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The Somerset reporter., 1899-02-23
To Cure Cough in One Day
To Cure a Cold in One Day
To Cure Sore Throat in One Day
To Cure Hoarseness in One Day


Take Cleveland's Lung Healer, 25c, trial
size free. II II fails to cure, your money
will be refunded. II. w. Gushing.
The Somerset reporter., 1899-02-23

What is the use OF this artee9' asked a
shopper II really don't know, replied the
clers ~ lhink it is intended to be sold for a
Christmas present"
The Somerset reporter., 1899-02-23

scald head is an eczema of the soalp--very Sc
we're sometimes but 1t can be cured. Doan 3
Ointment, quick and permanent in its results.
AT any drug store, so cents.
The Somerset reporter., 1899-02-23

below the wire, TEMPORARY fASffNiN"
close enough to- nv" "'"h9
gether so the wire will pass through be
the manner they are driven when across
the wire
Pass the wire between the two staples
and pass "A nail through the staples over
the wire as will be seen by the illus
tration. When it is necessary to pass
through, all that will be necessary to
do will be to remove the nails and lay
the wires down They are easily re-
placed also, when through with them
The Somerset reporter., 1899-02-23

kT"Flag stations; at which trains will stop
on signal or notice to Conductor.
twin not ston except 10 leave or take Freight
MIXED train between North Arson and Bine bsa
STAGE CONNECTIONS.
At NorridgewoCk, for Mercer. and Smith
field land Electric Cars to and from Skowbs-
GAM
At Arson 70 Sawyers Mills, (Starks).
No. Arson, for North and West New Portland
Dead River, Flagstaff and Eustis. At BiHghan
tor Forks, Moose River, Mayheld. Kingsbury
and Abbott.
W. M. AVER SURF.
The Somerset reporter., 1899-02-23

The Eternal Question-She: ~ wonder why
you ever married me "
de; Because | thought loved you, OF
course. Did you get the notion that it WAS to
pay betH"
Too late to cure cold after consumption has
fastened its deadly grip on the lungs. Take Or.
Woods Norway Pine Syrup while yet there is
time.
Truly Great-"Is there anything grander
than a man you can trust?" Eyes" "Well,
what is it9" why man that doesn't ask you
| To trn st him -
The Somerset reporter., 1899-02-23

The Judge: THAT fellow who was before me
today i az been fined at least dozen times for
fast bicycle riding" His Wife HE must
have money to burn" al don't know how that
is, but he certainly has money for scoreh ing
The Somerset reporter., 1899-02-23

"HFFWHF III VITO FVHVIHE'
Sometimes it is necessary to drive
through a wire fence at certain places
The Somerset reporter., 1899-02-23

Aristocracy of Dolldom: my doll can shut
her eyes and go to sleep just lovely" "Huhl
My doll never goes to sleep at all; she's got
nsomnier."
The Somerset reporter., 1899-02-23

The plan OF an
Iowa Homestead
writer for pro-
viding a tempo
rary gate is to
drive staples into
the post where
the wire is. one
above and one
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The Somerset reporter., 1899-02-23
For Over Fifty Years.

Mrs. MISSIONS SOOTHING SYRUP has been
used for over fifty years by millions OF moth
ers for their children while teething, with
perfect success. 1t soothes the child, seftens
the gums. allays all pain. cures wind collie and
is the best remedy for Diarrhoea, II will re-
lieve the poor little sufferer Immediately.
sold by Druggists in every part OF the world
Twenty five cents a bottle. Be sure and AK
for Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup" and
take no other kind. 1y3s
The Somerset reporter., 1899-02-23
PREMATURELY OLD.

A man ought not to feel old, or to be old
until we'll up towards the uineties, but
nova days you don't see many such men.
Instead, you hear people no older than 30
or IS who begin to complain of tired backs
The Somerset reporter., 1899-02-23
Arrangements OF Train Effect

Nov. ~, 1888
Trains leave Skowhegan as follows: $40 A.
NJ. for all points West also to Bangor. vanoe
boro, St. Stephen, HoultoD, Woodstock g
John and Hslifax-1.35 P. M. for Waterville
Oakland, North Arson, Lewiston. Augusta
Gardiner and Brunswick, Portland and Box
ton, Dexter. Dover and Foxcroft, Greenvil@
Bangor, Old Town. Patten and Houlton via n
& A. r. R. & Msttawsmkeag $40 p. M
mike d. for Waterville enabling passengers 10
connect for Oakland and to take night Pun
man 70 Portland and Boston.
ARRIVALS:-7.00 A. NJ. mixed from w ateT-
Vile, daily except Monuays:-10.40 A. IS.
Passenger from Portland, Lewiston, winthrop,
from all points.
GEO. F. EVANS, Vice Pres and Gen. Mgr
f. %. BOOTHBY. General Psr'r Agent
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-04-14
A MISERLY COUNTESS.
One of Roumania's Old Nobility Who
Though Immensely Rich Lived
I'm Squalor.

The Bucharest correspondent of the
London Daily Mail says that a most
extraordinary character lately died in
Jassey, namely, Countess Balsch, one OF
the last of the old Roumanian nobility,
all titles except some few compli-
mentary ones, having been abolished
since the declaration of independence
after the Russo-Turkish war.
The old countess, although extreme
ly rich, was an inyeterate miser, and
hardly spent a penny, except In de-
Tending a lawsuit which her only
daughter, widow and an extreme in
valid, who had incurred the countess
displcasure by marrying without her
consent, had started against her, claim
ing but 300 francs monthly to live on.
On this she spent thousands until the
death of her unhappy daughter at
hospital in Paris brought the case to a
close.
When the authorities entered the
dead countess dwelling to take posses
sion of her property, they discovered,
secreted in numberess impossible
places, no less than 100000 francs, a
quarter of million being in Napoleons
and ducats. While making a final in
ventory, they found, hid in bundle of
old moth-eaten curtains, box contain
ing another 10000 francs, so that the
entire amount left by-this extraordi-
nary woman amounts to 100000
francs.
Numberless little cheap note books
were also found, in which the eccentric
being had noted down every half-penny
spent. Some books devoted to her law
expenses were headed: Cost of proc
ess against that beastly and poisonous
serpent, my daughter"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-04-14
MODES OF TRAVEL in FRANCE.

Automobiles have been forbidden to
run on the cycle paths of the avenue
de la Grand Armee. Paris
steam vehicle service has been es,
tablished between Salins, Besancon
and Marchaux, Doubs, France. Sin
thousand dollars has been subscribed.
A captain of the Fourth regiment of
engineers. France, accomplished the
maneuvers of the regiment in the
mountains of Grenoble with a motor
vehicle.
1t has been stated that 50 electric
iacres will be put in service before the
end of this year at Monaco and Monte
Carlo. The Schrive-Bouquet system
will be used.
The exposition of motor vehicles OF
the French Automobile club opened in
Paris, June Is. Two hundred and thir-
ty-eight builders and owners made an
exhibit, besides four exhibitors of ma.
chine tools.
The Northern Industrial society has
organized a competition of motor We.
hicles to be held at Lille the latter part
of July. The competition will include
an exposition to be held at the Ecole
National darts ct Meters, situated ir
the boulevard Louis XIV.-Cycling Ga
zette.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-04-14
SOME MUSICAL TERMS.

A coronach is dirge or funeral la
ment
Norspiel is the German word for pre-,
lude.
Noce di Fetto means chest voice. Voce
di testo means head voice.
Vivace means Quickly" "lively"-a
speed between allegro, fast, and presto,
very fast.
Tonic sol ia is a method of teaching
singing, and was founded by John Cur
wen, an Englishman,
Wrist touch is a method of playing
detached notes on the pianoforte in
which the forearm remains quiescent
while the keys are struck by rapid
vertical movement of the hand from the
wrist.
Una corde in piano music indicates
the use of the left pedal of the piano
forte. In music written for stringed in
struments the phrase "A una corde"
Is used to denote that a passage SO
marked is to be played on a single
string.
Transcription is a term which, in
its strict musical meaning, should be
the exact equivalent of arrangement.
AS matter of fact, however. a tran
scription is usually an arrangement in
which some original work is added to
the subject treated.
A yelled voice is one which is not
clear, but which sounds as though it
had passed through some interposed
medium. 1t is an entirely different
thing from husky voice. however
When natural it is considered. not as
defect, but as giving character and
richness to the voice.
The tonic is the key-note-that is,
the note from which 1t is named. The
rule in composition which requires that
every composition must end with this
harmony in some form is probably the
only law of music which has remained
in force throughout the changes from
the ancient to the modern styles
Ladies' Home Journal
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-04-14
CURIOUS FACTS.

A perfectly-proportioned man weighs
"a pounds for every foot of his height
All freshwater snakes in India are
harmless, and all saltwater snakes are
poisonous.
Naturalists are at present discussing
the question whether or not the bees
have an actual language, Those best
informed on the subject regard it as be-
ing possible.
Only about two minutes are required
for the blood to course through the
heart, hence to the lungs, back to the
heart, and then through the entire body
and return to the heart.
1t is said that there is small lake
near volcano in southern California,
which contains liquid as black as ink,
not at all resembling water. This
liquid dyes cotton cloth permanently
black.
Attached to the army of Norway 10
a corps of skaters armed with rifles.
They can be Unanswered on the ice
or over the snow fields of the mountains
with ripidity equal to that of the
best-trained cavalry.
The curious fact that corn, potatoes
and other plants thrive better when
placed in rows running north and south
has been proved by DR.. Wollny, of Mn
mich. This reduces the shading by
each other to q minimum, more uni
form and regular light. heat and moist.
ure resulting
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-04-14

The population of India increases at
the rate of 100000 annually.
Cotton spinners in Egypt have to
work from Sin a. IN. to ten p. III. for IS
to - cents.
In Russia servants kiss their mis-.
tress' hands both as morning and even
Ing greetings.
The tomb of Mohammed is covered
with diamonds. sapphires and rubies
valued at $l2,5GO,O00.
The income tax in India is levied ON
all incomes of $lG5 and upward, and
then only one man in eco comes within
lis scope.
Turkish papers were not allowed 10
print the news of the assassination of
the Austrian empress. They simply
announced that She had died
Spain has greater mineral resources
than any other country in Europe, IT.
GLIDING iron copper. zinc, silver. an
timouy, quicksilver, lead and gypsum.
In Aby>siuia it is The law that TIC
murderer be turned over to the rela-
tives of the dead person, they If they
please to put him 10 death in the same
manner in which the murdered person
was removed.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-04-14
RULES FOR MODERN WARFARE

All chaplains, doctors and nurses
are protected in every way, and are
not to be taken prisoners or in any
way injured.
Any soldier robblng or mutiating
an enemy Is liable to be shot without
trial, and death is the penalty for
wounding or killing disabled man.
The bodies of the enemy are to be
carefully searched before burial, and
any articles found on them which might
lead to their Identification are to be
sent to the proper quarters.
Explosive bullets must not be used,
and quarter must be given to the en-
envy whether he asks for it or not. In
an attack upon the enemy there must
be no concealment OF the distinctive
signs of the regiments. Poisoning
drinking water is strictly forbidden.
When it is intended to lombard
place due notice should be given, so that
all women and children may be removed
to a place of safety; and every care
must be taken to spare churches and
hospitals, as well as all charitable or
educational institutions.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-04-14
EXECUTIONERS

In earliest Roman days the sentence
of death was carried into effect by the
accuser and a similar practice was in
vogue in the Crimea when that was q
kingdom.
Formerly in Germany the duty of
executioner devolved upon the youngest
member of the community, in Thurin-
gia upon the latest settler and in Fran
coma, justly, upon the newest married.
In Spain the Office of executioner is,
or was, hereditary, and in France it be-
came practically so.
The dignity of the function of put
ting into effect of the sentence of death
was better recognized in ancient times
than 1t is to-day. In old Greece the
presentation of the hemlock was an
honorable service and the man who
performed it was ranked by Aristotle
above ordinary magistrates.
In the code and sacred books of the
Parsees no provision is made for capital
punishment, but u culprit is to be
beaten with thongs number of blows,
proportioned to his offense, and If he
succumbs no one is to blame.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-04-14
AALLEor In 1nE mUKNINu.
ny Evening Most People Have Shrunb
Half an Iach-IIOw Men Get
Into the Army.

1.-THE singular fact that people are
ebout half an inch taller in the morning
than they are in the afternoon has EN-
abled many a fellow to slip into the
army" said an officer who has seen a
good deal of recruiting service. Time
and again when the examinations were
being conducted at a tolerably early
hour men have been passed in my pres
ence who were barely up to the regula-
ton height, in fact, they were under
II shade, and the thickness of card
board would have resulted in throwing
them out. | am perfectly confident
that II these same men had been re.
measured just before taps in the even
ing they would have fallen so far short
that they would never by any POSSIBLE
ity have been accepted. | have heard
II said that man can put nearly an
irch in his height by staying in bed
for couple of days and mea while talk
Ing several hot baths, but have never
seen the thing tried. The average morn
Ing and evening variation have found
ty a good deal of experimenting on
myself and others TO be little less than
L~Is - tai
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-04-14
A PERSEVERANCE TEST.
The Western Unions Way of Dealing
with Female Applicants for
Employment.

Many girls are employed at the West
ern Union Telegraph company's main
Office in filing dispatches and other
work requiring no great skill. Now,
although they get only the current
wages of worksers in such employ
ments, there are always many appli-
cants for every vacancy. In view of
this fact the company has adopted an
interesting method of dealing with APP
plications. Every girl applying is ques-
toned as to her age, education and rHDv
idence. Furthermore, her height Is
taken. The facts as to the applicant
are then filed for future reference, and
she is advised in case she is really anx-
ious for a place to return at the end Of
four months should she not hear from
the company before that time. The
reasons for this advice is that the list
of applications is destroyed every four
months, says the New York Sun.
Many applicants never come a Sec
ond time; some. however, come a Sec
ond, third or even fourth time, and,
although the officers of the company
hold out no special hope to any appli-
cant, they do say that here, as else
where, perseverance often succeeds.
The requirement that the applicant
shall appear in person each time is an
ingenious means of wedding out those
applicants that lack the perseverance,
which, other things being equal, is like
ly to make a girl more useful to the
company than girl with less OF that
quality.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-04-14
POETESS GRINDS CORN.
Ncmbcr of Famous Literary Family
Runs GriSt Mill in New
Jersey.

Mrs. Ada Granular Norton. poetess
and member of famous literary fam
i'y, runs a gristmill at Hightstown. n
j.. and thereby, with the addition of
what is brought in by her pen, earns
good living. Mrs. Norton, is daugh.
ter of Rowena Cary. eldest sister of
Alice and Phoebe Cary whose verses
are known throughout the world. She
owes most of her literary standing to
Alice Cary, who gave her much assist
ance and encouragement at the start.
In 1898 she moved with her husband
to Hightstown. n. j.. and took charge
with him of quaint little flour mill.
built in such a fashion that the ma
chinery could be easily run by WON.
an. Three years ago her hus band died.
and since then Mrs Norton has had
sole charge. She has built up a reputa-
ton for herself and her mill since then,
and farmers for ten miles around drive
to the little mill with their corn. al
though there are mills nearer home
to which they might go.
Unlike most mills. the one conducted
by Mrs Norton has the wa ter wheel
actually in the building. The lower
part is Enclosed. In it's former DAYS
the wheel and lower part were open,
and in winter the wheel was very apt
to be frozen and, becoming mmova-
bic, would cause the poetess untold
veXation. All this is done away with
by her little scheme of inclosing the
wheel.
Mrs. Norton lives in house scarcely
lOO feet from the mill. large. artistic
and considerably older than the mill.
The mill in peaceful. poetical place.
The poetess does not forget her lit
erary work, and even when engaged
in her duties at the mill her fancies
keep busy.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-04-14
IN THE SUPERLATIVE DEGREE.

The deepest coal mine in the world
Ii the Lambert, in Belgium; you can
descend 3,49O feet
The smallest man who ever lived WAS
probably the dwarf Bebe, born in
France in 1740. He was just 20 inches
tall and eight pounds in weight when
full grown.
Of all the countries in the world il il
Servia which contains the most cen
tenarians. Among its less than 1,300,-
900 inhabitants there are actually 575
persons whose age exceeds 100 years.
A remarkable dwarf pine from Green
mountain. near Boulder, Col, is report
ed by Prof. Bessey to be only five
inches high and one-ffth of an inch
through, with single tuft of leaves
yet TO show % annual rings.
The smallest book ever printed is the
story of Perrault's little Hop O. My
Thumb" lately published. The book
Is ia inches long by one inch wide, and
one-quarter inch thick. It can be read
only by the aid of a microscope, but
is complete in every way and has four
engravings.
An anthropologist named Ammon
states that Bismarck's brain was prob
ably the heaviest on record He judges
from measurements of Schafer's bust
Of the great chancellor that his brain
must have weighed 1867 grammes lover
bs ounces); Cuvier's brain weighed 1890
grammes; Byron's 1907; Rants. 1850;
Schiller's, 1870, and Dante's. 1920.
The average for a well-built European
man is given as 1880 grammes
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-04-14
INTERESTING TO OURSELVES.

Jewels to the amount of SlS0.o00Ooo
have been imported into the United
States in the last % years.
Philadelphia policemen carry canes
with curved handles. They are some
times useful in reaching for escaping
w-brealiers
In Watertown, Mass, is a grist mil,
which has been in use since 1898. II
still continues TO grind corn in tie old
fashioned way, between the upper and
neither miIl-stones.
Among the Cities in the United States
San Francisco has the least and Phi,a-
delphia the greatest debt. The debt Of
San Francisco is $l33.0l70l and of
Philadelphia, S5G.S72,195 - In the
bonded debt per capita, Boston is the
highest, with $9733, while San Fran
cisco is the lowest being IS cents
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-04-14
DONT'S FOR BACHELORS.

Don't marry a brunette-she will
never be fair to you.
Don't marry blond-she will be too
ight-headed
Don't marry tall girl-she might be
too high headed.
Don't marry a polished girl-khe
might reflect too much.
Don't marry a "peach'-she might
not be easily preserved.
Don't marry stout girl-there IL
too much waist about her.
Don't marry short girl-wives never
like to look up to liege lords
Don't marry large girl-she will get
mad when you say wait" to her.
Don't marry deaf girl-your argu-
ments to her will never be sound.
Don't marry melancholy girl-her
sighs might prove heaviness to you.
Don't marry girl with too small
hands-you will have to hire two more.
Don't marry girl with mouth like
q rat trap-such mouths are catching.
Don't marry a girl for her figure IN
less it looks something like this: S1O,-
900.
Don't marry slender. willowy dam
sel-it might prove the weeping willow
variety.
Don't marry girl with cheeks like
q peach--peach fur is awfully unpleas-
ant to the lips,
Don't marry vain girl. unless you
are anticipating breezy times and will
want to know which way the wind
blows.
Don't marry girl with a mouth like
q rosebud-when a rosebud opens all
"the kings horses and all the kings
men" can't shut it.
Don't marry blind girl-when you
are in trouble finding the latch key on
getting home early in the morning she
might feel for you, but she could de-
tect your breath, though blind.-Chi-
cago Daily News.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-04-14
ABSURDITIES IN ART.

Many strange conceptions in art &C.
cur in the pictures of the great fif-
teenth-century artist, Benozze Coz
zoli. Three of his paintings were orig
iEally in the possession of the Medici
family, and portray The Journey Of
the Magi," Horses and camels appear
ii the picture, caparisoned after the
fashion of the artists own time
Claude, the French artist, has some
curious ideas in his picture entitled
THE Embarkation of the Queen OF
Sheba." The queen of the east is de-
ter a gondola. A huge warship in the
distance, whittier the queen is to be
carried, is of the type used in the days
Of the Spanish armada.
Pidicule easily kills a picture and
many works exhibited of late in Eng
land have been downed through some
mistake Of the artist For instance. a
picture which at first attracted meri-
torious attention was found to consist
of four men in boat rescuing a drown
ing woman, but all the rescuers were
leaning over one side of the boat, which
nevertheless, remained upright.
In the works of the old masters ex-
traordinary mistakes are to be found.
There is well-known picture repre-
senting Adam and Eve in which Eve
is attired in hounced petticoats and
Adam wears a coat and knee breeches
OF the artists day. while under his arm
he carries gun. 1t was common mis-
take for old artists to clothe their char
acters in garb of their time, prospect
I've Of the date Of the pictures story.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-04-14
BLOOM AND ODOR.
A Close Connection HIS Been Dis.
covered between Color and
Perfume.

An exhaustive examination of flower
ing plants reveals that Only about te;
per cent, Of them are odoriferous. The
red flowers and those which have com
bined colorings approximate to this
average, while yellow flowers arc
slightly below it. OF blue flowers
only five per cent. are scented, and in
those of violet color the proportion is
still farther reduced. White flowers are
most odoriferous, Is pei cent of them
being fragrant, and it is a matter of
common observation that the white va
rieties of garden flowers are generally
more highly scented thar the colored
members of the same spec.es.
1t has been noted that flowers Of 4
brownish hue have usually disagreed
bic smell, and in the case of the stapel-
las or carrion flowers the odor is scarce
ly distinguishable from that of putre-
scent meat, and proves attractive to
those insects which feed on 6ecAyiLg
substances. As rule where the infor-
escence is brilliant and conspicuous,
perfume is deficient, but many striking
exceptions will readily suggest them.
selves. The perfume, like the color!ng
Of flowers, plays an important part in
securing cross fertilization by the
agency of insects, and the presence OF
one attractive factor enables the plant
10 dispense in many cases with the
other,