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The Somerset reporter., 1894-07-26
FARM. GARDEN and
HOUSEHOLD.
An Ideal Cliina-Closct.

It Should be built between the dining.
room and the kitchen, so that it can be
entered unobseryed when guests are At
table.
The shelves should not be more than
fourteen inches wide and about nineteen
inches apart. Where they are wider than
this the tendency is TO pile too many
dishes upon them, and they are apt to
1--WE way. There is no reason why We
should cling 10 tradition and cover these
shelves with white paper OF muslin. Why
should not corrugated rubber, such as has
already found its way at the side OF kitch-
en- sinks, be introduced? There is a
slight odor about this material, but china
does not take it, and the chances OF dishes
slipping or breaking by falling upon the
shelf would be decreased fifty per cent.
a serviceable device for use when plates
are stood on end is to use rope instead
of a cleat to hold them, and to fasten it at
the corners and in the centre by double
headed tacks driven down tightly into the
shelves. Being slightly yielding, the
plate is less apt to fall over from a sudden
ar or slight blow.
Where possible, glass should be stored
by itself. In the most modern houses
cabinets are built in the dining room for
this purpose. The narrow side shelves
found in most china closets are best for
glasses All drinking glasses should be
arranged in groups, and far enough apart
so that there will be no confusion or mis-
take in bringing them out when needed.
Where plates and saucers are piled one
upon the other they should have rounds
OF felt or Canton flannel placed between
them. There is an art in cutting these
rounds, so mich SO that one man in New
York finds steady employment in supply
ing them. He is known to all the dealers,
who recommend him to their customers.
The rounds should never come above the
hollow of the plate.
Hooks on which cups are hung should
not be screwed on the edge of the second
shelf, but well underneath it. They
should be tested from time to time, lest
by the settling of the house and of the
shelves they might become loose.
The second shelf should be about three
inches narrower than the one beneath it.
TO admit Of large dishes being lifted out
safely. The upper shelves, unless used
for large dishes, may be flush with the
second.
The Somerset reporter., 1894-07-26
Not for Money.

Ifyou expect 10 make the hogs pay give
them just as good care as YOU do any
other stock, Dirty pens and anything
which comes handy for feed will never
bring hog to profitable market, Do
not make him eat his bushe of grain in
connection with bushel of filth a clean
feeding floor is not difficult to have, and
yourIgrain goes further and the health of
your hogs will be the better for having it.
Dish water is not very hearty food, and
the idea that 1t will quench thirst better
than cold water is wholly mistaken one,
Neither is mouldy corn just as good as
sound corn for pork making II you have
been going on the assumption that it was
only hog and that anything would an
swer YOU had better change your practice
at nce.-Etlhanee.
The Somerset reporter., 1894-07-26

ors under the impression that somebody else
is always in his way.
Climatic Influence. on Health.
1t cannot be denied that the influence OF
the climate upon health is great, and it is IN
recognition OF this fact that physicians send
patients suffering with pulmonary diseases to
great distances for change of air" But when
the sufferer happens to be too poor to act up
on the advice his lot is hard indeed. But 1t is
not acessarily hopeless. Or. Perce's Golden
Medical Discovery can be had at any medicine
store, and to thousands whose cases we're con-
sidered desperate owe their lives
Up to certain point i'll the progress OF Con-
sumption DR.. pierce's Golden Medic Il hiscov-
cry is positive remedy But delays danger
Gus with Consumption. In all the conditions
that lead to it, the Discover. Is the remedy.
With severe lingering Coughs or Weak Lungs,
hing acts so promptly. Every disease that
can be reached through the blood yields to
this medicine. The Scrofulous affections of
the lungs that's called Consumption is one iot
them. For this and for every other form of
Scrofua, for all blood-taints and disorders,
and all chronic bronchial. Throat, and Lung
affections, the discovery" is the only remedy
so certain that it can be guaranteed If it ever
fails to benefit or cure, you have your money
back.
Can anything else be "iust as good" for you
to buy?
as there any affinity between you and your
husbands? # am not sure; bat | suspect his
stenographer."
OFFICE OF = CHERRY, 81 Drayton street,
SAVANNAH, GA, De-. l6. 1870
MEssRs. LiPPMAN Bios, savannah, Ga.
DEAR SIRs-I would like to add my testi-
mony to the almost miraculous effect of ?, p
+. in the case OF Mary lngraham q woman liv-
ing my place; she had a constant cough
sore throat, debility ETC. and was emaciated
to degree that she was unable to get out of
bed unaided, being given up by physicians
she had taken the ruinous so-called Blood
Medicines without the least effect until being
put underline p. p. P, she immed lately began
to improve and is now in as good health as
ever in her life. You can refer 10 me at any
time as to the effect Of p P. ?. in the foregoing
case, Yours truly.
SAMUEL CHERRY.
For sale by all druggists.
7. =. p. 4 wonderful medicine ii gives an APP
petite, it invigorates and strength
p. p. P. Cures rheumatism, ana all pains il
side back and shoulders, knees
hips, wrists and Joints.
P. p. P. Cures syphilis in all its various stages
old ulcers, sores and kidney com
plants
p. P. p. Cures catarrh, eczema, erysipelas, al
skin diseases and mercurIal poi
soning
p, p. P. Cures dyspepsia, chronic female com
plants and broken down consti
tuition and loss of manhood.
P. F. p. The best blood purifier OF the age
Has made more permanent cure
than all other blood remedies,
The Somerset reporter., 1894-07-26
A Great Fair Coming.

The superior quality of the entertain
ment to be offered tbs year at the State
Fair is already assured. Myrtle Peek 5
grand combination, with twenty trained
horses, will be novelty worth going a
long distance to see. 1t is safe to assert
that the races this year will Exceed any
thing in the past, as out Of one hundred
and eighty horses and colts entered in
the stakes. eleven classes, final payment
has been made on one hundred and forty.
The grand Festival of Flowers, under
the management of the State Floral En-
blem Society, will be a decided novelty,
with its richly decorated carriages on pa
rade, its battle of flowers, &c, &c, A
pule food exhibit in City Hall will please
the ladies'. and must call out thousands,
A Chinese Pagoda in the centre of the
hall, where Nessrs Chase and Sanborn's
tea and coffee will be served free through
out the fair. by young ladies in costume,
with other speciaties prepared, will be a
unique and taking feature. In addition,
Miss Anna Bafrows, from the Boston
Cooking School, has been engaged to
give lectures every afternoon, preparing,
cooking and serving the dishes covered
by each lecture.
With Increased exhibits assured, with
these special attractions arranged for
with pledges from manufacturers of assist
ance, with the hotel on the grounds in
first class order and TO be run by an ex
pert caterer, with special trains and ex-
cursion rates from every section, the com
pleteness Of the Maine Stete Fair for 1894
is made certain. and surely the character
of the exhibits and quality as well as nov
city OF the attractions, should insure an
attendance beyond anything known in
former years. Sept. 3. 4. 5. 6 and 7 are
the dates to be remembered, SO say the
managers.
The Somerset reporter., 1894-07-26
POETRY.
Ny Ncntllng-I5a >kct.



E..,b '1oa#5ss - Hfps h4-ps
II IS mo6r q tue staafe-t af silio.-
HF.H ..I esP5e5aas and wide;
50 -iteam. lhat flows through e
-e.n- 20 stand at aood-t.de'
Aa8tI.- ..Hts lie heared on each others
goo. ai lne,n often and sigh.
snail ever be able to graphic
With pile that has grown t"o fcai Hsa
raerc's a top layer. Away, Of ,toeb.ns=
These arrive and depart ever; a'F
and the thing thai are play ing 'huttor button
Also leave without any delay
But ah. underneath there are strata
Buried dcepas the earth'- eoc,u,
Things put there the first Of tte autumn.
stiI there when the.tree- have grown Ffeea
Thor Gre things to be ripped aud matte afef
Th.r,l are things thai sat, ch n INCL
prime.
There are are intricate tasks-ail t"nl'ne
on, magical. hour Of spare time
VII it come Snail ever pp--r-- .tt
I start with fresh hope cters dat.
Like wili-o' the=3isp itaIpfr- 0'.
Like will-othe- Nisp, faae, a"NF
For the basket has never breu ,u.rtt
During all Of its baraenei cur,r
But once, for a few feetine memcut-,
When the baby upset II. last ts'r'
The Somerset reporter., 1894-07-26

The Iowa college used the patent pulp
hay caps made in Maine. in association
with a perforated tube driven into the
center of the heaps producing current of
air that reduced heat and dried the heap
to the center. They were moderately
pleased with the process During good
driving Gay the tedder beir G used while
vet tn, stem il too moist to be easily
broken. the clover can often be carried 10
the barn the same day.
The Somerset reporter., 1894-07-26

In response to inquiries which Score
tary McKeen recently made concerning
the pests which have been ravaging the
foliage of the trees about the State House,
Prof. Munson of the Maine experiment
station at Orono replies The black
spring caterpillar attacking the foliage OF
the ems on the grounds by the State
House is the lava of the Mourning
Cloak butterfly (Vanessa Anuopa). 1t
is one of our most beautiful butterflies
and is not uncommon. The remedy
would be to spray with Paris green.
Regarding insect which appeared on
the leaves of the trees Prof Munson says
they were a species Of aphis. Spraying
with strong deCoction OF tobacco was
recommended This was done and the
pest has disappeared.
pandruff forms when the glands Of the skin
are weakened and II neglected, badness is
sure to follow. Halls Hair Remover is the
best preventive.
Young Maid. what is your idea of model
wife, Old Bachelor "A dresSmakers dunn
my"
"IIaye tried others, but like Ayers best is
the statement made over and over again ny
those who testify to tie benefit derived from
the use of Ayers Sarsaparila. Disease never
bad "A greater enemy than this powerful blood
purifier IT makes the weak strong.
He. Darling, there's nobody in the world
like YOU" She "Do you mean to say | am a
freak"
EFFEcTUAL.-Charles j. Booth. Olivewood.
Cal, says: 81 have used Ayers Pills in my
family for several years, aud have always
found them most effectual in the relief of all
ments arising from disordered stomach, tor
cid liver, and constipated bowels.
MANY man kicks his horse. whenever ne
goes into the stable, who claims to be on ms
way to Heaven.
TIE Puzzle solved
Perhaps no local disease has puzzled and
bafiled the medical profession more lhan nasal
catarrh While not Immediately fataI IT Is
among the most nauseous and disgusting his
the flesh is heir to, and the records show very
few or no cases OF radical cure OF chrome
catarrh, by any OF the many modes OF treat
ment until the introduction OF ElYs cream
Balm few years ago. The success OF TINS
incarnation has been most gratifying and sur
prising No druggist is without ~
Three years undisturbed possession of a
setter dog win destroy the Seraelty OF the best
man in America,
a a .l.o T,,trra
The Somerset reporter., 1894-07-26
Somerset Railway,
CHANGE OF TIMR.
Commencing Mon, july 9, 1894

Trains will run as follows, connecting at Oak
and with Maine Central Railroad Trains to and
from Boston. Portland, Lewiston, Wateryi lie
Augusta. Gardiner Bath Skowhegan and Ban
Ror.
ror Boston, Portland. Lewiston, Waterville,
Augusta. SkNwheghn and Bangor.
The Somerset reporter., 1894-07-26
Tho Beauties OF Country Life.


lis often solitary, retired, to certain
degree. uat does secluded life n the
country. necessarily, breed feeling 1t
iaae-amrtc ss. ifs,ome discomfort, and a
home-ie.ul-s for the lity, Ih, is a
question that must interest any who con
template change from city to country
One sill say the answer depends on The
aerson ~ho makes that change, and the
answer has much truth. Another viii say
that il depends on the location OF the
county home, and that, too. has an I'M
portant bearing. a house situated in a
low, narrow valley. with no other habla-
ton in SIGHT. surrounded by woods and
swamps. with scarce 4 lovely object in
view. would indeed be lonely. it ought
to be lonely, an it ought to breed such
discomfort as to drive the owner to seek Il
more cheerful location. ! vi ! add to
these two important answers this third
one That ones lonesomeness in the coun-
thy depends largely upon ones will, one
attitude toward the country. II you begin
country life feeling that you are foreigner
10 it, and never intend to be naturalzed,
then YOU doom yourself to dislike tt. Ma
ture will never adopt you into her larger
liberties unless you will be adopted, and
the shy denizens of bush and brake will
never greet YOU as a fellow citizen. But
if YOU drop this alien spirit and resolve
to conquer the country life by openly sur
rendering to its charms then you Will win
a gratifying success {. II. LtdRIaH, N
AGiM .im07laa Re42f77 IN 1H(y.
The Somerset reporter., 1894-07-26

THE PAST guarantees the future.
1t is not what we say, but what
Hoods Sarsaparilla does, that tells the
story. Remember HOODS CURES
Climatic Inhuen cs on Health.

No man will ever amount to much who lab
ors under the impression that somebody else
is always in his way.
The Somerset reporter., 1894-07-26

Trains leave Skowhegan as follows: $40 A.
VI. for all points West-l.20 ?. NJ. or Water
vile, Oakland North Arson, Ii W ston Port
land and Boston, Dexter, Dover and Foxcroft,
Moosehead Lake, Bangor Bar darbor. st.
John and Aroostook County, Port and and
Boston;-3.00 p. NJ. (mxed) for Waterylle, en-
abiing passengers to take night Pull nan for
Portland and Boston,
ARRIVALS:-7.00 A. NJ. mixed from Water
vile, daily except Mon1ays:-10.3s A. NJ.
Passenger from Portland, Lewiston, Augusta
and Bangor;-510 P. NJ. from all points.
PAYSON TUCKER, Vice Pres, & Gen. M'g'r.
r. E. BOOTHBY. General Pas'r Agent
Portland, May 26th 1891.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-07-19

howinG, by their personal example,
how easy it would be ION multitudes to
find safety and happiness in the small
and even pleasurable self-denial
which they have adopted. If the
35.O0O,0OO per year, or more,
which we annually spend on
Intoxicating drink, with results
so infinitely disastrous alike to the ma
ton and to individuals, were more
wisely used and less ruinously wasted,
not only would drunkenness and the
most prolific causes of crime be nearly
eXterminated, but squalor and pauper-
ism would become hideous phantoms of
the past, and most of the frightful evils
by which we are nov afflicted would
cease to drag down our prosperity as
with hand of fire. have not, in this
paper. urged even a 1.-THE of the argu-
mentS which weigh with us; but l trust
that enough has been said to convince
every fair and reasonable man that the
example of total abstainers might be
protitably followed by many who now
despise it, and might tend to an i'm
N anse amelioration in the happiness of
the human race. -Archdeacon Farrar,
ii Contemporary Review
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-07-19

AN ordinance in Waldeck, Germany,
forbids the granting of a marriage Ii
cense toa person addicted to the Liquor
habit.
AS rule departed spirits are not so
much feared as those that have just
been turned loose from the bonded
warehouse.
MORE than all the warriors of the
Matabeles, the white mans whisky is
dreaded by the native South African.
Its wounds he says, never heal"
THERE are 2O,903 juvenile temperance
societies in Great Britain with total
membership of 2,67S, OOO Nearly 1,OOa
societies were added last year.
THE board of health has warned the
New York confection shops not to sell
brandy drops to children. The atten-
ton of the board of excise has also
been called to the matter. The chemist
of the board of health reports that six
of the brandy drops sold to children
contained as much alcohol as an ordi.
nary drink of whisky.
No WINE nor Intoxicating liquor was
served at the wedding feast of the
granddaughter of Vanderbilt, who was
married not long since. Every such
Endorsement of temperance in high So
cial circles is an assurance of the speedy
Punishment of the social glass fro IN all
circles.
Mrs. CARLISLE, wife of Secretary Car
Isle, is not only known to be opposed
to the use of Intoxicating beverag es,
but is notably consistent in her co nvic-
tions. Her dinners are served without
the alcoholic cOncomitants which Gus
tom seems to have fixed so infexibly
upon less independent and enlightened
society leaders.
THE Woman's Liberal Federation of
England in its annual May meeting
adopted resolutions asking the govern
ment to press forward measures for the
control of the liquor traffic, and that
local option thereon be transferred
from the magistrates to the men and
women taxpayers. They also declared
their opinion that it should be penal
ffense to sell drink to children under
sixteen.
GRADUALLY and insidiously has this
moral cancer of alcoholic poisoning i'm
bedded itself into the nations life; and
it's degrading, desolating grasp on So
ciety has become such a dominant influ-
ence in our political and social economy
that it has blighted our moral sense
destroyed our material prosperity, de-
pressed our commercial vitality and
brought all business into such a de-
pressed condition that terrible paraly-
sis now Expresses the whole nation,
making other causes of hard times sink
into insigniticance when compared with
oreSt'S
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-07-19
Remedy for Damp Walls.

The process consists in using two
washes or solutions for covering the
surface of the walls-One composed of
CASTLE soap and water, and one of alum
and water. The proportions are three
quarters of pound of soap to one gal
lon of water. and half pound of alum
to four gallons of water, both sub
stances to be perfectly clean and dry
an / the temperature of the air not
above 25 degrees Fahrenheit when the
compositions are applied. The first. or
soap wash, should be laid on when
boiling hot with a fiat brush. taking
cire to form a froth on the brickwork.
This wash should remain twentv-four
hours. SO as to become dry and hard be-
fore the second or alum wash is APP
piled, which should be done in the
same manner as the first The tenn
perature of this wash when applied
may be go or 70 degrees Fahrenheit,
and this also should remain twenty
four hours before a second coat of soap
wash is put on. These coats are to be
applied alternately until the walls are
made impervious to water The alum
and soap thus combined form an insol-
uble compound, filing the pores of the
masonry and entirely preventing the
water from entering the wall. -Archi-
tect and Builder.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-07-19
Risks of Horse Racing.

Having ones horse win a race is all
very fine, but few are the owners of
race horses whose winnings on the
track reimburse them for their prodig-
ious expenses. To get colt with a
pedigree costs in the first place from
two hundred to one thousand dollars,
depending on the character of that
pedigree, During two years the colt is
eating it's head off, and as he stands on
his legs at the beginning of his third
year his cost has been about 50 900.
Then comes his training. and that is u
pretty penny From 81 to S. day is
said to be the cost for feed, training
and grooming. If he goes out on the
circuit his transportation comes to S75
a week, and the entrance fee for the
purse in race is 500 or more. And
after all this there is the risk that the
animal will go wrong, that he will lose
in every blessed race he runs, and drive
his owner to the poorhouse through
misplaced confidence and big bets.
There must be great veXation of spirit
to the owner of a race horse. and happy
are they who know nothing of his joys
or his Sorrows.-Detroit Free Press
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-07-19
TEMPERANCE VOWS.
Good Reasons for Joining the Ranks of
Son-Drinkers.


Why do we sign the triple pledge?
For own sake.
When Adams body was formed of
clay his Maker breathed upon it and
breathed into it not only life, but the
consciousness to know and the will to
do right. How he abused this power
we have read in the story of his tempta-
ton by the fair one to whom he was in
trusted.
For our own sake. because this body
of ours should be kept unspotted from
the world-a world that will kick whom
it can and respect whom it must. For
the sake of bodily purity, and strength,
and for the character that is strength
ened with every no" answered to the
yes"
For our brothers sake.
IF meat maketh my brother to of
fend | will eat no more meat while
the world standeth." Who is my
brother? The rich and lordly; the poor
and lowly; the friend of my young
life; the foe who deals out death by
the glass full is my brother in the eyes
of Him who prayed, Father, forgive
them; they know not what they do. ."
And for that br others sake | will do
nothing that will cause the weaker
one to fall. Though l may think that
|. in my strength, may look upon wine
when it is red, my brother. through
my influence, may go down. down, be-
meath the flood of intemperance. Every
one has some influence for good or for
evil. No man liveth to himself alone,
And lest my influence be for evil l will
taste. touch, handle nothing whereby
my brother may offend. No mother
shall weep for a son, no wife for a hus-
band no maid for lover, brought low
through word or deed of mine.
For Jesus sake.
For the sake of Him who died for me
/ will live; and while | live King Al
cohol shall fear one deadly foe And
as all over this fair land of ours girls
and boys are pledging themselves to
this warfare for life, the tyrant well
may tremble. I'VE shall grow up"
And as Legioners grow up, and out
siders die off, = saloons must 90" out
of here into nowhere.
First well make war on cider
Then wine, then ale, then beer.
And then well fight the larger foes
Until our coasts clear.