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The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1899-03-16

II can remember good many years
back said Detroit veteran in pol
itics and whatever may be said ~ to
the integrity of our present statesmen
campaigns are conducted IN Il great
deal more moderate tone than they used
to be Then it was the usual thing to
indulge in the strongest possible abuse
of men and parties
II once heard joint debate between
a couple of candidates for our legisla
ture that will serve to illustrate They
tainted and berated each other till all
other questions were lost sight of in the
popular anxiety to see which excelled
in this style of warfare
Finally the hotter headed of the two
burst out in an announcement that he
could whip his rival or any of his
friends
That reminds me said the other
coolly of dog my father used to have
that could whip any dog in the neigh
borhood or any that came that way
with the teamsters
What the application, sirf roa"
ed the other / Il stand no innuendoes
sir Make your application. if you dare
1T is simply this my pngnaciou,
friend-no one ever thought of sendina
father dog to the legislature
The fire eater remained at home -
Detroit Free Press
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1899-03-16

When the elephant is pursued on foot
ii is invariably sought in the depths OF
the forest where it has retired for shell
ter from the MONDAY sun and also for
the short repose it takes during the %
hours The hunter having tracked his
quarry to its retreat is obliged to use
the utmost stealth in approaching il
the elephant being a very hight sleeper
and awakened by the slightest unusual
sound
The difficulty of moving through q
dense, thorny jungle without making
any sound dissimilar to those which
might be produced by nature, such as
the stirring of the branches by n light
breeze or the occasional falling Of a
dead leaf, is greater than can be realized
by any one who has not tried it
On getting within arm $ length Of his
game the swordsman slowly raises him
self to an erect position and deals n
slashing cut on the back sinews Of the
nearest foot about ten inches from the
ground, at the same time leaping MIN
bly, back To avoid blow from the ami
mails trunk The cut, if properly dellv
cred bites sheer to the bone. severing
the large arteries and in short time
death ensues from hemorrhage -Har
per Weekly
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1899-03-16

Discussing the right or wrong Of
luxury in The North American Review
Professor F Spencer Baldwin, Boston
university authority on economies
unps to these conclusions
There are justifabe and there are
unjustitiable Injuries
In general it may be laid down that
"A luxury which contributes to the eff
cheney of the individual in the widest
sense and which does not impose on 50.
ciety for the satisfaction of its demands
an unwholesome and degrading form OF
labor is perfectly iustihable
This sanction of luxury is not to be
stretched to cover unlimited self in
diligence The part played by rational
self sacrifice in the development of char
acter is not 10 be overlooked Constant
self indulgence is dcmoralizing
But in general Il man has right to
spend money for anything that enriches
and diversihes his life and thus aids in
the developing and rounding out of his
personality provided the labor that IL
required for the production of the arti
Giles in question be agreeable and innoc
uous
"On the other hand "A luxury that de
moralizes the individual or calls for a
DoXious form of labor is unjustitiable
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1899-03-16


In one of the newspaper composing
rooms in this city there Is II typesetting
machine operator who Ii great lover
Of horse racing A good share of his
wages goes to the booklnakers at the
local tracks during the racing season
although for some reason he never ac
quired tho poolroom habit and has al
ways refused to put down bet unless
he was There to see how the dogs ran
de is fully six feet tall and weighs
about 200 pounds His size suggested a
Joke to one of his friends during the
racing season last summer
Going to Sheepshead Bay today
the friend asked
I'D like to but if | go ! Won have
much left to bet with
II can give you jockey badge
said the friend
Gimme it, replied the printer. ca
gerly never realizing the ridiculous
contrast between his size and that Of
even the heavyweight jockeys Armed
with the jockey badge he presented
himself at the race track gate and show
ed his badge The ticket taker looked
at him in establishment
Great Scott he finally blurted
out "wot do you ride-the elephant2'
There s one entered in the fifth
race. WAS the reply And his nerve so
paralyzed the gatekeeper that he was
admitted New York Sun
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1899-03-16

AT one time when two Cheyennes got
to gambling one lost, and lnck seemed
TO be against him After he had lost
every piece of property he had in DIES
relation be put up his sister and los.
her This aroused great indignation
through the tribe but no one intimat
ed that the unfortunate girl should not
20 and live a. the wife Of the man who
had won her in "A game OF cards
Over 20 years ago the writer was su
perintendent of the Arapahoe Indian
school at Darlington during period of
five years During this time not lcs.
than four young Indian women came
to the school asking admittance aud
protection from marriage that was
about to be forced upon them The pro
lection was gwen and the youua wo
men afterward married according u
their own choice Since then these
tribes have been gradually breaking
away from their original customs until
now they are married with the lawful
marriage rites southern Workman
and Hampton School Record
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1899-03-16
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

Wanted-L q. $.
Dewey-C. II. Gardner.
aarpsins-A. W. Bourget.
5oap Story-Bixby u Buck.
Fsrtilizers--D. II. Bartlett
ITnderwear-W. p. Ordway.
Foreclosure-Ida NJ. Davis.
Nv Goods-W. IL. Wildes.
8icycles-J. N. & |. j. Smith.
Snring Suits-Chas. +. Ward.
S5ring Pants-lra A. Norton.
New Firm-Young & Harvell.
Eoreclos ure-Stephen Merrill.
Lnfeclosure-James F. Hinton.
pei. for Lischarge-A. II. Davis.
aox Stationery M. b. Heselton.
Wayland Leighton.
sheritf's Sale-Frank l. Harding.
ms. Statements K. f. FairbTo her.
Aetna Staten ent-Dinsmore Il Bickford.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1899-03-16
lob PrIntInR.

The Job Printing Establishment connected
nth the SOMERSET RERoRTRR is prepared to
10 all classes of work, the richest aswell as the
most common Jobs. Competent and expert
need workmen employed and large
stock of paper, envelopes, advertising, we'd
5ing and business cards in great variety.
orders of dances, bills of fare, programs etc,
,tc., printed in great variety of styles on short
notice. Commercial printing speciality
orders by mail will receive careful attention
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1899-03-16

The best fitting, neatest looking and
most serviceable shoe for boys is the
Dewey. C. II. Gardner has them.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1899-03-16

O. see tbls Iue before buying others
tor the boys
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1899-03-16
BORN.
DIED
New Firm

We have this day formed CO partner
ship to continue the business heretofore
conducted by Geo. D. Young at East
Madison, under the firm name of Young
& Harvell We solicit the liberal patron
age of the people in this vicinity and
promise to sell them goods of the frs;
quality at right prices.
GEORGE d. YOUNG.
BERT HARVELL
East Madison, Mar /, 1909 3wtt"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1899-11-16
MAY SUE THE PAPERS.
0eneral Funston VIII Tare No Action
Against Archbishop roland.

Against Archbishop Ireland.
TOPEKA. Kan, Nov. 16.-General
Funston and wife have left for San
Francisco, from which place the gem
eral will sail for Manila. The general
Is afraid the war in the Philippines
will be over before he reaches his Ges-
tination. General Funston will drop
the suit for libel against Archbishop
Ireland. He said:
II will do nothing further about it so
far as the archbishop is concerned. If
l take any action it will be against the
papers that started the story. have
found out the author of these libelous
reports. 1t was a camp follower. He
deserted from an English sailing ship
and followed us during the campaign.
He was fined three times in the provost
court for drunkenness and disorderly
conduct. He slowed himself away on
board the Tartar when we left Manila
and when he was discovered refused tc
work. We put him on bread and waite,
for two weeks and he threatened re.
veuye."
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1899-11-16
NOVEMBER 10, 1899
THE CITY.
LOCAL BREvlTIES.


,ew advertissments-Cook l. Odee, Z.
Kelley.
acal market: Wheat, No. l, so; No.
y Flax, sl.o7.
'''ephone b for wool, kindlina. oil,
A~A. p. harling.
" Frudenfeld went to Sioux Falls
Wy and will return tomorrow.
o'c. Ricker was in town to-day. still
s'sed IN the business OF selling oigars'
asather report: Threatening weathe'
00o!er tonight. Friday probably
member tho conumdrum sociable a
Nv, baptist church, Friday evening
meeting OF the Y. W. G. r. U. vii
~ a''a at the home OF Ruby BesrdsIs.
NJ my evening at 7:30 sharp.
\. hrook,nes football team win Or
10 Madison tomorrow and play I
With the local team at 1 p. u.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1899-11-16
Don't nisk Your Life.

Many Of your friends, or people whom
vou know OF have contracted consump'
ton. puuemonia or other fatal diseases
nv neglect OF q simple cold or cough
Foleyis Honey aud Tar, Q safe sure and
nlaaeant cough medicine, would have
saved them. II is guaranteed.
CHRIS. Schultz.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1899-11-16
A GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS TRANSAC
r%RA1ES'#

A. H. Thurness, Mgr, Wills Creek
Coal Co., Buffalo, Ohio, writes: l have
been affected with Kidney and Bladder
trouble for years, passing gravel or
stones, accompanied by ex%cruciating
pains. Other medicines only gave tenn
porary relief. After taking Foley's Kid
ney Cure, the result was surprising. A
few doses started the brick duet, little
fine stones. etc., and now I have no pain
across my K,ddeys and feel like q new
man. Folsy's Kidney Cure hes done me
$1,000 worth Of good.
CHRIS. SCHUTz
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1899-11-16
HOPP WAS DESPERATE.
Chicago Laborer Tries to Wipe Out His
Other.ip.La W. Family.

CHICAGO. Nov. l6.-Because Of trouble
with the family of his brother-in-law.
Frank Anderson, Eugene Hopp. a la.
borer, tried to exterminate the entire
Anderson household. He walked into
Anderson's house and while Anderson
was seated at a table Hopp shot him in
the abdomen, inficting wound from
which he died in a short time. He
then turned Oh his sister, Mrs. Ander-
son, and fred at her just as she reached
the top of a flight of stairs. Mrs. An
derson was not hit, but in her fright
fell down the stairs. Hopp believed he
had killed her and then. after killing
Anderson's dog. which had attacked
him, went home AMI barricaded him
self in his house. The police were com
PEELED to batter down the door in order
to get in and made him prisoner onl!
after a desperate fight.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1899-11-16

Geo. Noland, Rockford, O.. says. my
wife had piles forty years. DeWltts
Witch Hazel Salve CURED her. 1t is the
hast aalye in America" 1t heals every.
thing and cures all skin diseases;
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1899-11-16

!. d. Bridges, Editor Democrat"
r~.snoastsr, N. H., says. zone Minute
Cough Cure 10 the best remedy Tor Group
I ever used" immediately relieves and
oures coughs, colds, GROUP. asthma.
pneumouis, bronchitis, grippe and 81
throat and lung:otroubles. II prevents
consumption. go
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1899-11-16

When thou doest feel death slowly
creeping towards thyself, mayest thou
not regret that thou didst fail to take
Rocky Mountain Tea. Prolongs life.
FRANK SMITH.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1899-11-16
For HOarsenees

FOL H~O0ree0oeS
Geo. A. Pontins, Upper Sandusky. o..
writes: l have been using Foleyt
Honey and Tar for sore throat and
hoarseness and aud it is the best remedy
I ever tried. It stopped the cough i'm
mediately and relieved ell soreness.
CHRIS. SCRUTz.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1899-11-16
krazIi Celebrating.

Rio JANElRo. Nov. l6.-Brazil Is Gel.
ebrating the 10th anniversary OF tn.
proclamation of the republic. There
was a military and naval review.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1899-11-16
BRIEF BITS OF NEWS.

George p. Petit, American consul at
Dusseldorf, Germany, is dead.
The price Of brooms has been sd-
vanced more than 90 per cent.
Admiral Dewey will transfer to his
wife the title to the home given him by
the American people.
A syndicate Of cigar manufacturers
has been formed with a capital of ST.
OOO. 900 common stock and 50, 900, 600
preferred stock.
The death is announced at Bingham
ton. N. Y, of Rev. Joseph Hartwell.
founder of the Church Extension So
ciety of the Methodist church, aged 80
years. This society has expended
5 1000, OOO.
A Grand Forks pastor has begun a
crusade against the wearing OF large
hats in church. In response to his ser
mon against wearing them in q sacred
ediice fully one-third of those in the
church removed their headgear.
John H. Haswell is dead at his home
in Albany, N. V, aged SO years. For
| "a years he was a clerk in the state de-
partment ut Washington and for a
number of years was in charge of al
| the diplomatic correspondence. arranS'
| ing it for presentation to congress.
Tapping AAanitoOs riesos.
ST.. PAUL, Nov. 18.-The Northern
Pacific has opened two new extension
in Manitoba. one extending % mile
west from Portage la Prairie and tn
other II miles in length, running iron
Portage la Prairie north toward q
Manitoba.
Call on phone No. 81, for oil kinds Q
wood.
For rent, new tive-room house. Az
ply to ''r' OAA
City residence lots Tor sale. S15 to $40
ELMER SHERIDAN.
Part Of residence to rent. Apply I
Mrs. John Walter, near Normal sohoo
Geo. Nolaud. Rockford, O.. says. IN
wife had piles forty years. DeWltt
, Witch Hazel Salve CURED her. IL 10 u
+: hest salve in America" 1t heals ever.
!, thing and cures all skin diseases:
> Cook 4 ODEH
Il Don't Disk Your Life.
Many Of your friends, or people who
: ,on know OF have contracted oonsuml
: ton. pnnemonia or other fatal diseas'
nv neglect Of q simple cold or coug
Eoley's Honey and Tar, q safe sure ar
pleasant cough medicine, would ha'
saved them. II is guaranteed.
CHRIS. Schultz.
o. ]. d. Bridges, Editor "Democras
= Lancaster, N. H., says. "One MIMI
Oouoh Cure 10 the best remedy TOR oro'
. I aver used" Immediately relievee 81
Q onree coughs, colds, GROUP. ssthm
pneumouis, bronchitis, grippe and
throat and lung:otroubles. II prevsn
consumption. 80.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1899-11-16

LaGrippe, with it's after effects, on.
nually destroys thousands Of people. 1t
may be quickly cured by One Minute
Cough Cure, the only remedy that pro-
duoes ,mmedia' results in coughs, colds
Group, bronchitis, pneumonia and throat
and lung troubles. It will prevent con.
sumption. 900
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1899-11-16

The private and personal blessings one
enjoys while taking Rocky Mountain
Tea is truly wonderful. A great maker
OF human happiness.
FRANK SMITH.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1899-11-16
Doctor Died Of tho Plague.

Doctor Died Of tho Plague.
LISBON, Nov. 16.-Dr. Camara Pres.
tana. director Of the Psychological
Institute, died here Of the plague. dc
contracted the disease while attending
patients.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-01-13
K oe
WILMINGTON. N. C.
FRIDAY, JANUARY Is. 1899.


This members are at work most faith
fully. Blatherskite performance u
windy rhetoric have no place in n
busv and earnest bodies. The resolu-
tion 10 elect United States senators by
the people that passed both houses
without discussion, will give pleasure
70 the democracy. It was right ana
proper that the legislature called upon
the members in the congress TO endeav-
or to have an amendment submitted to
the states looking to the desired end.
The voice Of a large majority, we thlnk'
of the southern whites is favorable to
this really needed change. Legisla-
lures are much easier corrupted and
bought thar the whole body of electors.
Such has been the proof in the past.
It is well that the legislature has
taken steps to inquire into the laws en-
acted by the late combine to ascertain
if there Is any good thing to be found
In such a mess of iniquity.
The investigation into penitentiary
matters will be thoroughly prosecuted.
There will be no straddling as to the
final outcome. The governor will have
no voice or power hereafter in dealing
with the striped shirt gang except in
his autocratic pardoning power. Cap
tain Day is ready "to step down and
out" so soon as his successor Is ap-
pointed. That is right. He should not
have stepped in, and it is becoming,
4Aorofora RI o+a0 ont parcnpo11u NO
esteem him, but the penitentiary as
managed lately is no place for a gen
tleman.
There is out one thing positively
known as to the election matters as
yet-that a strong law will be passed,
but whether of the Louisiana peculiar
variety or of the Mississippi kind is not
determined. Whatever is done, it will
be sure that henceforth the negroes
will not be political bosses in North
Carolina.
If the state has the means to do it
without increasing present rate Of tax
alton to build and set in operation a
textile school then it should be done.
OuCu q SClOOl Woul0 SIOW dIlC I'll
right lines, would be found particular
1y useful, and would make our people
less dependent upon the north or any
other southern state. A dog tax is the
thing at this juncture. at this time, of
true reform, of genuine progress. Why
not raise 500, 900 or more on the sheep
destroyers and the devourers of the
s~ustenance Of the hungry?
Under democratic law and appoint
ment the criminal court was a positive
blessing. Whether it is wise to dis
continue them as now organized as to
circuits, or to elect in place regular
superior court judges We will not un-
dertake to determine. If Judge Battle
should be turned down by action Of the
legislature he should be one of the new
superior court judges. That will be
but fair to him after gaining lately SO
unexpected and splendid a victory over
Judge Sutton who planned we'll to be
his own successor but failed.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-01-13
CIGARETTE VICTIMS.

There are people in North Carolina
rette manufacture. They contend that
it is not. hurtful and does not rob the
farmers. It Is we'll known at the be-
ginning of recruiting for the army
when the war with Spain began, that
a large proportion of the volunteers
were rejected on the grounds of the
cigarette habit which had untitled
them for military duty. The Messen-
ger gave reports at the time. DR.. Ben
jamin Kidd, Of Philadelphia, stated
that the reflections at the time he wrote
were 80 per cent of the whole applying.
He had acted as examining surgeon
during the years of 1861-1863 in the
states of New York, Pennsylvania,
h and Indiana, the average rejec-
ions during those years did not exceed
IL per cent. He attributes the large
increase almost entirely to the cigarette
habit. We see from these figures from
a reliable source that our per cent. to-
wards deterioration since the civil war
is very great.
The Messenger within six or eight
months published accounts of some sad
cases among youth-one dying and n
other made insane by the desperate
cigarette habit. Not long since, within
a few weeks, the Raleigh News and
Observer gave a most pitiable account
of another miserable victim. 1t said:
"a striking example of the effect Of
excessive cigarette smoking and the
over indulgence of alcoholic stimulants
was witnessed at the union depot yes
terday morning in the person of Harry
A. Dobson, of Goldsboro. He a no
control over his nerves whatever, and
was in a continual muscular jerk and
was suffering intense misery. He was
being taken by his father, Mr.. J. F.
Dobson, postmaster at Goldsboro, to St.
Elizabeth's, Washington, D. c., for
treatment"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-01-13
THE TREATY OF PEACE
F~avOrably Reported Without Amend.
ment-Removal of Injunction Of Sc.
crecy Recommended by the Commit.
tee

Washington, January 1.-THE sen
ate committee on foreign relations to-
day authorized Senator Davis to report
the peace treaty favorably without
amendment.
The committee was in session for
only an hour and h greater part OF
this time was consumed in waiting fol-
a quorum, the senators meantime dis
cussing informally the provisions Of the
treaty.
There was only a bare quorum of the
committee present, but Senators Gull
lom and Clark, who were among the
a~bsentees, sent their proxies. SEN
ators Morgan and Gray were the only
democrats in attendance, but the other
democratic members of the committee.
Senators Daniel, Mills and Turpie, had
full notice of the purpose Of the meet
ing and they indicated no objection 10
immediate action.
There was no suggestion of any
amendment in committee. Senator Da-
Wis was instructed to press the treaty
upon the attention of the senate, with
the view to securing as early action as
possible.
The committee also authorized SEN
atOr Davis to report favorab1y upon
the proposition to remove the injunc-
tiOn of secrecy.
When the executive session of the SEN
ate convened this afternoon, Senator
Davis reported the peace treaty, stat
ing that it had not been amended in
any respect in the committee. He NOV
ed at the same time that the treaty.
and the proceedings of the peace COM
Toicci0n h. poo6o ny1h1io This motion
led to debate. The discussion was
brief, however, and the motion to re-
move the injunction of secrecy prevail
ed tho division.
Senator Berry moved that the debate
upon the treaty should be conducted in
open Senate, but the motion went over
until tomorrow.
Senator Davis gave notice that he
would ask for the earliest possible on
~sideration, giving the impression that
he would move to take up the treaty
tomorrow.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-01-13
HOWE FOLKS

The North Carolina Presbyterian at
ter a most useful career of forty-one
a has been changed to h Presby-
terrain Standard. The editor gives
good reasons for the change II has
also been enlarged and is now a decid-
eddy handsome 20 page weekly and
ably conducted. 1t is a valiant defend
er of the south, and particularly North
Carolina, against the misunderstanding
ings and ISLANDERS of the north. Its new
quarters at Charlotte are handsome
The Messenger congratulate the editor
Rev. A. J. McKelway. upon the marked
improvements and the bright outlook
May he find other troops of friends
Rev. w. w. Moore, j. D., LII. D., o
Richmond, Va; Rev. p. II. Hoge, ID
D., OF Wilmington, N. c.: Rev. Neandel
M. Woods, D.. D., Of Memphis, Tenn.
Rev. Robert P. Farris, D.. D., of st
Louis, Mo-: and Rev. ]. r. Bridges, o
Orlando, Fla, are editorial correspon
| dents.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-01-13
La Grippe successfully TrosseA

Il have just recovered from the Sec
ond attack Of la grippe this year. says
Mr.. Jas A. Jones. publisher Of OF the
Leader, Mexia, Texas. I'm the latter
case I used Chamoerlain's Cough Rem
edy, apdI think with considerable sue
cess, onfy being i'm bed a little over two
days against ten days for the former
attack. The second attack / am salts
fed wonid have seen equally as had an
the frat but for the use of thls remedy
as I mad to go to bed In about six
hours after being struck with 81,
while In the first Ease I was able 10
attend to business about two days be-
fore getting down." Fer sale by r.
r. Eellamy.