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The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1907-07-25
LARGEST Crater on the Earth

The volcano Aso-san, in southern
Japan on the island of Klushu. pos
sesses the largest crater known on the
earth. 1t is about fourteen miles
across In one direction. by ten or
eleven in the other. and Is surrounded
by walls of an average height of 200
feet Although the volcano is still &C.
tive, its eruptions consist only of ashes
and dust. Indeed. n range Of volcanic
mountains, evidently of subsequent
formation. extends directly across the
old crater. In these particulars AsO-
san resembles some of the craters OF
the moon, where n long history of sue
cessive and gradually enfeebled out
breaks of volcanic force Is graphically
represented.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1907-07-25
Weak Women

To weak and siling women. there is at least one
way TO help. But with that way. two treatments
must be combined. One Is local. one is constitu-
tona but both are important, both essential
Dr. shoops Night Cure is the Local
DR. Shops Restorative, the Constitutional
Thsformer-Dr. Shops Night Cure-is topical
mucous membrane suppository remedy, while DR..
Shops Restorative Is wholly an internal treat
ment Tho Restorative reaches throughout the
entire system, seeking the repair of all nerve,
oil tissue and all blood ailments.
The Night Cure, Is its name implies. does ita
work while you sleep. 1t soothes sore and infam-
ID mucous surfaces, heals local weaknesses and
discharges, while the Restorative, eases nervous
sIcitement. gives renewed vigor and ambition,
builds up wasted tissues, bringing about renewed
strength, vgor. and energy, Take Dr. Shoop's
Rsstorative-Tablsts or LiQuid-asa general TONIC
10 the system. For positive local help. use as well
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1907-07-25
All He Could Think OF.

While driving along country road
man saw the roof of farmers house
ablaze. He gesticulated and called tc
the farmers wife, who was calmly
standing In the doorway:
Hey, your house Is af1re"
WHAT" she bawled out
81 say, your house is afirer
What did y say? I'm little DEAR
"Your house Is afre" again yelled
she man at the top Of his lungs.
ooh. Is that ALP" calmly replied the
woman.
ITS all can think of just now" re
sponded the man In a rather weak
voice as he drove on Exchange.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1907-07-25
Toad as Assistant Gardener

BY actual inspection Of a big. FAT
toad's stomach 1t was found to contain
not less than fifty large grapevine
worms. fifty-6ve potato bugs. sixty
sowbugs, forty angleworms and thirty
cabbage worms, with, by way Of sea
soning, numerous flies and mosquitoes
Now multiply this. and think you will
appreciate the value Of an army OF
toads on your premises, or any mum
Der required. according TO the sery-
Ices that may reasonably be expected
from one ad.-Suburban Life
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1907-07-25
CURIOUS DECEPTl0NS.
The Way Our Senses Are Liable 10
Play Us False.


Our senses deceive us curiously at
dimes. A fash of lightning lights up
The ground for only onemillionth Of
second, yet 1t seems to US to last ever
80 much longer. What happens Is
that the impression remains In the eye
or the retina for about eighth Of
a second, or 124,00O times as long as
the flash lasts. Ii on dark night a
train speeding along at sixty miles
an hour is lit up by a lightning fash
1t appears stationary yet In the eighth
of q second during which we seem to
see 1t the train travels eleven feet
But we really only see 1t during one
milllonth of a second and In that
time 1t travels only one-hundredth Of
an inch.
When q mans leg is cut off, II the
stump be irritated he feels the pain
In bis toes. This curious deception Is
the same as any one can practice on
himself by striking his elbow on the
table. when he feels tie pain In his
fingers. OF course In both cases the
pain Is felt In the brain
We do not actually perceive different
distances with the eye, but judge them
from various Indications. When our
judgment Is at fault we are deceived.
If you see a person In fog, for
instance he seems to be much bigger
than usual The same thing happens
when you see men or cattle on the top
of a Hill against the horizon In twi-
light In both cases you judge them
to be farther away than they really
are, and consequently they appear I'M
commonly large.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1907-07-25
THE CHARMING WOMAN

is Mt necessarily one Of perfect form ami
features Many plain woman who could
never serve as an artists model, possesses
those rare qualities that all the world ad-
mres; neatness. clear eyes, clean smooth
skin and that spriehtliness Of step and action
that accompany good health. A physically
weak woman is never attractive. not even to
herself Electric Bitters restore weak wo-
men, give strong nerves, bright eyes, smooth,
velyety skin. beautiful complexion. Guaran-
teed at Sampson X Avore and q. r. togg,
Druggists, soc.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1907-07-25
Tho Woman In Ruaineaa.

She handed in a check payable TO
Susan H Smith. The cashier, who was
a German, noticed that she had In
dorsed it Susan Smith and gave II back
with . polite You haf forgotten the
H" Overcome with confusion, she
murmured, Excuse me-" and wrote
below the Endorsement Age twenty
three "-Lipplncott's.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1907-07-25

would you like to attend a lecture
on the fine arts2'
NO" answered Mr. Cumrox. Moth
er and the girls can make me feel my
ignorance sufficiently at home free OF
charge. Washington Star.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1907-07-25

During the summer kidney irregu-
larities are often used by excessive
drinking or being over heated. At
tend to the kidneys at once by using
Foley's Kidney Cure.
q. K. Fogg and F, W. Bucknam.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1907-07-25

The best thing about a trip TO Eu-
rope is that when YOU get back YOU
don't have to hear all about il from
some other fellow who went.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1907-07-25

You may have forgotten more than
the other man knows and still be
short horse.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1907-07-25

As a rule, what man calls his
rights represent merely desired privi-
leges.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1907-07-25
FOR SALE |!
G. R. F0GG.

hpRsE, WAGON AND HARSEs
|esoh and Harness used less than half a
sfs44 times. Horse fearless Of all Objects
hsanl Without hitching. good saddle horse
an ST. use, used on our delivery team for the last
,.,Yhths' Price for the whole one hundred
rs ihn!. A cent less. VIII sell separately.
- ". II. WARD CO., Norridgewock, Me
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1907-07-25
PRoRAIE NOTICES.
To All persons interested in 2 ther ot thu
Estates hereinafter named

Al 4 PROBATE Court 49, 2 -.1.s.14a
- and f5t the County 81. -ea..t.-t- =-..-
sECosD TrEsusT - I=l#.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1907-07-25
NLEYSHONEYAs6TAR
sures coidsB Prevents Poevnon'-

Hire mileage book of R. T. Patten.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1907-07-25

1t has simply GOT To BE GOOD VAR
NIsH that viii stay on q floor and hold it,
looks Mt all
Scratching, stamping, moving furniture
across 1t. sweeping it, washing it, every one
OF these repeated tests is endlessly seeking a
soft spot or a weak place in the floors finish.
1t Is good yarnish II its KrASIZE.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1907-05-09

we'll married. And the matter thus
arranged. he set about educa ting Lu-
cretia and Sabrina to develop woman
with the necessary virtues.
Unfortunately, like all other little
girls. Sabrina and Lucretia were very
feminine. They did not take kindly to
the simple diet and the plain clothes
and philosophy did not appeal to them
In any way. Lucretia proved hopeless
" stupid, and was soon apprenticed to
one, was centered the whole force of
the education.
Days methods, however, did not
seem to be entirely suited to the needs
Of the case To make her Spartan he
dropped. melted sealing wax on her
arms, and was much panied when she
did not endure 1t heroically." When
he fired pistols at her petticoats she
could not refrain from screaming or
jumping aside-which in Days eyes
was sign of fatal weakness. She was
a general favorite in the neighborhood,
jolly little red-headed girl, who loved
finery, and wore it-when Day was alb
sent-and who could not keep the Sc
crets Day told her.
He persisted for year, but at last
gave up the task as too great for one
man, and cast about for a ready made
wife. The one whom he selected seem
ed, however, no more amenable than
Sabrna to his schemes She insisted
that he must shape himself to her no.
tlons; and he was forced, to win her,
to go to Paris and spend eight hours a
day learning fencing, dancing and
horsemanship, and to spend other hours
in stocks, to straghten his legs.
The legs would not straighten and
when he came home in his new finery
and danced for her, the young woman
would have none Of the made-over
Day, and he was compelled to return
again to a futile courtship of Sabrina.
Youths Companion.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1907-05-09
MAPS HELP A MAN SLEEP.
Mental Geography the Best SOporino
According to u Drug Clerk.

Mental Geography the Best SOporiho
According to u Drug Clerk.
A haggard-looking man strolled into
a downtown drug store the other day
and asked the druggist for help. He
said he had trouble in getting SLEEP
when he retired. No matter how sleepy
he might be during the day or how
much sleep he might have lost, the mo-
ment his head touched the pillow he
was wide awake and lay thus for sew
eral hours Once asleep, he was hard
to waken, but he had to be up at a
certain hour, and in consequence Of his
peculiar aftliction he was losing more
sleep than he could stand.
The drug clerk regarded him quiz
zically a few moments and then re-
piled: "My dear man, you don't went
medicine. What you want Is some
thing to change the trend of your
thoughts. Do as friend Of mine did.
He was troubled the same way and
found that the old folks plan Of imag-
Ing sheep passing barrier and count
trying to name all the States in the
Union. He soon got them so he could
classify them alphabetically. Then
when they no longer interested him he
started on the counties of this State.
He now has them at his tongues
end, classified up to the fourth letter.
Now he is starting on state capitals
and their locations then he will take
up county seats. A moments glance
at an atlas during the day shows him
when he is wrong, and the beauty Of
the plan is that he rarely has to think
along these lines longer than ten min
utcs before he Is sound asleep. To
make it short, the study of geography
Is a good narcotic. c."-Philadelphla Rec
ord
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1907-05-09
CHAPTER XVII.

Jack had explained very gently to Au-
drey that there was a quarrel going on
between his mother and his sister.
ut is all about some nonsense, dar-
ling" he had said, 'but mother is quite
right to hold her own. Gladys has a
wretched temper. II am afraid you
must not expect her to be too kind to
you"
THAT is why she looked so coldly at
me when your father took me up to in
troduce me, then?"
BE ready for me at FIVE, darling.
shall take you for drive then. What
are you going to do all day while l am
down looking at these horse swith Sin
clarT
II am going shopping with mother, but
will be ready and waiting for you by
Eve"
What long, happy, sunny days those
were. 1t seemed to Audrey as though the
hours were not half long enough to cram
In all the delights that came following
one another so quickly.
'If only Miss Irons and the matrons
could see me now. How funny it all is
l have often heard some of the older
girls say that when I first went to the
home | was supposed to be very lucky.
because Lady Biddulph was going to look
after me, but | never thought my luck
would be as great as it is. Mother, Miss
Fraser is very kind to me-"
Constance's brow contracted slightly.
There is no reason why she should not
be, Audrey"
SIS she really going to marry that hor-
rid little man, mother?"
"Who is the horrid little man." in
quired Jacks voice at the door. Don't
&C, Constance, DEAR" Jack continued, kiss
ing her affectionately, and then sitting
down beside his wife and gathering her
bodily into his arms.
This is the children's hour, so l think
1 had better take my departure" smiled
Mrs. Fraser. Audrey, If you are going
10 this ball tonight, have an hours rest.
No, Jack, there is no occasion to come
down with me-"
But Lord John insisted.
Didn't she look lovelyT" he exclaim-
ed, as they went down the stairs. "Ev-
erybody Is raving about her, my little
darling! On. Con, dear, what have 1
done that should be so blessed?"
Take care of her, Jack. Be good to
her always!" The words broke from the
mothers lips suddenly.
"Do you not trust meT he asked, re-
proachfully. and then he looked at her
gently. do you know, you are very
pale and worn, Mrs. Fraser? What have
you been doing to yourself? l think l
must have a long chat with you, mad
anne"
Constance Fraser put her hand on the
young mans arm.
Jack, dear Jack, don't you know what
my pale face means" she said, SO low as
almost to be inaudible.
Nothing very serious. I am sure" he
answered quickly, though he felt sudden
pang at his heart.
do not let her know" she whispered,
very softly; "her life is so happy, do not
let me be the first to cast a shadow on IL !;
time enough when
.Whs6 ysars hence you shall still be
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1907-05-09

Mrs. Florence Elizabeth Maybrick,
who spent fifteen years Of her life in
an English prison on the charge Of hay
ing poisoned her husband, is touring
the United States studying peniten-
tiaries and State institutions. Mrs.
Maybrick, after her awful experience
in the. English prison, considers her
self consecrated to the work Of advanc-
ing prison reform. She has visited many
prisons In this country and lauds IN
the highest terms the industrial work
that is carried on in them. At one time
a petition with 100000 names attached
was sent to the English authorities ask
ing for Mrs. Maybrlck's release.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1907-05-09
How Soldiers Reduce,

Soldiers have an easy way Of keep
ing their figures supple and trim. The
officer who finds his waist growing
greater than his chest, thus destroying
the symmetry Of his uniform, eats for
a little while nothing but lean meat,
and drinks nothing but hot water. Thus
he loses two pounds or SO a day. He
keeps this diet up till he has sufficiently
diminished himself-a matter, as a
rule, Of but three or four days absti-
nence-and then he returns to his usual
food again.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1907-05-09
| THE CHARITY GIRL (
BY EFFIE A. ROWLANDs
CHAPTER NvI.-(Continued.) J
By EFFIE A. ROWLANDS

CHAPTER NVI.-(Continued.)
The Duke of Marlborough was making
an almost regal procession with his new
daughter-in-law. He had come up just
as Audrey was clasping her mothers
hand, and when he caught sight of the
girls face he whistled.
Jack, my boy, you're in luck he
cried, and then nothing would do but
Audrey must walk away with him and
be introduced all round.
The girl is lady from head to foot,
and what face! Charity girl, indeed
Where's Gladys, | wonder?' and then
the wicked old man chuckled to himself
As he meditated plan to annoy Lady
Daleswater.
So with Audrey. laughing heartily at
his sallies, he walked straight up to his
daughter, whose cold eyes were resting
white-robed figure.
GLADYS, my dear, here is some one you
must know. This young lady has quite
taken my heart by storm! l don't be-
leve she will leave a whole one when she
goes away
That is easily understood" remarked
Lady Daleswater. graciously giving Au-
drey sincere admiration, "but you have
not told me this young lady's name,
papa"
No! Haven't L? Dear me! Well,
you really ought not to need an introduc-
ton, since she is your new sister, Jack S
wife. Come along. my dear. | want to
take you up to that old woman over
there; she is not beautiful. but she is
clever, and that is a great thing"
SheiIa Fraser had not been with Lady
Daleswater when the duke brought up
his sons wife, but she knew in a moment
that her rival had come on to the field,
and she could scarcely contain her Bit
ter hatred and jealousy, as she heard
nothing but admiration expressed for Au-
drey all the way round.
She was carefully attended by her cava-
iier, the Honorable Lancelot Twist, broth
er to the Earl of Daleswater, who was
as strongly inclined in favor of obtaining
her fortune as his sisterinlaw could de-
sire. He was a mean little man, very
like the earl in appearance, but Sheila did
not care about this ; she only remembered
his rank, and was glad to have some one
to attend her so closely, if only to show
the world that she was not breaking her
heart for Lord John Glendurwood. Miss
Fraser walked straight up to the lovely
girlsh form.
Il am very glad to see you," she said,
with great warmth and extending her
delicately gloved hand. "You have not
quite forgotten me, Lady John. 1 hope?"
'Oh, no, I have not forgotten you,
Miss Fraser" she said simply, and then
she added no more, for to say she was
glad to see Sheila would have been to
utter an untruth and Audrey was not
versed sufficiently in the worlds ways to
speak falsely.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1907-05-09
A WIFE TO ORDER.
TribuIations of n Man Who Tried to
Raise One.

TribuIations of n Man Who Tried to
Raise One.
To most men-and most women, too
-matrlmony comes rather suddenly.
They meet, and presto! After that they
gradually accustom themselves to each
others eccentricities.
Not so with Thomas Day, the author
of that schoolboy classic, "Sandford
and Merton" Day had ideas Of his
own, says John Fyvie in his volume Of
LITERARY Eccentrities," and proposed
to have a wife to suit him. He was de-
termined that she must be simply
neat, with none Of the deceitful glare
of town ny.nph. but with healthy
bloom on her cheeks, and lustrous eyes,
which spoke the genuine feelings Of her
soul"
She must be needless Of the praise or
blame of all mankind, save only her
husband. She must despise dress and
fashion, and must come with him to
live in simplicity and retirement, where
nothing should be sacrificed to fashion
or vanity. She must have taste for
literature and science, for moral and
natriotic philosophy, be fearless and
intrepid as Spartan wives or Roman
heroines, and simple as mountain girl
in dress, diet and manners.
Failing to find all these charms In
general circulation, Day determined to
hove a wife made to order to his own
plan. Accordingly he adopted two little
orphan girls from asylums, and had
them bound out to one Of his friends
who was married. He gave bond him
self to have one placed with some good
trade-woman and to marry the other;
or if he did not marry her, then to
Give her an ample dowry and ses her
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Ito he continued.)
In After Years.

Father Time had been swinging his
scythe for twenty years when they ac-
cidentally met again. He was a bach
elor of %. bald and slightly disfigured,
but still in the ring. She a spinster,
fat and 40, but not as fair as she used
to be.
'Do you remember" she gurgled,
chow you proposed to me the last time
we met and l refused your
We'll, guess yes" he replied. at
is by long odds the happiest recollec-
tion Of my life"
And seeing it was a hopeless case
she meandered along on her lonely
way
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1907-05-09
AN INDIAN CHESTERFIELD.
First Eagles Poetic Greeting to .
Returning Missionary.

First Eagles Poetic Greeting to .
Returning Missionary.
Poetry can still be found In tho
Caroline Courteney, teacher in tho
Presbyterian Indian Industrial School
at Wolf Point, Mont, according to the
New York Press, 'in spite Of the level
Ing Influences Of reservation life.
When went away on my last vaca-
tlon l was gone two months. When
returned found several Of my friends
from the reservation at the depot to
meet me. Among them were old ex-
Chief First Eagle and his three wives
After the chief had shaken hands no
laid his hand on his heart and said:
First Eagle all time sick here you go;
squaws all time sick here you 90. First
Eagle all time laugh here you come );
squaws all time laugh here you come"
mo white man." said Miss Courte-
ney, ''could have given 50 poetic a well
come, even If he had felt it. 1t would
have stuck in his throat. The nearest
he could have gotten to it in figurative
language would have been: You're a
good sight for sore eyes,
"Some Of the Indian children fresh
from the tepee are most interesting.
For one thing, twenty degrees below
zero Is a temperature which they don't
mind in the least. Cora Moore-we
renamed her because her Indian name
was unpronounceable and very unat-
tractive when tranSlated--is only Z
years old, but she will climb tree on
the coldest day Of winter and calmly
sit up there and read her second read
er. Cora Is irrepressible. She Is an
lndefatigable tree climber and comes
In with dresses Of the stoutest mate
rial torn nearly Off her body. She
can climb anything that ever grew or
was ever made.
my mother used to say that a
'tomboy' Is sure to make smart wom-
an, because the fact that she Is tom
boy shows that she Is full Of vitality
and energy. If that is the case, l am
sure Cora will be Il genius later on.
She Is ready for anything active, work
or play, except washing dishes. There
is an Indian mutiny every time 1t Is
her turn to help with the dishes. Scout
ing parties are sent out, which pull
her out from under some bed or table.
One day they found her at distant
point of the grounds gazing stcadfast-
ly off over the prairie. She turned
and said with immense dignity: Why
you trouble me? l look, maybe my
mother come
"These Indian children, In true In
dian fashion, study all the teachers
and try to read them through and
through, 50 as to find out and utilize
their weak points. One very little boy
in my class Is William Black Thunder,
the son Of Bad Knife. He Is lOvable,
but full Of tricks. When I start to
correct him he will look up at me with
a most bewitching smile and say, Co
zee zee.' That means, My dear, dear
friend and the little scamp has found
out that l am totally disarmed when
he says that"
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1907-05-09

Emile Grigsby, the young woman
ward Of the late Charles T. Yerkes,
has been given s1,0OO,OOO from the
Yerkes estate, and. 1t Is declared, she
will sell the Park avenue mansion
which Yerkes built for her, and here
after reside In Europe. The late trac-
ton magnate's friendship for Miss
Grigsby was so great that an open
scandal resulted at the time of his
death.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1907-05-09
Soft.

Freddy (romantically)-The moon !!
The moon! The beautiful mellow
moon!
Edna-And you remind me Of the
moon, Freddy.
Freddy? In what way?
Edna-You are also mellow.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1907-05-09
Making of q Picture.

Washington was crossing the Della.
ware. He stood.
Better sit down, sir" suggested an
aid.
"SIt down" responded Justify the
father Of his country. And pray, what
sort of a picture would that maker
Blushing under the rebuke, the aid
resolved to monkey no more with art
Philadelphia Ledger
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1907-05-09
No Longer Cheap,

"Tkixt all supplies there seems a race
To reach the top notch first;
The cost of living grows apace
And now we have the worst.
II almost makes the nation weep,
This rise of one sad day,
For even talks no longer cheap
The Senate's raised It's pay.
-Harper's Weekly.