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The Somerset reporter., 1885-06-17

n The Msine ossts Beard OF Health, have
bbosed circular from which the following

n The Msiss State Beard OF Health, have
Elsesed . circular from which the following
toxssscts are msde,
~ Nearly onssiEth Of the population Of our
s41Aee spspds aboQt six hOoTa daily during
"a large part Of the year 10 our school
tooms. This Decessary conhDemeDt With
/ j the echooi.room walls, coming ~ II does
1nfiog The growing Psrbod Of she body,
- whilsi II 10 the most susceptible 70
fkoxnfuD ipnuepces, entails certain evils
E4bIch have been too generally regarded rs
kBoeseoafy accomplishments OF school life.
= 10 veil known, however, 70 those who
1oSA stsdisd these qaesI Ions carefully, that
kOpet Of the disease, Incident 10 school
= ere 10 quite high degree preventshls,
~ thas one Of tbe 6rst asd most Import
49, rsqshsosets 10 guarding sgaisst sheae
IDsases 10 TO have the hailding OF scheol-
|. Nouses conform TO few rules which are
/ generally recegpizsd ~ essential elements
In DchoOl-hUUse construction.
EspQAe moro important Of tbsse rules are
RpIs /. schooIAoasss shesld b. built
I u6Qn dry ground; II not dry, the lot must
~ deeply drained. Furthermore, proximl.
| sNeO owamps and Other sources Of stag
mani water or Of noxiOus exhalati0Ds
should be avoided. The reason for this
rule IL the well.known fact that dampDess
OF soil contributes much to make school
house unhealthy. Very fatal school epi-
denies OF dipbtheria and similar diseases
have been caused by exhalations from damp
and filthy soil around and beneath the
school-house.
Rule 2. SchOol-rOoms should be obloDg,
with their length somewhere nearly one
third greater than their width, and with
the teachers desk 10 one end.
Reason. In rooms of this shape the
scholars are more easily observed and con-
trollsd, and such looms are more easily
lighted.
Rule 8 The glass surface of the win
dows should equal nj least oue-sevnth or
one-sixth of the Hoor surface.
Rule 4. The window stills should be
placed never lower than three and one-hslf
feet above the floor, and the windows
should extend upward to near the ceiling.
Reason The light which comes from
considerably above tine level OF the desks
and books lights them much better than
the more horizontal rays. High windows
also light the ceiling, whence the light is
reflected downward upon the desks.
Rule 8. Windows should be placed on
the sides of the room. Windows In the
rear of the scholars are permissible, but in
front of them never.
Ruie 8. do not place the black-ooards
between or near the windows.
Rule Z. In rooms for study, each pupil
should have 20 square feet of floor space,
and this, with the height of twelve feet for
the ceiling, will give 240 cubic feet of air
space for each scholar. Ceilings should
never be lower than twelve feet, and ordi-
nary rooms never much higher.
Rule g. Never think that school-room
is completed until there Is some way of
getting fresh, warmed air into it and the
foul, breathtd air out. Ventila ion costs
some thing In fuel, but it is penny-wise
and pound foolish policy which omits it..
The apparatus to obtain it need, especi ally
In small schools, cost but few dollars.
The Somerset reporter., 1885-06-17
WhisHy and Beer.

"A whisky -drinker Will commit murder
only under the direct excitement OF liquor
a beer-driuker is capable of doing it i'll
cold blood. Long observation has assured
US that large proportion OF murd rs, de-
liberately planned and executed without
passion or malice, with no other motive
than the acquisition of property or money,
often of triiling value, are perpetrated by
beer drinking.
We believe, further, that the hereditary
evils OF beer drinking exceed those pro-
ceeding from ardent spirits: first, because
IN, habit is constant and without paroXys-
NAL interruptions, which admit of some re-
cuperation: secondly, because beer-dr'nk-
Ing is practiced by both sexes more genel
ally than the spirit-drinhinS; an. thirdly,
because the sDimalizirg tendency of the
habit is more uniformly developed, thus
authorizing the presumption that the VI
cious results are more generally transmit
ted."-Pacifc Medical Journal.
The Somerset reporter., 1885-06-17

correspondent of the B Bangor Whig
writes: The follow gingerbread" was re-
Gently concocted by we'll known gentle
man of Oldtown, who, In his wifes alb
sence from home, determined not only to
have a feast himself but To astonsh his bet
ter half upon her return with specimen of
his culinary skill. The recipe was as fol-
lows: Fill tin basin, any size, half full
of molasses add one cup of lard, crete in
one nutmeg, throw in one handful of sail,
throw 10 one-half handful of salaraius I'LL
up the basin with flour, and stir briskly
till your muscles are fully developed.
Then the mixture is ready for the oven.
The gentleman ftsttered himself that this
loaf resembles cottage pudding or floating
island This cake is warranted to keep
and should always grace the festive board
as compauion-piece to Spoopendyke >:
pie.
The Somerset reporter., 1885-06-17
These are Solid Facts

The best blood purifier and sys EN- regu-
lator ever placed within the reach of suf-
fering humanity, truly is Electric Bitters.
Inactivity of the Liver, Biliousness, Jaun-
dice, Constipation, Weak Kidneys. or any
disease of the urinary organs, or whoever
requires an appetizer, tonic or mild stimu-
liant will always find Electric Bitters the
best and only certain cure known. They
act surely aud quickly, every bottle guar.
anteed to give entire satisfaction or money
refunded. Sold At fifty cents bottle by
Horatio ". Cushing.
The Somerset reporter., 1885-06-17
A Remarkable Escape.

Mrs Mary A. Daley, Of Tunkhannock,
Pa, was afflicted for six years with Asthma
and Bronchitis, during which time the best
physicians could give no relief. Her life
was despaiIed of, until 10 last October she
procured a Bottle Of DIR. Kings New DIS
covery, when Immediate relief was felt,
and by continuing its use tor short time
was completely cured, gaining In flesh so
his. In A few months. Free Trial Bottles
of this certain cure OF all Throat and Lung
Diseases at HorAtio w. Cushing's Drug
Store. Large Bottles 500 and $l.O0.
The Somerset reporter., 1885-06-17

LILLIAN Grey in Godey'r Lady's Book for Juns)
Light clouds go swimming along the blue. !.
The lark his ubilant song IL singing,
The butterfly dips 10 drink the dew, &c
And far In the distance bells are ringing.
The crow to the coraneii wings his way,
In spite OF the direiul woes impending;
The farmer says: Twill be fair t0-dayr
And to CHEEKY labor his men 10 sending.
But tits pleasanter still, on the porch TO dt,
Or saunter forth in the mornings splendor,
As free the birds that round us fit,
Aud chatter their oVe-notes. low and tendes. :
The musical bees 60 swinging by.
The roses burden the air with sweetness.
In daisies and clover the cattle lie,
And Earth is crowned with the years compaelG
nere.
Co oil, shaGowy places along the streams,
Allure our steps as the day grows older,
And lull our Senses until It seems
That the days can never be wet, or colder.
Fair summer mornings! well dream Of you
When. the winter winds are reusd rs blowing;
And the scent Of the roses bsthed In dew,
viii haunt Us still In The days Of showing.
The Somerset reporter., 1885-06-17
Tired Languid Dull.

Exactly expresses the condition OF thous-
unds of people at this season. The depres-
sive effects OF warm weather, and the
weak condition OF TIE body, can only be
corrected by the use Of a reliable tonic and
blood purifier like Hoods Ssrsaparilla.
Why suffer longer when a remedy is 50
close at hsndf Take Hoods Sarssparila
now. Ii will give You untold wealth in
health, strength, and energy.
The Somerset reporter., 1885-06-17
Ducklen's Arnica Salvo.

THE BEST sALvR In the world for Cuts
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fever
Sores, letter, Chapped Hands, Chii6lains'
Corus, and all Skin Eruptions, and positive
ly cures Piles, or no pay requiEed. IL Is
guaranteed " give perfect satisfaction or
money refunded. Price % cents per box.
For sale by Horstio w. Cushing.
The Somerset reporter., 1885-06-17
Surface Management of Orchards
The Gardeners Monthly thus simplifie
this problem;

this problem:
"The surface Management In orchards
SHOULD be very simple question In the
light Of past experience. the feeding
roots of trees are the small, annual fbres.
These love to be ~ near the surface as they
can get, provided the temperature be not
too high, food and moisture be abundant,
and an absence Of light. Sometimes these
conditions will be best secured by clean
surface, sometimes by keeping the surface
shady through vegetation. An orchard in
grass affords tho comparative GOODNESS re-
quired by tho roots, the shade which they
love, and also permits, by the shade, the
roots to get nearer the surface than when
growing In the full light which the bare
ground provides. Where food and mois-
ture, however, are scarce, the advantages
are counter balanced. Food and moisture
are the first essentials Of all good culture.
a clear surface, or surface devoted to
other crops, is q secondary consideration.
The Somerset reporter., 1885-06-17

Adyices froth Madrid, Spain, are to the
effect that the cholera epidemic Is rap Oily
increasing in ami around Valencia. The
peasautry are panic stricken, and are rails
Ing an outcry against the sanitary condit-
ions, which prevent their Hight TO otner
parts OF the country.
The Somerset reporter., 1885-06-17
OUR TRAVELLING MAN

AN ELOQUENT TEMPERANCE LZcTURE-TBg
LIVELY TOWN OF DEXTER AND HER TkoCB-
LEsoME HILL--A sHIyISG EXAMPLE OF
sVCcEss AGAINST MANY ADyERsE eiTcUh-
sTAxcEs--soME STRANGE ILLUSTRATIONS
Al TO THE PRoLos6ATIos or LIFE BY
FORCE or VILLA THIN STATEMENT
IRON AN EMPRESS COMPANY.
The Somerset reporter., 1885-06-17

Why we live or die is e question often
times solved by our own selves. was
talking with physician the other day and
he told me number Of things that never
thought of before. He ,mmenced by say
ing that If the Democrats kept dying off
as fast as they have since Cleveland was
elected that the Republicans would have
every thing their own way four years
hence. l asked the meaning of such a
statement not supposing that the King of
Terrors knew any party lines. why" he
said "have you not heard of the great
number of old Democrats who have died
since the electionp" l replied that had
no recollection OF hearing the matter re-
ferred to and he continued:
There are a host of old and infrm peo-
pie who live for years and years by sheer
force of will. have had three such pa
tents for the past teD years. They were
Democrats of the old school and believed
that all that was good was bound up In the
Democratic p rty and all that was evil was
conferred in the Republican party. When
they would be little under the weather
and their friends would be doubtful of
their recovery, they would invariably say
that they never would die until they could
see a Democratic President iuaugursted
once more. This within did vastly more
for them than all my medicine and l knew
it and knew equally well what the result
would be. No sooner had Cleveland heeu
declared elected than some OF the weaker
ones began to drop off. The three that
attended all lived to see the Democratic
President inangursted but many Others did
not There must have been more than g
thousand just such cases in the ountry fol-
am hearing of new ones every day. The
same thing happened twenty years ago
Men and women who became interested il
the prosecution of the war would not di'
till they saw the end of the terrible strug
gle. They fingered along some of then
giving out by the way. but hundreds o
them continued TIL they saw the land o
| their birth free once more and then In tn
, words of one of old they exclaimed, Nov
lststh thou thy servant depart In peace"
The Somerset reporter., 1885-06-17

The Emperor william has greatly i'm
proved. His internal paius and throat al.
fections have vanished and his appetite Is
better.
The Somerset reporter., 1885-06-17

Iu my brief but not altogether unevent-
full career | have listened to the most elo-
Quent men who have ever taken the plat
form to advocate temperance, but the 9TH
er day beheld spectacle that would have
put John B. Coughs best efforts to shame.
l was in a town not hundred miles from
Watervile and the day being rainy but few
were on the streets. As night drew on the
rain increased to great violence until 1t
seemed us though the food had received an
encore and was to make "a second appear
arce. 1t was one OF those titful mideum
mer rains such as usually clear up storm.
In the midst of the most yioient of the
storm saw a man on the sidewalk staring
intently at nothing. He WAS wet through
and through and the water was running
from his clothing MS though he had Just
emerged from river His condit on rat
ally attracted the attention of several
drummers who happened to he near by
and going out they dr. gged him into
neighboring store. He ed the iutru-
sion and escaping from them returned to
his misery. His history was look d up
and 1t was ascertained that he was one of
the finest workmen in town. Not satisfied
with being simply a skilled mechanic. his
attainments reached that of art and be had
no superior In his line. But IL was the old
story-rum. BY degrees he began to give
way and his family tried in vain to save
him but were obliged to leave him and
shift for themselves. Each spree lasts
longer than the one that proceeded ii until
now they are almost continuous. He
earns scarcely nothing aud travels the
streets night aud day through rain and
sunshine. A ssder sight than this poor
fellow presented l never want to behold
On every inch Of his storm-soaked form |
could see grea. letters which said, "Touch
not the wine cup"
The Somerset reporter., 1885-06-17
W G q

lIhis column IL devoted TO the Interests OF the
NOu.ans Christian Temperance Union Of skow cyan
l. " ne c1ihJacied by them.
The skDwhegan W. Z =. L. meets at Temperance
Hall, No SCa5nfn BUCK. every Tharsday NJ three
O'clock.
The Somerset reporter., 1885-06-17

Dexter Ia lively little town and one
would think TO read either one Of the
sprightly papers that It was city OF 10000
inhsbitAbtS instead Of little country VII
iage laid up on one eide of q steep hill.
This same hill is the cause Of good deal
OF trouble to civil engineers. For years
railroad men have tried to get through the
town but all in vain. 1t seems just as
though nature and the hotel nep had CON-
bined TO make every one stop in the town
over night and II isn't very bad place "
stop either. The Maine Central would
like TO extend their road through TO Dover
TO tap the PiScatsquis and the Monson Poo
pie had rather hpd 40 outlet At Dexter bpt
this hill prevents the carrying out OF eth
er project. As result of this hill the
Monsoon people are going to Skowhegan
with their railroad. Dexter Las lots OF
factories and machine shops and when the
mills are running in full blast It's wide
awake town. The hill makes the drainage
frst-class and sickness is very rare. The
town sup )orts two wide awake papers that
get along wonderfully well together To
be sure they each allow their correspond
cnts to "ssss" the otter paper, but then
Dexter should never be left out II one
would see all the places in the state that
nature has dealt kindly with.
am not particularly sweet on the Amer
lean Express Co., but do think that the
public have but little to expect of it's new
rival. 1t Is very evident that they are
Il hnpcnmh n tho nuhlif When
they were first incorporated we were told
that they meant business and the public
would soon have relief from their burden
some express bills. Now they come out
and tell what they are going to do next
season, it being too late to get underway
for this seasons business. There is cat
under the meal somewhere and will leave
you to guess what it is. II they really
meant business they would have COM
menced business before this. The follow
ing gauzy item which has been going the
rounds of the papers provoked these Ie-
marks: "The iucorporators of the Boston
& Maine Express Company will not organ
ize under their charter before next fall. In
the meantime we understand that the ques-
ton of organizing and putting the CON-
pany into operation will be carefully con.
sidered, the amount of capital required,
the expense involved, territory to be oper-
ated in, relation OF agents and other mat
tiers will be looked after. 1t is ne easy
affair to o.ganize ana put In operation a
large business, involving SO much outlay
and requiring so much care, as does the es
Establishment of an express line from Boston
East through Maine and the Prov inces. 1t
is too late to organize for the summer busl-
ness"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1885-12-04
"A DABY SHARP-SHOOTER.

One of the first toys that little
Esquimau has is small bow OF whale
bone OF light wood and sitting on the
end of the snow-bed he shoots his bow
arrows, under the direction of his father
or mother, OF some one who care to play
with him, at something on the other
side of the snow house. This is usually
u piece of boiled meat, of which he is
very fond. stuck in crack between the
snow blocks and if he hits it, he is
entitled to eat it as reward, although
the lit lie fellow seldom needs such
encouragement to stimulate him in his
play, so lonesome and long are the
dreary winter days i'll which he lives
buried beneath the snow.
These toy arrows are pointed with
pin> but he is also furnished with
blunt arrows, and whenever some in
quisitive dog pokes his head i'll the
igloo door, looking around for a stray
piece of meat or bluDber to steal, the
little Esquimau, if he shoots straight,
will hit him upon the nose or head with
one of the blunt arrows, and the dog
will beat a hasty retreat. In this sense,
the little Esquimau boy has plenty of
targets to shoot at, for the igloo door is
nearly always filled with the heads of
two or three dogs, watching the baby's
mother closely; and if she turns her
head OF back for moment they will
make rush to steal something, and to
get out as soon as possible before she
can pound them on the head.
In these exciting raids of half-dozen
hungry dogs, the little marksman is
liable to get, by all odds, the worst of
the encounter. He is too small to be
noticed, and the first big dog that
rushes by him knocks him over; the
next probably rolls him off the bed to
the floor ; another upsets the lamp of
oil on him ; and while ne is reeking with
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1885-12-04
EVOLUTION AND DEVELOPMENT.

Johnny and his father had been hay
ing difficulty in the woodshed. owing
to some disrespectful remarks made by
Johnny respecting his sire.
Nov, Sir said the father, hanging
the strap up, "has your opinion of
your father changed?"
''Yes, it has, sobbed Johnny.
"Well, sir what is it now ?"
Wy-wy-I think any man thatll
jumbp on Il fellow so much hitler than
he is is coward and dasnt take it up.
Why don't you tackle somebody nearer
your size?'
The old man grabbed for the strap.
but the boy slipped out and is o candi-
date for the Legislature.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1885-12-04

oil, another big dog, taking him for a
sealslSin full of blubber, tries to drag
him out, when his mother happens to
rescue him, after she has accidentally
pommeled him two or three times with
the club with which she is striking at
the dogs; and were it not for his hideous
crying ard yelling, one would hardly
know what he is, SO covered is he with
dirt, grease and snow. Thus the dogs
occasionally have then revenge on the
young sharp-shooter.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1885-12-04
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The Jipsnese swan carefully places a
choice specimen of plant or flower in o
vase in the garden of his beloved If
she carefully tends it he knows 1T is all
right. even with the old folks. If the
damsel pulls it mp and casts it on the
ground be mournfnlly departs ard makes
love i'll the same manner to some other
girl. The idea is poctical in conception
and practical in the following out.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1885-12-04
THE WIFE'S PROTEST.

"Mr. Dusenberry, don't sec how
you, as q Christian man, can go to
these baseball matches 2"
"Why, my dear?"
ooh, there's such outrageous goings
on! It's wonder the police allow it p
"To what do you refer my love?'
"To yesterdays's game, which no
doubt didn't differ from any of the
others. The paper here says that they
knocked the pitcher all over the field.
It's absolutely brutal p
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