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The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-07-22

The strength which comes To us from
eating nourishng food is better than
stimulation because it is new strength.
The health which belongs 70 a strong
body well nourished 10y proper food
properly digested) is the only health
that is lasting
The difference between Shaker Diges-
tive Cordials and other medicines is
simply that it helps nature to make
strength. 1t does not profess 10 cure
sickness except as that sickness is a
result Of weakness caused by food not
properl! digested
Shaker Digestive Cordial will relieve
the pangs OF indigestion and make thin.
sick, weak people as we'll as if their
stomachs had never been out of order
1t is gentle aid to digestion Of ma
lures strength maker, food.
Al druggists. Trial bottle. 10 cents.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-07-22
Something to Know.

1t may be worth something to know
that the very best medicine for restoring
the tired out nervous system to a healthy
vigor is Electric Bitters. This medicine
is purely vegetable, acts by giving tone
to the nerve centres in the stomach,
gently stimulates the liver and kidneys
and aids these organs in throwing off
impurities in the blood Electric Bit
tiers improves the appetite, aids diges-
tion, and is pronounced 10y those who
have tried it as the very best blood pu-
rifier and nerve tonic. Try it. sold for
soc. or sl.00 per bottle
Patterns Drug Store, c. ". Folsom,
Proprietor.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-07-22

II YOU want the best perfume get the
Queen of Violets al Simpsons, corner
druggist.
ment ring, DEAR"
Eunice (sweetly). ITS beauty-snd il fits
just as though 1t were made for you love"
There is no other remedy on earth simple
SO effectual, so natural in the cure of summer
complaint in all its forms as Dr. FowleTs Ext.
OF Wild Strawberry.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-07-22
on account Of the numerou

On account of the numerous questions
and letters received asking after the
health of the editor of the Chronicle, we
deem it proper to make tie following
statement. thinking it may interest Mr..
Hunters numerous friends Mr.. Hun
tcr's first illness was caused from stag
nation of the blood and uracmic con-
vulsion and was very severe in character.
Recovering partially from his Mr. Hun
ter attended Gen. .. o. Howard's lect-
ure in Normal hail during commence
ment week, sat IN draft and took Sc
we're cold. Being in feeble health this
added largely to his ailments and he be-
came critically i'll at ouce-inh4mmaton
OF the bowels and rheumatic fever being
the most dangerous. For five DAYS his
Lire was despa red Of, but thanks 10 u
strong constitution aided by The best of
medical skill and nursing Mr.. Hunter is
now rapidly convalesciug. He walked
to his office Monday for the first time.
Ills physician, however. advises him to
do no work for several months. and in
the meantime editorial work on the
Chronicle will be in charge of Mrs. c.
W. keyes. -FdmiHgtoH CbroHeic.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-07-22

Boston journal: one of our tariff
hating contemporaries exultantly pro-
claims thar England, national drht
shows an average daily decrease Of NEAR
liz Sl0o, 600 during the last five wears.
In the same time the debt of the United
STATES has shown an average daily in
crease Of $4,000. No other nation
save England is decreasing lis debt
This is a pleasant thought, apparently,
fer the angomaniaes. BUT they forget
that the uted states was cutting down
its huge war debt before the shadow Of
Gormau-W Wisconsin fell upon ii.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-07-22

Large and rich goldfelds have been
discovered by government surveyors on
the east coast of Siberia, bordering on
the sea of OchOtgk.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-07-22
Bucklin's Arn,ca salve.

Tie Best salve in tie worli for cuts.
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers. salt Rheum.
Fever SORES, letter. Chapped Hands,
Chilblains. orus. and all Skin Eruptions
and positively cures Piles. u no pay
required II IS guaranteed To give per
feet satisfaction or money refunded.
Price - cents per box.
For sale at Patterns Drug store. {.
". Folsom. Proprietor.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-07-22

Have lust received another gross Of
our cough remedy-Compound Syrup of
White Pine and Tar, sampson, the
Corner Druggist.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-07-22

When In doub. what TO use fz
Nervous Debility, Loss Of Power,
lmpotenoy ,Atrophy, oo, ard
other weaknesses, from any cause,
use Sexine Pills. Drains checked
and iull ylgor quickly restored.
Mailed fer 81 C0.C boxes s. 10 With
$500 crG e. VIC We q p a.raafee 10
cl.~c or t.-e = --,v. fccreS
7EbL hlc G,NE g, 1.c~e..nd, U
The advocate., 1897-05-12

tions In numbers Of al classes of do.
mestic animals. There is no evidence
that there has been any decrease of
population In the last five years, so as
many people must be fed ss ever. AS
sursnces are, therefore, very strong
for the producers Of wool, meat and
dairy articles.
cat no time In five years have the
prices been so favorable for horses as
at present. The diminished supply
bids fsir to make very great advances
over the gains made at this time. If
only the farmers who own good breed.
ing stock will act wisely and endesVor
to furnish the best animals possible,
this action alone would be of great
avail In enhancing their prosperity.
The future, however, is one Of close
competition. One must give attention
to all the details of finishing the prod
ucts he brings to market. Early ma
turity, so valuable in all lines of live
stock-growth and finish-is especially
to be commended la the growing OF
horses. The colt Of the future mist
be taught as much in the fret eighteen
months of his life as 1t was formerly
taught in the Rrst six years. 1t should
be as quiet and trsctabIe at 8 years
Of age as the average horse in former
times was at Is. 1t should, however,
possess all of It's youth, vigor and
strength, and should be so carefully
handled as not to be injured In the
least, or have its limbs, joints or any
part Of the framework injured by any
oVertssks. 1t must be remembered
that three-fourths of the value of the
horse on the market is In its appear
ance, disposition and training. These
60 for nsught if it is not physically
sound"
The advocate., 1897-05-12

is dear at any price. Give only good,
sweet hay or fodder, and clesn sifted
gain.
A good quality of wool cannot be
obtained from sheep which are allowed
to grow poor two or three times year,
and are In good condition only when
the season is favorable; in fact, failure
is the price Of neglect more often than
we think.
Poultry properly handled gives the
farmer certain and ample income st
the time of year when dsirymen are
generally most anxious to have the de-
fcienciea of the dairy made good, and
there is never time In the year when
poultry products may not Gnd q fair
market.
Always use bee-hiVes that are ell of
the same size and pattern. This makes
1t easy to interchange parts whenever
this is desirable. Weak colonies can
be strengthened and those with insult.
cient food can be furnished with a
store Of food If the parts can be
changed.
Sucking soWs will usually breed be-
fore their pigs are wesned, but It is
unsafe to permit this. Such close
breeding may be with success for a
season or two, but where they have
two litters a year their powers of re.
cuperation will be exhausted after the
third or fourth time, and they will far.
row litters that are failures.
The advocate., 1897-05-12
Healthy Baby
When Born
In Three Months HumOr Spread
Over His Forehead
Into His Eyes and All Over His
Hands
Such itching, Burning Torture
How lt Ended.

When a child is cured Of the itching
torture and burning Inflammation Of
eczema or salt rheum, it is no wonder
that words fail to express the joy of
the grateful parents, and that they
gladly tell in as strong terms as pos
sible the plain story Of suffering re-
lieved and health restored. Many
testimonials relate the wonderful sue
cess of Hoods Sarsaparilla in such
cases, even after all other prescriptions
and medicines fail. Here is one:
&C. l. Hood & Co., Lowell, Mass;
"Dear Sirs - Our boy Harvey will re-
member the good Hoods Sarsaparilla did
him as long as he lives. He was healthy
baby when he was born, but before no
was three months old breaking out APP
peared on both sides OF his face. Physi-
clans did him little good and said but for
his strong constitution he could not have
lived through his dreadful suffering. The
humor spread over his forehead, into his
eyes, and came out on his hands. It was
indeed pitiiul to witness the poor child's
suGerings. 1t was very painful for him
to open or shut his eyes, and we had to
tie his little hands to prevent him from
scratching the itching, burning skin.
My mother urged us to try Hoods Sar-
saparilla. We did so, and short time
after he began to take this medicine we
saw a change for the better. We con-
tinued until we had given him five bot
ties, and then the eczema had entirely
disappeared, and he has ever since been
perfectly cured OF this dreadful disease.
His sufferings extended ovef two and O
half years. People for miles around knew
his dreadful condition and know that
Hoods Sarsaparilla cured him. He is now
bright, boy, perfectly healthy and has
the finest skin Of any of my five children"
MRS L, KLAUsFELDER, Collegeville, Pa.
Hoods Sarsaparilla is sold by all drug
gists. 81 six iorS5. BE sure to get Hoods.
The advocate., 1897-05-12

has only to use the knowledge so Law.
ishly thrown out before him.
"There is no better way to keep our
boys on the farm and make them love
their work, than to keep the home well
supplied with agricultural literature.
They will begin to read and get inter
estsd, and soon you will see them ex-
perimenting- testing theories and ex.
periences Of others, and soon from
being interested they become enthusi-
astic and success crowns their efforts.
1t is sure to give them 9 love for their
work, love for the farm and q love
for their home.
"Ehen let us see to 1t that we have a
generous supply of agricultural litera.
ture, for 1t will infuse into every mem.
Der Of the family a deeper love for
rural pursuits, and a pride and salts.
faction In the knowledge that it has
elevated the farmer In the social scale,
given his occupation the character and
dignity of an intellectual pursuit, and
introduced him to q common brother.
hood with men Of culture, science and
social position. And so it should be.
Agriculture is the mother of us sll.
Agriculture feeds, to great extent &c
clothes as; without it we should not
have manufacturers, we should not
have commerce. They all stand to-
gether like pillars in q cluster, the
argsat In the center, and that largest
a agriculture"
The advocate., 1897-05-12
Notes from Our exchanges.

Cream must be pure and in a good,
uniform condition if good butter is
made.
With sheep, as with all other ami
mails, there is NO profit except in the
very best.
The secret way Of making profit in
the dairy is to keep only good COWS
and keep them well.
There is great deal of talk about
the progress of invention displacing
the horse, but no bicycle or trolley has
yet been found to dispIace the draft
horse.
Much of the mixed food for dairy
cattle is admirably adapted for feeding
poultry; little additional building Is
necessary; no additional help is re-
quired.
The size Of the carcass and value Of
the fleece of our fine wool sheep may
both be increased by keeping them in
small docks and giving good care and
feeding.
II we wish to make q speciality CT
very early lambs for market, we can
do no better than to use q cross of
Southdown upon the Dorset. They
mature very early.
AS grain growing becomes less re-
muneratiVe, live stock is essential to
the independence and prosperity of
che farmer and to the keeping up of |
the fertility Of the soil.
Turnips are natural feed for sheep
and may safely be psstured, permit.
ting the animals to eat all they de-
sire; in fact, root crops are always
good for any Of our farm animals.
Within the next three or four years
t is probable that two.thirds of all the
iraft horses now doing the work of
he country will be expended In the
service, and will have to be replaced.
Be careful TO avoid musty feed Of
whatever kind with horses, whether
lsy, straw, corn or smaller grain. It
The advocate., 1897-05-12
Literature Of The Farm.

"It was grand epoch in our country's
history" says a writer In Farm, Field
and FjreSide, "when the preiudICes
against book farming were done away
with, For some years after we began
to discard our narrow views on the
subject, we had to depend on the
mother country for our agricultural
literature. Even this help was not
just what we needed, for, although it
was of high literary merit, it often
misled, as 1t was not adapted to our
climate, our soil or our circumstances.
Besides, we had not had the practice
of their principles, and did not fully
understand them as we would have
done had they passed through some
practical American brain.
"The only remedy for this was to
create agricultural literature of our
own. So we began to think, to expert
ment, and record results. Then we
organized agricultural societies, Ma
tional, State and local; and the results |
can be known by any who care to
learn them. Our agricultural litera.
ture well deserves the dignity and Inn.
portanCe 1t has assumed. For it is Of
the greatest value to our country.
"I would not carry the idea that
farming Is no longer practical, nor that
the farmer can live without work.
Far from IL. Even could it be 80, 1t
would not be desirable. But farming
Is beco ming more a subject of study
and science, and the application Of the
knowledge gained, reduced to practice,
is Of untold worth to the farmers. II
thoroughly understood there need be
no guesswork, Reasoning and close
calculation are better. They tighten
the labor, and increase the products.
at must be borne In mind that, as
scientific investigation has advanced
n modern times, 1t has brought lts
contributions to agriculture from q
yreat variety Of sources, each Of which
brings something peculiar to itself.
Chemistry has explained the compost.
ion Of soils and manures. Botany has :
IolVed the mysteries of plant growth. !
Vegetable and animal physiology have /
ent inVulnerable aid, geology, miner 3
'lcgy, and, indeed, all the sciences, \
have done their share, and the farEnor 4
The advocate., 1897-05-12
The Live stock Outlook.

a correspondent VI HOTW UHU HU6-
side, signing his communication NJ A.
r., gives the following encouraging
words to his fellow farmers:
"Owners of live stock throughout
the country have reason to be encOur-
aged, During the past five years un-
usual depression has been the rule.
The past year has perhaps been the
worst of all In unfsvorable conditions
all around, The year 1897, however,
has witnessed gradual improvement.
The fact that values are slowly rising
gives promise of more permanent ad-
vance. Sudden fluctuations are the
bsne Of any business. The profes-
sionsl feeder who gathers up cattle,
hogs and sheep into droVes has only
one rule of safety in buying stock and
grain with which to feed the creatures
he must buy the live stock ordinarily
for less ttsn it is worth, and must also
buy his grain at prices that are ruin.
GUS for the grain grower, hence such
transactions are of little worth to the
sellers of both live stock and the
people who are compelled to sell their
grain.
"The time has arrived when the sur
plus grain is mainly In the hands of
capitalists who are able to hold it.
Fairly well-todO farmers will not sell
grain in store during the next four
months, They will wait until the new
crop is assured, as will also the pro-
fessionsl speculatOr. There is, there
fore, little in the situation of the grain
market Of the coming summer that
will tend to depress prices In cattle,
hogs or sheep. Owners of cattle and
hogs will in some cases feed cheap corn
in connection with grazing. This pol
Icy will also tend to reduce the supply
of grain. All owners of swine will
probably be liberal feeders of grain,
and the advancing markets for pork
should insure good return for their
grain and the labor of handling the
swine. The careful feeder of meat
animals during the past
three months should come out Of his
operations with a slight profit at least,
In view of the all-aTOund good values
for meats
"When grain is very abundant there
is always tendency to very high
prices for stock suitable for consun.
Ing the cheap grain. Reports from
the various districts indicate that there
are unusual advances for grazing {
stock, which should be very encoursR-
Ing to the breeders of all kinds of do.
mestic animals who are not prepared
TO feed them out to fattened finish.
Large losses Of cattle are reported upon {
The Western ranches, which will prove
favorable factor in maintaining ad- 6
Vancing value for the ordinary farm +
9rs of the central West who must grow
heir stock on food produced on high.
priced land.
Encouraging conditions prevail s
low for improvement Of the flocks and !
herds. The breeder who would realize
! full measure of prOlt should hasten
o adopt the best methods In his work =
n the case of hogs, sheep and poultry :. :,
{ ts not difficult for anyone who owns : :
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-08
TEN HOURS BEHIND
VRANSCONTINENTA TRAINS DUE
HERE LAST NIGHT DELAYED
BY THE SNOW.
STILL MORE OF THE FLEECY
FELL YESTERDAY LOCALLY AS
WELL AS THROUGHOUT THE
NORTHW EST.
They VIII Make an Attempt to Get
Through the Drifts of North
Dakota.

Yesterday being Sunday it showed
some more. A clerk at one of the
hotels who keeps track of the weather
along with other things is authority
for the statement that not a twenty
four hours has rolled around since
March 1 that it has not showed more
or less. Yesterday about two and
half inches of the beautiful fell. There
was not much wind, and the tempera-
ture was not exceedingly cold. The
railroads, which have been to great ex-
pense this winter owing to the great
and continued fall of snow, were given
another dose yesterday.
The coast trains on the Great North
ern and Northern Pacific roads due in
St Paul Saturday evening did not ar
rive until yesterday noon. The bull
letin at the union depot last evening
announced that train No. on the
Great Northern, due in st. Paul at
645 last evening, was ten hours late.
The Northern Pacific coast train
known as No. and due at o'clock
last night was bulletined as ten hours
late. officials of the N. P. road re-
port the trouble from the snow the
worst between Ja1neSIOWL anu alICS
CITY. The Great Northern officials do
not locate the exact vicinity where the
trouble exists, but one Of the subofti-
Gals said it was all over Dakota and
elsewhere.
Trains on the 500 line were delayed
slightly, but the other roads claimed
to have no trouble along their lines
Both the Great Northern and Northern
Pacific sent out trains last evening as
usual
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-08
"OUR WANDERER" NOW,
Athenaeum Dramatic Company Adds
Another to It's Successes.

Our Wanderer," a delightful comedy
by Oscar JuStinuS, was presented be-
fore large audience at the Mozart
hall last evening, under the direction
OF the Athenaeum Dramatic society.
The production was the fourth per-
Torrance given by the organiza ton
and admirably sustained the previous
efforts Of the society in the presenta-
ton of German comedy. The pro-
duction was we'll staged and a number
OF pretty costumes were worn by the
women. The author tells the story of
BLACK sleeps" career and his unwel-
pCsedly is an incumbrance, but in real
cumulated during his wanderings,
which is finally diverted through a
number of amusing incidents toward
saving the homestead from a rapacious
Shylock In the hands of last night s
cast the production was creditably in
terpreted and wholly fulfilled the re-
quirements as a high-class entertain
ment. AS the ne'er- do-well, Ed
ward TietZ was wholly ade-
quate, while in the character
of the Jew, Andrew Heckler was
an unqualified success. The remainder
of the cast was as follows: H. F.
Koenig, Miss, H. Hahn, Pauline Zum-
bach, Louis Betz, E. Helmke, Miss G.
Freise, Miss B. Schmidt, c. M. Yaeger,
E. Tittmann, Miss Riedt, Miss Theo-
bald, Miss c. Werner, Miss Scheubele,
Miss A. Schlitz, Miss L. Rank, Miss D.
Hilbert l.. T. Manner, A. Kost and F.
Brandt
Seibert's orchestra, under the direc-
ton of Emil Straka, furnished the mu-
sic for the evening.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-08
WAH GEE IS GOING WEST.
Uncle Sam Pays CeIestiaTs Fare
One Way.

A sad faced Chinaman, Wah Gee
by name, occupied a cell at the central
police station yesterday, en- route to
the Pacific coast in custody Of the
United States authorities to be depOrt-
ed to his native land of flowers under
the Geary law. Wah Gee is but one of
a party of fourteen Celestials who at
tempted tC secretly enter Uncle Sans
domains across the Canadian border
some months ago. He was captured at
Camden, n. j., but the other thirteen
MOngOlians eluded the authorities and
are at present enjoying the blessings
incident to a democratic form Of gov
eminent. The lonely Heather Chinee"
is in custody of United States Marshal
George Pfeiffer Jr. and S. w. Rusk, Of
Camden, N. j. who were ordered to
deliver him to the government officials
at San Francisco, where he will be stow
ed away in the steerage of a steamer
bound for Hong Kong. If Wah Gee
possessed the amount of money being
expended by the government in his
deportation, over $500, he would him
self be seeking the land of rice and
chop sticks, where he could fairly revel
in luxury the remainder Of his days.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-08

century that the supernatural walked
on earth two thousand years ago and
wrought miracles but afterward stop
ped, and was not able to come down
the ages. She says: Today there is
the supernatural, there is the miracle.
l teach in Christ's name, and with His
authority; my Sacraments regenerata
souls. If the Catholic church did not
claim superna tural power she would
confess herself to be a human organi-
zation such as men could form; she
would admit that she had no power
to reach to the very portals of the
skies and unlock them for souls. She
would confess that she had no mission
to take men from the earth and lift
them into the divine. The Catholic
church prCclaims that she throbs
throughout with the supernatural She
proclaims that her ministers, acting as
the agents of Christ. renew the last
supper, changing bread and wine into
Christ's body and blood; that as
Christ's agents they forgive sins to the
penitent; that h2r sacraments are su-
pernatural energies that her teaching
is infallible since the great Incarnate,
the Supernatural One spoke to her.
And behold I am with you all days,
even unto the contamination of the
world" We believe in a living God.
worker Of miracles. We have no diff
cultv in saying to the Bible: Thou art
a divine book. and when thou tellest
US as a positive fact that a miracle
was wrought. we believe thee, and we
accept the miracle. I could not work
that miracle. but God could. and when
I read that God did work it ] believe.
NY brethren, in these days of infdel-
lty. of unbelief. Of agnosticism. in these
days Of natUralism lei us cling all the
closer to Christ. to His Bible to His
church Let us have faith. and, know
ing that our faith rests on the infinite,
omnipotent God let IFS scorn the OBJ
iections raised by little minds against
His OmnipOtent rOWer