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The Somerset reporter., 1896-04-30

DR.. Frldtlof Nansen's name being
now mentioned all over the world, his
pedigree has been the subject Of recent
research. The result Is that the earliest
of the forbears Of the Norwegian nav
igator of whom there is authentic knowl-
edge was Ewert Nansen, merchant at
Flensburg, in Sleswick- Holstein, who
died in 1913. So 1t is stated in the
"Genealogia Nanseniana, which is
contained i'll an important collective
work by Christopher Guessing (Copen-
hagen, 1881. Ewert Nansen's son
Hans went with his uncle on mer-
chant ship to Russia, became afterward
Interpreter Of the Russian language at
the court Of the king of Denmark and
later on a special Danish envoy to the
ear. subsequently, rs chairman Of the
Ieelandic Trade society, he made many
voyages to Iceland and Russia and
wrote in Danish II Compendium Cos
mOraphiCum Danicum, " which had
many editions 6l633-46) All the other
Nansens are traced from these ancestors,
one Of the first of whom thus showed
already "a bent for travelling and for
writing ou his travels A clear case of
hereditary character going back TO two
centuries aud half Only it is to be
hoped that fbsen will leave the subject
alone and not write a drama called
The Man From the Sea Pail Mall
Gazette
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The nElectrto MaKnet.r

Annie May Abbott, the famous "elec-
trio magnet, whose feats of strength
created considerable sensation some
years ago, is amusing herself now with
tho strong men Of China and Japan.
The japanese wrestlers, whose physic al
strength is celebrated the world ov :,
were unable to raise Miss Abbott from
the floor, while with the tips of her fl
gers She neutralizod their most stren"
Gus efforts 10 lift light objects, such as a
cane from a table. The japanese papers
say this is hypnotism, while the Chinese
journals accuse her Of being in league
with the powers Of evil
The Somerset reporter., 1896-04-30
The LAST APPEARANCE OF Mousee.

III L recorded Of Mo1ere that on tho night
of his dtuth "a" insisted on going To the thea
ter, IA usual asaaite TIE entreatIes Of his
'rtends, TO play las " lade imx,inarie" in or.
der that tho forltmcn might not lose their
wages.
DID Jon Who sat that night - SEQ
The wizard = hand complete its task
Guess at tho face II Tragedy
Which lurkcd behind tine comic masks
Did you, whose plaudits wild and l4ud
Mixed fato and laughter in a breath,
Behold tho actor as he bowed.
Crown d with the cypress wreath of death.
Across the footlights Of the years
That latest scene shines fresh aud bright.
Only the lamps are blurred With tears,
Only the laughter fails tonight
And, LOT before our startled eyes
Two centuries dwindle to a span.
And other silent plaudits rise
Not for tho genius, but tho man.
Actor, there CLEANS aboye thy tomb
No censor " hieh the church can swing;
No incense, with its dim perfume,
Haunts thy dark rest with dreams Of
spring.
But surely blessings more divine
Upon that last appearance fell
And, with the latest braves thine,
Mingled the angels 1T is Well"
And. all unwilling. we today
Tread in thy footsteps, Moiere.
We laugh and wonder at the play
Or strut behind the footlights' glare.
The shouts of laughter grow more sparse,
The lamps burn dim, the players flee,
And Death takes up our petty farce
And sobers it to tragedy.
Nellie X. Blissett in Temple Bar.
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Insect Powder al Patten S
TROTWOOD!
A GrandIy Bred 3 ". Old Stallion
Sired by MESSENGI Z WINS. q -
he bv RED WILKES.

Sired by MESSENGER WfLkES.(e 81
he by RED WILKES.
Sire 81 10 from ? oef4 fazsa including Ash
land wilkes sire Of John X Gentry ehampie n
stallion of the world he by Geo. Wilkes, and
he b. Rysdykes Ham hletouihu a..
Dam Fannie Rufnham trial t2G by Jack
sheppard and he by Rysdykea Hamhletonian
TO- aud his dam By Neelies American star the
greatest brood mare sire OF his day.
Messenger Wilkes stfes early aud extreme
speed as well as class 81 horses which the
market Of to-day demands.
Amoung the many prominent ones OF has get.
Palm. champion 2 year old OF Maine for
1879. Grenadier. champion yearling OF Maine
FOR 1891 and again champion year old for
500. Dash. winner OF first prizes for high
steppers At both Philadelphia and New York
Horse shows, winning over GOO in prizes and
selling for SlAO0 at auction. Modena. champ
ION brood mare Of Sew England at seven
years OF age; dam OF Leola, 222ii aud Mana
ara
Messenger wilkes won first prize at the re-
cent Boston Horse Show, three OF his get win e
ming fret prizes in different classes; Calumet
winning hrst prize as being the best colt ex-
hibted as the get OF any stallion.
Breeders must have learned by experience
in the past few wears that the market calls for
one class of horses steadily and that class OF
horses can find ready market at paying
prices as fast as they are matnred, while other
classes are drug and are unsaleable at al
most any price.
TROTWOOD. stands 16 hands, weighes 1850,
is dark bay, white heels behind as two year
old. without training. stepped a quarter in Al
seconds His disposition is perfect, his feet
aud legs could not be improved and his gait is
practically perfection. tie is certainly an in
dividual OF unusual merit and superior tNxe
OF a Rentleman's driver. If breeders would
con6ne their attention to this type of a horse
instead q breeding to speed alone with o
special regard TO size, style OF conformation,
they would have less number OF unsaIeable
horses on their hands and more dollars in
their pockets.
It IS to the interest of breeders to see Trot-
wood as he is one OF the best Wilkes colts that
stands in New England and his service fee is
within the means OF all.
He will make the season of 1896 at
stable of Fred Kincaid, no Water ST.,
Skowhegan, Me. (Dr. Henry Leavitt
House) SIS to warrant SO by the sea.
son. Mares at owners risk. Kept to
stable or at pasture at lowest prices.
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Let Us Hope They Got Good Dinner.

When Hall Caine first came to this
country, he was invited to Philadelphia
by an old friend and fellow Manxman.
A New York litterateur who found him
self i'll the Quaker City attended dinner
at which all the 3 guests were talking
about the expected lion and his books
and looking forward to meeting him.
The New York man confessed to know
ing Mr.. Gaines books only through re-
views, and asked the lady at his right
which one of the novels he should read
first. She answered that she was in the
same predicament. The question finally
went around tho table, and the com
pany laughed to discover that only one
person had ever read one of Mr.. Caine 8
books Chicago Times Herald.
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Unique Mail Service,

The inhabitants Of the small group Of
islands situated ON the south Of Iceland
possess IA very curious method of com
munication in their so called "bottle
post. P" When the wind blows from the
south and one Of the islanders wishes to
communicate with the mainland, he
puts his letters into we'll corked bot
tle and to insure their delivery he in.
closes at the same time plug or twist
of tobacco or cigar The wind speed.
lily impels the bottle to the shores of the
mother island, where people are usually
on the lookout who are willing to de.
liver the contents Of the bottle in return
for the inciosed remuneration
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disappointment.

A Washington paper says that young
lady of the Capital City met gentle
man from far western state at party
in Washington. You are not from the
far west, sir" she said doubtfully.
Yes. | have lived there all my life -
ooh I'm so glad TO meet you
Thank you. "
'But-excuse me-you see, I've read
all the western stories, and it seems to
ms that you We forgotten something.
Nothing that l can call to mind 80
Why. you don't say thar and look
hyar, stranger, and use all sorts Of bad
grammar, and wear "A pistol So that II
bulges out your coat -
Il have never done those things -
on, dear Then my idol is shatter
ed -
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NOTICE or FORECLOSURE.

Whereas Pat McCollor OF Scion in the
county of Somerset and state of Maine by his
mortgage deed dated the thirteenth day Of
May A. d. 1890 and recorded in the Somerset
Registry of De eds Book 20s page 81, conveyed
to me, the undersigned. q certain parcel OF
real estate situated in said Solon and bounded
as follows, viz: On the North by land OF Ed
ward McCollor. on the East by the county
road south by land occupied by Albert j,
Adams and on the West by land OF Thomas
McCollor. me aiming the farm where said Pat
McCollor then lived; and whereas the con-
dition of said mortgage has been broken,
now therefore, by reason of the breach OF the
condition thereof claim q foreclosure OF
said mortgage.
April 20, 1896, MARGARET McCOLLOR,
Swi7 BY Walton 81 Walton her attorneys
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In the middle of the third act the
young woman with the big headdress
turned around in her seat and spoke 10
the youth Immediately behind her.
Sir" she said, If you will change
your brand of chewing gum, III take
off this hat, I'm getting tired of that
wintergreen fragrance. Chicago Trib-
nne
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very noticeable Iu fhr eei ot Messenger
NIikca. quteauumbern Of which have sold
al blRbpriees to 20 to large cities where
they haeruifeadv madea wide reputation
even Ia thc show rings, As high steppers
The most distinguished prize winner AT
one Of the recent New York Horse
shows was Dash, son Of Messenger
Wilkes. thai carried of three first prizes
Al the Boston Horse SHOW. Berk shire.
either As one OF pair, or in some other
combination, proved prominent factor
in winning the coveted ribbons.
Not only as regards high style aud
high actors, but also as sire of fast
trotters at an early age aud excellent
eampaigners Messenger Wilkes ranks
high. When only five years old, Palm.
the first of his get to appear in public,
created quite sensation by winning
everywhere he started. aud reducing
the Maine half mile record for yearlings
Is II seconds and the New England
mile record six seconds. The following
year Palm took two-year-od record
of 2.33, cutting down the Maine record
for that age nine seconds, and it was not
until five years later, and with the adj
vantage of better track and the bieycle
sulky, that Palms mark was beaten.
As three Year-old Palm took record
of BPS II, making Messenger Wilkes
the first New England stallion to have a
> 30 trOttpr mt seven wears of aye
sin 1891 the yearling Grenader came
out and won all his races, pacing his
mark at 2.4s IA, champion vearling
record for Maine-bred colt. As three
vear-old, Grenader reduced his record to
22S over half-mile track. and the follow.
ing year to 2.26 II. Gene Briggs another
of his get, trotted that season to re-
cord of 2l9 II. Mordica took pacing
The Somerset reporter., 1896-04-30
Old English Inns

a feature essentially English IL the
CHEEKY inn that oyerloolts the common
From that upper lattieed window the
Jolly innkeeper Of yore would watch the
solitary horsoman Of romance crossing
the heath and perhaps hint his opinion
of the traveller to the gentlemen Of
the road'-the Claude Dnyals-who
found it convenient to keep on good
terms with mine host But those days
are gone, and now we can take our ease
at our inn, with it's deep bay windows
on either side of the entrance, its
swinging signpost, its horse trough,
pump and outdoor settle. Enter and you
will find that the bay window forms Il
delightful sunny recess with a seat all
round. In one instance a branch of n
vine from the adjoining greenhouse had
been trained into this recess, and round
the window punches of grapes were
hanging, some beginning 10 purple i'll
the warm August sun. The fireplace is
often a great, old fashioned one, with
seats ON either side of the "ingleneuk, p"
right under the chimney, while framed
over one of these hreplaces found the
following verse from Sir Matthew Hale
A Sabbath well spent
Brings "A week Of content
And health for the tolls Of the morrow,
But sabbath profaned,
Nhate'cr may he gained,
Is certain forerunner Of sorrow.
Temple Bar.
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Composition Meeting.
STATE Of MAINE

Somerset $. Court Of Insolyt ncy.
In the case OF Joseph 7. Flanders of CornyilIe.
in said County, iusolvent debtor
This Is TO give notice that pursuant to an
order Of court therefor, a meeting OF the cred :
itors of said Joseph Flanders will be held
at the Probate Court Room in Skowhegan.
in SAID county, on Tuesday, the twelfth day
OF May. A. d. 1856, at one o clock IN the after
noon, for the purpose Of considering = com.
position offer Of Is per cent made BY said
Joseph T Flanders TO his creditors, and nov
on file in said court. together with such furth-
er proposition as the said Joseph Flanders
may then and there submit to the considera
tion OF his creditors.
Attest NATHAN FOWLER
2wl1 Register Of said Court.
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upon the bed. He was struggling to rise,
and the expression Of his face was one
Of terror. His eyes seemed as if start
ing from their sockets.
Something has induced a violent
paroxysm, Whispered Jim. He cam
last long if it continues "
The sick man sank back on his pill
lows. His lips moved. By stopping over
him | could catch some of his words.
They are coming-coming now, {" he
gasped, ever SO far away, but l can
SEE them! Something moves before them
something dark | can't make it out |
fomcthjng about to break Will it save
poor Octave? Will it,
''Nisi0ly worse. y said Clifford aside
to me, land the pulse abnormally high.
II this goes on, he will be i'll high
fever before long"
1t was n breathless summer evening,
but the sky was overcast with murly
clouds, foreboding tempest. The room
already grew dark with the shadow of
its coming.
Suddenly there was loud knocking
at the front door, Presently heard
voices in conversation, then heavy foot
steps began to ascend the stairs.
AT that instant rose colored flash
cleaned through the darkness of the
room, terrific peal of thunder follow
ed, its echoes crashing and rolling as
II the building were about to fall upon
our heads The sick man sprang con
vulsively to an almost upright position
in his bed, then fell backward-deadl
The door opened. There was a pause,
and two plainly dressed men slipped
quietly into the ROOM
DIR. Clifford, | presumes' inquired
the foremost politely.
Jim nodded assent wonderingly
:" have very painful duty to per
form in respect of your patient here .
continued the speaker fumbling paper
as he spoke; "a very painful duty in
deed. But the fact is, | hold a warrant
for his apprehension under the name of
Henry-Octave Henry - on "a charge
of
my patient" interposed Jim very
quietly, has just obeyed another sum
mons. The man died while you were
coming up stairs.
From the explanations which ensued
it seemed that our late patient had long
been wanted" by the police on 10 less
a charge than that of murder. Doubtless
his unwillingness to be removed to Il
hospital arose from his persuasion that
he was safer from detection in private
dwelling.
Guilty or not guilty of the crime he
was accused Of. it was long before Jim
and / ceased to speak Of him. Nor in
turn, had he forgotten US We were
handsomely remembered in the viii he
had executed before the operation. But
we will never again undertake the care
of Il resident patient -Answers
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Stick to
- Welcome.

New England housekecp-
ers are too wide awake 10 be
fooled into buying inferior
soap more than once. just
because there Is a present
given with it.
The Somerset reporter., 1896-04-30
Nerves on Edge.

was nervous, tired, irritable and
cross. karl's Glover Root Tea has made
me we'll aud happy. MRS. f. b. WOR-
DEN. For sale by Geo. +. Sampson,
Corner Druggists.
The Somerset reporter., 1896-04-30
Messenger S Notice.


SOMERSET S. CouRr or iNsoLvRsrs
In the case of Joseph Whittemore Of >kov-
Legan, Insolyent debtor.
This is to give notice that on the llth day O
Apr. A. p. 1896. a warrant ia insolvency wa
issued ont OF the Court of Insolvency for sal
County Of somerset against the estate ~ sa q
Joseph Whittemore OF SkoNhegsn. adiudged
to ht an insovent debtor, on petition - laid
debtor : creditors. which petition WAS filed OF
the 25th das of Mar. 4. u. 1896 To which date nm
terest OIL claims is to be computed. That the
payment OF any debts 10 or by said debtor and
tn, transfer and delivery OF my property by
hin are forbidden by law THAI meeting ofttt
creditors Of said debtor, to prove their debit
and choose one or more assiRnees Of his es
tate will be held st Court OF Insolvt ncy Z
be holden AT the Probate Court Rooms, IN said
Skowhegau on Tuesday the 18th day OF May
4. % 1856 at one o'clock in the afternoon.
Given under my hand the date FIRST sboTt
written. 2WlA
JOHN SMITH. Deputy sheriff
as Messenger Of said Court OF Insolvency
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Should be
Looked Into.
THOROUGH INVESTIGATION
REQUESTED.
A BOLD ASSERTION

Ever since Prof Koch startled the world
BY promising to cure consumption with the
Koch lymph and his conplete failure to do
SO, the people have been looking for some
discovery which would prove an absolute.
certain cure for that dread disease Over 4
quarter of century ago DR.. R. v. Pierce,
chief consulting physician to the Invalids'
Hotel and Surgical Institute, put in claim
tor medicine, which he had discovered
and used in his extensive practice, that
would care ninety-eight per cent of all cases
OF consumption when taken in all its early
stages. Time has proved that his assertion
was was pa Rased on facts gained from experience
HIS Golden Medical Discovery" has cured
many thousand people in all parts of the
world, and DR.. Pierce invites all interested
to send to him for free book which piyes
the names, addresses and photographs of
many prominent people who have willingly
testlhed to the marvellous curative proper.
ties of his Golden Medical Discovery.
He has also written Book of 100 pages on
Diseases ofthe Respiratory Organs, (Which
treats of all Throat, Bronchial and LING
diseases, also Asthma and Catarrh, that will
oe mailed by the Worlds Dispensary Med
zeal Association of Buffalo, NY, on receipt
OF SIX cents in stamps, to pay postage.
Consumption, as most everybody knows
Is hrst manifested by feeble vitality, loss
OF strength, enaciation F.; then local symp-
toms soon develop, as cough, difficult
breathing. or bleeding from lungs, when
investigation proves that tubercuiar de-
posts have formed in the lungs. It is
earnestly advised that the Discovery be
taken early and the latter stages of the
disease can thereby be easily avoided.
To build up solid flesh and Strength after
the grip, pneumonia, GO lung fever ~, ex-
hausting fevers, and other prostrating dis
eases, it has no equal. It does not make
fat like cod liver oil and its nasty com.
pounds. but solid. wholesome flesh.
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On Monday before the supreme court
in Salem brief response to the petit
tion for hearing in the branch asy-
lum case was handed down, denying a
rehearing. 1t is per curium denial,
and the full text is as follows:
"Since delivering the opi1ion in this
case, an elaborate petition for rehear-
ing has been filed. We have carefully
examined it, and, while some of the
points made at the hearing are present.
in new light and with much force,
there is no new question made not con-
sidered by us in the former opinion.
We see no reason for changing the
conclusions then reached, hence a re-
hearing is denied"
This will settle the branch asylum
case until some ingenious Salemite
discovers new cause for enjoining the
state authorities from proceeding to
construct the asylum at Union. But
that this discovery will be made and a
new suit begun is almost foregone
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struck Artesian Marers.

The workmen who have been en-
gagged boring for water on County
Clerk Kelsay's place two and one-half
miles from the city struck a fine flow
of water yesterday at depth of 80 feet.
The water rose in the casing to the
height of seven feet above the surface,
and is pure, cold and sparkling. This
is indeed an important strike, as it de-
termins the fact that artesian water can
be had in this vicinity, and will result
in the reclamation of thousands of
acres of valuable agricultural land.
The well is so situated on Mr.. Kelsav's
place that water from it will cover
about 200 acres of land, affording an
abundance of water to irrigate the en-
tire tract. Mr.. Kelsay, however, is
determined to make further develop
ments made in this line, and will cause
another well sunk to the depth of 100
faet
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AGED Welded Couple,

Park precinct, Union county, says
the La Grande Chronicle, lays claim
to having the couple that have lived
the longest in married life, and their
combined ages are 173 years. Samuel
W. South was born May 2, 1909. Next
May he will be 81 years old. Roxey
Maher South was born April 8. 1910,
and will be So her next birthday, They
were married April %, 1881, being
married next April 55 years. They
had born to them seven children, six
living, one dead; 25 grandchildren and
only two dead; AZ great-grandchildren.
Who can beat it?
DR.. Prices Cream Baking Powder
Awarded Gold Meds, Midwinter Fair. San Francisco.
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A. o. q. w. The Lowest.

notwithstanding all the foolish
clamor about the danger of fraternal
orders being overwhelmed by an in
creased death rate, the last national
fraternal congress reported that the
average death rate for 1894 was 10.42
per cent, and that of the A. o. U. W.,
the oldest of them all, was only 10.1l
per cent, What better showing could
be desired? From the date of its or
ganization to the present time, over
S64, ,0O0, 900 have been disbursed by the
A. o. U. W. Every dollar of this
money has gone into the homes of the
brothers families. No order can pay
the death losses for less than the ac-
tual cost, but the A. o, U. W, does pay
losses at actual cost. The death rate
of the A. o. U. W. is below the aver
age according to the figures of the fra
ternal congress. Gold is gold in any
condition we may find it, but the stamp
placed upon it fixes the value for the
world, So with man, He is man,
but he needs the stamp of fraternal
friendship and brotherly love upon his
soul to make him congenial spirit
among his kind.
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An Interesting Lecture.

DIR. Kantner's lecture entitled,
"Move On" delivered at the Congre-
gational church last evening, was one
of the most interesting of the series
that has been delivered by different
able and learned orators in this city
during the past winter. DR.. Kantner
is pleasanta and forceful speaker, pos
sessing the happy faculty of retaining
the attention of his hearers, and his
subject was one which embodied many
gems of thought. "Move on" the
speaker illustrated, was the incentive
that impels every action in life to high
and worthy accomplishments. 1t was
the foundation of every important
achievement, the motive that caused