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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-07-19

The Republican leaders are count
ms. on a very late state carapaign.
Ordinarily state campaigns open
about the middle of September, but
this year it is probable the first guns
will not be fired before Oct 1. The
people never manifested less interest
in a political contest than they are
ma nifesting this year The Repub-
lean managers consider this very
good omen, as they believe it indi-
cafes that the people are satisfied with
the prosperity they are enjoying and
are willing to 'let well enough alone
There is evers indication that there
will be no hysteria in this years cam
paign.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-07-19

Ex-state Chairman Charles S.
Hernly, Of New Castle, says he will
not vote for Republican bosses any
longer. He declares that he is as
good Republican as any man in the
state, but he says the Republicans Of
his district are tired. mighty tired
of boss rule and the.ss believe the
country will wag along in ale same
OLD gait if the Republican candidate
for congress is defeated. They do
not believe that free men should be
completely shackled.
Bisbee daily review., 1906-08-05
SADDLE MOUNTAIN

It is learned that the Saddle Noun, tain Copper company, operating the Christmas mine in Gila county, Ari, zona, has placed an order whereby the present smetting plant of 225 tons daily capacity will be doubled.
 This property, which is situated about twenty miles southeast of Globe, is within the strip which was taken from the San Carlos Indian re servation in January, 1SJ3. The mine was first operated twenty-five years ago by Phelps-Dodge & Co, who erected a small smelter. As. however. it was within an Indian reservation, they were obliged to abandon it.
 Immediately the strip was thrown open, George B. Chittenden, the pres ent manager, acquired the ground and with associates has been steadily de veloping ever since.
 The mine is remarkable for ;he great extent of its ere bodies as ex- posed, and also for the perfect self fiuXing quality of the crFs.
 The values are reliably reported to
Bisbee daily review., 1906-08-05
OLD PUEBLO MINE.
lTucsOn Star.l

An engine and hoist arrived this week for the Old Pueblo mine and will be taken out at once and set up. The shaft is being steadily sunk and the showing continues very promis- ing. The Old Pueblo mine is but five miles from the city and if the good showing continues and a big camp is located there, Tucsonians will be able to show visitors a mine right at the city gates.
Bisbee daily review., 1906-08-05

average 9 per cent. copper, with some gold and silver. The plant is now turning out 70 per cent. matte. which is shipped to the Humboldt smelter. The product is over five tons of cop per daily.
 The company is developing q coal vein at Deer creek, on it's property This vein is said to be the only oc- currence of good steam coal yet dis covered in Arizona, and the manage ment believes that it will prove to be cooking coal. Several tons have been shipped to the government coke testing plant at St. Louis, recently, that it's value in this respect may be determined. Should it prove to be a good cooking coal, operating costs will be materially reduced as the company is now paying s17 ton for coke delivered at the mine-Copper Era.
Bisbee daily review., 1906-08-05

Speaker Cannon is putting the sails on his little presidential boom and it's nearly ready for the launching.
Bisbee daily review., 1906-08-05

Regarding that Roosevelt thir-term rumor methinks he doth protest too much"
Bisbee daily review., 1906-08-05

Getting secret divorces in Chicago, seems to be about as easy as con tracing marriages on the quiet at St. TNa
Bisbee daily review., 1906-08-05
SUMMARY

Capacity reduction works when completed 100 tons per day Estimated daily earnings S3500.00. .....
 Ore at commencement of reduction 100000 tons. Earnings per share per year, $500 Assurance of continued dividends for several years.
 Estimated time for first dividend, March l, 1907. M
The Somerset reporter., 1906-10-18
Farra9ut's Pig.

David q. Farragut was but thirteen
years old when he served 8s mdship.
man under Porter In tie battle u the
Essex against the Phoebe aud Cherub.
He was taken 10 the Phoebe IS q prs.
oner VI war. says his biograpAer, AID
came aboard crying from mOrtihcaf.9a.
At the same moment however q Brit.
ISL muddy also came alongside With a
young pig IN lis arms
- prize. \ pr.ze" he vas shouting
"Ho boys. fine granter"
1t WAS pig that had been q pct n
the Storage " The Essex, whore II WIS
called Murphy. Farraeut at once claim.
cd 1t as private property
You are a prisoner and your pig
too" replied tie British MILDLY.
I'VE always respect private proper.
ty." said Farragut. grabbing the pig
and determined u hold Oh I'll forced 70
surrender.
Go 1t, little Yankee" cried the old
sters present. II you can thrash
Shorty you shall have your pig"
A ring was formed. and Shorty came
at Farragut hammer and tongs. but the
American was handy with his fists.
He quickly laid his opponent low. The
British bluejackets cheered him hearth
ly, and the pig was declared to be his.
The Somerset reporter., 1906-10-18
Sweet simplicity,

In the old days there was professor
OF psychology at Dartmouth who was
SO abstruse that 1t is doubtful II at
times he fully understood himself. One
day he was profounder than usual. He
lectured for nearly an hour on topics
away over in the back of the book.
The class was dazed. 1t was far above
their heads, and they did not under
stand even the edges of It. When he
had finished. the old man took out his
watch and said genlally: Now, there
are ten minutes of the hour remaining.
II any student desires to ask me a
question, shall be glad to answer II
TO the best Of my ability" The class
sat In q stupor. The professor waited
for time and then said us there no
one who has a question to ask? There
are remaining several minutes that
could be profitably employed" Finally
one student put up reluctant hand.
"Ah." said the professor, you have
question. What Is it?" What time Is
it2" stammered the student-Saturday
Evening Post
The Somerset reporter., 1906-10-18

l suppose that in five years time
anybody who doesn't wear spectacles
will be liable to arrest and imprison-
ment with or without the option of
fine. l cannot believe that all people
who wear spectacles suffer from defec-
tive vision. | think that the great bulk
OF the people who oyerdress their faces
with pieces of gold mounted glass do
SO out of vanity. They consider that
1t improves their appearance and tends
to make them look more intellectual.
You will notice that no pretty woman
or handsome man ever goes about with
n gold nose improyer. 1t would, in
deed, be an extraordinary thing if our
oculists were to tell us that beautiful
people never had defective eyesight.-
Pail Mall Gazette
The Somerset reporter., 1906-10-18
Not FlatterinR.

s. Barring Gould, the English novelist.
had the bitter pleasure OF reading
many not fatterlng obituaries Of him
self. Through an error he was report
ed dead, and the newspapers of his
native land declared unanimously that
he had left no good work behind. An
American editor dlned with Barring
Gould In London. The talk turned TO
the premature obituaries, and the
American said How did you feel on
reading them?' Taken aback, nom
plused, the novelist grimly replied
II felt like lady who owned a par
rot, This lady's cook came to her one
morning In joyful excitement. oh,
ma'am,' she cried, the parrot has learn
ed some new words Good said the
lady. That bird is wonderfully teach
able. 1t sits and drinks In every
blessed word my husband says TO me.
What does 1t say now It keeps
a-sayin',' said the cook, '"Shut up, you
old fooli"'"
The Somerset reporter., 1906-10-18
The Cafsao1 Fog.

In an air lock II Is common practice
to note THAI while unlocking that Is,
coming through the lock, and as the
pressure is being reduced by opening
the discharge valye-a fog accumulates
becoming thick as the temperatures and
pressure are lowered The writer at
one time was attacked by the bends, or
the casson disease, after coming out
of the old Hudson river tunnel He
was promptly taken into the hospital
which was nothing bat a horizontal
tank about the size Of Il common loco
motive boiler. The pressure. amount
Ing at that time to some thirty pounds.
was admitted, and 1t acted instantly 10
relieve pain and to produce normal con
ditions. He was told 10 open the throt-
tie valve and let the pressure out SO
that he might open the door As he did
this he noticed that the temperature
was gradually lowered, and at a GER
tain point, known as the dew point, he
was enyeloped in fog. The pain return
ed about this time, 50 that he shut off
the discharge valve and opened the
cock, admitting compressed air. The
fog Immediately disappeared. the tenn
perature was slightly Increased and the
pain stopped This condition was re-
peated several times, SO that here Is a
meas by which artificial fog may be
produced at will The same physical
laws apply In the production of fog as
In the condensation of moisture on the
exterior of an lee pitcher or on win
dow pane In winter time.-Compressed
Air Magazine.
The Somerset reporter., 1906-10-18
Kenn and the Snowman.

An amusing paper in Chambers Jour.
nal on John Richardson. the illlterate
and successful English Snowman Of the
last century. contains this story:
1t was during the earlier and less for
tunate part of his pilgrimage that he
numbered Edmund Kean among his
company. The old Snowman was not a
little proud Of this association and used
to give himself some credit for having
had hand In Kean's theatrical educa-
ton. When Macready's name was be-
coming known In the dramatic world
Richardson was asked If he had seen
him.
mo. muster" he said, II know moth.
Ing about him; In fact he's some yaga-
bone as no one knows-one O. them
chaps as amt had any eddicatlon for
the thing. He never was with me, as
Edmund Kean and them rlglars was"
The Somerset reporter., 1906-10-18
Natural Nnrnish es.

Fluid resins or oils from several diff
ferent trees are extensively used in the
Philippines as varnishes. One of them,
called oil of supa, is pale yellow
liquid when fresh, but 1t becomes dark
and yiscous after contact with the
air. Spread in a thin layer it dries
slowly and forms hard varnish. 1t
is also capable of being burned In a
lamp. Another natural varnlsh is ba
Inc, also called oil of apltong. 1t is
white when fresh, but darkens after
exposure and makes a very tough
varnIsh. Oil of panao is third vari-
ETY., inferior to the others In its drying
properties. Chemical analysis has
shown that all these wood oils consist
entirely Of hydrocarbons known as SEES
quiterpenes.
The Somerset reporter., 1906-10-18
widows.

Widows exist In all countries, thus
counterbalancing the matrimonial de-
cadence which might otherwise result
from tlmid men. Widows are ellnglng
by temperament and attach themselves
readily to any object that can't help
itself. 1t is generally considered I'M
lucky to meet widow on dark plaz-
"a by the light of the moon. In many
countries to be kissed by a widow
means endless trouble. Widows are
frequently accompanied by children.
whose number is constantly liable to
increase. They roam at large over
the principal sections, and no man Is
safe when they are near. All the per-
feet men now dead have married wild
ows, thus forming a continuous con-
trast to the miserable specimens who
still live. 1t has been said Beware of
widows" but this Is unnecessary, for
no man can really help himsef-Life.
The Somerset reporter., 1906-10-18
Flexible Stone.

The stone looked like a piece of dark
gray granite. 1t was a foot long and
several inches thick. Lifted. 1t bent
this way and that, like rubber. ut is
the owner. ut is found in California.
Georgia and several other states Be-
sides bending. it will stretch. Look at
1t closely and you will see that it Is
formed of n number Of small pieces of
stone of various tints all dovetalled to-
gether loosely, so as to allow of slight
movement. This movement is what
causes the stone to bend See how it
bends! Like rubber precisely, eh? But
If l bend 1t too far 1t will break"
The Somerset reporter., 1906-10-18
The oldest Bunk Notes.

The oldest bank notes in the world
are the flying money" or convenient
money, first issued In China In 2697 B.
c. One writer tells that the ancient
Chinese bank notes were in many re-
spects similar to those OF the present
day, bearing the name of the bank. the
date of issue, the number Of the note.
the signature of the official who Is
sued it and its value In both figures
and words. On the top OF these curt
Gus notes was the following phllosoph-
ic injunction; produce all you can;
spend with economy" The note was
printed In blue ink on paper made
from the fiber OF the mulberry tree.
One of these notes bearing the date
1899 B. C. is still preserved In the Asi.
attic museum at st. Petersburg.
The Somerset reporter., 1906-10-18
Nothing New Under the Sun.

l remember the surprise with which
| heard a cornet solo first recorded and
then reproduced by a Scott graphic
phone, the construction of which, II |
am not mistaken, antedated the birth
of Edison. Tho record was made upon
a sheet of tin foil wrapped around
brass cylinder which was actuated by
means of a weight, q train Of wheels
and a butterfly regulator In this con
nection-to show the antiquity OF the
germs of another modern invention
one day when looking through the files
Of the Journal des Swans l came
across the account of q machine which
was presented to the Academy of Sci
ences of Paris somewhere around the
early years of the eighteenth century.
Yhis machine was nothing else but
typewriter; the description was very
summary, but l remember that II had
individual type bars, the keys of which
were made of ivory. 1t was the work
of NJ. Leroy of Versailles, who was
styled Horlogeur du Roy. the reigning
king being Louis XIV.-Alfred Sang
In Engineering Magazine.
The Somerset reporter., 1906-10-18
HUMPHREYS

Veterinary Specifies cure diseases
of Horses Cattle, Sheep, Dogs, Hogs and
Poultry by acting directly on the SICK PARTS
without loss of time.
"A. (FEVERs. COngestIOns, Infamma,
CURES lions. Lung Fever, MIX Fever.
b. b. lsPRAINs, Lameness. Injuries.
CURES Rheumatism.
c. c. SORE THROAT. Quinsy, Epi1OOsic.
CURES Distemper.
G D; p, }woRMs. Bots. Grubs.
E.E. (COUGHS, Colds. Influenza. Innamed
CURES Lungs. Pleuro-PneumOnia.
F.F. }COLIC, Beiiya che. WInd-BIown.
CURES Diarrhea, Dysentery.
G.G. Prevents MISCARRIAGE.
G H,H; KIDNEY IL BLADDER DISORDERS.
IL lsKIN DISEASES. Mango. Eruptions,
CURES Ulcers. Grease, Farcy.
JK.lBAD CONDITION, Staring Coat.
CURES Indigestion, Stomach StAggers.
6c. each Stable Case Ten Specifics, Book, &C., 81.
At druggists, sent prepaid on receipt of price.
Humphreys Medicine Co., Cor. William and John
Streets, New York.
tB- BOOK MAILED FREE.
The Somerset reporter., 1906-10-18
CURIOSITY SHOP Island Avenue.
Used by our family
for over
FORTY YEARS

Dear Sirs:- Weeks Mills, Me, Mar. I, 1904
We have used your =" L. F." Bitters in
our family for over forty years, and | will
also add thatit cured me of the sick head
ache when was about 20 years of age,
now am SO years old and it is very sell
iom that | have it at all.
Yours truly, Mrs. F. S. ROBERTS.
You won't need to miss a days work
Or pleasure ifyou keep 81. F." Atwood's
Medicine at hand. A dose or two when
your food distresses or your bowels are
slow, viii make you all right.
colored Postal Cards 50 subjects
FGK. Write US. H. H Hays Sons, Selling
Agents, Portland. Me.
The Somerset reporter., 1906-10-18
His speclaItIes.

Captain Spencer of the Church army
once asked "A convict what he did for
a living when he left prison. well,
in spring I does a bit o pea picking
and in summer | does bit O fruit
picking and in the autumn l does a
bit O. 'op picking" Yes" said the
captain, and what do you do in the
winter" well mister, may as
well be honest with yer. In the winter
l does a bit O pocket picking" Cap
tain Spencer next asked, and what
happens then" The convict replied,
"Why, comes ere and does a bit O.
oakum pickingn'-London News.
The Somerset reporter., 1906-10-18
The EQuinOxes.

1.-THE popular belief that storms are
more frequent about the time of the
equinox, or when the sun crosses the
line In March and September, re-
ceiyes some slight degree of support
from the investigations of European
scientists" states an expert of the
weather bureau. in southwestern
Europe March is the stormiest month.
while in the British Islands and Nor
way January takes the lead in that
respect; but, considering Europe as a
whole, it appears that storms prepon-
derate near the seasons OF the equi-
noxes."
The Somerset reporter., 1906-10-18
CARLYLE on DisraeII.

William Black. the novelist, in his
"reminiscences of Carlyle, reports him
as saying: There's that man Dlsraell.
They tell me he Is a good speaker.
Perhaps l do not know what a good
speaker is. But | read a speech of his
that he delivered In Glasgow n year or
two ago, and it appeared to me the
greatest jargon OF nonsense that ever
got into any poor creatures head"
The Somerset reporter., 1906-10-18

The brave Newfoundland had just
rescued his young master from the
boiling surf.
MY dog. too" said L'Oignon pensiye-
ly, "once saved my life
TEL US about IT. said Tete de veau,
with eager interest,
81 sold him for So" said L'Oignon.
when l was nearly starving"
The Somerset reporter., 1906-10-18

Mrs. Skrimper-One can never be
lleve one-half that Is said in advertise
ments. Blasfold & Tatng had an ad-
vertisement in yesterdays paper say
ing that everything was marked down.
Mrs. BargaInhunter-Yes saw it.
Mrs. Well. il was false l
bought two postage stamps there this
morning and I had to pay as much as
ever for them.
The Somerset reporter., 1906-10-18

The peddlers with carts who supply
the occupants of villas in the environs
of Paris with cherries and other small
fruits frequently carry for sale a few
small turtles. They are purchased by
the inha bitants of the villas to be plac-
ed In their gardens, where they are be
lieved to serve as very effective aids
to the gardener by preventing the raw
ages of the insects and other small
creatures which are accustomed to do
much damage to the flower beds and
borders.-Youths Companion
The Somerset reporter., 1906-10-18

A tree that is a freak OF nature is
the Aslatlc star tree. 1t grows sixty
to eighty feet tall, and for height Of
about forty feet the trunk Is wholly
bare. From that point there spring a
number of tangled limbs, which shoot
out clusters of long pointed leaves, and
these. grouped together, emit at night
o phosphorescent light.
The Somerset reporter., 1906-10-18
Relief at Last.

Housekeeper-I hear your brother.
who died in California. left you $1,000
Dlnah That Will be a great help to
you. Washlady-'Deedy 1t will. missis {,
Abs been needin' a pianner an a pho
nograft an a oil paintin' oh mahsaif in
a gilt frame 70 yeahs. an now. bress
de good Lord, All kin hab em,-Puek
The Somerset reporter., 1906-10-18

Sick headache is caused by de angement Of
the stomach and by indigestion. Chamber
lain's Stomach and Liver Tablets correct
these disorders and effect cure. By taking
these tablets as soon as the first indication OF
he disease appears, the attack may be ward
ed Off For sale by G, K Fogg Drug Store,
Skowhegan; l. c. Williams, Athens; Sulli-
van Newton, Jackman.
The Somerset reporter., 1906-10-18

This is the season of decay and weak
ened vitality. Nature is being shorn of
it's beauty and bloom II you would
retain yours fortify your system with
HOLSTERS Rocky Mountain Tea S5
cents, Tea or Tablets. G. Il. Fogg
The Somerset reporter., 1906-10-18

An editor OF n western exchange re.
Gently began worrying about how he
would get his shirt on over his wings
after reaching paradise. An envious
contemporary sarcastically observed
that his difficulty would likely be in
finding out how he could get his hat
on over his horns. -Gayman (Kan)
Herald
The Somerset reporter., 1906-10-18

When Herbert Spencer was boy his
father sent him away from home to
school. The youngster became home
sick and, with shillings in his pocket.
made his way home over 100 miles, in
three days. walking most of the way.
He did forty eight miles the first day
and forty seven on the second. On the
third day a friendly coach driver took
him most OF the way for nothing.
The Somerset reporter., 1906-10-18

For the first time since New Orleans
was founded 1SS years ago, a modern
sanitary and underground sewage system
was put into operation last night. The
pipes connected are part of S24 600 600
sewage, drainage and water system
building of which began eight years age.
The Somerset reporter., 1906-10-18
The Sony Rlrd.

They say the birds are timid' Great
heavens, to be so small and lovely in a
world Of hawks and snares and yet
dare to sing rs II the gods were good
In all the wide creation there is moth
ing drawer than the heart of a singing
bird
The Somerset reporter., 1906-10-18
BLOOD PoIsONIN8

results from chronic constipation, which is
quickly cured by DR.. Kings New Life Pills.
They remove all poisonous germs from the
system and intuse new life and vigor; cure
sour stomach, nausea, headache, dizziness
and collie. without gripping or discomfort
age Guaranteed by Sampson Y Avore and
6. r. Fogg, druggists
The Somerset reporter., 1906-10-18

To the Honorable G. 7. stevens, Judge Of the
Probate Court within and for the county
Of Kennebec and State of Maine:
The undersigned, Derne j. Greene, OF Skow-
hegan in the county of Somerset and state OF
Name and Clyde L Giles Of Portland in the
county of Cumberland and State aforesaid re-
spectfuliy represent a. follows
l. That Mary A. Smith late OF Skowhegan
died on the twelfth cay Of Nay \. d. 1894 ties
tate. The will of the said Mary A. smith was
duly approved and allowed a. Probate Court
held at said SkoghegRn on the second Tuesday
Of July A. D. 1874, wherein said Smith did give
and beQueath certain estate therein named to
Edward F. Danforth, II trust for the use and
ben III Of your petitioners.
, That at Probate court held at Augusta
in and fer the county 81 kennebec on the TWEEN
t. eighth day of Move L Der. isgs, said DAnforth
beiig at that time Judge of the Probate Court,
within and for the county Of Somerset and By
law disqualified from acting in the premises
and said county OF kenuebee being a county
adjoining said county OF Somerset and By law
having Jurisdiction of this matteD, said Dan
forth was duly confirmed trustee and letters
Of trust were duly issued 10 him
s That ur petitioners state that they be-
lieve that they are competent 70 care for said
property therefore they ask this Court. having
jurisdiction of the premises, to authorize, en-
power and direct said DAnforth to turn ov,
and transfer said property held by him as afore-
said to your petitioners for them 10 have and 10
hold.
Dated at said Augusta this twenty fourth day
OF Septeu Der, A d. 1876.
CLYDE / GILES.
nEEN ]. i,EFE&F
The Somerset reporter., 1906-10-18

The man who Is never quite sure,
thinks perhaps" "imaglnes," guess
es" or ''presumes, Is no man TO trust.
His foundations are built on sand
Success
The Somerset reporter., 1906-10-18

Every man will find his own private
affairs more difficult to manage and
control than any public affairs in
which he may be engaged-Lord Mel
hOurne
The Somerset reporter., 1906-10-18

Director-Say, my man. how Is IL
that Shakespeare statue Is standing
on the pedestal marked Seotta At
tendant-He must have got his base on
an error. slr.-Brooklyn LIE.
The Somerset reporter., 1906-10-18

Jacks - Townley is an exceedingly
cautious man don't you think? Johns
Cautious, Why. he wouldn't pay n
compliment without getting a receipt
for it.
The Somerset reporter., 1906-10-18

kennebec Cuunty--In Probate Court at Az
gusts, On the fourth Monday of Septem-
Der, A. D. 1905. On the foreA ding petition. or
dered, That notice thereof be given three weeks
successfully prior to the fourth NondAy OF &C
toher mt xt. in the Somerset Reporter newspa-
per printed in Stow hogan, hy publication ~
this petition and order II Court thereon, that
all persons interested may attend al a Court OF
Probate then to he holden at Angus a. and show
cause II any, why the prayer OF said petition
should not b. granted 9w41
G T STEVENS, JGdEe.
Attest: ", A Nevconih, Register.