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The San Francisco call., 1897-03-23
Opinions of Legislators.

SACRAMENTO, CAL, March 23.-The
general consensus of public opinion as ex-
pressed by such OF the public officials as
could be prevailed upon to talk upon the
subject, by the attaches Of the late Legis
lature and by sundry shrewd mem bers of
the Third House who linger around the
battlefield, Is that not one atom of money
was used to procure the passage of the
coyote claim bill, and that the sudden
switch of fifteen votes made on reconsid-
Grafton was the result OF one of those legit-
innate com binations which were so much
in evidence during the entire session.
There has never been session in the
history Of the State" said one of those
shrewd manipuators of legislative meas
ures, I'm which there has been so much OF
this old talk You vote for my bill and I'll
vote for yours and such a dead SQUARE
carrying out OF such propositions, as ha.
been done at this session; and it is my
opinion that Bert Packarn had a very
small portion in having the vote changed
in the coyote scalp claims bill, nos but
what he would have been perfectly willing
to have assumed that honor could he have
done so. And who would blame him?
Now, although / do not want to be
person ally quoted in this matter, as | was
in no way connected with those interested
In the passage OF tnlS bill, still there were
other bills that was interested in, and in
my connection with these / often came
indirectly in contact with the coyote bill.
and, in my opinion, the change of votes
was procured by com mbination which re-
suited in the appointment of Harry /.
Mucrevy az Registrar OF Voters in San
Francisco, and was mainly due to the
efforts of that ambitious young Assem-
blyman from Kern. E. ]. Emmons, who,
knowing that large portion of these
claims we're held by the people of his
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-23
Case Dismissed.

Charles Nevins, saloon-keeper, Greenwich
and Powell streets, and Peter Calderwood ap-
peared before Judge Campbell yesterday to
answer a charge OF administering drug with
intent to commit a felony. The complaining
witness was John s. Benn, artifclal-fy maker,
father-in-law OF Calderwood. At the request
OF Benns attorney the case was dismissed.
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-23
A WONDERFUL MEDICINE.

BEECHAM,S PILLS, taken as directed,
will quickly restore Females tocomplete health.
They promptly remove distractions or irregu-
Iaritiea of the system. For
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-23

Asks Pastoral Aid.
Commander Booth Tucker made an ad-
dress to the Presbyterian Ministe
Union Monday on the Salvation Army and
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-23
Weak Stomach
Digestion
Disordered Liver

they act like magic-a few doses will work won.
ders upon the Vital Organs; Strengthening the
muscular system, restoring the long-lost COM
plexion, bringing back the keen edge Of appe.
lite, and arousing with the Rosebud of
Health the whole physical energy OF
tho human frame. These are facts admitted by
thousands, in all classes OF society, and one Of
tho best guarantees to the Nervous and Deb,li-
tated is that Beechamss Pills have the
Largest Sale Of any Patent Medicine
i'm the World.
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-23
FlTzsIMMONs' CASH.

Sheriff Whelan Finds Nothing to
Attach and the Pusillst
Must Explain.
Robert Fitzsimmons will soon be in
court again, as Attorney George H. Perry
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-23
WITHOUT A Rival.

Annual Sales more than 5000, 900 Boxes
25c at Drug Stores. or will be sent by q. 8.
Agents. B. F. ALLEN CO., 3s5 Cana! St., New
York, post paid. upon receipt of price. Book
free upon application.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-02-04

Refused the Wrong Beggar.

81 never refuse the plea of beggar,"
says leading member of congress.
You must not use my name and adver-
tise me as a philanthropist, for am
not 1t is simply matter of necessity
with me | am obliged to give some
thing to every heggar, or | could not
sleep at night. | made bad mistake
once, and | would rather give occasion
ally to the unworthy than to ever deny
assistance to the worthy.
"Once upon time | was in St. Louis
on business. 1t was winter, and you
know how cold that town can be when
it tries hard. | was out on the street at
IL o'clock one bitter night when a chap
struck me for dime He was poorly
clad, looked hungry and sick, and l
ought to have handed out the money at
once. was just brute enough not to do
it, He followed me 100 feet. begging
and pleading, and l finally threatened
to have him arrested He turned away
with sob in his throat and | went on
to the hotel.
There was a big snowstorm that
night, and next morning they found
him in drift. frozen stark and stiff. l
saw the body and recognized it. The
pale face was pinched and drawn with
hunger and suffering, and the eyes were
as wide open as yours-great big blue
eyes, sunken back i'll their sockets and
staring at me in an awful way. Yes,
sir, they seemed to be fastened on me
alone and to follow me as | moved
When I heard Car drivers, draymen.
bootblacks and newsboys saying how
gladly they would have given the poor
wretch a quarter to buy lodgings and
food, l sneaked away, feeling that was
a murderer 1t hurt me more than l
can tell you. l don't wait now to be
asked for aims. give to some who are,
no doubt undeserving, but | take my
chances on that. That thing rests like a
murder on my conscience, and nothing
like it shall happen again. st. Paul
q lobe
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-02-04
A Thirteen Month Year.

1t is suggested that on Jan. /, 1900,
q new division of the year into -
months be instituted II such division
were made, the first II months would
have % days, or four weeks each, and
the new month 20 days, to make 800,
and 30 in leap years. After few days
there would be no need 10 refer to calen-
dars, Us the stunt day Of the week would
have the same date through the year.
If Jan. ] were, say. Monday, every Mon
day would b. the lst, 8th, 10Th and 22d;
every Tuesday the I'd, 9th. 10th and
23d, and SO on through the year Tie
changes of the moon would De on abe. t
the same dates through the year, az /
many calculations. like interest, dat d
of maturing notes, Easter and mar ;
other important dates would be simph-
fed Exchange.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-02-04
Street Cleaning In Paris.

1t was with especial interest that |
made my first examination of the streets
of Paris, for l remembered them as be-
ing in excellent condition in 1889 Eek
position year,
After close and careful examination
| should say that they are quite rs we'll
swept as our streets, and that there is
nowhere to be found the defective pave
ment of which we have SO much. In the
matter of litter, however, | think that
New York is much better cared for, ex-
cept in the moro frequented show streets,
and, to certain extent even there, there
is more paper scattered, and in many
parts of the town much less attention
seems to be paid to it's collection and
removal On the whole, think we lose
nothing i'll the comparison. New York
is as clean and at least as tidy as Paris
The methods Of work in the French cap
ital are i'll many respects different from
what was found i'll other cities and very
different from the methods here.
In 1888 the cleaning of the streets
was transferred from the prefecture de
police to the prefecture de la Seine, and
it was then placed in tho hands of the
engineering department, The cost at
that time could not be learned, but the
cost in 1879 was 3 ,SGS, geo francs; in
1877 it was 4 ,61S, 600; in 1850 ii was
$3.50, 900 1t is huW alu1t 5000, 00G
francs Formerly it WAS ihV duty Of all
property owners to clean onc-half Of the
street if this did not exceed six meters
GO feeD This work Is now done by the
city and is paid for by II special tax on
the property, which, fer TINS purpose, is
divided into three class S-that occupied
Cd by buildings, t2) by walls or open
grounds, "a by vacant lots In no case
is the charge more than the actual cost
to the city. In some cases it is materially
less. Property holders must still remove
snow and ice from The sidewalks, ac-
cording to specific regulations. -Har
per's Weekly.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-02-04
Foreclosure Notice.

whereas, Daniel T McAllister of Concord
in the County of somerset and state OF Maine
BY his mortgage deed dated May second 1892
and recorded in Somerset Registry of Deed in
Book I'll, page 53s, conveyed to me, the under.
signed certain real estate situated in said
Conct I'd, and described as follows, viz: On
the east by land owned by VIM p. Berry,
Francis Burns, and Frank lin S. Burns, on the
north by lauo owned by Benz. F. Atw, Cd. on
the west by land formerly owned by Alvah
Hartman, VIM. r. Davis and Martin Jackson.
and on the south by land formerly owned by
Sarah A Hartman
And whereas the said Daniel 7. Nc Allister,
BY his mortgage deed, dated Nov. let. 1892. ana
recorded in Somerset Registry OF Deeds. in
book ~. page 1875, conveyed to me, the under
signed. one other piece Of real estate situated
in said Concord aud described as follows, viz:
The east half OF the southwest quarter of lot
numbered three in the second range OF lots,
according to the plan OF said Concord. And.
whereas the conditions of both of the said
mortga &c deeds have /, en- broken, now, there
fore, by reason of the breach of the conditions
thereof claim a foreclosure on both of said
mortgage deeds. aud give this notice for that
purpose.
Dated at Scion. Me, Jan. % 1877.
3w3 SELDEN f. GREENE
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-02-04
ON A Low PLANE.



1t has long been known to those who
had dealing with the Japanese that
commercial morality in Japan stands
almost on the lowest plane possible to a
civilized people. With few exceptions
even those Japanese who prove estima-
BILE and high minded in all other matters
are not to be trusted in business transac-
ton. In Japan the man who fails to
take advantage of his neighbor in bar
gain Is looked upon ilS Il fool. The ex-
PLANTATION of this state of things given
by Robert Young, who edits Kobe pa
per, is that merchants in Japan have
hitherto occupied the lowest rung ON the
social ladder being deemed inferior to
the tillers of the soil and but little above
the pariah class. Up to Il comparatively
recent period trader was but another
name for trickster and the pursuit of
commerce was held to argue lack of
integrity.
With changed commercial conditions
this low standard seems to have re-
manned unaltered, so that the japanese
trader is always thinking how he can
best the foreigner, and he will not
fulfill his engagements if by so doing he
is likely To suffer loss Mr. Young gives
cogent reasons fer believing that the
mikado's subjects soon will losa the for
eign customers they haYe gained unless
their code of commercial morals is ma
terially and rapidly improved
Already Japanese conSuls have re.
ported that the country foreign trade
is seriously injured by merchants who
send abroad matches that viii not strike,
rice that is not up to sample aud stuffs
the only merit of which is cheapness.
Guilds have been formed TO introduce
better methods of business, but they
have not wrought much improvement,
and the situation cannot he radically
changed so long as there Is no public
opinion to support the application OF
morality TO business. AT present the or
dinaly japanese trader Ia no CON
science, and until he acquires one til
expected competition of Japan in the
markets of the world is not likely to
be worthy of serious consideration
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-02-04
Notice..

4 public hearing will be given by the
subcommittee of the Judiciary and
Legal Affairs Committee, at the Judci-
airy Committee room at the State House,
Augusta, at ? o'clock p. M, February
Sth next, on the amending or repeating
Of the in, olvency and disclosure laws of
the State. You are cordially invited to
be present, or to present in writing, any
suggestions you may wish to make in re-
gard to the subject matter of the hear
ing. 2w4u&r
Per order committee,
l.. l.. WALTON, f. 70 REYNOLDS,
FRANK l. NOBLE, W. II. FoGLER.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-02-04
Versatile William

The Emperor William is probably the
most versatile of all the rulers Of Eu-
rope. There is nothing that he has turn
ed his hand to that he has not accom-
plished. His particular fad so far AS
trades are concerned, is printing, and it
is related of. him that not long ago. aft
er he had composed piece of music, he
went into printing office, "set up
and corrected the music and made it
ready to be printed. There is no other
monarch in all Europe who can boast of
a similar feat The Emperor William is
like the candidate for circus honors
years ago. The manager asked him
what he could do. The candidate said,
II can dance, sing, talk or do anything
You blamed please! That is the exact
situation with Emperor William
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-02-04

ways as suave and respectful in their
treatment of the members of the bar az
they ought to be. Perhaps there has
been i'll particular cases ground for such
complaints, but the cases have been
few. Manifestations of rudeness and
passion are inexcusable in judge He
ence. He should be patient and even
tempered, for the ease is sure to go his
way IN his own court. And, on the 9th
er hand, the bar should always give its
powerful aid to support the influence of
the courts for the Judicial department
is the keystone of our government and
assaults upon it threaten the whole
structure of the stately arch. "
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-02-04
NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE.

County, State of Maine, by his mortgage deed
dated the 4th day OF Sept, 1895, and recorded
in Somerset Registry OF Deeds, Book 229, Page
70, conveyed to me the Undersigned certain
parcel OF real estate situated in said Bling
ham, described as follows, TO wit: Tue south
half OF lot numbered eleven in Range seven.
Also the south half OF lot numbered eleven in
Range six. Also the north west quarter Of lot
numbered eleven in Range seven. All CON
tanning two hundred and fifty acres more or
less, and being property conveyed to Louis
Vigue by Arno Padham by deed recorded in
Somerset Registry, Book ais. Page IA.
Now whereas the condition OF said mortgage
has been broken, therefore, by reason OF the
breach OF said condition claim q foreclosure
OF said mortgage. Sw6
Dated this 18th day OF January, 1897
G. A. PAUL,
By W. R. Jordan, his attorney
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-02-04
A FATHERLY ASSURANCE.
The Old Gentleman Was No Linguist bu
He Knew Life.

He Knew Lie.
Mr. CumroX's son WAS studying h's
Latin lesson There was the trenolo Ct
encouragement i'll his voice as he re
marked
~ don't seem to get along with this
lesson very we'll, father.
Cant you say any Of it,
ayes, | can say 'amo, amas, amat,
and then l always forget what comes
next. "
What does those words mean, John
n.y. asked Mr. CumroX. who deserves
credit for being always ready to add t.
a somewhat deficient early education.
"Thcy mean 4 love- thou lowest, he
loves. :"
ut does seem too bad to see yon
startin in so soon, - the old gentleman
unused, with the difficulties that have
always surrounded that verb But You
might as we'll commence young to learn
that them words in one way or another
cause two-thirtls of the botberatim that
occurs in this life. -
"Please, can quit school, them
"No. 1t Wouldn't be any use. You
couldn't dodge 'en, and you might a-
well go right along and get a. familiar
with them as possible You'll find that
lcarnin em amt half the worry thai
handlin en- is after you know 'rm.
Cheer up, Johnny. and remember thai
most of your treu ble is still ahead OF
you '-Washington Star.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-02-04

The greatest region in the world for
fossil tracks Of the reptiles which lived
in the early days Of the world Is that in
the vicinit: of Portland, Conn. Some of
those old time monsters walked as BIZ
peds on feet that made tracks l6 to 20
inches long. These tracks are almost as
broad as they are long. and the stride
shows that the reptile" must have been
fully ~ feet in height. Formerly these
wonderful fossil tracks of the Connec-
ticut valley" were said to be tracks Of
ancient birds, but of late the biologists
have taken different view, declaring
them to be marks left by reptiles. st.
Louis Republic.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-02-04
Legislative Notice.

The committe on Judiciary will give a
public hearing in its room at the State
House in Augusta, as follows
Tuesday, Feb g 1897, at O'Clock p.
~ An act to provide for the appoint
ment of Commissioner of Highways.
An order directing the committee to in
qure into the necessity of amending the
provisions of chapter 37o of the public
laws relating to preventing incompetent
persons from conducting the business OF
ApothecaIes. 2w4
w. I. KNoWLTON, Secy.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-02-04
HAS THE UMBRELLA FAD.


Extremes Than Most People.
There Is man on the North Side
who has the umbrella fad 1t would
hardly be fair to trll his name, as il
was learned in confidence, and the fad
might not he regarded as IA mere cccenz
tricity by some people who have suffer
ed from it and they might be tempted
to complain to the police. Again, every
body who has lost an umbrel la-lnd
that means majority of the people of
Chicago-would look up his address in
the directory and sweep down upon him
with the hope that his lost property
might be in his collection.
There are other men who have Il
weakness for taking umbrellas, bat no
man is known to have carried it to 81
great an extreme as this one. He has Il
collection numbering 400 umbrellas OF
all kinds y good many of them We're
bought Some of them We're borrowed
from friends, with and without their
permission, and others were acquired in
other ways which it would be hardly
polite to mention The man is good
NltILtl III ptIlti ~ ~ - but ii' - a II
tim of the umbre lla nabit, and whom he
SECS an umbrella he is compelled 10
struggle very hard to resist the tempta-
ton to mike himself its owuer Usual
ly he yields to the temptation, and the
coveted prizo IS transferred to his col
lection
The umbrella collector does not make
any great display oi ms collection. Thu
umbrellas are piisl upin big CLOSET III
his bedroom, and hr very seldom visits
it. Now aud lncn he looks over them
and counts them viii, satisfaction. The
last time he counted them there We're
89S in the closet, He has added few
to his collection since that time.
In every other way except this pas
sion for umbrellas, which amounts to IL
mania, the man is perfectly sane. His
friends regard him as a very clever
man, and he holds Il responsible posi-
ton in big wholesale house down
town But umbrellas are his weakness
He is victim of the umbrella habit
just as another man might be a victim
of the opium habit or morphine habit,
and his relatives are in constant fear
that the halit may some day get him
into trouble Chicago Times Herald.
An ordinary brick weighs about foul
s>ouyJa
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-02-04
STATE OF MAINE
SOMERSET IS,
sIfpuEMtF TfnITIAI- EhI y T.

SUPREME JUDICIAL CptRr.
December Term 1896.
Ernest l.. Doyen, Lib't., VS. Ada Clayton Doyea.
Upon the annexed Writ and Libel it Is ordered,
that notice be given to the Lihelee by publish
ing an attested copy of the libel and abstract of
writ. together with tins order thereon, three
weeks successfully in the Somerset Reporter,
a newspaper printed in Skowheean, in the
County of Somerset. the last publication 10 he
thirty days at least before the next term Of said
Court, to be holden at Skowhegan, within and
for said County. on the third Tuesday of
March, next, that she may then and there APP
pear in said Court and answer thereto, If She see
fit
Attest: y. W. BRAlNEED. Clerk
true copy of libel and abstract of writ with
order of court thereon.
Attest. n W BRAINERp Clerk
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-02-04
THE ROSE OF STARS.

When love, our great immortal,
Put on mortality
And down from E3en's portal
Brought this sNcet world to be,
At the sublime nrcn4lsel
He laughed with vsilel eyes.
For he bore within kiS hos1m
The seed of paradise.
He hid 1t in his bosom,
And there such warmth it found
1t brake in bud and blossom,
And the rose fell ON the ground.
As the green light ON the prairie,
As tine red light on the sea,
Through fragrant belts of summer
Game this sweet world to be.
And the grave archanRel, seeing,
Spread his mighty vans for flight,
But a glow hung round him fleeing
Like the rose of an arctic night,
And sadly moving heavenward
By Venus and by Mars.
Re heard the joyful planets
Hail earth, the rose of stars.
g, Z. Woodbury. in Century.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-02-04

II may have made mistake, sir, y
said Mr.. Blank, rising from his chair.
but | am neither lunatic nor an
idiot have the honor to bid you good
morning. -
Heterophemy is a fatal thing in d.
plomacy. Chicago Times Herald.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-02-04
The Supreme Court.

''The Judges of the United States
courts have, with rare exceptions, been
men of excellent legal ability and of
high character, writes ex-President
Harrison i'll The Ladies Home Journal.
1.-THE bar has sometimes complained
that judges were arbitrary and not al
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-02-04
Legislative Notice.

The committee on Judiciary will give
aa.public hearing in its room at the State
House in Augusta, as follows; Wednes-
DAY, Feb. 10, 1897 at o'clock p. m.
An act to estab sh law uniform with
The laws of other states for the scknowl-
edgment and execution of written in
struments, commercial law, weights and
measures and other purposes.
AVA w. J. KNOWLTON, Secretary.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-02-04
Dead River Log Driving Company.

Tt e members Of the Dead River Log Diving
Com pany are HEREBY notified that the annual
meeting Of the Company will be hello lu Grand
Army Hall. Augusta. on Monday, the 18TH day
OF February 1897, at ? O'Clock in the afternoon
for the following purposes, viz
LIST, To choose moderator.
2nd, To hear the report of the treasurer and
take sue h action AS may be thought proper.
sd, To choose officers for the ensuing wear.
4th, To vote money to defray the expense Of
driving logs and other necessary bills
5th, To act upon any other business that
may legally come before them,
swi 5, W. PHtLBRICK. Clerk.
Skowhegan Maine, January 2sth, 1887.
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seem &c reach the dis
ease at all until S.
SIS. was given, when
an III prove m e Mt
was at once noticed.
The medicine was
continued with fav-
orable results, and
now she is cured
sound and we'll, her
skin is perfectly
clear and pure and
she has been saved
from what threat
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-02-04
THERE is A CLASS OF PEOPLE

Who are injured by the use OF coffee. Recent
ly there has been placed in all The grocery
stores new preparation called GRAIN o,
made OF pure grains, that takes the place Of
coffee. The most delicate stomach receives it
without distress, and but few can tell il from
coffee. 1t does not cost over a as much
Children may drink it with great benefit IS
cts. ard Is cts. per package Try it. Ask for
GRAIN-O.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-02-04
Dead River North Branch Log
Driving Company.

The members Of the Dead River Nursh
Branch Log b living COMPANY are hereby
mortified that the annual meeting OF The com
pauy will be held al Gr4ud rmA Tia Nasus-
Ia, on MondaN. the 18th dAs of February lss5.
at 80 O'Clock in the ate II. on Tor the pun
pose Of CHOOSING officers for the rESuiaC
year: to raise m ueV To- defray the expenses =
the COMPANY and to transact any oth-r tusi
ness that may legally come before them
3w4 :. ". PHlLRRICk5 Itrt
Skowheean, Maine, Jsnhary 18th, Is