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The Somerset reporter., 1898-05-05
bingham.

Mrs. Mark Savage returned, last week
/ from Skowhegan.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Holden made I
/ visit Of several days aG Mr.. Holway's, il
! Madison.
Fred Eunis has arrived home from
Pennington.
{. 5. Baker and Edward Carney arr
making last blocks at Jessie Smiths.
The road between Solon and Bingham
Ia now in fine condition.
Mrs. Julia Dinsmore has returned
from a visit of several weeks among
friends down river.
ANY Bates is with friends in Water
vile, this week.
Selectman Cole of Smithfeld, was in
town last week.
Mrs. Mile French of The Forks. who
has been at North Arson, on visit,
spent few days with Mrs. Robert
Wood, on her return, last week.
Pearl jenkins has recently been 10
Madison, for few days.
A. S. Burke, Anon Baker and Leroy
Badger attended the Grand Lodge of
Good Templars, at Waterville, last week.
Emma Whorff of this town, is teach.
ing school at Pleasant Pond,
Lulu Smith of North Arson, passed
through this village on her way to The
Forks, where she is teaching.
Abel Moore and wife spent Saturday
and Sunday at East Madison.
Ben Steward. mail agent, is soon to
move his family into the Sucking house.
Fortv-two Odd Fellows of Mount
Moxie Lodge, marched to the church in
regalia last Sunday, ard listened to
very interesting sermon by Rev. j. e.
Gregory. The large congregation pres
ent filled both church and vestry.
Farmers are now busy with springs
work, excepting on wet land. Many
potatoes have been planted and peas
sown.
Ansel Stevens and a small crew of
men were put on the upper section OF the
main drive the earliest for years, it be-
ing required TO move the logs coming
from Dead River
A good amount of hard wood was
RATED last week, and the turning ma
chimes were again started at the last
factory, Monday. White birch is also
being RATED from the John Bray place
to the ferry and hauled to the white
birch mill.
Forest Colby is having his house re-
painted.
Tuesday evening there was social
dance in kennebec Hall, and band
rehearsal in Union Hall
Ida Collins is at work for Mrs. Edward
Carney.
The ice has gone out of Pleasant Pond.
Miss Annie Gates and Mr.. Hamilton
were united in marriage, Wednesday
evening, of list week, at the home of the
brides parents, in Moscow. Rev. j. c.
Gregory was the officiating clergyman,
A few invited friends were present.
The pulp sale was again postponed
until Friday, on account of several
complications, the chief one being the
claim of $. A. Dinsmore, who claims
that this should be paid next to the
labor lien. The Pulp Company assert
that they bought the pulp from the
Moosehead Pulp and Paper Co., and
that Mr.. Dinsmore is out on his stump
age. There are strong indications of
lawsuit.
The Somerset reporter., 1898-05-05
SOlOn.

Schools in town commenced Monday.
Leonard Gates is carrying the school
children from the old Parkman Hill
district to Sand Hill school. district
No. 3.
Mrs. n. p. Upper is quite sick.
Quite large delegation from South
Scion, were at Skowhegan, Monday, to
see the boys in blue off for the war.
Mrs Redmon is doing house work for
Mrs. N. p. Topper.
There will be preaching at South
Scion May s, p. M, by L. B. HIATT.
Springs work is coming on slow.
There will be ali oyster supper, Friday
evening, May 9th, at l.. G.. Jewetts for
the benefit of the church.
1t is proposed to celebrate Arbor Day
by planting trees and hitching posts
around the church at South Solon'
Lieut.. E. Spear, of 2nd Regiment, was
in town Sunday visiting friends T.
The Somerset reporter., 1898-05-05
4 Il July at Skowhegan

The Skowhegan Board OF Trade is preparing for the big
ges and Grandest Celebration for the coming 4h OF July
ever held on the Kennebec The affair be all that
can be expected all that will be promised and everything
that could be desired. Skowhegan has the location and
prestige business the energy and capital and they
will have ALL the Grand Features and Attractions.
Magnificent Horse Racing for purses liberal enough to
call out the best will be feature
The Somerset reporter., 1898-05-05

James Brown and family, who have
been Ia Washington. for the past few
years have returned To hi in Wsst
Ripley
Charles Folsem has hired with f. l..
Briggs tof six months.
Purljc examinations Of teachers in
town hall saturday, Ma1 III.
The Somerset reporter., 1898-05-05
Snithheld.

The mud is drying up some.
Abel Merrill is no better.
Harry Clement has moved his family
on to the Shirley place.
A. B. Cole was at Bingham on town
business, last Friday.
The Somerset reporter., 1898-05-05
Embden Centre.

lothian Stevens went on the river
with few men the 2Sth.
Calvin Boyington started, last week,
for Montana, where his son, Dana lives
Schools in town commenced the End,
as follows: District No. l, A. Lester
Henderson; No. 3, Mary Wilson; No 6,
Daisy Young; No. IL, Flora Corson; No.
II, Myrtle Dutton.
May Moulton is out of town on pro-
fessional business.
Ray Atwood is at work for j. w.
MORN.
John Murphy, former resident of
this town, died the LIST, at the Insane
asylum at Augusta. w.
Iowa harbed wire, the strongest made,
at Rlunt's
The Somerset reporter., 1898-05-05

A display of bad manners is not nee
essariy sign of sincerity nor gross
ness of language mark of virility.
You cannot dream yourself into a
CHI aracter, you must hammer and forge
yourself one-Frounde.
"What an aristocratic air Mrs. High
roller assumes" Eyes; she reminds
me of the best milliner in small town.
Evening Post.
The Somerset reporter., 1898-05-05
w, PittSfieId.

Mr.. w. Z. Emerson has been making
changes to the lower part of his house,
and finishing off the upper part.
Mrs. r. j. Patten is now doing her
house work with the assistance of her
sons.
Rev. A. Walker, who has been con-
fined to the house by illness, is now able
to walk out.
The Somerset reporter., 1898-05-05

Senour's paint, the best for inside
work at Blunt's.
The Somerset reporter., 1898-05-05
PAINTING AND PAPER HAN Cling.

Having served an apprenticeship OF ID years
in the active engagement of the above bust
ness, | feel perfectly safe in guaranteeing
to all who engage my services complete sstis-
faction, while my prices will be found low.
Every Job taken by me is done by me and not
by an apprentice at journeyman's wages
3wlBs OREN PACKARD
Drop postal to me and will call.
The Somerset reporter., 1898-05-05

Woven wire fence for farm and field
use at b units.
The Somerset reporter., 1898-05-05

Pure white lead and linseed oil at
Blunt's.
The Somerset reporter., 1898-05-05
Ayers CathartiC Pills

have, from the time Of their
preparation, been a continuous
success with the public. And
that means that Ayers Pills
accomplish what is promised
for them they cure where
Others fail. 1t was fitting.
therefore, that the worldwide
popularity of these pins should
be recognized by the Worlds
Fair medal Of 1893 "a fact
which emphasizes the record:
SO Years of Cures.
The Somerset reporter., 1898-05-05
For Sale.

Owing 10 failing health we find 1t necesssN
to close up our business. We therefore onet,
for sale our store on Madison Street. Ihe
stock we now disposing OF regardless OIL
Cost.
T.B. & J. A. Colby
The Somerset reporter., 1898-05-05

EHty C1I TBUs
who could imagine that this should be
The place where, in eighteen ninety-three
That white world-wonder OF arch and
dome
Should shadow the nations, polychrome =.
Here at the Fair was the prize conferred
On Ayers Pills by the world preferred.
Chicago-iike, they a record show,
Since they started-so years ago.
The Somerset reporter., 1898-05-05
WALL
PAPERS

We have always carried
large stock of Wall Papers and
Window Shades. This season
we have a
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-28
THE JURY-BOX SHUTTERS.

JUDGE HUNT and his colleagues on the bench o have shown a commendable zeal in searching V out the parties who are responsible for tampering with the boxes containing the lists from which the jurymen drawn for service in the Superior Courts in which direction the evidence may point. The oense is of the rankest that could be committed under our system of society, and the offenders, whether high low, should by all means be dragged from concealment, disclosed to the public, convicted and punished with the utmost severity of the law.
 The difficulties in the way of finding legal evidence against the criminals may be great but with patience and perseverance there will be found means to overcome them. No matter how clever rascal may be- he always leaves behind him some trace of his work This is especially true of offenders who have been practcing particular sort of fraud for long time They are careful at first, but, growing boder as they progress they last become careless and then exposure comes swift and sharp. There is reason to believe that this what has happened in the case of those responsible for the stufng of the jury lists and so needs only persistent and sagacous pursuit to catch them and bring them to justice.
 While the offense is not what Is known as sen sational crime and has not Startled the community it has nevertheless made profound impression upon the more intelligent and refectng class o citizens and will not be lost sight of until 1t has reached its proper conclusion. A cloud upon the Jury-box IS cloud upon whole legal system, and Judge Hunt can render no better service to the community than that of confirming public confidence in the es- sental impartality and fairness of our juries by bringing to punishment any one who has violated the law which regulates their selection.
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-28
NEWS or FOREIGN NAMES.

The Russian contract for armor plates. recently given to the Carnegie mills, is for two armored gunboats.
 The Hai-Shen, the third of the three Chinese protected cruisers of 295O tons was launched at Stettin, February 12 The contract delivery of these three ships will be exceeded by nearly six months.
 Contract for an armored cruiser of 770O tons. to be named Kleber has been given to the Chantiers ct Atelier de la Gironde Company. The ship is to be delivered in f1fty-one months, dating from December g of last year, and to be ready for her official test three months later.
 Another British torpedo-boat destroyer, the Sturgeon, has come to grief. During a protracted sea trip something went wrong and she limped into Portsmouth under the starboard engine An ex- animation revealed the fact that the struts of the port propeller had broken off and that the shaft was bent and twist ed, the rudder smashed and the hull bad ly damaged.
 A pair of sheer legs 15O feet in length, to lift 100 tons, are to be erected at the De- yonport dockyard. The cost of the sheers and machinery will be $55 ,000 The item recalls the fact that a similar work was accomplished at the Mare Island Navy yard in 1887, where the sheer legs and machinery were built in the department of steam engineering under Chief En- gineer Kutz for the sum of s44.375 ar nearly s600O less than that now being built in the British dockyard.
 The European press-excepting that of Russia-is greatly worked up over the mystery which surrounds the departure of two Russian battle-ships from the Black Sea. The treaty stipulation be- tween Turkey an, Russia expressly for bids any Russian war vessel to pass the Dardanelles, and hitherto the Sultan has only given permission to vessels of the Russian volunteer fleet to pass through the Bosphorus. The armor-clads referred to as having violated the treaty stipula- tions are said to have sneaked through in the nighttime, and an investigation ia 1 on foot to locate the responsibility. the British armored cruiser Australia has got himself in serious trouble and thrown discredit upon this auxiliary branch of the naval service. The ship was lying at Portsmouth and lot of stores were broken out of the room adjoining inc magazine. The R. N. R. man saw some pistols such as are used for firing night signals, and grabbing one fired into a bunch of fuses lying on shelf and a fusillade of exploding fuses was the re- suit. A regular blue jacket at once threw bundle of the fuses outside the door of the storeroom and fire was communicated
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-28
AGAINST THE CUBAno'
San Francisco, March 25, |

San Francisco, hdlS -' N0'0'
 Editor Call-Dear Sir: w me me PtD- s.'.,a.Iaz timent appears to be so pltteliS opp ttot to the consideration of anythiue .nae would tend to relieve Spain of the oaluIn that the Maine disaster has credleu, i1 may seem out of place to say any ti,ins that would tend to lessen the he'Ni eu N the American people against that he,Ilo as. Nevertheless I cannot forbear to u
 the intelligent readers attent1on eo 0o
 pertinent considerations that even lno extremest patriotism should not sancuoA. The people of these United States, we are told, are wearied with the contiIuG9utIS 9tI warfare that has been mainta1ned Wlth SO little valuable result and so much use less suffering in the Queen of the An tiles and they propose to put an eno to it by demanding that Spain, having been unsuccessful either in subjugating or coaxing the subjects of its rebellious col ony should give them their liberty. The excuse for this demand Is primarily that this incessant strife in Cuba is damaging to the commercial interests of this repub- lie and incidentally that the suffering Of the CubanS should come to an end. l ad-
 init that the commercial claim Is a good one but when we begin to lament the cruelties of war we are depending upon the ignorance of our listeners for ap- nJause war that has no cruelties is no war, and the more merc1less war IS the more successful 1t becomes. More over in the instance under consideration, the misery of those who are complaln1ng Is entirely of their own making, as loy- alty to the Spanish crown would secure them protection and better government than the nondescript blood of the rebel lious movement could ever provide. We are told by the telegraphic dispatches from those who profess to know the Presidential mind that our chief execu- tive is preparing a manifesto for the Spanish Government demanding large in- demnity from that nation (which is quite proper) and also demanding that as It has been impossible for Spain to conquer the Cubans, in the interest of humanity the war should be stopped and freedom given to them. There Is no sense nor justice in this demand If the only solution of war is that one of the belligerents should cease fighting, who shall have the right to decide which party shall lay. down its arms? Would it not accomplish as much if Mr. Mckinley should say to the insur- gents that if they did not cease their fighting at once this country would help Spain to compel them to do so? Unques- tionably 1t would. It is quite proper that Spain should pay for the loss of the Maine, but absolutely wrong that this Government should seek to interfere for the benefit of the Cuban rebels. More es- pecially does it seem wrong as this coun- try has tacitly sympathized with and aid ed the insurgent movement in very many ways-which aid and which sympathy has emboldened the one side and embittered the other. THOMAS H. KERR.
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-28

to a pile of serge and fearnought, An alarm of fire was male. hoses stretched
 and water soon extinguished the blazing woolen stuff, and the R. N. R. individual was escorted by guard of marines to the p,1ardhouse. His exploitation that he did not know 1t was loaded'' will not save nim from a court-martial and merited punish ment for criminal prank.
 Contracts have been given to the tuadn Arm strong Company for ten 12-inch oreech- 1oodine rifles and twenty-five o-inch auick-firing guns. The latter will .,t have ave improved mounts, which will greatly ln- crease the facility of woIking. the gun erd rea enahle them to fire nine rounds in one minute against six rounds .os whlfh MPh this as c pun. The length of bore will also be be increased. permitting a higher charge fngf to be used and the muzzle soa ehe[e IF sa74 foot foot to,,s to,, The 4o caliber 6-inch gun i'll the United States navy has aons msaalG of tbe snneg eH of s2O4 foot tons, and as none oi Ine ora r. board the ships are quick fires they arc able to fire only two rounds per AiilS
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-28
THE MERCANTILE LIBRARY.

TT HE men and who engaged in the
 task of saving the Mercantile Library from what
 seems an impending bankruptcy deserve the cor Their labors are for the public good and they have right to appeal to all who have regard for the literary advantages and mental culture of the city assist them with energy and with money to accom- plish it.
 It matters not by what unfavorabfe conditions ad verse circumstances, mistakes errors of manage ment the Mercantile Library has arrived at its present perpexing condition. It is sufficient to know it IS one of the institutions of which the city has right to be proud to which large number of people owe much, which has had a career of usefulness in the the future and that 1t needs help to tide emergency in its affairs which threatens it with dis solution unless help is forthcoming. To know the
 merits of the library and to know what its urgent requirements should be sufficient to prompt every one in proportion to his means to give the aid that is needed
 We have too many libraries in San Francisco. Any institution of the kind would have rightful cairp popular support In this particular case the claim is augmented by the worth and dignity of the library that makes the appeal The Mercantile is one of the earliest efforts of our people to provide for a broad and deeply cultured intellectual life at time when few persons expected San Francisco to be any thing more than trading center. It is an honor able monument of the cooperative efforts of former days. and if for no other reason should be sup ported as to be made perpetual
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-28

~ ONE very interesting and instructive
 experiments in photographing the \ ) electric spark have lately been made
 by M. Henry Langumier in charge of the course of practical electricity given at the "Bourse du Travail" to the mem bers of the Association of Bremen and Engineers, at Paris. The results of one of these experiments are shown on the ac- companying illustration, taken from a half-tone picture in a recent number of L'1llustration.
 It Is about half the natural size, and represents an electric spark sixteen centi- meters in length. which was obtained di- rectly and without the aid of any lens in a chamber or lecture room completely darkened. sensitive plate was set in in sulating clamps and to it were fastened at the opposite ends the two extremlties of the wires from the poles of an induc- tion coil.
 The spark was furnished by an in' duced current of about 45 900 volts from a Ruhmkorff coil, which was operated by primary current of eight volts and four amperes. AS the spark passed over the
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-28

sensitive coating of the plate from one end to the other 1t left the curious evil dences of Its ways and wanderings per manently marked thereon. The plate was then developed and from the nega- tive the picture for L'Illustration was printed directly from the etching plate
 Photographic results somewhat similar to the above have been produced before by the aid of iron filings or sulphur pow der scattered over the sensitive plate, which, of course, to greater or less de- gree, affected the course and character or the spark and the resulting picture.
 In this instance, however, we are as- sured by M. Langumier that the spark which he has reproduced was absolutely natural, the opposing electricities being entirely free to exert themselves in every direction but that of the sensitive plate. It is to be noticed that the negative pole of the spark takes the form of a branch of fern, while the positive pole. takes that of a bunch of hairy roots. This accounts for the curious vegetable-like appear ances that are often to be found indelibly marked on the skin of persons who have been struck by lightning.
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-28
THE RESPONSE OF THE GOVERNORS

~ OVERNOR BUDD'S letter to the Governors of the States of the Great West requesting
 them to appoint committees to attend a con- vention for the purpose of formulating plan ot joint action in celebrating the semicentennial of the admission of California to the Union has been cor dlaly responded to- and assurances have been given that the enterprise will be warmly supported It IS thus apparent that the movement will be something more than State undertaking and that the proposed exposition will be of the greatest III design and accomplishment ever carried out in the United States.
 The letters of response which have been received up to date have been published in The Call and they show the wide of territory which will be inter ested in the enterprise. Among them are letters from the Governors of such distant States as Mime sota and Nebraska. These States, which by us are regarded as parts of the East are however, essen tialy Western in history, development and sympathy Their Governors promise cordial cooperation In the movement for the celebration, and their progress sve citizens will take pride in assisting to make the first great Western exposition genuine triumph for this section of the Union
 The cordial tone of these responses from other States should be felt by Californians incentive to earnest efforts in promoting the enterprise It will devolve upon California to lead the way and take the initiative When the interstate convention assemblies the delegates from this State should be prepared to submit programme of work which will at least fur nish basis for discussion if it be not sufficiently broad to be generally satisfactory. That much will be expected of and must not permit the ex- pectaton to be disappointed
 It will be that the sooner get to work the better. The time between and 1900 IS none too long for the task of preparing for such an underak ing as this is designed to be. We have invited our sister States to join with in movement to aug ment the prestige of the Great West and their Gov ernors have responded with words of warm accept ance Now let us be ready to welcome the conven ton and all its delegates in true Western style and Californian hospitality.