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1t was John Sherman.

At last light has been thrown on that
mystery of the sudden collapse of the
silver compromise in Washington.
wv cbb. our correspondent, to-day out
lines an extraordinarily Interesting bit
OF political history. 1t appears that
Secretary Lamont faithful, sagacious
Sancho Panza Lamont, Wis The ull-
known go-betWecn who represented the
Administration while the negotiations
we're pending. II WAS his as-tirancps.
expressed or implied, authorized or un-
authorized, which convinced the Demo-
cratic senators who signed the COM
promise that the Administration WAS be-
hind it The scheme WAS tamnu~ly pro-
crossing. The Washington morning
newspapers, which were at the Presi-
dents elbow by 5 o'clock. contained Il
full summary of the terms OF the com
promise and description OF the methods
by which it was to be adopted. Six
hour, later the evening papers appeared
with fuller details and the names of the
Nenators-all the Democratic Senators
save two-Who had given the project
their approval.
And all this time not a word of degial
ar protest issued from the White House.
Night came. The Senate had adjourned.
John g. Carlisle. Secretary of the Treats
ury, made Il hurried and anxious visit to
the house of Senator John Sherman.
Would the Republicans support the pro-
posed compromise: The answer Aas an
emphatic 10. And the venerable Ohio
statesman went over thu measure. show
lug the Democratic Secretary clearly its
astonishing lmNisdum. and reitcratiug
liz hclirf hat it would meet will no
mercy at the bands of the Republicans.
secretary Carlisle i Siid to have lm,-
tened with that message immediately
from senator Nhermal's house 10 the
country home of The President. \ few
hours later the statement Nas issued
which gave tIc public The first authentic
intimaton that Mr.. Cleveland wa, moi
in favor of the compromised Boston
JoUiHui
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1893-11-02
The Romance of Houston's Life.

\ life Of samuel Houston recently
published recalls the most romantic ca
rrer in American political history. lie was
born in LIB, adopted by the Indians
when Young MIN, returned TO cNlllHrd
lie. studied Inv. Wis elected to Con
grcs, before he Wis 81, aid governor OF
Tennessee when he was 81 Then he
married 4 beautiful young lady, and
three months after suddenly left his
wife, look To Indian lie again. but soon
quf il aud Vent In ltNIs. where he
carved oul new lie. achieved Texan
Independence, and MS twice elected
president Of the Lone Star Republic of
fsNae. now one of the greatest and most
prosperous States in the | Mon. llous-
ton Wds long senator from IcNaS, but
lost hi position In ISL bccanSr hr OPP
posed the attempts 10 force slavery ON
thu new Territory. He and John Bell
were The two southern senators VINO IN
1871 voted against the Observation-Disclosures
bill. Bur he WAS elected governor uf
Texas in ls59, and was executive ot the
State when Texas seeded. Then ne
WAS deposed. but remained true To the
| Mon cause until his death. July 26,
1862. after he had heard the doom OF the
tonfeicr3eY aud the triumph OF the
Union cause in the capture of Nicks-
burg.
The mystery about the dc>criiou of
his wife in ls29. after being married Ia
her only three months. has bern. we he
lieyc. satisfactorily eXpllncd in way
entirely honorable to all parties. Gov
Houston learned after his marriage that
hi, wife had years before given her best
love to Il Young man of high character
but poor. She had been constrained by
her parents To marry Nj. lloustou' who
WAS then governor and with such bright
political prospect, that his friends might
well hope that he would one day become
President of the Republic. But she
found utter marriage that She could not
uuloNe her old ideal, and that While she
could and would be trne 10 her husband
Is his wife, il Wis impossible for her tot
love her husband rs Il wife should. some
one told sam Houston how the case
stood Straight to his wife GOV. ilous-
ton went, and asked if what he heard
was true. She confessod that it was.
but protested tllat she had been true to
her marriage vow. only her thought
was beyond her control. That i
enough. said Mr.. Houston. "lt you
have married me only because am gov
cruor of Tennessee. that reason shall
hold You to me no longer. will AT
once resign my position, and leave you
free to the one whom you should have
| will 90 from Tennessee, aud
you can easily get a divorce on g
ground of desertion." The wife was in
tears. Coy. Houston was "a good as
his word.
That after this Coy. Houston became
reckless Of himself is hardly to be WON
,lrred at. Few neh go through such
trials without showing moral wrench |
ing> in character and life. That sam
Houston fully recovered from this early |
his after successful ca
rcer was proof
The vile soon married thy man of her
tir.t ,.I,,,i.n
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1893-11-02

\ principal of one of the grammar
schools in savannah, an old-time Irish
pcdagoguc, relates an incident which i
well worthy of repetition and is indica-
tive of the aptncsS of the Irish YOUTH
One day while he was inStructing hi,
class in geography. the bishop of the dio-
ccsc happened in, and, as is the custom
propounded some questions to the
scholars. what parts of the globe
comprise the old ana the new worla?'
was readily and correctly answered: and
when asked who was the discoyerer OF
the new world, one powerful chorus
answered, "Christopher Columbus
Nov, my little men,, said thu
Bishop, "you have told me who dis.
covered the new world, but can any oi
YOU tell me who discovered the old
world:"
\ dead silence for few seconds. whct
Il little chap named Mahoney, the sou %
shoemaker, held up his hand.
swell, my little man, said tn,
Bishop, let US have your answer"
The surprise of the teacher and Bishol
can be imagined when the youngster re
piled in voice showing confidence il
his answer, "Adam and Eve. my lord.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1893-11-02
The Last of His Race.

important officials sometimes forget
that there are people who can Afford 10
disregard their importance. \ purse
proud old noblrman WAS travelling
through the rural districts of sweden.
One day he stopped his carriage at Il
country tavern and eiled ont in an I'M
p"riouS tone.
Horses, landlord Horses AT once, '
81 am very much pained Ia inform
you that You VII have 10 wait over az
hour before fresh horses can be brought
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1893-11-02
Reed in Boston.

speaking at congressman Reed his re-
ccption at Alu,i' hail, in that city. the
Boston Iourm. -ly~:
1t must hr confessed hat the promi-
nent figure of the evening was Ihomas
b. Reed. The mere mann i sufficient
without alluiing tn Iii title, or the
place of his nativity. Plain "roin
Reed is sufficient. for he belolg, 10 al |
in America
Music hall Ia, often Zen impre .sisp
demonstrations, hnt il i quite .afa IL
say that never before has -uch a tofi.t-
do of enthusiasts been let loose. such II
raching, throhbihg, tumultuous. almost
trcnzied personal tribute "a WAS accord
ed to Mr.. Reed last night. For fully
ten minutes that vast audience of stai1
American citizens went INSANE and in Il
cuntaglOn of reclamation shouted and
stamped and cheered until Nature re-
fused To do more and the silence of sheer
exhaustion came.
Calm aS the sphynX, massive as Il
pyramid, he stood aud waited for tie
time to come when ne could speak. And
when it did come, What speech How
it scored and scurched and scared and
stung, And with What ponderou,,
restless weight Of logic lis arguments
went home It left its hearers almost
hrcathlcss. Mr.. Reed did not attempt
to be iacetious. That Is to say, he wa
not any more facctious thai lis natural
bent comprls him. He WAS serious. but
the frrUcious sarcasm which would
break out here and there were more eff
fectual than hours of mere diatribe
could possibly have been.
The Boston Herald says Of that meet
ing 1t is difficult to adequately por-
tray the general enthusiasm which
greeted the star of the evening. Hon.
Thomas Il, Reed. when he WI, intro
duccd. All rose to their feet on the
floor and in tn galleries; napkins and
handkrrchiefs and hats were waved high
in the air with cheer after cheer, fol
lowed in apparently unending success
ion. He finally attempted to silence
the audience by wave Of the hand
his lips moved, but the sound did not es-
cape them. At last he got his opDortu-
nifty to put in a word "Aou don't SEEM
disposed to give me any chance There
upon the cheering was renewed until it
got to be lircsome.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1893-11-02
The Pomona Meeting at Nor
ridgcWock.

The rain fell in torrents on the morn
n& appointed Tor the meeting and but
few had the necessary courage to vent
urc out This WIS i great disappoint-
mcnt to the members of Somerset
Grange as they had been anticipating
aud getting ready for Il full gathering
and big time \ sufficient number
however came to the hall To enjoy IA sub
stantial Grange dinner and lively
meeting in the afternoon.
Worthy Master IIolway opened the
Grange in due form IN the Fifth degree
with the Dversecr, secretary and Pomo-
ma also present. fhc other officers were
filled by appointments Bro. Z. IL. But
Ter, in behalf of Somerset Grange cor
daily welcomed the patrons to Nor
ridgewock, and the Secretary If the
Pomona responded to the address of
welcome. Two Fourth degree members
we're instructed in the Fifth degree and
admitted into the Pomona Sister Lila
{. TObey read a selection of poetry en-
titled cone too Many"
The question What shall We sell from
our farms TO obtain ready money that
will exhaust them the least was dis
GUESSED by Anscl IlolWay. l.. II. 'rohey.
+. II. Butler, and :. +. Emerson. The
products of HE dairy seemed to take
the preference. Next meeting j. with
Pitt@lirld Grange, Tuesday, Nov. II.
SECRETARY.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1893-11-02

Among the G5,O0O.0 people in the
| nited States there are. probably not 900
outside OF the locility-wlo are aware
hat at the mouth of the Mississippi
there Is IA little village built upon wool
en- piles standing far ont IN the water
This village, which is called BlliHc, is
reached from the mainland by canoes or
boats, and its inhabitants have to climb
a kind of pole ladder To get to the door
ways of their homes. This is probably
the only place in the United States IN
which "pil't-dWellings occur; but all
along the Venezuelan coast and at the
mouths OF the Ornoeo and Amazon SINH
lar villages are frequently met With,
many of them being inhabited by the
Indian fishing tribes of the Amazon r--
tuary.
These strange inhabitants were first
discovered by Alnnlo de Ojeda, who ac-
Compauied Columbus on his sccoui yoy-
age Ia thi. CONTINGENT. In 100 he under
took an independent voyage to explore
the northern part of South America. and
lac took with him Anerigo Nc-pucci,
who wrote IA graphic account of the cX
petition. The following extract from II
translation Of Nespuccls work gives the
origin of the name Venezuela, and tells
of the connection between the curious
village discovered there and the name
Venezuela; "Proceeding along the
coast, they arrived al a vast gulf rescm-
bling Il tranquil lake, entering which
they beheld on the eastern side village
the construction of which filled them
with surprise. 1t consisted of twenty
large houses shaped like bells, and built
on piles driven into the bottom of the
lake. which in this part was limpid and
but little depth Each house was pro
vidcd with drawbridge and canoes
From the resemblance to the Italian
city, Ojcda gave the bay the name of the
Gult OF Venice (Nenezia)" The country
itself was afterwards called Venezuela,
or Little Venice, the original Indian
name being Coqnibacoa.
! In Lake Maracaibo, south of the bay
of Venezuela, similar pile buildings are
still erected by the Goaioh Indians.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1893-11-02
Misunderstood.

\ feminine shrek broke the calm o
midnight. Through the back window o
the summer kitchen wclled the waves o
sound, aud the atmosphere trcmblct
with the violence of the impact.
"Wow,n yelled voice, burglars
Help.
Near the oil stove sat woman viii
her hair curled and in holiday attire
II wonder if that will bring him, sh'
mused and listened.
No welcome fo, tfall greeted her cX
peetant senses.
Again the awful Shrek rcSounded
Wow. Burglars"
\ shadow Of despair gradually settled
over the features of the woman by tht
oil stove.
lie comes not, she moancd.
Outside in the crisp night air, the
pol ciman on the beat pondercd.
"Nes,n he soliloquized, ~ love her
but | wonder if there really are any bur
glars in there: can run no risks.
Silently he walked away, and the wo-
man by the oil stove brushed the tears
hastily from her eyes and went to bed
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1893-11-02
Elizabeth j. Hemmenway

The Maine Farmers Almanac contains
the following in memory of Il lady, re-
Gently deceased Who formely resided in
somerset county:
Elizabeth Josephine llemmcnway was
the daughter OF John aud orriev Hem
mcnWpv. and WAS born in Harmony.
Maine. April Ia, ls52. She received her
education in the Maine town school, and
at MonSon Academy. She began 10
y rite for the Maine Farmers Almanac
ia 1873. aud her mime a. AUNT Simp-
kin," appeared in that Almanac 3l3
times, and in every year from 1873 to
1872. In 1879 and lslo she spent much
time and conducted an extensive cores
pondcuce in getting up the first Con-
vrution of the Almanac writers who met
at lIallowell, June !, $50. Without
her pcrsevering lahof- that Convention
never would have been held. In No
vcmber, 1850, the removed 10 Mnneapo-
liz. She WAS Interested ia the good
cause of temperance. both in Maine and
Minnesota, and WI, an eloquent speak
cr. She was an active member of the
Methodist church. and was much beloved
and esteemed, but she WAS not higoted
scciarln. She tenderly loYel ali chris
tian> Of every ulme. SHE died Decem-
Der ~ lS92, aged 10 years. In her last
sickness She eheerfulv said The pros
pcct j. bright before. Rock of Ages
was her favorite HYMN.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1893-11-02
The Tammany Frauds.

Tammany is crowdiug dchased and de
gra led hordcs of foreigners. almost I'M
beetle i'll their gno ancc, through thu
naturalization mills in this CITY. and tho
tics on Long Island. Many of the mer
whom rammany and the Brooklyn ma
chine are naturalizing are handled ii
droveS at the naturalization bureaus by
INSCRIPTIONS heelers. They are put
through the courts in droves by the aid
of subseryent and unprinciplcd Judges
and they will be sent to the poles in
droves next month to vote the straight
ticket in each city. This is an evil oil
appalling proportionS,-Ne,c York Trb
me.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1893-11-02

Clerk A. -. Russell in the secretary
of states office has already been work.
ing on the preparation of Australian
ballots for the state election in thi-
state. There will be several puzzling
features to his work on these ballots
Among these the most noticeable is ar
ranging of ballots for the counties OF
Aroostook and Oxford, in each of which
there are two registry of deeds districts
Then too, according to one of the new
amendments there shall be so ballot.
sent for every 30 voters or fraction,
there of instead of - ballots rs undel
the old law.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1893-11-02
She Was Suspicious.

There is Il Washington young woman
who, while not conspicuous beauty. is
by no means a. homc!y is she affects TO
believe. 4 young man has been deVot-
ing much of his time to her, says the
Star, and She has given him reason to
think that his society pleased her. The
other evening he said to her.
DO YOU believe that you could learn 20
care for anybody well enough to marry
him:
She caught her breath, and then
answered in Il lnN zone:
Yes: | am sure could.
Have Y,u-havr YOU any body in your
mind now for whom you think You coulI
care in thi> WY:
Yes.
Tell me; am that person;
She opened her lips to speak, and then
closed them without speaking. She
looked al him narrowly for a moment,
AMI then said
First answer me one question.
What is it;
Are you doing this on II bet:
The atlantic Monthly for November,
1888, has tn. following interesting table
of contents: The Nan from Aidone, \
Tale in Three imhrrs, Elisabeth Ca
vazza; Along tia" IL lisborough, Brad
ford rorrey; Morn after Morn, Stuart
Sternc; Talk at a Country House, Sir
Edward Stracley; The Pilgrim in
Devon, Alice Brown; The BEAUFORT
Loup-Garou Mary IIartwcll Gather
wood; Two Modern ClassicistS in Mu-
sic, In Two Parts, Part Two, William
f. Apthorp: Catholicity in Musical
Taste, Owen Wister; His Vanished star,
Y, NJ. Charles Egbert Craddock; Courts
of Cancellation in America, Nicolay
Grevstad; School Libraries, IL. f. Scud-
der: Specialized Schoolboys, Ernest
Hart; An Ionian Friezc, Francis Howard
Williams: The Hungry Grccklings,
Emily james Smith; \ Few Story
relers. Old and New; Irish ldyles
Comment on New Books; The Contrib
utors' Club
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1893-11-02

The currency Of the United States
may be classified as follows in round
numbers National bank notes about
10 million dollars worth; grccnbacks
about 345 millions; gold coin and paper
representing gold, about 532 millions ;
and silver coin or paper representing
silver about SO millions. Should the
compromise proposed in the Seuate be
accepted 1t is estimated that about 100
millions would be added to the currency
of silver nature, thus making about
700 millions in all of that form of mon
ey. The metal on which this vast
amount of currency is based is alarming
ly deprecated AS compared with gold,
which is the basis of the remainder of
our currency. Can that 700 millions of
silver be kept on par with the re-
mainder of the currency? This is a
great question, and the answer to it is
doubtful.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1893-11-02
Going to Angelina.

Jul At thi, time thrr' is an immense
rivalry among railroads To secure travel
oyer their respective lines 10 hicago
and summer resorts \ few day- ago
a thin, ,antiqulled specimen OF the grang-
er species arrived at Milan, Tenn, on
the train from the South, and began
making inquiries about rates. lie was
instantly surrounded bY the linois Cen
tral agent. AMI the following CONVERSE
ton ensued.
"Going north or east sir
"Nes, north. vas tile reply.
"Ah, Step right up to the ticker VIM
dow. Great through line, sir. Land
you in Chicago ~iN hours ahead of all
competitors Finest sleeping and dining
ears in tn world. Buttcr'u TWO plates.
Chicken aud good bread aud mola-ecs all
over tie Table Come right ia, sir.
The Innocent countrNuau walked
along Tor lew steps, when the Louis
sille AMI Nashville men greeted him AZ
fecti 7naulS
"Going north sir"
~"
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1893-11-02

H. Clifford, New Cassel, Wis, was troubled
with Neuralgia and Rheumatism, his stomach
was disordered, his liver was affected to an
alarming degree, appetite fell away and he was
bottles of Electric Bitters cured him.
Edward Sheppard, Harrisburg, ILL.,, had a
running sore on his leg of eight years standing.
Used three bottles of Electric Bitters and seven
boxes of Bucklin's Arnica Salve, and his leg is
sound and we'll. John peaker Catawba, o.,
had five large fever sores on his leg, doctors
said he was incurable. One bottle OF Electric
Bitters and one box of Bucklin's Arnica alive
cured him entirely Sold at Roland T. Pattens
Drug store.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1893-11-02
WOman's Board of Missions

BY request we publish the following
from the Christian Mirror of October
2lst;
We are able this week to give a par
tial idea of the good things in store for
those who attend the meeting of the
W omau's Board of Missions to be held
Nov. . $. IL in this city. Wcdnes-
day morning, reports llome and For
eign Will be given, and also Missionary
addresses. Papers are expected by
Miss +. Harriet Stanwood. Secretary of
the Board and Mrs. e. II. Daniels of
Brooklyn, Vice President also from DR..
and Mrs f. +. Clark. The session for
Wednesday evening will be especially
for Young people. Dir. f. T.. Clark
will speak; and it is expected that Mrs.
Clark will give some account of her
visit to the missions during sometime
Wednesday or Thursday. The mission
aries already engaged are Mrs. {. II.
| ilolbrook of the Zulu Mission, south
| Africa; Miss T.. T. Crosby. of the
| Micronesian Mission; Mrs Robert Hume
of Ahmedugar, India DIR. Pauline Root
of Madura, India; Miss Agne, Lord and
Mrs. Mary l.. Daniels from Turkey. and
Mrs. Merritt from Pao-tiug-fu. North
China. There will be other missionaries
but it is not yet quite certain who they
will be.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1893-11-02
he Daily Argus

The Daily Argus will be published every
morning of the year 1894, excepting SUNDAY
In its columns will be found the latest news
from all parts of the world by telegraph, while
the admitted superiority of its State and local
news will be constantly maintained. Among
the valued contributors may be mentioned
specially l.. W. :. of New York, and Alfred
York who will furnish an interesting article
each week as heretofore The Argus has also
made "A contract with Edgar l.. Wakeman, the
graphic descriptive writer, for series of
weekly articles entitled Tales of Ten Travel
lcrs." The series will RIM through the entire
Year.
special attention VIII he paid to the markets
and accurate daily reports published. As we j
as daily financial letter from leading firm
holding Il seat in the New York stock cN-
change. The daily illustrated articles on the
fashions will be continued for The benefit of
lady readers.
TERNS;-50c cent per month or $500 per
year in advance and 500 II cad OF year, free
of
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1893-11-02

While the Ways and Means Committee
carefully guards its programme for at
lacking american industries, an occas-
ional ray of light escapes from the sub
tcrranean depth where the work is now
in progress. I; is said that the free list
has been practically agreed upon. In
the lumber schedule the additions to the
free list will, it is said, be extensive.
and we might add expensive to Maine
lumbermen. According to late rcpurts
from Washington they will includc clap
boards, shingles, lathS, pickets and pa
lings, sawed lumber not planned on
finished, timber used for spars and in
building wharvcs and timber hewn and
sawed squared or sided. If this pro
gramme is carried out Maine will pay
dearly for the "change" in the AdminiS
tration.- Bangor Wing
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1893-11-02

The Nassalboro Wooden Mill, which is
22-set mill, has been running 10 sets
the past week and expects to start more
next week. The mill runs 40 hours per
week and under n 10 per cent, reduc-
ton.
Owing to the falling off in American
orders the mills i II Armagh, Ireland
that weave superior kinds of damask
are running on short time. Some mills
in Lurgan, making the same kind OF
goods have stopped entirely. Many
hands are consequently thrown out OF
work and there is much distress.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1893-11-02

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long since realized the truth OF the first
statement, and his Restorative Nerrlnc
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In curing all diseases arising from deranre-
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full MS the thousands Of unsolicited testtno-
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turing the remedy amply prove.
DIR. Miles Restorative Nervine Is rcliahle
remedy, for all nervous diseases such rs
sleeplessness, dizziness hysterla, sexual oe-
bility, ST.. vitus dance. epilepsy, etc. 1t Is
or sent direct BY the Or. Miles Medical Co.
Elkhart, Ind, on receipt ct price, 81 per bot
tie six bottles for $5. express prepaid.
opiates or dangerous drugs,
Sold by H. W. Gushing, Skowhegan Me,