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The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1898-08-18

81 have been newspaper man all
my life, SAID Horace Greeley Perry re-
Gently, land my connection with the
press of the country dates from my
christening. My father was warm adj
mirer of Horace Greeley, and he insist
ed upon my bearing the name of the
greatest American editor. | suppose
am the only girl in the world who is
named for the late editor of the New
York Tribune"
Miss Horace Greeley Perry is young
and pretty and proprietor and editor Of
the st. Peter journal of st. Peter,
MINI. She is the only woman in the
state who edits paper, and she is also
the youngest member of her profession
in Minnesota.
Miss Perry is bright sample of
what young womanhood can do in bust
ness, and her career as editor and pub
fisher has been marked by wonderful
success. Editorial blood flows III her
veins, as for some generations back her
ancestors have been newspaper men.
She says that she has risen from the
ranks, having started us IA newsgirl sell
ing papers on the street. At II years Of
age She began setting tpye, later doing
job work, until in 1891 she took charge
Of the paper she now OWNS.
Although in appearance "A mere
schoolgirl, She is quite worthy of all
the honors her Christian name implies.
Under her able administration The
journal secured the county printing
contract after contemporary smonopo-
ly for p years Politically this gifted
young woman is Il Democrat.
Miss Perry is intensely interested in
prison reform work and is Il member If
the State Prisoners association. She
visits the prisons and is friend Of the
1Ounpers, the famous outlaws, regular
~ paying them IA visit every month.
Cole G. Aounger edits The Prison
Mirror, and in II late number he paid
the following tribute to his friend:
"The State Editorial association may
well feel proud Of its noble little daugh-
ter, who has so bravely assumed the
responsibilities Of IA newspaper career
and whom, We fam believe, Is destined
to inscribe in letters of gold upon cur
country history the honored name Of
Horace Greeley Perry. "-Exchange
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1898-08-18
Women and Their Money.

In spite Of the great increase IN wom-
en- wage earncrs, the average woman
does not earn her own money, but has
1t provided for her t. spend 1t is usual
~ fixed gum, net easily expanded. out
of which there are necessary expendi
lures to be met. What the margin Of
indulgence shall be after the neccssaries
are provided depends upon close buying
and little economies The average woIn-
an has not only stronger motive for
petty economies than the average man,
but she can afford to spend more time
in devising them and carrying them
out. But such economies by no means
necessarily imply meanness. That de-
ponds upon the ultimate object. There
is usually little generosity in tips. 3"
Tips are commonly given either be
cause they seem to be fairly due or to
promote the giver's ease and tranquility
of mind. What woman saves on un-
necessary tips" or by haunting bar
gain counters or by spending time to
save pennies, she may spend in ways
that are truly generous and self sacrific-
ing, Inert IL uOIDlUR novel III tIe llGd
of thrift as the precursor of hberality,
and 1t is an idea that thousands of wom-
en- are constantly putting into practice.
They are content to be just, without be-
ing lavish, in order that they may be
generous i'll the end.
AS for women who earn their own
money, and earn it in sufficient quaint
ty, they are good deal like men in
their ways of spending it, except that
they seem TO find ratheF less satisfaction
than the average man III providing for
their own ease and comfort and rather
more III making provision for others
less fortunate than themselves There is
little fault to find with the generosity
of most women who have enough mon
ey of their own-earned or Inherited
which they can spend as they like, and
need account for to no one. They are
usually very generous givers and liv-
ing, as rule more simply than men of
like income and having less expensive
personal habits, they are able to devote,
and do devote, larger share Of their
incomes to works of benevolence and
benetaction. Harper Bazaar
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1898-08-18

David Walter, an industrious farmer
living near Lancaster, Pa, i'll | > years
of married life never had reason to APP
preciate that his birthday was any diff
ferent from any other in the year He
may often have regretted in quiet
way that no one saw fit to honor his
natal day with some little remembrance,
Now he believes that everything
comes to him who waits, for his thirty
eighth birthday anniversary, celebrated
ON May 81, was filled with substantial
surprises.
On that occasion his wife at breakfast
reminded him that he was 3s years of
age and that they had been married 10
years, and i'll celebration Of the dual
anniversary she had invited Il few
friends TO dinner and to spend the day,
Dinner is served at ~ O'Clock III that
section, and David had barely time to
do the chores and get into his Sunday
clothes before the guests began to arrive.
He was seated III IA front room
chair" on the porch when they trooped
up in their wagons and traps a hand
some, shiny, new carriage was attached
to one of the wagons, and David could
hardly believe his ears when the village
justice presented the glistening rig to
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1898-08-18
AIDED BY MRS. PINKHAM.

Mrs. w. f. PAXTON. youngstown,
North Dakota, writes about her strug-
gle to regain health after the birth of
her little girl:
DEAR MRS. PINKHAM.-It is with
pleasure that / add my testimony to
your list, hoping that it may induce
others to avail themselves of your val.
liable medicine.
After the birth of my little girl,
three years ago, my health was very
poor. | had leucorrhna badly, and a
terrible bearing-down pain which
gradually grew worse, until ! could do
no work. Also had headache nearly
all the time, and dizzy feelings. Men
situations were very prOfuse, appear
ing every two weeks.
" took medicine from good doctor,
but it seemed to do no good | was
becoming alarmed over my condition,
when l read your advertisement in a
paper. l sent at once for bottle of
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Com
ponnd and after taking two-thirds of
the bottle I felt so much better that
send for two more. After using three
bottles l felt as strong and well as any
one.
." l think 1t is the best medicine for
female weakness ever advertised. and
recommend it to every lady meet suf-
fering from this trouble
Maternity is wonderful experience
and many women approach it wholly
unprepared. Childbirth under right
conditions need not terrify women
The advice of Mrs, Pinkham is freely
offered to all expectant mothers, and
her advice is beyond question the most
valuable to be obtained. II Mrs. Pax
ton had written to Mrs. Pinkham be-
fore confinement she would have been
saved much suffering Mrs Pinkham's
address is Lynn, Mass.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1898-08-18

Investigations in the line of physio-
logical psychology show that in the case
of the vast majority the brain attains
its maximum weight by the age of 10,
and examination of sections of thespinal
cord shows that between the time of
birth and the age of | 5 there has been 100
per cent increase in the number Of de-
veloped nerve cells, while an increase
of only 4 & per cent has been shown
after ID; the brain also shows, with
advancing age, decline in actual
weight and in the number of connective
fibers which afford the physical sub
strata for thinking and for association.
Roughly expressed, nerve cells are said
to be plastic in inverse proportion to their
ages. Further, nerve cells have been
shown to decrease in volume some 50
per cent as result of fatiguing exer-
else. Exercise, however, of every SEN
sorry and motor brain tract is very bene-
fetal when not carried beyond the prop
er point, such exercise putting the
nerve cell in the best possible condition
for assimilating more nutriment and
developing more fully. Inaction in any
tract tends to an undeveloped spot and
to atrOphy
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1898-08-18
NO GROG IN OUR NAVY.
Nevertheless Uncle Sans Sramen Are a
Match For Any Nation.

The practice OF serving out ration
of grog daily 10 United States man-of-
wars men was discontinued many years
ago. 1t was found 70 be a bad scheme.
Whilemost Of the men were able t. use
the rum in moderation it was found
that there We're many Of the blucjaeket.
In whom the service If ration Of liquor
only served to stimulate an appetite
for more and who. after imbibing the
ships grog. would hit the beach . en-
bark upon sizeable sprees and get into
scrapes both ashore aud aboard ship
when they returned to duty more or
less shaky When these facts were It
isfactorily proved, the serving out Of
grog To United States man wars men
was discontinued. Sailors in all Of The
others Of the worlds great nayics sail
receive their daily grog
The fact probably does not prove any
thing but the writer, who has seen
man-ofwar's men Of all nations on tu-
multuous shore liberty i'll quite a few
ports Of the world, has Yet to see d
French, Italian or Spanish hlucjaeket
thrash a British man-o1 wars rIan in a
fair stand up fight, such a. heavy
weather men Of the navy are bound to
mix up in when engaged III hitting the
beach. The reason why the fact prob
ably proves nothing is that the Ameri-
can man war man, who gets no grog
at all aboard his fighting packet also
invariably contriyes to chew up his
Latin antagonist i'll a naval uniform.
The only thing that the average old
time American bluejacket likes better
in port on the China station, say, than
a fight with u French Italian or Span
ish man-ofwar' 5 man, Is % fight with
three or four of 'em put together The
Latin sailors may scratch him up a bit
with their finger nails-their methods
of fighting may he judged from this fact
but when the cops, otherwise the
gendarmes appear on the scene-to get
mauled around heap themselves in
many cases-they generally have few
laid out south European deep water men
to sort out If tAc dust Exchange,
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1898-08-18

ton of lieutenant and the management
Of cannon, and he rides his father S
horse, which fortunately did not perish
with his brave master.
Mrs. Marti is the daughter of Fran
cisco de Zayas Bazan, prominent law
yer of Camaguay, Puerto Principe. Her
marriage to Jose Marti was tho result
of girlhood romance. Her sister had
married "a wealthy Mexican and Senori-
ia Bazan had gone to Mexico to visit
her 1t was here that she met her fate
in the shape of the future Cuban gen
eral. He at that time was poor scrib-
bier, who earned his living by writing
for the newspapers, but this made no
difference to the wealthy senorita, and
in spite of great family opposition she
married him.
1t will be remembered that at the
time of his death she claimed his body
in Havana, but this request from his
bereaved widow was refused by the
Spaniards.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1898-08-18
WOMAN'S WORLD.
THE WIDOW OF A PROMINENT MAR.
TYR TO THE CUBAN CAUSE.

A Thrifty Observation-Disclosures and Their
Money - Miss Horace Greeley Perry.
Those conservative" Women.-The We
mans Holiday.
Mrs. Jose Marti, whose distinguished
husband was one of the first martyrs to
the Cuban revolution, is now living
quietly in New York with the family of
her cousin, DR.. Bazan, who is one of
the most prominent Cuban patriots in
the American contingent
She came to New York from Havana
just after the death Of General Marti,
bringing her 1S-year-old son, Jose
Marti, Jr., with her, hoping thus to
divert his mind from the war for his
country 5 freedom This was for no lack
of patriotism ON her part, but because
she believed that her son was too young
sa.fght, and, motherlike, she could not
bear to see her baby go to war especial
~ in the face of his father tragic death
in the same cause. Like many similar
ruse, it failed, and one day the boy
came i'll to her and said:
Its no use, mother | must 60 |
cannot shirk my. duty any longer, and
he went
He is now with General Garcia in
the Cuban army. He is only 19 years Of
age, but has been promoted to the posi-
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1898-08-18
An English wheeiwoman.

Mrs. Homewood, an English woman,
is the heroine Of six months tour
awheel and alone through Switzerland,
Italy, Corsica, sicily and France She
rode 500 miles i'll Sicily and nowhere
came i'll contact with brigands, though
she advises timid and nervous people to
avoid the wllds of Calabria, Sicily and
Corsica, for what simply amount to lit
tie adventures on such journeys might
have unpleasant consequences if one
either felt or showed fear.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1898-08-18

Hammock time is here The man,
woman or child who dot not like t.
lounge in hammock-W there is
something radically wrong with such a
person. Engaged girls and those who
hope to be Will undoubtedly be glad to
learn that the most up to date ham
Knocks are very closely and strongly
woven. The most popular are another
evidence of American patriotism, being
made of red, white and blue cord and
trimmed at the sides with long knotted
fringe.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1898-08-18

Mrs. Bromley looked up with shud
der. Her eyes met those Of the profess
or her brother
Archibald, she said severely
"have you seen the pictures in this
illustrated paper of the-the costumes
of the women of the Philippines"
"No," said the professor "let me
see them.
She drew the paper hastily away
Certainly not, " she cried. Il only
wanted to say that they are simply
dreadful, and | thing
"WelI, WHAT"
THAT as long as we have people Co.'S
tuned like these dependent upon us for
guidance and advice there is altogether
too much flannel wasted on soldiers
bands y
And she swept from the room, taking
the paper with her, -Cleveland Leader.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1898-08-18
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, blsters aud callous
spots. Relieves corns and bunions OF all pain
and gives rest and comfort. Try II to-day. Sold
by all druggists and shoe stores for Csc. Trial
package FREE. Address, Allen s. Olmstead,
lie Roy, N. Y.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1898-08-18
FOOLED THE PREMIER.
An Experiment Which Made Matters
Worse Than They Had Been.

A story, the truth Of which Is v0uch
ed for i'll high quarters, Is told concern
ing the manners OF the political mem
berS of a small country renowned fer its
ancient courage The prime minister
gave II reception to meet some dlstIn-
guished Engllshmen The asSemblagc
consisted solely Of the strangers, the
members of the parliament and the
prime minister. During the course Of
the evening one of the more distinguish
ed of the English guests discovered that
his watch had been taken. He went 10
his host and informed him of his loss
adding that ne especially priced the
watch, az ii was present to him from
the king of the country whose guest he
had the honor to be at that moment.
The prime minister saw at once that
there was only one thing to be done
and, asking for silence, explained the
situation to the company. He said that
no doubt some one had yielded to the
temptation of the moment but that
when they learned that the missing ar
tiCle was the gift of their king he Was
sure their loyalty, if nothing else, would
prompt them to restore it to its owner
In order that the culprit's honor might
be preserved and the country saved from
a scandal, he said, the lights would bc
lowered for five minutes and the gus SIS
would detle past the writing table,
which would give an opportunity for
the delinquent to place the watch there.
Upon this the room WIS darkened for
the stipulated time. On the lights being
turned up il was found that the watch
had not been placed on the writing ta-
BILE but that "a valuable silver inkStand,
also gift of the king L. his prime min.
lister, was missing rs we'll
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1898-08-18
BLOOM TIM E.

Had you wandered otherwhere
Through the Maytime of the year
I'm not saying that one rose
Had been slower to unclose,
That one pollen cell the less
Had grown quick O Righteousness,
Had you wandered otherwhere
Through the bloomtime of the year.
Whatsoever way you went,
How should May be else than MayP
Mine the sweeter wonderment
Since you walked with me the way.
Had you passed me all unseeing
In the Maytime of your being
I'd not say these rhymes Of mine
Had been fewer by one line
That my heart had gone unsung
All the blooming ways among,
Had you passed me by unseeing
In the lovetime of your being
Only, had you never come,
just one heart beat were unstirred,
Just one chord had waited dumb,
One song failed to find its word.
Charles Washington Coleman in Harper
Magazine.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1898-08-18
sHAkElNTo YOUR SHOES

Aliens Foot Ease, powderl for the feet. Il
cures painful, swollen. smarting feet and
instantly takes the sting out Of corns aud bun
lon sHxIt IS the greatest comfort discovery OF
Re Aliens Foot Ease makes tight fitting
,weating, csllous and hot, tired, aching feet.
Try II to-day Sold by all druggists and shoe
stores. By mail for 25c. in stamps. Trial pack
- REF. Address, Allen :. omsted, lie Roy,
v. Y.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1898-08-18
Borrowing Trouble,

He-I suppose you would scream and
wake up everybody in the house if
were to kiss you.
She-Why is it that some folks can t
help borrowing trouble? Chicago
News.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1898-08-18


Attest:-NArHAN FOWLER, Register.
Post Office address, Judge and Register
Skow he cyan. Me. 9wSS
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1898-09-08

The murderof one man and the wound
ing another in a so-called Silver Repub-
lican convention in Colorado Yesterday
is nothing more than was to have been
expected. The politicians of Colorado
have reached such a state of fanaticism
on the silver question that the man who
dares to breathe in the direction of gold
is openly branded as a traitor to his
country, and in their blindness they
have taken to killing II another for the
simple reason that methods and candi-
dates cannot be agreed upon in a civil
lied manner. The fact is that the So
called Silver Republicans of Colorado are
no more Republicans than are the Demo-
Gratis, and their place is in the ranks of
the latter party. 1t will require a few
more occurrences like that of yesterday
at Colorado Springs, however, to bring
the people of that state to their senses,
and then matters will be Strengthened
out by the reputation of the entire
gang of heelers who have brought dis
grace upon the Centennial state.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1898-09-08

According to Neal Garner, of Hema-
titc, who has just returned from Alaska,
northern New Mexico offers equally as
good opportunities to the gold hunter as
the Klondike country without the ac-
companying dangers and h%ardships.
Northern New Mexico is no better than
other parts Of the territory and there is
plenty of o for prospectors in the va
rious mining districts in the mountains
south of the Colorado line. The returns
from the mines which are operating
this year have been far ahead of any
previous year and those who are posted
on the mineral deposits in New Mexico
say that some wonderfully rich strikes
will be made in parts of the territory
where the prospector has not yet
worked. Gold hunters are not compelled
to starve and freeze and travel thous-
ands of miles in order to reach protita-
bio folds to work so long as the mining
districts of New Mexico have only been
scratched,
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1898-09-08
What Do the Law Officers Say?

The Albuquerque Citizen very perth
nently and timely remarks concerning
the New MExIcAN's expose of official
corruption and law breaking in San Mi
guel county:
The Las Vegas Optic continues its at
tack upon the editor of the NEW MExI-
CAN. The tax payers down here would
prefer q few figures or facts denying the
allegations made by the New MEXICAN
and taken from the records of the coun-
ty commissioners official acts. The
people are not interested in editorial
billingsgate-what they want to know
are the facts. If the San Miguel board
of commissioners have abated taxes, as
stated by the New MEXICAN, they have
been guilty of a direct violation of the
law and should suffer the consequences.
The laws are supposedly made to be
obeyed and not violated, and the COM
missioners of San Miguel county are no
more above the law than those filling
the same position in other counties.
We well see how their action may
be sustained by individuals and corpora
tiOns who have profited by their dere-
LECTION of duty. This goes without say
ing. If the commissioners haye not
been guilty of the acts charged against
them, why don't they say so? II they
have abated taxes and acted in the man.
ner charged, then let us have the
opinion of New Mexico's solicitor gen.
eral as to the legality or lllegality OF
their acts. Newspaper controversies
will not settle 1t. What do the law Of
fcers say?
Correct this, eminently so. What do
the law officers say?
District Attorney Fort is the proper Of
fetal to bring this matter before Governor
Otero. No denial OF the New MExIcAN's
expose has been made. The Optic, the
ring organ, has simply endsavorsd to
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1898-09-08
Llewellyn's Glorious Record.
Citizen,

Captain Llewellyn has recovered from
IA sever attack OF yellow fever, and will
soon be home. He lost about 100 pounds
during his sickness, and at present has
the appearance of a walking skeleton,
but he will soon be himself again among
the health giving mountains of southern
New Mexico. If you wish to know
Captain Llewellyn's war record in Cuba,
read the article by Richard Harding
Davis in the last Scribner's magazine.
Company G., Of the "Rough Riders"
under Captain Llewellyn made a glor,
ious record in Cuba. The men of Com
pany G were recruited at Gallup and in
San Juan county.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1898-09-08

defend the officials charged with official
misconduct and m%alfeasance in Office by
lying and false personal attacks on the
New MEXICAN. These explain nothing
and are not helping the Ease of the of.
icials charged with breaking the law
and with ~malfeasance in Office.
Let us have light on this subject! If
the law officers are of the opinion that
the law a not reach offending county
commissioners and defaulting collectors,
let the people know this. If the law
can reach them, why is it not invoked?
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1898-09-08

The yellow fake journals are keeping
the country more or less stirred up with
false stories concerning the i'll treat
ment and neglect of soldiers and sc
forth and so on. That there was SOM
neglect and i'll treatment cannot be de-
MED, but the stories published of late
by the yellow journals are vastly exag
gerated and in many cases untrue. The
truth is bad enough. These evils anC
neglect complained of have been ane
arc being remedied as quickly as posi-
bic and the situation today is vastly i'm
proved and very good.