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The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1903-06-18
The AttrnctIve Room.

The one way of making a room at
tractiye is by the judicious use of col
or. The ordinary dining room or sit
ting room of our houses in city or
country Is not susceptible of decora-
ton by means of form. The furniture,
the movable objects in the room, will
be so much more in the range of vision,
they will assert themselves so much
more positively than will the holdings
of the dado or the door trims or even
than any plaster ribs and scrolls upon
the ceiling. that those attempts at dec
Grating the room by such simple de-
Vices as we use for the exterior will
be of no account. says the Architec-
tural Record.
The holdings may as well be very
simple. Nothing will be gained by
Inotching and gouging nothing by dog
teeth or zigzag, nothing by carving,
unless of richness and elaboration be-
yond our present assumption. Even
the mantelplece, even the decorative
treatment OF the whole chimney breast,
cannot take you far. Beware of the
Itnantelpiece. Nothing is more danger
Gus than that feature when the archl-
tect feels that his only chance to show
what he can do is there.
The thing TO strive for Is color, beau
ty of color. and this may be rich and
deep. brilliant and wrought through
many gradations or pale and cool, in
two or three divergent tints rather
than hues, varieties of gray rather
than approaches to the primary col
Drs. One Is asked for permission to
photograph his room because it has
struck the eye of the kindly visitor as
exceptionally attractive, but one re-
fuses. IL he Is wise, on the express
ground that what has pleased has
been the harmony of coloring in wall
and ceiling, in rugs and draperies, in
water colors on the walls and vases
on the shelves.
Harmony of color, refinement of col
Or. richness of color even, are within
The reach of those who have the gift,
but there is no possible way of open
Ing the eyes of those who have it not
pr of persuading them that they must
ask some one else to arrange their
room for them. That is one thing
which cannot be taught to any lady In
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1903-06-18
NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE,

Whereas Elizabeth : Mills, OF Starks in the
County OF Somerset, with stephen {. Mills
Joining to convey his interest in the premises
husband OF said Elizabeth ). Mills, by her
mortgage deed, dated the eleventh day Of July
1926, and recorded in the Somerset Registry Of
Deeds, book 229, page 44s. conveyed to William
E. Perkins, OF Norridgewock In said County
o. Somerset, a certain parcel OF real estate
situate in Norridgewock in the County of
Somerset, containing about seventeen acres,
and bounced as follows: -Southerly by the
highway Leading from Norrit gewcok past or
by the premises formerly occupied by James
futile as a homestead to Cor on's Corner, so
called, in Starks: Easteriy by the west line OF
the ere Taylor farm. SO ca led, now occupied
by Bert Morrow; Northerly and Westerly by
land owned or occupied by Ghas. NJ. Farrand
and B. F. YeAton and whereas the said Will
liam E. Perkins, by his deed, dated the twenty
third day of September 1902, and recorded in
the Somerset Registry OF Deeds, book 25s, page
1888, assigned and conveyed to me the said
mortgage deed, the note, debt and claim
thereby secured, and all his right, title and
interest, BY virtue of said mortgage, in and to
the real estate therein described: and where
as the condition Of said mortgage has been
broken, now therefore. by reason OF the
breach OF the condition thereof claim fore
closure OF said mortgage.
June /, 1908.
SAMUEL K. HARDING,
BY Walton & Walton,
3W22 His ATTORNEYS
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ut should be the first care of every
mother says the Health Journal. las
soon as her girls reach the age of
twelve years to teach them to cook.
1t does not matter If they may count
on an income of $500 or $3.50 each
per annum, whether they are fine la
dies or poor working girls, they should
know that the woman who cannot
cook and serve up an appetizing meal
without wasting good food is a dis
grace to her sex. 1t is true that the
rich woman need not go into her kitch-
en- and soil her fingers in doing what
she can pay servants to do for her.
None the less she should be able to
criticise their efforts and supervise the
household expenditure, so that a per-
feet knowledge of the art of cookery
is as necessary to her as it is to the
laborer's wife who has to make one
shilling do the work of two and yet
feed the family well"
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MISS ENID YANDEUl.
First Woman Member of the Nation
al sculptors' Society of America.

First Woman Member of the Nation
al sculptors' Society of America.
Miss Enid Yandell, the brilliant
young sculptor of Louisville, Ky, was
the first woman to become a member
of the National Sculptors' Society of
America. Miss Yandell has done some
notable work. At the Chicago Worlds
fair she created the Caryatides which
furnished the support for the entab-
lature of the four roof gardens con-
structed In connection with the wom-
ans building and under a commission
from the United States government
she assisted Philip Martiny In the dec
grafton of the beautiful art building
at the same exposition. For the Lou
isiana Purchase exposition the statue
of Victory surmounting the two res
taurant pavilions is her creation
Miss Yandell had on exhibition at the
last Paris exposition a duplicate of the
great bronze Bajnotti memorial foun-
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CHARM AGAINST ASTHMA
Breathe Balsamlc Air of Hyomel
Quick Relief For That Choking. !"
The Music Dealers.

Hyomei is just as valuable in the
treatment of asthma, as it is in catarrhal
troubles, and many letters have been
received from prominent men and wo-
men who have been cured of asthma by
this simple treatment.
Rev George Il. Honey of Deer Park
Parsonage, Baltimore, writes: 1.-THE Hy-
omei came last Friday morning. Mrs
Honey had been suffering severely three
weeks daily with asthma when she be
gan using it, and after a few times of
breathing it the asthma ceased, and has
not returned. She has had this trouble
since she was seven years old. and we
have spent hundreds of dollars in search
of relief " hen you consider all this |
think il is a most remarkable thing, that
once using Hyomei, should remove the
trouble entirely"
There is no disagreeable strangling
inhalation with Hyomei as with ordinary
asthma cures It's aromatic, fragrant
medication is breathed through an in
haler, both as a preventive of asthma
and a cure for acute attacks. Ii gives
immediate relief and prevents a recur-
renee of the disease
Asthma appears in so many different
forms, that there are probably some
cases Hyomei will not cure; in these
G. r. Fogg will refund the money as
the proprietors of this treatment write
that they d not want to take anybody's
money, unless perfectly satisfied with
the good done by Hyomei.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1903-06-18

Blanc, the founder of the Monte Carlo
gambling resort, was well aware of the
desperate character of many of his
customers. Knowing that they includ-
ed the scum and riffraff of the world,
he took precautions against them. He
never carried any money, which fact
he announced so frequently and pub
llcly that 1t was known everywhere
along the Riviera that the millionaire
Blanc never had a penny ON his per-
son. But he carried in pocketbook a
draft on red paper for several hundred
thousand francs, payable to the In
dorsee. He feared kidnapping as much
as robbery, and In case of abduction
he intended to ransom himself with
this draft But the instructions at his
Office were not to cash a red draft with
his signature unless a telegram was
received from him ordering it to be
done
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1903-06-18
Don't Be superntitiouA.


or all the vagarles of women the
worse are those little superstitions
about opals and new moons or the be-
1ef In fortunes which leads them to
spend money that an Ill looking old
lady may tell their fortune from cards
or to worry themselves sick because a
girl who has been reading book on
palmistry has told them that some
great trouble is about to befall. And
yet to allow oneself to believe In signs
may have very definite effect. We
are, all of us, very susceptible to sug
gestion. To suggest an illness or
trouble is often to bring 1t about or at
least to make somebody miserable
through worrying over it We are
that which we think we are, and to
look for ills Is to find them. We have
troubles enough without adding to
them imaginary ones. l have no pa
thence with those who simply court
these Ills by constantly looking for
signs. Ill fortunes come fast enough.
Make an honest use of the present, and
the future will take care of itself. Let
the new moon look at you as 1t likes;
If somebody gives you an opal, Just be
glad that you are that much ahead;
walk under ladder If that is the dry
part of the pavement, and as for the
lines In your hand, spend the money
you would give to fortune teller for
obonoIo 70 orauma-it Is q hpftar inVnaf-
ment.-Woman's Home Companion.
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Dining Room Appointment.

Colonial cut glass candlesticks are
the most sought for table use at the
present time.
Very attractive decorative pieces In
Bohemian glass are mounted In silver,
one effective one being In a daisy de-
sign.
Among the blue and white chinas,
so much sought at present on account
of the colonial craze, Staffordshire Is
perhaps the most desirable. The glo-
rious color of this deep blue puts to
flight the lesser blues and more deli
cate tones of old Wedgwood or Can
ton. An old Staffordshire platter of
the Lafayette series is great treasure
and gives dignity and beauty to any
plate rail or china closet.
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Bankruuts Petition for Discharge.

In the matter Of PETER DELAC JR-
Bankrupt, In bankruptcy.
To the Hon. Clarence Hale, Judge If the Dis
trict Court Of the United states for the District
Of Maine
Peter Dulac, Jr., Of Fairfield, in tbs
County Of Somerset, aud State Of Maine, In said
District, respectfully represents, that on tha
18th day Of July, 1902 be was duly adjudged
bankrupt under the Acts of Congress 70
lating " Bankruptcy: that he has duly sur
rendered all his property and rights Of properly,
ments of said Acts and of the orders OF Court
touching his bankruptcy.
Wherefore ne prays, that be may be decreed
by the Court 70 have full discharge from all
debts proyable against his estate under said
bankruptcy Acts, except such debts a. are ex-~
cepted by law from such discharge.
Dated this 18th day Of April A. d. 1903
Peter Dulac, Jr., Bankrupt.
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'Just like a womanr Over and over
again, every day, we hear this said,
with laugh of good natured con-
tempt, in a tone of irritation or impa
thence or scorn, as 1t may be, but al
ways disparaging, always uttered de
haut en- bas." Is there a blunder in
the drawing Of a check, an erroneous
account, a letter misdirected, a stamp
forgotten, no matter what, 1t Is always
the same cry, Just like woman
ITO err is human" says the poet, but
surely he is mistaken; 1t must be wom-
anllke. And what have you to say, o
ungrateful man, to cruel rents neatly
mended, stockings darned, drawers put
In order (and, oh, what chaos was
thereD, linen daintily marked, we'll
ordered table and all the judicious ar
engagements of the home? May not
these acts of neatness, order, patience
and good judgment be also Just like
a woman pa Lover of Justice in New
York Post
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1903-06-18

Philadelphia enjoys the reputation
of maintaining school for brides. 1t
is conducted In connection with the
Peoples church, and its students con-
sist almost exclusively Of brides or
prospective brides. Old married couples
are admitted on certain evenings, but
it is with the newly married that the
school has to do. Cooking, dressmak-
ing. house cleaning and home furnish
ing are the subjects taught. and every
evening during which the school is In
session large number Of young men.
evidently matrimonially inclined, are
to be found among the interested spec
tators who watch the young ladies' at
their work
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1903-06-18

In the room in which you sew have
a closet made about the height of a
table, with a top about forty-eight
inches in length by twentyfour inches
in width. Have this closet divided
into three drawers, the first about five
inches deep Divide this drawer into
two parts by running a partition In the
center. In one Of these divisions you
may keep patterns, tracing wheel and
tape measure and in the other part
have two rows of nails driven in from
the bottom on which to place spools
of thread. In this drawer may also
be scissors, buttons, needles, paper Of
pins, hooks, thimbles, etc. In one Of
the remaining drawers may be kept
the materials ready to be made up, and
In the other the unfinished garments
and materials that have been left over
from previous work.
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A WEAKNESS TO OVERCOME
The Morbid Young Woman Who Is
Like "A Sensitive Plant.

| suppose everybody knows the ma
ture of the sensitive plant, its DISPOSE
ton to shrink away and shrivel up at
the touch Of finger. There are girls
like this, 30 delicately adjusted that
they are hardly fit for living in q world
of rude contacts. where people jostle
one another every day. But there Is
one great difference While the plant
cannot help itself, the girl can, and II
she will but try she may overcome the
weakness which after awhile does not
wait for a rebuff, being actually on the
watch for Sights and apparently reyel-
ing in its own distresSes. | cannot ex-
aggerate this statement. My dear SEN
sitive plant of girl, do you know that
your family live In terror of hurting
your feelings, that your friends dread
you and that you give us all the expo
Renee of skating over thin ice or walk
ing on a rickety bridge? We never are
quite sure that inadvertently we may
not say the wrong thing or omit what
we ought to say or forget a compliment
or stumble across some stone we did
not see. Really, dear child, you are not
a very satisfactory companion. Tears
are too near your eyes. You too often
wear an injured air. If you had mala-
ria. or the measles we might send for
the doctor but where shall we find one
to cure malady which has its root in
the spiritual nature7 You must your
self recognize the need Of treatment,
and, asking God to help you, begin
without delay to be another sort OF girl.
For, uncomfortable as the morbid
young woman may be to others, she
must in the nature Of things be more
SO to herself.-Ladies' Home Journal.
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There are three women sta ton agents
In Indiana, all of them sole telegraph
operators, freight and express agents
and baggage masters at their own sta
tons. The superintendent OF the divi-
sion says that the women keep the
cleanest and best stations on the line
and that their books are as well kept
as their Offices The superintendent
believes that women agents are posi-
BILE In large towns and cities as well
as in small places.
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ORDER Of NOTICE THEREON.

DIaTHICT or MAI. -.
On this 18Th day Of June a. d. 100, On
reading the foregoing petition. Il il
Ordered By the Cogrf, That a hearing bs had
upon the same On the 5rd day Of July A.
D. 1903, before said Cunt al Portland in said
District at 10 O'Clock IN me forenoon. and that
notice thereof be published IN The Somerset
and that all known creditors and other persons
In Interest may appear al the said time and
place and show cause, II any they have why tho
prayer OF aid petitioner should not be granted
And " j. further ordered By The Court, That
the Clerk shall send by mai TO al known cred
iUor- copies - -sid petition and this order, ad-
dressed 70 them Al their places Of residence as
stated.
Witness the Honorable Clarence Hale, Judge
Of the said Court. aud the SEA thereof az Port.
land, IN said District, On the 18th day Of June
A. d. 100
a.. s. JANIS l. HEwEY. Clerk.
A true copy of petition and order thereon
lw25 Attest: JAMES L. HEHEY, Clerk.
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Real Usefulness.

1t is, or should be, every girls de-
sire, even ambition, to be as useful as
she can to her mother In the house
hold affairs. Real usefulness does not
consist In doing only what one is asked.
but in anticipating things to be done
and relieving mother Of the necessity
of asking for help. says the American
Queen. But the most important part
of the service is willingness and cheer
fulness. One would much rather do
thing oneself than beg or make
some one else do 1t or even ask any
one who is uncheerful, Be real help
ers and try to make mother wonder
what she would do without your assist
0ncp
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THE THIN AND SCRAWNY
Ml-o-na viii Make You Plump and
Rosy Says Druggist r. w. Buck


Mi-o ma can hardly be termed a medi.
cine; it is in reality a flesh forming food
Taken after meals il minges with the
food you eat, enables it to assimilate
and be readily dgested, 80 as to make
rich blood and pleasing pFumpness
After Mi o-na has been used a week
or ten days a noticeable gain in weight
is seen. The sal'ow complexion will be-
come rosy, the sunken cheeks will nil
out, the flabby flesh will become firm
and solid, the skin will have a ruddy
glow, the eyes will be bright, the breath
sweet and the step elastic.
Use Mi-o-na for month and all the
flesh of the body will be firm and solid,
and the outlines beautiful and sym
metrical.
The fiesh-forming elements in Ni-O ma,
are combined with other vegetable prin-
oiples so that it heals al irritation and
inflammation of the digestive organs,
in fact, the process of digestion itself
is made natural, 80 that the food in
readily assimilated The worst forms
of indigestion are cured by Mi ma and
with the return of good health, emacia.
ton Is overcome, and the thin and
scrawny are once more plump and rosy.
r. w. Bucknam's customers have told
him of the remarkable results following
the use of Milo MA the great flesh form
ing food, and he is so thoroughly con
vinced of it's reliability that he is selling
1t under his personal guarantee to return
the money If it does not give satisfaction
You who are thin and in poor health,
cannot afford to let another day pass
without getting a box of M-o-na on
these terms.
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Household Economy.

A bit of household economy that the
daughter may well look after relates
to the odds and ends of soap that ac-
cumulate on all toilet stands. These
may be collected and put on a clean
tin to be thoroughly dried out in the
warming oven. Afterward they are
pounded to a powder and mixed with
little bran or oatmeal to fill small
cheese cloth bags for bath use. In
pounding the soap 1t is well to gather
the pieces in d stout muslin cloth, as
otherwise the soap dust will escape.
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ORDER OF NOTICE THERON

DISTRICT or MAINE, 81.
On this 18th day of June. A. D. 100, on
reading the foregoing petition, 1t is
Ordered by the Court, That hearing be had up
on the same on the Bird day Of July, A. D.
1908 before said Court at Portland, il said Dis
trict, at 10 O'Clock in the forenoon; and that
notice thereof be published IN The Somerset Re
porter a newspaper printed IN said District, and
that all known creditors. and other persons In
interest, may appear at the said time and place,
and show cause il any they have. why the
prayer of said petitioner should not be granted.
And ii is further Ordered by the Court That
the Clerk shall send by mail to al known credi-
tors copies Of said petition and this order, ad-
dressed to them at their places Of residence as
stated.
Witness the Honorable Clarence Hale, Judge
of the said Court, aud the seal thereof, at Port
land, in said District, on the 18th day Of June
A. d. 1903.
Isl JAMES (. HEWEY, Clerk.
true copy of petition and order thereon,
lwl5 Attest. JAMES +. HEWEY, Clerk
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NOTICE. 0E FORECLOSURE.

Whereas. Joseph D. Wescot, OF Athens in
the County OF Somerset and State of Maine by
his deed dated April 25th, A D. 1891. sad re-
corded the Somerset Registry OF deeds,
book 209, page ST. conveyed to WaylAud
lie iRhton OF said Athens IN mortgage a GER
tain parcel OF real estate situate in Athens
aforesaid and bounded as follows On the
north by land OF A. T Smith, on the east by
land OF William Corson, on the south by land
OF David A. Corson and land OF Sheldon Reed
and on the west by the Scion line, containing
one hundred and ten acres more or less, and
the condition OF said mortgage having been
broken and for reason thereof. l. Darius II.
Bartlett, by virtue OF authority vested in me
as administrator OF the estate OF said Naylaud
Leighton clsim y foreclosure.
Skowhegsn June 18th. \. d. 1908.
DARIUS II. BARTLETT.
Admr. Of Estate of
3w2b WAYLASu LElcHroN.
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Bankrunt'S Petition for Discharge.

IT. the matter Of Addie ". DoDie, Bank.
rupt, IA bankruptcy
To the Hon. Clarence Hale. Judge u the Die
tict Court Of the United Tate for tie District
OF Maine.
Addie Il. Doble # Madison, in tbs
County Of Somerset. and state Of Maine in said
District respectfully represents. that On The
18th DAY Of April last past, she vas duly adj
judged bankrupt under the Acts of Congress
relating N bankruptcy. that she has duly sur
rendered all her property and rights u property,
and has fully complied With al the requirements
OF said Acts and - Tie orders Of Court touching
her bankruptcy
Wherefore he pfaya. mat he may be decreed
by the COurt " have full discharge from all
debts proYable against her estate under said
BANKRUPTCY Acts except such debts a. are ex-
ceptsd by Law from such discharge.
Dated this Gth day Of June a. b. 1903.
Addle 81. DobIe. kan kruIt.
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Every woman who wishes to retain
her health and beauty should walk at
least two miles a day. AS soon as
breakfast is finished the woman who
knows the proper way to care for her
health rests for half an hour and then
starts out for long walk, the longer
the better. She chooses the sunny side
of the street and starts off at a smart
trot. If she Is seeking for sllmness
she covers Ave miles without resting.