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The Somerset reporter., 1899-02-23
Skowhegan Mari els

PRICES PAID PROF TO-.
KrrrsR First quality. STAMP "a to =, or b
REGION beef, Ia cts.
RKASs- Hand picked yellow eyes, Sl,2 /. -
pea beans slto
oArs-+oNts
aces rs Is per uaz. fresh
HIpEs Np SkGNs-ilght hldes, T.
OK hides 7rts lamb skins u IA s. rr
each calf skins. = to leo eseF
lorLrRS Fowls. NIa1o cts 9'rl
"a IS cts
RoUHp Hoe cts.
Wool UuWashed. a TO % cts.
TALLow Rough e. per ib
Potatoes- So4o 90 - a tJ-
RErAlI. MAHhkT
New Maple Moa>>es - cts per Of
CHKEst-l2 To IA jtr q
FLOUR Spung wheat Patent. 500, Winter
wheat pat 4 - inter wheat choice - o. -
s475
CoRS-SlO5 perbAg meAl and cracked corn em
C.S MEASLES per bag.
FEED Mddlngs, 81 90 to roper cSt thSAEs
gluten IS sack
TEAs-l0 to 80 cents per II.
CoFFEE--1S To IS cts. per lb.
LARD-Domestic. 10 cts Nssteru. ctt FNss
3 cts.
MoLAssEs-Fure Pon ce. ~. are Rarh. Goes
30.
CHoicK CookING Moi a ssTs 2sc.
DRY fISH-Cod. Ia - FER t.. loittkt
cts.
OSIoNs-3 c. per h.
EG0s- poets du1.
SUGAR formulated. sugar last quality ~
pounds Tor 81
brown, 20 pounds for 81.
BUTTER-l6 To ~ cts per 10.
OArs-Western. -
PotAtoes-S05O bu.
The Somerset reporter., 1899-02-23
August Flower.

ut is surprising fact" says Prof..
Houtop, that in my travels IN All parts
of the world. or the last ten years, |
have met more people having used
Green's August Flower than any other
remedy, for dyspepsis, dersnged liver
and stomach and for constipation. |
find for tourists and statesmen, or for
persons filling office positions where
headaches and general bad feelings FROM
irregular habits exist, that Green's
August Flower is a grand remedy. 1t
does not injure the system by frequent
use. and is excellent for sour stomschs
and indigestion" Sample bottles free
atlGeo. E. SIMPSONS, c. W. Folsom's or
Bixby & Bucks. Sold by dealers In all
civilized countries.
The Somerset reporter., 1899-02-23

It appears that the recent numerous
murders In Maine have revived the public
feeling in favor of the death penalty in
the State. This may he good thing
TO do il it will have the effect to deter
these criminals. II one murder can be
prevented by the passage of law pro,
yiding for hanging or electrocuting muir.
derers we would be very much in favor
Of it. New Hampshire with the death
penalty has had fully as many murders
as Maine in proportion to its size, beside
nurderers in this State have escaped
capture as we'll as hanging, pretty gen.
orally, within dozen years. What
effect would the death penalty have in
bringing to justice the murderers OF
Timothy Shortsleeve of Portland, Mrs.
Thomas Stacks of Cumberland Mills,
Alexander McKinnie OF Elliotsville, Ed
win +. Moore of Waldoboro, Alexander
Terrio of Hancock county, Joseph A
Sawyer of Monmouth, Byron @. Coburu
of Gorham, Ivory Boothby of North
Saeo, Mrs. Sarah Ware Of Bucksport,
Richard Robinson of Dennysvile, and a
few others of more recent date?
The Somerset reporter., 1899-02-23

Joseph jefferson, at dinner in New
York said that when called upon tor
curtain speech in New Haven LII
Florence once delivered himself thu.
ut Is here and to you, ladies and Z,
tlemen, that owe my present aueo.>
in my profession. We knew each OIL.
when boys and girls We played MAJ
bles together under the shadow OF tn
old church, and now to receive TN
warm welcome from old friends -whd
can sayt Simply that never can for
get the people of Hartford. A man il
the front row said, This is New Ha
ven, Mr. Florence. II mean New
Haven, of course, said Florenc,
cyravelv
The Somerset reporter., 1899-02-23
Iknhhrd IIcr- Mnther

Quincy, Mass F"h Police Inspee.
tor Mckay arrested in Boston last nigh
EVA NJ. FdgerlS OF Wollaston. aged II
on the charge of stealing diamonds and
jewelry to the value of $3.50 The ar
ticles were TIE property OF her mother
and were taken four weeks ago. wher
the girl disappeared from home She
pawned the a~tieles in Boston. The Do
lice say she has been stage struck. ant
when she was arrested she VAS at the
stage entrance of "A Boston theatre.
The Somerset reporter., 1899-02-23

Somervills Mass, Feb. 21.-While lem
porarily dsranged. owing to severe at
tack of the grip, Walter Mower OF this
city shot his wife in the right breast
yesterday. The chances are in favor OF
her recovery. Mower, ii is said has been
partly insane FOR days or two. and
imagined that there was an attempt be-
ing made to send him to an insane hos
pital. He became more violent yester-
day and procured the weapon with which
he attempted To kill his wife
The Somerset reporter., 1899-02-23

"Now, George, quit pulling my
earl
"It's my ear now, sweet Going t,
pull it all l please
This is why the hard featured pa
senger with the iron gray chin beard
who had been sitting in the seat behin,
a young man in n new black broadclotl
suit and young woman in gray elt
travelling dress, got up hastily and wgri
forward into the smoking car. ChicaX,
TribuDa
The Somerset reporter., 1899-02-23

washington. Feb. H.-General Miles
yesterday. i'm his testimony. said his use
OF the phrase +pretense OF experiment. 81
in speaking OF army beef. was unfor-
tunate He disclaimed intending any
Inference of fraud and said he should
have said the refrigerated beef issued
was ION the theory OF AN experiment
aud "a very costly one
The Somerset reporter., 1899-02-23
S0me Yenrn After.

He-Do you remember the highs
proposed to YOU?
She-Yes dear
1--WE sat for one hour, and you never
opened your mouth.
"Yes, | remember, dear,
Believe M. that was the happie>t
hour of my life YonkeRs Statesman.
The Somerset reporter., 1899-02-23

During the siege of Paris no fewer
than 22, 900, 600 letters sailed out of the
city in the 81 balloons dispatched be-
tween the 10th of September. 1870 and
the 2Sth Of January, 1871.
The Somerset reporter., 1899-02-23

Senator Frye informs the Maine legis-
sture that he cannot leave his post of
uuty at Washington to accept the invita-
uon extended to him some weeks ago to
VISIT Augusta as guest OF the State.
business before pleasure" Is the princi-
PIE this popular and energetic senator
ACTS upon, and he Is right.
The Somerset reporter., 1899-02-23

Republicans Of Portland had lively
contest, Monday last, for the nomination
OF candidate for mayor. Charles Fl
Randall, who has been mayor for two
years past and Frank w. Robinson,
Judge Of the municipal court of the city,
were the candidates before the caucuses,
and Robinson carried 8 out of the 8
wards, receiving 3,02S votes to 1,497 for
Randall.
The Somerset reporter., 1899-02-23

The representatives of the Legislature
from the six counties composing the
second congressional district have rec
commended to Governor Powers to fix
the date Of the election in that district
Tor member of Congress to succeed Mel
son Dingley, deceased, the Sd Monday of
June and he will probably call the cleo
ton at that date.
The Somerset reporter., 1899-02-23

Insanity, 1t appears, is the defense in
the BOushay murder case in PeDobscot
supreme court this week, and the same
plea Is anticipated In the case Of
Knights, the Gardiner murderer, and
Pierce, the man who it is alleged at
tempted to poison several people in Lew
iston This defense is usually worked
to the full extent in this line Of cases,
and Is somewhat threadbare.
The Somerset reporter., 1899-02-23
Not m Germ an.

did You enjoy the german the other
night, Miss Daisy2'' asked Tinkleton.
"He wasn't German. Mr.. Tinkle-
ION. " answered Daisy innocently; "he's
n Englishman. "-Harpsr's Baaar.
The Somerset reporter., 1899-02-23

The coronor's jury at the Mamie
Small murder case brought in q verdict
that she came to her death by a pistol
shot fired by Bradford Knights. The
coronor's jury in the Elingwood case at
Bradford was that he came to his death
by fife bullet fred from a rifle in his
own hands, but whether intentional or
accidental the jury WAS not able to de
termine. This verdict is not accepted
as correct one by large fraction of
the people 10 that town.
The Somerset reporter., 1899-02-23

A crime wave seems to be passing over
our State at this time A murder of a
young woman in Gardiner for love or
infatuation, and the murder of woman
and her daughter in Appleton by her
husband for hate, and his subsequent
suicide; the murder of man in Brad
ford for money, the apprehension of a
man in Lewiston for the attempt to
murder two persons for revenge, is the
black record of last week in Maine.
Fortunately such weeks do not come
often.
The Somerset reporter., 1899-02-23

In the Court of Inquiry investigating
the charges preferred by Gen. Miles,
the canned roast beef furnished the army
as meat ration is condemned generally
by the army officers called as witnesses,
On the other hand the refrigerated beef
ia generally conceded to have been good
when delivered from the transport, but
it could not long escape the decompos.
ing effect OF the tropical sun when on
the way to the 8, veral commands at the
front, through the iuugles of the San
tiagO country. Gen. Miles testimony
before the court was widely different
from the newspaper reports of inter
views with him, v hich is not to be won
dered at
The Somerset reporter., 1899-02-23

On the first railways a candle stuck
in a station house window meant
''stop" Ii absence waa a signal TO 40
on.
The Somerset reporter., 1899-02-23

STATE or OHIO. CITY OF TOLEDO, I
Lucas COUNTY.
FRANK !. CHENEY makes oath that he
is the senior PARTNER Of the hrm Of F. J.
CHENEY 4 Co. doing business in the
City OF Toledo, County and State afore-
said. and that said firm viii pay the SUM
OF ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each
and every case Of GATAKKH that cannot
be cured by The use Of Halls CATARRn
CURE.
FRANK ]. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed N
NY presence. this 9th. day OF December,
A. d. 1883.
~ a W GLEASON
lS Aeflty P~ti&.
Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken internally
and acts directly on thr blood and mucous
surfaces OF the system. send for tesd-
monials free.
FL. CHENEY & Co, Toledo, o.
~ Sold By Druggists, &c.
The Somerset reporter., 1899-02-23
The Somerset Reporter
A Weekly Republican Newspaper.

- s,,rru E. MoNERLIE.
7 o. SMITH & CO, PUBLISHERS,
14e WATER STREET, sKoWHE9AN' ME-
The Somerset reporter., 1899-02-23
II appears that the recent numerous

nHsKRED AS SECOND CLASS NAIL NATTER
The sea coast echo., 1899-10-28
Drum Horses in the british Army

In the army of Great Britain the
bands of cavalry are mounted, and the
honorary position in these musical
cavalcades is that of the bearer of the
kettle drums. The horse selected for
this high position is often pie-bald.
but this particular coloring is not es-
sential to the office; the animal may
be pure white. At any rate, his APP
pearance must be consistent with the
show-piece he is in the band. His
education is severe and persistent,
bringing him at last up to that point
where his pride and intelligence make
him a dignitied and graceful bearer of
the handsome trappings that surround
his high calling. His nerves are Sc
verely tried by the booming of the
enormous drums he is destined to
bear, but in time he becomes as indif-
ferent to the noise as do his brothers
to the singing bullets. In the parade
his rider has his hands full IN the use
of the sticks. He controls the steed
by means of the reins which are fast
ened to the stirrup-strap near the foot.
The fame of the drum horse is often
won on the field of battle. His duty
classes him with the war horse. and in
similar lines lies his path to glory and
renown. The horse that wins laurels
in the battlefield, and carries himself
with becoming dignity in the parades
of peace, will sometimes find himself
in the line of promotion to the proud
position of drum horse in the regi-
mental band. Woman's Home Com
panion.
The sea coast echo., 1899-10-28
Sources OF weIl-Known Proverbs.

Niue persons ont of ten attribute
tha well-kncwn expression, "Man pro
noses. but God disposes, to the
Diblc, but it was the good Thomas a
Kempis who said it in his Imitation
of Christ" Another often used ex
preston is comparisons are odious. $"
This is properly, so far as English
literature is concerned, attributed to
Joha Fortescue, who fourished in the
middle of the fifteenth century, bat
but we find it in Cervantes, Marlowe.
Hurton and Herbert, while Haywood
has it among his proverbs. Shakes
reare in his Much Ado About Moth
ing" paraphrased it into Compare
sons are odorous, and in this form
Tue saying has almost as much cur
rency as in the original. 'Spare the
rod and spoil the child is generally
thought to be text from the Bible.
And IN substance it is, for King Solo
mon said, "He that spareth the rod
hateth his SON." but it is found in
Buffers "Hudibras" in the neater
fcrm in which it is usually quoted
John Cilmer Speed, i'll the Woman's
Home Companion.
The sea coast echo., 1899-10-28
GATHERING OPIUM.

There is q revolution In opium pack
iEg in India which 1t is calculated Will
save the growers $1,000. 900 a year.
Formerly, on taking the opium from
the cultivators. ii used to be placed in
earthenware jars. and these jars were
packed with straw Into wicker bas-
kets. This antiQuated method will,
however, be- seen no mere. for the jar
system IS being replaced by packinS
the opium in cloth'and gunry bags. II
has undergone a preliminary test OF
two years in one sub-agency. and Is
now being given a crucial test By be-
ing tried side by side with the jar
plan, half the opium OF this. season
being packed in Jars and half IN bags
There is little doubt, however. as tc
the final opinion.
The sea coast echo., 1899-10-28
-.aaZZAe.El.1.EzE.1a2 4eIzZsksz4ANlaz
Arts Tribute 10 Dewey.
Halnan i'll lcsigu und 7'irrrcd
zuitlI Sjdr Openings.

In the triumphal arch and colonnade
which is TO be erected at Madison
Square for tho Dewey celebration,
New York City is to have a work
which, in the opinion of the National
Sculpture Society, will surpass any
thing that has before been realized
for such Il purpose in sculpture dec
Grafton
In general plan the arch will re-
semble the Arch of Titus. The Ro-
man design is altered, however, to ii t
it for location at the intersection of
four streets by having the main piers
pierced on the east and west axis of
the arch by smaller openings, as is
done in the Are de Triomphe in Paris.
This leaves really four piers to the
arch, for the decoration of which Il
series of bas reliefs and groups is suS-
gested, depicting the call to arms, the
battle, the return OF the soldiers and
peace At the sides of these groups
may be placed heroic figures of great
American naval officers. Secretary
Long, at the request of the society,
suggested for presentation IN those
places the name of Paul Jones,
Decatur, Hull, Perry, McDonouGh.
Farragut, Porter and Cushing.
Over tho main entrance will
be has relefs symbolizing
the commercial Importance OF New
York For the group surmounting
the arch has been suggested q ship
with a figure of Victory in the bow
drawn by four sea-horses. The plans
include also n reviewing stand which
shall be a part of the general scheme
of decoration for Madison Square. 1t
is planned to have it decorated with
groups symbolic of Greater New York
and the five boroughs, and with flags
to make it contrast in color with the
masonry and sculpture effects of the
arch.
. The work on the part of the artists
which will be involved in carrying
The sea coast echo., 1899-10-28

The best and cheapest school of
journalism is the country newspaper
office No one can become a banker
or q broker or q merchant by attend
ing a commercial college. No more
can a college course in journalism fit
you for newspaper work. Theory is
one thing; practice is another. If
you aspire to enter the higher ranks,
work on a county weeklya as a starter.
There is the best possible traininG.for
a young man vito desires to become
an accurate writer aud reporter of
events. In the eity one rarely if ever
meets the people he writes about, and
there are no consequences to be feared
on that score. gBut in the country
there is personal accounting in store
for the scribe wild garbles or errs in
statement of facts. This knowledge
drills the habit of Accuracy into one
as nothing else VAL.
The sea coast echo., 1899-10-28

In these days CT proposed lnterna-
tional alliances it Is interesting TO read
of the little difficulty in which a Chi
cago newsboy found himself involved,
and how he extricated himself there
from. He had wandered over into one
of the foreign quarters" on the west
side. where one can hear almost every
language except our vernacular, and
he was set upon By two or three boys.
He defended himself bravely and was
holding his own fairly well. until the
two or three were Joined by as many
more, and then the battle began to GO
against him. Say" he yelled to
group Of boys watching the fight from
the sidewalk. "is there an English boy
in the crowd?" Yes" shouted 8
stockiiv built urchin Of about his own
size Come yere, them" painted the
vnnng American, laying about hin
with all his might, an we'll clea7
ont the hull gang!" And they did.
The sea coast echo., 1899-10-28

out'these plans is offered to the city
free of charge. At a meeting of the
society called to consider the means
of doing the work in the short time
remaining, the roll was called for
pledges of work and cooperation,
Every member who was present at the
meeting pledged himself without re-
serve to the work. 1t is said that the
artists in carrying out the plan will
give to the city professional service
amounting III value to $50, 900 or
5000. 600.
The sea coast echo., 1899-10-28
Arms of the shamrock's Owner.

Of course, it wouldn't have been
the thing for Sir Thomas Upton, tea
merchant, Cup challenger and recent
ly appointed Baronet, to come over
here on the Shamrock without a coat
of-arms. He might as well arrive
without a yachting cap. SO he has had
a coat-of-arms made, and, honestly,
he deserves great credit for the dem
ocratic and unassuming way in which
he has complied the emblem.
For the crest he has designed two
horny hands of labor, one bearing the
flowers of the tea plant the other that
of the coffee plant. These betoken his
The sea coast echo., 1899-10-28

While passing Whitehall the other
day stranger to London asked u
policeman if he could point out the
window through which King Charles
passed out to execution. The police
man asked: "Who was he?" king
of England, of course" was the an
swer. "But when was that?" Over
Two hundred years ago" 'Ah. ah!
that was long before my time, sir. L
only entered the force in 1862. was
tho policeman's reply. Sorry can't
tell you.
The sea coast echo., 1899-10-28

humble origin and his means Of sue
cess in the world Fidelity to his
native country induces him to place
upon the shield the Shamrock of Ire
land, as we'll as the Thistle of Scot
land, the country in which he made
his first money. At the bottom Of the
shield is the horn of plenty, and his
motto, Labor Conquers All Things ?"
1t is truly fitting autobiography in
pictures.
The sea coast echo., 1899-10-28
The Cemetery Pa.nh1en,

There are no less thai forty eigh
cemeteries in New York Clay and it:
vicinity, where lie buriede the bonel
of over 1000, 900 men. Nomen ant
children. Over $4,000 fare buried
annually in Calvary, abd 1t 5000 il
Potter's Field, $500 in N4reenwood
5000 in Holy Cross, wDlo in the
Lutheran, about 2000 inA Noun
Olivet, about 1000 in Moss Hol,
Trinity, over 1900 in Wooas avn,
about 1900 in Cypress Hits an3
nearly 1000 in the Evergreens. he
combined area of our cemeteries !.
5000 acres. The total acreage d or
parks is only 660o. BY adopting th {
practice of cremation we might III
crease the park area, as well as I'M
prove the water supply.-Vlcfo
Smith, in New York Press.
The sea coast echo., 1899-10-28
SUBWAYS IN EUROPE.

With this century's close has come
q revival OF the tendency 10 dig below
ground. A few decades ago there were
10 long burrowing tunnels under Lon
don except the wine cellars on the
rivers edge. where. for centuries they
had existed, miles in length. To-day
as much traffic goes on under as above
the streets. 1t is feared big buildings
nav collapse as a result OF the tunnel
'rz
The sea coast echo., 1899-10-28


It's Recent Attempt Has Proved Success,
fej in Every Way.
Indoor concerts. though carried on
by maag Eurrna.n cities. have proA-
aa1y never before lean undertaken bv
any American muriclraIi-v. TWO Sc
rlgs OF SIX each. however. were actually
given n Music hall during the last fall
and winter under the charge OF the
new music commission. Having been
successful ia organizing n municipal
hand If r. pieces for summer music
tn The parks, the commission proceed
eI I'm rhe fall to organize municipal
orchestra of 3" pieces for winter con
cerr4. The Programmes we're rendered
"A SUUdEE evenings usually - full
The sea coast echo., 1899-10-28
Sunshine in Europe.

According 10 a recent report issued
by the French bureau CT agriculture,
Spain, and not Italy, should have the
adjective sunny" placed before it. On
he average, it is said, Spain enjoys
about 1900 hours OF sunshine a year,
while Italy has 2,3c0. France has al
most as much sunshine as Italy. her
sgures being 1900. Germany has at
Der disposal no more than LOO hours:
while England, the land Of fogs. has to
yet along with 1,400, less than half O;
snai7's amount
The sea coast echo., 1899-10-28

Y~,le Johnny-Mrs. Talke1ndown
.sasber-UId she really? Well, there's
dsnv!ng that woman has sense.
- dfd she say? Little johnny
gsa said she didn't see how you cano
10 have such nice little boy as I
,e-Tit- Bits
Soak one pound Of prunes over night,
-.ow them and remove the stones Fit
~Ilcos Of stale sponge cake ar0urG &
nssln. pour in the hot prunes. cover
= with cafc, and when cold turn into
a glass dish and pour over 1t a PINT of
s,.s st---r-@
The sea coast echo., 1899-10-28
Fort Wayne, Ind. special:

Fort Wayne. Ind. special: Last
midnight an armed guard arrived from
Columbia City bringing Helms. the al
legged criminal assailant who came so
near being lynched 1T Auburn the pre-
vious night The man was sent at
once to the county jail. The officers
say that the mob at Garrett, where the
alleged assault was committed. has
scouts In this city keeping track OF the
prisoner. One OF the girls alleged TO
have been assaulted BY him died be-
fore the mob was formed. The second
one is in a precarious condition at Gar
The sea coast echo., 1899-10-28

After about a week OF these symp-
toms. the fever. which has till now
been very slight, begins TO rise. 1t rises
few degrees above the normal. SCI
tom to dangerous height. and then
goes on and on, sometimes for months,
ansil the patience Of everybody is ex-
tausted
The sea coast echo., 1899-10-28
r7ALTA FEVER.

Malta fever takes is name from ths
rrt that it vas first studied among
he British troops In the Island Of NAL
"a II occurs along the chores and
among she islands OF the entire Medit-
e--4as7u sea. In this country 1t has
become af interest from the fact that
among t1a troops returning from Cuba
las. ar.uua several cases were found
of disease wG.ch closely rcsemb.ed
.t Ia3e.l. it is Eoa believed that Nal
~ s.vsr prevails in THE Mediterranean
1s -A= western hemisphere as we'll as
e. ,Aat NJ the eastern. Il occurs in
r..-xEare. a-d doubtless also IL TIE
~ 5a.ue Islands.
The sea coast echo., 1899-10-28

The advantageS are obvious-frst
much less lost by the amount Of opium
sticking or adhering to the sides. In
the latter case 1t Is estimated that one
pound per jar is saved; while about
per cent is lost in breakages, or abou;
four pounds per jar. There Is, there
fore. a saving of about FIVE pounds per
Jar, and as each sub-agency sends
about 10000 jars, the saving amounts
to 150. 900 pounds.