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The Somerset reporter., 1901-09-26
ABSOLUTE AND
PERMANENT CURE.

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experience teaches. The following figures
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r brief synopsis of the different diseases
~, and the number of cures made rheuma-
+ IVY cases; neuralgia, 40l, partial paralysis,
yM paralysis, p9 cases greatly relieved, and
Them enabled to attend to ordinary bust
\ dyspepsia, indigestion, and stomach troubles,
''fr', spinal disease, scrofula, ano hip joint
\ $50 easrH permanently cured, cancers, "
" an" 90 cured by absorption; tumors, all
i! c'-e- treated by the absorption process,
lN'cnrtd, many still under treatment; oatarrh,
se- cured, hronchtis, asthma, 4S9 cases, con.
'u, q and 2nd stages, 526 cases have been
ma 81 cured, epilepsy. 12l cases now
\ .tNnrnt; can refer 10 cases cured over seven
go Diseases OF the liver, 765 cases cured ;
4"a-e' 5U cases cured; diseases of the kid
\ moulding diabetes and Bright's dlsease), 1888
'ed' oil discharged as cured diseases OF
s'ler' Inflammation, etc, l6s. cases cured ;
constipation, 702 cases cured; diseases OF
X NJ eases treated. 81 OF which regained
snt' deafness, $50 cases treated, pa cured J..
Il peculiar % women, 800, cases rejected as
4 ~" ~ special diseases not classified on
I,W being Of a private nature, 1878 cases
sp,N' periectiy, and permanently restored to
h; OF health, strength, and manhood.
", your opportunity to be cured. No matter
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ue OF disease Is more than one half Its cure.
NY We that is at stake; you must either get
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The Somerset reporter., 1901-09-26

sroreme Judicial The third Tuesday In March
- ;eptember and fourth Tuesday in December. Civil
md Criminal.
probate:-The second Tuesday Of each month
corntv Commissioners The first Tuesday in
psrch and August and the second Tuesday in Deem
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The Somerset reporter., 1901-09-26

President Roosevelt Is FESTIVE under
the close watchfulness of the secret SER
vice guard. All the same, this vigilance
is wise and necessary. There can be no
telling how many weak brains the ex.
ample of Czolgosz may have turned. For
weeks to come there will be more than
the usual danger of attacks upon the life
of the Executive. The secret service
men are only doing their plain duty.
The Somerset reporter., 1901-09-26

Norris Silver, North Stratford, N. H.:
81 purchased a bottle of One Minute
Cough Cure when suffering with a cough
doctors told me was incuraLle. One
bottle relieved me, the second and third
almost cured. Today am a well man. "
Geo sampson
The Somerset reporter., 1901-09-26
lIOu Sick? Are You Suffering ?

o. call on him and take advantage Of his free
Y only will you be surprised at his wonderful
Wedge OF disease, his plain, concise explanation
In,'ery cause and effect. but at the marvellous
Eal,Y with which his new, common sense,
|loNAL treatment goes to the very seat OF
/ V9nble, giving almost instant relief, and In all
z MAT h. U. or and tnn fnr
The Somerset reporter., 1901-09-26

Offering her bargain. Lady. won't yon
kindly give pore man sine cents" Nine
cents9 Why don't you ask for $ dime and be
done with it," "Oh, no. ady. know the sex
too well. was once a married man
The Somerset reporter., 1901-09-26
COUNTY DIRECTORY
COUNTY OFFICERS.


Clerk of Courts:
sn1An risEEKlSs,. .Skowhegan
County Attorney;
crosos W. COVER ..'''.'........ - Skowhegan
Judge OF Probate:
,nx.sp F., DANFoRTH,. ..........,.....sk owheRan
Register of Probate:
..-,,S FOWLER. ........ .Skowhegan
Register OF Deeds:
,,vurtlyN GOODWIN, ...............,...Sk owhegan
Treasurer:
T PATTEN,. ..s.-........-s.... .Skowhegan
Sheriff and Jailer:
rs.sK PESNELL. =. 80. skowhe an
n,v-rrEs:-C. E. Duren, Fairfield; F. L. Harding,
u.dison; 5 w. Herriek, Harmony; c. b. Haskell,
aass6ed; F. S. Parsons, No. Arson; r. s.
TT iISI Hartland; Hiram NJ. Waugh, Starks ;
rs,rIes F. Ham, Bingham; F. F. Caswell, New
ssa1and; Sidney 7. Baker, Scion; Calvin H.,
Inss Athens; Chas. w Farrand, So. Norridgewock
L GUY Pennell, Skowhegan
The Somerset reporter., 1901-09-26
A Night OF Terror,

Awful anxiety was felt for the dow
of the brave General Burnham Ma
chias, Me-, when the doctors said she
would die from pneumonia before morn
ing" writes Mrs. S, II. Lincoln, who
attended her that fearful night, but
she begged for DR.. Kings New Discovery
which had more than once saved her
life and cured her of consumption
After taking she slept all night. Further
use entirely cured her" This marvellous
medicine is guaranteed to cure all
throat, chest and lung diseases. Only
soc and Sl.00. Trial bottles free at =.
H. Wings Drug Store.
ECONOMY. Mrs. Newbride-" much are
your spring chickens9"
Poulterer-"Dellar q pair ma am
Mrs. -er-I've got to be
very economical. so just give me the very
smallest pair you've got"
My Family Doctor"
Blue Island, Ill, Jan. IA, 1901
Messrs. ELY BROS Il have used your Cream
Balm in my family for nine years and IL has be-
come my family doctor for colds in the head
use 1t freely on my children. Ii is Godsend to
children as they are troubled more or less.
Yours respectfully, j. KIMsALL.
Judge for yourself trial size can be had
for the small sum of 10 cts Supplied by drug.
gists or mailed by Ely Brothers, IS Warren st.,
New York Fun sire, 50 cts. 2wSs
The Somerset reporter., 1901-09-26

County Commissioners:
Conville, post Office, Revere.)
JoHN METcALF, New Portland.
MILTON l.. MERRILL, St. Adams
The Somerset reporter., 1901-09-26

SOMERSET REPORTER,
A Weekly Republican Newspaper,
SKowHEGAN, MAINE.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-03-17
A WIDOWS BID.
BY NJ. Quad.

Copyright, 1901, by C. B. Lewis.)
AS a sailorman, holding a certificate
as chief mate, though at the time out
of a berth, I was in the Maritime Elk
change, San Francisco, when the ship
Good Intent and cargo were put up at
auction for the benefit of the under
writer's. had heard something about
the queer voyage of the ship. She was
from China and Japan, laden with
teas, silks and fancy goods, and, being
blown to the south among the islands
by a %typhoon, she had struck on a
reef off one of the Necker Islands. The
shock dismasted her, and she was
breaking Up when the crew took
to the boats and were picked up after
several days of suffering. When this
had been properly sworn to by master
and crew, it was for the insurance
companies to come down, and when
they had handed over the cash, the
programme was to put the wreck up at
auction and hope to get a bid large
enought to cover the cost of making out
the papers.
There was just one bidder, and to
everybody's surprise, 1t was a woman
l O O heard it said that she was a
widow and kept a boarding house for
people of the better class. She bid 500
for the wreck as it stood, whether still
hanging on the coral reef or at the
bottom of the sea, and there was a
general laugh as her bid was accepted.
She had recognized me as a sailor
while waiting to bid, and had asked me
the distance to the islands and If l
had ever been there. When b had
bid in the wreck and was ready to go,
she gave me her address and asked me
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-03-17
DER GERMAN GOBBLER.
He Tells How the Druggist Tried ia
Do Him a Good Turn.

Copyright, 1901, by c. B. Lewis.)
| don't hat no work in my shop for
three days, und / vhas feeling awful
plue when dot corner druggist ome in
und says:
Hans, it vhas easy when you I'M
derstand him, und maybe l can help
you. Did you ever read about Carl Co
burg, der grand opera singer"
NO, l neffer did"
"Vhell, he vhas a great singer. He
had sooch a voice dot peoples almost
went crazy aboudt him. One day he
puts on his hat und goes oudt for a
glass of beer, und nopoby has seen him
since. Some folks pellet he vhas killed
for his money, und ONE pellet he vhas
in lof NIT a princess und shumps into
der river because he can't get her. Do
you see der point?"
''Vhas it der poorhouse?"
Not at all. Der point vhas dot you
vhas der long missing Carl Coburg."
'fShust ash easy ash grease. Disap-
pointment in lof turns you against der
world, ind you hide yourself AWAY
und become a cobbler. 1t shall be in
der newspapers. tomorrow. und you
Will put on a clean shirt and prepare
for a rush. I pellet more ash one t'ous
and peoples Will come to dis shop in
one day. ind in two weeks you vhas
bigger dan der aldermans."
81 don't like it, und my wife don't
like it, but dot druggist says he vhas
my friendt ind he goes ahead. 1t vhas
all in der papers next day: Der Dead
Allie. Carl Coburg, der Great Opera
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-03-17
MR.. BowsER,s BOARDING HOUSE
He Finda 4 Landlady Who Would
BE a Sister to Him.

a 81 =
downright. 1901, by C. B. Lewjs.)
| 1t was three lays before Mr.. Bowser
set out to look for boarding house No.
3, and he wouldn't ave made another
move except for his Dragging and
Boosting to Mrs. Bowser before she
left. Meanwhile he went around to the
house to see how the family cat came on.
She was not to be seen at first, and he sat
down on the front steps to mediate. AS
he had just came to the conclusion that
the doctor who had advised Mrs. Bowser
to go awy and live on top of a hill for a
month for her health was an ass the cat
came around the corner of the house n
sat down and looked at him with a re-
proach that went right to his heart. She
been suddenly turned outdoors to
shift for. herself. From chicken bones and
Orange county milk she had been reduced
to old boot legs and garbage pals, and
she knew him to be the cause of it.
From a sleek. slick cat, Boosting of her
lineage, she had become a rumpled out
cast, a tramp among felines. Dogs had
hustled her over fences, and other cats
had knocked her about until her pride of
spirit was gone. Mr.. Bowser looked at
her and felt conscience stricken and was
about to extend his sympathy when a
passing dog leaped the fence, and the cat
had to take up the turmoil of life once
more.
Half an hour later Mr.. Bowser was
ringing the bell of another boarding
house. He didn't look for homelike ap-
p~earances on the outside. He had also
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-03-17
he vhas going to fight me when a po-

He vhas going to fight me when a po-
Ncemans comes in und takes him
avhay to der station house. I pellet I
Will shut oop shop, but in comes a fat
m NIT joy on her face und yells:
so my husband vhas restored to me
again, und l vhas der nappiest wo-
mans in all der world. Come to dose
arms, my dear Carl-come und sing to
me in dot tenor voice as of old"
She vhas aboudt to rall upon my
breast und weap her g1adness When |
shumps AWAY und goes py a saloon
und gets drunk. 1t vhas two days pc
fore I open my shop again, und when
somepody comes in und begins to talk
I shout at him:
dot vhas all a big lie in der news
papers. l vhas not Carl Coburg, but
Hans der cobbler, und if you don't want
some cement patches for feefteen cents
maybe you had better go on und get
someWhere!"
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-03-17
YOUTHS NATURAL HISTORY.
The Grizzly Bear.

The grizzly bear used to roam over
all the States north of the Ohio river,
but soon after the battle of Bunker
Hill he began to gradually withdraw
toward the setting sun, and at this date
the sight of one in the streets Of Omaha
or st. Paul e would excite consid-
cradle curiosity. You must go to Ore
gon or Montana to find the grizzly
in all his bigness and glory. He is to-
day by far the largest beast to be
found in America. and Theodore Roose-
welt and others describe his f~erceness
as something appalling.
The grizzly bear is not a social ami
NAL. The black bear is always around
in search of a singing school or a
husking bee, and he likes nothing bet
ter than to meet up with a tramp or
give the farmers hogs his company for
half an hour. But the other species re-
ferred to does business on a different
system. He seeks the wilds of solitude
and passes most Of the time kicking
himself for an old crank. He pays
no calls on neighbors and receives
none, and as soon as a cub is able to
dig roots he is bounced out and told
to take care Of himself.
While the grizzly bear will not go
over Is miles out Of his way to attack
man, he can generally be found when
wanted, and his readiness to open bus
mess has proved the destruction of
many hunters. AS soon as he catches
sight of an intruder on his domains
he utters a oar and moves down upon
him like a landslide, and woe to the
hunter who is not a dead shot. Not
withstanding his great bulk, the griz-
Ely can get over the ground with sur
prising speed, and 1t must be a very
fast horse which bears its rider beyond
the reach OF those terrible claws
While the food Of Ghe Ion anA ucsr
p entirely Of heshs tts grizzly w1n Ok
most anything that upmes along, n
cInding aEatax hnneors - bnc1lng
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-03-17
The Wreck.

to call. Just what she was up to, l
couldn't figure out, but the fact of a
woman bidding in a wreck was sufi-
Gent to satisfy a sailor that she was
acting upon some information not pos
sessed by the underwriters. l was on
hand at the hour named, and / soon
discovered that she was a woman of
business. When she had made many
inquiries about me and was evidently
satisfied that | was all digit, she told
me that she had discovered through
n Of her boardess that the cargo of
the ship was far more valuable than
appeared by the manifest. It seemed
that someone had a private speculation
in opium, the captain and mate stand
ing in, and it was this knowledge that
had caused the Widow Jackson to
bid for the wreck. The secret had
been let out by the mate while i'll Of
fever and out of his head.
What the widow wanted of me was,
ufSl, 10 ask II tnefe was a possible
chance that the wreck was still on the
reef and If any part Of her cargo could
be got at; second, the cost of fitting out
a craft to visit the scene. and, third, if
I would take command on a percentage
of what might be owe and could
scare up a crew to do the same. The
Widow Jackson was a brisk spoken,
decisive woman. She had been left money.
The adventure would be a big risk. but IL
the wreck was found the profit would be
enormous All l had TO risk in it was my
time, and I soon decided TO do b Act
ing under her instructions. I ooked about
for a craft TO charter and after a little
lighted upon a brig which filled the bill.
/ also routed out among the sailor crowd
a mate, cook and six men who would take
all other chances IL paid a months salary
in advance / got figures on the necessary
stores. a the widow took a day to look
them over. I expected the sum total
would frightsn her. a. the ngurs was
pretty steep IN pite Of Al I could do,
but when I called again no sai1:
r ~ eot tha4 axnounf of msa1v ana
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-03-17

made up his mind that no one should
find him a soft mark again. AS he was
ushered into the presence of the landlady
he looked her in the eye and squared off
and savd:
"MaAam. I am looking for a temporary
home while my wife is absent"
II see" she replied.
II want a good bed free from bugs
instead of a Christian home. L want we'll
cooked meals instead of family prayers"
Il understand. You have been imposed
on by landladies better fitted to run
chicken farms than boarding house"
II have, and 1 don't intend to submit
to any more of it. If you have a vacant
room, let me see it,"
Mr.. Bowser found a well furnished room
and a good, clean bed and was highly sat
asfied. The landlady went over the bill
of fare with him, and he was still further
pleased. 1t was hotel life with all the
comforts of home, and he put down his
money for a week in advance and felt
that he had struck the right house at
last. AS they went down stairs the land
lady said:
you feel a bit lonesome, of course,
with your wife being gone, but we will
chirk you up here. l always have a sis
terly feeling for a lonely married man.
] will see that you do not get respondent.
This evening, if you wish it, I will sing to
you, or we will have a game of cards to-
gether. Just feel that this house is home
and that you lave at least one relative
here
Mr.. Bowser felt that he had rather the
sister business had been left out, but he
went away moderately happy, and dinner
again was his first meal. He couldn't
have ound reasonable fault had he tried
He cut out the sisterly singing or card
playing by going to bed early. and he
never had a better nights rest in his own
room. There was only one drawback to
breakfast. The eggs, toast, bacon and
coffee were delicious. but among the
boarders was a cross eyed young man who
insisted on calling him Mr.. Towser and
warning him that he ought 10 take off
some of his super1uous fat If he wanted
to escape apoplexy. AS his existence was
entirely ignored, however, the INTERRUPT
ton was not serious.
1t was another good dinner which well
coined Mr.. Bcwser again, and he rose up
from the table feeling that he could truth
fully tell Mrs, Bowser that she hadn't
yet learned the first principles of house
keeping and that he was determined new
er again to keep house. He had reached
his room and was about to sit down to his
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-03-17

Up MY Dog" Says.
wipes EN- AWAY on his coattails, und 1
don't say holdings. In a leetle while
he stops crying und says:
Carl, MAYBE you remember dot we
had some peesness together der day
you disappeared. You borrowed $40 of
me to buy some hair oil, und of course
you can't pay him back if you disap-
peared. 1t vhas all right, howefer, und
l take it now"
But l don't borroy $40 of you," I
says.
Alas! But has my old frendt und fell
low singer pecome a liar? No, l can
not pellet it. A man who vhas once
der soul of honor cannot hat fallen so
low. Come down NIT der long green"
Il can't do it. / nefer heard of you"
DO you mean, to tell me dot you
don't remember me-Signor Gallini?"
he yells as he shumps around. why,
eaferybody in der company calls us der
Siamese twins, und we smoke der
same pipe und eat from der same dish.
Don't try to play dot game on me, Carl,
but fork oafer der cash"
Il neffer see you in all my life pc
fore,"I says, "und if you don't go oudt
| shall bring a bolicemans to gif you
some collar"
Well, dot signor he spits on his
hands, und grabs me py der hair und
slams me around, und if my wife don't
come in to him NIT der broomstick
MAYBE | vhas a dead mems. He goes
AWAY, but he says he shall hat dot $40
of he Ifs one tousand years, und 1
shall be a leetle scared all der time.
He vhas only gone when anodder man
comes around. He vhas What you call
some old bumbs. He hat a red face, a
burple nose, und his eyes vhas crying.
You neffer see such old clothes und
hat und shoes. l pellet he likes to
strike me for peer money, und so 1
looks at him und says:
"Nottings vhas doing to-day"
But you vhas mistooken," he says
as he comes nearer. "A good deal vhas
doing, und der best OF all vhas dot I
hat found my uncle und won't hat to
be some bumps no more"
If you hat found your uncle Why
don't you go Ply him."
I vhas by him. Uncle Carl, don't
you know your dear nephew, dot leetle
poy who used to sit on your knees und
pull your whiskers? Speak oop to me
und say You vhas glad. Stand pop till
l embrace you six times"
Ply golly, but / vhas no uncle to
you!" l says. 1T vhas my busy day,
ind I like you to go oudt. l don't hat
no ~neplrews nor nieces, und you vhas
in der soup"
Uncle Carl. shall you go back on
your own blood?" he says as he cries
like a child. For feefteen long years
I believed you vhas dead, und it vhas
dot belief dot broke my heart und
made me q tramp. Tell me dot you re-
member me und love me or I shall stab
me to my heart NIT an awl."
I tell him once q to 80 avhay.
und he oils me = Mr. und = decalver
und ~ - ON n0k NJ IN two hours.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-03-17

bronchos. When one meets a hon,
there are his name and tail TO look at
to relieve the strain. but when one
, meets q grizzly it Is like looking at a
| six-foot buzzsaw whrrhng around at
the rate OF 10000 times a minute.
| There is no manc, no tail, nothing but
a hunk Of teeth and claws about as big
as a widows wood shed, and an I'M
! armed man is overcome at once. 1t
was only two years ago that a boy
!! who had run away from his home in
| New York City to kill Indians and
| bears met a grizzly on a mountain trail
in Montana. He was expecting to meet
the monster and was advancing on tip
! toe with the family butcher knife in
hand and a luxurious desire to shed
blood in his heart when the boy and
bear suddenly came face to face at a
bend in the trail. 1t happened to be
an of day for the bear and he wasn't
looking for souvenirs, but yet his APP
pearance as he sat down on the trail
and wondered what new kind of bird
he had discovered was SO awful that
the butcher knife fell from the lads
neryeless hand, and he dropped dead in
his tracks. The body was afterward
found without a mark on it.
Regularly each year cores Of young
men from Boston, New York, Philadel-
phia, Buffalo and Chicago arm and
equip themselves with $500 worth OF
guns and ammunition and sally forth
into the mountains Of the far west to
kill grizzly bears and provide the spare
bed room at home with extra counter
panes for the winter. Now and then
one returns on crutches. with his eyes
rolling and his hair standing up, and
talks in mysterious whispers about
claws a foot long, but most Of them are
never heard Of again. If searching
parties are sent out they may pick up
an ear or a button here and there, but
seldom anything to assuage the grief
of those who sit in sorrow at home.
While all wild animals fee before
the mighty grizzly, the mountain hon
isn't fleeing very far. He humps him
self along until he comes upon three or
four others Of his species and then
holds the mob back for a little fun.
When a circle has been formed about
the bear, they all pitch in, and IL there
is a man up a tree anywhere within a
mile of the spot, he is treated to a big
ger thing than Fourth of July ever was
or will be. In my picture q have por-
trayed the meeting between the New
York boy and the grizzly, but the pic
ture cannot begin TO express the thrill
ing situation. l trust, however, that
every youth who looks at 1t will be
warned against leaving home in oppo-
sition to his parents wishes. While
there must be exultation in the hunt
er's breast as he sees the monster of
the mountains fall before his unerring
rife, there is a good deal of solid COM
fort in a boys getting into bed at 3
O'Clock p. m. and feeling that a grizzly
has got to eat UP all the folks down
stairs before reaching him.