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Evening journal., 1911-10-03
MEpNEspAY,s SHOE spECnIs.

Ladies seasonable footwear, lat
est creations, at popular price,
wide. medium or narrow toes, the
pair ............... .S2.OO TO $500
Chlldren's and Misses school and
dress Shoes ... .SI.25 TO $3.50
Growing Girls Shoes, dull and
shiny feathers ............- .Sz.OO
Tan Russian Calf $500 to S4.OO
Special school Shoes. kid skin or
dull calf; sizes 1-2 10 IL, Sl.25;
II 1-2 TO 2, S1.50; sizes 2 1-2 TO 6,
$500.
Boys duh leather Shoes; sizes
10 to t3 1-2. Si.25 and si.50; sizes
TO 8 10, S1.50 and $500. A nice
dress Shoe for $500 and $3.50
button OF blucher.
Small lot Of Ladies' Shoes OF
bargain tables $3.50 and s1.9
Evening journal., 1911-10-03
CANDY SPECIALS.

Hershey's MIX Kisses. regular
60c h.: Wednesday ......... .45c
Stacy's Cream Almonds, not
starch or -four coating. but pure
sugar: regular ESQ h.; Wednes-
day ....4. I....s.- --..s..... iVc
Japanese lacquered Handker-
chief Boxes and School Compau-
ions, filled with Whitman's Choco-
lates: Wednesday. soc; well worth
Toe each.
Lipp's. Whitman's. Samoset and
Lowell 4 Covel Chocolates at CSC,
4Oc and 60c h., respectively.
Evening journal., 1911-10-03

The Heart Of Midlothian, by Sir
Walter Scott Published by Cassell
and Company, Ltd, IN their Peoples
Library edition.
The advantages of the Peoples Ii
brary, as evidenced by this volume, are
convenient size, large print, attractive
strong bindings, and cheapness, but
more than all these, books worth read
ing Jeanie Deans, one of the most
winsome of Scotts lassies, will never
lose her hold upon humanity for her
simple sweetness amid the tragedy Of
the story. Modern stories seem rather
tame when one gets back to the ro-
nance and glamour and thrill OF
Scott
The other 120 volumes in the Peo-
ples Library are mostly the worth
while fiction of the great writer's, with
gleanings from the indispensable
poems. essays, and dramas of the
worlds literature.
An American Suffragette, by Isaac
n. Stevens. Published by William
Rickey and Company, New York.
Listenl AS seen by Mr.. Stevens,
this lady is young. she has sapphire
blue eyes and bronze hair, she
marches with queenly grace, and above
all she is gowned irreproachably. And
heavens! but the superhuman wisdom
she displays through the book in cut
ting out the butterfly of society and
winning the hero herself.
Seriously, Mr.. Stevens has set him
self to uphold the political equality Of
women, with a sense of the industrial
wrongs from which thousands of them
suffer, but his book is too preachy
for story and too emotional for an
argument However. the author says
a good many things that are so. and it
is rather a relief to read something
besides the cheap humor that makes
sport of the working girl fighting for
the ballot that she may earn a living
wage.
With the advent of school days, tho
American Book Company stirs up fond
memories by sending us a batch Of
textbooks, newly baked. II we had
had DR.. Nuttings Latin Primer" in
the upper grammar grades. maybe it
would have taken the place of the
elaborate secret language we con-
cocted and which represented a vast
deal of wasted energy. The author
says he hasn't stuck. to Just the vo-
cabulary favored by Caesar in his
we'll known Commentaries as he could
make more interesting stories with
other words. The numerous illus
trations of all the Roman objects
spoken of are feature to be praised.
In our somewhat sparsely adorned
's'tn pssEaer there were a few pic
Evening journal., 1911-10-03

"The Blue Hen" for 1911 is lucid
setting forth of last year at Delaware
College, by the best intellects of the
Glass of 1912. for the benefit Of all
blue hens chickens. The book is not
only handsomely bound in blue and
gold with blue chickens rampant, but
is printed and illustrated throughout
in blue and gold. The first part Of
the volume contains fine cuts of fac
ulty, trustees, and classes, with bio
graphical sketches Of each. Tributes
are paid to the deceased trustees,
teachers. and classmates, the book
being dedicated to the late DR.. Theo-
dore r. Wolf.
Following are class histories
through whose jokes the spirit of 10y
atty to the college is deeply felt; then
the frats and other organizations have
their little fling at each other, while
in the end of the book plenty of good
ones" are told at the expense Of class
mates and, sad to say, Of the faculty.
The book, which is from the press
of The Star Printing Company Of this
city, has the following editorial board,
Howard Taylor Ennis, chief editor;
associate editors, George Pancoast
Millington, James Gilpin Lewis, Doug
las Bayne Ayerst, William Alexander
Reynolds, George Walker Sawin, Ben
jamin William Ward, Fred Leonard
Maier; art editor, Samuel Knopf;
business manager, Samuel Nichols
Tammany; assistant business man
ayers, Carl Addison Taylor, Richard
Rutherford Whittingham.
"Glee and Chorus Book" by ]. e
NeCollins, published by the AmericaI
look Company.
In this book of melodious but no
too difficult songs for High Schoo
or upper grammar grades. the com
piler has successfully solved tn
problem of giving variety and new
ness without emitting the old favor
ties. Among the songs that every
body of any education must be ia
miliar with are the "Lorelei,' the ma
tional songs Of all countries, tn
"Vesper Hymn" Rubinstein's "Sprin
Song" Santa Lucia" and others.
Among the ballads less frequentl
found in songbooks are "The Ros
of Allandale," the Pinsuti "Sprin
Song" the old English "A Capita
Ship for an Ocean Trip" a numbe
of Christmas carols, and other songs
An interesting feature of the editio
is the prefacing note giving a gos
sipy bit about the composer OF tn
song itself.
Evening journal., 1911-10-03
BASEMENT SPECIALS
FOR TOMORROW


Gas Lamps complete with green,
white and fancy shades, worth 81;
special ............... $500
Inverted Gas Burners. COM
plete .....-........... .oVc
oil Lamps. fancy globe or shade.
$3.50 to $1,000
Rayo Nickel Lamp. complete with
white shade ................ .Sl.59
Aluminium Sauce Pans, regular
soc; special ................5 .55c
Beautiful -ortment of STEMS
25c TO Ss.5C
Spice Sets. gold color. six dra
wers, special ..............S .Sl.0'
Tea, Coffee and Sugar Cans.
III to set ............... $40
II Alcohol Stoves Coo 10 500
II Special Six Coasters and Ira
Gillette Safety Razor ... .S5.l
Tension Shears. regular So
special at ................ y
Special sale Harrison Fisher
Christy Pictures. regular soc; sd
cial at .............. u
Come in and see the new line
Toys we have on display.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1911-11-02
SAVAGE FISH.
perai Have Been Known to Tear an
Allic ator TO Pieces.

Psral Have Been Known to Tear an
Alligator TO Pieces.
The most savage and bloodthirsty
fish In all the waters Of the earth are
the perai, declares Charles Livingston
Bull In Under the Roof of the Jun
GLE" They are from twelve to four
teen inches In length and look not I'M
like the northern bass, although more
powerfully built. They have been
known to attack an alligator. discover
a rent In the skin of the great reptile
and tear and deyour him until moth
ing but his bones and rough skin was
left.
The perai are silyery green in color.
Their thick, muscular jaws are armed
with rows of teeth like those Of a
crosscut saw. sharp and triangular
and fitting exactly together. These
jaws and teeth are most formidable,
being able to cut to pieces anything
less hard than the shell of tortoise.
The lower lobe of the tail is longer
than the upper one and all the fms
short, giving the impression. as do the
thick. rounded body and head, OF
great strength.
1t Is fortunate that In all the length
and breadth of northern South Amer
lea these rapacious little murderers
are found only in widely scattered To-
calities. Thus one pool will harbor
great school of them, while for miles
In either direction up or down the
same stream there may not be another
Individual.
Were 1t not for this peculiar local.
cation the jungles would be nearly
stripped of animal life, for beasts and
birds and reptiles must drink, and,
while those of few species can get
all the water they need from the dew
on the leaves In the morning, by far
the greater number must come to the
streams and pools. Even creatures
like that master fisherman, the otter,
must give the perai a wide berth, and
no other fish can fnhabit the same
waters.
They have been known to leap
foot out of water and bite piece out
of n mans hand as he was STOPPING
to dip up q drink.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1911-11-02
THE PLANET MARS.
It's Orbit and Its Distance From the
Sun and Earth

Its Orbit and Its Distance From the
Sun and Earth.
While the astronomers are still de-
batting and weighing the problem of
Mars and its inhabitants few words
about the distance of the planet from
the sun and earth may be Of interest.
The average distance of Mars from
the sun Is 141,5O0,000 miles. The dis
lance from earth to sun is 100000
miles. When sun, earth and Mars are
In line, with the sun and Mars on op-
posite sides of the earth, Mars Is said
to be in Opposition" and 1t Is then
closest to the earth. II earth and
Mars both moved in circles about the
sun the distance from earth to Mars
at opposition would be forty eight and
a half Q41R-93) million miles. But
neither of the orbits Is circular, that
of Mars being much more elliptical
than that of the earth, with the re-
suit that at opposition Mars may be
as far away as 61,000,000 miles from
the earth when there is an unfavora-
BILE opposition, or Mars may come as
close as 35000,0O0 miles away, when
1t is as near as 1t can possibly come
to the earth, and Its opposition Is then
the most favorable possible. At such
times Mars is brightest In the sky and
appears of greatest size.-New York
World
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1911-11-02
~ The News of SOn1ersefs Busy Towns *
ATHENS.

Iohn Curtis whose home here was
daetroved by fire in the shower OIL
Semi l6. has recently returned iroln
a r,s,t with his brother in wellington
and contemplates going to Le"isloh
coon for the winter. We all nope ne
NAV return for ii was great loss 10
onr little village when those pretty
buildings were destroyed. IL.
Walter Hilton is moving his iamily
this week, back to the II. u. ha.oh
farm In North Cornville. -
''' I .. Taylor who suffered a sudden
III turn last week is reported as IN
proving. -. hoon nassing
eoyeral weeks in Skowhegan, carihe
for a sick friend. -, Ate
Rev. D. B. Phelan of Roekland' Gus.
trict superintendent OF Methoa,se
Eniscopal churches, conducted the
second quarterly conference hei
Saturday afternoon at the chureh anu
delivered able sermons at the Sunoay
morning and evening services.
The NJ. E. b. society Will meet
Tbursday. Oct. &c, at the parsonage
tn complete arrangements for the Hal
lowe'en supper and entertainment 10
be given in Wesserrunsett nall Frioas
evening, Nov. 3. .4,
There will be an adjourned meeting
of the Union Meeting house corpora
ton Tuesday afternoon OCT: 81.
There will be another railroad meet
ing Saturday afternoon, NOV. II.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1911-11-02

State VS.. James T. Maynard, common
seller Fine $4,000 aud
costs taxed at S7S 80. Fiae
and costs paid.
State VS.. James T. Maynard. single
sale. Placed on Tile.
State VS.. James T. Maynard, single
sale. Placed on file.
State vs.. Abraham Miller. common Sc
Ter. Sentenced 10 thirty diHs
in county jail. M.tLin-5s
issued.
State VS.. Abraham Miller single sat
Continued.
State VS.. Abraham Miller, single see.
Continued.
State VS.. Amidee Rancourt single sale.
Fine $4,000 and costs. and
thirty days in county jail
thirty days additional IN de-
fault of payment. Costs taxed
at $3.50. Mittimus issuci
State vs.. Sylvester Smart, nuisagec
Placed on file.
State VS.. Sylvester Smart sale Of cider.
Fine $4,000, and thirty da1
in county JAIL thirty DAYS
additional in default OF pa
ment. Mittimus issues.
State VS.. Walter Townsend, nuisan1
Mol pressed.
State VS.. Silas Willer, single sale
Continued
State VS.. silas willer, single sal.
Continued
Attest: w. T. sEEKINs. Clerk
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1911-11-02
NORTH ANSON.

Ben Mitchell, who has position IN
a drug store at Harrington, arrived
home, Saturday, for a vacation Oh d
week - eso,,
There was preaching last Sunday
morning in the universalist churcn ny
Rev. Mr.. Lewis, formerly pastor a'
Madison. Mr.. Lewis now mas a pas
torate in Massachusetts, and has oeen
enioying his vacation among lorihei
frieNds. o,oood in
The sunshine society Is engaged III
a good work and the members are
husy upon some necessary sewing LOT
winter All no are willing to assist
whether Sunshiners or not, are III
yited to meet at Mrs. NJ. u. Emery
next Tuesday. .,,,,ou
The d. A. r. meeting for November
will be held Friday afternoon, NOV
10 at the home of the Regent, MIS-
E. p. Barnaby.
Mr. and Mrs Irving II. Ellis are
receiving congratulations upon the
birth of a son, born Oct. 26th.
Mrs. Lucy Norton was called TO
Winchester. Mass, Friday, by the
serious illness of her father, FRANK
Pratt Mr.. Pratt had submitted 10 an
oneration for ulcers in the stomach.
A dinner was given by Captain
Hutchins' circle, Saturday ana the
regular meeting followed in the AFTER
noon. -
Messrs. Burns and Sturtiyant OF
BOSTON have been visiting the New
comb family for several days.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1911-11-02
STATE OF MAINE.
Public Notice

By virtue of the authority conferred
upon us by the provisions of Chapter
ia of the Public Laws of 1911, We,
having received written complain
from the owners of the land thai
beaver are doing actual, substantial
damage to their property, hereby de
clare an open season ON beaver, from
Nov. third, A. D., 1911 to April first, A.
D.. 1912, on the following townships
Township 6. Range g. N B. X. 7,
Somerset county. and in Township 7
Range one. N. B. X. p. Somerset
county said townships being known as
Forsyth and Holeb towns, respectively
During the open season herein pro
vided for on the lands above specified,
1t shall be lawful for any licensed
hunter and trapper of fur bearing
animals to trap beaver thereon, but
no person shall set trap for beaver
within ten feet of beaver house.
Witness our hands this 26th day OF
October, A. D., 1911.
J. 8. P. H. WILSON,
BLAINE s. VILES,
F. e. MACE,
Commissioners of Inland
Fisheries and Game
State of Maine. lW44
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1911-11-02
HANDLES TEMPER.
sorely Tried by a Joker Who Knew the
Composers Weakness.

composers Weakneses
The celebrated composer Handel had
such a remarkable irritation Of nerves
that he could not bear to hear the tun-
Ing of instruments, and therefore this
was always done before he arrived at
the theater.
A musical wag who knew how to
extract some mirth from Handel's
feasibility of temper stole into the
orchestra on a night when the Prince
OF Wales was to be present and I'M
tuned all the instruments. AS soon
as the prince arrived Handel gave the
signal of beginning, con spirito, but
enraged musician started up from his
seat, and, having overturned double
bass, which stood In his way, he seized
kettledrum, which he threw with
such violence at the leader of the band
that he lost his full bottomed wig In
the effort.
Without waiting to replace 1t he
advanced bareheaded to the front of
the orchestra, breathing vengeance,
but so much choked with passion that
utterance was denied him. In this
ridiculous attitude he stood staring
and stamping for some moments
amid a CONFUSION of laughter. nor
could he be prevailed upon to resume
his seat until the prince went In per-
son and appeased his wrath.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1911-11-02
About Your Initials.

What do your initials spell? Some
people have had queer experiences
Names like Arthur g. Sullivan are un-
fortunate. George (Henry) Augustus
sala preferred to make himself. like
George Adam Smith, into GAS. Gill
bert A'Becket. of course, was just
CAB. Whistler for awhile dropped
his Mcneil. fearing the possible ridi-
Guile of JAM Whistler. Henry Rider
Haggard becomes very dignified as
Ell. r. H.; Henry Austin Dobson re-
fuses to be HAD, removing his first
name, and Nine. de Noyikoff. though
no longer Olga Kirefr. has become
ok" forever.-London Chronicle.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1911-11-02
BUYING A MULE.
Noise and Abuse a Part of the Trans.
action In Alsiers.

Noise and Abuse a Part of the Trans
action In Alsiers.
Americans who travel In eastern
lands are amused as well as aggravat
ed by the business methods which pre-
vail there. A recent traveller In Algiers
concluded to buy q mule and finally
found one for sale.
prefer, and dialogue then ensued az
follows:
The interpreter. with yell: 81 will
give you $40 for that mule"
The Arab: Ten dollarsl Murder!
Thief. Brigandr'
The interpreter: 81 will make 1t $11.
Do you hear, you scoundrel? I offer
you $11 for your old mule, which will
die In about a week. You are a robber
and thief to take that much, but l
am generous man, and l serve a
great man. SO l offer you $11, you
scum of Africa"
Then they both yelled and shook
their fists at each other, and to the
American 1t looked as If they were go
ing for each other hammer and tongs.
The row they made was terrible. but
no one seemed to notice 1t.
Finally bargain was struck, and
then they fell upon each others neck
and embraced.
And the American got his mule for
$11.-St. Louis GlobeDemocrat.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1911-11-02
Knew What He Was Doinu.

The stalwart policeman who guards
the traffic at Euclid and a cross street
rescued a well dressed old gentleman
from beneath the very wheels of an
automobile.
"Oficer," said the rescued man, "are
you married?"
mo, SIR" answered the policeman.
"Ah, well. you will hear from me in
a day or two nevertheless"
After he had gone friend of the
officer asked: TON. why did you tell
the old guy that you wasn't married
You've got a wife an kid at home,
and know It,"
"Sure l have. But If I'd told him
so he'd have sent me ham or bas-
ket of grapes. AS 1t is he'll probably
come through with a little purse. l
amt no foolr-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1911-11-02
Sense of Direction In Bees.

The directive sense possessed by bees
is the object of research made by NJ.
CASTOR BONNER Of Paris, and he seems
to have proved that bees possess n
special sense like carrier pigeons. Ex-
periments showed that bees can fly
two miles to their hives even when
deprived Of the organs Of sight and
smell, Many scientists and among
others Dadent have always declared
that bees are guided by the sense Of
smell and that they can smell flowers
at one and a half miles. Bonnier's ex-
periments proved that bees detect
odors at only short distances.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1911-11-02
EARL LYTTON'S BAD TASTE.
A Dinner Speech That Called Forth
HowIs of Derision.

Howis of Oerision.
once sat at q banquet given In
London by Wilson Barrett to Law
renee Barrett, says a writer In an
English magazine. Earl Lytton pre-
sided, curled, oiled, effeminate, su-
percilIous fop. He had Roman
tragedy to sell to Wilson Barrett. That
was why he came.
He eulogized Wilson Barrett In a
speech. 81 believe" he said, that
Mr.. Barrett won some success with a
piece called consulting his notes. The
Lights of London l suppose 1t was
the work of some dramatic hack"
George Sims sat facing him and never
said word.
Then his lordship went drawing on:
II next find on the list of Mr.. Bar
rett's successes something called The
Silver King Here again l know
nothing of the authorship. The names
of those dramatic carpenters do not
interest me-" At which Henry Arthur
Jones glared and flush came into
the face Of poor blind Henry Herman.
Finally" said Lord Lytton, "Mr.
Wilson Barrett has placed on his
boards what he humorously calls a
Roman tragedy. I refer to 'Claudian,
attributed to one W. G. Wills, Of whom
have never heard" This was too
much for the banqueters. All of them
were personally acquainted with Iry-
ing's pet poet, the modest Wills. So
they howled derisively.
And Earl Lytton's tragedy, produced
a month later, was q dismal failure
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1911-11-02
Biaaest of Cannibal Banuuets,

Probably the biggest cannibal orgy
on record is one of which Miss Bea-
trice Grimshaw tells In her book 1.-THE
New New Guinea" "In 1868 a ship
load of Cinnamon was being taken
down to Australia. The vessel was
wrecked upon reef close to Rossel
island (New Guinea1 The officers es-
capped In boats, but were never after
ward heard of. AS for the Cinnamon,
numbering 1926. the natives captured
them and put them on a small barren
island, where they had no food and no
means of getting away. They kept
their prisoners supplied with food
from the mainland and every now and
then carried away few of them to
eat until all but one old man had been
deyoured. This one succeeded eyentu
ally In getting away and told some
thing of the story, which seems to
have met with general disbelief. True
1t Is, however, on the evidence Of the
sons of those who did the deed"
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1911-11-02
Disposition of Liquor Cases
Supreme judicial Court,

Supreme Judicial Court
Somerset County.
The following shows the disposition
at the september term of said court,
A. d. 1911. of the appealed cases and
indictments for violations of the laws
relating to the use and sale of intoxi-
State VS.. George eorses Barley nuisance. Mol
State VS., George Murphy, common sell
seller. Continued.
State VS.. George Murphy, single sale.
Continued.
State VS.. intoxicating liquors, Thomp-
son & Co., claimants. Con-
State VS.. Doreas Blair. Aplt, single
sale. Continued.
state vs. Archie Blair. Aplt, single sale.
State VS.. Joseph Kiah. Aplt, single
State vs. Madam Bolduc. common sell
Ter. Continued.
State vs. Thomas Berry, common sell
Ter. Continued.
State vs. Lester Corson. nuisance. Mol
State VS.. John Roullard, sale of cider
Continued.
State VS.. Flora King, nuisance Con-
State VS.. Flora King, single sale. Con-
State VS.. John Roullard. Aplt.. sale of
cider. Complaint auashed on
motion of respondent.
State VS.. Martin Munster. single sale.
Placed on file.
State VS.. Wyett Hutf, f., Aplt.. search and
State VS.. Ned Finn. common seller.
Mol pressed.
State vs. william seIsa No, I psns.ed common
State VS.. Madam King. Single sale.
State VS.. Mrs. Israel Pooler. single
sale. Mol pressed.
state VS.. MartinMunster. common sell
Ter. Mol pressed.