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deal about the foolishness Of going into debt
for home. 1t is IA very smart thing to do il
we pay for the property only what 1t Is
worth, and it is very simple matter TO de-
termine what this is We must take what
would be the gross rental income OF the prop
srty If it were to be rented, and then make
due allowance for taxes, insurance and re-
pairs, aud il the net income il then slightly
in excess of the current rate for money, we
are justified in going In debt.
The people who are living in the house
which is here illustrated are paying for it in
a building association. The lot cost $1,000,
aud the house, with everything that goes to
make it complete excepting a furnace, cost
q 800. The association from which they se-
cured their money is on the perpetual plan,
and is organized on limited premium basis;
that is, all premiums are limited to ten cents
IN each weekly payment Of fifty cents on
ZACH 500 share. Having secured 81 500, they
have TO pay in fifty cents per week on nine
share, OF 800 each This is a. 80 a week, or
between SIS and goa month"; as the minimum
payment to be made. On this plan OF pay
ment Of 8 per cent. interest there is twenty
four cents per share per week to be paid a.
interest on 500, or one share,
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1890-04-17

We are happy to be able to state that
the Colby Base Ball Association has voted
unanimously against allowing their team
to play Memorial Day.
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Somerset Rauwa7|
CHANGE OF TIMK.
nommencinr Monday. Anr, 2. rad

E~sFlag station; at which Passenger ,rsi
will stop on signal or notice to Conductor.
The Passenger Train leaving. solon
1870 A. NJ, connects at Oakland with Trains
Boston, Portland and Lewiston. also for Wgt(
Vile, Augusta, Gardiner, skowhegai
Bangor. The Passenger Train leavh q
land at 4.43 P. NJ, connects with Trains Ind
Boston. Portland and Lewiston, also Gardial
Augusta and Waterville.
The Mixed Train leaving Oakland at Wv |
M, connects with Passenger Trains from 1,
gor and Water lille. The Mixed Train leau
Solon at LOO P. M, connects with Passenl
Train for Watervllle and Bangor, also
Pullman Train for Augusta, Portland and
ton
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bed slate hearth for kitchen; glazed tile hearths
for hall, parlor and dining room; tile facings
for CRATES in parlor and dining room The side
walls and ceilings throughout are hard finished
on one coat of brown mortar and seasoned
lath, with neat center pieces in the ceilings Of
main rooms. The veranda roof ssheathed with
tongued and grooved spruce. All other roofs,
side walls and gables Of the building are
sheathed with surfaced hemlock, the whole
covered with water proof paper. The panels
in first story bay window, side walls of
second story and gables of main building and
dormer windows, and all roofs except the
veranda, are shingled. The lower story is
clapboarded with inch white pine bcveled.
siding laid 4 - inches 10 the weather.
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FIRST FLOOR PLAN.

Attic floor Of spruce. Second story floor OF
white pine. First floor Of yellow pine. All
u inches thick, tongued and groovea and
blind nailed Veranda floor 4 inches thick
Attic and second story rooms, with the ex
ception OF hall and bathroom, Of white pine,
painted two coats The finish of bathroom
and second story hall and all rooms on the
first story IL In North Carolina pine, left
natural color Of the wood, with one coat
Of wood filler and two coats Of varnsh rubbed
smooth. The doors Of first story are OF clear
white pine, finished in the same manner The
attic and second story doors Of white pine
painted. The treads and risers OF main stairs
Of vel Nv pine, rails, newels and balusters Of
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cellar, and thus avoid the confusion which ID
incident to such a room where convenience
Of this kind are not at hand. There is a water
closet In this cellar
In this building no fuel room was necessary,
rs this house is In a natural gas section. How
ever, have drawn fuel room which con-
meets with the furnace ROOM
Loun H. gibson.
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THEY TRIED IT AGAIN.
The Owners Liked This House So We
That THAI HugIt Anothsr IiL- IL

The Owners Liked This House So Well
That They Built Another Like It.
This is the second time that this plan has
been worked out for the same owners. They
built this house about as IL is here illustrated
early last year, bat sold it a very good profit.
The other house was what they wanted
with few changes" The reception hall is
foot longer; the dining room has little
projection to one side; the library is n foot
wider than II was before, and on tho second
door there are some changes Of detail In the
bathroom Altogether. it is a more perfect
plan than the house they had before, not so
much with respect to the general arrange
ment as 10 details.
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Many merchants In Berlin, Germany,
who are interested in exporting goods
manufactured In that country to America,
are alarmed at the prospect Of the pas
sage OF the Mckinley tariff bill. They
assert that If the measure goes into effect
1t will strike fresh blow at their manu-
factories. This indicates that the meas
ure would relieve our woolen mills from
embarrassing competition In some lines Of
goods.
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Ine parior Is Immediately adjoining the
reception hall, at the front Of the house., sep
arated only by an arch~ay hung with heavy
portieres, which may he thrown back, max
ing the parlor aud reception hall, as 1t were,
one room whel desired. The dining room Is
Immediately back Of the parlor separated
from the latter likewise by portieres. Both
parlor and dining room are provided with
open CRATES and wood mantels in keeping
with tho finish Of the rooms.
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FRONT ELEVATION
staircase hall The front entrance Il protect
ed by neat porch, which gives an attractive
appearance TO the building. In the second
story are two good sized chambers and two
small bedrooms, with closets, staircase hall
and stairs leading to the attic. The attic is
unfinished with the exception of the floor.
The stairway is lighted by means of Il dor
mer window, which serves threefold pur-
pose of giving head room, light and pictur-
esque appearance to the outside OF the house
The foundation walls arc of brick, eight
thick, laid in cement mortar; the chimney OF
selected hard brick, with pressed brick
facings to fireplace, which has rubbed slate
hearth and open CRATE for burning coal The
side walls and ceilings are hard finished on
5..s,, u !..;3;--.. aud 5i!
lath. The frame of the building is Of sound
dry spruce.
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Arrangements OF Trains. In effect
Apr. 4. 1890.
Trains leave skowhegan as follows: aal
N. for all points west and for Bangor
Mo0sehead Lake: Vancebo, HoultO 4 wd
stock, 1875 p, NJ. for Waterville,
land, North Anson, Lewiston. Dexter,
err, and Foxcroft, Bangor. Bar Harbor,
land and Boston. $40 p. M. tmixed) for Wsl
vile, enabling passengers to take night A
man for Portland and Boston.
ARRITALS.-7.00 A. N. (mixedl e1cf
Mondays; 1910 A. NJ. Passenger from POrtl,l
Lewiston, Augusta and Bangor; $40 p. N. !
all points.
PAYSON TUCKER, Vice Pres, & Gen, Y
r. z. BOOTHBY. General Pass'r Agent.
Portland. April LIST, 1900
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At Norridgewock, for Sk0whegan and "
Ger; at Arson, for Sawyer'h Mills, tStarks
No. Arson, for North and West New PortaI
Dead River Flagstaff and Rustis. At Solonl
Bingham, Forks and Moose River.
", n. AVER, Sxpl
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Don't fool around with guns is al
ways safe edyce to give boys, especially
at this season of the year when they are
Just starting out cruising after crows
and other game. l.. II. futile 10 years
and within months three others met
shocking deaths In that city by accident
al discharge of fire arms. Boys or men
arms.
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nished three coats. rubbed smooth. Hard
wood mantels and Crates to match woodwor1
Of the rooms where they are placed. Outside
blinds to all except cellar windows. The
plumbing is of good quality, and in keeping
with tie finish OF the house. The building is
heated by IA furnace
pa-,u.rv ro0r
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r. S HILLMAN,
81 Water St., Skowhegan, Me.

Don't forget that we shall continue to buy
Rags, Rubbers, old Junk of all kinds. Don't
let unprncipled scamps swindle you, or tell
you they are buying for me when | never see
them. Wait for my team or bring in your stock
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'front.' or the seni-oc,agonal shaped room. IL
extends around and takes in section OF what
would otherwise he a part Of the front sitting
room, and thus gives added width to this por-
ton OF the hall or vestibule, Back OF this Is
the reception hall, with a window at the
right side which projects over the sidewalk
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woodwork OF bathroom and stairs finished
sane a. kitchen, all other inside wood work
painted two coats The uewels, rails and
balusters OF stairs filled one coat, and var
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SECOND FLOOR PLAN.
oak, filled and vanished with three coats,
rubbed smooth. Mantels to correspond with
finish of rooms
St. Paul daily globe., 1890-12-28
Mr.. O'BRIEN is MUM.
He Gives No Sign as to the
Possibility Of a Reunion
Of the Party,
But Complains Of Premature
and Unfounded Newspa-
per Reports.
fhe Opposing Factions Have
Agreed on a Method Of
DiSbursing Funds.
Sexton on the Proposed Land
Act--GladStOne's Advice
to OPangemen.

PARIS, Dec. %. - Since William
0'Brien's arrival he has been beset by
horde of French and foreign report
erS, but he has not yet breathed q word
as to whether he favored reconcilia-
ton with Mr.. Parhell or Will advocate
permanent rupture with his former
leader. Among the important commu-
nicationS which Mr.. OBrien found
awaiting him at Boulogne was letter
from a leading English Radical
stating that the split III the
Irish party must soon be
repaired. otherwise the Liberals would
be forced 10 subordinate home rule for
Ireland to other questions. The Paris
papers generally lean toward Mr.. Par
nell. The Republique Franchise re-
fuses to believe that the anti-Parnell-
ties, even if they continue to gain bye
elections, will ever crush Parnel suffi-
ciently 10 be able to treat with Mr..
Gladstone in the name of Ireland.
1t will take years, it says, TO
etface the power of the man who has
virtually governed Ireland for sixteen
years. Near while tie English Radicals
may refuse to sacrifice social reforms
for Ieopardized cause. Mr.. Gladstone
will hold to his engagements, as he is
bound to Go, after plunging Ireland into
anarchy by posing as moralist, but his
party is not equally bound. The Re-
publique Franchise concludes by ex-
pressing confidence in the ultimate tri-
umph of the irish cause.
St. Paul daily globe., 1890-12-28
LEAGUE FUNDS.
An AmicabIe agreement as to
Their Distribution.

An AmiCable Argeement as to
Their Distribution.
DUBLIN, Dee. 27.-The Freeman's
Journal to-day announces that the con-
ferenees between MeSSrS. William
O'Brien and Timothy Harrington have
resulted III an understanding whereby
the funds of the National League now in
haudS OF that organization are to be de-
voted to the maintenance of the tenants
who were eyicted for not paying their
rents under the plan OF campaign which
was inaugurated on the different estates
throughout ireland 10y the National
league. In addition. these funds will be
used to assist other sufferers who are
depending upon the league for support.
All disbursements will be made
by Messrs. Kenny and Webb. MEN,
bers of parliament, the joint
treasurers of the league. 1t is suggest
ed by both MesSrs. O'Brien and Har-
rington that funds being sent to the
league from America should be sent to
MessrS. Kenny and Webb, members of
parliament. The tenants evicted from
the Smith-Barry estate, who have been
for some time past on short commons,
will receive with pleasure to-day'S news
that the funds held in Paris for
the National league are to be
used for their support, however the COLI
1iict between the two factions may go.
This arrangement has been arrived at by
Timothy Harrington. acting for Mr..
Parnell, and O'Brien, for the Nc
Carthyities. 1t was eminently requisite
that some such understanding should
be consented to: otherwise the plan of
campaign would have forthwith col
lapsed. Indeed, it is very doubtful that
it can be maintained, as the faith of the
evjcted tenants in the national cause is
so seriously shaken that some openly,
end others secretly, are making peace
with their landlords.
St. Paul daily globe., 1890-12-28

Burns. situated only ten miles from
this camp on the Cheyenne river. A
half-breed came into camp and was in
tervlewed on the subject OF hoStiles i'm
the Bad Eands. and gives a very inter
esting description. which is as follows:
He says that he left Pine Ridge
agency few days before the 5O0
friendly Indians left there for the Bad
Lands to induce their hostile brethren
to come in. and declares the number of
friendlies is greatly exaggerated and
that they did not number over $50 in
All. He says ne was in one of their
tepeeS outside OF Fine Ridge agency,
where number of bucks were eonpre.
gated. and that the squaws were erving
and saying that they would never
return. and commenced singing
the death dance around them.
He says there are. at the
least calculation, from 500 TO
600 warriors among them. all we'll
armed "a number having Springfield
carbineS. the same as is issued by the
soldiers in the army. and all declaring
that they would hight. They also told
him of young Indian whom they had
put to death by torture a few days be-
tore because he came to try and induce
them to return to the agency. He says
nc nio"S inns W pe True. as the young
Indian left Pine Ridge over a week
ago Tor the Bad Lands strong
hoid and has never returned, He also
says he entertains great fears as to the
135 friendlies who went out. as he is
almost sure that the majority if not ali
OF them Will be killed. He SAYS they
have an immense stock of provisions
and that their stronghold is skilfullv
fortified and is almost impregnable.
de counted over 100 tepees on the side
nearest the Pine Ridge agency
and sixty three on the other
side. He says that love or
money would not bring him near their
stronghold again, as he is afraid that
should they recognize him he would be
Killed also. Gen. Miles was heard to
say IN Rapid City to-day that he was
tired OF fooling with these Indians and
thought that the best thing to be done
was to attack them without any further
delay.
DICKINSON. Dec. 27.-Lieut. Svden-
ham and Scout Spence, of Capt. Foun-
taln'S command of the Eighth cavalry,
have arrived here with dispatches
They report that there was no fonnda-
ton for the story that the command was
hemmed in by 800 hostileS in the Cave
hills. Capt. Fountain had not, up to
Christmas morning, been able to diScov-
er anv trace of Indians, but had
learned that Sitting Bulls followers
were on their way to the Pine Ridge
and Cherry Creek reservation. Stories
about ranchmen murdered and property
destroyed by the hostiles are also stated
to be unfounded. As far as the military
authorities here are aware, not a shot
has been exchanged between the Indi-
ans and troops. a general summary of
this disposition of troops shows thatt
entire reservatian is hemmed in by
troops ready for the field, and fears of
an outbreak in the spring are ground
less.
St. Paul daily globe., 1890-12-28
A CHRISTMAS FEUD
Results in One Death and Possibly
Three.

Results in One Death and Possibly
Three.
LUMBERToN, Miss. Dec.27.-Daviston
a small towa one and a half miles below
here, was the scene of fatal shooting
affray this afternoon about o'clock. in
which four men were shot, one being
killed instantly and two others fatally
wounded. The trouble originated from
fight at a party on Christ
mas night near Red Top, between
four men, E. T. Fa fore, one Parker,
Neal Strahan and JohL Hockman, when
Fayre fired on the crowd, killing Parker
and dangerously wounding the other
two. Favre was arrested and placed in
Ellisville Jail for safe keeping by j. F.
Cooke, justice of the peace of district
No. l. Justice of the -Jeace J. M.
Smith, of District No. 2. dispatched
Deputy Sheriff w. W. Stockstiil. with
the necessary papers, to obtain Favre's
release on $500 bond. Sheriff Shlvers,
upon hearing of his release, summoned
his deputies and came to Daviston on
the local freight to re-arrest Favre.
Just as the train came to a halt the
firing began. Favre was killed in
stantly and Sheriff j. NJ. Shivers was
shot through the left lung with a Win
chester ball and Deputy Sheriff L. r.
White was shot in the left side with a
pistol, the ball passing through and
coming out OH the right side. Both the
latter are pronounced mortally
wounded. The two wounded sherlffs
were brought to this place, where they
are receiving the best attention.
St. Paul daily globe., 1890-12-28

Winston secretary. and treasurer. Prior
to the organization Of the new COM
pany, Mr.. Stanley was engaged In con-
fidentiai business with certain custo-
mers and aiconsiderable portion Of
this private business never merged
into the business Of the firm.
Among the transactions which the Win
ston's claim were put through by STAN
ley in his individual capacity were deals
with L. ii. Mccormick and ], f. Keeny,
involving respectively $4,000 and
$125, 900. Z, Z,
After Stanley became convinced of
his liability to criminal prosecution, so
the bill says, In order to square himself,
he gave 1t out that the corporation was
liable, In action at law, to Mccormick
Keeney and j. p. Odell for the money
intrusted to and misappr0priated by
him. The court was asked to issue
an injunction restraining both parties
from beginning suit. No action toward
an injunction was taken by the court
and Mr.. Mccormick made good his
threat to try and hold the corporation
liable. This afternoon he commenced
suit against Stanley and the Winstons
for $4,000 damages. -
The assets Of the corporation, accord.
ing to Mr.. Winston. are amply sufficient
to meet its obligations, and the value of
its securities held by the banks exceed
the amount of the firms Indebtedness
by $10,G00
St. Paul daily globe., 1890-12-28
THE LAND ACT.
Its Possible Effect on Farmers and
Laborers.

LabOrerS.
BOULoGNE, Dec. 27.-Thomas Sexton,
in an interview last night, said he con-
sidered Mr.. Parnell's insulting refer
ences to his colleagues an insuperable
barrier to his resumption of the
leadership of the Irish party.
He was quite certain that, had Mr.. Par
nell consulted the party IN regard TO
Mr.. Morley'S alleged offer of place,
every man would have rejected indig-
nantly the idea of sacrificing in any de-
gree the Independence of the party by
an acceptance of the offer. Regarding
the effect OF the possible passage of the
land act. Mr.. Sexton said he thought it
would render the farmers more in
dependent, energetic and enterpris-
ing; but the measure of their
success might be measure of the la
borerS' discomfort. In order to meet the
just claims of the latter, Mr.. Sexton
said he looked to the extension of the
system of the act OF 1883, to be inaugu-
rated by authorizing the boards of
guardians to levy rates to be used in the
construction of laborers' cottages. At
present the boards have to paw
4 per cent interest and provide
a sinking fund on the money ad-
Vanced Dy the treasury and cannot let
houses with half-acre of walled gar
den under 91, or 81 Shillings weekly,
as the houses must be built according
to fixed specifications from Dublin.
This and the expense of inspection
would increase the price of house
and garden to e120, which the
rental is not sufficient to cover.
Mr.. Sexton hopes to change this system
and get smaller houses built under local
supervision at such reduced cost as to
render the presentrents profitable. The
News says: LAS Mr.. Sexton was sup
posed to be less decided in his opposi-
ton to Mir. Parnell and more inclined
toward compromise than many of his
political friends, his frank and clear
declaration is important and valuable" +"
St. Paul daily globe., 1890-12-28
A MOTHERS MANIA
Results in the Death of Her Four
Children.

Children.
LOUISVILLE, KY, Dec. 81. Near
Brandenburg, the coroner's inquest in
the case of the poisoning Of the four
children of Mrs. Julia Higbee is in
progress. DIR. James l.. Lewis, the
family physician, testified to-day that
upon the third death he became
suspicious of the poisoning. When he
suggested post mortem examination af-
ter the death of the fourth, the father
consented. but Mrs. Higbee made strong
opposition and it was only by legal pro-
cess that the examination was secured.
Arsenic was found, and the conclusion
that two or more of the children
had been poisoned was reached by all
the physicians at the pOSt-mOrtem. Mrs.
Higbee's opposition to the examination
and her Indifference to the result of the
illness of the children directed SuSpi-
cion to her. In closing he said: "My
conclusion is that the first child died a
natural death, and that was the
origin Of homicidal mania which
resulted in the death OF the other three.
l have known Mrs. Higbee twenty
years. Shortly after her marriage she
had mental attack which nearly re-
suited in mania, and within the past six
months she has seemed to Inc to under
go complete mental change" Other
physicians testified to the Indifference
and other symptoms of mania at the bed
side of the children
St. Paul daily globe., 1890-12-28
A Conspiracy Ninned.

CORPUS CHRISTI, Tex, Dec. 27.-A
strange conspiracy to murder one of the
leading citizens of this city has been
nipped in the bud by indictments re-
turned against twelve men by the grand
jury of Hidalgo county. Judge Max
stein, who was killed some months
ago by Spanish woman who alleged
he had inSulted her. was the
first victim OF one of the most
daring conspiracies to rob and murder
that Texas has ever known. The next
marked men were District Judge Rus
sell and his two deputies. The plot
dates back to the restoration to office of
the county officials who had been ousted
from office by the county commission
ers. One of the he.conSpirators confessed
the other day, thus saving Judge Rus
sells life. and the rest of the gang have
fled to Mexico. -
St. Paul daily globe., 1890-12-28
A St. Paul Mans Offer.

u DUBUQUE, To-, Dee. 27.-Capitalists
: have offered Is and 16 cents for Chicago,
St Paul & Kansas City stock issued to
taxpayers in return for taxes voted tow
ard the original construction of the
road. A st. Paul attorney offers
to enter suit to have all is
sues of stock in this road
set aside except the issue to taxpayers.
If successful i'll his suit. he says he Will
pay so cents for the stock, which, he
says. would be above par if the other
issues were set aside. 1t claimed that
issues except to taxpayers are Illegal, as
exceeding the limit allowed by the state
law. Similar cases arc to be tried at
Waterloo on issues made by the diagonal
which is now part of the Stickney sys-
TEN.