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LEGEND OF LAKE MORAT.
BIood-Red Pool In Switzerland That Has
History.

From the Boston Transcript.
Lake Morat, in Switzerland, has
queer habit of turning red about two
or thre times every 10 years. 1t is a
pretty lake, like most of the pictur
esque sheets of water in that country,
and its peculiar freak is attributed to
disposition to celebrate the slaughter
of the Burgundians under Charles the
Bold on June q. 1476. But the French
say IL bushes for the conduct of the
Swiss. who in that battle gave the
Burgundians no quarter. This year IL
was redder than ever and had SIMS
ter appearance when the setting sun IL
Illuminated it's waves.
This phenomenon. of course, has its
legend. The old fishermen OF the lake,
who catch enormous fish called silures,
that weigh between 25 and 40 Kilograms
say, when they see the waters of the
lake reddening. that IL is the blood of
the Burgundians. AS a matter OF fact,
some of the bodies of the Burgundians
killed in battle were thrown into the
lake. while others were tossed into
grave filed with quiclSlime. This his
torical recollection angered the Bur
gundian soldiers of the victorious ar
mics of the republic in 1898 so much
that they destroyed the monument
raised in honor of their compatriots
who fell heroically in that battle and
Henri Martin very justly reproached
them for that piece of vandalism.
IL would hardly do TO attribute the
reddening of the waters OF the lake 20
the blood of the soldiers of Charles the
Bold. The coloring is due simply TO the
presence in large quantities of little
acquatic plants called by naturalists
oscillatoria rubescens. The curious
thing about IL is that Lake Morat is the
only lake In which this curious growth
is developed. and this popularity is be-
ginning TO interest scientific men.
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carries any kind of signal but an ice
berg is surrounded by a sort of halo,
even in the fog. The sea is full of dere-
licts. Look at that map up there"
II once tried an interesting expert
ment with thermometers, illustrating
the difficulty of detecting icebergs with
them" said Secretary Nash. II put
one thermometer in a considerable body
of hot water running free in the open
air, water so hot IL burst the thermom-
eter. The mercury i'm another placed
six inches away. ran up trifie higher.
At IL inches the next was but slightly
affected. Beyond. the reading were all
alike. AS to collision i'm n fog there is
the difficulty which we started to talk
about. of determining the direction of
signal. A machine called the eophone
has been invented for that, but I'll
show you a sample device that is prac-
tically the same. 1t was suggested to
me by the megaphone they use to an
nounce results at race tracks"
Mr.. Nash stood up. and, rolling a
newspaper into the shape of a trumpet,
held it to one ear. Closing the other
with his free hand he slowly revolved,
aiming the tube at every point of the
compass in succession.
You see." he said, 1.-THE direction
from which sound seems loudest
through such a tube is the general di-
rection of it's origin. But there is one
difficulty. the eophone will not meet.
and that is that strange phenomenon
which the photographic Office has
worked out See," he said. seizing a
pencil and drawing a rough sketch,
something like this diagram
The only sound waves from signal
on ship or shore which can possibly
reach n vessel must travel nearly level.
AS a matter of fact, they seem to be de-
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FOG THE SAILORS FOE
The Chief Cause of Disaster in Mid
Ocean and on Shore.
DANGER CAN BE AVERTED
The Cathode Ray Is Said to Be
Utterly Useless. But Old
Salts Hint That eau
ton Isn't.

Copyrighted. 1896. by Bachelor, johnson
q Bacheller)
When some good and stout ship that
has sailed out of port in the pride of
its strength is never heard of more,
the landsman pictures her as rolling
with disabled engines or ribboning sails
until she is overwhelmed by the trough
of the big and greedy waves. The sea-
man thinks of the harmless seeming
fog, softly settling down i'm gray
moss on the gray sea and of collision
under its shade with another missing
craft. or with some floating derelict or
unheeding mass of ice.
Sometimes. perhaps. i'm 10 per cent of
the cases, the landsman may guess
right. But the old salt fears fog above
all things as the most insidious ally OF
his dreadful dangers. collision at sea
and Bleaching upon shore.
Storm drives a fleet of lame ducks"
imping to harbor with splintered masts
and tales OF missing men, but it is i'm
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west of the channel. and that i'm head
ing hack he might run someone down.
he asked the captain To just let the an
Choir touch 10 steady her. He did so and
she lost way. the tide was at ebb and
she swung round and headed right up
stream and went on. That captain
thought the pilot didn't know his bust
ness; hut ne did"
4 little while later | asked Secretary
NeStoVcr Of the General Electric COM
pany II the new cathode ray process
wouldn't furnish some hint for seeing
through the fog.
Well" said ne. a trifie sarcastically,
perhaps il Nigh, If YOU could get a
Crookc's tube ass big as all out doors
and then bring your sand bank up to
within a foot of IL To be photo
gTaphed"
Louis CASTER. editor Of Casters
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on Oyster island. Lots OF ships have
gone ashore on the Shinnecock sands.
IL occurred to me once that the mag
netic sands there might affect the com
pass. but the United States coast sur
vey tested the matter and found that
the sand wouldn't affect a compass un-
less IL was held very near II and the
sand piled up.
Can you smell an iceberg in the fog.
Captain Hilton
Feel IL rather than smell IT, II
cools the air. Cools the water too. a
thermometer dipped in the sea water
sometimes tells when an Iceberg is
near. or you can feel the cool breeze
from IL"
What II II is 20 leewardg" n proud
~ pronounced IL "lOord.'D
We'll. then you can't" said the cap
tain. "Icebergs and der.hcts are the
dangers most feared at sea. Neither
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ONE HONEST MAN.

Dear Editor. Please inform your read
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died by the auacks until l nearly lost
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anxious TO make this certain means OF
cure known TO ALI Having nothing 10 sell
or send {. o. D., want no money Al
dress JAMES A. HARRIS. Box So. Del
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Chief Engineer Allen Killed.

Chief Engineer William A. Allen of
the Maine Central Railroad was instant
ly killed Saturday afternoon. He was
on the train which leaves Por,land at
1.20. While the tram was crossing the
bridge between Auburn and Lewiston
he leaned from the rear car to look
at the woodwork of the bridge. But
he leaned too far out and his head was
struck 10y telegraph pole. He was
thrown from the car striking heavily on
the bridge and his body then went over
into the water and was carried over the
Androscoggin falls.
Mr.. Allen was the son of Rev. c. A.
Allen and his father and mother are
now in California. His sister Miss
Belle Allen was at one time assistant
teacher in the high school here, and the
family have many friends in town.
Mr.. Allen was one of the most valu-
able of the Maine Central employees,
having been chief engineer of the line a
number of years.
He was born at Bath, Me, October Is,
1852. George Allen, from whom he was
descended, left England with other
Puritans in 1735, and settled in Massa-
chusetts, and in 1902, William Allen, the
grandfather of the deceased, removed
to the district of Maine. Mr.. Allen at
tended the public schools of Portland
and Bangor, the Maine Wesleyan Semi
nary at Kent's Hill and in 1874 gradu-
ated from the Maine State College, of
which institution his father, Rev Charles
ID. Allen, ID. D., was then president.
After leaving college Mr.. Allen taught
for year and in June, 1879, was en-
ployed as an assistant in the engineering
department of the Maine Central rail
road company, in the servics of which
corporation he has remained until the
present time. From 1877 to 1885 he was
civil engineer and since the latter date
has been chief engineer of this company.
From May, 1887, he has also been chief
engineer of the Portland Union Railway
Station Company. Mr.. Allen was a
member of the American Society of
Civil Engineers and also of the Boston
Society of Engineers.
Mr. Allen was prominent in the Ma
sonic orders. He had taken the 32d
degree and was a member of Mt. Vernon
Chapter, Portland Commandery, X. r.,
and all the Scottish bodies.
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Enforce the Law.

An Ohio paper gives ex-President
Harrisons views in regard to enforce.
ment of law rs follows. which we call
sound:
"The idea that a mayor or chief of the
police is at liberty to permit any law OF
ordinance to be violated is monstrous.
We choose executive officers to enforce
the laws, not to repeal or suspend them
at their pleasure. 1t is subverslye OF
our system and destructive of social
order and of the peace of any community
to allow our executive officers to choose
what laws they will enforce. 1t is not
at all question whether | like the law
or whether the officer likes the law.
Such questions are for the legislature. "
Best thing for lame back DR.. Ed
wins porous plasters, l5c, ut Sampson
Corner Drug Store.
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ORpwAAs NEW STORE.

On Saturday morning the 18th inst,
w. T. Ordway extends an invitation to
the people to visit his new store, which
occupies the entire first floor in the new
block described above and which bears
his name. Here in his new quarters. oc-
cupying as it does floor space of 42x90
feet, they will view one of the hand
soonest, most convenient, best lighted
aud arranged dry goods stores in Maine.
The new store has two entrances.
Water and Russell Streets, both OF
which entrances are between windows
of plate glass that extend the entire
width of the store and which gives him
one of the best lighted stores in New
England. la the interior counters eX-
tend all along the west side and front
and down the east side about half way
to point reserved for the reception and
toilet rooms, leading off from which is a
commodious cloak room. The center of
the store is also given over to counters,
extending around a raised center shell
wing, most convenient arrangement.
At the Russell Street entrance about
seven feet from the floor is "A balcony
where is loo .ted the cashiers desk, with
numerous wires from all parts of the
store extending TO it to convey the cars
Of the Lamson Cash System, which is
among the fixtures of this admirable
store. Like the rest of the block the
finish of the store is of cypress, while
the counters are of quartered oak highly
polished All this handsome wood
work, supplemented by the many nickle
plated fixtures that abound, presents a
beautiful interior which his finely select
ed stock of goods can but add to.
The entire stock is to be divided into
departments, and Mr.. Ordway is to open
up with an efficient corps of ten clerks
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Nunnber 10
~ gll School Notes.

af. Hans Grave - ha. position ia
'hs pot ea.ae.
NJ bIaIae :. Vic. r,cenfgI made
TIP to 'he HUB
N.- EheI Walton ~ va. i'll the
former par Of MS ~eek.
Misc MR. clough and 9tafa Jewetf.
10th Of 81. aade u. .I,t. -. On Mon.
daY.
#r VIII Eli Of Walpole. Va. call.
ee Wednesday as tie Cue. If &. r.
ydes
fhe orchestra VII play At he Easter
concert. Coz gregati9aa church Oh the
evening Of Apr ..
Mr.. c. F. Fairbrether. Principal of
IiFermore Falls High school recently
made a visit to :. II :.
il Wa Leeessary 10 have session Of
school On sat. lat to make Up for he
time lot during The severe storm Of
few week, ago.
NJ Harriet Marble formerly Of q. i.
obliged to leaye town shortly for Boston.
She is to have her eye. subjected 70
treatment. \ peedy recovery in hoped
for by her fs.eld- at ;. II. :.
The Juniors are 10 be congratulated
upon a most success sui concert. not only
Oh The excellent talent procured but
from a financial standpoint a. vel. The
net proceeds were about $40.
The two senior pat, elected bv the
Class were voted on at recent meeting
ot HAT body. The vote resulted as
follows: Class History. Miss Knight;
Gas Prophet, Nj. { Wesley Grover.
10 doubt. both teachers and pupils
will thoroughly enioy the brief vacation
of TWO weeks We have before the last
work Of the spring term i begun.
school closes Mar. p. Public examina-
tions occur Thursday.
While the vacation Is in progress, Prln-
cipal W. y. Donovan aud third asst. Miss
Hutchinson, will remain in town. Miss
Lora q. Cummings leaves Saturday for
her home in Saco. Miss Alice [. Hall
departs Monday spending the recess at
her home. Yarmouth, Mass.
As was stated. the houors IF 90 fell
to Eva Maud Nelson and Fred Walter
Turner, whose ranks were respectively
94.l7l7 and q 224. Those who received
honorable mention Were Nellie Maria
White. 92.404. Angie Ella smith 1920
and sadie NJ. Knight. e2l7o
Dnrirg the four years course Mr..
Edward Barry has hot teen absent.
Mr. Chester II. Mills has not been absent
during the three years work with the
class. Miss Sadie ". Knight has been
present every session while her course
Of three years Was in progress and Vale
dietoriah was absent only during the
time relative 10 the death If her mother.
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Nomination Made.

At an adjournment meeting of citizens
held in the Congregational vestry Mon
day evening last, a committee named by
the chairman and secretary of n previous
meeting, consisting of Messrs. r. l..
Mitchell, 5. j. Walton, +. n. Merrill,
A. ii. Lang. r. II. Townsend, w. II.
Paine and X. d. Baker reported in favor
of the nomination of w. II. Paine to be
supported at the annual meeting of the
village corporation to be held Monday,
April 9th, for chief of police. The re-
port of the committee was accepted
after some discussion and Mr.. Paine
was made the nominee for that place by
an overwhelming vote of the citizens in
attendance.
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Death of Mrs. Dorothy.

Mrs. John Y. Dorothy died at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. II p. Thing
Monday morning. Shel had been sick
for sometime, but her illness seemed to
be largely due to her advanced age
which was SO years. She leaves one
son, Isaac Dorothy of this town. and two
daughters, Mrs. Addie c. Boucher of
Portland, and Mrs. Thing. The funeral
services we've held Wednesday after
noon at 2 o'clock at the residence of
Hiram Thing, conducted by Rev H. W.
Kimball. The floral offerings were very
beautiful. Among the pieces were an
anchor, a cl scent and a sycle There
were also one bunch of twenty five calla
lilies, a large number Of yellow roses
and a profuson of pinks. A singular
incident of Mrs. Dorothy's life is the
fact that she has lived in two states and
three towns without once changing her
place of abode.
Mrs. Dorothy was worthy member
of the Christian church of long standing.
also of the Woman's c. I. L. and was
greatly beloved by her many friends and
large circle of acquaintance.
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Town Meetings.

Dead River-March 23d, 1896. Mod
orator, 5. A. Parsons; clerk, Albert
Parsons; Assessors, Albert Parsons. ID.
c. Durrill, +. A. sampson; treasurer
:. A. Parsons school supervisor, :. A.
Parsons; collector, Fremont Lincoln
money raised for schools, 500; money
raised for roads, S25; money raised for
other purposes, $50.
Carratunk- March %, 1896 Modera-
tor, William j. Arno; clerk, f. l.. Webs
ter; Assessors, +. l.. Webster, Crosby
Spualding, j. W. Sterling; treasurer,
William Adams; supervisor, Coney San
born collector, Coney Sanborn; money
raised for schools, $500, money raised
for other purposes, $500.
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LOCAL ITEMS.

Mr.. +. Il. HOxie of North Fairfield
was in town Wednesday.
Gloves Tor Easter ia the new mode
and butter shades at Judkins.
Mrs. Geo. :. Webb ia visiting friends
in Auburn aud Portland this week.
Mr.. Geo. ". Pennell Of Harmony. was
in town yesterday, and dropped into the
REPORTER Office
Miss Minnie Could went to Boston,
Tuesday, to resume her studies at the
New England Conservatory of Music.
5. w. Phibrick attended directors
meeting of the kennebec Log Driving
Co, of which he his clerk, at Gardiner,
Tuesday.
We learn L. X Delano is thinking
seriously of putting an electric launch
into Hayden Lake this season for pleas
ure parties.
The family of Fred York took their de
parture from town this morning for
Portland. where they are to reside in
the future.
Frank Littletield of ST. stephen, was
in town few days this week on his re-
turn from Boston, where he had been
studying to perfect himself us an oculist.
l.. f. Russell is removing his shop.
that sat on the lot where +. \. Bison Is
to build block, to a lot Just west Of
Otis Farrington's old shop on Russell st.
Mrs. Julia Nay kincaid went to Water
vile this morning-in which city to-day
opening, assisted by Mrs, Forrest Good
win.
The Old Town election muddle is to
be submitted to Judge Peters and be
settled this week. One vote is conceded
to have been illegal ard that would
make tie.
The Republican Town Committee call
IA caucus to elect delegates to attend the
State and District Conventions. The
erucus comes off at Engine Hall Satul-
day afternoon, April 4th.
\ communication relative to the con
cert given in Coburn Hall, Friday even
ing last is received too late for insertion
this week but it is good enough to keel
aud will be used next week.
Our great bicycle offer on page sever
ought to interest some boy or girl, mar
or woman in nearly every town ii
Somerset county. If you want more
particulars write to this office.
An item is going the rounds from 4
ridgewock correspondent, that dur
ing the brief period the electric road has
been hung up the merchants of that
place have notice an increase in bushes,
almost double. However that may bt
Skowhegan merchants have noticed {
vast decrease in sales from that section
The new law offices in Ordway Block
recently taken possession by Forces
Goodwin are admirable quarters ant
arranged most conveniently for thu
transaction of Mr., Goodwin's extensive
law practice The Office proper il
lighted by two large windows and lead
ing off from this room at the back is {
consultation room while at the sidC
is "A third room for the use of his stenog
rapher and office clerk, Miss Dora Good
win, which has been furnished in a mos
| pleasing manner.
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The Ordway Block.
A Credit to Its Architect. to Its Builders
to Its Owner and to Our Town.

n credit To Its ArChttect, TO Its Builders
to Its Owner and to Our Town.
Ii was in October last. if our memory
is right, that W. Z. Ordway, our wide
awake hustling dry goods merchant, &C.
quired by purchase, the possession of the
lot of land just west of the post office
where for many years George Went
worth was in business, lot which, in
the judgement of many of our citizens
was the best in town for a mercantil,
business. In purchasing this piece OF
property it was with the intention OF
building magnificent block, the entire
| first story of which should be given over
to his extensive and fast increasing busi-
ness.
|. Within week from the time of the
above business transaction he had Sc
lected his architect in the person of Mr.
+. |. Thomas of Lewiston, and how
wisely he chose we leave it to the hos
of admirers to say, as they look upor
one of the finest modernly constructed
business blocks that stands in Maine to
day. After the receipt of the plans
Horace burlington & co. of Waterville
were given the entire contract of build
ing.
The block is three stories, of brick
the front Perthomboi buff brick. The
second story is divided into four sGites OF
offices, having three rooms in each suite
one of which is already occupied by
Forrest Goodwin's law offices, another
by Dr. Forrest Adams, u third by Mrs
Mckenzie, dress making rooms, while
the fourth is as yet unoecupied. The
third story, which was leased to The
Odd Fellows before being built, is sub
divided and finished off To their liking
The entrance TO the upper floors is from
the east side on the front, where upon
entering one is ushered into a finely
lighted and commoiious yestibule lead
ing off from which are the toilet rooms
two in number, and the suites of office,
before mentioned.
The contract for the wood work was
under the supervision of Mr.. l.. ii
Allen of Watervillc, who in carrying
out this part of the work gave many OF
our Skowhegan carpenters Il Job. The
entire interior is finished in cypress
wood, and the floors are all of birch.
All the interior decorations and paint.
ing was done by Z. l.. Walker and hi.
crew of efficient workmen, and it is 4
job that in its entirety reflects great
credit on MIR. Walker as an artist.
The block is heated by steam through
out, the local firm of y. 5. Steward q
Co., doing the entire job of plumbing
and piping in "a manner highly satisfact
DRY TO the owner.
All in all TO a casual observer it woulC
seem that Mr. Ordway's motto through
out the entire construction of tins
model block was "rhe best is none toe
good.
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REPRESENTATION.

Each city, town and plantation will he emit
tied to one delegate, and for each 10 vot9s east
for the Republican candidate for Governor in
1Sq4 an additional delegate; and for fraction
OF forty votes in excess of seyenty-iye votes, an
additional delegate. Only voters in the County
where the vacancy exists are eligible to fill va
cances in the delegation of any city, town or
plantation.
The District Committee will be In session at
Cify hall at 10 O'Clock on the morning of the
Convention for the purpose of receiving creden-
tials of the delegates
Pitts6eld, Me, March 49, 1896
j. w. BLACK, Chairman.
FRANK W. HONEY, Secretary.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-03-26

Hon. j. H. Marley writes to Gov.
oleaves from Washington sizing up the
situation relating to the st. Louis con-
sehtlon to date. There have been 375
ueiegates elected thus far. There are
% contested seats which are not given
10 any candidate in his estimate Con-
eeuing 26 from Indiana and rlS from
M'hhesotta to Mckinley he has 154 F.;
morton has "a; Senator Quay, 10; Sena-
.of cullom, 10; Senator Allison, "A; and
need has AS, without New England.
W. Reeds strength from now until con-
'ehtion will steadily increase.
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somerset county is entitled to delegates in the
as follows
Republican Caucus.

The Republican voters of Skowhegan are
hereby notified to meet at Engine Hall Skow-
hogan on Saturday Apr.4. 1896 at O'Clock r
NJ. for the purpose OF eecting nine delegates
to attend the Republican State Convention
to elect nine delegates to attend the Sd Con.
OCCASIONAL District Convention to be held at
Waterville on April II, 1896, 2wl3
Per order town committee
NATHAN FOWLER, Secy.