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The Somerset reporter., 1908-02-06

This skin" said TIN rufrler 'cnme
from young sem hacheIar youth
ignorant of love and Of life"
How do you know the ady asked
by Its 1neness. lis perfection" he
replied The pile, you will note. "a
like close cut velvet Only bachelor
seal skins have such "A pile
The bachelor sea- be went on
has rather sad life The big bull
seals In the seal islands have each =
household OF fifteen OF twenty wives
but the young bachelors must herd
by themselves. Let one II them Al
tempt to marry aud stralghtway bull
Stays him. Not TIL be Is big enough
to fight and conquer n bull-not tin be
Is fourteen or fifteen years old can he
know the delight of settling down In n
home of his own.
HE leads a hard, aseetlc eellbate lie
only in the end as like as not to make
lady very fine coat All the very
fine coats, repeat, are made from the
unhappy bachelor seals Cincinnati
Enquirer.
The Somerset reporter., 1908-02-06
HUMAN STOMACH HAS
BECOME DEGENERATE
Animals Are Healthier Because of Strong
Digestive Apparatus.

An interesting Interview 1az 70
Gently obtained slfh l.. 7 Cooper. the
young man Vtose theory and medl#
elnes have created such a sensation
during The pas year
hr Cooper IN speaking - The r.
variable success of bis medicine had
iala n saY on The subject sly medl=
cine regulates The stomach That Is
Nhy II is successful. The human sf0m.
aeh TO-DAY has become degenerate aud
The Somerset reporter., 1908-02-06

at isn't every body that gets place
In life that's Just suited to him" said
Mr.. Hobart thoughtfully. but de
clare it seems as II Jed Lorlng had
landed In the very spot he'd choose
above every other"
Il didn't suppose anything would
ever suit Jed" remarked Mrs. Hobart
"a man that always thought everybody
was better or than he and never ap
peared to enjoy anything except other
folks misfortune Where In the world
is hcFr
while was visiting Henry's folks.
said Mr. Hobart they took me across
the ferry to the island one day 1
thought the face OF the man that
worked the gates looked kind Of IA
mlllar. and be sazcd at me real search
ing ms Henry aud stood there
AREN'T YOU lin Hobart that used
to live I'm RushbyT ne asked me At
last
- am and saH do. says l. and it's
Just come 10 me who you are You're
Jed Loriue
lie nodded that WIS right
"'Got a job that suits yoa here I
guess. said. Tor he's grown staatrf
aud looks considerable cheerfaler than
he used to when be was here Ia
Bushby
Yes. ! have suy- be real hearty
Why. this ferns boat runs back aud
forth every hnlf hour an day long aud
there's haaily "trip bar What some
body misses it and gets A. mad IS
FURY"
The Somerset reporter., 1908-02-06
A Reliable Remedy for tbs
Whiskey and Beer Habit

Very few men become drunkards because
they like liquor 1t is frequently the moder
ate drinker. who before he realizes his condi-
ton has become a drunksrd. The nervous
system, having become accustomed to stimu
lants is unable to do the same amount or
quality of work without liquor. hence the
victim drinks more and more. This is state
OF disease and should be treated by Orune.
1t destroys the desire for liquor, so that the
drink is not missed. There IS no loss Of time
or detention from work when it IS used
Orrine is prepared in two forms No. l..
the secret remedy which can he used IN food
or drink without the knowledge OF the pa.
tent; No for those who take the remedy
of their own free will. Both forms are guar
anteed. A registered guarantee in every box.
Treatise on how to cure drunkenness free
on request. The Orrine %, Washington, D.
c. The price Of either form is 81 box max
nF the cost OF the complete cure less than
one-ttnth what is usually charged at ssntar-
iums, with guarantee that the expense will
be nothing unless a cure IS gained. Mail
orders filled in plain sealed package on re
ceipt o. price.
Orrine is for sale by Frank w Bucknam
The Somerset reporter., 1908-02-06

The word zero s fr9m the Spanish
and means empty hence nothing Il
was nrst used for a thermometer IN
1898 by Prusslaa named Fahrenheit
BY experimenting aIth sueW and -a-
Fahrenheit found shat Dc #11i pro
duce a degree pf cold ssua Oh Ihat 81
the coolest winter dat II .appued
that The day on which be maac his
final experiment Vas the eo,de=t That
anybody could remember md strH9k
with the coincidence II his s#Ieule
discovery Doe hastily concluded tbH be
had found IA. lowest degree N eu
perHnre clther aaruH eHInela'
He called the degree zero and con
struatrd a Thermometer graduating up
from zero ta boiling point Vaf.b be-
numbered 20 aud iaa -ee4uz point
30
The Somerset reporter., 1908-02-06

A famous Irish actor OF the eight
zenith century named John Moody
early In life, before he went on tho
stage. had been to Jamaica mud work
ed his passage home as a sailor before
the mast one night some time after
be had been engaged at nrury Lane
when he was acting Stephauo In THE
Tempest sailor in the front row OF
the pit got up aud, standing upon the
seat, hallooed out What cheer. Jack
Moody what cheer, messmatef.
This unexpected address rnther as
tonlshed the audience Moody how
ever, stepped forward and recognizing
the man. called out Tom HuIlett.
keep your Jawking taeks aboard bout
disturb the crew and passengers When
the show IL over make sal FOR the
stage door. and we'll finish the evening
over r Jug Of punch But I'll then.
Tom, keep your locker shut Moody
II is related VAS as good as bis word
-Cornhlll Magazine,
The Somerset reporter., 1908-02-06
Tho End Came Another Way.

A distinguished actor WIS one time
engaged mt one Of our leading proFn.
cIa theaters in a drama IN which be
attempts an escape from convict pris
on. first by getting rid Of his fetters by
means of Il file and lastly by getting
over the prison wall In tile act Of
doing this he Is shot N by a Warder
and killed
One particular night the drama had
run its usual course up u the point
where the actor attempts The escape
over the prison wall The Wardrr. "a
usual, presented his fhe. but instead
of a loud report nothing but a faint
clicking sound was heard The rifle
was lowered and after brief delay
again pointed, but with the same dis
appointing result.
The audience now began to hiss and
jeer. The disguised actor then got OIL
the prison wall and, staggering toward
the footlights, exclaimed. It's NIL up
I've swallowed the tile" and fell prone
on the stage amid the laughter and A.
plause of the audience. - Pearson
Weekly
The Somerset reporter., 1908-02-06
HUMPHREYS

Veterinary Specifics cure diseases
of Horses. Cattle, Sheep, Dogs, Hogs and
Poultry by acting directly on the SICK PARTS
without loss of time.
A. A. lFEvERs. ConaestIons, Innamma-
cuaEs lions. Lung Fever, MIX Fever.
ID. n. lsPRAINS, Lameness. Injuries.
cUzzs Rheuma tism.
c. SORE THROAT. Quinsy, EpizoOtic.
CURES Distcmper.
s O. D; WORMS. Bo... Grub..
e.. (COCGHs, Colds Influenza, Iuna med
CURES Lungs, PieurO-Pneumonla.
y. p. collie, Beiiyach~. Wind-BIown.
CURES Disrrhea. Dysentery.
&C. Prevents MISCARRIAGE.
IL, IL KIDNEY A BLADDER DISORDERS.
II. lsKIN DISEASES. Mango. Ernptions.
CURES Ulcers. Grease, FarcY.
J.K.,BAD CONDITION, STARING Coat,
CURES Indigestion. Stomach stnggers.
CO., each Stable Case. Ten Specifics, Book &C., e.
At druggists sent prepaid on receipt OF price
Humphreys Medicine Co., Cor. William and John
Streets, New York.
~ BOOK MAILED FREE.
The Somerset reporter., 1908-02-06

A blatant sample OF the loud yoIeed
self conscious, iook .at-me variety or
man took his seat in a bus and called
to the conductor
Does this bus 20 al the VA
Yes sir responded fhe eaH1H#to.
politely
Does II X os far as otf1a1 stHsel.
/ want TO gsi oot there
Yes sir WAS the repf
Wei. want you 70 TEL a4e when
We get Thee You'd better stick %
stamp on your lose or put "a straw m
your mouth or lie knot b one "
your lips 80 that you wont forget Il
1t would not be convenient fJr one
In my position 70 40 50 said lhs con
duetor couffeJusly aDuf n gau s'iI
klualy pin Yaur ears round yaar mock
/ think shall remsmhe r. ta# fHH
The Somerset reporter., 1908-02-06

Fred 1au-. Hau 81, Hs small III
menalHua Was ID popular conductor on
the Bosfau sad Maine railroad mixing
daily trips between Boston and Plym
outh One das -eteraI years ago while
collecting rtrrs he encountered man
under lhr Influence ~ liquor vino
would net shaH a ticket After reason
mg u vain aIth this passenger hr
Jones' said wow see hete you'll
have ta DO one ~ thcee thing- gIte
me uskef pay your faae or xct on
aud aaIk
You've Jh.#I eat 10 30 Que ~ tAree
things was fbe rep.f 'eat less thIe
hoop gsrsef H1.I or bust
The Somerset reporter., 1908-02-06
He DkCHE
SPEEDY
relief
FOR INDIGESTION
Monroe, Me-, Sept. 10, 1905

Monroe, Me-, Sept. 10, 1906.
II have used L. F. Atwood's Bit
ters in my family for years and fne
they are almost an instant cure TO.
headache and indigestion. I Away,
keep them on hand"
Yours truly, L. A. Colson.
If the stomach is allowed to get OF
of order, the whole system suffers
To enjoy life the stomach must be
tenderly cared for and there is M
remedy that acts so benefcially a.
81. F." Atwood's Bitters. They quick,
adjust the illness and set you right A
all druggists, 35c.
The Somerset reporter., 1908-02-06
>lnnnonmoop rAAonlrt.

Mrs T. ID. Charles, OF Bar IIarbor, Maine,
speaking Of Electric Btters, says; at is a
neighbofho0d favorite here with us" II
deserves TO be a fayorite everywhere. 1t
gives quick sehef in dyspepsia, liver ocm-
plant. kidney arrangement, malnutrition'
Nervousness. weakness and general debility.
is action on the blood, as a thorough puri.
hcr makcs u especially useful as a spring
mcdleinc This grand Alternative tonic IS sold
unasr gaaantee At ., K. fogg's drug store.
soc
The Somerset reporter., 1908-02-06

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for
any case Of Catarrh that cannot be cured BY
Halls Catarrh Cure.
r. J. CHENEY & CO., Props. Toledo, o.
We the undersigned, have known Y. }.
Cheney for the last 10 years, and believe him
perfectly honorable In all business transactions
and financially able TO carry out any obiisa-
tions made by his Arm.
wALpIN0, KMSAN & MARVIN, whoissals
Druggists, Toledo, o.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally, act
ing directly upon the blood and mucous sur
faces Of the system. Testimonials sent fires
Take Halls Family PILLS for oonsdpstiou
Sold by druggists. pries Zoe.
The Somerset reporter., 1908-02-06

The following snswer vas recently
giYen IN q geography eKsmlantian Is
reply 70 the question Ffom shat %
rection DO mnst % ear fains enms p
Aost Of our rsfas name stfslxsf
down. bot some ~ tham eems AIDE
ways
The Somerset reporter., 1908-02-06

Some men dress quietly and others
oss their collar huttons-paIlas News.
The Somerset reporter., 1908-02-06

Women love dress because they en-
Joy the admiration Of men ana the
Of other women.
The Somerset reporter., 1908-02-06

Big bundle of old papers five cents
at the REPORTER office.
The Somerset reporter., 1908-02-06

~ BOOK MAILED FREE.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-10-02
TaIismans In Malta.

There are still to be found in Malta
a number of small stones shaped and
colored like the eyes, tongues and other
parts of serpents.
The superstitious among the Maltese
connect these with the tradition that
st. Paul when shipwrecked was cast
on their island and that it was there
that while lighting bundle of sticks
for fire a viper fastened on the apos-
ties hand. st. Paul calmly shook the
reptile off into the flames, and no
harm followed. The natives wear
these stones as talismans, in which
character they suppose them servicea-
bic in warding off dangers from snake
bites and poisons.
They are found in st. Pauls cave
imbedded in clay and are set in rings
and bracelets and when found to be
in the shape of tongue or liver or
heart are hung around the neck. They
are also taken internally, dissolved in
wine, which method is attended, ac-
cording to some people, by more i'm
mediate results.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-10-02
We Work Too Hard.


Lady Headfort during her American
tour said in New York that she APP
proved of international marriages
They correct u.s." she explained
"Our Englishmen work too little, your
American men work too much, and
the International marriage tends to
bring about happy mean. Your men
do work too much. you know seal
Lady Headfort. 81 have an English
friend who attended the funeral of
one of your hardest workers, a multi
millionaire. My friends wife said
rather bitterly to him at the funeral:
"'How you have missed your oppor-
tunities, my love! Place yourself be-
side Mr.. Ritch there You are both of
the same age. You both began life to-
gether. Yet you are poor man, while
he died multimillionaire'
Yes said the English husband.
There Ritch lies dead of nervous pros
tration, without one single penny in
his pocket, and here stand, hale and
hearty, with a wallet in my coat con-
tanning quite hundred dollars"
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-10-02
CHURCHES BURN
In FOND DU LAC
CONGREGATION in Wisconsin Causes a
Loss of $3.50, Pre-
pare TO Flee.


Fond du Lac. Wis. Sept 2S.-Fond
Gu Lac during the night was swept by
IRE which at one time threatened to
destroy the city. Two churches and a
number of residences were destroyed
and 5000 persons in the best residence
district were preparing to flee, fear
ing the city's doom was near. Water
was scarce and the fighters sent from
Oshkosh to aid the local department
were hindered in their work on this
account.
The fire started with an explosion of
gasoline at midnight. In an hour a
S250,000 loss was caused.
Here are the losses in the order In
which they burned: Crescent Automo-
bile and Machine company, garage
and fifteen autos burned, plant
wrecked by explosion; st. Joseph's
Roman Catholic church, total loss, cost
$4,000; Mrs. L. s. Mayhan, residence
burned, Mrs. Nfayhan and daughter
rescued by firemen; Rev. NJ. j.
Taugher. residence burned; DR.. T. A.
Bishop, residence destroyed; Congre
gational church, totally destroyed.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-10-02
Jockeys Tricks.

'aThere are tricks of two kinds In
1ockeying." said a jockey, .'the legiti-
mate and the illegitimate. Use the
first and you'll prosper. Use the last
and it's all up.
sIllegitimate tricks are pulling a race
and getting left at the post. If you
once pull a fast horse and make him
lose, you are always afterward an OBJ
ject of suspicion, and ten to one IL
you ever pull another horse you are
done for. But getting yourself left at
the post is a big and complex subject,
and it is the one trick that a clever
jockey can work time and again with
safety.
ITO cause a rival horse to swerve is
an Legitimate trick that. often wins
your race You cause the swerving by
Strengthening out your leg so that your
heel nearly touches the other horses
nose, or you make wide slash with
your whip so that it nearly touches
the other horses eyes.
''The legitimate tricks are But why
give them away when it has taken
all my life to learn them ?"-New Or
leans Times Democrat.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-10-02
COUNTY TO PENSION BLIND
ommends Payment of 500 Per
Year to All Afflicted.

Milwaukee, Sept 26. - Milwaukee
county IS going to pension its blind
Thetprivilege was granted to all coun-
ties by the 1907 legislature. Milwau-
kee county is the first to take the
step.
At meeting of the charities COM
mittee of the county board the COM
mittee decided to recommend to the
board that all blind persons within the
county be given 500 a year, if their
present income is not more than $3.50
year.
The committee desires William G.
Spindler. superintendent Of the poor,
to ascertain what is the income of
the 100 or more blind people in the
county, and though such work is not
within his sphere of duty, the super
intendent expressed willingness to act
in that capacity. The supervisors es-
innate the pensions will cost the coun-
ty approximately $4,000 a year.
Adam Zepp, Frank Daley and
Stephen Doyle, all blind, were present
at the meeting and spoke in favor OF
the pension.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-10-02
Many CrandalIs Present.

More than one hundred and fifty OF
the descendents of Elder John all
OF England, Massachusetts, Bay Colony,
Newport and Westerly, II. l., held their
first annual reunion on the college cam
pus, TUESDAY, Sept. % A ermaSesnt
organization az the Wisconsin Crandall
family was effected with the following
officers for the coming Year: President,
Prot Albert r. Crandall of Milton col
lege; Vice presidents, w. l.. Crandall
and DIR. Grace I. Crandall, Milton, Mrs.
Roswell A. Crandall and Orville G. Gran
dali, Milton Junction, Luke Crandall,
Edgerton, Mrs. Abbie Crandall, Albion,
Paul B. Crandall and Mrs. M. G. Still
man, Walworth; Secretary and Treas
urer G. Eugene Crandall, Milton.
An especially fine dinner was served
under the efficient management of the
committee, Mr.. and Mrs. Calvin Gran
dali, Mr.. and Mrs. Henry f. Crandall
and Mr.. and Mrs. Orville g. Crandall,
with the assistance OF many others, the
whole company being seated at the table
at once in the shade of the trees just
east of the Whitford Memorial hall.
Two large Photographic groups we're
taken after dinner, the first including
the whole number present and the Sec
ond those having the Crandall name.
The most interesting feature OF the
occasion was the Address by Prof. A. K.
Crandall on the early history of the
Crandall family in America. Prof. Gran
dali and Edwin g. Davis of Centervale,
r. l., have been engaged for fully thirty
years in the study of the Crandall gene
alogy and the collection of data for pub
LEGATION. They have collected and clas-
sifed about twelve thousand names OF
persons descended from Ed. John Gran
dali and have several thousand others
still unclassified about which they are
seeking information. Prof. Crandall dis
cussed the conditions under which the
settlement of Rhode Island took place
and the character and influence OF Elder
John Crandall and his associates, Tobias
Saunders, Robert Burdick, Samuel Cor
ton, John and Joseph Clarke, Samuel
Hubbard, Roger Williams and others in
the founding of the first colony in which
religious liberty was fundamental part
of the charter. He brought out the part
taken by the Crandalls in the war of the
Revolution and showed their influence
in the social and religious progress of
the country citing especially Prudence
and Reuben Crandall in their connec-
ton with the anti slavery movement. He
gave the names of Elder Johns children
who head the various Crandall lines OF
which the Joseph and Peter lines we're
chiefly represented in the Milton gather
ing.-Milton Journal.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-10-02
A Queer Test,

The grocer said to the applicant:
"Your references are good. Show
me your style Of weighing out five
pounds of sugar There's the scales
The applicant wreathed his face in
the amiable smile all statesmen wear
and weighed out the sugar with dis
epatch and accuracy. He put on too
little sugar at first; he added gently a
full half pound before the scale bal
anced
you'll do said the grocer you
understand the scale trick. 1t is plain
that you learned your trade in the
thorough old school way"
Eyes, SIR the other answered ST
learned in the country, and almost my
first lesson was that in weighing. You
must add, add, add, till the beam tips.
because all that adding pleases the Gus
tomer-seems to him almost like gift
ButNif, on the contrary, you substract
from the quantity on the scale the
customer is affected in the opposite
way-you seem to be robbing him. He
goes away convinced that you are a
stingy cheat.''-New Orleans Times
Democrat
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-10-02
The Irritating Mississippi.

The Mississippi is the greatest fri
tant in the United States. It's tickle
ness, conscious power and haunting
eddies bring oaths to the lips of the
most respectable and law abiding resi-
dents along it's lower course. The
greatest admirers of the river, the peo-
pie who sing it's praises with the most
emphasis, are the ones who go off on
a tangent of temper quickest when
they find a new caving of river bank
headed toward the newest and most
expensive levee, built to protect great
plantations, while just across the
stream rise worthless bluffs and useless
sand bars. Talk to a Mississippi river
man-shanty boater, pilot, raftsman,
plantation owner or city merchant
he will brag about the river wonders.
It's bigness charms him and makes him
feel large and elated. Bring him
around to his own experiences with
it, and suddenly shade Of resentment
crosses his face as he recalls a shanty
boat wrecked by a cyclone, a steam
boat snagged, a raft torn up in some
bend, plantation undercut and wash
ed away or seasons trade spoiled by
an overflow and crevasse.
1--WE love the river, damn it!' is a
literal expression.-n - A.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-10-02
BLESSINGS.

She was the daughter of the village
physician, a sunny scurled darling of
six, whose big blue eyes rested on the
face of the Sunday school teacher
with an attention and intelligence
most encouraging.
So when, after a discourse to the
children on the beauty of approaching
their blessings, the teacher asked for
an explanation of blessing the doc
tors little daughter rose and said:
eff my papa was to have patient
and she was to get well, and she was
to pay my papa, and my papa was to
give the money to my mamma, and
my mamma was to buy me a new
dress and take me down to the vacant
lot and let me ride the great big fierce
lion on the merry go-round, that would
be a blessing. ''-Woman's Home Com
paniOn
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-10-02

Madison, Wis, Sept. 26.-With the
opening of the college year the Uni
versity of wisconsin college of agricul-
ture will inaugurate a new course.
known. as tie middle course, which
may be completed in two full years.
This course is designed to meet the
needs of those students who have had
a high school training and are prepared
for university work, but can not spend
more than two years at the university.
The studies include practically all of
the long, or four years course, with
the exception that foreign languages
ard mathematics are replaced by more
practical subjects. The aim is to give
the students as thorough training in
the sciences and technical agriculture
as is possible in two years time.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-10-02
LATE NEWS BY WIRE
HUNDREDS DIE
IN BIG FLOOD
Thousands of Houses Washed Away
-, in India Country Devastated
for Miles.

Bombay, Sept. 29.-Thousands Of
native houses have been washed away
and there has been heavy loss of life
IN the Hyderabad and Deccan districts
as result of the floods which fol-
lowed an unprecedented rainfall The
river Musi rose sixty feet. All the
bridges were carried away, and the
country was devastated Tor miles in
either direction.
Bodies are streWn everywhere
Scores of them have been found in
the branches of trees where they were
lodged by the swollen waters. The
native hospital at Hyderabad was un-
dermined by the waters. 1t collapsed.
and all the inmates were buried in the
Wreckage.,
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-10-02
Local Option for Indiana.

At indianapolis after a contest
unparalleled in the legislative history
placing it within the power of the sew
eral counties to grant or refuse saloon
licenses. Final action was taken in
special session of the house, the bill
advocated by the temperance forces
winning by the vote of 80 to 45. The
measure has already been passed By
the senate, and now goes to the Cover
nor for his signature That Mr.. Hanly
will give his approval there is no
doubt.