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The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1894-08-02
A Somerset Case.

The following rescript was sent down
by the Law court:
Nelson Watson VS., Lucy Delano, adj
ministrator. In a suit brought against
party as executrix de son tort, to
which the general issue had been plead
ed. pending the action, as "A term subse-
1uent to the entry, plea puts darrein
continuance was filed. alleging that the
defendant had been duly appointed ad.
ministratrix of the defendant, after the
action brought, which plea was held bad
on demurrer, and by leave of court, the
same defence had been interposed by
brief statement, and then the plaintiff
discontinued his suit without any ruling
upon the matter set up in brief state
ment, or any adjudication upon the
claim in suit the defendant Is the pre-
valing party under r. s., c. - see. III
and entitled to costs. Exceptions sus
tanned. Costs for defendant.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1894-08-02
Republican Caucus

In Pursuance to the call published in
the REPORTER of last week interested
Republican voters of our town met at
Engine Hall. Yesterday afternoon, to
nominate candidate for representative
To the legislature.
Hon. {. \. MarSton. chairman ot the
town committee. called the meeting to
order, and read the call, after which
L. f. Danforth, Esq. MAS elected moi
orator and L. T.. McNeelie, secretary, by
reclamation. 1t was voted to nominate
the candidate for representative by
ballot, and ". II. Wilde, VA, found TO
be the unanimous choice of the caucus.
Upon motion of ". NJ. Z. Brown,
ESP, the same able town committee. G..
\. Marston, ". II. Wildes, l.. \. Das-
comb, Nathan FoW ler and John Weston.
were Reelected for the succeeding TWO
years.
W. H. Wildes, the nominee for repre-.
sentative is a native of Waterville. a son
of Col. \. W. Wiljes. railroad commits
,ioner. 40 years of age, and for the great
er part of his life, since reaching man
hood, has been engaged in the dry goods
business in this place. He is a thorough
business man, public spirited and pro-
gressive and alive to the interests of our
town. He has ideas of his own, and can
present them forcefully when occasion
requires and wifi look after Skowhegan' :
interests carefully and effectively at
Augusta next winter He has never
held public Office. The selection of Mr.
Wides for this important position is a
good one,
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1894-08-02
Affairs of the Household.

Mrs. Emma P. Ewing of cooking fame
saws in one of her household papers
This is the pro Der way to peel tomatoes ;
Cover them With boiling water half min
ute. then lay them in cold water until per-
fectly cold, and the skin can be peeled off
without difficulty, leaving the tomatoes
unbroken and as firm as they were before
being scalded.
Two things TO know are, first, that a
menthol pencil should go in your outing
bag. as it quickly takes the poison out of a
mosquitoes bite second, that flour light
" dredged over loaf of cake before icing
it prevents the spreading and running of
the latter.
The light breakfast, which at this season
is the most tempting, sometimes engen-
derS. especially in the case of the brain
worker. sudden sense of exhaustion be-
fore noon is quite reached. A cup of hot
not boied-mik, slightly sweetened
and with bit of broken cinnamon float
ing in it, will be as appetizng and refresh
ing to the weakening woman as the tradi-
tional pick me-up of her stimulating broth
er.
Many housewives now prefer four or
FIVE thicknesses of CHI -esec OH t. flannel
bag in jelly-making. 1t is more easily
washed, gives, as one woman expresses 1t,
no 'fannely taste" and is as clear as
jelly.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1894-08-02
Woman and Poultry.

We can point to quite a number oil
women who have increased the number oil
their fowls with view to assisting them
selves during the dull times, the object
being to have money come in sooner than
by relying on something requiring a long
er period for remunerating them. Eggs
are daily products, and enable the farmer
to procure cash either in small or large
sums according to his management.
Women can assist materially in attending
to some Of the details OF management,
although they cannot do hard work in the
poultry house and Yards. They are more
successful in raising chicks than men be-
cause they are more patient and do not
overlook the small matters. If there have
been large number of pullets Matched
this season it would no doubt pay to KEEP
them or winter if the accommodations
will permit, in order to help through the
cold weather. The greatest success Of
farmers with poultry is when their wives
assist by taking an interest in large numb
ers, but the farmers should not leave the
heavy duties to be attended to by then
wives.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1894-08-02

REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS. The fol.
lowing are the real estate transfers dur
ing the week;
Pittstield-C. b. Haskell to II. W
Gardner, 500; II. W. Gardner to +. c
Hunter, 800.
Palmyra-J. =. Longley to W. F
Leathers. ct al, $1,000; l.. VI. Woman tC
Perry Furbush ct al Si95; Mary VOL
man TO Perry Furbush, ct al, 500; Rose
+. keuney to Israel W. Lincoln, $3.50.
Madison-Marv W. Baker, ct al, to D.
w. Sim nd, $50.
Dead River-Geo. +. Jones to David
b. Niles, 1925.
Fairteld-John Gilblare to Joseph
Champine, 800.
ST Albans-Sullivan Maxim, ct al, tn
julius +. Winslow. 81 200
Iaciman-Rohert J. Thompson to
Amos j. Lay, $500.
Solon-Delbert Parker to Jewett a
savage $50,
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1894-08-02

Peoples Party delegates from the
representative district comprising the
towns of Norridgewock, Starks, Arson
and New Portland met in convention at
Arson, Saturday, and nominated DR..
Bradford F. Lancaster of Norridgewock
as their candidate for representative TO
the State Legislature.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1894-08-02
Right In His Line.

A man from the country heard some
one talking about the Woman's Ex-
change. "Woman's Exchange" he in
quired, "what that for:''
For the exchange of women. said
wag.
"Golly," said the countryman, who
looked as though he was henpocked
"I'n go around and see. - Kingston
Freeman.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1894-08-02

docs your wife put up her can STUFF her
self" "Certainly. self preservation is the
first law of nature "
Rouser-"What do you mean by ladies' day
at the club" Touser-"lt's a chance twice a
year to sober up"
What elective study did your boy pursue
at college?" Don't know exactly, but | be
ieve it was base ball.
The youth who can convince his best girl
that ice ere am and sods water ruin the COM
plexion can save money.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1894-08-02

Eggs have been the lowest in price in
New York the past fortnight that they
have been in fifteen years. They were
sold at ten and half cents a dozen
This depression is due to the immense
receipts, which in one week were more
than J. 500, 900 dozen The precise fg-
urcs are 5.55g,g5o. The price in boston
has not been lowered to any such extent.
In spite of the low prices. it is not shown
that there has been A loss 10 the seller.
because the increased demand from the
lowered prices has led TO much greater
consumption of eggs.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1894-08-02

The Republican State Committee held
a meeting at Augusta. "Wednesday eve
ming. All the counties of the state
we're represented on the committee and
prominent Republicans from all part,
OF the state were present. There was q
general interchange of opinion and views
in regard to the situation. The party
is represented in good fighting trim and
determined to win grand Republican
victory this year. In addition to the
member of the State Committee. Somer-
set was represented at the meeting by
Col. A. W. Wildes, f. W. Hovey Esq,
and Geo. G. Weeks Esq.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1894-08-02

The democratic district committee at
Naterville, Saturday. suggested the
name of Mr.. Amos Gerald of Fairfield,
Tor candidate to Congress from the
Third District. They sent a committee
to him to get his consent. If he is
willing Mr.. Gerald will become the nom
inee of his party.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1894-08-02

The Maine Experiment Station has
found that tomato plants grown in pots
and repotted twice before planting in the
field bore more fruit than when grown in
the ordinary way, the difference being
estimated at twenty-nine bushels per acre.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1894-08-02

Democratic delay to recognize Hawai-
has proven Republican opportunity.
Mr.. Boutetlle is after the Administra-
ton with a sharp stick. Before he gets
through Messrs. Cleveland and Gresham
will wish that they had lost no tim in
congritulating the new republic.-Bos
ton J0Urndi
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1894-08-02

Athens has the naming of candidate
for the Representative to the Legislature
this year and at a caucus held there We'd
nesday J. F. Corson was selected for the
ed by District convention to be held al
Athens village, saturday afternoon. at !
o'clock \ notice Tor this convention
appears in THE REPORTER this week.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1894-08-02


August is well filed with reunions of
Maine Veteran Regimental Associations.
Aug. $, is IL reunion of Audroscoggin
Veteran Association at East Liyermore,
5 and 8. of the First Tenth and Twenty
ninth at Portland, 9, First Maine Cavalry
at Skowhegan, ID, Thirty-second al
Waterville, Ills. Twenty-seeond at
Dover. lj South Maine Battery at Camp
Benson, Newport, l4-l6. Eleventh Maine
at Bangor, Is, Fifth Maine Battery at
Boston, l5-l6, Sixteenth Maine at Bucks
port, 10. Fourteenth at Portland. 22-23.
Sixth and Ninth at Machias. %, Nine
teenth at Bath, 29-30, Twentieth at
Portland.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1894-08-02

The dead lock between the Senate and
House at Washington caused the opinion
to prevail that there would be no tariff
legislation by this congress aud this idea
caused wool to rise in the market about
two cents ON the pound. While this
ought to cause the Democratic senators
and representatives 10 let the tariff on
wool alone, it will only cause them to
redouble their efforts to pass their free
wool bill
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1894-08-02
coNvE NTIoN.

The Republican voters of the Representa-
tive District composed of Athens, Cornville
Madison and Scion are requested to meet at
the Town House in Athens, on Saturday, the
4th, day Of August at O'Clock ?. NJ. for the
purpose of nominating candidate for Rep
resentative to the next Legislature to be sup
ported at the September election,
Athens July 81. 1894.
(ALBERT LEAVITT
District Committee ALoNzo SMITH,
L. C. JEWETT.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1894-08-02
Mr. Nillil,en Remarks

said
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democratic Gove1aag taa H.sur. r,
sustain hMlr--4e-.. rp'Ilz 49,. liz
Nantou de-fruc'iaa - property.
There j. -nmrthiHs remHee#1... tad
suggestive IN tho tine Nt#H tf.-. s.-
mou-lragcc- against i-IefsI prhur.a
rc made
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great Industry in tLc NDsrh. IT, ut
form discrimination tLtIr-f Nurthrrfa
rro- peritg j. "a marked. ald ~ holIIt
stands out in alb tn -ch.duie- If ih4t
bill. thli hardly a doub' VtH eSf-t thai
it. main purpose Ma il deliberate attack
by the leaders and controller. " thu
Democratic party upon rhr }iial inter
ct, 81 that section 81 TN country which
defeated them in their attempt to d.
.troy the 'uiou.
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aly led our business. and changed "a CON
diliun If prosperity. anpreeeutea I'm the
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1894-08-02

Tom i wonder vhYtaes cali this cot
tag pudding DICK because j. = 30 con
founded tat perhaps
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1894-08-02

Were you a bull or a bear" asked an ao-
of a specuiotor. Neither" he
replied II was an ass
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-08-15

NEW YORK. Aux u Police Captain
Captain Gl5ri Of NewarN, who i FL 81 NJ
mons hacker, to-day received the follow
ing telegram from William A. Schou OF
the Olympus club Of New Orleans:
Have wired Pusil-t Corbett at ASbury
park tfeIing him a purse OF $1,000 TO
meet Fits mmous, the winner 10 take al. -
Fltz~immoUs At once accepted the
Olympic clubs proposition and Captain
Giorl set about arranging for an interview
with COrbett at Asbury park TO take place
within the next few days.
The news tuat Fitzslmmous has accept
cd the offer to fight in New Orleans, was
teleSraphvd Corbett this evening, aud the
following sn~wer came:
Il never saw the color Of Fi:xsimmon' =
money. Why does he not come out like q.
man aud issue a challenge 20 tie world
backed by cash. And II 10 one accepts il,
thea II l. my duty To do So"
Il DONE believe Corbett will agree To
meet x-immoUs." said Pegilist T. ter
jackson, when told Of the movement 10
bring about meeting between the men.
'COfb~tt wants TO De an actor AMI Ia
won't be dragged into any more fights II
be can help himself
Il came all the way from San Francisco"
continued jackson, TO arrange a tiSht
with C5ro<tt aud see how he has treated
me / have noJ bssn treated like a mxn.
Corbett has been very unfair
JscksOu said, as FOR himself he bad made
no plans for the future. lie has fully de-
clded 10 40 10 Eu Opc.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-08-15
A Notable Event.

When Queen Victoria travels, 81 en-,
CINE is carefully selected, in charge Of
an experienced engineer and fireman.
A pilot engine always precedes the
royal train, and no train Is allowed 70
cross the main line for half an hour be-
fore the time for the queen 70 pass.
The gates az ell grade crossings are
locked. all shifting operations are sus-
pended and en- army Of track-walker.
are on duty TO remove any obstruction
from the line. In addition to all this.
a telegram is sent from every station
heraldinE her approach Altogether,
1t must he quite en- events when her
majesty takes trip. but the general
travelling public cannot enjoy II
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-08-15
ELECTRIC BRIEFS.

Heavy rains visited Iowa last night aud
the long drouth is broken.
Nearly all OF Pullmsn's old employees
eturned To work yesterday.
Disastrous fo-->t fires are raging In
Crawford county. Pennsylvania
JOHN Quincy Adams died at his home at
| Mount WaIlo-ton, VI as, yesterday
The evicr ID tenants bill has ben re-
jerted by the house OF lords by a vote of
249 t. 80.
1t has been det rminsd not TO remove all
the militia from SUuth Omaha just at
present.
The C ash lanc- in the treasury today
wa SIG. 792, 500. of which So, GA .S94 was
gold re-evr.
Yesterday was the hottest day in eight
years in 5. Louis. The thermometer
reached 100 > 10.
Secretary Herbert has ordered the
cruiser Charleston to repair to the Asiatlc
station at once.
President c. II. J. Taylor yesterday de-
livered the annual addres. at h National
Colored Democratic League at Mluueap-
oils.
Governor Mckinley refused yesterday to
be interviewed on the tariff bill passed,
saying his views on the tariff Were we'll
known.
Prohibitionists of the Fourth congress
sional district. Missouri, nominated Rv.
j. j. Bentley of NaryviIle for congress yes
terGay.
A case of Asiatic cholera has been dis
covered at Cokato, MINI. A man took
sick, turned partly black and died within
fifteen hours.
One hundred and ten members of the
I a m fro t from
Washington last night VIA the Chesa-
peake and Ohio railway.
The startling rumor from Bridgeville,
Del. that twenty persons were drowned
by the cap-iziug of sail boat near Drales
island cannot be confirmed.
Congressman McKeighan Of Nebraska
was yesterday nominated on the first
ballot by the Populis5 convention. He
will receive the Democratic Endorsement.
Dick Blend was nominated for congress
from Missouri yesterday for the twelfth
consecutive time. DR. Jessie z. Hubbard
was nominated By the Republicans against
Bland.
Comptroller of the Currency Eckles
yesterday appointed w. /. Rutledge re-
ceived of the First National bank OF Grant,
Neb.. which closed its doors TO business
on the 20 b ult.
Boise City Is filed with delegates to the
Democratic state convention which meets
today IL is bitter contest between J. NJ.
Ballantyne and ex Governor +. A. Steven
son for goverporship.
The cyclone which swept ouer the Prov
ince OF Ciudad Real Spain yesterday, was
accompanied by terrific storm of hail
Over 200 hundred persons were injured
and several thousand domestic animals
were killed. The damage tn crops in the
province is estimated at $500. coo.
The Bethlehem Steel company began
delivering in Cramps ship yard at Phila-
delphia yesterday the $50 tons of eighteen
inch side armor for the ba tieship Indiana.
The work of putting the plates in place
will be begun al once, but it will be six
months before this delicate operation is
finished.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-08-15
special disnatch 10 the DaIlr Eagle.

Special dispatch to the Daily Eagle.
Ell RENO, o. T.. Aug "A News reaches
here from Minco and vicinity that the set
Tiers are thoroughly aroused and alarmed
over report that the secretary of war will
soon send Geronimo and his blood thirsty
band of Apaches to abide on the Fort Sill
reservation.
Geronimo, who is designated by the set
tiers as an 'old murderer" is now pris-
oner of war with his troop of savages in
Alabama. The settlers do not want him
sent TO Fort Sill, AS it is entirely too near
them for comfort. They do not believe that
Geronimo has become Sunday school
teacher rs reported. They hold that
"once an Indian, always an Indian" and
that IL Geronimo should be set down al
Fort Sill. the wild environments would
soon stir up his Old thirst for blood The
settlers want the secretary of war to send
bin to some other reservation IN more
civilized section.
In the army appropriation bill recently
considered in Washington the first amend
meut OF the senate appropriation com
fnitiee provided that Geronimo and his
1raf-like tribe should be taken TO Fort
Sill o. T. aud in edition to paying all
their expenses So, coo was appropriated for
providing them with agTIcult ural lmple-
msntS. he committee provision was SUI
sequently amended, on motion Of Senator
Dubois, 20 as TO leave the place OF their re-
moval to the discretion of the secretary OF
war. In this shape the matter went to
conference, and when the report WAS sub
mitted to the cOnferees bitter fight was
made in both houses by friends of the ter
ritory against adopting the report unless
jt stated IN express terms that the Indians
should not be taken to the Indian ter
riforv The rsDort. however WAS adOpted
in both houses, and if the secretary of war
sees fit to do so, the Fort Sill military
reservation will be burdened with Geroni-
mo and his saYages.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-08-15
NAPOLEON'S DAINTY TOILET.
After His Morning shave His Valet Secured
Him with Eau DE CoIoxne.


Him with Eau DE Cologne.
One Of the most interesting articles
found among the recent numerous es-
says upon the private life of Napoleon
Is on the toilet of the emperor, which,
il appears, was a most important mat
ter and regulated down TO the smallest
details with matthew atical precision.
When awakened II was Ma poleon's Gus
tom 70 glance over the paper while the
fires were lit. He was sensitive to cold,
and q FIRE was prepared in every room
even in midsummer. Then OF distin-
gaished people awaiting an audience
he would designate those whom he
wished 10 see, after which he would
rise and take hot bath, lasting about
an hour. The daily shaving was the
next duty. Ordinarily his physician,
and securing favors for his friends.
Napoleon's greeting was usually some
badinage, such a.: All. charlatRn!
How many patients have you killed this
morning." And the physician would
reply in kind. Two valet. were neces-
sary for shaving. one holding the basin
and another the mirror. The emperor,
in a flannel robe. de cham Der. then
covered his face with soap and began
10 shave. Throwing off his robe. No
poleon was next delugcd with eau Ge
cologne and subjected 20 n thorough
scru bling with a rough brush. The
valet then rubbed the whole body with
linen rolls saturated with eau de col
ogne-a custom that Napoleon had &C
quired IN the east. The Scru bling was
none Of the Ightest, either, for Ia
would call out from time % time:
"Hsrder-rub harder" when the
scrubbing was over the emperor
dressed himself. A curious detail ~
his custom was the religious care with
which he kept hung around his neck
the little leather envelope. shaped like
q heart, which contained the poison
that was TO hberate him in case % ire
trievable reverses Of fortune. This pol
son was prepared after recipe that
CO banis had given % CorvIsart, and
after the year 1905 the emperor never
undertook a campaign without having
his little packet Of poison
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-08-15
FLAX CULTURE IN EUROPE.
Russia Grows More of This Crop Than
ANY Country In the World.


Our principal supply of the raw ma
terial, says Chambers Journal, is i'm
ported from Russia, where the plant
has long been, and still is, cultivated
more extensively than in any other
country in the world; but there the
culture OF the crop and preparation of
the fiber receive less care and atten-
ton than in any other fax-producing
country. This neglect may be ac-
counted for by the immense tracts
under crop and also by much thinner
sowing than is practiced in other coun-
tries in order to give the plant greater
strength and more numerous branches,
to prevent it being laid during the vio-
lent thunderstorms that prevail about
the time it is in flower. The result of
this treatment, however, is a coarse
fiber, and also very much inferior
yield to that grown thicker and under
more favorabl circumstances of soil
and attention in its early stages. Ger
many, Austria and France will follow
Russia as flax-producing countries, and
in each of these an average area Of
over two hundred thousand acres is
kept under this crop. In Holland fax
is grown principally for the seed, and
the planting and growth of the crop,
Us well as the time for pulling, is regu-
lated for this purpose. BY properly
maturing the seed the quality of the
fiber is injured and renders the subse-
quent process more difficult; but the
Dutch farmers are amply remunerated
by the high price obtained for the
seed, which has for agricultural pur-
poses a worldwide fame, and is chiefly
sown in Britain, although Riga seed is
also USED and preferred by somec grow
ers as being more hardy. 1t is Bel
GUM, however, to which we must turn
to see fax in the highest state of Guilt
Walton, where nothing is neglected that
can in any measure improve the guam
tity, and more especially of the quality
Of the crop. Here proper rotation Of
the crops, superior tillage and liberal
manuring of the land are attended to
in q manner not seen elsewhere. and
to this the careful, Flooding Belgian
farmers owe their success in raising
other crops as well as flax, and which
has earned for them the reputation
they enjoy OF being the most successful
agriculturiSts in the world.