The Somerset reporter., 1907-09-12

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same month last year can be had
when 1t is realized that 10000 more
one cent stamps and 10000 more two
cent stamps were sold last month
than in August 1905.
The farmers wives and daughters
of Missouri marketed 107, ,155, 1858 doz-
ems of eggs last year, for which they
received more than S16, 900, 900. Added
to this are the items Of live and dress
ed poultry and feathers, making the
comfortable sum of nearly $40, ,000,00
for poultry products for the last year.
These items foot up much more than
the surplus wheat crop of that year,
stock constitute the greatest source of
revenue for any single classification.
The first car on the Fairfield q
Shawmut electric line went over the
road Friday afternoon starting at $50
from Fairfield. The car was one of
the w. & F. work cars and carried as
passengers all the men employed on
the road and the roads builder, Mr..
Gerald. The car ran perfectly and
made the grade at Emery Hill, the
steepest on the road, with ease. Mr..
! Gerald is much pleased with the sue
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and is receiving the congratulations
of his many friends upon it's compile
ton. This is the 18th road which Mr..
Gerald has been connected with, in
building and as he said when ground
was first broken for it, he has not let
the unlucky number interfere with its
success.
1t is now thought that the lumber
cut on the Miramichi and tributaries
during the coming winter will be
quite up to that of last year, and that
the total cut on the southwest and
northwest branches will not be less
than 0.000, 900, feet. Last years cut
totalled 110, ,O0O, 900 feet, s0,000,000 of
which was cut on Southwest Mira
michi and tributaries. 1t is estimated
that there will be S0,000,000 feet cut
on Southwest and 10000, 900 on North
west. The Miramichi Lumber Co.
which will cut about 35,0 900, is the
! largest operator. The recent wet
weather has caused quite rise of
water in the river at Fredericton, N.
B., and has facilitated rafting opera
tions of the st. John River Log Driv-
ing Co. Up to Sept.1, III, ,0o0, 900 feet
had been RATED, leaving about 13,000,-
900 yet to be disposed of.
The advent of a ship was never
watched with keener interest than
that displayed in the maiden voyage
OF the huge Cunard steamer Lusi-
tania, which sailed from Liverpool for
New York Saturday evening. The
Lusitania, which is expected to trave
at a sustained speed of 25 knots an
hour, represents a new departure, and
chirnriru orQ 6nan1y Infa at Qd
to see just how they will act. The
engines are of the tnrbine type, here
tofore considered too costly to run
for commercial use. Added interest
is given to the trip of the Lusitania by
the fact that the managers of the
Cunard line will start for New York,
the Lucania, hitherto their fastest
ship and the record holder of the trip
from Queenstown to New York, few
hours before the departure of the
new steamer. 1t will actually be a
race and will thoroughly test the
capabilities of the two types of steam
ers.
David r. Porter of Bangor, Names
first Rhodes scholar at Oxford, has
decided to enter Y M. G "A. work and
has accepted aposition with the inter
national committee. Mr. Porter was
Junior at Bowdoin when he won the
Oxford appointment and in 1905 was
given his degree with his class. He
received his degree from the English
university last spring. Both at Bow
doin and Oxford he ranked high in
scholarship and was prominent in ath-
letic work. In football, baseball and
track sports he won his "B" at Bow
doin, gaining special distinction in
football by carrying the over Har-
wards goal line for touchdown in
the fall of 1902. Mr. Porter is splen-
did type of young man, with the per-
sonal, as we'll as the intellectual, quail
tiles to command success. His duties
with the committee will take him all
over the country, visiting high schools
and preparatory schools in the inter
est of the association.
A woman's way of saying to the
minister that she would like to
whale her boy, who has just knocked
over the water pitcher, is to declare: !:
"Dear little chap, he is so full of limo
cent spirits
The cloud formations known as
"mare's tail" and "makerel sky" are
invariably three miles high. The
highest clouds are ten miles high and
these are composed of minute part
icles of ice.
Chill, which has the reputation of
being the most progressive OF the
Spanish speaking countries, has over
5000 miles of railroad and 1000 miles
of telegraph.
A woman has as much faith in her