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The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1890-11-20
Hints to Housekeepers.

To cure and heal a running soc, apply
aum water twice day.
Keep silver and nickel ornaments ard
mounts bright by rubbing with wooden
cloths saturated in spirits OF ammonia.
When stove is cracked a cement may
be made of wood ashes and salt, in equal
proportions, mixed to paste with cold
water. Fill the cracks with this when
then the stove is cool, and it will soon
harden.
Don't forget, if you are a tall woman,
to have your work table and ironing
board few inches higher than they are
usually made. This little precaution
will prevent many Il backachy.
In washing clothes both the dirt from
without and the soiling from the body
need to be removed. This last is usual
" accomplished by the oxidizing innuen
ces of the air, and hence atmosphere dry
ing is better than artificial heat dry Ing
When the hands are stained, use salt
and lemon juice this will take of stains
and render the hands soft aud white,
The mos desirable party bag is Il large
one made of old fashioned looking bro
cade. Il should be Of sufficient sze to
hold a pair OF slippers, fan and the
numerous little belongings that are usual
" needed during the evening, which one
cannot take in her pocket even if one
wanted to.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1890-11-20
fWoodworkerl

As lumber is now sawn, every board
but one will warp and curl up in the pro
cess of seasoning. The reason for this
is plain. If the board be sawn from thu
side of the log the grain rings of the
wood lie in circles. which have greater
length IN one than upon the other side
of the board A board cut from the very
center Of the log has grain circles OF
equal length upon each side, and will lie
perfectly fiat when seasoned
When selecting the lumber for a too
chest or some other fine job, pick oui
boards that show they came as near a
possible from the center of the log. a
method is in use which compensates for
this tendency to curl in seasoning. This
is known as quarter saving, aud quar-
tered oak, of which SO much is said a.
present, is sawn by this process.
II consists of cutting out boards radial
" from the center to the outside OF tht
log. Suppose log to be split into -four
pieces, each of these pieces is sawn dag
oually, so that the grain rings rur
through, instead of the circles running
into it, part way through and out, upor
the same side of the board.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1890-11-20
The Extinction of the Buffalo.

At one station we see four little snow.
covered flower beds close 10 the track
bordered with buffalo horns; and count
the horns. Fifty to bci-two hundred
in all the relics Of herd OF bison. There
il not one buffalo now upon the Bulialu
Plains all have been murdered of their
hides. Already a buffalo coat is worth
SO in a few years more the price will
probably rise to 500 or even 5000 The
only traces Of the extinct race are their
"walloWs'. Two or three years ago these
praries were sprinkled thickly for thous-
and miles with bison skeletons. millions
of skulls were bleaching along the way.
Then some Spectator contracted for
their purchase and removal for the mann.
facturc of fertilizer; and during many
weeks and months enormous train loads
of buffalo bones were sent daily east
ward, hundreds of thousands of tons.
And now where they used to Craze herds
so vast that they would take days TO pass
only an Indian could find even one skull.
From such relic, the Indians detach
the horns, to polish and mount them
rudely; and even these polished horns
have become rare enough to sell on the
spot for two dollars a pair Doubtless
the man who paved the verges of his
flower beds with buffalo horns must have
done so with the belief that such articles
would long continue cheap and plenty.
Frequently we pass Indian tents in the
vicinity of stations. At one place some
Indian women, tail, not ill featured, aud
boxing well in their brightly striped
blankets, board the train to try TO sell a
pair of horns. There seems to me a
strange pathos in this little incident, -
the spectacle of the survivors of a vanish
ing race Offering for sale as curiosities
some relies of their own God-given wild
cattle, which for unknown thousands OF
years, yielded them food, warmth, and
shelter. The wanton destruction ,of the
hrtf,o was the determination also of a
human race. Aud | have been reading
on the train in some Canadian paper, OF
Indians frnnzied by hunger and reduced
to cannibalism, eating their own child
dren From A Winter Journey to Japan
ny Lafcadio Hearn, in Harper's Magazine
for November.
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Two Words.

A western man who owned great
farm In Dakota was obliged to cross the
water for business purposes
For sthree months he heard nothing
from the man whom he had left in
charge Of the farm, and at last he be-
came somewhat disturbed He was an IL
literate person, though capital farmer,
and the writing'of telegram WAS mat
ter of some difficulty. At last he sent of
the following comprehensive message
"Is things oil right at the farm?"
Impatiently he awaited the answer. l,
would be expensive, he felt sure, wheth.
er it brought good or bad news, judging
by his own experience, But his trusty
foreman was person of few words and
strict ideas of economy, and the envelope
which his anxious employer received a.
soon as possible contained simply this
brief message
"Things is"
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around her, they seemed nearer and dear
er to each other than they had in many
long years.
Mandy Is not the only woman who car
ries this dirt light to an extreme. But, -
dear Samantha Allen says do bt
mejum.' 1t cannot be hDtb-and with
many, especially those with children T.
care for, 1t cannot bei The "mejum'
course, making the home true home
the best and dearest place on earth t.
husband and childrcn a home which viii
always be remembered in connection
with mother, love and sympathy; the
dear home refuge from the outside world
or home remembered in connection
with spotless floors, shining stove. dnster
mop and scrubbing BRUSH Northern
Christian ddr0cufs
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We may well pray to be delivered fton
the newspaper which has sensation for
its means, its motive and its end. Such
paper is a pi'iless, an unyieldins
scourge, weapon of terror in the hands
of the greedy and INSCRIPTIONS. 1t tram
Piles upon business relations. invades the
ssnctity of home, does not hesitate to be-
smirch private character, drags into
publicity the modest and shrinking, ex-
forts secrets with the terrors of the in
QUESTION, and sends out hundred devils
each with a whip of scorpions to gail
its ends, whatever they may be. 1t de-
ties corporations, and virtually denies the
obligation of contracts, for it helps In
their breach, by its course of libel, Stand
er and perjury. In fact such paper
has no soul, i, heart, moi conscience, Ii
sometimes does good, but how much II
soils and blackens In the operation .-1h'
Insurance Age.
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POETRY.
The Cry of Tho Dreamer.

nv IoHS HolLr o'REiLlY.
am tired OF planning and loiing
In the crowded hives Of men,
Hear, weary oil building and spelling,
And spelling and building again.
And | ong for the dear old river,
Where dreamed my youth away;
For dreamer lives forever,
And a toiler dies in day.
am sick OF snowy seeming
Ola life that is half a lie
OF the faces lined with schemng
In the throng that hurrics by,
Prom the sleepless thoughts ondeayor,
l would 20 where thu children play
For a dreamer lives forever,
And A thinker dies in a day.
| can feel no pride, but pity
For the burdens the rich endure,
There is nothing sweet in the city
But the patient lite Of the poor.
Oh, the little hands too skilltul,
And the child mind chukcd with weeds
The daughters heart grown willful,
And the fathers heart that bleeds,
No, no! From the streets rude hustle,
From trophies OF mart and stage,
would lily To the woods low rustic
Aad ths meadows kindly page.
Let me dream as OF otd by the river,
And he loved for the dream Away;
For dreamer lives forever,
And a tniler dies in a day.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1890-11-20

Keep thy heart with all diligence, for
out of 1t are the issues Of life.-Psdlms.
The secret of success is In doing ones
duty every day.
Life-strong life and sound life, that
life which lends approaches to the lnan-
Ito and takes hold on heaven, is not &c
much progress "a It is . resistance
BvtfaA QssrterlS Besies.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1890-11-20

The ,asaI ID: tt. SIX x arIa IS s. snla,
ina, ~. ayer1-r t17ty wv Z h, II a,
Twist. ~ :her : form tt-r I'd O.
common wing silk; tha, If the said
i llAHE dIaluetc-s smaller. ",
lra,.- 4 S; .le- Wet by weight ". III.
# s:r.ts.l MO straight line, rae
from London. England. t. Einhurgl.
s. -.mi.a distance IF ever 400 miles
81 I. ul5 RrpHt.le.
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L - are aye -ier.n- 4 Il. any lingering OF
H.-stai----.s NJ .ail.. wi, Go YOU not write
-r Greene, = "a eap.e Pace, Boston, the
-ls-afs1sr hat Etea; nerve remedy DR..
Greene : Nsry--s AMI ve..-Aa7sr specialist in
'ae c-rs Z Nervous and chronic diseases He
-ses u-y harmless vegetable medicines, and
las made specially 4 trea;ir. cases through
etter cores Pou1eucs. aaG his success in curing
eIe1 apparently hopeless cases IS marvellous.
He SAB -e -7usl.tet tree-'a1t 5 YOU can write
MN description 7i your case, nd he will re-
Ia al f.-.1t, "a4t tls cEalce 4 cure is, and
.;'e yel -.s Ta.eaalg advice II regard 20 treat
p ~; ~ - e.arss. IoI can al pi ais treat
mer' y :. ~ as w. case but rs Astonishing
.4eces, AID Il -ta1Is practice render cure
almost assure. = = e ~ usa = medicines.
Write Bin. a-7l; ye-r czse aLi send f.r CUES
ecl Lark q Z. out.
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The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1890-11-20

T m-What's your choice Il a u..;ios Al
tluwrr'
Jerry-Golleu rod An3 y'u-s'
Tom resting on his er-.,sa.s-Weu,
I've come To think it shaa.I a- railway
disaster P.,t-tsr-- I|al-e-lu.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1890-11-20
Specimen Americans.

Iroe4ii.d fse ilcJenta few days ago,
as ~ in Inni listeplu1 to Phillips
Brooks ip15iiW. talks l. happened IL
the sprirg of 1858. The four of IL hal
gone t. Europe tugether-pr. McNlckar.
of Philadelphia, Philips Brooks, and
Mr. Robinson, the bull of Boston ;
Trinity church. Robinson stands feet
. inches in his stockings, Dr. McNlciar
measures sect inches. and BROOKS eX-
coed, { feet in height. Robinson Is sen
sitive about his length, and suggested
that in order To avoid comm ut the three
tall meu avoid being seen together. Ar
irving In England, they went direct to
Leeds. where they learned that iectur'
or would address the working classes on
"Amer.ca and Americans Anxious 10
hear what Englishmen thought of the
great Il pu)l.c, they went TO the hall.
They entered separately. and took seats
apart. The lecturer, after SOME uninteF-
esting remarks, said that Americans
were, as rule. short, aud seldom II ever
rose to The height of i've feet ten inches
He did not know to what cause ne could
attribute. this fact, blt he wished he
could present examples to the audience.
Phillips Brooks rose to his feet aud
said IL am an American, and as you
see, about six feet in height, and sincere
" hope that If there be any other repre-
sentative of my country present he will
rise.
After moments interval, Mr.. Robin
son rose and said: Il am from America
in which country my height--Six feet
two-is the subject of no remark. II
there be any American here, l hope that
he will rise
The house was in jolly humor
Waiting until the excitement could ahstt
IN some degree and the lecturer regain
control of his shattered nerves, DR.. Nc
Vickar slowly drew his msjestic form
to its fun height. and exclaimed: q.
am an But he got no further. TIL,
audience roared, and the lecturer sal,
no more on that subject.
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Harry-Dear girl. why 50 cruel? l am
absolutely weak and weary by reason Of
your GOODNESS.
Harriet-Weak? Weary? Then your
circulation is defective and you need
re-nnlsinr. -Pittsburg Bulletin.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1890-11-20

Acts on 4 new principle-regulatlng the liver,
stomach. and bowels through the ntries a new
discovery. Dr. Miles Pills speedily Bilious.
Unqualified tor men, women, children. Smallest,
mIest. survsti g -.:s; = :s..;. Samples tree at
Ii. W. Gus Kings.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1890-11-20

1t is not what man gets, but what a
man is. that he should think of. He should
first think Of his character and then Of
bis condition. He that has character
need have no fears about his condition.
Circumstances obey principles. Henry
Ward Beecher.
More and more we come to see that
courage is positive thing. To be brave
is not merely no. to be afraid. Courage
is that compactness aud clear conference
of xll mans faculties and powers which
makes bis manhood q single operative
unit In the world. Phillips Brooks.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1890-11-20

Wishing to reduce stock in order to make
room for Christmas goods we shall until Dec. 1st
offer special inducements TO purchasers, especially
in silyer-plated hollow-ware. Anything in this line,
consisting of Cake Baskets Berry Dishes, Bon-Bon
Dishes, Pickle Casters. Ice Pitchers Tureens, Bak-
ing Dishes et,. etc. We will sell at good discount
These are all new goods and we warrant them Quad
rupie plate and perfect in every respect. Remember
this offer is good until Dec. LIST, when we begin to
open our Christmas goods. Have You those
new Friendship rings? They are the prettiest yet
and the low prce will astonsh you, We have the
celebrated Paul +. West Fountain Pens the best
on tie ma1I'ek, as they always give satisfaction
Remember that we always have hand
plete line of Watches, Clocks j, weery, Spectacles
and Eye Glasses, that sell at the lowest possible
prices Call in aud examine our stock and you will
be satisfied that our prices are right Remember the
place aud make mistake our sign reads
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p.-.s Is afraid Il American PORK, but doesn't
say a. .aa-htrse sttAA, and n.ets Of allies.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1890-11-20

Whsa aerial Sip lames il We sh-" have
~ times a.. tt yearr..n5.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1890-11-20
Baby Cured.

NJ Bay 4s3 me 5rse case Of Catarrh
tla, I eve. ~ sua child 81 .cted with
The us-a d.-c4A-g- was very large and
very ct-us:ge. Having some personal
s1O~ie1ze y th- curative propreties Of
:. ;. ;. ! gave re o&Jy course Of 5 S.
:. using u9t4.ng e,-e Ia short time
LIE discharge from IL rose stopped, and
,1s Gzte7-a ws. erred entirely and per-
1snen.ly, Z, ,ter- aa- been no return If
L -.uce.
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Its very hard" sighed the gas-meter
81 always register but cannot vote.
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GEO. PHLLBRICK & SON,

And you will find us at 81 Water Street where we
are ready to receive YOU Open Monday, Wednes-
day and Saturday evenings
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Ayers SarsapariIla

DR.. :. c. AVER d CO.. Lowell, Mass.
-. E, II s.it.s. =. .r5-ta a. te.t.s.
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"a. - T. ALTMAN,
Independence. Ohio.
Wichita eagle., 1890-03-08
!. O. O. r.
The Order in Savannah-Getting Ready
for the Supreme Lodge.

The Order in Savannah-Getting Ready
for the Supreme Lodge.
The lodges of Savannah, Ga, report an ag-
gregate net gain of about 100 members dur
ing the last half Of 1859.
The Western States Passenger association
has appointed committee to prepare a
schedule Of reduced rates for travellers to Mil
waukee next July.
There are now 63S divisions of the uniform
rank in good standing, and charters have
been granted to 26 not yet instituted, because
they are waiting for the completion of their
uniforms.
The order increased in the number of lodges
during 1885, having 374 more lodges at its
close than at the same time in the preceding
year. This increase was 225 more lodges dur
ing the year than any other order in exis-
tence.
There were 333 members added to the en-
dowment and eighteen sections during the
month OF October, and it now numbers over
80, 200. The total endowment now in force
is S44, ,0O0 and yet, in the face of this, some
members say it is failure.
As an evidence of the progress being made
by the degree of Rebekah in Illinois the fol-
lowing figures are submitted: Number of
amount paid as assessments by lodges, S15S;
number of delegates to the last convention
49,; amount paid assessments, $40; be-
sides which thirty-eight lodges paid their as
sessment although not represented.
Wichita eagle., 1890-03-08
!. o. O. r.
Various Notes from Many Places of Inter
est to Members of the Order.

Various Notes from Many Places of Inter
est to Members of the Order.
Few members in the order can claim to be
in as good standing financially with their
lodge as Bro. George NJ Roth. P. G., Of
Chosen Friends, no. 100, Philadelphia. For
years he has been paying twenty-five cents
into the treasury every lodge night, until
now he is over $40 ahead on the books.
The idea entertained in some sections that
the grand lodge of New Hampshire hoids
seui-annual sessions is mistake. A SO called
semi annual session for the exemplification o.
of the work of the degrees has been held, at
which the grand officers were present, but
they were never opened in the grand lodge
degree. 1t has been a school of instruction
rather than a meeting Of the grand lodge.
H K Mott, of LIE Roy, Pa, has been ap-
pointed one of the solicitors of the Odd Fel-
lows endowment association.
The committee on finance in Milwaukee to
raise the guarantee fund OF $4,000 has not
met with that success contemplated, but SAYS
il will come in time. The programme for the
euti:-s week of the meeting of the supreme
lodge next July has been arranged. The en-
tire uniform rank is ordered into camp at
Cold Spring park.
There are twenty-five Odd Fellow publica-
tions in the United States; the combined cir
culation is about 80, 600. The Odd Fellows Re
view, of Chicago, is said to head the list with
a circulation of $50; the Odd Fellows Regis
ter, Of Portland, has 200, and from that the
number decreases to 200.
Wichita eagle., 1890-03-08

sonic Temple, which cost the fraternity
$4,000.
In November, 1882 Bro. Peabody received
the degrees of capitular Masonry in Pueblo
chapter No. 3, and in the following February
the orders of knighthood were conferred in
Pueblo commandery No. 8. In the same year
he assisted in organizing Canon City chapter
No. IA, Royal Arch Masons, and was elected
principal sojourner. In April Of the same
year be assisted in organizing Canon City
commandery No Q, Knights Templar, and
was chosen its first eminent commander,
which position he held for four consecutive
years.
In 1885 and again in 1887 he was chairman
of the committee ON foreign correspondence
and wrote the reports, which were noted for
breadth and fullness, and received general
approval of the Masonic press In Septem-
Der, 1888, the appreciation Of his brother sir
knights was shown in his election as grand
commander of Knights Templar of Colorado,
position which he still holds by reelection.
In the same year he was appointed on the
committee on jurisprudence for the grand
chapter of Colorado, and the following year
he was appointed on the jurisprudence COM
mittee for the grand lodge Of Colorado, in
each of which positions he has been equal to
the expectations of his friends.
Wichita eagle., 1890-03-08
A. O. u. w.
A Summary of the Membership and Prog
ress of the Order During 1889.


The latest report of the supreme recorder,
under date of Jan. /, 1880, shows the total
membership Of the order in good standing to
have been at that time 227, S02, net gain
during one month OF .l55.
Nineteen of the twenty-four Jurisdictions
showed gains aggregating 1857; five showed
losses aggregating III. New York led with
a gain Of 425; Massachusetts, came next with
a gain OF 132; New Jersey and Delaware fol-
lowing with ia each; Michigan gained 98;
Indiana, IS; Texas, Al; Georgia, Alabama,
North Carolina, South Carolina and Florida,
81 each; California and Nebraska, 20 each
Colorado, New Mexico and Arizona, an
aggregate Of So; Nevada, 30; Minnesota, %;
Pennsylvania, Is; Kansas, 10; Ohio, Z; Da-
kota, 3; Iowa, !.
No official returns are ct hand from Illinois,
but unoificially she is credited with gain Of
only 3. Unofficial returns from Dakota for
January show that, now the jurisdiction has
become fairly started, it is rapidly growing.
The estimated increase for January Is i59.
The FIVE states showing a loss were as follows:
Kentucky, I; Tennessee, 2: Wisconsin, .;
Oregon and Washington, 46; Ontario, 81.
But Ontario received 42l applications during
December, which must have given her good
start for the new year
Wichita eagle., 1890-03-08

have been the author of the attack, and the
Mormons made it so uncomfortable for him
that he had to leave Salt Lake. Among the
many little attentions they paid him was to
send a letter containing an illustration of a
man hanging from pole.
Mr.. Carleton was in California a short time
after 1865, and two years later went TO Rio
Janeiro, where he became personally ac-
quainted with Dom Pedro, the recently de-
posed emperor. In 1913 he returned TO San
Francisco to permanently reside, and for a
number of years past has been the editor and
proprietor of The West End.
He began his first fraternal work in 1877,
as q member of tie Knights of Pythias,
finally becoming state deputy OF the order
under Grand Chancellor Carter He after
wards became an Odd Fellow, and in 1886,
when the Knights and Ladies of Honor order
was established here, he was among the first
to join it, When its grand lodge was organ
lied in 1887 he was given his present position,
as already noticed. He is also a loyal mem
ber of the Ancient Order of Foresters of
America, and is one of its supreme repre-
sentatives TO the high court of America that
meets at Brooklyn in 1891.