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The Somerset reporter., 1893-07-20
OF Appointment Of Assignee.

OaSe
At Skowhegan. in the County Of Somerset
and State OF Maine the 18th day of July 1894.
The undersigned hereby gives notice OF his
appointment as assignee Of Sidney F. smith Of
Cornvile in said County of somerset Insol-
vent Debtor. who has been declared an Insol-
vent upon his petition by theCourt of Insol-
vencv for the County OF Somerset.
2w29 EDWARD p. COFFIN. Assignee.
The Somerset reporter., 1893-07-20
In the House of Lords.

When Lord Roberts takes his seat in
the house Of lords, he will find himself
in the uncommon position of being one
of two peers with the same name. The
other one, it is true, spells his name
Robartes; but that is neither here nor
there. The house Of lords has also an
Earl of Mar and an Earl Of Mar and
Kellie an Earl Of Lindsay and an Earl
of Lindsey, an Earl Of Longford and a
Baron Langford, Viscount Middleton
and Baron Middleton, Baron Sudley
and Baron Sudeley, two Lords How
ard and two Lords Napier.
Tit Bits.
The Somerset reporter., 1893-07-20
NOTICE
OF Petition for Discharge.

Somerset County Cont OF Insolvency.
In the case Of Eben Smith of Skowhegan,
Insolvent debtor.
Notice is hereby given that said debtor has
filed in said Court for said County OF Somer-
debts provable under the Insolvent Law Of
said State OF Maine. and for certificate thereof:
and that hearing upon the same will be held
said County Of Somerset. on Tuesday the 18th
dsy of August A. d. 1888. at one O'Clock in the
afternoon, when and where all persons inter-
ested may attend and show cause. IL any they
have. uhy the prayer Of said petition should
not be granted.
Register of said Court for said County OF
Somerset. ZwZs
The Somerset reporter., 1893-07-20

MARslIALLrowN Iowa, .ltNE %, ls93.
DEAR DIR: | received Il letter from
Dir. Minor, .Jonesville Wisconsin, in
quiring about your method. OF course
| could do no less than give him my
happy experience and the benefits others
have received by its use here. wrote
him that you could not over estimate its
value to suffering humanity.
Gratefully.
ARTIE MON.
The Somerset reporter., 1893-07-20
\ Maine Sunday Law.

whoever, ON the LoId's Dav, keeps
open his shop, worhhuu>.. Nar huL~e.
or place of business: travel. "r docs any
work, labor or business an hat day. TX
cept works OF necessity ur charity ISIS
any sport. game or recreation: or is
present AT any dancing, publV diversion.
show or entertainment, cncoul. glAS The
same. shall he punished 10y fine not
exceeding ten dollars Fran tge re-
rfsed statutes F .NdiRe. IN. SeciioH 70.
The Somerset reporter., 1893-07-20
DULUTH MINI. JUNE ID. 1870;

III '0 II ININ.N'' Ut w III, ~.
DEAR DIR: Please ship two outfits for
Office practice to VIM. Stewart, Tacoma,
Wash. This man has been running
down for IS years; has been fully re-
stored to health through this treatment,
and now proposes to return home to de-
vote the rest of his life to alternating
the diseased people of his neighborhood.
A. ECKER.
The Somerset reporter., 1893-07-20
Save S3S 49, SS$;; California

Great Central Route Overland Fxcnr-io1
passing Niagara Falls and the Words Fair.-Pers na
" conducted Tourist excursions to Colorado, ltj
Portland Oregon and all Pacific coasts point tsY
Posto:.. Boston ard sl' any depot VERY lhul,day
p. Nj arrive at SIN Francisco TUESDAY follow
Rates, Sleeping car oerths. etc. furnished II aPl
cation to your nearest ticket Lent or to !:
SHEARFR. Manager or to JAS. s. SMITH, Assis'j
Manager, s State St, Boston. hmA
The Somerset reporter., 1893-07-20

Leo XIII is the only pope that ever
sauntered down London's famous 'Pcca-
dilly. The pope performed the feat
when, as Mgr. Pecci, he visited London
in 1S46
The Somerset reporter., 1893-07-20
NEWARK y. J. JUNE 26, 1893.

NEWARK y. j. JrNE 26, 1893.
Mr.. o. 5. Moflitt at this Hotel gave
me glowing accounts of your famous
Anidrosis. My wife has be II an invalid
from rheumatism, wish all the infor-
nation at your disposal and ohlige.
NM b. STErsoN.
The Somerset reporter., 1893-07-20

"Oh, mamma, see the poor horses!
They go all the time, and they don't get
anywhere" said small boy compassion
ately. pointing to the horses at work in
the thrashing machine
The Somerset reporter., 1893-07-20
AILENToMN PA.. il NJ.
ohoW hogan.

ALLENTOWN "a, j N It'll
DEAR DR. ooNANT: Your Compound
Napor tuning and liniment bathing is
indeed wonderful invention for mcdi
cal progress. 1t has relieved me from
painful muscular and nerve contractions.
rs nothing else has eyer done for me.
Gratefully.
HIRAM q. WINCH.
The Somerset reporter., 1893-07-20
Dr1ITII MINI, JUNE %. 1893.

DULUTH MINI, JUNE %. 1893.
DEAR SIR: After IS years miserable
existence from various symptoms have
been restored by the most reasonable
treatment (Anidrosis) the world has
ever been blessed by and gratefully au-
thorize you to use my name or refer the
distressed to me as you may wish.
WM. STEWART.
Address, Hill. So. St, Tacoma Wash.
The Somerset reporter., 1893-07-20
BENEDIcTA Me. july ), 1893.

BENEpIcTA Me. july ), 1893.
DEAR SIR; bought an ouitit of you
July o, 1890, and am now ready to re-
port. My wife has given 1t thorough
test to her entire satisfaction. Please
ship supplies rs am much in need OF
it now.
Your true friend.
JAMES BrRNs.
The Somerset reporter., 1893-07-20

A census of the great trees of Cali
tornia. the giant redwoods," revealst
fact that there is even 2.675 of them lei ),
the average diameter Of the lot being SO
feet.
The Somerset reporter., 1893-07-20
NOTICE

DON'T SEND ANY TAGS seFu8E JANUARY l. 1894
The Indianapolis journal., 1893-10-15

though the premiums, not unnaturally, do
not figure conspicuously in railroad ac-
counts.
The Long Island Railroad Company was
carrying $4,000 at the time Of the Parkville
accident Aug. This showed such care
lessness that it is reported the insurance
company refused to continue the policy.
and its caution was abundantly justified
by still heavier accident on Aus. ?e. The
Boston e. Albany carrying a $4,000
policy at the time of the Chester bridge
accident, which it at once collected, though
the sum cannot be third large enough to
meet the damages due TO that gross L'ece
of carelessness
The net safety of railroad travel is in all
probability neither increased nor diminished
by this practice. The indirect damage done
by serious railroad accident is so great
that insurance against lis iirect damages
does little more than save thu trouble Of
finding means for a large payment out Of
a single years earnings. no ralroal MIN
will be more or less careless because his
company carries accident insurance.
The Indianapolis journal., 1893-10-15
RAILROAD ACCIDENT INSURANCE.
Railroads Insure Themselves Against
Loss by Damage Suits.

Railroad passengers have for twen-
ty-six years been familiar with the practice
of insuring themselves against accident, but
it will be surprise to more railroad trav-
elers to learn that railroad companies in
sure themselves against the pecuniary dam
ages to which railroad accident makes a
corporation liable.
The loss of life and the injury to limb is
to the public the first consideration in
railroad accident. To railroad managers,
an early, If not the first. consideration is
the damages in which the company viii be
cast for an accident A year ago, Sept 3,
1892. through freight train on the Fich-
burg line in Massachusetts crashed through
a passenger train standing a siding at
West Cambridge, telescoping the rear car.
Ten were killed and twenty-eight injured.
] he report of the company just issued cred
its this accident with $l24.1S0.
Most railroad men will feel. remembering
the gross carelessness which led To the ac-
cident, that the company escaped cheaply.
Nearly ninety persons have been killed in
railroad accidents in the past two months,
and these accidents probably represent a
money loss In damages of upward of 81, 250.
900. with at least $4,000 for smashed roll
ing stock Several insurance coinpanes make
business OF insurlng against these losses.
The Indianapolis journal., 1893-10-15
l3, 15 and II s. Delaware.

can people will speak of this event as his
toric. They will go back to IL with infinite
interest TO trace the beginnings OF a move
ment that extended the frontiers Of their
country and evolved new forms Of civiliza-
ton. The world Will gain more from this
convention, and the logical results that
come after II than ii gained from the voyage
of Columbus during the first two centuries
succeeding his discovery. The new empire
which the promoters of this convention aim
to conquer and subdue to the uses of man Is
larger in extent and infinitely greater in va
riety and wealth of resources than the land
revealed by the Spanish explorer was be-
lieved to be by him or by his descendants
for two hundred years after him. Only the
element of dramatic interest Is lacking TO
make one event in some sense the parallel
Of the other in the popular imagination.
This convention, ii is true. is In a measure
a Western affair. 1t will be held In the
West and largely composed OF Western
men. But in a truer sense it is a national
affair, and in its ultimate results will as
sumo an Importance wider than the bound
airy lines of this or any other country. 1t
is intimately related to human progress the
world over 1t is bound up with the best
aspirations of the race.
The Indianapolis journal., 1893-10-15
GROWTH OF OUR COUNTRY.
An Increase I'm Population of 83, 900,
900 In a Century-Statfstics.

An Increase I'm Population of 83, ,OOO,-
600 In a Century-Statistics.
New York Advertiser.
In 1893 there were fifteen States and In
1893 there are forty-fcur. A population Of
3.92932S has increased to 67,186. .0O0 occupying
area OF $3.50 S05 square miles, which in
the original was but S05 z61 Philadelphia
was then the largest city In the United
: States having population Of 1880, New
York coming second with 3S,12l Boston 49,
6SS and Baltimore 1868. Chicago, San
Francisco, Milwaukee, Minneapolis and ST
Paul were not on the MAPS while ST. Louis
Cincinnati and Pittsburg were just begin
Ming to be. New York with 1,710,7l5 census
Philadelphia 1,142.653 and Chicago with
1,099 $50, comprise more population than that
credited to the country one hundred years
and the Congress now In session has 44S
ago. The Congress of 1893 had 1876 members.
a ratio of representation of one to
173,901 of population to only 10000 a century
ago.
AS evidence of the Nations growth here
is the money side Of the review: In 1923
the receipts into the treasury were $5 720,
GA and in 1893 they are s461, ,S07, ,7S8 The
expenditures under Washington were ST.
529375 while in Clevelands like year they
amounted to $459. .461, ia From imports.
then, the aggregate was s3l 900. 900, and to-
day il is $s66, ,361, 42l The exports were val
ued at SIC los, 900, and now the total is $s47-
50S024. Washington was satisfied with 209
postoffce appointments. while Cleveland
has 67,119 at his disposal The revenue
from postofflces then was S10l,747 and ex-
penditures $1,000. The revenue to-day is
$75,9S9,16 16O and the expenditures sS1, ,52e 5i3
There were nineteen colleges then and 597
to-day. Public schools were among the
unknown, along with railroads. the tele-
graph and telephone. In public schools
alone for the year 1893 there are 1900. .13s
pupils enrolled, with 36e634 teachers In
The Indianapolis journal., 1893-10-15
l0l E. Washington st.

ton. As a rule the pits were from hve to
eight feet deep, eighteen inches in diam
eter and contained from 100 to 200 eggs,
snugly packed at the bottom and covered
with dry grass and leaves. The eggs were
q little larger than those of the domestic
hen and more palatable, but deadly poison.
Many of the Sioux, tempted by hunger
died from eating them. Often they we're
purposely exposed to the discovery of in
vading enemies, in order that they should
eat and die. Not only were these eggs i'm
bued with poison, but they were equally
peculiar in that they remained fresh and
palatable In all weathers for thirteen
years and were finally Matched by the
cold of the winter and not the heat of sum-
mer.
Tree hundred years apo Blue Goose. a
mighty chieftain, ruled the Sioux. His
wife discovered a mixture which was a
perfect antidote to the poison the eggs.
The simplest washing in the mixture rem
dered them perfectly holesome.
Blue Goose was lover of war. He saw
that by revealing the secret of the anti
dote the hunting Of buffalo, then numerous,
would largely cease and that the people,
finding abundant food N the snake eggs,
would grow indolent and less warlike.
He, therefore, formed colu;"il of seven
discreet women, most solemnly pledged to
retain among themselves the secret of the
antidote and to use ii only in times of fam
inc or defeat in war This council was
self-perpetuating, and elected new members
only as vacancies occurred by death. New
er was the secret betrayed.
Indian tradition says that seven times
was the antidote used in times of need
when a pestilence swept off the entire
country at a stroke, and the secret
was lost.
The race of food snakes was never rec
onciled TO this loss and rapidly dwindled
away. They utterly disappeared about the
year 1920. 1t is interesting to note that the
last place at which either the snakes or
their nests were found was in the timber
along the James river at Rondell.
The Indianapolis journal., 1893-10-15

only to shake their bright tresses in order
TO produce a whole crop of ringlets all ar
ranged in the most picturesque and pleas
ing order This was the theory. In prac-
tice there were curl papers. curling tongs.
curling fluids and many kindred devices,
all of which together were far from suf-
ficing 10 keep the ringlets in curl. Ii was
the daily dread OF the fashionable woman
that the crisp ccrkscrew of her curls
SHOULD fail her and turn into limp, alb
ject forlornness, in which the ends dropped
down In raggednesS and the spirals above
became attenuated and unduly long.
This indisposed the owner to exertfon.
Should she get out a shower might come on,
and the damp would at once affect her
head of hair. What would become of the
tennis girl. unknown when ringlets were
'1n," should they again become the coiffure
of the day? She would have to choose be-
tween tennis and fashion, for the two
would be wholly antagonistic-
In the beginning of our Queens reign
ladies wore long ringlets at each side of
the face, and what was known as back
hair" The chief occupations were Berlin
wool work and Irritation, the ringlets play
ing a prominent part in the latter pursuit,
to judge by the novels Of the time When
they blushed they shook their faces to hide
the carmine hue.
These curls hung outside their bonnets in
the streets. and then they had a double
o-AACAN AcA thCi OiuSAASo, AOA eA4CJ SOuiU diOp
their veils'' in some instantaneous fash
ion which is as mysterious as it is enviable
to the women Of our own day. Florence
Dombey and Kate Nickelby were constant
ly dropping their wells while they either
blushed or shed tears.
A facility for weeping in fact, seems to
have accompanied the era of ringlets, and
1t is affrighting to conjecture that IL might
possibly return with the revival of the
fashion. There is really no saying what
even a modern girl might do if you put
her in ringlets. She might experience a
perfectly different set of emotions from
those to which she is accustomed.
The Indianapolis journal., 1893-10-15

Dozens of Deadly Snakes Sting .
Huge Grizzly Bear to Death.

Huge Grizzly Bear to Death.
Oroville (Cal.) Mercury.
George j. Carr and Howard Taber, two
well-known young men of Oroville, were re-
Gently spending a few weeks hunting and
fishing on the headwaters of the west
branch. From them comes a graphic de-
scription of a duel to the death between
rattlesnakes and huge grizzly bear +. -
They had been fishing all day on Chip
sey creek, which is one of the most mac
cessible tributaries of the Feather and runs
for miles through a deep canyon OF craggy
rocks. 1t Is only in places that the stream
can be reached at all. The ledges of rock
along the canyon are the abiding places of
countless rattlesnakes. and to this wild and
isolated region have been driven the few
remaining grizzlies of the upper Butte corn-
ty mountain. 1t is a dangerous place at
best for the sportsman armed only with a
fish pole, but to get chance at the finny
tribe in the creek the young men had laid
aside all thought of danger. Toward even
ing they climbed out of the canyon and
stopped on a ledge of rock to rest. On the
other side of the canyon rose perpendicu-
lar wall of rock fully eighty feet from the
foaming stream below.
They were surprised to discover on a
shelf at the top of the cliff monster griZ-
Zy bear. He was stretched out asleep and
from his proportions the young men esti-
mated that he must have weighed fully one
thousand pounds. They had no guns. and
were content to let the monster enjoy his
nap. Suddenly their eyes caught the CLINT
Of a serpents form gliding up the ragged
side of the cliff. 1t reached the shelf on
which reposed the bear. 1t saw the big in
truder. coiled, gave the note of alarm, and
then struck Bruin with it's fangs in the law
The big beast roared with pain and anger
and started TO his feet, but the fangs of
the snake held, and Ii swung backward and
forward With his paws he tore the reptile
loose and it fell on the shelf Mad with
fury, the bear stamped the snake with all
fours, and in so doing loosened a part of
the cliff, which fell with a crash into the
river. Instantly, it seemed, the rocks We're
alive with snakes. Kissing and rafting
they swarmed upon the bear and attacked
him as common enemy Roaring with
pain he fought them as we'll as he could
and flung many one over the brink. But
the snakes were too many for him, and he
started TO retreat. The deadly virus was
by this time coursing through his veins
from fifty wounds, and he fell back strug-
Cling and bowling. With convulsive move
ments the bear worked near the edge of the
canyon, and fell to the sharp rocks
nearly one hundred feet below, then rolled
into deep pool in the stream and was seen
no more.
The Indianapolis journal., 1893-10-15
A REAL ORIENTAL TALE.
The Cadl Gauges Woman's Age with
Remarkable Nicely.

Fliegende Blatter.
"Sir," said Abdullah, as he appeared with
his sister Fatima before the judge per
haps you will remember the brave Abbas,
who died thirty years ago. He was our
father, and left both of us his property in
equal portions, on which we have hitherto
sCbsisted in common. Fatima, IL is true,
has Ssen peevish and quarrelsome during
the last few years, but always gave way,
as am a lover of peace. But have re-
Gently chosen the beautiful Zoraida for
my bride, and thought of giving her this
valuable string of pearls-the most pre-
cious keepsake of my father in my pos
session, for he gave Ii to me on his re-
turn from journey when l was five years
old, and Ii has been mine ever since.
But Fatima will have ii that the pearls
are part of our fathers legacy, and claims
half of them as her share. She refuses
to listen to my arguments and insists upon
her clainl-not, indeed for the sake of the
pearls; oh. no! see quite plainly she wants
to spoil my pleasure and that of my bride
elect, for my sister does not like the idea
of Zoraida entering the paternal house as
mistress. Now, wise Cadi, give me judg-
ment.'
The Cadi bowed his head and said:
"Fatima, is the as your brother
statcd?"
"It is all quite correct excepting the as
sertion that the string of pearls belongs to
MIN alone. HOW does ne mean TO prove
that father gave IL him? / dispute the fact
and claim my share; my reason for 50 do
ing is immaterial to the question at ISSUE
well, Abdullah," said the Cadi address,
ing the plaintiff. ''have you any living witt
nesses or any handwriting to prove that
your father gave you the pearls?"
II have nothing of the kind was the
reply.
THAT is bad lookout" the Cadi con>
tinued. '.I fear there is no prospect of an
amicable settlement by persuadng your
sister to accept a sum of money for her
share
NO" she broke in. 'I want half of the
pearls,"
"Very WELL" said the Cadi. beckoning to
his clerk, II must have a report of the
case drawn up before delivering Judgment.
Say. defendant, your name is Fatima-
what is your age?"
Here she blushed, hesitated. tried more
| than once to speak, but never uttered a
| syllable.
How old are you?" the cadi repeated.
| Speak
| At last she replied in faltering tones: 81
| am twenty-eight.
! Really" said the judge. with ironi-
| cal smile. II hereby award the whole
string of pearls 10 Abdullah alone. Take
| them plaintiff and go your way In psacei
| Fatfrna Is not yoIr sister, for Abbas died
thirty years ago. and she is only twenty
] eight"
The Indianapolis journal., 1893-10-15
HOW TO SEND MONEY.
Thieves Can Detect Currency i'm. En-
velopes by the Scent.
Washington Star


If a bill must be sent in letter the
safest plan is to roll 1t tightly into the
shape of a lamplighter and lay it in
the fold of the sheet incosed. Arranged
in that fashion the fact that it is money
cannot well be distinguished by the feel"
A thread with knot at the end will not be
so likely to fetch Iell-tale fragment OF
the fiber paper when drawn by means of a
needle through the envelope, and the smell
OF il will be less perceptible. So peculiar
is the effiuvium belonging to bank or treas
ury notes that experts at the Bureau of En-
craving say that they can Distinguish them
when sealed in envelopes by the nose every
time A thief once showed to government
detectives, who had caught him, that he
could pick out from a pile of 400 lctters
every one of seven which contained paper
cash blindfolded, merely by scent All
postoffice buildings, by the way, provid-
ed with peep-holes, through which clerks
may be watched while at work Out of
100000 registered missives and packages
transmitted annually through the United
States mails less than 300 are stolen by dis
honest postal officials.
During the last Congress five bills for the
establishment of postal fractional curren-
cy were offered. None of them passed. All
of them were declared unsatisfactory by the
Postoffice Department, which regards the
plan as open TO many objections
To begin with, several thousand small
j
they kept sums in postal currency on hand
an additional incentive to robbery would be
furnished. The postmasters would have TO
give larger bonds, and they would hardly
be able TO do so In 5000 offices the busi-
ness transacted is so small that the com
pensation Is less than $500 per annum; In
10000 tn ray does not exceed 800, and there
are a great many in which the remunera-
ton of the postmasters is not over So If
the currency was made purchasable and
redeemed at money order offices the pur-
pose in view would be defeated to a great
extent.
The matter of expense must be consid-
cred. The fractional notes would have to
be printed the best bank note paper
with first-rate engraving, and they would
cost $ per 1000. Estimating the issue for
the first year at 12,000.0O0 pieces of postal
currency, the expenditure thus involved
would be $4,000. Commissions to post
masters on sales would amount to $50 900.
There would have to be an agency for dis
tributing the notes, just as there is for
postage stamps, and for its support not less
than $1,000 per annum would have to be ap-
proprated Counting the pay for an extra
clerical force in Washington, stationery,
ETC., the entire cost of the business would be
at least $4,000 for the year, or per cent of
the face value of the notes, supposing that
they averaged so cents.