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The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1888-11-29


When applications are made through
local boards of health for analyses of
water, the applicants should bear In mind
that they are to pay the express charges.
Typhoid fever was the cause of death
recently of one of the members of the
last Legislature, Mr., Benz. Alexander, of
Linneus. Another member-clect OF the
same Legislature died of the same dis
ease before the session of l>N6-1.
Nothing in medicine is more definitely
settled than the fact that typhoid fever
comes mostly in drinking water which is
polluted with focal matter, or in air
which is contaminated with the eNhaa-
tions from stored up excrcment. 1t
should be clearly under TODD that well
drains the surrounding soil, and if the
soil within considerable distance
around the well receives privy or sink
drain soakage, the drinkers of the water
will have the privilege of drinking what
they would not care to drink II they
were aware of the truth.
Some of our local boards of health in
towns where public water supplies of I'M
doubted purity have been introduced, re-
port a great falling of in the prevalence
of tuphoid fever since the Introduction
of the supply, while In the outskirts
where the public supply does not reach
and wells are used, there is much great
er prevalence of this disease. Mime
Sanitary Inspector,
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1888-11-29
management of Kerosene Lamps

All who have experiences in the use of
mineral oil lamps, must sooner or later,
learn that the condition demanded for
their burning without smell is that the
wick shall be turned up so as to obtain a
full sized flame without actual smoking
1t is commonly supposed at first that by
keeping the flame low all Objectionable
odor Is presented. But the contrary is
the case. Something more may be learn
ed by first charging lamp with a meas
ured quantity of oil, burning it with the
flame at full size for a given time, and
ascertaining the loss of OIL then making
IA second experiment with the same lamp,
same quantity of oil burning the same
time, but with wick turned down 50 as to
have but fraction of the amount of
light supplied during the first experiment.
On measuring the loss of oil this time 1t
will be found but little less than in the
first case. Therefore, in turning down
such lamp flames, we obtain no such saw
ing of material as in turning down a
flame. The reason is that with the low
flame a considerable quantity of the prod
ucts of incomplete combustion are max
ing their escape into the air; and these
are not only offensive to the sense of
smell, but are also injurious to the
health
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1888-11-29
About Tin Coffee Pots.

A worker in tin was asked if tin coffee
pots were healthful to use. He thought
pure tin was pure as silver could be, and
would wear as long. They put the tin
on Russia IRON" said he. The way it is
done is to take a sheet of Russia iron and
dip it into tin red hot.
Upon the surface of the tin floats tai
low. As the tin is drawn out 1t passes
through this. The tallow cleans the tin
and gives it lustre. If it was not for the
tallow the tin would be all full of little
punches. We find our tin greasy when
we get it; this comes from the tallow.
This Russia iron is of the same ma
terial as a stove body. This is triple
coated, sometimes more, with tin. The
regular tin is imported, can't make it
here. The Yankee tin made here, cooked
tin, we call it, is ike goods to look out
for. Five cent goods are made from
it,"
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1888-11-29
O0DCo Cuts CARB0LATED PETR0.StVU
OUnLO Eruptions IS CENTS.

In High Circles. First Tramp-"I say have
You taken bath T" Second Tramp (anXiously)
NO is there one missing =
All those heating and itching humors of the
scalp, So troublesome to many persons, are ett-
ectullly cured by the use of Ayers Hair Nigor.
II not attended to in time, these diseases are
very liable to result in loss Of the hair.
There were racks and thumb-screws in the
days Of old. In this enlightened era, the fan
mel shirt is all that remains.
"Blood tells" We may not be able to infuse
royal and noble blood into a mans veins but
we can do better can expe from them, all
impure and poisonous humor by the use of
Ayers Sarsaparia. Pure blood is the best
kind Of royal blood
The religion in the ordinary religious news
paper does not seem to extend to the advertis-
ing columns.
FITS.-All Fits stnupcd free by Or Klines Great
Nerve Rcstulrr. 40 MIS- after first days Mar.
ycllus Treatise aud g m rial hottld frce to
PIT eases send to pr. Kline, aJ Arch St, Phila., Pa.
The smell Of coffee is very grateful to many
people-particularly to those who board.
The corn doctor must be great dancer, since
he's constantly given to the healin toe act.
THERE Is No srCH WORD AS FAIL=The
CONSTITUTIONAL CoCGH SYRrP is one of the
same. Thousands can testify to the relief it
has given them. Give it trial and you will be
convinced that it is all we claim for 1t. Sold at
GEoRGE CusuTNG's.
"Too much scratching at the polls will give
men sore heads" said the barber as he sham
pooed a defeated candidate.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1888-11-29
Sample n Copy 10 pages Fun, Stories, etc.
TOME uUARD FREE Box r, Aununs. Mp

The empress of Austria wants to come to
America and learn to throw a lasso. She is
seized with sort Of cattle-leap-sea offond des-
pair.
No more satisfactory investments can be
made than the purchase of really tirstclass
musical instrument. Nothing so tends to ele-
sate, purify and ennoble as music, and DO in
strumcnt that can be purchased will do more to
bring joy and glrdness into the home than an
ESTEI ORGAN. Its praises sounded
wherever the English language is spoken, an d
certainly for purity of tone, well elegance
Of dosign and finish, it is umivalled. They
come in various styles specially adapted to the
Cottage, Parlor, Drawng-room, Chapel OF
Church. careful reading of the series of an
tique advertisements will prove real benefit
as well as pleasing diversion to every one.
kalakaua king of the Sandwich Islands, is
writing a novel; but probably there is nothing
in it quite so novel as the fact that Kaiakaua is
/ king.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1888-11-29

The ATLANTIC MONTHLY for December has
the following superb table of contents "rhe
Future of the Country College" William De
Witt Hyde; "Passe Rose" Arthur Sherbourne
Hardy ."Urbs Animal" II. W. 7. x l.. D.;
IA Devils Passage" Louise Stockton; "The
Close Of Garibaldis Career William II. Thay-
er "a Flight in the Dark, S. *. Y. d. S.;
"Boston Painters and Paintings" William
Howe Downes civilian Warren" Henry A.
Clapp; "a Convent School of the Last Cen
mry, Susan Coolidge 1.-The Despot of Broom
sedge Cove" Charles Egbert Craddock; "At
Alfred De Musset's Grave" Two Books OF
Essays Letters from Dorothy Osborn TO Sir
William Temple; The Contributors Club;
Books Of the Month.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1888-11-29

The exports of apples from all Ameri
can ports for the week ending Nov. 10th
as reported by A. c. Lombards' Sons
were sc, AGA barrels, including 32,257
from Boston, 1888 from New York
80, AIS from Montreal and 424l from Hal.
flax. For the season the total exports
have been 540,7 barrels, including 49,
S77 from Boston, 1877 1873 from New York,
l76 1923 from Montreal, and $3.50 from
Halifax. For the same time last year
the exports were 2sG.527 barrels, nclud-
ing ,3S,5lS from Boston, l5S,G48 from
New York, 1922 from Montreal, and
943s from Halifax. For the same time
in 1887 the exports were 405, 1888 barrels.
including III ,472 from Boston, ll7,232
from New York, 74,449 from Montreal
and sc, 735 from Halifax.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1888-11-29
0IllnV CURE OlO Or. ". ". WATS0h'S
UUIUN LINIMENT. as cents Everywhere.

Don't despise the man who has only one
shirt. The chances are that he doesn't owe a
big wash bill.
An intelligent person when hurt will at once
procure a bottle Of salvation Oil. Ii is the best
thing to cure swellings, burns or wounds. All
druggists sell il at twcnt, live cents bottle.
The sidewalks of Salt Lake City are twenty
feet wide, so that a Mormon elder can go walk
ing with his wife at his side.
THE EFFECTS AFTER TAkGNG ApAMsoN's
Botanic Cough Balsam are a soothing and con
trolling influence over any cough or cold, pro-
noting rest, allaying the tickling sensation in
the throat aud causing a healthy expectation.
All our Drug Stores have sold it for 20 year.
Ilc-"Did you ever see the day break = She
NO, but have often laid awake in the early
hnmr. Of the mornng listenlng f1r il.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1888-11-29
MISCELLANY.

Amclc Rivers Chandler speaks of 'soul
chill. She refers to cold feet probably
When old Judge Jowlcr was tucked in his lit
tie bed by Mrs. MouScr he couldn't sleep wink
until the excellent woman had brought him a
bottle Of Dr. Bulls Cough Syrup. Then he
crossed his little hands and sunk in sweet re-
pose.
II Love lies dreaming, can he tell the truth
when he is awake
1t was a Brooklyn man who refused to use
Florida water for fear Of catching the yellow
fever,
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1888-11-29

1t is well known that water which is
clear, sparkling and odorless, may, never
theless, be badly polluted. In judging
whether given well is probably polluted
or liable to pollution an intelligent con-
sideration Of Its surroundings should be
brought TO the aid Of the tasting and
smelling sense.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1888-11-29

As compared with the preceding months
OF this year, there has been marked In
crease In the reported cases Of typhoid
fever during the last three or four
wecks--the usual autumnal augmentation
mostly due 70 causes which . little fore.
thought would have removed.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1888-11-29
A Recipe for Sweeping Carpets

think | hear the reader making fun OF the
above heading, and cXcaminc The idea OF a
recipe for sweeping carpet But that Is Just
What mean to say lfthere is an abominaton
Of domestic life it is the hired girl who will
not sweep clean. OF the four girls that | have
employed in the last twelve years, only one knew
how to sweep we'll At the three was always
getting provoked for Just this reason; and in
deed one of them gave her notice because |
found fault with her for this one thing After
she went purchased carpet sweeper and used
il myself until maiden number four was en-
gagged. She was "A Yankee, a NCrmonter, tall,
tough and terrible as an army with dish cloths.
Her name was Cclcstm, but she pronounced it
like "Slasher," and Sidsher she was, and IS,
for still she reigns among us. | did not fancy
her at FIRST, and in my heart Of hearts, deter
mined that she would never suit me in the
world. She came on Monday and she washed
we'll she ironed on Tuesday and magnihed the
Hat irons. Wednesday sent her INTO the par
lor to sweep, and in a few minutes | went down
to oversee her she had set the carpet sweeper
on the mantle-shcf, and was sprinkling my car
pet with water that looked as if it had come out
Of the mop-pail. o, how angry | was. My ele-
CANT carpet doused with Stops 20, git out "
Celestial exclaimed cooly, THAT ar won't hut
ye. floor kiycr :" That was to much, and told
her to consider herself discharged, "Wal she
said, and went to her room. while went to
mine. At noon when went to show John where
the damage had been done, to my surprise
found that that part Of the carpet which had
been swept was brighter than it had been for
month. "What wuz it :" Celestia said when
called on her for an explanation. why,
nothin', only put Pearine in the water to lay
the dust, jedgin' it wud clean out of the wash
tub as well as in it," And dear reader, she was
right, and that is the recipe. 1t works like a
charm, Injuries no carpet, aud is fne-iust Try it.
l.. c. NJ.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1888-11-29

SCRIBNER's MAGAZINE completes its second
year and fourth volume with Christmas num-
Der containing nineteen interesting articles in
prose and yersc-twelve Of them fully illustrated
by wel-known artists and engravers. Among
the artists represented are Elihu Nedder, j. Al
den Weir W Hamilton Gibson, John Latarge,
Robert Blum, George Hitchcock, c. j. Taylor,
and NJ. j. Burns. The number is rich in beau
tiful decorations and pictures. The literature
deals with unusually attractive phases of life
and art especially fitted for the Christmas sea-
SON The fiction includes stories Of adventure
and sentiment; the general articles treat Of
stained glass windows, the Adlrondacs in win
ter, and Botticell; there are several deliberately
illustrated poems; and Lester Wallack's rem
iniscences are concluded. Robert Louis Ste
venson, II. c. Bunncr, Will II. Low, Rebecca
Harding Davis, and Hamilton Wright Mabie
are among the contributors. The Magazine
opens with picturesque description of win
ter in the Adirondacks, by Mr.. Mabic, who APP
preciates che hawless PROJECTIONS of form, deli
cate precision of outline, exquisite tracery Of
bough and twig" which makes up the complex
impression OF the woods in winter. He pictures
the Saranac and Lake Placid Regions where
the winter colony find health and amusement.
The illustrations are from drawings by skilful
artists such as Hamilton, Gibson and Bruce
Crane, and from photographs of the Adiron
does made in midwnter expressly for this Mag
aZine.
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"What game do you scholars play the most :"
inquired one of the school trustees. "Huokey!"
cried the boys in unison.
w. j. Barncock of England claims to have
squared the circle. His solution consists Of
eight figures which, in concrete shape, form a
perfect cyclometer.
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Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1888-08-30

given her an elegant little gold watch
at her last birthday. His watch glis.
toned like Furnished gold under the
electric light. Il was solid and heavy
and three timos as big ~ her own.
They parted at tho garden gate.
"He did not 60 10 see her the next
morning, nor has he been there since.
Her suspicious were aroused, and she
brought the watch 10 me. After his
magnetic eyes were withdrawn IL looked
vulgar in her sight, and she would have
none OF H. She gave IL TO me. MY
idol is crushed 10 the dust, she cried
as she left.
els IL good watch, you askP The
most enterprising one / ever saw.
Makes from twenty-five 10 thirty hours
day. What is IL worthP Oh, they
sell them by the bushel, and II you find
fault with the price they throw in O
couple Of shovolfuls extra. ."--JetcelerS'
Hccklv. .--------
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1888-08-30
That's the Way He Did.


During his Western trip Jay Gould
stopped over for n day or 80 at small
town in Kansas. While pacing tn,
platform Of the station he encountered
a rough-lOoking native, with whom h6
struck up an acquaintance.
Well, my friend, do you live in thls
neighborhood?" asked Gould, In a pat.
ronizing manner.
live ten miles west OF here on my
ranch. / am in the stock business"
So am !.
Whar's your rnnchp"
I'm from the East My ranch II
ia New York"
" don't know nothing about talcin
keer Of stock in New York, but it's q
mighty risky business out here. Hav,
10 keep your eye skinned or som,
darned rascal viii get away with al
you've got."
" That's pretty much the way 1t Is II
New York, " responded Gould.
"Out West here. II you want your
stock 70 increase you have 10 take car,
OF EN-, and above all things you mus
water your stoch regularly"
"You are right That's the way
do" replied Gould. with a cynica
smile, as he stepped on board OF hi
car. Teas SiftiHgs.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1888-08-30
A DETECTIVES STORY.
How Cleveland Confidence Man Secured
Lady's Valuable Watch.

lahhy'e Nhiuhbie watch
Last summer, one afternoon, an es-
timable young lady whom happen TO
know personally went down 10 Lake
view Park TO bathe in the balmy breezes
waited o'cr the lake from the pine for
ests Of Michigan. As she strolled in
perfect content with herself and the
world in general she was accosted by
an exceedingly nice-looking and we'll
dressed young man. His address was
so refined that she soon fell into as ami
mated a conversation with him as the
warmth Of the day permitted. They
walked and talked Gnd gradually the
conversation began 10 turn upon him
self He painted his past life in glow
ing cOlors and made his future out 10
be dazzling in brilliancy. lie was the
only son OF wealthy lumberman and
was travelling around the world on no
other mission than that OF killing time.
They sat upon a seat under the
shade OF the trees, while he filled her
full OF fine words. He was an expert
in the art Of wOoing and knew well
when 10 draw the line between famil-
iarity and reserve. He was the most
modest OF men at times and begged
pardon for his presumption when no
pardon was necessary. The young
lady thought he was adorable. She
gazed at him with eyes Of love, and he
was by no means slow in returning the
divine feeling.
Then when the sinking sun warned
them that the day was dying she arose
20 90, gave him her address and asked
him 10 call upon her that evening.
That was exactly what he wanted, and
as they walked homeward no dwelt
upon the glories OF the setting sun, the
harmonious blending OF the various
colors, so viyidly represented 10 them
far out upon the lake and hoped the
closing Of her life would be as splendid.
" In the evening he called upon her
and won the hearts Of pa and ma by
tho grace Of his presence and the sage
ness Of his utterances. He talked OF
Rome and the catacombs, Egypt and
the Nile, the quaintness and the blaz-
ing whiteness OF the houses Of Mar
seilles, the glaciers and snow-cappsd
mountains Of Switzerland and the
gaiety OF Partisan life.
"He asked the young lady TO take a
walk among the shade trees OF Euclid
avenue In the delicious GOODNESS Of the
evening She was nothing loath. Once
outside he poured out the pent-up feel
ings Of his heart, told her that he
loved her as woman never was loved
before, and would have fallen upon
his knees on the sidewalk then and
there II his suspenders had not been
so tight She verify believed that IL
was case OF love at first sight. Coyly
he asked her for some proof OF her af-
fec.ioE ana intimated that they had
better exchange watches for the night,
as that would furnish him with an ex-
cuse TO call again IN tho morning.
The idea was a brilliant one. and she
Al opee aeceptsd II Her father hsd