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The Somerset reporter., 1897-11-18
Greco-TurkIsh strategy and Football.

The strategic position of the Greek
and Turkish armies in the late cam
paign was but little more complicated
than the strategic position of two foot
ball teams when they are lined up for a
scrimmage When the game began, the
Greeks had possession of the ball, and
they rushed it into Turkish territory,
where they lost it almost Immediately
on a tumble, and after that the Turks
drove them rapidly down the field go
ing around their ends and breaking
through their center very much as they
pleased.
The Greeks were outnumbered three
to one, but there are many people who
think that they would have run away
even had the number of men on both
sides been equal. There is, however, no
way of proving that they would have
done this, while it can be proved that
they were outnumbered and were near
ly always for that reason attacked as
strongly on the flank as in the front.
This fact should be placed to their cred
it side in summing up their strange
conduct. If an eleven from Princeton
played three elevens from Yale at the
same time, one can see that the game
would hardly be interesting, and to car
ry out the smile still further and then
to drop it, it was as though this Prince
ton eleven was unframed and had no
knowledge of tricks or of team play,
and absolutely no regard for its captain
as a captain. Harding Davis
in Harper Magazine
The Somerset reporter., 1897-11-18

Two American captains We're recently
relating their experiences on different
voyages. One Of them told the follow
ing story; about / p III. ON March 2
my ship was proceeding under full sail
when a cloud about the size of a man S
hand was observed on the horizon 1t
came on, and as it neared the ship we
discovered that it was composed Of To-
Gusts. They settled on the sails and you
couldn't see bit of canvas for them
When they flew away, there was not a
stitch of canvas left ON the yards !"
"Ah, said the other captain, i can
quite believe that, for at about 1880
p. IN. on March 2 my vessel was pro-
ceeding under full sail when WE OBJ.
served a small cloud on the horizon
AS it approached the ship we discovered
that it was a cloud of loeusts, and as
they passed our vessel we saw that
every man Jack of them had pair Of
No. canvas trousers on. Brazil Nut
The Somerset reporter., 1897-11-18

"How do you like your new type
writer" inquired the agent
ITS grand, WAS the immediate and
enthusiastic response. Il wonder how
ever got along without it. "
"Well, would you mind giving me q
little testimonial to that etfect:"
Certainly not. Do it gladly"
So he rolled up his sleeves and in an
incredibly short time pounded out this
Afted Using the AUTOMATIC Back-acti q
type writ or for tire cmonthan d over.
unhessttattingly pronounce 1t promo nee 1t &c
be al even more than m Manufacture claim
for it. During the time aev3 ~ our posses
sion q. /. tn rec month"; id has more than
paid for it9ef i'll the saving Of time an d
labrr JOHN GIBBS
"There you are, sir. "
Thanks, said the agent and moved
quickly away. Pearson $ Weekly.
The Somerset reporter., 1897-11-18
The Wool Record

and The Somerset Reporter, one year for
s.. 50 in advance.
The Wool Record is the only national
wool organ and covers the wool industry
from the raising OF the sheep to the SELF
ing OF the manufactured article. 1t is
published weekly at New York and the
regular price IS 500 a year. It's market
reports are full and complete and its
Sheep Breeders Talk alone are worth 10
times the price Of the paper
Sample copies on application
We heartily recommend this combina-
ton TO our subscribers.
The Somerset reporter., 1897-11-18
Cold Weather
Brings Catarrh.

Though the disagreeable effects of Ca
tarrh are felt all the year round, cold and
disagreeable weather aggravates the
disease and it is during the winter sea-
son that its severest form is felt Each
succeeding year seems to intensity the
disease, SO that it gradually fastens its
hold upon the sufferer with grasp that
becomes frmer each season.
Catarrh often appears as only cold at
first, and is hardly noticed. But gradu-
ally the cold returns, and it is more
difficult to cure, and stay longer than for
merly. These symptoms cannot be mis-
taken; they mark the first appearance of a
disease that will develop in severity and
stubbornness, and which it is impossible
tocure with the local treatment of SPRAYS.
washes, and similar applications. Being
a disease of the blood, only a blood
remedy can have the slightest effect
upon it. SIS. (Swift's Specifc) is the
only cure for Catarrh, because it is the
only blood remedy which goes to the
seat of all obstinate and deep-seated
cases, and forces out the disease.
Mr.. T. A. Williams, a leading mer-
chant of Spartanburg, S. c., writes:
The Somerset reporter., 1897-11-18

"For four years had nasal catarrh,
and though the case was a mild one at
first,i was not long until noticed that it
was gradually growing worse. OF course
I was under treatment of first-class ply
sicians, but their remedies were applied
locally, and the disease seemed to be get
ting firmer hold on me all the while.
"After spending SO much money for
treatment which proved to be all in
vain, Twas urged to try S.S.S. This rem
edy proved to be the right one, for itgot at
the disease, and a few bottles cured me
perfectly. The cure was permanent
one, and have not had a touch of the
disease for many years. Swift's Specific
is the only remedy that will have the
slightest effect upon Catarrh."
Sufferers from Catarrh should get a
start on the disease before the cold
weather aggravates it. Those who have
been relying upon local treatment will
find winter weather is all that is
needed to show that the disease is still
with them. A course of S.S.S. (Swift's
Specihc) will prove all assertions made
that 1t is the only cure for Catarrh; tgoes
to the cause of the trouble-the blood
and forces out all traces ofthe disease.
Swift's Specific is the only remedy
which reaches real obstinate blood dis
eases; 1t cures Catarrh, Rheumatism,
Cancer, Contagious Blood Poison, &C.
zema, Scrofula, and in fact every other
disease of the blood. It is guaranteed
The Somerset reporter., 1897-11-18

An American who had left his ma
tive country TO travel in Europe with
the maxim, "When in Rome do as the
Romans do, we'll in mind, found him
self in Marseilles He wanted some ice
cream and Went into a restaurant and
ordered it.
What flavor will you have?" asked
the waiter
The American hesitated a moment
and then remembered his maxim
"Oh, garlic, suppose, he answered.
Youth 5 Companion.
The Somerset reporter., 1897-11-18
The English and the French.

1t has been the writer's fate 10 live
a good deal ON both sides # the English
channel, and nothing is more amusing
than to hear the ahsurdities that are
gravely asserted by each Of their neigh
bors To an Englishluan a Frcnchman
will always be "a tiger or monkey" IF
Carlyle, while to the French mind Eng
lish gravity Is only hypocrisy ~ cover
every vice. Nothing pleascs him 50
much as great scandal IN England,
and he will gleefully bring You the pa
per containing the account to prove how
true is his opinion. II is quite useless
to explain as the writer has often tried
to the British mind that Freuchmen do
not all pass their lives drinking alsinth
on the boulevards, and az Englehmen
Gas Max O'Rell says seem to leave their
morals in d valise at Dover when off
for a short visit to Paris 10 be picked
up on their return, it would he time
lost trying to make a Gaul understand
what good husbands and fathers they
are.
These two great nations always seem
to stand in the relation 70 each other
that Rome and Greece held Our Eng
lish cousins are the great conquerors Of
the world, the great colonizers, with a
vast capital in which wealth and mis-
cry jostle each other in the streets a
hideous conglomeration of buildings and
monuments, without form and void,
very much ar old Rome must have been
under the Caesars, enormous buildings
without taste, and enormous wealth,
while the French seem to have inherit
ed the temperament of the Greeks. The
drama, painting and sculpture are the
preoccupation of the people The yearly
exhibitions are almost the unique sub
ject of conversation in drawing room OF
club The state protects the artist and
buys his work. Their "conservatories'
form the singers and their schools the
painters and architects of Europe and
America. --Idler in New York Post.
The Somerset reporter., 1897-11-18
SheriTs S ale

State OF Maine.
Somerset County.
Taken on execution against Charles + Han
son and will be sold by public auction nj the
office OF Frank P Penuell in HARMONY, ia the
County of Somerset aforesaid, on Thursday,
the second day of December \. u lsa7. Al Ten
,l0l O'Clock in the forenoon, as the property
of the said Charles Hanson, a certain lot or
parcel OF land situate in Ripley, IN the county
OF Somerset aforesaid, bounded and described
as follows, to wit:
On the north by the old post road; on thu
east by land OF Harrison Jones on the south
by the north line OF st Adams. and on the
west by land of Daniel Murray. containing lis
acres more or less. together with the bindings
thereon. being the former homestead Of DR. :.
A. Todd and located at fodd's Corner. SO
tate conveyed To the sand Charles f. Hanson
by Mariana :. Todd, by her deed dated Febrn=
AIRY :, 1883, and recorded IA the Somerset Res
lStry Of Deeds Book lsa, iaee los.
3w "A +. Z. PENNELI. Deputy sheriff.
The Somerset reporter., 1897-11-18

Stagnation is more dangerous thar
revolution, but sudden change means 0
house ON sand Action and reaction il
the miserable seesaw of our child world.
If these extreme men had their way, the
end of the century would be plunged in
blood, universal French revolution.
What we have to bear in mind is that,
even i'll republic, there must be d
guiding hand; men of education, ex-
perience, weight and wisdom must con-
tinue to come forward. They who will
not be ruled Nv the rudder will in tho
end be ruled by the rock. -Tennyson
The Somerset reporter., 1897-11-18

The whole economy of nature would
undergo a startling change if water
never froze. The world 5 climates would
be revolutionlzed The icebound polar
seas would cease To exercise their chill
ing influences, and consequently the
currents Of the ocean might either cease
or be turned aside IN different direc-
tions
Thus the gulf stream would seek 9th
er shores than those Of Britain and the
climate there might be subject to the
extremes OF heat and cold noticeable in
other countries of the same latitude.
The icebound rivers of the north, not
ably those of Russia and Siberia, would
be open for navigation, and Russia $
activity as a sea power and CONNER
cial nation might alter the whole world
OF commerce.
Canada would become another coun-
try altogether. An immense tract of land
would be available for cultivating hardy
plants, and Greenland might be what
its name indicates. The absence of ice.
bergs off the coasts of Newfoundland
and Iceland would result in much
warmer climate III those islands, where
now the crops often fail
Ice, too, plays an important part in
/ the economy of nature. Thus, if water
never froze, SNOW, hail and hoar frost
would cease The loosening of soils and
the disintegration Of rocks by the frost
and many other now vital effects would
be lost. In short, the absence of ice
would be on the one hand an incalcul-
able disaster, on the other hand great
boon. London Globe
The Somerset reporter., 1897-11-18
Messengers Notice

b
SOMERSET SIS court 81 IusolveHef E.
In the case Of Lora ". Chadbourn Of Mos
COW, IusolNent debtor
This is to give notice that on the 6th day of
Nov. A. d. 1872, warrant in insolvency
wss issued out Of the Court Of Insolvency tor
said County OF somerset against the estate Of
said Lora W. Chadhourn Of Moscow, sdudg
ed to be insolyent debtor, on petition OF
said Debtor. which petition was filed on the
9th day of Nov. A. ID. 1871. to which date inter
est en- claims is to be computed. That the pay
ment OF any debts to or by said debtor, and
the transfer and delivery Of any property by
him forbidden by law. That a 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
siguees OF his estate. will be held at a Court
OF Insolvency 70 be holden at the Probate
Court Room in Skow hogan. in said county OF
Somerset, on Tuesday, the l4th day OF bee.
4, d. 1897, at one O'Clock in the afternoon.
Given under my hand the date hrst above
written. 2w45
CHAS. f. HAM, Deputy sheriff
as Messenger OF said Court of insolvency.
The Somerset reporter., 1897-11-18
A Great Authority on Evolution.

There is IA sketch of "A Great Natu-
ralist, " the late Edward Drinier Cope,
in The Century. 1t is written by Henry
Fairfield Osborn. Professor Osborn says
His pioneer exploration came early in
the age of Darwinism, when missing
links not only i'll the human ancestry,
but in the greater chain of backboned
animals, We're at the highest premium.
Thus he Was fortunate in recording the
discovery III northwestern New Mexico
of by far the oldest quadrupeds known,
i'll finding among these the most veneer
able monkey, III describing to the world
hundreds Of links-in fact, whole chains
Of descent between the most ancient
qnadrupeds and what we please to call
the higher types, especially the horses,
eamels, tapirs, dogs and eats He labor
ed successfully to connect the reptiles
with the amphibians, and the latter
with the fishes, and was as quick rs a
flash to detect in the paper of another
author the oversight of some long
sought link which he had been await
ing. Thus in losing him we have lost
our ablest and most discerning critic.
No one has made such profuse and over
whelming demonstration of the actual
historical working of the laws of evolu-
ton, his popular reputation perhaps
resting most widely upon his practical
and speculative studies i'll evolution.
The Somerset reporter., 1897-11-18
sHERIFF's SALE.

somerset County. -
Taken On execution against Thomas W.
Downs and VII De SO "a by public auction on
Thursday the second day Of December. A. %.
ls9-. al ten re O'Clock u the forenoon. at the
othce Of Frank PenneH iu Harmony, u the
County Of somerset and >tA - Maine, AS the
property Of the said Thomas " Downs a
certain lot or parcel Of land situate IN Har-
mouy village. with the buildings thereon.
containing about i've acres. aud being the
same place formerly occupied by said Downs
as nomested, and being the same land deed
ed To K Marble aud William q Bailey hy
the Skowhegan savings Bank by deed record
ed in the somerset Registry Of Deeds, BooS
le2. page 4l6.
Dated this 29th day Of October, A. u lS'-
3w44 I. 2. PENNELL. Deputy Sher-H
The Somerset reporter., 1897-11-18
TRY GRAIR.O! TRY GRAIN.O

Ask your Grocer to-day to show you pack
age OF GRAINO, the new food drink that
takes the place OF coffee. The children may
drink ii without injury as well as the adult
All who try it, like 1t. GRAINO has that rich
seal brown OF Mocha or Java, but it is made
from pure grains. and the most delicate
stomach receives it without distress. L the
price Of coffee. 25c. and rs cts. per package.
Sold by all grocers.
The Somerset reporter., 1897-11-18

My hair turned from raven black to
snowy white in a single night
That's nothing Invent into pawn
brokers' shop once and stayed only 10
minutes. When ] came out, my watch
had turned from gold to silver Lon
don Tit Bits
The Somerset reporter., 1897-11-18
WIfe1y DeVotions.

Poor old Munnyrich With one leg
in the grave
YES. but his young wife is pulling
yaliantly at the other one. INDIAN
Apolis journal.
The Somerset reporter., 1897-11-18

Dad-You are a regular rolling stone,
my SON Did you know that rolling
stone never gathers any moss?
Son-Yes, but the rolling stone would
like to raise little dust just now, dad,
for change. Boston Courier.
The Somerset reporter., 1897-11-18

On June I9, 1855, upward of ?, 400
salmon were taken above the bridge in
the river Tyne and sold III Newcastle
at Id and "a d. per pound
The Somerset reporter., 1897-11-18
FOR SALE.

One OF the Best building lots in SkowheEau,
on Water Street minutes easy walk from
Postoftice ard Railroad Station. VIII make
low price TO the right person who wants to
erect aEood house on il. Lot 81 rods on street
l6 rods deep, running TO kennebec River
bank. Sw44
Inaaire at REPORTER OFFICB.
The Somerset reporter., 1897-11-18
Purely Vegetable

and is the only blood remedy containing
no potash, mercury or other mineral.
Books mailed free to any address by the
Swift Specific Company, Atlanta, Ga.
The Somerset reporter., 1897-11-18
FOR Rent.

Two new tenements on Cedar Street, one up
stairs, and one down stairs. Rent reasonable,
apply to sAUGUSTAS FOWLER, at home.
Skowhegsn, Oct 1897.
The Somerset reporter., 1897-11-18
Keep Sheep and
Get Rich
THE WOOL RECORD
Tells You How To Do 1t

By special arrangement We offer to
our readers
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-03-05
GarwOOd's SarsapariIla-for the blood
guaranteed tocure. A. b. RAINS
On His HONEYMOON

The colored female cook of fami-
ly living at the South end came up
stairs the other afternoon, and,
twisting up the corners of her apron
with considerable embarrassment,
said to her mistress:
You see, misses, I thought it
mOught be bes' to be tellin' you dat
dat L done got married las week. "
"Ah, indeed And what is your
name now, Hannah?"
Mis- Williams, ma'am. You see,
my husband he am a cook, too. He
am what dey calls shelf in hotel"
"A chef, ell? That's very nice.
And do you expect to leave us di-
rectly, Hannah?"
Not rectly, mum. I'll stay wild
we for de present. You see, my hus-
ban he's done gone to New York an
Washington on his honeymoon, an
it will be nigh onto six weeks befo'
he comes back W-Pittsburg Bulle-
fin
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-03-05
WARNED BY DUBOIS.

Republicans in the Senate Get Tip
From Retiring Colleague.
In a speech in the Senate last Sal.
urday, Senator Dubois, silver Re-
publican of Iowa, said that the
seedlings of members of the appro-
priations Committee, the midnight
sessions Of the Senate and the neces-
sity of work on Sunday led him to
say that If he was a member of the
next Senate he would renew the
fight to strip the Appropriations
Committee of its autocratic power
and to distribute the various appro-
priatiOn bills. Then he added: II
think the next Senate should divide
the appropriation bills. 1t would be
a good time. No party will have a
majority in this chamber. There is
a distinct party here now called the
silver Republican party. They will
not cooperate with you Cunning and
pointing to the Republican Sena-
tors.) You have not the power to
organize the Senate. While saying
to us for years. I'VE will help you
make this fight for silver you came
out at st. Louis as the advocates of
the single gold standard, and now
you see what you were warned of
there, you lose the coast Senators.
Just so fast as the people of that sec
ton have an election for Senator, just
so fast will Republican Senator go
down. There have been seven Sen
ators elected there to take the
places of seven Republicans. One
Republican comes back of the seven,
and just so fast L say to you, as the
people there have chance to eX-
press themselves, just so fast will
you lose Republican Senator if you
cling to the single gold standard.
You cannot organize any other
Senate. AS we said at st. Louis, the
Republican party as a party which
as party, has written it's last law
on the statute books of this country
If you get your tariff bill through, il
will not be by Republican votes
You have not enough of them. You
cannot get them; they do not belong
to you, and you will be further from
getting them in the Senate after two
years"
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-03-05
BE CAREFUL WHAT You SAY.

In speaking of persons faults,
Pray don forget your own;
Remember, those with homes OF glass,
Should seldom throw stone.
If we have nothing else to do
But talk of those who sin,
IT'S better we commence at home,
And from that point begin.
We have no right to judge a man
Until he's fairly tried;
Should we not like his company,
We know the world is wide.
Some may have faults-who has not?
The old as well as young;
Perhaps we may, for aught we know
Have fifty to their one.
I'll tell you Of better plan
You'll find it works full we'll;
To try your own defects to cure
Before you others tell.
And though | sometimes hope to be
No worse than some know,
My own shortcomings bid me let
The faults of others go.
Then let us all when we commence
70 SANDER friends or foe,
Think of the harm one word may do
TO those we little know.
Remember curses, sometimes like
Our chickens, "roost at home;"
Don't speak of others faults until
We have none of our own.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-03-05
Murdered Her Ten. Year.Old Child.

CENTREvILLE, Tenn, Feb. 26.-
Never in the history of Lewis county
has there been such widespread in
terest as in the case at Newburg this
week, charging Mrs. Jane Dabbs
with killing her l0-year-old boy and
then burning his body. The case
was taken up Monday and contin-
ued until yesterday, when the Jury
brought in a verdict OF guilty and
sentenced to seven years imprison-
ment.
One year ago she knocked the boy
in the head with Ratchet and then
put him under her house and set it
ON fire, burning the house, furnish
ings, etc. When the skeleton of the
boy was found the only sign of his
having been murdered was that his
skull was crushed.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-03-05
England's Declining Industrial Su.
DremaCY.

Machinery is the single item of manu-
features in which English exports show
an increase during these twenty years.
Even in machinery the Germans have
lattterly discovered that they can make
better article than the English; while,
in the iron and steel industries gener-
ally, the English no longer dispute Ger
man supremacy In 1894, the English
Iron Trade A ssociatiOn sent a deputa-
tion to Germany and Belgium to dis
cover on the spot the reasons why those
countries were extending their export
trade in iron and steel so much more
rapidly than England. The report of
this deputation emphasized the supe-
rior character of the machinery and la
Dor saving appliances found in the Ger
man and Belgian foundries; showing
remarkable advance rs compared with
the best-appointed works in the Mid
lands. 1t attributed this advance and
Others to the great attention paid to
technical education during the last half
century; and concluded with the an
nOuncement that German superiority
rests upon its merits, rather than upon
any adventurous circumstances. The
London Times, commenting upon this
report, remarked that it was fairly to
be inferred that "the days of the South
Staffordshire iron trade, with the eX-
branch, are numbered" Four years
prior to this report, the United States
had succeeded in wrestling from Eng
| land the place of honor in the iron in
| dustry, by producing a larger quantity
of pig-iron. on the basis of the sta
tistics of the last ten years, it will take
more than four years longer for Ger
many to drive England from the second
place-into which the United States
has forced her-into the third position.
Iron is called the barometer of indus
try; and it is not necessary to follow
the exports of England into other lines
| to establish the point that her foreign
trade is declining-not rapidly. but none
the less surely-while that Of Germany
! is advancing, and advancing at more
rapid rate than the decline in England.
1t is an elementary mathematical prop
osition that, if these processes con-
tinue, the time is not far distant when
German trade will exceed English
trade.-Mr. $. NJ. d. North, in the March
! Forum.