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The advocate., 1897-07-21
Interesting Items.


4,53OOOO goats.
Three places at least are known where
green snow is found. One Of these places
is near Mt. Hecla, Iceland; another four
teen miles east of the mouth OF the Obi,
and the third near Quito, South America,
Immense as is the value Of gold taken
from the California mines since the dis
coyery Of the precious metal there, II
could all be contained in room forty
feet long, twenty feet wide and fifteen
feet high.
In Germany when the vote Of the jury
stands six against six the prisoner is
squitted. A vote Of seven against five
leaves the decision to the court, and in
vote Of eight against four the prisoner y
convicted.
On the State railways in Germany Che
carriages are painted according to Che
colors Of the tickets OF their respective
classes. First class carriages are painted
yellow, second class green and third
class white
The region between the first and
second cataracts Of the Nile is che hot.
test on the globe. 1t never rains there,
and the natives do not believe foreigners
who tell them that water can descend
from the sky.
The first of April and the first OK July
in any year, and in leap year the first OF
january, fall on the same dey Of the
week. The first Of September and the
first Of December in any year fall on the
same week day.
Uncle Sans official account Of the
Rebellion is nearly finished. II will fill
, 100 large volumes, and it has taken
J nearly twenty years to prepare it, lts
total cost will be about two and one.
! half million dollars.
The most wonderful statue in the
world is in Yokohama. 1t is o seated
image Of the god Dla.b butsu, and ita
height is sixty-three and one half fsee.
The total weight OF this great ssatue 10
! 450 tons, FIVE hundred pounds Of which
/ lis pure gold.
! The State Capitol Of Texas is the lagg
= est State building in the United States,
4 and the seventh in size among the build,
q inQs Of the world. 1t was paid for wSsn
three million acres Of public Land,
decided to the Chicago capitalists who
v executed the work
o The grand triumphal arch in Paris
II begun by Napoleon, is l47 feet by seventy
Eve feet at its base, and 1862 feet high.
The central archway is ninety. five feas
high and Horty-eight feet wide. Ths
inner walls are inscribed with the names
Is Of 1884 generals and ninety'six victories
: The great wall Of China was recently
= measured by Mr.. Unthank, an American
engineer engaged on the survey fcr
Chinese railway. His measurement cav
= : the height eighteen feet. Every KeN
y hundred yards there is tower twenty
% five feet high. The foundation a sh
y wall is OF solid granite. For 1900 mule
- the wall goes over plains and mouHtains
'y every foot Of the foundation being y
y solid granite, and therest OF the strucsuE
1e solid masonry, In some places the wti'
= ia built smooth up against the bank, e
The advocate., 1897-07-21

The ADvocArE and Ees0 Iyme, sl.us NJ
year. '
The Somerset reporter., 1897-08-26
L4arOne.

f. Fl. Tobey had a young horse very
badly injured in wire fence. The colt
with another was under tree which
blew over and frightened the horses, one
of which succeeded In leaping the fence
but the othes became entangled and was
cut and hacked in terrible manner, but
Fortunately the wounds were in the
muscles and no permanent injury done
On the neck, breast and body were more
than twenty slashes which are healing
rapidly and the colt will be all right save
numberless scars.
An agreeable surprise was F. w.
Witham's recently when his son Truman
of Fairfield with men and material came
into the yard and took possession for the
day and when leaving left the front of
Mr.. Witham's stable we'll clapboarded
and painted.
The Sabbath school at this place had
their picnic last Friday on the lawn of J..
w. Packard, superintendent, The feat
ure of the day was the baked beans
right from the ground which were the
best of any yet as your correspondent
can testify from liberal dish sent by j.
F. Libby, who with X. S. Haynes super
intended the cooking of this part of the
dinner. "Jud", K. S. H., Uncle Josiah
and the other young folks enjoyed sack
race and various games, and happy day
was passed by all.
The Somerset reporter., 1897-08-26
SAFE OPENING AN ART.
An Expert Who Met Many Obstacles and
OVercams Them.

An Expert Who Met Many Obstacles and
Overcame Them.
Opening refractory vaults, safes and
burglar proof chests Is "A science in itself
ana is surrounded by the utmost secrecy
by those who make living out of it.
In talk to the Chicago Post man who
has been in the business 40 years said
1.-THE essential qualification which a
successful safe opener must possess is an
intimate and instructive knowledge of
the mechanism and workings of every
variety of combination lock. He must
be born to the profession and possess
acute mechanical perception.
Nearly every obstinate safe which |
am called upon to open presents unique
conditions demanding new and individ-
nal treatment The nature of the diff
Guilty must be correctly diagnosed in ad-
vance or the lock will remain obdurate,
for machinery does not move by chance.
THE biggest bait ever held out to sno
came in the form of proposal from q
detective with whom | was we'll ac-
quainted. 1t had been supposed that the
locks made by certain firm Of safe
manufacturers were proof against the
manipulatins of burglars and experts,
but few days before | was approached
by the detective | had been called upon
to open one Of these safes and had sue
ceeded. The incident gave rise to much
comment
As l was sitting alone in my office
ho nd oil
did not wish to make some money. l
replied that was i'll business for just
that purpose. He then questioned me
closely as to my ability to open the par
ticular kind Of lock in question. When
satisfied that | was easily able to do so,
he said:
"'I'll tell you how you can grab off
800, 900 without the least trouble. The
boys know where there is a safe Of this
kind which contains $500, 600 in pa
per currency. 1t is easy to get at, and
all you'll have to do Is to walk in, after
they have opened the way, unlock the
safe, take out 800, 900 and leave the re-
mainder for them. It's the easiest kind
of money
by the boys the detective meant a
notorious gang of burglars which had
been conducting series of daring oper-
ations. | told the detective that l had
been much given to card playing in my
youth, thus acquiring strong prefer
ence for a lone hand, and that this pre-
objection had become too firmly fixed to
be changed He took the hint and left
my office az soon as possible -
The Somerset reporter., 1897-08-26
The Hudson River Valley.

The Hudson river valley and the as
pect of the river itself have passed
through many changes since the eye of
90 years and over first knew them. The
old manorial estates, the many acred
"places" derived from grants or by
purchase when land was worth but lit
tie money, were then in the full flower
of their hospitable occupancy and with
the exception of few market towns,
themselves of small mportance-Hu
son, Poughkeepsie, Newburg all
the region else between Albany and
New York there brooded II sleepy, pas
toral peace, not to be broken until the
demon of steam should come with ear
splitting scream aud laundering tread,
asserting its right of eminent domain.
At the sound Of that unruly voice the
white winged brood of sloops and sail
ing vessels of all kinds disappeared,
never to return-a loss i'll supplied by
the splendid steamboats, which, ablaze
with lights like so many Aaron's breast
plates, pillow their way through the hills,
sending their magic searchlights from
shore to shore
The generation that knew and loved
the valley in this pastoral time is rapid
ly passing away, and the newcomers
who are remaking the land are in large
measure of different race, or at least
it may be said there has been so strong
all infusion of new peoples that the sur.
face complexion of the towns and vii
lagos has been strangely altered. Where.
in this still remembered time, the names
of the inhabitants betrayed, for the
most part, remote Dutch or German
origin, with Il scattering contingent of
English and Huguenot strain, our rural
postmasters find the labor of having
every few years to learn the names of
even the older residents enormously in
creased by the necessity of answering
the calls for their letters of swarm of
outlandish folk-Bohemian Hungari-
ans, Italians, Syrians. Clarence Cook
in Century.
The Somerset reporter., 1897-08-26
Canaan.

Col. Samuel kilgore Is visiting his
only daughter, Mrs. q. W. Emerson in
Canaan. He was born 81 years ago in
Dec. IN Oxford county. His father
moved 10 Mercer when he was five years
old. In 1888 he was commissioned
Colonel of regiment of State Militia
under Con. Bodfish. He WAS in one day
of starting his command for the Aroos-
took, or Madawaska when orders came
not to go. In 1910 he moved to Greely's
Mills, Smithfield. After one term as
second, he served as chairman of the
board of seleetmen for number of years :;
he was also postmaster three terms.
In the Washington temperance move he
drafted the first pledge and signed it ia
the town. He has also been first officer
in the Sons of Temperance and Good
rempars. His long Christian standing
in the church and his wise counsel and
consistency in the Waterville Q. NJ. will
make this sketch interesting.
He now lives with his son II. l.. Kill
gore, postmaster at Belfast. Aside
from hearing, his faculties are we'll re-
tanned, and he reads much and is posted
on the present events and is clear in
talking over so long a life history, in
GLIDING the late war and party politics.
1t is safe to attribute the long life and
good health he enjoys to total abstinence
from all intoxicant- and tobacco in all
forms, lifelong. There are seven boys.
No death beside the mother as yet in the
family. He has been a Republican
from the first, and but few are
better informed in its history from abo-
lition days till now.
He remembers the first railroad he
ever saw at large gathering at North
Belgrade, when the first train came
there. 1t shortened from Augusta to
that place the hauling of all supplies to
Smithfield and Mercer and was great
day for the traders. His talk and mem
DRY on those things and the growth of
the villages of Norridgewock and Show
hogan for eighty years, is historical
feast. Fifty-fiye years ago he made five
trips to Quebec-one with fish in the
winter from Harpswell, and two in July
with horses to sell and brought back
some merchandise taken in payment.
Paramount to all with him is the
Christians hope. 1t holds like an
anchor. g. w. +.
The Somerset reporter., 1897-08-26
Report of Maine Agricultural
Secretary.

The thirty-ninth annual report of the
NJ zine board of agriculture, Hon. B. w.
The report of the proceedings of the
State dairy meeting held at Skowhegan,
December 2 aud 3, 1896, with valuable
papers is given.
Practical road improvement is a
feature aud the secretary has given
much attention to the chemistry of
meats and their cooking. The work Of
the Maine Agricultural Experiment sta
ton is embraced in $50 pages of interesl :
ing and Instructive matter. The volume
concludes with the detailed report of the
work of the State Pathological society
for the year Ell ded. The report is one of
the most comprehensive and instructive
gotten out by the board.
McKeen, Sec'y, is ready for sending
out. 1t is very valuable and interest
ing work. 1t contains q fine cuts of
scenery, showing model farms surround
ings, etc. Cuts are also given showing
farm implements of most approved pat
terms. The report is included in about
six hundred pages. The work of the
board of agriculture for the year is given
and the papers and discussions of its
various meetings.
The Somerset reporter., 1897-08-26

1t is claimed that this story originated
in Cleveland, claim which may very
we'll be tue, because Cleveland, and
especially the east end, has more pre-
cocious children to the acre than Bos
ton could boast of in her palmiest days.
This particular precoCious infant lives
on Ifetty cross street i'll that favored
locality. Not long ago she was troubled
With an annoying and persistent tooth
ache, Finally her mamma took her to a
dentist, and the dentist interviewed the
trou blesome tooth.
After examining it he told her that
the best thing to do under the circum
stances was to have the tooth extracted
as it contained very large cavity, and
this was the seat of the trouble.
Bracing herself firmly in the chair,
she babe him go ahead and remove the
acher. After the operation was over she
carefully wrapped the tooth in paper
and declared she would take it home.
Next day her mamma noticed that
she was an unusually good gipl, and,
The Somerset reporter., 1897-08-26
SEWING ON MEN-OF-WAR.
How "A Sailor May Add Some thing to His
Pay From Uncle Sam.


Visitors on board war vessels in the
navy yard will very likely see among
the sailors scattered about the decks
smoking, talking and so ON sailor at
work with IA sewing machine. 1t is a
hand machine and has a pretty heavy
base, so that it can be set down on deck
and worked easily without shifting its
position.
The machine is owned by the man
working it, On big ship like, for ex
ample the battleship Indiana, carrying
a crew of 400 men or more, there would
probably be found ms many as "a dozen
sewing machines. On third rate
cruiser, smaller vessel, such, for il
lustration as the Detroit, there would
be apt to be four or five sewing ma
chimes. The machines are oftenest
owned by sailmakers and sailmakers'
mates, but they may be owned by sail
ors. Any man on the ship might have
a sewing machine if he wanted to.
Space is valuable ON a vessel, and so
only hand machines are allowed, and
to bring a machine aboard permission
must be got from the commanding Off
Ger. 1t is not to be supposed that every
man in the ship would want ii sewing
machine. As matter of fact compare
lively few mon do, and those who want
to take one aboard are not likely to find
any difficulty in the way.
A sailor who has "A sewing machine
makes and repairs garments for him
self and he does work for others for
pay. There are not SO many sewing ma
chimes on the vessels of the new navy
as there were on those Of the old The
sailor nowadays makes up less of his
own outfit than be formerly did. He
draws more completed articles from the
government, but there is still plenty of
work to be done aboard ship with sew
ing machines, and some money to be
made with them yet. New York Sun.
The Somerset reporter., 1897-08-26
PishOn = Ferry.

Quite a number of grangers and others
from this place visited Hayden Lake,
Thursday.
Mrs. Lowell Wight has returned from
Buzzard's Bay, the change not proving
beneficial to her health.
Manley Holt had large drove of
cattle collected at his place Saturday
night, which he shipped to the Brighton
market Monday.
Miss Inella Salisbury of Waterville
visited at +. j. Mitchel's last week.
The willing Workers met with Miss
Martha Hopkins, Tuesday of last week.
Their next meeting will be with Mrs.
Frank Decker when the question us it
right, under any circumstances, to get in
hay on Sunday?' will be discussed.
All, Wilbur Holt, Ella Wells; neg,
Simon Pettgrew and Mrs. Selden Man
son.
The Somerset reporter., 1897-08-26

This letter, published by The Ameri
can Field. is said to be an order sent by
a Kansas man to a bicycle company:
DEAR sIRZ-I live on mi farm near Hamil-
ton, Kan, am 81 years old and just a little
sporta. My neffew in Indiana bot hissef a
new biscile and sent me his old one by frate,
and i've learned to ride sumo. Its pile of fun,
but my biscile jolts considerable. A Teller como
along yesterday with IA biscile that had hollow
injun robber tires stuffed with wind. He let
me try hissen and mi, ii run like kushini He
told me you sell injun robber just the same ~
hissen How much will it be to fix mine up
like hissenP Mine is all iron wheels. Do you
punch the hollow hole threw the injun robbeI
or will | have to do II myself How do you
stick the ends together after you got it donei
II your injun robber is already holler, will it
come any cheaper empty? | can get all the
wind want out here in Kansas free.
EBERSEEZER y. JENsoN.
p. S. How much do you charge for the doc
dad you stuff the wind into the robber with,
and where do you start2
The Somerset reporter., 1897-08-26
CORRESPONDENCE.
East COrnville.

Mrs. David Fogg of E. Cornville. is
visiting her son Newton in Litchtield
for few days.
Miss Florence and Clarence Ellsworth
OF Auburn, are visiting at their grand
mothers and other relatives here for a
few weeks.
Mrs. Pauina Mcclure Clark Bigelow
and her son William of Massachusetts,
are visiting friends in town.
Miss Nellie Amazeen who is employed
at G. F. Hathaway's 81 Co., Watervillc,
is at home during a vacation OF few
weeks.
Mrs. Charles Fogg is able to ride out
again.
The Sunday School is still Ia progress
with a very good attendance.
Mr. Waldron Sprague of SomerYlle,
Mass, arrived in town Friday evening.
Mr.. Marcellus Flanders and wife Of
Providence, K. l.. are on brief visit to
friends iu town.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Jewett and Mr..
ard Mr.. Albert Dyer of Skowhegan,
visited Mr. and Mrs. Manfred Flanders
Sunday.
The Somerset reporter., 1897-08-26
Mayfield.

Carrie Huges and son from Lakeview,
are visiting relatives and friends in
town.
Annie Cooley is at home from Bing-
ham, where she has been at work.
Perley Bryant has returned to his
work in Blanchard.
Albert Ward and wife were in town
over Sunday.
Annie Campbell and son of Bingham,
made her folks a flying visit, Saturday.
Everett Cook is at work for A. L.
Flanders.
Daniel Bryant and wife have been
visiting their son at Blanchard.
The Somerset reporter., 1897-08-26
ON THE GRAND BANKS.
How the Cod and Halibut Are Taken b,
the small Vessels.

How the Cod and Halibut Are Taken by
the small Vessels.
Gustav Kobbe writes an article en-
titled ION the Grand Banks and Else
where" for St Nicholas. Mr. Kobbe
says.
The trawlers are generally found ON
the Grand banks the hand liners on
the western bank and Quiro. These
hand lines are smaller vessels with
fewer dories, and the men fish with
hand lines, enc man and two lines to a
dory. The hand liner sits in the middle
of his dory, with compartment in its
stern and another in its bow for his
catch. When you see the bow sticking
far mp in the air, you kow the fisherman
has his stern load. Then, as fish after
fish flashes into the other compartment,
the bow settles, and when the dory is
ON an even keel the hand liner pulls
back to the vessel.
The trawlers bait with fresh herring,
mackerel and squid, the hand liners
with salt clans. The catch of both is
split and salted and the vessel has
full fare, or catch, when she has
wet her salt'-that Is, used up all
her salt-and is full of fish. A trawler's
voyage lasts about 8 weeks, a hand
liners II.
A trawler's crew receives no wages,
but fishes ON shares. First the captain
gets percentages; of the remainder, one
half goes to the vessel, which finds =
10 tp hO IL
and half the bait-and the other half to
the captain and crew in equal shares,
which run from $110 to $3.50 and even
to $3.50.
But among the hand liners each man
is paid according to what he catches,
the fare" from each dory being weigh
ed as it is taken aboard. This stimu-
lates competition. There is Judgment
in knowing where to fish or how long
to stay over "a certain spot, and even the
quickness with which a line is hauled
in will make perceptible difference at
the end of a days fishing, 1t means
something to be thigh line, . as they
call the best fisherman, at the end of
voyage, and those who win this distino-
ton time and again, as some do, be-
come known as killers and "big
fishermen.
The main catch on the banks is cod
and halibut There is also a fleet of
small American vessels which pursues
the merry swordfish. Swordfshing is
good sport-whaling on a small scale. A
man, dart in hand, stands in the YES
sells bow, supported by semicircular
iron brace. When near enough to the
fish, he let's fly the dart. A swordfsh
may weigh $50 pounds One can tow a
dory mile, and piece of the sword
has been found driven through the bot
tom of pilotboat.
The Somerset reporter., 1897-08-26
REPUTATION.

Come people on their families pride,
Some love their rank and station,
But best Of all Is he who loves
A splendid reputation.
Oh, blushing maid, oh, bashful youth,
II you would have salvation,
Rememl=r that thu road to 1t
Is through your reputation.
You may he rich, you may be great,
You may have education,
But what are these If You have not
With them a reputation?
One may lose his dearest friend 40
And have no food or ration,
But, then, this loss IL trihing to
The loss Of reputation.
Three things TO me are very dear
Wealth. title and vocation,
But these are little moles beside
My mountain reputation.
like the earth, the sea, the sky,
All things Of God creation,
But give OH give me first OF all
a spofless reputation.
James H. Harrison in 1t. Louis Republic
The Somerset reporter., 1897-08-26
An Easy Place.

received letter from lad asking me
to find him an easy berth. To this
replied "You cannet be an editor do
cot try the law; do not think of the
ministry let alone all ships, shops aud
merchandise abhor politics don't practise
medicine: be not farmer or mechanic ;
neither be soldier nor a sailor; don't
study; don't think. None of these are
easy. Oh, my son! You have come into
a hard world. know of only one easy
place in it, and that is in the grave
Henry Ward Beecher.
The Somerset reporter., 1897-08-26

When your stomach begins to trouble
you, it needs help. The help it needs,
is to digest your food, and, until it gets
it, you won't have any peace. Stomach
trouble is very distressing, very OBJ
stinate, very dangerous. Many of the
most dangerous diseases begin with
simple indigestion. The reason is that
indigestion (not-digestion, not-nourish-
ment) weakens the system and allows
disease germs to attack it. The anti
dote is Shaker Digestive Cordial,
strengthening, nourishing, curative. 1t
cures Indigestion and renews strength
and health. 1t does this by strengthen
ing the stomach, by helping it to digest
your food. 1t nourishes you. Shaker
Digestive Cordial is made of pure herbs,
plants and wine, is perfectly harmless
and will certainly cure all genuine
stomach trouble. Sold by druggists,
price 10 cents to s1.00 per bottle.
The Somerset reporter., 1897-08-26

upon locking around, located her In
window seat industriously poking sugar
into the cavity of tie extracted tooth.
Her mother demanded the cause of this
strange proceeding.
Why" she said. I'm poking sugar
in the old thing just to see it ache. -
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Somerset reporter., 1897-08-26

The people have long since learned
that the most disagreeable medicines are
not necessarily the best. In fact, as a
rule. they are not. What is wanted is
something mild and sure, such as
Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and Diar-
rhoea Remedy. That is really pleasant 10
take when reduced with water and
sweetened. Then it is acknowledged
everywhere to be the most successful
remedy in the world for bowel COM
plants. Ask any number of druggists
for the best remedy they have for
diarrhoea and fully nine out of ten will
recommend Chamberlain's. In speaking
of this medicine, Mr.. B. B. Buffum of
Friendsville, Susquehanna Co., Pa, says ;
1--WE have used it in our family for pain
in the stomach, collie and diarrhoea and
found it to be most effective remedy
For sale by Horatio w. Cushing.
The Somerset reporter., 1897-08-26
From Boston, Portland, Lewiston, Augusta,
Wsterville Skowhegan and Bangor.

AS'Flag stations; at which trains will stop
on signal or notice to Conductor.
tWill not stop except to leave or take Freight.
tW,l not stop
STAGE CONNECTIONS.
At Norridgewock, for Mercer, (snd 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, Msyfeld, Kingsbury
and Abbott.
W. M. AVER SUPT.
The Somerset reporter., 1897-08-26
GINS In England.

Recent statistics show that the Eng
lish citizens heaviest bill, after food,
rent, clothing and drink, is his gas bill.
England pays 800, 900, 900 year to
the gas companies, and it is calculated
that the gas companies realize profit
of &26. 900. 900 year.