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The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1907-09-05
A LOSING Game,

Not long ago new Turkish bath es-
Enlistment was organized, and as is
the custom the promoters went out to
form a regular clientele. The accounts
of what a Turkish bath would accom-
plish were most glowing. Among the
men approached was a German saloon
list. His complaint was obesity, as was
shown by the fact that he was below
the average height and weighed 200
pounds.
Now. II Is like this" explained the
masseur when the German had been
inveigled to take a look into the bath
house. 81 Will guarantee to take off
two pounds at each bath"
"Vatw exclaimed the kaiser's former
subject. 1.-TWO pounds nit each bath!
Ach. dot means Won hundret baths and
den no man. Nein. dink | take dem
notr'-Columbus Dispatch.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1907-09-05
The Girls Were Still Ono Ahead.

A young and bashful professor was
frequently embarrassed by jokes his
girl pupils would play on him. These
jokes were so frequent that he decided
to punish the next perpetrators, and
the result of this decision was that two
girls were detained an hour after school
and made to work some difficult prob
lens as punishment
1t was the custom to answer the roll
call with quotations, so the following
morning. when Miss As name WAS
called, she rose and, looking straight In
the professors eye. repeated, with
all thy faults | love thee STILL" while
Miss BIS quotation was, THE hours |
spend with thee, dear heart, are as a
string of pearls to me."-LadIes' Home
Journal
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1907-09-05
The Jolly testers.
"Mr. MiddIeman, All desires to pro
Mound n 0uesttono

"Mr. Middleman, All desires to pro-
pound a question"
Very well, Mr.. Tambo."
"Why do dey designate dat beautiful
southern vegetable as ali watermelon p
That's easy. Because 1t makes your
mouth water"
"Nowhar near de answer It's called
ah watermelon becase 20 cut 1t In de
spring"
"Speakin' Oh de spring reminds me-"
broke In the other end man. Ma ole
daddy went out to git some water one
day an he done fell In ah spring"
WAS he drowned"
"He warn't zactly drowned, but It
done killed him"
That's strange. He fell In the spring
and was killedY
"Yessah"
"But he wasn't drowned"
mo. sab"
well. did he die in the spring.
mo, sah he died in de fall"
"Our golden voiced tenor. Mr.. Yio
Lett, will contribute that heart touch.
ing ballad entitled, Warden, Brush
Those Locks Away; l Yearn for Lib
erty.' "-Harper's Weekly.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1907-09-05
GETTING Rid Of His Cards.

The other day one of the members,
raw to London, was introduced to a
party of ladies In the dining room of
the house of commons. As be left he
gravely presented each Indy with bis
card. A friend ventured to hint that
this WAS carrying pollteness too far for
London customs. Sure was the re-
ply, at didn't matter. had 200 OF
them printed And I've changed my
address anyway so they're no use TO
me"-Leeds Mercury
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1907-09-05
No "Shop Talk" There.

"There Is one noticeable difference
between a lot of divinity students and
group of college men interested in
heather culture" said the gray headed
man. The divinity students seldom
talk shop. If you meet three or four
men all of whom happen to be studying
engineering or law or medicine, the
conversation is likely to smack SO
strongly of the lecture hall that lay
man can scarcely follow the drift of
the talk. But with divinity students it
is different. Very frequently | am
brought into contact with small groups
of young fellows who are preparing for
the ministry. and l find that only on
rare occasions do they bore outsiders
by Juggling In class room topics. This
cannot mean that they are not inter
ested In their profession or that they
are ashamed to uphold their faith at
all times; neither does 1t necessarily
imply greater consideration for the IN
initiated public. In fact, | am unable
to explain their professional reserve
on any grounds; but, whatever the
cause, it Is a most refreshing reti-
cence."-NeW York Press.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1907-09-05
PRIMITIVE ANCHORS.
Stones and Wooden Tubes Filled With
Lead First Used

Lead FIRST USED.
There appear to be two ideas which
have led up to the invention of the
modern anchor-f1rst, that of attach
ing the vessel by means of a rope
or chain to weight sufficiently heavy
to keep the vessel from moving when
the weight has sunk to the bottom of
the sea, and, second, that Of using a
hook instead of or In addition to the
weight, so as to catch In the bottom.
The English word anchor is practical
ly the same as the Latin ancora and
the Greek angkura, meaning that
which has an angle" from the root
ank, bent.
The earliest anchors made on the
hook principle probably only had one
fuke instead of two. In the Sussex
Archaeil, Coll" there is an Illustration
of what has been surmised to be an
anchor made out of the natural forked
branch of tree. 1t was found with
an ancient British canoe at Burpham,
Sussex. There is In the British muse
UNI an interesting leaden anchor with
two flukes bearing a Greek inscrip-
ton. Its date is about 30 b. c., and 1t
was found off the coast Of Cyrene.
The invention of the anchor with
two f1ukes is attributed by Pausanius
to Midas, by Pliny to Eupalamas and
by Strabo to Anacharsis. Diodorus
Siculus states that the first anchors
were wooden tubes filled with lead,
while another classical writer says
that before the introduction of metal
anchors Jumps of stone with hole
through the middle for the attach
ment of the cable were used.
The form Of the anchors used by
the Greeks and Romans is we'll known
from representations on Trajan's col
umn and In the catacombs at Rome
as an early Christian symbol. This
form does not seem to have changed
materially for quite thousand years,
as is shown by the Bayeux tapestry.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1907-09-05
HEALTH IN rHE CANAL ZONE

The high wages paid make it mighty
temptation to our Young artisans to Join the
force of skilled moikmen needed to construct
the Panama Canal. Many are restrained
however by the fear Of ievers and malaria
II is the knowing ones-those who have
used Electric Btters. who 60 there without
thi fear, well knowing they are safe from
malarious influence with Electric Bitters or
hand. Cures blood poison too. bill usness
weakness and all stomach, liver and kidney
troubles. Guaranteed by G. r. Fogg anc
Sampson & Avore
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1907-09-05
Respect at L asst.

"Briefleigh is, | think. one Of the
greatest lawyers in this state"
why, heard you say once that you
didn't consider him any good"
"Oh, that was years ago He used
to give me pointers on legal matters
without charging me anything because
we happened to have offices adjoining
each other. Recently he has been
charging me n stiff price every time
/ have gone to him for advice. Chi
Cago Record Herald.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1907-09-05

Stomach troubles, Heart and Kidney all
ment,, can be quickly corrected with pre-
scription known to druggists everywhere as
DR.. Shops Restorative. The prompt and
surprising relief which this remedy imme-
diately brings is entirely due to its Restora,
tive action upon the controlling nerves OF
the Stomach, etc.
A weak Stomach, gcausing dyspepsia, a
weak Heart with palpitation or intermittent
pulse always means weak Stomach nerves or
weak Heart nerves Strengthen these in
side or controlling nerves with DR.. Shops
Restorative and see how quickly these all
ments disappear DR.. shoop of Racine,
Wis, will mail samples free. Write for
them. A test will tell. Your health is GER
tainly worth this simple trial, Sold by G.
X. Fogg.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1907-09-05
Rheum atiSm

have found tried and tested cure for Rheu-
distorted limbs of chronic cripples nor turn bony
growths back to flesh again. That is impossible.
But can surely kill the pains and pangs OF
this deporable disease.
In Germany-with a Chemist in the City of
Darmstadt-I found the last ingredient with
which Dr. Shops Rheumatic Remedy was made
q perfected, dependable prescription. Without
that last Ingredient, successfully treated many.
many OF Rheumatism but now. at last, 1t uni
formly all durable cases of thisr heretofore
much dreaded disease. Those sand-li granular
wastes. found in Rheumatic Blood. seem to dissolve
and pass away under the action of this remedy as
freely as does sugar when added to pure water.
And then, when dissolved these poisonous wastes
freely pass from the system and the cause of
Rheumatism Is gone forever. There Is now no
real need-no actual excuse TO suffer longer with.
out help. We sell. and in confidence recommend
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1907-09-05
lnnn MINDED.

at takes you n pretty long while to
shave yourself. doesn't it?'
Not so very long, l can shave my
self quicker than my old barber could
az don't believe It,"
"It's fact. You see. be stammers
terribly ."-Phlladelphi Press.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1907-09-05
Not 70 Be Overlooked.

Blobbs-Why does Suhbubs hate his
next door neighbor sof SlohS-The
man built high spite fence Blobbs-
Well. | must say that isn't an easy
thing to overlook.-Philudelp Rec
ord
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1907-09-05
The Perfume Of Good Cheer.

We were made to radiate the per
much as a rose was made to radiate its
sweetness to every passerhy.-Su ,cess
MAGAZINE
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1907-09-05
II Often Comes.

In Scotch Sunday school the lady
teacher. after speaking on the subject
of death, asked, And what comes aft
err death?" Instantly little girl called
out eagerly. "A fight about the money"
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1907-09-05

1t is beyond some men to under
stand the difference between pompos-
ity and dignity.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1907-09-05

1t is what you are not looking for
that gives the spice of variety to life
Detroit News.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1907-09-05

Studying how to help and benefit 9th
ers will build up your own fortune
Baltimore American.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1907-09-05
NOTICE

Ni,. wife. Alurle y. Foss has left my bed aud
hoard without cause. hereby forbid ali
pcrsons harboring OF trusting hef on my &C
count after this date without written order
49, ~. 3w}4'
brighton. June l.. 1907. ,..-..
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1907-09-05
FOR SALE |!
NOTICE

Al those wishing to buy farm or home
p,ease write or call and let US know the kind
pi farm you want. Our motto Will be ITO
please our customer" Those having property
% sell please advise US OF same. 1t costs you
nothing unless we sell your property.
A. X. PERKINS & CO.,
tfR IL Maple ST., Skowhegan, Me-
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w BOOK MAILED FREE.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-04-12
Supplement-. to tn. Decalosue.

Our social organization has deyel-
oped to a stage where the old right
eousness is not enough. We need an
annual supplement to the Decalogue.
The growth of credit institutions, the
spread of fiduciary relations, the en-
meshing Of industry In law, the inter-
lacing of government and business, the
multiplication oe boards and inspectors,
%heneacent as they all are, they invite
to sin. What gateways they open to
greed. What fresh parasites they let
in on us! How idle In our new situa-
ton to intone the old litanies! The
reality of this close-knit life is not to
be seen and touched; it must be
thought. The sins it opens the door
to are to be discerned by knitting the
brows rather than by opening the eyes.
1t takes Imagination to see hat bogus
medical diploma, lying advertisement
and AXE testimonial are death-dealins
Instruments. 1t takes Imagination to
see that savings bank wrecker, loan
shark and Investment swindler In tax
ing livelihoods take lives. 1t takes
Imagination to see that the business Of
debauching voters, fixing juries. seduc-
ing lawmakers and corrupting public
servants is like saving through -
props Of a crowded grand stand-
A. Ross IN Atlantic.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-04-12

The facts of the cnse were shortly these
One Adele BIondet died from the effects
of poison, administered to her by Octave
Brauiard, who was her lover the deceased
had also another lover, called Kestrike,
who was supposed to be implicated in the
crime, but he had escaped the woman
in this case had been poisoned by an ex-
tract of hemlock, the same poison as in
the case of Selma Sprouts, and it was
the similarity of the symptoms that made
him suspicious of the sudden death. Brau-
lard wss sent out to New Caledonia for
the murder. While in Paris he had been
a medical student with two other gentle
men, one of whom was Monsieur Prevol,
who had reported the case, and the other
was at present in court and was called
NJ. CASTOR Nandeloup. NJ. Vandeloup
had manufactured the poison used in this
case, but with regard TO how it was ad-
ministered to the deceased, he would leave
that evidence to NJ. Vandeloup himself.
When Gollipeck left the witness box
there was a dead silence, as every one
was too much excited at his strange
story to make any comment thereon. Mad
anne Midas looked with some astonishment
on Vandeloup as his name was called
out, and he moved gracefully to the wit
ness box. while kitty's face grew paler
even than it was before. She did not
know what Yandeloup was going to say,
but a great dread seized her, and she sat
staring at him as if pa ralyzed. Kilsip
stole a look at her and then rubbed his
hands together, while Cation sat scrib-
bling on his note paper. o..
NJ. CASTOR Vandeloup, being sworn, de-
posed: He was a native of France, of
Flemish descent: he had known Braulard
intimately: he also knew Prevol: he had
been eighteen months in Australia, and
for some time had been clerk to Mrs. Viii
Tiers at Ballarst; he was fond of chem
istry-yes; and had made several expert
ments with pnisnns while up at Rallarat
with DR.. Gollipeck, who was a great to1-
biologist he had seen the hemlock in the
garden of an hotclkeeper at Ballarat, call
ed rwexby, and had made an extract
therefrom he only did it by way of ex-
pertinent, and had put the bottle contain
ing the poison in a desk, forgetting all
about it the next time he saw that bottle
was in the possession of Miss Kitty Mar
she had threatened to poison her
self he again saw the bottle in her pos
session on the night of the murder; this
was at the house of NJ. Meddlechip. A
report had been circulated that he was
going to marry Mrs. Villiers, and Miss
asked him if it was true he
had denied it, and Miss Marchurst had
said that sooner than he should marry
Mrs. Villiers she would poison her; the
next morning he heard that Selma Sprouts
was dead.
gH ITO be continued
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-04-12
RELEASE JAMES GILLESPIE.
Supreme Court Says Trial of Alleged
Slayer Was Invalid.

Supreme Court Says Trial of Alleged
Slayer Was Invalid.
BY a decision of the Indiana Supreme
Court james Gillespie of Rising Sun,
serving a life sentence in the State prls-
on for the murder of his sister, is set
free. The decision is based on the ground
that an error was committed in not
granting a new trial. 1t holds that fur
Their prosecution be abandoned.
Miss Elizabeth Gillespie, a woman of
middle age, was killed Dec. 3, 1903, by
a load of shot from a shotgun fired
through the window of a room of her
home. Her brother. James Gillespie, to
gether with Belle Howard and Mr.. and
Mrs. Myron Barbour, were indicted and
placed on trial charged with the crime.
The jury disagreed. and later Gillespie,
who elected to be tried separately, was
placed on trial and convicted in 1903.
He was sentenced to prison for life. The
other three defendants were later acquit-
ted.
In the first, trial. after the jury had
been sworn, it was found that one of the
jurors was a second cousin of the deceas-
ed husband of Belle Howard, one of the
defendants.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-04-12
FIND OUT

The Kind OF Food that VIII Keep
You Well.
The true way is to find out what Is
hest to eat and drink, and then culti-
vate d taste for those things Instead Of
poisoning ourselves with improper, In
digestible food, etc.
a conservative Mass. woman writes
= have used Grape-Nuts 5 years for
the young and for tho aged; in sickness
and ia health; at first Following direc-
tioNs carefully. later in a variety Of
MS my taste and judgment sug-
,gcstcd.
but Its most special, personal bene-
1T has been a substitute for meat, and
served dry with crcam when rheumatic
troubles made It Important for me to
give up the .co1ce habit.'
Served In this way with the addi-
tlon OF a cup of hot water and a little
fruit II has hcen used at my morning
meal for six months. during which time
my health has much improved, nerves
have grown steadicr, ana 4 gradual de-
;creaaq "A my excessive weight adds
:3rcatlx I us coaifort.s Name gives
b. Postum Cereal Co. It'd, Battle
Greek. Mich. Read the little took. sThe
ltUasl tcsyse9silie.sin l,kSx. There's
Rea1o6.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-04-12
a Woman,s Back

Has. many aches and pains caused by
weaknesses n falling, or other displace-
Hnent, Of the pelvic organs. Other symp-
eQms Of female weakness are frequent
4~Sadacho, dizzipcss, imaginary spccks or
dark spots floating before the eyes, gnaw-
ing sensation IN stomach, dragging or
bearing down In lower abdominal or pelvic
region, disagreeablo drains from pelvic
organs, faint spells with general weakness.
II any considerable number Of the above
symptoms are present there is no remedy
that whNgive quicker relief or a more per
Ma4ent CnSe than DR.. Pierce's Favorite
PreAcS4A!opClt has a record OF over forty
years OF cu2ssA i is The most potent
i~nylgorating tanieesnnd strengthenlng-nG Ic-
y!1s knq%n p medical science. It's made
nal roots found in our forests and con-
tains not a drop of alcohol or harmful, or
habit-forming drugs. Its ingredients are
al printed on the bottle-wrapper and at
tested under oath as correct
Every ingredient entering into ga
vorltc Prescription I" has tho written en-
dorsemcnt OF the most eminent medical
writer's OF all tho several schools of prac-
tice-more valuable than any amount Of
ntn-professional tcstimonials-though the
latter arc not lacking, having been con-
tributcd voluntarily by grateful patients
IN numbers to exceed the endorsements
given to any other medicine cxtant for
the cur of woman's ills.
You cannot afford to accept any medicine
Of unknown com position as a substitute
for this well proven remedy OF KNOWN
COMPOSITION, even though the dealer may
make a little more profit thereby. Your
interest in rcgaining health Is paramount
to any selfish interest NJ his and 1t is an
insult to your intelligence for him to try
to palm off upon you a substitute. You
know what you want and it is his bust
ness to supply the article called for.
DIR. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets are tho
original u !. little Liver Pills Grstt put tip
by old DIR. Pierce over forty years ago,
much Initiated but never cqualed. Little
s~ugar-coated granules-ezsy to take as
candy.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-04-12
WILL OF DR.. DOWIE.
Dcyises Bulk of Estate to f'N'e""
Christian Church.

Christian CnthOli Church.
The last will of the late John Alex
ander Dowie has been fled for PROBATE
in the County Court of Lake county,
at Waukegan. III. 1t devises the puik
of the estate of the dead leader of Alo
City to extend the Christian Cathollc
Church, of which he died the exlled
and communicated head. To the
widow. Mrs. Jane Dowie, only the strlct
allowance demanded by the law IS be-
queathed, and to his son, a. j. Giau-
stone Dowie, from both OF whom Do"le
died estranged, the sum OF Slo IS ue-
vised. An attendant, Barnett Burleigh'
is given $1,000. las his fee and reward
for the loyal service that God used MIN
in. in the saving of my life in ama
ca
All of the remainder of h properly,
the existence and value Of when IS
clouded by extensive litigation, is de-
vised to John A.. Lewis, a friend ana
adviser of the dead prophet, who was
in Mexico at the time Dowle died. IN
brief the provisions of Dowie's Will
are:
Orders payment of just debts.
Gives widow, Mrs. Jane Dowie, only
her dover and statutory rights in estate.
Gives son. Gladstone Dowie, $40.
Gives Barnett Burleigh $1,000 for saw
ing Dowie's life in Jamaica.
Gives balance of estate to John A.
Lewis as trustee.
Appoints Lewis spiritual successor as
head of church.
Directs continuance of church work by
Lewis. using estate for purpose.
If court finds Dowie had no legal title
TO property. directs selection of commits
sion of five to determine disposition OF
whatever of estate may be left.
Names Lewis, Fielding II. White and
James f. Peters executors of will.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-04-12
GINGER is THEIR TRIPLE.

Victims of the Habit Become Pitiable
Wrecks in Time.
The. taking of ginger,Fi in the form of
essence or strong %tincture, is revealed
by a medical man as Il growing form Of
inebriety both in this country and
America.
AS it's alcoholic strength is about
double that Of whisky or brandy, the
deleterious results of excessive indulg-
ence can be imagined.
There is one recorded case in which
the daily dose of a victim of ginger
ism" was increased from ten drops to
a pint in the ourse Of three years.
Though the habit is more practiced in
the United States than in England,
there are numbers of chemists in Lor-
den who admit that they have regular
customers for the pungent essence, who
buy comparatively large quantities ev-
cry week.
The cause of the habit is nearly al
ways the same. "Gingerists" are peo-
pie with weary brains and ~disordered
stomachs who seek palliation of the re-
suits of overwork. They know that
such drugs as morphia, choral, cocaine
and chloroform are accumulative in
their effect upon the human system,
they know also that ginger was the
homely remedy of their youth for
stomachic troubles.
It seems Incredible, but it is a fact,
that from the taking of a few drops Of
this powerful carminatiye for indiges-
ton a "gingerist" will grow into the
habit Of taking large doses, as a tonic,
a sedative and a palliative.
So far inquiries show that women
are as much addicted to "gingerfsm" as
men, but the actual victims are difficult
to trace, as essence of ginger is easily
purchasable in any chemists shop by
child or grown-up person.
ct must be a very vitiated taste that
car endure large doses of tincture Of
ginger" said a wholesale chemist. But,
Of course, the same can be said of most
violently acting drugs. Once there is a
physical demand created for a particu-
lar stimulant, the palate is disregard
ed. 1t is the result which is looked for
WdTu u, HoL TIE uilueuldle Impression.
In this connection at least the ordi-
nary alcoholic drinker Is more sane
than the morphia taker or the ginger
list He may put that in his mouth
which steals away his brains, but at
least he gets some physical sensation of
pleasure in the operation. 'Gingerism'
is a depraved form Of drugging."
The result of the practice seems to
be a negation of the results aimed at. A
doctor said yesterday that this form
of i%nebriety, after giving relief at
first, completely disorders the stomach
and gives no relief to- a busy BRAIN
London Mail.