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The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-06-03
Literary Notes.

The June Forum has the following
table tf cen ents: The Tran s-Missouri
Decision, George II. Blanchard; A New
Form of Government, }. b. Bishop;
The Futility of the Spelling Grind.--lI,
perism: the Dispensary, DR.. George F.
Greece Plataia and Eretria, J. Genna-
dus; The Case of Captain Dreyfus,
"rindex;" When did Cabot Discover
North America? Henry Hsrrisse; The
Grievance of the West, j. Fl. Hyslop;
Contemporary American Essayists. Ben
iamin W. Wells; Paul Bourget, Yetta
Blaze De Bury.
In the June New England magazine
appears an illustrated article upon
"Elihu Burritt,-the Learned Black
smith," for Elihu Burritt was not only
learned blacksmith, but he was one of
the most persistent and energetic work
ers in the cause of peace and interna-
tional arbitration In his generation.
This admirable article upon him is by
Miss Ellen Strong Bartlett, and is illus
trated by rare collection of portraits,
etc. In the same general connection,
the article by Mr.. E. 2. Powell upon
England and New England" dwelling
In fresh, forcible way upon their his
torical relations and upon the reasons
for close bonds between England and
America, is interesting and timely.
According to some authorities Stephen
Crane depicted the feelings of a soldier
in battle better from his imagination
alone, than others had done it from
actual experience. Those who read
"The' Open Boat" 10 the June Scribners,
will agree that he has pictured the sen
sations of the shipwrecked better from
his own experience of 1t, than others
have achieved 1t by force of Imagination.
1t Ia a remarkable tribute to his clever
ness that he should have succeeded
equally in pure imagination and in a
transcript OF reality. This Is the first
elaborate account of his terrible expert
ence, after the wreck of the steamer
"Commodore" when on its way to Cuba
The Century for June has as its high
lights the subjects of Queen Victoria,
apropos of the celebration of this month,
and the work of the sculptor ST.
Gaudens, apropos of the dedication of
the Shaw Memorial In Boston. The
most complete pictorial record of the
work of st. Gaudens yet made is here
published in a group of papers by Ed
ward Atkinson, w. A. Coffin, and Il. w.
Higginson. Besides three full-page re-
productions of the Shaw Memorial, there
are Twenty-Five pieces of sculpture by
St. Gaudens shown In the articles.
There are contlnaed parts of the three
serials: DR.. Weir Mitchell's "Hugh
Wynne," Mrs. Catherwoon's "Days Of
Jeanne dare" and General Porter's
"Campaigning with Grant," which is oc-
cupied with the operations about Rich
mond, Petersburg, Atlanta, and 10 the
Shenandoah Valley. All these are
Illustrated. There Is story by
Margaret Sutton Briscoe entitled show
Sarah Paid for Peace"
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-06-03
Browns Corner.

Sam Wyman, who has been quite sick,
seems to be improving under the treat
ment of DR.. Blanchard of Hartland.
Schuyler Burrill has gone to Waterville
to work. His wife and child are stop
ping with her father, G. L. Allen.
|. Crowell, from his herd of Is cows.
Is selling the cream to the Skowhegan
Jersey Creamery, and feeding the skim
milk to hogs and SO young pigs.
Chas. w. Worthen of Waltham, Mass,
arrived home Sunday morning, to attend
the funeral Of his mother. He returned
on the evening train from Pittsf1eld, ac-
companied DO his nephew, Master Harry
McElmOn.
Sabbath school at 10 a. IN. next Sun
day.
Lyman Barnes recently found nice
heifer in the pasture with her leg broken.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-06-03
She Knew,

Young Mrs. Torkins had read the
paragraph through twice. Then she
broke into ripple of laughter.
What are you laughing at?" in
quired her husband.
Something funny"
How do you know it's funny" was
the bantering rejoinder.
"Humph! | can tell by looking at it.
It's about two men who meet on the
street. They stand there and say lot
of things and at last one of them says.
We'll, the drinks are on me. And that
shows that it's funny. - Washington
Star.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-06-03
A Serioua Outlook.

"What l want, said the manager,
lis a joyous burlesque.
well" replied the scribe, "I'll do
what can, But give you fair warn
ing you're killing tho goose that lays
the golden egg. If every body keeps on
writing burlesques, i'll short time
there won't be anything serious for peo-
pie to make fun of. Washington Star.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-06-03
lIarOne.

The apple trees are again blossoming
full and the tent caterpillars are all too
numerous, but easy TO dispose Of with
soap and water well mixed into suds
Give them dose with swab, and every
one touched will do no more harm.
Mrs. Lizzie Huff of Fairfield, who for
merly lived in Larone, was in town last
week.
The l.. B. S. will, until further notice,
meet but once month, and that in the
asternoon of the first Saturday.
? Willie Shaw, who stopped with l..
NJ ,son last winter, has gone to Oakland,
for the summer.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-06-03
Believed In Either Mode.

"Why didn't they have that baptiz-
Ing out at the creek the other dayp"
1T rained furiously while they were
on their way out and before they got
half way there the man who was going
to be baptized said he was not preju-
diced in favor of either mode, and he
believed it wouldn't be necessary to go
any further with the ceremony. Chi
cago Tribune.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-06-03
Shawnluf.

The Memorial exercises were held 10
Fairfield, on Monday this year.
Mrs. Ellen Phillips has been quite i'll
but is much better now.
Mr.. Wallace Jewell has sold his little
PAGER (Canton) to Boston parties for a
good price and we all felt sorry when we
saw the little PAGER leave our town as he
was liked by all.
The mills are now running on full
time and the new logs are commencing
to come. WICK.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-06-03
PLACE DE LA CONCORDE,
The Most Famous and Beautiful Square In
Gay and Vivacious Paris.

The Most Famous and Beautiful Square In
Gay and Vivacious Paris.
The most important public square in
Paris and one of the handsomest in the
whole world is the Place de la Concorde
In the center rises the obelisk of Luxor
presented by the pasha of Egypt to Louis
Philippe. 1t is fianked on either side by
large fountain. The Place de la Con
corde seems somewhat wrongly called
in view Of the history of the spot. One
hundred and fifty years ago it was an
open field, but in 174S the city accepted
the gracious permission of Louis XIV to
erect statue to him here The place
then took his name and retained it till
the new regime, in 1889, melted dow Ii
the statue and converted it into 2 cent
pieces.
On the 30th Of May, ITO, during an
exhibition of fireworks here, panic
took place and 200 people were tram
pied to death and 2,000 more were Sc
verely injured. The occasion was the
attempt Of the people to express by a
grand celebration their unbounded joy
at the recent marriage of the young
dauphin with the Austrian princess
Marie Antoinette. On the 2lst of Jan
uary, 1893. they gathered here again in
immense numbers to see the head Of the
same dauphin, then Louis XVI, chopped
off by the sharp guillotine. During the
next two years the spot we'll earned its
title "Place of the Revolution, " for the
guillotine had not ceased its work until
Marie Antoinette, Charlotte Corday,
Mime. Elizabeth (the kings sister,
Robespierre and more than $500 per
sons had here persisted by it's deadly
stroke. -Chautauquan
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-06-03

The new yacht for the emperor of
Russia is boat of 3, 200 tons displace-
nent. Her length is $40 feet, breadth
90 feet 8 inches and depth 33 feet 8
inches. She has been fitted with en-
gines of 10000 horsepower and is val
ued at G430, 900.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-06-03
THERE IS A CLASS QE PEOPLE

Who are injured by the OF coffee. Recent
ly there has been placed in all the grocery
stores a new preparation called GRAlN-O,
made OF pure grains, that takes the place OF
coffee. The most delicate stomach receives it
without Distress and but few can tell it from
coffee. 1t does not cost over d as much.
Childr rem may drink it with great benefit. Is
cts, and rs cts, per package Try it. Ask for
GRAIN-O.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-06-03

Prospective Purchaser-You say he's
a savage Watchdog
Owner-Yes indeed
"But how am | to know that?'
"Try i'm. Jes' go outside with me
and climb in at that winder. - Chicago
Record.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-06-03
From Boston, Portland, Lewiston, Augusta,
waterville Skewhegan and Bangor.

a-"Flag stations; at which trains will stop
on signal or notice to Conductor.
MIXED between Bingham and No. Anson'
STAGE CONNECTIONS.
At Norridgewock, for Mercer, land Electric
Cars to and from Skowhegan.) AT Arson. for
Sawyer's Mills, (Starks);
No. Arson, for North and West New Portland
Dead River, Flagstaff and Eustis. At Bingham
for Forks, Moose River. Mayfeld, Kingsouy
and Abbott.
W, M AVER SUPT.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-06-03
At the Back Door.

Tramp-Have you anything, madam,
TO spare for poor wayfarer this morn
ing?
Madam-Yes. You can go right
ont to the wood shed and indulge in
cold chops and cuts to your hearts con-
tent. Boston Courier.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-06-03
Social Diaconienf.

doesn't it make you sad when You
think of the poor?'
why, no, not particularly. 1t makes
me mad, though, When | think Of the
rich. " indianapolis Journal
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-06-03

The only opium permitted to be used
py the British Pharmacopeia is obtain
cd from Asia Minor.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-06-03

The Bank of England employs about
l, 100 men, and has salary list, includ-
ing pensions, of about $500, 900 per an
mum.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-06-03
"Best Liver Pill Made.''
For Sale.

Cottage House Of seven
rooms at East Madison, to-
gether with stable and car
rage house and two acres OF
land. Would exchange tor
property in Skowhegan viii
lage. Also a desirable fam
with good buildings. This
place is situated in a good
neighborhood with good
schools and has nice water in
house and barn. Apply to
MCCLELLAN & SAVAGE.
Milburn Block,
Skowhegan, Maine
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-01-11
FREE CURE FOR men.
Claims to Be Bensfnctor Ito Weakened
Mankind.

There IL always more or less supicion Ct
tached to anything that is offered free, but
sometimes Q man so overfiows with gem
erosity that he cannot rest until his dis
covery 10 known to the world, In order
that his fellow men may profit by what
he has discovered. 1t Is upon this princi-
pal that resident Of Kalamazoo, Mich,
desires to send free TO mankind prescrip-
tion which will cure them OF any form OF
nervous debility; relieves them OF all the
doubt and uncertainty which such men
are peculiarly liable to and restores the
organs to natur al size and vieor. AS 1t
costs nothing to try the experiment It
would seem that any man, suffering with
the nervous troubles that usually attack
might De the final result, ought to be
deeply interested In a remedy which will
restore them to health, strength and vigor,
without which they continue to live an
existence of untold misery. AS the remedy
In question was the result OF many years.
research as to what combination would be
peculiarly effective In restoring to men
the strength they need, 1t would seem that
all men suffering with any form OF nerv-
ous weakness ought to write for such a
remedy at once. A request to IL. Z. Olds,
Box 1,625, Kalamazoo, hich., stating that
you are not sending for the prescription
out Of Idle curiosity, but that you wish to
make use Of the medicine by giving 1t a
trial, will be answered promptly and with
out evidence as to where evidence came
from.
The prescription is sent free and al
though some may wonder how Mr.. Olds
can afford to give away his discovery,
there Is no doubt about the offer being
genuine oCut this out and send to Mr..
Olds so that he may know how you came
TO write to him.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-01-11
TONGUES OF FIRE.

Two Talented Negro Women Whose Lives
Are Devoted to Charity.
Mrs. Amanda Smith, black as ebony,
born slave, is making tour to raise
$5, 900 to establish a negro orphanage
near Chicago. Mrs. Smith is known
around the globe, has travelled exten-
sively and has used her eloquence in
Rome, India, Monrovia, Liberia, Scot
land, Ireland and England. Lady Hen
~ Somerset and other titled temperance
lights of England entertained her. She
draws large crowds. and her work is
mostly among white folks In the pull
pit she wears her bonnet over a fringe
of waving curls.
Eleven-year-o Cleretta Nora Avery
gave Boston audience Of more than
1900 people sample Of the eloquence
that she displayed in New York city a
year ago. Oleretta began preaching
when she was 2 years old. She is still
raising funds to build an industrial
school for negro girls in Charleston,
and also will help in q revival which is
expected In Boston soon.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-01-11
MABEL DAVIDSON ON HER ICE BICYCLE

MABEL DAVIDSON On HER ICE BICYCLE.
miliar to all. The outside edge back
ward was IN ore difficult and elected q
storm Of applause. At the same time
there were many who discounted Miss
Davidson work, apparently because it
was so easily done.
Just when the spectators had made
up their minds that the skater was
rather ordinary Miss Davidson began to
surprise them. She began with the cross
roll forward, or the "foot over foot, as
the English call it. Then the spectators
changed their minds as to her ability
When she did the same thing backward
with the ease and grace of a swallow in
the air, their enthusiasm knew no
bounds. They rose in their seats and
ripped their gloves with applause.
When she had finished the foot over
foot business, Miss Davidson began to
cut fancy figures. First there was
huge figure 8, which she cut with her
tiny skates with mathematical exact
ness.
A spread eagle forward carried her
half around the rink. A spread eagle
backward took her in the other direc-
ton.
! Then came q grapevine so intricate
and yet so we'll defined that the English
men could almost see the grapes on it.
"It's all right but the fruitp' yelled
q man with mutton chops.
"I'll make the fruit for you," said
the skater.
7 Then, with an indescribable twist of
her body and fash of skirts, she went
whirling around SO rapidly that the eye
could scarcely follow her. She whirled
on her heels, on her toes, on one foot
and on both feet with the utmost ease,
until the spectators were dizzy.
Pivot circling came next, and in
this Miss Davidson Is certainly the
premier. There is probably no move
ment on skates SO graceful and charm
ing as that circling whirl. It is too
difficult, however, for most skaters.
! Miss Davidson then went back to the
foot over foot figures which had so
captivated the Englishmen. After few
minutes of this she began Shedding"
around the rink-that is, sitting down
while going at full speed and holding
one leg straight out in front
The skater concluded with bewilder-
ing series Of cross foots, serpentines,
loops and ringlets that put the rink in
an uproar. When she had finished, there
was loud volley of "Bravosl" and ev-
srybody went away convinced that Miss
Davidson deserved the lady champion
ship.-New York Herald.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-01-11
Ia QUEEN ON SKATES.
LITTLE MES MABEL DAVIDSON IS AS
TONISHINo LONDON.

As Graceful. as . Bird on the Ice--Does
serpentne, <Rinslets, Grapevines and
Figure Fights With the Utmost Ease.
She Is the Lady Champion skater.
! There is an American girl in London
who can probably perform more won
ders on skates than any other girl liv-
ing In fact, there are very few men
who can equal the feats and the feet of
Miss Mabel Davidson on the ice. At
present she performing-if a pleasure
may be called "performing'-at the
National Skating palace. She is ver-
liable queen G. the ice'' and is a con-
stant marvel tJ the Londoners Never
q fairy had ,hter feet than this slen.
der miss. S..e appeared last week before
p crowd bering thousands, and for
AN hour more the Johnny Bulls and
their wives and sweethearts were dumb
wit .-nazement.
-.ss Davidson claims the title Of the
champion LADY skater OF the world"
and she certainly seems to deserve that
honor. She swayed and turned and
whirled and pirouetted and waltzed
with amazing rapidity and grace. All
her figures were cut so rapidly that few
but expert skaters themselves could fol-
low the changes.
! Probably the tricks that were most
applauded were foot over foot move
ment and forward and backward run
i'm sitting posture, one leg being kept
straight out in front of the body. Miss
Davidson appeared in a bright Scotch
plaid frock. with skirt that barely
reached to the tops of her high boots.
Once upon the ice, she did not delay
her performance a moment. She began
by skating swiftly backward around the
big rink. There was nothing particular
ly artistic in this. Many an English
girl could have done the same thing.
Stopping suddenly, Miss Davidson re-
versed and came gliding around in the
sweeping outside edge movement SO ia
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-01-11

Frau Eva Nansen, the wife of the
famous explorer, is great traveller in
her own way. Now that her husband ID
safe and sound at home, says the Kleine
Zeitung, she 10 about to set forth upon
one Of her long musical tours through
Sweden, Finland and the cold north.
She is one OF the most accomplished OF
Scandinavian soprano songstresses. and
one night recently arrived at Stock.
holm, where she sang before crowded
audience in the Festsaal Of the Acade.
my of Arts King Oscar was present,
and after the concert invited the Nor.
wegian nightingale to supper with him.
self and the royal household.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-01-11
Thousands OF Elk.

Thirty thousand elk are wintering in
the Jackson 8 Hole country Of Wyoming,
according to the estimate Of the game
warden, who says that in one herd
which be saw the other morning there
were $4,000 Of them, stretching over q
distance Of six miles. The sight, he said,
surpassed anything he had ever seen and
utterly amazed him. The elk trail
over the snow was like flint ice, he said,
40 hard had the snow been packed down.
The animals are seen by thousands any
morning moving along the Snake river
from the Great swamp to the Gros Ven
tire hills. and at night the walls Of the
calves straying from their mothers may
be heard.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-01-11
iNTERcoNTlNENTAL ROAD.


Report Of the Commission Now I'm Course
Of Prepsration.
The report Of the intercontinental
railway commission 10 now in course Of
preparation and will be completed in q
short time. The commission was ap-
pointed several years ago to select q
route for railway connecting the Unit
ed States with Central and South Amer
ica and all the countries through which
the line would run are represented in
the commission, including the United
States of Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Ven
ezuela and Paraguay. The proposed line
runs along the Pacific coast through
Guatemala, Salvador. Honduras. Mica.
Peru and Chile, whence it converges to
the east.
A small portion Of the line is already
built, and several Of the governments
are now making concessions to private
enterprises to extend the rail communi-
cation. The commission will estimate in
its report that about 4, 500 miles of the
IOdu Will udfb W Uc COnstFuCttu, IcdCU-
ing from the Mexican frontier to Lake
Titicaca, in Peru. Only few hundred
miles will have to be built by the Chill
can government in order to connect a
terminus of her system with the propos-
ed line
Some trouble is being experienced in
estimating the total cost Of the line on
account Of the fact that in some sections
the cost will be $50, 900 per mile and in
others it will reach $50, 900. One of the
engineers has estimated the cost of the
line across Ecuador at more than $18,
900, 600, and the estimate for Peru is
about $40, 00O, 900. The commission
will express its conviction Of the entire
practicability Of the proposed railway.
Several of the governments named have
already adopted the route selected by
the commission, and Guatemala is actu-
ally carrying out the recommendations
Of the commission so far as its territory
is concerned. Washington Star.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-01-11

Frank Taggart, the young man who
applied for place on the New York
police force and was few pounds short
OF the requisite weight for his great
height, Q feet IL n inches, is now said
10 weigh 21l pounds, or six pounds
more than is required. He will try the
examination again next spring, and il
he succeeds he will be the tallest police
man in America and probably in the
world. He has brother on the Broad
way squad, and the whole family are
uncommonly tan and large. New York
Sun.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-01-11
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HOW TO CURE YOURSELF WHILE
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