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The Somerset reporter., 1904-07-07
Mirror, Crystal and Sword.

The three symbols of the imperial
house of Japan are the mirror. the crys-
tai and the sword. and they are carried
In front of the emperor on all state oc-
casions Each has its significance.
Look at the mirror and reflect thy
self" or, in other words, "Know thy
self" is the message of the mirror.
BE pure and shine" Is the crystals In
Junction while the sword is reminder
to "Be sharp"
The Somerset reporter., 1904-07-07

Herbert Spencer once won curious
wager He was staying for fishing
holiday In the house OF Sir Francis
Powell, the president OF the Scottish
academy and while angling for trout
he happened to drop his eyeglasses into
a deep pool of the river. In the even
ing he related his misadyenture to his
host and the guests, and said that he
was prepared to bet that he would re-
cover the pince-nez from the bottom OF
the pool. His friends declared that
this was an impossible feat, but Her
bert Spencer still offered to make the
bet His challenge was accepted by
one of the visitors. Upon the following
evening Spencer returned to the house
with the missing eyeglasses. He had
fastened a strong magnet on the end
of his fishing line and tished for the
glasses until 1t came into contact with
their steel rims.
The Somerset reporter., 1904-07-07
Madison Center.

The farmers in this vicinity nearly all
commenced haying, July 5th.
Mrs. Robert Hayden of Athens, with
Miss Annie, spent the fourth with Mrs.
w. d. Hayden.
w. H. Clark, Esq, OF Caratunk has
bough, lot on the Hayden side of the
brook, and Lawrence Hayden is to build
his cottage, this season.
The Ladies' Aid Society of Spiritualists
are to have special NEE Jog with Mrs.
Laban Lincoln at East Madison, Tues
day, July Izth. They will take the 1915
q. m. boat.
The Somerset reporter., 1904-07-07
COMMISSIONERS NOTICE.

SOMERSET, IS. June l4th, A ID. 1904.
We, the undo rsigned havinr been dg'y az
nointed by the Homo. able Edward r. DE ifot ID,
Judge of Probate withIuj and for said County,
~ missioners 10 re. eive and decide upon the
ella Ms of the creditors Of 10 les A. Merrill, Ia
of CaIatunk, III said Coun,s, decea ID, who es-
tate has b, IN repi ssent d insolvent he eby give
public motto aero ably, TO ORDER OF the said
Judge of Probate, that six months from aud a. e
June I4th 1904, have bceo owed to So ID CT ed t.
ors pre mt and prove their claims, and that
we WI attend to the duty ? ri. ded us at he
Off Of W. r. Jordan in Bingham on September
LIST, nd December IA 1894, at ten of me clock n
the forenoon OF each OF 81 i'd dLys oy27
ARTHUR DINSMOrE,
WALTER Z. ROBINSON ConmissiG ne. !.
The Somerset reporter., 1904-07-07
For Hubby's Eyes.

Shopman-You want nice motto to
hang up In the house, ma'am? How
would Heaven Bless Our Home" or
mo Place Like Home" do7 Severe
Looking Lady-Wouldn't do at all.
What | want is a card to hang up in
the hall bearing the words Better
Late Than Never"
The Somerset reporter., 1904-07-07
Business and Pleasure.

$50 you want to change the door 80
1t will swing the other way, eh?" said
the carpenter. Don't 1t work all
right7"
Eyes, 1t works all right" grinned the
dentist, "but I want 1t changed 80
can have the word Pull lettered on it.
See Y-Indianapolis Sun.
The Somerset reporter., 1904-07-07
The pill that will, will fill the bill.

Without grippe.
To cleanse the liver, without culver,
Take one at night.
Dewitt's Little Eerly Risers are small,
easy to take, easy and gentle in effect,
yet they are so certain In result ! that no
one who uses them is disappointed.
For quick relief from biliousuess, sick
headache, torpid liver, jaundice, dizzi-
ness and all doubles arising from an in
active. sluggish liver, Early Risers ase
ureqna'led. Sold by GEO. F. SAMPSON.
The Somerset reporter., 1904-07-07
WHY La This Sol

A father Of four boys has discovered
that different sounds travel with diff
ferent velocity.
A call to dinner. he says, will carry
over a ten acre field In minute and
q half, while a summons to return to
work takes from five to eight minutes.
-Chuma
The Somerset reporter., 1904-07-07
Fish Diet had For the Voice.

Fine voices, 1t Is said, are seldom
found in a country where fish or meat
diet prevails. Those Italians who eat
the most fish Chose of Naples and
Genoa have few fine singers among
them. The sweet voices are found in
the Irish women Of the country, and
not of the towns. Norway is not
country of singers, because they eat
too much fish, but Sweden is a coun-
try of grain and song. The carnivo-
rous birds croak; grain eating birds
sing.
The Somerset reporter., 1904-07-07

Thousands are sick every year with
some form of Bowel Complaint. ThouE-
ands are cured by taking DIR. Seth Ar
nold's Balsam. Warranted } give salts
faction by; G. r. Fogg, w. IL. Fuller,
Skowhegan.
The Somerset reporter., 1904-07-07

Photographer-Now, sir, If you'll look
a little less as though you had a bill
to meet and little more as though
you'd just been left legacy you'll be
q picture.-New Yorker
The Somerset reporter., 1904-07-07

stiu Able 20 Attend TO Business.
II told Uncle Simon that he was get
ting too old and feeble to attend to
business"
Did he take 1t kindlyT
HE threw me out of his Office
Vanity Fair.
The Somerset reporter., 1904-07-07

Visitor - What a beautiful binding
you are putting on your new novel,
Publisher-Yes. It's bound to sue
ceed.-Cornell Widow
The Somerset reporter., 1904-07-07
The other way.

why did mamma spank you today
Because you are badr'
Nope: tRuse mamma was bad
Houston Post
The Somerset reporter., 1904-07-07

When a woman says she hasn't rag ht to
wear lis a sign her next-door neignoor has
bought new gown.
The Somerset reporter., 1904-07-07
NOTICE.

All persons indebted to A.
G. Blunt are notified that on
and after July I, 1904, his ac-
counts will be left with law
yers for collection. You can
save costs if you settle before
that time. tf2I
The Somerset reporter., 1904-07-07
San Juan Mines
Corporation.

owning the "Flitz Hugh" property,
IS claims, in the Golden San
Juan" has but $500, 900 preferred
stock, and 100000 common. AS
the preferred must have 10 cts. per
in dividends, before the common,
it is easy to see why you should
buy stock in such Co. rather than
one with 100000 to s6,ooo,ooo
capital. As this stock Is selling
just now at IS cts. cash it is on a
basis of only $4,000 capital Tor
so cts. installments $500, ooo) 10
cts. per share on prefd, means 40
per cent or more, before the com
mon gets any thing. 1t is bit
hard to recomend any mining stock
just now, but l believe this a good
investment, as dividends should be
paid this fall. The company is
financed by the old and reliable
Woods Investment Co. of Colora-
do Springs, and stock sold here by,
The Somerset reporter., 1904-07-07
LarOne.

There will be meeting next Sunday at
z.3o p. m. at the Bigelow Hill school
house o. B. Williams. the Friend preach
The Somerset reporter., 1904-07-07
STATE OF MAINE.

[sEAL]
Kennebec, as. Supreme Judicial Court, in
Equity. Augusta, June 10, 1904.
Emeline S. Perry VS.. Albert A. Richardson.
Upon the plaintiffs bill, it is ordered that
hearing be had before this Court on Tues
day the Goth day of July 1904, at 10 o'clock
in the forenoon at the Court House in Skow-
hogan in the County of Somerset, and that
notice thereof be given to said defendant by
publishing an abstract of said bill and of this
order thereon, one week in the Somerset Re.
porter fourteen days at least before said
hearing, that he may then and there appear
and show cause, if any there be, why the
prayer Of said bill should not be granted.
And it is further ordered that in the mean
time until said goth day of July, appointed
for said hearing and further order of this
Court, the said defendant be restrained and
enjoined from further using the partnership
name, Oh transacting any business under the
partnership name or in any way meddling
with the partnership property or affairs, as
prayed for in the plaintiffs bill.
VIM. P. WHTEHoUsE,
Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court.
The Washington times., 1904-01-19
FORTUNE TO CHURCH;
PITTANCE TO FAMILY
Shoe Manufacturer in VIII Expresses Deep Gratitude TO
Conversion and Gives Big um to Methodsts.

KANSAS CITY. Jan 19-'I, william
w. Kendall Kansas City, being OF
sound mind and memory. realizing my
obligations to my family and my God
never forgetting the debt Of gratitude
owe. my heavenly Father for the gift
Of His dear Son, Jesus Christ, who left
His home in heaven and came TO earth
taking upon Himself the sins Of the
whole world eXpiating them on the
cross. that whatsoever beHeveth I'm Him
might not perish. but have everlasting
life. and that includes me; hence / make
this. my last viii and testament"
William Worth Kendall who was a
shoe manufacturer Ok this city. proceeds
after this prelude TO his will. flied here
today for protete. to leave s.. go each to
his wife. Emily G. Kendall. and his
four children. and to the Methodist
Church $4,000. the residue Of his es-
tate
The win continues.
1T is my viii that the balance Of my
The Washington times., 1904-01-19
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The Washington times., 1904-01-19
DUKE OF PARMA REFUSES
TO PAY HIS TAX BILL
Declares He Is a Reigning Sovereign
Unable to Assert His Rights,
and Hence Exempt

VIENNA, Jan. 19.-Parliament viii
have some fun Nlth royalty when the
matter Of the Duke Of Parna's refusal
to pay taxes comes up.
The duke, who has an income OF
100000 per annum and eighteen chill
dren living. has lodged the tax collector
ever since his subjects rose in revolu-
ton and kicked him out Of the Italian
principally. His excuse for not raying
taxes is highly humorous
Not having recognized the annexation
of Parma by the kingdom OF Italy he
says, Il am still reigning sovereign.
though temporarily unable to assert my
rights
Duke Robert was a boy in knicker-
bockers. hardly six years Of age. when
be lost the throne OF his fathers.
The duke wants his children. cOur-
tiers. servants and retainers OF any kind
exempted from taxation. too. because.
as sovereign lord, ii is his good pleas
ure that his faithful subjects be not mo-
Tested.
The Washington times., 1904-01-19
A CONVERSATION With A CLIMAX
When Professional Man Talks, It's to
the Point.

Several famous American physicians
and surgeons were recently dining to-
gether after a session of a national
meeting held I'm New York.
4 had a remarkable case this winter"
remarked a surgeon present, whose
name as a specialist in rectal diseases
is world wide. MY patient was wo-
man. a delicate, nerve-racked creature.
who had suffered so fearfully from the
ravages Of hemorrhoids that the knife
seemed the only solution OF the trouble,
and Vet her heart was weak and her
strength so wasted by this fearful dis
ease. that we dared not operate.
Il had ceased my visits to her for
a time and had given up all hope. when
one morning she entered my office look
ing like a new woman: the pallor had
disappeared and the lines of suffering
were nearly eradicated from her face.
She told me she had bought at drug
store for so cents a proprietary medi-
cine in suppository form called Pyra-
mid Pile Cure and had obtained instant
relief from the first insertion. l made
an examination and found the rectum
in excellent condition. and the infiam-
nation entirely disappeared and the
swollen veins In normel condition.
81 was so interested In the case that j
had the remedy analysed carefully and
was so pleased with the result Of the
finding a combination of the
most healing and scientific remedies
present In the Pyramid Pile. Cure and
in a more convenient form that l could
secure them otherwise, that / wrote TO
the Pyramid Drug Company at Mar
shall Mich. asking for their booklet
on piles. Their Nature. Cause and
Cure' (which by the way is sent free.
and have since used their Pile Cure eX-
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your patient from "A painful surgical
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The Washington times., 1904-01-19
Welded TO HIS IDOLS
IS WILLIAM ]. BRYAN
Reafirmation Of Kansas City Platform
and No Compromise With Gold
Bugs His War Cry.

LINCOLN. Neb. Jan. ID" NOosu=ren-
der" was the keynote Of a speech by
William J. Bryan at dollar dinner
given in his honor here last night In
the course of his speech he said;
shall we abandon our advocacy OF
bimetallism IN order to conciliate those
who defeated the party in other cam
paigns? Never. Some phase of the
money question is always before Con-
gress, and no one can predict when the
coinage phase OF the money question
will again become acute No reform of
any kind would be possible with the
money changers in control of tbs party
The Kansas City platform IS sound
on every plank. and the first act Of the
next Democratic convention should be
to reaffirm II in its entirety. and its
next act should be the addition Of new
planks in harmony with it and covering
such new questions as demand consid-
Grafton
Mr. Bryan went on to say that candi,
dates must be selected who believe in
the platform" and that no. contribu-
tions should be accepted from those
who are intrenched behind the bulwarks
which we are attacking"
All the other speeches were OF the
same Thoroughbred. no-compromise-
ith-the-cons ervatives character. The
speakers were almost without exception
leaders of the old free-silver wing Of
the party. and any hope that the dinner
would promote harmony with the other
faction was disDelled
Before the dinner Mr.. Bryan held re-
ception at the LAndell House and wac
surrounded BY an admiring throng. On
his entry into the banquet hall he was
greeted with a tumultuous demOnstra.
ton.
The Washington times., 1904-01-19
WITH JEST ON LIPS
MAN DROPPED DEAD
Companions Thought He Was Going to
Sleep and Jibed Him.

UTICA, n. Y. Jan. 19.-William Glib
bons. aged thirty-four. Wulked into the
Lewis house at Yorkville last aisht.
perched himself on a pool table and be-
gan to tell stories to a crowd OF asso-
ciates who had assembled in the room
Gibbons created considerable merriment
with his funny yarns and soon started
a song I'm which the others all joined.
Before the song was finished his head
dropped and his companions began to
jibe him for going TO sleep in the mids,
of their entertainment.
For nearly half an hour the crowd
poked fun at Gibbons and made at.
tempts to rouse him. but he slept on
When the proprietor went TO close IN
the men shook Gibbons hard and were
astOnished when some one suggested
that ne was dead. A physician was
called. ana he said that the man had
been dead some time.
The coroner pronounced death due
partially TO the cold
The Washington times., 1904-01-19
FINANCIAL CONCERNS
ELECT NEW DIRECTORS
Three Companies Hold Annual Meet
ings, Listen to Reports, and sill
Vacancies in Their Boards.

At a meeting of the stockholders of the
American Security and Trust Company
yesterday. the following were elected
as directors:
Milton Z. Allies. Charles ]. Bell. Hen
~ F. Blount. Samuel S. Burdett. Al
bert Carry, william NJ Coates. William
V. Cox. W Riley Decide. Daniel Dono-
van. James Z. Fitch. William j. Flath-
er. Daniel Fraser John E HerreH
George F. Hun. Henry Hurt, John A
Kasson. George L. Knowles. John r.
Mclean. Caleb ! Milne Clarence F.
Norment. Crosby 5. Noyes Myron NJ
Parker. Henry e. Pellew. Robert Port
ner. Frederick G. Stevens. Ward Thor
on. Frank A. Vanderlip. Henry Wells,
Henry A. Willard, and Joseph Wright
New members of the board are Mr.
Allies. ar Flather. Mr. Decide. and Mr..
Vanderhp.
The National Safe Deposit Savings and
Trust Company elected the following
board:
Woodbury. Blair. S. Thomas. Brown.
Walter c. Clephane. William V. Cox.
William E. Edmonston, George w Gray,
Samuel b. Holabird. William ID. Hoov-
er. Elbridge S. Johnson. Thomas r.
Jones. S II. Kaufman. Samuel Mad
dox. Henry Ortiz. George H. Plant. VIII
liam f. Quicksan f. Francis Riggs.
Benjamin p. Snyder. Henry A. Willard.
John l. Weaver. ara Horace WyIie. Mr..
Weaver is the only new member
The Mutual Fire Insurance COMPANY
at its annual meeting yesterday elected
the following managers:
George T. bearing William A. II
Church. Timothy W. Murphy. George G.
Walker, h; Harrison Johnson. b. F.
Saul, and ). 4. @. Morsell.
The Washington times., 1904-01-19

estate, one-quaTter million dollars. shall
be hold in trust as a sacred fund. the
income OF which shall be used for the
building OF Christ's kingdom on earth
under the auspices sof the Methodist
Episcopal Church The fund shall be
called the William w Kendall fund of
the Methodist Episcopal Church.
1T is my will that this fund shall con-
tinue until the end OF this world, when
Jesus comes.
1t is my wish that the income shall
be divided among the benevolent enter
prises of the Methodist Episcopal
Church as follows; Ten twenty fourths,
the board Of church extension of the
Methodist Episcopal loan fund; three
twenty-fourths. the Mason Society or
Southern Educational Society; three
tweuty-fourJhs, educational fund: three
twenty-fOurJhs. permanent fund for
wOrn-eut preachers
a clause in the will directs that If any
OF the beneficiaries attempts To break it.
his or her share shall be reduced TO ST.
The Washington times., 1904-01-19
BJOERNSON AND KING
BECOME FAST FRIENDS
Poet Sees Oscar and Comes Away
Satisfied the Ruler Does Not Be
long to Swedish Party.

STOCKHOLM. Jan. 17.-Bjoernson. the
great old man Of the North. who for
years fought King Oscar in parliamen;
and in the press. now declares that his
majesty is not nearly as bad as painted.
King and poet had heart-to-heart talh
some little while ago. when they patched
up their differences and parted as the
best Of friends. Sjoernson says that he
is now convinced the King does not be-
long to the Swedish party, which en-
deavors to reduce Norway to the status
OF a simple province.
What about the crown prince" he
was asked
II did not see the crown prince, and I
won't" replied tie poet savagely-
Crown Prince Custavus AdOIphus Is at
the head OF the Swedish jingoes, who
threaten Norway with war unless she
acknowledges Sweden's supremacy.
The Washington times., 1904-01-19
A NEW BRANCH STORE.

Lewando's French Dyeing and Cleans
ing Company, which has been establish
ed since 1923 with its headquarters in
Philadelphia and branches throughout
the United States, has opened an office
in Washington at 1897 G Street north
west. This store is reproduced after the
Boston establishment, which is consid-
cred one Of the finest OF its kind in the
country. 1t is handsomely equipped with
a coy reception room, wi h ornaments.
pictures, and floor carpets. desk Is
itted with stationery for the use of
women patrons. Tais concern was the
first 10 Introduce h the United States
the French dyeing and cleansing meth
dds They win also conduct a general
laundry business which turns out work
of a superior color and finish.
The Washington times., 1904-01-19

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The Washington times., 1904-01-19
MORE CORRESPONDENCE
SENT TO THE SENATE
General Reyes Makes Direct Charge q
Conspiracy Against Some I'm
named Officials in Washington.

The Senate has received. from Presi-
dent Roosevelt additional correspondence
touching the relations of the United
States with Colombia and Panama in
the period from December ., 1903, to
January G. 1905.
In it General Reyes. minister on a
special mission. sums up the grievances
OF his country because Of the attitude
OF the United States and makes direct
charges Of completely against some I'M
named officials I'm Washington.
Treaty Rejection.
General Reyes blames United States
Minister BeauDre FOR the rejection OF
the Hay-Herran canal treaty at Bogota,
declaring his opinion In the following
words:
II firmly believe that Il would have
approved the convention, with amend
ments that would probably have been
acceptable 20 the United States, had not
the American minister at Bogota re-
peatedly declared I'm the most positive
manner that his Government would re-
jec1 any amendments that might be Of
fered.
No one will wonder that under the
pressure Of threats, so serious and irri-
tating, and In presence Of a formal nou-
fication from the party which had the
authority to serve il. that no amend
ment would be accepted, preference was
given to disaDproval."
Principle Of Right.
Referring to the attitude Of the United
States toward the revolution General
Reyes sa-s.
II there be an eternal and immutable
principle OF right. that right Of Colombia
has been injured by the United States
by an incredible transgression Of the
limits set by equity and Justice"