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The Somerset reporter., 1897-10-21
THE OLD FlYBOOK.
1t Is Dearer to the Angler Than Any
Other Possession.


Is there anything closer to an angler S
heart than his hybook? know of a case
where burglar, among other things,
took "a fyboOk. He was arrested and
speedily convicted and imprisoned He
cleared things out pretty we'll in the
house, but the owner seemed to care for
nothing about the missing fur COATS
sealskin sacks, silverware and other
valuable Lares and Penates, but he did
bewail the loss of his book of flies The
other things he could buy again, but to
get together such an assortment of yalu-
able flies seemed to him an impossible
thing. He had been years collecting
them, picking up odd ones here and
there until, for quality and variety,
his book could not be excelled.
1t was a fly storehouse, as it were
No matter where he intended fishing,
or whether for trout, bass or salmon, he
could always find a choice assortment
to draw from with which to fill up a
supplementary book
Although it was some time ago he
yet bewails the loss of that flybook.
Many have been the efforts to get track
of it, but all in vain. He has gone to
the expense of sending to the prison in
a distant city and endeavoring to pre-
vail upon the convict to divulge the
hiding place of the book, but without
success A persistent search of the
pawnshops and periodical advertising
have produced no better results
There were flies III that book for trout
and salmon in Irish waters, flies for the
salmon and trout of the Scotch lakes
and the English streams and flies for
the salmon of Norway. The favorites
from Maine to California and from one
end of Canada to another were collected
in that wallet-anything and every
thing from the feather down midget
with cobweb gut to the lordly salmon
fly, absolutely irresistible to the Turk
ing salmon deep down i'll the icy pools
of the Cascapedia
There were flies in that book OH
which famous bass, trout and salmon
had been hooked, each fly carrying with
it memories of battles fought from ca
noes among the rushing, swirling wa
tiers. Forest and Stream
The Somerset reporter., 1897-10-21

Of the telegram I had omitted to seno
kept recurring to my half paralyzed
brain.
Il knew it could not be Harberton,
yet felt convinced 1t was none other.
Dull wonder whether or not mother
would see as l did ran through my
mind, but l was in reality too stupefied
to be capable of anything like consec-
utive thought
THE path we trod led through the
orchard into the rose garden, whereon
the low windows of my mothers sum
mer parlor opened. AS we entered the
garden she saw us-saw him-and
waved her thin hand in welcome. And
Harberton, or what | took to be Harber-
ton, who till then had done nothing
but make me dread his presence, waved
in return courteously almost gayly
Il can't tell you how that day passed
1t seemed like long drawn out night
mare. | kept saying to myself: I am
asleep l shall awake SOON. Har-
berton sat in my mothers cool, dark
ened room, talking of me- as gathered
while pacing restlessly within and
without or smoking in a chair outside
the window. She seemed to speak anx-
iously about my future-I suppose, like
most only SONS reared by mothers, had
been rather wild-and he appeared to
reassure her. She was quite soothed and
happy in his company. l moved about
l would go to the stables to speak to the
men or wander aimlessly about, but
there was ever that awful sense of all
being an illusion. | fancied | must be
mad, and feared the sound of my own
voice.
Harberton went as he came, through
the byways carpeted with moss and
overhung with brier roses, still holding
no speech with me, who followed dog
like. Midway down the lane the even.
ing haze caught radiance from a shaft
of the sunset, and into the glory Of it he
passed along For moment dared not
enter, When | did, he was gone.
We'll, in short time I was able to
laugh at the occurrence as absurd
Mother seemed to feel happy in some
sort of delusion. | didn't care to ridi-
Guile. She never asked me to send for
Harberton again. She always said,
When it is time he will come.
She got more fragile daily One
night she looked so ethereal that, fear
ing to leave her, l sent the nurse to bed
and staid in her room. All was hushed,
and must have dozed off, to be reused
by mothers voice saying gladly: oh,
You have come for mel That is SO good
of you'll
1.-The light of the harvest moon filled
the room, eclipsing the feeble glow OF
the night light.
Mother had raised herself to a sit
ting position and was looking up eager
ly, joyfully, her thin hands extended.
Bending over her | saw distinctly the
figure of Harberton. Starting forward,
l rushed toward her but before l could
reach her side she sank back inert Har-
berton had vanished, and the moonlight
revealed only her dead face lying peace.
fully smiling on the pillows.
THAT S lot of years ago now, but
I've never been able to reduce it to com.
mon sense. Can you, old chap" -Black
and White.
The Somerset reporter., 1897-10-21
WRITING A STORY.

Mona, how pretty they always read.
Inc stories out OF the bedtime book
The best liked was The Daring Deed
ABOUT the terrible risk he took.
Mona put the book on the shelf.
o heVe III write story myself
ohey re as easy to write as they are to read,
stories like those in the bedtime book
And III call mine The Terrible Deed
And have 1t daring risk that he took
ana while tell 1t you will write.
ana wei have the story finished tonight.
No, don't feel sleepy at all,
AND m plenty warm with my arms out 90.
anu We II say the man was very tall
ana ne and his horse We're lost in the snow,
AND then al his door he knocks and knocks
And We'll say that the man has craven ioc,,s
n ona, IL thank you not to say
1naV am drowsy, and all like thatO
ana the man kept knocking and knocked all
day.
(Nona, what are you laughing atf)
AND he was hungry and cold and mad.
fOr the weather was stormy and very bad
Then in the darkness he saw a lfgbt
And he followed it, and he f1ercelv strobe
ANA through the forest and through the NIGHT
~ Drought him home in turn of the road
twas the stable door where he d stood and
stood,
For the house was farther on In the wood.
Now Is 1t finished Let me see
IN getting so-tired-that forget
But I'm wide awake as l can bel
haven I thought of-sleeping-yet
And remember-the hght-was-down the
road
And-the man-with the-craven-locks-he
STROBE"
30 ended the story which all may read,
Like to the one in the bedtime book,
But lacking still the daring deed
And the terrible risk that the hero took.
And the sleeper hears in dreams the knocks
VI the hungry man with the "crayen" locks.
Mary Elizabeth Stone in independent.
The Somerset reporter., 1897-10-21
How to
CQreCatarrh,

Every sufferer from Catarrh should
know that it is impossible to cure the
disease with sprays, washes, inhala-
tions, ETC., which are universally used.
In fact, the experience of growing
worse all the while is proof that the
treatment is all wrong. Many
who have been under treatment for
years and met with disappointment in
stead of benefit are willing to doubt
that there is any cure for Catarrh.
The trouble is that all of the treat.
ment they have received has been mis-
directed, and has not touched their
trouble. Catarrh is a stubborn deep
seated blood disease, and everybody
should know that to simply treat the
surface, that is, the local irritation,
does not reach the disease. A blood
remedy is needed, but it must be a good
one; remedy which goes down to the
very bottom OF the trouble and forces it
out. SS.S. (Swift's Specifc) is the only
one which can have the slightest effect
upon Catarrh, for it is the only one which
goes to the seat of the disease, aud per-
manently gets rid of it. This is the only
reasonable way to treat Catarrh.
The Somerset reporter., 1897-10-21

SOMERSET Sc; CoCRT OF lSsoLvEScY
In the case OF LIE Baron N Grant Of pitts-
field. Insolyeut Debtor.
This is to give notice that on the 18Th day Of
Oct. A. ID. 1897, warrant in insolvency was
issued out OF the Court of Insolvency for said
County of Somerset. against the estate OF
said lie Baron M Grant of Pttsdeld ad
judged to be an insolvent debtor on petition Of
said deotor, which petition was filed on he 18th
day OF Oct. A. d. 1897, to which date interest
on claims is to be computed. That the pawn nj
of any debts to or by said debtor. and the
transfer and delivery OF any property by him
are forbidden by law. That meeting Of the
creditors of said debtor, to prove their debts
and in case there are assets sufficient To
authorize the same to choose one or more as
signees of his estate, will be held al a Court
of Insolvency to be holden at the Probate
Court Room in Skowhegan, in said County. on
Tuesday, the LIST day OF Nov. y 1897 At
II O'Clock in the forenoon.
Given under my hand the date first above
writ en-. 2w42
{. B. HASKELL. Deputy sheriff
as Messenger OF said Court Of Insolvency.
The Somerset reporter., 1897-10-21
HUMOR AND ITS USES.
1t Is the sunshine of the World, but May
BE OVerworked.

BE OVerworked.
"Humor is the very sunshine of the
world, writes Carrie T. Garrett in
The Womans Home Companion.
Hardly any other single gift will go
SO far to refresh and inspire one III
everyday life and keep the heart still
young. 1t steals mcrrily across tho
workaday world, animating the drear-
lest monotuny and finding place in the
most hopeless destiny Such IA gay tray
cling companion is humor for the pill
grimage OF life
'Ihe woman with "A sense of humor
has a safeguard against ennui, against
folly and against despair she can never
be dull so long rs the comedy Of life is
being played before her eyes. With a
keen sense Of the ridiculous she is not
likely to make a fool of herself, and
she will never be hopelessly unhappy,
for she will find in the most adverse
fate something still to laugh at, and
after all laughter is your true alchemist.
However it may be with the unmusical
person, surely the surly individual who
cannot laugh spontaneously on occasions
is fit for treasons stratcgems and spoils
but this blessed gift of humor should
be used to lift the shadows of life, not
to deepen them. A joke which causes
another pang of humiliation or makes
some sensitive heartache is not only a
cruel sort of amusement, but it is also
a very expensive indulgence. For just a
moments qualification at having made
The Somerset reporter., 1897-10-21
Messengers Notice.
STATE OF MAINE.


SOMERSET ss;- Court OF INSOLVENCY
In the case of Abel II. Patten, OF Skowhe-
gan. insolver debtor
This is to give notice that on the 18th day OF
Oct. A. ID. 1897 a warrant in insolvency
was issued out of the court OF Insolvency for
said County OF Somerset against the estate OF
Abel II Patten of SkowheRan, adjudged to be
an insolyent dobtor on petition OF said de btor,
which petition was filed on the 10th day Of
Oct A. d. 1897, to which date interest on
claims is to be computed. That the payment
OF any debts to or by said debtor. and the
transfer and delivery of any property by him
are forbidden by law. That meeting of the
creditors of said debtor to prove their debts
and, in there are assets sufficient to
authorize the same, to choose one or more
assignees OF his estate will be held at a Court
of Insolvency to be holden at the Probate
Court Room in Skowhegan. in said county, on
Tuesday, the 9th day OF Nov. A. D. 1897, at
one O'Clock in the afternoon
Given under my hand the date first above
written. 2w42
(. J. NILEs. sheriff.
as Messenger of said Court OF Insolvency.
The Somerset reporter., 1897-10-21

you must feel very happy in this
lovely cottage You call you own.
How can | when think of my fam
lily that owned an estate of thousands
of acres, with castle and whole r,gi-
ment of seryants>'
why, Whn did they lose it,
During the eleventh century. -
Brooklyn Litc
The Somerset reporter., 1897-10-21

hit the funny woman may forever
lose friend and may even arouse a
very genuine spirit of enmity We learn
to forgive and mayhap forget many
injuries in life's troubled journey, but
perhaps among the wounds that rankle
longest in the human heart are those
which are made only in fun. >"
The Somerset reporter., 1897-10-21

"What do you consider the most alb
solutely certain way to distinguish
toadstools from mushrooms?"
Cook them, get some other man to
eat them and then watch his symp-
toms. Chicago Tribune
The Somerset reporter., 1897-10-21
WHAT DO THE CHILDREN DRINK?

Don't give them tea coffee Have you tried
the new drink called Grain o? 1t is delicious
and nourishing and takes the place OF coffee
The more Grain-O you give the children the
more health you distribute through their
systems. Grain o is made OF pure grains, and
when properly prepared tastes like the choice
grades of coffee but costs about Il as much
All grocers sell it. l5c. and Csc.
The Somerset reporter., 1897-10-21
MOONSHlNER IN REAL LIFE
Quite Different From His Confrere AS
Seen on the Stage.

oeeh On inc stage
The Kentucky moonshiner in real life
does not resemble his counterpart. de
scribed III novels and impersonated on
the stage, i'll the least He does not
wear top boots and SLOUGH hat. As Il
rule he is too poor to possess the former,
and he is more apt to go barefoot or to
amble along i'll pair of wornout bro
gans than to wear top boots His hat is
usually torn straw Jimmy" and his
clothes are yellow and faded with age
Regularly, on days when the grand jury
meets in Louisville, dozen or more Of
the moonshiners are presented for in
dictment. They present a woebegone
appearance as they pass along the streets
i'll charge of the marshal In their own
poor homes in the mountains they are
hospitable, but of the stranger ever sus-
picious The latter may make his bed
i'll the one room where the entire fami
ly sleeps but his request for taste Of
liquor brings forth statement that
none is to be had this side of "the
store. " AT the same time still may
be in operation within ten feet of his
whereabouts.
Tho store represents to the noun
taineer all civilizations On winter
mornings he will tramp to it through
cold and snow to sell few stiff rabbits
and swap yarns not overbrilliant. One
of the mountaineers chief sources of
income is his honey, and this finds
ready sale at "the store y Tho moon
sinner seldom receives money in pay for
his wares, but is paid i'll a bit Of bright
calico for his wife or shoulder of ba-
con. If he can add to this a few pipe
fuls of tobacco, he is well satisfied with
the results Of his labors New York
Commercial
The Somerset reporter., 1897-10-21
AXE. S
A GREAT SURPRISE is IN STORE

for those who viii 90 to-day and get package
OF G. RAIN-O. 1t takes the place Of coffee At
about 4. the cost. 1t is food drink, full OF
health, and can be given to the children as
well as the adult with great benefit. 1t is
made of pure grains and looks and lasts like
the finest grades of Mochs or Jaws coffee 1t
satisfies everyone, A CRp Of GraI1-O is better
for the system than tonic, because its benefit
is permanent What coffee breaks down
Grsin-o builds up. ASK your grocer for Grain
o, i5c and Csc
The Somerset reporter., 1897-10-21

1t has been estimated that over 9, 900, e.
600 acres are devoted to tho manufac-
ture of deer in Scotland and that about
8, 900 stays are annually killed
The Somerset reporter., 1897-10-21

Mr.. B. P. McAllister, of Harrodsburg,
KY, had Catarrh for years. He writes:
~ could see no improvement what
ever, though l was constantly treated
with sprays and washes, and different
inhaling remedies-in fact, could feel
that each winter | was worse than the
year previous.
Finally it was brought to my notice
that Catarrh was a blood disease, and
after thinking over the matter, l saw it
was unreasonable to expect to be cured
BY remedies which only reached the
surface. then decided to try S. S. S.,
and the results were gratifying, for
after few bottles were used, noticed
a percepti6le Improvement. Continu-
ing to take the remedy, the disease was
forced out of my system, and a COM
plete and permanent cure was the
result. l advise all who have this
dreadful disease to abandon their local
treatment, which has never done them
any good, and take S.S.S. (Swifts Spe-
cifc), a remedy which can reach the
disease and cure it."
To continue the wrong treatment for
Catarrh is to continue to suffer. Swift's
Specific never fails to cure even
the most aggravated cases. It is
real blood remedy, and cures Catarrh,
Rheumatism, Contagious Blood Poison,
Eczema, Cancer, Scrofula, and all other
blood diseases. S. S. S. is guaranteed
Purely Vegetable
Books mailed free to any address by
Swift Specific Company, Atlanta, Ga.
The Somerset reporter., 1897-10-21
SHAKE INTO YOUR SHOES

Aliens Foot Ease powder for the feet. 1t
cures painful. swollen smartiuE feet and
instantly takes the sting ont Of corus ana bun
ions. It's the greatest comfort discovery Of
the age. Aliens Foot Ease makes tight-ftting
new shoes feel easy. 1t is a certain cure for
sweating, ca,ous and hot tired. aching feet
Try IL to-day. Sold by all druggists and shoe
stores Fly mail for 25c. in stamps. Trial pack
n. Y.
The Somerset reporter., 1897-10-21
PROBATE NOTICES

All persons Interested in either of the
Estates hereinafter named
The Somerset reporter., 1897-10-21

I COURT Of PROBATE held At Show
y hegsn, within and for the county OF SOM
The Somerset reporter., 1897-10-21
Purely Vegetable

Books mailed free to any address by
Swift Specific Company, Atlanta, Ga.
The Somerset reporter., 1897-10-21
MESSENGERS Notice.
STATE OF MAINE

as Messenger of said Court OF InsoIven
The age-herald., 1897-08-14

word to the mainland that their arch geological ard ethno'ogica1 diseoveri- S have been so marvelously rich that the expedition will be prolonged several months. The Channel Islands haye I-ng been known among the old-time r sidents as the Golgotha of the Pacific, foreno- where else in the world are there prob,- bly, as many human bones and skeletons lying exposed to the elements as in the Channel Islands.
 There are several spots on San Nicholas Island where whole acres of rocks ard sandy waste are th1-kly strewn with hu- man bones. Only year ago several m an came home to Ventura from the island with barrel of Indian crude implements, and over 200 whitensd skuls. which the men said they had picked from among the thousards of skull.. A dozen of these fast-erumbling skulls were se-it to the Smithsonian institution at Washingt n, and also to Harvard university at Cam bridge. The ethnologists at both insti- tutions were immediately irlsersst d, and they declared the skulls were these of ra'ce of Irdiar giants. Harvard lo.,t nc time in sending an expedition to explore the Channel Islards sc,entifcally.-St Louis Globe Democrat
The age-herald., 1897-08-14

l ter, Mass, won; B. G. Wilson, New York Athletic club, second; John M. Collum Hinder, Malta club third. Tim, 1O:32A Second heat-F. J. Cheney, Columbia Rowing association, East Boston, won H. H.Veight, Atlantic club. New York sec ond; R. G. Lockwood, West Philadelphia club, third. Time, 10:341s.
 Third heat-Edward F. Schultz, Mar ragansett Boat club, of Providence won; Theodore Bunker, Crescent club Phila- delpha, second; H. H. Lee, Springfield club, Springfield, Mass. third. Time, 10 minutes.
 Senior four shells, first heat-Ariel Rowing club, Baltimore, won; Staten Is- land, second; Crescent, Philadelphia, third. Time, 9:25
 Second heat-Institute club, Newark, won; Argonaut, Toronto, second; Co., lumbia Athletic club, Washington, third Time, 915.
 Senior singles, first heat-James B. Juvenal, Pennsylvania Barge club, won; F. A. Elward, Toronto Rowing club, sec ond; Thomas N Joyce, Atoanta Boat club, Springfield, Mass, third Time. 1908.
 Second Heat-Joseph Whitehead, We-t End Boat club, Boston, won; E. A. Thompson, Argonaut club Toronto, sec ord; J. J. Ryan, Toronto Rowing club, third. Time, 9:591s.
 Third Heat-Joseph Mcguire, Bradford Boat club, Cambridge, Mass. woa C.. Louis Van Damma, Mutual Boat club. Detroit, second; Edward Marsh, Vesper club, Philadelphia, third Time, 10:115h.
 International Four Shell, First Hsat- Institute clu &Newark, Won; Ariel club Baltimore, second; Staten Island Boat club. third Time, S:36. h.
 Second Heat-Argonau club Toronto, won; Columbia Athletic club, Washing ton, second. Time. 6:S6. Crescent, of Philadelphia, did not start.
 Final-Intermsdiate eight oar shells. Worcester High School Athletic associa- tion Worcester Mass, won; Montrose club, Philadelphia, second; Fairmjunt club, Philadelphia, third. Time, S:07.
 The winners and seconds of the finals will be rowed tomorrow.
 A match for $500 side was arranged today between James Wray the Aus tralian oarsman. and Ed Rogers, of Mas sachusstts, to take place on the 23d inst. at either Worcester, Sheepshead Bay or | Saratoga. An effort is also being yn1de to arrange an exhibition match for to- morrow between Ten Eyck and either Me Dowell or the winner in the senior sim gleS.
The age-herald., 1897-08-14
The Speed of louds

Look about the heavens on the next clear dlay until your eye falls upon a col lection of detached clouds delicate, fib- rous and generally white against a bright blue background. Sometimes they ara arranged in belts, crossing portion, of the sky in great circles Sometimes by perspective, they appear to converge to- ward opposite points on the horizon. They are usually long arid slender, ex- tending in the direction of the upper air currents of their. region. These are what are known as cirrus clouds. Cirrus clouds are the highest which float above our heads, either in summer or winter Of average height yoii wotild be1s six m Hes above the earth in l1ct' weather ike this. In winter you would be mile lower. The whole. system of clouds rises as the weather gets warm, and falls as it grows cold ~
 Another interesting fact. lately dis covered, is that clouds begin to rise to some extent in the morning and continue until noon, when they commerce to faal Imagine that each of these long, feathery cirrus clouds is a white airship ploughing through the celestial deep. Though it's motion is scarcely peraartible. on account of the great height, it's average rate of speed has been found to be more thar a mile minute in summer. Tn winte r clouds travel almost doubly as fast as in summer. Cirrus clouis in winter have |, an average speed of more than 100 mile s an hour, while they sometimes attain a velocity of 230 miles in the same interval. Boston Evening Transcript.
The age-herald., 1897-08-14
Doesn't Like His Eoitaph

From the Denver Republican
 Pocatello, Idaho, July S0.-Jcln Dovak, an old-time prospecaor, known all over Idaho as ''Bchemlan Jc'hn," is on his way to Atlanta, Idaho, to remove the hrsad- board from his own grave.
 In 1893 Novak was chopping timber in 6hsi. place aufd saw an old bear with a cub. He wan!se'd a cub arii cap1ured it, after killing the old bsar with an ax. He carried the cub to town and went back to his werl<. The rext spsng the bones of a man were foun1 near the place beside the skeleton of the bear. A knife, such as Nou~fS carried, was fourd near, and his friends, supposing he had been killed fin an encounter with a bear gathered O. gather lthe bones, buried them and placed at the head of The grave board with the insc fption, Sacred to the Memory of Bo- hemian John, Killed by "a Bear 1S93'
 Novak only heard of lhis death at Moun- tain Home the o her day, when on hrs way back to Atlanta. He had simply got ten tired of the camp ard gone to Call forpia, where he has been prospecting for the past four years. gre