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The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1903-07-30

Inc trade Of this country with China
SHOWS encouraging growth the last
uecsde' Exports to China In the fiscal
year 1903 aggregated about $40 100000
against less than o. 600, 900 in 1893 The
.olal value of our exports to China in
i'o5 exceeded those of any earlier year
except 1902, when they were above the
pOFmal by reason of the very light
Exports to China in 1901, In which year
Iportations were greatly interfered
WIN oy existing hosilities In that coun.
wy This figure of $4,000 900, direct
70 china does not by any means show,
u0"eVer, the total of our exports to
'ua' country, as large proportion OF
wi wi exports to Hong-Kong also enter
suina' Exports to HoHg-Kong in the
n n'oal year just ended aggregate over S..
"'ooo' making our total exports to
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1903-07-30
Buttoning IA Coat,

Buttoning ii maa's coat from right to
left was the original way, when our
ancestors, wrapped in skins held the
right edge with the left band and
naturally inserted fastening thorn
with the right hand. This right to left
custom has been retained by the He
brew priests in their garb to this day.
When fighting men became necessary
and swords and knives had to he
drawn by the right hand from the
left side, the edge of the coat, buttoned
from right to left, was found to be in
the way, and men began buttoning
from the loft. Navigating women
and priests continue TO follow the old
custom
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1903-07-30
The Human Body.

The blood, muscles, bones and other
parts of The human body are composed
of many chemical constituents, and a
correct chemical analysis would be
long and tedious. The specific gravity
of the blood Is LOIS, and 779 parts of
every 1000 are water. or the other
parts chloride of sodium, chloride po-
tassium. carbonate magpesia. calcium
phosphate, calcium lactate, potassium
phosphate. sodium carbonate and other
constituents are found This is gen
orally true with variations also, Of
tissues and bone The fundamental
substance of bone is composed of or
game matter combined with various
inorganic salts, In which calcium phos-
phate largely predominates. In addi-
ton the bones contain calcium carbon
ate, calcium 1uoride magnesium phos-
phate, sodium phosphate and sodium
chloride
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1903-07-30

The current news is to the effect that
the Reading Company is mining more
coal than at any time in its history. 1t
has 93 collieries in full operation and is
sending 10000 tons of coal westward
daily beside shipping large quantities Of
coal to Boston and other New England
ports. Other companies are busily at
work mining and shipping immense
quantities of the black diamonds so
necessary to the comfort of people and
the transaction of business of all kinds.
The outlook for a good supply of hard
coal is vastly better than last year at
this time when coal mining was prac-
tically suspended in the great coal fields
of Pennsylvania, and the prospect for the
coming winter is much more cheerful.
Coal is higher than before the great
strike but we hear little about the price
so long as it can be obtained at some
price within the reach of people, gen.
orally.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1903-07-30

"There is none so poor but there is
one poorer"
A poor Arab spent his last bara on a
handful Of dates and went up on a
high cliff to eat them and die. AS be
threw the stones over "A lean hand shot
out below and caught them.
"Hor' said he. why do you catch
my date stones?'
because, o brother" answered q
weak voice, ~ have not eaten these
three days, and Allah has sent these
stones to save my life
Praise be to Allah" answered the
first man, for he has saved me- also
for here is one poorer than l."
And both men went into the city.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1903-07-30

Boston Transcript:-Th mere opera
tion Of seniority will make Brigadier
General Wood the next major general
General S. S. Sumner having been pro-
NOTED to be major general, Wood be-
comes senior brigadier general, and as
such, on the occasion of the next retire.
ment among the major generals, will be
entitled to promotion. To deprive him
of the major generally would work
confusion all down the line by interrupt.
ing succession by seniority. Some Of
the editors who are attacking President
Roosevelt for assumed "favoritism"
towards General Wood are undoubtedly
ignorant OF the facts, and others do not
care for them. The assault on general
Wood Is intended to be an attack on
President Roosevelt, l. is engineered
by combination of officers and politi-
clans bitterly hostile to both the Presi-
dent and the General and Is intended to
nave political effect, yet many Republi
can editors join in the clamor against
the two without the slightest suspicion
Of the real motive of the anti-Wood
agitation.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1903-07-30

The Boston Herald of Friday alludes
To the financial embarrassment that has
overtaken the building firm, Norcro3s
Bros Company, stating thai This build
ing corporation has had to meet a num-
Der of business difiicutes-frst, the
prolonged strike in New York city,
which has prevented it from carrying
on some OF its operations in a regular
manner, and second, the present unusual
stringency in the money market which,
for week or two past, has made it ex-
ceedingly difficult for any one to borrow
money on terms of from four to six
months. The two black clouds in the
business horizon of this country, the
excessive demands of labor and the I'M
certainties Of the money market, appear
to have brought about in this instance
financial shipwreek.n The Herald is
correct in this proposition. The demands
of labor on one side and the effects of
speculation on the other, make ii hard
for legitimate business enterprises to
flourish.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1903-07-30
American Forestry Association

The American Forestry Association
will hold its SPECIAL summer meeting at
Minneapolis Tuesday and Wednesday.
August . and 2G Great significance ia
attached TO this meeting in connection
with the recent establishment Of q na-
tlonal forest reserve at the headwaters
OF the Mississippi, with stand Of pue
timber amounting TO over 1000, 900 coo
feet, part Of which ls to be cut this win
ter under the direction Of the bureau of
forestry, with view to reproducing the
pine.
The problems Of reproduction, fire pro-
lection, and modified methods OF logging
which will in the Immediate future be
tested on this reservation under the most
favorable conditions ever secured for
forestry work, will be discussed at this
meeting. The reserve is reached by
way OF Braiaerd or Duluth, the ride oc-
eupying y hours. NJ formal excursion
by the association is planned, but MEN,
oers are urged, as individuals, to visit
this reserve, on which are lakes Of great
beauty and magnitude, and q stand of
white and Norway pine, uncut as yet
some OF il never 10 be cut, but preserved
as park, which excels 10 size and
grandeur any timber now 20 be found
east OF the Rockies.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1903-07-30
Meanest Traders In the World.

There Is a colony of Syrian merchants
In Kingston, the capital of Jamaica.
who could give cards and spades even
to the bland Chinaman for ways that
are dark and tricks that are vain"
They take one match out of every box
they sell until they have enough match
es to fill another box and SO make TN
extra cent They shave tiny flakes of
cakes of soap and boil them down to
make other cakes. They put thin
layer of molassos on the bottom of the
scoop with which they serve rice 81
that a few grains will stick 10 the bot
tom These are only few of their
thousand tricks to turn a dishonest
penny. Without doubt they are the
meaDest traders in the world.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1903-07-30
China and Hong. Kong about S27 900, 900
against a total of S., 900 900 in 1898.

The memory of Gen. Henry Knox is
revered In Maine and the United states
as the close friend of Gen. Washington
in the war of the Revolution and as the
first Secretary of War under President
Washington. This is due the military
hero and statesman, The Town OF
Thomaston has additional cause for
honoring the man who made his home
in that town and erected there the grand
old historic mansion, Montpelier" and
Knox Chapter, Daughters of the Ameri-
can Revolution of Thomaston have erect
ed a bronze tablet to his memory. The
tablet was unveiled with appropriate
ceremonies on Saturday last. The act is
a patriotic one, worthy Of emua-
ton.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1903-07-30

If q howerpot is laid on its side the
ually curves upward until 1t resumes
the vertical position. This Is called
geotropLe curvature, and the question
Is by what means the plant is stimu-
lated TO change its direction Of growth.
One theory AYERS that movable stnrch
grains In the plant cells fall 10 the low
er side us the position is changed and
by their pressure influence the mech
anIsIn of growth
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1903-07-30
Ma1leahle GIn.r of the nexptsnna-

Strabo and Josephus both affirm that
the Egyptian glass workers were 80
well skilled In their art that they imi-
tated the amethyst and other precious
stones to perfection Malleable glass
was one of the secret arts of the an
clients, the formula for making 1t being
now reckoned as lost Strabo mentions
a cup of glass which could be ham
mered into any desired shape, the ma
terial of which II was composed being
as ductile as lead.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1903-07-30

Amalgamation into one party was eff
fected Monday by the two factions Of the
Peoples Party in national conference
This principles Of the party as set forth
in the resolutions adopted comprise
legal tender quality of all money, to be
issued by the government only, govern.
ment ownership Of agencies Of transporta-
ton and transmission Of intelligence,
abolition Of private ownership of land
and the adoption of the initiative and
referendum.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1903-07-30
Cure Fog the Talking unhtt

One part horse sense and two parts
Of manly determination to keep still.
Mix well with an unlimited amount Of
the best quality of thought 1t is impos-
sible for Il woman to talk an the time
without saying a lot of things that she
shouldn't or without proving a Jolly
bore to everybody about her. This tat
ting habit Is not confined entirely to
women. though. Some men have the
afllicbon terribly. Sometimes IT'S
wheat sometimes It's chess some
times It's baseball \ steady diet of
one kind conversation is always tire
some. Take n nlbbIe of this and a
nibbhe of that and your chatter will be
more Interesting particularly ii there
are plenty of rests between nibbles.
Talking improves when there's silence
by way of Philadelphia In
Quirer.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1903-07-30

Just what will be the outcome of iron
'nlpbuilding in Bath is hard to tell. The
merger by which the Bath Iron Works
was made part of the United States
onlpbuilding Company seems to have
Oeen bad measure for Baths leading
industry. The Bath Iron Works will be
alowed to continue unmolested it's
government contracts, but, after the
completion of those contracti, the plant
must go into possession of the United
''ates Ship Building Co. The property
aud assets of the Hyde Windlass Co OF
oath will go into possession of the Ship
building Co. at the expiration of the
present lease.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1903-07-30

your new brother is the eleventh
child In the family, is he not?' asked
the caller.
Yes. ma am" said the little gin
"IIave you named him yet"
II think we're going to name him
Jerusalem. That's what papa called
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1903-07-30

General business little heeds the
vsnicky condition in Wall street. The
country at large takes the losses of
SPECTATORS with equanimity. Business
men are more interested In freight cars,
and the capacity of railroads to move
crops and the products of mines and
forests promptly, than in the rise and
fall Of stocks. Business affairs have an
impetus that cannot be checked by fail
ures of stock gamblers in money centers.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1903-07-30

The Best Way to Preserve n Body.
There is no other way in which a
body can be preserved 30 long, leaving
freezing and mummihcauon ont OF the
question. as by burial In a lead coffin.
If the receptacle Is alright, lack of
oxygen brings putretaction almost If
not quite to a pause, and the face of a
defunct person may be recognizable
after a long period Of time. The at.
tempts frequently made % destroy
bodies by covering them with lime
usually have the opposite effect, pre-
serving them by keeping out the air
London Answers
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1903-07-30
DEoechboaders.

arms IS popularity supposed 70 be an
invention of the middle of last century.
bat such Is by ~ means the case. In
Dublin gunsmiths Shop at Cork Hill
Is on view II hYeechioadiug rifle offered
TO the British war office at the close Of
the eighteenth century and rejected.
as 1t was considered to need too much
ammunition.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1903-07-30
IbSenn 8runneAs .

In 1891 Georg Brandes happened to
be with some friends at Sandwich.
near Chrisdania. when they heard that
Ibsen was staying at the local hotel.
They decided to invite him to dinner.
but he declined when be was told that
there would be nine persons at the ban
quet. Il never dine with 30 large q
party" he said Finally he was per
suaded to say Yes but In the mean
time the number of persons whose re
quest to be present Brandes could not
possibly refuse had grown to twenty
two. Ibsen was furious when he dts
covered this but Brandes managed 10
get him to the dining room, where, how
ever the poet looked 30 forbidding that
champagne had 10 be served immedi-
ately after the soup to give courage to
the guests. Ibsen acted like Il bear all
the evening When one of the guests.
an actress, remarked that she liked his
roles better than any others he an
swered gruffly: Il do not write any
roles represent characters, and
never work for any actor or actress"
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1903-07-30

A fire started in the fireroom of the
mill Of the Ellsworth Lumber Co., during
the noon hour, Monday, caused loss of
$4,000 A two story frame boarding
house belonging to the company, two
stables and two small houses owned bv
the company and occupied by employees,
were destroyed, as was also the building
known as the old Cushman mill. The
damage is partially covered by insurance,
the loss falling heaviest on the workmen
and the people who lost all their house
hold goods.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1903-07-30

Rev. Hugh r Hatch of Wolfville, N.
S. has been elected professor of mathe
mates at Colby to succeed Prof. Laban
Warren, and DR.. George F. Parmenter
professor In chemistry to succeed DR.,
William Elder, deceased.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1903-07-30
Menclek and the missionary.

A story is told of an attempt made by
a Swedish missionary to obtain a foot
hold in Abyssinia. No sooner had he
begun TO preach than be was brought
before King Menelek, who asked him
why he had left his home In Scandi-
navia In order to come 10 Abyssinia
The missionary promptly replied that
he had come to convert the Abyssinian
Jews. Are there no Jews in your
countryT' asked Menelek The mis-
sionary admitted that there were n
few. And in all the countries that
you have passed through did you find
no Jews or beathens" the king con-
tinued. Jews and heathens," the mis-
slonary admitted, ARE plentiful. I"
"Then," said Menelek. carry this man
beyond the frontier and let him not
return until he has converted all the
Jews and heather which lie between
his country and mine
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1903-07-30
The origin of Pyrogrnphy.

About a century ago an artist named
CraDch was standing one day IN front
of a fire In his home at Administer
Over the fireplace was an oaken man
telptece, and 1t occurred 30 Cranch that
this exponsc of wood might be I'm
proved by a fittbe ornamentatiUn- He
picked up the poker. heated It red hot
and began to sketch In q bold design.
The result pleased him ~ much that
he elaborated his work and began To at
tempt other fire pictures on panels Of
wood. Thee met with a ready sale.
and Cranch soon gave all his time 20
his new art. This was the beginning Of
what Is now known as pyrography
The poker artist of today uses many
different shaped tools and has special
furnace in which they are kept heated.
The art has been elaborated greatly
The knots, curls and f1bers Of the wood
are often worked into the design and
delicate tinting produced by scorchine
the panel
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1903-07-30
Number 81
Mrs Susan T.. Gale.

Mr. ausaa I. Gale died Thursday.
July z2s3 at the age Of - years 3
mouths, and ! days MIS-. Gale wa
the daughter If Elijah Bates and susan
Reed, who were among the early settlers
Of this town, coming here from Greene
IA lsle Mrs Gale was their sec md
daughter and "as married Decennber n.
ID - William 4. Ga.e who came tn
tbs village from Greene IN l.t3 Ror
several years Mr.. Gale had Lardware
store here which he conducted success
Iuit I9r some years, and afterwards be
came Tie pf9utiet9r Of the Elm Bo4se
luIee euIareu were born % them. Eliza
H. WHO married = Il Fletcher ana
uied Marea b. l-t5. Charles A who
died ia infancy, and William H.. Who
resides 2 the West. About the year
$50 ar and Mrs Gale moved on -
farm about one mile from TIL. VILLAGE
where they resided unit. the wear Isg1
when they sold their farm and wen. IN
California to live with their son. whore
Mr. Gale died January 3rd 1890 After
his death Mrs. Gale returned IN tbis
village TO live with her grand daughter
nis. j. II Stevens, where she has had
pleasant home il her old age and Mr.
and Mrs. Stevens have been uutiring il
Their efforts to make her declining years
happy ones
Mrs Gale had been remarkablely well
Tor SO aged person and retained her
faculties to wonderful degree, until
within year and half, when she took
her bed since which time her grand
daughters, Mrs. Stevens and Mrs. Frank
Crymble, have tenderly cared for her.
A short time ago cancer developed
which was the ultimate cause Of her
death. The funeral too6 place Saturday
at 1870 O'Clock, Rev o. NJ. Hilton.
officiating. The burial was in the vii.
lage cemetery Union Advocate.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1903-07-30

1t is a qneer coincidence that the mat
rimonial word united" also spells ''un-
tied Birth, marriage and death are
the three life stages of man, or, rather,
they used To be. Nowadays there are
five stages born. engaged. married. d.
vorced, died Kansas City Indopend-
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1903-07-30

Miss Giddy (vivaciously) &C., My new
gown is a dream-very light gray voile
He practicallyp-Ah. yes; very pref
ty. I'm sure. But doesn't gray soil cas-
fly?
Miss G. deaping before she looked
Oh l had ii made with broad black
girdie.-Chicago Record Herald.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1903-07-30

The war demonstration to be made
next month on the coast of Maine and
Massachusetts,, central at Portland, is
getting to be interesting. People hum
dred miles inland are hardly supposed to
be up in naval affairs and we have not
read enough about the plan of attack
and defense to have much of an idea of
what counts in the game. We trust the
result will be a defeat of the invading
iquadrons. More than 30 vessels are
expected to take part in the manoeuvers
and this fl ct is TO be reviewed by the
President at Oyster Bay, August l7.h.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1903-07-30

Good hay weather has been conspic-
nous by its absence this season, and
the last week of July, that usually
shows the hay harvest nearly completed,
this year finds it not more than half
done. Some good hay has been secured
between showers, but large part of the
hsy stored thus far is in damaged con-
dition. 1t is a hard season for farmers
in Maine,
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1903-07-30
Too Mnch. Argument.

Oars a good deal In argument, but it
can also be overdone. AS long as
Uncle Moses believed In sulphur and
birthstone be let my cabbages strictly
alone When | had argyed him into
believin' dat no SIGH place existed he
cleaned ont my truck patch in one
night-Detroit Free Press.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1903-07-30
HI. NissioD.

YES" said the would be poet. 81
started as office boy for an editor, |
used to help empty wastebaskets"
"Indeed!s said the girl who had seen
some of his effuslons, and now sup
pose you help fill them philadelphia
Record
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1903-07-30

1t is interesting to know that the
people of this country have 10 their
possession now about So, $50, 000,0 900, or
s29.34 for every person. Seven years
ago, the per capita circulation was
GLlO aud at the beginning of the civil
war 1t was $685.. In Great Britain, the
corresponding figure is $3.50; and in
Germany 1892. In supplying the
country with currency, seven assay
ofces, five mints, and great printing
once are kept busy. These are figures
mat make the Americans feel like hold
lns up their heads. We would like ii
better il the division among people was
sh,tle more equitable.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1903-07-30

The observance of mass of requiem in
the Catholic cathedral at Portland on
Tuesday in honor of the memory Of
Pope Leo XIII, conducted by Bishop
0'Connell was attended by Gov. Hill
and staff state, county and federal Off
Gals, Mayor Boothby and many promi
lent citizens, beside sixty Catholic
clergymen of the state. IL was a large
and distinguished audience, and the
Observance was fitting tribute by his
church in Maine and representatives OF
Maine people, to a great and good man,
the head of the Catholic church.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1903-07-30
Misunderstood.

"Sir, you look like an optimtst You
have a happy countenance. Lend me
a dollar"
my friend, do you know why hook
happyl It's because | haven't any
wealth TO bother me Exchange
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1903-07-30
scanning Ills Motive.

You cant IA dead SURE that a younS
man IS saving 10 get married just Ia
cause be stops smoking cigars and b.
gins IL smoke a pip9- Boston Globe.
No. he may Ia Shaking the pipe N
get even witt TIE neighhorS -Cleve-
land Plain Dealer
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1903-07-30
.ninerenNR.

Miss Languisb- Mercy You don't
mean to say you destroy all your love
letters! l save mine religiously.
Miss Pertly-Of course; but then,
you know 1t makes difference where
one has only a few.-Boston Tran
script
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1903-07-30

Seventeen cotton mills in Fall River,
Mass. will be idle, beginning Monday
next for one week aud perhaps longer.
This will throw $4,000 operatives out of
employment and entail loss of not less
than $4,000 in wages. The trouble is
cotton is high and the price of the
manufactured article is not correspond
iugly elevated, therefore the mills must
suspend operations or lose money.
The situation is serious one for the
operatives and is hard on local traders.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1903-07-30

jenkins must be Il pretty straight
fellow. Dobblns tells me he never
drinks a drop"
1907 You probably misunderstood
Dobbins What he said must have
been that Jenkins never drops drink"
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