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The Somerset reporter., 1899-06-29
ALL THE NEWS
from Somerset Towns
East Madison.

The church held their annual meeting
June Is. IS answered when the roll
WAS called. No officers were elected
and no reports as to the financial stand
ing of the church which we think Is OF
vital Importance.
Friday, the 53d, a good delegation
went to give the minister a pounding,
but, 10! the psrson had fed. But his
good wife received the pounds gracious
ly. After a short time spent socially
and singing, the company returned
home. Such gatherings show that the
people appreciate their pastor In their
efforts to do for him.
NJ. o. Dean has horse very sick
with pleura pneumonia, and we hear
many others are sick with the same
disease.
The Somerset reporter., 1899-06-29
Millions Given Away.

1t is certainly gratifying to the public
to know of one concern in the land who
are not afraid to be generous to the
needy and the suffering. The proprie-
tors of DR.. Kings New Discovery for
consumption, coughs and colds have
of this great medicine and have the sat
isfaction of knowing it has absolutely
cured thousands of hopeless cases.
Asthma, bronchitis, hoarseness and all
diseases of the throat, chest and lungs
are surely cured by it. Call on
G. w. Folsom's Drug Store.
and get a trial bottle free. Regular
size SOC. and 81. Every bottle guaran-
teed or price refunded.
The Somerset reporter., 1899-06-29
NEkRANcAN HOUSE.
Opened June Is. 1899

on an elevation Of ninety feet above high
water mark, and here 1t is never uncomfort-
ably warm. From the otel piazza can be
seen Seguin Light and Five Islands, Westport,
Southport, Hendricks Head, Dog6sh Head,
Indian Town Island, Boston and Sawyer's
Islands, and the open seA,-all making mag
ni6cent view.
The Hotel and Island are owned by an asso-
cis ion composed OF professional and business
men from Pennsylvania, Massachusetts Rhode
Island and Maine, and is governed by such
rules and regulations rs prevent Objectionable
features OF all kinds. Sanitary arrangements
complete; perfect sewerage system.
The quiet waters of sheepscott Bay are es
pecially adapted to safe rowing. The best
opportunities for bowling yachting and dane
ing afforded. Church services are held in the
Casino every Sunday of the season. 1t has
daily mails and Is on the direct route Of the
Eastern Steamboat Company from Bath to
Boothbsy Harbor.
Fare from skow hogan and return 1855.
Terms: $3.50 per day; board by the week
from $500 to &l2.Co. For terms. rooms, etc.
address 8w24
s. s. WALKER.
1.-THE Nekrangsn House," Isle of Springs, Ne
The Somerset reporter., 1899-06-29
Harmony.

The exercises on the fourth of July in
this town will consist of fantasies in
the morning, bicycle race, potato race,
pig race and running race in the fore
noon, matched base ball game, and an
Grafton by E. N. Merrill, Esq. Of Skow-
hogan, in the afternoon, with dancing in
the hall in the afternoon and night, with
fireworks in the evening.
Mr.. John Tibbetts and wife of Yves,
Athens, and H. w. Longfellow and
Mrs. Samuel Foss of Cornville, were
visiting relatives and friends In town
last week.
The schools in town close this week.
The Somerset reporter., 1899-06-29
Helping "A Tartar.

A singular custom prevails among
the Tsrtars or Knrds II man gets into
difficulties e., loses his cattle or
other movable property he pours a
little brown sugar into piece of col
ored cloth, tee it mp and carries one
such parcel to each of his friends and
acquaintance In return he is pre-
sented. according to circumstances.
with cow. or sheep. or a sum of mon
ey He is thus at once get on his legs
again
The Somerset reporter., 1899-06-29
An UnsuccesafuI Operation.

lyon told me you expected 10 per
form an operation for appendicitis on
old Beasley How did you come outF
BADLY
sis Beasley deadf'
mo As soon Ms | suggested the oper
alton he sent for another doctor -
Cleveland Plain Dealer
The Somerset reporter., 1899-06-29
Haying will generally commence nex'
Jack man.

Mrs. Harriette Barney of Eau Claire,
Wis, lie home on a visit, called here by
the illness OF her brother, Mr.. David
Holden, who ia still very low. Mrs.
Barney went away nearly thirty years
ago and has not been home since, until
the present time. She was gladly well
coined home by her many friends.
Mr.. Ben Holden is In town.
We are very glad to see tennis court
in town and to see 80 many active play
ers. 1t gives the town new appear
ance.
The Somerset reporter., 1899-06-29
DRINK GRhlh.0

after you have concluded that you ought not
to drink coffee. 1t is not medicine but
vigorating and sppetizing. 1t 10 made from
pure grains and has that rich seal brown color
and tastes like the finest grades OF conee and
cost about ID as much. Children like 1t and
tn rive on II because IL Is q genuine food drink
containing nothing but nourishment. Ask
your grocer for Grain o, the new food drink.
is aud 2bc.
The Somerset reporter., 1899-06-29

|. Henry Mcclellan. of Hamilton,
\ H., il a veteran Of the 10th ILL.,
gnois Infantry. He said:
For more than fifteen years I
was a sufferer from gastritis in its
worst form. I was much reduced
In flesh and strength and unable
to attend to business. Finally my
wife persuaded me TO try DR.. Will
liams' Pink Pills for Pale People
and to my surprise I began to get
better. Three boxes effected a
cure that has been permanent.
When I began to take the pills 1
weighed 1 36 pounds now I weigh
1868. These pills did me more
good than all the other medicines
l have ever taken.
H. K. MCCLELLAN"
Subscribed and sworn to before
me this second day of December,
1897.
r. r. WALLACE.
Notary Public.
-Froas tie Press, Hamilton. III.
DR.. Williams. Pink Pills fer Pale People
contain, in . condensed form, all the els-
menh necessary TO give new lifs and rich.
mss to the blood and restore shattered
nerves. They are an unfailing specific for
such diseases - lccomstsr ataxia, partial
paralysis, ST. vitus' dance, ssistca, neural
ia, rheumatism, nervous hsadache, the
ahar-snech Of the grip, palpitstien Of tAs
heart, pale and ssllow oenplsxisns. and all
forms Of weakness either in male - female.
Dr.. wsllams' pisk PtNs iss Psas Psspis ars as~sf
ssis b. the dstsa o. hsadrsd. Bet aivays II pack.
aSss. Al oil drsDsIsts. o. si'sst ksa TIE o.. WI.
Mams MsAlsins csapaay. ssAsssstaty. \. T.. -
ssats ~ bsx, ebsIes 14oA
The Somerset reporter., 1899-06-29
FINEST IN new ENGLAND!

Sixty feet of shooting space, the largest
shop in town. All tools, FORCES, etc.,
new. None but the best of shoes and
stock used. In addition to the shop l
have the stable in rear portion of
which shall reserve for the use of my
customers. You CAN DRIVE IHTo MT
SHOP IN CASE OF RAIN. In connec-
ton with this shop.
1. L. Salley, d. V. S., has estab-
lished an Office and can be found here
each day to attend to lameness in horses
feet.
No shop in Maine has 80 many advan.
tages to offer as this one. Special At
tention given to Gentlemen's Drivers
and Trotting Horses.
For the past six years have done
work for the leading horsemen of Show
hogan and vicinity and refer all to them.
Thanking the public for past patronage
and trusting that by strict attention to
business, shall warrant a continuance
of the same. | am respectfully,
The Somerset reporter., 1899-06-29

Four Thousand pounds Of dates have
been gathered from a single palm
The Somerset reporter., 1899-06-29

The British income tax was first i'm.
posed by Sir Robert Peel in lS4l, when
1t was fixed at tivepence in the pound.
The Somerset reporter., 1899-06-29

Miss Footlites: Funny that you should get
no flowers, and I have SO many bouquets.
Miss Grooves: Oh. don't know. You see
my florist has refused me any more credit.
The Somerset reporter., 1899-06-29
NEW
Blacksmith Shop.

have leased the old Green Hill stable
on Water St., nearly opposite Hotel
Heselton, and have fitted it up as q
model blacksmith shop, one of the
The Somerset reporter., 1899-06-29

We have never shown a
more sensible Oxford than
the one which bears the name
of "Mrs. Jenness Miller" the
eminent Author and Lecturer
on Higher Physical Culture
and Dress Improvement.
We unhesitatingly recon.
mend them as the most COM
Portable, most graceful and
stylish and above all the most
perfect fitting Oxfords to be
had.
They will prove as salts.
factory in every particular as
the famous "Jenness Miller
Shoes.
We are sole agents.
The Somerset reporter., 1899-06-29

To Cure Constipation in One Week
To Purify the Blood in One Week
To Strengthen Nerves in One Week
To Cure Sick Headache in One Day
The Somerset reporter., 1899-06-29
The Isle OF Springs

In Boothbay Harbor, Maine. four miles
from Squirrel Island, is unsurpassed as
summer resort in beauty. healthfulness and
for rest and recreation. 1t has
ten springs of the purest water. has no wet,
unhealthy marshes. as it gradually rises from
all sides to Its centre, near which stands
The Somerset reporter., 1899-06-29

Take Cleveland's Celery Compound Tea,
SIC, trial size free. II 1t fails to cure,
your money will be refunded. Il. w.
Gushing, Skowhegan, Me.
The Somerset reporter., 1899-06-29

1.-THE Nekrangan House," Isle OF Springs, Me.
The Yale expositor., 1899-02-03
SCIENTIFIC JOTTINGS.

An improved railroad spike has q
slot formed in one side in which n
toothed plate Is inserted, the points or
the teeth lying inside the line OF the
side of the spike until driven out by n
steel wedge after the spike is in plaza
to lock it in the tie.
In a new leveling device a shaft iS
journaled in the center of dial to car
ry weighted arrow, the lower edge
of the dial being flattened to the rest
on the surface to be leveled, while thu
arrow swings around to indicate the
position of the object. 4 :
A table has been designed which VIII
remain level on board ship, the top
of the table being carried by a vertical
post intersecting two horizontal rods
journaled at their ends in the base OF
the table, with a weight at the lower
end of the rod to balance 1t. 20. :
A Washington woman has patented
a sleeping bag for use in cold climates,
having the fur or other material
formed into a tube at the lower end
and extended at the top to form two
fiat flaps, with pillow attached to the
under one, tho upper flap engaging tho
lower to close IL around the head :
An Englishman has invented a car
rier which will preserve fish alive dur
ing transportation, an upper chamber
in the receptacle being filled with OK
ygen, which is absorbed by the water
to purify it, the Earring of the carrier
in shipment tending to absorb the OK
ygen. ,
To prevent rugs from slipping on the
floor and turning up at the corners. a
Massachusetts, inventor has patented q
suction cup of rubber, number or
which are placed around the edges OF
the rug and pressed against the iioor
to expel the air undernesth and TO
cause them to fasten themselves down.
The color of railroad lamp can DO
changed without replacing the globe
by the use of a new attachment formed
OF wire spiral, with ring at either
end, to be inserted in n colored cloth
cylinder, which is drawn over the
globe and held in place by catches or
lie rings.
The Yale expositor., 1899-02-03

dead. The others, who had seized up
on Mynheer Poets, were still alive, but
one was expiring and the other bled
fast. Philip put few questions to the
latter, but he either would not or could
not make any reply; he removed their
weapons and returned to the house,
where he found the old man attended
by his daughter, in state of compare
tive composure.
81 thank you, Philip Vanderdecken
Il thank you very much. You have
saved my dear child and my money
that is little, very little-for am poor.
May you live long and happily"
Philip unused; the letter and his VOW
were, for the first time since he fell
in with the robbers, recalled to his
recollection, and a shade passed over
his countenance.
Long and happily-no, no." mutter-
ed he, with an involuntary shake Of
his head.
"And l must thank YOU" said Am
inc, looking inquiringly in Philips
face. "Oh, how much have to thank
you for! and, indeed, l am GRATEFUL"
Eyes, yes, she is very grateful" in
terrupted the old man; but we are poor
very poor. l talked about my money
because l have so little and l cannot
afford to lose it; but you shall not pay
me the three guilders and half am
content to lose that, Mr.. Philip"
"Why should you lose even that,
Mynheer Poots? / promised to pay
you, and will keep my word. l have
plenty of money-thousands of gull
ders, and know not what to do with
them"
You-you-thousand of guilders!
exclaimed Poots. Pooh! nonsense!
that won't do"
81 repeat to you, Anime" said Phil
ip, that l have thousands of guilders;
you know I would not tell falsehood."
81 believed you when you said so
to my father" replied Anime.
"Then, perhaps, as you have so much
and 1 am so very poor, Mr.. Wander
decken-"
But Anime put her hand upon her
fathers lips, and the sentence was not
finished.
Father" said Anime, cit is time
that we retire. You must leave us for
tonight, Philip"
II will not" replied Philip; NOR,
you may depend upon, will sleep.
You may both to bed in safety. 1t is
indeed time that you retire-good-
night. Mynheer Poots, l will ask but
lamp, and then l leave you-Amine,
goodnight"
Good night" said Anime, extending
her hand, land many, many thanks"
Thousands Of guilders!" muttered
the old man, as Philip left the room
and went below.
Ito be continued.)
The Yale expositor., 1899-02-03
DOWN ON THE FARM.
Tillers of the Soil Appreciate the Little
! Wonder Worker.

WONDER w orker.
Near the little town of Woods Cor
hers, about six miles from Ionia, resides
r. L. Pierson. Mr.. Pierson, a farmer
by occupation, and like all hard-work-
ing tillers Of the soil he has found the
burdens the back must bear no light
load to carry. Few people who never
lived on a farm appreciate what it
means to follow the pillow from sunrise
to sunset, but if the public in general
don't know how hard such work is, the
kidneys do. Long hours of work of
any kind means long hours for the kid
neys, and they can't stand it without
rebelling. When the farmer comes
home tired out at night, if he only
realized that the tired feelings mostly
always came from tired kidneys, and
that the little wonder-workers, Doan's
Kidney Pills, would right the wrong
brought on by over-worlk, life would
be easier for him. Read what Mr..
Pierson says about his experience:
noticed when stopped, lifted or changed
my position suddenly, early in the fall OF 1897,
that was always rewarded with sharp pains
across the small Of my back, and in the morn
ing was so lame and sore that 1 could scarcely
get out OF bed. The too frequent action OF the
kidney secretions, especially annoying at night,
plainly indicated that my kidneys were the
cause OF the trouble. had often heard Doan's
Kidney Pills spoken about by my neighbors,
and as 1t was the first time l required such q
preparation, l procured box. noticed their
beneficial effects in day or two and continued
the treatment until my backache was cured and
the other weakness was thoroughly relieved.
make no mistake when say that Doan's Kid
ney Pills cure backache and kidney complaint.
Doan's Kidney Pills are sold by all
dealers. Price so cents per box, or six
boxes for $3.50. Mailed by Foster-Mil-
burn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. Sole agents
for the United States.
Remember the name "Doan's" and
take no substitute.
The Yale expositor., 1899-02-03
ARCHpUKE AT PosToFFIcE-
Lordiy Officials Compelled to EIhisss
Courtesy TO a Peasant,

OOuFbcsy 10 n EoAbnnt'
From the London Daily News: An
amusing incident has occurred at
Trieste. A peasant presented parcel
for dispatch to an offlciaA In the cen
trail postoffice Of that town, and was
roughly told it could not be received
as it was improperly done. up. The
peasant inquired how It ought to bs
done up, and the official sharply re-
piled that II was not his business to
tell him. Here a gentleman inter
vened on the peasants behalf, but was
told by the official that il he had any
fault to find he had better complain
to the superintendent. The gentleman
did so, but was told that postal off,
Gals could not be expected to teach
the public, and that II he was not sat-
isfied he had better complain to the
director. The gentleman hereupOn
pulled out a card and said: II have
no time to go to the director. re-
quest you to go to him yourself and
tell him that order him to come here
instantly and himself instruct this
man how to make up this parcel"
The superintendent looked at the card
and trembled when he read the name
Of the archduke Louis Salvador. Tho
director lost no time In coming. He
stormed at the superintendent, who in
turn stormed at the official, and all
three nearly fell over each other in
their zeal to show the peasant how to
do up his parcel. A more carefully
made up package probably never
passed through the Austrian postofice.
The incident, however, has excited
a grave question. All the newspapers
approve Of the archduke's interview
ton, but some pertinently ask whether
he had any right to order" the d.
rector to do anything. The champions
OF the constitution are exercised, but
after all the important thing is That
the peasant got his parcel off.
The Yale expositor., 1899-02-03
His SuRpeatfon

Young Author-Well, how do you
like my play? Have you any sugges-
lions to make? Manager-There is one
suggestion I would make. Instead Of
having your hero lynched by a mob in
the last act, l think 1t would be well
to have the mob hang all the charac-
tiers in the opening scene.
The Yale expositor., 1899-02-03
A Chicago Debutante.

'Do you give any thought to the flu
ture ?"asked the clerical looking man
solemnly. do II" exclaimed the gid
dy young thing. well, say! you don't
happen to know of any real nice, elig-
ible young man, do you?"-Chicago
Post
The Yale expositor., 1899-02-03


ache, headache, nervous tired
feeling, painful menstruation and
leucorrh9a.
/, took four bottles of Vegetable
Compound, one box of Liver
Pills, and used one package of
Sanative Wash, and am now well.
1 thank you again for the good
you have done for me.-ELLA f..
BRENNER, East Rochester, Ohio.
Great numbers of such letters as
the above are constantly being re-
ceived by Mrs. Pinkham from wo-
men who owe theirhealth and hap
piness to her advice and medicine
! Mrs. Pinkham's address is
Lynn, Mass. Her advice is Of
fered free to all suffering women
who are puzzled about themselves.
! If you have backache don't neg
lect or try heroically to work it
down, you must reach the root of
the trouble, and nothing will do
this so safely and surely as Lydia
E. Pinlham's Vegetable Com
pound. Backache is accompanied
The Yale expositor., 1899-02-03

Queer about the actor who made
the little speech before the curtain
last night, wasn't it?"
What was queer about him?"
He didn't say it seemed like get
ting home when he came here to fill
his engagement"
The Yale expositor., 1899-02-03

Everybody's liable to itching piles.
Rich and poor, old and young-terrible
the torture they suffer. Only one cure
sure. Doans Ointment. Absolutely
safe: can't fail.
The Yale expositor., 1899-02-03

lot of other aches
the Remove
perenc n following
udnote
used; it has relieved of like
Thanks Lydia f. Pnkham.
would troubled
shall
Million Women Have Benefited Medicine
The Yale expositor., 1899-02-03
Coughing Leads to Consumption.

Kemp's Balsam will stop the cough
at once. Go to your druggist today
and get sample bottle free. Sold in
25 and so cent bottles. Go at onces de-
lays are dangerous.
The Yale expositor., 1899-02-03

; No man can cure consumption. You
can prevent it though. DR.. Woods
Norway Pine Syrup cures coughs, colds,
bronchitis, sore throat. Never fails.
The Yale expositor., 1899-02-03
THANKFUL TO MRS. PINKHAM.
Earnest Words Women Relieved
Mrs Pinkham Against Neglect

DEAR Mrs PKHAMI have been thankful thousand times wrote
Vegetable
vice carefnlly and now feel like different
The Yale expositor., 1899-02-03

No one would ever be bothered with
constipation if everyone lEnew how
naturally and quickly Burdock Blood
Bitters regulates the stomach and
bowels.
The Yale expositor., 1899-02-03

While John Hildebrand, of North
Lansing, was feeding his horse the
animal bit his nose off close to. his face.
The Yale expositor., 1899-02-03
Hoods SarsapariIIa

Don't make chatterbox of yourself
when your employer is out of hearing.
The Yale expositor., 1899-02-03

Cures Group, sore throat, pulmonary
troubles-Monarch over pain of every
sort. DR.. Thomas Electric Oil.
The Yale expositor., 1899-02-03

They lose the world who buy it with
much care.
The Yale expositor., 1899-02-03
STORYETTES.

Mr.. T.. a business man, rents desk
room in his Office to NJ. B., whence
the following story: "Is Mr.. B. in?"
asked a caller. NO" replied Mr.. T.,
thinking he recognized an unwelcome
caller. well, I'll wait for him." re-
piled the caller, sitting down. At s
o'clock he was still waiting. At $50
still waiting. A few minutes before 6
Mr.. T. closed his desk for the day and
prepared to go home. The caller ven
tured TO ask if Mr.. b. was likely to
return to his Office that day. Mr.. T.
answered: mo; he is in Sacramento,
and will be back next Tuesday morn
ing" The caller showed no anger. On
the contrary, he smiled. Don't apollo
gize," he said; my business is not
important, and your office has proved
pleasant lounging place. Fact is" he
blandly added, Il suppose I'm coming
down with the smallpox, and the doc
tor told me l must stay indoors and
keep warm"
The Yale expositor., 1899-02-03

A precious book is foretaste of inn
morality.
The Yale expositor., 1899-02-03

Rudyard Kipling, when he was a
student in the United Service college,
in North Devon, says one who knew
him, was known as Gigs" because Of
the glasses he wore. About the mid
die of his school life he entered into
a strong tie Of friendship with two
other boys. The trio are said to have
led a kind Of bohemian existence, as
related in the "Stalky' stories. Kip
ling was the Beetle"
During these four or five years it
could hardly be said that Kipling was
q prodigy. He was always extremely
near sighted, which was perhaps the
reason for his not taking any very
keen interest in either field sports or
athletics. On the other hand, he was
not always to be seen porting over his
books. He was seldom at the top of
his class, although when he left the
college in 1882 he carried with him
the well-earned first prize in English
literature. He was chiefly noticeable
in his schoolfellows' eyes for a keen
wit and a flow of language that could
only be suppressed by depriving him
of his spectacles.
For two years Kipling was editor OF
the College Chronicle, during which
period many bright verses and clever
articles from his pen appeared In that
little journal. The position led to his
first newspaper engagement under
novel and amusing circumstances. The
head master of the college was chair
man of the local board, and he was
being attacked by the local paper. The
local editor, probably seeing some OF
Kipllng's work, entered into an ar
rangement with him to goad the head
master into the indiscretion of reply.
The next issue contained a series of
articles written in such poignant, sar-
castle terms that everybody began to
talk about the matter. The head mas
ter was compelled to take up his pen
in self-defense, and eventually he re-
signed his chair.