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The Somerset reporter., 1897-04-01

A man who n5~ slaAu- high in the
mercantile community T. a.ted 10 me the
following little incident Of his carly
life.
At the age Of Il | entered the store of
Silas Sturdevmt IL clafk. One day,
shortly after my inslalment into the
Office, | was employed in scaling and
superscribing Il lot Of busiaess circulars
several hundred of them That was
long before the day of gluten, and |
used small red waters for securing the
missives. While | was thus busy Mr.
fturdevant came into the counting
room, and when | observed that ho was
watching me | worked the Isl | could,
hoping to get a word Of appreciation. By
and by he spoke To me-.
Young man, don You think half 4
wafer would secure one Of those Circu-
lars Just as well as "A whole one"
| looked up, probably exhibiting as
much disgust rs surprise.
If you split your waters he added,
you will accomplish all You desire,
and at the same time make saving of
just onc-half. y
lie turned away, and while l was
thinking what mean old wafer split.
ter he was, lady entered who had been
appointed one of committee TO obtain
subscriptions toward hulldlng an orphan
asylum. One public Jlrited man J. I'd
given the land and LA lhey wished
raise 5000, 600, if po.A lie, fer the bu 1.
ings and necessary udoWments Mr.
Sturdevant said he had already been
consulted on the subject
Yes, " thought |, "md guess that 5
all it will amount tor
But he took the paper and wrote his
name, and then he said:
Il will give 50, 600. "
could hardly believe my ears.
At that moment the merchant arose
to stature of grandeur before me, and
in my heart | blessed him; for even
then knew that the lesson of the split
waters, with its sequel, WAS to be the
initial Of my future success. New
York Ledger.
The Somerset reporter., 1897-04-01
A Had as This7

Who shall persuade coming ages, y
asks a writer in the Chicago Times Her
aid, that the busiest city i'll the world
harbors women who pursue whist as the
chief duty of life; who screw up their
household finances to the tightest posi-
BILE point III order to pay an expert $3
an hour for instruction in its sacred
code; who meet over card tables at 9
O'Clock i'll the morning, hurry up their
marketing and hush up their children
III order to attend whist luncheons at ! i.
come home again with yexed and wea-
ried brains to sit silent at dinner, absorb
ed i'll regrets for leads unreturned and
signals unanswered, and wind up the
unregenerate day by lingering over u
whist table until midnight
The Somerset reporter., 1897-04-01
HATS IN PARLIAMENT.


4hSy arc important fhetorA In the Brit
ish Lower House.
OF all the customs and traditions that
still cling TO the house Of commons,
even in this matter Of fact age, the hat
plays the most important part In the
last century one of the speakers permit
ted the Introduction of oranges, and
even nuts, if they We're not loudly crack
ed, on the plea that they were not tan
gible articles of food = But. some years
after, this decision was reversed by an
other speaker who, on high medical au-
thOrity, declared that as il would be
possible to support life on either of these
two vegetables they must be considered
tangible products, and their public con
sumption would therefore, not be per
mitted. Out of this decision a custom
arose, which, not being checked, slowly
deCpened into "A tradition The dexterity
which Bobby Lowe exhibited in trans
ferring Il packet of sandwiches from one
of the side pockets of the remarkable
coats he used to affect to the interior Of
his hat and the way in which he would
use his headgear to conceal the process
of mashcatlon Were it Is said, sights to
behold.
The occupants of the ministerial and
front opposition benches are able to
mOisten thor throats during the delivery
of speech with little liquid but, al
though the private member is not ex-
pressly excluded from the participation
in this privilege, no provision is made
for the consumption of any lubricant he
may require. The traditions Of the house
allow him to conceal a sandwich CT
biscuit in bis pocket, but not bottle.
Any honorable member may have a
glass of water, but, while the leading
members of the opposition have the great
central table on which TO deposit their
glasses of Water-whieh is not supposed
to be qualified by the introduction of
any other liquid, ahem the private
member is expected to hide his glass in
his hat
1t is really astonishing what an i'm
portant feature the hat plays i'll the de
liberations of our legislators. As no pri-
vate member can claim by right any
particular seat in the house, except in
few cases where members are tacitly al
lowed to appropriate certain points of
vantage, IA hat has to be deposited be
forehand as an intimation that the seat
is secured On ordinary nights seat
can be retained by "a card being inserted
in the slip provided at the back of each
seat for that purpose, but when a de-
bate of more than usual interest is ex-
pected the hat is the medium employed.
London Mail.
The Somerset reporter., 1897-04-01
Opera Bonnets.

Just Whcrc the line between the head.
dress and the bonnet is drawn takes a
keen eye to discern. lut undoubtedly the
latter does cover Il littlc more of the
head Spar@lcd wings with an aigrct
and small caphlzc Dutch bonnets stud
ded with rhiucsSoncs and with one nod
ding plumc rising from a soft cockade
of white lace are included in bonnctS,
but the ornaments of tulle which have
a feather are only Il nifc smaller. Pale
blue pale ink, Lack and white, all are
used, while in the different shades Of
velvet tlGc are cuIiouOly tied bows
which Qu.tC cover the luuet frame, are
very becoming and, last Of all, do not
interfere with the range Of vision of the
person III the seat behind, which an
aigret or feather sometimes does. When
the bonncts are Worn broad, they must
fit closely to the head to be in style th 8
winter, and the hair generally extends
beyond them When the sharp, hard
lines of velvet or jet are unbecoming, a
ruchr Of tulle or lace is permissible and
will of.cn work wonders III the effect
The little Normandy bonncts art
among the Hcw designs They WEI"
shown early in the winter, but did not
meet with much favor, Lately theS
have been revived, with some needed
notifications
With high waist any of these little
bonnets is considered suitable for the
opera in the orchestra stalls, but this
year it is a fau. and most sensible one,
to arrange the hair well and not weaI
The Somerset reporter., 1897-04-01

On one occasion Lord Wolseley's life
was saved hy Prince Victor Of Hohen-
loho, known as Count Glciehen. 1t was
in the Crimea, when young Wolseley
badly wounded, Was passed by the sur
geon as dead lndisturbed by the sur
geon's remarks, Prince Victor tried to
extract jagged piece of stone which
was sticking in the wound, and the
prince succeeded IN restoring Wolseley,
for after httle brandy had been
severations from the surgeon that he
was dead he sat up and exclaimed, NO
more dead than you are, you foolP'-
Liverpool Mercury.
The Somerset reporter., 1897-04-01
Morton's Memory.

An Englishman named Morton could
repeat from memory any discourse be
had once listened to- while Schenkel,
the inventor of one of the ARTS OF
Memory, could repeat 300 arbitrarily
connected words and over 200 sen
tences, all III the exact order in which
he had heard them. A Sussex man
named william Wolton had a marvel
ous memory When child he could
remember almost any sermon he heard
and once repeated to the bishop his ser
mon word for word. He took his B. A.
at Cambridge when only l2 years and 3
months old. Household Words
The Somerset reporter., 1897-04-01

The above is but sample of the many
letters we receive daily in regard to
various deep-seated blood diseases
which other remedies do not touch.
Contagious Blood Poison, Scrofula, Ec-
zema, rheumatism, and letter, are OBJ
stinate blood diseases, and only 4 real
blood remedy will have any effect what
ever upon them. S. s. S. guaranteed
purely ve0etable) is real blood remedy
and never fails to cure any disease hav-
ing its origin in the blood, it matters
not what other treatment has failed.
Valuable books can be obtained by ad.
dressing The Swift Specific Co., Attain
"a, Ga.
The Somerset reporter., 1897-04-01

An apparatus hY which an engineer
may test or determine the quality and
adoption Of the eoal Lc receives is de
scribed in the Boston journal of Com
meree The test Is not intended to be an
analysis but principally to show the
amount of fixed carbon i'll the coal and
the percentage of asA. As each carload
is received samples are taken from 20 0.
more parts of the ear, thoroughly mixed
and quartered, each quarter being also
mixed and quartered until the sample is
obtained This sample is then carefully
weighed, the volatile matter driven of,
weighed again, and the carbon consumed,
and the ash weighed. This estimate is
important i'll guarding against the use
of coal having an undue percentage of
ash. The various Goals differ IN the per
centage Of ash which they contain, some
Cumberland coals having from II to IA
per cent of ash, while good New river
will have as low as 3 or / per cent.
Thus, though the Goals may look alike
to the average engineer, the heat value
characterizing them is 10 per cent great
er III one description than the other,
and, ascertaining this, an important
saving in the cost of fuel may result.
The Somerset reporter., 1897-04-01

Consul General de Kay writes for
The Century a paper on the Serbian
swamp NendlaHd under the title Of An
Inland Venice. Mr. de Kay says:
These people speak German to the lord
ings as We pass Ncndish to our boatman,
but the Nendish is disappearing because,
for the sake of the army, its teaching is
discouraged Throughout all this dis
trlet, far over into SaXony, only a few
churches still offer sermons in the old
tongue. Yet if the Vendish tongue dis
appears the names OF places Will tell
the tale, eyen as such names in Bran.
denburg and Saxony still do. Dresden,
Lelpslc, these are Nendish wOrds-ol
call them Slavic, with the bro;. r term
that now means the race And here
about are Gottbus, Netschau, Muschen,
Brahmow, Babow, Dlugy, Raddush,
Leipc, Lehde, Byhleguhre, Straupit2
and Lubben. And the tiiesses that wind
or shoot straight in and out of forest
and cleared fields retain Nendish names:
Mutniza, Blushnitza Rogazo, Zscha-
PICK, Polenzo, tfroblitzo and Nabasatz.
Efforts have been made to give German
names to many of them, but country
people everywhere are great holders tc
precedent, and the people who stick SC
tightly 10 their old costume are not go-
ing to give up their place names without
Il struggle.
The Somerset reporter., 1897-04-01
NORWICH, CONN, Feb. 8, 1885,
4 IIE . " IT II y IT ~ 1T
Atlanta, Ga.

The SWIFT SPECIFIC Co,
Atlanta, Ga.
GENTLEMEN When | wrote you
the latter part of December, my
mother was, according to the honest
belief of three physicians, on her
deathbed; she could not retain either
food or medicine on her stomach, and
1t did not seem reasonable to think
there was anything but death to re-
lieye her. The doctors informed US
she had a cancer in the lower bowel
and there was no cure for her. She
showed such vitality for a person to
be so near death we thought there
must be something to help her, and
reading of others being saved by the
use OF your S. 5. S., we thought it
would do no harm, if not some good,
to try it, so we informed her of her
condition, just as the doctors had in
formed us, and left it with her to try
your remedy or not, as she saw at.
She concluded to try it and from the
first dose or two, she began to brighten
up, and improve; she can now get up,
dress and help herself, and can eat
everything or anything she wants and
no distress from it. We all feel quite
hopeful that the cancer will pass away
In due time by the use of your s. s. s.,
which she will now gladly take. You
may make this letter as public as you
choose, and the more so the better, az
too much praise can not be given your
valuable remedy.
Yours truly,
GEO. L. CRosGRovR.
The Somerset reporter., 1897-04-01
THE NATIONS FLOWER.
columbine, o columbine,

o coumbine, o columbine,
Columh,a's flower Of fair design,
Thy trun pet tongues, rcd, white and blue
Sing freedoms song raca year anew,
And, ranged about the central shaft,
Forever On the breezes Waft,
"E pluribus unum, for each state,
Thus centered, makes the nation great.
o eagle flower, forth from tie rock
Thou springest after winters shock
And with thy talons fyiug clear
In strength and beauty lead st the year,
Americas broad land thy home,
From mountain peak to ocean 5 foam,
Eagle and dove in one the sign
OF our fair country, ealumbinel
M 5. Metcalf in New York Sun.
The Somerset reporter., 1897-04-01
TRY GRAIN-O! TRY GRAIN.O!

Ask your Grocer to day to show you pack
age OF GRAIN-O, the new food drink that
takes the place of coffee. The Children may
drink 1t without injury well the adult.
All who try it, like it. GRAIN-O has that rich
seal brown OF Mocha or Java, but it is made
from pure grains, and the most delicate
stomach receives it without distress. Il the
price of coffee. Is cts. and % cts. per package.
Sold bY all Rrocers.
The Somerset reporter., 1897-04-01

$50 you want to marry Fred do
your" said the father.
Yes, papa, replied the daughter,
with her ARMS about his neck
"And ko away and leave me all
alone"
why no, papa! know Fred will be
willing to leave mamma with you'll
Yonkers Statesman.
The Somerset reporter., 1897-04-01
He Abolished the Page.

For many years the Cincinnati En-
qulrer used TO print solid editorial
page and employed an exclusive editorial
staff Of six writers, who wrote ali their
matter at night IN order u keep abreast
Of the telegraphic news One Fourth Of
July evening as they assembled 70 begin
work somebody suggested patriotic
drink in honor Of the occasion They
filed down to il restaurant nea1 by, and.
Is they linea up at liz Lar the der
opened and Washington Mclean, the
presiding genius Of the paper, came IN.
Mr. VI" Lean did not duah oftcn. Int
WHOM lac did be drank yery hard On
this occasion he Wa celebrating tn
Fourth
Tho result was that round after round
of whisky was ordered. and nobody
thought 81 the editorial rage except one
wfiirr (Vh ho tells the story in the Ghi.
cagu Iime> .licraldJ. who wont lack Il
the editorial rooms and sal down fc
write am editorial He neysr got beyond
the first sentence, Yesterday was tho
Fourth Of July. The next day, when
the paper came out. On the editorial
page There was just one line Of editorial
matter At the top were the words
Yesterday was the Fourth Of July. .
and the rest Of the page Was filled VIII
news, Tie reading public believed that
the change was intentional. and Mr.
Mclean received so many congratula-
tory letters commenting his enterprise
In giving news preference ever editorial
that he abolished the editorial page per
manpntlV
The Somerset reporter., 1897-04-01

1t is peculiarly Of Russian railways
that their stations are generally two
miles or moro distant from the towns
and villages they serve This is said to
be ON account Of the danger of fire, the
houses in small places generally being
thatched with straw.
The Somerset reporter., 1897-04-01

In the Louvre, ut Paris there Is an
interesting old vase Of Eruscan manu-
facture, whose age is computed at about
2, 800 years. 1t is interesting AS bearing
u group of children III relief who are
engaged in blowing soap bubbles from
mines
The Somerset reporter., 1897-04-01

any bonnet, AID certainly it adds great.
ly to the brilliant effect of the house
having the Y ,inen with uncovered heads
ana III dcmitoilet WHOM not in full ball
dress -Harper s Bazaar
The Somerset reporter., 1897-04-01

The royal arsenal at Woolwieh en-
ploys about Is, 600 worlumen and has 40
miles of internal railways.
The Somerset reporter., 1897-04-01
NORWICH, CONN, Dec. 30, 1895.
The SWIFT SPECIFIC Co.,
Atlanta Ga

DHB SWIFT SPECIFIC Co.,
Atlanta, Ga.
GENTLEMEN will you kindly mail
me your book on blood poison, skin
diseases and cancer? My mother, 70
to 70 years of age, has cancer in the
rectum. Two of our best doctors here
have given her up, and say the sooner
she dies the better for herself, and if
she lives long she will die in agony.
While l do not know that they are
wrong in their opinions, am not sat
isfed with them, and believe your
S. S. S., if it does not cure her, will at
least relieve her so she will die peace
fully. l got her started on yeur
S. S S. yesterday, and what want of
your book is points as to bathing or
injecting. Will be pleased to hear
from you soon.
Yours very truly,
@. l.. CRosGRovE,
Box 154, Norwich, Conn.
The Somerset reporter., 1897-04-01
Internal
Cancers.

We have numerous inquiries in re-
gard to 5. S. >. in cases of internal
Cancers, such as cancer of the womb,
stomach and bowels. When the dis
ease ATTACKS these organs, the doctors
generally admit that it is incurable.
We make no boast Of what S. S. S. will
do in such cases, as the following let
ters we feel are worth more than vol
umes of claims that we might make.
Read them carefully:
The Somerset reporter., 1897-04-01
HouSekeeper Wanted.

Must take entire charge of house and two
children $ aud 10 yrs. old. call on or address
Stf GEORGE W. COVER, Skowhegan.
The Somerset reporter., 1897-04-01
Il. F. DANIORTH, Judge.

Attest;-NATHAE FOWL r., Register.
Post Office address. Judge ana Register,
Skowhegan. Me. SW1l
The Arizona sentinel., 1897-08-07
Meeting of the City Council.

The City Council held meeting Saturday evening, councilman Sham sey acting as mayor pro tenn in the absence of mayor Duncan, those pres ent being coupcilmen Shannsey, Bleisden, Dupne and Miles, and John Wright, clerk.
 The New Cemetery Committee made its report, that the new cemetery was ready to be laid out in lots. Mir. Miles suggested that the lots for protestant burials could be laid out as needed and that Father Albrecht could make arrangements for laying out the catholic cemetery. Father Albrecht being cut of town action iR the mat ter was deferred.
 A petition was then presented pray ing for the passage of an ordinance prohibiting the keeping open of stores on Sunday. It was read and discuss ed and passed by a vote of two to one. BlaisdeIl and Dunne voting for it and Miles agalnst it.
 Judge Werninger was appointed village recorder and ex-oficio police judge.
 The Yuma canal company present. ed a petition praying for 6O-foot right of way through certain town property. The merits of the request were discussed but no action taken, and the meeting adjourned till Mon day night.
 On MondBy night all members of the council were present with the exception of F. G. Blaisdell, who de- clined to attend, stating that when the mayor and full council met to decide the Yuma canal petition he would do so.
 Lacking quorum, council adjourn ed till Tuesday afternoon, and then adjourned till the regular meeting, August 18th.
The Arizona sentinel., 1897-08-07

There is notting in the world so pitiful a9 neglected baby. There is no sight so sad as that of a helpless infant denied its birth right, a mothers loving care. Thousands of mothers neglect their children because of i'll health. No woman can properly perform a mothers duty who is constantly suffering from sickness, whose system IS debilitated and wrecked by the awful drains due to the diseases and weaknesses pecu- Liar 10 women. The mother who suffers from the listlessness, lassitude and despond- ency due to these troubles is pretty sure to neglect her children and her home.
 This lamentable state of affairs Is easily remedied if the proper measures are taken. Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription ie an uri- failing cure for all the many forms of weak ness and disease of the organs distinctly feminine. It promptly stops all weakening drains invigorates the various organs and inf1ses new life and vigor into the sufferers whole body. A happy home and tidy and well cared for baby Is the result, for TO healthy woman will wilfully neglect her child Many a woman is blamed for neg ligence and heartlessness when she is sim ply too i'll to care for anything but death. If you want to know all about the :" Favorite Prescription " address Dr. K. V. Pierce, chief consulting physician to the Invalids' Hotel and Surgical Institute, Buffalo, N. Y. It is sold by all druggists.
 Foul breath, dull eyes, listlessness sallowness and pirnples- nice combination to avoid or get rid of All are due to constipation and con- stipation is promptly cured by Dr. Pierces Pleas ant Pellets They are not temporary palliative but pernane cure. Many so-called con5tipa- tior remedies must be continued forever once they are started. The "Peilets " cure perna- nently, They never gripe. Druggists sell them.
The Arizona sentinel., 1897-08-07
The Territorial Prison.

The management of the Territorial Penitentiary has passed into the hands of the newly-appointed superirtend- ent, who took formal possession Sun day, August list. Changes are being rapidly made in the workings of the institution, appointments on the of 6cial staff to replace vacancies caused by the resignation of old officers, and in fact general turning over of the place, of which it stands badly in need. The prison Is oyer-crowded, there nuw beng six men to each cell, which is bordering on the cruel, and radical improvements will have to be instituted at once to put 1t in proper condition. The economy of the past administration, so widely advertised, proves to be false economy, caused by expending no funds for keeping the institution up as it should be, thereby increasing the duties and expenditures of the new administration, to regain lost ground.
 The new appointments on the of- ficial staff, are, for Secretary, B. M. Gregory, of Phoenix, vice H. W. McKean, resigned; for assistant sup erintendent, F. T. Aspinwall. oi Navajo County, vice Jas. Coyle, re- signed. The new guards to date are Robert Hatch, Juan Zabala, W. O. Huson, c. c. Dyer, c, B. Stocking Yuma; s. W. Bayley, Phoenix; Miles Archibald, Prescott; and Andy Keen Tucson; appointments subject to the approval of the Governor.
 No appointment as yet has been made for the ot1ce of Prison pbysi- clan.
The Arizona sentinel., 1897-08-07
FATAL ACCIDENT.
< Son of Judge DOan, of Florence,
 Accidentally Killed.

A most sad and distressing accident occurred last Tuesday afternoon, near Blaisdell, this county, by which Leslie M. Doan, bright and promising young man, received injuries which later resulted in his death.
 It is customary for the shipments of bullion from the La Fortuna mines to be hauled to Blaisdell and made from that point. So on Tuesday party consisting of Fred Martin, sup erintendent of the mines, Leslie DOan, brother John Doan, and E. B. Wig gins, master mechanic, had brought the regular monthly cleanup to Blaisdell to be shipped to San Fran cisco, and were returning to the mines. When few miles on their way, a heavy forty five calibre Colts revolver. which was lying on the seat, in some way was jared from it's place and fell to the bottom of the wagon. Upon striking it exploded, and the heavy ball passed through the seat and through the young mans body, enter ing at the rear just above the hip, cutting through the intestines and coming out near the navel. 1t was a terrible wound, and the young mans companions, making him as comfort able as possible, hurried back to BlaisdeIl and wired 10 Yuma for medical assistance. Dr. Heffernan responded to the call, and the $. P. Company furnishing a special engine, no time was lost in making the run. The doctor did everything he could for the young man, and advised taking him to the hospital at Tucson, which was done on the first east-bound pas senger train. Judge Fletcher M Doan, and Mrs. Doan, father and mother of the deceased met the train at Casa Grande and went into Tucson with their son. No effort was then spared to save the young mans lie, but the injury was too great, and he continued to grow weaker till the last spark of life fled at six o'clock We'd nesday morning.
 The funeral was held at Tucson Thursday morning, the father, mother and three brothers being present.