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The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1895-10-10

SOMERSET 81 Court Of Insolvency
In the case Of Charlie F Waldron OF Hart
land. Iusolyent Debtor.
This Is Ia give notice that on the 1st day OF
oct. 4. D. 1885. warrant il Insol yency was
issued out II the Court Of Insolvency for said
County Of somerset against the estate of the
SAID Charlie +. Waldlon, Of Hartiand, ad-
judged to be an insolvent debtor, on petition Of
sale debtor which petition was filed on the LIST
DAY Of Oct. 4. p. 1895, 10 which date interest
on claims is to be computed. That the pay
meut Of any debts to or by said debtor. and
the transfer and delivery OF any property by
MIN are forbidden by law That a meeting OF
the creditors Of said debtor, u prove their
debts and choose one or more ASS Eutes of his
estate. vii be held at a Court Of Insolvency to
be holden at the Probate CUurs Room IA said
Skowhegan. on Tuesday. the l2ih day of Nov.
A. H. 1sg5. a. one o'clock u the afternoon.
Given under nay hand the date first above
written
2w4l M +, MUTT Deputy Sheriff
as Messenger Of said Court Of Insolvency.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1895-10-10

A Boston Ilan travelling through the
south was Obliged to stop over III Il
unail town where there was but one
hotel at which the accommodations
were hardly 10 be called elaborate. When
the colored waiter brought his dinner
the Boston man found that he Was to
have roast beef, stewed tomatoes, corn.
peas, potatoes aud coffee, the vegetables
served in the usual stone china canoes.
Presently he said to the waiter, Dick
pass the spoons. The waiter rolled his
eyes i'll genuine amazement. Spoons,
sab What 20 want with the spoons: :
There's yo' spoon in yo' corn. san
Francisco Argonaut.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1895-10-10
TIE INV CHILD.



"A Is not an article, " remarked a
child the other day to her m9lher. who
was helping her with her school lesson.
Fancy your not knowing that its
distinguishing adjective! We asked a
small schoolgirl the other day if she
learned astronomy. Astronomy OF
course not That : an infant 5 subject. 80
she answered, with great contempt,
Have you read Pope's Essay on
Man. we inquired lately Of girl Of
10. Pope Why, nobody thinks any
thing Of him nowadays, She replied.
"Do you know Milton Paradise
Lost?' oh, we got beyond that lor9
ago.
The worst Of childish dictum Of this
sort is that you feel yourself So absolute
ly quenched. There is no Getting any
further III the argument for 10 pighead
edness equals the pigheadedness Of the
very young person-in fact, Of the new
child. And then he-or she--is never
amused with the simple games that used
50 delight US Modern children are will
ing TO play if only to please their elders
uul tne9 are mlIuly anu p0llttiN DOIeu-
They are bored with most things They
have 20 picture books where we had one
--none of your garish, crude illustra-
tions, but aesthetic designs, and yet they
don seem To care about them.
There is a good story Of how an old
gentleman with much toll and trouble
manufactured large kite for his small
grandson. He and another old friend,
with the boy. went out to fly the kite.
The TIVE old men were deeply engrossed,
but the grandson got 50 bored that
he quietly absented himself, and after
some time the two old fogies found to
their disgust that they had been larkinR
about all alone with a kite, much to the
amusement Of the passersby. And an
other story--of little girl of S who
said to her mother lan authoress),
ooh. mumsey, why not call Your new
book TIE Red Of Love does mt
ring quite pleasantly. Al, There is
something terribly unchildish about the
new child49-New York Times.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1895-10-10
THE EGG DANCE
A Beautiful Feat That Is Performed by
Hindoo Juggling Girls.


Hindoo Juggling Girls.
One Of the most wonderful of the
many feats performed by Hndoo jug
glers is the egg dance. Usually it is eN-
ecuted by girl, Enthusiastically dressed
She makes use Of the willow wheel
around which at equal distances a1e
threads. and mt the end II each thread
there is a noose, held open by bead
This wheel the girl places on her
head, While she carries basket Of eggs
on her arm. When the music strikes up,
she begins to dance, and the wheel be
gins to spin around. She then takes an
egg from the basket, places II IN one of
the thread nooses and throws it from
her with sufficient force to draw the
knot tight. The spinn,ng Of the wheel
keeps the thread stretched, with the egg
at the end of it.
She then takes another egg from the
basket, places it in another moose and
repeats this until there is an egg in ev-
cry moose. Her fantastic costume, her
perfect motion and all the eggs swing
ing on the stretched threads at once pre-
sent very pretty sight indeed. 1t re
quires much art to execute the dance,
for at one false step the eggs would be
dashed together, the dance spoiled and
the dancer thereby disgraced.
After dancing for time with all the
eggs swinging around her head she takes
them out of the moose one by one, all
the time keeping the wheel balanced
and i'll motion, and again places them
in the basket on her arm.
When the dance is finished, the spec
tators are allowed to examine the eggs
to see that they are real. -Philadelphia
Times.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1895-10-10

To Miss Pearl Jones of Cleveland is
sue the fact that there is in existence
the National Association of Colored
Stenographers of the United States
Miss Jones father was supreme grand
chancellor of the Colored Knights of
Pythias Of the World, and her faculty
for organization was inherited She sent
or "A call for a convention, and about
200 young women and young men who
can play GA typewriter and write pot
hooks to dictation assembled recently in
Chicago and made Miss Pearl president
Of the association which they formed
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1895-10-10
STATE or MANI

Souer-et -. Csaft nj Counts Eaaaiss .auer-,
August All f-ru. s. 5#izt5=
p'A TIE afsz71a- F"II'4. satisfactory evil
dru'r having been r .eIfri ttat tae petitioners
ar- Responsible AMI al-ht 20 % hs.sr1 touching
th" matter -. f5rth lH 'Heir l.-fif1aH. In l. On
bEEIu. tHat fhe Comfy commissioners meet al
TIN" dwelling haa>e al d.. b. Gfi1Han Ia Biny-
ham ou the I'm day # November. 4. u lss5, At
ten cl"er \. NJ aud thence pr,eet-i T., view tho
route mentioned IN said petition. and i'm
mediateiy after hearing Of the parties will Re
had at some convenient place In TIE vicinity
Hhu >nrh further measures taken n the pren-
1-"- a. the Commissioners shall IuIz- proper
Ana II l. further Ordered thar notice Of the
time place ami purposes of tn Commissioners
meeting Aforesaid, BE- given - ali person. and
corporations interested, by publishing attest
eH copy af the petition Afpre-id with this order
thereon, IN The somerset Reporter. a public
newspaper printed at Skowhexan. in said
county. aud as attrS.ed pie, u the
same 10 be- -ersed npou the Tawn Clerks OF
the Town, Of Bingham and Brighton, and 10 he
I"sted IL three public places ia Zach Of said
towns the publication, and serving and posting
~ the same 10 he al least thirty DAYS before
the time appointed for said view. that all inter
ested may then appear and he heard # they think
proper.
lWil Attest y. W. HRAfNERD. Clerk.
\ trueeaHEat the Petition au j or Ter IF Cour1
thereon
Attest. FLORA r. BR ATNERB ben Clerk
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1895-10-10

A Vienna paper publishes IA collection
of aphorisms on love, women and mar
riage which have found utteranee in
the sittings of the German parliament
The following dictum is attributed to
Bismarck, 1T is an immense advantage
to the career Of amy man if he cap en-
bark on the voyage of life without
female crew
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1895-10-10
BEAUTIFUL DOLLS.

To any person in Maine or New Hampshire
sending US cent stamp, we will forward
a, set OF six dolls. beautifully Autographed
In colors on fine cardboard Address
BROWN & JOSSELYN, Portland, Me- State
Agents washburn Crosby Co.'S, superlative
Flour. 2atf.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1895-10-10

1t is figured by Edward Atkinson that
cotton fiber prepared by hand in India
is four times AS strong as that torn aid
tortured by power gins, as in this coun-
try.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1895-10-10
For Sale J!

Cottage House Of seven
rooms at East Madison, to-
gether with stable and car
rage house and two acres OF
land. Would exchange for
property in Skowhegan VII
lage. Also a desirable farm
with good buildings. This
place is situated in a good
neighborhood with 9 God
schools and has nice water in
house and barn. Apply to
MCCLELLAN & SAVAGE.
Milburn Block,
Skowhegan, Maine
3Htf
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1895-10-10
About Breathing.

In the ordinary respiration Of man 16
or I cubic inches of atmospheric air
pass into the lungs 90 times a minute,
or cubic foot every ga minutes-214
cubic feet in "a hours. The lungs hold
$50 cubic feet AT each respiration
1876 of oxygen is converted into, car
bonic acid gas. The nitrogen inspired
and expired is exactly equal During
the act of inspiration the lungs have
been found to be the coolest parts of the
body.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1895-10-10
Bio Trade for Somebody

1t is impossible for me to
do justice by my tarm this
season, therefore | offer ar
opportunity for some one in
want Of a good one. 1t now
contains a good set OF build,
ings. Speak quick if yot
want it.
lott lCk' >. r NpNANi.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1895-10-10

Pitt had fiery red face and terrible
scowl
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1895-10-10
N EReq ysIxau

Ia the result of the usual treatment of blood
disorders. The system is filled with Mercury and
Potash remedies-more to be dreaded than the
disease-and in q short while is in Q far worse
condition than before. The common result Ia
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1895-10-10

1t Is About $50 Years Old md at One
Time 1t Numbered About Fifty Persons.
The Story of the Pittsleys and Their
Physical Peculiarities.
Omaha daily bee., 1895-09-08

deposits. Then the miner will take his pick
and shovel and mount upwards to the air
and glistening sunlight. 1t will mot be a
useless errand to move toward the suns
light, because 1t is here, If all other re-
sources fail, that we may look for greater
power and wider possibilities. 1t is not the
buried sunlight of the past ages that we
need look for any more, for that is forever
gone. The heat of the sun, the living, re-
vivinS rays Of our parent planet will yield
its energy for countless years to come to
warm our bodies and light our homes. John
Ericsson invented a machine with which he
believed. we would be Independent of this
coal supply and make direct uss OF the heat
rays of the sun. 1t might have been called
a sun steam engine--a steam engine heated
by sunlight. The vast tracts OF the Sahara
or the deserts of Asia can supply heat that
would generate millions Of horse power in
Ericsson's solar engines. The torrent OF
Niagara is not comparable TO the incalcu-
liable waste OF power on the searching sur
face OF these enormous plains. The en-
cheering schemes Of today will fade into
inslgnificance In comparison with those that
the fierce cry of future necessity will force
men to execute. 1t would be a curious light
to see a fully equipped power station situated
in the center OF a dreary waste, sending its
thread like lines across the desert to heat
and light some distant town, thus guiding
the warm sunlight that IL may glow and
glitter in the mosques and minarets Of the
far east"
Omaha daily bee., 1895-09-08
connection with the operation of human

connection with the operation of human
mechanism.
1t seems to be a fact that the Romans be-
leved the spleen to be the seat of the sud
den pains in the left side. now generally sup
posed to be caused by general overexertion.
Old medical works searched at the different
hospital libraries give evidence of the prac-
tice in Rome, and say that, so far as is
known. there were no i'll effects resulting
from the loss Of the organ.
Modern anatomists differ, however. They
seem to have found the office Of the spleen.
although there is a wide difference of opinion
regarding the advisability OF removing 1t whfn
found in such diseased condition as Merton's
was. Some surgeons refuse to perform the
operation, while others still cling to the old
organs particular mission in life is still a
mystery, and that therefore its removal can
not be harmful.
In spite of this reasoning the operation is
very seldom performed now, as the records
of modern surgery relate few successful cases,
though the patients have lived for periods
ranging from several weeks to six or eght
months. DR.. Charles b. Heith, who operated
on Mertons, believes the failures were the re-
suit of general abdominal exposure Instead Of
the absence Of the organ.
The young English challenger has, however.
survived the ordeal of the knife. He has the
advantage OF having been otherwise in ex-
cellent physical condition when laid upon the
operating table, The house surgeon reports
rapid improvement in his health. and the
operator is sanguine OF the result, even be-
lieving Mertons will be enabled to re-enter
the field again as the Romans did.
Many students and physicians attended the
operation, and exhaustive arguments we're
heard for aud against the practice. The pa
tient was finally brought In on a stretcher,
ether!zed and ready for the scaipel. Mertons
lay on his right side, and, with the athletes
L-.lw 10000 ILL., 49, .~AA -. L..
cision Just beneath the ribs, about three
inches in length. carefully removing the men,
Omaha daily bee., 1895-09-08

brought about by Teton being too sure OF his
p~os,tlon. A long and uninterrupted career OF
felony had made him indiscreet, ana the
'heavy-set, bow-legged, red-headed man.
with a price upon his head, was tried and sent
up for a term Of fourteen years. He served
Just one year, when. with the assistance or
some of his devoted followers on the outside,
he made good his escape.
1t was in May, 1855. a year after, that I
met Jones, who Is mentioned early In TINS
somewhat long-drawn-out story. The fore
going facts he did not relate to me on the
spur of the moment, but afterward made a
clean breast of 1t all. The tale he had to
tell me then was to the effect that he was
horse raising over In Wyoming, and that
while with his partner, a Mr., Johnson, ne
was about to ship the animals at Billings
for the east, his partner was arrested on
suspicion and was at that moment incarcer-
ated in the BozemGn county jail, awaiting
the action of the court on a habeas corpus
proceeding. 1t was a burning shame, said
Jones, that an American citizen could not go
about his business without being molested
by officers OF the stock association. He
and Johnson had no money, but they had
fifty head Of as good horses as ever lifted a
foot. and they proposed to use up the entire
herd In getting a speedy release, as both
were due in the east on important business.
Nine head OF horses had been given to one
lawyer, and Jones was ready to give as many
more II l could tell him the man who would
secure Johnson's release.
The generous disposal Of horse flesh and
the fact that there was nothing in sight
against the so-called Johnson. did gain his
temporary release. not, however. until he
had most roundiy berated his counsel. the
late Mr.. Maginnis OF Billings. for what he
regarded as coarse work" was taken
into the presence of the hot-tempered John
son, and as soon as Jones had informed him
that l was one Of those newspaper ~fellers,"
he proceeded at once, with the choicest Of
Bilingsgate he could command, to tell me
what he thought of my kind. Jones gently
demonstrated. but this only set Johnson 10
Omaha daily bee., 1895-09-08

A fierce battle took place one night re-
Gently in Florida between = sitting hen and
a large chicken snake. A farmer heard tho
racket. and upon investigation found blddy
and the egg thief having 1t nip and tuck
in the moonlight. Old biddy seemed to be
on the aggressive, and was giving the mid
night marauder as good as he sent. As soon
as the correspondent took In the situation
he quickly dispatched his snskeship and the
brave old hen went back to the nest which
she had 30 CALAMITY protected.
Omaha daily bee., 1895-09-08
THE PINK WILD ROSE.


Vick's Magazlne.
An old log house In the pasture stands,
Shattered, forsaken and brown,
It's windows gone, its broken door
And its doorstep tumbled down;
But a spirit fingers near the spot
With a sweet, old-time repose,
For in tangled masses round about
Blossoms the pink wild rose.
1 gather a bunch of the fragrant flowers,
And a picture seems to rise;
l stand in the past a hundred years
And see meath the sunset skies
The housewife stand by her spinning whee
Toiling at twilight's close:
An old brown jar on the window sill
Is filled with the pink wild rose.
The husband sits on the doorstep there,
With the children playing near
And then time marches with silent tread
Till 1t passes year by year,
And the old log house deserted Is,
A prey to the rains and SHOWS,
While the only voice of the days gone by
Is the voice of the pink wild rose.
Omaha daily bee., 1895-09-08

branes of the abdominal cavity, and separating
the spleen from them as he proceeded.
Soon the entire organ was exposed, and 1t
was found to be much darker than its normal
tint. When exposed to the air several min
utes 1t began to give out a very unpleasant
odor. The operator, perceiving this, an
nounced his opinion regarding the previous
open argument on the case, by claiming that,
had the diseased organ remained much longer
in the body, modification would have set in
and death been the result. Upon examination
the men Of science present agreed to this
unanimously. st
1t took but a few delicate strokes Of the
scalpel to sever all the spleen's connections,
and it was promptly withdrawn from the
cavity. The wound was then clelnsed with
an antiseptic solution and sewed up at its
opening surface.
The last time splenlotomy was performed in
this city 1t was attended with fatal results.
Omaha daily bee., 1895-09-08
UTILIZING SOLAR HEAT.
Power May he Created After All the
Coal Mines Are

We often hear 1t said that nearly all our
power comes ultimately from the sun. says
the Literary Digest. This is true, but 1t is
a curious fact that up to this time we have
been content to take that power at second,
third or fourth hand, through the agency Of
the wind that IL has set In motion. Som
day, however, we may discard all these
agencies and 30. directly TO the great solar
fountain head. The matter Is well stated
In the Electrical Age, June 20. as follows:
hausted 1t would be a relief to know that
other great sources Of power are at our
command; that no distress would ensue with
such rapidity as to, deprive us Of a means
OF warmth. In fact, our own mother coun-
try, England. has been contemplating the
time when her fuel %eenters viii have be-
come diminished and the burrowed cata-
combs. reaching far out beneath the oce.n's
bed. will have been empued OF their precious
Omaha daily bee., 1895-09-08
CARVED HIS SPLEEN.
Unusual surgical Operation Per-
formed on m Athlete.

Unusual interest is attached to the success
Of a surgical operation, extensively practiced
by the ancient Romans, and performed at
the Charity hospital, on Blackwell Island,
says the New York Journal. 1t was the re-
moval Of the spleen Of William Mertons, an
English amateur cross-country runner. who
recently landed in this country.
He came over here to challenge Americas
non-professional cross-country talent, but
about a week after his arrival was seized
with the most exhausting pains In his left
side whenever he attempted to run any dis
lance.
The Englishman remembered reading in an
old work on Roman outdoor sports that Il
was the custom Of the Roman runners to
have their spleens removed, and that the
ancient anatomists and surgeons discredited
the organ having any important function in
Omaha daily bee., 1895-09-08

going worse than ever, and it was easy to
see that Johnson had a hold upon Jones
that made the latter almost an abiect slave.
We brought the interview to a speedy close
and on regaining the fresh air, | remarked
that Johnson had many of the characteris-
tics of the noted Teton Jackson Jones,
with some show of fight, replied that he
had never heard Of Jackson" and that
johnson was excited over the manner in
which he had been treated and mad at the
whole world.
When the habeas corpus proceedings were
disposed Of and Johnson proceeded to walk
away, he was ordered to stop by Sheriff
Harris of Billings, and informed that he
was wanted on another charge. Harris, II
seems, had a firm belief that Johnson was
Jackson, and though he had hitherto pro-
fesstd to sympathize with him. he had also
procured several complaints in order to hold
him until the Wyoming authorities arrived.
They were moo long In coming, as there was
a pretty price on Jackson, and he was spir-
tied away to serve out the old sentence ana
enough more to make him a prisoner for
life. Then 1t was that Jones, who was tried
and acquitted. told me Of his life and doings
since the time | had left him at Fort Stand
ing Rock in the year 1878. II he Is alive.
which is doubtful, what a tale Of adventure
be could unfold by this time!
English md American Locomotives.
The best speed mentioned in the English
reports Of the recnt run OF $40 miles in
5l2 minutes. S2 miles at "a miles an hour,
falls considerably short OF the record made
by the Camden and Atlantic on April 81
last. from Camden to Atlantic City, N. ].
This Atlantic City run, says the Railway
Gazette, was made by an engine with 7S-
inch driving wheels. II our American edi-
tors. who are inclined to feel chagrined at
these new English records. wish to compare
mere speed figures, they should emphasize
this performance. The whole run OF $50
miles was made in 45% minutes. equal to
1916 miles an hour; and a distance Of 49.s
miles was covered in 37h minutes, or at the
rate Of 1871 miles an hour.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-02-24

ed a dainty little housewife, a holding
scissors and needles, a silver thimble
case, a set of silver and ivory tablets
and a quantity chased silver pencil.
After the greetings are over and the
cloaks and hats are laid aside, each girl
falls to work with a will, and the pretty
ring fingers are well worth
watching as they fell and hem and en-
broider and make beautiful the little
clothes for the babies in the great hos
pitals,the kindeTgartens and the day
nurseries. Their tongues fly, too, un-
less the organizer of the class is a wise
woman If she is, she has arranged to
have some one read the last new book,
or the best magazine story, or tell some
curious old folk lore, and this is voted
the best of all. At o'clock the work
is laid aside and tea. with delicious
hot cakes. is served not only to the
busy workers, but to the flock of ladies'
who will turn out in full force for a
sewing class when nothing earthly