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DIZZY, HEADACHY, !.
SICK, 'cAsCARETs'
Gently cleanse your liver and
sluggish bowels while
you sleep.
Get a 10-cent box.


Sick headache, biliousness. dizzi-
ness. coated tongue. foul taste and foul
breath-always trace them to torpid
liver; delayed, fermenting food In the
bowels or sour. gassy stomach.
Poisonous matter clogged in the In
testines. instead of being cast out
Of the system is re-absorbed into the
blood. When this poison reaches the
delicate brain tissue 1t causes con-
gestion and that dull, throbbing. sick
ening headache.
Cascarets Immediately cleanse the
stomach, remove the sour. undigested
food and foul gases. take the excess
bile from the liver and carry out all
the constipated waste matter and
poisons In the bowels.
A Cascaret tonight will surely
straighten you out by morning. They
work while you sleep-a 10-cent box
from your druggist means your head
clear. stomach sweet and your liver
and bowels regular for months. Adv.
Gilpin observer., 1913-11-27
CHAPTER XIV.

The Persian's Narrative Continued.
have said that the room in which
NJ. le Vicomte de Chagny and were
lined entirely with mirrors. Plenty
OF theses rooms have been seen since.
mainly at exhibitions; they are CALLER
palaces OF Illusion" or some such
name. But the invention belongs en-.
tirely to Erik, who built the first room
OF this kind under my eyes. at the
time of the rosy hours OF Mazenderan
A decorative object. such as a column.
for instance. was placed In one OF
the corners and Immediately produced
hall OF q thousand columns; for,
thanks to the mirrors, the real room
was multiplied by six hexagonai
rooms. each Of which, in Its turn. was
multiplied indefinitely. But the little
sultana soon tired OF this infantile
illusion, whereupon Erik altered his
Invention Into q "torture-chamber."
For the architectural motive placed
In one corner. he substituted an iron
tree. This tree, with It's painted
leaves, was absolutely true to life
and was made Of iron 10 as to resist
all the attacks Of the patient" who
was locked into the torture-chamber.
We shall see how the scene thus OBJ
tained was twice altered lnstantane-
ously into two successive other
scenes, by means of the automatic ro-
tation OF the drums or rollers in the
corners. These were divided into
three sections. fitting into the angles
Of the mirrors and each supporting .
decorative scheme that came into
sight as the roller revolved upon its
axis.
The walls Of this strange room gave
the patient nothing to lay hold OF, be-
cause. apart from the solid decorative
object. they were simply furnished
with mirrors. thick enough to with
stand any onslaught Of the victim.
who was nung into the chamber
empty-handed and barefoot
There was no furniture. The cell.
ing was capable OF being lit up An
ingenious system OF electric heating.
which has since been initiated. al
lowed the temperature OF the walls
and room to be increased at will.
I am giving all these details OF .
perfectly natural invention. producing.
with q few painted branches, the su-
pernatural illusion OF an equatorial
forest blasing under the tropical sun.
30 that no one may doubt the present
balance Of my brain or feel entitled
Gilpin observer., 1913-11-27
Sneezing as an Omen

The only attention we pay to
sneeze at the present day Is to en-
deavor to get rid of the chill which
causes It; but a sneeze In the days Of
old Greece was matter OF great con-
cern and import.
There was then god Of sneesing.
and great undertakings would even
be abandoned II a man sneezed at an
inappropriate moment. the act being
looked upon as the oracle Of the god.
4 sneeze between midnight and
noon was looked upon as fortunate
sign, but between noon and midnight
It betokened great misfortune. To
sneeze to your right was lucky; to
the left unlucky. Two or four sneezes
were lucky. one Of three very IN
Gilpin observer., 1913-11-27
SYNOPSIS.

Consternatioh II caused on the last
bienns and Poligny because Of the ap-
e svidsnce on several several prsvious occasions.
Cnristins carn Pass, q member of at the opera a
part and upoH Door.s to great sss suc
esss. Count de Chagny and his brother
Ssnoul ssnolI are among those who sppiaud the
The dressing room. but is unable to do so
and later dl.covers that some one is max;
apon ,oys to her She s eperFes ai9ns, nY ana
While the farewell ceremony for the re-
asing managers is going on. the Opera
eser. that Box No. s is reserved for him.
Eox No. is sold with disastrous results.
me maIaeers receive letter from the
Ior Christine Daae writes Raoul that
snth ena has gone to visit the grave Of her
follow. her q soeI the s'o chareh. nS IN WOnderfui
violin music is heard Rao0l visits a
Taveyard. Raoul is found next morning
The perfoTmanee Of Faust from front
esans thas sIn n snso e
siye the part to Christine. Carlotta.
ssfusinS, loses her voice in the middle as,ls
ggounding many. Raoul searches for
her at last but nas does net speaS and later
. note is received from her. making an
appointment for a masked ball. Raoul
moets Christine at the ball. He secs a
person In the disguise of Red Death.
He hears her conversing with some one
whom she calls Erik. Raoul visits
Christine and tells her he knows the
name OF the unseen man whom she calls
the Angel of Music. Christine and Raoul
become secretly engaged prior to polar
expedition that Raoul is to make. Chris
tine relates q strange adventure with the
unseen Erik and promises to run away
with Raoul. Raoul announces his inten-
ton of marrying Christine, which dis
Pleases Philippe. In the midst of per-
formance the. stage Is enveloped in dark
ness and Christine disappears. No trace
OF her IL found. Moncharmin and Rich
ard behave strangely. Raoul searches
madly for the missing singer. The Opera
Ghost demands the first installment of his
allowance. and when II is left at an ap-
pointed place the sum mysteriously dis
appears Raoul goes in search of Chris
known as the Persian The Persian plans
TO aid Raoul in locating Christine and
they gain access to a secret chamber.
The two flnd themselves in a passageway
which they expect will lead to where
Christine has Undoubtedly been carried
by Erik. The Persian knows Erik to
have been one of the contractors who
built the Opera. Also that while the work
was in progress there was built a secret
torture chamber beneath the structure.
From this chamber Raoul and the Per-
sian hear Erik and Christine conversing.
Erik misses bag containing valuable
keys.
Gilpin observer., 1913-11-27
Sea Takes Toll Of English Land.

With a noise like the booming OF
heavy guns. hundreds Of thousands OF
tons Of cliff fell into the sea between
Dover and Folkestone (England) re-
Gently. The fall. which occurred at
Abbots Cliff, was the most extensive
which has taken place on that part OF
the coast for many years. An examina-
tion showed the chalk extending like
a causeway some 400 yards to the sea.
1t was about 200 yards wide. and at
some places 80 feet deep. The dis
placement of water caused by this
immense mass entering the sea set up
conditions similar to tidal wave al
Folkestone. The water rose several
feet. colliers broke their cables and
got adrift. and fishing-smacks danced
like corks. The noise Of the approach
ing wave was heard a mile away.
Gilpin observer., 1913-11-27

ening voice. must mean something
terrible. One thing must have paci-
fed her for moment; and that was
seeing the two OF us behind the wall,
in the midst of that resplendent light.
alive and well. But she would GER
tainly have felt much easier II the
light had been put out.
Meantime, the other had already be-
gun to play the ventriloquist He
said:
Here. raise my mask . little.
oh, only a little! -, You
SEQ my lips, such lips a. l have1
They're not moving! -, MY
mouth is closed-such mouth a. l
have-and yet you hear my voice.
:. Where will you have It? In
your left ear1 In your right ear? In
the table? Listen, dear. it's
in the little box on the right OF the
mantelpiece: what does 1t sayf Shall
l turn the scorpionr And
now. crack! What does 1t say in the
little box on the left? Shall turn
the grasshopperT And now,
crack! Here 1t is in the little leather
bag. What does 1t say. I am
the little bag of life and death!' :
And now, crack! 1t is in Carlotta's g
throat, in Carlotta's golden throat, in
Carlotta's crystal throat, as live!
What does It say? 1t says. It's |,
Mr.. Toad. it's singing! l feel with
out alarm-co-ack-with its melody
enwind me = co-ack!' And
now, crack! It is on a chair in the
ghosts box and it says. Madame Car
lotta is singing tonight to bring the
chandelier down!' And now
crack! Aha! Where is Erik's voice
now? Listen. Christine, darling
Listen! It. is behind the door Of the
torture-chamber! Listen! It's my
self in the torture-chamber! Anc
what do l say? l say, Woe to them
that have a nose, real nose, ano
come to look round the torture-cham
Der! Aha. aha. aha!"
Oh. the ventriloquist's terrible
voice! 1t was everywhere. every
where. 1t passed through the little
invisible window. through the walls
1t ran around us, between US. Eril
was there. speaking to us! We made
a movement as though to fiing our
selves upon him. But, already, swift
er, more .heeting than the voice o.
the echo. Erik's voice had leaped bacl
behind the WALL!
Soon We heard nothing more ut all
for this is what happened:
Erik! Erik!" said Christine
voice. You tire me with your voice
Nrfl =
here?"
"Oh. yes" replied Erik's voice. ''tht
heat is unendurable!"
But what does this mean!
The wall is really getting quite hot
The wall is burning! =. =.
"Ill tell you, Christine. dear: 1t Il
because OF the forest next door"
well, what has that to do with 1t
The forest?"
why. didn't yous see that 1t wa
an African forest?"
And the monster laughed SO loudl,
and hideously that we could no longe
distinguish Christine's supplicatinl
cries! The Vicomte de Chagny shout
ed and banged against the walls lik
a madman. | could not restrain him
But we heard nothing except the mon
ster's laughter. and the monster him
self can have heard nothing else. An,
then there was the sound OF a bod,
falling on the floor and being dragge,
along and a door slammed and thel
nothing, nothing more around US saw
the scorching silence Of the south II
the heart of a tropical forest!
Gilpin observer., 1913-11-27

Second St, w. s., Streator, Illinois.
Philadelphia, Pa.-"It was at the
'Change Of Life that turned to Lydia
e. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound,
using It a. tonic to build up my sys-
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(Tioga) Phila., Pa.
San Francisco, Cal.-"I have taken
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pound for many years whenever I
would feel bad. / have gone through
the Change Of Life without any troubles
and thank the Compound for II. Irec-
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Of all ages.''IMrs. c. BARRIE, 8062
25th St., San Francisco, Cal.
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II you want special advice write to
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be opened, read and answered BY q
woman and held in strict confidence.
Gilpin observer., 1913-11-27

lucky and any undertaking in hand
should II possible be abandoned; more
than four 'sneezes did not count.
There Is a sAying in many parts OF
England today: Once wish. twice
a kiss. three times letter. four times
something better" II people sneezed
together 1t was good sign. particu-
larly II they happened to be discuss
Ing business.
Gilpin observer., 1913-11-27
peepIy Rooted Idsas.

It is true that woman suggests
beef tea as a universal panacea for
all ills. II Is certain, on the other
hand, that a man always believes that
q woman always feels better 6pr lying
downs. NacnauEht0-
Gilpin observer., 1913-11-27
Palm In Back and RheumaiIsaI

are the daily torment of thousands. To sf-
fectually cure these troubles you must re-
move the cause. Foley Kidney Pills begin
to work for you from the first dose. and ex-
ert SO direct and beneficial an action In the
kidneys and bladder that tho pain and tor
uent of kidney trouble soon disappsara
Gilpin observer., 1913-11-27
See

Sect
He stopped before a blind peddler
and bought a pencil. putting fivs
pennies into the man's hand.
How do you know these are cents
I've given your" asked the purchaser.
well. sir. can distinguish the
touch Of cents by my sense of touch.~
was the blind mans prompt reply.
Gilpin observer., 1913-11-27
couldn~ Understand Him.

A young man Just returned from col
lege was out cycling one day when sud.
denly he came to a steep gradient.
While descending he lost control OF
his machine and two men came and
found him lying on the ground. When
Gilpin observer., 1913-11-27

Punetured Happiness.
Miss Ethel-Kate says she's weary
OF living in a small apartment.
Jack Cara case of fiat tire, eh?
Gilpin observer., 1913-11-27
CHAPTER xxIIi.-(contlnued.)

CHAPTER xxilI.-(contlnued.)
why, what's that?" said the mon
ster. Did you hear. Christine?"
mo. no." replied the poor girl. Il
heard nothing"
II thought l heard a cry
"A cry!. Are you going mad. ErikI
Whom do you expect to give a cry. in
this house? l cried out. be-
cause you hurt me! l heard nothing"
II don't like the way you said that!
You're trembling. You're
quite excited. o.. You're lying!
That was cry. there was q
cry! There is some one in
the torture-chamber! -. An, /
understand now!"
There Is no one there. Erik!"
Il understand"
mo one!"
The man you want to marry. per-
haps!"
II don't want to marry anybody.
you know don't"
Another nasty chuckle.
We'll. II won't take long to find
out. Christine, my love, we need not
open the door to see what Is happen
Ing In the torture-chamber. Would
you like to see? Would you like to
see? Look here! II there 10 some
one, II there is really some one there.
you will see the Invisible window
light up at the top, near the ceiling
We need only draw the black curtain
and put out the light in here. There,
that's It. Let's put out the
light! You're not afraid of the dark.
when you're with your little hus-
bana."
I Then We heard christine's voice OF
anguish: --.- ...
. mo! =, Tn frightened IL.
I TT va, I'm afraid 81 the dark.
don't care about that room
now. You're always frighten-
ing me. ltke a child. with your tor
ture-chamber! And 30 | be-
came inQuisitive. But l don't
care about It now not q bit
not . bit!"
And that which l feared above all
things began. automatically. We were
suddenly flooded with light! Yes. on
our side Of the wall. everything
seemed aglow. Tho vicomte de Chag-
ny was 80 much taken aback that he
staggered. And the angry voice
roared:
Il told you there was some one!
Do you see the window now7 The
lighted window. right up there? The
man behind the wall can't see I'll
But you shall go up the folding steps;
that is what they are there for! l..
You have often asked me to tell you;
and now you know! -. They
are there to give peep into the
torturechamber you inquisi-
tive little thingl"
What torturesf Who is
being torturedf Erik, Erik.
oay yop are only trying to frightsn
Gilpin observer., 1913-11-27

WuuU Wn0r0Vor /
go. It has done mo
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Change Of Life. and
It has also helpedmy
daughter. It IL one
Of the grsndest
medicines for wo-
men that can be
bought / shall try
to induce others to
try M"-Mrs. J. II.
CAMPBELL 206 N.
Gilpin observer., 1913-11-27

asked what was the matter. he replied:
well. l came down that incline with
the greatest velocity and lost my cen
tral gravity. and was precipitated on
the hard macadamissd road" away
leave him alone." said one OF the
men; hes foreigner"
Gilpin observer., 1913-11-27

to ~. We must therefore try to open
1t. without even knowing whore It was.
When ! was quite sure that there
was no hope for US from Christine
Daae.s side. when had heard the
monster dragging the poor girl from
the Louis Philippe room lest she
Gilpin observer., 1913-11-27
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The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1913-10-09
The MERCER FAIR WAS
HELD MONDAY
4 Good Sized Gathering of People
From the Countryside and Vicinity
Attend.

a goodly number of people gathered
at Mercer village for the annual cat
tie show and fair, Monday, Oct. 9TH.
The exhibition was small in every de-
partment. Clarence Brown exhibited
a handsome pair of Hereford oxen,
years old, grth, #. They won tn
blue ribbon. Burton Walton exhibited
a yoke of Durham steers, . years old
girth, IT. in, good ones. +. ,.
Holmes exhibited a yoke of Red Dur
ham steers, G months old, that took the
blue ribbon. One pair of grade Here
fords. six months old shown by Z. H.
Holmes took the Red Ribbon. Oae
grade Hampshire Buck weighing 155
pounds was shown by Harold Chap
man. This buck sheared p Ia lbs.
and is a good one. In the poultry de-
partment Miss Mabel Niles was the
only exhibitor, so it is needless 10
say she got the first premium.
In the hall no premiums We're civ
en- but the articles were good and
deserve mention. \ trace of yellow
corn was exhibited by Fred Cutti7s
which was excellent. The display ot
fruit and vegetables was very small
but of good quality. \ few very nice
apples were shown by ". G. Wade.
j. W. Bacon and Charles Corson. Mr.
Corson also had plate OF fine peach
es grown on his farm. Mrs. Charles
Corson exhibited number of jars 1f
canned fruit and jelly, which certain
ly looked good enough 10 eat. \ Jar
of fine jelly made by Mrs. Olive Dun
ton. who is 90 years old, looked very
inviting Hand embroidery was shown
by Mrs. Alden Dunton, Mrs. Harry
Corson and Miss Frances COrson.
This work was very fine. \ crochotad
mat shown by Mrs. Lyman Dennl-
son was a fine piece OF work. very
pretty sofa pillow was shown by Miss
Clara Mcdonald Excellent hand
knit stockings and mittens were eS.
hibted by Mrs W. G. Wade also sey
eral pretty patchwork quilts A fan
cy quilt was shown by Mrs. Harry
Corson. Mrs Mamie Snow of Mali
son was in attendance with an eX-
cellent display of millinery and SD
ney Leeman had a stuffed owl on eX-
hibition. Very pretty cut flowers
were shown by Mrs ". G. Wade.
An interesting ball game was PLAY
ed between Mercer and New Sharon
resulting in victory for the Mercer
team by a score of II to g. SO our
boys won the fiye-dollar prize.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1913-10-09
BETHANY GUILD FORMED
As an Auxiliary to the Bethany Bap-
tist Church. Ladies Connected With
That Parish Are Members.

About sixteen ladies who are con-
nected with the parish of the Bethany
Baptist church met Monday afternoon
al the home of Mrs. c. Davis Miller on
Elm ST, to form a society as an aid
TO the Bethany church. AS a result
the name decided upon as the one best
fitting was the Bethany Guild and
officers were elected to serve as fol-
lows: President. Mrs. A. B. Arm
strong; vice president. Mrs. Van Nel-
SON. secretary and treasurer, Mrs.
Fred Nye; executive committee for
two months. Mrs. Walter Waller, Mrs
c. D. Miller and Mrs. C. NJ Lambert;
committee ON resolutions, Mrs. H. C.
Judkins, Mrs. Van Nelson and Mrs. R.
F. Homestead.
Much of the time at future meetings
will probably be occupied with sew
ing and the gatherings will be held
once in two weeks. The next meeting
will be held at the home of Mrs J. o.
Smith.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1913-10-09

ter, and is now giving such attention
as it properly may, to secure a manu-
featuring concern to operate the plant.
1t is probable that a town meeting
will be called in the early future, Al
which the citizens may vote if they
SO desire to exempt from taxes for
ten years, any company that will op-
crate the Marston mills and such other
buildings as may be built or purchased
to 90 with the enterprise. This is
done by towns and cities the coun-
try over, and there is no question but
what it would be a wise move. It
would be a substantial way to eN-
tend a welcome to any company pur-
posing to do business here, and would
encourage those public spirited citi-
zens who have contributed, usually AT
great personal sacrifice, both their
time and money for the upbuilding OF
the industries of Skowhegan.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1913-10-09
QUIETLY NEDDLD THIS MORNING
John Max Clark and Mis- Ethel Hea-
ley, Both of Sk0whesan. Honey
moon Trip to Boston.

Skowhegau people 8il be greatly
interested in a wedding ceremony
which was performed this morning
in Fairfield, John Max Clark and Miss
Ethel Healey, both Of sbo~heean. be
ing the contracting parties. The OIL
ciating clergyman was Rev. J. L.
Lewis, pastor of the Fairfield Uniyer-
salist church. the ceremony being per
formed at his home Following the
service the young couple left on a
honeymoon trip to Boston.
The bride is well known as popa-
lar musician Of Skowhegan, and Las
hosts Of friends here. She vas graeg-
ated from Sko~hegan High school IA
the class Of l9as, and is the daughter
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob 5 Healey The
groom is equally as well known il
Skowhegan and is also a musician Of
considerable note, being a clarinetist
He is the son Of Nr. and Mrs sac T.
Clark and has for some time been a
resident of SkoWhegan. The hearth
est wishes for a bright future are felt
for these young people by numerous
friends in this town and vicinity.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1913-10-09
GOOD ROADS MEETING
TUESDAY EVENING
At Which the Trunk-line Highway
Was Discussed by Members of Au-
tomobiIe Association.

A meeting of the Somerset Automo-
bile Association, at which president
". p. Ordway presided. was held in
the municipal court room Tuesday
evening. The principal business per
tanned to the hearing on the subject
of trunk line highway before the
Maine highway commission at Water
vile tomorrow.
1t appears beyond question, that The
through trunk line from the lower
kennebec to Canada will pass through
Skowhegan This route from Water
vile through Skowhegan to Bingham
was carefully discussed. The meet
ing voted to recommend a location hy
way of the Russell road to Madison.
then to North Arson and through
Embden, crossing the river at Solon.
There seems the best reason also
for expecting the location of the
trunk line highway from Skowhegan
to Rangeley Lakes. These highways
once established, will be permanent
for all time. There should be enough
incentive in the matter to call for u
delegation of several hundred Skow-
hogan citizens to attend the hearing
in Waterville tomorrow afternoon.
Very many will go by automobile, or
il the weather is unpleasant the trip
may be made by train leaving here
at 11.50.
Several supposed cases of parties
operating cars without either drivers
or machine license were reported, and
these will be likely to receive the at
tention of the municipal state author
tiles in the early future.