will be equal
to that of women. Add to this that there
will be an increasing proportion of women
who will prefer not to marry, and it is
clear that men desiring wives will be in
excess Of women wanting husbands. This
will greatly increase the influence of wom-
en- in the improvement of the race. Being
in the minority, they will be more sought
after and will have real choice in mar
riage, which is rarely the case now.
Broadly speaking, think we may trust
the cultivated minds and pure instincts
of the women of the future in the choice
of partners The idle and the selfish would
be almost universally rejected. The coarse
and sensual man, the diseased or weak in
intellect, those having a tendency to IN
sanity or to hereditary disease or who pos
sess any congenital deformity, would rare
ly find partners, because the enlightened
woman would know that she was commit
ting an offense against society, against
humanity at large, in choosing husband
who might be the means of transmitting
disease of body or mind to his offspring.
Thus it will come about that the lower
types of men, morally and physically dis
eased, will remain permanently unmarried
and will leave no descendants, and the adj
vance of the race in every good quality
will be insured.-Alfred Russell Wallace i'll
London Chronicle.
The Portland daily press., 1894-02-09
The Tennis Players.

New York, February s-The thirteenth
annual meeting of the National Lawn
Tennis Association of the United States
was held this evening at the Hoffman
house. President II. W. Slocum, Jr.,
called the meeting to order The roll call
showed fiftysclubs and four associations
represented,by one or more members or
proxy. Secretary Ut. Whittlesey's report
showed the associations condition to be
prosperous, and the interest in tennis to
be increasing. Treasurer VS.. Hall re-
ported expenses for 1898, sl,96s, balance
on hand 81, 143. The election of officers
resulted: President, DR.. James Dwight;
treasurer, VS.. Hall: secretary, j. T.
Whittlesey; executive committee, H. W.
Slocum, Jr.. O.S. Campbell, R. D. Wenn,
S. Hobart.
The Portland daily press., 1894-02-09
Drank Aconite for whiskey.

Elizabeth. NJ, February s-A fatal
poisoning occurred at Roselle this eve
ming. PIP. Tracey of Canaan, Conn,
visited the Villa hotel at the outskirts
of the village today to see friend named
Warde. They went carriage riding about
five and stopped at n. B. Oakley's livery
stable at Roselle Oakley treated them
to what he supposed was whiskey but
really was aoonite. He discovered his
error. and all three hurried to drug
store. Tracey lived but twenty-eight
minutes after arrival. Wood and Oakley
are still alive, but may recover. Mr..
Tracey was sixty years old. He was pro-
prietor OF the Canaan Times company
and interested in telegraph supplies.
The Portland daily press., 1894-02-09
SHE DoWNED THE COURT.
Miss Sturges Wouldn't Answer and Quoted
Her Authorities.

Bridgeport, Conn, February s.-Miss
Ella Sturges, a telegraph operator in the
Fairfield railroad station, figured in an
unusual scene in the Superior Court yes
terday. She was summoned as witness
IN the suit of John /. Throckmorton of
Ohio against George D. Chapman, to tes-
tify concerning kilograms sent to and re-
ceived by Mr.. Chapman. When she was
asked to disclose certain kilograms she
refused, although Judge Shumway or
dered her to answer. Miss Sturges pulled
from her pocket a paper and read to the
court the law on evidence in such cases,
cited authorities for the court and stated
that the manager of her company had
told her to decline to answer. The cour.
took recess, looked up the authorities.
and upon returning ruled the evidence
out and excused the young woman.
The suit is one in which Throckmorton
some years ago obtained judgment Of
SIS. 900 against Chapman, but could not
collect because the latter had transferred
his property to his wife. Mr.. Throck-
morton alleges that the transfer was
fraudulent,
The Portland daily press., 1894-02-09
why Thurston Did Not Testify.

Washington, February Sit is stated
that the plan of having Mr.. Thurston,
the Hawaiian minister. testify before the
special Senate committee investigating
Hawaiian affairs was blocked by Secre-
tary Gresham. The committee wanted
to hear Mr.. Thurston, and, it is said, the
chairman, Mr.. Morgan, requested the
secretary of state to write him to appear
before the committee. This is the usual
|, diplomatic way of summoning the repre-
sentative of foreign government.
According to the story current Secre-
tary Gresham was very much perplexed
over Senator Morgan's request, and with
out acting upon it, visited him and per-
suaded him to Withdraw it. One OF the
most potent arguments in bringing
about this result was that Minister
Thurston could not testify before the
Senate committee in his official capacity
as the diplomatic representative of the
provisional government of Hawaii with
out rendering himself presona non grata
to the administration to an extent that
would practically end his Usefulness in
Washington.
Maine Pensions.
Washington, February s. = The fol-
lowing Maine people have been granted
tensions:
Increase-Samuel Fowles, Corrina,
Peno bscot.
Re-issued-Wm. Emery (deceased)
Augusta, Kennebec.
Original widows, etc-Isabel Emery,
Augusta, Kennebec.
New Maine Postmasters.
Washington, February S.-John S.
Spinney has been appointed postmaster
at Boothbay, Me-, vice J. II. WEIGH, and
J.W. Mitchell at Poland, vice Charles
Rowe. A post Office has been estab lished
at Allagash. Aroostook county, and W.
H. Henderson appointed postmaster
In the Senate.
Washington, February S.-The, Senate
today heard eulogies on the death of the
late Representative Mulchler of Pennsyl-
vanla, and adjourned as mark OF re-
spect to his memory.
The Portland daily press., 1894-02-09
UNION SAFE DEPOSIT
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SPECIAL RECEPTION AND
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rooms adjoining, are provided
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BOXES AND SAFES ARE
RENTED AT FIVE DOLLARS
AND UPWARDS PER YEAR,
rent payable semi-annually i'm
advance, and REASONABLE
TERMS MADE for the SAFE
KEEPING of TRUNKS and
tOher VALUABLE PACKAGES.
The Portland daily press., 1894-02-09
THE MOOSE PARTED
And the Execution Was Postponed After
a Clereyman's Appeal.

Columbia, Miss, February s.-William
Purvis, young negro, was sentenced to
be hanged yesterday for the alleged muir
der of William Buckley. When the drop
fell, Purvis was precipitated to the
ground. The moose had parted, and
Purviss neck was only slightly abrased
by the rope. He fell on his back and re-
manned perfectly still. The men asked
the negro, care you hurt?" and Purvis
replied, For Gods sake, get me out of
this Sheriff Magee made ready to
conduct purvis back to the scaffold for a
second attempt, but four of the board OF
supervisors present called the sheriff in
to the court house for conference. Rev.
Mr.. Silsley, of the Columbia Methodist
church, made an impassioned plea to the
spectators, and it was decided by unani-
nous voice that the execution should be
postponed. The negro was today taken
to Meridian and the facts telegraphed to
Governor Stone.