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ward motion, would be compelled TO move always
on dead level would see each other only as lines;
and finally, would possess nothing of the quality
known in our -dirnensional space as solid =
although, to themselves, they would seem solid
enough
Similarly if the F1atanders dwelt in houses, their
homes would be nothing more than open surfaces
inclosed by lines with swinging lines to take the
place of doors In order to inPr1sOn a Flatlander,
it would thus be quite sufficient to draw an I'M
broken line around him. Not having the power OF
upward or downward motion, he could neither step
over it nor burrow beneath 1t, and to HIM 1t would
be fully as impossible stone or iron wall
Now even if this twO-dirnenslonal world was
situated in the very midst of the three-dlmens1o nal
space familiar to us, its people would ordinarily
have no conception whatever of the larger space
surrounding them. The latter would be, for all
practical purposes completely outside their universe
and entirely invisible to them. Indeed, upward
and downward" and height and depth
being terms that conveyed no meaning to their
minds they would be strongly inclined to deny the
mere possibility of ee-dirnenslonal space and
would probably unite to suppress any rash 1ndi-
vidua that might assert its existence on the Strength
of some otherwise inexplicable experience Inc
ONLY knowledge they could have OF 1t would come
from the intrusion of Inhab1tant OF the three
dimensonal world into the plane on which they
lived And even then he would seem to them 10 De
a supernatural being or, If they dlsbeleVed IN the
SUPERNATURAL would sorely perpeX them as suggest
ing the need of sweeping changes III their long eStao
lished notions of the universe.
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Visiting the Flatlanders

IMAGINE for example, the sensations OF rat
L lander at the unexpected appearance OF three
dimensonal man in his bed room He had securely
boted the door before retiring had made sure that
no midnight marauder could gam entrance YET
there before his startled eyes stood an uncouth ana
roonstrors shape different from any he ever had
beheld before The three dInenslonal man would
not it is true be seen by the astounded flatiander
in the form familiar other three-d1rnensonal men.
And at the slightest upward or downward notion
he would instantly vanish from sight But SO long
as he remained the plane as the FIatiander'
he would be visible, and would be recognized as
other than native of falkland
Most perplexing of all would be the question OF
how he gained admttanCe to the house. he rat
lander having no idea that everything about nm
was open overhead could not possibly appreciate
the fact that the threedimenslonaI man had entered
by the simple process OF stepping across the hines
that formed the walls of the house and OF the bed
room And matters would not be much clearer 70
his limited understanding, II his visitor undertook
to give him a concrete demonstration OF the proper
ties of the third dimension
You see" we may fancy the three-dimensional
man explaining Il not obliged, ike you to move
always on a level / go up or can go down;
and being able to go up and down can easily step
over the lines that to you to be sohd walls ana
also can look directly into this room, which you
imagine is all incosed but which Is really open to
the gaze and entrance of every three-dlne nslonai
being The same is true of your cupboards, and
bureaus and everything else IN which you store your
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THE R I'D D L E
FOURTH DIMENSION
By H. ADDINGTON BRUCE
H. ADDINGTON BRUCE
Drawings by Joseph Clement Coll

an Nav morning Of 1873. three men sat to-
gether II sun bathed room IN Le1psic-
~ Two q The three we're old men, and uIlIIllS-
takablv Of the IeutOluC race IheT features also
indicated great Intellectual development, as became
savants whose names were household words IN the
world OF science One Johann Karl Friedrich ZoU-
LEI, had long been famed as an astronomer ana ana
physicist and n that very time was occupying the
char Of ASTRONOMY At LeIpsic University. lhe other,
Wilhelm E Weber. was no less representative OF the
best scientil e-deavor OF that most scientific OF
Altogether different stood the case with the third
member OF The little group. His nationality would
be hard u place, but was IN fact American \
dreamy -z-vs-l-a face ewes that had tar away
look long artistic fingers and q body that seemed
made Of spring reclaimed him man OF slnguaTly
uery0us ternre-a-leut- His name was Henry Siade,
and IL his own way he was fully as celebrated as his
scientific c7--7-.-r5l-ls He had indeed, only re-
Gently been 4 storm center OF controversy, some
asserting bur more DENYING. that he possessed the
Ta-e gift Of acting as an intermediary between the
living and the dead Fame, or nOtOrlety, frst came
10 Inn with his seemingly miraculous production OF
messages written on locked and sealed states; and
ms rere--o-e Hr0adened TO include other remark
abe maniies--ers Of occult power, he soon threat
e1ed 10 sI--ass in popularity even that prince OF
wonder WORKERS Daniel Dunglas Home
Then however. Slade experienced sore rebuff
Visiting szer-.ra1 England the summer OF 1870,
he was urN-ze enough 70 give seance 70 Professor
Kay LarEes-a-. a- ul-rasclentItC scientist AS was
MS custom S..5e showed Lancaster hinged slate,
apparently clean as the day Il was bought, closed
and locked IT, and announced that presently ghostly
fingers would H-I-e message on It's virgin surface
But L,ankes-e- -ucreduOus did not wait until the
Scratching 0i slate pencil should indicate that the
spirit writing had begun Instead, rudely tearing
tie slate frg-. SLade's hand he burst Il open and
discovered thai the message had already been VIII
len After which with unScientlhc V1ndlctlNeIesS'
he brought ae.ra- against Slade As common SWIM
der. who used sle5ght Of hand to separate super
s-,0us persons from their money With a term IN
al staring nm II the face. the medium naturally
decided 10 seek pastures new And thus II came
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TO geometry and to algebra operating
with more than three unknown guam
titles In fact, mathematlclans found
the assumption Of fourth dimension
necessary as well as serVlceable Tor
the solution of certain problems. But
they did not ask people to believe
that space actually possessed one or
more dimensions other than length,
breadth, and height.
This, however, was precisely the
position taken by Z0llner, and held by
him to afford the only satisfactory eX-
PLANTATION of many of the feats OF splr-
itualistic mediumship. Nor did Z0llner
long stand alone Appealing as it did
to the imagination of speculative
,lcientists. and finding more persuasive
grounds for belief than the debatable
facts of the Slade seances, the idea of
four-dimenSional space spread 50
rapidlv that to-day II boasts advo-
Gates. and really learned and able
advocates. IN every quarter OF the
civilized globe
Its nature and meaning may best
be made clear by the argument from
analogy employed by the most recent
exDOnents Of the fourth dimension
Suppose a world IN which space was
not of three but merely of two dimen-
sions.-length and breadth Such
world would be absolutely fiat, as
would its inhabitants i might well
be compared TO a vast sheet of paper
covered-to borrow the description
given in his "Flatland by Edwin
Abbott. one of the most ingenious ex-
plorers of the fourth dimension-wIth
s oh I,r,ac fT5anUlaE
squares, and other figures, which, IN
stead of remaining fixed, move freely
about, though without the power OF
rising above or sinking below the
surface The people of Flatland, TO
put the matter otherwise, would know
absolutely nothing of upward or down
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SHADES Great Test


IHAT pleasant Nav morning IL
1873, therefore. he waited with
supreme confidence. while Professor
-'liIeT slowly drew from q capaclOus
ga pocket TWO IT three small card
sound.
Your earlier tests" said Z0llneT.
L l, lie trembIi-g accerts Of old age.
L-@Fe entirely satisfied. me, Dr. Slade.
- our ideas of the properties OF
-.l1le must undergo q radical revision,
- nat besides length, breadth, and
s'-l. space has q fourth dimension
WHICH We i've but OF which We
monty -. are unaware. The knot
-, When YOU tied four knots IL an
f - coTd-9-as exceptionally good
j :: Slilce / Is as well u obtain cumu-
go &c evidence. / wish YOU would
t---Ca'or r. execute lhe coin test
- -. We unsuccessfully attempted SIX
months ago.
h nave here. as YOU know" and
- 2-iook the cardboard boxes, three
o., d., which, under the accepted con
.--l'ns Of space. II would be quite
- t'';2slDie 70 remove without break
- - f boxes If nay hypothesis of
- - -clrl II dimension Is correct, how
=. - -. : should De as simple a matter
III 1A-Iact them as would be the case
-, !. ne boxes have al opening. ]
r r. TIE boxes Oh the table between
So and ask YOU 70 exert your
Cos power 10 empty them of the
and i-- '. ms chair up 70 the table,
e@'enalng his hands with quick,
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mark piece fell the slate be followed almost
Immediately by two smaller pieces Of money.
The coins! The coins!" cried Z0llner in ecstasy.
With fingers that shook they almost power
empty save for couple of pieces of slate pencil
which, Slade fastened to explain, had evidently
been placed there by the spirits" after they had
written the Outstretched slate Overcome with
Joy Z0lner turned to his colleague.
You saw 1t, Weber! There no fraud, no
cheating! All, at last incontrovertbe proof of the
verify of the fourth dimension has been obtained!
The world must know of this"
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The Wonderful New Thought

II this manner with the aid of a that had been
L bounded out of England for swindling, whose
methods We're afterward to be nercilessly exposed
bizarre and at the same time most fascinating
ceptions that have ever entered into the mind of
man.
To be sure the notion of four-dimenslonal space
was not original with Johann Zolner, professor OF
astronomy at the University of Leipsc; 1t had long
been used by mathematlcians as convenient aid
the discovery and expression OF truths applicable
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about that he found himself IN Ger
many, ezhIal-ir- ms powers TO men
"no- as he learned after one OF TWO
Stances, We're distinctly more sympa-
Ihe'lc and open minded than the
unieellng Ray Lankester.
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he gTaSped a slate
and held It out
under the table.
The sound of writ
ing was heard.
then a ringing
noise, and at that
instant, out OF
empty space as
It seemed. a five
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nervous gestures, Slade broke into
voluble flow of words. Men of
the Ray Lancaster type would
have called it "conjurer 5 patter
intended to distract the attention
of the spectators while a feat of
1egerdenlain was IN progress But
Z0llner and Weber, ike the honest,
unsuspicious souls that they were,
listened eagerly to all that Slade
said, watching not the move
ments of his hands but the play
of his mobile features. Suddenly
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1908-06-04
NUMBER q
Friday Nights Concert.

Those who were fortunate enough
TO attend the entertainment at the
Bethany Church last Friday evening
given by the New York Concert Com
pany, under the auspices of the
Young Peoples Society of Christian
Endeayor, will recall that event az
equal 70 anything in the musical line
ever given here. The thing to be
regretted Is that the local society and
the Concert Company, rather than
realizing profit, as they might
reasonably hope 70 do, eacr met with
some loss as the result Of this enter
tainment. While a fair sized audi
ence was present, the cost Of produc-
ing such concert was such az to
leave a deficit to be shared by the
local promoters and the manager Of
the company. Though not entirely
consoling, it should be gratifying 10
those most concerned in the affair TO
know that they provided for them
selves and their friends an opportu-
NIFTY to ENJOY thoroughly delightful
musical evening.
Mr.. Thomas NJ. Henderson, the
manager, announces his intention Of
visiting Skowhegan again in the fall,
with a company OF the same or nearly
the same, artists He believes that
those who were present last Friday
evening will make SO favorable report
TO the other musical people Of this
vicinity as to ensure him a generous
patronage at that time.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1908-06-04

While the British occupied Phiadel-
phia aud the American force lay in
winter quarters at Valley Forge, one
day as Washington and his staff were
dining a fine bunting dog which was
evidently lost came to seek something
to eat. On its collar was the name,
General Howe" Washington ordered
that the dog should be fed, and then he
sent II to Philadelphia under a flag Of
truce, with a letter reading: General
Washlngton's compliments to General
Howe. He does himself the pleasure
to return to him a dog which acct
dentally fell into his hands and by the
inscription on the collar appears to be-
long to General Howe" The British
commander In reply sent cordial let
ter conveying his warm thanks for this
act OF courtesy OF his enemy.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1908-06-04
Exhibition of School Work.

Thousands Of drawings, and other
samples of the work done by the
pupils of the Skowhegan schools,
were on exhibition in the several
rooms on the first and second floors
of the Lincoln Building yesterday,
where they were viewed by many
who are interested in the schools
and especially by those who have
children in some of the grades.
This plan of assembling a collection
of some one or more samples of the
work of each pupil, where all can be
inspected, to the interest of the
parents and with great advantage to
the pupils themselves and to their
teachers, was adopted by Superin-
tendent of Schools, D. w. Colby,
nearly seven years ago and has been
maintained since as an annual affair.
The work comes from all the grades
and from the rural schools. 1t in
cludes samples of paper cutting and
mounting, folding, weaving with
various materials, drawings in almost
innumerable variety, colored crayon
work, clay modelling, sewing, and
articles of wood made by the pupils
in the Manual Training department.
1t should be understood that most of
the work is far more than simply
copying from book or other printed
page. Practically everything is done
from the object itself, that is, if the
pupil is making the drawing of
maple leaf, it is done from the re-
Gently gathered foliage rather than
from picture.
The proficiency shown in the great
variety of objects which cover the
twenty eight frames is really re-
markable. 1t is visual demonstra-
ton of what our public schools are
accomplishing and, to any one who
is at all familiar with the possibilities
of ten or even five years ago, it is a
measure of the wonderful advance
that has been made in educational
methods.
While yesterday afternoon was the
time that the public were invited to
see the exhibition, the objects will
not be taken down until Saturday
and visitors will be most welcome,
other than in school hours, during
today and tomorrow.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1908-06-04

In the death of Conductor George
A. West which occurred at his home
in Waterville, at noon Tuesday of
this week the Maine Central K. r.,
looses one of its most valued en-
ployes and one who had served them
in different capacities for 40 years
always most acceptably. Some two
months since he underwent a critical
operation in Portland at which time it
was known his condition was such
that made his recovery hopeless.
Mr.. West was one of the Oldest en-
ployes of the railroad and was very
popular, being we'll known over the
entire division and branches, and it
was with the deepest regret that the
men at present in the employ learned
OF his death. Although he had been
a sufferer for several years, he bore
his trouble without complaint.
He was a member of Waterville
Masonic Lodge, No 33, and also a
member of the Bangor Division, No.
4O3, Order Railroad Conductors.
A widow the sister of Col. \. q.
blunt OF tnls plaSe, ouo syn - -
lace West, two sisters, Mrs. II. W
Stewart OF Camden, and Miss A
Augusta West of Waterville survive.
The funeral service will be held
from his late residence on BoatelIe
avenue at , O'Clock Friday afternoon
and burial will be made at Pine Grove
cemetery.
There is one paralyzing thing about
the automobile fever. When you
find your machine won't OUTRAGE your
neighbours, there comes the season OF
discomfort, and nothing satisfies this
except the purchase of another flyer
Manufacturers are apt to encourage
this habit of discomfort.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1908-06-04

The Kennebec Journal very justly
refers to the neglect to erect a
memorial to James G. Blaine as re-
proach upon the political party which
was once proud to hail him as its
greatest and best beloved national
leader; also reproach upon the old
friends and neighbors whose relations
with him were close and personal,
and reproach upon the city of Au-
gusta and the State as whole. 1t is
now fifteen years since Mr.. Blaine's
death, and one effort to raise money
for memorial was begun in Augusta,
considerable money paid in, then
timidly abandoned, and the money
paid back to the contributors. 1t is
absolutely disgraceful. Some noble
soul will some day feel inspired to
take up the work, and the memorial
will come.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1908-06-04
Mrs. ElVira Varney.

Mrs. Elyira, widow Of the late
Alonzo Varney, died at her farm
home in the south part Of this town
on Saturday of last week. She mad
been in her usual health until within
a few weeks and death was due 10
pneumonia which followed an attack
of the grip. \ daughter, Miss
Eleanor. who was teaching in
Massachusetts, arrived home Satur-
day morning. The other surviving
children are Misses Mildred and
Ethel, and one son, Allen. Funeral
services were held at the home on
Tuesday at ten O'Clock, Rev. G. ".
Hinckley Of Good Will Home Off
ciating.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1908-06-04

In Memoirs Of Famous Trials" by
Rev. e. V. Burnaby, Is an amusing
story about the late Lord Bowen. "a
brilliant, intellectual and clever judge. y
His lordship wanted lift to the lord
chancellor's breakfast In 1883 and ad-
dressed the following request to his
old friend, Mr.. Justice Mathew:
My Dear J. C.-Wil you be free TO car
ry me, beside OF thee, in your buggee to
selborns's tea, II breakfast he intends for
we, on . November next D. ". eighteen
hundred and eighty-three A. D.. for Lady
b.. from Cornwall c.. will absent be and
says that she would rather see her hus-
band be D dash D than send to LondoH
her buggee for such a melancholy spree
as selborns's toast and Selborne's tea7
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1908-06-04
Our Heroes Memory Honored

Last Saturday, the Thirtieth of May,
set apart as Memorial Day by the
national government and devoted,
throughout the northern states, to
services in honor of the deceased
soldiers of the war of the Rebellion,
witnessed the usual appropriate ex-
ercises of memorial and patriotic
nature. Manufacturing establish
ments and places of business were for
the most part closed and the number
attending the services at the Church
and at the North and South GEM
etaries would indicate an increasing
interest, altho the events of History,
which gave the day its origin tran
spired, in a period whose beginning
was almost half century ago.
Members of Russell Post, Russell
Relief Corps, Sons of Veterans,
Company E and Company E Band,
assembled at Grand Army Hall and
marched to the Centenary Church,
arriving there at one thirty, the
appointed hour. They were seated in
the pews reserved for them and all
other seats were rapidly filled by
others who had gathered to hear the
exercises. The following program
was carried out under the direction of
Post Commander Chas. Smith:
Prayer, Rev. B. b. Merrill, Pastor of Island
Avenue Congregational Church.
Music, Company Military Band; r. F.
Washbufn, leader.
Reading of Orders and Roll of Honor
W. IL. Weston, Adjutant OF Russell Post
Reading, "Lincoln's address at the battle Of
gettysburg Comrade =. +. Emerson
Salute to the Dead and Ritualistic Exercises,
Members of Russell Post
Song, THE Long Ago" Quartette, Messrs.
Elmer Harris, John McIlwrath, samuel
Dawson and Chas. Turner; Miss Mildred
Weston. organiSt.
Memorial Address, The Duties of the Pres
ent Hour Col A. $ Bangs of Augusta
Song, Evergreen Shore Quartette
Song, The Star Spangled Banner Chorus,
Misses Elsie Bean, Ruth Nelson, Mabel
Wood, Emerald Young, Rena Bernard.
Helen White, Myra Ackeey, Clara Haffer
mehl Gala Gordon, Annie WEIGH, Chris
tina Hall, Frances Frye.
National ode "Amerca,' BY the Audience
Benedction, Rev. T. l.. Frost, Pastor of the
First Baptist Church.
Immediately folloWlng the eXer-
cises at the Church procession was
formed, consisting of the Russell
Post and other organizations above
mentioned, and the North and South
Cemeteries were visited in turn, the
grave of every veteran in each being
decorated. AT the North Cemetery,
prayer was offered by the Rev. Geo.
Merriam, Pastor of the Bethany Bap-
fist Church, and song, "Sunset
Chimes, was given by the quartette.
At the South Cemetary, the usual
ritualistic services of the Grand Army
of the Republic we're carried lout and
the twelve little girls, whose names
are given in connection with the
program at the Methodist Church,
sang the National Hymn, "America".
The morning papers prophesied
showers for New England, but while
clouds filled the sky nearly all day
and it was evident that other sections
Continued ON third page)
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1908-06-04

North Carolina, by the State cleo
ton of last week, takes its place
proudly in the column of prohibition
States. 1t was carried for prohibition
of the liquor traffic by a majority of
about $4,000. Gov. Glenn is entitled
toa good deal of credit for this re-
suit, for he has stumped most every
part of the State in behalf of the
cause. There are now seven prohibit
tion states in the Union: Maine, Ala
bama, Georgia, North Dakota, Kansas
Oklahoma and North Carolina. Let
our readers keep an eye out, and
watch the growth OF the column.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1908-06-04
In Washington.

Just ten minutes before midnight,
Saturday, the first session of the Goth
Congress came to a close, and a final
adjournment was had. The closing
contest was on the question of
passing the emergency bill in the
Senate, it having received passage
in the House. The fillibustering
forces we're lead by Senator La
Toilette, and much valuable time was
wasted, but the bill was finally passed
as il came from the House. This bill
was agreed TO in conference, and it
combines features of the Aldrich and
Vreeland measures, with the Aldrich
features predominating. 1t is to be
effective for six years, expiring by
limitation in 1914, though of course
it could be sooner modified or re-
pealed if that seemed necessary or
expedient. The total amount of
emergency issue that may be taken
out under it is $500, 100000. The
provisions of the bill are not to be in
voked except in certain emergencies.
There was no pulp legislation dur
ing the session.
Just a day or two before adjourn
ment the President signed the bill
providing for the reorganization of
the militia of the United States and
its arming and equipping at cost OF
not exceeding $4,000 900.
Appropriations were made for
either post Offices or lots at Water
vile, Gardiner, Belfast and Ellis
worth.
1t may be stated definitely that
Rep. Theodore E. Burton of Ohio,
will present the name of Secretary
Taft to the Chicago convention.