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The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1901-03-28

The semi-annual meeting of the State
yesterday, As delegates being present
and only nine out of the 81 Boards being
represented. The meeting occupied the
afternoon, with a banquet at the Fall
mouth Hotel in the evening, intersper-
sed by trolly ride to Underwood's.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1901-03-28

A despatch from Manila, in this morn
ing's papers, is to the effect that "Aguin-
aldo has been captured" Let US hope
this is true.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1901-03-28

Shoe Clerk-Are you being waited on.
ma'am?
Fair Customer No. | want pair Of
walking shoes.
Shoe Clerk What price and size.
ma'am2
Fair Customer (rather loudly
Threes!
Shoe Clerk -Threes?
Fair Customer dn a low toue)-Yes;
SO; size, D.-Philadelphia Press
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1901-03-28

Frequent burglaries have been COM
mitted in Portland recently and the
police of that city are at a loss to locate
the guilty parties.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1901-03-28

A cat may look the picture of person.
flied innocence, but it is just as well to
keep the door of the canarys cage
closed.-Chicago News.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1901-03-28
Somerset Plantation Meetings.

T,,I-,,.,-p- ua,.l =. ,l.l.-..--
ns,id n 1I ia H., -, IoTeIa'ol'
lossnr iiT IS ", N ploy' as
%oaya n So r uoi ~ .ou' eo''eT T.
ro1bv, n - dI'' - s'Sasu.eI' y;
committee, Sullivan Newton. Isaac New
ton, Abram Newton Money voted for
schools, $500; other purposes. 5000.
Nc, p,,.,-o u, Nh ~ MI
a+or " II ~ E In = . Main \, 1 S
o., ossd 49,, ~ G.e4 II oI-
II SoIT,.. ~ iioi.'ep' : + rIoigen'
- oi'l IT"s,ti 81 q y. h0'utni
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1901-03-28

Walter A. Mitchell. a native Of New
Brunswick, one of the woods crew Of
Irish Il Sylvester, operating ON the
thurchill, is reported To have been
drowned while crossing a stream as be
was returning to Caratuuk after a win
ter passed in the lumber camp. Il is
said that several companions broke
through the ice and all escaped but
Mitchell, who went under the ice.
- cents will pay fer three months
trial subscription 10 the EETogIER.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1901-03-28

Nathan Knox Of Oakland was brought
to Waterville, Tuesday, and arraigned
before Judge Shaw of the municipal
court upon the charge of dogging deer.
Game Warden Fred Clarke of Smith
field, who had been watching the deer
of McGrath pond all winter and had been
unable, Tuesday, to run down the poach-
er, was the officer who made the arrest
and brought the complaint. Knox was
fined 500 and costs from which sem
tence he appealed and gave bonds for his
further appearance. This is the third
time that Knox has been brought to
court for like offense.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1901-03-28

A despatch from Paris, Tuesday,
states that a dynamite mine had been
discovered beneath the palace of EN-
peror Nicholas at Tzarskoc-Selo, II
miles south of st. Petersburg. Several
notables are implicated In the plot
against His Majesty.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1901-03-28

See that you get the original DeWitt's
Witch Hazel Salve when you ask for it.
The genuine is a certain cure for piles,
sores and skin diseases. Geo. K. Samp-
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1901-03-28
@M%~,

This signature is on every box of the genuine
Laxative BrOmO-Q uinine Tablets
the remedy that cures . cold I'm o@e day
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1901-03-28
Somerset ). J Court.
March Term 1901.

RM =. WnTEHoUsR, j.. Presiding.
" 7. 9gEkIss. Clerk.
GEO. W. COVER, County Attorney
CHAs. W. SNAIL, stenographer
+. = PEsEKLL, sheriff.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-08-23
SKY Mountains.

The highest of all the clouds are those
delicate, white, fibrous, detached mass
es Of frozen vapor always seem high
against the blue sky. The topmost
point Of the highest Of these may be
ten miles above the earth. They are
called cirrhus clouds. Altogether there
are ten principal types Of clouds. The
lowest, known as the stratus, are really
horizontal sheets of lifted fog, seen
on damp days or in very damp local
tiles. These clouds are only few hun
dred feet above the earth.
Some of the vast bodies Of vapor are
higher than the tallest Of the Alps.
They are undoubtedly snow-capped-
veritable mountains Of ice and snow.
1t has been discovered that the tenn
perature on one such summit was IS
degrees below zero.
Were it possible for US to ascend in
a balloon and penetrate one Of these
snOw-capped peaks from base 10 sum-
nit. we should travel first through a
layer Of dry air and vapor, then through
another of dry air. vapor and water. a
third of freezing vapOr, water and Ice
and. finally, through the summit, com.
posed Of dry air, vapor and ice, but nc
water
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-08-23
A Holiday that win Last Week.


There is a movement afoot in New
England to establish a new holiday
"Old Home Week" Our great country
has grown wondrously since the Civil
War. and in the rush to people the will
derness families have been broken up
and scattered. Sons. daughters, sisters
and brothers have left their native
towns and gone thousands Of miles
away to begin life for themselves.
Hardly family in the older States but
has given loved ones to the ravenous
West, and New England has given
more than all. So now it is thought
that one week in each year should be
set apart for family reunions-a week
In autumn. perhaps-when harvest Is
done and the children of New England
can come together under the old roofs.
meet their old playmates and live their
old lives. All through the Western
States people are becoming interested
in the new holiday. and last year one of
the New England governors issued a
proclamation setting aside an "Old
Home Week" The homecoming was
general enough to warrant the belief
that the holiday can be made perma'
nent one.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-08-23
ROUEN'S AIR FERRY
OLDEST or BRIDGES.

The "Pont Transbordeur." or over
head ferry, which has been built and
is now In successful operation, over the
River Seine, at Rouen, France, repre-
sents the solution In a novel way Of one
of the most interesting problems in en-
cheering. There is nothing like this
overhead ferry in any other country in
the world.
Among the means which the engineer
has hitherto employed to cross rivers
and channels are boats or ordinary fer
ries. swing, draw, bascule and ordinary
bridges, tunnels under the beds Of chan
nels and travelling carriers.
The swing, draw and bascule bridges
can only be safely used over locks. in
land canals or rivers, where a vessel
can be under perfect control In all
kinds Of weather. Ordinary bridges are
more satisfactory than the others. but
If they are to cross a river leading to
an important harbor they should be of
a height to permit a ship with the tall
est mast to pass under. Some masts
are zoo feet above the water. Inclines
or elevators must be used to reach the
bridge level, and the reason that there
are so few bridges like the Forth
Bridge in Scotland and the Brooklyn
Bridge is their great cost. The objec-
ton to tunnels is the great cost and
risk in building. Many large tunnels
under water have been abandoned, and
even when huilt are not greatly apDre-
ciated by the general public.
The overhead ferry system remedies
all these drawbacks. The advantages
of he system are:
The channel to be crossed is left en-
tirely clear at all hours, without requir-
ing vessels to make any special signals
or modify their rate Of speed any more
than they would in the case of a cross
channel ferry.
No increase of distance or ascent or
descent is forced on the traffic In or
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-08-23

hands, and such small sums as $500
frequently. Mrs. Richard Irwin has
denied the story that she will lead
crusade against the game, and says
that, while she does not play bridge
herself. she is not opposed to the game.
At a recent whist party in New York
one man, a guest, lost something Ike
$500. When the game was over he
babe his hostess goodnight and told
her he would send his check for the
amount the following morning. 1T is
our CUSTOM" she informed him, ito
settle up everything at once. "Can you
not pay it nowT He hadn't the mon
ey with him nor a check, but, as his
hostess persisted, he managed to Dor
row the amount from his friends!
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-08-23
COULD NOT ESCAPE BLAME.
SIanderer Did Not Shift Responsibility
on the Photograph.


on the Photograph.
A sewing machine agent in Germany
wanted to SANDER an employee whom
he had quarreled with and discharged.
He did not call it SANDER. but he knew
that his enemy would, and possibly the
courts also, and as the penalties for
that offense are likely to be heavy in
the kaiser's realm he sought out way
in which he could gain the desired end
without endangering his own safety.
An inspiration came to him and pur-
chasing a photograph roll he went to
the village inn, placed it into the in
strument which was in the taproom and
talked it full of things about his some
time friend.
Later in the day the patrons OF the
inn came in to have their beer, and, as
was their custom. some Of them dropped
coins into the photograph and set it a.
talking. The result was appalling to
them. The photograph told the most
shocking tales about one whom they
considered a hitherto much respected
and altogether to be praised If not
admired fellow citizen, tales they knew
not to be true. They hurried TO the
slandered man. and in the course of
time he brought an action against his
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-08-23

A cool, delightful trip can be made
to San Francisco and return by
steamer for only $50 by taking advant-
age Of the 0. r. & n offer. That
rate includes meals and berth. Dur
ing July and August the ocean is
smooth and the trip is very beneficial
to health, as it gives perfect rest
under the most pleasant conditions.
Agents of the o. R. & N. anywhere
will tell all about how to make the
trip, or write A. J.. Craig, general
passenger agent, Portland.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-08-23

former employer. The latter pieaded
that he had not insulted the plaintiff.
but that the photograph was the guilty
one. The monograph was brought into
court and turned on to give its testi-
mony. but it refused to work. How
ever, the judge decided that the de-
PENDANT was at least an active accom-
plice in the ISLANDERS and fined him so
marxs.-New York Commercial Adyer-
tiser.
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der to cross from one shore to the
other.
The essential part Of the system may
be described as a horizontal railway
supported by a bridge spanning the
channel and built up at such a height
as will allow the tallest masted vessels
frequenting the channel to pass be-
meath.
The platform Of the bridge carries
two lines Of rails, over which a car
riage on small wheels rolls. the num-
of wheels varying with the weight to
be carried.
The rollers are connected with
movable frame under the line Of rails.
which may freely move in Longitude
nal direction quite close to the plat
form and from one end to the other Of
same. Thus is provided a rudimentary
vehicle which can cross the channel
without interfering in any way with
the opening. which is to remain clear.
In order to obviate any swinging
motion which might result from the
pressure Of the wind or the forward
motion Of the carrier itself, the rods by
which the latter is suspended are ar
ranged in triangres, both in the longitu-
dinal and transyersal directions. There
is thus a little railway for crossing the
river. with this difference, that the
body of the vehicle. instead Of being
above the rails and wheels as usual is
some 14O or 100 feet below these.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-08-23

The lead pencil industry in Germany
is at present suffering from American
competition. 1t is alleged that our
success in this branch Of industry is
mostly due to the perfection of the
machinery.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-08-23
LIFE SENTENCE FOR A FEUDIsT.

John Shotwell is a famous Kentucky
feudist, and was recently convicted at
Williamsburg Of participation in the
Corbin riots, during which the restau-
rant belongingto the Whites. the oppos-
ing faction, was blown up with dyna-
mite, and two persons were killed.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-08-23
SOcIETY'S FAIR @ MBLERS
PLAY BRIDGE WHIST.

Society in New York has been indict-
ed by Dame Rumor for gambling
Bridge whist is the game Of chance
now most popular with the fashion
ables, and 1t is claimed that in the
course Of an evening of bridge some
times as much az $4,000 changes
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-08-23
A Fisherman,s LUCK.

The prize Of $4,000 in a French lot
terry has been won by an old fisherman,
who is over 60 years Of age, and has not
missed a day from fishing for over fifty
years. He can neither read nor write,
and allowed his little niece to choose
the number OF the ticket for him.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-08-23
Psanut KIne Employs 800 Men.

F. w Mills as peanut king has
had an interesting career. He began
life as a peanut vender on train.
When only II years old he had con-
tracts with several railroads running
out OF Chicago for the exclusive right
to sell peanuts on the trains.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-08-23

1.-THE A. B. C. OF Photography" by
Fayette j. Clute is one OF the best text
books for amateurs ever published.
Price 25 cents by mail. Camera Craft
Pub. Co. $50 Suffer St., San Francisco.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-08-23
Dressed to Slsv.

my" exclaimed the young man,
who had called to take her out in his
cutter. Fur cap and jacket You re
dressed to kill.
Not exactly" she replied
Merely to sleigh
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-08-23
New j,rs.v', Denssst Population.

Paterson has the most populous
city ward in the state of New Jersey.
1t is the Third ward, with %, $50 peo-
pie. Newark has the next largest,
with 90, 1853. Elizabeth has a ward
with only 6,37S population.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-08-23
Welsh Language.

The poll taken of Cardiff. Wales,
on the question OF whether children
in the board schools should be taught
the Welsh language has resulted in a
majority of 81 votes against it.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-08-23
lnterurban Badinaee.

"Your town, said the Chicagoan,
"is called the City OF Straits, l be-
lieve.
Eyes, " replied the Detroiter. "and
yours, 1 suppose, might be known as
the City of Crooks. "
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-08-23
MRS; FRANK CARTEL

OF Az SICK women
Il suffered with Inflammation and
falling of the womb and other dis
agreeable female weaknesses. l had
bad spells every two weeks that would
last from eight to ten days and would
have to go to bed. l also had head
ache and backache most of the time
and such bearing down pains / could
hardly walk across the room at times
] doctored nearly all the time for
about two years and seemed to grow
worse all the time until last September
was obliged to take my bed, and the
doctors thought an operation was the
only thing that would help me, but
this l refused to have done.
Then friend advised me to try the
Pinkham medicine, which 1 did, and
after using the first bottle began to
improve. I took in all five bottles of
Lydia E. Pinkham's Blood Purifier,
four boxes of Lydia E. Pinkham's Dry
Form Compound, three boxes of Liver
Pills and used three packages of Sana-
tive Wash. and am as well now as
ever was / am more than thankful
every day for my cure. - Mrs. FRANK
CARTER, 3 Merrill St., Amesbury, Mass.
&E000 VIII be paid n FI,Es fssfIn1o-
-, nhaf u NOT Oengfne.
6ydLa e. PinALIsasn MedlcAze Cos
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-08-23

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets AL
druggists refund the money II it fails 70 cure
e. W. Groves signature Is on each box. Csc.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-08-23

Mothers will find Mrs. Winslow's Sooth-
ing Syrup the best remedy to use for their
children during the teething period.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-08-23
Connted Against him.

Paid 1 understand you to say that
the gentleman who called on you last
evening and to whom you introduced
me was professional chess player2
Daughter-Yes, pa; he has the repu-
tatlon of being a great expert at the
game.
Pa-Then 1 must positively forbid his
coming to see you any more; cannot
encourage you receiving attention from
one Of class of men who take so long
to make move.-Boston Courier.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-08-23

The Best PrescriptIon Tor Malaria
Chills and Fever is a bottle of Groves Tssteless
Chill Tonic. 1t is simply iron and quinine in
tasteless form. No Cure. No Pay Price SOC.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-08-23

Emulation may be all right In its
way. but has a peculiar way Of getting
in the way Of other people.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-12-11

ut to do what is expected Of them. The
clerk attaches each tube to the leg Of
pigeon by buttoning the kid band
above described. A pigeon is able to
carry q weight of fifteen grammes
without it's detracting from the rap
idity of it's fight.
The loosings take place in the morn
ing, or, if the skies are too overcast,
at latest before 2 p. N. Immediately
upon Eeing loosened the pigeons circ'c
4 few times about the ship, after
which they head straight for France,
in the direction of Rennes. On arrival
at the home station the tubes are
taken off, the films extracted from
then, and the Photographic dispatches
enlarged to their original size. The
proofs thus obtained are pasted Oh q
glazed card ornamented with pretty
allegorical design.
It has often been asked what consti-
tutes the marvellous faculty Of shaping
it's course by the carrier pigeon.
Neither sea nor mountains nor forests
interfere with this faculty. The bird
steers its course as if guided by con-
pass. AS tie pigeon flies at an alti-
tude of not more thar 160 yards to 1SO
yards it is not aided by it's vis!on,. for
in that case, given the rotundity Of
the world, it would have TO soar to an
altitude of 7076 yards. Now, accord
ing to aeronauts who have expert
mented in the matter, the bird at that
altitude quickly drops to much lower
one. Are they then guided by mag
nteic currents? Are they endowed
with q sixth sense? The matter re-
mains mystery.
It is impossible for the pigeon car
ried away by a steamship to note the
course followed by means Of one Of
his five senses, since, during his jour.
ney by rail from Rennes to Havre, as
we'll as during the ose by sea, he has
been altogether cut off from rne cutter.
world. And yet the bird possesses So
accurate a knowledge Of the road 1t
has travelled that 1t makes for It's
cote without the slightest hesitancy
and at very normal rapidity Of fight
The carrier pigeon was Of necessity
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-12-11
shape like an infantry soldiers haver-
sack: this cage is strapped on the back

shape like an infantry soldiers haver-
sack; this cage is strapped on the back
of a dragon. Dragons are preferred
for this service, for they DO not carry
any carbinc slu1g about them, SO that
the cage Is more easily attached to
their back. The Cragoons gallop of
in the direction ordered, and before
coming n touch with the enemy they
commit to a very thin sheet Of paper
the result Of their observations. The
sheet Is then inserted in a tube, and q
little while after loosing the pigeon
the officer at headquarters is in posi-
ton to read the dispatch.
II order to fight the carrier pigeons,
to stop them in their fight ana inter-
ccpt the Information borne by them,
the Germans have trained hawks to
hunt down tEesc winged messengers.
The undertaking was at first attended
with difficulties, for, independently Of
the necessity of establishing on large
scale a system Of falconry, the same
dispatch might be intrusted to several
pigeons, and hence 1t would be sufi-
cient for a single one to escape from
the talons Of the birds Of prey to rem
der useless all efforts made to capture
the dispatch. Moreover, the pigeons
are protected, from the assault Of the
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-12-11
Known by Your Shoes.

If you go regularly to the same boot
black he not only knows you by your
shoes, but he knows every pair Of
shoes that he has ever seen on your
feet.
These are better shoes than the but
ton ones you wore last fall" said one
of the Italian footwear sinners. who
presumed on a long business acquaint.
ance. He told the truth and set me to
thinking.
do you remember those shoes?" I
asked.
"Oh, yes. l put a button Oh them
the first time you wore them, and that
was right after you stopped wearing
the light tan ones that you had for
three summers.
do you notice and remember all
such things:'
Yes. We used to. call YOU old
Taps' when We spoke OF you. Iou see,
we talk about our customers some.
times, and always know them best by
their shoes. That man who just went
out is old Congress Gaitcls.' We
don't mean anything wrong by such
names; it is only OIL way. We have
very few customers who wear CON
gress CATERS. and he is the only one
who comes every day. Most of them
are old men, for you sec they can put
the CATERS on easier tEan other shoes
That gentleman always wears them
and he makes 4 pair last him uine
months. New York Herald.
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10 Nard OF Ayalancfes

Avalanches are so common In Swifz
erland that devices are nov ibein:
made to control them. The Swis
form earthworks or intrenchraent
which are pointed in sucl1 q fashicl
that avalanches coming in contact Wit
them are split and so driven aside:
An earthwork of this kind has Eeel
built near the church at Oberwald
In Wallis. It was first hollow within
but received so many shocks fror
avalanches that the people of "a
Oberwald recently made it masstv3'
and solid.
Primitive though this method a
guarding against huge masses OF snoY
is, the Swiss maintain that 1t Is PROV
ing of admirable service, and OWN
to the attention which DR.. StelterS ha||
now drawn to the subject, it Is though
likely that many new earthwork3 Wt]| 4
be erected in Switzerland during th1
summer. At first sight 1t may seer
incredible that o comparatively smaI
mass of earth and stone should hay1
the power Of opposing any resist1nc|
to an avalanche, but experience sioF1
that it has, and the reason eVidents]
is because it is properly CONSTRUCTED
and is placed in the very spot whe;]
the impact of an avalanche Is hkelII
to do it the least injury.