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The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1886-01-27
The Electric Light Plant.

Being aware that many of the people II
Skowhegan do not know how the cleo
tricity, which lights many Of the stores IN
this town, is made TO do the work short
description is here given.
The electric light station is small
room in the basement of Weston & Brain
ards new building. As one walks into
this room, the first thing that meets his
eye Is the dynamo, the machine In which
the electricity is generated. The dynamo
now in use furnishes electricity for forty
five lamps. Ii Is composed of cylinder,
which is series of iron plates wound
with copper wire. The current of cleo
tricity is generated by this arlnaturc re-
volving within the influence of Il highly
magnatized field. The power to run
this dynamo is obtained from the
freshet and the subsequent cold snap it
was rather unsteady, owing to the float
ing ice. 22J horse power is re-
quired to run this machine, one nalf horse
power per lamp, each lamp giving light
equal to the light of 1900 candles, The
dynamo weighs about 5000 pounds, and
is what is called IA Low speed machine the
armature making $50 revolutions min
ute. From this machine, the electric cur
rent passes into the regulator, an arrange
mcnt for preventing the generation of
more electricity than is called for by the
lamps actually burning. BY this rcgula-
tor the current can be so reduced, even
when the dynamo is running at full
speed as to furnish only enough electric
ity for one lamp. Another attachment
on the regulator is II device for breaking
the circuit at any time thereby extin-
gushing all the lights while another de-
vice gives signal when any accident oc-
ours on the line. After leaving this reg
ulator the wires pass along to the lamps.
The system in use here is the Schuyler,
and the plant is operated by Il corpora
ton, the Skowhegan Electric Light Com
pany, Mr.. A. c. Kendall being manager
lights in operation, two more than the
capacity of the dynamo. Another dyna-
mo of the same power as the one now in
use has just been put in.
The company are running wires in all
directions; and about thirty new lights
are engaged to be put in as soon as the new
dynamo is started. If the town decides
still another dynamo will probably have
to be put in.
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N5.l1s Of ASlglfH d bis APPOINTMENT.

Al Skowhesau in the CoIuiy Of Somerset AM
STATE Of Mlint1hr t3ia day ~ Dan. \. p 10
The nuder.isc.d hereby gives notice OF his sp
pointntnt ~ Assignee IT The estate of Lincoln
In solvent n, htlr wife has beer dec AIRED All lrsol
vent uron hi- peti'iou by the court of lnsolvert!
aN2 Il FUTILE. Assignee
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SheI.iffS' sale.
II WEBB.
Clerk S. ]. Court

SuiurT,ct :. :.
rak,n On Execution, dated January .}rd A
b. list, wte.cIu Joseph p Drew, jvhu vi
ON. and parle, ". Amc>. all OF Pc tland in the
county of umberIau are cred tors and Ezra +
MclniIeu II al ttld IN Senltr-c ct county i debt
or. and wi be sold 10y puhiIr auction on the rr>i
d \ Of MarthA II. l>>6 al 10 o'clptS j. the lore
neon, al the y If II Il. Bart eft i'll the town
Of Athcu> il Athcus Village IN said county OF
>umer>t' tll fae ri-ht. t.tic ana interest which
Era Mcinlile of tailtlc 1t in said county a
Snr tsr' h ii on the , d4y Of Oct ,her \. u. ~
III to'Cl rk int Iftcr boon. when the same n a
& tarh-G uu thu oriu.u,i Writ, To the follow III
dJ SCI bsd utas estate situated III the town q
Il an M At ems N-lissc. IN III unity I >om
crstt. Tu Wit \ certain lot of laud IN A;hcui
Village aforesaid Vith TIE lon ldiuE tAerco4 he
in "A : ore. occupied ~ NJ Green bounded -
tuIliw>: on the east by he road leadlu. fruu
Athens Village 10 Brighton. ou The Mum los D
II. Bartlett or AMI tie Sht Of way owned ~
ttustlvus jewell on the wc~t 10y llud owned A'
Gu>tivuS level and "a the south hya s.p5
5wue 10y u. a. Eart.rlt
DATED January 2ith A.. u. lS>6
Xmas VAUGHAN. ~NtHff
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Health is Happiness.

viii be y9Hf portion. sanford Plabr5sss ". J
button staeet, bangor, vac gsen up - die.
lie had GeH0mpt,ou. Doetsf- laid be- f9ald
not live. va. given Il D1tile u Brown eaf.a-
parlla, AID by Is continued Ase was Cured.
Mr. PmI5fo0k ~ four year with Messn.
Files Jane., AID alsp lh tAe employ II IL NJ.
{. X. K, and hundreds 5Hoa tai- o4se - ne
genuine Mr. Brgs-, County Commissioner,
Penobseaf CO., sad BE- threw away over on'
hundred empty 3ottles that had Contained sari-
ou- kind Of patent medicine that hi. VT had
taken. Three bottles Of Er1aH's Nar.spaula
gave her 5eitcf health than .ie had experienced
for Year.
"Hase bad se}ere kidnes Disease. Have
spent lafee sum, q money. Ne--t-. jordan s
Iibbctts, Of stetson, advised BroVn's Sorsapa,
rtiia Il cured me. am grateful to sa4 70
propanHa such wonderful remedy
"fi>.i II sH1f1.
"kefrfo l. ". 1iobett.. N. D., Stetsan.'
Frank Goliath, Exeter, NJ, 55upn; Brown
Sarsapaiiia. Had little faith Vow sa,9 il la,
done miracles. Had .peri hundred. Of dollar.
without obtaining help. before buying
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LOS r!

Seven volumes of the Maine
Reports. to wit: Vols. L. 30. b.
IS, Al. IS and Is, are missing from
the library of the Clerk OF Courts
They We're lost during the Sep
tember term of the 5. j. Court lSN5
On the tly.ieat OF each volume. are
the words CLERKS Office" ANY
person giving information about
them, will be suitably rewarded 10y
calling on
l.. H WEBB.
Clerk y / Cont.
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To Prevent Small Pox,

To the Editor Of the Reporter.
sure preventive of Small Pox without vac
Cinatlon may be found in Or. re. Flower s
Nerve Pills, prepared by the Flower Medicine
Co, and sold by all druggists.
This has been proven by practical experience
during one of the most dreadful epdemics of
this disease ever known in America NJ ID
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being restored to thousands. The VIE Of Mr..
Hathorn, Foreman Of the 'tCantou Lumber Co.
was given up to die. The daughter IA bangor
wrote for the father to come home. He came,
filled with sorrow. Hope had been abandoned,
when by accident, Mr.. iIathorn heard Of
Bro,ons .Sarsapariiid for htdney Deeases. lie
bought it. Mrs. llathorn began the ut Of IL,
began To recover, and finally arose from what
was thought to be deathoed end resumed her
family duties. Rev. Tho Gerrish, Pastor Pine
Street NJ f. Church, Bangor, vii aft4-t the
truth OF this wonderful recovery
Hos. ]. p. Bass, Ex-MAYon Of BANGOR, lays
"Somc two years since, | was afflicted with
Dyspepsia in its worst funn | consulted the
best known physicians in TINS section, III Bos-
ton, and in New York, without any beneficial
results. About one year ago | began 10 use
Browns Sarsaparilla, and from that time have
continued to improve | have got back 10 my
usual weight, having gained since began to
use Browns Sarsaparilla. over 81 pounds. |
consider Browns Sarsaparilla the best remedy
for Indigestion have ever used.
All admit that
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MAR RTE

TT Fairiied-Dec. 25th, Frank s Reid and
Margaie ct IL. Everett. both Of FIT Fairfield
Altoona Penn.-Jan 18th, by Rev. j. l.. Rus.
sell, Mr.. ii. ID. Clark of Sacramento Cal. and
Miss Lizzie NJ. Gibson of Altoona Penn.
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FITS-An Fit. stopped free by d.. Eaaei Great
Nerve Rs,.ors.. No Fits after first days use Mar
veloue cures Treatise and $500 trial bottle Tree
to Fit Cases. Send to DR.. Kline, 9jl Arch St.
Phils., Pa.
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LOST

BY Sickness. thirty days business
and seventeen lbs. of flesh. But I'm
OH deck. where | find 30 pairs of Il
and 12-4 ALL WOOL blankets
UnsoId, together with fair assert.
ment of Ladies, Misses and Gents
underwear, cheap wooens III pat
ernS or remnants. Shifting Flanuels
Mens Wool Hats etc. All OF which
| am physically strong enough TO.
day. To Snow and To Price 10 you
which viii. when accomplished in.
sure the sale OF my entire deck load
twithin 20 days. provided, you and
other readers OF this Notice are in
want of such Merchandise and will
call for an exhibit of the same. |
can exhibit also, IA fair line of wool
en- ShawlS.
WANTED,in exchange for goods.
good domestic yarn in desirable
colorS. also, good Stockings and
MittenS, Hand Knit. for men and
boys wear.
am overloaded with poor and
medium Stockings and MittenS. !
want to purchase some good ones.
s. ID. ARNOLD.
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Job Printing.

he Job Printing Establishment connected with
the SoMIRsKT RhPonTER is prepared to do all elias
of work, the richest well IS the most common
Jobs. Competent and experienced workmen are
employed and large stock Of paper, envelopes, ad
vertising, wedding and business cards in great va.
rety. Orders of dances, bills of fare, programs,
etc. etc, printed in great variety of styles short
notice. Commercial printing specially. Orders
by mail will receive careful attention.
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BOSTON TEA 4 COFFEE
SToR B.
UNDER HOTEL COBURN,
SKCwHECAN.
STATE OF MAINE.

STATE OF MAINE.
SOMERSET, 81. SUPREME .lrplcIAL COURT.
Seal DECEMBER Term, u, 1885
George Mitchell Executor of last Will and
testament of Henry Hummer, late of SHOW
hogan In said County. deceased,vs. William =.
Plummer. And now on suggestion 10 the
Court that the said defendant IL not an inhab-
tant OF this State and had no tenant, agent or
attorney within the same. that his goods or
estate have been attached In this action, and
that he has Ind no II ticc of said suit and
attachment. Ills ordered, That notice of the
pendency of this suit he gwen 10 the said de
fendani by Publishing IN Httested copy OF this
order toget her with an abstract OF the plain
liff-s writ, three weeks succe.sivelv in the
Somerset Rcpnttc newspaper printed at
SkoMhegln in the county OF Somerset, the last
puhlicaIi II tn he not less than thirty days he.
fore the next term Of this Court. to hi holden
AT Skowhcsnn within and for the county of
Somer>e ct, on the third rre-day of March ISL
that said defendant my then ana there appea'
and ausw or to said ,ut II he shall -te cause.
Attest, L. II. WEBB. clerk
(Ab.tract OF Plff's writ
Plea of the case. Declaration upon accoii.
annexed. Writ dated November 18th 1879, re
turnable at the December term Sup. Jud Cour,
Somerset County. A. u. 1883. Adj damnum
$500 o.
A true copy of order of Court. with abstract
OF writ.
ava Attest; l.. IL. WEBB Clerk.
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Special Announcement
OFFfcEoF

Din.morcs [. :. War Claim Agency
Jan. 1t, l,s6.
To my friends aud the public. NV claim
business having su largely Increased u. to re.
quire my entire time and energies, [ have in
order To do justice bv c ainaits, this day sold
To nv son Harry A. Diusmore and his Uncle
saml. a. Bickford my entire interest In Insur.
ance aud Musical lnstru ment Business which
will he continued by them at the old stand
under the firm name Of DiNSMORE 4 BlCK
FORD. Thanking you for n liberal patronage,
covering so many years trust you may con.
the same to my successor.
3t3 T. IL. DINsMORE.
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WANTED.

A few cords NJ seasoned hard wood and 10 cords
green hard wood on subscription list OF TINS
paper.
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KNOW THYSlF. by reading the Sol
SpCo OF Life. the best medical work ever pao'
hshed, for young and middle-aged men.
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The C, A. r. Encampment.

We understand that Russell Post G. A.
r., is making preparations to give their
comrades grand reception at the De-
partment meeting which is to be held in
this town on the 10th of next month.
They propose to hold Camp Fire in
the Pavilion, and will set 800 plates and
supply the requisite amount of baked
beans and the necessary trims to go with
them. After they shall have been prop
ery discussed, Toast will be introduced
and responses given and singing by a
choice choir--&c. &c.
There will be room for II couple of
thousand to attend, besides the seats for
the G. A. r., and we hope our citizens
will be present and assist in bidding a
hearty welcome to the boys who wore the
blue and who now seek to renew their
old acquaintance with their former com
rades in arms. Let us honor the boys
who did not hesitate in the hour of our
country's peril to jeopardize their lives,
that our country might be land of free
dom, and equal rights to all.
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BORN.

Lewiston-Jan 18th. to the wife of W. NJ.
Plummer daughter.
Solon-.Ian sth. to the wife of William Nc
Quikin Daughter.
soon-Jan 2Oth, to the wife of Frank Chase
son.
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Bankrupt stock woolens selling at half
price. A. S. BURKE 4 Co.
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A Farmers Institute will! be held in
Grange hall, New Portland, Friday, jan
uary 29th. The following is the pro-
gramme to be carried out 10 o'clock a.
m. Farm account, by Prof. w Balen-
tine, of State College, O'Clock, p. M
Lessons from the Farm, by Hon. II. W.
Ellis, of Belfast, followed by c. II. Cobb,
of Portland; O'Clock, p M, Farm
Wants, by A. J. Brown of Belfast; s o.
clock, p. m, Poultry Business by DR.. q
w, Twitchell Poultry Editor of the Maine
Fsrmer. No postponement.
Miss Kate Burrell (Mrs. Pauls MILL
ner) left Fort Fairfield for her home il
Skowhegan last Wednesday. This young
lady, during the few months she ha,
spent here, has won an enviable reputa
ton In her vocation and is general ia
vorite In society. The good wishes of ,
host of friends are hers.--Aroosto0k Re
publican.
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When Baby was sick wo gave her Castoria,
When she WAS Child, she cried for Castoria,
When she became Miss, she chung to CastoriA,
Whsn she had Children, she gave them Castoria,
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REAL ESTATE TRANsFERs.-The follow
ing are the real estate transfers which
have been recorded in this county the
past week;
Skowhegan-John Turner to Alba Alb
bott S25. Levi ii. Folsom to John Tur-
ner. S35. Jefferson Priest ct al to Noah
c. Kendall ct al. $4,000. ii. Il. Ward ct
ais to Mrs. II. b. Snow 500. Henry C.
Scarle to Minnie f.. Clough. $500. Hat
tie T. Ward ct al to James ID. Emerson.
$4,000.
Palmyra-Jacob A. Pratt ct al to Sewall
Pratt. $50.
Township No. 3 II. Sonar Clark ct
ais to Orrison Burrill ct al. S2,G9S.
Norridgewock - Watervlle Savings
Bank to Eben c. Doyen sos.
Lexington-Samuel Bunker to Fred
Newell. Sl36.77.
Pittsfeld-Enoch F. Pencil to Benja-
min F. Spaulding. 800. Ann NJ. Freder-
ic ct al to James V. Frederic ct al $1,000.
Starks-Sadie ID. Ward ct al to Eunice
T. Greenleaf. $3.50
Bingham-Hiram S. Grant to Jennie Il.
French. $40.
Observation-Disclosures Knowles to Syl-
via H. Hall. 800.
Harmony-Mary A. Leighton to Joseph
Leighton I'd. $500. Joseph Leighton I'd
to ID. II. Bartlett. Sll5.
Anson-John Head to Enos b. Gilman
ct ais. $500.
Moscow-Sewall A. Dinsmore ct al to
James B. Messer. $500.
Embden-The Inhabitants of Embdcn
to Sumner Getchell. S35.
Cornvile-Lcvi Emery to Stephen
Green $50.
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All admit that
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-03-26

Lieut.. Greely's Tribute to Celia Thaxt0r.
Concerning Celia Thaxter's poem, "A
Tryst," which Lieut.. Greedy says his men
were SO fond of reading during their
Arctic exile, a writer in The Philad 4lphia
Press relates that, in the summer If 1884,
Greedy, who was seeking rest and health
at Portsmouth, N. H., went ovcr to the
Isles of Shoals one day to visit Mrs.
Thaxter. AS he reached the porch of
her house the poet came forward and ex-
tended her hand. Greedy took it,
dropped on one knee, and kissed it, Il
have come" he said in his husky, tremb-
ling voice, ION a pilgrimage to thank the
poet for the lines that have lightened
many a weary day and night for a hand
full of men who never expected to see
their home and friends again." Here he
had to pause, and, raised by the kind,
motherly woman, sank into an armchair.
Among those who witnessed the scene
there was not a dry eye. After he had
rested a little, and had told Of the many
times he had read aloud the poem Sin the
desolation Of the north" he asked her
how she could have written it and if she
had ever seen an iceberg. "No," she re-
piled, "but l have ever lived by the sea,
in summer and winter, and / suppose
imagination has done the rest" "Won-
derful!" was all that the pilgrim could
reply.-Chicago Tribune.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-03-26

THE loss Of the great steamship Ore
gon, in sight OF land, admonishes us
that Notwithstanding the gveat strides
made in naval architecture and in the
art Of navigation in the last fifty years,
we are very far from the line Of safety
in a case when a steamer is struck
amidship by any floating thing which
has sufficient momentum to knock a
hole in her side below the water line.
Here, it seems water-tight compart-
ments are not effectual to prevent
sinking, although they may delay it
sufficiently, as In the case Of the Ore
gon, to insure the transfer Of passen-
gers and crew to other vessels If
there are any within reach. 1t was
most fortunate, If there was to be a
collision Of this kind, that it occurred
near the entrance to a great port, the
converging point Of hundreds OF
craft of all kinds, where any
steamer which could keep atioat
eight hours was almost certain Of
finding help. The immunity Of the
Cunard Line in this instance was due
to good luck. The company can still
boast that they have never lost a pas
senger on their Transatlantic route,
although they did, not long ago, meet
with an accident on their Mediterra-
mean Line, which was attended with
some loss Of life to passengers al well
as crew. The Cunard Company has
had a wonderful career, and one which
the Oregon's loss will butslightly mar,
although no one can read the story OF
this disaster without a shiver.-N. Y.
Post.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-03-26
simple Design for Heating by Gas.

A New York artist has produced a sim
pie design for heating entirely by gas at
a mere nominal expense. 1t is a we'll
known fact that gas throws off no
smoke, SCOT, or dirt. The artist filled a
brazier with chunks of colored glass,
and placed several jets beneath. The
glass soon became heated sufficiently to
thoroughly warm a room 10x30 feet in
size. This design does away with the
necessity for necessity for chimneys,
since there is no smoke; the ventilation
may be had at the window. The heat
may be raised or lowered by simply reg
ulating the flow Of gas.
The colored glass gives all the appear
ance Of fire; there black pieces toarepre-
sent coal, red chunks for flames, yellow
ish white glass for white heat, blue glass
for blue flames, and hues for all the re-
manning colors Of spectrum. Invention
already is displacing the present fuels
for furnaces and cooking ranges, and
glass doing away with delay and such
disagreeable objects as ashes, kindhng
wood, etc.-Scienti6e American.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-03-26
IL -. b rlaaIs.aIaLlnn

In walking through the exhibition Of
musical instruments at South Kensing-
ton / was much struck with the contrast
which does not appear TO have thus
forced itself upon general attention, if l
may Judge by the critical notices that
have been published. ! refer to the
great and still continuing progress Of
improvement in the construction of the
pianoforte, as compared with the abso-
lutes absence of even the smallest step of
improvement Of the violin, violo, violon-
cello, or violone. The clavichords, harp.
sichords, clayicymbalums, spinets, grav-
icembali col piano e forte, were all mere
tom-toms compared with the modern
piano, while the fiddles, big and little, Of
the same date are the models which our
manufacturers can only endeavor to APP
p%roximately initiate.
Innumerable attempts have been made
to improve upon the model Of Stradiva-
rius, but all have pitifully failed. Every
curve of his models, their thickness,
their bulge of back and belly, and even
the queer unaccountable f-shaped open.
ings must be initiated with abject servil-
ity in order to produce a fine instrument.
Had the Cremona makers any theory, or
did they work by @rule of thumb" or,
more probably, did they, by patient and
persevering study Of a number of fail
ures, arrive at practical truth by prac-
teal exhaustion of error ?-Gentleman's
Magazine. f.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-03-26
DlsooverIos in old Aztec Ruin.,

A citizen Of Tempe. Arizona territory,
has been excavating in some old Aztec
ruins near that place, and has found
quantities Of flint arrow-heads of SPLEEN
did workmanship, superior to those now
found among the Indians, nicely painted
pottery, ornaments made of shell and of
slate representing different birds, a num-
Der Of toys made Of clay, beads made of
shell, a number of what seem to be
precious stones, stone axes and ham
mers, stone and bone tools, "metates" or
mills for grinding grain, large stone
mortars and pestles, and numerous other
~curiositiss. He also found during the pro-
cess of excavation anumber Of furnaces,
which had evidently been used for smelt-
ing ores, as there was among the debris
Stag and considerable rich copper and
silver ores that had been taken there by
the Aztec miners Chicago Times.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-03-26

1t was once the custom for the bride at
her wedding to wear her hair unbranded
and hanging over her shoulders. At the
celebration of her marriage with the
Palatine, Elizabeth Stuart wore "her
hair disheyeled and hanging down her
shoulders" 1t has been suggested that
the brides veil, which Of late years has
become one Of the most conspicuous
features Of her costume, may be nothing
more than a mhlliner's substitute, which,
in old times, concealed not a few Of the
brides personal attractions, and covered
her face when she knelt at the altar
Boston Budget.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-03-26
one Gafment That Changea Not.

There is one garment which is sacred
from the craze for change that attacks
tailors and those who make mems
fashions, and that is the dress coat. The
body coat, the sack coat, the cutaway
and the blouse all change with the sea-
sons, but the dress coat changes so little
chat no one is able to detectthe difference
between the old and the new, except by
the signs Of sar.-Globe-D Democrat.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-03-26
soarcitr or Mood In ILa1r.

Wood is so scarce in sunny Italy"
that it is actually sold by the pound; and
yet it is almost the only fuel used by the
common people. In Venice we saw
steaming-hot boiled potatoes and other
cooked food for sale in the groceries.
Every device is resorted to to save fuel.
American tree-murderers ought, by all
means, to see Italy as a warning Of what
a country stripped of wood may become.
The climate of southern and middle
Italy in summer appears to us tourists
very like that of America. There is the
same brilliant sunlight and fierce heat.
The dust is binding. Mountain and val
ley are as parched and brown as the
Ohio river clay hillside in August. We
have now journeyed over half Of Italy in
one direction and another and 1 have yet
to see the first good-sized tree. They are
scrawny, little, dried-up things such as
the American farmer would chop down
and throw away. There are not very
many even of that kind.-Foreign Let
tor