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The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-10-10
GOAT HIGH JUMPER
Leap OF Thirty Feet Is But Sport
for Swiss chamoiS.
Capricornas From Switzerland Keeps
st. Louis Nelahborhood Amused
by Acrobatlc Feats-hurdies
Barns and Coal Sheds.

st. Louis. Mo.-Frank B. Mests-
macher OF the Thirty-six engine house
mas at his residence channels (Rup-
lcapra tragus), or Swiss mountain
goat, that Is at once the wonder, de-
light and mystery of the neighbor.
hood
Born and bred In the Swiss Alps,
this goat amazes the neighbors by
most astounding leaps. II is nothing
Tor MIN to jump on a shed or add
tion roof twelve or fifteen feet high
often he will jump on to the porches
which ornament the second story,
thence to the roofs of the houses.
A jump of the highest roof, about
twenty to thirty feet. is nothing for
MIN He can walk right up to a fence
Twelve to fourteen feet high and fly
over 1t like bird. The grace with
which this chamois makes these amaz.
Ing leaps attracts and delights all
who see him.
jewellers In the vicinity of Meste.
machers home, who In hot weather
sleep on their porches, have been Wis.
fted by the chamois In the morning.
tie has all the impudence and curl.
oslty or the common goat and Is at
tracted to make his jumps by any.
thing that may excite his interest In
this way he has jumped on every roof
that has attracted him save that OF
Christian Brothers college, which is
some distance away.
Those who have seen him perform
are sure that he can leap to the roof
OF the Third National bank building
II he cared to do so, and say that the
only jump he has not taken is into a
second-story window They would not
be surprised to see him do this at any
time
When the chamois gets going across
the back yards he takes fences in his
stride and hits the ground but once
III each yard He hurdles coal sheds
and stables as II they were a foot
high. He Is wise old goat and takes
life easy, except when molested by
children, who love to see him per.
form. He is very fond OF salt and viii
jump anywhere to get It,
lie Is immense in size, being about
three feet six inches at the shoulders
and looks more like an antelope than
a goat.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-10-10
UTENSILS COST S25,oO0,ooo
Committee OF Government Experts
Makes Inventory of Persian
Cooking Utensils.

Teheran.-The shah's cutlery and
kitchen utensils are worth $25, 900,
900, according to committee OF gov
eminent experts appointed to make
an inventory.
The committees report shows that
no other court. not even that of Spain.
has such elaborate pots and pans at
the Persian. They are all gold plated
on the inside, and the plainest are of
silver only.
The kitchen salt and sugar canisters
are of massive silver, but the spoons
and fork, plates and dishes are of
solid gold, while most Of the knives
have handles incrusted with precious
stones.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-10-10
Breath Hyomei and
End Catarrh

If you really want to get rid of Wilt
Catarrh why not eife Booths HYO-
MEI treatment a fair trial.
g. r. Fogg is authorized to refund
your money il you think you have
not been benefited, and OH that basis
every Catarrh victim in SkowheBal
ought to start to Danish Catarrh this
very day.
HYOMEI is a soothing, healing anti
septic air made form Australian Euca
lyptus and other antiseptics; ii kills
Catarrh germs and contains no poison
Gus drugs. Simple instructions fol
hse in each package. Complete out
it, 81 90; extra bottles, SOC. Az
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-10-10
MUSTN'T AWAKEN THE FOWLS
Pyrenees Mayor Orders Young Peo-
Pile to Stop Dancing When Birds
and Beasts Slumber.

Paris The following humanitarian
decree has been promulgated by the
mayor of one of the smaller com
munes in the Pyrenees: Whereas
the young people OF the commune ar
wont to meet and dance every Sun.
day after church, and the noise they
make frightens the cocks. hens and
ether animals OF the village and
whereas. the result is prejudicial TO
agriculture. We hereby prohibit dane
ing within the bounds OF the com
mune during the hours in which the
domestic animals take their repose.'
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-10-10
College MEN IN HARVEST
Many Of Them Help to Gather Con
nectlcut Tobacco Crop and Pc
ceIve Good Wages.

Springfield, Mass. - Undergraduate
students from Yale. Harvard Prince
ton and Dartmouth are providing in
valuable help on the big Connecticut
Valley tobacco plantations during tht
harvest season which is now at it.
height. College men who are workin4
their way find that harvesting tobacc,
is more congenial than collecting fare.
or guiding trolley cars. The wage.
paid vary from $225 to SO a day.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-10-10
WOMAN, AGE ga, WILL VOTE
Her Daughters, Aged "a and II Years
Register at Pennington,
Wash.

Pennington. Wash.-Mrs. Hannah
Holmes, aged ninetyfour, registere,
for the first time recently and Will cas-
her first vote at the special election
called to vote on the proposed bonding
OF the town for water system.
She declared her intention of vot
ing at both the primary and genera
elections.
She has two daughters registered
Mrs. Rose P Carr, aged seventy-oue
and Mrs Kate Frownfelter. aged sey
enty-four.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-10-10
DUCKS CLOG AN ELEVATOR
So Plentiful In South Dakota as TO
interfere With Operation of
Thrashlno Machine.

Memo, s. D.-John Wagner, mem
Der of thrashing crew on the Ru
donner farm, near here. started some
grain in the elevator Of the thrasher.
when he discovered the machine did
not work properly. An investigation
disclosed that the elevator had been
clogged with wild ducks. which dur
ing the night had come to the thrash.
er for grain and had been elevated
In such numbers as to clog the ma.
chinery.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-10-10
PLAN BIG BUTTERFLY FARM
New Jersey Men VIII Raise Brightly
Colored insects to Sell TO the
Society Women.

Red Bank. n J-Business men
from New York are to establish here
They viii raise butterflies OF all va
rieties. specializing In specimens OF
brilliant eoloring and highly decora
tive appearance
The product of the farm is TO be
sold to society women, who viii thus
be enabled to satisfy their within for
having butterflies flying about their
conservatories and parlors.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-10-10

T. \ Gerry. - Bellevue ST. Lowell,
Mass. Express messenger fer Ameri-
can Express co. says: The constant
julting ON trains is very hard GA the
kidneys as all railroad men know. /
suffered kidney breakdown which
did not mend under the most skill
full treat ment. had dun pain over
my hips and back so severe al times
/ could hardly work. ! started using
say that there is nothing equals them
fer prompt and lasting relief. am
glad TO say that now l am a strong
we'll man and recommend Foley's Kid
ney Pills. For sale by all druggists
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-10-10

Rockland Gazette: MIR
and Mrs William d. Hall of Pres
que isle have lately returned from a
wonderful canoe trip through the
northeastern Aroostook county which
took them to Upper Madawaska, the
extreme northern border of the State
They skirted an immense tract OF
virgin forest, Astounding in wonder
ful scenery and wild animals They
arried a small tent and camped ;
night at various stages of their
journey. In swinging around the
circle they came to Mr.. Halls camp
at Squa Pan. The trip occupied a
month, and it is safe to say that nc
couple in Maine enjoyed a vacation
so full of delights and surprises
Mr.. Hail. who is former Rockland
boy, is assistant principal Of the
State Normal School at Pressure Isle
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-10-10
crouchy Of MIIady's charms.

Cincinnati, O.-Suspected of mere
" looking when a girls ,hobble skirt
wouldn't stay down when she alight.
ed from a car, Charles Lindell train,
man. was attacked by her escort and
treated to smashed nose. Lndell
says he was struck with brass knuck,
les. and denies he even looked at the
girl
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-10-10
MONA Stomach
Tablets
Danish Dyspepsia and Keep Stomach
in Good Condition

No matter how long you have suffer
ed from a miserable upset stomach,
indigestion or gastritis, MI-O-NA will
end your troubles or c. II. Fogs will
refund your money.
This same offer applies to distress
after eating, gas, food fern antation,
heaviness, sourness. sea or ear sick
uess and vomiting of pregnancy.
No matter what ails your stomach.
put your faith in MI-O-NA Stomach
Tablets, a prescription that succeeds
after all others fail. Large box -
cents America over. Free trial treat
ment from Booths MI-O-NA, Buffalo,
y Y A postal request will do 4l-42
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-10-10

! According to the Livermore Falls
Advertiser, it would seem that people
in that vicinity had acute Imagination
1t says: Mrs e. A Washburn of Hill
informs the Advertiser that the fam
lily were considerably interested by
two aeroplanes that passed over aboat
O'Clock, Monday evening. Mrs.
Washburn was engaged in the rear OF
the house taking in the family wash
when she noticed a strange light in
the sky in the direction of the Otis
mill. She called the other members
of the family and they soon decided
it was an aeroplane. 1t sailed rapid
ly along, and out of sight, going in the
direction of Bangor. II seemed to be
a good night FOR sky sailing, for very
soon another appeared and disappear
ed in the same direction. Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank Haley and John Merriam,
also report having seen one of the
airships as it passed over. This seems
to be a beginning Of another danger
for the nervous ones to worry about
and they will hardly dare to 90 to
sleep for fear something will 'drap' on
them in the silent hours of night.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-10-10

J. Barry II, a North Saco farmer,
AGED -. who was buried in the sand
pit of Clarence e. Johnson ON tho
Boom road, recently, at sunset and
was hurried 10 the Trull Homeopathic
ic hospital, died Saturday morning,
He and number Of other laborers
were digging gravel from the pit 10
repair the highway on the Boom road,
when, without warning, the bank gave
way, burying the man so that only
his head was visible. Road Commits
3ioner c. e. johnson and half doze
others seized, shovcls and lost no
time in unconering Berry. lie WAS
helpless, though conscious He was
found TO be internally injured. The
wife, five brothers and two sisters
survive.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-10-10
Lunatics VIII Increase.

London. Or. F~bes Winslow proph
esied at the Eugenics congress her,
that there would be more lunaucs
than sane people In the world three
hundred years hence.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-10-10

When q boy listens to his fathers
advice it is hard to tell whether he
shows symptoms of being "A captain
of finance or the timidity of a molly
cOdd1p
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-10-10
Here and There in Maine

with oh you candy mani" A man
is said to have craWled under the
fence, mingled with the crowdand
then passed out the gate, receiving
a check, which he sold for % cents,
and repeated the game until he was
richer by about So.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-10-10
Over Half-Century.

Humphreys Specifics have
been used by the people with
satisfaction for more than 80
years. Medical Book sent free.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-10-10

No FOR Frics
1 Fevers, ConSestlons, tnfammations .-...... Is
. Worms Worm Fever. OF Sorm Disease -
3 Collie, crying ami Wakefulness OF InfAnts IS
1 DiArrhea. Of children and Adults -.-.....- %
! Coughs Colds, Bronchitis z.....,.....-.... zS
- Toothache, Faee4che, Neuralgia ..s....... 25
9 Headache. Sick Headache. Vertigo s=.,..-- 20
10 Dyspepsia. Indigestion. Weak stomach IS
10 Group, Hoarse Cough Laryngltis ..,....... rs
II enlt Hheum. Eruptions, Eryspelas .........z 25
Is Rheumatism. or Rheumatic Palms ........- 10
10 Fever ard Ague. halara ....#=...... 70
II plea Blind or Bleeding. External, Internal IS
10 CatArrh, Influenza, Cold Ia Head ....s..,... 70
40 NhOoping Cough, Spasmodie Cough 10
al Asthma. Oppressed, Difficult Breathing 20
FL Kidney Disease. -..z ---....-t...... 10
% Nervous Debility. Vital Weakness 90
81 Urinary Inconiiuence. WettnS Bed -...- 15
! sore Throat. Quiusy 49, --...-----..-.... 70
IT Grip, Hay fever AMI Summer Colds .... IS
soIi by druggists, or seut receipt OF price.
HUMPHREYS HoHEO MEDICINE CO. Corner
William aud Ann streets. New ork.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-10-10

Philadelphia Although legless Ty
son Blower, aged fourteen. Ia be
come an expert swimmer and wrestler
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-10-10
.lnLs Makera- On strlke-

New York.-Three members of the
yiddish Joke Writer'S union on the
East Side are on strike for higher
wages.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-10-10

Says the New Sweden correspond
cnt OF the Pressure Isle Star-IIerald:
A freak doctor who claimed to be the
seventh son of the seventh son and
possessing the power to heal all dis
eases by his powerful magnetic in
fluence, made his appearance a week
ago, driven around in large auto,
together with his Interpreter, angl--
ing for suckers and we are sorry TO
say was able TO land one or two.
one popularity Of the doctors mag
netic powers was that they had to be
stimulated with large bottle of ia
maica ginger extract of wintergreen
or peppermint at every country
store.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-10-10

A horse, declared to be the Oldest
in the United States, is owned by l.
T. Bigelow of Fairfield She is Il
years old. She was raised by Levi
Dow of Waterville, but since becom-
ing old enough to vote, she has been
in the Bigelow family. Every day she
is driven and goes TO WaterVille,
making the distance OF eight miles in
a little more than an hour. She is as
free and easy to go as "A colt All Aer
life she has worked aud though small
has a great deal of energy. Now she
is fat and plump and her teeth do not
show her to be more than Is.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-10-10

Next to being a millionaire comes
the ability to spend your last nickel
like one.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-10-10

Clarence Delaware of Wateryillc
was severely injured in card at the
Oakland wooden mill d few minutes
before closing time, recently. A piece
of waste caught in the card. and MS
he reached to take it out, his hand
was caught and quickly drawn
through to the wrist where it stopped.
The presence of mind of one of the
men in throwing off the belt of the
machine doubtless saved his hand
and perhaps his life. The wrist for
about an inch and a half into the arm
was literally chcwed up by the cards
and the ulna was so badly injured at
the end that part of the bone had
to be amputated He was quickly tax
en- to Or. Totman's office and tho
wound was dressed and it is thought
that the hand can be saved.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-10-10

4 few tribes of American Indians
are net dying, though their numbers
are small in comparison with their
probable one-time strength. Two q
these tribes live in Maine In 1920
by the census, there were so Passa-
maQuoody Indians, and last year there
were so Penobscots; now, more than
ninety years later, there are 397. Both
maintain their tribal conditions, and
the Penobscots, at least, still dwell
on the same village site that their
forcfathers, occupied.-Th Argonaut.
Wild geese are reported to be flying
South, and the fact that the fock3
seen have been reported as unusually
large ones leads some of the so-called
weatherWise folk to venture the bn-
lief that cold weather is close at
hand. According TO Captain G. C.
Lewis Of the costing schooner Nary
+. Smith who came into Portland This
week, hundreds of geese were sighted
on his return from Portsmouth to
Portland. Il saw several big locks Of
geese said Captain Lewis, and they
were all extremely big flocks. There
must have been hundreds OF birds TO
the westward on their way south.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-10-10

From midnight, Sunday until the
first day of December, is open time
ON partridge and Woodcock in Maine,
and as to the number of birds one
may kill in day, Chapter 70 Of the
Public Laws Of l91l, recites the fol
lowing law: No person shall, in
any one day, take, catch. kiln or have
in possession more taan five ruffed
grouse commonly called partridgot
nor more than ten woodcock during
open season OH said birds.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-10-10

The first warning of the fall and
winter campaign against the brown
tail moth has been sounded by the
Camden Herald, which says: 1T is
none too early to begin to look for the
broWn-tail moth nests on your trees.
While the caterpillars did not do as
much damage this year as we all
feared yet there were more moths
in flight this summer than ever be
fore. This great flight of the moths
means many nests left in their path
way. and if these are not taken care
of before spring, il means trouble
next year. One property holder in
town tells us that he examined bis
trees last week and found many nests.
He had them all removed, but he rea-
Lies that on neighbours property
nothing has been done. 1t is poor en-
couragemeEt for one property hold
er to do this if all do not join in the
work. One badly infected propel ty
can make trouble for the whole town
The brown-tails are here and must
be fought constantly"
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-10-10

c. II. Health < Son OF Readdeld,
are displaying potato-balls raised this
year on their farm Last sprins they
planted an eighth acre of Delaware
potatoes in an isolated section where
they would not be likely to mix with
the kinds planted elsewhere. The re
suit was potato balls, the first seen in
this part Of the State in many years,
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-10-10

Twenty-Five thousand dollars was
involved in points Of law in the Brown
divorce case, which was argued in the
S. ]. court at Lewiston. 1t seems
that May rs, 1912. Mrs. Ada f. Brown
brought suit against her husband and
asked for $4,000 damage. On Aug II
of the same year she brought another
suit with damage placed at $4,000.
Lawyers James A. Pusifer and Henry
W. Cakes of the firm of Cakes. Pulsi-
fir & Lndden, who appeared for Da-
yid Brown. the husband, argued that
both should be dismissed because one
was pending When the other was
brought William II. Newell of the
firm of Newell & SHELTON, for Mrs.
Brown, held that the first had been
withdrawn. Chief Justice Whitehouse
reserved his decision in the case after
long argument of statute laws by
the opposing attorneys.
This seems to be the open season
fo1 hnptipo
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-10-10

Calais Times: Some mighty mean
happenings are reported by officials
during the fair. one lady taking ad-
vantage of a rush at the box Office
passed the ticket-seller a couple Of
lozenges, and he promptly handed
ont a ticket And she had the face
to salute him on leaving the grounds
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-10-10

Mrs. win Ross was burned to death
and her l2-year-old daughter Ethel
WAS seriously burned when fire re-
suited from an explosion of kerosene
in their home on Chebeague Island.
Portland Mrs. Ross had started TO
ldndle a fire in the kitchen stove with
Kerosene. Freeman Ross. the woman's
uncle, had his hands badly burned in
eAtinguishing the flames, which did
slight damage to the house The NO
mans husband, fisherman. was out
in his boat when the explosion occur
red
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-10-10

The fire loss in Maine for the
month OF August amounted to $26l,-
55G; according to the monthly bulle-
tin of the department, which has been
made public by State Insurance Com
missioner Andrew r. Harvey. Fol
lowing are the detailed figures; Value
of buildings, $703,S1G; damages, Still
81; insurance upon includes blanket
insurance. $1.177S95; insurance paid,
$770r1; value of contents, $354,o40;
damage. $90.395 insurance upon,
$140,559; insurance paid, $33,17l. The
total number OF fires was 22G.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-10-10
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q hsiee md 1e.se e.as. Ss74 10 (er tn.
>s,t.e.-Philo H-y 5DseIalnes Co. Nenarh. n. j
g. X. Foeg, Sampson 4 wore.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-10-10
MONEY MAKING FARMS g N @"' %,

aur catalogue ofReal Estate bargains, food
RrWs stati prices from saw 10 Slo.Wo r,
VI I.RRIM A\ReaI ESTATE Agent Mnat Me
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-10-10

This seems to be the open season
for hunting judges
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-10-10
USE HAYS HAIR HEALTH

[fFP TIE HAIR OF YOUR YOUTH
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-21
AN END TO TREATING
Bill in Virginia Legislature
Aims to Stop Practice.
MENACE TO YOUNG MEN
Delegate Fitzhugh, Its Author, Is
Not a Fanatic.
WOMEN LIKELY TO WIN
Chances Seem to Favor Their Secur-
ing Admission to the Uni
versity Of Virginia.
Special Dispatch TO TIE Star.

Special Dispatch to TIE Star
RICHMOND, Va. January 2O-vir-
ginia is to depart from one Of her old
customs. and when the bill offered by
Delegate w. B. Fitzhugh Of Northamp-
tor becomes law the Old Dominion.
the home Of hospitality, will take back
seat. Delegate Fitzhugh is an enemy of
the demon rum. and he has come forward
with a bill which will make obsolete the
old-time and familiar Lets have one"
More than that, whenever a gentleman
shall see a thirsty wayfarer along the
highways. and shall invite him to par
take Of the vtrginia-made julep and the
friend shall say, Il don't care II do. -
the gentleman extending the invitation
will make himself liable to a fine of SIS.
And no dispensary of exhilarating bever-
ages is to allow any treating to be done.
In other words. Delegate Fitzhugh sees
the old-fashioned and convivial habit
growing to be a menace to the welfare of
the youth Of the state, and he would
taboo the custom for good and all. Dele
gate Fitzhugh is a newspaper man, editor
of a prosperous country weekly. and his
section of the state is among those which
are regarded by bibulous gentlemen as a
Sahara, but to those who know at what
point along the roads and creeks and
rivers to give a wink the situation is
different. But the sale OF liquor Is for
hidden in that section, one Of the most
prosperous in Virginia The bill has been
sent to the committee on general laws.
and will be considered by that body and
formally presented to the house for
action.
"I believe that the time has come when
We must do something to protect the
Young men," said DELEGATE FitZhugh, who
is not fanatical in his advocacy of tenn
perance THE drinking habit is largely
due to the fact that a young man goes
In for a drink, meets companions and
there is drinking bee, the result being
that instead of a single drink the gentle
man gets more than a single drink, get
ting often a big enough load for two
trips"
After Insurance Companies.
Insurance companies doing business In
Virginia will live hard II any Of the