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The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-08-31
C|apboards.
ALL GRADES AND PRICES.
EMERY, PORTER & Co.,
No. Arson, Me
April 10, 1905. tbs
BaRtrupfs Petition or Discharge.
IN the matter of Byron B. Eos
Bankrupt, in bankruptcy.

IN the matter OF Byron 3. FOss,
Bankrupt, in bankruptcy.
To the Hon. Clarence Hale, Judge of the Dis
trict Court of the United States for the District
of Maine.
Byron B. Foss of Auson, In the Coun.
ty of Somerset, and State of Maine, in said Dis.
trict, respectfully represents that the 18th day
of July, last past, he was duly adjudgen
bankrupt under the Acts of Congress relating to
bankruptcy; that he has duly surrendered ali his
property and rights of property and has fully com.
piled with all the requirements of said Acts and
of the orders of Court touching his bankruptcy.
"nerelore ne pfays Ihat no may pe uecreeu DS
provable against his estate under said bank.
ruptcy Acts except such debts as are excepted
by law from such discharge.
Dated this 2lst day Of August A. d. 1905.
Byron b. Foss, Bankrupt.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-08-31
Peculiar plsappearance.

j. D. Runyan, of Butlerville, o., laid
the peculiar disappearance of his pain
full symptoms, of indigestion and bill
BUSINESS, to DR.. Kings New Life Pills
He says: They are perfect remedy,
for dizziness, sour stomach, headache,
constipation, etc." Guaranteed at Geo
e SIMPSONS drug store, price 25c.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-08-31

re game d. When
the first symptoms
of failing health APP
pear, proper c a re
III a y prevent tn e
d e sc e Mt to utter
weakness and debil-
ity. Usually TIL e
complication of dis
orders known as
general debility has
its origin in a dis
eased condition of
the stomach an d
other organs Of di-
Ge3aon and nutn-
Ron. These diseases
arc perfectly cured
by the use of Dr..
P3sree's Golden
Medical Discovery.
Il cures through tbs
&,cfxach disorders
vadeh have shesr CO
iS4b in a disesscd
con dition of tina
stomach.
There Is no alco-
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-08-31
" WHEZ "
WALK n MEZE"

Is laconic definition of a toboggan ride.
It's quick work going down the Aide,
but it's long climb back to the starting
point. 1t is very much that way with
health it is quickly lost and slowly
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-08-31

Dear Gust have solved the mother
in law problem, just give her regularly
HOLSTERS Rocky Mountain Tea. 1t will
make her healthy, happy and docile as a
lamb 35 cents, I ca or Tablets
G. K. Fogg
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-08-31

An auto is not without odor save in its own
fr )nt seat.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-08-31

THAT fishing song in the new opera
Is clever, don't you thinkY' asked the
critic.
NO" replied the hard luck angler
1T isn't at all natural"
"No?"
mo; the lines are too catchy"
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-08-31


physician has discovered a method of
p-eve ting scars The simplest way is to
mind your own business.
Cornwall is the only county in England
which has no theater
Bodily pain loses its terror if you've bottle
OF DR.. Thomas Electric Oil in the house. In
slant relief In cases of burns, cuts, sprains,
cidents of any sort.
IfsmNrried woman h Va nothing Else to wor.
ry her she worries for fear she may die first
and her husband will marry again.
After q woman gets her husband trained to
do evrythiI just AS she wants him to she Is
apt to despise him because he has no mind OF
his owr.
~ had a running, itching sore on my leg. Suf-
fpred fortunes Doan's Ointment took away the
burning and itching instantly and quiCkl eff
fecttd permanent cure" {. w. Lenhart Bowl
ing Green, q.
Sir Isaac Newton was born on December rs,
1872.
A tack in the tire is as a thorn in the flesh
both are tires ONE.
A GUARANTEED CURE FOR PILES.
Itching, blind, Bleeding or Protruding Piles.
Druggists refund money II PAZD OINTMENT
fails to cure any case, no matter of how long
standing, in to u days. First application gives
ease and rests. 50c II your druggist hasn't It
send 5Cc I'm stamps and il will be forwarded post
6m46 paid by Paris Medicine CO., st. Louis, Mo
Though thou swear by thine auto seven
times, the eighth thou will swear at it: that is
kismet.
For Over Sixty Years
Mrs. WINsLow's SOOTHING SYRUP has been
used for over so years by millions OF mothers
for heir children while teething, with perfect
success. 1t soothes the child .softeus the gums
allays all pain; cures wind collie, and is tie
best remedy for Diarrhoea. 1t will relieve the
poor little sufferer Immediately, Soil by
Druggists IN every part OF the world. Twenty
five cents a bottle. Re sure and ask for mrs
Winslow's Soothing syrup" and take no other
nd
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-08-31

A physician has discovered a method of
o-eve ting scars The simplest way is to
4 htnai
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-11-11

is separated from it only by a narrow
alley.
Mr.. Field was born on Massachu-
setts farm and spent his boyhood days
there At II he went to work In a
country store. A little later he went
to Chicago and secured clerkship
in a wholesale dry goods house. At
the age Of 25 he was taken into part
nership and from that day to this his
fortune has grown.
Mrs. Cation, who is SO years OF age,
though she does not appear to be more
than 40, is by temperament and en-
vlronment admirably suited to be Mr..
Fields helpmeet. His friends are hers
and his tastes, which she thoroughly
appreciates, are her tastes. The two
personalities are declared to be well
suited. Mrs. Cation is amiable and
tactful. Her good nature is part Of
herself and knows no ending. She
Is natural entertainer. For years
she occupied a place in Chicago so
ciety hardly second to that held by
Mrs. Potter Palmer. Her dinners and
special entertainments at her home
were famous when the present genera
ton OF social butterflies was holding
sway in the nursery.
Mrs Cation is the daughter Of the
Spencer who helped TO found the
house OF Hubbard, Spencer, Bartlett
q Co. A Della Spencer twenty
seven years ago she met and was won
by Arthur Cation. one OF the most cul-
tivated and handsomest beau1 OF the
period. The courtship was brief and
WAS started at Ottawa. ILL.,, where the
spsncers lived. Mr. Cation. who was a
native OF Oneida county, n. Y. became
wealthy and his wife inherited riches
from her parents. Mrs. Cation also
was among the most prominent patron
esses at the charities, balls and horse
shows. Her husband was n good whip
and, being fond OF horses, he INDUCED
his within extensively. At the last
horse show he drove four-in-h hand to
general applause.
Mrs. Cation has travelled consider
ably OF recent years. She has been
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-11-11
THE NATURE OF ELECTRICITY.
Remains One of the Unsolved Prob
lens Of the csatury.

Remains One of the Unsolved Prob
lens Of the Century.
Daling with the science problems Of
the twentieth century Professor A. e.
'Dolbear says concerning the allen
bracing mystery Of electricity:
Here on the threshold OF the new
century we are confronted with the
question, What is electricity and the
answer implied by the question seems
to demand something which could
be described by one who knew enough,
as one would describe some new min
eral or gas or thing Some eminent
scientific men are befogged by the
question, say 1t is some ultimate I'M
movable thing. and hopeless as an IN
quiry. Il 1t be something it must
be described by its constant properties
as other things are. II it be unlike
everything else then it can not be
described by terms that apply to any
thing else. All material things have
some common properties A glowing
coal is an incandescent solid, fame is
an incandescent gas, but neither glow
nor fame exists apart from the matter
that exhibits the phenomena. Both
are conditions of particular kinds Of
matter.
III electric phenomena are different
from gravitative or thermal luminous
phenomena It does not follow that
electricity is miraculous or that II Is a
substance. We know pretty thorough
ly what to expect from It. for It Is
quantitatively related to mechanical
and thermal and luminous phenomena
as they are to each other; so II they
are conditions of matter the presump-
ton would be strongly in favor Of cleo
tricity's being a condition or property
of matter. and the question What Is
electricity would then be answered
in a way by saying so, but such an
answer would not be the answer appar-
emily expected to the question. To say
1t was a property of matter would not
be much more ineligible than to "
the same of gravitation.
"At best 1t would add another prop
erty to the list of properties we al
ready credit 1t with, as elasticity, at
traction and so on. In any case the
nature of electricity remains to be
discovered and stated In terms common
to others forms of phenomena, and II
is to be hoped that long before this
new century shall have been completed
mankind will be able to form as ade-
quate an idea Of electricity as 1t now
has of heat"
Professor Dolbear intimates In his
article the belief that the field Of in.
vestigation and research remains as
large and fruitful as 1t has ever been
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-11-11
ODD COLONY IN PARAGUAY.
community Modelled After Edward
Be1lsmy's "Lookin9 backward.

A community which closely approx
mates Bellamy's Looking Backward"
Is Cosme, little settlement near Asun-
cion, Paraguay, described by William
Latmann in the Leipsic Grenzboten.
Equality, democracy and community
Of wealth and work are the principles
on which 1t was founded In 1894 by a
split In a colony of Australian emil
grants to Paraguay. The houses OF
the settlers lie together and form Il
small village and are small, pretty and
clean. They have only one story and
are built of boards and shingled or
rooted with mazega grass. The roof
hangs far over the side walls and Is
supported by posts, a detail which al
lows for wide veranda-most vel
come adjunct In hot weather On one
side Of the house is a small outbuild-
Ing which contains the kitchen, and
every house has its garden. Little
plantations OF sugar cane lie between
the houses and the gardens.
up to the present the dwelling
houses cover only quarter of the
space which has been reserved for the
village, and when Herr Lacmann visit
ed the place there were some twenty
houses occupied and 1OS in course OF
erection. In time the buildings will
form a great square, which Will lie
about large open square. In addition
number Of smaller public places have
haQn prOvfdad FOR which xufIi liz M
those already In existence, between the
houses. There is an absolute commu-
nifty OF goods In Cosme, the only excep-
ton being that objects OF household or
personal use-furniture, cooking uten.
sils, clothing and food-remain the
property Of their users When one en-
tiers the colony he must bring his en-
tire property in with these exceptions.
When, however, one wishes to with
draw he does not receive back the
amount OF his contribution, but only
the amount which corresponds to his
share for the last working period"
Every one must go through a proba-
ttonary period Of one year, and before
this period Is completed no member
ship is obtained nor any contribution
of goods made. Every applicant upon
entering must pay into thu treasury
S25 for each adult member Of the fam
lily and half OF this amount for each
child. II then the probationers decide
not to remain in the colony their ex-
penses to Buenos Ayres are paid, but
this is not done unless the applicant
remains in the colony three months.
The only requirements are that the
applicant be strong and healthy. I'm
der no circumstances are colored per-
sons admitted"
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-11-11
Good Business.

A writer who spends his summers al
the seashore tells the following story
An ignorant countryman who saw the
sea for the first time was much I'm
pressed with the effect OF the blue
water and asked a fisherman II he
could tell him the owner, as he would
like to buy gallon to take home to
his wife. The fisherman replied, proud.
ly:
"Us, me man-we own it!'
Land sakesw exclaimed the rustic.
Gould you sell me a gallon for 80
centsT
Sure" said the fisherman; and he
disappeared, returning in a few mo-
ments with a jar of water, for which
be received the countryman's 80 cents.
The latter departed with his pur-
chase. Returning later In the day. af.
ter the tide had gone out. he gazed in
silent wonder at the water. which had
reached far from the beach.
hummer he exclaimed, don't they
do a trr 'er'-Harper's Weekly.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-11-11
NO PLACE FOR A POOR MAN
But There Ia a Great Future Ahead
of Argentine.


Eugene Holcomb, one Of the high
salaried specialists employed by an
electrical manufacturing company OF
Pittsbmg, has just returned from three
years In the Argentine Republic, where
he has been in charge of what is con-
sidered the largest gas power installa-
ton in the world, in the city of Buc-
nos Ayres, according to the Milwaukee
Sentinel.
1.-THE machinery of which l have
been in immediate charge for the last
three years was built to operate the
shops and docks Of the southern and
western railroads. the headquarters OF
both roads being in Buenos Ayres,"
said Mr.. Holcomb yesterday. 81 am
proud OF the final accomplishment Of
the work, inasmuch as it was an ad-
vanced piece Of power engineering, In
stalling the highest grade power ma
chinery.
"Fuel OF all kinds is dear In South
America and so we planned to burn
bituminous slack in an immense pro-
Queer, which worked well. The shops
Of the railroads and the ship-loadlng
devices at the docks are operated by
motors. the power being transmitted
through underground cables. running a
distance OF ten miles.
There is glorious future for the
republic of Argentina. The country is
now the wheat and cattle farm of the
world. Frozen meat is shipped in car
goes for the supply Of Europe and tho
eyes OF board OF trade operators In
Wall street in New York and Lombard
street in London are constantly fixed
upon the fields Of Argentina, as it is
the greatest producing center Of bread
stuffs.
Although I talk enthusiastically
about the future OF Argentina, would
not advise a young man to go there
unless he has money. Land is high and
can be purchased only in large tracts.
Many a man. however, has gone there
with small capital and made a fortune
in ave or ten years"
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-11-11

desk, pen behind his ear and his
small, beady-black eyes drawn back,
as 1t were, In the shelter OF a preciplce
OF shaggy eyebrows.
One by one the girls stopped and re-
ceived their pay for one weeks work,
for this was Saturday night. One by
one they filed out, with fretful, dis
contented faces, until the last one
passed in mt OF the desk.
she was slight and tall. with large
velvety-blu eyes, and a complexion as
delicstely grained and transparent as
rose-eolored wax. and an abundance OF
xlosay hair OF 20 dark a brown that
tbs casual observer would have pro
nounced IL black; and there was some
thing in ths way tbs ribbon at her
throat was tied and the manner In
which the simple details OF her dress
were arranged that bespoke her Of for
eign birth.
well, Mile. Annette" said Mr..
Blake, land how do you Ike factory
lifer
at Is not disa greeable." she answer
ed. q slight accent clinging 10 her tones,
like fragrance to q nower, as she e1-
tended her hand for the money the
foreman was counting out.
You have given me but four dol
lars" abe said. 1T was to be eight
dsllars by the contract"
'Humphw he grunted; you amt
much accustomed TO our way OF doing
things, are you, mademoisellei Eight
of coLrse; but we deduct two for q
fsa@"
"A feel For whatr' Annette de
msnded. with flushed cheeks and
sparkling eyes.
For getting you the situation. mad
smoiselie to be sure" said Mr.. Blake,
In a superior sort OF way. such places
don't grow on every bush. And folks
naturally expect to pay something for
the privilege"
II did notr' flashed out Annette Du-
velle.
"Oh-well-all right Because you
know. you amt obliged to stay unless
you choose"
do you mean" hesitsted Annette,
''that II don't pay you this money"
You can't expect to stay In the
works." said Mr.. Blake. hitching up
his collar.
But the other two dollarsr
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-11-11

man who tended the engines in the
ID. pplevale works.
Does he cheat you, too, Of your
money!" she asked, when Simon Pet
tengill came home, smoke-stained and
grimy, to eat his supper.
One-slxth | have to pay him." said
Simon. with an involuntary groan, AS
he looked IT the five little ones around
his boar ,. Yes, miss, he's villain;
but the We d is full Of such. And
find it a pretty hard world to get on
with. Mr.. Elderslie never comes here,
or maybe things would be a bit differ
ent. Mr.. Elderslie lives abroad; in
Paris, they say"
HE is in this country now" said
Annette. II intend to write to him"
"'Twon't do no good, miss"
Eyes. it WILL" said Annette, quietly.
The petals OF the June roses had
fallen, a pink carpet all along the edge
OF the woods, and the Dapplevale
works wore their holiday guise, even
down to Simon Pettlngllls newly
frightened engine, for Mr.. Elderslie
and his bride were to visit the works
on their wedding tour.
ITS a pity Ma'amselle Annette went
away so SOON" said Simon to his as
slstant "'cause they say the masters
dnd-hearted in the main. and she
might have spoken up for herself"
Gerald Blake, in his best broadcloth
suit, anu mustache newly dyed. stood
smiling in the broad doorway as the
carriage drove up to the entrance. and
Mr.. Elderslie, a handsome, blonde
haired man, sprang out and assisted a
young lady, n a dove-colored travelling
suit, to allgnt.
"Blake, how are your" he said. with
the carelessness OF conscious superb
GRITTY. Annette, my love- this is Blake,
my foreman"
"Mademoiselle Annettew
And Mr. Gerald Blake found himself
cringlng before the slight French girl
whom he had turned from the factory
door a month before.
81 must beg to look at the books,
blNktt SIlu ElutISlit, hulHuIlldllNttg .
MY wife tells me some strange stories
about the way things are managed
mere. 1t became so notorious that the
rumors reached her even at Blythes-
dale Springs, and she chose to come
and see for herself Annette, my dar-
ling. the best wedding gift we can
make to the poor working girls is a
new foreman. Blake. you may con-
slider yourself dismissed"
but, sir"
mot another word" cried Mr. FL
derslle, with a lowering brow, and
Gerald Blake crept away. with an I'M
comfortable consciousness OF Annette's
scornful blue eyes following him.
Elderslie turned to his wife.
you were right, my love-" said he.
The mans face is sufficient evidence
against him"
And a new reign began for poor
Jenny Burton and the working girls,
as well as for Simon Pettengill
Annette never regretted her week s
apprenticeship at the Dapplevale Cal
leo Works. Waverley Magazine
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-11-11
THE MORgAU PORTRAIT.
Most Lifeliks and Artistic of All Like
nosses of Our Greatest Naval Hero.

Most Iifeliks and Artistic of All Like
nosses of Our Greatest Naval Hero.
It is surprising that the most lifelike
as well as the most artistic OF all the
graphic portraits OF our first and
greatest naval hero paul jones' should
have remained virtually unknown to
Americans until a hundred and thlr-
teen years after his death, while bad
partial copies OF It are not uncommon;
but such is the fact, and the credit
Of having finally brought it to public
attention is due to Louis A. Holman,
Boston illustrator OF an investigating
turn OF mind.
This portrait is a copper-plate en-
craving by Moreau, measuring five
and one-half by six and one-half
inches. 1t was casually purchased for
perhaps four or FIVE shilllngs, twenty
years ago, at a secondhand print shop
In London, by Benjamin Franklin
Stevens, a well-known Bostonian OF
antiquarian tastes. who in his early
manhood. was in the United States
navy. He had no idea OF the value OF
his find when he bought the print, or
even when, sixteen years ago, he gave
It to the Boston society, a historical
organization having rooms In the Old
State House. The gift was straight
way hung in an obscure corner OF the
ancient council chamber, whence the
stern and naughty face OF the fiery
ECnfrh- A rf,n rfran rrfnr haa
since looked down upon an old circu-
lar mahogany table, around which
were wont to gather, during nearly a
hundred years prior to the Revolution,
the British royal governors and their
councillors. There Mr.. Holman OBJ
served the picture recently, and. after
having searched in vain all the biogra-
phies OF Jones, as well as all accessible
lists OF his portraits, for some refer
ence to this particular one, he became
convinced that IT possessed an interest
and value hither to never suspected.
The Jones portrait most familiar to
Americans-that by Charles Wilson
Peale, now in Independence hall, Phila-
delphia, executed seven years later
than the one here referred to-has
heretofore been regarded as the best
ever made, and it has been reproduced
many times, in whole or in part. 1t is,
however, vapid and expresslonless,
compared win this new engraving. and
comparison Of the two with Hou-
don's bust, which was modelled from a
life-mask, and must necessarily al
ways be the standard par excellence
In judging portraits Of Jones. demon
strates at a glance that this earlier
work is a much more faithful likeness,
and possesses far more OF the real per-
sonality OF the great fighter, than
Peales painting.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-11-11
The Factory Foreman

~~ON~NNO~~~

vt was just such an American VII
lage "a you see In pictures A
background OF superb bold noun
tain, all clothed in blue green cedars,
with torrent laundering down a deep
gorge and falling In pillows OF foam;
river rejecting the azure OF the sky,
and a knot Of houses. with church
spirs At one end and thicket OF fac
tory chimneys at the other, whose
black smoke wrote everchanging
h'erogly' hics against the brllllancy OF
the sky. This was Dapplevsle. And
In the rosy sunset Of this blossomy
June day. the girls were all pouring
out of the broad doorway. while Ger
aid Blake. the foreman. sat behind the
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-11-11


States and probably our second rich
est citizen. His wealth is conserva-
lively estimated at $25O,0O0,0O0, though
it may be much greater than this. His
great stores in New York and Chicago
are world famous, and his name is
almost as familiar in Europe as 1t is
in America. He is 20 years Of age,
nearly feet in height, erect in bear
ing and handsome in face. His is
face and form which would attract at
tentlon in any company, as the per
sonifieation of business acumen and
sterling citizenship. His first wife
died nine years ago, and since that
time he has gone very little into So
ciety. combining his visits to the homes
Of few intimate friends, the Cations,
who were his neighbors, being among
the number. His residence is on
Prairie avenue and the Cation mansion