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The Somerset reporter., 1889-01-17
SKOWHECAN MARKET,

Corrected Weekly by IurN x Geoii, IA Gse
Gerry and Provision De..,ers,ia 5 W4tef Street.
Apples, .........4oto5 got Legs, ......., Il
Apples, Dned...5 To 7tt ia.=a
Butter, Bcst..2o 10 act Mcll, Corn...-......
Beans, Y. E...75 - 90 Mc.I, Re No.. ...,......
Beans, Pea.2'u To ST. Oats, ...........i5 10 5a-
Barley,......... -. =. Putitaes......i ta * It
Beet To 81 Round iiaR.........s5tt
Chccse......-...lut 10 I2e PuultrN.......> Ia iitt
Chickens. .....S tot5, Wood, ......5 o1t to- + SEQ
Conn. +.......-....+
Corrected Weekly hY POLAND Y P,r.oss.a
Wool " a9htH ...'..5 '....t......'-4 20 -
Gnwashcd ..s-.... 80. $500. o., To- 4itt
Wool skins........,Sst To too, or To- Io't lh
The Somerset reporter., 1889-01-17
Dead River Lou DrlVj0q Co.

The members ~ The Dead River log Driving
Company are her,.h, nutItie hat the auun41
mprltug uf the company viii Ice held ~ IN
ne Hall. Fairfield, on "Wednesday TIN sixth
DAY Of February next, at tn 1'c'ork In the
fOr..hoon, for the purpose oi chpo-ipg Officar7
for the ensuing year aud 10 vote money "a d.
fray the expense ~ driving logs aud Other
necessary bills aud to trIn,ur, any other hu
siuess thought propcr When net
skowhegaD Jan l1th ISIS. &ss
The Somerset reporter., 1889-01-17
Children Cry for Pitchers Castoria.

When Gaby was sick, We gave her Castoria
When she was n Child, She cried for Castoria,
When she became Miss. she chung to Castoria
When she had Children, she gave them Castoria
The Somerset reporter., 1889-01-17
THURSDAY, JAN. 18th, 1889.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Job Printing.

The lob Printing Establishment connected win %ltl,
he SOMERSET REPoRTER is prepared to do al oIass
,cs of work. the richest as well as the most eo.no,
,ohs competent and experienced wotkmen are
employed and large stock OF paper, envelopes, ana
vertisfnr, wedding and business cards in great va
rety Orders of dances, bills OF fare, pfoetl'ns
notice. Commercial printing specially Orders
Nv mail will receive careful attention.
The Somerset reporter., 1889-01-17

tEaus d. .t1r ~, hr has tn. W. Doug :
-i,.t,-- III htdt I.,Iue and price stan y, t4l
IA, hott,-44, aut him down fraud.
The Somerset reporter., 1889-01-17
Born.

lI.nuany Jan. 'st9, IT, Nj aad Nj. E4geH
Dow, san.
Ioebp3fi, y, y. jan. u, t,fbe WIT of L l.
Wilh Iai-fn, FORMERLY nj \.rridgcYs4ok, q daughter
The Somerset reporter., 1889-01-17

We have heretofore given description
Of our new Passenger station but are
now, through the courtesy Of Station
Agent Eaton, enabled to give our readers
much better idea Of the newest and incest
passenger station of its size along The
line of the Maine Central railroad. by the
NE of nnc cut made from a photograph
taken by c. T. Mcintosh. one Of our
Skowhegan artists The view is an az.
cellent one and, with the background Of
nice residences on Court street form-
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1889-08-24

I do not know whether l make the matter
plain or not. l simply want to show you
that a man can not save himself but that
the Almighty Son of God can do 1t and
will do it if you ask Him. o, fling your
two arms, the arms of your trust aud love,
around this omnipotent swimmer of the
cross.
That is a thrilling time when some one
swamped in the surf is brought ashore and
is being resuscitated. How the peo-
pie watch for the moment when
he begins to breathe again, and
when at last he takes one full
inhalation, and opens his eyes upon the by
ISLANDERS. a shout of joy rings up and down
the beach. There is joy because a life has
been saved o, ye who have been swamped
in the seas of trouble and sins we gather
around you. Would that this might be the
| ur when you begin to live. The Lord
Jesus Christ steps down, He gets on His
knees, He puts His lip to your lip and
would breathe pardon and life and Heaven
into your immortal soul. God grant that
this hour there may be thousands of souls
resuscitated. | stand on the deck of the
old Gospel ship amid a crowd of pas
sengers, all of them hoping that the last
man overheard may be saved. May the
living Christ this hour put out for your
safety, spreading forth his hands in the
midst of you as n swimmer spreadeth his
hands to sWim,o
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1889-08-24
THE WAY THE TRUST WORKS.
From the st. Joseph Gazette.l


About a month ago the st. ph
glucose works quit business, and the
announcement was made in these
columns that the establishment would
remain closed for three years. During
this time the st. Joseph concern is TO
receive 500 900 annually from u trust
or comblne which controls the produc-
ton of glucose in the country. The
same statement was published III the
Herald about a week ago, aud so il
seems to be generally understood that
u of st. Joseph's manufactures is to
remain idle for three years, and pro.
badly tor II much longer period Mean
time our farmers lose a marker for their
grain, and consumers, in addition to
paying for the products OF the combine,
will be called upon to put up this $50
600. Thus is brought to u very doors
indispntable evidence that the trust is
a roLbet OF consumer and the enemy
of all. IL suppresses the Industries of
neighborhOods, controls the prices of
raw materials as well as of manuiac.
tuIed commodities, and thus by
methods fl%sgranlly wrong aud indie
iensIble, piles up enormous profits for
a few men by levying tribute upon
millions.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1889-08-24
THE VALUE OF YOUR LOCAL PAPER.

Your local paper tells you when to
go to church, to county, circuit and
probate court, and when to send the
children to schooI and nearly anywhere
else you have to go. 1t tells you who
is dead, married, sick, births and many
other things you like to hear. 1t calls
your attention to all public enterprises,
advocates good schools, law, temper
ance and order in your town and
county. 1t r~ejOices with you in prOspri-
ity and sympathizes with you in dis
tress. Ii records the marriage OF your
daughter, the death OF vour sou, the
illness of your wife free of charge. 1t
booms your town and builds up bnsi-
ness, whether you patroniZe it or not
IL tells the attractions and adj, antages
of the city and invites immigration and
is always the first to welcome new
coiners Time would tail to enuineraie
half it does for its own people. and vet
we sometimes hear a mau say his hOme
paper is not half so good as some city
paper that never did ANYTHING tor hun
and has no interest in him or his bust
ness. Such men are too narrow to live
and too close listed to die.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1889-08-24
Ingenious California Girls.

For ONE time past it has been the
custom of Il number of young ladies
employed in Il dress-making shop to
repair to the Capitol grounds at the
noon hour to partake of their lunch
con. They invariably sat beneath a
large cedar tree. the wide branches OF
which afforded a generous shade.
Several young men about town OBJ
served this fact and almost daily they
could be found shortly before twelve nj.
lounging under a tree not far distant
from that beneath which the ladies
sought shelter. This was, of course,
annoying to the young ladies and each
of them has provided herself with a
large parasol, all of which are opened
when the grounds are reached and
placed around in a circle. This forms
Il perfect corral three or four feet in
height, within which the young ladies
a partake of their lunch and recline
at s. free from the prying eyes OF
the curious young men.-Sacramente
(Cal.) Bee.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1889-08-24
GERMANY'S TRUST FEVER.

Jacob Muller, consul general of the
United States at Frankfort on the Main
under date of May 27, sends to the
state department at Washington u re-
port on the formation of stock compa-
MES or trusts in Germany which he
calls the incorporation fever" He
says that he has always looked dis
trustfnlly on existing affairs there. The
present events, the gigantic strikes by
which Germany is visited, seen Ia
him to prove that the social conditions
are traught with danger. The strikes
are not revolutionary but are the out
growth Of u%nbearable conditions. In
Rheinish Westphalia, on a territory OF
not more than twenty square miles, 3d.
600 people revolted at starvation prices.
When the mining companies were rea.
LIKING better prices Tor Goals than for
many years past the miners were re-
ceiving 1925 to SlS5 per year.
Just now MIR. Muller says Germany
is showing symptoms OF a business
fever similar in many respects to that
which terminated in the crash of 1873.
1t is taking the form of the creation OF
industrial enterprises or the changing
OF private undertakings into STOCK
companies. In 1884 a law was enacted
for the regulation of stock companies.
1t required q more definite statement
of affairs in the organization of the
stock company, but ii made the stock
holders much less responsible than the
members of q private firm. The swim
nings," as he calls the earnings of these
companies, will, he says, be larger and
spread mi among a greater number of
persons, but the people OF limited
means can not participate as the law
has fixed the minimum price Of a share
at 1000 marks.
Mr.. Muller believes that the separa-
ton of employer and employed which
must result from these changes in bust
ness conditions will result in the union
of workingmen and a permanent war
between them and their employers.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1889-08-24
AN OBJECT LESSON.

GFron the Nashville, Qll.) Democrat
Republican farmers please read this
and see how the protective tariff pro-
tects.
Last year the country was full OF
republican speakers bowling about the
'free trade" democrats being about to
ruin the country. You believed them
and voted with them. What is the
result?
Wheat was then worth 81 05 a bushel
III this market. Now 1t is worth 6S
cents.
Then you could get 16 pounds OF
good brown sugar or II pounds of
refined sugar for 81. Now you get IL
pounds of good brown sugar, or 9
pounds of refined sugar for 81.
In other words, last fall q bushel OF
wheat would buy from IA to 10 pounds
of good brown sugar, or from II to Is
pounds of refined sugar. Now a bushel
will buy 7 pounds of good brown sugar
or 6 pounds of refined sugar. You are
getting from 5 TO Z pounds less for a
bnshel of wheat than you got last fall.
How about coffee? Last fall you got
6 pounds of the best green coffee for
81. Now you get A pounds tor 81
Last fall you got Arbuckle's parched
coffee for 20 cents. Now ii costs from
20 to 80.
Last fall a bushel of wheat would
buy 6 pounds of the best green coffee
or 5 pounds of Arbuckle's. Now a
bushel of wheat buys less than 8 pounds
OF best green and q parched.
1t is hardly necessary to allude to
binding Irvine, the price of which has
advanced. This tendency of prices of
all kinds of n~ecessaries of life Except
such az are grown on a FARM are
upward, while the tendency of farm
products is downward.
The price of cattle. hogs and corn
are low, " lille it takes the best potatoes
to bring 20 TO 25 cents a bushel. This is
the "hOme market" that was promised
you if you would help elect a republi
can president and a republican con-
gress.
What is it that is forcing up the
things that you have to buy2
Trusts.
What is il that is the foundation of
trusts in almost every case.
The protective tariff.
Who voted for the protective tariff?
You did. Will you do it again? No
doubt some of yon will. Some loud
mouthed agent of the protected mono
poles will come around bowling about
"solid south" and ''rebel democrats"
and .'free trade" and "ioreign pauper
labor, land a lot more stuff of the same
kind, and you will believe every word
he says in spite of the cold facts that
you IA see right under your noses.
Some OF you will again allow your
selves 10 be fooled into the belief that
tine protective tariff is all that stands
between you and the poorhouse, when
as a matter of fact it does more than
anything to make you poor.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1889-08-24
PROHIBITION.



In Iowa in 1880 there were 3,O3l gov
ernment licenses issued Tor the sale OF
liqnOr. In 1856, under prohibiti'n, tho
number had Increased to 4.033-an in,
crease of 999. Ii is not within the
limits of reason that any man would
pay for a license unless he meant &c
useit.
For the year ending April 80, 1881,
betbre prohibition, 1884 government Ii
censes TO sell liquor were issued in
Kansas. In the year ending April 30,
1887, after five years of prohibition
1897 licenses were issued; in other
words there were So per cent
more places selling liquor in the year
ending April 80, 1889. under prOhibi,
tioa than in the year ending April 80
1891, before the enactment of the law
There has simply been n change o
naI3e from ''aalooD" to ''drug store.
Maine has more liquor sellers in pro.
portion to population than many Ii.
cense states. Rhode Island has one
liquor seller to every 2I3 men.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1889-08-24
DAWNING ON THE KANSANs.

Louisburg. Kas., Ang. l9.-Dnring
seventeen years residence in Kansas |
have never seen the farmers So hard
pressed to live az at the present time.
Instead of onward and upward, il is
down lower and lower each wear,
because the farmer has to paw high Tor
what he consumes and to sell his pro-
auctions cheap. Fer instance, the
Kansas farmer gets II or II crnls per
bushel for corn and pays 30 cents for
one pound of coffee. But never within
my know edge have farmers taken
more interest in economic discussions.
The question generally asked is, ''llnv
are we to get through these hard
tilnrsI' Years of hard toll. tpmIrr-
ancc, %frugality, sud economy have
availcd nothing. Most OF III. farms are
m~ortgaged. The farmers have lost
social dignity bcrau. =. they are looked
upon aS II lot al B,urhons who never
learn anything, who cnnunt ak" - HAT
without being Knocked down. and ~hD
violate the first law OF maturc-sell-
preservation
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1889-08-24
FISHY FABLES.
A CURE FOR WRINKLES

81 think my master USES mo most
cruelty )" complained n Right Arm to
his fellow, the Left Arm. Here he
has been nsihg me for over two hours
in casting his flies with no rest
excepting such "a is afforded when he
changes his flies. | AN full of wrinkles
and snif' ring terribly, but he seems TO
pay no attention to it, although AT 10
other time does ne abuse me"
a few minutes aftcrward the Right
Arm had ceased its complaining and
appeared cheerful.
"Whh has come v @ YOU" inquired
the LEFT Arm, "that you have no more
complaints to makeg"
"You ought certainly to know" re-
piled tn" Right Arm. envy master
caught II fine trout, which is now kick
ing its last in the basket. There is
nothing that will remove wrinkles nr
overcome fatigue like catching fish |
am now willing to work for the rest
Of the day without grumbliug."
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1889-08-24
THE EMIGRATION TROUBLE In
NORTH CAROLINA

Has broken out again, and the
negroes are moving westward rom
that state by the thousands. NORM
Carolina has been an active field Tor
the labor agent for some years past.
Less distractions were put III their
way than in the neighboriDg states OF
South Carolina or Georgia, and It's
negroes seemed more disposed to uni
CRATE. 1t is only OF late years, however
that this movement has reached such
proportions as TO excite alarm Among
the planters in the black belt OF the
stale. Last year, it was very gen
orally mentioned in the papers, out the
exodus was not thought a serious one.
This winter, however. 1t has been such
as { o create some ill-fceling among the
planters and other employers OF coioreu
labor who complain OF the injury done
them by taking away their hands on
the very eve of the agricultural season.
In some counties the labor agents have
been warned away, and even the rail-
roads have been called to account II
accused OF melting this exodus. This
does not seem to have had any material
effect. The negroes are leaving North
Carolina in larger numbers than ever,
and the indications are that the move
ment will grow in intensity rather than
decrease. Few if any of the negroes
leave the south. Louisiana, and par
~ticularly the northern riparian parishes
get their full share. A number go to
Texas, but the bulk are destined for
Mississippi (the river counties.) They
appear TO know very little of their des-
tinatiOn, and as the labor agents have
even less to say on the subject, just
where the emigrants settle can only be
determined by IA country paper, here
and there. mentioning that some 1000
negroes have been settled on Judge
AS and Col. BIS plantations. Negro
emigration, however, lacks the intelli-
gence and foresight shown by II white
man in seeking a new home. and soo
becomes q sort of panic. hen the
negroes dashed off from Louisiana and
Mississippi to Kansas some years ago,
few OF them knew where they were
going or why they went-it was a mad
flight, like that OF an army after defeat,
causing heavy losses to all, and intense
suffering to many. 1t is much the same
with the Carolina movement. None of
the exodusters know where they are
going, and they have the most absurd
expectations in the way of free forty
acre farms, cattle, mules and high pay.
If there is any fact about the movement
worth considering politically, it Is that
the negroes are leaving North Carolina
where by the republican confessions,
all their votes are counted, for states
like Mississippi and Louisiana, where,
these same republicans tell US, their
votes are suppressed.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1889-08-24
WONDER OF TIE PHONOGRAPH
= IFrom the New York Trihune.I

80" nv ~ i"ih A'''uh''l
Ii half of what the inventors of the
~phGnograph claim for il ONE true the
children of the neal future are going
to have some wonderful toys. lnven-
torY are 10Y at work on II long list OF
nursery wonders, in all of which the
new mechanism il TO be the main
feature. The photographic doll will
talk, laugh, cry aud sing like n human
being. Noah's ark will contain IL drove
OF %fieighing, braying, roaring, lowing,
barking, mewing, kissing, cracking
creatures that will rival IA mcnagcrie.
The sOng-nOles of fine singing birds
have deem preserved on the metal slips
antthe results combined, so that II
may have a papier mache canary
which will require no attention and
will sing with many times the volume,
and at many times the length, of anv
bird that ver lived. Mothers, too,
have the promise of "A phonographic
cradle, at the head of which the won
derful mechanism is placed that will
sing sweet lullabys by the hour TO the
fretful infant soothing it and it's tired
parent to sleep at the same time.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1889-08-24
Cos COST CosIy

The word COST is quite mOnOtnnOus, aud il
often used with some business men TO deceive
You are invited To cnil and see the work in pro.
ces sol manufacture, and you will find It jusl
as represented, and you Will see Halacy " Sons
leather. Roger Wheel Co. ~ Vince" Wilson
Gear Iron, Philadelphia Carriage Bolt, best Oh
tempered Spring-Strel Axle and fire. These
are goods that are noted for their n puiatiOn
and are used only by makers that maze fir L
clIss work when you examine these goods
and they are not as represented, then you can
say that I advertise to deceive. You can buy
the same class OF work IN this state or the
United states, only OF Russell. ! am determined
to sell all my, work this year; as II has to be
sold and will be sacrificed. have some adj
rantnHes in manuiactuI ing that enable ne 10
Oler this InduCement. Now Is your chance il
y"u want Il Surry, Buggy or Spring Wagon of
RiIsse'ls make you will get Il bargain. DO not
let lhis year PASS 10y. | an now mrking the best
buggy | ever made ReaI the card OF John G..
Young, Jlm-s Green and the firm OF Green IL
Dyhhrl; | can say Ia you irulhlulIY, i could give
over Il thousand such recommendations. En-
gagged in business here IN 1854; made thousands
Of vehicle5. with lew exceptions. pInbably two
al them. complained Of. They would not be
app ccIatcd otherwise; not another factory In
this or any Other state has 4 better reputation.
You can have l IS work on time, four, SIX or
twelve months. DO you want anything better
than mat? Come AMI ace me and vou viii have
inducements that will he surprising Also have
in stock SurrieS, BuggI"s aud Spring Wagons oi
other makes, that VIII he sold very near cost.
but yon must not expect to get 81 Tor 30 cents
or something for nothing, goods are sold en-
tirrly on their quality and grade | will deal
square, and goods awiIl be war; inted ns
represented | make IA speciality OF The car
riage trade, and l am not engaged in any other
business, and my long experience enables me 10
know II vehicle when | purchase il, and when
you buy from me you have that advantage. Ask
your neighhOr; he will tell you Rnssrl sold me
that buggy aud il is II good one. lust As repre-
scented. | can sell you IA buggy for So; SprIng
Wagon for So; Cart for $l5.
Il. = II have u cart suitable for Il lady to ride
in: will sell cheap.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1889-08-24
JOHN POWELL,


ooutu VI Sout tiluuSC.
just received a full line of yea
sonable goods for picnics, excur-
sions, etc.
Potted Meats, kippered behring's,
imported sardines with key OPEN
ers), stuffed olives, pitted olives,
lines and American and English
style of plain and mixed pickles.
Raspberry vinegar, lime fruit
juice. and prepared lemonades-
delicious drinks for the heated
sc8sOn.
StOllwercks heart cocoa costs just
one cent e cup.
Choice gunpowder and young
Tyson tea, splendid tor making ice
tea. at Soc per pound.
BOgueS' soap washes clothes
without boiling and very little
rubbing. Costs only DC a bar.
Royal Poultry Food prevents
cholera, gapes and other ailments
common to fowls, a BIB package
for 20c
We have a good stock of Fruit
Jars at reasonable prices.
Good Cigars at prices that will
astonish you
Call and see our baking powder
prizes.
We always have IA large stock of
rIain aud decorated QuGcnswarc,
Glassware, etc.
Salt per barrel 81 20. 5 barrel
lots, per barrel 81 ID.
When in need of anything in our
line please call on Us.
John powell.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1889-08-24
HOW TO MANAGE A TYPEWRITER
From the Merchant Traveller.

From the Merchant Traveller
''Can you manage a typewriter?'
asked one married lady of another.
Scan | manage y typewriter? |
should say so. | made three leave nv
husbands office within the last two
months. ard the last is 50 homely that
John il almost afraii of her. Tue
management OF a typewriter is an art,
but I've got it down fine"
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1889-08-24

The sight of a mother and child
who are quite ~inseparable. not merely
through the mothers solicitude or the
child's helplessness, but through gen.
uine preference for each others soci-
ETY., is one of the most beautiful in the
world. Motherhood, beautiful under
all circumstances. takes an added en-
bellishment from an a~ffectionate COM
partnership of this sort.-Standard.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1889-08-24
A CONDITION NOT A THEORY

"tPat, is this true that | hear?"
San what's that, yer honor?'
''That you are going to marry again.
'"That's so, yer honor"
':But your first wife has only been
dead q week"
"Sure she as dead now as she liver
will be, yer honor"
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1889-08-24
He WAS ENGAGED.
From Life

John Digg Ito classmate)-"Well,
Jack, college days are over. What are
YOU going to do for IA living?" Jack
Fastselt-"Been engaged by Ritch e
CoS' "What for 7" "Sun-in- law
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1889-08-24
A TARIFF FOR REVENUE.

From the Detroit Free PrrSs.T
The horse Tariff, which won the
S3 900 stake race at East Sanimnw Ie-
Gently is evidently II Tariff for revenue.