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twenty-five.
The Troubles Travellers Have, Especially
with Books and Maps.
25-25.

The Troubles Travellers Have. Especially
with Books and Maps.
Many amusing stories are told of the
trouble American travellers have had
with the custom house authorities III
Turkey, especially with books and
maps In the old days ones baggage
would be dumped down on the landing
place at Constantinople, and turbaned
old Turk, tchibouk in hand, would go
through a pantomime of examining
ones effects, which would be abruptly
brought to an end by the application of
an appropriate coin to the palm Of his
hand. But the political troubles that
began some years ago in the Ottoman
empire caused the government to insti
tute more stringent system, and there
is now at COnstantinople a custom
house more after the American style,
where a number of effendis, in fezes
and Stambouli coats of the regular Off
cial cut, pry into ones luggage will
particular care in search of papers and
books and maps of a revolutionary tend
ency or in which words forbidden to
be printed i'll Turkey may be found.
During the height of the Armenian
agitation especially close search was al
ways made for anything with the word
"Armenia" in it, and whatever it was
found in was summarily contiscated
On the occasion of my last visit to Con
stant'nople | happened to have map
of Asia Minor among my papers, the
pf inh w tufa ha
examining effendi, who spoke in Ian
guage he thought was French. "Ah,
Azeea MeenoorP' he exclaimed as he
spread it out, continuing in his Turko-
French, "Show me Erzerum. Having
pointed out to him the spot where that
city was to be found, he began running
his finger over the map until he struck
upon the letter A. This seemed almost
to take his breath away, but when a
short distance to the right Of it he
found the letter r he fairly gasped,
The detection of the letter M following
it was like an electric shock, and a
bomb explosion could not have startled
him more than the discovery of the let
ter K. By the time he had deciphered
the remaining letters, MA, saw that
the game was up, and as he folded up
my precious map and in stern and
measured syllables announced to me
that it was "de-fon dew, con ifs kay, 3"
/ knew that it was lost to me forever.
A Review with an article abiding to
the disturbed condition of affairs in the
Turkish empire followed the map, along
with some foreign newspapers. -Har
per's Round Table
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A SMALL MANS REVENGE.
To Runies the Dignity of Two Women In
Cable Car.

He Rufies the Dignity of Two Women In
Cable Car.
The small sized, unobtrusive mat
gets revenge now and then, as was ex-
emplitied yesterday in Broadway
cable car bound down town. He got on
at Twenty third street and saw only
one vacant seat. Other passengers who
stood up were clinging to the straps in
a semihypnotic condition and did not
observe the vacant place. Two women,
strangers to each other, richly clad and
wearing diamond earrings, were the
guardians of the vacant SPACE, which
was hardly wide enough to even admit
the small man to a comfortable seat.
Either of the women, by moving lit
tie, could have made larger space
but they chose to sit as impassive IA
statues while the diminutive man
crowded into the place. He exhibited
all the signs of being uncomfortable
but these implacable cosmopolitans
moved not At Tenth street IA large
woman, weighing about 200 pounds,
boarded the car With the air of a
Chesterfield the small man lifted his
hat and said:
Pray, take my seat. "
THANK you, sir, " she replied as she
started to sit down. CONSERVATION W as
depicted upon the faces of tso two rich
ly clad women as they tried to edge
away to make the space wider 1t was
too late, for the heavy woman crushed
into the seat and came in contact with
the other women. There were the noise
of crumpling cloth and the swish of
skirts as the two women tried to move
from the weight pinning part Of their
dresses down. 1t was scramble to give
the heavy woman enough room, and all
dignity was lost. The passengers smiled,
and none more so than the small man,
who had had his revenge
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MODERN CHICKEN CooPs.
The Once Familiar Laths Have Given Wa!
to Wire Netting.

The Once Familiar Laths Have Given Way
to Wire Netting.
Men whose memories go back, say,
40 years will remember that in those
days when man wanted to build a
chicken coop he bought bundle or two
of laths and built it There are mighty
few lath chicken coops built nowadays.
Even the smallest chicken raiser, who
keeps few i'll his back yard, makes his
coop or runway of poultry netting The
chicken house, or shelter is made Of
boards, often of two thicAnesses and
with tarred paper between, for better
protection from the weather, and with
openings at the bottom and under the
projecting roof for ventilation.
Laths We're cheap; poultry netting is
still cheaper, 1t is made of steel wire
galvanized i'll various widths and in
various sizes of mesh The netting most
commonly used is six feet wide, with a
two inch mesh. The chicken raiser sets
up frame and tacks the netting to it.
Narrow nettings of smaller mesh are
used i'll various ways to keep III little
mesh netting to run around at the base
of the inclosure, the regular netting
being y above it, thus increasing the
total height Of the netting. Sometimes
the small mesh netting is run around
inside of the regular netting, thus max
ing the lower part Of the netting double,
Sometimes it is used to make separate
small Enclosures within the large run
way and perhaps to make "A number of
small Enclosures to keep separate broods
of chicks apart The narrow, small
mesh netting is made up to three and a
half feet in width.
There is nowadays Il use for wire net
ting in chicken houses. A netting with
square mesh is laid on the floor of
chicken houses to keep out rats and
mice.
There are now many large establish
ments in this country for the raising of
chickens for commercial purposes, for
market and for breeding, and there are
as many men as ever who raise chickens
at home, from the many who keep a
few i'll the back yard, with simple
chicken house and COOP to men who
raise many chickens and maintain an
elaborate plant for their breeding and
keeping But under whatever conditions
they are raised, chickens are rarely seen
nowadays in coops made of laths, such
as were familiar 40 years ago. New
York Sun
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October Magazines.

Recent numbers of Littell's Living Age
have contained I'm the House of Com
mons Half Century ago by Sir C..
Gavan Duffy; Scottish Literature" bv
Arthur j. Balfour; 1.-THE Antiquity of
Man. by Sir John Evans "Cont mpOr-
aneous Problems: The Colonial Policy
of Europe and what that of Spain should
be- from the late Senior A. Canovas del
Castillo; "Europe's New Invalid by
John Foreman. The New Sayings of
Christi by Mr.. X. James; "A Trappist
Monastery in Natal" by Carlyle
Smythe; Ethics and Science by Julia
Wedgwood, etc. etc. In fiction besides
an occasional short sorry, there is al
present running quaint and suggestive
story, entitled I'm Natures Waggish
Mood" translated from the German of
Paul Heyse. The present will prove an
exceptionally good time to subscribe for
this unique magazine, for the publishers
announce that to all new subscribers for
the year 1898, the weekly numbers of
1897, issued after the receipt of their
subscriptions, will be sent free.
"The Workers. in October Scribnei' 5
Walter A. Wyckofi's vivid narrative of
his personal experiences as a day labor
er, has called out more newspaper COM
ment than any magazine series for many
years The originality of the young
college graduates scheme for perfee;ing
his knowledge of social conditions, and
the pertinacity with which he carried 1t
out have gained the admiration of his
readers. The literary charm of the
narrative has also won him many friends.
This third chapter of his adventures DIES.
cribes his work as hotel porter at a
summer resort.
The October number of the Forum
may well be described as an information
al one. OF its twelve interesting articles
no fewer than England, Turkey
and India,' "The Impending Defic-
iency of Bread stuff" "International
Bmetalism Doth for and against). "Sta-
tistics versus Socialism, Naval War
fare: Present ard future'-eoncern the
the other great nations of the earth be-
sides ourselves; while Our Need of
Merchant Vessels" and The Protective
Features of Section 22a treat of subjects
of immense importance TO the United
States.
The American Monthly Review of Re-
views for October has several articles of
unusual interest TO women reaters.
Miss Frances Willard tells the story of
the Worlds w. c. I. u movement Mrs.
Ellen NJ Henrotlu. president of the Gen
eral Federation of Women's Clubs. out.
lines the benefits of those organic ttions
Mrs. sheldon Amos of England, writes
of a London Women's Club, and Miss
Mary Taylor Blauyelt contributes an en-
tightening artiel. on the opportunities
for women at the English universities.
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Browns Corner.

Otis Mcdonald of Skowhegan, is at
work at |. Crowelps.
c. B. Chase and Title Rolfe went up
country in search Of lambs last week,
but found them scarce and high.
f. Richards of Gardner is visiting his
mother. Mrs. Eliza Richards who is in
very poor health
Quite a number of people from other
towns attended our meeting Sunday af-
ternoon there will be another Oct. II,
at 100 p. m.
Mrs. Stella Cover who has been for a
long time sick is failing rapidly.
Henry and Effie Crowell made pleas
ant trip to Cambridge to visit friends,
returning Sunday.
Mrs. Addie Goodwin returned last
Tuesday from three weeks visit among
relatives in Lowell. Mass. Her mother,
Mrs. Elizabeth Kimball accompanied her.
n. Fl. Burrill had several views of his
nice field of corn taken, which Is quite
an advertisement for the Swift Fertilizer
Co.
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Mrs. Alice York and her mother, Mrs.
Butler, took trip to Skowhegan last

Mrs. Alice York and her mother, Mrs.
Butler, took a trip to Skowhegan last
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Clarke are moving
into the rent over the post office.
Three persons we're baptized at this
place Sunday and four united with the
church. Rev. Mr.. Goodwin Of Scion
occupied the pulpit and preached a fine
sermon.
Joseph Spaulding will start his crew
for Cold Stream this week where he is
employed in putting in dam for Ira
Randall.
Last Friday night was one Of wild ex-
citement here for time. By some un-
known cause the store and all its con-
tents belonging to o. Fl. Clark was en-
tirely destroyed by fire, also the dress
making rooms, together with charts,
sewing machine and dresses Of customers
belonging to Mrs. Archie Clark, were
burned from there it went to the home
of William Adams and swept every
building on his lot, but by the efforts of
the men and boys a large part Of the
furniture was saved although in a
damaged condition. Mr.. Adams had
started to visit friends in New York and
who was in Oakland was recalled by
telephone to find his beautiful home in
ashes. Had the wind not gone down
there would have been a good many of
us without home.
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East Madison.

Lakeside Lodge Degree of Honor,
East Madison, held their picnic in
French's grove in Cornville, on Thurs
day Sept. Is, they were accompanied by
Somerset Lodge A. o. L. w, by invita-
ton. The day was fine and brother and
sister French met us with hearty
welcome. In the beautiful maple grove
tables and seats were arranged for our
comfort. At noon the tables were
spread with bountiful dinner of baked
beans, brown bread, coffee and pastry.
We all took seats at the table, giving
brother D. the seat near the big dish
of beans, knowing his love for beans.
Dinner over sister French invited us TO
her pleasant home where an hour WAS
pleasantly spent In singing many beauti-
full selections and listening to violin solos
by brothers French and Young. After
which we returned to the grove where
we we're called to order by our worthy
chief of honor to listen TO a program pre-
pared for the occasion, select readings,
Rotations and remarks. The sisters
fearing brother D. might be faint be-
fore he arrived home called us to a lunch
of cake and coffee. After lunch was over
we babe good by to our brothers and
sisters and started for our homes, feel
ing well paid for the day spent at our
picnic in French's grove. y.
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Brighton.

Mrs. Osgood Forbus and Mile Haskell
have gone to Sangeryille, on a short
visit.
E.A. Decker is home from Sebec, on a
short visit.
Mrs. Lydia Smith has gone to Abbott,
to work for Mrs. Geo. Foss, who is very
i'll.
Georgia Allen of Lynn, will reside
with her father, j. C. Walker, this winter.
Mrs. Tom Clark and daughter of
Greenville, are visiting friends in town.
Mrs. Abbe Beals of Washburn, is
visiting her sister, Mrs. Philena Wyman.
Mrs. David Foss was called to Abbott,
to visit her daughter, Mrs. George Foss,
who Is very i'll.
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AN ECLIPSE OF THE SUN.
Somber and Terrible Was the Scene Mt
the Moment of TotalIty.

bhb va AotHhb1s
Mrs. Mabel Loomis Todd, writing in
The Atlantic of an eclipse seen in ia
pan, says: Just before totality, to oc-
cur at minutes after o'clock, | went
over to the little lighthouse, taking
up my appointed station on the sum
nit, an ideal vantage ground for a spec
tacle beyond anything else l ever wit
messed Grayer and grayer grew the
day, narrower and narrower the ores
cent Of shining sunlight. The sea faded
to leaden nothingness. Armies of crows,
which had pretended entire indiffer-
ence, fighting and Tapping as usual on
gables and flagpoles with undated fer
vor, finally succumbed, and flew off
with heavy haste to the pine forest on
the mountain side. The French man Of
war disappeared in the gloom, the
junks blended in colorlessness, but
grass and verdure suddenly turned
strangely, wildly yellow green.
ut was a moment of appalling sus.
pense. Something was being waited for
The very air was portentous, The flocks
of circling sea gulls disappeared with
strange cries. One white butterfly flut-
tered by vaguely.
"Then an instantaneous darkness
leaped upon the world. Unearthly night
enveloped all things. With an indie.
scribable outfashing at tho same sec
ond, tho corona burst forth In wonder
full radiance. But dimly seen through
thinly drifting cloud, it was neverthe-
less beautiful, celestial flame beyond
description simultaneously the whole
northwestern sky was instantly flooded
with lurid and startlingly brilliant
orange, across which floated clouds
slightly darker, like fiecks of liquid
fame, while the west and southwest
CLEANED in shining lemon yellow. 1t
was not like sunset; it was too SOM
Der and terrible. -
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MY MAMMALS HANDS.

I wish you d see my mamma . hands
And the things that they can do.
She says they re very ugly ones,
But don't believe that's true.
They re pretty, all the same, to me,
And mighty clever too
She says she can't do anything,
But see her work all day.
She-w writes long things on paper,
Which ahe says are mot much pay"
She sews knits and cooks sometimes
And she spanked me yesterday.
She makes nice cake and candy.
And stockings she can darn.
Why. the other day found her
Whitewashing our barn,
And often do have to sit
And hold great hanks of yarnl
/ wonder II my mammals hands
Ever stop To go to sleep.
Why, they re busy when they hear me say
pray God. my soul to keep"
Some night when she's not looking
I'll just run in and peep
l. Speyers In New York Journal
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No Need to Cry.

Don't cry, Buster said Jimmieboy
after the catastrophe Napoleon didn t
cry every time his brother hit him acct
dentally on the eye. "
II know that, retorted Buster. ma
poleon did all the hittin on the eye his
self. "--Harper's Bazaar
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2525.
TRY ALIENS FooT-EAsE,

powder to be shaken into the shoes. At
this season your feet swollen and hot, and get
tired easily. IL you have smarting feet tight
shoes, try Aliens Foot Ease. 1t cools the feet
and makes walking easy. Cures and prevents
spots Relieves oorns and bunions of all pain
and gives rest and comfort. Try it to- day Sold
by ali druggists and shoe stores for 25c. Trial
package FREE. Address, Allen s. Olmstead,
lie Roy, N. Y.
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Carratunk.

Mr.. and Mrs. James Hathorn of Rich
mond have been the guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Robert Berry, the past week.
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FOR RENT

Two new tenemeuts on Cedar Street, one up
stairs and one down stairs. Rent reasonable,
apply to AUGUSTUS FOWLER, at home,
Skowhegan, Oct. 5 1897.
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PROVIDENCE FUR COMPANY,
49 Westminster ST Providence, R. |

Wants all kinds OF Raw Furs, Skins, Ginseng.
Seneca, &C. Full prices guaranteed Careful
selection courteous treatment immediate
remittance. Shipping Tags. Ropes, furnished
free. Write for latest price circulars. 6m38
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Having obtained permission from the select
men OF the town of Skowhegan, Maine, to set
and maintain three poles in the highway
located as follows; one on the Island near
junction of Island and Weston Ayes, one on
Island near end OF Skowhegan Water Co.'S.
Bridge, one on Water st near end of Show
hogan Water Co.'S. Bridge, for the purpose of
containing all wires belonging to the skow-
hogan Electric Light Company, that now
attached to the North Bridge.
We hereby notify all parties having object
ions to the herein stated location to meet at
the above Selectmen's Office on Oct. Is, 1897 at
two) p NJ. and present their claims of
objections
SKowHRoAN ELECTRIC LIoHr COMPANY,
BY C j. ABBEY, 9upt.
skowhegan, Maine. Sept. 49, 1897 2w3e
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ABE LlNCOLN'S CHlVALRY.
Helped . Lawyer, Now Famous, to Win
His First Case.

Helped . Lawyer, Now Famous. to Win
His First Case.
His first case at the bar will never be
forgotten by ex-senator John G. s.
Blackburn of Kentucky, for Abraham
Lincoln played conspicuous part in
helping the young Kentuckian to win
his suit Lincoln was merely an attor
ney waiting for one of his cases to be
called, when the incident occurred.
Ex-senator Blackburn was only 20
years old when he began the practice of
law, having graduated at Centre col
lege, Danville, KY. His first case was
in the United States court i'll Chicago
presided over by Justice John Mclean,
then ON the circuit. The opposing coun-
sci was Isaac N Arnold, then at the
head of the Chicago bar. and subse-
quently member of congress and au-
thor Of the first biography of Lincoln
Young Blackburn had filed demurrer
to Mr.. Arnold's pleadings in the cause
and when the case was reached on the
calendar the young Kentuckian was
quite nervous at having such formida
BILE and experienced antagonist, while
the dignity of the tribunal and the pres
ence of large number of eminent law
yers in court served 70 increase his IL
nudity and embarrassment. In truth the
stripping barrister was willing 10 have
any disposition made of the cause III
order to get rid of the burden of en-
barrassment and stage fright. " He was
ready to adopt any suggestion the op-
posing counsel should make.
Arnold made an argument in which
he criticised the demurrer in a manner
that increased the young lawyer con
fusion However, Blackburn knew he
had to make some kind OF an effort He
proceeded with a few remarks, weak
and bewildcring, and was about to sit
down when a tall, homely, loose joint
ed man sitting i'll the bar arose and ad-
dressed the court in behalf of the posi-
ton the young Kcntuckian had assumed
in a feeble and tangled argument, max
ing the points 80 clear that the court
sustained the demurrer
Blackburn did not know who his vol.
untcer friend was, and Mr. Arnold got
up and sought to rebuke the latter for
attempting to interfere in the case,
which he had nothing to do with. This
volunteer was none other than Abraham
Lincoln, and this was the first and last
time the Kentuckian ever saw the rail
splitting president. In replying to Mr..
Arnold $ structures Mr. Lincoln said he
claimed the privilege of giving a young
lawyer helping hand when struggling
with his first case, especially when he
was pitted against an experienced prac
titioner. Chicago Times Herald.
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SHAKE INTO YOUR SHOES

Aliens Foot Ease, a powder for the feet Is
cures painful, swollen, smarting feet ana
instantly takes the sting out OF corns and bun,
ions. It's the greatest comfort discovery OF
the age Aliens Foot Ease makes tight-httlng
sweating callous and hot tired, aching feet.
Try 1t to-day, Sold by all druggists and shoe
stores By mail for 25c. in stamps. Trial pack
age FREE. Address, Allen s. Olmsted, lie Roy
N. Y.
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Comparison, more than reality, makes
men happy and can make them wretched
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Provincial Rreedinp.

1t is now universally conceded that
the most undeniablc mark of provincial
breeding is to open conversation with a
slight acquaintance--on meeting him
or herewith the remark, you do not
remember me-, or II see that you have
forgotten my name " 1t has heen dis
covered that it was said by Lord Ches-
tcrficld, that prince Of wits and most
polished noble Of his day, that Il
man must, indeed, have spent his
life i'll the country whose circle of ac-
luaintance is so small that he can put
Il name to each member Of it the instant
he sets eyes upon him. And the man
who feels himself of such vast impOr-
lance that his name must impress itself
indolibly on the memory of the nearer,
even when heard on more than one oc-
casion, displays an ingenious self salts
faction which reveals but slight knowl-
edge of the vastness and constant occu-
pations of the world of fashion and
breeding. "A mans name, " adds my
lord, lis of no consequence whatever
until his own charms and qualities have
made him an intimate, and even then
It's not his name that is remembered,
but himself "
1t is consequently absolutely proper,
in addressing any but an old friend on
meeting after even slight lapse of
time, that one should begin by saying
casually ones own name, as, for in
stance, Il am Mr.. (or Mrs. -; we
met at So-and SOS last week or last cen
tury). " The ease and grace with which
these opening remarks are made are said
to be the unmistakable stamp Of the
"caste of We're de We're. American
Queen.
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NO. g.
NO. .. SOMERSET TRACTION Co.
Change OF Time commanding Monday. June oIs.

Change OF Time commencing Monday, June 2lst
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THE $780, 730 915, lib 100, 230 430 $780,
90 500 945, 1145 ZOO 800 500 700
100 s5 945 45, 400 400 6O0 100
M.
SKowHEGAs 500 9l5 1915 1245 800 $780, 100 $780,
In addition above
500 915 NJ l205, 300, 500, 1000
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Cars IN Trolley Parte Picncs,
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A GREAT SURPRISE IS IN STORE

for those who will go to day and get package
of @ RAIN-O. 1t takes the place OF coffee at
about u the cost. 1t is food drink, full OF
health. and can be given to the children as
well as the adult with great benefit. 1t is
made of pure grains and looks and lasts like
the finest grades Of Mocha or Java coffee. II
satisfies everyone. A cap Of Grain-O is better
is permanent. What coffee breaks down
GrainO builds up. Ask your grocer for Grain
0. l5c. and Csc