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The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-12-30
THEY ALL DEMAND IT,
And Skowhegan, Like Every Other
City and Town in the Union,
Gets Il.

Ii an Ordinary business man who is
sound enough financially, but II q little
cramped TOT current funds, applies at q
bank Tor line ut discount. Ire has to
conform Ia certain rules ana regulations
The maker OF The GRATIS or notes. the
endorsements. the due date and the
amount are carefully scanned. Ii the
sand makers or inGor>efS are outsiders
some means are taken IL obtain their
financial standing or rating and then,
and not I'LL then, is the paper negotiated
or rejected. lis the same with medici-
nal preparations. outside Endorsement
has t. he looked ny and rated before it
can pass muster with the home iudorse-
mtnt People We know OF whose local
standing can he readily obtained. furnish
the 2l.J-edged article Daau Kidney
Pills are Endorsed ia skoWbegan by
Skuwhegan residents No need to in
vestizate iudOrSatlon made in some
other community. All that Is published
Is the pure, homespun article. Take
this case
Mr. L l.. Morrison of a Water street,
Milburn block, says. u am convinced
after using Doan'S Kidney Pills that
they are a remedy which can be relied
upon. About year ago or over l fell
on tut icy SllfN dlh, iduAlib4 ltdl tA MY
back. 1t did not seem 10 hurt me much
and get right up and went ON my way
as il nothing had happened shortly
after marked symptoms of kidney
trouble developed. got Doau'S Kidney
Pills, down stairs in Patterns drug store.
The first dose made some slight i'm
proyement and ! was actually relieved
some in three hours. Ate. used that
box | got another and am pleased with
the result l met a friend who has
kidney complaint bad, sometime ago,
and | asked him if he had ever used
Doan'S Kidney Pills. He replied NO"
| said To him, well, you 90 and get a
box, they will do you good, for they
have helped me. You can refer to me
and state that endorse noan's Kidney
Pills. can be found in my office at
any time and will always have minute
to give inquirers my opinion
Doan's Kidney Pills are for sale by all
dealers, price 30 cents. Mailed by
Foster Nilburn Co., Buffalo, \. y, sole
agents for the [. !.
Remember the name DOAN'S and
take no substitute.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-12-30
TIE MOUNTAIN MAID.
She Had Natural Anxiety, Which She
Made Manifest.

As my horse, putting like porpoise,
drew me and my blackboard up the last
sharp activity Of the mountain road
that led cut into the pass between the
SUBMITS rising on either hand he would
have exercised his privilege and stopped
moment TO blow, but 100 yards ahead
of US | saw a bright bit Of calico CLEAN
ing IN the morning sun, and, driving on,
l came up to IA buxom mountain maid
sitting on stump at d point where 4
footpath leading up from the valley
met the main road.
Good mornin " she said before |
had chance to stop, and there seemed
to be an anxious tone in the voice.
Good morning, | responded, and |
was on the point of asking her how far
it was to the next place, favorite man
ner of starting a conversation on noun
tain roads, when she broke in
Air you a preacher she asked.
mo, u answered, with smile, for
had never been asked that question be.
fore.
Nor squire?"
mo.
well, Jim Martins comm along
this away purity soon now, an WIZ
jis' akin SO $ thar wouldn't be no mis-
takes. "
Il don't quite understand your ex
PLANTATION, l said, completely in the
dark as to what she was trying to get at
Il reckon not, but amt takin NJ
chances, an | thought I'd better stoI
you while | had the chance -
Thank you, I'm sure, but if you
will tell me what's up may be able Il
know what you are talking about.
She laughed good naturally.
Well, you see it's this "a way" sh'
said. Jim, he's been a-courtin al
a-sparlin round me fer about two ye'
now, an last night he popped an says G
how eff I'd be here this mornin en- h
come along we'd go down to Logvill
an git hitched, an Jim 5 mighty onreli
able, an likes not eff we got thar an tn
preacher ner the squire warn thar Il
never git Jim i'll the mind ag in, 80
kinder thought mebbe you might be tn
squire er the preacher an | didnt wan
you to git away. Ef you meet Jim any
where's down the read don t tell hin
you seen me, fer | don't want hin
| skeert w ashington Star.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-12-30
ABOUT THE WEATHER.
Mr.. Wingleby Explains 10 Georgia About
the seasons,


You see Georgia, said Mr.. Win
gleby, whose youthful son had asked
him how we came to have different
kinds of weather, the weather is put
up i'll tin cans, days weather to ii
can, and usually they put up about a
years supply ahead enough to last
through spring, summer, autumn and
winter In filling the cans they sort it
all out as well as possible Sometimes
when they get can full there may he IA
little left over, and whatever remains
i'll this way they throw into ono lot.
When they got pretty nearly all the
cans full and the regular stock of wealth
er has run out, they fill up from that
lot of odds and ends The cans so filled
contain what is called variable weather,
because it's mixed, but most of the
weather they get pretty well sorted out
according to the season.
'When they've got all the cans filled,
they stack en- up where they'll be
handy To get at, and there's man that
does nothing but open them. Every day
he cuts Il can and pours out the weather
for that day, and of course IL great deal
depends upon him. Sometimes this man
gets careless and pulls down Il lot of the
wrong cans, getting them, say, from the
July shelf in the month Of April and
likely as not getting down week 5
supply at once SO as to have them handy
on the opening table. Of course he dis
covers his mistake tho first can he opens,
but he is too lazy to put the rest back,
and SO he keeps ON then until he has
opened thom all, and that's how il
comes about, as it sometimes does, that
we get hot spell at season when we
ought to have nothing but cool weather.
But of course those April cans are
not lost. They must be around SOME
where, and we get EN- later. Maybe
the man will sprinkle them along with
the hope that we won't notice them
much but as likely as not he opens
them one after another together, maybe
after some terribly hot spell in July o.
August, when they are sure to be il
blessed relief, and if he does this we are
pretty apt to forgive him his mistake III
April. '-Louisville Courier journal.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-12-30
Chocolate and Coffee For CarAmel..

Put into IA granite saucepan n quarter
of pound of grated, unsweotened choc.
olate, four ounces of butter, one pound
of brown sugar. gill of molasses. a
gill of cream and teaspoonful OF vanil
la sugar Stir the whole over the fire
until thoroughly mixed when boil
slightly until it cracks or hardens when
dropped into ice water Turn into
CREASED shallow pans of depth of half
an inch and stand aside to cool When
nearly cold grease a sharp knife with
olive oil and mark the caramels into
squares, cutting part way through the
mixture. When cold, break apart, wrap
in waxed paper and put IN tin boxes to
keep.
Coffee caramels may be made after
the same recipe as chocolate caramels,
emitting the gill of cream and chocolate
and substituting a gill of black coffee
Nut caramels are made by putting
into the chocolate caramel mixture a
half pint of mixed chopped nuts Just as
you are turning them into the creased
pan.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-12-30
The Daily sun.

The Lewiston Sun of Monday says
edtorially:
The Sun, recently purchased by Mr..
Isaac n. Cox of Manchester, n. H., will
pass under the control of stock COM
pany composed of Lewiston and Auburn
business men. The new proprietors will
make many radical changes in all depart.
ments of the paper, and the plant and
equipment will be extensively improved.
The paper, which has been the organ of
the local Democracy, will hereafter be
independent. The editorial department
of the paper will be under the direction
Of Mr., Holman F. Day, lately connected
with the Boston Herald, and the bust
ness manager is to be Mr.. E. V. Manson
of the Manchester Union.
This would seem to be an advanta-
geous change and the Sun certainly is
in good hands. We look for its pros
perity in the years to come.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-12-30
Free pills.

Send your address To Ii. +. Bucklen &
Co., Chicago. and get free sample box
of Or. Kings New Life Pills. \ trial
will convince you of their merits These
pills are easy i'm action and are particu-
lsrly effective in the cure of Constipation
and Sick Headache. For Malaria and
Liver troubles they have been proved in.
valuable. They are guaranteed To be
perfectly free from every deleterious
substance and to be purely vegetable
They do not weaken by their action, but
by giving tone TO stomach and bowels
greatly iuyigorato the system. Regular
size 25c. per box.
Patterns Drug Store, c. W. Folsom,
Proprietor.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-12-30
Clever Man,

1t is said Of a contributor to some of
the comic papers OF the day that his
wit shines more brightly IN his speech
than in his copy"
"What IL clever man that Tompkins
is, - he said lately TO an acquaintance
referring to we'll dressed, ordinary
looking man who had just passed him
with bow.
Clever" echoed the other why,
l never heard OF his saying or doing
anything"
CHATS just it, " returned the writer
grayely Think of his being able to
live without saying or doing anything
couldn't. - Youth S Companion.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-12-30

Christmas begins mt midnight on Christ
mas exc, when every one goes TO midnight
mass in the churches This lasts for an
hour. Then we go home and have "a fine
dinner or supper, to which our friends
and relations are invited Black sausage
and champagne always figure prominently
at this feast, and it is kept up till an enrly
hour in the morning We always put our
shoes 10y the chimney corner Christmas eve
in the hope that the little Noel would come
and fiji them. The grown people receive
no presents and send no Christmas cards
or letters 1t is only the children who
have gifts The night before Christmas
the shops are ablaze With lights; the res.
taurants keep open all night and are deco
rated with greens and have Christmas trees
in their windows In the Bon Marche
there is huge tree every Christmas, loud
ed with presents for the poor children In
the Latin quarter every one is up all
night Christmas eve, ands all sorts of fun
and jokes prevail Every one goes to
church Christmas morning and on the nj
tar of each church is a creche representing
the Holy Child, his mother and Joseph
The scenery of the Holy Land is in the
background Christmas dinners in France
are very like the English dinners-tur-
keys, partridgcs roast beef and plenty of
champagne and bordeaux. Exchange
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-12-30
One Essential Lacking

The Engineering and Mining Journa
says: "Ifthose who think of going tc
the Yukon country to get rich will work
as hard and undergo as many privations
here al home in the pursuit of money
they will, we have no doubt. be richer al
the end of five years here than will be the
average of those who 60 to Klondke.'
The trouble is they can't find the priva-
tons here.-BoSf0N ZrdnScyipf
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-12-30

"Our organ;st has an easy time of it. "
''ln what way
"When he wants his wheel pumped
up he attaches it to the organ. Chi
oago Record
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-12-30
Tries for Young People.

Try to be satisfied to commence on a
small scale.
Try not to look at richer homes and
covet their costly furniture.
Try being perfectlyinde pendent from the
first, and shun debt in all its forms.
Try to cultivate the moral courage that
will resist the arrogance of fashion.
Try to avoid the too common mistake
of making an unwise effort to "begin where
the parents ended"
Try going step further, and visit the
homes of the suffering poor when secret
dissatisfaction is liable to spring up.
Try to cooperate cheerfuliy in arrang-
ing the family expenses. and share equally
in any necessary self-denials and econo-
mics.
Try buying all that is necessary to work
with skilfully, while adorning the house at
first with simply what will render it COM
Portable.
Try to remember that it matters but
little what "people think" provided you
are true to yourself, to right and duty,
and keep your expenses within your
eans.-.SomerVi9e 1oHyHak
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-12-30

The clergy of Russia are divided into
two classes-the white or village cler-
gy, who must all be married, and the
black clergy, or monks, who are vowed
to celibacy. The higher dignitaries of
the church are invariably chosen from
this last class
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-12-30
An Epitaph.

The danger of using porcelain letters
on tombstone is illustrated in village
cemetery not far from St. Louis The
inscription reads:
o Lord,
She Is thin
The final 20 had been knocked off in
thunderstorm. ST. Louis Star.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-12-30

"My husband had two cancers taken from his
face and another was coming on his lip. He
took two bottles of Burdock Blood Bitters and 1t
disappeared. He is completely we'll" Mrs.
VIM. Kirby, Akron, Erie Co, N. Y.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-12-30

25-25. Tweuty-tive.=
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25-25.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1897-12-16

citizen who enters the Office is a good
witness. But what is Mr.. Burnett g
testimony? He says there is ample
room in the fire proof vaults for. the
books and most of the valuable papers"
Most of the valuable papers" Here
is a confessed weakness, the fire proof
vaults ought to contain all of the val
liable papers. Most all will not do. But
there are indexes of deeds, wills, judg-
ment dockets, &c, which are not in
the vaults. How much would it cost
the county to supply these if burned,
and what would happen between the
time they were burned and the time
they we're supplied? How could farm
be sold and title passed until they were
made up. How could a will be found,
a debt made or saved, or in fact how
could the business of the county pro
ceei at ali whilst these indexes were
being supplied again !? The assessors
books are not in the vaults. How much
wonlG copies of these cost If destroyed,
and what would we do in the mean
time? These are simply drops in the
bucket of what disaster, delay aud ex
pense, In fact in some cases irreparable
loss would result from burning only a
few of the books and papers that are
not and never were and never can be
kept in the present vaults? Were it
not that we are stretching this to too
great length we nigh go more into
detail as to lack of space In the county
clerks office. but we reserve the right
to say more in future il you will accord
us space. We may then take up the
condition of the circuit court clerks
Office, and the scenes and incidents of
some of our important trials as held in
the present old 36x36 dungeon.
AUGUSTA.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1897-12-16

The nation is this week mourning
with the President the bereavement
he suffers in the death of a loving,
kind and good mother. Mr.. Mckinley,
owes to his mother much of the teach.
ing, influence and formation of char
acter which carried HIM to the highest
point attainable by an American citi-
zen. She was, it is conceded, the hest of
mothers. She was woman of noble
character, possessed of personal and
Christian virtues of the highest order,
and whilst in the course of nature he
could not have hoped to much longer
enjoyed the sweet enyir onment Of her
presence, for she had long passed the
period which by reason of strength is
sometime s allotted to man, still the
breaking of tie 80 cherished, and the
passing away of one whose place no
other fills, has bowed the head of the
chief ma gjstrate of this great nation
in probable the deepest sorrow he has
ever known, and the heads of the peo-
pie likewise bend in deep and unfrjgn-
ed syspathy with him.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1897-12-16
Death Of Mrs. McKinlay.

Mrs Nancy Allison Mckinley, moth
er of President Mckinley. died at 2:3O
O'Clock Sunday morning at her home
in Canton, Ohio.
She was stricken with paralysis
twelve days ago and gradually sank
until her death. Only her remarkable
vitality enabled her to survive the at
tack SO long. Her son, the President,
had been almost constant in his at
tendance at her bedside except the
brief interval when he returned to
Washington for the opening session of
Congress.
Mrs. Mckinley, who was Nancy
Campbell Allison before she became
the wife of the Presidents father, was
nearly 80 years old at the time of her
death. The Allisons came originally
from England and settled in Virginia,
but that branch of the family from
which Mrs. Mckinley came went from
Virginia to Greene county. Pa. where
Abner Allison, Mrs. McKinley's father,
was born, and where he married. Ann
Campbell, of Scotch German descent.
Funeral services were held in the
First NJ. E. Church, Canton, at one
O'Clock Tuesday afternoon. Interment
was in West Lawn Cemetery, Just west
OF the city.
All the members of the Cabinet whose
official duties permitted their leaving
Washington at this time went to Can
ton to attend the funeral.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1897-12-16
Criminal Expenses.

Much attention is now directed to
the legislature to see what plan and
how far reaching the much ta!ked-of
reform wave will take. There is talk
about the reduction of salaries not be-
ing sufficient to accomplish much good.
The officials who are interested are di
recting the attention of the leading re.
formers to the Immense criminal ex-
penses and emphasizing the Importance
of tnrniDg the pruning knife on them.
The Indications are that this will fur
nish tie real source for reform and
that the most that is accomplished this
session will be along that iiue. An ex-
animation of the last report of the
auditor brings out some very remark
able facts 10 connection with Virginia's
criminal expenses. The most signifi-
cent of these is that the prosperous
and law abiding sections of the valley
and middle Virginia have to bear the
burdens of many of the counties of the
southwest and the black belts. TIL re
are thirty counties in the State whose
criminal expenses exceed the whole
amount of the taxes paid by them into
the generally treasury by $92,729 81.
The whole amount of the criminal
charges of the commonwealth for the
year ending September 80, 1896, was
$444. 705. The county of Dickinson, for
instance. received from the treasury
So, 907 So more than the whole amount
of tax contributed by her people to the
State for all purposes. The county of
Fauquier, on the other hand, gave in
$23, 098 90 more than her criminal ex
penses amounted to. Augusta $32, 526 so
and Rockingham $31, $50 81 in excess of
such charges. Shenandoah yielded to
the State So, 1893 SO more than her
criminal costs, while Scott, with about
the same population. exceeded her tax
contributions by $12,505.15.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1897-12-16
A Change Of Law Needed.

We call the attention of the Legisla-
ture to an important matter as we
think. Every man convicted OF muir
der in the first degree should, as soon
- sentenced, be at once conveyed to
the penitentiary and kept there and
executed there. The execution of Grim
inals has no good moral effect on those
who witness it, there is frequently a
sentiment stirred up which makes us
ashamed OF the persons who enter into
1t, as they carry flowers to and make in
otherways a hero of the criminal. Our
jails are usually old, weak affairs, and
escapes would be lessened, and the
community freed from the excitement
and baneful influence Of an execution
in.its midst.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1897-12-16
GRAIN TRADE AND CROPS.

The Cincinnati Price Current of las,
Thursday says
Low temperature has been expert
enced the past week. and considerable
snow has fallen in portions OF the cen
trail regions ard westward. This lat
ter condition has been favorable. as far
as it has extended, excepting that in
some localities it is regarded as some
what prejudicial to the condition of
corn. This has little significance. how
ever, in a general survey of the situa-
tion--for there is abundance of corn
in good shipping order. and will con-
tinue to be for a long while.
So far as can be judged from current
returns there is nothing in sight which
makes the situation and outlook of the
wheat crops less encouraging than pre-
viously recognized. The plant, it is
true, is not advanced in growth in a
large part of the area. but it has good
stand, and until adverse conditions
arise suffice ut to disturb the plant it
must be regarded as maintaining pos
sibilities in favor of satisfactory results
There has been fairly free selling of
wheat to an extent equal to maintain
ing pretty good movement of grain,
but the indications are that soon there
will be lessening of such offerings.
The Price Current has been we'll to
the front in pointing out the evidences
of enlarged area seeded to wheat this
season, and which position has recent
ly been fully confirmed by other inves-
! tigators.
It might be observed in passing that
the Ohio State report of condition of
wheat on December 1st, placed at So
per ent of an average, Is far away out
of line with the information which has
been received by the Price Current.
according to our understanding of such
returns. And we do not believe any
crop reporting service in the country
is performed by better class of OBJ
servers and correspondents than those
which contribute information TO this
office.
The wheat market closes at about
the same position as a week ago for
May delivery. while the manipulate
or over traded condition of wheat has
developed some fiurries, advancing the
price to 101c on yesterday, and closing
&c higher than a week ago. This adj
vance is the result of contest between
traders, and not from the standpoint
of changed conditions otherwise. The
the disposition abroad to absorb our
surplus in such quantities is the basis
for confident calculations as to the flu
ture. The domestic flour trade can not
be spoken of as especially active. The
hard winter wheat of Kansas is pro
ducing flour which is largely displacing
the Northwestern spring wheat pro
drct-having practically like charac
teristics, and marketed at more invit-
ing figures.
May wheat at Chicago closed
4c below the highest point of the
week, 1ac above the lowest point, and
1c' higher than week ago.
Corn at Chicago Tor May clos
ed &c below the highest point of the
week, &c above the lowest point and
&c lower than a week ago
Wheat receipts at primary markets
were $3.50, 900 bushels for the week
against $500 600 the preceding week
and 2 ,878, 900 last year.
Corn receipts were 4,452 900 bushels,
against 3,567,000 the preceding. week,
aud l ,992. 900 last year.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1897-12-16
Major Lynn,s Defeat.

A letter from Richmond says The
defeat of Major 3. W. Lynn. as super
intendent of the penitentiary, when his
administration was admittedly the
ablest in its history, has caused con
siderable reflection, and an effort is
now being made to make the office less
subject to political change. A bill will
be offered in the House by Mr.. Stubbs
providing for a board of directors of
seven, to be appointed by the governor
and confirmed by the Senate, whose
duty it will be to elect the superintend.
ent. Many of the important questions
now left to the superintendent will be
decided by this board, including the
appointment of about sixty employees
of the institution that are political ap
pointments. 1t is believed the meas
ure will be adopted.