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The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1908-06-04
A Grand Family Medicine.

alt gives me pleasure to speak good
word for Electric Bitters." writes MIR. Frank
Conan Of No. ago Houston ST, New York
at grand family medicine for dyspepsia
and liver complications; while for lame
back and weak kidneys it cannot be too
highly recommended" Electric Rittefs
regulate the digestive functions, purify the
blood, and impart renewed vigor and vitality
to the weak and debilitated of both sexes
Sold under guarantee at G. r. Fogg's drug
store. Soc.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1908-06-04

General Stephen D. Lee, com
mander- in. chief of the Confederate
veterans is critically i'll at Vicksburg,
Miss, and his physician reported late
last week that little hope is held out
for his recovery. General Lee was
taken i'll on MAY 81, after hard days
task in making speeches and wei
coming the Iowa and Wisconsin re-
union veterans to the National park
at Vicksburg.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1908-06-04
Dodder In the Glover.

A dodder infested stand of clover or
alfalfa may safely be allowed to pro
duce a crop of hay or be used for pas
turage or for soiling provided the crop
is removed before the dodder produces
seed. Flowing should follow immedi-
ately after the removal Of the crop.
otherwise mature dodder seeds will be
buried and possibly prove troublesome
on again being brought to the surface
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1908-06-04

On the first Memorial day there
were not more than lao soldiers
graves to be decorated in Portland.
Now there are more than 400. They
have increased tenfold in 40 years
and this is no doubt true of the other
cities and towns of the State.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1908-06-04

n ~ MONEY-MAkING FARMS FOR
EHuI Sale in Maine, New Hampshire d
nvHv Massachusetts; stamp for cata-
WV logue. EDWARDS FARM AGEN-
CY, Portland, Maine. W. b. WHITTIER,
Agent Skowhegan, Ne. l3w15s
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1908-06-04

Give a boy garden patch all his
own and a few tools, and be will take
pride in making II a success II he has
ground worth anything
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1908-06-04
RUSTIC GATE AND FENCE.

petroleum gave next best results.
while those treated with tar in a SINH
lar manner to petroleum stood next.
In each case the posts were set two
feet deep and were treated to height
of two and half feet.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1908-06-04
AaEE4 IK!5985
Arrangements Of Traips ir
Effect March /, 1905.

Trains leave Skowhegan iollows 500 10 A
M for all points west; also Bangor, Vance boro ST..
Stephen Houiton, Woodstock st. Ohm and Halifax -
IL oP NJ, for Wateiville, Oakland, Bingham, Lew
iston, Augusta. Gardner and Hrun wick, Portland and
Boston, Dexter Dover and Foxcroft, Greenvle, Ban.
gor. Oldtown. Patten and Houon via u & A. K. K.
and Ma,tawamkeag,-a.so P. NJ, tmiXed) for Water
VILE enabling passengers to connect for OAKLAND and
to take night Pullman for Portland and Boston. 400
?. NJ. sundays only for Waerville
ARRIVALS:-7.2s A. NJ mixed from Waterville
daily except sundays,-Io.7s NJ, Passenger from
II IS A. NJ, mixed from Portland, Augusta, Water
vile, Sunday ony.-4 50 and 900 P. M, from all
points.
MORRIS MCDONALD, Vice Pres and Gen. Mgr.
F. z. BOOTHBY. General Pas'T Agent.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1908-06-04

Big bundle of old papers five cents
at the REPORTER Office.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1908-06-04

SOPHIA:
Mother used Gold Medal Flour.
THERESA.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1908-06-04

WINFIELD SCOTT PARKMAN, late Of Skow-
hogan, deceased. viii and petition for probate
thereof presented by Eugenia +. Parkman OF said
SkoMhepan. the executfix named in viii.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1908-06-04
SRcoND TUESDAY or JuNn.

A. d. 1908 nine of The cock in he forenoon, and
be heard thereon # they cause.
The Coconino sun., 1908-10-09
AUSTRALIAN INSURANCE.
Scheme by Which State Provides Cheap Protection to Settlers.

Consul General John P Bray of Mel bourne reports that the government of the Australian state of Victoria is abont to undertake the experiment of state insurance in connection with the houses of settlers, which the govern ment has erected on a scheme by which repayments by the occupants are extended over long periods.
 It is estimated that the settlers will have to pay the government for the state insurance of the houses what Is equal to an annual premium of not much more than one-fourth per cent. upon the value of the property, where as If companies did the insuring the men would-according to department tai estimates-have to pay at the rate of between one-half per cent. and one per cent. The government has al ready accepted the responsibility for the 250 houses which have either been erected or are being built. The houses are wooden. and many of them are situated in localities where the fire fighting machinery Is not of the most modern type. The companies offered to insure the places at premiums vary ing from $2.55 to s425, allowing ten per cent discount This would have cost the 250 settlers the price of about two houses year
 The government program provides for the building of 800 new houses within the next two years. This will bring the total number up to 750 houses. According to the departmen- tai estimates, if the government were to accept the insurance companies terms it would cover the cost of six houses a year fin iDsuring this num- Der. The government hopes instead to charge the settlers less than would the companies, yet establish a sub stantial fund from which to meet all losses.
The Coconino sun., 1908-10-09
MAKE GOOD.

The mam we like is the man who wins. The man with a mighty will Who piods away, through the heat of day. And journeys up the hill. Ills is the hand we like to grasp, He 10 the man we would Clasp to our breast with friendly zest-. Tho man who is making good For whether 1t be on land or sea, In peace or the bloody fray, The men we cheer are the men who steer A straight-away course each day. Not the man who falters and drops aside. But the man who has boldly stood In the thick of the fight. for the cause of
 right,
 The man who ia making good. Then here's to the man. to-day, say | Who strives with heart of steel. With his red blood warm in his manly
 form,
 Though envy's at his heel; Yes, here's to the man who tolls right on. Though he be misunderstood, I make my bow to him right now, The man who is making good.
 Detroit Free Pres&
The Coconino sun., 1908-10-09
TRADE MARKS.
Sherlock Holmes Picks Cut the Va
 cationists and Labels Them.

Sherlock Holmes, seated on the board walk. languidly injected pint of cocaine into his sunburnt arm.
 My dear Watson" said the detect i've, let us beguile an hour by picking out the occupations of these vacation ists. In their cheap white fiannels they all think they look like millionaires, but--ha, ha-what a delusion
 There goes waiter. Walters are to be told by the size of their feet and the soft, careful way they set them down.
 "The man in the imitation Panama hat is a tanner. His clear and ruddy complexion gives him away. The tan ming trade imparts to the face pc culiarly healthy look. Why shouldn't 1t? What is good for dead skins must be good for living ones.
 ''She is a cook, the stout, scarlet lady getting weighed Her fire, of course, gave her that unmistakable color, but 1t was not the eating of food that made her so fat. No; cooks have notoriously poor appetites. It was the inhalation that flied her out. Cooks inhale their fat That is cheap CT for the mistress, isn't it?
 "The little, thin chap in the large bathing suit is a groom. All good grooms are small and bowlegged, and they all wear tight trousers and are partial to brown.
 Do you see, my dear Watson, the stately man whose overtures the girl in white just repulsed? Well, he is an actor. The muscles in his face show it. Actors, you know. ny the continual practice of expression, de velop face muscles as marked as the arm muscles of a baseball pitcher"
The Coconino sun., 1908-10-09
HORRORS or rHe POLICE COURT

"what Is your namef" asked the justice
 "Leggitt Fergrubb, your honor," an swered the prisoner, red-nosed speci- men of the genus hobo.
 You are charged with vagrancy, having no visible means of support, and being common nuisance in the neighborhood. What have you to say for yourself?"
 T hain't got no visible means of support. your honor, but that ain't my fault. I'm out of work"
 "Have you tried to get work?"
 T couldn't begin to tell you, your honor, how hard I've tried"
 T suppose not. How long is it since you have had any occupation?"
 Bout a year. Or 1t might be two years"
 What was your last job?"
 T had position in barber shop."
 "A position? What kind?"
 "Juxtaposition. your honor; l was next"
 "Six months in the workhousei" roared the police justice. Gall the next casel"-Chicago Tribune.
The Coconino sun., 1908-10-09
An Honest Cashier.

stranger-You don't mean to say that that man is the cashier of the Gold Bullion bankY
 Citizen---Yes. You see when he takes flyers in Wall street, he does 1t with his own money.-New York Weekly.
The Coconino sun., 1908-10-09
No Prospects.

Sympathetic Little Boy--You're aw- fully tired of keeping house. aren't you. mother?
 Mother-Yes. dear.
 "But there isn't even much use in dying and going to heaven. Is theref Cause you'd have . mansion on your hands then. life.
The Coconino sun., 1908-10-09
How a oueen Won Fame.

Leslie's Weekly publishes portrait of the consort of King Edward, with explanatory note: "The only British queen who ever kissed an American bride" We congratulate the queen. She appears, at last, to have become famous. Chicago Record Herald.
The Coconino sun., 1908-10-09
pIvertlna Attention.

"so you favor the suit of that for eigner?"
 Yes answered Mir. Cumrox. T think I should rather like to have man in the family whose English mother and the girls can criticise in- stead of mine. ."-Washington Star.
The Coconino sun., 1908-10-09
somsthlnu Fresh.

Mir. Downtown--Been over to Phila' delphia, eh? Anything fresh there?
 MT. Upton--Well, just as the train started heard lot of hens cackling. Guess one of them had laid an egg.--' New York Weekly.
The Coconino sun., 1908-10-09
A Treasure.

Mrs. winks--what kind of a girl have you nowf
 Mrs. Minks-A very nice one-ever 90 much nicer than the others. She doesn't seem to object to having us live in the house with her at all.-- New York Weekly.
The Coconino sun., 1908-10-09
scnooL of HE MAINLY

This ch0o. is conducted in connection with the Catholic Cbareh oi Fiagstan by the Sisters Of ioretto under the supervision Of the Pastor of the Parish. sister ~ylyin Superior in charge The curriculum af studies comprises a the branches that pertain complete Grammar Course. Music hoth vocal and Instrumental iS taught by the Sisters
The Coconino sun., 1908-10-09
Inaenultx.

Tt requires a very ingenious man to be an inventor, doesn't it?"
 q should say so," answered the me chanical expert. Getting up an in- vention isn't so hard. but the ingenu- ity required to get 1t on the market is enormous. ."-Washington Star.
The Coconino sun., 1908-10-09
ln and out.

Binks-My sister is coming out this spring.
 Winks-How long was she in for7-- Half-Holiday.
The Coconino sun., 1908-10-09
cnuRCt oI IfiL NAIIvltY

Rev. GSpr NaDre. Pastor From the fir.t Sun Hy Of May tli the 1rst Sun ay Of [ ctoDs-r Masses on sunday are celebrated Ht 30 and c o'clockn m Rosary and Be edictiou of the Blessed Sacrament at 730 D. m
 Dur ng the other months Masses are ct 6 and 10 3O a. m and the afteroOOn services are 8t4 D. m
The Coconino sun., 1908-10-09
Cupid Practical.

DO you believe in love at first site?"
 Certainly, if 1t is desirable site" Baltimore American.
The Coconino sun., 1908-10-09
plnerent

When money talks it matters not What 1t may have to say. n never acts like foolish men. And gives itself away.
 Chicago Daily News.
The Coconino sun., 1908-10-09

l--------------S been blown away, the eggs crushed and my dream of be- coming a pigeon fancier demolished. For many years after that was nor tally afraid of cyclones. Those were the days when confidently expected to become president sometime. felt that it would be a great loss to the community and the states to have me blown away with somebody's chimney In my breadbasket and raster from . neighbor's barn sticking coyly through my neck Since this dream has vanished, seem to have lost some of my terror of the big wind, although frequently find myself planning on 8 cyclone cellal in the back yard. l might still become viceprssidsnt, you snow.
 Rag Time.
 The way some people try to keep cool by freezing their insides, makes the dyspepsia docs snigger!
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 If we knew the fly had wiped his feet before he walked through the butter, we could forgive him some of the footprints.
 Every woman has a hole in her stocking once In a great while, but that doesn't matter so much as wheth- CT or no there is g hole in her hus- bands stocking most of the time.
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 I'll bet a cookie there isn't wom- ans shopping bag in existence that hasn't piece of poetry in it. Say, you, scoot up stairs now and peek in- to your wife's bag! Uh. huh, didn't 1 tell you so?
 This is a great year for the "Bill Club" As l said recently. am en- titled to two memberships One Will Ham calls for one membership-Wil- Hams, at least two memberships. Howdy, Bili
 A hop toad with an electrical head light would soon be of the stuffed va riety. While reading Daredevil Dick, the Intrepid Cowboy of the Until las" last evening, let in several thou sand bugs before my wife discovered that the bull dog had left the screen door open. Maybe you think that the bull dog and didn't step softly for few minutes!
 0 Q c
 still Young.
 While walking over some newly plow0d ground the other day. came upon a flint arrow head, almost per. feet in design and of interesting work manship. I gave it to a friend who owns the land, and now he is spend ing half his time looking for the In dian to go with It.
 But seriously, the thought that fol lowed the picking up of that arrow head was this: What little while 1t is since the Indian fought, hunted and trapped over this beautiful land and in that short time what marvels have been wrought! Each year sees new triumphs and new achievements. Cycles complete their orbits, epochs mark their signboards and time swings on triumphantly and sure toward the perfect life, the life ideal of which we merely dream today And over 1t all works that great governing influence which Christians call God, and unbelievers, the process of evolu- tion--yet all recognize the power and the progress.
 Yesterday the Indians were making arrow heads. To-day we are making airships. To-morrow-what shall we be doing?
The Coconino sun., 1908-10-09
PRfSRYIrRIAN CHuRcn

s,uDbaih school y.45 .. m. MOrning Worship li.D d. m. Christian r.n eayor 1:i5 2. m evening Worship s;GV 2, m Mid week prayer meeting, "Wednesday evening at s:10 o'clock
The Coconino sun., 1908-10-09
CHURCH DIRECTORY
A YFNTIsI cnuRch

sabbath school service at 2 p. m fsibie study at3 Prayrf meeting ThursGsy evening [ 30 Bible study sunday evening at o'clock. All are welcome to attend these services.
The Coconino sun., 1908-10-09
VISITS WITH @N6LEBY
Ambition.

v tShONE IcCSuF ly passed through
 the town of my
 birth back yon- der" killed a man and d e troy e d over geo buildings. One of the sad. dest moments of my life. when a lad. was to go out. after one of these wi c h y tailed zephyrs had passed. and dis cover that my dove house had been blown away,
The Coconino sun., 1908-10-09
MfTnoDIsT tpIscOpAl cl,uRcH

Services earh sunday as follows; 10 a. m. sunday School II a. m. Public MOr- ship. D. m. Junior League 7:l5 D. m. hp- worth League. s p m. fveninR worship. A cordia invitation to worship with Us Strangers alw ys welcome.
 t.EORGE N. BApY. $. :. Supt
 Ct.YDt. r. MEFCAI.F Pastor p
The Springdale news., 1908-11-20
nsarby Counties
 BENTON

Floyd, Democrat, had a majority of 1O4l for Congress in Benton County.
 Tom Shultz. son of Mrs. Wiley Shultz, of Siloam Springs, was killed recently in d fight at Daw- son, Ok.
 The Gentry Journal reports that many new strawberry fields will be put out in that locality in the spring.
 N. N. Gunderman and Miss Minnie Lawson of Gentry were married at Bentonville recently, Rev. Noyles officiating.
 Charles Trone of Bentonville has gone to Sallisaw, Okla homa, to accept a position in clothing store, and will move his family to that place.
 Re4. H.C. Marley and family of Gentry have moved to Murphy, North Carolina, where the former has been called as pastor of the Baptist Church.
 l.. J. White6eld. ole of Ben ton County's substantial citizens, has sold his property in the vi cinity of Seba, and will move to Uvalda, Texas, to make his fu- ture home.
 Three hunting parties from this city are now securing the regions of Scott and Polk coun- ties ill quest of large game. We look for an abundant supply of bear and deer meat in this market next week and the week after. - Bentonville Democrat.
 
 Mrs. Watkins met with an ac- cident Sunday which might have been very serious. She was us- ing a hot iron to curl her hair when 1t slipped and struck one of her eyes, burning the ball quite badly. We are glad to report her mnch inproved.-Sulph Springs Speaker.
 A Siloam Springs paper states that MT. Bartell of that place will not conduct a..Chautauqua at Bentonville next year, the one last season having proven a fail ure, financially. Siloam Springs and Fayetteville are the only
The Springdale news., 1908-11-20
NEWSPAPER ADVERTISING
 AN IMPORTANT FEATURE

The science and art of newspaper advertising has de- veloped wonderfully within the past fifteen years. 50 much so that 1t IS question to which feature o the newspaper IS the interesting news or the ad vertising department For many years little adver Using used in the newspapers. At that time 1t was considered o importance and the publisher depend ed for the popularity of his paper almost entirely the articles and editorials. That time has passed and other and important features claim the attention o the people, Advertising is the one feature that stands out in first position by the ol the reading public.
 In fact advertising is high regarded that is claimed by many publishers be the best feature of newspaper A newspaper without advertising would be paper without circulation. What would modern paper look like its columns contained advertising? It would lose much of it's brightness and interest the gen. era public The people everywhere demand that adver- isements be published. The shrewd business manager knows hs perhaps better than anyone else and therefore largely edits the newspaper with attractive advertisements
 The artistic way In which advertisements are placed in the newspaper having wonderful influence business. A almost control trade if he advertises wisely in the newspapers his fact has been clearly proven by the principal merchants the leading and cities ot the United States
 The business of this country believe n newspaper advertising the that last year than hun dred million dollars spent for 1t. That IS a large amount of money. It IS about much in value as the annual cotton crop of the United States It larger than the wheat crop the entire country and than the combined capital of all the national banks the United States.
 And now, notwithstanding the foregoing statements good will stand up and say that newspaper ad- verising will pay. They simply behind the times and fail to comprehend the facts they exist The truth IS they do not know, because they have never tried it
 man whose business IS in sinking condition can the harbor of success if he will only spread his sails the winds of publicity that offered news paper advertising
 There IS force earth to-day as powerful in build ing up and maintaining business newspaper advertis- ng.-Memphls Commercial Appeal.
The Springdale news., 1908-11-20
A Way They Have.
What This Springdale Citizen Says Only Corroborates the
 Story of Thousands.

lie particulars related by thls representative citizen of Spring dale are similar to hundreds of others i'll this city. When there are scores of people, all anxious to tell about tile benefits received from the Use of Doan's Kidney Pills, the greatest skeptic in Springdaie must be convinced. Read the following:
 l. ;. Weber, Carpenter, living III the Southeastern part of SPrinsdaIe, Ark, says: of and on for some time l had at tacks ot kidney trouble. X lame ness III mys back annoyed ne very much and at times almost pre- vented me from getting about. l also suffered from headaches, located principally in the back part oI my head. The various remedies Iused had but little ef- feet on my condition and it was lett tor Doans Kidney Pills to relieve me. procured this ren- edy at II. A. Dally's drug store and alter taking a few doses, found that the lameness in my back Was disappearing. Upon finishing the contents of the box, l had no sign of tile backache or headache. am certain that Doan,s Kidney Pills are all that IS claimed for them.
 For sale by all dealers. Price 50 cents. Foster-Milburn Co. bulialo, X. Y, sole agents for the United States.
 Remember the name-Doan 's- and take no other.
The Springdale news., 1908-11-20

towns in this section that will be included in the circuit.
 \ debt of $500 was wiped odt agaHnst the new NJ. l.. Church, South, at Gravett recently and the church was formally dedlcat- ed An address was delivered by Rev. Marion Nelson Waidrip of Fort Smith.
 Three of the four prisoners confined in the county jail at Ben- tonville made their escape about noon on Tuesday of last week. A prisoner, whose term of four months was out and who was re- leased Monday, purchased couple of saws and Monday night sawed through two of the bars in the main corridor. Tuesday at noon the prisoners asked the Jailer to go down town and get them some tobacco, and when he returned they were gone. One of the prisoners. who refused to leave, gave the particulars of the escape to the officials, and the man who did the saving was ar rested and is again in jail The prisoners who escaped are Dick Hays, serving sexeuty-hfe days sentence for disorderl4 con- duct, George Garnett, Tor giving liquor to d minor, and W Kerr. arrested on the charge of forgery. At last accounts none of them had been captured.
 In speaking of the proposed in- ter-urban line from Sloan Springs to Fayetteville, thence to Huntsville, the Siloam Springs Republican gives the following particulars concerning the deal at that end of the line: "The contract, as modified, calls for SIS, ,000 and right of way to Rob- inson, the promoters purchasing from Siloam Springs Railroad Company their survey and blue prints which cover d part of the interurban route, for which they pay $. 900, leaving balance of S10,00 and right of way which we are to secure, working in con- nection with Robinson. We un- derstand that Robinson has al- ready recured the greater portion of this. The Republican fur ther adds that Mr. Ahlefeld. one of the promoters of the enterprise, is to move his family to that place and that the company will