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Tho Rivers of tho Great American
Desert.

The few rivers of the American desert
are rs strange and as trcacherous AS
its winds. The Colorado is the only
largc stresm of them all. and the only one
thnt behaves like an ordinary river. II is
always turbid-and gets its Spanish name.
viii h means the Red from the color OF
its tide The smaller streams are almost
invariably clear in dry weather; but In a
time of rain they become torrents NOT so
much of sandy wster IS of liquid sand.
have seen them rolling down III freshets
with waves four feet high which seemed
simply sand in flow, and 1t is II fact that
the bodies of thuse who are drowned nj
such times are almost never recovered.
The strange river bures them forever in
its own sands. All these rivers have
heads but hardly one of them has a
"a ou'h, They rise IN the mountains on the
edge of some happier land, flow away out
into the deser' making "A green gli dne's
where their waters touch, and finally are
swallowed up forever by the thirsty sands.
The Moi4Ve, for Instance, Is n beautiful
little stream. clear as crystal through the
summer, only II foot or so in depth bnt
some two hundred feet wide. 1t is fifty
or sixty miles long, mud its upper valley
is narrow psrad st, green witn tall era s.
es aud noble cotton woods that recall the
stately ehus of the Connecticut Valley,
But presently the grass gives place to bar
rem sand banks the h4rdier trees, who e
roots bore do p II drink gr1w small ind
struggling; and at last the river dies alto
gether upon the arid plain, IA leaves be
yond as bare n desert rs that which Dor
dets its br ght oasis ribbon on bo Ia 81 e..
C. L. humans, in February st. \ 'chClas
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At The Maine State College.

One entering the forcing house here At
the college thinks that summer has come
indeed, for he sees tomatoes, lettuce, Gu
cumbers. beans, carrots, radishes, rhu-
barb and quite display of flowers. The
tomatoes occupy one half of the middle
bed. or about $50 square feet, and the
fine, large red fruit looks lust good
enough to eat The varieties grown are
Ignotum, Ithica, and Perfection.
A large part of the remainder OF the
middle bed Is devoted to lettuce and the
boys think 1t is not bad addition to our
boarding house dinners. About one half
of the side bed, or $50 square feet, is de-
voted to cucumbers. The English varie-
ties, Sion House and Telegraph, are found
here. One cucumber recently picked
measured about 90 inches in length. Lar
ger or smaller spaces are devoted to the
radishes, beans, etc.
Much of the work done this winter in
the house is in the experimental line. Ex-
periments were made on varieties, crosses
etc. The results will be published in the
experiment station report.
The flowers must not be overlooked.
Hyacinths, tulips, primroses, mignonettes,
geraniums Gala lilies, etc. are among
them and greet the visitor with their pref
ty faces and sweet fragrance.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1892-03-03

Statisticians say that an average
man of 154 pounds weight has
enough iron in his constitution to
make a plOwshare, and enough
phosphorus to make half million
matches.
1t is reckoned that a mans an
cestors counting back 20 gener-
atoms, number more than million,
and when the record is carried back
to the thirtieth generation the num-
Der reaches billion.
"A single bee, with all its indus
try, energy and the innumerable
journeys it has to perform, will not
collect more than teaspOonful OF
honey in singh season, yet the
total weight Of honey taken from a
single hive is often from 60 to 100
pounds profitable lesson to man
of great results from united labor.
in rooms Of poor hearing quail
ties DIR. Ephraim Cutter says: Every
hall or church has its keynote, and
the audience will hear better if the
speakers voice ID pitched and held
to the keynote Of the room. To find
the keynote, sing the scale slowly,
evenly and smoothly, or plssy this
scale on piano Or organ. Th Q note
which Is most prominent is tue key.
note.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1892-03-03
Grange Tax Report.

The New Age publishes the following
letter from l. o Winslow in reply to pub
lications that had previously appeared IN
that paper;
iitor of New Age.
NV attention has been called to the pub.
LEGATION in your columns Of communica
ton from ID. II Thing, with the report
which he prepared FOR the State Grange
upon the subject Of agriculture; also to
subsequent comment upon the matter by
Charles L. Allen,
Since these articles are little mis-
leaiiug, an explanation seems to be nee
essary.
The report written by Bro. Thing was
not rejected" by the grange, in any true
sense. In his absence. | was appointed
to act a. chairman of the committee on
agriculture. The paper which he had
forwarded was placed In my hands. Up
ON hearing it read the committee express
ed unanimous desire to have some
changes made We awaited the srrivsl OF
Bro Thing, who was expected later, be
lieying that he would be willing to adopt
the changes suggested. As he did not
arrive we decided that 1t would not be
proper. or courteous to him, to attempt
to revise what he had written, and adopt
ed the only course available, hastily pre-
pairing a report of our own.
| returned the manuscript, with full
eN, lination of our reasons for dong
The grange as whole, knew nothing
about the affair. The committee enter
tanned no i'll will toward Bro. Thing, and
had no intention of "snubbing" him.
There is nothing strange about the mat
ter 1t is hardly II be expected that one
man, without consultation, should be able
to give exact expression to the combined
ideas of a committee of several persons.
Snch a committee could hardly be ex
pected to adopt, and pre- ent to the grange
as their own, without the slightest modi-
hcstion, a report written by a single per
son at distance, whoever he might be.
With regard to the article of MI.
Charles T.. Allen, 1t would not become me
to have much to say.
II your printing press, Mr.. Editor,
could In some way have cast huge blot
over this article, should have been left
with stronger faith, both in human ma
ture and the public press.
In the hest of impassioned debate
strong expressions are sometimes over
looked but when, In calmness and cool
ness man sits down, and specifying both
individuals and whole classes OF citizens,
deliberately accuses them of fasehood
and calls them fools and knsves, he
simply places himself upon level with
persons insane or intoxicated. More
over, it would be interesting to know how
many people in this agricultural state
would be willing to condemn in so sum
mary manner. a State College. Expert
ment alton, Cabinet Minister and cleo
margarine laws; In short, everything in-
tended for the benefit of agriculture.
Upon the whole the greatest marvel is
that such an article should have escaped
the viligant eye of an editor and have
found its way into IL columns of pa
per which has reputation for respect
ability and devotion to the iutetests OF
agriculture.
Yours respectfully,
| o. WINsLOw.
ST Adams, Feb. lG, 1892.
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LITERARY NOTES

The March Babyland is picture, a
story and song. all in one. The dainty
frontispece Of Mother and Baby in the
new cradle, 1.-The Tiptoe Twins" "rl e
Neighbor Babies" sweetheart in her
Day n ght Dress, The Nursery Black
smith, and the illustrated "Mouse Story"
with other pretty pictures and me ry
jingles, will captivate Baby and receive
hear,ier praise than ever from Mammas.
THE Capitals of the Northwest is the
name by which Julian Ralph designstes
St Paul and Minnesota. In an article
which appears in the March number of
Harper's Magazine he describes in his
usual graphic manner the wonderful
growth and prosperity of these cities, and
Of the twin lake ports Of Duluth and
Superior; and presents some facts with
reference to their present condition and
their outlook for the future which vii
be to many readers in the East not only
new, hut astonishing.
In the March number Of Scribner's
Magazine begins short serial, to be coz
tinued through four numbers, by II bert
Grant, the author of the Confessions of
Frivolous Girl This story is in Mr.
Grants lighter ard most smu,ing vein,
aud is entitled The Reflections Of a
Married Man. 1t is satirica ia ger eral
way, and has many touches of sentiment
and humor, which, although ntifely
modern in spirit, recall such deligh ful
literature as 1.-The Reveries of oh
| elor "
The New England Magazine for NJ rch
is very bright number. The article on
Harvard Club Life, by William Dana Or
cult, will attract great deal of attention
just now, when the newspapers are dis
cnssiDg the barbarities of the fast set
at Harvard. 1t is beautifully illustrated
and gives detsiled desc ription of the
peculiar customs of the different college
societies.
The North American Review for Marcel
is vital with thought and suggestions or
affairs of moment by men high in the
counsels OF the Nation. Thus in 1.-The
Issues of the Presidential Campaign thu
principles upon which the two great par
ties will 20 before the Nation in the com
| ing Presidential election are out lined witt
a precision and authority that in man
ner anticipated the conventions, by Sen
Hlscock. Representative Benton +. M
Millin, Governor Merriam, Senator Nc
MILAN and Representative Bland.
One of the most! important articles IL
the March Atlantic is why the Men O.
'Gl fought for the Union" by Major Gen
ersl jacob Dolson * (at one time Gov
ernor of Ohio, ard Secretary of the In
terror, and now Dean of the Cincinnati
Law School,) which furnishes anothe
aspect OF the principles involved in tb
contest between the North and South
and which will be read with interest b,
those who have enjoyed Professor Shal
er's and Professor Gildersleeves view
on the same subject.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1892-03-03

When the chen fever first devel-
Oped in this country, a little more
than 40 years ago, and from 10 to
$50 was paid for a pair or trio OF
fowl, it was expected to soon die
out, or that the productiveness OF
the new breeds of fowl would make
eggs and poultry so plenty in the
market that they would not sell at
profitable prices. Now birds for
breeding sell at 10 or 90 times that
price while eggs and poultry easily
sell at double the prices they did
then, and we import several thou
sand dollars worth every year from
other countries.
A sleepy man has no use for an
1t wants care whenever
the temperature changes. Even
those with automatic attachments
need looking after in the night very
often, and The man who cannot do
this had better take the eggs to bed
with him and hatch them out him
self.
In all the reports we have seen
of accounts kept with hens that
have done well, we have not found
one that fell short of 125 eggs per
year to each hen, or one that has
Overrun $50. so it may be consid-
cred that from 10 to II dozen eggs
per year is about the fair limit for
a hen. And this amount does not
seem to vary greatly with different
breeds. Or to depend upon their
raising or not raising chickens each
year. The cost of keeping does not
vary much from 81 per year to each
full grown fowl, after making due
allowance Tor feeding the chickens.
The demand for young ducks
properly fed and fattened seems to
be on the increase, not only i'll the
Northern cities but in the South.
They used to raise good many
ducks in some sections there, but
the barnyard-g grown and muckbed-
fed duck did not have the flavor
that the duck has when fattened as
Northern growers fatten them on
barley, meal, rice, etc.
Nest eggs help to persuade the
hens to occupy the nests prepared
for them, and the porcelain egg, al
though it costs more than some
other forms, is the cheapest in the
end. Leaving an egg, either sound
or rotten, for that purpose is but a
Shiftless way, as there is always
liability of breakage' Some blow
out the contents of an egg shell, and
when well dried use it us a mold in
which to make a nest egg Of plaster
of Paris or calcined plaster.
Guilt vator.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1892-03-03
Roland T. Patten
Roland T. Patten

You cant afford to paint your
house every year.-The manufac-
turer who makes up his mind to
produce first.class article, paint
for example and sells it at a reason
able price, generally finds that
there is room in the market for his
productions. That a good article
recommends itself, and once a GUS
toner always customer. This
has been the history of the Chiffon
Manuf. Co Their paints have
stood the test of time and proved
their durability. What you want
is q paint that will stand exposure
to wind and rain and sun. You
can't afford to paint your, house
every year, and you wont have to
if you use the Chiffon paints. We
have q color card for you.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1892-03-03
Useful Items for the Toilet

For whitening the hands, two
ounces of glycerine, two ounces OF
rosewater, one dram of tincture OF
benzoin. Apply at night.
For enlarged pores and rough
ness and coarsencss of the skin, dis
solve II peice Of camphOr the size OF
a large egg in a pint of soft water;
mix one tablespoonful of this with
three of milk and apply with a soft
cloth.
An old fashioned preparation for
whitening the skin is the Juice OF a
lemon squeezed into half a pint OF
Jaamca rum.
The use of vaseline tends to pre-.
vent wrinkles.
Salt and brandy is an excellent
tonic for the scalp and one of the
best applications for stopping the
hair from falling out.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1892-03-03
LIFE THOUGHTS.

Most people would succeed in small
things If they were not troubled with
great ambitions Longfellow.
The more hone7ty man has the less
he affects the air of u saint Lsvster.
Nothing keeps stingy man from steal
ing but the risk of the thing Rams
Horn.
Religious selflshness is no better than
any other kind of selhshness. 49, Ram
Horn.
Let your extraordinary prophetic in.
stincts he trained to foresee only the good
and your acquaintance with Divine Spirit
make you power sgainst evil Say
often; Nothing can hinder the spirit OF
goodness from reigniug supreme. y
From drops of Gold"
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1892-03-03
POETRY.
The Tribute ofSllence
JAMES BrckHAM IN FHnRuARY Nftr Lag'aHa
Mdgazuie.

JAMES BrckHAM IN FrnRuARY Mr. Lag'GHa
Magasue.
A poet read his verses and Of two
Who listened, one spake nausht but open
praise:
The other held his peace, but all his face
Was frightened by the inner joy he knew.
Two friends, long absent, met, and one had
borne
The awful stroke and seattle Of binding
loss
Hand fell in hand, so knit were they, like
cross;
With no word uttered, heart to heart was
sworn.
a mother looked into her baby csesi
As blue as heay n and deep as neither SEA
BY what prescience, spirit-Wise, knew
she
Such souls exchanges never more would
rise
o deepis silence deep as human souls
Aye, dccpas life, beyond all lead and line
And words are but the broken shells that
shine
Along the shore by which the ocean rolls.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1892-03-03
TRY DANA'S SARSAPARlLLA

There is no less truth than force In
the following from the Bangor News:
This is the season of the year when the
people should look out for peddlers, who
promise to give more than dollaf's worth
for dollar. This is not business, and
when a man says he will do it he Is usual
ly liar. Look out for him
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1892-03-03
1865 xs q 1892
ExPERIE CEl
T. ZONES, Skowhegan, Me. :

To CHAs. F. JONES, Skowhegan Me-
We wish to acknowledge to you by this means the
promptness with which losses by fire settled in
companies represented by you and thank for the gentle
manly treatment received and adjustments made.
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Messenger Notice.

STATE OF MAINE.
So rerset IS: Court of Insolvency
In the case Of VIM. j. hilbrick, Insolyent
Deb or
This is to give notice that Cd the 10th day Of
Feh A. ID. 1892. warrant in insolvency
was issued ouiof the court of Insolvency for
said County of Soni' rset against the estate OF
raid VIM. J. PbiIbrck OF Pittsheld, ddjudged
to he an lnsolvent Debtor on petition Of said
UebtO~. which peti ton was filed on tho 10Th
day OF Feb. A. ID. 500, to which date interest ON
claims is to be computed. That the payment Of
any debts 10 or by said debtor, AID the trans.
fer aud deliN cry of any property by him are
forbidden hyltw; that meeting Ut the cred
itors of said debtor. TO prove Their debts aud
choose one ur more ass gnees his estate will
he held at Curt of nsolven TO he holden at
the Probate Court Room in >k0w heRan, tn SAID
county on the eight day OF March A. ID. 1891, AT
one O'Clock III the afternoon.
Given under my hand the date first above
written.
W. l.. PUsHOR, Deputy Sheriff. as
Aessehget Of saidCourt OF Insolvency. avs.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1892-03-03

Compare Moses Floral Work
with any you see. Patten Agent.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1892-03-03
We always
fry ours in
CottoleDe."


Our Meat, Fish, Oysters.
Saratoga Chips, Eggs,
Doughnuts, Vegetables, etc.
Like most other people,
our folks formerly used lard
for all suchpurposes. When
it disagreedwith any of the
family (which it often did,
we said it was too rich
We finally tried
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1892-03-03

DANA'S SAksArARLLA CURES
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NOTICE FIRECLOSURE.

: NV11OE r IAEOLOO q HIEs
Hercy p. Chase OF Brighton. In the County
Of eOmerset, by his deed dated, March 25th, A.
D. lsso. and recorded 10 Somerset Registry vi
Deeds. Vol. lSl, Page ~. conveyed to me, the
undermined, In MOFtaga . certain parcel OF
nal estate situated In said Brighton, and de-
sG11bed = follow viz; Beiug the West half Of
Lot No. u the fourth Bange of Lots in said
tOvn Of Brighten, and the condition Of said
Noftgags having been broken. the undersign.
ID b. roason thereof claim foreclosure.
February mad. lse3.
"a JOHN ToNLlNsON.
NJ. !. nssnHn. IL ATTY.
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TURNER UUSWFI's I"'nF
Attest: 8. H. GOODWIN, Register
Post ONCE address. Judge, and ReRis'e''
ak0whe1ar, Me. aw7
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-09-05
DEMOCRATIC FLUTTERNtss

The fluttering CT the Demoqfats'over
that statistical bombShell of Peck's goes
to the pitiable length of attempting to
impeach his statistics by assertions which
are the strongest vindicatie;n of the Nc
Kiuley act. One striking example of the
sort is a communicating which is pub
lished in New York, tEIumphantly estab-
fishing that the report is false because it
shows only a gToss increase in wages,
without shoTing in every case rise in
the rate of wages
Let us see. An industrial establishment
employs say 1000 hands paying them $500
year each. Now, if in the next year it
employs 1 200 hands and pays out $500, 900
in wages, or by steadier employment to
the 1000 hands pays them 100000 more
wages in the gross, is labor benefited or
the contrary? The free trade howlers at
Peck apparently regard such thing as a
deadly attack on the rights of labor. Sem
sible workingmen, however, will be apt to
perceive that an increase of $500, 900 in the
gross, of wages, means an addition to the
means of labor in the mass
Moreover, this showing is pertinent as
reply to Democratic assertions The par
tiSan cry against the Mckinley act was
that it hampered industry; and the report
shows that industry has expanded under
the operation of the act Still we cannot
blame the free trade organs, when they
are hit by thunderbolt from their own
camp, like that of Peck's for forgetting
logic in their fiutterings.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-09-05
FREE TRADE FRANKNEss.

Lne Democratic programme is thus out
lined by Mr. Henry W2tterson in his most
fiamboyant style Of Free Trade enthu-
siasm:
just as soon as the Democrats get the
power they will wipe out the atrocious Re-
publican sugar bounty system and restore
the sugar duties. Instead of paying millions
Of bounty out Of the Treasury to sugar
planters, We win re-estabiish the revenue
tariff on sugar, yielding annually about $50,
O00,000 to the Treasury.
This may be calculated to carry Louis
lana for the Democracy; but the effect on
the people OF the North is likely to be ex-
actly the opposite. Inasmuch as the
solid South Is unable to elect Mr.. Cleve-
land all by itself, this indiscretion raises
the doubt whether the Democratic candi-
date should not pray to be delivered from
such supporters as Mr.. Watterson and Mr..
Dana
The whole tariff agitation was started
by Cleveland on the necessity Of reducing
the revenue. 1t was the condition of too
full Treasury that confronted US, as be
said in his famous message The Repub-
GcaDS accepted that challenge by practi-
cahY removing the duty from an article Of
universal Use which cheapened the cost
of sugar to every housekeeper by 80 to 40
per cent, and which reduced the revenue
by over $50, 600, 900 per annum. Having
thus attained tho purpose with the least
possible disturbance of business, it is sur
pTising to find AIT. Watterson going back
on his Presidential candidate and declar-
ing that the revenue must be put back
where il was The Democracy have al
ways exhibited decided fondness for the
sugar duties but this is the first open
avowal that they are to be restored if that
party regairs power.
Here We discover that the Democracy is
not in favor # the removal of the tariff
when it s really a tax All who are in
favor OF higher prices for sugar must, on
WaTterson'S authority, vote for Cleveland.
Those who prefer cheap sugar will have
to stand by the Republican policy.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-09-05

SECRETARY ELKINs has left Washington
for his home in West Virginia to be absent q
few days.
GOVERNOR TILLMAN has but one eye,
but his friends claim that he sees every
thing that is going on in South Carolina and
never gets left.
SwINBURNE says the man who loves
occasional intervals of repose, yet detests
the country, should live six days week in
Paris and spend Sunday in London.
The only woman in England who is pro-
prietor, editor and manager ora newspaper
is Mrs. Comyns of the Featheed World, the
circulation of which paper is 20, 900 weekly.
PROF. BERNARD MOSES has been elected
president ofthe University of California. He
has for several years been in the chair of his
tory and political economy at the University.
SECRETARY CHARLES FOSTER expects
and daughter who are expected to arrive
there on the steamer City of New York from
Liverpool.
HOME SECRETARY ASQUITH is not only
"one of the very youngest Cabinet officers
on record;" he is declared by high authority
to be the most finished of the younger race
of Parliamentary orators.
STEPHEN BoNSAL, who achieved fame
in Tangier and London, in spite of the
denials in New York, is handsome, dark
haired, serious-faced young man of twenty
seven years, gentle-hearted and mild-man-
snered.