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The Somerset reporter., 1907-11-14
EVERY RHEUMATIC
INVITED TODAY
TO TEST URlC-O FREE
7s-Cent Bottle Given Free To
All Who Apply

If there are still any sufferers from Rheu-
matism in this county or wherever this paper
reaches, that have not yet tried the wonderful
Rheumatic Remedy Uric O, we want them to
try it now at our expense. We firmly believe
that there is not a case of Rheumatism in the
world that will not ield to wonderful
effects of Uric-O, and we want to prove it to
every doubter hey nd all possibility. The
best way to do this is to give large trial
bottle of this remedy outright to every sufferer
and let him test and try it to his own salts
faction. If you or any of y ur family suffer
from Rheumatism, no matter what form. Just
cut this notice out of the paper and send it
together with your name and address. also
the name of your druggist, to the Smith Drug
Co., 264 Smith Bldg, Syracuse, N. Y, and
they will send you by return mail a liberal
t,ial package free of all expense. There is
no reservation to this offer. You take the
remedy home and use it according to direc-
tons until thoroughly satisfied of its merits
We could not afford to do this if we did
uot know that after you are freed from this
dreaded disease that you will recommend it
To all your friends who have rheumatism
We know from experience that personal rec
ummendation from one person to another is
the most valuable advertising, and that is the
way we intend to acquaint the world with
UricO. Don't put off writing because this
offer will soon expire, and then it will be too
late Do it today and start yourself upon the
highway to perfect health and happiness.
Send for Uric.O, no matter where you live.
1t is sold by Druggists all over this country,
and we want you to have bottle free. 400
Uric-O is sold and personally recommended
in Skowhegan by Frank w. Buchanan.
The Somerset reporter., 1907-11-14

When the stomach, Heart, or Kidney
nerves get weak. then these organs always
fail. Don't drug the Stomach, nor stimulate
the Heart or Kidneys. That is simply a
makeshift. Get a prescription known to
Druggists everywhere as DR.. Shops Re-
storative is prepared expressly Tor these weak
inside nerves. Strengthen these nerves,
build them up with DR.. Shops Restorative
tablets or hquid-and see how quickly
nelp will come. Free sample test sent on
request by DIR. Shoop, Racine, Wis. Your
health is surely worth this simple test. 6.
X Fogg
The Somerset reporter., 1907-11-14
Lightning as She Saw Il.

While little Gertrude was looking out
of a window during a thunderstorm
she saw a fash of lightning play
along telegraph wire.
"Oh mamma" she exclaimed, ~
just saw piece of the sun fall down
from the sky"-New York Press.
The Somerset reporter., 1907-11-14
Not Guilty.

Enthusiastic Amateur Sailor-Let go
that jib sheet Unenthusiastic Land
lubbsr (who has been dscoyed into act
Ing crew,-rm not touching the beast
ly thing!-Punch.
The Somerset reporter., 1907-11-14
Matrimonv'a Small Channe.

In olden times 1t took broken six.
pence to plight the troth of two fond
hearts In proper style. These days It's
the lover who is broke But be is
much the same old sixpence.-Puck.
The Somerset reporter., 1907-11-14
APPENDICITIS

Is due in large measure to abuse of the
bowels, by employing drastic purgatives. To
avoid all danger, use only DIR. Kings New
Life Pills the safe, gentle cleansers and in
vIgorators. Guaran eed to cure headache,
blliousness, malaria and jaundice, at Samp-
son & Azores and q. X. Fogg's drug store.
CSC.
The Somerset reporter., 1907-11-14

Trial Catarrh treatments are being mailed
out free, on request, by DR.. Shoop, Racine,
Wis. These tests are proving to the people
without penny's cost-the greater value of
this scientific prescription known to druggists
everywhere as DR.. Shops Catarrh Remedy.
Sold by G. r. Fogg
The Somerset reporter., 1907-11-14

Some foreign American
girls who can read their titles clear
have good deal of trouble in pro-
nouncing them.
The Somerset reporter., 1907-11-14

Patience with lesser lives is born
of the larger life.
You are free from any divinity 80
long as you despise any humanity.
The Somerset reporter., 1907-11-14

The average elevation OF North
America is 1850 feet and of South
America 1900 feet.
The Somerset reporter., 1907-11-14

Constipation, Indigestion, drive
away appetite and make you weak
and sick. HOLSTERS Rocky Mountain
Tea restores the appetite, drives
away disease, builds up the system.
80 cents, Tea or Tablets. q. r Fogg.
The Somerset reporter., 1907-11-14
HEAD ACHE
RELIEF ~
FOR INDIGESTION
G. r. FOGG.

Monroe, Me-, Sept. 10, 1906.
81 have used L. F. Atwood's Bit
tiers in my family for years and fine
they are almost an instant cure fol
headache and indigestion. I always
keep them on hand"
Yours truly, L. A. Colson.
If the stomach is allowed to get gu
of order, the whole system suffers
To enjoy life the stomach must be
tenderly cared for, and there is nc
remedy that acts so benehcially a.
IL. F." Atwood's Bitters. They quickly
adjust the illness and set you right. Al
all druggists, 35c.
The Somerset reporter., 1907-11-14

Waistcoats should be seen, not
heard.
Men of fashion run to seed early and
women of fashion to waist.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-01-17
THE cHlLp's MIND.
Give 1t a Chnnct to Develop by Its
Natural Processes.

The hitler they are the better, be.
cause farther removed from the world
that Is ours and deeper placed In their
own world A good baby radlates
peace. Every one who Is rightly con-
stltuted smiles at the sight OF It.
They are busy, they are cheerful.
AS rule, they seem to be kind to one
another. They are not bored, ana I'M
less the weather Is insufrcrable OF they
are sick they are not depressed.
What philosophers What heroes!
Is 1t strange that the attitude of an
unpcrverted Child should be the Chris
tian ideal?
The great merit of children MS com.
panions lies in the breadth of thc,f
tolerations. They are easy to please
agreeable to most propositions and moi
very critical.
They do not "know better" That IL
one Of their delightfulcst traits. Chill.
dren will trust You, and that Is one OF
tho most gratifying compliments pos.
sblc.
In the company OF children you have
relief In considering what will pay.
The things that they do and prefer to
do, do not pay. rs II rule, except In tho
doing Of them.
Wise elders who are qualified to
train the mind OF child are pretty
scarce. The next best thing is tho
elder who Is wise enough to respect
the child's mind and give 1t chance
to develop in sympathetic atmos.
phere by It's own natural processes
%. 5. Martin In Harpcr's Magazine.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-01-17
HANDLING A TIGER.
HOW Turisomnn subducd snnrl-
lag. Angry Man Eater.

IN cage near the room In which I
lived while in khivu," says Langdon
Warner In the Century Mag,,alnu
WINS tiger from tho Oxiis swamps
He had taken DISLIKE to me. and
every time ! passed his cage he not
up ana paced angrlly toward me.
snnrlng.
Into the cage of this beast, at tho
command Of the prince. Turkoman
stepped, armed with short stick as
big round MS his wrist. With this
stick hc struck tho tigers nose us lie
made for him. anu then, will, palms
out and eyes fixed. he walked slowly
up to the shrinking beast and strokcl
his face and flank.
THE tiger snar,cd and took tho
mans hand In his open mouth hold
my breath ana looked for the bleed.
Ing stump to fall away; but, Keeping
thnt hnnd perfectly still, with the
other he tlcklel the tigers jowl and
scratched his car I'LL with yawn and
n pleased snarl the big cat rolled
over on his back to- have Ills belly
scratched.
"The man then sank to Ills Knees
always keeping his hands In motion
over the glossy fur, and with his foot
drew toward him n collar attached to
chain. This lie snapped round the
beasts neck and, rising TO his feet
laid hold Of the chain and dragged tho
tiger out.
"Thls was only the second time that
the cage had been entered. AS soon
as the tiger was outside he csplcd the
watching party md started for them,
but came up short on the collar. II he
had chosen to Use his weight and
strength no four of them could have
held his tethcr, but rs II was the
Turkoman found little difficulty with
him and held him, snnrling, while n
camera was snapped"
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-01-17
mumor In the Ear Ea..

Abdur Rahman, the late ameer Of AZ
ghanistan, had grim sense Of humor
which was sometimes exercised with
out scruple. On one occasion n dur
bar he wns holding was interrupted by
a man who, In state of the greatest
excitement, rushed in declaring that
the Russians were advancing to invade
Afghnnistan. Turning aside for a mo-
ment from the business In progress,
the late ameer in the most unconcerned
tones ordered bis shnhgassl to conduct
the man to the summit of a certain
watch tower. Look you out well for
the Russians" commanded Abdur Rah.
man, "for you do not eat until you see
them arriye."-Grand Magazine.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-01-17
4 Contrary Fling.

If ever there was anything in the
world that went by contrarles. 1t +.
the Chinese flag. 1t will he recalled!
that it is one of the gayest of national
standards. The body of tile banner Is
Of pale yellow. In the upper left
hand corner Is II small red sun, and
looking at 1t is a fierce Chinese dragon
About 1000 years ago, SO the story
runs, the Chinese made war ur}on the
Japanese. They prepared for grea,
Invasion. AS prophecy of victory
they adopted n standard which Is thu,
OF the present time. They took til,
sun of Japan and made it very small
This they put in front Of the dragons
mouth to express the idea that the
Chinese dragon would devour the jap
anese. 1t happened. however that the
Chinese feet, conveying an army OF
100000 men, was wrecked on its way
to Japan by great storm, and oil but
three of the 100000 persisted. The re
suit of recent events has not been nny
more convincing than the first affair
that the Chinese flag has been cor.
rectly conceived.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-01-17
THE STAR MIRA.
A Sun of Grcnt Size Tint Ia struE-
Cling For IGxtstcncc.

Sun of Great Size Tint In struE-
Cling For Extstcncc.
For tho greater pnrt Of the time the
variable Mira, which has been known
to astronomers for 800 years, Is alto.
gether unnoticcable and indeed inyis.
ible. except with telescopes. 1t once
disappeared entirely for n period OF
four years, but aftcrward attained eS-
traordlnary splendor. only to fade
again to invlslbiiity. 1t IL n sun Of
great size. brighter than our sun when
1t shines Mt its brightest, but some
trouble. some solar disease, seems to
be snppng It's vitality, and 1t rcsem.
bles patient almost Mt the last gasp.
Once in about 331 days-but the Pc
ROD is irregular-it has sudden nc
cesslon of energy md flares up for n
little while with several hundrcdfold
brilllnncy only TO sink back into n
dull red point that nearly escapes the
ken of the telescope. One interesting
explanation that has been suggested
is that the surface OF Mira periodical
~ bursts into vast flame OF burning
hydrogen. so great and powerful TINT
1t Is visible across millions OF millions
OF miles of space. 1t Is star for tho
Imagination of Dante. yet there is
reason to believe that the time Is
coming when every star In the sky.
not excepting the sun. Will have to
confront similar struggle for exist
ence, just rs every mortal being must
some time see dcath.-Garrett L. Ser
viss in New York American.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-01-17
THIRTY FOOT DRIFTS
IN NORTH DAKOTA
Temperature IS Degrees Below Zero
at Browning, Mont-Trains Lost
on the Great Northern.

ST. PAUL, MIMI, Jan. 16.-Deep
snow still covers the tracks of rail.
roads in the Northwest and the wind
continues to blow gale To make
matters worse, the temperature has
fallen many degrees.
1t was reported at the Great North
ern office that thermometers regis.
tered SIS degrees below zero this morn.
ing at Browning, Mont. 1t was fur
ther stated that there is no point be-
tween Grand Forks and Spokane
where the temperature Is higher than
3S degrees below The snow is so
dry and light that as soon as tho
drifts are cleared away they are blown
back again, the wind piling up drifts
twenty and thirty feet high.
The Great Northern coast train No.
4, due at 2;15 this afternoon, has
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-01-17
Won Bulow's Rcbnke.

1t SO happened that two ladies were
making their way to their seats ut the
very moment Won Bulow finished his
Introduction Of the first movement OF
Beethoven's Sonata Pathetic" This
SO irrtated him that he pulposely com.
menced the allegro ut such an absurdly
slow pace as to make the quavers in
the bass correspond exactly TO the time
OF the ladies' footsteps. AS may be
Imagined, they felt on thorns ana bur.
ried on as fast as they could. while Won
Bulow acceleratcd' his tempo in sym.
pathy with their increasing pace-Bar-
netts Musical "reminiscences.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-01-17

been abandoned somewhere in North
Dakota. The Minneapolis, st. Paul
and Saulte Ste. Marie service is bad.
ly crippled. No. 1OS, a through coast
train, due at GAO yesterday morning,
was still unbound today. s
Trains which connect with the Ca
madam Pacific Railway at Moose Jaw
have been delayed so badly that ser.
vice is almost at standstill. Rail.
way service in Canada. especially In
the West, has been stopped. All tele-
graph wires are down and It's impos-f
sible to get trains through the drifts.
A message from Antler. N. D., says:
There is no coal in town. The TEN.
Derature Is 80 below zero. There Is
plenty of food. but there will me sut,
ferlng from cold inside of four days.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-01-17
Debt owed to Antiquity.

Are we indebted to antiquity? Yes,
Immensely. 1t is the labor, the expert.
ence, even the failures of ancestors,
that have placed us where we are. We
still repent many Of their mistaken ex-
periments which they thought wise. II
was tentative effort with them. though
mistaken, and they did the best they
knew. But. on the whole. the world IL
doing we'll. It's chief debt to antiquity
Is in the lessons it has learned through
which it avoids or may avoid repetition
Of old errors and absurditics.-Po Portland
Oregonian.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-01-17
Whnt lie Wanted.

Glow will you have your hair cut,
siri" said the laxative barber to the
victim in the chair.
"AIinus conversational prollxlty." re-
piled the patient
CLOVIS that. slr?"
with abbreviated or totally elimi-
mated variations"
''WhatT 8
without cffcrvcscent verbosIty. Let
even dlminutive colloluy be conspicu-
OUs by It's absence"
The barber scratched his head
thoughtfnlly n second and then went
over to the proprietor of the shop and
whispered. az don't know whether that
man In my chair is mad or foreigner,
.hrt,1 emit find out what he wants"
~ victim had to explain that he
led the job done in silence.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-01-17
Y. NJ. GA. TO ENTERTAIN
DURING EXPOSITION
Secretaries Of The Peninsula De-
s|rous Of TAXING Care Of The
Wishing Association Men.
DURING lHE BIG JAMESTOWN SHOW
Conference Was Held In, Hampton Yes.
terday Morning, When the Proposl-
ton Was Under Dlscussion-Mny
Have Tent on the Exposition
arounds-Meet Again In Richmond.

II the plans, started at n conference
Oh the secretaries yesterday morning,
are carried through the various Young
men christian Associations of the
Virginia Peninsula will offer MANY
attract1ons to the members of the as.
Societion throughout the United
SUES attending the jamestown expo.
sifion. eNpo-
The conference convened in tho
Hampton association at 1880 O'Clock.
with Secretary Duncan, of the New.
port News association, in the chair.
Ihere were secretaries present from
portsmouth. Berkeley, Norfolk, Suf.
Koik. Fort Monroe, Hampton and New.
port News.
me secretaries determined to place
co.'s IN the various associations for
the sleeping accommodations of anv
members of the Young Mems Chris
tan Association who may come to the
exposition and desire to take rooms
IN any of the buildings Tracks and
otner literature giving full descrip.
uon Oh The many places of interest
around the Virginia peninsula and the
eSposltlon grounds will be supplied
each of the associations. II IS also
proposed to use the associations as
bureaus Of information for the yisi.
tors. 'i''
In fact the idea at present is to
make the associations among the most
inviting places for the visitors to the
exposition.
It Is also thought that the associa-
ions will establish headquarters on
the exposition grounds under a big
canvas, where the information con.
corning the location of the associa.
ton In each town will be furnished,
After spending more than two hours
discussing the work for the associa.
ton to do while the exposition is in
tull swing, the secretaries adjourned
to take UP the final arrangements at
a general meeting of all the secreta
RES OF Virginia at a conference to
be held in Richmond on February
81. % and 20.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-01-17
AN OLD GERMAN LEGEND.
Tho Skull With the Nail Driven
Through Its Temple.

Tho Skull with the Nail Driven
Through Its Temple.
AT Freiburg, Baden, In front of an
old chapel rich In medieval painting
depicting the rewards of virtue and
the wages of sin, stands great cross,
Mt Its foot skull with nail driven
into the temple.
A shoemaker of Freiburg, according
to tradition, died suddenly in the good
old days before coroncrs and juries
were too inquisltive and was buried
near where the cross stands. Scarcely
had the earth upon his grave been wet
by the rains before his wife took sec
ond husband.
NeiEhbors talked, but that was all.
One night the priest of the parish,
awoke to find standing at tie foot OF
his bed the ghost of the dead shoe.
maker. The ghastly figure raised n
cory lock from It's forehead and point.
cd to nail driven In the temple.
The body was exl:r:.cd. ana there
was the evidence of the crime Just as
the specter had indicated. The wife
confessed the murder and was cxecut,
ed. But the skull was placed mt the
foot of the cross rs n warning.
The effect was most wholesome.
relates the truthful chroniclcr. "ror
since then not n wife of Frciburg has
murdered her husband"
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-01-17
LIFE FOR coRNED BEEF.
Sentence of Ohio Man Who stole Five
Delectable Pounds.

GREENVILLE, OHIO, Jan. To-
Judge j. j. Allread, of this city, has
sentenced William WEIGH TO the peni.
tertiary for life for stealing five
pounds of corned beef. WEIGH, who
pleaded guilty, had opened the door
OF closed porch, and was sentenced
on the technical charge of burglary
IN entering an uninhabitcd dwelling
house
Il know the sentence for life for
WEIGH is excessive" said the judge
but the statute under which he
pleaded guilty is positive. Without
the jury's recommendation for elem
ency 1t was the only sentence that
could be imposed"
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-01-17
Cooks Ruin Their ra,tc.

u never season things up to my ownS.."'
taste" said man who has cooked In.
restaurant for many years. "Yery =
few cooks do. They have palates that n
crave high seasoning. The longer they q
cook the more salt and pepper andhl
spices they require. If should sendr,
up my dishes as like them, They've
would be so hot and peppery that half n
the patrons In the restaurant would be ia
unable to eat them."--New York Press. 20
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-01-17
Appropriation Bills Passed.
(By Associated Press

WASHINGTON, d. c., Jan. 16.-.
The Notifications appropriation bill
was passed today by the House with
ont amendment, an unusual thing with
appropriation bills. Sunday, Febru
airy 1G was fixed for the delivery of an
eulogy on the late Representative H. C.
Adams, of Wisconsin.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-01-17
Rhode Islands Deadlock.

w Fht5s'VOitttCU tIOSS.J
PROVIDENCE, r. l., Jan. 16.-The
state legislature in Joint assembly
failed today to elect United States
Senator to succeed Senator George
Peabody Wetmore. Robert l. Goddard
received Al votes, Colonel Samuel G.
Colt 3S, Senator Wetmore 30 votes,
and Ex-Governor George Fl. Utter /
vote Fifty-six votes are necessary
for n choice
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-01-17

letter from Secretary Shaw concern.
Ing tho location of the proposed new
subtreasury in the South, in which
the Secretary expresses no preference
for any of the cities which are fight
ing for the new branch of the treas
ury.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-01-17
SHERIFF LOOKING FOR
Y VICE PRESIDENTS SON
Young Man Charged With Perjury
Leaves Springfield, O., and Where
abouts Are Unknown.
(By Associated Pressl

STEUBENVILLE, o., Jan. 10
Sheriff Voorhees, sent telegram to
the Sheriff of Clark county at Spring
field, Ohio, today to place Frederick
G. Fairbanks, son of Vice President
Fairbanks under arrest. under his in
dictment yesterday by the grand Jury
for perjury while procuring license
to marry Helen Scott, daughter of the
millionaire, James Scott, of Pittsburg.
SPRINGFIELD. o., Jan. 1G.-Fred
@. Fairbanks, who is wanted on an in.
dictment for perjury in Steubenville,
has left the city. His wife and Mrs.
N. II. Fairbanks, his aunt say they
do not know where he has gone.
Young Fairbanks left the city this
morning. He was here until after
midnight.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-01-17
A DfDlOunt.

Mrs. Cllmber-Afy dear, Mrs. Highup
has had her portrait painted by cele-
brated artist. and I haven't thing
but common ordinary, everyday pho
tograph to show. Husband "a wise
man)-The idea OF advertising to the
world that her complexion is so had
that 1t won't stand the camera! Mrs.
Climber-Well, that's true.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-01-17
Gotch Holds Championship.
(By Associated Press.)

MINNEAPOLIS, MINI, Jan. 10
Frank Gotch, of Iowa still retains the
champion wrestling title of America
though Fred Beell, of Wisconsin, gave
him hard match tonight. Beell stay.
the limit, Is minutes and Gotch for
feited 500.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-01-17
sanlaao,s Report.

SANTIAGO. JAN. 16.-Kingston
harbor as the result Of the earth
quake is closed to shipping, and
there is need of quantities of pro-
visions. Famine and pest condi-
lions prevail, and there is misery
everywhere.
Both The rich and the poor at
Kingston are homeless
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-01-17
she Mna Careful.

Spats = That old maid. Miss Van
Shelf, Is the most careful and method
ical boarding mistress I have ever had
disturbing my den. Socratoots-Yes;
can imagine when she goes to
heaven she will want in summer time
to lay away her wings in camphor
baIlS
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-01-17
Big Flour Mills Burned.
lBY Associated PraaR.1

CHARLOTTE, N. c., Jan. 1G.--The
plant of the Statesville Flour Mills
at Statesville, N. c., including Il
wheat elevator was entirely destroy
ed by fire today. Spontaneous com.
Dustion was the cause. Loss $S5, 1000
partially covered by insurance.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-01-17
Came in Port with % Dead.

NEW YORK, Jan. 16.-Twenty. three
passengers on board the steamer In
dus, which arrived here today from
Cuba, died on shipboard while en-
route from Calcutta to Trinidad, Bri
fish West Indies. The passenger
who were mostly coolies, died from
measles and pneumonia.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-01-17
The Accident

Eiizonner = You are charged with
breaking chair over your wife's head. i
Prisoner-It was an accident, yourn
honor Hlzonner-What! Didn't you /,
intend to hit her? Prisoner-Yes, but Il
] didn't Intend to break the chair.