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The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1891-07-30
Walking as a Perfect Exercise

Few things, If any, are so tilectual in
building up and sustaining the physical
Organization as walking, II resolutely ard
judciously followed. II is perfect eX
ercise. L. taxes the entire system. When
you walk properly, every member and
muscle. every nerve aud fibre. has some
thing to do. The arms swing back ward
and forward, keeping step, as IL were,
with the legs the chest expands and con
tracts AS the lungs I'LL and discharge the
drummer boy pulse ats tune for the
march the legs curve and straghien the
feet rise and fall, while the hesd rides ov-
er all but not as a desdhead Every sense
it has is employed, every faculty alert,
The noslrils expand to qusf the breeze;
the ears tutu 10 ererj >ound; the eyes roll
in their sockets, sweeping from left to
right from earth to sky; the brain is at
work through sill its parts. Progress un-
der such conditions Is the very eloquence
of physical motion. What Is the etiectl
The flesh is solidited; the lungs grow
strong and sound the chest enlarges the
limbs are rounded out; the tendons swell
aud tougher ;she hgure ti'fs In height and
dignity, and is clothed with ace and
suppleness. Hunters, who W4la much,
are tall ard straight, while sailors, who
scarcely walk at sll are low and squat.
The whole man is developed, not the body
merely. The mind is broadeued by the
contemplation of creations works, the
soul is enlarged, the imagination bright
ened, the spirits cheered, the temper
sweetened. The moral forces are
strengthened equally with the physical.
A loftier, reverential feeling is awakened,
If not profound religious sentiment No
one who rightly walks tue fields and
groves, or climbs the heights beneath the
heavenly dome. with its blazing sun by
day and its moon and countless stars by
night, but is irresstibly drawn toward
the infinite. as he clocks through nature
up to natures GOd."-Belford's.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1891-07-30
American Horses Abroad.

1t IL fact not generally known that a
good many American carriage horses are
shipped TO foreign countries. England
and Cuba give the chief markets. In spite
Of the excellence OF English breeding
horses, we could sell 20 times as many
Az we now do for the London trade If we
did not find better customers at home
That the English like American bred car
riage horses is proved by the fact that
their agents here are constantly trying to
secure the best animals That come to thi
market. English breeders cannot begin
to supply the carriage and saddle horses
called for by the large English cities.
Germany, France and Belgium and, to
some extent, Canada are all called upon
to furnish good animals The horses call
cd for are good grades of coachers, Cleve-
land Bays and Hackneys. The fact that
English agents bid highest for animals
that are most wanted in New York shows
that fashionable horses have standard
value both at home and abroad, and that
they are very safe property to handle
Trotting horses are not so popular abroad,
and probably will not be for good many
years. Strange TO say, the best foreign
market for fast horsess in Cuoa and the
southern republics, where the roads are
poorest and the people most excitable.
Draft horse breeding is legitimate and
profitable business that cannot be changed
TO handling the lighter breeds without loss
and trouble. For the beginner, or the
present breeder of ligher horses, there
i. no better opening than that siiorded by
the lively market for good grades of the
regular carriage breeds. The home de-
msnd is excellent, aud the foreign de-
mand will always absorb the surplus,
while with proper selection of breeding
mares the chances of producing "misht"
or unstable colts are few as compared
with the results in breeding trotters.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1891-07-30
MISCELLANY.

A hypodrte is a counterfeit. A counterfeit is
one Of the strongest proofs that there is a
genuine.
"Though old and wise, yet still advise
Advise all sufferers from catarrh to use Old
Sauls Catarrh Cure. Price 25 cents. At all
dealers.
"Work i'll done must be twice DONE" The
work Of old Saul's Pile Ointment is always well
done and when it is done, it is done quickly.
Lovers of the beautiful will probably feel
kindly toward the ether drunkard. He is
an aesthetic topper.
Laxador is the great stomachic remedy, cor
recting all of the perverted processes Of this
important organ, Sold by all druggists. Price
only % cents.
The distressing ailments of early childhood
are promptly relieved and cured by the use of
DR.. Bulls Baby Syrup. Price % cents.
The dentist is Mark Tapleyish in his pro
fessional relations. The oftener he runs against
snag the happier he is.
WAS a sufferer from catarrh for fifteen wear.
Cream Balm with gratifying results. Am appar.
emily cured I. c. Warren, Rutland, Vt.
! SUFFERED from severe cold in my head for
months and could get no relief. Was advised to
in its cure. am free from my cold after using the
Balm one week, and believe it is the best remedy
known-Samuel Harris, Wholesale Grocers, zig
Front st. New York.
Chifey WHATS that l hear about young
Checkerstripe I" Chaifey-"His clothes, pro-
baby"
Well write 1t down till everybody sees 1t
Till everybody is sick of seeing It
Till everybody knows It without seeing 1T
that DIR. Sages Catarrh Remedy cures the worst
of chrome catarrhal headaches, and "cold in
the head" In perfect faith is makers the Worlds
Dispensary Medical Association OF Buffalo, N. Y,
offers to pay $500 to any suffering from chronic
catarrh In the head whom they cannot cure
Now II the conditions were reversed-if they
asked you to pay $500 for positive cure 20 i
might hesitate. Here are reputable men, with
years Of honorable deaings; Thousands of dollars
and great name back OF them and they say-"We
can cure you because we've cured thousands of
sthers like you'll We can't we will pay you $500
Tor the knowledge that there's one whom We can't
cure"
They believe In themselves. Isn't II worth q |
ziaL Isn't any trial pscterabis 70 catanhf
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1891-07-30
How to treat Sunstroke

1t Is not wise to carry the sufferer from
sonstroke far for help, as time is valuable
says Elizabeth II. Scovil IN the August
Ladies' Home journal. Lay him In a
shady place, as cool as is to he found
Unfasten bands about neck and waist. If
ice can be had, crack it, wrap 1t in cotton
and apply It to the head spiue and und, r
the arms. Ii not, use wet cloths instead,
changing them every few minutes. In
town, ether and spray can be procured
from druggist, and the forehead and
head sprayed. Rapid tanning of the hot
surface helps to evaporate the water more
quickly. As soon as the patient reviyes
a little and can swallow. iced brandy, or
whskey and water, can be given. doc
tor should be sent for, but he will come
too late il nothing is done in the interval.
Sunstroke is fever caused by heat, ard
the most urgent need Is to reduce the tenn
perature by cooling the surface Of the
body in every way possible. The exhaus-
tion must be met by stimulants.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1891-07-30
Talmage on Hard Work!

There are very few men or women
with character stalwart enough to endure
continuous idleness, writes DR.. Talmage
in The Ladies Home Journal. | see a
pool of water in the country, and | say
Thou Shiny, fetid thing does all
his mean2r "Oh.' says the pool of wat
er. 81 am just stopping here" l say
Didn't you drop like beautiful gem in
to a casket of other gems as you tumbled
over the rock2" ION, yes | sang all the
way down from the cliffs to the meadow. ;
say again; Didn't | see you playing
with those shuttles and turning that
grst- mil 2" ooh, yes, used to earn my
living. say again 'Then what makes
GU look 80 sick? Why are you covered
with this green scum? Why Is your
breath so vileW "Oh," says the water,
II have nothing to do. l am disguised
with shuttles and wheels am going to
spend my whole lifetime here, and while
) onder stream sings on its way down the
side, here aLl left to tester and
die, accursed OF God becsuse have moth.
Ing to do" Sin es an old pirate that
bears down on vessels whose sails are
tapping in the wind. Morning, noon and
night, Sundays and week days, thank
God for plenty to do.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1891-07-30
The Early Homo of the Empress
Josephine

just outside the little town of Fort de
France, stretching down from the quaint
narrow Rue Victor Hugo to the purple,
blue waters of the bay, lies a spacious
ersss grown square set around with
spreading ianarind-trees, and bathed |
day in the glorious sunshine of the tropics.
This square-the Ssvsne, it is called ia
the pride Of Fort de France just is Fo t
lie France itself is the pride of Martini
que, and as Martinique, in turn, as the
pride Of those lovely islands which are
strung, like zone of jewels, across the
Caribbean Sea.
St Pierre, Martinique's other city, may
ne richer, buster, bigger; but Fort de
France whose former name was Fort
Royal is the capital, the seat of govern
nent, and, above all, is the site of the
beautiful statue Of Josephine b )nspsrte.
For Josephine Tas cher de Ia Pagerie,
wife of the great Napoleon and Emf ress
of the French, was Martinique girl, and
her memory is still cherished by the
Creoles of her native island. Across the
deep but narrow bay they still point out
her home near the little hamlet of Tros
lslets; though, to tell the truth, the ruins
of the sugar mill that are shown to the
visitor as the birthplace of Josephine
have no claim to that honor. The Is
Pagerie family, little Josephine included
certainly lived there for time, but tina,
was after the more pretenious mansion
in which the future Empress first Jaw The
light had been eveled to the ground. Tit
destruction of that house was caused h,
one Of the awful hurricanes which some
times come to seattle the beauty of TIL
Antilles-Mary Shears Roberts, in July S
Nicholas.
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FARM. GARDEN AN ID
HOUSEHOLD.
The Comfortable Homo.


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qua most tnot ushtS Una that those rooms
which aHe sAHrr vain lLe on .@''o' "'rid
shout not ps 1,Auah"a al Il" expense 81
hofe 'nppI 'an' portions
well-turnlshed and "eil-.nsnaGea
sfcheL. when shall daiiy SEND forth IN ee
'agory meals, and from whlch the spirll
OF strlfe SHAH not arise, hllinS the @hole
mousse IKE a missma Is OF more moment
IN the House Comfortable than drawing
COON That shali be tue envy OF every
woman VINO sees IT, Sleeplpe-rooihs sup
Piled with the best springs, mattresses
ana blankets, ana hIled Win an athos,
phere that In fresh Out not raw, anu hiiu
without stiffness, are TO De Preleflea oe
tore the costllest carved caoine1 tt"in
holland, nlled WIN treasures lIoin
Flennai
II is not that beautiful ura"lhs'fooih
is not desirable thlng. III Is as eoouly
and attractive IN the House Cohlortaoie
As else" mere. IL does contribute more
Than little TO the comfort OF the woman
who has planned IT, ana OF the husband
whose house and whose VIE are admired
because OF It's beauty Inc point Is That 1t
IL not the i1rst thing. or the second thing,
perhaps not even the third things that If
need be the House Comfortable can
flourish without II, and that II the money
at hand is limited, the drawlng-room
should be considered last, and that IN any
case IT should not usurp all undue proper
ton of thought and attention.
In furnishing home OF seven or eight
rooms, unless lavish use OF money Is
possible, the money may IN be divided
INTO three equal parts, To ne distributed
among the three floors OF city house
one third for the basem' Ut, OF Kitchen
and dining-room, one-thlia for the par
lor floor, one-third for the sleeping rooms
In country house the arrangement OF
the rooms IL different, out the proportion
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1891-07-30

Any Article that has out
lived II years of competition
and imitation, and sells more
and more each year, must
have merit. Dobbins' Elec.
trio Soap, first made in 1860,
is Just that article. Those
who use it each week, (and|
their name is legion,) save
clothes and strength, and lei
soap do the work. All that
we can say as to its merits,
pales into nothingness, before
the story it will tell, itself, Of
its own perfect purity and
quality, if you will give it one
trial. Ask your grocer for it.
He has it, or will get it. Try
it next Monday.
There are many imitation
N Il. Electric Soaps in which elect.
richly plays no part Dobbns
is the original one, all Magnetics, Electrics
and -Magcs are fraudulent imitation
Ask for Dohbins' Electric, see that our
name Is on every wrapper, arr if any Other
Is sent you by your grocer, when you
oider ours,-Send ii back to him.
|. l.. CRAGIN & Co.,
Philadelphia, Pa.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1891-07-30
PENSIONS.

A former resident of Somerset Co., Mr.
M. G. Wright. has located in Washington
d. Q. and opened an Office for the prosecu
ton of Government Claims. He will give
special attention to the claims of Maine Sol.
diers. Being Located near the depart.
ments, and having had several years ex.
perience in the Pension Bureau as a 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. g. WRIGHT, Washington,
D. O., or call at the Office of James Wright
Skowhegau who is supplied with proper
blanks for applications under the new Law,
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1891-07-30
Prudence In Mourning.

The economy which Is too strong to be
disturbed by grief or bereavement Is so
akin To avarice that no one feels any self
reproach for holding it up to ridicule, al
though the circumstances may have to do
with the saddest of events. There was
once an eccentric old lady who lived In
one of the seaport towns OF New England
and who was renowned alike for her Cd
dites and for what her neighhors called
her "nearness She was widow, and
had inherited not a little property from
her husband, which she carefully handled,
and which increased in her care. 1t was
made matter of reproaeh that she did
not erect u tombstone to her husband, but
she always said that she could not afford
such an expense.
In course OF time, however, the widow
made up her mind to have tablet, AMI
accordingly went to Boston to select 1t.
She visited one marble ward after another,
and for a long time could lind nothing
cheap enough to suit her. At last she
came upon a large and handsome Stat
which was set aside to be cut down.
You see it was spoiled" the stone
cutter explained. awe began 1t for a
man named Marx, hut his wife changed
aer mind by the time we had got so much
Of the name on, and there is the Who'll,
slab spoiled"
"l'll take it off your hands," the widow
said, promptly, "lf you'll let me have il
reasonably
"Oh, III let you have 1t very cheap, tC
ave the bother of hagng it cut over
But what can you do with it2a
"lll use IT. she swe-ed and at once
proceeded to go into the discussion of tht
price.
When she had at last beaten the stone
cutter down to an absurdly low figure thf
widow bought the slab.
" There, she said now what | want
YOU To do il to put the perfect man afttI
hat word in the same sort of letters, and
hen the name and the date can go just
there
She indicated to the astonished stone.
cutter with her long finger the disposition
Of the inscription, and thus it came about
that in certain well known cemetery Of
ner native city her husband sleeps under
marble whereupon the world is admou-
shed to MARX the perfect man -
Youths Companion.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1891-07-30
A Cool Cloth Without Ice

One Of the most useful hints for sick
room attendance Is very seldom known
outside of hospital ward, and not even
there In many cases. the hint is how to
obtain cold cloth without the use of ice.
Every one knows that in fevers. or weak
ness, a cold cloth on the forehead or face,
or base of BRAIN is one of the most com.
forting things in the world In the trop
ical hospitals, and where ice Is scarce, all
that is necessary is to wet a linen cloth,
wave it to and fro in the air, fold 1t, and
place on the patient. Have another cloth
ready, waving 1t to and fro, just before
applying it; these cloths have a more
grateful and lasting GOODNESS than those
made so by the burning cold produced by
Ladies' Home Journal.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1891-07-30
Tender. Succulent Vegetables

One most important fact In growing
vegetables is this give any vegetable its
time to grow to maturity In, and it is In
variably tough, strngy, bitter and un-
palstable, not tit to eat. The whole aim
Of the gardener is then to hurry things up
as quickly grown vegetable is tender,
sweet, succulent, and delicious and the
market value in direct proportion as
these qualities predominant. 1t is the
market value we are after. you know,
nothing else. Grown quickly, there are
no dead leaves to disfgure the appear
ance, the plant grows crisp, full Of its
natural flavor, and commands the market
and the best prices.-( Country Gentle
man
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1891-07-30

There is no better way to keep cool
than to have some regular occupation, be
1t ever SO trivial, that It will serve to d.
vert the mind from the bodily condition.
No matter what this employment may be,
whether the charge Of certain branches
Of house. work, the doing Of the family
mending, the conducting Of . course Of
reading, the studying Of language or .
seience-whatever II =, let It b made =
duty, and followed conscisntioasly.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1891-07-30

To avoid the horrible odor which too
often fills the house when cabbage or
other green vegetables are boiling, fol-
low these simple directions Put your
cabbage 10 net and when you have boil
it five minutes in the first pot of water,
lift it out, drain for . few seconds and
place carefully In second pot which you
must have full of fast.boillng water on
the stove. Empty the first water away
and boil your cabbage till tender In the
>econd.-Good Housekeeping.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1891-07-30
~ eSSen1er Notice.


So ersnt So: Court of Insolvency
In the case If Fred futile, Insolvent Debtor
This is to give notice tn 1t Oh the 18th day of
July, A. d. 1891. warrant in Insolvency
was issued out of the Court of Insolvency for
said County OF somerset. against the estate OF
SAID Fred Tutl". of Athens. ddjudged to ne
IN lns 'lyent Debtor on petition of said Debtor
witch peti ion was Med on the 18th day of
July, S9l,to which date interest on claims Is to
or by said debtor, AID the transfer and deliv-
cry OF any property by him are forbidden by
ltw; that Il meeting of the creditors of said
debtor. to prove their debts and choose one or
more assignees of his estate. will he held at a
Court of Insolvency to he held Mt the Probate
Court Room in sa Skowhegan. ON the III
afternoon.
Given under my hand the date first above
written.
J. II. MITCHELL, Deputy Sheriff. as
Messenger of said Court OF Insolvency. 2wS
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1891-07-30
DANA'S SAKsArARILLA CURES
To Cool a Bedroom.

If the sleeping-room is warm, 1t may
be cooled for a time by wringing large
pieces of cotton out Of water and hang.
ing them before the open windows. says
the Ladies' Home Journal. Leave the
door open, and as the air comes through
the wet cotton 1t will be cooled. This is
good device for cooling a sick-room !;
the cloths can then be wet again and
again. Keep the gas turned low during
the process of undressing, ard sleep
without light, unless 1t is tiny night
lamp.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1891-07-30

According to st. John" is the striking
title of Amelie Rives' latest novel, which
will begin in the August number of the
Cosmopolitan Magazine. Her manuscript
Is now in the hands of distinguished
Partisan artist for illustration. 1t will
run through three numbers of the maya
zine.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1891-07-30
LITERARY NOTES

Now that the season of vacations has
begun In earnest, an article on How to
Rest, by Dir. VIM. A. Hammond, in the
August number of the North American
Review, is sure to be read with the great
est interest.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1891-07-30

To relieve heartburn, drink half q tum.
blerful of cold water In which has been
dissolved tablespoonful Of salt.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1891-07-30

One day was taken with Paralysis of the Bow.
els The stomach and other organs lost all power
n:s .S Dr. 5.s HPGSssS F:soes Rs%
cdy, of Rondout, N. Y. To make Q long story
bon, Il eaysd ny iiie It Z the best medicise 10
t6ewsis.-A.J J. ci9esd. Lowell, kass. =
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1891-07-30

just before her bereavement, Lady Mac
donald, widow of the late Sir John Mac
donald, completed her first ambitio US
literary effort in series of articles for
The Ladies' Home Journsl the first one
of which will appear in the August mum
Der of that periodical Last summer
Lady Macdonald, with party of friends
travelled in her private car through the
most picturesque parts of Canada, and in
a delightfully."- fresh manner she des cribes
her experiences on this trip, in these
articles to which she has given the title
of An Unconventional Holiday
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1891-07-30
TRY DANA's sARsAPARlI.LA

A teaspoonful of salt dissolved in one
half glassful Of water, is excellent to al.
lay nausea In sick headaches.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1891-07-30

Poultney Bgelow, who was a school
mate of the German Emperor, will CON
tribute an article to the Midsummer (Au-
gust) Number of The Century on the first
three years of the Emperor's reign-and
10 this article he gives what he considers
the secret of the power of William II
with his people. This number Of The
Century will be especially rich in illus
trated articles and complete stories, and
the Illustrations of Mr.. Bigelow's paper
will include a number of views of the
palaces at Berlin and Potsdam. and en-
grsved portraits of the Emperor and
Empress will form doub lie frontlspiece
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1891-07-30

All fresh meat should be put to boil In
hot water, but for soup In cold.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1891-07-30

Harper's Magazine for August opens
with remarkably interesting paper on
New Zealand" by Professor George NJ
Grant, describing the wonderful scenery
and unsurpassed resources of that remote
country which to Americans Is almost a
terra incOgnita. Numerous illustrations
from photographs and from drawings by
distinguished artists make this article
douby attractive. The fiction of the
number includes the continuation OF W.
d. Howe rs story, IAN Imperative Duty,"
and of George du Maurier's Peter Ibbet-
sou" short sketch by Mark Twain; and
"Zau no." by George Heath.