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The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-12-08

other charges i'll American ports. This
is done upon evidence that American
vessels are not given these privileges in
German ports. 1t is retaliatory in its
nature.
President futile of the Boston and
Maine, reiterates the assertion that the
removal of Payson Tucker means moth
ing whatever in the direction of closer
alliance of the Boston and Maine Central
roads. No lease, consolidation, change
of headquarters or further changes in
officials is or has been under contempla-
ton.
Exercises in commemoration of the
fftieth anniversary of the marriage of
Robert and Elizabeth Barrett Browning
have been arranged for Dec. II at the
Robert Browning Hall social settlement,
in Walworth, South London. Seven
members of the royal family, as well as
a large number of distinguished person
ages, are expected to be present
A dispatch to the impartial from Ha-
vana confirmed the report that the in
surgents had made raid on the city of
Guanabacos, five miles from Havana.
Most of the inhabitants of the town fled,
rebels in the chief street of the place
and forced them to retire. Maxine
Gomez the rebel leader, has entered the
district of Las Villas.
The proposed expedition next year
against Khartoum will, it is said,
number % 600 men, of which Is, 900 will
be Egyptian troops and 1000 British
troops, including batteries of the Royal
Horse Artillery and probably highland
regiment and an Indian brigade, with
cavalry amounting to 10000. The Der
wishes there are reported to number at
least 10000 fighting men and the forts
are defended by seventy Krupp guns.
The North Mississippi conference of
the Methodist church has adopted the
following: Resolred, that inter-col-
legiate football now being so extensive.
ly played, and which is proving detri-
mental to the morals and intellectual
training of our boys at college, we, the
North Mississippi conference, especially
advise all schools under the supervision
of our church to outlaw such games and
forbid their students to engage in them.
Conductor Dalrymple, who has been
IS years in the employ of the Maine
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-12-08
Keeping Commercial Fertilizer.

Most farmers in purchasing CONNER
cial fertilizers buy only what are need
ed for immediate use. This is partly to
escape losing the interest on investments
not in use, but mainly because there is
popular idea that fertilizers deterio-
rate by exposure to the air. If they are
kept from becoming wet, they will be
as good the second year as the first, ex-
oept that absorption of moisture from
damp air will make the mineral harden
into Jumps which will make it difficult
to drill. The best way to keep any sur
plus of mineral fertilizer, according to
American Cultivator, is to scatter it
from time to time over the stable ma
nure heaps and apply it with that
Both the stable manure and phosphate
will be made more efficient by this COM
bipation, as each kind of fertilizer will
supplement the deficiencies Of the other.
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IN THE APIARY.
Winter Work That the Wide Awake Bee
keeper Finds to DO.

Winter Work That the Wide Awake Bee
keeper Finds to DO.
The advice is often given to let bees
alone during the winter season. This is
cautionary, and especially addressed to
beginners, but is not intended to convey
the idea that 10 work can be safely
done with bees in the winter. Notwith-
standing the best person can do before
winter sets in, there will be some colo
MES of bees that need looking to, says
Ohio Farmer, authority for the follow
ing. Perhaps some of the colonies went
into their winter = rest with large num-
bers of old bees nearly worn out, with
few young ones to take their place
II this il the case, ii becomes necessary
to keep everything III proper condition
if success is desired. The weak bees will
succumb to the least unfavorable
weather
With old bees dying, the entrance of
ten becomes clogged, and if the bees arc
not removed the colony Will devil
smother With wire foot or more
long, with hook ON one end, the en-.
trance can easily be cleared of dead bees
and the colony be saved.
Excessive moisture in hive will also
cause bees to die rapidly and drop to the
bottom of the hive, and if not removed
the colony will the sooner die
With good absorbent (chatf) over
the bees and plenty of space between the
absorbent and reef there will be but lt-
tie moisture within the hive. With care
the dead bees can be removed without
arousing the colony to activity.
In cellar wintering bees frequently
become uneasy. n condition often due
from lack of water, which is especially
the case toward spring, when brood rear
ing commences. \ sponge saturated
with water, placed over the cluster, will
quite often quiet them.
With the best of care in fall feeding
a colony may sometimes be found with
out sufficient stores even in the middle
of the winter. If such one is found, it
can be fed and tho bees kept from stary-
ing.
This can be done by filling a wide
mouthed bottle, better Mason fruit
jar, with "a strip made of granulated
sugar and water and tying some cheese
sacking over the mouth of the bottle or
jar and quickly invertlng it and placing
it directly over the cluster. The bees
will be able to help themselves and star
walton is avoided. They will take to the
"bottle" sooner if the strip is middling
warm. Many beekeepers prefer a candy
made from sugar strip, boiled until
ready for taffy, and while hot pour into
dishes-pie tins will do. When this is
cold, you have cake of candy which
can be placed over the cluster. on to the
frames, and, too. without arousing the
bees
1t is claimed there is this in favor of
candy for feeding bees: The bees not be
ing able to take the candy as fast as they
can the sirup, it will not cause so much
activity in the colony, and for that rea-
son is better for winter feeding. The
writer has done but very little winter
feeding and for that reason can give but
little from actual experience.
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Milford chronicle., 1896-03-27

Medical students who are engaged
in the study Of ophthalmology are still
wondering at the feat DR.. Fleming
CaTrOw, professor Of that branch in
the University of Michigan, performed
upon a young man last week. This
patient had completely lost the sight
Of one eye through disease, and, in
order to prevent the contagion from
spreading, DR.. Carrow inserted a small,
thin watch crystal beneath the lid of
the other eye. So far the experiment
seems to be very successful, and it is
expected that the flesh will knit close
ly around the watch crystal so as TO
permit no impurities to enter. Mean
while the patient seems to be quite
well,
Milford chronicle., 1896-03-27
TWO REASONS.
The Judges Able support OF His Own Dc
cisiun.


cision.
At circuit court held some year.
ago in western state an action oi
cIcctment was tried "by the court with
out jury" The decision rendered was
eCuched in such a way that it caused
considerable amusement.
The suit was brought, says the
Youths Companion, by a religious SO
eiety to recover possession Of a GENE
terry. The defendant was q physician
I'm active practice, who, aus one ola com
mittee appointed by the church, had
bought the ground for the use of tie
society.
Afterward he severed his connection
with the society. and it was found that
he had taken the title in his own name
and intended TO appropriate the prem.
ises for his private use. The defendant
insisted chat he had bought the ground
in his own right after his relations IT,
the society had ceased.
The court, after hearing the evidenc,
and arguments, proceeded to state tn
grounds for his decision. and ordered
judgment Tor the plaintlu. w hereupoI
she defendants counsel arose, and
asked the court to state more fully the
reasons for the decision.
Certainly" said his honor, promptly
but as you have heard what have said
have only two additional reasons t.
give; One is that the church seems Ia
need cemetery, and the other that The
doctor has failed to show that his prac-
tice is sufficiently large to make il
necessary for him to keep a buryina
ground of his own"
Milford chronicle., 1896-03-27
prRsoNAL AND LITERARY.


There are plenty OF dictionaries OF
cr.n~h slang in existence, in which q
sl.pa word is explained in good french.
md the first dictionary IN whteh vle
slang equivalents for good frei'eh
cords are given is to be published IN
paris. II is needed apparently by tDe
writers of stories.
"A sister Of the poet Longieliow'
Mrs. pierce. is still living at an adj
yapeed age in Portland, Me- she Iseu
70 he a famous Sunday-school teacher,
and there are many women some o.
tI.am orandmothers, who have Dohu
~ union in having been members OF
Mrs. Pieree's class.
-Heber NJ. Wells, the first governor
- tbe state of Utah, was born in Salt
lake City 81 years ago, ana was
educated in the University OF plal' Hs
was the republican nominee for mayor
~ salt Lake City in 1892, but was de-
f.,oted nv r. n. Basllin, the present IN
cu1nbent. He has been for five years
cashier of the State bank OF Utah lie
,s member of the Mormon churen.
Lady Eastlake's letters and Journal
inst published, are full of racy reading.
Here is one little tit-biti "A lady was
telling me Yesterday that she had met
Herbert bismarck at the duke Of West
minister's. and never came across
more conceited prig. | should like to
toss Herbert bismarck nnd Herbert
Gladstone in one blanket and their pa
pas in another. ] must not venture 10
saw more. or / will shock even YOU
Clara Barton is the first woman
who ever held an official position under
the United States government Nheh
she sgns about "a years Of age slir was
appointsd clerk in the patent office
| which had then been organized pub T.
few years. and she was still holding thai
position when she commenced her phil
anlhropic work at the outbreak OF the
] civil war In 1861.
Much has been written about me
home habits of the princess OF Wales
less is known about the prince. 1t is
/ stated that he is most ordinary and
methodical in all his arrangements ont
nj doors u dead tree CT branch unre-
moved, a hedge unclipped' or a WeeuS
walk, are a positive misery to him Like
the princess. he loves animals. chiefly
dogs, and always has one special ia
I yUrite.
"A London newspaper is authority
for the statement that since William E.
| Gladstone's words of appreciation
served TO make several recent English
novels famous he has been in receipt
of nearly every new work of fiction
published in the English language.
Every day his mail contains novels
forwarded to him by publishers in
Ingland and America. If he read
them all he would have no time 10 sleep
or eat.
in a book of "reminiscences of Con
cord 30 years ago, by Frank Preston
Stearps, just published, the author re-
lates how Miss Alcott came to him one
day, and asked him to take her ont row
ing. He complied. but he found it more
Of a Job than he had anticipated. This
| is the darndest boat | ever pulled" he
remarked. Frank" said Miss Aleott
"rever say darn. Much better to be
p1ofane than vulgar
I
Milford chronicle., 1896-03-27
HUMOROUS.

-Wilie-"Win teacher go to Heav.
en- when she dies, map Mrs. Ferry
Yes, dear" But viii they let her
in?"-Cincinati Enquirer.
"A Eedeeming Trait. - Bashful-
Isn't that Stickative bore; always
dragging in his tiresome chestnuts p
Miss Waiting-'Yes, but ehestnuts pop
sometimes, don't you ltnow."-Detroit
Free Press.
Excuse me, sir" said Barker. to
a boorish traveller, but what is your
business ." 4 am a gentleman, sir.
That's my business" "Ah," said Bar
ker, 81 see. You are taking a vaca-
ton. "-Harper's Bazaar.
-Hobson-"I don't hear you nova
days expressing the wish that it would
snow good and hard. Haven't you got
your cutter still?" y. Peck-"No, In
married now, and we have Il snow shoy-
Ell in the ellar."-Philadelphia Record.
-Oficer McGobb-"Here, now! If
vez really bought tn chicken, pfwy
ure yez hidin' it under your coat?'
Rastus-"Kase l do want to git sand
bagged on de way home. l guess 1
knows NAH neighbOrs!" - Indianap-
oils journal.
John" said the frightened wife
in the middle of the night, there's
something moving down cellar, I'm
sure. John listening intently)-
"Oh, it's nothing but the gas meter
pegging away" he said, with a sigh of
relief.-Harlem Life.
-Wife-"They say that Sarah's suit
or is a man of very indolent habits. Is
that SOP" Husband-"On the con-
trary, my dear, he is a hard worker "
Wife2'In what line?" husband
well he has the hardest kind Of work
trying to live without doing anything
---Richmond Dispatch.
An enthusiastic horticulturist,
when he heard of the massacre of the
English missionaries in China, wrote
in his farm journal: ''Whilewe deplore
bloodshed, it must be confessed that
the English and American missionaries
are a selfish lot, lacking in patriotism.
They have never sent a seed OF the
famous melons Of Asia back to their
own country"
Milford chronicle., 1896-03-27

An expert i'll gems has lately called
attention to property in the diamond
which has not hitherto been fully APP
preeiated Robert Boyle mentions a
diamond that became phosphorescent
simply by the heat of the hand, alb
sorbed light on being held near can
die, and emitted light on being brislly
rubbed. Observations by Mr.. Kunz,
the gem expert, confirm Boyles state
ment that diamonds become phosphor-
cscent in the dark after exposure to
sunlight or electric light by being
rubbed on wood, cloth or metal This
property is an important one, as it
will help the non-eXpert to distinguish
between the true diamond and other
hard stones, as well as limitations, none
of which is said to exhibit this phe-
nOmenon
Milford chronicle., 1896-03-27
THE SPOTS on The sun.
What the Scientists Think About Their
Influence on Our Weather.


Influence on Our Weather.
The yexed question OF the influence OF
sun-snots on the weather seems TO be
as far from settlement to-day as it was
ten or twenty years ago, says the
Youths Companion. So great an au-
thoritv as Lord Kelvin has recently eA-
pressed doubt as to whether the CO.
medicines noticed by students OF this
subject are not, after all, deceptive and
misleading. Other Investigators how
ever, continue to think that real con-
.nection exists between the spottedness
OF the sun and the condition OF the
weather on the earth.
Among the latest contributions to
our knowledge on the subject are those
made by Mr.. w. /. Dallas, who has in
vestigated the weather records kept
from 1856 to 1879 on board ships IN the
Bay of Bengg and by DR.. P. Polls, who
has reviewed the records of ga years
at Aix-la-Chappelle. Mr.. Dallas con
ciudes that, as far as the Bay of Bengal
is concerned, the heat is greatest when
sun-spots are most numerous. Dr..
Polls. on the other hand. finds that at
Aix-la Chappelle the warmest seasons
formerly coincdcd with the smallest
number of sun-spots, but that since
1878 u change has apparently occurred
and now it is hottest when the sun is
most spotted. DR.. Polls also finds that
the number of thunder storms gener-
ally increases with decrease of the
suu-spots.
These facts and differences are partic-
ularly interesting just now. because
from this time on we are likely to sec
the sun-spots rapidly decreasing in siza
and number for several years to come.
Milford chronicle., 1896-03-27
HARDWOOD ron BATS.


One Concern Consumes Two Million Feet
OF Lumber in This Way.
The correspondent for the North
western Ltmberman at Grand Rapids,
Mich. says there is a concern in that
city that probably makes more bats
than any other in the country. This
year the output viii be 2SS,000. n record
that has not been broken since 1889,
when 316,S00 were turned out. The
best bats are made of second ground
white ash; ordinary ones of common
white ash, and very ordinary bats
such as tic boys play out on the com
mons with-of mape and Eastwood.
These latter are run through an auto
matte lathe at the rate of 400 a day.
while the league bats are turned by
hand. A small quantity of willow
bats are made of poplar. Twenty
years ago about half the bats were
poplar, but the style has changed.
Some of the crack players win not con
descend to use a stock bat, but 90 to the
factory and have bats of the size and
weight they desire made for them. If
we figure it will be found that this
Grand Rapids factory alone will con
sumo about 100000 feet of hard wood
n year in the manufacture of ball bats.
The others all told will consume a good
deal more than that. Therefore, when
you see a baseball player with his
fingers knocked askew you can reflect
that the sport Of which he is a victim
calls for several hundred carloads of
hardwood lumber annually.
Milford chronicle., 1896-03-27
TWO FISH PROBLEMS.
Observations and Reflections Of Back
woods Sage.

I
woods Sage.
"Do fish feel paint" l dunno never
was a fish, says a writer in Outing. Yet
I have observed freshly-landed fish to
execute certain movements which
seemed to indicate that the fish felt
something; mebbe 'twasn't pain. 1t
nay have been simply agony, or any old
thing like that. Those who used in
their younger days to carry in their
trousers pocket a cork stuck full of
hooks may remember occasions when
hook worked free from the cork.
Once / accidentally hooked a pointer
dog by the ear, and the language he
used and the way he ran out of line
convinced me that he felt something.
lie may have felt only pleasant SEN
sation, but he didn't come within so
feet of me for two hours. The desperate
sagging back and zigzag resistance of
a hooked fish, the wild fiipfaps and
straining gasps of freshly-landed fish
may be evidences of pleasurable SEN
sations, but am tempted to consider
them as closely allied to that joyous
thrill which prompts man to rise
above the insiduous caress of strong,
well-bent pin. do fish feed at night?s
Wen, well-do fish swim? Country
boys, how about the big fire beside the
water? How about the boy who got
first to the big boom and thus secured
the boss place? How about the spilSy-
filmed channel cats and mud cats that
came up two at time; the goggle-eyed
rock bass, special prizes; the hideous
mud puppies" which at once went
into the fire along with yard of line?
How about the night lines? How about
everything connected with the sport
that used to get better and better as
midnight approached, until the glo-
rious fun and occasional profanity were
interrupted by the sound of the "old
man" falling foul of a wire fence or
breaking a CAD from the plum tree up
The banlS2 Do fish feed at night2 ,
dunno-fhav used tn
Milford chronicle., 1896-03-27
Beat. a Good vic.

Courtship and marriage are recog-
nized targets for witticisms, of which
Mr.. Punch's famous "Dol't'' is I'M
doubtedly the most brilliant example
of happy answer. Most of them are
of the same cynical character. A care
worn divine is reported to have said
in reply to the ecstatic declaration of
an intending benedict that nothing
in the world beats a good wife" oh,
yes; a bad husband often does and
vice Yersa!"
Milford chronicle., 1896-03-27
FAoTs Aeour CUE coINAeE.


Money Making Began IN This Country Two
Hundred aud Eighty-Four Years Ago.
The earliest coinage Of America was
made in 1912 for the Virginia company
at Somer's islands. now called the Ber-
mudas. in 1915 the assembly of Nir-
ginia provided by law for the coinage
Of copper pieces. but the law was not
carried into effect. The earliest reg
ular colonial coinage was in Massaehu-
setts, la pursuance OF an order Of the
general court, passed May "a, 1859. The
coins, 12-pence, G-pence, and 3
pence pieces, were soon afterward put
into circulation. There was a Massa-
chussetts 2-penny piece. One variety
Of the Massachusetts, coinage had what
is termed "a pine tree" another "a
willow" and the third IAN oak The
first coinage Of that colony was the
'pine tree shilling" Of 1850; the open
nv and l-penny pieces were coined ID
1852. In 1855 the congress Of the con-
federation adopted the plan presented
bv Thomas jefferson for the national
coinage, and in 1850 decided upon the
names and characters of the coins. In
1877 a contract was made with James
Jarvis for 800 OF the copper coins au-
thorized by congress. These were
coined at New Haven and bore the
date Of 1851. In 1872 code OF laws was
enacted for the establishment and reg
ulation of the mint, which was estab-
lished in 1893 The first issue of cents
from the mint in Philadelphia was in
1898. The regular issue of the half
dime was in 1904. but half-dime styled
the martha Washington" was coined
in 1892 as an experimental or pattern
piece. The frst issue OF silver dallnrs
was in 1894, and of dimes in 1890. The
first golden coinage ia eagles and half
eaoles was in l795.-N. Y. nisnatch
Milford chronicle., 1896-03-27

1t is related that Baron de Roths-
child, of Paris, once called Guzman
Rlanco the richest man in the world.
When the Venezuelan dictator protest
cd against the compliment, Roths-
child retorted: you are surely the
richest man in the world, for who else
has estates comprising 100000 square
miles of territory? Who else has an
income of s37,oO00O0? Who else has
100000 slayes2' Guzman was not
slow in seeing the point.
Milford chronicle., 1896-03-27
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