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The Somerset reporter., 1894-12-20
FUEL FOR PARIS.
The Coal From Three Countries Is Mixed I
For Domestic Ise.

The Coal From Three Countries Is Mixed
For Domestic Use.
Whenever possible the Seine is util
lied for the transportation of fuel to
Paris. Nearly all the great wholesale
firms have their yards III the neighbor-
hood of the river The railroads also
bring great deal of wood and coal to
the city. As the trains move slowly
through the yards of some of the lines
of railroad the passengers can see in
closures filed with cord wood, store
houses of sacks of fuel; also cars loaded
with these sacks, which all seem to BE-
of the same size. The opening Of tho
sacks is secured by lacings of cord, and
the cords fastened by leads. Here also
may be seen, stored ON cars, large IN
perforated briquettes for use in engines
and manufactures Along the embark
ment of the Seine may be seen hundreds
of cords of wood piled in such regular
order that one could we'll believe that
the spacings were measured off with a
rule.
The coal is from English, French and
Belgium mines. Sometimes the three
kinds are mixed for use in the kitchen
ranges.
The shops for the sale of fuel by retail
are almost as numerous as tho bakeries.
They are always neat and the wood,
coal and kindlings are arranged i'll
most artistic manner. The wood is piled
SO as to show the evenly sawed ends.
Tho samples of coal are arranged in
glass dishes, and in some of the shops,
where orders are taken for the whole
sale places, wood is arranged in the
windows and decorated with growing
moss and terns, Indeed the chief aim nj
the French shopkeeper is to make his
shop attractive. Ladies Home Jour
nal
The Somerset reporter., 1894-12-20
BRUTALITY IN FOOTBALL.

Brutal tactics ut Springfield were with
out excuse and without reason.-Boston
Transcript.
There is talk Of protest from the prize
ring against the brutalitics of the football
gridiron.-St. Louis Post Dispatch.
The running record of football game
is about rs interesting reading as the re
cital of n railway rcnr end oollision.-Phil-
adelphia Press.
On all sides there is evidence of rapid
ly growing sentiment against the too of
ten yiciously expressed zeal for victory at
any cost.-Boston Herald
1t may not be necessary to suppress foot
ball as a game but certainly the brutal
features which now characterize it should
be suppressed New York World.
The Yale Harvard game was "univcr-
sally pronounced the most brutal exhibit
ton OF any sport ever given OF side of the
most vicious prize ring Augusta tGa. }
Chronicle.
The friends of the game might as well
understand that unless brutality be elilni-
mated from football the game itself will he
eliminated from the list of college sports
Chicago Times.
The question for those most interested
In its future to decide is whether or not
these practices, which are foreign to thu
game itself, can be eliminated. A first
thought it would seem to he possible to
guard against them at least in large de
gree.-Proyidence Journal
The Somerset reporter., 1894-12-20
sEELY'S SLICK STEAL

Even Chicago canuet hape n record a
greater dlf3leafian thau tai which is
the talk # Gotham boston Gl9be
To- fqsted LINK cashier viii naw ha7e
NJ take a faea mi Tie trusted
bookkeeIer is haYIns his innings p =
aelphia Inquirer.
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The Somerset reporter., 1894-12-20
CHtsEsE FlssROgeEa5.


In Caution the tI-I5f5l5ns,l.r.. - ms.
.rnf,5rt=,f5t tr#.#.# Tn o#55rz.45z,3 ia
-, fishermen, II.5afz.5# has fr a.
mt aI.fj4ufad = .4=.#rI # Artificial
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liz. ..t45 5J.5.a azA# fin fr.#-4. and .alfed.
smoked and t5rt##f4aa eY..I5..riety wa,
Ike s#4If# 46.if. ~ basket. graaed from
TIM. tI54s5a= mt Bs#f an Igaa Ing t.
1Qf54f aff5..4s##ll t. L. fff..s4tsa i5.t, crown
ar - I..5.lf=. IN IaaefH Iba-s weresgld
fra4b z4|fad a#Id sfaased. shark fin, are
delIaaaq Taere~aas fi-a mstfied and
barred. IHIehf ami d5E#. lzaaf quaint
and L. - unknown -Eafas. bnt FORE.
mot. dive all. and ,zaarQwhere to be-
yen. were tAe artiAeIaIGT grown live
1-h.
A wonderful creatura va this, al.
WAYS appearing H. suiIlr fram heat,
pasnin, at tae surface Fl f5e water flr
breath and recalling Neraaat Green
fish that werg beginning t. sweat and
COMPLAIN. They were a. ts.nle a. deule.-
tic animals. seemingly careless e being
knocked about. thrown fIara bond. M
boats. from b9ats into tubs, from tut
into buckets and then back INTO tut.
again. Thy were used t. being handled
and inspected. and If di.approyed put
back into the water 10 be sid, allve if
bought whole. or cut to pieces while
living and sold III bleeding chunks. 4
thick. short fish is this. Of the mullet
The Somerset reporter., 1894-12-20
Happens Once Every $500. 900 Years.

A remarkable freak in moon phases
was noted in the month of February,
1866, month which has gone into
astronomical annals as the month with
out full moon" In that year January
and March each had two full moons, but
February none A writer in leading
astronomical Journal uses the following
language in describing It: "Do you
realize what rare thing in nature it
was? 1t has not happened before since
the beginning of the Christian era or
probably since the creation of the world /
1t will not occur again, according to
the computations of the astronomer
royal Of England, for--how long do you
Think Not until after $500, 600 years
from l866P'-St. Louis Republic.
The Somerset reporter., 1894-12-20
To Subscribers.

We do not use the columns of the RE-
PORTER to any great extent TO urge
upon subscribers in arrears, the impor-
lance, to us, of their paying up, but it
is getting to be about the time of year
we send out statements to all subscrib-
ers who are one year or more behind, and
those who will make payment before
January LIST, 1895, will save US the ex-
pense and labor of sending them po-
lite invitation to call and pay or remit
the amount due us. A word to the wise
ought to be sufficient.
We have to say, further, to our
friends, that we offer as inducement for
subscribers to payup, that we will settle
all arrearages to January 1st at $3.50
per year and that we will give advance
paying subscribers to that date, fourteen
months time for the price of one year.
Please let us hear from YOU early. and
thus give THE REPORTER Happy
New Year. when January first comes
around.
The Somerset reporter., 1894-12-20
The State Grange.

The 21st, annual meeting of the Maine
State Grange, at Bangor, this week is
well attended. By the secretary's re-
port it appears the number of members
is L ,059 a net gain of 1873 for the year.
The number of oranges is 22l. Six
counties made loss in membership dur
ing the year and ten made gains. This
last number includes Somerset county,
that made gain of l6l, which brings
the membership of its II oranges up to
1924.
The treasurer gave as the receipts of
the year, from previous treasurer, 2,
730.5i; from secretary, 81, 43S.3I; total
So, l6s.Ss. The disbursements were 81
9s2.76, leaving 81, 1s6.13 in the treasury.
The organization appears to be in Il
very flourishing condition and one that
is of great advantage especially to farm
ers. 1t is certainly worthy of support
by every person interested in agricul-
ture.
The Somerset reporter., 1894-12-20
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The Somerset reporter., 1894-12-20
Maine Pedagogical Society

The fifteenth annual meeting Of the
Maine Pedagogical society will be held
at the Edward Little High school, Au-
burn. with evening sessions at Auburn
hall, beginning Thursday Of next week
and continuing three days. The presi-
dent i 81 II. Small, principal of West
brook high school. The programme is
AN extensive aud attractive one and the
speakers embrace some of the most
prominent educators of the country.
Among the topics to be discussed are
Teaching of History in the Public
schools. Drawing, Needs Of schools,
Outline of work in English. Child's
study. Reading, sanitary side Of School
life, Exercise in Physical Culture,
Period of study, Cleanliness aud Health
OF the Young, Chemistry, system of
Manual training, Next things in Legis-
lation, y State Board of Education,
Progress in kindergarten. etc, Core
lation and Curriculum.
The meeting cannot fail 10 be ole of
great interest. particularly 10 those en-
gagged in school work.
The Somerset reporter., 1894-12-20
SOUSA'S DISCIPLINE.
General Scho fields Funny Break AS to
tho Conduct of an Orchestra.

General Scho fields Funny Break AS to
tho Conduct of an Orchestra.
How Conductor Sousa was taken to
task by General Schofeld for his lack of
discipline is told by the San Francisco
Chronicle.
The last echo of one of Sousa's over
lures was just dying away over the sand
hills south of tho fair grounds when
General Schofeld stepped in front of
the band and saluted the distinguished
leader. Sousa returned the salute and
sent one of his men to escort the general
up into the band stand.
''That music was eautiful-beauti-
full, " exclaimed the general as he shook
Sousa's hand warmly. II am astonish-
ed, sir, that you get such results with
SO little discipline. "
There is nothing that Sousa prides
himself more on than being one of the
strictest of disciplinarians, and he was
naturally nettled at the general criti-
cism.
why, general, my men are under
perfect control. I'm sure they are thor
DuBiii llltii, am Gall Hhlulg bbiitHb
that there is any lack of discipline. |
have never noticed it. "
mo, that's just it; you don tsee it, y
persisted the general Il saw it, though.
Do you know that rs soon as you turn
your back on one side Of your band to
shake your baton at the other those fell
lows all quit playing? OF c9utso You
don't see it, Tor as soon as ydu tnin
around they begin again.
The fun in this, at the expense Il thr
general, lies, of course, i'll tga fa'i Ext
when a section of Sousa's mtu ifaea.as
silent as he turned TO the e.#frS $
when the music so required La
general looked upon this lap Is "a
would upon the suspension e Il ~
of his artillery when he turned las at
tention to another part of the field.
The Somerset reporter., 1894-12-20
Cola Weather Suggestions.

As cold weather approaches women
try to devise means for preventing hands
and lips from chapping. An excellent
remedy to prevent chapping is cold
cream. A manicure says that it whitens
the skin Moro than any preparation. 1t
has taken the place of the old time rem
edy-mutton suet. 1t should be well
rubbed into the skin, and gloves, pref
erably white, slipped ON. The palms of
the gloves should be slit in several places
to allow the air and prevent cramps OF
the muscles, and the finger tips clipped
off Nascline should never be allowed to
touch the hands 1t turns the skin vel
low and leaves stain ON the nails that
is hard to clear away.
In winter cold water should be used
sparingly. Its action roushens the ska
unpleasantly Tepid water with a very
few drops of household ammonia and u
good lather Of CASTLE or horax soup, i
advisable II the hands are inclined L.
redncSs, the trouble lies in the WY of
circulation, and slight gymnastics Will
relieve it
The Somerset reporter., 1894-12-20

1t is stated that there is something of
feeling in some parts of Franklin county
because of the refusal of Governor
Cleaves and his council to pardon Emory
Cakes of Madrid, who languishes in
state prison for attempting to wreck a
train on the Phillips & Rangley railroad.
The man confessed the crime and impli-
Gated others who were arrested and ex-
amined but 10 evidence could be found
against them and Cakes retracted his
statement against these men. This Jug
gler with fact and falsifier is among the
last men upon whom executive cemency
should be lavished. and Governor
Cleaves and his council did just right in
refusing a pardon. Pardons should be
exceptional, whereas the friends of Grim
nails appear to think they should be the
rule. Tie courts of Maine, give every
person accused of crime every opportu-
nifty possible for fair trial and once one
is convicted there is hardly possibility
of his innocence. Material evidence not
known at time of trial, and other very rare
and extraordinary circumstances, alone,
should command the consideration of the
pardoning power of the State of Maine.
So far as we have known this has been
the practice at Augusta, and we believe
it will so continue to be, to the credit of
our state,
The Somerset reporter., 1894-12-20
Asa Goodrich.

Ile abaSe j. tie fourth respected resi-
dent Of Ganaan. thai ha- died in the
short period ot eight day. He VA born
il Clinton. ia l.24. and fell by the way
soon after he had reached his three score
years aud ten. lie vas a thrifty farmer,
and his ell titled acres told the story Of
bis industry, He lived quiet, uuob-
trusiye life. and was exemplary in all
hi- walk. In his dealings he would heap
rather than scant the measure. This ele-
ment in his character won the conf
deuce Of allWho knew him He WAS -tur-
dy yeonah, and one hat he oW could i'll
afford To lose. In 1919 he found faith
full help-tnret in tlafissa Kicker. sister
of Noah Kicker. who died on De. 9th.
She, an only sou. Wallace. Who resides
in Boston. and several brothers and sis
tiers survive him. The funeral took
place on W eduesday forenoon, and was
conducted by Rev. {. '. Hanson There
WAS large attendance. The floral
offerings We're very choice. Appropriate
hgmn> We're rendered ~ the village
choir. He will be surely missed by all
who felt the quiet Influence Of his up
right lie.
The Somerset reporter., 1894-12-20

The point is made, by gentleman not
uninterested in the Skowhegan aud Nor
ridgewock Electric Railway, that for the
town to grant permission to the propos-
ed Skowhegan, Madison and Athens
Company to lay its track along the
streets proposed, Madison and Russell,
would operate to materially reduce the
income of the road already built in
which the town has invested and of
which it is one. fifth owner, by occupy
ing the best street in town FOR business
and preventing the extension Of the s. d
n. road about town. as has always been
contemplated by that company. This,
he claims, would be short-sighted bust
ness policy for the town to pursue.
This genteman's remedy is to allow the
S. q n. to lay the tracks in the principal
streets asked for and then for the s., NJ.
& A. company to have authority to run
their cars over these tracks upon paying
reasonable compensation for the priv
lege. The latter company, we are in,
formed, desire to lay their tracks and
give the former right to use them ty
paying reasonable sum therefor.
The Somerset reporter., 1894-12-20

If you want eating apples, cooking APP
pies, potatoes, eggs, butter, in fact gro
ceries at lowest prices and freshest and
and best quantities, send in your orders
into the Fletcher store. We always
have them on hand, and what you will
save in price over what you are now pay
ing will buy lots of Christmas presents
for the children. It's hard times and it
is wise to leave your money where it
will do you the most good,
BARTLETT Il CAIRNS.
The Somerset reporter., 1894-12-20

"A Merry Christmas to our many
readers is about all we can say, further,
in this the last paper of our Holiday
Edition.. Were we inclined to moralize
we would doubtless say that your Christ
mas would be merry to just the extent
you try to make it thus for others, but
from this we refrain, presumiug that any
suggestion of this kind is entirely a work
of supererogation.
The Somerset reporter., 1894-12-20
Town Meeting.

he Sclcctmen nave issued Il call Tor Il
meeting of the inhabitants of the town
of Skowhegan to see if the town will
grant the right of way 10 the "sko~he-
gan, Madison and Athens, street Rail
way and Power company to locate and
construct an Electric Railway from the
junction of Water Street and Madison
Avenue. up Madison Avenue 10 the
Madison town line also from the
Maine Central track aIong Russell Street
to Madison Avenue.
This meeting is called OH the applica-
ton of }. Z. Oak, T. Il Anderson. 5. ".
Gould, Il. b. shepherd, l.. +. Danforth.
:. J. Walton, l.. l.. WALTON. Z. +. Niles,
\. 6. Blunt, g. L. Goodwin and Forrest
Goodwin. The seleelmen, as We under
stand the law, have the authority 10
grant this right without this action Of
the town, but they prefer to get the
views of the legal voters upon the propo-
sition.
The town was not called upon by the
selectmen to vote upon the location of
the Skowhegan and Norridgewock Flee
trio Street railway, hut it had by a vote
that WAS practically unanimous, voted
the sum of $4,000 to be invested in the
stock of the road, and this was taken by
the selectmen as an emphatic expression
in favor of the project and ample advice
to them to grant the company the right
of way through the streets thus far oe-
cupied by the companys track.
This proposed road has in no way
been before our citizens for their action
in town meeting and is Il new project to
most of US, but of course will be explain
ed and our citizens will not stand in the
way of an Electric road in any direction,
now they have experienced the advan-
tage of the one we already have in oper-
alton. The vote of the town will be but
an expression of the wishes of the inhab-
itants in the premises and we are free to
say this expression should be to the Sc
lectmen to grant this privilege whenever
this company, or any other reliable, le-
gally organized company, is ready to
begin the construction of the proposed
way.
Our theory is to favor any railway in
Maine whenever money can be raised to
construct and equip it, Capital is con-
sentative about these things and is rarely
put into railroad that does not serve
the public to the advantage of business
and the convenience of the people. The
money originally invested may be lost to
the men who put it in but the public is
benefited.
We are Informed that the organization
of the Skowhegan, Madison and Athens
Street Railway and Power Company is
progressing as rapidly as the observance
of legal requirements will permit, that
they purpose, first to construct a road
to Hayden Lake in Madison, then to
push it through, VII East Madison, to
Athens, and later may extend branch
to Madison Village.
The company consists of some of our
most progressive business men, who
have given the project much attention
and expect to make all necessary ar
rangements during the winter and early
spring and be prepared to strike it ''liyely''
when the railroad construction season of
1895 comes around. $50 mote it be-"
The Somerset reporter., 1894-12-20

A change has been made in the service
on the $. & n. Electric railroad, as fol-
lows; On and after Monday, next the
first car will leave Skowhegan, at 40
O'Clock in the morning to connect with
the train from up river towns; then
every hour, on the hour, until 3 o'clock
p. M; at 40 p. m. and every hour
after 6 p. M, until 8 p. m.
The Somerset reporter., 1894-12-20
Somerset :. j. Court.

December term. 1891.
WIsWELL, J. Presiding.
n W. BRAiSgRp, Clerk.
F. W. HovEY, County .1horneg.
=. .. Bdrrotes Seaographer.
f., r. Niles, sheriff.
blaine :. viles, Messenger.
The December Term of the Supreme
Judicial Court convened at the Court
House, Tuesday morning. Hon Andrew
Z, Wissyell. Associate Justice, presiding
Rev. l.. H. Copeland, pastor of the
First Baptist church, ofllciated rs chap
lain, and sheriff yiles made the usual
proclanation>.
The pannel of Grand Jurors was call
ed and the following responded TO their
names, after which the cleI k called the
docket of causes
The Somerset reporter., 1894-12-20

Our readers have had a deliverance
from impending misfortune this week.
We usually write an editorial-not IA
long one-on Christmas, the week before
that day comes around, each year, but
this year have not had time to do it.
The Somerset reporter., 1894-12-20

They now hang men insConneetieut,
by the use of A gallows that works auto
matically. BY this means the officer in
charge is relieved of the odium OF
springlng the trap as the weight of the
criminal itself docs this.
The Somerset reporter., 1894-12-20

The old board of directors of the
Maine Central WIS reelected Wednes.
day aud subsequently the directors re-
elected f. \. Wilson, president: Payson
Tucker. vice president; Josiah II. Drum
mnnd clnrk
The Somerset reporter., 1894-12-20
Two Merits.

The Hibernian gift for courteous
speech was seldom better displayed than
by certain Irish boarder
His landlady, pleasant spoken"
body, had poured him cup of tea and
presently inquired if it was all right.
1T is jist to my taste, Mrs. Halla-
ham," said the boarder-"wake and
cowld, jist as I loike it. Youths
Companion
The Somerset reporter., 1894-12-20

Friday Evening, Dec. 28,
Meeting OF Board of Trade Committee on
4th of July at the Office of E. P. Coffin.
Friday, December 28
The annual Convocation of Somerset
Chapter Royal Arch Masons
Monday Evening, December 81.
Annual meeting of The Milburn Club.
Monday January 7, 1895,
The annual Communication of Somerset
Lodge F. and A. NJ.
Tuesday and Wednesday, January and .,
Annual meeting Of Somerset Pomona
with Skowhegan Grange.
Tuesday Evening, January Is, 1895
Lecture on the Skowhegan Public School
System by L. L. Walton Esq. in G. A.
r. Hall.
The Somerset reporter., 1894-12-20

Mrs. Walter +. Palmer of Providence,
h. l., came Saturday night, to spend
Christmas vacation of two weeks with
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. B. Dins-
more. Mrs. Palmer has good position
as primary teacher at the Friend school,
in Providence.
The Somerset reporter., 1894-12-20

President Debs of the American Rail
way Union, has been sent to Jail for six
months, and there are few to extend
sympathy to him. His performances
last summer were exceedingly high
handed and defiant subyersive of pub
lie order and in violation of the rights
of good many persons. Six months in
Jail is very mild punishment for Of
fences such as Debs was guilty Of
The Somerset reporter., 1894-12-20

The Pittsfield Advertiser issued l6
page paper with colored cover last week,
as Christmas number. and ii was nice
one and an interesting one.