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At A. Ross & Co.'S poolrooms, Wash
ington, Yolo County, horses, jockeys
and weights of the San Francisco races
are posted daily. A minute description
OF each race is given at the Union Hotel,
Second street, between j and K.
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Another Drop in Price

on our sweet, mild, sugar-cured hams
Eurekas and Columbias. Mohr &
Yoerk Packing Co.
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At the Sacramento Delicatessen, S14
X. Eastern oysters opened fresh daily;
served at table or for home use
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The Big Four.

Steinway, Emerson, Gabler and Lud-
wig pianos for sale at Pommer's Music
Store, No. SIT street.
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Just arrived from New York 100
dozen Club House Ties and Band Bows
The latest patterns; something beau
tiful. VIM. NJ. Petrie, 622 J.
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Christmas turkeys, geese, chickens,
ducks. Capitol Ave. Market, Sth & NJ. y
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Alex. H dimes. Photo Studio. 1905 10th.

Cutpirth in the lead in photos, cray
ons and water colors Studio 18th e. X. =
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No part Of mans clothes 50
quickly shows contact with the
rough edges of life as his trousers.
We have SO many patterns in
trousers that we can match fairly
well any old coat and vest, giving
the effect of a new suit.
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Holiday cakes and extra mince pies.
Pacific Grove Bakery S23 j.
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Fine mountain butter. 20c pound; .
pound can pure lard 35c; Atlanta
hams, 612c pound. Beesley& Son, 31S j.
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Buy your heating stoves and ranges
| from Miller Bros, 1116 j street
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To Cure a Cold in One Day

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets
All druggists refund the money if 1t
fails to cure. 2oc.
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| DR.. Weldon, SOC ] street, extracts
teeth without pain; local anaesthetic
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DR.. Bosanko's cough and lung bal
sam. 50-cent size. % cents, at the
G. c. G.
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Before wiring your house get my
prices; also inspect my electric fixtures
Tom. Scott. plumber, 303 J.
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Fancy chairs, clocks, albums, rugs,
pictures, mirrors, sewing machines on
installments. A J. Pommer, S27 J
street
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We have it. What? Second hand
furniture at Sherburns, 323 K.
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New England fruit cake and mince
pies at New Model Bakery, I'D J.
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Boys Clothing.

} Small Bows Double breasted
J Suits in all-wool cheviots, with
} tone and finish in every detail and
! decidedly stylish in appearance,
( So SO. Better grades in worsteds,
: homespuns and cheviots, black
J and fancy, S.
} There is still large demand for
} the little Junior Suits at 81 25.
/ We have some other ones at 81 80
I that are worth more. as our buyer
: in New York closed out several
J lots at less than usual prices.
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1)I ED.

Pasteur germ proof filter. S21 x.
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styles. now selling for Sc 90,
81 80 and So 20. reduced to 50.
All SO % and SO Tan Jackets
reduced to 81 so.
About twenty garments at
Sl2 80 and SIS so, reduced to
SO.
The balance of our fine Tan
Jackets, from SIS to $50, re-
duced to S12 80.
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Lot 2-Tan Jackets.

Medium and Light Tan Cloth
Jackets, no old styles, all desirable
new garments. We have on
hand about 100, and our desire is
to sell every garment if prices can
be made to do it.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-03-12
THE BREAD OF THE WORLD.


What This Important Food Is Made of In
Different Countries.
In England and America wheat bread
is within the reach Of all, and scarcely
is a thought given to the fact that only
a small portion Of the earth S inhabit
ants enjoy it. II is only during the last
century that wheat bread has come int
common use A hundred years az
wealthy families i'll England used only
a peck Of wheat year and that at
Christmas, eating oat cakes during the
remair.i.r q the time.
The German 'pumpernickel" Is "a
rye l. u th curious, sour taste, but
after r .4t awhile one acquires quite
Ia, 1t IA less nutritious than
that - I. In the poorer parts OF
Swe.ea people bake their rye bread
only t,s.1 year and store it away, So
that ,ysnludIr it, is &s hard as bric,>
Farther nth still barley and oats be
como the chioi bread corn. But III til"
distinct north is where man is put to
thought to provide himself with bread
In Lapland if man trusted to grain he
NOulh S'dl w. sO tilc ptbpIN tht bui
their scanty store Of oats with the inner
bark Of the pine, and after grinding this
mixture it is made into large fiat cakes,
which, after ali, are not half bad
In dreary kamchatka the pine or
birch bark by itself, well ground, pound
ed and baked, constitutes the Whclo Of
tho native bread food. Bread and butter
is represented Ly dough Of pine bark
spread with seal fat. In certain parts of
Siberia the people not only grind the
pine bark, but cut off the tender shoots.
which procedure must give the bread an
unpleasantly resinous flavor
In Iceland the lichen IS scraped Of The
rock, made into bread buildings ana put
into soup. In Russia and China buck
wheat is pressed into service. 1t makes
palatable bread, though of dark vic
let tinge.
In Italy and Spain chcstnuts are cook
ed, ground into meal and used for bread
and soup thckeniug. Millet furnishes ii
white bread i'll Arabia, Egypt and mdl,
This gram is credited with being the
very iirst used in brcadmaking.
Rice bread is still the staple food Of
the Chinese, japanese and Indians.
In the Indian archipelago the starchy
pith Of the sage palm is made into bread,
and in parts of Africa the natives use u
certain root for the same purpose
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-03-12

While the United States does not
boast of a large standing army, the few
regiments of cavalry which have seen
service on the plains Will not only com
pare favorably with the mounted men
of other nations, but for the particular
kind of work to which they have been
trained they are without equals i'll the
world. We have had no reason to keep
them i'll training, but if put to the test
we could certainly false Il magnificent
army III very short time. Unlike the
early days Of the recent rebellion, we
would have plenty of horsemen to call
upon.
Whereas, i'll earlier days, equestrian
ism was unknown, comparatively speak
ing, it has III later days become SO
general as means of exercise, recrea-
ton and health that old and young are
fairly good riders. The various sports
of polo, hunting and racing have served
to stimulate interest Ill equation. The
military troops formed throughout the
country are also factors.
All of these sources would be drawn
upon for officers rather than for private
soldiers. They do not represent large
number i'll comparison with the force
necessary to cope with foe, but they
would certainly prove valuable nu-
cleus ON which to build Rider and
Driver.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-03-12

Sir George Yulc of the Indian civil
service was mild, sweet natured man,
but mighty hunter, - who had killed
hundreds of bears and Shot tigers on foot
and from horse and elephant. Sir Ed
ward Braddon. in his Thirty Years Of
Shikar," tells of Sir Georges narrow
escape from death i'll an encounter with
IA tiger.
He was standing outside Of Il jungle
from which a tiger was being driven hy
beatcrs The tiger camo from the jungle
within few feet Of the spot where Nule
stood and rushed at him. He had only
time to bring his rifle up to his mp ana
fire rs the beast sprang upon him,
knocking him to the ground, smashing
III his sun helmet and tearing his shoul
der and chest
Tho tiger was dead when it reached
the ground, killed by the chance shot 50
coolly fired.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-03-12
The Compliment. of the Street.

IN littlecrush Of trucks and wagons
at Broadway and Blocker street.-the 9th
CT day one driver SAID 10 another, Of a
third who had just driven hy rather
clumsily, "Gie's farmer and a clam
digger, and the next time becomes down
this way I'm going to punch his head IS
But ferocious as these words were they
were not spoken ferociouSly, and they
smiling ly received, and one did not
understand them necessarily mean an
inordinate amount Of bloodshpd, nor 10
contain any reflection upon the uccupa-
tons Of farming and clam digging, but
simply 10 express resentment AT the APP
pearancc IN the crowded streets as a
truck driver Of one skilled in those oc-
equations unly.-New York sun
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-03-12
High School Notes.

Was Mr.. G. on the string?
How did the umbrellas get exchang-
ed?
Was Day asleep at the geometry reel
tation?
The next edition of "The Lever" will
appear April 20.
The Juniors and Seniors attended
town meeting on Monday.
Miss Sadie Jewett, 81, is again at
school after few days illness
Owing to the severe storm there was
no school the greater portion of last
week.
Our parallel bars for the gym ar
rived Feb. Is. They were purchased
from the gymnasium at Colby Univer-
sity.
Some of Mr.. As petrifed rocks
would be excellent for paving Water
st. Parties purchasing large quantities
receive "A discount.
Quite little theatrical talent is be
ing developed in our school. Three
gentlemen members, Mr.. Barry, Mr..
Goodwin and Mr.. Graves have been do
ing good amateur work in that line.
We are sorry to lose from our school
Miss Harriet Marble, class of '9S. Not
long ago Miss Marble completed three
months course at Cowles Art school,
Boston, after which she returned to S.
II. S, taking the studies with her class,
She was obliged to leave on account of
her eyes.
The young gentlemen of the school
interested in our gymnasium have a
tempting offer from Mr.. Seymour, the
excellent athlete with the Kickapoo
Medicine CO., to the effect that he
would be pleased to give the boys two
weeks training, using his own
mechanics" for $40. Here is splendid
opportunity for gaining the needed in
struction at low figure. We under
stand Mr.. Seymour did a similar work
at the Arson Academy gym.
The matter of the Junior concert was
briefly noted in previous issue. As
was stated, the proceeds of the concert
will be devoted to the expenses of the
Junior exhibition. The talent engaged
will consist of Mrs. Haynes, soprano,
Mary Allen Nelson, contralto; Miss May
Sullivan, reader; Mr.. Julius Hartt,
pianist. This is a most excellent array
of artists, two, Mrs. Haynes and Mr..
Hartt, being well and favorably known
by Skowhegan concert goers. The
general admission will be 30 cents, re-
served seats 80 cents. NJ.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-03-12
The "Arabian Nights Once More.

A large part Of Cairo Is very little
spoiled. 1t is still, to IA great degree,
the city Of the Arabian Nights. The
worst injury WAS done before England
took the reins, for 1t was Ismail who
recklessly ran streets through mosques
ana ancient palaces III order to mako II
straight drive To the citadel. In the
Boulevard Mohammed Ally we certainly
find the oldest tumble Of east and West,
old and new For example, just oppo
site the stately mosque of Sultan Hasan
at the head et this unsi9htly street, you
SEQ Il cabaret with the signboard. "Grog
Shop For Army and Navy next door
a Moslem school, as the inscription,
Medresseh Mlhammediyeh = shows.
Across the road stands the shape
less mass Gi tire unfinished Rlfa'i yeh
mosque, erected At the cost of Cot, 900
by the mother Of Ismail. and within
those unraatel walls, surrounded by
rotting scado!ddng, lies the body of the
prineely borrower himself. Under tho
shadow Of sultan Hasan an Arab barber
is out:ing h1r with Il modern clipping
machine y eayly painted harim ear
riage stan0s IA the road. On the panel
is sham Cd If arms. Solemn shelllhs
pass by MItlasj any sort Of emotion At
these queer ~ rs. Overhead the citadel
guns baa.a, ., salute for 1t is tho
great festival. lhe Id-el keblr -Satur-
day ReNrea=
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-03-12
] lIonaA j SAWYER

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lat. March -.l m. ,.,..,.5,l..,t.i.lf
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the - ha4.t,rif.4- fo.,.o.d
Mr. sawyer wa. - ,a.... 80 r.,...
HI. father. Tie Re-, James -...,., 49,.
the first ,t-Ied C,.,.,,..,........ ,.........
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Of children. He wa. barrfly ,o,r,..5 -
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,'i NJ ''''.'' ''i'I ih i'd''ahdf
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he VA. employed for many wear, b.. the
Portland Compauy 4 concern ,yl,ici. las
i..,.,. ID
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locomotives. stationery engines. and
other high grade machinery which il
has manufactured
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loh, ana his father 10 tile war Of l-l2.
When Sumter was fired upon in I-6l. it
is not surprisjnr that a. sbo,ld have
hon a,o 80 ~. ....
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enlist lie became captain Of Go. g.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-03-12
SOME SIGNS OF APPROACHING AGE.
How "a Man Showed That lie Was Growing
Old without Knowing 1t

How IA Man Showed That lie Was Growing
Old without Knowing 1t
A man, apparently slightly past mid
die life, whose hair Was tinged with
gray and noticeably thin ON top, sat near
me at theater. As the curtain rose for
the first time specialized man Of about
the same age entered and occupied the
vacant seat between us. He looked at
the other fixedly. The look was ex-
changed, and III second each had the
other cordially by the hand. The CON
versation told that they had been school
mates who had not met in many years.
hBy Jove, Charlie exclaimed the
first, lit does me good to see you. You
haven t changed much more than have,
and am not a day older than when we
got our diplomas ?"
Il can't quite agree with you, Tom, "
answered the other, but | don't feel
very old yet l see you still enjoy the
thcater, and I suppose you have kept up
your literary tastes for the past 80
years. y
Thirty years - repeated Tom. "How
the years fly Do you remember how
they used to drag? Theaters Well, | do
60 now and then, but the plays and act
ing are not what they used to be- As to
books, | still read them, but none of the
modern trash. There hash t been good
book written for a quarter of a century.
Tho new ones give me the dyspepsia
worse than what | eat. Do you remem-
Der the meals we had on the old Yer
mont farm? Those were happy days.
Thirty years and more agol Strange, hut
l don t show a sign of age. | wonder
where this COMPOUNDED draft is coming
from. | feel neuralgia ON top of my
head now.
Tom, old boy replied the other,
you are deceiving yourself, for you
have shown marked signs of approach
ing age within three minutes. Your be-
lief that theaters and actors have de-
generated, that new books are below the
standard, that childhood cooking was
perfection and that time flies so very
fast are all indications that you are on
the down hill side of life. The slight
draft that you say brings tinge Of
neuralgia to the top of your head, whore,
Inotice, the hair is rather thin, wonldn t
have been thought Of 80 years ago. Then
here you are i'll the very front seat of II
theater. No use denying the signs, Tom.
We are getting along and must admit
what others plainly see. New York
Herald
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-03-12
Town Meetings.

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\. II. Chase; seleetmen. AZ. II. Chase
II r Iuea Alberf eo,13. tr.ay,,rar
o., An l.
iliies Ailoee eoiieelof ana constable
+. J.. Norton; school committee. " ".
Dexter. O. W. Chase amount Of money
annronriated for rho sn,nar, - ..n..als
.',do..
2''' u oeiIaY Plantation charges S>oo :
Tor school books, $50.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-03-12

Physicians aver that there ara disease
and death in storing wooden blocks from
old payements in cellars for fuel Soy
eral cases eff typhoid and diphthcria have
been traced to tins cause. 1t Is we'll T.
remember single dccaying cabbage or
q bushel of turnipS i'll the basement ha.
poisoned the air Of the entire house.
Damp cellars alone arc sources of dis
ease. Millions If fungi grow in night
upon damp walls, ripen, and pass of in
the air AID often are the direct source
of fatal epidemics Fire that Will dry
tho walls of the house Is the very best Of
diRinfectants. Chicago Inter Ocean.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-03-12
Recognized Classics at Sight.

Mrs. Ne~tfoh Cin bsohstore)-And
can you recommend that book you were
showing ne yesterday afternoon
"Ivauhoe, think you called it?
Clerk Certainly, madam. 1t is one
of the classics
Mrs, Newrich-Oh, you must be mis-
taken about that for we have lot on
the classics i'll our library, and they are
all bound i'll green morocco. while that
book you showed mo yesterday was IN
cloth -Someryille Journal.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-03-12

The value of the N-ray in surgery is
being tried and proved. At the Mercy
Hospital in Chicago, last week an opera
ton for sarcOma was performed by
Professor Christian Fenger and four
other surgeons, after an N-ray shadow
graph of the diseased thigh had been
taken. The shadowgraph proved abso-
lutely trustworthy in every particular.
ut demonstrates, remarks a Chicago,
paper, that the Roentgen ray furnishes
a new means of diagnosing not only
sarcoma but other diseases of the bones,
the presence of which, with the means
hitherto available to medical science,
has often been so obscured that the
knowledge of the existence of mailing
nant disease has been so deferred as to
make it impossible to avert fatal results.
This is the first known instance of the
use of the ray in such deep-seated
structures
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-03-12

Spain used to derive $l00,000,000 a
year from Cuba and now the figures on
the other side of the ledger are 100000
600. One of the questions which enters
into Cuba's struggle for independence
is how long Spain will be able to stand
loss of 100000 a month from an
unprodnctive colony.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-03-12
BUCKLEN,s ARNIoA sALyE.

The best salve in the world for Cuts,
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum,
Fever Sores, letter, Chapped Hands,
Chilblains, Corns, and all Skin Erup-
tions, and positively cures Piles, or no
pay required. 1t is guaranteed to give
perfect satisfaction or money refunded
Price 25 cents per box. For sale by r.
II. Patten.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-03-12

DR.. Chauncy Depew: The cnthusi
asms of the age and the people are
dying out we are no longer hero wor-
shippers, and now instead of frescoing
an idol, we analyze him.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-03-12

England proposes TO keep up her re-
putation Of ruling the waves, even
though it be an expensive job. The
British government is planning to build
forty-six new naval vessels and three
new docks at Gibralter at a cost of Sl20,-
600 600.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-03-12

In accordance with the provisions of
the constitution of Massachusetts,, now
that Gov. Greenhalge is dead, Lieut..
Gov. Wolcolt becomes governor of that
state
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-03-12
Illustrated.

THE burning question" exclaimed
Rivers, bringing his fist down hard ON
the table as he took fresh start in the
discussion of the labor problem, 1.-The
burning question is
"Got a match about you?' interposed
Banks, biting off the end Of n cigar and
yawning dismally. Chicago Tribune.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-03-12

The cause of the Cuban patriots is a
matter in which the American people
feel keenly, and the result of the reso-
buttons which are to be discussed in the
Senate today and the action of President
Cleveland are awaited with unusual
interest. The policy of Gen. Weyles
which from all reports is characterized
by extreme and unnecessary cruelty, has
aroused the citizens of this country to
a state of sympathy which is anxious to
express itself in action that will be
favorable to a speedy ending of the war,
and the independence of Cuba.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-03-12

A fossil dragon fly % inches long,
armed with big jaws and teeth, has
been found i'll the coal measures of Com
mentry, III the departm emit of the Allier,
France.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-03-12

Riches without charity are nothing
worth. They are blessing only to him
who makes them blessing to others. 49,
Fielding.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-03-12

Massachusetts brilliant Governor,
Frederic 7. Greenhalge, died at his
home in Lowell, Thursday morning.
Sincere sorrow is felt not only in his
own state, but everywhere that he was
at all known, at his untimely death.
The state of Maine which had been his
summer home had an especially warm
regard for the dead Governor. His
memory is worthy of every token of
esteem. He was an all-around man.
The son of an English immigrant and
himself born under the British flag,
he worked his way up the ladder of
public preferment until he stood well at
the top. 1t has been truly said of him
that he filled no position that he did
not adorn and that he did not receive
from sheer merit.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-03-12

Georgia has sc, 1888 factory hands,
who make annually SOS, 9l7, 02O worth
of goods.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-03-12

OLD PEOPLE OFTEN have troublesome
and persistent coughs Sometimes you can
cure them and sometimes You cant. But
Adamson's Botanic Cough Balssm always
soothes and relieves the patient old folks.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-03-12

South Dakota employs 2,422 hands in
her factories. with 50, $3.50. 748 worth OF
product.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-02-14
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