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The Somerset reporter., 1896-01-16
~yAaH 4aW $780,
AGARMsF0g
S HAD GARDEN
KEEP ACCOUNTS WITH THE FARM.
IT Helps to Reduce Expenses and Show
Which Crop Pays the Best.

IT Helps to Reduce Expenses and Show
Which Crop Pays the Best.
Farmers, as rule, are too negligent
in this matter. They often complain Of
hard times, cheap wheat and low prices
for all other farm products when they
are utterly unable to state just what
their products cost them per bushel or
per ton. 1t is one of the most satisfac
tory accounts "a farmer can keep and has
been largely the means of enabling a
correspondent of American Agriculturist
to reduce the cost of producing bushel
of wheat from 81. % in 1882 to 81 cents
in 1894, allowing the same pay for Ia
Dor expended and for rental of land in
each case The cost of all other crops
was also reduced, but the reductions
were not so marked as in the case noted.
While it has strong tendency to reduce
the cost OF production, this is not all.
1t enables farmer to know whether he
can afford to sell his products at prices
prevailing when he wants to sell. If he
raises them at loss, .he will know it,
and, again. it is great help in showing
him which crop pays best on his farm,
so that he can grow more Of what is
adapted to his soil and climate and is
most profitable.
Any cheap memorandum book will
answer the purpose, but an indexed
ledger is better. Then plant your farm
and name or number the fields, stating
how many acres each contains. When
you begin farm operations in the spring,
charge the field with all labor at given
price for hand and team given price
for hand where team is not used; also
all seed grain at what it is worth at the
time as seed, and lastly charge the field
with certain amount of rent or inter
est on investment.
Don't forget to keep dates for all these
charges, for they are wonderful salts
faction in after years. When you gather
the crop, give credit for the product in
bushels or tons, and at the end of the
year it is an easy matter to determine
the exact cost of each product. When
once accustomed to keeping such ac-
counts, the desire to continue them will
grow.
The Somerset reporter., 1896-01-16
Protect Your Fruit Trees.

The secretary of the Wisconsin State
Horticultural society says; Weave to-
gether eight laths SO they will be one
eighth of an inch apart and fasten them
about the tree. This will afford protec-
tion from rabbits, borers, sheep, mice
and sun scald, and will last a long time
at cost of half cent year. have
used this protection for ~ years and
have not lost a single tree.
The Somerset reporter., 1896-01-16

For pain in the chest n piece of fam
mel dampened with Chamberlain's Pain
Balm and bound on over the seat of the
pain, and another on the back between
the shoulders, will afford prompt relief.
This is especially valuable In cases where
the pain is caused by cold and there is
a tendency toward pneumonia. For sale
by Bixby 81 Buck, Druggists.
The Somerset reporter., 1896-01-16
From Boston, Portland. Lewiston, Augusta
Waterville Skowhegsn and Bangor

aJ.Flag stations; at which trains will stoI
on signal or notice to Conductor.
MIXED between Bingham and No. Anson.
STAGE CONNECTIONS.
At Norridgewock, for Mercer, land Electric
Cars to and from Skpwhegan,) At Arson. for
Sawyer's Mills, (Starks);
No. Arson, for North and West New Portland
Dead River, Flagstaff and Eustis. At Bingham
for Forks, Moose River, Mayfeld, Kingsoury
and Abbott.
w. M. AVER SUPT.
The Somerset reporter., 1896-01-16
UNTOLD MISERY
FROM
RHEUMATIS WI
CHI King, Water Valley, Miss, cured by
Ayers SarsapariIIa

e For five years, suffered untold misery
from muscular rheumatism. | tried every
known remedy, consulted the best physi-
clans, visited Hot Springs. Ark, three times,
spending $1,000 there besides doctors bills;
bnt could obtain only temporary relief. My
aesh was wasted away so that | weighed
only ninety-three pounds; my left arm and
leg were drawn out Of shape, the muscles
The Somerset reporter., 1896-01-16
The Ills of Women.

Constipation, causes more than half
the ills of women. Karl's Glover Root
Tea ia a pleasant cure for Constipation.
Geo. E. Sampson, Corner Druggist.
The Somerset reporter., 1896-01-16

by buzzing or roaring sound in your head?
Have you difficulty in hearing distinctly?
Are you troubled with continual dropping
OF mucus, irritating the throat aad causing
you to cough? Is your breath unpleasantly
sffected and accompanied with bad taste?
Is your hearing less acute? II SO, you have
catarrh and should at once procure a bottle of
Ely, Cream Balm the best known remedy.
The Balm will give instant relief. 2w2
The old year wasn't so bad after all. We
cant blame it for the mistakes OF the admin
/. tration
The Somerset reporter., 1896-01-16

Thousands. of cases Of Consumption.
Asthma. Coughs, Colds and Group are
cured every day by Shiloh's Cure. Geo.
4. Sampson, Corner Druggist.
The Somerset reporter., 1896-01-16
.lEIzX|!LIREEgHNHEHY
IcEHogsE FOR THE SOUTH.

TCEH0J0- FOR TIE SOU n.
Build 1t Partially Under Ground and sod
II over the Top.
Mr.. T. Y Munson describes in The
Rural New Yorker an icehouse that is
practicable IN nost parts of the south.
He says:
can think of no better method than
that generally used in parts of Kentucky,
Tennessee, Virginia and other warmer
The Somerset reporter., 1896-01-16
Fresh Domestic Sage al Patterns DRUG STORE.


karl's Glover Root Tea purifies the
blood and gives clear and beautiful
complexion. For sale by Geo. f. Samp-
son, Corner Druggist.
The Somerset reporter., 1896-01-16
The DimpIe Checked Village Maid

may not retain her dimples and rosy cheeks
"blooming with health until she finds good
husband. little eglect or accident may
bring about some one OF the many "Iemsle"
diseases and weaknesses" to which the sex
is subject. and he alth may be forever impair
ed, and hopes and happiness BE- at an end
Thanks to Drl Pierce, his Favorite Prescrip-
tion, prepared by him for women, cures the
worst cases of uterine diseases. nervousness,
neuralgia, irregularities, and weaknesses"
1t is great invigorating tonic and nervine,
and rapidly builds up the health and strength.
The Somerset reporter., 1896-01-16

is sure cure for Headache and ner-
vous diseases. Nothing relieves so
quickly. For sale by Geo f. Sampson
Corner Druggist.
The Somerset reporter., 1896-01-16
All Recommend IT.

Ask your physician. your druggist and
your friends about Shiloh's Cure for
Consumption. They will recommend it.
Geo. +. Sampson, Corner Druggist.
When Mr. Cleveland leaves the White House
he will build a home at Loanlyville.
The Somerset reporter., 1896-01-16

There is no hope for a woman when she
becomes a victim of the parliamentary law
habit.
The Somerset reporter., 1896-01-16
II Saves Lives Every Day.

1t is sometimes better to say three or four
words, even to the wise.
The Somerset reporter., 1896-01-16
Karl's Clover Root Tea

The principles Of advertising are found in
human nature, not in books.
The Somerset reporter., 1896-01-16

DR.. Pierce's Pellets for constipation, SICK
headach, biliousness, indigestion. Once
taken, always in favor.
"Deah me- what ;;oer," exclaimed j. Bull
as he heard the news from the Transvaal.
The Somerset reporter., 1896-01-16
Children Cry for
Pitchers CaStoria.

Reggy Quoting "Hamlet')-If thou wilt
needs marry, marry fool. Maud-Oh, Tom
this Is so sudden.
The Somerset reporter., 1896-01-16

pr. Williams /. bspp Ilr Ointment will cure Bli9t
BREEDING liberated a.sd1trhing Piles It absoIhs The
tunra, aays TIE ltching ~ once acts as poulilce
giV,s instant relief Ia Niiiams Indian Pie ont
met is prepared obiy Tor PILES and Itching of thu pri
waite parts and nothing else zach box guaranteed
So.n hy drupgiss, ut by mai, SIC O 90 per box.
WILLIAMS MFG 60, Props. Cleveland o.,
G9e L. SAM SON. Skpwhegan Agent,
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-07-18
VIM. JENNINGS BRYAN.
Sketch Of a Life that Rivals Any.
thing In Romantic Fiction.
An Illinois Public school Boy Madc the
Nominee of q Great Party for the High
est Office in the Gift of the People
When just the Constitutional Age.

WASHINGTON, July 1L-There is
nothing in romantic literature that
surpasses the meteoric career of VIII
liam Jennings Bryan, who was yester.
day nominated at Chicago for the
highest office within the gift of the
American people. The constitutional
age of presidents is IS years. Bryan
is &c, and if he is elected in November
next he will be the youngest presi-
dent that the White House has ever
known. He is essentially a self-made
man and a man of the people. His
principal education was gained in the
public schools of Salem. ILL.,, where
his parents reside. During the sue
ceeding six years he received an aca-
demic training. The bent of his mind
was toward the law and it was IN the
office of Lyman Trumbull, himself a
conspicuous figure during the war,
and the reconstruction period which
followed, that he laid the foundations
of his legal career.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-07-18
MISSOURI A NEWS
Miss Bland a. the Convention.

Says a Chicago dispatch: A little
lady IN white looked through her
glasses upon the gathering IVA
ton. = She followed the roll
call closely, and as the excitement
grew her cheeks, none too healthfully
tinted, became as pale as her white
gown. Once when there was a notable
addition to the Bland column and when
every Bland man and Bland woman
was up and cheering, the little lady
waved her handkerchief two or three
times. but she soon stoppeda and settled
back in her seat. The fourth ballot
had scarcely opened when gloom set
tied upon the Bland situation. The
lady seemed to divine all at once what
it meant. She arose, turned to her
friend, and with a slight smile, passed
out. But the last glimpse of her
showed moisture in the eyes and tremor
about the corners of the mouth. Miss
Bland was not seen again in the guests
gallery of the convention.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-07-18
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

THE inquiry into the terrible disas-
ter that occurred in the Hodynsky
plain, just outside of the city of Mos
COW, on the occasion of the corona
ton of the ear, has been concluded.
Police Project Vlassovsky, Gen. Bleu,
president of the fetc COMMITTEES: NJ.
Budberg, Il member of the committee,
and the architect of the sheds, are de-
clared to be a~nswerable for the disas-
ter. They will be a%rraigned before a
tribunal of the senate.
AN appalling accident to an excur-
sion train occurred, on the evening of
the 18th, at Logan, Ia, on the line o;
the Chicago IL Northwestern road, in
which II persons living in Omaha,
Neb., and Council Bluffs and Missouri
Valley, Ia, and intervening points.
were killed and twice that number in
iured, many of them fatally. The
wreck was caused by collision with a
freight train.
LATER intelligence from Toxic
graphically describes the devastation
wrought by the seismic wave which
recently visited the northeast coast of
Japan. The wave extended along
about two hundred miles of the
coast, and in the brief space of five
minutes killed or drowned 30 900 peo-
pie and destroyed 1900 dwellings,
THE weekly statement of the New
York city associated banks, issued on
the 18th, showed the following
changes: Reserve, increase, 81, 9O9. 600;
loans, increase, 1858, 600; legal tenders,
increase, 81, 934 600; deposits, increase,
81, Al, 200; circulation, increase, S3s. 900.
AN express train on the Wisconsin
railroad was wrecked at Altenheim,
tent miles west of Chicago, on the 18TH,
by which five persons were killed and
several injured.
IHE National Democratic convention
at Chicago, closed up it's business by
the nomination of Arthur Sewall, of
Maine, for vice-president and ad-
journed on the 18th.
IT is proposed to name the new mil
itary.post at Little Rock, Ark, Fort
Elkins, after Senator Steven Elkins.
in honor of his services as secretary of
war.
On the 18th the associated banks of
New York city held S22, 1925 in ex-
cess of the requirements of the 25-per-
cent. rule.
The death from cholera of Mai.
Roddy Owen, the famous Uganda ex-
plorer, is reported from Wady Halfa,
Egypt,
A STATION is to be built at Fort Lo.
gan, Col, for storing the army bal.
looms with which the government: is
experimenting.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-07-18

The excise commissioners office, saws
a st. Louis paper, has been crowded
for some days past by applicants for
saloon licenses, as the semi-annual Ii
censes expired on July 8. OF about
1880 saloons in the city, the proprie-
tors of 1900 of them have applied for
licenses to continue business. From
100 to 200 saloons will go out of bust
ness at this time, and perhaps one-
half that number of new saloons will
be established. Others will come in as
tie fall and winter seasons approach,
keeping the number about up to the
usual standard.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-07-18
Shot His BROTHERS Child.

William Weber, an ex-policeman,
qUarreled with his brothers, George
and Charles, at their store in Trenton,
About sever o'clock in the evening he
passed Georges house and began fir.
ing a revolver. One ball passed
through the walls and struck his
brothers little girl, aged about four
years, in the body, passing through
her left lung. Weber was arrested by
Deputy Sheriff Devaul and jailed. His
brothers say he was crazy drunk at the
time he did the shooting.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-07-18
Once Rich, Now Poor.

Mrs. Catherine Hagerman and her
seven-year-old boy were found at an
early hour a few mornings ago by the
police sleeping in Pate park, st. Jo-
seph, and were taken to police head
quarters. A few years ago she was
the wife of n of the most prosperous
business men of the city, and moved in
the best circles. The loss of her hus-
band and misfortune has reduced her
to want. She is said to have well-to-
do relatives.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-07-18

THE A~ncientand Honorable Artillery
company of Boston were accorded an
enthusiastic welcome on the their ar
rival in London on the 9TH. The
streets around the station were crowd
ed; a fine band in waiting greeted
them with the inspiriting strains of
yankee Doodle" and 80 private ON
nib2ses were in waiting to take them
to the armory of the London Honor
able Artillery company, where they
were banqueted, toasts being drank to
the queen, the president and other
distinguished persons.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-07-18

In the United States district court
at Philadelphia, on the 18th, Capt. j.
H. S. Wiborg of the steamer Horsa
surrendered himself to complete the
serving out OF his sentence of one
year and four months, imposed by
Judge Bittler, for carrying on a mill
tary expedition to take men and arms
to Cuba to aid in the war against
Spain.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-07-18
Further Particulars of the %Frightful
Wreck.

Further Particulars of the Frightful
Wreck.
OMAHA, Neb., July 13.-This has
been a day of general mourning in
Omaha. The harvest of death from
the Logan Qa-) wreck of Saturday
night has been increased and the list
of victims now numbers 81.
The crowds of anxious people at the
depots did not scatter with the break
of day, although the excitement of the
night wore off as relatives and
friends of the dead ones became
convinced of the worst. About even
o'clock the first funeral train
from the scene of the catastrophe ar
rived at the Union depot. This train
contained many of the more seriously
injured, and as the poor unfortunates
were lifted in blankets from the car,
the groans of the wounded mingled
with the agonized sobs of relatives
and friends. Twenty of the injured
were taken in ambulances to st. Jo-
seph'S hospital. Several of them cam
not live.
At $50 o'clock the train carrying the
dead was sighted coming across the
long Union Pacific ~trestle. The con-
trast with the scene of the day before,
when the happy ex~cursionists were
leaving, was awful.
As the train drew up to the station
a special Gordon of police guarded the
approaches and kept the crowd back.
Seventeen bodies, laid on pine boards
and covered with a plain muslin
shroud, were taken one by n and
placed in a long row Oh the floor of
the baggage Don Only friends of
the missing ones were allowed ad-
mission. Those silent forms gave
evidence of the force of the
collision. Headless trunks, bodies
without limbs, limbs without bodies,
a gruesome spectacle, were gathered
in that small space. Occasionally
some one would recognize the features
of a son or daughter. Kind friends
would gently lead them from the
room, and the body would be ticketed
and sent to the undertakers. Women
tainted, and anguish was pictured on
the faces of many.
\ complete list of the dead is as fol-
lows:
A. NJ. Gerard, Council Bluffs, la.
Owen C~avanaugh, Omaha, aged Is.
Willie Cosgrove, Omaha.
L. q. Vinegar, brakeman, Boone, Ia
Fred Nelson, Omaha.
Lawrence Peterson, engineer water
works, Council Bluffs.
Mrs. Carroll, Omaha.
Infant Snp nf NJ .pl Mrc Ca,rOll
Mrs. Bradley, wife of moulder, Union
Pacific shops, Omaha
Infant of Mr.. and Mrs. Bradley.
-Dudson, son of Sam Dudson, Oma-
la.
William Summit, Missouri Valley.
Mrs Nelson, Omaha.
john Perkins, Omaha.
Pierson, son of Andrew Pierson, ma
chinist, IL years old.
John Larson, l6 years old, World
Herald carrier.
Patrick Scully, stationary engineer,
Union Pacific shops.
Miss Maggie Cosgrove, Omaha.
Charles lehman, Missouri Valley, Ia.
William Wilson, Council Bluffs.
Claire, son of Robert Claire, boiler
maker, Omaha; head off, and body
identified by shoes.
John Cosgrove, Omaha.
James Z. Cosgrove, head torn off
from mouth up; identified only by
laundry mark, Omaha.
George A. Lawrence, tinsmith, Oma-
ha.
Walter Jennings, Missouri Valley, Ia.
John McDermOtt, machinist, Omaha
Mary Tracy, Omaha.
Mrs John Kahler, Council Bluffs,
Infant of Mr.. and Mrs. John kahler,
three months old.
Philip Carroll, boy.
John kinzie, Omaha.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-07-18

BoTH of the great Christian Endeav-
Or tents, pitched on the White lot
In Washington city, each holding
10000 people, were crowded, On the
night of the 9th, when the convention
met at 7:3O o'clock, and as many more
people were turned back to the city
unable to gain admittance. The big
tent Williston, which had collapsed
after the storm of thu previous night,
was not yet in shape and the pro-
gramme arranged for that tent was
transferred to the Metropolitan NJ. E.
church. There were, besides, meetings
in Central hall, Calvary Baptist
church, First Congregational church,
Foundry NJ. E. church, First Presby-
terrain church and New York Avenue
Presbyterian church.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-07-18

THE committee on resolutions of the
Democratic national convention, at
Chicago, refused to consider a resolu-
ton offered by Senator Hill, of New
York, commencing the honesty, cour-
age and fidelity of the present demo-
cratic administration.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-07-18

In the Democratic national conven-
ion in Chicago, on the 10th, Exon
gresham William Jennings Bryan, of
Nebraska, was nominated, on the fifth
ballot, for the presidency, the
adherents of other candidates one
by one changing their votes to
the successful aspirant, until, upon
motion, his selection as standard
bearer of his party was made unani-
nous.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-07-18

DR. FEAEoN, of Council Bluffs, Ia,
was arrested, on the Sth, for mailing a
postal card bearing defamatory and
incendiary utterances concerning one
Grover Cleveland, president of the
United States, and John Sherman, a
senator of the United States.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-07-18
FIERCE FLAMES.
A Five Hundred Thousand Dollar Fire.
Visits st. Louis.

A Five hundred Thousand Dollar Fire
Visits st. Louis.
ST. LOUIS, July 13.-About 2:15 o'clock
this morning fire broke out in the ter
minal elevator, at the corner of Second
and Biddle streets. The firemen
worked heroically but could not get the
fire under control until the immense
structure and its valuable contents
were entirely destroyed.
Half an hour after the fire was dis
covered a large 2OO-foot smoke stack
fell t. the ground with a crash, mar
rowly missing several firemen who
were working DIRECTLY under it.
For two blocks around the paint on
the houses blistered and peeled off,
and one could not stand within two
and a half blocks of the fire. Loss.
estimate at $500, 900; insurance un-
known.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-07-18

Hon. GARRETT A. HOBART, repub-
lican nominee for vice-president, was
formally notified of the action of the
national convention, on the 9TH, by the
committee chosen for that purpose,
headed by Charles w. Fairbanks, of
Indiana, who made the notification adj
dress, to which Mr.. Hobart made fit
ting response. Paterson, n. j.. Mr..
Hobart's home, was gaily decorated
for the occasion.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-07-18
Shot His Wife and Then Himself.

George Davidson, an aged citizen of
st. Louis, made a murderous attack
with a revolver on his wife. with whom
he had lived 81 years, and then COM
mitted suicide by shooting. Insanity,
superinduced by liquor, is believed to
have been the cause. Mrs. Davidson
may recover.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-07-18
She Had a Big Brother.

Robert Anderson, an employee of a
big wholesale house in st. Joseph, and
a prominent society swell" had his
face pounded into a jelly the other day
by a young man a brother OF a young
lady Anderson is alleged TO have in
suited on the street on the night of
the Fourth.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-07-18
A Judge Who Wants to Know.

Judge Edmunds, of the st. Louis
criminal court, has instructed the
grand jury to investigate the offices
of jailer and sheriff in regard to al
lowing prisoners to escape from their
custody,
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-07-18

COMMODORE JOSEPH II. TooKER died
in New York city, or the 18th, aged &C.
During the days of Jim Fisk he was
commodore of a fleet of sound boats,
among which were the old bristol
and plymouth Rock"
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-07-18

FAILURES throughout the United
States during the week ended the 10th,
as reported by r. G. Dun & Co.,
were 215, as against 253 for the CORE
spending week last year. For Canada
the failures numbered SO, against 35
last year.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-07-18

The Ancient and Honorable Artil-
lery company of Massachusetts, who
are the lions of the hour in England,
paid a visit to Windsor, on the sth, and
were inspected by Queen Victoria.
They afterwards partook of lunch in
the orangery in the castle grounds.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-07-18

ANOTHER expedition, composed of
three ships, is said to be about to start
for Cuba. Two of them will be armed
to fight on the high seas, while the
third will carry arms and munitions
under convoy of the others.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-07-18
a WRECK

Caused by q Collision Between an Excur-
sion Train and u Freight-Thirty-Oner
Persons Already Dead, and Many of the
Three Score Wounded Expected to Die
A Day of General Mourning In Omaha
Deaths Harvest.
OMAHA, Neb., July IAN appalling
accident to an excursion train oc-.
Cured this evening at Logan, Ia, 3s
miles east of this city on the line of
the Chicago & Northwestern road, in
which % persons living in this city,
Council Bluffs, Missouri Valley and in
~tervening points were killed and twice
that number injured. Many of the
injured will in all probability die be-
fore morning.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-07-18

Jacob Canman. aged s., died in st.
Louis from injuries received in the
tornado. He located in st. Louis in
1886. and established the first distillery
operated in the city.