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New-York tribune., 1910-02-13

n talk To- rlse about ueddin's, Sure I've
ID -u mixed up IN one. Maybe there was
range blossoms and 50 on: but all that
-auEg me is u bunch Of lemon buds Not tnat
Tn ..-.=-r- any crouch ] might have known
better. -. butt into any such dom 5. Long as L
sick . head office boy, ! knows who what,
and which and anyone that thinks they can
g.e -. ... double cross IS welcome to try: but
aler res 10 sCtin' IN al a Wllt-thOu fest m a
re- ..- ZeLe from the red mltten belt
MAJ. wouldn't have done 50 bad, though, II 1t
s5r- t.- Aunt Laura. And say mark 1t up
-r- .-.- right here she am my auntI She
Benny. was telEn' YOU how | loaded Mildred,
r-- .a- ..-..-.-l-e- that was into Mr Roberts car
along Bashful Benny. and what came OF It,
Eau- =. and how Benny 50 grateful that ne
SAYS .. ..- 10 be one of the usherS>
Wei ....- III COIN lovely, and the gen raj office
..--e .--.ed in and bought EN- d swell Weddln
r-eserr and pennE's tailor has built par OF
striped -.... and = Iohn Drew coat, and Mr.. Nal
g-. -.. .f.,rl' me how To act when chase the
folks ---. ..- seats and Piddies been loadIn
-g r.- -.-e .uurersatIOn TO fire OF whenever j
ge,~ and eyervthIng's gay around the
sl.f an the directors had voted an extra
c-..le- ..r I-4 stacked up against Aunt Laura
and II begin. 81. cloud in the west
Aunt I..--. al Benny show up for d lam Iy,
and af-.- ...- -.t To know her YOU couldn blame
nm Tor .t.' tp start on ncE deal 9he
one ri r..... narrow eyed old girls that can look
l1r5uEl --r-a-e without turnn her head, and
d-- -. -..-a --l-,sil.ors in d minute than most
l-ss a l H. month ! j bet II the angel OapTlel
should e- and send in his card She d make HIM
Prove #-. be- WAS by I-4sln' the horn
Mas "a es-.l She didn't mistake for no angel,
when ll- Robert sends me up there 10 do an
.1a1d t.- Benny. ! want calm for no auntS'
aaAsaag. bat just leayin a note for WIlson-thats
nsHly r--u-ahen this sharp nosed old party
tSIaes r...e-rr -ut9 the front hall.
~. Mare. says She 10 the girl what boy Is tIllst
"Lere did ae come from. Who does he want to
s5s, Don YOU dare leave him alone for mlnutel
-at last touch gets me ia the short rlbs. All,
says J. do j look Ike a hallraok artist,
lha,H d.. young mani" saws She You may
|', De a- lad rs you look. but / have my doubts"
S@-ae to you, ma am. and many Of EN-. % says j.
Me-. says she What iuucrtinence!'
b. Please Eraan,' says the girl, M Elins sent
-. o. The old one Then She gives me an
'-er look Boy. Says She what your name.
I9reay, says ] Amt it a snug fit"
% says She again. and with the soft pedal
4 You re Torohy. are vou7"
n aere amt any getlln away from q name ike
why, says She dom her best to c,dl up a smile,
nat bright young man YOU are"
, 'pe-atls pn top. 5ay5l tlro~ln' wink al Mare.
New-York tribune., 1910-02-13

Wee. p" saws Aunt Laura L always did think
that copper red shade of hair real pretty come
right in, Torchy, while Marie gets you some CAKE
II amt turnin' the shoulder to any cake says ;
but YOU can cut out the tea
Well saw inside of three minutes from the start
I,,,' 4iantfd conf'table in one of the bry chairs
eato' frosted cake with both hands, while Marie 5
off hustlin' up lemonade and fancy crackers.
Course il was sOmethin OF a shock such quick
shift as that / amt got a ghmmer as to what Aunt
arra's end of the game was; but 50 long as IlS nome
made pastry holds out as good as nalled 10 te
spot She seems to get a heaP OF aaLl9I,Il I t,' @
ya4crin' me eat almost much as though S!e Was
feedin' ground glass to her best enemy you We
seen that kind, that you can stand wen enough nll m u
they begin grin at you Aunt Laura l'lgil "a a.
srnilin' was enough to make a cat get ITS bacN up
and YOU could tell She didn't really mean It, as Wen as
if she said Now m gon to give you an llntatl"h
OF somebody that 5 pleased.
that was as smooth as wet asphalt Most OF II was
fc AIR hat She said Benny been glVln I" her a" out
me. and how sweet Mildred thought ] was
THAT should have been my cue: but | was too
l. busy with the cake.
ttIrb-hub. saws !, pokin' in frostn that
had lodged on the outside
You are quite well acquainted with her afeh
y0u1" says she.
'' Um-Tn-Tn-rn, says t
lets see" goes on Aunt Laura hat IS 1t she
did at the office: ,.
"Chckety-cHck' dllis , , ''5 - ~
0h tVnewriting," says She But suppose
She was very sklif1l at IL,
"Oh. She was a bird" says
see what was happening | was bein' pumped
l. was ,nore'n that too Everything | kne" about
Mildred and lot guessed at was e1nptied out o me
H. She was usin' one of these vacuum cleaners on
INV head When l gets to telling about the place
,it West where Mildred lived before she ana her NAV
hi New York, Aunt Laura Jumps up. .., -,
..Oh. know, some people who lived there one, ,t.
saws She I wonder if any OF them kne" MISS
N With that She picks up the desk phone and sives
call Did they know any Miss MoIs3m5 2mt 'ntIS tore
H., (1 interestingl Who was he, and what was he
dong last What! In the State PenItentlary
That was enough for Aunt Laura. She hangs up
The receiver and says TO me: - NJ
Bow, when You get back to the office tell MT.
Robert i want 10 see him. Come, you d better Dc
1T It was a case Of Here's your hat-what'a your
hurry" .,,.:., ,, +,l,.
New-York tribune., 1910-02-13

ne gueSSes nIaVUt IIC VdT raIN I11r1T 0cr
of Wantin' to get married. He dldn
know Benny, though. These short, tat
dimpled boys are just the ones to too
YOU, and when it came TO tellln' Benny
about Brother Bill, that was dom time
Benny works his lips at high speed sayln
that ne don t believe 1t
"Anvway." says Benny, , 1t 1thn
Bill I'm marrying | don't give cutl
for him. I'd juth ath thoon marry
Mildred if her whole doothed family
New-York tribune., 1910-02-13

wath III jail " -.
That settles it Benny" says Mr. Robert If
that's the way YOU feel. III stand by you
Navbe Aunt Laura want wild, though, when she
finds She can't block the game was handl1n the
Office switchboard the afternoon she calls MI FODert
III, 10 olive him the rake over, and the old girl warns
m the wires until she nea1 has the ghtnin arresters
out of business 1t comes out too that she sore on
Bennv's bein married because she sees the finish OF
her steady Job as boss of the house on the avenue
She cant queer Mr.. Robert, though.
BENNY seems to have a clear idea as to Just whom
he wants to marry, says he, and that enough fo1
me If Miss Morgan has brother IN the penten
tiarv and Benny doesn't mind, I'm sure l don
I've known lots of fellows who wished their brothers
in law were in the same place Anyway heH NOT
trouble us by showing up at the wedding, even u
She did send him invitation.
That's the kind of a sport Mr. Robert is. He >
dead game and when you've got HIM for Trend
You'll know who to send for II you should ever get
run in SO we goes along gettln' ready for the
weddin' sames if nothn's happened. It's billed
for = church hitch: but there amt been any adVer-
tisn done. they don expect any crowd LOOK
when they has il too-rlght at lunch time!
CHEEl" says | to Mr Robert, who's running the
- thing you must be playln for frost NO"
il you'd hire one of them Th1rd-aye- halls ana Z,
band you might give EN- somethln OF a SEND
off huf I'll be hard to tell this racket from one OF
these MONDAY prayin' bees they has down IN the
wholesale crock'ry district
Mr. Robert says that Benny orln 50 baShful, ana
Mildred not KNOWN many plks IN East. they
wanted to make it quiet as they could
"Itn have pantomme show beat TO deAth O.
o,,ict saws | :. Put me on the door, Will you SO
| can keep awake joshIn' the sidewalk copf
Mr Robert says he thinks that Il be a good place
for me as they amt goIn To let anyone IN without u
ticket and I'm used to sIuntln cranks But, say
I'm 50 ratified when get INSIDE of that sut they
sent around for me to wear that l don't know
whether Irn goin' up or comm down. Honest. that
coat made me feel like | was wearin' a dress. |
didn't mind the striped pants. they was all to the
good but them skirts lappin' around my knees was
the limit. c ,
Think ! had the face to spring that outfit on the
folks at the boardin' house, Never IN a year
Whv. some of them Lizzie girls rangin' the block
would have guved me out of the borough Just
folds the thing inside out over nay arm IKE II was
some ones overcoat | takin around to have a
button shifted, and when | gets to the chnrch
slides up into the gallery and makes quick change
MI Robert looks me over and says no oiio "o"iu
guess 1t was me.
I'm hopn they don't" says l.
But as soon as the carriages begun comm anu
,tc h,,s,, can1 for the seat checks forgets how
looks and stops huntin for some place to STOW @ my
hands 1t was cinch job There was ohly IL"
New-York tribune., 1910-02-13
BROTH H E R BILL
BY Sc w ELL FORD

about the Lady Mildred havin' brother that
crook There's lots of Morgans besides her and +.
But all Aunt Laura does is hold the door open for
me; so | beats it, feen about chipPer as though
I'd been turnin' States evidence The more
thinks of it, the cheaper feels. Here been play
in r1vself for Mr. FoXv Cute and had let old lemon
soueezer ike Aunt Laura wiring me dry!
New-York tribune., 1910-02-13

TTST what she's GOT up her sleeve ABOUT
A- J the penitentiary business, | didn't
know; but l want long in tindin' out
Next day there was all kinds of
Aunt Laura has looked up the invitation list for the
weddn'. and, sure enough, among the also rams was
a Mr. William Morgan, with State pententlary
address With that and what she'd heard over the
'1bone Aunt Laura makes out a strong case. Was
She qoin to stand by and see her only nephew marry
into a family of jabrds? Not if she could help 1t
SO she calls in Mr., Robert and puts the layout be
fore him
1t looks like bad mess, with Mildred on the
toboggan: for Mr.. Robert has said he d see what
could be done. He don't promise anything but
Bennvs always been such w1llln performer that
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1910-09-01
Real Estate Transfers.

The following real estate transfers
were recorded in the Somerset County
Registry of Deeds the past week:
Madison-Elizabeth L. Merrill to
Nellie NJ. Bennett, |. E. Curtis ct al
to Frances e. Williams; Lawrence
Hayden ct al to Sadie Chabot; L. L.
Morrison to c. w. Bragg.
Acknowledgement Gilbert to
Alfred Ferland; Isaac Newton by
Execx. to Joseph Nolet
Canaan-E. G. Lewis to Geo. f
Whitney.
Skowhegan-H. T. Jewett to p. VI
Sanborn; Edith d. Steward to E. f
Greenwood; Frank Burbee to Jos. A
Chabot.
Smithfield-Lydia NJ. Piper to Her
bert j. Piper.
Anson-Nathan A. Weston to Eliza
Playze; Thos. Mcknight to II. r
Rowe.
The Forks-Oliver c. Adams To
Claudia v Wilson.
Harmony-L. f. Mclntire ct al 10
Walter NJ. LOOMS.
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WILLIAM NJ. OSBORN,
Candidate for Senator Answers Ques.
tiOnS.

State Master Stetson of the Maine
Grange submits several questions to
the legislative candidates in the State
relative to matters that are likely to
be prominent at the next session of
the Legislature. The first one of
those questions is of the most i'm
portance. 1t is as follows:
Would you favor the State having
charge of the building, maintenance
and repairs of all roads and the ex-
penditure of all money raised for that
purpose either by municipalities or
the State?'
That there are many persons who
claim to be reformers that favor such
a sweeping change in our method of
caring for our highways, as is implied
in that question: is we'll known yet
they have never had the courage to
announce their purpose in political
campaign. No one who believes in
the primary principle of democracy
could favor such a scheme. 1t would
be direct blow at the principle of
local self government, the right of
tie people to manage their local af-
fairs" 1t would largely increase the
cost of building and maintaining our
highways. 1t would create large
number of office holders to travel
over the State at public expense Let
the municipalities continue to con,
troll their highways supplemented by
State aid.
The second question, Would you
favor the State issuing bonds for the
purpose of building permanent
roads?' No, | would not. The consti-
tuition of the State prohibits the issue
of such bonds, yet an amendment
might be submitted. | would oppose
such scheme.
The third question, Would you ia
vor the State building macadam roads
in rural sections where there is such
heavy traffic?" No, would not such
scheme could only be matter of
favoritism.
The fourth question. viii you vote
for the enactment of direct pri-
mary law" AS both political parties
have endorsed the direct primary law
in their platforms, it would seem that
this question is not called for. Yet
will answer, Yes
The fifth and last question. will
you vote to amend section of chap
ter 1T of the public laws of 1909, SO
to provide that the common school
fund collected under the provisions
of said chapter shall be distributed to
the several municipalities on the ba-
sis of scholars therein?" Yes, every
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1910-09-01
Easy to Cure
Coughs, Colds, Sore Throat and
Catarrh

Breathe Hyomei. 1t will cure ca
tarrh or any nose or throat trouble il
you follow directions. Don't lay II
aside when the snuflling, hawking and
splitting have ceased. Stick to II
daily until you are sure that the ca
tarrh germ is dead, and that your air
passages are free from their poison
Gus influence. Hyomei pronounced
High-o-me) is the only treatment for
nose, throat and lung troubles that
has ever been sold with the under
standing that If 1t did not cure, 1t was
to cost absolutely nothing.
Hyomei can be obtained at drug
gists everywhere and at F. w. Buck
nam, who guarantees it to cure ca
tarrh. Group, sore throat, coughs and
colds. A complete outfit $l00, which
is mighty cheap for remedy that
has cured more cases of catarrh than
all the catarrh specialists on earth.
An outfit consists OF an inhaler, a
bottle OF Hyomei, supply of antisep-
tic gauZe, medicine dropper, and
full instructions for use. The inhal-
er is made pocket size, of hard rub
Der, and will last lifetime. And bear
in mind that extra bottles of Hyomei,
If needed, cost only so cents. 1896
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CHALLENGE FROM G. II. FOGG.

G. r. Fogg is seeking the worst
case of dyspepsia or constipation in
Skowhegan or vicinity to test pr.
Towards new specific for the cure OF
those diseases.
So confident is he that this remark
able medicine will effect a lasting
cure in a short time, that he offers 10
refund the money should it not be
successful.
In order to secure the quickest pos
sible introduction he will sell regn=
lar fifty cent package of this medi-
cine at half price, % cents.
This specific of DR.. Howard's will
cure sick headache, dizzy feelings
constipation, dyspepsia and all forms
OF malaria and liver trouble. 1t does
not simply give relief for a time; ii
makes permanent and complete cures.
1t will regulate the bowels, tone up
the whole intestinal tract, give you
an appetite, make food taste good and
digest we'll, and increase vigor.
36-37-3S
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dearly and feel mors IT. 1strssssd
for him In his unfortunats circum-
stances. What can he DO now In his
declining years with the savings OF
his best and earlier years swept
away"
Alice" quickly spoke DIR. Lunt, II
have wanted to talk with you about
this matter but you know that cir
cumstances forbade 1t heretofore.
But now l am going to speak. OF
course the Telephone companys bust
ness is irretrievably lost, not be-
cause of my little telebird sys-
tenn entirely, but because the
people have become exasperat-
ed over the way the company has
used them. l don't believe that 1t is
your father who Is at fault, but rath-
er some of the other stockholders who
failed to grasp the situation and treat
the people fairly from the very incep-
ton of the business in the village
fNOW L du BOiu6 " huhC JONi Ao'h0'
proposition, liberal one, too.
will buy out his shares at not one
penny of loss to him, that | may pro-
mote my system a little better and
make it more successful one, even
than 1t Is now"
"Dr. Lunt will you forgive me-?
interrupted Alice, bursting into tears
You are noble generous-hearted
man. How could | have treated you
so cruelly?"
The doctor did not answer her but
continued, Alice, If your father con-
sents to sell me his shares in the
Telephone company, I want you with
them, as the most essential part OF
the consideration"
Alice was still sobbing but she was
happy. In answer to the doctors
question she turned her face toward
him and he clasped her in his arms
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1910-09-01
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...s Have TO Wait For Weeks.-A
wv SkoMhegan Illustration.

u,oiting is dlscouraging.
prompt action pleases everybody.
burden on the back Is heavy
weight ,
lining weight, removing the bur-
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ckowhegan people tell of 1t.
roll Of relief that's quick and sure
lore is a case of it:
c;dney Gilman, 80 Main street
,,'orbegan. Me-, says: Several years
oho nsed Doan's Kidney Pills with
W. satisfactory results that / gave
nnbic statement, telling of the
Lift pdt | had received. l have since
sed occasion to take this remedy
n nhen suffering from lame back and
am glad to say that / received
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EE,Jney Pills at Sampson & Azores
nrng store and since my last expert
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,hsn ever that Doan's Kidney Pills
are the best remedy to be had for
"omnlaints arising from disordered
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Daniel Wilcox OF Biddeford is con-
structing q big trout pond on his
farm. The proposed site of the pond
has already been stripped of the tim
Der and a large part of the stumps
removed. Mr.. Wilcox plans to start
at once cleaning to hard pan, depth
of from IS to 20 inches. When Mr.
Wilcox finishes with the clearing, he
hopes to have nothing but clean white
sand for the bottom of his lake. Con
struction of the dam has not yet been
begun but will be in a few days. This
dam will be of wallstone, about zoe
feet long, eight feet high at the high
est point, two feet through at the top
and four feet at the bottom. 1t will be
laid in cement. Mr.. Wilcox plans to
stock his pond with brook trout. He
will also erect ice houses and enter
this business. 1t is his intention to
place $4,000 trout fry In the pond this
fall or early next spring.
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Maine Central R. R.
Arrangement of Trains in
Effect June 20, 1910

Trains leave Skowhegan as fol-
lows 500, 7.55 A. NJ. for all points
west; also to Belfast, Dover. Fox
croft. Bangor, and way Stations.
1l.55 a. m. for Waterville, Oakland,
Bingham. Lewiston. Augusta. Gardiner,
Brunswick. Portland and Boston. Dex-
ter. Dover and Foxcroft, Greenville.
Bangor d. IL A. and Washington Co.
Rvs. St. John and Halifax. 3.25 p. m.
for Waterville. enabling passengers to
take afternoon trains for Bangor. the
New York Express and night Pullman
for Portland and Boston--4.05 p. IN.
Sundays only. to Waterville connect
ing for Portland, Boston and New
York.
ARRIvALS-75O a IN. from Water
Vile daily except Sundays,-10. 35 a. IN.
Passenger from Portland, Oakland.
Waterville. Augusta and Bangor so
and 955 p. m. from all points and at
1915 Il. m. Sundays only.
+. T.. BOOTHBY. Gen. Passenger Agt.
NORRIS MCDONALD,
Vice President and General Mgr.
Portland Maine.
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"WEIGHT OF THE SOUL"
English Authority Ridicules Alleged
Demonstration.

There Is a popular notion that the
weight of the living body is less than
that of the dead one" says a writer
to the Lancet. In a recent issue OF
the Pioneer Mail CORRESPONDENT dis
cusses this question in connection
with the behavior of a. crocodile which
he shot dead while it was basking
asleep on quicksand.
When shot the crocodile began to
sink and almost disappeared before il
could be reached. The correspondent
Ia clearly inclined to accept the pop
ular notion of an increased weight al
death but for the fact that recent
experiments undertaken by some
learned authorities In America have
proved that a dead body was lighter
than a living one. From this they (the
learned authorities) deduced that the
soul had a definite weight in pounds
avoirdupois.'
at is possible that some of our read
ers are unfamiliar with the expert
ments to which the correspondent OF
the Pioneer Mail refers. They were
made and recorded few years age
by DR.. Duncan Macdougall of Haver-
hill. Mass. Patients were weighed in
the act of dying. The scale used re-
corded any increase or decrease be-
yond the fifth of an ounce-not par
ticularly delicate instrument for es-
timating the weight of that part of
the living body which Is usually re-
garded as immaterial and imponder-
able.
In the first of a series of six ex-
periments DIR. Macdougall placed a
man dying from pulmonary tubercu-
losis on the scales. The patient lost
weight at the rate of one-sixteenth OF
an ounce per minute until the moment
of death when the beam end dropped
with an audible stroke, showing a
sudden decrease of three-quarters OF
an ounce in weight What was the
cause of the sudden decrease? DR.
Macdougall after excluding the loss
due to escape of breath and fluid con-
tents of the body by evaporation OF
other natural means. concluded that
the marked and sudden decrease was
due to escape of the soul substance.
In this particular Instance the soul
was evidently a very material one,
weighing threequarters of an ounce.
THE experimental extended his
observations to dogs, but the results
gained were negative. At the moment
OF death the dogs body refused to
show any alteration in weight. We
are of opinion that the correspondent
of the Pioneer Mail in seeking to ex-
plain the disappearance of the shot
crocodile in a qucksand need not
take his learned authorities too
seriously. DR.. Macdougall's obserya-
lions are to be explained by pecu-
liar bias on the part of his scales and
on the part of the friends who as
sisted him. At least the scales used
by other investigators have refused
to reveal any sudden diminution in
the weight of the body at death.
I'm the usual acceptation of the
term death occurs when respiration
and circulation have ceased. but in a
more strict sense the death of the
body Is gradual, the muscular sys-
tenn for instance. being really alive
some hours after the apparent death
of the individual"
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scholar in the State should have an
equal share of the States common
school money.
WM. NJ. OSBORN.