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The Somerset reporter., 1902-04-17

The custom of encouraging our chill
dren to perfect themselves in card
games is by no means of modern
growth. There must have been sub
stratum of truth in the following Jest
Ing paragraph, which is clipped from
The Times of Nov ., 1897: AT some of
our first boarding schools the fair pu-
pills are now taught to play whist and
casino. Amongst their winning ways
this may not be the least agreeable to
papa and mamma. 1t is calculated that
n clever child by its cards and its nov
els. may pay for its own education. -
London Chronicle.
The Somerset reporter., 1902-04-17
About Printers Marks.

The Interrogation mark or point" q
was originally "a and an Co." the
latter placed under the former. They
were simply the first and last letters Of
the Latin word "questio." SO, too, with
the sign of exclamation or interjection
O., In it's original purity 1t was a COM
bination Of a" and 80" the latter un-
derneath, as in the question mark. The
two stood for 10 the Latin exclama-
ton of joy. The paragraph mark is a
Greek "p." the initial of the word par
agraph The early printers employed u
dagger to show that word or SEN
tence was Objectionable and should be
cIlt ont
The Somerset reporter., 1902-04-17

One raw February morning an in
structor in the University of Michigan
was calling the roll of an 8 o'clock
class in English.
MI Robbins" said he.
There was no answer.
"AIr Robbins" in a slightly louder
toice.
Still no reply.
"Ah," said the instructor, with n
quiet smile. come TO think of it, it is
rather early for robins"
This is Current Literature's anecdote
Of the late Moses Colt Tyler, who later
became professor of. history at Cor
nell, and it shows him in the pleasing
light of man who could be boyishly
gay at gray and cherries hour-no
small feat if one stops to consider an
Instructors provocations to morning
dullness.
The Somerset reporter., 1902-04-17

for me to eulogize Mr.. Prescott. He is
we'll known throughout the State as the
successful editor and proprietor of the
Biddeford journal. He is man of abil-
ity and unspotted integrity. AS repre-
sentative of the city of Biddeford, as a
senator, as a member of Governor Hills
council, he has shown himself to be a
man of superior business qualifications,
and acquitted himself with credit and
honor to the State There is little
doubt but York county will be solid for
Col. Prescott if he enters the field He
is an able, energetic and popular man,
who has had much experience in public
affairs,
The Somerset reporter., 1902-04-17
Miss Blanche Goodrich.

Wednesday, April 8, at the Lynn Hos
pital, occurred the death of Miss Blanche
Goodrich, eldest daughter of Mr.. aud
Mrs. S. I. Goodrich of Athens, who had
gone there for surgical treatment. The
immediate cause of her death was peri
tonitis, which set in before any opera
ton could be performed. News Of her
critical illness reached her parents and
friends here, Tuesday night, but death
came before any of them could reach her.
Her life up to the time of her leaving
home to procure better advantages for
fitting herself for larger usefulness, was
spent in Athens and Harmony at which
places she attended school and also
taught in several of the rural districts.
In 1898 she graduated from the Farming
ton State Normal school. For the two
years following she taught at Collins
vile, Conn, and since then she had been
teaching in the Cummings school of
Woburn, Mass, where she had been ac-
lively engaged until within two weeks
of her death.
Besides her parents she leaves three
sisters, Winnie Of Boston, Marie, wife
of Cecil Tilton OF Skowhegan, and Mat
tie, wife of Robert Hall of Newton,
Mass, who was with her constantly till
she died, also a half brother, Clarence
Spaulding of Harmony.
The Woburn journal in speaking of
her death says :-"She was very much
liked by her fellow teachers here, the
pupils, ana all who were acquainted with
her. She was an estimable young
woman, of fine character, and worthy of
the respect she enjoyed"
The body was brought here Friday
night for interment in the family lot,
and the funeral services, which were very
impressive, were held Sunday p. m. at
the church and conducted by her pastor,
Rev. j. E. Lombard, who spoke COM
fortingly to the bereaved family and
friends of the pure unsefish life which
had closed here on earth and of the sim
pie trusting faith in God which could
make one so happy to die. The altar
was profusely decorated with potted
plants, while the casket was laden with
beautiful f)wers from friends, 1850
ciate teachers, pupils, club sisters and
church, tokens of love for the beloved
dead as well as sympathy for the afllict-
ed family. MINNIE HIGHT.
Athens, Maine, April 10, 1902.
The Somerset reporter., 1902-04-17
what the Death Mask shows

The value of n plaster cast as por
trait of the dead or living face cannot
for moment BE questioned. 1t must
of necessity be absolutely true to ma
ture. 1t cannot fatter; it cannot carl
cature. 1t shows the subject as he was
or is, not only as others saw him in the
actual flesh, but as he saw himself
And in the case of the death mask par
ticularly it shows the subject often as
he permitted no one but himself u see
himself. He does not pose he does not
TRY to look pleasant" In his mask he
is seen, as it were, with his mask Off
The Somerset reporter., 1902-04-17
Killing a Baby.

When Frank r. Stockton had plan
ned out his book of Pomona's travels
and was about ready to write ii, he re
sided in Philadelphia. He had a bust
ness appointment with his dentist, an
old friend, one day, when the follow
ing incident told by himself, occurred:
while in the chair | got to talking
with this friend about my new book. |
told him | had serious thoughts of kill
ing that baby. He was much interest
ed We talked over the ACCESSIBILITY Of
doing this, and, while he was not quite
convinced he in the main agreed with
me. had been finished with and.
clasping his hand, went into the wait
ing room ON my way out. This waiting
room was filled with women.
As | passed through the door |
heard him call, Then you have posi-
lively decided to kill that baby Posi-
lively replied.
You should have seen the women
stare. 1t was not until got well out in
the hallway that l realized what they
must of course have been thinking"
The Somerset reporter., 1902-04-17
EnIIghtening the MInfster.

I'VE are going to have pie for din
ner." said Bobby TO the minister.
Indeed laughed the clergyman,
amused at the little boys artlessness.
And what kind of pie, Bobby"
Its new kind. Ma was talking
this morning about pa bringing you to
dinner so often, and pa said he didn't
care what she thought. aud ma said
she'd make him eat humble pie before
the day WAS over, and l suppose we're
going to have it for dinner"
The Somerset reporter., 1902-04-17

The man who sees in life the oppor-
tunity to express himself in the largest
terms, who after ascertaining what
faculties he has determines to develop
them to the highest possible efficiency,
who is capable of seeing the sweetness
and JOY that lie all about him, who, be-
ing proud. does not allow his body or
mind to be defiled, he is the one who
obtains the big rewards, the big sue
cesses.- Oppenheim, Mental Growth
and Control"
The Somerset reporter., 1902-04-17
A REPUBLICAN STATE
CONVENTION
will be held at
CITY HALL, PORTLAND,
Wednesday June II. 1902,
at 100 O'Clock P. NJ,

for the purpose of nominating candidate for
Governor to be supported at the September
Election, and transacting any other business
that may properly come before it.
The basis of representation will be as fol-
lows: Each City, Town and Plantation will
be entitled to one delegate and for each rs
votes cast for the Republican candidate for
Governor in 1900 an additional delegate; and
for fraction OF 40 votes in excess of rs votes,
a further additional delegate Vacancies in
the delegation OF any City, Town or Plantation
can only be filed by residents OF the County
in which the vacancies exist.
The State Committee will be in session In
the reception room of the Hall at 1890 p. M,
on the day OF the Convention, for the purpose
OF receiving the credentials of delegates.
Delegates, in order to be eligible to partici-
pate in the Convention, must be elected sub
sequent to the date OF call for this Convention.
All electors OF Maine, without regard to past
political affiliations, who believe In Republi-
can principles and endorse the policy OF the
Republican party, are cordially invited to
unite under this call in electing delegates to
this Convention.
Per Order, Republican State Committee.
F. NJ. SIMPSON, Chairman.
BYRON BOYD, Secretary.
Bangor, April 10, 1902.
The Somerset reporter., 1902-04-17

1t was n Sunday school class, and the
teacher believed in asking questions to
see how clearly the scholars under
was the subject, and the teacher
thought she would be quickly answer
ed when she asked, what is a wild
ow3" There was a silence until she
nodded to the small boy at her left and
said. You know what a widow is,
don't YOU for she knew the boy
mother was one.
"Yes'm,9 he answered; its a lady
what takes in washing"
The Somerset reporter., 1902-04-17
Mines, HospitabIe Menaserie.

". Gordon McCabe says that when
Monckton Mines, the poet, aspired to
grasp the social literary scepter falling
from the withered hands of Rogers he
gathered around his breakfast table in
Fall Mall men OF the most diverse per
sonalties, creeds and tastes. In fact,
the chief requirement for securing an
invitation to these breakfasts, which
soon became the talk of London, seems
to have been that the guest must be a
lion Of some sort. Men of such pro-
nounced differences as Count d'Orsay,
the elegant dandy; the rugged Thomas
Carlyle. Sydney Smith, the brilliant
wit, and Connop Thirlwall, the grave
historian, sat there side by side. and
had Buffalo Bill burst upon the town
in those days Mr.. McCabe thinks he,
too, would undoubtedly have rubbed
elbows in Mines hospitable menagerie
with Tom Macauay and Aubrey de
We're.
The Somerset reporter., 1902-04-17
In MemOriam.

The w. G. T. U. of Skowhegan have
lost one OF their charter members, by
the death of Mrs. Eliza Folsom.
She has passed beyond our mortal Wis
sion, yet it may be that from that other
land, she whispers tender message to
bless the work she loved, and believed
In. We miss the touch Of the mortal
hand, but we rejoice that her soul has
passed into that serene and perfect life,
that fully reveals the true worth Of striv.
ing and living. W. G. T. U.
The Somerset reporter., 1902-04-17
lneHr Attainment.

Arab maidens before they enter the
riously adorned. Their faces and bod
les are stained a bright yellow with
turmerc. On this groundwork they
paint black lines over their eyes with
anthony. The fashionable hue for
noses is red. and spots of green adorn
the checks. The general effect of this
makeup is comical in the extreme.
The Somerset reporter., 1902-04-17

~ thought all the toas,s tonight were
to be of light and amusing nature"
They are"
But you have BiDks down for a
topic that is decidedly heavy and Sc
rious."
"Of course II there in anything fun
nier than Kinks trying to tackle great
principle that he doesn't fully under
stand. don't know what it is. "-Chiea-
60 Post
The Somerset reporter., 1902-04-17

Cubans do not seem to be satisfied
with the tariff concessions made in the
House bill. President elect Palma de-
clares that anything less than 33 per
cent will not suffice to bring prosperity.
Indeed he has advocated so per cent. 1t
is understood that the Administration
desires the SO per cent reduction and
the Senate is likely to favor more than 20
npr cent
The Somerset reporter., 1902-04-17
Letter to Geo. Il. Washburn.
SkoWhepap. Me,

Dear Sir: Postmaster Noyes, of Gard.
liner, Maine, says the Evans House there,
was painted with Devoe in '82, and again
in '94-twelve years-and the paint was
sound, though of course the color had
faded.
X. w. Haines, Hotel Coburn, Skowhe.
gan, Maine, uses lead and oil, and has
painted four times in eleven years.
Both hotels have been we'll cared for;
the costs are as five to one. We say
generally the costs are as two to one
that's enough,
Yours truly,
F. w. DEvoE & Co.
P.S. Rawles & Co. sell our paint.
The Somerset reporter., 1902-04-17

Dun's review of trade for last week
was to the effect that notwithstanding
the strife between employees and employ
es in many places, manufacturing is
exceptionally active in lines not effected
through regular channels is vigorous
transportation is 81 per cent larger
than last year at this time.
The Somerset reporter., 1902-04-17

Wearers of spectacles are frequently
annoyed by the glasses becoming dim
from a deposit of moisture upon them.
An easy way to prevent this is to wash
the glasses every morning with soft
potash. soap. The glasses should then
be polished, but an invisible film will
remain which will prevent moisture
being deposited on them.
The Somerset reporter., 1902-04-17

Little Diek-Papa. how does thunder
sour milk?
Papa--It is not the thunder. but the
electricity.
"How does electricity sour mlk?'
at works certain chemical changes
In the constituents of the fluid. which
result in the formation of an acid"
"Of course. But howT"
81 don't know"
Il thought you didn't, or you wouldn't
have used such big words
The Somerset reporter., 1902-04-17

al think this nomadic life is healthy
life. | think if some Of you professors
students, etc, would live more of ne.
madic life and feel the enjoyment of
the fresh air more and take more good
wholesome outdoor exercise and live
more OF a rough and tumble life you
would enjoy better health and live Ion
ger. "-Independent.
The Somerset reporter., 1902-04-17

All the black and white plumes come
from the male ostrich, the gray from
the female The feathers are not pluck
ed out, as you might imagine. but are
clipped off with Il sharp knlfe, leaving
the end Of the quill in the desh, where
it remains for two or three months, I'M
Ill it dies when ii is pulled out with
fQreeps
The Somerset reporter., 1902-04-17

When Charles Lamb was berating az
enemy. some one said to him. why,
you don't know him" Lamb replied Il
don't want TO know him for fear |
should IKE him"
Christians and Jews make ignorance
of each other claim for judgment and
seem to be afraid to become acquaint.
ed for fear that they might like each
other.-Peters' 1.-THE Jew as a Patriot"
The Somerset reporter., 1902-04-17

First Lawyer-The lawyers had a
hard struggle over the Moneybags es-
tate.
Second Lawyer-Did they?
First Lawyer-Yes. They had all
they could do to keep the heirs from
coming to an agreement.-Puck.
The Somerset reporter., 1902-04-17

The surplus continues to pile up. For
the first nine months of the fiscal year it
amounts to SOL 100000. During the
same part of last year it amounted to a
little over Sal, 0O0,0 900. For the past
nine months, then, the increase in the
surplus has been almost exactly so per
cent. This ratio would point to a sur
plus for the whole fiscal year of more
than $110,000,000. On the last day of
March the Treasury contained an avail
able cash balance of $177, 900 600 after
providing for every demand liability.
The Somerset reporter., 1902-04-17

General Wade Hampton, brilliant SOL
der of the Lost Cause, able Senator of
South Carolina for some years, aud a
philosophical representative of the chiv-
airy of the South, died on Saturday last.
He was third and last in his family bear
ing the name Wade Hampton, all soldiers.
There we're many admirers OF General
Hampton in the country, norlh as well
as south.
The Somerset reporter., 1902-04-17

"Wanted- For a lucrative business. a
partner who must be practical lock
smith" This advertisement appeared
in Budapest paper recently. The ad-
vertiser is now in Jail, the police hay-
ing discovered that the lucrative bust
ness referred TO was burglary
The Somerset reporter., 1902-04-17

"W'hat did Naigh5ob say when you
told him you wanted to marry his
daughter"
He didn't absolutely refuse. but he
imposed a very severe condition"
What was it,"
He said he would see me hanged
first"
The Somerset reporter., 1902-04-17

The total contributions to the Nc
Kinley memorial fund up to Monday.
April IA, aggregates $322S.1 or SIPS 10
above the sum allotted to the State to
raise.
The Somerset reporter., 1902-04-17

England is in bad way, financially.
She has deficit of 1925, 100000 and to
meet it proposes to borrow 100000, 600,
and lay extra taxes on about everything
possible, including duty of about 5
cents hundred weight on all imported
grain. The enormous expense of the
war in South Africa is largely RESPONSE
bic for this fiscal situation
The Somerset reporter., 1902-04-17

Major Littleton W. T. Waller of the
Marine Corps has been acquitted. He
was tried by court martial at Manila on
the charge of killing natives of the Island
of Samar without trial. The court stood
II to for Major Walters acquittal,
The Somerset reporter., 1902-04-17
Hard to Tell ch,naman.s Age,

How old is a Chinaman? Can you
give a good guess? 1t is harder to tell
than the age of negro. The Chinaman
has no beard, and his hair is of a jet
and glossy blackness. which turns gray
only at an extreme age, when a Cauca-
sian head would be either snow white
or bald. Then again the Chinese have
the most perfect nervous system of
any people in the world and do not
wrinkle up with age. They can stand
any amount of opium smoking without
material injury that would send a
white man to his grave or an insane
asylum. So you have little to go by. A
Chinaman will look thirty when he is
twenty and when he is fifty. If you
ask him his age. he will place 1t at
least ten years ahead, for he holds old
age to be honorable, and among his
people he will be respected and looked
up to by all his juniors Washington
Post.
The Somerset reporter., 1902-04-17

Judge Hall In his Superior Court for
Kennebec County has developed new
feature Of the prohibltory law. A Gar
diner rumseller declined to pay rent and
was sued by the owner of the building.
This rumseller's counsel raised the plea
that collection of rent could not be en-
forced as the building was used for un-
lawful purposes with the owners knowl-
edge and consent. The jury found for
the defendant and the plaintiff will take
the case to the law court. The verdict
was the first of its kind in the civil
Jurisprudence of the State.
The Somerset reporter., 1902-04-17

10 q letter published in the Portland
Daily Press, Hon. Nathaniel Hobbs of
North Berwick, in behalf of Y ork county,
names Col. C. n. Prescott, editor and
publisher of the Biddeford Daily jour
nal and member of Gov. HilPs council,
as candidate for the Republican nomi-
nation to succeed Gov. Hill in 1904. Mr..
Hobbs says: ut 10 hardly necessary
The Somerset reporter., 1902-04-17

Scribbles-l wrote story once that
came near winning a fifty thousand
dollar prize.
pribbles- What sidetracked you?
Scribbles-The girls father.-Chieago
News
The Somerset reporter., 1902-04-17
A BOsfOn Girl.

Granger-You would hardly call Miss
Pole very warm hearted persona
Farmer-Warm hearted? On the con-
trary, she is awfully cold. II she should
shed a tear, you may be sure it would
be hailstone r Boston Transcript
The Somerset reporter., 1902-04-17

Abernethy declared that the best
time to eat was, for a rich man, when
he could get appetite, and, for poor
man, when he could get food.
The Somerset reporter., 1902-04-17

For mountain climbing camels are
very inefficient and seldom used in
Abyssinia and other mountainous coun-
tries.
The Somerset reporter., 1902-04-17
No Deterrent.

"Sharp is somewhat INSCRIPTIONS,
isn't he?"
Yes. 1t will take more than his con
science to keep him from making a for
tune. Town and Country.
The Somerset reporter., 1902-04-17
The Somerset Reporter
A Weekly Republican Newspaper.

n surrH f. E. MoNEELIE.
7. o. SMITH & CO., PUBLISHERS,
,,o " ArER STREET, SKOWHECAN ME.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. and legal adyer
,tsaments inserted at reasonable rates, adjusted
TO the space used and the position given.
Prices quoted on application.
Cards of Thanks and Resolutions or respect
inserted at cents per line
SUBSChIPTION RATES.
When paid in advance.
One year ...2 $3.50 Six months, .............7 5c.
Three months, ...........3Sc.
Al rs will be charged if not paid until end of year
The Somerset reporter., 1902-04-17
Smart CbiIa.

"You never saw my hands as dirty as
yours" said a mother to her little girl
No, but grandmother did" was the
y.-Motherhood.
The Somerset reporter., 1902-04-17

Ina os LoDGE No. lI6 F. < A. Nj
aiatf, @asteri c. 4. Ward, See. Z n.
ha.keN, Ifeas. Regular meetings Saturday
On 9f before The fun II the moon.
lkDAh CHATTER NJ. -, 0. + s.-Blancbe 7.
s@ara' worthy Matron Maud A. Carr Sc:
Lug s.. hussey, Treas. Meetings thru FRIDAY
evening u each month at Masonic Hall
QriSHEBAssETT LODGE No. 100 l. o. o P
+. H. LOBBY, Noble Grand, r & Holf Sec
IT, T. >. Mi-ilef, Treas Meetings Monday even,
;, sohEEsET LoDGg 70. III REHgKAH-S e.
heien NJ Pierce sec. Nina 81. futile: Treas
evenings. i'AN'
:, OLD POST LoDoE 70 sl4 l. o. G. TN. c.
not, e / ". :. Brown, Sec Alfred TuttIe
d ire4s. Regnar meetings Thursday evenings in
BATES Posr No. s. g. A. R.-steward Wing.
Commander II. II. Cross, Adj; n. Z. Hale
Qaartermaster. Meetings first Tuesday even.
ings IN Grange Hall.
TIE VILLAGE IMPROVEMENT socIKTY-Mrs
). ". Hathaway, Pres; Mrs Fannie Hussev
sec; MIS-. Eiecta =. Iobey. Treas Meetings
hrst ana third Friday afternoons Of the month
- Echo LODGE l3 KSIGHTs OF PYrsIAs-F. 2.
Iuttle'C :; + G. Holt, K. Of r & $: Edwin
bfuIgess' N. Of (. Tuesday evenings al z.
The Somerset reporter., 1902-04-17

ENTERED As SECOND CLASS MAIL MATTER.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1902-11-10
EL JUZGADO.

Tan pronto como Las autoridA.
des tuvi sron conocimiento de 8 to ae
personAron en- Ell lugAr dc autos. an
contributors & nm lado del camino 81
,ioven Juan @ ailes tsndido bocA abs.
10 y muerto.
Sc orden6 fuese conduci9o en-
camilla Al cementel 10 para la anpto.
sis consiguiente y empez5 el J1sga.
do 10 tramitaci6n & investig q si6a del
case.
Sc le tom6 declars ci6n 4 Padr6
yk7 cocheros. siu one NADIA en- cla-
70 resulte de las deelarasiones. Sc
ssigue activAmente trAbAjaudo; pero
hastR shora todo. rssulta envuelto en-
ell misterio.