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The independent-reporter., 1910-04-28
Bankrupt's Petition for Discharge.

In the matter Of Henry Atwood Prescott
Bankrupt In Bankruptcy.
To the Hon. Clarence Hale, Judge or the
District Court Of the United States for the
District Of Maine.
Henry Atowood Prescott OF Hsrtland in the
County OF Somerset, and State OF M alne, In
said District, respectfully represents that on
the 14th day of August, last past, he was
duly adjudged bankrupt under the Acts OF
Congress relating to bankruptcy; that he has
duly surrendered all his property and rights
of property, and has fully complied with all
the requirements of said Acts and OF the
orders Of Court touching g his bankruptcy.
Wherefore he prays, that he may be de-
creed by the Court to have a full discharge
from all debts provable against his estate
under said bankruptcy Acts, except such
debts as are excepted by law from such dis
charge.
Dated this 18th day OF April A. d. 1910.
HenryAtwood Prescott, Bankrupt.
The independent-reporter., 1910-04-28
ORDER OF NOTICE THEREON.

DISTRICT OF MAINE, IS.
On this BIRD day of April, ID. l9lO' @
reading the foregoing petition, 1t is -,
Ordered by the Court, that hearing be mn
upon the same on the 18th day OF Nay
A. d. 1910, before said Court at Portland,
said District, at ten o'clock in the foreno1
and that notice thereof be published In ~ y,
Observation-Disclosures newspaper pIinla
In said District, and that all known crediton
and other persons In interest may appear
the said time and place, and show cause
any they have, why the prayer of said pe
titioner should not be granted.
AndHt is further ordered by the Court tnM
the Clerk shall send by mail to all KNOW
creditors copies of said petition and I'd,
order, addressed to them at their places
residence as stated. ,.,.
Witness the Honorable Clarence Has
Judge Of the said Court, and the seal thereos
at Portland, In said District, on the 2'rd ds'
of A pril, A. ID. 1910. ... -
RI. ST. JAMES f. HEWEY CLERK,
A true copy of petition and order thereon
Attest: JAMES f. HEWEf, CiefA
The independent-reporter., 1910-04-28
ORDER OF NOTICE THEREON.

DISTRICT OF MAINE, IS
on this BIRD day OF April, A. d. 1910,
on reading the foregoing petition, 1t is
Ordered by the Court, That a hearing be had
upon the same on the u3th day OF May,
A. d. 1870 before said Court at Portland, in
said District atten o'clock in the forenoon;
and that notice thereof be published In the
Observation-Disclosures a newspaper printed
In said District, and that all known creditors,
and other persons In interest may appear at
the said time and place, and show cause, If
any they have, why the prayer OF said pc
titioner should not be granted
And 1t is further ordered by the Court, that
the Clerk shall send by mail to all known
creditors copies of said petition and this
order addressed tc them at their places OF
residence as stated.
Witness the Honorable Clarence Hale,
Judge of the said Court and the seal thereof.
at Portland in said District, on the BIRD day OF
April, A. ID. 1910.
IL. 81 JAMES E. HEWEY, Clerk.
true copy OF petition and order thereon.
Attest JAMES Z. HEWEY, Clerk.
The independent-reporter., 1910-04-28
Notice Of First Meeting Of Creditors

In the District Court OF the United States
for the District of Maine, in Bankruptcy.
In the matter of
Andrew n. Rollins I'm Bankruptcy
Bankrupt
To the creditors OF Andrew n. Rollins OF
Moscow, in the County OF Somerset and
District aforesaid, a bankrupt.
Notice is hereby given that on the Bird day
OF April, A. ID. 1910. said Andrew N. Rollins
was duly adjudicated bankrupt and that
the first meeting Of his creditors will be held at
Daniel Lewis office in Skow 1egan, Maine on
the 18th day Of May, AID. 1910, at ten o'clock
in the forenoon, at which time the said credi-
tors may attend. prove their claims, appoint
q trustee, examine the bankrupt and trans
act such other business as may properly
come before said meeting.
April 25, A. ID. 1910.
DANIEL LEWIS,
Referee in Bankruptcy.
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Bankrupps Petition for Discharge.
In the matter of H. Wallace Taylor,

In the matter OF H. WAIIace IHyIU
bankrupt in bankruptcy.
To the Hon. Clarence Hale, Judge OF the
District Court OF the United States for the
District of Maine.
II. Wallace Taylor, of Madison,
in the County ofSomerset, and State OF N aine
in said District, respectfully represents, that
on the 22nd day of January, last past, he was
duly adjudged bankrul under the Acts Of
Congress relating TO bankruptcy; that he hss
OF property, and has fully complied with al
the requirements OF said Acts and of The
ore . 3 OF Court touching his bankruptcy .
nerefore he prays, chat he ma be de-
creed by the Court to have q full dscharee
from all debts provable against his estate
under said bankruptcy Acts, except sucn
debts as are ex cepted by law from such oS
charge.
Dated this 18th day OF April, A. ID. 1910.
III. Wallace Taylor, Bankrupt
The independent-reporter., 1910-04-28
ORDER OF NOTICE THEREON.
DIarRIcr -nE MAINE S.

On this 23rd day OF AHil, A.. d. 1870
on reading the foregoing petition, 1t is
Ordered by the Court that hearing be had
upon the same on the 18th day OF May,
A. ID. 1910. before said Court at Portland, in
said District, at ten o'clock in the forenoon;
and that notice thereof be published In the
Independent-Reporter,a newspaper printed
In said District and that all known creditors,
and other persons In interest may appear at
the said time and place, and show cause, II
any they have, why the prayer OF said Pc
titioner should not be granted.
And 1t is further ordered by the Court that
the Clerk shall send by mall to all known
creditors copies Of said petition and this
order, addressed to them at their places OF
residence as stated.
Witness the Honorable Clarence Hale,
Judge OF the said Court, and the seal thereof,
at Portland, In said District, on the 23rd day
of pril, A. D. 1870
IL. s. JAMES z. HEWEY, Clerk.
A true copy of petition and order thereon.
Attest: JAMES E. HEWEY, Clerk
The independent-reporter., 1910-04-28

And occasionally man thinks he
Is being neglected when his enemies
attend strictly to their own business.
How can l make life yield its full
est and best In single word, 1t fs
service-not self, but the other self.
The independent-reporter., 1910-04-28
POOR, FOOLISH WOMAN.

Sne is trying to improve her COM
plexion by using face cream when
the trouble Is In the blood. If she
does not read this tell her, some one,
that Lanes Tea, the great laxative
and regulator moves the bowels each
day. driving out all impurities from
beautiful skin. Druggists and dealers
sell Lanes Tea, 25c package.
The independent-reporter., 1910-04-28
WORSE THAN BULLETS.

Bullets have often caused less suf-
fering to soldiers than the eczema L.
w. Hartman, Burlington, Me-, got In
the army, and suffered with forty
years. But Bucklens Arnica Salve
cured me when all else failed" he
writes. Greatest healer for Sores. Ul-
GERS Boi1s. Burns, Cuts, Wounds,
The independent-reporter., 1910-04-28
SAVED FROM THE GRAVE.

II had about given up hope, after
nearly four years of suffering from a
severe lung trouble" writes Mrs. M. L.
Dix, Of Clarksville, Tenn. often the
pain In my chest would be almost un-
bearable and could not do any work,
but DR.. Kings New Discovery has
made me feel like a new person. It's
the best medicine made for the throat
and lungs" Obstinate coughs, stub
born colds, hay fever, la grippe, asth-
ma, Group bronchitis and hemorrhnges,
quickly to this wonderful medicine.
Try it. SOC and 800. Trial bottles
free. Guaranteed by G. r. Fogg.
They that govern make the least
noise
The independent-reporter., 1910-04-28

The essence of true nobility is ne
glect of self. Let the thought of self
pass in, and the beauty or great ac-
ton is gone, like the bloom from a
soiled flower.
The independent-reporter., 1910-04-28

The Missouri legislator who left po-
iitical life and embarked In the skunk
business a. q more congenial and sayo-
~ occupation quite likely played the
role Of reformer for bunch of unfeel-
Ing and unresponsive constituents.
The independent-reporter., 1910-04-28

Torturing eczema spreads its burn
ing area every day. Doan's Ointment
quickly stops its spreading, instantly
relieves the itching, cures 1t perma-
nently. AT any drug store.
The independent-reporter., 1910-04-28

"Sumcient unto the day II the evil
Hereof should not be construed as q
scriptural excuse for a fellow failing
70 look ahead In testing his seed corn.
Rather should one be guided by that
secular admonition. "The Lord helps
those who help themselves"
The independent-reporter., 1910-04-28

The number Of bushels of apples
ruined annually through codling moth
infestation-the moth responsible for
the apple worms placed at between
100000 and 2aOOO.OOO bushels, or
nearly one-third of the total crop mar
keted during the past two or three
years. Here is a leak, a leak of the
biggest kind. that orchardists ought In
good conscience to put an end to.
The independent-reporter., 1910-04-28

you cannot \show greater want
of tact than in attempting to console
person by making light of his
grief"
The independent-reporter., 1910-04-28

The feeder Is certainly not living up
to his opportunities in a progressive
age who doggedly stuffs high priced
feed into scrub steer which will
fetch 81 when he could just as well
convert the same feed into grade or
high grade beeves that Wsuld fetch
from So to so per hundredweight.
The independent-reporter., 1910-04-28

A well known agricultural paper in
a recent issue recommended. unques-
tionably as the result of an error or
oversight on the part Of the devil" or
managing editor, the sowing Of from
100 to 200 pounds ofsclover seed per
acre. In view of the fact that ten
pounds would be a superabundance Of
seed, the error will be detected at
sight.
The independent-reporter., 1910-04-28

In Connecticut and some other new
England states the laws which have
been In force for some years past hav-
ing in view the protection Of deer have
resulted In such an increase in their
numbers that the animals have be-
come a positive source Of injury to
gardeners and orchardists. One case
reported lately in an eastern agricul-
tural journal tells Of the destruction of
500 young apple trees by them. the
trees being virtually. stripped of all
their smaller branches. An agitation
Is already afoot looking to a repeal or
such modification of the law as will
result in reducing the number Of the
deer and keeping them In their legiti-
mate haunts. the untitled meadows
and timberlands.
The independent-reporter., 1910-04-28

II cement is used as a stable floor
ing generous supply of bedding
should be used. This will serve to
protect the floor and the horses feet
and will Offset the harm that might
come from the tendency Of such a
floor to gather dampness. The same
principle will apply in the use Of ce-
ment as a floor for the henhouse, par
ticularly during the months when the
hens are closely confined therein.
The independent-reporter., 1910-04-28

The decadence of many a small town
Of thousand inhabitants or less may
be the result Of seemingly inevitable
economic conditions. agricultural and
Industrial, but 1t is worth while citing
the fact that this lapse seems coinci-
dent with the amassing Of enormous
fortunes by big mail order houses in
the large cities which bear none of the
burden of taxation imposed in the
small towns Notwithstanding the fact
that they are sapping their very life
blood. Some day farm dwellers will
wake up to the fact that their lands
have shrunk In value. or at least failed
to advance to the point that they 9TH
erwise would, as result Of this trad
ing away from home. There can be
no other result. The only reason why
land Is worth more near a town of
5000, 10000 or 10000 people is not be-
cause it Is more fertile or productive,
but simply owing to the fact that 1t
lies adjacent to good town. A grain
elevator. stockyards and postoffice are
necessary adjuncts to every town, but
they do not iD themselves serve as
flaming advertisement suited to at
tract men of energy or business enter
prises Of real value.
The independent-reporter., 1910-04-28

A recourse at hand for those who oc-
cupy positions which they feel are eco
nomically oppressive as well as Of un-
certain tenure Is the taking of the
steps necessary to secure small tract
Of fertile land. This cannot be done
In a moment, but once 1t is taken as
an object for achievement and worthy
Of ones best efforts long step toward
the desired goal is made. A home on
the land and a living exacted from
the few acres adjoining mean hard
work, but they carry with them a
guarantee Of health. contentment and
economic self respect. Were this
movement of population from the
cities to the soil to become at all gen.
eral 1t would effect a cure Of the worst
Ills. social. economic. and moral. that
folks suffer from today, while it would
mean better wages and more consider
ate treatment for those who remained
In industrial pursuits.
The independent-reporter., 1910-04-28

Ohio and Mississippi valley farms
are slowly but surely being threaten
ed with the same fate which has over
taken all too many eastern farms and
southern plantations through long
continued and ruinous system Of crop
ping which has had no thought for a
maintenance or restoration of soil fer
tility. The only course that can pre-
vent such a calamity from being fully
realized in the sections mentioned is
the adoption of rational methods in
the handling of the farm. crop rota-
tion. dairying and stock raising and
in general ceasing to employ thirty
dollar methods on land that Is worth
from $50 to $160 per acre.
The independent-reporter., 1910-04-28

To any one who is interested In the
project Of earning livelihood by the
intensive cultivation Of a small ar I'd,
of land little book lately come from
the press of Macmillan & Co., New
York city. will prove both entertain
ing and instructive. Its title Is Three
Acres and Liberty" and its author a
Mr.. Bolton, who was assisted in its
preparation by some of the leading
agriculturists and horticulturists of
the country.
The independent-reporter., 1910-04-28

There may be readers of these notes
who would like information relative
to the several irrigation projects
which are being carried to completion
under the supervision of the national
government or about public lands
anywhere which are still subject to
homestead entry. Inquiries addressed
to the Office of public lands. Washing
ton. d. c.. stating what is wanted. will
secure the informal ton which Is sought.
The independent-reporter., 1910-04-28

The raising of more bushels of grain
and tons of hay to the acre from a
given piece of land serves only to
aggravate the matter of an exhaustion
of soil fertility unless along with the
harvesting of the larger yields there
goes the adoption of such methods Of
culture as will enable the soil to main
tain its supply of fertilizing elements
notwithstanding the heavier draft
placed upon it. This is point not
often referred to and yet one that may
well be kept In view.
The independent-reporter., 1910-04-28

The fellow who has been duplng
folks in some Of the eastern states
through the sale of a dope which he
claims will render poultry immune
from the worst ailments that affiict
them for the rest of their lives is first
cousin to that other chap who operat-
ed In about the same territory year
or so ago with spray mixture the
application of which he said would
protect trees from their several insect
and fungous pests for term of sew
eral years.
The independent-reporter., 1910-04-28

They that govern make the least
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-05-13

One thing King George lacks which
served his father in such good stead,
and that Is tact.
The present king is said to be some
what absent minded, and stories are
not wanting Of friends whom he has
passed without acknowledging their
salute, or gazing at them with preoc-
cupied air without the slightest sign of
recognition. Added to this, 1t Is said
that his memory for faces Is bad.
King Edward seldom forgot face, and
this he owed in no small measure
his widespread personal popularity.
King Edward was a stickler for for
mality and ceremony. King George
prefers tine quiet life Of q country gen.
tleman, and 1t Is said that he has Of
ten been seen upon the streets some
what shabbily attired and certainly no
model for the well-dressed men of Brit
ish society as was his father before
him.
That King George has mind Of his
own and thinks has been evidenced
more than once in his public addresses,
which, 1t is said, are not for the most
part prepared for him, but are the re-
suit Of his own work and study. En-
glishmen will not soon forget his ia
nous Wake up, English" speech
and in the present constitutional crisis
which Great Britain is facing the atti-
tude of King George cannot fail to be
Of the greatest moment.
Not in many years has British king
come to the throne with the prospect
of Immediately facing so many impor-
tant and perplexins problems.
When the new king was a midship-
man he returned from one of his
cruises and exercised the sailors
privilege Of taking drink when he
felt he needed it. His elder brother was
shocked at this and demonstrated with
him, to which the midshipman replied.
Now, Albert, you go sit down and
whistle, God Save Your Grandmoth-
err"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-05-13
Some Queer Timepieces.

While many advances have been
made in the art Of clockmaking, the
old timers possessed no mean skill in
this direction, inasmuch as they not
only constructed timepieces of the most
complicated character but Of such
excellent workmanship that they SEEM
ed to have been made for all time.
There Is, for instance, at Castletown,
in the Isle Of Man, clock that was
telling Manxmen the time Of day be-
for oliver Cromwell was born: and
there is a clock, 1t is said, still mark
ing time at Castle Rushen which Queen
Elizabeth herself presented to the
owner Of that castle some 80 years
ago.
Other clocks have a history more an
cient than this. At Schramberg, In
the Black Forest, there is a respecta-
BILE alarm clock that warned sleepers 1t
was time to get up when Charles I.
was king of England. This was made
in 1880, and 1t is deemed a remarkable
piece Of workmanship. In form 1t re-
sembles a lantern wherein Is a lighted
candle, the wick of which is autcma-
tically clipped every minute by pair
Of scissors The candle Is slowly
pushed upward by spring, which also
controls the mechanism Of the clock;
and at the required hour Of waking an
alarm is sounded and at the same time
the movable sides Of the lantern fall
and the room is flooded with light
A few years ago the French govern
ment acquired by purchase from a pri-
vate collection wonderful alarm clock
which was once the property of the
great Napoleon, and which not only
tells tine time of day, but, as well, the
day, the month, the year, the mean So
lar time, the phases Of the moon, and
indicates, in addition, the quarter
hours. It's attachments also include a
thermometer.
A pendulum clock made In 1922, and
once owned by Cromwell, is preserved
today in Philadelphia; and another,
made in Germany in 1910, was not long
ago doctored by a Yankee clockmaker,
and is running for six months at q
time without winding.
One Of the strangest clocks ever
made was that constructed by man in
Milan. This clock was constructed of
bread The maker, being a poor man,
set apart every day for some time
portion Of mis- daily bread, which, by a
process of which he would not divulge
the secret, he was able to make as
hard as metal. From these fragments
Of bread he thus constructed his clock,
which is said to be an excellent one,
keeping perfect time.
One LIE Roullat Of Limoges, In
France seems to have been able to
make clocks from any material, how
ever unsuitable One clock he fashion,
ed entirely from old newspapers con-
verted into pulp; another from large
and small sticks held together by
wires; a third from discarded tobacco
cans: and so on. Some Of mis- clocks
are. however, triumphs Of workman
ship.-Harpers Weekly
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-05-13
THE FIRST HANDCUFFS.
Different Forms of Devices For Man
aclinq Prisoners.

acline Prisoners.
In Virgil is to be found the first re-
corded instance Of the use of hand
cuffs, for the poet tell us that Proteus
was thus fettered and rendered pow
erless by Aristaeus, who apparently
knew that even the gods themselves
were not proof against this form Of
persuasion.
In the fourth century B. c. an army
of victorious Greeks found several
chariots full of handouts among the
baggage of the defeated Carthaginians,
and it is highly probable that the an
cient Egyptians had some contrivance
of the kind. The word is derived from
the Anglo-Saxon "handcop," whence
comes evidently the slang term cop
per-"
In earliest Saxon days "handcops'
were used for mobiles. and footcops'
for kings. but in the fourteenth and fif-
teenth centuries the word is supplant-
ed by the terms shack bolt and
swivel manaclc," and the instruments
were as cumbersome as the names by
which they were known.
Up to the middle of the last century
there were two kinds of handouts in
general use. One, known as the "feX-
ible," was very like those which are
still used: the other kind, called the
figure eight" was used to restrain vio-
t. lit ,n1
that the captive could not move his
hands and was universally dreaded,
| for the pain caused by a limb immOv-
ably confined is almost unbearable.
A simple but powerful device for Sc
curing prisoners was the "twister,"
now abolished owing to the injuries
| it inflicted. 1t consisted of a chain
with handles at each end The chain
brought together and twisted until a
| firm grip was obtained. The least
struggle on the part of the captive and
| the chains bit deep into his wrists.
is ia ligote," while i'm an emergency
whipcOrd has proved perfectly salts
| factory.
The handcuff used in some parts of
of eastern Europe is most primitive.
| 1t consists of V shaped piece of met
al. in which the wrists are inserted the
open ends being then drawn together
| by means of a cross hook, which must
| be kept taut the whole time. The
most handy form of cuff, which is in
general use at present comes from
America. 1t is lighter and much less
clumsy than the old flexible"
1t is no easy matter to clap the
| "bracclets" on Il person who is StruS-
CLING violently. Inventors should turn
| their attention to the subject, for much
remains to be done before the fighting
prisoners can be quickly and strongly
secured without harm to himself or his
captUr.--LondOn Globe.