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The Somerset reporter., 1898-08-04
YOUNG AT SIXTY.

Serene comfort and happiness in ad.
vanced years are realized by compare
lively few women.
Their hard lives, their liability to Sc
rious troubles on account of their pecu-
liar organism and their profound igno-
rance concerning themselves, all com
bine to shorten the period of usefulness
and fill their later years with suffering.
Mrs. Pinkham has done much to make
women strong. She has given advice
to many that has shown them how to
guard against disease and retain vigor-
Gus health In old age. From every cor
ner Of the earth there is constantly COM
ing the most convincing statements
from women, showing the efficacy of
Lydia +. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound in overcoming female ills. Here
Is letter from Mrs. j. c. Orms, of go
Horner St, Johnstown, Pa, which is
earnest and straight to the point:
" DKAA Mrs. PINKHAM:--I feel 1t my
duty To tell all suffering women that [
think your remedies are wonderful |
had trouble with my head, dizzy spells
and hot flashes. Feet and hands were
cold, was very nervous, could not sleep
WELL had kidney trouble, pain in
ovaries and congestion of the womb.
Since taking your remedies am better
every way My head trouble is all
gone, have no pain in oyaries, and am
cured of womb trouble. can eat and
sleep we'll and am gaining in flesh.
consider your medicine the best to be
had for female troubles"
The present Mrs. Pinkhams expert
ence in treating female ills is unparal-
lelled, for years she worked side by
side with Mrs. Lydia E. Pinkham, and
for sometime past has had sole charge
of the correspondence department OF
her great business, treating by letter
as many as a hundred thousand ailing
women during a single year.
The Somerset reporter., 1898-08-04

London women have discovered a
very agreeable way of Kidding their
homes of flies and mosquitoes. They
burn sandalwood in the house. This is
an oriental idea In London it is posi-
BILE to get the wood prepared for this
purpose, but here it is not SO easy, as
American women have not yet taken to
the practice.
Sandalwood can be bought at almost
any Turkish or Japanese importing
house. 1t is prepared for burning by be-
ing first cut into small pieces half an
inch thick and three inches long. Then
it is baked or dried out in a slow oven
for "a hours. A piece of the wood is
put into metal urn, lighted and allow
ed to burn until well afiame when the
flame is extinguished and the redhot
ember left to smolder until the wood is
consumed and nothing is left but heap
of fine gray ashes. During the smolder-
ing process the wood sends out a sweet
and aromatic smoke
The Somerset reporter., 1898-08-04

A silk skirt, says fashion authority,
is one of the things that can be made
successfully at home, SO there is no rea-
son why it should be lacking in the
wardrobe of a woman. Nothing looks
worse than white petticoat on the
street. 1t stamps the wearer at once as
being badly dressed. The silk skirt is
clearly, light and is the only garment
of its kind which adjusts itself properly
to the outer skirt. In the long run it is
also the most economical.
Eight yards Of taffeta will make a
pretty skirt with ruttles, and for 10
cents a yard very desirable quality
can be purchased. On the other hand,
for So or IS IA splendid skirt can be
bought at any of the shops OF course
these are only simple skirts, with two
or more narrow rutiies, but they serve
admirably for all purposes to which the
average woman will put them.
The Somerset reporter., 1898-08-04

This Is not i'll praise of any patent
cooking apparatus, but an earnest trib-
ute to the plain, old fashioned steamer
that we've had with us these many
years. This humble utensil has been of
great help to me in economizing fuel
and heat while preparing summer din
ners To the numberless housekeepers
who use gas or gasoline stoves through
out the entire year it would prove a
greater benefactor
While making soup or cooking beans,
peas, beets or other vegetables requir-
ing long time it is an easy matter to
cover the kettle with the steamer and
put in it one or two shallow pans in
which potatoes, turnips, rice or tapioca
can be cooked as easily as in any other
way. Evaporated fruits are delicious
prepared in this, gradually absorbing
the water without losing so much of
their flavor as when they are stewed.
Steamed potatoes, rice and turnips
will be found as palatable as boiled
food, and one is spared the fear that
the rice may stick: Many steamed pud
dings are perhaps hard to digest, but
not more so than those coming from the
oven. That objection will not hold good
against the healthful dish of tapioca,
steamed just to Transparency and sea-
sOned with lemon or other tart fruit -
Ella May iii Housekeeper
The Somerset reporter., 1898-08-04

No housekeeper who has once used a
summer stove will ever tolerate coal or
wood fires in her kitchen in hot wealth
er, though she sacrifice dozen other
important wants in order to secure
immunity from their torturing heat,
Gas stoves are always a possibility in
cities, but in small towns and in the
country those for gasoline or oil only
are available. Both kinds have been
brought to such state of perfection
that there is little or nothing left to be
desired in their use. Oil stoves require
frequent cleaning and trimming to keep
odorless, so preference lies with gaso-
line. Every farmhouse in the land
should possess one, and the blessing
that each would bring during the eter-
nal summers cooking to some burdened
woman simply could not be measured.
They do not explode" as popularity
supposed, and, as investigation will
prove every accident is directly trace
able to some act of gross carelessness
which, otherwise directed, would rem
der dang rous many things in common
use i'll the household " Woman Home
Companion.
The Somerset reporter., 1898-08-04

Very tempting indeed to the woman
who loves the delicate and dainty pro-
auctions of fashion are the new robe
dresses sent over in boxes and formed of
the finest and sheerest Of white mulls
and india muslins The skirts and the
unmadc waist fabrics are trimmed with
exquisite lace insertions and mbroider-
ed frills and tiounces and rows Of fine
tucking, sometimes with only one very
handsome ruffie at the hem, but with
each seam Of the narrowly gored skirt
covered with band Of the insertion
All the fullness that formerly charac-
terized the making Of muslin dress
skirts is removed from about the hips
making it possible for many women to
wear them this summer WIN have not
elected for them on account Of the great
number Of gathers at the top Of the skirt
They measure from 80 10 / yards at
the hem and are narrowly gored a. they
near the top Of the skirt. Tamboured
swiss muslins are similarly fashioned
and other sheer textiles come III boxes
with ruffles edged with eolored EN-
broidery, and material, frills and in
sertions for the waist to correspond.
The most expensive models are formed
of soft exquisite India textiles in white,
with deep enbroideries wrought direct
ly upon the goods. Other skirts are
nearly covered with superb lace traceries
in point and duchesse patterns, and
sprays bands and borderings in yene-
tian and guipure designs in applique. -
New York Post.
The Somerset reporter., 1898-08-04

Items concerning important legal
gains for women in France and Switzer-
land within the past year are CLEANED
from La Ligue, the organ Of the Belgian
Woman : Rights association. In Swift
zerland two laws were passed conferring
new civil privileges on women. One al
lows woman to be witness in all civil
proceedings, and the other to be APP
pointed "a guardian with certain restric-
tlons, as, for instance, a married woman
must have the consent of her husband
a law passed last November in France
confers also on woman the capacity TO
be witness to wills notarial sigma
lures and other proceedings in civil cases
a second and quite as important gain
is the law passed III January Of this
year which allows women engaged i'll
commerce to lie electors Tor the nomina-
ton Of consular judges.
The Somerset reporter., 1898-08-04

"Now that the summer is again upon
u.s., explained shoe dealer to a Star
reporter, people are asking as to how
to prevent shoes from creaking, for, rs
you know, shoes rarely ever ereak ex-
cept during exceedingly dry weather or
in the summer time. There are all kinds
of cures for this trouble, but the sim
plest, l think, is to rub few drops of
coal oil in the soles, near the edges. If
this doesn t stop it, the next best thing
is to have shoemaker drive few
wooden pegs in the soles. The oombina-
ton of both will surely keep them qus.t.
Sewed shoes of the best makes often
peak as much as cheap shoes. The diff
Guilty comes from cutting the inner and
outer soles. If they are not exactly the
same size, they are liable to creak.
Water. hot or cold, is only a temporary
remedy, for the shoes are just as liable
to creak as soon as they get thoroughly
dry. "-Washington Star.
The Somerset reporter., 1898-08-04
Baked Apples In Cans.

An economical and relishabls early
summer dessert may be made from bak.
ed apples, which should be canned aud
put away against the time when fruit
is scarce. Bake a quantity Of apples
and when they are done have ready a
kettle of rather rich strip. Fill fruit
jars with the apples; then put in siruI
until they will hold no more Put the
cans in kettle of boiling water and
when they have boiled one hour Close
the covers tightly and boil 20 minute.
longer. Cool and pack away in paper.
and keep in the dark until wanted. -
New York Ledger.
The Somerset reporter., 1898-08-04

Over five pages of the last bulletin Of
the department of labor are devoted to
an exhaustive statement concerning
boarding homes and clubs for women.
The article has been prepared by Mary
5. Ferguson.
The report covers 80 homes and elias
SITES the occupation of the inmates as
far as these hay" been ascertnined. The
Margaret Louisa home in New York is
given separately, because this is very
successful temporary home, having near
ly three times as many inmates as all
the other homes that have stated their
classification. The number of boarders
in this home during the past year has
been Is. OPP. OF these one-third are
teachers and goyernesses There are no
domestic servants while these form
more than one-titth of the total in the
other homes
The Somerset reporter., 1898-08-04
Confused His Papa.

An amusing incident occurred in an
A., B. and G. car ON the afternoon of the
Fourth. -Four young couples, evidently
out for an enjoyable day, were seated on
one side of the Car having decidedly
good time. While their merriment was
at its height 7year old boy across the
aisle suddenly leaned forward
"Say, mister" he called to one of the
young men, why don't you kiss your
girl?''
The young man looked up in surprise,
and the girl--a pretty girl too-blushed.
"Talmage, Talmage, said the boy s
father, what do you mean by such
TALK"
The boy looked at his father in sur.
prised DISCUS.
What's the matter with you, dad?"
he cried. "You told me you d do it If
you was himi'
And the father found the landscape
decidedly interesting until the young
people left the car.--Clevelsnd Plain
Dealer.
The Somerset reporter., 1898-08-04
A New Crusade.

A lecturer on ventilation points out,
what everybody has known if he has
thought of it, that air is more necessary
than food. The body can exist longer
without food than it can deprived of
pure air. The new crusade, according
TO this speaker, is to be preached in
favor of ventilation. In protecting one s
self against draft it WAS asserted that
to have window open at the top and
bottom both made draft much less un-
likely than to have it open from one end
only. Paper should not be used behind
summer pieces in fireplaces. Let there
To room for the air to percolate through
the open ironwork, and the register open
in summer, provided the cold air box is
perfectly clean and the air supply comes
from out of doors, assists by creating a
current in the ventilation of room.
The Somerset reporter., 1898-08-04
First Lady of Alaska.

Many years residence in Ahska has
made Mrs. Brady, wife of the governor,
familiar with great many facts un-
known to the general public. Her eX-
tensiye knowledge of territorial affairs
was brought to the notice of publisher
during recent visit paid by him to
Washington Mrs. Brady was then at
the capital. The publisher suggested
that she put her knowledge into book
form, and Mrs. Brady has about con-
scented to undertake the work. In this
she will receive great assistance from
the governor, who has also lived long in
the land of gold and seals 1t is not
generally known that Mrs. Brady was
"a missionary III Alaska when she first
met her husband there 20 years ago.
She is devoted mother and during her
trip to Washington recently visited the
national congress of mothers, attending
nearly every session. A visitor at the
congress says that she is IA charming and
unaffected woman, whose heart is eyi-
IDENTIFY divided between the two children
who accompany her and the three who
remain behind in Sitka and who will
not see their mother until next fall
Mrs Brady has decided literary tend
enCieS
The Somerset reporter., 1898-08-04

Mrs Alice Ives Breed, vice president
of the General Federation of Women S
Clubs during IA recent trip to Japan adj
dressed literary society of POO men
Yokohama This club meets every fort
night and has literary and musical
programme. After Mrs. Breeds address
she was asked to form club of foreign
ers, and afterward in Tokyo, when she
addressed the Japanese women, she was
asked to help them in forming club
also. Mrs. Breed spoke of the queer
conveyances i'll which she travelled in
different cities She had been to the
theater in Venice in Il gondola, to church
The Somerset reporter., 1898-08-04
PROBATE NOTICES.
SIX owheg gan.
To All persons interested in either of the
Estates hereinafter named.

To All persons interested in either of the
Estates hereinafter named
ATA COURT OF PROBATE held at SHOW
R&hegsn, within and for the county OF Som
erset, on the
SECOND TUESDAY OF July,
in the year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and ninety eight the following bust
ness having been presented for action there
upon hereafter indicated. it is hereby Ordered:
That public notice thereof be given to all per-
sons interested, that they may appear at .
Probate Court to be holder at said Skowhegsn
at the Probate Office on the
SECOND TUESDAY OF ACeUsT
next at nine OF the clock in the forenoon. and
be heard thereon and object IL they see cause
Daniel Goodwin, late of EN- bden. deceased.
Will and petition for probate thereof present
ed by Ella j. Green, the executrix named
therein.
Willis p. Cole, late OF Pittsheld. deceased.
Will and petition for probate thereof pre-
sented by Angie F. Cole, the executriH named
therein.
Elizabeth F. Low. late OF Fairfield. de-
ceased Will and petition for probate thereof
presented by sumner Flood, one OF the execu-
tors named therein.
Mary NJ. King. late of Fairfield. deceased
Will and petition for probate thereof pre-
sented by Joseph King, the executor named
therein.
Betsey Loring, late of Norridgewock, de-
ceased Petition for the appointment of
Martha W. Loring OF Norridgewock admins
tratrix. presented.
Nettie T.. Holway, late of Madison. de
ceased. First and final account OF Lyman L
Walton, administrator. presented.
Rev. Cyrus A. Lawton, late of Arson, de-
ceased. First and final account of Margaret
NJ. Lswton, Administrative, presented.
John II. Frame late of Skowhegan, de-
ceased Petition for license to sell and cen
yey real estate presented by George Pishon =,
guardian OF minor heir.
Judah Mcclellan. late OF Skowhegan, de-
and ET1al ~
Goodwin, Admr. de bonis non, presented, also
his petition Tor distribution.
George Ii. Walker, late of Arson. decess-
ed. Petition for the appointment of Charles
+. Jones, ad administrator, presented.
Z. F. DANFORTH. Judge.
Attest:-NATHAN FOWLER. Register.
Post Office address, Judge and Register
SkoWbegan Me 5w19
The Somerset reporter., 1898-08-04
SMILES AND TEARS.

You bid me sing gay refrain,
Win from my Tyre a note more glad,
And when chose a brighter strain,
Still-still you told me 1t was sad.
did not mean 1t should be so,
Nor was my wish to make you sigh;
But you are young and do not know
How Joy and grief together lie.
There ever Is minor chord
Struck somewhere in our earthly lays,
Ever a shadow on the sward
OF brightest scenes whereon we gaze,
And while we may not heed the one
Nor hear the other, each is there,
Yet lurking in the blithest tone,
Yet darkening the landscape fair.
Thus, often scarcely knowing why,
We cannot look without a tear.
And so it is we sometimes sigh.
Though joyous by the song we hear.
-Argosy.
The Somerset reporter., 1898-08-04
To soften Cabbage.

Remember that cabbage, greens and
savoys to be good must be cooked in
plenty of boiling water, with table
spoonful of salt to every half gallon.
Boil them with the lid off the pan and
very fast, constantly pressing them
down under the water If the water l.
very hard, add very small lump Of
soda to large potful of water The
stalks, when thick, should always be
split in tours.
The Somerset reporter., 1898-08-04

Mrs. Emma 5. Tyndale, the only
woman in the freshman class Of the law
school at Michigan university, acted as
toastmistress at the freshman law ban
quet on Feb 90 by the unanimous re-
quest Of the class. The Michigan papers
say, She presided i'll pleasing and
graceful manner, proving herself entire
~ equal to the occasion
The Somerset reporter., 1898-08-04
COMPOSITION MEETING.
STATE OF MAINE

STATE or MAINE
SOMERSET COUNTY. COURT or IssoLvENcN.
july TERM, 1895
In case of Orlando walker, Insolyeut Debt
or.
This is to give notice that pursuant to an
order of Court therefor,a meeting of the credit
ors OF said Insolvent debtor will be held al the
Probate Court Room, in Skowhegan, in said
County on Tuesday the ninth day of August.
A. D. 1898 at enc O'Clock in the afternoon.
for the purpose OF considering his composition
offer OF fifteen per cent to his creditors, and
now on file in said Court, together with such
other propositions and offers as the said In
solvent Debtor may then and there submit to
the consideration OF his creditors.
ArTEsr:-NATHAN FOWLER.
2w30 Register of said Court.
The Somerset reporter., 1898-08-04
MRS. LoRILLARD SPENCER.

leader in New York and Newport So,
ciety. She is noted for her attractive
frocks, and she spends much of her
time in France. In fact, she has hereto
fore made yearly trips to Paris to buy
her gowns. Mrs. Spencer is a graceful
woman, with remarkably fine figure.
The Somerset reporter., 1898-08-04
TRY ALIENS FooT.EAsE.

A powder to be shaken into the shoes. At
this season your feet swollen and hot, and get
tired easily. II you have smarting feet or tight
shoes, try Aliens Foot Ease. 1t cools the feet
and makes walking easy. Cures and prevents
swollen and sweating feet, blisters aud callous
spots. Relieves corns and bunions Of all pain
and gives rest and comfort. Try II to-day. Sold
by ali druggists and shoe stores for 2sc. Trial
lie Roy, N. Y: o 21t II
The Somerset reporter., 1898-08-04
TRY GRAIA.O! TRY GRAIN-O /!

ASK your Grocer to-day to show you pack
aye of GRAIN o. the new food drink that
takes the place OF coffee. The children may
drink il without injury as well the sdult.
All who try it, like II. GRAIN-O has that rich
seal brown OF Mocha or Java. but it is made
from pure grains, and the most delicate
stomach receives it without distress, /. the
price OF coffee. use and IS cts. per package.
Sold by all
The Somerset reporter., 1898-08-04

And now the woman who does not
wish to sit in the sun in the open car
makes her sister passengers do some
feats in climbing that would pass mus
ter on the Mattephorn.
The Somerset reporter., 1898-08-04

~ detest that Mrs. Jones; she always
tells what all her clothes cost.
"Well. l detest Mrs. Brown; she
never will tell what che pays for any
thing. "-Detroit Free Press.
The Somerset reporter., 1898-08-04

In the University of Berlin about POO
women, among them many Americans.
were admitted to the lectures on law,
medicine and philosophy during the
last semester.
The Somerset reporter., 1898-08-04

in Hongkoug III sedan chair. an
when III japan went out t. >peak al a
club in "a Jinriksha Boston Woman >
journal
The Somerset reporter., 1898-08-04

Perry Patettic-Gee but I'm hungry
Wayworn Watson-I wish you would
not talk shop. Enquirer.
The Somerset reporter., 1898-08-04

Mary Sigsbee, daughter of Captain
6igsbee, has received a scholarship IL
the Art Students league of Washing
ton, which entities her to one year ;
tuition in the New York Art Students
league She won the scholarship in life
drawing.
The Somerset reporter., 1898-08-04

We pillow down our cid strawberry
bed the last week of June and plant
sugar corn FOR market. says The Farm
journal
The Somerset reporter., 1898-08-04
SHAKE INTO YOUR SHOES

Aliens Foot Ease, powder for the feet. Il
cures painful, swollen, smarting feet and
instantly takes the sting out OF corns and bun
ions. It's the greatest comfort discovery OF
he age. Aliens Foot Ease makes tight fitting
or new shoes feel easy. 1t is = certain cure for
,weatng, calous and hot, tired, aching feet.
Try 1t to-day. Sold by all druggists and shoe
stores. By mail for csc. in stamps. Trial pack
&c FREE. Address. Allen 5. Olmsted, LIE Roy,
V. Y
The Somerset reporter., 1898-08-04
THE FIRST BOYCOTTER.

New York Society Woman Who Refuses
to Buy Anything From France.
Mrs Lorillard Spencer was the first
New York woman to interest herself in
the French boycott. She has determined
to wear only costumes made in Ameri-
ca Mrs. Spencer is a beautiful woman,
and she has for several years been a
The Somerset reporter., 1898-08-04
FOR SALE.

Double tenement house on Maine Street in
sdison Village, with lot OF land in rear on
sa'ant Street. To be sold at a bargain. For
efms and further particulars. inquire OF
CO. SMALL, Madison Me.
The true northerner., 1898-05-11

promptly to whatever call may be
made The part this commonwealth is
prepared to take in the impending con-
test can be measured only by the needs
Of the country. There are in the state
260 900 men liable to military duty. and
all are loyal.
Those citizens of the state. who, by
reason Of age, physical infirmities and
other considerations. will be unable to
shoulder muskets and go to the front.
are prepared to do their full duty at
home. Already arrangements are being
made for caring for the families Of such
members of the National Guard and
Naval Reserve as were unable to leave
their loved ones in condition to care
for themselves during their enforced
absence. In some instances the COM
mon councils of cities have arranged
TO care for these families at the expense
OF the general public. while in others
a fund is being raised by popular sub
scription for this purpose. In Detroit
a number OF citizens have agreed to
pay 800 per month each while the war
lasts. and numerous others will con-
tribute smaller sums. as their means
will permit. In no case will this aid
be given in the name Of charity, but
rather as the due of those whose sons
and husbands have unselfishly gone
forth 10 battle for their country.