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The sun., 1901-04-12
MOrgnn In England.

London, April 11.-When Mr.. J. Pier
pont Morgan landed at Liverpool. he
declared he knew nothing regarding
the Panama canal schemes with
which his name has been connected in
the English press.
The sun., 1901-04-12
Fell From a Car.

John May OF Twenty-se ,ond and La
motto streets, stepped off Riverview
car at Twenty-second and Market streets
while the car was in motion about II 10
o'clock last night. He fell, cutting his
face. DR.. WortGington attended him.
The sun., 1901-04-12
George @. Cannon Bctter.

Monterey, Cal, April IL. = Apostle
George Q. Cannon of the Mormon
church, who is seriously i'll here, is
slightly better.
The sun., 1901-04-12

Attend the sale of agricultural imph-
ments and horses at White Bros. at II
O'clock.
The sun., 1901-04-12
CrOls PInna.

London. April 1l.-It is expected that
Richard Croker will remain in England
ultil after the racing season.
The sun., 1901-04-12
Dockstader's Theatre.
All This Week.

a Great Easter OTering---Positiveiy
the BEST SHOW I'm Town.
THEGREAT FITZGERALD,
EUGENE ELLSWORTH AND MADGE BURT.
CAMPBELL AND DARE,
nOLIY THEOBALD AND HOWARD POWHRS
THE BROS. MDONALD,
MISS BELLh WILTON,
FITZPATRICK AID TAPER,
Extra! Extral! The famous and only
DAN CRUMMONS AND ROSE GORE.
Afternoons and evenings, 10, 90, 30c,
The sun., 1901-04-12

FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
Closing Quotations of the New York
Stock Exchange.

New York, April IL.
Money on call strong at per cent. Prime mer-
camille paper, 3laaila per cent. Sterling exchange
easier with actual business in bankers bills at
$i.s7Aaiss for demand and at $i.alaa4.s4A for
60 days. Posted rates. si.s5h and S4,s9. Com
mercial bills si.s3%ais4A. Silver certificates,
5Sa5gc Bar silver, 59isc. Mexican dollars, iSc.
Government bonds steady. State bonds inactive.
Railroad bonds steady.
The Somerset reporter., 1901-09-05
cbopiu ON Piano lingering,

This Is from a fragment of piano fin
gering left by Chopin: No one notices
inequality In the power of the notes of
a scale when 1t Is played very fast and
equally as regards time. In a good
mechanism the aim is not to play eY-
erything with an equal sound. hut to
acquire a beautiful quality of touch
and perfect shading.
For a long time players have acted
against nature In seeking TO give equal
power to each finger On the contrary,
each finger should have an appropriate
part assigned 1t. The thumb has the
greatest power being the thiekest fin
ger and the freest. Then comes the lit
tie finger, at the other extremity of the
hand The middle finger Is the main
support of the hand and is assisted by
the first Finally comes the third, the
weakest one
"Asto this Samese twin of the middle
finger some players try to force 1t With
all their might to become Independent,
a thing impossible and most likely IN
necessary. There are. then, many diff
ferent qualities of sound. Just as there
are several fingers. The point Is to
utilize the differences. and this. In other
words, Is the art of lingering. Hume
ker's Chopin the Man and His Mu-
sir
The Somerset reporter., 1901-09-05
Mother Goose Reparfee.

The Little Boy had been trying TO go
into vaudeville. with Ill success, and
he was obviously In a fault finding hu-
nor as be sat under the haycock with
Bopeep.
Il fall to see the reason why you Sc
cure such widespread advertisement"
he exclaimed pettishly.
"Espeelally." retorted Bopeep. when
you arc 50 vigorously blowing your
own horn"
You neglect your charges shameful
y. believe even now they are lost, "
he pursued.
"Oh, they'll all come home, like your
press agents. bringing their tales be
hind them" returned Bopeep airily.
Hereupon the Little Boy looked rath-
er sheepisb for an instant. Your long
continued association with crooks Is
corrupting your morals and manners, "
he cried. recovering himself.
At this Bopeep blushed. but made no
reply. Perhaps, after all, It was jeal-
ousy that made the Little Boy Blue
New York Sun.
The Somerset reporter., 1901-09-05
just Like Eve,n Annie.

A fruit supposed to bear the mark Of
Ewes teeth is one of the many botani-
cal curiosities of Ceylon The tree on
which 1t grows Is known by the signih-
cant name of 1.-The forbidden fruit or
Ewes apple tree"
The blossom has very pleasant
scent but the really remarkable fea-
ture of the tree, the one to which 1t
owes its name. Is the fruit 1t is beau
tiful and hangs from the tree in a pc
culiar manner.
Orange on the outside and deep Grim
son within, each fruit has the appear
ance of having had a piece bitten out
of it. This fact, together with its poi
sonous quality, led the Mohammedans
to represent II as the forbidden fruit Of
the garden of Eden and to warn men
against its noxious properties.
The mark upon the fruit is attributed
to Eve. Why the bite of Adam did not
also leave its mark Is not known, but
as only one piece seems to be missing
its loss Is ascribed to the woman
Youths Companion.
The Somerset reporter., 1901-09-05
Stock Markef Tina

Does It ever occur to those who fol-
low journalistic tips ON the stock mar
ket that they are written by men who
find 1t worth their while TO follow an
arduous and moderately remunerated
profession and that therefore the tip
ster obviously cannot trust to his tips
for a LIVELIHOOD
Is 1t conceivable that any one whose
Judgment OF the movements of securl
ties was sufficiently trustworthy to
make even the majority Of his shots
bullseyes would waste his time by
compiling paragraphs for newspapersY
Would be not rather spend half an
hour or so In the morning at tie end
of u telephone instrueting his broker
to buy and sell and devote the rest of
his day 10 the graceful consumption Of
the bonndless fortune that his Enowl.
edge and acumen would. * hypothesi.
inevitably proyidcf
And tips from stockholders CONE IN.
der the same suspicion. for II is not
reasonable to suppose that one who
really had tips worth following In his
possession would utilize them as bats
for clients who reward his efforts with
beggarly half crown per ceut.-Corn-
hill
The Somerset reporter., 1901-09-05
Banks Ready For Emergencies.

To meet sudden and unexpected de-
mands upon banks a large sum Ia
kept ready for use. The average large
bank-say with total assets of $4,000
coos prepared 10y four lines of de-
Tense to resist sudden attack In the
vault or safe about 100000 In bank
bills is always on hand, back Of that is
cash reserve of perhaps 100000 de-
posted In various business banks sub
ject to instant call. back of that again
is perhaps $4,000, 900 In United States
and other gilt edged securities imme-
diately mark etable, and the fourth and
last line ri defense and to be retired
upon only In extreme distress Is $4,000
600 or SS,GO0,oU In bonds and mort
cages on which the mortgagers will be
hurriedly called to make Il payment on
account If the bank Is pushed to ex-
tremities, With such resources dis
aster would seem impossible, though it
has come to the best fortified institu-
Observation-Disclosures.
The Somerset reporter., 1901-09-05
The Antique erase.

Here is q hint for collectors Of an
tique furniture and the like who look
to France as a source of their supply.
A suit was recently brought by wom-
an In one of the Paris courts to recoy-
er from dealer In antiques 500 paid
for a pair Of candlesticks which had
been described In the catalogue and on
the bills as Louis Seize" After she
had bought the candlesticks she sub
mitted them to q connoisseur, who,
without hesitation said that they had
been made between 1890 and the pres
ent day. Much alarmed, the purchaser
took her candlesticks to an expert, and
he pronounced the same Judgment,
whereupon she brought suit
The court decided against her on
the ground that the term Louis Seize"
should be held legally to signify not
that the object to which 1t is applied
by the dealer Is an authentic work
turned out during the reign of Louis
XVI, but merely that the article IN
question is ''in the style of that pc
Rod" The report of the case does
not tell whether the $500 paid for the
candlesticks was a fair valuation of
their intrinsic worth, but If 1t was not
1t looks as If the French law had open
ed clear path for the dealers In IAN
tiques" TO make a harvest at the ex-
pense of greenhorn collectors.
The Somerset reporter., 1901-09-05
insects Become Intoxicated.

Intoxicatlon from the nectar and pol
len of plants has been a subject of III
yestigation by DR.. J. NJ. Weir. Jr This
affects insects, and it appears that the
cosmos flower is specially potent as a
source of drunkenness in bees and 9TH
er nectar loving creatures. A bee so
drunk that 1t could scarcely get upon
Its legs was taken to the laboratory
and placed about two inches from
cosmos blossom. 1t Immediately stag
gered to the flower and began to suck
the nectar and in few moments tum-
bled over senseless and almost Inert
victim of appetite Drunken beetles
found under the blossoms prove that
the pollen must have the same effect
as the hectares.
The eXperimenter swallowed half
teaspoonful of the pollen and In about
l. minutes experienced a feeling of ex-
hilaration, with acceleration of the
pulse and warmth. An injection Tito
the arm of half dram of liquid dis
TILED from an infusion of the hectares
caused exhllaration for half an hour,
followed by nausea.
The Somerset reporter., 1901-09-05

A large number of GOLFERS In Lanca-
shire are accustomed to spending a por-
ton of each week in the public house.
instead of following their work regu-
larly, and thus not having more than
two or three days week to draw for
at pay day.
The mother of one of these men, on
being told of per cent advance In
wages, asked her neighbor the mean.
ing Of 8 per cent.
Her friend replied;
why, Mrs. Hodson, dost not know
1t means as every tonne they gettin u
peaund they'll get 81 shillings for IT.
"Oh, dear me-" Mrs. Hodson return
ed, 9TH max no difference to our
Jerry; he never gets a peaundr'-Spare
Moments.
The Somerset reporter., 1901-09-05


Historically, Mazeppa was hetman
of the Cossacks. He was born of a no.
bic Polish family In Podolia and be-
came a page In the court of Jan Cas-
mir. king of Poland. While In this ca
pacity he intrigued with Therisia, the
yourg wife of a Podonian count, who
discovered the amour and had the
young page dashed to Il wild horse and
turned adrift The horse rushed in
mad fury and dropped down dead in
the Ukraine. where Mazeppa was re-
leased by Cossack family, who nurs-
ed him carefully In their own hut. In
time be became secretary to the het-
man and at the death of the prince
Was appointed his successor.
Peter | much admired his energy Of
character and created him prince of the
Ukraine. but In the wars with Sweden
Mazeppa deserted to Charles MI and
fought against Russia at the battle of
poltava. After the loss of this battle
Mnzeppa fed to Yalentia and then to
Fender. Some say he died natural
death and Others that he was put to
death for treason by the car. Lord
Ryron makes Mazeppa tell his tale to
Charles after the battle of Poltava.
The Somerset reporter., 1901-09-05
MICHIGAN House
Lake George,
CANAAN, MAIN :.

The lest Of boating. bathing and fish
ing. Fine croqaet grounds. An excel
ient tennis court. Large. commodious
Stable Al ideal inland resort.
Asny desirable changes have been made at
tbs popular Inland resort since last season,
and a. ne eomfort aud pleasure Of the guests
VII be ioekea after pefsonally By mr.a16 Mrs.
"ashbarn, 'his p sufficient guarantee as 10
the standard t. be malntaIHed.
No inland fesoft II dains sarpasses this ad-
mirsbie plaee attn H. beautiful lake. fine
hotel, numerous cottages. Iafge anu ssuoent
and dancing partition. efo4ast and s5ennis
grounds. bowling aley. salugs and other
Amnsements. The fishing i frst-cIass. and
fine boats Tor rowing are always al The wharf
The table at the Mohicau House il famous
through Maine as being unexoelled a. simI-
lar resort for variety and quality.
blackboard accommod ating u people will
iesTe the sko@hegan House every =anday
morning at 10 O'clock for this resort Fare,
round trip, % cents. Parties desiring % visit
Lake George % any week day may also gage
this team on most favorable terms tf2s
The Somerset reporter., 1901-09-05
Hunted Down
BY ~. QUAD.
Copyright, 1901, by C. B. Lewis.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

| was putting in a month in a Swiss
town, and as | was strolling along the
highway In the suburbs one day vehi
Gle containing d single traveller appear
ed The driver pulled up that the travel
er might ask If he could find accommo.
dations at some chalet instead of at the
hotel. as he was not in good health and
wanted quietness. | was lodging at a
private house, and there was room for
another guest. The stranger was driven
on, and | sat down on a rock to sum
him up. Having come from the west In
a country vehicle, he must have come
from beyond the railroad station. The
horse looked weary. the hour was in
the afternoon. and | settled ii that he
must have come from Thalla, 10 miles
away Tha man wore q hat which did
not fit him and had the collar of his
coat turned up. He had on goggles,
though 1t was dark day. A person
who wears goggles for weak eyes will
carry q finger to one of the glasses ev-
cry two or three minutes, even if he
does hot remove them occasionally. On
this mans face was a newly grown
beard about an inch long. Every 80 sec
onds up went his hand to scratch. He
was not used to beard, but had grown
one for an object. He thickened his
voice when he spoke to me, and it WAS
easy to detect the unnatural intonation.
Why did he do 1t? Travellers searching
for health are seldom to be met with in
the mountains except in early summer,
and this was late In the season. He
might explain, however. Mr. Braceby.
as he had given his name. probably had
more reasons for seclusion than he had
stated, and had curiosity to observe
him further
He was taken in at the chalet, and
that night we ate supper together l
saw from his table manners that he
had been used to the quick lunches of
a restaurant. He claimed to be an
Englishman, but his American idioms
would have given him away to a child.
The Somerset reporter., 1901-09-05
Very Cheap Rates to Colorado.

O special days this summer the rates
iar roundtrip tickets over the Burlington
foute from Chicago. Peoria aud st.
Louis to Colorado will toe more than cut
ii half, and OF other days about half
Hstes will apply. Then. since we put
onr fast trains on, II takes only one
ght on the road 10 get there.
We are doing everything possible this
lar to make il convenient and not TO
expensive for people of moderate means
- spend their vacation in Colorado
mountains. There is no country in the
world like Colorado for invalids and
others in Search of rest and pleasure.
The pure, dry climate has the most
astonishing permanent effect on the
health and spirits of visitors, and
especially is this so in the case of those
from that part of the country near the
level of the sea.
Write today inclosing &c In postage for
our beautifully illustrated book on
Colorado, and with 1t II requested, | will
send also our handbook of the State,
giving information about the different
places, hotels, ranches, etc., and the
prices charged for board.
p. s. EUsTIs, General Pengersss
Agent, C. B. & Q. r. R., Chicago.
Nv 80
The Somerset reporter., 1901-09-05
Why She VVns Mad.

One morning in kindergarten WEE
mite of womanhood had been trying Ia
attract the teacher by every resource
of which she was capable without IL
rcetly saying she had something to tell.
Finally the young girl went over and
sat beside her whereupon little Rachel
founced her skirts, puckered up her
forehead and, elinehing her band, ~
claimed, ooh. dear, but I'm mad"
The teacher was surprised. for Ra-
chel had seemed to be laboring under
a delightful secret And why is little
Miss Sunshine ahgryf" asked the In
structor.
well, everybody was mad at our
house this morning. Mamma scolded
Sister Jane and auntie scolded man.
ma, and papa said. oh. darn and left
the table, so guess can be cross toov
Motherhood.
The Somerset reporter., 1901-09-05

In the prison Of Luxembourg one Of
Fouquier Tinyllles agents could only
make up Il eonycts out Of the list Of
Is which lad been given him. Il want
oae more" he said. He asked the first
Inspect who passed by his name and on
bearing it said, Yes, 1t Is you" lie
lad him carried off, and the next day
he was guillotined.
On another occasion warder called
cit the name OF an aged prisoner. A
lga WHO was playing ball in the gallery
mlssools thu name tor his oWn aud ask
81 II he WIS wanted YES" WIS the
answer. come along" and the next
day the 10y WIS euillotined instead of
tie man.
At Bordeaux boy of lG named Nil
let was pu,.lotned instead of nm old
man Of 81 named Beilay. Ga object
Ing, he was tal1 tAaf he was 50 years
cid In wlckeGaess.
The Somerset reporter., 1901-09-05


The heels of bis boots. as l observed,
were very true. He was therefore a
nun who did little walking, He had
the curve OF shoulders and neck which
come to one who sits great deal.
Now and then he leaned back and
locked his fingers. as most public Off
cials do when II caller enters, He
claimed to Lave nervous trouble. That
was or waa not II good excuse for his
presence. 4 door slammed. and he
jumped That showed nerves. The
diligence ratified past on Its way from
the railroad station to the big hotel,
and Mr. Braeeby slyly and furtively
peered out of the window. That was
the action of fugitive from justice.
In the course of four or five days l
had the STRANGER sized up to dot and
would have bet five to one that my
diagnosis was positively correct He
was straight haired American. He
was a public official II was his first
time abroad. He was In disguise and
a fugitive. Whatever Doodle he had
with him was In bis undershirt pocket
knew this because he WINS constantly
raising his hand to the spot. That
Doodle was probably In drafts. as he
made cautious inquiries about bankers.
Mr.. Braceby removed his goggles and
turned down his coat collar and spoke
In natural tones after he got Installed,
but he did not wander far from the
house and sought no other company.
He asked for no papers, but when |
bought copies of New York daily at
the hotel and took them home to read
he could scarcely control his lmpa-
thence until he had bis hands on them.
am no man\Runter. | did not go to
The Somerset reporter., 1901-09-05
House Plants For Winter.


The best time to get decorative plants
is early In September. At that season
artificial heat and high, moist tempera-
ture have been dispensed with, and
plants are growing more naturally than
at any other time In the year There
are but few which one can expect to
grow we'll in the house In winter The
aspidistra Is plant which cannot be
killed by ordinary neglect. Give 1t all
the water it needs, an occasional
application of fertilizer and rea-
sonable amount of light The agaye
Is q stately plant, and well grown
specimen always attracts attention. For
the hall it will be found quite as orna-
semisucculent nature of the foliage it
will not require much water except
when 1t is growing. Asparagus
sprengeeri Is another plant which
grows as well for the veriest amateur
rs 1t does for the owner of a green
house. Plant 1t In soil of rich loan
and give it a liberal allowance of wa
ter when 1t needs 1t, shady place to
grow In AID frequent shower bath.
Begonias are not often classed among
the very robust plants, but there Is
one variety which | have found sure
to grow well under difficulties This
variety Is B, argentea guttata. Give 1t
a soil of sandy loan, we'll drained. Be
careful not to overwater but shower 1t
frequently E. Rexford in La
dies Home Journal.
The Somerset reporter., 1901-09-05
Deer I've 10 q Grent Az.

Romance has played prominent part
with regard to the longevity of deer.
What says the highland adage2
Thrice the age OF a dog is that Of a horse,
Thrice the age of horse Is that Of a man
Thrice the age of man Is that Of deer,
Thrice the age of deer is that Of an eagle,
Thrice the age OF eagle is that OF an oak tree.
This is to assign the deer a period Of
more than 200 years, and the estimate
is supported by many highly circum-
stantial stories. Thus Captain Me
Donald of Tulloch, who died In 177G,
aged Sc years, is said to have known
the white hind of Loeb Trieg for 80
years, his father for like period before
him and his grandfather for 60 years
before him. So In 1896 Macdonald of
Glengarry is reported to have killed a
stag which bore mark on the left ear
identical with that made on all the
calves he could catch by Even MacIan-
Og, who had been dead 150 years. Anal
ogous stories, it may be noted, are told
In countries on the continent of Europe.
where deer are to be found In any
number.-Chambers' Journal.
The Somerset reporter., 1901-09-05
NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE.

Noah staples OF Hattland, in the County OF
Somerset, on July l., 1900. by his mortgage
ueed OF thst date, duly recorded IN the Somer-
set Registry OF Deeds, Book "a, Page %. con
yeyed 70 the undersigned the following real
estate IN Hartland, IN sad county, VIZ. The
farm in said Hartsud on which said staples
now lives. bounded IS follows, BEGINNING 81
the east line OF 4, e. Williams lot on the
highway lesdibg from Hartlsnd village to
Athens thence southeast along line Of said
highway to land now occupied by Frank Whit
ten crossing highway leading from Cornville
to Hartland At this point thence south and
west and south on line of said Written 5 land
to land known as the samuel Ham Farm then
west along north line OF said Ham farm and
along portion OF the land now occupied by
Geo W. Sawyer to highway last mentioned
then following said highway in an easterly di-
rection to where land now occupied by 4. G..
williams corners on the southeast at said
highway then north on line OF said Williams
to point OF beginning, containing sixty acres
more or less with the buildings thereon. The
conditions of said mortgage have been broken,
this notice lie hereby given for the purpose OF
foreciosing the same as provided by law.
Hartland, Aus, l., 1901. Sw34
JAS. F. HINTON.
The Somerset reporter., 1901-09-05

Everybody knows. without looking at
tie map. bow Lower California runs
south from tie Pacific coast like "A sort
Of tail. separated from the United
States-for 1t Is a part of Mexico as
some people are not aware-hy "A long
arm of the sea called the gulf of Cali.
fornia. Once uron a time the gulf eX-
tended In II northward direction SEQ
niles beyond its present inland limit.
Into this nortaerly extension the great
Colorado river emptied millions OF tons
ef detritus annually until the deposit
accumulated In quantity sufficient to
slut off the upper part of the gulf,
which was thus transformed into a
lake. To beein with, of course 1t WAS a
salt lake. Lit it gradually became fresh
through the influx Of water from the
Colorado. rhereupon fresh water
fishes, mollusks ana other creatures net
Of tie lriap were deYal6fed IA 1t, and
in this way it happens that the 9rg
hot5oE toGay Is covered with tier fes.
81 remains.