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FLoUR--Spuuc wheat Patent, IS. 10 1913; Win
ter wheat pat S4S 10 St.-' Winter wheat choice
S415
CoRN-sl IS per bag; meal and cracked corn
81 PS per bag
{. :, Meals go Per bag,
FEFp- MddlinEs, SLAB 'er cwt ChicAc gluten
sack l25 lbs, S2CO
CHOICE URAN-S1 q 9er cwt
MINED FEEp-S 81 - per Cwt
SALT rORK-l0C III; by the bhl. r2JOt lbs 5000.
CHKESE-i6 per 10.
BrrrER- Is ~ 24cts. per 10
EGGs-lS cts a dog fresh
TEAs-2i In 20 cents per 10.
CoFFEE-lO 10 IS cents PER rN.
LARp-Domestic, IS cts; rure, IS cts. COM
pound, 10 cts.
MoLAssES-Pure Ponce, 40 pure Rarhadoes,
30; Maple, 25c per ct, Choice Cooking, 25c.
SUGAR-Ganulated sugar. best quality l9
pounds for Sloo; Brown, - pounds for a.
PoTAroES--5C 10 Sf.0o IN.
Dry FlsH-Cod. 70 : cts per Il; pollock, Sc,
ONIoNs-4C. per III.
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TO CURE A GOLD ONE DAY

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
druggists refund the money II 1t fails to cure
e. W. Groves signature Ia on each box. 26o
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DIED

SkoWheeau- May u, Elsie May. daughter Of
Louis J. and Katie +. tuuea, aged years mos
and days.
Norndeewock,-May IS. Helen Garfield Furnu.
aged 81 y ars.
skowhesan, May l6-Aloert Clark. aged s.
years.
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Skowhegan Markets.
PRICES PAID pRopucERs.

OATS cts
WooL-CuwAshed. Is 10 20 cts.
HIDES AND SKISs-hides. cts lamb skins Is
TO 75cts calf skins. p to - cts. tscb.
BEANs-Hand-plcke yellow eyes, g s.. 70 IS.
Pea beans. $3.50.
BKEF-ON beef. 10 sets
foULrRY-Fovls, 10 10 Is cts. per b chickens
II 10 Is cts,
RoUNp Hoe 10 sets.
TALLuw-EouEh cts. pee. 10.
bUrIkR-tlrst qua Wy sl8i.teo -t 70 iSper ID
Goes ~ Is. per 10Y fresh.
HorAruts-60 to ~ u-s.
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Stops the Cough and works on the Cold
aIstiye Bromo Quinine Tablets cures cold
IN one dAy No cure. no Pay Price p cents
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The Somerset Reporter
A Weekly Republican Newspaper.

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E. L. WALKER, Adjutant.
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OrridgeWOck

Hottest and dfyest spring for num-
Der Of years.
{ rops are nearly al IA the ground IN
this section. Gentle rains vii assist
4 tho urao5+b v.,.,,,
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Mr.. and Mrs Linden Lancaster If
Hartland spent Saturday and sunday At
the family home here.
cell Lancaster is cauvassing for
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-05-23

not believe that your religion, however
sincere, can utterly change your Wo-
mans nature. You must have suIfered
some pangs when you found you we're
not the last wife"
BY this time | was the center OF a
circle OF women and one man, all lis
tenlng intently. CThe man told me he
had three wives and rs children livlnB
He was elderly, and ! believe had sur
vived other wiyes)
I'VE DO not claim that we are not hu-
man" the lady replied. in a low voice
But TO US marriage Is a rellgion-made
sacred by motherhood We believe In
peopllng the word-and that our men
have the truth Of God In their hearts,
and that they should scatter their seed
over the earth We believe In sacrifice
and self-conquest and in overcoming
our petty personal desires Tor the good
OF the race"
The woman's face was full OF llght'
and her voice was deep with sincerity.
but II YOU love your husband, l
persisted, In my no doubt oue-wife sell
tishness Of view, you must long often
for more Of his time, companionship'
devotion and demonstrations Of affec-
ton than he can possibly give you with
five other wives"
Another lady with clear.cut features
and intellectual eyes took up the dis
cussion here.
what we may long for or desire at
times has nothing TO do with the case,
she said
1T IL a woman's sphere to sacrifice
her feelings and petty jealousy. and TO
welcome other wives, and help care for
other women's children. | had three
mothers, and all were kind and good to
me, aud they lived together like three
sisters. | never heard a quarrel or an
unkind work among them"
II went to live with my husbands
first wife, said an elderly sweet-faced
woman. She had sons older than |
and always called her mother She
was very kind to me There were others
I'm homes Of our own but we two lived
together in peace. and she helped me
care for my children"
II believe he took another" she said,
with just an lndehnable shadow in eyes
and voice But he was most kind to
me. ! was sealed to hme a long time
before he ever approached me az a wife.
Our men were not lasclvious. as people
have called them. They regard mar
riage as holy. and treated women with
far more respect than many Of your
men In church and state TO day When
II comes 20 sensual and lieentlous men,
we feel ours can bear comparison with
many prominent Gentiles in your best
society"
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-05-23

In my next article | will give fur-
Their account of my experience Vhu
conversation with this and other poly
gamous women several OF Whom are
gtill living as wives TO the man they
married before polygamy became I'M
lawful, in 1882.
II has recently been claimed by ne.
scendant Of Joseph Smith that ne dld
not approve OF plural marriage ana
that polygamy was introduced by
Brigham Young. Mrs. Wells, however,
informed me that this was untrue.
Joseph Smith had revelation con-
corning that divine ordinance" she
said. "and / could introduce you TO
some of his wives still living in this
city" Mrs. Wells regards Joseph Smith
as the most remarkable man OF the last
century
From what read and learn Of him
1 believe Joseph Smith was medium
OF great power and magnetism. ! have
no doubt he communicated with disem-
bodied spirits, both good and bad, and
that his remarkable achievements we're
eYplainable 10 this way. Certain II Is
that he Is held infgreat reverence by a
large number Of educated and cultured
people such as the upper classes OF the
"Mormons" In Salt Lake City are to-
day.
II was my pleasure 10 meet Senator
smoot while in the city and his charm-
ing wife and sister Both were born In
polygamy. but neither ever embraced H.
Mr. Smoot has only one wife, who Is
the mother Of his six children.
Just what his sister and other women
and men born OF poygamous parents
have to say regarding II | viii tell to-
mnrrnM
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-05-23
ARTICLE NO. 2.

had met at a large reception in a
beautiful home in Salt Lake City the
representative people Of the place, from
the governor down,
The majority were members OF the
Mormon" Church There were pres
idents of colleges and churches, apos-
ties professors and statesmen Among
them were a few Of the old regime who
had believed In and adopted polygamy,
and who still support plural wives
married before the passage Of the Ed
munds bill IN 1882
There were too. in the thr0ng men
and women born and reared by poly
gamous parents and few wives still
living in plural marriage. II was with
one of these | talked the following day
when a party Of some 90 ladies', (and
one mani invited me out on special
car to view what Is left Of Salt Lake
that mysteriously receding body Of
brine.
The people whom / met represented
the 400 OF Salt Lake City.
They were without exception, cult
waited In mind sympathetic, apprecia-
tive and refined In dress and deport-
ment resembling the best society In
any Of our eastern cities they were
simpler and more cordial IN manner
and possessed OF greater repose. The
faces of the women struck me as moro
serene than the faces of our eastern
women.
| had been introduced to a very
charming woman Eyes, you are talk
ing with the wife OF a man who has six
wives" the lady said to me. do look
unhappy or neglected." She was
handsome woman who appeared sus-
piciously young to have been married
before 1882, when the anti~polygamy
law was passed Yes, women's faces in
these days are not calendars
She was we'll dressed. sott-voiced,
brlght-eyed cultured. There was fire
in her eye and color on her cheek and
repose in her manner.
But you are the last and latest
Wife" ] said; that makes Il easier"
mo, there are two later ones" she re-
piled, and there was an undertone Of
reluctance In her voice as she made the
assertion.
"Will you look me in the eyes" I
asked, and tell me as woman to wo-
man that you felt no regret, no heart
ache, no sorrow when your husband
took the next wife after you that you
were satisfied and happy TO have II SOP"
The lady did not look at me, and the
color deepened in her cheek.
Remember" I said that you are
not talking to bigot who regards you
as a lost or depraved or martyred wo-
man. | believe from what I have al
ready seen here that the cultured class
OF polygamous wives have as high
ideals OF marriage at least as many OF
our fashionable women who marry for
money and position, and that they are
entitled TO as much respect But | am
student OF human nature. and / can
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-05-23
ARTICLES OF FAITH,
OF the Church OF Jesus Christ OF Lauer-day Saints

lleve the Book Of Mormon to be
the word Of God
9. We believe all that God has
revealed, all that He does now
reveal, and we believe that He
will yet reveal many great and
important things pertaining TO
the kingdom of God.
10. We believe in the literal
gathering of Israel and In the
restoration Of the ten tribes. That
Zion will be built upon this con-
tinent. That Christ viii reign
personally upon the earth, and
that the earth will be renewed
and receive its paradIsical glory.
II. We claim the privilege OF
worshiplng Almighty God accord
ing 10 the dictates Of our con-
science, and allow all men the
same privilege, let them worship
how, where or what they may
~. We believe in being sub
jeot 10 kings, presidents. rulers
and magistrates In obeying, HON
oring and sustaining the law.
10. We believe In being honest,
+, true, chaste, benevolent, virtu-
Gus. and In doing good TO ALL
MEN; indeed we may say that we
follow the admonltion Of Paul,
I'VE believe all things, we hope
all things" we have endured
many things. and hope to be able
10 endure all things. IL there Is
anything virtpous, lovely, or Of
good report or praiseworthy, we
seek after these things,-Joseph
Smith.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-05-23

his followers or uSsAShHlduub Nit iteN-
err
The Theosophists have made a sinlil-
ar claim regarding the discovery OF a
Book Of Revelation IN the Himilayas
and Dowie Of Chicago, and Mrs hddy
OF Boston, both have an immense FOL
lowing. and all are allowed TO thrive
and proselyte without being hunted
down az were the "Mormons,' ana
driven from pillar TO post, starving and
freezing. and dying, while the ortho-
dOX Christian churches pursued them
with true religious zeal, The insane
and presumptuous claims OF Dowie are
as wild as were those Of Smith, yet he
Is not mOlested.
The word Mormon" today In our
most intelligent countries suggests no.
thing more than plurality OF wives
and lnnumerable children
Few Of the present generation know
the remarkable and tragic history OF
the people who first settled salt Lake
City.
While In that city met several o.
the women who had been driven from
Nauyoo, lll.. and compelled to cross the
desolate plains in wagons In the exo-
dus Of ls45,
one OF these Ia Mrs Emellne Wells
editor orator and poet now 10 years OF
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-05-23
ARTICLE NO. 8.

81 fully realize" | said to the plural
wife Of Latter-day Saint, that any
one who believes the Bible is all in
splred and sacred history has no right
to denounce polygamy All the great
men Of The Old Testament had many
wives, but regard II as merely a his
tory. and no more sacred than Glib
bon's Rome or Carlyles French Reyo-
luton do not consider propagat
ing our species the most important
work in life, but rather making the
world beautiful moral, happy place
the fewer well born people to live In,
and | cannot imagine happiness In
marriage without loyalty and deyo-
ton Of both husband and wife"
How often do you find it?' the lady
inquired. Your newspapers are full
OF divorce and desertion, | have spent
much time In Washington and in New
York and Chicago, and / have seen
and heard OF more wretched marriages
than l ever knew Of In Utah when
polygamy was legal our men at least
acknowledged and supported their own
offspring instead of denying them, and
deserving the unwedded mothers"
was unable 10 refute any OF these
assertions. alas, so | changed the topic.
but 10 me the romance OF life would
be utterly destroyed" ] said were |
one of two or three wives. and life
without romance il a desert without an
oasis
Where would be your romance If
your husband had q secret hidden
away as many dor" the lady queried.
II confess" I replied. that | would
rather have him hide a secret than
exploit another wife ! could get free
In one case and could not IN the other, "
"And you would rather be a woman
stunned by respectable society than a
plural wife received with affection and
treated with respect? You must view
the matter from both sides
owing TO my early education owned
Up that would,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-05-23

!. We believe In God, the Eter-
nal Father, and In His Son, Jesus
Christ. and in the Holy Ghost.
2. We believe that men viii be
punished for their own sins, and
not for Adams transgression.
8. We believe that. through the
atonement OF Christ, all mankind
may be saved, by obedience to the
laws and ordinances OF the Cos
pei.
4. We believe that the first
principles and ordinances OF the
Gospel are. First, faith In the
Lore Jesus Christ; second, re-
pentance; third, baptism by Inn
mersion for the remission OF
sins. fourth, laying on Of hands
for the gift Of the Holy Ghost.
s. We believe that man must
be called OF God, by prophecy,
and by the laying on OF hands"
by those who are In authority, TO
preach the gospel and administer
In the ordinances thereof.
s. We believe in the same or
ganiEatlon that existed in the
primitive church, namely, Apos-
ties, Prophets, Pastors, Teachers,
Evangellsts, etc.
7. We believe in the gift OF
tongues, prophecy, revelation,
visions, healing, Interpretation Of
tongues, etc.
s. We believe the Bible TO be
the word OF God, as far as II Is
translated correctly; We also be-
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-05-23
written for and copyrighted by the
New York Journal)
ARTICLE NO. 1.

I have been in the very center OF
polygamy. have shaken hands ana
listened to the theories and studied
the types Of men and women born ana
bred in the religion Of Joseph smith
and Brigham Young,
have looked into the eyes and the
hearts Of women who were and are
plural wives, and have arrived at pos
tive convictions regarding all Of these
interesting people--for interesting they
most certainly are, and cultured and re-
flaed.
l am ashamed 10 confess that until
recently l had supposed "Momonism'
and polygamy TO be synonymous terms.
All poiygamists were "Mormons," but
only one-fourth Of the "Mormons'
were polygamsts. "Mormonsm' is a
creed--dlfferlng but slightly from 9th
err orthodox orceds, Here are the AR
ticles OF Faith"
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-05-23
Renewed Nervous EnaN Pure Blood Freedom From Rl
PAlNE'S CELERY COMPOUND
THE ONE REMEDY THAT WILL REALLY
MAKE YOU WE'LL,

years ago when n great public de-
mand arose for q remedy for nervous
ailments as well as a reliable blood
purifier Or. Edward h. Phelps. profess
sor OF Materia Medlca and Medical Bot
any, OF Dartmouth Medical College,
gave to diseased and suffering men and
women his great discovery, Paine
Celery Compound The success Of this
wonderful prescription has been phe-
nomenal' No other remedy known to
medical science enjoys such wide-
spread reputation today.
In this month OF May when 50 many
are sick, Paines Celery Compound
makes people Wei, 1t Is the one true
specific prescribed by eminent practl-
TONERS for diseases arising from de-
billtated nervous system; II Is a positive
cure for sleeplessness wasting strength,
rheumatism, neuralgia, dyspepsia, liver,
and kidney troubles, and all blood dis
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-05-23

age; and a more refined, sensitive and
gifted woman one seldom meets. Yet
because Of her conversion to the Nor
mon" religion at the age Of Is, and lat
er to a belief In the divine ordinance
Of plural wives, she has suffered almost
every indignity and borne almost every
burden possible for human nature TO
endure. one Of her children was born
In a wagon on the plains, In driving
sleet and snow storm.
Mrs. Wells was one OF the eight wives
Of Bishop Whitney for three years Two
years after his death she became the
plural wife OF Gen, Wells. with whom
she lived 40 years, and for whom she
entertains deep respect and sincere af-
fection.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-05-23

eases. Mr.. ]. II. Lewis OF Denver,
Colo, one Of the most prominent HE IN
surance men in the United States
writes as follows
after an attack OF Grip lfound my
self broken In nervous vlgorl and win
bowels and kidneys seriously doranged,
As time brought no Improvement, put
rather an Increased nervous prostratlon,
was Induced to make use Of Paine $
Celery Compound Before the first bot.
tie had been used | found II marked
improvement, and It's use was discoh,
tlnued after | had finished the second
bottle After doing without the COM
pound for over a month, l ma nys9u
with the same springy step and usual
ylgor as before my illness, all the for
mer lassltude and nervous dlsarrange-
ment having disappeared, and difficulty
with bowels and kidneys have been cor
rected."
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-05-23

Just why this creed, and the be-
lief that Joseph Smith received It d.
reotly through heavenly messengers
sent from Jehovah, should have caus-
ed its followers to be so inhumanely
prosecuted, before polygamy was in
troduoed into the religion, is as hard
For US TO understand IN this modern
time Of comparative tolerance as why
the witches were burned alive In Sa-
lem by our dead orthodox ancestors.
We can imagine laughing at Joseph
Smith and his pipe dreams" Of sacred
gold plates which an angel told him
God had caused to be buried and kept
for his finding, but we cannot conceive
Of robbing, prosecuting and despoiling
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-03-16
NECESSITY FOR INSTRUCTION.
Gen. Baldwin's Order to the Officers of
His Department

In an order issued to the officers OF the
Department of the Visayas Gen. Baldwin,
commanding, says:
The concentration of troops in this de-
partment affords opportunity for their In
struction In larger bodies and along lines
which the conditions Of service during the
past few years have not in general per-
mitted. The necessity for this instruction.
and its Importance alike to the commits
stoned and enlisted forces, should be plain
to all concerned, but the attention of COM
mandng officers is particularly directed to
1t at this time to secure the uniformity
in instruction necessary to the attainment
of the bes. results. To this end a course
of practicable instruction Is prescribed for
every command in this department and will
be in addition to the course under G.. o.
I55 OF 1901 and iO2 of 1902, H. c. A, and to
such drills and ceremonies required by reg
ulations or orders OF higher authority
are not included IN the course indicated
herein.
The drill season will be the entire year.
I. is not practicable from the varying
climatic conditions to prescribe hours of
drill or from the varying conditions OF in
struction to define exactly the limitations
to be placed on particular parts of the
course. Except as indicated generally
these will be left to station commanders,
but 1t is not expected that even during
rainy season instruction will be suspended,
and commanding officers will so arrange
drill hours and station administration as to
assure uninterrupted progress and practi
cable or theoretical instruction daily, Sat
uTdays and Sundays excepted, regardless
of weather conditions"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-03-16
CAPT. MoNTGoMERY's CASE.
His Detail at the White House Will
Not Create Vacancy.

AS construed by the law officers of the
War Department, the clause of the army
appropriation bin authorizing the detail of
an officer of the signal corps to duty IN
charge of the telegraph office OF the White
House may be executed without changing
the existing status of the officer so de-
tailed. The clause provides that such ap-
pointment may be made, with the advice
and consent of the Senate" and that the
officer so detailed shall have the rank,
pay and allowances of a major" AS is
well understood, the legislation is in the in
terest of Capt. B. f. Montgomery of the
signal corps, who has been in charge of the
White House telegraph office for many
years.
Although there Is some difference In the
wording of the statutes regarding them, the
authorities viii treat the White House de-
tail as similar to that Of the superintendent
of the Military Academy and the officer in
charge of public buildings and grounds,
both of which details carry higher rank and
pay. In the expected event OF Captain
MontgOmery's appointment he will be car
ried on the army register in his actual rank
of captain. with a foot note explaining that
while serving in the executive office he has
the rank and receives the pay and allow
ances of major. Therefore, as he remains
in the corps and Is not actually promot ed
the detail will not create vacancy nor
make any actual change in the corps
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-03-16
NEW SOLICITOR GENERAL.
Oath Administered to Henry M Hoyt
by the Chief Justice

Chief Justice Fuller today administered
the oath to Henry NJ. Hoyt the new solicit
tor general Of the Department Of Justice
to the retiring solicitor general. j. X. Rich
ards as United States circuit Judge for the
sixth circuit, and to Judge VanGeyenter. as
United States judge of the eighth circuit
Subsequently Mr.. Hoyt, the new solici-
tor general. was presented to the Supreme
Court by Judge Richards and Chief Justice
Fuller on behalf of the court. took occas-
lon not only to express his pleasure in re-
celVlng the new solicitor general bur to
express ms appreciation of the services of
the retiring officer and his best wishes for
him in the future.
Henry Nj. Hoyt is a son of the late Gov
ernor Hoyt of Pennsylvania He gradual
ed from Yale College In the class of 1873
and at the Law School of the University of
PENNSYLVANIA In 1881 He read law with
MacEeash & Bispham of Philadelphia. and
practiced at Pittsburg for two years in the
office OF Mr.. Shiras who recently retired from
the supreme bench and who was then at
the Ptttsburg bar. Mr.. Hoyt then went into
banking, and was successfully assistant
cashier of the United States National Bank
dent of the Investment Company Of Phila-
delphia. He returned to the practice of his
profession In Philadelphia in 1S93 and was
appointed assistant attorney general by
President Mckinley in June 1897, since
which time he has been discharsing the
duties Of his office in the Depar tment of
Justice. Mr.. Hoyts class at Yale was the
same one of which Governor Taft Governor
Hunt and Minister Bowen are members