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The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1895-05-30
800. Reward, 800.

The readers of this paper will be pleas
ed to learn that there is at least one dread.
ed disease that science has been able to
cure IN all its stages and that is Catarrh
Halls Catarrh Cure is the only positive
cure now known to the medical fraternity
Catarrh, being a constitutional disease
requires constitutional treatment. Halls
Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting
directly upon the blood and mucous sur
faces of the system, thereby destroying
the foundation of the disease, and giving
the patient strength by building up the
constitution and assisting nature in doing
its work. The proprietors have SO much
faith in its curative powers, that they
offer One Hundred Dollars for any case
that it fails to cure. Send for list of tes-
timonials. Address,
F. J. CHENEY CO, Toledo, Ohio.
Sold by all Druggists.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1895-05-30
Some Points About Wills.

Do you know that you cannot will
away your body; that a clause i'll your
will giving your body after death to any
person or institution is not legally bind
ing? Your executors cannot be forced to
carry out your Wishes though they may
do so through Difference to your eX
pressed preferences. 1t is also important
to remember that three witnesses are
needed in devising real estate instead of
two, as i'll bequeathing personal property.
"When woman Will, she will, de.
pend ont, " says the provorb. But there
are SO many sharp turns and short
curves in the course of the law that
though woman wills to will what she
will, how she Will i'll nine cases out of
zen she cannot make her viii so that she
wills what she will as she wills to will
New York Press
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1895-05-30

The decoration of legions of soldiers
graves is not meaningless exercise. 1t
has been kept up for quarter of CEN
fury all over our broad land and the SEN
timent that prompts it is stronger than
1t was when the ceremony was inaugural
ed. The people of our country gladly
assist veterans in bearing the expense
attending observance of Memorial day
and have in large measure adopted
the day to place fresh flowers upon the
last resting places of their own loved
dead. Thus is the day doubly consecrat-
ed. These people express their love for
their dead by these offerings; veterans
express not only love for fallen comrads
and honor to their memory but they
further express devotion to the cause for
which they fought and love for that
country they helped to save. The OBJ
servance is more extended and more
general this year than ever before and
lapse of time rapidly increases the num-
Der of those whose memories and deeds
are honored, and corresponding de-
creases the comrades who perform these
significant offices. Time will solve the
problem for all and there will come a
day when the last veteran of the war
will be beneath the sod.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1895-05-30
Ready For the Cholera.

Some years ago there was an outbreak
Of cholera in France, and instructions
were forwarded to the mayor of a GER
tain village to take all necessary precau-
lions, as the epidemic was rapidly spread
ing.
At first our worthy magistrate did not
know what to do. After awhile, how
ever, he reported that he was ready to
receive the dread visitor Upon inquiry
being made, it was discovered that by
his orders a sufficient number of graves
had been dug i'll the local cemetery to
bury the entire parish if required. -
Nervion.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1895-05-30

The Athens Grange is one of the live
Oranges of Maine. 1t has more than
doubled its members in the last two
years, and now has 10 members, The
second in the county in number and we
think the first in enthusiasm aud unity.
There is no road so bad or weather so
stormy that you do not see from 10 to
100 at the meetings, many coming five
or six miles.
A special meeting was held on Satur-
day afternoon, May 18th, The young
people having been appointed to take
entire charge of the meeting, fill all the
offices, and carry out the program, they
entered heartily into the work, and spar
ed no pains in making the occasion an
enjoyable one. The hall which was
lastly draped and decorated with
flowers was well filled with patrons,
over 100 being present.
The meeting being called to order by
Fred Collins, the following officers re-
paired to their allotted stations Master,
Fred Collins Overseer, Geo. Aver; Lee
turer, sister l.. c. Williams; Steward, c.
F. Dunton; Assistant Steward, Frank
Fox; Lady Assistant, sister Ao0le FOX
Secretary, sister Minnie Hight; Chaplain,
DR.. Pepper; Treasurer, Amos Rines
Gate Keeper, Geo. Fox; Ceres, sister
Genie Aver; Pomona, sister Rose Eaton
Flora, sister Lena Corson.
An interesting program consisting OF
quotations by the officers, songs, read
ings, recitations and anecdotes was car
ried out. One Of the laughable features
of the occasion was the mock initiation
of two candidates.
The able manner in which our young
brothers and sisters conducted the meet
ing and carried out the program, shows
us that 1t will be safe to entrust our
Grange in their hands at any time.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1895-05-30

A prominent Grand Army man men
toned within hearing distance of the
REPORTER recently, that it is exceeding
ly difficult for Memorial day orators
to get anything new to give to their
audiences. In the natural order of
things this is in a certain sense true, and
yet, patriotism, the central topic of
Memorial day addresses. can never grow
stale in this the home of freemen. It
is ever old, yet ever new.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1895-05-30
To Reporter Patrons.

In order to give readers of the RE-
PORTER the advantage of the local news
twice each week we offer to them THE
SOMERSET ARGUS at HALF RATES or the
REPORTER and ARGUS for 81 90 per year
In advance.
Please send in your name with 80
cents and receive the SOMERSET ARGUS
one full year for that small sum.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1895-05-30
Burglars blew the safe 10 the office o

Burglars blew the safe In the office of
the Linn Wooden Co., at Hartland, at
about IL o'clock, Sunday night, but Sc
cured less than $50. They also broke
into the post office and bored two holes
in the safe there but did not crack it.
When they left town they took hand
car and rode to Pittsfield. They are be-
lieved to be the same that cracked the
safe at f. Cobb & Cos store in Bangor,
about week ago.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1895-05-30

Levi Greenleaf. Esq. formerly of
Pittsfield and for the term of ls7s-s0
County Attorney of Somerset county,
has removed from Lewiston where he
has been in the practice of law for II
years past, to Portland and has taken
an office on No. 3l14 Exchange St.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1895-05-30

Ex-Mayor Abram S. Hewitt of New
York, has this to say of the party he
formerly honored; at is my opinion
that the Democratic party is dead. 1t
has no show whatever before the
country. As | told somebody the other
day, it needs new birth. 1t must be
born again. 1t took the party % years
to be born again after it passed into
odium in 1861, and nobody knows how
many centuries will elapse before it ever
comes once more into power.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1895-05-30

Secretary of State Gresham is the
fourth occupant of that position who
has died while in office. Occupancy of
these high places is not conducive to
longevity. There is Il tremendous strain
upon the heads of Departments at Wash
ington that tries the strongest brain
and physique.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1895-05-30

Crocodile tears" are alluded to 10y
several Latin and Greek authors, 1t he.
ing superstition among the ancien's
that the crocodile. after killing a ma.,,
ate all his body but his head and 81 60
tears over that before eating it also
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1895-05-30

PAwTuekEr May u Fire broke aut in
the machine shop Of the \. T Ath.rtou
Machine company a. 80 last 4Jt.
Watchmau Eb,n f. Bullock. jyear, old.
was burned 10 death. The damage is estl.
mated al Sla.aHb.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1895-05-30

LOWELL Nay 27.-CAar'e- II smith Ct
Nashua Wa struck bs an electric ear On
LAX View avenue. sustaining injuries
from which he died soon afterward.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1895-05-30

IqwEli Ny 27.-Rle#arl Is anderson
Of Lowell and John McGHnchey Of Vest
Chelmsford were DROWNED by the upset
ting II a boat N Nabna.-ett pond yester.
day afternoon
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1895-05-30

To pile ON agony is popularity snp-
posed to be an Americanism 1t is,
however, found in one of the letters Of
Charlotte Bronte and was used in Eng
lish popular literature before the begin
ming Of the present century.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1895-05-30

In Corinih. A D. 201, 60 figs y y.
sold for ? cents.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1895-05-30

Montenegro has its name from the
color of its mountains. The word means
"black mountain.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1895-05-30

c. f. Ball has been appointed post
master at The Forks in place of W. w.
Young.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1895-05-30

Hops were used as a medicine and a.
a basis for an Intoxicating beverage il
Egypt as early as 5000 b. C. The plant
is represented on the Egyptian monu-
ments Of that date
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1895-05-30
WALTER @. GRESHAM.

a iud,,e and "a Statesman ointment a,n,. d.
tin0ni.hed i'm tbe ,raot n.5bf. nj human
endeavor He rnsa Ia the rank of r,.,i.,
peneral nf Volunteer, duripr the rebellion
He WAS for Il wears United ~tat,.- di,rr5sr
iudge for Indiana. and for ejsrlit VEN.
limited Stntes circuit iud,-,. for Uliun.-
and held three cabinet nnlffalio,-po--
muster general and spcrrfary # The, tr.a-
ury. under Arthur and secretary of -taf,
under Cleveland ~urh ~, rojtafur az l.ttH
lie seryicr few men can hoa.f
He WAS born March Il. ls.}2. near Lanes
will. Ind. He obtained a complon >.naa
education and entered the state university
put was only abe 10 rehii.ih th'ie oll'
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The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-12-29

Let one stand moment, parson, in your
study warm and bright.
Like the moth, your cAeers freight beckons
from the uTeary night.
Sit down? NO; I'd rather stand here, If It's
all the same you.
I've no right TO take the time, sir, OF man
that's good and true.
Pve not come o you Tor succor. I've no beg
CARS tale to tell
! but lit my eyes moment from the dreary
pe III TO he'll.
I'll not shock you with the story OF nay life.
lis failure STANDS
Written deeply on my face and falters from
my Trembling hands.
I've no GRAND here tonight sir but to thank
you for the warm
ords OF sympathy YOU uttered last night at
the church. The storm
Drove me- freezing, to The portal, where
crouched within the arch.
Thinking. bitterly, tAe sexton would soon find
me out, and marcn
Me away to let the ladies sweep their silks
adown the aisle.
On their howery road to heaven there's no
room Tor one 80 vile
AS l am. Excuse me, parson. You don't
know he mad ming hate
OF wretch that, spurned, forsaken, fights
alone against his late.
Soon strong hand struck my shoulder. 81
viii go" muttered YES,
Come ilht in nj voice answered. you
ire 1ing cold guess
You'd be warmer down tue aisle, sir near this
register" And there
!, bewlIuered, found myself beneath the gas
lights cheerful glare
In that church OF Christine first time since
my life was turned 10 night
When my wite-m nv only hope on earih-was
buried from my sight.
Oh, the singing! Would to God hatsound for
eVermOre might roll
Through my sorrow haunted memory: Jesus
Lover OF My Soul
Little woudcr that the CHI and poor who
througed that holy place
Listened, brcatAless, to the sermon, ss with
glowing words and face
You described the home celestial where no
serapA cares ID know
Who has worn the sllAen garment or the sack
cloth mere below"
could see a white hand beckon even me tow
ard that home.
could hear a gracious whisper, Whatsoever
Will, ~ come.
Good nigh arson, you may never see my
wretched ia2e again,
But j thank you from my lonely heart. Oh,
never mind tne rain,
Pm used to that. 10 home with you? Oh, no,
would not dare
Cast my shadow DER your hearthstone. But ii
you would pray one prayer
That the nall Wnl e hand that beckons me
viii never weary grow,
l may meet you yet above the storm, is never
here below.
-MRsJ. ii. .. SMITH, in Chicago Chronicle.
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AFTER TERROR

his limbs trembled. Next morning 1t
was seen that three-fourths of his hair
on his head and beard had become
gray. Dr.Virchow among other authori-
ties investigated the case and gave 1T
as his opinion that degeneration of the
pigment matter had nothing to do
with the change.
The French physician Raymond had
female patient suffering from neural
gia. Her hair was jet black. In conse-
quence of an especially bad attack OF
pain the hair took on reddish hue,
which, after some hours, faded into
gray. The change occurred within a
space of five hours.
DR.. Albert tells of a..case where a
woman's hair changed from black to
blonde after fever incident to child
birth.
The insane asylum at Dalldorf, near
Berlin, harbors female idiot, aged IL,
who experiences alternating fits of
comparative quietude, followed by Pc
RODS in which she exhibits terrible eX-
citement and extreme nervousness. On
her quiet days her skin is dry and her
face pale, while during her periods OF
nervous excitement she displays great
energy and her cheeks then are red and
her skin is generally heated.
The color of her hair changes almost
visibly with the temperature OF her
body; it is yellow blonde while her
skin remains dry, and becomes auburn
when she is excited. The change oc-
ours within forty-eight hours and on
the third day is at it's height.
Medical reports set forth that pa
tients suffering from disease OF the
nerves in the head become gray at the
very spots where pains manifested
themselves. This change, in the ma
jorty of cases, took place slowly; in
some cases it occurred over night.
DIR. Reinhard noticed several cases
/ in which parties suffering from con-
sumption experienced change in the
color of the hair from light to black;
he also told of blonde who lost her
hair after having had typhus. After
several months new growth OF hair
appeared, but it was jet black.
GAMBLING AND ANXIETY.
Ayoung man, IS years old, serving
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-12-29

who we're too attentive to his wife. Slr
Thomas More, Henry Wills great
chancellor, and Marie Antoinette are
said to have TUNED gray in the night
after being informed of their doom.
No one has doubted these things
until the new school of psychologists,
being unable to account for the pne-
nomene, declared them unworthy OF
belief. And this in the face Of the fact
that the experience of many persons OF
the present day supported the theory.
The hair consists of root, shaft
and tip, the latter two being the pro-
iecting parts. Its substance 10 COM
posed of a horny material containing
the pigment granules, which are devel-
oped in tho root and the color of which
depends on the presence OF peculiar
oil. sepia tint in dark hair, blood red
in red hair and yellowish in fair hair.
While it has been generally admitted
that the hair of all mammalia has
nerve connection, similar state OF at
| fairs has been denied with reference to
human hair until quite recently. The
past lack of knowledge accounts for
| the scepticism of the modern physiol-
opists. Their argument was eminently
logical: If nerve activity did not
reach the hair-root, it could not af-
| feet it.
The grayness of hair commences at
I the hair bulb, where the cells are pro-
duced, and rises upward to the tip. 1t
! is caused by deficiency, and the de-
, generation respectively of the pigment
matter. The coloring stuff either gives
ont or retrogrades. The chemist can
| perform the same for you in an incred-
| IDLY short time by simply soaking your
raven or auburn locks removed from
the head in alcohol or ether.
TERROR BLEACHED HIS HAIR
Aninstance of accidental hair bleach
ing in Switzerland came under my no
tice. A peasant boy had undertaken
to rob N eagles nest of its young by
hanging over mountain preclpice, his
comrades dangling him on rope. liz
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is admitted from outside or whether
the elastic fluid is the result Of decom-
position in the interior of the hal
shaft or roots.
Though our knowledge of the bs-
rometer qualities of the hair is crude
and unfinished, yet it furnishes not
only direct proofs Of the existence Of
mental and physical inflrmities, but
also indirectly denotes persons
healthy condition.
know many women who have lived
through all sorts of distress and trou-
bles without hair in their head chang
ing color, while others likewise affected
turned gray at the sides and the fore
part of their head at an early age and
in short time.
What does it prove? Simply that
the aforementioned parties retained
their equilibrium, their joyous DISPOSE
ton, while their friends gave way un-
der the burden.-Prof. Pohl, M. D., in
New York World.
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protect himself against possible at
tacks by the old birds, he carried

protect himself against possible at
tacks by the old birds. he carried
long sword.
The boy had captured his prize and
was about to be pulled up when the
parents OF the little ones, attracted by
their broods cries, attacked him with
claws and beaks. 10 ward them off,
the young fellow struck out with his
sword, and perceiving certain pull In
the rope saw that he had hit the haw-
ser, which hung only by one strand.
Terror seized him, he might be
plunged into the abyss every second, Il
prey to the ferocious feathered tends;
there seemed no hope whatever, till his
friends, by their quick and we'll calcu-
lated action, succeeded III landing the
seemingly doomed boy safely. and
drink of Kirch soon revived him. But
when he took off his cap to throw it, IN
Joyous fashion iuto the air 1t was seen
that his abundant brown hair had
turned white fr>m root to tip.
TURNED GRAY Bx TREMENs.
Landois of the Greifswald clinic had
a patient suffering from delirium ire
mems. who saw rats or other animals
constantly running about hin. lie
was extremely nervous, and when on
the fourth night OF his arrival In the
institute one of the physicians entered
the ward suddenly, he became so terri
fed that he wrapped himself up IN his
blanket, while his teeth chartered and
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-12-29

Baby, baby tell me: When
Your laugh rings out and echoes again,
Does an angel Tap, while the ripples roll,
With a silver hammer upon your sOul2
Answer M ere you've older grown;
Whose Att!e boy are you?
BABY:
Nv oWni
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-12-29
To Real Estate Owners

If you own a lot in all probability you
have a house or contemplate building one.
At all events you may need building hard
ware or tools. In selecting this class of
material you should look out for quality as
well as price. At the old hardware store of
Furrey Il Co., 1919 to 165 North Spring
street. you will find everything to the
queens masterpieces way down, and quail
ity guaranteed to be the best.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-12-29
The Queens Ruby

At the close of the entertainment
given by the queen regent of Spain,
during which Sarah Bernhard enacted
some Of her most famous scenes, the
latter received beautiful Renaissance
casket containing superb jewel set
with rubies.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-12-29
WHY THE HAIR
TURNS GRAY
Terror, Grief and Anxiety
May Change the Color
of the Hair
AUTHENTIC CASES CITED
The Curious Chemical Changes ia the
Roots of the Hair Caused by
Nervous or Mental Elk.
element
CASES CITED

Few persons know that the hair is
barometer Of d mans health and char
acter, and that it is influenced by his
mental condition from time to time.
History tells us that Louis the Severe.
of Bavaria, became gray over night
after numbering a number of vassals
HUMAN HAIR AFTER
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Eleven emplo7 es ..........$
CITY SUMMARY
THE TRANP

Total city employees, ..........
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Baby, baby. tell me, now:
Why so wrink led your soui-lit brown
Tell me truly what do YOU see
That is invisible, dear. to me?
What can it be that your heart jars?
and whose little boy are you?
BABY:
Inua'.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1895-11-08
Railroads in West Virginia.

The Baltimore News Of the LIST.
inst, in speaking of railroads now
building and to be built in West
Virginia, says the following;
Several new and important rail-
roads are being built or projected
in West Virginia to open up rich
territories. Among them are the
road from Charleston to Sutton, up
the Elk. to connect with the West
Virginia and Pittsburg, thus max
inc line north and south through
the centre of the State; the West
Virginia Short line from Clarks-
burg to New Martinsville to con-
meet with the 0. Il. R. r.; Il road
up the Guyandotte River from
Huntington, to go on eventually
into Virginia; road from some
point on the West Virginia Cen
trail across the mountain to Harri-
sonburg, Va, by way of Franklin
Pendleton county; a road from
Morgantown to Kingwood; a road
from Belington to rich territory
in Randolph county; the Cairo and
Kanawha Valley Road and others
Possibly in the by and by the little
Kanawha road may be added to this
list.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1895-11-08
A Home Wedding.

A beautiful home wedding took
place Wednesday morning at the
home of the bride, near Deerfeld,
Augusta county. The parties were
Miss Jennie CARRIER, daughter Of
a prosperous farmer Of that section,
and Mr.. Harry j. Crummett, OF
Monterey. Mr., Crummett has
made his home here for several
years, and by his industry and in
tegrity has won for himself an hon
orable position and has made mauy
friends, who express hearty wishes
for his future happiness and pros
perity. After spending a couple
weeks with relatives in West Vir-
gina, Mr.. and Mrs. Crummett will
return to Monterey, where they
will make their home.