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The Somerset reporter., 1892-03-31
Why Many Lamps Won't Burn.

Says lamp dealer: "During each year
| handle thousands of burners which are
sent to me for repairs, wicks ami gae ses,
and it is surprising that a small percent
age have sny pretense To cleanlipe, s.:
some indeed, are scrupulously clean on
the outside, polished up with pa te. The
inside, however, is filthy, and | wonder
how they burn at all. Recently / received
e:-es!.s. l4:iiif 4iiii' 'sniner 10 lrui riRn, ana
found 1t caked inside with wax from com
posite Candles which were fooIishly used
to ignite the wicks. My repairs consisted
in scraping off this ard cleaning of this
wax and cleaning the burner, after which
the lamp burned perfectly. This lamp had
been in use less than six weeks. Another
burner brought to me held inside a store
OF dead ffcs 1--WE counted forty odd). After
removing these and the dust the lamp was
all right.
at is all very well to say III this or 'if
that be done TO lamp an accident may be
the result. but IF II lamp be treated as
common sense dictates, we know of moth
ing less dangerous. We have ourselves
been struck with astonishment when in
specting some dirty, clogged and damaged
burner-but not so much at the burner
itself AS at the fact that the people were
able to use II at all without accident"
The Somerset reporter., 1892-03-31
The Apple Trade,

The shipment OF apples abroad is now
practically over for the season, AS there
vii he after this date only small lots OF
Ben DAVIS and OF Ru,sefs sent over 1t
Is surprising how the stock has held ont
the shipments for the last week in Febru
AIRY being 36 i02 barrels, with 37,22l the
week following and for the year will reach
close up to million and half
Tie growing of ~ Piles has so extended
within the last decade that when there i,
an all round crop, although in no section
eX remely heavy, yet tie aggregate seen'
to be more than consumption calls for auC
prices must rule low. The increase. ha'
been remarkably apparent in Canada anc
also TN many Of the Western States
his chsngiug of whole Stats from lib
eral buyers to sellers of fruit ON urg,
scale disturbs all former relations of sup
ply and demand and sff cts prices to the
same extent 1t is plain that this fruit
production will go on increasing uness
the Calamity of an extreme winter chance,
to come in and lay its blasting effects a'
has before been the case on the RAPIDLY
growing trees THIS being the ease We
may naturally look for lower rsrge OF
prices than the business has encountered
in the past
The Somerset reporter., 1892-03-31

Bernard ! ochmitz. a wealthy fulneI
of Atch-on county, KAN, went to ter
many last November to visit his old
home. aud We arrested for lesertln5 tht
German armS thirty years before ine
matter was placed in the hands Of The
United States minister i'll Gclmany but
all Efforts to secure Schuizs release ap-
pcarcd frmtless. Schmtzs eleven 'ar-
old daughter. however, wrote Il lctIsl to
the emperor # tul1uuny from her l9uo
in tins country. setting forth in calld-
like manner the fact5iu hr case and Tx
ing for her fathers relea~e on his birth
day, which cam on the ithof last month.
The letter reached the emperor on The
27th, and he WAS 50 touched that he is
sued pardon far Schmitz, whois now ol
his way home. Cor New York World
The Somerset reporter., 1892-03-31
He Is Still a Boy.

Belfast Journal: Capt Sewall Patter
son of this city served in the navy during
the war of the rebellion and hiss had an
appl cation for pension on file at Wa-h
'ngtOn for some years. When the invalid
pension law went into # feet he put in an
applic stion under that, and last week his
name appeared in the list OF invalid pen
sions granted. This gives him Sl2 a
month, with something over $500 bsck
pay. Capt. Patterson is nearly ~ year
of age, and his friends advise him to get
a snug little place and take life easy for
the ;:..e...' aiades Of his asJs, Ho pvTsioao,
however, in considering himself as young
AZ ever he was and wants to buy a Graf;
to engage in outside fishing
The Somerset reporter., 1892-03-31

There is hope that we shall soon he well
rid of the much misunderstood postal note
and have issued in it's stead postal frac-
tional currency. The proposition Of Sen.
ator Hale to that end will meet with al.
most universal appreciation. The present
postal notes are not acceptable to the
general public and tbev are unhandy and
unwieldy. There would practically be no
difference In the after of safety in send
ing the proposed currency in the mails,
for the postal note of to-day passes by de.
livery and is redeemable at any office. and
If lost or destroyed the loss falls entirely
upon the owner. Fractional currency
would be Of great advantage In sending
small sums through the mail, in place OF
the silver that ia cenerally used -Ex.
The Somerset reporter., 1892-03-31
Roland T. Patten
your dealer will guarantee
= that the paint he wants to

y
OF benzine, is full measure, is made
from pure linseed oil combined
with turpentine and turpentine
drier, is ground and mixed by ma
chinery, has wonderful covering
properties, will last well and look
well for years, he is trying to sell
you Chiffon Paint. He has said
about all We can say, except that
the popularity of these paints is
based solely upon these merits. The
Chiffon Manuf. Co., before they
made a pound ofpaint, decided that
their paints were to be made with
the choicest and best brands of
pure linseed oil, and that the Gus
toner was to get full value for his
money. This rule has never been
deviated from.
For Sale by e. L. WALKER, Sk0whegau, Me-.
Chiffon Paint Co., Boston and New York,
The Somerset reporter., 1892-03-31
Nilli0n ,Skellel,,

OF II Academy st. Ianesvilc. WIS. under dat,
Of May 2}, says, Mussrs Kenyon a Thomas, THIS
is to certify what know about DR.. lIalcs House
hold Ointment have had a hotharsomc sore on
my lip Tor IS cars which terminafcd in a cancer.
had tried val ous remedies purpprting to cure, but
all without avail until | purchased a box of your
Ir, Halcs Household Ointment and with two
months using it has entirely cured it, and | freely
give'th $ ior the benefit OF the people
Truly lorr,
MN Skrrry
The Somerset reporter., 1892-03-31
CATARRH IN NEW ENGLAND.

Ely,s Cream Balm gives satisfaction to every
one using it for catarrhal uoubles.-G. X. Mel
Tor, Druggist, Worcester, Mass.
believe Ely 5 Cream Balm is the best art
icle for catarrh ever offered the public Bush x
Co., Druggists Worcester, Mass.
An article Of real merit.-C. p. Alden, Drug
list, Springfield, Mass
Those VINO use it speak highly of it.-Geo. A.
Hii Druggist, Springfield Mass.
Cream Balm has gwen satisfactory results W
P Draper, Druggist Springfield Mass.
Il came TO Symplthi2e with you on the de-
cease oi your iance." "Why, he is not dead "
"Ah, beg pardon. heard your father speak
Of him the other night as your late lover. EN-
cuse the mistake won't YOU dear
MO OTHER Sarsaparilla has eff
s~ tected such remarkable cures as
HOODS Sarsaparilla, of Scrofula,
Salt Rheum, and other blood diseases.
The Somerset reporter., 1892-03-31
L0aieS.

A crank is one who is Sc firmly set in his own
opinions that you cannot turn him And surely
a crank that cannot be turned is OF no earthly
use.
The Somerset reporter., 1892-03-31

For long time | suffered with stomach and
liver troubles, and could mud no relief until
began to use Ayers Pills. | took them regu-
larly for few months and my health was com
plctely restored. d. W. Bdino, New Berne
\ C.
The Somerset reporter., 1892-03-31
Piophohia

AT which " "The Autoerat
Of the Breakfast lat,t
makes merry, ha@ its ori- n
in the unpleasant results
which many people eHl.1' J.
encc after eating p. e..lhis
discomfort, OF or#distress, IS
nothing more than the pro-
test of our digestive organs
against hogs grease
The ordinary stomach
draws tlle line at the rich
ness produced by the use
of lard. Aware OF this fact,
modern science has intro
duced a clean, delicate. veg
etablc substitute for lard.
It is called
The Somerset reporter., 1892-03-31
COUSUl1lD//OU.

he most to be dreaded OF all lisases often beqins
IN u simple cold, simply neglected. No cough
should H. allowed 10 run suplc day without using
the finest remedy in the world, Dr. Iiales House.
hold Cough Cure. 1t acts like magiu, slreugthing
the lung, allayng all irritation and cures cough
where all other remedies fail IS andsoc per bottle
at Roland T. Patten's drag store.
1t is said that the Prince Of Wales, il ANNOYED
or nervous, winks his left eye rapidly. This
must 9e reassuring to numbcrless young women
who have thought II X. II. rather pointed in
his admiration. 1t seems he was only nervous
on these occasions, OF annoyed.
The Somerset reporter., 1892-03-31
sun TnSuI.1n noe onice.
OF LONDON, ENGLAND.
lnrorp, l7l0. Commenced BUSINESS l7iO
A SETS, Dee, 81. 1891.

A SETS, Dec, 81. 1891.
Real Estate owned by the company,
II ncumh red ......-... - 49,. s2OOOO0 on
ouu- ON bond aud Mortgages ttlrst
Ecnsi ......... ...... -. e.. 49,. 100000 90
stocks and bonds owned by the com
pinA mitIeI Vulur............ So. 1,2t0,iT0m
Cash IN priHciplc office aud in bank, ~ 81 81
Interest line and accrued, ,........- .. 3s SOH Ol
rttmium- III due Coul sc OF collection, 80 psi st
Aggregate OF all the admitted assets
OF the company al their actual
value NJ. ............ S2,5iO9Gs As
The Somerset reporter., 1892-03-31
MI&CGLIANY

Badness is often preceded or accompanied by
Rrayness of the hair. To prevent both badness
and graSness, use Hall's Hair Renewer, an
honest remedy.
The Somerset reporter., 1892-03-31
A SETS, Dec. 81, 1891
LIAEI .ITIkS Dee. 81 1891

Aggregate of all the admitted assets
at actual value, ................$s $40 S9i ~
The Somerset reporter., 1892-03-31

ITN IT 7 7 T TlN DUO. il IN4T,
yet amount of unpaid losses aud
cnms.. - .. -. ....,.. 4l2,566 90
Am uut required Ia safely re-insure
al on standing RISKS. go. I'll l,479,2Os II
Tolal Liabilities Ncept capital stock
a' ii net surp'u., .. .... So. s91 ,769 II
Surplus hey uud capital, e. 80. ...... t55.12t ~
Aggreg tic amount of lilhiltie. in
cludrng net suru~........... =. 2.5iG sol
The Somerset reporter., 1892-03-31

LA lLITIEs Dee. al. 1891.
Net amount OF unpaid loses and
CLAIMS -. .......,. -. ......... l9l !66 "a
Amount required Ia safely re-usure
a l outstanding risks, a.. =. -. l.347 500 g.
All other de nauds viz commissions
etc.,. ...................... 90, 100 ss
rut.u amount of liabilities. except
Cal lital stock and net surplus 80. 1,G18 g35 9s
surplus beyond all capital. -. osl, $50 40
Aggregate amount of liabilities in
GLIDING net surpus,.... 80. $2,5IO96S rs
The Somerset reporter., 1892-03-31

This wonderful medicine is tor sale at Roland
I. Patten's drug store.
The Somerset reporter., 1892-03-31

II has been coujectured that secret of ante
diuvian longevity was some method Of keeping
the blood pure, warm and vigorous. Moderns
accomplish the same purpose by using Aver S
Sarsaprilla-the best blood medicine ever
bOuRht To- limit.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-12-18

Nine. Crawford's experiences would
have cured most of her sex of any wild
desire for adventure. She has made 1O9
ascenSions, has had three ribs broken
and her spine injured. But the passion
for parachuting burns as strongly yet
as did the renowned Sam Patch'S for
leaping, and if the experience OF all
past persisted parachutistS goes for any,
thing, is likely to end as disastrously.
The only stock required to begin the
business, Nine. Crawford says, is nerve.
She modestlY remarks that she has
never yet had the feeling known as fear,
and even goes so far as to wish she
might experience it. 1T would be such
al entirely new sensation to me-" she
says. However, she adds that if ever
she feels the slightest apprehension as to
the result, she will not make the ascent
though multitude be waiting.
She has never made an ascent of less
than 5000 feet, and has gone as high as
1900. She uses the hot-air balloon.
which whizzes her up into the air faster
than the average trains bear their pas
sengers over the surface of the earth
She travels faster in the deScent-more
than a mile minute. When the earth
has disappeared from view, even with
telescope, she knows that she is 1000
feet above it. The air is very cold, her
ears and fingers Jingle and any flowers
with which she may have been adorned
when she began her descent are frozen.
The air in the balloon is also chilled,
and lurch of the machine downward
tells her that it is time to cut the rope
that binds the parachute to the balloon.
She shoots downward for several hun
dred feet with great rapidity, and suf-
6cient air is accumulated beneath
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-12-18
QUEEN OF POR-
Il UGAL.


Portugu csc QUEEN OF SPAIN.
queen in national colorS might
be expected to meet with the
fervent approval of the cigar
makers and the rest of the popu-
lace of Madrid, and to prove an effective
political hit. The queen of Spain had
not attended cOrrida de toros since
the death of her husband, being a
woman of sense and Sensibility, and a
foreigner by birth, it was said to her
credit that she had never become recon
ciled to the cruel, sickening sport, and
that she would gladly Wean her sub
jectS from it were she able. However
that NAV be, she complied with her
guests request. either out OF p0llteneSS,
because she herself felt curiosity to
see another bull-fght, or from
policy, desiring to please her subjects,
VINO have been manifeSting impotence
In various ways with the government
lately. She ordered an exhibition on a
scale unusually grand, and the officials
executed her commands with personal
enthusiasm. The Duke of Veragua,
the foremost breeder in Spain OF Ada
lusian bulls, supplied eight magnificent
animals, each one full of courage,
strength and ferocity. Their pride,
their power and their beauty made
them grand to look upon.
The exhibition was as sickening to
the foreigner and as glorious to the
Madrilenes as could be desired. The
spectators went wild with enthusiasm
over the grace, daring and skill of the
chulos. the plcadores and the espadas.
Especially did Mazzentini, the intrepid
toreador, the idol of Madrid, distinguish
himself, and, in a moment of mad joy,
wrought up by the shedding of blood
and the victory of man over beast, the
King of Portugal threw diamond pin
at his feet,
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the folds of the parachute to
spread it like an umbrella. Then
Nine Crawford shuts her eyes, bites
more closely OH the little stick she keeps
In her mouth to prevent her opening it,
and spins downward. When the air
tells her she is near the earth she opens
her eyes, steers about any trees, roofs
or other obstacles, swings from the
cross-bar by her hands and drops upon
her feet.
That is the programme when every
thing goes well. When. however, the
air beneath the folds Of the parachute is
sufficient to turn it inside out the result
is disastrous. Nine. Crawford describes
one such experience. The ropes got
tangled with her feet and jerked her
hold from the bar. "Iplunged violently
downward" says the lady. II saw a
huge tree directly under me and l
reached out my hands to catch limb,
but | missed it and struck the ground
fairly upon my feet, fell over and tainted
away"
Nine Crawford, however, having so
far escaped with only the tritling in
jurIes mentioned, doesn't regard the
dangers of her AERIAL profession as Sufll-
cient to interfere seriously with It's
pleasures
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-12-18

who frets and fumes over a speck of
dust or d single hair out Of place i'll the
neatlysarranged coiffure.
These very tidy beings make one pos
itivelv uncomfortable; but, perhaps. to
run to this extreme is better than to be
guilty of the other-an habitual untldl-
ness of person and belongings that de-
stroys all the beauty one or the other
may possess. Much as we regret to say
it, there are many. many young girls
from fourteen to eighteen years of age
who are not quite as particular as they
should be about their attire or the rooms
which they occupy.
Pretty, bright. sweet-tempered girls,
too, they are, yet every day we see them
with buttons off their shoes and gloves,
holes in waists pinned up, or allowed
to gap open for the world to see, hair
which plainly shows it needs a good
shampooing, and foreheadS where GER
tam grimy marks tell of curling tongs
that have never been cleaned off.
The bureau owned by such one is
chaos itself. Wells. ribbons, gloves and
handkerchiefs consort with books, boxes
of candy and matches. There is no
stated place for anything to be kept,
therefore gown is just as likely to be
found on the floor where It's owner
lately Jumped out Of it, as hung up in
the closet where it belongs. Shoes re-
pose on table, the work-basket is an
intricate maze of threads and scissors
and crumbs and cores of apples orna-
ment the mantel-piece.
This Is no fancy picture, as many
mothers can testify who despair of ever
getting their daughters to realize that
neatneSs is a virtue that must be cult
waited, or they will never have anything
fit to be seen when the occasion comes
for them to wear good gowns OF throw
their rooms open to strangers. 1t is so
easy to keep things nice when once you
begin 10 try; then there is no hunting
for misplaced articles or pinning on of
buttons and hooks at the last moment,
when voices from below call loudly
to Miss Untidy to hurry up, while
she is frantically endeavoring to find
the mate to her glove or catch together
with hurried stitches some unsightly
rent that will in all probability break
out afresh before she has gone square,
The stitch in time and place for every
thing and everything in its place will
remedy all this if you start at once be
| fore the habit becomes too deep-Seated
to cure. and you will have to go through
the world forever bearing the truthful
but unpleasant name of Miss Untidy.'
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-12-18
AN ANXIOUS QUERY.
Who Should Give the Brides
maid Souvenir?

Who Should Give the Brlues-
maid Souvenir?
Is there an organized strike among
bridegrooms? note that 1t is becoming
the usage at pretentious weddings fol
bridessto give the presents to the brides
maids. Once the bridegroom would as
little have expected to escape buying
the half-dozen gold bangles or initial
brooches, which usually fall to the snare
of the attendant damsels, as he would
have dreamt of failing to present the
bride with her bouquet. But the young
man Of today has carefully weighed all
these expenses, and discouraged as
far as possible the bevy OF maids
with whom brides love to surround
themselves, and the latter sometimes
find that il they are to go to the altar
with the regulation number of damSelS
in their train they must themselves pro
vide the customary gifts. Now, If
bridegrOOmS are on strike, move
that brides declare lockout. 1t won,
do to encourage masculine lndepend-
ence in weddings, and no generously
minded bridegroom would attempt TO
shIrk the shower of bangles or brooches
if he goes in for a swell wedding at all.
do not believe either that bridesmaids
believe in or care for gifts from the
bride half as much as if they are pre-
scented by the happy benedict. The
total abolition of bridesmaids will In
evitably result, moreover, if the fashion
grows.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-12-18
THE FASHIONABLE VEIL.
A Little Chat on These Dainty
Feminine Belongings.

A Little Chat on These Dainty
Feminine Belongings.
With the wind cavorting up and down
Third street and absolutely attaining a
blizzard-like ferocity, when Summit
avenue is reached the woman promen-
ader realizes the necessity of veil to
keep her unruly locks in order so that
she need not resemble the famous but
unudy Witch of Endor. Wells now are
never worn above the chin, but are
bought by the yard, allowing the full
ness to fall in soft becoming folds
around the throat. The fish net yelling,
with chenille dots, is the most Decom-
ing if the meshes are not too coarse OF
too close together.
In selecting a veil as great, If not
greater, care should be employed than
when buying hat. ltshould be tried
over the face before purchasing, for there
are certain Kinds that can turn pretty
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-12-18

woman into positive fright, While
others make a plain one very attract We
looking.
A blue veil should only be worn by
woman high color, for the tint has a
tendency to increase ones pallor. The
! bordered wells, unless adjusted with
great nicely, give the impression of too
great length to the face. This style is
! gradually becoming less popular, as they
are not nearly as becoming as those
bought by the yard, which have no bor-
dering and rely only on their fullnesS
for dainty finish.
For ladies in mourning the made wells
in net with a border of crepe are in
many cases worn entirely to the eXclu-
sion of the longer ones that were once
| considered requisite to show the depth
of ones grief. These long and cumber-
| some affairs cause genuine martyrdom
! for the woman who elects to wear them.
They drag on the bonnet until every
/ time they are put on one IS certain Of
! headache, to say nothing Of the aWk-
! wardness they impose by having to be
out of reach of every one who might by
| chance sit OIL them, thus tearing the
| bonnet back, while the hat pins drag up
every individual hair in torturing agony.
Jetted wells are bad for the eyes, in
| fact dotted effects all are, but so long as
| they are fashionable women will con-
tinue to wear them, eyesght or no eye
sight. Figures of any sort should be re-
ligiously eschewed as fern leaf or but
terlly. though pretty and decorative in
themselves. lose all those qualities when
set in the middle of Woman'S forehead
or OH the end of her nose.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-12-18

III Ine mousse as DoraX. 1t Is good for
rheumatism, and mixed with ca mphor-
ated oil and rubbed on the chest one of
the best remedies for bronchial col DIS {.
1t Is an excellent preventive agai nst
moths, although napbtha is prefera BILE,
the odor leaving much sooner; it will
drive away ants and reaches If
sprinkled about the sh elves aad closets,
spoonful OF it into pail of warm
water cleans paint eXcellently, and a
little i'll the boiler on washing DAYS
whitens the clothes.
A rather ornamental bench for the
library or hall can be made out of
wash bench. 1t should be painted with
some of the enamel paints, or else
stained the desired color, and then
cushioned with harmonizing shade.
! A pretty one i'll white and gold had a
thick cushion covered with light
brown and white cretonne. The cush-
ion was tied to the bench with broad
golden-brown ribbons. The ribbons
were tied beyond the supports of the
bench, and the square bow was on top.
Another pretty one was stained ma
h0gany color, and had old rose for the
predominating shade in the cushion.
The year of greatest growth in boys Is
the seventeenth, in girls the fourteenth.
While girls reach full height in their
fifteenth year, they acquire full weight
at the age of twenty. Boys are stronger
than girls from birth to the eleventh
year, then girls become physically
superior until the seventeenth year.
when the tables are again turned and
remain so. From Nobember to April
children grow very little and gain no
weight; from April to July they gain in
height, but loss in weight, and from
July to November they increase greatly
I III weight, but not III height.
There is no saving in cheap furniture;
| little in cheap rugs, and less in cheap
food. Good standard things are nearly
always dear; but, given these and the
decorations will accumulate and be as
simulated as they come. A lot of books,
a lot or pictures, lot of rugs. all
| bought in lump and sent home and
placed i'll appropriate spots, do not dis
tinguish US from the great mass of hui
manity about us. Find out where rug
is needed, or a picture. and choose it
carefully. Everything will tit then.
and your house will be the exponent Of
the, mind within it, shining out.