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WHY .1O-kTUIoE Won.
weston of a Race of Which All
Children know.

Did you ever hear the true story Of
the race between lne hare ano the or
toise? Ola Brother 1errapin told it to
me one Gay as lay on my bach in the
grass by the pond.
Never heara the real truth of that
victory Of mine, clio yer:" he squeaked,
as ne crawleo up TO me-.
No. never" said /; how was it?"
We'll he laughed, you see, they al
ways suppose tnat'1 won that race by
keeping on p.oo0ing along at my usual
gait, while old man Rabbit trisked
along and-fooled and wasted his time
Showing Off before the spectators.
But was nothing Of that sort. Let
me tell you at the start that all the plod-
ding in the world without a little
throught and common sense will never
win anything.
you see, had little bone to pick
with that 'yaller' dog at Bill Sykes,
cause one day when l was asleep he
turned me over on my back, and /
didn't get my footing for two Gays and
was nearly starved, to say nothing of the
work brought on the old lady and the
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,.4rssaoao s4oepRsAm.Anp.,

! lay your playthings aside. my Little Boy
Low sinks the sun In he:xesi.
'ou've danced .saRd played the Whole DAY
Come. now 1t is time to rest.
Tour little feet must be tired: know :
For. oh! they've been busy to-day.
Ind .npW 9hs Land Of Sod weNiWgo'
The Sandman will show us the way.
md III hold you close in my arms, Boy
SBide, i-,.iS -'z>i-' ~. - -
TIL The, goIden-fringed curtains fan,
! 20 cover those eyes so bright and true,
Thataarsyer. the Dream Wizard S can 4;
In. I wonder. L wonder. my Little Boy
..R1uet 40 -: ~ Esfs=.e -
AS after each day comes the morrow,
Wat does the future hold foryou, : ...s+
Will it be of Joy or sorrow?
go ~--ss 80
! Don the time will come for me. for you.
When the babytiesi Will sever
low 1 wish 1 could keep my Little Boy
Blue
- Eeseysga apd fQreIeps-s,-e = - .....s.. :.
Mabel F. Tuttle. in Four-Track News.
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PERSIAN GEMS MORE COSTLY.
Fine Turquoise Stones from the Mines
OF Nishapoor Are Becoming
Scarcer and Dcarer.

The turquoise gems, the finest exam
pies Of WEIGH are produced from the
mines of Nlshapoor, are, probably from
some change in the fashion of the west,
becoming dearer in price and, in
Teheran and neighborhood. more diff
cult to find. According to Vice Consul
General Tyler, at Teheran, says the
Washington Star, much of the value of
the stone depends on it's shape, the OBJ
long being considered the most appro-
pirate; on its freedom from spots or dis
coloration. however small in size; on its
age, when the color has settled down
into its final hue (not the superficial
variations or sympathetic changes, but
Its really permanent shaded; but. more
than all on its actual color, whether
fresh from the hands of the lapidary or
sedate from long wear. Choice, taste
and fashion largely determine the pref
erence Of one shade or another, but the
lap1s lazuli. or the cloudless sapphire
OF its native skies. is the highest quality
of the turquoise.
The pearls of the Persian gulf, which
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three children. So when Mr.. Rabbit and
Istarted on that race that you have read
Of, knew at the start that l had 20
chance to win without some little game.
Just then along comes Bill Sykes 'yal-
ler' dog.
'Mornin',' says he, nice cay for the
race
Yes says I, an if you want to see
the start, sit right down where you are
and you'll see great show
$50 down he sd; on mis- yaller tail and
opened his yaller Jaws and let his red
tongue hang out. One, two, three, go,
says the starter, and just then saw my
chance and grabbed Mr. Dogs tail be-
tween my jaws. He gave one yell of ter
ror and surprise and set off through the
woods toward the goal at lightning
speed, pulling me through the air after
him. My! but we cid fly. And when
we got near the goal let go and walked
the rest. Mr.. Dog was so scared he ran
on home. Served him right for turning
me over. But won Their Itell you,
brains count" saying which he ambled
off into the woods.-St Louis Post-Dis-
patch. =
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A BACHELOR TEA.

Buffy's my dog-and- day we,
With my three boy-doLs, take afternoon
tea;
Rob hoy is gay in his tartan plaid;
Bobby Shaito's not bad, as saiior lad,
And Jack-the midshipuite, trim and neat,
Is under the taD.e in Lowry seat
Now, as dolls are not really alive,
Buffy and have to eat for the five;
But We pay SO hard ana romp about
That both cur appet4tes hold out;
Sometimes We've bread with cur cambria
tea,
Sometimes nursey brings nice things to me;
But IL it's crackers, or just bun,
We eat it AL up and have lots of tun.
Buff wags his tail and smiles at ne;
I tell him my secrets and pour out the tea.
Lillian Palmer Powers. in ST. Nicholas.
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CoLoNIzING CANADA.
What Persistent Advertising Has
Done for the Northwest-Grow-
ing Flax ON a Large Scale.

Some five years ago the Canadian gov
eminent did strenuous advertising
throughout the cities of the United
States with a view of disabusing the
peoples minds of the idea that western
Canada was a waste of frost and snow.
The government caused free lectures to
be given, established bureaus from
which large quantities of literature
about Canadian possibilities in the way
OF farming and home making were is
sued and gave exhibitions of agricul-
tural products at state and county fairs.
The farmers of the middle west in
particular emigrated in large numbers.
with the result that an American in
vasion of Canada began, and continued
so steadily as to produce what a recent
writer has called the characterization
of Canada
One of the most noticeable results of
the invasion is shown in the introduce
zion of flax growing on large scale.
The Canadians thought it unwise to at
tempt the cultivation of that grain, as
they believed it hard on the land and
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booming Rocks.

Some time ago rumor went round
that astute publishers had in their pay
large number Of the most attractive
diners-out. Your neighbor at table
would lead the conversation to the
latest novel-quite the easiest of CONVEX
sational openings between strangers.
who lay their heads together over the
menu and have to entertain each other
for an hour You are interested In the
description of the book of the hour, You
are little ashamed of not having read
1t, and going home you sit down and or
der the book-from the circulating IL
brary. Every publisher, every theater
manager. every deviser Of a patent med
icine knows that the advice of a friend
is a more concentrated and personal
pull than the opinion of critic from
the empyrean. And IL the idea was.
ever carried out. il deserved to sneceea
but no one ever spotted the paid diner
out There was the artistry of thefhin,
London Chronicle.
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TO MAKE COTTON FROM PINE
Process Discovered I'm Bavaria Which
May Revolutionize Great Indus
try-Experiment Successful.

Experiments are being made in Ba
varia in the manufacture of cotton gu
of pine wood. The method is to reduc,
the wood to the finest layers possible
then to subject it to a vapor process TO.
ten hours.
The pulp is then plunged into sod;
bath, where it stays SO hours.
1t is thus transformed into a kind o
cellulose, to which resistant quality Il
given by adding oil and gelatin. Thel
it is drawn out and untangled by ma
chinery.
The process is said not to be expensive
and it is thought that If this cotton car
be made of practical use Europe viii
be independent of America and India
The immense forests of Scandinavia;
and Germany would furnish ample ma
terial for her cotton" supply.
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U.e,e.. Fir. ExtinEui.her..

Scores of costly fire extinguishers and
hundreds OF fire buckets are picked ND
and destroyed every year by the agents
of the insurance patrol. They are all
rendered worthless by neglect. Acids
which enter into the formulate of most
patent extinguishers eat away the tin
coverings, and there is nothing to be
done except to destroy the apparatus,
because 1t becomes peril in itself. The
water buckets, which should be emptied
and refiIled at least once q week, simply
rust out and become useless.-Philadel-
mia Press.
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BOY KEPT HIS WORD.
Good Habits Formed In Youth Made
Charles Gray a Prosperous
City Business Leader.

"Charliei Charlie!" clear and sweet
as a note struck from silver bell
the voice rippled over the common.
That's mother!" cried one of the
boys, and he instantly threw down
his bat and picked up his, jacket and
cap.
DON'T go yet!p ssHave it QUIT"
Finish the game! "s'Try it again!"
cried the players in noisy chorus.
81 must go, right OFF, this minute. I
told her that I'D come whenever she
called. -
But wouldn't be such a baby as
to run the minute she called" said one.
81 don't call it babyish to keep ones
word TO his mother. l call that man
ly, and the boy who doesn't keep his
WORD to her will never Keep 1t to any
one else-you see if he does" and he
hurried away to his cottage home.
Thirty years have passed since those
boys Iclyed on the common. Charlie
Gray is a prosperous business man in
a great city, and his mercantile
friends say of him that his word
is a bond" We asked how he &C
CURED such a reputation. His reply
was: 81 never broke my word whep
a boy, no matter how great the tempta-
ton, and the habits formed then have
chung to me through life. "-Baptisi
Chronicle.
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have formed for long time past an i'm
rortant branch of the export trade, have
likewise, within the last few years, risen
greatly in price. Mr.. Tyler says he does
not think that this means that the sup
ply has seriously diminished, but rather
that the demand has increased out of
proportion. Ten thousand dollars for
rosary of faultless pearls is not at the
present time considered at all excessive,
although formerly the same might be
bought for 1.-THE of that amount
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in life are full of interest and excite
ment for him. He wants to be In every
thing that goes on. He and Toodles
are not exactly friends, merely acquaint-
ances, and would not trust them aloD'
iogether very long for fear that one or
the other would insist upon settling the
question of which was the better fighter.
Toodles is well on In years. dig
nified. fat and Indifferent; BInkie.
young, slim, and always ready fof
play. They are both very self-con-
tanned and vain
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n,r PROMO In Mu.hroo-..

The growing of mushrooms for mar
ket has become an industry OF consider
able importance In this country. It has
however. been handicapped In its de
velopment by the fact that it was neces
sary to import most of the spawn, which
are exceedingly difIicuit to grow. Tn,
department of agriculture announce.
that it has discovered a simple and prac
teal method by which not only 'higi
grade of the spawn of the cultivated
mushroom. but of many of the Wind va
rieties. may be produced. It is believed
that the use Of this method will osviau
the necessity Of importing the 2.300. 00
pounds of mushrooms We now get from
France annually.-RnrN World
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.OODLES is the horse, Binkie, the
passenger. ToOd1es doesn't like
being horse much, though; it is
so humiliating to be tied up to cart,
and especially so If you have to pull
about another dog you know you can
whip If you can only get the chance.
Toodles looks peaceful enough. and ne
is gentle and affectionate with his hui
man friends. The dogs are the play
mates of little New York boy. says
the Detroit Free Press. BinEie Is q
ysry lively younsster. and most things
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great protector of weeds. But the
Americans have proved to the contrary,
and with land selling at s12 an acre and
yielding an average of Is bushels to the
acre of flax the ewly-bought farms
have paid for themselves during the
very first year.
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pipe snokins I'm Cold weather.

There Is more smoking of pipes done
in cold weather than at any other time,
and. excluding the. vacation season,
there are more pipes and smoking to-
bacco sold during the cold weather than
during the temperate and heated spells
Tobacco Trade Review
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smaIIpo. n. ..the Good VIC,

To this day smallpox is alluded to In
the outer islands Of the -Hebrides a
'bhean mhath" (''the good wife'',. =
form OF euphemism. the idea Of which /.
that. In order to escape thesban OF TIA
disease, it should be spoken of respecf-
fully.-Caledos&An Xeescs5 journal
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Earthquakes I'm Britain.
About one In every twenty-eight
q -thquakes recorded in tie world is felt
n tn British l8les.
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His Little. Curse
By
NORMAN H. CROWELL
sauuxnpnSse, ttassnx<a1s<tsa
tCopyr1sht, isos, By Daily story Pun. Co,

tCopynght, i9oa. By Daiiy story Pub. 90,
TIE WAS clerk-young, gay, sam
n guine. Her father was the 'presi-
lent of the Passaic Cotton company,
worth a million-old, gruff, sordid. She
married him thinking herself the gamer
n exchanging forever an indulgeb. IA
her for a. loving husband. Her father
lad told her never to darken his portals
tgain. She wept, but the sunny smile
and comforting arm Of him dried her
sc, ~ ~, 4, f,a ;o1dxv srr,,r, -. - azs
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1904-01-28
The Child Decided

Though the January term of the Cum
berland county supreme court, which
adjourned, Saturday afternoon, was one
of the shortest on record, it was excep-
tionallg prolific in divorce hearings.
One of the few contested cases was
that relating to the domestic troubles of
William A. and Addie l.. Hasty of
standish They brought CROSS libels,
each alleging cruel and abusive treat
ment. A chief feature of the contest
concerned the custody of their bright
little 8 year-old daughter, Gertie May.
Each parent was very DESTROYS of being
delegated to take charge or her. After
Judge Strout had heard the evidence he
sent the contestants out of the court
room, and, taking the little child on his
knee. treated her to candy, won her
confidence, and questioned her in such
a manner az to ascertain her wish re-
garding the custodianship.
81 guess l shall let you remain in
charge of your papa" said the judge, in
his kindly way, land your mamma may
come and see you when she wants to-,
h"Oh, that's good" was the child's en-
thusiastic response, as she clapped her
hands.
Judge Strout gave each parent de-
cree OF divoice on the allegation of
cruel and abusive treatment, and gave
the father the custody of the child.
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NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given to all persons and
parties interested, that the following describ-
ed real estate, viz: the North part of the
west half of lot numbered two in range three
containing forty acres, and the north part OF
the East half of lot numbered two in range
four, containing forty acres, and the south
west quarter of lot numbered three in range
three containing fifty acres, all in Lexington
Plantation in the County of Somerset, on the
eighteenth day of November A. d. 1908, at
five O'Clock and fifteen minutes in the after
noon, was duly attached on writ in favor
of the Inhabitants of the County of Somerset
in the State of Maine, for the sum Of one
hundred dollars, and against Warren Morton
of Lexington in said County of Somerset, and
all persons who have any interest in said real
estate, in order to enforce and secure the said
plaintiffs lien thereon to secure the payment
of the State and County taxes assessed there
on for the year A. d. 1902 with interest ac-
cording to the provisions of the statute in
such case made and provided.
Said action was made returnable TO the
Supreme Judicial Court, then next to be
holden at Skowhegan, within and for the
County of Somerset, on the fourth Tuesday
of December, a. d. 1908 and was duly en-
tered in said court.
The writ is dated November 18th, \. d
1903.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1904-01-28
MIR. Haines and MIR. Gardner

Hon. VIM. T. Haines OF Watervillf
was at the State house, Friday, In at
tendance upon the meeting OF the Gov,
ernor and council aid was asked II ht
had seen the report Of the speech OF
State Master Gardner made at the ded'-
cation OF the Grange hall at Bowdoir
ham, Wednesday. He said Yes,
noticed 1t. have no reply and no issut
with the Grange or Mr.. Gardner but
see he is still laboring under the erront.
GUS impression that | tried to join The
Grange and he kept me out. IL N,
statement OF this matter as heretofore
published does not show him his error
| can refer him to the officers and mem
bers of Sidney Grange. | can also re-
fer him to members Of both Wlnslow anc
Oakland Oranges, who have during tn,
past year solicited my application fo'
mem bership to both Of whom l invar
ably replied that | was a lawyer and hac
no business with the Grange. Mr. Gard
ner and | agree In the necessity OF keep
ing lawyers out Of the Grange and II
does seem that the glory Of having KEEP
out FL lawyers the past year, as he stat
ed at Bowdoinham, ought to be enough
without trying to persuade himself thai
he kept out one who never sought tt
join, but who without asking WAS unsn.
imously elected q member of Sidney
Grange and declined TO be Initiated
Le,Diston Journal.
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SIGNS OF LONG LIFE.
How Woman May Judge of the
Length of Her Days.

Length of Her Days.
Women are supposed to be longer
lived than men Some experienced per
son says that every woman carries
signs that will tell If her life is to be n
short or long one.
The woman who desires long life
must have eyes round and wide rather
than long and narrow, and IL they are
brown or hazel life will be longer than
If they were black or violet. The brow
must be ample and slope back slightly
from an absolute perpendicular. The
head must be wide behind and over the
ears. The mouth must be full and well
set and the chin square and firm. The
nose must be wide and full through Its
whole length and have open, easily d.
lating nostrils. This indicates a good
heart and good lungs. II the orifice OF
the ear is low, denoting a deeply seated
brain, there Is better chance of long
life.
The woman who appears taller in
proportion when sitting down than
standing has good chance to live long.
If the body is long In proportion to the
limbs. the heart. lungs and digestive
organs are large. The pulse should
beat with full and normal stroke
Limbs and joints should be large and
well formed, the flesh neither too hard
nor too soft-New York American.
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Our Foreign Trade.

10 no calendar year 10 the history OF
this country have our exports footed up
to the amount that they did In the year
that has just been brought to close.
The nearest approach was the calendar
year of 1900, when our exports were
about o., 900, 900 less in value than dur
ing the year 1908. The gains made dur
ing the past year were In the last three
months of the year. The exports OF
! S174, 734 900 for the month OF December
formed the greatest trade record that
has ever been made in this country 10
any single month, while the three months
together, showing exports to the value
of nearly $500, 000, 600, are also unpara,-
leled Ia our past record. Our import
trade WIS also larger In value than that
of any previous year, footing up In
round numbers to $685., 900, 900. This
gain 10 imports was made chtf fly during
the early months of 1903, for during the
last four months of the year the imports
fell considerably below those OF the
same term In 1902.
| On the whole, this trade record Is a
! highly satisfactory one, leaving an as
sumed credit balancc-from which, how
ever, numerous deductions have to be
made-of S489, 0O0, 900. 1t Is probable
that quite part Of this advance In ex-
ports during the last few months ia
found In the greatly enhanced price of
cotton. While our exports of cotton
during the calendar year 1908 were not
much larger in quantity than In the
years 1900, 1901 and 1902, the value of
these exports was considerably greater
la the last four months of 1903, which
represents the present cotton season, we
sent out of the country 5000, 30S bales of
cotton, having an export value of Ill
cents per pound, against shipments of
1856, 3l3 bales sent in the last four
months of the year 1902, having value
OF "a cents per pound. 1t will thus be
seen that the difference in value OF these
four months shipments Of cotton alone
represents gain of approximately 500
DOC, 900 over the fairly high price paid
for cotton In the year previous.-Boston
Herald
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NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given to all persons and
parties interested, that the following describ-
ed real estate, viz; the North part of lot
numbered two in range FIVE, containing sixty
four acres, and the East quarter of lot num-
bered two in range six containing fifty acres,
all situated in Lexington Plantation in the
County Of Somerset, on the eighteenth day
of November A. ID. 1903, at five O'Clock and
fifteen minutes in the afternoon, was duly
attached on a writ in favor of the Inhabi-
tants of the County of Somerset in the State
of Maine, for the sum of one hundred dollars,
and against George F. Morgan of Lexington
in said County of Somerset and all persons
who have any interest in said real estate, in
order to enforce and secure the said plaintiffs
lien thereon to secure the payment of the
State and County taxes assessed thereon for
the year A. d. 1902 with interest according
to the provisions of the statute in such case
made and provided.
Said action was made returnable to the
Supreme Judicial Court, then next to be
holden at Skowhegan, within and for the
County of Somerset, on the fourth Tuesday
of December, A d. 1903. and was duly en-
tered in said court.
The writ is dated November 18th A. d.
1903.
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STATE OF MAINE.

SEAL
Somerset, IS. Supreme Judicial Court, De
cember Term, A. ID 1903
And now in this term, IT IS ORDERED that
notice of the pendency Of said action be Civ
en- to said George F. Morgan by serving him
with an attested copy of the above notice and
this order thereon fourteen days at least be-
fore the next term of said Court to be holden
at Skowhegan in the County of Somerset, on
the third Tuesday of March next, said service
to be made by any officer authorized to serve
like process in the State where the said
George F. Morgan may be found residing,
the authority of said officer to be shown by a
certificate Of clerk of court Of record and
his return hereon to be verified before a
Maine Commissioner, clerk of Court OF
Record, Notary Public or justice of the peace.
And it is further Ordered, that notice OF
the tendency thereof be given to all other
persons and parties interested in or owners OF
said real estate, described as aforesaid and
attached in the above named writ to enforce
lien therein to secure the payment OF State
and County taxes as aforesaid, and that the
same is attached, by publishing an attested
copy of the above notice with this order
thereon, three weeks successfully in the Som
ERsET REPORTER, a public newspaper pub
lished at Skowhegan, in the County of Som
erset, the first publication to be thirty days
at least before said term Of this court, to be
held on the third Tuesday of March next,
that they may then and there appear and