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The Langston City herald. [volume] (Langston City, O.T. [Okla.]) 1891-1902, 1896-04-25
A Precocious Pallet.

For the last four years have kept
poultry as a business. have had
White Leghorns, Light Brahmas and
White Plymouth Rocks. For n general
business fowl like the White Ply
mouth Rock best. | have one house,
1Ox30 feet and feet high. 1t Is
double boarded, with tarred paper be-
tween the layers of boards have
two other houses 10xl0 feet. in tho
winter | feed hot mash In the morn
ing, wheat at noon and corn at night.
The markets here are the best for
dressed poultry between April and Sep
tember, and for eggs the best from
October to April. did not get many
eggs in December. but quite large
number between January / and March
1. have lost no fowls from lice, but
quite q number from crop bound and
skunks. The best medicine | have for
sick fowls is the axe. AS to good egg
producers, will say that had pullet
that was hatched in February. laid In
July and set and hatched her own eggs
in August.-Roy Il. Tenant in EX.
The Langston City herald. [volume] (Langston City, O.T. [Okla.]) 1891-1902, 1896-04-25
No StAtme for Hen HITLER.

BosToN, Mass, April l5.-The House
committee on ways and means, to
which was referred the bill for an
appropriation of 500, 900 for statue
of General Butler, will report against
the appropriation. A minority of the
committee, probably including Mr.
Hayes, the Republican representative
from Lowell, and the Democratic
members will dissent. 1t is proba BILE
that the House will sustain the ma
jority report.
The Langston City herald. [volume] (Langston City, O.T. [Okla.]) 1891-1902, 1896-04-25

TOPEKA, Kan, April l5.-J. Il. Wise
OF Clay Center has been found guilty
by jury of the Federal court of send.
ing improper matter through the mail
and fined $50 He addressed a postal
card to- the Rev. II. b. Vennum of In
dustry, Clay county, upon which he
had written two biblical quotations
Wise will appeal. He is backed by
the National Free Thought Associa-
tion, which has employed New York
lawyer to manage his case in the
higher courts
The Langston City herald. [volume] (Langston City, O.T. [Okla.]) 1891-1902, 1896-04-25
Ba nix

President Isaac Lewis Of Sabina, Ohio,
Is highly respected all through that
section. lie has lived in Clinton Co.
rs years, and has been president OF
the Sabina Bank 20 years. lie gladly
testiiies to the merit of Hoods Sarsa.
parilla, and what ho says is worthy
attention. All brain workers find
Hoods Sarsaparilla peculiarly adapted
to their needs. 1t makes pure, rich,
red blood, and from this comes nerve,
mental, bodily and digestive strength.
al am glad TO say that Hoods Sarsapa.
rilla is very good medicine, especially
as a blood purifier. 1t has done me good
many times. For several years suffered
greatly with pains OF
The Langston City herald. [volume] (Langston City, O.T. [Okla.]) 1891-1902, 1896-04-25
Carlisle In Chicago.

CHICAGO, April i6,-Hon. John q.
Carlisle, secretary OF the treasury,
spoke on the currency question at the
Auditorium last night, before an audi
ence that filled the great hall to the
utternost The address was delivered
under the auspices of the laboring
men OF Chicago, and they were there
in full force, nearly three-quarters of
the crowd being workingmen.
The Langston City herald. [volume] (Langston City, O.T. [Okla.]) 1891-1902, 1896-04-25
window Gla.. rae,or,e. to Close.

INDIANAroLIs, Ind, April lG.-At a
meeting OF the Pittsburg Window
Glass Association and the Western
Window Glass Association il was de-
cided, owing to the glut in the glass
market, to close down every window
glass factory in the United States on
May 20. The two associations con-
troll the output OF window glass in
this country. Tire action taken means
that thousands of men will be thrown
out of employment
The Langston City herald. [volume] (Langston City, O.T. [Okla.]) 1891-1902, 1896-04-25

Topeka, Kan, April III. - Judge
Hazen yesterday sentenced Police
Officer H. T.. Gaines to the penitentiary
for one year for killing Albert Kreu-
ger, u citizen Of North Topeka, about
six months ago. Gaines ATTEMPTED to
arrest o relative of Kreuger without u
warran', when the latter protested.
A fight ensued, resulting in the shoot
ing. The jnry found Gaines guilty OF
manslaughter.
The Langston City herald. [volume] (Langston City, O.T. [Okla.]) 1891-1902, 1896-04-25
DEBS NOT WANTED.
The Chicago University Fla acuity Excludes
the Labor AgitatOr.

CHICAGO, April lG.-At u meeting of
the oratorical association of Chicago
university it was decided to invite
Eugene V. Debs to speak during the
next quarter.
When the members ofthc faculty
were apprised of the intended invita-
tion, they immediately sent out for
the representatives Of the association
and firmly demanded that no such in
vitation should be Issued They de-
clared that Mr.. Dets belonged to n
dangerous element and his appear
ance at the University of Chicago, with
the sanction of the faculty, would en-
danger the standing of the institution
among the ortho dox.
The Langston City herald. [volume] (Langston City, O.T. [Okla.]) 1891-1902, 1896-04-25
Neuralgia

in one eye and about my temples, es.
pecaily at night when had been having
. hard day Of physical and mental labor.
Itook many remedies, but found help only
in Hoods sarsapsrilla which cured me oI
rheumatism, neuralgia and headache.
Hoods sarsaparilla has proved itsclfatr
friend. also take Hoods Pills to keep
my bowels regular, ard like tho pills
very much" ISAAC LEWIS, Sabine, Ohio
The Langston City herald. [volume] (Langston City, O.T. [Okla.]) 1891-1902, 1896-04-25

The contemplated new Union Station
m Summer street, Boston, will cost
"a ,ooO, 900 and have thirty-tbrcc tracks.
II will include the present New Eng
land station
The Langston City herald. [volume] (Langston City, O.T. [Okla.]) 1891-1902, 1896-04-25

There is great activity in railroad-car
builG,ng this year. So far l2,soo cars
have been built and most Of the build
,rs have large orders on hand.
The Langston City herald. [volume] (Langston City, O.T. [Okla.]) 1891-1902, 1896-04-25

Al expert on curious calculations has
figured that IL n man could jump as far
In proportion to his size as flea can.
he could stand on the Fade Bridge,
and by single bound, spring into the
middle of Lake Michigan.
The Langston City herald. [volume] (Langston City, O.T. [Okla.]) 1891-1902, 1896-04-25

DoDGE CRY, Kan, April l5.--In the
Appellate court, Southern division,
Republican convention Judge Elricl,
C. Cole, the present incumbent, was
renominated BY reclamation.
The Langston City herald. [volume] (Langston City, O.T. [Okla.]) 1891-1902, 1896-04-25

The first modern bridge in which
history makes mention was the famous
sublician Bridge at Rome. 1t was
.rected in the seventh century.
The Langston City herald. [volume] (Langston City, O.T. [Okla.]) 1891-1902, 1896-04-25

There are IL locomotive building
companies in the United states. They
turned out last year, LOO locomotives,
rs against COS in 1894 The freight
ears built in 1895 were 81, sO3, as com-
pared with 17,029 in 1894.
The Langston City herald. [volume] (Langston City, O.T. [Okla.]) 1891-1902, 1896-04-25
JOHN A. COCKRELL DEAD

The Famous Editor and Correspondent
No More.
CAIRO, April ll.--Colonel John A.
Coclerill, the well-known newspaper
correspondent, died last night of ap.
oplexy, in Shepherds hotel.
The Langston City herald. [volume] (Langston City, O.T. [Okla.]) 1891-1902, 1896-04-25

The latest device of a Paris paper for
attracting readers is the engagement
Of two eminent physicians to attend
rratuitiously upon its yearly subscri'
bcrs.
The Langston City herald. [volume] (Langston City, O.T. [Okla.]) 1891-1902, 1896-04-25

CHICAGO, April l6.--The school Gen.
sus Of this city now practically COM
plete shows the city to have popuia.
tion Of approximately i,77o.0O0
The Langston City herald. [volume] (Langston City, O.T. [Okla.]) 1891-1902, 1896-04-25

A woman has just been appointed
assistant professor Of English in the
University of Michigan. She Is Miss
Gertrude Buck, daughter OF Judge
Buck, Of Michigan.
The Langston City herald. [volume] (Langston City, O.T. [Okla.]) 1891-1902, 1896-04-25

The greatest number OF sponges
yrow in water from 500 TO 1000 fath'
pms deep.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-10-08

The pride Of Il sportsman Is to make
q good double at p1mo Take rutfed
grouse hunter, for instance. He puts
up two of the birds at once. They go
whirring off through the brush and are
brought down one after the other. That
makes the hunter happy.
A Texas deer hunter riding along on
horseback once saw IA couple of deer
leap from their beds and start off on "A
jump. He dropped both, one with each
barrel They were big bucks.
A hunter in Wisconsin SAW three
bears fleeing away through the timber.
He killed two of them and wounded the
third so that ho got it the next day.
\ German hunting hares with 1G
gauge shotgun loaded with No. 3 shot
saw two deer running, one behind the
other. lie killed them both at 20 yards.
Men on the plains in the days when
antelopes were far more plentiful than
now used to get within shot of bunch
and then, 10y shooting the leaders, man
age to get all the bunch. 1t was the
same with elk, while buifaloes were
killed by dozens, but such shots were
not pleasing TO the men VINO made them
in any other sense than that they
brought so much money. This was mar
ket hunting. New York Sun.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-10-08
Car AIenander's Little Joke.

Mr.. ". ). Harwood contributes to St
Nicholas sketch of Joseph Francis, the
inventor of the life boat. Mr.. Harwood
says:
He had been received one day by the
czar at dinner The ear was fond of
witnessing experiments with new in
ventions, and Mr., Francis was asked
out into room opening from con-
servatory where an inventor with some
newfangled force pump was going to
give an exhibition. After they had seen
the pump the car took hold of the
nozzle of the pipe and turned it in the
direction of the ladies of the court, who
were i'll the conservatory. Winking to
Mr.. Francis the car, in mischief, gave
them slight sprinkling, begging par
don afterward for his awkwardn&s.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-10-08
SHELL AND SHOVEL PILE.
A Short stors of the Ciril War rs Told
by an Old Soldier.

A Short stors of the CiNil War ns To;d
by an Old soldier.
Whenever / see Il piIe OF shovels
stacked up on the sidewalk in front of
a hardware store, said an old soldier,
lit makes me think of pile of shovels
! saw once stacked up at the end of u
traverse IN AN earthWork mt the TIME of
tie evil Wal There were siege guns
and mcrtars OF tne siZa and another IN
batteries scattered along these works
III the particular battery that | speak Of
there were two 100 pound rifled guns.
There was traverse between tie Two
guns and one on the outer side Of each,
traverse, you understand, being u
short ridge Of earth running back trGm
the line in front ana at right angles
with it, to protect the gnu aud TIE gau-
ners from = lateral fire. This pile cf
shovels lay at the end of one of the out
er trayerscs, to the left Of the piece that
| worked on There were six or eight
men on the gun.
"a shell that came over from ii Con
federate mortar battery dropped square
on that pile Of shoyels and exploded the
instant 1t struck. Our own gun bad just
been fired, and the men We're all stand
ing scattered around to the rear of the
gun carriage, none of them far away
from the shovel pile, and all of them
right in open range, not protected as
some of them anyway would have been
"a minute earlier by standing over on
the other side of the gun, with the gun
and the gun carriage between them and
the shovels
1.-The air was filled with smoke, and
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-10-08
JUDITH.

Flower of youth ia the ancient frame,
Maid of the mcttlesomo lip and eye,
Lightly wearing the fatrful name
And the raki9h beaver of days gone byl
Pink of fashion, Yet tins Is she
That once through midnight forest and fen
Guided the honsemen of "all Santee"
And rode to the death with Marion's men,
Rare the picture that decks the wall.
Rare and dainty in life below
My century later belle of the ball,
Mocking the beauty of long ago.
II now the summons should come to ride
Through such a darkness as brooded then,
How would it please you to serve as guide?
And where, all, where were Marion $ men
False the logic that breeds the fear
Buds will blossom, and pipes will play
So it was IN that early year,
So shall it be till the world is gray
But the petted darling. if need shall be.
As swift to the saddle will vault again,
And those that follow will ride Is free
As ever of old rode Marion men.
William Young in Century.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-10-08
Notice of Second Meeting

STATE OF MAINE.
SOMERSET, IS, COURT OF INSOLVENCY
In he case OF Cyrus II. Goodrich of Bng-
ham, in said county, InSolveut Debtor
This is to give notice that pursuant to an
order of Court therefor, second meeting OF
the Creditors of said Insolvent Debtor will b,
held at the Probate Court Room, Skowhegan
in said County, on Tuesday. the 18th DAY
of October A. D., 1856, at one O'Clock in the
afternoon.
ArrEsT:-NATHAN FOWLER
2wi0 Register of said Court
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-10-08

fragments and splinters of shell and
shovels Were flying in all directions
There wasn't man but expected to
have his head knocked off by piece
OF shell, or to be cut in two by shovel
blade, or at least to have the handle of
shovel stuck through him. But the
fragments II shell all flew past, the
shoyeis al came down, and the smoke
cleared avn, ard nobody had even a
scratch. aheH tHf men al laughed and
went 10 loading fholo0 FOUNDER again u
Nov York sun.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-10-08
Notice
OF Appointment of ASsignee.

Case of Cecil J. Burrill, at Skowhegan
in the County of Somerset and State of Maine
the 23d day OF Sept. A. D., 1896. The under
signed hereby gives notice of his appoint
ment as Assignee of Cecil j. Burrill Of
u kowhegan in said County of Somerset, insol
vent debtor, who has been declared an insol-
vent upon his petition by the Court of In
solyency for the County OF Somerset sws9
GEO. WEYMOUTH. Assignee.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-10-08
MOTHER NATURE.


Nature, the gentlest mother,
impatient of no child,
The fce'l st or the waywardest.
tier aaMunitlon mild
In forest and the hill
BY traveller i heard
restraining rampant squirrel
Or too impetuous bird.
How fair her conversation
summer afternoon,
Her household, her assembly,
And when the sun goes down
Her voice among the aisles
meites the timid prayer
or the minutest cricket,
The most unworthy flower.
When al the children sleep,
She turns a. long away
As will suffice II light her lamps.
Then, bending from thu Sky,
With Infinite affection
Ar lniiniter care.
Her don finger "a her lin.
Will silence everywhere.
Emily Dickinson.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-10-08
PRIVACY No LONGER.
SCIENCE INVADES EVERYTHING AND
REVEALS ALL SECRETS.

As We Contemplate the Changes Made BIZ
Infant Science. We Marvel at the Re
suits Which VIII Follow When 1t
Reaches the Age of Manhood.
Already science has made nei2hbors
of erstWhile far sundered places Al
ready the feat of gifdiuR the earth in
30 minutes, once aserhed to mhyic..l
pow er, has been left bopalcs>lv behind
by new and scientific Puck. Already
privacy has become Wi nigh mpossi-
BILE. even that of one Bodily interior
being no longer guaranteed. Already
science has so far conquered the enemies
of life that the living are lOsfhug each
other for elbow room, ana already the
nations slcap-if they ever sleep-with
their fingers on Nhe trigger Of the latest
magazine rifle. II tu~ Dr. the case ia
she green tree, what may Wa expect III
the dry. II infant science. only - wears
old, has brought tins uaaut. what will
science i'll state of mauhaod do for u.s.
Another question intrudes Itself here:
Is the transformation. so far rs it has
gone, a gam: Are W. tin better or the
happier for the aehiefH Aeuts of applied
/ science, or did men, before the new ere
atom WAS born. live more human-Shall
we say more divine-lIte than is DOS
sible NOW: NJ Berthelot las 10 reply
to such queries. He Il thc embodiment
of the spirit which wlesls from nature
eVe1 new powers and turns them loose
upon mankind to fulfil thair destiny
1t j, not for the man Of science to dis
erininate, tor how dos nc know what
goes To make "a new earth? He also
must fulfill his destiny.
Sometimes we read that The age of
romance has passed, but a~l, the interna-
tional congress of applied chemistry
and yen wall probably hear that il Is
/ only just beginning; thai the most fan
tastic dreams Of our most IMAGINATIVE
men are 10 what Will hr IL humble prose
is to highest poetry. VIM can doubt it?
Who can forbear sometimes from at
j tempting conception Il the new
earth:a And how httle way can he
whose imagination i most compact nd
vance without Il staggcr aud a fall? 1t
is no wonder that science lifts her head
and surveys the future With pride.
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The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-10-08
A FARMER GOT EVEN.

4
=, ''eio "io io'i ii'en III ohleaSo VINO
Will never 1oleet slIas Iatman S visit
10 the city twill be many days before
those Same men will be able to show up
at the depots again to prey Oh the con-
fidenee of rural strangers
When Silas came to town, he came
with the avowed intention of revenging
himself on smooth spoken young man
who had met him on II former visit and
had relieved him of carpetsack con-
tanning the visitors money and return
ticket He did not expect to encounter
the same fellow, but made up his mind
to administer to the first man who
claimed to know him the warmest recep-
tion the scoundrel had ever met with.
Tatman came in from Bunlnm Bun
KUN is not on the map, and one could
90 to the place with repeating rifle
and shoot all the inhabitants without
reloading But, small as it IS, it can
boast Of citizen WHO outwitted four
of the cleycrcst con- men in Chicago.
Buulum is also renowned for its large
hornets nests and the warlike and
9grouchy' dispositions Of their occu-
pants IN Taman's hog lot hung one of
these nests from "a limb of locust tree.
1t was "a gigantic specimen and the ter
ror of the neichburhood.
The morning SilaS left for Chicago
he went out in the hog lot very early,
before the hornets were astir. He took
with him an old green carpetbap, and
this he opened and slipped carefully
around the obloug hest, closing the
clasp quickly without losing hornet
When he cook the train later in the day,
he smiled with delight as he thought of
the narrowing scene that would take
place when the empetbag was opened.
When Silas arrived at the depot, in
stead of going to the hotel he sat down
i'll the smoking room and waited His
mission Was similar to that of the conf
dence man lie was in quest Of strau-
ger who would cultivate his acquaint-
lance only to rob him OF his hornets and
regret it to his dying Gay. Occasionally
Farmer Tatman would look down at his
carpetbag AS he did so he shook with
giee.
The Bunkum farmer had not been
seated five minutes whom he was APP
preached by II follow with q sharp, in
quisitive nose and Il checked suit All,
hap' thought Tatman, rs the stranger
extended his hand. I've got you. -
Il believe | know you, said the
sharp nosed individual Let me see,
you are from =
"Bunkum, replied Tatmm.
'"To be spre-Bunkum. And your
name is
"Tatman
"Why, Of course. How are you Mr.
Tatman:'
"Tolerablc = And Mr.. Tatman looked
down at his hornets and chucklod
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-10-08

all the talking and after Cunningham
had whispered few words in the fel.
lows ear he coald hardly keep his eyes
OIL the carpetbag. He was introduced
to Tatman as Thomas w. Bloomfield,
the board of trade man.
1t seems, Mr.. Tatman, y said Bloom
field, chat you are very careless with
your money. Mr.. Cunningham tells me
that you carry II i'll your satchel. .
You bet l have cot a lot of money
in that ere old earpetbag | was kinder
| thlnkin Of rfoculatin with il. =
"Perhso> you would like to have me
invest 1t IN wheat, | think you could
make IA big stake. -
I'm kinder 'fraid of losin it. -
ooh, not at all; not if IT'S well in.
vested. People only lose their money
through carelessness. But Of course
some one has to lose money to keep the
stuff properly in circulation "
WAL, | hain't got much money to
lose, and Tn feared if | was to open
that ere bag that mine would get to cir
culatin, and you bet it would circulate
mighty dern fast. "
We'll, if you did lose it, it would
stick to soma one fingers -
you bet your blame life she would,
and she'd stick purity gel derned fast. "
So YOU don't want me to invest it
for you:a
Pm little bit scary bout putin it
III wheat.
"Norisli whatever, " said Bloomfield
why, | tell you, Mr. Tatman, good
speculator can pick money oil the trees
here i'll Chicago.
Bloomield's expression tiekled Tat
man. He laughed uproanously aud then
said:
You can pick it off the trees in
Bunkun, too, but you can't keep it
long, cause 1t cireul ates too dern fast -
BY this time the men were growing
impatient, and Tatman noticed that
they looked more frequently and longer
at the carpetpag. He thought it about
time to take his revenge, so he SAID:
'Naal, gentlemen, reckon I'd better
be a-goin, and I'd like to leave that ere
money with you, so as it'll be safe while
l hunt up Il stoppln place.
The men We're perfectly willing to
accommodate Farmer Tatman. They as.
sured him that the earpetbag and Its
contents would be perfectly safe and
that they would lie willing to wait until
he came back.
Much obliged, gentlemen. And
Tatman arose. "'Tisn t very often that
feller meets such kind friends as you
are III Il strange city. and it's kinder
soothin ter know That a fellow leayin
his money with honest people | reckon
j II be back in about an hour, And
Talman once more thanked his friends
n lac passed out OF the room, closing the
door behind INN
Taman did not leave the saloon, rs
the mon expected. BY a clever dodge he
managed To slip the key OF the door in
his pocket before lie left the room. He
remained on the outside long enough To
silently turn the bolt in the lock, after
which he slipped into the adjoining
room. He did not wait long uelole he
heard enc OF the men say:
well that was the easiest snap I
ever saw. Silas rscosni1z d the voice rs
that IF Cunningham. Then Bloomfield
answered.
'Easy! Why, you could rob that fool
before his eyes and hr Woudm' t know
IT, Hand az the srangcr's gripsack.
Tam3u heard the sound Of the grip
sack striking the top OF the table. Then
be heard them prying at the lock Pres
entity he heard the clasps aiXc, and IN
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-10-08

cred his body.
=" was in a llor-
rible fix he
says, and the
more ire t
1nent | receiv-
ed. the worse I
seemed to get.
\ New York
specialist said
he could cure
me, but his
treatment did
me no cd
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-10-08

De Candclles made very careful ex,
animation, historically and botanioally,
of the origin of wheat, and claims that
its native home was in the plateau Of
Armenia, where it is still found to be
growing wild.