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the stage .pr%otrudinR from a pfled.up mass Of
snow, which indicated where the slide had ter.
minated. Neither horse was visible. IL was
iessly buried in the. snow. About half way
down, IN q clump OF bushes, he caught sight OF
white srou1d, and pO not PSr from "T 4 asoth ere
which was struggling violently to extricate IT.
SELF from a bank OF snow. He shouted and got
ing figure, and n profane inquiry about how
long he proposed a. stand there like several
sorts of idiots while people were pcrishinz be-
fore his eyes. Harvey recognized the voice ms
that OF. Bob. the stage driver, anil swinging
himself over tho pnrIpct to the slope beneath,
he scrambled and slid ns rapidly Rs he could to
Bob, who had meanwhile shaken himself
loose, and discovered that his worst injuries
were u broken nrm and " twisted ankle. On
looking Mt the other body, he saw it moving.
and made his way to IL. II was The young wO.
man, and she had lust recovered from u
swoon. hut on seeing Harvey she poppci on
into another. Both had been carried down on
the crest OF tho slide. and stranded in It heavy
oii-shuOt from IT,, which had been caught and
held by some stubborn young trees. 1t was n
miraculous escape.
from Bob. Harvey told him to make HIS way
back TO, the road as best he could. and 20 TO
the toll house for coffee. Then the worried toll
surveyed the task before him. II was only
about 100 feet to climb. and he sould see that
the stage driver, by pulling with his sound arm
ana pushing with his uniniurcd lcr. Ivy grasp
ing n stout sapling or aspen here and resting
against a projecting rock there, was making
ms way un the steep ascent. So Harvey
got n careful hold around thu woman with one
arm and started after Bob. She was dead
weight, and the job was two mems work. but
Harvey, chung to the stunted tees, squirIncd.
crawled, pushed and pulled TIL his hands were
bleediilH under the finger nails. Foot by foot
he mounted. At last. after nearly half nm hours
WORK, he got her to the pnrRpet. and with Boh's
aid, TO the rogd. The ,oilec strengthened him
q bit. but in his condition il would have been
impossible to carry her to the toll house had not
tho crippled but gritty driver helped. Arrived
here, they dumped her inanimate form on his
bed. covered her. and while Bob kept guard
Harvey ran NIL the way to Ouray for a doctor
and her husband. When they returned she was
and after al hours attention was
able to he lifted into the doctors sled and
driven 10 the Beaumont Hotel in Ouray. There.
three DAYS later. she gave birth to a healthy
child. and n week after that interesting event
she carried 1t up to the toll house to exhibit to
odd Harvey"
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GAY SCENES ON THE ICE.
the 81. NICHOLAS SKATING CHM
OPEN AFTER LONG

' Arrangement or the Interior-A Fortu,.,.
squad OF Young Men WHO Act "A, Ia.
tructors-The Crowds In che Ar.rroo,
and Evening-Growing Popu,ar,,v or
the Game or Hockey on the uc..
After long delay the 81. Nicholas Skating
Rink was opened last Tuesday. A broad stair
way leads up to a Kind of lobby, which opens
directly on the rink. Already, when tho door.
were opened. there was n CHEEKY wood fire in
the bis fireplace, which is TO be surmounted by
q handsome chimneypiece when completed.
There are to lie rugs and chairs scattered about
this lobby. and up stairs will be n buffet ami
dressing rooms; but these convcnicnces viii
not be ready until next fall. Above the lobbv
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Sulsr h3dily through the mazes of inner and
hrc." ny often that a man requires their ser,
boy, M.Nl men have once been boys, and all
sstnIl!r and digniled 10 make ACQUAINTANCE
OHISr ue u~HrdreSS OF Ice when ones bones are
Robin, ihdr,irgctihlo cartilage. and one cares
h" wonder that the uniformed expert who
pre,siaAAeh n male novice In tow wears an ex-
l1actIy' OF martyrsd fOrbearance. He Is not
80 ~ rHhtemptuOus OF his charge. but a
w skates who can't skate Is certainly .
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WAS HIS DUTT' AND HE DID TT
place and Is not arduous. They call the turn
ior combining business with pleasure on even
the bicycle instructors.
To, be sure there are unfortunate moments
Ir them. 1t is more an act of heroi I'm than of
pleasure TO guide an INEXPERIENCED yet muscular
glri over the ice. Any one who has been rash
enough To so lend a hand will pity the unlucky
instructor in the gray uniform. II the girl
height, and hysterical excltability. the task be-
ZONES actually p~erilOus TO the teacher. Yet 1t
Ssems as II nothing could capsize the squad.
Ihey Will not only embroider elaborate designs
IN me Ice. without turning u hair or an ankle,
uutaiso show the most hopelessly unskilful per-
Wi now TO follow suit, by carrying them al
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IL = gallery for lazy spectators, the west end Of
which is enclosed for the exclusive use of the
club members. In the centre of this club bal
cony there is 10 be q kind Of tea room where
cold and hungry people may gather about the
open fire and gossip and imbibe. all the while
protected from tho chill of the outer rink by
walls Of plate glass. so as still to have a view
Of the skaters. At the east end. facing this
tea room. is the gallery for the orchestra,
which discourses martial music every after.
noon and evening. 1t is a novel and very
pleasant sensation to skate about in time to a
good two.step, and on the whole it affords
the pleasures Of dancing without the effort. 1t
Is not to be wondered at that this alternative
to tripping the light fantastic toe, which is
considered permissible during Lent, is taken
full advantage of.
So far only the rink proper and the great en-
CINE room, with Its pumps covered with icicles,
are complete. There is a sort of footway rum
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ping around, the ice and about two feet above
II. furnished with camp chairs. Those who
don't care to look down on so difficult an art as
skating from the gallery can here look on al
most from~a level. The rest of the rooms are
at present only plastered roughly.
There is u fortunate squad of young men.
Uniformed like pOstmen or sparrow cops. whose
office Is to teach the young idea how to skate and
he old idea how to describe all sorts of wonder
full patterns IN the ice. When not engaged in
giving professional aid, and that is most OF the
time, they go swinging about in solitary gran
deur over the ice on the outer edge. Surely
the lot OF these young men lies in a pleasant
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elevated station, so that IL a business man
wants some exercise and amusement before
dinner 1t is easy to board the train at Rector
street and be at the rink in half an hour.
As there are two counters at tho club house
where skates can be hired, the stranger need
not come w from Wall street encountered with
his own skates, to the discomfort of himself
and his crowded fellow passengers, Here he
can get almost any kind Of runner, one with
ankle pieces, one with curlirS toes like n slcigh's,
or even the curious English skate which brood
ems out at the tip into "a heart shaped point.
Some of the men have. become very fine
skaters indeed during the three years. that the
club has existed. They seem to feel the differ
ence between skating in their own house and
sliding about in an open lot surrounded by a
concourse, of .ieering small boys. Some wear
ordinary business suits. n few wear knicker-
bockers, and now and then a Ere lchman turns
up. IA graduate of the palais de Glacc of Paris,
who loves to adOrn his Gallo legs In silk stock
ings. finished oil with patent leather shoes.
There Is perhaps m even greater crowd at
the rink in the evening. TIL" dulness of Lent
and the torpor of society combine to make the
rink a general stamping ground for all those
In search of n little amusement out OF the or
binary run. GENERALLY on sunday evening
the hockey team has n practice match, and It
is intended during the spring, il all goes we'll,
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NEWS FROM THE YUKON.
THE WINTERS DOINGS IN THE
GREAT ALAsKAN GoLD DIGGINSS.

Placer Gold Definitely Determined-O One
Proposition witch VIII Rival the Great
Observation-Disclosures OF the Mail Car
riers-Two Men Probably Lost.
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About 10 O'Clock the rink ts n marvellous
eight with Its silently flying figures. Here is
tactics in solitary state In the middle of the
rink. There the superiority of women Is mani.
fest-two girls are supporting u youth on
either side, while he tottcrs uncertainty about
the rink. During the day there are natu-
rally many more women than men at the
rink. a fact which the casual visitor will
scarcely object to. The y come in all sorts OF
The Somerset reporter., 1896-07-23
Electric Farming.

In a report sent out from the Cornell
IN. Y. } station it is told that Mr.. Raw
son, one of Massachusetts progressive
farmers, now uses the electric light in
the commercial forcing of lettuce. He
has three lamps Of 1000 candle power
each, which run all night. The hot
house covers nearly one-third of an acre
Mr.. Rawson finds that he obtains gain
of five days per crop during the winter,
which makes gain of three weeks for
the three crops during the winter. The
gain from one crop he estimates rs suffi-
Gent to pay the expenses of operating
the electric light during the whole sea-
son. Professor Bailey's experiments at
Cornell confirm those of Mr. Rawson,
as he states he finds many plants grow
more rapidly when under the influence
of the electric light at night.
The Somerset reporter., 1896-07-23
~9ak ,essae-=As1-ssex4zs-
AEARMeF
@ 4sb GARDEN
SECOND GROWTH OF CLOVER.
1t Makes Hay Of Fine Quality Glover
seed "a Profitable Crop.

1t Makes Hay of Fine Quality Clover
seed Profitable Crop.
Ne part Of the growth Of clover is
more important for increasing soil fer
tihtv or more valuable for the farmer
than is that made during the latter part
Vi summer, after the first crop has been
removed II Is always less in bulk than
The first crop, bat the hay made IS Of
finer quality and has a greater nutrltive
value than the first III proportion to its
weight. The fact that there is progress
I've development Of the clover plant dur
lug tho entire season shows the mistake
Of farmers III olden times in blowing
under clover III June for wheat. There
Is an immense increase in clover roots
during the second growth. 1t is at this
time too. that the greatest number of
the nodules are formed ON clover roots
by means Of which the air in the soil is
dccomposed and its nitrogen is made
available.
Growing clover seed is made one of
the most profitable crops that the farmer
can produce 1t always follows a crop
of clover grown for hay, which Of itself
pays the use of the land, leaving the
clover seed and the extra hay crop as
clear profit. The clover seed scattered
III harvesting Is by no means lost. 1t re-
mains in the soil for years, and as sue
cessive strata are brought to the surface
by the pillow 1t will increase the chances
of good clover catch. This second
growth does not always seed we'll The
farmer can soon know how this is by
going into the field and examining the
heads. A yield Of six or eight seeds per
head will give fair crop. If much less
than this the clover should be cut earlier
and made into hay. The earlier the hay
is made the better will be the chances
for getting it III without much staining.
The hay should be cured in the cock, for
it Will turn black if exposed to rains.
Glover left for seed is necessarily left
later. and is usually very black when it
is got into the NOV or stack. 1t cannot
well be thrashod until cold weather,
because there Will be some heating of
the partly dry clover. But the seed will
not be injured, as it will be protected
by the chaff, explains American Guilt
vator, the authority here quoted.
If it is desired TO leave clover third
year after seeding it can be done by cut
ting the clover several times in a season,
taking small hay crop each time after
the first and never allowing the clover
to seed. Three, four and even five hay
crops may thus be taken. Land thus
treated will be in fine condition to pro-
duce a good corn or potato crop if plowed
the following spring But there may be
cases when the field will be needed for
hay. and the clover thus kept to its
third year will show a strong tendency
to seed with its first crop and then die
off 1t should therefore be cut just as
soon or a little before it is in blossom,
and it Will then be richer than clover hay
grown the second year after sowing.
The Somerset reporter., 1896-07-23

At the Iowa station the following
conclusions have been made: % Cot
tonseed meal is fatal to hogs when fed
in sufficient quantity, the total amount
required to prove fatal being in this case
from 81 to 33 pounds per hog. ca Cot
tonsecd meal added to corn and cob
meal ration for hogs materially increas-
ed and cheapened the gains over corn
and cob meal alone 60 Cut clover hay
added to a corn and cob meal ration and
soaked l2 hours before feeding gave no
advantage i'll gain over corn and cob
meal alone. No injury was sustained by
the hogs running II weeks with cattle
consuming 4 to pounds Of cottonseed
meal daily.
The Somerset reporter., 1896-07-23
SlLO CONSTRUCTION
Cheap silos Don't Pay Round Versus
Square Sl1os-Airtight Silos.

Square silos-Airtight siios.
J. 5. Woodward, the progressive east
ern farmer and stock grower, writes as
follows TO Prairie Farmer on the output
of silos
have no patience with those who
advise the construction of cheap silos
1t is doubtless a fact that silo may be
put up very chcaply, even Of single
boards, and keep silage fairly well for a
year or two, but in the end il will be
found unsatisfactory In the building of
a silo, as in everything else what is
worth doing at all Is worth doing we'll y
Whether 1t shall be round or square
depends more upon the taste of the
builder than anything else. The round
silo is theoretically perfect, but practi-
cally IL does not make continental $
difference III the keeping of the contents.
While the round silo does away with
the corners 1t costs more to build, and if
put inside "A building nearly one-fourth
of the space is wasted. Then, if it is so
large that partition is needed, it Is
impossible TO put one III of sufficient
strength to endure the pressure without
making it So thick that much space is
wasted, and the partition becomes an
air shoot, down which the air can pass
to leak out into the silage all along the
corners. and then the corners made by
putting IA partition across a round silo
are Of the very worst shape.
| have been in many round silos and
have seen rs large proportion Of waste
as i'll any we'll constructed square one,
with the corners simply filled with 6
by & stick sawed diagonally and nailed
in firmly first coating the corners well
with pitch and coal tar. Recently
have been counseled about the building
of number Of silos and in every case
have insisted that they be double pa
pered, and the silage has kept perfectly.
My method is to have the first boarding
put on and nailed very firmly, then over
this put lining of the best tarred felt
or paper and tack it solid.
Now over this spread "a coat of pitch
and coal tar mixed just as thick as 1t
can be spread or if the pitch cannot be
had, boil down the tar to the like con
sistency and while this coat is still soft
pat on another lining of tarred paper or
felt, and over this put the lining Of
narrow matched boards "a half inch
thick is as good as thickerl, and nail it
very firmly. On To the corners put an
extra strip of the paper, coat it with the
pitch or tar and into this nail piece of
6 by 6, sawed diagonally so as to make
it fit, leaving about 8 incl face. |
would now advise painting the inside
with two coats of fresh coal tar Put ON
the first one and give it week to dry,
when apply the second, and this should
have at least month to harden before
filling the silo. We shall now have a
silo absolutely alright and that is
what is wanted to have the contents
come ont i'll the most perfect condition.
If these instructions be infinitely fol
lowed and the corn be properly grown
and put in, | will warrant no failures,
but the utmost satisfaction.
The Somerset reporter., 1896-07-23
The Crops Of Maine.

The crop bulletin of the Board of Ayr.
iculture, just issued, gives the following
averages of the State: Condition of hay
crop, 70 per cent condition of pasture
81 per cent. amount of solling crops, TIC
per cent. condition of oats, 98 per cent
mixed grain, 90 per cent. barley. So pei
cent. rye, S. per cent; sweet corn. 81
per cent, yellow corn, g per cent. plum,
81 per cent. ; other small fruits, SO pei
cent.
The fruit prospect is not as hattering a,
it was. Corn and potatoes are except
ionally low, and unless the latter part o
the season is very favorable must be light
The Somerset reporter., 1896-07-23
A Rabbit Farm.

Near the village of Farmer, N. Y, is
a rabbit farm that depends on New
York city for n market According to
the Ovid Independent there is an in
closure about 200 feet square, along one
side of which are pens where the rabbits
live and dig their burrows. They seem
to have some social law, as the same
burrow is kept by one family and trans
mitted from parents to children, being
enlarged as the family increases. The
life of IA rabbit is from four to five years.
The grown rabbits are allowed the free
dom of the Enclosure, but the young are
kept out Of the reach Of the old males,
which sometimes kill them. The cost of
keeping is slight, as the rabbits subsist
on grass and water, with oats twice a
week for dessert Besides the common
rabbit, there are on the farm German
and Belgian hares
The Somerset reporter., 1896-07-23
Growing Corn In Brick Dust.

Governor Morton's farm at Rhine
cliff is about the last place an expert
enced man would select for dairy
farm. Yet it supports probably the
largest herd of Guernsey cattle in the
world, and provides all the rough fod-
der for them. Here one may find "arti-
fetal farming. Most Of the soil is such
n heavy clay that il should have been
used for brickmaking rather than for
corn growing Rural New Yorker ex-
plains how corn is successfully grown
i'll this brick dust. Nothing but ferti-
liZer is used ON corn ut Ellcrslie. 1t is
used heavily, too-700 pounds per acre
beii. : the usual dressing This fertilizer
is special mixture made to fit the
needs Of this heavy soil. 1t analyses
about 4 per cent Of nitrogen, 8 of phos-
phoric acid and Of potash. The sue
cess of this ensilage sown year after
year ON this hard soil with so little
moisture is striking illustration of the
value of fertilizers when they are prop
erly selected and rightly used
The Somerset reporter., 1896-07-23
Mrs. Rhode Noah Of this nlace was

Mrs. Rhode Noah, of this place, was
taken in the night with cramping Pains
and the next day diarrhoea set 10. 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 s
Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy
and the first dose relieved her, Another
of our neighbors had been sick for about
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., 1896-07-23
Crimson Glover In Rhode Island.

This is a true clover, that makes a
rank and rapid growth from seed 1t is
extensively grown in some states as a
crop for green manuring, and it appears
to have many desirable qualities fer
this purpose. but thus far it has not
proved hardy in Rhode Island. At fle
experiment station it has now been win
ter Killed three years i'll succession Still
it my be IL valuable catch crop for
sprina and summon sowing.
The Somerset reporter., 1896-07-23
The Cabbage Fly.

The small worms in the roots of the
cabbages and turnlps are the young OF a
small fly, which lays its eggs in the roots,
near the ground, and the eggs soon hatch
into small white worms, that eat into the
roots and kill the plants. The fly is
closely related to the onion fly. The
remedy is to scatter airsacked lime around
the cabbage stems on the ground. This
deters the flies from laying eggs on the
plants, as lime is injurious to them. Or
ange County Farmer.
The Somerset reporter., 1896-07-23
Ice Cream Soda Patten's s eE"a
n O7ICE.

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., 1896-07-23

Last summer one of our grandchildren
was sick with severe bowel trouble.
Our doctors remedy had failed, then we
tried Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy, which gave very
speedy relief. We regard ii as the best
medicine ever put on the market for
bowel complaints Mrs. +. q. Gregory.
Friedrich Mo. This certainly is
the best medicine ever put on the market
for dysentery, summer complaint, collie
and cholera nfautum 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 Emperor of China has ten men TO
hold his umbrella. 1t has never been
borrowed yet.-Texas Sitter
The New Pastor-I beg pardon, but in what
walk of life you engaged The Brand
None, sir. | am a sprinter Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
Pills Do Not Cure
Pills do not care Constipation. They
only aggravate. karls Clover Root
Tea gives perfect regularity of the bow
els. Geo. f. Sampson. Corner Druggist
Husband: Don't you think you are rather
unreasonable to expect me to take you to a
ball, stay awake until four o'clock and theu
get up at eight to go to ny work. Wife Il
may be a little unreasonable, but it's perfect
ly brutal Of you TO mention it.-"Odds and
Ends.
The Somerset reporter., 1896-07-23
are simple and natural. Hoods Sal
parilla makes PURE BLOOD.
Rock Me To Sleep Mother.

The poem "Rock Me to sleep Mother was
written by Elizebath Akers Allen, known as
FLORENCE Percy" 1t is a general favorite
for it is sweet little touch OF home life. But
there is another side to the picture. Many a
mother rocks her child to sleep who can
neither rest nor sleep herself. She is always
tired, has an everlasting back ache. is low
spirited, weary, nervous and all that, Thanks
be, she can be cured Dr.. Pierces Favorite
Prescription will do the work. There is moth
ing on earth like it, for the complaints" to
which the are liable. once used, it is al.
ways n favor.
The Somerset reporter., 1896-07-23
r Boston, Portland, Lewiston. Watervill
Augusta, Skowhegan and Bangor.
From Boston, Portland. Lewiston, Augusta,
Waterville Skowhegan and Bangor.

sF.Flag stations; at which trains will stop
on signal or notice to Conductor.
Mixed between Bingham and No Arson
STAGE CONNECTIONS.
At Norridgewock, for Mercer. and Electric
Cars to and from Skowhegan.) At Arson. for
Sawyer's Mills, fStarks);
No. Arson, for North and West New Portland
Dead River, Flagstaff and Eustis. Al Bingham
for Forks, Moose River, Mayfed, Kingsbur
and Abbott.
WIN. AVER SUPT.
The Somerset reporter., 1896-07-23

by the use of Shiloh's Cure. This
great Cough Cure is the only known
remedy for that terrible disease. Geo.
q. Sampson, Corner Druggist.
The Somerset reporter., 1896-07-23

Black knot should be cut out and burn
ed, and the wound painted with kerosene.
Spraying the trees with Bordeaux mixture
will to large extent prevent this disease,
as we'll as the brown rot and shot hole
fungus. The addition of Paris green will
hold the curculio in check.
The Somerset reporter., 1896-07-23

After the rush of haying is over take a
field day all by yourself and visit the
farms of some of your smartest neighbors
Probably every one has something to
teach, and knows how to do something OF
other little better than you do.