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The Somerset reporter., 1898-08-25
STATE OF MAINE.
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Somerset s.. Court OF County Commissioners
August Term. \. d. isas.
Upon the foregoing petition, being salts
fed that the petitioners are responsible
and that an inquiry into the merits is
expedieut Ir Is ORDERED, that the County
Commissioners of the Counties of Somerset and
Franklin meet at the farm owned BY Josiah
Chase or Omar Chase on the East Road In lex
| ington Plantation in said County on Wednesday
October 70, A. D. 1895 at nine O'Clock a. IN
aud thence proceed to view the route men
toned In said petition; and immediately after
hearing of the parties will be had AT sumt
convenient place in the vicinity. and such fur
Their measures taken in the premises a. The
Commissioners shall iadse proper.
And it Is further ordered, that notice OF the
time, place and purposes of the Commissioners
meeting aforesaid, he given IL all persons and
corporations interested. hy publishing an attest.
ed copy of the petition aforesaid with this order
thereon, in the Somerset Reporter, a public
newspaper printed at Skowhegan, in said
Somerset County, in the Pennington Chronicle, a
public newspaper printed at Pennington ia said
franklin County, and in the hennebec journal,
the State paper printed at Augusta iu kennebeC
County, and also hy serving atteSted copies of
the same on the chairnen of said Commissioners
of Somerset x Franklin Counties, and also at.
tested copies of the same To De served upon the
town clerk of the town OF kingteld, lin
County. and to he posted in three public places
in said town, and to he served upon T. 4.
Iague, II h. Luce. Delbert Luce, OhaSe Il
son. Albert Could, {, 4. Gould, +. r. BoNnton,
G.. NJ Churchill II. =. Norton, Charles Allbee,
+. =. Boynton, T.. r Fish, j. + Stafford &. II.
Boynton, Henry Record, D. p Clark and Win
Richardson and A. y .. W. Mead \ Co, the
owners of the lands over which said proposed
road would run in said Lexington, service on
land owners To be fourteen days before the time
appointed for said view. service on town clerk
and publishing and posting of the same To be at
least thirty days before the lime appointed for
said view. that all interested may then appear,
and be heard If they think proper.
Attest; y. W. RRAINERD, Clerk.
4 true copy of the Petition and order OF Court
thereon. lW34
Arrest. \. ". RRAINERD. Clerk.
The Somerset reporter., 1898-08-25
AIagnetizing a Soap Bubble.

Oxygen is a million times less lat
tractable" or susceptible" than iron,
and therefore experiments TO show its
attractability have to be extremely del
icate. 1t was with one Of them that
Professor Fleming concluded his lecture.
He took a soap bubble-soap and water,
by the way, being diamagnetic-and
filling it with air placed it i'll the field
Of a very strong electro magnet. The
bubble did not culver, Then he filled
another bubble with oxygen. and again
turned on the current. mstantaneously
the bubble inclined itself toward the
magnet. 1t bobbed back again when the
current was turned off, but at a second
attempt when again the current was
turned on, the attraction So unsettled
it that ii burst. London Granhic
The Somerset reporter., 1898-08-25

Mime. Rosaia Chalia Graham, a ma.
tive of Cuba, now residing in New
York, is an active worker in behalf Of
the Cuban sufferers. She was born in
Havana and educated in Spain Her ia
ther held many responsible places, in
Guiding that of minister Of marine
which he was awarded shortly before
death. Her grandfather was an admiral
i'll the Spanish navy. On her maternal
side Nine. Graham traces her lineage
from Ponce de Leon, who conquered
Porto Rico and explored Florida i'll
his fruitless search after the fountain Of
perpetual youth
Mile. Chalia showed evidences of
great musical ability at any early age,
as well as of humanitarian impulses,
by giving concert with the assistance
of her sister in behalf of some old men
whose infirmities, added to their power
ty, aroused her childish sympathies.
The concert was such a success that a
temporary home was secured for the
men, which was the Foundation of a
permanent home. After her marriage
to I. II. Graham she and Ner husband
resided in Santiago, where they now
have beautiful home.
At the outbreak of the war Mime. Gra-
ham identified herself with Cuban in
terests and few weeks ago gave a con-
cert in aid of the Cuban refugees.
Among the beautiful and interesting
souvenirs which Nine. Graham possesses
she prizes most highly the silver crucifix
which was wedding gift to her from
Pope Leo XIII,
Nine. Graham and her husband look
forward eagerly to the freedom of Cuba,
and they anticipate making their future
home under the new order of govern
ment New York Tribune
The Somerset reporter., 1898-08-25
A Brave NNnnan.

Mrs. Lizzie Goodman lately walked
400 miles, from Memphis to ST Louis,
carrying in her arms her crippled
5-year-old son Her husband had died
in poverty, and her granduucle. farm
er living near St. Louis offered to give
her AID the child home The sole,
reached the end of her journey, hut the
farmers all along the road Were kind Ia
her, giving her food and a night lodg-
ing whenever she asked for it, In ST.
Louis some compassionate women Sup-
piled her with shoes, and she set out
courageously to walk the few remaining
miles to her mcle's home in Baden. -
Boston Woman ; Journal
The Somerset reporter., 1898-08-25
som E VIE

Somewhere the wind Is blowing,
thought as .oiled along
In the burning heat of the noontide,
And the fancy made me strong
Yes, somewhere the wind is blowing,
Though here where gasp and sigh
Not breath of air is stirring,
Not a cloud III the burning sky.
Somewhere the thing we long for
Exists on earrhs wide bound,
Somewhere the sun is shining
When winter nips the ground,
Somewhere tho flowers are springing,
Somewhere the corn is brown
And ready unto the harvest
To feed the hungry town.
Somewhere the twilight gathers
And weary men lay by
The burden of the daytime
And, wrapped in sldmher lie;
Somewhere the day is breaking,
And gloom and darkness flee.
Though storms our bark are tossing,
There's somewhere placid sea.
And thus, thought it's always,
In this mysterious life.
There's always gladness somewhere
In spite of its pain and strife,
And somewhere the sin and sorrow
OF earth are known no more,
Somewhere our weary spirits
Shall find peaceful shore
Somewhere the things that try US
Shall all have passed away
And doubt and fear no longer
Impede the perfect day.
Oh, brother, though the darkness
Around thy soul be cast,
The earth is rolling sunward,
And light shall come at lasti
ALFRED Capel Shaw in Elmira Facts
The Somerset reporter., 1898-08-25

too Once when he wanted to parade
with his comrades she bought him an
expensive blue suit with brass buttons
Oh 1t. He wanted to marry her, but the
will Of the selfish dead man stood be-
tween, 30 after time he married some.
body else. The widow was broken heart.
ed. She recalled the suit with the brass
buttons, she recalled hundred kind.
nesses shown the old soldier, she be-
walled his perfidy to her friends.
why" said one Of them, what
did.you expect: He wanted wife to
make home for him. You couldn t
marry him, 80 why do you complaint"
The widow wiped her eyes
q know | couldn't marry hin, " she
said. Il didn't really want to marry
him, anyway, but you see it was such a
heap of comfort to have steady beau -
The Somerset reporter., 1898-08-25
Big Jump For English Women.

Word comes from London that the
knickerbocker brigade is slowly but
surely growing in Importance. a great
many English women wear bloomers,
divided skirts or Knockers on wheeling
tours. And why not? The New York
dress reformer who asked why she
should thrust herself into one sack
when man had two was not unreason.
able i'll her question. This is big
jump for English women. A year or SO
ago when American wheelwomen We're
wearing rather abbreviated skirts they
sneered at us and pulled their own well
down over their ankles when pedaling.
Now they consider their reform dress
comfortable and becoming, and declare
that it is graceful and modest. New
York Sun
The Somerset reporter., 1898-08-25
Road Notice.
STATE OF MAINE

To the Commissioners of the County of Som
erset, State of Maine, and of the County of
Franklin, State of Maine
The undersigned citizens of the County of
Somerset and of the County of Franklin, re-
respectfully represent that public conNen.
fence and necessity require that a high.
way shall be laid from some point between the
farm of Josiah Chase and the farm of Thomas
T. Tague on the east road so-called, in Lexing-
ton Plantation in said Somerset County, thence
westerly across said Lexington to the east line
of kingfied in Franklin County. and thence
westerly aCrsss said kingheld To some point at
or near kingfeld Village in said Franklin
County; and we hereby petition your honorable
boards to lay out such highway in such a loca
ton within said limits as your honors may deem
most feasible and proper, and that the SAINT
may he wrought and constructed.
March II. \. II. 1895.
+. $. BQYNTON ard n others.
The Somerset reporter., 1898-08-25

The Washington Post says that in one
of the suburban towns near the capital
lives widow well endowed with
worldly goods, whose husband, with a
sort of posthumous jealousy, has guard
ed against her remarriage by providing
that she shall lose all her property if
ever she takes another husband She
has been receiving attentions for sever
al years from an elderly CT. A. r, vet
cram She has been very good to him
The Somerset reporter., 1898-08-25

Women prisoners in England have a
new employment in which they are
much interested. 1t is the making OF
glass bead screens They are taught tC
do the work by expert instructors, and
when the screens are finished they re-
semble japanese work. The screenmak
ing is much more popular than the or
binary work of sewing, mending, wash
ing, etc, in which they have heretofore
been mainly employed.
The Somerset reporter., 1898-08-25

In China there is no regular standard
of distance Standards vary in the diff
ferent provinces of the empire, the chin,
or unit of length, varying from to 10
inches in different provinces A Chinese
mile may be from quarter of an Eng
lish mile to mile and three quarters,
according to the province.
The Somerset reporter., 1898-08-25
TRY GRAIA.O! TRY GRAIN.O !

Ask your Grocer to-day to show you pack
@e Of GRAIN-O, the nsw food drink that
takes he place of coffee. The children may
All who try it, like 1t. GRATN-O has that rich
seal brown OF Mocha or Java, but il is made
from pure grains, and the most delicate
stomach receives il without distress. Z the
price Of coffee. 25c. and Is cts per package.
Sold by all Prncers.
The Somerset reporter., 1898-08-25
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SHAKE INTO YOUR SHOES

Aliens Foot Ease powderl for the feet. 1t
cures painful, swollen smarting feet and
Instantly takes the sting out OF corns and bun
ions. It's the greatest comfort discovery OF
he age. Aliens Foot Ease makes tight fitting
~ lew shoes feel easy. 1t is certain cure for
,weatiug, tallous and hot, tired, aching feet
Try II to.cat. Sold by all druggists and shoe
"otes. BY mail for Csc. in stamps. Trial pack
&c FREE. Address, Allen S. Olmsted, LIE Roy,
V, Y
The Somerset reporter., 1898-08-25

Miss Beatrice Harraden is we'll enough
to live i'll London again. According to
"Who's Who" Miss Harraden is just
over "a years of age, though she looks
much less, and no less than three ia
nous colleges can claim her as an alum
nus-Queen' college and Bedford col
lege, London, and the Ladies college,
Cheltenham, 'ez III r., -, IL
The Somerset reporter., 1898-08-25
TRY ALIENS FooT-EAsE.

A powder to be shaken into the shoes At
this season your feet swollen and hot, and get
tired easily. II you have smarting feet or tight
shoes, try Aliens Foot Ease. 1t cools the feet
and makes walking easy. Cures and prevents
swollen and sweating feet, blisters aud callous
spote. Relieves corns and bunions OF all pain
and gives rest and comfort. Try it to-day. Sold
by all druggists and shoe stores for 25c. Trial
pac kege FREE. Address, Allen :. Olmstesd,
lie Row N v
The Somerset reporter., 1898-08-25

A legacy OF $4,000 has fallen tc
Princeton university by the will OF Mrs.
Annie S. Patton The endowment is to
be called the William and Annie S. Pa.
ton lectureships in ancient and modern
literature
The Somerset reporter., 1898-08-25
All Alone In That Glass,

Mr. Hunker-I have merely speak
ing acquaintance with Miss Throckmor-
ton.
Mr.. Spatts-You are very lucky All
her other acquaintance are listening
acquaintance. STRAY Stories
The Somerset reporter., 1898-08-25

In France it is il punishable otlense
for any one to give infant, under one
year any form of solid food unless such
be- ordered by written prescription sign
ed by legally qualified rcdieal man.
The Somerset reporter., 1898-08-25

II wouldn't be seen smoking a ciga-
rette!" exclaimed the princess earnestly.
Accordingly She summoned her good
fairy and babe that functionary lend her
a match and render her invisible De
troit Journal.
The Somerset reporter., 1898-08-25

The first Chinese woman to be admit
ted to II New York hopsital is Annie
Fun, the wife Of All Hoo, Chinatown
merchant She was born near Canton,
China, 80 years ago and came to Amer
lea when she was / years old.
The Somerset reporter., 1898-08-25

Rosa Bonheur has commissioned Miss
Klumpke, an American artist, to paint
her portrait. Miss klunIplle has won
several medals both in France and
America.
The Somerset reporter., 1898-08-25

Word comes from Paris that the black
and white net wells used with dressy
hats are no longer worn beneath the
chin They come just below the nose
and are stretched rather tightly across
the face. Very few women look we'll in
these abbreviated wells
The Somerset reporter., 1898-08-25

Miss Gertrude HALEY has been az
pointed one of the demonstrators in anat
omy at thu University of Melbourne,
Australia
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-09

relative to sewerage or drainage, upon the amount of damage to be paid to such owners for the purpose of such improvement and for the perpetual use of said real estate for said purpose.
 Sec. 8. The Board may, when au thorized by ordinance of the Supervis- ors passed by not less than fourteeen affirmative votes, construct such sew CTS, reservoirs and pumping works as may be necessary to carry out the gen. eral system of sewerage for the City and County.
 Sec. g. When, upon the recommends tion of the Board of Public Works, the Supervisors shall determine upon any improvement for the purpose of sewer age and drainage which necessitates the acquisition or condemnation of prf- vate property, and the Board is unable to agree with the owner thereof. upon the amount of compensation or dam ages to be paid therefor, or when such owner is in any way incapable of mak- ing any agreement in reference thereto, and in all cases in which the Board shall deem it most expedient, it shall, when authorized by the Supervisors ex- pressed by ordinance, have the right to cause said property to be condemned, and to institute proceedings for the condemnation of such property, or for the entertainment of such damages in the manner, so far as may be applica- ble, which Is provided in this Article for the condemnation of real estate when necessary for the opening of any new street.
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-09
ARTICLE VIII. POLICE DEPARTMENT.
CHAPTER L
Organization.

SECTION l. The Police Department shall consist of Board of Police Com missioners. a. Chief of Police, Police Force. and of such clerks and em- ployes as shall be necessary to carry into effect the provisions of this Article.
 Sec. 2. All members of the Police De. partment shall hold office during good behavior, subject to the provisions hereinafter set forth relating to pro motions, suspensions. dismissals and diSratements.
 Sec. 3. No person shall become a member of the Department unless he shall be citizen of the United States of good character for honesty and so- briety, able to read and write the Eng fish language. and a resident of the City and County for at least five years next preceding his appointment Every appointee to the Department shall not be less than twenty-one nor more than thirty-five years of age must possess the physical quaIifications required for recruits of the Tinted States Army, and before his appoint ment must pass a satisfactory medical examination under such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the Board of Police Commissioners In making appointments of members of the Department, the Board shall never regard the political or religious preferences or affiliations of any can didate.
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-09
ARTICLE VII. PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND LIBRA
 RES.
CHAPTER I.
The Board of Education.


 SECTION 1. The School Department shall be under the control and manage ment of a Board of Education com- posed of four School Directors, who shall be appointed by the Mayor, and who shall give their entire time to the duties of their office. They shall each receive an annual salary of three thou sand dollars. They shall not be less than thirty years of age and must have been residents of the City and County for at least five years prior to their ap- pointment. The Board shall never be so constituted as to consist of more than two members of the same politi- cal party. The term of office of the Di- rectors shall be four years. Those first appointed shall 70 classify themselves by lot that they shall respectively go out of office at the expiration of one, two, three and four years.
 Sec. 2. The Board shall organize by electing one of it's number President, his successor is elected. The Board may elect a Secretary who shall not be a member of the Board, and who shall receive an annual salary of eighteen hundred dollars.
 Sec. 3. The Board shall meet at least once a week and at such other times as it may determine. It shall establish rules for its proceedings; but the con- current vote of the majority of it's members shall be necessary to transact business. In every instance where a power is exercised under this Article by the Board the vote thereon shall be taken by ayes and noes and entered in the minutes of the Board.
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-09
CHAPTER IT.
Police Commissioners.

SECTION 1. The Police Department shall be under the management of a Board of Police Commissioners consist ing of four members who shall be ap- pointed by the Mayor, and each of whom shall receive an annual salary of twelve hundred dollars No person shall be appointed such Commissioner who shall not have been an elector of the City and County for at least five years next preceding his appointment.
 Sec. 2. The Board shall never be so constituted as to consist of more than two members of the same political party. The term of office of the Com missioners shall be four years. Those first appointed shall so classify them selves by lot that they shall respec- lively go out of office at the expiration of one, two, three and four years.
 Sec. 3. The Commissioners shall be successors in office of the Police Commissioners holding office in the City and County at the time this Charter shall go into effect by virtue of appointment under any statute or law of this State.
 Sec. A. The Police Commissioners shall organize by electing one of their number President, who shall hold such office for one year. The Board shall appoint Secretary. who shall receive an annual salary of fifteen hundred dollars. The sessions of the Board
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-09
CHAPTER III.
pomers of the Board.

SECTION 1. The Board Of Pollce Commissioners shall have power. z,
 1. To appoint, promote, suspeno, QiS- rate or dismiss any member or tne f.- D partment in the manner nereiAai'ei provided. ,,.;o,s for the government, discipline. equip ment and uniform of the DepartHlenl' and from time to time to alter or L peal the same, and to preScr1De pendi ties for the violations of any or % sucn rules and regulations. All sucn luieH and regulations must be reasollaoie. e.o,,
 B. To grant permits to any person desiring to engage in the sale or nquor in less quantity than one quart, ana so grant permits to any person ensdSeu Ih the business of selling nquor lo pe drunk on the premises, ana to reFohs any such permit when 1t shall appeal to the Board that the business or the person to whom such permit was glVeE Is conducted in a disorderly or i. Iln proper manner. Without such perinis none of such persons shall enedse ih the business of selling liquor. 1T tho Board refuse to grant such permit, or propose to revoke any permit that mas been granted, the person who IS re fused such permit or whose permit IL IS proposed to revoke. shall be entitled to be heard before the Board In person, or through counsel, and to nave, lreo of charge, all reasonable facilities aC the hearing. Such permits shall not pe granted for more than three months at one time, and they shall distinctly state the name of the person to whom the same is given, and the description or the premises where such business IS to be carried on. Such permits snail at att times be subject to inspection py any member of the Department com plaints to revoke permits granted py the Roard must be in writing, signed by the person making the same ana filed with the Secretary of the Boaru, and a copy thereof certified py the Secretary must be served upon Ine party complained against at least IFe days before the time set for the hearing of the complaint.
 4. At it's discretion, upon the peti- tion of any person, firm or corporation' to appoint and at pleasure to remove, special police officers. Such of1cerS shall be subject to all the rules ana regulations of the Board.
 5. To provide for the care, restltu tion or sale at annual public auction or all unclaimed property that may come into the possession of the Property Clerk, and to direct the destruction or such property as shall consist or lIh- plements, weapons, property or any other article, matter or thing useo Ill the commission of crime. care of female prisoners and to pro- vide rules and regulations for the gov ernment of the same.
 T. To appoint a Police Surgeon who shall receive an annual salary Of hf- teen hundred dollars.
 Sec. 2. The President may convene the Board for special meetings. The Secretary of the Board shall be the offi- cial custodian of all records and official documents of the Board.
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-09
CHAPTER V.
Harbors. and Wharves.

SECTION 1. All the Wharves, Water Front and Harbor of San Francisco which now belong or may hereafter be- long to the City and County, or over which it may at any time lawfully ex- ercise jurisolction and control. shall be under the management and control of the Supervisors. All said wharves shall be built and repaired by the Board of Public Works, after proceedings had as provided in this Article for the 1m- provement or repair of public build ings.
 Sec. 2. The Supervisors shall by ordi- nance fix and regulate the tolls for wharfage and dockage, and shall pro- vide for the collection of the same, ex- cept where the wharves are under the jurisdiction of the Board of State liar bor Commissioners, or may provide that no charges, tolls, dockage or wharfage be imposed or collected. The Supervisors shall not have power to dispose of any wharf. but they may lease any wharf for term not exceed ing two years.