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The Somerset reporter., 1889-08-01
Home Markets Are Wanted

If American farmers are at present la,
boring under any disadvantage it is as tn,
result of that policy which led them t.
seek foreign markets instead of develop
ing home markets They increased theil
crops until they became dependent OF
foreign markets, and when at last they
were brought into close competition Will
Russia, India, Australia aud South Amer
ica they found they had overproduced
Prices declined to meet this competition
and for Il time and until home market,
can be more widely developed farmers
may suffer somewhat from the effects oi
that old policy.
Vast changes in methods and facilities
of transportation have brought nation,
together which were before too remote tt
rival one another. Our farmers, who to
day seek foreign markets, are direct com
petitors with Asatic and South American
semi barbarians. They know this anc
for some time have been adapting them
selves to the new conditions. 1t is seer
IN the changed proportions of the agri
cultural to other classes of our people
We have yet fora time to contend will
the effects of that wrong policy, whicl
tempted us with prices to be had In for
eign markets, that proved only treach
erous the-wisp leading us int
the mire of overproduction. The besl
remedy for this, and the safest way In
which to aid our agriculture and build VI
our manufactures, is to establish home
markets for the consumption of our farm
products. JuilRdi.
The Somerset reporter., 1889-08-01
Wood Ashes.

That wood ashes are a valuable fertil
izcr is well known. but | am convinced
that few fruit growers place proper
estimate upon their worth. OF course
they alone are not enough; other manu- es
must be used. 1t is highly probable
that the results from their application
would not be so marked on all soils
My land is natural prairie, the soil being
dark loan, rich in nitrogen. Ashes con
tain all the elements of plant food ex.
cept nitrogen, and just in the proportions
desired and in state of minute subdivs
ion. Professor .Goessman says thai
wood ashes have an agricultural value,
My experience agrees with this; and i
find that wood ashes have higher valu,
to the fruit grower than to The grain
grower. As teaching only reduces the
potash, lesched ashes sometimes give
as good results as unleached. This il
the case where the soil does not partic.
ularly lack potash.-John NJ. iStaM il
american Garden
The Somerset reporter., 1889-08-01
Notice Of Foreclosure.

whereas, william NJ. f. Brown, OF Skowhe
ghn i'll the County of Somerset and State OF
Maine, hy his mortgage deed dated o, tobet
twenty'thrd a. ID. 1881, and recorded in the
Registry OF deeds for said Somerset County
Book 100 pnGe 2b9 conveyed to me, the under.
siRiied all hts right, tits aud interest in and
10 II certain parcel of land situate IN said
SkowheKan, aud bounded as follows, to wit
On The North by land OF Luther II. Webb and
the Cemetery; ON the East by Madison Street
on the South by mnd of +. F. FarbrOther; an d
on the West by land Of Robinson Brothers, the
same with the buildings thereon then oc.
cupied by said Brown:
Also one uudiv vded half OF the following de.
scrbed lots of land situated in the town of
bingham in said Somerset County, to wit:
The East part of lot No. II in the fourth range
of lots i'll said town of Binghnu containing
sixty acres; Lot No. eleven (lD in the four h
range containing two hundred acreG Lot No.
eleven in the NTH range containing two
hundred acres; the South half of the Lot No.
niue IN the sixth rauge containing one hun
dred acres the South West quarter of Lot No
nine III the seventh range, containing finy
acres; and the Fast half of Lot No. eleven in
the eighth range, cOntnuing one hundred
acres, the aggregate OF said Lots in sad town
OF bingham being seyen hundred and ten
acres, according to the survey OF Phillip Bull.
en-; and whereas the condition Of said mort
gage has hesn broken therefore by reason of
The breach of the condition thereof claim a
foreclosure of said mort gage
Dated at Skowhegan this fifteenth day of
July A. ID. 1889
3w29 SAMUEL, W lAWTON
The Somerset reporter., 1889-08-01
Notice Of Foreclosure.

Whereas. Henry Lovjoy of The Forks Plan.
tatlon in the County of Somerset, by his
mortgage deed dated the fourth day of Apnl
a. ID. lss7, and recorded In the Somerset Regis
try OF Deeds. book ls0 rage 5l5, conveyed Ia
me. the undersigned, n certain parcel OF real
estate situated In The Forks Plantation In said
County, and bounded as follows, to wit
Commencing AT pine stump and stones ON
the south iue of said Forks Township on the
North Bank ol Pleasant Pond at the South ea 1t
corner OF Albert Spaulding's farm where he
now lives; ihchce North degrees, % seconds
east on said Spanldng's east line lGo rods
a stake and stones; thence north Sc degrees
5S seconds, east l2h rods To IA stake and stones;
thence degrees. % seconds, west 100 rods to n
stake and stones; on the South line OF said
Forks Township; thence Westerly on said line
l25 rods to the first named bounds cOh aiming
one hnnd red and twenty five ncres more or
less, ana whereas the condition of said
mort gage has been broken, row therefore by
reason OF the breach of the condition thereof,
| cla1m n foreclosure of SAID mortgage.
The Forks, July 10 1859.
3w2J MIKE KENNEDY,
The Somerset reporter., 1889-08-01
1t is a Mistake


To labor when you nre No. in a lit con-
dtiou To do 80.
To think the more q T.. IN ats the
healthier and Stronger a. vii hrc me.
To go 10 b,d late a nitft aud rise at
dayhrgth. .Gd Iuia-iae fast ,,N houl
TAX u i.Hf 70 tst# mn ,r,I.
To lHia.ls, luai ia iH6##t#Nutk ny
crci>e is -+id, Ntul,at pr prolonged eNri-
else Is better.
To conclude that the smallest room in
thc house is large enough tn sheep in.
To eat As If You had only minute to
finish the meal in, OF To eat without an
appetite, merely to CRAFTY the taste
To believe that children can do as
much work as grown people, ard that
the more hours they study the more they
learn.
To imagine that whatever remedy
cau>cH one 10 feel Immediately better "a
alcoholic stimulants i good for The sys-
TEN without regard To the after ELECTS.
To take II proper clothing ont II sea
son because yuu have become heated
To sleep exposed to a direct draught in
any season.
TO think any nostrum or patent medl-
cine Is specific for all diseases the hesh
Is heir tu.-ImertcdH .iHalgSt
The Somerset reporter., 1889-08-01
III INN Made Pure @ sLoO BEST
UlUUUAD&C CO. S OARSApARIllA

"Do you have any almcuity win YOUR breath.
ing asked one Plttsburger OF another "No,
why =; II notice that your pants are quite
short"
Diyorces-ehcaply, speedily, quietly, for de.
ssertioA, non-support, intemperancc INSANITY
Fees contingent. Blank applictti on for stamp
Advice free, confidential Address RUber
White, Attorney, 10 broadway, New York
Van Bruises picture hung on the line. ''
"Was 1t marine view - "Ycs." "They
probably hung it on the line to dry"
The Somerset reporter., 1889-08-01

Elbow-grease hath an honorable name
and il not to be derided; nevertheless the
clothes-wringer and the carpet-sweeper
are very popular In this country.
The Somerset reporter., 1889-08-01

one of the best places for young grow
ing pigs is in the clover patch. II they
can have all the clover they can eat, a
isht feed Of bran slop or crushed oats
VIII keep them in a good growing condi
tlpn, an important item with them.
The Somerset reporter., 1889-08-01

Whenever the wool Is sent to market
care should be taken to have it in good
condition. clear Of tags and trash and II
possible free from burrs and have the
feeces tied up seperate and pack tight in
to wool sackt.
The Somerset reporter., 1889-08-01

Will-"The landlady's daughter plays the
piano good deal lately. ! wonder II it's for
my entertainment" Phil (sadly)-"No; for
mine.. My board bill Is several weeks in AZ
yeays."
The Somerset reporter., 1889-08-01

x weed, purslane and plantalns will
pe taken by the pigs If t ey can be given
the opportunity and often they can be
used to q good advantage in craiicating
these p isis III the fields.
The Somerset reporter., 1889-08-01

The cheese parcr is an object Of scorn
Yet he layeth up his substance against a
rainy day, while the wastefu man Jour.
neycth toward the poor-house.
The Somerset reporter., 1889-08-01
CAUTION.

II AIR WORK OF nil kinds done to order
IL cnmbings and cut hair made into switches
braids. pins, ear jewels. watch guards. etc
Combings rooted and old switches repaired,
nicut shades specially. Frizzes and
waves from water curled hair. Satisfaction
ed to az the residence Of Mrs. X. II. Crosby.
No. Pine st. Miss C. D. Downs. Orders left
at the millinery siore of L. b, Curtis, Water
ST., Will receive prompt attention. Sm 96
The Somerset reporter., 1889-08-01
PROBATE NOTICES.

PROBATE NOTICES.
To all persons Interested In either OF the
Estates hereinafter named.
ATA COURT OF PROBATE held at skow-
"A hogan, within and for the county OF Somer..
set, on the I'd TUESDAY OF July in the year of
,ur Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty.
nine the following business having been present
ID for action thereupon hereinafter indicated, lie
hereby Ordered That public notice thereof be
gwen 10 all persons Interested. That they may
appear at Il Probate Count 10 be holden at said
SkOwhegan, ut the Probate 0flice on the second
Tuesday OF August next at nine of the clock III
Il they see cause.
SIMEON c, HANSON late of New Portland de
eensed. viii presented tor probate by Melvin
G.rcnlraf, the executor named therein.
PETER MALB0N late OF Sknwhcgan deceased
vii presented for probate by Milton b. Malbon the
executor named therein
ABEL MORRILL, late of Skowhcgan deceased
viii presented tor probate by Martha Morrill,, the
cXccutriN named therein.
ELAN STEVENS late of Embdcu deceased. viii
presented tor probate by Polly Is SteveI $, the eX-
"cutriN named therein.
NANCY D II. DlNSMORE late of Norridgewock de
ceased VIII presented for probate by Frederic
loyt, the executor named therein.
MARGARET WORKS late OF Norrideewoek de
crnsrd. First account of Edward Lowe, Truste,
presented.
ISAAC STAFFORD late of Harmony deceased
First and h,l account ut Nelson stafford, executor
presented
MARY J. BLACKWELL late of Madison decease,
First account of Warren RUSSELL administrator pre-
sentcd
ANSoN JEWELL late of Canaan deceased Firs
account of T. Is. Barrett, administrator with III,
will aunr red presented.
JULIUS b. BAKER late of bingham deceased
Final account Oi Charles +. Bfay surviving partne
presented.
OTIS ", LAWRY late of Fairfield deceased FRS
account al >ilas T. LawrS, administrator presented.
GEORGE II. JEWBTr late of Ripley deceased
FIRST and final account ui Mary ). Jrwett admins
trairN presented
RUFUS vILES late of New Portland deceased. Firs
acsun oi Joseph Z. Nilrs, administrator preHented
JAMES MALBON late OF Skowhrgan iecea sctl
FIRST account oi Samuel +. Mabon adninistrato
presented
EUGENE PARKER Late of Skowhsgan deceased
First and hna account OF james h. Daseomb ad
mlnistrator presented.
WILLIAM BUTTON late Of Madison deceased Peti
tuu for license to sell and convey real estate pre-
| srnted by kittredgc e. Gray, administrator.
GTEENLEaf CORSON late of Athens deceased
Petition for license to real estate presented b.
Forest X. tOrson administrator.
CHARLES W HITLER late of Flagstaff deceased
ctifiun for ceusr to sell and convey real estat
resented by David A. Butler administrator.
j. STEW ARD WALKER late of Norridgewock d,
ceased. Widow - petition for allowance presented.
TURNER BUsWELL, Judge
Attest; S. II. GOODWIN, Register.
Post oitce address, Judge, Solon; Register
The Somerset reporter., 1889-08-01

DIR. SWEET.
The World hCelebrsted Natural Ply siciau and Bone
Surgeon hss arrived in BOston at IS Union PARK
orcman until further notice. All kinds Of Lam,
tna dt9kult ehrouc disesses treated dy the famou,
"eveet 4slhed: !" Bend stamp for medical NHxasins
piAinins svesythins.
The Somerset reporter., 1889-08-01
D0RAN FURNACE CO. SkoWhepan, Ne.

FOR SAIH.
The store now occupied by Colby Il Preble.
In Bingham village 1t is admirably adapted
to do large grocery and feed business. In huv.
1t IL situated In the best location OF the y,Is ~
being at the north end, where all the tridn
from the upper Kennebec county can be se.
cured. Also sOO acres Of timber land in the
north part Of MOSCOW Call on. or address,
CALVIN COLBY,
July !, 1889. 4Ws@
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1889-07-27

In San Francisco, last month, Mrs.
Ero1 GOode Wright so e~xasperated her
husband by reading Ella Wheeler
WilcOx's "Poems Of Passion" that he
shot her four times.
The principle is al excellent one if
every woman who reads "POems Of
Passion" was shot exactly four times,
there would soon be a more respect
able and notwithstanding in the hands
of American women.
Let the good work go even further.
Let there be an established code of
Gertrude Atherton five-shOt, Rives-
Chandler six-shot and lola seven-shot
shooting. 1t might also he well to in
tr0duce a few more general rules and
regulations. A convention could easily
attend to these minor details.
The librarian of one of the largest
public libraries in the United States
said lately to the writer: "Out of
every ten books by Ella Wheeler Will
cox, lola, Reynolds and writer's of that
class, nine are from women."-St.
Louis Magazine.
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The Malay's Selace.

The betel-nut Of which the Malays
are said to be so very fond is a white
nut which looks almost like ivory.
Every Malay family has a box, divid-
ed into little compartments, and with
a drawer at the bottom containing q
pair of shears. In one Of the com
partments ofthe box is some betel-nut
cut fine with the shears ; in another
several sirih- leaves ; in the next some
slaked lime made from coral shells.
and in the last some very fine tobacco.
At midday, which is the dinner hour,
the family assemblies and squats in a
circle on mats, which do duty for
chairs. In the centre is a bowl OF
rice and another of curry. Each one
takes a handful Of rice in turn, dips il
in the curry and conveys it to his
mouth without spilling a crum5. To
do this gracefully is the height OF
Malay table etiquette.
After all have finished, the betel box
makes its appearance and is handed
round. Each person takes one of the
sirih-leaves, which are five inches long
and arrow-shaped, and lays it out flat
on the palm ofthe left hand. Then he
takes IL little betel-nut, puts some of
the lime upon it, adds a small quaint
ty Of tobacco and rolls the whole up
together. Then he places it in his
mouth, holding it by his front teeth,
never chewing it by his side teeth. as
Americans do tobacco. Then YOU
may want to hire him or to transact
some business with him ever so bad
ly, but he won't stir. He will simply
say II have no time for it, master,
l Am chewing the sirih."
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WEATHER.CROP BULLETIN.
WEEK ENDING JULY 20, 1889.

There has been but little rainfall in
the State since the 18th inst, and in
Guiding this date the average for the
northern section is hut IL Of an inch,
whilst the southern section received
IS Of an inch. f'as-j -i'
The temperature has been about the
normal for the week in the northern
portion Of the State and an average
excess Of one degree daily in the
southern portion. There has been an
excess in the amount Of sunshine re-
ceived ranging from 5 to Is per cent
above the normal for the season..
The above conditions, after the
prOtracted rains, have been very IA
vOrable in their effect on the growing
crops and have given farmers an OPP
pOrtunity to clear their fields Of grass.
The cotton in particular was reported
very grassy during the early part of
the week, but thedry sunshiny wealth
er since then has been exactly what
was necessary to brighten the pros
poets for IL good crop of this staple.
There are no worms reported from any
of the parishes.
III tho CtuCIdi pdi ioHCS oHc
will finish the last blowing of the cot
ton this week. The corn crop is
made and is abundant, and the rice is
reported as doing we'll.
The reports from the sugar region
show that the weather conditions were
very favorable to the cane crop, and
there is also noted II wonderful i'm
movement in the corn. A few local
showers fell during the week, but none
were ut all general. At the Sugar
Expt. Station the sorghum is grow
ing very rapidly and some varieties
are approaching maturity. The lay
ing by OF the cane will he completed
in IL few days, and Il great many plan
tiers have already finished this work.
The rice is looking well, and i'll the
extreme southern parishes some is al
ready reported in ear. The late plant
Of rice is growing rapidly.
X. E. kERKAM,
tto Signal Corps Director.
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A a. EZ 80 ~
If You pierce the shoot of a plant
with the finest needle, the prick forms
a knot which grows with the Leaf, be-
comes harder and harder, and prevents
it from obtaining it's perfectly COM
plete form. Something similar takes
place after wounds which touch the
tender germ of the human soul and in
.jures the hearlleaves of it's being.
Therefore you must Keep holy the be-
ing Of the child; protect it from every
rough and rude Impression, from every
touch If the vulgar. "A gesture, alook,
a sound is often sufficient to infiict
such wounds. The cMldis more ten
der than the finest or ,tenderest plant.
1t would have been far dfA6reht with
humanity if every individual in it had
been protected in that tsnaerest age IS
befitted the human soul, which holds
within itself the divine spark.
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The discovery is reported of a dead
~ gas spring in Yellowstone park.
It is stated that it Ases through a
small creek, to which it gives the ap-
pearaDce Of boiling, although the wa
ter is quite cold, and it's exhalations
have killed squirrels and other small
creatures. Further up the gulch the
oder OF gas becomes more intense, and
there in addition ia, the carcass of a
silver tip grizzly, on which there were
no signs Of violence, were found, it is
said, the bones of four more bears, an
elk and also smaller animals.-New
York Telegram. 7.~
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Che Jhibudaax Sfntinfl.
SATURDAY, JULY q, 1889.
The Female Bust.
BREADTH OF SHOULDERS SHOULD COR.
RESPOND TO THE BREADTH
OF HIPS.

a lady correspondent writes: 81
have had an argument with a lady
about the size OF !. grown females bust.
She says that the difference in the
size between the waist and under the
arms should be ten inches. | think
four or five inches at the outside meas
ire. p. S.-The natural size is what
is wanted, and not one distorted with
cOrsets or Squeezing zf6fff
& In order t., decide this question two
women physicians haze been consulted
on the subject. Mrs. Mary Putnam
jacob says:
"There is no fixed proportion be-
tween the size of the bust and the size
of the waist. Still less can there be
any fixed measurement fOreitler waist
OF bust, seeing that this must vary
with the height Of the individual and
with other circumstances. The most
general rule about the typical female
figure is that the breadth Of the shoul-
ders should correspond to the breadth
Of the hips, while in the man the
shoulders are much broader than the
hips. The size Of the waist varies not
only with the expansion Of the lower
part of the chest, but also with the
development of the muscles and the
AMOUNT of fat upon them.
"'TlIe test Of tight lacing is not the
absolute size Of the waist. but the de-
gree Of compression of the soft parts
needed IN order to allow the corset or
dress to fasten. When there is no
compression the corset should tasten
easily in the middle. But, naturally,
the corset Il not be fastened in the
middle until the top has been fastened.
1t is then always too tight.
"UndevelOped chests and waists are
net always due to compression Of
clothing, but to lack of systematic de-
velopment by gymnastics during the
growing periOd-tllat is, from ten to
eighteen. 1t is precisely then that
corsets are most dangerous aid pre-
cisely then that mothers apply them
to form and figure If not worn be-
fore Twenty-Five corsets may be worn
afterward with impunity."
DIR. Mary E. Gage said that her at
tentien had never been called to the
point in question, as the proportionate
size OF 0 woman measured under her
arms and around her waist had moth
ing to do with her health.
But" said she, 81 should give as
my opinion that ten inches is nearer
the prOpOrtionate difference than four
Or tive.n
Then, to prove she was right, she
kindly took the trouble to measure
four women on the spot. Intwouin-
stances there was a difference IT ef9ht
inclles botwoensk the waist and theE6 hast
measure. II fhesthird there M Zine
and in - fsuftA sen, An ~ tbe
.swoldea W. wal-pippertioned- If
&tefwsid til niessudeihentsofsa woman
was taken eli0 had never worn a cor
set in her life, and tue difference be-
tween the two points was barely six
inches. Dr.. Gage brought up an ar
gument in favor o. her own decision,
that the ready-made waists sold to Il
wOmanzof ordinary size we're shaped
in exact proportion to that she had
named7that is,ten inches difference
between the bust measure and the
waist.-N. Y. Press.
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Had No Use Tor His Overcast.

A certain lawyer of this city, whose
practice is confined exclusively to the
police court, and whose fees, like those
Of many other lawyers, are confined
to what he can get, is more celebrated
for his efforts to collect the fees than
to clear his clients. The following
story, told by an eye witness, illus
trates the peculiar phase Of character
alluded to. A man was arrested and
locked up in the central station
charged with larceny. The ''lawyer"
was sent for by the prisoner. The
sergeant in charge of the station at the
time accompanied the counselor down
stairs to the prisoners CELL. The law
yer advised his client to tell him the
whole truth IN order that q proper
line of defense might be arranged.
The prisoner complied with this re-
quest. When he had finished the
lawyer said:
1.-The best thing You can do under
the circumstances is to waive examin-
alton before the police justice to the
recorders court"
"What, and stand trial before a ju-
ry :" asked the prisoner in alarm.
"By no means," was the reply.
"When your cast comes up there we'll
plead guilty. BY so doing you'll get
off with IL light sentence"
The prisoner thought the matter over
for a minute or two, and agreed to do
:s his lawyer suggested.
"Have you got any money about
you? :" was the next feeler Oh the part
of the counselor. The prisoner shook
his head.
81 see you have an overcoat there.
1t will be Of no use to you for some
time, suppose you let me take it."
The prisoner handed the Overcoat
over. The lawyer then took his de-
parture. The line of defense propos-
ed vas carried out to the letter. with
the consOling result to the client that
he was sentenced to State prison for
two years. AS the lawyer had re-
marked, he had ''nO use for the over
coat for some time."
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As society sees 0 and more of
Sir Julian Pauncefote, the new British
minister, says a Washington letter, it
has more and occasion to con-
graduate itself upon a really valuable
acquisition to its circles. In private
life Sir Julian is found to he an inter-
esting IA He is a good talker, aud
is not a bad racOnteur. He can stand
upon his dignity with a grand air, but
as a rule he is courteous to affability
aud kindness. He is seen TO the best
advantage after dinner, when the
strains Ut music are heard in the draw
ing room. He is a technical musician
Of high quality for an amateur.