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Omaha daily bee., 1896-03-29

A FAITHFUL GUEST.

J~Ourneyed from Ohio to Washing
ton to See Presidents In~auGurnted.
One winters night General Grant, Gen.
eral Logan and several other distinguished
men sat chatting in the waiting room, smok-
ing and telling stories of the old days. When
campaign receptions and presidential gath
erings were held at Willard hotel in Wash
ington city. r .
Logan. did you ever hear about the old
est guest in the United states2" someone
Inquired. =,
Never. You must think I'm an old man!'
We'll, sir, here is a printed slip, cut from
an old paper, which gives the mans name
and his actual board bill! Heart" ,.
The Hon. Benjamin Patton Of. Ohio
stopped at Wizards hotel to witness the
Inauguration of Andrew Jackson, March 4,
1929. He has been present at every in
auguration since that time, always stopping
at the same inn," remarked General Grant,
dryly, to Logan.
Wonder II he'll take the trip to see the
Black Eagle sworn in!'
There was a general laughing and Joking
among the old veterans, while the clerk Of
the hotel went to his office and returned with
a quaint old document, framed in glass:
March g., 1929.
Mr.. Patton, debtor to F. Barnard for:
Four days Board, SIPS per day........... s 90
-Four days fire, Soc per day.............. 2 90
Total 80
How discouraged the old man will be
when he comes to see the next president
made at S. per day and street car fares!"
The next time Mr.. Patton came from
Ohio he stopped at Wizards. He paid IS
per day for board and U. S. Grant was made
president!
For an appetizer Cooks Extra Dry Imperial
Champagne leads all. For 40 years 1t has
taken the lead for its purity.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-03-29

room. not even a bed. aud no mats on the
floor.
Many tree-huilt nest Is constructed with
moro art. aud Is more comfortable for the
prcttier than the rude huts Of the Wild men
Of New Guinea. j. CARTER BEARD.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-03-29

For an appetizer Cooks Extra Dry Imperial
Champagne leads all. For 40 years 1t has
taken the lead for its purity.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-03-29

Mr.. Patton, debtor to r. Barnard for:
Supper; lodging and fre............".N Is
Four days board, $l25 per day.......... 20
fOur canqIes. 70
The Somerset reporter., 1896-04-09
Teachers and Schools.

At "A meeting of the School Board
Monday afternoon, Miss Blanche
Goodrich of Athens, WAS elected to the
Park Grammar school, Miss Hattie
Davis of New Portland, to the Leayitt
Grammar school d. class, and Mrs. c. {.
Trafton of st. Adams, to the Pleasant
Street Primary school. Miss Goodrich
is graduate of the Pennington Normal
school and Miss Davis of Westbrook
Seminary, Dying to the division of
Miss Tantish's school the b class will
street.
The teachers of the graded schools are
Super intcndent ut o'clock, saturday.
The Somerset reporter., 1896-04-09
FASTING AND PRAYER.

Monday last, Chief of Police, Hanson
H. Tufts, made tour of the hotels and
restaurants of the town and notified pro
prietors to close their establishments at
10 o'clock each evening of the business
days IF the week except Saturday, and
on that evening at II o'clock. This is a
good move rs far as it goes, the require
ment Is reasonable one and we are glad
to SEE Mr.. Tufts make il. This action
recognz IS the necessity o. it being taken
and presumes there is need Of such re-
stralnt being used for the good of the pub
lle-not violent presumption. 1t also
recognizes the theory that the corpora
ion police have jurisdiction over res
'aarants aud hotels even in matters not
specifically provided for by law, when
Tie good of the public is at stake.
This action also recognizes the broad
Principle of prohibition rs applied to
| M suppression Of the sale of intoXi-
eahts. 1t is for fraction of the day,
10 be sure, but if you can rghtfully
Prohibit man from selling liquors one
hour in the day you can for n. If you
can shut up his shop at 10 o'clock at
night because it is Il menace to the
public, You can rightfully stop his SELL
hg strong drink, which is the one thing
The Somerset reporter., 1896-04-09

There has of late been general
awakening of public interest throughout
the United States in the Society of the
Sons of the American Revolution.
Briefly stated, the objects of the society
are to perpetuate the memory and spiI it
of the men who achieved American in
dependence, the preservation of docu-
menta aud relics, and Of records of ndi-
Yidnal services of Revolutionary soldiers
and patriots, the promotion of celebra-
tions of all patriotic anniversaries, to
foster true patriotism and love o.
country and to aid in securing for man
kind all the blessings of liberty, Any
worthy man, twenty-one years of age
who can trace his ancestry to "A soldier.
seaman or civil officer who was loyal to,
and aided in the cause of American in
dependence may become "A member.
The national society was organized in
1889, and the interest is Increasing.
There is also society of the Daughters
of the American Revolution.
The Somerset reporter., 1896-04-09

Secretary Carlisle has written a letter
to political friend which is generally
construed to the effect that he would
be glad of the Democratic nomination
for the presidency but will not fight for
it, 1t is generally understood that
President Cleveland read and approved
the letter before it was published. 1t is
evidently feeler
The Somerset reporter., 1896-04-09

"Skowhegan voted for hotel bars, -
says the Lewiston Journal. Thus will
our conservative friends see that they
placed our town in an equivocal position
before the people of the State by voting
against the temperance movement on
Saturday last. We ask the journal to
keep its eye on Skowhegan for the COM
ing year.
The Somerset reporter., 1896-04-09

In our report of the annual Corpora
ton meeting, Saturday last, the issue
upon which the contest was made is
stated as we understand il. On one
side the issue was explicitly in favor of
enforcement of the prohibitorY law.
On the other hand, while opposition TO
prohibition and its enforcement was a
large factor, other influences operated
eff ctively in securing votes. In di-
rect vote squarely upon the issue, for or
against prohibition, we believe the affirm
alive would have it, emphatically.
The Somerset reporter., 1896-04-09
DISTRICT CONVENTION.

The Third District Republican Convention
u,iil be held in City hall. Waterville, Friday,
srit l.. 1s9G at IL o'clock a. IN, for the purpose
eliminating a cand date for representative to
me 18th Congress of the United States also to
seiert two delegates AMI two alternates to at
tend the National Republican Convention to be
said NJ 81 Iouis, Missouri, on Tuesday. june l6,
isas ll,o to select District Committee and to
transact any other business that may properly
bafar
The Somerset reporter., 1896-04-09

Rev, {. &. Dole Of Jamaica Plain will
give lecture in the Congregational
Vestry tonight, subject England 5o1
years ago
Miss Carrie Blackwell entertained
friends Friday evening.
Yesterday morning a lady aeeosted
Uncle Henry Whiting and wanted 10
Know il lac was the man that used to
tehd ferry here some thirty years ago.
Upon being informed thar he Wa- sir
sad that he ferried hcracros- the river al
that time and she did not have the
money with her TO pay aud that sEe
would now pay him the five cents duo
nm Tor the transaction.
l.. L. King is slowly improving.
Jay Pierce has just purchased "a fine
ice cream cabinet
health.
The concert at the Baptist church last
sunday evening. was Il very cee.sful
aii3ir' aud was enjoyed by IA hrge
The telephone wire up-riycr has been
repaired
f. {. Holt has new line Of spring
goods.
Miss Annie Beard goes to Madison the
9th to commence her school.
On account of bad travelling not all Of
the schools commenced Monday But
most of the district school, viii com
mence next Monday.
w. +, Brown has just completed "a
new six line telephone switchboard az
The Somerset reporter., 1896-04-09
REPRESENTATION.

Each city, town and plantation i'll be emit
,ed to one delegate, and for each 10 votes cast
for tie Republican cal didate for Governor in
isqi an additional delegate and for fraction
nj forty votes in excess OF seVenty-tVe votes, an
sdditianal delegate. Only voters in the County
where the vacancy exists are eligible To fill va
eaneies IN the delegation of any city, town or
plantation.
The District Committee will be in session at
city hail at 10 o'clock ON the morning of the
Convention for the purpose of receiving creden-
tals of the delegates
Pittstied, Me, March Is, 1895.
j. W. BLACK, Chairman.
FRANK W. HoVEY, Secretary.
-.....r.n1 cnun1N Is nntitlen In dnlnmaIns in tie
The Somerset reporter., 1896-04-09

An item is going the rounds of the
State papers concerning one Alton Far
well, who claims residence in this
place, aud who worked for Hiram
Moore the past winter in the woods, to
the effect that he was relieved of his
winters pay, about Sl20, by convivial
friends in Fairfield last week. The
latter part of the item may be correct
but as to his being a resident of our town
we take exceptions.
The Somerset reporter., 1896-04-09

BRIpefPaEG Conn. Apr. Judge
Robert II Russell of The ~tMiorj probate
court dled Yesterday a. pneumonia, aged
81. He had been judge Of probate IN thar
town y years
The Somerset reporter., 1896-04-09

Inc city of Ellsworth has elected a
popui'st for Mayor on an ante-sewer
The Somerset reporter., 1896-04-09

1h. annual meeting Of TIN Fairfield
Village Corporation WIS held. Monday.
and the election Of officers resulted as
follows: ~ II. Iefman, clerk: l.
k,.,t. treasurer; Charles Durts. col
lector; F. Il, Turiagtou, q. e. Weeks
and David King 49,. ssors.
The Somerset reporter., 1896-04-09

Best thing for lame back DIR. Ed
wins porous plasters, lac, at SIMPSONS
Corner Drug Store.
The Somerset reporter., 1896-04-09

To-day, April OH, is the 3lst ami
versary of An occasion that win always
be remembered by all participating
therein. Lees surrender at Appomat-
toX, as it is popularity styled, April .,
lSG5, WAS an important event in the his
tory of our country, the practical col
lapse of the greatest rebellioH Of modern
times
The Somerset reporter., 1896-04-09

President Cleveland aud Private See
rotary Thurber are quarantned at the
White House, Mrs. Cleveland aud her
children are quarantined at Woodley,
and Mrs. Thurber and her little ones are
quarantined at their home on | Street,
all with the measles.
The state taxes amount to about
$4,000 less this year than last. Somer-
set towns are required to pay $3S, 256.16 ;
4,24l, less than last year. This is a re-
duction of about 10 per cent and we
don't object to it.
The Somerset reporter., 1896-04-09

somerset county is entitled to delegates in the
convention as follows
The Somerset reporter., 1896-04-09

As SECOND GLASS MAIL MATTER
The Somerset reporter., 1896-04-09
The Somerset Reporter,

A Weekly Republican Newspaper.
The Somerset reporter., 1896-04-09
BY HENRY B. CLEAVES, GOV.
4 Proclamation.

BY the advice of the Executive Council
the twenty third day of April,
dpeiupata6 &c a "a, Of
Arizona republican., 1896-07-30
ELOPERs STOPPED,
Brides Father Didn't Want the Expense
 of Town Trip.

of Town Trip.
 Riding along West Virginia road I was interested in seeing young man and young woman on horseback com ing down the road on gallop. Not far behind them was an old man giving chase. By cutting through the woods at one place he succeeded in heading them off and caught hold of the bridles just as l drove up, said C. E. Ward leigh to Washington Star reporter.
 ''Whar yo' all goin'?" he demanded.
 '9ou cant stop us now but we'll get married" answered the young man, de fantly.
 T hain't tryin' ter stop yo' all. Et yo' is boun' ter marry yer kin, but wanted talk. Yo' all's gwine ter town. How long yo' spose yo'll stay'
 "Two or three days," answered the groom.
 ''At $2 day." said the father, ''be-- sides hoss feed an hoss hire, for Fl! make yo' pay for them horses, shore Then $5 fer preacher. wanted Lindy ter marry Sam, fer I owed him $5 an he wouldn't say nothin' bout it ef she'd hey i'm. Parson Long owes me an hell marry yer fer nothin'; thar won't be nc board bill an hoss feed. It would cost S20 ter make the trip an give me $10 SC I kin pay Sam an hey suthin' fer war ln' tar of the hosses, an we kin gt home an hev a bigger time than al town."
 The proposition was accepted, th' money paid, and the three turned thel' horses heads homeward.
Arizona republican., 1896-07-30
Pure Foou ana Drink. Gan | afford
fifty cents for tea :?

fifty cents for tea :?
 Suppose you get more tea, better tea, than what you've been drinking; suppose you get all tea, instead of part poison and part gypsum.
 Suppose you get your money back if you don't like it.
 How can you lose on this proposition?
 SeAill1ng's Best (and your money back) at your grocer's.
 Other members of the money-back family: SchillIng's Best coffee, baking powder, soda, spices, seasoning, favor ing extracts.
 4 SeAilliMg& Comba,.y .Saa Ejaneiseo
Arizona republican., 1896-07-30
BIRD TRAGEDY.
Startling Accidentally Collides with and
 Kills 8 Rock in Midair.

Startling Accidentally COllides with and
 Kills a Rock in Midair.
 James Carter, of Masham, Yorks, Eng land, reports a happening to the London Field the like of which seldom or never was observed before. In over 25 vol umes of well-known sportesmen's newspaper a similar incident has not been reported.
 The Field says that "a starling, fly ing swiftly from its nest, collided with a passing rock, and the starling's beak penetrated the head of the rock, causing instant death." Hawks, of course, often strike their game in midair and kill it, but in that case the collision is inten- tional. During the migrating periods birds are often killed and maimed by flying against unseen obstacles at night, as telegraph wires or high waterfalls Many ducks and geese fly up stream into the Niagara falls every year, but the like of this incident is not recorded.
Arizona republican., 1896-07-30
NONE BUT AYERS AT THE
 WORLDS FAIR.

Ayers Sarsaparilla enjoys the ex- traordinary distinction of having been the only blood purifier allowed an ex- hibit at the Worlds Fair. Chicago. Manufacturers of other sarsapariHas sought by every means to obtain A showing of their goods, but they were all turned away under the application Of the rule forbidding the entry of patent medicines and nostrums. The decision of the Worlds Fair authori- ties in favor of Ayers Sarsaparilla was in effect as follows: Ayers Sarsapa- rilla is not patent medicine It does not belong to the list of nostrums. It is here on it's merits"
Arizona republican., 1896-07-30

What will Jamieson do next? Yes he has been sentenced to imprison- ment for fifteen moons, but will he serve them?
Arizona republican., 1896-07-30
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Arizona republican., 1896-07-30

The Los Angeles Times has this to say of us:
 One valley alone of Arizona's broad cattle ranges has shipped $25 ,000 head of cattle during the past ten weeks. Her fruit interests are also important In mineral wealth that territory ranks among the leading states of the Union
Arizona republican., 1896-07-30
CAMPAIGN OF DECENCY.

One of the best edited papers in this country today is Ford's Irish World, and it generally says what it thinks, not stopping to care whom or what is hurt. Relating to the attitude of cer- tafn newspapers regarding the issue now before the country, it expresses itself as follows:
 '.Already the better class of Repub- lican newspapers has begun to dis cover that the present campaign is not to be fought on the lines of abuse. sDemagogue. anarchist silver ma- niac,' are words which carry no weight as arguments, while they disgust and fepel sober-minded people who don't believe that one-half of the citizens of the United States are not as sane, as loyal and as order-loving as the other half The half thus stigmatized is composed of the essentially conserva- tive class, the farmers and artisans, who look to @ stable government as a surety for good times and steady work
 f.The dangerous class if any there be outside of the criminal class, is the class of stock gamblers, monopolists, usurers, makers and masters of trusts and com bines.' It will be a bad day for these latter when they invite con- parison between themselves and the common people, whom they have robbed by specia, legislation and ev- cry device of the stock exchange.
 'sThe sordid press which assailed President Cleveland for his message on the Venezuelan question last winter has been the first to attack the Chi cago platform and candidate as the opponents of anarchy. The western Populist is represented by pen and pencil as a long-haired, wild and Woolly fanatic, both crazy and dishon- est He is neither the one nor the other. The American farmer is the equal of any man on earth, in intelli- gence, in integrity, in independence Newly made aristocrats of the count ing room or the university advertise their ignorance by sneering at him.
 Even if free silver were the wild Eunacy which its enemies declare it te te. there is something vastly more inn portant which is not lunacy, and that is free humanity, the emancipation O. the people from the rule of moneyba ggs from the dictation of Wall street Better that the country should suffel from a financial mistake than that tht will of the people should not be obeye( on any question.
 ''Mr. Ambassador Bayard outdit even himself in tactlessness when ht said in England last year that tht American people needed to be rule( with strong hand. They need noth
Arizona republican., 1896-07-30
PHENIX. JULY 30. 1896.
Republican Territorial Platform
FINANCIAL PLANK.

We assert that we are tor the free and un- limited coinage of silver ct the ratio Of l6 to and we hereby instruct the delegates to tne National convention to use every means ln their power to secure clause ln the Naaonai platform favoring the free and unlimited coln' age of silver.
Arizona republican., 1896-07-30
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repudiators, cranks, Populists, der wishes, thieves, Fagins, Jacobins, pi- rates, demagogues, adventurers, loaf CTS, humbugs, hobos, frauds and luna tics. And now they want the silver men to "come sit down and let us reason together"
Arizona republican., 1896-07-30

If he is Republican he reports the sentiment of his section as flavor able" If he is a Democrat he reports the same. The only way for a fellow to know about it positively is to go and investigate for himself Better still. accept both reports.
Arizona republican., 1896-07-30

There should be a stringent, strict and easily construed law passed so as to be applicable throughout the world, making the punishment swift, certain and unmistakeable death for the play full pointing of an unloaded revolver by one person at another.
Arizona republican., 1896-07-30
BODY AND SOUL.


 race, says: T have little patience with those who are merely concerned about the negro's soul in the next world and are ready to damn the ne gro's body in this world"
 It does not require too perceptive mind to recognize in this thought ap- plieable to others than the negro race. It comes directly home to every color of humanity. The desire, apparently of consuming honesty, to influence the minds of men so as to prepare them for safety in the next world by i'm polling them towards belief, by induc- ing them to accept and have faith, by efforts to convince in this, while all the time is withheld the invitation to come and be cared for while you wait, is, to put it mildly, somewhat incon- sistent.
 Feed the hungry Clothe the naked. Give drink to the thirsty. Good ad- vice if complied with, and we take it, not as our theological brother seems to think it is intended, figuratively, but as it reads, literally Take care of the body in this world and the we'll cared for being will be in better form all around, not only for susceptibility to religious teachings and the accept ance of promises divine, but when comes the resurrection and the life will present a liner, cleaner, and much improved appearance in every way to face the great Judge of all.
 Christ knew. His life as a man on earth taught him this even while he pushed the plane at the carpenters bench. Would Christ have been as successful if he lived in this day and sought to ineulcate belief in the Fath- 1 CT from the beautifully moulded lace furnished pulpit? Surrounded by win dows, the painting on which cost thou sands of dollars? Before him pews, the upholstering of which cost thou sands more? To the right and left works of art, the cost of which added l more thousands? Listening to the operatic peals of an organ, the cost of | which would have bankrupted all the fishermen Galilee has raised, from the beginning until the present day? All in an edifice. the wonder of the world and to erect which cost an amount that would have given food to the hungry, clothes to the naked and drink to the thirsty, for years and years yet to come? Would his preaching under such circumstances made deep and lasting impression upon the mind of the shivering human brother crouching empty ty-stomaohed on bench near the back door, he having entered but to seek shelter from the cold without? Would Christ, if on earth today, preach there?
 We may not be in accord with the 1 doings of the Salvation Army in all things. We may believe that we might suggest agreeable changes in the methods of these workers. We may at times believe it is all wrong, or what not. But it certainly must occur to the minds of reasoning men that the Salvation Army comes closer to fol lowing out the methods pursued by Christ than do those who try to be concerned about the negros soul in the next world," while permitting his body to be starved in this.
 The goldbug papers of the country
Arizona republican., 1896-07-30

Soon the country will be flooded with nae season is passed, it is well to have something in the shape of reference during the coming long winter nights.
Arizona republican., 1896-07-30

The Prince of Wales has his life in- sured for s90O,OOO, a larger amount than has been placed on the life o1 any heir apparent in Phoenix.
Arizona republican., 1896-07-30

Hanna says he is going to advise with every man who knows more than he does, and he is careful to add, in a somewhat doubtful manner, that there are probably good many such men.
Arizona republican., 1896-07-30

Tom Reed measures five feet around the waist. And still the campaign managers find fault because he re fuses to bestir himself right away now
Arizona republican., 1896-07-30

If suspicion were in order, the re- ports about the lack of gold in the Alaska hills might have emanated from the headquarters of the leaders of the single gold standard.
Arizona republican., 1896-07-30

ing of the sort. They are quite capa- ble of governing themselves and of doing it more discreetly than Mr. Bay ard does his unruly tongue. If they want MT. Bryan for their chief public servant they will choose him, all the more surely if any class attempt to say they must not If MT Bryan dis appoint their expectations they will try to get better man next time They are in no mood to accept dicta- torial advice from any class, and least of all from the class which presumes by grace of money or learning to call itself the better class
 "It is only the simplest truth to say that MT. Bryan has borne himself since the nomination with degree of mod esty and courtesy which some of his critics might initiate. When he comes east, as he intends doing soon, he will find the people willing to accord him a thoughtful hearing, and for every in- temperate and foolish denouncer of him and his principles he will make a score of converts to his cause.
Arizona republican., 1896-07-30

The goldbug papers of the country east of us have described the silver men as bunco steerers, anarchists, fools, communists, rogues, socialists,