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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-08-24

an invalid daughter and this imbecile
son. who requires her entire attention.
She has to support the family as the
estate Of her husband was reported
insolvent.
Judge Philbrook laid particular
stress on the evidence presented at the
trial. Of trouble between father and
son. One of the witnesses when pin
ned down. said the trouble was occa-
stoned by Charles taking some candy
out of the showcase in his fathers
store where he was at work
He sprung a sensation when he pro.
duced a deposition from II. A. Waite,
formerly proprietor Of the Waterville
House. 1t will be remembered at the
trial that j. F. McManus said
Charles came into his drug store at
Waterville. the Wednesday night pre-
ceding the crime, and inquired for
strychnine. After going out Of the
store, not having obtained the poison, he
is said to have gone to the Waterville
House. Now Mr.. Waite comes out and
says that it was George, the brother
who was also i'll. who was in his hotel
that night. and that he was slightly
intoxicated
at the trial that he was in the store
when the young man came in for the
poison, and was told that it was
Charles Beal. He on cross examina-
ton, testified that he was the coroner.
and thought at the inquest that it was
George Beal who came in after the
poison. They both looked alike.
mysterious thing is that the leaf con-
tanning the names of the guests of the
Waterville House on that Wednesday,
was cut from the register, and it
could not have been done by Charles
Beal. as he was in Jail.
Mr.. PhilbroOk made much of the
direct contradiction between himself
and ]. F.. McManus regarding the al
legged retraction of McManus. He also
dwelt on the large number of signers
TO the petitions asking for Bears par
don. The petitions are signed by
about two-thirds of the people of Gin
ton. and he also introduced letters
stating the writer's belief in the in
nocence of the prisoner. These letters
come from the selectmen for several
years past. the brothers of the muir
dered man, ex-County Commissioner
Wentworth, Judge Hall and many
other prominent men.
Mr.. Philbrook's argument was one of
the best presented before the Council
for some time. He did not work on
the emotions of the Councillors, but
made clean and telling argument.
1t was a mastery address and was not
too long. but thoroughly covered the
ground. He received many compli
ments on his presentation of the
case. In executive session the
Council voted to lay the matter on the
table until the next meeting.
The Somerset reporter., 1899-08-10

With little rifles of 22la caliber the
fashionable younger set of women that
already rides, drives, COLTS and photo
graphs have found n new mode of
making summer holidays fly. 1t is the
ambition of this set to organize small
parties of Nmrods and Dianas TO 90
out for the shooting season in the
Rocky mountains, and the girls who
hope to make a gun record this sum
mer have been quietly practicing all
spring at a shooting gallery In New
York. Their chosen resort is not in
any one of the stately sporting clubs,
but "A little basement gallery, where
twice week group of them in soft
silk frocks and daintily coiffured heads
drop in with cousins. brothers. etc,
and do some really remarkable rifle
work At the end of the gallery swing
ing glass birds, glass eggs on jets of
water. animal automatons and crystal
balls supply target practice for the
Misses Webb. Stokes, Hodge and 9th
ers who use these as mere stepping
stones to higher things in the shape of
Rocky mountain goats, grizzlies and
their ferociouS friends.
To so lofty point has the ambition
Of some of these fair huntreSses
mounted that rumors of nothing less
than trip to India for try al tigers
is whispered about. Perhaps that eX.
plot will be successfully carried out in
time, but lust AT the moment the chief
thrill of the situation is felt over the
getting up Of the new bunting dress
and the discovery that the proper cos
tune for the Adirondack shooting seq
son Is to he brown canvas. cut exact
ly like the uniform of the rough rid
arS. with the addition, of course, of
canvas skirt just to the knees.-Chi-
cage Record
The Somerset reporter., 1899-08-10

Many people wonder how banks use
all the money deposited in them and
how they manage TO pay interest there
on and yet come out at the end of the
year with big profit on the business.
What they do is trade with the mon
ey. To the depositor they pay between
1 and per cent. but the money they
lend brings them in 3, 5. 6, and even
8 per cent.
For instance, they give loans on all
sorts of securities, such as railway
debentures government stock. public
company shares. dock warrants, bills Of
lading. etc.
They also lend money on the security
of houses and land, but not to great
extent, as repayments are slow.
When a couple of substantial business
men or farmers or professional men
back bill, the bank often lends with
out any security at all, but now and
again they have heavy and ruinous
losses on these loans.
All banks however, have large sums
of money constantly lying idle for they
must keep sufficient cash at the various
branches to gay checks and even to be
more or less prepared for panics, Still
the difference between the or per
cent they pay and the 8 to 8 they re-
ceive on millions of dollars leaves than
an immense profit on the year bust
The Somerset reporter., 1899-08-10
A Wn1nnn,a Rnnk.

The Fifth Avenue National bank Of
New York has 1000 women depositors
1t is situated at the corner of Forty
fifth street and Fifth avenue, in the
midst OF the residences of wealthy
classes and is almost exclusively pat
ronized by rich women, who keep their
household accounts and pin money
there. The receiving tellers are very
busy during the first few days of every
month when the patrons of the bank
bring in the allowances they have re
ceived from their husbands or fathers.
but the rest of the time they have com
paratiyely few depositors to take care
of, and have plenty of time to assist the
paying telers in cashing checks that
have been drawn to meet grocery or
dressmakers bills
The Somerset reporter., 1899-08-10

File cutting and glass polishing are
the two trades in which the opera tives
are constantly subjected to the slow and
stealthy growth of industrial disease
The danger in their case is even more
alarming than in those which have been
previously dealt with, as the power
which daily menaces them is that most
pernicious and treacherous evil, lead
poisoning. In the case of file cutters
the mischief is contained in the bed
upon which the file is placed for cut
ting. This is composed of metallic lead
for although other substances have
been tried, it is declared that none of
them give the desired amount of re-
sistance without residence obtained by
a lead bed.
Glass polishing is. dangerous in that
the powder with which the edges of cut
glass are treated contains go to 70 per
cent of oxide of lead. Here again. the
same remedies are demanded, and for
tunately they are not so difficult of at
tainment In both these cases the poison
pursues its victims with a malice as re-
lentless as it is appalling, which kills or
mains as surely as does any explosion
or accident by violence. -Fortnightly
Review
The Somerset reporter., 1899-08-10

"The aristocratic Philippine matrOn
and her daughters indulge in no great
er bodily exercise, If they can help 1t,
than that required for driving or shop
ping says Charles Bryant Howard,
writing of THE Women Of the Philip
pines" in Womans Home Companion.
But the peasant woman shares her
husbands work, whatever it may be,
laboring at the pillow behind an I'M
calmly caraBao (water buffalo, in the
paddy field or helping to pole n huge
lorcha, or cocoanut raft, up or down
the river, besides attending to her
domestic cares. And | take pleasure In
saying that, whatever its proprietor's
rank or station. the native Philippine
nipa hut is invariably a marvel of
neatness and cleanliness as TO its in
terror; far superior in this respect to
the average Spanish dwelling house,
be it that of n merchants clerk or that
of the governor general. So far as the
hitter are concerned n decent servant
girl. such as are employed in America
and England, would not be content to
remain in one two days.
"Hundreds of girls are employed in
the great cigar factories, and others In
the converts labor to weave the far
famed pima lace Of the Philippines, sew
eral at a time squatting on the floor
around a single frame, picking and
manipulating with deft fingers the in
finitesimally delicate fibers. Sometimes
they work for months to complete
single mantilla or handkerchief. These
native women are rarely employed by
the European residents as domestic
servants. except in the capacity Of
lady's maid or children's nurse, and
even these positions are often occupied
by boys. They are very unreliable,
and the utter absence of the sense of
gratitude 81 characteristic of the en-
tire Philippine race renders ii an al
most hopeless and very cXasperating
task to attempt to train them as serv-
ants. Their only redeemlng feature is
their sense OF absolute personal clean
illness, but in spite of this many Euro
pean women prefer 10 go TO the eX-
pense and trouble of importing Chi
nese ANA from IIongkong or Canton
rather than to intrust her children to
the care of "A native girl, although
when in her own capacity as mother
the Filipino. so far as observation goes,
leaves nothing to be desired"
The Somerset reporter., 1899-08-10
Now to Become Pretty.

Mrs. Humphry. writing In The La,
dies Home Journal ON How TO BE
Pretty. Though IlnIn." asserts that the
best advice she could give III girl WHO
poc.c c::::c . g'G"estl tigure IL COZ
tanned Ia two words. % Old exagg'Sa-
ton. I'VE all know how disappoint-
Ing, If not actually annoying, il II 10
see n pretty face associated with al
awkward figure or an uncouth gait
capable Of Icing cultivated. to some de
gree at least. even In cases which may
seem to be Of the hopeless sort. Calls
themes have converted many an aWk-
ward girl into an unrecognzabIy
graceful and charming edition of her
former self Many "A growing girl
has her figure and carriage ruined for
life by want Of care, and more parllc-
ularly motherlrss girls who have no
kind elder IL make them lie down for
at least an hour every day. The re-
culnbent posture aVcrts many an evil.
The shoulders should he perfectly fiat
upon the couch and the head be only
SllehllN falsen. 'tlfls are such active.
vigorous creatures thai they often OIL
jeet 10 lying down in this way. but II
careful mother may easily learn how
to turn this restful time into pleasure
In almost all cases Improvement viii
result from gymnastic and calisthcnic
exercises, from rowing drilling and
swimming. Hut It IS absolutely nee
essary thai tn patient should be
mindful constantly of her own bear.
Ing. She must hold her shoulders
back, her head up and her chest for
ward. At first this position will cause
some stiffness. but if persevered in and
accompanied by calsthenic exercises.
or even games like lawn tennis. it
Will soon become natural. easy and
graceful"
The Somerset reporter., 1899-08-10

monkey itself is not particularly saw
age, but is 80 hideous that the natives
of its country. South America, say that
no beast of prey, however hungry. will
tackle it. Even a hungry iaguar would
starve in a cageful of sakis.
Then there is tree climbing beast
that is as queer nondescript as one
could hope to see. 1t has sharp face
and long jointed fingers and is called
the aye-aye, from its cry. This looks
like one of the most appallingly weird
of all those strange beasts one sees in
Nightmares and cannot get away from {;
but, like the sakis, is of a gentle dispo-
sition 1t lives in South Africa. A full
grown aye-aye looks like blend of
jackal, pig and monkey. Then there is
the Tasmanian devil of the antipodes.
which is as savage as it is ugly, and,
lastly species of Asiatic ground rat
called the bund.
The Somerset reporter., 1899-08-10

lapse SO far that she does not get into
them for her appearance Ut the break
fast table In a pretty lawn negligee
or loose waist the sailor collar opening
comfortably aud becomingly at the
throat. she viii be just as cool As
though She We're in some of those
makeshifts of attire that are enough
to take away the appetite of the man
who is Obliged TO sit at the table with
her.
Now, about her hair. If it won b4url
naturally. brush it back smoothly and
neatly, either parted or pompadour. as
Is most becoming. but don't, please
and with these unsightly knobs in
front twist up the back SO carelessly
that a stray wisp sticks out in the
fashion made familiar by the drunk
en- lady in the WheelbarroW. One is
even warmer when untidy. and It Ger
tainly, 10 be slangy, makes a man hot
under the collar 10 see his women
folks going about in this manner. Save
a little on the dangling chatelaines. the
gorgeous parasols. the flower bedecked
hats. l'ul the pennies thus clipped Off
into attractive attire for the house in
warm weather, and the result in mas
culinc approval and your own rise in
self esteem will more than compensate
for any dimnution in the diversity of
your outdoor toilets. - Philadelphia
Times.
The Somerset reporter., 1899-08-10

It is said that DR. Tuffier of the Hos
pital de la Petite Paris, succeeded in
bringing man TO life temporarily The
man operated upon was Jean Soulie.
who had been pronounced dead DR.
Tuffier. it is alleged, in the presence Of
a large number of students, took the
body, and, after the application Of sew
eral recognized methods of proving the
total extinction of life, exposed the
man s heart and, holding the organ in
his hand pressed first one side with the
finger and then on the other side with
the thumb, and keeping it up continu
ously, caused an artificial action and
after a time there were unmistakable
evidences of life. 1t is said that the man
answered one or two questions put to
him. 1t was impossible TO maintain this
artificial action very long, and the man
sank back to his second death
The Somerset reporter., 1899-08-10

There are four beasts in the world
that can give long odds in the way of
ugliness to anything else that lives.
One of them is monkey, grewsome
looking beast called the bearded saki.
This is so utterly grotesque beast that
it would scarcely be safe to let child
or nervous person see it. The ugliness
is not of an amusing kind. Int of an
evil, sinister nature The beast has a
sort of beard and countenance unlike
anything else in shape and lines. Tho
The Somerset reporter., 1899-08-10
Mrs. johnson
Saved from
Insanity by
Mrs. Pinkhasss

menced to have spells with my spine.
Every month grew worse and at last
became SO bad that / found l was
gradually losing my mind.
1.-THE doctors treated me for female
troubles, but l got no better. one
doctor told me that would be insane.
was advised by friend to give Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound a
trial, and before I had taken all of the
first bottle my neighbors noticed the
change in me.
Il have now taken five bottles and
cannot find words sufficient to praise it.
l advise every woman who is suffering
from any female weakness to give it a
fair trial. thank you for your good
medicine. "-MRs. GERTRUDE NJ. JOHN
son, JoNEsBoRo, TEXAS.
The Somerset reporter., 1899-08-10

Chickens are sold by the piece in
Buenos Ayres They are dressed before
being offered for sale, the only feathers
left upon them being those of the tail
The same custom prevails in China
as to dogs, where a bit Of the dog $ hair
is always left on the end of the tail,
even when the animal is cooked But
this is because the Chinese consider the
flesh of black dogs the best and most
certain to put brave spirit into the
body of the eater
The Somerset reporter., 1899-08-10
DOES COFFEE AGREE WITH YOU /?

If not, drink Grain. O-msde from pure
grains. A lady writes The first time l
made Grain o did not like it but after
ing it for one week nothing would induce me to
go back to coffee" 1t nourishes and feeds the
system. The children can drink it freely with
great benefit. II is the strengthening sub
stance of pure grains. Get package today
from your grocer, follow the directions in
making 1t and yeu will have q delicious and
heslthful table beverage for old and young
lbc. and Csc.
The Somerset reporter., 1899-08-10
FooIInhIN SensitiNe.

"Yes, we lost the doctor trade in a
very unfortunate way.
How was thatY'
why we have a mechanical duck
in our stock of novelties that runs bg
clockwork The doctor came in the
store just as one of our young women
wound the thing up, and at the very
moment the doctor came opposite it the
duck gravely bowed to him anu said
'Quack, quack' The doctor is so fool
ishly sensitive Cleveland Plain
Dealer
The Somerset reporter., 1899-08-10
Probate office.
STATE OF MAINE.

To the Honorable, the Judge of the Probate
Court N and for the County of Somerset.
Respectfully represents Forrest Goodwin OF
Skowhegan in said County, that Charles +
Mcclellan late of Skewhegan in said County
died on the first day of February A. d, 1895.
That at a Probate Court held on the End
Tues FAY. OF March IN the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and ninety six For
rest 60 dwin was duly appointed admins
traitor OF said Charles +, Mcclellan and accept
ed said trust.
That Forrest Goodwin has returned to said
Probate Court, on oath, an inventory of all the
property and estate of said deceased that has
come into his possession or knowledge.
That your petitioner is informed and be
reves that certain of said property OF said de.
cecent hereinsit mentioned passing by des-
cent or some portion thereof, or some interest
therein, is subject to the payment Of the tax
imposed Dy Chapter l46 Of the public laws OF
1898 and acts amendatoty thereof and addi-
tional thereto.
That the names OF all the persons who are
interested in the succession TO said property,
and the share OF each are as stated IN Schedule
A, hereunto annexed.
Wherefore, your petitioner prays that the
actual market value Of said property. the
persons interested in the succession thereto,
and the amount OF the tax thereon may be de
termined by the Judge of Probate,
Dated this goth day OF July, A. d. 1899.
FORREST GOODWIN. Admr.
The Somerset reporter., 1899-08-10
Price $3.50
=
The Green { Barnard Shoe Co
7 Madison Avenue. SkOWhegaH
Notice of foreclosure.
OH ORDS S.

Whereas, Horace b. Packard Of Skowhegsn
in the County of somerset and state Of Maine.
by his mortgage DIT ed dated April path 1895. and
recorded in somerset Registry OF DEEDS, Book
225, Page 33t, eouyeyed to one r. Il. Merrill.
certain parcel of real estate situate in said
Skow he gan and bounded as follows. Begin
ming Al stake and stones on the northerIy
side OF the county road lesd ing from
Skowhegan to Canaan Village and about
two hundred and twenty six yards east OF the
centre OF Lambert Brook, SO called; thence
northerly to a stake aud stones in the corner
OF The woods in line Of the old wall Snd
thence in the same direction to Willis
Malbon's southessterly corner thence south
westerly said Malbon's southerly line 70
the aforementioned road; thence easterly on
the line OF said road to the hrst mentioned
bound, which said mortgage was on the
twenty eighth day of October A. Z. 1895 ass gn-
ed by the said X. Merrill 10 NE, which said
assignment is recorded ia Somerset Registry
of Deeds Book 22s, Page FL and whereas the
said Horace b. Packard by tis mortgage deed
dated Dec. 2Sth 1874 and recorded IN somerset
Registry OF Deeds, Book 20 Page 200 convey.
ed to me, the undersigned the above desert bed
parcel Of land; and whereas the conditions OF
both said mortgages has been broken, now
therefore, by reason Of the breach Of the con-
ditiou thereof l claim foreclosure o. said
mortgages SwSi
Dated st Skowhegau this End day Of August
A. ID. 1899
j, PALMER MERRILL
The Somerset reporter., 1899-08-10

Mrs. Allie L. Whitaker. treasurer of
the New England Woman's Press as.
ISOLATION and editor of the woman's de
partment in the New England Farmer,
has been invited by the Maine state
board of agriculture to become one of
the institute speakers.
The Somerset reporter., 1899-08-10
Mrs. Perkins, Letter.

81 had female trouble of all kinds,
had three doctors, but only grew worse.
l began taking Lydia f. Pinkham' s
Vegetable Compound and Liver Pills
and used the Sanative Wash, and can
not praise your remedies enough. -
Mrs. EFFIE PERKINS, PEARL, LA.
The Somerset reporter., 1899-08-10

1t is sai1 that the queen of Sweden's
enthusiasm for the Salvation Army
and its works las caused a certain
amount OF dissatisfaction 10 be felt al
court hy those Who do not feel in sym
pathy with the Army'S methods.
The Somerset reporter., 1899-08-10

The minister of education of SaXony,
Germany. issued decree on May 3
that hereafter all girls aud young wo-
men attending the public schools and
sets
The Somerset reporter., 1899-08-10

On the within petition. ordered that notice
be given to all persons interested, by causing
a copy OF said petition and this order thereon
to be published three weeks successfully in
the SOMERSET REPORTER, a newspaper pub
lshed at Skowhegan in said County. that they
may appear at = Probate Court. TO he held at
Skowhegan in and for said County the
fifteenth day of August A u. lsH At nine
O'Clock in the forenoon and show cause, II any
they have, why the prayer Of the petitioner
should not be granite d.
EDWARD F DANFoRTH, Judge
true copy. SwS0
Attest: MATTHIAS Fowler, Register.
The Somerset reporter., 1899-08-10

1t is estimated that a capital of f70,-
0O0,000 is invested in the linen indus
try in Ireland which gives employ
ment to an army Of skilled workers at
its $4,000 spindles and $4,000 power
looms.
The Somerset reporter., 1899-08-10

have received
from the use of
Lydia K. Pink
hams Vegeta-
BILE Compound.
Soon after the
birth ofmy first
child, L com.
The Somerset reporter., 1899-08-10
FitteSt!

Time, the crucial test,
proves the
"Jenness Miller" Shoes
to be the best fitting, the best
wearing, and the most salts
factory shoe Yet devised for
women's wear.
Thousands OF women are
now enjoying perfect freedom
from foot troubles for the first
time in their lives.
They appreciate the advan-
.tage OF always being able to
secure perfect fitting shoe
"A shoe that does not vary
in shape.
"Jenness Miller" Shoes are
always of the highest standard
OF quality. They are stylish
and graceful as well as COM
Portable.
We are sole agents.
The Somerset reporter., 1899-08-10

French judges and judicial officials
are prohibited by the etiquette of their
profession from riding in an omnibus
The Somerset reporter., 1899-08-10

NAEANTED FOR U. 5. ARMY. Regular and
Wv Volunteer: Able bodied unmarried men
between ages OF Is and 35 of good character
and temperate habits. For information apply
TO Recruiting Officer Portland, Me, or Lewis
ton, Me. 6wso
The Somerset reporter., 1899-08-10
rtxrrrr TO MS. ,rrxnAx NO. e,.ssx1

"DEAR MRS. PrsKHAM-For some
time have thought of writing to you
to let you know of the great benefit