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The Somerset reporter., 1896-01-23
USES OZONE.
Valuable For Artificially Aging Liquor or
Seasoning wood.

Ozone Is now practically applied for
several purposes. Experiments with it
have shown that it Will artifcially age
brandy, whisky, sweet and hard wines
and liquors. Ozone will also improve
coffee by rendering harmless oily beans.
The aroma of tobacco Is also cunSidera-
bly, improved by the application of
ozone. The latest application of it is for
rapid seasoning of wood for sounding
boards of musical instruments, which
for the purpose is left i'll Theoretically
closed, heated room from II to "a
hours, ozonitied air being freely intro
duced into the room. 1t seems that this
process Will harden the wood, increase
its resistance against the influence Of
temperature and moisture and give 1t
considerably more acoustic or reSound-
ing quality.
Another recent application of ozoniiied
air is that of the thiclening of lmseed
oil for the manufacture Of linoleum.
which by the old process took several
months BY the liberal use Of ozone
linseed oil is now thickened To the re-
qulred consistency within Il few day.
Most remarkable, however, is the ad
vantage of employing ozone for bleach
ing linen, since the time employed j.
less than one-third Of the bleaching proc
ess by sunlight, not considering that
this latter is dependent both upon the
season and the weather. The ozone proc
ess of bleaching renders the work abso
lutely independent of outside influences.
Ozone has also been found very valua-
BILE i'll chemical and technical processes.
particularly III the production Of pure
derivatives of starch, for instance, soln-
BILE starch, dextrin, crystal gum, etc.
Here the ozone is instrumental in TAX
ing away all the matter which causes
the dark color, bad odor and taste. =
Philadelphia Record
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HER FIRST PATIENT.
A Beautiful Incident In tho Childhood of
Florence Nightingale.

There Is a beautiful incident related
Of Florence Nightingale, when she was
child. IL shows that God had already
planted within her re germ which was
to develop so beautifully in after days
Her first wounded patient was Scotch
shepherd deg. anie boys had hurt and
apparently broken lis leg by throwing
stones, and it had been decided to hang
1t to put it out Of its misery.
The little girl Went fearlessly up 10
where he lay, saying, in a soft, caressing
tone, Poor Cap, poor Cap. 1t was
enough. He looked up with his speak
ing brown eyes, now bloodshot and full
of pain, into her face, and did not re-
sent it when, kneeling down beside
MIN, she straked with her little un
gloved hand the large, intelligent head.
To the vicar, he was rather less
amenable, but by dint Of coaxing he at
last allowed him to touch and examine
the wounded leg, Florence persuasively
telling him that it was "all right" In
deed, she vas ON the floor beside him,
with his head on her lap, keeping up a
continuous murmur, much as a mother
does over a sick child. well " said the
vicar, rising from his examination, 'as
far as l can tell, there are no bones bro
ken the leg is badly bruised 1t ought
to be fomented to take the inflammation
and swelling down - How do you
foment?' asked Florence with hot
cloths dipped in boiling water" an
swered the vicar. "Then that's quite
easy. II stay and do it, Now, Jimmy,
get sticks and make the kettle boil "
There was no hesitation in the child S
manner. She was told what ought to be
done, and she set about doing it as
simple matter of course. but they will
be expecting you at home, said the
vicar Not if you tell them | IN here, "
answered Florence, land my sister and
one of the maids can come and take me
home in time for tea, and she hesitat-
ed, "they had better bring some old fan
mel and cloths; there does not seem to
be much here. But you will wait and
show me how to foment, won't you?"
"Well, yes" said the vicar, carried
away by the quick energy of the little
girl. And soon the fire was lit and the
water boiling. An old smock frock of
the shepherd S had been discovered in a
corner, which Florence had deliberately
torn in pieces, and to the vicar s remark,
What will Roger say" she answered,
We'll get him another - And so Flor
ence Nightingale made her first com
press and spent all that bright spring
day in nursing her first patient-the
shepherds dog Everywhere.
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strict Compliance Exacted.

The laugh is on Milo Me, farmer
He prides himself ON regularit., in feed
ing his live stock, especially his pig.
The other day he found he would bt
obliged to be away at the usual hour
SO he told his wife to be careful ana
feed the pig just on the stroke of p.
This advice was repeated several times
before he started. and, as he drove of
his parting admonition was, "Remenl.
Der the pig His business took him to
a nelghboring town, and he had been
there but short time when telegram
was handed to him. Fearing the worst,
he opened it and read, "Shall | feed
the pig on local or standard time?" and
the message was collect Boston
Herald
The Somerset reporter., 1896-01-23

An artel is an association of persons
who agree TO throw III their lot together
and stand by each other for better or
for worse. If the artel is productive. "
the members work together and divide
equally what money they earn; if 1t is
'consumptive, they share equally in
the expense incurred. The most mal ked
Characteristic of these associations is the
perfect equality which prevails among
their members. No matter what may be
man ; personal gifts or deficiencies,
from the moment he enters an artel he
is simply on a par with his comrades
He must bear the same burdens as they
do, and he receives the same rewards
In his turn he viii be the artelmm, on
chief of his artel; in his turn too, he
Will be its hewer of wood and drawer
of water As the former H. wi II be
neither richer nor poorer than as the lat
ter, for the only emolument attached to
the Office of artelman is shoe money
that is small sum granted as a com
pensatlon for the shoes Worn out while
tranping about transacting official busi-
ness. Chambers journal.
The Somerset reporter., 1896-01-23
IMPROVED CHESTNUTS.
Stepping out of the Old Ruts and Making
Waste HiIlsdes Profitable.

Some Of our New England farmers
are reporting success with the growing
of fine chpstnutS. One Of Connecticut $
progressive tanners, Jad2e C., i, al
tracing attention with his experiments
With grated ehcstnuts. Like Nj Engle
OF Pennsylvania another successful nut
grower, h. sa~ all about him useless
hillside, OF strong hut rocky land vast
ed because they are not suited to the
growth Of ordinary farm crops He OK
poets 70 find III cheStuuts Il crop that
Will in time make such old hilsides
yield $500 ler acre Mr. Goes nuts are
selections rom seedlings Of Japan chest
nuts plHnial 10y Luther Burbank Of
California Nj Burbank grew 10000
seedlinos. af1 out Of This number only
four Wet = h growing Of thesefour
jude Coo has three
MI PrjAa9h >ays that some Of these
neglected - i1ug- produced enormous
nHts, seycu "A bun. each nut huna-
soaae aIo! ,s.r two inches across. The
tree VIC eBng growers and abundant
bemers. iai fhr>e huge nuts Were Of no
b'lti8 itHli dfalllN, anu - EVERY
one # th=s WIS destroyed With him
the japan He~tuul is Il wonderfully
varying Na#ety, Some seedlings from
enormous selected nuts have produced
nuts smaller than the smallest Amer
can chesnuts With him the Japan does
not do well when grated ON the Span
ish or ltall,.i trees. 1t is at Its best on
the American root. He has been cross
ing the Japan Mammoth and American
chestnuts and has number Of these
hybrids to come i'll bearing shortly, but
he says, After all it seems unnecessary
work, as some of the Japan cheStnuts
are fully as sweet as American. of largest
size and bear Young and ahundantly.
These interesting facts are CLEANED
from n report made by Rural New York
err, and following is the concluding par
agraph of the report:
This crop promises to be of great val
ne TO farmers who have acres of waste
land. The nuts can be readily sold. The
crop costs little or nothing i'll the way
of plant food and cultivation and will
grow anywhere that chestnut trees will
thrive, 1t seems like fairy tale to say
The Somerset reporter., 1896-01-23
Hnsbanding the Minutes.

1t is wonderful to see how many hours
prompt people contrive to make of "a
day. 1t is as if they picked up the mo-
ments the dawdlers lost. And, if ever
you find yourself where you have so
many things pressing upon you that you
hardly know how to begin, let me tell
you secret-take hold of the very first
the rest will all fall into line, and fol
low after like company of we'll drill
ed soldiers. Examiner.
The Somerset reporter., 1896-01-23
WHITE MAGIC.

Against the world / close my heart,
And half IN pride and half in fear
say to love AMI lust: "Departi
None enters here. =
A gypsy witch has glided in.
She takes her seat beside my fire.
Her eyes are innocent Of sin,
Mine of desire.
She holds me with an unknown spell;
She folds me in her hearts embrace
If this be love, | cannot tell.
/ watch her face.
Her somber eyes are happier
Than any joy that e'er had voice.
Since l am happiness to her,
/, too. rejoice.
And have closed the door again.
Against the world l close my heart
nold her with my spell; in vain
Would she depart
hold her with surer SPELL
Beyond her magic and above.
If hers be love, l cannot tell
But mine Is love.
Arthur Symons
The Somerset reporter., 1896-01-23
For Sale !!

Cottage House Of seven
rooms at East Madison, to-
gether with stable and car
riage house and two acres o.
land. Would exchange tor
property in Skowhegan vii
lage. Also desirable farm
with good buildings. This
place is situated in a good
neighborhood with good
schools and has nice water II
house and barn. Apply to
MCCLELLAN & SAVAGE.
Milburn Block,
Skowhegan, Maine.
SOFT
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OATS FOR FARM STOCK.
At Present Low Prices Feed This Grain
Freely How To Feed.

Oats have laHs been recognized Is one
Of tse Nriy III staIis for most GLASSES
Of fam auma.s 1.l- II especially true
Of hof-e- and Young stock If al kinds
unless II be pig. Tie weight Of evi-
denee af many careful feeding expert
merits Is against the pahtablenes- If
feeding cat, II young pigs except "a, d
small pant Of their RATION. One year
with another oats are relatively higher
III price than is corn IN most parts Of
the United States II Is not alone
comparison If the price per bushel, but
of the relative weight Of "a bushel of
oats and Of ole Of corn that must be
made. This year, however, with the
largest crop Of oats ever grown in the
country, the price Is exceptionally low
lower than for many years. There Is no
reason why farmers should not feed oats
freely AT present prices except in local.
ties IN which the crop was failure or
very poor.
How, then. to feed Is question
about which there is much difference Of
opinion. For horse, and colts, calves
and sheep and lambs Prairie Farmer
would feed the gram unground. For
COWS, steers and hogs it is an advantage
to grind it. Good CAT straw is valuable
food, and if the feeding is carefully done
there is much To commend the plan Of
feeding sheaf oats If s.rge quantities
are fed at once, much If the straw will
be left uneaten. Where there are con
venient facilities for cutting the sheaf
oats larger percentage Of the STRAW can
be utilized by so doing The greater
danger of injury by rats and mice if the
oats are left unthrashed L. about the
only reason which can hc urged IN favor
of thrashing the crop III many cases.
There are horses which do not properly
masticato oats. bat these are rather cX-
ceptional cases. If thu eldn i mixed
with cut straw, hay or slower. 1t viii
be better eaten.
Young animals usually pretty thor
oughly masticate their food, and the
authority quoted has not found sufficient
gain from grinding to repay the cost Of
the work. This does not apply TO pigs
however 1t Is better to have oats ground
if to be fed to hogs of any age In many
cases IA mixture Of oats and corn will be
better than either grain fed alone. The
younger the stock the larger may be the
proportion of eats Many insist that
oats alone are much better than any
mixture Of corn rs Il food for colts The
writer has IA higher appreciation Of the
value of corn, reasonably used, as a food
for even Young animals than have many
feeders, but he would use oats freely in
present conditions. 1t would be con
summation much to he lejoiced over il
the present low prices ion oats would
lead to the much larger u,e Of this grain
as food for the human animal. Is use
for this purpose has greatly increased
within the last quarter Of Il century. but
it may wisely become more general.
Prayer has il right to the word in
effable 1t is an hour Of outponrngs
which words cannot eXpress-of that in
terror speech which we donot artienldte.
even when we employ it.-Mmc. Swetch-
The Somerset reporter., 1896-01-23

that land too rocky and steep to raise
three woodchueks TO an acre can be
made to produce "a crop which, acre for
acre, will bring ar much money AZ po-
tatoes Yet this il not only possible,
but is, in fact, being DONE
The Somerset reporter., 1896-01-23
Dissolution Notice.

The copartnership heretofore existing IN
der the firm name Of BARTLETT h Cairns have
this day been dissolved The notes and ac
counts are now in the hands OF ID, II. BARTLETT
to one all payments must be made All
persons having claims against said firm must
present the N to said Bartlett for payment
Jan 10. 1895.
BARTLETT & CAIRNS
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It's Soap,
- All Soap.

Welcome Soap is abso-
Iutcly free from cNcce of
alkali, corrosive, and al
authorizations: that is why it
is superior to any other soap.
The Somerset reporter., 1896-01-23

Prayer has right to the word in
effable. . 1t is an hour of outponrings
which words cannot eXpress-0f that III
terror speech which we donot artiealatc.
even when we EMPLOY it.-Mmc. Swetch-
The Somerset reporter., 1896-01-23

Brave conuderors for so you az, that
war against yonr own affections and the
huge army Of the worlds desires. -
Shakespeare
The Somerset reporter., 1896-01-23
SAESoo1H|N6SA1IsFNNs

Originated by old Family Physician in 1910.
Could a rsQhedy have existed for over eighty years
unless it has cured many family ills? There is not
q remedy in use today which has the confidence OF
the public to great an extent as this Anodyne. e
has stood upon its merit, while generation
after generation have used 1t with satisfactions
The Somerset reporter., 1896-01-23

TURNER BUSWELL. Judge
Attest FOWLER, Register.
Post Office address. Judge aud Register
Skowhegan, Me. S,y4
The Somerset reporter., 1896-01-23
ORIENT INSURANCE COMPANY
Hartford, Conn.

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The San Francisco call., 1896-08-17
PILGRIM SUNDAY SCHOOL
Its Thirty-Third Anniversary at
the First Unitarian
Church.
Charles A. Murdock's Felicitous Ad.
dress to the Children-Fioral
Tributes.

The thirty-third anniversary of the Pill
grim Sunday-school was celebrated yester-
day morning in the First Unitarian
Church. Rev. William G. Elliott Jr., who
is the associate pastor with the Rev. DIR.
Stebbins, is soon to go Eastand after next
Sunday will be seen no more in the church.
The children of the school, some 200
strong are specially well behaved, atten-
tive and intelligent. During the exercises
the children repeated the following prayer:
Our heavenly Father, we thank thee for this
day and all its blessings; we thank thee for
our Sunday-school for kind teachers and kind
friends. We pray that thy blessing may rest
upon our school in the years to come as in
years gone by. We, ourselves, would learn to
love and help our school more and more May
thy spirit God, be ever present in our
hearts. May we hear the STILL small voice
ever warning US against wrong-doing and urg-
ing US TO do we'll. We are children, o God
the great joys of life; we know not what the
years may bring to US, but we pray that we
may so live now as to inherit the Kingdom pre-
pared for each one of us from the beginning of
the world, the kingdom of thy love. Amen.
After music and Scripture reading by
the Rev. Samuel Slocombe, the children
were addressed by Charles A. Murdock,
who has been member of the church for
thirty-three years, and the superintend-
ent of the Sunday-school for twenty-five
years.
He told the children "reminiscences of
his own boyhood, when he used to go to
Sunday school in New England town in
a one-horse shay and take his luncheon
with him, so far was the distance from his
home to the church.
"The life OF every child," he said, ''may
be likened to a fertile garden, in which
may be grown either choice fruits and
flowers or worthless weeds The purpose
of our school, children, is to aid you in
wisely cuItivating this garden and keeping
1t free from weeds, but without your own
earnest cooperation it is not in the power
of anybody to make YOU grow up to be
good men and women"
Brief addresses were also made by DIR.
Stebbins and superintendent Eliot. After
the benedictioR and before dispensing,
each and every boy and girl was presented
with bunch of beautiful fragrant flowers.
Express trains pass each other at Q
velocity of ninety yards second.
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-17
OUTING OF THE BAKERS.
A Pleasant Day in Social Reunion at
the Bay Side.

A Pleasant Day in Social Reunion at
the Bay Side.
The Journevmen Bakers and Confec-
TONERS Union gave picnic yesterday at
Germania Gardens, Harbor View, and en-
joyed the outing thoroughly. With their
wives and families and friends they made
a jolly party, that passed the time in vari-
GUS ways at their own sweet will, some
finding diversion in games, others taking
advantage of the fine afternoon to rest in
the open air, while most of those at the
picnic gathered in the dance pavilion.
Dancing was the main feature OF the
picnic, for there were no formal exercises.
1t was not day or time for occupying
the mind with speeches and conventional
recitations, SO the bakers thought. but one
exclusively devoted to social pleasure. So
the bakers and their friends did nothing
but enjoy themselves all day long.
In the afternoon great sport was had in
games, which were composed of races for
young ladies, married women, men and
boys, and also several events for children.
Each event was warmly contested for
prizes.
o. Grassmann was chairman of the COM
mittee of arrangements and also of the
games committee. W. Raake acted as floor
manager, and the reception of visitors as
well as all other matters was in the hands
of A. Eisolt, J.. Muller, A. Jackofski, J.
Wieland, G. Blackman, w. Schneider, G.
Frank, L. Apfelbach, W. Raake and w.
Kogel.
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-17

The Australians met the formidable NJ.
c. G. at Lords. The match resulted in a
draw, all in favor of the home team.
Scores: Australia 202 and 321, M. G. G..
367 in first innings. Trott made 103 for
the visitors.
The latter played Surrey a few days
later and were victorious by seven wickets.
The game is attracting increased atten-
tion in Portland. Last week the Multi
nomah team defeated the Associated
Banks by 90. Captain Lawrence made 10
for the victors and took five wickets for 40
runs. He is said, however, not to be play
ing in his best form this season.
To-day the Portland Athletic Club will
endeavor to revenge itself for the drub-
bing inflicted on them by the Banks last
month, and to that end Captain Van
Heekereen has strengthened his team con-
siderably.
w. Coates, ex-captain of the Penryn
Colony Club, is visiting the City. His
many friends will regret to learn that 8
severe attack of rheumatic fever has
necessitated his retirement from the
cricket field. UMPIRE.
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-17
FIRE At POWDER WORKS
Cause of More Damage Than
Was Done by the Flames
to the Acid.House.
Superintendent Pollock and James
Garrity Thrown Out of Buggy
and Seriously Injured.
OAKLAsD OFFICE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, |
Qa2 Rrnadwau Ann 1R

OAKLAsp OFFICE SAN FRANCISCO CALL,l
90S Broadway, Aug. 16. I
The alarm given for fire last night at
the California Powder Works was the
cause of a very serious accident, and two
men are nursing broken bones as the con-
sequence.
Late last night fire was discovered in
the nitric acid house of the powder works.
Word was at once sent to Superintendent
Pollock, who lives at Pinole, and he started
for the works. He was accompanied by
James Garrity, and the exigency of the
occasion did not tend to induce them to
spare horsefesh in their ride to the scene
of the fire. They expected each moment
to hear one of the fearful conclusions the
secret of which old residents on this side
of the bay well know. They had gone
about halfway along the road and had
lust rounded the turn when there was a
collision.
Their team and hay wagon met end
on and Pollock and Garrity were thrown
to the ground and seriously injured. Gar
ritv was rendered unconscious for a time
and an examination later showed that he
had a fractured collarbone and two broken
ribs. besides bruises innumerable. Super
intendent Pollock was also badly cut and
bruised, but not so seriously as his COM
panion. The injured men were taken back
to Pinole and attended to. The fire at the
powder works destroyed the 1oof of the
nitric acid mouse, but no further damage
was done.
Broke Wheel and Ankle.
OAKLAND, CAL, Aug. 16. = Paul A.
Somers met with an accident on the Hay-
wards electric road to-day. He was COM
ing toward Oakland and was holding his
wheel to the side of the car on which he
was standing. A car coming from the op-
posite direction struck the wheel and
knocked it and Somers into the road. The
wheel was broken. and SO was Somers'
ankle.
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-17

the Republican party shall not in the
future be gobbled up by Oakland, Ala
media and Berkeley, as in the past.
Murray township has declared that it
must have one of the two nominations
that will be made at the County Conven-
ton for Superior Judge. In their demand
they are sustained by the other townships,
and so the man who expects the support
of fully half of the Republicans OF Ala
media County must not ignore the upper
country in his plans.
With unfailing regularity the delegates
from the townships have gone to county
conventions and have meekly submitted
to the demands of the managers of candi-
dates. Each time they have been told
that no man from the interior could hope
to be elected and that the country would
be recognized next time.
While this statement is not absolutely
true, it is nearly so. Two years ago the
nomination for County Treasurer was
given to Joseph Herrscher of San Leanuro.
but as it was yielded from policy rather
than merit. Herrscher failed of election, as
the men who nominated him expected
that he would.
The man who is now put forward by
Murray Township is George W. Langan of
Livermore, whom they want to receive a
nomination for Superior Judge. Two of
the Superior Judges will retire this year,
and already there are several candidates
for the nominations.
Judges Frick and Greene are the tiring
jurists, but Frick will not try to succeed
himself, having had his share OF the
party's support in his struggle for the Con-
gressional nomination, but Judge Greene
will be again in the field. Sam P. Hall
and w. L. Hill are already in the field, and
if the demand of the interior is granted
the fight in Oakland will be very bitter.
G. w. Langan is a member of the Army
and Navy Republican League, and has q
strong following in the townships. Unless
the four-year term be held to be invalid
there will be SO few county nominations to
be made at the approaching convention
that Livermore will have to fight hard for
a share.