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The Somerset reporter., 1897-09-02

The Eskimos dread the winter and
take early p~ecautions toTrovide against
famine. As the season approaches the
great herds of reindeer migrate south
ward, and the w-alrus oc the ss&l are
all that remain for food
When an in wind is blowing, the wal
rus Is lsasily found on the outer edge OF
the ioe packs When it is blowing of
the sbUre, however, the ice packs sail
out 10 sea with the walruses on then.
The natives then class their numbers in
list from the strongest to the weakest
The food that is III store is divided up,
the weakest having the smallest guam.
tity. the strongest the largest. Thus the
mightiest hunters have strength to pro.
vide for the Others
Ii is cruel system, but, nevertheless,
a necessary one. If all were weak, all
would die; if some are strong they will
save many of the weak.
The Somerset reporter., 1897-09-02
About Horses.

Hon. |. c. Libby has sensible article
in the Turf, Farm and Home about the
raising of heavy horses for farm work
and for sale. His conclusions apply TO
farms In Maine 10 majority Of cases,
but there are many instances, we believe.
where the practice Of raising a pair OF
steers each year, keeping them until
they get to be oxen, working them while
growing, and thus have yoke of oxen
to sell each year, is more economical
than the raising of horses, and their use
in the same way, If farmers could only
make themselves believe so, and bring
themselves down to the practice of for
mer years.
We make extracts from Mr.. Libby
article:
my hobby has always been cattle.
My advice To the farmers Of Maine was
to stick to your oxen, yet a condition of
things has TRANSFERRED which places the
oxen for working purposes in the annals
of history. Their day is over. Farm
machinery, the moving machines in
general use preclude OK labor. ANY fair
sized farmer is under the necessity of
using a moving machine to economically
harvest his hay crop. This necessitatrs
the use of pair OF horses. As the
farms have become clear of rocks and
stumps oxen are too slow. The lumber
men find horses more economical 10 use
in the logging swamps.
We have noticed in some parts of Can
ada where heavy horses are bred and
used Oh the farms, a condition which is
very profitable; the colts are broken
Young and made to do farm work, and
they, like boys, are better for early ex-
perience and labor. These colts do the
labor and at the age of four years, weigh
ing 800 pounds, are sold for draft pur-
poses and bring remunerative prices
even when other horses are almost
worthless. In this way the Canada far
mer gets his farm labor for nothing and
makes his colts more valuable.
Every good farmer in Maine should
keep two nice Percheron mares and raise
two colts each year. In this way he can
sell each year pair of heavy horses and
still have a farm team left. Shrewd men
are studying the horse question. They
think that they may wake up som,
morning and find that on account of low
prices, aud the universal use of the troll.
ley and bicycle, the best servants Of the
human race are rendered worthless; that
the whole world has stopped raising
horses, and that they are necessity
after all. 1t is estimated that the breed
ing of horses In the world has fall,n of
80 per cent In the past five years.
The Somerset reporter., 1897-09-02

1t was confidently asserted by friends
of tariff reform in 1892 that removing
the tariff from wool would make that
staple cheap and cause its use in the
manufacture of cloth without shoddy.
That it did make wool cheap no one can
question, but instead of preventing the
use of shoddy it had the contrary effect
and enormously increased it. Statistics
published by the L. S, Department Of
Agriculture show that in 1892, under
the operation of the Mckinley tariff law,
32l 5S6 pounds of shoddy, waste and
rags we're imported; IN 1895. under the
Wlsor-Gorman law, the amount was
increase to the startling figures, Polls.
los pounds, an increase of more than 60
fold in 3 years. This waste and shoddy
went into the manufacture of wooden
goods largely. Many of our manu-
facturers being obliged to compete with
foreign manufacturers, who are experts
in using shoddy, had to use it or shut
down their mills. Now with better
tariff on woolens, our manufacturers can
make honest wooden goods. Beside ii
good st II duty is imposed on the shoddy
that may better be kept by foreign
countries for their own use,
The Somerset reporter., 1897-09-02

The durability OF this timber is foroi-
bly, illustrated by fallen trunks that are
perfectly sound after lying IN the damp
woods for centuries Soon after the &c
trees fall they are ogergrown it'll moss,
in which seeds lodge and terminate and
grow mp into vigorous saplinps. which
stand IN row ON the backs of their
dead ancestors OF this company Of
young trees perhaps three or four will
grow TO full stature, sending down
straddling roots on each side ana estab-
fishing themselves in the soil. AMI after
they have reached an age of 200 or 800
years the downtrodden trunk OH which
they are standing, when cut into, is
found as fresh in the heart as when it
fell John Muir in Century
The Somerset reporter., 1897-09-02
MICHIGAN House
Lake George,
CANAAN. MAIN Z.
Season of 1897 Opens saturday. june 18th

Season of 1897 Opens Saturday, June 18th.
The best of boating, bathing and fish
ing. Fine croquet grounds. An excel
lent tennis court. Large, commodious
stable. An ideal inland resort.
Many desirable changes have been made at
this popular inland res TT since last season. and
as the comfort and pleasure of the guests will Inc
looked after personally by MIR and Mrs Wash
bum, this is sufficient guarantee to the stand
ard to lie maintained.
No inland resort in Maine surpasses this ad-
mirahle place with its beautiful lake, fine hotel,
numerous cottages large amusement and dane
ing Pavilion, croquet and tennis grounds, howl
ing alley, swings and other amusements. The
fishing is first-cass and fine boats for rowing
are always at the wharf
The table at the Mohican House rs famous
throughout Maine as being unexceled at sim
liar resort for variety and quality.
On and after Sunday, June 20, blackboard
accommodating IL people will leave the Skow-
hogan House every Sunday morning at 10 o'clock
for this resort. Fare, round trip, so cents. Par
ties desiring to visit Lake George on any week
day may also engage this team on most favorable
terms
GEORGE E. WASHBURk, Pro.
The Somerset reporter., 1897-09-02
Artistic Failures.

do not, let me beg of you, be afraid
of so called failures, said we'll known
artist addressing his class "They are
only stepping stones to success, the
premiums we all must pay for expert
ence. | may say, without vanity, that |
have been fairly successful in my pro-
fession, and yet to one canvas that sue
ceeded there have been as many as 40
which | have scraped down with my
palette knife i'll disgust Even if stu
dent never succeeds, his very failures
may be noble. -
It is not only to art that this exhorta-
ton might apply. In every career, in
Every walk in life. the same point Of
view should be taken. Failures are not
failures really-they are lessons; they
are stepping stones. They should not be
associated for a moment with despond.
ency or hopelessness. Just as child
tumbles and picks himself up as mat
ter of course and runs gayly on, so
should we children of larger growth
regard the ups and downs Of life, never
losing courage, however often we tum-
Bile. Young people especially should be
taught that it is not always success
to succeed and that disappointment
should be taken philosophically. The
idea of BOBBY prize in games is a good
one. There are many prizes III life for
those who apparently fail, and even in
worldly matters the last shall be first
and the first shall be last in nine cases
out of ten. New York Tribune.
The Somerset reporter., 1897-09-02

Apropos of dollar wheat, it may be
news to some people to learn that the
last time it reached or passed that figure
was in the year 1892, to which so many
people iustifiable look back as time OF
wonderful prosperity. Then the export
price of wheat per bushel reached sl.C2,
In 1893 it was so cents; "a 81 cents
'95, IS cents, and sc, 10 cents. Thirty
years ago dollar would have been
deemed a panic-striking price for whea,,
for in lsG7 it touched Sl.27 and three
years later, Sl.29. The export demand
has much to do with these figures.
The Somerset reporter., 1897-09-02
JnInning a Stray.

Some years ago the late Major Roddy
Owen was at Aldershot and offered TO
back himself to make horse he was
riding jump straw. Every one laughed,
and although his fondness for horses was
well known none believed he could ao
oomplish the feat A long straw was
procured and laid ON the ground. Owen
proceeded to hIindfold the horse and
rode him at the mark, which the animal
cleared with a bound that would have
settled a five tar gate. When he returned
to collect his bets, all the sportsmen had
vanished. Army and Navy journal.
The Somerset reporter., 1897-09-02

As to whether there are any diseases
peculiar TO the miners calling there il
evidence that, with one. or perhaps two,
exceptions, there are none such. These
exceptions are an affection Of the eye,
termed "nystagmus, and. in lesser
degree. that disease of the respiratory
organs which usually goes by the name
of miners asthma. Nystagmus, al
though not a prevalent affection, is one
with well marked symptoms directly
traceable to the posture of the collier
while at work.
The symptoms are oscillation with
more or less of a rolling motion Of the
eyeballs, giddiness. with headache, and
the appearance of objects moving in a
circle, or lights dancing before the eyes.
In severe cases the person affected
may stumble and be so much incon-
yenienced as to be obliged to stop work
DR.. Simeon SneA of Sheffield has given
this disease special attention for about
20 years and has published the results
of his Investigations, which show be-
You'd all reasonable doubt that nyRtag-
mus is confined almost entirely 10 those
underground workmen who are engaged
in holing eT underwriting the coal, and
is due to the miners habit of looking
upward above the horizontal line Of
vision, and more or less obliquely while
at work lying on his side. 1t has been
observed also in fremen and others who
have occasion frequently to examine
the roof, turning the eyes obhquely
while doing so. Any other occupation
in which the person may habitually
turn the eyes upward and sideways Will
induce nystagmus. Coal Trade Jour
nal
The Somerset reporter., 1897-09-02
The crandest Remedy.

MI K. Z. GIeeye. merchant, Of Chill
howe, Va. certifes that he had con
sumption, was given up 20 die, sought
all medical treatment that money could
procure, tried al cough remedies that
he could hear of, bat got no relief; spent
many nights sitting up IN a chair; was
induced 10 try Dr.. Kings New Discovery
and was cured by use Of two bottles.
For past three years has been at
tending to business and SAYS Or. King 4
New Discovery is the grandest remedy
ever made as it has done So much for
him and also for others in his commu-
nifty. DR.. Kings New Discovery is
guaranteed for coughs, colds and con
sumption. Il don't fail Trial bottles
free
At Pattene' Drug Store, C.W. Folsom,
Proprietor.
The Somerset reporter., 1897-09-02
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 of
impurities in the blood. Electric Bit
tiers improves the appetite aids diges-
ton, and is pronounced by those who
have tried it as the very best blood pu-
rifier and nerve tonic, Try it. Sold TOR
soc. or 100 per bottle & a.
Patterns Drug Store. c. w. Folsom.
Proprietor.
The Somerset reporter., 1897-09-02

A poor man lay dying and his good
wife was tending him with bomely but
affectionate care. Don't you think
you could eat hit of something, joint
Now what can ] get for your"
With wan smile he answered fee
bly,: "Well, ! seem to smell q ham
a-oookiug somewheres think l could
do with little bit of that.
'-Oh, Nc. John, dear >" she answered
promptly, you can't have that That's
for the funeral London Telegraph
The Somerset reporter., 1897-09-02

TIN first use Of Niagara's power was
made in 1928, a4rimitive snwmill be
ing operated. Nothing moreS1as done in
this line until 1912, when Augustus
Porter conceived the plan of hydraulic
canals, and in 1901 one was completed.
The Cataract Construction company
from whose plant power has just been
delivered in Buffalo, was Incorporated
in 1889.
The Somerset reporter., 1897-09-02

Among the first stories recorded by
Mr. T. E. Pritt in his Anglers Bas-
ket' is one about a Scottish laird who
was relating the story of fine fish he
had caught one day to his friends at the
dinner table. Donald, said he to the
servant behind his chair-an old man,
but a new servant" how heavy was
the fish | took yesterday" Donald
neither spoke nor moved. The laird re-
peated the question "Weel, )" replied
Donald, lit was twal pund at break.
fast, it had gotten to achteen at dinner
time and it was sax and twenty when
ye sat down to supper wi the captain. -
Then, after pause, he added, i've been
tellin lees a my life to please the shoot
ers, but FL be blowed if I'm going tc
tell lees moo, through my old age, &c
please the fushers "
The Somerset reporter., 1897-09-02

an Italian keeper Of rum dive. He also
injured two other men but'Dot seriously.
The story Of ,wo Of the men engaged IN
dicates thai tragedy was the outcome Of
druuk.u carousal. The village Of
North YassaIboro was the scene Of A
stabbing ARRAY wherein Thomas bona
hue knitted fhomaz Ney in the abdomen
from which h. vii probably die. These
men we're with sone 20 others engaged
ia d drunken row. In both thee eases
rum va. the attending irfuebce # not
the sole CATE. These cases are leufon
The Somerset reporter., 1897-09-02
JUDGE FOR YOURSELF
Which is Better, Try an Experiment
or Profit by a SkOwhegan Citi-
zen'S Experiment,
IheIHlhE new is an experiment.,

Something new is an experiment
Must be proven To be as represented
he successful at home or you doubt II
The statement OF a manufacturer is
not convincing proof Of merit.
But the Endorsement Of a friend is
Now, suppoSing You had a bal back
lame, weak or aching one.
Would You experiment on it9
on Will read Of many so-called rures
But they come from far.awav places
Its different when the endorsement
comes from home
Easy 10 prove that is So.
MI John Fairhan OF Summer street
contractor, says: i ALWAYS eDt.ys5
good health until about three w,,Es
before | was discharged from the t-n#q
after the civil war where rantr7.-s.I
chllls and fever and ! had tf#rr FIR
some time after | arrived home NV
had slight baekache now and then bgf
paid little or no attention t. o. ~. 81
years ago | had an attack If urinary
complaint which stuck tome uersI,frrf1y
until | was cured by Doan's Kidney pins
| had heard of them briuea SUM rer4.
dS tor all kidney and urinary troub.f.
80 went To Patteu $ drug store and cot
a box. used a second box AMI thar
did the work know uf no disease
winch is So distressing and annoyins
while a man Is able to yet about as KID.
ney complaint. / was In misery all the
time day and night. have good reason
Tor claiming that Deans Kidney PTS
are a tine remedy since used il. Ihave
gone To the woods, cut, hauled. sawed
and split eight cords of wood. but la4e
had no return Of the trouble"
IA
The Somerset reporter., 1897-09-02

Sir Josiah Mason was, according to
his biography, walking in Bull street,
Birmingham, IN the year 1928, when
he saw some steel pens, price three and
sixpence each. Josiah was hard up
maker Of split rings. No sooner had he
seen the pens than he went home, made
some better than those i'll the shop, sent
them up to London and got q large or
der by return At 80 years of age Ma
sons capital was 20 shillings. AT so he
had gjSen away R900, 600
The Somerset reporter., 1897-09-02
First Person Photographed.

1t was in 1912 that John Draper, then
a professor i'll the University of New
York, made the first portrait photo
graph The subject was Elizabeth ORA
per, his sister. Professor Draper had the
idea that in order to produce distinct
facial outlines in photography it would
be necessary to cover the countenance On
the person photographed with flour.
This seems strange notion now, and il
proved not to be good one then, for all
of Professor Draper's early attempts
were failures Finally he left off IT,,
flour and then was quite successful,
This so delighted him that he sent the
picture to Sir William HeIschel the e
inent English astronomer. Sir Willi....
was in turn delighted and made known
Professor Draper suooess to the scien
titic men of Europe. He also sent Pro
fessor Draper a letter of ackuowledg
ment and q ngratulation, which ha,
been careful. preserved in the arohive,
of the Draper family.
The Somerset reporter., 1897-09-02
Camp SheDherd,

The L. V. U. Association made up
of members of Abraham Lincoln
Command of Union Veterans Union,
as heretofore stated, has erected a
spacious cottage or camp at Lakewood
in delightful spot upon the bank of a
brook, which forms one of the many
tributaries of Hayden Lake, short dis.
lance from Lakewood Inn. The camp
is arranged SO that the lower floor is
used for assembly or dining room and a
kitchen, with hunks on either side for
sleeping. The upper floor. is devoted to
dressing rooms and dormitories tor ladies'
This camp is surrounded by broad
piazzas and has an outlook upon the
lake. 1t is for the use of members OF
the U. Y. L s and their families
who may desire to take days or week S
outing in this pleasant retreat.
This camp is named Camp Shepherd
in honor of Gen. r. b. Shepherd, presi.
dent of the Somerset Traction Company
whose line runs to Hayden Lake, a
member of the order who gener-
ously contributed to the erection of the
building and purchase of the lot.
The camp was formally opened Fri
day afternoon and evening last by sup
per and speeches. The supper was a
bountiful one with baked beans and
brown bread as the central attraction.
amply reinforced with cold meats,
bread, cake, doughnuts, fruits, hot
coffee, lemonade. More than one hun
dred ladies' and gentlemen, members OF
the order and invited guests, partook oil
this repast.
After supper there was speaking by
Rev. b. A. Turner of Norridgewock,
Rev. }. A, Jones of Norridgewock, Hon
5. j. Walton and Mr. Lewis Anderson OF
Skowhegan and patriotic recitation
"Bandy jim by 1t. Col. c. c. Cross
of Norridgewock. Col. Frank II. Wing
presiding officer of the Skowhegan
Union, presided.
The speakers were happy in theil
patriotic remarks. Rev. Mr.. Turner
wildly recalled the days of the war as q
Maine boy at home with father in the
army at the front, a member of the 22nC
Maine regiment, who gave his life fol
his country and sleeps in soldiers
grave in the South.
Rev, Mr.. Jones, native of Wales, 1
citizen of this country by naturalization
one of the warmest admirers of Americ;
and American institutions, while in ne
way rejecting upon his native land
spoke in the highest terms of America
the land of liberty and equality.
Mr.. Walton spoke in his usual pleas
ing manner, referring particularly to tn
intelligence, ingenuity and resource
of the men who made up the armies o
the Union, and the strong patriotic pre-
objections of Americans.
Mr. Anderson spoke briefly but az
preciatively of the veterans of the wa
end of A braham Lincoln command an
complimented the clerical speakers fror
Norridgewock on their felicitous re
marks.
This opening or dedication of Cam
Shepherd was an occasion that will b
long remembered with feelings of salts
faction and pleasure 10y all tile partie
pants.
The Somerset reporter., 1897-09-02

Jesse l.. Test. Esq, an old resident
and highly respected citizen of our town,
called this morning and after purchasing
n bottle of Chamberlain Collie, Cholera
and Diarrheoa Remedy, said: "If any,
one asks you If this remedy will do what
is claimed for it, tell them yes, and refer
them to me-. II. Alexander Stoke,
Reynoldsville, Pa. No one can doubt
the value of this medicine after giving it
fair trial. Then it is pleasant and safe
to take, making it especially valuable for
children. For sale by Horatio W.
Cushing.
The Somerset reporter., 1897-09-02

Murphy-Well, this bates the divil
all out.
Mrs. Murphy-Fwat does?
Murphy-Dooley tole me that if l
shmoked piece of glass I'd be able to
see the sphots OH the sun. Sure, amt |
fairly kilt wild drying to make me pipe
draw? IT'S the way, I'm thinking, that
either l haven't the right kind of glass
or else Dooleys toeu fooling me. Lon
don Tit-Bits.
The Somerset reporter., 1897-09-02

The Portland Press says the story
about an effort on the part of Portland,
to remove the State fair to that city
originated in somebody's wicked desire
to torture Lewiston little and never
had any foundation in fact.
The Somerset reporter., 1897-09-02

Aid charging furously up)-Gen-
eral, the enemy has captured our left
wing What shall we do?
The Commander-Fly with the other
philadelphia Inquirer
The Somerset reporter., 1897-09-02

The two principal German dortresses
on the Baltic sea are at Konigsburg and
Dantzic. Central Germany has three
first class fortresses, Spandau, Magde-
burg and Kustrin; on the French from
tier Metz and Strasburg and on the
Belgian frontier, Cologne and Coblenz.
The Somerset reporter., 1897-09-02
T"entY-ti &c. Twenty-Five.

natural inference Did you hear What
: himpton little boy said when thev showed
Inn the Nv ms NO what WAS it,, lie aid.
again. - Sans
In case%s "f burns. sprains. sealds ~ any Of the
other accidental PANS likely t. come 10 HE mn
man l"HiS- llr Thomas Eeleetrie oll gives
almost instant relief &C
win YOU please tel me" said H.tie miss
Gilman to the farmer (which a.. - @
that give the beef-teaz'' 's
The Somerset reporter., 1897-09-02

The first of September ands at least
25,000 more factory employees at work In
New England than there were on the
first of August. A good months work.
The Somerset reporter., 1897-09-02

The provora" Necessity is the mother
of invrnfIo. ean hardly be traced to
one indepra source The idea was
expressed g. .aaf-Ius the Roman satirist
about 81 \ d. and as found, In the
precise form now quoted in Richard
Franck's Northern Memoirs" (printsd
In London. lG94), and la various later
English writers
The Somerset reporter., 1897-09-02

If you want the best perfume get the
Queen of Violets at SIMPSONS, corner
druggist.
The Somerset reporter., 1897-09-02

The first drug store was opened for
business by Al Mansnr, the Arabian.
74b A d
The Somerset reporter., 1897-09-02

Berry Root Bee, the newest and
coolest drink. II vii quench thirst. al
SIMPSONS. corner druggist.
The Somerset reporter., 1897-09-02

70 20,
The Somerset reporter., 1897-09-02

@The Living :Shurch contributes this
addition TO. Hannibal Hanlin htera-
tCEe;' - In his earlier days. at a certain
caucus in Hampden, the only attendants
we're Mr.. Hamlin, and citizen of large
stature. ~Mr. Hamlin had some resolu-
tioEs..to pass which began by represent
ing that they were presented to a Large
and respectable" gathering OF voters.
Hold on cried the other man. we
cant passithat for il ain true II Amt
a large and respectable caucus There's
onlylltwo of us You keep still.
brother commanded the willy Hanni-
bal. Its all right, for you are large
and am respectable. You Just keep
still SO the resolutions were passed
without further demur / Gr~ eszy-
"a Edward Emery, formerly of Bath,
native of New Portland, was seriously
and probably fatally shot Sunday. at
Iivermore Falls, by Thomas Campbell. /
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-10-24

HAND CIGARMAKERs ON THE PRIN-
cipe de Foege. LIE CONNOISSEUR
CIGAR-FACTORY, Grove road. quarter
mile beyond SoiuIers' Home. oc 24-2ts