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The Somerset reporter., 1889-08-22

The Worcester Organ has many,im
provements well worth investigation.
Dinsmore aud Bickford are agents fol
this vicinity and are selling them rapid,
at their ms Office Water St. Skowhegar
Maine.
The Somerset reporter., 1889-08-22

safe investment. Buy the reliable
Carpenter Organs, warranted eight years
Smiths Music Store, % Madison st.
Skowhegan, Me. If 3
The Somerset reporter., 1889-08-22

L. II. Moulton, Master of Somerset Po-
mona Grange, informs the REPoRTRR that
the next meeting will be holden with
Bingham Grange Sept. Sd. and no change.
The Somerset reporter., 1889-08-22

AS remedy for summer complaint, we
can confidently assert that Browns In
slant Relief is great discovery.
The Somerset reporter., 1889-08-22
Business and Amusement Notices.

Ask your butcher about "No rosin =
The Somerset reporter., 1889-08-22

Corrected Weekly by EMERY " GoopRIcH, Gro
Gerry ana Provision Dealers,ra Water Street.
Apples......... soto soa Eggs, .............aos
Apples, Dried. To So llay.....io.oo 10 $I2 o
Butter, Best..iS to 2od Meal, Corn. -.
Beans, Y Eats 10 $5oo Meal, Rye ...........,...
Beans Pea ZOO tc S22S Oats, .........4st TO sos
Barley,......... Potatoes. 40 10 5oti
Beet, ..........S to of Round Hog, .......,...o 90
Cheese. ....Io to I2f Poultry, ..,..s to rati
Chickens, .....S to r4d Wood. ......3 90 to SO,
Corn, ..............-.
Corrected Weekly by POLLARD y PARsoNs.)
Wool Washed ;..'.....................51t to 3sss
Unwlshed .....'., ...-....-. as to 27c,
Wool Skins. .4oa taos, or S to I,a per Ii
The Somerset reporter., 1889-08-22

When V "No rosln" comingf
The Somerset reporter., 1889-08-22
Somerset Pomona.

Ask your druggist about mo rosln
The Somerset reporter., 1889-08-22
SKOWHECAN MARKET.

Ask your jeweller about mo rosin
The advocate., 1889-08-24

not, as one member has said, "hold
anickel in hand NJ close 10 the cye as
to hide q twenty dollar gold piece a
short distance away." Rally TO the
support Of this Exchange system and
make ii possible TO put it in operation
athn early day You may porhaps
discover defects in the plan proposed
You may Fool thatyou could suggest
i midments 10 1t that would mako IL
more effective. Lot this not mterlero
with your prompt subscription to tho
stock II you waitto 500 a plan form
ulatod that somo one would not think
he could suggest valuable amend
monts to, you viii whit for the dawn
Of the millennium, and that will be
too late to make the Exchange avail
able for any effective work this year,
The board Of directors elected are
mon Of integrity and men who are
conspicuous for energy aud success in
their own aiairs, and il is expected
that they will use the Sumo energetic
efforts TO successfully conduct the
afTairsof the Exchange. Members Of
the Alliance who fail to rally to tho
support Of this measure and who
therefore Eail tosoo any benefits accu-
ing to the Organization will hayo only
themselves to blame for such failure
The way Is open. Walkyo in ii, or
os they sey atawedding, forever altor
hold your peace.
The advocate., 1889-08-24
RED TAPE

The ycxatious delays incident to the
transaction Of business with any Of
the government departments suggests
something radically wrong in the
methods employed A few hours or Il
lew days at most suffice for the consul
nation Of the most complicated trans
actions between practical business
men in private affairs, while q matter
Of the simplest conceivable character
that depends for it's adjustment upon
the action olOny one Of the govern
ment departments, no matter whAt
may be it's Importance, ig delayed for
months and not unlroquently for years
ere it reaches q conclusion, II may
be urged that the immense volume Of
government business justilies this de-
lay, but this theory can hardly be nc
cepted as satisfactory. It's mques-
tionably the, duty Of the government
to employ sufficient force to insure
promptnoss in the dispatch Of business
The people have n right to demand
this and they have just cause Of com,
plant in all cases where it is neglect
ed. But we approhend TINT neither
the lack of force or the grcat volume
of business constitute tho true cNuse
OF these delays. A brief experience
Of the writer during the late war may
reflect some light upon this subject
The necessary discharge of thousands
of the old veterans whose term Of ser
vice would expire in Tho early part OF
theyear 1864, was likely to deprive
the army during tho season Tor the
active campaign OF That year, OF a
large part Of its best disciplined and
most efficient force and, in order to
avoid SO serious loss, the govern
ment, in the winter of 1863, mode over.
lures for their re-enlistment II was
proposed to discharge thcm from fur
ther service Of tho unexpired first term
re-enlist them 'for three years or dur
ing the war;" pay them large boun-
ty and give them a furlough for thir-
ty days to visit their homes and friends
It is needless 10 say chat very large
majority Of these men accepted the
The advocate., 1889-08-24

1t is worthy Of comment that not a
paper, republican, democrat or inde-
pendent, has expressed any regret at
the killing Of Judge Terry or any
sympathy with the woman who was
the cause Of it. And papers have re-
aected the feelings Of thepeople'- k
@. Times.
The advocate., 1889-08-24

"Rats' as an expression is admitted
to be inelegant, butno one can deny
that il is an observation Of much am
higuous force Of character. Ii our
! Kansas senator when accused OF writ
inq 'that letter" had answered rats"
and assiduously adhered to that ro-
IDENTICAL exclamation, be would have
saved himself lots Of trouble
The advocate., 1889-08-24

New York wants the Worlds fair.
New Yorks got the "World" and she
ought to let the west have the fair
There's more room out here for the
show.
The advocate., 1889-08-24

Il is undoubtedly important that
hry farmer who can possibly do so
Suld hold on to his wheat for some
le at least. If subscriptions to the
Ak Of the Kansas Alliance Ex-
hgeisare reasonably prompt, in all
as atty the wheat cropmay yet be
thei by the State Agent. We
lustfore another issue ofour paper
in lcrto obtain from Bro. Tyler a
It Of his, present facilities for
Com grain and we believe that
F$ he is prepared to offer bet
the bemeuts than either the Chi
ooOr Kansas City MARKETS. We
bnt inYn to Bro. Tyler and if he
during Wy advantages in prices
entire titwhat he haste say next
been coSqnd SEQ what he has to
lower
The advocate., 1889-08-24

Only three discoveries OF Tascott
last week. The Tascott discovery
company" can't expect to declare
dividends at that rate.
The advocate., 1889-08-24

There is rarely an issue of the Kan
sas City Times that does not contain
an article on irrigation applicable to
Kansas needs in that respect, What
byer boom il has had in Kansas has
come from the Times. 1t seems In
Somprohonsible that the subject
should have been handled so ginger
ly by our state press. It might ap-
pear that irrigation were some ezplo-
Compound detrimental to print
EFesses that operate in the Sun
YER state, Judging by the severity
h which it has been let alone. No
biect to-day is of so much impor-
ace to Kansas as that Of irrigation
lth view to its ultimate adoptlon'
The advocate., 1889-08-24

There was great fear that the Sui
livan-Kilrain fight would end in a
"selr'. There seems little doubt OF it
now.
The advocate., 1889-08-24


fair ponmNn in those days, was detail
ed 10 assist in the clerical work neces-
sary 10 such discharge and re-enlist-
ncnt Itwould seem 10 ordinary NOR
tails that this would bo very simple
traaauctiou, requiring very little time
or labor When il stated howeyef,
thai Cor oyery man thus diseh"r"n'Ns
rit q
tu,. ,,lubpeu lor another term OF SER
vice, eighteen different papers wero
doomed necessary, each Of which re-
quircd great accuracy and inyolyedno
small amount Of labor, it will be seen
chat this conclusion is n little prema-
turo. The pnmo and tho character OF
these very interesting documents are
forgolton but the number fingers in
the memory like the recollection OF
hdcous nightmare. Naturally tho
old veterans, survivors Of the Peninsu-
lar campaign, OF Antiotam, OF FredeE-
icksburg, OF Charlottesville, OF Get
tysbmg and all tho minor engage
mcnts Of these bloody campaigns, after
They had decided TO ore-enlist, were very
anxious TO have their papers complet-
assoon as possible in order that they
might obtain their furloughs and re-
visit tho homes and loved ones they
had left in the early days Of tho war,
and from early morn until late at
night the clerical force detailed for
The purpose struggled and toiled over
that Heterogeneous mass Of papers, rov
quiring weeks to perform whnt ON or
dinary business man would have nc
complished on rational business prin-
ciplcs, in Ns many days. 1t is this
system circumlocution, and adherence
to senseless technicalitios, that consti-
tltcs the chief cause Of all present de-
Lays. In tho pension department il
| il of little use for IN old veteran sufii
ciontly disabled to ontitle him TO u
ponsion under the present laws to file
his application and expect it to be
considered during the few remaining
years of his life. We have u case in
mind at the present time that's fit
ting, illustration of this Taet. The up
plication was filed nearly three years
ugo. The soldier is a gray haired
fooblc old man, He Inns, established
tho foQt beyond tho possibility Of cav
il that he is suffering from chronic
rheumatism and from organic disease
Of The heart. Flo hRs established the
fact that these diseases were contract
cd by exposure and hardship in the
military service Of the United States,
and TINT the disability has been con-
tinuous since it's first inception. This
il wollld seem would be sufficient.
Why then is not his pension granted
while he yet fingers upon the shores
Of time2 II has been ascertained that
the records Of The hospital in which he
WINS placed for treatment at the be-
gianpg ofhis disability show that
tho attending physician pronounced
his disege to be ''dropsy" while in his
,,,,,l:oot;on for nansion he states his
The advocate., 1889-08-24
THE STATE EXCHANGES.

LOT blHbe nANHhhbN WhfNh W" IL"
ished in our last issue, Il is already
erroneously interpreted as levying On
assessment Of five dollars upon every
member Of the Order for the establish
ment Of the fund required g conduct
the business successfully. Let it be
understood in correction Of this mis-
apprehension that there is no assess
ment Of any amount whatever The
establishment of q State Exchange
upon which the hopes Of relief from
the present depression Of Agricultural
interests largely depend, requires
money, that very essential commodity
upon which every successful enter
prise depends. To secure this the
Corporation places its stock upon tho
market TO be sold like the stock Of any
other Corporation, except that only
the members Of the Alliance Gun pur-
chase it. II any man Of ordinary
judgement will read the provisions Of
the plan adopted he will be able to
discern tho distinction between the
levying Of an assessment and theoffer-
ing Of the stock for sale to such Nom
bers as desire to purchase it. All Of
the provisions Of the plan are plain
and explicit and easily understood il
read with care. Now what are the
duties Of members in relation to this
exchange? Too many Of our mem
bers are disposed to be by far too pc
nurious in their dealings with tho Or
der. They have paid fifty cents ini-
tiation fee and they pay rs conts
quarterly dues, and they consider this
sufficient for all tho purposes the Or
der has in view They seem to think
now that they are organized that every
desired relief and every conceivable
benefit should flow in upon them FREQ
ly, spontaneously and without further
effort. This is not only an erroneous
but mischievous idea Those fees
and dues are merely for thepurposo Of
establishing and maintaininssuch an
organization as will enable us to act
as aunt in the gigantic struggle we
have undertaken The organization
and its necessary expenses are only
the beginning of this struggle, the
simple, narsballing ofthe forces That
are to participate in the engagement.
Having enlisted tho army we are
ready to take the field, but the arms
and munitions Of war are yet to be
supplied and these require money.
This Exchange is the heavy artillery
of our army and il should be prompt
ly supplied and loaded to the muzzle
with the first charge. Every farmer
in the State has the largest crop of
corn no ever raised, and there must
be thereforea corresponding interest
in finding a market forit independent
and outside Of tho-Kansas City and
Chicago spectators who have hither-
to controlled the prices Of farm pro-
ducts. BY prompt subscription to the
Capital stock the board Of directors
= II "A IL . II. Il ....... ~. A., |
The advocate., 1889-08-24

Matters of importance 90 every ALI
ance man are soon TO appear In the col-
uIans of the ADVOCATE. Subscribe
now and keep posted.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-12-19
TOO MUCH TO SWALLOW.
EVA LovETT CARSON.

Once a snake stuck his head through a hole
in wall,
Twas pretty tight squeeze, for the hole
was but small.
But sight met his eyes that repaid him
for pain,
A fat hop-toad sat summing himself on the
plain.
The snake viewed the beast with delight.
full surprise,
And, opening his jaws, quickly swallowed
the prize;
And then smacked his lips, as snake
would say,
swell, pretty good dinner, I've managed
today"
But scarcely his dinner had vanished from
sight,
When the snake found himself in pitiful
plight,
With the hop-toad half down his best ef-
forts were vain,
He could not draw his head through the
hole back again;
Nor would the small hole let his body pass
In such frightful dilemma, what could the
Well-the hop toad hoped home, and his
snake ship backed out,
A much wiser and hungrier snake, there's
no doubt.
This nice little tale q assure you tits
fact)
Shows we'd better think twice when be-
ginning TO act,
And also, that trouble may sometimes be-
From sticking our heads through hole in
the wall.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-12-19
Some People's Hard Trials,

A new scheme is proposed by New
York theatre, whereby people who buy
certain seats will be requested to re-
main in them during the performance.
There are people who can sit two
hours without cocktail and they, by
sitting together, will not be annoyed
by those polite wife heaters who need
rum every hour. This is intended to
be more ironic than comic, for there Is
no theatre as yet that has adopted this
plan. but / am hoping that they will
do so some day.
The American custom of insisting
on every true friend joining you when
you drink may be considered as relic
OF crude civilization, but what do you
think OF asking strangers to stand up,
both men and women. while you walk
over their feet on your way ont and
over their corpses on your way back
from your drink P-Bill Nye.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-12-19
TO BE CONTINUED.
Hens VS.. Cows.

A few miles from the city OF Lon
don resides a gentleman and his good
wife owning and tilling fifty acres Of
land. The gentleman had always had
great faith in his cows paying well,
but thought the hens bill of non
sense. The lady, on the other hand,
concluded that the hens paid better
than the cows. Accordingly one
spring she determined to keep books
for one season and ascertain the re-
spective merits of both. She credited
the hens with all the eggs laid, and
interesting indeed was the contrast
as the time drew nigh for receiving
the check from the cheese factory.
But it came at last and behold the
hens were ahead, and so it continued
throughout the season. One hundred
hens to three cows, and as they had
decided that it would cost about the
same to keep each the gentleman was
forced to yield the point and admit
that hens were most profitable. 1t is
not at all difficult to make hens pay s
per head per annum If properly cared
for. The writer on one occasion made
So per head on five dark brahma hens
after paying all expenses. This, it
will be understood, was for eggs and
meat alone, not for breeding stock, as
half-a-dollar was the highest price
realized for young birds
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-12-19
WANTED A SOFT SNAP.
How the Attractions OF a Military
Life We're Dlssipated.

Life We're DlsSipated.
Recently, says the Pitsburg Times,
a man slightly under the influence Of
liquor approached the guard standing
at the door OF the recruiting station Of
the United States army, Penn avenue,
and, addressing the soldiers. said;
"Is this the place to enlist In the
army?"
''Yes. SIR" replied the uniformed
gentleman.
81 believe l would like to enlist and
60 to the Allegheny Arsenal at
Lawrenceville. That is pretty nice
place, and think the soldiers have u
pretty soft snap"
''But why do you want TO join the
army?" asked the soldier. Are you
in trouble and wish to withdraw from
the world and drown your sorrow in
the quiet life OF soldier, or are you
out OF employment and disheartenedp"
Neither OF these" said the appli-
cant for army honor5. IL have been
Woodworking man all my life, and now
| want to take rest and / know of no
softer snap tn n to be soldier"
well, now, just listen one moment
and | will explain the matter to you.
In the first place the chances are ten
TO one that if you enlist you will regret
it within three months and then wish
you were back in Pittsburg. There is
no way OF getting back until your time
is expired, and if you desert and come
back you will be retaken, court-mar-
tailed and sentenced to undergo i'm
prisonment at hard labor for five
years. None but those of long service
can get an opportunity to come to
Pittsburs and be stationed at the arse
nal or recruiting stations. You would
be sent West, and be compelled to do
sentinel duty mt the camp, and be out
in all kinds of weather, with no beer
or whiskey TO drive out the frost and
dampness.
Well" said the applicant with
surprise, 'if that is the case, don't
believe that want TO become SOL
der. | am very much obliged TO you
for your information. / shall go back
TO my trade and cut stone. Good-by.
If you find me back here again kick
me out will you ?''
With these words he left, but came
back again and asked the guard to
come out and have drink. Nothing
damps the ardor OF applicants for mill
tary honors more tn to describe the
realities OF soldier life.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-12-19

There was light in the library win
dow-the room which Cleveland gen.
orally occupied when alone; Austen
saw his shadow move across tho blind
as he passed, heard his CHEEKY voice
speaking to his dogs. The servant
who opened the door looked II little
surprised when he saw the visitor. 1t
was many a long day since Austen
had been at the Priory. He took him
at once into the library where Cleve-
land was sitting.
The room looked cheerful and cosy;
table spread with wine and fruit
and flowers was drawn close to the fire;
n great mastiff and tiny terrier
were rolling about on the rug, and
Cleveland, lying back in his chair
with his pipe between his lips, looked
the picture OF comfort and ease. He
started up and looked surprised as the
visitor entered, then came forward
with outstretched hard and a cordial
greeting.
"Austen! 1t is pleasant to see you
here again!" he cried. You have
come to welcome me home? Sit
down, old fellow-I am delighted to
see you'll"
But Austen did not take any notice
of the profered hand. There was an
intent questioning look on his face,
and lis eyes CLEANED oddly under
their thick brows, and Cleveland no.
ticed that the veins on his clenched
hands stood out like knotted cords.
Il have come,n he said at last,
speaking in an unnatural voice, Ito
ask you one question; and when you
have answered it / will either ask
your pardon on my knees, or eXecrate
you as the greatest william that ever
walked this earth! Where is Tessa
Gardiner
"Tessa Caroline? How on earth
should know?" Cleveland cried, in a
tone of the widest amazement. Il
should have thought you were the
most likely person to answer that
question. Why do you ask me-
There was such an unmistakablc
surprise in his face-such an accent OF
complete truth in his voice that Austen
could not doubt any longer. He gave
one long searching look into Cleve-
lands facc-a look which seemed as if
it would pierce into his very soul,
then, with an odd sound, half of relief,
half of despair, sank into a chair and
covered his race with his hands.
Cleveland watched him silently a
few minutes with sympathe ic impa-
tent face.
Come, Austen, don't be II fool!
Don't you know where she lisp" he
said at last. why do you ask me?"
because l thought she was with
you"
Even Cleveland was moved to COM
passion at the sight of the stricken
white face which Austen raised. He
listened in silence, but with his heart
beating with Indignation, as Austen,
in tone of resolute calmness. tod the
story OF his jealousy and anger and
Tessa's fight.
| To PIP CONTINIrEn
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-12-19
UNDERGROUND PALACES.
Discovery of Wonderful Gave with Gilt
tering Halls in Austria.

The Newly Explored Grotto Second only to
the Mammoth Cave of Kentucky in Size, and
Brilliant in stalactites Beyond tho Power Of
Description.
A new grotto has been recently dis
covered and opened to the public at
not quite twenty minutes distance
from the famous Cavern of Stalactites
at Adelsberg, in Carniola, says a
Vienna Letter. The province OF Aus
tria is very rich in grottoes and caves,
but the one just discovered seems TO be
superior TO all the others. and is likely
to be more renowned than the Adels-
berg Caves, the largest and most mag.
nificent hitherto known in Europe.
The new grotto is, in the first place,
better connected than the old one.
Cave follows cave, without passage or
corridors, in which the visitor can see
nothing; and when | add that walk
through the new grotto occupies rath-
err more than two hours it can be i'm
agined how rich it is in variety and
sights 1t is snow-white in color re-
lieved only by portions of grayish hue,
whereas at Adelsberg the prevalent
color is yellowish.
The grotto opens with n deep ravine
and a number of comparatively shallow
caves, in which the staIactites take the
form OF curtains or widespread wings.
and the drops and stalagmites have the
appearance of huge cactus plants. with
beautiful white glittering pendants.
The next cave shows forms of various
animals, the finding out of which is an
agreeable occupation OF the imagina-
tion Of visitors, of whom certainly not
two will agree as to what they have
seen.
Going further, the visitor walks
through a succession OF lofty domes,
until the ballroom is reached, three
times as large as the corresponding
room at Adelsburg In all these caves
the ornaments formed by the stalactites
are much lighter, more transparent,
and, therefore, more fit for color con-
trasts than those of Adelsberg. The
roof, for instance. OF the ballroom
seems to be adorned with hundreds OF
flags and streamers, each flag having
its staff formed OF pendant tubes,
around which the standards or banners
are wound. The walls are formed of
myriads OF diamonds and il the ball
room is lighted Il variety Of colors, from
alaOaster white to deep red seem to
shine from the flags or steamers or
curtains-a f,iry sight which exctes
the admiration even of those who have
already seen much OF that kind of
thing.
The most remarkable cave is the last
one. Its roof is vaulted; its furthest
wall is formed by snow-white rock of
limestone, which divides the grotto
from the mountain river. Polk, which
rushes behind it. and the two side
walls are covered with indentations
mostly formed of single drops. The
visitor may imagine himself to be in
n toy shop, so various are the little
figures which protrude from these
walls. but that his attention is drawn
to number of enormous trees in the
center of the cave. some rising to n
height OF forty or fifty feet, each with
numerous branches, strewn with drops
instead Of leaves, in wonderful regu-
larity of form.