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The Somerset reporter., 1891-07-23
Libel for DiU0rce.
STATE OF MAINE.

SOMERSET
To Mf Uonoyable TAsfiee al the Sn
pyr,ae Jndieidi count, nfu 10 be heM at ,Sko,vhe
gan, Wifhin and for said Conniv, on Tie miro
Inrsidy Of SEPTEMBER nrif, 4. u. ISQI.
Finer j. Adams OF Palmyra, Ia said County
husband of Katie d. Adams, whose maiden
name was knlie b Ii ,wkes, respectfully rep
rescuts that lie was lawfully married 10 Tie
said Katie b. Hawkes.. Mt Augusta, in said
state of Maine, GA the eleventh day OF January
A. ID. le7l, that they lived togel her as husband
Al d wife, ut Mayiield, IN sad Som .rset Count,
from The time OF said marriage, four years un
III the twenty scroud day OF May n. 1910
and then nj Palmyra III said Somctset County,
from lid twenty ,econd day of May A. u. 1876
uutil August the fifteenth day, a. ID. 1888. And
that yonr said lib:llant ha- conducted mnisrl
up to tins time as q KIND aud affcctionatc hus
band aud provided for her and theft childicI
suitable maintenance and support M to The
time of such desertion. That on said tifttrn,l
day OF August 4. ID. 1851. the SAID Katie Is
Hawkes. deseite' your ltbeliaut without cause
and went to parts unknown to him Al ace whicl
time lie has nt,er seen or heard from her, ant
that he has made dtligent inquiry. and has no
been able 10 ascertain and docs not know tn
residence of the sad Ma ie b. Adams tina
there Ia no Cullusiou between yuii libtlla 1t an,
liuellee 70 obtiil divorce, til Al your libel mi
believes 1t reasonabls and proper, conducive
to dome site naI mouy AID consistent with Thu
peace and morality of society that the bond
OF nairmOny between him and sHio nhclle,
should he dissolved by divorce, wherefore II,
pfays that such divorce may be decre,d.
ELMER j. ADAMS.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this AIT
day OF June, A D. 1881.
JOHNw. MANS ~ Justice Of the Peace.
The Somerset reporter., 1891-07-23
Rural Life In Arkansas

Octave Thsnet, in her paper In the July
Atlantic. plantation Life in Arkansas, .
writes
The women have hard life, working
in the fields and In the house; they age
early, and die when, under happier
chances, they would be in their prime.
Thus it happens that so many men have
three. or four, or Ave wives without rs
one honest fellow said, never lighting
with none Of 'em " | KEEP EN- all de
cent. an buried EN- all in a store coffin"
said he. An old planter, abiding to an
unhealthy region, said, why right down
there buried two or three wives, and
four children, and heap of niggers -
They are very fond Of their children
and kind to them; unwisely kind,perhaps'
A. we Americans are inclined to be. 10
all the other hardships of woman's HE
nere Is added her mourning for her little
children; for the careless life bears hard
on them especially in overthw seasons
Sometimes We are reminded of this In a
homely yet aiiecting way, as YESTERDAY
when, In buying some chickens ana ASK
Ing for more, the little merchant said
"rncy amt no more, only but one old
rooster; aud we don't aim to sell him,
ways claimed him, and nav saged she
neyrr would sell hun ~
A queer expression (Which is neverthe
less a common one here, used by d
poor mother whose little girl was burned
to death, sticks in my mem Try ut ben
ten Years, now, but | Amt got satisfied
with II yet
And poor man, who chung desperately
80, ,.,r.tnha1 rpArfuauad littlp farm IN
the swamp. excused himself for unwis
dom that even he could see by the piles
that his two dead children were buried
there, and o'My woman, she hated terri
bly to have them die, and she caynt git
satisfied to leave EN-, nohow"
What a life :" our Northern friends
say. Yet 1t is life with huge ameliora-
tions. In this country, every one has
the climate, to begin with There are
only two months in the year when we can
be said to have cold weather; and even
through those months are scattered love
" days Of truce, filled with sunshine
Neither need we pay for our mild winters
with hot summers. There are but TWO
months that are really uncomfortaoly
warm for more than few days at time
These are August and September. They
tell us that the nights are cool then; but
| receive this statement with degree OF
apathy because | never was In any ell
mate so torrid that did not hear 1t, or
that two blankets did not marke hand
some haure In the story. We sleep under
two blankets, like the dwelers In st
Augustine Nice, Algiers, ard dare say
all the citizens OF the equator that re-
spect themselves.
The Somerset reporter., 1891-07-23
PENSIONS.

A former resident of Somerset Co., Mr..
NJ. G. Wright, has located in Washington,
d. q. and opened an Office for the prosecu.
ton Of Government Claims. He will give
special attention to the claims OF Maine sol.
diers. Being Located near the depart
ments, and having had several years ex.
perience in the Pension Bureau a. q clerk
and special examiner, he IL prepared 10
promptly aud skillfuliy prosecute sllclaims
for original pension, increase Of pension,
bounty, ETC., which may be placed In his
hands. Consult him II you desire TO up.
ply, or, # having applied, your case has
been rejected or neglected. Advice free.
Address N. 9. WRIGHT, Washington,
D. O., or call at the ONCE Of James Wright
5kowhegan who IL supplied with proper
blanks Tor applications under the new lsv.
The Somerset reporter., 1891-07-23
Government
Waterproof
Faint rs!
NEVER BEATENi
SELDOM EQUALLED

This paint contains in addition to
the best Lead, Xnc and Pure Lin.
seed Oil, pigment that is found in
no other paint, giving it an abso-
lutte waterproof quality, and an adj
hesive and elastic property that
prevents cracking and pceling, and
ut the same time gives the surface
Il gloss, and adds beauty and dur
ability, quality and covering capac-
ity considered, the cheapest and
best paint upon the market.
The Somerset reporter., 1891-07-23


Infantry, of course, constitutes the
main body of all modern armies, and by
the quality of its infantry an army must
he judged. The capacity of Americans
TO make excellent soldiers was proved in
the war beyond n question. That hun
dreds of thousands of men, most of them
entirely nnacquainted with the elements
even of discipline and drill, We're trans
formed i'll SO brief II period into officers
and soldiers was certainly one of the
wonders of our time. But the material
was in the main of the best, the desire to
master the new trade we'll nigh universal
and very strong, and there We're from
the beginning many opportunities for
practising what had been learned
The armies of 1862 were far and away
superior to the leyles of 1861 The arm
les of 1868 We're decidedly superior to
those Of 1862. But in 1863 it is probable
that the highest point of efficiency was
reached in both the Federal and Con
federate armies i'll the east, and certainly
i'll the western army of the Confederacy.
john &. Ropes III Scribner's.
The Somerset reporter., 1891-07-23

SuALhsEr ~ Supreme Judicial Court II
Vacation.
skownEGAs, JUNE 30, a. d. 1871.
Upon the foregoing libel. Ordered that til,
libellant give II itice to the sad Katie b. Adams
to appear before the Justice of our suprem,
judicial Court, To be bol leu at Skowhegdn
within abd for the county OF Somerset, on tn,
third tuesday OF september, A. ID. 1891, by pub
order thereon, three weeks successfully In th,
Somerset Reporter, newspaper printed II
skowhegan, III our coun y OF somerset, the las
publication IN be ut least thirty days prior tt
said third Tuesday or 'eptember next, that sh,
may there aud then IN our said Court. appeal
and show cause, II any rhe has, why tue pray
er OF said libelant should not be granted.
VIM. WRIT VIRGIN, Justice OF the Sup
Judicial Court
A true copy OF the Libel and oder OF Cour
thereon. aw25
Attest: N. W. BRAINERD, Clerk.
The Somerset reporter., 1891-07-23

The Elmira Husbsndman says; ave
think II can be easily shown that well.
kept garden Ia .he most profitable piece of
land on the farm, In the matter Of dollars
and cents. and when we come to estimate
Il with reference to health Of the farmer =
family, Il h incalculahle."
The Somerset reporter., 1891-07-23

"Well, Rastus," said Mr. Freshfield
to the waiter, handing him a five dollar
bill to pay n fifty cent check 81 under
stand you have discovered the difference
between gentleman and gent"
"Yassir," returned Rastus "De gem
nleman nebber waits for no change
sab. "-Harper's Bazaar.
The Somerset reporter., 1891-07-23
The WASHINGTON S3lst Acknowledgement!
Is a 2tr0Ig One AID Ha Tbs Remarkable F tara.

l. shows SAL l al lis total assets invested in inst liens
Real Estate being larger cent thus invested Than that OF
other company u The country
The HIo item, comprising the assets Of this comaF taken
their worth and not held III hopes possible rise,
ane thA Lhe U lL snllenl beow ther standard NaMe.
The Somerset reporter., 1891-07-23

From the Hindoos the Egyptians and
the Persians learned to use cotton for
clothing, but the Persisns at first en-
ployed 1t only in the vestments of priests.
The Somerset reporter., 1891-07-23


Aid the col eye to the practical ednca-
lion 0f tLe farmer hoy. and You have M
ntollueut and practical agricullurlli>t-
an" WIN knows how and why he does his
work.
Among the ornqmput4l trees of the
dnofyard should be d good sprinking Of
fruit. variety OF both ornamental and
n-efnl trees may he grown to advantage,
both a. TO app arincl and profit.
There IS no culture out of work. The
world he not great places enough for al
il peapl Il p ak IS mau-but it has
place, for evey great soul to do the
create It work.
The hay ,h1u'l not he "cured" so much
that it is sunburned There is not much
nnuri-hmenf in the drg, woody stems that
result from too long eX 'osure to the sun.
damp handkerchief in the ha', or, in
absence Of that. handful of grass or
"a large leaf, vii do much to protect the
head from the influence Of the suns rays
aud will promote comfort.
% not allow thu horses to stop at the
creak, either to battle or to drink, as they
come in from work. cool them off first
aud then there win be no danger of in
D jury iu'l bpLll llc uiiuh anu llc bAtu VIII
do them good.
If digging any potatoes for mark t
now, do not lie we them lying in the sun
to turn green and spoil both appearance
aud Il lality. Put them In boxes or bas-
kelS at once and keep covered until they
can be carried to cellar or storehouse.
Garry lemon in the pocket while in
the hay or hlrvest haid, and take a little
Of the juice occasional y. |. will relieve
thirst better than water, and is much
more heal,hful O1e should not drnk
cold water ppiousiv VII IN over heated.
Difficulty in making ends mot IL a
Wholesome stimulus 10 ~ erIetiC aGi lion
aad eeonpmical living and thereby helps
develop NAL ness and self-control.
When Il tuters aud cerafcs become 50
discoored inside that shot or fine Goals
vii not cleanse them, I'll, the bottle with
nlely chopp' 1t potato skins, cork tightly
and let the 1nttle stand three days, when
n" skins will fnrmant Turn out and
rinse. The bottle will be AS bright aud
clean IS when ne Y.
l. scenes worry absurd to some peopl,
for boys 10 be 50 willing to run aud play
lfier th"y hlv" heen 80 tired all the after
soon in the fald Bn. their natures de-
maud recreation aud independent actio0
H. mueh n they do a chluge % die
When Ylu have eaten all the dry bre d
aud butter You can, you ale glal of .
slice Of strawberry shart-cAke.
II You Ind tn shade Of a tree Is grste.
ful these days consider it as remnde r
IN st. You haul he planting others Il, xt
II. ur spring Shade il good not alone
for Won hut As well for the stock thAt
The Somerset reporter., 1891-07-23
Comp cling Stock to Eat Food

Animals can possibly be wintered OF
kept at other seasons on food that con-
tains barely enough nutrition to sustain
life But whenever this Is the fact nc
profit need be expected from stock thus
fed. All the advantage to the farmer
from feeding stock comes from feeding
more than Is needed for barely retaining
the same condition. There must be In
crease eth sr of flesh. milk or wool before
there can be any profit, and this requires
generally good feeding.
The Somerset reporter., 1891-07-23

Short Work ola Troublesome Case.
One day | was tiken with Paralysis of the Bow
81. The stomach and other organs lost all power
Of action, Although opposed g propriets,y medi-
edy, Of Rondout, N. Y. To make q long story
short It saved my Lie. It is the best mediciue In
the world for difficulties of the Kidneys, liver and
boweis--A. ]. Clifford, LoWsl, Mas. =
The Somerset reporter., 1891-07-23

There is nothing, { unless it
be the Sewing Machine) that
has lightened woman's labor
as much as Dobbins' Electric
Soap, constantly sold, since
1860. Now, why rub and
toll, and wear out yourself and
your clothes, on washday,
when this perfect soap is pro-
vided, to tighten your labor,
and save your clothes? If you
have ever used it, in the 20
years we have made and sold
it, you kno7V that it is the best,
purest, and most economical
soap made. If you haven't
tried it, ask your grocer for
it nov. Be sure and get the
genuine, with our name on
the wrapper.
The Somerset reporter., 1891-07-23

ALLAN PARTRIDGE, Agent. Augnstp
HIRAM FULLER, Nlenf, illluweH
NJ. BLANCHARD, a ,cnt Gardiner.
june -. 1891. sul5
The Somerset reporter., 1891-07-23

DIAN ruIc 1t is not the selling
nIHD TITO price alone, that must
TWICE. r ps un@S a, tuow vie at,
of the value of an article. There is as much
real pure soap in bar of Dobbins' Flee
trc as in four bars of any other soap made,
aud it will if used according to directions,
do four times as much work as any other.
Its cost is but n very s'i,ht advance on
that Of inferior soap. Insist upon Dobbins >
Electric.
|. l.. CRAGIN Co.
Philadelphia, Pa
The Somerset reporter., 1891-07-23
Somer set Railway,
CHANGE or TIME.
Commencing Monday, Jun9 % 1891

Trans Will run as follows, connecting Mt Oak
lnnu with Maine Central Railroad:
for Boston. Portland, Lewiston. Wateryle
Augmstn. Show hroIn nnl Ennrnr-
The Somerset reporter., 1891-07-23

flH#P50-sli sniHsI-
s.ll vHa H 4.f.f Es ~ Hei
The Somerset reporter., 1891-07-23
STATE OF MAINE.

SuMEHsEr .s.- Supreme Judicial Court Il
Vacation.
The advocate., 1891-09-23

Above diagram its details Prof Peter
Collier who is Chemist and Scientist The illustration
enumerated
gas calculated the leavenng strength and
the quantae analysis to ascertain the comparative purity
leading Powders The result Prof Golfers
examination with exception
Alum and number both.
Not would Ammonia Alum Baking
Such only undermine the health but
mpas aSalow or blotched complexion
Baking Golfers
examinations aduter
highest strength All authorities report Dr. Prices free from
other aduerant The purity of this ideal
has been questioned.
Powders containing either Ammonia or Alum
\ 4 Indcae the ePowder and Alum
While the diagram Alum Powders
below them be taken
All Ammonia Alum powders should be
asd NJ how high their strength
The advocate., 1891-09-23

error SO far as our remaining strength
and years will still permit. If the
good Lord can possibly forgive us
for our instrumentality in aiding to
infict the existing evils upon our
country, we swear before high heaven
to-day that we will never repeat the
offense.
The article Of the Capital is un-
worthy of the notice we have given it.
Instead Of attempting to show that
our data is incorrect, our reasoning
faculty and our conclusions unjusti-
fed, we are disposed Of by the charac-
teristic method of the official state
paper, by the simple epithet Of fidiocy.
We may be idiotic, but if so we have
lots of company, and the Capital will
learn when the votes are counted
next November that the idiots are in
creasing at an alarming rate all over
this country. We prefer to 60 with
them rather than return to the party OF
Humphrey, and Higgins and Hudson,
and Henrie, and Botkin, and the ever
memorable state Senate of 189O-N.
The advocate., 1891-09-23

machinery, should also vanish I'm smoke, and we
would have nothing left but the mechanics kits
Of tools and the old fashioned farming imDle-
mentS OF our great grandfather'S days, with
plenty Of grain for seed.
What would our working producers probably
do In the face Of that disaster? Would they go
believing TO the breed Of ShylOcks and say, ''In
mercy's name take fast ships, go to Europe and
see II you cannot borrow q lot Of gold and hurry
back as fast as you can so as to put US fellows TO
work before we all staTve to death2"
In the case Of that appalling calamity, with all
outdoors still begging men to take their tools
and get good living out Of the earth'S generous
bosom. who would he most liable to do the stsrv-
Ing the practical worker or the drOne capitalist?
The Trtbt1le's bogus logic will doubtless com
mand the hearty concurrence Of every knavish
scamp who gets rich by Swindllng the producers,
but the actual workers win see through the sham
argument and promptly repudIate It.
The advocate., 1891-09-23

says we voted for it when we voted
to sustain the Republican party in
power. To this charge we plead
guilty. We did it because the great
events of the times so absorbed our
attention that we failed to see the
import or the inevitable result of this
legislation. We had confidence in
the integrity and patriotism of those
into whose hands the administration
Of affairs had been committed. Hun
dreds Of thousands Of honest Repub-
licans did the same thing. It was
not until the lapse Of time had carried
us away from the fearful scenes of
blood and carnage of those terrible
years and until the fearful conse-
quences of the treachery of those
whom we had trusted became known
and felt in all parts of our country,
that we were led to look for the causes
which have produced these dire re-
suits; and having found them, and
having learned that the Republican
party is responsible for them, We
have determined to atone for our past
The advocate., 1891-09-23

The Chicago Tribune, speaking OF
Jerry Simpsons speech in Chicago,
thus delivers itself:
Simpson utterly ignores the fact that labor
would starve while waiting for chance to exert
itself In reproduction, and StarVe while It's pro-
duct was waiting for market at renuuerative
prices, were It not tided over by the capital
which the rantlng Jerry affects to desplse as un-
necessary. He cannot comprehend that the
andlng Of consumers, scattered over many diff
ierent states and nations, and the mlniSterlng to
their wants In such way as to keep the supply
about equal to the demand, Is delicate opera
tlOn which mere manual labor does not compass,
and which Is yet indispensable to It's existence,
as well as TO its employment
Simpsons whole talk was q more mess of
rotten chah destitute Of a single grain Of sense,
and utterly worthless. He Is simply demagCgue
chaTlatan who goes about the country laboring
with his mouth, trying to delude working men
with befOgglng utterances, asking Shem to dig
from under their own feet the ground on which
they stand as citizens of great country, the
prosperity OF which Is without An equal In the
world. His gabble ls especially valueleSS as ad-
dressed TO the working men and women Of Chi
cagO, who operate on lines OF which he has but
che dlmmest kind Of comprehension, and whose
interests are most distinctly bound up In the
fact OF realizing full count honest dollars In pay.
ment for their toll.
The 1ribWne's remarks have been
copied with approving smiles by the
plutocratic press all over the country.
II is considered brilliant II is sup
posed to put a quietus upon Jerry's
"rotten chAff." The cry of "dema-
gogue" and "charlatan" disposes of
every argument, and makes every
wrong to which labor is subject an
absolute right. The Farmers Voice
interposes zone little question" to
the Tribune, to which an answer
would be Of some interest. 1t is as
follows:
One little question suggests itself anent the
Trfbune's declaration, that the workers would
starve but for capital being on hand to help
them out.
Suppose that by mysterious dspensatiOn Of
providence, all the money of the United States,
gold, silver and paper, was melted, burnt up and
utterly destroyed. Suppose likewise that all the
great manufacturing plants, with all Of their
The advocate., 1891-09-23

"THE Railway Problem" BY A. B.
Stickney. The publishers Of this ex-
ceedingly valuable contribution to
the discussion of the railway problem
have issued cheap edition Of the
work which should insure it's intro
duction into the home Of every person
who is interested in this question;
and who is not? We are glad to note
the appearance of this volume. Mr..
Stickney's practical knowledge of his
subject in all it's details (he being q
railroad Officially enables him to speak
az one having authority, and what he
has to say is, in consequence OF his
position, Of more than ordinary inter
est. The new edition is bound in
paper and sells at 80 cents. Address
d. d. Merrill & Co., st. Paul, MINI.
The advocate., 1891-09-23
ouR aoop NAME REpEEMEp.


we have been reading many lamen-
tations from the guardians Of the
good name and credit Of our state
concerning the reproach brought
upon them by Kansas calamity howl
ers in Ohio. The case became so
serious that the Hon. Lewis Hanback,
and Governor Humphrey were sent
out among the Buckeyes to redeem our
reputation and character. Lewis per-
formed his part of the contract at
Columbus on the evening Of the 10Th,
when he took on a cargo Of tangIefoOt
and q Buckeye real estate dealer gave
him a black eye. Governor Humph-
rey is yet to hear from.
The advocate., 1891-09-23

Uuh VI EGt 4nA LEN AZ AAOrN' H. D' hhnAn .
We last week published an open
letter to Hon. FL. B. Kelley, of Nc
Pherson. We were led TO do this
from reading an interview in the
State Journal with that gentleman,
in which he expressed the opinion
that Republicans who have left the
Republican party and gone over to
the Peoples party are entitled to be
treated as honest men who should be
reasoned with and not insulted and
abused. We had hoped that Mr..
Kelley would be left to treat this let
ter as seemed to him best. The Cop
itGl, no Rever, feels called upon to es-
pouse Mr. Kelley's cause. The meth
cd in which he proposed to treat us
did not suit the editor of that monde
script sheet. He deems it his duty
to reply in his characteristic slang
style, and as usual exhibits his ASST
nine attributes. We do not propose
to devote q great amount Of space to
this uncalled for interference in an
entertainment to which he had no in
vitstion.
He begins by the remarkable rev.
elation that the reasons assigned in
our letter which render the Republi-
can party unworthy Of support are
"idioticslly irrational" and the same
character Of criticism pervades the
entire article. This is certainly cal
culated to be very convincing, and
the effect is quite likely to be our
rapid return to the Republican party.
The Capital does not undertake
either to justify the legislation to
which we referred nor to give us any
assurance that the Republican party
proposes to undertake to right the
wrongs that have resulted from it.
We showed that, as a natural and
inevitable result of this Legislation,
the people have been systematically
robbed for the benefit of cowardly
capitalists who stayed at home and
plotted treason while the soldiers
we're at the front fighting to save the
life of the nation. We showed that
they not only robbed the people at
home but the soldier in the field by
providing a puposely deprecated
currency in which he should be paid,
while these cowardly skunks provid-
ed for the payment Of their own
claims in gold. We traced hurriedly
the steps in the great financial con-
spiracy by which both soldier and
citizen were robbed, and by which
the wealth Of this country has been
rapidly concentrating in few handp,
until $4,000 people now own more
than one-half Of the aggregate wealth
of this country. How does the Capt.
tai undertake to reply to this? II
The advocate., 1891-09-23
CAPITAL AND LABOR.

The Chicago Tribune, speaking OF
Jerry Simpsons speech in Chicago,
thnR delivers itself: