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Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-09-08
Eek Another Nebraska Bank Falls.

Lincoln, Neb., Sept. 5.--The doors of
the State bank of Filley, Neb., were
closed Friday. 1t is a small concern,
being capitalized for but $4,000, and
assets largely exceed liabilities. Elijah
Filley is president and Oscar Filley
cashier. This makes four banks in
Gage county which have been closed
within the past two weeks.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-09-08
American Hams In Europe.

American hams were needed in Eu.
rope last year to the extent of 1O5, 494,-
1913 pounds, valued at $10,06O,5G7.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-09-08
French Law as to Burial.
As 1t Looked

French law requires that a body shall
be buried within IS hours after death,
unless it is nlnhnlmed.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-09-08
Shot by a Tenant.
Diamond Dealers Fan.

New York, Sept. 5.-W. Dollack &
Co., diamond dealers, have become
financially embarrassed. Liabilities,
$125,OOO, !;
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-09-08
THE ALLIANCE STORE GALLERY

Is the place to get your Photos taken
The second story has been tit ted up
in the most complete manner for first
class work, and we will send out Moth
ing but the very best. t always pays
to get the best if you do have to pay
little more, then you will have a
genuine work of art which you will
not be ashamed to present to anyone.
Everyone is invited to call and see us
and examine our work whether they
wish anything or not. w. BROWN.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-07-16
Mulching to Kill Weeds.

A small patch of quack grass or Can
ada thistles can be more easily killed
by mulchlng than in any other way
Bury the young plants heavily with
straw, bending them down so as to
make long spindling growth near the
ground. If any come through the straw
covering, do not cut them off or pull up
the stalks, but bend down and cover
deeper If this is done faithfully for one
summer the roots viii be completely
smothercd before fall. 1t is much easier
and cheaper to destroy IA small patch in
this way than by cultlvating them,
which only breaks up the roots and
causes each piece to grow with new
vigor. In fact, even where cultivation
has been tried rs remedy. we have al
ways found the hest success by covering
each green shoot with moist soil SO soon
as it appears above the surface. Amer
lean Cultivator.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-07-16
Feeding Coarse Gralns.

No eastern farmer can afford to grow
any of the coarse grains to be sold off
the farm. Neither can he afford TO IL
ther buy Or grow them unless he has stock
that Will pay the value of the grain, or
very nearly that, leaving the manure
product and increase Of soil fertility to
make up the difference. When farmer
has good stock, he can afford to purchase
western grain to supplement what he
himself may grow. But III most places
Ill the east thcre are other crops that
will pay better than grain. The trouble
is that they all require extra fertility,
and unless n farmer has plenty Of money
and good dead of courage also he is
afraid to risk the necessary outlay. We
do not keep enough stock i'll the eastern
states. Soil fertility is worth more here
because the numerous cities and vii
lagos. especially IN Massachusetts, make
good home market for products that
will not bear long transportation, ac-
cording to American Cultiyator.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-07-16
A New Method of Soil Culture

An interesting movement is in progress
that promises great things for agriculture
in the sub arid belt of scanty rainfall. A
scientific farmer in South Dakota is zeal
ously advocating theory of special meth
DDS Of soil culture, which is attracting a
great deal of interest and is being put 10
tests in various localities. His idea is to
make better use of the moisture that falls
in showers by storingi it, so far as possible,
ust below the roots of the growing crops
and preventing its too rapid evaporation.
To this end he has invented a sort OF cul-
tivator that packs the ground few inches
below the surface SO that considerable
amount Of water will be held above the
subsoil Then, acting on the known fact
that capillary attraction and consequent
evaporation take place much more rapidly
when the surface soil is firm and baked by
the heat than when it is loose, he stirs up the
surface by repeated woaking with another
sort of cultvator This second process is
easy enough with Command root crops. but
he proposes to employ it with wheat, SOW
ing the grain in rows and tilling the fields
by machine specially designed for this
purpose. He illustrates his theory Of cap
Hilary attraction and evaporation in dense
surface soil by showing how much more
rapidly fine grained sponge will suck up
water than will eoarse-grained one, and
how much more rapidly it will give out
water when the two sponges are saturated
and placed on a board in the sun to dry
1t would be premature to make any pre-
dictons as TO the ultimate outcome of this
theory of special method of tillage adapt
ed to regions of inadequate precipitation
for successful farming by the old methods,
but refer to it here to show that Amer
lean enterprise and ingenuity are at work
on the problem of the general utilization
for agriculture of the great subard belt.
M. 4. Z. SmaHe IN ne JIM /otH&
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-07-16
Cucumber Beetles.

As soon as the plants are ont of the
ground they are attacked by little striped
beetles. Lose no time to destroy them.
Wood ashes. air Stacked lime and SCOT
are popular remedies. There are farmers
who prefer to sprinkle white hellebore
on the plants while the dew is on The
sprinkllng should be repeated after each
hoeing and after every rain. Give fire.
quent but shallow cultivation. Keep the
ground mellow and work the soil around
each plant This work must be thor
oughly done the first of the season, as
the plants will soon make runners SO
long that cultivation will be impracti-
cable. If tn weather is droughty, use
soel DIS. q -."..,tr and all Stops from
the house 10 Wa-"r the vines.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-07-16

The roller is not usually needed on
springplowed land, which is usually moist
and needs to be left light and loose as
possible. so as to warm up. But the roll
Ter is always needed every spring on past
ures and meadows, the soil OF which is
always heaved up more or less by winter
freezing and thawing. OF course in this
freezing many of the grass DOTS are
broken, but if the roller promptly follows
and presses the soil about them, the grass
will start to growing and be much more
vigorous than that on fields that have not
been rolled and were originally equally
injured. Another advantage of the spring
roalng of meadows is that it presses firm
ly into the soft soil the small stones,
which are always most dangerous to the
knife blades of the mower, or to the Scythe
when the moving is done by hand. The
large stones can be seen and avoided but
the small stones set on edge, and get be-
tween the knives and guards, is sure to
dull if it does not break something.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-07-16

Mrs. Rhode Noah, of this place, was
taken in the night with cramping Pains
and the next day diarrhoea set in. She
took half bottle of blackberry cordial
but got no relief. She then sent to me
to see If had anything that would help
her. | sent her bottle of Chamberlain 4
Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy
and the first dose relieved her. Another
of our neighbors had been sick for about
a week and had tried different remedies
for diarrhoea but kept getting worse.
sent him this same remedy. Only -four
doses of it were required to cure him.
He says he owes his recovery to this
wonderful remedy.-Mrs. Mary Sibley,
Sidney, Mich. For sale by Bixby &
Buck, Druggists.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-07-16

SOMERSET COUNTY; Eight replies
have been received by the Secretary of the
Board of Agriculture to the questions
asked in his recent bulltein, as follows
Condition of hay crop, 90 per cent; con
of pastures, So per cent; amount of soil
ing crops, IoS per cent; condition of oats
90 per cent; mixed grain, oS per cent
barley, Sc per cent; sweet corn, 70 pei
cent; yellow corn, SO per cent; potatoes
0S per cent; apples, III per cent; plums
IS per cent; strawberries, GO per cent
raspberries. 90 per cent; blackberries, Ioc
per cent; other small fruits, Ie2 per cent
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-07-16

There are some sections where the
sunfowcr may take rank as an impor-
tant food for dairy stock. The seed has
nearly the same composition rs oilmeal,
and III many parts of Canada, and IN the
trceless regions of the west. the sun
flower Will yield a large crop of seed.
If this seed can be used to supply the
pure fat needed by calves and COWS, it
Will prove of considerable value in re-
gions where corn does not mature and
where oilmeal is too expensive Pro
fessor Robertson of Canada has shown
that ensilagc containing fair amount
of sunflowcr heads is valuable fer all
kinds of stock. He is now feeding hogs
ON ration composed partly of suntlower
heads.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-07-16
Now JerseH stationa.

Director +. Il. voorhees, of the col
lege station has been chosen also direct
nr of the state station. The college
farm has been turned over to the sta
lions for experimental purposes, and it
is the intention TO broaden the werk of
the stations in horticulture and dairy
ing a greenhouse plant has already
been erected, consisting of hcadhouse
of two stories, 20 10y 30 feet; two glass
houses, each 20 by 80 feet, and one 10
by % feet An experimental orchard of
five acres has also been planned to in
cludc small fruit. A 7. Jordan has
been appointed assistant in horticulture.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-07-16

The Maine Universaists passed the
following Resolved, That in view Of
the disgrace that rests upon the fair name
of our State because of the open and con-
slant violation of the laws for the sup.
preston of the liquor traffic and the con-
sequent desolation of homes and corrup.
ton of morals-we call upon the consti-
tuted authorities for a thorough and
impartial enforcement of the laws; and
we ask all Ceristian organizations and all
lovers of their fellowmen to use all pos.
sible moral, educational, religious and
civil agencies for the furtherance of the
cause of temperance.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-07-16

Last summer one of our grandchildren
was sick With "A severe bowel trouble.
Our doctors remedy had failed, then we
tried Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and
Darrhoea Remedy, which gave very
speedy relief We regard it as the best
medicine ever put on the market for
bowel omplaints.-Mrs. +. @. Gregory.
Fredrickstown, Mo. This certainly is
the best medicine ever put on the market
for dysentery, summer complaint, collie
and cholera infantum in children. 1t
never fails to give prompt relief when
used in reasonable time and the plain
printed directions are followed. Many
mothers have expressed their sincere
gratitude for the cures it has effected
For sale by Bixby & Buck, Druggists.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-07-16

A simple remedy for milk fever in its
first stages is thus given by an experienced
dairyman: Pare, slice, and boil until soft
about one dozen good-sized onions in a
pot of water and good handful of salt.
Take about one quart of wheat flour, mix
with cold water to thin batter, stir grad
ually into the boiling onions, broth and
ALL add water enough to make a thin
drink, and give it to the COW at the tenn
perature of blood heat. Never give a COW
cold water as long as there is danger OF
milk fever.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-07-16
Boston, Portland, Lewiston, wstervi
Augusta, Skowhegan and Bangor.
From Boston, Portland. lewiston, Augusta,
Wateryll.e SkowLegap and Bangor.

AV'Flag stations. at which trains will STOP
on signal or notice to Conductor.
Mixed between Bingham and No. Arson
STAGE CONNECTIONS.
AT Sorridgewock, for Mercer. and Electric
Cars to and from Skowbegan.) At Arson. foi
Sawyer's Mills, (Starks);
No. Arson, for North and West New Portland
Dead River. Flagstaff and Eustis. At Bingham
for Forks, Moose River, May field, Kingsb bury
and Abbott.
W. M. AVER SUPT.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-07-16
M Arrshire,s AVERAGE weipht al amor

The Ayrshire's average weight of about
one thousand pounds is the favorite size
for the dairy, and for market COWS, and
her red an white spotted color gives her
an attractive look that IS pleasing to the
eye. Her large, shapely udder and deep
wedge shape both impresses the beholder
with her great milking capacity and gives
her the ideal form for a dairy COW.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-07-16
Ice Cream Soda Patten's s @E"a
N NOTICE..

All persons indebted to the
late firm OF Bartlett & Cairns
are hereby notified that the
books OF said firm have been
placed in my hands for collec-
ton. No other party has au-
thority to settle the same.
To avoid their being placed
in the hands of an attorney
for collection settlement must
be made without delay with
~, d. II. BARTLETT.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-07-16

is a sure cure for Headache and ner-
vous diseases. Nothing relieves so
quickly. For sale by Geo. +. Sampson
Corner Druggist.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-07-16
All Recommend 1t.

Ask your physician, your druggist and
your friends about Shilohs Cure for
Consumption. They will recommend it.
Geo. +. Sampson, Corner Druggist.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-07-16
1t Goes without Saving

that when you are suffering from catarrh,
you want RELIEF right away What is the use
then OF experimenting with blood "cures"
upon a disorder resulting from climatic chang.
es? Use local remedy, for a local disease.
Use Ely's Cream Balm, which relieves at once
the attacks of catarrh and cures chrome cases.
SO cents at all druggists. This remedy can be
safely used by all without injurious results.
1t contains no mercury or injurious drug Of
any kind
A Gold Man from Now On. Hogan; "Fwat is
this 10 to y" Gfogan; at is law they are
try in to pass maxim sixteen hours to wan
days worruk."-Indianapols Journal.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-07-16
The Ills of Women.

Constipation. causes more than half
the ills of women. karl's Clover Root
Tea il a pleasant cure for Constipation
Geo. f. sampson, Corner Druggist.
Summer Peace: "says, Cornerstone, don't
you ever take rest?'' "Yes my daughter
always goes away in June to a musical CON
vention. - Chicago Secord
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-07-16
To Down Spooks.

wealthy bachelor declared that a horrid
bag had glared at him through the night His
friends laughed at him but he insisted that
the house was haunted. He grew i'll, com
planning of extreme heavness in the stomach,
his appetite failed he grew sallow. emaciat-
ed and respondent, believing he was going to
die, the spooks being warning, and declared
he could hear funeral bells ringing in his ears
and even limited at suicide. A friend induced
him to DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Dis
covery, and he rapidly grew well, spooks and
all his distressing symptoms disappearing. A
and the medicine cured both A pamphlet
free or a large Book, on Liver and Stomach dis
eases and how to cure them 1885 pages for s
cents in stamps Add ess Worlds Dispensary
Medical Association, Buffalo, NY.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-07-16
A Fact Worth Knowing.

Consumption, LaGrippe, Pneumonia,
and all Throat and Lung diseases are
cured by Shilohs Cure. For sale by
Geo. f. Sampson, Corner Druggist.
A Natural Beautifer.
karl's Clover Root Tea purifies the
blood and gives clear and beautiful
complexion. For sale by Geo. Z. Samp-
son, Corner Druggist.
1t Saves Lives Every Day.
Thousands of cases of Consumption.
Asthma, Coughs, Colds and Group are
cured every day by Shiloh's Cure. Geo.
E. Sampson, Corner Druggist.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-07-16

MRs. WINsLow's SOOTHING SYRUP has been
used for over Fifty years by millions of moth
ers for their children while teething, with
perfect success. 1t soothes the child, softens
the gums, allays all pain, cures wind collie,
and is the best remedy for Diarrhoea 1t will
relieve the poor little sufferer Immediately.
Sold by Druggists in every part of the world.
Twenty five cents a bottle. Be sure and ask
for Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup" and
take no other kind. 1y3s
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-07-16

DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets cure constipat-
ion, biiousness and arrangement OF stomach.
liver and bowels.
Hard Times: where are you going to take
your family this summer, Hicksgn ITO Coney
Island What for the summer" No: for
day - Harper's Bazaar
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-07-16
PILES! PILES PILES!

br. NiliaIas hau rir ointment viii cure Bind
Breeding, liberated AID Itching Piles. II absorbs the
tumor1. a.ays The Itching At onJe, acts as pouice.
glv,s instant rrci. Dr Williams Indian Pie Oiut.
met Is prepared oLy for Piles and Itching of In, pr.
waite part and nothing else Each box guaranteed.
sou by druggists, sent hy mai soc. = on per box.
WILLIAMS MEG CO., Props Cleveland o.
&c /. SAM sau. Skpyhegan Agent.
Far From 1t. That's life like picture Of
your little boy" 4 don't think so. The pilot
ographer made him sit still."-Pnck.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-07-16

Mrs. 1ugby, won't you come up to our picnic
to morrow LAS a guest, or do | have &c
bring "a basket?"-Chic Record.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-11-23
OPPOSES FTsION.
State Populist Candidate for Gov. in
Maine Speaks Out.

Lewiston Nov 29.-L. c. Bateman,
who was the Populist candidate for
governor of Maine in the last election,
who is in communication with the mid
die of the road PopuHsts, says that
they emphatically declare that the fu-
sion between the Popuhst and Demo
cratic parties shall no longer exist. He
added.
Bryan and his issue are done for.
Had he boldly planted himself upon
the full Populist platform he would
have a future He did not have the
nerve to do this, and he is lost. Daniel
Webster made the same blunder 80
years ago. and with similar results. The
money question has started with the
mild demand for the free coinage Of sill
yer. it will end with the demonetiza-
tion of gold This is the mission Of the
Peoples Party. We shall demand the
utter overthrow of the whole metal
basis system and the establishment Of
a purely scientific paper currency,
based upon the entire wealth of the
cOuNtlV''
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-11-23
WORD OF JOE JEFFERSON.
It Establishes the Claim of a Young
Man to His Mothers Estate.

Baltimore, Md Nov. 23.-EForace Nc
Wicker Of New York. through the assist
ance Of Joseph Jefferson, the veteran
actor, has established his claim as the
son OF j. H. AfcNivl5er of Chicago. and
Annie lowering the actress. who died
mere in seclusion two weeks ago, to the
property left by his mother. The estate
which is not a large one, was in charge
Of the orphans court.
Annie Levering many years ago was a
stage beauty. She was also a clever act
ress and was popular in the statuesque
character of the heroine in THE Ice
Witch" After her death Joshua GilDin
made application for the nearest relatives
IN this city for letters of administration.
Io his surprise Rowland Hill. another at
Iorney. appeared for Horace AIcNfcker of
New York who claimed to be the son Of
annie LeVering and the late r. H. Nc
Wicker Of Chicago, who was her first hus-
band. and from whom she was divorced.
McNicker's identity should be esta blished
beyond question, and il was suggested to
him that Joseph Jefferson might be per-
SON VINO could do it,, as the comedian
knew all about the McNicker family
The attorneys on both sides of the ease
ana Horace McNicker called on Mr. JEFF
IeFson at mis- hotel and as soon as the
Famous actor came downstairs he recOg-
nized Mr.. McVicker and slapped him
pleasantly on the shoulder with How do
you do, Horace r.
Then Mr.. Jefferson told Mr. Gilpin that
MT McNtcker was undoubtedly the SON of
Annie lowering and j. H. McVicker and
thus virtually settled the case.
Mr. Gilpin had only to return to court
and withdraw the other claims represent
ed by him.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-11-23
Famine Situation in India is
Considered Grave.
It is Said az, 100000 Lack
For Food.
RUSSIA is TO HE LIP
ArCIeYer Move to Get Good Will
of HindOOs.
Great Britain is Alarmed at
Russia's Proposed Action.

London, Nov. 23-The situation in
India causes the gravest concern. Lord
George Hamilton, secretary for India,
in what the newspapers declare to be
a remarkable speech, has admitted that
100000 persons are now affected or
threatened with dangerous scarcity of
food, though it is thought the govern
ment has some prospect Of coping sue
cessfuIly with the situation.
The unusual action of the Russian
newspapers in appealing for subscrip-
lions for the relief of the HindOos is re-
ceived here with considerable suspicion,
especially as it is suggested that the
Russian government should superintend
the buying and dispatch of grain to In
dia. The newspapers hint that the
main spring of such action is likely to
be found in political rather than in
charitable motives. The st. James Ga
zette after pointing out the absence of
a British fund and confessing suspicion
of the Russian motives, says.
1.-The moral effect can hardly help be-
ing bad, especially if Russian agents
distribute the money in india"
The Berlin National Zeitung, COM
menting upon the affair." remarks:
THE famine has given the Russians
the opportunity of recommending them
selves to the Hindoos as helpers in time
of need and as generous guards, where
as Great Britain must seem impOtent
as soliciting aid from Russia
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-11-23
TIME TO STOP THIS.
Commercial Club Should Put an End

Commercial Club Should Put an End
to Kansas Correspondents Fakes.
The indignation of the people of Kan
sas for the senseless lies sent out
from this state which do injury to the
state will have to be extended to the
correspondents who ply their trade
here. The following, which is fake
pure and simple, appears on the nrst
page of Fridays New York World The
Commercial club OF Topeka should at
once take steps to stop the dissemina-
ton of lies like the one given below;
We republish it with the Worlds head
lines-
MEXICAN DOLLARS LEGAL TEN
DER-THAT IS WHAT A POPU-
LIST LEGISLATURE PROPOSES
TO INFLICT UPON KANSAS.
Special to The World
Topeka, K an. Nov 19-One Of the
laws that the new POpulist legislature
proposes to enact this winter is a bill
making Mexican silver dollars legal
tender in Kansas. This scheme is
prominent candidates for United States
senator.
'Populist lawyers and a few Repub-
lcan lawyers believe that while such
coin would not make legal tender for
the payment of prior obligations, it
possibly could be made to apply to fu-
ture debts.
..The argument is advanced that the
constitution of the United States, in its
reference to that subject, says that no
state shall make anything but gold
and silver legal tender, failing to spe-
city against foreign coins of those met
ais The Populist leaders argue that
one occasion made foreign coins legal
tender"