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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-04-10

Running sores. ulcers. boils, PIN
Piles, ETC., quickly cured by Banner
Salve, the most healing salve in the
world. No other Just as good" All
druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-04-10

LORD RoRERTs must be badly rat
tied. indeed. He cables the London
war Office tiat another unfortunate
occurrence has occurred"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-04-10

Said Mr.. Mckinley at the recent
Ohio banquet in New York city, refer
ring to our great and prosperous
trade with foreign nations:
I'VE buy from all of them and sell
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-04-10

The republican party in Illinois. if
the Cullomites succeed in defeating
Tanner, Will be put on record as OPP
posed to it's own policy.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-04-10
THE levee is once more saved.

The philosopher of the Kansas City
Star says that some men are like CT
gars-the more you puff them the
smaller they get.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-04-10
To Cure a Cold In One Day,

Tane Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets.
All druggists refund the money if it
fails to cure. f. w. Groves sigma
ture is on each box. 25 cents.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-04-10

In addressing Mrs.
Pinkl5asss you are OOsss-
s1EUnicafi1g with
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-04-10
THE ARGUS.

III THE NAME OF j. ~. POTTER.
The Somerset reporter., 1900-05-17

Speaking of the queer tlullcs of luck
in the goldfclds of Alaska, writer In
Ainslee's Magazine says:
often after the pile is made accl-
dent. disease or death steps in to pre-
vent its legitimate enjoyment.
"One man dropped dead when at the
weighing of the first clean up he found
himself IA rich man. There was some
thing wrong with his heart. He had
the physical strength to make the fight
against bad food and water. to endure
the back breaking toll of developing
and working out and all the strain OF
the uncertainty that went before. The
supreme moment of success was more
than he could stand. and the use Of
the gold passed from him with its &C
Quirement
"A certain James Meade lay down
with typhoid fever In an outlying camp
just rs he was starting for home with
the Accommodations of the year. and he
and his bag of dust entered Dawson
together on litter. 1t took six men
to bring him alternating four to
carry and two to rest--and he paid
each man SO day. Once In Dawson
Meade seemed to grow better, and
when his sailing day came he walked
to the boat. He reached the wharf and
fell dead as he was about to go
aboard"
The Somerset reporter., 1900-05-17

George, dear" She said night or
TWO before the wedding. do you think
ii possible that our love and our mar
ried life can become the commonplace,
coldly practical love and life of the
married people we see around us? Oh,
George, my heart would break If /
thought So
But ii will not be SO" said George
passlonately. we love each other too
tenderly, too fondly for that. Our love
is not of the ordinary kind, my darling,
and our lives will not be 50. All, no,
no. my angel; that can never be-!
And the other day she said: Il say.
George. how would you like pork for
dinner with apple sauce? You would?
All right, then, and don't you forget
that feeding bottle for the baby or I'll
send you back after IL, and mind that
you don't keep dinner waiting"
And he, with a falling off of the
passion of ten years ago, replied: All
right. Lou. and | wish you'd sew n
button on the Lack part of those strip
ed trousers of mine. Ioull find them
hanging over a chair in our room.
Don't have the pork as dry as last
time, and you watch the baby'S cold
That watering Of the eyes looks like
measles to me. Goodhy. Pearson $
Magazine.
The Somerset reporter., 1900-05-17

The Century quotes from DR..
O'Meara's unpublished Talks With
Napoleon" at ST. Helena this judg-
mcnt of the imprisoned emperor on the
general who finally overthrow him:
II asked him if he thought Lord
Wellington merited the reputation he
had gained as general. He said;
Certainly; | think he does. He is a
very excellent general, and possessed
of great tirmness and talent, but he
has not yet done as much as some 9th.
ers. He has not conquered upon so
large a scale | observed that he had
shown great judgment and caution lat
tcrly but that at first he had been too
precipitate in advancing into Spain. He
ability in the campaign of Spain. 1T is
impossible said he, for man not to
commit some faults. We are all liable
TO II, and the general who commits the
fewrSt in number is the greatest gen
eral and he has certainly committed as
few as any one then observed that
still he was scarcely to be equalcd to
himself. Why, certainly said he. He
has not done so much as have done.
He has not conquered kingdoms in the
manner have done. but he is an eX
cellent general. His operations have
not been upon so great a scale.
The Somerset reporter., 1900-05-17

These younS architects are mercileSs
chaps when they are discussing the
work of some one else. The Spre CT
one of the new churches in Boston al
ways attracts my attention. Away
up aloft there are angels, gracefully
poised, each with a trumpet at mouth
and leaning far out on the air that
swims around them. have admired
that group most nightly. l was com
menting in that strain In the hearing
of a Boston architect
"Of What church are you speaking?"
queried the architect.
told BIN.
oh, yes" said he carelcssly. the
Church of the Holy Beanblowers.
That's what comes of lack of sense of
proportion. Those trumps are too
slender"
And now | can no longer admire that
seraphic group on the spire. | strive
to think of angels, and fetch up by
thinking Of heanblowers.
And another church in Boston is IL
architects terms the "Church of the
Holy Thermometer" on account of
some decoration meant to be imposing
And another is the Church of the
Kindergarten Steeplps" there is
one big spire surrounded by lots of lit
tie kid spires waiting to grow" say
the architectural Philistnes.- Lewis
ton Journal.
The Somerset reporter., 1900-05-17
Ruskin's Collars.

A prophet indeed has no honor in his
own country. An English gentleman
who had gone to Brentwood on an out
ing tour. finding himself in need of
books in order to beguile heavy hour
or two, stepped into a bookstore of
Ruskin's village and asked the lady at
tendant if she had any of the thinker S
books. Yes" she replied. There
were some, but they were not often
asked for"
Having Obtained the book he desired,
he asked her what she thought Of the
great critic and teacher. Her ideas of
Ruskin's personality were very vague,
however. and she excused her igno-
rance on the ground that the people
about there did not seem to trouble
much about him. AS for herself. she
only knew him as the old gentleman
who only had a clean collar once n
week"
The Somerset reporter., 1900-05-17
Wonderful Fish.

Assuming that we are walking on
the ocean bottom at the depth of over
Il mile we move cautiously along in
water icy cold and suddenly are CON
fronted with blaze of light and find
ourselves in field of light givers.
Imagine n cornfield with stalks from
two to four feet in height. the tips
cleaning with light and waving gently
to and fro. Such an appearance the
fields of umbellularia present.
Above this forest of living lights
strange and weird fish are passing
which we recognize as forms that have
been dredged from great depths by the
AlbatrosS, the Challenger and others.
One, the chiasmodon, dashes by emit
ting light from its own body, and, Won
der OF wonders! we see 1t seize fish
self over 1t like glove. Its jaws by
n special arrangement separate, and
the mouth Is cavern n india rubber
like possibilities. a similar fish, mala-
coSteus, is of rich black velvet hue.
and rs it poises we see upon its head
TWO large lights. One emits golden
light the other throws out fitful green
rays which have some hidden mean
ing in the economy of nature. Some
of the fish seem to be literal mouths.
Such Is the eWypharnyx, or pelican
fish The mouth is enormous, the bones
of the jaw being attached to the skull
by movable joints so that 1t has enor-
nous powers of Observation-Disclosures
Charles f. Holder.
The Somerset reporter., 1900-05-17
Death of Jerome Spaulding.

The sad intelligence has been received
by friends in this village that Jerome
Spauldiug ditd in San Francisco, Cali
fornia, April %, at the age OF So years,
4 months and l3 days. He was born in
North Arson, where his oyhood days
were passed. on the shore of the Ken
nebec river, about one aud one-half miles
from this village. He was the Sth
generation from Edward Spaulding. who
came to America in 1890, and his parents
were Walter and Lydia Spaulding. He
was the fifth son of a family of eight
boys of whom Nathan w, Charles H.,
Marcellus NJ. and Madison, are living.
A thorough student at Arson Academy
in his school days and was well-known
as an able DICTATOR in the lyceum then
connected with this institution. Prior to
1860 he was member of the most dis
tinguished class Of young men that ever
attended Arson Academy. He studied
law and large per cent of this class
became lawyers, who arose 10 high
positions in later life and were men of
marked ability. On Dec. 81, 1861, he
married Miss Celestia Williams of Emb-
den and two children were born to them,
Walter Amos and Hadassah May. In
1864 Mr.. Spaulding went to California.
His last visit to the place of his birth was
In 1876. He was a member of the
Masonic Fraternity and the funeral was
under the auspices Of Mission Lodge,
No. 1859 of Oakland, Cal, and the inter.
ment was in Mountain View cemetery.
Union Advocate.
The Somerset reporter., 1900-05-17
A Painter In a swamp.

Wishing TO make n study of pog-
ton of the swamp near Ell Akewa, in
Egypt, set up my easel on the edge
of pool where the ground seemed a
little lirmer than the rest. Quickly
becoming engrossed In my work, | did
not notice that l was slowly sinking
until | found that my sketchlng stool
had nearly disappeared and my legs
were Embedded in the mud almost up
to my knees. With the breaking Of
the surface crust the black slime gave
out most horrible odors, and small
singing flies, liberated from the earth,
quickly covered me, crawling up my
legs and arms, while the mosquitoes,
combining In the attack, eventually
drove me from my half finished work.
Though really quite clear, the water
was SO alive with mosquito grubs as
TO appear almost opaque. BY thou
sands every moment the grubs would
come to the surface, either crawling
up the rushes or floating and the outer
shells soon cracking In the sun left the
little insects at liberty. \ few sec
onds sutiiced to dry their wings and
give them life and strength and then
with hum and buzz they joined their
brothers in the air, lowering In thou
sands like a cloud of black smoke over
the stagnant pond from which they
sprang. Then | was dlscovered-a rare
bonnie bouche for those .jarts-and a
rapid retreat became imperatiye.-R.
Talbot Kelly In Century
The Somerset reporter., 1900-05-17
About Exports.

The New York Tribune, abiding to
the large exports Of the country, giycs
the following figures showing immense
Increase within 10 YEAR, under the protec-
tive tariff system. This exhibit thorough.
ly discredits the theory That the Dingley
tariff law L wall against trade With
foreign countries;
1.-The exports Of paper and ira manu-
features Increased from $500 900 10
- 900, 900; Of pafafii - from 81 500 900
To 81 900 900. and 81 glucose from 5000
900 TO 81, 600 900. ach Increasing about
tourfOld The exports of fertiliZers IN
creased from 500 900 to s. 900 900. and
OF zinc manufactures from $50 900 to
500 600. and Of starch from $500. 900 to
81 800 600. and Of 9iicake from $500, 900
TO $l3000,000. But even these were SUI
passed by the exports Of copper ard its
manufactures, which rose frum 81 800
900 ten years ago to s42, 100000 in the
nine months ending "hh March. In
this one item there ia a gain large enough
to pay the whole estimated interest due
abroad years ago. But the iron manu-
facture, though gaining less than some
others 10 proportion. from s1s,-
100000 to $50, 800, 900, made the
largest single change in international
finances. To this may properly be add
ed the exports of agricultural machinery,
which advanced from 81, SOC, 900 70 So
100000; Of cars. carriages aud cycles,
formerly So, 500, 900, but now 100000
and of Geographic and scientific instru-
ments, formerly 81 900, 900, but now
S4,750,000 AS nearly all other machiD-
cry is included, these may we'll be, max
ing the gain 10 irol and its products
about S73, 900, 900 for nine month";
The Somerset reporter., 1900-05-17
Death of Manley Sanderson.

On the evening of May 6, after a fear
full struggle with that dread destroyer,
consumption, Manley Sanderson, Moore's
Mills, Canaan, passed from our midst.
"The finger of God touched him and he
slept" BY his decease three young
sons are left orphans, their mother hay
ing died some five years since. Two
brothers survive him, j. F Sanderson in
SkowhegaD, and Henry in the West.
He was an honest, upright man, respect
ed and esteemed by large circle Of
friends who deeply deplore his early
death. Funeral services were held under
the order of F. and A. M, Wednesday
p. M, at the school house, Rev. G. W.
Hinckley officiating, assisted by quar-.
tette of singers, who rendered fine
tribute of song. Tokens OF sympathy
and affection in form of lovely flowers
were sent by neighbors and friends to
grace his casket and many heartfelt
prayer raised 10 the God of the father
less in behalf of those bereaved children.
mot now, but in the coming years,
1t may be in the better land,
Well read the meaning OF our tears,
And there, sometime, we'll understand"
The Somerset reporter., 1900-05-17
A State League.

thursday afternoon. at the Falmouth
hotel, Portland, the representatives of the
different loan and building associations
Ia the State met for State organization,
with the choice of Col. Fred y. Dow as
chairman and Alpheus L. Hanscome as
secretary. The meeting was largely at
tended and nearly every association In
the State was represented and several
extended and instructive remarks were
made by those present Afterwards. it
was voted TO perfect State league and
code OF bylaws was adopted in which
the objects were to promote the interests
OF loan and building associations as a
whole, to assist In needed legislation. TO
meet in friendly intercourse for mutual
benefit, to recommend such changes in
the law governing loan and building as
soeiations as shall be found by experience
to be desirable, to promote and forward
any measure for its object the welfare of
the associations, to meet In conference
Tor the interchanging of ideas. The fol-
lowing officers were elected of the per-
manent association: President, Edward
Z. Reynolds OF Portland; vice president,
l.. W. Haskell of Auburn; secretary and
treasurer, Alpheus L. Hanscome of Port
land executive committee, George W.
Vickery of Augusta, Harry o. Gurdy Of
Rockland, Sidney T. Fuller of kenue-
bunk, Norman H. Fay Of Dexter and
Frank A. Nolin of Skowhegan.
The following representatives were
present: j. p. Hutchinson of Auburn,
Thomas j. Lynch of Augusta, II. L.
Thompson, e. E. Townsend and John
Furbush OF Brunswick, A. A. Springhall
of Dexter, ID. F. DanfoIth of Gardiner,
Harry o. Gurdy of Rockland, Frank A.
Nolin of Skowhegan, H. c. Hutchinson
and G. n. Weymouth of Biddeford. Hon.
Sidney T. Fuller of Kennebunk, W. D.
Patterson of Wiscasset, 6. n. Arnold
and K. W. Hughes of Foxcroft, Hon.
Edward G. Reynolds, Col. Fred y. Dow E,
Col. II. S. Osgood, A. l.. Hanscome,
Scott Wilson, Bryce NJ. Edwards, j. a.
Hutchins and Fred E. Briggs of Port
land.
The Somerset reporter., 1900-05-17

"a pretty well known Phlladel-
phian." says the Philadelphia Record,
who is now at Atlantic City likewise
strives to attract the eye there by ap-
pearing In the hotels and cafes and on
the board walk every night with gold
chain around his neck to which two
big gray. rats are attached. The rats,
plain. ordinary rodents, but tanned,
wear gold collars. and the young mans
gold chain Is fastened to these. Up
and down his back and waistcoat the
rats patter but usually they are seated
on his shoulder, whispering in his ear.
Sometimes he fondlcs them or gives
them bits of cheese and cracker. They
seem to be quite clean. but a peculiar
smell some what Ike musk irritates the
nostrils If one comes too near the
young mans pets"
The Somerset reporter., 1900-05-17

A lady writes to me and asks what
is really meant by the needles eye"
in the parable of the rich man. | re-
member reading somewhere that it was
the smallest gate that gave entrance
to the walled city of Jerusalem and
that loaded camel had to be stripped
of its burden and bend its knees to
squeeze through. And so a rich man
had to give up his riches and come
to his knees before he could enter
heaven. 1t was just one Of the thou
sand proverbs that adorned the moral
nations. The writings of Job and Solo
mon and Confucius and Mohamned
abound in them.
In the Koran is found this proverb,
The lmpous man will find the gates
of heaven shut, and he can no more en-
ter than camel can pass through a
needles eye" There is another in
the Koran which says. You will never
see palm tree of gold nor an elephant
pass through a needles eye These
proverbs simply meant that 1t was Inn
possible Strange to say. the world
has long since quit making proverbs.
All proverbs have come down to us.
even such as "A rolling stone gathers
40 moss" Poor Richard" left us a
Jew. such as "a penny saved is two
pence gained. Arp in Atlanta
Constitution.
The Somerset reporter., 1900-05-17

Once upon time there was a young
man who believed what the books said.
He left the farm and came to the
great city To make his fortune and to
climb the ladder of fame The books
said great deal about the ladder Of
fame, SO the young man exercised him
self on copybooli morals and poor Rich
ards almanac in order to be able to
chin himself up round at time
He was especially strong on run
away horses, ana one day. to his graft
fication he saw II mad steed plunging
down the crowded street. He could
not see any fainting maiden attached,
but still he knew this WAS his oppor-
tunity. He sprang for the bride, but
hit the front wheel instead and was
projected with violence into the gut
ter. Six months later, when he came
out of the hospital. he was sent TO the
Home For the Predetermined for try
ing To stop fire marshal in the per
Torrance of his duty.
Moral-Get your opportunities label
ed,-Dartmouth Literary Monthly.
The Somerset reporter., 1900-05-17
A L.nnh MhintIe.

A clergyman in Scotland desired his
hearers never to call one another
liars" but when any one said the
thing that wns not" they ought 10
whistle.
One Sunday he preached sermon
on the parable of the loaves and fishes.
and being at loss to explain ii said
the loav6s were not like those nova
days-they We're as big as some Of the
hills of Scotland.
He had scarcely pronounced these
words when he heard loud whistle.
"Wha's that cas- me liarT'
at is l. Willy Macdonald. the baker >
Well Willy, what objection ha' ye
to what | Ina told youT
None, sir. only want to know what
sort of ovens they had to bake those
loaves imp
The Somerset reporter., 1900-05-17
SHE RIFFS SALE.
STATE OF MAINE-soNrRsET 8


Taken this 9th day of April A. D. 1900 on
execution dated April A. D. 1900 issued on
judgment rendered by the Supreme Judicial
Court, for the County Of Somerset, al the term
thereof begun and held on the third Tuesday
of March A. ID. 1900: To wit on the fourth
day OF April A. ID. 1850 in favor Of Lewis Beais
Of Fairfield, Somerset County, against Win
field 6. Morse OF South Gardner Common
wealth of Mass. for fifty dollars and forty-six
cents cebt or damage, and ten dollars and
forty four cents costs OF suit. and will be sold
at public auction on the premises in Nor
ridgewock in said County and State to the
highest bidder on the 18th day of June A. ID.
1900 al 10 O'Clock n the forenoon, the follow
ing described real estate and all the right,
title and terest which the said Winfield 8.
Morse has in and to the same had the
eighth day OF Sept. A d. 1897, at $50 O'Clock in
the aft rnoou, the time when the same was at
tsched on e witt ia the same suit, 10 wit: A
certain lot or parcel of land situsted n said
Norridge wock bounded an described q fol-
lows. to wit: beginning at $ AXE and stones on
the bank OF the kenn+ bee River at the south
East corner of land formerly owned by Benja-
min Page. thence by said River thirty nine
rods and four liHks to cedar post marked,
thence Northerly to the South line of land
formerly owned by Edmund smith to q cedar
post marked which post is the dividing
line between land formerly owned by Sewsll
NuttiDg and land formerly owned by Joanna
Hill, thence Westerly on the line between said
Hill lot and the said Edmund Smith farm
iortyfve rods to the East line OF said Page lot,
to a cedar post, which is at the North West
corner of land herein described thence
Southerly by the East line OF said Page lot. TO
the County road leading from Skowhegan to
Nerridgewock village. thence Easterly by said
road eleven and one half rods TO q cedar post
marked, thence Southerly by the East line OF
said Page lot to first mentioned bound, being
the same premises conveyed by Joanna Hill TO
lhaniel Morse on he 18th day OF March 4.
D. Ii SIS by deed recorded in Somerset Reg. Vol.
l26 page 2a5 and by the heirs OF Nathaniel
Morse to Winfield s. Morse by deed dated
April 20, 1882, to which deeds reference is here
by made for further description.
April 27, 1900, 3wls
FRANK P. PENNELL. Sheriff
The Somerset reporter., 1900-05-17
Bankrupt'S Petition for Discharge.

rupt, In bankruptcy.
II the Hon. Nathan Webb. Judge of the Dis.
trict Court of the United States for the District
al Maine
ANGIE 4 GRANT of Pittsneld. IN the
County of Somerset and State Of Maine IN said
District. respectfully represents. that the 10th
day of January, last past, she duly adludged
bankrupt under the Acts of Congress relating 10
Bankruptcy; that she has duly surrendered all
her property and rights of property. and has
fully complied with all the requirements II
said Acts aud Of the orders Of Court touching
her bankruptcy.
Wherefore she prsys that she may be deoreed by
the Court 10 have a full discharge from 81 debts
proyahle against her estate under said bank
rupt Acts, except such debts as are excepted 10y
Law from such discharge.
Dated this 2lst day OF April. \ u leR.
ANGIE A. GRANT, Bankrupt.
The Somerset reporter., 1900-05-17
oRnER oF NorIcE rHrKroN-

DISTRICT OF MAINE. >.
On this 9Th day of May A. u lHO, on
reading the foregoing petition, Is is
Ordered by the Court. thas a hearing be had
upon the same on the Slst day of May. A. d.
1900, before said Court at Portland in said Dis
trict, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon; and that
notice thereof be published in The Somerset
Reporter newspaper printed in said District,
and that all known creditors, and other persons
in interest. may appear At the said time and
place, and show cause. If any they have, why the
prayer of saki petitioner should not be granted.
And il is further ordered by the Court, that
the clerk shall send 10y mail to all known credi.
tors copies of said petition and this order. ad.
dressed 10 them AZ their places of residence as
stated
Witness the Honorable Nathan Webb, Judge
of the said Court and the seal thereof, at Port
land, in said District, on the 18th day Of May.
A. II. ia O.
l.. S. 4. II. DAVIS. Clerk
A true copy of petition and order thereon.
lw-2O Attest: A. II. DAVIS, Clerk.