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The Somerset reporter., 1896-05-14

The effect of the business situation
under the Democratic tariff law WAS
manifest in Boston, last week by the
price of wool going down to the lowest
figure of record ON this important staple.
Aggregate sales were small, footing up,
according to the Journals City Article,
only ,23l 200 pounds. Receipts since
Jan. /. have been 94,24S bales of do
nestle and lis, 255 bales of foreign wool
clearly showing how the foreign
article has come to dominate market
which was once overwhelmingly con-
trolled by American. Manufacturers
have free access to foreign wool and low
prices for fleeces-the lowest ever heard
of. If there is any advantage in free
raw materials" it ought certainly to
begin TO manifest itself under these con
ditions. But manufacturing is not pros
porous. On the contrary, it is extra
ordinarily dull, and the amount of idle
machinery, already great, is constantly
increasing.
The Somerset reporter., 1896-05-14

The state muster will probably be
"eiu this year, the week commencing
august "a, continuing through Friday of
uiat Week. lt is thought that this will
NC satisfactory time tn have it. The
"oon will be right, and there are ~ few
'ohllttIng events about that iime, IA at
Aoy which is available That the muster
promises to be most successful one,
WIS year, goes without saying.
The Somerset reporter., 1896-05-14

Danbury Conn, May ~. William
Flitcrott, @"eused of murder in the first
degree in q poting and killing Frank
ketchaL. Ri l.. pleaded guilty t.
mansaushtr here yesterday and was
sentenced by Judge Elmer to 10 years
in the state prison. Ketchan and other
young fellows had been trying to effect
an entrance into Flitcroft's house, and
1t was claimed that he fired the fatal
shot in epIf- defense
The Somerset reporter., 1896-05-14
Going Rack to Work.

Boston, May n.-At a meeting last
night of the Painters and Decorators
union it was announced that many OF
the master painters had agreed to tho
demand of the union, and that today
1000 out of the 1900 members would be
gin working an eight-hour day at g. 30.
1t is thought more of the master paint
ers will agree to the demands
The Somerset reporter., 1896-05-14
A Eicn,I,s- Cnnfessinn

Washington. May 1t.-Another chap
ter in the Elsie Kreglo murder case was
added, when Irwin L. Ford, her CON
fessed murderer, made another confes
sion, in which he admitted he attempted
to commit rape on Miss Kreglo, but was
unsuccessful His failure to accomplish
his purpose. he said. was due to the
strength OF his victim.
The Somerset reporter., 1896-05-14

Manchester, N. H, May 9.-The state
officers of the Law and Order League
who have been in attendance at The
session of the grand jury. admit their
failure to secure indictments against
liquor dealers and have left the city.
The Somerset reporter., 1896-05-14

London. May 13.-Sir Matthew White
Reidley, home secretary, replying to an
Inquiry yesterday, said that the home
office refused to reopen the case of the
convicted murderess. Florence May
brick. or to appoint commission of in
quiry into the alleged new phases there
The Somerset reporter., 1896-05-14

Portsmouth. N. H.. May 11.-Fred {.
Boss young man who is wanted on
the charge of stealing bicycle in Lynn.
Mass, broke jail. during Saturday. by
saving off the bars of the corridor door
He is the first prisoner to get out of
this Jail. He was probably in the cor
ridor when his cell was locked up for the
night
The Somerset reporter., 1896-05-14

syndicate has made Il proposition
W ould a narrow guage railroad from
, W. water at Boothbay Harbor, Me-, to
,''casset. The road is to be co.nplet-
"r travel by Nov. |. A. surveyed,
'"' road is about Is miles long, aud
asses through the towns of BJothbay
-"u EdgecOmb to Wiseasset.
The Somerset reporter., 1896-05-14

We publish The Call for the Republi-
eonnty convention In the REPORTER
June Both
The Somerset reporter., 1896-05-14
The Somerset Reporter,
A Weekly Republican Newspaper.

, n SMITH E. e. McNEELIE.
10. SMITH & CO, PUBLISHERS,
AZ WATER STREET, SKOWHEGAN, ME.
SUBSCRIPTION RATEs;-One year $3.50; six
months, rs cts, three months, 81 cts, when
najd in advance.
Al IS will be charged if not paid until the
end Of year.
ACHIEVEMENTS: business and legal adver-
t,sm ants inserted at reasonable rates, adjusted
10 the space used, and the position given.
Pricesquoted on application.
c. rds OF Thanks and Resolutions of Respect
inserted at cents per line.
t41RRD AS SECOND oLAss MAIL MATTER,
The Somerset reporter., 1896-05-14

Another new lot of perfumes, the
latest odors, at SIMPSONS, the corner
druggist
The Somerset reporter., 1896-05-14

Best thing for lame back DR.. Ed
wins porou, plasters. loo, at SIMPSONS
Corner bug store
The Somerset reporter., 1896-05-14

The loss in Belgrade and Sidney. from
the cyclone Of sunday. in buildings.
stock and fefest i estimated 10 be from
$4,000 10 $4,000
The Somerset reporter., 1896-05-14
5t53o u
No. 239-
Report of the Condition
or
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK,

OF SNOW HEGAN,
At SkoShegaa. IL tHe Stat of Maine =, lie close
OF business. NAY -th. SO
The Somerset reporter., 1896-05-14
nr. nnlc Acullittrd.

Providence. May Il. The jury ia n
case of Or. + y. Hale for causing Iii
death of KATE F-rney on Feb ~ re
tnrned verdict Of not guilty
The Somerset reporter., 1896-05-14
Probate Court.

Judge Boswell held the May term OF
Probate Court at the Court House this
week beginning TUESDAY morning.
The Somerset reporter., 1896-05-14

RIAL E-lA1l TRANSFERS The FOL
lowing are tn rel e-ulrr transfer. dur
Ing the Week
SuÌˆd Dakota nachrichten. (Sioux Falls, SuÌˆd=Dakota) 18??-1900, 1896-12-31

GS perlnutet, baB unIer Staats=
ftbabmeilter Bbinips cine betrd6tli9e
Gumme Gtaatsgeloer in Der fallirten
SGinpts gtattpnalbanf in @bicaeo bepos
nirt bate. 9araus foa ibm fetn 8ors
ipurf sena9t tperben, benn iene 8anf
gait ats bombenfiber un6 man fam
ni1t berlan9en, bas Serr 8bilIips bur9
Rauern Ieben miiBte unb mebr ppn ben
9ebeimen 9ransaftiDnen in aGgemein
als Iiber anerfannten 8anfen tpiiIen
follte, als Die 2eute in Der ndbiten llnls
gebung berIelben. Sas aber ipiro ibnl
DOrseuUrfen, baB er faft cine bnlbe
MilIiUn Staats9elber in 8nnfen allfges
bduft bait, anitatt Die i6uebenbe S9ulb
oes Staates a6sutragen. 8ad Der
3aplor= gpiiDbe bate man 9ebofft, baF
Die ssinansen oes 5taateg uDrfi1tiaer
aebanbbabt miirben. gser @9uLben
beaablt, beiIert ieiu 8ermbsen. 8ieis
quite alte &e9el 1T aud auf 5taater
antuenobar, troB glepelanb. Wor9ar
ano @enDiien. garum oieie 9taats.
gelber aufhdufen? Sr. 86illips iit fetr
gaplor; er fam nber nitbt oerbinOern
baB inter Der glorrei6en @uloipdbrune
einselne 8anfen itiir5en uno baB MIDI
AUDI aufd(ltg er unb Der @taat Damit
Gdaben erteibet, 70 lange bic 5taats.
8elOer Der @efabr ausseiebt finb. 9il
,,gta9ribten" iinb uielleidt falid be.
ri9tet DOer nidt i'm GtnnDe, Die Soeer
Der ,,Saute Sinouce" 81 erfaiien, fl
lpiirben iidb bes6alb serne pon Serri
8bilips beridtiaen ober belebren laiien
SuÌˆd Dakota nachrichten. (Sioux Falls, SuÌˆd=Dakota) 18??-1900, 1896-12-31

neten seludbft tuir6. feline @eiddfte lins
entseltlicb neriualtet unb als @eiddfts=
fiibrer einen &enoanten ertp1blt, Der
cine entipre9enbe Caution ftelIen nnu6
unb fur feline @eihdftsfibruns in Der
9fe9eI cine nad) benz &einsetuinn be-
meiene gommiilipn beaiebt.
5pareinla9en f6nnen i6on in 9an3
gerinsen 8etrd9en sema6t iuerben, un6
tuerben in Der &egel nit 8 8roSeni
0erainit. Sic gllsleibe geibiebt r1eis
items su benz SinsfuSe upn 4 9srOsent;
es tuirb audi auf Die peri5nli6e 8iirg=
id)aft BON 2 gut Itehenben 8iir9errl
@etDibt 9ele9t, bic @runbbeTib baben
miiiien. Der @etpinniiberIhus Dieni
ben Snterehenten bes &reiies. @a
tuerben BON oemielben nelte gbauiieer
gebaut unb nlte in gutem 3uitanbe 9es
bnlten. &ranfenbdnier unterbalten Ii.
{. IN. Sir bas BON bent &reiie iibers
nommene 9fiIifo tpir6 bieier nliO reih=
lid entiddbist, ipidtiser nber tit, bnf
benz fleinet 5parer 6urd jene Spar,
tafen cine abiOlute giderbeit fit ieilte
@inlagen eeiudbrt iuiro.
Gon nod 9r6Berer bOlfswirtbI6aft:
ti6er 8eoeutung unb prattii6 bon
beinabe berlelben Gi9erbeit Iinb biz
beionoers in ben leBten sSobren in
Eentiblnnb oieleenannten gtaiffeiiens
| iten 9nrlebensfaiIen, bic ben 3med
perfolgen, beipnbers ben eleinen Bauer
| in finanSiellen 95then bur9 8arIeber
su 9erinsen !3insfuBe unb Dbne 8ro-
oiIion iiber bas G9limmIte binnegsu=
belfen. 8ieie &aiienpereine ieben iid
aus @lieoern zines uerbiltniBmGBia
fleiner ldnbli1en 8iitrifts 5uIamrnen
fie baben bas gsrin5ip ber ip5taler
5elbnbilfe, ale M,tslieoer hnften nit
i6rem geiammten @runbbeiib fir Die
gintngen unb bieten 6ur9 lire unbe=
I6rdnfte Saftfltdbt fDtpie bnr1 Die
9enaue perI6nli1e 8etannti6nft ale,
@lieoer cine 10 portreffli1e @eipdb,
fiir Die Gplioit6t oes 8etriebes, bas
felt benz Sabre 1849, iuu Der erite Der.
artige gerein se9riin6et iuurbe, Biz
beute bon ben mebr als 1900 beItebe1.
ben 8affeiieni9en @enOfeni6aften aud
nod ni1t elmer banterptt 9etuorOen lit
Die @infibrung Der iegensreiber
@inridtun9 Der GhulSe 8elib' b'i1er
Spartniien biirfte bier tuegen bes ra,
| Iben gBe1Iels Der bieIieen politiiher
8e66rben uDbl einige, tuenn AUDI MIDI
uniiberpinolibe 5btuierigfeiten bnben
oqB aber bic &aiffeiien'iden &aiier
BEL ibrem gang berpDrragenben gtusel
fir ben 9anbmnnt bier nod feinei
@ingang sefunben baben, ift b6hit Der
wunoerlib. @bl. J.
SuÌˆd Dakota nachrichten. (Sioux Falls, SuÌˆd=Dakota) 18??-1900, 1896-12-31
elns See Ru,,ees ha,,ptisaet.

% a bin9tOn, 8. 8. 26. 9es.
Die Sreunbe Der internatiunaten 9up>
pelpdbrung eriuarten, baB Der Senat
bic 8dbrun9sfrase sleid mad ben Seis
ertagen aufnebmen tpiro. sSeoenfa(Is
miro aud Der republifaniI9e gaufus Ii6
iebr balO nit Oieier 5rase beiddfti9en.
8as pom goucus ernannte gplRite bat
ieit 1dgerer 3eit bieie glnselegenbeit err
poger uno der 8orlibenoe bes 9luss
Idhulies, Senatpr Bolcott, bat bereits
elne 8orlage ausgearbeltet, Die eatiDeoer
pom Caucus angenommeH iuerben Dber
bod Die 8aiis fir iueitere 8erbanoluns
gen bilOen ruirb. Die WebrSabl Der go-
mites Nitglieoer lit Der Iniibt, baB Die
4usiuabl Der &onferenSnitslieber o6lli9
Dem 8rdlibeateg iiberIaiien iperben iplis
te. 9as lpdre cine Gbnei1ung BON benz
our@ ben 53. &OnsreB 9eIfaffenen @rds
seoensfall, Der beitimnite, Dap Der 8rdlis
bent unb &on9reB Die glei1e ansn6l BON
8elegutea fir bic ilternatipnnle 8dbs
runastDnferen5 erneHnen Iollen. aah Die
3abl Der 5u ernennenOen 9elegateH iDI
Dem 4rdliOenten iiberlalIen iperben, neil
in bieier 8e5iebuns biel BON Dem 8e
I1luIie Der anberen aGnber abbdn9t. Die
nbtbiaen @elber fir bic WusflbrHns bes
8lanes merben bepillt9t luerbett. @8 lift
mod ni1t beItimmt, in lpie melt Der Ser.
5taaten 9erndB Dem Blane bes slusidni-
| Ies Snitiatine fiir Die Berufnn9 Der itts
ternationalen @dbrun9 stonferen5 ergreis
fen Iple. Sreilif glaubt aud bier Die
Ntebr3abl Der Iepublitaner, oern 8ralis
benten Die 8eraniuortuHg 5ufdieben iii
miiiien. Die 8orlage Der &epublitaner
lOl bic Mittel nn6 Wege 5tr glusfiib.
rung Der republifaniIde ins8es
aiebnns cuf biegBdbrunesfrase bei6affel
lpoaB Der nddlte 8rdiioent Nfcainleb
tbann 9lei6 nit Der iutrfliden Grbeit CUR
@rlanaung eines internnti0nalen llebers
eintDmmeils Beginner fam. g9ie nerlali.
tet, bat Senator Soar, ebenfnlls Mlit.
lglieb bes republifaniiden Gusi9niies
/ ben anoern Mfitglieberr tpertbpolIe esns
formationen. ipeld]e er tudbrenf
/ ieines iiiniten 9tnfentbaltes in europe
gelammelt 6at, 5utOmmen laIien unD ii
lin ibrem 8eItreben iebr ermuthigt. 81
i tbeiLt ibnen nit, baf 5ranfretd iu9ar bil
ggreiIe 5ur @r5ieluns eiiles irternatio
nalen gltfommens in 8eaus auf bi
/ 8dbrllngsfra9e ersreifen tuiirbe mi
Iaudb in DentI9lanb Die 5timntilng bn
lfiir iehr sinltig iit. gr lpra9 aud oi
9lniidlt aus, ba8 ielbit gR9lanb Iirb se
4 ifiisiser 5eisen iuiirbe, als man setu65n
lid annimmt, pean cine itarfe seiddftli
SuÌˆd Dakota nachrichten. (Sioux Falls, SuÌˆd=Dakota) 18??-1900, 1896-12-31

geidDt genug nit all bem tueitreis
9enben lln9Iiid unb ben Idweren SOrs
gen i'm @efolse Oes &uin's Der Sainois
9tattonal 8anf in Chicago, bat iebt
audi mod Der 9rinlme Iob feline 5rudt
bapon sepfliift. Der befannte 8aRfier
Otto 8asmannsOorff, BON Der sriuat.
banfFirma @asmannsbprff e. S1eine~
mann, Die uon Der SlIinpis Rational
NIT in ben IbsrunO geriiien tuuroe. be-
gina aus 8erspeiflung iiber iein linz
9liid unb Die 8pripirfe lnanber Ieiner
&uaoen 5elbItmOrO bur1 gridieBen.
Die Banf bate am Gage bes 8rudes
aneebli9 $55O,000 @utbaben, gegen
$415 900 8erbinolidfeiten. Der arne
reihe Mann! gr bate iuphl nod beuts
fcbe Beariffe BON faufndnniIber @bre,
uno baB er pielIeidt nid1t einmnl bieie
ieinen 55hnen binterlafIen fOnute, mar
su niel fir i'm. gBer m69te sa ribtei
unb Iaeen: ausbarren un0 ben 8ener
ausfoiten, DeiBt Die tunbre @brenfrOne
errin9eH.
SuÌˆd Dakota nachrichten. (Sioux Falls, SuÌˆd=Dakota) 18??-1900, 1896-12-31
0caoRenSaDaftttd,e Spars utt0
Gilfsbanfen.

Mu9 in ben lebten 8agen baben mir
es iuleber erlebt, baB Der 3uiammen=
brn6 eines 9anfinItituts cine Geibe
sanoerer Ibon baSur1 auf's b69Ite ees
fdbrben fam. baB Die 9roBe Mense
ni9t i'm Gtanbe iit, iib Elm sutreffenoes
11rtbeil itber ben 5tano Der 8anfen su
MAIDEN. eSn ben neiIieu ssdlIen bdngt
bas gr6Bere Ober 9erin9ere @ertrauen,
apel1es oas bieIige 8ublifum oieier o6er
iener 8anf entgesenbringt, pDn BEN
WaBe bes gertrauens ab, tpeldes ben
4eitenoer 8erI6nli1teiten ent9esengee
bra1t tpirb, unb ba aud bieIes ii9 nur
in ben ieltenhen ssdlen auf ndbere per-
i6nliAe &enntniB 9riinbet, 10 seratb es
in Der &egel i6on bel Dem fleiniten
InftoBe in's 59manfen.
DaB in Deutidlan6 a6nlicbe pnnifarz
tige @rI1iitterungen fait unbefannt iinb,
lift nid9t allein bem SnititHt Der inter
Gtaatspertualtung itebenben 8ei1sbnnf
sil5lidreiben, Die in alien Stdbten npn
irgenbfUelder 8eoeutung sSilialen bat
|tItu StItS tlut3 NpitIlpLtiYSill LIItClttlt HUS
iDlute Gi9erbeit fir aIe in ibr nieoers
aelegten &apitalien bietet, ionbert in
nod ipeit b6berm WlaBe bent un8emein
ieasnsreiben sSnItitute Der itdbtii6en
nnb areisiparfaien, Die na9 oem 5Ditenl
S9ulse- 8elibid in alien 5td6ten nnb
8reiIeu 8reiBens eiigeri1tet iirb unn
ni6t allein fir alle Spareinlagen eins
gerabe5u unerI9itterlibe Gi9erbeii
gepdbren, ipuhern du9 5ugleid, bic
@tener5abter 6es &reiies gana erbeblid
entlaften nnb ibnen anberneitige MIDI
unerbeblide iroirefte @Ortbeile ge.
tudbren.
Sir Die Gpareinlasell, iueld)e in Die
ie ftdotiiben Dner &reisIparfaiien ge.
inn1t iperben, baftet ndmlib baS be:
treffenbe @emeiniuelen nit ieiner 9e
Iammten Steuerfraft. Gin @arantie.
fDnb pber elm 8etriebsfapital lit auBei
ben Spnreitlageti lnb eineim aus ben
@efuinn ersielten &elerDefon6 ni6t bpr
banben. Die 8eriualtung tuirb Dol
eiuem &uratnriuni eefiibrt. bas pol
DeHt 8reistase O6er ben Gtabtuerorb
SuÌˆd Dakota nachrichten. (Sioux Falls, SuÌˆd=Dakota) 18??-1900, 1896-12-31

DIE 8reiiiot auf oaiielbe aus9eist tuiirbe.
Qusge5eihnetes 8reiIiOnsnittel iuiiroe
lib bic 8e5ablung Der 3tnien an ben 6fs
fentliden G9ulbbunbs Der Ser. 5taa=
ten, iuelde gum 9rOBen 9beiIe in ben
Sdnben BON @n9Idubern iid beftnben,
in 5llber eignen. Damn ipiirbe @nglanb
ii6 balb Der 8iftisteit uno 9tDtbmen.
bigfeit eineS internatipnalen uebereins
fOmmens in ge5iebuns nuf 9Uppeltpab'
rung betuu6t merben
gtlIe QnSei9en ipre6en baffr, baB
Der &rie9 ae9en Die ginfubr amerifaniz
id1er 6leii6probufte in 9euti9lanb nit
neuer @elualt ausbre6en ,pir6. go be-
ribtet Der ameritanii6e goniul in R6ln
f0l9enoes:
9rob Der 8erIi9erunaen Der Ser.
Stanten, oa6 lie bas fiir ben @rport be-
ittmmte Sleii6 elmer 9enanen @riifuns
unternerfen fuer6en, Dnuert Die glgitatis
On gegen bic amerifnniI1e ginfubr fort.
Sn elmer fiir5lidb BON ben agrnriern
bier abgehaltenen 8erIammlun9 tuur6e
bebauptet, baB beuti6e g8iirite burd
omerifuniicbes Sleii6 sefdtIdt lpiiroen.
au6 iUurbe gelteno 9entaht, baB cine
llnteriu6uu9 bes5leii9es auf 3ribinen,
wte in 9euti6lanb, ni1t Obiigatprii9
lei. Niebrere &eoner ertldrten, nmerifa.
niibes 5leii1 iolIte als iol6es ausbriid.
li6 marfirt nur I'M Sanbel in 9eutI9s
lanb Derbrnuht iperben oiirfen.
SuÌˆd Dakota nachrichten. (Sioux Falls, SuÌˆd=Dakota) 18??-1900, 1896-12-31

NidDtct 8loiuman bon 8eabmOob
iuirb bOn ben Blaf Sills &opuliiten
ais Ganoi6at fir 8unOesienator purge.
i6oben. @r ioll ben iibrigen &anoi0as
ten &nle, 9ouds. @OOOpfoOns II. 4s
iduere gOncurrenS gu MAIDEN irt
Gtanbe ietn, ineem fir ibn seItenb se~
ma9t ,ptrb, baB er nebr 3eit linb @elb
fir bic populiItii9e Gade Dpferte, ais
ireeno elm anberer Der glaf 5ilIier
Giihrer.
SuÌˆd Dakota nachrichten. (Sioux Falls, SuÌˆd=Dakota) 18??-1900, 1896-12-31

sStt Der Site Der @eIduorenen fiir
oie am 5, Saniar in slberoeen Begin
nenoe 8unDestreis sserihtsIisung fi9us
|rirt Der Mnme O. 8. 5aggart bon 8uls
go. Der Trdser bieies glameng iit
aber felt brei Sabren to0t. @r mar
iuoht Elm Srldnber.
SuÌˆd Dakota nachrichten. (Sioux Falls, SuÌˆd=Dakota) 18??-1900, 1896-12-31

Die 14jdbriae blinbe 9p9ter bes
geadtetert 6armers gtels Nelion nabe
Carthage ipnrbe am @eibna6tsmorsen
tDbt I'm 8ette eefunben. Die 9Obesz
uriade luirb nifht 9enlelbet.
SuÌˆd Dakota nachrichten. (Sioux Falls, SuÌˆd=Dakota) 18??-1900, 1896-12-31
Smrtser Go,satn.

Garfer. Die gisbdnoler bergen
Die Srudt Der falten 0sooembertaae.
@eseniudriis III bic gemperatnr benz
@iie lidt sntrdglid).
Smyrna times., 1896-01-29
Bicycling Not a Fad.

People who call bicycling a fad are
either ignorant of the meaning of the
word or are wilfully misrepresenting
the value of the exercise. Bicycling
has risen above a fad. It has become
a necessity. The hundreds of millions
OF dollars invested in manufacturing
plants; the thousands of skilled work
men engaged in the factories, and the
hundreds of thousands of men and
women who ride wheels prove that
what We once called luxury is now a
necessity. The coming year will see
the output of wheels largely increased
probably more than doubled. And
what is more, the product of the better
known manufacturers, like the Pope
Co., of Hartford, is practically all sold
for the next season.
The bicycle has proven its value. It
has made the weak strong; has brought
health to those who were ailing: has
given rest to those whose nerves were
instruments of torture. It is foolish
to animadvert against the bicycle. It
has come for good purpose, it is full
filling that mission and it will stay.
If the few fools out of the hundreds of
thousands who ride the wheel have
thrown caution aside and injured them
selves, it is no argument against the
exercise. The wheel was not desipned
for idiots. 1t was made for pleasure
and benefit and it cannot be held re-
spOnsible for the OVERRIDING of a small
fraction of riders.
Smyrna times., 1896-01-29
CRACKERS FOUND AL OVER.
Wanderers Of the Tribe In the West an,
North as Wen as the south.

Wanderers Of the Tribe In the West and
North as Wen as the South.
You'll find crackers in other parts
OF the country than the south, " said the
tall, grizzled sea captain like man at the
inn. I've seen them in every land
yes, and ON Long Island. l take it the
cracker belongs to class by himself.
The crackers, all the way from the foot
hills Of the Alleghanies in Lancaster
county, Pa, to the mountains Of Geor-
gia, are, as | take it, the descendants Of
men from the north Of Ireland. Some
Of them reached this state from Canada
and went south by way Of the old Cher
~ Valley turnpike into Pennsvlvania.
and thence into Maryland and Virginia
They arc the best Of tho cracker tribe.
They still have some Of the religion
they started with and remnant Of en-
ergy.
You find southern or western
cracker now and then with a good New
England name There was an early New
England emigration to the south. I met
out in the mountains of Missouri a
cracker who was a direct descendant of
the old provincial governor Of Massa-
chusetts, Endicott. He bore the family
name and had a trace of the New Eng
lander IN his face, though he could nei-
ther read nor write. He had, however,
his grandfather's diploma from Harvard
college. The grandfather had removed
to North Carolina, and part or perhaps
all of the family had drifted west and
finally reached Missouri The crackers
had way Of travelling along the noun
tain yaAeys from state to state, and a
good ~ " went into Tennessee and
aeorela. New York Sun.
Smyrna times., 1896-01-29
Harper's Magazine.

The February number of Harper's
will be in the best sense popular.
Stephen Bonsal will describe 'eThe
New Baltimore" with the aid of eighteen
Illustrations: Caspar w. Whitney will
relate some exciting experiences in his
pursuit of the Musk-Ox in Northern
British America, and Henry Looms
Nelson will discuss .'The Passing of
the Fur Seal" and find cause in the
failure of Great Britain to support the
findings of the Paris Tribunal. There
will be capital Short Stories, and the
military spirit will be satisfied with
Poultney Rigelow's stirring description
of ''The German Struggle for Liberty
against Napoleon and the Prussian
King; Theodore Roosevelt's narrative
of st. Clair's disastrous expedition
against the Miami Indians a century
ago; and story of the capture of the
Maid of Orleans by the English, told
in the Personal Reeollections of Joan
of Arc"
Smyrna times., 1896-01-29
People who Eat hair.

II is difficult to imagine people eating
hair, but there are many, especially
girls and young women, who do so, as
experience proves. Doctors conducting
post mortem examinations have been
surprised to find large quantity of
hair in the stomach Of the deceased per-
son.
Not long ago an English medical
man found as much as four pounds Of
hair in the stomach of a woman about
30 years old, and similar cases have
been officially reported from various
parts Of the world.
DIR. Swain lately performed an oper-
alton for tumor, when, to his astonish-
ment, the carse Of complaint was a
mass Of hair weighing between four
and five pounds.
In this case the patient confessed that
she had contracted habit of biting of
the ends Of her hair. just as some bite
their finger nails. Pearson's Weekly.
Smyrna times., 1896-01-29

We have no right to waste our own
time, and certainly we have no right to
waste that Of other people. To do it is
most thoughtless and unkind. If YOU
are in a class, your unpunctuality may
inconvenience and disturb all the
others, and very much annoy your
teacher. If you are on committee,
and come late to the place of meeting,
you throw every one else out of her
orbit. People have many engagements
in a single day. They can keep none
of them to advantage if they are hind
cred by the careless person who does
not keep hers conscientiously.
This whole matter of keeping en-
gagements is one in which you must
establish good habits. Never promise
to go anywhere, or do anything, to
make visit, or take table at fair.
or help friend who needs assistance.
and then break your word. A girls
word is sacred thing. If it is to only
slt tor an hour with an older friend, OF
to take luncheon and a walk with
Jenny on Saturday, or to write letter
for the cook, who cannot write her
letter for herself, keep your word and
be on time. Nothing else is worthy
such girl as the one 1 have in my
mind while l write, so clever and
sensible, and, in the main, so satisfac-
tory that I cannot bear her to have
even one little flaw 1 don't want to
think of her as one of those people who
come bustling into church and Sunday
school ten minutes late, and who dis
turb everybody else in places of amuse-
ment by the same habit. And cannot
imagine one of my girls as, by-and-by
going and anywhere late to dinner, a
most grievous social fault. Harper's
Round Table.
Smyrna times., 1896-01-29

The New York Sun in considering
Speaker Reeds mustache, declared
that seventeen Presidents of the United
States have worn a mustache in combi.
nation with beard or whiskers, while
only Mr.. Cleveland has worn mus
tache only. The Sun therefore pro-
ceeds to adduce the exact mathematical
expressicn Of chances thus:--7s.91 per
cent, in favor of no mustache, 21.74
per cent in favor Of mustache and
beard or side whiskers, and only 4.35
per cent. in favor of the unsupported
mustache.