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The Somerset reporter., 1905-09-07

The boys of the "hluecoat school" Of
Christchurch hospital, England. do not
go hatless, as a correspondent iuti-
mates, In order that the hair on their
heads may grow more abundant from
that exposure to the air and elements
Of rain and sunshine.
The reason the boys of this famous
school 60 without their hats Is that one
day very long time ago the bluecoat
boys were out walking and met Queen
Elizabeth. They neglected TO remove
their hats, which so incensed the i'm
perious lady that she had their hats
taken away from them and swore that
they should have hats no more.
1t Is fact that men who attended
that school did not In their later years
become bald.-New York Times.
The Somerset reporter., 1905-09-07
SKIRT 6ACHETs.

accessories to the feminine wardrobe.
One of the best schemes Is the skirt
sachet to be worn just above the pet
ticoat. 1t consists of girdle Of rib
bon, pendent from which are lOnh
sreamers terminating In a tiny scent
ed sachet, as indicated by the accom-
panying sketch.
There are corset sachets In bow and
heart shape, veil and glove sachets
and sachets in various forms designed
for the delicate task OF seeming the
contents of chiffonier, dresser, chest or
trunk. Brooklyn Life.
The Somerset reporter., 1905-09-07
SOMERSET REPORTER
Quaker Range
Voting Contest
Rules Of the Contest
Read these Rules carefully before
sending IN your Votes.

/, r. essential 70 the contest that The 1-rt4
o. not ess tan twJ contestants In each clzss
appear az rem4in actively engaged until tbs
close. IT, - event If me withdrawal Of all
active caudaa.es boy ous Tor either Of .hs
Ranges, thefs eau he 10 cautest and the pr'zs
will be witbarasl.
coupon ~. - l-i1.e u each and eve :, Is
sue of the sosEH.Er ERPssrKE.
/. For eyery ysary WV zFHscktsKB 70 this
paper AZ SO. 70 yo5es y be given. A nsw
subscriber may pay as mA1Y yea IL levance az
be wishes and receive 20. a, re rate Of 200
Tor each sls per year paid b4t all these pay
ments must he made 10 advance al one time
2. For every sl5o paid by present subscrfbers,
either arrearagss Of accounts or 10 advance On
present subscription. one hundred votes VII bs
given.
Votes viii be counted each wednesday morn-
Ing d1nng the contest ana the figures Of such
counting printed in the following issue Of the
paper.
All Communications should be Addressed to
"Noting Contest sp1KRsEr REPosTEE skow-
hogan, Maine.
SS- Coupons will not lie issued on sub
scriptions for lees than six months.
The Somerset reporter., 1905-09-07
FOR BRIGHT EYES.

Don't use the eyes before breakfast
Don't face the light when reading or
sewing
Don't allow cold raw wind to
strike the eyes.
Don't use the eyes when they are
tired or weak from illness.
Don't try to get q cinder out of thu
eye by rubbing the injured orb; rub
the other eye.
Don't sleep too much or too little.
Too much sleep weakens the eyes; too
little fatigues them.
Don't work longer than two hours
without closing the eyes and resting
them for FIVE MINUTES
Don't neglect TO hathe the eyes be-
fore retiring, 80 as to remove any dust
that may have gathered on the lids
during the day.
The Somerset reporter., 1905-09-07
STAMM ERlNG
The Cure That One Sufferer Invented
Bny Help OfherH.


hny Help others.
Among the minor arts of great I'm
portance Is the self cure Of stammer-
ing which comes upon SO many In
early youth. In the memoir Of the
author of John Inglesant." which his
widow prepared, We read rather
touching confession. Il contracted the
habit of stammerlng." wrote Mr.. Short
house to Lady Welby, "as a delicate
little boy of three at a large day school
1t was not such misfortune as might
be supposed. For without this thorn
In the flesh John Inglesant would
never have been written or conceived,
and much which Is very dear to me In
philosophy would have been I'M
known" Few stammerers can bring
forth classic from their afhlctIon,
and some would even refuse the au-
thor's fame at the price of the speak
er's embarrassments.
In many cases the self cure of STAN
merlng Is easy. The present writer
was a sufferer when a boy at a day
school. He set himself to invent the
cure. 1t was absolutely necessary, he
found, that the opening syllable of a
sentence should be said several times
before the sentence was under way
Gust as the billiard player waggles his
cue before the correct stroke). 1t oc-
Cured that the stammering might be
done silently. So that little boy STAN
mered firmly to himself with tightly
closed lips, imagining himself to be
speaking 1t was easy enough, when
the requisite number of tut tut-tuts"
or gug-gug-gugs" had been achieved
then he has never stammered-aloud.-
London Chronicle.
The Somerset reporter., 1905-09-07

Lord Sefton the renowned gourmet
was once Intercepted as to the best
mode OF eating strawberries and re-
piled: Sprinkle them slightly with
powdered white sugar candy and few
drops of Malmsey. Take them after
breakfast or for supper or after dinner
after plain biscuit Ice" When a once
well known diplomatist attended his
first garden party after arriving In
London he was shown n dish of straw
berries and cream. "PourQuol faire7'
cried he, explaining that he could not
bring himself TO fancy that the mess
was intended for the food of men,
London Truth.
The Somerset reporter., 1905-09-07
A Criticism by List,

A story OF List recites that on a
certain occasion q Miss NJ. was play
Ing sonata by Sterndale Bennett, a
work of very prosy type and Ger
tainly lacking In anything like spon-
tanelty or poetry. List was evident
ly not familiar with 1t, so, after play
Ing some six or seven pages, he gently
tapped Miss NJ. on the arm and said.
"Mademoiselle. would you kindly name
the piece you are performing" Ger
tainly, sir" she replied. 1T Is the
sonata The Maid of Orleans by Will
liam Sterndale Bennett" Him." said
List. Its n pity the original manu-
script didn't meet the same fate as the
maid"
The Somerset reporter., 1905-09-07

least have the rollers of the wringer
fairly loose. Be sure that the rinsing
process is thorough. a great improve
ment In doing up linen Is this stock
Dissolve one ounce Of gum arabic In
half pint of warm water Add one
tablespoonful of the solution to q
quart Of water and wiring out the
linens In the mixture A point In the
care of towels-admonish the mascu-
line members Of the family never to
wipe a razor on a towel. The damage
done often does not show at the time,
but is apparent after the towel Is
wnshed
The Somerset reporter., 1905-09-07
Make YnnrG nena.

A beautiful young lady and her once
beautiful mother We're walking down
the street together when they met two
gentlemen whom the mother knew
"How much your daughter resembles
you" exclaimed one.
How closely you resemble your
daughter" exclaimed the other
Now, which of these two gentlemen
do you think was invited home to tea
The Somerset reporter., 1905-09-07

Poor Mrs Boo2er suffers terribly
from the liquor habit" said Mrs. Gabb.
How Is that?' inquired Mrs CHM,
seeming gossip,
when her husband comes home at
night is he is too far gone to pay at
tention TO her remonstrances and the
next morning he has such a headache
he can't listen to her" Portland Tele-
gram
The Somerset reporter., 1905-09-07

When Earl Ferrars had been con.
victed Of murder great efforts were
made to obtain pardon on the ground
that he was insane. His mother being
appealed to and requested to write a
strong letter on the subject, answered,
"Well but II DO how am to marry
of my daughters T-Green Bag.
The Somerset reporter., 1905-09-07
Corrected.

Precise Aunt Crying to amuse little
Kate, who has come to spend the day
oh, see pussy washing her face! Lit
tie Kate with scorn) not wash
Ing her face; she's washing her feet
and wiping them on her face!
The Somerset reporter., 1905-09-07

A firm of linen manufacturers gives
some useful hints for washing table
and other linens. 1t advises the
best of washing soaps, to begin with.
Soaps full Of alkali discolor linen. II
Ia better to wiring linen by hand. or at
The Somerset reporter., 1905-09-07
PAINFUL PERIODS
AMERICAN WOMEN FIND RELIEF
The Case of Misc Irene Crosby Is One
OF Thousands of Cures Made By Lydia
E. Pinkhams Vegetab BILE Compound.

How many women realize that men
situation is the balance wheel Of
womans life, and while no woman is
entirely free from periodical suffering.
it is not the plan Of nature that women
should suffer 50 severely.
The Somerset reporter., 1905-09-07

This picture of your wife is an
gelic. Does 1t look like herr
"Well-er-it looked like her when
she was posing for the photograph,
yes"-Detrolt Free Press.
The Somerset reporter., 1905-09-07
ORDER OF NOTICE THEREON.

DISTRICT Of MANI =
On this and day of Septeml eI. A d. 1885, or
reading the foregoing petition. i Is
Ordered ny the Court. that hearing I've had
upon the same on the 22nd day of september a
u. 1908 before said Court al Portlau' IN said
District, at 10 O'Clock In the forenoon, and that
notice thereof be published in TIE Somerset
Reporter, newspaper printed n said District,
and that all known creditors and other per
sons in interest, may appear AZ the said
time and place, and show cause. II any they
have, why The prayer of said petitioner should
not be granted.
And ii is further ordered by the Court that
the clerk shall send by mail 10 al known credit
tors copies of said petition and this order sd
dressed to them at their places Of residence as
stated.
Witness the Honorable Clarence Hale Judge
Of the said Court, and the seal thereof, al Port.
land, In said District. on the End day Of
September A. D. 1905. .
II s. JAMES + HEWEY, Clerk.
A true copy OF petition and order thereon.
lwS6 Attest JAMES +. HE8EN, Clerk.
The Somerset reporter., 1905-09-07
Bankupfs Petition or Discharge.

IN the matter of Albert W. Brow Al
Bank apt, in bankruptcy.
To the Hon. Clarence Hale Judge Of the Dis.
trict Court of the United States for the District
Of Maine.
Abe, W. Brown of Madison, In the Coun-
~ of Somerset. and State Of Maine, in said Dis.
trict, respectfully represent that on the 10th day
Of September, last past, he was duly adJudged
bankrupt underline Acts of Congress relating 10
BANKRUPTCY: that he has duly surrendered all 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 bank, lptcy.
Wherefore he prays that he may he decreed by
the Court TO have a full discharge from all debts
provahle against his estate under sand bank
ruptcy Acts. except such debts a are excepted
by law from such discharge
Dated this 26th day OF august \. d. 1905
Abe. W. BIoMf, Bankrupt.
The Somerset reporter., 1905-09-07
STATE OF MAINE.

Augas;7, Aug. IS, 1905.
Pursuan, l. Chap. 6, see a, Of the K
vised Statutes, will be at ne State Treasurer's
Office at Augusta, On the twentieth day Of
September next, a; II o'clock a NJ sell and
convey by deed 10 the highest bidder, all the
nteres, + TIE state in the tracts Of land
hereinafter described. lyIng II urjncorporated
townships, sa3 tracts Icing forfeited to the
state fr state taxes, and County taxes cert
ned to the Treasurer Of State, for the year
1903 and previous yeas. TIE sale and con
veyance OF eacl trac, VII be made subject to
night in tie owner or part owner whose
rights have been forfeited : reieen the
same At any time within one year after the
sale. Ly paving or tent 9rins 10 the purchaser
his proportion Of what tie purchaser paid
therefor at the sac. v II interes; a. ne rate
Of twenty per cent. per arnaa from the time
OF sale, and one dollar f5r release, or such
owner may redeem his interest by paving as
aforesaid 10 the Treasurer 81 state, as pro-
vided in Clap. g, See. % # '1e x ised
Statutes.
No tract, however, W.. e BID .; price
less than the fall amount Tue thereon for
such unpaid State anG Couaty taxes, interest
and costs, as described II the following
schedule:
SOMERSET COUNTY.
1909 I + X r. 200 rof9
The Somerset reporter., 1905-09-07
PERFUMED SKIRTS.
An Effective sachet Arrangement of
GirdIe and Streamers.

Sachets for the pertaining of ones
personal belongings are an object Of
particular interest to every woman,
and the inventlveness of the sex Is
evidenced In the variety of these dainty
The Somerset reporter., 1905-09-07
Notice Of First Meeting Of Creditors.
In the District Court Of the United states for
the District Of Maine.

the District Of Maine.
In Bankruptcy.
IN the matter OF
WRlter Pierce In BauETu ptcY.
BANKRUPT.
To the creditors q Walter Pierce.
OF Skowhegan. IN the County Of Somerset
and District aforesaid, q bankrupt.
Notice is hereby given that on the 2dih day OF
August A. d. 1905 said Walter Pierce
was duly sdjudicsted bankrupt, and that
the hrst meeting Of his creditors win be held At
Daniel Lewis ofice, In SkoEheEan. Msine. on
the 10th Gay Of september A. p.l9R At 10 O'clock
in the forenoon, 81 which time the said credit
ors may sitene prove their claims, appoint
trustee examine the bankrupt, and transact
such other business AS may properly come be-
fore said meeting. lw2o
September /. A. D., 1905. DANIEL LEWIS.
Referee in Bankruptcy.
The Somerset reporter., 1905-09-07
S0MEKSE. ClrNTN.

1905 K s, f. X. r. 500 so.e9
1903, K l, y. 7 X. P. strip, rs 1876
ORAMANDAL SMITH,
3w54 Treasurer state # Name
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1905-08-11

feet, with four cool and pleasant rooms.
The library consists of about 1900 vol
umes, comprising the u. $. Supreme
Court reports. Federal Reporter, Cali
fornia reports, Pacific Reporter, etc.
This il the finest law library in the
state of Nevada, with the exception of
the state library at Carson City.
Senator Stewart is now 70 years of
age. He served Nevada 80 years in
the Senate. History has much to say
of him in the days when the old Com
stock lode startled the world, the SEN
ator at time being one of the most
prominent and best paid lawyers in the
state. His partner, George M~artinson,
is a graduate of the Kansas State Ag.
ricultural college and received his law
degree at Stanford. Before coming
here he practiced at Reno.
The senator seems very much en-
Unused over the prospects of the Bull;
frog district. He says that he wants
to spend the rest of his days with
the boys The senator believes it is
better to wear out than to rust out
!. Rhyolite Herald.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1905-08-11
SIDE LIGHTS ON THE CAMP
me Burro as a Trail Blazer and the Freight Team as a Pr
Civilization



cts day al day in the day time
And there 4 no night in Creede.'
This excerpt from Cy Warman's well
known poem could not have been more
applicable to the early days of the
famous Colorado silver camp than it
is to Goldfeld, the newest and biggest
of gold camps. From sunrise to sun
set and from SHUTDOWN to sunup the
tide of humanity flows on and on un-
ceasingly toward this port; here an
choring an investor, there ~stranding
a knocker; but the current is ever IN
ward and bears a curious assortment of
human craft. Gsgleons some, laden
with treasure for the development of
the mines; slick, rakish looking ships
of the wild cat variety others, which
should be flying the black flag of pi-
racy; pretty, but light draft craft, fit
only for summer voyages, typical of
the "quitters;' water logged old dere-
.licts, a menace TO commerce; these and
many others have sought a haven here.
There il no hour of the day or night
when the streets do not bear the i'm
print of the restless foot of the pros
p~ector, nor when the dust, arising from
the endless chain of freight wagons
and passenger coaches which link the
camp with the outside world, is not
in evidence. Automobiles dart to and
fro on the most erratic of courses,
painting and putting with self-esteem;
and anon, the voice of the pensive bur.
no is raised in serrated and indignant
| protest ut this latest device of man
which threatcps his prestage as a
| blazer of trails. ~
Among the many interesting sights
here on tho desert none are more pie
iturcsque than the freight and ore haul
ing outfits, and the pack trains of bur
ros loaded with grub stake and mining
implements. 1t is amusing to watch
u string of these long cared, wise, pa
tient yet porverse, little beasts come
ambling along tho trail laden with
camp equipage until nothing but ears,
tails and legs are visible, stopping oc-
OCCASIONALLY to rend the air with nasal
d~issonance or to listen refiectively to
the forceful remarks Of the prospector
who has the luck to be the guiding
spirit of the caravan They must have
a keen sense off, humor, these little
fathers of the mule, for as they plod
along they seem to commune together
and to lay plots for the undoing of the
master mind of the enterprise. Then,
suddenly, in obedience to "a signal in
visible to the onlooker, some wizened,
dried up mummy of 4 jack will resur-
rect himself from a state Of almost
complete catalepsy into a bundle of
quivering, %paipitating nerves, and dash
madly through the group ahead with
all the abandon of "A center rush car
rying the ball. Having by that means
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1905-08-11
BUILDS FINE HOME.
Senator Stewart Sticks to the Sage
Brush Desert

Senator William NJ. Stewart expects
the first of September. 1t is finished
with the exception of the painting,
which is now being done.
1t is a source of much surprise To Wis
itors to note what the aged senator is
doing away down here in the BulIfrog
district. Mr.. Stewart has not been
partial to either Bullfrog or Rhyolite,
but has chosen a big plot of ground at
the corner of the Main street of Bull
frog aud the Main street of Rhyolite,
which join at right angles on the old
Bonanza TOWNSHIP, from which point
South Rhyolite connects Bonanza and
Rullfrog with Rhyolite, making the
four places one.
Senator Stewart is investing about
$40, 900 i'm buildings and improvements.
The residents PROPERTY occupies a town
block. The house is q. one-story adobe,
| embeilished in red aud white blocks.
the dimensions hoing 30x66 feet. There
are ten rooms, all plastered, finished in
fine wood. with the best material and
workmanship in every particular.
Tub and shower baths, range, toilet,
hot and cold water and other improve
ments are not sighted, but everything
that may be secured for comfort and
convenience has been provided. On
the exterior, a nine-foot porch stretch
es about the entire structure. The
grounds surrounding the residence are
being improved by grading and fenc-
ing and viii be sown to grass that may
be nurtured from the hydrants. The
senator has not forgotten to build a
chicken house, and he already has a
host of 200 or more cackling chicks
scratching gravel. He has built a sta
bic and drives the best pair of mules
betwsan Tonopah and Las Vegas. He
says. that he will not be content until
he gets a fine cow for which he is ne
gotiating. The handsome residence
will be elegantly furnished and made
ready in a short time for the reception
of Mrs. Stewart and her charming lit
tie daughter, Miss Vera.
/. The. Stewart < Martinsos law Office
stands .rear. the residence at the corner
Of the street. 1t is built of the same
material and upon the same plan As the
residenc. the dimensions being 26xH
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1905-08-11
PASSING OF A BIG MINE.

The Yuma (Arizona) newspapers re
port the passing ont of the former
famous Fortuna mine, in Yuma county.
The property has been a great gold
yielder, being credited with a produc-
ton of several millions of dollars.
But, as stated in the Yuma Sun, the
miners came upon a 'sfault,' and al
though that was about p year ago they
have been unable to relocate the vein,
and, apparently, the owners have de
cided to s'iet it go at that
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1905-08-11

Blank forms of affidavit of annual labor for
sale at TIE Tex offce
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1905-08-11

rid himself of his pack he will turn
to his companions for c~ommendation
and applause; and as the voice of the
irate p~rospector is raised in curses
loud and deep, the entire bunch of con-
spirators will assail the air with a
veritable paroxysm of hee-haws-
Never less than eight, and sometimes
as high as twenty-four horses or mules
are attached to the freight wagons;
and at a distance, as they drag their
slow and dusty way over trails palpi-
Eating in the heat of an almost molten
sun, they c%onjure up visions of the gu
gantic lizards of some long forgotten
age; an, age in which the struggle for
self preservation blotted out all other
quests, and when gold was as dross to
primitive man. These teams are util-
lied for the transportation of freight
from Tonopah, the present terminus of
the railway, to this and contiguous
camps, and as far south as Beatty and
Bulifrog, a distance of IS miles. This
country s~uffersa from the same cause
which il said to detract from the pop
l~ularity of the Internal regions as a
pleasure resort, lack of water. For
that reason when trips of any distance
are to be essayed a liberal supply of
that liquid for both a and beast
is taken along in huge casks which are
strapped on either side of the immense
wagons. The driver rides the nign
animal of the rear team and guides
the remainder of his elongated, equine
encourage by means of a jerk line
which passes from the ring in the bit
of the leaders SUCCESSFULLY through
rings in the hamess on the other AMI
male on the left side to the hand of
the jehu. 1t requires a modicum of
common sense and 81 choice and diver
sified vocabulary of explosives to be a
successful jerk line driver; and if the
animals be mules, the stronger the
language, the stouter the pull. The
reperCOlT OF SOHnc Oh Lucst StibitfltH
is apparently unlimited and they are
never at loss for the oath proper to the
emergency. Under such conditions the
utmost harmony prevails between
beasts and drivers, and they arrive at
their destination tired, covered inch
thick in dust, and with throats parehed
and cracked with the desert thirst, but
ever the best of friends. 1t is a hard
life having few eompensations, and
one which tests to the limit the mettle
of both man and beast. They rave been
prominent factors, too, in the building
up of this district, these rollieking,
h;,sd swearing, hard working, good ma
tured jehus of the single ribbon, and
their sweating, striving, gritty teams;
and in the day when they are supplant-
ed by the iron horse and his driver we
shall miss them; and freight rates will
be cheaper; and transportation will be
quicker; and the gold output will be
larger; and, my pipe has gone out.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1905-08-11
SHELTER TRUSTS Distribution

In conformity with a policy an
nounced several years ago., the Ameri-
can Smelling and Refining company is
dividing "A percentage of it's profits
with it's employees. The men participat-
ing in the distribution are the manag-
ers, superintendents,m etallurgists chem
sits, assayers and others who are in
positions of trust and responsibility
and whose work bears a vital relation
to the success of the company. The
amount to be divided among the com
-pany's employees this year is 100000;
of this amount Colorado receives $780,
900.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1905-08-11

cts day II day in the day time
And there = no night in Creede.'
The Colorado statesman., 1905-06-17
Rolestvensky Recovering.

London, June 15.-The Moji, Japan,
correspondent of the Telegraph cables
an account of his visit to Vice Ad-
miral Rojestvensky in the hospital at
Sasebo. The admiral speaking in
broken English, expressed his pleas
ure at the treatment accorded him by
the Japanese and praised the quarters
assigned him. He occupies a private
room, which is well ventilated and
gives the admiral view of the beau
tiful landscape. Rojestvensky said to
the correspondent:
'I have everything l desire. My
wounds are healing, but my left leg
is troublesome, and it will be some
time before l am able to move about.
In thirty days. perhaps. l shall be
well again."
Asked for his views of the naval
battle, the admiral merely replied:
"The Japanese fleet was so good. 1t
was impossible"
Then he completely broke down.
Evidently his mental sufferings were
acute, for he desired to avoid the
subject, and during the remainder OF
the conversation the naval battle was
not mentioned.
by day." said the admiral, 'T look
upon that lovely scene" Indicating
the landscape. "and by night dream
of it."