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The independent-reporter., 1910-06-30
Where the Going Is Very Good.

Who is it that has the fairest going
n the race of life these days?
Not the lawyer. The cities are full
of briefiess barristers. Not the preach
sr. Few professions are more poor
ly paid than his. Not the teacher He
iyals the preacher in meagreness o.
salary. Hardly the doctor. The
Young physician, as rule, has hard
Shedding now as of yore. Not even
the engineer-mining electrical
structural or mechanical He. as
compared with most others has a
pretty easy row to hoe, but even in
engineering the ranks are beginning
70 be crowded.
There is a new professional man
who is leading all these in the race
This man is the thoroughly well
trained scientific farmer There may
be those who have easier going than
ne. but in the professions such are
'ew and exceptional, merely going to
1roye rule.
Just now agriculture offers a clear
field. There are more good jotJs open
han there are trained agriculturists
The "Ag' school graduate, who de
o!Itb W ltdtu' IdS tANtllehl tudllNtF
Of landing a place at $1,000 to $200(
per year. The department of agricul
ture wants foresters and experts il
Kindred lines. The state experiment
stations are always on the lookou
or promising new timber and the biz
iairies. creameries and cheese factor
es offer plenty of good opportunitie
| for graduates in dairying.
OF all the graduates who 60 out int
the active world during these com
mencement days the graduates il
agriculture will have the best star
in life.
The moral of this is back to th'
soil with caution. Don't go rashl,
back Wait till you know somethini
about the chemical makeup of tht
soil in question.-Boston Traveller.
The farmer is no longer sub
ordinate. He is master-the King
Life holds sweeter things for hin
than for any other being.
The independent-reporter., 1910-06-30
NOTICE

hereby give notice that a public examina-
ton VIII be given at the schoolhouse In Dist.
10. . in Ripley at p. III. July 7 +, 1910, to all
those who are desirous OF teaching in the a
ooye named town during the remainder OF
the year. NJ. MARIE LANE
5w2i' Supt. of Schools, Ripley Me-
The independent-reporter., 1910-06-30

him a swallow of 1t. He was i'm
proving then and continued to i'm
prove, and got we'll. You never can
make his friends believe that | did
not miraculously save his life, al
though | don't know today, what the
medicine was that | gave him
DR.. Mann was full of enterprise and
twice embarked in the newspaper
business. He published at Skowhe-
gan a paper called THE DownE Eas.
screamer." and another at Norridge-
9ock entitled American Miscellany.
they were short lived
The independent-reporter., 1910-06-30
PLEASANT RIDGE,

Miss Susie Berry. who has been al
home for the past two weeks. has re-
turned to Skowhegan for a few days
She is going to spend few weeks
I Kennebunkport and then will &c
10 Lyman, Me-. with friends and rela-
tiyes.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ned Bodwell Mr.. and
Mrs. Chester Ford, the Misses Susie
and Nellie Berry, Donald Bodwell and
DR.. Drisko OF Norfolk. Va, spent sew
eral days of last week at the Carry
Ponds.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Berry and MI
md Mrs. Geo. Gordon, with Chester
Ford as chauffeur took a pleasure
trip last week to Waterville After
eating dinner at the "Elmwood," they
went sightseeing and on their re-
turn they ate supper at Skowhegan
and about Z O'Clock reached home
delighted with their automobile tour
Will Bodwell of Sanford. Me-. with
| party OF 18, has been stopping at
the Old Carney Farm" for the past
week They made the trip in three
autos. All went home well satisfied
With the abundant trout they caught
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The independent-reporter., 1910-06-30

to minister to the comfort of these
feeble minded, ought it not at an
equal or larger cost to so care for the
5000 prisoners annually placed in our
iails as to make them, so far as pos
sible, useful and upright citizens?
Let the counties keep the present
jails or as many as may be needed fol
the detention of prisoners and the
punishment of those sentenced tC
short terms for petty offenses; and at
the earliest possible date let the State
provide a needed reformatory prison
the most imperative State need of to-
day.-Ciyic League Record.
The independent-reporter., 1910-06-30

Getting an office makes a man an
lnbelieyer in the theory of rotation in
office.
The independent-reporter., 1910-06-30

The truth. the whole truth and
nothing but the truth, will tax the
best of memories.
Gossip could make innocent pleas
ures more popular
Even a short man may have his long
suit
It's better to be correct than it is
10 be corrected.
Women know their own minds Oft
ener than men know how to find them
out.
The independent-reporter., 1910-06-30

A great many stories are current
regarding the size of the hail stones.
which fell Tuesday last and of the
uses made of them. Many people
lain to have made ice cream from
he stones on that day. Mrs. H. d.
Bates of Silver street, Wateryille.
gathered from a secluded spot the
lay following the storm a sufficient
quantity to freeze one and one-hali
quarts of ice cream.
The independent-reporter., 1910-06-30
TIME TABLE
Somerset Traction Company
Summer Arrangement of Cara,
Effective June 5th, 1910
Skowhegan to Madison
Madison to Skowhegan

.subiect to slight delay at Lakewood.
+puring Theater Season.
STEAMER "MARGARET E-Daliy Scneua ,n ,e
Ieavr lakewood at 925, IL. % a. ln.' l.io, ~,
go D. m. Wednesday and Satnraay disan disn,
.s' nt E3o e45 a. M, 12.45, 200, 800, 100 p. m.
Wednesday and Saturday night leave Eas'
Madison at 730 for Theater
The independent-reporter., 1910-06-30
Notice Of First Meeting Of Creditors

In the District Court of the United States
Tor the District Of Maine, in Bankruptcy.
vIIsm II isS matter a' Savoy S5 In Bankruptcy
Bankrupt,
Madison, In the County of Somerset and
District Aforesaid, q bankrupt
Notice is hereby given that on the 18th day
of June, AID. 1910, said William A. Savoy was
duly adjudicated bankrupt. and that the
first meeting OF his creditors will be held at
Daniel Lewis office in Skow iegan, Maine, on
the 18th day OF July, AID. 1910, at ten o'clock
In the forenoon, at which time the said credi-
tors may attend, prove their claims appoint
trustee, examine the bankrupt, and trans
act such other business as may properly
come before said meeting.
June y, A. ID. 1910.
DANIEL LEWIS,
Referee in bankruptcy.
The independent-reporter., 1910-06-30

A woman has less faith in her ideals
after marrying one of them.
AT this stage of the GENE the no
zen is mightier than the sword.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-29

negro real estate agent who offered
$500 more for IL than any white dealer
apparently cared to pay for II, aud
got the property for the sum Of $4,000.
Now Mrs. Christopher is going to leave
Kingsbridge Terrace, and the choice
people who live there are making a
great row because they do not think
that they will like their colored neigh
bors. Whether 1t is better to live next
door to a growing rooster or next door
to a negro family, the Kingsbridge
Terrace people have not yet fully de-.
termined, but the New York Times re-
ports that Mrs. Relihan, who lives on
poste the Christopher cottage has
suggested getting UP committee to
wait on the grocers, laundrymen, veg
etable vendors, coal dealers and even
the ice man to ask them not to sell to
the new tenants II the negroes should
attempt to occupy the property, which
at present Is by no means certain
This is an interesting incident, show
ing how much the race question he
comes race question when it is put
up to such people as live at Kings
bridge Terrace for solution.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-29
SPOTS on ..rHE SIN.

The New York Sun could not be the
New York American If it tried over so
hard. and it ought not to try. Yes
terday it carried eight scare -hea ds--
modest scare-heads. It is true, com
paratively speaking, but scare heads,
just the same Each of these head
lines measured exactly three and a
half inches, or twenty-eight inches al
together. f the Sun bad followed It's
own course. the head lines would have
made ten inches, SO that its intelligent
readers were deprived, by this attempt
to Initiate some other newspaper, of
eighteen inches of always grateful
sunlight One of the strongest assets
OF the Sun is its style. 1t can't be the
moon or the stars or exc the comet,
and 1t ought to stay the Sun.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-29
THE TIMES DISPATCH: RICHMOND VA FRIDAY JULY 20 1910

throughout the country. The com
inuhity plan is a better plan
ehan the county plan of regulating
the liquor traffic: but both plans are
democratic. 1t may be that there are
conditions in Nebraska, we do not UNI
defstand and cannot appreciate at this
distance, which would make the coun-
w plan ill-suited to that state At
ieast' there We're moro than 700 Demo
Gratis In the Nebraska convention who
pel1eVed that way. 1T is idle to say
mat 100 men In that body were politi-
caily burglariaed by the whslSey in
terests, especially, since the question,
by resolution of this same body, is to
be submitted to referendum at which
the people will decide. Possibly the
people VIII vote for the county op-
ton plan; but however they shall vote
on the question, 1t will not put Mr..
Bryan back where he was.
People get tired of diotators. 1t has
always been so. In older times. when
they grew weary of them, they killed
them. The Nebraska plan is better.
Out there they turn them out. There
is another powerful figure who is al
ready beginning to understand the
meme, meme. tekel business
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-29
N1cNINClt.

Charles A. Jones has written let.
ter to the Charlotte Observer com.
planning that the correspondent oil
that newspaper did not make a fai,
report of the Republican convention
held at Lincolnton last week when he
said that S. s. McNinchs speech be-
fore that body was favorably received.
1t is very evident that your CORE
spondent did not take the trouble to
go out and see and hear for himself
before reporting Had he done so
he would have been compelled to say
that II ever there was McNinch
gathering 1t was here Saturday" Mr..
Jones predicts that Lincoln county
VIII give him a majority. no matter
how much your correspondents may
misrepresent him"
That is always the way. Somebody
invariably disagrees with the news
paper correspondent and reporter.
Other people frequently cannot see
through his eyes. or hear through his
ears. or understand with his heart. No
lWo !lell see tue same Inlng III exactly
the same way or can testify to pre-
cisely the same statement of facts.
Jones doubtless thought that ATcNinch
made great impression on the con-
vention. and Smith. with equal truth
fulness. might have thought that Nc
Ninch "fell down completely The
moral sin the newspapers commit is
In quarreling among themselves so
much that many persons on the out
side really think that they are not
fair in their view of men and things
We do not understand why there
should be a Lincoln county in North
Carolina. unless it was established
with the view of making the claim
that Abraham Lincoln was born in
that State: but of one thing we have
little doubt. and that is that McNinch
is mighty good man for the voters
of the Lincoln District to defeat. No
Republican, new convert or hardened
sinner should be elected to Congress
from North Carolina this year.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-29
KING IS AN ARDENT
STAMP COLLECTOR

| A Lord Crawford also figured In that
| conflict, and on returning to England
pendence, and being introduced at court
by George III. 10 Benedict Arnold.
apostroph!zed the latter as a traitor.
declined 10 shake hands with him. and
then, at the duel which ensued, allowed
Arnold 10 Are, but refused to discharge
his own pistol. declaring that he would
not honor Arnold to such an extent,
and that he left him TO the hang
man"
or course. there Is no great Scotch
house the annals of which are no,
stained with blood and that OF Lind
say is no exception 20 the rule. for
his sister-in-law to murder her hus-
band, who was his only brother, while
the eldest son of the eighth earl, who
Is known In history as the Wicked
and was in consequence thereof. in ac-
cordance with the ancient law OF Scot
land. debarred from the succession to
the family estates and d!gnities. These
passed to a distant cousin the ninth
earl, chivalrous gentleman in every
sense OF the word who. with the con-
sent OF the crown. willed the earldom
OF Crawford and the estates TO the
wicked Masters" only son. whom he
brought up and educated, and who
succeeded him as tenth earl. his own
son receiving from the sovereign, as
a reward for this piece of rare gem
crosby. peerage, with the title OF
Lord Edzell.
To what extent the Military League.
which for eighteen months terrortzed
Greece, is dead and discredited may
be seen by the fact that, although It's
former president, General Zorbas. re-
King George, when he returned TO
Athens the other day. and was met by
the members of the cabinet ana tho
principal authorities OF the, nation at
Ill nfsK- a1
to shake hands with the general
Moreover, II has come to light that the
general. prior to the return OF the
King. had taken upon himself TO rec
enter his capital quietly. with no pub
lie receptions suggestion which was
rejected through the Kings private
secretary, with remark to the enect
concern General Zorbas in any way.
and to mind his own business. The
King. on the contrary, had a state re-
ceptlnn, and was welcomed with alto
gether unusual enthusiasm by the pub
lie. On the night of his arrival the
King gave a state dinner. to which
Zorbas was not invited, and when on
the following day , he , tend after d ms
promised the defunct Military League
to keep the general in office until the
meeting OF the Nationa .en Assem n yeen
his promise. Some days later an az
tempt was made. with or without the
Knowledge of Zorbas. to reconstitute
the league: but the officers approached
with one accord declined to give thelr
names to the project. or to .counte-
nance it in any way. In fact, the Mill
tary League is dead and gone, thor
oughly dlscredited, and with its power
broken. Otherwise King George would
not have treated General zorbas with
such public contumely, nor would the
people have given such undisguised
signs of satisfaction at the snub IN
flicted on the former dictator.
copyright, 1910, by the Brentwood
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-29
DOWN WITH MonEHEAD.

Charles M. Stedman has been nomi-
mated for Congress in the Fifth North
Carolina District On the 43Sth ballot
he received 277 votes and his nonina-
ton was made unanimous. Those who
had opposed him most cheerfully gave
way to him when they found that
the people of the Fifth District wanted
him to represent them at Washington.
His nomination means the defeat of
M6rehead, the Republican now holding
the seat from that District OF course,
there will be hot fight for the place,
but Major Stedman has never vet run
away from fight He proved his
courage during the War Between the
States, and he has demonstrated his
fidelity to the State of North Carolina
in many emergencies since tho war
closed.
Once Lientenant-Governo of that
State, he filled the office with tlistinc-
ton. Twice defeated as candidate for
the Democratic nomination for Cover
nor he did not sulk in his tent, but
kept faith with his people. A very elo-
auent man, sound lawyer and a pub
lie spirited citizen. he deserves the
support of all North Carolinians who
would be represented in the affairs OF
the Government at Washington by this
gentleman and scholar, in every way
worthy of the better days of that Com
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-29
WORRYING ABOUT LADY MAcBEn1,


one OF our over-particular contem-
Poraries protests against the conclu-
sion OF professor in the University
of Michigan that Lady Macbeth. con-
slderlng all the circumstances, was
justified in removing her husband. !,
ihat IS strange doctrine" exclaims
our contemporary in an excess OF
pious horror at such sentiment, "for
teacher of youth to inculcate. but
then the University of Michigan has
got TO keep pace with its near rival,
the University of Chicago. 1t would
seem that as our college professors
must be freaklsh, they might be so
IN the direction OF conserving morals
and preserving the sanctity of human
life.' Amen; but we are more con-
cerned about keeping the newspapers
from being freakish. Keep these foun-
tains pure, and it does not make much
difference what the college professors
shall do or say about supposititious
cases.
We are satisfied as to one thing: If
Lady Macbeth had lived In our times
and had killed her husband, the
chances are ninety-nine in a hundred
that she would be acquitted and large
ly by the help of the newspapers
which have way OF working up a
lot of bad sentiment in such cases.
Her picture would have been printed
in all the papers. and her cell would
have been filled with flowers, and she
would have had many offers of mar
riage, doubtless, from men willing to
take the chances for the sake Of at
tracing pubic attention. She would
have certainly had attractive PROPOSE
lions from the vaudeville people and
thousands of people would pack the
streets trying to get in to see the
bloodthirsty lady. II she had "re-
moved her husband" down In Ten
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-29
WITH HIS FACE TO THE ZOE.

| In our satisfaction at the defeat of
MI Bryan by his own people, we failed
| to note the credit to which he Is
entitled for going down when he
was in the act of doing really brave
thing.
We do not believe for a moment
that there was any Conspiracy" of
the liquor interests against him-that
would be rejecting upon the honesty
of the delegates in the convention who
voted against him; but we agree with
the New York Evening Post when it
says that mo defeat ever became Mr..
Bryan better than the one he has Just
suffered In Nebraska. At the risk Of
his political life he stood for what he
believed to be a moral issue--the
county option system Of controlling
the liquor traliic---and the party which
had for twenty years accepted his
leadership in all his successive va
garies. now repudiates 1t, . or
the effect on his political fortunes he
was perfectly we'll aware, yet he
played the part Of q man without
hinchlng," The same view is ex-
pressed by the Charlotte Evening
Chronicle. when, rejoicing at his dis
nomhture, 1T says: 1T is a pity. how
ever. that Colonel Bryan fell when
he was in the right, and when he was
advocating good doctrine
This is the view, doubtless, that
will be taken BY many persons
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-29

nessee, and boon convicted In the
Courts of murder, Governor Patterson
would surely pardon her on the
ground, possibly, that her husband
was advancing upon her in threat
enirg attitude
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-29
CLEANING 1JpIN AUnoRA.

Aurora Is u progressive town in IL
linois. 1t has Mayor, Board o
Aldermen, Chief OF Police and like.
wise a Board of Health. Careful OF
the welfare of the community, TIL,
Board Of Health has prescribed certain
rules for the conservation Of the health
of the community, which are reproduc-
ed in the Chicago Tribune in brief, as
follows:
Take a bath once week
DO not spit on the floors, even oil
your own house.
Sinks, wash bowls, etc, must be kept
strictly clean.
Keep out the flies.
Sweep the floors thoroughly each
day, and scrub them at least once each
week.
No more than two persons may sleep
in small room. and not more than
five In a room of moderate size.
All rooms, especially sleeping rooms.
must be kept clean and well vent1lat-
ed.
Windows must be kept open in all
bed rooms.
Bed clothing must be thoroughly air
ed at least once week.
Yards must be kept clean from dis
-breeding rubbish and refuse.
Place garbage in regulation cans,
and set them out on day of collection.
The Chief of Police says that these
rules go. Everyone must take his
bath and do the rest of the stunts"
In the opinion of former Senator Hop
kins, the regulations ARE sound and
conservative" and it Is said that the
people OF the town are rushing for
bathtubs. hot water attachments for
kitchen stoves, shower apparatuses.
crash towels and all the rest of the
things needed to make the bathing
part of the new health programme
agreeable.
Nothing would become the people
of Aurora better than bathing, bu.
we should say that once a week is
hardly sufficient to keep the pores open
in the sort of weather they are having
out that way this year. But once
week is really better than never, and
we may hope, even against hope, that
the stern enforcement of the new
health laws in Aurora will give ILL.,
nois at least one clean town comforta-
bly, filled with clean people.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-29

a man down at Asheyille, N, g, has
what ne believes to be the biggest
rat IN the world. 1t is said to meas
ure IL Id inches from the tip of its
nose to the end of It's tail, AS the
cltizen says, this is some rat" 1t is
said by the encyclopedias that the
PACK rat IS nearly Z 1-2 inches in
length exclusive of The long tail, and
that the brown rat attains length
or more than 10 IL inches. Asheville
being a prohibition town, we could
have understood it If the find had been
a snake ll9 feet long, but it is only a.
rat and 10 IA inches of rat is TOO
much for ordinary belief.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-29


1t is claimed that the commission
form Of municipal government is
working well in Columbia, S. c., and
we have no doubt of it. The men who
were elected to set it in motion are
good men, competent men and thor
oughly alive to the interests OF the
Glbbes put himself in communication
With tho Rev. j. Walter Daniel with
out delay and find out from him ex-
actly where the plague spots are sit
6uated in the South Carolina Capital.
the minister must know where they
are; he would not have indicted a
whole community without definite in
formation.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-29
THE MOVING PICTURES MovEMENr.

THE MOVING PICTURES MOVEMENT
The Young Peoples Society of
Christian Endeavor of Missouri has
appointed Il committee to reform the
moving picture business. the idea be-
ing that "the exhibition OF pictures
depicting prize fights, elopements, muir
ders. robberies. etc, that exert n de-
moralizing and degrading influence on
the young" must be forbidden. We
do not know what progress has been
made with this movement, but 1t an
pears to be fairly inclusive, and we
must say that the pictures of murders
and robberies are almost as demoraliz-
ing as the pictures of prize fights.
The moving pictures people have gone
wild recently in their efforts to please
the public There is nothing artistic
in train robbery, in safe blowing and
in killing people, and we wish that all
this sort of truck might be cut out
entirely. We doubt, however, that any
serious reform will be accomplished
by the activities of such organizations
as the Christian Endeavor Society of
Missouri.
The taste OF the people has grea,
deal to do with the cleanness of the
stage and with the morality of the
magic lantern. The present effort APP
pears to be designed in the interest of
the young. Somebody ought to try
now to reform the old. Like father.
like son.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-29

What Luther Burbank is doing for
the Improvement of small fruits" saws
B. p. Davies in letter to the News
and Courier. Colonel Alfred Aldrich
is doing for the watermelon BY care
full hybrdization he produces melon
suited to each individual taste" This
will be gratifying news to DR.. George
Harvey, Of Harpers Weekly, and Don
seitz, of the New York World. Har-
vey liked his last year. and would
probably rejoice In another consign-
ment this season; but seitz who was
brought up on pumpkin pie. was disap-
pointed in the favor.