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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-09-20
WALDENSES IN NORTH CAROLINA
THEY HAZE CARRIED THEIR HABITS AND Gus
TONS FROM THE ALPS TO THE BLUE RIDGE.

and the last debt will be removed, II IS said. by
the end OF the coming year
Even the traveller. passing through on the
Southern Railroad. notices the difference when the
train stops at Valdese. The people are too small
and swaTthy for mountaineers of the tar heel
type. The Language is terrible mixture as yet
The children and apt of the elders speak
Burke County English. which would be a source
OF eternal JOY to an artist in dialect. The others
speak French and Italian and mixture OF bot-s
They ara strange people. and their rough caro-
linian neighbors have more than one cause OF won
derment. No Naldese has ever been In court
None have ever been known II be intoxicated, even
by accident yet they make, drink and sell wine
The men really like TO work. which Is all but IN
comprehensive to the true tar heel" and the
women are strong the men. Most wonderful
Of all. however. is the way they have made crops
grow on Burke County hilIsdes. They get from if
teen to twenty bushels Of wheat out Of acres that
never before yielded enough TO pay for cultivating
Their vineyards have made many other acres
green. fragrant and profitable.
The North Carolina Waldenses are holding firmly
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-09-20

Vadese. y. c, Sept II CSpeciaD.-There are In
the United States to-da" three interesting settle
ments Of WaidenseG. the PrOtestants Of ;he Italian
mountain regions followers Of Peter Waldo OF
Lyons who in the latter half Of the twelfth cen
fury struggled for a fuller acquaintance with the
Word Of God There are settlements in missouri
and I'm Utah but the largest and most promising
centres about the town Of Vsdese. in Burke Coun-
ty. y. c.
The sufferings which the fOrefathers or these
peculiar immigrants endured I'm Europe FOR CEN
turtles proved them TO be almost saints. In Io'o
there was a massacre by order Of the Duke OF
Savoy which was more terrible than the recent
one at KIshineff. The Waldenses then lived In the
valley Of Lucerne and were a prosperous ehd
happy people The massacre was by Pied
montese soldiers. led by Marquise oil Flahe%za'
and lasted for eight days. resulting in three hun
dred individual murders and wholesale slaughter
besides Women were carried about impaled on
spikes Men. women and children were hung from
precipices hacked. tortured and roasted alive
The heads Of some Of the dead were boiled and
the brains eaten # is related. The fugitves were
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-09-20

20 the customs OF the old country. Many OF their
houses Of the quaint typo found In the Italian
Alps-stone built in two stories. with balcony
porch running about the second. The women still
wear the quaint headdress OF their former noun
tain home. In Italy they put bells on their cows
TO keep away the snakes. The custom has been
kept up and the tinkle of bells can be heard about
Valdes day and night. When they first came one
bake served the entire colony, enough bread
being baked at a batch to last week. Now each
family has its
Naturally they religious people. and though
still holding the old faith their church IS under
the Of the Presbyterian Synod Of North Caro-
lima. The Rev Henri Garrou. fine looking
man. educated ia several countries Is not only the
pastor Of the colony. but It's financial agent and
general adviser. When they first came they made
his home the chief stoTehOuse. kept their cows In
his lot their horses in his stables and their food
supplies in his granery. This has ceased now that
private buildings have gone UP. The barns are al
most fine the dwellings and both good. for
the Waldensian is most kind to his stock
Many stories told Of the honesty OF the
people and a typical is of wine dealer who
returned a cent a mountalneer who had pur-
chased a gallon Of wine because his jug held lit
tie short Of full measure. The Waldensian vine
yards produce about ive thousand gallons Of wine
annually. At this particular time the church people
OF the State especially Scotch FTtsbyterians, are
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-09-20

couldn't see It at first. The ship surgeon had to
IL finally with handmade file'
And did all that really happenT' asked the
mathematician
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-09-20
A JOCKEYS ADVENTURE.

An incident as singular 1t painful and in
at least one aspect repellent occurred the races
at Dleppe yesterday Campbell the jockey who
rode Air Current for VI. de Mezaubran. fell and lay
apparently lifeless The owner who happened to
be near the spot. leaped instantly to the saddle and
leaving the jockey to his fate IN third Camp
bell who gave no sign Of life. was carried to the
hospital. but rejected dead and taken forward
TO the morgue. Here II discovered that the
heart had not ceased TO beat. and the sufferer was
mttted him, but in a desperate conditional London
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-09-20
SYMBOLISM IN EGGS.

Among the curiosities recently acquired by the
department OF Egyptian and Assyrian antiquities In
the British Museum is an ostrich egg pierced FOR
suspension ana covered with traces Of n painted
design prot ably - predynastic period. According
20 the experts 81 the department this egg IS Ger
tstniv nearly six thousand years old, the design
was made not later than Il. &. 900 The egg OF the
ostrich said TO have possessed some religious sig
nificance even Ia the predynasuc period.-(Iondon
Globe.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-09-20
FAMOUS DESSERT SERVICE.

The famous Sevres dessert service which Is kept
IN ca binets in the green drawing room at Windsor
and IN which President Loubet was most interested,
is probably worth about $4,000. The service was
bought bv George ~. when Prince Of Wales. for
offite n small sum II passed on his death. i'm ac-
cordance with his Will 10 William ". who EeneT-
ously made a. TO the crown instead Of keeping
q his private properly which ne could nave
go N ~ aIsIlnsed snrIngield RepublIcan
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-09-20
A RAPID BERRY PICKER.

The spesdiest feminine picker OF huckeberries In
Monroe County. Penn. is Carrie Everett. a girl Of
fifteen years From $40 a m. 20 4So p. m she
picked seventy-two quarts Of huckleberries Oscar
Aitemose has the record among men and bows. as
he picked i2s quarts Of huckleberres in eight hours
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-09-20

waging liquor. and the Waldensisn prac-
tees going to be looked into.
Valdese has manufacturing enterprise. the
Waldensan hosiery mill, owned by the two broth
of the minister. Many OF the men and women
learned the mill business In France and Switzer
land. and have special aptitude for textile work.
be making money.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1903-08-13
A Valley of Death In Bolivia.

There is a valley in Bolivia, South
America, which might well be called
the Valley of the Shadow of Death. 1t
has been inhabited for an indefinite
period of years by the Kanaa Indians,
who are kindred to the various South
American tribes and number now only
a few hundred souls. That they were
once a very powerful tribe is indicated
by the condition of the land which
they as tribe still inhabit. One can
not travel any distance through their
land without coming upon the old and
forsaken burial grounds of the Kanaa
dead. These places cannot be called
graveyards for the bodies are not
buried, but rather placed upon elevat-
ed platforms. wrapped in the garments
of death and bound to the crossbeams
that they may not be displaced.
In one of these burial grounds there
will be probably fifty high skeleton
platforms and on each will lie from
three to five of the Kanaa dead. The
air in that part of Bolivia is very pure
and preseryative, for 1t is one of the
highest plateaus of the continent, al
though kanaa valley is just little
below the plateau's height. A traveller
passing through that land at night and
by moonlight would be awestricken at
the gloomy vision those graveyards
present.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1903-08-13

The distinction between town and
country, between natural and artificial
life is of course, as we all know, a
very arbitrary one. The highly compli-
Gated and seemingly artificial life
which we now lead is an absolutely
natural condition of existence, as natu-
raj as the life of a colony of beavers in
one of their dams on a Canadian river
or of nation of ants at work in the
garden. Evolution directs the forces
of nature in the building of the beav-
ers houses. in the construction of
birds nests and In the building of the
kings palaces. There is no natural
difference between a leaf carried by a
murmuring stream over transparent
depths full of sunshine, under dark
tunnels of overhanging foliage, and a
human waif whrling in human
stream over muddy pavements. AS
the great ocean itself is but single
drop in the immensely of creation. 50
London. overgrown as 1t Is, is but an
ants nest in fine surrounding country.
Marcus Reed in Macmillans.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1903-08-13
Du ChailIu,s Vain Hunt.

Paul Du Chai1lu was the most gal
liant Of bachelors and always openly
confessed that he was quite unable to
resist the wiles of the fair sex. so much
50 that he had never been able 10
choose between them. On one occasion
when he was the lion" at n reception
given by some intimate friends In New
York the hostess In presenting him TO
one Of her guests sald:
LET me present you TO Mrs. -.
You must know her, Paul. because she
has just written book"
"a book. madam he exclaimed.
'"Then, indeed. am | most delighted to
meet her. once made book myself.
But what Is tie title of your bookT'
"The name of 1t is What One Won
an Thinks, " was the smiling response.
"Ah, indeed, and most interesting!
What One Woman Thinks " repeated
the great explorer. And then, with a
simulated excitement, he added hastily
But where can | procure a copy of
tt2 / must have II at once-immediate-
ly. All my life | have been trying in
vain to find out what women think, and
If before | die | shall succeed in find
ing out Just what one woman thinks /
shall then indeed die content"-New
York Times.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1903-08-13
Grim In Wood

Three kinds of structures are evident
in the twig of year or two's growth.
An irregular mass of pith is in the
center, which in time grows less and
ultimately disappears. Outside this are
a sheath and layer of hard cellular
tissue, which from the very first pre-
sents radiating structure, the begin
ming of the medullary rays, called by
carpenters the silver grain. Outside
this again is a layer of cambium, the
growth for new wood.
a clearly traced dark line intersects
all these radii at right angles and
marks off the growth of each year,
large or small, according to the sea-
son. This is the ring whereby in cross
section the age of tlA tree, when felled.
Is reckoned. Different kinds of timber
show the grain in differing degrees In
oak the grain is very conspicuous; in
the beech, plane and maple 1t is very
marked, but of smaller size; in others
it is scarcely seen by the eye, but al
ways under the microscope. In all
tropical woods, such as mahogany, this
structure is very obscure.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1903-08-13
PLUGGING SHEEP.
shearinE Process Not Used In shet-
land ON Pure Bred Animals.

The pure bred sheep in Shetland are
not shorn. but plucked The process
takes place generally in June, when
the fleece is ripe and the silky wool
can be pulled off without pain.
This Is called 'rooing" and is much
less damaging to the young fiber than
clipping with shears. The wool when
thus handled retains its peculiar soft
ness, so that any one of experience can
tell whether the material of knitted
article has been plucked or shorn. 1t
ripens first upon the neck and shOul-
ders, so that sheep half pulled resemble
in some sort ii poodle that is clipped.
We must suppose that harsher han
ding prevailed at one time, for we read
that In 1916 the Scottish privy council
spoke of the custom as still kept up lin
some remote and unclyil Places and
James |. wrote to tell them that it had
been put down in Ireland under penal
ty of a fine. Upon this they passed an
act on March Il, 16l6, deploring the
destruction of sleep thus caused and
imposing similar fines on those who
should persist in the practice.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1903-08-13
LIBEL FOR DIVORCE.

To the Honorable Justice of the Su preme Ju =
dicial Court next to be held in Showhegan
within and for the County of Somerset.
Respectfully represents Galen Barnes OF
Skowhegan in the county OF Somerset and
State OF Maine, that he WAS married to Lizzie
May Barnes. at Bangor, Maine, on the 18th d y
OF May, 1890, by q person duly authorized to
solemnize marriages; that since their marriage
the libelsnt and libelee have lived and co-hs
bited together at said Bangor, and that your
lbelsnt lived in this state when the cause OF
divorce accrued as hereinafter set forth, ano
had resided here In good faith at least one wear
before the filing of this libel, that your libel
ant has ever been true to his marriage VOWS,
but that the said libelee has been unmindful
OF the same; that on the first day OF August, A.
d. 1899 she utterly deserted your libelsnt wit h
out reasonable cause and has continued said
DESERT n to the present time; that she has
been guilty oicruel and abusive treatment and
extreme cruelty towards your ltbelant.
Wherefore he prays divorce from the bonds
Of mstrimony may be decreed between the Ii
belant and libelee.
The libelant further alleges that reasonable
diligence has been used to ascertain he pre-
sent residence OF said libelee and that he is
unable TO do SO ard does not know where
she is.
State of Maint. Somerset So. July 2Sth 1903.
Personally appeared the above libelsnt and
made GA that the above allegation as TO the
residence of the libelee Is true.
Before me
FORREST GOODWIN,
Justice OF the Peace
SOMERSET, SIS Clerks Office. Sup. Jud. Court
SkowheKan Maine Received and hled 6th
''' VI - Attest: ". T. sEEKINs. CLERK.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1903-08-13

White mems homes in India. the
West Indies, west Africa and other
parts of the tropics to which clviliza-
ton has penetrated are usually run on
the principle of having as much air
and as little furniture as possible.
Carpets, rugs, cushions, hangings and
portieres are banished. Tables and
chairs are made of light wickcrworll.
bamboo or cane. The floors are pol
ished with coeoanut husks until they
become as slippery as good dancing
floor Indeed, they are used for that
purpose nearly every evening in any
settlement where there is society. a
ball in the tropics requires no prepare
ton. After dinner it is only necessary
TO move the light furniture to one cor
ner of the spacious room, send some
body to the piano and start dancing.
The ballroom is practically in the
open air, for wooden ''talousies" form
most of the wall space and are opened
like Venetian blinds to let in the cool
night breezes
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1903-08-13

and more frigid every moment when
in rushed the conspirators' chorus,
who had mainly been concealed behind
the library doors. "Oh, why don't you
say Heaven bless youY" besought
Molly in anguished tones. Dinners
all waiting and getting cold, and II
you only knew what lot of trouble it's
been to keep the hot things from get
ting cold and the cold things from get
ting hot
What under the sum began the
Rev. Mr.. Thurston. And then, headed
by the bishop, they all broke into wild
peals of laughter, and you know no one
can keep a resentment long alive to the
tune of laughter. So by and by, to the
delight of the six conspirators, Mrs.
Wilson was kissing pretty Amy Smith.
ers and Mrs. Smithers was shaking
Jim Wilson's hand.
Then they trooped out to the gayly
decorated dining room. The dinner
from soup, oysters, fried chicken, vege-
tables, to cake, Ice cream and coffee,
was SO much better than poor little
Polly and Molly and the boys had ex-
pected that they knowing nothing OF
the appearance of Mrs. Wilson's cook
on the scene armed to the teeth with
hampers, just supposed 1t was the work
of fairies that preside over such scenes
md ate with rare enjoyment Of every
course, with a candy and sailed aim
one interlude between each
The bishop was In his happiest mood
and drew out each guest to the best
advantage. Mrs. Wilson began to re-
alize the worth of Mrs. Smithers and
Mrs. Smithers grew very friendly to-
ward the pretty, soft voiced little lady,
while Mr.. Jim and Miss Amy spoiled
and petted the six children to their
hearts content.
This is better" said Molly after
ward, than diamonds and shiny clothes
in a show"
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1903-08-13
He Won Her.

"She has promised to marry you. has
she? Did she accept you right OFF,"
"Oh, no. ! had to propose to her
four times"
-Four tines Gracious, but you were
persevering! What did she say the
first timeY
"She said If there wasn't another
man In the world but me she wouldn't
marry me-"
THAT was pretty strong. What did
she say the second time"
"She said she liked me pretty well,
but sho couldn't think of marrying me,
for she might see some one she liked
better"
"Humph! And the third time"
1.-The third time she asked me If l
wanted to tease the life out of her"
"Ha, Ia, ha And the fourth timer
ooh, the fourth time she said if in
sisted upon It she supposed she would
have to say yes
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1903-08-13
NfW WAY TO TREAT HAY FEVER
~ stomach Distinguish Breathe
uvon1el = Stops Sneezlng and

No stomach Distinguish Breathe
uyon1el Stops Sneezlng and
sn1arting.
W buchanan, F. H. Wing and G.
p Foeg are recommending to, their Gus
.amers. as cure for hay fever Hyomei.
n is claimed for this remedy that 1t
.tons the spasmodic plroxysms of sneez-
ing the smarting and running of the
.res and nose, and other acute symp-
TOMS Of this disease.
Many persons have been cured of hay
..ssr by Hyomei aud its inventors pro
.sss to be able to prevent both the occur
.rce of the annual attacks and to arrest
.he nrogress of the disc SO when in the
most chronic form.
Among those who have been cured by
pgomei are j. F. Fobes, chief dispatch
srB II NJ. K. K, McCook, Neb, who
critics: II have never had relief from
any, remedy for hay fever even temper
srily. until | USED Hyomei. will al
xaTs recommend it whenever occasion
efers
A, Hamlin, Westford, Mass, writes,
'Hyomei curea me Oh nay ieVer Ia one
weeks time. consider it duty to tell
others who suffer from this disease"
These endorsements are samples of
hundreds that have been received by the
manufacturers of Hyomei, but F W.
Bucknam, F. a. Wing and G.. R. Fogg
offer to refund the money II Hoymei does
not do all that Is claimed for 1t, is the
strongest proof that can be offered as to
the reliance they place upon Hyomei to
cure hay fever.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1903-08-13
IL 3 e. i.

To the Hon Justice Of the Supreme Judicial
Court next to be held al Skowhegan Ia the
County of Somerset and State of Maine
Helen c. Wing of Skowhegan In the County Of
Somerset and State Of Maine. respectfully rep
resents that on the twenty seventh day Of Sep
tember 1899. at Skowhegan Aforesaid she was
lawfully married To Fred H. Wing then OF said
Skowhegan; that the said libelant and libelee
cohabited in this State after their said marriage:
that the said libelant resided In this State when
the cause Of divorce accrued as hereinafter set
forth, and had resided here In good faith one
year prior TO the date hereof; that the iibelant
has ever been faithful To her marriage obliga-
tons, but that the said libelee has been unmlnd.
ful Of the same; that being Of sufficient ability
be has grossly, wantonly and cruelty neglected
and refused TO provide suitable maintenance for
your libelant that since their internar1age the
said libelee has been addicted TO gross and con
frmed habits of intoxication. that he has been
guilty of cruel and abusive treatment towards
her.
That one child has been born to them during
their said marriage. now living. viz: Lucille
Wing, about eighteen months of age.
Wherefore she prays that divorce from the
bonds of matrimony between herself and said
libelee, may be decreed, and that the care and
custody Of their minor child, Lucille Wing may
be given TO her; also that reasonable alimony be
decreed TO her out of his estate: In lieu there
Of that q specific sum be paid TO her by him.
And the 1ibeant further alleges that the pres
ent residence of said libelee is unknown to her
and cannot be ascertained by reasonable dill
gence.
HELEN CLARK WING, Libelant.
SOMERSET. SIS. July n, 1903 The said libel
ant made oath that the above allegations as 70
the residence of the libelee is true.
Before me.
A. K. But Err, Justice of the Peace
SOMERSET, SIS. Clerks office, Sup. Jad.
Court, skowhegan, Maine. Received and filed
Attest: W. T. sEEKINs, Clerk.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1903-08-13
Carlyle and His Home.

When the great writer Carlyle was
engaged to Miss Welsh the latter in
duced her mother to consent that Car
lyle should live with both of them and
share the advantage Of an established
house and income. But Carlyle an
swered Miss Welshs proposal by say
ing that two households could not live
as If they were one and that he would
never have any right enjoyment of his
wife's company till she was "all his
own" adding that the moment he was
master of house the first use he
would make of 1t would be to slam the
door against nauseous intruders.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1903-08-13
Winchester Pile Cure Is
LIBEL FOR DIVORCE.

To the Hon. Justice OF the Supreme Judicial
Court next to be held at skowhegan, in the
County OF Somerset and State Of Maine
Rosa McCollor of Skowhegan in the CouD-
fully represe Is that on the eighth day o. Oct
tober 1885, at MOSCOW in said County, she was
lawfully married to John McCollor then of
Bingham in said County, by c. NJ. Hill. a Just
ice Uf the Peace. that the said libelant and
libelee cohabited in this State after heir said
marriage; that the said 4fbelant resided in this
S ate when the cause of divorce accrued as
hereinafter set forth, and had resided here in
good faith one year prior to The ate hereof: :
that being OF sufficient ability he has grossly,
wanton y and cruelty neglected snd refused TO
provide suitable maintenance for your libel
ant; that since their intermarrisge the said
libelee has been addicted to gross and con-
frmed habits of intox icatiop that he has been
guilty OF cruel and abusive treatment and ex-
TIRE me cruelty towards her.
That two children have been born TO the m
during their said marriage, who are now living
viz: Mona, FIVE years OF age and Earl three
years of age.
WHEREFORE she prsys hat divorce from the
libelee may be decreed aud that the care and
cus' ody of their minor children may be given
to her. mw
And the libelant further al eyes thatthe pre-
sent residence OF said ibelee is unknown TO her
and cannot be ascertained by reasonable dill
gence.
ROSA E. MCCoLLOR, Libelant.
Somerset, SIS July p, 1903 The said libelAnt
made oath that the above allegation as to the
residence OF the libelee is true
EDWARD F. DANFoRrH,
Justice of the Peace.
SOMERSET, SIS. Clerks ONCE. sup. Jud.
Court, Skowhegsn, Marie. Received and filed
2Tth day of July, A. D. 1908.
Attest. " T sEEKINs, Clerk.