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The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-12-24
SONG OF Ire BURDEN BEARER.
over the narrow footpath

over the narrow footpath
That led from nv lowly door
went with "a thought Of tho Master,
As oft had walked before.
My heart WIS heavily laden,
And with ts.rs ~ yrs wero dim,
But knew saaall l3se the burden
Could CT glimpse Of him.
Over the tro den pathway,
To thu Hel.z al zaern ful bare
went with q 81 p that faltcrod
And face Int told Of care.
had lost tic zht OF the morning.
With it's simmer 81 sun and dew.
But gracious lock OF tho Master
Would tin strength of morn renew.
While yet my eaurasa warercd
And the Sis lsfa1s ma llurrod
heard voice laaIua me
Saying tender ~arl.
And turned To see the .ghtuesa
OF heaven upon the r91n
And suddenly lost TIM pressure
OF the weary. crushing loud.
Noting that hour WIS altered
had ~till the weight Of care
But | bore II now with gladncss
Which comes Of answered prayer.
Not grief tho soul can fctter
Nor cloud its vision whom
Tho dear Lord gives tho spirit
To breathe to his Will amen.
NJ L. Sangstcr In Witness
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-12-24
Harper's Bazaar
IN 1897.

The BAZAAR, thoroughly up to date
periodical for women, will enter upon its
Thirtieth Volume in 1897.
As a ashton journal it Is unsurpassed, and
is an ind spenstbe requisite for every we'll
dressed woman, Katharine De Forest writes
a weekly letter on current fashions fir, IN Paris.
In Sew York Fashions. and in the fortnight
ly patterns beet supplement, ladies find full
details, directions ard diagrams for gowns,
wraps, and chldrens clothing. Sandoz,
faude and Chapuis draw and "ngrave the
newest and finest Partisan designs every week.
The serials for 1897 will be; The Red
Bridge Neighbo hood, by Maria Louise Pool !;
aud Father Quinnaliion, by Octave Thanet.
Short stories viii be constantly presented by
brilliant Writer'S among whom are Mary II.
wilkins, Harriet Prescott SpoffOrd, Marion
Harland, Ruth McEnery stuart, Viola Rose
boro. and Margaret sutton Briscoe.
What Women are noing in various parts
of the Union will form series OF special in
terest.
Other interesting features are The Out door
Woman, devoted to healthfnl sports and past
times Music, weekly critical summary OF
music in New YORK; Amateur iheatricals,
Embroidery and Needlework, Ceremony and
Etiquette, Good Housekeeping, What Girls
are Doing "Current Social Events and
Personals gieaned from original sources.
Women and Men, Colonel T, w. Higgin-
son will Regularly continue his valuable
essays.
Answers to Correspondents. This column
Is conducted for the benefit and COZ venience
of readers, and all questions received are
answered in rotation, as promptly and fulIy
as practicable.
Art The stzAR is notable picture gal
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The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-12-24

There are ten things for which no one
has ever yet been sorry. These are: For
doing good to all for speaking evil to
none; for hearing before judging; for
thinking before speaking; for holding
an angry tongue; for being kind to the
distressed; for asking pardons for all
wrongs; for being patient toward every
body; for stopping the ears to tale
bearer; for disbelieving most of the i'll
reports -Philadelphia Telegraph.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-12-24
Notice.

Notice OF Administrators Sale of real estate,
In the estate of Stephen P. Penney, late Of
Canaan, deceased:
This is to give notice than pursuant to
license OF court therefor will sell at private
pu bile sale certain tract of land known
as the the Furber lot, in said Canaan. lying on
the road leading from Canaan village to
Skowhe gan, said tract containing forty acres
more or less, belonging to the estate OF stephen
p Penney, Of said Canaan, deceased This
lot or parcel of land will be sold at public
auction on Saturday, Jan. 9th 1897, at 10 O'Clock
A. M. at the Post Office in said Canaan unless
it shall have been sold prior to that time 81
private SALE 3w60*
Canaan Dec. 10, 1885,
FRANK @. PENNEY, AdministrAtox
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Cured.

Mother-You say your husband no
longer spen6 his evenings at the club?
Daughter soon broke him of that.
"How did you manage it?'
"Before going to bed put two easy
chairs together by the parlor fire and
then held a match to a cigar until the
room got faint odor of smoke. Pick
Me Up.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-12-24
Susplciona.

Fuddy-So kommuter wants to sell
his place out in Switchville?
Duddy-That cannot he. He is forever
cracking it up and telling every body
what beautiful place it is.
Fuddy-Yes; that is tho reason why
l know he wants to dispose of it,-Bos.
ton Transcript.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-12-24

The wheat fly feeds upon the flower
of the wheat, while the hessian fly lays
its eggs in the stem. The former thus
renders the flower abortive, while the
injury done by the latter affects the
whole plant.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-12-24

Patent leather shoes should be rubbed
to the shape of the foot with the hand,
and they will not then be so liable to
wrinkle and crack when wearing
White of egg rubbed on them will re-
stora their gIosx
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-12-24

The real polite member of a family is
the one who does the most lying when
guests are DISQUALIFICATION Globe.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-12-24

A bushel of potatoes equals Sc pounds
in Pennsylvania and 30 in nearly all
the other states.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-12-24

Mr.. c. II. Newman, agent of the Boston
Numbering Company is canvassing Skowhe-
gan to systematically number the stores and
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-12-24

Laxol is the best medicine for
children. Doctors Recommend it in
place of Castor Oil.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-12-24
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situate on Leavitt Street, Skowhegan,
Maine,
Inquire of 44n
CHANDLER FUTILE,
60 Water St, or Madison Ave.
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The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-12-24

The ignorance that is bliss is the gno-
rance of the man who thinks he knows
it all.-Puck.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-12-24
SOMERSET P1CK-UPS

the oranges toward the Good Will cot
tage fund as s74s Is, by 81 grpges.
Chester, aged Il, the son of George
Hussey of South Noridgewock, while
sliding Friday night, vas thrown from
his sled, another sled running into him,
fracturing his knee cap and brusing
him severely though not seriously.
Fairfield is rejoicing over the prospect
that the worsted mill which has SO long
been idle may start up. Stockholders
have been offered so cts on a dollar for
their stock and most OF them are willing
to sell at that price if the mill will be
operated
Joseph Simonds died at the home of
his son, Charles Simonds. at Smthtield,
the 18th inst, at the advanced age of
81 years. Mr.. Smonds is survived by
three sons: Charles, George, who lives
at Norrdgewock, and Sylvester, who
resides in the West.
Until two weeks ago, Good Will
FARMS only endowment was $1,000. A
liberal endowment for the educational
work is greatly desired and the check
received for $1,000 a few days ago by
Rev. Mr.. Hinckley, makes the endow-
ment fund now amount to $1,000.
Among the many things put off until
after Christmas, is the conference of tho
powers in regard to the methods they
shall take to enforce their demands up
on the Sultan. A practical solution of
the Turkish problem Won d add greatly
to the feeling of peace the world over.
The dedication of Powers hall which
has been recently finished of in the in
stitntion building at Piltslield, will take
place sometime in January, and will be
an elaborate affair The nall is named
after Gov.-elect Powers who contributed
=, 600 towards the sum necessary to
complete the work.
Thursday afternoon last, Rev o. 5.
Plllsbury of the Methodist church join
ed in wedlock Mr. John {. l}erdeen and
Miss Lillian Ames, at the home Of the
brides parents, Mr.. and Mrs. G. ".
Ames, Fairfield. only members of the
family of the bride Witnessed the GER
emony. Mr.. Berdeen is prominent
yonnt, bnsincss man of piftsdeId and
the bride is a very popular member of
Fairfield society
In the town of Fairfield are now living
Mr.. George Kendall, born in 1900, and
his sister, Mrs David Hudson, born in
ls02, children of a revolutionary officer,
Gen. William Kendall, who was born
in Bath, and enlisted in Fairfield as a
drummer boy, at eighteen years of age.
lie was the pioneer of the lumber bust
ness in Fairfield and for many years
the town was called kendalrs Mills
lie died there in 1877. He married
Abigail Chase, who was 4 near relative
of the Chase brothers, whose wealth the
Chase heirs have never been able to
locate. Mr.. George Kendall and Mrs.
Hudson have lived in the same house
many years, and are we'll preserved old
people, greatly respected and loved by
all who know them. About fifty grand
children and grandchildren Of
Gen. Kendall are living at the present
time.
Lin O. Type in the Bangor CONNER
cial saws. Mr.. Felix Quinn. the well
N"o" II '''iNo" Vi ''''s wv '''o"o" "'o'
the other day, deed oil some SUI acres
of land in Moscow. Somerset county,
belonoing to Rosanna Ouin Mr. Ouinn's
,,t M. - .,..;.
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store their glosS
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thing. In this respect he resembles Eng lands sGrand Old Man, Gladstone. He also resembles him much ill the grace with which he carries his age for he is 72 years old, but is as vigorous mentally and physically as most men at 50 He was born in the little town of Athens, Tenn, June 20, 1924
 Although his early education was nleager, having left school at the age of g years his retentive memory is today the wonder and the admiration of the United States senate. He never stepped his foot upon college campus until one day during the war, when he had oeea- sion to take his regiment behind the brick walls of William and Mary eol- lege to find protection from the mimic balls and rife bullets that were flying i'll their direction At m early age he made up his mind that the Democratic party was the party of the constitution. and so he espoused its cause. His first entrance into public life was as presi- dential elector for Breckinridge and Lane Returning home after the war, he found the savings of his lifetime swept away. and he had to begin life over again Ill 1876 he was made an eleetor on the Tilden and Hendricks ticket. and when the legislature met the fol- lowing January he was elected to the United States senate, where he has served ever since. His term expires i'll 190l The subjects with which he is most familiar are finance. foreign af- fairs and naval matters. He is and al- ways has been an ardent friend of the free coinage of silver, believing in it as principle upon which depends the prosperity of the nation. He has nosym- pathy with the manipulation of peli- tician and would have politics as clean as his own private life. He sincerely and unostentatiously believes i'll the tenets of the Christian religion. "I be- lieve said he the other day, in the Holy Scriptures from Genesis to Reye- lation, and know that without Chris tianity i'll cur government the whole fabric of our institutions would fall to the ground .
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itical position was as member of the
 e senate, to which he was elected i'll
 3 He was reelected to the same
 Ky the next year and in 1875. Ill
 ii he was elected president of the
 late and served i'll that capacity one csion.
 Ee Nas elected to the Forty seventh lgess and was reelected to the For
 eighth and Forty-ninth congresses.
 reafter he was elected to the United .aes senate to succeed James D. Wal and took his seat in 1885. He was aelected in 1890, and his term of office
 II not expire until March 3, 1897. .senator Jones is q poor man. He has sFays been a poor, plodding country .gyer, satisfied with limited prac- a and small fees. He went modestly 10 the senate without any footing of lmpets. He seldom appeared in de- Be, but made himself felt i'll the con- 4ttee room, and was soon recognized laman of exceptional ability, to whom tightly matters were referred with en- a confidence ill his capability in the of them.
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The Courier-Journal Speaks It's Mind.
 The day after the Kentucky primar- ies the Louisville Courier Journal sad editorially:
 They (the Democrats) have repudi- ated tho rly president the Democratic party has elected and seated for 50 years. They have repudiated the most distinguished of Kentucky's living sons and the greatest Democratic intellect i'll the United States They have spit upon the fathers f the party whose name and organization they claim, have pro- claimed Jefferson an iguoramus, Jack son conspirator, Benton a knave and Cleveland a traitor For the faith hand ed down through hundred years of glorious party history they have substi tuted fad rejected by every intelligent civilization on the globe, and for i le opponents of that faith they have sub stituted such apostles of Populism as Stewart, such exhorters of socialism as Tillman, such evangels of anarchism as Altgeld. Saturday s work makes Ken lucky Republican for years. Before Sat urday Brad ism was dead, but Satur- day made il possible for any Republican to carry k ntucky over a party which binds itself to the corpse of free silver ism. The ono thing now for Kentucky Democracy is that the Chicago conven- tion shall not ratify its stupendcls blunder, and that chance seems all too remote ''
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.came masters mate on the,gnnboats 77k and Naiad. serving in the Missis- 'ppi and Red river fotillas, and was #peatedly under fire.
 After the war lie studied law'and was Emitted 10 the bar He was elected &osecuting attorney ill Butler county sl 1875 and reelected ill 1877. Three #mes he was elected to congress ill a $tpablican district and was looked up la as u political mascot by the Demo- &ats His wonderful strength and his Seat popularity led to his nomination Sr the governorship i'll 1889. He made zae of his vigorous and we'll managed
 ampalgns and was elected governor. N 1891 he came to the front again as a THndldate, and after spirited cam 'agn, that attracted the interested at 5Fatlon of the entire country, he was #aten by the Hon. William Mckinley.
 n August, 1895, the Democracy was Flermlned to again place him at the lsad of the ticket. He was equally de- 2amined to remain out of the fight, and Silng the convention, when the nomi
 a1lon was being forced upon him, he 1aade one of his characteristic speeches. Twill tell you that I have made five S@paigns in the last ten years, always 3aaer the most unfayorable circum- kances, y he said. ''These are the cir
 smstances which have depleted me Sayslcally and financially, and Imay say yaa1 II had not been very careful they Eaould have depleted me morally. If sis I convention IS composed of friends E mlne, I ask them not to nominate ~ His request was ignored. He was rslainated, and he met defeat at the |aoyember election.
 lx- Governor Campbell is a clear,
 s,cal speaker, an excellent lawyer
 a wonderful hustler in . cam
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college and at Dr. Gessner Harrison s University school. He served ill the Con- federate Army of Northern Virginia throughout the war and became adiutant general on General Early's staff. He studied law in the University Of Vir- ginia, was admitted to the bar ill 1866 and has practiced ever since. He has served in both bran ,hes of the Virginia legislature. Ill 1881 he was run for governor and defeated by w. F. Cam eron, Readjuster. His friends next put him forward for higher honors, and he was elected to the Forty ninth congress. On March 4, 1887, he took his seat in the United States senate, succeeding William Mahone. and was reelected by unanimous vote in 1891 His term of office will not expire until March 3, 1S99
 In feature Senator Daniel is consid- cred to resemble the late Edwin Booth, and there is, indeed, q suggestion of the theatrical ill his methods, as there was ill the haH purpose he once had of retir- ing from public life and going into the field as q preacher of the gospel. How ever, his oratory ill the senate Of the United States has been notably fine and has won for. him q national reputation.
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JOHN T. MORGAN.
4 "Grand Old Man. and {. Deyout Chris
 tian.

Senator John T. Morgan cf Alabama was the originator of theladicrous title of ''cuckoos. , He fixed it upon the single gold standard Democrats during the long drawn cut debate on the silver question when the repeal of the pur- chasing clause of the Sherman act was being considered in the senate. Senator Morgan may not be as accurate in his scholarship as other men in public life,
 but he knows a great deal about every
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JOHN w. DANIEL.

Aa Orator of the Old School. but Up to
 Date on Politics.
 John SYarwick Daniel, the Virginia senator who is one of the props of the Democracy ih the Old Dominion, is a man of unique personality and peculiar gifts. As typical, picturesque southern politician he has few superiors. His eloquence is of that stately old school style that made Patrick Henry famous, and yet, while slightly grandiloquent in his method, the matter of his talk is strong and generally effective
 Senator Daniel is native of Lynch burg, Va, and was born in 1S42 He received his education at Lynchburg
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JAMES E. CAMPBELL.

ls Ohio Mascot and His Wonderful Cam paigns In a Republican State.
 James Edwin Campbell, one of the smecratic political giants of Ohio.
 mes of good cid Scotch ancestry and aces his family tree away back to the m Campbell of the highlands. He s born in Middletown, O., on ,July [,
 i5, and is consequently in his fifty
 Ed year. In his youth he longed to come sailor, and ill 1863 his ambi- ln was gratified. At the age of 20 he
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.iAMEs K. JONES.
:. n,ade Man From Arkansas whoss e ,yerlx Does Him Credit.

otor James Kimbrough Jones of ssp ssas went into public life by the
 ',,' force of his native ability. He is
 # the self made men, and no
 fault could be found with his 'as aas;uork. His successes have been of sipadily growing, cumulative kind
 eo1ne to those who deserve them.
 <, at all times prominent figure ill
 nomocratic party, and just now, as < fife leaders of the Democracy of sor,th, his position is distinctly com .oding.
 s;ssippi and Was born Sept 29. "a in Marshall county. His parents, lsover. were residents of Tennessee. |iSlS the family moved tQ Arkansas I, settled in Dallas county. @'hey were lnmfortable circumstances, living on Hsod plantation and owning negroes. |aa served through the war as a Con- i@rate soldier and afterward settled ITn to the practice of law. His first
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Straight Goods.

There can be 10 middle ground. It must be sound money first, last and all the time. Baltimore American.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-05-28
A VALUABLE PAINTING.

Among the many oil paintings
at the Silver Kings art gallery,
hangs one of especial interest, not
only to San Antonio, but to the
whole state Of Texas. 1t is EMIT
led "Sunset On the Rhine" and
was the first painting made by s.
Seymour Thomas, San Antonio's
boy artist, now one OF the most col
ebrated artists of all Europe. The
picture was painted here in San
Antonio at the old Paschal home.
stead in 1888, and was disposed of
then in order for him to get money
enough to go to Paris to study.
All art lovers are cordially in
vited to call and see 1t. No extra
charge. BIG st
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-05-28
CITY POLICE CHANGES.
New Mounted Officers and the System
They Will Work Under,

New Mounted Officers and the System
They Will Work Under.
Beginning with the next fiscal
year OF the city administration,
which opens next Monday, June
LIST, there will be some radical
changes in the police department.
The eight extra mounted men will
be put on duty and the police
beats will be changed accordingly
to accom- modate the reduced num-
Der of footmen.
There may be other changes, but
OF a nature not yet made public.
The eight footmeu who will be
mounted are Officers Beck, Rodg-
ers, Herrera, Mcconnell, Lacey,
Robb, Dawson and Yost, and they
have secured their horses and out
fits.
The mounted mon will be divid-
ed into two reliefs OF six men each,
leaving two mounted men on each
relief at the city hall station. The
Alamo sub-statlon will be discon-
tinued.
, The six men on each relief will
be divided, three patrolling east Of
the river and three on the west.
Each man will report every hour
to police headquarters by telephone
at stated places on their beats,
thus insuring communication with
one mounted man every ten min
utes, night and day, in case OF a
sudden call for his services. For
immediate attendance OF an officer
the mounted men at headquarters
will be used.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-05-28
PERSONAL MENTION.

Mr.. Cooley, who has been fol
some time residing at West End
with his family, will return today
to Terrell, Texas. Mr.. Cooley is
the president OF the Terrell bank.
Miss Addie Small, who, for the
past year, has attended the Bel
mont college, at Nashville, Tenn,
will spend her vacation with her
parents in this city and is expect
ed to arrive Saturday next.
d. III. Heaton, of Cuero, is in the
city, accompanied by his little
daughter, Miss Fannie. They are
guests at the Menger.
Mrs. Wilson, Miss Glasgow and
d. u. Jewett, of st. Louis, arrived
in the city this morning ana leave
for Mexico over the Southern Pa
cific this afternoon.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-05-28

-Kalteyer & Schuchard are now
located at corner Houston and
Losoya streets, Bowling & Floods
cid stand. Patronize them.
limo.
Finest Rye whisky, Daugher
ty, Mt. Vernon and Old g. and b. at
the CRYSTAL saloon. 4 2Otf
Mrs. l.. Praeger and Mrs. A.
Schmitt and son, Herman, leave
for Europe next Tuesday on a visit
to points in Germany, Switzerland
and France, and Will be gone till
next October.
-CATARRH is a loathsome disease
Mayor +. n. oliver, Of Oak Cliff, Texas,
writes: 1.-TWO bottles Of DR.. Thurmond's
Gatarrh Cure cured my wife and son,
Frank, OF bad cases Of catarTh." Sold by
f. Kalteyer & Son and ]. NJ. Pettey.
j. C. BERRY, Notary Public and Commits
sioner of Deeds, for ali the states. Office l02
West Commerce street. rext TO bridge. limo