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The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1901-05-30
WOman's Board of Missions.

The second annual meeting of the
Eastern Maine Branch of the Woman g
Board of Missions was held at the Island
Avenue Congregational church, here,
Tuesday.
The program was as follows;
Tuesday morning-l1OO:
Hymn.
Scripture-Prayer.
Address of welcome, Mrs. Kimball
Response, Mrs. Eaton
Report of the Home Department,
Mrs. Murohie
Report of the Foreign Department,
Miss Johnson
Report of Junior Work, Mrs. Merchie
Report of Treasurer, Mrs. Wheelwright
Business.
Hymn.
Tuesday Afternoon-2:30
Devotional Exercises,
Conducted by Mrs. DEMO of Bangor
Address, Miss Kate Lamsom, Boston
Secretary for Junior Work, Woman's Board
of Missions)
Offering
Business.
Hymn.
Tuesday Evening-7.90:
Organ Voluntary Anthem.
Scripture-Prayer, Rev. H. w. Kimball
Hymn.
Address, Miss Florence Fenshan
(Teacher in Constsntinople College.)
Hymn.
Offering.
Benediction.
Officers for the ensuing year were
elected as follows: Mrs. Geo. II. Eaton
Calais, president; Mrs. Moses Burpee of
Houlton, vice president; Mrs. Henry S,
Murchie of Calais, home secretary
Miss L. E. johnson of Bangor, CORE
spending secretary; Mrs. J. S. Wheel
wright of Bangor, treasurer
The addresses of Miss Florence Fen
sham, dean of Constantinople College,
In regard to the work of that institution,
and of Miss Kate Lamson of Boston,
secretary Of the Junior work of the
board, were of great interest and highly
instructive.
Because of the unfavorable weather
the attendance from other towns was
somewhat less than was expected, but
the meetings were very successful and
the reports of various officers were very
gratifying. The interest in all lines of
the work are encouraging and the pros
pect for the future, good.
Among the ladies from other towns
were Mrs. Gertrude II. DEMO, Bangor ;
Mrs. Martha F. Bunker, North Arson e;
Miss Hannah I. Buck, Orland; Mrs.
Charles F. Hooper, East Machias; Mrs.
Carrie S. Blake, Bangor; Mrs. &. H.
Eaton, Pres, Calais; Mrs. Henry S.
Murchie, Calais; Miss L. E. Johnson,
Bangor; Mrs. j. S. Wheelwright, Ban
gor; Miss Taylor, Hampden; Miss
Florence Fensham, Boston; Miss Kate
Lamson, Boston.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1901-05-30

A great deal of fun Is poked at girls
because they cannot throw stone or a
SNOWFALL and hit the person or thing
they are aiming at. The general Idea
as to why girls cannot throw as well as
boys Is that they have not acquired the
knack by practice as their brothers
have. Another explanation is given by
a medical man which tends to show
that girls could never learn the knack,
however much they tried.
When a boy throws a stone, he
crooks his elbow and reaches back
with his forearm, and in the act of
throwing he works every joint from
shoulder to wrist The girl throws
with her whole arm rigid. whereas the
boys arm Is relaxed.
The reason of this difference is one
Of anatomy. The feminine collar bone
is longer and is set lower than In the
case of a male. The long crooked,
awkward bone lnterferes with the free
use of the arm This is the reason that
girls cannot throw well.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1901-05-30

We give elsewhere brief account OF
the decision of the supreme court on the
Porto Rico cases. The administration
and congress are sustained in the pass
age of the Foraker bill and the collection
of the small revenue under it for that
island, but duties collected on imports
from the island before the passage OF
that law must be refunded. 1t cannot
be claimed that the supreme justices
lined up according to their politics
There were Democrats on both sides and
Republicans on both sides of each
decision.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1901-05-30
old Gooseberry For New ships


1t may be ungenerous to dlspel pop
ular deusion. but there Is no one
among the thousands who witness q
ship launch who does not believe that
the beautifully garlanded bottle of
wine broken against the stem of ship
is anything but the choicest brand Of
champagne drawn from the admiral's
cellar Whenever ship Is launched in
a dockyard the admiralty generously
allow f40 as the cost of the jubilation,
and Included IN this sum of f40 is the
item of shilings for vine Hence 1t
follows that moi only is the wine not
drawn from the admiral's cellar, but 1t
certainly is not champagne of foreign
vintage. English Navy and Military
Record.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1901-05-30
The Rectors Prophecy.

A party of gentlemen, including Pro
fessor Bailey and Rector Roberts. a
divine widely celebrated for his Wit
and the audacity of his puns, were
crossing the campus of a we'll known
university.
The reverend gentleman, comment
ing on the fact of his recent elevation
TO the greater dignity and the assump-
ton of the more resounding title of a
canon OF the church, exclaimed, And
now that | am canon | suppose l
shall be bigger bore than ever"
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1901-05-30

"far look ahead" is what our Re-
publicans friends In Maine who are will
Ing to take the party nomination for
Chief Executive of the State, are taking
at this time. II is conceded that Govern.
Or Hill will receive nomination for
second term and that without oppo-
'ltion, therefore no opening will occur
until 1904. The situation as 1t appears
at long range is as follows: Hon.
Waldo Pettengill of Rumford Falls and
Hon. William T. Cobb of RocklaDd have
been in the field for about year and vari-
Gus other gentlemen are named In con-
nectlon with the candidacy, and recent
~ Hon. Joseph H. Manley is reported
To have intimated that he would announ6 e
Dis candidacy when the proper time
comes, which 1t is understood will be
when Gov. fill enters upon his second
term. In the mean time Hon. William
l. Haines of Waterville, according to
The Waterville Mail, has stated; 81
snail be candidate the next time
deem 1t proper and reasonable for Kenne-
Dec County to present a candidate"
When asked IL this would be in 1904 he
said in substance that it would be IN
reasonable for Kennebec County candi-
uate to appear in four years as there
We're sixteen counties in the State, each
with right to place candidate in the
held to succeed Gov. Hill. That for a
hennebec candidate to succeed Kenne-
Oec governor was unprecedented and I'M
heard Of. Thus 1t appears that Mr.
names is looking ahead further than the
Olher gentleman, al least seven years In
sead of three There will be oppor-
unity for lots Of candidates to enter the
ned for the 1904 race. Maine is full of
good gubernstorial timber. Ii 1t should
~aosolutely necessary, Somerset could
present candidate.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1901-05-30

This saying is commonly attributed
to Voltaire. who at Ferney when pes
tered by professions of insincere friend
ship said, Il pray God TO deliver me
from my friends; l will defend myself
from my enemies.
The thought, however is attributed
by the French TO Marshal Villars.
while Kant discovers ii in an Italian
proverb, and a German collection OF
proverbial wisdom gives ii in mod'-
fed form. AntigouuS. one Of the Eeu
erals of Alexander the Great offered
sacrifice that the gods might protect
him from his friends and AT the same
time declaring he could look after his
enemies himself. Churchill has some
thing of the idea in the lines.
Greatly his foes he breads put mos, his friends,
He hurts the most Who ia,isals oommends.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1901-05-30

We have trade balance in our favor
of $500, ZOO, 900 per year after four years
of the Dingley tariff bill and yet there
are Democratic statesmen who clamor
for free trade or at any rate want the
protective feature 10 the tariff law elimi-
mated and tour products afforded the
markets of the world by the admission
Of free raw material" We will get none
of this fol.de-rol carried out for four
years more at least whatever may come
thereafter.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1901-05-30

The commissioners appointed by court
to divide Moxie township between the
owners, the Great Northern Paper Com
psny and the Umbagog Paper Company,
expect to begin upon the work Monday,
June 10th. The commission Is COM
posed OF Messrs. E. P. Viles of Skowhe-
gan, William Clark OF Caratunk and w.
T. Cakes of Foxcroft, all experienced
woodsmen and well posted in the value
Of Somerset timber lands.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1901-05-30

Peculiar political conditions exist in
South Carolina. The two U. S. senators,
both Democrats, have resigned in order
to enter into contest to try titles to
political leadership, their resignation to
take effect before congress meets. Till
man, the pitchfork statesman, represents
the populistic, solid south wing of the
party, while McLaurin represents the
party of progress, expansion and the
building up Of his State and the South.
1t will be great fight and will be
watched with interest by the whole
country.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1901-05-30
Such stun ms Dreams Are Made OF.

Such STUFF ms Dreams Are Made Of
The materials of dreams may be
enumerated as memories of waking sen
sations. memories of waking thoughts
and new sensations received in sleep,
whether from without or within. DR.
Gregory mentions of himself that hay
ing on one occasion gone to bed with a
bottle of hot water at his feet he
dreamed of walking up the crater of
Mount Etna and feeling the ground
warm under him. He had at an early
period of his life visited Mount Vesu-
vlus and actually felt strong sensa-
ton of warmth in his feet when walk
ing up the side of the crater, and he
had more recently read Brydone's de
scription of Mount Etna.
On another occasion. having thrown
off the bedclothes In his sleep, he
dreamed of spending a winter at Hud-
sons bay and of suffering distress from
the intense frost. He had been read
ing a few days before a very particu-
lar account OF the state of the colonies
during winter.-Cassells Magazine
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1901-05-30

Secretary McKeen of the Board of
Agriculture has issued sheet giving
the dates of fairs in Maine the coming
season. The Maine State Fair will be
held Sept. 3 to g.; Eastern Maine, Aug.
q to 30. The date of the Maine Pomo-
logical fair is not given, neither are the
dates of Somerset County fairs with the
exception of the Somerset Central at
Skowhegan, which will be held, Tuesday
and Wednesday, Sept. 10 and Il.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1901-05-30

The United States was one of the
nations that joined in the march ON
Pekin, last year, to relieve the men,
bers of the legations whose lives were
threatened in that city, and to give pro-
lection to the Americans and Europeans
who were at that point The Americans
did brilliant service in the campaigning
and the fighting which resulted in the
relief of Pekin. Before they evacuated
Pekin 5000 Chinese residents of that
city asked them to stay and continue the
good work which they had done in pro-
tecting the weak and in feeding the
hungry. This is decided compliment
to Gen. Chaffee and his small army and
something entirely unique in warfare.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1901-05-30

"My husband is just too ridiculous
for anything
why sQi'
"Why, he staid at home last nighl
and attended to the children while |
went to the club. When | returned, he
was sitting on ii chair in the corner, Il
black snake whip In one hand and re-
yolyer in the other" Indianapolis
Sun
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1901-05-30
A Criminal.

A friend of mine, the minister OF a
west end chapel In London, tells how
In his last visit to America, he preach
ed In one of the larger jails and after
the service visited some of the prison
ers In their cells. One case interested
him especially, man of good educa-
ton and address and seemingly Of
abilities fitted to command success in
the world. My friend gave vent to his
sincere distress at finding such q man
In such a position and was going on to
Improve the occasion" when the pris-
oner cut In with the remark that he
believed In England we were fond of
fox hunting.
My friend, regarding 1t as a broad
hint to change the subject, assented.
And may | ask" said his compan-
Ion, when man gets fall, does he
give up huntlngT' And on getting the
only possible answer to such a ques-
ton he added, II have had a bad fall,
and no mistake, but count on better
luck another time"
This case is thoroughly typical. The
true professional is not weak crea-
ture who yields to uncomfortable I'M
pulse. Loving life of adventure and
having soul above working for his
living, he pursues a life of crime with
full appreciation of Its risks.
Changs~those risks to certainties, and
you at once supply motive adequate
to influence his course. II every fox
hunter ended by breaking his neck, fox
hunting would be Stunned, save by a
few desperate men, and the same
would be true of professional crime of
this character II 1t always ended In
disaster. Century.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1901-05-30
Altogether Different.

Sultor-I have come to ask you for
your daughters hand.
Father-Well, the fact is we are pref
ty crowded here as 1t is, and /
Suitor-On. | intend to take her away
from home II marry her.
Father-Oh. well, in that case But
you did give me an awful start, my
boy.-Boston Transcript.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1901-05-30

There is good prospect of the estab-
lishment and endowment Of a manual
training school for boys at Good Will
Farm. $4,000 of the $50 600 have been
subscribed and the association hope the
balance may be soon. 1t is part of a
plan long cherished by Supervisor
Hinckley and would be grand help to
the work of the institution.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1901-05-30
A Gentle Hint,

Little Bobby had been forbidden to
ask for dessert. The other day they
forgot to serve him, and as Bobby is
very obedient he remained silent, al
though much affected.
Josephine" said the father, pass
me plate"
won't you have mine?" cried little
Bobby. ut is very clean. London
Tit-Bjts.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1901-05-30

Trout appear to be accommodating In
Maine lakes and readily rise to the fly,
to the Joy Of sportsmen's hearts. The
catch all around in brook and lake, If
reports can be credited, is large one.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1901-05-30
Pnnr nnern GInnaen.

"Cheap opera glasses are an ahomi-
nation" said an eye specialist recently
There is no doubt about this. l have
made a special study Of the matter.
Lots of eyes are nearly ruined by them.
l find this particularly true of young
girls who go n great deal to the theater
and who seem to think they must have
opera glasses To their way Of think
Ing an opera glass is an opera glass,
and that's all there is to it. So they
buy cheap ones and then wonder why
they have such headaches.
Unless the very best lenses are USED
I should advise everybody TO taboo OPP
era glasses The farther from the stage
one is the better and more perfect the
glasses should he. Exactly the reverse
of this Is actually the case, for the peo-
pie who sit in the rear seats or In the
balcony are usually the ones who have
the poorest glasses. A performance
viewed with the naked eye is much
more satisfactory. to my way of think
Ing. An opera glass gives but limit
ed view. and only the one object on
which 1t is focused is visible. | don
see why people use even the best of
them. "-Philadelphi Record.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1901-05-30

Among the deputies for Somerset APP
pointed nv the Grand Chief Templar are
R4v. Robert Scott, bingham; Frank C.
Holr, Norrdgewock and A. $. Burke,
Bingham.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1901-05-30

Skin affections will readily disappear
by using DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve.
1t is the quick and positive cure for
piles. Geo. Z Sampson.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1901-05-30

The letter ''p" is like selfish friend.
the first in pity, but the last in help
Chicago News.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1901-05-30
All Her Fault,

Mr.. peevish-Where is that book of
mine? You know told you last nigh
where had put it for safe keeping.
Mrs. Peevish-Yes, dear, but don
remember where you said you had put
H.
Mr.. Peevish-Well, declare. Women
can't remember a blessed thing Phil
adelphia Record.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1901-05-30

% cents will pay for three months
trial subscription to the REPORTER.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1901-05-30
Understood nj Last.

Hello, Central Give me one triple
nought South"
"WhatT'
Don't you catch III One zero, zero,
zero South"
"Wh-a-tp
"South one double nought. nought."
Cant you speak paine.Y
zone thousand South ten hundred
South. Get 1t nowT'
"Oh, you mean South one ought. dou-
BILE ought. All rlght." -Chicago Trih
une.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1901-05-30

Try Or. Edwiu's quick relief plaster
for that lame back-it will do the busi-
ness. Sold by George +. sampson only.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1901-05-30

Stops the Cough and works of the Cold
Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets cure cold
in one day No Cure. no Pay. Price IS cents.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1901-05-30
SOUTH NORRIDGEWOCK.
OG ETIEs.


LrBASoS LoDCg NJ. JIG r. & A. M-Chafles
fauana. Master, G. A. Ward ser: = T.
DaufOrth. Ifea- Regular meetings SATURDAY.
On or peiofe the fun u the nom.
CEDAR CHATTER 70 q, o. +. s.-Blanche T.
8afd, worthy Aatron5 Maud A. carr ~
Last Has.ey Treas Meetings third FrIday
evening - zach month Al Masonic Hall
Qti>s KBhssETT LoDeE No. lV3 / .. o p
+. A hilton Noble Grand r { Han Zee
Z. ;. M!iler freas. Meetings Monday even
| inRs az ~.
soskEsEI LoDoK 70. III RYBREAH-S r..
lsadore l. &iHg see. nina u. Tattle; Treas
Lila G. T9bey. Meetings znd and sth FRIDAY
evenings
Zen. beho LoDsk lo3 KsieHrs or Pg1nAs-Ray
E4gelpw, {. e. {. y. Staples, X. 81 4 & s.: + r.
Tuttie, Master Of Excheqaer Tuesday eyen51es
at K. T. Hal
OLD PoIsT LoDGE 70. "a ]. 0. 6. Tn c.
/ Hot, c. T. " +. hrgwu, Sec Alfred Tattle.
/ Treas. Regular meetings Thursday evenings ia
| Grange Hal.
6o1EEsEr GRANGK So IS p. Of Holm
{. Pierce, Master LIZZIE Howay. SEC; Annette
Z. Burgess. Tfeas. Meetings Thursday even
lngs on OF before fun = The moon and two weeks
after.
BATES Posr No. IS G. a. R.-stexard Wing.
Commander II. \. Cross, Adj; H. L Hale,
Quartermaster. Meetings frst Tuesday even
| ings In Grange Hall.
The VILLAGE IMPROVEMENT socIRTY-nrs.
! j. W Hathaway, Pres; Mrs. Fannie Hussey,
Sec; Mrs. Electa 2. 1obey Treas MeetIugs
hfst and third FRIDAY afternoons Of the month.
OosooLA ASSEMBLY, No. g. Pythian Sisters
hood-Mrs. b. +. Burgess, {. c; Mrs. t. H
Burgess, h of 4. & s. Mrs. G. s. Jewett, Mis-
ire IF Exchequer. Meetings every other
Monday evening at K. p Hall.
CHURCHES.
CoSGKEeATIoSAL LHrRCH-ReY. J. A. Jones'
pastor. Sunday-Morning service. 10 30: Sun
DAY school, Z N, Y. ?. 5. {. L, ? \. Wednes-
DAY evenings-Prayer meeting followed by
teachers meeting
THE CHRISTIAN ENDEAyoH Society Of the
congregational church,. W. Spaulding, presi-
| dent; A Whitcomb, il vice president: Hattia
A. Iongley, sec. and Treas. Meetings Sunday
eve ia vestry
BAPTIST CHrRcH-ReT Z. F Turner pastor.
! notwithstanding service, 1890; Sunday school,
| Il NJ; prayer meeting, ?. N.
! THE CHRISTIAN ENuEAyoR Society Of the
Baptist church,. \. Whiting. Pres; Mrs.
Mary T. Whiting, Cor sec Miss Il. J. Haynes,
Treas. Meetings Wednesday evenings in vestry
at 30.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1901-05-30

Last Monday, l.. $. Young was appoint
ed postmaster at The Forks.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1901-05-30

In 1890 Pennsylvania had a eolored
population OF 1924.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1901-05-30

The second annual meeting of the
Eastern Maine Branch of the Woman's
Board of Missions was held at the Island
Avenue Congregational church, here,
Tuesday.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1901-05-30

ENTERED AS SECOND GLASS MAIL MATTER.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1901-11-08
sAvONBURG sCRIBBLlNeS.

Nov. 6-Clark Afford marketed hogs
in the burg Monday.
Lee Morrison of Elsmore Sundayed
in the burg.
Election is over and we wonder who
is the lucky one?
j. V. Sponenbarger has moved into
the Pigg property.
DR.. Morgan of Kimball, visited in
the burg Tuesday.
]. q. Lacy, postmaster. moved to
Moran last Thursday.
VIM. McCracken OF Leanna, visited
NJ. K. Hunter Monday.
Moffiitt & Alexander have received
line of buggies and wagons.
Bert Hughes of Vinita, |. t., was in
the burg on business last week.
w. e. Alexander put in deep well
pump for Charley Smith last Saturday.
M. V. Hamm Of Bourbon county,
transacted business 10 the burg Tues
day.
Mrs. Snyder was called to Colorado,
by telegram to see her husband who is
seriously i'll.
L. j. King bought car load of ap'
Piles this week, and shipped them
East. So much for Kansas.
A. Miller is the proudest man in the
burg. He has struck good vein of
water at the depth of $50 feet. Mr..
Miller has secured this we'll at cost
af almost $500.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1901-11-08
HARMONY HEARSAY.
Nov. 6-Fine weather for ducks a

Nov. Cline weather for ducks and
hog killing.
Some of the farmers are blowing.
G. CLOUD Sundayed at j. NJ. Booe's.
Anna Hogan visits home every two
weeks.
M. NJ. Booze and family Sundayed in
Chanute.
Harry Keys and wife called on Net
tie Booze last week.
County Superintendent visited Mr.,
BoOes school Wednesday.
Bertha House visited home folks at
Erie, Saturday and Sunday.
Basket supper was very well attend.
ed at Harmony. Some baskets sold as
high as 81 so. Proceeds we're $3.50.
John Geisler acted as auctioneer.
There will be box supper at Neo.
sho Valley, Friday evening, Nov. Is,
given by NJ. M. Booze and pupils.
Everybody come and have good time.
The little fuss at the supper between
Clarence Carillson and Ed Thuney did
not amount to anything. The truth
Of the matter. Clarence was not t.
blame and the country boys were 10
the wrong.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1901-11-08
AUSTIN ANTICS.

Elmer Schmoker is working for MIR.
FlOttman
Mass Niece Williams visited Lydia
Flottman.
Ella and Kitty Morey Of Chanute,
visited the FiOttman sisters Sunday.
There is talk Of organizing literary
at Austin school house. We hope they
succeed.
The nail route No. started last
Friday. This is great benefit to the
farmers.
A number OF young folks Of Austin
attended church at carleton Sunday
evening.
Miss Carrie Flottman, who is work
in Chanute, visited home folks Satur-
day and Sunday.
Mrs. Ermey and Mrs. Coulson and
NJ lsses Anna Jennes. Sophia Flottman
and Niece Williams and Walt Myres
visited The school Friday.