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The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1904-03-17
DO THINGS EASILY.
strive 10 Eliminate the Heavy Strain
From Homework

strive TO Eliminate the Heavy strain
From Homework.
do sit down." said a wise mother
OF family to the new and ambitious
young housekeeper. II do not in the
least approve of what might be called
laziness or the habit OF collapsing into
A chair every time one turns around
strength when IL is just as easy to do
It. You are standing at the table to
pare your potatoes when you might
Just as well sit down to it. BY and by
there will be cleaning and brushing
and scrubbing to do. when you must
stand.
III there is fruit to prepare, yege-
tables to get ready or any Of the many
things where one may remain quiet
while doing them. 1t Is much better to
sit. This gives renewed energy for the
harder part OF the work, and while
there is 80 much about housework that
Is necessarily taxing II seems TO me a
very wise thing to do this. do no,
know why economy in strength is not
just as important as economy in any
thing else
Certainly the ability TO make the
best OF our powers Ia worth a little
study People who are well anu
strong often seem to enjoy reckless
exhibition OF their physical ability.
but with these a time almost always
comes when the heavy strain Of vast
ed energy begins to tell on the consti
tuition Then ii is too late to prevent
the damage Ledger.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1904-03-17
The Government Sustained

The opinion d the supreme court of
the United States 10 the case Of the
Northern Securities 60. VS.. the United
States Involving the merger Of the North
ern Pacific ard the Great Northern RaiL
road Coz. WAS handed down on MooAav
and WIS IL favor Of the government
The opinion was read by Justice Harlan.
The opinion of the United States clrcut
court for the district OF hinnesota was
sffirmed.
The effect Ia 10 sustain the contention
that the herman antitrust law applies
TO railroad combinations of the eharaetes
in question
Justice Harlan said that In the merger
OF the two roads the stockholders dis
appeared and reappeared In the securi-
| ties company, the two thus becoming
practically consolidated In holding
company, the principal OF ect being te
prevent competition.
No scheme or device could have mofx
tffectually come within the prohibitioz
Of the antitrust law and 1t is within the
meaning Of the act trust.
-Four Of the justices, including Chief
Justice Fuller, dissent from the majority
ard submitted, opinions reaching different
| results.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1904-03-17
Shorthand Pioneer.

That the aneients We're thoroughly
conyersant with shorthand is an I'M
disputed fact, 1t subsequently became
lost art until revived or redlscovered
toward the end of the sixteenth CEN
fury. At this time there lived William
Lawrence, who died in 1921 and was
buried In the cloister Of Westminster
abbey. There the visitor may read his
epitaph, which includes the following
lines:
Shorthand he wrote; his flower in prime
did fade
And hasty death short hand Of him hath
made.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1904-03-17

President Roosevelt has issued an exec
utive order relative to affairs In the far
east. He directs all officials of the gov
ernment--civil, military and naval-not
only to observe the proclamation of
neutrality issued at the outbreak of the
war between Russia and Japan, but also
to abstain from any action or speech of
kind calculated to give otfease to
either. The desire of our government is
evidently to avoid the remotest appear
ance of Partially for either of the COM
Blatant nations. And this is right. Neu-
trality should obtain in fact as we'll as
In theory. OF course the expression of
individuals or societies or newspapers in
favor of one or the other of the nations
in conflict cannot be avoided, but officials
of the government of the United States
must not only keep hands off but should
keep the tongues within bounds.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1904-03-17
Elections In Maine Cities

The Republicans were victorious In
the five municipal elections held 10
Maine on Monday.
The only closely contested election
was at Biddeford, where the fight for
the overthrow Of the Citizen-Republicsn
form of government was the most siren
uous for years. The contestants were
unsuccessful however, former Mayor
Nathaniel B. Walker receiving majority
of 81 over Cornelius Horigan. standard
bearer of the Independant-Democ
combination. The Republicans also
carried four Of the seven wards. The
total vote cast was 1887.
At Augusta, where the Democrats for
the first time in three years placed a
ticket In the field, Mayor Gustavus A.
Robertson WAS reelected by $40 votes
over Col. Frederick W. Plaisted, the
Democratic nominee.
l.. t. Shales was elected Mayor of
Belfast. where the Republicans had no
opposition.
Mayor Flavius o. Beal at Bangor and
Mayor Leon r. Higgins at Brewer were
reelected, the former with small
majority aud the latter without oppo-
sition. Mayor Beal was opposed by
William B. Pierce, Democrat. Bangor
Republicans also carried six Of the seven
wards.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1904-03-17

The Japanese will have an army of
1900 men in Korea within three weeks
including the $1,000 already landed at
Chemulpo. The hsrbor's edge is piled
with 100000 tons of stores. packs OF
equipment, light guns and carriages and
bullet proof shields, and there are 5000
cavalry and pack horses there. A per
feet system obtains. Troops daily en-
train for Seonl, whence they advance to
the north in bodies of a few hundred, or
march direct overland or proceed In open
boats so miles to Halju.
Private Chinese reports that are being
received here state that the whole of
Manohuria is in state of utter confu-
sion, owing to the Russians having seiS-
ed all food supplies and other commits
sariat necessities. The natives are
streaming south toward the ports and
are suffering great hardships. The late
military governor of Kirin has commit
ed suicide owning to his inability to re-
lieve the peoples distress or stop the
Russian depredations.
The attack on Port Arthur the 10th
instant resulted in the destruction of a
torpedo boat on each side. The Rus
sian forces sailed out of port to meet the
enemy and fought valiantly for some
hours, much to the qualification of the
st. Petersburg government.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1904-03-17
BOOKCASE CC1TAIN.
Pretty and Durable one May Re
Made Of BurIap.

Made Of BuFIap.
4 very pretty and durable curtain
fr 4 bookcase fnaE he uaar u bur
-. one noticed reccafIy vas light
Gown. with trimmings # red a bras.
- was fastened 10 the top Of the
o5okcase, and the drapery Has thrown
nxer II SO as to form d deep lambre.
qnin at the top. The hurlap was lined
throughout with turkey red Red felt
was used for border across the top
and bottom This WAS feather stitched
to the burlap with red worsted In clus
tiers of six quite long stitches. the mid
die stitch being the longest and were
graduated toward each end. with a
space Of about an inch between each
cluster
The border of felt across the lambre
quin end of the curtain VAS about
eight inches deep. Across the bottom
Of the curtain the border was a little
deeper and was set up from the bot
tom. leaving about FIVE inches Of the
burlap below 1t.
Il WAS an extremely effective cur
tain and was made very quickly an
with little expense by a busy hous,
keeper.
The use Of burlap is being revived
for a number Of purposes II is otter
used as substitute for wall paper
sometimes In the form Of a deep frieze
with the paper below or q figured bur
lap is used upon the walls, with plain
only. 1t comes In green. blue. red and
brown. In fact nearly every color
may be procured. World.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1904-03-17
LAUNDRY LINES.

Try kerosene to clean the rubber Of
your clothes wringer.
In starching doilles with fringed
edges it is well TO dip the fringe or
lace into salt water before proceeding.
AS starch Is very apt to rot clothes.
they should be washed. rough dried
without starch and pressed out
smoothly when they are laid away for
the season.
If collars and cuffs are threaded on
a piece of tape OF string and tied Il
the clothesline it prevents dirty peg
marks and also does not pull the ends
OF the collars out of shape.
THE proper way to dry woolens
says a large manufacturer Of WOODEN
goods, lis TO hang the garments on the
line dripping wet without wringins
out at all II dried in this way tht
shrinkage will be so slight as to be al
most unnoticeahle."
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1904-03-17
A Republican State Convention
will be held In
CITY BALL, PORTLAND,

at L 80 O'Clock p. m,
for the purpose of selecting six candidates
for electors of President and Vice President
of the United States, and four delegates at
large, and four alternates, to attend the Ma
tional Republican Convention to be held at
the City of Chicago. in the State OF Illinois,
on Tuesday, the 2Ist day OF June, 1904, and
transacting any other business that may prop
erly come before it.
The basis of representation will be as fol-
lows: Each city, town, and plantation will
be entitled to one delegate, and for each rs
votes cast for the Republican candidate Tor
Governor in 1902, an additional delegate
and for fraction of 40 votes in excess OF rs
votes, an additional delegate. Vacancies In
the delegation of any city, town, or planta-
ton can only be filled by resident OF the
county in which the vacancy exists.
The State Committee will be in session IN
the reception room of the hall at 1890 2. M.
on the day of the convention for the purpose
of receiving the credentials OF delegates
Delegates, in order to be eligible to partcl'
pate in the convention, must be elected sub
sequent to the date of the call for this con-
vention; and delegates cannot be elected
under this call to the State Convention to be
hereafter called for the purpose OF nominal
ing a candidate for Governor.
All electors of Maine. without regard &c
past political affiliations, who are in sympathy
with the sentiments expressed in the call Of
the Republican National Committee for the
Republican National Convention, are cor
dially invited to unite under the call in elect
ing delegates to this Convention.
Per Order, Republican State Committee
F. M. SIMPSON, Chairman.
BYRON BOYD, Secretary.
Bangor, March 10th, 1904
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1904-03-17
Skowhegau Markets.
EKIcKs pA1n rRnnuorEs


OATs-SO cts
WOOL nwAshed. Is to % TIA.
HIDES AND sKINs-hides Sig cts lamb skins q
70 15,u calf skins. Is 10 90 cts. ,Sch.
Observation-Disclosures yellow eyes, ga, TO esA
pea beans, s?oo.
BKEP-OI beef { to 7cts.
foULTRY-Fewls 10 10 Is cts. per H.. checkers
- TO is eta.
RoCNp Hoo cts.
TALLow-Rough cts. PEI h.
FrrrER-tlret QuAhty, stamped. Is 70 II Kez d
EGGs-Is u. per dog fresh.
PorAToEs-60 IL 7oc,
RETAIL hARKRT.
FLoUR--Sprng wheat Patent R6-So 70 g. -,
Winter wheat pat $3.50 to tet0; Winter whe1s
choioe, $3.50
CoRs-si.+O per bag meal and cracked con-
81 so per bag.
c. &. MEAL-sl go per bag.
FEKp-Middlings, sl45 ,'er cwt Chicagu giutsx
81 IS per cwt.
SPRING BRAS-Sl IS yer cwt,
MIXED FEEDS 40 per cwt.
SALT PoRK-lOc 10; by the bbl. s2oOi lbs, &Is.@
CHEEsB-l6 per ID
BUTTER-iS To 2bcts. per 10
EG0s-22 cts \ doz fresh.
TEAs-25 TO 60 cents per b.
CoFFEE-l0 to IS cents per to.
LARD-Dumestic, IL cts; Pure, u CTS. Goes
pound, 10 cts.
MoLAssEs-Pure Ponce, 40 pure Ia rhAdoeS
30; Maple, sc per qt; Choice Cooking, l5c.
SuGAR-Granulaied sugar, best quality
pounds for 500; Brown, % pounds for 81.
PorAroEs-soc 81 a DO,
DryFIsH-Cod.S 10 10 cts per Ii pollock, h.
ONIoNs-oc. per ID.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1904-03-17
Bnhys PIaythInHA.

A well known specialist in children ,
diseases says DO not give young ba
bies quantity OF playthings, non
year OF child's life the brain develop,
more rapidly than at any other perio,
during life. Give the baby simple
things-a spool, clothespin. an empty
bottle tightly corked. n teaspoon. Al
ways have some article in reserve (
please the tiny mite, 10 whom al
things are new. When rubber rattle,
or dolls are given procure those OF nat
ural red rubber"
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1904-03-17
Annual Town Meeting.

The annual town meeting of Skowhe-
gan came off on Monday, the l4th In.
slant. The weather being fair and cold
and the sleighing first class the attend
ance from all parts OF the town was
large, the agricultural interest of the
town being exceptionally well repre-
sented.
The meeting was called to order at 10
o'clock a. m. by George s. Webb, town
clerk. L. L. Walton, Esq, was unsn-
imously elected moderator, and he was
sworn by the town clerk.
Nathan Fowler, K. C. Taylor and J. W.
Blunt were appointed a committee to as
sist the chair In the counting of votes.
George Simpson was elected town
clerk, he receiving 273 votes; C. V.
Richards, 80; C. F. Nutting, %; E. z.
Sturtevant, 8. He was sworn by the
moderator.
R. r. Parker was elected lst selectman,
receiving 3es votes to 1872 for E. F. Fair
brother.
S. a. Bradbury was elected End select
man, receiving $40 votes to 81 for B. A.
Sawyer.
A. Fl. Wyman was elected Sd selectman,
receiving 253 votes to 1875 for T. G. Lord.
The selectmen were elected assessors
and overseers of the poor.
George <. Sampson was unanimously
elected treasurer.
F. A. Nolin was unanimously elected
auditor.
E. c. Butler, Esq, was elected town
agent, he receiving 1877 votes to As for H.
J. Phillips, Esq.
DIR. Stinchffeld was reelected member
of the school committee, receiving ia
votes to liz for L. c. Church.
Geo. II. Webb was unanimously elected
road commissioner.
Miss Louise Fl. Coburn was unani
mously elected park commissioner for
three years.
Shortly after II o'clock the meeting
adjourned until 1.30 p. m.
AFTERNOON.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1904-03-17

The making OF a bed is a whole gym
nasium in itself The entire body is
called upon in this phase Of house
work The body bends from the waist
the muscles Of the arms and the legs
are alternately stretched and contract
ed. Beat the mattress and pillows
with the proper vigor and the blood
tingles in your finger tips. Tuck In
the bedclothes and the waist muscles
are exercised. the twisting and turning
OF the body takes off all superhuous
flesh and makes a shapely waist. Sci
dom do you find fat chambermaid In
our hotels Well rounded, shapely
deft and graceful are most chamber
maids, all because OF the exercise OF
house work.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1904-03-17

The town meeting of Monday last was
one of the most harmonious for many
years. There were very few matters be-
fore it upon which there were serious
differences Of opinion. Some minor af-
fairs created moderate discussion, and
upon the proposition to bridge the south
channel with a steel structure, $50, 200
item, there we're few short speeches,
where none were needed to insure the
project. The vote would have passed
without them. Skowhegan people are
decidedly 10 favor of the bridge and it
was authorized with hardly show OF
opposition. Party politics did not enter
once into the deliberations of the meet
ing and evidently was hardly thought Of
For twenty years or more there have not
been nominations of town officers by
party csucuses and we believe our peo-
pie are reconciled to 1t. At any rate
they do not make systematic, opposition,
and kicks, II there are such, are without
method. There was not lisp about q
change in form of municipal government
this year.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1904-03-17
MOUk...4. JAPAN.
they Hivnl In Pnnornna the scenery
of SH ItzerIand.

fhey HIVnI In Pnnornua the scenery
of switzerland.
On every side Of III, from orr feet
to the golden distance far away. Tire
world stretched mountains. peak upon
peak as thick as junks in a chinese
harbor and range beyond range mex
haustible. No sounds Of mortal life
came up inside the rock. while tie
river, gentian blue. wound silent in
transparent pools below. The pano#
rama In Japan on splendid summer
day is impossible TO describe 10 an
English reader who has not been In
the east, for such a one will read be
tween the lines the local color in which
he was bred instead of the wholly DIFF
ferent atmosphere that heightens the
charm of the picture there the bril-
liant luminous air which invests our
eye with telescope power and brings
the whole landscape to our feet, while
a soft suspicion Of silky haze seems
to float halo round each foliage hid
den hill. Switzerland, too, Is noun
tain world. but small compared with
this, the entire content from Inns
bruck TO Geneva only one-fourth the
length of this single island of Japan.
a thousand miles of continuous ro-
nance And the quality OF the sun
shine is what separates by very wide
gulf summers day In these ATTITUDES
from one in more northerly Europe
Ernest Foxwell in Cornhill.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1904-03-17
$38,4so

A vote passed to light South bridge.
The article providing for extension OF
matchmaking Water street from School
street to Eddy Hill was passedover.
The article relative to building steel
bridge across the south channel of the
Kennebec river came up and was dis
cussed to some length, all in the affirm
alive, by Messrs. q. A. Marston, L. w.
Weston, Lewis Anderson and F. P. Pen
nell. A vote to build the bridge passed
without division, and on motion Of Mr..
Marston, j. P. Merrill, Lewis Anderson
and W. p. Ordway were made a commi'-
tee to nominate committee of three to In
vestigate the kind, style and quality Of a
bridge to be built across the South chan
mel of the Kennebec river, on or near the
location Of the present bridge, employ a
competent engineer, get estimates OF
cost, plans and specifications for same,
and report to future town meeting to be
held on or before June 10, 1904
These gentlemen reported Messrs.
Charles A. Marston, A. K. Butler and 8.
w. Philbrick, as the committee above
named, and this report WAS accepted.
The question of paving Odell Berry
for an injury to his h"rse received on a
town highway, was lett with the select
men and town agent to make such settle
ment as they find 10 be equitable.
The matter of the execution of a deed
to John and Charles P. Whittemore was
left with the selectmen and town agent
to investigate and adjust.
The question Of introducing manual
training into the schools was passed
over after discussion.
Votes we're passed accepting 800 each
In trust, the yearly income to be used to
keep In order the graves of Franklin G.
Russell and Mrs. Mary A. Whorff.
The further sum OF $500 was voted to
John L. Smith, in addition to $3.50
already paid him by the selectmen for
labor and expenses and use Of his house
while occupied by small pox patients.
1t was voted to change the location of
the sewer leading from the High school
building to the river so that its outlet
shall be below the dam instead OF above It.
The moving OF the stone watering tub
from the corner OF North avenue and
Water street to some other locality was
left to the selectmen and road commits
sioner.
The construction Of a sewer on Bush
street WAS referred to the selectmen and
road commissioner. They are to investi-
gate and report TO subsequent town
meeting.
The question OF the conveyance OF the
sc-called Austin farm to Alfred p. and
Laura A. Austin was discussed briefly
and passed over.
A vote passed to pay the superintend-
ing school committee $50 each for COM
pensatiop.
The report Of the selectmen was &C
cepted by vote.
Bids for collection of taxes were called
for BY the chair. John Weston bid 10
mills on the dollar and B. A. Sawyer IA
mills, and Mr.. Sawyer was elected COL
lector. This is the highest commission
that has been paid for collecting taxes
for many years.
Adjournment was reached at about
4 80 p. M, closing one OF the most har-
monious town meetings on record IL
Skowhegan. Well nigh model.
The galleries were we'll filled by ladies,
during the hours of the meeting. who
seemed to take much interest In the pre-
ceedings.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1904-03-17
A MONKEYS JOKE.
1t Gave Him a Good Dinner, While
Ii Startled the Cook.

1t Gave Him a Good Dinner, while
Ii Startled the Cook.
l remember In description of In
dia or Ceylon some forty years ago a
story of an Englishman who had a
monkey. Looking out of his window
one day, he saw his cook getting a
fowl ready for boiling, while the mon
key lay on the ground shamming
death, and party of crows stood at a
little distance divided between the de-
sire for the kitchen offal and the fear
Of the possibly shamming monkey.
One crow more adventurous than the
rest came within the magic distance
and was instantly in the clutch of the
monkey. At the same moment the
cook, having finished trusting the fowl.
put 1t into the pot and went away
The monkey plucked his crow as he
had just seen the cook pluck the fowl,
took the fowl out of the pot put the
crow In and retired with his exchange.
When the cook came back and saw the
fowl left preparing for his master s
luncheon turned black he was, as may
be supposed struck black with terror
at this manifest Intervention of the
evil one.-London Spectator
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1904-03-17

and Waldo had the delegates and Somer-
set and Hancock the alternates. This
leaves Somerset clearly entitled to del
egate this year. Col. A. G. Blunt pur-
poses to attend the Chicago convention
and would be glad to go as a delegate.
We trust Somerset delegates to the
waterville convention will gladly sup
port him for the place.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1904-03-17
The Third District
REPUBLICAN CONVENTION
will he held In
CITY HALL, wATERVILLE,
WEDNESDAY,, APRIL 18th, 1904,


WEDNESDAY. APRIL 18th, 1904.
at IL o'clock p. M,
for the purpose of nominating a candidate
for Congress to be voted for at the State cleo
ton, Monday, September ~, 1904.
To select two district delegates and two
alternates to attend the National Republican
Convention to be held at Chicago, Illinois, in
Tune, 1904, and transact any other business
that may properly come before it.
The basis Of representation will be as FOL
lows: Each City, Town and Plantation will
be entitled to one delegate, and for each
seventy-6ve votes cast for the Republican
candidate for Governor in 1907, an additional
delegate and for the fraction of forty votes
in excess Of seventy-hve votes, an additional
delegate.
Vacancies in the delegation of any City.
Town or Plantation can only be filled by a
resident of the county in which the vacancy
exists.
The District Committee will be in session
in the reception room of the hall at nine
O'Clock, on the morning of the convention,
for the purpose of receiving the credentials
of delegates. Delegates in order to be eligi-
bic to participate in the convention, must be
elected subsequent to the date of the call for
this convention.
JOHN SUMINSBY,
I. w. BLACK,
w. II. WILDES,
+. G. KINSMAN.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1904-03-17

Senator Frye is chairman of the sub
committee Of the Senate committee on
foreign relations chosen to investigate
the great question of international arbi-
tration, and as such Is likely to be an
important factor In the Influence this
country shall have upon the peace of the
world. Mr.. Frye is essentially peace
man and believes that arbitration of In
ternational disputes Is better than war.
He is quoted as stating emphatically in
an interview: "There is 10 reason un-
der the sun why arbitration cannot settle
international questions of whatever char
acter better than war. | cannot con.
celve how any possible complication can
arise between nations of the earth which
cannot be settled on peaceful basis"
We shall watch with interest the work
of this subcommittee consisting Of Ser
ators Frye, Fairbanks and Morgan.