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The Somerset reporter., 1891-05-14
What We Need.

What We most need in Skowhegan is a
suitable market place for the convenience
Of the farmers and dealers in heavy
truck, such as hay, wood, coal etc, with
public scales, kept properly inspected and
adjusted, for this purpose, with legally
authorized weighers and surveyors,
whose duty it shall be to furnish all, who
sell such commodities with survey or
weigh bills. over their own signature
We have no place, without encumbering
our thoroughfares, with teams loaded
with such truck to the great inconveni'
ence of all who may be driving, or walk
ing our streets. Those supplies we must
have. Why not provide the protective
convenience.
ANIDROSIs AND A HOST CT OTHERS.
The Somerset reporter., 1891-05-14

Mrs. Geo. W. Clark died at her home
on Lesvitt street on Monday morning
after a long and painful illness. Her
maiden name was Webster. and the most
of her life was spent in Fairfield. She
was patient during her Illness, and met
death very calmly. The funeral took
place on Wednesday forenoon, and was
conducted by Rev. C. V. Hanson. The
burial took place in Fairfield.
The Somerset reporter., 1891-05-14
PECULIAR
TO TT ELF

That Hoods Sarsaparila does poss-
ess curative power Peculiar 10 Itself is
conclusiyely shown by the wonderful
cures it has effected unsurpassed in the
history Of medicine. This absolute
merit il possesses by reason Of the fact
that it is prepared by a combination
and process peculiar TO Hoods Sarsap-
arilla, known to no other medicine, and
by which the fun medicinal power Of all
the ingrcdients used is retained.
The Somerset reporter., 1891-05-14
HOODS
|Sarsaparilla

Is highly concentrated extract of
Sarsaparilla. Dandelion, Mandrake,
Dock, Juniper Berries, and other we'll
known vegetable remedies. 1t has won
its way to the leading place among
medicines by its own intrinsic, undispn-
ted merit, and has now larger sale
than any other similar preparation in
the country. If you have never taken
Hoods Sarsaparilla, iair trial will
convince you OF its excellence and
merits. Take ii this season. 1t is
The Somerset reporter., 1891-05-14

THE NATIONS PmpE-Thc Stamford
Rotary Shuttle Sewing Machine 7urpass-
es all others for speed and lightness Of
running. Send fer catalogue and prices.
Smiths Music store, p Madison Avenue.
Skowhegan.
The Somerset reporter., 1891-05-14
Business and Amusement Ne..:ts.

If YOU want the most popular organ 10
the L. S. from the Organ Co, that has
sold thousands more than any other make
the past year, buy the Chicago Cottage
Organ of Dnsmore & BicsforG, also
agent for the celebrated Schubert Pianos
fine piano at moderate price.
The Somerset reporter., 1891-05-14

Nursing corsets at Ordway's.
A new line Of parasols ct Stewards.
See Kendall's bargains In lace curtains.
Buy your lid gloves Of Judkins I Dyer.
A limited asoant Of sssd potatoes d
= - ~ badAA = Oains + 0oodsleA.
The Somerset reporter., 1891-05-14

Sanday Bay-April 30, Albert j. Hilton, son
Of Sherwin and Eliza J. Hilton. Aged - years,
S months, u DAYS.
Skowhcgan-May 4, George Fletcher, aged
60 years.
Bangor Maine-May .. Mrs. Sorhy J. OB4l-
kerr, wife Of Samuel T. Clark. Ag.d s. years,
mouths Sic was native Of AtAou, Maine.
skowhcgan-May H. Mrs. SaaA +, wife of
Geo W. Clark. Aged . years.
Providence X, l., May 10Th George II. Ed
ridge, formeIIy Of SkaMhesAn. ngnd B Neats.
The Somerset reporter., 1891-05-14
BORN

Cambrige May $. 10 Mr.. and Mrs. Daniel q
Lcayitt' daughter
Skowhpean-M j. to Mrs. Peter Lessor, a
daughter, Alice MAY. pounds.
The Somerset reporter., 1891-05-14

HALEY's Toorn ASb EALAtuE DEor-
are purely Vegetable, perfectly safe
Sure cure.-Try them.
The Somerset reporter., 1891-05-14
E IS: Z -H5s
Spring MI edicine

81 have been great sufferer for
twenty years with the salt rheum on my
hands. Each winter they were nearly
raw, full of cracks and chaps so that
could not work, Alter taking one bot
tie Jo Hood sSarsaparilla my hands are
free. Oh, What happiness Minis. A,
HAhr, Holden, Maine.
81 am seventy years Of age and
have for some years past, suffered from
general debility. During the past year
| have been taking Hoods Sarsaparila,
and with good results 1t tones my
stomach, aids digestion, and make me
feel better all over. JAMES GILMORE,
Belfast, Maine.
The Somerset reporter., 1891-05-14

M4dison-Samue d Arnoli 20 Samuel
Emerson, 500 Harlow X We,c9u Co.,
John + Wesc1tt, Sld0.
The Somerset reporter., 1891-05-14
Makes the
Weak Strong.

81 consider GODS Sarsn prilia one of
the best alternatives in the market.
recommend tito my customers, and they
recommend Ito others. sell more Of
it than any other three Snrsapar illas
and blood purifiers. 1t gives very gem
eral satisfaction" C.B 3LANcnARp,
Druggist, Midtown, Maine.
Many other testify to great benefit
derived from this medicine. Why don't
you try
The Somerset reporter., 1891-05-14
nav LINE Of
Black Dress Goods

Arrived til, Week among which,
are some special Bargains. Also a
few very handsome Pattern pr">s
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-06-09
COMPULSORY ARBITRATION.

Governor Hill, of New York, in his
message to the General Assembly,
urges the passage of a law making ar
bitration compulsory between corpora
tions and their employees. We pre-
sumo he refers to such corporations as
have public services to perform, and
which are operated under charters
granted by the State with that specific
object in view. This idea has been adj
vanced before, but we are not aware
that previous to Governor Hills recon-
mendation it has ever received such
high official sanction. proposition is
based upon a sound principle. A rail-
road company, for example, is required
to carry all persons who may apply for
accommodation. It must also carry
them safely and without delay. This
function, which is imperatively de-
manded of them by the State, cannot
be exercised if they are unable, because
OF strikes, to procure, help. On the
other hand, strikes when they do not
become actual conspiracies, are legiti-
mate. No man can be compelled to
work at any particular employment Ca
contract not ~existing) against his Volt
ton. He has the inalienab1e right ito
throw up a job" when he desires.
Therefore, conditions arise frequently
wherein we find a railroad
unable to comply with the require
ments of the State-becaus a group of
employees are asserting what they be
lieve to be their rights. The result is
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-06-09

great public discomfort and inconven-
fence, cessation of commerce, and dis
turbance of order. The only solution
conceivable is the employment OF a
board of arbitration, having in view
the continued operation Of the trains,
and the equitable adjustment of differ
ences between the companies and their
employees. It would be unjust for the
State to require men to work for a rail-
road corporation against their will. 1t
would be equally unjust for the State
to exact penalties of a railroad corpo-
ration for failing to perform public
service when it cannot concede the de-
mands of the strikers. A board OF
arbitration, therefore, with power to
enforce it's determinations, is the only
solution of the problem short of actual
governmental control. If the govern
ment, however, should undertake to
operate the railroads, there would
never, of course, be any strikes, for
the a that a man would enlist IN
the railway service as men now enlist
in the army. A strike would then be
called a mutiny, and to forsake a post
during the term for which he enlisted
would be called desertion, and the
penalties could be enforced, if the gov
eminent deemed necessary, by the
whole power of the army.-Tbe Mem
phis Appeol-AUalanche.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-06-09

greater or smaller, but none the less
zeal, in the birth of what has become
the powerful American Democracy.
A thousand difficulties await the
man who desires to handle, i'll order to
form his own opinion about, the his
tory of a nation which is not his own:
the road is strewn with obstacles, fur
rowed with false tracks, cut up with
p%erfidious paths which disconcert the
rash foreigner. There are, however,
some compensations, and, in this par
ticular case, some advantages for set
thing the difference of opinion among
so many voices of equal authority, in
not being a citizen either of Connect
cut, or of Massachusetts,, or of Rhode
Island. Oh. BOrgeaud, AnnGLeS de
pEcoIe Li6re de8 Sciences POIitiqueS,
Paris, January to EGrch.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-06-09

Mr.. M. E. DYE, of Fayetteville. N.
O., an estlmable man and a prominent
and successful merchant, died at his
home on Friday morning last, after a.
short illness. Mr.. Dye was extensively
and favorably known In North Caro-
lima.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-06-09
GEOLOGICAL
I'm FAVOR OF THE JEW.

We condemn the anti-Semitic legis-
lation of Russia and contrast the con-
dition Of the Jews in this free and
favored country, but we continue to
foster prejudice and retail worn charges
which we have never taken the trouble
to investigate. 81 cannot understand
your associating with Jews" said an
ordinarily amiable young woman. Il
don't like them and don't want to have
anything to do with them" "Have
you any personal acquaintance with
themY I asked. 81 can't say that [
have. There was a Jewish girl at our
boarding school, but that was different;
she was bright, and pleasant, and
quite like other people. Many other
"critics" are not more enlightened.
Some charges r obsolete, but we hear
continually that Jews are sordid,
mean, rapacious. They arrive in this
country poor and speedily become
rich, and this is the result of over
reaching and trickery. They do not
assist in the development of the coun-
try by becoming mechanics or agricul-
turists. They are re~vengeful. They
are rude, uncultured, o~stentatious.
They are i~ntolerant and hostile to
Christianity. They always have been
and always will be an alien race, and
America wants citizens and patriots.
Let us hear the other side. Though a
stain of meanness and cunning has
been imprinted by centuries of Gentle
oppression, many Jews are unspOtted
by it and show the purest quality of
honor. Their success is mainly due to
business habits, thrift and intelligence.
They have drawn capital to the coun-
try and increased its commercial infu-
n They are eager to acquire, but
ready to give. [ know Russian Jews,
poor and superstitioUs, who allowed an
aged Christian woman to occupy a
room in their house, rent free, while
she was tooin towork, and supplied her
necessaries for weeks. The generosity
of wealthy Jews is too we'll known to
require illustration or comment. The
brother of Bishop Relmuth, founder
of Helmuth College, in London, Can
ada, was a tolerant and generous Jew.
When Isaac Helmuth entered the
Christian ministry, he was disinherited
by his father, who left about $500, 900
to one SON.. But that favored son said,
1.-THE half of this belongs to Isaac
and to Isaac Helmuth it was sent.-M.
Bourcbier Sanford, IN North american
ReUie1U for January.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-06-09

ballot REFORM AS AN EDUCATOR. "
Advocates for the extension of the
right of suffrage have always claimed
for it that it exerts an educating infu-
ence. In England, where the ballot
has been extended from n class to
another by clear and well-defined
~gradations, the contention is correct
but this process has made necessary
the enactmentof stringent laws against
the abuse of the right thus conferred.
They are the growth of necessity. In
the gradual but almost indefinite en-
largement of the suffrage there was
developed a large number of voters
who, though they had little interest
politically in the result of an election,
and less knowledge of the principles
upon which it was to be settled, had
really a personal interest in disposing
of their votes for money or its eqival-
ent. 1t is clear that the mere right to
vote-nowhere deemed a natural one
and everywhere observation-disclosures not
carry with it such sense of RESPONSE
bility as to fit all men who have it for
an intelligent use of it. AS interests
became nor direct and personal, as
political issues became more important
or more complex, and as bad men and
bad methods gained the ascendency,
even the right to vote, by those upon
whom it had been conferred, was it.
self subjected to limitation. It may
in truth be said that, while bribery is
not confined to the most ignorant Of
the voting population, the majority of
cOrruptible voters sfOund amOngthem.
This rendered inevitable the adoption
OF methods which should restrict the
power of these men to do harm, and
for this the secret ballot has been
found an efficient instrument. But
the advantages of the secret ballot.
first successfully applied in Australia,
are not limited to this view. It is
showing itself a most efficient educator.
not only in the generally accepted
n that the man who has the right
w HNOGC VIII ACCb4 Co OAO ACOO1 IL IL
and for his own interest, to cast that
vote intelligentIy, but as an active ally
of our school system. Under the old
methods of voting not only was o r
ruption possible, but ignorant men
were led to do the behests of bosses or
managers without the expenditure Of
money. This served such men even
more effectually than direct bribery.
1t cost nothing, and was effective, for
the reason that the man who will vote
with such ox-like patience and fidelity
can be depended upon with more con
fidence than the one who is bribed. In
a remarkably short time after the be-
ginning of the agitation, the Austral-
ian ballot has been adopted in some
form in a number of States. Under
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-15
GAVE HIM A GAS WELL.

George A. Macbeth & Co. Will Build q
Branch Plant in Elwood, Ind.-To Look
Out for the Western Market-Win EN-
ploy GOO Persons.
Christopher Root, member OF the firm
of George A. Macbeth g. Co., returned from
Elwood, Madison county. Ind. yesterday,
where he had been looking for a site for
branch factory. He announced to the men
that the Elwood Land Improvement Company
has given the firm heavy-pressure gas well
and ten acres of land. Ground was broken yes
terday by the firm to build a branch factory.
The new factory will be of brick. costing
something like $4,000. It will contain three
will be erected later. There will be go hand
chimney shops and ten mold shops, giving en-
plOyment to about 500 men and boys. Fully 100
persons will be employed in the packing, grind
ing and other departments, bringing the total
number to be employed up to about 6OO persons
The building will be about l90xl90 feet. The
work Will be pushed as fast as possible and 1t
is thought that the factory will be ready for
operation by the last of May or first of June.
The company will still operate two furnaces,
one IN each of its Southslde plants. The COM
pany owns the Eighth street plant, while the
Tenth street plant is leased for two years yet
The officers of the company will still be re-
tanned in Pitfsburg and both plants operated,
the IN Pittsburg to attend more particu-
larly to the Eastern trade and the Elwood
plant to supply the Western market.
Mir. Theodore Langenbacher, stockholder
in the firm of George A. Macbeth & Co., and
foreman of the Eighth street factory, said that
Pittsbur. would have the call IN securing the
works for the new plant
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-15
PEOPLE WHO COME AND GO.

Pat Sheedy. the king of gamblers, was
at the Union depot last evening" going from
Chicago to New York. He said he expected to
return to PittsDurg III a few days. All his SYM
pathies in The New Orleans fight were with
Dempsey, and he was betting he would win.
He refused TO talk much about sporting mat
tiers.
-Joshus Rhodes, Campbell Heron and
Captain Murdock went to New York to attend
the monthly meeting of the Wrought Iron Pipe
Association. Mr.. Rhodes said the trade was
fair, and the business would not be affected by
the furnace shutdown in the valleys.
Thomas Murphy, Detroit ironman;
Roscoe Bean. Superintendent of the Spring
field Pump Works. and General A. w. Jones,
of Youngstown. stopped at the Duquesne.
General Jones left for Columbus at midnight
to attend the Supreme Court of Ohio.
John H. Casper, a Texas ranchman,
started for his home in the Lone Star State last
evening. He said he had had some experience
with the Indians, and he blamed the Govern.
ment for putting them Ill the way to get arms
and ammunition.
Hon. James L. Graham returned to
Harrisburg last evening He had no bills to
introduce in the House. Mr. Graham thinks
they will have some lively times when the Leg
islature gets under way.
f. H. Bostwick, salesman for the
Thomson-Houston Electric Company, and who
is known throughout Ohio as Absolutely
Automatic" is at the Anderson.
-Ex-Congressman Oscar L. jackson. o.
New Castle, and ]. ]. Pierce. of Sharpsyille.
the furnaceman, were at the Monongahela
House yesterday.
isaac Craig, of Allegheny, has been
elected member of the Board of Directors of
the Pennsylvania Society of the Sons of the
Revolution.
Colonel w. A. Stone returned last
evening on the limited from trip to Fortress
Monroe.
Harry Hurst, of Scottdale, and o. II.
Strong. of OIL City, are at the Seventh Avenue
w. w. Powell, of Tacoma, is registered
at the Central Hotel.
L. o. Orton, a Philadelphia capitalist
is at the Anderson.
Howard Jones left for New York las
evening.
Colonel Levi Green went to Boston.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-15
DEATH IN THE SHAFTING.
Three Men Killed Within Few Days While
Fixing Belts.

Thomas Johnson, a pipe cutter at the Penn
sylvania Tube Works. fell from platform yes
terday while arranging some shaftinC and was
so badly injured that he died in few minutes.
At the inquest held by Coroner Mcdowell, the
foreman of the department in whicbsJ ohnson
worked, testified that the dead man was stand
ing on platform 10 or 20 feet arranging one of
a number of belts. He leaned over too fa= and
fell to the ground. Each man was compelled
TO look after his OWE shafting.
The jury rendered a verdict, which, after
reciting the facts of the accident, recommends
THAT the Factory Inspector of Pennsylvania
take proper notice of this case for the better
protection of lives of workmen in said works."
The Coroner says that among the various
growing causes of mortality with which he has
to deal are such accidents as that of yesterday
in mills. On the 9th of the present month,
Charles Davis, while fixing Oelt at the Home
stead Steel Works, was fatally injured. In
that case the jury recommends that safeguards
be put around all belts and shafting for the
better protection of workmen and "also find
that the Factory Inspector was derelict in not
makingSroper inspection and not enforcing
the factory act" Then on Tuesday Michael ].
Carr was killed at the Carbon Iron Works He
stepped beside the rolls to fix belt when his
foot slipped and he fell head foremost into the
rolls.
Coroner Mcdowell called attention to the
law, which he said was plain and should be en-
forced. The act of May 90 1882 provides that
manufacturers "shall furnish and supply, or
cause to be furnished and supplied, in the dis
cretion of the inspector. where dangerous ma
chlnery is in use, automatic shifters or other
mechanical appliances for the purpose of
throwing off belts on pulleys." The penalty
for violation of the law is a fine not exceeding
$500.
The Legislature. when it passed the act for
the appointment of an inspector. fixed his
salary, but while providing for ths appoint
ment of assistants, made no provision for their
pay. Governor Beaver, in his recent message
to the Legislature, called attention to this fact,
and recommended that the omission be cor
fad
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-15
CURING BY PRAYER.
Christian Alliance Convention Hears Testi-
monies to the Efficacy of Faith.

Christian Alliance Convention Hears Testi-
monies to the Efficacy of Faith.
The Allegheny sessions of the international
Christian Alliance were commenced at 10
o'clock yesterday morning in Carnegie Hall.
They VIII be continued and concluded to-day
The morning services were opened by Prof.
Burke. OF New York, who led in various hymns
TIE Rev. Charles W. Ryder. of Providence r
l. made a short introductory address, after
which Rev. A H. Hussey. of Mt Pleasant, o.
delivered an exhortation to the assembly. He
was followed by Captain r. helso Carter, of
Baltimore.
The afternoon session was characterized by
the eloquent address of the Rev. David B. Up
degraf. of Nit. Pleasant. O.. the fervent PRAYER
OfIered up by the Rev. A. Is. Simpson, of New
York. and the emotion which pervaded the
audience, due to the earnest efforts of the rev.
erend gentlemen to impress their hearers with
the truth of their Utterauces.
The first hour was devoted to hearing testi-
ulDDy. at the desire OF the Rev Mr. Funk. re-
CarGinC the efficacy of religion. Many in
stances were related by men and women pres
ent OF how they had suffered for years from
physical ailments and were only cured or
partially restored to health, on giving them
selves to God" One lady related that she had
been nearly blind for years. and only recovered
Spirit. The Rev. David 3. Updegraff took oc-
casiun at the outset of his remarks To express
his Cladness that sectarianisn was kept out of
sight
More testimony was given at the evening
exercises, after which the Rev. A B. Simpson
and Mrs. NhlItemore made addresses. The
latter related her experiences, mentioning that
she had been cured, by faith and PRAYER of a
trouble that had caused her suffering for l2
years and a month.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-15
MAKING GOOD CITIZENS OF HUNS.
Important Mission Work to Be Undertake,
by the Reformed Church.

Important Mission Work to Be Undertaken
by the Reformed Church.
A very important meeting of the General
Synod's Board of Home Missions of the Re-
formed Church was held yesterday afternoon
at the Hotel Boyer. There were present Rev.
John A. Peters. D. D., of Danville; Rev. E. R.
Eschbach. D. D.. of Frederick, Nd; Rev. d. E.
Fouse, D. D., of Lisbon, Iowa; Rev. John NJ.
KendIg, D. D., of Columbiana, O.: Rev. P. C..
Prugh, D. D.. of Butler. Pa: c. NJ. Bousch,
Esq. of Meadvie. Pa; Rev. A e. Truxall, Of
Manor Pa; Rev. \. 8. Skyels. of Jeanette,
Pa: Rev e. r. Diffenbacher, of Greensburg
Pa; Rev. E. r. Hassler. of Braddock, Pa, and
Rev. John H. Prugh, of Grace Church Pitts
burg.
The board spent many hours in considering a
matter that is of national Importance. 1t is
the question of bringing from Hungary-Aus-
tria clergymen who will work among the Hun
garians in this country, not only to supply
them with the gospel in their native tongue,
but to prepare them better for American citi-
zenship. Three months ago this board brought
from Hungary-Austria DIR. Gustavus Juvany.
who speaks English and German. as well as the
language of his countrymen. The doctor is al
ready at work in Cleveland, o., and yesterday
the board made out a call and commission for
Rev. John Rovaisz of Debreczni. Hungary,
who is to be located at Pittsburg. Revs c. K.
Diffenbacher, of Greensburg. and John H.
Prugh, OF P1ttsburg, were appointed commit
tee to make arrangements for the work here.
The Reformed Church is the first denomina-
tion to bring to this country pastors who can
speak to the Huns in their own tongue and
who will live among them. These pastors, be-
ing in close relations with the English pastors
of this country. will be able to do much in
bringing the Christian people among the Hun
garians more in sympathy with their employers
and with American life. AS the work prog.
resses more pastors will be brought over.
Rev. D. Peters. the President OF the board,
leaves to-day for Tiffln. O., to accept the presi-
dencv of the Literary Department Of the
Heidelburg University OF that city, to which
position he was called.