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The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-10-15
MEN CAUGHT IN TRAPS.
Accidents that Have Bern Caused by the
Itevices set by Hunters.

Accidents That Have Fern taused Dy Ine
devices set by Hunters.
Bob Michael, one Of the best hunters
and most thorough of woodsmen in
northern Herkimer county, n. Y,
walked against string one night and
was mortally wounded with buckshot.
An old French Canadian trapper above
the Saranac lake region was setting a
Il pound steel beartrap near an old
burning one day and had both arms
caught between The jaws, and there his
body remained for weeks, being found
at last when the mice awd ants had
gnawed his bones.
In Africa a curious trap is used for
elephants. 1t consists merely of n long
blade of steel in four foot log of wood
suspended from tree by triggers.
When the elephant stirs the string, the
contriyance drops, burying the steel be-
tween the victim s shoulder blades.
Tigers are captured in India by bow
and arrow trap A chunk of bait ia
hung ON a stick, below which the arrow
is aimed. When the tiger pulls the bait,
the bowstring is loosened, and the arrow
is supposed to find its way into the ami
malls heart.
Baited traps are not usually danger
Gus to human life. 1t is when strings,
half concealed by bushes and grass, are
hung across the runways that there is
danger of men walking into them and
having bullets, arrows or drop sticks
shot into them.
One of the odd things one meets in
forests where bears, panthers and wild
cats are found is log house, sort of
lean to camp, with an eight inch spruce
stick lying over the entrance and jut-
ting off into the woods 80 or 60 feet. A
hewn plank inside the Enclosure is ar
ranged so as to look like a fine resting
place for foot Beyond the plank is "a
chunk of foul smelling meat, burned
honey comb or other bait suitable for
the intended game. Men who use dogs
in hunting detest such contriyances, for
the animal that steps on the plank has
its back broken by the spruce stick.
Such deadfall is hard to build, but it
is among the surest of traps for large
game that is not shy Of Enclosure. 1t is
remembered of lost and starving In
dian that he tried to reach the bait of a
deadfall and was crushed by the logs,
though not killed instantly. Other men
have had fingers crushed in mink and
marten deadfalls
Men set shares for big game, using
wire rope to encircle the beasts necks
when they venture to touch the bait 1t
is curious fact that such men some
times get leg in their own trap and
are yanked into the air by the stout sap
ling tree used as a spring pole. After a
man has dangled with his head down.
ward trying to climb the spring pole
feet first for awhile and finally gets
down safely he exercises extra care
with his machines thereafter. New
York Sun.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-10-15
Barnyard Manure.

The ideal way of storing manure tenn
porarily till time and opportunity are
secured for applying it to the fields is
to put il under cover. Unmixed horse
manure tends to heat quickly and VIC
lently. If spread ont evenly, sprinkled
with some dry earth or (better) gyp-
sum and wet and moderately solidi-
fed, it Will he in an ideal condition.
Natures method is to spread the ref
use material thinly on the surface in
late fall and early winter where plants
are growing. During the winter and
early spring Il large percentage Of the
available plant food i'll manures is wash
ed into the soil. Some farmers, know
ing this, have adopted the practice of
spreading their strawy manures on the
meadows in the fall and early winter.
In April. during IL dry time, the coarse
parts Of them are raked together, carted
to the barns and used second time for
bedding. When manures are spread in
the winter or early fall, they may be
plowcd under in the spring with shall
low furrow Country Gentleman.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-10-15
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THE CABBAGE CROP.
On Massach usetts Truck Farms--When tc
Sell and How to Store.

Dn Masaac n usetts Truck Farms" heu TO
Sell and How to Store.
Dairymen. or at least milk producers,
have learned that cabbages are an excel
lent food for milk cows and that they
can be utilized in the fall or kept
through the winter for that purpose,
and thus they grow the winter cabbages
more largely marketing some of the
best if the price exceeds what they
think to be the feeding value. Various
causes have resulted in such low prices
that those who have not COWS to eat
this surplus say that cabbages are an
Improbable crop, and such dairymen
as desire to make butter or to sell cream
assert that, however much the milk
may increase, there is no cream to be
obtained BY feeding cabbages. But
many will continue to grow them and
hope for some lucky chance that will
once more bring "a good crop and high
prices together
For early cabhages started under glass
the land should be prepared in the fall.
so that it will need only light surface
working before setting the plants The
method of sowing seed III September to
produce plants TO be pricked out into
cold frames and kept there during the
winter, and then set in the spring, is
but little followed around Boston
Plants so kept are but little earlier than
those from seed sown in February or
March i'll the botbed, and the plants
have proved less reliable in heading.
The late winter cabbages are not sown
until June, usually in the last half of
the month, and are fit for transplanting
in August. Thus writes an eastern truck
farmer to American Cultivator. He says:
Early cabbages should be sold as soon
as they are large enough, and the fall
cabbage when the market is ready for
if, while the later ones can be kept in a
cool but dry cellar or in pits under
ground. Such pits should be we'll drain
ed and covered, so that there will not be
much thawing after they are once fro
zen. Until they are frozen solid they
need ventilation, to prevent heating and
rotting. Some place boards upon the
ground and pile the cabbages on them.
stems upward, covering with leaves, hay
or straw until freezing begins then
covering with earth. In this way they
freeze but little They may be taken out
when wanted, but it is better to allow
them to thaw out in "a dark place and
not too rapidly.
Cabbages and cauliflower should not
be grown two years i'll succession upon
the same field, nor should they follow
turnips. Five Or six years should pass
before the land is again used for these
crops. There may be exceptions to this
rule, AS where the land is full of oyster
shells or some other form of slaked lime,
but such fields are scarce.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-10-15
He Kept His Place.

Dignified Dame-Pardon me, but /
cannot imagine what business you can
have with me.
Awkward Youth (coolly)-I called to
get you to prevent your husband from
discharging me.
Il have nothing whatever to do with
my husband business affairs, and
Il am clerk, and he thinks of send
ing me off because | make so many mis-
takes. He has nearly engaged pretty
girl in my place. :"
ooh, you will retain your position.
BY the way, when at leisure please con-
slider my house your home. Pearson s
Weekly.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-10-15
A New Way of Packing Butter

In the Austrailasian there is an inter
esung description OF new method OF
packing butter, a method likely to be
attended with important results, revolution
izing as it inevitably must do to a certain
extent the whole of the butter making and
butter trading world. 1t has been dis
covered that by placing butter in boxes
made of glass, of which the edges are
gummed, and placing them in layers OF
plaster of Paris. one-fourth inch thick,
butter can be conveyed to any distance,
and kept any length of time without any
appreciabe change in its condition. The
cost OF the packing is about two cents a
pound, and already an industry has been
formed in Melbourn of boys and girls who
are employed making the glass receptacles,
and covering them with plaster. Butter
has been sent in the way mentioned from
Melbourne to Kimberley, South Africa,
100 miles from Cape Town, with perfect
success.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-10-15
Chautauqua Course For Farmers

The school of agriculture of the
Pennsylvania State college has Chau-
tauqua course of home reading and
study for the farmer The books in this
course have been selected with special
reference to the needs of the practical
farmer and his family, and arrange
mcnts have been made with publishers
by which these books are furnished at
reduced prices. But, as Rural New
Yorker explains. this college does not
let the matter rest there 1t has appoint
ed superintendent, whose duty it is to
visit the institutes and other farmers
meetings and explain this system of
home study, which includes some in
struction by letter from the college
when desired and also examination and
granting of diploma when the course is
satisfactorily completed. The course is
pressed upon the notice Of the farmers.
The result is that frequently 10, 30 or
20 persons at single institute point ask
for certificates of membership.
There is Is prejudice in the minds Of
many against our land grant colleges,
and the charge has been freely made
that the great majority of them are not
in sympathy with the plain, practical
farmer. The scheme just noticed will do
much to dispcl tho prejudice and to
convince the people ON the farms that
the college can help them and desires to
do So
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-10-15
Ayers Cherry Pectoral
highest Horors at Worlds Fair.
Cleanse the System with Ayers sarsaparIIla.
A Ter BILE OPERATION.

One OF the most painful and dan Serous
operations kn1w to surgery is thatresorted
to for the removal OF cancer or tumor
these diseases are becoming more and
more prevalent every year and hospitals
are called upon to receive increasing num-
bers of those who must submit to the
operation for the removal OF cancer
Medical science has never been able to
furnish a remedy for thee diseases. Bat
it seems hata truer emedy has been found
in Ypsilanti Specific, i natural mineral
water For fourteen years this water has
been thoroughly tested in hundreds OF
Cases, and no case has ever been found
where there was any hope of life left that
this water would not cure The YpSILANTI
SPECIFIC Co. of 1914 BROAD ST. BoSToN,
will furnish evidence OF these facts to any
one desiring it,
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-10-15
News and Notes,

The hop crop is reported as being
one third less than last year
Experience appears to have proved
that the use of parchment paper lessons
the loss of butter by evaporation.
According to The Hay Trade Journal,
a good supply of hay is denoted i'll the
central, western and northwestern
states, with IA demand for the same in
the eastern and coast line states
Ocean steamers, fitted with refriger.
ators for the purpose, are now carrying
quantities of butter to the other side.
The average result of topping corn. as
tested at seven different experiment sta.
tions, shows loss of l6 per cent in
weight of gain.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-10-15
MAKING SILHOUETTES.
Some Instruction In the Art of ProduC
ing These Old Time EavOrites.

Some Instruction In the Art of Produc-
ing These Old Time Favorites.
Even in the enlightened days when
the art of photography has advanced so
very near to perfection there are still
some old fashioned people who cling
with fondness to these silhouettes. One
great thing i'll their favor is that the
least clever among rs may, with IA little
patience and "a steady hand, find i'll them
IA pleasing recreation and soon become
adroit III their execution. But there
may be some of our young readers who
scarcely know what silhouette is, and
such unenlightened persons we will en-
deayor briefly to instruct in the almost
forgotten art. A few sheets Of drawing
paper, a pencil and lamp are all the
essentials needed TO commence opera
tons.
The operator first fixes II sheet of pa
per to the wall by inserting IA pin in
each corner Then the person whose
likeEess, or silhouette, is to be taken
is seated i'll II chair close to the wall in
such a position as to throw distinct
as posslble) on the center of the paper.
To secure sucadiness II wine glass or
some such support is placed between his
head and the wall-for the slightest
movement utten causes failure. Having
arranged these matters satisfactorily, the
operator proceeds to sketch with pen
Gil the head and profile of the sitter,
and this requires steady hand and
some dispatch, as it is no easy matter
to sit in one position for a great length
of time perfectly motionless. When the
sketch is Concluded, little skill will be
needed to bIing the task to an end. The
operator has only with sharp penknife
to cut out the head i'll the line of the
pencil mark. The center part is then
thrown aside and the other paper laid
on piece Of black cloth, which throws
out the features boldly, and if sufficient
care has been taken striking likeness
will be the reward. Happy Thoughts.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-10-15

Ii is surprising to many that foot ball
players aud other athletes regard IA
sprain or bruise of so little consequ, nee.
One reason of this il, they know how to
treat such injuries so as TO recover from
them in few days, While others would
he laid up for two or three weeks, if not
longer. Writing from Central State
Normal School, Lock Haven, Pa, Mr..
W. II. Loseh, captain of The b,se ball
club ard gymnasium says: II take
pleasure in sating, that members Of our
Ease ball club aud myself have used
Chambeflain's Pain Balm with most eX-
cellent results. unhesitatingly recon-
mend il as the best rem, dy for sprains,
swellings, cuts and bruises. of any that
know For sale by II. w. Cushing.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-10-15

81 had chronic diarrhoea for ten
years. says L. W. Kichlein, Justice OF
the peace at South Easton, Pa. "No
remedy afforded me real relief until |
was induced by Chas. T. Kilian, the
druggist, to try Chamberlain's Colice
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. 1t cue.
ed me and for year have had no II
turn of the trouble 1t has also curp
many others, among them old soldier
who had CONT acted the disease In tn
army and given up all hope of recovery
For sale by Horatio w. Gushing.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-10-15

Keep IA lookout for the finest and best
filled ears of corn, and, better than all,
if grown on stalk bearing hardy ears
The old time method of hanging seed
corn from rafter by the chimney in
the garrett is good one. The heat from
the stove or furnace will dry out these
ears before the weather turns cold
enough to freeze them. Seed corn that
has never been frozen is in demand at
planting time.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-10-15
Not SuDerstitious,

There is one thing about our cook, u
woman of superior mental power. She
is above all weak superstitions. For in
stance, most women have an idea that
if one thing in the house is broken there
are sure to be three things broken. -
And your cook is an exception?"
"Yes. When she breaks dish, she
Immediately goes to work and breaks
two more. She believes in facts, not
superstitions. Boston Transcript.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-10-15

The annual meeting of the Maine State
grange, which will be held in Augusta
December IA to 10, promises from present
indications to be interesting. During the
time between 400 and 500 visitors will be
in the city, and they will be entertained in
a pleasing manner. An order has been
passed by the Augusta city council tender
ing the use of the anterooms to the
grangers during their meeting free of
charge. Hon. Edward Wiggin, State
master of the grange in Maine, will
preside.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-10-15
NO T'ICEA':;:;:: = .

All persons indebted to the
late firm OF Bartlett & Cairns
are hereby notified that the
books OF said firm have been
placed in my hand, tor cullec-
ton. No other party has au-
thority to settle the same.
TO avoid their being placed
in the hands of an attorney
TOR collection settlement must
be made without delay with
I'm d. II BARTLETT.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-10-15
From Boston, Portland. Lewiston, Augusta
Waterville SkoHhesan and Bangor

sStFlag stations; at which trains will stoT
on signal or notice to Conductor.
MIXED between Bingham and No. Arson
STAGE CONNECTIONS.
At Norridgewock. for Mercer, land Electric
Cars to and from Skowhegan.) At Anson for
Sawyer's Mills, (Starks);
No. Arson, for North and West New Portland
Dead River, Flagstaff and Eustis. At Bingham
for Forks, Moose River. Mayfeld, Kingsoury
and Abbott
w. M. AVER SUPT.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-10-15
PILES PILES. PILES

Dr. Williams bian Pie Ointment will cure Bliad
Bleeding, liberated AID Itching Piles II ahsorbs tbs
tmor1 ailHYs the Itching ut once acts poultice
gives Instant re ef. DR.. Williams Indian Pie Our
MEET is prepared ouy for Piles and Itching of thv pri
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SoG by druggists, sent by mail, see 81 90 per box
WILLIAMS MFG Co. Props. Cleveland -.
G9e. L. Sampson, Skovhegan Agent.
Overheard in the Lobby. "Im going home.
"But there are two more acts" II know l.
That's why am going he me. '-rexas Sitter.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-10-15

The Fiancee-I'm Surprised at you! saw
you flirting with her.
The Fiance-1 swear Priscilla you are mis-
taken Beauty has no charms never had any
charms-for e.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-10-15

Keep Pure, clean water available for the
pigs, breeding and fattenlng stock that
the germs are not taken up in this the
most customary way.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-10-15

The best makes of Fountain syringes
can always be found at SIMPSONS cor
ner drug store.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-10-15
DICH RED BLOOD
Hoods Sarsaparilla, the One Tr
Blood Purifier, gives HEALTH.

Does your wife beive in second sgh,2''
81 don't hiuk she does. ANYWAY. she
wouldn't let me go twice to see the living
pictures"
Hubby: You are worth a million to me-
WHEY; Can get an advance of 90 on that
million for new hat?'-Up.to DATE.
when they put a man in Jail, he cannot
follow his natural inclinations lie cannot eat
what he wants to--he is limited to very
ftuga' diet Is it not equal true "a dyspeptic?
For all of the real njoS ment he gets out of
lite, he might as well be in Jail He cannot eat
what he likes, nor enough. He 81 ffers much,
gets little sympathy. At first perhaps little
heaYiness in the stomach, little sourness,
windy belching and heartburn. headaches and
bihousness and foul taste in the mouth in
morn ng. Coronic COM tipation is almost
inevitable, and means that the body is holding
poisono us, impure matter that should be got
ton rid of The poison is being reabsorn ed
into the blood and he whole boGy. lmpurity
in the bio cd may lead to almost any disease.
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Miss Dairy" Miss Daisy: And what is that2i
He: my afm.'-Tit-B Bits.
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Better than 500 Reward.

On receipt OF ten cents cash or stamps
gem rous sample VIII be mailed of the mos
popular tattarrh and Hay Fever Cure (Ely'i
Cream Balm) sufficient to demonstrate it,
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The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-10-15
Is Warren It. New York CITY.

| suffer ed from catarrh of the worst kind
ever since boy and ! never hoped for cure,
but Ely's Cream Balm seems to do even that.
Many aquaintances have used it with excel ent
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Chicago, Ill.
The rooster carries his own comb and has
ush with the first rooster he meets New
liz Dt,a.
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Sick Headache.

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