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The Somerset reporter., 1899-08-10
Fairfield Center.

Rev. Horace Hall Of the Friends
church is passing his vacation at Old
Orchard.
Mrs. Thomas Fairbrother of Worces-
ter, Mass, who has been visiting friends
here for several weeks, has returned
home.
Mrs. II. D. Bryant of Lewiston, is
visiting her sister, Mrs. j. A. Jones.
Miss Lulu Williams is at Hayden lake
for a weeks outing.
There We're no preaching services at
the church Sunday, Mr.. Pillsbury being
away on his annual vacation. The Sun
day school was held as usual and also a
prayer service at the time of the regular
church service. Mr.. Pillsbury will be
absent two weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Smith of Water
Vile are visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Tufts.
Mrs. Edgar Williams has company
from Beachmont, Mass.
Mr. Harper Allen of NOrridgewock,
was calling on friends here Saturday.
Harry Tozier and Warren Balentine
have Just returned from a BURBERRY ex.
petition in the Dead River regions.
They report good success.
Miss Hattie Nye is visiting friends at
East Fairfield.
The Somerset reporter., 1899-08-10

As a defensive weapon the value of
the machete is small Even its offensive
effect depends less on the weapon itself
than on the continual and skillful
usage made of il by the Cuban peasant
from his earlier age. which imparts a
peculiar training To the muscles of the
wrist and arm of the operator The
consequence of this skill is that when
ever a quarrel occurs between two
"guajiros' or "monetros they settle
the matter with their machetes as cour-
ageously and tenaeiously as two game
cocks, and generally both parties are
seriously injured for life or are killed
on the spot
Owing to this fact and to the natn-
raj kindly disposition of the Cuban
peasants, they are not a quarrelsome
people and respect everybody, to be
equally respected With the machete a
few curious accessories are used The
principal are thin strip of leather
closely tied to the right wrist, small
round piece of grinding stone to sharpen
the edge of the tool. and whenever the
machete is employed to cut down the
thorny heath Of tropical vegetation a
small branch of special shape, called
the "garabato, is used to hold the
heath and do rapid work without be-
ing injured by thorns. Island of Cuba
Magazine
The Somerset reporter., 1899-08-10
Any Time yo. Want a, the Pole.

Those who are eonsersant with the
use of globes know that all the merid-
ians of longitude starting from the
equator converge toward and meet at
the pole. They know. too. that longi-
tude signifies time. and that difference
OF longitude is difference in time They
know very well that when it is noon in
London il is about I o'clock In the
morning in Boston. and that when it Is
noon in San Francisco it is about a
quarter past in the afternoon in New
York
Now, as the meridian of London ex-
tends to the north pole. 1t necessarily
ensues that when 1t is noon in the Eng
lish capital il must also be noon at the
north pole. In a similar manner when
it is noon at Boston, or in San Francis
go. or at Peking. or any other place
situated in the northern hemisphere,
1t follows that il must also Ice noon at
the pole. because all the mcridians of
those places unite At the north pole.
Therefore il is noon all day long at the
pole
Thus there is an entire absence Of
time at the pole. But It would be just
as correct to say that it is a place
where there is preponderance OF
time for ii is practically any time Of
day during the whole p hours or in
deed through the year. In fact. a resi-
dent at the north pole could make it
any time of day he might choose to Sc
lect. with the consciousness that it
would be the right time-Youth Com
nnnInn
The Somerset reporter., 1899-08-10
DunS keDOrt.

X. G. Dun d Co.'S Weekly Review of
Trade, say that July failures have been
smaller than in any other month of
which there is record, excepting May,
and trading failures smaller than in any
other month.
New York banks show greater in
crease in deposits and loans with none
in cash compared with last year, but
instead of shipping money to move crops
they are receiving it in August, and
commercial loans of the banks are cut
down to 13 per cent of their total be
cause country banks are taking large
amounts.
Scarcity of Bessemer pig iron has
caused two steel works at Pittsburg to
stop day or two, and $21.25 to S21.75
has been paid for 5000 tons with ST y
for grey forge at rise of so cents ia
local coke at Chicago. Orders fof
plates and structural works were refused
at most points Bar iron is in great
demand instead of steel, being s. to 81
cheaper and new eastern mills get all
the business they want.
Tin was raised by London to the
breaking point, 33 cents being followed
by 31-2, but copper was firm at Is IL
for Lake, though the London visible
supply reached 33 ,020 tons, the largest
since 1887. Lead was quiet at so
cents
Orders for boots and shoes are not so
large as they have been, and yet numer-
GUS enough to make a good aggregate.
shipments to date, this year, have been
Ia, 900 cases greater than last year.
Failures for the week have been 1872
in the United States against 1876 last
year, and % in Canada against p, last
year.
The Somerset reporter., 1899-08-10
PisilOn's Ferry.

Miss Ella Wells, who has been teach
ing the past year in BrownVille, is pass
ing the summer vacation with her par
ents Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Wells.
Mrs. Fred Hastings of Haverhill,
Mass, is visiting her sister, Mrs. James
Smith.
Eeazer Kelley has purchased of r. b.
of Carrabassett bridge in this place.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. ID. Holt left home
Friday morning on a carriage drive to
Northport, where they will enjoy a
weeks vacation.
Miss Alice Lincoln from Massachu-
setts, is passing q few weeks in this
place, with her sister, Mrs, Herbert
jackson.
Carl Holt was OIL a business trip to
Bangor, Friday.
Many families in this place entertained
friends Assembly week
Flea Kelley and Lewis Wells will
commence their work on the dam at
Hartland, this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. b. Wells, whose
buildings were burned recently are oc-
cupying Mrs. Orrn Parkman's house.
A baby boy has recently been added
to the ferryman's family.
Miss Lille Decker of Portland, accom-
panied by her little niece, the daughter
of Laforest Decker, is passing her annu-
al vacation at her old home.
The Somerset reporter., 1899-08-10

\ youthful looking broker went into
a Broadway store the other day to buy
a new hat, and laid his old one on the
counter while waiting for the clerk to
wait upon him. He happened to turn
around as Quaker came in in the
garb unusual even in this cosmopolitan
city. and smiled inyoluntarily at the
odd sight. The Quaker took the bro
ker for a salesman, and, taking off his
broad hat, held it out to the young
man, saying:
Hast thou a hat like this, my
friendY
NO" replied the broker, "and If !
had | would not wear it."
Then. noticing the look of surprise on
the face of the grave old Quaker, he
explained that he dealt in stocks, not
in hats.-New York Tribune.
The Somerset reporter., 1899-08-10
FINEST IN new ENGLAND!

Sixty feet of shoeing 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 |
have the stable in rear portion Of
which | shall reserve for the use of my
customers. You CAN DRIVE INTo Ny
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 so 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 Skow.
hogan and vicinity and refer all to them
Thanking the public for past patronage
and trusting that by strict attention to
business, | shall warrant continuance
of the same. | am respectfully,
The Somerset reporter., 1899-08-10
Disa.trous Fortune Telling.

An extraordinary case of madness,
In which all members of family. con
sisting of father, mother and -four chill.
dren. were simultaneously afflicted. re-
Gently occurred in Belgium. a party
of stroling gypsies, who undertook to
tell the fathers fortune 10y means of
cards. declared that he would be killed
while serving in the army, and this
prediction so Impressed him and his
family that in the course of the same
day they all developed signs Of waver.
ing reason and before long had to he
put under restraint The gypses, who
were the source of the trouble, Were
arrested by the German police when
crossing the frontier from Belgium.
The Somerset reporter., 1899-08-10
LarOne.

Quite few from Larone, attended the
meeting az Powers school house, last
Sabbath. The meeting was held by
"Jud" and all unite in saying that an
interesting meeting was held and wish
for more.
Morrow, Dove, Campbell and Adam:
have returned from blueberrying trip
to the Chain of Ponds, and report
berries plenty, while j. F. Libby and
two younger boys have returned from
the Dead River pickings bringing about
six bushels of niceberries.
Geo. Buzzell commenced work on hi;
new house, last Monday. Day OF Skow
gan, has charge of the work.
We have new guide boards in towr
which fills long felt want.
The Somerset reporter., 1899-08-10
Harmony.

The hay is nearly all harvested and
most farmers report quite a falling of
from last years crop.
Nice cool weather for dog days.
Dr., and Mrs. F. o. Turner are spend
ing two weeks vacation at the sea-
shore.
Miss Grace Griffith of Hartland, has
been visiting relatives 10 town for q
short time.
Mrs. Mary Knapp of Lowell, Mass, Is
spending few weeks at the home OF
her uncle Ira Dore.
While hauling hay one day recently
Harvey Eastman saw large COW moose
in his field. The animal seemed not in
the least afraid of the haymakers and
after looking over the premises went
leisurely off into the woods.
The busy housewife has picked and
canned all the berries at h,,lI77 49,: &c u
the teams are seen every day going in
quest of blueberries.
Mrs. w. S. Bemis, who has been con.
fined to the bed for the past three weeks.
is slowly improving.
The Somerset reporter., 1899-08-10
st. Adams.

Mr.. Hardying NJ. Miller says he ex-
poets to have his mill in running order
by the tenth.
Harrison Smith is quite ill.,
S. B. Prescott and family have gone
to Vermont, on visit.
Clifford Jewett has gone to Skowhe-
gan, visiting his brother.
Algia Jewett of Boston, and Miss
Longey of Plymouth, were in town last
week.
l.. o. Merrick and family have gone to
Waterville on visit.
Sumner Withee and one Miss Eldrige
have not been heard from since they left
town, some three months ago.
The Somerset reporter., 1899-08-10
ALL THE NEWS
from Somerset Towns


Grain is Learly ready to be cut aud is
very good in this section.
Corn is doing well, and potatoes will be
fair crop il the weather is cool.
The Freemasons of Clinton had a pic
mic at Lake George Saturday, taking
the Clinton band with them and their
music was good and good crowd at
tended and all enjoyed the day nicely.
Milton Branch, wife and sister, Thad-
Gus Branch and a lady friend from
Waterville, and Miss Clara Burrill from
Skowhegan, with Mrs. A. Often spent a
week at the old homestead of j. |. Burrill
in this place, the last week in July. All
the CHILDREN of Mr.. Burrill were present
except Augustus, whose business was
such he could not attend. Mr.. F. ).
Steward and wife spent two days at the
old homestead.
Mr.. Branch and family made US a
pleasant call sunday night, and We were
glad to see them. A. K.
The Somerset reporter., 1899-08-10

Miss Whittier of New Jersey will
spend the summer in town.
Mrs. Shurburne and two children of
Madison have been spending a few days
with her mother, Mrs. L. d. Libby.
Mr.. Bigelow of Guilford has taken
his children from Mrs. Foss' for the
summer.
Mrs. Pike and daughters of Water
Vile are spending the summer months
in town.
Elder Libby and Mr.. Wall attended a
meeting in Klngsbury, Sunday after
moon, Aug. 8.
The Somerset reporter., 1899-08-10
Prevented a Tragedy.

Timely information given Mrs. Long,
of New Straitsvlle, Ohio, saved two
lives. A frightful cough had long kept
her awake every night. She had tried
many remedies and doctors but steadily
grew worse until urged to try Dr.
Kings New Discovery. One bottle
wholly cured her; and she writes, this
marvellous medicine also cured Mr.
Long of a severe attack of pneumonia
Such cures are positive proof of its
power to cure all throat, chest and lung
troubles. Only SOC and $1.00 Guar
anteed. Trial bottles free
At c. w. Folsom's Drug Store.
The Somerset reporter., 1899-08-10

AS there are but few apples quite a
plumber viii go on BURBERRY trip.
Potatoes are rustiDg some.
Grasshoppers are quite plenty and are
doing some damage.
Alvin Howe of Palmyra, is taking
down the Ira Hall house, so called. Mr..
Howe intends TO use the lumber to put
an addition on to his barn. The old
chimney WAS eight and one-half feet
across it and very heavy timber in the
house j.
The Somerset reporter., 1899-08-10
DRINK GRAIn.0

after you have concluded that you ought no
to drink coffee. 1t is not a medicine bu
doctors order it, because it is healthful, in
MIGRATING and appetizing. 1t is made from
pure grains and has that rich seal brown colo
and tastes ike the finest grades OF coffee ant
cost about L, as much. Children like it AMI
thrive on it because it is genuine food drinI
containing nothing but nourishment. Ash
your grocer for Grain o, the new food drink
Is aud Csc.
The Somerset reporter., 1899-08-10
Sweet MILLING.

Tommy-I'ze got de toothache aw-
fully.
Visltor-You should have the tooth
filled, Tommy.
Tommy did have ii filled That's
what makes it ache so.
VISITOR never heard of such n
thing. Did YOU have it filled with gold
Tommy Nom. Had ii filled with
gumdrops.-Chicago News.
The Somerset reporter., 1899-08-10
Madison Center.

Robe Hayden of Augusta, is visiting
his grandmother, Mrs. w. b. Hayden.
The saw mill starts up again next
week.
Orrin Blackwell is building cottage
at the Lake for Fowler and Rowell OF
Skowhegan.
Lawrence Hayden is licensed guide
for eighteen hundred and ninetynine.
The Somerset reporter., 1899-08-10
That Throbbing Headache

Would quickly leave you'll you used
DIR. Kings New Life Pills. Thousands
of sufferers have proved their matchless
merit for sick and nervous headaches.
They make pure blood and build up
your health. Only 25 cents. Money
back if not cured. sold
At G. W. Folsom's Drug Store.
The Somerset reporter., 1899-08-10
NOTICE.

Supreme Judicial Court,
Somerset County.
Clerks Office Skowhegan
August 4th, 1899.
Pursuant to Chap. 70, Sec. "a of the Reyseso
Statutes and acts amendatory thereof and ~ su
dtional thereto. | hereby give notice tus
Harold ]. Phillips, OF Skowhegan in County ~ v
Somerset intends to make application 70 Wv
September Term, 1899, OF the Sup. Jud Couin
Somerset County for admission to pIac''''
law In the Courts OF the State. bwS4
Attest N. w BRAINERD, Clerk
The Somerset reporter., 1899-08-10
NOTICE.

Supreme Judicial Court,
Somerset County.
Clerks Office, Skowhegsl'
August 4th, 1893
Pursuant to Chapter 70, Sec. "a of the keS .n
ed Statutes and acts smendatory Thereon ~. ia
additional thereto, hereby give notice, I'm WI,
Frank L. Ames, of Norridgewock in the GU ~. !
ty of Somerset, intends to make appllcs"oir, la
the September Term, 1899, of the SUP. ~ h
Court, Somerset County, for admisslous ut
practice law in the Courts OF the stale
Attest: N. W. BRAIsERD, CLERK
The Somerset reporter., 1899-08-10

The widow seems 10 take great in
terest in old Goldthwaite.
She thinks that if she takes interest
now she'll have the principal later. =
BROOKLYN Life.
The Somerset reporter., 1899-08-10
Palmyra.

The most of farmers have closed up
haying with at least twenty-five per
cent short.
Warren Bishop and wife of Lagrange
were in town last Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harrison Braley of st.
Albans were in town calling on friends
Friday.
WIN. Fl. Mitchell who has been sick
for long time, is no better
C. c. Glusha of Parkman was in town
last week visiting old friends. He was
soldier and lost one leg in the army
from which he suffers very much at
times.
Grain is beginning to show its golden
hue, the sickle will soon be thrust in
for the harvest which promises to be
good.
Dennis Frost's store and Post Office
was broken into last Wednesday night.
Some thirty dollars in money and stamps
were taken, no clue. G. M. j.
The Somerset reporter., 1899-08-10
CAUTION.

Whereas, my wife. Addie, has lett Ky ~!
bed and board without just provocation 'n M
is to give public notice that | shall pay G U
bills OF her contraction after this date, S"~
AUGUSTUS YOkh'
Skowhegan Aug. I, 1889.
The Somerset reporter., 1899-08-10
NEW
Blacksmith Shop,

have leased the old Green Hill stable
on Water ST., nearly opposite Hotel
Heselton, and have fitted it up as a
model blacksmith shop, one of the
The Somerset reporter., 1899-08-10
8. S. S. FOR THE BLOOD

is the only purely vegetable
letter, Boi Carbunces,
The Somerset reporter., 1899-08-10

Run in the Family; money, you know, is
an evil" Yes, but don't suppose people are
to blame for 1t when it's inherited"
THE end OF that detective story started me"
"You shouldn't jump at conclusions"
The Somerset reporter., 1899-08-10

Mrs w Lee, Montgomery, Ala writes: Some years
ago noculated with poison by who infected
my babe with blood l covered with and
ulcers from head TO foot and great extremity prayed
to die Several prominent physicians treated but all
to purpose The mercury and potash which they
gave seemed to add fuel the awful flame which
dsvouring l advised by friends who had seen
wonderful cures made by it. try Swfts Specific i'm
proved from the start the medicine seemed direct
to the of the trouble and the poison Twenty
bottles cured m oompeteY % SWift,s Spacifc--
The Somerset reporter., 1899-08-10
5. 5. 5. GOES
TO THE BOTTOM,

In every test made s. s. s. eas,,,
demonstrates its superiority over otbe,
blood remedies. 1t matters not how oh
stinate the case, nor what other treat.
ment or remedies have failed, S.
always promptly reaches and cures any,
The Somerset reporter., 1899-08-10
Promptly Reaches The Seat
of all Blood Diseases and
Cures the Worst Cases. dis s

ha
tina arepo
troubles difficult
blood
foundation
like poison temporary
only to break forth violently
fint drida ha LII fnrouo
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-10-06
THE MAZET COMMITTEE
Touched Upon Several Subjects Yesterday.
Judges to Be Called Day.

Touched Upon Several Subjects Yesterday.
Judges to Be Called To-day.
NEW YORK, October 5.-The Mazet
committee resumed its sessions to-day.
Evidence was brought out concerning
the unlawful sale Of liquor by tenants
of buildings owned by the city in the
borough of the Bronx. Gussie Storm.
a sixteen-year-old girl, testified that
she was drugged and assaulted by Sam
uel Leight She was subsequently found
in his apartments, and both were ar
rested. She was taken to the district
attorneys office On June "a and was
asked by Assistant District Attorney
Grady, brother of Senator Thomas F.
Grady, the Tammany orator. not to
press the charge against Leight. Mr..
Grady promised, she claimed, that if
she would not press the charge he
would see that Leight was punished
and that she could go free at once.
Otherwise, he asserted, he would make
it bad for her. A letter purporting to
be from her, was sent to the trial judge,
stating that she herself was not alto
gether faultless.
The witness claimed that she had
never written such letter. Lights
brother-inlaw, Joseph Lapidus, showed
her a similar letter and tried to get her
to sign it. When she refused he told
her that others would fix it up. The
letter was sent and Leight went free.
Grady is now dead. George P. Ham
mond, a subpoena server, testified that
the Office of Mr.. Ross has been under
continual espionage. Mr.. Moss asserted
that he had asked for this information
because he believed that the case Of
Gussie Storm was brought to trial be-
cause she had complained to his Of
fee.
The Mazet committee will hold a ses
sion on Saturday. Justices Van Brunt,
Barrett, Patterson, Ingraham, O'Brien,
Rumsey and Mclaughlin, constituting
the full bench of the appellate division
of the Supreme Court first department,
have been invited to be present.
1t is understood that Mr.. Moss wishes
to examine them on the subject of the
assessment of judicial candidates.
Similar invitations have been sent to
Justice Truax, of the Supreme Court,
and to Recorder Golf, of the Court of
Geeral Sessions.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-10-06
CONCERNING INDIVIDUALS.
TheEMoyements of Citizens and the Ar.
rivals and Departure OF Strangers.


DR.. R. H. Nesbitt, of New York, is
visiting his father on Fourteenth street.
Miss Blanche X. Haase is home from
a three months visit at Danville, Va.
Fire Chief Robert Cline returned last
evening from New York and Washing
ton.
DR.. Harry Middleton Hall, of Cleve-
land, O., is the guest Of friends in the
city.
Edward Dalton and wife. ]. L..
Thompson, Sistersyille, are registered
at the Windsor.
Jas. Kelly, Jr., Parkersburg; V. T.
Clayton, Warrington, are stopping at
the Grand Central.
Herbert L. Pickens, chief clerk at
Stewards pharmacy, is expected home
to-day from trip to New Castle, Pa.
Robert Phillips, the popular collec-
tor for the c., D. & P. Telephone Com
pany, is visiting friends in Fulton, W.
Va.
Misses Emma and Laura Duncan,
Of lakewood, Pa. arrived in the city
yesterday to attend the Mead-Caldwell
wedding.
Miss Mary Wilson, of Beaver Falls,
will be the guest of Miss Mary PAUL,
on North Main street, during the COM
ing week.
j. H. Hamilton Parkersburg; C. B.
Turner and wife. Warrington; D..
Woods, Sistersville, are guests at the
New Mcclure.
Misses Catherine and Sophia Elig
left yesterday for Pittsburg, where they
will be the guests of friends and visit
the Exposition, returning home on
Sunday.
W. H. Lopez, Frank Phillips, Came
ron; D. r. Meighen, Littleton; Mrs.
Robert Morris, New Martinsville; ]. B.
Smith, Shirley; T. c. Hornbrook, Par
kersburg, are at the Stamm.
Samuel Jordan, Rowlesburg; Miss
Minnie Ingersoll, Sistersville; ]. M.
Dyer, Folsom; w. R. Rine, Bird; Jos.
L. Layear, Warrington; K. E. Craw
ford, Salem, are the State arrivals reg
istered at the Howell.
Mrs. James H. Garrigan and daugh-
ter, Sadie, of Boston, Mass, are visit
ing old friends in Wheeling. They
lived here about nineteen years ago,
and MIR. Garrigan was foreman in the
old Hobbs-Brockunier & Co. glass fac
tory.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-10-06
NEXT.
THE LEON A
Scuttled to Quench a Fire in Her
Hold Caught Fire at Sea.

NEW YORK, October 5.-The NAL
lory line steamer Leona was burned
and sunk at her wharf in East river to-
night. The cargo, consisting of tobacco
and 5000 bales of cotton, and valued
at $250,000 to 100000, is total loss
and the boat is little better than a
wreck.
It is believed that the Leona, which
sailed from Galveston September 81,
caught fire at sea several days ago,
since which time she has proceeded at
full speed, with battened matches, for
this port. At $3.50 this afternoon the
Leona came racing up East river to her
pier, where haste was made to debark
the passengers and open the matches.
An hour later an army of men were
vainly fighting fire in the steamer
hold. Finally the ship was scuttled.