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The Somerset reporter., 1899-04-27
The project of uniting the Maine Co

The project of uniting the Maine Con
ference and the East Maine Conference
of the Methodist Episcopal Church in
this State was canvassed in the two con-
ferences in session last week, and COM
mittees have been appointed to confer
upon it and report next year. The faeil-
tiles for travelling are such that the ex,
tremities of the State are not as far
apart as formerly, and the plan of one
conference in the State has strong sup
porters.
The Somerset reporter., 1899-04-27

a startling incident Of which Mr John
Oliver Il Philadelphia, was the subject,
is narrated by linn as follows: Il was
in most dreadful condition NJ skin
was almost yellow. Eyes slnken. tongue
coated, pain continually IN back and
sides, ~ ppelite-graduauy growing
weaker day by DAY. Three physicians
bad given me up. Fortunately a friend
advised trying Eeleetric Btters and to
my great surprise and joy the arst bottle
made decided Improvement. / con-
tinued their use for three weeks aud am
n5w a well man. | know tAey saved
my life and robbed the grave Of another
victim No one should fail - try
them. Only 30 cents per bottle.
{. ". Folsoms Drug store.
The Somerset reporter., 1899-04-27

Hon. Mathew 5. Quay has been de-
conspiring to use for his own unlawful
gain and profit the funds of the State of
Pennsy lvania deposited In the Peoples
Bank of Philadelphia, by a jury OF his
peers, after quite lengthy trial. Four
ballots were taken by the jury before
the final decision was reached The
first ballot stood 10 to for acquttal,
The next two II TO l.
There are three other indictments
against Quay hut it is understood the
one he WIS tried on had the strongest
evidence in its support and the others
are not likely to be pressed. The weak
ness OF the evidence against Quay when
1t was got out surprised people generally.
ImmI diately on receipt of the news
that Col. Quay was acquitted of the
charges against him, Governor Stone ap-
pointed him United States senator to fill
the vacancy until the next Legislature
meets and notified Vice President Ho-
bart to that effect.
The acquittal of Quay and his ap-
pointment created intense excitement in
political circles in Pennsylvania.
Governor Stone said that in appoint
Ing Col. Quay he felt that he had done
the fit and proper thing. He thought it
would make the issue and it was better
done now than wait for weeks.
The authority mentioned by the Gov
ernor says that the governor of any
State may make temporary appoint
ment during a recess to hold until the
next Legislature. This Interpretation is
disputed by those who say that the va
cancy did not occur during a recess, but
while the Legislature was in session.
Thus is the factional issue in the Re-
publican party made more intense than
ever.
The presidents appear to be against
admission of man appointed by the
Governor of his State as Senator where
the Legislature has had opportunity to
elect a Senator and failed to do so, and
the probability is Mr.. Qnay will not be
allowed to take the seat TO which he is
appointed by Geo. Stone.
Under the circumstances the acquittal
of Quay by jury will make very little
difference with the opinion of men.
Those who desired to believe him inno-
cent will find further Justification in the
verdict of the jury but the verdict will
not count with those who are his politi-
cal opponents or who believe he was
connected with the State treasury
frauds, for which he was indicted.
The Somerset reporter., 1899-04-27

Waterville Mail: Ar examination Of
telegraph blank used in this city il
ls5a, with d list Of tariff rates printed
thereon, shows that the rate from here
to Portland at that time was DO higher
than It is now, - cents for 10 words. It
cost 10 cents, however, to SEM 10 words
To Boston and 20 70 New York. II one
wished 10 send a message TO y asliugton
it WIS necessary u hand over to the
company the snug sum VI Sl.30. Ritl 10
cents more for every added word ABOVE
the orlglual limit But tbs VAS COM
pafatiyeiy cheap COMPARED vIfl the
rate II = 20 on message TO wv or
leans. with 10 cents each for additional
word, On the who.e, it viii be noted.
telegraph communication is a god deal
less costly now than i; was 20 YEATS ago.
The Somerset reporter., 1899-04-27

1t may be imagination, but it appears
to US that many OF our young ladies
school girls particularly, are in the habit
of wearing wrinkles on the forehead
This gives them pathetic look or the
air Of being under stress, or subject to
some sort of abuse which weighs upon
their spirits. This cannot be the fact
and this appearance is deceptive, but it
is an unfortunate habit which our
bright, pretty, lively young ladies
should avoid. Wrinkles will come early
enough il they take all possible pains to
keep the forehead smooth. Corrugation
of brow, scowls and such distortion of
the counteuance is Objectionable in any,
much more 80 in the young. Keep
wrinkles from the forehead and you will
retain your youthful beauty longer, be
more pleasing to the eyes OF your
friends and enjoy life much better your
selves. This is not intended for q
"growl;" simply gentle hint.
The Somerset reporter., 1899-04-27

Look out for counterfeit money. A
large number of spurious half dollars are
reported to be in circulation in Bangor
One trader, it is reported, took II of
them, Saturday. They are of lead, and
bear the date of 1861. There is also a
counterfeit dime of the issue OF 1883 10
pirculation
The Somerset reporter., 1899-04-27

The California Legislature has ex-
tended school suffrage to women, with
only one dissenting vote in the House
and six in the Senate. The bill was
strongly supported by President Jordan
of Stanford University, and President
Kellogg of the California State Univer-
sity California is the twenty-ffth State
to give women the school ballot. The
States that have already granted it, did
so in the following order: Kentucky,
Kansas, Wyoming, Michigan, Mime.
sofa, Colorado, New Hampshire, Oregon,
Massachusetts, New York, Vermont,
Nebraska, Wisconsin, Washington
North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana,
Arizona, New Jersey, Illinois, Connecti-
cut, Ohio, Utah and Idaho.
The Somerset reporter., 1899-04-27
Rucklln's Arnlca salve.

The Best Salve in the world for Cuts,
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers. salt Bheum,
Fever Sores, letter, Chapped Hands,
Corns, and all Skin Etuptions
and positively cures Piles, or no pay
required. 1t is guaranteed to give per
feet satisfaction or money refunded
Price % cents per box.
c. w. Folsom's Drug Store.
The Somerset reporter., 1899-04-27

Portland Argus The retirement of
Speaker Reed VII rreci pitate two polit-
cal contests and both Of them are likely
10 be of the hottest kind. W. viii
succeed him as Z onEressman from the
First District and who viii succeed him
in the ~peakership are questions mat
viii shake the Republican party IN this
district and in the House from center to
circumference. bur the Speaker lasn :
res Ened vet.
The Somerset reporter., 1899-04-27

A Browuvlle young woman writes to
the Phillips Photograph complaining
that she fears she may not fisk going
cunning at all next fall on account Of
the new game laws. although her brother
is a registered guide. She says
suppose we should meet a boar, 3
loupcrrvier, or any antagonistie fur
hearing animal and he should aftsek Us,
of course we would not be abr 70 de-
feud ourselves, (for ven have to have 81
ljcpuse to kill fur bearing auima
suppose shall have to sit patiently
down, while my brother goes aud seuds
to our fish and game commissioner for -
license 10 Kill the bear. But what
would do in the interval. Could | ar
rest the animal FIR assault and battery :
don't know what we will do with our
cats after this II is Heby We are very
fond OF them, for who wants 10 pay "a
license To Kill % catH'
The Somerset reporter., 1899-04-27

Hon, Havold Sewall has arrived home
at Bath from Honolulu and will remain
at the home of his father, Arthur Sewall
tor a short visit. He is reported to have
said he was not in the contest for nomi-
nation for congress in the 2nd Dist. OF
course he is not.
The Somerset reporter., 1899-04-27
JOHN C.. GRIFFIN.
INSURANCE AGENCY,
WATER STREET, sKoWHEcAN, MAINE.
ANNUAL STATEMENT OF
Niagara Fire Insurance COmpanY,


Incorporated in 1880. Commenced business
ia 1910 Harold Herrick. President. George
Dewey, Secretary.
Capital paid up in cash $500 600
ASSETS December IL, 1893.
Zeal Estate, unincumbered, . 900 900 90
koans on bono mortgage, LIST liens, 26s,6tO 90
Stocks and bonds market value, l,1t5,325 90
Cash in office and in bank 1883 AZ
Interest and IT nts due and accrued, lo,097 Al
Premiums in due course OF colec-
ton, 223,911 Oh
Bills receivable, 954 II
Aggregate assets at actual value a.. 7s8, 74l o.
LIABILITIES December 81, 1888
Net amount of unpaid Losses and
claims, 1892, 1893 u
Amount required to safely reinsure
all outstanding risks, l,2i2,623 IS
All other demands, viz: com missions,
etc, al SOP rs
Total amount OF liabilities, except -
capital stock and net surplus, 1,516,e64 %
Capital actually paid up in cash 100000 90
surplus beyond capital, III, 766 70
Aggregate amo Mt OF liabilities in.
GLIDING net surplus, s2,7sS,74l %
The Somerset reporter., 1899-04-27

I. w. Folsom's Drug Store.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-19

ers, applied on the surface. OF course,
beneath the fringed points of the over
dress swirl out, about the feet, waves
Of soft chiffon fiounces.
Having touched on the question Of
bridal chiffonS. it is only right to add
when the wedding season comes in, all
bridesmaids will appear in gowns of
transparent white stuff over slips of
gay silk, and the flower for the we'd
dings of '99 is white lilac for the bride
and the palish mauve lilac blooms for
the maids. The groom must wear a
tuft of white lilac in his buttonhole
and the best man and every usher will
accept his buttonhole favor from the
family tinted, rarely perfumed bou-
Quets of the maids in waiting. The slip
beneath the silk veil, net, chiffon, or
liberty gauze draperies of the brides
maids dress is most apt to be wrought
of that soft, brilliant and most popular
fabric called taffeta mousselaine. 1t
is used, by the way, a deal for trim
ming and for the points of chiefest
honor in the structure of many smart
and special toilets.
SPRING NOVELTIES.
Spring parasols are just beginning to
stretch their gilded ribs and prim their
gay plumage for covetous woman,
of duck's-egg blue taffeta picked out
in embroidered black silk dots, or a
striped black and white taffeta with
a wide Powered border and fluffy silk
fringe edging top and bottom. These,
at least, are the two most distinct and
pleasing styles in market, though there
is no reason to predict an absence later
on of flOunced chiffon, lace and open
worked sun-protectors. The first flock
of arrivals show without variation
slender stuffs Of pale yellow polished
wood. the handles crooked and orna-
mented with a fiat rosette of silk to
match the covering. A representative
number Of pretty parasols are edged
with heavy. deep silk fringe, and a
forecast Of future elegancieS is the par
aSol Of pale-tinted crepe de chine, en-
bosSed in roses. stretched over a chiffon
lining and bordered with a fringe that
shows alternating tassels of silk and
strings of fine crystal beads.
That all fashions move in a circle is
attested by the fact that we are des-
tined to wear as the smart slipper of
the season a shape and material seen
oft before. The slipper is either black
patent leather or dull-finished French
kid, with a red heel and lining of red
silk. There is nothing surprisingly new
about all this. save the three pretty
points that run up on the instep and
the oval buckle of imitation diamonds
and rubies that are fastened at the
base of these points. So chaste but
chic style of foot-covering naturally
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-19

Belong to the woman who didn't know
(And now We know she never knew
Why
And did not understand
The foolwas stripped to his foolish hide,
Gwen as you and ID
Which she might have seen when she
threw him aside
(But it isn't ON record the lady tried)
So some of him lived, but the most Of
him died
Gwen as you and ID
And it isn't the shame, and it isn't the
blame
That stings like a white-hot brand
It's coming to know that she never knew
why
Seeing at last she could never know
why,
And never could understand.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-19
THE DUTY OF MOTHERS.
Daughters Should be Carefully
Guided In Early Wonanhood.

What suffering frequently results
from mothers ignorance; or more
frequently from mothers neglect to
properly instruct her daughterl
Tradition says woman must suffer"
and young women are so taught.
There is a little truth and great deal
of exaggeration in this If young
woman suffers severely she needs
treatment and her mother should see
that she gets it.
Many mothers hesitate to take their
daughters to physician for examina-
ton; but no mother need hesitate to
write freely about her daughter or
herself to Mrs. Pinkham and secure
the most efficient advice without
charge. Mrs. Pinkham's address is
Lynn, Mass.
The following letterfron Miss MARIE
F. JOHNSON, Centralia, Pa, shows what
neglect will do, and tells how Mrs.
Pinkham helped her:
MY health became so poor that 1
had to leave school. was tired all the
time, and had dreadful pains in my
side and back. / was also troubled
with irregularity of menses. was
very weak, and lost so much flesh that
my friends became alarmed. My
mother, who is a firm believer in your
remedies from experience, thought per-
haps they might benefit me, and wrote
you for advice. / followed the advice
you gave, and used Lydia e. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound and Liver Pills as
you directed, and am now as well as l
ever was. l have gained flesh and have
a good color. am completely cured Of
irregularity."
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-19
Story of a Slave.

To be bound hand and foot for years
by the chains of disease is the worst
form of slavery. George D. Williams
of Manchester, Mich, tells how such a
slave was made free. He says: NY
wife has been so helpless for five years
that she could not turn over in bed
alone. After using two bottles of Elec-
trio Bitters she is wonderfully i'm
proved and able to do her own work"
This supreme remedy for female dis
eases quickly cures nervousness, Sleep
lessness, melancholy. headache, bach
ache, fainting and dizzy spells. This
miracle working medicine is a godsend
to weak, sickly, run down people. Every
bottle guaranteed. Only SO cents Sold
by 2. c. NJ. l. drug department.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-19
THE WHITE MANS BURDEN.

Take up the White Mans burden
Send forth the best ye breed
Go: bind your. sons. to exile
To serve your captives' need;
To wait, in heavy harness,
On fluttered folk and wild
Your new-caught. sullen people,
Half devil and half child.
Take up the White Mans burden
In patience to abide,
To veil the threat of terror
And check the show of pride;
By open speech and simple,
An hundred times made plain
To seek another's profit
And work another's gain.
Take up the White Mans burden
The savage wars of peace
Fill full the mouth of Famine,
And bid the sickness cease;
And when your goal is nearest
CThe end for others soughD
Watch sloth and heather folly
Bring all your hopes to naught.
Take up the White Mans burden
No iron rule of kings,
But toll of serf and sweeper
The tale of common things.
The ports We shall not enter,
The roads We shall not tread.
Go. make them with your living
And mark them with your dead.
Take up the White Mans burden
And reap his old reward
The blame of those we better,
The hate of those We guard
The cry of hosts We humor
Cab, SlOwlyD toward the light
"Why brought We us from bondage,
Our loved Egyptian night?"
Take up the White Mans burden
Ye dare not StOOD to less
Nor call too loud on Freedom
To cloak your WEAKNESS.
By all We will or whisper,
By all We leave or do.
The silent. sullen peoples
Shall weigh your God and you.
Take up the White Mans burden
Have done with childish days
The lightly proffered laurel,
The easy, ungrudged praise.
Comes now, to search your manhood,
Through all the thankless years,
Cold. edged with dear-bought wisdom
The Judgment Of YOUR peerS.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-19
THE VAMPIRE.


A fool there was, and he made his prayer
Gwen as you and ~
To a. rag and a bone and hank of hair
eve called her the woman who did not
But the fool he called her his lady fair
Gwen as you and ID
Oh, the years we waste and the tears we
waste
And the work of our head and hand,
Belong to the woman who did not know
(And now we know that she never could
know)
And did not understand.
A fool there was, and his goods he spent
Gwen as you and ID
Honor and faith and sure intent
(And it wasn't the least what the lady
meant,
But a fool must follow his natural bent
Gwen as you and ID
Oh, the toll we lost, and the spoil we lost,
And the excellent things we planned.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-19
DANNY DEEvER.

What are the bugles blowin' for2' said
FileS-on-Parade.
ITO turn you out. to turn you out" the
color sergeant said.
What makes you look so white, so
white?' said Files-on-Parade.
81 m dreadin' what I've got to WATCH
the color sergeant said.
For they're hangin' Danny Deever, you
can hear the dead march play,
The regiments in hollow square-they're
hangin' him today;
They've taken off his buttons an cut his
stripes away,
And they're hangin' Danny Deever in the
mornin'.
What makes the rear ranks breathe so
hard?" said Files-on-Parade;
Its bitter cold, it's bitter cold,' the col
or sergeant said.
What makes the front rank man fall.
DOWN. said Files on-Parade:
"a touch O. sun, a touch O SUM-" the
color sergeant said.
They are hangin' Danny Deever, they are
marchin' of him round,
They have halted Danny DeeYer by his
coffin on the ground;
An ell swing in arr a minute for q
sneakin', shootin' hound
Oh, they're hanging Danny Deever in the
"'Is cot was right-and cot to mine" said
Files Parade
:" IS sleeping out an far tonight" the
color sergeant said.
I've drunk is beer a score o. times,
said Files-on-Parade.
/" 'Es drinkin' bitter beer alone the
color sergeant said.
They are hangin' Danny Deever, you must
mark i'm to is place,
For e shot a comrade seepin'-you must
look i'm in the face;
Nine hundred of is county an is regi-
ment's. disgrace,
While they're hangin' Danny Deever in
the morning
Whats that so black agin' the sum-
said F'iles-on-Parade.
It's Danny fghtin' hard for life'' the
color sergeant said.
Whats that that whimpers over ead2'
said Files-on-Parade
Its Danny'S soul that's passfn' now
the color sergeant said.
For they're done with Danny Deever, you
can hear the quickstep play.
The regiments in column, an they're
marchin us away;
Ho, the young recruits are shakin', an
they'll want their beer today,
After hangin' Danny Deeyer in the morn
in.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-19
GuNGA DIN.

lThe bhisti, or water carrier, attached
to regiments in India, is often one of the
most sdevoted Of the queens servants. He
is also appreciated by the menu
You may talk o gin an beer
When you're quartered safe out ere
An you're. sent to penny-tights an Alder
shot it;
But if it comes to slaughter
You will do your work on water,
An you'll lick the bloomin' boots of i'm
that's got it,
Now in midas sunny cline
Where | used to spend my time
A.servin of er majesty the queen.
OF all them black-faeed crew
The finest man L knew
Was our regimental bhisti, Gunga Din.
He was '.Dinl Din! Din!
You, limping lump O. brick dust. Gunga
Hi, slirpy hitherao!
Water, get it! Panee lao!
You squidgy-nosed old idol, Gunga Dinw
The uniform e wore
Was nothin much BEFORE
An'/rather less. than arf O that beind,
For a twisty piece O. rag
An a goatskin water bag
Was ali the field equipment e could find.
When the sweatin' troop train lay
In a sidin' through the day,
Where the eat would make yer bloomin'
eyebrows crawl,
We shouted Harry Byr'
Till our threats We're bricky dry,
serve us all.
It was Din. Din! Din!
been?
You put some juldee in it.
Or I'll marrow you this minute
If you don't fill up my helmet Gunga
Din!'
Il would dot an carry one
Till the longest day was done,
An e didn't seem to know the use O.
If, we charged or broke or cut,
You could bet your bloomin nut
. Ed be waitin fifty PAGES right flank
With is mussick on lis back,
e would skip with out attack,
An watch us till the bugles made Re
tire"
An for all is dirty ide
ID was white, clear white. inside
When he went to tend the wounded under
fire!
1t was Din! Din, DIM"
With the bullets kickin' dust spots on the
When the cartridges ran out
You'd ear the front files shout:
Hi! ammunition mules an Gunga DIM
l shan't forget the night
When 1 dropped beind the fight
With bullet where my belt plate should
"a been.
L was cnOkln mad with thirst,
An the man that spied me first
Was our good old GRIMM, gruntin'
Gunga Din.
Il lifted UP my cad.
An e plugged me where 1 bled,
An e guv me arr a pint O. water-green;
1t was crawlin' an it stunk,
But of all the drinks I've drunk,
I'm gratefulest to one from Gunga Din.
It was Din, Din! Din!
Ere's beggar with d bullet through is
spleen;
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-19

cannot be worn without new hosiery,
and the stockings are undeniably very
pretty. a perfectly plain black stock
ing is now quite questionable. Ankles
must display pin stripes of interviewer
silk in three colors and close set, or
openwork woven over a color, or checks
that are most elaborate, or a powdering
of minute-c olored flowers.
MARY DEAN.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-19

LORD God of hosts be with US yet,
Lest we forget-lest we forget!
For heather heart that puts her trust
In reeking tube irons hard,
All valiant dust that builds on dust,
And, guarding, calls not thee to guard
For frantic boast and foolish word,
Thy mercy on thy people, Lord
Amen
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-19


what treasure you possess in your
shawl, just go to a dressmaker and
price a costume with such a draoery.
She will ask you from three to six hum
dred dollars for the toilet, the price
dependent upon the size and ripe
beauty of the shawl edrapery.
About shawl Of pale cloth or silk
the shawl is invariably hung IN a SER
les of points, and the fringe and beau
tiful embroidery suffice for decoration
The most perfectly goWned brides of
the Easter and spring season are 60
ing to the altar in dresses made from
their mothers or grandmothers shawls
and the bodices are skilfully worked
up from small fringed shoulder shawls.
BRIDAL CHIFFONS.
the genuine shawl effect by the deft
use of new crepe de chine edged with
fringe and overlaid with ribbon flow
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-19
SOME OF KIPLING'S POEMS.
Samples of the Verse That Has Made
the Man Famous.

the Man Famous.
Following are some of the best-known
and most popular of Kipling's poetical
productions:
PROFESSIONAL.
God of our fathers, known of old,
Lord of our far-fiung battle line
Beneath whose awful hand we hold
Dominion over palm and pine
Lord God of hosts, be with us YET
Lest we forget-lest we forget
The tumult and the shouting dies
The captains and the kings depart;
Still stands thine ancient sacrifice.
An humble and contrite heart.
Lord God of hosts. be with us yet,
Lest we forget-lest we forget!
Far-called. our navies melt away
On dune and headline sinks the fire
Lo, all our pomp of yesterday
Is one of Ninevah and Tyre!
Judge of the nations, spare us yet,
Lest we forget-lest we forget!
If drunk with sight of power we loose
Wild tongues that have not thee in
awe
Snch boasting as the gentiles use
Or lesser breeds without the law