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The Somerset reporter., 1896-07-23
TRYING TO GET EVEN.
Clock and Watch Makers Get Into the
Bicycle Trade.


Clock and watch makers who found
their regular business falling off ON &c
count of the bicycle craze are now max
ing up for it III the manufacture and
sale of cyclometers. Competition is ex
ceedingly lively among the rival max
ers, TO the great benefit Of the rider
Three or four years ago there We're
only few makes Of eyelometcrs, and
they We're very heavy and costly. Now
cyclometers are made as small as a sill
yer quarter, weigh almost nothing and
can be- purchased at trlhing cost.
Many dealers add a eyelometer TO the
equipment Of the bicycle Is an induce
ment to the purchaser, and a. a result
bicycles without eyelnneters are the ex-
ception.
Cycling has brought many blessings
in its train, and one ef TIN greatest of
these is the neat httle register which
records accurately tin distance travcrscd
by the cyclist 1t i Pfaeteallva 10, 600
mile tapeline III compact and convcn-
lent FORM 1t Is great satisfaction for
the rider to see the miles roll up on the
dial as he spins along The present cy-
clomctcrs are very simple IN construc-
ton, and as rule perform their duty
without error, but too much must not
be expected of what is merely me-
chanical contrivance. \ rider can hardly
expect his cyclometer 10 measure the
distance between two points accurately
if he wabbles from one side of the road
e IT,, SC
cyclometer might record mile while
he has been pursuing his sinuous course
for only half that distance.
Cyclometers are made for wheels of n
given diameter, and If IA 26 inch cyclOm
eter be fitted to a ~ inch wheel the
figures will not be accurate enough to
be valuable. For the same reason if the
front tire be soft an appreciable error
in the measurement will occur, because
of the lesscned diameter of the bicycle
wheel. If the tire sinks III IA quarter of
an inch under the weight of the rider,
the error i'll mile ride would amount
to Il yards. Thus the accuracy of "a cy-
clometer measurement varies percepti-
bly,, according to the hardness of the
tire. However, the average bicycle rider
is not an engineer or surveyor and the
popularity of the cyelometer is i'll no
way endangered because of this slight
variation from the truth failing to
which the cyclometer is often driven by
the scorcher eager for IA huge mileage
record.
So long as the variation is on the cy-
clist's side the cyclometer's future is
safe. At any rate, the demand for the
device is lively, and the makers are re,
trenching their losses incurred by the
encroachment of the bicycle upon the
watch trade. = New Orleans Times
Democrat
The Somerset reporter., 1896-07-23
Libel for Divorce.

SEAL
SOMERSET, $50 the Sherifs of our several
Constable of the town of IN the County
OF Greeting.
We command you to attach the Goods and
Estate OF Annie NJ. HapRood late Of Skowhe
gan, in said County, but now of parts un-
known to the value of one dollar and summon
the said defendant If she may be found in
your precincD to appear before our justices
of our Supreme judicial Court, next to be
holden at Skowhegan, within and for the
County of somerset, on the third Tuesday of
September A. d. 1876, then and there in our
said court to answer unto Wilbur q. Hapgood
of said Skowhegan, in plea of libel for di-
Xorcc which is inserted in this writ of attach
ment and set forth as follows to wit
To the Hon Justice of the Supreme Judicial
Court next to be holden at Skowhegan, in and
foi the County of Somerset on the third Tues
day of September A. d. 1890
Wilbur q. Hapgood of said Skowhegan. re-
spectfully informs this Court that ne was law
fully married to the said Annie NJ. at StbeC, in
said State on February 9Th, 1889, by Rev. y, r.
Turner, a Minister of the Gospel duly author
lied to solemniZe marriages, and that they
have continuously resided in said State rs
man and wife since said date and in Somerset
County for three and one-h half years now last
past that said libelee at said Skowhegan on
the first day of January a. ID. 1896, and on
OF her days and times since the date of their
said intermarrage has committed the crime
of adultery with divers lewd men whose names
are to your libellant unknown, that said libe-
lee has treated the libelant with extreme cru .
city and has inflicted cruel and abusive treat
ment upon him; that on the 18th day of May
last past said libelee deserted your libelant
without cause and went to parts unknown TO
YOUR libelant and is supposed to have eloped,
nothing from her. wherefore he prays fer a
divorce from the bonds OF matrimony.
Dated at Skowhegau this third day OF June
A. y lsa6.
uVTTUTrR a. IApGDDD
The Somerset reporter., 1896-07-23
Enterprising.

Irate Business Man white with an
ger at being disturbed) - You book
agents make me 50 angry with your
COMPOUNDED nerve and impudcnce that
cannot fine words to express my indig-
nation.
Book Agent Dumping with enthu-
Siasm)-Then, sir, you are in luck.
have here the Yery thing you need-a
dictionary Of the English language,
containing all the words and slang
phrases known, aud only shilhngs.
Take it, and you viii never be at loss
to express yourself again.-London Tit
Bits.
The Somerset reporter., 1896-07-23
YESTERDAY.
Ny friend, be spoke of womar,s -,

my friend he spoke of a woman g face;
III puzzled me. and paused to think
ne told OF her EYES and mouth the trace
VI prayer on her brow. and quick as wink
! SAID oh yes, but you wrong her wears.
She 's only child, with faiths and fears
That childhood tit. l tell thee nay;
one was girl just yesterday"
The Years are swift and sure. trow.
Quoth he you speak Of the long ago. "
Once strolled in garden spot
And every flower appraised u head
30 1t seemed. for they | wot
We're mates af mine-each bloom and he'd.
Ihelr hours for sleep, their merry mood
The lives aud deaths Of the whole sweet brood
We're known To me; 1t WIS my way
To visit them but Yesterday
spake one red rose IN a language low,
We saw You last IN the long ago.
lis the SAM I'D tale. though it comes to me
BY hundred paths IF pain and glee.
Till guess the truth ut last. and know
That yesterday is the long ago.
Richard Burton's dumb In June"
The Somerset reporter., 1896-07-23
Big Price. raid by Magazines.

Fabulous prices are sometimes paid
for the sensational features in the mag
azines. a writer who claims to speak
with full knowledge of the facts claims
the Century company paid $50, 900 for
its Life Of Lincoln" SIS, 600 for the
serial rights to Mrs. Humphry Ward $
novel, "Sir George Tressaday;" from
$3.50 on up to 500 for Kipling's verses,
according to size Charles Scribner' 5
Sons paid J. NJ. Barrie $25, 600 for the
serial rights to Sentimental Tommie :"
Robert Louis Stevenson received e., 900
for one of the serials he sold to the Nc
Clure syndicate. Other and equally re-
Markable prices are not lacking. Sue
cess i'll literature nowadays means money
just as certainly as does success in other
pursuits. It's all in the name and the
fame. Family Call
The Somerset reporter., 1896-07-23
Wealthy and Generous.

Mrs. Zabriskie is New York woman
who gives lavishly of her wealth. She
is "a parishoncr of "the little church
around the corner" aud this edifice
bears testimony of her generosity. The
marble reredos, as well as the parish
house, are her gifts, the two aggregat-
ing a cost of $79, 900. She has recently
built memorial church to her mother
at Newport - the Zabriski Memorial
church-at an expenditure of 800, 900.
The Somerset reporter., 1896-07-23
NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE.

Whereas Mary L. Badger OF Harmony in
Somerset County state OF Maine h> her
mortgage Deed, dated Oct. SO. lse5 and record
ed in Somerset Registry of Deeds. Book % b
Page 1875, conveyed to the undersigned d
certain parcel of and situated in Bingham.
in said County OF Somerset bounded and
described as follows, 10 Wit West by the
Kennebec river. North by land of John l.
Pierce, East by land Of John Nottage and
George W. Smith, south by land of t.tas
smith, Joseph Merrill and the Heirs OF the
late Ivory Curtis. being the same farm com
veyed to Isaac Curtis by Eliza futile ami
Carrie NJ futile, deed recorded in somerset
Registry of Deeds Book -. Page go, CON
tanning 235 acres more or less. and whereas
the condition OF said Mortgage has been
broken, | therefore claim \ foreclosure " SAID
mortgage. Dated at Bingham this 6th day
July 1895 5M2N
LUCY Z. CURTIS.
by ". K. Jordan, her Atty.
The Somerset reporter., 1896-07-23

First Doctor-Good photograph, ISM
it?
Second Doctor-Fairly good. Flatters
the left lung little, think House
hold Words
The Somerset reporter., 1896-07-23
How Many
~ Stay?

OF the many brands Of soap
placed upon the market dur
ing the past fifteen years,
how many are now in exist
cnce?
The Somerset reporter., 1896-07-23
WILBUR q. HAPGoop


SOMERSET -. July 10, 1876.
Personally appeared the above named VII
bur @ Hapgood and made oath that he does
not know the place of residence of the above
named Annie NJ Hapgood; that he has used
reasonable diligence to obtain the same, and
that her place of residence cannot be ascer-
tanned by the use of reasonable diligence.
Before me,
The Somerset reporter., 1896-07-23
srATE OLE MAINE

SUPREME Judicial COURT Is vAcArloN.
Skowhegan July Is lsa6
T pom the annexed Writ ana Libel, IL II or.
dered by he. the undersigned, q Justice of
said court. that notice be given To the Llhelee
by publishing an attested copy OF the same,
together with this order thereon, three weeks
successfully in the somerset Reporter, a news
paper printed in skowhegau, in the County of
somerset, the last publication to be thirty
days at least before the next term Of said
Court to be holden at Skowht gan. within and
for said County, on the third Tuesday OF Sep
TENDER next, that she may then and there ap-
pear in said Court and answer thereto, If she
see fit. 3w %
WIN. p. WHITEHOUSE,
Justice Supreme Judicial Court.
The Somerset reporter., 1896-07-23
MA SAL
CATAR RH

Is Il
LOCAL DISEASE
and is the result of
colds and sudden
climatic changes
1t can be cured by a
plea s a mt e m e d Y
which is applied di-
rectly into the nos
trils. Being quickly
absorbed it gives re-
lief at once.
ELY's CREAM BALM
Opens and cleanses
the nasal Passages,
Allays Pain and In
Illumination, Heals
The Somerset reporter., 1896-07-23

(he sores, Protects the Membrane from Colds
Restores the Senses of Taste and Smell. The
balm is quickly absorbed and gives relief at
bnce. Price SO cents at Druggists or by mail
Ely BROTHERS,, Sc Warren ST.. New York,
The Somerset reporter., 1896-07-23

Scarcely had the postman gone out Of
the house, after having left the morning
letters, when Jules Dupre, who wa
watching from his sixth story window,
descended hurriedly to the porter's of
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colored velvet had fancy Elton jacket Of
hunters green velvet, and tan colored
one had a bolero Of seal colored velvet,
with gold braid sewed on it. These were
for ceremonious visiting dresses. --
The handsomest gown that I have
seen recently was Of rich black eudora
cloth. The skirt was cut in very many
gores and down each seam was a very
narrow row of jet passementerie. This
was sewed on SO rs to give rather stiff
raised appearance. There was short
basque jacket lined with white satin and
having white satin vest worked with jet
beads and embroidery. The stock collar
was done In the same way and the deep
cuffs to the sleeves.
Large sleeves hold their own In spite of
every effort to reduce them to reasonable
dimensions, but rs they are SO becoming
none need complain. I noticed couple
of new effects on two very pretty negli-
gees. One had q series of three puffs, and
the other was shaped like an ordinary leg
o. mutton, with deep plait taken in on
the outside Of the elbow. The first named
of these negligees was Of baby blue Japa-
nese Grape, made In the form OF loose
sack. At the neck there was a turn
down COLLAR Of lace, and below that a wide
fichu Of Grape, bordered with double
rufle of lace. The lace fell in cascades
down the front, and lace falls were set ON,
the sleeves. The garment was very grace
full and dainty. The second was Of figured
china silk in white and garnet. 1t fitted
closely, though the wide plat Of the silk,
sbcrs!s~ca with cascade of lace on each,
Size oi ue,
Ing half fitting. OLIVE HARPER.
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III OVs
bnt an accomplished society man. with
beautiful wife and an interesting
family. Mime. de Kotzebue did not &C.
company her husband .as she is i'll in Rus
sia, but she will probably arrive before
the winter is over, and then it is expect
ed that the Russian embassy will be
more lively place than it was under the
regime of the prince, who. while being
refined and able diplomat, did not
care much for social gayeties. H..
Ernest Charles de Kotzebue is about 81
years old and comes from, prominent
and powerful Russian family. He is a
very wealthy man and has vast estates
in the Baltic provinces. His GRANDPA
ther was famous Russian naval officer
and was one Of the first foreigners to en-
ter Japan. NJ. de Kotzebue himself has
had some naval experience, having served
for three years as midshipman, but his
wife persuaded him to enter the diplo-
matte service. He became an undersec-
rotary in one Of the foreign legations
and has held some important posts. He
is privy councillor and chamberlain,
and his last mission was as Russian
minister to the court Of Wurttemberg. It
is understood that he exchanges places
with Prince Cantacuzene, who is his
cousin, at the latter's request. The new
ambassador speaks English with no per-
ceptible accent. His daughter, who is
the wife Of Count de Rebindor, is tall,
beautiful blond, and his son is an officer
lin the Russian army who has just mar
ried q very pretty Russian girl. His son
accompanies him as secretary.
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NEW SPRING GOWNS.
rhcy Arc Mar=els Of Good Taste and ~.
Aned Style.
Especial Correspondence

flned Style.
/, rSpecial correspondence
NFw YORK, Feb. g.. Some of the new
spring gowns are maryols Of good taste
and refined style. Thore are,it Is truo,s
many wild eyed" plaids and hairy and
shaggy stuffs, and all popular, but when
ever one secs q gown or coat that Is. In
quiet and neat taste it is received 1T once
with q note Of Welcome There are a good
many pretty things in this way to. BIO seen
this week, and they are tho models which
will be followed later. was today In ii
famous English house here, where all tho
prettiest Of tailor gowns and garments arc
first seen. This house makes speciality
OF cloth gowns, as 1t claims that cloth il
susceptible of finer and more perfec: finish
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NEoLIGEEs AND NEW COLLAR FICHUs.
than any other material ever made. and I
camo away quite converted to the belief.
I may change my mind next week, and
hereby reserve the right to do SO II want
to or find something prettier than these.
Let me toll you about them. There was q
stone gray cloth of the new satin woven
surface. This was made in so perfect =
manner that ono could scarcely see seam.
The skirt hung in loose, round folds, but
fitted closely over the hips without = wrin-
kle The waist was in form Of short,
outaway basque, very faring oil around.
The fronts were open all the way down
four inches, allowing full vest OF maize
brocade. The stock was Of the same and
had q full ruffle at the throat. The sleeves
were gigots and quite moderate IN size.
No seam or wrinkle showed. and the edges
were finished with as great care as that
shown in mems finest wear. This gown
had short but very full military cape Of
the Same cloth, interlined and faced with
tho brocade. The medici collar and up
per cape were made of stone gray velvet,
edged with scanning Of very narrow
braided passelnenterie, without beads. IN
ivory white. There was another gown,
not quite as severe as the other, but even
more pleasing. The material was cloth OF
a dull color, between slate and plum. The
cut of the skirt was similar to that Of the
other. Around the bottom were two rows
Of disks cut out OF garnet plush and sewed
on like buttons. Tho waist was Of garnet
brocade, and it was made with slight
blouse effect, with beit of the same and
q gold buckle. The waist opened over q
vest front of white lace over garnet. There
was a stock collar, with its ruffle of lace
above. The sleeves were plain gigots, but
with small, upturned cuffs Of the garnet.
There was rough oheviot In smut
brown, and the finish of 1t was remark
able The rough pattern was in crOssbars,
forming plaids, and these were SO evenly
matched that 1t was triumph Of the dress
makers art. In this case the bodice was
tight fitting, made with sharp point In
front and fastening invisibly all the way.
There was no trimming whatever on waist
or sleeves. The back was In the form OF a
little position. s -
There are blouses, French waists, spen-
GERS, surplice and baby waists. There are
waists with elaborate trimming, and 9th
ers with very little, and some with no
Rarniture at ALL So no one need bewail
her obligation to wear an unbecoming
style. 1t is the same with the coats. The
newest in design are cut sack shape
half fitted, and some are three-quarter
length. The fronts, shoulders and deep
cuffs are frequently very deliberately trim
med with passementerie, velvet or plush,
sometimes in plain faoings and revers
and quite as often in beautiful applique
designs. These coats are seen in brown,
black and very dark green, and the ma
terial is either melton or cheviot in wide
deep vale. .s "a -.
Velvet is seen on almost all Of the spring
costumes except the strictly tailor finished,
and even in some Of them there is very
little. Entire costumes are made Of COL
ored velvet. Sometimes one sees very ex-
travagant costumes of that fabric. A beige
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-03-13
Bril- is Safety Principle of Life Improved
and Applied in America by
The FIDELITY MUTUAL LIFE ASSOCIATION


La Britain Life Insurance from two to three lines older than it
America 1t recognized distinct science lille the
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securities all kinds be fixed guaranteed by
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securities the value which fuctuates uncertain not fixed
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based rate Of interest with penalty attached That the
through depreciation of declines rate of
e impaired the must stop business and into
the hands of receiver. .~s.. - %-. .
the past experience furnishes the best
the future COST that life
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FoU RTHTat there be absolute security afforded under
both the amount payable Hereunder
conditions Hence the Fidelity Life Association writes
policy for definite collects based on past
experience the right through it's safety
clause" to call members to make gooany Of
and renders the security absolute. =. .2- -.* :,
THEREroRE-The Fidelity Mutual Association is old
the OF the
the both, whilst
weaknesses Its system protest against the DID, well
refutation of haphazard rates. .... :.
presents the world record seventeen years magnificent
business ratio of assets to liability showing surplus strength
America at it's head desirable form OF
ncontesb accurate and equitable surrender
isis definite statement Of cost and advantages send adj
FRANK B. SIMMONS, District Agent,
Little Falls, Minnesota.
W. A. CRAWFORD Manager Minnesota Department. Minneapolis
MINI.
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SIDEWALKS AND FENCES.

NAko Ono Uniform and Abolish the Other.
Beautify tho Streets.
Citizens of town often stop just short
Of success in their endeavors to make it,
in appearance at least, a model place Of
residence that is, they expsnd all their
effort on the business portion to the neg
lect Of the residence streets. Not that
individual houses and lawns are not
we'll and neatly kept, but the dissimilar-
ity Of sidewalks, fences, ETC., make the
whole homogeneous and presents an as
pect far from beautiful. It is manifest
that little can be done without the cor
dial and earnest cooperation OF the
great body Of citizens, ind it may be
we'll to suggest that the best way in
which the latter can aid in identifying
the town is to embellish neglected resi-.
dence streets an far as possible with
broad side lawns and trees and uniform
sidewalks. 81
No other kind Of decoration would be
1.-THE as effective in making good
impression upon visitors as to efface as
far az possible the shabby marks Of SLOW
enliness, neglect and decay in our resi-
dence frontages, in the surroundings Of
our homes, and convert them, with COM
paratively inexpensive improvements,
into living pictures Of beauty, neatness,
thrift and progress. If resident property
owners on each Of our residence streets
would act in concert through some sort
Of Local association to beautify them in
this way, the desired object would soon
be accomplished. Is. ..~..s. e.
One of the first things to be done to-
ward bringing about that result is to
utterly obliterate the fences which still
disfgure SO many of our residence streets.
They cost money tobuild and keep in re-
pair, but they serve no useful purpose, and
they are unspeakably ugly biemishes on
the face Of the street. Those who retain
them inflict great injury upon all their
neighbors by destroying the chief beauty
Of the street the parklike effect of a
long belt 81 green lawn fronting the
residences on either side Of the street.
Where this is broken up by fences, no
matter how ornate in construction, the
effect is simply that Of a hideous deface-
ment. A successful crusade against
fences resulting in their removal in all
the residence fronts would of itself be
an immense stride in the establishment
of the town.
Somebody has referred to improve
ments of this sort as 'sfrills" u which
it was extravaganza to waste money.
But these are not frills. They are the
garments of the town.. They are its re-
gal robes of state and honor. They
clothe it with dignity and beauty. They
enrich its home life with the sweet in
fluences of pleasant environment. Nor
is there anything which a community
can do for itself which yields such large
and swift returns in actual money value
as in making itself an agreea BILE place
to live in. It binds its own citizens to
it by stronger ties Of local pride and at
tachment and forms the strongest pos
sible inducement to strangers to make it
their home, and especially that sort Of
strangers who make pay rolls.
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Reported to Have Perished.

DENVER, March ct. J. Tierney,
agent Of the Colorado Telephone COM
pany, at Aspen, and assistant, are re-
ported to have persisted in the snow
while on tour Of inspection of the line
over the mountains between Leadville
and Aspen
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-03-13
.Ou law. Get the Wor.t 81 II.

GUTHRIE, o. T., March "A spe.
cial courier has brought the news from
5Arapahoe, Is miles from the railroad,
of a fight between officers and the out
laws, Red Buck and George Miller.
Red Buck was instantly killed and
Miller MORALLY wounded
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-03-13
Fatally shot hx Footnada.

ALBA, Ia, March &C. q. Wilson
OF this place was shot and robbed in
Clarinda, a., by footpads. His watch
and money were taken. He was shot
twice, one Of the bullets lodging in the
groin, making fatal wound.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-03-13

appointed hus-
sian ambassador,
who has recently
arrived. In the
first place his
name is much
easier to pro.
nounce, than that
Of Prince Canta-
cuzene, whom he
succeeds. In the
next place, he is
not only a pol
Sohol .As~1o~ot