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The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1892-08-25

When the tourist, who has toured before
packs his satchel, he never forgets his supply
of "Iinene' Collars and Cuffs. Why? Be
cause they are inexpensive and represent the
most perfectly Numbered linen wear: Every
collar or cuff is equal to two, being reversible
and both sides finished alike. Then they pack
so nicely and cost about the price of washing.
No troublesome delays. Always In The
height of fashion.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1892-08-25

The best Salve in the world for Cuts, Bruise,
Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum Fever Sores, letters
Chapped Hands, Chiblans, Corns, and all Skin
Eruptions, and positively cures piles, or no pap
required. 1t is guaranteed to give perfect salts
action, or money refunded. Price % cents PER
b,x For sale by Roland T. Patten.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1892-08-25

For liquor and tobacco the uitcd
States spend 81 300, 600, 1000, while for
Home and Foreign Missions they spend
only sis, 000. 000, of which -. lO0,OOO j.
for Foreign Missions.
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And Silky Texture

IL the hair aul gives mrch >ali>t.5 ;iuu
j. A. Adams s.. Augustine. ToNas.
After using number Of other rrcpari-
tioVS without any satisfactory result | md
fiat Ayers Han Nigor is causing NY Lam Ia
PROV \ !. O,ment. General Merchant,
Indian Head. \ W. T.
Aver, Ilair IGOR is the only preparation
| could ever fnl 10 remove dtudlHn. cufe
itching hamels. and prevent los, Of hair
confidently recommend 1T. {. Butter,
Spruepr Mrs
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1892-08-25
Read This,

| have not seen the day for the
past SO years that have wanted
to quit trade till within the past
two months.
am physically broken down
with the kidney troubles, and the
day has arrived that | hare got to
close up business. can be found
on the lower floor of No. 0 Madison
Street, where | am disposing OF
What few goods i'll stock, at such
prices as will suit close buyers,
! he store is for sale or to rent,
possession given in ten days.
s. d. ARNOLD
n. B.-Accommodation Gills for
4 te,c days must be paid soon or
they will pass into the hands of a
LAWYER.
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HUI M PHR EYS

Dir. Humphrey Specifies are scientifically and
carefully prepared Remedies used for years in
private practice and for over thirty years by the
people with entire success. Every single Specific
n special cure for the disease named.
They cure without drugging, purging reducing
the system and are In fact aud deed the sovereign
Remedies of the World.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1892-08-25

LIST PRISCiPAL
Levers, Congestons, Infiammations.. .25
2-WOrms, Worm Fever. Worm Colic.... .25
3-TeethinR; Collie, Crying. Wakefulncss rs
I-Diarrhen, of Children or Adults. 80. .25
7-COughs, Colds, Bronchitis ...-......... 10
S-Neuralgin, Toothache, Faceache...... rs
9-Headaches, Sick Headache. Vertigo. ID
Biliousncss, Constipation. .2J
1I-Suppressed or Painful Periods. ~
12-Whites, Too Proflse Periods ,......... %
13-CrOup, Laryngitis, Hoarseness-. .25
14-Salt Rheum, Eryspelas Eruptions.. rs
1IRheumatism, Rheumatic Pains -. .xJ
I6-MaInria, Chills, Fever and Ague...... .2J
17-Piles, Blind or Bleeding ..........,.... .2J
Influenza, Cold In the Head. ..9J
Cough Observation-Disclosures. rs
27-k idney Diseases ...........-.......... .25
Debility .......... ...-.......f 90
Urinary Weakness, Wetting BED. rs
The Opelousas courier., 1892-04-30
Ills Curiosity Was Satisfied,

In an elevated rail way train last week
sat a tired looking workman and with
him was an active boy of about ten years.
They were going up town. AT Cham
beers street, a young man with a big bas-
ket got into the car and sat down oppo-
site the pair. He put the basket on the
seat beside hin, and pulling a newspaper
from his pocket, held it up before his
face and was soon oblivious to his sur
roundings.
The boy was restless. He was con-
stantly idgeting. The man had restrained
him several times; but chains and a gag
would hardly have kept him perfectly
quiet. His eye was instantly fixei upon
the basket. He male up his mind that
there was something good inside it.
"Papa, papaT" he demanded.
"Hush, boyl" said the tired man, as
he leaned his head against the window,
closed his eyes and tried to sleep.
"Can't I look into it, papa?"
s.Don't bother me, l say"
Silence followed for a little time and
then;
"say papa,I only want to look. Ca It
II"
"Look at anything you like, but don't
wake me again or III cuff YOU"
The boy slipped from his seat eau
tiously. He kept his eye on the owner
of the basket, but the newspaper still
held him and the coast was clear. The
basket had a strong wicker cover, which
was fastened firmly with a string. He
tried to unite the string for some time,
but failing in this, he took a jack-knife
out of his pocket and stealthily cut the
knot. Taking another careful look al
the owner of the basket, the mischiev'
Gus lad lifted the lid slowly and putting
his eye to the opening, peered in.
Then quick as a flash the cover was
knocked up out of his hand and a brown
streak shot from inside it to the top O.
BOYS head. The lads first cries of sur
prise was followed Immediately by shrek
OF pain and terror. Something live wa
perched ON the boys head tearing hi
hair out in wisps and scratching his fact
and ears till the blood ran.
The father grabbed his precious boy
Just as the owner of the animal grabbed
the monkey from the boys head and re
stored it to the basket.
The lad had not had much of look a al
the monkey but his curiosity seemed to b
fully satisfed.-New York Tribune.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-04-30
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

A really progressive farmer is a centre
of light.
1t will not do to close the poultrl
house tightly.
The Ponderosa tomato is conspicuous
among the vegetable novelties.
Oats are now considered to be one oil
the necessaries on a ~poultryman's bill of
fare.
There is no other business in the world
in which it is SO easy to miss getting the
full profit as in farming.
The one great misfortune which aust
more good work to go to waste in this
world than anything else is the want ola
definite plan.
The best of the early chicks are the
e to look after with a little extra at
t~ention. They may become winners at
the fall agricultural shows.
By planting corn and potatoes together
in the same field, two rows of each alter
nately, a full crop of corn can be grown
and half a crop Of potatoes.
In feeding poultry, If the object is to
fatten for market corn is the best of
foods; if the object is eggs and good
health corn is n of the poorest.
aWaste not. want not is 4 ~bald-headed
old motto, but nevertheless it deserves to
be painted in big letters and hung where
it can be seen on the farm every day.
Flax straw may be put TO so many uses
that it is a matter of great consideration
and should always be taken into account
when estimating the profit in fax cul-
ture.
When the farmer gets legislation and
economic and financial systems just to
his taste, he will find that the best
methods Of farming are still necessary for
success.
It was thought at one time that oats
were the poorest food a hen could have,
and to find that a man was only feeding
oats was proof that he was not only stingy
but starving his hens.
Experiments have shown that the tile
drained soil is, on an average, about ten
degrees warmer at seven inches below
the surface than an undrainea surface at
the same depth. This fact illustrates
the value Of drainage. It lengthens the
season at both ends for plant growth.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-04-30
PEAR BLIGHT.

This disease is produced by living
germs, and finds an entrance to the tree
through the growing tips of the branches.
the flowers, and through cracks or open.
ings in the bark. It can be readily cul
tivated in the laboratory and from thence,
after having been grown there for several
generations, can be carried back to the
tree and produce the disease. This has
been repeatedly done in experiments car
ried on at the Missouri station, as de.
scribed by Mr.. CLARK, the hofticulturist,
but all attempts to produce the blight By
covering the leaves with the living germ!
of the disease resulted in failure, althougs
it was easily done by other methods. Nc
effective remedy for the disease has yeI
been found. The copper mixtures rec
commended for the germ diseases of mosi
other cultivated fruits do not seem te
prevent pear blight. Cutting away the
diseased parts and burning them has been
found the most efectual way to check i'll
spread.
From a diagram of the pear orchard
of the Missouri station planted in 1881,
it appears that the first tree blighted in
1889 near the southeast corner of the
orchard. From this the disease spread
in 1890 in the direction of the prevailing
winds. The prevailing winds during
May, June and July were FROM the
South, Southwest and West. The west
ern half of the orchard was least affected
t&&X ~ -
in the south IN 1891 only one shows the
blight. Healthy shoots or suckers grow
ing from the base of trees practically
dead from blight, show that the blight
attacks the tree from above and works
downward. There has been but little
difference in the bligating of dwarf and
standard trees, and all varieties were
affected in nearly the same degree.-New
York World.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-04-30

vention for the production of rails with
out welding pieces together was patented
in all parts of the world in 1858.
Twelve years later he began to acquire
iron and coal mines. His first guns were
produced in 1S47, but it was twenty
years later when the superiority of his
steel for fir arms was recognized. Alfred
Krupp die s'y IA, 1887, and his only
son. Herr Friedrich Alfred Krupp, horn
February II, 1854, is his successor, and
is now sole owner of this extensive estab-
lishment, which employs 2700 persons.
Comfortable houses, schools, hospitals,
and churches have been built by Herr
Krupp for his employees. He also main
tains several charitable Institutions
New York News.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-04-30
INJURY BY INSECTICIDES.

A series obstacle in the way of a more
free and successful use of the arsenites
has been their liability to iniure tender
foliage. Experiments for the past two
seasons have been made upon this point
by the Iowa agricultural experiment sta
ton with the following results
4. The oldest leaves are most sus-
ceptible to injury.
3. DeWs, and PROBABLY direct sun
light, increase the injuries.
8. Leaves kept perfectly dry can
hardly be injured by the arsenites.
4. Applications made il the heat Of
the day and in the bright sunlight do
not iniure foliage more than when APP
piled in the cool OF the day.
5. A dashing shower following an APP
plication of one of the arsenites is apt Co
lessen the injury TO foliage.
8. Leaves suffering from a fungus dis
ease are more susceptible to injury than
are healthy leaves.
4. When freshly mixed o. applied,
London purple is most and white arsenic
least injurious TO foliage.
8. White arsenic in solution should
not be used upon foliage without first
adding lime, Bordeaux mixture Of some
other substance to prevent its injurious
effects.
8. White arsenic, il allowed to stand
many days in water before being ap.
Piled, will do far greater harm TO foil
age than if applied as oon as mixed.
10. Lime added to London purple or
Paris green in water greatly lessons the
injury that these poisons would other
wise do TO foliage.
I'll. Lime added to a mixture of white
arsenic In water will greatly increase the
injury that this poison Woald otherwise
do to foliage. IF the arsenic is all in
solution the lime will then lessen the in
Jury, as in the case of London purple OF
Paris green.
ID. London purple paris green and
white arsenic have not yet been tried
can be used eight d ten times as strone
without injury to foliage If applied In
common Bordeaux mixture instead OF
water.
Is. The arsenites cannot by ordinarl
| method be successfully mixed in
kerosene emulsion.
IL. The ~arsenites mix readily IN rosin
compounds and do not seem to be NOR
injurious to foliage than p ordinarily ap-
| Piled ii water.
is. The arsenites IN strong, soapy
mixtures do considerable more harm to
foliage than when applied in Watel
only
I6. The arsenites mix readily il car.
bonste of copper solution and do nol
seem To do more harm than when applied
ia water only.
IL. london purple Ia salphate q
conner solution does vastly more harm
when applied in water only.-NeW Eng,
land Farmer.
II
The Opelousas courier., 1892-04-30
WARMING The CREAM.

In cold weather it is necessary to
warm the cream before churning, unless
the dairy room be kept warm enough to
maintain q temperature of sixty-fve de-
grees. There is 40 certainty in dairy
work without a thermometer as a guide
to keep the temperature just right, which
is not less at any time than sixty-two de-
grees. There is no harm done by aid
ing warm water to the cream, if it IS not
hot. 1t should not be more than
sevsnty-fve degrees, or there will be
danger of coagulating any sour milk in
it and making the troublesome white
specks that injure the butter. If one
fourth as much water as cream is added
the churnlng win be easier.--New YORK.
Times.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-04-30
Questions often Asked.

@. What is Alabastine?
A. Alabastlne is a durable coating for walls
and ceilings.
@. Is it the same as kalsomines2
A. Ii is entirely different from all other nran
~arations on the market. ~
@. Wherein does it differ from these kalso-
mines on the Market ~
A. 1t is made from a cement that goes thronpb
a process OF setting on the wall, and grows
harder with age. -"
Q. What are kalsomines made from2
A. From Writings, chalks, clays OF other inert
powders for q base, and are entirely denendent
upon glue to hold them on the wall.
@. Why do kalsomines rub and scaIe2
A. Because the glue. being animal matter
decays in a short time by exposure To air and
moisture, and the binding qualities Of the
material are then gone.
G. Does the Alabastine contain any injurious
g~ubsfance2
A, Alabastine has been most carefully tested
and is recommended by leading sanitarians
throughout the country, on account of its
sanitary nature.
@. What has the same Investigation shown
regarding wall paper?
A. Sanitarlans condemn in strong terms tha
use of wall paper for walls of living rooms on
account of the poison used IN its manufacture.
@. Can anything but plain work be done with
Aiabastine2
A. Any kind of work, from plain tintinp tn
the most elaborate decorating can be done.
@. How, can | learn to do this work and dec
crate my house2
A. BY writing the Alabastine COMPANY. Grand
Rapids, Mich, for book OF instrllcfions and
suggestions, and illustration of stencils: aiso
showing six sets of tinted wall designs. Sent
free.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-04-30
FARM N GARDEN.
CARE OF THE COTS FEET.

The feet of the colt need a great deal
of attention during the winter. When
he is running in the yard or standing in
a loose box on a pile of manure there is
nothing to wear down his hoofs as they
grow out. 1t is necessary, therefore, to
trim them down to the proper shape
with a knife and rasp. Some hoofs will
be found to have grown out at the toe,
and Others at the heel. Both are bad
and often result in spavins, windgalls,
contracted feet, curb or ring bones.
Many young horses have unsound feet
and limbs and the ow6ers think the un-
soundness is hereditary, while in reality
it came from neglect.-Ameriean Agri-
culturist.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-04-30
Poetic R~etribntion.

IA man should always Be careful in
the selection of his enemies as well IS OF
his friends said j. Al. Gilmore, OF
Kansas City, to q St. Louis Globe
Democrat man, AMI Mr.. Gilmore i'm.
mediately proceeded 10 illustrate 10 sup
bort at his assertion. AWAY back in
tie 70's,n be said. 1T. E. Cakes was
Division superintendent Of the Union
Pacific Company at Kansas City anil the
company's affairs were placed IA the
hands Of receivers. Mr.. Oakes was q
thorough railroad man, but q day he
received from his superior in office q
letter running somewhat in the follow
inc strain. Dear Sir: Your resignation
viii be accepted on the 1st of January
The following day Mr. oakes leftfo st.
Louis to Sec the Receivers, Scion
Humphreys and Thomas G. Tuft. He
saw them, md before he left was APP
pointed General Manager. He arrived
il Kansas City two days after receiving
the communication before mentIoned,
and the moment he entered his ONCE he
sat down to his desk and penned the
the once superior IL ONCE;
The Opelousas courier., 1892-04-30
WISE r

Gold is the god of unrest.
Wealth has more wants than poverty.
Possession doesn't always bring peace.
Habit is the DEEPEST law of human ma
ture.
Those who give the most advice take
the least.
Prosperity kills more men than adver-
sity does.
Ambition has a tendency to become
top heavy.
Beauty is a paying investment, but an
insecure one.
The fountain of the only beauty that
lasts is the heart.
To be content with what we possess
is the greatest and most secure OF riches.
Fire and swords are but slow engines
of destruction in comparison with the
babbler.
Cheerfulness is an excellent working
quality imparting great elasticity to the
character.
Loving kindness is greater than laws;
and the charities of life are more than all
ceremonies.
If one never turns back when nee he
has put his hands to the plov, the field
will have but one furrow.
The cheerful live iongnsst in years, and
afterward in our regards. C~heerfulness
is the offshoot of goodness.
The perfect woman is as beautiful as
she is strong, as tender as she is sensiblee.
She is calm, deliberate, dignifei, leis-
urely; she is gay, graceful, sprightly
sympathetic; she is evere upon occasion,
and upon occasion playful, she has fan
cies, dreams, romances, ideals.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-04-30
August.
FloWep'

1 have been troubled With dysper.
sia, but after q fair trial Of August
Flower, am freed from the vexatious
trouble. B. Young, Daughters
College, HarrodsDurg KY. / had
headache oneyear steady. Ose bottle
of August Flower c 1red me. It was
positively worthone hundred dollars
to mel. w. Smith, F M, nd Cen.
Merchant, Townsend, Gnt. / have
used ii myself for constipation and
dyspepsia and it cured me, II is the
best seller T ever handled-e Rugh,
Druggist, Merchandising, Pa. O
The Opelousas courier., 1892-04-30
!.
A Novel House stove.

One of tie most recent novelties Is q
house stove introduced in England. The
CRATE is swung on trunnions and can be
reversed. After fresh coal has been
added at the top, the reversal is made,
and the green coal is thus brought to
the bottom in an easy manner, to answer
the purpose in question, namely, the
gases from the coal, passing upward by
means of shis arrangement, through the
rad portion of the fire, previously at the
bottom, are almost consumed before
reaching the cbinney.-Brooklyn Gtl~
The Opelousas courier., 1892-04-30

American colleges are every year adj
ding largely to their libraries. Harvard
now has 365, 900 volumes, Yale, 2oo,,
600; Cornell, 80, 900, Columbia, 90
900; Syracuse, $4,000; Dartmouth, &c..
500; Princeton, IS, 5000; Lehigh, ST.
600: Brown. sc. 600.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-04-30
How's This 2

We offer One Hundred Dollars reward for
any case of catarrh that cannot be cured by
taking Halls Catarrh Curs.
f. j. CHENEY & Co., Props, Toledo, o.
We, the undersigned, have known +: J.
Cheney for the last Is years, and believe him
perfectly honorable in all business ~transae-
tions, and financially able to carry out any OBJ
legations made by their firm.
WEST & TRUAx, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo.
o.
WALDINa, K1NNAN g. MARVIN, Wholesale
Druggists, Toledo, o.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally, act
ing directly upon the blood and mucous sur
faces OF the system. Testimonials sent free.
Price 75c. per bottle. Sold by all druggists.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-04-30

The Booth anniversary of the death Of
Tasso will be celebrated with consider
able ponp this year in Rome, Italy. The
Cardinal Vicar Parochi is President Of
the Committee of Arrangements. A
bronze monument of the poet win be
erected.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-04-30
CAN You FIND the woRD2

These is a 5 inch di.pfay adver, isement in
this paper, this week which has no two words
alice except one word. The sa ne is true OF
each new one appearing each week. from The
Dr.. Harter Medicine to. 'fhishonse p aca@ a
Crescent on everything they makeand pub
lish. Look lori ii. send them the name OF The
word and they will return YOU BOOK, BEAuTt-
o I~ITHeGRAPHs Or SAMpLss u
The Opelousas courier., 1892-04-30
4 Mse0u Wonam

the one who's oyerworked, nerv-
Gus, and debilitated. What she
needs is DR.. Pierce's Favorito Pre-
scription. It's made exactly to fit
her case-an invigorating, restora-
tive tonic, and a soothing and
strengthening ~nervine, giving tone
and yigor to the whole system. But
it isn't q mere stimulant. It's a
legitimate medicine, that an ,expe-
rienced physician has carefully pre-
pared, for woman's ailments. All
the functional arrangements, chronic
weaknesses, and painful disorders
peculiar to the sex, are corrected
and cured by it.
, And because it's a certain remedy,
it can be made a guaranteed one.
IF it fails TO give satisfaction, in any
case, you have your money back.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-04-30
Boils! Pimples! B1otches,

AND EREa HONS ON THE BODY, are indications of Posonn the Blood and snow
that nature asN eking efforts tic throw it out. S. S. S. will assist in this good work. II
changes the dhitsaer of The bood,s so that the poison bearing germs speedily leaVe hrough
the pores fn. Yin, and the poison is also forced OUT
C. w Bnualgs Postmaster at East Lamone, Me, writes that Mrs. Ksys sn, who
had ben CONAN Sbed fourteen months with an Amces, has been cured sounda and vel
b swiass pelemolIehe boy is fourteen years old, lives next door to me and L low tn
statement to bs, A n
6 g g attendaerfh effect OF Children, and should be given to every weak and
d.hStted chlahly intereour Book on the Blood and Skin.
;arp are mucA SWIFT SPECIFIC COMPANY, ATLANTA, Ga
The Opelousas courier., 1892-04-30

Mr.. J. H. Esti1l, President Morning News CO.
Savannah. Ga. sayss A member of my family
who has been a martyr to neuralgia headaches
for twenty years, has found in Bradycrotlne al
infallahle remedy for headaches"
The Opelousas courier., 1892-04-30

The best pill costs less than any
other. Costs less, but does more.
They're smaller, too, and easier to
take. DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets
are the best pills. They regulate
perfectly the liver, stomach, and
bowels,
The Opelousas courier., 1892-04-30

BEEcHAM's FILLS take the place of an entire
medicine chest, and should be Kept 1or use
in every family. 25 cents a box.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-04-30

MALARIA cured and eradicated tr N the
system by Browns Iron Bitters, which en-
riches the blood, tones the nerves, aids dlges1,
ton. Acts like a charm on persons In general
ill health, giving new energy and strength.
Tn Won would be correct in ~pronouncing
Manitoba accent the last syllable.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-04-30

BROWNS iron Bitters cures Dyspepsia, Ma
laria, Biliousness and Genera Debility. GlVes
Strength, aid Digestion, tones the nerves
creates appetite. The best tonic for Nursing
Mothers, weak women and children.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-04-30

THE manufacture of beet sugar Is attain
Ing large proportions In Nebraska.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-04-30

The worst cases Of female weakness readily
Weld to DIR. Swans Pastries. Samples free
Dr. Swan. Beaver Dam, Wis.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-04-30
Rear nYAu

To cleanse the system in q gentle and truly
beneficial manner. when the ~springtime
comes. use the true and perfect remedy,
syrup Of Figs. One bottle will answer for all
the family and costs only 30 cents; the large
size 81. Try 1t and be pleased. Manufactured
by the California Fig Syrup Co. only.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-04-30

TrsTEp HY TINE. For Bronchial affections,
Coughs, ETC., BROWNS BRONCHIAL IsocHEs
ss@aased. ~ cir 4 fieacy by
The Opelousas courier., 1892-04-30

Drugs, chemicals, fancy articles, per-
fnmery. etc, all fresh and select q
Kramer's drugstore, Posey's old stand,