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The state herald., 1908-10-09
Terence v. Powderly.

migration TO succeed the late Frank
r. Sargent will, II IL said. be Rn'
nounccd In few days.
Mr.. Powdorly was for years nj the
head OF the Knights Of Labor and IN
now chief OF the Information bureau
Of the immigration Office. lie was
commissioner Of immigration until sue.
oeedcd by Mr., Sargent. lie and 10y.
man ]. Gage. while the latter was sec.
rctary OF the treasury. and while the
immigration bureau was n branch OF
the department. had disagreement
which resulted In Mr, rowdoflyH with.
drawal from tho commlsHioncrrhlp
Mr.. powderly was general master
workman Of the knights Of Labor
from 1879 TO 1898 and from 1878 TO
1884 was mayor Of Scranton. Pa. elect.
cd on the Labor ticket lio was born
In carbondalc. Pa. In isie. and bo.
came n machlnlHt. In 1894 he was ad.
mticd 10 the bnr In Lncknwnnnn coun.
". Pennsylvania Mr. powdorly has
written often on economic topics for
leading magazines and labor pub.
licatlonH
The state herald., 1908-10-09

Behring'S strait to the pole and right
logs, portable houses. casks, etc, upon
a group of heavy ice foes surrounding
the ship, shifting the supplies, II neces.
sary. by means of windlasses. motors
or dogs. and wen succeed. A single
crew can manage the three cargoes.
Had the Jeanette expedition adopt.
ed this plan II would have won
In my support Rear Admiral Mel.
vile stated to me that a small house
erected on the ice at the beginning OF
the drift of the jeanette having been
blown away before 4, had been fas.
tened down, was found two years later
less than two miles from the ship,
thus proving that the ship and ice
proceed Just as balloon moves with
the atmosphere In which II floats.
with portable studios and labora.
tories our artists and scientists may
work in tranquility. with balloons
we will view wide belt of territory.
and. as did the Baldwin-Ze expe.
dition. frequently dispatch messages
homeward.
with our logs as fuel well barbe.
cue the walrus. seals and polar bear
With the casks as emptled wen form
notilla filled with duplicates of our
collections.
Good scheme. said Admiral
Schley the other day"
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Gave Il to Them s,raInh,.

A. a heavy transfer point on Sixth
avenue, says a letter to the New York
Times, few seats being vacant on a
Tweniy-third street car. n youth dart
cd under the arm OF stout woman
and pllmpod himself down In the seat
she was about to occupy. Glarlng.
she hurled at him: III wasn't per
feet lady I'd swat you one on the
mouth" Another young man arose.
raised his hat. and begged her To SIT
down. When seated abe beamed upon
him fnd said "sir. you're n gentle
man: them others Is hogs"
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pcary soeks the Pole.

s. Johns. N. F.-lInvlng safely
transferred large supply Of stores to
the poary Arctic steamer Roosevelt, nj
E,ah. West Greenland. tho auxiliary
steamer Erik arrived bnck In this port
Thursday. The Roosevelt left Etnh
August II. bound north through Kane
basin. Kennedy channel and Robcaon
strait II Ia the explorers hope either
To enter the Polar sca or TO reach n
poln, from which he can casll, 70, 10
Cape Columbia by February next Then
he will make dnRt across the Ice foe
toward the pole
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NO ousHER
But Tells Faets About Postum.

I'VE have used Postum for the past
eight years" writes wis. lady. "and
drink Il three times day We never
tire Of II.
For several years I could scarcely
eat anything on account OF dyspepsia.
bloatIng after meals. pnlpitatlon. sick
hondaohe-ln fact was IN such misery
and distress tried living ON hot water
and tonEt for nearly year.
Il had qult coffee. the cause Of my
trouble. and was using hot water, but
this was not nourishinR.
Hearing Of Postum I began drink.
Ing II and my ailments disappeared.
and now can eat anything want
without trouble.
My parents mud husband had about
the same experience. Mother would
often suffer after eating. while yet
drinking coffee, My husband was n
great coffee drlnkor and suffered from
indigestion and headache.
After he stopped coffee asj began
Postum both ailments left him. lie
will not drink anything else now aud
we have II three times n day. | could
write more but am no Eughor-on.y
state plain facts"
Name given by Postum Co. battle
Creek. Mich. Read "The Road 10
welivllle." in pkFs. There's Reason"
Ever read the sbove lc,terf A ne~
one appears from time 10 time. They
ere genuine, true, and full Of human
interest.
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Nobod. Else Lowed Her.

In her new autumn gown she re.
garded her complexion eomplaconlly
In the long glass
Il must confess" she said. that I
am In love with myself"
Then you should bo happy" said
her ohum, tartly. for you haven't a
rival"
How often do smart clothes oIslts
shabby rcmarksl
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Countess osrelnu for a LlvI,o.

A great sensation has been Greet
cd throughout Sweden by tho ap
pearhncc ON the stage m dancer
In national costume Of the little
Countess Won Nordohfcit. who Ii only
!. years old. and whose family.
through continued misfortune. has
fallen into OWL ways, According &c
u German newspaper the little titled
dancer will before long appear at
German, French and English thea.
tors. She In receiving the magnin.
cent salary of $3.50 week.
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Swedish Woman ponorea.

Miss Selma LaEcflof. besides being
the most popular writer In Sweden.
has Just received an honorary degree
from tho University Of upsala. She Ia
the f,rat woman In Sweden to receive
this distinction. and Il Is said 10 be
only matter OF time when ahe will
got the Nobel prize.
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MAS NEW PLAN TO REACH POLE,
Explorer Baldwin Would Use Portable
Houses and Ice Fioes-

New York.-What is pronounced by
experts to be the best plan for polar
research is the novel one proposed by
Evelyn Briggs Baldwin.
Il am soon to lay this plan in de-
tail before the Harvard union at Cam
bridge" says the explorer, but I'll
tell you this much now:
Give me cargo of logs. another OF
supplies and single vessel specially
constructed and We can go from
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PowpeRLY TO GET OLD POST.
VIII Be Commissioner Of immigration
Succeeding r. p. Sargent.

Washington.-The appointment OF
7. V. Powdcrly as commissioner OF i'm.
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For many years down to 1872 the
wooden spoon was the most coveted
honor of a Yale course. 1t did not
necessarily iadleate the highest schol-
arship, but 1t was voted by the gradu
atlng class to the most popular man.
The spoon man" of class was its
hero, according to the Hartford Cou
rant. The other boys loved him. and
he was almost invariably a person who
justified that affection. The list of
spoon men" would include some of
the most eminent of Yale graduates
There were nine members of each
class selected by their classmates, and
these were known as cocks" which Is
short and English for "cochleaureati
To one of these nine was awarded the
spoon. and they all Joined In a public
performance called the wooden spoon
exhibition, at which the ceremony of
presenta ton was gone through with all
the wit that a college class could mas
ter. The last spoon man" was Robert
B. Lea of Nashville. Tenn, of the class
Of II. He died years ago In Paris.
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EAST MADISON.

East Madison Grange held its regu-
lar session Saturday, May 9th, with a
very good attendance considering the
terrible condition of the roads. Four
were instructed in the first and
second degrees, several more were
expected but owing to bad roads were
unable to be present. The next
meeting May %, is Memorial Day and
a good attendance is desirable as the
committee of arrangements are max
ing special efforts to nave an appro-
pirate program for the occasion.
East Madison Grange will hold a pie
social on Friday evening, May %.
Each lady is requested to bring one
pie.
Mr.. o. g. Hutchins of East Madison
reports that he has a flock of 100 Ply
mouth Rock hens which has been lay
ing at the rate of rs eggs per day
since early in February. He is shipp-
ing 30 dozen per week to the Boston
market. From a lot of 165 tested
eggs, set in his incubator this spring,
he tells us he took out l25 chicks.
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Tricky Maoris.

There was quite large influx of
Europeans at the opening of a public
ball in one of the Taranaki villages
The Maoris seemed to have developed
a craze for change" Visitors were
approached by Maori In this wise
you got two single shillin' and tie
ikipenny for tie half crown?" And the
change would be given. Others want
ed two sixpences for a shilling, 2 shll-
lings for a form. and so on. BY and
by came dinner time. The visitors
trooped in and enjoyed their feed. A
collection was taken up. Not soul of
them had anything smaller than a
2 shilling piece. That's how the Child
OF nature" got home on the civilized
product.
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His Only Resource.


It used to be the rule in the navy
hat officers were required to defray
ravelIng expenses out of their own
,unds. and upon reporting at the new
,tation they were reimbursed from the
United States treasury after the usual
!elsy incident to red tape" Unless
sticeSs had money put by 1t proved ex-
.remely EN- barrassing to have to meet
he expenses Of long journey. Naval
officers tell Of an incident that occurred
some years ago, when a notably I'M
oncunious officer on duty In New York
iereived orders to proceed to Sitka to
in one OF the ships of the Boring sea
patrol squadron. The officer, who had
40 ready money and could not persuade
lily of his friends to make him loan,
wrote a long letter to the secretary of
The navy asking to be relieved of his
orders or to be furnished with money
to defray his travelling expenses. The
secretary saw In the letter an attempt
to get out Of unpleasant duty, and a
peremptory telegram ordered the Off
Ger to proceed at once. BE obeyed,
first telegraphlng as follows:
Have proceeded In obedience to or
ders on foot. Next address Harris
burg"
Needless to say, upon his arrival in
Harrisburg he found a telegram au-
thorizlng him to draw travel money in
advance. -Lippincotts Magazine.
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The earliest maps OF which we have
any knowledge were made In Egypt
They were wooden tablets. on which
were traced land and sea. roads. rivers.
highways. etc. Marinus of Tyre, 100
A. D., was the first to attempt a map
on scientific principles. The maps in
use by the Greeks and Romans were
fairly accurate, 80 far as they went.
but those In use during the middle
ages were alarmingly inaccurate. 1t
Is only within recent years. say since
the middle of the last century, that 1t
was possible to make a complete and
reliable map Of the world. and even
yet the best map Is subject to slight
changes.-New York American,
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The late Charles Rowell.

Charles v. Rowell died at his home
in Cornville, May 5th, at the age of SO
years. Death came not unexpected
as he had been in falling health for
sometime. He was born in Augusta
Mar. IS, 1922. He moved with his
parents to this town when II years Of
age and always resided in the neigh
borhood where he died. He was the
last of family of nine children
He was married in 1855 to Elizabeth
Tilton of Cornville who died in 1894.
He leaves to mourn their loss three
daughters, Mrs. r. P. Boss of Dor
chester, Mass, Mrs. H. A. Corney
of Foxboro, Mass. Mrs. A. o. Getchell
of Somerville, Mass, and one son
Fred G. with whom he resided, all of
whom were present at the funeral.
He was kind husband and father
and respected by all who knew him.
The funeral services were held at
his late home May 7, at 10 a. m. They
we're conducted by Rev. George
Merriam of Skowhegan.
CARD OF THANKS.
We wish to thank our friends and
neighbors, who so kindly assisted us
in our late bereavement.
Fred C. Rowell and family.
Big bundle of old papers five cents
at the REPORTER office.
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AThEN S.

Mr.. Verne Emery has gone to
lockwood to teach this summer.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank 7. Hight ar
rived home from New Richmond,
Wisconsin last Friday.
Miss Marie Bunker is in town,
spending few days with friends.
Miss Muriel Greene was a passenger
on the stage last Monday morning.
EN- route for Waterville. There will
be Teachers Meeting at the
Washington school building next
Saturday p. m. at o'clock. All
teachers in town are requested to
be present.
There was quite large attendance
at the Grange last Saturday p. m. in
spite of the almost impossible condi-
ton of the roads, there was also an
initiation.
The many friends of Mrs. Oliver
Case will be panied to learn of her
death which occurred after a brief
illness of pneumonia at her home in
Cornville, Sunday, May 10. Her
daughters, Mrs. Brown of Augusta
and Mrs. Eaton of Skowhegan, were
both with her at the time as well as
during much of her entire illness.
For them and the bereaved husband
is felt the deepest sympathy of a
wide circle of friends and acquain-
tances. The funeral was held at her
late home Wednesday A. M, at
tended by Rev. B. H. johnson,
Beautiful floral tributes from family
friends and different associations
with which the deceased was affiliated
testified of the esteem in which she
waslheld:by all. . ..--- 5sL. u.s..
! Rev. Mr.. Greene, the new Metho-
dist minister, occupied the pulpit
last Sabbath.
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Notice of Foreclosure

Whereas Charles f. Eames OF North Anson
in the county of somerset and state OF
1904 recorded in Somerset Registry OF Deeds
Book % Page 80, conveyed to me the I'M
dersfgned a certain lot or parcel OF land
with the buildings thereon situated in said
North Arson Village and bounded and de-
scribed as follows, to .wit-Beginning at the
Northwest corner on the line OF L mon street
in said North Arson Village. thence run
ming Southerly by land of s. A. Beal To land
Fl w. Bunker: thence Easterly to Main
Street; thence Northerly to Union street;
thence Westerly by Mon street To the nrst
mentioned point, and
Whereas the condition of said mortgage
has been broken, now therefore by reason OF
the breach OF the condition therefore | claim
n foreclosure of said mortgage.
Dated this thirteenth day of May A. d.
1908. 3wD
r. AUGUSTA STEWART,
BY Butler x Butler. her attys.
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II The News of Somersets Busy Towns II

using the barn on the Nickerson lot
on the Mercer road for a wood
working shop and putting in some
form of power, either electric, steam
or gasoline.
Quite a number of our citizens are
having their buildings repaired.
Rollison Sawyer is having his
buildings painted.
Oscar Lockwood and crew COM
menced their work on the drive
Monday morning and will soon have
their booms strung to keep the logs
from getting caught and making a
jam at the bridges and they also have
considerable to look after at the
Rips.
The Canadian Jubilee Singers will
be here June 18th under the auspices
of the Village Improvement Society.
This troupe of colored singers come
well recommended and no doubt
will have good house. The pro-
ceeds will go to the library for the
purchase of books.
c. L. Carr was given very
pleasant surprise on Saturday even
ing of last week, when twenty-six of
his friends walked in and proceeded
to make merry. Mr.. Carr then re-
membered that he was due to nave a
birthday on this date and that his
friends had brought it around.
Our stone and marble workers have
lots Of work to set before Decoration
Day.
Herbert E. Hale has the stills laid
for good sized stable near his house.
The crew working on the railroad
bridge mad vacation Sunday and the
greater nHmher of than snant. IT. at.
their homes.
The roads are drying rapidly al
though there are yet many bad mud
holes in the sections through the
woods.
The Norridgewock ball team went
to Oakland Saturday afternoon to
play. Only seven innings were
played on account of the rain. The
Oaklands were In the lead when the
game stopped.
Mrs. Ethel Devereux visited friends
in Waterville last week.
Amos Holt and Son are now using
seve nteen cows on their milk route
and say that they could use more if
they had stable accommodations for
more.
Miss Lucy Judkins still remains in
rather poor health.
The band is putting in extra time
getting ready for Memorial Day.
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BINGHAM.

The teachers meeting held at the
High school building last Saturday,
under Mr.. Balls supervision was very
successful. There were ten teachers
present, some of them coming dis
lance of ten miles.
Four more new houses are in pro-
cess of erection this week and work
has commenced on the new station,
meantime the old box car is doing
service and Ernest Caswell is station
agent.
A number of our citizens went to
the new station on Bingham Heights
last Tuesday noon and witnessed the
passing of one hundred and fifty
pretty girls on their way to Kineo to
do table work this summer.
Mr.. and Mrs. Stephen Clark are the
parents of a large baby boy born May
18th which weighed nearly fifteen
pounds.
The hanging of Maybaskets is quite
popular diversion among the young
people.
Walter Piper is time keeper on
John Cahil's section here at Bing-
ham. until his brother John, can
come from his medical studies in the
NcGlll University.
The ing of an electric light
wire with "A telephone wire on line
number two caused buzZing enough
to disturb the SAUNDERS of all on that
line last Saturday night, until about
eleven o'clock when the electric
power was shut off. The trouble
which was near Lincoln Bakers was
fixed the ne xt day.
May 9th a baby boy was born to Mr..
and Mrs. Amos Hunnewell in Moscow.
Jennie Cahill was home on Sunday
from her school.
Benz. X. Preslie was the guest of
his young friend, William Lander,
last Sunday.
notwithstanding that last Saturday
was a rainy day the Bingham boys
went to Scion in the afternoon and
played game of base ball, winning
by score of Is to /. The Scion boys
play the Bingham's here next Satur-
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ivel Arno have new
baby boy born April 18th.
Albert Murray returned from Bos-
ton few days ago with another lot
of horses which he will sell.
r. II. Spear, Moses Knox of Madi-
son and John ID. Spear from Brockton
are working on the telephone line be-
tween Bingham and The Forks max
ing some needed repairs.
John Dubois OF Pennsylvania is
spending few weeks in town.
Mr.. w. r. Jordan, who has gone to
Missouri for his health, reached his
destination in safety and was not
much fatigued by the journey. His
wife accompanied him.
Mrs. A. G. Dinsmore and Mrs.
Florence Owens were at North Arson
one day of last week.
Ralph Murphy and wife of Oakland
have been in town few days.
Mrs. Bert Huff scalded her feet
badly on Thursday of last week. She
was making ready to wash down the
cellar stairs and had carried down a
pail of scaloing hot water, when it
occurred to her that she ought to fix
the kitchen fire. After doing this
she returned to her work on the
stairs and without thinking just where
she had placed the pail, stepped di-
rectly into it. Neighbors came to
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He Saw.

Fer cents" said the boy with the
dirty face, I'D knock ye down"
Here's de 2 cents" said the boy
with ragged trousers, tossing the coins
at his feet and squaring OF belliger-
emily. "Now come on an try 1t. durn
yer'
"Wots de user" rejoined the other
boy. picking them up and backing
away. Amt no sense IN knockin'
Teller down wen ye kin gilt de nun
outn i'm widout doln' It. See?"-Chl-
cago Tribune.
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her assistance and she is getting
along nicely.
Thomas Cahill has stored in Mark
Dinsmore's stable lot of furniture
which is for sale.
All the ponds and lakes are now
clear of ice and fishing is good every
where according to reports.
Chas. Abbey, Henry Collins, Arthur
White and Lonnie Bean are at Pleas
ant Pond for a week or more.
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DEATHS.

Fairleld-May 6. Mrs r. h. Stratton.
North Fairfield-May TO- William Went
worth, aged - years.
Cornville-May 10. Mrs. A anda Case.
Fairield-May IL. Or. George F. Weber,
aged "a years.
North Anson-May :, Dorothy, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Nj. VI. Moore, aged | year
and II months.
Clinton-April -. Walter II. smith aged
81 years.
Embden-May H. Lewis Hilton, aged ~
years
CornviIle-May 5, Charles Rowell, aged 81
years
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Athens

Amos Chapman of this place was in
Skowhegan, Saturday, in conference
with Manley Holt of Pishon's Ferry,
making arrangements to buy wool
the coming season. They have been
dealing in wool together for the last
twenty years.
Mr.. and Mrs. f. T. Hight have ar
rived home from New Richmond,
Wis, where they have been for near
ly year past.
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LOOKING For lioht.

~Do you think Bliggins would make
a good husband?" asked the conscien-
tious youth.
"Why do you ask?' inquired the girl
in surprise.
Because If you think such fool as
Bliggins could manage 1t | have a
good mind to take chance myself
Washington Star
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BIRTHS.

Hartland-A prl %, to the wife Of william
Wallace, n son.
Cornville-May-. to the wife Of Howard
Churchill, a daughter.
Canaan-May s, to the wife of George Hub
bard, a son.
Skowhegan-May :, TO the wife Of George
Oak, q daughter
Skowhegan-May I, to the wife OF William
Foster, n son.
East Madson-hay &, to the wife of Henry
Hoyt. a daughter.
Bingham-May }, to the wife of mos Hun
newell daughter.
Bingham-May II, to the wife of stephen
Clark, a son rs pounds
Bingham-Ap ri %. to the wife Of Iyel
Arno. q son.
Solon-May 9, to the wife of Motter l..
French. daughter.
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The firm of Sproul, Paul & Co.,
Boston, Mass, whose card appears in
another part of this issue, wishes to
inform their shippers, that they will
continue business under the same
name, as before the death of the late
Mr.. G. F. II. Paul. They respectfully
solicit your shipments, which will re-
ceive the same prompt attention as
in the past.