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WOMAN'S WORLD.
ENGAGEMENT OF THE BEAUTIFUL
DAUGHTER OF MRS. POTTER.

Women as Members of CounciIn-Lit-
erature and HOusework-A Profit
able EmpIoyment-auee WiIheI-
mina-The Beauty Patch.
1t is rumored on the other side OF the
Atlantic. and the echo of the gossip
has just reached here, that Mrs. James
Brown Potter Is going 10 marry short.
ly an Englishman of title. The re
port Is of interest to New Workers. but
not SO much so as the announcement
of the engagement of the noted &C
tress' pretty young daughter, Miss
Fiji.
Eff Potter made her debut three sea
sons ago and has gone her way quiet
ly, as do all well bred young women,
winning many friends and much ad-
miratlon for her beauty. Anywhere she
would be recognized as the daughter
of Cora Urquhart Potter, for she has
the same hazel eyes. bronze colored
hair and pure white complexion.
Jimmie Stlllman, son of James Still
man, who Is president of the National
City Bank of New York, the bank that
has more money in its vaults than any
other In America, Is the fortunate
young man. Ever since James Still
man graduated from Harvard in 1896
his admiration for Miss Potter has
been undisguised.
Even the Potter family, who object
ed so thoroughly to little Fits mother
admit the beauty and loyeliness of dis
position of their young relative, She
has been her fathers constant compan-
ton, and upon her he has lavshed
every luxury and the love of devoted
heart
Fiji Potter has long line of ancestry
to look back upon-the Potters,
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between him and an English soldier,
and he was ordered off the grounds. AS
he stopped to argue the matter he was
run into the guardhouse to give him a
lesson. The prison held four or five
soldiers at the time, but Chilka sat
down in a corner and refused to notice
any of them. They turned from him
suddenly saw that he was missing.
There was but one window, and that
was barred. There was but one door,
and that had not been opened. The
alarm was given, and an officer came
In to investigate. 1t was little he could
discover. The peddler had vanished,
and yet had he been a cockroach there
was no crevice he could have used to
escape. The door had been locked,
with sentry on the outside, and the
window had not been tempered with.
When the officer made his report he
was reprimanded. To square himself
he fell back on the soldier prisoners.
Before the affair ended a good many
officers were badly mixed up. 1t could
not be disputed that Chilka had been
locked up. IT could not be disputed that
he had vanished soon after. No one
could say how he had gone and that
was the stick of 1t. To say that he
had melted into shadow and foated
through the keyhole was ridiculng the
matter. He was finally reported as
having escaped, and 1t was generally
believed that the other prisoners had
somehow aided him. Next day the
Hindoo was arrested In the city for
having passed a bogus coin and was
taken to the city jail to await trial.
When imprisoned In the guardhouse
at the cantonment, nothing was taken
away from him. When taken to the
city Jail, he was carefully searched and
his pockets emptled. Aside from the
fetiches l have mentioned, he had with
him fiat stone about the size of an
American silver dollar The color was
pale pink, and 1t was framed In silver
and worn around his neck. This stone
he had not shown to the soldiers, but
the prisoners in the guardhouse re-
membered his having it In his hands
and gazing at 1t intently as he sat by
himself. He begged hard to be per-
mitted to retain this charm, but 1t was
taken away with the other articles.
Chilka remained In jail overnight
and was then brought into court for
examination. He denied knowing that
the coin was worthless, but as several
others like 1t were found in his pockets
he was remanded to jail to await trial.
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thousand
perfectly without
annoying, n painful
Those dreadful hot flashes sending the blood urgng the heart until
good of the Of
Pinkhams Vegetable Compound
period of her life
what medicine Pkham's Vegetable
Compound Is for
Mar 2,
beer 70 a
wit
time the of the womb The the womb
change of life Please advise
relief Would like possible
Moncova Ohio
Jan. %,
think
weeks taking Vegetable
able
left The
flowing bad still thee little
shall medicine,
will Moncova Ohio
April
of
months could
suffered
the kidney trouble
headache and dizziness well and and feel like
Pnkhams Compound would without
much
remedies
johnson derived from Mrs
AS a of
safely that period
Mrs Pink
hams 10
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o OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
A .HINDOO MYSTERY
BY M. QUAD.
COPYRIGHT, 1900. BY c. B. LEWIS.
> oececeoscecsceoeos

For confederation of what l am
about to relate give you the Haidara-
bad Gazette of the dates of June 6. 8
and "a Of the year 1872. In those
three issues, as well as in others later
on. you will find much space devoted
to the case of the man who went by
the name of Chilka.
This Hindoo Chilka, who was about
40 years Of age, came to the canton
ment at Haidarabad as q peddler of
fetiches. He had the beaks and claws
of birds. the feet of small animals, the
skins and teeth of serpents and the
ears and claws of tigers and panthers
He claimed that all his stock had been
blessed by holy man and that each
and every article was charm. The
native soldier is full of superstition,
and the English soldier In India at
least hopes for good luck. Together
they always buy literally of these
peddlers. There were charms against
death, wounds, sickness, loss and what
not, and the very cheapest and poorest
was guarantee that its possessor
would never be struck by lightning
The man had been selling his goods
for an hour or SO when dispute arose
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women to vote FOR and to hold the
office of school commissioner ia many
counties aud thu privilege of the fair
sex may be extended before long to
enable them to help make laws for
the metropolis.
If New York sets the pace in such
matters. women in other cities will not
be long in following their New York
sisters. With women in city councils
as complete IA revolution as could well
be imagined might be worked In the
process of conducting the city's af-
fairs. Had women to be reckoned
with the lobbyists of corporations who
are trying to get from the cities valu-
able franchises would probable meet
with disaster. In the present state of
municipal politics throughout the coun-
try, such change would certainly be
for the better.
1t hardly could be for the worse, for
surely there are no lower depths to
which municipal mismanagement can
sink.-Philadelphi Telegraph.
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ABSTRACT Of Plaintiffs Wit

ABSTRACT Of Plaintiffs Writ
Date Of Writ, May sth, 1900
Ad dsmnum slCOo.
Writ returnsble and entered Sept Term 800
Real Estate Attachment in Somerset County.
May 10, 1900, : o'clock aud 40 minutes n the
forenoon.
Action OF the case.
Declaration as follows:-
For that the said Defe ndant at said Skowhe.
gan on the day Of the purchase of this writ
being indebted to the plaintiff in the sum of
hve hundred and fourteen dollars and sixty
SIX cents, according TO the account annexed
then and there in consideration thereof
promised the plaintiff 10 pay him that sum on
demand.
Also money counts with specifications as
follows:-
The Plaintiff alleges as to the nature and
amount OF his claim in this writ, that be
claims only to recover judgment for the itemR
speclned in the accou Ut annexed making the
total amount S5l4.66 and interest on said
amount to the date OF the judgment to be re-
covered in this case. All said items relate To
transactions between the parties during their
married life. she being formerly the wife of
the plaintiff, and from whom he Was duly
divorced from the bonds OF matrimony for her
fault at Decent Der Term, A d. 1893, OF the
supreme Judicial Court, Somerset County on
his petition. The money count in this writ
called the Omnibus count" is only to adapt
the case 10 the proof and evidence and law, a.
it may be more accurately compreheuded and
applied, the su distance and material OF his
claim is as specified and claimed as above
stated and no more.
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J. 0. SMITH & Co., SkoHhegau.
LEGAL NOTICE.
STATE or MAINE

- \ + Cf N Al
Somerset ss-supreme Judicial Court
30 4Vt. September Term 1900.
Eomund II. Osborne Of Derby in the County
OF Orleans. State OF Vermont, vs. Maggie
Osborne not an in hsbitant OF this State but OF
parts unknown beyond the limits Of this state
formerly resident OF Palmyra In the County
OF Somerset, and having no tensut agent or
attorney In this State.
ORDERED. That notice Of suit be given to the
Defendant BY pu blishing az attes.ed copy Of
the fiaintlns writ, or an abstract of f. TO
getber VIII this order thereon, three weekA
successfully IN the SOMERSET RRPoRrKR =
newspaper printed at Skowhegan in the
county OF Somerset the last publication to be
not less than thirty days before the ne It term
OF this Court to be holden at skowhegan
within and for said County OF Somerset on
the third Tuesday OF December A. D. 1890
mat she may then and there appear in said
Court and answer to said suit II she aces 81
Attest: n. W. BRAIEERD. CLERK.
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A PERSIAN GAzELLE.

tJami
Last night when my tired eyes closed La
sleep
saw the one love and heard her speak
Heard. in the listening watches Of the night,
The sweet words melting from her sweeter lips;
But what she said or seemed to say to me
have forgotten, though, till morning broke.
strove to remember her melodious words.
Long long may janis eyes be blest with sleep,
Like that which stole him from himself last night,
The perfect rest, which, closing his tired lids.
Disclosed the hidden beauty OF his love
And, flooding his soul with music all the while,
Imposed forgetfulness, instructing him
That silence is more significant Of love
Than all the burning words in lovers songs.
R. II. Stoddard in Harper's Magazine.
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II know something | won't tell"
sang the widow boarder's little girl, as
little girls have often done ever since
marriage was invented.
Never mind, child" said the savage
bachelor. you'll get over that habit
when you get older" - Indianapolis
Press.
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What ShaIIlWe have for Dessert ?

This question arises in the family every day.
Let us answer it today. Try Jen3o, a deli
cious. and heslthful dessert. Prepared in two
minutes, No:boilingl no baking! simply add
boiling water and set to cool. Flavors;-
Lemon, Orange, Raspberry, and Strawberry.
Get q package at your grocers to-day. 10 cts.
VITA
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to look ba,

proud family of Episcopalians, Of
which Bishop Potter Is the head, and
the Urquharts, an aristocratic southern
family with women as noted for their
beauty as men for their gallantry. And
the family of young James Stllman is
every whit as good as that of Fiji Pot
ter. The Stillmans trace their ances-
try back to 1854 to a certain George
Stillman. an English gentleman, who
came to America in quest of fortune.
One of the Stillman girls married Will
liam A. Rockefeller and another Is en-
gagged to Percy Avery Rockefeller
Jimmie Stlllman Will confer upon his
bride an immense fortune as well as q
good and honored name. Altogether
the marriage of these young people
seems to be all that could be desired,
and society is looking on with a smile
of approval.
1t is said that pretty little Fiji has
always treasured the thought that one
day her beautiful mother would come
back to her. From her father she has
never heard anything good of this
beautiful mother, but her childish rec
objections were only of her gentleness
and goodness, and the happy days
when, In white gowns her beloved
mamma fitted about their home in
Tuxedo Park. For years the child
was allowed to believe that her mother
was away travelling and would return
at almost any time, SO she kept her
rooms In readiness and would gather
fresh flowers every day for the vases.
Fiji was 10 years old when her
thought her old enough to know the
truth, he told her that her mother had
left them to go on the stage. Then the
girl vowed never to leave her father,
and from that time has been his con-
slant companion. All the world re-
members that last June the Brown
Potter suit for divorce came up in the
courts and Mr.. Potter was granted the
freedom that had been due him for
IL years.
Miss Potter is an outdoor girl, who
can ride we'll and shoot a gun. She
has enough of her mothers independ-
ence of spirit to make her afraid of
nothing Mr.. Stillman is an athlete of
ability, and many of their tastes being
In common the sweethearts have been
much together for several years The
announcement Of their engagement Is
by no means a surprise to their friends.
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Farm for Sale !!

offer for sale. on easy terms, farm situat-
ed In North Cornyille. nine miles from Skow-
hogan on the road from Athens to North
Arson, containing about 100 acres, well water
ed and wooded Apply to 3w+0
PETER N. SAVAGE, Savage, Me
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"Of all the fool things" said the
farmer YEARLY, the advice to make
hay while the sun shines is the worst.
Why. when the sun shines it'll make
hay itself. "-Chicago Post.
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II a girl has a piano, 1t is dangerous
TO give her a bust Of Mozart or a pic
ture of Beethoven, for then the parlor
is changed to "the music room "
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Women az Members of Councils.

Women Members of Councils.
The presence OF women members In
the council chambers OF American cit
les may not be so far off as 1t looks.
The suifragists are struggling to open
the door from the outside, while all I'M
known to them forces are at work
which nay thrust 1t open from within
before they know IT. and they fall In
on their faces. as it were surprised.
but none the less delighted.
The events which are thus helping
them are way over In London, but no
matter where they hail from, except
perhaps China they will be welcomed
by those who want the ballot II
seems In I.oudon there is plan now
under consideration In the British par
lament Of making women members OF
the London borough council. Despite
the opposition of some OF the leaders
II has met with much favor In the
house OF commons and may soon come
to pass The charter OF Greater New
York was framed In several important
respects upon the lines of government
followed In London Many Of the
ideas that have been found to work ad
mirably In the English capital were
borrowed for Americas greatest me
tropolis, and If the experiment Of hav-
ing alderwomen and couucilwomen is
actually tried in London, many are
limiting that its adoption will be quick
ly followed in New York. 1t is
thought that this London idea will be
recommended here as a remedy for ex
listing abuses, 1t already is permissi-
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The tip Of the minute hand of the
average watch travels nearly four
flfths Of n mile every day
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An Odd EpitaDh.

In "Antlente Epitaphes," Thomas F.
Ravenshow dS7Sl. says Notes and
Queries, this epitaph Is printed:
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IUJU INIVIIdIU HIVHaII a-
To the memory Of Ric Richards who by
Gangrene lost first Toe, afterwards a Leg.
& lastly his Life on the 9TH day OF APRIL,
1856.
Ali cruell Death. TO make three meals Of
one.
To taste and taste till all was gone.
But know. thou Tyrsnt. when the trvmpe
shall call
He'll find his feet & stand when thou shalt
fall
BANBURY, oXoN.
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ORDER OF NOTICE THEREON.

VNIIFk Of z y.
DISTRICT OF MAINE, -.
On this 18th day of October, A. d 1890, on
reading the foregoing petition, il is
Ordered by the Court, that a hearing he had
upon the same on the Slst day Of October, A.
II 1900, before said Court al Portland, in said
District, at 10 O'Clock in the forenoon; and that
notice thereof he 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 said petitioner should not be granted,
And il is further ordered by the Court, that
the clerk shall send by mail 10 all known credi-
tors copies of said petition and this order, adj
dressed to them at 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 Octo-
Der, A. ID. 1890,
isl A. II. DAVIS, Clerk.
true copy of petition aud order thereon
lw42 Attest. A. II, DAVIS. Clerk
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Copy Of account ANNEXED 70 lrrit1
MAGGIE ]. OSBORNE
To EDMUND n. OsaoR~F nr

1896
March l6 To cash taken by Maggie J
Osborne from Edmund q
Osoorue's pocket book with
out lief and deposited by
her in bank at Newport. $4,000
interest or same to date Of
writ, .................... =. soc
June Is cash paid by E. H. Osborne
from his pension money on
Mortgage of Jennie NJ
stevens place in Palmyra
said Mortgage being signed
by both NJ. J. Osborne and
Z. Il Osborne. dated April
G. 1895, the title being in
her, and it being her duty
to pay the mortgage...... IOM
Sept Is cash paid in sane manner
as above. .....,.... =. 1900
Dec. Is cash paid in same manner
as above,........,.. .......... 1925
interest on last three items
to date Of WHIP -. ST.
March money lent by Plaintiff to
Defendant to pay said
mortgage, t,........ #..--...- $500
interest on last item to date
OF writ, Observation-Disclosures. y
Total Amount, 49,. r. $5l46S
CROSBY CROSBY, Dexter, Maine
Attorney for Plaintiff
A true copy OF the order of Court, with alb
stract OF writ. 3w42
Attest: y. W. BRA1NERD, CLERK.
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Bankrupt'S Petition for Discharge.

In the matter of BUZZELL H. ATWOOD.
Bankrupt, in bankruptcy.
To the Hon. Nathan Webb Judge of the Dis
trict Court of the United States for the District
ef Maine.
BUZZELL H. ATWOOD, of New Portland in the
County of Somerset and State of Maine in said
District, respectfully represents that on the 18th
day of August, last past, he was duly adiudged
bankrupt under the Acts of Congress relating to
Bankruptcy. that he has duly surrendered all
his property and rights of property, and has
fully complied with all the requirements of said
Acts and of the orders of Court touching his
bankruptcy.
Wherefore he prays that he may be decreed by
the Court to have fun discharge from all debts
proyable against his estate under said bank.
rupt Acts eS cept such debts as are excepted by
law from such discharge
Dated this 18th day Of September. A. d. 1890.
BUZZELL II. ATN GOD, Bankrupt.
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NOTICE
Supreme Judicial Court,
Somerset ouuty.

Supreme Judicial Court,
Somerset 1ouuty.
Clerks Office, Skowhegan, Me
september LIST, 1900.
Pursuant 10 Chapter ~. Sec. "a OF the Revis-
ed Statutes and act smendatory thereof and
additional thereto, | hereby give notice that
Orville H Drake OF Pittsfeld in the County OF
Somerset, intends to make application to the
December Term, 1900. Of the Sup. Jud. Court,
Somerset County, for admission to practice
law in the courts OF the State. 6wS-
Attest: y. W. BRAINERD. Clerk.
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Notice Of First Meeting Of Creditors.
In the District Court OF the United States for
the District Of Maine,
in BankFuptcV

in Bankruptcy.
In the matter of
MELVIN @ GRAY, In Bankruptcy
BANKRUPT.
To the Creditors Of Melvin G. Gray Of
Stsrks in the County OF Somerset and District
aforesaid, bankrupt.
Notice is hereby given that on the 18th
day of october, d. 1890, the said Melvin @
Gray, duly adjudicated bankrupt, and
that the irst meeting OF his Creditors will be
held at Daniel Lewis Office in Skowhegsn,
Maine. on the 3r1 day OF November, A. D 1900
st 10 O'Clock in the forenoon, at which time the
said Creditors may sttend, prove heir claims.
appoint s trustee, examine the bankrupt, and
transact such other business as may properly
come before said meeting. lw42
October Is A. D.. 1900.
DANIEL LEWIS. Referee in Bankruptcy.
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Bankrupt's Petition for Discharge.

In the matter of FRED H. BURRILL.
Bankrupt, in bankruptcy.
To the Hon. Nathan Webb Judge Of the Dis
trict Court of the United States for the District
of Maine.
FREQ H. BURRILL, of Norrdgewock, in
the County of Somerset, and State of Maine, in
said District, respectfully represents, that on
the l4th day of July, last past he was duly adj
judged bankrupt under the Acts OF Congress re-
latinR to Bankruptcy: that he has duly surren-
dered all his property and rights of property,
and has fully complied with all the requirements
of said Acts and of the orders of Court touching
his bankruptcy.
Wherefore he prays, that he may he decreed by
the Court to have full discharge from all debts
provabe against his estate under said bankrupt
Acts, except such debts as are excepted by law
from such discharge.
Dated this 9th day of October. A. d 1900.
FRED H. BURRILL. Bankrupt.
ORDER OF NOTICE THEREON,
DISTRICT OF MAINE. SIS.
On this 18th day of October A. d. 1900 on
reading the foregoing petition, it is
Ordered by the Court, that a hearing be had M
on the same on the 3ist day of October, A ID. 1890,
before said Court at Portland in said District.
at 10 o'clock in the forenoon; and that notice
thereof be published in The Somerset Reporter
a 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
said petitiOne- should not be granted.
And it is further ordered by the Court, that
the Clerk shall send by mail to all known credl-
tors copies of said petition and this order, adj
dressed TO them at 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 0cto-
Der A. d. 1900.
r.. 81 A. H. DAVIS, Clerk
A true copy of petition and order thereon.
lw AZ Attest A. H. DAVIS, Clerk.