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Palmyra.

Farmers are nearly discouraged in try
ing to get seed in. Very little corn will
be planted in this section and great
deal of land will not be worked this
spring.
Mrs. Greedy Ladd who has been SEX
long time is thought to be improving.
G. NJ. Jewett and J. II. Baker have
taken the contract to furnish the stone
for the two bridges in Newport. The
stone will come from Jewett's quarry in
Hartland, the best quarry in that section
w. S. Horn of Boston was in town last
week.
Mrs. j. B. Chase aud Mrs. Chas
Homsted are on the sick list.
Fisk Farnham died in Charles city,
Iowa, some two weeks ago, he was born
in this town some fifty years ago.
Wilson Carr's wife is very sick. DR.
Blanchard of Hartland attends her.
Six men are at work on Manson
Taylor's buildings, j. X. Emery master
workman.
Mrs. Elisha Cowen will go to Port.
land soon to spend the summer, she is in
poor health.
Mrs. Grin l.. Soule is sick ia bed.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ lYin Rowe were called
to Harmony Sunday by the Illness OF
their daughter.
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BEARS THAT MIGRATED.
Instances of Their Gathering and March
ing Away Together.

Manly Hardy writes to The Forest
and Stream about bears that migrated;
1.-THE first notice of these mgrations
Is to be found in a book by John Josse-
Ign, entitled New England Rareties
Discovered, Published in 1878. In this
book he says that great companies of
bears sometimes travelled across what Is
probably the Piscataqua river.
About 10 years ago. early in Septem-
Der, my father one night witnessed a
bear migration. The night was dark
one. The bears came to the east bank
of the PenobscOt river in the town of
Orrington, about seven miles below Ban
gor. The bears could be heard calling
and answering each other till low water,
when they took to the water, swan
across and landed on the Hampden side.
In the morning it was found that a
large number had crossed. My father
saw their tracks across single plank
in a sbipyard.
Again, about 30 years ago, friend
of mine, Henry Clapp who is quoted in
Casinos Standard Natural History as
an authority on bears, told me that dur
ing the fall he had gone on trapping
trip, but had found few bears, till one
morning in November after a snowfall
he found the tracks Of nine different
bears, all headed up one little valley
For several days after that more bear
tracks were found, all headed in the
same directien-from east to west. They
denned up when it came time to do so,
and IA the spring headed east again.
cit is believed among sportsmen that
bears go baok into the woods to den up
and come TO the vicinity Of the clear
ings every spring, but extensive migra.
tons by beais are as little heard of as
those of wild turkeys and prairie chick
ems What naturaists do not understand
is how the animals, which usually scat
ter over miles of territory, know how,
when or where to get together for their
trims -
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POCKETS.
Thirty of Them Made In n Pair of
Brooches of the Year 1911.

Thirty of Them Made In Pair OF
Breeohes of the Year 1911.
Perhaps the best proof of the advance
of the japanese in civilization is to be
found in their use of pockets. The peo-
pie of that country have usually six or
eight pockets cunningly inserted in the
cuffs of their wide sleeves These pock-
cts are always filed with a curious mis-
cellany. As common as the Irvine in the
pockets Of young Americans is the pray
er amulet written on sheets of rice pa
per and composed by the BONES. In &C
cordance with their faith these anu
lets are swallowed like pill in cases
of mental or physical distress. Another
essential seldom missing is number of
small squares of silky paper. These are
put to unexpected uses, such as to hold
the stem of lily or lotus, to dry a tea
CUP or to wipe away tear. Among the
Chinese and other nations pouch is
used instead of pocket This was also
the case i'll western Europe in the mid
die ages and for some time afterward
The pouch was attached to the girdle,
along with a dagger and rosary. 1t was
called an aulmoniere or gipciere. 1t was
often ornamented with curious patterns,
gold and silk threads, coats of arms and
religious sentences. A dramatist of the
time of Henry VIII wrote
From my girdle he plucked my pouch;
By your leave he left me never n penny.
Brooches, however, had pockets at an
early date. In an old play written about
1911 it is mentioned that man had his
breeches plated as if they had 80 peck
cts, But pockets did not attain their
proper position until the adoption of
the modern style of mems garments.
With waistcoats great opportunity for
pockets presented itself. Later they were
made very broad and deep and were
covered with embroidery and buttons.
In the reign of George III waistcoat
pockets reached such size i'll England
that they became objects of ridicule, SC
that they soon began to resume more
moderate proportions. New York Post.
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A Failure.

A certain professor in one Of the lead
ing schools of this city was not long
since DESTROYS of Incorporating some
negro dialect in story he was prepar
ing. Not being very well versed in their
manner of speech, he bethought him
that it would be good idea to study
the language in its purity undefled
With this end in view he betook himself
to the vicinity Of the Union depot, near
which representatives. of the ebon race
are always to be found.
One effort was enough. Meeting a
coal black negro driving a wagon rather
well loaded and acoosting him as
"Uncle John, F." the following brief dia-
logue ensued
Pretty heavy load, uncle. Can You
get up the hill with it'?'
IL do not know, sir, but 1 presume
so. "
Such an example of pure and unde-
filed English coming from such an I'M
expected source almost paralyzed the
professor, who muttered something
about the "degeneracy of the modern
negro" and, mentally deciding to con-
suit the works of Uncle Remus," he
retraced his steps to his apartments. -
Nashville American.
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A CLEVER FORGER.
But He Overshot the Mark and Wa
Trapped by the Bank.


Not long ago there stood before the
paying teller's window of one of New
York's big banks an unctuous little
man smiling blandly over 500 check.
Signature, Endorsement and every detail
Were correct. To make assurance doubly
sure, the little man explained with
some insistence, You see, l have had
my Endorsement certified. "
The check was paid without hesita.
ton, but the teller said to himself,
"Why is that idiot standing there with
such broad grin, trying to fix his face
on my memory" And duly he took
note
A few days later the man appeared
at the window again, his countenance
distended III the same smile, with an
other check from the same firm. The
Endorsement was certified in exactly the
same way, and this time the amount
was 5000. There was absolutely moth
ing wrong with the check on its face,
and it came from well known custom
er of the bank. I'm spite of all, p" said
the paying teller, something told me
that fellow was crook So | said |
should have to look up the account be-
fore it could be paid, and while he
waited l slipped around to the firm s
office, which was only short distance
away.
1.-The check was examined and pro-
nounced perfectly good, and was about
to walk away when the head of the
firm said: Why, hold up We've issued
no checks this morning. And then ]
went back and bagged my crook. He
had first sold the firm bond and got
his original 500 check in payment.
This he had used to initiate the finn Z
signature on the second and likewise
to impress me with the fact that he was
all right, so that when he came around
a second time would not bother him. -
&C. d. Lanier in Scribner' s.
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Why She Liked HYnnOtinm.

A young woman from Washington
has discovered a practical use for hyp-
notism and declares that at last she sees
Its value. She was visiting a young
artist, who, with her ohaperon, observes
all the proprieties, in studio up town
in New York city. The Washington
young woman was called ON by her
physician, who happens to be skilled in
the ways and wiles of hypnotism. The
chaperon was eager, as many women
seem to be, to be hypnotized when the
conversation turned on that subject and
the doctors skill with the art.
The doctor was a trif1e chary about
showing his powers, but the two
younger women begged him to crafty
the elder woman's curiosity. The chap
eron smiled to herself and bubbled
with delight when the doctor finally
consented to experiment on her. In 10
minutes it was the turn Of the two girh
to bubble with satisfaction. Under tn
Doctors persuasive power the chaperon
was lost to the world and all but the
M. d. 3 power.
''At lastl' exclaimed the Washing
ton girl. Here at last is practical use
for hypnotism. Anything that can put
chaperon to sleep is worth having
about. Teach me, oh, dootorP'-New
York World. j..
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CORRESPONDENCE.
Brighton.

| Miss Matte Hayden, who has been at
home for few days, has returned to
Sangerville.
Mrs. Mile Haskell, who has been in
Waltham, Mass, the past winter, has re-
turned home for short vacation.
Miss ARA Pike and her aunt, Mrs,
White, have been calling on friends in
town.
Miss Anna Jones, who has been stop
ping with her sister, Mrs. French, vi
Palmyra has returned home.
Quite plumber from this place attend.
ed AL. Martz show at Wellington Friday
evening.
Miss Alma Snowbury, who has been
working for Mrs. Mathews the past win
ter returned to her home in Canada Wed
nesday.
Mrs. Wilbur who has been visiting her
daughter in Mainstream for a few days
has returned.
Mr.. Miller, the dentist, will be with us
June l6!h.
There will be grand ball at Wesser-
runsett hall June l6th. |.
Mr.. and Mrs. Haskell and Master Ray
started for Boston, June 9TH.
Mrs. Laura Hayden is reported AS fail.
ing.
There was a ball at Wesserrunsett hall
last Thursday evening.
Mrs Theresa Jones fell June 4lh
breaking her wrist, fracture replaced by
Drs. Brown and Turner.
A little stranger called at the home of
+ iward Badgers, and it being one of tbs
rainy mornings OF last week she eonclud
ed to stay.
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East Madison.

Mrs. Judkins of The Forks is in town,
the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. L. b. HIATT.
The road machine began work on the
road leading from this place to Skowhe-
gan but have had to suspend operations
on account of rain.
At the regular monthly conference
held by the members of the Congrega-
tional church it was voted to retain Rev.
Mr.. HIATT as pastor for another year.
Mr.. G. S. Witham and son Claud of
Carratunk were visiting at Mr.. E. f..
Williams over the Sabbath Claud is on
his way to Portland for treatment of his
eyes.
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CASAN, THE TARTAR DWARF.
A Fierce Little Monaghan Who Lived
Centuries Ago.

In the series of papers on Historic
Dwarfs, in ST. Nicholas, Mary Shears
Roberts describes the famous Casan.
Mrs. Roberts says:
Casan was the name of a little Mon
gol Tartar who flourished in the early
part of the thirteenth century.
He was born in the eastern part of
Asia, not far from the ancient city of
Karakorum. His parents belonged to
one of the barbarian hordes that owed
allegiance to Genghis Khan, and Casan
became a fierce though small warrior
and fought bravely under the banner of
the great and mighty Mongol conqueror.
The exact height of this little dwarf
is unknown. He was certainly not over
three feet tall, but he was active and
muscular and, like all his race, could
endure hunger, thirst, fatigue and cold.
The Tartars were unexcelled in the
management of their beautiful horses.
The fleetest animals were trained to
stop short in full career, and to face
without finching wild beast or formi
dable foe. Casan was horn soldier, and
at an early age became expert in all the
exercises that belonged to Tartar edu-
cation. He could manage a fiery courser
with great skill and could shoot an ar
row or throw lance with unerring
aim, III full career, advancing or re-
treating.
Like many of those small in stature,
he was anything but puny in spirit,
and while yet lad he gathered about
him a troop of wild young Tartar boys
as reckless and daring as himself, of
whom by common consent he became
leader. He commanded his 'lawless
young comrades with strange mixture
of dignity and energy, and they obeyed
his orders with zeal and willingness.
Sometimes they would go on long hunt
ing expeditions, seldom failing to lay
waste any lonely habitation they hap
pened on.
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LOOKS LIKE A BEAR.
A Diminutive Animal That You Can Find
In Water.

In Water.
He really looks very much like a
bear, though you must put him under a
powerful microscope to see the resem-
blance. The extraordinary thing, how
ever, about this tiny creature is that he
is found in the cutters of houses, where
he is at one time dry as dust and scorch-
ed by the blazing sun, at another active
and full of life under refreshing
shower of rain.
The water bear is one of the Rotifer
animalcules, and is of all Of them the
most capable of standing any extremes
of temperature without giving up the
ghost. He may be left dried up for
months, even years, and yet ON being
put into water will expand and begin
moving about and feeding vigorously.
Although he cannot stand boiling wa
ter, he will live i'll dry heat at far
higher temperature, even up to $50
degrees f. One has actually been kept
in vacuum for 80 days with sulphurio
acid and chloride of calcium without
losing his capability of identification.
as lDI tilt why II SttIHS
little beasts bodies are chiefly COM
posed of albumen, which, it is well
known, will stand very high temper
allure without losing its solubility.
Then, too, they are provided with tw
skins one over the other, and these
skins are wonderfully tough and elastic.
The water bear has the scientific
name of tardigrada, because he takes
life SO easy He is always fat and
plump and spends his waking periods
IN constantly grubbing with his four
pairs of legs among whatever rubbish
comes in his way, Having eyes. brain
and nervous system, he is much ahead
Of his tribe, and is altogether one Of the
most interesting and amusing little ami
mails known to science. London Tit
Bits
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Baseball Batting.

The ideal batter puts into his stroke,
first, body motion; second, upper arm
motion; third, forearm motion, and
fourth, wrist motion. The stroke begins
with a strong body swing, which is fol-
lowed by the motions of the upper and
fore arm respectively, and ends with a
short, quick snap of the wrists. AL
though this is the analysis of the ideal
stroke, it is not precisely the one that I
would recommend for the majority of
amateurs TO get all the motions to
their full extent against good pitchers
requires an ability to judge the ball
more quickly and accurately than anna
teurs, with few exceptions, can do.
The wrist and arm motions can be con-
trollcd more easily and quickly than
the body swing, SO that if most of the
latter is left of the batter has greater
chance of judging the ball accurately.
l therefore think, as accuracy is abso-
lutely essential, that batters should be
coached to use but little body swing. In
other words, they should be coached
not to "slug" and try for home runs,
but to meet the ball squarely for line
singles. When you see batter, as | Of
ten have, strike at ball, and from the
force of the stroke be turned completely
around, you have seen one who is guilty
of two breaches of correct batting prin-
ciples. First, having entirely sacrificed
the important arm a'id wrist motions,
he has, with stiff arms and wrists, de-
pended entirely upon powerful body
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COLLEGE FASHIONS.


man at Harvard.
With the beginning Of the seconc
term the freshmen were privileged tc
wear tall hats and carry canes. They
always celebrated their emancipation
on the first Saturday of the new term
by going in force to the theater in all
the splendor of their new possessions,
and they were apt to show themselves
on Beacon street, Boston, on the follow.
ing Sunday. In regard to dress on week.
days l recall that among all the stu.
dents a little round gray soft hat was
very popular. The times were rather
hard from 1870 to 1880, and many men
went in for old clothes Short pea jack.
cts were in common use Some of the
arbiters of college fashion chose to veal
silk hats with them when they wished
to appear swell, thereby producing 8
somewhat mongrel effect English
clothes, or indeed suit of new clothes,
was so much an event that | recollec,
on the occasion when member of the
class of 1874 imported a suit of lively
checks, his friends hung it outside the
window of one of the buildings ON ex.
hibition.
The yard at that time, as very likely
now, was often Il lively center for ami.
able Incidence. Besides tossing cent?
at mark in front of Holworthy and
dropping hot coppers out of the win.
dows for the Cambridge urChins to picB
up, recall the slogan of Heads out i''
which brought every one to his window
and from his looks many times week.
No woman could cross the yard without
hearing it, aud events Of much less i'm.
port evoked it. Frequently we had the
pleasure Of listening to the Glee club,
which WAS thon 1ourishing body
whose repertoire included Seeing Mel.
lie Home ana Dearest maiden, dance
ever with ne; Can'st thou refuse mel
cans tiou lpt choose mel" yet pander.
ed to less noble emotions i'll "Shoo Fly
and the then popular
Ia, you and me,
Little brown jrg how l love theel
-"H0rl ard CClIe Se In the Seventies, J.
by Judge lC!CIt Grant, in Scribner's.
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Scion.

The oldest inhabitant can not recall as
cold and wet May as the present. Not
near as much planting as last year viii
be done on this account.
The roads are in very bad condition
and there is talk that there is not enough
money raised to repair them.
There was an attendance OF nearly ont
hundred at the church Sunday at So
Scion.
Tent caterpilars are very thick thi.
season. Don't neglect destroying them
The building committee have begun to
build the school house in district No. |
A. f. Bosworth is doing the carpenter
work.
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KennebeC or SagadahoC,
NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE.

Whereas l, w. w. Hamblett of Concord,
County OF Somerset and State OF Maine, am
the owner Of q certain mortgage deed. given
by Melvin F. Barns of said Concord to Robert
Littlefeld of said Concord, dated the third
day OF November 1894, and recorded in Somer-
set Registry Of Deeds, Book 229, Page "a, con-
veying to said Robert Littlefield O certain
ed as follows: On the East by land Of David
$. Dunton on the South by land OF Samuel
Bunker; on the West by land of Potter and
Bunker, containing one hundred and FIVE
acres more or less. which mortgage deed was
afterward on the 10th day of October 1895 con-
Littleheld which assignment is recorded in
Somerset Registry OF Deeds, Book 234, Page SO,
and the conditions of said mortgage have
been broken, therefore, / claim a foreclosure
and hereby give this notice for that purpose
Dated this 3lst day of May A. D. 1897.
3w22 w. w. HAMBLETT,
by w. r. Jordan, his Atty.
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Old Newspaper File.

The San Francisco public library re.
joices in the possession of about two
years files of the first newspaper pub
lished on the Pacific coast. it being the
Oregon Spectator, which was begun at
Oregon City, Or, Thursday, Feb. 8,
1916. The first Californian publication
was The Californian, which appeared
at Montere:' Aug, 10, l846,-Los An
geles Times
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The following are said by Swiss
hunter to have been found near the nest
Of an eagle he recently discovered in the
Alps: A hare, 81 chamois' feet, pi-
geops' feet, 30 pheasants' feet, / heads
of fowls, IS heads of grouse and the re-
mains of number of rabbits, marmots
and squirrels.
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swing. And, second he has lost his bal
ance and therefore all batting form. 1t
will be well to bear in mind that
against any pitcher good. clean hit
can be made, even without any body
motion, if the ball be hit squarely and
with quick arm motion and snap of
the wrists. Harper Round Table.
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From Boston, Portland, Lewiston, Augusta,
" AterYille SkoHheRap and Bangor.

AS-+Flag stations; at which trains viii stop
on signal or notice to Conductor.
MIXED between Bingham and No. Arson.
STAGE CONNECTIONS.
At Norridgewock, for Mercer, land 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, Kngsbury
and Abbott.
W. M. AVER SUPT.
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Blackwell.

Mrs. Eugene Danforth has been on
the sick list for the past few days.
l. S. Pierce and family of Madison,
passed Sunday with Mrs. Pierce's moth
or, Mrs. Mantor.
Milton Merrill and viii Holway have
been up river the past week, on fishing
trip. They report good catch.
Mrs. Eugene Lawrence and daughters
have been quite i'll for few days,
Miss Ethel French entertained mem
bers of the Madison high school at her
home, Saturday evening.
Dr. d. S. Hunnewell of Madison, was
in this vicinity, Sunday morning, and
called upon Mr.. Gilman. We are glad
to hear that the doctor reports him
better.
Rev. j. P. Longley, who for number
of years conducted services at the
church on Blackwell hill, will preach at
the town house, Sunday, June 20. Mr..
Longley intended to preach his last SER
mon at the church above mentioned
but as it is considered unsafe, he will
speak at the town house instead. NJ.
Bicycle tires. S. pair, best 97's. Full
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For Sale.

Cottage House of seven
rooms at East Madison, to-
gether with stable and car
riage house and two acres OF
lgnd. Would exchange tor
property in Skowhegan viii
lage. Also a desirable fal m
with good buildings. This
place is situated in good
neighborhood with good
schools and has nice water in
house and barn. Apply to
MCCLELLAN & SAVAGE.
Milburn Block,
Skowhegan, Maine
80
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There Are Others.

"What is your husbands politics?"
asked the new neighbor.
"Jim?' said the lady addressed.
"Jim? He's anti"
amt what?''
"No; not anti what; jist anti. He's
ag'in anything that happens to be. -
Cincinnati Enquirer.
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If you want to get nice bath sponge,
call at SIMPSONS. He has a good one
for TWENTY-FIVE cents.
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Somerset Railway.
CHANGE OF TIME.
omm encing October 5, 1895.

Trains will run as follows, connecting at Oak
land with Maine Central Railroad Trains to and
from Boston, Portland Lewiston, Wsterville
Augusta, Gardiner Bath Skowhegan and Ban
gor.
For Boston, Portland, Lewiston, Wsterville,
Ii 2knpvhaoan Aud
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Trains leave Skowhegan as follows: $50 A.
NJ. for all points West-l.35 p. NJ. for Water
Vile, Oakland North Arson, Lewiston,
Augusta, Gardiner and Brunswick, Port
land and Boston, Dexter Dover and Foxcroft,
Greenville, Bangor and Mattawamkesg;
800 p. NJ. (mixed) for Waterville,
enabling passengers to take night Pullman
fol Portland and Boston.
ARRIVALS:-7.0O A. NJ. mixed from Water
Vile, daily except Mondays:-10.33 A. NJ
Passenger from Portland, Lewiston, Winthrop,
Waterville, Augusta and Bangor;-510 P. NJ,
from all points.
GEORGE F. EVANS, Gen. Mgr.
F. e. BOOTHBY, General Pss'r Agent
Portland, Oct l. 1896.