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The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-01-18
IRISH FOX HUNTERS.
Their Horses Are Said to Be Wonders
For Endurance.

For Endurance.
"Fox hunting has thrlyed for centu-
ries In Ireland" said a Belfast man.
ut is the great sport among those who
can afford it, and it hardly becomes a
gentleman in our country not to have
ridden to the hounds and been in at
the death at some time.
ITO follow the dogs on their hunt
for the willy reynard is not childs play.
1t brings into play the most consum-
mate skill as a rider, for one has to be
able to stick to his horse through all
kinds of going Some of the fences
are high, the jump being much more
severe than those in the hunts In this
country, but our horses are up to it.
There is no finer horse in the world
than the Irish hunter. In fact, men
who incline to the thoroughbred and
the standard bred horse give us credit
for having produced wonderful
equine. He can run and jump and
pack greet load, and his endurance
is beyond that of any other breed.
THE supply of foxes seems to hold
out all right. There are plenty of them
In Ireland. Among the peasants there
is superstition that the fox knows
his end and rather enjoys it, for he
likes to be hunted and to double On his
tracks and watch his pursuers go by"
Detroit Free Prass
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-01-18

The man who acts on impulse IS fire.
quently placed In position that makes
hlm wish he had not been so hasty.
One man noticed that the friend with
whom he WAS walking had drawn very
close to n horse that wore muzzle.
look out" he cried THAT horse
bites. Don't You see he's muzzledE
Yes" replied his friend calmly,
That's why l thought he couldn't
bite. Youths Companion.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-01-18
MUSIC RUSKlN HATED.
Some Wagner Compositions Filled Him
With Blind Fury.

With Blind Fury.
1t is of course well known that
when the great litterateur and phileso-
pher Ruskin. disliked any one or any
thing he did not hesitate to say so in
the most forcible language the occasion
might require. 1t is doubtful. however,
if any denunciation Ruskin ever pen
ned or uttered equaled his outburst
over some of Wagner's music. which.
according to Mr. f. T. Cook in THE
Life of Ruskin," filled him with blind
fury. Thus to Mrs. Burne-Jones:
"Of all the bette. clumsy. laundering
boEgling. balloon booded stuff | ever
saw on Il human stage that thing last
night tThe Meistersinger) beat, as far
of all the affected. sapless, sOulless, be
ginningless. endless. topless, bottom
less. topsyturyiest tuneless, scrannel
pipiest, tonGs and boniest doggerel of
sounds | ever endured the deadliness
of. that eternity of nothing WAS the
deadliest. as far as the sound went.
As for the Lied. never made
out where it began or where it ended.
except by the fellows coming off the
horse block"
What on amazing prodigy, by the
way. Ruskin was. He recited the One
Hundred and Nineteenth Psalm before
he was three. ut seven he had written
IA work entitled Harry and Lucy Con
cludcd Printed and Composed by
Little Boy and Also Drawn" at eight
he had turned SCOTS Monastery into
400 lines of verse. and at eleven he
wrote 1900 lines called the "Iteriad,'
describing a tour in the lakes.-Pear-
sons Weekly.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-01-18
Whom Butter Was Scarce.

Butter, which is almost Indispensable
ancients. Herodotus is the earliest
writer to mention It. The Spartans
used butter, but as an ointment. and
Plutarch tells how the wife Of Deioto-
rous once received a visit from a Spar
tan lady whose presence was intoler-
able because she was smeared with
butter The Greeks learned Of butter
from the Scythians, and the Germans
showed the Romans how 1t was made.
The Romans, however, did not use it
for food. but for amounting their bodies.
st. Louis Globe Democrat.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-01-18
POWER or hUSlG.
A WordIess Conversation That Made
Two Strangers Brothers.

A WordIes. Conversation That Made
Two Strangers Brothers.
An instance Of music form ng 4 base
of converSIt IN between stra. 9 Is each
ignorant Of h 81 IS language is Civ
Ell by loh: ). NehapdI in Tho River
and ! SHE "a 30 Missouri in u
canoe III -p.ae .oaIiaejo $ they came
to Pic" ,.ae,e. the Garat northern
railroad too Is Tie river for the last
time TOR 800 naio~. Here they saw
two Italian hasds willing away their
sunday VIII fishing rods.
- went ashore. hoping To buy some
fish. Neither Of the two could speak
English, and Italian sounds to me
merely like IN mintellgible singing.
However. they gave me to understand
that the fish were not for sale. aud my
preferred coin had no persuasive pow
ers
still wanting those fish | fingered,
carelessly whistling the while a strain
from an opera had once heard. For
some reason or other that strain had
been in my head all day. l got up in
the morning with it, had whistled il
during the fight with the head wind.
The Kid called il that dago tune |
think it WAS something from II Trova-
tore
Suddenly one of the little Italians
dropped his rod. stood up to his fun
height. lifted his arms very much after
the fashion Of an orchestra leader and
joined in with me.
Il stopped-beeause I saw that he
could whistle. He carried ii on with
much expression to the last thin note
with all the ache of the world in it,
And then he grnned at me.
"'Nerdir he said sweetlY.
81 appauded, whercat the little ltal-
ian produced a bag Of tobacco. We sat
down on the rocks and smoked toerth-
er. holding wordlesS Int perfectly in
teligible conversation of pleasant
grins.
THAT night We had fish for supper.
got them for song, or. rather, for a
whistle one immortal strain from
Verdi poorly whisted in a wilderness
had made an Italian and Dutehman
brothers.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-01-18
ONE MAN BASEBALL.
The Game as It Might Be Played on
One Of Mars Moons.


According to Professor +. r. Moulton
Of the University of Chicago, one man
is all that would be required 10 play
n baseball game nn rhohos. one of the
two moons Of Mars. provided the man
could live in Il place without atmoS-
phere. Professor Moulton described
the manner of play in addressing a
church society ON the "Earthlike Plan.
cts"
"Our one man team would first take
the position of pitcher he said, and
throw the bah horizontally The ball
would go all the way around the moon
He would then have time to get bat
and strike at il. If he missed it he
could take his three strikes, then put
ON his mask, gloves and chest pro-
teetor and catch himself out when the
ball came around the fourth time
"Iu ease he hit the bah and 1t bound
ed he could play the part of nm inteld-
or by picking the ball mp as it came
bounding around the moon. He then
could throw to first and catch himself
oHl WI illt ''tN' IL NV Jan '''i'i' "i''HN
again. If he hit a fly in place of a
grounder he might draw OH his glove
and, playing the part of the center field
CT, catch himself out. \ strong butter
might make home run. This would
mean that he struck the ball 50 hard
that il went beyond the attraction OF
this moon and struck ON the planet
Mars. II would be what we call over
the fence - New York World.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-01-18
Notice Of First Meeting Of Creditors

IN inc DIstrIct JUlrl OF tho nItod States fJr
The District of Maine in Bankruptcy.
I'm ile matter IF
Nlm W. Bridges In Bankruptcy
bankrupt,
To the creditors OF Olln ". bridges. ~
Skowhegan, in the County of Somerset aud
District aforesaid a bank rupt.
Notice is hereby given that on the 18th day
Of January, a. -. i9l2. said Onn W.
BRIDGES was duly adiudcatet bankrupt
and that the first meeting of his creditors
Viii he held AT Daniel Lewis office In Skow-
hogan. Maine. on the 3rd dav OF February,
\. u. 1912, at ten O clock In the forenoon. at
which time the said creditors may attend
prove their claims. appoint a trustee. eN-
anime the bankrupt, and transact such
other business as may properly come before
said meeting.
January 10, A, d. 1912
DANIEL LEWIS
Referee Ia Bankruptcy
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-01-18
HERE is HER OWN STATEMENT.

Paw Paw, Mich-"Two years ago I suffered
very severely with displacement l could not
be on my feet for long time. My physician
treated me for several months without much re-
lief, and at last sent me to Ann Arbor for an OPP
Grafton | was there four weeks and came home
suffering worse than before My mother advised
me to try Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, and | did To-day | am well and strong
and do all my own housework. | owe my health
to Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and
advise every woman who is afflicted with any
female complaint to try t."-Mrs. ORyILLE Rock,
r. r. No 5. Paw Paw, Mich.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-01-18
Her Ouestinn

Molly Choliday making in the coun
try)-I say, Mr. Heats, do you mind If
ask a question? The FSrmer-No,
my dear. What is it? Molly-What
want to know Is when you've finished
milking that COW how do you turn 1t
off?-London Sketch.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-01-18
The Rioht Periodical

Picking up magazine, Swishley be
pan fumbling the pages.
what are you looking for?" his wife
inquired.
"Oh. nothing In particular"
'"Then you have the right book the
wife observed. II have just finished
reading 1t, and that's exactly what l
found "-Exchange.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-01-18
Education.

Education gives fecundity Of thought,
copiousness of illustra ton, quickness,
vigor. fancy, words, images and illus
trations; it decorates every common
thing and gives the power of trifiing
without being undignified and absurd.
Sydney Smith.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-01-18

Constipation is the cause of many
ailments and disorders that make life
miserable. Take Chamberlain Stom-
ach and Liver Tablets, keep your
bowels regular and you will avoid
these diseases. For sale by G. r.
Fogg.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-01-18

When buying a couch medicine for
children bear in mind that Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy is most effeetual
for colds, Group and whooping cough
and that it contains no harmful drug.
For sale by G. L. Fogg.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-01-18

Stops earache In two minutes; tooth
ache or pain or burn or scald In FIVE
minutes; hoarseness, one hour: mus
cleache, two hours; sore throat, twelve
hours-Dr. Thomas Eclectic Oil. mon
arch over pain.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-01-18

A man never realizes the flight OF
time so much as when his boys get to
wearing the same size shirts that he
does.-Exchange
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-01-18

They have a right to censure that
have the heart to help; the rest is
cruelty, hot justice.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-01-18

Ed Hanks is already beginning to
trot off those August races.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-01-18

Tell your wife how we'll her cook
ing tastes and what good butter she
makes.
Never too old to yearn.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-01-18
PFEVISH

children are sick children. Doat L.
cross and slap or scold them. Give
them hickcpao Worm hHicr TIT
tastes like candy and sec how
quickly they change to happy good
uatured children that play all day,
sleep well at night, aud look rugged
and we'll nourished. Price, 25c., sold
by druggists everywhere. and by
II FnGG- SknMha0an. Me-
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-01-18

Experience is the extract Of suffer.
lng.-Arthur Helps.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-01-18
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Please Read These Two Letters.

The following Mrs Orvle Rock will prove how
IT for dangers surgical
may avoided by taking Lydia Pnkhams Vegetable Compound
She the hospital home suffering
worse Then after all that suffering Lydia Pink
hams Vegetable Compound restored her health.
HERE rs HER OWN STATEMENT.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-01-18
The Erench Monarchy.

History comedies that Clovis I. was
the real founder of the French mon
archy, although his father, Childeric.
held some sort Of tribal rule over part
Of the country which was destined to
become France. Clovis wis q progress
Eiye king and vastly extended his do
mains during the period OF his rule,
from 4Sl 10 511. He made endless
war on surrounding tribes and took
territory right and left by conquest.
In 400 Clovis took Paris by storm,
and thereupon that city became the
permanent seat Of the French govern
ment
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-01-18
"THERE NEVER WAS A WORSE CASE"

Rockport, nd"There of Womens ills
than mne and cannot begin to tell what suffered For
years not able to do anything was bed for month
the doctor said nothing but operation would My
father suggested Lydia Pnkham Vegetable Compounds to
him took and improved wonderfully able to
travel ride horseback take long rides and feel ill effects
it. only ask other suffering women to give Lydia Pink
hams Vegetable trial before submitting operation
Mrs. MARGARET MEREDITH r. F. d. No 3, Rockport Ind.
We will pay handsome reward who will
that genuine and uhor that either of these
paid for their testimonials that the orig
letter from each did entirely unsolicited
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-01-18

There is only one real failure in life
possible, and that is not to be true to
the best one knows.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-01-18
A HUMAN ENIGMA
The Count of ST. German, a Fa-
nous Old World Impostor.
CLAIMED TO BE IMMORTAL.

He pazzled the Court of Louis Ky. and
Said He Had Lived 1000 Years and
Had Connected an Elixir That Would
Keep Him Young and Alive Forever.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-01-18

For 80 years Lydia e. Pinkhams Vegetable
Compound has been the standard remedy for fe-
male ills. No one sick with wOman's ailments
does Justice to herself who will not try this ia
nous medicine, made from roots and herbs, it
has restored many suffering women to health.
HaSWrte toLYDIA Z. PINKHAM MEDICINECO.
CONFIDENTIAL LYNN, MASS, for advice.
Your letter will be opened, read and answered
hv a woman and held in strict confidence.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-02-17
Day Nursery to
Build New Home

Articles of Incorporation have been
filed in the county clerks office by the
Branch Brook Day Nursery, which for
three years has existed as a private
charitable institution. At present it is
located at 1892 Bloomfield avenu
In the articles of Incorporation it is
stated that the nursery is for the pur-
pose of taking care of the infants and
small children of working people, while
the parents are away from home at
their labor. The average number of
children taken care of daily during the
three years the nursery has been open
is twenty.
In the articles Of Incorporation Miss
Mary J. Conklin, of 31S Summer ave-
nue., is named as the statutory agent
of the nursery. while the trustees
named are Mrs. Mary G. Burke, of 1898
RoseYille avenue, president of the
present organization: Caroline G. Hill,
Mary Jane Haskin Thorpe, Emma G..
Cair and Annie r. Gibson.
Mrs. Burke stated today that the
object of the nursery In forming a COR
poration at this time was the fact that
in the near future it was tho intention
of the supporters of the institution to
build a home of their wv instead of
renting premises, as at present. No
definite site has been agreed upon, but
the new building of the nursery will
be erected in the vicinity of Branch
Brook Park.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-02-17
ARIONS PLAN
FOR ANNUAL
MASK BALL

The masked ball Of the Arion Singing
Society Wednesday night at Kruger
Auditorium promises to eclipse any
previous event of the organization. The
members of the arrangement commit
tee have spared neither time nor ex-
pense. The ball, which is given an
nually by the society. Is looked for
ward to as a big winter event. Deco
rators havl for the past few days been
busy and will be busy up to the day
of the ball decorating the ballroom,
wineroom and rec~eption-room.
Nine. Jeanette Angel, of the Metro
politan Opera House. will furnish the
entertainment. Through the efforts of
Peter Loehnberg it was made possible
to have the high-class ballet of French
~dansueses. The dances will be in ac-
cord with the tropical scheme of the
hall decorations, and many pretty and
novel numbers will be presented.
The grand march, which is always a
feature, will take place promptly at
midnight. The eight couples who will
lead the procession are rehearsing un,
der the direction of Paul Sixtum, of
the Newark Turn verein, and Cap
tain Carl J. Schultz, of the First Regi-
ment.
The committee consists of William o.
Schrafft, John e. Meyer, Eugene
Brecht, Paul Peschel, Otto F. Rauch,
Fred Kugelmann, Herman A. Dittler,
Peter Loehnberg, william Rose. Otto
Kuhn. Dan DIPPED, Robert Feldweg.
jr., Noel Briden, Gustave Mann, Will
lam Kirst, Lebrecht Fritzsche, Adolf
Kollmar, Louis Fl. Dittler, Henry
Loeffler, Richard Pfeiffer, Otto Seiss,
Henry ALL, Frank Carlisle, George
Schubert, Harry Hausman, Paul
Leithopf, William Braun, NJ, f. Atch-
ley, Eugene j. Zimmerer, George
Hartmann, Emil Zeh, Frank Chesney.
Henry Baumeister, Carl Schultz, Harry
Koenig, Charles F. Meyer, Ernest A.
Vollman. John Randolph, William Ub-
haus. William Schmock. Ewald Dietz.
DIR. John M~ohrbacher.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-02-17

les of the day, we'll written. would
surely meet with popular favor. The
high cost of living. while not much of
a joke in itself, is capable of farcical
Interpretation with a good moral at the
back of it. Likewise the question of
woman's advancement In the political
realm or the incongruities arising from
cases of mistaken identities, or mis-
taken localities, are foundations for
humorous treatment in burlesque form.
A light comedy should have a variety
of seriousness and clever humor we'll
blended. There is no doubt that the
most sc ,essful plays are those in
which pathos and h ilor are artisti-
cally mixed.
Contest Queries.
Play Contest Editor-There are two
questions 1 wish to ask concerning this
contest. May the play have more than
one act and more than one scene to each
act?. Do the stage directions count in the
number Of words which may be used or
are the 1000 words to be composed entirely
of dialogue? ETHEL b.
Since your first question may be of
universal interest 1t will be answered
rather fully. The play may ave more
than one act and more than one scene.
Special scenery cannot be provided, but
the equipment of first-class vaudeville
houses includes whatever stage setting
you will probably need. II a change of
scenery Is necessary it -vould be we'll to
take into consideration the time re-
CURED for doing sc and the scene
should change either from full STAGE
to a scene in "one," or Vice versa.
When an act is working in "one'. the
stage hands are given an opportunity
to Strike" and reset" the full stage,
and in that way no time Is lost and
the audience is spared the necessity Of
waiting. A change of act in a vaude-
vile sketch should not mean a change
of costumes and scenery if by these
changes a wait will result. BY drop
ping the curtain for a half minute a
lapse of time can be denoted, but
vaudeville sketches must be continuous
in action. There must be always
something doing"
Your second query has already been
answered In these columns. The 1000
words refer to the dialogue and no. to
the "stage directions or explanatory
insertions. The judgment of the writer
should be a guide in this respect. If a
play. for instance, Is full of 'rapid-fre"
conversation many words could be en-
ployed in h same space of time that
a play might occup in which there was
more action and less or slower con-
versation.
You have doubtless seen certain ac-
tors occupy several minutes of time on
the stage during which there is no
dialogue at all. 1t Is. tn efore. up to
you to determine the number of words
as no fixed rule can be invoked. Just
bear in mind that the play should not
take less than fifteen minutes nor more
than twenty-five. 1t Is probable, how
ever, that when your pla. is produced
1t may be "cut down" q little. This is
the case with every production, big
and little. Write your lay az fully as
you desire and then read it to yourself,
allowing about the same time in which
you think 1t would be given n by
timing it perhaps you can weed out"
the s%uperfiuous words yourself.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-02-17
RELIEVE
CONGESTION
AT HOSPITAL

Ways n means for relieving OIL
gestion in the City Hospital were dis
eussed at a joint meeting of the build
ing committee of the Common Coun-
ell and the Board Of Health held last
night. The officials determined to
either secure the aid of the Legisla-
ture to pass a bill that will enable the
city to spend $3.50. 900 for the purpose,
or to find some other law by which
the expenditure would be legalized.
City Counsel Nugent held out the hope
that If the Legislature refuses aid
other means may be found.
The crowded condition of the City
Hospital is one that has long dis
turbed the Health Board and the COM
mittee. Last year a relief bill was
passed by both houses of the Legisla-
ture, but vetoed by Governor Wilson,
who gave no reason for his action.
Another attempt to secure the aid of
the lawmakers of the State will be
made.
Included In the proposed improve
ments is the erection of a new nurses
home and h altering of the present
nurses home, to make it suitable for
the placing therein of wards for the
accommodation of patients.
Asked what the improvements would
cost DR.. Wrightson said thai he
thought about $3.50, 900. The impera-
tiveness of having them made, how
ever. was declared by all to be of alb
solute Importance.
Among other changes and improve
ments that are proposed is the build
ing Of a garage large enough to con-
tain at least four ambulances with
quarters for the chauffeurs, changing
the present garage into a combined
morgue and chapel and preparing the
second floor to accommodate the patho-
logical laboratory. building and equip
ping a new laundry sufficient to meet
the needs of the hospital and nurses
home. and pointing up the terra-cotta
and other portions of the outside of the
building, which is getting in very bad
condition. 1t is also intended to con-
struct combination balconies and fire.
escapes on the north and south sides
of the hospital and install an electric
plant.
The joint committees will meet at the
hospital grounds this afternoon, whe
an inspection will be made and the
sites of the proposed new buildings will
be selected.