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NOTICE.
Supreme Judicial Court, I
Somerset County.

Supreme Judicial Court,
Somerset County.
> Clerks flee, Skowh cyan, Me.
August 27th, 1850.
Pursuant to Chapter 49, Sec. "a Of the Revis-
ed Statutes and acts anne ndatery thereof and
additional thereto. hereby give notice that
Cogswell Smith. OF Arson in the County OF
Somerset, inten 8 to make application to the
September Term, 1900, of the Sup. Jud. Court,
Somerset County Tor admission to practice
law in the courts OF the state. 1wr&a35
Attest v. W. BRAINERD, Clers.
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Walker; dist. No. 4. Net,ie Wiley; dist,
No. H. Emma Jackson; dist, No, IA.
Daisy Barron. Hortense Hodgdon has
been engaged to teach in No 8, the term
10 commence later. W.
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You will never find any other pills so
Little Early Risers. Geo. E. Sampson.
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Care must be taken to avoid baking powders
made from alum Such powders are sold
cheap, because they cost but few cents per
pound. Alum is corrosive acid, which taken
in food means injury TO health.
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GINSENG

Wanted send me your Ginseng Seeds ana
Plants and receive highest market prices anu
prompt returns. 3w33'
N. c BURBANK, New Portland Me
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PROBATE NOTICES.
To All persons interested In either OF th'
Estates hereinafter named.

To AL persons Interested In either or the
Estates hereinafter named.
alta COURT OF PROBATE held at skow
kAhegan,, within and for the county of Som
erset, on the
SECOND TUESDAY OF AUGUST,
In the year OF our Lord one thousand
nine hundred, tn following bus ness hay
ing been presented for action the upon,
hereafter indicated, 1t is hereby ORDERED
That public notice thereof be given to all PEI
sons Interested. that they may appear At 3
Probate Court to be holden at said Skowhegai 3,
at the Probate Office on the
SECOND TUESDAY OF SEPTEMBER
next at nine of the clock in the forenoon, ard
be heard thereon and object II they see cause.
william ID. Mitchell, late OF Palmyra, de-
ceased. Will and petition for probate thereof
presented by Desdemona W. Mitchell, the ex
ecutrix named therein.
seldsn Cleveland. late OF Moscow. deceased
First Account OF Geo ", Wheeler, Admins
TRAITOR, presented.
Eben Taylor late OF Norrid gewock, dec as.
ed. First account of Walter P. Ordway and
Nicholas Miller. Administfatt rs, with the VII
annexed, presented.
Homer j Dearborn, late OF Pittsheld de
ceased. First account OF William T. Seekins,
Administrator presented.
Maria L. Furbush.' of Starks, Insane.
Petition for license to sell and convey real
estate presented by George s. Wescott, Guar
dian.
Henry A Lucas, late Of st. Adams deceased
First and final account OF Daniel Lewis. Adj
ministrator, with the viii annexed, prest nted.
MarceIlin Bouffard, late of Skowhegan
dece ased. Will and petition for probate
thereofsprese nted by Marie Bouffard, the e1'
ecutrix named therein.
Achsa Wills. late OF skowhegan, deceased
First and Il nal accc unit OF Cassius c. XII nsman'
Administrator, presented.
l.. Mountain Rogers, late of Madison, de-
ceased. Petition for license to sell and con
vey real estate presented by Abel DAVIS
Guardian OF Eda May Rogers, minor heir.
Rebecca Hunnewell, late of Scion, decess
ed. Petition for appointment OF Cyrus u
Holbrook as trustee, presented.
Harriet E. Brown, late OF Mayfeld, de
ceased. Petition for appointment OF Mary L.
Brown ministratrix, prese nted.
Horatio w. Gushing, late of skowhegsn.
deceased. Will and petition for pfooste
thereof present.. by Sias Leland, The exeeu
tor named the reiI.
Greenwood Runnslls, late OF Pittsheid
deceased. Petition for appointment OF VII
liam T. Seekins, AdministT ator. presented oy
Hanover 5. Nickerson, creditor.
l.. Mountain Rogers, late OF Madison. de-
ceased. First account OF Charles A. Wloef
Executor, presented.
Meade A. Braley, late Of Pittsfeld. De
ceased. First and hDai account OF Frances D.
Braley, Administrators. presented.
Eliza Frost, late Of Canaan. deceased. Pc
tition for appointment of Owe r. 5oule, Az
ministratrix. presented.
E. F. DANFORTH, Judge
Attest:-NATHAN FOWLER, Register
Post Once address, Judge and Register
Skowhegan Me. 5"5
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with the g.
on
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new
Undertaking Rooms.

Having removed my Undertaking Bust
ness to rooms opposite Skowhegan House,
Russell ST., Skowhegan. am better pre-
pared than before to serve all in need of
such service. A line of Casket Trim
mngs, etc. always on hand and my prices
will be found reasonable. 23h
Respectfully.
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AUGUSTUS clLRIAIR
Notice Of First Meeting Of Creditors

In the matter OF
LOWELL b. HANSON, I In Bankruptcy.
BANKRUPT.
To the creditors OF Lowell B. Hanson OF
Palmyra, in the county OF Somerset, and
district aforesaid, a bankrupt
Notice is hereby given that on the 25th day OF
August, A. d 1900. the said Lowell Is. Hanson
was duly adjudicated bankrupt, and that the
irst meeting of his creditors will be held al
Daniel Lewis office, in Skowhegan. Maine, on
the 18th day Of September. A. d., 1910, at ~
o'clock in the forenoon, at which time the
appoint trustee, examine the bankrupt, and
transact such other business as may properly
come before said meeting. 1w35
August ~, A. D., 1900.
DANIEL LEWIS, Referee In Bankruptcy.
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CLEVELAND BAKING POWDER CO..
NEW YORK.
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Possible Cure For Founder.

As many of your readers are owners OF
horses, let me tell them how | saved a
valuable mare that was foundered. One
very hot day in July let her drink from
branch mot cold). The next morning it
took 10 minutes to get her out of the sta
bic. She was so stiff she could not step
over doorsill six inches high. l was 81
miles from home and obliged to be there
next day Well. after n good while We
started, and by noon had Travelled six
mikes. stopped at farmhouse for din
ner. The MARE refused to eat bite.
"Cbver her .hSs frem her belly down to
her hsoTs vita seft I've soap. Let it stay
Oh an i1sur, then wash off with waxm wa
ter. Wash two or three times. till soap is
all off. Then get in and drive slowly
home. Here is the cistern. There are 4
Kettle and wood. My wife will get you
the SOAP"
So said the farmer as he excused him
self and hurried to the harvest field with
his hands. / did as directed, arriving
home about midnight The next morning
she was all right. and never showed a
trace of the founder afterward.-Letter
In Indianapolis Press.
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An infaHible sign of extreme mental
youth, ignsrance of the world or rusticity
Is hang out whenever a man or woman
assumes the chronic role of doubling
Thomas. There is nothing that comes
easier than demolition; the force of gray
ity lends a hand at that commonplace
business. Anarchy is the most elemental
ry of all theories. Any man can cut
down an ant hill with one shove of his
foot. but only the ant can build it up
again. The typical critic sits aloft, a
penny liner Jove. frothing with words
Of contempt, forgetful of the sunny side
of fair criticism in a painful sometimes
ludicrous) attempt to appear authorita-
tive. often Incapable himself, but ever
ready to find mortals so. The dyspeptic
holds honest praise to be poisonous honey
because his own alimentary canals refuse
to work with sweets. The countryman,
because he was cheated 90 years ago DUR
ing his one metropolitan experience, looks
with canny suspicion upon everybody of
n city cut. The callow mind in ignorance
of life points a pistol at it for fear of
being shot first. There is difference be-
tween experienced caution and callow
distrust-one is an elderly man with
keen, kind eyes, the other fat boy with
swelled head.-National Magazine.
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Rebecca Gins walked down the Ian.
putting her feet forward alternately
There were hedges on both sides; one OF
the left. one on the right. The younl
leaves We're n pale green. Overhead raj
the telegraph wires. The poles wer.
about 35 yards apart. A robin sat on &
spray of blackthOrn. which moved under
Its weight. now down. now up. The red
dish color of Its breast and the gray
brown of its plumage contrasted with
the white of its perch. Rain had falleI
and the ground was wet, especially in the
ruts. The secondhand feather In Rebec
cas- hat dropped little over her left ear
and the third button Of her of boot wa,
wanting. Smoke went mp FROM the Chin
neys, taking the direction Of the wind
west with touch Of south. Between the
feecy clouds the sky suggested tone OF
blue. All these phenomena lincluding the
feather. which was out Of sighD escaped
Rebecca's notice. She was not gifted
with that grasp of essential detail which
Is the sign Of an artistic nature, nurfurrd
In the best school Of reulism.-Londou
Punch.
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A Good Use For Allen.

Congressman John NJ. Allen Of Missis-
sippi once went all the way to New York
from the south to attend banquet.
When he took his place at the board. he
found himself set down for the last
speech. His friends also saw the pro-
gramme and, like himself, were annoyed
at what they thought was thoughtless-
ness ON the part of the committee.
The congressman listened to the long
addresses and when his turn came pref
aced his remarks thus:
gentlemen, l was somewhat ut loss
at the opening of this feast to under
stand why you had asked me to come all
the way from Mississippi to speak to
you and then made my address the last
number of your programme. Now it is
all plain to me. You had to put Il bright
man ut the last to hold the audience. "
Saturday Evening Post.
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EvadinE the Censor.

Censorship was maintained pretty rig
idly during the Spanish American war.
Most of the correspondents faithfully OBJ
served the rules. Some others. however
tried various methods and devices to
evade them. When Sampson sailed for
Porto Rico in the early spring. young
correspondent at Key West who knew
of the plan racked his brain to think of q
way to communicate it to his home of
fee. Just as he was about to put to sea
himself in dispatch boat he sent tele'
gram to his Office reading as follows:
"Tell father l have gone to Porto
Rico"
He argued that this was very simple
cipher for the people in the office to read.
He confided his great scheme to none OF
his associates and for couple of weeks
Rugged himself with the idea that he
had 'beaten" them all.
When he returned to Key West. a tele'
gram from his paper was handed him.
He opened it. expecting to read con-
gratulations and nearly tainted when he
saw these words:
Have made many inquiries, but have
been unable to find your father. New
York Sun.
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She Got the Dress,

Rather q singular case, writes our vi
emma correspondent, was recently brought
before a Budapest judge for decision. A
young girl appealed to him concerning a
blue dress upon which she had set her
heart, but her father refused to buy it
for her. mo intelligent girl" she de-
clared to the judge, when she is on
the lookout for husband would go about
simply dressed"
The father declared that he had al
ready this year incurred the expense of
three toilets for his daughter and fourth
was beyond his means. Many witnesses
appeared, some bearing testimony to the
goodness of the father, others to the ex-
travagance of the daughter, and the
judge suggested that if the blue dress
had the desired effect it might relieve the
father OF any further toilet responsible
ties.
This idea apparently threw new
light upon the subject. The father agreed
to the purchase and left the court amica-
bly, with his daughter on his arm.-Lon-
don Telegraph.
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THE MYSTERY EXPLAINED.
Why the Women Would Net Pass
the Open Doorway.

Why the Women Would Net Pass
the Open Doorway.
MADAM"
The State street policeman hailed the
woman in the Et0n jacket. She turned.
and he continued:
"indall. would you please answer 4
question:"
'Wwhat is III" she stammered.
''Why did yen avoid passing the door
of the druggist
Am compelled to answer"
well. no. but
"Then l would rather not" and she
hurried on her way. The officer was per
picked. He had been standing there Is
minutes, and in that time three women
had evaded passing the open doorway OF
the drug store. Presently q shopgirl
was added to the trio. She glanced in
and then made circuit of the curb
There WAS an expression of relief on her
fac. when she had passed. The puzzled
bluscoat decided to investigate. He walk.
ed over and stared in the doorway. The
onl5 person in sight was q soda watei
cle,k Then the officer retraced his steps
A lew moments later An old cOlored wO'
mn hobbled slowly along until she was
dir>tctly opposite the druggists. Some.
thing prompted her to suddenly change
hen route. The policeman met Der a
she crossed.
hold ON. auntyt'
Sac appeared too frightened to run.
"':1eed. sab. All
'.1h. didn't say you did. just wan,
TO ask you d question"
"W-what. sah!'
"iNhy did you suddenly turn back
when you We're passing that door,"
"0nh am brac cat in de doah. sab
en- he looks jes' lake he am gwins to
ruD out"
"Well. what Of II IL he did run out?"
"Nhy. sab. il dat brae eat was Il
cross nah pat All wud hab ebil luck foah
a week. Ii Am in de- dream book. sab
1t am dab Oh fuuf page"
The mystery was explained. However
the opinions of the officer were not COIL
plimtntary.-CAicago News.
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The Reason For Sem. Failures,


How many public men have fallen be
cause they have been discourtsOus to sub
ardinates. to newsyuthsrsrs. to voter
after election. How maRy. ON the ethei
hand. have climbed to great heights OF
power and reputation because they paid
attention to the civilities Of life! PEG
pie have long memories. They never for
give the slightest atfront to their sover
eighty.
The moment a public man 30 far for
gets the source of his power M to trea,
the humblext individual with scant cour
tesy he places in action an engine for hIi
own destruction. Per contra. let an oil
cial be thoroughly agreeable In manner
and genuinely interested In the welfare
Of persons whom he may never have oc
casion to "use," and he places In un
known hands cymbals to proclaim his
merits.
Popular favor Is swayed Us often BY
the personal manner Of q candidate 81
by the principles he represents. True
courtesy, however. springs from tbs
heart rather than from the head II
takes little account Of rank or circunl.
stance or benefits to be derived.-Suc.
cess.
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The Religion of sovereigns.

Kings are rarely pious. though theE
are still more rarely unbelievers. There
have been plenty of bad men upon Euro
nean thrones. and the lives of few kings
will bear study through an ethical micro
scope. but we can recall only one. King
Frederick the Great Of Prussia. who was
G scoffing unbeliever. He even sneered
at the British ambassador for saying that
he would do something or other by the
help of God" and asked. with his nose in
the air. whether the English counted God
among their allies. YES. your majesty.
was the crushing reply. land the only
ally who asks no subsidy from us" The
temper displayed in Frederick's jest is.
however, most unusual among sovereigns,
and, though when they win victories
they are often accused of hypocrisy for
publicly processing their belief that God
rules all, it is more probable in spite of
their usual conduct. that the profession
has been sincere.-Spectator.
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ehe was still very white, anu there WIS
strained look In her fdet-- not the ex.
preston .af joy he would have expected
to see. She walked rapidly, paying NO
heed to Dare.
He put his hand gently ON her arm.
"DO not walk so fast. Monica. You
will tire yourself out"
She did not reply, but went more
slowly.
Monica" began Dare hesitntingly. 81
do not think that you will lind letter
from Allen"
She stopped still and looked at him.
what is it. Laurence? You are hid
ing something. What Is the mystery !?
Why did you not wish to read the let
ter"
Monica. l believe you are brave girl.
| Call up all your pride now"
She gazed at Kim with wondering eyes.
Laurence. what Is it,
He looked around hastily. 1t was but
a short distance to the rocks ut the cove.
and the place was deserted.
Let us go down there. ! cannot talk
to you here"
She followed him subnissivsly.
Thoughts OF their last interview Ut this
place came to her mind. How miserable
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The bearded Vicar.

The vicar of an east London parish was
one of the first London clergymen to
grow his beard. The then bishop of Lon
don wished to stop the practice and, as
he was going to confirm in that church,
sent his chaplain to the vicar to ask him
to shave it off, saying he should other
wise select another church for the con-
firmation. The vicar replied that he was
quite willing to take his candidates to
another church and would give out next
Sunday the reason for the change. OF
course the bishop retracted. - Bishop
HOw's Notebook.
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AN AEEABLE hlGhWAYMAN.
A Travelling Mans story of q Night
Ride In L0uikinnR.

A Travelling Mans story of o Night
Ride In Louisiana.
st once saved $500 and my gold
watch by giving hishwuyman two
drinks of whisky at just the proper
time" said Bassell Howell of Rochester
at the Coates House.
at happened several years ago, when /
was selling cttica furniture in Louisiana,
and one night missed ferryboat on the
Mississippi river and had 10 take 20
mile drive III the dead of night through
St. Landry parish. l went to the livery
stable in great rush just before mid
night. mad to be in Opelousas. La, by
early morning, and l was anxious to get
started. The keeper of the livery stable
said to me in reply to my demand for
rig:
eyes, you can have the horse and bug
gy, but l don't know who you'll get to
drive you over there. It's pretty rough
country
after much difficulty l found a negro
who was willing to make the drive.
There was no doubt about the roughness
of the road. There were Jumps Of rock
and other kinds of Jumps. and part of the
way lay through heavily wooded coun-
try. The night was black as pitch. My
driver carried on cheerful conversation
about men who had been waylaid, rob-
bed and murdered along this very road.
and hid my 81 500 in an inside pocket
Suddenly there were Il shout and q
curse, and our horse was stopped by a
rough hand ut the bride. l remember
that shivered and that the driver grew
limp and dropped the rcins. But l had
been dealing with country politicians.
and 1 put on my jollying clothes from
force of habit.
"'See here, old man, said in my
heartiest manner, let's have drink"
81 pulled out my whisky bottle and held
it up where the light of his lantern shone
on it. He recognized the red color of the
real stuff, and he stepped up to thu wag-
on and took the bottle from my hand.
The long pull which he took worked
change in the man. He seemed TO be
pretty good fellow. He accepted my in
yitation to climb up into the buggy, and
he rode along with me. l kept him busy
with conversation.
1.-THE sky in the east began to grow
gray, and we were nearing the town OF
Opelousas. The highwayman realized
this, and he made demand for my mon
ey. l pulled SO out of my pocket.
heIe, TINT H. soiu' ~ a.
but you'd better have another drink be-
fore you 60
"Hc looked at me, and l looked back
ut him frankly. During our short ride
had established quick friendship. He
seemed to think that it was unfair to
take the last cent from 4 friend. So he
took another drink. handed me back the
bottle and jumped from the buggy.
".You're good fellow, friend he
shouted. 'Goodby.'
"And he disappeared in the woods
Kansas City journal.