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Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-08-28

by federal authorities in local affairs as {
Violation Of the constitution Of the United
lions, and we especially object to govern
inent by Injunction as new and highly
dangerous form of oppression by which
tic tHe states and rights Ss s:sszyhs, Deo11fss
at once Legislators, judges and execution.
last session Of the United States senate and
now pending in the house relative to con
tempts in federal courts and providing fol
trials by jury in certain cases of contempt
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-12-31
SOMERSET PICIx-UPS.

The Starks Free High School, will
commence on Monday, Jan. 4, 1897.
The Harmony Grange literary contest
began last week. Mrs T. !. Heal and
Mrs n. X. Bemis are the captains and
the grange expects to have some fine
programs for the next few weeks.
Deputy postmaster l.. l.. Nitham, has
very choice collection of old coins.
Among the number is a Spanish quarter
of the date of 1774 in good state of
preservation, and L. S half dollars of
the dates 1s21-25-27 and 81. There are
also several other rare pieces Madison
Bulletin.
The members of the Free Baptist So
ciety of pittsGeld, will celebrate, early
in January, the 30th anniversary of the
organization of the society. 1t is pro-
posed to have all of the pastors, who
have been settled over the church since
the society was organized, present on
this occasion, if possible. Rev. A. l..
Gerrsh of Whitman, Mass, vas the
first pastor.
An election of officers was held by the
Madison Degree of Honor, at their hall,
on Monday evening, as follows: c. of
H., Mrs Alice Nutting; l.. of H., Mrs.
Bina Withee; Recorder, Mrs. Olive
Gilman; z. s., Mrs. w. l., Remcl: f.,
Mrs. d. l.. Churchill; c. of C., Mrs.
Frank Dinsmore; l.. H. Odell File
brown; l. w, Mrs. Anna Felker; o. W,
A. f. Oliver.
Over 10000 cords of spruce have been
contracted for by Agent Edw. A. Merit
man of the Manufacturing Investment
Co.'S pulp mill at Madison, and consider
able more will be bought This wood
is bought of the farmers in Sidney. Oak
land, Belgrade, Norridgewock, Read
field and Fairfield. This means large
amount of money in the pockets of the
farmers in this section to keep them
through the winter. The new dam at
'ho "iiil II nv" PiaotNdilS hhISntd, ana
by the last of the year the work will all
be done. This gives the company
dam of solid masonry and one of the
very strongest ones in the whole State.
The years business at the mill has been
good considering the business of the
country. There has been a ready mar
ket for the entire output of the mill and
when the new year comes it will find
little or no pulp in the store house.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-12-31
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The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-12-31
A SERIOUS SUBJECT
That viii Repay Our Citizens TO
Carefully Consider.

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treat thcm rightly Won win bear from
them.
Thev have lanenaoe of tbair ayyn
this is how tbev tell Won = '''e'' =
When Won work too hard what fol.
lows9 You are tired. aren't von9
MS inst the same with the kidneys
they pet tired. they have so much to
do.
You stoop over at some occunat,on
You strain yourself lifting.
Yon walk too far. or ride toe far.
Yon call this overevertion Ynn
cannot sIeep when night CONES -
Your hack aches Your head aches
often YOU ache all over.
oh. Won saw its because I'm fired
Now this isn't right it's because your
kidneys are tired
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-12-31

Boston had taste of n labor strike
last week. The West End street car
operatives aud corporation had diff
Guilty which the men thought to settle
by striking Just what the grievances
were is not plain. but the refusal of the
company to recognize the railroad men s
union, and the hours of work and indi-
vidual treatment entered into the
trouble. The strike was declared off
early Christmas morning, without any
thing good being accomplished. All in
all it WAS i'll advised aud i'll managed
The men may have and probably did
have grievances, but this is a bad season
of the year TO get out of employment
and strikes are quite likely to result
that way.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-12-31

.''a t '''',ie ny ne southern road amounts
~ zen . i'f ''7 pounds.
I1e following nominations b. Govern.
OF Gease- lave beea maae. iu.aranee
Commissioner stephen y carr Bow
ao'aa"n Judge ri nc Bangor Naai-
eira. '9ar,-ihams. IS ygse Bangor.
Judge - fae #a1eIs5e NaaIcipai
Court tiaHs saaa aae Warren {.
FM.btoak. resigned Trustees soldiers
Orphan Hameleaa o ~aaa. Bath
DAVID i. Nsue. We-' Bath. Notary
fH9..=5. 7 Jase Ieastaa Maurice
j fa.ef Wilton d4-.#eo f tae Peace
and '}se1 1m- E."aa5 HeaH Lisbon
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The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-12-31
Rev. =. I. Fletcher

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The writer, who WAS a classmate at
the Newton Theological Institution with
the above devoted minister. desires to
add few words to the appreciative
tribute to his memory which appeared
in the REPORTER of De. l.. He Wa
born in skowhegan, July %. 1888. and
was the son of William aud Abigail
Taylor Fletcher. H. worked his wav
through Bloomfield Academy. and was
graduated from Colby University in
1853. His class numbered seven. aud
five of them enlisted in the civil war
which opened in 1861. All of these be-
came gallant officers, but by singular
coincidence no one lost his life i'm the
service. Mr. Fletcher vas brave sol
der in the 7th Maine Regiment. aud at
the close Of the war had risen to the
rank Of colonel
In lsG5 Mr.. Fletcher went to Newton
Center, Mass, to prepare for the Bapfis
ministry. He left the seminary in ls67.
where he had won the respect of all by
his manly bearing, good scholarship.
and sincere devotion to his chosen work.
His first pastorate WA At Wilton. \. H..
where he remained seven years. lie
went thence to New London. y. H.. the
seat of Colby Academy aud town in
which he was the ONLY pastor. Here he
had memorable pastorate of fourteen
years. II Was the longest passionate that
any member Of the class has had. aud.
take it all in all, WAS the most cNcutfuI.
Ills associates gladly coucede this pre-
emuenec 10 him. lie WAS In labor.
abundant. He knew no fatigue, he onlv
dreamed of rest.
After the heroic and selfdcnyiug
/ labors of tWenty-one Years among tin
i granite hills, he returned To Maine 10
i spend his closing years in like faithful
i service ut Dexter and Monsoon Stricken
i with paralysis at Mouson, he recovered
sufficiently to go to Dexter To fail asleep
amidst the scenes anu the friends where
i he first labored in NJ ine. II seems fit
/ ting to give a few extracts from the add
dress of Rev. Dr. Pepper at the funeral
in the place of his death.
mir. Fletcher was we'll born So is
every one that is horn into Il typical
/ New England home. A birth which
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h he,iti % ao''' ''l.,' VI ,,lost VINO ID.
tanmd ',,o a ~, ~ pGtst, sollea5 can ne
,.'aa am hra a,'' n i'''i'ns iie"s9n; ne
home. The boy WHO in manhood can
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The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-12-31

The statist, an English paper, pub
fishes comment on the Spanish
American situation, in which it says
that the Spanish government aud people,
unless they are utterly blind to their
own welfare, will accept the recon-
mendations anent Cuba contained in
President Cleyeands message to the
American Congress. The paper adds
that in the opinion Of the governments
of Great Britain, France and German, ,
these recommendation ought to be ac-
cepted.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-12-31

Machias Republican:-T There is man
in Maehais jill who is serving a 30 days
sentence for getting drunk. He is said
never to have violated any other statute
law, aud yet for this one offence, his
aggregate sentences of thirty days each
served in this Jail, amount to five years.
lie created an appeti in youth which he
now is powerless to control. Think of
this, boys, and do not attempt to extract
fun from the business end of bee.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-12-31
nuoKLEN,s ARNIoA SAVE.

The best save in the world for Cuts,
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum
Fever Sores, letter, Chapped Hands
Chilblains, Corns, and all Shin Erup
tions, and positively cures Pile, or no
pay required. 1t is guaranteed to give
perfect satisfaction or money refunded.
Price % cents per box. For sale by K.
r Patteu.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-12-31

LaxoI is the best medicine for
children. Doctors Recommend it in
place of Castor Oil.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-12-31
More Eloquent.

"They say there is character shown
in the way man combs his hair IS
"Well, think that often there is
more character shown in the way he
doesD' comb it, detroit Free Pres&
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-12-31

The best thing yet found for cough
Syrup of White Pine and Tar only 25c
81 bottle, to be found only at Saupsou's
corner drug store.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-12-31

iIe-Well, your sister is married.
Now it's your turn. She Oh, George
ask papa New ! ork journal.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-12-31

1t is the season when we think most
fondly of those dear friends who never
gave us Observation-Disclosures Times.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-12-31
&. COREY & CO Agents,
Portland, Me.
LET US DO YOUR PRINTING
Numbering Residences.

Mr.. c. H. Newman, agent Of the Boston
Numbering Company, is cauvassiug Nkowhe-
houses in town Now that we have street
signs giving the names of all streets in town,
it seems that the numbering Of all the places
Of business and residences is very desirable.
Mr.. Newman comes well recommended and
has had much experience in this work in
many towns and cities in Maine and in other
states. We hope our citizens viii take no d
Of this project ard make the numbering of
buildings general throughout the village.
l.. c. EMERY,
r. +. PARKER, Selectmen.
GEORGE l.. NAY,
Mr.. Newman changes numbers where
NJ cessafy, also carries nice line of Door
Plates, Bell Plates, repairs and furnishes Door
Bells and matches Figured Glass Door Lights.
This is a good opportunity for all persons
wiz hing goods or work done in this line; in.
Nckle Store Numbers furnished il desired at
reasonable rates.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-12-31

The woman suhragists have row but
forty one more states To conquer New
ark Advertisers
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-12-31

DR.. Edwin's Quick Relief Porous Pas-
ter only l5c at SIMPSONS corner drug
store.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-12-31
Bragg x varney, " :%Y"s:+ AVE
Not a
Dotted
Question.

Some people advertise all work salts
factory or no pay. When we advocate a
thing we know to be successful we are
not compelled to raise doubt as to our
sincerity by telling what we will do if we
can. For twenty years we have done the
Painting and Carriage Repairing for the
people of Skowhegan and surrounding
towns, and our ever increasing trade at
tests to the popularity Of our work
So ii is not a mooted question where
you shall take your Carriages to have
them Repaired or Painted.
We have nice, clean, well ventilated
rooms, that will hold over one hundred
Carriages, that we want to fill up this
winter, so we can paint them and have
them ready for our customers IN the
spring
Bring your Sleighs in now. 3m4o
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-12-31

frozg il dr. thra.. for haar-ae.s.
So. teiaa- 1tC g.. ~HuI- SIS. the
..U'r ru2-I~..
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-03-18
Tons OF Flour Gold.

Another remarkable story OF gold
en- lake has come from Alaska, together
with aningenious scheme by which it is
proposed to get hold of the treasure.
The claim consists of 15S acres about
eight miles from Sitka, and is called
s'Pande's Basin Placer Claim" With
in the limits of the claim is lake,
1000 yards long, 400 yards wide and
.5O feet deep. The lake is fed by
water from glacier, the constant ac-
lion of which for centuries has brought
down from the mounsains above large
deposits of "Aour" gold, and this has
ill, OF necessity, been held within tho
boundaries OF the little body of water.
The action of the glacier, the deepness
of the lake and the shallowness of sthe
outlet, is the combination which is said
to have covered the bottom of the
lake with millions of dollars in -four
gold.
Assays Of the sand from the shor es
of the lake, made by assayers of the
Tacoma Smelling Company, show, so
it is claimed, that it Will produce the
astonishing result of $50 cubic yard,
while quartz from the lodges all
around the lake assay as high as $3S to
the ton. The statement that half u
cent cubic yard will allow o man to
make SO, 900 year Will partly illus.
trate the enormous size of this find.
What is proposed, and will proba-
bly, be done, is to tap the rock wall of
the lake on the lower side, SO that the
water can be almost entirely drained
out. Then will be left field of flour
cold,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-03-18
Kite Navigation,

A novel means of aerial navigation
by means of kites is suggested by
Lieutenant B. Baden-Powell. He
points out as greater height above the
earth's surface Is reached the force Of
the wind nearly always increases. At
one thousand yards its velocity is often
three times that near the surface. The
Lieutenant proposes to take advantage
of this difference by sending one kite
to the upper atmosphere, and keeping
another nearer. the ground. These
two kites would be connected by o
long line, and the weight to be car
ried would be attached to the line at
O point nearer to the lower kite than
to the higher. The lower kite would
thus act as q brake or an anchor, and
the effect would be the same in pinci.
pie as if the movement of the upper
kite were retarded by string and the
lower kite were towed through the air
by boy running with the string in
his hand.-Atlanta Constitution.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-03-18

shall await with trembling and fear
news from your bedside, news that
you are out of danger, and shall pray
for you night and day."
Van Twcet glanced at the signature
and folded up the letter without a
trace of emotion. Woman" he said,
solemnly, "thy name is mystery. How
did it happen?"
Brown smiled as he had not smiled
in months. sI had left her house but
a few moments before the scrimmage
occurred in Waldon street, he began.
81 called to be very formal. Some
how your words kept ding-donging
through my head. said to myself
to be a moral coward and tremble be-
cause woman may turn you down is
almost as bad as to run when your
manhood is assaulted. Itwas hard
fight, but made it. And"
"She accepted your asked Yan
Tweer.
"No; she was not to be had so
cheaply; but I left her with a strong
impression that had won victory.
I left her with her decision in abey-
ance. The letter tells the rest"
Van Tweet congratulated Brown,
but there was cloud on his brow as
he took his departure.
"I thought 1 knew something about
human nature" he muttered, "but
wher it comes to telling what woman
means I'm still in ry swaddling
clothes"
Isn't that the way the world wags9
Washington Post.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-03-18
Grass Ia Kinpl Hurrah!I

Shout for Joy. The green grass rules. It's
more valuable than oats, wheat and corr to-
geher. Luxurant meadows are tho farm
er's delight. A positive way to get them and
a very sure one we knowis to SOW Salzer's
Extra Grass Mixtures. No need Of waiting
life time either. Salzer has a mixture,
sown in April, producing hay in June. Many
farmers report yields OF six tons of magnifl-
cent hay per acre. Over one hundred differ
ent kinds Of grasses, coyers, Teosinte, Sand
Vctch, Giant spurry and Fodder plants! 35
packages earliest vegetables $1.oO. N.o)
IFYoU WILL CUT THIS OUT AND SEND with
10c. postage to the John a. Salzer Seed Co.,
La Crosse, Wis.,. you will receive, free, ten grass
and grain samples aud their mammoth seed
catalogue. Catalogue alone So. for mailing.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-03-18
A Mechanical Horror.

Machinery, a monthly journal, pub
lished at johannesburg, South Africa,
gives On account of most remarkable
clock belonging to Hindu prince,
which the editor thinks the strangest
piece of machinery in India. Near
the dial of an ordinary looking clock
is . large gong hung on poles, while
underneath, scattered on the ground,
is pile of artificial human skulls,
ribs, legs and arms, the whole number
of bones in the pile being equal to the
number of bones in twelve human
skeletons. When the hands of the
clock indicate the hour of l, the mum
ber of bones needed to form COM
plete human skeleton come together
with snap, by some electrical con-
trivance the skeleton springs up,
seizes mallet, and walking up to the
gong, strikes one blow. This finished,
it returns to the pile and again falls to
pieces. Whcl 2 o'clock, two skeletons
get up, and strike, while at the hours
of noon and midnight the entire heap
springs up in the shape of twelve skel-
etons, and strike, each one after the
other, q blow on the gong, and then
falls to pieces, rs before.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-03-18
Speed OF Railroads.

I see no reason why we might not
expect to double the speed OF steam
driven railroad trains, declares Hiram
Maxim. Ordinary electric trains
should travel at the rate of ninety to
100 miles ON hour, and express trains
at, soy 100; but in order to dc this it
would be necessary to so construct the
carriages as to enable them to pass
through the air without any great re.
sistance. The train should be pointed
at both ends, and have the appearance
of being all in one piece; even the
wheels and axletrees would have to be
boxed in. find in~my experiments
that atmospheric skin friction on
smooth surface is SO small that it need
not be considered as factor at all,
but the power required to drive a
rough or irregular body through tho
air is very great.
Electricity could, of course, be ad-
vantageously employed on existing
roads, but if special roads were to be
constructed comparatively cheap line
could be employed, and as the elec-
trio train would be vastly lighter than
the steam train, extensive grading and
tunneling would not be necessary.
The line might follow, approximately,
the contour of the country.
In the steam driven train great
power is required to enable it 10 mount
even slight gradient, and all this en-
ergy is wasted in heat and friction on
the brakes in descending the next
grade. The extra amount of energy
consumed by an electrically driven
train in mounting gradient could
again be utilized in descending the
next gradient, because the descending
train, moving at high velocity, in
stead of having its speed checked by
the use of breaks, could turn switch
in such direction as to convert the
motors themselves into generators,
which would actually send a current
into the line which would be available
for the use of other trains. The stor-
ing of energy developed by descend
ing train has always been a desider-
atum; it is quite impracticable to use
it with steam driven trains, while it ID
q simple matter in trains driven by
cable or by electricity. .-Cassier's
MAGAZINE.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-03-18
Stone Forests of Arizona

The regions of the Little Colorado
river in Arizona abound in wonderful
vegetable petrifactions, whole forests
being found in some places which arc
as hard as flint, but whi'h loci: as ii,
but recently stripped OF their foliage.
Some of these stone trees are standing
just as natural as life, while others are,
piled across each other just like the
fallen monarchs of real wood forest.
Biologists say that these stone trees
were once covered to depth of 1000
feet with mari, which transformed
them from wood to solid rock. The
mari, after the lapse of ages, washed
out, leaving some of the trees stand
ing in an upright position. The ma
jority of them, however, are piled
helter- skelter in oil directions, thous-
ands of cords being sometimes piled
up in an acre of ground.-Cincinnati
Commercial Gazette,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-03-18

loves you, OF elsa you are so blind
that 1t would be charitable to hold you
non compos mentis. Now, don't try
to bewilder my judgment with mass
of pretty fancies coniured up just be-
cause the girl has too much good sense
to fling herself into your arms the first
time you knock at her door. Your
confounded pride does not allow you
to see that she is just as proud as you
are; but the right is all on her side,
and you are acting the part of very
stupid ass, if you will pardon my
plainness, for not stripping off this
unbecoming dignity at once and going
| to her very humbly with plea for
pardon"
Pardon?" exclaimed Brown. 81 ask
pardon-I?"
Van Tweet's eyes began to flash
angrily. "See, here, old man," he
| said, "this girl is far too good for you,
| and you know it. Doyou stand there
| and tell me that you love her, love
her to distraction, to rashness-
for you do-and yet hold her too
| cheaply to humiliate yourself by ask
ing Observation-Disclosures she loves
you?"
But Brown insisted that he knew
| what he knew, smote the side of his
| chair with his fist, and declared that
nothing could alter his views She
hated him, and was only waiting for
him to humble himself, like the rest
of her suitors, so that she could give
him his quietus, and pay him of for
having saved her life.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-03-18
About Population.

Georgia has gained about 100000
population in the thirty years ending
with 1890, Alabama nearly 100000,
South Carolina about $50, 900, and
Louisiana about 100000. Nowhere
con southern state be found which
has decreased in population or made
the slow progress of Maine and Ver'
mont.
These statistics mean something
They mean that the people of the
northeast and northwest are tired Of
blizzards and droughts. They are
seeking homes in sections where the
conditions of existence are more fav-
orable. Already they are sending
large colonies southwark, and the
wiping out of sectionalism will bring
millions of them here. The next de-
cade will see big tide of immigration
pouring into the south. Atlanta Con-
stitution.