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The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1894-02-08

The tariff bill passed in the House Of
Representatives. Thursday last, aud j.
about as adverse to the interests OF far
mcrs, lumbcrmen and manufacturers of
various kinds in the Northern States Is it
can well be. As We understand the bill
as it. passed, wool and all kind of lum-
Der excepting matched boards are free.
The duty is greatly reduced upon pota-
toes, hay, and farm products generally.
starch, lime, Woolens and nearly all the
products of the industries So prevalent
in these states. The Senate is expected
10 modify this bill somewhat by cutting
out the free coal and free iron ore items
and by putting tariff ON sugar to APP
pease the representatives, of these in-
terests in the south. The southern in
tluence is predominant in the ruling
party and this influence is Enthusiastically
felt in this bill.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1894-02-08

\ canvass of The :. ~ruatr ou tlc
income tax is reported TO Indicate il
defeat. in thar body.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1894-02-08

Fro. Bunker of the kenncbrc Dcmu-
crat gives DR.. lones the member of the
State Committee for Keunebec County
who resigned week before last in disgust
N the character of his associates on that
committee. a red hot ovcr-hauliug in his
last issue. He call, him Judas and Il
"distnrbrr" and also incidentally applies
to Editor 'ai-ted au assortment Of
epilhetS not common among political or
journalistic brethren. If Til, Mas ia a
party other than the Democratic il would
have some significance but they will
make it all up ~hen it cone, around to
voting time. II is not safe ion Repuhli-
cans to count upon their wrangling al-
fecting their vote next srptcmbe=.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1894-02-08

The best Salye in The word for Cuts. Bruise,
Sores, Ulcers, Salt Kheam. Fever Sores, letter.
Chsp2ed Hands Chibains Ca-us. and all Skin
krupuons, and positively cures piles, u no pay
required. l. = guarau.eeu to give perisc; salts
faction. Of money refunded. Price y cents pei
box. n sale ~ L LII [. pat,en.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1894-02-08
The State Treasury.

The committee appointed to ex-
anime The accounts al he Stair Treas
urel Tor the year ending bee, 3l-t. 1893
completed their work January 29ih.
aud reported 10 the Governor aud COM
oil a. follows:
Tie transactions. Of the treasurer ar"
mntitarinus. requiring very lar9c nllu-
Der al dillyrcnt accounts, al u which
mu.t necessarily be kept with method
aud exactuess.
Gen. Bral has afforded Us every facility
for Il proper discharge of our duty. and
after a critical examination into thu de
tails of the several accounts. We would
report that we are satisfied that the re-
ccipls and expenditures Of TIN public
money for the year lSg3, Il, stated IN hi,
report, are correct.
The amount of cash on hand n the
commencement oi the year Was S30l.-
5GaGS. There has been received from
various sources, 81 $50. 02S,GI making Il
total of 81. lG9. US 81 The expenditures
for the year have been 81. 3,ssl.7I
leaving cash on hand December 81, 1888.
s335,- 1864. The last item is verified toy
statements of the cashiers of the several
banks in which money is deposited, and
n certificate of the secretary of Stale 10
the count of cash in the Office.
Tie interest bearing liabilities oi the
/ Stafc are as follows:
nds issued in renewal Of war
loan dated June |, lSS9......S oil Oun 90
! Bonds issued in renewal NJ loan
for assumption of municipal war
debts dat ted Ocioher |. lSS9.... 6i0 ouO 90
! Bonds issued 70 Agricultural Col
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The Delta independent., 1894-03-07

a neighboring town about sixty miies
distant natural gas well has recently
been sunk 800 feet which produces an
immense flow OF fine quality OF gas. This
same company are going down 600 feet,
with every indication of soon producing
a flowing oil well. The same conditions
exist on this side of the mountain. Places
can be found where the earth will burn;
particles Of oil can be found at the waters
edge OF some streams, and it needs but
the drilling machine to bring it to the
surface.
The system OF irrigation of Delta coun-
ty as yet is not complete, but is we'll
advanced and in short time will be
perfected. The opportunities for irriga-
tion are good. and within u short time all
will be supplied. The natural facilities
are such that it makes it comparatively
easy to convey water up to and over tho
most elevated portions OF the mesas. This
is true OF California, Garnet and Rogers
mesas.
Along the valleys of the Uncompahgre,
Gunnison, North Fork, Smiths Fork,
Muddy, lie Roux, Tongue and Surface
creeks, there is an abundance OF water
for all purposes. In ldition to this,
complete system of reservoirs have been
established along the Grand Mesa, which
afford sufficient water for purposes re-
quired along the valleys or table lands
bordering thereon. The advantages to
be derived from the facilities for procur-
ing abundance OF water throughout the
county is of incalculabe value, and ono
that should be taken into consideration,
as upon this depends largely the success
of the toiler.
One OF the latest markets which the
valleys west OF the range must supply is
the Goose Creek gold camp, where the
new town Dubois has been started, and
which will doubtless surpass Cripple
Creek. All these mining camps do busi-
ness on cash basis at fabulous prices.
Old fruit growers claim they can make
money raising fruit at one cent per pound,
and VIXEN from four to eight cents per
pound is realized an idea of the profits
car be realized.
In the consideration OF Deltas markets
much credit is due to G. L. Wright, the
i leading commission man and his force Of
"hus!ling" employees. He has brought
Delta county TO the front as garden
spot where the thousands Of thrifty
miners send for fruits and vegetables.
The Delta independent., 1894-03-07
FOREIGN FIGURES.

LONDON pays yearly in police pen
sions s222, 1853, and the rest of England
pays f213,4s7.
A CENSUS of the Hungarian gypsies
taken on the last day of January this
year shows the total number of that
curious people in Hungary to be $4,000.
ARCHBISHOP WALSH is reported as
quoting some remarkable statistics il
Illustrating great increase of habitual
drunlsards in Ireland. The convictions
for drunkenness in 1887, he said, num-
bered 10000; in 1888, $1,000; in 1880,
92, 900, and in 1891, 10O,52S.
LAND in Great Britain sold at consid-
erably higher prices last year than dur
ing the two years previous. The statis-
tics of sales show that in England 3d.
254 acres were sold during 1892. reali-
zing IN average price of s4s per acre,
an increase of 45 over 1891, which was
in turn an increase of f3 over 1890.
The Delta independent., 1894-03-07
PRETTY FASHIONS.

THE small boy will be seen to best ad-
vantage during the coming summer in
the Fauntleroy suit.
A PERFECTLY plain skirt OF heavy silk,
bcngalinc or velvet may be made up
with front OF some contrasting ma
terial, or with the front of the same COW
cred with embroidery or passementeric.
SMALL girls wear party dresses, with
slips of silk covered with crepe de chine
or chiffon. Plaitings of lace around the
skirt, over the shoulder and as finish
for the sleeves, are a favorite trimming.
VERY pretty and cheap low turnover
collars can be made OF the half OF one OF
those colorcd-bordered handkcrchicfs,
which can be bought ut ridiculously
low price since they went out of fashion
for their original use
The Delta independent., 1894-03-07
FACTS GATHERED ABROAD.

The New Anio aqueduct at Rome
was sixty-three miles long.
THE japanese never mix different
kinds of flowers together in one vase.
WHEAT taken from mummy vase in
Egypt 1900 years ago was planted and
some Of it grew.
CARLSBAD is to have a new bath
house of unusual beauty and elegance,
which will cost two hundred thousand
dollars.
In some parts of China formal in
PRODUCTION is given in these words:
This is my friend. If he steals any
thing will be responsible"
A COPY of the first edition of Column
bus letter, in Latin, announcing the
discovery of America, printed at Rome
in 1893 sold in London for e315
STREET-CAR conductors in Berlin have
to work long for very little money.
They are on duty eighteen hours day,
and their daily pay is sixty-two and n
half cents.
GIRL babies are SO little thought of by
the Chinese that they are seldom
named. They are merely numbered in
the order of their appearance, as No. l,
No. ., No. 3, etc.
WHENEVER a strict Mohamnedan
pronounccs the name of the prophet
he piously kisses his thumb nails,
presses them to his forehead, and says:
''The prophet of God, to whom be all
glory"
II 1899 it was lawful in Hungary
that only he who had killed Turk
should wear feather, and for every
one slain he was allowed to wear one
feather in his cap. Hence the origin
of the term, as applied to success or
achievements: "a feather in his cap
The Delta independent., 1894-03-07
FISH AND SNAKE YARNS.


UNCLE EPH PLUNKETT, of Mira bella
Falls, Tex, has taught rattlesnalke
to shake his tail to music.
THREE THOUSAND salmon, it Is
claimed, were landed by Samuel Good
win with one haul of net near Port
Angelo, Wash, recently.
Mrs. 0. 2, PAYNE, of Gainesville, Ga,
killed thirteen rattlesnakes in the lot
around her home, with piece of fence
rail, a few days ago. They averaged
about two feet in length each.
AN old Maine fisherman has been
living in dory all summer, cruising
about Penobscot bay catching and cur
ing fish. He has camped in rough
fashion on the islands, hasn't slept in
bed since last May, and AYERS he has
had very fine time.
ONE curious result of the hurricane
that struck the southern coast recent
ly was the killing of quantities of fish.
For many days after the storm the
coast around Savannah and throughout
the stretch where its force was most
vented was strewn with dead fish ofall
lSip6S
The Delta independent., 1894-03-07

A Philadelphian and his wife were
dropped one hot summer day at the
tiny post village of Mount Pleasant,
on the Delaware railroad, and as they
gazed over a fiat country, whose diifcr-
ences of level are scarcely pcrccptibic
save by the aid of n surveyors instru-
mcnt, native asked them what they
were looking for. Then the Philadcl
phian explained that the name of the
place had called up such visions OF an
airy cminence that he and his wife had
come down to spend their vacation.
They learned from the native that
summer board was not obtainablc
there, and he obligingly explained
that the place received its deceptive
name in commemoration of the fact
that it was situated on the watershed
between Delaware and Chesapeake
bays, the backbone of the peninsula,
as it is locally called.
The Delta independent., 1894-03-07
CHANGING PlANlsTs.
An Interesting Incidental Performance Mt
New York Variety Show.


a New York Variety Show.
Gas interesting as anything I've
seen in this town." said n recent visitor
to a New York Sun reporter, was
change of pianists that / saw in n
variety theatcr. There was man on
the stage singing song and the
pianist was playing the accompani-
mcnt. ] happened to sec the pianist
glancing to the left once and looked
in the direction myself and saw com
ing down the side aisle man that ]
judged must be the relief pianist and
SO he was. ! imagined that he would
sit down for moment and wait; but,
dear me, was very slow.
.He was approaching the piano Mt
the bass end of the keyboard. When
he had almost reached the corner of
the piano the man who was playing
began gently sliding OFF the seat to
the right, still playing. BY this time
the relief was abreast OF the bass keys,
and these the first player, who was
still sliding steadily to the right, now
rclinquishcd to him, and then the new
conner, still standing, but also moving
steadily to the right, struck in in per-
feet time and tune
"There was n BRIEF time, n second or
two, when both men were playing
the retiring pianist the treble and the
oncoming player the bass-and for
fraction of IL second they were both
standing. But now the new player is
fairly opposite the center Of the key
board; he settles into the scat, md now
it is his hand that strikes the treble,
and now the whole piano resounds to
his rcsolutc touch.
"In fact, there never was a minute
when the piano had anything to say
about it; there never was minute
when the men were not completely
masters of the situation. There never
was an instant from the time the re-
lief approached until he was firmly
settled in his seat when both men
were not continuously in motion; but
the change was made without jar or
slur in the music and without the
omission Of note"
The Delta independent., 1894-03-07
THE INDIANS SUGAR.
How 1t Was Extracted from the Trees Ii
Vermont.

How 1t Was Extracted from the Trees In
Vermont.
Ever since the Indians in the section
now known as Fletcher discovered
.'honey" in the maple trees, that dis
trict has been known fer and wide as
the heart of the Vermont maple sugar
country. The way the red man ex-
tractcd the delicious compound was
somewhat slow us compared with the
present process. He used to cut
slanting cash in the bark and insert in
TIE lower end q gauge-shaped piece of
wood, from which the sap ran and
dropped into q poplar or basswood
trough. At the end of the season these
troughs would be sst up against the
trees and left until the following sea-
son, by which time the troughs would
be thoroughly mildewed. This ma
terially added to the flavor OF the alb
original sugar, but can hardly be said
to hGve improved it. The evaporator
of those times consisted of an iron lSct-
tic swung from q Gapling bent over q
stump. BY slow and tedious process
the sap was first heated and then
boiled in this kettle, often taking two
or three days boiling before it could
be sugared OH. This was the way in
which the redskins and the early Yer
monitors eked out ..sweetnin'" to
their tee and johnny cake.
In the best Fletcher groves Of to-day
long pipe OF trough line runs from
some central spot in the grove down
to the big storage tanks in the sugar
house. Here the perfected vaporator,
when under full hcadway, will convert
the first sap into sirup in half an hour,
consuming about one cord of wood to
produce a hundred poundG of sugar.
There are in the town of Fletcher, at q
moderate estimate, thirty thousand
trees, this being probably within the
real number.
The Delta independent., 1894-03-07

John Graham Brooks, the bureau of
labor expert, describes in the Forum
the effect of compulsory state insurance
in Germany. Ten years ago the first
step was taken to bring the whole body
of German wage-carncrs under com
pulsory state insurance. To-day nearly
thirteen million laborcrs are actually
insured against sickness, accident, in
validity and old age. The pcocle are
fairly satisfied with the provisions eZ-
ccpting those concerning old age and
invalidity, which they would eagerly
vote out of existence if possible. The
limit of age has apparently been
placed too high. Mr.. Brooks thinks
the experiment on the whole great
success, particularly in its indirect So
ciological results
The Delta independent., 1894-03-07

The Smithsonian institution has
printed paper by DR.. j. L. Snyder de-
scribing an urn containing incinerated
human bones which was dug out of an
ancient mound in Georgia. The urn,
or vnSe, is nearly conical, eleven and a
half inches high, and was covered by
an inverted bell-shaped vessel fifteen
and threefourths inches in height.
The ashes nearly half filed the vase,
and mingled with them were calcincd
human teeth and fragments of bones.
Lying on the surface of these remains
were quantity of wampum and sew
eral small pearls that had been pierced
for strinripp.
The Delta independent., 1894-03-07
CARE OF TAN SHOES.
How the Ingenious Boo.biack stin Earns
Ills Eime.

His Dime.
When tan shoes became fashionable
three or four years ago the bootblack
stood aghast. Some of them turned
pale, says the Washington Post, but
most of them did not because nature
debarred them from that manifesto
ton of apprehension. As man after
man passed their stands with his feet
shod in coverings that did not admit
of the old-time shine" they believed
that their race was run.
The ragamuflin who makes his liv-
ing upon the corners is an individual
hard to down. When the second sea-
son of tan shoes came around n new
method of polishing had been devised.
1t has been amplified until it has be-
come n science.
AS at present practiced by the high
priests of the art it requires first
thorough rubbing with damp rag;
then the application of half lemon;
then some mysterious unguent that is
put on with the ball of the thumb, and
lastly n brown polish invented cspc
cially for the occasion. This latter is
brushed with piece OF canton fan
mel. No well-educated and self-rcGpcct-
ing bootblack would use any other
kind. The man who is put through
this course of ornamental sprouts finds
himself wearing n pair of new russcts,
and he pays for it one dime. AS this
is double the old price the operator is
happy. He has not lost anything by
the shoes whose introduction promised
to prove his bane.
The Delta independent., 1894-03-07

Apples Peaches Pears Cherries Afco Ainond
and all kinds Of small fruits perfection pears
ece' since m rst fruit trees into bsarfn0
future Of IN Delta comfy the bringing forth their uu quota
VJfun each
The Delta independent., 1894-03-07

The best and most complete cattle ranch In
Colorado for rale; 100 acres and 200 acres of
desert land 100 acres in alfalfa, 4 acres In
fruit, I25 head cattle, IA head horses, hogs,
cliic;ens bees, wagons harness, buggy, full
set Of implements, etc. price ss,O00O0. Call.
aud get particulars.
BLAIR & MAsrIS.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-08-30
NOMINATIONS NOT CONFIRMED.
Some Were Rejected and Others
Failed by Henson of AdiOurnmeni.

WASHINGTON. Aug. 29.-Following is
the official list Of nominations rejected by
the Senate during the second session of
the Fifty-third Congress just closed:
Associate Justices of the Supreme Court
of the United States-Willam B. Horn
blower and William II. Peckham.
Consul-Benjamin Lethier, Sherbrooke,
Quebec.
: Collector of Customs-Edward ], Taylor.
for the district OF Niagara, New York.
Surveyor of Customs. Scott Harrison,
for the port of Kansas City. Mo,
Registers of Land Ofiices-Henry w.
Long, Gainesville, Fla.
Postmasters-Jonas :. Hays, Owego, N
y; Treadwell b. Kellum, Babylon, n. Y.
Thomas H. Marion, Herkimer, y. Y; Geo
The following nominations were not con-
firmed and failed by reason of adjournment:
United States District Judge for the East
ern and Middle district of Tennessee-James
D. Porter.
United States Attorneys-John w. Beck
man, for the district of New JERSEY: Will
liam l.. Marbury, for the district of Mary
land.
Collectors of Internal Revenue-George
W. Wilson, for the district of Florida 4
Augustus Healey, for the First district
of New York.
Collectors of Customs-David G. Browne
for the district of Montana; James w. Ball.
for the district of Yaquina. Ore.
Indian AgentS-ThomaS B. Teter, for the
Hall agency, Idaho: Marshall Petit, Kla-
John II. Galway, for the Eighth district
Postmasters-John Beard, Danville, ILL., !;
lanes 1ss1,,A A. Purdy; Ottawa Kan KAN Charles
Flint. Mich: John Murray, Port Huron.
MICH: Alfred A. Guck, Lake Linden. Mich :
J. B. Hamm, Ponca, Neb.; Alfred D. Tins
ley, Sioux Falls $. D.; George II. Islaub.
Ogden. U. T.; John d. Tyrrel. Pomeroy,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-08-30
WORK FOR LAWYERS.
Strange Will of John McCaffery, Who
Left an Estate of S500,000.

CHICAGO. Aug. 29.-The will Of John
McCaffery. which was probated June ii,
is one of the strangest legal documents
ever filed in the probate court here. The
testator was one of the directors of the
Grand Trunk railway. and also a director
of the Illinois Trust and Savings Bank.
He died June /, at the age of eightysiX.
leaving estate of 100000. The testator
says he was married three times; that
he had five children by his first wife and
two by his second. OF these seven chill
dren. however, ne remembered the names
OF but three. The bulk of the property
is left to the mysterious children of whom
nothing is known. as ii was generally
supposed that Mr.. McCaffery's sister and
daughter were his only immediate
heirs. A putative eleven-year-old son Of
the testator by. his third wife is given a
legacy of $4,000 and annuity of 5000,
further complicatng matters. one of the
missing children, known as Nancy Riley,
is said to have been kidnapped and taken
TO Ireland fifty years ago. Others of the
heirs are thought To be dead and fire.
quent family quarrels and arrangements
add 20 the muddle in which the big estate
Is left.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-08-30
SEALS AND GOLD.
Letters That Indicate Alaslka's Indus
tries Are booming.

WASHINGTON. Aug. 29.-Letters were
received to-day at the Treasury Depart
ment from Assistant Secretary Hamlin and
Captain Hooper. of the Rush" The let
ters, which are dated st. PauPs island,
Aug. 6. state that the Assistant Secretary,
who has been a tour of inspection to
the Pribyloff islands, expects TO reach
Port Townsend on the 5th of September
and Washington about ten days later. Cap
tain Hooper in his letter says that the
North American Commercial Company has
already taken about 1900 sealskins, and
ii is the expectation that 1000 additional
Will be taken before the season closes
Ihis would indicate that authority has
been given the company to take the max
imum (20,00O number of skins conditionally
granted by the Secretary before the season
opened. Captain Hooper also says that
there are many poachers in Bering sea,
all armed with spears, and it is assumed
that they have had a profitable season, as
the weather has been favorable.
Reports from the Yukon river region
show that great mining boom is in prog
ress in that region. The sum of sl00.U00
in gold nuggets is now at Unalaska to
be shipped to San Francisco. Miners in
large numbers are going into the country
from Sitka and southern Alaska.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-08-30
WILL REACH S+,O0O,OOO.
Amount Lost by lax Frauds Continues
to Swell.

MEMPHIS, Tenn, Aug. 29.-The investi-
cation into the delinquent tax scandal took
another sensational turn to-day, when
James Harris. Controller of Tennessee
armed with a force of expert accountants,
began 10 examine the books of the officials
of Shelby county for the purpose of ascer-
tanning the exact amount of money out
of which the State has been defrauded.
The frauds will reach a total of $4,000, 900
and cover a period of ten years. Controller
Harris, in an interview this afternoon,
stated that the State authorities had de-
cided to enforce the payment of this enor-
nous sum. Suits will be begun against the
delinquent taxpayers, and where the State
fails TO collect the amount due by tax
payer by this process the dereict officials
and their bondsmen will be held responsible
The grand jury has indicted County Clerk
+. j. Quigley and License Inspector Joseph
Theirs for neglect Of duty in enforcing the
payment of taxes and privilege licenses as
cuted criminaly as we'll as civilly