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The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-09-07
Pleasant Ridge.

Stetson school was progressing finely
under the guidance of Levi P. Barker OF
Cornville, when his father, Chas Bar er,
IT,, and his brother, Joseph. were stricken
with typhoid fever and he was obliged TO
resign. Mr.. George Kicker Of Cornvle.
a graduate of Skowhegan High School,
was at once secured, there being but one
days delay.
John Bray and Chas. Rollins are thresh-
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-09-07
koW's This?

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for
any case Of Catsrrh that cannot be cured by
Halls Catarrh Cure.
F. J. CHENEY & CO.. Props. Toledo, o.
We the undersigned, have known F. j.
Cheney for the last is years, and believe him
perfectly honorable in all business transactions
and financially able to carry out any obliga-
tons made by his firm.
Druggists, Toledo o.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally, act
ing directly upon the blood and mucous sur
faces Of the system. Testimonials sent free.
Price Toe. per bottle. Sold by all Druggists.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-09-07
The Better
Way

The tissues of the throat are
inAamed and irrita e d; you
cough, and there is more irrita-
tion-more coughing. You take
cough mixture and it eases the
irritation-for a while. You take
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-09-07
L6EQR YOUNG "a
NA FeLkSGN)
CHEMISTRY MADE EASY.
An Interesting Experiment Which
Any Girl or boy Can Make.


Amy Girl or Boy Can Make.
Fire Is simply chemical change.
When you strike a match 1t lights
Matches are little pieces of wood with
phosphorus and sulphur on the ends Of
them. Oxygen unites with phosphor-
us very easily, indeed, and with sui
phur almost as easily Rubbing the
match makes 1t hot enough for the
oxygen in the air to take hold of the
phosphorus, and that makes heat
enough for the oxygen to get hold OF
the sulphur, and that burning makes
heat enough to set the wood on fire.
and so you have a lighted match.
Every time you strike match you
perform a chemical operation. II you
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-09-07

To take breathing exercise, stand
erect and relaxed with the hands fall
ing at the sides and cane held cross
wise In front Then inhale slowly,
drawing a deep breath. at the same
time raising the cane gradually until
ders, when the inhalation shall be
completed. Then. with a sudden let
ting go Of the breath. drop the cane
quickly to the back Of the neck and
pause q moment
This exercise is of great value to
girls and boys with narrow chests or
delicate lungs
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-09-07

Mother-Whats the matter, my
dear? Why are you crying? Harry
(between sobsl-I left my taffy on that
chair and the lady's sitting on It,
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-09-07
SCOTS
E If Is 10 n

and it cures the cold. That's
what is necessary. soothes the
throat because it reduces the
irritation; cures the cold because
it drives out the inflammation !;
builds up the weakened tissues
because it nourishes them back
to their natural strength. That's
how SCOTS Emulsion deals with
a sore throat, a cough, a cold,
O.. bronchitis.
WE'LL SEND YOU
A SAMPLE FREE.
GrATT e pnyxykyE 4O9 Pearl street
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-09-07

Elsie-When 1 grow up, mamma, I'm
going to be extravagant like you.
Mamma-What makes you think I'm
extravagant? Elsie-Well, I'm sure I've
heard papa say so lots of times.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-09-07
Concord.

The houses Of Chas. and Will Little
field we're disinfected by A. c. Dinsmore
OF Bingham, acting for the town board OF
health, the last OF the week. Mrs. Chas.
Littlefield, who has been so dangerously
sick of diphtheria, is past danger and
rapidly recovering. The school at the
Corner will b-gin Sept. nth. having been
postponed two weeks because OF the
diphthera.
1t is announced on the authority OF the
American Bridge Company's agent and OF
the county commissioners that the new
bridge will be completed by the time the
ice fails, next spring. The clause giving
the company until October 1906 to COM
plete the Supers!ructure was to guard
against such contingencies as ice fresheis
or strikes. If for any reason it should
become impossible to do the work this
winter, it will then be necessary to walt
till the drive passes next summer.
SCHOOL NOTES.
Garfeld-Ellen M. Whitney. teacher /:
Perfect attendance. Laura E. Bickford
and Lester c. Morris; not absent and
tdIuy Out once, IOtcuec LIZ anu NuoJ AVA
Garland no. tardy and absent but once
because of sickness. Bertrice M. Bickford !;
total attendance. IL; average, o.78; cases
Of hardness, IA; percentage, So. Had 1t
not been for one out Of town pupil who
was very irregular in attendance, the at
tendance would have been 10, with an
average of o.38, and percentage OF 81.
Longfellow-Mary Harmon, teacher:
Perfect attendance, Bertha G.. Goodrich,
Elinor M. Howes and Octavia Vittum !;
not absent and tardy but once, Edna M
Burns. Lille D. Goodrich and Lillian L.
Howes cases Of hardness, 4; whole num-
Der, 10 average, 9 .76; percentage, Ga as.
This school won the prize for best at
tendance during the spring term.
The attendance at all the schools 10 the
town was unusually regular, showing an
interest on the part of parents and pupils.
Lillian Bean Hight Of Athens began work
in the LongfeIlow school, Aug. 7Sth,
boarding with Mrs. Ambrose E. Vittum.
Mrs. Susie Vittum How carries the
scholars. Ellen M. Whitney of Moscow
is again at work in the Garfield school,
boarding with Mrs. Simeon Howes.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-09-07

The Lord prefers common looking people,
that Is why he made so many OF them.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-09-07

The best of armor is to keep out of sun-shOt
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-09-07
WAS A VERY SICK BOY
But Cured by Chamberlain CONF
Cholera and DIarrh oea Remedy,

"When my boy was two years old he lad :
very severe attack of bowel complaint 7-' =
the use of Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera a''a
Diarrhoea Remedy we brought him 9g, ..
right" says Maggie Hickox, OF llia'D-
Mich. This remedy can be depends upon
in the most severe cases. Even cholera III
fantum is cured by it. Follow NE pan. a.,
printed directions and cure is certain ~ Ig'
sale by G. R. Fogg, Skowhegan; l.. - w"
iams, Athens; Sullivan Newton, JacNh@M
1t is hshiness OF stories that keeps 'N'~
longest ahoat. -,
The man who is always hoping for the me
may never reach 1t, but he has q hspp5 ~
whistling on the way.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-09-07

SCOTT s BOVINE, 40e Nee :sri ao street
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-05-27
A NARROW VIEW.

We're a good republican, but II
makes US laugh TO read the repub-
lican platform adopted In the recent
Ohio convention. I'VE commend the
action OF the republican, congress In
It's attitude on the rate question:;
I'VE commend the action OF the repub.
lican president, I'VE are willing to
accept any rate legislation that the
republican president and administra-
ton sees fit etc, etc. There are a
good many republicans In this coun.
try that realize that the rate question
Is bigger than the republican party;
that 1t Is, In fact, not a party ques-
ton at all; that the opponents OF rate
revision are actuated by interests
much more important to them than
party. and that III republican presi.
dent is having quite as much trouble
with some Of his friends as with some
Of his enemies, the democrats in con-
gress. And 1t might have been wise
had the Ohio republicans, before EN-
dorsing the attitude Of the republican
congress, made a reservation that
might have been made to apply to the
senate.
1t might just as well be realized
that the rate question, the question
OF monopolies and overgrown trusts,
cannot be settled on party lines. In
congress and out OF congress there
VIII for many years be representa-
tives OF private interests. In the
fight against unjust rates and mon
opolies, champions must be taken
from all parties and all classes of peo-
pie, President Roosevelt thoroughly
realizes this and other republicans
who favor rate revision and the sup
preston OF monopolies might as well
realize 1t, too Theodore Roosevelt is
not attacking the rate question as a
| republican. He Is attacking 1t as a
president of all the people.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-05-27
LICE cREA Ill.,.
NG>-~ y Q>:I- OsN IN 10lh Phones,
0SU0OB1 q O0ySks Vegas 416...O0IO. 2@z

interest the feats and freaks which
have been on exhibition at the carni.
val. However. for the coming week
there will be no conflict. The carnival
Is over, and the evangelistic services
seem TO have a clear field. They
should be given the right of way
for the next sever days. This much
at least would be granted for a race
meet, a base ball tournament, or any
feature for public amusement. Why
not then this effort for the moral and
spiritual benefit Of the public?
The ministers and Christian people
who have arranged for this ser.
les OF meetings have been
moved by no selfish interests. Their
sole desire Is 10 do good to the people
of this community. They are moved
by the purest of humanitarian mo.
tives. They have secured a'man OF
power as a speaker and spiritual work.
er. 1t can do no citizen Of Las We.
gas, be he the best or worst, any
harm to attend. And 1t Is reasonably
safe 10 say that every man, woman or
child who m to hear DR.. Smiley
VIII be the better for having heard
him. The opera house should be
filled to OVERLOOKING during the re.
malnder OF the Smiley meetings.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-05-27
KNOCKERS" AND ApArHerIcs.

No city OF the west has o favor
able conditions and d more cncOurag'
Ing outlook than Las Vegas at the
present time.
Our mechanics, our builders, our
farmers and all classes Of citizens
who toll are busy and doing well.
There have eve been more people
employed In the city than at present.
Important enterprises which cannot
fail to be OF infinite benefit to the city,
are already under way or assured for
the near future.
BY advantageous location. by nat.
ural resources, by substantial growth
already attained Las Vegas has prom.
Use OF becoming n Of the greatest
cities OF the west.
Las Vegas has many energetic,
loyal and ~far-seeing citizens that arc
making the most Of the present oppor.
tunlties and e~ndeavoring TO inspire
others with the same loyalty and con.
fidence. And the number OF optimis,
tic, loyal citizens has been increasing
OF late at a gratifying rate.
But Las Vegas has no room for any
OF the fault-finding, carping, pessimls,
tic sort OF individual who appears ia
exist only for the purpose OF dousing
cold water upon every project mooted
Tor the public benefit
Such persons, unfortunately, exist
IN all communities, ana we have one OF
two left here. The reservoir boosters
encountered them, the sanitarium
pushers encountered them, and more
recently the promoters Of the June
race meet have encountered them.
We may bless our stars they are so
Few, but they arc here and, doubt,
less. they intend to stay. Their liver
is 80 constituted and their spleen "a
ordered that they must look at life
wherever It throbs past them with
gloomy visage.
There Is n sort OF Knocking
that 10 useful and that is Knocking
knockers" Las Vegas does not seem
to have acquired sufficient experiences
IN this useful art. Other cities have
succeeded admirably. Knocking"
-
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-05-27
THE RIGHT OF A

The evangelistic services which are
IN progress In the opera house should
receive hearty support from the
people the coming week than they
nave In the week just closing. The
attendance for the past four nights
mas not been encouraging to those
who are directing this work. The
hours OF the meeting and of the car.
nival have unfortunately been in con.
fllct n the attendance at the evngel-
istis services has apparently suffered
IN consequence. The discussion OF
matters OF eternal significance could,
possibly. not be expected to rival in
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-05-27

never Kills off the Knockers" They
are a longliyed race. But IL judlcioust
ly and vigorously resorted to. II does
have the effect OF abating tho nuts
anco by silencing the pessimistic
tongues.
The citizen that does not believe
In Las Vegas. who Is unwilling TO do
his part In building up the city and i'd
vancing SIS interest is. without ques'
ton. a public nuisance and the sooner
he Is suppressed the better for him
self and the community,
The present Is pregnant with gold,
en- promise, Now is the time for the
most vigorous boosting. And We need
more df the spirit Of lasting and earn.
est enthusiasm about Las Vegas. One
III tempted TO believe that Las Vegas
worst fault-worse even than her In
frequent "knocking'--is her tendency
10 apathy. Whether IL be a church ser
vice or 4 race meet, a call tor Il citi,
zens' meeting to discuss an important
subject, a lecture. an evangelistic ser
vice or a club meeting, the majority
are apt 10 stay In the background.
10 let others do the work, TO let others
furnish the support.
A good many OF us have been In.
clined TO roast" the "knocker." And
he needs H. But It's a fact, n~evertne.
less. that apathy will kill a town
quicker than knocking" The latter
crime at least stirs up the boosters
TO more vigorous action. and sooner or
later brings Its punishment.
We need more enthusiasm-much
more. Whatever the city undertakes
ought TO be given hearty support be.
cause 1t Is a city OF enterprise.
we need more conviction that Las
Vegas Is what we say 1t Is; that 1t has
those advantages that we say 1t has.
We need that enthusiastic loyalty that
VIII Impress the newcomer with the
reality OF III hopes and ambitions.
We are improving In this respect.
but until quite recently at least, the
newcomer was apt To get a chill when
ne talked with Las Vegans about Las
vegas, Too many citizens have been
100 well satisfied with themselves
and their prospect to care much
whether any new enterprise or any
new people came TO the city.
The spirit Is changing rapidly. But
iet everybody who has any regard
Tor the future guard against any
lapse into the apathy which has un,
doubleday existed in too large a meas.
ure.
Now Is the time to improve along
every line. Las Vegas ought TO enjoy
a period or unprecedented enthusiasm
everybody but perhaps the specimen
or n genus homo with the instincts
OF the mole, feels better when the
town Is improving. when new enter
prises are being promoted, when peo
PIE are coming and going, and this Is
true whether ones own prospects han.
pen to be better or not.
General conditions are ripe for q
great advance movement. But the
movement depends. not upon our ia.
Vorabie prospects and our natural nd
vantages. but upon ourselves.
One optimistic citizen told The On.
nc Yesterday that Las Vegas would
nave 25,OO0 people within three years,
we can have that number. II depends
upon ourselves. Here are the essen
tials.
BOOST.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-05-27

KNOCK" THE PUBLIC KNOCK.
Frs"
SUPPRESS THE PESSIMISTS.
WAKE UP THOROUGHLY.
PUT ON YOUR BRIGHTL,T
SMILES.
BOOST FOR THE BEST CITY IN
THE WEST.
BOOST.
Subscribe to the above conditions OF
the quarter OF a century club and you
are eligible to membership.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-05-27
3. 2. o. e. Notice.

The officers and members OF Las
Vegas lodge OF Elks are hereby re.
quested to be at the lodge room on
Sunday, May %. at 1890 a. m. for
the purpose of attending Memorial
services In conjunction with the G.
A. K. Also to be at lodge room Tues.
day, May 80. at / p. m, for the pur.
pos OF attending Decoration Day
ceremonies.
B. d. BLACK,
E. r.
THOS. f. BLAUVELT,
o-l2S Secretary.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-05-27

The plans announced in The Optic
today looking toward the building of
many more Las Vegas houses will
mean much to the development of the
city II carried out. And every indica-
ton Is that they will be thoroughly de.
veloped.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-05-27

The railroad story told In The Optic
today is a scoop. II is authoritatively
true and 1t has not been published in
any other paper In this country. The
official announcement of the company
as to their plans will follow before
long.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-05-27

The live stock feature of the next
territorial fair promises to be a draw,
ing card. One Of its greatest claims
I distinction is that it is something
now
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-05-27

Every Las Vegan ought to back the
race meet by buying a season ticket.
They are on sale at many stores at
the low price of two collars. .
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1905-01-13

communication. He concluded, how.
ever, that everything was all right.
and he lit the charges, expecting to
be hauled up in the bucket. His sec.
ond signal not being answered, he be-
gan to climb the rope in hurry to
get away from the dynamite. He was
too slow and the conclusion of the
discharge knocked him off. He fell
into the bucket, where he remained
until all the charges had exploded. He
was only Slightly hurt.
And there was curious inciden,
near Harding recently. A native was
riding along a pathway at sunrise,
when he saw the head and arms of a
man sticking out of the ground, the
arms waving wildly in signal of dis
tress. The fellow was imprisoned in
an ant-bear hole and wah half dead.
When he was resuscitated he told how
he had been coming back on foot from
johannesburg with some friends when
he was taken ILL., His friends thought
he was going to die and stuck him in
the ant-bear hole and deserted him.
When he recovered he prosecuted his
friends and they went to prison"
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1905-01-13
I borough Work Of Japs

One of the most unique and inter-
esting features of the japanese plan
OF campaign is the Importance of the
tasks assigned to the doctors. Mai.
Louis Livingstone Seamon of the Unit
ed States army says in his recently
published book: "The medical officer
is omnipresent. You will find him in
countless places where in an Ameri-
can or British army he has no place..
He is as much at the front as in the,
rear. He is with the screen of the
scouts with his microscope and chemi-
calls. testing and labelling wells so that
the army to follow shall drink no con-
taminated water. When the scouts
reach town he Immediately insti-
tutes thorough examination of it's
sanitary condition and if contagion or
Infection is found he guarantees and
places a guard around the dangerous
district. Notices are posted so that
the approaching column is warned
and no soldiers are billeted where
danger exists. Microscopic blood tests
are made in all fever cases and bac-
THEOLOGICAL experts, fully equipped,
form part of the staff of every di.
visional headquarters.
"The medical officer also accompa-
mics foraging parties and, with the
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1905-01-13
Oddities Of South Africa

Though the days of the long tricks
over trackless wastes of South Africa
are past, life in this country still has
little diversities peculiar to ITSELF"
writes a correspondent "For in
stance, farmer named Long was re-
Gently troubled by a leopard that had
been destroying his cattle. The ma
tives surrounded it one day in the
long grass and sent for the white man
to kill it. While searching for the
brute in the tangle of vegetation Mr..
Long came across him sooner than
he expected and the leopard got the
jump on him. There was a fierce
struggle and the white man was a good
deal torn up. One Of his negroes got
in lucky shot and killed the leopard
just before the latter got at the mans
throat
odd things happen in the mines,
too, once in a while. A miner named
,Wonacott recently passed through a
most exciting experience at Dutoit-
span. He had charged four boreholes
with dynamite in the usual way and
then endeavored to signal to the en-
gine-driver, but failed to establish
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1905-01-13
The Cost of census-Takino.

The difference between the cost OF
securing the returns from the six
simple questions asked in 1880, and
that of the extended inquiry made
century later, is illustrated by the
per capita cost, which in 1890 was
1.13 cents. and in 1900, 1876 cents. In
1890 Virginia was the most populous
state in the Union, having 747,610
inhabitants. The records of the
Treasury department show that at
the first census, the cost of making
the enumeration in that state was
$7,553.90. Moreover, at that enumera.
ton, the underpaid assistant mar.
shals supplied their own blanks, an
item which was of considerable i'm.
portance in the days when all paper
was made laboriously by hand. In
1900 the population of Maine-about
zoe, 00O-most nearly appropriated
that Of Virginia in 1890.
At the twelfth census the cost OF
actual enumeration in Maine, includ.
ing the pay Of supervisors, was $34,.
5000, or more than three-fourths Of
the amount expended for the emu.
meration Of the entire United States
in 1890, though the pay Of an
enumerator in 1900 did not exceed
the wages of an intelligent day
laborer.-'The Century.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1905-01-13

commissariat officers, samples the va.
rious foods. fruits and vegetables sold
by the natives along the line of march.
long before the arrival Of the army. II
the food is tainted OF the fruit is over
ripe or the water requires boiling,
notice is posted to that effect, and
such is the respect and discipline OF
every soldier, from the commanding
officer to the file in the ranks, that
obedience to its orders is absolutel
The medical officer is also found In
camp featuring the man on sanitation
and the hundred and. one details OF
personal hygiene-how to cook and
to eat and when not to drink or to
bathe-even to the pairing and cleans
ing of the finger nails to prevent dan.
ger from bacteria.
Long before the outbreak OF hos,
tilities he was with the advance
agents of the army, testing provisions
that were being collected for the
troops that were to follow. AS a con-
sequence of these precautions he is
not found treating thousands of cases
of intestinal diseases and other con-
tagion and fevers that follow improper
subsistence and neglected sanitation
diseases that have brought many
campaigns to disastrous termtna-
tiOnS"
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1905-01-13
He Understood NJ Jules

] On street corner in the northwest
sern section of the city last Saturday
forenoon quite a large crowd had
collected. It had formed ring, or,
rather. a square. about some object
in the center, two sides having CON
gregated on each side of the curb,
while the others made rather thin
line on the other side Of the square.
The On-lOOkers to whatever was going
on did not seem in the least excited,
but there was every Indication OF
much interest in the situation. ct
Drunken women fighting" said one
OF two young women who were pass
ing near by. Its most disgraceful,
and those people placidly looking on.
II they were men they'd stop it," she
said to her companion. TITS degrad-
ing" tJ
[ An old gentleman in the same To-
cality was explaining to another one
that a man had been stricken with
al epileptic fit. poor fellow" he
said; land no one knows what to do
tor him.
1t was evident that the gathering
was an inactive one, and the reporter
whose duty it is to investigate every
thing fastened to the scene and
found out that stout, well-propor-
toned mule had slipped on the pave
ment and was apparently we'll salts
fed with his recumbent situation. The
fact was that he resented every we'll
contact with mother earth, while his
disguised driver, a colored boy about
20 years old, was actually sobbing