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The Somerset reporter., 1886-01-20
Slow Eating.

The idea of rest and recreation and de-
liberation in eatingno longer occupies the
thought of the American boy, much less
of the business man. Yet the power of
ones life depends rs much upon this as
upon any one conduct of life. The rela-
ton of the chewing and the juices of the
mouth to the after digestion, all along the
digestive track, and to that assimilation
which is to give force and vigor to work
is such that we cannot afford to forget
the essential relationship. The failure of
this part of the apparatus to do its part
does not involve immediate loss of power
or beuridden sickness, but it is more fire.
qucnt limitation upon the forCcful life
than any one disability. A thorough di-
gestion not only leaves the mind clear
and placid, but so provides the physical
and mental machinery with its propcline
power as to make thought as natural rs il
it We're physical function. 1t is not diff
icult to see in the work, as well as in the
writings of some men, the traces of bad
physical condition. Emerson overstated
the case when he stated that the sick man
is on the road to rascality, but, nevcrthe-
less, did indicate what is true that man
in a chronic state of embarrassed diges-
ton is out of gear with himself and the
rest of mankind. We believe that the
foundation of many an incapacty is laid
in this want of quiet deliberate eating
independent.
The Somerset reporter., 1886-01-20
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Fresh Air and Ventilation

The average amount of air brcathed by
every person is bout u cubic inches at
each breath, with about 20 respirations a
minute This would be n cubic foot in
three minutes and half, or 400 cubic feet
in ~ hours, or the contents of room
seven feet square and eight feet high.
But this is only n nfticth part of what
every healthy person needs, for breathing
vitiatcs the air rapidly, because the a /
cxhalcd has 100 times As much carbonic
acid gas as the atmosphere, while twice
the amount contained in the atmosphere
or eight parts in 1000, is as large pro-
portion AZ IAN he brcathed without injury
to the health. Crowded rooms In winter
schools, etc, are sometimes found to con
tain three or four times AS much, and
headaches and other ailments are the con-
sequences of breathing the same air over
and over again. There should, therefore,
be enough fresh air for every person daily
to amount to 20, 900 cubic feet or enough
to fiji eighteen rooms ten feet square and
ten feet high. This would be amply sup
piled by an opening tube, or oritlce three
three inches square, with moderate cur
rent. In the day time there is usually
enough air introduced into rooms through
opening doors cracks in window castings,
and in other ways. The chief danger is
in sleeping rooms, where pains should be
taken to have circulation. When the
room is warm, and the air outdoors quite
cold, constant and often sufficient cur
rents are caused. A hundred persons
should have a ventilating orice equal to
l-2 feet square. The general principle
seems to be simple enough; the difficulty
+. Ia, rnp.iIlinnnncc or ,,f
The Somerset reporter., 1886-01-20
Kentucky Race Horse.

Forty years ago the most distin-
guished citizens of the State were
engaged in writing essays and prize
papers on scientific agriculture. A
regular trotting track was not to be
found in the whole country. Moth
ing was thought of the breeding
and training of horses with reference
to development of greater speed.
Pacing horses were fashionable;
and two great rivals in this seduc.
tive gait having been brought to.
gether for a trial of speed, in lieu
of a track, paced mighty race
over a river-bottom fiat! We have
changed all that. The gentlemen
no longer write their essays. The
tro:ting hores will soon, und ,ubted.
~, be admitted to manhood suffer
age here. much as beef once won the
spurs of kniehthood. He has al
ready, even without the right of
voting, been styled the first citizen.
The great agricultural fairs of the
State have modified their exhibits
with reference to him alone, and
fifteen or twenty thousand people
give afternoon after afternoon to
the contemplation of his beauty and
his speed. His one rival is the
bred, who goes on running
faster and faster. By-and-by time
will be no more. One of brief code |
Of nine laws for the government of
he young Kentucky commonwealth
hat were passed in tho first legis.
alive ASSEMBLY, ever held west of
he Alleghnies dealt with the pre-
of the breed of horses.
was said of education. |
The Kentuckian loves the memory |
If Thomas Jefferson, not forgetting
hat he once ran race-horses. These
great interests, not overlooking the
,attle interest, the manufacture of
and the raising Of tobacco,
will no doubt constitute the future
determining factors in the history |
Of this cOunty.-James l.. Allen, in
Harper's Magazine for February.
The Somerset reporter., 1886-01-20
Wild Horses.

The mustang breeds of wild horses in
America have probably no earlier ancestry
than the dates of the spanish explorers.
There seems to have been no strains OF
horses here before the reputed discovery
by Columbus in 1892. There is no evil
dcnce that the horse did exist in America
before Columbus time, although fossil
remains of some early animal of the horse
spt cies have been found, concerning
which little appears to be known. Ac-
cOrding to general received authority,
Columbus, on his second voyage to this
country, brought over anumber of horses,
in order. it is alleged that the animal
might be bred here. The Spaniards in
their later incursionS also brought over Il
number of war horses. Frank Forester,
in his horse of America says I'VE know
that DE Sofa had a heavy force of cavalry
in that expedition i'll which he discovered
the Mississippi. and found grave in its
waters; and, when the warriors Of his
party returned home by water in barque>,
it is nearly certain that they must have
abandoned their charges, as it is little
probable that the frail vessels, built by
inexperienced hands, merely for the pur-
pose of escaping with life should have
been capable Of containing horse fugitiycs
..... Many, doubtless, survived, to which
| attributed the origin of wild horses of
Texas and the prairics, strongly marked
to this day by the characteristics of Span
ish blood" Horses thus abandoned by
the early settlers were undoubtedly in
time used by the Indians, and TO such may
be traced the mustang of to-day.
The Somerset reporter., 1886-01-20
Farm Notes.

Poultry-growing to be successful
must be conducted with great care
and attention. Fowls must have
light, ventilation, warmth dry floors
either of wood or earth, plenty of
room, protection from enemies,
sound, wholesome food at regular
times, and must be kept clean of
vermin. No amount of ventilation
will overcome the evil of steaming
filth in pens.
The Live Stock Indicator wants
its readers to push those shOtes
right along to the pork barrel with
out losing a moment. The same
paper wants strolling hunters, with
their dogs, to be politely informed
that they will be sent for when
wanted 1t is well to put up sign
boards to that effect. These city
"sportsmen" are curse to the
country.
Merinos are the best sheep on
poor land where pasturage is scanty
but where there is good grazing
the mutton breeds are prefable. If
the breeds are adapted to the past
ures, and the proper conditions me-
cessary for each breed considered,
the profit will be greater. Not only
the amount OF foot, in the pasture.
but the climate and quality of the
grasses composing the pastures
affect the sheep.
The Somerset reporter., 1886-01-20
ALesson In Geography.

A rural schoomaster In Indiana asked
pupil named William Scott, the other day
which was the longest river In the world
and William persisted in crcditing thai
honor to the Wabash As a result, III
went home with tanned jacket As an
other result, stranger appeared ail'
Knocked on the door.
lis this the skule tcacher?" he pleas
antly inquired"
He ar"
Are you the critter as licked Bin Scot
for sticking up fur the Wabash
The same sir.
Wall Bill happens to be my son, ant
Eve come fur to gin you the awfulles'
whalin ever writ down in geography.
Can you wait until am through witt
the class in spellug?' asked the teacher
oh s'pose so. but under the circum
stances hope yen cut it as short as pos
sible. Haven't got my corn husked. VI
know"
Certainly. never keep gentleman
waiting when | can help it. Sit down Oh
the woodpile Mr. Scott. I'll come out
and pulverize you in jsst nine minutes.
At the end Of the appointed time the
teacher reappearcd and at once rushed
upon the waiting Mr.. Scott and black
-ned his eyes, broke his jaw and tiattcned
his nose. BY and by Mr.. Scott said HI
had all he wanted. and added;
which is the longest river in The
worldE'
The Amazon. sir
"Am-a-zon. Please write it down 70
me- You've licked il into me in fust
class style, and when git home and gi
my pa&s onto my son Bill he'll come t
believe that there haint nuf water in tn
| Wabash to wash his mothers feet viii
Amazon Goodbye, critter"
The Somerset reporter., 1886-01-20
The New England Magazine.

A matter of special interest to New
Enganders will be found in the an
nounccm of the publishers of the Bay
State Monthly, that they have decided to
enlarge the scope of that Magazine so as
to include in its plans not only the Bay
State but all of its sisters in the histori-
cal New England group. With the Janu-
ary number the old title takes a subordi-
nate position, and we are introduced to
the New ENGLAND MAGAZINE. The en-
larged periodical will aim to become a
treasury of information relating to mat
tiers of special interest to citizens of
Massachusetts,, Connecticut. Rhode Island
Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine
and to be of special value as an authori-
tative recorder and medium of inter-
change and information for Libraries and
Historical Soc cities, and for history and
literature loving people generally.
Especial attention will he given to the
features which have made the Bay State
MONTHLY so acceptable, and new features
will be introduced which it is believed
will add greatly to the interest and value
of forthcoming numbers. This maya
zine appeals directly to New Englanders,
and we heartily commend it as worthy of
their support. $500 year. Single
numbers rs cents. BAY STATE
MONTHLY COMPANY, 43 Milk st., Bos-
ton. Publishers.
The Somerset reporter., 1886-01-20

Stock of any kind should be close
ly watched by the feeder who has
it in charge that he may readily de-
tect when anything is going wrong
with them. If an animal is in the
slightest degree out of condition it
will show it to the critical observer
in attendance, and frequently what
might otherwise result in a serious
matter and possible loss, may be
easily averted if taken in season.
Extreme skill in the care of stock
almost intuitively anticipates all
trouble. Besides when the careful
attendant supplies stock with their
daily wants, and cares for them
with regularity and with good judg-
ment, there is little danger of any.
thing going wrong with them.
Neglect and the absence af a know
ledge of their wants are the princi-
pal causes of all trouble with the
stock Maine Farmer.
The Somerset reporter., 1886-01-20
Tree-Roots In Garden Soil.

In removing trees from gardens,
it is necessary to carefully remove
all roots along with them; otherwise
they will probably prove a source
Of annoyance for a long time, by
encouraging fungoid growths Of
very Offensive-smelling kinds. All
fruit growers are aware of the mis-
chief. wrought in vine and other
fruit-tree borders by burying decay
ing wood in them, and thereby gen.
Grating fungus that attacks the
roots Of the living vines and trees,
and soon brings them into sickly
condition. During the present sea-
son the owner of villa close to me
frequently complained that he could
scarcely live in his house, owing to
the disagreeable OdOr arising from
his garden; and on examination it
was found that fugus was the
cause. A tree in half-dead state
had filed the soil with this pest, q
puffball-lOoking fugus, which, when
fully grown and above ground, gave
off an offensive odor. As plants Of
most kinds can be removed now
with salty, any one troubled with q
similar pest will do we'll to remove
1t at once. Dig soil up deeply, and
take out every particle of decaying
wood and fugus; then give a good
dressing of lime, aud leave the
ground as rough as possible for the
Winter. Shrubs and trees that die
from any cause are too frequently
cut OF close to the soil, and the
roots left to decay; but it Is tar safer
to carefully dig them up.
The Somerset reporter., 1886-01-20

1t has been a mystery to the
Maine potato.starch manufacturers
why the additional duty placed by
Congress, on imported potato starch
has failed to give them the reliet
they expected. Recent investiga-
tons by the treasury department
explain in part this mystery. 1t
has been discovered that millions of
pounds of this commodity have
been imported at Chicago, under
the name of "farina four" duty free.
Imported under this name, it has
been sold as potato starch of the
finest quality, in Eastern cities, at
from three to four cents pound,
while New England manufacturers
cannot produce the article at less
than FIVE cents. The ''farina flour"
business will doubtless come to a
sudden ending.
The Somerset reporter., 1886-01-20

THE ROYAL BAKER AND PASTRY Cook.
A ROYAL addition to the kitchen library.
1t contains over seven hundred receipts
pertaining to every branch of the culinary
department including baking, roasting,
preserving, soups, cakes, jclies, pastry,
and all kinds of Sweetmeats with receipts
for the most delicious candies, cordials,
beverages, and all other necessary knowl-
edge for the chef de cuisine of the most
exacting epicure, as well as for the most
modest house wife, who desires to prepare
for her lord and master repast that shall
be both wholesome and economical. With
each receipt is given full and explicit di-
rections for putting together, manipulate
ing shaping, baking, and kind of utensil
to be used, so that a novice can go through
the operation with sue css; while spec
al and important feature is made of the
mode of preparing al kinds of food and
delicacies for the sick. The book has
been prepared under the direction of
Prof. Rudmani, late chef of the New York
Cooking School, and is the most valuable
of the recent editions upon the subject of
cookery that has come to our notice. 1t
is gotten up in the highest style of the
printers art, on illuminated covers, etc.
We are assured that every can of the
Royal Baking Powder contains an order
for one of these valuable books.
The Somerset reporter., 1886-01-20
Scabby Potatoes.
mass Ploughman

MAbs flOuSnIDhH
Editor of the American Cullyator:
| noticed in a recent issue of your
paper an article by 8. Dill, of
Phillips, Me-, upon the subject of
scabby potatoes. in which he says
that he prevents the disease by ap-
plying wood ashes in the hill. Now
my experience is the reverse of his.
Last Spring | planted a small plot
of potatoes, plowed the manure in
all over the ground, using stable
manure in the operation. Next l
furrowed the land 81 feet apart
and dropped the seed in the drills,
and then scattered wood ashes into
the drills-a slight sprinkling only,
so that you could see it white along
the row. fused about three barrels
of ashes on an eighth of an acre.
Now for the results. Ihad raised
potatoes on the same spot for two
previous years. The land is mea-
dow extending up to the high land.
The potatoes were the most scabby
lot l ever have raised, and one Of
my neighbors attributed it to the
wood ashes which | applied.
With such varied results, can we
say it is the use of ashes or the
want of them that creates the dis
easel l think that the scab in my
potatoes was produced, in part at
least, by red wire worms, for | OBJ
served that the potatoes were worse
affected on the high part of the land,
where the wire worms are most like
ly to be found, and smoothest in the
pure black mud. l have heard salt
O.. salt manure recommended for po-
tatoes. That is, such as is made
from rockweed and kelp obtained
from the seashore. 1t has been
said that potatoes when raised on
such manure would never be scabby
Now any of correspondents any
experience to offer in this direction
We farmers need more light upon
this subject, especially from those
who are practically engaged in the
industry of raising potatoes.-J.
p. Wyman.
The Somerset reporter., 1886-01-20
Household Hints.

Wrap fruit jars with paper to keep out
the light.
After pairing fruit drop it in cold water
to prevent it changing color
When sponge cake becomes dry it is
nice to cut in thin slices and toast.
If the oven is too hot when baking
place small dish of cold water in it.
To prevent mustard plaster from bis
tering, mix it with the white of egg.
To remove midew, soak in butter-milk
and spread on the grass in the sun.
For convenience in cleaning lamp chin
neys, nothing is nicer than small
sponge attached TO stick.
Never put salt into soup when cooking
till it has been thoroughly skinned, as
salt prevents the scum from rising
When the burners of lamps become
clOgged with char, put them in strong
soap suds and boil awhile to clean them.
Boiled starch can be much improved by
the addition of a little sperm or little
salt, orhQth, ora little dissolved gum
arabic.
To brighten the inside of coffee or
tea pot, fill with water, add small piece
of soap, and let it boil about forty-flve
minutes.
II mattings, counterpanes or bed
spreads have oil spots on them, wet with
alcohol, rub with soap, and then rinse
with clear, cold water.
It is said that canned berries retain
their flavor, and keep better, when but
tered cl0th Is laid over the top of the jar
before screwing down the cover.
Nurses In sick room should not sit or
stand too near the patient, and above all
things they should avoid talking when
leaning over sick person.
Ten cOcnties In Iowa which gave no
prohibition vote year ago, this fall sent
In returns.
The Somerset reporter., 1886-01-20
women as Inventors.

Joseph Hatten, in letter written from
England, says -
"A list of American women patentees
has called the attention To social reform
crs to this interesting subject, and while
the number, ON this side Of the Atlantic
of women who have taken out patents
for new inventions is very small indeed,
when compared with those of the United
States the number Of patents granted to
women from July. 1851 to the end Of
March in the current year Of 1855, shows
a great increase on previous years. and is
not without special interest at the present
moment. 1t is, however. noticeable that
while American women soar into the mas
culine atmosphere Of mechanical and sci
entihc research and invention, English
women are mostly content with what is
generally regarded by men as their own
particular sphere. While an American
woman inyents the Burton horseshoe
machine, an Englishwoman takes out a
patent for an improved pea-soup; while
Mrs. Mary Il. Waltren perfects a system
for dcadening the sound of elevated rail
roads, her English sister, govcrncss,
patents II registering label and means of
attachment to boots and shoes at hotels
and other establishments while Mrs A.
| H. Manning invcnts new moving and
rcapiny machine on your side of the wa
ter, the English widow of the bookseller
registers improvements for the manufact-
ure of bread: Mrs. Mather, in the United
States, improves the dccp-sca telescope,
and Mrs Jones. of England, makes a
compound sardine paste, and so on. Not
that / would infer there is no evidence of
/ hi trba i,.g1ani, al trntius than
The Somerset reporter., 1886-01-20
To-Day and Tomorrow

The annual meeting of the State
Board of Agric llture is to be held
at its rooms at the State House to-
day and 'o.morrow. The Board
will hold a business meeting this
forenoon. In the afternoon the
of the ticket system
at agricultural fairs will be discuss
ed by Messrs. S. l.. HOlbrook. Nels
sou Ham and J. +. Brainard. AT
the forenoon session of Thursday a
paper on EARN Accounts and How
to keep Them" will be read by Prof,
Walter Balentine of the State Col
lege, to be followed b a discussion.
A closing business meeting of the
Board will be held on Thursday
afternoon.
The Somerset reporter., 1886-01-20

Are you disturbed at night and broken Of you
resi- by a rick child suffering and crying with PAIN
OF cutting teeth If 70, renu at once and get bot
tie OF Mrs wIN-L, VS. SOOTHING SYRUP FOR
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Depert upon IT. mothers, there lie no mistake
about It, l. cures dis-entery and diarrhOca, reg
u lates the stomach andbuwels, cures wind collie
spftens The gumr, reduces Inflammation, and gives
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SLOWS SQUIRTING SYRUP FOR CHILDREN fEETHINo
10 pleasant to the taste, aud s tho prescription of
ono OF the oldest aud best female nurses and ply
die ansin the United States, and is'or rale by all
druggists TIN oughout the world. Price 25 cents
. botl
The Somerset reporter., 1886-01-20
The Swee Woman's Way.

II thought you didn't like Mrs Brown"
observed Mr.. Simpson to his wife upon
their return from church on Sunday last.
II don t. detcst her"
'And yet saw you go up to her, kiss
her and walk around the church with her,
arm in arm. That is what surprises me
with you women"
There was nothing surprising in that.
You noticed that she had new sacque
on?"
Eyes. 1t was very pretty, too"
That is all you know about it. had
on my new scalskin, too"
yes but what of that?"
II thought we would walk around the
church to give her a chance to show her
cloak OFF"
That was kind in you. Then you have
forgiven herr"
Forgiven nothing! Her cloak is only
a plush imitation.
The Somerset reporter., 1886-01-20
POETRY.
Beyond the Gate.
HARPERs' MAGAZINE.

Two dimpled hands the bars Of iron grasped
Two blue and wondering eyes the space looked
through
This massive gate a boundary had been set,
Nor was she ever known to be but true
Strange were II sights she saw across the way
a little child had died some days before
And as she watched, amid the silence hu>hed,
Some carried flowers some casket bore.
The little watcher at the garden gate
Grew fearful hers such thoughts and wonderings
were,
Till said the nurse Come here, dear child,
Weep not.
We all must 20. It's God has sent Tor her"
''Ifhe should send for me"-,hus spoke the child
on have to tell the angel, DO not wait
Though God has sent for me, cannot come,
I never no beyond the garden gate"
The Somerset reporter., 1886-01-20
POETRY.
Putting Baby 20 Sleep.

o baby mine, the night is here
The night that driits Us slowly near
The realms Of Sunderland.
Gently the waters ehh and Tow
Creeping through nodding lids of snow,
Tha, border Sunderland.
Mothers arms arc the sails and float,
And mothers voice the winds that boat
Your bark to sluinhcr Land.
Beautiful dreams, instead of sands,
Fleeing visions people the strands
OF iar.of Sluaiher land
Sleepy sands that creep into eyes
Ever 50 open, ever so wise,
Waited from sumbcr land.
Hush I'm sure YOU arc almost there
Breathing the drow sy, mystic air.
That floats through Sunderland.
Now a kiss on the rosy face,
lust 10 show we have won the race--
The race to Sunderland.
Adsiaid SAMPSON.
The Somerset reporter., 1886-01-20
Daughters, Wives and Mothers

We unpnaLcaiiJ guarantee Nr. MarraIni's Cat
heiican female Kennedy t. cure, Fun.ti, Dis -sus,
sucu as Utaii..u uoubic-, lnnaniInauou and VI
cei Aton.fa.iing aud Displacement or Deai 'iis
down leciii- Irregularities barfeune-r, Change
VI Lie, Leu.orrDoa, besIues I.any weakheoee
sprihsiug iiom the auove, ike tieadacne, biuut-
Ing, Sp.hal WedknvSS, Slc.pieosnt IS, Nervous De-
bnity, faipat4ton oi the nvart, etC. For sule bJ
u ugg.sts frice $l.OJ ana 81 81 per BOtue S.Du
to ~. .. Is. MatchI-l, UticaN. Y, toi p.mphirt
Tree. For 7aic Dy DiXuJ ~ BUCK, druggists.
The Somerset reporter., 1886-01-20
What IL Costs.

Mrs. II. ID. Clark, of Jefferson,
writes to the Maine Farmer.
Mr.. EDITOR: | send you my
poultry account for the year 1885.
Stock on hand Jan. LIST, 1886, AZ
hens, 3 cockerels at 40c. each, $1,000
Cost of feed, COCO