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The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-09-12
Your Duty to the Public
Schools

Vacation days are OYER, and back
troop the children to the sehoolroom
asks. Before another week has pass
I'd thousands upon thousands of chill
iren will have begun again the round
Of duties which will not end again I'M
Ill another June has come and other
lays of rest and play.
With the trooping back to school OF
boys and girls there comes peculiar
" strong insistenee that parents
fathers as we'll as mothers-shall take
more vital interest in the work OF
the schoolroom and insthe general ad-
ministration of the public schools. In
the past. this interest has been grow
ing less and less until the contrast
with the old days has become exceed
ingly marked Time was when the
school teacher was the chief parsonage
in a community. when the doors oil the
best houses were opened for her well
come. when her requests for eo-opera-
ton were quickly needed, and when
The sehoolroom was an adjunct OF the
home But times have changed. Now,
the teacher is one who is paid SO much
aef week. and none too much at that
MO is looked upon as hired servant,
with few homes opened to her in vel
come; who must perforce struggle
against great odds for any recognition
of her needs, and who rules over
little room of thirty or more boys ana
girls which is as far removed from the
average home as east is from the west
We submit that the old-times were
better. We submit that the teacher
the man or woman who is giving in
struction to your boy and girl-shou' d
be welcomed to your home, should be
made to feel your good spirit oil CO.
operation, should be told that your in
terest in her work for that boy or
girl is the same as her interests, and
that the school room is an important
part of your home. We submit also
that YOU. father and mother, should
see to it that not only once but many
times during the school year, you visit
that class room in order to show clear.
" that YOU have an interest, and that
YOU want to encourage your boy or girl
to the best possible work. That's CIV
ing the teacher a square deal.
Let us add this word Until you
do visit that classroom not only once
but very often you have no right what
ever to say one word of criticism
against the school or the teacher. Al
Ter you have done your share, your
duty, then you have a right to wage
my fair criticism you may like.
The public school of to-day is the
great training ground for American
ideals. In these schools every natIcn-
atty can be found, all learning the
same lessons of duty and responsibility
as faithful American citizens. II is
the melting-pot of civilization. 1t IS
altogether too important an institution
to get on without your interest and CO.
operation.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-09-12

man TO be nominated for this Office. To-
day, after talking with hundreds and
hundreds of citizens the wide State
over, We are of the same opinion still.
Had Warren C. Philbrook, for instance,
the progressive young Republican of
Waterville. former Attorney General,
and the present Chairman of the Re-
publican State Convention, been given
the nomination, Maine would have
gone 10000 Republican. Mr. Phil
brook or some other progressive citi-
zen was not nominated because Mr..
Hanes had tied lip the nomination
long before it had assembled in Ban
gor. Citizens and prospective dele
gates had tied themselves up too early
in the campaign.
Our criticisms of alr. Haine5. prior
10 the primaries. were eminently
fair; nine out of ten of the voters
agreed with u.s. Having been nomina-
ted. because having tied up the Con-
vention. We could do no differently
than support him in preference to such
a man as Governor Plaisted. Our chief
criticism of MIR. Haines was and is that
he is selfish to the very limit of sell
fishness; his thoughts do not run to
others. An instance of this was CIV
en- on the night of his election. Sew
eral hundred fellow townsmen paraded
to his house and rendered him sere-
made. He addressed the crowd. lie
was introduced by Mr.. Philbrook i'll
warm and hearty terms. While he
spoke. Mr.. Philbrook stood at his left
hand. The address dealt with what he,
Mr.. Haines, had done. He had cam
paigned; he was reaping the verdict.
Not one word of appreciation was
spoken of what Chairman Philbrook,
for instance, had done; had there been,
a new Bill Haines would have beea
born into the world.
The lesson for the Republican Party,
or for any party, for that matter, Is
that for easy success at the polls
candidate must be selected who pos
sesses many if not all the qualifica-
tons necessary to make him a popu-
lar leader. A candidate must be in
telligent, sympathetic, aggressive; ne
must be a man with heart as we'll as
a hand Nominate the cold blooded
chap and you will have a cold blooded
election, and that means an election
that drags and drags tremendously;
nominate the warm-hearted, generous
chap and you have hearty, enthu-
siastic election, and that means easy
victory. 1t will mean 10000 instead of
1000 every time.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-09-12

Eli Clark has returned to Lewis
ton after a visit at the home of Hon.
S. J. Walton.
Miss Iva Briggs left Thursday on
her vacation which is to be spent in
the vicinity of Boston.
The Working League will hold a
meeting next Monday afternoon in the
Congregational parlors.
Charles F. Gilman of Wakefield
Mass, is visiting his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Hiram Gilman this week. He
made the trip by auto.
The regular meeting of the Congre-
gational Missionary Society will be
held with Mrs. J. w. Fogler, Wednes-
day, Sept. 1S, at 3 o'clock.
The ladies of the Working League
of the Congregational church gave a
supper in the church dining-room,
Monday night, from which very ell
joyable time resulted.
Blynn Goodrich, who graduated last
June from the Skowhegan High
school, departed Saturday for Kinks
Vile, Mo-, where he will enter the
School of American Osteopathy.
Orman Rand returned Saturday
night from a vacation spent in Pres
que Isle, Caribou, and other Aroo-
stock towns. On his way home he
visited relatives in Bangor and Orono.
The Mission Circle of the First
Baptist church was entertained Fri
day afternoon by Mrs. J. G. Osborne
at the parsonage The subject for the
afternoon was THE Life of General
Booth" and Mrs Kicker gave a pa
per on The Institution Work of the
Army" Miss Harriet Marble TOLD
what she had seen of the work of the
Army in Boston, New York and Lon
don. This was followed by social
time with the serving of refreshments.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-09-12
Proud of Our Stand

There's nothing prouder in the rec
ord of the ependent-Reporter thah
the words it has spoken against Fred
erick w. Plaisted. To our way OF
thinking, Mr.. Plaisted represented all
that was bad for the government under
which we live Whether mislead by
Mr.. Pattangall, whose every opinion
he seemed to take as law and gospel,
or following his own unhappy 1udg-
ment, he has played most unfortu-
nate part in the history of the state
of Maine. We opposed him bitterly
because he sought to engraft upon the
body polite a scion of deceitfuiness
and weakness whose propagation
would have meant anarchy and re-
bellion among honest folk.
At no time during the fight did we
lose faith in the ultimate triumph OF
decency and good Judgment and square
dealing. 1t seemed now and then, as
though the rum trust and the workers
of iniquity had the upper hands OF de
cent people; but not forgetting that
right always triumphs, We kept the
faith and fought the battles-and the
victory was woni
Plaistedism-by which we mean APP
proved notification, the linking oil
politics with evil forces, and the in
auguration of broken PROMISES
dead in the State of Mainel That the
Independent-Repo helped at all in
bringing Plaistedism to its timely
death. is something to it's credit.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-09-12
The Campaign is On

The IndependentRep stands
for the principles of the Republican
Party and for William Howard Taft.
This paper was the first in the State
TO declare itself for the Republican
Party and Mr.. Taft, and it takes pride
in that fact.
No one who reads these columns
fails to know just where this paper
stands on any issue or on any candi-
date. That record is worth something
TO u.s. We believe in being consistent.
"a fought Plaisted- Pattang allism
every week in the year because it
hated the things which that combina-
fion sought to fasten upon the bod
polite. 1t will fight any combination
which exists for sinister designs when
ever such combination comes into be-
ing. 1t is SO minded because 1t be-
Reyes ii can best serve the interests
of the people of Somerset and of Maine
by standing for decent things in the
BUSINESS, social and political life of
every community.
We are fully aware that, by reason
of the strong Roosevelt sentiment in
this section of the State, we shall be
criticized severely for the stand We
have taken for the Republican Party
and its candidate. Nevertheless, we
take that stand, let the criticism be
what ii may. We invite the Roosevelt
followers to read our comments from
week TO week. We shall say some
shiags about Mr.. Rooseyelt-true
statements of facts-that will not be
pleasing to his followers; If these
gfiings are untrue, Mr.. Roosevelt can
stand them but if they are true, his
followers ought to know them.
Our fight will be largely against the
Progressive Party; there is no fight to
be made this year against the DEM
Bcratic Party; we know. and you
Know, for what Mr. Wilson and Dem
scrncy stands and has always stood
FIRST and foremost. we are Americans,
hooking out for Americas interests
sefore those of Europe's. Being Ameri-
cans, we are not therefore Democrats.
Our fight is with the followers of Mr..
Roosevelt. We shall do whatever is
possible to be done to convince them
nj the error of their way in withdraw
Jag from the Republican party.
IN the past few weeks things have
seemed to be coming the Progressives'
way; no one has cared to dispute these
supporters of Mr.. Roosevelt because
there has been need of a united body
sH order to win a moral victory from
the ancient foe. 1t is different now.
We shall be glad to meet them and dis
pute their idle assertions on every
score. From now on things will not
be coming so sweetly the Progressiyes'
way. the tide will turn. If in Novem-
Der we shall go down in defeat it will
be with the satisfaction that we have
fought the good fight in an honest
faith In support of old-time honest
principles
The campaign is on
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-09-12
rVERYBODY,C
L. COLUMN - 0

petent house-keerer. APP
ply to r. f. Merritt.
NATURALIZATION to do general house
lw3
wANTED-Two good painters wanted at
orce at Fowler's Paint shop. Come ready
To work 2w37
wANTED-Young girl for general helper
In 70 mily of two adults and one baby at raj
mouth, Mass. wages $3.50 per week with far e
paid Apply to MRS j. II. swain, Scion. lw37
RENT TO LETT room tenement on one
floor, bath, electric lights, quiet neighbor
hood. Apply to ~ Maple St. 4w51'
A Good stock of slightly used and second
hand Pianos for rent, or will sell at low prices
at Smiths Music Store. 4w3b
for Sale at j. 4 Smiths, 32B Water st. 4w36
FOR RENT-Upstalrs tenement. six
rooms, bath. all modern conveniences,
Centrally and pleasantly located. In
quire of Fred +. Lawrence, over SHOW
hogan Trust Company tf35
WANTED Custom nt-makers.
Work may be done at home If prefer
red Apply at st ore. +. b Carter, 2
Madison Ave- Skowhegan, Me. 3w35f
FOR sALE-One hundred year old
hens. Rhode Island Reds and White
Wyandottes. most of them laying now
but want room for young stock. Speak
quick il you want them. L. l.. Sand
ford r. F. D. No. 6.
WANTED-Children to board be-
tween ages of two and ten, near school.
Address, Box 2. r. F. d. No. 8. 4w35'
WANTED--A competent woman for
general housework Apply by letter
to Mrs. f. N. Merrill or call at the law
Offices of Merrill & Merrill.
FOR sALE-Desirable village estate.
house of rooms, spring water, ce-
ment cellar. stable. hennery, acres
of land buildings In good condition;
for part iculars inquire of w. c. Wheel
err Skowhegan. 4wS4
Observation-Disclosures at Elm
wood Hotel. Waterville, Me. tf34
For Saie--The Bunker residence on
East Leavitt St: s rooms, hot water
heat. electric lights, stable WIN be
sold at bargain. Enquire of Miss II.
e Bunker at Somerset Hospital. tf33
FOR sALE--Newly Twin Indian Mo-
torcycle with all latest improvements
Head light generator horn. speed
ometer, pump, luggage carrier I'm
perial Automobile Repair Co. Madison
Ave. 4w3''
FOR sALE-House of nine rooms
ard bath. all modern conviences. large
stable. Corner lot. Apply 81 North ST
4ws7'
INDIAN MOTOR CYCLE-For SALE
II. P, cylinder loop frame. in good
condition. J. Max Clarke. tfSs
PIANO FOR sALE-For Cash or on
easy terms A new. Bailey upright pi,
ano Beautiful mahogany case. WIZ
DR.. F. o. Sawyer. Skwhegan. tf13
VACUUM CLEANsNG--I am still in =
position to do vacuum cleaning and
small jobs of electric wiring. Leave
orders with Ralph Cleveland. As E
Front ST.. N. Eng. phone. 1912; Farm
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-09-12
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER IL, 1912
MIR. Taft Stands Four-Square

sThe course OF Mr.. Taft, rs 1t ap-
pears under the light of the primary
campaign, seems to me to show as
sureA political advance. He stands to-
lay, as | see him, -Four Square, and
the diver winds OF political doctrine,
holding the ground and marking the
way Of progress. In spite of popular
discsntents often fomented for politi-
cal ends, in spite of party distinctions,
the country has made steady political
progress under his administration
William ]. Tucker, LII. D.,
Ex-President of Dartmouth College.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-09-12
Lesson for the Republican
Party

There is a splendid lesson to be
learned by the Republican Party from
this last State election-a lesson that
should bear fruit for future contests.
The Republican candidate for Gov
ernor, William T. Haines, won out in
votes. In a strong Republican State
like Maine the figure should have been
twice that. Why was it not larger?
Before the primaries were held we
tried to point out in these columns
hat William T. Haines was not the
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-09-12
STOMACH ALWAYS FEELS FINE
Eat and Drink What You Want When
ever You Want ii.

Don't you know that whole lot OF
this Indigestion dyspepsia, gastritis
catarrh of the stomach talk is all
nonsense.
Don't you know that fermentation
of food in the stomach causes nearly
all stomach troubles.
Don't you know that MI-ONA Stom-
ach Tablets compounded from the
best prescription for stomach distress
ever written, will put your trouble
some stomach in fine condition, or
money back.
MI-O-NA Stomach Tablets give in
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sourness, heayiness, heartburn, or af-
ter dinner distress. Keep. them with
you and take them regularly until
your stomach is strong and vigorous.
Large box so cts, at G. Z. Fogg.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-09-12
NEW Acknowledgements.

Invest-Ashley & Co.
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Models-Ira \. Norton
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Farm Products-Ha all & Cole
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The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-09-12

Mrs Charles Hayden of Waltham,
Mass, visited Mrs. e. w. Adams on
South street. the past week.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-09-12

+. Many man is unable to climb up
because he is on the level.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-09-12
Roots
Banks Herbs

That have great medicinal power. are
raised 10 their highest efficiency, for
purifying and enriching the blood as
they are combined in Hoods Sarsa-
SrsyxEla.
e.SS6 testimonials received by actual
scurt In two years. Be sure to take
Hoods SarsapayilIa
G.. i. to4ay in usual liquid form. or
aaceoia!ed tani9.s called Sarsa:abs.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-09-12
BIRTHS
MARRIAGES
LOCALNEMS.

Eli Clark has returned to Lewis
ton after a visit at the home of Hon
S. J. Walton.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-09-12

Advertising rates made known upon
application. Short or longtime con-
hTrras made.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-02-14
Bird and Beast Sanctuary.

Remote from all large centers of
population a bird and beast sanctuary
has been established in the Upper
Engadine in Switzerland This is the
Val Cluoza. near Zernetz and not far
from the Ofen Pass. 1t is a well
wooded spot of considerable area
carefully watched and in the summer
continually patrolled by keepers.
One of these who has just returned
TO St Moritz from a visit. found the
park completely showed under to a
depth of more than four feet In II
were FIVE herds of channels. one Of
which numbered 147 head. besides a
great number of roebuek and deer. to-
gether with bears. foxes and other
smaller Alpine animals. F1ocks Of
snow hens were also wintering In the
sanctuary with numerous crossbills.
titmiee and other small birds
It is hoped that the establishment
of this reserve will prevent the threat
ened determination of wild beasts
and birds in the Alps.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-02-14
JUST A LITTLE TOO HASTY
Mr.. Newlywed Resented What He Con
sidered lmpertinenee, but the
Joke Was on Him.

They were on their wedding tour,
and imagined that every civility Civ
en- them related TO their new condition
Of servitude
Having stopped at way station, the
bridegroom was approached by the
station agent. who asked
Are you going to take the next
train?"
ITS none of your business" re-
torted the bridegroom, Indignantly. as
he guided the bride up the platform,
where they condoled with each other
over the impertlnence Of some of the
natives.
Onward came the train. its vapor
curling from afar II was the last to
tier destination that day--an express.
Nearer and nearer it came at full
speed: then in a moment 1t whizzed
past and was gone
why in thunder didn't that train
stop!" yelled the bridegroom.
Cos you said 'twarn't none Of my
bizness. / has to signal II that trains
TO stop"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-02-14
GREAT PLAINTIFFS EARLY DAYS
ziem Was q TSlor's Assistant. and
Worked His Way to Italy
to Study.

Ziem. sitting ross-legged on q Ia
BILE beside a window, worked as tail
or's assistant for several years. His
life was thrown into a new channel
by the arrival in the courtyard of an
Italian family in which there was a
handsome. aubufn-haired girl, who
sang as ballad singer The father
Ilayed hurdy-gutdy. the other made
lace. and boy performed divers gym.
nastic feats. The girl had fine
voice. Her father wanted a new coat
and asked the elder Ziem to make it
and Nine. Ziem 10 take in part OF
the family as dodgers. She took In
the boy and gil
The latter lifted the future painter
out of himself with her Venetian songs
and accounts of the glorious city to
which she hoped soon to return. Hel
name was Caterina When she went
away Ziem felt miserable. He lost
spirit and could not shake on the sort
of paralysis that had seized on all his
faculties. At last he determined
with the help OF his needle and his
talent. as he thought. of portrait paint
er and violinist-to make his way to
Venice. They answered to his hopes
of going down by water to Marseilles.
for he knew no geography. and thence
to Rome.
1t would be now curious to see the
portraits of Saone and Rhone captains
Of barges, wine and wood RATS that
he did for them in lieu of passage
money. Ir Rome he got in with paint
ers and tourists. The former helped
him to enlarge his artistic culture. and
the latter took him about as a guide.
But Caserina and Venice lay on his
heart. ard he took the bold resolution
of going on foot to the city of his
dreams He so fell in love with II the
first day he went on the Lido that he
did not break his heart when he heard
that Caterina had not turned up. but
had gone to Paris TO serve as model.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-02-14
THIS is THE AGE OF WOMAN
Everywhere She Is Doing Now What
Formerly Was Considered the
Work OF Man.

II may be difficult to tel what is a
woman's age. but unquestiooably tnis
is It, Mems colleges into which wom-
en- have made their way have had to
drive them out again in order TO give
the men a chance at graduation hon.
ors From the pulpit and the bar down
to the coal mine and the iron furnace
women are doing what used to be
regarded as mans work. The liter
allure of the day is overwhelmingly
feminist in its character and very
much of It is the work of women.
Men are being told things about won.
en- that 1t was not deemed proper for
their fathers to know, and as for them.
selves. they are being shown up with.
out remorse.
Within a few days illustrations OF
the feminist revolution. physically and
intellectually. have become public
Man Is destined "a lose even his
physical superiority The superinten.
dent of a hospital in Boston. where
5000 babies are born annually. says
I'VE have noticed that girl babies are
getting taller and that they are APP
pearing I'm this world lately with more
real vitality than formerly The boy
babies continue on the average. both
in weight and height"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-02-14

The woman who "keeps house has
enough to do when she is in good. sound
health, but if she is weak. tired all the
time, and suffering from morn to night
with an aching back, homework becomes
a heavy burden.
Many women who were afflicted in this
way say that Deans Kidney Pills have
made life easier for them.
Women are subject 70 kidney disease.
The clothing they wear, the work they do,
the worry and strain of bearing and rear
ing children, the lack of proper exercise;
all tend TO it.
Baekache, bearing-down pains. headache.
dizzy spells. faintness, fits of "blues." and
other troubles often thought to be peculiar
to the sex. are found frequently in kidney
disease. When any one of these ills APP
pears, together with a discolored condi-
ton of the kidney secretions, with passages
too frequent, scanty or burning, Just make
up your mind that your Kidneys are weak,
and be quick to help them.
Doan's Kidney Pills have helped a great
many weak women through the trying
times when kidney disease means so much
added misery. They do not dist b the
stomach or bowels and contain no poison
Gus, dangerous nor hsbit-forming drugs.
Doan's are harmless for children too.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-02-14
Queensland Pearl Divers.

The Queensland diver gets into his
dress at daybreak, steps onto the lad
der over the side, and fastens the life
line round him; the tender screws on
the face glass, the pumps are started.
and down goes the diver to look for
she'll If he is on ground where shell
is plentiful he fills his bag, then al
lows his dress to fill with air, which
brings him to the surface, when he
is hauled to the boat by the life line.
He empties his bag onto the deck and
goes down for another bagful Some
of the divers occasionally work in 25
fathoms.
The greatest danger with which the
diver has to contend is paralysis, and
knowing the danger he runs he some
times demands goo in advance, and
this amount is sometimes lost to the
pearler through the zeal and daring
of the diver.