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The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1899-11-09
Recognition Service.


The service of recognition of Rev.
Howard A. Markley, as pastor of the
First Universalist Church OF this place,
occurred, Friday evening, in that church
on North avenue. Besides those from
away who took part IN the program, the
clergy of the different denominations in
town were present by invitation, and
participated In the exercises. The
scripture was read and invocation given
by Rev w. H. Spencer d. D., followed
by hymn, read by Rev. II. f. Huse.
Rev. A. NJ. Bradley, formerly Univer
salist missionary on the Pacific coast,
preached the sermon, taking for his
text: "Then Phillip opened his mouth
and begun at the same scripture and
preached unto him about Jesus" Acts
viii, 80. Rev. r. F. Eddy pastor of the
Unversalist Church at oakland, offered
the prayer of installation. The address
to the pastor and people was given by
Rev. j. F. Rhoades, pastor of the Uni
versalist Church at Fairfield. From the
parish cordial welcome was extended
to their pastor by II. c. Bassett, and
Rev. II. w. Kimball, for the churches,
welcomed him to their midst.
Special music was furnished during
the evening by choir consisting of
Mrs. George Simpson, Mrs. Daniel
Lewis, Mr.. c. S. NJ intor and Mr.. Fred
Nye.
The attendance WAS sufficient to COM
pletely fill the audience room of the
house of worship and the services were
of marked interest and greatly enjoyed
by those present.
The newly Installed pastor, although
young man, has md considerable ex-
perience as pastor. He came here in
August last, from Bridgton, Maine,
where he had successful pastorate OF
several years. He is enthusiastically
devoted to his work and has already Ell
deared himself to his people aud made
many friends in our town.
Following is the order of the exer
cises of the OCCASION:
Voluntary.
Choir.
Scripture and Invocation. Rev. w. Fl. Spencer
Hymn. .......... Rev. n. f. Huse
Sermon 1900. ...........Rev. A. NJ Bradley
Choir.
Prayer Of Installation .......Rev r. +. Eddy
Address to Pastor and PEG ple......
.......... 80 ........Rey, j. r. Rhoades
Welcome from the Par sh....,.... II. {. Bassett
Welcome from the ChurChes......
........................Re Rev. II. W. Kimball
Offering.
Hymn.
Benediction by the Pastor.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1899-11-09
Keystone Lodge-SOlon.

The forty.third annual commune ttion
of keystone Lodge, F. & a. NJ. was
held in Masonic hail in Scion. Wednes-
day, Oct, 18th, 1899. The following
officers were elected for the comil g
year:
Leander F. NcIutire W NJ; Turner
Davis, 5. D.; William W. Jack man. ;.
w. Thomas Matson, J. D.; Fred Ma.
COON, j. w. Daniel ). York. ). :;
Lyman c. Jewett, Treas; James NJ
Brown, j. s.; Perry S. Longley, Sec'y;
Malon Patterson, Mar. Q. W. Hilton,
Tyler; c. B. Mclutire, chap; Selden f.
Greene, Malon Patterson and Charles b.
Mclntire, finance committee
AT noon a tine banquet WAS served In
the banquet hall. which it is needless 10
say was thoroughly enjoyed by all. At
two O'Clock the officers were duly in
stalled by District Deputy q. NJ. Gran
vile d. Perkins, assisted by Alnnzn
Moore as Grand Marshall After the
installation the meeting was adjourned
To the public hall. where the Solon Cor
net Band aud others very kindly enter
tanned us with selections which were
very much enjoyed by all. The thanks
of the lodge are due TO thos. who en-
tertained us, and also To the ladies who
contributed So generously To the ban
quet. The secretary is no Judge of such
matters mt has heard it remar ked by
several that il WAS one Of the finest ban
quets ever served in thr hall.
PERRY =. LONGIEf. See'y.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1899-11-09

Tell Il on the Streets Of SkOWhegan
as Elsewhere.

Some things you cannot tell too often.
Repetition gives them added strength
The same old story is pleasant to hear
When it brings happiness to home.
Brings joy to the afflicted.
Tells how burdens can be raised.
How the back can be relieved,
All the pains and aches removed.
Nkowhegan people tell this story.
Friends and neighbors talk about it.
They tell about their kidney ills.
How they suffered, how the cure
came.
What they think of Doan's Kidney
Pills.
Here is what a citizen says:
Mr.. James Frost, of the boot and shoe
firm of Merrill & Frost says; 81 had a
lame back a number of times, but never
so severe as when | went across the
street to Folsom's drug store and got a
box of Doan's Kidney Pills. | was in
clined to think it was caused by the
kidneys as | had other symptoms of
kidney complaint, but it makes no
difference if it was the kidneys or the
back, had the baekache and had it bad. :"
For sale by all dealers; price so cents
a box. Mailed on receipt of price
Foster Mlburn Co., Buffalo, n. Y, sole
agents for the u. S.
Remember the name-Doan's sand
take no substitute.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1899-11-09

We are under obligation to Hon. l.. 7.
Carleton, chairman of commissioners of
inland fisheries and game for copy of
his digest of the game laws of Maine.
1t contains all the fish and game and
forestry laws of the State, with full ex-
plantations on all disputed points as to
the construction of these laws, also on
those points he is most frequently writ
ten to for explanations, with full quota
tons of all the decisions of the Supreme
Judicial Court on Fish and Game laws,
with forms for petitions to close streams
or lakes to fishing and complaints in all
fish and game matters. The edition
published for free distribution by the
State has become exhausted, this edition
is published to supply the continued
demand and is sold at actual cost, II
cents per copy in paper covers, 20 cents
in flexible cloth.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1899-11-09

Rev. DR.. g. d. b. Pepper has resigned
the chair of Biblical Literature at Colby
College to take effect April l, next. No
reason for the resignation is made
public. The resignation has been in the
hands of the board of trustees for over
two months and was not to have been
made public but the information leaked
out, much against the wishes of all con
crrned. This action of DR.. Pepper and
the severing of his connection with the
college, will be regretted by very large
number of people of Maine.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1899-11-09
Six Frightful Failures.

six terrible failures of six different
doctors nearly sent Wn. H. Mullen of
Lockland, O, To an early grave. All
said he had a fatal lung trouble and
that he must soon die. But he was
urged 10 try DR.. Kings New Discovery
for Consumption. After taking five
bottles he was entirely cured Ii is pos
itively guaranteed to cure all diseases
of the throat. chest and lungs, including
coughs, colds, la grippe, pneumonia,
bronchitis, asthma, hay fever, Group,
whooping cough, soc and Slo0. Trial
bottles free
Aft H. Wings Drug store
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1899-11-09

Bradstreet states that this country
trade reached its highest mark in Octo-
Der. Leaving out New York, the total
of bank clearings for that month was
the largest ever recorded. New York is
omitted on account of the Influence of
speculative activity in times past, which
give it a larger total of clearings than
in the month just ended. Compared
with October last year the increase is
40t per cent, and such an immense vol
ume of business is quite sufficient to
account for the continued firmness in
the money market. No better sign OF
the lasting qualities of current business
expansion could be desired than this
participation of money in the general
rise of commodity prices.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1899-11-09

Much ink has been shed by news
papers and correspondents, particularly
among the "yelIow journals" about CEN
sored war news in Cuba during the war
there, and later in the Philippines.
These journals and correspondents have
opportunity to continue their com.
plants, now against England if they de.
sire to do so. The censorizng business
is reduced to science in connection
with the South African war. All dis
patches are censored at Cape Town,
Durbar, Mozambique, Alden, Suez,
Alexandria and Gioralter. A complete
Gordon of cable offices so that even the
Beers news sent out via. the Portugal
port Delagoa Bay is subject to British
censors.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1899-11-09
From "A Medical Standpoint.

The London Lancet IL nor The ~ gan of
the taxpayer or the moralist, bu', look
Ing upon the drink problem from the
physicians point of view, expresses it.
self frankly as appalled, by the state of
of things disclosed by recent statistics.
1t appears that during the past year the
consumption Of whiskev was the largest
ever known in England, the population
having taken more than gallon per
capita of liquor called by that name.
The death rate from intemperanee is in
creasing alarmingly. In 1897, as com.
pared with 1873, the deaths from chronic
alcoholism among men increased S2t per
cent. Among women the increase WAS
1454 per cent. Deaths from cirrhosis
among men increased II per cent, and
among women 26 per cent, in the same
period. As to the amount of disease
caused by liquor which falls short of a
fatal termination, there Is no estimating
it. Commenting on these figures, the
Lancet says: "Statesmen may create
for themselves theories that extenuate a
national vice which yields the exche quer
50 many millions sterling year, but,
speaking from a medical point of view,
we must point out that it is disgraceful
and DISASTROUS
The Lancet is justified in being appall-
ed at the situation even were it one-ha II
as bad as represented above. No candid
man can look upon this evil in any
country without alarm at the ravages OF
strong drink. They are APPALLING in the
extreme. Nothing can compare with
them for devastation, misery and death.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1899-11-09

The time for the closing of entries of
fruit, etc, for the winter meeting of the
Maine State Pathological Society is with
the secretary at Vassalhoro, Nov. ID,
and Mt the place of meeting at Newport,
Nov. Is, at 10 O'Clock a. m. The Society
will pay all express charges on fruit or
flowers sent for exhibition. Such ar
ticles should be plainly marked and
carefully packed-and directed to Secre-
try Elijah Cook, Newport, Me- Mark
this plainly where it may be seen by
expressmen, thus, Fruit Cor fowers)
avoid freezing" The list of premiums
is generous one, Newport is easily
accessible to Somerset county farmers,
particularly those in the eastern towns.
and there should be a large attendance
of Somerset fruit raisers.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1899-11-09

Lewiston journal. The Chicago
Times Herald uninteutionally does Hon.
John d. Long an injustice. 1t SAYS thar
Secretary Lorg is almost total alb
stainer.' The Misrepresentation lies in
the "almost'. Mr. Long is president of
she Massachusetts Total Abstinence So
ciety, which he would not be likely to
be were his abstinence qualilied~by An
almost As matter of fact, Mr.,
Long has been total abdainer for
years
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1899-11-09

The heirs and benefeiaries under the
will of the late Cornelius Vanderbuilt,
will have TO pay to the State of New
York and the United States, between
81 800, 900 and 50 000, 900 tax according
to the provisions of the State laws and
L. :. revenue laws, and they can well
afford to do it.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1899-11-09
To Cure a Cough in One Day
To Cure a Cold in One Day
To Cure Sore Throat in One Day
To Cure Hoarseness in One Day

Take Cleveland's Lung Healer, IS cents
If it failsto cure, weWill cheerfullyretunC
your money. (Trial size free.)
Fred II. Wing, Druggist As Water Street.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1899-11-09

The savings banks of Maine make n
good showing and show healthy condi-
tl6ls for the year. The average rate of
interest paid by the Maine savings banks
for the year ending April 20, 1899, WAS
3.52 per cent The dividends paid for
the year were 81, 100, 5l1.71, while the
whole number of depositors wa
Ia 500
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1899-11-09
Beware Of the Doctors
Patchwork; You Can
Cure Yourself at Home.

hundred dollars with the doctors when realized that
they could do good had large spots all my
body and these soon broke out into running and
duces decided to try S. S. s. a last resort and
soon greatly improved followed closely your Direc-
tons for Self Treatment and the large splotches my
chest began grow paler and smaller and before long
disappeared entirely. was cured perfectly and my
skin has been clear glass since cured my
self at home after the doctors had failed completely"
1t Is valuable time thrown away to expect the doctors
10 cure Contagious Blood Poison for the disease be-
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1899-11-09

S. S. S. FOR THE BLOOD

potash
disease, while other remedies poison
undermining constitution
places within the reach all We all medical d
charge, the
Wre for full information to Swift Specific o. Atlanta Ga
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1899-11-09

10 Cure Nervousness in One Week
To Cure Constipation in One Week
To Cure Indigestion in One Week
To Purify the Blood in One Week
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1899-11-09

Take Cleveland's Celery Compound Tea,
25c. If it fails to cure, we will cheerfully
refund your money. (Trial size free
Fred Wing, Druggist, 46 Water Street.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1899-11-09

One-halt the defeats could bt TURNED iut
victories by little effort.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1899-11-09
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The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1899-11-09
Home CURE
FOR BLOODPO|SON,

There is not the slightest doubt that the
doctors do more harm than good in treating
Contagious Blood Poison; many victims of
A this loathsome disease would be much better
u off to-day if they had never allowed them
selves to be dosed on mercury and potash, the
only remedies which the doctors ever give for
= blood poison.
The doctors are wholly unable to get rid of
tempt to heal up the outward appearance of the
ons This they do by driving the poison into the
p it shut in with their constant doses of potash
ID throat and other delicate parts then break out
ntinued indefinitely, the drugs doing the system
q itself.
perry St., Newark, N. J :. says: at had spent
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1899-11-09

Regulate the bowels with the True Il. F."
AtW00d'S Bincrs. Used for 40 years with never
failing good results.
The right Kind have a large red 81. F."
yellow label and wrapper.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1899-11-09
Handsomely Elected.

ediction by the Pastor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-06-10

the south. Then the Andes were thrown up
out of the sea at the west. The bottom OF
the Amazon valley was raised. the waters
of the ocean rolled back and this great
Amazon plain was formed.
During the centuries since then the wa
tiers have been rolling down through it to
the Atlantic, loaded With mud. The city
of Para stands on land made of this mud,
and from it the great island of Marajo has
been built up.
Every year there are floods which turn
this region into a vast inland sea When
the water subsidies quantities of mud have
been left, and thus year by year the delta
OF the Amazon has been formed.
The Holland of the Amazon.
The delta of the Amazon is more wonder
full than Holland in its waterways. / saw
something of it when I passed about the
southern side of the Island Of Marato and
sailed through the narrow channel into the
main body of the Amazon on my way up
the river. The land here is cut up by nat
ural canals forming vast islands of curious
Shapes separated by narrow streams of wa
ter which are walled with the wonders of
trop1cal vegetation. l have seen most OF
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Blinded by Sugar Fumes.
from the Philadelphia Press.


Several members of the crew of the Brit
ish ship Aladdin, which arrived here yes
terday from Tagal and Cheribou with TABS
bags of snugar in command Of Captain
Rutter. are affected with a peculiar blind
ness at night which is thought to have
been caused by the fumes arising from her
cargo. When in the tropics under the pow
erful rays of heat the sugar steamed con-
siderably, and to this is ascribed the pc
culiar affection This, however, is not Can
tain Rutters opinion, as he claims 1t to
be the result of the excessive use Of strong
tobacco. Be this as it may, 1t is neverthe-
less fact that physicians are puzzled over
the cases. which are the first that have
been brought to their attention. In the
daytime the affected sailors can see per-
fectly, but at night everything is shut off
from their vision and they are helpless
in the way of handling the ship.
1t was when in the vicinity of the equa-
tor that the eyesight of several of the crew
became so peculiarly affected, and Captain
Rutter and his officers have since spent
many days of extreme anxiety in fear that
all hands would become similarly stricken.
These men when walking about at night
would stumble over hatch combings or any
thing else that might lie in their way, SO
blind had they become, but the instant the
sun arose their sight WIS restored.
Those familiar with the subject Of deep
sea ships say that while the experience OF
the crew of the Aladdin is somewhat novel.
IT Is not without precedent and that 1t is
due wholly to the poisonous fumes that
arise from the sugar when the vessels car
rying 1t are in the heat Of the tropics.
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river is about 240 feet deep and 1t goes so
faSt that in stopping we could not rely
upon the ships anchor, but also had a cable
tied from the boat 20 the bank As soon
as this was done men in canoes came ont
10 the steamer, and upon one OF these [
went ashore
The town is a little collection of one-story
houses. cut out Of the woods. Ii was as
NOT as Tophet and dreary TO an extreme
II relies upon the rubber trade of the river
ana rs cacao plantations. 1t has a factory
IN whlch chocolate is made and the peddlers
Drought tins OF chocolate on board to sell.
The Cacao Fields of the Amazon.
Above Obydos there are many cacao
orcnards They hne the banks Of the
Amazon for miles. The trees look much
like lilac bushes. They are from fifteen
to thirty feet high and branch up in
sprouts from the bottom. They have gnar-
~ branches and the leaves and fruit sprout
directly from the limbs. The fruit when
ripe is of an orange hue streaked with
red. II is the shape of a squash or very
large lemon. II has a thick shell and in
side this there are many seeds enyeloped
IN soft pulp The seeds are the cacao
beans OF commerce. They have black
hearts full OF OIL When ground the hearts
make the chocolate and the shells of the
seeds form what we call cocoa
The orchards here are very poorly cared
for. The most of them are old, and al
though there is plenty Of ground for new
trees very few are planted. Still the bust
ness pays well. The trees begin TO yield
fruit three years after they are set out,
and II is said they viii continue to bear for
fifty years. Two crops year are gathered
and the only cultivation necessary lie to
keep down the weeds.
The chocolate Of the Amazon is very fine,
the French preferring Il TO all others.
About 5000 tons are raised Il is said an
nually, and the yearly exports from Para
alone often amount to more than 100000
pounds. FRANK c.. CARPENTER.
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freckled with rust. and my typewriter looks
as though it came from junk shop
The greatest rains are in our winter. In
November and February the Amazon rises
from thirty to fifty feet above It's usual
level AT this time a vast part Of the valley
Is flooded, and thousands OF square miles
are covered with water for months. Many
or the Islands are submerged The water
flows out and In among the tops of trees
and the valley for a thousand miles and
more is vast inland sea from Is to 100
miles wide.
As you go up the river you see here and
there long stretches OF meadows which are
made by these floods The trees VII noT
grow upon the lands where the waters dc
Tor months. The result is the pasture fields
OF the Amazon, which are ind led vast in
extent 1 have seen many herds 81 cattle
on my way here. and am told that there
are thousands pastured on the Island OF
Marajo.
They GO About I'm Boats.
The people of the Amazon rely entirely
upon boats for getting about. Every hut
We have passed. has had two or three boats
tied 10 its wharf Some were dugout ca
noes, others were fiatboats. and at one or
two large houses We saw steam launches.
Some of the rowboats are painted in bright
coiors, and not a few have canopies or COW
ers over them, under which their owners
can crawl TO keep out Of the sun.
As we passed the huts the people usually
- -, VI t''tIl anu urdSBeN tnt poats up
on the banks. Sometimes they jumped into
their boats and rowed them out from the
land TO prevent the waves made hy the
steamer from overturning them and filling
them with water
There are no roads in these Amazon for
ests. The only paths are those which go
from one rubber tree 10 another These
are too rough and winding for the peonle
TO use in the way Of travel, and they lead
10 no particular place. The only roads are
the streams. The people 60 visiting in
boats. They carry their cacao and rubber
10 market in boats. relying entirely upon
this method Of getting from one place to
another.
AZ Obydos.
We made quite a stop al ohvdas coming
up the river The Amazon here Is narrowed
to channel little more than a mile wide
Through this trough the immense body ~
the Amazon sweeps with great force. The
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had already been for many years engaged
in the manufacture of printing presses. at
tackled this problem. A number of expert
mental machines were erected, and finally
it occurred to the experimenters that by
placing the type instead OF the paper on the
cylinder greater speed could be obtained
The result was the construction of press
known as the Hoe Type Revolving Ma
chine. eInbodying patents taken out by
Richard NJ. Hoe. The first one of these
machines was placed in the Ledger office in
Philadelphia. in 1876. The basis of these
inventions consisted in an apparatus for Sc
cureiy fastening the forms of type on
central cylinder placed in a horizontal po-
sition. This was accomplished by the con-
struction of cast iron beds, one for each
page of the newspaper. The column rules
were made "N' shaped, i.e., tapering to-
ward the feet of the type. 1t was found
that. with proper arrangement for locking
up or securing the type upon these beds, it
could be held firmly in position, the surface
forming, a true circle, and the cylinder re-
VOWED at any speed required, without dan
ger of the type falling out.
Further Improvement.
The first of these presses had only four
impression cylinders, necessitating four
boys to feed in the sheets. The running
speed obtained was about 1000 sheets to
each feeder per hour thus giving, with
what was called a 'four-feeder,' or -four
cylinder machine, running capacity of
about 5000 papers per hour printed upon
one side AS the demands of the newspa-
pers increased more impression cylinders
were added, until these machines were
made with as many as ten grouped around
the central cylinder, giving an aggregate
speed of about 20,ol0 papers per hour print
ed upon one side. A revolution in newspa-
per printing took place. Journals which
before had been limited in their circulation
by their inability to furnish the papers rap
idly increased their issue, and many new
ones were started The new presses were