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The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1893-12-21
FORECLOSURE NOTICE.

Whereas, Henry Loyejoy of Moscow, in the
County of Somerset by his mortgage deed
datedthe 30th day of April A. d 1891 and record
ed in the Somerset Registry of Deeds, Book 81
Page SO, conveyed to me. the undersigned a
certain tract or parcel of land situated In said
Moscow, known, as the Asa Turner farm and
bounded North by land now as formerly own
ed by Wallace Turner and R. B. Ham, and
East by Burton and L. Bassett, South By the
$. w. Turner farm and West by the Kennebec
River and containing one hundred and fifty
acres more or less, and whereas the condition
of sa id mortgage has been broken. now there
fore by reason Of the breach OF the condition
thereof claim foreclosure of said mortgage
and give this notice accordingly.
Skowhegan, December 18th A. d. 1893.
SUMNER w. TURNER
3w5l By Walton & Walton his Att'ys
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1893-12-21
Christmas Greeting.

a merry, merr, Christmas 10 all you girls aud
boys.
A Jolly week of holiday with Christmas games
and toys.
A lot OF roasted turkey, cranberry sauce and
pie,
a lot Of good plum pudding II you're good and
do mol cry.
Let every harry youngster keep the toys he
likes the iriSt
And give his poorer neishbor his choice Of all
the fsst.
let every me do something to make the angels
smile
And plant a pretty white stone al the end of
this car, mile.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1893-12-21
LAJIlPS |!

Our stock of LAMPS is
complete in every detail, from
the little Lamp for I5c to the
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1893-12-21
TO DORA.

Gods mercy. Dora, what's a kiss,
That you should whimper like child7
A maid WAS He'er so coy as this,
A woodlark never was 50 wild.
There went i faith, no niggard pinch,
You little, Decking, sweetbill finch.
Come, loveliness. tits but the task
OF mating Cupid's red TO red,
A rosebud touch Is all ask.
Lift up, dear nun, this shining headl
There. See how good thing it is
Gods mercy, Dora, whats kiss;
Norman Gale.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1893-12-21

III "a i'1''f i'"~f pN -his diil vi ;
U y Cornelius Van Tassel I,
their friends, Mr. and Mrs. John Girard
and Mr.. and Mrs. Vincent Cowles. al
their Gramercy park home, will prob
ably pass into history as the most re
markable dinner of all.
The table was cheering sight as the
guests entered from the drawing room
its polished mahogany top cleaning here
and there between the snowy, webike
doilies, its glistening CHINA andcut glass
its bright silver and its floral decora
tons, forming under the soft glare OF
the electric lights "A picture that seemed
eloquent in its augury of good things tc
come.
Candelabra with dainty yellow shades
and vases filled with golden hued chrys
anthemums stood at opposite corners oi
the table, and one of the fluffy yellow
flowers lay at each place.
The maid had announced dinner just
as the grandfather's clock in the hal
sounded the hour of Z, but when tile
guests and their hosts We're seated she
failed to appear. Mrs. Van Tasse was
annoyed and surprised, for Betty was al
ways alert and had never failed her wheL
IA dinner was to be served in state After
waiting several minutes Mrs. Van Tas
sci touched her foot to the button be
meath the table and rang the electric
bell, but no Betty appeared with the
belated Blue Points.
The conversation was tagging, as il
will when host and guests are conscious
that the household machinery is not NOV
ing smoothly, and Mrs. Van Tassel's
annoyance and indignation rapidly in
creased as shs rang again and again il
vain.
Finally, concluding that Betty must
have tainted, Mrs. Van Tassel excused
herself, with very manifest modification
and started for the buffers pantry to
solve the mystery of the maids nonap.
pearance.
As she opened the door she screamed
and ran back toward the table. A
masked man, with revolver in each
hand, stood in the doorway. He swept
the company with the leveled weapons
and then pointed one of them at Mrs.
W., T,osal
"Don't exercise vonr lungs apaiu like
fiat madam. please" he said politelv
cor shall be under the painful neces
sitv of nerforatiup them with a leade,
Mill don't Won see. The other ladies aud
gentlemen present will alsoremain ouiet
or these nistols NAV 90 off by accident.
don't Won know. There's going ia be A
big movement in silver here pretty soon
as we saw down in Wall street, but don't
be at all alarmed.
mo one will harm YOU if YOU are moi
ungentlemanly or unladylike enough t.
insist upon making scene, don't yol
know-a thing which. OF course, you vii
not even think of doing But pardon
me for not having introduced myself be
fore. 1t is trifie late fol Santa Claus
but here | amir. L. Brown Jones, a
your service-silver service, don't yot
know. Ha. Ha! Pardon the pun; but
as you are aware, the iniquitous habit o.
play upon words has gained strone
foothold, don't You know, even among
the exclusive circles III which We al
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1893-12-21
BOHEu|au GLASSWARE

In elegant Water Sets, rare
Bowls, Bon-Bon Dis h e s,
Trays, Baskets, etc. Our
Water Sets are the handsom-
est ever shown in Somerset
County.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1893-12-21

Thus it was that Jack Schuyler (alias
T. Brown jones', swell clubman and
man about town, won the half forgotten
wager he had made year previous with
Cornelius Van Tassel-that Creamery
park family, its guests and its servants
could be held up and robbed at dinner
and the burglars make good their escape
Van Tassel paid the wager, but there is
a GOODNESS akin to Christmas weather
between him and "Mr. L. Brown Jones"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-04-19

curving these plank with hatchets and
axes. They are riveted on with iron
rvets, which are clinched on both sides,
and there are few oaken bolts here
snd there. She has no deck, and the
seats for the rowers are gone-probably
having been removed when the boat was
placed in the tomb. A floor made by
notchlng the sides aud lower planks and
putting loose boards therein, covers the
bottom Of the boat, leaving bilgeways
| beneath. There are sixteen oar holes or
row ports on either side, each about four
inches in diameter. These row ports
are so constructed that the oars can only
| be thrust outwards, toward the stern,
and are covered by pieces of wood on
the inside when tie oars are unshipped.
The size Of these row ports and the
| absence of seats would indicate that the
short, quick, standing stroke was used
and not the long, man-of- war, sweeping
| stroke.
The rudder of this vessel was in eI.
cellent preservation and it is interesting
starboard (steer board) side of the YES.
sci, and this, the governing side, is that
still sacred to official use in all ships.
This rudder is sort Of broad, thick
paddle, with very short handle. It
pivOts on u conical piece of wood pro-
iecting foot from the vessels side and
through which rope passed coniining
the rudder. A tiller, fastened to the up
per end of this oar, enabled 1t TO be
turned readily by changing the angle of
the blade in the water.
Tho galley was fitted with one NOV
able mast, which stepped in a socket
sunk In beam at the bottom of the ves-
sci. At the pardncrs the mast passed
through lozenge shaped hole in fish
shaped piece of wood, where it was con-
fined by wedges.
The discovery of this gallery was Of
Importance to scholars, as well as to
artists and seamen. Its construction
illustrates many points in art, literature
and history affecting the ship. This
finely modelled craft was probably
Snekar, or Drakar, whose carved prov
and stern, riding far above tho wave,
made her resemble the fancied sea-
snake or dragoon, so much feared by the
sailors of the age.
1t would indeed be great deed If the
veritable remains of the vessel, whose
lord may have at least vontured to
Britain in her, should be brought half
way round the globe to the inland lake
by the newest city of the western world,
probably first made known by an ad.
venturous comrade to the old Viking.
AS we cannot possess the original, we are
fortunate, through the kindness of the
Norwegian Government, to be able to
have its exact fac simile, and to compare
her lines with the typical schooners of
the great fresh-water fleet, and with the
graceful yachts from abroad. Chicago
Times.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-04-19

hatchet, and piece of wood with a hole
into which the shank Of an anchor had
been inserted, with few bits of iron re-
naming near by. The remains of two
or three small oaken canoes were also
found, with some oars belonging to the
vessel and TO the canoes. The ships
oars were from eighteen to twenty feet
long. There were also found in the
mound large solid copper caldron,
some low bedsteads like those still in use
in Norway, some drinking cups, so re
tubs, and several pieces of carved and
painted wood.
Some of the beams were carved to re-
present dragons heads, and many large
round shields Of thin wood were also
found, all these having like the walls of
the ship traces OF black and yellow paint
on them. These shields were undoubt-
edly placed overlapping each other along
the sides OF the vessel for ornament and
to protect the rowers from the spray.
There was also landing plank twenty
four feet long, ten inches broad and "
inches thick, roughened on its upper
surface to prevent slipping. A few pieces
of rope and some wooden rags, part of
the sail, were also found.
The chamber in the ship in which the
unburned body was deposited was tent.
like apartment made of logs placed side
by side sloping to ridge pole running
parallel to the keel.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-04-19

was disinterred from Gokstad. mound
on that sound, IN 1880. The fact that
the mound, which was about $50 feet in
circumference, was made OF blue clay,
accounts for the preservation of this
wonderful relic.
Such interments and such discoveries
b of them have been made in other parts
of Scandinavia as well as elsewhere, but
this is the largest and most perfect YES.
sci yet found. Professor Engelhardt
found one in 1868 at Ny Saur, in Schles-
wig, forty.tive feet long, and another was
found in 1867 at Tune forty-two feet
long. This one is seventy. y.seven feet
eleven inches long, sixteen feet seven
inches beam, and five feet nine inches in
derth from keel to gunwale amidships,
drawing some four feet of water.
The tumulus, where she was buried,i Is
now mile from the sea, but geological
changes show that the water once washed
its base. The boat was evidently drawn
out of the water on bed OF hurdles and
moss. The sides were then covered with
clay, the hold filled with earth and sand,
and the mound built up over it. The
prov was turned toward the sea, as was
always the case in these mounds, so that
the chief should, at the last day, launch
his bark upon the wave. Such mound
burials were common, and Du Chaillu
describes many ship.shaped and boat.
shaped mounds, rocks DISPOSED to form
q ship, graves dug in the shape of
boat, and numerous other remains in
popular ship form in burial.
This was then sepulchral ship-the
coffin of some great Viking of the Tenth
Century awaiting the summons of the
cock, which will crow at Rsgnarock.
This boat is marvelously well pre-
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-04-19

Those who have seen this vessel as
sure us that her model embodies all that
is requisite for speed, strength, and
beauty. She is no rude craft of primeval
days, but deftly fashioned structure,
whose graceful lines would do honor to
sailing craft of to-day. She is COM
pick structure, and must have required
the labor of several men-unitcd and
harmonious. She is especially seaw worthy,
and her broad bows distinguish her from
the smoother water galleys of the south.
Boats of a similar kind are seen in Nor
way to-day. Bow and stern are alike,
pointed, and rise some distance out of
the water. This is the form given to
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-04-19
THE VIKINGS SHIP.
A CRAFT A THOUSAND YEARS
OLD Is UNEARTHED.
For Centuries It Rested In a Nor
wegian Tumuius--A Repro
duction Coming TO the
Worlds Fair.

N SMALL vessel, the exdct simili-
n tude Of the Oldest surviving
~ relic Of the greatest seamen Of
the Middle Ages, will soon
journey from New York by water
through the Erie Canal and the lakes to
Chicago, where will be exhibited this
relic OF the past. The vessel of which
this is an exact reproduction, made by
order Of the Norwegian Government, il
no rude affair, although It Is 1000 years
old. In its fine lines, careful ccnstruc.
tion and exact finish we find much that
the best art of the shipbuilder has failed
TO improve.
This craft herself may have visited
under her owners command the whole
north of Scotland, Ireland, and even
England. One just like her must have
been sailed by Left Eriksson when he
landed upon the cost of Vinland, pre-
figuring the remarkable voyage now
made by the duplicate of the ancient
ship.
As to this particular ship, however,
its age is not ascertainable with any de-
gree Of accuracy, nor to whom it be-
longod. All that we do know is that
che was placed where she was found
somewhere during the Ninth or Tenth
Century. She doubtless belonged to
some Viking who made his piratical
cruises from the great deijord, as she
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-04-19

hollow bones Of peacock, probably the
trophy of some marauding cruise to the
southwark, and the remains Of the skele-
ton of little dog, with some flshhooks
aud some bronze ornaments for belts and
harness. Near by were other interesting
articles. There were the bones of nine
or ten horses and dogs which had prob.
ably been slaughtered upon the grave of
the ships captain. There was also pile
Of oaken chips and neatly shaped
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-04-19

OF these natural grUwths ot tlinuer care.
fully selected, are joined with withes Of
tree roots, elastic and durable.
The plsnks are Of sound, we'll seasoned
hewed oak about an inch and half
thick. They are worked in clinker-
fashion-tkatIs Is, tapping each other,
aud they have both their inside aud
their outside edges nodded. Great
labor and care must have been taken In
selecting the timber and In cutting and
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-04-19
Inc arr ~ = I'nI..,,1InE.

ToxicologY seems 10 be becoming
an important branch OF public educa-
tlon at the close OF this century,
whose chief glory has been the wide
distribution Of useful knowledge.
The art of poisoning without leaving
traces NAV soon be included with the
accomplishments taught at the lycees
for young ladies. To those, however,
who read the papers diligently no
further instruction on this head Is
needed. All that eminent chemists
know about poisons has lately been
told TO the crowd Of interviewing
journalists who have waited upon
them, and the papers have published
columns upon columns OF tOxicology.
Everybody now knows that there
are animal alkalolds arising from de-
composition which are deadly poisons,
but whose traces in corpse are no
proof OF suicide or murder, because a
body itself produces exactly the same
alkaloids soon after death. NJ. Ma
quet, who, after being fascinated by
toxicology, turned naturally to poll
tics, tells Us that this subtle poison
can be manufactured with the great
est ease by those who understand
It Inquiring people who have
taste for murder combined with
chemistry will doubtless master the
process as the anarchists have al.
ready mastered that OF manufactur.
ing explosives Paris Correspondent
London Truth.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-04-19
KEYSTONE STATE CULuNGS
pEpicAffnN rnstrnxrn.

HAhrisnrRG-The Pennsylvania Worlds
Fair Executive Committee has been noti-
fed by Executive Commissioner Farquhar
OF the indefinite postponement of the dedi-
cation Of the state building at Chicago.an-
nounced for May 3. Mr.. Farquhar suggest
ed that II might be dedicated during the en-
campment Of the National Guard Of Penn
sylyania, later in the year.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-04-19


THE bodies Of RichardWilliams andWill-
lam Trembath we're recovered on Saturday
from Laurel Hill mine near Hazelton, The
body Of Thomas HOdgson, the third victim
Of the flooding Of the mine has not been
found
THE defendants in the Morgan fratricids
case were sentenced at Waynesburg Satur-
day evening. Thomas Morgan was given
the maximum penalty CT ~ years ia the
penitentiary, Two OF the sisters, Rebeoca
aud Caroline, were given 10 years each, and
Jennie three years.
ANSA, little daughter Of James Adair, OF
Erie, while playing Saturday, set fire TO her
dress with match and was burned to
death.
HARRY HARDryG, of Allentown, being re-
jectcd by Annie Kurtz, fired four shots at
her Saturday afternoon all of which took
effect, and then shot himself Both are ex-
pected to die.
DISTRICT SuPERINTESDErr WILLIAM SAM.
URLS, Of the Lehigh Valley Coal Company,
entered tneDorance shaft, near Wilkesbarre,
Friday afternoon for the purpose of explOr-
ing some worked out chambers, Saturday
his remains were found by a resoung party
The suppositon is that his lamp ignited a
pocket Of gas and his death caused thereby.
HEAVY rains have quenched the noun
tain fires. In Somerset county the loss will
be $1,000. In Blair the burned area is
fully IS square miles. Six farm houses
with their outbuildings in Morrison Cove,
70 head OF cattle and vast quantities Of grain
were destroyed in that section alone. The
greatest individual loss thus far reported IS
that OF John Yengling which is given at
$1,000. In Cambria, Fayette, Washington
and Westmoreland the losses are widely
scattered and the reports cannot be given
definitely.
JoHS MoFyEr aged less than II years, is
in Jail at Huntington, charged with steal
ing two horses and s35 in money.
THE Danville Insane Asylum is only large
enough to :accom modate 700 people, yet
there are 200 acknowledgement for there.
Many OF them are compelled to sleep on
the floors and undergo other hardships.
AT EbensburgThursday the court revoked
the license Of W. J. Cannon Of Conemaugh
because II had been shown that Cannon had
given his three year-old son whisky to
drink.
A FIRE at North Clarion, destroyed the
opera house, a boarding house and a store.
Loss $4,000. This town was completely
burned out three years ago,
Az explosion took place Monday morning
in Black Diamond mine, Luzerne. William
George was instantly killed and William
Wellington was fatally burned.
About 40 tailors went on strike at Frank.
lin for an increase of 10 per cent in wages.
Among them are dozen women who did
not want to go out. The employers refuse
TO pay any increase.
THREE sons Of Bernard Rupert, farmer
near Beaver Falls, took eggs from under a
setting hen, ate them and nearly died from
the dose.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-04-19
PESYsYLyAYiA's cRop PROSPECT,

HAnRrsBuRG-Secrctary Edge Of the Sta TO
board OF agriculture has received crop re-
ports from correspondents throughout the
state which indicate favorable conditions
with respect to all the crops this year. Itis
estimated that about 100000 acres are ip
wheat an I, $50 900 in oats.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-04-19

IT has been decided to keep the Worlds
Fair open 10 tue u0lic uutu IL o'ciocx. 10
those VINO, On account or money consdera-
t.ons, are unao.e io spend much time at
Chicago, II Will De OF the greatest impor-
tance tnat the opportunities Tor seeing the
Iair should LIE Us great as they can DE made.
lney wiii not mlni ths strain involved by
SO many hours or sightseeing, ior they can
rest alter tuey reach uoma
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-04-19
VICTIM OF A MtNr ExrLosroN.

WLKEsRARRE-By an explosion In the
Black Diamond mine William George, nged
VI, was killed, William Kellington, la
borer, was fatally burned and three Hungar.
ians whose names are unknown were
slightly burned and otherwise injured
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-04-19
A ut,YdARtAN utguv,yu,N KILLED.

Lafayette Bllig, sn insur.
ance agent Of this place, while on his way
home from II collecting tour, was attacked
by fout Hungarian highwaymen. Billig
shot one Of the men and succeeded in max
ing his escape. lie had $500 with him. The
wounded Hungarian died. His name Is
supposed to be John Shusto. The other
highwaymen have disappeared.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-04-19

served. The blue clay became q her.
metical case, preventing the entrance of
water and air. Unfortunately the mound
had been entered centuries before and no
weapons or treasure were left, only few
Of the bones Of the lord Of the ship.
Strangely enough, with these were the
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-04-19

II FEEL better about lickin' this
postage stamp" said the boy who had
been sent to mail letter. "It's
nearer my size "-Washln,ton Star.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-04-19

the best ships boats in use-the whale
boats, as they are called, and to life.
boats and proper surf boats.
The Vikings ship is built Of well-sea.
soned oak. The keel is very deep and
II made Of great oak 3eams. To this
the bent timbers are fastened. The joints
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-04-19
scALrEp IN 4 sAwMrLL.

SHARoN-While working in his sawmill At
Harthigig, this county, Charles Maskrey
was struck by flying board from the saw
and the top Of his head torn clear OF lie
was % years old.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-04-19
A cutIp min ron NrppVP

WAsHINGTON- In the matter Of the fatal
stabbing Of Smith Pearson, II years old by
Tommy Parks, II years Old, at Lucyville.
the Coroners jury has recommended that
wilful murder TO await the action OF the
grand jury.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-04-19
A New COiHure.

They are wearing their hair in Paris
in new fashion. 1t is shown IN the H.
lustration, and is only meant for evening
costume. The hair is waved and drawn
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-04-19

THE 18th anniver.
sary Of the battle
of Bentonville, N.
C., was celebrated
on March 10, at
Monticello, ILL.,, by
the survivors living
at that place. Ar.
ticles were read and
addresses delivered
by Coinratle Saint,
10Th Ind. battery;
T.. I. Lee, list Ill.,,
DIR j. W. Coleman,
Surgeon, 18th Iowa;
W. T.. Smith. 9th
Ohio; A. II. Wind.
man, Battery |, "a
m ul..
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-04-19

up quite high on the head, where it is
arranged in succession OF puffs. At the
left side portion of the hair is twisted
into the new Leutheric knot. A coil Of
ribbon to match the costume encircles
the puffs, and when it reaches the knot
is arranged in standing loops. The hair
is brushed back from the forehead in
pompadour style, with just suggestion
Of bang.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-04-19
4 MoNsrRosrrY norm An wrLKE,BsRRE.

WiLREsBAREE Mrs. l.. Minch Pol.
ish woman gave birth 10 monsirosity in
the shape Of twin boys, whose breasts were
grown together and whose legs grew out OF
its hips It died, despite the efforts Of ply
scians, who say 1t was one OF tho most re-
markable cases on record.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-04-19

The statement is made that Victor
Hugo left 400, 900 unpublished manu-.
scripts, long aud short.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-04-19
SOLDIERS COLUMN
OUR LAST BATTLE.

Address of Col. Lee on the Anniversary
of the Fight at Bentonville.
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