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The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1890-09-04
An Important Measure.

One Of the Important measures passed
by the present Congress is the bill for the
inspection of meats. 1t provides for the
inspection of all sailed pork and bacon
Intended for expectation and for its
stamping, under the direction of the
secretary of agriculture. 1t also provides
for the inspection of foods, liquors and
drugs imported into the United States.
and gives authority to the President to
retaliate against countries making dis
ordinations against American products
The latter provision is the most signi-
fcant. 1t Is in these terms: That when
ever the President shall be satisfied that
unjust determinations are made by or
under the authority of any foreign state
against the importation to or sale in such
foreign state of any product of the
United States, he may direct that such
products of such foreign state so dis
eliminating against any product of the
United States as he may deem proper
shall be excluded from importation to the
United States and In such cases he shall
make proclamation of his direction in the
premises and therein name the time when
such direction against importation shall
take effect and after such date the i'm
portation of the articles named in such
proclamation shall be unlawful. The
President may at any time revoke, mod
ify, terminate or renew any such direc-
tions as, In his opinion, the public inter
est may require.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1890-09-04
POETRY.


State Senator Henry J. Coggeshall, when In the
company OF a very hilarious conference committee
which was riouiously advancing the public buSin, IS
in q. e rooms of one of the most hsh-liying law
makers in the State OF New York, was asked why
he would not take anything but ApolinsHs water
His poetic muse replied in the following verses
What makes me refuse social glass; Well, III
tell you the reason why
Because bonnie, blueeyed lass is ever standing
by;
And hear her voice above the noise q the Jest and
merry glee,
As with baby grace she kisses my face, and says.
Papa, be true to me-"
What then do to my lass to he true better than
to let it pass by
know you'll not think my refusal to drink, a
breach Of your courtesy.
For hear her repeat in accents sweet, and her dear
little form see.
As with loving embrace she kisses my face and
says, "papa, be true to me-
Let offer toast to the one love most, whose
dear little will obey,
Whose influence sweet. is guiding my feet over
lilies toilsome way;
May the ever shine on this lassie Of mine, from
Sorrow may she be free.
For with baby grace she hath kissed my lace, and
said, "papa, be true to me-
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1890-09-04
Experiment. with tho Steel Railroad
Ties

The experiment the Delaware and
Hudson railroad is making In the substi-
tuition of steel for wooded ties, Is one
which will interest the whole country.
The first Ancricln railroads were laid
without tie, OF any kind, the rail- being
place. on the top # a wall of masonry
built into the ground. 1t was quite a
venture to replace this with cross ties OF
wood laid on the ground. In some
British roads heavy beams of timber laid
lengthwise were tried. but abandoned as
too expensive. The consumption Of
wood for ties has reached the point at
which the demand exceeds theosupply,
and probably would exceed 1t under the
most careful forestry. Some substitute
must be found, and the reduction Of the
cost Of low grade steel seems to indicate
that as the best. The new ties are
clamped to the rails In such fashion as
to obviate the risk of spreading" but
of course they will contract and expand
with changes of temperature, and must
run the risk of swapping in severe freez-
ing, just as the rails do. But the Ameri-
can improvements III making Beseemer
steel diminish this risk very much by
producing a grade much less likely to be
affected by such changes than English
steel Is. An allowance for contraction
and expansion is matter for the wheel
makers. As 1t is, the iange of every
wheel Is much wider than the rail. The
one question to be determined Is that OF
| cost.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1890-09-04

ed and in his right mind, he stood be
fore his judges = much less suspicion.
character than the police had picked up
drunk, ragged and dirty, His drunken.
ness was acknowledged HIS guilt, clearly
denied was found impossible TO prove,
ann he left the room OF justice a freed
man In more senses than one.
Still 1t was Impossible 70 remove all at
once the odor Of the place and circum-
stances which had surrounded him for 80
long; and In his efforts TO retrieve the
past, be felt this very kneenly. Yet ne
did not fall for. though the world was
doubtful and cold enough, he knew al
ways Of one little spot on 1t where every
one loved him, where every one believed
In him.
In the midst of his struggle a still
mightier one began. North and South
rushed 10 that ultimate test In all human
things-the power to hit the hardest
| blows-and the bugle note Of warfare
struck the proper keynote Of William
Hammond's character. Incapable of
steady and long-continued action, he was
giant In any extraordinary emergency,
and he had not been six months 10 the
army before he made his mark.
In the excitement of continual change
and adventure, he found all the stimulus
his nature needed. A drawer leader, a
more fearless soldier on any desperate
hope. no cause could desire, and he won
his shoulder straps almost by acclama-
ton.
No one, however, rejoiced more in the
return of peace than Colonel Hammond
but for all that he has never left the ar
my. He found there his place, and q
life afording his nature opportunities
both for satisfaction and development
He is now somewhere in the grea,
Southwest, and Lydia and the boys are
| with him. She has her reward in being
! idolized with all the strength and passion
that a woman deserves who dares first
to marry the man she loves, and ther
faithfully cling to him in all ciIcum
stances, trust him through good and evil
report, and never lose faith in his restor
alton, no matter how he may have fallen
Amelia E. Barr in " T. Ledrer.
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Habits OF Be asers.

No animal Is a. more palms 70 have a
dry place " live in, and none live 90
coArser fare or sho1 50 much patience
and Industry. His sagaclty and intel
gence are proverbisl An example
came under my notice while trout fishing
on mountain stream few years ago.
A young man noticed a fresh beaver
near the house Ar1 coa1ed me n help
him trap beaver. The dam was o.
mud and alder brush and ran across the
creek, some I've yards vide s. that point
with perpeuticIls banks and bOrdered
on each eide with dry land used a. pas
ture land. We broke out one end Of
the den by an hours hard work. and set
our trap using large green alder bush
for stake, which We forced into the
mud out in the pond a. far Is the chain
would permit.
The next morning We found that the
break In the dam had been carefully re-
paired and our trap With the stake was
woven into the very bottom Of the break.
The repairs were 50 well done that il
took US about al hour to recover the
trap and We reset II In another place.
The same result followed for five nights
in succession. On the sixth night the
dam was repaired as usual, but on the
middle Of the dam was a semicircnlar
groove cut through the well packed bush
IS and mud forming the top, true and
smooth as no man could do It. and lower
ing the water in the pond some or 5
inches. OF course by SO much 1t reliev-
ed the pressure on the dam. The beaver
concluded the dam was too high for the
strength of his material lthouhgh the
young man and myself knew the fact to
be decidedly otherwise and he made the
pressure less in the safest way. The
trap cut no figure In the experiment be-
yond its being attached to hne green
alder bush, just what the beaver needed
to repair with, and so he dug it up every
night and dragged it with the trap to the
break 1t was the first and easiest ma
terial he could get hold Of TO help make
his repairs, the other bushes which he
needed to cut for repairs to the dam
grew at quite distance from the creek
Above the dam on this creek are mead
ows, and gentleman in hunting grouse
was walking over them and vas startled
at the sight of an animal coming toward
him in path leading through the tall
grass that appeared like little old man
On better view he concluded ii was not
human and shot it. The animal turned
on. to be very old, gray-bearded bea,.
er, which had lost both of his forefeel
by steel traps, and was now walking or
his hind feet and carrying a Few stick
in his stumps Of arms and evidently try
: ing TO provide for his future subsistence
Intelligent as beavers are, II they could
be domesticsted no animal would attract
greater interest. The instinct for dam
building might make him troublesome
But the object of that labor is TO protect
the entrance to his home from his enc
mics and to provide place for his win
ter's supply Of food, where he can Us,
It in safety and below the reach of ics
When the necessity no longer exists foi
his protection, in generation or two
it is likely there would no longer be TIL
desire for dam building - Forest ami
! Streams
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1890-09-04
Women as Journalists

A New York editor speaks thus en-
couragingly to women: In great many
newspaper offices there is prejudice
against women. Why this is so do not
know. have employed them for num-
Der of years, and have always found
them to be painstaking, accurate AMI re-
liable. In many cases have found that
women do certain kinds of newspaper
work more satisfactorily than men can,
and rice rersd.
One of the best Washington cores
pondents | ever saw was woman. She
was keenly alive to all the exigencies of
daily newspaper work, was quick of wit,
a splendid news gatherer. and during the
Garfield campaign and the subsequent
complications that arose from his death,
was an invaluable aid to me.
have employed women in Office work
in newspapers, with considerable salts
faction, and In numberless cases do some
kinds of reporting far better than men.
1t is a mistake to think that women are
only At to write fashion articles. The
editor Of one of the great Sunday news
papers of New York Is q woman. And
she not only manages to keep her paper
| in full touch with the times, but she oft
en- leads in public thought and opinion.
| Most editors give women chance by
being unfair to them. l think the day
| is coming when women will do a large
proportion of newspaper reporting. In
nearly all the big cities they are now
doing little of 1t. Even the House of
| Parliament has been FORCED 10 aduIii5 a
woman to the reporters gallery, very
much to the disgust of the male report
ers.
Women make splendid type-setters,
good proof-readers, good reporters and
fair editors. They do not make as good
editors as men, for the reason, perhaps
that they are not so much in contact
with public men; and this simply be-
cause their sex prevents them from
gathering in hotels, clubs, cafes and
places of like character, where men find
it convenient to sit aud discuss all sorts
of topics. l see no reason why women
should not IN the near future, find daily
journalism very renumerative field.
They will be brought into competition
with men, to be sure but | have little
doubt that they will be able to success
fully hold their own.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1890-09-04
Family Medicine
A Girls Own Brother,

But, he's my own brother"
l. that any reason Why you should take
his courtesies for granted, and never say
thank you.
Is that any reason why you should not
try aud make an evening at home pleasant
for lin, instead n forcing him by your
Sc 'a-hness to seek his happiness some
where eisef
Is that any reason Why you should not
think his opinion Of your frocks. your
bonnets or your looks worth considers
tiouf
Is that any reason why you should az
pear before him in clumsy wrapper and
with your hair In papers,
Is that any reason why, when you have
man visitor, he should be made TO feel
that you endured your brother when there
was nobody else. but when there was
well, then it was different:
Is that any reason why you should not
be glad OF dance or game with him as
your partner?
Is tina. any reason why you should not
listen 70 his word of advice about other
girls or their brothers'
Is that any reason why you should not
be interested in his story Of the shooting
or the hunting. when you do TO the same
tales from other people!
/ Is that any reason why you should push
him to the wall, except when you need
him. and then claim his attention as your
right?
Because he is your very own brother
you ought to be ten fold more consider
ate of him than of the brothers of other
girls. Because he is your very own
brother you ought TO study his tastes and
cater TO them; read the books that he
likes and suggest others to him; study
the songs he faucies and be glad to make
new ones known to him. In this way you
will make your brother your very own,
/ and 10 INN sister viii DC tue 7naos... It,
lightful among girls. Are you your
| brothers keeper Yes. In way but you
| do not keep him by letters formed of i'll
temper, untidyness aud lack of courtesy,
but by one made of feminine grace and
frightened by sisterly love. That Is the
keeper that will give you your brothers
love, and make you worthy the heart Of
some other girls brother too.-Ruth Ash
more in ladies Hom. Journal
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1890-09-04
Siates Disappearing

School children are using more and
more lead pencils every year, because Of
the general use of writing pads. The old
noisy slate is disappearing and its place is
being taken by the pads. These pads csu
be purchased all the way from 8 cent
apiece up. and those that few years ago
sold for % cents each now bring but 8
dime. They are noiseless and much more
convenient than states, aud we beliye the
time is coming when the states will be
entirely tabooed in the schools, except
for the very small children.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1890-09-04

Hon. David Dudley of Presque Isle,
Me. whose death occurred last week, was
great tobacco hater. He would not
sell the weed In his store, and would not
slow sny one to smoke on his premises.
While Hon. Hannibal Hamlin was Vice
President he visited Presque Isle, and
being well acquainted with Mr.. Dudley,
called on him. The Honorable Vice
President was smoking cigar when he
entered the shop. Mr.. Dudley, glad to
see him, shook him by the hand and then
said Mr.. Hsmlin the boys and men all
know that don't allow smoking in my
store, and to be consistent | must ask
you to either throw away your cigar or
step out on the PLATFORM" All present,
Mr. Hamlin included, respected him the
more for his manly courage.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1890-09-04

Cam. Clinton Mr.. john : Pstten. Ban
gor Mr-. Prod Ma2oon, Mss Fannie J.
johnson, Oakland Ne. r. A Giiddenl
Brewer Mr.. and Mrs. John START, Nv
port Luther Haynes Psssadumseag A.
ME L. Holt, Clinton Seth w. man eko~-
hogan and very large number u 9th
ers. Taken all together u vas most
successful and enjogable OCCASION AZ Z
must result In much good " this very
worthy Home.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1890-09-04

This year has seen quite s boom 10
building In Wateryille. Frank Thsyer :
erecting business block TO cost $40 go
j. H, Plsisted has s building partially com
pleted and L. H. Soper's new block will
cost $1,000 and be one of the finest dry
goods stores In the state Mr. Bou;elle
has fine three story structure nearly
completed and the hne Masonic build ng
Is under way. 1t will be five stories nigh
and contain offices ami halls. J. P, Zero
and Joseph Cote are to erect an 5000
block as soon as some other buildings are
completed.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1890-09-04


On the tomb.
The world was garden to me then 1t
is q church yard now.
II thought you were one of those who
looked upon old age cheerfully, and wei
coined it as a season of peace and con.
tented enjoyment
| sm one of those who so regard IT,
Those are not bitter or scaldiug tears
that fall from my eyes upon 'the messy
marbles. The young who left nv side
early in my life's Journey are still with
NE in the unchanged freshness and besu
ty of youth. Those who have long kept
company with me live after their seem
ing departure were it only by the mere
force of habit; their images are all
around me, as If every surface had been
q sensitive hlm that photographed then ;
their voices echo about me, as If they had
been recorded on those unforgettirg
cylinders which bring bsck to Us the
tones and accents that have imprinted
them, SIS the extinct animals left their
tracks IN the hardened sands. The mel
sncholy of old age has divine tender
ness in it, which the sad experiences Of
life can lend a human soul. But there
is lower level,-that of tranquil con-
tentment and easy acquiescence in the
conditions in which we find ourselves
8 lower level, in which old age trudges
patiently when it Is not using its wings.
l say its wings, for no period of life is
so imaginative as that which looks 70
younger people the most prosaic. The
atmosphere OF memory IS Que in which
imagination flies more easily and feels
itself more at home than in the thinner
ether of youthful anticipalou.-Th 1t.
11uf{~
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n {. EOGLE,
Fairfield, Ill.
Considers II without an Equal.

Il have used your valuable remedy s.
S s. for number of years, aud con-
slider it without an equal As blood puri-
der and tonic. In fact. | would not at
tempt to enter upon spring or summer
an this climate without It. never tire of
So Hg a good word for S S S. when 1
shaye an opportunity.
H. W. COLEMAN,
Dade City, Els.
Treatise on Blood and Skin Diseases
mailed free.
SwIgT'S SPECIFIC Co.
Atlanta Ga.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1890-09-04

The British war ship Buzzard has srriv-
ed at Halifax from Jamaica with yellow
fever on board. She was ordered to Hail.
fax on account Of the fever breaking out
among the crew. There were 10 cases on
board at one time. One of the victims
died at Port Royal and was buried there.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1890-09-04

Il turns ut now that the increase in the
force al the kttery navy yard will not be
made until sitter the Maine election, vet
the Democratic papers will go right on
asserting that il was made because OF a
desire promote Mr.. Reeds chances.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1890-09-04
The First Step.

Perhaps YOU are run down, can't eat, can t
sleep. can't think, can't do anything TO your
satisfaction, and you wonder what ails you.
You should heed the warning, you are taking
the first step into nervous pros,raton. You need
Nerve Tonic and in Electric Bi;ters You will
find the exact remedy for restoring your nervous
system to its normal, healthy condition. Sur
prising results follow the use Of this great nerve
Tonic and Alternative. Your appetite returns.
good digestion is restored. and the Liver and
Kidneys resume healthy action. Try bottle.
Price Soc at Roland I. Pattens Drug store :.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1890-09-04
The Vanderbilt System.

The great combination Of Vanderbilt
railroad systems which are threatened
with strikes sprawls out across the coun-
try, looking on the map like q monrtrous
living creature whose head extends from
New York to Albany. neck from Albany
to Buffalo, backbone along through De-
troit to Chicago, legs covered with hairy
and spider.like branches, from Cleveland
to Cincinnati, and from Indianapolis
down to St. Louis, ond with tail erect In
air ending At the upper extremity of Lake
Michigan, . horn out Of the forehead a
Albany aud some "feelers. from the tip
Of the nose at Now York.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1890-09-04

The Fairfield Journal makes the fol.
lowing gentle criticism: In spite of the
many warnings the people have had from
many sources some still neglect to des-
troy the caterpillar nests that cone In
their way. There is . family not far
from here who have neglected 70 destroy
the pests In their very dooryard, and
they are eating the leaves and killing
monstrous and beautiful willow, that
has heretofore greatly added to the
beauty Of the placs. People will neg
lected sometimes TO kill lios until they
threAfan 70 gnaW their backbone oG.
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Notice of Foreclosure.
STATE OF MAINE.


County of Somerset, So:
"hereas, Jonathan Bean, of the Forks
w Plantation, in the County of Somerset
ny his mortgage deed, dated the thirteenth day
OF March, A. ID. 1880, and recorded in Vol ITO
Page. 2T. IN Somerset Registry of Deeds, con.
veyed to the undersigned, s. A., and A. Dins.
more, OF Bingham, in the County of Somerset,
a certain peice or parcel Of land, with the
buildings thereon, situated In The Forks Plan
tation and bounded as follows: on the West by
he Kennebec river; on the north by ID. II. vii.
liams land and on the east by said Williams
land and on the south by william LOCKWOOD
land, containing two hundred acres more or
less, II being the same lot as decided to me by
said DinsinOres, this day, formerly known as
the Daniel Williams farm and whereasIthe con.
di'ions of said mortgage has been broken, now
therefore. by reason OF the breach of the con.
ditlons thereof, we claim to foreclose said
and give this notice for that pur.
pose.
Dated this 9Th day August, A. d. 1890.
s, A, a. A. DIESMORE
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1890-09-04

The strike in the Chicago stock yards
is ended and the men ask to be allowed
to return to their work st their former
wages.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1890-09-04

Hon. Addison Austin of Newcastle, who
was nominated for Senator by the Repub-
lican county convention Tuesday, has
addressed letter to the county commit
tee declining the nomination. He re-
presented the county In the last Senate.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1890-09-04
letter Cured by S. S. S.

used Swifts Specific :. $. S, } about
three years ago for an aggravated case of
letter, and was cured sound and well
with three bottles. l have had no return
of the annoying disease since. lliea
various other remedies before using S. 5.
S, but they failed to cure me, or benefit
ME IN any way.
DIN c. FoGLE,
Fairfield III.
have sold Swift's SPECIFIC IS. s. s.
for number of years, and can cheerfully
re ommend it. As TOME and blood pu-
ritier it is without an equal.
WM. GEUHs.
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RuckLen's Arnfca SNIpe.

The best Salve in the world for Cuts, Bruises
Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fever Sores letter,
Chapped Hands. Chiblains, Corns, and all Skin
Eruptions, and positively cures piles, or pay
required. 1t is guaranteed to give perfect satis-
action, or money refunded. Price % cents per
box. For sale BY Roland T. Patten.
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An Old Age From over the
Tsacups."

l was little over twenty years old
when wrote the lines which some of
you NAV have met with, for they have
been often reprinted.
The messy marble rest
On the lips that he has pIest
In their bloom,
And the names he loved to hear
Have been carved for many year