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Mexico weekly ledger., 1906-03-08

Sod nd T~eoommended BIZ Nv. CRISWELL.
The Somerset reporter., 1906-02-01
Gen. Joseph Wheeler

The veterans of two great armies
mourn the death of the great Confeder-
ate cavalry leader, Gen. Joseph Wheeler,
that occurred last week, after but one
weeks illness with pneumonia.
Educated at West Point and lieuten-
ant In the army, he resigned his commits
sion and went with his native state OF
Georgia when she seeded. taking CON-
mission as lieutenant of artillery. Soon
he was appointed colonel of an Alabama
regiment, and was in command of it at
Shiloh, where il lost heavily and where
he had two horses shot from under him.
10 all he lost sixteen horses In the same
way in his campaigning ln Kentucky,
Tennessee, Georgi, and Virginia, and
WAS himself wounded three times but
not seriously. In 1862 ne became briga-
dier general Of cavalry and next year
ms )r general. He was in scores of en-
gagements In all the states named, es-
pecially at Chickamauga, Murfreesboro
and the battles around Atlanta.
He was Il thoroughly reconstructed
rebel. and served In Congress from 1880
to 1899, when he resigned to perform
gallant service 10 the Spanish war. He
worked honestly and periodically for
the reconstruction of the government.
The funeral took place on Sunday in
New York City. An imposing military
pageant escorted the body TO a train that
was to take 1t to Washington, for inter
ment in the National cemetery at Ar
IuRtOn.
The Somerset reporter., 1906-02-01
JUST EIGHT YEARS APART.
Odd Fact Regarding the Ages of
Five Successive Presidents.

Odd Fact Regarding the Ages of
Five Successive Presidents.
John Adams was eight years older
than his successor. Jefferson; Jetfer
son was eight years older than his sue
cessor. Madison: Madison WAS eight
years older than his successor, Mon
roe, and Monroe was eight years older
than his successor, John Quincy
Adams.
Washington. Adams, Jefferson, Madi-
son and Monroe ended their terms
each In the sixty-sixth year of his age.
John Adams, jefferson and Monroe
ended their days on the Fourth Of
July. the two former dying within Il
few hours of each other. just half a
century after the Declaration of In
dependence.
John Adams lived To he ninety years
and eight months old. while Garfield
died at the middle age of forty-nine
years and ten months. Jefferson.
Madison and John Quincy Adams
lived TO be octogenarians; Monroe.
Jackson, Van Buren,. Tyler. Fillmore
and Buchanan got well into the sew
enties, and Washington, William Hen
ry Harrison, Taylor, Pierce, Johnson
and Grant only reached into the six
ties Polk died at the age Of fifty
three years and Lincoln and Arthur
at fifty-slx.- Washington Post.
The Somerset reporter., 1906-02-01
Ia Washington.

The Senate committee on public build
ings and grounds have agreed to report
favorably bill making an Appropriation
of $50 900 for Auburn, Me.
When the smoke of the liveliest legis-
lative battle of the session had cleared
10 the House. Wednesday. Speaker Can
non and his organization we're in COM
plete control and the joint statehood pro
gramme of the administration had been
adopted. Forty-three Republican ''in-
surgents" went down 10 defeat, having
voted vainly with the Democrats To gain
control of the rule, the terms of which
are to govern the statehood bill in its
passage through the House. The vote
ordering the previous question on the
rule was 1872 ayes and 165 nays This
clearly defeated the opposition. The
Joint statehood bill came up by assign
ment, Thursday, and went through the
House with flying colors The bin pass
ed by vote of 100 to $50 As the bill
now stands it provides for the admission
of Oklahoma and Indian Territory az
one state under the name of Oklahoma,
and for the admission of New Mexico
and Arizona az one under the name of
Arizona No one can tell what fate
awaits the bill in the Senate.
Gov. Burleigh is working Industrious
" on his public buildings committee, as
they have vast amount of business be
fore it.
The railroad bill, the hinese boycott,
and the administration of the forest re-
serves are up for discussion in the SEN
ate
The House on Monday adopted reso-
luton calling on the President to furnish
information as TO the existence of an
alleged agreement in violation of the in-
terstate commerce law between the
Pennsylvania, Baltimore and Ohio, Nor
folk and Western, Chesapeake & Ohio,
Northern Central and Philadelphia,
Baltimore Il Washington Railroad com
panies.
The Somerset reporter., 1906-02-01
IRISH STORIES.
some DrolI Answers and Ready wit
From Hotel Walters.

some DroII Answers and Ready wit
From Hotel Walters.
o. stories of Irish hospitality Nj
Macready had full supply also of
hotel attendants and the peasantry.
On one occasion he asked the girl in
attendance for poached eggs She
looked a biz nonplused at first, but
after a little hesitation replied, There
are no poached eggs in the place. sir
but think could get you some
poached salmon"
In poor little cottage of two rooms
he saw a married couple and seven
children. Hearing a baby cry. he
asked to see ii and explained that he
took an interest in babies, having one
at home. The infant was produced
for inspection. and the mother asked
proudly, rs yours as big as that
SIR" TO which he replied, II think It
is a little bigger" Instantly the In
stincts OF the mother were reused
and. tossing her head. she said; so
well 1t might be. That's only half of
ours; the other half is with God. We
had twins
At a hotel one OF the party asked.
Have you got any celery, waiter 2"
mo. sir was the significant answer
al relies on me chances" That man
deserved an extra tip. On another oc
caslon the dinner was especially good
and well served. At the conclusion
one of the party remarked. You're an
angel, Pat" Il am, SIR" assented Pat
but | fly low london Telegraph.
The Somerset reporter., 1906-02-01
THE STOMACH.
II You Treat II Properly Ii VIII Re-
turn the Compliment.

II You Treat Ii Properly Ii VIII Re-
turn the Compliment.
II Is not an uncommon thing to hear
a man or woman say. There is some
thing the matter with my stomach"
They never stop TO think whether they
themselves are not at fault instead Of
the stomach 1t Is so easy to blame
the stomach. 1t can't say anything
back
But the truth OF the matter is the
stomach is all right; nothing the mat
ter with II at all II Is what is put into
the stomach that Is causing the trou-
BILE The stomach knows when ii re
ceives something that will be injurious
to the body or when 1t has been over
loaded, and il protests against the in
digestible article or the surplus amount
OF food
1t is acting as friend and sending
out a warning against this abuse. But
instead of being grateful to the stom-
ach and leaving off the indigestble
food and the big dinners the man or
the woman continues TO load It with
pie and cake. pickles and sauces pork
and pancakes and all sorts OF horrid
things. and lhen they complain that
there Ia something the matter with
their stomachs.- London Mail.
The Somerset reporter., 1906-02-01
Slavery In Great Britain.

Slavery survived in England much
later than Is generally supposed. The
word bondage in Northumberland
still means a female farm servant The
coolies and salters-L e., salt miners
of East Lothian were actually slaves
till 1775 If they deserted their serv-
ice any ONE harborlng them was liable
to penalty of f5 If lie did not restore
them in twenty-four hours. The last
slave In England was not freed until
1900, and in 1912 there was a cody
living who. as well as his father and
grandfather. had worked as a slave In
a pit at Musselburg.
The Somerset reporter., 1906-02-01

Feb ! the Esstern Steamship Co, will
take possession OF the Rockland & Port
land steamboat line, which was estao-
lished by Captain [. f. Archibald about
ten years ago. While the terms OF trans
fer are not made public, 1t Is reported
that the price paid is between $4,000
and 100000. The Portland line oper-
ates two steamboats,, the Mineola, and
Monhegan, and it is said new boat will
be added to the service under lhe Eastern
Cos control
The Somerset reporter., 1906-02-01

10 the investigation, in New York,
of the methods employed by that lam-
pooning sheet, "Town Topics, to extort
money from people, a terrible state OF
things is shown. Col. Mum, the pro-
prietor, unblushingly told of his black.
mailing leading business, professional
and political men, almost compelling
them to pay the large sums he demand
ed. He had borrowed nearly two hun
dred Thousand dollars from j. =. Morgan,
James r. keene, w. K. Vanderbilt, Will
liam C, Whitney and other prominent
financiers, paying them in worthless
stock of "Town Topics" they all falling
'easy" victims. Col. Mann demanded
money and did it so boldly that one mil
lionaire gave him the money and told
him for Gods sake take back your notes
and your stocks IL people didn't adver-
tise with him, then they were the sub
jects OF abuse. One man committed sui
eide on account OF an article that appear.
ed in this publication that all men and
women seemed to fear. A libel suit was
brought against Golfers Weekly for
showing up this publication, but the
jury found not guilty.
The Somerset reporter., 1906-02-01

used 10 go over the road after rain,
when. The surface Is in plastic condL
ton. II operates 10 force the road mate
rial into the center OF the highway and
to form smooth, rounded surface.
Used after successive storms it fills all
ruts and depreesions, kills the grass at
the edge II the CUTTERS and forms an
ideal roadway. Mr.. Weston is confident
that by no other method at such small
expense can 80 much be done to improve
our highways as by the more general
use Of this drag.
The Somerset reporter., 1906-02-01

The l9.h annual report of the State
bureau of industrial and labor statistics
has just been submitted to the Governor
and Council The amount OF money
spent the past year building and enlarg-
ing factories was 81, 1903, ,410. There are
813 children working in the cotton and
wooden mills OF this State on certificates
from parents. There are 200 local labor
organizations 10 90 cities and towns in
Maine and 1914 labor unions reporting
membership Of 13, 79s. The report says
that 19 returns show an aggregate of
1924, 100 as the value of ready-made
clothing plants. Twelve plants give
$449 652 as the aggregate cost of mate
rials and Is give 81, ,O93, 200 as the aggre-
gate value of their products. The vet
eran expert, Hon. s. w. Matthews, is
still at the head of this department.
The Somerset reporter., 1906-02-01

Excellent authorities agree that in
a thunderstorm the middle Of a room
Is much the safest place In a house.
A carpeted floor or one covered by n
heavy thick rug is better to stand on
than bare wood It is well to keep
away from chimncys and out Of eel
lars In the open mir tall trees are
dangerous. A person sheltered under
a low tree or shrub thirty or forty feet
from a large aud lofty tree ia quite
safe If lightning strikes In the i'm
mediate vicinity II will hit the high
tree as rule with few exceptions
Water is very good conductor. and
1t is we'll to avoid the banks OF streams
In violent thunderstorm. Detroit
Tribune
The Somerset reporter., 1906-02-01

In the Farm, Field and Garden depart
ment OF our last issue, we published an
illustrated article on the road drag.
This Is said to be very efficient device
in the care of highways, simple and in
expensive to build and easy of operation.
1t may be made Of sawn lumber, as rec
commended, or of split logs, the first
drsgs used being of the latter construc-
tion. Levi W. Weston made use of a
drag Of this kind during last season, In
caring for the portion of the Russell road
between the outskirts OF this village and
his farm. The result was very satisfac
tory to Mr.. Weston and to all who had
The Somerset reporter., 1906-02-01
The Buried BELL.

Near the little village of Raleigh, In
England, there is n hollow, said TO have
been caused by an earthquake cen
turtles ago, which is said TO have swal-
lowed up whole village, including the
church. To this place the villagers Of
Raleigh were in the habit Of repair
their ears TO the ground and listening
rs they asserted TO the church bell
ringing beneath them, What was real
ly heard was the bell of neighboring
church, the sound being borne along
the surface of the ground This Gus
tom was in existence. we believe, as
late as half century ago London
TIT Bits.
The Somerset reporter., 1906-02-01
AN OVERDRAE.
The Reason For n Peculiar Request
Received by n Bank

Received by n Bank.
We often receive peculiar requests
for ovendrafts," said a banker the 9th
er day. "A client whose standing ac
count bad never exceeded $1,000 re.
Quested as to grant him an oyerdraft
of 1900, stating that he WAS not able
to offer any explanation AZ the present
but assured US that at no time would
the bank be In any danger Of losing as
the overdraft would not be real
After some hesltancy we consented
but stipulated certain conditions and
reserved the privilege Of refusing II
these conditions were not followed.
shortly after his departure well
dressed gentleman came In and handed
TO our paying teller n check for 81 0O0
bearing the signature Of our client and
with IT a letter requesting US TO honor
the check with cash This letter was
one of the conditions we imposed for
our safety. Still feeling that we were
taking a chance. the money was passed
out TO him. After holding the currency
moment in his hands he returned IT,
with request for the check. which be
destroyed before US.
"0n the following day our client
thanked us for our courtesy and waiy-
ed the overdraft privilege, saying that
he had no further use for IL He had
with him a check for 5000. which be
deposited. This he had won from his
friend on bet. He had bet that he
could negotiate an overdraft for that
amount without first explaining that
it was a bet and the nature of it, and
his friend wagered that no bank would
trust him for that amount Kansas
ClfN Efar
The Somerset reporter., 1906-02-01
A PECULIAR MAN.
His Name Was Lazarus, and He Had
Peculiar Experience.

His Name Was Lazarus. and He Had
Peculiar Experience.
In one of my voyages from Cape
Town TO England" writes a traveller,
II shared my cabin with peculiar
man. whose name was Lazarus. lie
made me promise that II he should die
during the voyage | would prevent his
burial at sea. He said that on pre-
vious voyage he had fallen sick and
was taken for dead and put into a sack
for burial. A quartermaster had been
put on to watch the body until ii was
time for the funeral When the burial
party arrived the quartermaster in
formed the captain that he thought the
body had moved in the sack The sack
came to life again. Such was the
story Lazarus told me. Lazarus WAS
thin man with sallow face. He
had an enormous appetite and appear
ed at every meal. to which he devoted
his whole energies. The good feeding
only seemed TO add TO his corpselike
appearance. One evening. sure enough
when we were about halfway to our
VOYAGES end. he apparently died again
The doctors took him in charge this
time. however. and he came out OF his
trance without any shotted sack cpl
sode. He was met at the London
docks by a number of relatives and
friends. all of whom looked as il they
might be suffering from the same COM
plaint"
The Somerset reporter., 1906-02-01
Candlemas as Day

Tomorrow {Friday), Feb. Z, is Can
dlemas day. 10 the Roman Catholic
churches the dsy marks The blessing Of
the candles which will ligh. the slars
and sanctuaries through the year sDd
the faithful take this dsV 10 present their
offerings OF candies 10 the church and to
have candles blessed for their own use.
Outside of the church the day has no
significance noW-s-days. other than being
the day upon which the westherwise
place their calculations upon the weather
for the rest OF the winter. The old say
ing,
III Candlenas Gay oe sunny and 9Tign;,
Winter VII AXE another figh,
is cherished by English speaking people
and is considered an infsllible sign bY
which 10 forecast the weather
The Somerset reporter., 1906-02-01
SkOWAEGAN MARkET


OArs-41 cts
Wool Uuwsshed cts
hIuEs Am SkISs-hldes. = It's. anil eElrt -
To -5>ts calf skins. = 20 q els. zach.
bEAS>-H aud picked ytiaS ewes 8. s. 20 IS:
] es beans. Sis l. Al e.
HEEF-uA beef. T. ,cts
fuJlTKN-fos = 10 tu IS ets. p-J a. s1i,keai
&. fo l6 efs.
RpUNp Hoo tu SCts
TALI9w-RouEh cts. re Ib.
hUrr EH--tlr-t l1Allty stamped 20 .e Is per Il
E0Gs- % t.. er doI fresh.
OrAToES-NcR. .Sec- per bushr.
Cheese, l-cto lsc. per lN
HrrAi. NANNY
FLOUR Spual wheat tBtent. . x a Ss4
MinteI wheat pat $50 70 ft.tH Winter vhe
choice. s. %
CoRS-sl2s pes bag n,ea. ant cracked co.
81 IS per bag.
{. :. MKAL-Sl.fg per bag
FEEp-MiddlinEsS 81 &c per w; & utsH
PER cwt.
STRING BRkS-Si15 per twt
MINEp FBEp-Sl 20 per wi
SALT foRK-l2e II 10y TIE hb 11e lbt 80 &c
CHEESE-lS per IN
BUTTKR-2S to q cts per H.
EGGs-a4 cts = dor fresh.
TEAs--2o To eo cents per n.
COFFEE-l0 TO ,;5 cents Ier th.
LARp-Ilomestle. le cts Pure y eta. ~Om
pound, 10 cts
MoLAssEs-F Fure Ponce, &C pure BarbAdOos
30; Maple, 2Sc per CT Choice Cooking, 25c-
SU6AR-ti rauula1ed sugar, best quality +
pounds for 81 co; Brown, Il pounds for o..
PoTAroES--cc per bushtl.
DryFsH-Cod. - lc cts per Il pollock. &c
0yIONs-bC. per m
New Cleese lsF
The Somerset reporter., 1906-02-01
"rhou" and "You" Abroad.

The only safe rule for the English
man abroad is to stick to you in
French or German. "Tutoiement," or
"theeing and thouing.' would imply a
deliberate intention TO insult. pat
ronizinG assumption of indisputable
superiority to the person addressed or
such familiarity as Is proper only be-
tween lovers. parents and children and
intimate friends. At one time every
individual was thou" but after fiat
terers began 10 call Roman emperors
"you" (monarchs remain We to this
day the polite plural spread until in
Louis XlV.'s time only servants were
thou" In France The restoration OF
thou" as pronoun OF familiar en-
dearment is due to Rousseau and the
revolution. II has survived throughout
in poetry and IN addressing the Deity.
London Chronicle
The Somerset reporter., 1906-02-01
sfronninR n Razor.

1.-THE idea that Il razor needs frequent
grinding or honing is not in keeping
with my experience said man who
shaves himself Il have razor that
got ten years ago which has never been
out of my possession. never had any
other treatment than stropping, and Is
today the sharpest and best of six. A
razor can only be kept in this condition
without honing, however, by using a
hard strop-that is, one which is rigid
instead of flexible and not the kind
that makes an arc of a circle when you
use 1t. This latter sort will sharpen a
razor for awhile, but it also makes the
edge round until at last 1t ceases to cut,
Why do | have six raZors? Well. that
Is TO use them in regular turn and give
each one Of them rest | shave every
day, which | find the least troublesome
method, and if | use the same blade
every day it would soon play out The
edge of razor needs rest, just like
every other machine"
The Somerset reporter., 1906-02-01

1t has been stated that the oysters
deadly enemy. the starfish, has been
most successfully subdued in the Long
Island beds by putting down within its
reach an instrument very much Ike Il
long handled house mop. As soon as
touched by II the starfiSh invariably
grasps the strands and can be cap
tured and destroyed by the thousand.
for It will not let go until It has been
held out Of water long enough to Sc
cure the impossibility Of It's return.
The Somerset reporter., 1906-02-01

From the report of the State cattle
commissioners we learn that the cost Of
testing and destroying cattle and disin-
fecting stables the past year was $24,
951 Sc. The amount paid for cattle and
horses is 50, 766.50. There have been sc
pure blood cattle condemned and ap-
praised and % destroyed that were not
eligible to an appraisal by not being in
the state long enough to permit it.
There were 707 cattle and horses con-
demned and destroyed in 1905 against
273 in 1903 and 526 in 1904. The cattle
cost, including all expenses upon an av-
erage of S35.25 each, against 1873 80 in
1904 $l.27 more than In 1904. IL cost
to condemn and destroy including all
expenses S12 OF each, l6 cents more than
iu 1904. The owners received in 1905
the average sum of $23 Is as against
$22 OF In 1904, an addition of Sill.
The Somerset reporter., 1906-02-01

Here is a problem that has bothered
a good many mathematical heads. Can
you solve IL
''In cutting Il beam into half inch
inch cut" said the timber merchant.
IF the saw only wasted half as much
there would be one more board. How
many boards Is the beam sawed into?"
The Somerset reporter., 1906-02-01

"A great deal too much of the plat
form oratory at agricultural and Grange
meetings is suited only to those who
have money to carry out any scheme
that may appeal to them, and too little
for the benefit OF those who have hard
work to make both ends meet is the
way correspondent of the New Eng
land Farmer expresses his opinion of the
lecture work being given to farmers at
the present time.
The Somerset reporter., 1906-02-01

In rescript handed down, Friday,
drawn by Judge Peabody of the Maine
Law court, Michael Seretto is awarded a
verdict Of SIS ,66S. rs and interest against
the Rockland, South Thomaston and
Owls Head Street railway. The plain
tiff was a contractor on the road and but
partially completed the contract when
he abandoned 1t on account of difficulty
with the company.
The Somerset reporter., 1906-02-01

At the present writing it seems quite
certain that IA good harvest OF ice will be
gathered on the Kennebec. And won't
it bring good price? None to amount
to anything gathered on the Hudson or
other Southern waters. We DONE want
to encourage speculation that has several
features Of uncertainty about it; but the
parties who put up Ice this winter will
ind a ready sale for the same at big
figures.
The Somerset reporter., 1906-02-01

After he had been holding revival
services for nearly four weeks, the peo-
pie OF Augusta presented Bowley Green
with a purse OF $500, A generous dons-
ton. But at prizs fight held at City
Hall, Monday evening. twelve hundred
people were present, and the contestants
received about $500 each. Augusta is
getting to be regular oonanza for prizs
fighters
The Somerset reporter., 1906-02-01

The Mexico Mo) Ledger thinks
merchants should be more prompt In
presenting their accounts. \ druggist
OF that place recently brought Young
man in the town bill two years old
end the first part OF the bill was
charge for box OF chocolates and on
the other end was n charge for one
nursing bottle How time does fly!
The Somerset reporter., 1906-02-01

Some experiments are being made In
grating other apples into the branches
OF Ben Davis trees. What in the world
any one wants of Ben Davis apple is
past comprehension. They are hand
some to look at-they sell on their good
looks-5ut are not fit TO eat.
The Somerset reporter., 1906-02-01

Representative shoe manufacturers
held meeting In Boston, last week, dur
ing which it was stated that the cost Of
shoe materials had increased 10 to 100
per cent In the last three years, and
there was no other course but to raise
the price of boots and shoes, or repeal
the tariff on hides. Rather hard for the
householder with large family to be
shod.
The Somerset reporter., 1906-02-01

The meeting of the federation of Wo-
mems clubs in Waterville, last week,
was an event of great Importance.
Banded together for the good of the
home, the culture Of the mind, and the
uplifting of society, these ladies are en-
titled to the encouragement and thanks
OF all. They are really the home-mak-
ers, laboring for the good OF humanity.
The Somerset reporter., 1906-02-01

Dist. Atty. jerome Of New \ ork, IN
the near future, will move against OH
GERS OF various insurance companies
which were investigated by the legisla-
tive committee. A special grand jury is
TO be called to consider the cases
The Somerset reporter., 1906-02-01

The good king Christian of Denmark
IA dead. He had reigned over his little
kingdom for more than forty years and
had nearly reached the venerable age OF
fourecore and ten.
The Somerset reporter., 1906-02-01

The warm sunshine and unreasonable
weather, which came to US in January,
had tendency 10 start some OF the lilac
buds. They were speedily crushed by
the freeze that followed.