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The Somerset reporter., 1896-12-15

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crushed Hrr soul Il. she AT taare IL fore
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listened. fearing moi f6a sfrarea and
undrcu~feIaad sonuds alnut h,r Int lj.-
tcning ever fora steD 1T Tie door Half
past II. SIC had fallen INTO n doze.
when there ae "A sound. and she epraug
from her cbaIr
Down at The STATION SjIant Ell had
passed a day utterly rcvolfIup tn In.
tenacious better nature II Vas = small
town and more butally degraded than
most Of the camps Of the west Pconle
who expocted any good npvor csfnc
there. \ missionary had tried II once
OBLIGED
sadly, with 10 good ACCOMPLISHED that
be could see
When Silent Bill had reached there
he had felt a deliberate reckless long.
ing to efface himself as the man he had
known. He almost felt that i'm coming
there he had entered into some camnact
with the devil. but he could not throw
off the training and traditions Of his
life in IL day. Misfortune. not crime
had made h!m a wandercr ON the face
of the earth, ard, in the midst Of The
debauchery in which he had placed him
self, his conscience and tastes uttered
continual protest Before morning dawn
ed he had lost in gambling every cent
of the $500 which he had brought with
him. He never left the table at which
he first seated himself till il was gone
lie did not greatly care whether be won
or not. He was playing for the fierce
fever Of the game and stimulated his
interest by hard drinking He was not
used TO this, and never knew how he
got TO bed, CT whether he had lost his
money fairly or had it stolen from him.
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ms whole soul was protesting against
ms desfadalloh. lie could not endure
IL, ana rs seen as he could he drank
more whisky. He had no trouble i'll get
ting trusted Was he not the man who
mad dlscoNt o. the Poor Mans Luck:
And before might he had Won back half
as muei monty as he aad lest. lie dld
hol lose iiS htaa AGAIN. lie ana not
mean To. lie crank only enough to keep
/ MS odlous conscience from Singing hlm
too deeply.
And all tins time Bob Mahaily was
lying UNCONSCIOUS IN the corner ot sa-
loon, his message untold, And up the
mountain, i'll the Lonely CABIN, il woman
WAS eating hor heart out with anxiety
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The Somerset reporter., 1896-12-15
WAN TED.

1000 Pounds Hens Feathers in ex-
lange for cash
A few Hard Wood Chamber Sets. Oak
lde Board and Extension Tables for
lie soft ~
Skowhegan. Dec. 10. 1896.
WARDS AUCTION ROOM.
The Somerset reporter., 1896-12-15
FOREIGN
PERIODICAL
LITERATURE

'IIFlH- NearTY IN double
sssuiua octave pages IF mat
fer milking four larEe vol
Nnlc. uueqlalltl iu quality
md quantity.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-01-13
CONTEMPLATION.
Remarks by ,,ae ., ho Knows.

Remarks by Ss"e ., ho Knows.
 To the Editor Of tho JOURNAL AND COURIER
 Either you pr the Rev LWlher Me Sweeney must bs gulllble oa easily ab- sorbemt of liquor yarns if you believe any such not as you aseegt in your edi- torial lbhalt of seven hundred and two marked ten dollar bills circulated in some town in Massachusetts, four hum drsd and tem totally and abs5lutely spent for liquor found their way into the rockets, of liquor dealers The idea sought to be conveyed is that the whole amoutn oG the hundred and ten bills equa!liZAag four thousand one hundred dolllaIS was spent outright for Rum. Rot, aEOlultely rot. Talle any Satur- day nigh! and go yourself sNto any or ail the S.orels between the Courier" office and my place of business outside of lbquor storelg and ask change for a tan djoGar biM not making @ purchase, and seq what success you will have n belrtg accommodated and you thsn will have an ar2esw:r ao the implied asser- ton. n! is a fact that in tlris and other large cities liquor dealers make a spe- cialty of providing change for large bills for just such emergencies. When forap purchais eofal five csnlt cigar or glass of beer you have changed for you a bill of anG reasonable denomination, this does not imply thalt the whole amount of lthelt bill was spent by Q long sllnN, It is an accommodation other businesles do not provide. I have my self changed as much as three hundred dollars in large bais onl Saturday evening between and 8 o'clock on what would not amount to thrtaa dol Vars woaltIh of aetual trade dis Ike vleiry much Ito destroy such q terrible object lesspn you would like to teach in quoting the Rev. Lutf,ar Me Sweeney, but as Lusalsr is evidently off and has got you with him, it is too much of a whEpper to ls5 go without having a whack at.
 EDWARD MCCARTHY.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-01-13
PRfJSPERTTy.

Of course it doesn't make any differ ence with 6 business man if his ex- penses exceed his receipts, and also of course it doesn't make any difference with nation if it's expenses exceed it's receipts. And if the nation has a tariff which doesn't bring in money enough to pay the expenses, of course the tariff has little or nothing to do with that state of affairs which results from a gap Between the expenses and the receipts. Grover Cleveland, presi- dent of the United States, says so, and what he doesn't know about such mat ters is not known to anybody except perhaps Mir. Carlisle, and AIr. Carlisle isn't allowed to tell all he knows But the interesting fact remains that the treasury deficit for January is already s5,oOo, ,OGO and the total for the fiscal wear thus far is over s2O,0O0,O 900.
 Great is the tariff for deficit and great are its prophets not profits. Mr
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-01-13
ACOUATSTANcES.


 Teacher-Tell me, John, what be- comes of the man who neglects his soul and gives entire attention to his body :? John--He grows fat.--Humoristische Blaetter
 She--I hope you can come next Thursday. We're having some music and supper after. He--Oh, yes, I'll come; but-er-I may be late.-Boston Beacon.
 Would1be Cyclist-I thought you said that after twelve lessons of an hour each l should know how to ride? Cy- cling InstructoT-So you would, sir, if you hadn't spent the best part of the time OH the ground-Tit-Bit
 T don't want any of your lip" said a rural pedagogue to 9 pert young miss who had ''sassed'' him. You won't get it." she snapped q wouldn't kiss you if every freckle on your face was a gold dollar. ."-New York Mercury.
 'I want to pay this bill" he said to the hotel clerk. but I think you have made slight error here in my favor. I've been reading over the extras. and I cannot find that you have charged me anything for telling me you thought 1t might rain."-Tit-Blts
 Jonee-Yes. sir: it is precious hard to collect money now I know it. S1nith-Have you tried and failed? JOnes-oh, no. Smith-How, then, do
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-01-13

PrinteD. How the country is prosper ing under that tariff And how much more prosperous it would have been if the original tariff blll had not been changed by those who had the old-fash- tened and foolish idea that surplus In the treasury is better than q deficit, and that the tariff has something to do with the prosperity of the country. These chaps must be rebuked at the next election, We have had good op- portunity to see the workings of tariff for deficit. The next time we must pitch in for complete free trade, The bigger the deficit the more prosperity!
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-01-13

you know that money is hard to collect? JqneS--Reeause several psople have tried to collect of m6.--Amusing Jour nal,
 Wrong as to x-Heber-Papa, we call g war between people of the same nation an internecine war, don't we? Father-Yes, my boy. Heber--Wonldn't it be better to call 1t an internephew war? The nieces never have anything to do with war-Harper's Round Ia ble. Dear one, if every kiss of mine Were but a snowflake, soft and fine, That falls quite noiseless on thy face And 'monS thy dimples finds place; Would you consent--I whisper low That other ears may never know The certain bliss that ours may be. If you but hearken unto me- Would you consent, my love most true, 10 let me be drift to you?
 Life.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-01-13
Aighest of all in Leavening p0NcgIaest U c0vt Rep0

iginal maker A generation ago simi- lar state cf things existed in the manu- fracture and use of farm implements, such as mowers, reap2rs, forks, blows, cultivators and threshing machines The same was true nlso regarding wa gon hardware and of machine work. If the simplest bolt broke, or even a nut was lost, there was only one of two thlngs to be done--go to a blacksmith end get him to make a more or less inn perfect substitute, or send to the maker of the machine for q duplicate. The absurdity of this finally brought about conventions of manufacturers, who agreed upon standard sizes for many things, such as threads for nuts and bolts, and to-day any hardware store dan supply many of these parts which fit dozens of machines.
 The same action is asked from the bicycle manufacturers. The makers have not paid any attention to the matt ter heretofore, even to the extent Of saving In the number of sizes of parts on any single machine. Looking over almost any bicycle in the market, a person will find perhaps half dozen sizes of nuts ard threads, each requir- ing a change of wrench to fit it, when one-half of the number would have been just as good. Comparing different makes of machines a man finds upon each some parts which are to all intents Identical. except that, because Of a lack of standard q nut taken from one ma- chine will not fit ithe same part of an- other, nor would the part taken from one machine fit in place of the part taken from another
 In some respects the makers have been obliged already to agree upon standard sizes or parts, such as rims and tires. There is no reason why a similar agreeme should not be reached regarding the fittings of almost every part, SD that any repair shop, sup piled with a reasonable quantity of standard repair parts, should be able ito put any make of machine in order at sihOitG notice.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-01-13
Advertising Rates.

Situations, Wants, Rents and other small advertisements, one Cent n Word each in- aertion. Five cents word for full week (seven times.)
 Display Advertisements-Per inch, one in- sertion, $l.20; each subsequent insertion, 40 cents; one week, $3.s0; one month, SlO; one year, $40.
 Obituary notices, in prose or verse, l5 cents per line. Notices of bi ths, Marriages, Deaths and Funera s. 90 cents each. Local notices, i5 cents per line.
 Yearly advertisers are limited to their own jeotionable), and their contracts do not in- clude Wants, To Let Cor Sale, etc.
 Discounts--On two inches or more one month and over, 10 per cent; on four inches
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-01-13
FASHION NOTES.
On Dressing the Hair and Covering It.
EDWARD MCCARTHY.

On Dressing tlie Hair and Covering It.
 There is now only one imperative rule of hair-dressins, and that is that it must be becoming. There is no longer any excuse for the woman who plugs her hair in the back and puffs it in q forward hunch in front, but she can choose her own style of picturesque ness. If her face lends itself to the sweet austerty of straight locks brushed down over the temples, she may wear it without a ripple or d wave, and the locks may pass dlscreetly back of the pretty ears, too. Of course only
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-01-13
SIMPLIFY BrcYcEE REPA1Rs.
Makers Asked to Adopt Uniform Sizes for Smaller Parts of Wheels.
 From tha New York Sun

 A proposition has been made recently by bicycle riders to several agents and manufacturers of bicycles that the man ufacturers get together in a convention and agree to reduce numerous parts of their different machines to standard proportions.
 increases constantly. while each maker fixes sizes for every part and fitting without regard to VI at any other maker has done, and finally the unfortunate owner of a bicycle who may have lost or broken some part of his machine, no matter how insignificant, cannot get perfect repairs unless he secures g dn- pitaa fe uart frarn tne fantorv ef tloo a~-
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-01-13

the madonna sort of girl wan, sad beauty should do this, but if 1t suits her and she does it, she is in style. The woman with a. baby face may comb away her locks from a. central parting, hold down their pretty rioting by a pair of love knots of bright rib- bon, with perhaps q rose tucked In at one knot and then the fluffy curls can escape over the ears. At the back the hair may be softly coiled, with pretty escaping curls to lie on the shoulder. So it goes through the whole list of types of faces, each sort having its per missible cultures
 Side combs are still in favor, and are useful articles, since they assist in ad- justing the hair, while the long, glaam- ing line of the combs back emphasizes the curve of the head and gives a clas- Isic effect to the profile that is desirable with the modern costume. Side combs are at their best when worn with tiny hats and bonnets. but they are tucked beneath even such large and showy hats as the one pictured here. The gist of the matter is that if a woman has q handsome pair Of combs, slle can be trusted to display them at every oppor- tunity. While they are worn with such hats as this one, they add very little to it's general effect, because the hat itself is so big and elaborate. It is made of violet felt with a wide brimi and mod erately low crown which is encireied by la rufffe of violet satin headed with q narrow lace frill at the top, banded with narrow black satin ribbon in the center, In back a spreading black bow With double loops sets un against the crown, and on either side are aigrettes of fine black feathers. Then a jabot of lace falls over the brinl on the right side. This hat <3nay be faced with Vio- let velvet if desired EIORTTTE
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-01-13

Bring out your gold and take some bonds. MT. Preston, the director of the mint, estimates that there must be $37o 00o, ,o0O in gold hoarded in the Unit ed States, outside of the banks and the treasury, and that the total amount of the yellow metal in the country is at least $6ooO0o,o o0O
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-01-13

A Kansas paper tried ito pay conn plimemt to a banker by saying that The forged his way from a clerkship Eo a posMaon at the head of the firm
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-01-13

The cause of the New Woman is mak- ing progress in Ohio, where a legislator has a biJB that provides that q wife with property sIhall be responsible for the debts of hah husband.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-01-13
Notice.

Wecaunot accept anonymous or return re- jeeted communications. In all cases the name of the writer will be required, not for publication, but as a guarantee of good faith.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-01-13
nIPP0pH4GY IN CflfCAGo.

Chicago, the home of the great dress ed beef and the great dressed pig indus try, appears to be also the home of the dressed horse industry. Last week an ordinance was introduced in the Chicago city council providing for the inspection Of horse meat offered for sale. With true Chicago delieacy 1t was voted down on the ground that it's pas sage would be an acknowledgment that such meat was sold in Chicago. But it appears that the Chicago packers and shippers of beef unanimously indorsed the proposed ordinance. They say that a large local trade prevails in horse meat, and they ask that the council shall provide for it's sale as horse meat and not as beef. As an indication of the extent of the business 1t is pointed out that in al single issue Of local pa- per the other day appeared thirty ad- yertisements for the purchase of horses for killing at from $1 to S5 each.''
 The Chicago beef men are perfectly right in their contention that the horse meat sold in Chicago should be sold for what it is. Those who don't want to eat horse meat should not be swindled into eating it, and those who do want to eat it don't need to be. We have no doubt that the eating of horse meat is going 10 rapidly increase in this caun- try and we don't know of any good req son why it shouldn't. Horse meat is as clean as beef, and the prejudice which now exists against it will rapidly decrease. The eaters of horse meat in Paris, Berlin, and other great European cities are numerous. They will soon be numerous in the great cities of this country as they already arc in Chicago. But people have as good st right to know what they are eating ia tha way of meat as they have to know whether they are eating butter or oleomargar;ne
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The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-01-13

Mrs. Dash-Is Mrs. Crash in good so- ciety? Mrs. Crash-Oh, mol She is just one of my church acquaintanees.- Puck.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-01-13
AN EnECrRIc RArLRoAD scH EarE.

.4N ELECTRIC R1ILRO4D SCH E1IE. Electric railroading is apparently about to have g. new and significant de- velopment in and about Cleveland,
 Ohio, where the circumstances seem to
 be exceptionally favorable for such de- velopment. Five long electric railroads radiate from the city. The Cleveland and Gainesville line unites Cleveland with the seat of Lake county and is
 about twenty-three miles in length from
 the eastern city limits. The Akron, Bedford and Cleveland road has it's ter mini respectively in Akron, Summit
 county and ct the soutt1eTiy limits of
 Cleveland, distance of more than thir- ty miles. The Cleveland and Berea company is operating from the south
 westerly city limits to Berea, having
 about nine miles of single track exclu- sive of switches and turn-outs The Cleveland and Elyria road has just been
 cc mpleted.and extends from the wester- l ly limits of Cleveland to Elyria, the seat of Lorain country, distance of 1 over twenty miles, while the Lorain and Cleveland Line, which will be ready for traffic in the early summer, connects
 Lorain with the westerly limits of i I'Cleveland, and will have about twenty two miles of track exclusive of switches
 and turn-outs.
 The managers of all these lines have
 united to apply for franchises for eighty-fiye miles of road in the streets
 of Cleveland. They propose to operate | these city lines, in conjunction with their suburban roads, as a single great system, and to use the city streets be-
 tween the hours of midnight and 5:30 a. m. to bring in milk, fruit and country
 produce of all sorts. They propose to
 secure a fine site in the center of the city and erect a large terminal station for the handling of freight as well as for the accommodation of suburban pas-
 sengers. Later, as the freight traffic increases, it is expected to construct small freight stations in different sec
 tions of the city along the lines Of road in order to supply every section with
 produce with as little handling and at
 as small an expense as possible. And if the plans outlined are put in prac-
 tice there is strong prospect that the new company will undertake to haul freight from one quarter of the city to
 another as s we'll as to handle produce and package freight from the suburban
 districts. Many large manufacturing
 establishments are directly along the
 proposed routes, and interchanges Of products between many of them are ire quent and involve heavy expense for carriage. The projectors of the new lines believe that within a few years
 they will be able to do much of this
 business at 3. saving to the manufact- urers and still realize q good profit on
 the business.
 There will be a fine fight over this
 matter, as the consolidated street rail
 road companies of Cleveland don't in-
 tend to let the scheme be carried out f they can help it. But it's benefits are so great and so apparent that it is hardly probable that it can be killed
 
 Mrs. Dash-Is Mrs. Crash in good so- ciety? Mrs. Crash-Oh. not She is i1rS. nr,n nf rr,r- nl,,,,rI, .n,..,,ns ns,u+s..-
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-01-13
THE POPULAR VERDICT

In old Elm City, from east to west, You cannot find place to rest, Or get refreshments of the best,
 LIKE FERRY'S. No Bread is baked so fine and white, No Biscuits are so pure and light, No fancy Cakes give such delight.
 AS FERRY'S. No place can give you-so 'tis said FOUR wholesome loaves Homemade Bread.
 For just a quarter dollar dead"
 LIKE FERRY'S. The Ice Cream Soda's sure to cheer, And Of the Root Beer have no fear. The Extracts are all pure and clear,
 AT FERRY'S. All decent folks. Of common sense, Know FERRY'S lunch is just immense. Likewise the Dinner for 30 cents,
 AT FERRIS Good folks who come to town to shop, Into this cosy place all drop. Because they know it pays to stop
 AT FERRIS. 46 to so Church Street.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-01-13

we are all apt to complain of our lot in aife," truly stays Mir. Depew. Now I've known personally nearly every gr1star author, statesman, psli
 tician and I've known Intimately every President of the Unateid States. and not one of them was ever perfectly satis- fled Each has wished he was as smart as some dtIIer man. It seems to me sllat the best way for each one of Us to feel is that we are as good as the best. {
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-01-13

class in dthics is one of the novel educational features of the Masssaahu- sefts Stalse Refornatory. It is conduct- ! ed on a plan devisad by President Hyde of Bowdoin college. About 150 of the more antelligenit prisoners aire members of the class The usual procedure of the class consists of a lecture by the instrudtor or a paper by some mem Der, followed by a general discussion of the topic. The debates are said to be spiriHed and earnest, and Ithe effect on fhe nrisnners excellent
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-01-13

An ideal playground for Philadelphia children is proposed by the Culture Elk tension league of that city. The idea is to use John Dickinson square, to have generous sized grass plots, dotted plen- tifully with trees and flower beds, with a fountain in the center of the square, to be surrounded by a circular depres- sion which could be flooded in winter for small skating rink. The plans also include a bicycle track and a large gymnasium or play house, in which the children could enjoy them selves in winter or on rainy days. If the municipal authorities will grade the ground and furnish the trees, flowers, fountain and benches, the League will pay for the rest, including the care takers.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-01-13

Even the rats get a good word in these days of general Whitewashing. Rats according to a Russian snowman who exhibits tame troupe of the beasts, are more easily taught than dogs; they have a. more retentive ear for language and greater adaptability than any other animals. Louise Michel, who is also fond of rates, has discovered many virtues in them. They have re- spect for the aged, family feeling, and compassion for the unfortunate.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-01-13

The French tax bicycles alt a rate of about $2.25 a yeaIr, the yield in 1894 be- ing about s4oO,00o. There are said to be some 3600 0Oo "machlines' in, France and the number increases rapidly. The bicycle is. said to be doing great things for the French, physically and com anercially. They find exercise on it to their taste, while not given much to eltflar kinds of sport. Very light ma chimes an1e preferred. The tax is not objected to because 1t gives ridens a recognized legal status.