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The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1902-09-11

Boston Transcript: The President is
an active man to whom outdoor life is
very helpful and pleasant, but as the
narrow escape he recently had at Pitts
field has left the country nervous upon
the question of his safety it is almost an
occasion for public protest that he should
decide to go on lion hunt in Colorado
the latter part of this month. While
every precaution will he taken for his
safety, and he is unusually well fitted
to care for himself, it should not be for
gotten that he is pledged to the grave At
of public responsibilities and that his
disability would be much more than
whatever 1t might mean to himself or
his family. There is rising chorus OF
protest against his present journey, even,
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1902-09-11

Brsdstreets: All available data con-
firm reports of past good trade and fore
shadow as geod or better yet to come.
|! has been essentially week of active
buying 10 distributive trade. Prices
show persistent strength despite the
fact that agricultural products except
corn and prime cattle tend lower, owing
TO the growing strel 9Th Of raw textiles
and other materials for manufacture.
Railway gross earnings for the month
Just closed show gains Of six per cent
over 1901 and reports as to fall trade
point TO very dull volume of westbound
freight balancing the movement of large
crops TO market. Corn is not yet out Of
danger from frost in the northern half of
the belt and this coupled with short sup
plies imparts strength TO cereals gener-
ally. The anthracite trouble still hangs
over the situation bur the volume of coal
shipments is slowly ard steadily increas-
ing.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1902-09-11
ALL WRONG.
The Mistake is Made by Many
SkOWhegdn Citizens.

Don't mistake the cause OF
backache.
To be cured you must
know the cause.
1t is wrong to imagine re-
lief is cure.
Backache is kidney ache.
You must cure the kidneys.
A Skowhegan resident tells
you how this can be done.
Elmer E. Tabor, farmer, one and
half miles south of town, says: My
son complained of a duh dragging pain
in the small of his back just over the
kidneys. have heard him more than
once cry ont when a sudden twinge
caught him across the lojns after stoop-
ing OF bringing any unusual exertion on
the muscles OF the small of the back.
We knew from the condition # the kid
ney seereuons that his kidneys were in
some way upset, and knowing that
Doan's Kidney Pills We're specific for
such symptoms We went To Geo. 4.
Simpsons drug store for box. II it
had not brought results a second and
third and a fourth would never have
been purchased. The treatment cured
him."
For sale by all dealers. Price Soc per
box. Foster-Milburn Co, Buffalo, y
Y. sole agents for the United States.
Remember the name-Doan sand
tnl-n m nthnr
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1902-09-11

There was long ago a divinity hall
presided over by a most amiable and
dignified professor. On certain days
the senior students opened the proceed
ings OF the day with prayer. One morn
ing a raw youth from remote re-
gion performed this duty, and 1t was a
memorable occasion. None who were
present can forget how the venerable
professor turned and gazed on the un-
tutored lad, who prayed for him as
follows: Lord, have mercy ON our
professor, for he is weak and ignorant.
Strengthen his feeble hands, confirm
his tottering knees, and grant that he
may go out and in before us like the
he goat before the flock. '-"Twenty-
FIVE Years of st. Andrews
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1902-09-11

~ am rJing box of Chamberlain's
Stomach & Liver Tablets and find them
the best thing for my stomach l ever
used" says T. W. Robinson, Justice of
the Peace, LOOMS, Mich. These Tab
let's not only correct disorders of the
stomach but regulate the liver and
bowels. They are easy to take and
pleasant in effect Price 25 cents per
box. For sale by 6. X. Fogg, Skowhe.
gan; L. C. Williams, Athens; sullivan
Newton, Jackman.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1902-09-11
what Carlyle wrote of Tennyson

what Carlyle Wrote of TennYHon'
Tennyson in his prime was thus de
scribed by Thomas Carlyle TO Ralph
Waldo Emerson on Aug. >, 1914: lone
of the finest looking men in the world.
A great shock of rough. dusty dark
hair; bright, laughing, hazel eyes mas
sive aquiline face-most massive yet
most delicate. of sallow brown com
plexion, almost Indian looking; clothes
cynically loose, free and easy; smokes
infinite tobacco. His voice is unsteady
metallic, fit for loud laughter and pierre
ing wall and all that may lie between;
speech and speculation free and plen-
teous. | do not meet in these late dec
AIDES such company over pipe
Sounds Like Tt.-Mrs. Richmond-"1 hear
that Mr.. Westminster has distinguished him
self at ping pong" Mrs. Bronx borough
ping pong Let me see, Is that in the Phil
ipines or in Gilman"
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1902-09-11
Your COWS
May Be
Made to Breed

tiseptic Breeding Powder. 1t thoroughly
disinfects, kills all germs, and makes cows
breed. Also effective where COWS are irreg.
ular in coming in season and where they
do not clean, Does not cause straning.
William F. Parker OF West Boylston,
Mass, says ." One OF my cows was re-
peatedly bred Intellectually After treat
ment with Hood Farm Antiseptic Breeding
Powder the first service was successful
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1902-09-11
A Certain Cure for Dysentery and DiAr
rhoea

rhoea.
"Some years ago | was one of a party
that intended making long bicycle trip"
says F. L. Taylor, of New Albany, Brad
ford tounty, Pa II was taken sudden
y with diarrhoea, and was about to give
up the trip, when editor Ward of the
Laceyville Messenger, suggested that 1
take q dose of Chsmberlsin's Collie,
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. l pur-
chased a bottle and took two doses, ono
before starting and one on the route. l
made the trip successfully, and never
felt any i'll effect. Again last summer
was almost completely run down with
an attack of dysentery. l bought bot
tie of this same remedy, and this time
one dose cured me. For sale by G. R.
Fogg, Skowhegan; L. c. Williams
Athens; Sullivan Newton, Jackman.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1902-09-11
Hood Farm
Antiseptic Breeding Powder

With full directions, is sold for SlO0. Can
four times larger, $3.50 For sale by
FRANZ w. BueKSAN, Skowhegan, Me.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1902-09-11

Cows that fail
to breed, espe-
cially After
a oFtion n,
should be in
jeCte d W 18th
Hood Farm An
Ii AI..ra,nuhlH
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-05-12

cent The majority of the corpses are
still unburIed.
The British Royal Mail steamer So
lent has gone from Barbados to Mar
Unique with supplies and doctors.
From the island of Trinidad the Brit
ish Royal steamer Kennel has gone to
Fort De France.
The British second-class cruiser hide
farigable is on her way from Trinidad
to st. Vincent with stores for the relief
If the sufferers there.
II is reported here that Fort De
France is threatened.
Great tension prevails everywhere
throughout the West Indies.
$50 p. MA dispatch received here
from the island of Dominica Oh. w. L.,
says that a man who has just returned
from the boiling lake district of that
island, went within 100 yards of the lake
and found that the water had disap-
peared, and that from a vent 10 feet
in diameter in the center was arising a
column of steam to height of 80 feet
before spreading into the atmosphere.
That district, otherwise, was appar-
emily unchanged. but the sulphur gases
were strong.
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ERUPTION CONTINUES.
Mont Pclee Still Pouring Out Lava
Heavy Loss on St. Vincent.

st. Thomas, -. w. L., May lad
vices received here from the island of
Dominica, today. say that boats arriv-
ing there report that many persons
were drowned while crossing to Domi-
MICA from the island of Martinique,
where some Of the out parishes have
been inundated. The eruption of Mont
Pelee taIartinique) continues. The lava
is progressing northward. The whole
northern region is now a rocky waste,
denuded of vegetation.
Reports from the island of st. Vim
cent say that up to the afternoon of
Friday last, over 200 deaths had oc-
Cured there owing to the volcanic out
break in that island. Definite news
however. is lacking. Many estates were
| destroyed and steam and ashes were
| belched forth from in the morning
until $50 at night. The eruption is now
| invisible at Kingston. Huge dust clouds
We're blown eastward.
| Great distress prevails at St. Vim
cent, where there are many injured
people. 1T is believed that about so
persons have lost their lives at st. Vim
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PROF. PAINE DEAD.
Dean of Bangor Theological Seminary
j, Passed Away, Saturday.


Bangor, Nc. May 11.-Prof. Levi Leor-
ard Paine, ID. d.. dean Of the faculty Of
the Bangor Theological Seminary, and
widely known i'll Theological circles
throughout the country rs the author d
recent works, dicd al his home on tho
seminary campus, Saturday afternoon. q
pneumonia. Prof. ainr had been IN i'll
health for several years.
Prof Paine was born III Holbrook,
Mass. Oct. M 1872. ana was educated AT
Vale College, graduating in the class OF
III He aftcrward took a course in the
Vale Theological Seminary, graduating n
the class of 'bi. H. was at once ordained
and preached in Pennington, Ct, from
oct . Of that year Until 1870.
Eic was president 3l The Maine Mission
AIRY So"toty from l>N> until l@Jt lie leaves,
daughters. Leonard q. Paine of Phila-
delphia, Fred Paine of Brooklyn, Edward
StctsuH Paine, a sophomore at Yale. Mrs.
Mcrvin Clark of Portland, and Miss MOI
~ Paine OF Bangor.
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GRAVE ALARM
Is Felt for St. Vincent and Even the
Main Land.

London, May l2-The latest reports
received here Hay that the state of af-
fairs ut St. Vincent creates grave
alarm, especially as dispatches from
the island OF Dominica, forwarded
Sunday, reported that the Soufriere
volcano in st. Vincent was still in ac-
tive eruption. -Four small boat loads
OF refugees from Grand Riviere. Mar
Unique, have arrived at Dominica in a
pitiable condition. They report that
six other boats left that village at the
same time. 1t is not known what be-
came of them.
The very slight discrepancies in the
various accounts of the volcanic out
break in the West Indies which have
reached London, leave only u shadow
of hope that the later details will
greatly minimize the extent of the Ca
tastrophe, and the fear is beginning to
seize the British papers that even
worse news may come.
For instance, the Standard in an ed
itorial this morning, says: 1T is only
too clear that the area affected is larg-
er than known at first. If Dominica
and st. Lucia have not suffered great
~ there is reason TO fear that their
turn may come. nor is it by any means
certain that corresponding commissions
have not occurred or may soon follow
on the main land of Central and South
America. In the presence of such
forces man is helpless and we can only
prepare to relieve the survivors as
speedily as possible. The United
States has set us an honorable exam
pie"
King Edward is deeply concerned
about the terrible news from the West
Indies. He has ordered that all dis
patches the government receives on the
subject be Immediately sent to Buck
ingham palace by special messenger
and has intimated his desire to con-
tribute towards any fund which may
be raised for the relief of the sufferers
1t is understood that the government is
waiting for more definite news of the
st. Vincent disaster before asking the
lord mayor of London, Sir JOSEPH
| Dimsdale, to open a fund at the Man.
sion house, but it is certain this vii
be speedily done.
The colonial office was open through
| out Sunday: but beyond a dispatch
! from Administrator Bell of the islano
of Dominica, confirming the total de-
struction of st. Pierre, Martinique, M
additional details We're received.
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It's easy to dye with Diamond Dyes.
Simple. Durable. Economical.

Monday last, from the crater and the
water in the crater lake assembled in a
stupendous cloud of steam and explod-
ed heavily
The noises grew louder continually
Till Wednesday morning, when the old
crater, three miles in circumference, and
the new crater formed by the last erup-
ton, belched smoke and stones, forcing
the residents of Wallibou and Rich
mond valley beneath the volcano, 10
flee to Chateau Belair for refuge.
The thunderous noises. which were
continually increasing. were heard in
neighboring islands 200 miles away.
At midday the craters elected enor-
nous columns of steamy vapor, rising
mapestically eight miles high and ex-
banding into wonderful shapes, re-
sembling enormous cauliflowers, gigan-
tic wheels and beautiful flower forms,
all streaged up and down and cross
wise with vivid( flashes of lightning,
9wing the beholder and impressing the
mind with fear
The mountain labored to rid itself OF
/ mass of molten lava which later
lowed over, in six treams, down the
side of the volcano, and the greater
noises following united in one great.
continuous roar all the evening,
through the night to Thursday morn
ng, accompanied with black rain, fall
ing dust and favillous scoria, attended
with midnight darkness all Wednesday,
creating feelings Of fear and anxious
suspense.
On the morning of Friday there was q
fresh eruption and elections of fiery
matter, more dust covering the island,
n some places two feet deep.
The crater is still active as this dis
patch is sent and great loss of life is
believed to have occurred. The lava
has destroyed several districts with
their live stock. People are fleeing to
this town, streams are dried up and In
many places a food and water famine
is threatened The government is
feeding numbers of sufferers from the
outbreak.
Great physical changes have taken
place in the neighborhood of the Sou
friere.
Several districts have not yet been
heard from and the scene of the erup-
ton is unapproachable. Every hour
brings sadder news. The nurses and
sible to give full details at present.
AS result of the disaster on this is
land all business has been suspended
for three days. The public mind Is still
unsettled fearing further disaster.
Continued on page %
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ISLAND is INVISIBLE.
St. Vincent Obscured by Dense Cloud
of Smoke and Cinders.

London, May 11.-Sir Robert Lew
ellyn, the governor of the Windward
islands. has cabled to the colonial Of
fee from St. Lucia, as follows:
In continuation Of my last telegram
my intention was to go to st. Vincent
in a small coasting steamer. but l was
strongly advised not to attempt the
iris as the steamer narrowly escaped
being wrecked, yesterday, and as the
weather was looking very bad in that
direction. The island is invisible ow-
ing to a dense black fog. cinders and
sand. l am very anxiously awaiting
the arrival of a war ship"
The colonial office announced, today
that in addition to the cruiser Inde-
fatigable ordered to ST. Vincent from
Trinidad, the British third-class cruis-
err Pallas had been ordered to st. Vim
cent from Jamaica with supplies for
the sufferers on the former island.
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SOMERSET POLITICS.
e. N. Merrill Candidate for House
Three Senatorial Candidates.

SkowheEan, Me. May 9-CSpccian.-
The political situation in Somerset, which
has been growing more absorbing as the
time for the caucuses approaches. was
still further complicated, this morning,
by the action of Hon. +. y Merrill il.
withdrawing from the senatorial contest
and announcing himself as "a candidate
for repr, sentative from S<pwhegan. Mr..
Merrill WAS member Of tn" lower HOUSE
two years ago, being defeated for re-clcc-
ton by e. L. Page, the present repre-
sentative in one of the most exciting ana
by all odds the most largely attended eau
Gus Of voters ever held in Skowhegan.
an even thousand Sntes being cast a.
Mr. Page is Il candidate" for reelection,
this announcement on tn" part # Mt
Merrill means q renewal ~ the I"rmoi
rivalry. Both men are supported by ar
dent ana energetic friends. ana the towh
caucus, which is called for the lith INST.
bids fair to prove On" Of the most inter-
osting political meetings seen ~ Somef-
set county for a long while. IN adultlpH
TO the representative contest. Delegates
will be chosen 10 tn" county, state ann
district conventions. and q town commit
tee will by chosen.
The candidates for senator from west
ern Somerset now number three. Hon.
Forrest Goodwin Of Skowhe gan, pr ,. +.
Greene Of Scion, anu Hon. w ~ N alk'l
y of Starks. In addition 70 these TWO cuh-
tests, the thorough canvass which IS -
ing made by the three aspirants Tor tht
sheriffss berth, the rivalry for the oihcus
of register of deeds and county treas
urer and the prosI ect OF charges in tn,
town committee. all combine 70 add zes'
to the approaching primaries. both town
and county. The Socialist element, too
is n factor which must be rCCkOned with
and rumors Of combinations between TIM
party and the Democrats are heard nov
and then. Since the formation of tn
Socialist organization in This town som
three years ago. its growth has been as
tonishing and now commands such A:
large percentage of the voters that IN :
CLOSE contest they easily carry the bal
ance of power. They will center then
efforts upon the Offices OF county treas
lirer and sheriff.
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MEAT QUESTION SETTLED.
Riuht Food to Take Its Place.

THE shortness of the meat supply
and the high price of steak is not an
unmiti1ated evil. ON the contrary it
is a probable blessing" says the
Brooklyn Eagle.
IF meat could be raised to IA price
that would make it prohibitory, it
might stiI be of good result, because it
would teach those who depend almost
entirely upon it to widen their dietary
and learn to enjoy many good things OF
which they are now ignorant. To
many. especially in the cities, there are
but three foods; meat, potatoes ana
bread. The weary monotony oil TINS
program. the unsatisfied but indefinite
iongiugs for a widening of it, affect
.app.tite and surely affect spirits and
temper.
"'rbe Iaborcr goes to his work filled
with meat. potatoes and bread AT
'r,on TIA finds cold meat and bread in
hie 6inner-pail ana at night ne is con-
rroutad by meat ana potatoes. some
times separate, sometimes combined
into 4 greasy stew. sometimes chopped
into hash.
This kind Of things fills him, but in
j finer sense it can hardly be said to
feed him. Physicianshave discovered
that a limited and unchanging diet
lowers vitality and health
Such lime as this gives every one
an opportunity to test the value OF
Grape-Nuts as food and prove TO
themselves that it more than takes the
place OF meat and really furnishes
i more nourishment for the body and
greater strength and vitality for the
brain and nervous system; it is also
an economical food that reduces the
cost of living 10 the minimum.
Grape Nuts are probably entitled to
the claim to be the most perfectly
/ adapted food for human needs now eX-
tant The meat eater and th5
vegetarian are alike charmed with its
crisp taste and The delicate flavor o.
grare sugar and the careful housewife
is attracted by the fact that there ars
| fourteefI portions in 1Ic. package.
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WHAT YOU DO, DO IT WELL.
ThisIs Important for Health
Building in May.
Thousands Of Cures Made by
Paine's CELERY
Compound
Should Convince You Of its
Value.

What you do, do ii WE'LL" is the
golden rule of business life. This rule
and far reaching command can be
profitably observed in many other con-
ditions of life. In sickness and suffer-
ing it is all-important that what you
do TO Danish disease and restore lost
health. should be well done. While
prudence and common sense will, in
nearly every instance, direct you
Alright, the experience OF your friends
and neighbors and the thousands res
cued from sickness and suffering, will
point directly to Paine's Celery COM
pound as the infallible health giver
People who think they will get rid Of
troubles such as rheumatism, neural
gia, dyspepsia, and nervous disorders
by medicines which have not yet
passed the experimental stage, will be-
sadly disappointed and find their sur-
ferings increased.
To get rid Of rheumatism, neuralgia,
dyspepsia, and nervous complaints, it
is wisdom to use Paine's Celery Com
pound, a medicine that proceeds at
once to make the appetite normal,
sleep natural and refreshing. the nerves
strong, as founda ton for building up
health and vigor.
If sick people in May look for true
nerve strengthened, an honest blood
purifier, a reliable diuretic, that will re-
store strength, renew vitality, regulate
the kidneys, liver, and bowels, they
should at once make use of Paine's
Celery Compound, and note the speedy
and pleasing results that flow from its
use.
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EX-G0V. MARBLE
Died at 7.3O, Saturday Even
ing, at WaIdoboro Home.
Was President Of Senate at Time Of
Gov. BodweIPs Death
And Served as Governor for Remainder
Of the Term.

Waldoboro, Me, May 1f.-Ex-Gov.
Sebastian s. Marble died at 7.3O, Sat
urday night, at the home of his daugh-
ter. He was IS years old. He was
President of the State Senate in 1887,
and upon the death of Gov. Bodwell,
| Dec - of that year, becaming acting
Governor, in which position he served
until the election of Gov Burleigh in
1889
lie was q lawyer, but had not prac-
| ticed for many years. His wife died
/ some time age, since which time he
has made his home here with his
daughter, Mrs. l.. T. Haskell
The date of the funeral has not been
! arranged, hut the ceremony will prob
ably be public with State officials
| present.
COY. Marble was born in Dixfield,
March |. 1917. Il son Of Ephraim ana
Hannah Packard Marble. He was 4
lineal descendant OF Samuel Marble,
one Of the colonial settlers in Andover,
Mass. He attended the public schools
Of DiXfeld and afterward pursued
higher studies under private instruc-
ton ana at Waterville Academy
He studied law with !. Randall of
DiXficld and John Stacy. Of Waterville,
and in 1913 was admitted to the
Franklin county bar i'll Pennington.
He went West a few months later
and spent nearly two years there and
in the South as Il teacher. Returning,
he took up the practice of law in Will
| ton, and about a year later moved to
DiXfield.
He went to Waldoboro to reside in
1891, and practiced law there 10 years.
Meantime he had become drawn into
public life to such an extent That he
was Obliged to abandon his practice for
| the time being.
He was appointed deputy collector Of
| customs in 1851, and served two years.
lie was then appointed collector Of the
! district and served three and one-half
years. his term extending into rrcsi-
dent Johnson's administration.
In 1861 he was appointed registrar in
bankruptcy FOR his congressional dis
| trict, ard three years later was made
marshal Of Maine. Tie retired from
this office in 1875. ana resumed the
practice Of law for four years.
| In 1852. much against his o"n will, he
accepted the Republican nomination
for State senator from Lincoln county.
! Although that county had gone Demo-
cratic by 800 two years previously, such
was the influence of MIR Marble upon
the ticket that all the Republican
nominees were elected by good ma
jorities
Mr.. Marble was elected to the Senate
| fl,t.a4 farms in, o,s.-,.-fn,, md Jtlri,,,,