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The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1885-12-23
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The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1885-12-23
The Library Mdgd%inc.

Alden's LIBRARY MAGAZINE is quite IL
peer of the great 81 month les, IN Ia
amount an high quality of the htera r,
which II presents, though its cost is o. E,
the nom ual sum Of 81 80 year An
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ariics by such n9'ed authors rs Ca,
FarrAr, Max Muller, the Bishop % -
isle, Cardinal Newmsn, Philip Schaf.
Others Thu magazine ought Ia hs q.
circulation of a hundred thousand. Yoi
can get specimen from the publ, hrr
John b Alden, New York, for the pro
of 10 cents.
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The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1885-12-23
POETRY.
The Dying Year.

seant leaves upon the aspen
Shake golden in the sun:
Old Year, thy sins are many,
Thy sands are almost run.
The beech tree, brazen orange,
Burns like sunset down;
Old Year, thy grave is ready.
Dofl seepter, robe and crown,
The elm, yellow mountain,
Is shedding leaf by leaf;
The rains, in guests of passion,
Pour forth their quenchless grief,
The winds like banshces mourning.
Wall in the struggling wood.
Old Year, put of thy splendor,
Put on thy funeral hood.
Lay down thy golden glories,
The bare bough bar the sky
Skeletons, will and warning,
Quaking to see thee die.
Thou hast lived thy life, remember:
Now lay thee down and rest;
The grass shall grow above thy head,
The flowers above thy breast.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1885-12-23
Lamps and Chandeliers

We ask you to examine, we have never before had
such variety, and shall make extra low prices for
Christmas Our stock of Silver Plated Ware must be
reduced and shall sell without regard to cost for
the next 80 days. few pieces Statuary closed out
at one-haf the regular price. Come in and look
our stock before making your selections.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1885-12-23
VIC. T. L.

ms column y devoted TO the interest of the
" tfnhhs thrletain Temperance Enlon Of
ek""hegan !, to be con- uctei by hem
HE >koehsRan {. 7. L meet. aiT,nlpsf
snce Han, No tCobnrn Block. every Tuesday
a. three O'Clock
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1885-12-23
GROCERIES

Over and if you 10 that you will
surely buy. They have as good a
line of Groceries o. all kinds as can
be found in Somerset County, and
keep their store as neat and clean
as they can with the work they
have to do. We do not say that
we can sell less han cost, but we
will sell all our goods as low as the
same qualities can be bought in the
State. We carry 4 large stock of
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1885-08-28
Ton CoFwin's Watsrmslonr.


Several famous writers and orators of
Boston were speaking OF their lecture ex-
periences, when the subject Of pay was
brought up. Each was certain be had
received the smallest sum. But pr. Holmes
made climax by saying: "Listsn. gentle
men. had engaged 10 give lecture for
IS. After it was over, ? grave-lookins
deacon came to me and said: Mr. Holmes,
we agreed to give you IS. but your talk
wasn't Just what we expected, and guess
tew-fifty will dew"
This is hardly equal to the experience Of
Corwin, the famous Ohio orator. On one
occasion be visited q hamlet and gave his
services In q rousng political speech.
large Wing audience was vociferous in ap-
plsuss. and i4 Q seriss Of long drawn resolu-
tions commanding the party and particu-
larry the speaker. prolonged tbs meeting un-
I'll far Ito the night, keeping the eloquent
Corwin until long after his regular time for
retiring Finally he escaped from the dis
NAL drone OF 1whereas" and sresolvsd," and
sought bis room In the hotsl He had been
asleep about an hour when he was aroused
by q loud knocking at his chamber door.
Upon opening the door, the lately aroused
sleeper discovered ono OF the headlights OF
the late meeting holding in his hand .
bundle of resolutions, and at his fest lay
huge watermelon. The individual having
received recognition, proceeded to infiict
upon Mr.. Corwin the reading OF lengthy
series OF resolutions Of thanks, after which
he rolled watermelon into the room, an
poupcIng 1t as the finest In the country.
Corwin, apprsciating the awkward court
ssy of the resolutions and the compliments
Of tho watermelon. thanked the delegate
most eloquently. The latter individual
planted him elf firmly In the door, whom
Mr.. Corwin finally asked, my good man, Is
there anything else that can do for your
eyes, airs slowly and solemnly responded
the individual addressed, apsy me 10 cents
for that watermelon.n
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1885-08-28
THE PARIS ELECTRIC LIGHT.
The French Capital to Have an Artificial
sun-The Project
Paris Iattar

Tho French Capital to Have an Artificial
sun-The Project.
Paris letter.
Paris Is to have q new and artificial sun;
or at least such Ia the proposition. 1t is not,
like Col Ingrahm's brick moon, to revolve
for the benefit Of mankind in general, but
its glory Is to be monopolizsd by the giddy
and brilliant city One M. Bourdais has
worked out all the details of the scheme,
and has laid before the Society Of Civil
Engineers his plans for approval and for
criticism
The project reduced to its lowest terms. Is
to place upon q column 800 metres In height
Ia little less than ]. 900 feet an electric light
OF unprecedented magnitude. The particu-
lars OF the construction Of this modern
tower Of Babel have been very Einutsly
worked out, and the plans show at least
great ingenuity. The structure would be
cylindrical, the architect having after care
full study concluded this form TO be most
stable. Il would consist Of base 2l6 feet
In height In which would be established .
permanent museum OF electricity. Above
this would rise . six-story column sur.
mounted by a roof forming q promenade,
and capable Of accommodating 1000 persons
The central granite core, sixty feet In diam.
eter would be surrounded with an orna-
mental framework OF iron faced with copper.
This would be divided into six sto-
ries, each containing sixteen rooms sixteen
feet in height and fifty feet square, designed
for aerotherapic treatments Patients
could come here to find a purity Of air that
is usually met with only on mountains The
central core wouli be hollow, so as to per-
NIT Of all sorts Of scientific experiments be-
ing tried
This combination o. museums, scientific
stations. health resorts and so on, would
alone be enough to entitle NJ. Bourdais
column to rank as the chief wonder Of the
world, but all this Is subordinate to the
great sun which should blazs on high, and
hoot with q rad lance only less absolute than
daylight, the whole city. The enormous
eiscssic lamp, of which the mechanism has
been carefully and scientifically studied by
one of the most prominent firms Of cleo
tricians in Paris, will have an intensity
equal to that OF q, 900, 900 Carccl burners;
and IL that does not illuminate the city the
Society of Engineers think the problem OF
lighting may as well be given up.
or co urss there is q statue in the plan,
the figure In this case to represent the Genius
of Science, which will be Of sufficient size
to make the entire structure ], $50 feet high.
What will be the result Of so tremendous
localization Of electricity has not, SO far
rs we are able to learn, besn studied out
II would be unfortunate IL the grand tower
after IL was completed became storm
center Of such magnitude that the climate
Of Paris should become worse than that OF
London and the beams Of the artificial sun
should be perpetually obscured by black
spd lightning vomiting clouds
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1885-08-28
Poison in the Vino Gun,

New York Commercial Advertiser.l
Every effort Is made by tho winners to
prevent adulteration, but whenever they
send their wines In bulk there Is danger Of
adulteration. The consumer is liable to get
q decoction Of the genuine article with thu
adulterants that are made in this city.
This adulteration threatens to bring about
the resumption of importations from France
and Italy.
The adulteration Is done principally In
this city, although but q small part of tho
California AMI Ohio wines sold In this city
is adulterated- Such practicos threaten to
increase. There are two houses In this city
whose business is to make adultsrants.
Their enterprise represents considerable
capital, and the profits are large. The one
requisite is that the adultsrating liquor
shall be made at about ons-third Of tho sx-
penSe Of tho genuine ar ticle.
Wine In mads the foundat Of the
adulterant, which is made up Of corn spirits,
glucose, acids and fnvoring extracts, all Of
which are injurious Each Of these firms
manufactures about $4,000 gallons OF
adulterating liquor month, which repre-
sents a sale OF about 5000 gallons Of
adulterated wine through the country
within thirty daya This great quantity Of
injurious spirits Is drunk freely, the persons
using ~ being Of the opinion that they can
drink what they think Is pure wine with
impunity. The cost Of the adulteranE u
about cents a gallon, and therefore the
wine dealers who use 1t are able to sell the
wine at least 80 per cent loss than genuine
and puro wine r. eI 80 10 -
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1885-08-28
The Artists Model Of Romspce,

The model, as Thsopile Gautier descsibsd
hsr In one his salons" exists no longaT.
whether male or female @Herv and there" /"
he says Amay be seen some strange individ-
ual, complacentiy stroking his magnificent
beard. like that OF the 'Moss' Of Michael
Angelo Admire me, he seems 10 say. sm
Jupiter. the Doge OF Venice, Peter the
Hermi and anything else in the way Of
dignity, And then the women OF the He
brew and Asiatic type, whose bust disdains
the artifce Of stays, and who stop with evil
dent delight before their own counterfeits,
proud Of having contributed to the
realization OF the paintsrs' IDEAL
And lot 10 not bs thought thst some Of these
men and women claimed share OF the ex-
ecution on the principle Of the yillager who
blew the bellows OF the organ Paul
Baudry, the eminent painter OF the frsseoss
of the Grand Opera house, once told me tho
story Of q certain Berthe Martinez, who sat
for him many years, and who invariably
pointed out not only the shortcomings OF the
preliminary sketch, but suggested addi-
tions, @which," said the artist, @nearly A.
WAYS turned out correct"
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1885-08-28
VOL. II, NO. 8.
WHAT REcoMpENSEf
Boston Trankerint I

Boston Transcript
he might have sung a song the world should
hear,
Whose clarion notes had rung so loud and
clear
That men had listened and been made
The letter for the fray.
The moil and care of every day;
Stronger TO bear the heavy burdens laid
by life ON toilers in the onward way;
But fate said nayl
She might dsiS have had tho right to say, any
The Joy of being loved she might have
known;
Had wrapped around her as a shield
From every stin ging. poisoned dart
or envy, hatred or malicious art
The mantle Of love that would not
To any foe, but die to save her heart;
But fate said nayl
She wept her vanished hopes. yet sweeter
trod
The path OF self-denial that leads up to God.
He lid his work In the small sphere
That God had given him and labored well
The future world alone can tell
What recompense should come TO those
who here
Bow meekly, and work on. nor curse the
That sounds fate's nayt
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1885-08-28

A man in white. baggy linen attire is al
ways humiliatiny sight: his attife in II
self Is q confession Of weakness, and embha.
sizes the sad truth that summer has got the
better Of him. A mortal who thus COM
promises with his dignity Is lost to pu-
dence, and discovers, too late. that Nemesis
has assumed the shape of moist starch, and
Ii driving him through the world with
shrunksn coat. distorted trousers, and o vest
suggestive OF map Of Oceanica.
This slave Of the sun. however, is doonel
to sink still lower. and In the month Of
August will be found sinking along the
streets without collar, his limp coat sluny
over his arm. and his hat removed from
his perspiring head to take the place Of a
fanl Conscience at last smites him, and, TO
avoid his friends, he creeps along the shsd-
ows Of houses, and regards dark angles and
desertst streets with longing almost pro-
portionate to his intense humiliation and
moral weakness
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1885-08-28
Concerning Calico.

There As no ssntiment-a least there Is no
patriotic sentiment-in fashion or in trade.
II prints have gone opt Of fashion print cloth
mills must 90 out Of fashion too. And the
manufacturer who wants to keep afioat
must do as the politician often does-changs
his principles as fast as the public does. But
there s o deeper and more recondite cause
Tor syen the calico depression than change
OF fashion. Every branch of business in
every quarter Of the globe is suffering from
. similar dissass. II comes and goes as mys-
teriou&y as rhsQmatism. Bye and by it yip
disappear, and we shall wonder where 1t has
gone to. ss We now wonder where II comes
from.
There Is besides . very practical Fessop
why moro calico is not woyn-the women
say it does not pay to buy it, The quality
10 not what 1t was years ago, A pound Of
cotton Is spread over more yards OF cloth,
making IL thinner and less durable. Much
of the calico In the market is not worth
making up. and hence is neglected. II
there was general agreement among manu-
facturers TO produce Q better grade OF
goods, there Is no doubt that print dresses
would replace many Of other materials
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1885-08-28
Mary j. Holmes FictionA.
IEychanua1


Mrs. Holmes literary ambition began
when she was very little girl named Mary
j. Hawes In her carly youth she was
given to convsrsing idoud with creatures Of
her brain. These fictitious personages
were as real to me then as You are now,"
she observed. Nobody but myself could
see them, and because talked 10 them and
imagined thsir replies the folks around mo
gravely whispered, That girl ia going to be
crazy Thiz ideal turn Of mine then caused
me to think Of wonderful stories related
them at first 10 my schoolmates, and after
wards, a. they came TO me, wrote them ~
compositions Ons Of the first, rscolisct,
was in rhyme 1t was horrid enough, but
did not like the girls 10 laugh ut me on that
account, and told them that some day
would write q story which they would all
read. Wsll, short time ago received q
letter from one Of those schoolmatss re-
minding me Of tais episode and rsmarking
how true that promise was -..s
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1885-08-28
So Much for wagnerism.
Munich I altar

The king Of Bavaria has ceased to be the
lovabls man that hs once was He has de-.
velo2ed into an enormous cruel and half
crazy glutson. He shuns his capital; he has
no regard or affection for his subjects; he
turns night into day, and he cares naught
for family ties. social etiquette, or kingiy
demeanor. The crown heads Of Europe,
whom obliged to pass through Bavaria, shun
Munich for fear of exposure to his rude vul-
garity. The nobility keep away from town;
all the hotels are losing money. and without
speedy remedy Munich will soon be ruined
and deserted. Such are the awful results Of
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1885-08-28
The Crow and the Hare.


A Crow and Hare met by chance one
day, ami wers 80 well Pleased with each
other that IL was Agreed TO form . Partner.
ship
aThe first thing in order" remarked the
Grow, sis to select Home. which viii, Of
course, belong TO both OF uS Have you got
your eye on any particular Tresi7
aTresl' s.hosa tas #as' syhy, We E.as .
sBurrowl But can't live in . Holsr
sAnd can't Climb Trees
slf you didn't Intspd 10 Consult my
Wishes Why did you Propose this Partner
shipr
Sand II you weren't rssdy to give way In
thes, littls Matters why Accept my Pro
posaisi,
They were Hotly Disruting and Abusing
sach other when the Fox csme along. ami
being Appealed 70 for his Opinion he said:
my Friends, while you are both wrong,
you have still exhibited rare Judgmsnt
The Human Family alone ars Fools enough
to Marry first AMI Quarrel over thsir likes
AMI dislike. and Naturs's. Incongruities
afterwarda'
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1885-08-28
Risk In Safe Deposit Vaults.

I1ot. DAoohiyh C0SAC-l
Private vaults in the stock exchange
building are rented to members One of
the tenants mistakenly opened somebody
else's safe, and only became aware of the
blundsr when he began to handle securities
which he did not reco ,nizs as his own.
Then hs reported to the officials In charge,
the occurrence was hushed up so success
fully that It did not get published at the
time, and additional precautionary meas
urss were taken to guard the receptacles Of
wealth. Nevertheless the subject of risk in
safe deposit vaults has been a general topic
in Wall street. OF course a good portion Of
the deposits consist Of papers which woull
not be valuable to thieves, but the aggre-
gate of negotiable securities, actual money
and such probabilities as jswelry AMI plate
is so great that nobody undertakes to esti-
mate it
The president Of one establishment guesses
that his vaults contain $300o,0J0 in stuR
that plundsrers coull us,. The guard ian
ship see ms perfect as against ordinary burg
lars and sneak thieves The lessses of safes
must bring evidence Of identity every time
they wish to enter, and must be able to re-
peat their individual passwords to the
proper official Then they must opsn a
lock In each Of two gatsways, the combina-
tion being divulged only to tenants. The
rules and devices vary somewhat in the
different places, but substantially they
amount to ths sure exclusion of merely in
terloping thieves. Fire and force are prac-
tically impotent. too.
But the managers are compelled to admit
that q conspiracy among the employees might
result In the complete cleaning out Of any
safe deposit stronghold in town. All is done
that can be in this manner. The humblest
porter's antecedents are carefully examined
before appointment, and his conduct after
ward 10 scrutinized by means Of spies. This
rule is applied to the more important off,
cers Recent thefts by we'll reputed handlers
OF treasure, however, have demonstrated
that real character Is not discoverable until
events divulge II, and there is genuine agi-
tation over the apparently unavoidable risk,
even In the vauntedly impregnable vaults.
Three to six persons could conspire for the
biggest burglary in the history Of crime.
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1885-08-28
An Old Belief In India


A remarkable instance Of the tsnacity of
old beliefs among an ignorant class lately
occurred not very far from Calcutta. The
idea that government always inauguratsd
every good work with human sacrifice was
long current among the lower orders Of the
Indian people, but it might be supposed that
1t had died out long ago. 1t Itappears, how
ever, to be as strong as ever. The boatmen
OH the Ganges, near Ra jrnehal. somehow
came to believe that the government re-
quired 100, 900 human heads as the founda.
tion for great bridge, and that govern
msnt officers were going about the river in
search Of heads. A hunting party, consist
ing Of four Europeans. happening to pass In
a boat, were set upon by the 100 boatmen,
with the cry "Gulla Katta," or cutthroats,
and only escaped with their lives after the
greatest difficulty. The men were arrested,
and thirty-one Of them sentenced to terms
of from one to three months imprisonment
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1885-08-28
Conquered by the Women.
lcheago Herald ]


In A d. eJ5 the Lest empress OF the Ia
NOUS Tang dynasty, who was the most
beautiful woman Of her time, had clqbtsd
fsst She bandaged and orpsmenssd them
70 successfully that the fashion Of crsmped
fsst spread through the whole empire Tds
Emperor Kang,Hi, the founder OF the pres
snt Manebu dynasty, In i7eS. made great
effort to suppress foot.bipding After is.u-
ing ons sdiot that Soys4 insfectqA pc
prepared another. accompanied with most
stringent aud severe penalties, but his ad.
vissrs warned him that IL be perSlstsi "
would probably cause rsbslliou- Thus ths
conquerors OF China wsrs conquered oy tne
women Of China They set their tiny feet
On princes neckA On the men ne imposed
the shaved heed and the cue, and also the
dress they had 20 wear. bat when hs tried
% suppress this practice the women dsfisd
him
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1885-08-28

The project OF q tunnel under the straits
Of Messina, to connect Sicily with Italy ID
an enterprise which has long received the
attention Of engineers, and been recon-
mendsd by scientific experts. Recently,
however, Piedmontese company has come
forward with counter project for a bridge,
an enterprise which, 1t Is remarked, will. II
ever carried out, constitute as remarkable
work OF the kind as there Is In the world.
According to the published statement, the
width Of the strait, at its narrowsst point
Is about two miles, but owing to the great
depth Of the weter-more than 500 fsst--on
this line, the projectors propose to locate
the bridge where ii would have length Of
about two miles and half
The plan Of this gigantic structure in
wolves four piers. connected by spans Of
fve-eights Of q mile in length, the two
shore arches having half the span Of the
three central ones.
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1885-08-28
Joppa, Once Baltimore's Rival.
[San Francisco Chronicle.l

We Of California have a way Of sending
strangers to Milpitas, but Baltimoreans
send them to @Joppa," the ruined site OF
once famous town and would be metr opolis
Even before Joppa was founded place
called @Old Baltimore" had been started on
Bush river Tin 1885,. About twenty years
later promising site on the Gunpowder
river was selected, and by 17l2 it was occu.
pied by an incorporated town Of @cosmical
ambitions" It had large wharves at which
ships loaded for New England, the West In
dies and Europe. Stone mansions were
built on the sunny slopes Of the western
hills. 1t had o sh:p-yarl and wanted the
state capital Suddenly the town OF Balti-
more was founded, po~sessed greater natural
advantages, and the most enterprising
Joppaitss moved to the new seaport In ten
years Joppa was a defunct metropolis