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JOHN G. GRIFFIN,
Insurance Agency,
WATER STREET,
Skowhegan, Maine.
Alliance Insurance Company

ASSETS DEC. 81, 1909
stocks and Bonds, $l,424,290.0O
cash IN Office and Bank, 112,576.6S
Agents Balances, 133,221.11
Rills Receivable, S96.16
interest and Rents, 9,272.90
Gross Assets, 1850, 256.65
Deduct items not admitted 49,503.20
Admitted Assets, $3.50. 1886
LIABILITIES DEC. 81, 1903
Net Unpaid Losses, sos, $500
QJnearned Premiums, 55S,513.31
All other Liabilities, 20,913.75
cash Capital 500, 900. 90
surplus over all Liabilities, 445, 4S1.59
Total Liabilities and Surplus,
$3.50, 1886
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your daughter. have navigated
every channel in the magnitude of
my extensive Jurisdiction to cruelty
smother the growing loveknot that is
being constructed In my within side.
But the humid lamp of affection still
nourishes my love sicken heart. Hop
ing that you will condusiYely cor
roborate in espousing your female
progeny to my tender bosom and
thereby acquire me into your family
circle.
Your faithful and devoted
son-in-law."
We spent one forenoon at the py-
ramids. 1t Is a beautiful long shad-
ed drive out to them and takes over
an hour to make the trip from the
hotel In the center of Cairo. but
there is also an electric car line. The
pyramids had looked very small in
the distance, but as we came nearer
we realized their immensely, and
that Cheops covers IL acres The
limestone of this pyramid WAS quar-
ried on the other side OF the Nile II
miles away. Some of the stones
weigh lG tons, but the average is 2I2
ons. One of the Mohammedan rul-
ers worked four months trying TO
destroy 1t as he thought the relies of
Egypt We're sign of idolatry, but
he gave up in despair They must
have gone 700 to 1000 miles for the
granite as none was quarried within
that distance. and after carrying 1t
this far it had to be lifted 200 feet
over tire side. by what means we
cannot conceive, as we know of no
machinery in that time 1t was pol
ished and fitted perfectly Some
granite weighed 81 tons. The stones
of the pyramids if set in row would
reach 1900 miles, or they would
build wall 4 feet high and IS inches
thick and reach from New York to
San Francisco If it were a hollow
shell st Peters at Rome could be
put inside, dome and all The pyra-
mids We're the reigning monarchs'
tombs and were started by them at
the beginning of their reign. Their
size indicates the length of the reign
The Sphinx, probably the oldest
relic of human workmanship that the
world knows, typifies the union of
intelligence and strength. They say
1t must be a male for il has never
told its secret 1t appears as calm
and impertubabIe as it did 5000 years
ago These awful symbols of Eter-
nifty have watched empires, religions
and entire races pass away while
they forever gaze into the future
| have taken you up to the time
we leave Cairo and will let some one
else continue the journey.
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TOWN OF SKOWHEGAN
Assessors Notice

The inhabitants of the town of
Skowhegan, and others having tax
able property within said town, are
hereby notified and requested to bring
in TO the undersigned, assessors of
said town, true and perfect lists of
their polls and all OF their estate. real
and personal, including money on
hand, and all money loaned on prop
erty, hypothetical upon mortgages,
bonds. deeds notes. due bills and
memorandums. or in any manner SO
invested that interest or other consid-
GRAFTON shall be paid or become due
thereon, debts due more than owing.
and all properly held in trust as
Guardian Executor, Administrator. or
otherwise which they are possessed
of on the first day of April. 1910. and
to be prepared to substantiate the
same by oath.
All persons owning real estate,
whose property was assessed in the
wrong name or by a wrong descrip-
ton in the inventory of 1909 or who
have purchased or sold real estate
within the past year, will call at the
assessors office during the time spe-
Gifted below and have proper correc-
And for the purpose of receiving
said lists and making transfers Of
real estate. the undersigned will be
in session in the Assessors Office,
Municipal building. Friday. the first
day of April. and each Saturday dur
ing the month of April. 1910 from 2
p. m to > p. m, and any personal ex-
aminations, or conversation about the
valuation thereof by the Assessors
will not be considered as a waiver for
neglect of any person in bringing in
true and perfect lists as required by
law.
Those persons who neglect TO com
ply with this notice will be barred by
law from appealing from the decision
of the Assessors ON their application
for abatement in any errors IN prop
erty taxed to them; and will be fur
Their liable to an additional valuation
of 25 per Gene for neglect or evasion
in a true statement or ownership Of
taxable property.
r. r. PARKER,
w. r. WILDES.
H n PRATT.
SelectmeD OF Skowhegan.
3w-1t
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eased. First ard final account. peti-
ion for distribution and petition To
nave collateral inheritance tax deter
mined presented by Heman H. Norton.
executor.
Edwin :. Newell, late of Arson de-
'eased. Petition fer leave 10 invest
money In real estate, presented by
Mabe! u. Davis. formerly Mabel y.
Newell guardian of Ralph +. Newell.
Belle G. Thomas, late Of Skowhegan.
deceased. Nidnwer's petition for al
loWance presented
RoNcIndia Williams, late Of Scion.
deceased. First and final account OF
Albert ]. Adams. administrator. pre-
John bunker. late of Mercer. de-
ceased. Petition for license to- sell
and convey real estate presented by
belmont NJ. Bunker. executor.
deceased. First and final account of
.olumhuS II. Lewis administrator.
presented.
sumner w. Elliott. late of New Port
count of Nellie = Elliott. guar
dian Of Gwendolyn b Elliott, minor
heir presented.
Susie Bansett. late Of Moscow. de-
Of James q. Mclaughlin of said Mos
COW. administrator DE- bouis non. pre-
scented.
George a. Mclaughlin. late Of Mos
f
sell and convey real estate presented
by James G. Mclaughlin, admiuistra-
Moses Brown, late of Detroit. de-
ceased, VIII aud petition for probate
thereof presented by Hannah r
Brown the eNeeutriX named therein
Frank VI; Totman. late Of Fairfield
deceased. Final account Of Virgil r.
Conner and Howard L. Totman. adj
mnistrators, presented
Charity T; Dyer. late of Pittsfeld
deceased. First and final account Of
Olive NJ. Dyer, administrative pre-
scented
Nina Clark, late of Fairfield de
ceased. First and fnal accounts OF
Addie +. Fish. guardian OF Alice l.
and Alton y. Clark. minor heirs, pre-
scented.
John W. Ross, late of Skowhegan
deceased. VIII and petit for pro-
bate thereof presented by Wesley r
Ross, son Of deceased
Sciden Wade, late of NorridgeWock
deceased. First and final account OF
Llewellyn Brown, trustee under the
WILL present ed
Marcia u. CIenves, late of Smithfeld
deceased. First and final account OF
] Harvey l.. Sawyer, administrator, pre-
sentcd
Emily Hobart, late OF Madison, deceased
/ First and final account OF Mark Hobart, eX
. ecutor, presented.
Albert Is. Page, late of Fairfield deceased
Widows petition for allowance presented.
! Daniel =. Robinson. late of Palmyra
deceased. Will and petition for pro-
! bate thereof presented by Walter b
/ Robinson, the executor named therein
I Harrison II. Green, late OF Smith
/ field. deceased Petition for license &c
sell and convey real estate present ed
by Andrew b Cole. administrator.
! PHILIPPE a. Jouvin. late OF Skowhegan
deceased. Petition Tor the appointment o
/ Remi LaFleche, administrator, presented b,
! Alice Omeril Jouvin n sister OF the deceased
Charles II. Morton late of \orridgewock
deceased. Petition Tor distrib ution presented
by George W. Adams, administrator
Lowell w. Chase, late of SkOwhegan, de
ceased. First account OF Amos Is, Butler
administrator, presented.
Howard smith Benle. of Arson. minor
/ Petition for license To sell aud convey rea
estate presented by Harry o. Beale, hi
guardian
AUGUSTINE SIMMONS
Judge of said Court.
I a true copy,
Attest.
NATHAN FOWLER. Register.
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| am now enjoying" = Mrs. SARAH
LoUsIGNoNT, Ala S. Livingston Street,
Brooklield, Mo.
The Change of Life is the most criti-
cal period of a womans existence, and
neglect Of health at this time invites
disease and pain.
Women everywhere should remem-
Der that there is no other remedy
known to medicine that will so snc-
eessfully carry women through this
trying period as Lydia E. Pinkham's'
Vegetable Compound, made from ma
tive roots and herbs.
For 80 years it has been curing wo-
men from the worst forms of female
ls-intlammation, liberation, dis
placements, fibroid tumors, irregulari-
ties, periodic pains, backache, and
nervous prostration.
If you would like special advice
about your case write a cOnfiden-
tial letter to Mrs, Pinkham, at
Lynn, Mass. Her advice is free,
and always helpful
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PROBATE NOTICES.
To all persons interested In either of
the Estates hereinafter named.

the Estates hereinafter named.
At Probate Court held at Skowhe-
gan in and for the County of Sumer-
set. ON the
SECOND TUESDAY Or MARCH,
in the year of our Lord one thous-
and nine hundred and ten. The fol-
lowing matter having been presented
eat ed il is hereby ORDERED:
That notice thereof be given TO all
of this order to be published three
weeks successfully in the independents
Reporter. newspaper published al
Skowhegan, in said County. that they
may appear at a Probate Court to be
held AT said Skowhegan ON the second
Tuesday of April, A. D., 1910, at nine
of the clock in the forenoon, and be
heard thereon If they see cause.
Veimer Nellie Pushor, of Hartand a
minor Petition for license to sell ana
convey real estate presented by Ressi"
Lee Pnshor, her guardian.
ChrIs.ten Fox Churchill late of Kip
lev, deceased Widows petition for
allowance presented.
Frank T.. and Florence 4. Jewell, OF Nor
rtdgewock, husband and vile, petition Tor
leave to adopt Nesta True, child of Arthur
w. and Charlotte l.. True and change her
naG,e to Louise Jewell.
Lois \. Pense, late of Detroit de,
ceased Final account OF Cleveland
Pease. executor. present ed,
Alice ~. hHRte, ldlt VI hdhlSpils w
ceased Will. petition for probate and
for the appointment of Ezra NJ.
Fletcher administrator with the will
annexed, presented by John Magee,
legatee.
Ann II. Grennv, late Of Jackman. de-
ceased VIII petition for probate and
for the appointment of lloratlo n.
BARLEY administrator with the will
annexed presented by the said Hora-
ito \. BARLEY. a nephew.
Charles J. Clifford. late of Palmyra,
deceased VIII and petition for pro
bate thereof presented by Carroll b,
Clifford. the executor named therein.
Joseph II. Chase, late of pittsfield.
deceased. VIII and petition fer pro-
bate thereof presented by Nesta II.
Chase, the eXecutriX named therein.
Henry Record, late of New Portland.
deceased First and final account of
Amos *. Butler, admr. de bonis non
with the will annexed, presented.
Charles 4. MarStOn, late of Skowhe-
gan. deceased Third and final ac-
count. declination of Amos X. Butler,
appointed trustee under the Will, and
petition fer the appointment of Roy II.
Marston trustee, presented by Amos
X. Butler executor,
Henry II. Wright, late of Skowhe-
gan, deceased. Petition fer the ap-
pointment of Ernest {, Butler admin
lstrator. presented by Charles T..
Wright. an heir at law
WiIfred /. Rollins, late of Fairfield.
deceased. Petition for license to sell
and convey real estate presented by
Sadie Il. Rollins, Administrative.
Leonard Lord. late of Detroit. de-
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ADAMS & BURNS
Successors torn. J. Allen,
Wood Working OF All KINDS.

Orders accepted for planning
and matching, moulding and
wood turning. House Finish
of all kinds, including doors
and windows furnished upon
upon any order, large or small.
We also manufacture wood cogs asd build
carts and Sleds complete. including the iron
Hork, and do every Kind OF millwright work
II VIII be to your advantage to let us esti.
mate on your work
Factory Corner of Main and Mill Streets
epd OF south Channel Bridge
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saved 4 SOLDIERS IIEE

Facing death from shot and shell In
the civil war was more agreeable to
j. a. stone. of Kemp, Tex, than fac
consumption, Il contracted stubborn
cold he writes, that developed a
cough. that stuck to me in spite of all
remedies for years My weight ran
down to 40 pounds. Then l began to
use DR.. Kings New Discovery, which
completely cured me | now weigh
lis pounds. For Coughs. Colds. La
Grippe, Asthma, Hemorrhage, Hoarse-
ness, Group, Whooping Cough and
lung trouble, its supreme. soc. 81 90.
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My child was burned terribly about
the face. neck. and chest. I applied
Or. Thomas Eclectric Oil. Tie pain
ceased and the child sank into rest
full sleep. Mrs. Nancy NJ Hanson.
Hamburg, N. Y.
Hives. eczema. itch or salt rheum
sets yon crazy Can't bear the touch
of your clothing. poans Ointment
cures the most obstinate cases. Why
suffer. All druggists sell II.
Can't look well, eat we'll or feel
well with impure blood feeding your
body Keep the blood pure with Bur
dock Blood Bitters Eat simply, take
exercise, keep clean and you will
have long life.
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Spring Garden Insurance COMFY.
OF Philadelphia, Pa.

ASSETS DEC. 81, 1909
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STATE OF OHIO, CITY OF TOLEDO,
IIICAS COUNTY ss

STATE OF OHIO, CITY OF TOLEDO,
LUCAS COUNTY, IS.
Frank j. Cheney makes oath that he
is senior partner of the firm of f. j.
Cheney & Co., doing business In the
City of Toledo. County and State
aforesaid, and that said firm will pay
the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS
for each and every case of Catarrh
that cannot be cured by the use of
nails Catarrh Cure.
FRANK ]. CHENEY.
in my presence, this 9Th day of Deem
Der, A. D., 1886.
A. w. GLEASON,
(Seal) Notary Pubic.
Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken int err
nally, and acts directly on the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system.
Send for testimonials free.
r. j. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
Sold bv ali Druggists, Use
Take Halls Family Pills for con-
stipation.
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dates back to the
time that wo me n
may expect nature
to brin g on them
the Change of Life.
l got a bottle Of
Lydia E. Pinkham's
w eye t a Bile Com
pound and it made
me feel much better,
and / have contin-
|ued it's use. am
very grateful to you
for the good health
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WOMEN
OF MIDDLE
AGE
Need Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound

Brookfield, Mo.-"Two years ago I
was unable to do any kind of work and
only weighed l1S pounds. Ny trouble
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sFRANKFoRTkMARINE
Accident & Plate Glass Ins. Co.

ASSETS DEC. 81, 1909
Bonds, $1,270,9l1.S2
Cash in office and bank, and
in Hands of Trustees, 39,55650
Agents Balances 1871 .32262
Interest due and accrued. 10 901.S5
Gross Assets. $1,515,692.79
Deduct items not admitted, 36,003.59
Admitted Assets, $1.479,6S9.20
LIABILITIES DEC 81, 1909
Reserve for losses, $346,SS2.5 SO
Voluntary Contingent Re-
serve 10 10000
Unearned Premiums. 399,720.74
All other Liabilities, 62.233.91
statutory Deposit, \. Y, 250,000.00
Surplus over all Liabilities, 250,S52.02
Tota liabilities and sur
plus. $1479.6ss.20
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German American Insurance Co.
New York City, n. Y.

ASSETS DEC. 81, 1909
Real Estate $1,SS73Ss.65
Mortgage Loans. 100000
Stocks and Bonds 12,645,4 1852
Cash in Office and Bank, 705, 104.64
Agents Balances. 1921, 5S1.17
interest and Rents, 57,349.99
All other Assets, 29.722.00
Gross Assets, 763.571.07
Deduct items not admitted, 1,341.54
Admitted Assets, SIG, 62.229.53
LIABILITIES DEC. 81. 1909
Net Unpaid Losses, $70S,89S.48
Unearned Premiums. 6,995.322.2S
All other Liabilities. 517,797.56
Cash Capital, 1900. 90
Surplus over all Liabilities, $40 11.21
Total Liabilities and Surplus.
$16.162.229.53
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-03-31

A falling tiny uerve-no larger
than the finest silken thread-takes
from the heart It's impulse, its pow.
er, its regularity. The stomach also
has it's hidden, or inside nerve. It
was DR.. Shoop who first told us Il
was wrong to drug a weak or failing
stomach, heart or kidneys. His pre-.
scription-Dr. Shoop's Restorative.
is directed for the cause of these
ailments--these weak and falterlng
inside nerves. This, no doubt, clear
ly explains why the Restorative has
of late grown so rapidly in popular
ity. Druggists say that those who
test the Restorative even for a few
days, soon become fully convinced
of its wonderful merit. Anyway,
don't drug the organ. Treating the
cause OF sickness is the only sensibie
and successful way. Sold by Capt.
tai Drug Store.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-03-31
BOOSTER
CREATES
The TOWN

An energetic, resoUrceful, active
booster is one of the best assets any
community can have, says the Nor.h-
west Furniture Review, Many such
characters create the metropolis, re-
gardless of natural disadvantages or
geographical location. On the other
hand, the knocker is the greatest
disadvantage any locality has to con-
tend with--the short-sighted, pessi-
mistic, coldwater barnacle who dis
parages his community and plays
traitor to his home city. few OF
them will retard the progress of any
5ection--many of them will kill It's
deveiC pment. AS those who live By
the sword usJ'l'y ,erisE by th.
sword, so those who live by knock
ing, usually perish by the hammer.
The real estate agent who tries to
make sale by queering some other
agents customer, usually loses not
only his own sale, but the chance TO
make future sales which the others
sale would have made possible
through bringing in prospective pur-
chasers. The man who speaks dis
paragingly of his own region creates
bad impression in the minds of
ious of the locality and it's citizen
ship and loath to cast their lot with
such. But the visitor who only
meets boosters goes away favorably
impressed. If not with the country,
then with it's population. The pro-
cess of creating a city operates like
the endless chain. Every new settler
brings others, they in turn bring still
others, and when the work is fairly
under way, it is like the SNOWFALL
rolling down hill, gathering momen
tum and size all the way until it be-
comes irresistible in its progress and
cannot be checked, To start the
endless chain, boosters are necessary.
10 continue it, every one must be-
come a booster for the boosting
spirit is contagious and irresistible
in it's effects and does more to at
tract people of the right class than
perfection of climate or multiplicity
of resources and golden opportun =
ties.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-03-31
.LAMENTS
DECADENCE
OF ORCHARDS

The staid old Boston Herald Is
having caniption fits over the fact
that good applegrowing land out
here IN Oregon is readily bringing
from $400 to $1,000 an acre, when
scads of soil can be pickcl up il
the New England states for some
thing like nothing an acre, and be.
walls the fact that the cream of the
New England agriculturists has been
carried off in a succession of waves
of western emigration.
The advice to come east" will
hardly avail, however, when there
are so many golden opportunities in
Oregol
The Herald, tale of woe IS as fol
lows:
The concod'se of wandering N"g'
iinglanders which daily "icw the
marvellous specimens Of apple grow
ing from the p, cific coastal plain at
lie Summer-street exhibition, are
being told thic there Is no place in
the world VIII elG su"> ar" rS can be
grown as Oregon. rnd Wash n@ton
hat little 0ld2e pr tcl acres ;md
the little work necessary TO attend
to its phenomenal apple crop Will
furnish good living income for
any family. Incidentally they are
told that the land out there can be
bought for the low sman and insig.
nificant sum of $400 per acre, Also
incidentally, they are shown pictures
o. improved land, with bearing or
chards and buildings thereupou
which sells for $4,000 per acre.
Acres of diamonds. Every New
Englander is thereby impressed with
the great desire to go West and
share in the fruits of this new Edo
rado. II is a tempting proposition,
especially when the great. symmetri-
cal Arkansas Black fruit and the
juicy Winesaps are exhibited In ov-
e~p heiming prOfuSion and you lip0w
eW'h apple would briaS anywhere
rom \ to - cents n' the corn.,'
'ru I store.
"Bnt what about New England
Y, ID. G 'bbs, af the New Hampshira
college OF agriculture, rightly term
ID New England thN virgin soil -
he country For when fertility an
senerul advantages are all consid
rcd, the cheapest soil Is to be foun Il
within 100 miles of Boston, Beside
he opportunities on the old aban-
doned farms, there are libraries to
he had In almost every country dis
trict center; there are good high
ways better railroad and trolley ac.
Communications, besides the many ad-
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-03-31
RAILROAD DrvrLopsnNr IN OREGON

OF
during
the Hill
Electric
Willamette valley believed to be another Hin propert7
gdron newraioads during
that viii bring about development In this '
needs railroads;
thing else but people and the wilroars viii bring thea
designed
been announced by the Hartman lines
Beginning
line the Southern Pacific between Ashland and Grants
Springfield Albany
will Pendleton
Ma on he o r.. q N within coming
they the different communities much in the
wayas
They have been foand onyeen wherever tried ana viii no
The Great Northern railway plans to lis crack limited train into
sanI In he
additional
Portland
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-03-31

Cwinnifred Black in Tacoma Tri-
bune)

(Winnifred Black in Tacoma Tri-
bune)
Samuel E. Weber, state Inspector
of high schools in Louisiana, says.
The reason young men and women
in the south are flocking from the
farms to the city is not that they
dislike the fields and streams, but
that they love and long for culture,
Well, I'm glad yol think so, Mr.
Weber. That sort of opinion sounds
awfully well. especially on paper.
Pechaps the poor things do lore
and long tor cultul hgt l'n afraid
they get verv little Of 1t when they
flock to the cities
There is more real culture in one
little village than there is in q whole
mile of Fifth avenue.
And what kind of culture is it that
a girl finds in a working girls
boarding house?
Ana how cultivat9 aie the un-
men after Il co'.pic % months
spent, most of it, in pool hali. and
cheap moving picture shows?
And if girl is lonely in the coun-
try and hates to be Lai.ed Jay
worse than she hates TO be half
starved and wholly ill-tre ltod why.
let her leave her good comfortable
home on the farm and conc tn town
and be citifed to her hearts con-
tent
Let her learn to do her hair so
that it looks like Il cocoanut door
mat on spree. and by the time
she's had a chance to accumulate
three strings of beads and a pair Of
dangle earrings she will look as if
she had been brought up on the
Bowery.
But she'll be mighty hungry
sometimes, and mighty lonely, and
so homesick that she'd walk two
miles to hear a katydid, and d
dozen miles for meal of corn bread
and a glass of real buttermilk.
AS to the boy. Nobody blames
him for leaving the farm. He wants
to get out and see the world. He
wouldn't be a man if he didn't.
But don't pretend that it's culture
you are looking for little brother,
when it's excitemen. AMI nit Selod
4" - nc Vaudey4"5 'I.Ve.
& .ture! The . IS II ore culture
in onc sunset tt?L tntle is in a year
of life in Forty-second street
boarding house, West--or East,
either, for that matter.