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The Somerset reporter., 1890-05-22
WHAT TO 90 WITH HANos.


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Manage Them In Company.
Few people are thoroughly at ease
about the disposition Of their hands in
company" said teacher Of the art Of
gesture. "And yet there IL very simple
thing that may be done to get rid of
that disagreeable consciousness Of the
members which give rise to the dif1iculty.
You see, the hands are far more highly
educated in this age CT mechanical civil
ization than they have ever been before.
II may almost be said that the brain has
found its way to the ends of the fingers
! that these extremeties have come to pos
sess an inherent intelligence. For this
reason the attention is SO fixed by habit
upon the hands that they feel awkward,
just as any other part of the body will do
If you think particularly about it,
You have only to fix your attention
on your little toe in order to have it De
come within minute positively pain
full 1t has often occurred to me that
those monks of the Middle Ages who de-
voted their minds devoutly to the stead
fast contemplation Of their stomachs
for the purpose Of bringing on trance
condition. must have felt grievous need
of Jamaica ginger.
$50, in order to be graceful in the dis
possl OF your hands, 1t is only necessary
to get nd of consciousness about them,
and you may accomplish this to sur
prising extent by very simple gymnas-
tic process Let them hang Imply and
wiring them as violently rs possible for
five minutes, say. This will render them
unconscious to great extent, so that
you will not be disturbed for some time
after by the excess Of feeling i'll them
Consequently, while tho effect lasts, you
will find yourself ut ease about your
hands and will have no trouble about
their management.
You will be astonished, if you try it,
to find how admirably it works. | have
recommended 1t to hundreds Of people
and they have uniformly found it sue
ceseful. Do it once every day for a
month and you will discover that, by
the mere practice Of the habit, your en-
barrassinent In this regard has been
greatly diminished The time to perform
the operation, obviously, is Just before
you enter room full Of company, though
1t will not do very well to be found
wringing your hands in the vestibule of
house to which you have been invited,
or engaged in what may appear to be =
frantic exhibition Of grief in the recep-
ton room. Washington Post.
The Somerset reporter., 1890-05-22

A curious connection between thu
color and the auditory sense has been
observed by DR.. Albertine. He has dis.
covered that persons suffering from dal-
tonism, that Is, color blindness to certain
hues, have . corresponding deafness to
certain musical notes. Special instances
are given. For example, . person not
having the sensation Of red cannot dis
Hnguish the note sol, person blind ID
green cannot recognise re, nor can tn
nots b prodnced BY the voics.-Phils
da1nhis naoora
The Somerset reporter., 1890-05-22

There have been SO many instances Of
factory girls getting their hair entangled
in machinery that most of those in New
England have returned to the old and
safer style Of wearing it Ia young man
Woman's glory is her hair, but she doesn't
want her head pulled off in order to re
tain her glory Detroit Free Press
The Somerset reporter., 1890-05-22

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determination - follow in The f3.:s;eps r. a4s
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The Somerset reporter., 1890-05-22

Although Talbot, who supplies Gardi.
ner with ice. can sell his whole stock at
Il better price than he asks for it at retail,
he will supply his customers this sum-
mer at the same price as usual.
bee Journal.
The Somerset reporter., 1890-05-22

Three hundred years ago the average
life Of man was 81 IA years. In the early
part Of this century it was rather moro
than 401-a, and certainly has not lessensd
dnoe. That means that - many people
live to 70 now a. lived to 40 800 ysAz
aeo.-Ezchanea
The Somerset reporter., 1890-05-22

Accol ding TO The Utica Herald the
best trout waters in the Adirondack re-
gion are rapidly passing into the hands
of wealthy individuals and clubs, who
convert them into private preserves
The Somerset reporter., 1890-05-22
Once More | am On EaPtl. !!

And 1t gives Inc great pleasure to be able to
announce to my many friends and the public
in general, that have purchased the entire
stock of +. A. Williams, consisting Of Crockery,
Glass Tin ware and Notions and have moved
into the store so long occupied by him. This is
the largest store in Skowhegan, ard shall open
with the largest variety in the State. This
stock no doubt contains the best quality of
Crockery ever carried in Somerset Co. bought
the entire stock for less than SOC ON dollar and
no house in the State of Maine can undersel
me. mean to cut prices right in two. This
stock together with my new goods which are
daily arriving will furnish you the best variety
to select from you ever saw My stock Of Teas
and Coffees will be larger and better and of
the best selected stock, my presents larger
and finer and a grander variety, | know you
will be glad to see me start in again. as prices
had already began to advance and people were
obliged TO hunt all over town to find what they
could find in my store alone. Everybody come
and see how the Skowhegan Tea Store looks
The Somerset reporter., 1890-05-22

Member. o.'ae ao.-4 9"EE1 t-tMlLT,si
NHara. ra,si-. ,a Bsae -4rzeaas. = Rt.ale
I'-ad, also sd i'-rpt.et4rs 2: b. sa.s,-
GREAT HERgAI. ~PECIEIe>.
The Somerset reporter., 1890-05-22
ONE REMEDY FoR o,E p1,F..E

order at onee % your asgi-t, ~ es-lsse Ind
Tor FULL STOCK, with sta;efaea; - Csc ~
send to At once.
See cur plan elsewhere.
GET THE BIZ
The Somerset reporter., 1890-05-22
GROWTH OF A DUOKLING
THOSE AT COLUMBIA POULTRY FARM
DON'T KNOW HOW TO SWIM

Inc incubation and Brooding Iiou,. er.-
ute Feelings Of Deepest Gratitud. In
the Breast of Her Ducksbtp Hatch.
Ing 5000 Eggs at One Time.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-10-01
WHILE HANDS.
BY HANNAH MORE koHAUs

BY HANNAH MORE KoHAUs.
There is line of light along the distant Western
sky,
Although o'erhead the tempest still is raging
fierce and high;
AS yet It's but silver thread beneath purple
cloud.
A border. like of flowers white upon burial
shroud.
The line grows broad and broader as the dark
ened cloud uplifts,
And silvery flashes glimmer through the ever
widening riffs;
The pale light softly deepens, tinted now with
azure hue,
And suddenly the evening star. all trembling,
sparkles through.
Now. look you out afar upon the border land of
life
Away beyond the densely purple clouds of war
fares strife;
Past where the lowering battle smoke obscures
the sky from sight.
Look steadfastly, and you will see thread of
silyery light.
1t is the signal emblem of the calm that is fore
cast
The rest foretold, that follows when the danger
posts are past
IT'S white hands eager reckoning you unto your
well earned peace.
Outstretched in hungry welcome, for the storm
is soon to cease.
The light grows bright and brighter, coming
near and nearer yet,
Until the tears softly wiped from cheeks the
cloud has wet
Then from the azure depths, in dazzling robe
ethereal white,
Steps forth the freed soul trembling with its
sense of new delight.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-10-01

tious qualities to build up the physical
system, it would seem that the finer it
is when it enters the pigs stomach the
easier itmust be digested. while masti-
eating is mechanical process and con-
sumes force which requires corre-
spending amount of food TO generate
it. 1t may be said, however, that
when ground the meal does not
get proper amount of saliva; but it
must at least be moistened with
saliva before it can DE swallowed. To
determine this question of the utility of
grinding corn, the Alabama station Sc
lected four Essex pigs, separated them
into pairs, prepared them alike for the
test, and fed them for two periods with
an interval of fourteen days between.
One was fed whole corn and the other
cornmeal. The result was, to quote the
language of the bulletin, "that the pair
fed upon meal gained fifty eight and
one-half pounds more than those fed
upon whole corn. When butchered,
the meat of those fed upon meal was
winter and firmer than that of the corn
fed pigs. The difference in favor of
feeding meal is sufficient to more than
pay for the trouble of grinding the
corn"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-10-01
"GOod-by Forever
From Life.

From Life.
cit is for the last time" she whis-
pered.
Dumbly eyes told eyes this was the
truth. Always inevitable it had come at
last After o-night there was to be no
future in common. AS yet neither
has said the word that each is thinking
of.
''The rose is dead" says he, as a
shower of petals fell at his feet.
Mechanically removing the broken
stem from his buttonhoie, he added
s'and-the word is said"
''It has been most sweet chapter in
our lives" said she, with downcast
eyes.
II would not have missed it, replied
he, Though we may never add"
ITO be continued" And the tear
stole softly over her cheek.
Each had fingered, 10th to turn the
last torn leaf Soon nothing would be
left of what had been all. Alas that
the books of mems lives should be
written in the sand, and that the tides
of the years leave not even a trace. A
strange emptiness fills all the night.
Other nights shall come ghOst-haunted.
Ghosts of inscrutable glances, of sweet
replies to the old immortal question
ings.
She stands beside him, her lips
quivering with agony suffered for his
sake. His eyes are filled with plying
tears for the two broken lives-their
own. Alas ! for the happy, foolish, fugi-
tive hours they had owned in common.
Alas for the nights trimming with hap
Ply silences under the stars. The shad-
ed lamp is burning out. The hour has
come Words are poor things.
"Did / bring my cane?" And his
trembling hand reaches into shadowy
corner.
Eyes; here it ISL replied she.
"Good night"
"Good night"
Each knows that it is good-by.
A caress. A sigh. A sob. The door
closes. His rapid footsteps are speedi-
ly lost to her listening ear. Yes, it is
over.
The darkness swallows him from
sight. A murky flash. He is lighting
his cigarette.
And she?
She slowly rearranges her ruff1ed
bangs as she murmurs with yawn:
81 wonder what time he'll come up
tomorrow night"
They had babe each other an eternal
farewell before.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-10-01

in two of these big fields. The reapers
require four and five horses or mules to
pull them and the bundles or sheaves are
tied with cord automatically and tossed
to one side for shocking. Farming on
such scale is entirely unlike the old
way down East. The grain is stacked in
the field, threshed on the ground, and
hauled in great wagons holding three
tons each to the elevators at the nearest
railroad stations. The straw is burned
1t rained the day | arrived at the
farm, and wheat cutting having just
been finished, threshing was suspended
and the hands were sent out to pillow.
They can pillow In weather when nothing
else can be done. They used wheel
plows, drawn by four and five horse
teams, and cutting two burrows each of
about Is inches wide. The soil is
a deep black loan, its color alone de-
claring its richness and fertility. 1t is
plowed to depth of four or five inches
only.
l saw p of these plows being operated
in 640-acre field. Every time the 81
plows crossed the field they had plowed
under strip mile long and about 43 or
A feet wide. 1t was great sight. was
driven over the prairie roads, level as
asphalt, for Is miles. and everywhere
OutSGToICueu before me was Wn6aC
stubble, wheat in shocks or in stacks
awaiting threshing. The country to the
eye looks as level as a board floor.
Oliver Dalrymple, of St Paul, is
generally credited with being the
largest individual farmer in this section.
I saw him at Casselton, n D., as l
came through there on the Northern
Pacific road. He was just finishing
harvesting, and had cut over 10000
acres Of wheat. am told that Mr..
Dalrymple has about 10000 acres of
wheat land himself, and that he has
nearly as much more land under his
control, which is owned by pool of
his friends. tits all known as Dalrymple
land, and hence he has come to be
known as the largest farmer of the
United States. AS a matter to fact J. B.
Haggin, of California, who is a stock
farmer, outranks Mr.. Dalrymple, having
$4,000 acres under cultivation or
constant USE The largest land owner
out here is said to be James j. Hill, of
the Manitoba Railroad, who is said to
declare that he thinks it is better than
life insurance to buy the cheap lands of
the Northwest and let them lay for his
pOsterity.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-10-01
Shallow Water Navigator.
From a Helena. Mont, Dispatch.

From Helena Mont, Dispatch.
The steamer Bozeman was launched
at the city of that name in Eastern
Montana, Friday, and yesterday Com
modore r. c. Hit started on trip to
the coast of Florida. The steamer was
built OF mountain fir within the shadow
of the mountain where the timber grew.
She is twenty-three feet long, five feet
beam, depth of hold thirty inches.
She is screw propeller with ma
rine engine and boiler of one
and one-half horse power. She has a
cabin accommodation for three, and
rides the water like a duck. The OBJ
ject of the trip the commodore keeps a
secret, but it is believed the expedition
has something to do with scientific
treatise on the subject of shallow river
navigation and river distractions now
in the course of construction. The
steamer was launched at a point a
stones throw from the fountain head
of the Missouri, 400 miles above the
head of navigation. A portage will be
made around the great falls of the Mis-
souri,, and then the vessel will have
clear sailing to the Gulf.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-10-01

"And they didn't know any more about
New York than did"
Then she gave them a cOmical account
of her pursuit of DIR. Peters. When
she told how she asked him to take her
to the druggists, Mr.. Upton shouted
with laughter:
"Gertie, Gertie - he exclaimed. IT
should as soon have thought of asking
the President to take me there. His
time is WORTH don't know how much
/ should not have gone for him, but /
met him out here, and doctors are all SO
busy now that / asked him to stop"
Gertie gasped.
"And l talked and scolded just as if
he were the most ordinary man in the
world !" she exclaimed in comical dis
may. Chow did I know he was a great
doctor? He didn't look like one, and
he certainly didn't act SO. / thought
he couldn't be very clever to make
such mistake as that. Oh, dear, oh,
dear ~
Three days found the grippe" pa
tents progressing finely, and nearly all
we'll but Mrs. Rich, who had the doctor
for over three weeks. Gertie took care
of her, and would, as she afteward de-
clared, have covered herself with glory
as nurse had she not fallen i'll with the
epidemic herself, just as Mrs. Rich be-
came convalescent. DIR. Peters had a
hard fight to keep her from pneumo-
MIA, and the last two weeks of Gerties
stay in New York were passed indoors.
When Mr.. Upton received his bill for
DR.. Peters services it was SO moderate
that he called on him for an explana-
ton.
fThere must be some mistake. [
think" he said.
"No no mistake. I am only max ing
amends for the only blunder | know of
having committed in years. By the
way, have you heard from Miss Porter
since she went home ?"
"Had letter this morning. Father
and mother both down with the grip,
and neither nurse nor doctor to be had.
She is thankful for what she learned
here about it,"
"I have to go very near Smithville
this afternoon" remarked the doctor,
quietly. ''Think I will call and see how
she is. She is an excellent nurse, but
not yet strong"
''Dr. Peters is going up to see Ger
trude this afternoon" said Mr.. Upton
when he went home.
"Going to see Gertrude ~ exclaimed
his wife. ''I should as soon think of
the Gar of Russia going to see Gertrude.
What for"
Mrs. Rich smiled placidly.
81 expected it," she said.
"What do you mean, mother %
ooh, nothing. Only thought some
things were queer, and the, day, he
brought her so much fruit 1 asked him
if he was married, he replied: No. If
| were, you would be justified in think
ing me too attentive to your niece"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-10-01
FARM AND HOME.
WhisDerinp Woods.

In the woodlands green recesses,
In the cool and fragrant glooms,
Where the morning dews yet linger
On the WoOdbines Haunting blooms
And the sunbeams and the shadows
Chase each other to and fro,
Summer breeZes whisper whisper
To my heart Of long ago.
Where sit see the cottage
In whose porch so oft we met,
And the lattice where the roses
That she loved are blooming yet
Doves are cooling il the treetops-
And a murmur like the sea
Rustles softly through the branches
AS the breezes sing to me.
On the giant oaks and beeches
Summers green has turned to gold,
And the bracken Oft has faded
Since those summer days of old,
When the woodland glades were haunted
By the sunny, smiling face
Whose sweet features on my canvas
l essayed to fit and trace.
On the messy sward the shadows
Dance as softly to and fro,
And the clover sented breezes
Just as sweetly come and go;
AS of old the whispering beeches
Have their spell upon me cast,
But their shade Is haunted only
BY the memory of the past
London ArgoSy.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-10-01
Keeps Right On.
Detroit Free Press,

When coal oil was first discovered it
was predicted by all the leading scien-
lists of the day that it would be exhaust
ed in six months. When natural gas
was first discovered it was predicted
that every pocket would be ex-
age man gets fooled on a watermelon,
even when it is plugged for him, these
gray haired savants can't be trusted to
always hit things plumb center.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-10-01
Feeding Meal to Swine.

In the Eastern States the question
has often been raised as to whether it
pays to grind corn for feeding swine,
some contending. that it is natural for
them to grind their own food. But it is
finely as the mill will grind it, and as it
is necessary that all food should become
liquid before it will yield up its nutri-
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-10-01
GLOVER After GLOVER.

The common remark about farmers
that clover will not succeed soWn on a
clover sod dates from the time when
wheat was thus sown in alternate years
with clover between. 1t was common
in those days to pillow under growth of
clover, which made the soil too light
and porous for clover-seeding next
spring. 1t also generally made too
heavy a growth of grain for best success
of the clover catch. It is the unfavor-
able mechanical condition of soil that a
clover sod makes rather than any ex-
haustion by the clover itself which him
ders the new catch. When the winter
is rainy SO as to thoroughly pack the
soil, clover seed succeeds we'll, though
even then it may be injured by drought
before the clover has become thorough
ly established. But heavy sod plowed
just before wheat sowing often does not
break down until the subsequent sum-
mer heats cause it to rot, and the
changes it makes at this time in tie sur
face soil soon destroy the newly semi
mated clover seeds.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-10-01
Young Grape Vines.

The young grape vines planted out
last spring should be pinched back in
July or August, in order to make a
thicker growth of stem towards the
roof If only one bud has been al
lowed to grow into a shoot, it will now
be several feet in length and perhaps
as thick as a common lead pencil if the
vine be thrifty. There is no use trying
to grow greater length of stem, as all
except two or three buds should be cut
down as soon as frost freezes the leaves
and stops further ripening of the
wood. If the cuttings are to be saved
for propagation, this pinching. back is
scarcely less important. 1t is for max
ing new ones as we'll as for making more
fruit, greater thickness rather than
greater length of cane that is important.
On thrifty vines many laterals will start
out after pinching back, and these if
we'll ripened and with a stub of the
main stem attached, make excellent
plants when set as cuttings.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-10-01
Spontaneous Combustion.

It has sometimes been questioned
whether there was danger that hay or
grain put up too green could heat kuf-
ficiently to begin a confagration. S. B..
Perry, OF Jefferson, O., harvested six
acres of very heavy wheat last month,
drawing it in when too green, on the
10Th of July, that being Saturday. The
butts were quite damp and the berry
soft. The next Monday evening the
wheat was found on fire, and examina-
ton showed that it began in two loads
of wheat drawn in a few days before,
and on which the other had been piled.
No fire Or lot had been in the barn for
weeks and the case is one of undoubted
spontaneous combustion. We have
often seen clover hay charred by ex-
cessive heating, and if breath of fresh
air had struck this mass while it was
charring it would without doubt have
burst into flame. It is better in all
cases to have grain or hay in properly
protected stocks or cocks rather than
endanger buildings by housing it when
still green.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-10-01
Farms of he West.

| have had the curiosity to see one of
the big Dakota farms, writes Ben Abou
to the New York Press, and went out
yesterday with John w. Dwight to the
%ens i nv she farm mile s Ths fields rhey
ways, and there are no fences. The
roads are supposed to be 60 feet wide,
but the fields are plowed right out to
the double wagon way of about 20
feet, and thus no land is left to waste.
saw forty-one reapers cutting grain