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The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-02-20
AN ENGLISH JAIL CHAPEL.
View of the Prisoners at the Sunday
Morning Service.

morning StrR1ce.
After breakfast nothing much happens
until the chapel hour. Low those pris-
opers who have "gone sick" are visited
by the surgeon or his assistant, aud if
the cases are urgent are sent across to the
infirmary at once. There is no regular
cell inspection; the governor or his
deputy makes no round there is no
taking of reports" no adjudication Of
pains and penalties for misconduct. All
this will stand oyer until Monday; even
those awaiting punishment, unless 1t is
for outrageous acts of violence or de-
fiance, turn cut to 90 with their fellows
to chapel About 9:30 the chapel bell
rings for the first service, that of the
Roman Catholics, who in large prisons
are usually "lsated" or lodged in one
part of the prison, near their own chapel
The bell for the Church of Eng land serv-
ice follows at about 10 a. IN.
Both on marching to chapel and when
seated within it the various classes and
categories of prisoners are kept strictly
separate from each other Males and fe-
males approach the chapel by different
roads, enter by different doors and &c
cupy different divisions, pews or places
apart. Among the males too, the con
victed are kept from the unconvicted
and the debtors from both. The women
are generally seated first, behind a
screen or within curtained off, rallied
in Enclosure. They are, of course, visi-
BILE to the chaplain, but to no one else
but their own officers. Except for their
treble voices heard in responses and
hymns, their presence at the service
would be unknown. Now and again,
however, an attempt to signal or COM
municate has been tried by individuals
of opposite sexes; when dry cough,
persistently repeated, in the female pew
finds an answer in another part of the
chapel, it affords a shrewd suspicion
that friends are trying to use some code
made up outside before imprisonment.
One other class is unhappily to be
found at times in the Jail chapel--a
very distinct class, but seldom containing
more than one representative. This is
sometimes condemned man in pris-
on--one ON whom the extreme penalty
has been passed. and who, by the usual
custom, is allowed "three clear Sun
days" before the awful sentence is ac-
complished. A condemned convict, al
though he is never left alone, being as
ISOLATED day and night with two war
dens as guardians, is never permitted to
see or be seen by other prisoners. Lon
don Culver.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-02-20
To Name Springfield's Four Hundred.

1t has been seven years since Blue
Book was printed, and in that time there
have been many social changes. Some
have dropped out of the charmed circle,
some of the buds have developed into
matrons, while others are still serving
as bridesmaids And some of the pie
beians have acquired property or gained
culture and are knocking for admission
at society's gate. All that is needed is
official recognition. We need Blue
Book, the stars to indicate the grade of
patriciaDs. 1t will be we'll for the com
pller to remain unidentified until the
book has been published and then, as
in the previous case, to promptly leave
town-to go far away and stay away.
The Price % Lee company, which has
been compiling dry and accurate direc-
tories of Springfield. has the temerity
to announce that it is prepared to classi
fly Springfield society. The preliminary
circulars are out. Now is the time to
get into line if you want a three star
grade III the armament of the Four
Hundred. The Blue Book enumerator
has not started on her rounds yet. En-
terrain and go to entertainments. The
sheep and goats are to be divided, and
it may again be seven years before an
other Blue Book division is made. -
Springfield Mass. Republican.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-02-20
How Treasure Is Transported In China.

We have heard much of the diverting
of public treasure to private gain by
Chinese officials of all ranks, and the evil
dence of it in the failure of the Chinese
army and navy to be ready for the in
evitable struggle with Japan is too re-
cent and convincing to be disputed, but
on the other band we can only wonder
at the power of this law of responsible
ity which, in such land, enables the
remotest province to transport its dues
to Picking in solid silver, by the sim
plest means, without loss by the way
and without the protection Of a single
soldier. Nothing impresses one more
with the absoluteness of this power as
applied to transportation than to meet a
line of pack mules, horses, or camels,
loaded with silver bullion. The silver is
usually confined in rough logs of wood
that have been split, followed out, and
then bound together, and each load is
marked with little flag of imperial
yellow, stating the amount and destina-
ton. That is all tho protection there is
except the ordinary drivers. who carry
no weapons, and are attended by no
guard. In what other land on the face
of the globe could the same be done?-
Professor G. M. Cady i'll Century.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-02-20
Pnxzling to WheelInep.

Take bicycle balance it with one
hand, having one pedal at its highest
point, the other at its lowest To the
lower one tie a string and pull it toward
the rear of the machine.
Which way vail the bicycle go?
1t will 60 backward.
Most people think it will 90 forward,
because the string tends to move the
pedals in The direction they move when
the machine is going forward. -Phila-
delphia Record.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-02-20
SizeH of Heads.

Thackeray had an enormous head and
notably heavy brain, but some one
discovered an idiot who died about the
same time and left a heavier brain. OF
noted or notorious persons Mr.. Glad
stone and Lord Salisbury take largo
hats, and SiI William Harcourt and Mr..
Chamberlain very small ones. -Notes
and Ouarias
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-02-20
Don't Do 1t.

1t is caution which deserves repeti-
lion not to go to the fire on coming in
from a walk in the cold. 1t is practice
which produces a congestion of the blood
vessels. and, secondarily, a red nose. To
wash the face in cold water when over
heated is also undesirable, as it is fire.
quent cause of disfguring pimples.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-02-20
HOVE TO.

Baffied. but bravely, like a stag at bay,
She faced the driving gale and angry sea
Under short CANVAS. and with helm alec,
Hove to- upon the starboard tack she lay
And looked into the wind wild eyes that day,
Over the great green rolling pillows sho
Rode like storm bird, andslid seem to he
A mist born phantom rising from the spray.
Her frightened weather shrouds rang like a
Tyre,
Swept by the furious storm king as he passed :
Wild ocean wraiths walled in the laundering
choir,
A thousand demons shrieked In every blast
Yet better far to battle with the gale
Than drift Ger CLASSY seas with listless sail.
=MaXn.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-02-20
s S''''' $ slN6N fox. Deputy sheriff

NV York PLATE GLASS INs. Co. u New
York. Annual STATEMENT for year ending
peeen her 81. 1895 Cash capital slUooo.
Assets stocks and Bonds owned. ash. and
Premiums in course Of collection S2s2 S37A7
Liabilities: unpaid lasses, reinsurance re
serve, comm sslons, etc. SIle $40. So surplus
beyond capital $63CSo.o7
MAX DA>ztGER, Pres. M. A. WHITE, >ecy.
:. W. & + r PHiLERIcE, SHOW hogan Agts. syS
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-02-20
Stick to
~ Welcome.

New England housekeep-
crs are too wide awake to be
fooled into buying inferior
soap more than once, just
because there is a present
given with it.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-02-20
The Employers Liability
Assurance Cor. Lind

IONUON. tNH.
ia $50. Commenced Business 1881
LORD CLATp HAMILToS. Prs.
STANLEY BROWN, ESQ. Sec.
Go. NUNRoE ENuiCoTT L. : N-r AID Atty.
Capita. Paid n, IN cash s-5o,saae
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-02-20
MA SAL
CATAR RI
is the suit of co Dis
and sudden china
tic changes

ELY's CREAM BALM
Opens and cleanses
the nasal Passages,
Allays Pain and In
f1ammation. Heals
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-02-20

-. W. PHILBRICK. Agent.
We Skow cyan. Ne.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-02-20
BALCH BROS.
36 Bloomfield ST., Boston, Mass.
Gen. Agents for New England. ,ma
Farm for S ale.

For sale in Madison Center. n farm cor tain
ing $50 acres equally divided between tilaEe
and psstursge well watered good orchard,
and buildings in good condition. VIII be sold
low il applied for soc n, time given il equired.
or will exchange for property in SkowhegaH
village. III
IRA A NORTON,
SkowhegRn.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-08-06
FARM. AND GARDEN.
EuPHoNlous NAMES.
Every WelI-kept Farm Should Have an
Appropriate Title.

Every WelI-kept Farm Should Have an
Appropriate Title.
One of the evidences of enterprise and
improved methods among farmers IS
the fact that many of them are giving
beautiful and significant names to their
farms. and then seeking by increased
Efforts to make the farm worthy of its
name, and one of which the proprietor
may be justly proud.
In front of every farmhouse there
should be an artistica1ly painted board
bearing the name of the farm, also the
name of its proprietor, or manager. It
might also point the direction, and give
the distance, of the proprietor's post
office town, and other nearby towns, if
desired, and thus become, also.
friendly guide-post" to strangers in
the vicinity.
Thousands of pretty names, from
which any farmer may select an appro-
pirate one for his own home, may be
formed by a combination of words. If
located in a timbered country, the name
may be based on favorite kind Of tree,
or the kind prevailing in the locality,
as Oakdale farm, Elmgroye, Cedardale,
etc. Or the name may be selected with
regard to the location of the farm rela-
tive to some nearby object. If near a
river, lake. mountain, etc, as River
side farm, River View, Mountain View,
Lake View, Hillside, Hilltop, etc. Or
the name may be based on the proprie-
tors fayorite plant, or the one princi~
pally grown on his farm; as Cloverdale
farm, Clover Leaf, Blue Grass, etc.
Beautiful and suggestive farm names
may be selected from a thousand words
ar from a combination of words, and
each one can select one to his own lik-
ing.
The farmer who puts up his name
and that of mis- farm in front of his
home proclaims thereby that he is not
ashamed of the farm of which he IS
proprietor. 1t is a guarantee that his
efforts shall be so directed that the ap-
pearance of his home shall, as rapid
1y as he can do it, be made to consist
with it's beautiful name.
In addition to naming the farm. the
residence, out buildings, lawns, etc.
should be put into repair. if needed.
end good photograph of the home
taken. Letter heads bearing the name
Of the farm, and also cut of the house.
should be printed, and used by members
> of the household in writing to friends
or on business. All these things would
stimulate a pride of home and farm
and would surely result in an improve
nent of farm methods, and in an in
crease of farm pleasures.-Journal OF
Agriculture.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-08-06
AMONG THE POULTRY.

Healthy fowls pick up their food
quickly and relish it.
There is no gain in keeping roostcrs
after the Matching season is over.
Generally the more active the breed
the less liability to fatten.
Ducks and geese require little grain
when they have plenty of grass.
Many poultry disorders are caused b :
alternate gorging and starving.
Early layers depend upon the stock
and upon the way they are raised.
1t is a good plan when feeding whole
Grain to fowls to scatter it out well.
Geese are at their best for breeding
after they have passed their third year.
Success in the poultry yard is not
so much in the Matching as In the feed
ing.
Ducks do not have the cholera, Group
or gapes, and hawks do not bother
tn I'm.
Little chicks require almost twice as
mucl, food as little ducks, but they
grow very rapidly. They should be fed
four or five times a day. especially when
the growth is to be pushed.-St. Louis
Republic.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-08-06
HONEY EXTRACTOR.
How to Make a Good One at Home at a
Trifling Expense.

How to Make Good One at Home at
Trifiing Expense.
For bee-l<eeper running from to 81
colonies, an extractor can be made for
about $1.25. Take four frames 10 by /:
inches, outside measure, 2 boards II
inches wide, Is inches long; board 21
inches long, IL inches wide; sticks.
nails, barrel, feet wire cloth and 4
half days work. Nail two sticks about
5 inches long to the inside of the barrel
opposite each other and inches from
the bottom Of it, having notches in
them to receive cross bar, which make
about one-fourth by two inches. The
upright center piece for the basket
make by ? inches and 2 feet long; bore
1-inch holes through it 10 inches apart,
drive through two round sticks SX
inches long and that fit nicely. The
upright stick should be tapered off of
the bottom end and made round to 1
inch diameter near the top end for
journal. A board 2 inches wide and )
inches long, with or one-half-inch
holes bored in it and nailed to the
journal with wire nails, does very well
for a crank to turn by. Nail sticks
IL inches long to the 17-inch boards and
~ inches thick, and bore 1-inch holes
three-fourths of an inch deep and Il
inches apart in each OF them, and fl
them on the ends of the round inch
sticks. Nail the II by 10 inch wire cloth
to the end of the board tightly and then
spring the boards apart and 'fasten
firmly to the spokes. Let the 21-inch
board cover one-haif inch more than
half the top of the barrel and block
hook and staple to fasten it to the wall
firmly and box on the center upright
piece. The inside of the barrel should
be sandpapered and waxed.-R. F
Whiteside, in Farm and Home
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-08-06
PARAGRAPHIC POINTERS.

Thomas Bracket Reed is appar-
emily enjoying another period of study
and introspection in the woods.-Chica-
go Chronicle.
1t is clear from every speech
which Mckinley makes that the mort
gage manacles extend even to his
tongue.-St. Louis Republic
If every man votes for Mckinley
whose wages were raised during the
existence of the Mckinley act, and
everyone votes against him whose
wages were lowered. he will not carry
single one of the manufacturing
states.-Kansas City Times
-Populists who say they think
Bryan all right, but fear the democrat
ic party, talk nonsense. With Bryan in
the presidency the only thing necessary
to carry out the democratic platform is
favorable congress. The senate is now
favorable to silver, and the house will
be elected by the people The next adj
ministration will be exactly what the
people make it.-St. Louis Republic.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-08-06

to the bottom, and b. gathered up as
often as necessary. The feeding square
is filled with sharp saEd, and grain is
given to the flock in this Enclosure, ex-
cept cooked food, which should be
placed in troughs to prevent them slop-
ping it about the floor Of the coop.
The house is ventilated by the small
holes bored in the side which consists
of frame or trap door. This is placed
on hinges, being rais-l and lowered by
means of strong cord when it is nee
essary. An upper story is reached by
ladder from the coop below, and is
found very useful for g storage room
for grain, a shop to work in or be used
for keeping pigeons or :abbits in. This
is also ventilated we'll through the
upper cupola, which hiss similar win
dows on hinges, as described for the
main building.
The dimensions of This building can
be made to meet the nee DIS of the build
err; this one is 35 feet iong, "a feet wide
aSd Fl feet high. The small cook house
lie 10 feet long, s feet high, and z feet
wide. The yard is 80 by 35 feet wide,
and constructed of wire netting or lath-
ing fastened to locust posts.-John W.
Caughey, in Country Gentleman.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-08-06

mated for the office. He is a typical
American citizen. He represents the
new era in the political history of this
country.
His personal character is high above
the reach of SANDER or reproach. In his
own state of Nebraska he is admired
and respected by men of all shades of
political opinion. He is man of liberal
education, broad sympathies and intel
ligence, and has a will of iron. Once
convinced of the righteousness of his
cause, nothing can stop or stay him IN
his fearless fight to the desired end.
Democracy has ever stood for The eN-
preston of the will of the ma ority.
The choice of the Chicago convention is
the choice of the majority, and should.
therefore, receive the hearty support CT
every true democrat, regardless OF petty
conditions, without consideration of
any sectional issue.
Whatever differences may have di-
vided the democratic party before the
public expression of its will in open
convention should be forgotten now.
The old order changes. giving way to
the new. 1t is fitting it should be repre-
sented by young blood, rich in enthusi-
asm, strong in faith. In response to
its bugle call, our candidate should re-
ceive the vote of every young man in
the country-Tammany Times.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-08-06
pEMocRAcY,s cHolcE.
E1nth and sterling Worth OF William j.
Bryan

1Jnth and Sterling worm OF William j.
Bryan
"You come to us and tell us that he
great cities are in favor of the gold
standard. I tell you that the great cit
les rest upon these broad and fertile
prairies. Burn down your cities and
leave our farms, and your cities will
spring up again as if by magic. But de-
stroy our farms and the grass will grow
in the streets of every city in this coun-
fry. My friends, we shall declare that
this nation is able to legislate for its
own people on every question without
waiting for the aid or consent of any
other nation on earth.
This is strong, true democratic doc
trine. When the democratic nominee
for the presidency, William Jennings
Bryan, uttered these words on the floor
of the convention hall in Chicago he
spoke not only for the great majority of
the democratic party, but also for the
great majority of the plain people of
this country. 1t is true that some yeors
ago these utterauces would have been
distasteful to the people who now advo-
cate them, but this is essentially coun-
try of progress. With the growth of
our great communities in the north,
east, south and west have arisen new
conditions, and these conditions make
new issues; problems of which our
forefathers knew nothing rise to de
mand our solution to-day.
In the vanguard of the leaders of the
progress of this great republicsare the
young men CT the west. And in all
that broad and fertile section no bet
ter democrat may be found than our
candidate for the highest Office with
in the gift of any people. The greatness
of our republic has made that office
the greatest in the world. The great
ness of our republic has been made by
such men as William Jennings Bryan.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-08-06

ing more room for the fowls inside.
The inside is divided into two distinct
sides or coops, one for nesting places
for the laying hens. which is inaccessible
from the walk platform extending over
the passageway from one coop to the
other. In Fig 1, by ea:or in drawing,
the window appears on the wrong side
of the building; the laying part should
have no windows, thes, being over the
entrance doors leading to the yard
These windows should he located down
low to admit plenty of sun during win
ter weather.
Doors lead in from the hall or pas
sageway to either per The roosts are
constructed, as shown, with a pitch CT
slanting floor, where the droppings may
:all on a sanded surfa ~ aud roll down
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-08-06
sIMFz% BUT SERVICEABLE FLOOD
GATE.

smooth No. 12 wire together to form
Il cable, the size of the cable depending
upon the width of the stream or ditch,
and fasten the ends securely at each
side, the last post of the fence answer
ing very well, if properly braced at
top and bottom. Then take branches
of Usage orange or other hard wood
and tie on the cable, using sufficient
number to make good fence. AS the
water rises the branches will float, AMI
when it goes down they will return
to their proper place. If hedge is not
available, bore holes in any kind of
poles and string them to the wire cable.
Jf heavy material is carried down by
the flood, light poles or boards are liable
10 be broken, but hedge poles will stand
almost any treatment and are conse-
quently the best.-A. A. Berry, in Or
ange Judd Farmer.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-08-06
HOBART AND HIS TRUSTS.
The Republican Candidate for Vice Pres
ident Is MOnopolist.


According to the news columns of
Mr. Hobart's leading local organ, the
''coal syndicate has started out on a reg
ular system of advances and we are to
have another 25-cent increase in Sep
TENDER, with another of the same
amount by January, making an advance
of 81 n ton within six months"
AS pool arbitrator for roads engaged
in the coal syndicate Mr.. Hobart has had
full opportunities to inform himself
intimately concerning the operation of
the regular system" through which
these unnatural profits are extorted
When he takes the field he will not be
able to find a topic in which the public
is more interested, nor will he find any
other way in which ne can do his party
greater service than by convincing the
public that his own connection with
trusts, pools and monopolies has net
rendered him unfit for the vice presi.
dency.
And when he does take the STUMP
Mr.. Hobart ought to tell as soon as pos
sible to what extent he thinks the anti
trust law should be enforced against
all who violate it, more especially
against those who out of the proceeds
of the violation contribute to his cam
paign fund.-N- Y. World.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-08-06
RETRIBuTIoN IN STORE.
The Mining State Revost May Be the
Means of Defeating Mckinley.


Means OF Defeating Mckinley.
1t would be a singular, and yet in
some sense, a retributive outcome of the
present contest should the revolt of the
western mining states from the stand
ard of McKinleyism decide the election
adversely to Mr.. Mckinley. Considera-
tons of republican party expediency,
for the most part having to do with
the maintenance of the system OF high
protectionism, has more weight than
any consideration of fitness for state
hood in the admission to the union OF
Nevada, Colorado. Idaho, Montana
Wyoming. Utah, Washington and the
two Dakotas Some of them have
since grown to proportions such as te
make them credible accessions TO the
roll of states; some are growing, and
will in time deserve statehood On then
actual merits; one, Nevada, is decreas
ing in population. and is less entitled
TO statehood to-day than ever; but moi
one of the lot was admitted originally
without a cold calculation of the votes
i. would contribute to the republicans
in the electoral college and in the
senate.
Of these nine states admitted to boil.
ster the waning popular strength OF
the republicans, through the opera
lions OF the electoral college and the
| constitutional system of representation
obtaining in the United States senate
| Nevada, Colorado, Idaho, Montana
Wyoming, Utah and North Dakots
may as we'll be conceded to Mr.. Bryan
| to start with. In the other two, Wash
| ington and South Dakota, the contest
is more doubtful. but with the chances
Ear better of his carrying all the nine
states than of McKinley's carrying q
| third of them.
In the aggregate these nine states
control % electoral votes, a number
sufficient, if unitedly transferred to