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The Somerset reporter., 1902-02-20
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There are many men and some women
who would like to go into the poultry
business because they think it requires but
little strength or muscular labor, and
should pay good profit. There are boys
and perhaps girls or young ladies who go
into it, first because they like the care of
the feathered pets, and next because they
think they can see in it a business that can
be raised up to a point where they can
make more than living and that by strict
attention to business may be made a life
work that will give them competence, or
at least good addition to their other in
come. The last are the ones who almost
invariably succeed. The others often fail
because they are looking for every chance
to allow the poultry to get along without
care, and to realize their ideal of profit
to come 10 without labor equivalent to it.
To make money in the poultry business
means starting right in the first place, and
then attending strictly even to the small
est details. We do not care whether
one goes in only for eggs or for broiler
chickens. or for both eggs and chickens, a
little neglect may cause loss where care
fitness would have resulted in profit
Not strength but "eternal vigilance is the
price" OF success in the poultry business.
The Somerset reporter., 1902-02-20
Notice Of First Meeting Of Creditors

In the District Court of the United States 70
the District of Maine.
In BankFuptcv
The Somerset reporter., 1902-02-20

An important announcement was lately
made by L. o Howard. the United States
entomologist. Of the discovery OF the long
sought original habitat of the San Jose
scale insect. This was found to be in
China, in the region south of the Great
WALL The scale insect was preyed upon
by species of ladybrd beetle, living ex-
amples of which have been imported to
be propsgated and distributed.
The Somerset reporter., 1902-02-20

Senator Stewart, 1.-The Silver King" of
Congress, believes that there is money in
dairying. He has established dairy farm
10 Virginia of some two thousand acres, on
which he has over three hundred well-bred
mich cows, and is now working up large
elail trade in the city OF Washington.
The iuducemen, h. offers to new custom
ers are that he gives his cows pure water,
clean food, and that the farm is conducted
in a sanitary method. model dairy, and
that he offers milk at the prevailing price
of eight cents quart. Pure milk is what
Washington is hunting for.
The Somerset reporter., 1902-02-20

In the matter of
FRANK A. SMITH, In Bankruptcy
BANKRUPT.
To the creditors OF FRANK A. SMITH Of
Fairfield, in the County of Somerset auC
District aforesaid, a ban krupt
Notice is hereby given that on the i4th dsy o.
February, A. ID. 1902 said FRANK A. Smith
was duly sdjudicated bankrupt. anC
that the first meeting of his Creditors will bt
held at Daniel Lewis Office in Skowh egsn
Maine. on the 9Th day Of March A. ID 1902
at 10 O'Clock in the forenoon, at which time the
said Creditors may attend, prove their claims
appoint a trustee, examine the bankrupt and
transact such other business as may properly
come before said meeting. Tvs
February 10, A. D., 1902.
DANIEL LEWIS, Referee In Bankruptcy.
The Somerset reporter., 1902-02-20

The census bureau has made public a
preliminary report regarding the manufac-
ture of artificial ice, which shows 786 estab-
ishmen,s in operation in the United
States in 1000 as compared with 2z2 in
1890, an increase of 564 or 2s4 per cent.
The capital invested in 1900 was $3.50
324, as compared with So $40 468 in 1890,
an increase of s27,3I2,856. or 1875 per
cent The value of the products 10 1900
was $t3,83o.s54 as compared with $4,-
600 o83 in 1890, an increase of So 938 OIL,
or 1872 d per cent.
The evening times., 1902-06-02
4 GLORIOUS GHOST.

Two famous streams flow beside the
Athens Of Greece, on on either side,
the IHssos and the Cephissus. writes
Walter Williams in the Jefferson City
State Tribune" There IS not so much
water il them as in the two famous
streams which flow beside the Athens of
Missouri, Flat Branch ana the Hinks0n.
The rivers about which one reads as
flowing through classic lands are. none
of them, 50 large as a good-sized Mis-
souri, creek, and some dried up do not
low at all The Attic plain IS about as
great in size as Cedar township. and all
Greece has scarce so many people as St
Louis. Kansas City, and 81. Joseph. We
were fortunate at athens. as in Rome
in having as guide. philosopher. and
friend" Dr. John Pickard. who is high
authority on matters archaeological and
artistic.
Athens has about $50, 600 people. and
strange to say. is a modern city a
century ago it was reduced to 900 in
habitants. and since then has been re
Quilt on modern lines. with broad ave
nues and beautiful buildings Its crown
ing glory is. OF course. the AcTopOlis.
with its PartheRCu, splendid even in It's
ruins. its ErechtheUm and the gem-likC
Nike temple. We visited the AcTop0lis
~ day and, again. under the soft light
Of the full moon The latter view wal
charming beyond expression. The days
Of glorious Greece returned
Every schoolboy refers TO the cory
hat was Greece. but there is no hap
1ier phrase. The veriest tyro, wander
ng through the streets Of Athens. is i'm
t-essed with the glory OF its ancient
monuments and the simple beauty OF its
ITt- Indeed. il is the simplicity Of the
ireek art that made il glorious. When
EegeneTated by Ttoman influence and
sensuous display it grew more gorgeous
out less beautiful
The evening times., 1902-06-02
HCMESICKNESS.

I am sick, soul sick Of the city,
1 am tired Of the noisy street;
The din of the cling changing car
bells.
The endless tramp tramping of
feet.
I am tired of the strain and worry,
The push and the struggle and
The scramble for loayes and for
fishes,
While starving for true bread of
life
I long for the fresh, quiet country,
The green fields. so peaceful and
still.
The cool mountain brook swiftly
flowing
Adown by the moss-grown mill
I long for the hush Of the forest.
The sough Of the wind through the
pine.
The scent Of the sweet fern and
hemIock.
The song Of the woodthrush di-
vine.
0, to lie on the soft. green MOSES.
And gaze where the sun filters
through
The leaves. which like laces are
tangled
In emerald web 'EainsJ the blue
0. to rest, just 10 rest. on the bosom
OF the Iife-giviRg earth, mother
earth.
TIL the turmoil within me is quiet
And my soul finds relief in new
birth
Townsend Allen. IN New York
Tribune
The evening times., 1902-06-02

the west, picturesque medieval resi-
denCe is pointed out as the house Of
Dives. the rich man, but there is indIs-
putabIe evidence that it was built no
earlier than the fifteenth century. Op-
posite is the fifth station. where Simon
Of Cyrene relieved Christ Of the cross.
and a depression il the wall is pointed
out as the place where the hand Of
Christ rested when He steadied Himself.
About one hundred PAGES farther on a
chapel of the united Greeks marks the
site Of the residence and tomb Of Saint
Veronica. who is said to have wiped
the Precipitation from the Savfor-g brow
and to have received q permanent i'm
preston Of His face upon her handker-
chief The handkerchief is in St. Peters
Cathedral, at Rome This is the sixth
station The seventh marks where Christ
fell a second time, and there is a mod
ern chapel adjoining the hospice Of St
John The eighth station, where Christ
is said TO have addressed the women
who accompanied Him, is at the Greek
monastery Of st. Caralombos. The ninth
is in front OF the C6ptic monastery
The last i've stations are in the Church
Of the Sepulcher, marking the places
where Christ is said 10 have been un-
dressed, where He was nailed 10 the
cross. where the cross was erected.
where He was taken down from the
cross. and lastly the tomb IT. which lie
was laid.
The evening times., 1902-06-02
THE Ar1IABLE YOUNG GIRL NFIC7ION

TITa potiveness skill MIR
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wasp probably directed al Mary MacIane.
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The evening times., 1902-06-02
A DISCUSSION OF THE
CAUSES OF LAUGHTER

quilted the stage with Nr. J. L. TooIe.
II they l5BEer IN Punch" it is merely
+ out Of Difference to historical tradition
They are Ike the little slips Of paper
/ Inscribed with faceuae which Chinese
gentlemen are said TO exchange sol
EMMY in the intervals Of a conversa-
tion, designed. not TO provoke laughter.
/ but TO comply with Iong-estabiished eti-
quette.
Laughter implies both sympathy and
antipathy. We Iauga with some people
and at others. But there is middle
+ term-laughing over other people. as.
for example. over Uncle Toby. OF Mr.
PickEick. OF NJ. BeTgeret. IN other
words. there is the laughter o. satire
or irony. and the laughter of purely
comic spirit. III. Meredith draws the
distinction
You may estimate your capacity for
comic perception by being able to de-
tcct the ridicuIe Of them you love with
out loving them less. IF you de-
tect The Tfdicu!e and your kindness IS
chilled by it, you are slipping into the
grasp OF satire II instead Of falling
foul OF the ridiculous person with a sa-
tiric rod, you prefer 10 sting him under
4 semi-caress. by which he shall. in his
anguish be rendered dubious whether
indeed anything las hurt him, you are
an engine or irony"
Moiiere IS Nj IIersdfth's great ex-
emplar Of the comic spirit But STEM
dial preferred Rcgnard; and there is
something to be said for his heresy,
when one considers the invariabIa Bit
teruess OF &olisTe's laughter Noliers
must always have q butt Shakespeare
seldom makes downright butt OF his
ridiculous characters The FaIstan OF
The Merry Wives of Windsor IS the
one notorious exception Falstaf al his
best generally conJrfves TO get the
laughter on his side; PoIonius. and even
Naly0lio, IS treated. IN the long run,
with some compuncLion
The evening times., 1902-06-02

The early BTiton wore a skin. he
tied It at the waist. He wore Iegions
on his legs. He had eyes of a blue
shade which plainly showed his semi
civilization He wore on his feet
mocassions or scandals"
Grand opera. The only Grand
Opera known IS Wang"
THE TIE Deum Is a Grand o. IA"
The British museum Is the princi-
pal building in Paris"
Aristides was a god: he vas the
female god of Phoenicia."
Hannibal was an early Greek ex-
pIorer who wrote a book called He
roditus-"
Virgil was a Vestal Virgin
As I roamed in the deep woods I
saw a herd of greyhounds hunting for
prey
Julius Caesar was the mother Of
the Gracehi."
These things show as plainly as
anything can that the children who
took those examinations had been
crammed with a lot of information
which they did not In the least com
prehend. and IN which they were not
interested The pity Of It Is that
some Of the topics discussed might
have been made Interesting. If the
proper time had been taken Tor the
lessons, and that there are hundreds
Of otner things which ought to be
taught to children. which are neg
leeted IN order to FIJI their brains with
this sort Of half-digested trash. An
other feature of school training,
shown IN these ludierous blunders. Is
the oral teaching now forming so
large a part Of public school work
This Is a mischievous system. Tie
spelling of unfamiliar words Is not
easy for children to acquire at best,
and when they are taught the words
by ear, instead Of by sight. the task
Of spelling them right Is almost I'M
possible.
The evening times., 1902-06-02
FATE OF SOME CLASSICS.

GoIdsmith's Vicar Of Wakefield. - first
edition in the original calf, fetched $50
in London last Saturday This is the
highest price ever paid for it at auction.
and it indicates a revival Of interest in
Goldsmith. This sum is nearly twelve
times as much as the author received
for the manuscript OF the story. Dr..
Johnson sold the copyright of the wi
car" for $50 and he thought the amount
fairly represented the value of the work.
The publisher found in the book a gold
mine. Those OId-time literary wages
were not as large as are paid today,
but they were not as small as many
writer's would have US believe Little
is known Of the remuneration OF authors
until the days Of Dr. Johnson. Before
his time literary men. as a rule. depend
ed on the generosity of patrons for their
means Of support. Sturdy Dr. Johnson
broke through this Objectionable GUS
tom. and taught the author to look 10
the public for his support. Johnson dis
posed Of 'RasseIas" for 500 and sold
his Lives of the Poets" for 200 guiueas-
The sum Of &T00 was paid to Fielding
for Tom Jones, and s1.C00 for ''Ame-
liza" Hayly received G11,C00 for his
Life Of Cowper." and Southey $1,000
for his life OF the same poet The life
Of William Wilberforce was sold fer
$4,000; Bishop Heber's Journals for
5000. Pope's translation of Homer
yielded about GS.000 Gay made G1.00J
by his poems Gray received only SO
for the whole Of his poems. He present
ed the copyright Of the "EIegy in q
Country Churchyard" to Dodsley. feel
ing that it was beneath his dignity t.
haggle with publisher over perfect
poem. Gay made E400 out Of the Beg
gar's Opera" Rich. the theatrical man
ager, profted TO a greater extent from
the opera than Cay The jest was that
it made Gay rich and Rich gay.
The evening times., 1902-06-02
FAMOUS FRENCH WIT.

/ Some of the maXims and anecdotes CT
/ Nicolas de Chamfort, the witty able
who, during the latter part Of the eight
eenth century. was such a notable figure
in French society. have been translated
by Mr. W G. Hutchison and published
| by EILzin Mathews. London. This seems
to be the first English version ever
/ made Here are some samples Of the
/ abbe's wit as rendered by the transIa-
/ tor.
Living is disease from the pains Of
which sleep eases Us ever. sixteen
hours; sleep is but a palliative. death
alone is the cure"
The worst wasted OF all days is that
/ in which one has not laughed"
'Tis not generally known how much
wit man requires to avoid being ride
uIous"
The best philosophical attitude 10
adopt toward the world is a union Of the
sarcasm Of gay ETY. with the indulgence
OF contempt
Society would be a charming affair
if We were only interested in one an
other
There is no history worthy of atten-
tion save that Of free nations; the his
tory Of nations under the sway Of des-
/ potism is no more than collection Of
/ anecdotes
Some Of his anecdotes are good.
Nine de TaImont. seeing N. de Rich
eIieu neglecting her TO pay attentions 80
Nine. de Brionne. a very beautiful wo-
man, but said to be rather stupid. re-
marked to him. You are not blind.
marshal. but I cannot help thinking you
a little deaf
Nile Duthe having lost a lover. and
/ the affair causing some talk. a man who
| called to see her found her playing the
/ harp. and said with surprise: Good
/ heavens was expecting TO ind you
( desoIated with grief All" she ex-
/ planned. in a pathetic tone. you ought
/ TO have seen me yesterday"
a woman was at a performance OF the
tragedy of "Merope" and did not weep,
whereupOn surprise was expressed 7
could cry my eyes out" she said but I
/ have 10 90 out TO supper tonight"
! La CabrieIIi a celebrated singer, hav-
ing asked 5000 ducats from the Empress
] of Russia as her fee for singing at St
/ Petersburg for two months. the latter
replied: I pay none Of my field mar
shals on that scale IN that case. -
said La GabrieIH. your majesty has
only to make your field marshals sing
The Empress paid the 5000 ducats with
! out further demur.
The translator is sometimes too lit
eraI and sometimes too free i have TO
! go out to supper tonight" is a needless
bowdlerization Of "J'aJtends mon ananu
/ &C s0iT."
The evening times., 1902-06-02
THE VIA DOLOROSO

TINE Via DOIoTCsO, by which the
Saviour is said TO have borne His
/ cross % Calvary. or the Way
10 the Cross" is a narrow.
crooked lane leading from military bar
racks which are supposed TO occupy the
former site Of the praetorium. the resi-
6eaee OF Plate, to the Church Of the
Holy Sacrament. The authenticity Of
this tradition, Of course, is linked with
that referring TO the site Of the Cruel
hxion. and if one Is true the other must
be also. The Via DolOroso is marked
with tablets which divide the journey
OF the Saviour from the judgment hall
to the sepuIcher in fourteen stations.
each station representing some incident
that occurred upon that memorable day.
These stations are recognized by all the
Christian denominations and are used to
regulate the movements Of their pro-
cessions upon religious anniversaries-
The first IS the chapel Of the barracks
Of The Turkish garrison. where the hall
OF judgment is supposed 10 have stood
and from this place was taken the Scale
Santa. the flight OF marble stairs now At
the Church Of St John Lateran, in
Rome. The second station. where the
cross was laid upon Christ, is at the en-
trance 10 the barracks, and here an arch
which crosses the street is said to mark
the spot upon which Plate stood when
he said Take ye Him and cruelty
Him. for I find no fault in Hin" The
third station IS at hospice for pilgrims
under the charge Of Armenian monks.
Here Christ is said to have sunk under
the weight Of the cross 4 few yards
beyond this station IS the house Of the
poor man Lazarus. At the next street
corner. where the Via Dolcroso turns TO
The evening times., 1902-06-02

- ARWIE. il his Expression Of tae
Emoticns," notes that during
- the siege Of Paris the German
soldiers. after an alarm or q
near shave" were given to loud bursts
of laughter ever the mcst. paItry jokes.
The same physical conditions. no doubt.
explain the laughter in court over
trtvialities which the newspaper reader,
not in court. finds dull enough. In that
aspect, says Bain. the comic IS the re-
action from the serious. That is WY
the idea CT the dignitary in an undig1i-
fed posture is at the bottom ot nearly
every farce Further. as the essence of
laughter physiologicaiIy considered. is
the sudden liberation OF nervous energy.
we see why surprise must be cne Of It's
elements, and why we do not taush' at
stale jokes.
The recollection Of "Tartarin de Ia
Tascon" is nearly fatal TO ..TartaTin sur
les Apes. and the tirsde on the nose IN
''Cyrano de Bergerac'' to the speech
with the refrain pas Drissoaier mais''
n "L'sigIon-" So Mr. GiIbert's topzy-
turvydoru e naval captain cbsequious 10
his crew; kings backing their own
boots dukes Two q renny') or Oscar
Wilde's inverted conmcD9Iaces f..the
old-fashjoHcd respect for the young is
gradually dying CUT. so soon as the
trick. ceases to cause surprise, cease 10
amUse- II is the sudden surprise ere
2ted by the linking OF dissimiIar ideas
under similarity Of sound which causes
laughter over PuEs OF even simple asso-
HaRces for example VoItaire's farewell
10 -Adicu canaux, carards. ca
naiIIe-J- To the elemen- CT surprise
must be added the element of social
imitation or vogue" There is fash
ion in fun. as we all know Pu1s. like
practical jokes. are now hopeIessIy out
OF e-archaeoIcgicaI curiosfties of the
early and middle Victorian period They
The evening times., 1902-06-02

4 BOTE is found an account CT the
/ u recent ventilation agitation,
1 4 which attempts to prove that lad
air is healthy. says the ..Araeri-
/ can Inventor This is but one Of many
|of chHdhood's teachings which the scien-
tidc men Of the present day aim TO up
! set.
/ Twenty years ago oatmeal was q
! healthy food-brain and Drawn throve on
it. and the Scotch porridse was much
+ in evidence in maternal and paternaI
/ Illustrations of the sood Of unsugared
nusn
/ Today oatmeal every morning produces
/ an acid stomach.
The last decade has seen more argu-
I Eents against the corset than were ever
raised against slavery The corset was
+ an engine of death and destruction. an
/ enemy of the human race. an inhuma1
I torure cage for unborn generations. an
etc. etc,
/ Today an eminent French scientist
says corsets are healthy. necessary, by
/ gienic. everything that is beneficial.
/ Who has not been taught that to read
+ in bed was a bad habit. lazy. sbiftless.
/ and as a crowuing argument so bad
/ fer the eyes2"
/ Now German oculisy says that to
read lying down about half the time
rests the eyes as nothing else viii do.
and adduces whole string OF Latin
names for proofs.
Never mind the bad taste of the rain
water, child; its healthy" So said
/ Gran'm when you took a drink from the
cistern- Now rain water is the worst
thing TO drink. because. first, it is SO
pure it does not contain the necessary
other-and-d dangerous -bacteria-k killing or
ganisms. and. secondly, because it has
washed out OF the air so many disease
germs.
Alcohol used to be a poison; now its q
food Flies. used to be scavengers; now
they are doath-deaIinE vendors of deadly
microbes. Mosquitoes why multiply
details. Science is continually cor
tradictfng herself about health and dis
case. aEd the text books of yesterday are
the Hes of today, the truths Of today
/ the absurdities of tomorrow.
With all OF which no one has any guar
rel. except the man who knows what
words mean and where they come from
The evening times., 1902-06-02
m PRAISE Of GOLF.

True, there is a point OF view from
which golf may be regarded as an ex-
! tremely simple game-the very simplest
Of all the games with a ball and club,
writes W G. Brown in the June ''Atlau-
tic" The players object is simple and
single TO the point OF simple -mtndedness
and singuIarity. one might say: to put
q small ball in a small hole with the
fewest possible strokes But SO are the
objects Of the highest ambitions, the
guiding stars Of careers the most per
picked and devious It is true, likewise,
that all the countless strokes a golfer
makes are resoIva5le into three kinds
OF stroke-driving. approaching, and
putting. But Mr.. Everard, in lecture
unsurpassed for truth and brilliancy by
any in ali the extremely clever liter
ature Of golf. has declared that to make
those three strokes Alright one must
have art. science, and inspiration"
From the moment the ball leaves the
tee. whether il be topped, pulled. or
sliced. or whether. struck in proper
fashion a triie below the medal line,
and urged forward with an exquisite
free Iashiug out Of the wrists. it take
fight as with wings and seeks its true
course as with mind and purpose Of
its own. until 1t drop into the cup with
"a Naturalization that no louder clang
OF paean ever surpassed in its sugges-
tion Of victory and consummatiOn, there
is no foreseeing what perplexity or
temptation to careIessness or oyer-con-
fdence it win present Not twice, Of
the tee ground, and the putting green
viii the possibilities and probabilities
. Of the stroke be quite the same. In the
lie the wind. the distance to be trav-
ersed. the obstacles 10 be carried, there
are variations to be reckoned by any
known mathematics Then, as
the match approaches, its dreadfully
quiet climax Of defeat or victory. the re
sponsibiIfty may grow positively appaIl-
ing The very deliberatiOn which. i'm
possible in most games, is so character
istic OF this. so far from Iessening the
strain on ones nerves, undoubtedly
heightens it. One has time TO estimate
The emergency. 10 realize the crisis Not
the fercest rally at tennis, not the long
est and tineIiest home run at baseball.
not the most heroic rush al football re-
quiTes more rigid concentration Of
thought and energy, or more dauntIess
courage, than the flick Of a putter that
sends the ball crawling on its last little
Journey across the putting green. when
me putt Is for the hole, and the hole
means the match. There is not a quality
OF mind OF body viii not except OF
qualify at all-uo, not one, that life it
self proves excellent, which a circuit Of
the links viii not test.