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The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1900-09-13
What She Does.

First Lady Clerk-There goes the
meanest woman In town.
Second Lady Clerk-who Is she?
First Lady Clerk don't know. but
she is always coming In here and want
ing something we haven't got.--Chica
20 Record.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1900-09-13
Emblem Center.

Election passed off quietly, but at the
same time earnestly, as the large ballot
shows.
All the party tickets we're voted straight
except for representative, in which there
was little local feeling in both parties.
Mrs. Chas. Littlefeld is quite sick, also
Erma Williams, Mrs. Henry Hodgdon
and three children with measles.
Ella Young has arrived home from
Portland. w.
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Scion.

Miss Caddie Rowell of Portland was
visiting her father, Abel Rowell, last
week. ,
Mr.. Lindscott and wife returned to
their home In Boston, last week.
DR.. s. F. Greene attended State fair q
part Of last week.
Mrs. 8, F. Greene wis visiting friends
in Skowhegan, several days last week,
Miss Clara Hunnewoll spent Sunday
at Madison with her parents, DR.. and
Mrs. Hunnewell.
Manley Atwood of New Portland was
in town, Sunday visiting, his brpthsr in.
law, George Moulton. NJ
Mr.. Clarence Mantor of Skowhegan
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1900-09-13
West Athens.

Mr. Eddie Later who has been away
for few years, came home Sunday nigh,
of last week.
Mr.. Geo. Farnham of Canaan with a
crew is at work on R. H. Boothby's mill
There was lecture al Union Church.
Tuesday evening, Sept. a. by Rev. A F.
Hinckley The attendance was large and
they enjoyed it very much.
There will be cattle show and fair at
this place, Wednesday, Oct. g. Dancing
afternoon and evening with music by J
T. Smith If rainy the next fair day.
Mr.. Nathan futile of So. Norridge-
wock was in town. Sunday.
Miss Katie Leavitt, who is at work at
So. Norridgewock was at home, Sunday.
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y East Mercer. '5-N


Mrs. Savage of Pennington has been
spending few days at her uncle's, Al
bion Smith saA5 . q Ne
Albion Smith is very. sick. His re-
covery is doubtful. arr SIC
Elwin Lowe is nowl at work. with his
corn harvester.
Bailey Smith. the road commissioner,
did an excellent piece of work, last week,
on the Tyler road.
Mrs. Albion Smith passed away very
suddenly, last Tuesday evening, having
been sick only few days. Mrs. Smith
was IS years of age. and has been men,
Der Of the Methodist church here for a
great many years. She leaves daughter
and husband. besides great many
friends. Funeral services were conduct
ed by Rev. Mr.. Phillips Of New Sharon
and pastor of the church here.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1900-09-13
NOTICE
Nov1OE.
Supreme judicial Court.

Somerset County. AZ. :,
CLERKS once. Skowhegsn, Me"
August ~. 1899. n.r.
Pursuant TO Chspter 70, Sec. "A OF the hes Eva
cd Statutes and acts amendatory Thereon ~. ~
additional thereto, 1 hereby give NOTICE, s al
Cogswell Smith, OF Arson, in the Connv m.
Somerset, intends to make application " Sonrt
September Term, 1900, Of the Sup. Juo. .c ctice
Somerset County for admission to
Law in the courts of the State. ewSo
Attest: N. W. BRAINERD, CiefA
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Bingham.

The Grange held grand picnic at
Kingbury, the 4th inst, between four
and five hundred persons attending.
There were fifty from Bingham grange
and seven oranges were represented.
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next Tuesday evening, the 18th, for tn,
transaction of important business.

Eddie Whiting got one of his fingers
cut off one of the ~prague cutters ar
the corn shop, last week. 1t was only
few days before that Mr., futile got bis
badly cut in the same way. The at
tending physician was able to replace il
so it is expected that it will grow on
again.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1900-09-13

John L. Williams of this village, who
will be SO years old the 14th of January
next, was at the poles Monday, and
voted the Republican ticket.
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Thereare many mixtures, made in imitation of baking
powder which the prudent will avoid. They are lower
in price than cream of tartar powders, but they are
made from alum and are dangerous to use in food
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1900-09-13

Following are some Of the awards Of
premiums made at the State fair at Lew
iston, last week, to Somerset county
exhibitors:
New-York tribune., 1900-11-25
CRUELTY TO MISSIONARIES.
HOW WOMEN AND CHILDREN WE'RE
TORTURED IN TRANSPORTATION
BY CHINESE CAPTORS.

Pao-Ting-Fu Oct. 23.-Whea the story OF the
period OF blooc and in China is told one
of its chapters will be the narrative of the Green
party, who were found almost dead by the allied
expedition. The account of their hardships ana
abuses and almost miraculous preservation. IN its
details of suffering and cruelty, has been given oy
Miss Greig. of the party.
Mr.. and Mrs Green. members OF the British
Chinese Inland Mission. with their two children,
a boy and a girl aged FIVE and three. and Miss
Creig an assistant were stationed at Huai-Lu. a
small town hundred and twenty miles south
of this place. Ir the lrst week of July news OF
massacres OF missionaries were received in Pao-
Ting-Fu, and also news of the destruction OF the
missions at Shun-Ti-Fu, Chao-Chi and Shen-Gi,
and of the moving Of the troops from Shan-Si
Province toward TienTsin attack the foreigners.
on hearing of the of affairs the little party
moved away TO the mountains on the advice Of the
New-York tribune., 1900-11-25
FIGHTING A MAN EATER

Cape May letter in The Chicago Record
The people OF Erma treated to-day to a
sight Of huge man eating shark. which had been
Killed In the sounds near there after desperate
night with two sturdy oystermen.
Thomas A. Lyle and William Ham. we'll known
oystermen of Erma. were out gathering bivalves In
Jarvis's Sounds this morning. when they were
startled by comlnotiOn I'm the shallow water, fol-
lowed by the appearance of a big dark body. The
men quickly saw that they had shark to deal
WITH and whopper at that
me shark hounced around in the water, which IL
iashed to foam and made vicious dart for the
DoaL The oystermen used their big tongs as
MeaPons, out tney were so unwieldly that the
shatk was not suffering very much. Then they
i Giuooso tneir oars and attempted to beat OF the
usy uenlZen OF thet sea. They smashed three Of
their four oars before the shark showed signs Of
WeakenlnS ana then only after 4 had repeatedly
tried 10 get a. the two men In the boat. After a
desperate nght, however, the big man eater was
Killed ana hauieo into the boat. The men were so
exhausted by their efforts that they could hardly
New-York tribune., 1900-11-25

SHE IS FOR JAPAN AND HAS JUST BEEN
LAUNCHED IN ENGLAND.
From The London News.

From The London News
Mikasa which when oompeted m for IS sea af viii
vim be launched today from the yard Of Rickers
y speaking. sister ship TO the Hsahi and Aats9se
which ships she resembles in the matter of dis
Wses g make
overall length being 4ss feet; her Beam is Is feet
q Engines hsf 1 deeo
Of . 1 to Obtain her speed ed
tons with capacity for 400 tons, which win allow
her The engines
OF and ae e4s 5e & DSs tps win tRes
boilers a,S nth. Nth economizers % atted to each
ay aas Of
msnufacture Of nine Inch thickness, over space Of
IS fore and BY
by
IorIminE 9dI complete protection over the entire
feet three inches below the line
nihes e agd Is there met s by the inch d es
1GP OF the the belt belt to the upper deck The citadel
tee il The design q this ship besides protecting
Of casemates usually found In British and foreign
psttfeshPs and entirely protects the 6-inch guns
The advantage of this arrangement over case
throughout the whole Of the centre portion of the
Working the the
selves are equally protected in front in the case
mate arrangement, infinitely less vulner-
able In the rears, which protected by the
SIX inch armor on the opposite side of the ship,
Wen as by the thick steel bulkheads which divide
the gun positions one from another The coming
tower Is protected by fourteen inch armor and the
observer tower aft by three inches OF armor
In addition to the above protection there is a
protective deck below the main deck which ex-
tends throughout the whole length of the ship and
consists Of two inches Of armor on the fats and
three inches on the slopes. The heavy armament
Is represented by four 12-inch breechloading guns
mounted in pairs forward and aft. These are
placed IN armored barbettes, fourteen inches
thick above the upper deck and ten inches below
where they are covered by the screen bulkhead
The heavy quick firing armament Is composed Of
armored citadel above described and four of tbaro
mounted on the upper deck In casemates In ad-
dition to these there twenty I2-pounders eight
S-pounders and four z1t-pounders. all quick firing
guns; and the torpedo equipment consists of four
submerged tubes, two forward and two aft Tha
weight of metal discharged by this Armament IN
one minute is eleven and one-half tons represent
Ing striking energy OF 13S7,130 foot tons while
the weight Of metal discharged from the guns
available on one broadside in minute is seven
and one-haif tons giving a striking energy of Just
under one million foot tons. The ship Is divided
very thoroughly by watertight compartments thus
giving her all the possible protection against sub
marine attack or accident The Mikasa is the sec
ond battleship launched from the Vickers yard dur
ing the last two years and is the forty-seyenth
warship built at the Naval Construction Works.
New-York tribune., 1900-11-25
CoNDENsING PLANT CogDUITs.
THE POWER HOUSE OF MANHATTAN
ELEVATED RAILROAD

Two huge conduts. each nearly 600 feet long. are
being laid to the edge of the East River from the
big power plant of the Manhattan Elevated Rail-
road Company, which is in course OF con-
struction at the end of East Seventy-fourth and
East Seventy-ffth SITS. They for the purpose
OF drawing out Of the river great quantities OF
water to be use1 in the huge condensers connected
with the eight S0Cc horsepower engines with which
the power plant is to be equipped.
The new electric power plant of the Manhattan
Railroad Company is to supply electricity for all
the elevate" lines In the city, and IS expected to
produce more than 690oO horsepower The power
mouse extends from Seventy -fourth-st TO Sew
ehty-hfth-st.. distance of 205 feet, with q
frontage In each Of 435 feet The building is
to be as large as the Madison Square Garden In
order to increase the motive power OF the engines
each Is supplied with a condenser. consisting of a
large chamber in whi~h the exhaust steam from
the cylinders will be turned into liquid form by
means of a spray of water. When the plant is in
New-York tribune., 1900-11-25
ENGLISH WROUGHT IRON GATES
TWO FINE SPECIMENS THAT MAY co,,r ro
AMERICA.
From The London Mail.

From The London Mail
inc apathy Of the British nation sbou+ g., -,
IRON Sates Is astounding. Unless somethIny IL ou
ana done quickly, the old gates OF TenTv " VTIT Ills
Sunpufy F2Iace. on the Shepperton Road viii Is
The 1aAkees have taken stud horses m, o,.
fancy dogs Ihe more reason, Therefore Nh Sun M
should not De permitted to cart away our ola et.Sy
But they Will. unless somebody stoDs them ~ e"'es'
Fortunately this beautiful examine o. or.,
English beaters ironwork is In the hands ~ - @
who has the honor of his country suficientY man al
Harman of No. 1S6 Brompton Road '''i Is MT
And beautiful, indeed, these gates are They or.
more than that: thoy unique 1t was tbs oI are
VII built this palace Of Sunbury while the i,amS
Evidence of that is the arChed pediment or fr99azc
surmountiag The gates A4ie~e
The South Kensngton Museum authorities co,..
this sure, but their hands tied with hniS
ing operations, not to mention red tape thai ba
fore they are ready to put down the money~less
than Il 0O0-the golden moment may have passeJ
forever.
Less ancient but not whit less beautiful are the
great gates of Carshalton Park Every wanderer
round London knows them tucked away In a lane
In the middle of lavender land.
These were built In l7l6-20 for the Scawens The
carved stone shafts softened in the manner that
nothing but time accomplish. yet wonder
fully preserved that the pheasants hang there like
dead birds. The iron piers are twenty feet high.
1t will be strange and shameful thing II for
lack of ready 5000 guineas the nation loses this
legacy OF the centuries
New-York tribune., 1900-11-25
1T WAS NOT ON THE TIME TABLE.
Mr. DEPEws VAIN EFFORT TO ASCERTAIN THE
DATE OF ASH WEDNESDAY FROM
OFFICE FORCE.

There a slight panic in the treasurers Office
in the Grand Central Station Friday but 1t was
not caused by any financial matter. Mr. Depew. in
looking his engagement list found that he
had promised to attend dinner a certain number
of days after Lent, and wishing to fix the date
asked his secretary, when is Ash Wednesday,"
Mr.. Du Val is supposed be able TO answer all
questions, matter whether they pertain
stocks statistics, politics prizefghts railroads
or religion but he did not know the date and say
ing that he would find out in a minute the
treasurers office, where every one is in some way
prominent clergymen writers for religious periodi-
Gals, leaders In the Young Mems Christian As
sociauon and church dgnitares One after
other, from the venerable chief to the boy who
sings in a choir, asked, but could an
swer; and finally messenger had to be sent st.
Information.
That was the reason why Du Val studying
church calendar on his way to the football game
yesterday.
New-York tribune., 1900-11-25
STRANGE PREHISTORIC T1BLETS.

From The Chicago Inter Ocean.
Tablets engraved with strange hierOsly pnLes1
sarcoPhagi containing what appear TO De ouss len
human remains and flint SpsarheadS. nave 80
dug from mound north of the NiilISc 81 NYAlan.ss
Mich. The strangeSt of these diSCON5 Ties j. U.0
tablet which has ii characters that are not hIs
like arabian Egyptian hieroSyphtcs. ,ns sn
tablet is believed by the discoveries 10 contain ,tsr G
Ten Commandments. but doubtless me sGiei SCR Ear
will find that It's inscription is something 4Ciee -
removed from the Mosaic law. Ia
That the curiOSities not planted bS SUI
jester is proved by the fact that they were -
beneath some giant trees, the roots OF Wnlcn n-
grown around them Some time ago ;. H. StctIo,uj
a painter dsinterred some pottery, weapons, ;I,s1s %
rude ornaments from mounds south or the tI.SS tSv
but people sceptical concerning his GISi he
Recent search has proved that what ne i0uhd -
onged TO relics of some long lost civilization "a -
some prehistoric people -. ,,5 4
The sarcophagi. funeral urns, are tool naS aLa
half high, two feet long and eight inches oIoaS s
The lids are firmly cenented, ami they are SSsj51 Ssj
mented with lion or panther the draWiE6 nSai OS
Egg ptian in it's character Inside Ihe SAtcOp--0
are found ashes and charred bones. L,.ol-
The relics attracting attention from S,nnsrt
ocists and the tablet will be sent 70 an Ines
In hieroglyphics. Near Crystal Lake, severaI Ini
froin Wyman similar relics wSre found IN nv M me
Hiram ]. Rich. farmer near Wyman h1SS a. Ia
largest collection OF the valuable remains "a -
mound builders
New-York tribune., 1900-11-25

operation water will be drawn through one conduit
from the river and forced into the CondenserS in
the form of spray, and then flow through the
other conduit back TO the river. After the flow is
started II will be automatic, after the first jet
IS thrown into the condenser partial vacuum Is
formed which causes the flow TO continue
me Two conduttS are respectively eight and six
feet wide. the feed pipe being two feet wider than
the discharge pipe The former taps the river 100
teet away from where the latter discharges. Each
reaches the river about twelve feet below its sur
lace. The trenches for the pipes cut through
the solid rock most of the way.
t., similar condensing plant Of still larger size
Is helng constructed by the NewYork Gas and
Electric Light, Heating and Power Company at
us station at the end of East Thirty-eighth and
East Thlrty-ninth SITS
New-York tribune., 1900-11-25
NO BRYANITEs IN SHELTON LAUREL. N. g.
1T WAS UNIoNIsr DURING THE CIVIL WAR AND
HAS BEEN REPUBLICAN EVER SINCE.
Letter to The Utica Press.

1T WAS UNIoNIsr DURING THE CIvII. WAR AND
HAS BEEN REPUBLICAN EVER SINCE
Letter to The Utica Press
The precinct of Shelton Laurel n c. mentioned
IN THE Press, OF Wednesday as giving Mckinley
20 and Bryan 0, Is probably tho strongest Rerubu-
can TOWNSHIP ,s In the United States The vote has
been solidy Republican III this precinct for years
l AN am not not certain What became of the last Demo
mountains. but 1t is very trying climate for All
except Radicals. the Republicans are ceueI
The precinct is named from the Sheltons the most
prominent family that branch of the Laurel
Hiver They were strong Unionsts in the eariv
sixties and their antipathy toward ali who svm
pathized with the rebellion has been actlveIv ~
pressed at the polls since. ca
Shelton Laurel is located in the heavily tir,ba-Ad
mountains east OF Hot Springs. n. c.. and about
the same distance from the nearest hotel StrenG-
& ers who may Journey that way are therefore com
may may overake axe them Many stop at Mother shei-
comfort BILE than her neighbors' She meets the
Stranger at the door with BE you Radical or be
you Democrat% If he is SO unfortnnato os
70 acknowledge Democratic tendencies he 10 to1S
10 seek shelter elsewhere. in language that ;s ~
say the least. forcibe and leaves no chance for
argument This feeling is one of the relies oS tba
war. when the two great parties were moral sn rne
aaa 70 eefend their opinions with their rides
New-York tribune., 1900-11-25
A NEW PORTRAIT OF DEPEW.
HIS LIKENESS AT TWENTY-NINE FOR THE
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF
STATE AT ALBANY.

portrait of Senator Chauncey NJ Depew by r.
Adoph Muller-Cry is soon to be placed In the
office OF the Secretary of State at Albany. 1t
shows Mr.. Depew as he appeared at the age OF
twenty-nine when he filed the Office of Secretary
OF State The walls Of the Office already deco
rated with the portraits Of John A Dix. Azariah (
Fiagg, Joseph 3. Carr, Dietrich Wiliers. John
Palmer G. Hilton Scribner and John T. Headley,
who served the State IN the same capacity. There
Is also portrait there Mr.. Depew. but 1t repre-
sentS him he appeared many years atter COM
pleting his tenure of that Office
A member of Mr.. Depew's family recently came
across a photograph OF him which was taken IN
1888 and this served copy for the oil painting
which will take the place OF the picture now hang
New-York tribune., 1900-11-25
EyGLAND's NEXT VAR IN EGYPT

Assouan correspondents OF The LONDON A~'I' -, =.
I have good reason to believe that there het Wv YEAR
an important expedition into Kordofan neStS fOr
When the Sirdar was in England ne aPPlsn ls,isn
British troops TO cooperate with the 5fnst il
army in this enterprise but informed ta@.ton ta@t
would be necessary TO wait until large R9rsNn
of the forces In South Africa could be VI nv some
A powerful chief with an army placed oy.jsIng oy
estimates 100000 men. Is said 10 be S - the
sovereignty in KordOfan ard the terrltoil "a ss-
westward of that province and II Is coitsiSeiN
sential that his power should be broken .,,torary
The country through which the eA ans but
the clearing OF the Nile OF sudd viii facilitate hasa
tiers and enable the army to use the river %
New-York tribune., 1900-11-25
THANKSGIVING DAY.
CHURCHES. SOCIETIES AND CLUBS PLAN
MING CELEBRATIONS.

The last Thanksgiving Day of the nineteenth
century Will be generally and enthusiastically
obserI I'd next Thursday, unless all the ind.ca-
tions untrustworthy. In various churches
Of this city programmes have been carefully pre-
pared. full announcements Of which will be made
from many pulptts to-day
Among the churches in which union services
VIII be held at II a are the Madison Avenue
Reformed the West End Collegiate, the Madison
Avenue Presbyterian. the West End Presbyterian
and the Westminster Presbyterian. Other
churches which Will hold individual services at
New-York tribune., 1900-11-25
TWO GREAT OBJECTS.
From The Washinl

From The Washington Star.
They say" remarked the very cynical person
that In this corrupt and superficial age the great
object is not TO be found out
nat shows you have very little experience with
niit colectore, answered the impecunious friend
MY great object is not to be found in
New-York tribune., 1900-11-25
ExPANSIONIST CHICAGO.

From Harper's Razar.
New-Yorker-lt is estimated that China has a
population of about four hundred millions
(, Chicagoan-By eracky! wouldn't that make a
scrumptous suburb2
New-York tribune., 1900-11-25
ARNHETM,
BROADWAY & 9Th ST.

paddle home with their one rema ming oar. Tner
prize was exhibited the people Of ErIna -
measures ten Feet in length.
New-York tribune., 1900-11-25

We are the acknowledged leaders Of
fashions. Our styles are copied every
where We do not keep the cheap ma
terials-we do not charge eXorbitant
prices for the best.
Our specials this week are: Business
suit to order SIG, choice OF fancy Chew
lots and worsteds; fine black Thibet
for coat and vest. with fancy striped
trouserings, $40; special overcoat made
OF Friezes, Vicuna CheviotS, Kerseys or
Melton, one hundred different materials
to select from. satin lined. TO order. S2O.
Full dress or Tuxedo, silk lined, made OF
German or English Drape, $50, IS excep-
tional value.
Samples. Fashion Book, Measuring
Guide mailed on request.
New-York tribune., 1900-11-25
THE REAL. rrxINc

THE REAL THING
N bargains may be found In the little adver,,sa
d ihen.s OF the people ia the narrow columns of to-
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1900-11-22
HONEY TO LOANy.
,citA the German Savings
Bank at 5 per cent interest,
optional payments.
NASH d, PHELPS.
Audubon. IO,Un

J. NJ. McKarahan and family spent
Sunday at the home of ex. sheriff,
Hamp Jones.
Nels Olsen, another of the county's
best feeders shipped a couple of cars of
stock to Chicago Wednesday morning.
Miss Aveline Casey, of Kansas City
arrived in town last Saturday evening
and is visiting with her cousin, Miss
Myrtle Wilson.
Hunting parties may be seen in
every direction looking for quails.
Some are successful and more are not
but they keepon trying.
Miss Ella Farquhar has accepted a
position in ]. F. Russell's and may
now be found ready to wait on custo-
mers, beginning her work Wednesday,
The Rev. J. d. Mckay. from Anita,
will, if all is we'll, conduct the ALI Day
Holiness meeting in the Evangelical
church at Audubon, November 80, the
last Friday in this month.
Miss Lillian Jones has closed her
dressmaking parlors over the Gleason
building and has gone to her home in
Des Moines to live. Miss Jones had a
good trade while here and gave very
general satisfaction to all her Gus
toners.
The boxes in the postoffice have been
moved about three feet to the front to
give more room behind, so as to pro-
vide for the cases of the rural free de-
liveries. This leaves plenty of room in
front and too will fairly admit Of new
eases behind.
The high school has had a new
library case added to it for the better
care of the reference books. 1t is a
portable case, useful and dust proof.
The school has quite fine library and
each year adds to the supply already
on hand. and also to the use of the
books by the pupils.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1900-11-22
Resolutions.

WHEREAS, the Divine Author of the
Universe has called from this earth
our beloved and esteemed Neighbor,
AL. Taylor. Therefore be it
ResoIped, by Geo. Whitney Camp
No. III M. w. A. that the relatives of
the deceased receive the coincidence of
this camp in this their dark and sad
hour of bereavement. Be 1T further,
ResoIFed, that copy of these
resolutions be sent to the official papers
of Audubon county for publication.
ARTHUR FARQUHAR,
DIR. FULTON, Com.
E. F. JOHNSON,