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The Somerset reporter., 1900-05-17

British forces IN South Africa, appear
to be making progress, but the relief of
the beleagued city, Mafeking, which is
earnestly desired by many people, has
not been accomplished.
The Somerset reporter., 1900-05-17

The American Protective Tariff
Leagues sheep census shows a gain of
80 "a per cent in the number of sheep in
Oregon, since the free trade-in-wool time
of 1896, and an increase of 1871 per cent
in the average value of each sheep in
that State.
The Somerset reporter., 1900-05-17

The Populist party is big enough to
split this year. William j. Bryan re-
ceived the nomination for president and
ex-Congressman Towne of Minnesota
for vice president by the Populist party
which assembled at Sioux Falls, South
Dakota, last week and Wharton Barker
of Pennsylvania, the nomination for
president and Ignatus Donnelly OF
Minnesota, that for vice president Of
the Middle of the Road Populists, who
met last week at Cincinnati Both nom
nations were made Friday.
The Somerset reporter., 1900-05-17

The Haley ice house in Richmond, Me-,
containing 10000 tons of ice and large
quantity of tools, was destroyed by fire
Monday night. The loss Is placed at
$50 900 Tor the ice and $4,000 for the
house and tools, with no insurance
The American Ice Company owned the
plant. The shortage of ice, this year,
makes the loss greater than it would
otherwise have been.
The Somerset reporter., 1900-05-17

Among the changes in mail routes in
Maine reported is the service on the
route from The Forks to Parlin Pond,
which is Increased to six times a week
during May and October OF each year.
The Somerset reporter., 1900-05-17

Portland Press: The Middle-ofth
Road Populists stick to their old pro-
gram of the referendum, public owner
ship of railroads, a scientific currency"
made up chiefly of paper, an income tax,
and the election of President, Vice
President, Senators and Judges, by
direct popular vote.
The Somerset reporter., 1900-05-17
A REPUBLICAN CONVENTION fol
SOMERSET COUNTY
VIII be held In Coburn Hall, skowhegan.
Tuesday, June 12, 1900, at 10 o'clock a. M,


Tuesday, June lie, 1900, at 10 o'clock a. M,
for the purpose of nominating candidates for
two Senators, Sheriff, Clerk of Courts. Judge of
Probate, Register of Probate, County Attorney,
County Commissioner and County Treasurer, to
be supported at the september election and the
transaction of any other business that may
properly come before it,
The basis Of representation will be as follows :
Each town and plantation is entitled to one del.
egate and for every fifty votes cast for the Re-
publican candidate for governor in 1895, an adj
ditional delegate and for fraction OF twenty
five votes in excess of fifty votes an additional
delegate.
Delegates to this convention must be elected
subsequent to the date of this call.
Vacancies In the delegation of any town or
plantation can be filled by RESIDENTS of the
county.
The County Committee will be in session in
thu ante. room adjoining the hall, at nine o'clock
on the morning of the convention. for the pur-
pose of receiving the credentials of delegates
Per order of the County Committee.
e. + VILES, Chairman.
r. j TAYLOR, Secretary
Skowhegan, May 49, 1900
The Somerset reporter., 1900-05-17

Speaking of the California wool market,
the last annual report of the San Fran
cisco Chamber of Commerce, dated Janu
AIRY 10 said: THE old stock which had
been carried from the free tariff times has
all been worked off, and to-day we stand
on solid basis, as we have no more wool
in the United States than we can use. y
How different this is from the "free tariff
times" when foreign shoddy goods were
sold in the American market and there
was no demand for American wool grown
by American farmers
The Somerset reporter., 1900-05-17

J. D. Rawles & Co. sell the paint that
wears twice as long as lead and oil
Devoe lead and zinc, ground by machin-
cry. 4m10
The Somerset reporter., 1900-05-17

The Prohibition party of Maine nomi-
mated Grant Rogers, Esq, for governor
at Portland, yesterday.
The Somerset reporter., 1900-05-17

Soda with genuine fruit hsvors AT
George +. SIMPSONS, the corner drug
gist.
The Somerset reporter., 1900-05-17

The best fountain SYRINGE sold for
Sl.25 is said 10 be Or. Edwiu'>. Sold in
SkowhegAu by George f sampson only.
The Conway log cabin., 1900-07-17
DoEs,I IT PAY TO Buy CHEAP?

A cheap remedy for coughs and colds is all right, but you want something that will relieve and cure the more severe and danger ous results of throat and lung troubles. What shall you do? Go to warmer and more regular eli matea Yes, ii possible; if not pos sible for you, then in either case take the ONLY remedy that has been introduced in all civilized Fcountries with success in severe throat and lung troubles, Boschee S German Syrup. " IL not only heals and stimulates the tissues to destroy the germ disease, but allays inflammation, causes easy expec- toratlon, gives a good nights rest, land cures the patient. Try ONE bottle. Recommended many years by all druggists in the world. For sale by all druggists.
The Conway log cabin., 1900-07-17
The Conway Flour Mill.

The Conway Milling Company started up their flour mill after short vacation The wheat crop in this section is very much better than was expected and farmers are now busy thresh- ing The outlook for success tul season with the Milling Com pany is good, and it is certainy a great advantage to our farmers to have a modern, perfectly equipped flour mill right in their midst. We trust that 1t may have the patronage and success that such an enterprise so richly merits.
The Conway log cabin., 1900-07-17
NORTH FRONT STREET,. ....
NORTH FRONT STREET,. Mrs. Nettie E. floss.
Lawlessness Denounced.

Naylor, Ark. July TO, 1000.
 We, as citizens of Pleasant Val ley, Faulkner county Ark. la ment, deplore and denounce the injustice inflicted on Mir C. w. Williams and the community by a party of lawless and criminal peo- pie on Tuesday night, June r2, 1900. This party is unknown to us, persuaded this old man, about sixty years of age, from his quiet home near midnight and not satis- fled with kicking and beating him unmercifully, they even fired pis- tols so near his head that the pow der blinded him.
 They did this on the pretense that he had mistreated his wife and had not worked as he should. This accusation we denounce as false and that the cause has a different origin, an origin where meanness and vileness reigns supreme and virtue and righteousness is not known. They were prompted only by lawless viciousness, by flendish malignity and had the devil for their leader.
 Such vile, unlawful, barbarous aud revolutionary action concocted by such heinious and damnable williams, we, the undersigned, con demn and take this method of erad- icating this stigma from our com nunity:
 JSL Wright, R $ Smith, J s Watkins, J C Ingram, G D Elders, ] D Lowery, ( w Doniven, Jas A Reynolds, Val Doniven, $ C Key holds, Henry Langford, Thos. Word, J E Vanpelt, $ G Massey, c l. Stephens, J H Griffin, J w Kimbull, DrJ NJ Reynolds, w A Graham, J D Gray, ] M Trobaugh J l. Hanna, R w Brady, T A Gra- ham, J w Burton, J D Davis, W C Graham, J B Higgins, K H Perry, F A Rayner, W c Lang ford.
The Conway log cabin., 1900-07-17
O A s @ 7 F A. Bears the 1 The Kind You Have Always Bought Signature st &1AZAzw
Piercey-Ri

Married-At the home oi the brides parents, Judge and Mrs. c. w. Rice, in this city, Thursday, July I2, at nine clock p. m, Mir. James K. Piercey to Miss Lettuce Lee Rice, President A. C. Millar performing the ceremony The marriage of this couple is but the happy elimination of a love affair of long standingS between fhis de voted pair. Only the members of the family and a few chosen friends were present to witness the pliglit- ing of their uoth, but hosts of friends far and near joined those present in wishing for them all ot life's choicest blessings. MT. Pier cey was for sometime a citizen of Conway, and has but recently gone to Magazine, Ark, where he is en-
 . r ' gagged in business. He is a young man of many sterling qualities Miss Lettuce has spent almost her whole life ill Conway, and has long been a social favorite, who numbers her friends by legions. She is not only young lady of many accomplishments, but Is also possessed of fine business ability, and Mir. Piercey may indeed feel justly proud of having won the heart and hand of so rare a treas ure. MT. and Mrs Piercey will make their future home in Mag azine. They have the best wishes of their many friends.
The Conway log cabin., 1900-07-17
AMENDMENT TO THE STATE

Notice is hereby given that the following joint resolution, proposing an amendment to the State Constitution, was passed by the General Assembly al its regular session of lS99, and that the same will be submitted to the electors of the State at the next general election to be held September S 300, for adoption or rejection, viz:
 PROPOSED AMENDMENT.
 The sureties upon the official bonds of all State officers shall be residents of and have suf- ficient property within the State, not exempt from sale under executions, attachment or other process of any court, to make good their bonds, and the sureties upon the official bonds of all county officers shall reside within the county where sueh officers reside, and shall have stuff cient property therein, not exempt from such sale, to make good their bonds, provided, how ever. that any surety, bonding or guaranty com pany, organized for the purpose oi doing a'sure- ty or bonding business, and authorized todo business in this state. may become surety on the bonds of all State, county, and municipal ot hcers under such regulations as may be pre- scribed by law Approved May S,1S99.'
 Each elector may vote for or against above amendment.
 Witness my official signature and seal of of fee this l2th day of February, l900.
 ALEX C. HULL, (sEAI) Secretary of State.
The Conway log cabin., 1900-07-17
A GOOD COUGH MEDICINE

Many thousands have been re- stored to health and happiness by the use of Chamberlain S Cough Remedy. If afflicted with any throat or lung trouble, give it a trial for it is certain to prove bene- hcial. Coughs that have resisted all other treatment for years, have yielded to this remedy and perfect health been restored. Cases that seemed hopeless, that the climate of famous health resorts failed to benefit, have been permanently cured by its use. For sale by w. H. Martin & Co.,, Druggists.
The Conway log cabin., 1900-07-17
THE BEST REMEDY FOR STOMACH AND BOWEL
 TROITRI ES

"l have been in the drug busi- ness tor twenty years and have sold most all of the proprietary medi- 'cines of any note. Among the en- tire list have never found any thing to equal Chamberlain S Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy foi all stomach and bowel troubles, n says 0. w. Wakefield, of Colum- bus, Ga. This remedy cured two severe cases of cholera morbus in my family and l have recommend ed and sold hundreds of bottles ol 1t to my customers to their entire satisfaction. It affords a quick and sure cure in pleasant form. For sale by w. H. Martin X Co.,, Druggists.
The Conway log cabin., 1900-07-17
Notice.
To the People of Vilonia and V

To the People of Vilonia and vi
 cinity:
 expect to be in Vilonia about July 10, with my photograph gal lery, and will remain one week only. Parties wishing photographs will please remember the date and come early, so as to avoid the rush. Respectfully,
 T. J. EcHoIs,
 5-2t North Little Rock, Ark.
The Conway log cabin., 1900-07-17

The Bryan Club is hereby called to meet at the Court House in Conway on Tuesday night, July 17, at s:3o. All persons favoring the election of Bryan to the Presi- dency of the United States are in vited and urged to be present.
 w. w. MARTIN, President.
The Conway log cabin., 1900-07-17
Styles
In Millinery
GOOdS.....

and Trimmings of all kinds, and we offer these goods you very low prices Our Summer Hats the stylish fashionable Conway you fail to be pleased with them. make trim you All goods the Quality and Latest Designs but prices on them are extremely low Call stock buying
 NEW FRAUENTIIAL BRICK
The Conway log cabin., 1900-07-17
The Place For Up To- Date Work.

Everything in the office is bran new. This insures good work. Let us do your printing. The prices will be right.
 CONWAY PRINTING Go.
The Conway log cabin., 1900-07-17
IiOW1S TiIiS3

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any ease oi catarrh that cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure
 F. J. CHENEY x co, Props, Toledo, O.
 We the undersigned, have known F. l. Cheney Tor the last l3 years and believe him perfectly honorable lu all business transactions and fi : nlncitliy able to carry out any obligations made by their firm WEST & rRAux, Wholesale Druggists Toledo. Q. WALpiNG, kINNAN & MARvIs. Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O.
 Hais Catarrh Cure is taken internally acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces oi the system, Price 75c. per bottle Sold by all druggists. Testimonials free
 Halls Family Pills are the best
The Conway log cabin., 1900-07-17
LOCAL NOTES.

Mrs J. V. Hicks made busi- ness trip to the capital Wednes- day.
 Miss Jamie Boyd, of Little Rock, visited Mrs. J. V. Hicks Thurs day.
 Dr. J. J. R. Reeves has our thanks for some delicious cante- loupes,
 Corsets i'll endless variety at summer bargain prices at Mrs. J. V. Hicks. 4-3t.
 w. c. Newell, the handsome bachelor from Mt. Vernon, was in the city Thursday.
 J. R. Maddox, prominent citi- zen of Rose Bud, paid us an ap- preciated call Thursday.
 Bob Woods, of Morrilton, fell dead at the bedside of his sick wife on the evening of July 10.
 Miss Myrtle Hunt, of Ripley Miss, is visiting her aunt, Mrs. w. D. Cole, Sr., in this city.
 Mrs B. L. Harton and children returned Wednesday, from Ripley Miss. after a month s visit to rela- tives.
 Miss Mai Johnson entertained her young lady friends Monday ev- ening with a delightful Chen party"
 J. M. C. Vaughter and A. M. Ledbetter will represent the Con- way Sunday Schools at Pleasant Valley.
 Mrs. w. T. Wilson and children returned Wednesday from Toltec, Her sister, Mrs. Loeblewitz came with her.
 Mrs. Hardin and daughters, Misses Georgia and May, and Mrs. Brown, left Thursday for Eureka, where they will spend a month.
 Robert Crow arrived Wednesday from Batesville and will spend a few days in this city, before re turning to his home at Magazine.
 Mack Jenkins, of Quitman, is visiting Dr. J. c. Hamilton and family. MT. Jenkins has just graduated from Vanderbilt Univer- sity.
 Miss Linnie B. Hawkins, o1 Greenville, Texas, spent several days i'll this city the guest of Mrs. J V. Hicks. She was enroute to New York City to join party of friends.
 I. G. Fraser, one of the Hendrix graduates, was reelected principal of the Clinton High School for the ensuing year. We are always glad to note the success of our Hendrix boys.
 Isaac R. Reynolds, of Enola, was elected one of the vice-presi- dents of the Republican State League, to serve for two years, at the June meeting held i'll Little Rock.
 Do you want a sound liver, wig orous digestion, strong healthy kidneys, regularity i'll the bowels? Take PRIcKLy ASH BITTERs. It has the medical properties that will produce this result. w. H. Mar tin & Go.
 Prof. T. ]. Bullion closed his school at Holland a few weeks ago. He will not teach summer school but will be in the office ot the County Clerk for part of his time before the election.
 Mrs. Howell and her nephew Porter Hatchett, left Friday after noon for Conway where they will visit the family of Dr. Greeson. Mrs. Howell will attend to some unfinished business while over there. They will return this (Wed- nesday) afternoon. Clinton Dem ocrat.
 Rev. R. E. Sutton, of Conway, representing the Central Baptist College of that place, also the Ark ansas Baptist, of Little Rock, was here the latter part of last week, and first 5>,Arr5 in the interest of the college and paper. While here he preached three very interesting discourses at the Baptist church. - Ratesvi1le Bee
The Conway log cabin., 1900-07-17

The St. Louis street car strike is on again. The strikers claim that the Transit Company has not lived up to its agreement. No vio- lence is contemplated, but the em ployees hope to fight it out by a boycott.
The Conway log cabin., 1900-07-17
A Wife Says:

"We have four children. With the first three Tsuffsred almost unbsarable pains from
 P to I4 hours, and had to be placed under the influence of chloroforn. used three hottles of Mather,s Friend hefore our last
The Conway log cabin., 1900-07-17
Mothers Friend

will do for every woman what 1t did for the Minnesota mother who writes the above let ter. Not to use it during pregnancy is a mistake to be paid for in pain and suffering. Motber's Friend equips the patient with strong body and clear intellect, which in turn are imparted to the child. It relaxes the xnusclss and allows them to expand. It relieves morning sickness and nervousness. It puts all the organs concerned in perfect condition for the final hour, so that the actual labor is short and practically painless. Dan ger of rising or hard breasts is altogether avoided, and recovery is merely matter of few days.
 Druggists sell Mothers Friend for si a bottle. The Bradfield Regulator Co.,, Atlanta, Ga,
 Send for our free illustrated book
The Conway log cabin., 1900-07-17

child came, which is a strong, fat and healthy boy, doing my housswotk up 10 within two hours of birth, and suf- is-ed but d few hard pains. This lini- nisnt is ths grand est remedy evsr made" !"
The Conway log cabin., 1900-07-17

can be seen now at MRS. NETTIE F.
 HOSS'. We carry an up-to-date line of Rib bons, Flowers, Laces,
The Conway log cabin., 1900-07-17
Bryan and Stevenson Club.

sgt North Little Rock, A
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-08-14
A CULINARY TRIUMPH.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

00 HEN Dorothy Griswold, after
WNW a brief but blissful courtship,
became Mrs. Philip Marston, it
seemed to her that life could hold no
more Of happiness. But, alas, a cloud
appeared OH the sky of connubial bliss
which increased in dimensions and
density every day. The fact of the
matter is this: Dorothy could not
cook-not a little bit Like too many
Oe the girls Of the present period, she
was educated in anything and every
lining but the one thing needful to
hOusekeeper whose husband is a clerk
In Chicago department store.
Dorothy awoke from her dream of
bliss TO a realizing sense of her de-
Sciences. She discovered that burnt
steak, muddy coffee, soggy biscuit, and
dried-up roasts were not exactly the
right sort of fuel with which to feed
the pickering flame of domestic love.
Philip was too much of gentleman to
Indulge in unkind or sarcastic speeches
to the bride Of a few months, but he
lost mis- bright spirits, Became serious
and preoccupied in his manner, lost
his appetite, and, horrors, began to get
thin
Dorothy became anxious and worried
him nearly to deaf with her solicitude.
When, one morning he announced to
her that his firm desired him to go to
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-08-14
SUN DlALS OF ANCIENT TIMES.
How the Flight of the Honrs Was In
Dictated to Children of the Desert.

How the Flight of the Honrs Was In
Dictated to Children of the Desert.
It is probable that the earliest sun
dial was simply the spear of some no
mad chief stuck upright in the ground
before his tent. Among those desert
wanderers, keen to observe their sur
roundings, it would not be difficult
thing to notice the shadow shortened
as the sun rose higher in the sky and
that the shortened shadow always
pointed in the same direction. The
recognition would have followed very
soon that this MONDAY shadow chang
ed in its length from day to day. A
six-foot spear would give shadow at
MONDAY in latitude 40 degrees Of
twelve feet at one time of the year and
Of less than two feet at another time.
This instrument, so simple, so easily
carried, so easily set up, may Wei have
begun the scientific study of astror-
and science is measurement, and prob
ably we see it expressed in permanent
form in the obelisks of Egyptian solar
temples, though these no doubt were
retained merely as solar emblems ages
after their use as actual instruments
of observations had ceased. An up
right stick, carefully plumbed, stand
ing on some level surface, may, there
fore, well make the first advance up
on the natural horizon. A knob at the
top of the stick will be found to rem
de- the shadow more easily Observed
knowledge. -
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-08-14
Honesty ON the Farm

AS rule the farmer is honest Some
are so eager to get rich that they are
not very honest with themselves, and
it is hardly to be expected they viii be
with anybody else. In discussing this
topic, a writer in the Homestead right
ly concludes that a farmer can be the
most dishonest man Al the world, if he
desires to be. All the good of every
thing can be put in the top of the heap
If he is inclined, and there is room in
so many places to be dishonest, but as
a class they are not dishonest. The
best man in every special line likes to
make his packages good in quantity
and appearance. He will and should
put a few of the best in the top of the
package, but all in the package should
be merchantable. 1t is the honest far
mer that prospers. The dishonest may
prosper for time, but he will lose the
resrect of his neighbors and friends
AID sometimes even that of his own
household. The dishonest farmer is
trusted by nobody, and everybody will
soon learn of his tricky ways, and even
If he should feel like doing the square
thing at any time, he win be watched
Get good name and keep it. 1t is
worth everything to a man.-Barnum's
Midland Farmer.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-08-14
BEAUTIFUL FEET ARE RARE.
Present. Day Footwear Distorts the Elk
tremities Abominably.

Present. Day Footwear Distorts the Ex-
tremities Abominably.
A man who denies that he is preju-
diced, but claims that he is a good
judge of feminine beauty, declares that
there is scarcely beautiful foot to be
found among the women of to-day.
The high heels, the exaggerated curve
at the ball of the foot, the stiff heel
stays and the pointed tees, he declares,
have distorted the foot ii a painful
and ugly manner.
The ankles are misshapen In some
cases the bones are enlarged until they
bulge out 50 that every bone is percep-
tible. The weight of the body thrown
upon the toes has caused them to
spread out. Crowded into pointed toes,
they stick up in clusters of knotty
corns.
The foot should be as shapely as the
hand. Footwear should fit as a glove
fits the hand. The perfect foot is slen-
der, will an arched instep and toes
that lie sgIoothly and easily.
The first step toward acquiring a
pretty foot is to wear shoes that fit 1t
comfortably. The next is to take ex-
ercises that will render the toes strong
and supple. Begin by spreading out
the toes to the utmost extent; then hold
four toes still and attempt to move the
remaining one. Every toe should be
distinct and able to move separately.
Every nail should keen its shape, lust
as finger-nails do. The big toe should
be straighter and shorter than the
next one and the arch should be shape
ly and plant.
The feminine foot of to-day renders
a graceful carriage an impossibility.
And all because Dame Fashion has de-
creed that short, high-heeled, point
ed-toe shoe is the correct thing in
dressy footgear, forgetting that there
never was a human foot built that
way.