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The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-10-03
IMAGINARY TALKS IN FRANCE
Attitude of Rich Americans Toward
French People lie Said TO Be
Thus Revealed.

Gil Bias reports an imaginary con-
versation at the Deauyille Casino the
participants being William X. Wander
bilt, Frank Gould, Clarence H. Mac
kay and James Gordon Bennett, says
the Cincinnati Commercial Tribune.
what attracts me to France" says
one, lis the charm and ease Of life
the traveller finds here, which, how
ever, Is not at all real French life.
Do you suppose all French people
pass their time as we do during our
visits, dining amid flowers and black
coats?"
Certainly not" replied the second.
French life, except at the gay re-
sorts, is most quiet and well regulated
even economical The French know
how to live at home. and very pru-
IDENTIFY when 1t is necessary, but they
know how to live outside of home
amid elegance and gayety when they
choose"
"Then the real Frenchman is not
here In Deauville?" comments the
third member Of the party.
"If only Frenchmen, such as we see
here existed" said the fourth, there
would be no more France. This same
Frenchman whom you see favored by
fortune will go home in the evening,
quietly put on his slippers and dine
on a round steak and bottle Of min
eral water. The Frenchman knows
how to enjoy life without going to
extremes. l remember many restau-
rants In foreign countries where Rus
SLAMS, Englishmen and Germans ig'
more the art OF bearing themselves
with grace and neatness. Not so with
the French. Amused, gay and fIivo-
lous at times in appearance, they new
err lose their gracious smile and air OF
distinction Whether at luxurious
place like this or on the boulevard
during a popular fete the Frenchman
always preserves his good humor, for
he knows how to live"
Gil Bias leaves the quartet, saying,
Guess which part of the conversation
belongs to each?" and incidentally re-
marks that the expressions represent
the combined wisdom of $4,000, 00O,-
900.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-10-03
Woman's Misdlrected Talents.

Ex-Chlef of Police Byrnes, the ia
nous New York detective, says that
he never knew a better man" than
Miss Ellen E. r. Peck, which, trans
lated from the police vernacular, sig.
nifies that in all his varied experience
he never had to do with a more skill
full swindler than the woman, now in
her eighty-second year, whose latest
sentence of ten years Imprisonment
was been committed by Governor Dix
She would probably have made a first
class captain of industry" II her tai.
ents had been so directed.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-10-03
Every Street in
Skowhegan
Iins It's Share OF the Proof That Kid
ney Sufferers Seek.

Backache? Kidneys weak?
Distressed with urinary ills?
Want a reliable kidney remedy?
Don't have to lool, far. Use what
Skowhegan people recommend. Every
street in Skowhegan has it's cases.
Here's one Skowhegan mans expert
ence.
Let Abel II. Patton. of G3 Summer
St, tell it,
lie says: Il have had two spells of
backache during The past several
years. The first one was caused by a
strain. | was laid up from work FOR
a week 1t often seemed as if knife
were thrust into me. When suffering
terribly, | heard of Doan's Kidney
Pills and began taking them. They
drove away the backache and put me
ON my feet. Two years later, when |
had similar spell, got Doan's Kid
ney Pills at Sampson d Azores Drug
Store Before had finished the con-
tents. my trouble disappeared. When
ever I hear anyone complaining of
kidney trouble, | advise the use of
Doans Kidney Pills
For sale by all dealers. Price so
cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo,
New York, sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name-Doans-
take no other.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-10-03
New Potato Disease.

serious canker disease Is reported
to have developed in the potato crop
of Great Britain and Continental Eu-
rope, which is not only affecting the
farmlands on which potatoes are
grown, but Is also decidedly injurious
to the health of the consumers of af-
fected potatoes. The disease is char
acterized by nobular excrescences,
which are often larger than the po-
tato itself. Boiling does not destroy
the injurious properties. 1t Is known
that a potato canker has found It's
way into Newfoundland with potatoes
imported from Europe, but no such
disease has yet appeared in Canada,
nor so far as known, in the United
States.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-10-03
Laws Govern Austrian Service.

A new law for lower Austria, con-
tanning various regulations concerning
servants, has gone into force, replao-
ing one over a century old. The first
provision of the new law DEGREES that
servants must no longer be called
Servants" but employees" The EN-,
plcyer must feed the servant proper
ly, and the servant Is forbidden to
chatter or gossip to other servants
about the private affairs of the family
1t is not stated how this provision
shall be enforced Girls are legally
entitled to go out for seven hours
once fortnight. The mistress Of the
house is no longer forced to write a
Character" of truthful, honest and
Industrious In the book" of dlsmis
sal servant In the past failure to
do this meant possible proceedings
for libel. The mistress may now
leave character" blank.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-10-03
EuosheIls In Surgery.

In number of skin-gr afting opera
tons he has recently carried out, a
Philadelphia physician has used the
lining of egg shells instead of hui
man skin. One of the patients he is
reported to have successfully treated
in this way was woman, who had the
skin burned Off her back. The physi-
clan declares that the suffering which
has been imposed on human donors
eff skin for such operations Is unneces-
sary Only fresh eggs may be used
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-10-03
Free Sample Indi-
gestion Remedy
Finest Ever For Gas, SOurness, Fer
mentatiOn, Keayiness and Upset
stomach.

Send name and address to Booth
MI-O-NA, Buffalo, N. Y. Say Send
me sample OF MONA" and you will
have an opportunity to try for your
self remedy for Indigestion. Dyspep-
STA, Gastritis or Catarrh of the Stom-
ach that has relieved and cured thou
sands upon thousands of people
throughout America.
So certain are MI-O-NA Stomach
Tablets in any case of disordered
stomach that c. X. Fogg will supply
you with the distinct understanding
that If you are dissatisfied with re-
suits he will refund the purchase
price. Could anything be fairer? For
Dizziness, Biiousness, Headache,
Nervousness, SleeplessnesS or any
disease arising from an upset, weak
or sick stomach, -MIO-NA Stomach
Tablets are highly recommended. So
cents box all over America. 1910
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-10-03

Because they imported negro cotton
pickers to Briartown, Okla, where ne
groes never had been allowed to stay,
three farmers, Sam Robinson, w. A.
Larrimore and John Hilton, were shot
late Sunday night. 1t is said Robin
son and Larrimore probably will die.
More trouble is feared and a large
force of deputies has been sent to
Briartown.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-10-03
Saves Leg of Boy.

at seemed that my l4-year-old boy
would have to lose his leg, on account
of an ugly ulcer caused by bad
bruise," wrote ID. f. Howard, Aquone,
N. c. "All remedies and doctors treat
ments failed till we tried Bucklen's
Arnica Salve, and cured him with one
box" Cures burns, boils. skin erup-
tons, piles. 25c at f. w. Buckn Il,
Sampson & Avore, The Fuller Drag
Co., G.. Il. Fogg.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-10-03
Fortunes In Faces.

There's often much truth in the say
ing her face is her fortune" but it's
never said where pimples, skin erup-
tons, blotches, or other blemishes dis
figure it Impure blood is back of them
all, and shows the need of DR.. Kings
New Life Pills. They promote health
and beauty. Try them. 25 cents at
F. w. Buchanan, Sampson & Avore. The
Fuller Drug Co., G. X. Fogg.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-10-03

The Chesuncook settlement was re-
Gently startled by a wild cry of dis
tress. Both men and women We're
eagerly listening to catch the direct
ion of the strange sound. The church
bell was rnng and a number of peo-
pie called to let the distressed per-
son know that he was heard. 1t was
soon decided that some person was
overheard in the lake. Four miles
from Chesuncook settlement amid a
great mass of drift logs was found
William Mcdonald who had left the
camp and was on his way to Chesun-
cook. lie had upset his canoe and
a dead stub where he huns
for three hours. He was cold and
nearly exhausted when found. He
could have hung on but a short time
longer. The evening was calm and
the weather warm or the man could
not have survived.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-10-03

Clemant Maxwell, who escaped from
the Belfast Jail, Wednesday, and who
also released tramp, George Grover,
telephoned, Thursday afternoon, from
Center Belmont that he was ready to
go back to Jail. Sheric jenkins
went after him and while in Center
Belmont got his eyes on Grover
Both men are now in their old cells
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-10-03

The discovery of a mans skeleton
In the dense woods near Emery's
corner in Limerick, recently, opens
up a mystery which may never be SOL
we'd The only possible thing by
which to identify the remains is a
portion of a thick dark moustache on
the face. Undoubtedly the man was a
stranger hereabouts for nobody in
Limerick or any of the surrounding
towns has been reported missing. 1t
is thought the body must have lain
in the woods for year.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-10-03

America is teaching Europe hoy to
dress its windows. Europe is teach.
ing America how TO dress It's girls in
skinny clothing, which Is most UNI
grateful.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-10-03

ENcrybody's friend-Dr. Thomas
Eclectic oil. Cures toothache. earache
sore throat Heals cuts bruises. scalds
Stops any pain.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-10-03

Hard words become harder still
when you have to take them back.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-10-03

Even the cannibal may realize that
beauty is only skin deep.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-10-03

A French scientist says that cleo
tricity can prevent hunger But do
you eat or drink the "1nice9'
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-05-11
HAS ORIGINAL COPLEYS
Son of Robert I. Lee Owner of Perfect
Portraits by Great Artist.

There are few people in Topeka who
| are aware that two of the greatest
treasures in the Museum of Fine Arts
| in Boston belong to Topeka family.
The most perfect Copley originals in
existence are the property of Mr.
Thomas Amory Lee of Prairie Dell
farm five miles west of Topeka on the
Tenth avenue road. They are the like
nesses of the late Robert Ives Lees
great great grandparents. jeremiah
Lee and his wife. jeremiah was one of
the staunch patriots of Massachusetts.
and his name figures among such as
John Hancock and Samuel Adams; he
was the owner of the old Lee mansion
at Marblehead. stately colonial home,
never occupied except by a Lee and
now most charming museum.
The portraits hang in the Copley
room in the Bosto2 museum, and are
Interesting from an historical, as we'll
as an artistic. viewpoint They are de-
scribed in detail in the Boston Tran
script of February IL, 1896, which says:
They were painted by Copley in Bos-
ton in 1859 in the o. mansion un
Beacon Hill where he IS said to have
executed 600 portraits before his de-
parture for England" The Transcript
gives a clear idea OF the beauty of the
work. "These two portraits which are
full length are gorgeous and imposing,
and afford a better idea of Copley's
skill in portraiture than any of his
other works in this country. According
to the artists own testimony given
after his residence in London, he has
never been able to surpass them The
portrait of Mr.. Lee which is the finer
of the two. shows a. handsome man in
full dress" He has a mobile, artistic
face, holds letter in his hand, and is
apparently about to greet a fl lend. The
portrait of Mrs. Lee, which is also
charming; displays a stately lady re-
turning from a garden. She is carrying
some fruit in her brilliant satin petit
coat, and a dark blue velvet robe falls
slightly back from her shoulders The
face is finely drawn, and the sweep of
the rich fabrics is masterful in its
handling" The Transcript concludes
it's article by stating that if the por-
traits bore the name of Van Dyck they
would not be unworthy of his genius
The frames are said to have been
carved by that jack-of- all-trades, Paul
Revere The pictures are simply loan
ed by Mr.. Lee, but will be kept in the
museum for an indefinite period
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-05-11
The KEYNOTE TO CARE
by a Railroad Man.)

We find in the government of every
railway book of regulations and rules,
which is in the lands of every en-
ployee connected with the operation of
the road; and. upon unfolding its pages
the eye is first rested on these lines:
obedience to the rules is essential to
the safety of passengers and employees.
and to the protection of property" And,
as we proceed further in our reading
we observe rule after rule, guiding and
directing the mind of the employee ID
exercise a high degree of care These
admonitions are for the express purpose
of placing all employees on the plane of
care, for not only their own welfare but
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-05-11
BUSINESS is GOOD.
Trade Continues to Maintain Larger
Volume Than Last Years.

New York, May 11.-R. G. Dun &
Co.'S Weekly Review of Trade says:
The Improvement of trade con-
tinues on a larger scale than last year
business activity is measured are still
favorable.
The rains have interfered with
wholesale and retail distribution and
of dry goods, the market, however, re-
naming on the whole very strong.
The best reports come from iron and
Steel the production of which con-
ing the month of April reaching a
point in excess of the preceding high
total.
Continued heavy buying by the rail-
roads is noted and prices of steel max
ing iron and southern foundry iron
show increased strength. The larger
producers of steel billets are filed up.
AS expected, the leading interest re-
ported a substantial gain in untitled
orders during April, the increase
amounting to 36O,O44 tons.
Dry goods manufacturers are in
clined to take more conservative
view of the possible strength of values
to still higher levels. A large advance
business has been booked by jobbers
of fall cottons, while wash fabrics and
similar goods move slowly into con-
sum ption. Only 10000 pieces of print
cloths were sold at Fall River last
week, having IdlIeIl OIL, Out the IuH =
damental position of the market is
still strong because of the goods due
on old orders. The position of wooden
and worsted mills is strong.
Footwear shows improvement and
the majority of jobbers have placed
good sized contracts for future needs.
All kinds of leather are strong but
sole is especially stiff and following
some good sized trading in the latter,
tanners are now asking for another
one cent advance. Hides continue to
show the same amount of strength
that has characterized them for some
time past.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-05-11
WILL LOOK OVER NEW LINE.
Santa Fe Officials to Make Auto Tour
Over Dodge City Route.

Dodge City, Kan, May 1.-Former
Lieutenant Governor w. ]. Fitzgerald
has returned home from a trip to To-
peka and Chicago in the interest of the
Dodge City & Camarron Valley rail-
road and announces that a number of
the officials of the legal department of
the Santa Fe have expressed their in
tention to make an auto trip over the
route of the new line next week
Among the party will be General So
licitor w. r. Smith and Assistant So
Iicitor O. ]. Wood. The route to be
followed will take the party along the
grade through Ford, Gray and Haskell
counties to the new town of Satanic
and from there through Stevens and
Morton counties to the historic Point
of Rocks" The return will be made
over the same route so as to make the
investigation an accurate one.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-05-11
IT'S ONE LONG LAUGH.
Confusion Being Played at the
Auditorium, scream.

The Majestic Stock co. presented
the three act comedy, Confusion"
at the Auditorium Friday night and
this afternoon. The play will be re-
peated this evening.
The production is light and short.
In fact it is over with in scarcely more
than an hour from the time the cur
tain first rises. 1t is a. decided laugh
producer. A lot of trouble is caused
by baby and a small dog. Orval
Spurrier and Miss Bronaugh take the
leading parts.
Due to the rain Friday night the
crowd was comparatively small, al
though several hundred persons BRAY
ed the storm.
This evening Dean Horace White
house Will preside at the pipe organ.
playing for a half hour prior to the
commencement of the play, and be-
tween acts. The music by w. r.
Roehr has been appreciated.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-05-11
DO AWAY WITH SMOKE.
Several Railroads Send Out Experts
for Investigations.

ST. Louis, May Ito solve the
smoke abatement problem as regards
locomotive engines. several railroad
have employed experts to travel over
their lines studying fuel conditions
and methods of doing away with
smoke from locomotives.
J. H. Lewis, fuel expert of the
Burlington, recently has reported
more smoking Burlington engines in
the st. Louis terminal yards than
were found by the city inspectors
while we stood seventeenth among
the railroads last year and paid many
fines, the road made every effort to
eliminate the evil Lewis told a rep
resentative of the women's organiza-
ton for smoke abatement The
Burlington has done SO we'll that the
road this year is at the top of the list
in it's behavior relative to smoke"
Lewis travels from town to town on
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-05-11
Big Improvement Planned FOR
Missouri Pacific.
Road win Spend More Than
s2,5OO,OOO in 1912.
WORK ON KANSAS LINES
All Main Line Property in
Years Budget.
Other Items of General Interest
In Traffic World.

First Vice President E. ]. Pearson
has announced the Missouri PaclHc-
Iron Mountain arrangements for con-
ttnuing the work of improving the roao'
on which much progress was made Iase
year, and on which early commence
ment was made this season, for con-
tinuing progress similar to that OF lase'
and advancing still further the ralslils
of the general standard of the pTopeIl9'
In addition to expenditures Tor MAN
tenance similar to those of the preceu-
ing year. the appropriations for mn
provements, comprising the WlueillllS
of roadbed and cuts, application OF new
ballast and laying of new ralls, WIN
aggregate $2,500000. -
While the work of maintenance VIII
be general throughout the system, me
additional Improvement work Will pe
confined more largely to main hnes'
the standard of which will be MACS
still higher. Heavy expenditures wiz
be made on the line between St LOUIS
and Texarkana, and considerable WORK
will be done on the st. Louis-kansas
City line and completion or larse
amount of baIlasting undertaken last
year on the lines, Omaha TO Kansas
City, and from Kansas City TO Fueplo'
which is interfered with by very Sc
we're winter weather, is again under
way for completion in the carry par
of the season.
Damages on the Memphis line by
floods. caused by the breaking of levees
above, are being rapidly repaired. me
grade wherever below flood level is be
ing brought up above, all banks widen
ed, following which the line will be
reballasted and brought to best main
line standard.
Orders have been placed, part with
the Colorado Fuel & Iron company and
part with the Illinois Steel company,
for the purchase of $4,000 tons of 60
pound steel rails.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-05-11

just returned with the fish car from
Goodland. On this trip he distributed
IL, 900 fish along the route of the
Rock Island between Topeka and
Goodland. He stopped at Clay Cen
ter, Belleville, Almena and Norton.
Next Monday he will start again,
this time from Leavenworth, and 80
west, taking the next tier of counties
to the south. The plan is to cross
the state east and west, starting on
the northern tier of counties and
working down, tier by tier. The uni
versity regents, also in charge of the
hatchery, will visit at Pratt next
Wednesday and inspect the work al
ready done on the new hatchery.
Dyche will load a fish car while the
regents are there
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-05-11
Physician Cured of Ec-
zema by "Brinkley
Sanador." "

AS it is very seldom that a reputable
physician will recommend proprietary
remedy the following letter from one of
Kansas City's prominent physicians is
worthy of careful reading DIR. Trim
HE saws: For the past eight years I
have suffered with malignant case of
eczema. After exhausting all other
remedies familiar to me, I was per-
shaded by my friends to give Brink
Iey's Sanador'' a trial. After using
four bottles of Sanador was pleased
to note the remarkable rapidity with
which the pastules disappeared and
after the use of one more bottle, the
cure which I firmly believe to be per-
manent, was Effected Rex Pharmacy,
Tenth and Kansas Ave.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-05-11
FLIES TO CATALINA.
Aviator Martin Makes Longest Cross
Water Flight on Record.

Newport Beach, Cal, May IL
Glenn H. Martin, the Santa Ana avi-
ator, made the longest cross water
flight in the history of aviation on
the Pacific coast when he flew in his
new hydro-aerop1ane from Balboa On
the mainland across the San Pedro
channel to Catalina island and back
again, distance of IS miles.
Martin made the trip to Catalina
island, landing on the beach at Ava
lon in 81 minutes, almost a mile a
minute. Taking aboard a sack of
mail, Martin left Avalon at SIT
O'Clock and after circling over the
island three times, headed for San
Pedro He landed at Balboa at SOS
O'Clock
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-05-11
WOLGAST is READY.
Will Try to Demonstrate That Fighter
Doesn't Need Vermiform Appendix.

San Francisco, May 11.-Light-
weight Champion I'd Wolgast will try
to prove to devotees of the boxing
game today that the absence of the
vermiform appendix is not a serious
handicap to pugilist. When Wolgast
meets Willie Richie in four round
bout this afternoon it will mark his
first appearance in the ring since he
was operated upon for appendicitis at
Los Angeles severa. months ago.
81 have tried myself out with my
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-05-11
RooF1Ess CARS ON RIO GRANDE.
New Summer Daylight Service Begins
May 20.

Beginning May 20, the Denver &
Rio Grande will resume operating for
the summer season its popular open
top observation cars on certain day
light trains through Royal Gorge
and Grand River Canon, also through
Black Canon of the Gunnison.
These cars are unique in that they
are regular passenger coaches with
the tops and upper portion of the
sides removed, thus giving an unob-
structed view, which is so greatly ap-
The Denver & Rio Grande is the only
line in America operating cars of this
character
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-05-11

sparring partners said Wolgast yes
terday, inviting them to hammer
away at the socalled sore spot but it
had no effect. / am as strong as ever"
Richie, who acquitted himself
creditably when he took Wolgast's
place against Freddie WEIGH, makes
no predictions
Il have everything to win and moth
ing to lose and shall do my best he
said. Jack Welch will referee the
fight but no decision will be given.