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The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1901-06-20

schools 1t has been thought best to con-
solidate the grammar grades, and here
after all the pupils of the village In the
grammar grades A and 3 will attend
Mrs. Burton's school in Lancey street,
and those in the G and D grades will be
under Mrs. Browns instruction at the
Riverside building
The flftieth Anniversary Of the we'd
was celebrated in a measure at their
home some few miles out Of Pittsfeld
village in the west part Of the town,
Saturday afternoon, June 9Th. On ac-
count Of the threatening weather bat
few Of the guests arrived TO be present
at the event, consequently the big din
Eer served in the open air was postponed
till Sunday when large number of rela-
tiyes and friends gathered to enjoy the
good things set forth. Mr.. Fairbrother
was married to Miss Hannah Squires at
Palmyra by Elder Boynton, a Methodist
preacher of that town long since dead,
who will be remembered by many of the
older residents of that town. Mr.. and
Mrs. Fairbrother have seven children
living, Benjamin Fairbrother of Hart
land, Roswell Fairbrother of Pittsfeld,
Walter Fairbrother of Etna, Mrs. E. W.
Gardner and Miss May Fairbrother of
Pittsfeld.
Geo. Dolbier of Madison with his
crew OF men arrived home from the
Moxie last Saturday. They went to the
Pond, April Sd and built two sets of
headworks, put booms around 400, 600
feet of logs in Moxie Pond. 3,00O, 900
feet of these logs were in Moxie Bog.
500, 900 in Baker Pond, 10000 in Moxie
Pond. The Moxie drive is considered
one of the most difficult on the Kenne-
bee waters as both the Baker stream
and the Moxie are very rough, and Moxie
Bog has no current. The pond is
treacherous and head winds delay the
work and high winds are liable to break
the booms. Mr.. Dolbier and his crew
took the four million of logs across the
nine miles of pond in eight days which
is the best time on record. Last year it
required Is days to take across but
little more than half that number. Mr..
Dolbier is lumberman of many years
experience in the woods and is capable
to handle just such jobs with success.
He had with him one of the most capa-
BILE crews that ever went up the river
and they all worked together like clock
work. Besides taking out the drive
they rolled every log upon which the
mark did not show, to make sure they
were properly marked and would reach
their destination.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1901-06-20
Good Roads.

All will admit that the condition of the
roads In a town Is one of the very i'm
portant things and good roads exceed
ingly desirable. There is no opportunity
for division on this issue, however
many opinions there may be on the ques-
ton OF means to this end.
The legislature of last winter passed
an act providing for aid by the State to
towns in the way of permanent improve
ment on roads In towns when inhabi-
tants take the necessary steps to avail
themselves of the provisions of this law.
Section L, Chapter 2s5 of the public
laws of 1901 provides that upon the
request Of municipal officers of any town
the county commissioners of the county
wherein said town Is located, shall des-
ignate that highway running through
said town which 10 their judgment lie
the main thoroughfare, and said high
way shall be known as a State road"
The act further provides that towns
establishing State roads may, by com.
plying with the provisions of the law,
receive from the State one-half Of the
money actually expended in permanent
improvement OF said road, not exceeding
one hundred dollars per year, butt al
least 800 shall have been appropriated
and expended exclusive OF and In ad
dition to the amount regularly raised IL
such towns for highways and bridges
and that amount must be used before
the first day of August.
The act further specifies the necessary
proceedings by municipal officers ant
county commissioners and for an appea
by towns to the governor and council il
case of dissatisfaction with the aware
made by county commissioners.
The theory Of ''first comes first serv
ed" enters into the provisions of this act
Towns desiring to take advantage of these
provisions should make application t.
the secretary of State and these appli
cations are to be recorded in the ordel
they are received. Ii the appropriation
In any year is insufficient the towns will
receive such aid In the order in which
applications In due form were presented
The towns that get left in the year the,
present their claims shall have preference
over all others the next year.
Municipal officers and citizens of Som
erset towns and organized plantation
will do we'll to look over this act and se'
whether they cannot get some advantage
by compliance with its provisions. Onl!
one Somerset town, Moscow, has mad
any move in this direction, so far as WI
have been informed. The municipa
officers of that town have made applica
ton to the county commissioners unde
Section of the act, and the commission
ers have designated the river road, run
ming through this town from Bingham tt
Caratunk, as a State road.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1901-06-20
Seven Years in Bed

"WilI wonders ever cease?' inquire
the friends of Mrs. 5. Pease, of Law.
renee, Kan. They knew she had been
unable to leave her bed in seven years
on account of kidney and liver trouble,
nervous prostration and general debility
but, "Three bottles of Electric Bitters
enabled me to walk" she writes, land
in three months l felt like new per.
son " Women suffering from headache,
backache, nervousness. sleeplessness,
melancholy, fainting and dizzy spells
Satisfaction is guaranteed Only SOC
At F. H. Wings Drug Store,
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1901-06-20
Unnecessary Loss of Time.

Mr.. W. $. Whedon, Cashier of the
First National Bank of Winterset, Iowa,
in recent letter gives some experience
with carpenter in his employ, that will
be of value to other mechanics. He
says: 81 had a carpenter working for
me who was obliged to stop work for
several days on account of being troub
led with diarrhoea. | mentioned to
him that had been similarly troubled
and that Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera
and Diarrhoea Remedy had cured me.
he bought bottle of it from the drug
gist here and informed me that one dose
cured him, and he is again at his work"
For sale by G. r Fogg, Skowhegan; l..
q. Williams, Athens; Sullivan Newton,
Jackman.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1901-06-20

Portland Argus The SOMERSET RE-
PORTER proudly boasts that after fifteen
years of road improvement work Show
hogan has more miles of thoroughly
built roads and sidewalks than any town
or city on the Kennebec river, little OF
big. This is a distinction to be proud OF
indeed, for nothing gives surer indica-
tion Of the character of a community, Its
spirit Of progress and enterprise, than
the condition of Its roads. Good for
Skowhegan, and may its example In road
improvement be catching.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1901-06-20

You may as we'll expect to run a
steam engine without water as to find
an active, energetic man with torpid
liver and you may know that his liver
is torpid when he does not relish his
food or feels dull and languid after
eating, often has headache and some
times dizziness. A few doses of Cham.
berlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets
will restore his liver to it's normal func
tions, renew his vitality, improve his
digestion and make him feel like a new
man. Price, Is cents. Samples free at
the drug store of G. r. Fogg, Skowhe-
gan; L C. Williams, Athens, Sullivan
Newton, Jaokman.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1901-06-20
A Fast Bicycle Rider

Will often receive painful cuts, sprains
or bruises from accidents. Bucklen s
Arnica Salve will kill the pain and heal
the injury. It's the cyclists friend.
Cures chatting, chapped hands, sore lips,
burns, ulcers and piles Cure guaran-
teed. Only 25c. Try it.
At F. II Wings Drug Store.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1901-06-20

MIR. James Brown of Putsmouth, Va.
over 30 years of age suffered for years
with bad sore on his face. Physicians
could not help him DeWitts Witch
Hazel Salve cured him permanently.
Geo. z Sampson.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1901-06-20

"The Doctors told me my cough was
incurable One Minute Cough Cure made
me a well man " Norris Silver, North
Stratford, n H. One Minute Cough
Cure has cured thousands and it will
cure you. Geo. T. sampson.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1901-06-20

An Exceptional Ease. Towne: Is he so
very popular9 Browne; l should say. Why.
when his set was getting up private theatricsls
he was given the principal part and not
soul questioned his tight to II.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1901-06-20

Eczema, saltrheum, letter, chatting,
ivy poisoning and all skin tortures are
quickly cured by DeWitt's Witch Hazel
Salve. Geo. z. Sampson.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1901-06-20
Just Making Sure.

An old farmer in Scotland once went
to have a troublesome tooth extracted.
Said the dentist after looking at the Of
Tending molar:
'It is a very ugly one. l would ad-
wise you to have 1t out by the painless
system. 1t is only shilling extra"
He showed the farmer the apparatus
for administering gas, remarking that
1t would cause him to fall asleep for a
minute, and before he awoke the tooth
would be out After a slight resistance
the sufferer consented, proceeding to
open his purse.
"Ok, never mind paying just now"
said the dentist kindly.
"Hootsw answered the cautious old
Scot. "a wasn't thinking O. that. But
If Am ga-en ia sleep, A. thocht A
wad like ia count ma siller fust."-
Glasgow Times.
A Canadian bee man thinks that bs.
stead OF working for long tongues the
effort should be to obtain a new clover
by crossing red and white or red and
alsike.
In few months there will be AZ beet
sugar factories In operation in this
country, no less than 10 being now IL
course Of erection.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1901-06-20

The great blood purifier--"Compound
Extract Of Sarsaparilla", large bottles,
125 doses, only 75c, at SIMPSONS drug
store.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1901-06-20

Everybody who knows anything about Chi
ma is writing book on the subject" "Yes,
but that does not account for all the books
that are being written about China.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1901-06-20

No one would ever be bothered with constipa-
ton II everyone knew how naturally and quickly
Burdock Blood Bitters regulate the stomach and
bowels.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1901-06-20
Terms of Courts,

Supreme Judicial:-The third Tuesday In March,
and september and fourth Tuesday in December. Civil
and Criminal.
Probate:-The second Tuesday of each month.
County Commissioners The first Tuesday in
March and August and the second Tuesday in Decem-
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1901-06-20

She SO this is the end Of our engagements
He-It may be for you, but It will take me q
year yet to pay the bills
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1901-06-20
COUNTY DIRECTORY.
COUNTY OFFICERS.

Clerk of Courts:
WILLIAM T. SERKIss, ...................P it,sfelC
County Attorney:
GEORGE w. COVER, ................ =. Skowhegar
Judge of Probate:
EDWARD F. DANFoRTH,. ...........--....S kowhegar
Register of Probzte
NATHAN FOWLER. .Skowhegar
Register OF Deeds:
LLEwKLLyH GOODWIN, .Skowhegar
Treasurer:
K. L. PATrBN,. .Skowhegar
Sheriff and Jailer:
FRANK P PENNELL.. =. -. Skowhe al
DEPUTIKs-C. E. Duren, Fairfield; F. L. Harding
Madison S. w. Herrick, Harmony; c. B. Haskell
Pittsheld; F. S. Parsons, No Arson; R. S
Williams, Hartland; Hiram NJ. Waugh, Starks
shaIles F. Ham, Bingham; F; +. CasTell, Ney
ZONES, Athens; Chas. W. Farrand, So. Norridgewock
w. Guy Pennell, Skowhegan-
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1901-06-20
County Commissioners:

County Commissioners:
ALoHzo SMITH, Comville, post Office, Revere.)
JOHN MErcALF. New Portland.
MILTON L. MERRILL, ST. Adams
The age-herald., 1901-07-19

be introduced where of treatment is not deemed advisable. Where fish cannot be introduced agitation of water by water wheels Is recommended.
 As few can distinguish one species from another, it is best to declare war against the whole tribe, for all are sources of annoyance, even if they do not carry disease germs. As all stu dents of insect life are now agreed that the mosquito is peculiarly a disease disseminator because of the sting, it is plain that steps must be taken to destroy them. As a general proposi- tion one rule strlctly observed will end them-the removal and abolition of all stagnant water. We suffer from the pest through our own slovenliness. Stagnant water anywhere Is a source of danger, whether 1t be in the rain barrel, in cesspools, in the accumula- tion of low places, in gutters, or wher- ever else 1t may be. The man or com munity that permits stagnant water to remain an hour after a rain simply invites disease. When this fact Is fully recognized and acted upon there wln be no mosquitoes and much less disease,
The age-herald., 1901-07-19
HuFFALo's WAY OF ENFORCING

From the New fork Evening Post.
 An ordinance prohibits concert saloons in Buffalo, but twists and turns in the law. the Buffalo papers explain, have made 1t impossible thus far for the police to secure convictions In these circum- stances the police are trying to freeze out" the dens. An officer is stationed in front of each of them. The authorities reason that when a stranger, or, in fact. any person who has ever had dealings with the police, comes to concert hall and sees policeman in full uniform standing in front of the door, he wifi naturally pass on to the next place. There toe. he would find a policeman uncom- fortably near the entrance, and after a few more examples of police persistency the man would, doubtless, become sus- picious. and would seek his entertainment: elsewhere, thus forcing the place to close for lack of patronage. The plan has worked we'll in, the case of objectionable saloons, the police say, and they claim to see it's effect already on the concert halls.
The age-herald., 1901-07-19
Barues on the Sea.

Two barges were recently loaded in Philadelphia with 2,S00 tons of coal, and were safely landed in Havana. The steamer returned the empty barges to Philadelphia in four days.
 This feat induces the Pittsburg Dis patch to indulge in no little growing in anticipation of the loading of barges on the Monongahela to be sent through to Cuban or South American ports in stead of stopping at New Orleans.
 These experiments In ocean barges are of deep interest to this district, for where Monongahela barge can go a Warrior barge can follow, and the Warrior barge will bear a product that will underbid the Monongahela prod uct. No doubt the barge can be used to as great advantage on the high seas as it has been used on the great lakes, and it is. not unreasonable to expect that it will become a feature of our merchant marine. The use of the barge serves to emphasize the import ance of opening the Warrior. Our prosperity and greatness depend upon that.
The age-herald., 1901-07-19
THE TIME TO OBJECT.
le Marion County News.

From the Marion County News.
 Our esteemed contemporary of the Montgomery Journal seems inclined to criticise the Birmingham Age-Heraid be- cause that journal opposes certain ordi- nanees, or sections of ordinances report ed by the committees to the convention for its action, and suggests that the press wait and see what the convention does before condemning it.
 We think the Age Herald Is right. The press is opposed to reflect. to an extent at least. the sentiments of the people of the community where published, and its criticism of ordinances and sections, while pending. should advise the members of the convention that such sentiment does exist, and should put them on in- quiry as to the weight 1t should bear upon the final action.
 To wait until the objectional ordinance or section is adopted, an estopal is placed upon having it modified or defeated. ex- cept to refuse to ratify the constitution when submitted to vote of the people.
 If the convention will pay deference to well grounded objections to certain ordi- nanoes or parts of ordinances, modify them so far as possible to- meet these objections, a constitution may be adopted which will be satisfactory to majority of the voters, at least, which they will ratify at the polls. Hence. we hold that the proper time to speak out is when a measure is pending, for when adopted 1t will be too late. except by opposing the ratification of the constitution when sub- mitted to a vote of the people.
The age-herald., 1901-07-19
NEW GAME OF FANARoo.

From the Philadelphia Record.
 Fanaroo is a gambling game that Is played with an electric fan. These fans are common everywhere now. and brokers, clerks and many other sorts of men are playing fanaroo. Any number of persons can enter the game. The fans four pad dies are numbered-one, two, three and four-and the gamblers place their stakes on the number they prefer. Then the cur rent is turned on for moment the fan revolves, and when 1t stops, the paddle that is ,uppermost wins. If the stakes are made a dollar each it is possible to win a large sum in a few minutes of fanaroo playing. but usually the stakes, are nof more than nickel. and the winnings and iosings are trifiing. It is very interest- ing game, but. bI reason of the constant turning on and of of the current. 1t does not add very greatly to the long life of the electric fan.
The age-herald., 1901-07-19
PEN-PlCTURES OF LEADERS
 IN BIG STEEL TRUST BATTLE
CHARLES M. scHwAB.

He as born in 1864, at Loretta, Pa He was educated in the same town, and at 15 drove stage coach across the mountains. A year later he was a clerk in a grocery store at Braddock, with a salary of s2.50 a week. The same year he became stake driver in the Carnegie engineering corps at salary of s1 day. Seven years later he was chief engineer, and built the Homestead steel plant. He was it's manager for two years
 At 27 he became manager of the Edgar Thompson Steel Works, and remained there two years, after which he was made general manager of the entire plant. In 1896 MT. Carnegie made him one of his young partenrs in the Carnegie Steel Company. He was elected president of 1t soon after at a salary 1t is said, of s.- 900, 900. When the billion-dollar United States Corporation was organized Mr. Schwab was elected it's president at the same salary. .E
 He was married when he was 21 to the daughter of his landlady. He has no children. He does not believe in college education for business career, and stud fed metallurgy. chemistry and the process of manufacturing steel in labratory fit ted up in his own home. He is said to be worth from slOo0o.OOO to $4O,oOO,O0o.
The age-herald., 1901-07-19
Prof. Beyer's Mosquito Campaign.

Professor of Tulane University Is studying the Louisiana mosquito as she has never been studied before. We use the feminine gender advisedly. for all scientific reserach shows that the muscular sting is soft and will pene- trate liquids and soft substances only, while the feminine sting is hard, and will penetrate bulls hide. The fe- male mosquitoes, too, are much the more numerous. Professor Beyer has found already fifteen distinct species of mosquitoes in Louisiana. Seven of these are harmless; four carry ma lariala germs; one is the famous yellow fever bearer, and the habits and possi- bilities of three have not been ascer- tained-
 Professor Beyer is not collecting mosquitoes on the census plan. He has an eye single to their eradication, be- cause they carry to the human race diseases. A patient, for example, suf- fering from malarial fever is stung by a mosquito, and his blood is sucked into the mosquitoes body. The germs are then collected in the insects glands, and, when it stings again, are introduced into another person. One mosquito may carry one kind of dis ease, and another mosquito may carry another. Professor Beyer makes this plain by showing on his slides the an atomy of each species of mosquito. He says a man may be inoculated with two malarial fevers at the same time. He has a fine collection of slides, thus enabling him to show the intestines, glands and other parts of mosquitoes anatomy.
 As a preventive to the breeding of the pests he recommends the use of fuel oil, which is an oil between in- surance and crude oils. The Texas pTOQuCL IS HUI uSdut, buI O "Sii nAio"h II commercial article that can be readily purchased in any town. His sugges- tions in brief are these:
 l. Breeding places. These are to be discovered, their location and surround ings noted.
 2 Low places are to be filled to prevent water standing and becoming stagnant
 s Cutters should be cleared out and Gushed.
 4 Such standing water as cannot be removed should be treated with fuel oil.
 5. The oil used must be cheap; it must pump and spread easily, and must not eyaporate too quickly.
 c This treatment should be repeated every fifteen and thirty days. emergen- cies, of course. calling for a more frequent treatment
 !. Small fish, such as minnows should
The age-herald., 1901-07-19
THEODORE J. SKATER.

He was born fifty years ago in the
 Monongahela coal district and as soon as he was able went to work as mine boy. While still very young he became a sheet roller in a tin plate mill Nights after he had finished work he studied and final ly saved enough money to enter as a student in the Western University. He could not complete his course, but kept up his studies. and was ordained minis ter of the Methodist church.
 For three years he was a pastor of the Brownville church of that denomination. Charges of intemperanoe against him forced him to quit the ministry. He went back to his old job That was fifteen years ago. He afterwards was one of the organizers of the local lodge of the Amalgamated Association.
 He was elected assistant president of the association seven years ago, and in 1897 was elected it's president He has been thrice reelected.
 He is not a magnetic man, being too reserved and studious, but he is a fluent talker. His talk. however, appeals more to the reason than to the emotions. He is married. and, like MT. Schwab, is child less. He lives in modest little cottage in Rosetta street, in the East End of Pittsburg. His salary is $15OO a year.
The age-herald., 1901-07-19
NE ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ALABAMA
Be Fair Upwards the Schools.

The cutting down of the States reve- nue available for the use of the public schools was done ostensibly for the purpose of leaving margin for county aid to public schools. But if this county aid is to be tied up the schools in many parts of the State will simply suffer a shrinkage at the States hands and gain nothing at the hands of a county. It is in other words an at tempt to pare down school appropria- tions, and in all backward. non-pro- gressive counties this would be the net result of the action proposed.
 The case is this-10 cents on each s1O0 of taxable values has been with drawn from the schools by a reduction of the States revenue to that extent. This should be made good by com pulsory tax of 10 cents in the counties. Anything less lnan this means poorer schools, certainly in the backward counties, which need better schools.
 Whoever votes to make the one-mill tax school tax in the counties optional, requiring three-fifths of the voters, votes for poorer schools in at least three-ffths of the State. He votes to take away from 500,OO0 children one fourth of the aid they have been re- ceiving.
 Besides a State tax of three mills and county tax of one mill, there should be the right in each school dis trict to levy as it may desire supple mentary aid. This is home rule. This is liberty of action in a matter that means great good to the children and z daefn;e to the State. Alabama stands
 tyst alone in putting limitations upon educational progress, and Ala bama probably contains a larger per centage of illiterate adult males than any other State Tn the union. The ex- act figures will soon be published by the census office.