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Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-04-24
MRS. ECKIs STEVENSON.


rience. Hundreds of dollars went TO the
doctor and the druggist. was simply
a walking medicine chest and phys
zeal wreck. My sister residing in Ohio
wrote me that she had been cured OF
womb trouble by using Lydia Il.
Pinkham's Vegetable conn.,
pound, and advised me to try IT: L
then discontinued all other med icines
and gave your Vegetable Compound a
thorough trial. Within four weeks
nearly all pain had left me; l rarely
had headaches, and my nerves were In
a much better condition, and / was
cured in three months, and this avoided
a terrible surgical operation. y MRS.
EcKIs STEVENSON, $50 So. State ST.,
Salt Lake City, Utah.-s5ooo forfeit ~
sboUe testimonial is not genuine.
Remember every woman Is
cordially invited to write to Mrs.
Pinkham if there is anything
about her symptoms she does not
understand. Mrs. P1nkham's
address is Lynn, Mass.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-04-24
THE SURGEONS knife
Mrs. Eckis Stevenson Of Salt
Lake City Tells How Opera
ti0ns For Ovarian Troubles
May BE Avoided

"DKAR MRS. PINKHAM:-1 suffered
with inflammation of the ovaries and
womb for over six years, enduring aches
and pains which none can dream OF but
those who have had the same expo
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-04-24
DO Your Feet Acbe ana pnrno

Snake into your shoes, Aliens Foot
Ease, a powder for the feet. IL makes
tight or New Shoes feel Easy Cures
Strns, Bnnions, Swollen, Hot and
Sweating Feet. At all druggists and
shoe stores, 20. Sample sent FREE.
Address Allen 3. Olmsted. Leroy N v
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-04-24

Time Is too valuable TO be spilled
Ike water on the ground.-ApriI In.
dies Home Journal.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-04-24
Niles Bank .sse,.

The remaining assets of the defunct
oltizens' National bank OF Niles were
SOFA az public auction by the receiver
SATURDAY. Assets aggregating $50. OOO
anu consisting of notes. oyerdrnfts.
judgments and cash items. brought
only $lOl. The banks affairs will bc
wound up by May /. Receiver Rhode
lulllNs the bank will pay depositors 10
per cent dividend, making 90 per cent
Ja'nes Rayson, aged 1o1 years, is
ueau; lie was born in England. and
nau peen resident OF Carsonville
y disease known as "pinkeye" is
p ~ :. IN southern Michigan. cases
=, ~ having appeared I'm Hillsdale.
Drahch ana Lenawec counties.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-04-24
OUT OF THE TALL GRASS.

Old man Griggs gave a spread" at
the Hotel de Clayton last Friday TO
which all his friends were invited
Covers were laid for one.-Clayton
(Ark.) Item.
Poor old Kansas has much to con-
tend with, but she will strike her gait
when they get to manufacturing pure
hogs lard out of sunfower seed
Hastings (Neb) Reporter.
This town will soon be Boosting or
its bureau of information" We have
just closed an advertising deal where
by we will acquire an unabridged die
tionary. Kingston (O) News.
Miss Nancy Perkins Of near town
has accepted a position as hired girl
in Squire Holyoke's family. The
squire says Nan can fry slap-jacks to
beat the band.-Haskell "ex.) Star
Hiram Simpkins presented his wife
on their wooden wedding anniversary
with a bunch of toothpicks, and Mrs
Simpins gave Hi a new ax-handle. The
Simpkins are real affectionate people
-Lincolnton (Ga.) News.
Civilization vii pa az r :, Co.. 1ng +
lar chasing a Euck-saw back and forth
across piece of timber.-Passaic On.
j. Times.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-04-24
YELLOW CLOTHES ARE uSsrourr

Keep them white with Red Cross Ball Blue.
All grocers sell large or. package, s cents
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-04-24

The most exasperating thing Is TO
have II clear off when you have dress
ed for a rainy day.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-04-24
ciyIizat9 al. va flkktRRer than earn S5f 4

lar ehasing Euci-saw back and forth
across a piece of timber.-Passaic IN.
j. Times.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-04-24

ONOSso has broken out anew. The live
stock commission killed and examined
a COW. but are utterly at loss TO deter
mine the nature of the disease. eycept
that II Is in the head instead of the
stomach or bowels. Mr.. Olney and A.
l.. Chandler have lost IL fine Holsteins.
Many cattle are still affected. and nor
COW that has contracted the disease
has survived.
The differences between the coal
miners and the operators remain the
same MS on the first day OF this month
When the miners quit their places and
paced the mines in idleness. Ohio
coal is being shipped to this city. but
tne freight rates are so steep that It
comes at too high a figure for manu-
factories TO use il. One concern using
large amount Of coal has taken to
slaOs Tor fuel, while another is using
shavings from the planning mills.
Besides Superintendent of Public In.
struction Jones. Of Indiana. there are
being considered for the presidency OF
the state normal school. DIR. Arnold
Tompkins, of the Chicago manual
school, formerly of the Indiana state
manual school: State superintendent
Harvey. Of Wisconsin. formerly state
institute conductor OF Wisconsin. and
Normal Inspector Hughes. OF Toronto.
Ont DR.. Leonard is to take an edi. |
torlal situation with the Houghton e. |
Mifiiin Publishing Co.
Assessor Amander Barnes says that
the assessed valuation Of Delray will |
be raised at least $500, 900 this year. II
amounted to S2.931. 900 last year. !
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1902-01-11
Il III f COU r | f r

1t
frequently noted by campers. Mr..
COuse has managed To preserve this
effect and the figure of the woman
with her baby bending over the wagon
L. get out the supper from her stroll
ing pantry is suggestive of home and
the perpetual charm of the mother.
The composition is simple and unaf-
fected
The picture which Mrs. Kenyon Cox
calls Leonard has a persistency, the
little figure in a yelIowish padded coat
remains upon the retina of the mem
DRY. Do / close my eyes and bring up
the gallery of paintings that little fig
ure with the orange appears. The
charm is not all in the baby, though
it is nice baby; it is the ivory yellow
of the baby's dress, his blue eyes. his
pink hands, one of which clasp an in
spired orange If the orange were not
there the composition would not re
main so persistently. II is the key of
the baby; if she had not struck it
DdDynOou "oulu DE dS sweet DuI us
Intellectual as the hundreds of babies
we see in a week and forget as soon
as their innocent faces are turned the
other way. 1t recalls the well-knOwn
Baby Stewart by Van Dyke.
The Golden Mirror" by Alexander
Harrison, is. of course. a marine. The
haS h.. I'M ~
heavy, molten metal. Heavy Crescents
of the metal which reflect the gold
and olive of the sun roll in toward a
willing beach attired in the same col
picture. but | am inclined to attribute
il to the subject rather than to the
artists technique. \ sea catching the
last metallic beams of the sun looks
hard, and the waters lose their cajOl-
ing deceitful softness. 1t is as though
the last day had come and the metals
of the earth had been melted by the
great fire inside the earth and had
poured themselves into the sea.
Harvard Bridge at Twilight" by
Birge Harrison, is a picture of one of
the long bridges connecting Harvard
and Boston. 1t is a theme which in
spired one of LOngfellOw's best short
poems. 1t recalls the long bridge,
with the double row of lights and the
moving iridescent waters under it.
The smooth waters that reflect the
li,yh
presence, the kind of water that is al
ways found under a bridge constantly
tramped by mems feet. How different
the reflections of the water under a
bridge in the forest, shaded by trees
and occasionally the mirror of watch
full animal eyes. These waters of the
Charles river have received the i'm
preston of the multitude and they re-
fleet it. The oils which a stream near
multitude carries out to the ocean
may give this impression to an ana
lytic, unpoetic soul; but whatever
subtle or material element conveys the
feeling, Mr.. Harrison has understood
it and painted a better picture than
the distinguished Alexander himself.
Onions" a still-life by Clara T
MacChesney. is as crisp as the beau
tiful purple, grey, red vegetables
tn. mselves. We ought to keep things
separNte, and, above all things, re-
member Whistler's warning in rela-
ton to tpe function of painting. We
can not rid ourselves of suggestions
from one s,cnse while We are using
and enjoying, another For instance
concerning the onions, visitors to the
gallery say, q. well, they are only
onions and no inatter how well they
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1902-01-11

He weighed sixteen hundred pounds
of coal in the scales and they registered
a full ton. He chuckled. These / call
the 'Ambuscade' scales. They lie in
wait"
The Somerset reporter., 1902-11-20
John Hager Shot.

John Hager of Dover, Me-, guide,
aged about ~ years, was shot and in
stantly killed, Wednesday the 18th
instant, by party his brother was
guiding in the vicinity of their camps on
the west branch abont 30 miles above
Kineo. The remains were brought to
his home in Dover, Thursday morning,
and az inquest held in the afternoon.
The fatal shot was fired by w. Wheeler
of Concord, Mass.
The dead guide and his brother, Frank
Hager, were the proprietors of a camp
down the west branch and party con-
sisting Of William Spillsbury of Woburn,
Mass, w. Wheeler of Concord, Mass,
and his brother, A. w. Wheeler of Prov.
idence, X. L., were met by them at
Northeast Garry, last Saturday, and
taken to their camp. They had good
success in hunting and up to Wednesday
morning had secured four deer.
The fall of snow In that vicinity
amounted, Wednesday morning, to about
two inches, having covered the ground
and loaded down the trees. In order to
hunt to good advantage the members of
the party divided, Spillsbuly and W.
Wheeler going with Frank Hager and A.
W. Wheeler being guided by John. Nel-
ther party was aware of the whereabouts
of the other.
The dead guide is survived by wild
ow. He was member of the Silver
Lake Lodge, |. o. F., and carried $1,000
benefit policy in that order.
Wifrid Wheeler, the Concord, Mass,
young man who accidently shot and
killed Guide John Hager while hunting
deer in the northern woods, last week,
was discharged from custody, Saturday,
after a brief hearing in the municipal
court. The coroner's jury rendered a
verdict that the shooting was purely ac-
cidental. When Wheeler was arraigned
In the municipal court testimony similar
to that heard before the cOroner's Jury
was produced. After considering the
case, the Judge decided that criminal
negligence had not been proven and or
dered Wheeler's discharge.
The Somerset reporter., 1902-11-20

Boston transcripts The fact that In
the nine months to Oct. l we imported
732,751 tons OF iron and steel and ex-
ported 800, 1853 tons of the same suggests
several considerations for the public
First it is pretty good evidence that the
American market is not monopolized
either by the steel trust or the steel
trust and the independent establish
ments combined. Secondly, 1t is a
revelation of the great growth of the
country, for iron and steel enter into so
many structural uses that an extraordi-
nary demand for them shows correspond
ing development. In this case the de-
mand has been so great that our enor-
nous plants have not been able to keep
up with the demand. Builders have
been unable to wait for American estab.
lishments which are now overcrowded
with work, and have been compelled to
send their orders abroad. Moreover 1t
demonstrates that the tariff is not pro-
hibitory, aud that 1t does not stand in
the way OF prosperity when prosperity
is urgent. Because the United States is
very prosperous and because the iron
and steel industries of Germany and
Belgium are depressed to the point where
they must clear their local markets at
any price, we have become great pur-
chasers of iron and steel at the very
moment that we are the greatest pro-
ducers of these articles In the world.
The Somerset reporter., 1902-11-20
Coal Commissioners Hearing.

The Anthracite Coal Strike Commits.
( sion began the hearing OF the miners
side of the case at Scranton, Pa, the IA
inst., the only evidence before It was the
preliminary statement Of Mr.. Mitchell
and the replys thereto of the operators.
After the workmen have concluded their
case the operators will make their de
Tense IL Is estimated that less than two
weeks will be taken up 10 caring both
sides. The hearings are being held In
the chamber OF the state superior court
in Lackawanna court house. The seven
commissioners have seats on the bench
In front of them are tables for President
Mitchell and his attorneys, for the law
yers OF the coal companies and for the
attorneys for the important operators.
Mr.. Mitchell made lengthy statement
prefacing 1t with expression OF the hope
that the commission would succeed in
establishing relationship between the
operators and miners that will insure
peace and stability 10 the industry for an
indefinite period" He entered into sta
tistics largely among other things saying.
"Of the l47 900 men and boys employed
In and around the mines, strippings,
washeres and breakers 10 the anthracite
coal fields, 64,072 or 43 per cent are en-
ployed on contract or piece work, the
remaining $1,000 or 81 per cent are en-
ployed by the hour, day, week or month.
or the 64,072 contract men, 37,S04 are
miners laborers"
"The only manper."he said, sin which
the national organization is permitted
to interfere Is that before a strike Is In.
auguarated by the district organization,
the approval Of the national union must
be obtained; but the president Of the
national organization has no authority to
inaugurate strike. Thus the coal mine
operators are afforded greater measure
of protection against strikes than they
would have under a separate and indie
pendent organization"
The Somerset reporter., 1902-11-20
Hon. z. o. XickerY.

Hon. Peleg o. Vckery, one of the
leading and most influential citizens OF
Augusta, died at his residence in that
city, Sunday night, after an Illness of
several weeks, aged &C ye7rs. He was
the head of the publishing house of
Vickery & Hill, Governor Hill being his
son-in-law as we'll as his partner.
For many years Mr.. Vickery had been
prominent In the business and political
circles of Augusta and was we'll known
in all parts of the State. He had been
Mayor of the city, representative to the
Legislature and was a member of the
present State Senate. He was also pres
ident of the Maine Sportsmen's Associa-
ton and trustee of the Maine Insane
hospital. He was member of the
Masonic and other fraternities. A wild
ow, a grandson, Percy V. Hill, and two
brothers and three sisters survive.
He was very public spirited, liberal
citizen of the capital city and was a
leader In many enterprises fIr the pub
lie good. No man In the Guy has done
so much toward building up taxable
property and increasing its value US
Mr.. Vickery. He believed In homr in
vestments and little of his money went
outside the confines of Augusta to seek
avenues of profit-making. He was pre-.
eminently an Augusta citizen, and his
death is distinct loss to the community.
The Somerset reporter., 1902-11-20
To the Publie.

Allow me to say few words in praise
of Chamberlan's Cough Remedy. l
can recommend it with the utmost con-
fidence 1t has done good work for me
and will do the same for others. / had
a very severe cough and cold and feared
l would get pneumonia, but after taking
the second dose of this medicine | felt
better, three bottles of it cured my cold
and the pains in my chest disappeared
entirely. am most respectfully yours
for health, RALPH S. MEYERS, 81
Thirty seventh St, Wheeling, w. Va.
For sale by G. R. Fogg, Skowhegan; L.
C. Williams, Athens; Sullivan Newton
Jaekman
The Somerset reporter., 1902-11-20
Topographic Maps of Maine.

Among the topographic sheets Just
issued by the United States Geological
Survey are two of parts of Maine, the
Bangor and Norridgewock quadrangles.
These are the result OF a cooperative sur
vey of the State by the Federal Bureau
and the State of Maine. Both maps are
on scale of about one mile to the inch,
and show with great exactness all fea.
lures of settlement, roads, drainage and
boundaries. In addition the elevations
above sea level and the shapes and slopes
of the hills and valleys are indicated by
contours, or lines drawn through points
of equal elevation. The Bangor sheet
shows the country surrounding and lying
north and west of the city of Bangor,
and the Norridgewock sheet the country
south and west of the town of that name,
including the numerous ponds and lakes
OF the district.
The Somerset reporter., 1902-11-20

Hartford Times: Democratic lawyers
of distinction, and at least one United
States Senator-Morgan of Alabnma-
among them, have made no bones of
saying that the so-called grandfather
clause" In the new organic laws of
several Southern States is not only un-
democratic, but unconstitutional. This
"grandfather clause" is the tricky de-
vice that lets in as voter before the
attempt to disrupt the Union and the
resultant emancipation of the Negro
slaves. obviously the sooner the
Supreme Court of the United States
passes upon its constitutionality, the
better. The news that Judge Jones has
certified up to tssat court case involv-
ing the question is welcome news. AS
delegate Jones he was one of the ex-
governors of Alabama who fought 10
the Montgomery convention the un-
democratic proposal to create class of
hereditary voters.
The Somerset reporter., 1902-11-20
TIME is THE TEST,
The Testimony of Stowhsgan PEG
pie Stands the Test.

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ou' Will 1t wear wen Is "'l"' interests
most. The puole soon ana out When
Misrepresentation are made. and
merit alone will stand the test Of time.
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PuoncY endorsed loan 5 Money ms
they DO 50 still. Would a citizen
make the statement which follows IN
less convinced that the article WIS lust
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Mrs. Ruth FHiburn Of Mechanic street
saws: "While living az Is Mt street, il
The Somerset reporter., 1902-11-20
Golden Wedding.

Mr.. and Mrs. Noah N. Prescott, Of
Ripley, celebrated their golden wedding,
Saturday evening, Nov. 8. Mr.. Prescott
was born Ia Vienna in 1927, 4nd at the
age of - years be came with bis father,
Aaron Prescott, to Ripley. He was one
OF family Of six sons and two daugh-
tiers. One brother in the West and one
sister are still living. Mrs. Marths Z.
Nutter Prescott was born 10 Athens In
1924, the daughter of Richard Nutter.
She came to Ripley with her parents al
the age Of four years. She was one Of a
faulty Of eight, her twiu sister died al
the age OF eight years. Mrs. Prescott ia
the only living member of The family.
They were married in 1852 by the Rev.
William Trip of Ripley. To them were
born four daughters. Mary A. Y, wife
OF j. F. Libby Of Fairfield, who died in
1893, Laura A., wife OF 5. F. Felker of
Clinton, NJ. Ida. wife OF c. f. Trip of
| Ripley, and one who died In infancy.
Two grandchildren were given them.
One died in infancy and one, Ralph. son
OF Mr.. and Mrs. 5. P. Felker. died at the
age Of five years.
The Somerset reporter., 1902-11-20

REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS: The fol-
lowing are the real estate transfers re-
Gently recorded in the county registry:
Pttsield-Willie Storey to L. Q.
Jacobs, $4,000; Wm. and Gordon DOB
son ct al to E. l.. Barnes, $l75: Frank
Bryant ct al 10 ;. 6. Withee. 1875; 0.
W. Crosby to f. B. Pratt IT al, sl00;
E. B. Pratt ct al to 0. W. Crosby. sl.0o.
Solon-M. L. French ct al to Laura
Clark. $500.
Fairfeld-Betsy Colcord to J. L.
Hobbs 81 90; Everett Hunter to NJ. F.
Waite $500.
Madison-Naomi Hayden TO H. ?.
Cannon, Sl.00.
Hartland-D. H. Bartlett to J. L.
Gould, s100.
Skowhegau-R. W. Brown et 81 to
Paul Lessor $3.50; w. II. Pearsons 10
A. W. Dlv, s1.00; r. F. Homestead to
Isabelle W. Sawyer, sll00.
Norridgewock-New England Cream
cry Co. to Scion Creamery Co., $500.
Cornvlle-Hannah Lougfellow to
Phebe G. Longfellow, $500; Martha J
Greene to Mark Gerald, $500.
Athens-Lovey j. Bixby to H. P.
Bush, 800.
The Somerset reporter., 1902-11-20
1t will be no surprise when Gov. Hi

1t will be no surprise when Gov. Hill
makes his inaugural announcement that
these last two years have been especially
prosperous for the state of Maine finan-
cially. We know that we have had an
administration that has looked after the
interests of the people; at the head OF
the government has been man of busl-
ness training who knows all the differ
ences between the various ledger &C
counts of tremendous private business
and who is able to understand the details
of state business to perfection. Thus 1t
is not surprising to learn that the float
ing debt has been wiped out and the
treasury will show handsome surplus
on January |.
The Somerset reporter., 1902-11-20

Travelling back and forth on ships
which ply between Havana and this
port, Constantine Garcia, a native Cuban,
is affording the steamship companies
much trouble and proving himself to be
a man without country. He started
four months ago by slowing away at
Havana. Arriving here, the immigra-
ton officials ordered him back. At Ha
vana, the Cuban officials refused him
landing and he was again returned to
New York, and again refused permission
to land. The steamship companies are
compelled to obey the order and return
Garcia to Havana or pay a heavy fine.
They have been unable to fine any work
aboard ship which their unwelcome pas.
senger can do. Meanwhile Garcia says
he is letting the others lido the worring.'
The Somerset reporter., 1902-11-20

Rockland can lay claim to three con-
gressmen who we're either bora or bred
within her border, a distinction that
few cities or towns can boast of. They
are Charles E. Little6eld, Butler Ames
recently elected to Congress from Massa,
chusetts and Frederic G. Stevens, recent.
ly reelected for his fifth term from Min.
nesota. Mr.. Ames was one of -four
Maine men among the 10 Republican
congressional candidates in Massachu'
sets.
The Somerset reporter., 1902-11-20
Mrs. Annie Garfield Wheeler.

Died, at Oakland, CAL, Nov. lst, 1902,
Annie Garfield, wife of Vim. p. Wheeler.
Many of our older townspeople will
remember Mrs. Wheeler as a former res
ident of SkowhegaD. Indeed, nearly all
of her life was spent here, until early
in 1877 she married and went to Oak
land, Cal, in which city she has since
resided. She was, at one time, clerk ia
the store of j. 2. Warwell, later in the
dry goods store of Hall and Wildes, In
both of which places she made many
friends. When quite young she united
with the Baptist Church, af'erward
transferring her name to the roll OF the
Bethany Baptist Church, of which she
was member at the time OF her death.
She was faithful daughter and sister,
devoted wife and mother, untiring in
her cheerful thoughtfulness and solicit
tude for the comfort and happiness of
those Of her household; a friend in
whom many put their trust. Always
quiet and unostentatious, not one who
went very much into society, yet she
leaves large circle who will miss her
kindly presence and cheering words In
time of trial and sorrow and her sub
stantia aid in time of need.
She leaves to miss her, to mourn her
loss tn them, her husband and four
daughters, two Of whom are grown to
young wOmanhoOd her mother, now In
quite feeble health, and two brothers.
The Somerset reporter., 1902-11-20

"Swadle Is rather Eighty in his notions
isn't heq Can't stick to any one thing long
enough to n AXE q success OF it," well,
that's what we used to say about him when he
was q poor devil, but he's rich now and every
body speaks of him as 3 man OF extraordinary
versatility"
The little folks love Dr. Woods Norway Pine
Syrup. Pleasant TO take perfectly harmless
Positive cure for coughs, colds, bronchitis
asthma,