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The Somerset reporter., 1908-02-27

A curious profession among the Be
douin is that of the thief crackers.
Being without pHddocks or stables and
their animals always more or less ut
liberty, theft of stock would appear 10
be an easy and frequent matter Each
tribe. however. has its little company
OF CRACKERS" and it would he either
bold or an ignorant man indeed who
ventured TO interfere with an Arabs
live stock There was one instance in
which camel stolen from camp
near Ismaila WAS. after weeks OF Ia
hor. successfully tracked to the Sudan
where the beast was recaptured and
summary vengeance wreaked upon the
robbers Selected for natural ability
and trained from boyhood 10 discrimi-
nate between each animals footprint.
this faculty becomes so highly devel-
oped that particular horses or cam
els trail is unerringly picked up from
among the thousands of impressions
on the dusty highway.
The Somerset reporter., 1908-02-27
JUGGLED HIS EYE.
The Trick by Which Lord WoIseisy
CONQUERED an Arab.

The loss Of an eye years ago once
stood Lord Wolselcy In good stead. II
seemed impossible la get ANY iuforma-
ton of the enemYs strength and Tie
forces under the command Of Arab
fasha At length m ArHh vi taught
near one OF the outposts. NafHra IS ex=
pecting thai he would he ale To give
good deal of information he was
taken before Lord Wolseiey Who ques
toned hin The man however, re
fused To speak.
Seeing that it VAS useless to con.
tinue to ply him with questions. the
commander in chief resolved TO nse
strategy II is no use your refusing
To answer me-" he said to the man. Il
am a wizard, and at a single word |
can DESTROY YOU and your masters. To
prove this to You | will take ont my
eye. throw it up into the air catch il
and put it back into my head .
Suiting the action to the word. Lord
Wolseley removed his glass eye. threw
it into tie air caught it and pun it
back into the empty socket That dem
onstruton was sufficient to convert the
Arab \ man who could do such II
miracle MIS- wizard indeed and WAS
To hc prnptiated. not anRered. lie Gu
pitulated without further demur and
the Information he gave II said to
have led 10 Arabi's defeat
The Somerset reporter., 1908-02-27
DRUNKENNESS
A Durable Disease
Eminent Physicians and Scientific Mer
Agree That it should be Treated
As Such

Drunkenness Is a progressive disease, the
moderate drinker Is not satisfied with two or
three drinks day, the craving for more and
more becomes irresistible as the disease adj
vances; the result is hronic Alcoholism.
The treatment used successfully by thous-
ands right in their own homes 10 Otrtne. II
is a scientific cure for Drunkenness and has
given such universal satisfaction that it IS
sold under positive guarantee to effect a
cure or your money will be refunded This
guarantee is given in good faith and is
carried out to the letter Orrine is not a
new remedy; it has been sold by the leading
druggists in every city for years 1t has
lifted tens of thousands from the depths to
worthy manhood and has the hearty endorse
ment Of grateful men and women IN every
state in the Uuion.
Orrine No is the secret remedy, 0uine
No. ?, is for those willing 10 take the treat
ment. Either form costs 81. The guar
antee is the same in either case Write to
The Orrine Co., Washington, II c. tor Tree
treatise on Drunkenness, mailed IN plain
sealed envelope, Orrine will be mailed
sealed on receipt of price. Sold by lesdir
druggists in every town aud city by +. W
Boeknap.
The Somerset reporter., 1908-02-27

II is q matter Of common comment
in the place that Dean had been .
frequent caller a the Mckay hone
There Is nothing unusual or strange
about thl-, TOR here, buried in the
bnckWoods, everybody visits every
one els, without any pretentioR at
socia. form. Consequently men DR. p
around At the home OF neIghbor al
friend. whether the head Of tie FANNY
be at home, Or away, and tie same i
true O; women
The fac. tnat Young Dean called
frequently Il, the Ac kat home would
not ordinarily haVc created any com
ment fesecting upon The character 4
TIE hckaN nVEe. il TINS connection.
however it mas b. well - state That
young Dean himself had been care-
less Of hI- private afiaIr7 and had
acknowledged = -egeral residents
that ne Was infatuated with Mr.. NJ
Kay. Z il also sad that Mrs NcKaY.
learning Thar Dean had announced
his InfatuatloH fer her, had requested
him Lot t. cab during the time her
bus band should b absent rom nome.
Charles MCkaY. The husband Of tie
murder q woman. il Il young ma,
quiet, Industrious. law abiding and
r.putabie. lie had been married
about five year.
There arr 10 children in the Mckas
lone. The little Bloom children, y o
were inithe Mckay home d; the time
" the TRACED! we're there as company
for Mrs. Mckay during Der husband =
absence in the woods The children
are Mrs. Mckak : nieces.
The Somerset reporter., 1908-02-27

Lord Curzon exhibited brilliant quat
tiles both at Eton and oxford. At the
same time he was 10y no means a
quiet, studious boy when he attended
the famous public school. One Of the
mathematical masters there told how
Curzon gave him more trouble than
any boy he ever taught. He was in
cessantly playing the fool and 'rag
ging' and apparently paid no attention
10 what | was teaching. But what
made him more especially aggravating
was that. whenever | came down on
him suddenly and asked him to go
through some difficult problem that |
had been explaining. he never failed
to give me n perfectly lucid and sat
isfactory proof. And very often he
was the only boy in the class who
could. Parsons Weekly.
The Somerset reporter., 1908-02-27

REAL Estate TRANSFERS.: The
following are the real estate transfers
recently recorded in the county regis
try:
Harmony w. Loomis to B
G.. and L. +. McIntire.
Cornville-Henry Johnson to Ansel
A. Goodridge.
Athens-Herbert F. Lincoln to Es-
tella &. Lincoln, Sl25.
Madison Messalonskee National
Bank to Lille B. Hannah; Harrison
Salley to Eben Dean.
Mercer-Rufus 5. Leeman ct al to
Albert E. Yeaton; Chas. A. Blaisdell
to Ella A Blaisdell.
Fairfeld-Loren W. Judkins to Ger
trude ID. Morrow 500; Colby Get
chell to E. c. Otis; VIM. Levine to
Pierce Michanel $40.
New Portland-Chahcy A. Clark to
Winthrop B. Hoyt, $500.
St. Albans-Samuel Sanborn to
John & j. L. Field, 5000; Sarah W.
Field to Elmer E. Field.
Anson-Samuel Bunker to John
Robbins, $3.50; Calvin E. Hilton to
John Fitzsimmons ct al.
Smithfield-Mary A. Holmes ct ais
to Laurinda Holmes; Laurinda
Holmes to Carroll Holmes.
Pittsfield-JuliaC G. Head to Dudley
B. Gerald, $1,000.
Palmyra-Andros j. Foster to Chas.
Homestead, S76.
Skowhegan-Geo l.. Bidwell to Ma
tilda NJ. Hayden; Eli T. Hayden to
Matilda M. Hagen.
Here is what happened to man in
Kansas who stopped his paper. Let
everybody take warning:
Everything has gone wrong since
the Farmer ceased to visit him. His
chickens refused to lay, his cows got
on the alfalfa and died, and his hogs
got the cholera. The rats gnawed
holes in his granarv and his wheat ran
out and the birds ate it up. His
windmill blew over and killed q
horse, and his best shepherd dog got
bone III his throat and choked to
death His children got the measles
and his wife mashed her thumb in the
wringer and couldn't do any house
work. Thieves broke into his smoke
house and stole his winters supply
of meats, and fire destroy ed seyera
stacks of his alfalfa. He bought gro
ceries of a travelling faker and never
got them, while his neighbor escaped
because he read in the Farmer &c
watch out for crooks. His days were
filed with misfortune and his nights
with bad dreams. He stood it two
months and then gave up the un.
equal struggle"
The Somerset reporter., 1908-02-27
A Republican State Convention
Will be held in the Armory, Portland,
Thursday, April 80, 1908, at 100 O'Clock

Will be held in the ArmorY, Portland,
Thursday, April 80, 1908, at 100 O'Clock
P. M
for the purpose OF selecting six candidates
Tor electors OF President and Vice President
To the nited States, and four delegates NJ
large and four alternates to attend the Ma
tional Republican convention In the city oil
Chicago. in the State of Illinois, on Tuesday
the 18TH day of June. 1905 and the transac-
ting of any other business that may prop
erly come before Ii.
The basis OF representation VIII ne as lol-
lows: Each city. town and plantation Will
he entitled foone delegate. ana tor every -
votes east for the republican candidate tof
Govern. + in 1905 an additional delegate. and
for ench fraction OF 10 votes In excess OF %
votes, an additional delegate. Vacancies in
the delegation of any city town OF planta-
ton can only be hlled by residents OF the
County IN which the vacancies exist.
The state Committee wall be in session n
the antcroom of the .NrmurN at l2O O'Clock
=. VI. on the day of the Convention Tor the
purpost OF RECEIVING the credentials OF dele
gates \ delegate IN order to be eligible To
participate in the convention must be
elected subsequent to the date OF TINS call,
and delegates cannot he elected under ms
call to the state convention to he hereafter
called FOL the purpose of nominating can
didate for Governor.
All electors of Maine, without regard 10
past political Affiliations who believe IN the
principles OF the Republican party and en-
dorse lis policies, are cordially Invited To
unite under this call in eeCting delegates 10
this Convention.
Per order. Republican State Committee.
SKrH M. CARTER. chan man.
BYRON BOYD, Secretary.
Lewiston, February - 1909.
The Somerset reporter., 1908-02-27
DON'T EXPERIMENT.
You Will Make No Mistake if fos Fol-
low This Skcwhegan Citizens Advice

Never neglect Your kldHcNS.
If You have PAIN n the back.
urinary disorders. dizziness and
nervousness, is tme 20 act and no
time to experiment. These are all
symptoms OF kidney trouble. and
YOU should seek q remedy which S
known 10 cure ,he Kidneys.
poans Kidney Pills 5 the rem.
edy to u,c. 1t has cured maal
stubborn cases ia SkoWhegan. Ne
need To experiment. Follow tar
advice of 4 oko~hesan citizen and
be cured yourself.
y. p. Reed. stone mason, builder
and contractor. living AT . East
Front st. SkoWheGan, Me, saNs
"Some six years ago l Was SO greatly
benefited 10y the USE Of Doan : Kid
nev Pills that ! gave a statement Tor
publication recommending them. /
had been troubled for years with "A
lame and aching back and distress
ing weakness of the kidneys. | doc
tored and used medicines OF different
kinds but never found any remedy
act Sc directly on the kidneys and
bring such effective rtllet rs Doan =
Kidney Pills. sold at q. L. Sampson e
drug store now sampson and Azores.
have told friends what DOau's hid
neN pills did for me-, and in one cast
offered TO pay tor the box II oeneht
was not satisfactory didn't have
10 pa1 tor il and my friend said II
was the best rrnirdN he ever USED
The Somerset reporter., 1908-02-27

A good many people still hold the no
lion that all persons are equally good
by nature and might he equally good
actually had they but the will TO be so
They fail to see that men are born with
all degrees of moral capacities and in
capacities and some Of them wholly
lacking in that regard Inst as they are
born With all degrees Of intellectual ell
dowment and some OF them with none
whatever A man may Ike an IDIOT
morally rs we'll aS intellectual lY.-
Strand Magazine.
The Somerset reporter., 1908-02-27
Rheumatism Cured Free.
A FulI-Sized Use Bottle of Uric-O, The
Only Absolute Cure for Rheumat tam
Ever Discovered.

A FulI-Sized Use Bottle of Uric-O, The
Ever Discovered.
We want every man or woman who suffers
from Rheumatism and has lost all faith in
remedies to write US today for an absolutely
free trial of the famous Smith Prescription,
UIic-O, for Rheumatism. Uric-O will cure
it and cure it to stay cured. No faith is re-
CURED while taking this superb remedy.
You take it according to directions, and you
will be cured in spite Of yourself and any
doubts you may have as to its efficacy. We
don't ask you to buy Uric-O on faith. Well
buy large 75c bottle for you and make you
a present OF il, if you will agree to take il
according to directions.
We could not afford TO do this il we didn I
have all the confidence in the world in Uric
0 and know that after you are cured you
would have no hestancy about recommend
ing the remedy to all your friends and ac-
quaintances who are suffering from Rheums-
tism. This is the method that has made
Uric.O famous wherever introduced. The
cure of several so-called Reumatic lncurables
in community means steady sale Of Uric
0 in that vicinity. Uric O is good for Rheu-
matism and Rheumatism only 1t acts upon
the blood by driving the uric and poisonous
rheumatic acid from the system. This is the
only way rheumatism can ever be cured and
il is the Uric-O way. Most druggists sell
Uric-O, but if you want to test it, cut out
this notice and mail it today, with your
name and address and the name of your
druggist, to The Smith Drug Co., z64 smith
Bldg, Syracuse, y. y. and they will give
Won through the druppist full sized 55C
bottle free. AVG
Urie-O is sold and personally recommend
ed in Skowhegan by Frank d. Bucknam.
The Somerset reporter., 1908-02-27
Keith,s Boston Theatre.

Ii is seldom that a star or an act
makes such great hit in vaudeville
that it is deemed wise to arrange for
a return date during the same season,
but of course there are exceptions to
all rules. Such an exception IL Nance
O'Neil, who is to play return en-
gagement mt Keith's next week.
However, she is not to appear III the
same role as before, for arrangements
have been made for her TO give the
sleep walking scene from macbeth"
one of her greatest transformations.
Willard Simms, assisted by Edith
Conrad, will present that screamingly
funny farce, "Flinders' Furnished
Flat, with Simms as the amateur
paper hanger.
Fifteen persons were hurt, three of
them seriously, i'll a wreck early Sun
day morning on the Philadelphia,
Washington x Baltimore railroad near
Arundel, Md A freight wreck had
occurred on the south bound freight
track earlier in the night and a
wrecking train was on the south
bound passenger track clearing away
Cne WfockdRe. n phTt oI Jne Wreck-
ing apparatus, consisting of steam
crane and the end of the crane pro-
jected over the north bound passen-
ger track, when a local passenger
train from Washington for Baltimore
rounded nearby curve The local
il said to have been about IL minutes
late and running at about As miles an
hour. Before the crane could be
swung around il was hit by the
passenger train and jammed reducing
the side of the passenger train to
splinters.
The chief reason that the rich have
so few friends is that there are so few
rich.
The Somerset reporter., 1908-02-27
How's This?

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for
any case of CAtarrh that cannot be cured BY
Halls CataYrh Cure.
r. J. CHENEY 4 CO.. Props. Toledo, o.
We the undersigned, have known p. j.
Cheney for the last 10 years, and believe him
perfectly honorable in all business transactions
and financially able to carry out any oblisa-
tons made BY his firm.
WALpINs, KIKNAN MARVIN, Wholesale
Druggists, Toledo, o.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally, sca-
ing directly upon the blood and mucous eur
faces Of the system. Testimonials sent free
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation
Sold BY druggists. price 75c.
The Somerset reporter., 1908-02-27
DISAPPOINTED.

~ went 10 hear II rrovatore' last
night
Pine opera"
"Oh shucks. man. the hand organs
have been playing them tunes for
years! | recognized en- all"-Piits-
hnrP Posi-
The Somerset reporter., 1908-02-27
Unuttered Thouahts.

Windig Say, | understand you told
Knox thai ! WIS liar Bihkms-
You have been misinformed. old man
That is one Of my thoughts have nev-
or put into words Chicago News
The Somerset reporter., 1908-02-27
Church Notes

Copy for notices und.r this heading
must arrive at our office not later than
Tuesday morning.
The Somerset reporter., 1908-02-27

Supreme Judicial; third Tuesday in March
and September, and fourth Tuesday in December
Civil and Criminal.
Probate The second Tuesday Of cath month
County Commissioners.-Th FIRST Tuesday II
March and August and the second Tuesday IN Deoem
Der.
The Somerset reporter., 1908-02-27

A mans folly Ought lo lac his great
est secret-ChineHe ProNrrh
The Somerset reporter., 1908-02-27
NEIGHBOKHooD FAvoRITE.

Mrs. F. D. ;harles, Of Bar Harbor. Name,
Speaking Of Electric Bitters says: at Is q
neighborhood fator:e here With US II
deserves to be a favori;e everywhere. II
gives quick relief n dyspepsia, liver COM
plant, kidney arrangement. malnutntion.
nervousness, weakness and general debility.
Its action on the blood. a. a thorough pun
Ter makes it especially useful as a spring
medicine. This grand Alternative tonic IS soil
under guarantee al q. K. Fogg's drug store.
soc.
love laughs at locksmiths -
With milliner. grocer. aud iceman,
however, he Is usually serious.
If you suffer With indigestion, con
stipation, teei mean and cross, no
strength or appetite, your system is
unhealthy. HOLSTERS Rocky Noun
tain tea makes the system strong and
healthy. BIC, Tea or Tablets.
G. R. Fogg.
There are two distinct classes Of
college graduates Those who accept
positions and those who hunt for
Jobs.
SUFFERING a DOLLARS SAVED.
f 5. Ioper, Of Marlla. \. Y, says Il
am a carpenter and have had many severe
cuts healed by Buoklen Arnioa Salse. II
has saved me suffering and dollars. 1t is by
far the best healing salve have ever found
Heals burns, sores, ulcers, fever sores, eczema
and piles. ass at o 4. Fogg, Druggist
The less man thinks OF mis- neigh
Dor the more he thinks OF himself
Builds up waste tissue, promotes
appetite, improves digestion, induces
refreshing sleep, giving renewed
strength and health. That's what
HOLSTERS Rocky Mountain Tea will
do 35c, Tea or Tablets,
q. r. Fogg.
Where there's a will there's a.
ways a way TO dodge il.
The Somerset reporter., 1908-02-27

Some people seem 10 be afflicted
with selfish generosity.
The Somerset reporter., 1908-02-27
EnERY s. KINDS.
Wheels and
Farm Wagons

Get your prices elsewhere. Then
come to us and we will sell you so
much cheaper you will think we are
making you a present. We buy our
Wheels in carload lots and car make
profit at figures that drive our com
petitors TO despair.
The Somerset reporter., 1908-02-27
Scrap Metal
Scrap Rubber
AND ALL SCRAP MATERIAL
Turned into Cash

In these days Of industrial economy every
thing has IA value and will show YOU how TO
get the most out of all waste material you
have. am shipping all the time from Skow-
hogan and points on the somerset road
Write me what you have about your farm
your home. the mill the shop, or the scene
OF last winters numbering operations. that
is not i'm mediatelS useful to YOU and | Will
tel you how to turn II into coin OF The realm
NATHAN BERLIAWSkT,
Telephone IS WATERVILLE, ME.
tfN
The Somerset reporter., 1908-02-27

There are two distinct classes Of
college graduates Those who accept
positions and those who hunt for
Jobs
The Somerset reporter., 1908-02-27

Love laughs at locksmiths
With milliner. grocer, aud iceman,
however. he is usually serious.
The Somerset reporter., 1908-02-27
SUFFERING a DOLLARS SAVED.

The less a man thinks OF MS neigh
Dor the more he thinks Of himself.
The Somerset reporter., 1908-02-27

, |oA will hasten recovery by TAX
ing one of Ayers Pills at bedtime.
The Somerset reporter., 1908-02-27

County Commissioners
L. {. WILLIAMS, Athens
GHoRGH T. TiBBETTs, Fairfield
HENRY CRowBiI, Pittsheld
The Somerset reporter., 1908-02-27

Morning service at Io4S; sunday schoo
at IL; christian Endeavor at 3. Evening
service at 7.
Subject of sermon next Sunday morning,
Responsibility" Monthly Conference this
evening at 7.3o.
The Somerset reporter., 1908-02-27

Where there's will there's al
.ays way 10 dodge it.
The Somerset reporter., 1908-02-27

Sunday services: 1916 morning worship
IL O'Clock, Sunday School, o'clock Com
munon service, o'clock Christian Endea
vor meeting. Monthly Conservation ser
vice.
The Good Will Club will meet with Mrs.
Charles North on Mt. Pleasant avenue Tues.
40 ,It
The Somerset reporter., 1908-02-27

The Mems Friendship League of the Con
gregational Church has elected an employ.
ment committee consisting Of Mr.. W. A.
Bailey, Mr.. E. E. Harris. Mr. w. II. Paine
with the pastor. Their services will be
gladly rendered to employers or employees
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1908-06-19

they have been annoyed by the young
men on pervious occasions and acting
on the advice of their father they arm
ed themselves with revolvers to pro-
tect themselves from unwelcome at
tentions. The young men spent some
time following the girls last night
while Mr.. Baker acted as detective
trailing the young folks.
The boys accosted the pretty young
girls late last evening and were re-
pulsed but they continued in offering
their attentions. The oldest girl drew
her revolver and fired twice at the
fleeing young men. Mr. Baker took
up the pursuit and gave young Martin
son severe beating.
Today he sought out the fathers of
the boys who are both under age and
demanded an apology which the boys
agreed to make. Mr.. Baker declared
that he would insist on an apology and
also compel the boys to go before act
ing Mayor Manring to whom they
would tell their story and receive a
lecture.
Baker and his daughters moved
here recently from South Dakota
Statesman.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1908-06-19
IDAHO FAIRNESS AND JUSTICE.

1t is a matter for congratulation to
Idaho that the eastern investors who
have been visiting the state by the
score and by the -hundreds in the past
two or three weeks, have come here
with the idea that Idaho is good
place to go into the courts is one seeks
real justice.
These men represent every class of
society, by birth, education and in
stinct They are men. who have been
successful along widely varying lines
of work, in different degree, but still
all have succeeded in some thing. They
have succeeded mostly through hard
work and hard thought. They are cap
able men. They have followed the pap
ers through the great trials closed here
last winter, and they know Idaho al
most as well as Idaho knows herself.
They know that a state where the
courts could pursue the temperate
course that was done in the trials, is a
safe place to invest their money. There
is perhaps not a man of the lot who
has not been convinced that the state
was on the right track in the Steunen-
berg cases-and that Governor Good
ing represents the kind of officers all
too rare, men who will do their duty
regardless of threats, intimidations,
or political favor. 1t is the province
of the executive to make the prosecu-
tion of the judicial to weigh the evil
dence according to the legal formula
accepted by courts n general. In both
these lines. the eastern visitors have
the highest praises for Idaho. Their
opinions have been worth millions, to
put it on the sordid basis; almost as
valuable as our own self-approval for
the honorable part the administration
and the courts have Decentralization
Journal.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1908-06-19
MORE HOMES IN CLARENDON.

With the return of summer come the
settlers who are making final proof to
obtain patents or deeds to their lands,
and right welcome are they to the
state They get the best we have at
the pioneer price Of $1.25 an acre, and
the investments of money and labor
which they have to make to improve
the land makes them interested citi-
zens of the state. They are farming
better than the earlier settlers did who
had to experiment in irrigation, canal
work and determine what would grow
profitably, and in many respects these
later settlers are going to prosper more
and get comfortable homes in less time
than did the pioneers who had their
choice of the whole valley.
Among those who are advertising
the dates for making proof to obtain
deeds to their land In this paper are
Charles Terrence, C. V. Evans, W. III.
Wilson, J. H. Sinister, Geo. Watts, John
p Hutchinson, William r. Skeen. Ly-
man Skeen, j. H. Ensminger, and Ly-
man Skeen, Jr.