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dress Box 25, this office. o24-3t&
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NOR SALE-140 ACRES OF RECLAIMED
{ land on Grand Island, Sacramento County,
fronting on Old River between Walnut Grove
unG Isleton; orchard of pears pIuns and
ounces; will be sold at a bargain For terms
and particulars inquire at this office or at the
q. 5. Land Office, San Francisco
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YF YOU WANT ALL THE LATEST NEWS
i at the earliest moment subscribe for tn
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NOR SALE-ONE OF THE FINEST AND
largest saloons in the city; extra family
entrance best location; stock and lease In
quire at this Office.
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NOR SALE OR TO RENT ON LEASE
L. Ten acres of bottom land, one mile below
Washington Yolo County; if sold will take
small payment down. Apply to EDWIN K.
ALSIP & Co, Real Estate and insurance
Agents 1915 Fourth street.
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INANTED-FIVE GENTLEMEN. WIDE
w awake, with good address; salary or
commission. Apply to the SINGER MANU-
FACTURING CO., 500 J street.
XXTANTED-MEN FOR FARMS. VINE
w yards, dairies, and all kinds OF labor;
women and girls for cooking and general
Apply at EMPLOYMENT OFFICE, Fourth
street. II and l..
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1891-01-22
FARM. GARDEN AND
HOUSEHOLD.
Sleep for Women.

Our American girls lay too little stress
upon the value of sleep ss the best and
most wonderful tonic. TO the human sys
TEN. 1t is no common thing for them TO
be 40 until midnight or later, and yet
rise in time to break fast with the family
at the usual hour, 8 O'Clock In the morn
ing. The parents sre somewhat to blame
in this matter. Many of them have still
the old fashioned idea that lying In bed in
the morning is form of idleness that
should not be INDUCED in, and fathers,
particularly, are apt to feel that their
daughters are inattentive II they are not
on hand to brighten the breakfast hour
and give them a good-morniug kiss. And
it is hardship, but a necessary one, II
we would have our daughters retain their
health and beauty. An unususlly hand
some ST Louis woman, says the Post
Dispatch of that city, who has at the age
Of almost fifty years the fine, well round
ed figure and elastic step and carriage OF
girl, the delicate rose hued skin, aud
the brilllsncy of youth In her eyes, says
that she has made it n r.le TO retire at
O'Clock. except on very rare occasions
and then she takes a nap In the afternoon
to pre-, ent the Ill effects OF the late hour,
which are to follow. Our AmericJr
women Of all classes need more than any
other women In the world the rest ant
refic hment which only sleep can give t.
overweight nerves and overworled sys
tens; for nowhere else do the women liv'
under so much physical aud mental strait
To some natures, sleep does not com'
easily. In that event, some light exercise
should be taken nightly before retiring
directing the blood thereby In prope
channels, when sleep will come readil; a
to tired child. What women need mos
is a knowledge of self, and an intelligen
understanding OF Natures laws, not
parcel Of nostrums, OF which they know
nothing, and which may be hurtful in tn
extreme,
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1891-01-22
Winter Evenings at Homo.

To live In the city, with advantages OF
theatre, opera, concerts, and lectures, Is a
life that has, of course, many valuable
privileges that, II rightly used, are well
calculated to enlarge and elevate all who
enjoy them; but II one dwell afar In the
country, where the stage and the plat
form do not await him at his threshold,
let him by no means regret too much.
For books are. after all, the best and
noblest companions; full Of illumination,
of insight, OF charm, Of guidance. The
gift and the grace is In them. Nor Is
even q large library an essential to large
intellectual life. The few great authors
that are library In themselves, that are
the fuontain and the source OF mental e.
freshment, are the essentials. To have
beside the Bible, Dante, Virgil. Shake
speare, Milton, Cardinal Newman =
"Apologis," Emerson and Carlyle and
Matthew Arnold and Morley and Mon
taigne. Lowe'l's prose and poetry, and a
dozen other standard, modern and an
Client, that might be mentloned-with these
alone one has no unworthy collection of
thought that Is good to take into life
The vslue and the erjo ment of no even
ings can exceed those given to the read.
Ing and discussion Of that which Is best
10 literature.
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Notice of Foreclosure.

Nyhereas, Samuel Walton, of New Portland.
w IN the county of Somerset and State of
Maine, by his mortgage deed, dated Apri; is.
1883. ana duly recorded In Somerset Registry
OF D"edsbook l74.page 500, conveyed to me the
undersigned certain piece or tract OF land
situated In New Portland, at the North VILLAGE
so called, in said county, and described as fol
lows. 10 wit: II being The grI-t nib and prty
iiege, with the land now used With said mil
and the shed which belongs to 1t, and the ri rhi
OF way to and from the same, as common with
owners OF this property for all nece- sary pnr
poses. Also the night OF water sufficient TO,
said mil TO be taken from the flume OF thr
dam, and fininc Cor said mill, oue-thlrd part of
the expense OF the dam and fume TO be berne
by the owner OF said grist mill, the other two
thirds to be home by the owners OF the saw
mil aud carding and pulling mil. The other
mn o~ners ale not use water when IL is
low 70 the nainnss grist mill which has
the exclusive light grinding and flowing.
Sald premises and property being the SINE Mn.
divided half described in deed recorded IN Som
erset Registry VI Deeds, vol. Ill, page 2s7, and
The other undivid, half recorded in snId Reg.
| istry, VOL l'3, page Ito, reference 10 which rec.
| ords may he had for particular descriptiOn
| with the same reservations MS are expressed
IN deed, recorded IN said Registry vol. AS
| page sos. Aud whereas the conditions OF ga n
| mortgage have been broken, now therefore nv
| reason the breach of the conditions thereof
| / calm to foreclose said mortgage aud give
| thls NOTICE Tor that purpose.
Dated at New Iortland, the six h tlay of jar
nary, A. d. 1891.
ste oh. KNOWLES
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Annual Crop Estlm ates

Estimates Of the products Of the corn
wheat and oat crops of 1890 are compile
ed by the statisticisn of the department
of agriculture. lie makes the corn sg-
grega'e 5SS $40, 600 bushels; wheLt,
800 262 900; oats, 523, 62l 900. The ar a
of corn was reduced by the utter failure
and abandonment of more than six mil
lion acres. The area harvested being H.
go 763 sores. The average yield per
acre is POI bushels, aud the supply for
consumption per head of the population
1928 bushels. The aggregate VII at area
Is 3G, 0ST l04 acres, neally the same as
1889 The area in oats was 26 All ,369
acres, aud the yield per acre 1873 bushels.
This lie the only "a per cent. OF the aver
age OF the 10 years past. and is the small =
est rate of yield ever reported. The DE,
cember condition of the growing wheat
crop Is returned at 9S.4 and of rye no
This is better than the December returls
for the two years past.
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Clippings.

1t is not every man that has head bl;
enough for his farm, be that ever y,
small.
Animals are liable to colds, the same a
men. See that they have suitable pro
tecilOD.
| a dish Of water on the stove keeps thu
air In better condition for both plants ant
persons.
Corn meal or corn in some form, shoult
constitute a part of the ration fed tt
every dairy herd.
10 tie useful, barnyard manure mus
first decompose, either In the compost
heap or In the soil.
Winter is the time for the farmer tt
cultivate the soil.
Teach calves and colts to be led from
the beginning 1t saves halter breaking IL
double sense.
Are you treating your stock this winter
as well as you know how and have the
means Of doing2
Work as much as possible into the prac
tice Of doing business on cash basis
you save interest.
When you go home from the village
take with you load Of manure that some
Il low doesn't want.
Don't map out a course for q man and
expect him to follow 1t. Give him q
chance to map out course for himself.
II all lambs are grown to be put on the
market In summer, where Is the lamb fol
the winter market to come from2
The laws Of nutrition are quite flexi, ! =.
and the ration can be considerably mar
rowed or widened without doing injury.
No branch OF business requires NOR,
varied and wider know ledge for It's intel
ligent practice than the business Of agri
culture.
The chemist cannot always discover The
feeding value of foods nor the producti's
value of soils, but he can give some valu
able hints.
Some one says that In feeding horse
It is az necessary to know the strength OF
his digestion as In drawing 1t is necessary
to known the strength Of his muscles.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1891-01-22

Rightly managed, $50 heus bring bet Ell
| profit than twice the number under or,ii
uary treatment. good poultryman
would not think Of going to rest without
showing that this stock was comfortably
quartered. Plymouth Rock seems to HAY G
more champions In the west than In the
east. Down south they swear by the
Leghorn. 1t is the best fowl for that
section. Cover the floor Of the poultry
house with leaves or chaff and scatter
grain among 1t. Good exercise during
winter Is worth all the trouble 1t costs.
Bran is excellent egg food; should be
used largely In the morning feed. Good
time to begin feeding boiled cabbsge or
iurnips, mixed with bran, a. morning
feed, vegetable diet is necessary during
winter months In fsttening fowls 1t will
pay TO add linseed meal or cottoLseed-
oil meal to the soft feed, a. they are very
fatteDing. Meatecraps In the soft feed
twice week will help along the egg pro-
duct. Now that insects are scarce, meat
must be supplied. Iowa Homestead.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1891-01-22
How to Keep Flowers In Water

For keeping flowers In water, finely
powdered charcoal, in which the stalLs
can be stuck at the bottom of the VASE,
preserves them surprisingly, and renders
the water free from obnoxious qualities.
When Gu. flowers have faded, ;either by
being worn a whole evening in ones dress
or as a bouquet, by cutting bait an inch
from the end of the stem In the morning,
and putting the freshly trimmed end IN
stantly into quite boiling water, the PEI
ais may be seen to become quite smooth
and TO resume their beauty, often In
few minutes.
Col bred flowers Carnations, szaleas,
roses and geraniums) may be treated in
this way White flowers turn yellow
The thickest textnred flowers amend the
most, although azsleas revive wonder
fully
We have seen flowers that have lain the
whole night on table, after having beer
worn for hours, which breakfast next
morning were perfectly renovated by
means of a cupful of water.
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PENSIONS.

A former resident of Somerset Co, Mr.
NJ. G. Wright, has located in Washington
d. 9. and opened an Office for the prosecu
ton of Government Claims. lie will give
special attention to the claims of Maine sol!
diera. Being Located near the depart
ments, and having had several years ex-
perience in the Pension Bureau as q CLERK
and special examiner, he is prepared to
promptly and skillfully prosecute all claims
for original pension, increase of pension,
bounty, etc. which may be placed in his
hands. Consult HIM if you desire to ap-
ply, or, If having applied, your case has
been rejected or neglected. Advice free.
Address NJ. @. WRIGHT, Washington,
D. q, or call at the office of James Wright
Skowhegan who is supplied with proper
blanks for applications rrf er the new Law
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1891-01-22
Comfort for Cattle

Comfort for Cattle means more than
hay and feed. 1t means Il good stall, &
warm, dry bed, light, plenty of fresh r
and certain amount of fr, e ION in tn
stall, something different from the risit
stauchion. Thus writes John Gould II
the Pm ladelphia Weekly Press. Tw'
years ago, when he built his new COW
barn, he made study of 81 these mat
ters, and after two winters experience h,
would not change feature of the plan
The basement, pli was discarded, and tb,
BAN is nil of wood, save low ston'
foundation sal, that rises one fuot allow
the ground. The walls are built double
with six inch air space. Matched board
were used on the inside, sud tsrred pap'
was put upon the studding tie ,ides.
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Notice of Foreclosure.

w hereas, Samuel Walton of New Portland
w in the County of somerset and State OF
Maine by his mortgage deed dated January az
| 1873. and recorded In Somerset Registry OF
Deeds, book ia, page 30a, conveyed to me. the
Undersigned, certain parcel OF real estate, in
| said New Portland, aud described as follows, IL
wit: II being the grist mill lot with mill there
on and the water privilege Herewith situated
at the North village, In said New Portland and
| then occupied and operated by said Samuel
walton. And whereas the conditions of said
mortgage having been broken, now therefore
by reason Of the breach Of the conditions there.
OF claim to foreclesc said II orIgage and give
this notice for that purpose.
Dated at New Portland the 9th day OF Janu.
AIRY, A. d. 1891 3w2
DANIEL IL, KNOWIES
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1891-01-22

Taking up the January Wide Awake
one is led to reflect that this msgszlne has
particularly happy and kindly way OF
enlistlng the interest and the fancy of i's
readers by its Prize Competitions. Fol-
1891 Miss Runners Prize Art-series
1.-The Drawing Of the Child Figure" bids
fair to Re of great interest to children,
while the Prize "Problems In Horol ,gy,'
by Z. II. Hawley OF the Smithsonian IT,
stitutiop, will call forth the efforts of
the students In Latin snd High Schools.
The stories and articles of the January
number are each excellent of their kind
and are by such authors as Susan Cool
idge, Mrs Burton Harrison, Margaret Sid
new, Eloridge S. BROOKS, Ernest Inger-
soll Kirk Munroe, etc.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1891-01-22

CoCoANUT CooKIEs-One cup sugar
one cup butter, one.half cup milk, two
eggs, one cup dessicated cocoanut, Que
teaspoon baking powder sifted In -four
enough to roll. not too stiff No. 2-One
cup Of butter, two cups Of sugar, one cup
Of milk, four eggs, one teaspoon soda,
six cups Of -four; roll out. sprinkle thick
with cocoanut, then roll lightly to press
the c,coanu. Into the dough; cut 10 any
chap, desired.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1891-01-22
POETRY.
Woman.

Give us that grand word "woman2 once again
And let's have done with "lady.'
Ones a term
Full Of fine force-strong, beautiful and urn,
vi, for the noblest use Of tongue pen
And ones a word for lnckeys.
One suggests
The mother wife and sister one the dame
Whose costly robe mayhap. gave her the name
One word upon its own strength leans and resis.
The other minces. uptoe.
The "perfeot woman, must be brave OF heart
And broad of soul to play her double part
Well in liie's drama While each day we see
The "perfsc, lady skilled in what to do
And whatto say, grace in each tone and act
(Tis taught in Schools but needs serve native tact
Yet narrow in her mind in her shoe.
Give the first place, then, to the nobler phrase
And leave the lesser word for lesser pslise.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1891-01-22

All the soft and the warm food hoult
be given In the morning when the hen:
come off the roost, for 1t Is then they
need it most, and are invigorated after
being on the roost on very cold night
for eeyersl hours. Before feeding, give
dish of warm water to drink, and have
the food rich and nourishinR. In short
time they will feel the benefit of the
warmth, and begin to scratch aud search
for stattared grain,
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1891-01-22
70 Nervous DebiIItated Mon.

If you will send us your address, we will
mail you our illustrated pamphlet explaining
all about DIR. Dyes Celebrated Electro oltai,
Belt and Appliances, and their charming effects
upon the nervous debilitated system, and how
they will quickly restore you to vigor and man.
hood. Pamphlet free. you are thus afflicted
we will send you belt on a trial.
NoLTAIc BELT Co., Marshal, Mich.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1891-01-22
Glover Causing heaves

There are two reasons why clover hay
causes heaves In horses. Zone is that II
often heats, and when 1t dries out be.
comes dusty. Wetting the hay removes
the difficulty. The second reason Is that
horses like clover hay so much that they
overload their stomachs, and cannot
travel. Give them only small amount
Of clover, and add oats to make up the
full ration, just % would be done In feed
ing timothy hay.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1891-01-22

Our Little Ones and the Nursery. 1t Ii
a pleasure each month to call attention &c
that beautiful little publication "0ur Lit
tie Ones nd the Nursery" for the more
youthful pets of the household. 1t is al
ways as dainty 81 can be, the illustrations
being perfect gems and the letter pres'
of charac er both to amuse and instruct
The class for whom 1t is designed. Pub
lished by the Russell Publishing Com
pany, Boston, Mass.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1891-01-22

The authors OF the Ladies Home Jour
nal for January include Henry M Stanl"y
DR.. Oliver Wendall Holmes, Elk President
HAYES, Hon. John Wanamaker, Joseph
Jefieron, Hon. Hannibal Hamlin, Madame
Albani, James Whitcomb Ri y, Gen, Lew
Wallace George W. Childs, DIR. L. De
Witt Tslnage, Mrs, A. d. 7. Whit ey,
Robert j. Burdette. Edward Bellamy,
viii Carleton, Charles A. Dana, Sarah
Orne Jewett, George W. Cable, Julian
Hawthorne. Mrs Lyman Abbott, Mrs
Margaret Bo.tome, and nearly twenty
others.
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- -
M agazines

The January number OF the New EGG
land Magazine Is it's Christmas number
Its first article is on Bells, and 10 it Mr..
f. II Goss tt lis In most interesting mar.
ner of the great part bells have played i'll
the social, religious and sentimental life
Of peorl,, the wide world over, the arti
ol; being illustrated by ascofo Of pictures
OF famous bells, curious bells and big
bells. LoDgf, II rvs re ,utiful "Christmss
Bells' is printed, following this article, q
FAC smile OF the first page Of tie manu-
script Of the poem being given. Aud be
sides this Is a beautiful Illuminated re-
production OF Pc s famous poem, "Tht
Bell" occupying four pages Of tho
magazines. There are many other in.
tel esting features in the number.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1891-01-22

BEEF TEA-One pound Of lean beef cut
into small bits, with every particle Of fl.
removed. Put In wide.mouthed bottle.
cork-tightiy, aud set In . kettle OF cold
water. Boil thres hours, There will DO
. smah cupful Of the juice; season with q
sAltspoonful Of salt, and give . few
Opoonfuls ct Q time.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1891-01-22

When the hour Of trouble comes to the
mind or the body, or when the hour Of
death CONES, that comes to high and low,
thea it y not what No have done for our.
selves. bat what We have done for others,
that ~ thiak On most pleasantly. -Sir
waiter 0cotk
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1891-01-22

An Euglishman VA lately feutenced to
fourtssu days hard labor, without option
Of ans, for causing horse " be worked
in uunt condition and while suffering in
tense pain.
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pANA.s is GUARANTEED" TO CURE,

Cheapness and economy are not synon'
ymous terms. Cheappess II not always
desirable, but economy 10. The cheap
products Of the household art are some
times very distasteful. but the economical
ones arc often very good.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1891-01-22

II the January st Nlcholss-the second
of the Holiday numbers OF this magazine
Charles Dudley Warner calls up the
| thousands of it's readers to hear "a Talk
about Reading" which is delivered with
all the earnestI css of true humori,,
when t,lsing Of graver matters. Oue OF
the pleasant surprises which the Editor
| Of st. Nichols Is fond of Offering to sub
scribers. is an unannoulced little fanci
full serial. "Elfe's Visit to Cloudland," by
Frances V. Austen, with just the sort OF
pictures that children like, and plenty OF
them, too. OF the more temporary at
fractions, there Is u Christmas story by
Roswell Smith, illustrated by George In
ness, Jr; poem by Celia Thaxter; funny
piciers by Bensell; a short but complet
article on Michael Angelo by Alexander
Black, Illustrated by the frontispiece-
the statute OF the artist by. Zocchi; jim
gle with humorous illustrations by Bren
on, and other contributions, perhaps moi
inferior In merit to some of those named
As usual, the magazine is distinguished
by being eminently attractive without q
trace of seusationalsm.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1891-01-22

1.-The fancy took me to go to Motto,
says Mr.. Pcrclyal Lowell, in his paper on
Motto: An unexplored Corner of Japan
there, is not only the subject Of the open.
Ing article In the January Atlantic. but is
to be the subject of several articles which
are to follow. Mr.. Charles Worcester
Clark writes about Compulsory Arbtra
ton. Professor Royce has a long paper
on Hegel, Adolphe Cohn writes about
Beulaugi-m, and Mr.. Henry Charles Lea
indicates the Lesson OF the Pennsy lvanis
Election. Sophia Kirk gives a pretty
sketch of A Swiss Farming Village; and
A Novelist Of the Jura, Mademoiselle
Adj le Huguenle, is the subject of q long
article which shows her to be kind of
Swiss Charles Egbert Craddock.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1891-01-22

The habit Of keeping strict accounts 10
one cause Of the common success Of the
farming Of former business men.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1891-01-22

There Tom, the son of the Piper,
Jack Spratt, and Merry King Cole.
And the three wise men OF Gotham,
Who went to sea in a bowl;
The woman who rode broomstick
And swept the cob-webbed sky,
And the boy who sat in the corner
Eating his Christmas pie
These were some OF the old iavorites, but they
have been snppltrted by the "Pansy' and "Chai-
terbox" stories, Little Lord Faunileroy," and
Five Little Peppers" The old-fashioned Pills
and Physics have been superseded and wisely too,
by Pierce's Puigatiye Pellets, a mild, harmless
and effective cathartic. They are pleasant to take
so gentle in their action that the most delicate
child take them, yet so effective that they will
cure the most obstinate of constipation stom
ach, liver and bowel trouble. They should be il
every nursery. AS gentle laxative, only one fo
dose
More trouble is brewing over the Newfound
land bait question. Bait always causes NOR,
or less disturbance, even if it be only the kin,
that Ia carried in a flask