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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-05-23
CLOUDBURST.

An upconfrmed report was received
in Oambt rlsnd, Nd, last night that the
driver and several passengers of the
stage which piles between Kevser and
Moorefsld, Hardy cOurty, w. Vs.,
were drowned by a clouobursi, which
Ovelt l0k them at q { eaeberous ford
of Patterson creek at WilIiamspori,
w. Va. PWO Of The wheels of the stage
have fOated down 10 Burlington, but
none OF the bodies have been recovered.
The telephone lines are down and detills
re unobtainahie.
Several persons have lost their lives
at this ford in previous floods.
New Creek, which flows through
Keystr, is higher than in years, even e1-
ceediug the swollen proportions attained
ut The time OF the Johnstown food. Con-
siderable live stock has been washed
away. Many families have been driven
from their homes, and The streets are
flooded.
A clondburit greatly damaged prop
81 y u Nfo'SihpWt' iu SOmc iuStahSVa
the w>irr rushed through the lower
floors OF the houses. On one street the
water reached the frsbriCk paving, com
pletely wrecking the street.
The public school building at West
rapport WAS surrounded by rushing
waters, but the principal, o. Fl. Bruce,
managed to Get all the pupils out safely.
AT poiI below dam No. 6 the PO-
t,mac river and the Chesapeake and
Ohio canal are flowing t'e'thtr for a
stretch Of several miles, and boating has
been suspended. lt is feared the csnsl
bank will be seriously damaged.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-05-23
FOR SALE.

Several small pieces Of beautiful landltfor
ole containing from
ONE TO SIX ACRES EACH.
Also lots bOKl30 feet sINGLY OK In
sROUPS, convenient 10 railroads and about
me mile from Alexandria and hve IRON
" WashiE gion city. Terms TO suit.
r. F. KNOX,
flh sorth Rn-sl siree.. AlpLGnf'is. Va
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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-05-23
WOmen'S and Misses
Summer Gloves.

We sre showing all the correct kinds
of Womens aud Misses Gloves r sum-
mer wel r, and call attention t. the fol-
lowing two lots just received as being
especially good values
Womeu's l2.but'on-lengti Mosque
tsirs Lisle Thread Gloves, black snd
white.
Special price, SOC pair.
Womeu's l6-buIton-lenfti Mousque-
taire Isle Thread Gloves; white black
aud the want I'd oolcrs.
Sp, cial price, 100 par.
Main fooI--G ct.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-05-23

DeWitt's Little Early Rifers aie small. safe
SIRE and geot'e little pills. Sold' by w. +.
Creighton * Co.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-05-23

Mr. John Rihs Of Vimng, Ia says, 81 have
been selling DeWitt's Kidney md Bladder
Pills for about year snd they give better
satisfaction thsn sny pill ever Sold" Sold
by w. 4, Cie ght0n & Co.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-05-23
DRY GOODS.
Woodward ( LOtlrOD.
10th, l1th, F.& q. .Sts., NV.
Washington, D. C.
SPECIAL VALUE IN
WOMEN'S UNDERWEAR.

These several lots hsve been selected
fr I'm our May Sale because they are nn-
ususlly q trs,tiye vslu s The mate
rials are good quality, the trimmings sIe
neat aud tsslefully applied and tbs
styles very attractive.
Nainsook Corstt Covers; full front;
low, round neck; trimmed with valen-
cieDnes lace iun with pink or blue RIB
bon.
1Sc each. Value, 29c.
Muslin and Cambr g Drswtrs, with
wide lcked caDbric riff
29c par Value, S9;.
Nusio. Can't aud Naiusook Gown;
high, low, tquare and We neck; various
ly trimmed with lr ty lace and inser-
lions, or dsi t. embfoid, 7 es; finished
VITA 6ne ,ucks, beading aud ribbon.
$l.00 each. Value, $3.50.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-05-23

Third Aoor--llth 81.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-05-23

Csmbric-' -'opI Peticoats, with wide tlck-
ed fonnce, 6nished with full ruffls Of
embro'd derv or valencienues lace.
$l69 each. Value. $275.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-05-23
FREE

In order TO introduce our Fragrant ely
cerine Lotion, Te will give to each customer
who buys bottle Of Cherry Cough Syrup OF
Nichlln's Hair Tonic during the next 10 days
l0c bottle Of Fragrant Glycerine Lotion ab.
{, 8. LEADBEATER 6ssoNs.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-05-23

The Fiuest Of Everything.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1908-11-11

| make loans in any amount from $500
and up on Farm and Timber Lands
The larger the loan the better it suits.
Life of Loans from two to FIVE years.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1908-11-11
ABOUT ADVERTISING-NO2
The Dollar That Can't
Be Spent
By Herbert Kaufman

Every dollar spent in advertising is not
only q seed dollar which gro7Os a profit for the
merchant but is actually retained by him cveu
AFTER he has paid it 10 the publisher.
Advertising creates good gill worth the
cost of the publicity.
1t actually costs G,ct4:ng. While it uses
funds it does not use them nb 1t helps the
founder of business to grow rich and at the
same time keeps his business from not & ing
when does
Il Eliminates the personal equation. Ttpcr-
petuates confidence in the store and makes it
possible for a merchant to 70ihd,uw from busi-
ness without having the profits of the business
qohhdrao0n from him. 1t changes name to
an institution an institution that will snrviUe
after the death of its builder.
1t is really an insurance policy which costs
not2ing-bays premium each year instead of
ealing far one, and renders it possible to
change the entire personnel of business
without disturbing its prosperity.
Advertising renders the business stronger
than the man-independent of his presence. 1t
permanentzes systems Of merchandise, the
track of which is Left for others to follow.
A business which is not advertised nsnst
rely upon the personality OF its proprietor, and
personality in business is decreasing factor.
The public does not 7Oa1t to kn0q0 the man who
owns the store-it isn't interested in him, but
in his goods. When an unadvertised business
is sold it is only worth as much as its stock of
goods and fixtures. There is no good will to
be paid tori does not exist-it has not been
created. The name over the door means Moth
ing except to the limited stream of people
from the immediate neighborhood, any of
whom could tell you more about some store
ten miles away which has regularly delivered
its shop news to their breakfast tables.
1t is as shortGghted for a man to build a
business which dies qOith his death or ceases
with his inaction as it is unfair for him not
to provide for the continuance of its income to
his family.
Copyright Company cLIcago)
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1908-11-11

The department of agriculture has
estimated that the crop values will
mount up to eight billions of dollars
five hundred millions more than last
year. Who dares to say that this
has been poor year? 1t has been a
trying one in some respects and some
sections have suffered, but taken as
whole the farmers have done better
than ever before. Praise God from
whom all blessings flow
The Somerset reporter., 1908-11-12
Paper Mills Property Sold.

A real estate transfer of CON
siderable Importance became public
last week, the sale of the paper mill
property near the south end of the
Maine Central Railroad bridge, by
Lewis Anderson, who has owned it
for the past nine years, to E. L.
Savage of North Anson. The new
owner proposes to reset the water
wheel now in the flume at this plant,
giving it a level nine feet lower than
at present, and to add three or four
new wheels, developing in all be-
tween three and four hundred horse
power. Other, repairs and better
ments will be undertaken and the
plant put in shape as soon as may be
for the manufacture of finepapers.
1t is understood that Mr. Savage has
other associates but at present it is
not announced who they are.
The property just sold is undoubted-
ly the oldest of Skowhegan's manu-
featuring plants. 1t was built about
the year 1910 for a starch mill, the
moving spirits in the ente rprise being
Abner and Philander Coburn and a
man by the name of Farrar. 1t was
operated for the manufacture OF
starch for from five to ten years and
subsequently reequipped and run as
a paper mill by R. E. Lyon q Com
pany, this latter use terminating
about 1880. After this for a few
years it was used by a concern who
manufactured hay caps and battery
jars of wood pulp; since the cessation
of the latter ind ustry it has been used
chiefly for storage.
The new proprietor was connected
with the erection and subsequent
operation of a ground wood pulp
plant at Shawmut, a few years since,
and more recently with similar
enterprise at North Anson He is
also known az the inventor of pulp
and paper machinery. The location
just purchased is very favorable in
many ways for the manufacture of
paper and it is hoped that large
business, profitable to the promoters
and of great advantage to the town,
may be built up.
The Somerset reporter., 1908-11-12
A Handsome Pharmacy.
The New Store of Sampson & Ayore to be
Opened on Saturday.

Opened on Saturday
The Griffin < Sampson block, which
has been building during the past
year, on the Sampson Corner lot, is
rapidly approaching completion and
the lower floor, to be occupied by
the drug firm of Sampson & Avore,
is to be opened to the public on
Saturday next. The appointments
of this store are unusually beautiful
and the REPORTER readers will be
interested in some information about
the firm and its new place of business.
Messrs George +. Sampson and @.
Ernest Avore have both been con-
nected with the drug trade for more
than twenty years, the former for
nearly quarter of century. Mr..
Sampson commenced business on his
own account in 1894 at the corner of
Madison avenue and Elm street,
moving to the corner location which
has since borne his name in 1902
This store was destroyed by fire in
September of last year and the busi-
ness has been temporarily established
in the Merrill Block since that date
Mr.. Avore became a member of the
firm for the past two years.
Mr.. Avore is also the Maine repre-
sentative of H. X. Wampole & Com
pany, manufacturers of pharmaceuti-
Gals, and has occasion to visit about
every drug store in Maine several
times year. When the problem of
| fitting up new store came up, he
commenced to make careful study
of all the later stores, comparing
their advantages and disadvantages
with the most critical care, in view
of the Importance of securing the
very best in the Sampson & Avore
Pharmacy. 1t was finally decided
that weathered oak should be the
material for the interior fittings and
this wood, in its beautiful soft green
shade is employed throughout.
Great ingenuity has been displayed
in making the most of the advantages
which pertain to corner lot with
entrances on both streets. The floor
is tiling in handsome design, the
work of the Boston Mosaic Tile
Company, and the show cases are of
the Silent Salesman variety, made by
the Bailey Company in Portland. &.
The prescription case, soda and cigar
stands and news counters are models
of excellence in all respects and all
the appointments for carrying on the
drug trade and the convenience of
customers are of the most modern
character.
Messrs Sampson and Avore are to
be congratulated on the completion
of their new business home and
Skowhegan people will take pride in
pointing out their new store as one
of the finest among our many hand
some mercantile establishments.
The Somerset reporter., 1908-11-12
Quieting Him Down.

A farmer sued cattle dealer for
damages In the local county court
when bought the bull said the
complainant, "he told me it was gen
tie and perfe' tly harmless child
could play with it. in fact Half an
hour after | got the animal home be
disabled couple of my farm hands
and then turned on me-
Perhaps the animal was excited by
his strange surroundings" suggested
his honor rs he quiet enough nowY
"Well. yes; but you see
"Ah.n remarke ed the defendant, then
my description was correct. after all
I said II he did get excited at first be
would quiet down"
Yes" responded the plaintiff grim
ly, but you didn't tell me l should
have to shoot the beggar to quiet him
down That's what l had to do
London Scraps.
The Somerset reporter., 1908-11-12
The Turks and Raki

Turks often get drunk. They cheat
their religion, the dogs, to do So said
a converted Constantinopolitan
"Mohammed forbade wine to his
followers, but raki is made OF mastic
gum 1t was unknown in Moham-
med's time, or of course he'd have for
hidden II, too, for you can get fright
fully drunk on 1t. know; oh, know!
It's n white drink, with Il sweetfSh
taste good deal like gin,
"a Turkish dinner is mostly a vege-
tartan affair If you can call raki a
vegetable 1t consists of such things
as laort, curdled milk spiced and
scented and bakalava cakes cooked in
honey sprayed with rosewater and
coated with saffron favored whipped
cream.
"With each course you drink raki
II. getting drunk, 'ou get miserable
the thing to do is to crush your glass
in your hand so as to give yourself
two or three cuts. Unhappy Turks.
you must know, express their wretch.
edness by cutting their hands. Look
at these scars. Minneapolis journal
The Somerset reporter., 1908-11-12
The Youths Companion for 1909

The amount of good reading given
to subscribers to The Youths Com
panion during the year is included by
the following summary of contents for
1909
so Star Articles contributed by Men
and Women of Wide Distinction in
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in Business, jim a Score Of Professions
$50 Capital Stories including Six
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Heroism.
1000 Up-to-Date Notes on Current
Events, Recent Discoveries in the
World of Science and Nature, I'm
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Government.
2000 One Minute Stories Inimitable
Sketches, Anecdotes, Bits of Humor,
and Selected Miscellany. The Week
ly Health Article, the Weekly
Women's Article, Timely Editorials,
etc.
A full Announcement of the new
volume will be sent with sample
copies of the paper to any address on
request. The new subscriber for 1909
who at once sends Si.75 for the new
volume adding so cents for extra
postage if he lives in Canada will
receive free all remaining issues for
1908, including the Double Holiday
Numbers; also The Companions new
Calendar for 1909 ''In Grandmother's
Garden" Autographed in colors.
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The Somerset reporter., 1908-11-12
NUMBER 40
River Very Low.

On Monday last the Kenne5ec
reached the lowest point Of the pres
en. season and its level was within
few inches Of the lowest ever known
mere. The two pulp mills. the River
side and that operated by the skow-
hegan Pulp Company, using between
them something ike 200G morse
power. were both entirely out q
business on Monday and have since
been able 70 Do Attle more than one
third their usual amoIut Of work. TIE
Maine Spinning Company take- j.
power from wheel SET 81 the same
Hume with the Skowhegan Pup Com
pany. They use comparatively little
power and, as it Is specially impors-
ant. particularly for their en- ployees.
that the industry be not interrupted.
Il mas been arranged tor them 20
have water enough 10 keep their ma
eblHcrX going, even when the river
%as al its lowest. Of course the
power has been low At times and ne
-peed variable but theF nave been
able 70 keep Things going pretty wei
most If the time
At the power station = the Skow-
hogan Electric Light COMPANY ihev
have been burning coal for iohg
time, gene rating steam for a part Il
their power. For the past three
weeks they have had % depend or
their boilers for more than half the
work Of the station At the machine
snop, operated by Hackett & Hitnam.
they get al 5ng very well. They nave
water wheel developing nearly
three times the horse power that
their machinery demands, and as
long as there IS head enough . make
Ii move at all theY will nave little or
no difficulty. The Anderson Mills.
also. have not had 20 resort 70 steam
a yet. Several Years since the water
power for this plant Wa very muen
improved by setting new wheel and
at .oWer leYe ana this Is Of special
advantage on a diminished head 0f
water.
Up at Hayden Lake the same con
ditlon Of low water prevails and tie
Somerset Worsted Mills. the prinei-
pa ndustTy depending upon the LAKE
for IT. source OF WaterpoWer, has been
restricted something like 50 per cent.
ste m power, but not enough TO opef-
ate their whole p ant, and the presen,
drouth has led them to discuss plans
for additional boiler and engine ca
pacity.
The kennebec picks up its water
supply over a very large area. some
thing like 1000 square miles. Water
drained from at least four OF Maine'
sixteen counties passes Skowhegan,
but the principal source of supply Is
Mcosehead Lake. This body Of
water is. of course, very low at pres
ent. The asurements are taken
from the sill or foundation timbers Of
the dam at theoutlet and the report
yesterday was that the lake level was
but seven inches above that point
This is the lowest level ever recorded
at this time Of year but not the lowest
ever known for in December 1903 the
water sank completely below the
point Of overflow, seven or more in
ehes lower than the record Of ne
present week.
The Somerset reporter., 1908-11-12

In the seventeenth century. when
Englishwomen We're still recognized as
possessing an economic and political
status side by side with Englishmen,
there was written an interesting entry
In the church warden's accounts of st.
Martin s-in-the- Fields, proving that one
Elizabeth Bartlett was intrusted with
the casting of the second bell and that
all the women employed thus were
paid at the same rate as men for the
same work. Another instance Is to be
found in the records of the Fleet pris-
on of which the first female warden,
appointed In 1917 on the death of her
husband Robert, received the same sal
ary "as the said Robert had been nc
customcd to during his life" There
was no talk then of combining the wo-
mans sphere to work that was paid
badly
The Somerset reporter., 1908-11-12

All the country is feeling the
pulsati ons Of a new life since the
election. The railroads OF the country
have placed orders for new equip
ment amounting to 5000, 900 since
election day. A quarter Of a million
more men and women will be at
work in the United States within a
few days than were at work in
October. The revival applies to all
forms of manufacture, and the bust
ness world responds confidently to
the election. Large contracts that
were to be in force in the event of
Taft's election have been let loose.
Smoke is putting from the mouths of
chimneys of factories that have been
closed, strikes have been settled and
men have returned to take up their
duties in their accustomed places and
the old Ship of State again "feels the
thrill of life along her keel" This is
just what the Republican orators and
newspapers said would happen if
their party triumphed. The Demo
Gratis wouldn't believe it then. Now
they know it.
The Somerset reporter., 1908-11-12
LOCAL MENTION

Mr.. and Mrs. A. l.. Robinson of
Auburn returned home Tuesday, after
weeks visit with Skowhegan rela-
tiyes.
Major Theodore Lowe of New Haven
Conn, who has been passing portion
of the summer with Professor Roy l..
Marston in the Maine woods near the
Canadian boundary, and more recent
ly at his home here, returned TO New
Haven yesterday.
Among the freight arrivals at the
Skowhegan station this week have
been five car loads of granite, from
the DOdlin quarries at Norridgewocks
for the wall in the rear of the mpnici
pal building. This wall is at the ex-
tremity of the lot on the river side
and will be about 105 feet long and
fifteen or more feet high. 1t will be
laid with cement at the bottom and
will be left at the top so that it can be
carried higher II the town should ever
care to bring it up to the level of the
rest of the lot at a later date. The
five cars of granite above referred to
do not make the entire wall but serve
as headers to give it the required So
lidity. The remaining stones are al
ready on the lot, having been quarried
from the river bank by previous own
ers of the property.
The man who is on thel level fre-
The Somerset reporter., 1908-11-12

political tricksters always give
themselves away" said a congress
man. Their methods remind me of
the two men who wanted to sell their
corpses for dissection. These two men,
miserably clad. called on the dean of
a medical college in New York.
1--WE are both on the verge of star
vation, sir, the spokesman said. We
are well on in years, and 1t is clear
that we haven't much longer to live.
Would you care to purchase our bodies
for your dissecting roomT
"The dean hesitated
4" 1T Is an odd proposition he NUT
tered.
But ii is occasionally done, said
the Spokesman in an eager voice.
We'll said the dean, we might
arrange it. What price do you ask?'
lover In Philadelphia said the
spokesman. they gave us S40.'"-
The Somerset reporter., 1908-11-12
sKOWHEGAN MARKET

.fs-E. fs=s 1- #.s--.
O,~-b1l, Is.
Woa-t-a.4s-ed rs & 4e ~.
HIM ~. se".--Hlae, 30 ets.. s4
st; .aa.a SKINS ss 70 % .-s All >sas, 80 II -
Ett,>-H.na r,.sefys 'o~ eve, SO &c So;
Hrta-t F., seef. too Is.
Fo.azss-- fesl> g., r. ,is. Per H. =ti-Sea. IA
Tan K-k5 s.. . -s,s Tcr b.
B.rts-flr>s quality, slaug~5. st 10 --t,. per le,
Iu.>-ss ,'s per 40. tresh.
P.rtr#F-. = to ;cr tushe
lHFtst--tte te rs, pet H.
Es-kll Market.
I..rs-Spras 4he1, Patent $50 % S AZ. Wln-
lsr ~ Hctt -. $ 70 to s. Win,er wheat eho,es,
500
Coy~-sI.-s per bag meal and cracked corn. s. 8
ger bag, oats q, 1ts a bu.
4 =. Ma. Sos per t7g.
Ffrp- hiddhnGs' <i.oo Ier e~ti Glaten, Si.-a pa
l4t.
srKNa RE>N-sl., IS peI c~t-
NtNEp ffrp-St - per cut.
SAT- PaES-ta lt> To- by The BILL, loo .bs. 5000.
CHEE>E-ts TO 10 cts per TO-
R-rrEs-5 "a ta - cts. per 10.
tco~--ss cts per dol fresh.
TtAs-ss TO eo rs per Us
CoFYEE-4V 10 as cts. per lu.
LAsa-pomesue, IS CTS Pure ~ e'si e.rpo 1us,
10 CTS.
Mo,A>>Ks-Pare Ponee, 40 10 So rs, FIRE fares
docs, sc cis.
srcAe -Grsnulaed susa besi slsIty. D. Is. iot-
s. 90; Brow n, IS b>. ior 100.
ForATos % ot>, per bJsae
ns, E>H-cod to 10 s,s. pr e. Police. 81.
ON.Gs>- -s cts. per 10.
Puyt5ss-seNls nc Cts. p-' /. D7=ss1 '> -. PSs
The Somerset reporter., 1908-11-12
knaw the Sound of Wood.

There was an argument ON "A cricket
field in village near Nottingham,
England, which interrupted the game
for some time The match was being
played between the local tradesmen
of the village All went well until
the bowler, who was the village con-
stable, n man over six feet tail, sent
ball which bumped up from the
ground and hit the village butcher.
who was batting and who was ex-
ceedingly fat aud persbiring freely, on
the head. The wicket keeper, n re-
markably thin aud agile man, who
was the village grocer, caught the ball
and yelled, lows that
"Houtw shouted the village baker.
who possessed only one eye.
Hi say now" jroared the fat butch
er, who refused to have 1t SO. But
hit it me on the cad"
Hi don't know where hit 1T you"
responded the umpire, who was the
village undertaken, but Hi knows the
sound of wood when Hi ears hit, so
hout you go"
The Somerset reporter., 1908-11-12

\ pamphlet has been issued by the
Rebekah Assembly OF Maine. which
contains the Presidents communi-
cation and reports OF the officers.
The communication of the President,
Mrs Maude NJ. Emery. Is especially
interesting, and shows the large
amount OF work done by her. IN
Guiding the writing of zoo letters,
and travelling many hundreds of
miles during her term of Office. Mrs
Emery has been faithful con
seientious worker and greatly ad
yancrd the interests OF the order IN
Maine
The Halloween entertainments
given by the Lincoln intermediate
and Washington Primary schools Of
this village, netted each school tie
sum of sl~ %. The following was tne
programme.
Muse Washington Irimary .l7s.s
kcotatl. n. Mana Clafk.
Mlsie. I.g-uin ln,-rue .liate pupils
Recitation. farol. Gvs4n-
Indian I ul'aby, Emily Ha4gt;er
he Auto BOY. Lima Wells
lag song. Nashaast euarv pupils
Recitation. N.7, ia sniff
N1slz. Lincoln Intermediate f4p.ls