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The St. Johns herald., 1897-06-12

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The St. Johns herald., 1897-06-12
HERE AND THERE.

New Haven Chinese laundry owners have organized and fixed scale of prices.
 About 5, 900 invitations will be issued for the royal garden party which will be given at Buckingham palace the af ternoon of June 23 as part of the jSbi- lee celebrations.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-06-12
CHEAP IRRIGATION.

Francisco, Cal, the largest builders of gas, gasoline and oil engines on the Coast, aIe making extensive preparations for the seasons business.
 They are filling several orders for large irrigating plants and as this line of their business increases each season, it is safe to say the farmers throughout the State are ap- preciating the advantages of irrigation with water pumped by this cheap power. ing an 80 H. r. engine for Geo. F. Packer, COlusa, which will raise 5000 gallons per minute from the river and distribute it over his land. This will be the largest gasoline pumping plant in existence.
 Shattered nerves, weak stomach, impaired di- gestiOn and inability to sleep all disappear when Iash's kidney aud Liver Bitters is used.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-06-12

After a man has learned to dislike a
The St. Johns herald., 1897-06-12

Pimples, blOtches boils, blaC k heads, moth hS aud SnrnS Gi>Onrno- ,,ny-n- F
The Somerset reporter., 1897-06-03

"'What V 10 TO-, 80 says l, goin
on wi the lotion.
Why, didn't ye say as | might be
dead afore you
What Dye mean to say as We
paid any heed to tie likes O. me?' sayt
l, GRIMM.
"'Yes, | did, Archie.
More full We then. It's fear rs kills
the half of yez. Now, don't get throw.
in them blankets off. Dye hear? I'm
commander i this ship LATED out
loud to see his face when he heard me
speakin so sharp, like governor.
The tables is turned, sir.
''Then he begins to curse awful. He
was a vera hot tempered gentleman.
"'Ye're my prisoner, cries, jumps
on him, fair smothers him wi blank.
cts, chucklin all the while to think ]
were his master.
81 tell We we was a rough lot O. men.
I've never seen many rougher. "
could not refrain from smiling as
thought of Archie turned nurse. He is
SO grim.
well, the old commander gets the
better o. Yaller Jack, though he'd .
hard wrostle wi him.
"'Ye'ye had marry squeak for it,
says w hen be gets on his legs again. He
had to rest on me.
"'Wel, Sloss, owes my life to ye, ;
says he
"'To mep
eyes, Sloss. III never punish ye nc
more
"Oh, I've heard that tale afore. :"
Then Archie gave Rabelaisian
chuekle at the memory, and | ventured
to quote famous couplet:
The devil was sick, the deyiFa monk would be.
The devil was we'll the devil monk was he.
AYE, that it, " said Archie grimly.
Then he went on with his story. $50
never give it another thought-indeed
I'd no time. l were ia 'en myself that
afternoon Yes, Jack taps me ON the
shoulder and it We're my turn. battles
him, tho'-and when | comes round
finds myself ashore-the last patient.
My, they soon has me to work agin wi
Nat-him diggin, me wheelin the muck
away anu L itNtl SOb 81 iIu1ii &c "a Aupb
from the old commander who'd bin sc
grateful to me. Not wink, not a word.
81 know ed vera we'll how it nd be.
$50 four months passes along, and
I'd forgot all about Yaller Jack, till one
Sunday mornin were dozin in chapel,
when hears my name mentioned:
Archibald Sloss.
81 starts up wit jump. could
hardly believe my ears. The chap i'll the
big box. lookin down at me, says:
1.-THE remainder of your sentence is
RENTED for your bravery in nursing
Commander Jackson and those who were
sick with the yellow fever. "
"'Oh, glory, halleuiahP l cries.
couldn't help it,
And afcre I'd been on old England's
shores week l We're copied agin. -
Westminster Budget.
The Somerset reporter., 1897-06-03
ALWAYS OPEN
Gow Lake Michigan Is Made Navigabie
All the Year ROnnd.


All the Year Round.
Navigation on Lake Michigan is new
er closed Steamers run back and forth
across the lake aud between the ports
of the west shore of the lake during the
entire winter with remarkable regular
tty. The first attempts at winter navi-
CATION on the translake routes were
made by the Detroit and Milwaukee
Railroad company and by the now de-
funct Engelmann Transportation COM
pany many years ago, and the success
of winter ventures became established
as the character of the steamers was
improved and developments were made
In marine enginery. Now winter navi-
cation proceeds almost uninterruptedly,
and the new car ferries steam back and
forth with little regard for weather or
for ice. The success of the car ferries
ON Lake Michigan and the car ferry
which defies winter i'll the Straits of
Mackinac is probably the cause of the
announcement that negotiations are in
progress looking to the construction of
ice breaking freight steamers that will
enable their owners to keep them in
commission on the Lake Superior and
lower lake route during the winter
The report is without foundation
There is vast difference between
the navigation of Lake Michigan from
one shore to the other, and along its
west shore, and the navigation of the
great lakes throughout their lengths
i Al l. I L.
breaking is expensive, and occasionally
the ice foes defy the crushing powers
Of the best of the so called ice breakers.
One of the car ferries was recently stall
ed by a foe near Menominee which de-
fed not only the steamer, but the ex-
plosive power of dynamite The trouble
of winter navigation on the chain of
lakes would occur in the interlake chan
nels and i'll the canals, Owing to the
clogging effects of the ice, it would be
almost impossible to operate canals dur
ing midwinter
Another and a very serious bar D
general lake avigation in winter is the
prevalence of snowstorms during which
nothing whatever can be seen. Snow
is more obstructive to the sight than
fog, and during a driving snow storm
it is impossible to see anything ahead,
even in the daytime. Winter naviga
tors on Lake Michigan, who are never
out of sight of land for any great length
of time, experience their chief annoy
anee from snowstorms. They manage
to steam into port when snow is flying
thick because of their familiarity with
the route, but they occasionally get in.
to trouble while they are wrapped i'll
'the tumultuous privacy of the storm. "
1t does not follow, by any means,
that because winter navigation is sue
oessful on Lake Michigan it can be
made successful in the upper and lower
Lake service =MilMankce WISCONSIN
The Somerset reporter., 1897-06-03
A story of Du Maurier.

One day, while taking his favorite
walk about the heath, Du Maurier saw
O gathering of people on the borders Of
the shallow pond which is particular
attraction to Hampstead. A thin coat.
ing of Joe covered the water, excepting
where a little dog had broken through
and was Intellectually struggling to get
out again. The ice was, however, SC
weak that whenever this little creature
drew its front paws up over the edge il
broke under his weight and forced him
to repeat this painful operation again
and again, until ii looked as though the
poor animal would become exhausted in
his efforts.
Du Maurier was in delicate health at
the time, and, knowing that the water
was nowhere more than three feet deep,
called to the idlers in the crowd,
'Here's half crown for the man who
fetches that dog ashore. The offer was
not accepted. at least not soon enough
to satisfy the meTcurial artist. So, de-
spite the doctor, into the pond rushed
Du Maurier, breaking his way through
the thin ice until be reached the drown
ing doggie, which he seized in his arms
and brought ashore, amid the cheers of
the bystanders.
His only thought now was to run
home rapidly in orier to prevent chill.
He was overtaken, however, by man,
who pressed him to accept piece of
money by way of reward. Du Maurier
The Somerset reporter., 1897-06-03

declined. with thanks, and pressed on
with renewed vigor The man, how
ever, would not be discouraged in his
charitable intention, but repeatedly
urged our artist to accept tip for bis
trouble The annoyance at length grew
beyond even Du Maurier's fondness for
joke, for the well meaning patron in.
sisted upon putting tip into Du Mau-
rier's hands while he was fumblinR for
his doorkey ON the front steps of his
own house.
Between this and the miserable chilli
ness of his garments Du Maurier finally
forgot that courtliness which was his
Distinguishing mark and snapped out,
Damn it, go to the devil"
"Oh, ! beg your pardon, siri'' said
the now blushing prosecutor. Il did not
know you was gentleman. Harper 8
Weekly.
The Somerset reporter., 1897-06-03
Notice of Foreclosure.

Whereas Charles X. Boothby of Athens in
the County of Somerset and State of Maine, by
his mortgage deed dated the ninth day OF
April A d. 1896 and recorded in the Somerset
SIS Registry of Deeds Book 800 page SiS, con =
yeyed TO me, the undersigned, a certain parcel
OF real estate situated in said Athens, with the
mill privilege, machinery. dam and appurte n
ances thereon and thereunto belonging. and
being the same premises conveyed by William
G.. Heselton to Rodolphus II. Boothby, by deed
recorded in Somerset Registry. BOOK 204 page
1877, which is referred to for more particular
description OF said premises and whereas the
condition OF said mortgage has been broken,
now therefore. by reason of the breach of the
condition thereof. claim foreclosure of said
mortgage. 8w22
Dated at Skowhegan May 18th A. d. 1897
ROD0LPHUS II. BOOTHBY,
BY Forrest Goodwin his Atty.
The Somerset reporter., 1897-06-03

mo one fulfilled better than he the
duties of wealth. There was no pulled
up pride of possession, no extravagant
prank of display. Simple as ever re-
manned his being, modest his mode of
life. But he knew one luxury, and he
practiced it; that was the luxury Of the
liberal hand-a princely luxury that
few of the worlds greatest have in-
dulged in more richly than he.
1T was not money alone that be
gave. 1t was the heart JOY of the genu-
inc benefactor, with which he bade the
worthy welcome and often anticipated
their wants. 1t was the bright cheerful.
ness of the willing piver who could CON
ceiye no abuse of his generosity.
q have seen many mon in my day,
never a bigger heart l. it too much to
say that i'll this man every human being
has lost brother: Youth S Compan.
ion,
The Somerset reporter., 1897-06-03

If young man would contemplate
an ideal Of useful living, we commend
to him the address delivered by Carl
Schurz at the funeral of William Stein
way, the head of the great house of
piano manufacturers. After referring
to the fact that the dead man began his
active life as a simple workman and In
his success remained the ideal knight Of
labor Mr.. Schurz said:
He was Il pattern as rich man,
wish / could call the millionaires Of
the land to this bier and say to them,
Those among you who lament that at
times poverty looks with mutterings on
riches learn from this dead man.
His millions were never begrudged
him. The dark glance of envy never fell
upon him. Covetousness itself passed
him by disarmed and reconciled. Yes,
every one would have rejoiced to see
him still richer, for every one knew
that everything he got contributed to
the welfare of all.
The Somerset reporter., 1897-06-03
MOTHER GOOSE.
The Iconoclast Throws a Big Stone at
Boston's Famous Parsonage.

The Iconoclast Throws Big Stone at
Bostons Famous Parsonage.
Iconoclastic Boston has decided that
II there ever was "a Mother Goose with
poetlcal talents-which isn't likely
she was not the Mother Goose buried in
that city ana whose grave has for years
been haunted by sentimental, patriotic
and more or less literary visitors from
all parts Of the country. 1t seems that
the respectable Mrs. Elizabeth Goose,
whom legend credits with the compost
tion of all those spriehtly lyrics in
which, for no very good reason, chill
dren are supposed to take such delight,
had no more right to place among
Americas eminent women than jack
the Giant Killer has to be included
among our famous generals She lived
and she died, and that, except the
names of her parents and the fact that
she had some children, is absolutely all
which Is known about her.
The story that she wrote, or mt least
collected, the famous poems is a myth
invented by one of the presumably good
lady's descendants. Mere lOye" was
from time cut of mind character in
French fairy tales. The name first APP
peared in English in 1929, when tho
prose "Contes de ma mere l'oye" were
translated us Tales Of Passed Times
by Mother Goose This book became
the property Of John Nowbery of Lon
don, the famous publisher of little
books for children, and about 1865 he
utilized the trade name by printing as
companion book "Mother Goose s
Melodies. " The latter was merely a
collection Of old English nursery rhymes.
From England it came to America and
was reprinted by Isaiah Thomas Of
Worcester, Mass, about 1887, then by
Munroe & Francis Of Boston about 1895,
and now by every one. The fiction
about Mrs Elizabeth Goose of Boston
was started by John Flint Eliot about
1860, utterly without proof or PROBABLE
ity, and has since been repeated, gain
ing imaginary details at every stage. -
New York Times
The Somerset reporter., 1897-06-03
Money TO Slice LII.

A woman puzzled Boston clerk con-
siderably recently. Her husband il a
bank president in Newburyport. The
national banks receive their bills in
sheets of II, which are cut after being
signed. The generous president gave
one of these sheets to his wife, and she
naturally started at once for Boston.
After making some purchases Ia one Of
the large stores she drew the bills out
of her poeketbook and calmly said to
the clerk, Lend me your scissors, and
l will pay you, thereupon cutting off
bill. The astounded clerk at first re-
fused 10 receive such money from so
open manufacturer of currency, but
finally the matter was explained. -Bos
ton Record
The Somerset reporter., 1897-06-03
LIGHTHOUSE IMPROVEMENT
Changes That Have Been Made In Lights
and Lenses.

and Lenses.
An article about lighthouses. entitled
THE Lights That Gulde In the Night"
is contributed hy Lieutenant John NJ.
Ellicott to st. Nicholas After telling
of the grow tn in the number of light
houses Lieutenant Ellieott says;
Meantime the means # lighting were
being steadily improved The open fire
gave place to the oil lamp, then
curved mirror called parabolic mir
ror, was placed behind the lamp to
bring the rays together; next, many
lamps with mirrors Were grouped about
a central spindle, and some such lights
are still i'll operation. The greatest
stride came when an arrangement Ct
lenses, known as the Frosnel lens, If
front of a lamp replaced the mirror be.
hind it. This lens was rapidly improved
for lighthouse purposes, until now @
cylindrical glass house surrounds the
lamp flame. This house has lens shaped
walls, which bend all the rays to form
a horizontal zone of strong light which
pierces the darkness to great distance.
The rapid increase in the number Of
lighthouses has made it necessary to
have some means Of telling one from
another, or, as it is termed, of giving
to each light its characteristic. u Col
oring the glass made the light DINNER,
but as red comes most nearly to white
light in brightness some lights have red
lenses. The latest and best plan, how
ever, is to set upright prisms at inter
walls in a circular framework around
the lens and to rcvolye this frame hy
clockwork. Thus the light is made to
flash every time prism passes between
it and an observer. BY changing the
number and places of the prisms or the
speed of the clockwork the flashes for
any one light can be made to occur at
intervals of so many seconds for that
light. Putting i'll red prisms gives still
other changes. Thus each light has its
Characteristic, and this is written
down i'll signs on the charts and fully
stated in the light lists Carried by YES
sells. Thus, on a chart you may note
that the light you want to sight is
marked IF W, V. ". FL, 10 sec. ="
which means that it is fixed white
varied by V bite flashes every ten sec
onds " When light is sighted, you see
If those are its characteristics aud if so
you have found the right one.
The Somerset reporter., 1897-06-03
Notice of Foreclosure.

Whereas Daniel II. Sawyer OF Madison,
County of somerset, State OF Maine. by his
mortgage deed dated Dee. 10, ISL and record
ed in Somerst Registry Of Deeds, vol. l70, page
825 conveyed to me the undersigned, GER
tain parcel OF land situated in Madison, south
OF the road leading west from the county road
near W. II. French's to the Blackwell Hill
meeting house, called, being the same deco
ed to Daniel II. Sawyer by Fiheld Luce by his
deed, dated Dec. 4th, 1880, and recorded in
somerset Registry of deeds, vol. l69, page ~
except a piece decided by said Sawyer to the
Madison Center Burying Ground Society;
also another piece west OF the county road
leading from Skowhegau to Solou containing rs
acres more or less with buildings thereon, the
same where said sawyer then lived; also an
other piece LAYING east Of said county road,
being the sa decided to Daniel II sawyer by
Edmond Pearson, bounded as follows Be
ginning al L. Blanchard's northwest corner
where his buildings stand, thence north by
line of road to Blanchard's other land thence
t asst on Blanchard's south line to pond thence
south on shore OF pond to Cedar FONT, thence
west to Blanchard's home lot, thence north to
Blauchard's northeast corner, thence west to
road containing sixty acres more or less, and
whereas the conditions of said mortr age have
been broken, by reason Of said breach | claim
a foreclosure OF said mortgage and give this
notice for that purpose. Sw22
Dated at Madison this first day OF June 1897
DAVID j. ROWELL.
The Somerset reporter., 1897-06-03

mp the case as hope ess. When in
formed that my father had died from
the same disease, they said I must die,
as hereditary Cancer was incurable.
cat this crisis, was advised to try
S.S.S., and in short while the Cancer
began to discharge and continued to do
so for three months then it began to
heal | continued the medicine a while
longer until the Cancer disappeared en-
firely. This was several years ago and
4here has been no return OF the disease. v
The Somerset reporter., 1897-06-03
seldom R.

Dark Bay Stallion, black points, IS 3-4
hands high and weighs 1860 pounds.
Foaled July 10, 1894, bred by Edward
S. Rogers, Skowhegan, Me.
SIRE, Nelson Wilkes by Alcyone, by
George Wilkes
DAM. Snip, by Clevland's Knox, by
General Knox.
SELDOM RS Breeding needs no com
ment, and the colt is as good as his
breeding. He combines size, style, form
and breeding, he has nice shaped limbs
strong hooks, and good feet. His.gait is
all right and will make good record
when handled.
He will make the season of 1897 at
the Charles Wyman stables Skowhegan,
4 miles below the village. I7tf
TERMR: SIS TO WARRANT,
EDWARD S. ROGERS, Prop.
The Somerset reporter., 1897-06-03
WHAT HE LOVED.

had love. Dark haired was aha.
Her eyf~' were giay.
For snke of nei across Tie sea
sailed away
Death, sickness, tempest and defeat
All passed ne by
With years came fortune fair and fleet.
And rich was |.
Again for me the sun looked down
Familiar skies.
found my love; her locks had grown
Gray as her eyes
~Alas, 3" she sighed, "ferget me, now
No longer fair."
Il loved thy heart, whispered low,
And not thy hair"
San Francisco Chronicle.
The Somerset reporter., 1897-06-03
wouldn't DO In Kentucky.

"Now, " .aid the lecturer on natural
science before Kentucky audience.
I'VE Will suppose a region in which
nothing existed but water =
No! nor replied dozen indignant
voices at once I'VE will suppose moth
ing of the kind. Atlanta Constitu-
ton.
The Somerset reporter., 1897-06-03


eye became terribly
infamed, and was so
S swollen that for quite
a while l could not
see. The doctors
said I had Cancer OF
the most malignant
type, and after ex-
hansting their efforts
without doing me
auy good thew gave
The Somerset reporter., 1897-06-03
STATE OF MAINE.
Public Notice.

In conformity with the provisions of Sections
Seventy-six and Seyenty-se, en- of Chapter one
hundred and four of the public laws of eighteen
hundred and ninety-fye, upon the petition of
five more citizens of the State, and deeming
it for the best interest of the State, the Com
missioners of Inland Fisheries and Game, after
due notice to all persons interested In the sub
ject matter of said petition, and pt bic hearing
thereon In the locality to be affected, and deem
ing it necessary and proper for the protection
and preservation of the inland fish of the State,
hereby adopt the following needful Rules and
Regulations relating to the times and places in
which and the circumstances under which in
land fish may be taken in the waters of Bracket
Brook, so called, in the towns of Detroit and
Palmyra in the County of Somerset.
RULES AND REGULATIONS.
Section l. Brackett Brook, so called in the
towns of Detroit and Palmyra In the County of
Somerset, Is hereby closed against all kinds of
fishing, for any kind of fish, for period of four
years from the fourteenth of May A. ID 1897, ex-
cept during the time from May tenth to June
tenth, of each year. when it shall be lawful to
take fish In said brook, 3w20
Dated this fourteenth day of May d. 1897.
LEROY T. CARLETON Commissioners
HENRY o. STANLEY, I of Inland
CHAs. K. OAK, J Fisheries and Game
The Somerset reporter., 1897-06-03

So rapid has been the change in the
English language that the English of
today bears no more resemblance to the
English of LOCO years ago than it does
The Somerset reporter., 1897-06-03
Wanted.

woman to do general housework for three
in the family. all grown persons. Must be
capable OF taking full charge of the house
Best OF reference given and required
Address. c. Il. c. ls Essex st.
2mie' Haryerhill. Mass
The Somerset reporter., 1897-06-03
Cancer
OF the Face.

Mrs. Laura E. Minis, of smithville, Ga,
says: "a small pimple of strawberry
color appeared on pan my cheek it soon
ing all efforts to check it. NV
The Somerset reporter., 1897-06-03
A Real Blood Remedy.

Cancer is a blood disease, and only a
blood remedy will cure it. S. S. S.
guaranteed purely aeeetabie) is real
Blood remedy, and never fails to per-
manently cure Cancer, Scrofula, Eczema,
Rheumatism or any other disease of the
blood. Send for our book S
on Cancer and Blood Diseases,
The Somerset reporter., 1897-06-03
III Bealtb TabIe...

7IYHEN there's work to be
W done you send for Mr.. X.
He has been employed by your
neighbor for years, and is
reliable.
Time broVes reliability.
When sick you grasp the first
new floating straw in view, and
forget the reliability of the
L. F. Atwood's Bitters.
Peoples bodies are still constructed
as they were forty years ago, and the
Ii cures more cases of Indigestion
and constipation than ever.
CSC. bottle.
Avoid limitations.
The Somerset reporter., 1897-06-03

Brooks: "did you have good luck fishing
yesterday" Rivers: Eyes. got home with
out being seen by any body"
The Somerset reporter., 1897-06-03
RULES AND REGULATIONS.

section ]. Ii shall be unlawful To take
catch, Kill or fish for any kiud IF fish 10 East
AIRY Pond. in Somerset county. from October
first, of each year, until ssid pond is free from
ice the following spring. FOR tour wears from
May p. 1897.
section ? 1t shall be unlawful for any per
son to take, catch or Kill more than twenty
five trout in Any one day In said East Garry
Pond for four years from date
Dated this twenty -Secoud day 81 May A. p
1897 sw22
LFSoY T CtRLFro~. Commissioners
HENRY q. sTANLEN, OF Inland
GHAs. +. OtK, Fisheries and Game