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The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1892-03-17
POETRY.
Progress S.

Through labyruths Of crror and Of wrong
Comts gentle rrog'cs-, calm and patient
eyed,
With tirel,ss feet. with purpose brave arc
rong,
SLOW Flooding upward to The light and song
That crown the cross where self is crucihed.
Her steps are glorifed along the way
By those who aid in the work divine,
Martyr, retormer, poet, artists they
lie who hath builded nobly in his day
Is mighty conqaeror Of death and time.
Whenever Progress planned some grand ad-
vance,
A mind gig mite answered to her call,
And come To- do her will with book ct lance,
Inspired aud strengthenedhl her hopeful glance
On battle hcld or in the senatc-hall
la ancient times she needed strength Of arm,
Muscle and Drawn to battle for her sake,
Man ,raverscd seas Of gore to conquer harm,
Woman was weak and quick to take alarm,
For life is hers 10 give, but not to take.
Then came a time when intellect joined hands
With strength. Now woman hasteus the van
No longer criuging meath the iron hands
or fate, but with potent weapon stand
Co.woTker and co-warrior with man.
She may not weld the sword; bat she may
hold
The public heart. and sing the sweetest song
That conquers not by strength, but power t.
fold
And chain desire within its heart Of gold,
Thus breaking down the citadel Of wrong.
For smiles more potent are than despot 5
creed,
And bands " love more strong than chains Of
steel
Force cannot ddve that which a child may lead,
In womans heart is borne the worlds great
need,
And Love the mighty secret shall reveal.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1892-03-17

Specializing in Cats.

The American speculative propensity
seems not yet to lave reached lis limit
The Consolidated Black Cat Cumpsny is
an organization recently formed in the
State of Washington for the propagation
of black cats on Puget Sound. An island
is to be purchased, according to sdyices
from ihe Pacific coast SO that cats csnuo;
miugle with the feline population of the
surrounding country, and here the black
cat breed is to perpetusted on the com
merclal principles that govern the breed
ing Of cattle on Western ranches. The
animals, eventually destined to become
wild, will require but little care, and are
expected to live on fish, which are eX
ceedugly plentiful The expenses will
thus be reduced to the smallest possible
minimum. The cats are to be raised snd
killed for their fur, and the projectors
fully expect to mske millions" out of
their novel adventure. The original
stock, it is announced, is being imported
from Holland where a peculisrly soft
coated breed txists.-Frank Lesiie's
Weekly.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1892-03-17
Jupiter and Venus.

They are in every way wonderful pair
of planets, Jupiter and Venus, whose con.
junction the first week in February at
trscted the eyes to the sunset sky.
Jupiter is more than l,400 times as
large as Venus, and II 1t were really plac-
ed side by side with Venus would be at
least 1870 times as bright as the latter Is.
In short. 1t would resemble 8 small but
dazzling moon.
But 1t is only when one considers what
these two planets are that the true inter-
cot OF the recent celestial spectacle Is de-
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1892-03-17

The Msrch Century is particularly in
,eresting to the many thousands who have
constituted the audiences of the famous
Polish pianist, Psderewski, in different
parts of the United States. The fronts
piece is an engraving of Psderewski from
a photograph, and in addition drawing
by Irving Il. WileS is given. showing the
great virtuoso az the piano. Accompany
ing these pictures are "A Critical Study"
by the distinguished American pianist and
composer, William Mason, "A Biographi
cal Skt tch," by Miss Fanny Morris Smith
and a poem, by Il. W. Glider, entitled
How Paderewski Plays" The bio
graphical sketch, brief as it is, contains,
we understand, the fullest particular
ever yet given of the life of its famous
subject.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1892-03-17
a Friendly Letter.
To Hon Neal Dow Portland, Maine.

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The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1892-03-17
Mr.. Dingley's Speech.
The New York Press says

The New York Press SAYS;
Republicans have reason to be pr I'D of
the showing made for prote ctiOn in the
first days debate in Congress on the rev
enue bill reported by the ways and meals
committee Congressman Dingley Of
Maine was the champion lut forward TO
pull the mask of hypocrisy from the
faces of the democratic ms GRITTY, snd
reformed that task with mastery ability.
He exposed the various receptions by
which the democrats came into their
overwhelming msjority in the House
chief among which was the pledge that
sweeping tarti reform would follow the
election of democratic Congress. Now
the ms jority wishes to be understood as
flu ii ling that broad promise by making
only five or six changes in the 2jLO items
in the present .sr Il law, ard thts- under
-irable to the people. This policy Of
"sh4 ms is only the sequence Of the NC
kinley prices" lies and the pledge OF =
complete change in the entire tarh law,
which was the democratic cry less than
eighteen months ago. MIR. Dngley's de
Tense of the present tariff law is literally
unanswerable as showing of the practl-
cal benrtls that have resulted and are re-
sulting from the Mckinley tariff law Il
is Mr.. Dingley's reputation among mem
bers of the House thst he is storehouse
of facts aud marvel Of accuracy He
had listened attentiyely to Mr.. McMiiln,
hut the lstter left the House while Mr..
Dingley was speaking.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1892-03-17

The March St Nicholas contains a nov
ell and useful sketch by John Nj. Eli
colt, of the Navy, describing how land
ing is made through the hesvy surf Of
the Pscihc Ocean. Hold Fast Tom Is
an incident OF the capture of the i>lsud
of S. Helena from the Dutch. The tslt
IS told by David ker, who never writes q
dull paragraph, aud 1t Is >'risinglS Illus
traied by C. T. Hin. j q Francs, cres
tor of the famous Aztec Frsgmr uts.
which have caused smiles and lighter
innumeraole. after S regretted absence
from the pages Of the magazine, herslds
his resppesrsnce ny jrgle and drawing
of The Genial Grimslkiu.'
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1892-03-17

The April number of Toiettes has over
ninety superb illustrations. a large color
ed supplement ard lovely cover in col
ors This number illustrates and de
scriNes charming spring toilettes from
Paris, London, Berlin and New York
The price asked for wears subscription
is only 81 90. Published ny Toi,tte>
Publishing Co., 1926 West Twenty third
Street, New York.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1892-03-17

Mrs. Gladstone's first article in the Sc
ries of Hints from q Mothers Life, ="
which she has written for The Ladies
Home Journal, will be printed in the
April issue Of that periodical
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1892-03-17

1t always puiis bad man up with self
righteous conceit 10 mud on. that he is not
quite 50 bad as his next door neighbor.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1892-03-17
Roland T. Patten.
You Should Read This.

/, b. : = hu7e sometimes VIA. = do n
- ~. 4 rre.ty sir : pra,set but
L. ---4a i -..Ga5, ~ 5eioz fresh.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1892-03-17

The best Salye in the world for Cuts, BruIse,
Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fever Sores, L tter
Chapped Hands, Chiolains, Corns, and all Skin
Eruptions, and positively cures piles or no pay
required. Il is guaranteed TO give perfect salts
action, or money refunded. Price % cents PEI
box For sale by Roland 7. Patten.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1892-03-17
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Astronomer, Dc not attempt TO knock the
sp7.. II lae SIN. Iaty pul! stand and look At
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1892-03-17

There are people who may pray for showers
of blessing who want them to come without any
clouds.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1892-03-17

Coughing Leads to Consumption.
hemp's Balsam will stop the cough at once
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1892-03-17
GFoDEf's SYRup
A WORD TO THE SUFFERING FROM
A RELIABLE FARMER.

| have suffered with Dyspepsia for the
last fifteen years ;ld at times thought /
would die Last Wlulcr VII having one
of my bad spells, and had called IN two
doctors without receiving amy relief.
My wife wanted to have q thiTd one, and
asked me whom She should send foI; told
her to send for bottle of Hrod"r- Botanic
Dyspepsia Syrup, which she did, and in
less than nm hour after using ii ! WAS
relieved. | continued to take it until !
was completely cured. Today | am we'll
man, free from any stomach trouble.
NV greatest trouble was distress after
eating, sour stomach severe headaches, and
choking spells | suffered everything but
death consider Grodcr's Syrup one Of
the best blood medicines ever made.
JouS RAY,
Watcryillc, Me.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1892-03-17

stoDAS OINTMENT. fhe
reai German Skin Cure. and
.,nfS. osnlefic made. Removes
BlHck heads. PirnpIc., cfr. "a.
~ by magic. 3 or. tubs In .I.-.-,rf
t5sr'.l- 30 cts
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1892-03-17
SELECTED.
CHS r.

By Sarah Pierce Scarborough.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-08-05

Two nice old ladies were walking in
Central park the other day just when
the grass was in its first spring fresh
ness and, leaving the path, they wan
dered off upon the turf, where they
were soon espied by sparrow police
man, who bore down upon them with a
dig unity that only policeman can dis
play "You must get right off this
grass, ladies, p" said he severely Then
one of the old ladies turned and faced
him. 81 don't rsean 10 get of this
gra ~, she said. as! have been paying
taxes in this city for the last twenty
Ave years, and have helped to pay for
this grass, and now mean to walk on
it. She turned around placidly and con
tinued her stroll. The policeman looked
around to see II anyone had witnessed
this defiance of the law, and seeing no
one, INDUCED in a large and expansive
grin, and then went on his way leaving
the old ladies 10 their own desires N.
Y Recorder.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-08-05

rent in the Rue Dauphine-where all
the great leaders in the ante-revolution-
airy days, such as Noltaire, Rousseau,
Crebillon ct al, used TO have rendez-
vous. The Cafe Foy in the Palais Royal
was for three or four generations a
famous place Started during the reign
of Louis XVI., its signboard read: IA
la Foy," but it became at once popularity
known by the shorter name.
1t played an important political role
from the first, and it was from here
that the actual beginning of the great
revolution dates. On July IL, 1889,
Camille Desmoulins jumped on one Of
the tables in front of the cafe and
narangued the excited crowds in the
street. demanding the punishment of
the traitorous court for having dis
missed Necker, the finance minister.
And from the tree under which he
and asked all those of his mind TO dec
crate their hats and caps with those as
the sign of a common object. When
the allied powers entered Paris in 1915,
their officers frequented by preference
the Cafe Foy and the adjoining card
rooms, and old Field Marshal Butcher
lost over llj,OO0 francs there. Many
veterans and adherents OF the de-
throned Emperor Napoleon likewise Wis
tied here, and hence ensued many prov.
ocations, duels and scandals. Horace
Nernet, the famous painter, and his
father, Carlo, were also among the hab-
itues of this cafe, and Horace, but a
youth then, once quickly painted a swal-
low on the ceiling 50 true to nature
that it formed thereafter one of the
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-08-05

Their system of money damages paid to
the relatives of murdered or injured
men was less a protection Of society
against the criminal than of the crimi-
ma against society. In the highest
state of civilization neither the duel nor
ANYTHING else in so efficient corrective
OF conduct as the mere adverse opinion
OF society-intelligently directed, of
course, and manifested in those ways
which can be made so effective against
any man who values the good opinion
OF his fellows. In a word, then, the
duel is a thing of the past in the
United States, because public opinion,
which is the essence of law, is against
it."-Chicago Tribune.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-08-05
SUMNER DIET
Persons should Adapt Their Food 30 Their
Requirement. aad TO the season.

.
Requirement. aad TO the season.
Half the illness that occurs at one
season, think can safely say, is due
to improper dieting taken at another
We hear Of people feeling weak in the
spring or suffering from those different
ailments due to malnutrition, such as
boils, skin diseases, obesity, or debility.
Now this would not be 50 if the person
adapted his diet to his requirements
and to the season. No sensible person
would think of keeping large fire
burning in his room in the summer. II
he did, he would undoubtedly soon feel
the effect Of it; but many man who
would feel himselfi nsulted if he were not
thought a sensible person, will eat in the
summer to repleti0n foods the particu-
lar action of which is to supply heat in
excess. Perhaps cannot do better here
than to explain that the foods that are
converted into heat-that is, keep up
the heat of the body-are starches,
sugar and fat; and those that more par
ticularly nourish the nervous and mus
cular system arc the albumen and salts;
and perusal Of or reference TO pre-
pared table win show what these are,
and also the amounts Of the different
constituents they contain. At glance
the reader viii see that the largest pro-
portion of summer food should consist
of green vegetables, cooked or a. salads:
white or lean meats, such as chicken,
game. rabbits, venison, Ash and fruits
DR.. n f. Norl1e Davies, in Popular
Science Monthly.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-08-05

curiosictes Of the establishment Then
Lenoir, the wealthy owner. retired
from business, he had that piece OF the
ceiling cut out and took his famous
swallow with him into his new life of
leisure.
The Cafe de la Regence likewise
counted the most notable men of the
day among its regular customers, such
as the great encyclopedistes, the author
Of Paul ct Virjune" and many others.
A chess club also existed here for many
years, and even the dreaded Robespierre
played many game then, as well as
the young Gen. Bonaparte, whose
usual adversary was Louvet A fire.
quenter of the cafe by day and night
was the unhappy poet, Alfred de Mus
set, whose sole amusement was chess.
At his elbow stood the absinthe bottle,
from which he constantly replenished
his glass, his hand trembling as in Q
fever.
Among the more or less famous cafes
still in active operation may be men,
TONED Gaia IA Ia potan1a ,yoa 49,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-08-05
THOUGHTS ARE PICTURES.

when We "Think Aloud" We are Only
supplying Conversations.
Thought is conducted principally by
means of a series Of more or less imper-
feet mental pictures, and memory of the
past entirely so.
We cannot formulate an idea or start
train Of thought unassisted by some,
perhaps faint, pictorial outline OF the
subject thereof. In thinking out an
invention, mechanical or otherwise, we
see mentally the various parts and pict-
ure them in combination.
Rejecting on the past, or anticipa-
ting future, interview or event we
have the scene, or presumed scene,
mirrored on our brain, and as our train
Of thought carries us on, that scene
shifts like panorama until some other
train Of thought, !. e., another picture,
10 led up to IL, when it DIVORCES and fol-
lows the second panorama until dis
turbcd by others.
The fact that some people think
aloud" may be considered as tending to
disprove the correctness Of this asscr-
ton, but really it goes far TO support IL.
Those who think aloud" are simply
supplying conversation to the actors i'm
the scene which is passing before their
mental vision.
1t is done unconsciously, and does
not TO any great extent assist or even
affect the train Of thought--in fact,
thought fiits too quickly through the
brain to allow much time for words.
The researches Of philologists support
this for they trace back the word
think TO thing the unsubstantial
thought TO the, in this case unsubstan-
tial, brain picture. Boston Herald
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-08-05
I |, ness, :. Saddles,
oslDLES, COLLARS,
belrERs. CURRY COMBS, BRUSHES
aaoetsH0RSE GOODS GENERALLY
erS talked animatedly

ers talked animatedly.
During the consulate literally APP
pointed reading-room was added to the
attractions of the Cafe Procope, and
this fact tablished the literary char
acter of the place for two generations,
1t was not until after Napoleon III. had
executed his bold coup d'etat that the
cafe began to mix in politics. 1t was
anti-imperial, and for years it was the
regular meeting place for "Novelle
Gaule," and Gambetta made many q
fiery, impetuous speech before hetero-
geneous audience. Finally, after 1871,
the cafe went to sleep, and now it has
ceased to exist.
Another cafe that was once a local
celebrity was that kept by Widow Lau-
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-08-05

The evil in feminine dress Of to-day
lies not with our rich women, but with
our women of average means. Tho
wealthy woman rarely overdrcases, the
average woman far more often, and she
stamps herself by that very indiscre-
ton. 1t is not the mistress who over
dresses 50 much as il is her servant who
tries TO initiate her. The nice and re-
fined worpen, the women Of taste are
not the purchasers Of the snowy dress
patterns and misfit hats which we see
in the show windows Just in propor-
ton as a woman is refined in her
nature is she quiet in her dress A re-
fined woman never dresses loudly. The
present tendency in red is not followed
by girls and women of refinement IL
is affected by those who forget that red
IL the most trying color which woman
can wear bccomingly, and there is no
color OF which one 50 soon tires. Only
few women can choose perfect shade
In red, and those are, as a rule, not the
women who wear it-LadieS lone
journal.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-08-05
THE CAFES OF PARIS.
rhsir History Is the History Of
the French Nation
Whore voltaire and Other Celebrities Were
Wont to Sip Their Mocha-Young
Bonaparte Playing Chess In
the Cafe de La Regence.
Especial Paris Letter.l


It has been alphabetically stated that
the history of the French cafe is the
history Of the French nation. And
there is a good deal of truth in it.
Michelet, too, the famous historian,
says that with the general use of coffee
began a new era in French literature,
manners, politics and glory. If what
Mollschott, the German naturalist, says
is true, and the liquid extract of the
coffee bean affects above all the i'm
agination, it can well be believed that
coffee has had a great influence on so
volatile and excitable race as the mod
ern Gauls. And certain it is that in no
city of the world the cafe has played so
important a part in molding public
opinion as in Paris.
The most famous, and at the same
time the oldest Of Partisan cafes, the
Cafe Procope, has recently been closed.
1t was over two hundred years old.
This means a great deal when il is re-
membered that the first cup of coffee
drank on French soil was the one pre-
pared by NJ. de Merville in Marseilles,
on bis return from trip on the Le-
vante in 1914. And it was not until
1887 that coffee was first brought to
Paris by another oriental traveller, NJ.
Thevenot. The fragrant cup, however,
did not become the fashion till several
years later, when the ambassador of the
sultan, Mohammed ~, had it served
to the French court ladies who did him
the honor of VISITING him
1t was in 1899 when Francesca Proco-
pic Cultelli, an enterprising Italian,
opened the first cafe in an elegantly APP
pointed house, opposite the Coincide
Franchise. This man had belonged for
some time to the household of the
Turkish ambassador, and there, too, he
had thoroughly learned 10 prepare good
coffee. His enterprise was crowned
with success from the first. All the
beAux esprits of the Paris Of those days
frequented the Cafe Procope, drawn
there partly by the convenient location
and partly by the excellent coffee and
the fruit ices-which the Italian first in
troduced from his Sicilian house in
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