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The San Francisco call., 1905-04-30
MAMMOTH CELEBRATION
Is PLANNED BY THE JEWS
Anniversary Of FIRST Settlement of
Hebrews in United States to Be
IaitfiurIv Observed

NEW YORK, April ga movement
inaugtlrated recently to celebrate the
25Oth anniversary OF the settlement of
the Jews in the United States is taking
definite shape. Plans formulated by a
committee of fifteen provide for public
celebrations to be held about Thanks
giving day. together with religious cell
ebrations in all the synagogues of the
country. a permanent memorial of
some sort will be erected to mark the
occasion.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-30
WIVES OF NAVAL OFFICERS
DO NOT LIKE NEW ORDER
win Not Be Allowed to Use Mare
Island Telephone During Busi-
ness Hours.

VALLEJO, April 2s.-The wives Of
the naval officers stationed at Mare
Island navy yard and those on the
naval vessels at present in the har
Dor are angered by an order that has
gone forth, which deprives them of
the privilege of calling up their hus-
bands over the yard telephone sys-
tenn during the day. In the past the
constant use of phones during busi-
ness hours has seriously interfered
with the business of the yard.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-30
Purchases Of wheat.

The reports OF the wheat market IN
England Indicate that shipments from
the United States have undergone q
great falling of during the present
year The cereal year in the United
kingdom ends on August 81 OF each
calendar year. We still led the world.
but were closely pressed by India and
with Russia coming not TAR behind
Four or i've years ago we were selling
TO the people OF. the United Kingdom
nearly two-thirds of their wheat. while
In the last year our sales have dropped
TO only, about one-Quarter OF their pur-
chases- Whether this Is a forecast OF q
permanent change Il Is probably too
soon TO decide. Certain II Is. however.
that the record OF the cereal year 1904
exhibits the poorest relative showing
we have made In the English market
in wheat-selling for more than a quar-
ter OF century.-Boston Herald
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-30
A Cargo for HiIo.

The ship Falls Of Clyde sailed yesterday
for Hilo with assorted merchandise cargo
valued at s42.349 and including the following:
leo bbls four 145 ctIs wheat 2162 ctIs bar
ley. Al bales hay. Il 002 lbs middIings. 81. .34S
lbs bran, $1,000 lbs rice. 40C0 lbs bread 10. eco
lbs salt. 4IS5 lbs beans. p cs canned goods.
40 lbs hams 265 lbs dried fruit S64 lbs
cheese 9s5 lbs dried fish. IL pkgs groceries
and provisions 1.292. SIS lbs fertilizer. 10e
pkgs paint. IL boots and shoes. 20 bxs
soap 42,1S4 # lumber. 3249 redwood posts
1915 # lumber. 1895 lbs tobacco. Il tons
coal. . blasting caps eco cs coal OIL IS
cs gasoline 25 bGls paper. es dry goods.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-30
James McDade Dies in Arizona.

James ]. McDade died on Friday in
Tombstone. Ariz- The deceased was a
prominent labor leader, having served
as president of the Iron Trades Coun-
Gil. The telegram conveying the news
of his sudden death was received by
John F. Furey from John Slocum.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-30
NEWS OF THE OCEAN.
Matters of Interest to Mariners and
Shipping Merchants.

The latest charters reported are: Ths
steamers Australia and Montara nlercha rdise
from this port to Siberia bark General Fair
child coal and lumber from Puget Sound 70
Petropaulovski: barkentine Hesper. poles from
Puget Sound to Santa Rosalia.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-30

1t Is always better to shake hands
than to shake friends.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-30

Man wants but little hsrs below
zero.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-30
ToNopAH MINING EXCHANGE.

Following were the sales on the san Fran
cisco and Tonopah Mining Exchange yesterdays
0:3O a m. Session.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-11-30

Mature never intended that parrots
snDuld be confined in cages" said a
bird fancicr. they get equity feet be.
come irritable, are lable to fits and
commissions, lose their feathers and
pick themselves till they are mass Of
mutilated deformity. Confinement and
impr per diet are the causes of all this.
If parrot gets an irritation of the
skin and draws blood while picking
himself he will keep on till he is hor-
rid spectacle. once tasted, Il thirst for
blood has been created and will never
cease
Il made "trip to Guinea once. and
when | saw the happiness of the birds
in state of freedom declare my con
science Smote me. | saw thousands Of
them, from the lovely little grass para
keet to the king parrot. and nothing
can exceed their gracr and delightful
expression in the open country. Mil
waukee Free Press
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-11-30
In Far Counties.

When the shower came up the az st,
who was walking through New Hsmp
shire on sketching tour, sought shell
ter under a tree where he was soon
Joined by another wayfarer, II man Of
middle age, who looked sort of better
class tramp. and indeed was one.
The two entered into conversation,
and it came out that the wayfarer was
a harness maker by vocation. but a
rover by prediction.
Yes" he said, I'm rolling stone.
I'm never happy in one place. I'm here
today and gone tomorrow. There amt
any fossil about NE I'm on the move
all the time TIE .rld V made to
see, say, and II tOunG TO see all
can of il"
The artist began 20 rhipk that DE had
fallen in with mocaIn Marco Polo,
and by way of leading 90 10 some in
teresting anecdotes of the antipodes he
remarked.
you must have been quite trav-
eler."
well, that's about So the man
modestly replied. 4 reckon | could
find my way over New Hampshire
with my eyes shut, and Was once two
months in Vermont"
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-11-30

General Dragonirotf. the Russian
military expert. rose from the ranks
and always dressed according to the
army regulations for the common sol
der One day while driving about st.
Petersburg in his carriage he noticed
a soldier with hair longer than the reg
ulationS called for. He had the horses
stopped, alighted and taking off his
hat. ordered the soldier to seize him
by the hair The soldier hesitated. He
feared to lay violent hands on his gen
eral: besides. the hair was clipped too
close to afford hold for the hands.
The general surveyed the soldier STERN
ly for few moments. then. twining
his fingers in the latter's locks. he lit
orally wiped up the street with him.
the victim not daring to resist Final
~, having impressed the lesson thor
oughly. he re-entered his carriage and
drove OH. ordering the soldier to fol
low. At the first BARRIERS shop they
came To he again alighted and had ey-
cry vestigc of hair shaved froin TIE
soldiers head. then turned him loose
as horrible example to his fellows.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-11-30
Black well.

M. NJ. Moore is still shipping apples
for the farmers. He will load three
oars this coming week. he advances
az 25 per Dbl. on all standard varieties
when delivered at the car.
Nettie F. Moore is working in the
telephone Office at Pittsfleld; has been
there two weeks.
M. M. Moore and e. o. Danforth were
in Mercer, recently M. M. Moore was
in Fairfield, Saturday, looking up apples
to ship.
Mrs. Mala WEIGH starts on her way
back to Brookline, N. Y, where she
spends the winter at her business in the
straw shop the first of next month.
H. Fl. Steward and wife visited on
Blackwell Hill last Sunday.
Mrs. Livingston was home from her
school over Saturday, returning Sunday
night. This Ia the 14th week; the term
will be 10 weeks in all.
Little Irma Moore, who has been seri-
ously Ill, is able to be up and dressed for
the first time, Sunday; she has been sick
four weeks.
Bessie hurry and Lettie Hunnewell
were at Madison, one day last week,
There 10 a dancing school in progress
at Rufus McKenney's at Lakewood.
Mrs. Nay Varney Is the teacher,
Mrs. Nancy Norton visited at Herman
Hunnewelrs last Sunday.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-11-30

The santarium was for women only
women dipsomaniacs "a luxurious
place. The rate was 1928 week.
This" said the superintendent. "is
our museum. odd, grotesque, ehF'
The museum was collection of instru-
ments for secret drinking that had
been taken from female dipsomaniacs.
There was carriage clock with a
false back that would hold Il half pint
of whisky. there was a muf with a
round flask of india rubber in its hol-
low inside; mouthpiece like that on
a babys bottle was hidden under rO-
settle. The owner of the muff would
press it to her face. a very natural
and common movement, and at the
same time take u stiff drink. There
were a dozen sorts of bonbors. candies
of all shapes and hues, each containing
two or three fingers of brandy. \ fan
1T would not open-had room for a
half pint in it, A number of purses
were nothing but whisky TASKS COW
cred with beadwork or leather or sill
yer or gold There was even Il praye;
book with flask inside. - New York
Press
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-11-30
ALL THE NEWS
from Somerset towns.


Sunday evening the snow began to fall /;
Monday afternoon there was quite good
sleighing and much colder.
Mrs. B. M. Dunton went to the. hospi-
tai at Greenville, Sunday, Dr. Larabee
went with her.
Mr.. r. Holden of Moose River and F.
R. Holden OF this place went to Skowhe-
gan. Monday morning
Mrs. Kate Quincy has bought fine
driving horse OF Ed. Mckinney.
The Ladies' Auxiliary will meet with
Mrs. Andrew Holden, Friday afternoon.
The Ladies' Aid met with Mrs. Gilman,
Wednesday.
The schools at NJ loose River will close
Wednesday OF this week.
The Newton house was place OF much
pleasure and rene wing old acquaintance,
Wednesday evening Nov. "a, when by
invitation OF Mrs. Lephie Moore, the
landlady at the hotel, the Williams and
Adams families were invited to dinner at
6 D. m. Those present were Mr.. and
Mrs. Oliver Adams OF The Forks, Mr..
and Mrs. Geo. Adams of Boston, Mr..
and Mrs. Babcox OF Gardiner, Mr.. and
Mrs. I. S. Williams. Mr.. and Mrs. Chas.
Adams, Mira. F. H. Williams and Miss
Flossie Williams of Jackman. After the
dinner was cleared away, the party en-
joyed the evening by social hop 10 the
dining room. which was prettily decorated
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-11-30

The animal having the most teeth is
the great aTmadillO of south Central
and northern South America. 1t is a
fact we'll known to most people that
the normal or average number of teeth
In mammals is thirty sixteen
above and the same number below.
The great armadillO. however. is an ex
ception, having from % to 100. He has
from twenty-four TO twenty-SiX in each
side of the upper jaw and from twenty
two to twenty-four in each side of the
lower jaw. Another popularity lies in
the fact that they are all molars or
grinders. They increase in size from
front to back, instead Of from the root,
and are wholly destitute of enamel
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-11-30
East Madison.

Mrs. Lula Rowell of Skowhegan visited
the Grange here, Saturday.
Mr.. Fred Russell shot five partfidges
last week.
Mrs. Ida Reed has been very i'll, but is
better at this writing.
Mr.. Frank Lincoln was in Bingham
two days last week.
Last Tuesday Mr.. Ed Russell met with
a serious accident. While cutting wood
his axe slipped, cutting through the boot,
rubber, and through one toe to the second
joint
Mrs. Ollie Harville has been i'll with a
severe cold
Monday morning the residence of Mr.
Adebert Hobar; caught fire from burn
ing chimney. The damage was slight,
Mr.. Hobart said il the wind had blown,
as it did in the afternoon they could not
have saved the buildings.
Miss Emma Lincoln and Mrs. Anne
Bosworth visited Mrs. Ellen Paine of Corn
vile last week. Mrs. Paine is very i'll Of
cancer and is falling rapidly,
Mr.. Ernest Ames went to Bingham
last week.
There was goodly number present at
the Grange. Saturday, -Four candidates
took the last two degrees.
We have some skiIlful hunters in this
vicinity but doubt if many OF them bring
home their game alive. Mr.. Joe Harville
holds the record 10 this respect, capturing
a live rabbit one day last week
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-11-30

No Englishman with daughters could

NO EngliShman WITH 0huShterS Cohiu
do a rasher thing than permit them 10
take lessons from eminent professors
with view of going on the stage. Tho
opera stage in England scarcely ex-
lists. At Covent Garden woman who
can speak good English can only get
in by force OF social influence, and
abroad a foreigner has very great diff
ficulty because she cannot speak or
sing with perfect accent. The for
eign lady or gentleman comes across
here and on occasion will venture to
sing in English and their mistakes
bring nothing more than smile to the
faces of the audience. But let an Eng
lish singer 70 to France or Germany,
and something totally different hap
pens.
In 1897 Tamagno sang Mt Monte Car
10 before an audience which was main
" French. He mispronounced word,
and peal of deriSive laughter covered
even his stontorian notes. In Brussels
| heard nm American tenor laughed 1T
because some Of his yowels were not
quite pure Brussels. where their
French is the most villainous patois
have ever heard. In Germany | have
heard both French and English artists
laughed nj because their accent was
not absolutely correct-Iondon Satur-
day Review.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-11-30
King .TnmeH' Books.

Some very tine binding WAS executed
for King james l.. who during his en-
tire life wa, IN enthusiastic patron of
letters and art. In some of his books
the Hustle is Introduced with heavy
corner pieces, and the arms in the cen
ter. One fine piece of work, HOW in the
British museum. is in bright brown
calf. powdered With hower-dc- lnce.
Another folio in crimson velvet has the
arms of England embroidered on both
sides with gold thread on a ground
work of yellow silk. The kings initials
are worked above. The lettering is in
leather. and the boards are tied to.
gethcr by red ribbon. constituting n
regH book III every particular John
Gibson. in Scotland. and the Bankers.
In England, were appointed 10 he the
kings binders but there is little trace
of their work now cXtant
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-11-30
North Arson.

B. j. Dumphy was delivering his po-
tatoes, saturday.
Mrs. o. E. Andrews of Lowell is the
guest of DR.. K. C. Andrews.
The logs are coming down over the
| Somerset road again to the new mill
| here.
Several days during the past week
Carroll Caswell has been hauling bass
logs from Embden.
Mrs. Parlin of Norridgewock, has
been visiting her daughter, Mrs. Flora
Collins the past week.
The proceeds of the supper and dol
| lar social of the Congregationalist
church, Wednesday, evening, netted
$500
There will be a Thanksgiving Union
Thursday evening, November 80. Rev.
F. K. BEEN will occupy the pulpit.
Morris Moore. of West Madison,
loaded car of apples at this station fol-
foreign shipment Monday, and Friday
he will load one each at okowhegan
and Pishons's Ferry.
Thursday morning while riding on the
way to school, Sophie, the young daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Horace Smith, had
her right leg broken above the knee by
getting it into the wagon wheel.
The Foster public library has just
received a donation of books from Mr.
Edwin Collins Frost of Providence, R. l.,
consisting of the books of the late Miss
Nancy A. Collins which she desired
should be given to the library of her
native town. Mr.. Frost also contributed
books of his own, and the trustees are
very grateful for this valuable donation.
Mrs. Will Moore of Madison has been
the guest of Mrs. N. W. Murphy, the
past few days.
Mrs. Samantha G. Thompson of Show
hogan 10 staying this wiuter with Mrs
Edwin Longley.
Mrs. Robson of Boston returned,
Friday, being the guest of Miss Grace
Murphy few days.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. X. Bartlett of Lewis.
ton are the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. L.
French during Thanksgiving.
Mira. Lizzie Moore of Madison has
been the guest of her daughter, Mrs. w.
c. Emery during the past week.
The next Free Baptist quarterly
meeting will be held with the church in
this village some time in January.
W. c. Robinson will have a scoal fur.
mace put into his residence on the cor.
ner OF Madison and Winter streets, Sat
urday.
Mrs. Benjamin Berry of Kennebes
avenue returned, Sunday, from visit
with her father, Mr.. Octave Howes, oil
Concord.
The last car of sweet corn from the
Portland Co.'s factory here was shipped
Tuesday, making over Is car loads from
the seasons pack.
The up freight train, Saturday, derail
ed several cars in the yard at the station
here. The engine on the same trair
was derailed on the same night al
Scion. "a IN S7sS~ BIN N s1s Biz
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-11-30

The sage palm tree bears but one
crop of fruit Its load of nuts is its
first and final effort in the way of fruit
bearing. The nuts become ripe and
are strewn in thousands around the
tree until the great stem stands up by
itself empty and bare The branches
turn brown and drop one by one to the
ground. Inside the trunk the work OF
decay is going on until what at one
time was mass of white sage and
pith becomes nothing but a collection
Of rotten brown fibers. One day the
trade wind blows more strongly than
usual. and the leatless column of the
trunk falls with a crash, destroying in
its fall many of the young palms that
are already springing from the nuts
scattered some months before.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-11-30

1t is recorded of Tarqun the Proud
seventh emperor of Rome. that an old
woman came to him with nine books
which contained. she said sacred ora
Giles She asked an enormous price for
them. and when the emperor refused
she flew into rage. threw three of the
books into the fire and Gtill asked the
same price for the remainder. The en-
peror again refused. and she thcreupon
threw three more into the tire and still
asked the same price for the three re-
naming This so astoniShed the EN-
peror that he bought the three at the
price for which in the first instance he
might have had the nine These were
the Sibylline books and their contents
were long looked upon by tile Romans
as divine Oracles
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-11-30

BY the terms OF the will OF one Or.
Wilde of st Ives parish. Huntington
shire. England. his trustees were di-
rected to spend t10 in the purchase OF
a piece Of land in ST. Ives the annual
rent of which was to be set aside for
the purchase of six Bibles at cost OF
I shilings each. TO decide who shall
have them he requested his trustees
to prepare saucer with three dice
upon the altar table of the parish
church and let the Bibles be ratified
for"
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-11-30

Ants are terrible fighters. They have
very powerful jaws. considering the
size Of their bodies. and therefore their
another and hold on With IA wonderful
grip of the jaws, even after all Of theiI
legs have been bitten off by other ant"
Sometimes six or eight ants will he
clinging with Il death hold to one an
other. making peculiar spectacle
some with a leg gone and some with
half the body gone. One singular fact
is that the grip of an ants jaw is re-
tanned even after the body has been
bitten off and nothing but the head re-
mains
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-11-30

When Christine Nilsson, the great
singer, was asked her opinion of va
rious singers she gave it very candidly
Of every one, including herself and
Nine. Albani, but she never once al
luded to Nine. Patti.
"You have not mentioned Nine. Pat
IT," remarked the pertinacious inter
viewer.
No" said Nine. Nilsson, II have not,
You are asking about singers. l do not
regard Patti as a singer | place her
among the angels. A Patti only comes
to a planet once during that planets
existence" Such an absence Of stage
Jealousy has probably never been
eoualed.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-11-30

Lottie Gates and little Helen spent the
day at her fathers, recently.
Elvira veasey visited her sister at
Madison, one day last week, Mrs. Tink
ham has been on visit to relatives 10
Wisconsin, Minnesota and Massachu
eta: she has also visited her brother in
Lewiston on her way home. She wac
gone from home nine weeks.
Irving Gates was married recently
He and his wife are stopping at his
fathers for a short time. They art
going to okowhegsn to live soon.
School begins Dec. 4th at the Eame'
school house with Miss Edith Blanchard
teacher.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-11-30

Mexico has an ingenious plan for IA
cilitating yerdicts in jury trials. Two
supernumerary jurors are drawn to
sit near the jury box and listen to the
evidence and arguments. If any of the
regular jury falls i'll or is otherwise
disqualified from going ON, one of the
'supes' takes his place In this way
they avoid what is often seen in Amer
lean courts-a long trial rendered Use
less when it is nearly finished by the
sudden illness or death of one juror.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-11-30
Date Mark a Basdad MaIady.

Bagdad date mark is the name given
to a mysterious disease that attacks
nearly every one who stays in Bagdad
for any length Of time and is found
also at Aleppo and other places in
Turkish Asia. 1t is a sore that comes
only once, but lasts year, leaving a
scar the shape Of date. Nearly all the
natives are marked with 1t. No remedy
has been found for IT, but hyposulphite
of soda seems to have some effect on
the mark
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-11-30
DIED

North Anson-November 81, John A. Rleteh-
er, aged so years.
observation-disclosures 10. Owen Hussey.
Canaan-November IA Tristan Salisbury.
acknowledgements IS. Mrs. Matilda waller
aged 95 years,
Sk2whegsn-Noyemb 20, Mrs. Elizabeth
Adams. aged IS years.
acknowledgements 81, Charles F. Libby,
aged 70 years.
Observation-Disclosures Is, s. Frank Steward
aged "a ears.
Moose River-NovembeT IS, son OF j. Nc.
Intire, Jr. aged years.
Hsrtland November %, Mrs. Rose starbi I'd.
aged 68 years.
observation-disclosures "a, Mrs. BliSsbeth
Abbott, aged 40 years.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-11-30
m AR RTE D

Manche ~, by the Rev. e. n.
Newbert, Mr.. Scott Aaron Barnes of Hartlann
and Miss Winniefred J. Albee Of Manchester.
Pitt sfield-November Is. by the Rev. L. ".
Coons Mr. Royal W Furbush and Misc vir.
ginia Micue. both OF Hartlsnd.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES %. by the Rev. Fat.
her Lacroix, Mr.. Joseph Peter LAoroiK ana
Miss Margaret Elizabeth 0'Reilly, both Of
Skowhegsn.
observation-disclosures IS, by Daniel Lewis
Esq, Webster Nutting and Mrs. Mae. X. smith
both OF Skowhegan.
SkowEegan-November IS, by the Rev q. b
Merrill, MIR. Albert Lester Dane and Miss RI.
THE Mae Moore, both of SkowhegaH.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-11-30

Madrid still has the mcdaenal night
watchmen. They admit late corners to
the apartment houses at night. but no
longer sing out the hour or the condi-
ton of the weather. They still go by
the name Of serene. which they got
from the fact that. as il seldom rains
in Spain. their cries about the weather
generally ended with that word elias
tres sereno"l.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-11-30
Brief notices Of bsrths, moyvfages and deaths
Without change.
BORN.

PIttsHeld- November 10, to the wife OF Flo4i
man J. Wood, . daughter.
acknowledgements %, to the wife Of Jame.
X. Fuller. q son, Henry Cherington).
Jackmsn-November "a, to the wife OF T. Il
Kennedy, a daughter.
HartlAnd-November %. to the wife of James
Fuller, q son.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-11-30

Music was furnished by one OF the oiti-
zens on q phonograph. After the en
tertainment cake and Toe cream WAS
sold. The proceeds amounted to over
sixteen dollars which will go toward the
purchase of an organ for tho school
room.