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The Somerset reporter., 1907-01-10
aEG FMEgZg$@
OF Trains In Eject
December 9. 1906.

Trains leave skowhegan as follows: SIS, as A
NJ for all points west; also to Bangor, Vanceboro. St
Stephen Houlton Woodstock, St John and Halifax, -
ton Augusta, Gardiner and Brunswick, land and
Boston, Dexter, Dover and Foxcrof, Greenville Ban
gor, Oldtown, Patten and Houlton via b 4 A: K.
and Mattawamkeag - 40 P. NJ, (mixedl for Water
Vile enabling passengers to connect for Oakland and
to take night Pullman for Portland and Boston.
ARRIVALS;-7.as NJ mixed from Wateryille
daily except Sundays,-1o 30 A. NJ. Passenger from
Portland. Oakland Waterville, Augusta and Bangor
II 80 A. NJ. mixed from Watervllle, Sunday only
4 IS and $40 p. NJ from all points, Sundays only,
IL 40 A. NJ. from Portland, Augusta and Watcrvie
GEO EVANS, Vice Pres and Gen Mgr.
+. f. BOOTHBY. General Pas'r Agent
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-08-31
FOR SELFISH ENDS.
The Efforts Being Made by the Amerl-
can Medical Association.

The Political activity Of the Ameri-
can Medical Association has become
so pronounced as to cause comment
in political circles especially as the
the avowed purpose of the Doctors Of
the Regular" or Allopathic school, OF
which the Association is chiefly COM
posed, is to secure the passage of such
laws as will not only prevent the
| sale of so,caled "Patent" medicines,
but will restrict the practice of medi-
cine and healing to the schools now
recognized, This in many states would
prevent the growing practice of Os-
teopathy, and in nearly every state
would prevent the healers of the
Christian Science and mental science
belief from practicing those sciences
In which the faith of so many intelli-
gent people is SO firmly rooted.
The American Medical Association
has a Committee on Legislation"
and the committee has correspond
ents in practically every township -
some 10000 correspondents in all.
This committee at the last session Of
the American Medical Association
held in June of this year expressed a
hope that q larger number of physi-
clans than heretofore will offer them
selves as candidates for Congress at
the first opportunity. In its annual
report this Committee said: ITO meet
the growing demands of the move
ment, however, particularly if the
work of active participation in State
legislation is undertaken, a larger
clerical force must be employed
This is almost the first time in the
history of the United States that any
organized class has frankly avowed
the purpose of capturing legislatures
and dominating Legislation in their
own selfish interests.
The American Medical Association
has about $4,000 members of whom
$4,000 are fully constituted mem
bers" and the rest are members be-
cause of their affiliation with state or
local societies. The Association owns
real estate in Chicago valued at SILL
1871 and its total assets are $751;
56789, Its liabilities, at the time OF
the annual report which was made at
the June meeting, amounted to only
$21,906. The excess of assets over
liabilities is increasing at the tate of
about 100000 year, and the purpose
of the organization is to dominate
the field of medicine, and by crushing
all competitions by securing the pas
sage of prohibitive legislation, compel
all of the people of the United States
to pay a Doctors fee every time the
most simple remedy is needed.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-08-31
THIRST WAS FIRST THOUGHT.
Familiar Sound Cause Of Young Mans
Bad Break.

John c. Risley Of Detroit, at the
New York convention of the Interna-
tional Society of Hotel and Restaurant
Employes-a convention notable for
its condemnation of the tipping system
said to a reporter
THE public thinks that we walters
get rich off our tips The public is
very ignorant In this matter. When
| think of its dense ignorance ! am
reminded of a political meeting | at
tended last April There was chap
at this meeting who knew nothing Of
parliamentary procedure, and, besides
that. he was half full, Well, in the
course Of the meeting there was a lot
of excitement and shouting. 1t grew
worse and worse. The chairman, in
the end had to hammer on the table
and yell:
"Order! Order!
"Beer for me- said the ignorant
young man"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-08-31
HENS Daily Street Car Ride.

Afraid of being called a mature
faker," Motorman Bratchey, of the
Berkshire street railway, running be-
tween North Adams and Cheshire
Mass, kept to himself sometime the
trick of a chicken of fancy pedigree
which he owns.
The other day, however, a rural pas.
senger who CHANGED to be standing in
the front vestibule with Bratchey ex
claimed in surprise when a chicken
suddenly swooped down on to the
fender, and after riding there a few
minutes came flying up into the yes
thule with a squawk Of satisfaction.
by heck" said the astonished
farepayer, Il never seen that done
afore, an I've got more'n 300
chickens,
III bet you didn't" reioined the
motorman, and then he told how the
chicken, whose name is Marietta, has
been taking these trips on his car
from his home, four miles south of the
city, through the principal streets OF
North Adams and back for sometime
now. Bratchey never slows down for
Marietta, but she is an expert at max
ing flying connections with the
fender, and never forgets to be grace
full about it, either.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-08-31
Deaths from X.Rays,

The death of DR.. Weigel, a surgeon
of Rochester from a disease due to
the constant use of the X-rays makes
the fourth who has lost his life from
this cause, says the Chistian Advo-
cate.
The others were an assistant Of
Thomas Edison, a Boston physician
and a woman of San Francisco named
Fleischman. In the case of DR.. Wei.
gel since 1904, when his right hand
and all but the thumb and a finger
Of the left hand were removed, there
had been four operations in trying
to save his life, The first removed
a part of the right shoulder; then a
part of the muscles covering the right
breast.
Mystery completely envelopes the
cause of death the disease being I'M.
known to medical science, though it
Is believed to involve some great prin.
ciple of life. Dr. Weigel was presi.
dent of the Rochester Academy Of
Medicine and the American Ortho.
paedic society.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-08-31
Patron Saint Of LAWYERS.

This story is told at the expense Of
Francis H, T. Maxwell, a well-known
lawyer. The members of the Taunton
Mass, Bar association thought they
ought to have a patron saint, but after
much wrangling they could not hit up
on any particular saint.
Finally a committee, of which Mr.
Maxwell was a member, was appoint
ed to make selection. They made
trip to New York and there visited
gallery where most of the saints were
cary d in marble. 1t was decided tc
leave the selection to Mr. Maxwell
and after making the rounds he pY.. ed
his hand on one in a group of two
This one viii do" he said. He had
his hand on the devil, whom st. Mi
chae was driving before him.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-08-31
PUT 1T IN GOOD LIGHT.
One Comforting Thought in the Death
of the Chickens.

A lady who had recently moved to
the suburbs was very fond of her first
brood of chickens, Going out one at.
ternoon she left the household in
charge of her eight-yearold boy Be.
fore her return a thunderstorm came
up. The youngster forgot the chicks
during the storm, and was dismayed
after it passed to find that half OF
them had been drowned. Though
fearing the wrath to come, he thought
best to make a clean breast of the
calamity, rather than leave it to be
discovered
Mamma" he said, contritely, when
his mother had returned, mamma, six
of the chickens are dead"
Dead" cried his mother. six!
How did they die?'
The boy saw his chance.
81 think think they died happy,
he said-EIarper's Weekly.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-08-31
METHOD IN HIS soLlclTuDE.
Wlnle's Deep Interest In Playmate'I
Health Explained.

This story is well in keeping with
the spirit of the age, says the New
York Tribune. A Bronx man tells 1t
about his little boy. The neighbor's
young hopeful was very i'll, and Willie
and the other youngsters In the block
had been asked not to make any noise
in the streets. The neighbours bell
rang one day and she opened it to find
Willie standing bashfully on her front
steps.
How is he today" he inquired in
a shy whisper.
Hes better. thank you, dear, and
what a thoughtful child you are to
come and ask"
Willie stood a moment on one foot
and then burst forth again, I'm orful
sorry Jimmys sick"
The mother was profoundly touched.
She could find no further words to
say, but simply kissed him. Made still
holder by the caress, Willie began to
back down the steps, repeating at In
tervals his sorrow for his playmate
illness. At the bottom step he halted
and looked up. "If Jimmy should die"
he asked, kin have his drum"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-08-31
cars FOB GREAT MEN.
Achievements Frequently Belittled BY
Their Contemporaries,

Learned men do not always appre-
ciate the achievements OF their fel.
lows. 1t is related that friend
brought Milton's Paradise Lost to
Mackenzie, the great Scotch mathe
maHeisn, who remarked, when he had
finished il:
It's vera pretty; but, mon, what
does it proye?'
An anecdote Of Dean auckland H.
Illustrates the antipathy felt so years
or more ago by the old classical schol.
ars at Oxford to the new scientific
learning They described it as mis-
chieyous aud absurd" When Buck
land went to Rome for a long vacation
one year an elder don is said to have
exclaimed We'll Buckland has
gone to Italy. Thank heaven, we
shall hear no more of this silly
geology!"
James Russell Lowell, while minis
ter at the Court Of St James, re-
marked one day to a friend, a prom
inent British statesman. that he was
going to Enfield in search of the
grave of Charles Lamb THAT re
minds me of the Judgment Of Lamb by
one of his contemporaries" said the
statesman. Said he: Lamb is a
flighty writer of silly papers, in
which there is no mention of polit-
ical questions of the day"
Paganini, the great violinist. while
in England was referred to by great
iurist, writing to a friend, as "a poor
fiddler who had driven the town mad
with his squeaks and scrapes."
a good story is told of Henry Clay,
in the zenith of his popularity and
fame. Meeting an old schoolmate at
a reception he expressed regret that
another friend, a mutual acquaintance
whose career promised to be brilliant
had given up his life to the raising of
pigs and making fortune, The
friend presently met the gentleman
referred to, who exclaimed, with a
shake of the head;
Poor Harry Clay! He might have
made good stock grower, and be a
comfortable planter now if he had not
wasted his time in politics
Even the father of his country"
did not escape detraction, as we all
know. Tradition has it that old John
Adams once stood before a picture of
Washington, at which he shook his
fist and exclaimed:
you old humbug! If you had not
kept your mouth closed you'd have
been found OUT"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-08-31
punctured His EIouuence.

A lawyer in Johnstown, N. Y, while
defending a little boy who had been
apprehended in the act of making a
surreptitious entrance under the fair
grounds fence, drew for the jury a
most pathetic picture of the prisoners
poor old widowed mother with the
tears streaming down her face and
her gray head bowed in sorrow at the
thought of her little boy being incar.
cerated.' The youthful offender cut
In at this point with Please, sir, Mr.
Lawyer, my mother amt widow
Shut up, darn you" said the lawyer
I'm trying this case, not ou."--Law
Notes.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-08-31
BAD DREAMS
Frequently Due to Coffee Drinking.

One of the common symptoms of
coffee poisoning is the bad dreams that
spoil what should be restful sleep, A
man who found the reason says
Formerly was a slave to coffee. |
was like morphine fiend, could not
sleep at night, would roll and toss in
my bed and when l did get to sleep
was disturbed by dreams and hobgob.
iins, would wake up with headaches
and feel bad all day, so nervous
could not attend to business. My writ
ing looked like bird tracks, had sour
belchings from the stomach, indiges.
ton, heartburn and palpitation of the
heart, constipation, irregularity of the
kidneys, etc.
Indeed, began to feel | had all the
troubles that human flesh could suffer,
but when a friend advised me to leave
off coffee l felt as If he had insulted
me. could not bear the idea, it had
such hold on me and | refused to
pplleVe IL the cause.
But it turned out that sdyit vas
ever given at more tuN r
/ finally consented to fl'0 I'd
with the going of CO .ao CON-
ing of Postum all Grbes save
gone and health b HI1ed eat
and sleep well nc iur 81 died
down and | write i}H ana IS you
can see), can atteNa y pr a again
and rejoice tina IRE IN the
monster coffee.
Ten days tris 81 i3@i 2 place Of
coffee viii tEug a@cRi, ;tful re.
freshing slesl ya%es ) Reason. .
Read The J s.a - til,. 2 in pkgs.
Some physie'gaf eal q title health
classic"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-08-31
Welcomed Jewish Immigrants.

The first result of the movement to
divert Jewish immigration was highly
satisfactory About immigrants
from all parts Of Russia landed in
Galveston a few days ago and were
sent to various points within "a
hours. The immigration officer in
charge said: I'VE don't want to give
them a taste of city life but to start
them in their work away from the ten.
ement and sweatshop life" Mayor
Lands OF Galveston addressed the
new arrivals and one Of the immi.
grants, school teacher said in re.
ply: I'VE are overwhelmed that the
ruler Of the city should greet us.
We have never been spoken to by the
officials of our country except in terms
of harshness, and although We have
heard Of the great land of freedom, it
is very hard for US to realize that
we are permitted to grasp the hand of
the great man. We will do all we
can to make good citizens
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-08-31

A Denver woman went to a swell
dinner the other day, says the Post
of that city. She was seated on the
right of the hostess. There were
eight people at the table, Before her
she found long array of knives, forks
and spoons, and, being possibly a little
unsophisticated, she began to work
over the problem of using The right
ones for the right courses.
Being next to the hostess, she knew
she would have to begin eating each
course first. However, when the din.
ner began she stopped worrying and
used whatever knife, fork or spoon
she thought should be used. She was
delighted to find that everybody else
at the table did exactly as she did
When it was all over she learned
from four or five women present that
they didn't know what to eat with,
either, and that they had simply fol.
lowed her lead.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-08-31
Bohbin Boys WAGES.

John B. Lennon, treasurer Of the
American Federation of Labor, deliv,
cred recently an address on strikes.
Turning to the amusing features OF
the strike question, Mr.. Lennon said
Il remember strike of bohbin
boys, a just strike, and one that sue,
ceeded. These boys conducted their
fight well, even brilliantly. Thus the
day they turned out they posted in
the spinning room of their employers
mill great placard inscribed with
the words:
The wages of sin is death, but the
wages of the bobbin boys is worse. a"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-08-31
President Castro's Conceit.

Many stories have been told of
Cipriano Castro, president of Venezue.
la, and of his monumental conceit.
During the Russo-Japanese war the
fall of Port Arthur was being ex.
planned to him.
"Pshaw!" he exclaimed. with 500
Venezuelans l could have taken it in
four days
with a thousand, in one day, your
excellency," said the diplomatic rep
resentative of European power
Castro was so pleased at what was
intended to be sarcasm that, it is said,
the diplomat succeeded next day in Sc.
curing satisfaction of a claim that his
government had been yainly pressing
for years.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-08-31
Natures Gift Wasted.

A Scotchman who recently took the
street car trip on the gorge route, the
New York side of Niagara river, was
much disguised with the hawkers of
views and TEDDY bears VINO make
the afternoon hideous and do their
best to spoil natures grandeur. As
he alighted from the car he looked
angrily at the shouting vendors and
then at the Whirlpool rapids. whats
the use of having a big river like
that" he asked, "if you don't drown
those fellows in it?"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-08-31
Horrible Example.

my dear" said Mrs. Strongmind, 81
want you to accompany me to the
town hall tomorrow evening"
What for?" queried the meek and
lowly other half of the combine.
81 am to lecture on the Dark Side
of Married Life, explained Mrs. S.,
"and ! want you to sit on the plat
form and pose as one of the illustra-
tiOns"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-08-31

A noted English artist was standing
at the edge of the road, waiting for his
horse, and he was dressed in his
usual peculiar style-mustard.colored
riding suit, vivid waistcoat and bright
red tie. A man, who had evidently
been reveling, happened to lurch
round the corner of the street. He
stared at the famous artist for a min.
ute in silence, then he touched his cap
and asked in a tone of deep commiser-
alton, BEG pardon, guv'nor, was you
in mournin' for anybody"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-08-31
WHAT The WOMEN WORE.
OF Course the Story Teller Didn't
Really Mean Just That

A gentleman recently returned frcm
that quiet little Maryland resort,
Ocean City. has a tale to tell OF con-
ditions that are really sensational.
And the worst of it was that he did
not know they were sensational at all.
He was out calling the other evening,
and the conversation started with the
shirtwaist man. who, the returned
wanderer said, was to be found in
great quantities at the summer resort.
Then he told about the habit every
body down there had contracted of
going without hats. This is the way
he told it to an interested company;
you see everybody down there
going about just the same, The men
never wear coats; they go about In
just their shirts and trousers, and the
women are just like them"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-08-31
Puzzled.

The bard from the city had sold sui.
fcient verses to spend a week in a
rural boarding house. Waving off the
swarms of June bugs and mosquitoes,
the bard sat penning his lines by the
yellow light of a kerosene lamp
How | love this madrigal!' he
unused to himself.
The horny-handed farmer, who sat
greasing his boots, looked up in sur.
prise.
Gracious he drawled. where is
she?"
"Who?" asked the astonished bard.
why, the gal yeou just said yeou
loved"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-08-31
VERY BAD FORM OF ECZEMA.
Suffered Three Years-Physicians Did
No Good-Perfectly Well After
Using Cuticura Remedies.

Il take great pleasure in informing
you that was a sufferer of eczema In
very bad form for the past three
years. consulted and treated witt
number of physicians in Chicago, but
to no avail. commenced using the
Cuticura Remedies, consisting of Cuti
cura Soap, Ointment and Pills, three
months ago, and to-day l am perfectly
well, the disease having left me en-
tirely | cannot recommend the Cuti
cura Remedies too highly to anyone
suffering with the disease that l have
had, Mrs. Florence E. Atwood, Is
Chilly Place, Chicago, H., October 2
1905. Witness: l.. S. Berger"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-08-31
An Inherited Tendency.

A Cleveland society woman gave a
party to nine friends of her young son.
aged six. To add to the pleasure Of
the occasion she had the ices frozen
in the form of hen and ten chickens.
Each child was allowed to select his
chicken as 1t was served. Finally she
came to the son of prominent poll
tlcian.
(which chicky will you have, Ber-
tie?' she asked.
IF you please, Mrs. H., / think ~,
take the mamma hen," was the polI,a
reply.-Lipplncotts. ~
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-08-31
Eyes Ruined

By neglect; they get red and sore and you
let them 60 Don't do it; Leonardi's
Golden Eye Lotion cures soreness with
out pain in one day. Cools, heals and
strengthens. Insist on having 'Leonar-
dist makes strong eyes.
Guaranteed or money refunded Drug
gsts sell it at % cts. or forwarded pre-
paid on receipt of price by S. B. Leonardo
& Co., Tampa, Fla.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-08-31
Stoned "seelnu Thinns. y

Enthusiastic Nature Lover Ito Re
formed Tramp)-Ah, my friend, how
well you must know the face of ma
ture, and know it in all its moods
Have you ever seen the sun sinking
in such a glare of glory that 1t swal
lows up the whole horizon with its
passionate fire? Have you seen the
mist gliding like a specter down the
shrinking hillside, or the pale moon
struggling to shake off the grip of the
ragged storm cloud?
Reformed Tramp-No, sir; moi
since | signed the pledge.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-08-31
Willing to BEAT IT.

And have you trader" asked the
lady at the back door.
Yes'm, replied the seedy-looking
one; I'm a gold-beater, ma am"
81 don't believe you"
"Well, let me get my hands on some
gold and you'll see me beat it.
ma am
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-08-31
q HICKS
y M( Asszo5ss CURES
~ ssAN AL. ACHES
isl'ys S2zHSRN And Nervousness
3S9&sI Trial bottle l0e Aidrus stores


Are you going to strike, MAJ"
asked the little boy, as he tremblingly
gazed upon the uplfted single.
That's just what I'm going to do"
Cant We arbitrate, ma, before you
striker
Il am just going to arbitrate," she
said, as the single descended and
raised a cloud of dust from the seat
of a pair of pantaloons-'I am just
going to arbitrate, my son, and this
single is the board of arbitration"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-08-31
IL Cures While You Walk

Aliens Foot Ease is certain cure for
hot, sweating, callous, and swollen, aching
feet. Sold by all Druggists. Price 25c. Don't
accept any substitute. Trial package FREE.
Address Allen S. Olmsted, lie Roy, N. Y.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-08-31
OF the Cabhaue Patch.

Cigar Maker-Here's new cigar
I've just been putting up and haven't
any name for it. Suppose you suggest
one.
Friend latter smoking iD-TheY're
naming a good many after characters
in fiction now Why don't you call
this Mrs. Wiggs?"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-08-31
Due Process of Law.

At the time of the famous Eastman
trial in Cambridge, Mass two Irish
men, standing on street corner, were
overheard discussing the trial One of
them was trying to enhghten the other
concerning a jury.
"Bedad!" he explained. You're ar
risted. Thin if We gets TIL shmartest
lawyer, ye're innicint; but ii tn other
man gets tn best lawyer, ye're guilty"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-08-31
Sacred Deer of Japan.

Deer are relatively plenty in vari-
Gus parts of Japan, and in such show
places as Maru and Miyajima are held
as sacred, becoming so tame as to eat
from the hands of visitors. They are
generally smaller in size than the
American deer.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-08-31
Wanted New Ones.

A traveller putting up at a fifth.class
hotel, brought the Boots" up with
his angry storming.
Want your room changed. sir?
What's the matter, sir?'
THE rooms all right fumed the
guest, scorchingly. It's the fleas
object to, that's ALL"
Mrs Blobbs!" bawled the Boots
in an unlnterested sort of voice, "the
gent in No, s is satisfied with his
room; but he wants the feas
changed. ILLUSTRATED Bits.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-08-31

During a thunderstorm near Glas,
gov a golf player named George Har-
RE was struck and killed by lightning
which ripped off his clothing, includ.
ing his boots, and extracted all his
teeth. It made hole three feet deep
where he had been standing.