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KNOW JHYSLF, by reading the Sci
ence OF Life. the best medical work ever pu 90
shed, for young and middle-aged men.
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To Rent.
NOTICE.

The upper part of the Robinson House on Mac
sou street. Inquire of ISAAC DYER. TIA
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FIJS-All Fits stopped free by Or. Klns's 3re1
Nsrvs Res.ersr No Flts after first dave use. NJ ar
ve'ous cures. Treatise and $2.o0 trial bottle Tree
, o Fit cases. Send to DIR. Kline, 9il Arch st
Phia., Pa.
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Whom Baby waa sick, we gave her CastoriA,
When she was Child, she cried for castoria,
Whom she became Miss, she chung to Castoria,
When she had Children, she gave them CAstoria,
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Leila +. Sawyer. NJ A. Teacher Of French
German and English Grammar, Conversation,
aud literature. For reference and terma ap-
| ply at tnis office. &su
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Somerset -.
Somerset County.

Divorces granted nisi Dec. T, $. j. Court, SS5-
1. Mary A. Lessor. OF Skowhegan. Libelsnt,
vs. Joseph Lessor - For cruel and abusive treat
nent.
q Addie A. Bracket, eff SkOwhegan. Lihellant,
Va Edwin X. Brackett.-For years disertion.
5, Henry j. Fsvg. OF Cornville. Lbellant We
Emma A. Fogg For adultery.
I. Lila NJ Adams of Emblem. Lihcllant. Va
Anios T Adams,-For adultery, desertion and
cruel and abusive treatmcn.
l.. II. WEBB. Clerk.
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DIED.

Parkman-Jan. 10th, Mrs. Rufus LaBree age
IS years.
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MERCER. Thing house of EastNew
Sharon, was consumed by fire Thursday
afternoon, cause, defective chimney. The
barn was saved by tearing down the shed.
Insured. ...A little sleighing again..
Mrs. Belinda Allen died last week, Tues
day, after long sickness. Mrs. Dick
inson, widow of the late John Dickinson,
died last Wednesday :. Miss Charlotte
Smith is very low and is not expected to
recover. .Chas. Greenleaf has closed a
very successful term of school in Nor.
ridgewock and will commence teaching
in Starks this week. SO l understand. :.
The lodge /. o. of G. L. is doing finely
about 80 members now.
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MADlsoN.-Tbe north end Of the picker.
room In the old mill at Madison IL built
as it were, over the Kennebec, being sup
ported on posts. These were washed
away 10 the fresbet. Foreseeing such a
contingency the building was built 50 1t
would stand even i. the posts were re
moved 80 no serious damage was done.
They were fore, d to stop the machinery
for day or two on account Of the high
water, and Friday morning, in trying to
hoist the gate some Of the machinery was
broken 50 that the gate could not be
raised
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BORN.
MAR RIED.

Skowhegan-Jan. 18th. to the wife of f. 2
Mayo, n daughter. tMarion Dudley Mayo
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COUNTY NEWS.

According to the Pittsheld Advertiser
Mr.. G. d. Laughton of Harmony, the
newly appointed postmaster, had engaged
Mr.. +. y. Pencils house In the village
and had got nearly moved, when Mr.. Pen
nell changed his mind about going West
and refused to let him have the house.
Not being able to obtain rent In any 9th.
er desirable place In the village, Mr..
Laughton removed his goods back to the
farm and now is puzzled to know what
to do with the post Office.
The relatives of Mrs. Ann Savage, the
aged lady who died this week at Mr.. b. +
Emersons, in Lewiston, accompanied her
remains to Highland In Somerset county
near Lexington. The journey was begun
on Tuesday in the heavy rain On We'd
nesday they started along Lexington
Flat to Highland, which is IL miles from
North Arson, The ircshet had swollen
the Sandy river and flooded the road. Ice
cakes impeded the way. left by the reced-
ed water The neighbors seeing their
plight came to assist them with axes and
shoyels, and a way was cut slowly along.
Some of the ice cakes were so large that
they could not be cut apart or pulled
away, and the teams were driven over
them. 1t was Il long and tediou, drive.
In returning, the bridge at North Arson
was found to be up. and they had to
alght and walk through the mill and
theme, over to the station.
The Pittsfeld Advertiser says that
clarence Woodbury., second son OF J. L..
Woodbury. OF Canasn, died recently from
be effects OF vaccination.
III regard to the abov. our correspond
ent writes: IL have ma ie inquiry OF
Mr.. J. l. Woodbury. and he says that his
son WAS vaccinsted bui had nearly or
quite recovered from the effects Of the
vaccination, when he Was taken sick
with typhoid fever. The son was sick and
died 10 Lowell, Mass, and was brought
home for interment. Mr.. Woodbury.
learned the facts from his daughter, who
lives In Lowell, who told him that the at
tending physician never suggested any
thing but typhoid frver as the cause OF
death.
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All admit that
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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:
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1886-04-16
Hancock and the Smokers.

hancock ana the smokers.
An army officer told me an anecdote
of General Hancock about his love of
dignity and discipline. He was in COM
mand of the train which brought
General Grants remains from Mount
McGrcgor to New York. General
Hancock and his staff were in the coach
next to the last. In the rear car was a
party Of Pennsylvania militia officers.
who were popping an occasional bottle
of champagne and smoking quite
socially. General Hancock saw from
his car what was going OH in the rear.
1t did not comport with his ideas Of tho
proprictics of SO solemn an occasion.
and, calling the conductor, he said:
''Will you please present my compli-
ments to those gentlemen. with the re-
quest that they cease smoking" In q
few moments the conductor returned
with the announcement that the convi.
vial officers returned their compliments
with peremptory declination to re-
linquish their cigars. "Wherc is the
next switch?" asked Hancock. "About
five miles below" replied the conduc-
tor. when you reach it, if the smok.
ing in that car has not ceased, switch
it OH side track and leave it. You
may tell the gentlemen what l have
said" In two minutes there was not
cigar to be seen in the appending
coach. Its occupants knew that Han
cock meant just what lie said.-Atkanta
Constitution.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1886-04-16
A Chance for a Lorn Widow.

Some months ago an official in
Gloucester, Mass, received q letter
from Sing Sing, NY. A slip taken
from a newspaper was pasted at the
top OF the letter, which stated that
during that year there was q large
number Of widows i'll Gloucester &C.
casioned by the loss OF lives among
the fishing fleet. The letter says:
"The thought occurred to me that
there might be some one among these
widows who would like q good hus,
band. | am " widower, no children,
sound and substantial, tho owner OF
two good farms, also hotel, and
have considerable personal property,
so that have the means to take care
OF a wife. As q woman she must be
25 or 80 years old, be of good family,
well educated and fond Of music. i
do not care to have one who has
children, as prefer one without any.
Now, if you can find ME such u woman
as have described l promise you a
new suit of clothes, u gold watch, and
you shall have the first kiss from the
BRIDE"
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st, Patrick,

As is frequently the case with distin-
gnishcd men who are not saints, aud
who don't even try to be, the origin of
st. Patrick is very uncertain. Seven
cities claimed the honor of being the
birthplace of Homer after he was dead.
When he was alive the local authorities
Of those towns only gaze him half an
hour to get out.
st. Patrick was indeed 8 remarkable
man. He began to be remarkable at q
very early age, having. according to
tradition and history, been born in
Scotland, in France, and in Germany,
with several outside precincts to hear
from. Not only did he first see the
light in several places quite remote
from each other, but he was likewise
born in different years and at different
seasons of the year. st. Patrick was
born so frequently and so promiscuous
ly. so to speak, that it would not sur
prise us to read in some religious paper
that he was born during the absence of
both his parents. At, Patrick was not
to blame for this. 1t is tho lying muse
of history that gets things mixed.
The historians have also managed to
mix up his subsequent movements.
There can be no doubt, according to
the historians, that he landed in Ireland
for the first time in the spriag of A. ID.
49,. on the east coast Of the island As
a matter of history he also landed for
the first time few years later on the
west coast. and for about forty years
he kept on landing for the first time.
and at different places. Almost every
thing else about st. Patrick, except the
facts already given, is somewhat OBJ
scure. He found ICELAND inhabited by
savage tribes and he eonvGrted them.
They became good Christians, and 81,
Patrick never had to call on them twice
for their pew rent. st. Patrick also
found the island infested with copper
heads and other snakes of the danger
GUS kind. He converted them too.
st. Patrick never married, although
judging by the large Sons of St. Pat
rick. it might be inferred that he mar
risd widow with family.
lie Is buried all over Europe, but he
still lives in tbs hearts Of the Irish peo-
pie. to whom his memory is very dear.
-1eras Sytings.
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Eliza Harvey, an old pcnsioner of
Trinity church, Pittsburgh, who died
lately, was supposed to be penniless,
but it was found that she had 81 900 in
the Dollar Savings Bank. Her only
son, just before going to the war, pur-
chased for his mother one hundred
bushels of coal. She received word
that her son was killed in one of the
first battles of the rebellion. From that
moment she would not burn any of the
coal, even in the most severe weather,
but guarded it religiously in the cellar
to the day of her death.
Joseph English, of Boston, has vast
ell ten and half valuable hours in
writing on postal card the entire adj
dress Of Hon. II. Is. Mctcalf delivered
ut the general convention of Universe
ties hold last year in Brooklyn. The
address contains 4.lG2 words, and Mr.,
English wrote them all with steel pen.
by gaslight. without the aid of a mag
nifying glass.
In disappointment valley, near the
ella river. Arizona, spring broke out
a couple of years agoin place where
there had previously been no signs of
water. The spring continued to grow
in size, until it now forms stream q
foot in depth and three feet in width,
and it is still growing. 1t is supposed
that the wafer comes from y subterapo-
an river.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1886-04-16

The greatest merchant in philadcl-,
phia is Mr.. Wanamakcr. This is tho
theory upon which he places his atlver-
Using business: "There is always
some trading doing, even in the dullest
season, and We strive to divert the
floating or transient trade to our place.
Again, when business ordinarily is dull,
people who see our invitations in tho
newspapers are more apt to read them
for tile reason that they have more
time to read, and there are fewer adj
vertiscments then.
"Many merchants who have been in
business for certain number of years
will say: oh, we are so we'll known it
is no use for us to- advertise There
never was greater mistake. We
would as soon think of cancellng our
insurance policies as our advertising
contracts. We spend more money with
newspapers each year that goes by;
there are more people who want goods.
and new trade is always coming to tho
surface.
advertising that is we'll done is
cumulative in its character. 1t is like
the compromising Of interest. An adj
vertisement in daily paper one day
will. in all probability, make good
return to the merchant who has the
goods the people want at the right
prices; each successive advertisement
that he puts in gains an impetus and
influence from the original one and so
it counts up until the name of the firm
gets what is equivalent to the good
will of a successful business, besides
deriving tho direct profit from immcdi-
ate sales caused by the advertising.
''To advertise well. merchant
should give as much care to his news
paper space as he does to any other de-
partment of his business. As q gener-
al thing u merchant can we'll afford to
spend in newspaper advertising from
one-third to onc-fifth the amount of all
his other total expenses. If man in
business talks as earnestly through his
newspaper when he is addressing one
or two hundred thousand people, SIM
ultaneously, as when he is talking to
one customer, he cannot fail to make q
success of newspaper advcrtising."-
Philadelphia NcWs.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1886-04-16
A Candid Man.

If there is anything in the shape Of q
man that is despicable it is your born
liar; the man who would rather tell
falsehood, even if he had to 60 mile
out of the way to do SO, than tell you
the short, simple truth. There is an
other contemplate creature, and that
is the professional beggar, who always
approaches you with a lie on the end of
his slippery tongue. There is the Phar-
iscc, who works his way into the edi-
tors sanctum. and under the prctcnse
that he desires notice for sweet char
ity's sake, manages to get his name
woven into the notice SO much that
ninety-ninc per cent. of the article is
simply puff for himself. And there
Is your brazen specimen of a thing who
evcrlastingly dabbles in politics, much
to the regret of a suffering community,
and as he is very seldom called upon to
make speech. manages by some hook
or crook to get his political trash dead.
headed through the columns of his
party organ. Give mo the candid,
straightforward man, be he ever SO
rough, ever SO queer, just SO he is can.
lid and you can depend on his word,
Such men are rare and hard to find, vet
it was my luck to meet one as l was
strolling along State street the other
lay.
Mister" says he. "can speak to
you moment?"
''ro be surc," l answered.
well, mister, I'm poor man, and
I've been drinking bit too much, and
got horribly drunk. 1t has weakened
ME so that can hardly stand up. Now,
will you please give mo dime so that
| can get q bit of rye to stimulate me
and rouse up my dropping spirits! Mis-
ter, am candid man. II said to
you that wanted dime to buy bread
for myself and babies, you would not
hesitate to relieve me; but want to be
candid with you, don't want bread, |
want drink, something to stimulate,
warm mo up. or l will go down INTO
the gutter of mud and despair. to be
tishcd out by the police and yanked
among the miserable unfortunatcs of
the day. Now, mister, please give me
Il dime"
Certainly" answered.; "but 1
haven't got dime to my name. just
you stand here until rim around
the corner and borrow dime for
YOU"
l left him standing. there, out when
returned with shc dime an hour later,
my candid man was nowhere to DO
seen. But above all, do admire the
candid man.-Mattonal Weekly.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1886-04-16
The Strasburg Clock Outdone.

The famous clock of strasburg is put
completely into the shade by 1.-THE great
World Clock, Or the 1O,OOO-year time
indicator It was constructed in Ger
many. during many years. labor, by Mr..
Christian Martin. clock-makeF." The
clock marks the years and loap years
and will run for hundred centuries,
when, as the bill frankly admits, its
mechanic works" will have to be
changed. The face of the clock is about
10 feet square and has large number
of dials and little inches where 122 little
figures have their abiding place. These
latter. as the eyer-ready bill explains,
are ITO allegorize hnman life." Every
minute Il sorrowfnl-looking angel hits
a bell with a sledge hammer. When he
has done this fifteen times another am
gel in a red robe strikes the first quarter.
1.-The Genius" dressed in Louis XIV.
costume. turns a dial so that the figure
is shown. At the same time the figure
of child appears at lower door. At
the third middle-agcd man with Spec
tacles and high hat, and at the fourth,
a decrepit old wreck with a white wig.
While all this is going on below, Death,
in the shape of a Comanche Indian
with wings, has been vainly endeavor-
ing to hammer bell in an upper niche,
but an angel has headed him off in
every case and protected tho human fam.
lily ''by raising the right hand in an al.
lcgorical relation" as per programme.
until the fourth quarter. Then Death
gets the better of the struggle, strikes
the hour and bundles the old man off
into eternity. The twelve apostles are
trotted out each honr. Above them is
the figure of Christ, "who blcsses with
both hands each apostle in passing" as
the bill states with mathematical cx-
actness. AT morning, noon and night
a number of bell ringers ring their re-
spcctivc bells with vindictive energy
and an old man drops upon his knees,
as if some one had kicked his legs out
from under him. All these and many
other wonders. exposing the family Sc,
crets of the Zodiac. the heather gods,
the seasons, the moon, and the globe
all run regularly. The whole struct,
ure is surmounted by cock, which
crows at 6 and u o'clock.-RaH IIal!
Gazette.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1886-04-16
Secretary Stanton and Governor
Yates.

Yates.
John Moses in the Chicago Tribune.
When we entered the Office of the
sturdy secretary I was at once struck
with his brusque manners and rapid
style in the dispatch of business.
Several governors had already been in,
kirkwood being there when we entered.
He talked to the latter as if he were
the subordinate officer of O country
militia company. Isaw by the storm
that was gathering on the face of
Yates that it would be just rs we'll
for the secretary not to attempt any
kind of "foolishness" with him.
When Kirkwood left, turning to Yates,
the great secretary said: "Well, there
is another of them gone; was in
hopes had gotten rid of you govern
ors-what do you want, Yates?"
"By Cd, sir" exclaimed Yates, ~
went, in the first place, to be treated
like a gentleman. would like to have
you understand, Stanton, that am
the governor of the state of Illinois,
and as such am entitled to be
respected. I'd like to know what
would become of you or this war but
for the support OF the loyal governors
of the free states. did not come
here to beg for anything, but to in
form you, rs the head OF the war office
OF the government, what are the just
demands of the state of illinois, which
l am here to see respected"
1t looked blue for q minute, but
there was no further trouble with
Stanton. He apologized to the gov.
ernor, and explained that there had
been an unusual amout OF friction in
his office that morning, and that the
governor must overlook his abrupt
ness and apparent want OF courtesy.
Before they parted, Yates and the
secretary were IN very friendly Germs,
understanding each other all the bet
ter on account of the little disturb
ance at the beginning of their inter-
view.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1886-04-16
A Isosalind in Modern Trousers

"A AtOSalluu III NlOOCrn trousers
London Standard.
A singular story comes from the
province of Limburg, ON the Dutch
frontier. The owner of large man.
ufactory, whoh married young and
wasleft a widower, had an only daugh-
ter, to whom all the most desirable
young men in the neighborhood &ere
paying attention. Her father noticed
that she treated them all with indlf-
ference and showed marked prefer.
ence for q young clerk of his, an or.
phan, with no means but his salary.
As he had always given the greatest
satisfaction in the performance of his
duties and was exceedingly well con.
Quoted, tho father, persuaded that he
would never venture to raise his eyes
to his daughter, who evidently was
sincerely attached to him made up his
mind to breach the matter to him.
What was his surprise when the young
clerk, after much hesitation, told him
he would be only too happy to regard
the young lady as q sister, but he
could not marry her, because he was
not q man but young woman in
disguise-a disguise she had adopted
when left On orphan in order to get q
more lucrative situation. The con-
clusion to this story is that, instead
OF marrying the daughter, she is now
the wife OF the father.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1886-04-16
Woman Suffrage in Wyoming.

From an Eastern Paper:
A female suffragist, writing letter
extolling the purifying influence of
women voting in Wyoming, relates
this incident as happening at the late
election in Cheyenne:
1t is po,r:::ii..t ;Dolief that q woman
will vote just as her husband, father,
or brothers do. but this is emphati-
cally q mistake. II the ticket of a hus-
band suits the wife she will vote it; if
not, she will vote against him. This
does not, as might be inferred, cause
quarrelingin the family. fla husband
cannot convince his wife that she is
wrong, or wife cannot bring her hus.
band to her way OF thinking, they
march or ride to the polls together
and vote directly opposite tickets.
In this connection will give an anus.
ing incident which occurred at the
Carbon county election. A foreman
OF the building department of the
Union Pacific road had been laboring
for u week to convert his wife to his
political faith, but she remained nroof
toaii MS argumontatlvcda darts. Elnal-
ly, election day, he told her that ono
OF their votes would simply kill the
other. and said he would refrain from
voting If she would. To this she rs.
scented, and kissing her good-by he said
he would go to the shops. He had
been gone but few moments when
she donned her hat and cloak, and
placing d tic ket which she had procur.
ed the previous day in her pocket
went to the polls in a roundabout
way, avoiding the shops where her
husband worked. She reached the
voting place, and when the crowd sep.
arated to allow her to pass through
she hurried up and met her husband
face to face at the window, each with
q ticket in hand. They laughed heart
lily at each others treachery and bad
faith, upbraided each other, and, lock.
ing arms, went home"
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1886-04-16
Observations.

Very observation-disclosures and mon
keys.
1t is never to your credit to be
charged for purchases.
Horse chestnuts are regarded as
a poor substitute for oats.
Mumm's the word with more peo-
pie than acknowledge it.
Snow balls are but tho condensed
eussedncss of boyhood days.
Sticktights are fashionable both
OH ballet girls and election tickets.
A rose is just as sweet by any oths
er name and vinegar is just as sour.
Matches are scarce where a poor
family have all rcd-headed frcckle
faced daughters.
In hearing band on the old
COW died of, one feels it is best to
abandon such music.
No, Henry, moustachcs are not
called mouth bangs, although per-
haps they might be with propriety.-
Huterloo Observer.