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within the past few weeks. para
graphs in their columns intimat-
ing that the present labor supply
was unable to cope with the de-
mand, throughout the northwest.
And more especially, it is said, is
this the case in Minnesota. where
even the employment agencies
cannot secure men, at advanced
rates. to engage in the lumber
or logging work of the season.
Along side of this statement we
observe that in most of our large
towns = Fargo, Grand Forks,
Minneapolis and st. Paul, there
are numbers of men out of work,
who say they are vainly seeking
employment; at least, that is the
story they tell all from whom they
seek aid and sympathy.
Now, how these two opposite
conditions can exist at one and
the same time is a matter deserv.
ing of investigation. Calm retlec-
ton only evolves two conclusions
to our mind-either the unem-
ployed do not want to work, or
they consider the remuneration
offered inadequate for the exer-
ton required to be expended.
The latter idea, however. at once
becomes .untenable from the fact
that better inducements are being
held out this fall to men to go into
the woods than last season, as the
lumber industry was not so brisk
owing to the large importations
from Canada prior to the> tariff
beingextended to othatcommodity.
Therefore, we are forced to ac-
cept the much to be regretted
conclusion that those today out
of employment will not labor, but
mean to depend upon the blind
generosity of their manly, hard
working brethren or the county
jails for an existence through the
long winter months now close
upon us. OF course, there are a
few isolated cases to be excepted
from this broad assertion, as you
mighttind one here and there who
made a little, stake in our harvest
fields and mean to take it easy
during the winter. But, in the
main. the majority will carry out
the program outlined as sure as
that it is the mission of the sun
to give heat and light.
That thisisa deplorableand most
contemplate mode of dragging
through life for able-bodied men
to indulge in is at last becoming
a recognized fact, and the sooner
the dangerous habit is changed
the better for all concerned. TC
our mind there are two direct
causes to which, more or less,
this condition in our social life can
beattributed. From timeimmem.
orial have had the tramp in our
midst, though his presence was
not so conspicuous, as his follow.
ing was small, until long after the
war, when the heunsurpassedandin in.
judicious liberality of the Ameri.
can people added strength and
audacity to his standard, until to
day. with abundance of work in
the country, we find him menace
to the social and moral well being
of his fellow man, and defying
even the strong arm of the law to
impede his progress. During the
prosperous times within our ken,
people indiscriminately housed,
clothed and pampered him, when
his low and brutal proclivities lay
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-05-27
Two Crops in One Year.

1t is to some extent the practice of
many farmers to double crop part of
their land. OF course only the most
fertile soil will be able to produce two
crops in one year. Far too much land
is already cultivated which produces less
in one crop than the cost of growing it.
Such land might much more profitably
be left to grow grass, or TO produce a
crop of trees whose growing will take a
long series Of years before profit can be
returned. In the meantime, however,
there will be no expense except taxes
and each year increases the tree growth
enough to furnish good interest on the
assessed valuation of the land. But this
policy for some land does not at all for
bid the thorough cultivation of the better
class of land that is kept in tillage. This
last may be often profitably employed
to grow two crops in single year, II
manure enough is used to make the labor
employed most effective.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-05-27
SheYimS Sale,
STATE OF MAINE

STATE OF MAINE. SOMERSET IS.
Taken this sixth day of May, A. d. 1897, on
an execution dated April twenty sixth A. d.
1897. issued on judgment rendered by the
supreme judicial court for the county OF Som :
erset. at the term thereof begun and held on
the 3rd Tuesday Of March A. d. 1897 to wit, on
the sixteenth day Of April A. D. 1897 in favor
of Nike Padham OF Scion. in said county and
against Louis Vigue of Bingham in said county
OF Somerset for five hundred fifty -four dollars
and seventy nine cents damage. and fifty lone
dollars and ninety-seven cents, costs of suit,
and will be sold at public auction at the Office
OF George w. Cover in Skowhegan in said
county, to the highest bidder on the nine
teenth day Of June A. D. 1877, at nine OF the
clock in the forenoon, all the right title and
interest which the said Louis Vigue has in
and to the following described real estate or
had on the third day OF June A. D. 1895 at ten
of the clock in the forenoon, the time when
the same was attached on the writ In the same
suit, to wit: certain piece or parcel of land
situate in said Bingham, together with the
buildings thereon. and bounded and describ-
ed as follows; on the west by road leading
from Ansel Holwav's by John Hughes and
the Lake road so called, north by the Lake
road and land OF the Bodwell heirs, and on the
sonth by land once sold to Elias Brown, con .
tainiI one hundred acres more or less and
being all and the same premises conveyed by
George w. Lake to said Louis Vigue by deed
dated March 25th A. d. 1893, recorded in Som
erset Registry OF Deeds in Book 22, page 47e;
also one other piece of land in said Bingham
bounded and described as I follows, to wit:
being the south half Of lot numbered eleven in
tnc scFcutu range Vi lOts III balu DlnBnhtn &c
cording to Phillip Bullen's survey. containing
one hundred acres more or less also one other
piece or parcel of land In said Bingham and
being the south half OF lot numbered eleven
in the sixth range Of lots in said Bingham,
containing one hundred acres more or less,
according to the survey Of Phillip Bullen also
ons other piece or parcel of land situate in
said Bingham, and being the northwest quart
err Of lot numbered eleven in the seventh
range oflots in said Bingham, containing fifty
and fourth parcels OF real estate above
described, being the same conveyed by Mike
Padham to Arno Padham by two deeds, one
dated July twenty first A. d. 1890. and record
ed in said Registry in Book 100 page Sl5, and
the other dated September twelfth A. d. 1880
and recorded in said Registry in Book ais.
Is to be had for further description. 3wls
Dated this sixth day of May A. d. 1897.
FRANK L. HANDING, Deputy Sheriff.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-05-27
What We Owe to the
Gulf Stream.

The recognized ocean currents carry an
enormous quantity of heat from the trop'
les towards the poles. DR., Croll, who
has perhaps given more attention to the
physics of the subject than almost any
other person, computes that the Cult
Stream conveys to the North Atlantic
oen- fourth as much heat as that body re-
ceives directly from the sun, and he ar
CUES that were it not for the transportation
of heat by this and similar Pacific currents,
only narrow tropical region OF the globe
would be warm enough for habitation.
Dr. Croll argues that slight change
in the relative values of nothern and south
ern trade-winds (such as he believes has
taken place at various periods in the past)
would suffice to SO alter the equatorial
current which now feeds the Gulf Stream
that its main bulk would be detected
southwark instead of northward, by the
angle of Cape ST. Rogue. Thus the Gull
Stream would be nipped in the bud, and
according to DIR. CrolHs estimates, the re-
suits would be disastrous for the northern
hemisphere. The anti-trades, which now
are warmed by the Gulf Stream, would
then blow as cold winds across the shores
of western Europe, and in all probability a
glacial epoch would supervene throughout
the northern hemisphere.
The same consequences, so far as
Europe is conserved at least, would appar-
emily ensue were the Isthmus of Panama to
settle into the sea, allowing the Caribbean
current to pass into the Pacific. But the
geologist tells US that this isthmus rose
at comparatively recent geoloe ical period,
though it is limited that there had been
sometimes previously a temporary land
connection between the two continents
Are we 10 infer, then, that the two
Americans in their unions and dsunions
have juggled with the climate of the other
hemisphere? Apparently so, if the
estimates made of the influence of the
Gulf Stream bet enable. 1t is a far cry
from Panama to Russia. Yet it seems
within the possibilities that the meteoro-
logist may learn from the biologists of
Central America something that will
enable him to explain to the paleonto-
logist of Europe how it CHANGED that at
one time the mammoth and rhinoceros
wandered across northern Siberia, while
at another time the reindeer and musk OK
browsed along the shores of the Mediter-
n.-From Meteorological Progress
of the Century" by Henry Smith Will
Jams, NJ. D., in Harper's Magazine for
Iune.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-05-27
A map of the young orchard can be

A map of the young orchard can be
made p few minutes 1t is easier and
safer than the use of labels which are
likely to become unreliable in the course
of time. Put the map in a safe place.
Ferdinand Brunetiere, whose lectures
in this country have recently created wide
spread interest in this scholarly French
man, is the subject OF discriminating
paper by Irving Babbitt in the June At
lantic. Mr. Babbitt makes a careful study
of the man, and treats in broad manner
his writings and methods of criticism.
AID apple orchard can be used in sew
eral ways. A successful grower states
that on his orchard he raises apples,
poultry, eggs, grass and pork. He allows
the hogs to work in the orchard eating
the fallen fruit, while his poultry house
sets in the centre. In estimating the
receipts and expenses he credits the land
with all that it produces, and says that
the orchard pays more than any other por-
ton of the farm.
William J. Shearer, Super 'ntendent of
Schools at Elizabeth, N. j., has evolved
system for grading students in the
public schools which allows, more than
any other ever has, for the individuality
of the student. The success Of his system
has attracted TO it the attention of all
thoughtful educators, and he has written
in the June Atlantic a most interesting
and instructive description of it under
the title 1.-The Lock-Step in the public
schools" incidentally he shows the weak
points in the usual grading system, and
points out effective remedies.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-05-27
Notice of Foreclosure,

Whereas WarrenJ. Cookson Of Harmony in
tie County OF Somerset and State OF Maine by
his mortgage deed dated the twenty. seventh
day OF November, A. D. 1874. and recorded in
the Registry of Deeds for said Somerset
County in Vol. l44 Page 567, conveyed to me
the undersigned, certain parcels or lots of
land situated in said town OF Harmony and
described as follows, to wit: The first being
the west half OF lot No. thirteen in the center
range OF lots; the second lying south of the
irst and being the same that was taken from
the Isaiah Dore Jr. lot; the third being all
that part of lot number six in the twelfth
range lying south of a line running west from
the south west corner OF lot number fourteen
In the center range OF lots, to the west line of
said lot No. six containing thirty-fve acres
more or less al d being the same that was con-
veyed to Lewis S. Reed by BENZ Page record
ed in Somerset Registry Of Deeds Vol. ia
Page 800. Also one other parcel and being the
north half OF lot number eight in the eleventh
range and containing fifty five acres more or
less according to q survey OF said town by
Samuel Weston; and whereas the conditions
of said mortgage have been broken, now
therefore, by reason OF the breach Of the con-
ditions thereof claim q foreclosure of said
mortgage.
May 7, 1897
Swls RICHARD H. MARBLE.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-05-27

Broadly speaking, digestive disorders
in the horse invariably arise either from
defective food, over or irregular feeding,
or deficient or irregular supply OF water
The average groom is no great advocate
for water, either for himself or his charges,
and free supply, or any thing like it is
clean against stable traditions; yet, as we
shall presently see, the water question as
regards sufficiency or regular supply has
considerable bearing on the prevalence or
otherwise of cases of collie. A first essen
tia is that both grain and hay should be
old and of good quality. New oats and
new hay are less digestible than that
matured by keeping in bulk, and inferior
food is never cheap food,--lNaine Far
Uler.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-05-27
FARM. GARDEN and
HOUSEHOLD.
Butter In England.

The Agricultural Department is engag-
ed in some practical experiments with a
view to extending our butter market
abroad. The Developments OF the dairy
interests oil the United States is one OF
the fayorite schemes of Secretary Wilson,
who believes that the farmers OF this
country can be greatly benefited by the
sale OF the incidental products of the farm.
Our foreign cheese market has declined
steady for the past 20 years, and IN
recent years has suffered immence damage
of from the shipment of filed cheese and
other inferior cheese.
Twenty years ago the United States
shipped TO the United Kingdom about hall
the cheese imported by the British Isles.
Canada has steadily displaced our cheese
until now we ship to England less than
one. quarter of her imports while CANADA
sends one half lnasmuch as England
now imports twice as much cheese as she
did in 1876 the loss of our trade IN this
one item is enormous. Now that all our
filled cheese must be branded we may
regain some of this trade, but at the
Agricultural Department Major Alvord,
the chief of the dairy division says It Will
require time and circumstances to re-
establish the reputation Of our cheese
and win back the trade we have lost.
In the matter of butter it is thought
that there is better opportunity for push
ing our products at this time. Our ex-
ports of butter have been comparatively
small in the past and the butter shipped
abroad has been almost entirely until last
year of inferior quality. This was due to
the fact that the choicest grades com
mand higher price in this country than
could be obtained for them abroad.
BY direction of the Secretary, Major
Alvord about two weeks ago purchased
and shipped about 1000 pounds OF our
choicest creamery butter. 1t arrived last
Thursday at Southampton. Under ar
rangements previously perfected this but
ter probably already has found its way to
the consumer through the ordinary chan
nels of trade, but was shown and sold as
United States butter. This will be follow
ed through the hands of the jobber and
retailers to the consumers and the judg-
ment of each upon it.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-05-27
Notice Of Petition forl Discharge

SOMERSET COUNTY, COURT OF INSOLVENCY.
hogan Insolvent Debtor. Notice Is hereby
given that said Debtor has dled in said court
for said county Of Somerset, his petition for o
the Insolvent Law OF said State of Maine, and
for certificate thereof; and that = hearing
upon the same will be held at the Probate
Court Room in Skowhegan, in said county OF
Somerset, on Tuesday, the sth day OF June
A. D., 1897, at one O'Clock in the afternoon,
when and where all persons interested may
the prayer Of said petition should not be
granted.
ATTEST: NATHAN FO WLER,
Register Of said Court for said County OF
Somerset. TWO
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-05-27
Description of Cotswold Sheep.

Color of face and legs white or light
graylsh fleece( combing) eight to ten inch
es long, pure white. and weighing from
ten to sixteen pounds for an average clip.
IN size the Cotswold ranks among the
large breeds, ranging from $50 to 275
pounds, and occasionally specimen dress
ing over 800 pounds. The head is strong
and large, with somewhat Roman"
nose, no horns, and characteristic fore
lock of long curling wool hanging over the
forehead the back is broad and fiat, and
the wool falls away, naturally parted from
the center; the legs are of medium length,
with rather heavy bone, but clean and
trim w.thal, and the feet are sound and
said to be not subject to foot diseases.
The Cotswolds are large, handsome, and
long-wooled sheep-prlme for mutton and
furnishing an excellent quality of combing
wool. They have been extensively used
in crosses, and have already figured in the
origin or several well-known breeds.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-05-27
A WOman's Idea of Farming.

While theory is well enough, were |
a farmer would have a practical knowl-
edge of every plan before | would call it a
success. | would make every acre of land
pay; would own no land which did not
make paying return, for the tax is just
as much on an acre covered with brush
and stones as the most highly cultivated
land on the farm. And ! would bring
every foot of land up to its highest state of
productiveness by carefully saving all
fertilizers ! could produce to enrich the
same. would carefully house all tools
when not in use, for one season out of
doors will, believe, hurt them more than
years of actual use.-Mrs. T. (. Drury,
Norland, Me-, Grange.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-05-27
Sunshine

DR.. Allsnel says: Sunlight is as good
a medicine for the invalid as it is luxury
to the healthy. A sun bath is wonder
full tonic even to one who is too sick to
walk out In it. The sick should, if posi-
bic, be laid on the sunny side of the house,
with plenty of sunlight coming immedi-
ately on the bed. Seek the sunlight is the
advice of all hygienists. Patients on the
sunny side of the hospital ward recover
soonest. Sleep in rooms in which the
sun has shed its rays all day. Bask in
the sun all YOU can.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-05-27
Horse Famiue Close at Hand.

The short crop of colts for the last few
years will begin to tell on us soon. The
Kentucky Stock Farm has found, by cor
responding with the different assessors
throughout the horse raising sections Of
the country, that in some localities there
are only 5 per cent of the regular crop
raised, and in no places more than 10 per
cent has been foaled for the last three
years.
The visible supply of American horses
in 1894 was I6,ooo,o 900; in 1896 $1,000
900; it is predicted by good authority
that before the close of the year 1897
the visible supply will be nearly the
IA ,ooo, 900 mark, and judging from ev-
cry indication there is a great horse
famine close at hand, for with return
ing prosperity, which is sure to come,
and with it great increase in demand,
and as the law of supply and demand
governs all prices, an increasing demand
with a short supply means that before
horses can be bred and produced for the
market they will be extremely high.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-05-27
Sheep and Wool Notes.

1t is the weak sheep that become vic
tins to the numerous parasites which
menace the comfort of the flock. Hence
keep the sheep in condition of robust
health by taking timely precautions.
Alternate pastures are a great help to
the flock. Sheep love change, and nat
urally are wandering in there habit. A
lreshened pasture, therefore, will greatly
help them as change now and then.
1t has been shown by experience that
the dipping of the sheep after sheating
has always been a profitable operation
1t cleans and strengthens the skin, en-.
courages the free action of the excretory
glands, and promotes the new growth Of
wool. A special practical experiment
showed that the increased weight of the
fleece paid all the cost of an extra dip
ping after shearing.
Young animals cannot digest solid food
until they have their grinding teeth
through. 1t will be wise to avoid feeding
young lambs any grain food until they are
thus far advanced. A little meal sailed
may be given, however, by the hand to
tame them, and prepare them for feeding
in this way by and by.
Where are the beautiful Leicesters
An inquiry from a breeder of these sheep
led to search for names in our business
columns, but not one name of an Ameri'
can breeder could be found. Shade Of
Blackwell! The enterprise of Canadian
breeders of this one sheep, however came
to the rescue.
Early lambs intended for market should
be pushed on with every effort, but the
best feeding is through the eve. 1t is the
ewes rich milk, with its over six per Of
fat in it, that makes the succulent fat Of
lamb. Linseed meal, two to four ounces
day, will help the eve to supply the
needs of the lamb in this respect.-Sheer
Breeder.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-05-27

An exchange says "Mrs. Grant, Mrs.
Hayes, Mrs. Garfield, Mrs. Harrison and
Mrs. Cleveland were total abstainers dur
ing their reign in the White House.
Mrs, Garfield, Mrs. Harrison and Mrs
Cleveland never furnished wine to the
guests, except at state dinners, when
their husbands wished wines to be served.
1t is said that Mrs. Grant was the first
woman to move against having wine in
the White House. Mrs. Mckinley is a
total ahstainer. n-ZloN'S Heral1
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-05-27

There Is someone in almost every
neghborhood who is subject to attacks
of pain In the stomach or bilious collie.
Mr.. J. D. Kinney, Warren Center, Pa.
used to be troubled in that way. He
says: "The attacks were marked by
terrible pains, diarrhea and fainting
spells. At such times | suffered exceed
ingly until began using Chamberlain s
Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy, two or
three doses of which effected an i'm
mediate and lasting cure" For sale by
Horatio w. Cushing.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-05-27

Lewiston Journal: Over 100 millions
of foreign goods were dumped into this
country in the month of April-goods
that would largely have been produced
in this country had the tariff been prompt
ly acknowledgements, too, that would not
be in evidence against us had not the
tariff been deformed by the last demo-
cratic Congress.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-05-27

Haper's Bazaar of May ~ contains a
picturesque and beautifully illustrated
article by Henry c. Tansley on 1.-The
California Floral Pageants," and the first
of Helen Jays papers on societies for
Children"
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-05-27
Do You Know
Or. Brann.s Pennyroyal Pills?

The only safe, sure and reliable Female
regulator ever offered to ladies'. These pills
have undergone some Of the most severe tests
and have given universal satisfaction in ali
cases where properly employed, price 81 %
per box, boxes for eb.o0, by mail. 8mls u o
LONDON MEDICINE CO., Dexter, Ne.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-05-27
STATE OF M AINE.
TREAsItRER's OFFICE.
Augusta, May s, 1907.

Upon the following townships or tracts Of
land not liable to be taxed in any town, the
following assessments for the State tax Of 1897
were made by the Legislature, on the 10th
day Of March, 1897.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-05-27

Have Just 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, 1897-05-27

Mr.. Charles II. Wetzel of Sunbury,
Pa, was so much pleased with remedy
which cured him of rheumatism that he
made affidavit to the fact for publication
AS follows: "This is to certify that on
May llth | walked into Melick's drug
store on pair of crutches, bought a
bottle of Chamberlain Pain Balm for
infammatory rheumatism which had
crippled me up. After using three
bottles | am completely cured. | can
cheerfully recommend 1t.
CHARLES II. WETZEL."
Sworn and subscribed before me on
Aug. 10, 1894. Walter Shipman, j. p,
Pain Balm is for sale at % and 80 cents
per bottle by Horatio w. Cushing.