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The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1889-03-28
MISCELLANY.
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DLUUUAD.&C. CO. S OARSAPARlllA

While SECURING in Naples our base ballists
had taste of the crater
To reach western points, Join one of the Rock
Island Route Excursions, leaving Boston every
second week, from the Boston x Albany depot.
For full information write W. +. Chatterton,
Manager. 296 Washington St, Boston.
An unkind criticism is Ike pin-the tie
the point the more 1t hurts.
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a. IL ss C,ase,s Diptheris Resolvents. prep.r.o
- - ~ Hosf1ageWock Tea Store Il kSv;nC :
xcSs a ~ l1aey azs Known TO cure IA -.
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nlllnk CURE CID Or. ". ". WATSON S
UUIUk LlNIMENT. s5 cents Everywhere.

We never know what money can do until We
realize that one cent will take US from Brook
Ign to New York.
1t is amusing to sec people with their faces
drawn as il they had swallowed feather and it
was tickling their lungs aud they would be hap
py il they could only snctze. Now there is no
need of "making fares y bottle Of DIR Bull
Cough Syrup viii draw your face back into a
smile.
1t is said Baltimore men have instituted the
custom Of giving afternoon teas. This must
make the ladies "rea h."
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The above scene is a fearful and faithful
picture Of what is taking place In all parts OF
the land constantly. The mother goes about
from day to day feeling tired, weak, with ,
bearing down sensation, and yet hoping that 1t
Is only some passing trouble. After time hei
tired feelings increase. her appetite become
poor her steep broken, mud her complexion
grows slllow. Too often she hopes against
hope and neglcets 10 take The means in time
which would bring her certain reli +.
one day she becomes faint. her muscles grow
weak her head whirls, and The doctor is hastily
summoned. lie examines her, slstkes his head
leaves medicine an goes away. Then pain;
now becomes an agony. She gradually declines
her pain becomes II mCst unhcnrlhlc. ana at last
she dies, mourned by her children and friends
This is the cnilrsc OF thousands uf once health
and happV women. The iunumFrihle temul,
troubles which assail them are horrible nnC
indicate weakening of organs VI Inch must he
strengthened, or health Is sure to depart The
uVcrw hclming evidence OF the wonderful value
~ liuu's Remedy for female difficulties prove
It's remarkable power
II is wholly vegetable.
1t is endorsed 10y the medical profession.
II will always relieve and usually cure.
it stands fnr above all other preparations.
For delicate women, for dehilitutcd men, for
run; children, Hunts Remedy j. "A blessing.
Hunts Remedy is for sale 10y ull Dealers and y
q godsend 10 any suffering man OF woman.
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NOTICE..

To Lyman L. Walton Esquire, justice OF
the peace within and for the County OF Somer-
set aud State of Maine.
The undersigned, constituting three or more
members Of the Incorporated pew owners,
proprietors and owners OF the Free Baptist
Meeting House situated in the town of Mercer
~ said County OF Somerset, n building for pub
lie worship, respectfully represent that there
has been no meeting OF such pew-owners,
proprtetors and owners OF said meeting house
tor three years and more, and they therefore
hereby make application to you by virtue Of
Section 81 OF Chapter l2 Of the Revised Stat.
utes OF Maine, I" call meeting of such pew
owners, prop etols and owners OF said meet
ing house I, meet in said house in sand town
OF Mercer at s.ich time rs you may designate
aud that you issue vonr warrant there for 10
one of The nnd rsiRned directing him to nolfiN
such pcw.uwners p,opretOrs and owners OF
~all meeting hou 4, according TO law, to me, I
AZ Inc time ana place, to be mentioned i'll said
warrant. for tn" purpose OF acting upon the
to loving articles, to wit: -
Art /. To choose moderator to preside
over said meeting.
Art. Q To choose q clerk to keep n record
OF the proceedings thereof
Art 3. To see If said pew owners, propric.
tors and owners VIII vote to sell SAID Free
BAPTIST Meeting House situated in said town
Of Mercer.
Art 4. TO determine, in case vote is pass
ell to sell said meeting Eouse, whether il shall
lie by private or public sale; to select one or
more agents TO make such sale; and to choose
by ballot three discreet persons to make. lie.
fore such sale, an appraisal of the relative
Nalue OF the pews in said house.
Art. o. To pass all votes necessary to the
perfect sale transfer and distribution of the
proceed OF SAID meeting house, If it be then
Mercer, February Ard. 1859.
s.B. WALTON.
X. W. JONES.
SETH II. WILLARD.
Jous WALTON.
STATE OF MAINE.
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The Capitol ceiling at Albany n. Y, is not
capital ceiling, although there was great
deal Of capita put in it.
A Baltimore Conrectioner says I've had
rheumatism in my arm for six MONTHS and Sal
sation Oh made an entire cure ST it, after using
less than one bottle.
WILLIAM SCHELLiAS, Jr.
ili Pennsylvania Ave, Baltimore, Nd.
Judge Tracy, the new secretary of the navy, is
said to be an enthusiast in horsehesh. He will
probably be great fayorite with the horse ma
rines.
When Macbeth ironically asked, Scans,
though minister to a mind disease" he little
knew that mindkind would one day be blessed
with Ayers Sarsaparilla. In purifying the
blood, this powerful alternative gives tone am
strength to every function and faculty Of tn.
system
4 wag being asked the name Of the inventor
Of butter stamps, replied tn it probabl,
Cadmus, as he first brought letters into Geese.
For the cure If coughs, colds, aud all derange
ments Of the respiratory organs, no other med
cine is so reliable as Ayers Cherry Peetora
Il re,ievcs the asthma and cJnsumptive. even
in advance stages of disease, and has saved in,
Vulnerable lives.
Vitality is Life
The Lynn. Mass. Trlnscripihf recent date publish
ed nearly column of Investigation amung the eli
of that enerprisng city, to the Nale of Lou
gees Whaling t1npInud aid showed that there
were over thirty remarkable eases of rnres b'
Its use of diseases arising from had blood, such n
Ncrufula llumors DS ~ p-ti. NcutalgA, aud Rhcu
mail ism, What j. m"rr II gave III" names residence
and full particulars sonr Of Inch wtrr ltlr si0r
If mir I'les aud in uvrr twenty at the affidavit
were made of le roI rrctluus of the statements
| Ii Invaluable hrst-ciasS blood remedy aud
.hnull BE- USED tins month and next. It be iuun
At Geo. Cushing : and Riyuy Bucks
II detective wants to catch a cold he can ge
a clew by sitting in draft.
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Irany dealer says he has the W. l.. Doug:at
shoes without name and price stamped OIL
he botton put him down as fraud.
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The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1889-07-18

One of our boys sends us the fol-
lowing story of a rat--of two rats, in
fact-and he vouches for its truth as
the incident happened on his own
place:
Some time ago an empty pig pen
stood where our carriage house is
now. Our man in passing there one
day saw rat come out of hole with
a straw in his mouth. He wondered
what was up, and watched to see what
the little fellow was going to do.
Much to his surprise he saw another
rat, which was evidently blind, hold
ing to the other end of the straw. The
first rat was leading his blind compan-
ion around. Tho man incautiously
made slight noise and the little fell
lows both disappeared, the blind one
ssll being led by the other.-Philadel-
phia Times.
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opening tho uoCr or making a sounu.
| started to go into the waiting
room, when stumbled upon the body
of man lying upon tho floor look
ed carefully, saw that he bore on his
coat the pin of Q. r. T., thereby pro-
claiming himself as an operator. AS
l looked recognized the face of an
old acquaintance, and operator from
whom l had not heard for long
time by the name of Frank Willard.
While ! looked there came into the
office two men, who picked up the
body, carried it to tho waiting room,
where I saw them lay it beside those
of seven others; but as I stepped for
ward to see who they were tho entire
apparihon vanished. l looked out of
the door, but there was no sign of a
wreck, the tank was as usual, but
noticed very strong smell OF smoke.
then went into tho office; looked
at the clock, which marked - 03 a. m.
| sat down at the key, called up the
Irsnn dispatcher, asked if there had
been a W. eek near that place in
the last yea, and he replied that the
night man had been killed there about
a year ago in a collision. l asked my
relief in tho morning tho name of the
night man who was killed there,
and he replied Frank Willard,
and gave good description Of
the man as I had known him. He
also showed me a copy of the country
paper, containing an article referring
TO the wreck and giving the names of
those killed, and noting tho fact that
ho xryynn1- tonl~
with the exception of a couple of cars
that had been near the water tank
when it was tipped over, and were so
wet that they would not burn.
l do not, or rather did not, believe
in the existence of ghosts; but / think
that In this case there is proof that on
occasions the spirits of tho deceased
visit the places of their leaving this
life, and appear as they did at tho mo-
ment of departure.-Detroit Tribune.
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II paid visit TO Ireland few years
ago, remarked Judge Noonan, OF the
Planters house newsstand, land inlgo-
ing up through Galway had to make
use of a jaunting car. The driver, a
thorough specimen Of tho peasantry
full of native wit and shrewdness,
had In some way discovered that ]
was from America and aftor eying me
keenly for a time, asked: IT'S from,
America yez are
Il Acknowledged that such was the
case, and after d short silence, he ask
cd again: How are the Oirish gettin
along over thairea'
bad, said I, very bad. They are
by far the worst citizens we have.
They arc worse there than at home
even
'He regarded me with queer
twinkle In his eye, and queried: DC
you know phwat / think would be-
como Of your country II 1t wasn'i
for the Oirishi'
We'll, / had not thought, no.
piled, but l am curious to know your
opinion
HE leaned over, and, lowering his
voice almost to a whisper, he said; j
think it would be for rint. '"--St.
Louis Republic.
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She Looked Into Heaven.

Mrs. Charles Collins arrived at
Chapmanville with the remains OF her
husband, who had died at Kinzua.
She attended the funeral and immedi-
ately afterwards was taken danger
ously Ill and apparently died. Twelve
hours after her supposed death Mrs
Collins showed signs of animation.
Two hours later she was sitting up
conversing with her friends She re-
lated "a marvellous experience. She
said that her soul had left her body
during her comatose state and gone
straight 10. heaven. She saw the
Saviour, she said, and the wonderful
magniliccncco of his surroundings were
too wonderful 10 be expressed in
words "All that / have seen. said
Mrs. Collins, Il can never reveal, but
| know that / was dead know that
| went TO heaven and my eyes bchcld
the glories Of tho Lord. Oh. why
didn't you let me alonel ! don't want
to live here now, knowing what un.
spcakable glories are up there" Mrs.
Collins Is 3S years OF agc and Of more
than ordinary intelligence She told
hcr remarkable story calmly and
earnestly, and honestly lamcnted that
she had returned to earth again. Mrs
Collins is positive that it was not o
dream nor a vision, but that her soul
was transported 10 heaven Franklin
Pa) Cor. Pittsburg Commercial.
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nIaine SnAka Stories.

Here are two startling snake stories
from Maine. The first comes from
Waterville, where the post norton
examination of horse that died from
unknown causes revealed in its stom-
ach a snake four and one-half feet
long, with head and eyes perfect, six
inches in circumference, and the col
or of blood with the exception of a
white stripe on the back" Another
snake came from the stomach of Mrs
Frank Kenny, of Portsmouth, N. H.,
who was in Biddeford under medical
treatment. In August, 1866, at camp
meeting in Alton Bay, she drank
water from brook, and afterward be-
came i'll. She was treated for cancer
of the stomach, but stoutly insisted
that something moved within her.
Tho other day, by means of power
full drug, "a light colored snake
twelve and three-eighths inches long
was disgorged from her stomach, and
she has gone home happy. Chicago
Times
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Queen Tlizabeth's Portrait.

In person Elizabeth was q little over
middle height, and when she came
to the throne she must have been a
beautiful young woman, with pro-
fusion of auburn hair, broad, com
munding brow, and regular features
that were capable of rapid changes of
expression, as her hazel eyes flashed
with anger or sparl1led with merri-
ment, Her portraits appear to have
been all more or less ''idealized !"
their number is so great that it is TO be
wondered that no monograph has yet
been attempted dealing with them at
all adequately. By far the most i'm
pressive picture Of her which has been
engraved Is Mark Gerard's portrait at
Burleigh House; 1t forms the frontis-
piece to the first volume of Wright's
Elizabeth and Her Times" The
daughter of Henry VIII and Annie
Bolcyn could hardly have missed in
heriting some of the personal beauty
of her parents, but she was emphati-
cally her fathers child. From him
she got her immense physical vigor,
her magnificent constitution, her
powerful intellect, u frame which
seemed incapable of fatigue, and "a
nervous system that rendered her al
most insensible TO fear or pain. Her
life was the life of a man, not OF wo-
man; she could hunt all day, dance or
watch masques and pageants all night,
till the knees of strong men trembled
under them as they YEARLY waited in
attendance upon her person; yet she
never seemed TO suffer from the i'm
mcnse tension at which she lived.
With her amazing energy, her want
Of all sympathy for weakness, her
fierce willfulness and self assertion,
and a certain coarseness of fiber, it
was inevitable that she should be un-
feminine Dictionary of National Bi-
ography.
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ODDS AND ENDS.
The beauty of Catherine of Russia

The beauty of Catherine of Russia,
1t Is said, consisted In her green eyes.
Eat only pure food, drink only pure
liquids, think only pure thoughts,
and keep your blood pure.
The best whitewash for a cellar is
made Of lime and water only. The
addition of other things hinders the
purpose of keeping the cellar pure and
healthful.
An experimental train on q railroad
in PENNSYLVANIA made run of nine
ty odd miles In about sixty minutes,
some of the distance being run at the
rate of nearly two miles per minute.
1t is significant that the winner oi
the mathematical prize of $500 at Bow
doin is the best general athlete in the
Maine colleges and one of the best
baseball players.
Fort Keogh, NJ. T., has the wides
range of temperature OF any place OF
earth. Last summer the thermometer
ranged from 120 degs. to 100 degs
above, while recently it marked Q!
degs. below zero, a total range OF 19'
degs.
Candor is the seal Of q noble mind
the ornament and pride Of man, tbs
sweetest charrD Of woman, the scorr
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4 Long Sentence.

Whether Mr.. Gladstone is quite so
good q manufacturer of sentences as
Mr.. William M. Evarts can be decided
perhaps from an examination of the
opening sentence of a speech deliver
ed at Birmingham. He said: "Sir
Charles Forster and Gentlemen-It
is a great thing and a great
praise to any constituency that
it is able to maintain that stand
ard Of judgment and appreciation and
attachment which Wa1sall has main
tanned for so long a period while rep
resented by Sir Charles Forster, TO
whom | owe q debt of gratitude for
what be has most truly called an un-
swervfng support, but l may say
support that did not derive its entire
value even from its singularly decided
character in reference to the princi-
pies of liberalism, but likewise from
the entire character and action of the
man who has been successful in max
ing liberal principles honored by the
whole house in association with active
parliamentary service rendered to the
house of commons as such, without re-
spect to party, while at the same time
he has been one no doubt, as he has
said himself, of the most intelligent
upholders of the principles of party as
being a necessary, though second
airy, instrument for promoting the
benefit and the work of the empire.
tCheersl-Chicago Herald.
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Aristocrats in Trade.

Our male aristocrats started the
movement. For several years the
Marquis of londonderry coal carts
have perambulated the streets of the
metropolis bearing his lordships namo
in full; the Earl of Shrewsbury's han
SONS are the smartest and swiftest in
London, and quite recently the Earl of
Coventry has blossomed out into a
bona fide manufacturer of jams and
pickles Soon the ladies began to fol-
low suit If lords may sell coal, why
should not ladies sell milk? And SO
the Duchess of Hamilton has started a
most successful dairy at Ipswich, and
no one thinks any the worse of her
grace for doing SO; while the Honor
able Mrs. Maberly presides over a
daintily furnished establishment of a
similar nature somewhere in the re-
gions of Noting Hill.-London Cor
Boston Transcript.
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ENN.. THURSDAY. JULY 81, 1889.
n rascaIs anu Jne faresl virtue
sociahilitv -Bentze1 Stan1an

II rascaIs anu Jne faresr virtue or
sociability.-Bentzel Steman.
That action is best which procures
the greatest happiness for the greatest
numbers.
II say, Jenkins, can you tell a
young chicken from an old oneQ" "Of
course l can" "Well, howl" by
the teeth" Chickens don't have
teeth" mo, but 1 have. Pick Me
Up.
Praise, to mean anything at all,
must be spontaneous and prompted by
real approval of character or admira-
ton Of excellence; otherwise it is as
futile as bubble that floats moment
in the air and is gone forever.
The twenty-third anniversary of the
Protestant China inland missions in
London brought out the fact that
there are now 328 protestant mission
aries at work on those missions; that
the number of Chinese who had been
baptized during the year on profeS-
sion of Protestant faith was 472, MAX
ing the number now in church fellow
ship in connection with the missions
2,464.
The word humidity" is the beacon
light of the flannel shirt Skeptics
who have decried its appearance rs
vulgar and undressy and maintained
vigorously their allegiance to muslin
and pique during the hottest days of
the year, yield TO the convincing in
fiuence of the. new phase-Clothier
and Furnishor.
The country seat of the late John Z.
Owens, in Maryland, was recently
sold at public auction for $2S, 900. The
house and grounds, consisting of POS
acres, with improvements, cost Mr..
Owens 1925, 900. The house alone cost
him $50, 900. In one room was large
walnut bedstead that he had built in
the room, and which went with the
house, as it was too big to be removed.
The Oldest university in the world,
the one at Bologna, Italy, has taken
kindly to the newest idea in educa-
tion-a female professor-by appoint
ing La Dottoressa Giuseppina Cattani
lecturer on pathology. Large audi
ences listen whenever she speaks. A
beautiful face as well as a pretty name
is hers, and this may account for some
of her popularity.
A great impetus has been given to
Russian industries within the last ten
or fifteen years Thus, in 1875 all the
cotton mills in that country contain
ed about 100000 spindles, whilo
there are now, according to the fastest
reports, 116, 600, 900 spindles divided be
tween siXty-seven mills The number
of cotton weaving establishments in
Russia is said TO be 4SS, giving en-
ployment to more than so, 900 hands,
the total annual production being es-
timated at 56, 900, 900 rubies.
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-'inatery, TO have good feper nospIIai
one needs lepers, and so a search was
instituted, and the discovery made
that there are two much needed speci-
mems Id London. The prince, put up
to make speech, declared that there
was leper in London employed in a
large meat market. At this fearful
outcry was raised by the butchers,
and columns of protest were crowded
into the papers until the identity of
this man was revealed. He turns out
to be native Englishman who was
never out of the country, and who
peddled OK tails, ETC., on his own ac-
count and is an undoubted leper. The
sensation over the whole incident has
been interesting, but the skeptical
are still unable to see why 1eper
hospital should be located here. Lon
don Cor. New York Times.
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THE PHANTOM TRAIN.
Singular and Thrilling spook Seen by
Night Telegraph Operator.

On the 10th day of October, 1888, l
was employed as q night telegraph
operator at -, Ills, with hours
from p. M. to z a. m. On
this evening I had been read
ing Robert Elsmere" and had read,
perhaps, twenty-five or thirty pages Of
the work, and had just laid aside the
book to reflect upon the work when !
found it was nearly II o'clock. | an
swered q call that one of the boys"
Sprung" on me. After finishing up
this work looked out to see if every
thing was clear for tho passage, saw
that all switches were in position, all
signals displayed, and was about TO
turn TO some other business, when !
saw approaching what appeared TO be
a train from the west. / looked in the
other direction and saw another train
approaching This surprised me, as |
knew that there were no regular trains
due until 12 :95, and / had not heard Of
any extras on the road that night. as
they came nearer l saw that the one
from the west was stock train, and
the one from the east was light train
of only the engine, caboose and one
freight car.
Then l noticed that l could see
through the cars, that they were not
solid as an ordinary train. In mo
ment they had come together right
in front of the window of the
office, within ten feet of the
chair in which ! was sitting There
was not the slightest sound,
but / saw the engines strike and
stop; saw the cars piling up; saw
one engineer try to jump as he was
caught by the cars and pinned
against the boiler head; saw @
car double against the one that
had caught the engineer In the
same manner that the blade of q
knife doubles as regards the handle
saw brakeman caught between the
cars that doubled up; saw one of them
| slide over or across the other, forced
by the cars behind saw the nameless
appearance of the man after this ac-
ton; saw car fall against the water
tank and tip it over; saw a side rod
break and go through the cab; saw {
portion OF the boilerhead or from
detached and come with terrible
velocity toward the window; fel
the shock as it passed through
tho window and by the chair II
which / was sitting; saw the sur
viving trainmen as soon as the cal
stopped begin TO carry the dead TO
ward the door of the waiting foom,
through which they passed WI