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The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-09-23
SCION.

There has been quite a gathering at
the home of DR.. C. A. Paul of this vii.
lage, which is also the home of his
mother, Mrs. Mary Paul. First came
Madam Paul's youngest son, DR.. d.
Frank Paul of Rock Island, H., with
his wife and two children, Daniel
and Mary. Then In few days the eld-
eat son, Mr.. Frank F. H. Paul and family
of Boston, came and a little later the
other son, DR.. Willard A. Paul of Bos-
ton, arrived at the parental roof and for
the first time in nearly twenty years
were all the living members of the
family together. For few days that
end of town was quite lively but now all
have departed to their several homes and
the current of life has resumed its ordi-
nary flow. These home comings are in
deed very pleasant and grow more so as
the years come and go; who does not as
he grows older, more fully appreciate
that There is no place like home"
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-09-23

Ii you want the best perfume get the
Queen of Violets at Sampson's, corner
druggist.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-09-23

Richmond 40, Bath 6, and Popham Beach at T.
daily Sundays excepted) for Boston.
Returning leave LIncolns Wharf, Boston,
every evening Sundays eXcepted) at O'Clock
for landings on kennebec River, arriving at
Bath in season to connect with mo ming boat
for B. othbay and adjacent islands, and trains
on Maine Central and Knox x Lincoln X. L.
RES, from Augusta, Halowell and Gardi.
ner, S2 Richmond, Sl.75; Bath and popham
Beach, Sl.50 Round trip tickets to Boston and
return, from Augusta Halowell and Gardiner,
$3.50. Richmond, 80; Bath and Popham Beach,
So 80 good for the season. Staterooms 81, 81 So,
and few very large ones $500. Meals SOC.
AGENTS, ALLEN PARTRIDGE, Augusta; c. A..
COLE, Hallowell; JOHN s. RYAN, Gardiner
JAS. b. DRAKE, Pres
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-09-23
SNESoo1HlNsSx1IsFnNs
For Sale.

Cottage House of seven
rooms at East Madison, to-
gether with stable and car
riage house and two acres OF
land. Would exchange tor
property in Skowhegan viii
lage. Also a desirable farm
with good buildings. This
place is situated in a good
neighborhood with good
schools and has nice water in
house and barn. Apply to
MCCLELLAN & SAVAGE.
Milburn Block,
Skowhegan, Maine
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-09-23
Somerset RAILWAY,
CHANGE OF TIME,
Commencing June 2lst. 1892

Trains will run as follows, connecting at IA.
land with Maine Central Railroad Trains to ana
from Boston, Portland, Lewiston, WateryiIs
Augusta, Gardiner, Bath Skowhegan and Ran'
gor.
For Boston, Portland, Lewiston, wAtery,u.
AuKnAtR HknWhaRan and Ranrnr lei
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-09-23

Style in the Far West The Smiths put
on lots OF style don't they?" "Well, should
say! They have individual cyclone cellars up
at the Smiths >"
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the right men to WORK In Somerset County
and elsewhere. Inquire of NJ. Is. Heselton or
at the office OF 26tf
SOMERSET REPORTER.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-09-23

An exception. Catesby: "All the world
loves a lover" Hawkins Gust rejected)- Jan
but the girl the lover loves"
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The San Francisco call., 1897-06-21
THE PA0IFIED PROVINCES.

A correspondent OF the St. Louis Globe
Democrat has furnished that paper with
an extract from private letter giving an
account Of the manner in which General
Weyler recently travelled in making a
tour through one OF the provinces which
he has reported 10 Spain as being pacihed.
The writer says:
In the cab with the engineer there was an
officer TO watch the railroad man. In the
woodcar, which followed the engine was the
captain-generaPs body-guard of forty negroes.
Next came an armored car, the sides covered
with plates of iron. This carried fifty soldiers
Behind the armored car was the baggage-car
with fifty soldiers. Then came General Wey-
Ter palace car, occupied by him and the staff
Another armored car with fifty civilians
brought up the rear. All along the road at
distances of a quarter Of mile were drawn up
detachments OF troops.
With that description of the kind Of
guard necessary for travel in a pacified
province it is not difficult to understand
why it costs Spain something more than
81, 000. 600 month to keep up the pacific
conditions. Railway lines which have to
be protected by detachments of troops
every quarter OF a mile cannot be run on
business basis, but must be maintained by
a Government subsidy, and the policy by
which such a condition of affairs has been
brought about can be called "pacifica-
ton" only by persons who are not at all
particular what they say or how they
say it.
Fortunately, all the signs o! the time
promise near END to Weyler's career in
Cuba, and, indeed, an end to any form of
Spanish administra ton there. 1t is now
certain the patriots cannot be conquered
and ii is equally certain Spain cannot
much longer carry on a war where even in
the paciied provinces so much expense is
required for the transportation of troops
and generals.
All reports from Washington are to the
effect that the President shares with the
people of the United States the desire to
see Cuba possessed of peace and inde-
pendence, and will exert the whole power
OF the Government TO put an end to the
useless struggle which is now going on.
General Weyler may soon have a chance
TO go home, where he can travel with
more safety, and all the provinces of Cuba
will then attain q genuine pacification by
the withdrawal from the island OF the last
Spanish soldier and the last Spanish flag
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-21
A LESSON PROM PIlTsBCRG.

The energetic people of Pittsburg are
still industriously booming the project for
a ship canal between that city and the
great lakes. They have received num-
bar of setbacks from Congress, but by
virtue of perseverance they expect TO
reach the fruition of their desire for a
big waterway. They are now laying plans
to make grand assault upon Congress in
Decem ber, by which time they hope to be
in position to achieve certain victory.
Before that time comes they expect to
have done great deal toward educating
individual Congressman in the need for the
waterway. They will have hook of some
800 pages, containing abundant informa-
ton, statistics and facts, fully illustrated,
ready to send to every Senator and Repre-
sentative by the 1st of Septem ber, 10 in
form the National lawmakers as to the
importance of the scheme.
1t is a fact that the San Joaquin and
Sacramento rivers and number of har-
bors of California are more entitled to i'm
provements than Pittsburg is TO a ship
canal But somehow our California peo-
pie do not go about things with such
system as those fasteners are TO be cred
tied with. We may get up inspiration for
a time and talk nobIy OF some of our
large public projects, but we content our
selves with putting the whole matter into
the hands of our own State representatives
in the National Legislature and imagine
that everything possible has been done.
These PittsbUrgers will eventually get
that snip canal. We ought to take few
lessons from them in method. Why
should we not seek 10 educate Senators
and Representatives concerning Califor-
MAS imperative needs in the matter of
waterway Improvements? We should not
delay if Congress is not in session. but take
pattern after the brethren of the Smoky
City and get in the heavy work on indi-
vidual Congressmen during the long re-
cesses. Then, by keeping eternalIy at
il, We would be certain to win-if not at
one session then at the next, but perse-
vering effort would be short cut to the
goal.
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-21
THE MCKINLEY TEMPER.

If those who have seen most OF him since
the 4th OF March were asked what trait of the
Presidents character mad impressed them es-
pecially they would say his marvellous self
control, writes the Washington CORES pondent
of the st. Louis Globe Democrat. The adjec-
tive is right. The Mckinley temper is marvel
Gus. In the four years of PRESIDENT term
The first quarter is the most trying. This Presi-
dent has passed through the ordeal. The first
evidence of irritation is yet TO be noted. Mr.
Mckinley is man of convictions. He does
not hesitate to express disapprovaL But he
upon anEoyances.
There have been great men in the White
House. but history records explosions of
passion from Washington all the ay down the
line 10 the resent exception. This equipoise
of Mr.. Mckinley is so remarkable that il has
been spoken of frequently as a natural gift of
great worth. The possessor has been con-
graduated as II il was an inheritance. The
truth is this complete self command is second,
not drst, nature with Mr.. Mckinney. II was
acquired by such rigid training as seldom falls
to the lot OF man to follow.
81 remem ber Mckinley" said one of his old
est friends, "aS man with his full share of
impu!siveness. The time was when he gave
way as other men do under strain or provoCa-
tion. Do you want to know what wrought the
stood between his wife and ali tnat might give
her the slightest worry. No matter what the
load he was bearing, he has never failed to
wear into her presence a smiling face. What
ever emotions might be surging undernea tn,
he has appeared calm and placid on the sur
face. This frail being owes her live to his
shielding care. SelfcontroI was born OF that
twenty-five years OF devotion. There you
have the whole explanation OF what is so i'd
mlrable in MeKnley's character"
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-21
COAST EXCHANGES,

The Phoenix Herald remarks that "Bryaa,
like most old hosS' politicians, seems to for
get that the Presidential contest does not oc-
cur every year."
"The discovery of a great natural soap fac
tory on the Mojave Desert" says the Grass
Valley Ttdfngs, "may account for the fact that
Weary WAggies and d. Rhoads have always
given that part OF the country plenty of land
oom."
According to the Pomona Times the South
ern California Power Company of Redlands
has awarded contracts to the ap cunt Of SI4O
600 for the generating station in Santa Ana
Canyon and equipping the distributing sta
tions at Pasadena and Los Angeles. The sys-
TEN requires 100000 pounds of copper wire.
The Ventura democrat agrees cheerfuIly with
RandsbuIg hat the latter rapid town is call
right" atteslation whereof is pointed out in
the fact that whenever business begins TO flag
all they have TO do is 10 go out and strike
$4,000 rock in the "Mary Jane" OF some other
promising mine and then await results
The Woodland Democ at notes this unusual
occurrence: "A woman IN this county named
Augusta Boband became a naturalized citizen
of the United States last Monday, renouncing
all aIlegiance TO foreign potenlAtes. The lady
lives in Western Yolo, and had TO become
citizen in order 10 prove up on some Govern
ment land"
The Stockton Mail makes the following SEN
sible comment on a question that is at the
present time agttating the brains of some Of
the best men in the world: "The remedy for
the distress of the poor does not lie in appeal
to force. Men who cannot vote their ballots
senstb.y cannot shoot bullets any more sell
sibly. y resort 10 guns and dynamite would
simply END in the triumph of the fsttest purse
and the absolute enslayement OF labor"
The Sacramento Bee is always stirring
things up. 1t now rises to aver that the gen
eral opinion of the newspapers of California is
that the pol-tax is an imposition and should
be abolished. ''They have" it goes on to
affirm, "been saying that now for over ten
years. between every legislative lntermission.
but when the Legislature meets the news
papers seem 10 forget all about the matter
ana give up TO party benefits and pothouse
politics the brains and The energy which
should be devoted to matters of more vital
issue"
1t appears as If the fruit canneries in the
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-21
BRITISH TARIFF STUDIES.
New YORK Tribune.


writer in the Saturday view gives voice
to the bitter cry of South Wales The tin
plate trade he says. is in deplorable eondi-
tion. Many important works are closed.
Thousands of workmen are idle and almost
starving. OF this the first cause is, he ex-
plains, that "under an enormously pro-
tective tariff America has robbed Wales of the
manufacture of over 200, 900 tons of tinplate
per annum." The ph=aseology seems a trlhe
overstrained There is really nothing ''enor-
robbery of Na.es for US 10 make our own
tinplates than it is robbery of us for Gres
Britain TO do her own ocean carrying. That,
however, by the way. What is important
is this British testimony thai under protec-
tion the United States has established la vast
timonv is forthcoming that this has been done
without raising the price OF the product to the
consumer.
The point which the Saturday Review
writer most emphasizes is, however, that,
while the United States offers TO relax what
he calls It's ''prohIbitive tariff in some re-
spects through reciprocity treaties, Great
Britain Is, because vi her free-trade system,
entirely debsrred from accepting and prohl-
ing bv the offer. She has nothing left TO give
for which she could demand gifts in return.
In a world hat is full of trade wars she has
given away her means of lighting. This last
figure is not altogether his own. he quote S
the gist OF it from no less an authority than
Lord Salisbury himself, who used it in ad-
dressing the cham berS OF commerce In Lon
don not long ago. AssuredIy the fair trade"
leRyen seems 10 be working in the British
mind. 1t IS no longer an unpardon abe sin 10
take Cobden'S name in vain. One OF these
days il may even be granted that possibly a
Ioitical economlsto outs de of the Manchester
school may have sense enough TO go indoors
when 1t rains.
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-21
PERSON AL.

E. P. Palmer Of Chicago is at the Palace.
F. II. Kuck Of Vallejo is at the Cosmopolitan
DR.. Royles of Woodland is at the occi-
dental
NJ, Romeo OF Seattle, Wash, is registered at
the Cosmopolitan.
E. ]. Castrin of Portland, Ne, is staying at
the COSMOPOLITAN.
l. L. Gray. q prominent raisin-packer of
Fresno, is in the City.
]. B. Hoytt, grain man of Birds Landing,
is stopping at the Grand.
W. S. Godbe. mining man OF Salt Lake, is
stopping at the Occidental Hotel.
Jesse Illus. proprietor of the Golden Eagle
Hotel, Sacramento, is at the Palace.
Mrs. Charles Deacon and Miss Deacon of
Philadelphia registered at the Palace yester-
day.
DR.. A. T. Hudson OF Stockton arrived in the
City yesterday and registered OF the Grand
Hotel.
]. D. Browne, a mining man of Randsburg,
arrived in the City yesterday and registered
at the Grand.
C. Sherman of Castle Crag, Shasta County,
is down on visit TO the City, and is q guest
at the Cosmopolitan.
Or. w. F. Souther has left for a several
months trip to Europe, during which time he
will attend the International Medical Con-
gress in Moscow.
William K Murray, division passenger
agent of the Illinois Central Railroad, New Or
leans, is a guest at the Palace. He arrived in
the City yesterday.
party of tourists, consisting of Thomas
Lewis, Mrs. Thomas Lewis, Herbert D. Lewis
and Miss Ettie Hassell, of New York, regis
tered At the Palace Yesterday.
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-21

man ever make S55. 600. 900 In nine mouth;sY tbs,
The luck of the bonanza kings OF eaTly ~ NaLi-
fornis days dWindles TO plgmy propolt@1 @
compared with it, Nothing ike IL was e' &,
heard OF among the diamond mine prl1ces t "
south Africa. Wall street or LOMBARD st'1et
furnishes no parallel. The histories OF the
hnanciers of Europe or OF the potentates OF the
East could be ransacked without uneerthlne
its duplicate.
ROckeieler's wealth is not all locked up IN
the Standard Oil Company He has nearly
solid S100 OO0, 900 invested in many enter
prises OF vast magnitude. In real estate ne
has TIED up $l5 ,000, 600; in steamship lines,
81, 600 600; in iron mines, $l5,000,0OO; III
railroad stocks aud bonds, S25, 0O0 600; IN
bank stock, So 600, 600; in natural gas stock,
81 900 600; in manufactured gas stock, So
600 900; in mines in Western States, $5, Co.,
600; in Government bonds and miscellaneous
securities, $12, coo 600. and in cash about 81,
600, 900.
All of the figures just given are approximate,
and the ineessant flow of income nec4ssitates
new investments A total estimate, however,
OF $244, 600, 900 can be regarded conservs-
tive. HIS fortune may be greater by $40, ,o00,-
600. but it is hardly less than the figure just
gwen.
This places John D. Rockefeller at the head
of the millionaires, not only OF this country,
but of the world. At one time II was said that
Ii Hung Chang was worth $500, ,0OO, 900, but
this was proved a great eXaggerauon, the
noted ChinamRu not owning property worth
Oue-fifth OF that sum,
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-21

rode around the block. After that he used to
perch on my shoulder, but as his avoirdupOis
increased was Obliged TO swing him from the
handle-bsr."
The query, Dixie. darling, do you want to
60 10 ride % is sufficient 10 send Dixie bound
ing with delighted squeals headfoIemcst into
his basket, where he wIegles and twists until
"heads are up" when he sets up piteous
howl. When taken from the wheel his vocali-
Zaion IS something terrific. ana he frantically
Norton believes he is equal to a hundred-mile
run, and some day a gold century bar may
rest on tHe snow-wnite breast of Dixie Norton.
Dixie is a physical freak, which doubtless
accounts for hiss athletic procliyities, for he is
short-haired Angora, though bred from joe
the famous Persian. His mother was scarcely
less aristocratic, and Dixie is the only short
haired member of thai distinguished long
haired family of which Echo tDixie's brother)
is the most noted among cat fancters.
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-21
THE STATE OF TRADE.

One OF the most gratifying signs at the
moment is the activity in manufacturing
in certain portions of the East. A dis
patch from Manchester, n. H., says that
for the first time in four years four large
mills VIII not make the usual shutdowns
in June which throws 1900 hands out OF
employment every year. The dispatch
further says that there is great reioic. .ng
in consequence. The reason that the COM
panies will keep on this year is that they
have received heavy orders.
There is no mistaking the significance
Of this proceeding. 1t means that the de-
mand for manufactured goods is so brisk
that these mills will have to run to their
full capacity to fill their orders. Unless
all signs fail other mills will soon be do
log the same thing. The prosperity pre-
saged by the new tariff is at hand. The
state of the manufacturing business is
one OF the most infallible barometers of
trade. When it is brisk times are good
everywhere. Hence the Incident above
cited is most encouraging.
Nor Is this the only promising ind ica-
tion. From the bulletin prepared by the
Bureau OF Statistics, just TO hand, it is
learned that the total value OF the bread
stuffs exported from the United States for
the eleven months ending May 81 was
$l77, 1913 607. For the same time in 1894
the value was $153, s43, SIS; in 1895 SIo2.-
0O8, 800, and in 1885, 1924, 749 Sill
There are other signs equally encour-
aging. The wealth per capita o; the United
States is increasing every monte. True.
the increase is small, being slightly in ex-
cess of one dollar, but it is an increase
nevertheless, and when considered in the
aggregate runs well up in the millions.
Secretary Gage, in his well-reme EN- bered
speech of a fortnight ago, pointed out the
facts touched upon above and affirmed
that the good lines were already at hand.
de showed that the tide of prosperity
was steadily advancing and predicted
that the country would witness a season
OF remarkable activity within the next
year. Since that speech was delivered all
circumstances have tended 10 confirm the
prediction. But there will probably be no
marked activity until the usual fall trade
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-21
WILL FAIL OF THEIR PURPOSE.

The laws recently passed by the Legisla-
lures Of Iowa and illinois, and having for
their object the prevention of fusion. ap-
pear to be of doubtful value. The Iowa
measure provides that the name OF no
candidate shall be printed upon the Of
fetal ballot for the same office under more
than one party heading. The approach
ing gubernatorial campaign in the Hawk
eye State will come under the provisions
OF this measure.
The same kind of an experiment has
been tried in the State of Washington. 1t
served the purpose of preventing certain
candidates, who had been q. .reed upon by
two or three different parties, from hav-
ing their names placed upon the official
ballot under two or three different desig-
nations, but it also served, much TO the
disappointment of the promoters of the
law, in bringing about the very condition
OF affairs which the measure was designed
TO prevent. At The next election follow
ing the initial experiment the several
political parties at which the law was
chiefly aimed fused, and wl.h the single
fusion ticket swept the State.
The Illinois law goes somewhat further,
providing that any person whose name
has been presented as a candidate, or who
has been nominated by more than one
convention, caucus or meeting OF quail
fed voters, may cause his name to be
Withdrawn from any such nomination
by his request in writing, signed by him
and duly acknowledged before an officer
10 take acknow ledgment of deeds and
filed with the Secretary of State not less
than fifteen days, or with the proper
clerk not less than eight days, previous
TO the day of election, and no name so
Withdrawn shall be printed npon the bal.
lot under the party appelIation or title
from which candidate has withdrawn
his name.
Politicians of Iowa and illinois are
curious to see how efficacious these laws
will prove. 1t is strange that they should
have overlooked the warning example of
Washing on. In the latter State the anti
fusion law was passed some five years ago.
Such attempts of politicians to preserve
by law the party alignment in these days
of popular education and indie pendent
thought must generally end IN failure.
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-21

vicinity OF Marysvi.le have entered into some
sort of a combine for expediting their work
The appeal is authority for this statement,
but just how the work is to be done is not
stated. A statement of the fruit crop around
Marysville is summed up in the following:
"On looking over the ground Mr.. Baumgari-
ner was satisfied that the fruit crop IN this
section would not be as large as last year. but
the iruit would come in little earlier. Last
year they commenced canning aprico;s on
June 23 and peaches on July %, and this year
they would commence week earlier on spri-
cots and peaches if the weather continues as
now"
Anent mueh-discussed experiment in agrt-
culture in California, it is cheering TO be as
sured by the San Diego Union that the canaigre
industry, which appears 10 be now firmly es-
tebIshed in the vicinity Of Rialto, is proving
OF very great advantage to San Bernardino
County. Some 5000 acres have been planted
thus lar to canaigre, and the acreage is to be
greatly increased The company which has
the work in hand is paying out $4,000 per
month, and the money goes directly into cir
culation and helps to make coed times in that
county What is being done with canaigre at
Rialto could be done here in San Diego
county, where the plant grows wild, and
would yield enormously under cultiva ton.