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The Somerset reporter., 1899-10-12

Admiral Dewey has signifled his
willingness to accept the gift of house
in Washington for which public SUBJ
scriptions have been received to the
amount of about $4,000. BE said that
had the proposed home been the gift of
few wealthy men, he should feel indis-
posed to accept it, but he noted that the
fund had over 43, 900 subscribers, indicat-
ing that the home was to be really the
gift of the American people, and as such
he would accept it with as much pleasure
as he had the sword bestowed upon him
by Congress. He expressed his ideas as
to the character of the home he desired,
and asked that the house be modest
enough in appointments and cost to per-
NIT of the retention of sufficient sum of
money from the purchase fund to defray
the expense of furnishing it. He evil
IDENTIFY don't care to make too much of a
spread but wants the house for comfort
rather than show.
The Somerset reporter., 1899-10-12
Baptist Officials.

The officers of the various societies OF
the Baptist convention were elected at
Cherryfield, last week, as follows:
Maine Baptist Missionary convention,
president, Rev. W. A. Newcombe, Thorn.
aston vice-president, Nathaniel Butler,
ID. d.. Watervlle; corresponding secre-
tary, Rev. A. II. Dunn, ID. D.. Water.
Vile; recording secretary, Rev. Il. S.
Burrage, d. D., Portland; treasurer, II.
M. Mailing, Portland.
Maine Education Society, president
Rev. 7. j. Ramsdell. South Paris; vice
president, Rev. A. E. Kingsley, Bangor
secretary, Rev. G. Z. Owen, Houlton
treasurer, Rev. W. II. Spencer, d. D..
Skowhegan ; auditor, Prof. E. ". Hall
Waterville.
Maine Baptist Young Peoples State
convention, president, A. E. Kingsley
Bangor; vice president, j. 5. Sanborn
South Waterboro; recording secretary
Rev. w. K. Lombard, Camden; CORE
spending secretary, Miss Maud Mat
thews, Belfast; treasurer, Mr.. Crosby
l.. Mayo, Lewiston.
The Somerset reporter., 1899-10-12
A Great Musical Feat.

Amid the excitement which followe
the return Of Nine. Sembrich after her
first solo, there were perh APPS not many
ia the audience who realized the won
derful vocal feat which she performed; ;
something which to the ordinary singer,
would seem to be well nigh impossible
1t seems it was arranged between
Nine. Sembrich and Mr.. Chapman that
the raising of her left hand was to be
the signal for the orchestra, without
any prelude, or sounding OF any instru-
ment, to begin at once with her in the
midst of one of the most brilliant
roulades of her solo.
And this was actually done. For
after being recalled several times, with
the din of the applause in her ears, she
was actually able to give herself the
exact pitch, and start simultaneously
with the orchestra In absolute accord.
Years of practice spent with the violin,
and the assiduous study of music, have
made Nine. Sembricn musical artist
In every sense of the word, aside from
being such marvellous singer.
The Somerset reporter., 1899-10-12
THE TEST THAT TELLS.
You Can Get All the Convincing Proof
You Want by Reading SkOwhe-
pan PanefS,

When the reader wants and article of
value he naturally prefers to deal with
someone he can depend upon.
If mixed up in any law suit, a good,
responsible lawyer is generally the first
necessity sought.
If lost on prairie, directions from a
settler could be relied upon; those from
a stranger would be doubted.
The test that tells the tale of merit Is
the test of friends and neighbors.
Skowhegan people endorse Doan's
Kidney Pills.
Can you ask for better evidence?
Read this case:
Mrs. Phillip Temple, corner Front and
Mechanic streets, says: 81 could not
sleep on account of my back. 1t ached
so severely that my kidneys actually
felt as if they were burning. The Sc
erection from the kidneys was very
scalding and was compelled to rise too
often at night. My kidneys were eff
fected over 10 years and also had some
liver complaint which has regulated it.
self since l used Doans Kidney Pills.
| took other medicines for these all
ments, but was unsuccessful in effecting
a cure. My husband got Doan's Kidney
Pills for me at Folsom's drug store and
after using them was in much bette
health. My back did not ache and it
was strengthened. did not require to
lie down during the day to rest myself
as l did formerly. I slept well at night
and the urinary weakness and scalding
from the kidney seoretions left me-"
For sale by all dealers; price 80 cents.
Mailed by Foster. Milburn Co., Buffalo,
N. Y, sole agents of the u, $.
Remember the name-Doan's-and
take no substitute.
The Somerset reporter., 1899-10-12
New England Directory.

Mr.. Frederick Small has csnysssed the
town for the New England Directory for
1900 which has for years been publish
ed by Sampson, Murdoch & Co., of Bos-
ton. The first edition of this work was
published in 1856. and it has been pub
lished regularly for forty-three years.
A very valuable book of reference TO
every business man. containing carefully
collected lists of the merchants, manu-
facturers, professional aud other busi-
ness men throughout the six New Eng
land states, classified by business, city or
town. ard postoffice, banks, savings
banks, insurance, manufacturing and
other incorporated companies, news
papers. colleges. academies, railroads,
expresses, together with other useful in
formation often required 10 the counting
room.
The Somerset reporter., 1899-10-12

The Portland Press makes the point
against the platform adopted by the
recent Dem ocratic convention that
nominated Mr.. Mckinney for congress,
that 1t binds him on the free silver l6
to theory, and no other. The plat
form deprecates trusts, but offers no
remedial method of dealing with them.
1t offers no solution to the Philippine
question, and makes no attempt to, but
it tied the candidate fast on the silver
issue, presumably because of suspic-
ion that he was net a believer In that
doctrine, and hence II left to his own
devices, might vote against it or not
vote at all. They did not dare leave
him without hitching and therefore
tied him fast. No matter what his per-
sonal views may be he is bound by a
pledge which no honorable man can
break, to vote for cheap money.
The Somerset reporter., 1899-10-12

farmers be employed at this season of
the year?' o. Z. Libby; violin solo,
Irving futile; "Scissored and Penned, -
Annie Frost; "Does it pay to belong TO
the grange?" Geo. Varney, song, Flora
Davis; paper, "Can farming be made as
attractive as other callings in life; if SO,
how?' Mrs. Frank Gerald; song, choir.
Henry Alperon was brought before
Trial Justice II. H. Powers in Pittsfeld
Tuesday morning on the charge of vio-
lating the hawkers' and pedlars law, to
which he pleaded guilty. The court
imposed fine of $40 and costs amount
ing to about S11, the prisoner to stand
committed until paid. Alperon has been
travelling through this section selling
chairs and rugs without the license
required by statute. He claims to be
representing Boston firm. He drives
first class team and has a large mum
Der of wares at this station. A confer
ence by wire was had with the Boston
firm and the money was forwarded to
this place so that it was in Mr.. Powers
hands "Wednesday morning
The mysterious disappearance OF
Edward Sands, we'll known local
guide, is causing much concern among
relatives and friends, and has created a
deal of excitement in Jackman
village for some weeks past. Sands
left his home in June n, for Kineo
where he hoped to secure work guiding
Previous to going up the lake he went
to Bangor to dispose of a very large
moose head which he secured in the
st. Johns region last year. On the
morning of the 30th he wrote his wife
who resides in Jackman, from Bangor
stating that he had sold the head and
would leave the city that night or the
next morning for Greenylle, stopping
over at Old Town, for the purpose OF
purchasing canoe. Since that time
three long months have rolled by and
no word has come from the absent
husband.
There is likely to be plenty of lumber
ing in Kennebec waters, largely in Somer
set county the coming winter. Hol
lingsworth & Whitney. the largest con
Germ, will probably cut, with a crew o.
200 men, 100000 feet. This corcerr
operates on French town, hauling into
Roach, Misery and Moose rivers; Law
renee, Newhall & Co., 100000 Il
Il, 900, 900, haul into Moose and Deat
rivers; Nj. G. Shaw & Sons, Mooseheac
lake; Davis & Marston, Spencer ponC
and Moosehead lake; L. F. Rogers
Roach pond; David Rowell, Roach pond
Alphonso Borden, Moosehead lake
Thomas A. Young, Spencer pond; Ale,
McCarron, Socatean stream, Charles
jackson, Brassua stream; Lawrence
Bros, Moose river; Hiram Moore & Son
Long pond; Frank Carr, Long pond
1t is not possible to give any estimate
of the total cut, which is always yer!
susceptible to the many adverse oondi
tons which confront the operator
But the concerns above named vii
average from 100000 to 100000
two especially mentioned going above
these figures.
The Somerset reporter., 1899-10-12

They are making 1t reasonably lively
for rumsellers In Portland. For The
three months ending last Saturday the
fines paid into the county of Cumber.
land for liquor seizures alone, amounted
to 9,139. This Is for the Portland
fines alone and enough has been collect
ed from other places to make the
amount more than $4,000. There are
other counties where like course is
pursued. This is a good way to dis
courage this species Of law breaking.
All persons who violate the prohibitory
law, do 1t for the sake Of the money
they get out of 1t, and II their fines and
costs amount to more than the profits
they make on their liquors, they will
not continue to violate law and outrage
the public for very long time.
The Somerset reporter., 1899-10-12

Rear Admiral Schley is modest in his
claims If his friends are not. At a com
plimentary dinner given him last week
at Delmonico's, he is reported as saying:
"The part l took, in the Santiago fight,
was only such as any captain in the fleet
would have taken had he had the oppor-
tunity. 1t was merely nv luck to be in
command, and took advantage of the
opportunity. 1t was the men behind
the guns who did the real work, and to
the mothers of the men behind the guns
is the credit due"
The Somerset reporter., 1899-10-12

Although work on the construction of
railroads 10 the country has progressed
steadily throughout the season the
scarcity of labor and the delay in secur-
ing iron and other materials promptly is
causing much delay. Many hundreds of
miles are now under construction that
cannot be completed this year and will
have to be postponed until 1900 so far as
putting down the rails is concerned. An
aggregate of 2700 miles of track have
thus far been laid this year. In 1898
1880 miles were laid for the whole season.
The Somerset reporter., 1899-10-12

81 wish to express nv thanks to the
manufacturers of Chamberlain's Collie,
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, for hsv-
ing put on the market such wonderful
medicine" says w. W. Massingill, of
Beaumont, Texas. There are many
thousands of mothers whose children
have been saved from attacks of dyson
terry and cholera infantum who must
also feel thankful. 1t Is for sale by II.
w. Cushing, Skowhegan, and Sullivan
Newton, Jackman.
The Somerset reporter., 1899-10-12

Whether Senator Quay of Pennsyl-
vania shall succeed himself In the next
L. S. Senate is still problem. Senator
Hoar is one of the senator's who has
always held that the constitution intend
ed that the Governor Of State should
always have the power to appoint sena-
tor to fill vacancy when the legislature
was not in session, no matter If a legis-
lature had had chance to fill the va
cancy and had not done so. Hence he
will vote for the seating of Mr.. Quay.
But he does not see how the senators
who voted against seating Corbett and
the three silver senators previously can
vote to seat him without getting into a
very uncomfortable attitude. AS these
senators constitute majority of the
Senate 1t seems to Mr.. Hoar very unlike
ly that Mr.. Quay will be seated.
The Somerset reporter., 1899-10-12

St. Louis Globe Democrat demo-
Gratis promise to do something against
trusts after establishing free silver, de-
streying projection and passing Bryan's
proposed constitutional amendment.
The trusts take it easy as far as the
Democratic party is concerned.
The Somerset reporter., 1899-10-12

There are large number of signers to
petitions to President Mckinley urging
him to tender friendly offices of the
United States in mediation between
Great Britain and the republics of the
Transvaal and the Orange Free State.
Many justices of U. s. and State courts
are among these petitioners, including
Chief Justice Peters OF Maine and Chief
Justice Blodgett of New Hampshire.
1t would be a grand thing il some in
fluence, moral or otherwise, could be
brought TO bear upon these governments
to prevent the mighty struggle that APP
pears to be close upon them. 1t would
be in the interest Of humanity.
The Somerset reporter., 1899-10-12

Boston Is going to present a 81 900
gold watch to Admiral Dewey, Saturday.
He has no need of a time piece to cause
him to be on time himself. He usually
is right up on time when he is not ahead
Of IT,
The Somerset reporter., 1899-10-12
His ReperforY.

what have you been playing during
your present tourY
I'VE played Hamlet and King Lear
on the stage" answered Mr.. Storming-
ton Barnes.
"Were there no comedies in your
repertory?"
"Only one. When we came to count
up the box office receipts, it was usually
Much Ado About Nothing. Wash
ington Star.
The Somerset reporter., 1899-10-12
Job Couldn't Have Stood 1t

If he'd had itching piles. They're ter
ribly annoying, but Bucklen's Arnica
Salve will cure the worst case of piles on
earth. 1t has cured thousands. For in
juries, pains or bodily eruptions it's
the best salve in the world Price 25e.
a box. Cure guaranteed. Sold
At f. H. Wings Drug Store.
The Somerset reporter., 1899-10-12

When you unload your pocketbook In
a good cause, you also remove load
from your conscience. You feel bet
ter. and so docs every one concerned
Denver News.
The Somerset reporter., 1899-10-12
Rismarck's Iron Nerve

Was the result of his splendid health
Indomitable will and tremendous energy
are not found where stomach, liver,
kidneys and bowels are out of order.
If you want these qualities and the
success they bring use DR.. Kings New
Life Pills. Only % cents
AT F. II. Wings Drug Store.
The Somerset reporter., 1899-10-12

Can't be perfect health without pure blood
Burdock Blood Bitters makes pure blood. Tones
and inyigorates the whole system.
4 Slow Process Mold: HAS your boy got
r. his college course yet9" Todd: Not vet
l$NiSgIue il will be some years before he learn s
10 treat me = an equal
The Somerset reporter., 1899-10-12

Everybody liable to itching piles. Rich and
poor old and young-terrible the torture they
suffer Only one sure cure. DOans Ointment.
Absolutely safe; can't fail.
No such thing as "summer complaint" where
DIR. Fowlcr's Extract of Wild Strawberry is kept
handy. Natures remedy for looseness of the
bowels.
AS to Spiritualism. Isaacs: "Some OF der
meerchums yos quite expensif undt odders
der meerchums should form Trust"
Candy Cathartic, cure constipation forever.
l0c, &c. II c. c. c. fail, druggists refund money.
The Somerset reporter., 1899-10-12

Inquiring Boy = Ma, what did the
moths eat before Adam and Eve wore
clothes?
The Somerset reporter., 1899-10-12

In its review of business for the past
week, Bradstreets report says that the
record of failures is better than any
that has gone before it in recent years,
and the third quarter of the year 1899,
appropriately enough, shows the few
est failures, the smallest liabilities and
the smallest proportion of assets to
liabilities of which there is any recent
record. There were only 2,026 failures,
involving $15,550,9 65 in liabilities and
So, $40, 2S6 in assets in the third quarter
of 1899, a decrease of 16 per cent. in
number and of IS per cent. in liabilities
from the same quarter OF last year,
which, it is hardly necessary to add,
was very good one for business gen.
orally. Compared with the second
quarter of 1899 liabilities are IS per cent
smaller, and compared with the first
three months of this year liabilities are
less than half as heavy.
The Somerset reporter., 1899-10-12
CAUTION.

l, J. Fl. Murray of Skowhegan, Me-,
being person engaged in the sale of
kerosene, refined petroleum, gasoline,
or other burning or Illuminating oils or
fluids, in cans of capacity of not less
than five gallons, hereby auopt the fol
lowing described name, marks and de-
vice printed upon a label and attached
to each of said cans, viz:
Property of
j. H. MURRAY,
sole agent for
Headlight Kerosene OIL
Guaranteed High Test. Water White aHd
Superior Burning
To be Filled by Agent Only.
When empty put card In window
Following is the law relating to the
sale of kerosene, ETC., and the penalty
for use of cans by other than owners,
and all parties are hereby notified that
shall prosecute any person who may
violate said law by the use of my cans;
CHAPTER 6s.
AN ACT Additional to Chapter Thirty-Nine of
the Revised Statutes, relating to receptacles
ror Kerosene Petroleum, Gasoline, or other
Section |. All persons or corporations engaged
IN the sale of kerosene, refined petroleum, gaso-
iene, or other burning or illuminating oils or
mud in cans of a capacity of not less than five
gallons with their names, or other marks or de-
vices branded, stamped engraved, etched. i'm
pressed or otherwise produced upon such cans or
anything connected herewith or appertaining
thereto may file in the office of the town or city
clerk in which their principal place of business
Is situated, a description of the names and
marks aforesaid, used by them, and cause the
same to be published once a week for three
successive weeks, in any weekly paper published
IN the county In which said notice may have been
Med as aforesaid.
Sec 2. Whoever knowingly and willfully,
without the written consent of tie owners, uses,
buys. sells, fills or traffics In any such can so
marked as aforesaid, or defaces, covers up or OBJ
nterates the Names marks or devices thereon,
with intent to use, I'LL, SELL buy, dispose of or
traiho therein, or to convert the same to his own
use shall, on complaint, be punished by fine OF
mol more than twenty dollars.
approved March g..
skowhegan, Me-, Oct. 8, 1899.
J. II. MURRAY
The Somerset reporter., 1899-10-12

Maine Farmer GOOD stuff will al
ways sell, and generally al good price.
"P0or STUFF always goes hard, and often
at no price at all Raise good stun, and
then set 10 work 10 solve the more in
tricate problem, how TO market to the
best advantage. The farmer who sue
eeeds must. like his neighbor, be- manu-
facturer and also salesman
The Somerset reporter., 1899-10-12
HowsAre Your Kidneyss

DR. Hobbs sparagus Pills cure all kidney Ills. Sam
pie free. Add Sterling Remedy Co, Chicago or N. Y.
The Somerset reporter., 1899-10-12

MIST w. Lee, Montgomery, Ala, writes: "Some years
Ago was lnoculated with poison by nurse who infected
ny babe with blood faint covered with sores and
ulcers from head to foot and xtremty PRAYED
10 die Several prominent physicians treated me- but all
TO no purpose The mercury and potash which they
gave me seemed to add fuel TO the awful fame which was
wonderful cures made by it, to try swift's Specific inn
proved from the start the medicine seemed 20 direct
10 OF the trouble and the poison out
bottles cured me completely" swift,a Specific
The Somerset reporter., 1899-10-12
s. s. s. FOR THE BL GOD

or chsmioa never fails
Bois, Carbuncles Sores,et ~ N0o-'
by Svfts
The Somerset reporter., 1899-10-12
5. 5. 5. GOES
TO THE BOTTOM,

In every test made 8. 8. s. easily
demonstrates its superiority over other
blood remedies. It matters not how oh.
stinate the case, nor what other treat
ment or remedies have failed, 8. 8. s.
always promptly reaches and cures any
The Somerset reporter., 1899-10-12
Promptly Reaches the Seat
Of all Blood Diseases and
Cures tho Worst Gases. disc E.

hat therea all
troubles obstinate difficult remedies claim
such real deepseated
offer such inconovertb evidenced merely on
~ goes down TO the seat Of all blood
foundation OF the
break forth forcs. pt
Of the emof
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1899-03-03


Ex-Congressman A. T. Goodwin,
from Alabama, writes the following
letter:
The Pe-ru-na Drug Manufacturing
Company, Columbus, Ohio:
Gentlemen-I have now used two
bottles of Pe-ru-na, and am well
man today. l could feel the good eff
fects of your medicine before I had
used it a week, after suffering with ca
tarrh for over year. Respectfully,
A. T. Goodwin.
Catarrh in its various forms is rap
Idly becoming a national curse. An
undoubted remedy has been discovered
by DR.. Hartman. This remedy has
been thoroughly tested during the past
forty years. Prominent men have
come to know of its virtues and are
making public utterances on the sub
1ect. To save the country we must
save the people. To save the people
we must protect them from disease.
The disease that is at once the most
prevalent and stubborn of cure is ca
tarrh. Public men of all parties rec
ognize in Pe-ru-na a national catarrh
remedy Of unequaled merit. Send to
Dr. Hartman, Columbus, Ohio, for a
free book on catarrh.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1899-03-03

Gold in transit across the Atlantic
''sweats,' no matter how tightly it is
packed. There is regular allowance for
attrition upon the voyage, and this loss
amounts to large sum to the commercial
world.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1899-03-03
MORNING. NOON AND NIGHT.
New Train Service.

The Rio Grande Western railway now
operates the best local train service to Og-
den. Trains leave Salt Lake City at 9:45
g. M, 1890 noon and 1880 p. N. The 1890
noon train will stop at all intermediate
points between Salt Lake City and Ogden
Return trains leave Ogden at 7:3O a. m,
2:10 p m. and 6:35 p. m.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1899-03-03

Chicago can't bear to be second in any
thing. Its latest offering is the case of
John Hooper, a man with mania for
tombstones. He stole eighteen of them
from Graceland cemetery, Chicago, and
used them for bric-a-brac at his home.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1899-03-03

shall recommend Piso's Cure for Con-
sumption far and wide.-Mrs Mulligan,
Plumstead, Kent, England, Nov. 8, 1895.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1899-03-03

Bovee: Discretion is the salt, and fancy
the sugar of life; the one preserves, the
other sweetens it.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1899-03-03

BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCK EGGS
for Matching, from high scoring birds.
Best in the state. $500 for thirteen eggs.
Satisfaction guaranteed. DAY, ROWE g.
Co., 313 South Main, Salt Lake City.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1899-03-03

The man who borrows trouble generally
gets repaid in his own coin.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1899-03-03

HoH n@t"s IN t"o "est Inufess
Lemon baths are popular in the West
Indies. Three or four lemons are cut
up and left to soak In water half an
hour. The bath is worry refreshing.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1899-03-03

The craze for old-fashioned ballet dane
ing is dying out; in fact, it is on its last
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1899-03-03
Care of tho EyeIashes.

The ancients made an art of the cul-
tivation Of the eyelashes. 1t was
recognized that, besides adding express
sion to the eyes, the lashes preserved
them from the dust, cold wind, and too
glazing light, all of which tend to ir-
ritate and often infame the eyes. It
is, therefore, not a vanity to endeavor
to obtain them and then preserve then.
from falling out. A little pure vasel-
inc applied to the eyelashes every
night will aid their growth and
strengthen them.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1899-03-03

In Carlsruhe, the capital of Baden, law
Is in force fning any person who plays the
piano with en- windows.