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The Somerset reporter., 1904-09-15
WAGE FARMERS AT THE FAIR



Workers Gee the e~~at Exposition.
Wage sarners OF America are to see
the Worlds Fair by tens OF thousands
under the auspices OF the National Civ
&c Federation. A new bureau Of the
Federation has Just been established at
ST. Louis upon the Worlds Fair
grounds Back OF the movement are
Grover Cleveland. David r. Francis
Andrew Carnegie, Cornelius N. Bliss
and others. Plans are making to have
a vast number of the wage earners Of
the United States see the Worlds Fair,
the most glorious spectacle of the age
and the most influential factor In the
education Of the American citizen.
The bureau Is In charge Of Miss Ger
trude Beeks, secretary Of the Fedora
TONS welfare department, of which
Mr.. II. Il. Yreeland, head of the street
railway system OF New York city, is
chairman. The bureau headquarters Is
In the east end of the Palace of Trans
portation, on the ground floor. The Eek
position management Is In hearty ac-
cord with this movement on the part
of the Federation to induce the large
manufacturers and other employers of
labor to provide ways and means for
the wage earners of America to visit
the Exposition. President Francis is
displaying personal interest In the I'M
dertaking by affording the Federation
every facility for the contamination Of
It's efforts, and in this connection he
has directed Theodore Hardee, assist
ant to the secretary, to cooperate with
Miss Beeks and Ralph NJ. Easley
chairman OF the Federation's executive
council, In every possible way.
The Exposition management has also
equipped this bureau with clerical as
sistance and full supply of Worlds
Fair literature. The bureau will be
used as headquarters for all wage earn
ers coming TO the Exposition under its
auspices. The aim OF the Federation Is
20 make II feasible for the largest pos
sible proportion OF wage earners to Wis
II st. Louis and see the Worlds Fair.
II viii see that they are met at the de-
pot by responsible persons and CON
Quoted to suitable lodgings, where they
will be treated fairly.
There viii also be furnished, free Of
charge, appropriate itineraries tndicat'
ing the points OF interest to be seen
within a limit Of one week. which Is
about the average time each party will
spend here. 1t will also indicate the
objects OF special interest to various
craftsmen In their particular lines, so
that they may devote as much time
as possible to the objects Of peculiar
interest to them. These and many 9th
er efforts will be made to help all wage
earners to enjoy the benefits Of this
great Exposition comfortably and at an
expense within their means.
The Somerset reporter., 1904-09-15
REASONS
Why our Vinoi Is the Greatest
Health Restorer and Strength
Creator Known to Medicine.

Because Vinol contains in a concen-
trated form ALL of the medicinal cur
alive elements found in cod liver oil,
but without drop Of oil to nauseate
and upset the stomach; therefore,
wherever old-fashioned cod liver oil or
emulsions will do good, Vinol will do
FAR moro good.
Because we have never sold anything
in our store equal to Yinol to restore
health and create strength for old peo-
pie, weak, sickly women and children,
nursing mothers, and after severe
sickness.
Vinol cures hacking coughs, chronic
colds, bronchitis, and all throat and
lung troubles.
A prominent physician writes:
"Vinol is the most palatable and
valuable preparation of cod liver oil
ever compounded. Inow use il entirely
In all cases where formerly depended
upon old-fashioned cod liver oil and
emulsions.
Try vinol on our guarantee to return
your money if you are not satisfied.
F. ". BUCHANAN, Druggist.
The Somerset reporter., 1904-09-15
Unavoidable Delays Excepted

passengers.
tBtop to take or leave freight.
STAGE CONNECTIONS.
At Norridgewook, for Mercer, and Smith
field aud to and from Skowhegan. At Arson,
for sawyers Mills. (StArks). At No. Arson,
for North and West New Portland, Dead River
Flagstaff ant Eustis. At Bingham tor FORKS
Moose River Mayneld, Kingsbur' and Abbott
W. M. AVER Manager.
The Somerset reporter., 1904-09-15

Mrs. WINsLow's SOOTHING SYRUP has bee n
used for over go years by millions of mothers
for their children while teething, with perfect
success 1t soothes the child ,softets the gums
allsys all pain; cures wind collie, and is the
best remedy for Diarrhoea. 1t will relieve the
poor little sufferer Immediately, Soil by
Druggists In every part OF the world. Twenty.
five cents bottle. BE sure and ask for "Mrs.
Wi slows Soothing syrup" and take no other
kind.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-03-03

long. He saw that the sharp steel
points had drawn nearer, and with a
shrek of agony he again tainted, and
knew nothing for several hours.
When he came to ray OF daylight
was creeping in between the boards of
the trapdoor In the floor of the cham
Der, and through the cracks he could
see the river glittering far beneath
him. The big door was almost shut.
The steel points we're approaching
pitilessay, SO slowly that the eye could
not follow their movements.
If the daggers could have bored
themselves into his heart and brain at
once he would not have lifted hand
against them, but the long, terrible
wait crazed him so that he tore at his
letters with the strength Of mailman,
and at last broke them from their
rusty hinges. But when he had tried
with all his strength to burst open the
door he understood how little he had
gained.
When Paul realized the situation he
knelt and tried to shut his ears and
eyes. In an attack Of wild frenzy he
began to strike with his fists on the
rotten boards of the trap door, and
o miracle, they broke and fell to the
bottom of the precipice 500 feet under
the brestworks of the castle. The tor
ture vault was built beneath the breast
works, and the iron chamber was a
sort of protection hanging out over
the precipice. When the boards gave
way Paul would have fallen had he not
caught at beam which had recently
been put under the protection in order
to stay it. He wept and laughed for
JOY as he chung to his support, and
did not realize that the danger was az
great as in the iron chamber.
The sun had just risen, and it was q
life in the town. He shouted as loud
as his strong lungs permitted, but mo-
body heard him. AS the minutes
passed, his joy waned and he began to
fear that he would die, after all.
1t was woman who saved him from
his perilous position. His fiancee had
heard, early in the morning, that the
cousins had not returned, and had de-
cided to accompany the men who start
ed out to search for them. From the
court Of the castle she saw Paul cling
ing to the beam, and rushed in to the
men who had just found Martins life
less body in the torture vault A rope
was thrown to Paul, and willing hands
pulled him up. The living and the dead
were carried from the castle-both
the victims of the inhumanity Of man
in that far-away time, the horrors OF
which ought now to be forgotten
Pittsburg Dispatch.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-03-03
4 sToNE IN HIS APPENDIX.
Strange Case Of Young Man Who
Suffered From Appendlcitis.

Within period of less than twelve
months Clarence Lowe of Morrisville,
N. T., has suffered from three severe
and prolonged attacks of appendicitis.
The last attack came on about three
weeks ago. Making no permanent i'm.
provement, the attending physicians
decided that an operation would be
necessary to save the patients life,
and few days ago the appendix was
removed. The surgeons were dunn
founded to find that the severed ap-
pendix contained what closely resem-
bled smooth stone or some hard sub.
stance nearly an inch in length and
resembling filbert. The doctors are
strongly Of the opinion that the ball
gradually formed in the appendix, as
the opening Of the appendix is much
too small to admit of the passage of
any hard substance of the size of the
one they found. The young man is
making rapid recovery.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-03-03
Poor Place for Missionaries.

In the northern Shan states, on the
border of Burma, there is a tribe
called the Wild Was. These people
propitiate with human skulls the de
mons whom they worship. Outside
every village in their country there
are many posts, all in one line, decke6
with human skulls. A niche is cut
IN the back OF each post, with ledge
ON which the skull can rest and grin
through hole in front of it. Every
village has dozen and some as many
as hundred Of these head posts
Fresh skulls are in special request al
harvest time and are purchased fol-
large sums, those of distinguished Wis
itors being particularly desired. So
as Mr.. Scott, the British superinten.
dent Of the states, remarked some
years ago: "The Wa states are, there
fore, no place for missionaries OF
globe trotters."
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-03-03
Lightning PHOTOGRAPHY.

boy who was killed in New York
recently by lightning had the likeness
OF fern imprinted on his body by
the shock. A similar incident is re-
ported from Europe. During a shoot
ing competition at Pont, in the Can
ton Vaud, not long ago, the grand
stand was struck by lightning, and
twenty-five persons received shocks.
from which, however, they sustained
but little physical injury. One most
singular effect, however, remained.
Every person who had felt the cleo
trio shock had, photographically
stamped, upon the back, the face or
the arms, the reflection of the pine
trees behind the firing line.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-03-03
Kept Model Country Inn.

Mrs. Mary Lee, who recently died
at White Waltham, England, was the
oldest public-house landlady in the
country, for she was 80 years of age.
The Bee Hive, which she had super
intended for more than half century.
was believed to be the best-conducted
house in England, for no complaint
was ever made against it. Over the
fireplace in the barroom stands the
notice: mo swearing or foul Ian
guage permitted in this room or in
decent songs allowed to be sung. Any
one infringing the above will be ex-
PEELED" And often the picturesque
old lady, with her cheerful unwrinkled
face, would walk into the room on
Sunday evenings, bearing her old BIZ
BILE, and read the Scriptures to an
audience that listened with respect to
her explanations and comments.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-03-03
Deafness Cannot Be Cured

by local applications as they cannot reach the
diseased portion Of the ear. There is only one
way to cure deafness, and that Is by consti-
tutional remedies. Deafness is caused by an
infamed condition OF the mucous lining of
the Eustachian Tube. When this tube Is in
famed you have rumbling sound or imper-
feet hearing, and when 1t is entirely closed
Deafness is the result, and unless the inflam-
nation can be taken out and this tube re-
stored to its normal condition, hearing will
be destroyed forever. Nine cases out of ten
are caused by catarrh which is nothing but an
inf1amed condition of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any
notbe cured by Halls Catarrh Cure Send for
circulars free. FL. CHENEY Is Co., Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, Use.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-03-03
Younoster was Game.

Bourke Cochran has q pious neigh
Dor With a 15-year-old son who does
not promise to be exactly "a chip OF
The old block" this little incident lead
Ing him to that conclusion: Not Long
ago the father discovered to his sor
row that his boy and several others
Of the neighborhood had habit OF
matching nickels. The wrafhff1 pa
rent led the erring lad to the time
aonored attic where hangs certain
strap. The boy didn't have any agree
able impression of what was to come
and, on the ground that it is only the
FIRST plunge that counts he called out
Say, dad! I'll go you heads OF
tails for two lickings or none!"-Nev
York Times.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-03-03
Last Tag for Looking.

NJ . vision OF golden hair.
And eyes of blue, a lovely pair,
Eaughing at you from behind q chaie:
Last tag for looking"
rJpen the street see her pass
4 smiling. charming, little lass,
who calls up through my window glass
Last tag for looking"
Prom whom you really hate to part
When once you've heard her say. q
smart;
Last tag for looking
~The best Of friends must part" the,
say;
lGinp eyes are filled with tears to-day
Last tag for looking"
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-03-03
Home for Aoed Master Masonns.

TJOIVG bOS r8Sd tpSSeSs sUSSSbss
The Masons of Pennsylvania will
erect and maintain home for MASTER
Masons, their widows, and children.
1t will be placed near the central part
OF the state-perhaps at Cresson, the
once famous mountain resort. To the
support of this home will come the
full aid of the Grand Lodge of the
state. This support was pledged at
the quarterly communication of the
Grand Lodge in the Masonic Temple.
The plan to have central Masonic
Home originated with the present
Grand Master, Edgar A. Tennis. 1t
Is believed that the managers of the
Masonic Home Of Pennsylvania, who
now control the home on North
Broad street, and who have charge OF
what Is known as the William l.
Elkins bequest for orphan girls OF
Masons," will fall into line and sup
port the proposition to have central
home.-Philadelph Public Ledger
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-03-03
Miss Jeannette jenkins.

longed more than ever to be alone
with nature. So one afternoon start
ed off and climbed up the mountain
alone.
Il found secluded nook, and there
| slept on the bare rocks all night.
The experience was wonderful.
shall never forget my impressions.
The sunset, the moonrise, the terri
BILE storm that followed-it was all
glorious. That night in the open, and
by myself, decided me-
The next day l started off for
Green mountain, had a tent carried
to the far end of long, lonely canon.
settled myself down there and made it
my headquarters all summer.
For nearly three months / lived
by myself up there on the quiet noun
tain, watching the stars, the sky, the
flowers, the birds, the wild animals.
| made long and frequent excursions
into the mountain wilds around me,
sometimes riding a burro, more often
walking.
do l go armed? Never Why
should |? l never kept much money
about me. I didn't want to be both
cred by the responsibility Of dollars
was afraid of nothing, meant no
harm to anything in eXistence-why
should anything or anybody mean
harm to me?
Next spring shall start early, and
think l shall stay all alone in the
mountains even later than l did this
year.
Nerves, restlessness, worry, low
spirits simply could not exist there,
and the solitude was half of the
glory. Yes, should certainly advise
any nervous person who can conquer
the fear or dread Of solitude to follow
my example and tramp and tent
through the Rocky mountains alone"
Chicago Tribune.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-03-03
GHOSTS OF ELEPHANTS.
A Superstition of the Natives Of an
Asiatc Region.

In the last number of the journal OF
the Straits branch of the Royal Asia
tic society there appears an interest
ing article from the pen Of A. D. Ma
chado on the supposed evil infuenc
of ghosts. He says:
"Some years ago. when l was en-
gagged in certain prospecting opera
tions in the highlands of Pahang. on
the borders of that state with Perak
| had occasion to make a somewhat
lengthy stay at place called Kampar
on the Tue river, one Of the tributar
les Of the Betok, in it's turn a tributary
of the Jelai, the principal feeder OF
the Pahang river. l selected this spot
because it had already been cleared Of
large trees, and had only recently beer
in occupation as Sakai settlement
from the remains of which we reared
our unpretentious little camp. The
Sakais, however, strongly advised us
to go elsewhere, alleging that this
place was haunted by elephant ghosts
and that they had been the direct
cause of a number of deaths, princi
pally among their children, whose re
mains lie buried there.
"It is necessary to explain that al
the back of this place not SO yards
away, is to be seen one of those pecu
liar muddy pools which animals of al
kinds frequent for their saline proper
ties, this particular one being known
as the Kubang Gaiah Hantu (the muc
pool of the ghostly elephants). These
salt lakes are also known as genuts
in Malay. When the Sakais refer te
this place it is usually with batec
breath and a mysterious and awesome
gesture. These men declared that al
most nightly elephants are seen ane
heard breaking twigs and branches
and wallowing in this mud pool, ant
yet in the morning not a vestlge o.
their spoor can be seen anywhere. y,
this | am certain; the prints Of deel
and pigs were always plentiful ane
fresh. but no elephants could have
been within miles of the place during
nv residence in that locality. MY
mandors wife, an oldish person, who
always followed her husband in hi:
Journeys, doing the cooking for my fol
lowers, declared that the first nigh
we slept there she and all my me1
heard continued long-drawn walls, like
a long wee-e-e-o, which went on with
out intermission until almost daylight
This noise, they said, came from those
Sakai children buried there.
"This account is interesting from
an chronological standpoint, in SO far al
it illustrates the beliefs and supersti
lions of race of very primitive PEG
ple AS for the number of children
dying at the time, this would onl.
seem natural. when it is remembers
that an epidemic of measles was the.
and had been for some time raging. =
SINGAPORE Straits Budget.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-03-03
Odd Fact About English Currency.


A writer in London newspaper
says: "The other day I heard an Eng
lishman defending our system of coin
age on the ground that we are the
only nation on earth who can say that
the system is bone Of our bone. For
there are 240 bones in the body, and
240 pence in the pound; there are 100
bones in the head and trunk and 100
In the limbs and 100 pence in half a
sovereign: each limb contains thirty
bones and half-crown contains so
pence; in the spinal column there are
twenty-four bones and in form "a
pence; and as we have twelve ribs on
each side SO we have IL pence in
every shilling. See how the proper
lions Of the skeleton OF cur commerce
conform to natures teaching. No
49, - It Is vigorous"
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-03-03
LIVING With Twenty Shots.

At the present time there us keeI
er on a Rertfordshire estate who ha
about twenty shots in his head. Near
" thirty years ago this man was acc
dentally shot by an underkeeper, an
there were twenty-five hooles in tn
hat he wore, which is preserved t
this day. The injured man never ha'
the shots extracted, was long betWee'
life and death. and completely lost hi
L.-arirg -
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-03-03
IN LOVE WITH NATURE.

chIcago Girl Artist Whose DELIGHT Is
In Solitude.
Il wanted to be alone with nature, !"
smiles Miss Jeanette Jenkins, the Chi.
cago girl artist who has just returned
from a three months period of soli-
tary tramping and tenting in the
Rocky mountains. when questioned as
to the motives back of her unusual ex-
perience.
II love human beings, but think
love solitude better. At all events |
was tired. nervous and out OF spirits
when went away last midsummer. I
am quite new creature now.
Il went to Colorado Springs first.
but the thronging people tired me.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-03-03

Gives to Salzer's Oats its heartiest en-
dorsement. Salzer's New National Oats
yielded in 1903 from $50 to 800 blu. per
acre in 80 different States, and you, Mr..
Farmer, can beat this in 1904, if you will.
Salzer's SEEDS are pedigree seeds, bred up
through careful selection to big yields.
Per Acre.
Salzer's Beardless Barley yielded J2l bu.
Salzer's Home Builder Corn. 300 bu.
Speltz and Macaroni Wheat. so bu.
Salzer's Victoria Rape. ......... 60G00 lbs.
Salzer's Teosinte, the fodder
wonder ........ .......... l60, 900 lbs.
Salzer's Billion Dollar Grass. :. $4,000 lbs.
Salzer's Pedigree Potatoes. 49,. 1000 bu.
Now such yields pay and you can have
them, Mr.. Farmer, in 1904
SEND 10C. IN STAMPS
end this notice to the John A. Salzer Seed
Co., La Crosse, Wis, and you will get their
big catalog and lots of farm seed samples
free. lACL.]
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-03-03
Girls Too Much for Teacher.

A principal in one of the schools il
we'll known Connecticut city has los
his position because he could no
make the girls in the school pay an,
attention to the rules. They did a.
they pleased and what they please,
was always what displeased the prin
cipal. He said he could not whil
them, SO he got out.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-03-03
Found RINGS in Ash Barrel

Mrs. Joseph c. Bloch of Louisville
KY, recently lost a number of val
liable diamond rings and could no
find them in the house. Finally sht
looked into the ash barrel in the bacl
yard and discovered them there jus.
before the ashman came to take the
ashes away.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-03-03

On an average five editors week are
sent to prison in Germany for the
crime Of lese majestic. Taking corn.
cord wood and potatoes for subscrip-
tons, in the United States, isn't so bad,
after all.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-03-03
Teosinte and Billion Dollar Grass.

The two greatest fodder plants on earth,
one good for IA tons of hay and the other
Sc tons green fodder per acre. Grows
everywhere, so does Victoria Rape, yield
ing 10000 lbs. sheep and swine food per
acre. [AC.L.1
JUST SEND l0c. IN STAMPS TO THE
John A. Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse, Wis,
and receive in return their big catalog and
lots Of farm seed samples.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-03-03

Many seeing that old field weed, the null
lein stalk, never consider the good it is ac-
comprising in curing lung troubles. 1t
presents in Taylor's Cherokee Remedy of
Sweet Gum and Mullen the finest known
remedy for coughs, Group, colds and con-
sumption.
At druggists, Csc, sec. and $l.00 bottle.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-03-03
Corean Mourning.

The mourning dress Of a Corean is
of hemp cloth, with hempen girdle.
The f1aglike contrivance in the mourn
er's hand is the face shield used to
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-03-03

FITS permanently cured. No fits or nervous
ness after first days use OF DR.. Kline's Great
NerveRestorer. $2trialbottleand treatisefree
DR.. Il. H. KLINE, Ltd, 931 Arch St., Phila., Pa
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-03-03

The petroleum wells of Russia average
900 feet; those Of the United STATES 500
foot
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-03-03
The SHEPHERD IN WINTER,

me brief light wanes and the wind rises
cold,
The chill, gray mist comes circling
high and higher;
b. the still shelter of the mountain-fold
The lonely shepherd lights his evening
fire.
tut though he hears not human speech
or cry,
And though no welcome hand the
door unbars,
6e sits in old and loved society
Silence and sleep and the kind host Of
stars.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-03-03

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children
teething, soften the gums, reduces infiamma-
ton allays pain ,cureswind collie. Csc abottle
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-03-03
For soc. and This Notice

China has established within the past
four years six smokeless powder factories.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-03-03

The John A. Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse,
Wis, viii send free
pkg. May lst Carrot. .................l0 Toe.
pkg. Earliest Green Eating Onion. -. .l0c.
pkg. Peep OF Day Tomato. poe.
pkg. Salzer's Flash Light Radish~ -. loo.
l pkg. Long Quick, Quick Radish. loo.
! pkg. Salzer's Queen of All Radish. .l0c.
finest of their kind, have retail value Of
7oc., but they are mailed to you free, to-
gether with Salzer's big catalog, well
worth $4,000 to every wide-awake gar.
dener, all upon receipt of but 30e. in post
age and this notice. (A.C.L.l
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-03-03
The u. s. Dent. of AericuIture

The number of elephants in the world is
fast decreasing.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-03-03

Pisos Cure is the best medicine weseverused
for all affections of throat and ludgs.-WM.
o. ENDsLEY, Vanburen, Ind, Feb. 10, 1900.